I do not own Jurassic Park. I only own Mary, Stacy, Rain, and Maro.

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The next morning, I was awakened by a female raptor. I still did not know the names of the other pack members. I might need to learn those sometime soon if I pass this hunting trip today and become a true member of the pack. My stomach started hurting, as my nerves grew anxious. "Great," I thought sarcastically.

I stood up with a small shake of my head to rid myself of that feeling caused by sleep. Maro approached me and gave me a small encouraging look. "Ready for the hunt?" he asked and I gave a small nod.

In truth, I was worried about the hunt. I have watched many animals hunt in the wild and the hunt yesterday I watched helped me grasp how the raptors hunt better. However, doing it for real is going to be a lot different than watching it happen. I hope that I do well in this hunt or I will ban from the pack. A lone raptor in this jungle will not last long.

I strengthened my nerve as I followed a group of raptors designated to hunt today. Maro followed behind with a few other raptors. I knew that they would be the judges of my hunt. Maro would be the final decision on whether I stay in the pack or I am banned from the pack today.

We stopped at the edge of the forest line and stared out at the clearing. My eyes made a quick scan on the prey and smirked at the sight of a few young stegosauruses. They would be perfect for the pack. I gave small nods to the babies with my head and the other raptors in the hunting group nodded.

We stealthily headed into the tall grass towards the baby stegosauruses. Some of the group would have to scare away the older stegosauruses and the other part of the group would have to surround some of the babies. "Easier said than done," I thought as I followed to scare away the elder dinosaurs.

I swallowed down whatever fear that I had running through my veins as I realized I would be the first to scare away the elder dinosaurs. I kept hidden in the grass before running over and snapping at one of the elder dinosaurs necks. The dinosaur reared back and cried out in fear. I smirked as I ran circles around the different elders. The elders started running in blind fear. They became a stampede that scared away other dinosaurs from the clearing. The babies were now rounded up. Some had escaped but there were three baby stegosauruses in the circle of raptors.

I walked back over to the babies and I looked towards the forest line. Maro gave me a nod and I jumped in for the kill. One of the baby dinosaurs let out a cry of pain before he was silenced. I had torn out his throat. I could feel blood rolling down my face, which was extremely awkward.

The raptors gave out chirps of happiness before killing the other babies. Maro ran out into the clearing and we all ripped off as much meat from the dead dinosaurs as we could before running back to the nest. Maro ran next to me and spoke while my mouth was full of meat.

"You've proven yourself Mary, welcome to this pack," Maro said with an approving tone and I gave a small nod since I could not verbalize my gratitude. Life is going to be drastically changed being in a community setting instead of my individual life I use to live.

When we arrived at the nest, Maro stood in the center and looked at his pack. All of the raptors from the hunt shared their food and I ate some to hold me over. Maro then caught everyone's attention. "Mary has proven herself and is now a part of this pack. Everyone will treat her like pack now, understood?" Maro asked and everyone nodded their heads submissively.

Maro looked over at me and I bowed my head in gratitude for the acceptance. "Great now I have to submit instead of being opinionated, give me strength to watch my mouth," I thought as Maro approached me while my head was still bowed.

"I would like for you to meet my mother. She will teach you the ways of our pack, teach you how to make a nest, and tell you about mating," Maro said and he nudged me to raise my head.

I raised my head and followed Maro over to an older female raptor. She gave me a curious look before chirping softly at her son. Maro smiled and nudged his mother's muzzle with his before saying, "Mother this is Mary, and she is a new member of this pack. Will you teach her our ways?"

"Hello Mary, I am Rain. Why would you not know the ways of our kind? You are our kind," Maro's mother questioned me.

"Mother she use to be food, but something that the weird cave did made her one of our kind," Maro explained about the lab facility changing me. I just stood there quietly as images from the lab flashed through my mind. I gave a small shudder when I remembered that Stacy almost drank that liquid. I'm glad that she did not drink it, because I doubt she would be fine with being a velociraptor.

"Oh I see, well then Mary sit down and we shall begin your lessons," Rain instructed and I gave her a polite smile, or the best I could attempt with a new jaw structure. I sat down and then looked at Maro. He gave me a small nod before excusing himself.

"So how are you coping with everything that has happened?" Rain asked kindly.

I was shocked by the question because I did not expect for any of the raptors to want to know how I'm dealing with all of this. I guess a mother is motherly no matter what form they come in. I smiled sadly at Rain and said, "I'm sad and confused, but I'm not going to let this new change bring me down. I was always taught to live on, that is what my father taught me. I miss my friend but I know she is back home now. She is at peace and so I will live on and remember the happy times."

"Brave girl, now then there are many things you must learn and I think some of them you will enjoy to learn later on, but I will not teach you those," Rain said with a small smirk and a quick glance at her son.

"What later lessons, wait you mean mating right?" I asked in a small voice. Rain just let out a chirping laugh before giving me a small nudge.

"Don't worry there is no rush dear, no rush," Rain said and I let out a big puff of air.

"Good I'm not ready to deal with that yet," I said and Rain laughed at me. I gave a few laughs too before we calmed down and she started explaining the different roles in the pack. The most boring job sounded like protecting eggs, but she said she loved protecting her eggs when she had them.

"Eggs, well that's going to be weird," I thought being so use to thinking about having a baby just like normal human ways. I have never imagined eggs, but I guess I will have to get use to the thought that I'm going to have eggs someday.

"Oh dear you'll be fine," Rain said with another laugh before explaining the rest of the pack dynamics.