Chapter 1
Disclaimer: Sorry I forgot to put this in the prologue but, the only characters that are mine are Hazel, Carl Jr., Jay, and Collin and Lilly Bryant.
"Well.. how do we get there?" I asked. Father held up a crystal. So did Mother. They handed one of the crystals to me.
"What do I do with it?" I asked.
"You must go into the crystal," said Father. "Chant with me: Crystal who gives us life and energy, please use your power to take me to Dinotopia with my family." It obviously worked, and Father disappeared.What a chant, too! Mother did it, and so did I. I was suddenly sucked into the crystal.
I saw lights all around me. I looked at my feet, dangling around. Rainbows, and colors flew all around me. I saw Mother a couple feet away from me.
I looked up, and saw a huge dinosaur above my head. I screamed.
"Shh." someone said. It was a boy. "If you don't panic, it will not harm you. It's a herbivore. You obviously don't walk the grounds of Dinotopia. If you did, you'd know that by now."
Wow, what a snob, I thought.
"Hazel!" my mother was calling. I followed her worried voice, and bumped into a lady, hidden in a hood, one of those crystal's dangling from her neck.
"Agh!" I screamed, as her shadowy eyes looked at me.
"Hazel." the lady began. I was definetely paranoid. Everyone knew my name her for some reason. I ran right into mother, panting in fear.
"There was this lady-she-had dark-she-" I began. Mother hugged me and Father said,
"What are you saying? Come on, Hazel." I had a sense they weren't telling something to me.
"Mother, are you hiding something from me? Everyone here knows who I am," I said, a little scared as all the people in hoods followed me, bumped into me, and looked at me and Mother.
"Honey," began Mother. "When I left, I was empororess of Dinotopia. You're father was a normal boy who got stranded here. I did the crystal ritual, as empororess you have to."
"What?" I asked. "Are you still-?"
"Yes, that's why everyone knows who you are." I stared at Father and Mother in awe.
No one treats me like part of the royal family, I thought. "Mother? Are you queen yet? Or are you still empororess?"
Mother didn't answer.
"Why did you keep this from me?" I asked annoyed. Again, I bumped into someone. But it was that bossy boy I met before.
'What do you want?" I asked coldly.
"I'm sorry I was so harsh over there," he said. "By the way, my name is Collin."
"Why would you tell me your name?" I snapped. My mother grabbed my hand and we walked up. He walked right by me.
"I told you I was sorry. What's your name?" he asked. He looked at me from head to toe and said, "I am extra sorry! You are Princess Hazel!"
"Ceagan-"
"Collin!" Collin stammered. He suddenly turned around and faced the rest of the Dinotopians. "Hey, the royal family is here!" he yelled, "Princess Hazel, and Queen Marion!" Everyone started running and greeting us. I glared at Collin. He shrugged off. I felt like I was about to punch him.
"Mother," I said. "Why are some people here so different from the people in America?"
"Honey, the people here live with dinosaurs. They must live a harsh, mean life fighting them. C'mon," coaxed Mother, "enjoy your time here." Suddenly, I pulled my hand away.
"No! I don't want to live here!" I screamed. "No! I do not want to live with carnivores! This is like the live version of Jurassic Park and I hate it!" I ran off to somewhere I would not be seen. The forest, maybe.
"Hazel!" yelled my mother. "Don't go-" Don't do this, don't do that, I forced myself to think. She's just bossing you around.
I reached the forest, finding a place to sit and think about everything that happened.
Wow, what a day. Moving from America to this weird place, Dinotopia. I thought these dinosaurs got exctinct. I might like this place-whoa, what am I thinking? I know I hate this place. It's the worst. The animals, the weird people, and worst of all, my mother is the queen of this place and she never told me until today! It all happened sooo fast.
Disclaimer: Sorry I forgot to put this in the prologue but, the only characters that are mine are Hazel, Carl Jr., Jay, and Collin and Lilly Bryant.
"Well.. how do we get there?" I asked. Father held up a crystal. So did Mother. They handed one of the crystals to me.
"What do I do with it?" I asked.
"You must go into the crystal," said Father. "Chant with me: Crystal who gives us life and energy, please use your power to take me to Dinotopia with my family." It obviously worked, and Father disappeared.What a chant, too! Mother did it, and so did I. I was suddenly sucked into the crystal.
I saw lights all around me. I looked at my feet, dangling around. Rainbows, and colors flew all around me. I saw Mother a couple feet away from me.
I looked up, and saw a huge dinosaur above my head. I screamed.
"Shh." someone said. It was a boy. "If you don't panic, it will not harm you. It's a herbivore. You obviously don't walk the grounds of Dinotopia. If you did, you'd know that by now."
Wow, what a snob, I thought.
"Hazel!" my mother was calling. I followed her worried voice, and bumped into a lady, hidden in a hood, one of those crystal's dangling from her neck.
"Agh!" I screamed, as her shadowy eyes looked at me.
"Hazel." the lady began. I was definetely paranoid. Everyone knew my name her for some reason. I ran right into mother, panting in fear.
"There was this lady-she-had dark-she-" I began. Mother hugged me and Father said,
"What are you saying? Come on, Hazel." I had a sense they weren't telling something to me.
"Mother, are you hiding something from me? Everyone here knows who I am," I said, a little scared as all the people in hoods followed me, bumped into me, and looked at me and Mother.
"Honey," began Mother. "When I left, I was empororess of Dinotopia. You're father was a normal boy who got stranded here. I did the crystal ritual, as empororess you have to."
"What?" I asked. "Are you still-?"
"Yes, that's why everyone knows who you are." I stared at Father and Mother in awe.
No one treats me like part of the royal family, I thought. "Mother? Are you queen yet? Or are you still empororess?"
Mother didn't answer.
"Why did you keep this from me?" I asked annoyed. Again, I bumped into someone. But it was that bossy boy I met before.
'What do you want?" I asked coldly.
"I'm sorry I was so harsh over there," he said. "By the way, my name is Collin."
"Why would you tell me your name?" I snapped. My mother grabbed my hand and we walked up. He walked right by me.
"I told you I was sorry. What's your name?" he asked. He looked at me from head to toe and said, "I am extra sorry! You are Princess Hazel!"
"Ceagan-"
"Collin!" Collin stammered. He suddenly turned around and faced the rest of the Dinotopians. "Hey, the royal family is here!" he yelled, "Princess Hazel, and Queen Marion!" Everyone started running and greeting us. I glared at Collin. He shrugged off. I felt like I was about to punch him.
"Mother," I said. "Why are some people here so different from the people in America?"
"Honey, the people here live with dinosaurs. They must live a harsh, mean life fighting them. C'mon," coaxed Mother, "enjoy your time here." Suddenly, I pulled my hand away.
"No! I don't want to live here!" I screamed. "No! I do not want to live with carnivores! This is like the live version of Jurassic Park and I hate it!" I ran off to somewhere I would not be seen. The forest, maybe.
"Hazel!" yelled my mother. "Don't go-" Don't do this, don't do that, I forced myself to think. She's just bossing you around.
I reached the forest, finding a place to sit and think about everything that happened.
Wow, what a day. Moving from America to this weird place, Dinotopia. I thought these dinosaurs got exctinct. I might like this place-whoa, what am I thinking? I know I hate this place. It's the worst. The animals, the weird people, and worst of all, my mother is the queen of this place and she never told me until today! It all happened sooo fast.