Chapter 4: After the storm

(Day 5)

Day number four was the roughest up to this point. It rained and stormed through the entire day. Every tribe had to put up a campfire inside their houses, and open the door to not suffocate in smoke. Catching a cold on this island would have been catastrophical. But the worst thing was the boredom.

But the weather had cleared over night, and Team RWBY was inspecting their camp. The water washed away their spears and tools, and destroyed the campfire. Their stocks had also been hit hard. Luckily, the Phiomia seemed to be okay. Logically, since the animals here had to be used to weather conditions like that.

Suddenly, the four heard the sound for a Level-Up, and opened their engrams. Everyone was Level 10 now, and new engrams were able to be bought: A cooking pot, stimulants, cementing paste, a compass, a spyglass, crop plots, a gravestone, parts of a simple irrigation network, wardrums, furniture, more wooden building stuff, a wooden shield, cages, a training dummy, bolas and, perhaps the most exiting, gunpowder, flare guns and two new saddles. They also got 12 points instead of 8.

"Holy Shit. That's a lot of stuff." Yang gasped.

"Yeah. We have to think about what to buy." Ruby added "I'll take the bolas and the dummy." The leader dragged the engrams into the little box.

"What are bolas anyway?" Weiss asked.

"An ancient hunting tool. Stones on a string. They can immobilize creatures." Ruby explained.

"Yeah, wasn't there a student at signal who used bolas?" Yang remembered.

Ruby smiled. "Yep. Wasn't very effective though."

"I'm next!" Weiss said. "I'm going to take the flare Gun and the Parasaurolophus Saddle."

"I'll move down the building road." Blake said and selected the wooden ceiling, doorframe and door.

"I'm going to get some of the other stuff then." Yang said. She thought a bit, and chose the compass and cooking pot. "Uhm, where are we gonna get metal?" The blonde asked.

Weiss looked up from her engrams. "What?"

"The compass. It needs metal."

"Caves, I guess? Or mountains." Blake suggested. They all looked up the mountain behind them.

"So, who is going to get some?" Ruby asked.

"I'll do it!" Yang said "I'm the strongest of us after all. Weiss? Do you have a problem if I borrow Gran for the travel?" It turned out that Weiss was right, and the Phiomia really was a good pack mule.

Weiss shook her head. "No problem. If you find anything else that could be useful, bring it with you."

"Clear. Bye then." Yang took one of the pickaxes and jumped on Gran. Her team looked after her as she ran into the land.

"I'm going to make some bolas." Ruby said and walked to their storage place. It consisted of a dozen storage boxes near the cliff. She took three stones, some fiber, hide and thatch. Most of the fiber and thatch was wet, and stuck together, making it useless. The hide however seemed to be in good shape.

Meanwhile, Blake had begun to upgrade the house. She took some wood, and brought it in shape using her hatchet. The logs were held together with thatch and fiber. Not the most sturdiest way to built something, but better than nothing. Weiss looked through their supply of hide. It was getting low, but should be enough for a Parasaurolophus Saddle.

Thankfully a dead Triceratops washed up on the shore yesterday, and provided a lot of hide. The worrying thing however was how it died. Over its body were bitemarks, bigger than those of a Megalodon. Weiss initially thought that the cause was something like a Pliosaur, but then there wouldn't be a corpse left. It was something terrestrial. Something big. Still, that didn't mean that the hide was useless.

After skinning the creature, which took nearly an hour, she heard some footsteps, and saw how Yang came back.

"Girls. I've found another Dossier." That caught everyone's attention.

Ruby walked up to her sister, and tightened the fiber she used for the bola. "What? Where?"

"Well, a group of ants attacked us as I was mining some Metal, and Gran panicked." She petted the animals side. "He ran down the mountain into the jungle and stopped at a ruin."

"Did you read it?" Blake asked.

"Nope. But we already saw the creature." She pulled it out of one of the small pockets on the side of the saddle. "It's about those pelicans."

Blake took it and started reading.

"The much larger ancestors of water birds like the stork or pelican, Pelagornis Miocaenus shares many traits with its modern-day brethren. However, it seems to spend much more time hunting or fish over the open deep-sea. In fact, I have rarely spotted a wild Pelagornis near the costs of the main island, as it prefers to rest its wings by paddling along on the ocean's surface rather than waddling across the island's beaches. Perhaps this behavior is a result of its survival instincts. The early miocene was a post-dinosaur epoch, after all, and Pelagornis would not be accustomed to such predators. Considering how quickly it flees from humans, one can hardly blame its caution. Because of its ability to fly, walk, and surface-swim, a tamed Pelagornis is one of the island's most versatile mounts, but this comes at a cost. The same webbed feet that allow Pelagornis to serenely manover along the ocean's surface prevent it from snatching prey from the ground, which may limit its appeal to some survivors."

"Huh. A tameable, flying creature." Ruby muttered.

"It could come in handy." Blake added and closed the book. She put it inside the house, where it would be safe from rain.

"But no one of us knows how to make a saddle for it." Weiss pointed out, and began to cut off a bit of meat from the dead dinosaur. This caused Ruby to look into another direction.

"Not now. I'm sure we will unlock it later." Yang explained. "Probably Level fifty or so. A flying creature seems to be something for experienced people."

"Even if it is this late, we can still tame one of the Parasaurolophus." Blake suggested "We'd just need to knock it out."

"And how are we going to do th-" Everyone turned their heads slowly towards Yang.

"What? Am I supposed to punch it?"

Her sister shrugged. "Pretty much."

Yang rolled her eyes. "Ugh. Okay. But don't be angry at me if I break it."

"Level ten, huh?" Pyrrha said as she looked through the new engrams. She chose the crop plot, the irrigation intake and straight pipe. This should help them getting food. She was the first one to wake up and was currently one a little hike outside of the valley. She took the way to the south and found herself at a river. A good number of dinosaurs were walking along the shores. Parasaurolophus, Triceratops. Even a pair of gigantic Brontosaurus ate from the trees on the other side of the river. Sure, she didn't know if they actually were Brontosaurus, but it was the first one that came to mind. It's not like one could distinguish between different sauropods from the distance. Most of the features that set them apart were minor, except for some rare examples. And the fact that she only knew three or four different species was no help either. A little Pterosaur was also flying above her head.

"Where's Pyrrha?" Jaune asked Ren, who was sitting outside, and began to work on the walls. He was currently preparing the wood.

"I think I saw her walking south earlier."

"Out of the valley?" Jaune asked. He was working on one of the things he had learned, and was cutting some wood into shape. Ren simply nodded as an response.

Behind them, Nora left the shack and yawned. "Mornin'"

Ren greeted her in his usual emotionless voice. "Hey. Have you already spent your points?"

"Huh?"

"Aren't you Level 10?" Ren asked.

Nora instantly checked her implant. It was true, she was Lvl. 10. "What did you guys learn?"

Jaune explained how he learned the wooden shield and the stimulants, and Ren the wooden spikes, door and chairs. Nora then chose the Parasaur saddle and instantly set out to get the necessary hide. Ren followed her, since the spikes needed hide themselves. Jaune was currently working on a wooden shield. Of course, it wouldn't be the same as Crocea Mors, but it should do the job.

He heard yelling, and looked up to the southern cliff. Pyrrha was standing on top of it and waved. She jumped down, her Aura packing most of the impact, and walked towards Jaune.

"And? How was the walk?"

"Great. I've found a new Dossier."

That caught Jaune's attention. He looked up from his work. "Really? About what creature?"

"Some kind of beaver." Pyrrha looked around. "Where are Ren and Nora?"

Jaune pointed toward the northern entrance. "Hunting. Nora wants to saddle Greene."

"Ah. So, want me to read out the Dossier?" Jaune nodded and Pyrrha opened the small book.

"Castoroides is a large, mammalian herbivore that tents to live near water. Unlike other large beaver species, this one remains the chisel-shaped teeth of modern beavers. As is typical for beavers, they build dams as Habitats, but the larger creatures on the island have a tendency to trample them. As a result, finding unsullied dams in the wild is quite rare. Castoroides itself doesn't seem to realize how dangerous the island is. I don't know if it's simply too dumb to notice the danger, or if it just doesn't care, but Castoroides happily goes about its day playing in the water and gnawing on wood. The value of a tamed Castoroides is obvious from its physiology. The creature naturally gathers wood extremely efficiently, far more than most species on the island. It's not the strongest creature, so it can only carry limited amounts, but it is a natural lumberjack!"

"Sounds like a good pet." Jaune pointed out.

"And it looks absolutely adorable." Pyrrha began to squeal. "We've gotta find one."

"Sure, why not. Maybe Ren and Nora have seen one. There is a river to the south anyway, this could be a good place ot start."

"You think we can knock one out?"

Jaune laughed. "Come on, how strong can a Beaver be?"

Yang and Ruby sat in the bushes. They spotted a herd of Parasaurolophus walking through the jungle half an hour ago, but decided to follow them instead of knocking one out. Afterall, none of them knew how those things would react. And getting stombed by a herd of dinosaurs really wasn't a good thing. The two huntresses, however, were way more confident now. Some minutes ago, the herd got attacked by a Dilophosaurus. Instead of fighting back, the animals began to ran. Hopefully they would do the same in case of humans. The Dilophosaurus was of no problem either, as it ran off into the bushes later on.

Yang slowly snuck out of the bush and under one of the animals. It was too occupied with eating to notice her. Or it just didn't give a shit. An powerful uppercut later, and the creature was knocked out. The other animals let out a loud sound and ran deeper into the jungle, away from Yang and Ruby.

"So, what now?" Yang asked.

Ruby reached into her pockets and pulled out a hand full of purple berries. She slowly opened the dinosaurs mouth and put some berries in. It began to chew slowly.

"There. Just give him purple berries. Weiss said that Gran and Puffy love those." Ruby explained.

Yang nodded and began searching for more Mejoberries. An rough hour later, the Parasaurolophus slowly got up again. It looked at the two and began cuddling with Ruby. She laughed. "Hey friend. Nice to meet you."

Yang patted the dino on the back. "Welcome in the team, uhm…"

"Right, it needs a name."

"Well, is it a male or female?"

Ruby shrugged. It was an important question, but none of them was eager to look. Neither did one of them know where to look at a reptile.

"What about a neutral name?" Yang suggested.

"Yeah." The leader thought for a moment. "Baza. How 'bout that." The animal made a cheerful sound. "He, or she, likes it."

"Come on. Let's get you back to camp. Maybe they've got the saddle ready."

Ruby and Yang led the animal to their camp, where Weiss was still working on the saddle. Blake was working on reinforcing the ceiling with wood. To do that, she was sitting on top of it, and it looked like it could collapse any minute. Weiss looked up and noticed the dinosaur.

"Oh, you found one."

Ruby smiled. "Yep. It's named Baza."

"Okay." Weiss pulled on a bit of leather, tightening the reins on the saddle. "The saddle should be ready in short time."

"Why does it take so long?" Yang asked while leading the animal to the side, where it began eating berries together with the Phiomia. Blake already planned to put the berries into some sort of building, so that they wouldn't attract any unwanted visitors. Sure, herbivores weren't too dangerous, but there could always be a carnivore following them.

"We needed to get a bit more hide." Weiss explained.

"Really? What did you take out?" Ruby asked. She put her spear back against the wall.

"Some kind of little Raptor." Blake yelled from on top of the house.

Weiss rolled her eyes. "Blake. I've told you they are called Compsognathus."

"Yes, but I can't pronounce that." Blake replied.

Weiss facepalmed and got back to working on the saddle.

"Anyway, would anyone have something against it if I take Baza tomorrow and go on a little scouting trip?" Yang asked.

"No problem." Ruby answered and took some hide from their stocks.

Blake looked at her from the roof. "What are you doing?"

"I wanna try to make a training dummy. I still need to get a lot of fiber though." The process of making one was pretty easy. Make a form with hide, and fill it with fiber and thatch.

"I mean, there are enough plants around." Yang pointed out.

"It's annoying though." Ruby said. "You know how hard it is to get the fiber from a fern?" She continued to rant about it, as she disappeared into the jungle to collect the material.

"I'm back!" Mercury yelled as he entered the camp. Since Emerald and Neo did the last expedition, it was his turn this time. He decided to follow the river that Emerald found a bit up north. Unfortunately, his travel was cut short by a beast he didn't want to engage. He wasn't sure if he could take it on, even if he still had his weapons. Though, having his normal legs back wasn't the worst thing either.

It was one of the things that led him to believe that they had been out longer than they thought at first. Whoever captured them restored his organic legs. That fact led him to believe that the people who took them were either Atlas, or some other highly developed organization.

More strange was one of the animals he saw running through the woods. It looked like some sort of small Raptor, which was nothing special. Except for the fact that it seemed to have bunny ears on its head. Mercury guessed that it was just something imagined. Afterall, why should an Raptor have bunny ears?

"And? Found something?" Roman asked. He was currently making some Stimulants, hoping that they could be made into cigarettes.

He begun to use a stick as a cane. Neo wasn't any different, as she used a branch and some palmleaves to create an umbrella. They weren't weapons, but old habits die hard. And a bit of shade could also prevent a heatstroke.

"Well, any of you seen Cretaceous Park 3?" Mercury asked. He wasn't sure how to tell them, without causing a small panic.

Adam and Neo, who sat at the campfire in the middle of the camp, raised their hands. Roman did the same.

He looked at them in surprise. "Really? Only three of you?"

Emerald reluctanly raised her hand too.

"Anything okay? You raised your hand late, kiddo." Roman asked.

Emerald sighed. "It's just, I don't like the movie. The first one was way better."

"That's not a secret." Adam agreed. "The second one sucked too."

"The forth one was pretty good though." Roman added.

"Yeah. Cretacious World and Cretacious Park were good movies." Emerald added. "Two and three however, not so much."

"Guys! I don't want a goddamn movie review. I want to know who saw it." Black shouted. It was a good sign that they actually made a civilized conversation, but this really wasn't the time.

"Sorry. Why did you ask?"

"You remember that big dinosaur that attacked them in the boat?"

Adam shrugged. "Yeah, why?"

"Well, it seems like those things live at the river. One at least."

Everyone looked at him in a mix of shock and fear. Neo even dropped the food she was just eating.

"So, there's a Spinosaurus close to us?" Emerald asked, and stood up.

Mercury shook his head. "Not that close. It is a good portion inland. On top of a giant waterfall."

"We should keep an eye out on the river." Adam explained. "I don't want to be surprised by such a beast."

"And you didn't find anything useful?" Emerald seemed a bit disappointed.

"I found one of those books." Mercury noted and held up the dossier.

"And what animal is it about?" Cinder asked as she entered the camp. As far as Mercury knew, she was down at the ocean, trying to catch some fish. Judging by the severe lack of said animals, and of a spear, it didn't go well.

"Something called a Doedicurus."

Adam stood up and walked up to Mercury, only to rip the book out of his hand. "Give that to me."

"Doedicurus Custosacium is one of the Island's non-aggressive herbivores, generally found on mountains and graslands. Large and well-armored, supply of fat under its plates to keep it warm and fed in the cold. Doedicurus has adapted well to the dangers of the Island, perhaps even better than Ankylosaurus. Doedicurus has two very different reactions to predators. Against smaller foes, it generally uses its spiked tail to inflict as much damage as possible. Against larger predators, however, it pulls its tail underneath itself to form a solid armored ball that is nearly impossible for creatures to pierce. Doedicurus is a highly prized work animal on the island. Its spiked tail is ideal for quickly shattering the large rocks, so Doedicurus is a very efficient quarry worker. And in case their quarry gets raided, Doedicurus-riders have a very difficult-to-kill mount."

"Huh. So a work animal. Could be useful." Cinder muttered.

"One question." Emerald interrupted. "Are we large or small foes?"

"According to the picture, we are bigger than this thing." Adam assured her.

"Even if. We could take out one of them without any problems." Cinder said.

"Right, your powers still work here." Emerald pointed out.

"Precisely." Cinder walked up to the edge of the cliff and shot a fireball into the air to demonstrate it.

"Fucking showoff." Roman muttered.

A cooked Pelagornis, which was hit by the fireball, fell from the sky and landed inside the camp. Everyone jumped away a bit as it crashed. More disturbingly, Neo walked up to it and used a hatchet to cut it into bits, so that they could use it as food.

Everyone else stepped away from her. "Should we divide our duties for today?" Adam asked, trying to change the subject, and distract himself from the sight.

"We already have, Taurus." Roman explained. "You are going to collect wood."

Mercury still had painful memories about the discussion in the morning. It went on for solid three hours, and most of them weren't happy with their assignment.

"But that was before I learned how to make wardrums."

Emerald facepalmed. "What the hell do you need wardrums for?"

Adam crossed his arms. "If we go to war, we need the appropriate atmosphere."

"We don't even know if there are other people on this Island." Mercury pointed out. "And even if, I don't think one of us should sit in the middle of the battlefield and play drums."

"Everyone! Calm down!" Roman yelled. "It's clear that nearly all of us hate each other with a burning passion, except for Emerald and Cinder." Neo looked at him. She seemed insulted. "And me and Neo." Roman clarified. Neo smiled and went back to cutting down the pelican. "But if we don't work together, we won't survive this. And neither will we, if everyone does what he wants."

"What are you suggesting?" Cinder asked.

"That we make a plan who does what. And we actually write it down, together with punishment if someone doesn't do his work."

"That, that isn't a bad idea." Emerald agreed. "I could make a sign to write it down."

"And what should the punishment shall be?" Cinder asked intrigued.

"I don't know. Think of something." Roman said, and went back to making his stimulants. He first had the idea to let Neo make the penalties, but it could end up a bit extreme.

"And… done." Pyrrha said as she stuck the last part of the small irrigation system together. The pipes led from the pond to the two crop plots she build. One of them held Azulberries, the other one Narcoberries, since they would need a lot of them for taming more creatures. After they came back from collecting hide, Nora made the saddle for Greene. Ren instead helped Pyrrha, and suggested to put dinosaur feces on the plants to fertilize them. He tried to take the idea back, however, as no one actually wanted to do it. It didn't work, and he was now stuck with the job.

Pyrrha slowly followed the pipes, and smiled as the water came out on the other side. She and Ren nodded at each other. Now they only had to wait until the plants were grown up, which, in turn, could take some time.

They heard the door to the house that Ren build open up. Jaune stepped out, holding a shield made out of wood in one hand. "And, what do you think?"

"I think it'll do just fine." Pyrrha said.

"Wood may not be as sturdy as metal, but it should do the job." Ren added. "Unless you go up against anything bigger than a Raptor."

The ground shook as Greene ran past them, with Nora on her back. She still had problems controlling the animal while riding it, but hoped that she would figure it out soon. The Parasaur ran into one of the ravines, and the group chuckled.

"Well, I'll go and continue working on the spike walls." Ren said.

"Do you need any help?" Jaune asked.

"Actually, yes. I could use someone who holds the spikes while I tie them together. "

Jaune nodded. "Will do. Pyrrha, wanna come too?"

"No thanks. I'll try to improve the pipe system." Her friends shrugged, and went to work. Pyrrha kneeled down, only to hear the screaming of said team mates. She looked over and saw Ren and Jaune running towards her "What's going on?"

"Bad things!" Jaune screamed.

Pyrrha's question was answered, as an angry Stegosaurus came out of the jungle that was contained in the ravines. Pyrrha realised that she was in the path of the angry herbivore and started to run too. "What did you do?"

"I accidently stepped on its egg." Jaune yelled in panic.

The spiked tail of the animal swung at them, but the three of them ducked early enough. It gave them a bit of distance, but not much. "What are we going to do?" Ren asked and jumped over a rock.

"We need to take it down." Jaune suggested and ducked under another tail swing.

"We can't take her out! It's just an angry mother!" Pyrrha pointed out. They ran along the shore of the pond.

"What should we do then?!"

"Maybe we can guide her out of the valley." Jaune suggested.

"That could work. Come on." They turned right and ran towards one of the ravines that lead out of the valley. They made their way through the thick underbushes and leaves of the jungle, still followed by the enraged mother. JPR finally broke through the last plants and found themselves on the shore. They looked behind them, and the Stegosaurus charged through the jungle.

"Come on! Let's go that way!" Jaune yelled and pointed north.

His team mates nodded and followed him. They ran around a group of trees. The dinosaur, however, was to pissed to notice the trees. It tried to charge through them, but got stuck instead. Ren, Jaune and Pyrrha turned around, and saw the animal struggling to get out.

"We did it!" Jaune yelled excited.

"Maybe we should go back before it gets free though." Ren added, as wood cracked out of the trees. His friends nodded and they ran back. At their domicile, Nora had finally managed to get down from the Parasaurolophus. Now she sat on a chair near the campfire and cooked some food.

The chairs were also build by Ren. It wasn't too comfortable, but better than sitting on the ground.

Nora waved. "Hey! Where have you guys been?"

"You didn't notice the Stegosaurus running through here?" Jaune asked.

"Nope. Greene ran very far. At least I found this!" She held up a new dossier.

Pyrrha smiled. "Nice. What's in it?"

Nora coughed in her fist, and began to read. Inside the book was the picture of a small pterosaur.

"Dimorphodon Equesica is another of the Island's Jekyll-and-Hyde creatures. It is normally passive, sometimes even friendly. When provoked, it becomes very aggressive, even against larger creatures it has no business fighting… often to its fatal end. Dimorphodon can make short work of smaller opponents, however, due to its large, but lightweight, skull and teeth. Barely over a meter tall, Dimorphodon should be low on the food chain, but its incredible speed and surprisingly strong bite makes it fairly dangerous, especially en masse as they tend to attack in groups."

"By the way, there is a picture of roughly two dozen Dimorphodon attacking someone riding on a dinosaur." Nora added.

"Okay. Not attack the thing, got it." Jaune said.

"Or step on an egg of his." Ren deadpanned, and glared at his friend.

Jaune starred daggers at him. "Not. Funny."

"Uhm, can I continue?" Nora asked. Everyone nodded.

"A flock of angry or hungry Dimorphodon can take down prey several times their size, and hunters should take care not to hunt near where a flock is gathered. Dimorphodon is one of the creatures on the Island that is easily domesticated for companionship. But its use in combat is also quite clear: It will hunt in large groups to seek out enemy dino riders directly, harrassing them to no end. Regardless of the might of the mount they may be astride."

"So, they could be useful for hunting." Ren muttered.

"Welp. I want one." Nora shouted.

"What?" Everyone asked in unison.

"They are easy to tame, and I saw a single one on the beach. We just need a bit of meat."

"I mean, it couldn't hurt." Jaune pointed out.

"However, we would need some narcotics. Small creatures are barely passed out for a long time." Ren added.

"Then I'll take some with me." She stood up, and wanted to go inside to make them. However, on the way there, she stopped. "Uhm, how many?"

"I'd say thirty-five." Ren said, and helped her making the drugs. They didn't learn the engram, but Jaune was able to show them how it's done. Afterall, putting rotten meat and a couple of berries into a bowl and crushing them wasn't rocketscience. Especially for Nora.

Jaune and Pyrrha sighed. "We'll go and get the berries." Both walked off to some plants and began picking berries.

"How do you want to knock it out anyway?" Ren asked his childhood friend.

Nora just shrugged. "I think I'll just use the slingshot. Maybe a bola."

"Well, until we have the Narcotics ready, you wanna help me with the spike walls?"

"Yeah, why not."

Both walked off to the spikes. "And please, try not to step on any eggs."

"And the sign is done!" Emerald said proud. She put the construct down in the middle of the camp, near the campfire, so that everyone would see it everyday. While she crafted it, they also discussed another important matter: Who lived where.

They only had three huts, so two had to sleep in one. Roman and Neo quickly took the one to the right side of the campfire. Cinder and Emerald claimed the left one, leaving the one in the middle for Adam and a more than unfortunate Mercury. Lucky for him and his fellow survivors, the assassin wasn't eager on starting an argument, or even fight.

Neo held up a small sign of herself, reading: "Well done."

"Thanks. Now we only have to divide the work." Emerald said. Thanks to Roman, she knew that Neo could actually talk, but didn't like to. She wondered how that happened, but it wasn't an important question right now. And if she ever wanted to ask this, she wanted to sit down with Roman and discuss it.

"I'd say Neo should take care of our animals." Mercury suggested.

"Why?"

Mercury gestured at their already existing pets. "Have you seen how she takes care of her Dodos? Who else should do that? Adam?"

"Yeah, good point. Are you okay with that, Neo?" Emerald asked.

Said girl nodded, and Emerald wrote it on the sign with her fingers and some color made from berries. "I'll do the construction works." She added, and wrote it down too.

"I'm on cloth duty." Cinder said, and instantly left.

"Yes, Ma'am." She always tried to be by herself, a fact that worried Emerald.

"I'll take care of our equipment." Adam suggested, and Emerald wrote it down.

Emerald looked at Torchwick. "Roman? What do you want to do?"

Torchwick shrugged. "I don't know. Exploration."

"Okay. And Merc?"

He thought for a moment. "I'll collect ressources."

Emerald wrote that down to. Now the only thing that was left were daily duties. They had determined three of them, so two would be tasked with them every day. Since the sun was already setting, they decided that it would be enough if the new work plan would start tomorrow. After a big discussion, Emerald and Adam were to collect berries, Mercury and Torchwick would go hunting and Cinder should work with Neo to get water from the beach.

"There it is." Nora muttered. She and Ren hid in a bush, watching the lone Dimorphodon flying along the shore of the river south of their Base. They had both brought a slingshot with a number of stones, and the said narcotics and meat.

"So, how many stones do we need?" Ren asked.

Nora thought for a moment. "I'd say one. Look at the little guy."

"Okay then." They took aim with their weapons, and two stones got launched at the pterosaur. Instead of knocking it out however, it just made it angry.

It turned around in an instant, and charged at the two. Nora rolled out of the way, and the Pterosaur changed direction surprisingly fast. It latched onto her face, and started biting her. Ren grabbed its wings, and tried to pull it off her face.

It worked, and the animal let go. It looked at Ren for a moment, before latching onto his face. This time it was Nora's turn to get it off, but instead of pulling, she punched the animal. After five punches, it finally fell unconscius, and off Ren's face.

"That didn't go as well as I expected." Nora said.

Jaune put the shield on a stone, and stepped on the side with all the force he could offer. The wood broke down, and a couple of hits with a smaller stone later, he was done. "And there's your shield." He said and handed the equipment over to Pyrrha. To make it more similiar to Akoùo, he broke away a bit of wood so that the shield was round. They had even planned to paint it with berries, but decided to do that later. The two were pleasantly surprised though, as Nora and Ren came back with a new companion. The little, grey colored Dimorphodon sat on her shoulder and looked around.

"You did it!" Pyrrha said and smiled.

"Yep. I've got a pet now." Nora added.

"You, have a pet now?" Jaune asked. "I thought it was to help all of us?"

"Yes, but the little guy seems to be fixated on her." Ren explained.

"Did you give it a name?" Pyrrha asked.

"Danny."

Pyrrha stepped up to Nora and petted the animal on the head. "Welcome in the team, Danny." The Dimorphodon let out an amused grunt, and then latched onto Pyrrha's face.

"Help!"

Nora pulled it off, and the animal sat back down on her shoulder. "Bad Danny. Bad." It looked to the ground, as if the Dimorphodon was embarassed. "Sorry, it seems like he's really clingy."

"I noticed." Pyrrha answered. Even though she was just attacked by an dinosaur, everything was going great. They had their base, food, water and enough ressources to build up walls. Still, there was one thing she couldn't get out of her mind. What happened to the previous inhabitants?

And Chapter 4 is up, and a bit more early then I expected, thanks to me being sick, and thus having a lot of time on my hands. (Still, easter is a bad time for being sick.)

Now to answer some questions:

First of, the questions asked by A New Challenger:

1. They will have Aura, but due to the fact that Semblances have to be unlocked by discovering, that will be a bit more tricky.

2. Bosses are hard enough as they are, especially with their armies, so no, they'll not have Aura.

3. Depends on the species. According to the Dossier of the Araneo, the Broodmother seems to be their queen, like it is with temites or bees. I'm not to sure about the Megapithecus and the Dragon though.

4. Something similiar to that will happen later on, but not on a giant, invasion-like scale.

5. I think that most of them wouldn't really care about Dust. Afterall, it appears to be mostly in a crystalline form, and only some herbivores are proven to eat, well, stones. If someone were to eat it, it probably wouldn't end well though.

ShadowProclamation8: Yeah, they'll meet each other at one point. The Ark isn't to big. Of course, some of them will be more happy with it then other characters.

Omega09: Like I already said, Mods aren't going to play a role in here.

And lastly to Crazy Old Water.

1. Some creatures will migrate for sure. For better or worse.

2. Yes, not yet released animals are also going to appear. (And if you find Pyrrha's reaction to the bees funny, just imagine her fighting the Broodmother.)

Also, thanks to the Multiversal Writer for pointing out the typo. Seems like it slipped through my multiple proof readings.

(Edit: I re-released this chapter, since it came to my attention that there were a couple of mistakes here and there. I'll try that this doesn't happen agian. However, everything should be fixed now. Thanks for pointing it out.)

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