A/N So, I should preface this chapter with, as much as I don't like it, an excuse. I have been extremely busy these last few weeks, and when I did have time to write, I just haven't been feeling it. I'm sorry about that, but I don't want to wright when I have no inspiration because then what I write is horrible (if it's not so already). I hope you can forgive me with this next chapter! And with that, we're off!
As Todd and I stepped of the helicopter, we held our breath and looked around. Ribular Town, the main town of Ribular Island (creative, right?), was beautiful. The first thing I noticed was the group of fountains in the middle of the plaza, spewing large streams of water from one to another. The area was ringed with buildings, some of witch were two familiar to me. To our left, the Fossil Guild and News Station and to our right, The Fossil Park Main Office and Clean Z. Fossils, were you can clean fossils with others, though that never intrigued me.
What really stood out, however, was what was directly in front of us. The Fighter's Station. The building was massive, much taller and wider then the others. The Fighter's Station was the main hub for everything that happened in the cup; Fossil Battles, fossil cleaning, and...
"Attention! Registration for the Caliosteo Cup will be ending shortly. All participating Fighters who have not yet signed up should head to the Fighter's Station immediately."
Crap! Registration was almost over?! I glanced at Todd who nodded and we sprinted as fast as we could towards the Station.
We arrived at the front desk sweaty and out of breath. Ribular Town was a lot bigger then it had initially looked.
The lobby of the Station was really nothing to talk about, especially compared to the outside, besides still being large. It was really only there to lead to the more exiting rooms.
The receptionist giggled at us, "You must be in a hurry to register for the Cup."
"Yea," I panted.
"Our... helicopter... landed... a few minutes... ago," Todd finished for me, panting as much, if not more, then me.
"Well I'll just sign you up then. May I have your names?"
We gave her our names and she typed them into the computer next to here.
"There. I've confirmed your qualifications in the preliminaries. If you'll wait for a moment, someone will be here to show you the facilities and inform you on our rules and regulations."
I brushed my hands through my blue-purple hair. We made it! We were actually in the Cup! I couldn't help but smile as pure joy erupted inside me. I looked to Todd to see that he was having the same reaction.
"It happened," he said, "We're finally honest-to-goodness Fossil Fighters!"
"That may be, but if you can't fight well, that won't last long."
We both turned to see who had spoken and, like with everything else, I recognized her immediately. With her flowing brown hair in a pony-tail that hung casually over her shoulder, the hat she wore that you could only see the front of for her hair, the confident look in her deep, brown eyes. I would know her anywhere.
"I'm Stella the Staff Leader on Ribular Island"
Stella. Just hearing her name made me completely melt inside. Not only was she one of the three Staff Leaders, some of the best Fighters in the park, but she was the only girl. She was considered the best of the three and, if you couldn't tell, was absolutely beautiful. Not to mention that I may or may not have had a crush on her for over a year now.
"Dino? Diiiino," Todd said as he softly shook me out of my trance, "Stella's showing us around the station. If you don't come she'll leave us behind."
Stella was showing us around!? I could barely keep myself from screaming in delight. I could already picture us, sitting in the moonlight, as we lean in towards each other, our lips coming closer together until...
"Dino! Come on!" Todd scolded me as he headed of in the direction Stella had gone.
I coughed as I rebalanced my composure. "Right," I said, using my deep, manly voice I'd been practicing.
"This is the most important room for Fighter's. The cleaning room!"
I was in awe as I looked around the room. I heard Todd gasp behind me. The room, while not overly big, was filled with machines. I could recognize a few. Cleaning machines and revival machines were the most prevalent. Others I couldn't even guess what they were for, though many looked similar to the aforementioned revival machines.
We looked back at Stella to see her smirking at our awe, making me blush from embarrassment.
"If you two are done window-shopping," she said, somehow without an insulting tone, "Let's fire one of these babies up!"
Todd and I could barely contain our excitement. Neither of us had ever used a Cleaner or Rever, as they were called, but if they had the power to revive massive Vivosaurs, they must be intense!
"Here," Stella said as she handed us each a pack. I opened it to find a drill and hammer. "These are basic cleaning kits," she explained, "they will help you in cleaning your fossils." She handed me a large rock as well. A fossil rock. "Dino, why don't you go first. I'll walk you through it."
I nodded, placing the rock on an activated cleaner and picking up my tools. "So, I want to soften the rock with the hammer, then clean up what's left with the drill, right?"
The staff leader nodded, "And don't forget to blow away the resulting dust every once in a while."
"Alright. Here we go!
A/N I was going to keep going because this is shorter, but I wanted to get something up so you guys wouldn't think I died or lost interest or anything. I hope that I can return more to my weekly schedule in the near future, assuming life permits it.
Anyways, Dino has met the girl of his dreams in Stella. I know what you're saying though, "But Lloyd! It says in the description that DinoxPauline will be a thing!" Don't worry. Everything will work out... one way or another.
Who will Dino end up with? Stella? Pauline? Neither? Both? Find out notnexttimebutsometimefartherinthefutureofthisfic. yay.
