I'm back! And this one and the rest for the next month will all be cold weather animals so lots of Ice Age animals.
Let's get started!
Play Primeval Theme)
There's a black background and shards of glass floating in a sphere formation.
Shards come together to form two pairs: one an image of Ruby Rose, then of a screeching Velociraptor.
Two more pairs form an image of Weiss Schnee then of a shrieking Troodon.
Two more pairs form an image of Blake Belladonna then of a Dinofelis leaping towards the screen.
Two more pairs form an image of Yang Xiao Long then of an Ankylosaurus flailing its club.
Two more pairs form an image of Darrel Maximus and a T-rex roaring, jaws glowing light blue.
Two more pairs form an image of Isaac Von Reinhbach and Woolly Mammoth trumpeting in a blizzard.
Two more form an image of Matthew Lewis then of an Utahraptor leaping down, the sun behind it.
The last pair forms an image of Dalton Goldenrod then of a Megalania running towards the screen, hissing.
All the shards come together to form RWBY with Primeval below it before all the shards scatter.
December 20, 2016
Noon
Beacon Airfield
Teams RWBY and DIMD were heading to the airships.
One would notice that they were all wearing winter clothes as well as backpacks for camping 2 weeks.
"So team, we'll be stopping by my dad's place for a day or two and then we'll be going camping in the prehistoric past."Ruby informed them of what Darrel told her.
"Darrel, what time period will be going to?"Blake inquired. "Not sure; hopefully its winter wherever it will be."He stated
They boarded the airship and flew to Patch and once they landed, they were greeted by Tai, wearing a fuzzy yellow coat over his usual attire that was now more built for the cold winter.
"Daddy!"Ruby hugged him. "Hey Dad."Yang hugged him too. "It's so good to see my girls again."
He looked to Matthew & Dalton. "So, you boys are the ones my baby girls are smitten with."Tai said in a fatherly tone.
"Daddy/Dad!"The sisters shouted, afraid for their men.
"Sir, I have treated Yang like the woman she is, sir!"Dalton said like a soldier, saluting. "And so have I with Ruby, sir."Matt stated.
"…..You're clean…..for now."
The sisters fainted from the shock. 'They've been accepted by daddy/dad! YES!'
After that…..episode, they all walked to Tai's place and while the girls sat around the fire and watched TV or chatted, the guys cooked dinner.
They all sat at the table and had a meal of pork chops with mashed potatoes, rolls, and green beans.
"Darrel, eat your greens."Blake said sternly. "Yes dear."He said, defeated.
"Dear Dust, you two are like an old married couple with that remark."Matt commented. The couple blushed.
Then Blake hugged Darrel. "Soon, I'll be Mrs. Maximus." She kissed his cheek.
Desert was chocolate chip pie and after that, the guys- sans for Tai- slept in the living room while the girls slept upstairs in Ruby's room since Yang's room is for lack of a better term, very messy.
"We better get some sleep; it will be sometime before we sleep somewhere rather warm and safe."Weiss said, cautious.
The following morning was a flurry: pop tarts and granola bars devoured, coats and other winter attire done up, and backpacks were packed.
They hiked further away from the house and soon in the middle of the woods, sticking out like a sore thumb was the bright yellow anomaly.
They entered it and the temperature dropped a few degrees.
The landscape was much like how it was on Patch but the trees were less where they were and for the moment a light snow fall.
"Reminds me of Atlas in mid-winter."Weiss commented, used to the cold. "Ditto."Isaac added.
"So what time period are we in, Darrel."Yang asked.
Darrel looked around and he spotted some tracks in the snow. They were of a classic theropod shape: 3 toes.
"Only one place this cold during the Age of Dinosaurs: Vale 70 million years ago."He said.
"What is the main fauna?"Isaac inquired.
"Well with the onset of winter, the ceratopsians and hadrosaurs will have migrated south, sans for any that succumbed to the cold. So the ones left are those that don't migrate. There's also a small opossum like animal but it should be hibernating. Edmontonia, armored dinosaurs without a club tail but large spiked shoulders. Parkosaurus, ornithopods that is feathered and very common. And Alaskacephale, a pachycephalosaur that is also feathered and common."He explained. "As for the predators, there's Saurornitholestes, which are like Velociraptors, but slightly larger and with more feathers."He added.
"The two we have to watch out for are the northern variants of Troodon. The difference between them and their relatives further south is their size; 5 feet tall, 12 feet long and 120lbs. Add in their already impressive brain, eyesight, grasping digits, and varied diet, these raptors will be a major threat."
"And the owner of these tracks: Nanuqsaurus, a polar tyrannosaur."He continued.
"Wait, you're telling us that a tyrant lizard lives here?!"Weiss shouted, fearful. He nodded. "Despite being only 20 feet long and coated in feathers, it had a much better sense of smell than T-rex."He stated.
They gulped. "So, what do we do Darrel?"Blake questioned.
"We need to find shelter from the bitter cold, fast." He pulled out his thermometer. "Temperatures 30 and steadily dropping."He added.
They trekked for a while until they came across a cave within some cliffs and entered the cave. It was large enough for all of them to fit in, stable, and best of all, not a single animal in it.
"This is base camp for our stay here. While I go get some firewood, the rest of you can get camp set up." Darrel got an ax and as he was about to leave, Blake grabbed him by the left shoulder. "I'm coming with you."She said, firmly. He sighed. "Fine."
They left and then found some bushes for starting a fire. Not only that, they also saw 2 Edmontonia.
Their colors are a dull bronze yellow and a light coat of snow was on their backs. There was a baby, huddling close to its mother for warmth.
"They have a good sense of smell & hearing, so we should be careful to not startle the mother."Darrel said, quietly. She nodded.
They avoided the mother and child and were able to harvest some bushes for a fire starter and even chopped down a small tree down for firewood.
Blake carried all the kindling and sticks while Darrel carried 4 logs. They arrived back at the cave and saw everyone sitting around a circle of rocks.
"I see you got a fire ring set up; good."Blake placed down the kindling and Darrel lit it up with a lighter.
"Blake, you and the rest of you get warm. I'm going to find food while the weather is still not a blizzard."Darrel stated. Blake sighed. "Ok."
"Polar Bear Lizard."He proclaimed.
He convulsed in pain. He grew bigger. His head grew bigger and longer and filled with sharp, tyrannosaur style teeth. Neck grew thicker. Arms are small and ended in 2 short claws. Legs are muscular yet short and the foot has the basic theropod plan: one dewclaw and 3 clawed toes. Tail was long and muscular and had a tapering end.
He was covered in cream-colored feathers. His snout is black and his eyes are deep blue.
Darrel is now a 20 feet long, 7 feet tall, 2ton Nanuqsaurus.
"I'll be back."He said in a deep voice. Blake kissed his snout. "Good luck."He left the cave and out into the frozen wasteland.
Using his insanely good sense of smell, he picked up the scent of a dead hadrosaur.
He found it on the edge of a frozen lake about 3 miles away. Scanning for danger, he broke the ice with his foot and sipped the subzero water. He then ripped open the body cavity of the frozen duckbill and after eating what he wanted; he tore the tail off and dragged the carcass back to the cave.
Halfway there, he was stopped by another polar tyrannosaur. Both tyrants roared at each other and Darrel was louder and the other left, neither risking a fight as that would expend precious energy that both would need to survive the winter.
He arrived back at the cave and the moment he set the carcass down and laid down, Blake tackled his side.
"I could hear the roaring! I was so worried!"She cried into his feathers. "Blake, I'm fine; neither of us would risk a fight."He calmed her down.
Isaac broke off parts of the carcass to put on a spit and they ate it on the stick. "Tastes like cold beef, but edible."Weiss commented.
Since it was perpetual night all winter, it was hard to determine what time it was.
Blake yawned. "I'm going to sleep." She laid her head and most of her body onto Darrel, using him as a warm pillow and one his blankets. As the others slept, Darrel kept watch.
Next morning, Blake awoke and Darrel was still a fluffy tyrannosaur. "Nothing happened minus a lot more snow came down last night."He informed her. "Ok."
The rest woke up and cooked more of the hadrosaur. "Question boss, where's the tail?"Dalton asked.
"I bit it off to lighten my load."He told him. "I'm going to go clear a path since even with snowshoes it will be hard to move."He added.
He walked up to the entrance to the cave and breathed a stream of fire from his mouth, melting the surrounding snow.
"Hey Darrel, we need to refuel our water bottles; seen any water sources."Ruby asked. He nodded.
They left the cave Darrel led them to the frozen lake and he broke more of the ice and they refueled their water bottles after purifying the water.
They moved into a forest for a hike and saw a herd of Parkosaurus. They looked like Hypsilophodon but slightly larger and their scales were light green and covered in a similar coat of feathers.
Darrel- hungry- set an ambush and snagged one which was devoured. Blake glared at him. "What? I'm hungry."He said, jaws still with a little blood. "Whatever."
They stopped under the cover of some boulders to eat lunch.
As they ate, they unintentionally attracted the attention of a trio of Saurornitholestes.
They looked similar to a Velociraptor but larger and had a bigger feather coat. Their colors are a bright orange with light green stripes and pale brown underside.
Ruby noticed them. "We got company."Ruby said.
Just as the raptors got too close, Darrel emerged from behind the rock formation and his appearance alone was enough to scare the raptors away. "Thanks Darrel."
The snow picked up and they decided to leave back to the cave, with Darrel grabbing a turquoise Alaskacephale on the road for food for the others as well as what remains of the hadrosaur.
Unfortunately, the snow continued to fall and it became a blizzard that lasted for 4 days!
The only one to leave was Darrel for food, water and firewood.
When it stopped and Darrel had cleared a path, he showed them where he was getting a lot of meat after the duckbill went bad.
Where he got said meat was from the carcass of a Pachyrhinosaurus.
"Roughly 8tons of meat." He licked his mouth and then simply thrusted his into the body cavity and ate more of it.
Blake sighed. "Hey save some for us, Danny." He had his fill and let the others eat after they cooked it.
However, when the others were full of cooked ceratopsian meat, a pack of Troodons showed up and wanted fresh meat.
Darrel got between them and roared loudly and the raptors charged. The first was tossed aside with his jaws and 2 others were crushed underfoot. 2 more were crushed with his jaws and the remaining 3 ran off.
"Ok, I've had enough of this wasteland; can we go home?"Weiss demanded. Darrel sighed. "Ok."
The next day they packed up, and made the trek back to the anomaly and we're back in the 21st century.
They rested up at Tai's for the remainder of winter break and Blake cuddled Darrel around the fire.
"I love you." They said to each other.
Now with my final high-school year almost over, uploading will pick up a bit, even though I have to clean house for the multitude of friends and family coming to see me graduate. But hey, I'll be out of Heckschool and off to a paradise of a college!
Nanuqsaurus- Polar Bear Lizard
20 feet long, 7 feet tall, 2tons
Usage: Mauler
Melee Attacks: Teeth & Tail
Abilities: A DNA- enhanced version can either breathe out a 4000 degree stream of fire or exhale a beam of ice
Appearance: One seen
Until then, R&R my friends!