A Tournament with an Ugly Face:
The newly married pair slept peacefully through the night after their love-making session, filled with happy dreams of a family to call their own and watching them grow up and see them raise their own heirs.
That, however, was when Elliot slowly woke up as the sunlight peeked through the curtains.
He gazed at the form of his still-sleeping wife with her body turned towards him...
Wife...
It was a word that sounded so strange, yet so unbelievably right all at once. This was his dream come true. He was married now, and by God, it all happened so fast...everything that happened the day before, the ceremony, the attack, the reception...it was amazing...all of it.
Especially how that strange Acrocanthosaurus and his lads got their asses kicked by his dragon family.
But, as he gazed down at his wife as he propped up on one elbow, he began to have trouble with his thoughts.
Were they really ready to raise children?
He was afraid, not for them or Elsa, but his own abilities. If you needed someone to catch a fresh hardy meal, he was your man, want to start up a tornado to be used on enemies, you can call upon him, needed someone to show you how to communicate with animals, you got the right guy.
But this?
He had no idea how to raise children, and even with the help of Elsa, Anna and the castle staff, he had his doubts. Doubts, that he will raise them well. Doubts, that his children will even look up to him.
Doubts, that he-
His train of thought was broken by the low groan of his wife as she stretched her arms around him, and inhaled deeply into his chest. He smiled down at her as he gently pecked the top of her head and ran his free hand down her hair. "Morning, Sleeping Beauty," he said softly and joke-fully, earning a small smile from his darling dear as she turned her body away from him.
"I thought I told you not to call me that...!" she replied back in the same tone, earning a scoff of humour from her husband in return.
"What, no 'Good morning!' or even a morning kiss and get a complaint instead?" He bantered, enticing a small laugh from the both of them before he turned around as well "And here I thought we were married!" He hmphed before Elsa gave another small laugh and shifted her body again and wrapped her arms and legs from behind him.
"Just turn around and kiss me then, not that you're going to get one from me now for moaning," she told him, before suddenly finding her lips on his in a firm kiss, her eyes widened in surprise before finally succumbing to the feeling of his lips on hers, smiling as she did before pulling away. "How was your sleep, my new husband?" That word, husband, was something she'll never get tired of saying.
"In a word, exhausted, you were quite wild last night!" he said with a chuckle. "What about you?" he asked, causing Elsa to lay a hand on one of her legs before moving it up towards her stomach.
"Sore, but well satisfied," she said, before turning to look at Elliot with love in her eyes. "I had a dream last night Elliot...a really good one too."
"I think I can guess," he said with a wink, before asking a serious question. "You know, after last night's activities. I wouldn't be surprised if you will end up pregnant."
"Well, we won't know for sure for a couple of weeks...I'm not feeling any of the symptoms yet, thank goodness..." she muttered the last part to herself. "But it's too soon I would think to know for sure."
"Well whatever happens from here onwards, I'll be here for you, luv...I give you my word as a Highfell warrior," he told her while caressing her cheeks.
"I wouldn't have it any other way..." she replied with a smile before they engaged in a kiss.
(Intro theme)
In the woods at the same time, Rosy and two other girls at her age, were at this point running in terror while occasionally screaming as something big with large teeth was chasing them down for a potential early meal. The girl's first opportunity to lose this beast was a small cave opening that was large enough for them to run in but was small enough that the predator could only fit his snout in as it chomped on air, it pulled out and saw the young humans come out the other side, so it ran around the cave tunnel and resumed his chase. Their second opportunity came in the form of small stepping stones across a river, they hopped from one stone to another, but the beast merely soldiered through the river while growling fiercely. They made it to the other side as the beast came out of the deep water and suddenly scooped up Rosy in its jaws and clamped its mouth shut.
The other two girls stopped and stared in terror at what had become of their friend, as the dinosaurian beast came and presented himself.
Terry.
He growled menacingly as he bared down on the other young girls with a look of savage hunger in his eyes as the two girls huddled together in fear.
However...
"Let me out! LET ME OUT!" Terry's eyes widened in surprise as he opened his maw a few times while sticking out his tongue as if he was choking, revealing an intact Rosy near his throat. In a last-ditch attempt to breathe, he spat the girl - not covered in spit - out on the ground - and began to cough uncontrollably.
"Augh! Hairball!" Terry sputtered as he blew a couple of raspberries.
"That was great, get him!" Rosy cheered while charging at him with a small toy sword in hand, the other girls giggled uncontrollably as they soon joined in running around and prodding his legs with the plastic tips of the blades.
"Oh no, attacking toddlers!" Terry cried dramatically as he eyed the girls running around his legs. "Rosy, please! I can't take it, there are too many of you!" he continued as he playfully collapsed to the ground and rolled on his side, allowing the girls to climb on his torso and continue their antics while laughing like mad. "Come on, pick on someone your own size! Stop!"
In the bushes not that far away, a certain allosaurus watched the playful scene while giggling at the bonding. She knew just how much of a good father he will be when their eggs hatch.
Back with the four, Terry was now on his back and began to groan as if he was being killed by the little humans, Rosy and the others stopped their antics just in time to see the tyrant lizard loll his head to the side while sticking his tongue out as if he was dead, making a long exhale as he did.
"Terry...?" Rosy said as her friends looked to him with worry that they had hurt him. "You're not dead..." she said with a knowing smile.
"No!" Terry said rapidly as he whipped his head back around with wide eyes, making the girls shriek in mock fright as they all began to laugh as their game ended.
"Alright kids, break it up!" Ally called out as she came over to them and nuzzled her mate lovingly. "Rex sent me to get you guys in time for the tournament," she told them with a mental smile.
"Aww, do we have to?" the three girls moaned all at once.
"Sorry kiddies, you heard the lady," Terry said as he rose to his feet.
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"Sooo, whatcha got up too...?" Anna asked her new brother-in-law with a teasing smirk as they, along with the rest of their family and the D-Team's parents, all rode on horseback towards the Highfell Fort where the tournament will take place. Or in Elliot's case, sabre back.
"Eh, not much really..." he answered her in a dull tone, trying to come off as monotonically as possible to hide his slightly heated face, which wasn't too bad as far.
Elsa, though, did not have such luck...
"Okay, then why is my sister's face so red? And don't think I didn't notice how she was limping on the way to the courtyard!" Anna said, the smirk turning into more of a teasing grin.
"Nothing to do with you..." Before Anna could come back with another witty comeback, the sound of the Northern Highfell horn sounded, spurring everyone on to the tournament site.
Upon reaching the tournament area, they immediately noticed that the events were about to kick off, stalls and stands were ready to open, seating areas for the events were already starting to fill and the first event for the tournament was nearly ready. All that was left was for the royal family to take their seats on a raised platform looking over the grounds.
"I don't know about you guys, but I'm excited to get things underway!" Anna said with a smile on her face as the D-Team turned up with the rest of their dinosaurs in their chibi forms.
"Morning guys, Your Majesties," Max said kindly to Elsa and Anna.
"Good morning indeed, Sir Taylor." Elsa replied fondly with a smile.
"Hey, where did you get the new outfits from, Princess Anna?" Zoe asked, noticing Elsa in her training outfit and Anna wearing what seemed to be a black riding uniform with a lavender coloured cloak clipped to her shoulders, in addition to that she had also redone her hair into a loose ponytail rather than her usual bun or pigtails.
"Just thought I'd try a new look," she said with a smile while giving a twirl. "You like it?"
"It suits you quite well, actually!" Ace commented fondly.
"Thanks, Ace," she replied. "I thought of Elsa's training suit and I sort've wanted my own copy of it, I didn't wear it yesterday, for obvious reasons..." Anna continued while giving a look of happiness mixed with slyness over to the wedded pair, making Elsa blush a second time as they all took their seats.
A dragon roar resonated through the air, turning everyone's attention through the sky, where down came the dragon family. With some stable flapping of their huge wings, they gently settled themselves in front of the Arendelle family and the D-Team, who all gave a bow in respect.
"Good morning, my friends." Panthos greeted them.
"Morning, Your Majesty," the D-kids responded as Rohanna nuzzled a good morning to Elliot.
"Is it time yet, father?" Elliot asked Panthos.
"It is time..." he replied with a smile, before turning to the crowd and gesturing his sons and mate to stand beside him. He gave a short roar towards the vast crowd, bringing all conversations to a halt as the king spoke with pride and clarity. "Welcome everyone, to today's grand tournament. The coming events for this day is a continuation of yesterday's events for the marriage between my son and his chosen mate, Elsa of Arendelle. We all know the rules, blunt weapons only for the melee battles, traditional poles for the jousts, your chosen mount only for the final race against my mate Rohanna, and most of all, no foul deeds." Everyone in the crowd from the Highfells bowed in understanding, though the eyes of the dinosaurs and D-Team widened in shock. "The champion of today will receive the honour of obtaining the grand prize in honour for their clan, and as always I wish all competitors best of luck from the lords of paradise themselves. But, we still have one more warrior worthy for running the race." Everyone but the other two dragons gave him a look of confusion as Panthos turned his head towards the D-Team. "King Rex. Would you do us the honour of taking part in the final race of today?" The dinos and kids gave him looks with eyes as wide as saucepans.
"Me?" Rex asked.
"Why does Rex need to compete?" Max asked with a slight hint of demand in his voice as Koba lowered his head into the brunet's vision.
"Trust us, young ones, it is better that my father shows you why," he whispered to them with a serious tone, they nodded in slight understanding as Elliot took position in front of his father.
"Let the Tournament...BEGIN!" he shouted to the crowd, who all gave a cheer with yells and roars as the first events opened up.
"Ohh yay, tournament..." Ursula droned from tiredness and a lack of confidence. She and the boys had been sent to Arendelle once more last night for a dino round-up mission wearing Arendellian clothing to help blend in.
"I still don't get what Dr. Z and the guy in the cloak were thinking sending us here, I mean I can understand the need for new dinosaurs but we have that table at the lair full of dinosaur bones that can make any dino we need, so why bother?" Zander said.
"Maybe they want to know more about the dragons fighting for the brats?" Ed suggested while pointing to Panthos.
Ursula scoffed at that and replied, "Believe me, after what happened to Pyro and his pack mates when they took them on, they should know all about the kind of problems they could cause. I think the safest bet, for now, is just to follow the brats around and see what happens." The boys nodded with an agreeing hum at Ursula's statement.
"Now, D-Team, may I speak to you all privately for a moment?" Panthos requested while walking further into the Highfell Fort.
"Sure? Why not?" Max replied as they recalled their dinosaurs, including Terry once he arrived with the three girls from earlier. The Alpha trio noticed them walking away from the Arendelle family, and followed silently.
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The Dragon King led them to a very large tent where a pair of leopards of all things were guarding at the flap opening. At first, the kids were cautious of approaching in case one of them attacked but were reassured when they bowed at the sight of the giant fire-breather behind them. Once they entered, the Dragon King walked over to the bishop Johann, who immediately stood and bowed from his seating position in front of a small chest with a lock. "My lord," he greeted formally.
"Johann, old friend, I wish to show the young D-Team what we uncovered yesterday." Panthos told him, the bishop nodded in acknowledgement, took the key out from a pocket in his robe and inserted it into the lock.
All the while unaware of three peeking Toms watching from the window holes at the tent sides.
A few seconds later, a hatch could be heard clicking, and once Johann opened the box, he stepped aside for the onlookers. "The items you will find in that chest is the reason I asked for your attendance for the final event in the tournament." Panthos told the kids, who all gave a look of curiosity to each other, and stepped towards the open chest. This must be the grand prize for the winner of the events today, but it didn't make sense why he would show them early.
That was until they saw the four dinosaur cards inside it!
"Irritator!" Zoe gasped.
"And an alioramus!" Max added on.
"Dinosaur cards?!" The Alpha Gang silently gaped on as Rex turned towards the Dragon King.
"King Panthos, where did you find these?!" Rex asked him.
"I only saw these glint from the stars last night, at first I didn't understand them, but the creatures on the cards reminded me of your friends."
Panthos, Rohanna and Koba used their claws to unearth the two dinosaur cards and their accompanying move cards, having been seen just glinting out of the corner of their eyes. They stared at the creatures on them and knew straight away that something must be done before it is too late.
"My mate and I just saw them glinting in the dark out of the corner of our eyes, and in honesty, at first we were sceptical on what to make of them. But we soon remembered the tale of the Dinosaur King that your friends Jonathan, Spectre and your advisor Guru taught us, and we knew only you alone can truly protect them." Panthos said.
"But why make them the grand prize for the tournament then, why not just give them to us?" Max asked.
"We decided it would be safest to place these cards under lock and key here in the fort with the tournament just outside, with all the warriors and animals around the grounds it's hardly the easiest place to infiltrate, not to mention some of the creatures from your herd are here with us." The dragon answered to state his point for the suggestion.
"He's right, actually," Rex said after a moment of pondering, turning to look to his teammates. "We all saw how Panthos and the other dragons dealt with Pyro's pack single-handedly at the wedding, the Alpha Gang wouldn't stand a chance against them." He then formed a smile. "Not to mention all the able fighters they have here with all the dinosaurs to back them up..." he reasoned.
"Yeah, plus even if we lose the race, the cards wouldn't actually fall into the wrong hands, per se..." Zoe realised and formed a reassuring smile.
"Guess we caught ourselves a lucky break, and we get to have some fun in the end with the race!" Max grinned before they all faced forward again.
"King Panthos, we would be honoured to take part in the final contest of the tournament." Rex spoke for the team, forging a smile onto his muzzle.
"I am relieved to hear that, King Rex. Now come, let us return to the events." The Dragon stated, leading the kids out of the tent once Johann relocked the chest and went back to the rest of their friends and family, unknowingly passing the Alpha Gang as they passed.
"So...the cards are the so-called 'grand prize' for the winner of the tournament, are they?" Ursula asked rhetorically.
"Yes, that's correct. But if someone like Ed can sneak in here, anyone can." Zander added, before receiving a glare from his partner in crime.
"What's that supposed to mean?" He asked offended before both received an annoyed bonk to the heads by an irritated Ursula.
"Will you two knock it off? We've got work to do, and dinosaur cards to nab," she said with a determined expression on her face, before turning to Zander. "Zander, call up some of our allies. I have a plan brewing and we might need their help."
"But Ursula, how are we going to get past those leopards at the tent flap? Never mind the fact that those cards are going to be under lock and key until the end of the race," he replied.
"Trust me, if everything goes according to plan, we can take them without needing to do anything," she said with a smirk.
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Meanwhile, Elliot, Elsa managed to sneak away from the crowd, and were now sitting together under a tree observing the tournament games from a hilltop. So far, the games that went by was the Minotaur ramming, in which his friend Tarroz would take on challengers in a series of, well, head-on ramming until one competitor went down from exhaustion and dizziness from the constant collisions. The crowd made a combination of 'ooooh's' and 'augh's whenever the two brutes collided, and then went wild as the Chief was declared the victor of the games. The others that they saw go by were the traditional jousting, comprising of elves, humans and centaurs (imagine their surprise when they saw Eugene and Maximus take part!) and soon it would be time for Elliot's favourite. The archery range, where there he will be hoping to see a special competitor for his title of best bowmen.
Or in her case, bow-woman.
But for now, everyone was on a break, an hour or so for lunch, and then another to let their food go down. A perfect picnic opportunity for the new married couple, one that they took up. "You know, milady, you ought to remind me to thank Gerda for these muffins she had the cooks bake for us," the soon-to-be king told his wife, recalling how the head maid had managed to sneak in some chocolate chip muffins into their near fruit-filled basket.
"And you ought to remember, that Gerda was a baker in her youth before working as the head maid in the castle!" Elsa replied with a smile, before leaning onto his shoulder as he wrapped an arm around her. Elliot then took his other hand into the basket and then out came the almost-forgotten wedding gift.
"Here, I was gonna give this to you yesterday, but I apologise for it slipping my mind," he said to Elsa whilst stringing the chain of the necklace around the queen's neck. She looked down at the red heart-shaped jewel with the blue snowflake in the centre with a smile on her face, then looked into her husband's eyes with a stare of love in them, and saw the guilt of him not giving it to her sooner.
"You didn't have to get this for me Elliot..." she told him suddenly.
"What?" he asked in confusion. She never turned down one of his gifts to her.
"You already gave me the two most perfect gifts in the whole world," she continued with that same smile. "Yourself...and that song you sang to me on the night you proposed to me," she finished, before twirling her hands together, and with her powers, she forged a ukulele of ice and handed it to her wide-eyed husband. "So please, Elliot...play that song for me again...it's the most beautiful gift I could ever need of you." She finished.
Heat rushed up to Elliot's face when she said that, but was quickly backed down as he took the instrument in his hands.
Sadly, their peace was interrupted.
"Well now, ain't that nice?" The voice of Sykes sneered, causing both heads to turn outside the shade of the tree, where there stood the very unwelcomed outlaw. "Hello there scarface...you miss me?" he said to the Highfell Prince.
"Not much, if I am to be dead honest..." he replied while rising to his feet and standing in front of Elsa protectively, dropping the ukelele as he did. Sykes laughed cruelly in response and paced around a little, just to keep them on their toes.
"How's that, um..." Sykes carried on. "Whore of yours?" he asked, pretending not to see the queen and her suddenly angry insulted look, only to have Elliot hold her back and ushered her to safety behind the tree.
"Ehh, she's alright," Elliot said to him with a shrug, breaking eye contact for a moment, before regaining it and carried on in a sort of normal-everyday tone. "First day a married man, figured I shouldn't waste my time killing you...but now I think different." He ended with a dark, threatening tone.
"Oh, well, that's quite a business," Sykes replied, not intimidated in the slightest. "Maybe after things are done here, I'll send you back home, huh...I'm sure she would appreciate knowing you...passed in her defence, huh?...and maybe she'll beg for some 1-on-1 time, hmm...?" he suggested with a taunting smirk.
Elsa, in her heart, was suddenly scared for her life, but she was then more scared at the tone in her husband's calm reply. "Whatever you say..."
In a flash Sykes quickly pulled out his revolvers and let the bullets loose, forcing Elliot to take cover behind the same tree while deflecting the bullets with his katana. "What do you want, Sykes?!" he demanded, before knocking an arrow to his bow and letting it fly, forcing the outlaw to hide behind a nearby rock.
"Can't an old friend just come say hi?" he replied, coming out from cover and aiming his guns. Elliot leaps from his hiding spot and rolls, firing another arrow from his bow, a clear shot to his chest.
But he expected the arrow to go through Sykes as his entire body just...shimmered.
"That's...new..." he commented.
"Did you really think I would risk coming here after what happened to ol' Pinkie Pie Pyro and friends, boy?" Sykes chuckled. Elsa looked up when she heard a rustling in the trees, and from the leaves came a small circular droid with a pair of claws near its head, bearing the same colouration and mark of the Alpha Gang, and she quickly noticed some kind of beam coming from its eyes in Sykes' direction.
They had been looking at Sykes as a hologram the whole time.
"What's going here, Neil?" Elliot demanded with a snarl.
"Just a heads up. You may wanna tell Mommy and Daddy of a potential...threat to your people. If you jump at the right time, you'll get out without a scratch..." he told him, before his hologram disappeared as the droid flew away.
"I know that phrase..." Elliot said grimly as Elsa came to his side. "Come on, we gotta warn everyone!" he said with a scowl as he and Elsa marched back to the events. It was time for the archery by now, anyway.
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Elliot and Elsa were quick to return to the tournament and find his father, and once he and Rohanna were told of the ambush from earlier, they were quick to station double the number of guards around the ground's perimeter and additional warriors that were not taking place in the events of the tournament itself. They were soon put at ease by the arrival of Captains Malcolm and Amia with both their branches of the Arendelle Royal Guard, per the recommendation of Field Marshall May, who along with the rest of the council were present for the games.
While that was going on, Jonathan reached out to Rex and the other D-Kids, saying that their presence was needed on the ship.
"So what's going on, Jonathan? We're gonna miss the archery now!" Max half asked half complained to the android.
"Sorry Max, but Spectre and I have something you three may be interested in. Please follow me." Jonathan replied kindly, before leading the three kids into the lab of the ship, where Spectre and the Pirates were waiting.
"Ahh, there you are, just in time," Foolscap said to them, before holding up a bunch of cards in hand and presented them to the kids.
"Hey, are those new move cards?" Zoe asked with a look of surprise.
"Indeed they are!" Sheer answered the pinkette before carrying on, flying over to them as she did. "But these are more powerful than those you used before."
This was then continued when Spectre himself pointed to the monitor screen, where shockingly to the kids, the faces of Sykes, Hans and Gothel were printed on. "This new enemy of ours has equipped the enemies of our new allies with powerful dinosaurs and advanced weapons. If we are to stand up to them in combat, we must adapt and upgrade to match them."
It was at this point Reese came in (to the kid's surprise) with a silver briefcase in her hands. "Which brings us over to these," she said as she laid it on a table, and lifted the lid. Inside were three rectangular shaped devices that had a screen and the D-Team badge on top, and a slot where the cards would be swipe-able, on the front was another slot directly under where the screen sits, and a pair of green optic like circles on either side.
"Wow, what are these?" Max asked with awe at the devices as they each picked one.
"Sheer, Reese and I have been working on your brand new dino bracers." Jonathon said with a hint of pride.
"What's a dino bracer?" Zoe asked as they inspected the devices.
"It functions in similar ways to your dino holders, but they are by far more technologically advanced." Reese said, as she reached into the briefcase, and pulled out a smaller, square-shaped device with what appears to be a card carrier under a small lid on top.
"And what would this be, sis?" Zoe asked.
"This is your dino gadget, with it you will be able to bring along multiple dinosaurs on a mission and into battle, and be able to store extra move cars should you need them." Reese replied with pride.
"Cool, this could really be useful in future battles with the Alpha Gang." Rex said with a smile as he pulled up one of his sleeves and attached his dino bracer to his arm whilst clipping the dino gadget to his hip, his friends following suit.
"One last thing before you go..." Spectre said, before reaching a hand into his cloak and pulled out a strange card. It was red all over in colour, but instead of an element symbol, it had the image of a sword's blade on it pointing upwards, with wide white arrows lining it.
"What kind of card is this?" Max asked as he took it from the leading guardian's hand.
"We'd tell you, but that would ruin the surprise," he replied with a coy smirk. "Swipe it towards you, rather than away as if you were to summon one of your dinosaurs in their small forms...and watch the magic happen..."
Max was confused by the tone in Spectre's voice, but shrugged as he did the motion. He and the rest of the D-Kids were taken by surprise when the card suddenly glowed with a mix of red and yellow, and suddenly zapped into the dino bracer from the back.
Rex and Zoe jumped back a few metres with a startled yelp as a great beaming sword around three feet long suddenly jutted out from the front of the device, and began giving a middle-pitched hum and glow with yellow shining on the left side of the blade, and red on the other.
"Aww, wow!" Max exclaimed excitedly while raising the lightsaber-like blade in the air.
"That is awesome!" Rex added.
"Spectre, what is that?!" Zoe exclaimed excitedly, she was praying she and Rex would have their own sword like that.
"This is the dino blade." Spectre said proudly in response to the D-Team's reactions. "Through the research of the stone plates, we were able to construct a special card that links the systems of the dino bracer more directly to the energy within the two stones. We tested the blades ourselves, and we soon found out that these are powerful to cut through solid rock when used at full power, putting on half the power will allow you to enter duels with someone with a bog-standard blade and not get accused of cheating."
"Do you have any more of those cards for Zoe and me? These dino blades would make it so much easier to defend ourselves if our dinosaurs get seperated." Rex asked him.
"There's already a copy of those cards in each of your dino gadgets, go ahead and try them out." Rex and Zoe immediately followed up on Sheer's words and quickly brought out those same cards, they swiped them along their bracers, and out their own dino blades, one of white and purple for Rex, and green and blue for Zoe.
"This is awesome, the colours matches the stones too!" Rex said.
"Use them wisely, Majesty. You understand that these are tools rather than toys..." Spectre advised, before handing over the move cards. "Now, I believe you three have a race to attend to?"
"Oh yeah!" Max remembered with high spirit at his new gear.
"Last one down is a rotten dino egg!" Zoe giggled, before running back to the transporter room with her boyfriend in tow.
"Wait up, you two!" Rex called to them.
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By the time the D-Team was back in the tournament, everyone was gathered near the east exit where the competitors are waiting for the off. "Looks like we got back just in time!" Max said with a grin.
"Sure looks like it." Rex commented.
"Indeed you have," they heard Panthos say to them, as he walked over to them with his mate by his side. "I trust you three had made a decision on who will race against my mate in your team's honour?" he asked.
"Uhhh...we haven't decided yet...?" Zoe said to him nervously with a shy grin. They did not realise that only one of them would race.
"I'll go!" Max said determinedly.
"Why you?" Rex asked with exasperation, making Max turn to him.
"Me and Chomp would be the best!" The brunette told him.
"Ace and I would do better!" The blonde replied.
"No way!"
"Yes way!"
The two dragons found the sight in front of them humorous as the boys got in each other's faces with fierce glares, while Zoe looked on with annoyance. "Sorry babe, but I think Rex should run the race." Max looked back at his girlfriend with shock-filled eyes.
"Why are taking his side?" he demanded.
"Didn't you see how fast the dragons could fly in their battle with Pyro yesterday? Ace is one of the only land-based dinosaurs we have with enough speed to keep up with them," she reasoned with her lover. Max grumbled to himself as he realised that she made a critical point to her sentence.
"I guess you're right..." he relented as Zoe gave him supportive hug.
"All right, then..." Rex cheered to himself. "We'll win the race and be back in no time!" he said to his friends.
"Good luck to both you and Ace, Rex." Zoe said to him with support, making the blonde give them a thumbs-up with a wink.
"You can count on us!" he said. While Rohanna got ready for the race, the king handed them a small map of the route of the race. It would start at the east entrance of the encampment, down the winding track into the Eastern Pass, back up the hills into the royal city, swing back into the forest towards the North Mountain, and end with a logging path passed Wondering Oaken's Trading Post and Sauna and back into the grounds.
"Well, you best get Ace out, he'll have a long trek ahead of him." Max said to the blonde, who grinned in return and pulled out Ace's card.
"DINO SLASH! LET'S GO CARNOTAURUS!"
Ace soon appeared right next to the Dragon Queen on the start line, who in turn looked to her new opponent and analysed him. Upon doing so, she found that while she may be faster on the straights for the track, her opponent would be better at turning since it was requested that she remained in the confines of the route.
"May this be an honourable race," she told the carnotaur, who looked at her.
"And may the best racer win!" he replied with a mental grin, Johann emerged from the crowd and raised a flag with the Northern Highfell crest on it.
What no one realised was that the Dragon King had picked out an unfamiliar scent, and flew off to investigate.
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Meanwhile...
"I can't believe modern day predators are so easy to wrangle." Armatus commented, holding a net containing to the now unconscious leopards that guarded the king's tent, and the cleared path for the Alpha Gang to obtain the chest of cards Johann and Panthos showed the young D-Team.
"I can't believe no one even saw us, I mean we're not exactly small..." Gigas commented as they marched through the woods back to where they parked their ride home with the Alpha trio on his back.
"All that matters is for once, the Alpha Gang played one of every dirty trick in the book, and those brats didn't even know we were there!" Ursula said, making her and the boys laugh sinisterly for their supposed victory.
But then...
"But I did." All laughter stopped dead in its tracks, and the trio screamed and the dinos stopped dead as soon as they noticed a peed-off Panthos right in front of them with snarling teeth and wings flared in intimidation with slitted eyes.
"Um, Ursula, maybe we should give the cards back to this guy if we want to live...?" Ed suggested meekly, hiding behind his partners in fear.
Before either could answer, Panthos suddenly reared up on his back legs, and roared into the sky at maximum volume.
This was a rallying call to his mate and sons, as everyone in the tournament grounds soon stopped what they were doing. The D-Team, along with Elliot and the other dragons, ran and flew in the direction of the call with concern.
"With a roar that that loud, everyone from miles around is gonna be coming quick..." Gigas said nervously as Armatus threw away the net and grouped up.
"Then maybe you should charge in and get us out of here! Now!" Ursula snapped.
"You are not to go anywhere, thieves!" Panthos snarled viciously, making the five gasp.
"Wait, y-you can talk?!" Amatus stuttered.
"Hand over that box, and all of you can go free. I do not like resorting to using force!" the dragon replied with finality in his tone. This answer, however, was responded from Ursula as she pulled out a card and her Alpha scanner.
"Listen, lizard!" she snapped. "I don't know who you think you are, but everyone knows better than to mess with the Alpha Gang! And now you'll know why!"
"ALPHA SLASH! COME ON OUT, APATOSAURUS!"
With a slash of the card, the familiar form of Brontikens emerged from the ground up, standing two feet taller than the tad smaller dragon thanks to his longer neck, creating the colours of a battlefield.
"There's a battlefield going on," Max said to his teammates, noticing the change in colour.
"But which way?" Elliot replied.
"D-Team!" Rohanna called from above. "I see my mate on the horizon, this way!" she roared at them, before flying on ahead.
"So you are the one who wounded Pyro." Brontiken's words were not of a question, but a realisation to which Panthos nodded, assuming this newcomer was referring to the one who attacked his youngest heir's wedding ceremony. "I humbly request your ear on my comrade's behalf," he told the dragon in a tone of respect.
"And what could an intruder to the combined kingdoms want from me?" Panthos inquired the apatosaurus.
"Brontikens, we didn't bring you out here to talk! We brought you out to fight, so go get rid of him!" Ursula shrieked at him, gesturing to the dragon furiously.
"Shut up and stay out of this!" he retorted to her, stomping his front right foot in a threatening manner, shutting them up instantly. Even Gigas and Armatus took a step back as their comrade turned back to his opponent. "I know what you are, Northern serpent. I have read about your kind in books and archives of human mythology. It was stated that your kind in the West was hunted to near-extinction by humans, whether it be of spite, sport or honour as the humans of the past called it. That is why I wish to make an offer, one that could save your species as a whole." he said to the dragon, planning to reach out to a new potential ally.
"And what could you wish to offer us?" Panthos asked. Straight away, he could tell what this Brontikens creature might be planning, yet decided to humour him.
"What I propose is an alliance. One between dragons and dinosaurs. What my friends and I plan is the start of a glorious future, one in which our kind will rise from the ashes of extinction and reclaim the world that is rightfully ours." Brontikens replied with pride. "Your kind is welcome to share this future with us. No longer will you have to force yourself to hide from the prying eyes of bad humans. But do not mistake me for a tyrant, for I hold no will of enslaving all the other natives of this world. We great titans of the past and myth will only have more rights, we would be the dominant species we were born to be. And we could have a peaceful coexistence between dinosaurs and dragons, for all generations to come."
"I'm afraid I must refuse your offer." Panthos said to Brontikens after a moment of silence.
"What?" he hissed.
"My people may have been hunted by humans in the past. But that was centuries ago, and not one human has harmed or seen my kind since. Of course, there is Arendelle and now the D-Team." he admitted. "But these, are a people that want peace. And do not think that I am not aware of the harm you caused to those humans all those months ago," he ended with a snarl. Brontikens huffed in disappointment at the loss of a potential ally as he glowed.
"Very well. You have made your choice..." he told the dragon as he readied Spectral Destroy.
Tank: "If you bastards have killed him, I swear!"
Brontikens: "He refused my offer, it's what he deserves."
(Terry leaps into the air and into the glare of the sun.)
Ofu: "You're coming with us, boy!"
Elliot: "Make me!"
Spiny: "Spiny Powers away!"
Yes, chapter six or seven (I think) is finally here!
I'm sorry if it's a bit dull or short, and for being so late in updating. I've been very busy lately with work experience in one of my local towns.
I've also had my imagination sucked away from the last of the exams in June, so I was literally brain dead, and I didn't want this chapter to be any more boring than it probably will be. I was trying to make the local update once a month thing, but I really struggled to get anything out, and this is the best I could come up with. Also, as you noticed, I modded the dino bracers a bit, I just felt as if they could've done more with it in the show, I hope you understand.
(P.S: I hope my description of Anna's outfit for Frozen 2 was good!)
With that said, I'll try to get the next chapter up as soon as possible, but it will be harder now 'cos of that work experience.
See y'all soon (hopefully)!