Start the Treasure Hunt!
After that blasting performance put on by the Underground Sun Queen, Teresa AKA Terri, the fire theropod male and female are now welcome to sing together, no matter what gender they are.
As for Eric Eocarcharia's dissappearance, the Guardian of Fire, Bengala was disappointed that the dino couldn't accept te females joining in the musical entertainment.
As for Mei Megalosaurus, she decided to stay back at Misty Paradise home to fulfill her dream of becoming a singer just like her idol, Terri. Her performance will have to wait for a Liuttle while longer until she's ready to debut. Mei thanked my dino friends of Dino Village for taking care of her when she first ran away from home. As for Saura, she express her biggest thank because she saved her from the brink of death. She promise that once she completes her first song, Saura will be the first one to hear it.
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Since, there's some time left, Saura and Miku were off to visit her water friends waiting for them to start the treasure hunt. As for Winter, unfortunately, she'll have to stay behind since she can't swim. So instead, she'll stay with Mei to accompany her until they return.
(SAURA'S POV)
I'm glad Mei finally have the chance to get make her dream into reality, now it's time to help the creatures of the water so that there'll be more fishes to grow for any water and fire dinosaurs to eat.
My legs turn into a tail and Miku inside a water bubble from my water magic.
(AT DORIS'S HOUSE)
Entering from the moon pool, we were greeted by Momo, Doris' dino friend.
"Hi, Saura! Hi, Miku!" Momo bark happily.
"Hi Momo!" Miku and I said.
"I'll go call Doris!" Momo used her dino roar to call her human friend. Knowing the call, appear Doris!
The instant she saw me, she gasp as she jump into the moon pool water and hug me, turning her legs into a tail in the process! "Saura! I You're here! I miss you so much!"
"It's only been one day, though."
"Well it felt like a week to me."
We laugh together at Doris' silliness.
"Well the, shall we start the treasure hunt?" I asked.
"Oh yes! I have the first clue right here." Doris hold out the parchment and unroll it.
The First Clue: To find the treasure chest, Go to the Old Boneyard.
"The Old Boneyard? Where is that place" I ask Doris.
Doris' expression turn pale.
"Um, Doris? are you Okay?"
"You look pale too, Momo." Miku added.
Shivering, she softly answered. "It's an underwater graveyard."
"A graveyard?!"
Even if we're scared, we have no choice to go since the next clue to the treasure chest is there. With some supplies of food in our bags, we set off on our treasure hunt to save the fishes.
Swimming deeper in the ocean, we made to the Boneyard. The Boneyard, just like Doris describe, it's a graveyard with bones of water dinosaurs of the past that passed away. Unlike normal graveyards where the body is buried in the ground, this only applies to those who were born if the water and they prefer being in peace in the waters.
Once we swim deeper, it has a dark atmosphere.
"Now that we're here, where do you think, the next clue is?" I asked.
"According to my big sister, she said that the other clues are kept safely in green glass bottles." Doris explain.
"In green glass bottles?"
"If it's in bottles, the clues will be safe from floating away. I see." Miku nodded in understanding.
Searching through the graveyard of bones gives the chill.
While we're busy searching for the bottle containing the next clue, we didn't know there's danger afoot.
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The purplish-black wisp of Zongazonga has currently possessing the soulless body of his zombie Elasmosaurus.
Since zombies are a flesh body without a soul, it's the perfect temporary body for a wandering soul spirit without a body.
Zongazonga in a Z-Elasmo's body were spying on the princess and her friends swimming while searching for something.
"Now this seems interesting. How nice to see the princess has a friend who looks human like her." He smile evilly. "Let's make their 'adventure' a bit... Interesting."
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Swimming through the Boneyard, we found another underwater cave.
"Do you think the next clue is in this cave?"
"There's only one way to find out. Let's go."
Doris and I hold hands as we go into the cave with our dino friends following behind.
Inside the cave, we found ourselves breathing air again. It appears it's another one of those air-pocketed caves that leads to an exit or a secret passage.
"What is this place?"
"I don't know." Doris said. "I've never been here before in my life."
"In any case, if the the first clue led us here, our second clue must be in here." I got out of the water as my tail turn back to legs.
Doris nodded and follow out as we hold our small dino friends in our arms.
Walking into the cave's air-pocketed space, the sound of silence made us nervous, not even the sound of water dripping from our soaked bodies can call our nerves.
Miku and Momo, sensing our nervousness, they tried to calm us down. "It's alright Saura. I'm right here beside you."
"The same goes for me too, Doris." Momo told her partner and best friend. "If any scary monsters or zombies appear again, I'll fight back to protect you."
"I know. Thanks Momo." Doris pet the pleosaur's head. "But don't overdo it just like what happened the first time when you fight that Zombie Elasmosaurus." She frown.
"I know, Doris." Momo nodded.
As we walk deeper, we saw some more bones just like back then, except this time it's not scattering about but a full body dinosaur skeleton!
Judging from the shape and the flipper, it looks like a Pleosaur skeleton.
"It's a Futabasaurus skeleton!" Doris and Momo gasped.
"A Futabasaurus?" Miku and I asked.
"Yes. My sister told me that this is the first Futabasaurus that came to Dainasan who was Guardian Lazula's partner in the past.
"I see. But what's it's skeleton bones doing here inside this cave of all places?"
"Probably just because it's Guardian Lazula."
"Just because?"
"Yes." Doris smile. Her eyes sparkle when she look at Momo in her arms.
"Oh, I see!" I realized what she meant. Because it was Guardian Lazula's best friend and that here in this cave, it's a special resting place for it.
Just then, Miku noticed something in the Pleosaur's skulls jaw! He peck my cheek lightly, getting my attention and point his wing to it.
"Look Doris, there's something inside it's jaw!" I told her.
Squinting her eyes, it's something shining in the light. "You're right! I'll take a look. Please hold Momo for me." she hand her small dino for me to hold while she gets close to the skeleton.
"Be careful, Doris." The 3 of us told Doris.
She nodded. Turning back to the skeleton skull, she gulp as she carefully lifted the jaw open and to her surprise, there's a glass bottle inside. "Look everyone, a bottle!"
"Wow!"
"Our second clue!"
"Read it, read it!"
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While the kids were celebrating, they have no idea that danger is coming before they even notice it.
