//------------------------------// // Pteranodon Terrace // Story: Skylanders Fusionators 2: The Mesozoic Era // by Flameboy //------------------------------// Shiny Pteranodon was sitting on a log in depression with her right hand on her face. Not only was she depressed, but she was also sad. She remembered what happened a little while ago that she was admiring her shell collection, then suddenly, something took control of her, made her fly up to her nest, snatch her sister Tiny's Tiny Doll, and nearly tried to break it. The only thing that snapped her out of it was when she heard Tiny shout "please" in sadness. Then, she flew away from the nest while her Pteranodon brother, Don, and her Tyrannosaurus Rex brother, Buddy tried to comfort Tiny while she was crying. Shiny found a log, and sat in it like she placed herself in time-out. Her mother, Tahlia Pteranodon asked her why she tried to break her sister's favorite Tiny Doll. Shiny told her mom that she didn't know why, but told her that something took control of her. Something... from deep within her mind. Tahlia understood that Shiny knew that Tiny's Tiny Doll was very important to her just like their friends the Lambeosaurus family, and other families they were friends with. Shiny took her hand off and turned her head a little to the right, and positioned her eyes to the right as well as she looked back at the nest. Her mother was talking to her father, Peter Pteranodon, while her brothers were holding onto Tiny's shoulders while she cried and hugged dearly to her doll. Seeing Tiny crying was starting to make Shiny shed a tear from her right eye. She wiped it off, but while she did that, she took notice she could hear what all of them were saying. First, she could hear her parents talking easily because they were somewhat in range. (Tahlia and Peter Pteranodon) "So, did Shiny tell you her side of her story, Tahlia?" Peter asked. "I did, but, I think I believe her," Tahlia answered. "How so?" Peter asked... again. "Well, for starters, we know that Shiny knows that Tiny's Tiny Doll is very important to her, right?" She asked. "Indeed. That's the truth," he answered. "But Shiny told me that she was just minding her own business by admiring her shells, then she said that something within her has taken control of her.. both mind and body," Tahlia explained. "Well... that's kinda odd," he replied. "I know. But she has to be telling the truth. Wait, what if we take her to see a doctor? They might know what's going on with our baby. We can even take the Dinosaur Train to Troodon Town for our family to have fun," Tahlia finished. Shiny smiled knowing that her mother believed her and cared for her. "You sure, honey? I mean, Tiny is still crying," Peter whispered with his left hand on the right side of his beak. Despite the fact that her father was whispering, Shiny could hear it loud and clear even if she was a few inches from her parents. Then, Shiny looked at the nest where Buddy and Don were trying to comfort Tiny like brothers would do. Shiny, after discovering that she could hear things from afar, placed her right hand close to her ear as she starts to hear what her siblings were starting to talk about after Tiny calmed down a little. (Buddy, Tiny, and Don) "There, there, Tiny, it's alright," Don said to try and cheer his sister up. "Alright? How can it be alright? Shiny nearly broke my favorite Tiny Doll into pieces, Don!" Tiny shouted in a whispered tone that their parents could barely hear. Except for Shiny, who somehow has a superpower, totally heard what her sister said and placed her hands on her eyes as she remembered that part of her memory. "But Tiny, maybe there's a reason why Shiny would try to break your toy," Buddy said to Tiny. "Please don't say "good reason," please don't say "good reason!" Shiny begged within her mind as she kept her hands on her eyes. "There better be a "good" reason for it, because I'm still mad," Tiny said with venom in her words. "Damn it!" Shiny whispered and then covered the pointed part of her mouth. "Did... Did I just say a bad word?" Shiny asked herself as she pointed her eyes at the end of her beak. "Well... no. There's no reason I could think of. Maybe you can ask Shiny why she did it?" Buddy asked. "I'd rather eat a bug than talk to her," Tiny said. "Really? No wait. That's a figure of speech," Don said as he pointed his right thumb on the bottom of his beak. Shiny sighed as she clearly heard what her sister said. "Kids! Who's ready to go ride the Dinosaur Train just for fun?" Tahlia asked as she landed in the nest with her wings spread out. Shiny heard what her mother said and hope filled her heart as she started to smile wildly as she will soon get her answers. The three siblings jumped up and down as they cheered for their love for riding the train through different time periods. Tahlia flew out of the nest and back onto the ground and started walking over to Shiny. Shiny flew off the log in hyper speed and started to fly over to her mom to spare her the long walk. "Let me guess, Dinosaur Train, and family bonding time?" Shiny asked. "Uh, yes. How did you know?" Tahlia asked. "Let's just call it a lucky guess," Shiny said sheepishly as she tried to hide her newfound power. "Well, okay then, let's all go ride-" Tahlia said before she was interrupted by a weird sound. Tahlia figured it came from the beach, so she ran to the edge of the cliff and looked down, saw nothing but sand and bodies laying down on the sand. Then, with a short pause of looking around, she widen her eyes and looked back to her left. Then, she started to shriek. "Braaaw! Kids! Peter!" She yelled as she held her left hand on the left side of her beak. Buddy, Tiny, and Don ran to their mother's right while Peter and Shiny ran up on her left. They all looked at what she was looking at - unconscious bodies in sand. "Are they... dead?" Tiny asked while holding onto her mom. "I don't know sweetie. But we should probably help them," she said. The others agreed and flew down there while Tiny and Don carried Buddy. When they were flying down to the beach, they saw Larry and his family down there at the bodies. Peter flew past Tahlia and landed in front of Larry with her and the kids landing from behind him. "Larry, what did you do these poor creatures?" Peter asked Larry as he pointed his right finger. "Oh, wha- Now, just hold on for just a minute, Peter, we didn't do this. We just came to see what the commotion was. When we got here, we found these bodies on YOUR side. Not ours. So, in this case, what did YOU did to these poor creatures?" Larry retaliated by asking Peter about the bodies on "their" beach. "What? Why I ought to-" Peter said while he brought his hand up into the air like a fist until he was interrupted by his wife. "Wait, you two. Do either of you really think that one of you could've done this? Last time I checked, we're Pterosaurs and Hadrosaurs. We can only eat fish while you eat plants. So, they must have come from way out in the oceans," Tahlia suggested as she waved both her arms over to the ocean. The two different neighboring husbands look out into the ocean. "Well, I guess you're right, Tahlia. None of us could have done this," Larry complied. "Yeah. But maybe we should bring these guys to Troodon Town and see what they are," Peter added. "Do you and your family mind helping us with these bodies?" Peter asked with his right thumb pointing at the bodies. "Sure. But, are they dead?" Larry asked as he looked at the bodies. "Including, *gulps* that big guy?" He asked while being terrified at the same time as being curious at the giant green, black, and grey body with hard skin. "Let me check," Don said as he walked over to the green creature with a black shirt. "Be careful, Don," Tahlia said with her left hand at her beak. Don looked around to see if he could find a way to check his heart. So, he looks down at the creature's left arm, and lifts it up to check its heartbeat. He heard it. "He's breathing," Don said. Everyone started to smile. Then, Don saw something at the end of the creature's arm and decided to find out what it was until he saw long, sharp, black-hued claws. Everyone saw how long and sharps those claws were and started gasping. Then, Don widens his eyes as the creature's arm started to move on its own. Especially out of Don's hands. The creature started yawning and revealing its pointy teeth. Don grabbed a medium sized rock on his left in the sand and raised it as high as he could. Then, he jumped into the air and bonked the creature on top of his head. "Don!" Everyone yelled at Don. "What? You saw how sharp those claws and teeth were," he said. Everyone agreed and then they grabbed the ones that didn't look like the creature that Don bonked out cold. Then, they came back and pushed the giant creature through the landscape until they were at the train station. They got their tickets and waited for the Dinosaur Train. Then, after waiting a long time, the Dinosaur Train appeared from a Time Tunnel and stopped at the train station. Next, their friend, Mr. Conductor the Troodon, came out of the passenger car. "Why hello there, Pteranodon Family and Lambeosaurus Family," he said politely. "Hellooo, Mr. Conductor," the kids said except for Shiny, who just rubbed her left arm while looking down at her right. The conductor noticed it, but then he looked up and saw bodies behind the two families. "BLESS MY SCALES AND FEATHERS! What happened to them?!" He shouted as he placed his hands on both sides of his face. "We just found them this way, Mr. The Conductor," Don explained. "Well, let's get them on the train, then," Mr. Conductor said in agreement with Mr. The Don. "But where are we going to put them?" Buddy asked. "Well, that's easy, my "Buddy," the Patient Cars," the conductor said as he pointed his left thumb at the back of the train and the others saw what looked like the Nursery Car, but much longer. Then, after getting most of the creatures into one of the cars, they all had trouble trying to fit the giant one in. "Whyyyy, does this one have to be so big, ungh, and heavy?" He said as he and the others were straining to put the big guy in. Then, another familiar face appeared. "May I offer assistance, Mr. Conductor?" Laura Giganotosaurus asked. Next, the conductor smiled. Which gave her the "OK." Then, a few seconds later, Laura placed her arms under the torso of the giant creature. Next, she used her Giganotosaurus might to lift him up a little, then caught him with her head. Finally, she grabbed his back with her tail and pulled him into the second Patient Car. Next, she went back to her Observation Car. "Thank you, Laura," he said as he tipped his hat to her. "Now... All aboard!" He yells aloud with his right hand. Later on, the train was heading left and into a time tunnel.