//------------------------------// // Halloween 2015: Goosebumps (No relation to the story) // Story: The Age Of Dinosaurs - Teratophoneus // by King Shugoki //------------------------------// It was dark. It was cold. It was terrifying. Mogami was curled up in a fetal position, hoping that it would not find her. She ran deep into the cave, trying to get it to lose her. instead, it was hacking at the mountain, digging to get her. the cave shuddered, and dust fell from the ceiling. the footsteps of it approached nearer and nearer. She thought to herself, "this is it, I'm dead." Soon it was upon her, and with a scream, the last Teratophoneus on Equus was dead, and nopony knew it. It had started out as a normal day, with mogami and her family hunting. They had found few dinosaurs here and there, so they took what they could. They had stumbled upon a Maiasaura nesting site, so they chose to partake in what they thought was a feast. "" Fuso said. "' Kongo said as she took Bright Eyes and Mogami with her. Meanwhile, at the castle of friendship.... Twilight was reading through a book called 'Mythical Monsters'. She did not know where it came from, all she knew is that it came in a package with all these books called 'Goosebumps' by somepony named R. L. Stein. She had already gone through most of Mythical Monsters, as it came this morning. Most of the monsters she just looked at and continued on, wanting to get to the Goosebumps books, it was near Nightmare night, so it was a perfect time. But one monster stopped her, a thing called "It" or "The Reaper" 'It has gruesome jaws, wicked sharp claws, and the ability to vanish and then reaper in a fog. If anyone are to look it in the eyes, you are certain to die in 66 seconds, and you cant kill it with conventional anything. Magic, bullets, nothing works on this creature. The only thing that can even THINK of fighting it is another supernatural and/or paranormal creature.' "Whoa, that is scary," Twilight said, happy that this creature didn't exist. "But, where does this thing live?" 'The reaper is said to live in a desert about 64km south of canterlot. But not to fear, for the last time it emerged was 10 million years ago, when the woolly mammoth roamed the earth. it comes out naturally in extremely cold temperatures, and desert night don't get that cold for it to awaken.' "well, what's this thing like?" 'Reapers are very docile, preferring to live in peace than fight. While they look carnivorous, they are actually omnivores, eating underground vegetation and animals. Recently, thieve have become unnerved and more violent than usual. The loss of their habitat has taken a tool on them, but they adapted to the harsh conditions. They used to live above ground, but when the jungles they lived in dried up and became desert, most moved to the ocean, searching for shallow water. but some stayed, living underneath the sand or snow. But the reason they've become angry is this; because of the loss of habitat and hunting, they've been spread far and wide, making them far and few between. being social creatures, they used to live in family units, but not most of them are gone.; Fuso, Scout, and Hiro charged from the leafless trees near the sandy desert. The Maiasaura saw them coming, and they ushered their 1-month-olds to run away, to the south. They fell into the trap. Kongo and the girls ran straight at the herd, planning on getting someone, but they were off by 45 degrees, making it so they didn't hit head on. The Maiasaura and Teratophoneus changed cource, heading right into the desert. 'But, it can be awoke if disturbed, although they are heavy sleepers. Again, though docile, once he awakens, he will become furious at whoever woke him up, and kill them without mercy.' It was sleeping so nicely, having wonderful dreams of anything it wanted. in his dreams, he was about to marry another lovely Reaper, so the two its would become them. Just as he was about to propose, an earthquake happened, ripping the earth open, making it bleed lava, scorching the earth. his was-to-be-bride was melted in the earths blood, and he screamed in fear, anger, and shock. 'Being reptilian, reapers grow throughout their entire lives, becoming the largest reptiles since the dinosaurs of old, which died out 75 million years ago. And their growth rate is insidious, growing from 3 feet to 33 feet in one year.' soon, the earth began to shake, and all the dinosaurs stopped in their tracks, thinking it was an earthquake. But the Maiasaura ran from the epicenter, thinking that something was coming. Out from the earth climbed a 100-foot-long It. It growled in a vicious thunder of a voice, "WHO DARES TREAD ON MY LAND AND AWAKE ME?!" the reaper looked around, and eventually noticed the 6 dinosaurs before him. "YOU SHALL PAY FOR AWAKING ME FROM MY SLUMBER!" "Run! run! Everyone, RUN!" Fuso said, making a headlong charge to the cave. Hiro was in shock, he could not move. It got him first. Scout was next, eventually coming to his senses and running, but he started to late. With a swing of the reapers tail, it murdered scout in one blow. It turned and roared at the retreating dinosaurs, chasing them in heated pursuit. As they neared the cave, the footsteps of it caused a rockslide, killing Bright Eyes in a splatter of blood. Mogami made it into the cave, but it grabbed Fuso and Kongo and ate them with one bite. He tried to reach in, but his bulk made him to large to fit. He started hacking away at the mountain, getting ever closer to Mogami's position. It was Dark. it was cold. it was terrifying. she heard it grow closer, and knew it was over for her. 'This is it,' she said to herself, 'I'm going to die.' The enraged reaper took this moment to be frightening. He poked the husk of what was once the alpha predator of its time and place. He poked her to get her attention. Mogami looked up at the snarling face of it. "What's the matter? got, oh, what's the word...." he stopped for a moment to think of the word. "Goosebumps?" He cackled an evil laugh and stomped on Mogami, killing off the last teratophoneus on Equus And then she woke up screaming.