The Warm Cold Time, Part 3

A digger: "Alright, we will side with you on one condition. Do you think you can fight the beast if he releases it?"

Thorn: What kind of beast?  

Ptero: I can help too.  I can fly. 

Understanding: "I been wondering where you been Ptero, I do like your company."

A Digger: "You see, the bigger fighters are still in reserve, we Diggers are more nimble and know the place well. If things really heat up you will not only face diggers, but their are 15 egg stealer solders, 7 other large sharpteeth, and finally, their is that beast. He is very tall, has horns like a bycetatops, teeth like, weal that part is common enough, but he is the champion in the arena. If you make it past him, then you face Bartholomew himself. Think you can handle that?"

Thorn: I have an idea.    (He comes near some of the Digger army.)  Guys, I have an issue. My new wife is really pregannt.  And she is going to have some eggs soon.   Could you please move aside, so we can get through?

Jasmine: (Plays along) Ouch!  The eggs!  Ouch!  Oh this hurts!  I'm going to kill you for this Thorn!

Understanding: (Whispers to Midngith) Seems convincing enough.   I mean, that's typical female nesting beha---(Midnight slaps him across the face.)

(The Diggers agree, and move aside.  The group moves past.)

Thorn: (To the good Diggers) Ok, got past that group.  Now to start dealing with some of these monsters.   

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In the current room their is pools of lava surrounding a huge platform. Their is a huge stone slab being used as a drawbridge. A stone thrown above where Bartholomew would normally be watching. And 2 rocks closed together, perhaps a door. The diggers at the draw bridge signal to the group with a yellow treestar.

A digger: "Their to far away to hear us, their asking for the pass word."

Thorn: I don't know the pass word.  The only thing I can think of passing right now is gas.  Those fish I ate are dong weird things to my insides.   

Jasmine: 'Weal, you just going to stand their? what's the pass word?"

A digger: "I don't remember. I think its to wave back with a red tree star"

Another digger: "Are you stupid? the pass word is to wave back with a green tree star, wave with a red tree star and we are toast!"

Thorn: (Waves a green tree star) (They cross the bridge) Ok, where is this beast thing?  We're trying to free your kingdom.  

A digger: "In their." *points to the 2 rocks that make a door*.

A digger: "should we let it out?

Midnight: "Would you want to be locked up?"

The diggers begin to move the 2 huge plates of rocks, 2 light red heavy orange shaded eyes glow in the darkness within.

.*Roooaaaar!*

"I am the champion of the arena, who is my latest contestant?"

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Understanding: "Actually?"

The beast: "Wear is the crowed?"

Understanding: "Actually."

The beast: "Where is my contestant?"

Understanding: "Oh for the love of lemons can someone get him to pay attention?"

Ptero: I have an idea.   (He flies near the creature) Come and get me!  (He grabs some of the green and red Tree Stars that the Diggers had.)  (The creature tries to snap at Ptero, but Ptero moves out of the way, throwing the Tree Stars into the creature's mouth.)  He's not a Bothtooth like me, so he should not be happy about these Tree Stars.  

The beast gets really angry and lets out a roar so powerful it alerts the entire base.

Suddenly where their would normally be a audience, we have one. 15 egg stealers line up in big lesser stone thrones, 8 diggers as well in really small ones around the great stone thrown Bartholomew sits in, 20000 diggers then begin to fill in the rest of the space, 2 parasaur slaves who have been missing from the great valley for 5 years also show up.

A tinny digger walks up to a ledge: *with a huge voice*"Ladies and gentlemen, it seems, unexpectedly and without invitation, we have this weeks big game. A epic struggle for life and death between fast biters, diggers, and.... a mutant flier?"

(Ptero, Thorn, and Jasmine tie up the beast and bring it down.)

Ptero: As you can see, we beat your creature.

(Littlefoot, Cera, Ducky, Petrie, Spike, Chomper, Elizabeth, and Ruby arrive.)

Chomper: Followed the smell of Fast Biter.   Went right to you.  

(Cheramie, Lorenzo, Dakota, Flavia, and Farrell also arrive, followed by Perrin and Reina and Leafie.)

Ducky and Spike free the parasaurs that had been enslaved.

(Pterano and Etta arrive.)

Pterano: Mr. Understanding, you dropped these.  (He gives Understanding his spear thing and hsi other inventions that he'd left at the surface.)

The crowed is silent and aww stricken that their champion was beaten so easily (and a bit anti climatically. But ok.)

Bartholomew: "Weal, I never thought I'd see the day. Very well, as is tradition after surviving in the arena... *mumbling* a tradition only made because I thought no one ever would.* You get one wish and I have to grant it no matter how stupid it is."

Understanding: "No, those where for you incase I needed backup. Guess you never got the message. I still have my own."

Ptero: Ok, then, I wish for 10 more wishes that you have to grant no matter  how stupid they are.   

Bartholomew: ...... "I... really should have thought of that.... granted mutant flier. what are they then?"

Ptero: (To Midnight and Understanding) What should I ask him for? 

Midnight: "What is your backstory?"

Bartholomew: "When I first hatched my parents took one look at me and said "Great, we I see we produced a runt." and kicked me out of the nest. Without a family I grew bitter, and survived by eating snakes bugs and the eggs of flatteeth. One day I accidently knocked down a tree full of purple tree sweets and discovered the..."

Understanding: "I think he meant about our 10 wishes."

Midnight: "Right.... Um, I'll let Jasmine make the first one."

Jasmine: "To start I wish none of us will be enslaved."

Bartholomew: "Very well, between showing your speed cunning and strength through out our finding of you I suppose you have earned your freedom. Anything else?"

Thorn: And I'd like to request that you free the rest of your prisoners, including those parasaurs you took from the Great  Valley. 

Bartholomew: "Can i still keep the diggers?"

Thorn: If they like what they are doing, I guess so.

Bartholomew: "Alright, then you can take the prisoners with you. Anything else?"

The beast, still tied up replies "Can I get a wish to? I would like to die. I didn't even last 3 seconds in battle and thus I am not worthy."

(Thorn unties the beast, feeling sorry for him.)

the beast: "For what cause do you spare me? If you think I can, I will have it fulfilled."

Thorn: I see now cause to kill you.  After all, my friends and I had secret stuff that we developed.  

the beast: "I have no interest in secrets, unless they are important for me to know about. Nice to meet you. Got anything to eat? lunch time for me is normally 5 minuets ago, I get grouchy on empty stomach."

Ruby: What do you normally eat?

The beast: "Slaves who refuse to work and battle contestants who lose. Its kinda required, feeding a large meat eater like me is expensive. In the wild I would require large things like three horns and longnecks to be sustained."

Thorn: Wow, how did we beat something so big?

Ptero: Because we underestimated its size when fighting it and writing the script, thus we beat it too easily.

2 Diggers remain with Jasmine and Thorn, the first doesn't know for sure if he has to still be with them and not try to get away, the second simply decided to join him.

Mongoose Lover: I just thought of something.  Should we bring in a Sharptooth snow sorceress (like Elsa) that will free the Great Valley in deep deep snow at some point in "A Warm Cold Time"?

(weal I got to admit, it would make a great Christmas themed chapter in the story. I will have to think about that one.)

Understanding: "I honestly still don't see any ways my life can improve. I have a wonderful set of places to live, I have Midnight and our children, and I am a dinosaur. How can life possibly get any better? I thought I would be able to think of something by now but I guess not."

Midnight: "I can think of one way, Thorn is going to be our son in law. We will have grandkids."

A young fast biter: "I have a wish, but I'm afraid it can only be granted by time."

Midnight: What was the wish?   

Young Fast Biter 2: Can I wish that Jasmine will leave and I get her room?

The young fast biter: "I've been hoping for a female of my own for some time now. But like I said, that requires time."

Jasmine: "Hey Thorn, would you like to get married hear in this nice romantic place with the lava, would you like to get married at the great valley, or in Hunter Valley, or perhaps all 3 just for 3 times the fun?"

Thorn: All three.  

Jasmine: "Then my wish, is for a wedding." she smiles.

Bartholemew: Granted.

Midnight: "Awww, our daughter is all grown up and getting married!"

Understanding: "This calls for a celebration."

A young fast biter: "Eh, no big deal." she says somewhat jealously.

Thorn laughs at one of the young fast biters.  "So much for dying a virgin.  Ha!"

They hide their face in shame.

Thorn: Can I do the wedding now?   

Flavia: Thorn, you're actually getting married?

Thorn: Yes sister.

Thorn: There is something else you should know about me, Jasmine.  I'm a Dakotaraptor.  That's why we are the same size.  It's because  you're a Utahraptor.  

Jasmine: "I don't get it, why does she seem so surprised?"

The tinnyiest digger with the biggest voice: "Dearly beloved, we are gathered hear today..."

.*a lightly crying digger distracts him.*

"To celebrate the glorious union of these 2 lovers..."

.*The crying digger cries harder*

"Into a oath of eternal..."

.*Crying digger breaks out in loud sobbing* "Oh it is so beautiful!" shouts the crying digger.

"Do you mind?!" says the loud voiced digger..."

Sorry. says the crying digger.

"Into a eternal bond of..." The crying digger cries harder then ever. "Their so beautiful together! How romantic..."

Loud voiced digger: "Hear, have a wedding cake." *tosses the interrupting digger to them.*

Flavia: Fine, Thorn, if you're married, then I get your room.  (Smiles)

Understanding: "It depends on who's pack they will prefer to live in ok? Who ever they choose to stay with, they will be in which ever room preferred together and the one they leave is up for grabs."

Tinny digger with a big voice: "Jasmine, do you take this hansome male to be your mate?

Thorn, do you wish to have this hansome female to you bewed?"

.*whispering to himself*: "If you 2 say no your $#!*%$& stupid."

Thorn: Yes I do.   

Jasmine: I do.  Also, why is Flavia poking fun at you?

Thorn: Because she is my twin sister.   

Big voiced tiny digger: "Then I now pronounce you... You get the idea just kiss already, before I start to cry."

Thorn and Jasmine kiss.  

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Some diggers throw yellow rocks into the lava, it CRACKs! producing sparks and smoke.

Many of them applaud.

Thorn: Now what Jasmine?  

Jasmine: "Lets go back to the great valley, as much fun as it is underground, I want to see the surface again, and feel the light of the bright circle again."

Midnight: We ask for 10 more wishes that you have to grant no matter how ridiculous they are.  Also, we'll come back later for the wishes.

(The group leaves.  They find Yeti on the way back up and take him back up to the surface.)

Jasmine: That light feels good.  (The sun soon goes down.)

Thorn: Now what?

Jasmine: "Would you like to mate again?"

Thorn nods.  The two head into a rock cave, heading above the Great Valley.  They rest in a room that is warm and keeps them safe from the snow blowing outside.   Jasmine lies on the floor.  "Ok, I'm ready." she says.  

Thorn smiles mounding her gracefully. Their Mating begins.

Thorn asks Jasmine "In the event that you get pregnant, do you have any preferences on where you would like to build a nest?  I can build it anyplace, though I would prefer not to build it over flowing fire or too near an Egg Stealer lair." he says.  He begins to lick Jasmine in the face.   

Jasmine licks back. "I'd suggest asking mom advice where its safest to nest to keep out egg stealers, I'd prefer near the beach, about 480ft behind the grassline out of reach of the sand. Tomorrow how about we prepare a feast, mostly egg stealers to, inspire fear."

"On a beach?  In the middle of a cold time?  Seems kind of risky." remarked Thorn, now rubbing Jasmine's shoulders.   "As you know, I'm more fond of Egg Stealers and Domeheads than Flatteeth.  However, and don't tell Chomper this, but I HAVE killed Flatteeth before.  You see, sometimes I've come across ones that managed to get away from other Sharpteeth, but they may be missing a leg and an arm, or missing two legs or something like that.  They'll NEVER be able to live for long.  Either they'll die of hunger, blood loss, or some other Sharptooth will get them.  So I just sneak up behind them and give them a quick bite to the throat.  Ends their pain.  Also, sometimes, I've gotten Flatteeth that I knew my pack would get anyway, even if the Flatteeth weren't hurt too badly.   I had to maintain the illusion that I was a regular Sharptooth, or else my pack would have gotten inquisitive and they would have found Leafie and killed her." said Thorn.  d

"You really like Leafie." said Jasmine, now rubbing her face into Thorn's neck.   "She has been a good friend.  I wish I could have raised a Flatooth as a child." 

"It's hard work." said Thorn, kissing Jasmine.  "I never got to play much with the other Fast Biters, as I was always watching Leafie."

Jasmine presses herself closer to Thorn and begins to stroke his head.   "Well, I know you can take care of me then." she says.

After a couple of hours, they finish their mating.  Thorn dismounts her.

"Hope I didn't hurt you.  I was trying to be gentle." said Thorn.  He lays on the ground and moves Jasmine's head onto her shoulders, thus allowing her something soft to use as a pillow, rather than the ground.    "Goodnight my dear Jasmine.  If you need anything, just wake me." he says, closing his eyes and falling asleep.  

Jasmine smiles. "Thank you Thorn, your a excellent lover. Hope you enjoyed."

She begins to drift into slumber.

Thorn wakes up the next morning.  He notices that it is colder in the room.  "Sure seems cold." he remarks.  He then notices a hole in the roof, where apparently too much snow gathered over a weak spot in the cave and caved it in, allowing snow to blow into the room.  The snow has landed near Thorn and his new wife.   Thorn shakes Jasmine awake, not too hard so as not to make her wet herself in fright, but enough to get her out of her deep sleep.   "Dear, there is a problem.  The ground sparkles have accumulated and broken a hole in the roof.  We'll have to go rest somewhere else tomorrow night.   In the meantime, it's time to get up.  We're going to hunt Egg Stealers." 

Jasmine gets up, stretching and yawning.  "So sorry to disturb you, but I didn't want you to catch a chill."  

Two tickle fuzzies, wanting to avoid the cold, run into the cave.  They halt near Thorn and Jasmne.  "Oh no, Sharpteeth!" they cry.    They try to run, but Thorn soon has them pinned down.  Thorn picks them up by the tail and brings them to Jasmine.  "I got you a morning donut." says Thorn.

"No, I've been caught!" moans one tickle fuzzy

"Hey, don't I get a say in this?" grumbles the other tickle fuzzy.

"Yes, I suppose.   You can mention your last words, regrets in life, things you would like to do if you weren't going to be a Fast Biter's breakfast, etc.   But you most likely won't change my mind." says Thorn.

The tickle fuzzies sweat nervously as they see Jasmine lick her licks and look at the tickle fuzzies as a dog would look at a bone that his owner is dangling above him.

Jasmine: "And breakfast in bed to! Theirs no end to how wonderful you are is their?"

Thorn confesses "Actually, they came to me." 

"Wait, is she your mate.  She looks ugly." says one of the tickle fuzzies.

"Shut up.  You want them to eat us?" grumbles the other.

"Why should we be nice?  I mean, it's clear we're about to meet our end." says the first.

"Fast Biters, please get it over with quickly.  I can't complain too much.  I've already been around 80 years." says the first one.

"Shut up gramps.   Let me do the talking." snaps the younger tickle fuzzy.   "You two are ugly and I hope you miscarry all your eggs, get divorced, and then get stepped on by a Sailback!" 

"You don't have to be belligerent." says the first tickle fuzzy.

"I'll be like I want pops.  They're gonna kill us no matter what." says the second one.  He spits at Jasmine.

"That's my wife you spat at!" Thorn growls.

"He really has a big mouth.   I can't get himi to stop his rudeness.  Please, just get it over with and don't take his actions out on my by doing something like slowly killing us." says the first tickle fuzzy.  

Jasmine: "Lets share the rude one together, you get one half, I get the other.

(JP2 T.rex share stile.)

Thorn and Jasmine bite into the rude one and share him.   

"That was delicious!  Do you like it my dear?" Thorn asks.

Jasmine asks "What about the other one?"

Thorn: "I thought about letting him go just so he can teach others to not be so rude, but you can eat him if you want."

Jasmine: I'll let him go.  (The tickle fuzzy scampers off.) (The two head down toward the beach.  They spot some Egg Stealers nearby.)

Thorn: Very quietly, we'll get the jump on these things.  (The two silently creep toward the Egg Stealers.)  

An egg stealer (to the other egg stealers) "You know theirs nothing good about the cold times. Other dinosaurs stop laying eggs, greens go into hibernation, I am so hungry. Hopefully the big water will provide us with a meal."

Thorn calls to them "Speaking of meals."  He pounces, slaying one of the Egg Stelaers.

The Egg Stealers try to run, but Jasmine attacks another, bringing the Egg Stealer down.  The two Fast Biters chase the remaining Egg Stealers into a corner.   

"Oh good, a Thanksgivinig feast." said Thorn.

The egg stealer picks up 2 sticks and holds them in a cross shape. "Now stay back. I'm warning you!"

Thorn asks "What are you doing?  I've seen trapped prey do some crazy things, but this takes the cake."

the egg stealer: "The plan was to run away after you are distracted by uncontrollable laughing ."

Jasmine: "That ever work before?"

Egg stealer: 10 times"

Jasmine: "Weal I'm sorry, but this time your food, now if you can maby close your eyes so you don't see it coming?"

Egg stealer: "I won't surrender. You either kill me or I survive simple as that."

the egg stealer tries using the 2 sticks to climb up the corner.

Thorn jumps up and bites him in the arm.  The Egg Stelaer falls down and lands next to Jasmine.  "Now, I suggest you close your eyes." she says to the Egg Stealer.  

Egg stealer: Wait WAIT, I can tell you where 45 other egg stealers are you can eat instead."

Thorn: 45?  Mmmmm.  (Licks lips) Ok.  

The egg stealer: "Thank you, now come with me... He gets up, begins to head off.

The two Fast Biters follow him.  Thorn whispers to Jasmine "It's possible that it's a trick to get away.   Keep an eye on him."  

Egg stealer: "Weal, it might be, but those 45 other egg stealers do exist. But tell me, what would you call someone who is willing to let their family get eaten just to save them selves?"

Jasmine: "A coward."

Egg stealer: "Exactly. Bye bye now." He trips them with his tail then makes a break for it.

Thorn and Jasmine attack him and slay him.   They have now killed all the Egg Stealers that they were after, having killed the others before the escapee got away.   

Jasmine: "Weal at least he was nice, just wish he would stop fussing and take it like a man. Now, lets bring our kill home."

Jasmine: "I have a request, can you skin them and make their hide into more of these."

"Dad made them because ever since these swimmers assaulted us he wanted a way to block attacks. I swear this thing could stop Cera's horns, but sadly the impact will still hurt."

Thorn does as she asks.  "Here are your Egg Stealer skins my darling." he says.  

Jasmine licks his cheek. "Later, first lets enjoy a good meal. After that I want to see if these 45 other egg stealers can be found, so the whole family can feast. Bad news for them, good news for us. Then another round."

Thorn asks "Now what was it you said you had a problem with?"

Jasmine: "You see when the sun is blocked by clouds the crystal trick don't work, we need another way to create fire. But I don't know what else could do the job. Lets ask my dad if he has a idea."

Thorn and Jasmine come to her parents.  "Now what is it you wanted to ask us Jasmine, dear?" said Midnight.  

Jasmine tares into one of the dead egg stealers legs, devowering the flaver

Jasmine: "We where wondering, when I am impregnated, what is the best nesting strategy?"

Flavia comes to Thorn and Jasmine.  "Thorn, you should know that Lorenzo and I were married this morning.  We're both of age too.   We've been in love for so long.  So now you have more in-laws." says Flavia.  

Understanding mean while is using a stick to put a notch in another stick to attach a rock to it, he rubs them with a lot of stamina to make sure it finishes quickly dispite not finding a rock to carve into it with instead.

A Jasmine Brother: "Sis, you missed it, their where egg stealers, at least 45 of them, sadly they got away, but we will trail them later."

Understanding sniffs the air, then looks at his stick.... "Could have sworn a puff of smoke came off this wood." he feels it, then yelps in pain as it burns him... "Strange, I'm no wear near the fire pit, and the fire is out... Oh weal." he continues his construction.

Thorn: About that Papa, Jasmine and I got 45 Egg Stealers.  

Midnight: "Btw, anyone seen Dil?"

Understanding: "I think she is hibernating."

Dil: No my mate and I are here.   I don't like the cold.  

Understanding: "I am so proud of you. Now we can have a proper feast to celebrate good times with good friends."

Midnight: "Just checking, I will still need you when the waters warm."

Thorn says "Actually, the food is just for Lorenzo, Flavia, Dakota, Dil, Ichy, Chomper, Isabelle, Farrell, Cheramie, Jasmine, myself, my parents, and her parents.  I guess we can bring Jasmine's siblings along too.  I don't think Littlefoot and the others would care to eat Egg Stealer.  Except perhaps Ruby and Guido.  What do they think?"

Understanding: "Very well, I would be glad to contribute anyway, if you need help with anything. But I understand." He then begins to put a notch in the other side of the stick.

Thorn says "I'm not taking your daughter from you.  She'll alwasy be your girl.  It's just that, I love her.   I've decided that I'll be the one to watch over her from now on.  You have your other children." 

Understanding: "And you have proven your self worthy, hope your not disappointed if you where hoping for an argument."

The second notch in the stick is finished, however it is also smoldering from the friction. He uses wet water greens to latch on 2 stones anyway.

Thorn: If I may Papa, I thnk that you rubbing that together is creating fire.  

Understanding smacks himself: "Now why didn't I think of that? Thanks. Glad she ended up with someone smart like you."

Midnight: "Normally females don't lay eggs during the cold time, but its possible having fire is changing that particular effect. Does your current place have good ventilation? Because at this point I think the best way to keep safe eggs, is to make your territory well defended."

Thorn whispers to Understanding "She is going to be having eggs.  Third time tonight will be a charm.  I already have a plan for her.  It will cost some tickle fuzzies their lives, but if it will please Jasmine, it will be worth it.  You see, I'm going to use their skins as a sort of pouch thing to put the eggs in.  Then they will be warm.  Also, it will make it harder for Egg Stealers to find.  However, Egg Stealers will be afraid to go near our nest, I'm hoping.  I'm going to leave all the bones left over from our feast right near where we want to nest."   

Understanding: "You are very much like me, wise, clever, resourceful, and strong. I love you Thorn, as I would if you hatched from one of midnights eggs, which would be acward, but you know what I mean. And that's what matters. I am happy she gets to be yours. You are so good to her. If you ever need me you know where I am, I will grant you anything you think will help. As for them egg stealers, chomper has trouble digesting them, so since he is on your list I would advice something to, protect your sense of smell."

"What exactly is the problem with Chomper and Egg Stealers?" Thorn asks.  

Understanding: "I call it, an allergic reaction."

"Does  he sneeze?" asks Thorn.  

Understanding: "No, just produces gas and possibly has soft stools, possibly even a rash on his tush at the worst, doubt he would admit the last 2 systems though. He's not allergic to their dander, just their digestive properties."

Understanding: "To tell you the truth I suck at naming things."

Jasmine: "We know, that's why we already renamed a few things you already inve..." she stops her self and gives a "can you forgive me smile"...

Understanding: "Its ok, I don't blame you."