Flyers of the Mysterious Beyond

The Great Valley Guardian · **Reply #180 on:** May 24, 2011, 10:27:08 PM

As the child held onto Artie's back and could hear her heartbeat, and after hearing her say she wouldn't abandon him... it gave him strength. A smile slowly began to spread across his face, and eventually he began to cry tears of joy. For the first time... in a long time the child felt like he had someone he could look up to for guidance and comfort. But then as he laid against her back he felt a chill run down his spine.

He suddenly remembered something important. He had several flashbacks to another herd he'd been banished from and he quivered in trepidation. 'If they figure out my secret.... I'll be all alone again... I don't want that to happen!' thought the child to himself. Then as in a moment of pure revelation he remembered among the taunts and insults he was called when with the other herds, and his nickname came back to the front of his mind.

"M-my name... my name is... F-Fury..." said the young Archaeopteryx with a sad almost remorseful sigh.

Jrd89 · **Reply #181 on:** May 25, 2011, 12:01:33 AM

*Oh no! I'm confused now.

I don't know where i'm at. There's so MUCH going on. I need help. Did I go back to the cave, or have I been there the whole time. Can anyone help me out and tell me where I am and who is with me. I really wanted to show Devon that i'm really gentle and friendly and won't hurt him, but I can't if I don't know where I am in the story.

*

Can anyone please help me out and tell me where everyone's at?

Pterano · **Reply #182 on:** May 25, 2011, 12:03:56 AM

((Pterano and Devon took off to find Artie, which they did, along with the new character, Fury. Luke is with Tero, Zin, and Redback, some distance away, and you are with Rinkus and Sierra on the ledge. Hope that helps.))

Jrd89 · **Reply #183 on:** May 25, 2011, 12:36:43 AM

Jared stood on the cliff outside the cave with Rinkus and Sierra. When Artie returned to the cave and landed on the ledge with Fury, he was surprised that Pterano and Devon weren't with her.

"Hey, Artie! You're back

. Uh oh. where's Pterano and Devon? are they both ok?."

said Jared as he frowned sadly. He really wanted to get to know Devon more and show him that he was a kind and friendly flyer and meant no harm. Then, Jared noticed Fury.

"Oh. Who's this little flyer you have with you, Artie? Can you tell me, Rinkus, and Sierra a little about him?" asked the tan rhamphorhynchus curiously.

Allicloud · **Reply #184 on:** May 25, 2011, 07:43:45 AM

Redback chuckled a bit "Nah, that's just how he talks."

The massive dinosaur held a handful of claws up as he said "Oh... we haven't had visitors in such a long time...So, we started to talk to ourselves."

The sharptooth muttered quietly to Luke "He talks like that to make it seem like there are more people with him. Makes him feel less lonely. Poor old fool."

Speaking up, he called to Zin "So, Zin. We were wonderin' if you'd be interested in joining us over by the caves. There's food, and a whole bunch of flyers. I'm sure you'll like them."

Tero perched ontop of Zin's head, looking down at him. Zin looked up at Tero, then down at Redback and Luke. Smiling, he nodded.

"You really think we could? Well, sure!" He lowered his tail and beckoned with his free hand "Climb aboard! We'll do the walkin' for ya!"

Mama's Girl · **Reply #185 on:** May 25, 2011, 10:24:51 AM

(You did say the tagging along half my OC sibling was ok too right Jrd?

Not sure who they will or should run into first)

Petrie was out exploring in the Mysterious Beyond yet again, only this time neither Littlefoot, Cera, Spike, Chomper, Ruby or even Ducky were with him.

The little flyer had taken off all on his own. Well, not completely all on his own.

"Petrie! Getting yourself lost out here is one thing, you're not suppose to lose me too!" the light blue flyer hatchling following him cried out.

All of Petrie's siblings generally stayed near the nest, so he was more than a bit surprised that his sister, Harper, had followed him out on this trip, but as she said, it was mainly to get him to turn back, something he'd said he wouldn't do.

"We not lost, and you not have to come" he shot back, trying to not sound annoyed, but all his siblings had a way of rubbing him wrong at times, and Harper's way was what he'd call just bossy.

"I can't see you leave and let you just take off alone!" Harper said, "Mom would so be mad, and if you think I don't know why you're out here you'd be wrong again".

She sighed and her voice softened, "Petrie...it's not even been a few cold times yet, Uncle Pterano...doesn't get to come back for a while so...finding him's...not gonna change anything".

Harper thought her uncle was ok all in all, and his stories were interesting, but she was so her mom's little girl and listened very close to everything her mom said, and her mom said he was irresponsible and other stuff. Petrie looked up to him though, alot, and it had Harper worried her brother might get hurt.

Petrie ignored what his sister said, just muttering a small, "That not why me out here...". He kept flying on, his sister following, looking around almost more scared than he would be at all the mist and stuff and wishing she was back at the Great Valley where they should be.

bushwacked · **Reply #186 on:** May 25, 2011, 02:22:19 PM

Luke flew up to join Tero. "Thanks for the lift, Zin," he called down, balancing himself on Zin's shoulders. "The others aren't that far away. Just keep following this path," he continued, pointing to where the craggy cliffs wound around them.

As they left the cave, a newly formed wave of fog washed over them. Luke shivered and pulled his wings around him as he felt the dampening condensation. "So, Zin, did you look after these two when they were younger? Or was it another case of hunting each other until you got tired?"

As he waited for a reply, Luke thought he heard the voices of two kids arguing, passing over them. He tilted his head, but couldn't hear anything else.

Allicloud · **Reply #187 on:** May 25, 2011, 05:35:02 PM

Zin chuckled "Nah, not really. We just met up one day. I was wandering along, and I stumbled upon them sleeping..."

"You got it backwards old man, we snuck up on you!" Redback retorted in mock-indignation.

Zin chuckled again and continued "Well, anyways, whoever snuck up on whoever, we saw eachother, and well, We guess we just sort of connected..."

Redback picked it up "Well, I saw the guy, and I though to myself, there's no way me and Tero could bring him down, so what's the point in fighting him?"

"And we've been friends ever since. But he hasn't visited us for a long time..."

"Sorry about that Zin." Redback replied "Things just keep comin' up."

Zin sighed gently, as he stomped slowly on down the canyon.

trulyfantasticme · **Reply #188 on:** May 25, 2011, 08:17:24 PM

"Yeah, they've decided to stay behind for a little while." Artie replied, taking the child into her arms once again. "And this here is Fury."

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The last two hours was spent fishing and flying together with Devon for father son bonding, even though they weren't really father and son. Pterano stared off into the sunset, sighing in sadness. Something was definitely on his mind...

"Pterano?"

The red flyer craned his neck to see the blue flyer behind him. "Are you okay?" Devon asked in complete worry. "What's wrong?"

Pterano couldn't help but chuckle. Cheez, this kid could read minds, couldn't he? "Nothing, I'm just thinking..."

"Is it about the herd?" Pterano's point exactly.

"Umm...yeah." He sighed again. Devon put an arm around the older flyer and laid his head on his shoulder.

"It's not your fault, you know."

"It is, unfortunately. I should've taken responsibility like a real leader would." Pterano sighed once again. "All those dinos died because I was too blind to see my mistakes. Familes torn apart, children becoming orphans, husbands and wives becoming widows and widowers all because of me. It's just too hard to bare."

Devon just hugged him, not knowing what to do or say as Pterano went on. "And then I nearly got those children killed when we went after a magical stone that never existed in the first place. How much stupider can I be?"

"I'm sorry, Pterano."

"Don't be, my son." Pterano replied, patting Devon's arm. "You weren't there, you had nothing to do with that." He gave him a fatherly kiss to the fore head. "I need you to promise me something."

“Any thing for my best friend.”

Pterano chuckled, wrapping his wing around Devon’s shoulders, pulling him close. “Promise me that you won’t make the same mistakes I made.” He started. “I don’t want to see you go through what I did. I mean, you’re a good kid. You don’t deserve that.”

“I promise,” Devon told the older flyer, looking deep into his dark blue eyes to let him know he meant it.

“That’s my boy.” He continued resting his beak on his head, protecting the blue flyer for a few minutes. “I don’t know what I would do without you. You have been a wonderful son to me, if not, the best son I would ever dream of. You’ve shown me that I was not alone in this world and I couldn’t thank you enough for that.” He kissed his forehead again. “I love you…”

“I love you too…Dad…” Devon replied, only to feel Pterano’s arms around him pull him closer to his chest.

“You make me so proud…” Pterano drifted off as he continued to hold the blue flyer. A few minutes drew by as silence surrounded them until…

“Ready to get back to the cave?” Devon started. “I’m pretty sure everyone’s getting worried about us.

“Well it is getting late. But are you sure about this?”

“Yeah, besides, I know you wouldn’t let anything happen to me.” The blue flyer winked at him. “Just for the record, that’s one of the main things that I admire about you.”

Pterano chuckled. “Oh you…” He stroked his head before getting up on his feet and reaching his hand out for Devon’s.

“Let’s get outta here, shall we?” Devon told the aging flyer before they took off.

Mama's Girl · **Reply #189 on:** May 25, 2011, 08:47:23 PM

As it seemed they hit rather than avoided the fog about, Petrie shielded with his wing a bit, but became a bit crooked in flight due to it, ending up tumbling down.

"Petrie!" Harper called, immedietly darting down after her brother to try and catch him. She managed to grab his feet but couldn't pull him up and instead the two continued tumbling down until they bumped into something and then kept tumbling, landing at the feet of something.

Groggily the two sat up, shaking their heads. "Are you ok?" Harper asked, standing and helping Petrie up.

Her brother nodded, spotted something behind her apparently, and promptly screamed. "SHARPTOOTH! a-and...SOMETTHING ELSE!", he began to scramble back, not even noticing that the creature he spotted had flyers with it unharmed.

Harper stiffened at this proclimation and slowly turned to face whatever it was they'd found.

(They are still somewhere near even if headed back towards the cave right? Thought I read it that way, if not then the kids just followed without knowing it from where Luke heard them

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trulyfantasticme · **Reply #190 on:** May 25, 2011, 09:41:26 PM

Pterano and Devon landed in the cave. "Oh there you are!" Artie said, throwing her arms around Pterano's neck. "I was worried sick!"

Pterano chuckled, hugging her back. He was about to say something when...

"SHARPTOOOOOOOOOTH!!!"

He recognized that voice any where. He flew outside to see none other than...

"Petrie! Harper!" he shouted, earning their attention.

Mama's Girl · **Reply #191 on:** May 25, 2011, 11:18:32 PM

Almost before Harper could fully take in the group she was looking at that had startled Petrie, both hatchlings heard the cry and turned that way next, their senses trying to take in all the shocks hitting them at once.

What were the odds! Harper thought.

Petrie on the other hand couldn't think much beyond giant spurt of joy!

"Uncle Pterano!" the hatchling launched over the distance over to the cave to hug Pterano's beak in utter joy. "Me find you, oh me tell Harper me would but she say Mysterious Beyond too big and...oh me happy to see you and not have to wait five long Cold Times!".

He glanced down to his sister as Harper, still glancing curiously at the sharptooth and big creature she realized had yet to attack, flew over. "See, me tell you!" he told her.

"Hi Uncle Pterano" she smiled shyly, feeling a bit embarrassed now since she had been the doubter for this trip saying they wouldn't make it or find Pterano. Despite anything her mom said on him, she was happy to see him though.

"Um...are they dangerous?" she indicated the group of sharpteeth and flyers she now noticed and pondered how they must think she and Petrie every sporadic young ones with Petrie first screaming and then rushing over to ecstatically hug Pterano.

The Great Valley Guardian · **Reply #192 on:** May 26, 2011, 02:20:14 AM

After hearing the Jared ask his question, Fury as his name suggested having only negative experiences to draw upon from previous herds and their reactions to him he snapped his beak in the air and gave a warning growl. "I don't have to tell you anything about me!" he cried feeling another sense of anger and fear well up inside his heart. He simply didn't want to be abandoned again, but then he remembered Artie.

He looked up at her and smiled again. He then sighed as he turned to face Jared again. "I'm sorry." he replied. "I just don't want to be left alone here in the mysterious beyond again... it... so lonely out here... with no one to help me."

Jrd89 · **Reply #193 on:** May 26, 2011, 02:35:09 AM

"Aww, it's all right, Fury. You won't be so lonely anymore with us around, and we'll help you whenever you need it." Said Jared, trying to make Fury feel better. Then, he wondered... who were the two flyers that Pterano was talking about?

"Who are Petrie and Harper?" asked Jared, opening his wings and shrugging his arms. "I guess they must be related to Pterano." Then, he walked right behind Devon, and very softly and gently patted him on the shoulder with his tan claw, and softly said to the blue cearadactylus..

"Don't worry, Devon. Your dad'll be all right. He's very brave. I know he'll find Petrie and Harper..whoever they are." said Jared, still puzzled as to who the two flyers Pterano mentioned were.

"It's ok. Don't be afraid of me. I'm a very nice and friendly long tailed flyer like my pink pal Rinkus. I like you, and I think you're a really nice flyer.

Are we friends now, Devon?" asked Jared, looking right at Devon with his blue eyes and a warm, friendly smile.

bushwacked · **Reply #194 on:** May 26, 2011, 04:32:40 AM

Luke saw the familiar group of flyers herded by the entrance of the cave. "We've arrived, Zin," he said. Standing taller, he announced, "We're back, guys! And look who we've found - this is Zin..." He trailed off as he noticed two small flyers on the floor in front of them, who then screamed and propelled themselves towards Pterano. There was also another small flyer, covered in feathers, who seemed altogether unconcerned by their presence, standing next to Artie and Jared. "This place is like some kind of kid magnet..." he muttered incredulously.

"Hey, there," he called down to the two small flyers huddling next to Pterano. Gesturing at Redback and the huge dinosaur he was standing on, he continued, "It's ok. These two aren't gonna eat you. Probably."

Allicloud · **Reply #195 on:** May 26, 2011, 05:03:10 PM

Zin leaned his massive head in to get a good look at the little ones, who only cowered behind Pterano even more. He simply smiled at them and chuckled his low chuckle.

"Heh, you needn't fear, young'uns, we ain't gonna eat ya. And Redback over here... Well, maybe if he was hungry."

Redback and Zin laughed at this, With the huge old beast jabbing his claws into the ground with each laugh. Redback added "Heh, yeah. But seriously, you're safe around us, we're content with greenfood and crawlers for the time being."

trulyfantasticme · **Reply #196 on:** May 26, 2011, 06:59:54 PM

Pterano chuckled, cradling his nephew and niece in his arms. "Don't you worry, they won't eat you. Even if they tried, they can't get past me." He smirked at Petrie, who just stared up at him in great admiration. Pterano lifted the little flyers onto his back and flew into the cave. "Every one, I'd like you to meet my totally awesome nephew, Petrie," he pointed to the little flyer now on his shoulders, who stood up in pride. "And my very important niece, Harper." (Excellent name choice Mama's Girl!

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"Oh, so you're the famous Petrie you keep talking about." Devon walked up to the old flyer, placing his arm on Pterano's shoulder. "Sup, I'm Devon and I'm his son." (Oh boy, Sierra's gonna be very ticked off right now...

) They smiled at eachother in pride. Pterano remembered about Artie as he walked towards her and put an arm around her. "And this here is my new friend Artie," he looked at the bundle in her arms. "And this here is...AWWWW!!! Hi there! What's your name?" Pterano suddenly realized how cute the child was.

"His name's Fury." Artie informed.

"...Fury." Pterano finished.

Mama's Girl · **Reply #197 on:** May 26, 2011, 07:36:51 PM

((Thanks, yeah the second I thought of it I realized how flyerish it sounded without being too...over the top ya know

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Petrie and Harper both gave a small smile to Luke and then his friends, their words did help put them at ease a bit. Harper was still a bit bugged by Luke saying "probably" wouldn't eat them, but then it was most likely like a joke.

She smiled, "Well thankyou and...uh, then we're glad to meet ya, right Petrie?" she jabbed her brother who was being held over on the otherside of Pterano to tell him to say hi. "Uh yeah" Petrie gave a small smile.

As they were introduced, Petrie wasn't so shocked by his uncle's flattering of him, but Harper was a bit. She'd always felt like she got lost within the group of her other siblings. She smiled though.

Petrie's shock came when Devon walked up to both introduce himself and say how he already knew all about him. "Oh...well, then hi and me happy to meet you if you...Uncle Pterano's...son?" the young flyer didn't hide any of his confusion on this.

Harper smiled, "I think he 'dopted him" she told her brother, "and Hi" she nodded to first Devon and glanced to this Miss Artie and the kid she carried. She smiled to both of them too, "Hi".

She recalled something she heard her mom say and giggled a bit, "So you're Uncle Pterano's new friend and one who's a girl? Well that's good, my mom kept saying he needed one of those" she smiled back at her uncle, in typical childish innocence unaware of just what possibly embaressing information she was passing along.

Jrd89 · **Reply #198 on:** May 27, 2011, 12:08:12 AM

Jared waved hello to Petrie and Harper.

"Hi, Petrie and Harper. I'm Jared." then he turned to Pterano.

"Pterano, you have a wonderful little nephew and niece. They're going to be wonderful to have around. He happily said to the red flyer.

The Great Valley Guardian · **Reply #199 on:** May 27, 2011, 12:15:43 AM

Fury looked up at Pterano while still being held in Artie's embrace. Being kept so close to someone who actually cared about him seemed to bring out the best in him. The child continued to look at Pterano and smiled. "Hello sir. Nice to meet you." he said aloud with a child-like grin. He then turned his attention to both Petrie and Harper.

Having never seen another hatchling that liked him Fury was unsure how to act. In a moment of awkwardness Fury waved to the pair of hatchling flyers. "H-hi..." he commented with a quiver to his voice betraying how truly nervous he felt about this situation.