Aberrant Deinonychus

Chapter two

The strange lizard crept closer to the bush I was behind. I prayed to the overseer that it either hadn’t seen me, or it was friendly. It’s head was on the other side of the bush, so close I could feel it’s breathing. All of a sudden, it’s head launched through the bushes, grabbing me by the feathers around my neck. I slashed my claw out and felt it connect to the beast, although I didn’t know where. I landed on my back, facing toward the it. I scrambled to my feet, hissing. I just froze. So did it. We just stared at each other in silence.

“What are you” I snapped, shattering the silence as if it were a glass cage I was trapped in.

“What am I? What are you” it responded.

“I’m a Deinonychus. My name is ripper. Now you tell me who and what you are.”

“Well I’m a rock drake, and my name is Leo” he replied.

“Well, aren’t you gonna try to eat me” I asked.

“Eat you” he said, sounding alarmed.

“Why would I eat you if I don’t even know what you are? I’ve never heard of a Deinonychus before” he said loudly.

“I don’t know, maybe because you YANKED ME OUT OF A BUSH” I yelled.

“Ok, sorry about that” he said sincerely.

The sincerity in his voice made me fell bad about yelling at him.

“Well, since you probably don’t know much about this place, why don’t you come back with me to my den” he said.

“Sure, why not” I said.

“Great! Just follow me” he said.

He seemed a bit eccentric, but that was fine. With one last look at the sunshine shimmering through the hole I fell through, I started walking after him.

So, I said in the last chapter of Redwood Allo that it was not the end of Chomps journey, but I didn’t really cover that, so I’ll do that here. All of the characters from the stories I write will all come together in a series called “United paths” in the Overseer section, after all of their respective stories are done, of course.

So there you have it. See you on the next chapter of Aberrant Deinonychus.

By Dragon