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So my buddy and I are statting fresh and we had a run in with one of this guy's.

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So my buddy and I are statting fresh and we had a run in with one of this guy's. At first we killed them without and discrimination. Bastard birds. I decided that I was going to try and take one for shits and gigs. Having just now read Greg it makes perfect sense. Anyways we were trying to make the best of it and figure out how to work them. Well I made a mistake and managed to set it to IGNORE whistle commands. Itchy, went on a 40 minute murder spree that killed countless piranhas, coelacanth, dodos, about 4 troodons, couple of dilo's and lastly a carbonemys. After a long while we managed to finally grab him when he came down to kill his next murder victim, a pink dodo. Itchy had a murdering itch that was just too much. So now we learned what not to do and he is my faithful companion.

Learned a valuable lesson. Make sure everyone listens to whistle commands. And don't name them Itchy, bad idea.

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I had the pleasure of befriending one of these animals. Despite popular opinion, I find ichthyornis birds to be quite charming and graceful. So much that I found myself taming one. After he woke up, I saw a fire in Greg. From then on, we would be best friends. He’d come with me everywhere. From simple resource gathering to Bronto taming, Greg would be there supporting me from my shoulder. When I was too tired to go fishing or hunting, Greg was there to do it for me. He even makes the effort to make sure I get the best meat out of it. He is a quick learner, he went from from level 20 to level 40 in a day. Anywhere I go, he comes. Anything I need, he makes it his top priority. To this day, Greg continues to be my best friend and sometimes we just hang out on the beach or go fishing even when the resources aren’t needed. I thank Greg for his time with me and his endless favors that he has completed for me. Thank you, Greg.

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Just read the story about Greg.

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I was coming home from a wyvern run and I had a lvl 145 egg and my pt had to get stamina and this little sh** comes over and eats the dang thing!

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Just tamed one of these myself, after reading the story of Greg I decided there was only one name suitable for this creature. I love My Greg so much, he is amazing. Shortly after I tamed him I was out gathering with him perched on my shoulder when I was attacked by a group of compys, Greg instantly Launched himself off my shoulder and flew into the air with on in his Jaws while my raptor killed the other 2. I've never enjoyed watching something that has attacked me die so much.... Until a couple minutes later. A Dilo ran up and before it could even blind me Greg swooped in and grabbed him up in his Jaws flew into the air and tore him to shreds. 10/10 would tame a whole battalion of Greg's.

Also they are great for catching fish and taming otters.

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One time I was taming a baryonix, all was going well until the seagull flying near me had decided it was hungry. It then swooped down stole my fish meat and distracted me enough that the vary could climb up the rock I was on and killed both me and my best flyer. Ever since that day I have always made places where I had about 10 tamed seagulls that I would bully by forcing them to breed and killing their babies Infront of them and shove a pike into their neck

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The house of madness

Chapter nineteen: plans.

“We’ve got information that they’re back in cliffside city so we’ll need to capture them. Here’s the plan….” Marvelo began. “They went back to that city? Wow their dumber than I thought.” Peggie interrupted. Marvelo glared at her. “As I was saying…Here’s the plan. When we go their we’re going to…” Marvelo began. “Improvise?” Daniel suggested. “Scout the area and then converge and attack?” Camille suggested. “Blow up the house? Trust me I know a man…” Jaron said, pointing to himself. “Ditch al yourself members of the team?” Willow asked, shooting a look at Hailey and Jaron. “Will you let me finish?!” Marvelo snapped. “Find a new leader?” Brutus mumered under his breath to Hailey. They snickered quietly. “When we get there we will split up into teams, Brutus and Peggie, and-”

“Me and Daniel?” Willow interrupted. “No Daniel will go with Hailey, and you will go Jaron and I will go with Camille. Daniel and Hailey will bust through the side wall, Jaron and Willow will cover the back, Brutus and Peggie will take the front door, and me and Camille will take the roof. Any questions?” Marvelo asked. Hailey raised her hand. Marvelo ignored her. “No? Ok well feel free to piddle fart around I’m going.” Then he walked from the room. The room was silent. Then a loud growl came from Brutus’ stomach. “Are we gonna eat? Because if I have to wait any longer than I’m going to eat that Pegomastax!” Brutus growled. “Don’t even try it punk!” Peggie squeaked.

Turns out that Daniel was also “perfect” at cooking. He made beef ragu, filet mignot, carrot soufflé, biscuits and gravy, carrot cake, teramisu and even more delicate, delicious food. All the team members (except Marvelo) sat down at the table. Brutus duh his teeth into the skin of a steak and swallowed it whole. Then he let out a loud belch. *BUUUURRPP!* “This is good.” Brutus said. “Yeah! Isn’t Danny just so PERFECT?” Willow asked taking Daniel by the arm and dragging him into her chair with her. She shot a haughty look at Hailey. Daniel smiled exasperated and led her to a private corner away from the table. “Will, are you okay? You’ve been acting rather…strange.” Daniel said. Willow blinked several times until fake tears flooded her eyes. “Oh Danny…it’s that-that aw-awful H-Hailey. She-she’s trying to st-steal you from m-me.” Willow said. Daniel looked over at Hailey. She was sitting next to her brother, laughing and talking with him. “Her?” Daniel asked. Willow blinked her long lashes. “Ye-s you gotta be-believe m-me.” Willow begged. Daniel sighed and pursed his lips. “Will, this can’t work anymore. You’re being very mean to Hailey and I’m very surprised, this isn’t like you. I hate to say this but… I’m breaking up with you. I can’t handle it anymore.” Daniel said, then walked off. Willow stared after him shocked. She ground her teeth in anger. That Hailey stole him from her! Now Hailey would pay. Willow let a evil smile fill her face. And she knew exactly how to.

-SunnyFox57

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It ate my shotgun….

IT ATE MY SHOTGUN??

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For the person who wants an itchyornis sanctuary..

YOUR WISH HAS BEEN GRANTED.

- Hazzy

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The Arks: Over Heaven (by Ben)

Chapter 19: Seasick

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“Uhhh, what was that?” Neddy asked as he began to look around frantically. As soon as his eyes spotted the monstrosity within the water he turned white.

“HOLY GUACAMOLE THAT THING IS HUGE!” Neddy screamed in fear as he flailed his arms in panic. Ruby instantly took her legs out of the water and stood up.

“What is that thing Neddy?!” Ruby yelled as she began to back away slowly. Star stirred in her sleep, curling up into a ball and dozing through the chaos. Samuel’s Raptor made a chattering noise and snarled at the beast. Samuel turned around as a bead of sweat dropped down his forehead.

The beast looked like a giant fish-whale hybrid. It opened its mouth for a second and it didn’t have any teeth, but it still didn’t seem like a good idea to be eaten by it. Additionally it was an albino white and had red stripes on its back. The thing looked to be at least half the size of a blue whale.

“Leedsichthys,” Ben finally said as he clenched his fists tight, “That thing hates rafts. It’s going to destroy our raft if we don’t get away.”

“And how do you know that?” Aurora asked with a sneer.

“Well, do you want to find out if it’s going to or not?” Ben replied wittily.

“Okay, I don’t,” Aurora replied, “Don’t play smart ass with me.”

“I’m just saying dude,” Ben responded with a shrug. Suddenly, a wave launched the raft up a little, and everyone was sent flying into the air, except Samuel.

“WOAH!” everyone shouted as they stumbled around. Ben turned green instantly.

“Wow. That one hurt,” Ben gasped as he clutched his stomach.

“Dude… Don’t tell me you get seasick easily,” Aurora replied with fear.

“Yeah… I do,” Ben replied as he lurched forward with a groan.

“Hold on just a moment,” Samuel announced, “I’m going full speed. This might be a little bumpy.”

Samuel grabbed the lever with both of his hands and pulled with all of his might. The sail expanded and the raft began to move just a little bit faster. Despite this, Ben still seemed sensitive to the sea. He leaned over the water and let loose his stomach, an icky residue floating out into the sea and into the Leedsichthys. The Leedsichthys let out a groan as it passed into its mouth, and it paused for a second to cough it out.

“Ha ha! Look at that, dude!” Neddy shouted in glee as he pointed at the Leedsichthys. Ruby turned around and shouted at Samuel.

“Dude, I think you should try going a little faster! We’re REALLY slowing the beast down!”

“Bro PLEASE, no!” Ben begged as he struggled to regain his composure. Even Aurora let out a little laugh at the commotion.

“Enough,” Samuel said, “Ben, how long until we reach the river Ben?”

Ben turned around for a second, gasping for air.

“We still have a long while away… That Leedsichthys might catch up at any moment now, you know they NEVER stop chasing their prey.”

“Can’t we just dock at the coast or something and just continue going by foot? Clearly the open seas are too dangerous to traverse,” Ruby suggested.

“I’d love to but this thing is one bugger to steer, I don’t want to risk it,” Samuel replied.

“So do we have to kill it?” Neddy asked.

“Seems like the only solution…” Ruby said. She pulled her crossbow out and aimed at the Leedsichthys, “And I’m the only one able to.”

“Go ahead for it, Rubes,” Aurora replied as she moved to the side. Ben did too, and Ruby let the first arrow through. The arrow soared through the air like a lightning bolt, then through the water with ease, and hit the beast with ultimate precision. The beast let out a howl of pain, its albino flesh seeping with blood as it poured out into the sea.

“Go go go! Yes!” Neddy cheered with joy. Samuel’s head jolted back for a second, and his eyes widened as he noticed the same red haze floating around the Leedsichthys’ body as the red haze that he kept seeing on the Footpaw.

“There’s no way that this giant beast could be stalking me on the Island, I would have noticed,” Samuel thought with horror, “There’s something else going on that no one else is aware of… Does it have something to do with…”

“THE DIFFICULTY OF THE PROTOCOL HAS INCREASED. AS A RESULT THE SYSTEM MUST BE UPDATED,” the robotic voice had blared a few hours ago. It didn’t really seem to Samuel that things had gotten more difficult… just more stressful.

“Maybe this is one of the variables,” Samuel thought as he jolted his head back.

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The Arks: Over Heaven (by Ben)

Chapter 17: Back to the Beach

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“Star. I need you to watch over the raptor. Take a break. Eat some berries,” Samuel ordered her as he dug around his pocket. He took out some of the purple berries and put them on the sand for her. As he did, he quickly glanced at Star’s chest. Some of the feathers on her chest were brighter than the others. And when he inspected her closely, he noticed the brighter feathers formed a diamond.

“Okay, let’s go now, Samuel,” Aurora told him. Samuel nodded and got up. He unhooked his own hatchet, and soon the two began to chop away at the trees near the beach.

Each swing Samuel took fell the tree in one swing, while it took Aurora a little bit more effort to chop one down.

“So, you never told me more about yourself,” Aurora exclaimed as she swung at a tree.

“Why?” Samuel asked with a raspy breath, “Why are you trying so hard now? I thought you didn’t like me that much?”

Aurora didn’t respond to that question. She didn’t really seem to know what answer to give. And Samuel caught on.

“You can be honest you know,” Samuel replied, “I won’t judge.”

“I-” Aurora paused, then continued, “I just wonder how I haven’t met you yet. I’d think someone as smart as you I would have met some time, right? We don’t have the same classes and I don’t see you in any of my clubs or extracurricular-”

“I never bothered,” Samuel replied, “I never bothered doing AP classes, joining clubs, or doing any of that. I just did the bare minimum to pass and whatever.”

“But why? You would’ve done so great in those classes!”

“Because I didn’t want to waste my effort trying,” Samuel explained, “I just wanted to get this part of our lives over with.”

“They say you should cherish your childhoods, because once you enter adulthood that’s when life really gets tough,” Aurora said, “Or at least, that’s what my parents said.”

“Yes, so I’ve heard,” Samuel replied, “But at least I’ll have some form of freedom. That’s all I’ve ever wanted.”

“And what about your future? Your job? None of that can ever come to fruition if you don’t prepare yourself-”

“I already said I didn’t care about that,” Samuel replied.

Aurora stopped swinging her hatchet as soon as the last tree fell down. She sighed, hooking her hatchet and brushing her forehead with her sleeve. Aurora looked at Samuel solemnly, with a sadness in her eyes, and said,

“You know you remind me a lot of… someone I once knew. Except you don’t seem to even care about yourself. You care about everyone BUT yourself. I don’t get why you feel that way about yourself, but it makes me sad. It makes me sad to think that if we were never put on this island, I would have never met you.”

Aurora stormed off, leaving Samuel to bring the trees to Ruby alone. All while this happened, Ben tippy-toed up to Samuel and tapped on his shoulder.

“Dude. I think that means she likes you,” Ben whispered to him.

“Shut up,” Samuel replied. He raised his fist, “Or I’m going to hit you.”

“Okay okay I’m sorry!” Ben cried, “Here. I’ll help you with the wood.”

“Thank you,” Samuel thanked him. The two of them spent the next half-hour carrying trees to Ruby so that she could build their raft. All while this happened, Samuel was forced to think. Think about Aurora, and Star.

“Star, you confuse me every day. I feel like you’re something more than I think,” Samuel thought as he looked out into the bushes. He saw that weird red haze again… And upon the sight he shivered. The red haze disappeared as soon as he blinked, but he really could’ve sworn there was something watching him. Samuel looked at Aurora, who was looking really gloomy just sitting in the sand by herself.

“And, why are you acting like this now?” Samuel wondered as he stared at her.

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