The Future Hurts. A Lot.

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The Future Hurts. A Lot.

Chapter One

I felt a sharp pain in my hand, causing me to jolt awake from my weird dream. I glanced down and saw Sparks, my pet tek dodo, biting my hand. I gently patted him onnthe head and pulled my hand out of its beak. Sparks squacked happily, rubbing his head against my leg as I got up to get ready for the day. After getting changed and eating breakfast, I walked outside, holding Sparks in my hands. I slipped over to my tek Deinonychus, and patted her on the head.

"Hey, Cyan, take me to the dodo coop."

I order my Deinonychus while climbing on. Sparks squacked as I tucked him safely into the saddle bag. Cyan made a hissing sound, and ran off towards town. The roads were especially busy, covered with various tek dinosaurs. I had heard about organic dinosaurs, but never actually seen one.

Cyan dodged past a tek anky, which was carrying a bunch of metal. Sparks squacked again, sticking his head out of the saddle bag. I looked at Sparks for a moment, but when i looked back to the front, i grabbed Cyans reins and jerked them back. We skidded to a stop, as I stared in awe at what was infront of us. A giant tek dodo was standing there, someone sat on its back. The stranger slid off the dodo and walked over. Cyan hissed as he approached. "Well well, hello there Ryanair. I have an offer for you." the man said, his voice gruff and deep

I narrowed my eyes at the stranger

"How do you know my name?" i retorted

the stranger laughed

"Thats not important. Do you want to accept the offer or not?" he replied promptly

"Fine. What is this offer...?" I asked, still a bit suspicious

"The King found a patch of forest with actual dinosaurs still alive in it. We need people to scout out what we're looking at." he explained

i sat there, silently working it out in my mind

"So, you want me to scout out the forest?" I asked, looking for confirmation.

"With a few others yes" he replied.

I finally had mentally decided

"Alright fine. But only if I can bring my Deinonychus and my Dodo." i demanded.

"Fine- wait why the dodo?" he asked, suprised

"Never underestimate dodos." was all i said

"Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go do errands. Where shall I go after its time?" i asked

"We'll come find you." he replied, before climbing back onto his massive dodo and walking away.

i was still confused, but didnt really care much. I whistled for Cyan to keep going, and she dashed forwards, towards the towns dodo coop. After putting Sparks there for a while, so i could do other stuff, me and Cyan went back to the house so I could clean a bit, seeing as my house looks like a mess.

-Shadow

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