Don't know if I'll continue posting chapters here. I was just writing this for mine and my sister's enjoyment but if someone likes it I'll keep posting the chapters here. :)
The ground was wet with rain, puddles turning to mud under the dinosaur's colossal feet. A small brown creature was running in front of him, flaunting his missing tooth. Buck was fast and smart, but Rudy knew something that he didn't. He was pushing him closer to the river and the Glowing Falls. Very few dinosaurs would hunt or even drink from that river due to the creatures living in it. The curious glow that the waterfalls emitted did little to help that fact. This was one of the very few places that Buck would not explore so it was reasonable that Rudy knew this region much better than the weasel. In fact, he hunted here most of the time. The bioluminescent glow of the water and plants was calming to him.
Buck glanced at the plants as the lighting got darker. Even though it was getting darker the farther in the two ran a soft light seemed to echo around them. Soon Buck realized that it was coming from the brightly colored plants. Their leaves and petals glowed gently with the coming of night. Then it hit him where the great white beast had driven him. A deep, flowing river blocked his path from going any further.
"Clever boy," Buck mumbled as he turned to face the Baryonyx.
Rudy growled deep in his chest. The weasel was backed up against the river, facing him. He wielded his knife in a dagger like fashion. It would do him no good now. Even if Rudy didn't kill him, the beasts in the water would. The glowing aquatic plant life gave the river a green-blue glow that reflected onto the smooth black pebbles on the shore.
He took a step forward, making Buck take a matching step back. His foot was barely in the cool water. Both of them knew what would happen if he went out any further. The weasel had seen his fair share of carnage caused by the beasts in the water. They were something that he didn't want to go face to face with. He'd be a bite sized snack for them, no matter how well he could get himself out of sticky situations.
"You wouldn't want to get rid of your best friend, right Snowflake?" Buck raised his brow as he teased the beast. If he was going to die he was going to go out in a blaze of glory and with a smile plastered on his face.
In answer Rudy dipped his head, letting a fierce roar rip from his throat. The sheer force made Buck stumbled back into the water until it was half way up to his chest. Keeping a hold on the slick black pebbles under the water was hard, no matter how hard Buck tried. If he went back any further the current would carry him away. If along the way the creatures didn't eat him, then the plummet over the Glowing Falls surely would.
"What're you waitin' for, Rudy?" Buck gave the dinosaur a crooked grin, refusing to act in despair.
Rudy narrowed his red eyes. The weasel had guts, he'd give him that. But now he was going to end their battle, once and for all time. With a slash of his claws, he knocked Buck into the middle of the glowing river. Perhaps the weasel could not see it, but from his height Rudy could catch glimpses of dark shadows beneath the surface. They darted in and out of the glowing kelp and water weeds. At this point in the river it was flowing slowly, carrying the weasel gently downstream with it. Rudy's feet sunk in the pebbles as he followed slowly, making sure he didn't slip in the water. No, the creatures in the water were too small to do any serious damage to him but he really didn't feel like getting wet right now. He watched as Buck bobbed up and down in the current, trying to swim to the opposite shore. The splashing would only attract the beasts.
Buck coughed out water and stopped trying to swim. Several times he had felt creatures from below bump into his legs or give his tail a pull. He knew that among the bioluminescent fish and eels that inhabited the river a very large species of snake called the Titanoboa also lived there. The one that lived at this particular river Buck had named Cattail. He shuddered at the thought of his first meeting with the snake.
Rudy stopped following as the river turned to rapids, leading to the frightening drop that made the Glowing Falls. The creatures hadn't killed the weasel, but the drop would. The soft green-blue glow shifted to that of a white-green the farther in the rapids Buck got. The falls themselves shifted colors, caused by the plants behind them whose colors continually melted into another. The great white dinosaur lifted his head in victory as he watched the weasel's doom get ever closer.
Buck cried out as he slammed into a rock. The river quickly pulled him away from the boulder, taking him constantly closer to the waterfalls. The falls' soft light glowed as the terrifying drop came into view. His blue eye went wide as he was dragged towards his death. Struggling only slowed the event about to take place. White mist rose from the Glowing Falls, reflecting ever so slightly the lights of the flora around it. The weasel reached for anything to keep him from plummeting over the edge. But there were no branches or rocks above the water. Suddenly his world was turned upside down as he went backwards over the falls.
Nodding in satisfaction, Rudy turned tail and stalked away from the river. The bioluminescent plants had grown brighter since the night had fully set in. Darkness covered the rest of Dino Terra, save for Lava Falls. His albino scales glowed softly with the plants. This is where he had been born, this is where he spent most of his time, and now he would remember this as the place where he had disposed of his longtime enemy.
Water churned about Buck as he fell. The falls seemed like they were never ending. He knew very well how huge the Glowing Falls were and that there were probably rocks sharpened to a fine point waiting at the bottom for him. The farther he plummeted, the darker it became. The crawling darkness made the falls glow brighter, shimmering on the slick black rocks around them. Plants down below glowed pleasantly, looking like multicolored fireflies from the height Buck was currently at. This would almost be fun if he were attached to a vine.
"It was a good fight, Rudy," Buck closed his eye as the cloud of mist at the bottom of the falls enveloped him. He hit the surging water full on.
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