Terrance's Story: New Word Chapter 16

Dunno what to as, title is pretty self explanitory.

The Year Alone

Two weeks after being separated, Thorn was back to health, and already developed a reputation for herself. She was an efficient hunter, nothing being able to escape if she decided she wanted to kill it. Her most common meal was Edmontosaurus, but her favourite meal was Diplodocus. She could kill both easily, but she found Edmontosaurus to be easier.

Terrance on the other hand, found the easiest meal to find was Allosaurus. Allosaurus was the most common creature in the valley, and there weren't many herbivores. Terrance hadn't found any herbivores yet, and had been in at least twelve fights. He was building a reputation, but not near as quickly as Thorn.

After five months, Thorn was seen as a tough opponent, but also forgiving and gentle when she wanted to be. Prey was easy to find on the East side of the mountain, and Thorn would happily give up her kill to a challenger so she could go hunting again and sharpen her skills.

Terrance was seen as a ruthless killer, not afraid of anything, and at fifty five feet long and twelve tons, he didn't have anything to be scared of. Terrance had found the occasional herbivore, but Allosaurus proved to be his staple diet, and as soon as he killed one, the were other predators challenging him for it, and he would kill the challenger for food too.

After nine months, Thorn had been in very few fights and had minimal injuries, not much more than a few scratches on her snout. All the large predators left the valley because Thorn had gotten tired of giving up kills and started defending them. Thorn wasn't afraid of anything in the valley, being fifty two feet long and eleven and a half tons, she dwarfed everything in the area.

Terrance was getting tired of the constant battle to sustain himself, and after successfully killing another Allosaurus, he was challenged by a large Giganotosaurus. Terrance looked up from his kill, growling, gnashing his teeth, some of which are dyed red, and a look of pure rage in his eyes as he roars. They size each other up, and the Giga sees some of Terrance's scars, including a massive cut from his neck to his tail, and his left arm is completely missing. The Giga looks at Terrance again, wondering if it was a good idea to attack him, and all the other predators are watching. He attacked the Giga, and killed it under a minute, gaining the respect of all the other predators.

After eleven months, Thorn is still thriving, nothing daring to challenge her. She is enjoying her life on her own, but she misses Terrance.

Terrance doesn't have to fight every day anymore, the rest of the predators respect him too much to challenge him. He is starting to enjoy his life, but decides it's time to leave the area, and goes starts to go back to where he last saw Thorn.