Spinosaurus vs. T-Rex

A long time ago, when Earth was still young, there was a war. This war was long and terrible and destroyed much of the land. During this time natural disasters ravaged the land and there was much death. The war was caused by an age-old feud between Spinosaurus and T-Rex. Both sides of the war recruited other types of dinosaurs for their war parties. There was microraptors for scouting from the air, velociraptors for speedy messengers and vicious front-line infantry, ankylosaurs as defenders that can shoot spikes from their tails. But to tell all of this would be to tell of the war itself; rather than the time before the war - - - when Prince Lancaster and Prince York were little hatchlings.

Spinosaurus and T-Rex are some of the largest predatory animals on young Earth, so it makes sense that they and all of their children would be rulers over the lands. However, the parents of Prince Lancaster and Prince York were killed in a thousand year war. Their deaths ended said war, but left the two hatchlings orphans. A barren female Ankylosaurus happened to stumble upon the hatchlings. Not knowing what was inside the eggs she brought them to her den and when they hatched nurtured them as her own. As soon as she saw them hatch she realized that they were the new heirs to the kingdoms of the young world.

“Mama, I’m hungry!” complained Lancaster.

“Did you eat the ferns I gave you?” asked his mother.

“No, because when I was at the river I saw others catching fish and someone made a fish bleed and now I can’t stop thinking of the blood and how the red meat would taste.” stated the young dinosaur.

“I guess those teeth and claws can’t do much with ferns, so how about I take you boys to find some red meat to soothe your craving.” she sighed.

“YAY!!” the young princes shouted.

The hatchlings grew quickly and often went to the river for fish, but as they got older the amount of fish they consumed each day so they went in search of larger prey. When they grew into juveniles they asked their mother why they didn’t look like her even though they had the tendency to act like her; swinging their tails like the way Ankylosaurs do when they attack.

“Well, you are a Spinosaurus,” she said pointing her snout towards Lancaster. “And you are a T-Rex.” she said to York.

“I am an Ankylosaurus. I found you when you both were just eggs in the ruins of two once great kingdoms. The Spinosaurus are the rulers over the realms of Fells, Cyrodiil, and Elsweyr. And the T-Rex are the rulers over the realms of Bruinswallow, Black Marsh, and Morrowind.”

“Who ruled the kingdoms that fell, Mom?” York asked.

“Well, I think you two are now old enough to understand the truth.” their mother said.

“The truth about what?” asked Lancaster.

“About who you two really are,” She started. “You are the heirs to the thrones of the Kingdoms. The ones that fell. Your parents were killed in a thousand year war between the Spinosaurus species and T-Rex species. The castles still stand, but the forests surrounding them were burned down by renegade soldiers who wanted revenge at the royalty. Among the ashes of the forests was a cave that sheltered the both of you as eggs and protected you from the smoke and flames. I believe that your two families knew something was going to happen and that is why they put you there together. They set aside their differences for the good of the lineages.”

“What difference could our parents possibly have that would start a war?” Lancaster asked. The two children were surprisingly calm even through the story of their parents’ deaths.

“It was their beliefs that set them apart from each other. The Spinosaurus family sought truth, while the T-Rex family sought ideals. They destroyed much of the land with their incessant fighting, but set aside their issues when the fire started. Their remains were never found.” concluded their mother.

“I think truth is right.” Said Lancaster.

“That’s obviously wrong, since ideals is right.” Argued York.

“Truth!” yelled Lancaster.

“Ideals!” York yelled back.

“Now boys, remember you are brought together as family through the good intentions of your parents. I want no more fighting between either of you. What you do now will affect you later, but I’ll side with neither of you if you continue the fighting that your parents started when you grow up. And another thing, I do not want you two to go and search for the ruins to your castles. Understand?” said their mother.

“Yes, mother.” They replied sullenly.

“Good. Now off to bed with the both of you.” She said.

“But we aren’t tired yet!” protested York.

“March young man. Now!” she continued.

Soon Lancaster and York were young adults and went on a hunting expedition to bring back the most fresh-kill as they could. But as they were stalking the herds of Fellsdeer, an angry gray storm cloud rolled in. However, no rain fell from this cloud just yet. Lightning raged from the cloud and struck a dead tree and started a fire.

“Do you smell that? Inquired Lancaster.

“Yeah, it smells like smoke.” Answered York.

They looked over at the horizon and gasped in horror as a wave of fire comes rolling down the hill.

“Run!!” Yelled Lancaster.

They ran through the hills and over a stream. Soon after, the clouds opened up and rain poured down hissing as it touched the scorched ground. They took shelter behind the face of a huge rock. They slept fitfully until the rain petered out, but when they woke up the sky was still an angry grey.

“Let’s go look around.” Stated York.

“Yeah I want to see where we are and how long it’ll be till we can get home.” Agreed Lancaster.

They left the shelter of the rock and looked around in wonder. The clouds and mist had cleared away and they saw that they were in the ruins of Spinosaurus castle.

“Wow! It’s my family’s castle.” Said Lancaster instantly awed. “Let’s go check it out.” He continued.

They go ahead and check out the area surrounding the castle. Once they make it inside the two brothers check find the room where Lancaster was to be raised. It was his nursery-to-be.

“This was where I was to be born and raised. This is my house.” Said Lancaster.

 The brothers climbed to the top of the castle and reached the roof of the structure. There was beautiful and lush vegetable and flower gardens crowding the top of the roof.

“I think this was the glass garden always dreamed of having.” Wondered Lancaster.

“I thought we were eggs when we got separated.” Stated York.

“We were, but I could hear my parents’ voices through the egg shell.”

The mist around the top of the castle cleared and they could see a thick dense forest. And in the distance they saw the T-Rex castle.

“We’ve got to go and tell mom that we found our families’ castles.” Said York.

“Yes, we need to get out of here. And we need to kill something so we can say we actually did something.” Continued Lancaster.

They manage to kill two large Fellsdeer bucks and returned home with their kills.

“Where have you two been? I was so worried about the both of you.” Their mother said. “I saw the fire and when you didn’t come back I feared the worst had happened.” She continued.

“We narrowly escaped the fire, running over the hills and through streams to get away, and sheltering ourselves in a small cave. It kind of looked like the same cave you described to us when you told us about our parents’ deaths.” Lancaster explained.

“It seems as though it is still the same cave. Did you two go anywhere else other than that cave.” She wanted to know.

“We did. We went found Spinosaurus castle and explored the inside.” York said.

“I told you not to go into the cave! She exclaimed. “Though it seems that was your destinies all along, that somehow I should have known that being as adventurous as you are that you would one day find your castles. I just hoped it wouldn't’t be this soon.” She finished giving up.

“Why wouldn't’t you want us to find our castles? What is so bad about following the path that has been laid out for us?” York asked.

   To be continued.......