A Tyrant Friend

Hatchlings

Today was a greatly wonderful day for Terry. His eggs finally hatched. Five hatchlings. Three boys and two girls. He named the three boys Gary, Razor, and Terry Jr. He named his two daughters Scalina and Tina. Razor and Scalina were the biggest of the hatchlings and Tina was the smallest. He usually had one of his friends babysit them for him when he needed to hunt. But today, he took his children to meet their cousins which were Dart's hatchlings. Luckily since they were small he could still carry them in his mouth. One by one, they each climbed in and Terry kept his mouth slightly open so his kids can see the outside. He heard them chirp happily as they looked around while he walked over to Dart's house. When he arrived, he saw his Velociraptor nieces and nephews walking around the living room. He then lowered his head and allowed his children to hop out of his mouth. Terry Jr, Gary, Razor and Scalina were able to hop out with ease but Tina slipped and fell on her muzzle.

"Tina, are you okay?" Terry asked his daughter. She cawed telling her dad yes making him sigh in relief. She then ran to join her brothers and sister

"Hey Terry." A familiar female voice said. Terry turned and saw Z coming into the room with a large chunk of meat in her claws.

"Hey Z. Sorry I didn't say I was coming over." He said to her.

"It's fine. I'm always glad to see my nieces and nephews." Z said happily. Terry giggled and sat down. Z took the meat over to the hatchlings and plopped it in front of them. Then they started to dig into the flesh and eat it.

"Little predators aren't they?" Terry asked sarcastically. Z laughed and sat down next to him.

"Well Razor and Scalina inherit your primal instinct. You must be proud to be a dad." Z said boldly.

"Yeah. Tina would be glad to see her sons and daughters. But...times change and we gotta move on." Terry said in a said tone.

"Well I'm glad to finally hear you admit that." Z said happily.

"I am too. And it only took some talking and brute force to get it through to me." Terry said. Z began to snicker and got back up. She went to the kitchen area and grabbed some meat for her and Terry. She then sat back down and she along with Terry began to eat.

"So..where's Dart?" He asked.

"He and the boys went on a hunting trip. They wanted to invite you but the hatchlings are a clawful." She replied.

"Yeah. So how are yours treating you?" He asked.

"Not bad really. But they are not listening to M though." She replied again. Terry giggled as he swallowed. Tina saw the big meat next to her father and walked over to it.

"Hey. How my favorite niece?" Z asked as she rubbed Tina's head. Tina cawed happily and tried to tug at the meat. Terry and Z chuckled when Tina fell over on her rump.

"Don't worry. You'll be stronger my daughter." Terry said as he nuzzled her. She got up and saw next to her dad and looked at him with a smile.

"D..d-" Tina began.

"What is it Tina?" Terry asked.

"D...d..dad." She replied.

"What did you say Tina?" Terry asked hoping he heard her right.

"Daddy." She replied. Tears began to well in the giant's eyes as his heart melted. He heard his daughter say her first word.

"Oh my. Her first word. Her very first word." Z said as her voice grew excited.

"I don't believe it. Out of the hatchlings I had in that clutch, she's the first speaker." Terry sad in a calm but happy voice. He then ripped off a piece of the flesh he was eating and plopped it in front of her. She then dug into it waving her tail happily like a puppy.

"It won't be long before the other four begin talking." Z said.

"Yeah. Then comes the biggest steps in the life of a Tyrannosaur." He said as he looked at his hatchlings.

"It's important in a raptor's life as well." Z added.

"Hunting lessons." The two said in unison. Then as they watched their hatchlings for a minutes, Terry got up.

"Aww. Gotta go so soon?" Z asked in a sad voice.

"Sorry. But I gotta get the little terrors home. I'll see you later Z." He said as he walked over to his hatchlings. When all five where in his mouth, he walked out of Z's home and went back to the building he was in and began to ponder about how a hunt with his young would go.