Morning came as Kron stood on top of a rocky path as the herd stood below while looking at him. Neera was on top with him. She still wasn’t happy with her brother’s idea of climbing over the rocks to reach to the nesting grounds.

“We have to keep trying. Our survival, our future, is over these rocks,” said Kron, “Now, let’s go home!”

The herd all chattering and continued to stand where they stood as they’re unsure if they can make it over the rocks. Kron saw this and tried to figure out a way to get them to do what he says and try to get over the rocks, even if it means losing more dinosaurs.

He then saw the two baby Iguanodons by his sister, and saw this as a way to get the herd to start climbing. He walked over to them and pushed them towards the rocks while saying, “You’ll make it, won’t you, boys?”

“No,” said Neera worriedly. She knows that they’re only little and won’t be able to climb over, not even by themselves. But Kron didn’t care. “Watch them. They’re tough!” Kron pushed them again before saying to the herd, “If they can do it, so can you!”

Neera was now not happy with the way he’s treating the babies and the herd. But then, she saw the herd starting to make their way up to the rocks and start climbing, not knowing they’re risking their own lives to get over the dangerous rocks.

Neera looked back at Kron as he grinned with delight before going forward, but then, he was stopped by a familiar male voice of a dinosaur he thought was gone two days ago.

“Kron!”

Neera gasped as she knew it was from Aladar. And she was right. Below down with the herd, Aladar along with Bruton and the Equestrians ran up to the rocks to where Kron was standing on as Aladar said, “Get the herd out of here! A carnotaur is coming!”

The herd all bellowed in shock and worried to hear a Carnotaur was heading this way. Kron wasn’t sure if Aladar was right or not, but he wasn’t gonna stop from getting to the nesting grounds and becoming lunch for the monster.

“Keep moving!” He shouted, and he was about to go on, but stopped by Aladar’s voice again.

“Stop! We’ve been to the valley! There’s a safer way!”

“He speaks the truth!” Bruton said, “I was there with them. Right after you left me and the others to slow down the carnotaurs.”

The herd bellowed in surprised to hear that there was a safer way to the nesting grounds, and how Kron left Bruton and the three dinosaurs to be fed to the Carnotaurs. Now they know what happened to the others, including the ones they’ve lost along the way.

They looked at Kron who was not happy with Aladar interfering again, and wasn’t gonna let him stop him from getting the herd to climb over the rocks.

“Go on! Show ‘em!” Kron pushed the babies before Neera said in a cross tone, “Kron, listen to them.”

“Look, we gotta go now!” Gallus said.

“Go where, straight to the carnotaurs?” Kron asked crossly.

“If we hurry, we can get around them!” Aladar said, “You can’t get over those rocks! There’s a sheer drop on the other side!”

“He’s right!” Flurry said, “None of you will survive or reach to the nesting grounds, and you pushing those babies doesn’t prove they can all make it!”

“Don’t you dare tell me what I’m not proving, kid!” Kron yelled, making Flurry scared, “I’ve spent days reaching to the nesting grounds and I will not have anyone stand in my way!”

Flurry felt like she was gonna cry again from Kron’s outburst, similar to how she was about to cry after he called a freak the other day. But that crying didn’t happen as Flurry surprisedly heard her father’s voice as he stood near his daughter while glaring at Kron and saying, “You will not talk to her in that tone!”

“I’ll talk to that brat however I want!”

“Brat?! How dare you?!” Shining was so not happy with the way Kron called his daughter a brat, even after calling her a freak.

“My daughter has shown nothing but kindness ever since she became a grown filly. She even tries to help out without being needed to be asked first. But most of all, she tries to be her own pony, show she doesn’t need to be protected a lot and tries her best to save her family and friends. A lesson I should have learned a long time ago.”

Flurry smiled at her father, with small tears of happiness in her eyes, as Shining picked her up and held her in his hoof.

“And you should know better!” Shining continued on, “If you really want the herd to get to the nesting grounds, and I mean everyone here, then you better listen to Aladar! One step over that sheer drop and you’ll be dead, even before the Carnotaur comes for you!”

Kron refuses to believe them and angrily pushed the baby Iguanodons to show that they can make it over the rocks.

“You’re gonna kill the herd!” Aladar shouted, “We know a way to the valley, and everybody can make it! Now, follow me!”

“You heard Aladar! Let’s go!” Bruton called.

Kron growled in anger. This was the last time he was gonna get interfered by Aladar. He charged towards the edge of the rocky path.

“Kron!” Neera said while blocking his path, but Kron shoved her aside and jumped off as he landed before shouting, “They’re staying with me!”

Aladar swung his tail at him before saying, “All right. Let’s go!”

Kron growled in furious before charging towards Aladar, as he was gonna kill him like he said he would.

“Aladar, look out!” Lightning shouted.

Aladar turned and saw Kron coming at him. He pinned down to the ground as Aladar pushed him off him, making him land on his side. They got back up onto their feet. Neera can tell Kron was literally gonna kill him as she ran towards them.

Kron snarled before leaping towards Aladar as he pushed him which made him fall to the ground. Neera stood in between two dinosaurs and watched with the Equestrians as Lightning, Flurry and Sparky hid underneath Fluttershy, Shining and Hitch.

Kron grunted before throwing sand into Aladar’s face. Aladar roared at him, but then Kron slashed him across his chest with his spiked thumb by making a deep cut. He growled again before knocking him to the ground, scaring the youngsters.

The Equestrians can tell Aladar wasn’t gonna be able to fight back as Spike said, “Mom, we have to stop him! He’s gonna kill him!”

Twilight looked at her child and knew he was right. And it was at this moment, Twilight knew what she needed to do.

Kron roared and was about to deliver a death strike at Aladar until he was knocked to the ground by Neera and Twilight, stopping him from killing him.

The herd was in shock to see Neera knocking down her own brother while Kron looked at his sister in shock. Neera breathed deeply while looking at Kron before walking towards Aladar.

Kron sadly watched his own sister go before looking at the Equestrians who were all glaring at him, especially Flurry, Sparky Fluttershy and Lightning. Capper had his arms crossed while glaring at him.

"Your heart is so filled of hatred! You are not fit to be a leader!" Twilight angrily told Kron.

Silverstream placed Lightning on her back while Hitch placed his baby dragon on his dragon as they all walked towards Aladar.

Neera helped Aladar back up onto his feet as they turned away. Kron watched while getting back onto his feet. He growled lowly before shouting,

“Neera!”

His voice echoed as Neera didn’t listened and continued to walk with Aladar. Kron can tell she wasn’t coming back to him. The herd can tell Aladar was more helpful than Kron was and decided to follow him to the nesting grounds.

Kron watched them go before seeing Bruton coming up to him. He glared at his ex-boss and said, “You are weak, Kron. And you never cared about helping them get to the valley alive. Now, you can either follow him, or stay here and kill your own future.”

Kron stared surprisedly at Bruton without saying a word or even moving forward to follow Aladar. Bruton can tell he wasn’t gonna change his mind and decided to leave him and follow Aladar.

While walking away, Neera nuzzled Aladar’s cheek to help him feel better. But then, they all stopped as they heard a howling coming from the distance. Aladar can tell what it was that made that howling, and was worried it was coming closer than he thought it would be.

The Equestrians can tell what it was as well. Lightning, Flurry and Sparky got really scared and started to shake in fear. Silverstream, Cadence and Hitch picked them up and held them close to their chests in comfort.

Suddenly, they all heard footsteps getting louder and louder. Then, up ahead, they saw the Carnotaur appearing. It saw the herd and growled as it slowly approached further from the exit. It sniffed before hissing and growling again.

“Oh, no,” said Zipp worriedly and in fear.

“They’ve led that monster right to us! This way!” Kron called in fear as he started climbing on the rocks.

The herd all turned to follow Kron, but Aladar quickly stopped them by saying, “No! Don’t move! If we scatter, he’ll pick us off! Stand together!”

“What?!” Rarity asked in shock.

“Now’s not the time for questions! Just do as he says!” Pipp said.

The herd did what Aladar said and stood together with him. Kron turned to see that they would rather die by the carnotaur than follow him. So he decided to go on ahead without helping them.

The Carnotaur let out an angry roar.

Aladar, Neera, Bruton, the Equestrians and the herd continue to stand together while looking at the beast.

Sparky started to whimper in fear before looking at Hitch and saying, “Papa!” He hid his face into his father’s chest. Hitch gently rubbed Sparky’s head while softly saying, “It’s gonna be okay, Sparky. Aladar knows what he’s doing.” He gulped nervously, “I hope.”

The Carnotaur stomped its foot before charging towards his meal.

The herd took a step back a bit, not knowing what was to come next for them as the beast coming in closer and closer to them.

“I’ve got you,” said Hitch to his dragon.

“I hope you know what you’re doing, kid,” said Bruton.

The Carnotaur continued charging towards them which made them step back a bit again. It growled, ready to begin his biggest kill yet.

“Aladar!” Oliver said worriedly, not knowing what the Carnotaur was gonna do first.

Aladar was unsure what to do next. So he took a step forward and bellowed at the beast. Neera, Bruton, the Equestrians and the herd watched in surprise as they saw Aladar bellowing at the Carnotaur which made it slow down and stop.

The Carnotaur growled at him before seeing Neera, then Bruton and the rest of the dinosaurs bellowing at him. Now, the beast was surrounded by bellowing dinosaurs.

The Equestrians were unsure what they were doing, until Sunset started to understand what was going on and said, “Hey, their bellowing is stopping the Carnotaur and backing him away so they can leave.”

“And it looks like it’s working,” said Twilight.

“But they need more,” said Sunny.

“Well, what are we waiting for? Let’s help them!” Izzy said.

They all cheered and began to stand next to the dinosaurs and did their own bellow to stop the Carnotaur. The Crystal Empire family stood behind and watched. Flurry was about to join in, but stopped and looked at her father, thinking he wasn’t gonna let her.

However, Shining was smiling at his daughter, knowing that she wants to help and knows she can do it. He moved his head, telling her to go on, as he said happily, “Go on.” Flurry smiled and ran to stand next to her brother and started bellowing at the Carnotaur.

Shining, Cadence and Amore watched as the stallion looked at his wife, as she looked at him, before Shining said, “Shall we?”

Cadence grinned at her husband and said, “Let’s do it.”

The three ran to stand with their friends and family and bellowed at the beast. The Carnotaur started to back up a bit as Flurry noticed this.

“It’s working! He’s moving back!” Flurry said.

“Let’s give him what we got!” Sunburst said.

Aladar continued to bellow, along with everyone else, as the Carnotaur continued to move back and making a path for the herd to leave towards the exit.

Sparky noticed this and excitedly pointed at the free path which caught Hitch’s attention first.

“Hey, the path’s clear!” Hitch said happily.

“Let’s get the herd out of here!” Starlight said as they began guiding the herd out of the rocky place while Aladar, Neera and Bruton stayed to continue bellowing at the Carnotaur to stop it from following.

“Come on, keep moving! Don’t run! Single file!” Shining instructed.

Once the last of the herd was out, the three Iguanodons stopped bellowing and joined the others. The Carnotaur growled before spotting Kron who was still trying to climb up on the rocks.

He was breathing heavily while struggling to climb. The Carnotaur can tell he was the only one left and charged towards him.

While making sure the herd was safe, Neera suddenly saw the Carnotaur going after Kron. Knowing he can’t face it alone, she shot off to go after the beast.

“Neera, where are you going?!” Smolder called.

Aladar saw Neera going after her brother and started exhaling deeply before growling and then going after them.

“Aladar!” Capper called.

“They must be going after Kron and stop the Carnotaur from killing him,” said Twilight.

“After what he’a done, they’re still gonna help him?!” Rainbow asked in shock and anger.

“No time for questions like that, we’ve got to help them!” Zipp said.

“But what about the herd?” Misty asked before seeing Bruton running past them as he turned and said, “I’ll protect the herd! You help the others!”

The Equestrians gave Bruton a nod in understood as they ran off to help Aladar and Neera defeat the Carnotaur and save Kron, even if Rainbow doesn’t want to as he was a nasty Iguanodon.

“Kron!” Neera shouted.

Kron turned and saw the Carnotaur was chasing after him. He began to start climbing faster as he slipped on some rocks, but managed to get back up and continue climbing and running.

He reached the top before looking back and saw the Carnotaur was catching up to him. Kron was about to continue running, but just as he was about to go on, he found that Aladar have been right.

There was a sheer drop to the valley below.

Kron looked up and saw there was no other way out. Realising he was now trapped, he turned to see the Carnotaur was coming closer.

“No. No.”

The Carnotaur snarled while coming towards Kron. Kron saw he had no choice, but to fight the beast as he smacked it in the face with his tail.

Aladar, Neera and the Equestrians were not far behind as they climbed further to reach to the top to help Kron.

“Are we seriously doing this right now?” Rainbow asked.

“Just shut up and hurry before the Carnotaur gets his first meal of the day!” Shining shouted.

Kron was about to fight back again, but the Carnotaur shoved him with its snort before ripping into him and threw him towards a big rock.

The Carnotaur roared before closing in to the kill as Kron watched in horror. But then, came Neera as she tried to push the Carnotaur off the edge, but the beast pushed her as she hit the rock. The monster growled at Neera and was about to kill her first until Aladar smacked it away with his tail.

Aladar roared at it as the Carnotaur smacked him away with its tail. The Equestrians arrived on the scene as they saw that Neera was struggling to get up to help her boyfriend.

The Carnotaur was about to kill Aladar, but stopped as it heard Flurry shouting, “No! Leave them alone!”

The beast saw the filly standing where Neera was laying as Flurry started to realise that was a mistake and got scared. The Carnotaur turned to her and was about to approach her.

“NO!” Oliver shout angrily before turning into the Ink Demon and leaped towards the Carnotaur and pushed it away from his sister by punching it in the face.

The demon landed on his feet and growled at the Carnotaur before speaking in his venomous voice, “You mess with my friends and family, you mess with me first!”

The Carnotaur roared at him and charged towards him. But Oliver was quick on his ink feet and punched the beast in the face again which made it fall back towards the edge.

“Aladar, now!” He shouted.

Aladar got up and growled while charging at the Carnotaur. He started pushing it towards the edge, but as the Carnotaur was bigger than him, it was able to stop from falling.

The beast growled at the two and was about to approach to kill them as they stood back a bit. Suddenly, they heard and saw the edge collapsing due to the Carnotaur’s weight and heavy steps it can do.

The edge broke apart fell down with the Carnotaur falling along as it grabbed Aladar with its teeth and tried to drag him along. But Oliver wouldn’t let Aladar join it as he quickly grabbed Aladar’s foot just as the Carnotaur couldn’t hold on to him for much longer.

It let go of him and screeched as it fell to his death.

Oliver helped Aladar get up from the destroyed edge as he turned back into his pony form. Neera and the Equestrians went to Aladar and Oliver’s side, as Bruton came up to them.

“Everyone okay?” He asked.

“Yeah, I believe so,” answered Misty.

They all looked down and saw the Carnotaur was now lying dead on the rocks below. It was all over. Both of the Carnotaurs are now dead.

“Kron,” said Neera sadly.

Aladar, Bruton and the Equestrians saw Neera approaching Kron who had his eyes closed. She tried to help him, but it was too late. Kron had died from his fight with the Carnotaur. This made both Neera and the Equestrians upset. Upset, because Kron may be a nasty dinosaur, but he didn’t deserve to die like this.

Bruton approached Neera and sadly said, “Neera, I’m so sorry.”

“For what?”

“For not being able to help him change his ways.”

Lightning felt he was gonna cry as Smolder hugged him for comfort while licking tears from her eyes. Yona hugged Sandbar as he was about to cry too while Flurry was being comforted by her father.

“H-He was n-nasty, but h-he didn’t deserve t-to d-die,” said Flurry while whimpering.

“No. No, he didn’t,” said Shining sadly while gently rubbing his daughter’s back.

Aladar approached Neera as he felt the pain she was now going through. He nuzzled her before letting her rest her head underneath his head for comfort.

“Come on. We can’t stay here,” said Bruton.

The two dinosaurs and the Equestrians know he was right. There was nothing they can do now as Kron was now dead. So with Neera and Bruton on his side, he along with the Equestrians went back down from the top so they reunite with the herd, lead them towards the cave and head to the nesting grounds.

Author's Note

One more chapter left.

Thanks to JusticeWind for suggesting Twilight telling Kron he is not fit to be leader.