[AirAngel]

Has it... Um, ended yet? :3

[Penultima]

Reserve **

Your Username: AirAngel
Dino's name: Laetus, which is "Colorful" in Latin ^^
Dino's gender: This dinosaur is male- the stripes on his face give him a fierce, masculine appearance.
Your Rider's Name: Sakura

Sakura is a classy, pretty 13-year-old girl. Her long, straight hair is strawberry blond, and her eyes are an interesting rich gold brown color. She reaches out to those who are alone, and she is merciful to those who deserve it. Her kindness can only go so far, though- make her angry and you'll have an active volcano on your hands. She has a deeper mind than most, and she can randomly get some pretty crazy ideas in an instant. Her guard is always up- you can never really make her relax. She practically sleeps with one eye open. The time when she's calmest, however, is when she is painting. She loves bright, shining colors, so she felt, not a spark, not a flame, but a bolt of lightning for this dinosaur. If she could capture it, she could take over the world protect her clan with the power of the hurricane.

Your Rider's Tribe: Mat'junea, of course!
Do you plan to train this dino? ... I hope you're kidding about that. There's no way I wouldn't train her, not if you chained me in a cave in the center of the Earth. I'd climb right back up with broken shackles on my ankles and wrists if I had to.

Congrats! (I wondered how many people would decide this fellow was a guy )

[AirAngel]

SQEEEE! *Starts waving arms around like an octopus* I speak can longer no.

*Leaps onto the computer and starts typing*

[AirAngel]

I've been writing out the training at school, and I've finished. All I need to do is type it out on here :3

[Khrusolophos]

Good job air angel! I can be on all day today because I still have the fever I got 4 days ago and I'm missing school!

[AirAngel]

Thank you, wolf ^^ Bittersweet luck, my friend xD

I am 100% done with writing. Once I get on the computer, I'll type it out. BUT BE WARNED: It is EXTREMELY long *-*

[AirAngel]

Beginner's Training #1: First Touch (If you would die from reading long stories, LOOK OUT ;A;)

Sakura had been watching him from the top of the hill for hours. There was no way she would let him get away- this was her soul partner. She felt it in her whole sense of being. The stiffness in her legs was unbearable, but she didn't move. To scare this beast away into the hills would kill her. However, there was something that confused her about him- he remained in the low point, the flat ground, surrounded by hills. Her artist's eye for details caught unbalance and awkwardness when he moved.
She'd seen him defending himself against a younger dinosaur earlier that seemed to think it could take his territory. Her beauty had snarled in a fury and snapped, ripped, and clawed at it- far too serious. It was like he was fighting for his life.
Now, his head was drooping in exhaustion. Now was as good a time as ever. Sakura stood and stepped, or rather, danced gracefully down the hill. "Laetus," she called softly.
As if he'd been electrocuted, his head flew into the air, his body tightened, and his tail stiffened. His golden eyes blazed, as though he was looking into her soul. Sakura froze, at the base of the hill. "Laetus?" she said uncertainly, trying to keep her voice from shaking. Those burning eyes filled with hate, and he charged her.
Horrified, Sakura spun away, just as his jaws snapped the air. "Easy, Laetus!" she cried.
He snarled and wheeled around. When he did, she noticed something. A gash on his thigh... and then it was gone as he attacked again. In the craziest thing she'd ever done, she leaped towards him. As she raced past him, she lay her hand, oh so gently, against his skin.
She darted away, and turned her head. She saw his hesitation, confusion. He spun again, and this time, she saw the wound clearly. A deep gash, fresh to the point where it was still bleeding. It had to have been right before she started watching him. It was clean and straight- too straight to be made by a dinosaur. Someone, not something, had hurt him. With a blade.
Hostility and fury began to take over her mind. No wonder her beauty was being so vicious! He thought that all humans would try to hurt him.
"Laetus, ENOUGH." Sakura's voice was firm and allowed no argument.
To her absolute shock, he stopped. She saw bewilderment in his eyes.
Now, her mind said. She pulled out her dagger, and the dinosaur bellowed in rage. Her eyes met his, and without breaking contact, threw the dagger as far behind her as possible.
She saw his confusion. "Laetus, my sweet," she crooned gently. "I won't hurt you."
Sakura held out her palm, and took a hesitant step forward. With a sobbing cry, Laetus' limping gait carried him the rest of the distance. His nose shoved against her hand, and she felt the relief that shuddered his scales.
She held the stance for minutes, but finally she finally pulled her hand away. "I need to see your wound," she said to him in her most musical, soothing voice possible as his eyes looked to hers in fear of being left alone and unwanted again. Tracing her hand along to his thigh, she studied the gash. Pulling out the cloth that she often had in her bag for her art supplies, Sakura wiped away at the blood gently until she saw the wound itself. Down to the muscle, she gulped. Sakura looked at the hills she had passed to reach Laetus. She wrapped the cloth tightly and tied it against his wound.
"We can make it," she said firmly. "We've got to."

[AirAngel]

Beginner's Training #2: First Time With Tack (This is a long story too with some irrelevant points... I'M SURRYYYY ;A;)

Sakura pulled the horribly heavy tack into the pen. "Hello, dear Laetus," she said warmly. Her dinosaur gave a deep rumble of welcome. She peered at his leg, and saw joyfully that the gash was now only a scar. Her relationship with Rosa, the Mat'junea's young healer, had grown greatly over the week- all the time it took for the woman to fix the terrible wound. Rosa had become like a second mother to Sakura as she worked tirelessly on the dinosaur. She constantly comforted her as Sakura had worried day and night about him.
The Mat'junea riders had gone back to the place where Sakura had found Laetus, and discovered a blood trail heading towards Mat'huen territory. Though the riders didn't know why the Mat'huen would do such a thing, they knew that they had attacked the Mat'junea by attacking its dinosaurs. They wanted vengeance, and by all means, Sakura would be there, tearing them to pie-
Laetus bumped her knee with his head, bringing her back from her distraction. Sakura jumped, then looked at him. “I’m softening up,” she muttered, disgusted, under her breath. How about a scan, she decided, to make herself feel better. She began to listen and watch. Noises battered her hears, but nothing making those noises were to be wary of. Shadows and reflections passed by her, but none of their creators were hostile.
“Okay, then,” she said lightly. She picked up the sadly, grunting, and managed to lift it to chest height. Laetus touched the leather curiously, sniffing. “My good boy,” she crooned. Sakura put it down and picked up the bridle, which Laetus showed just as much interest in. “This goes on your head,” she explained. “And this-“ she pointed at the bit- “goes in your mouth.”
Laetus looked at her, mortified. She laughed. “What a human you are,” she said with a grin. “You understand perfectly what I say, Laetus.” He snorted, with a “duh” look on his face. That served to make her laugh harder. “I’m going to use these things to ride you,” she told him after she could breathe again. His tail swished back and forth uncertainly. “You don’t trust me?” Sakura asked, hurt.
Laetus huffed, sighing, and lowered his head. His mouth grudgingly opened for the bit. Sakura patted his neck, then placed the bridle on his head and popped the bit in his mouth. Laetus straightened up immediately and roared. His mouth gaped, sticking his lower jaw out to the side. Laughter shook her body again. “Easy, Laetus, easy,” she gasped.
“Fiery beast you’ve got there,” a cool, amused voice startled her. Laetus paused mid-gape, giving him a comical look.
Sakura whirled around, catching sight of one of the royal boys, identifiable by the golden cape flowing from his shoulders.
"Oh!" she yelped, startled. Blushing furiously, she shook her head. "Laetus isn't fiery. This is a new experience for him."
The royal looked at the watching dinosaur curiously. "Laetus... hm," he scratched the back of his head. "Aren't you the boy that got attacked by the Mat'huen?" he crooned to her dinosaur.
Laetus bobbed his head, much to the royal's delight. "He understands human speech," he said with glee. "That's really rare!"
Sakura nearly dropped the saddle she'd just picked up. "Can't all dinosaurs understand us?" she asked, baffled.
The royal shook his head. "All can understand key words and certain phrases. Very, very few can actually hear and comprehend everything you say."
Sakura blinked once, twice, then shrugged. "Awesome. That'll make training easier. But I can't start training until I'm riding. And I can't start riding until I saddle Laetus up, can I?" she said, rubbing Laetus' neck as she balanced the saddle between her remaining arm and her knee.
"Go ahead," he said. He leaned forward, resting on the fence.
Sakura looked up at the forbiddingly high back. "Umm... Laetus? Can you come down a bit?" she asked awkwardy.
If dinosaurs could groan, Laetus did. His legs bent, and his arms touched the ground. His tail lashed with annoyance.
"Thanks, boy," she said warmly. Slowly, she eased the saddle onto his back. She quickly fastened the strapped. Laetus got up immediately, glaring at Sakura. Seriously? his eyes told her. "Is everything comfortable?" she asked him.
His head snaked around, bumping the leather with his head experimentally. Laetus' eyes turned back to Sakura's. Fine, if you get past the feeling of being squeezed in half. She started a bit, surprised at how easily she understood his expression. But then she smiled. "Now to riding."

[AirAngel]

Beginner's Training #3: First Ride (This one isn't too bad... ^^)

Sakura swallowed. Despite the knowledge that her dinosaur understood her, she couldn't help the fear inside.
Trying to stall, she rubbed Laetus' head, tracing along his black markings. "You won't hurt me, will you?" she asked him anxiously.
His golden eyes met hers, incredulous. A wavering smile appeared on her face. "Of course you wouldn't. I'm an idiot," she murmured, stroking his neck.
Ignoring the royal, she stepped up, climbing up the stirrups into the saddle. Laetus turned his head to look at her. "Good boy!" her voice was an octave higher from excitement. Her heels squeezed his sides- he didn't move. His eyes were baffled.
"C'mon, buddy," she urged, confused.
"He doesn't know what you're asking him to do," the royal called to her. She heard underlying amusement, and got angry.
Laetus huffed and dipped his head twice. "Sorry, bud," she muttered. "If I put pressure on with my heels, I want you to go forward. When you feel pressure on your teeth from the bit, I want you to slow down."
Laetus rumbled. Sakura's body vibrated in the saddle, and an incontrollable giggle escaped her lips. She looked down at the royal, still watching. "Would you mind opening the gate?" she called. A joy so bright that it made her heart shudder blocked out everything. She didn't hear his response, but watched as he ran and pulled it open.
Her heels pressed gently against Laetus' sides, and off they strode, in triumph.

[Penultima]

Don't worry about length, I LOVE reading all of these, no matter what length ;3