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Rex was stunned. First the cave started to shake, like an earthquake had just happened, then there was a sudden gust of wind, and now, the creature that got him stuck there and a sickleclaw appeared. "Who are you?" He asked the sickleclaw, who answered "Like I said, my name is Bayron, and I came to help." By saying this he climbed the vines and used his teeth to bite down at the ones that were holding Rex. The vines were tough, but due to Rex struggle they had gone loose enough to be bite off. Rex was free.

Rex fell to the ground and massaged his wrists "Thank you" he said to Bayron, whose answer was "Don't thank me yet. There is still a problem to go." His eyes were fixed on Dark Rex, who was getting to his feet.

"You" He snarled "How can you get inside this place? This is impossible." Bayron smiled "Didn't you got it already?" He tainted "For the Order of Leaf and Claw, nothing is impossible."

Dark Rex then roared out loud "It doesn't matter that you are free now." He said to Rex "Nor it matter that he is going help you. This place is still being mine." Bayron noticed that from the cracks that had formed on the walls there was light coming out, like the day hidden outside, he then smiled "Oh, really?" He then made a gesture towards the cracks, making the wall tremble and they grow.

"What are you doing?" Dark Rex said in a desperate tone. Bayron only proceeded to made gestures to the walls and ceiling, making the cracks grow and the light go inside the cave. "Hey, Rex." Rex turned to him "How do you know my name?" Rex asked "Hey, want to talk or to defeat this guy? Bring him to the light."

Rex nodded and went to the creature and grabbed its arm, Dark Rex laughed "Ha, do you think you can defeat me?" Bayron saw that and made a crack in the ceiling above them, making the light hit Dark Rex "What is this?" He asked stunned "My strength has faded." Rex smiled, Yeah, and mine has increased." Then with a sharp pull, he brough the dinosaur/dragon hybrid to the light, then a flash engulfed them.

The whole cave crumbled down, revealing a blinding light, when the light died down, they could see a new place. It was an open field with dark, thunderous clouds above them, roaring furiously, around the place was the filled with hills, cliffs, plateaus and mountains

Rex and Dark Rex could easily hove over the place. Rex though of holding Bayron, but, to both Rex and Dark Rex surprised, the sickleclaw too could fly, and without wings! "How can you do that?" Rex asked amazed to the sharptooth floating on the air. Bayron shrugged "This is not the real world. In this place normal rules do not apply to certain people."

Before they could say another word Dark Rex send a blow with his claw, Bayron dodged, but Rex barely did, leaving a cut his face. Bayron then received a kick from the creature that send him flying to hit against a mountain. Dark Rex laughed "Hah, you see, even with his help you cannot defeat me."

Rex stopped in a mountain and touched the wound, he recoiled in pain, this was going to leave a mark. But before he could actually think about it, Dark Rex grabbed him by the throat, making him choke "Now." The creature said grinning "Is time to do what I should have done in the start."

But Rex never saw what he was going to do, cause before he could he tumbled away, letting Rex go, like he had been hit with strength. Rex quickly recovered and saw Bayron floating. The sickle claw narrowed his eyes, and then Dark Rex was throw backwards, like hit by something really heavy. "It's our chance Rex!" Bayron said "Lets attack."

Then both gone to the monster. Rex used the momentum of his charge to headbutt the creature in the chest, driving the air out of his lungs, at the same time, Bayron attacked the face with his claw, making a surprising big cut. Then he kicked the creature in the face, sending him flying backwards to it a mountain's top and hold in there for footing.

He was surprised that the sickleclaw was that strong. Both him and Rex were smiling "Hah, who is not strong enough now?" Rex tainted "You need to be stronger than that to defeat us." Dark Rex then smiled "Oh, really? Then lets see what do you think of this!" Then his body started to change.

Rex and Bayron's eyes widened as Dark Rex started to grow even bigger at the same time it's neck stretched. His body changed to be more like the one of a four-footer, and his wings grew wider. His face became more prominent and his tail gained talons and two horns grew in his face. He had growth to an enormous size. The new formed flamebreath opened his eyes and roared at them. This was the beast real form.

Then the creature swept his front leg at them, hitting them with his paw and sending the two flying away. Rex would have fallen from the impact if Bayron had not took hold of his arm for him to recover. The air had been drive out of his lungs by the strength of the blow, and he was sure that at least two of his ribs had been broken. Bayron to had not gone unscratched, as the side of his body was darkened by the place were the blow hit and there was blood coming out of his mouth.

The creature went to them saying "You're mine now!" But before he could reach them, Bayron let out of his hand a force blast that hit the creature right in the middle of it's eyes, making him go dazed. He took a few moments to recover from this. And when he did Rex and Bayron were out of sight.

He looked to the sides. They could not had came out without defeating him, and they knew this, so they only could be hiding in there "Little ones" He called "Come out, I'll find you two anyway, so why resisting? Came out now and I may even let you two lived." He lied, flying around and searching for them with his sharp sight.

Bayron and Rex were now hiding under a cliff. Bayron was watching, seeing the big flamebreath fly around with his powerful body, and Rex was resting in the sore of the mountain, massaging his chest to ease the pain of the blow. "So, he is gone?" He asked, Bayron then answered "No. And even if he got away, the only way of escaping of here back to the real world now is defeating him."

"But how can we do this?" asked Rex "He is too powerful." Bayron though for a few moments. What if... Yeah, this could work. He never actually tried, but it could be their only chance. He turned to the dracovol "Rex, you think you can keep him busy for sometime?" Rex looked at him "Well, maybe. Why?"

"I have a plan, but I need time to do it, and while I need him busy." Rex looked at him, and then sighed "Okay, but is better your plan not be run away while I distract him." And with this Rex came out of the hiding "Hey, fatty!" He screamed, granting the flamebreath to look at him "You're carrying a mountain in your back or is it your butt?"

The flamebreath roared in fury before shooting a fireball straight at Rex, who quickly dodged and flew fast, with the flamebreath on his tail. Bayron then took this chance and put his hands in front of his chest and closed his eyes in concentration. Then a shape started to form between his hands, something like a crystal spike made of light.

The flamebreath tried to attack Rex in all ways, if he was too far to deliver a blow he would breathe flames over him, and if he was close he tried to attack with his claws, tail and jaws. There was one time he almost bite Rex with his enormous fangs, each as big as Rex body. While this, Rex wasn't actionless, he dove towards the dragon's face, specially the eyes.

Rex brought out his taloned feet in front of him, and dove directly towards the giant eye that belonged to the dragon shifted his gaze towards the dracovol, and grinned. He opened up his huge wingspan. Rex's concentration was broken as he stared at the enormous wings. They looked like they could fit across the valley's length of the Great Valley! Temporarily distracted, Rex couldn't react when the monster's tail came out of nowhere and struck him in the side. Rex yelled in pain when he was knocked out of the air. He crashed down in between two large rock formations.

The giant flamebreath roared ferociously as he bent down and lashed out. Rex closed his eyes, waiting for the pain of the teeth close in around him, but when he opened up his eyes, he realized that the flamebreath's head was too large to fit in through the crack. The dragon snarled impatiently as he tried to fit his snout in.

Rex grinned smugly as he walked up to where the mouth was only a few inches from him. "See? Bigger is not always better." He laughed and slashed across the giant's snout.

Yelping, the giant lifted up his massive head and let out a roar. A few trickles of blood ran down the front of his snout. But they looked like only minor scratches to the giant! Rex flinched and backed away. His larger claws on his feet would do a bit more damage, but they'd still not be enough to produce a wound that would even be considered an annoyance to this flamebreath.

'Man what am I going to do?' Rex thought as Dark Rex lowered his head back down. The creature opened up his mouth, as if to speak, but instead of words coming out, flames came out instead. Rex screamed and took into flight, and screamed again as the tip of the flames singed the tip of his tail.

"You are no match for me, weakling!" The dragon bellowed. As Rex flew away, the dragon took to the air as well. He was like a giant ship trying to attack a small rowboat. "Without even fire, you cannot win! Why not just surrender now and make it easy on yourself?" The dragon asked as his huge eye opened up only a few feet away from Rex's flying form. "Or do I have to kill you?"

Rex snarled, and slashed at the eye. Instinctively, the dragon pulled away before the dracovol could do any damage. "I hate you!"

"The feeling's mutual." The flamebreath growled. "You kept me bottled up inside your whole life. You kept me in the shadows, in the confides of your puny mind. You kept ignoring my urges, kept dismissing my calls."

"What are you talking about?" Rex asked, confused. "I've never met you before in my life! Well until you took over my body that is."

The dragon laughed so hard that Rex had to flap his wings as hard as he could just to stay in the one spot. "Don't be so naive, Rex." The dragon said as he stopped laughing, but kept that huge grin on his face. "You've met me before, years ago."

Rex's mind was mixed up with all kinds of questions. What was this moron talking about? Where have they met before? He was just plain crazy! "W-What are you talking about, you overgrown excuse for a smoking mountain?"

The dragon's grin broadened. "Remember Zill?" He hissed through his grinning mouth. "Remember the bloodlust you got at that moment? Remember how you felt as you saw the blood seep through your paws? Remember how you jumped on him and broke his neck? Remember how you tore out his internal organs and ripped apart the body? Remember how you buried your face inside him and ate as much blood and flesh as your small body could handle?"

Rex's face was drained of all color as memories recollected in his head. Vivid memories of the horrid deed replayed itself over and over inside his mind. That was the moment that his life had changed. That kill was the turning point to who he was now. That event nearly led to the extinction of the friendship he shared with Littlefoot and his pals. He gulped nervously, shaking so badly that he lost control of his flight and fell down.

Dark Rex narrowed his eyes slightly and he brought out his giant paw and caught the dracovol. He brought him close. "Remember?"

The dracovol regained his composure, though as he stood up his legs wobbled like they were made of unsturdy quicksand. "Y-Yes...b-b-but what does that have to do with you...? And how did you...how did you know what happened?"

"How could I not know?" Dark Rex smiled. "I'm with you, always. I'm a part of you as you are a part of me, kiddo." He laughed. "And as what it deals with me, well, that wasn't your sharptooth instinct taking over." Rex's eyes widened as big as they could get, and his mouth partially opened. He tried to speak, but no words came out. "Yes, that's right Rexie boy." The dragon leaned in closer. "That was me."

Rex wasn't sure what to think. His mind just went blank. He stared at the flamebreath disbelievingly. Had he heard right? Was this overgrown flamethrower telling the truth? Was this dragon the real culprit to him unleashing his meat-eating side?

"I-It was you...? This whole time...?" He said, shakingly. "I-I unleashed you...back then?" He stammered, unable to think clearly.

"Yes, I used your hunger to allow myself to surface, in a way." Dark Rex explained. "I was tired of being ignored for so long, so I awakened myself. You had no idea of your true potential, Rex. I let you become aware of that, in that instance." The monster licked his lips. "That sharptooth was so tasty..." He looked down at the kid. "Don't you think so, too?"

"SHUT UP!" Rex shouted, jumping into the air. Anger had taken over his mind now. "YOU WERE THE REASON WHY I HAD TO LEAVE THE GREAT VALLEY! YOU WERE THE REASON MY BOND WITH MY FRIENDS NEARLY SHATTERED! YOU WERE THE REASON WHY I WAS FORCED TO LIVE IN THE MYSTERIOUS BEYOND!" The last part was a lie. He had CHOSEN to live in the Mysterious Beyond until he found out who he was.

The flamebreath cocked an eyebrow. "Me? Oh no my dear boy. I would not have been able to let myself out if you didn't let me." Rex continued growling fearlessly, a distrustful look on the eye. "It's true. You let your guard down, allowing myself to get free...sort of." He chuckled. "I obviously didn't gain full control. You came to your senses after the episode."

"And I couldn't remember what I did because..."

"...because it was my mind which was in control. When you came to, your mind booted back up with little recollection of what you did." The dragon answered the dracovol's question.

Rex blinked as his mind was taking in this newfound information. But he couldn't lose sight of his goal. He had to defeat this dragon! But how? How! As he stared into the dragon's eyes, he remembered the voice from before. Something about taming the beast...is this what it had been talking about? Was he supposed to somehow 'tame' this beast? Was that the same as destroying? And why was Bayron taking so long?

"What's the matter?" Dark Rex asked, taunting the little dracovol. "Too scared to face the truth? The truth hurts doesn't it?" He chuckled breathlessly.

"J-J-Just shut up..." Rex said, placing his paws on his head. He was trying to think of what mode of action he should take next. As he pondered his, he didn't notice the large paw of Dark Rex getting closer and closer. As he was lost in his thoughts, the dragon swatted down. Rex's mind snapped to reality and he dodged just in time. He could feel the wind rush to him as the paw swept past him and struck the ground. The force was so great it created a miniature earthquake!

"Whoa!" Rex exclaimed. "That was close!" He turned around to face the large dragon. He glared, and gritted his teeth. Just how was he going to win? He looked up around the area. But he couldn't see any source of light. 'Dang it!' Rex cursed. 'How am I supposed to beat him with no light around!' He started to fly away, and he could hear the heavy wing beats of the dragon behind him. Being smaller Rex was able to fly faster than Dark Rex. But Dark Rex was larger. That would pose a problem, forcing Rex to go even faster.

Then Rex heard a voice inside his head "Rex!" It was Bayron "Rex, just listen, I'm finished here, But I'm still having the problem of knowing where to hit.". It was truth, bayron now had a totally formed light spike crystal in his hand. Rex almost sighed in relief, but there was still the problem, but then, he heard another voice in his head "The power to defeat the beast lies in you. It is our gift to you."

Then something happened, around Rex neck appeared a glow, that made even Dark rex stop chasing him and cover his eyes. Bayron's eyes widened. He had only seen something like this two times before in his life. The light around Rex neck then took a form of a necklace, with the symbol of a treestar with a sharptooth's tooth carved. The symbol of the Order of Leaf and Claw.

Rex inspected the thing that had appeared in his neck, but was quickly distracted by the roar of the dragon, who shoot fire on him. Rex, guided by an unknown instinct, raised his hands in front of his body. Then flames formed in them and shoot forward in a stream of fire, that countered the fire of the flamebreath.

Both Rex and Dark Rex were shocked, but then Rex heard Bayron's voice in his head again "Is it! Rex, use the fire!" Rex then quickly recovered and shoot another stream of fire at the dragon. This one hit him directly on the face. The dragon roared in pain, confused that this fire could burn through his naturally fireproof hide. When the fire was gone, Rex could see something forming in the beast's forehead, a mark in shape o "X".

Rex looked straight at the mark, it made him remember of a mark that some alimons he meet in the past had on the shoulder. Then Bayron screamed "Rex!" The dracovol turned around to see the sickleclaw throw something made of light at him. He grabbed it, seeing the crystal spike. "Hit the mark and run." Screamed Bayron again. Rex nodded and turned to the flamebreath, who was too busy holding his burned face to notice what ws happening. Rex then took advantage, went to the head of the beast and, with a fast and graceful move, stabbed the "X" with the spike of light.

The creature eyes widen when he felt the crystal piercing his skin. Rex then let go and saw the spike crystal sank inside the dragon's head. Then the creature started to crack from the point where the crystal entered, at the same time that a strong light seemed to come from inside.

"What is happening?" asked the scared Dark Rex. Then suddenly his head exploded in light, at the same time that a sphere of light started to form and grow, encompassing the creature. Rex, seeing this, turned around and started to fly as fast as he could.

The sphere of light grew enough to encompass all of the creatures body. Rex flew as fast as he could, but the light got him. He was almost all sucked in, leaving only his hand left out. He had already given up, but then,he felt a clawed hand grab his and pull him outside. It was Bayron.

He pulled Rex all the way outside the sphere, then they both stood there,watching the sphere the shrunk, until it disappear in a small point of light.

They stood there, looking at the place where the sphere of light disappeared. Then they turned to one another and Rex asked "We won?" Bayron smiled at him "Yes Rex." He said as the dark clouds started to clean away, and a light of the dawn formed behind them. They turned to it as Bayron said "We're free."

Then the light enveloped them.