Dianasaur- First Memory

     The earliest memory I remember from my childhood was...

     It was a dark and stormy night, I curled up tighter and snuggled closer to my mother. She shifted slightly and put her arm over my body. I was no more than a year old and already I had far bypassed my siblings in size, stamina, and appetite. I was nearly the same size as my mother and ate larger portions than she did. As
I shifted, my stomach rumbled uncomfortably. I extracted myself from my mom's warm embrace and set out into the cold night.It wasn't the first time I had left my family in the middle of the night in search of a midnight snack, and it was most certainly not the last. I set out for a thicket of trees absolutely teeming with easy prey who weren't suspecting a thing. I remember feeling joy beyond compare that my mom and my brothers and sisters kept to dinosaurs of their own kind and were not social with the dinosaurs living within the forest, because if they had been I would have felt a lot more guilt than the guilt I did feel at so easily sneaking up on and killing those pathetic weak creatures. My only consolation was that they died quickly and felt no pain. I crouched in the tall grass, my natural born hunting instincts beginning to kick in. For once, I was relieved at the way they overtook my body and prevented me from changing my mind about this little night time venture. My actions came from instinct alone. Perhaps in the future I would be able to rely on my experience rather than giving in to my instincts blindly. For the time being though, my instinct saved me, I was alert to every sound within the forest and many outside of it as well. When I heard a twig snap behind me, my muscles tensed nearly painfully, and in one swift motion I whipped my head around towards the source of the sound. When I had thoroughly searched the area though, I found it completely empty, devoid of any living creature besides myself. After searching the whole section to the best of my ability, I continued warily on my way. Then I heard a rustling in the leaves overhead, and I was knocked to the ground by something that fell from above me. A sound of surprise escaped the creature (for it was living) . With one strong shove I knocked the other creature from my back, and continuing the motion I moved to get on top of it. The other dinosaur was fast, but not fast enough. I pinned it to the ground preparing for the kill.
     "No! Wait!" she (for it was most obviously a girl) begged. "Spare my life and you wont regret it!"
     She caught me off guard because I was confused and escaped my grasp.
     "What kind of dinosaur are you?" she asked tilting her head slightly while hovering in place, and I knew she was just trying to distract me further. I glowered at her in silence, upset my prey had escaped. "Well, can you talk?".
     "Yes, I can," I uttered offended that she'd even ask. Then returning completely to myself. I asked with my usual sass, "well what kind of dinosaur are you?"
     She looked at me seeming surprised that I had to ask, and then she straightened her back in way that could only be pride. " I am a pterodactyl, and technically we aren't dinosaurs at all!" She exclaimed with a great amount of pride and defiance.
     Instantly I felt that I could relate to this foreign creature, and all thoughts of attacking and killing her disappeared. I was surprised by the sudden burst of emotion that I had never truly felt before. The surprise must have been obvious on my face because the strange creature asked, "what?"
     "I just-" I shook my head not being able to find the words.
     She nodded in understanding, changing the subject she asked, " what's your name?"
     "Dianasaur, it's Dianasaur. What's your name?"
     "Juladactyl. What were you doing out here in the middle of the night?"
     " I was about to ask you the same thing, but I suppose you deserve an answer... I was out hunting for a snack, I got hungry," I said slightly embarrassed admitting it. "What about you, why were you out so late?" I questioned her.
     "For the same reason," she conceded without any embarrassment at all. Noticing my slightly envious stare she said, "you know the best way to not be embarrassed is to not get embarrassed."
     "Well, I guess we all can't be as amazing as you" I said with a mildly impish smile. Then we both burst into laughter [or as close to laughing a dinosaur (or pterodactyl) can get]. We smothered our laughter into quiet giggles and then just overly large grins.
     "I can show you where I usually hunt if you want," she offered. " I would really like it if you taught me some of your hunting techniques, I've been watching you the last few nights and you're really quite good" she added mildly embarrassed.
     "You know the best way to not be embarrassed is to not get embarrassed," I said noticing the look that had adorned my face many a day. Then we both burst into our strange laughter again.

     That is how I met Juladactyl and we became the best of dino buddies. She became my best friend through the ages.