[Trade] Not a Drill (Summer 2024)

Not a Drill - (Summer Seasonal 2024)- Bjarte

Writing by: Lil Monster

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Word count: 800+

Dino’s Included: Bjarte (4129)

Small splashes of water followed by the large jaws of a figure loomed over the still moving water, a miss with the fast movement of fish who had dodged the large jaws. With an annoyed growl the small figure shook out his fur, before moving onto the sand to find a better spot to fish. Bjarte had gone down to the beach to fish in the reefs that provided all kinds of tropical fish that he loved to feast on during the hot weather, but he wasn’t having any luck with his catches.

“Nothing yet.. I may have to go to a different spot” he mumbled to himself as he trotted across the sand leaving wet footprints behind him. Bjarte was experienced in fishing but he had noticed the fish were more scarce since the heat wave had taken hold of the island.

As he trotted down the sand he kept his head low looking for movement on the service of the water but nothing caught his eyes so he kept moving forwards soon stopping at a well known spot he visited often. Bjarte leaned down sniffing the sand before letting out a confident cuff as he saw some reef rocks sticking out in the water that he could use as a base to stand on to lean over the water.

With quick thinking the small carnivore jumped onto the rocky trail that went out into a small reef, maybe this spot would provide him a snack if he was patient enough. standing still he hung his jaws into the water becoming unmoving as he waited for fish to come swim by before snapping them but, it was now just awaiting game for him which he was really good at, besides it shouldn’t be long until fish came to inspect his jaws like the usual.

Bjarte waited as he felt movement come into the tide pool as the water shifted slightly but it didn’t seem like a normal sized fish. Not thinking anything of it he kept his jaws in the water. There was the odd large fish but he ignored it, the medium sized figure looming in the tide pool water as it slowly made its way towards Bjarte who was unaware how big this fish was.

As Bjarte felt it get closer he prepared himself as he was ready to snap it at any moment but little did he know what was swimming towards him was not a fish, it was a shark and not just any kind of shark. A medium sized hammerhead shark which would provide a lot of food but this was the first time the small carnivore would ever encounter them so he was about to learn the hard way.

With a quick snap Bjarte closed his jaws but felt a sharp pain in the side of his face followed by seeing a large fin breach the surface of the tide pool, a loud splashing of water flung at Bjarte drenching his fur as the pain in his face now became worse. Opening his eyes he saw a small Hammerhead shark that had grabbed hold of his cheek when his face was in the water and it was not happy to be thrashed around by an upset Bjarte.

“OW OW IT BIT ME!, LET GO OF ME YOU SHARP TEETH BLUBBER THING” he yelled out trying to shake off the upset hammerhead who was not too keen on being used as a rag doll.  The small carnivore dashed across the rocks trying to slam the shark free off his cheek but nothing was working, Bjarte stopped as he moved his claws pressing on the hammerheads face area before pushing with all his might before flinging back as the hammerhead let go flopping back into the tide pool.

“What in the hell was that thing, its head looked too odd and it bit me” Bjarte said to himself rubbing the sore spot on his face where the hammerhead had bitten him, picking himself back up he trotted back to the tide pool. 

The hammerhead was nowhere in sight and it had swam off after being so rocked around by Bjarte, the small carnivore was puzzled as he tried to spot the shark but to no luck he sat back down shaking out his now wet fur. Confused and now empty handed, Bjarte decided he had enough of the beach and was done trying to catch fish for the day, with one final cuff he stood back up before looking back once.

“That's enough fishing for me today” Bjarte said, shaking off the pain from his cheek once more as he trotted down the beach and off to other adventures that didn’t include getting bitten by a shark. What a day for the small carnivore but it was a good experience.