Sqwid, Fangs, Ashez, and Wolfe all appeared in a flash of light right above a large fern. They had arrived in the past, thanks to the hourglass charm, and were now struggling to get up out of the bush.
   “Ugh, that's worse than jet lag,” Wolfe said, standing up and holding his head. Sqwid rose to her feet.
   “Well everyone, welcome to the PAST!” She said, spreading her arms wide and gesturing at the foliage, “Welcome to dinosaur country!”
   “Wow,” Fangs said, also standing and walking forward, “it's really--” she fell into a large hole in the ground. “Big... What is this?” She stood up and looked at what she fell into.
   “That looks suspiciously like a giant footprint,” Sqwid commented, “just like in the commercials.”
   It did indeed look like a giant footprint, with three long, pointed toes.
   “That can't be good...” Ashez commented.
   “Well, we're never going to find Lucky if we just stand here!” Sqwid said, “Let's go!”
   They wondered into the jungle, looking for any sign of the annoying little redhead. Sqwid hummed the tune of “Jungle” by Electric Light Orchestra as they walked, until being hushed by Wolfe. She started humming the tune of the Flinstones theme song instead.
   Suddenly, an odd car zoomed through some nearby bushes, two men sitting in the front seat. Sqwid recognized them right away, after she saw one of them wearing a dorky blue tie. But there wasn't time for hellos. The car was coming straight for them.
   “Aah! Marshmallow Power!” Sqwid cried, using the hourglass charm again to freeze the oncoming car in its tracks. The front wheel was inches away from her nose, suspended in the air. The others weren't much better off. “Heavens to BETSY,” Sqwid said, stepping out from underneath the vehicle, “IT'S THE FLINSTONES.”
   Fangs walked over to where Sqwid was standing, next to the driver's side of the car. Sure enough, Fred Flinstone was behind the wheel, accompanied by Barney Rubble.
   “Woooooah!” she breathed, “could this week get any crazier?!”
   Wolfe was nearby helping Ashez to her feet.
   “Great, now we have some prehistoric freaks on our tail. Let's get out of here.”
   “No no wait!” Ashez said, “They have a car! We could borrow it for a bit so we can find Lucky!”
   “Hey, great idea! Marshmallow Power!” Sqwid unfroze the car and its occupants, and both crashed to the ground. “Can we borrow your car?”
   “Who are you?” Fred Flinstone asked, rubbing his head.
   “My name's Sqwid, and I was wondering if we could borrow your car.”
   “No, you can't.”
   “What? Why?!”
   A loud roar suddenly sounded behind them.
   “That's why!” Fred and Barney drove away.
   “Wow. I really thought that those two would have a bigger part in this story,” Sqwid commented, “But I guess not. Oh well.”
   “We don't have time to worry about that right now,” Ashez said and pointed, “I think we should be more concerned about THAT.”
   A giant tyrannosaurus rex was stomping toward them, roaring and showing them all of its sharp pointy teeth. Something seemed to be sitting on its nose.
   “WOAH. Cool!” Sqwid cried, looking up at it. She squinted. “Hey! There's something on its nose! Marshmallow power!” Sqwid used the shooting star charm (which grants you the ability to see really far away and can also make really bright lights). “Omigosh! It's LUCKY!”
   “Woah, really?” Fangs asked, squinting, “We'd better go save him!”
   “Okay okay. I'll give everybody one of these charms, and then you can go beat up the dinosaur!” Sqwid said, “Wolfie, here's the horseshoe charm! Ashez, the moon charm! Fangs, the shooting star charm! I'll take the heart charm, now lets go!”
   Wolfe sped off first. He had seen skeletons of dinosaurs, and did not recall them being this big. Then again, in commercials, dinosaurs were like ten times bigger than they really were. And they seem to have skin like steel. Wolfe swore under his breath and began using the horseshoe charm and his magical ice Ki powers at the same time.**


   **Please refer to Tokiyaensui's Of Peeps Revisited: 11 (But keep in mind that by this time, Fangs was not married, and they hadn't achieved their ultimate Ki powers quite yet.)


   Now the dinosaur noticed the wolf slashing at its ankle. It was rather annoying. The dinosaur lifted up its gigantic foot and delivered a kick to Wolfe's torso. Wolfe went flying backward until he was stopped by a tree. He was out cold.
   Ashez used the moon charm and became invisible, creeping closer and closer to the dinosaur. She started climbing up the dinosaur's back until she reached its head, and ran to where Lucky was holding on for dear life. He looked up as Ashez reappeared. The dinosaur noticed this, and using its forefinger, flicked her off like a fly.
   Sqwid used the heart charm to bring every tree in the vicinity to life,  as well as a bunch of rocks. Now they were all attacking the dinosaur with their branches, creating welts all over it. The dinosaur roared with pain and started stomping on all of them.
   "Fangs!" Sqwid cried.
   "On it!" Fangs answered, "Marshmallow power!" Fangs threw the shooting star charm so it landed right between the dinosaur's eyes. Then the charm exploded with light, blinding the prehistoric lizard. It lost its balance and fell with a crash, vaulting Lucky the leprechaun into the air. The crash woke Wolfe up from his stupor, and, thinking fast, he used his ice to freeze the dinosaur's head to the ground. The trees Sqwid had brought to life began throwing strong vines over the T-rex's body and managed to tie it down. The dinosaur was thoroughly defeated.
   "Woo hoo! We WON!" Sqwid said, bringing Ashez and Fangs into a group hug, "And Wolfie gave that dinosaur the ultimate brain freeze!" Everyone laughed, including Wolfe. Lucky the Leprechaun walked over to the rejoicing peeps.
   "I'd like to be thankin' ye for savin' me... again," he said.
   "No problem, that was fun! Now lets take you back to the weird guy in the green cape so that he can give you the lecture of your life!"
   Before Lucky could run away, Sqwid stuffed him into the balloon charm. "Let's get back to the future!" Fangs and Ashez giggled. Wolfe rolled his eyes.

***

   “I can't believe they LEFT us!” Spirit cried, throwing her arms into the air. Radar was brooding nearby.
   “It's okay,” said Genie, pulling Spirit and Radar into a hug, “you've still got us!” The falcon and ferret looked at their companions. Genie had a goofy smile plastered across his face as he stared at the teenagers, H.T. was sitting on the ground, scanning each individual grain of sand, Cap'n Crunch was picking something out of his teeth, and Bird was just standing there, squinting at the sky.
   “Thanks, Genie,” Radar said sarcastically, “that makes me feel a whole lot better.”
   In the meantime, the Emerald Elder was standing in the sand, muttering various leprechaun curses to himself. He looked up at his visitors.
   “That stupid girl followed my stupid apprentice into the jurassic age, and now I'm stuck with all of you,” he spat, “so you might as well just leave now. I am very busy and have lots of work to do.”
   Cap'n Crunch looked over at him. “You mean just like that?” he asked, “we just arrived from a very very long trip across the ocean to give you back YOUR charms, and you just send us off? You won't even let us rest a little bit? You know, get a bite to eat, stay the night, at least wait for Sqwid and the others to come back?”
   The Emerald Elder growled and turned around. “Fine. You may stay the night, but that is IT. One night, understand?”
   Before they could answer, a bright orange light blinded them all. Sqwid, Fangs, and Wolfe appeared.
   "You're back!" Spirit cried, "Why did you leave without us?"
   "Well--"
   "Did you get Lucky then?" the Emerald Elder interrupted. Sqwid took out the balloon charm and turned it upside down. Lucky tumbled onto the ground, his hat falling from his head and rolling until it bumped the Emerald Elder's green shoe. The Elder reached over and grabbed Lucky's ear, dragging him toward the emerald palace. The others shrugged and followed.
   They entered the palace, admiring the green marble floor, emerald pillars, and especially the giant chandelier hanging above their heads.
   "There are some empty rooms downstairs," said the Emerald Elder, still holding Lucky's ear, "But remember: only one night, got it?"
   "Yessir," everyone said. Teenagers and mascots alike ran down the spiral staircase to find the best rooms. "Thanks!" they said as they ran. The Emerald Elder massaged his temples and gave Lucky the lecture of his life, not bothering to do so somewhere other than the main hall. But the Elder was interrupted by three loud, slow knocks at the door. Before he could answer, the door flew into the hall, ripped off its hinges. The silhouette of a large creature with a long, striped tail. It smiled, showing the leprechauns its large, white, sharp teeth.
   "They're grrrrrreat."