The Gang of Five
The Land Before Time => LBT Fanfiction => Topic started by: aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) on October 15, 2016, 04:25:02 AM
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I got the weird idea to make a stageplay set in the LBT universe. My storyline is mapped out to be 4-Acts with a prologue and occasional songs (but not too many, they're all taken from the movies with the lyrics slightly adapted to fit the new story). I'll be posting a scene a day.
(Note: I don't know how a director would physically portray the characters in a stageplay, because humans don't really look like LBT characters even in costume. I just wanted to try writing a play)
Brief synopsis: When Grandpa Longneck falls badly ill after a bad storm weakens the Great Valley's defenses, Threehorn sets a plan in motion to become leader of the herds. As loyalties fall into question, Chomper discovers that an old foe from the Mysterious Beyond is taking the opportunity to settle a score with Littlefoot and his friends. Rated PG, contains romance, politics, drug use, light violence, and songs.
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Prologue, Scene 1
[A sudden vast expansion of light. SFX: “Big Bang” sound. Blackout.]
[Music: James Horner’s original score. Scene opens to a panorama of specks of light.]
Narrator: In a great flash, long long ago, the universe was formed. Where there once was nothing, now was dust. And the dust turned into rock, and the rock turned into planets. And on these planets, life soon formed. All kinds of life. Big life, small life, life that liked to spy on other life. [A comet flies across the panorama.] Our planet, like so many others, grew life as well. The greatest of all life were: the dinosaurs! [Music hits crescendo, lights come up, showing the scene to be the Great Valley, with Littlefoot, Cera, Ducky, Petrie, and Spike playing some sort of ëpass the ball’ game with a large pinecone. As each character receives the pinecone, their name is spoken, and a spotlight follows the pinecone from character to character.] And like all dinosaurs, Littlefoot the longneck, Cera the threehorn, Ducky the swimmer, Petrie the flyer, and Spike the spiketail, had to grow up, and learn, and play, in their peaceful home, the Great Valley.
[Characters finish playing and fall to the ground]
Ducky: That was fun, yep yep yep!
Littlefoot: Yeah!
Spike: (yes)
Petrie: It was! You do very good, Ducky.
Ducky: Thank you, Petrie.
Cera: Well, what do we want to do now?
Littlefoot: [picks up the pinecone] How about “Knock the Pinecones”?
Spike: (yeah! I love bowling!)
Petrie: No, me no good at that game.
Ducky: Oh yes, yes yes yes! I love “Knock the Pinecones”!
Petrie: Me too! Let play!
Cera: No.
Littlefoot: Aw, why not?
Cera: Because the team with Spike always wins.
Spike: (hee hee hee)
Ducky: How about “Sharpteeth and Grasslivers”?
Littlefoot: Sounds good to me. Cera?
Cera: All right, let’s go!
Ducky: Spike and I will be hoppers!
Cera: Littlefoot and I will be furry-scurries!
Petrie: Can me be on Ducky team?
Ducky: No, silly. I am always with Spike.
Petrie: Oh. You sure?
Cera: Petrie, you’re the Sharptooth. Start counting and we’ll hide!
Petrie: Okay. [Others run off except Spike. Petrie covers eyes.] One, two three, four, [he peeks, and sees Spike standing there] five, six, [he peeks again. Spike hasn’t moved] Go Spike, run! Seven, eight, [peeks] Run! I only count to ten! Nine… [He gives up and turns around to face Spike] What is it? [Spike smiles knowingly] What? [Ducky giggles from offstage. Spike cocks his head in that direction] Oh, that.
Spike: (you like her, don’t you?)
Petrie: Yeah.
Spike: (tell her)
Petrie: Tell her? No! Me cannot do that!
Spike: (why not?)
Petrie: Me no know, me not ready! You remember Littlefoot and Ali? They think they good and ready until she run off for someone else, and me afraid if me be upfront like Littlefoot, she might… Spike, I know you Ducky’s adopted brother, but do not tell her, please, okay?
Spike: (I promise)
Petrie: Thanks Spike. And now, ten!
[Petrie starts to chase Spike off stage left, when suddenly a giant gust of wind blows from that direction. Ducky is blown on stage, and trees and vines are ripped to the ground. The windstorm continues for about a minute as Spike, Petrie, and Ducky struggle to remain on stage. Eventually, it dies down, and they get to their feet.]
Petrie: Ducky! You okay?
Ducky: I think so. What was that?
[Littlefoot and Cera enter from other side of stage, leading parents: Grandpa Longneck, Grandma Longneck, Mr. Threehorn, Ducky’s Mom, and Petrie’s Mom.]
Littlefoot: Are you guys all right?
Parents: What happened? Is everything okay? Are we in danger? etc.
Grandpa: Friends, please! Calm down! [Chattering stops.] Now, before we do anything, we need to get the others and assess the damage that’s been done!
Threehorn: No! We can’t waste time taking records and figuring out damage assessments, we need to act now!
Grandpa: Mr. Threehorn, we cannot act before we know what is needed to act upon! We must be patient!
Threehorn: Now is not a time for patience! It’s a time for action!
Ducky: [to Spike] Why do the grownups always argue like this?
Spike: (I don’t know)
Grandma: Will the two of you please calm down!
Grandpa: [to Threehorn] What do you propose we do?
Threehorn: Get organized! Mr. Clubtail and I will form a water conservation group in charge of rationsó
Grandpa: But we don’t know whether water supply is even a problem! We don’t know anything until we assess the damage!
Threehorn: While you’re doing that, precious water could be draining out into the Mysterious Beyond!
Grandpa: And while you’re forming conservation groups to save it, you might find that there was no need to, and you wasted much more time accomplishing nothing!
Threehorn: Welló [He breaks off, unable to think of a comeback]
Ducky's mom: I think Grandpa Longneck is right.
Petrie's mom: Me too.
Grandpa: Right. Then it’s settled. Everyone split up and see how each section of the Great Valley has fared.
Threehorn: Hold it, Grandpa. [Other adults exit] Now, normally I’m okay with you calling the shots, but this time I think you’re completely going about this the wrong way!
Grandpa: Please, Mr. Threehorn, this is not the time for us to bicker, we need every hand to work together as one to find out and fix what has happened.
Threehorn: Well I’d be fine with that if we’d have us all working in the right direction, but now we’re wasting what little time we may have!
Littlefoot: Well you’re wrong!
Grandpa: Littlefoot…
Littlefoot: [cont’d] And it doesn’t matter what you think because my grandpa’s in charge!
Threehorn: Oh yeah? Well, guess what, that can change any time I feel like it! [Starts to exit] Come, Cera!
Cera: [Looks at Littlefoot, and turns away haughtily] Humph!
[Cera and Mr. Threehorn exit. Littlefoot approaches Grandpa]
Littlefoot: Grandpa? What did he mean ëthat could change any time’?
Grandpa: Well, Littlefoot, as you know, all the elders in the valley make decisions as a group. I’m not officially in charge; the other grownups just listen to me because I give good advice. So, in a way, I do hold some position of authority. But Mr. Threehorn is influential enough to try to change that, if he wishes to. Littlefoot, I need you to be careful when you are around Mr. Threehorn or Cera. Theyó
Littlefoot: Cera is my friend! I trust her!
Grandpa: Littlefoot, I am old, and one day I won’t be able to lead the Great Valley. When that happens, hopefully you will be old enough to take my place. Most of the adults are more than willing to accept you. But, when that day comes, Cera will have grown up too, and I fear she’s going to become just like her father. You’ll need to watch what you say to her because later in lifeó
Littlefoot: Cera will never become her father! She’s my friend! [Runs over to his friends]
Grandpa: Littlefoot! [Littlefoot doesn’t acknowledge him] Littlefoot, it’s time to come home. It’s getting dark, we need to talk.
Petrie: [Nervously, as if he wants to get out of the crossfire] Yeah, it time for me to go too. Bye Littlefoot! Bye Ducky! [exits]
Grandpa: Littlefoot…
Littlefoot: Oh, all right. [walks over to Grandpa] Bye, guys.
Ducky: Good bye Littlefoot! [She and Spike exit in one direction, while Grandpa and Littlefoot exit the other. Blackout.]
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Prologue, Scene 2
[Lights come up to show Ducky and Spike, walking home that night. The other half of the stage is black.]
Ducky: Oh, Spike, I do not like what is happening, oh no no no. Cera is getting angry, Littlefoot is fighting with his grandparents, and the grownups are getting upset. And then there is Petrie…
[Spike cocks his head]
Ducky: [cont’d] I do not know about Petrie. He is acting funny. What do you think, Spike?
Spike: (I don’t know, who knows?)
Ducky: I am not sure either.
Threehorn: [from dark half of stage] Cera…
[Ducky and Spike are startled.]
Ducky: [Stage whisper] Quick Spike! It is Cera’s dad!
[The two hide. The remaining lights come up to reveal Cera and Threehorn standing in clearing]
Cera: Yes daddy?
Threehorn: I don’t want you playing with that longneck any more!
Cera: But daddy! Littlefoot’s my friend!
Threehorn: Quiet! [to himself] Humph, that longneck has gone too far! Well, this time, I’m not going to let him get away with it! I’m going to save this valley, whether the old Story Speaker wants to or not!
Cera: Daddy?
Threehorn: First thing I’ll do go talk to Clubtail, he usually sides with me, and organize into units. Who’s in charge of choosing times for valley meetings?… Mr. Thicknose. Hmm. Well, I’ll just replace him with ole Clubby, that way I know when and who goes to meetings… and then I’ll need some way to control the other loudmouths. I wonder…I know! I know what I need!
Cera: Daddy?
Threehorn: Cera, I have a very important job for you.
Cera: You do?
Threehorn: Yes, and you are the only one I can trust to do it.
Cera: Me?
Threehorn: Cera, do you remember, as we were traveling to the Great Valley, we passed a giant grove of red tree stars?
Cera: Yes…
Threehorn: And we were starving, hadn’t eaten in days, but as we were about to feast that old spikethumb came by and warned us that eating too many caused you feel overly happy and carefree?
Cera: Yes…
Threehorn: Did you ever tell that story to anyone?
Cera: No.
Threehorn: Perfect. Cera, do you think you find your way back to that grove?
Cera: Maybe. But dad, you don’t mean toó?
Threehorn: Cera, I need you to return to that grove and bring back as many red tree stars as you can!
Cera: But daddy! You’re talking about me entering the Mysterious Beyond!
Threehorn: Cera, listen to me! The most important thing in the world is family loyalty, and fighting for your family name! Do you care about your family?
Cera: Yes, butó
Threehorn: Do you want to be in charge of the Great Valley some day?
Cera: Yes, I do!
Threehorn: Well, that won’t happen unless you get me those red tree stars!
Cera: Alone?
Threehorn: Yes. I can’t be gone that long, there are things I need to do here. Besides, you’re the only one that can do this.
Cera: Me? But daddyó
Threehorn: I repeat, do you want to lead the Great Valley when you grow up?
Cera: Yes!
Threehorn: Are you loyal? Are you brave?
Cera: Yes!
Threehorn: Are you afraid of anything?
Cera: No!
Threehorn: Then can I trust you to complete this dangerous task?
Cera: Yes!
Threehorn: I knew I could trust you! Now you sound like a real threehorn! That’s my girl, now, quickly head off!
Cera: Right now?
Threehorn: Yes, before anybody notices you’re missing.
Cera: Yes daddy!
[Cera dashes offstage, Ducky and Spike emerge from their hiding place as Threehorn settles down for the night]
Ducky: Oh no, Spike! Cera is headed into the Mysterious Beyond! We have to stop her!
[The pair rushes by Threehorn, who blinks and looks up just after they’re gone]
Threehorn: Huh? Who’s there? [Blackout]
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It's pretty good so far I enjoyed it a lot.
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This is actually a very nice idea for a LBT musical and so far I must say that you've actually done a really good job with the screenplay (Having performed plays before) I am looking forward to seeing how this develops. I wonder what is going to happen with Cera and Littlefoot and whether this will move into The Gang's adult years. Godd work so far, keep it up :yes
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Thanks guys (or gals), glad you're liking it! ^_^ This is the final scene of the prologue, Act 1 begins tomorrow!
Prologue, Scene 3
[Lights come up. It is the edge of the Great Valley, the entrance to the Mysterious Beyond, still nighttime. Cera is creeping up on the exit, and is about to cross the line when Ducky and Spike run onstage.]
Ducky: Cera! Wait!
[Cera jumps, and leap back from the edge]
Cera: Ducky? What are you two doing here?
Ducky: What were you doing?
Cera: Nothing, I was, uh, going for a walk, looking at the Night Circle.
Ducky: You were headed into the Mysterious Beyond!
Cera: Of course not! I’d never do that!
Petrie: [flies from stage right] What going on?
Ducky: Petrie? What are you doing here?
Cera: That’s what I still want to know!
Petrie: Me was watching you walk, and you disappear into forest, and me flap around, and me find you just now out of forest!
Ducky: Why were you watching me walk?
Petrie: Uh… [trades glance with Spike] Me just making sure Ducky get home safely.
Cera: Well, that’s just great, but while you two talk, I’m going to bed! [Starts to exit]
Ducky: [to Petrie] I was going home safely, yep yep yep, but Cera was heading into the Mysterious Beyond.
Petrie: What?
Cera: No! I told you I was not going into the Mysterious Beyond!
Ducky: What were you doing?
Cera: I said, just taking a walk and looking at the Night Circle!
Petrie: But Night Circle not out tonight.
[Littlefoot enters, yawning] What’s all the noise? [stops when he sees his friends] Huh? What are you guys doing here?
Cera: Good question, bye bye!
Ducky: We were trying to stop Cera from going into the Mysterious Beyond!
Littlefoot: Cera, you were doing what?
Cera: No! Ducky’s lying!
Ducky: I am not lying! Spike and I overheard Cera’s dad telling her to go into the Mysterious Beyond and get him red tree stars from a red tree star grove they had eated at while traveling to the Great Valley!
[Cera gapes at Ducky, taken aback]
Littlefoot: Cera?
Cera: Oh all right, I was headed into the Mysterious Beyond, but that’s because I have to for my father!
Littlefoot: No you don’t, Cera, you’re talking about the Mysterious Beyond hereó
Cera: We’ve entered the Mysterious Beyond before, why not now?
Littlefoot: You’re usually the one telling us not to!
Cera: Well, I’ve changed my mind.
Littlefoot: What does your dad want red tree stars for, anyway?
Cera: I don’t know, he didn’t say, but whatever the reason I need to get them for him quickly!
Littlefoot: How are you going to carry them?
Cera: I don’t know; I’ll figure it out when I get there.
Littlefoot: Cera, you’re not thinking this throughó
Cera: That’s the problem with you longnecks, always thinking! Do you ever get anything done?
Littlefoot: Cera!
Cera: My dad has an idea that’ll fix the valley up, and if it needs red tree stars, then that’s what I’m going to get him! [to the group at large] Does anyone agree with me?
[Silence, then…]
Petrie: Me convinced.
Littlefoot: Petrie…
Cera: Perfect! Come on Petrie! [Marches proudly across the border. Petrie starts to follow, but stops when he sees Ducky is not following him]
Petrie: Ducky?
Ducky: I am sorry, Petrie, but I agree with Littlefoot. The Mysterious Beyond is too dangerous, it is, it is.
Petrie: Oh. Well, then, [Looks nervously at Cera, who by now has marched offstage] me want to stay tooó
Cera: [offstage] Petrie!
Petrie: Aaaah!
Cera: Where are you?
Petrie: Coming! [He looks one last time at Ducky, then darts off after Cera]
[Littlefoot is still angrily faced away from the border. Ducky walks over to him].
Ducky: Littlefoot?
Littlefoot: I don’t want to talk right now. Good night, Ducky. [exits]
[Ducky and Spike stand looking after Littlefoot for a time, then look at each other]
Ducky: Why did Petrie want to stay with me?
Spike: (oh I don’t know, no clue)
[Lights go down, curtain falls]
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Begin Act 1! Also our first song!
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Act 1, Scene 1
[Curtain opens. It is the next day in the Great Valley, near part of the Great Wall that surrounds it. Trees and other scenery are fallen over or destroyed. Threehorn, Clubtail, and Grandpa are standing in the middle. Grandpa seems slightly weaker than he was last night. Littlefoot, Ducky, and Spike are off to the side.]
Clubtail: Look at this place.
Threehorn: It’s no worse than anywhere else right now.
Grandpa: Yes, but this spot is along the Great Wall. I didn’t think the windstorm would reach this far.
Threehorn: Well it did. [to Clubtail] What’s the damage?
Clubtail: Well, the trees have all fallen over, which means their green food will only last a couple days. River flow seems to be unharmed, and Mrs. Maya’s nest appears to have survived, but that [nods offstage] will definitely be our biggest problem.
Littlefoot: [gasps] A hole? In the Great Wall?
Ducky: Oh no no no.
Threehorn: Now Sharpteeth can get into the Great Valley!
Grandpa: We need to organize at once. Mr. Clubtail, go talk to Mr. Thicknose. We need to arrange a group meeting.
Clubtail: Oh don’t worry about Mr. Thicknose, I’m nowó [Threehorn clears his throat loudly] now, uh, never mind. I’ll see to it. [exits]
Grandpa: Now, aren’t you glad that we checked around first? You would have wasted time forming a water conservation group when water wasn’t even a problem!
Threehorn: If water had been a problem, you would have thanked me. We still would have found this giant hole quickly enough.
Petrie's mom: [Offstage, hysterical] Petrie!?!
Threehorn: Was that Petrie’s mother?
Grandpa: It was.
Threehorn: That means it’s our cue to start calling for our kids. [Takes a deep breath]
Grandpa: But our children are right here.
Petrie's mom: [enters] Has anybody seen Petrie!?! I haven’t seen him all day!
Threehorn: Well, I haven’t seen him.
Grandpa: Neither have I.
Petrie's mom: Do you think the kids ran off again?
Grandpa: No, our children are right here.
Petrie's mom: But Petrie would never go off on his own! They always leave together! Unless…What if…?
Grandpa: Don’t worry; I’m sure Petrie is safe. [Surveys children] Say, where’s Cera? Is she missing too?
Threehorn: Ah, no. She’s fine. I know exactly where she is.
Grandpa: Are you sure?
Threehorn: Oh yeah. Definitely. [leaves in a hurry. His half of the stage goes dark.]
Petrie's mom: What was that all about?
Grandpa: I’m not sure. [to children] Have you seen Cera today?
[Ducky and Spike look at Littlefoot, expecting him to answer. He is silent.]
Ducky: We have not seen her today.
Spike: (no, we haven’t)
Grandpa: Hmm, well, I suppose we’ll have to take Mr. Threehorn’s word on it. [He and Petrie’s mom exit]
[Lights go down on Littlefoot’s side of the stage and come up on the opposite side. It is Cera, hiking through the Mysterious Beyond with Petrie.]
Petrie: Uh, Cera? [A strange noise. He jumps.]
Cera: What?
Petrie: Y-y-you think we should turn back?
Cera: What for? Littlefoot doesn’t want me back, nobody else even cares.
Petrie: That not true! Ducky care, she very nice!
Cera: What is it with you and Ducky?
Petrie: Oh, nothing. [awkward pause] Spike care too. [Cera keeps walking. Music starts] Cera, me think you take this too seriously.
Cera: No, I’m not.
Petrie: Cera! You no can just leave!
Cera: Why not?
[Lights go down on Cera’s side, and up on Littlefoot’s]
Ducky: Littlefoot, what is wrong?
Littlefoot: Did we make the right choice?
Ducky: What do you mean?
Littlefoot: Do you think we should have told them? About Cera going into the Mysterious Beyond?
Ducky: Littlefoot! Cera is your friend! You do not tell on friends, no no no.
Littlefoot: I don’t know if Cera is still my friend any more.
Ducky: Littlefoot…
Song: “Bestest Friends”
Ducky: SOMETIMES FRIENDS DISAGREE.
IT’S VERY SAD BUT TRUE.
BUT THIS I DO BELIEVE[/b]:
YOUR FRIEND’S STILL A PART OF YOU
[Lights switch: Cera and Petrie]
Petrie: ëCAUSE WHEN YOU GO AWAY
INTO SOME OTHER PLACE
YOU THINK OF HIM EACH DAY
AND SEE HIS SMILING FACE
[Lights change: stage goes dark, with a spotlight on Littlefoot, Ducky, and Spike; and a spotlight on Petrie and Cera.]
Both: AND S/HE WILL ALWAYS BE YOUR FRIEND
Ducky: NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE
Both: JUST AROUND THE BEND
Petrie: OR VERY VERY FAR
Both: WHEREVER YOU WILL GO
WHEN YOU’VE REACHED YOUR JOURNEY’S END
NO MATTER WHAT
S/HE STILL WILL BE YOUR FRIEND.
Ducky: Do not let one argument end your friendship with Cera.
Petrie: Think of all you and Littlefoot been through.
Ducky: A friend is more than just the last time you have speaked to them.
Both: S/HE WILL ALWAYS BE YOUR FRIEND.
Petrie: ALTHOUGH YOU FAR APART
Cera: I’LL SEE HIM IN MY DREAMS
Ducky: YOU’LL FEEL HER IN YOUR HEART.
All four: AND WE WILL BE SURPRISED
WHEN WE MEET AGAIN.
AND WHEN WE DO
[Littlefoot and Cera look at each other]
Littlefoot &Cera: WE STILL WILL BE
Petrie: HIS. .. .Ducky: HER . .. .Cera &Littlefoot: YOUR
. . FRIEND!!!
Littlefoot: You’re right! Cera is our friend, and we need to go find her and help her, come on! [Littlefoot, Ducky, and Spike exit. Lights go down on their side]
Cera: No, you’re wrong! Littlefoot made himself clear, and like dad always says, if you’re not with him, you’re against him!
Petrie: But-but me thoughtó
Cera: Be quiet!
[She marches stoically into the blackness of the other half of the stage. Petrie stops, sighs, and slowly ambles across the center of the stage. When he passes, all lights come up. The other side of the stage has been switched, and now continues the Mysterious Beyond. Cera is there. A little bit ahead of them is a small cave.]
Petrie: Ceraó
Cera: I said be quiet.
Petrie: Ceraó
Cera: I thought I told you to be quiet!
Petrie: Where are we? [Cera pauses] You know where we are, right?
Cera: Uh, yeah, sure. That way.
Petrie: You no know where we are. We doomed.
Cera: No, I know where I am! I said that way!
Petrie: That way?
Cera: Of course that way. I have been there before you know.
[Cera starts walking. A sharp rustling and crackling in the bushes. Both step back.]
Petrie: What that?
Cera: I-I don’t know. [calls out] Hello?
[More rustling, a hiss.]
Cera: Show yourself! I’m-I’m not afraid!
Petrie: Petrie afraid.
[A growl. On either side of them, a velociraptor jumps out. Both shriek, Petrie flaps up, and flies away, but Cera is double-jumped. Blackout.]
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Act 1, Scene 2
[The Great Valley. Threehorn is sitting down, thinking. Ducky’s mom comes running by]
Ducky's mom: Ducky! Spike! Where are you? [exits other side]
Petrie's mom: [passes Ducky’s mom just as she’s leaving] Petrie! Come out, Petrie! [exits other side]
Grandma: [enters] Littlefoot, where are you?
Ducky's mom: [enters, with Petrie’s mom] They were here this morning, where have they gone?
Petrie's mom: At least yours were here this morning! My Petrie has been gone all day!
Grandma: Will both of you please calm down?
Threehorn: Yes, please! Some of us are concerned with things much more important!
Grandpa: [enters. He looks even weaker than before, exhausted and sick] I’ve searched the entire valley and the nearby mountains, and I didn’t see any of them.
Ducky's mom: Oh, Ducky! [covers face in hands]
Grandma: [to Grandpa] You did what? Honey, you know this is a bad time for you to be straining yourself!
Threehorn: [perks up] What? Why?
Grandma: [cautiously] Oh no reason in particular, just…
Threehorn: What?
Petrie's mom: Excuse me! Did you all forget about our kids?
Threehorn: [angrily] I said be quiet! [to Grandma] Do continue.
Grandma: [evasively] Aren’t you nervous?
Threehorn: Oh no, I know where my Cera is. She’s fine.
Grandpa: I didn’t see her either.
Threehorn: I told you, she’s fine!
Grandpa: Mr. Threehorn, I’ve never had reason to doubt you before, but this time I think you are hiding something. All the other children are missing, and I’ve searched the entireó
Threehorn: Enough! [advances hostilely] In case you forgot, Longneck, I’m Cera’s father, so I’m the only one that needs to know or care about where she is, and I happen to know that she is currently safe and sound, and just because I’ve decided not to tell you everything I know doesn’t make it any less true! Got that?
Grandpa: Well, yes, Ió
Threehorn: And another thing! You think that just because you searched the entire valley and didn’t see her, that means she’s not there? Well let me remind you that you are frail and weak, and I don’t find it hard to believe that you might have missed something! Maybe your head is so high up that you’re missing all these things on the ground!
Grandpa: Mr. Threehornó
Threehorn: Don’t interrupt me! Now, unlike you, I’ve actually managed to keep track of my child, and I don’t want to see any more of you butting in on my private business! Cera’s been much happier now that we’ve gotten that grandson of yours out of the picture, and while I know how much you longnecks like to sit around and talk, this is one thing I don’t want to hear you mention again, you hear? And one more thingó
Ducky's mom: Mr. Threehorn! Control yourself!
[Threehorn pauses. He looks at the others, then back at Grandpa.]
Threehorn: Humph. I got my point across. [exits. Ducky’s and Petrie’s mothers respectfully follow. Once the others have left, Grandpa collapses. Grandma sits to his side.]
Grandma: Dear, is the sickness getting worse?
Grandpa: I, I think so.
Grandma: It will come to pass, sickness always does.
Grandpa: Actually, my dear, I’ve been keeping something from you.
Grandma: You’ve what?
Grandpa: This sickness, it’s not something new.
Grandma: What do you mean?
Grandpa: Do you remember that disease I caught some time ago?
Grandma: When Ali’s herd last visited? The Old One?
Grandpa: Yes. The Night Flowers that everyone thought cured me, they only work for a short time. Usually I can cover it up, but sometimes it gets worse. This would be one of those times.
Grandma: What can I do? Do you need to stay here and rest?
Grandpa: No, I’m okay. [forces himself to his feet] I’ll be fine for some time longer.
Grandma: How much longer?
Grandpa: I don’t know. Every warm and cold season, the Old One sends someone to check up on me. The next one is due soon. We’ll have to tell them that I need Night Flowers to control the disease, and soon.
Grandma: Things will be okay, don’t worry. [They rub cheeks. Blackout.]
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Act 1, Scene 3
[The Mysterious Beyond. Littlefoot, Ducky, and Spike are hiking through, looking for Cera.]
Ducky: Which way do you think she went?
Spike: (I don’t know)
Littlefoot: We’ll find her. Ducky, did Cera’s dad mention where the red tree star grove is?
Ducky: I do not think so. [Spike shakes head] No, he did not.
Petrie: [Offstage] Aaaack!
Littlefoot: Petrie?
Ducky: Petrie!
[Petrie flies onto the scene and lands next to the others]
Petrie: Oh, Ducky! Littlefoot! Me so glad to see you! [hugs Ducky]
Spike: (What about me?)
Petrie: [cont’d] Guys, it terrible! Me and Cera hiking, and we attacked, Fast Biters! It terrible!
Littlefoot: Petrie, where’s Cera?
Petrie: Me no know! Me fly away!
Ducky: Oh, Petrie…
[There’s a pause, as the group realizes the significance of this new information]
Ducky: Cera…
Petrie: Cera…
Littlefoot: …No! We don’t know for sure whether the Fast Biters got her or not! Petrie, did you actually see her get eaten?
Petrie: Me no see much of anything. Me trying to escape!
Littlefoot: Then she’s still alive, and we need to rescue her!
Petrie: Littlefoot, they Fast Biters! She outnumbered!
Littlefoot: I don’t care, she must have gotten through somehow. She had to!
Ducky: Maybe they were nice Fast Biters.
Petrie: Ducky, there no such thing as nice Fast Biter.
Ducky: Chomper is a Sharptooth, and he is nice! Right, Littlefoot? [He’s not listening. He marches off] Littlefoot?
Littlefoot: No, I don’t want to hear it. She’s alive and we are going to find her. [Marches offstage]
[The others stand there, unsure of what to do]
Petrie: [to Ducky] Trust me, these Fast Biters not like Chomper.
[Suddenly, Spike makes up his mind and marches off after Littlefoot. Ducky and Petrie hesitate, exchange a look, and follow Spike. Blackout.]
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Today we're wrapping up Act 1! You get 2.5 scenes for the price of one, since the first and third were too short to bother posting alone. Act 2 begins tomorrow!
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Act 1, Scene 4
[Scene opens up to Cera, tied up. She is near a rock wall, a large nest, and other signs that this place is some sort of hideout or lair. Cera is struggling with her bonds.]
Cera: Mmph, Eergh, Augh! [stops for a second, pants, then tries again] Mmmmmph…augh! [gives up] This isn’t working. How else could I get out? [Sees a vine dangling out of the rock wall. She reaches for it, but it’s just out of her reach. While she’s trying, the two raptors come back. Cera stops stretching for the vine, and shrinks back] Get back! [The raptors ignore her and start tidying up the lair. Cera realizes they aren’t attacking her] You’re, you’re not attacking me. What’s going on? Why haven’t you eaten me yet? [A raptor looks at her. She shrinks back] Bad question, don’t answer that. [Raptor goes back to tidying up the nest] You aren’t like any Fast Biters I’ve ever met. What are you doing? You look like you’re tidying up… [moment or realization] …for somebody else… [A third raptor enters, and dumps a large load of branches on the nest.] …somebody biggeró [she breaks off as the raptors suddenly all snap their heads up and look offstage. They start to rush offstage] Wait! Who is it you’re working for? [Raptors exit. Cera watches them go, then continues struggling with her bonds. Blackout.]
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Act 1, Scene 5
[The Mysterious Beyond, the place where Cera was ambushed. It’s a little darker than before, signifying the coming of night. Littlefoot, Petrie, Spike, and Ducky are walking through the Mysterious Beyond.]
Littlefoot: How close are we, Petrie?
[Other than Littlefoot, everyone looks scared, but none more so than Petrie]
Petrie: Y-y-yes, we close. M-me think we almost there. [Jumps for no good reason.]
Littlefoot: Petrie, calm down. Which way now?
Petrie: Th-that way, no, this way, maybe, that way! [pointing wildly]
Littlefoot: Petrie, get a grip! We won’t find Cera if you aren’t able to get a hold of yourself! Now calm down, and think. Which direction?
Petrie: [takes a deep breath] Um, me think, that way!
Littlefoot: We just came from that way.
Petrie: Oh.
Ducky: Petrie…
Littlefoot: Petrie, try and think for a moment. What do you remember happening?
Petrie: Well, um, me and Cera walk this way, like this, and we hear big hissing soundó
[There is a big hissing sound. Group gasps and huddles closer]
Ducky: Did it sound like that?
Petrie: Yes…
[The two raptors jump out, to their left.]
Petrie: It them! Those two!
[The group retreats the other way, but the third raptor appears there. When it seems like all hope was lost, a hand reaches out from the small cave and beckons]
Chomper: Come quickly! This way leads to safety!
[The four quickly dart in. The raptors charge in after them. Once the raptors’ snarls fade off into the distance, Littlefoot sticks his head out of the opening. The four, plus a young blue Tyrannosaurus Rex, tiptoe back out into the open]
Littlefoot: The coast looks clear, thanks for saving us, [he looks at who rescued them] Chomper!
Ducky and Petrie: Chomper! [The two run and hug him]
Ducky: Oh, Chomper, it is so good to see you!
Chomper: It is good to see you too. I’m glad I arrived when I did. Did those Fast Biters hurt you?
Littlefoot: They were about to. [Peers down opening] Where does this lead, anyway?
Chomper: It leads to Big Water, where the family is still living. I just came from there.
Ducky: How are your parents?
Chomper: They’re good. Food’s running a little scarce, but it’s not a problem. I’m sure it’ll fix itself in the end.
Petrie: Why you come?
Chomper: Well, to be honest, I’ve come to warn you guys.
Littlefoot: Warn us?
Ducky: About what?
Chomper: There’s a call to arms going throughout the Mysterious Beyond. Somebody is trying to form a massive group to attack the Great Valley.
Petrie: Attack the Great Valley?
Ducky: Oh no, no no no no, no.
Littlefoot: How big an army can this ësomebody’ build?
Chomper: Well, there is good news there. This particular fellow has a terrible reputation, and most Sharpteeth I’ve met have laughed it off as wishful thinking. But some of the dumber ones might listen to him, so I thought you should know.
Littlefoot: We do. Thank you so much, Chomper.
Ducky: Littlefoot, we need to get back to the Great Valley and fast, we do, we do!
Littlefoot: You’re right, bye, Chomper!
Chomper: Good-bye, good luck! [just before the others leave] Say, where’s Cera?
[Littlefoot and company stop]
Littlefoot: Cera! We can’t leave now, we have to rescue Cera!
Petrie: But what about army that attack Great Valley?
Littlefoot: We need to rescue Cera first. We’re the only ones who can!
Ducky: But we do not even know if Cera can be rescued!
Chomper: Somebody’s kidnapped Cera?
Spike: (yes)
Chomper: Do we know who?
Spike: (no)
Chomper: It might be the same dinosaur.
Littlefoot: You think?
Chomper: Maybe.
Littlefoot: How would that help us?
Chomper: I know how to get to his meeting place. He left directions for anyone who wanted to come.
[This whole time, lights had been slowly dimming. SFX: Starry sky panorama]
Littlefoot: All right, let’s go!
Chomper: Great! Follow me!
Ducky: Wait, Littlefoot! It is, uh, very dark right now.
Petrie: Ducky right! It nighttime!
Ducky: It is too dangerous to go now, it is, it is.
Littlefoot: Oh, come on, do you want to rescue Cera or not?
[Petrie, Ducky, and Spike still look frightened]
Chomper: Littlefoot, Ducky’s right. It’s a bad idea to go hiking in the dark. We should rest until daylight.
Littlefoot: Butó
[A weird sound is heard. All except Chomper start]
Littlefoot: [reluctantly] I suppose you’re right.
[The group lies down to go to sleep. It is hard because loud noises keep scaring them]
Ducky: Littlefoot, I am scared.
Littlefoot: Don’t worry, it’s just noises.
Petrie: Me scared too.
Chomper: Don’t worry, guys, if anything comes this way, I’ll smell it before it reaches us.
Littlefoot: That’s right, there’s nothing to worry about.
[Ducky and Petrie relax a little]
Ducky: [giggles] Chomper, we were once taking care of you, but now you are taking care of us!
Petrie: Me remember those days.
Chomper: Yeah, me too. I couldn’t have asked for a better group to take care of me while I was first growing up.
Littlefoot: I remember how you thought I was your dad.
Chomper: Actually, I didn’t.
Littlefoot: What?
Chomper: [quickly] Don’t worry, I liked and respected you the best, but I had always thought of you as more of a friendly uncle. My parents, I thought, were Ducky and Petrie.
Ducky & Petrie: What!?!
Chomper: Well, you were the first two I ever saw when I hatched.
Ducky: [giggles] Don’t be silly, me and Petrie could not be parents, on no no no. He is a flyer, and I am a swimmer.
Petrie: …True, we couldn’t be parents. But we still could be together.
Ducky: [laughs] Oh, no no no. [rolls over giggling. Petrie looks crestfallen]
[Another weird noise. Spike groans. Ducky stops laughing, and looks around. Music starts.]
Littlefoot: Speaking of parents, I sure wish mine were here right now.
Ducky: Me too. [yet another loud noise. She is frightened] I am still scared.
Spike: (me too) [Ducky and Spike huddle closer]
Song: “Always There”
Ducky: WHEN THE SUN WENT DOWN
AND EVERYONE WAS SLEEPING
IF I HEARD A SOUND,
LIKE THINGS AROUND ME CREEPING
SHE WOULD WRAP HER TAIL AROUND ME,
AND TELL ME, “DON’T BE SCARED,”
AND I NEVER WAS AFRAID, BECAUSE
SHE’S ALWAYS THERE
Chomper: WHEN THE WAVES WOULD CRASH
AND STORMS WOULD CROSS THE SEA
AS THE SKY-FIRE FLASHED
SHE BLOCKED THE RAIN FROM ME
SHE SCARED THE RAINSTORMS FAR AWAY
TO RETURN, THEY WOULDN’T DARE
AND EVEN IF THEY DID, WHO CARES?
SHE’S ALWAYS THERE.
All: ALWAYS THERE
SOMEONE YOU CAN COUNT ON
TO COMFORT YOU
ALWAYS THERE
Chomper: LIKE A GREEN GREEN ISLAND
All: YOU CAN COME HOME TO.
Littlefoot: I REMEMBER NOW
LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY
SHE WOULD HOLD ME CLOSE
AND THEN I’D HEAR HER SAY
“YOU KNOW I’LL NEVER LEAVE YOU
YOU CAN FIND ME ANYWHERE,
IN THE MORNING LIGHT, THE EVENING STAR,
[SFX: Comet flies across the panorama]
I’M ALWAYS THERE.
All: ALWAYS THERE
SOMEONE YOU CAN COUNT ON
TO COMFORT YOU
ALWAYS THERE
Littlefoot, Ducky, andPetrie: LIKE A GREEN GREEN VALLEY
All: YOU CAN COME HOME TO.
[Group starts falling asleep. Littlefoot looks up at the sky.]
Littlefoot: ALWAYS THERE. [Falls asleep. Blackout.]
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Act 1 closer
[Stage remains dark.]
Petrie: [singing] WHENEVER ME SCARED,
WHICH IS AN AWFUL LOTó
Littlefoot: Petrie.
Petrie: Yes?
Littlefoot: The song’s over. Go to sleep.
Petrie: But what about my part?
Littlefoot: You don’t get one.
Petrie: Butó
Chomper: What’s going on?
Littlefoot: Good night, Petrie.
[pause, then]
Petrie: Me have mom too, you knowó
All: Petrie!
Ducky: Petrie, please be quiet and go to sleep.
[pause, then]
Petrie: Okay, Ducky. [Curtain falls.]
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Act 2, Scene 1
[Curtain opens up to the lair where Cera is trapped. She is still tied up, asleep. She slowly wakes up.]
Cera: Nhnngh. [tries to get up, but can’t] Huh? Where am I? [Tugs at bonds] Oh, yeah.
[A loud boom, like a giant footstomp. Cera jumps.]
Cera: H-hello?
[More booms. Someone big is walking in. In walks, a Tyrannosaurus Rex!]
Cera: [gasps] A sharptooth!
[The sharptooth looks at her.]
Cera: [after a pause] Who-who are you?
[The sharptooth lets out a massive laugh. Cera is put off.]
Cera: What? [The sharptooth keeps laughing. Cera starts getting angry] Why are you laughing at me? Stop it!
Sharptooth: [still chuckling] Forgive me, I’m just a little amused. I thought a threehorn never forgets, eh, Cera?
Cera: A talking sharptooth? You can talk?
Sharptooth: It’s quite easy once you get the hang of it.
Cera: How do you know my name?
Sharptooth: How do I? How do you not remember mine?
Cera: Well, I’m sorry to disappoint you, but I don’t.
Sharptooth: Think back. You’ve had many adventures, probably faced many enemies. But there was only one who almost beat you. More than once, in fact.
Cera: You’re the first Sharptooth! The one who tried to stop us from reaching the Great Valley! The one who separated me from my family!
Sharptooth: There now, you see? Sometimes it helps to just sit back and thinkó
Cera: What do you want?
Sharptooth: Impatient, are we? You might as well settle down and relax; you won’t be leaving anytime soon.
Cera: How did you survive? I thought you died!
Sharptooth: So did I. But, while my mind had given up hope, my body had not. We both forgot that I am not just any sharptooth; I am the Sharptooth! The common noun came from my name! It will take more than some hatchlings and a mere boulder to defeat me! But I must say, you five came closer than anyone before to actually killing me. And I didn’t forget, oh no, even as I walked the lands with my self intact, I remembered you five. But the problem was, so did everyone else.
Cera: What do you mean?
Sharptooth: Your little story got around. Everyone seemed to know that a longneck, a threehorn, a swimmer, a flyer, and a spiketail had brought me down. I couldn’t go anywhere without hearing others, even fellow sharpteeth talking about it behind my back. I was the toughest Sharptooth of them all, and you made a mockery of me! [he rears up, then calms down again] However, one good thing that came of it was that I learned your names, I learned where you now live, and I learned that I wasn’t alone.
Cera: In what way?
Sharptooth: You five have made quite a lot of enemies from your various little adventures. With their help, I learned more about each of you, especially the facts that your leader, Littlefoot, will always attempt to rescue his friends, and that all of you have a habit of venturing into the Mysterious Beyond without telling anybody where you are going. Could you make it any easier for me? [laughs out loud]
Cera: So…are you going to eat me, or what?
Sharptooth: Oh no, it’s gone beyond mere instinct. No, you will serve as bait for the others.
Cera: That’s a great plan, except I didn’t tell them where I was going.
Sharptooth: Forgive me if I don’t believe you.
Cera: That’s the truth.
Sharptooth: Well, if that’s the case, you’ll just have to hope that the flyer who was with you keeps his mouth shut, won’t you?
Cera: Petrie…
Sharptooth: Ah, I thought so.
Cera: But even he didn’t know where I was hoping to get to! Only I know that.
Sharptooth: He doesn’t have to. All he needs to know is how to get to the spot where I captured you.
Cera: Well, it won’t work!
Sharptooth: We shall see. [Blackout]
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Act 2, Scene 2
[The Great Valley. Grandpa and the other parents, sans Threehorn, are meeting to discuss the children, or lack thereof. Grandpa is sitting down.]
Grandpa: Everyone, please calm down! The children have been gone longer than this before, and they always turn up when we need them!
Petrie's mom: But usually there’s a reason why they’ve left! Nothing has happened that requires anything from the Mysterious Beyond!
Ducky's mom: Petrie was the first one missing, maybe the others went after him.
Petrie's mom: Then what happened to Petrie?
[Silence. Nobody wants to say what they’re all thinking. Clubtail and Threehorn enter.]
Clubtail: Everybody, listen up. Mr. Threehorn has something to say.
Threehorn: Thank you, Mr. Clubtail. Can I have everyone’s attention? I’ve decided that the restoration projects are taking too much time! Starting now, at least four of the projects I’ve laid out should be running at any given time, and I’ve increased the working hours from three to five. Afternoon breaks have been discontinued temporarily, andó
Grandpa: Now hold on just a minute. [Weakly gets to his feet and walks over to Threehorn] I thought I was in charge of the restoration projects.
Threehorn: We took a vote last meeting, and decided to pass leadership of all discussed programs to me. The restoration project was one of the programs we talked about.
Grandpa: We did not!
Threehorn: We most certainly did!
Grandpa: When was this meeting?
Clubtail: Yesterday.
Grandpa: I wasn’t invited to a meeting yesterday.
Grandma: Neither was I.
Threehorn: Mr. Clubtail was in charge of alerting everybody.
Clubtail: Sorry, I must have forgotten to tell you two.
Threehorn: Nevertheless, the vote has been taken.
Grandpa: That’s outrageous! [looks at others]
Ducky's mom: I voted to keep you.
Threehorn: But hardly anyone else did.
Grandpa: But that’s not fair, we need to have a new meeting, one with everyone there, and re-vote on thisó
Threehorn: And why is that, huh? Because you think your vote is better than everybody else’s?
Grandpa: No, Ió
Threehorn: Several others didn’t make it to the meeting, [points at Petrie’s mom] and you don’t see them complaining, now, do you?
Grandpa: Please, Ió
Threehorn: I thought we made decisions as a group. You weren’t the ruler of the Great Valley, last time I checked.
Grandpa: That’s not what I meant! [he’s very weak]
Threehorn: Good, then you won’t care if we put this trivial matter behind us, and we can get on with more important issues. Come on, Clubtail. [Exits triumphantly.]
[Grandpa staggers. Grandma jumps to help him. Ducky’s and Petrie’s moms leave the two to their privacy.]
Grandpa: Oh, my.
Grandma: Dear, are you all right?
Grandpa: No, no I’m not. [sits down]
Grandma: Do I need to warn you that you were obviously backing down from Mr. Threehorn?
Grandpa: I did, didn’t I?
Grandma: You can’t appear that weak in front of him.
Grandpa: I know.
[He lies down, tired. Grandma sits down next to him.]
Grandma: Dear?
Grandpa: Yes?
Grandma: Why didn’t you tell me about this sickness before?
Grandpa: I… didn’t want you or Littlefoot to be worried.
Grandma: Well I’m worried now.
[Ali enters, timidly.]
Ali: Hello?
Grandma: Ali, my dear! Is that really you?
Ali: Yes. [steps forward] Is everything all right?
Grandma: Everything’s fine. It's so good to see you!
Ali: You too.
Grandma: What brings you here?
Ali: Well, I’m the representative from my herd. Mama was going to do it, but I convinced her to let me come instead. Sort of a ëcoming of age’ test.
Grandma: Is that all?
Ali: Well, no. [her voice becomes more apprehensive] Actually I also wanted to see Littlefoot. We didn’t leave on the best of terms last time.
Grandpa: I’m afraid that isn’t possible. Littlefoot is missing.
Ali: Oh no, that’s terrible! I should go find him!
Grandpa: Ali, listen to me. Littlefoot will be fine. Return to your herd at once and tell them that I am very sick. I can last a little longer, but the Old One must get me Night Flowers, and soon. Do you understand?
Ali: Yes.
Grandpa: Then go. I’m sorry your visit wasn’t more pleasant.
[Lights go down, leaving a spotlight on Ali.]
Ali: Goodbye, Grandpa Longneck. [to herself] Littlefoot is missing! I have to help him! [looks at Grandpa] But he needs those Night Flowers. [torn, unsure what to do. Finally,] Well, he said he could last a little longer, and Littlefoot may be in trouble now! Maybe if I rescue Littlefoot, he’ll forgive me for leaving him for that other longneck. I’m coming, Littlefoot! [Hurries offstage. Spotlight shuts off.]
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Act 2, Scene 3
[The outskirts of Sharptooth’s lair. Littlefoot, Ducky, Petrie, Spike, and Chomper are watching and waiting.]
Chomper: Well, here we are.
Littlefoot: Do you see anybody?
Chomper: Not from here.
Petrie: What we do now?
Littlefoot: I’m not sure.
Chomper: We need some way to get inside without being attacked.
Littlefoot: [suddenly] Chomper!
Chomper: What?
Littlefoot: You!
Chomper: What about me?
Littlefoot: You’re a sharptooth!
Chomper: Yeah, so?
Littlefoot: So, that call was for sharpteeth, right?
Chomper: Right…
Littlefoot: So, pretend you’re answering the call! Just walk in, and say you want to join his army!
Chomper: You’re right!
Ducky: Oh, yes yes yes! That is a good idea!
Littlefoot: We’ll hide out here, and you can come back later and tell us what you found out.
Chomper: Okay. Wish me luck!
Ducky: Good luck, Chomper!
Petrie: Bye Chomper!
Spike: (bye!)
Littlefoot: Good luck! [Chomper exits] All right, we need to find a hiding place nearby. In here.
[As the four hide in a bush, blackout.]
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Act 2, Scene 4
[Sharptooth’s lair. Cera is still tied up, but not attempting to escape. Sharptooth is cleaning up his cave and telling Cera about his adventures at the same time.]
Sharptooth: …so then, I meet these two egg stealers. Brothers. Sneaky, untrustworthy, worthless things. One of them ran in fear, but the other, obviously not the smarter of the two, was willing to talk in exchange for nothing more than some of the leaves off the tree he was standing under! Can you believe it? Anyway, he told me about you five. Seems your group outdid him and his brother as well. He pointed me in the right direction, and told me about how you followed a stolen egg right into the Mysterious Beyond! [laughs] Of course, I was used to such stories by then, but it never ceased to amaze me with how foolhardy you could be!
Cera: I know, you’ve only reminded me about a hundred times.
Sharptooth: Well, you obviously didn’t get the message, you kept on doing it! And here you are again! The point of making mistakes, dear child, is that you learn from them and not do them over. Case in point, me. Before I met you five, I probably would have brashly attempted my revenge by charging into your precious valley, where your parents would have made short work of me; they are so protective. Yet I learned my lesson, and look where it’s gotten me! However, this occasion is unlike your other little escapades, in that you didn’t take your friends with you. I’m curious as to why this time you led yourself out here all alone. Do you mind enlightening me?
Cera: Yes, I do mind. [turns her nose up] Humph!
Sharptooth: Cera, I’ve been a gracious host, but I will not hesitate to use violence to get what I want.
[He snaps his fingers. Two velociraptors enter, and advance on Cera, snarling.]
Cera: I’m not afraid, you said you can’t hurt me, you need me as bait!
Sharptooth: Yes, but do I need you in one piece? Your friends don’t know whether you’re alive or dead. They’ll come regardless of what state you’re in.
[Cera shrinks into the wall as the two raptors come nearer, but remains silent. One roars, raises its claw, and jumps. Cera screeches “Okay!” The raptors back off.]
Cera: It won’t do you any good; I don’t even understand it myself.
Sharptooth: Try me.
Cera: Daddy wanted me to find some red tree star grove, bring back as many as I can. I don’t know why, or for what.
Sharptooth: Red tree stars? Red tree stars! Dear child, don’t you know what red tree stars do to your mind?
Cera: …Not really…
Sharptooth: And that’s just as well. You’re much too young to be messing with such things. [to raptors] But her father apparently has developed a bit of a craving! Well, seeing as how he’s one of the fiercest fighters the Great Valley has, I see no reason why we shouldn’t help him out a bit! Quickly, go out and alert the others. We’re going on a little hike. [raptors exit]
[While he’s finishing his line, Chomper enters, in the direction behind Sharptooth. Cera is overjoyed to see him, but Chomper hastily signals her to act natural. She recovers just in time.]
Sharptooth: And what is this?
Chomper: Uh…my name is Chomper, sir. I’ve come to join.
Sharptooth: Excellent! We’re always looking for new recruits! What’d you say your name was, Chumpy?
Chomper: Chomper.
Sharptooth: Ah. And why do you want to enlist? Did you have a bad experience in the Great Valley?
Chomper: Well, when I was an egg, these five kids stole me from my nest. She was one of them. They held me captive for the first few days of my life, and when my parents came to rescue me those who lived there chased us out of the valley.
Sharptooth: Hmmm. There wouldn’t have been two egg stealers involved with that whole fiasco, would there?
Chomper: Uh, yeah. They were chased out too.
Sharptooth: Hmm. The egg stealer made it sound as if it were the sharpteeth who chased them out of the valley.
Chomper: Oh. Uhhh…
Sharptooth: …I knew I couldn’t rely on that egg brain. Just goes to show, you can’t trust anybody but other sharpteeth, eh?
Chomper: [strained smile] …Yeah, right!
Sharptooth: All right, you’re in. Just a few things you should know, you’ll have to start off at the bottom, and work your way up the ranks. For example, we’ve got a small delivery mission coming up, and I’ll only be taking those who have earned my trust on it. You’ll start with guard duty while I’m gone, and if you do a good job, I’ll entrust you with harder jobs. Understand?
Chomper: I do, sir.
Sharptooth: Very well. But, [looks behind him] just between the two of us, I’m more likely to trust you, since you’re a sharptooth like me. But don’t tell the Fast Biters that, okay?
Chomper: Of course, you got it.
Sharptooth: Excellent! Now go get it done! [Chomper takes one look at Cera, and leaves] Finally, a subordinate I can rely on! [exits]
Cera: Chomper’s here! That means the others can’t be far away! [as she says this, lights fade to black]
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Act 2, Scene 5
[Outside Sharptooth’s lair. Chomper sneaks onstage.]
Chomper: Cera’s alive! I need to tell the others! [Runs to center, and whispers] Littlefoot! Spike!
Littlefoot: [behind bush] Chomper?
Chomper: It’s me!
[Littlefoot, Petrie, Spike, and Ducky creep out of bush.]
Littlefoot: What is it?
Petrie: What you find out?
Chomper: It’s Cera! Sheó
[There’s a velociraptor roar, and two velociraptors enter from the same direction that Chomper did.]
Petrie: Fast Biters!
Sharptooth: Excellent! [enters from the same direction, holding tied up Cera] I must commend, you, you’re on the job less than a minute, and you already found the remaining four!
Ducky: Littlefoot! He is the first Sharptooth, he is!
Littlefoot: Chomper! Did you turn us in?
Chomper: Ió
Sharptooth: Oh no, dear child, it wasn’t my commendable young apprentice who betrayed you, it was her! [suddenly releases Cera]
Cera: What?
Littlefoot: What?
Sharptooth: You can thank your young threehorn for the situation you’re in now!
Cera: Littlefoot! He’s lying! [Runs to the other kids]
Littlefoot: [to Sharptooth] Why should I trust you?
Sharptooth: Because she freely volunteered information that I hazard to guess she kept hidden from you! For example, the fact that her mission was to collect red tree stars from the red tree star grove for her father?
Littlefoot: You told him all that?
Cera: No! Well, yes, butó
Sharptooth: She told me that, and much more as well! Face it, little one, your race is run! I have the upper hand! [his velociraptors edge in closer]
Littlefoot: Run!
Sharptooth: [to a raptor] Get him!
[As raptor rears up and charges, Littlefoot grabs a vine from a tree and throws the end to Cera. She holds it taut, and the charging raptor is clotheslined. Spike runs forward, and skirts around the second raptor, who jumps him, but misses. Ducky screams and runs forward in fright, around both raptors.]
Cera: Ducky!
Petrie: Ducky!
[Sharptooth advances on Ducky, but Petrie flies at him and distracts him, giving Cera time to advance. Petrie lands near the center of the stage, with Littlefoot and vine to one side, Sharptooth to the other. Sharptooth and the second raptor herd Spike and Cera to where Petrie is. The three of them make a run for Littlefoot. Sharptooth and the second raptor chase them.]
Littlefoot: Grab the vine, Ducky!
[Ducky reaches for the vine, but Sharptooth snarls, and she squeals in fright and jumps back. As a result, the carnivores are not tripped, and the kids are still in danger. The first raptor wakes up. Sharptooth directs an order to him.]
Sharptooth: Get the swimmer!
Petrie: No, Ducky!
Spike: (Ducky!)
[The two charge past Sharptooth, Chomper, and the second raptor to protect Ducky. All sharpteeth converge on them.]
Littlefoot: Petrie! Ducky! Spike!
Cera: It's too late, run! [She whirls him around, and the two exit stage right. One raptor looks that way]
Sharptooth: Forget them, we have these three! [The first raptor grabs Ducky, the second grabs Petrie, and Chomper grabs Spike.] Well, well, this day has worked out better than I thought! We’ve increased our captive count triply! Quickly now, take the children, tie them up, and place them where our last guest had been.
[The raptors their two captives away. Chomper almost follows with Spike, but stops.]
Chomper: Sir?
Sharptooth: Yes?
Chomper: Did Ceraó did the Threehorn really betray her friends? Did she really tell you all that?
Sharptooth: Why yes, but only after I threatened her with three Fast Biters. [laughs] No, that was just a white lie, to crush Littlefoot’s morale a little. However, Chomper, there’s something else I want to talk to you about.
Chomper: What’s that, sir?
Sharptooth: I am very proud of how easily and quickly you sniffed out the intruders. Well done! I need more helpers like you.
Chomper: Thank you, sir.
Sharptooth: And, because of your incredible effort and skill, I’m promoting you right now!
Chomper: Really?
Sharptooth: Yes. I have a little red tree star delivery to complete with my trustworthy Fast Biters, and the remainder shall stay back and guard the prisoners.
Chomper: Okay.
Sharptooth: I’m going to put you in charge while I’m gone.
Chomper: Really? Me, sir?
Sharptooth: Yes, you! Iëm proud of you, you’re doing well. Now, [points at Spike, who had been listening intently] let us get this ragamuffin tied up, and stick to the original plan. [All exit. Blackout]
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End of Act 2, and our second song! (Sorry there aren't many, I'm a writer not a lyricist)
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Act 2, Scene 6
[Scene opens to Ali hiking through the Mysterious Beyond.]
Ali: Littlefoot? Littlefoot!
[Littlefoot and Cera come smashing through the trees and crash into her. Ali gets to her feet. She sees who she ran into.]
Ali: Littlefoot!
[Littlefoot doesn’t even see her. He rounds on Cera, who’s getting to her feet.]
Littlefoot: What game are you trying to play, anyway?
Cera: What are you talking about?
Littlefoot: What sort of deal did you pull with Sharptooth?
Cera: Nothing, I swear!
Littlefoot: Then why’d you tell him everything? You wouldn’t even tell us!
Cera: He was going to eat me! I didn’t want to!
Littlefoot: I thought threehorns were the bravest of them all!
Cera: IóIóButó[no answer. She starts to get defensive] At least I held my own! I made it longer than any of you longnecks would have!
Littlefoot: I don’t want to hear another word from you. [turns away]
Cera: Oooh… you make me so mad!
Littlefoot: Go away!
Cera: Eergh! [stomps to the other side of the stage. Ali approaches Littlefoot tentatively]
Ali: …Littlefoot?
Littlefoot: [sees her for the first time] Oh. It’s you.
Ali: Littlefoot, Ió
Littlefoot: [doesn’t even turn to face her] Look, I don’t want to hear anything you have to say right now. I don’t care what’s gone on between us, but my friends are in trouble, and are you planning on helping us?
Ali: Ióyes! Yes I will!
Littlefoot: Great. Now, I need some time to think up a plan to rescue them, so if you’ll please leave me alone for now, okay?
Ali: Ióokay.
[Littlefoot says nothing. Ali walks over to Cera, sitting on the other side of the stage.]
Ali: Cera, what’s happened?
Cera: I don’t want to talk about it. [long pause]
Ali: Who’s Sharptooth?
Cera: A long time ago, when we were just hatchlings, we lived in the Mysterious Beyond, like you. But we had heard of the Great Valley, and were trying to get there. None of us knew each other; we were with our own herds. But Sharptooth showed up, and separated the five of us from our families. We banded together, and tried to make it on our own, but he kept following us. Finally, we set a trap for him, with Ducky as bait, and used a boulder to knock him into deep water, where he couldn’t swim, and we thought he drowned. But I guess he didn’t.
Ali: But you said that was a long time ago. What happened just now?
Cera: I said I don’t want to talk about it.
Ali: Oh, I see. [Sadly sits off to one side. Cera notices, and kindly shifts her spot to sit next to her. Lights cut to two spotlights, one on Cera and Ali, and one on Littlefoot]
Cera: It's not you, it’s just that, [looks at Littlefoot] I didn’t expect this to happen with Littlefoot, and I just want to be his friend again, but things spun out control.
Song: “Things Change”
Cera: JUST WHEN YOUR LIFE IS PERFECT
EVERYTHING’S LOOKING BRIGHT
YOU’RE WITH YOUR FRIENDS ëTILL DAYLIGHT ENDS
AND SAFE IN YOUR NEST AT NIGHT
THEN YOU GET THIS FUNNY FEELING
THAT SOMETHING IS JUST NOT RIGHT
AND ALL AT ONCE THINGS CHANGE.
ALL AT ONCE THINGS CHANGE.
I USED TO BE HIS BEST FRIEND
UNTIL MY DAD INTERVENED
THOUGH I ONCE THOUGHT HE LIKED ME
THINGS ARE NOW NOT LIKE THEY SEEMED.
I THOUGHT OUR FRIENDSHIP WAS STRONGER
AND IT ISN’T FAIR TO ME
WHEN ALL AT ONCE THINGS CHANGE.
Ali: FRIENDSHIPS DO LAST
FIGHTS COME TO PASS
BONDS BLOSSOM ANEW.
YOU WANT THINGS TO RETURN LIKE THEY WERE
BUT YOU WIND UP CHANGING TOO.
MAYBE THIS SMALL DISAGREEMENT
WAS NOT QUITE SO BAD AT ALL.
LOOK HIM STRAIGHT IN THE EYES
APOLOGIZE
PROMISE TO HELP ONCE AND FOR ALL.
MAYBE THINGS WILL BE BETTER
THAN YOU EVER THOUGHT THEY COULD.
Cera: AND MAYBE WHEN THINGS CHANGE
Ali:.............................................................…THINGS CHANGE…
Cera: OH, MAYBE WHEN THINGS CHANGE,
Both: THEY WILL CHANGE INTO SOMETHING GOOD.
[Spotlights go out. Curtain.]
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Act 3, Scene 1
[Curtain opens on Sharptooth’s lair. Ducky, Petrie, and Spike are tied up in Sharptooth’s lair. Ducky is sad and scared.]
Ducky: I do not like it here, I do not.
Spike: (me neither)
Petrie: No be sad, Ducky. We’ll be all right.
Ducky: I hope so.
Petrie: …Ducky? If-if we no get out of this, there something me want to tell you…
[Spike perks up, and looks over, but Ducky interrupts Petrie]
Ducky: Do not say such things, no no no. We will get out. [Petrie and Spike both slump. She doesn’t notice] Oh, this is all my fault!
Spike: (huh?)
Petrie: It not your all your fault! How it your fault?
Ducky: When Littlefoot told me to grab that vine, I was going to, but I got scared and did not. Then Sharptooth was able to run through, and then the three of us were captured! Why am I not braver?
Petrie: But you brave, Ducky! You go on lots of adventures, and you done brave things!
Ducky: Like what?
Petrie: Like first time we meet Sharptooth! You bait!
Ducky: There is nothing brave about being bait. I ran away as fast as I could, and the others had to rescue me! You rescued me!
Petrie: Well, yeah…
Ducky: Usually I am the one being rescued, the one running in fright, or the one tripping in a hole or falling off a ledge! I have always just slowed everyone down, I have, I have.
Petrie: Ducky…you may think you not brave, [music starts] but me sure you have you own kind of bravery, deep inside.
Ducky: [pause, as if he’s made her feel better, then music stops, right before crescendo. Ducky looks at him sarcastically] Oh, thank you, I feel so much better now.
[She turns away. Petrie sighs, dejected. Spike tries to tell him, “nice try.” Sudden loud footsteps, as Sharptooth enters without a warning.]
Sharptooth: [to Petrie] What’s the matter, my little flapping friend? Feeling a little down?
Petrie: [scared out of his wits] Ah, y-y-yes, n-no, yesó
Sharptooth: Elegant, as always. Yet your actions spoke louder than your words. Very foolish of you, attempting to rescue the swimmer back there. Haven’t you learned that Littlefoot is the only one allowed to rescue his friends? You wouldn’t want to damage his hero-complex. Besides, your actions fared little better than the first time we met. And speaking of first times, [turns to Spike] I’m intimately familiar with these two, but I’m afraid I’ve never met you face to face. Were you there, at that lake, so long ago? Ah yes, you were the one that helped Littlefoot push the boulder. Very noble of the two of you, sitting safely at the top of a large cliff while your smaller companions were forced to deal with me head on. Shame on you. I hear the young swimmer even adopted you when you had no family. Is that how you repay her? [Spike doesn’t answer, merely stares back at him] Don’t feel like justifying your cowardice, eh? As you wish, you don’t look intelligent enough to carry on a conversation anyway. [turns to Ducky] But I know you won’t give me the silent treatment, oh no, you were ever so loud during our first interaction, screaming for help, gasping for breath in the lake, calling your friends’ names as they watched you flounder in the stormy water, abandoning you as a necessary sacrifice to ensure my demise…
Petrie: That not true! Littlefoot care for her life! Me care! Me try to save her!
Sharptooth: We’ve already discussed your brainless lack of respect for your own life. And you shouldn’t put so much faith in Littlefoot. Remember, even now he waits, leaving you in danger rather than risk his own life. Remember also that he didn’t attempt to rescue dearest Ducky when she foolishly strayed from safety, jeopardizing all of your lives, and getting you, her, and her rock-headed brother captured!
[Ducky lets out a small peep. Petrie comes to her defense.]
Petrie: You stop! She no need to hear from you! Shut up!
[Sharptooth freezes, then ominously turns to face Petrie, who quickly loses his courage.]
Sharptooth: Did you just tell me to shut up? Do you think you have the power, or the character, to tell me what to do? You are laboring under a serious misapprehension! [Advances closer] A misapprehension that I can’t let go unpunished. [Grabs the vines tying up Petrie, and harshly tightens them. Petrie squawks] Do you feel brave now, flyboy? You want to tell me to shut up again? Do you suffer from the same delusions as your leader? [Finishes tightening, and steps back] You spineless fool. I don’t know where you even found the courage to defy me once. Except, [moment of realization] every act of heroism from you that I’ve ever seen has involved protecting your swimmer friend. Could it be that you wish she were more than your friend? [Petrie blanches. Spike breaks his poker face for the first time. Ducky looks confused]
Ducky: Petrie, what is he talking about?
Petrie: Nothing! Ignore him! He lying!
Sharptooth: Am I? When I haven’t said anything yet? Why, Petrie, what did you think I was about to say? Was it anything, embarrassing? Or secret?
Petrie: Stop! No tell! Me was going to tell on my time! When me ready!
Sharptooth: Have your experiences taught you nothing? You’re making the same mistakes as Littlefoot! Stuck with your head in both the past and the future, dreaming of what could be, never acting on it! You will never find the courage to tell her!
Ducky: Tell me what? [She looks around, then at Spike, and realizes that even he knows what they’re talking about] What is it everyone knows that I do not?
Sharptooth: My oh my, this is intriguing. However, enjoyable as this is, I have a small matter to attend to, but never fear, I’ll be back soon, and we can continue this enlightening discussion! [exits, and calls from offstage] Enjoy your secret while you can, Petrie!
Petrie: Oh…
Ducky: Petrie, what was he talking about? [Petrie can’t speak. She turns to Spike] Spike? [Spike turns away. Ducky gets frustrated] Petrie, tell me!
Petrie: Well, eh, me, me no think me tell like this, but, me guess, me uh, you see…
Ducky: Petrie! Tell me now!
Petrie: óMe love you!
[There is a long and awkward silence]
Ducky: You-you do?
Petrie: For very long time.
Ducky: And you would not tell me?
Petrie: Me afraid. Me not very brave, you know…
Ducky: But Petrie, you are a flyer, and Ió
Petrie: That no matter! We still friends! Me know you better than any flyer, even me brothers and sisters!
Ducky: But, it isóthat is just not how it is done.
Petrie: It no matter! It is not common to make friends with Sharptooth like Chomper! It not common to have brother that is Spiketail! Why this any different?
Ducky: I do not know. I will think about it, I guess. [still looking at Petrie very oddly, she turns and sits facing away from the others. Spike turns to counsel Petrie.]
Petrie: Oh, Spike, that go horrible! Me wasn’t planning to tell Ducky like this! Why Sharptooth have to ruin everything?
Spike: (I don’t know)
Petrie: Now Ducky think me some kind of sicko. She probably no even want me as friend!
Spike: (no, of course not!)
Petrie: No?
Spike: (no, just give it time)
Petrie: Just give it time, yes. [sighs] Though if Littlefoot no get here soon, me think we no have much time left. [Blackout]
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Act 3, Scene 2
[The Mysterious Beyond. Littlefoot and Cera are sitting, far away from each other. Littlefoot is thinking, and Cera is trying got look nonchalant, occasionally glancing at Littlefoot. Ali returns, from the direction of Sharptooth’s lair.]
Ali: Hey guys. [After each sentence, she pauses, hoping for a response] Well, I’m back. They don’t seem to be looking for us, I didn’t see any sharpteeth scouting around. Actually, I didn’t see any sharpteeth at all. That’s good right? Right? Littlefoot…
Littlefoot: Ali, shut up. I’m trying to come up with a way to rescue my friends.
Ali: [she sighs and walks over to Cera] He doesn’t forgive easily, does he?
Cera: Well he shouldn’t forgive you, you walked out on him.
Ali: Well I tried to apologize! [sits down next to Cera] I regret it now.
Cera: [sees she’s upset] I’m sorry, I’m just not in a good mood right now. It just doesn’t seem like there’s anything I can do to make Littlefoot like me again!
Ali: What did you do to get in the same situation as me?
Cera: I was going into the Mysterious Beyond alone, and wouldn’t tell him why or where.
Ali: Where were you going?
Cera: Some red tree star grove. I was going to bring some back since my dad needed them.
Ali: Red tree stars? But theyó
Cera: Yes, I know, mess with your mind. But dad needed them for something.
Ali: What did Sharptooth think?
Cera: He loved the idea of Daddy getting red tree stars.
Ali: Yeah, I bet. Hmmm…
Cera: What?
Ali: Well, if Sharptooth wants to give your father red tree stars, he’ll have to send some of his Fast Biters out to drop them off.
Cera: Not just his Fast Biters, he told Chomper that he was planning on going too.
Ali: Then that means…
Cera: That while he’s gone, we have a better chance of rescuing the others!
Ali: But not by much. What do we have this time that we didn’t have last time?
Cera: You!
Ali: So? I’m not as useful as having Petrie, Ducky, and Spike.
Cera: But you have something they don’t, you look almost exactly like Littlefoot! We could use you as a decoy.
Ali: Yeah, I see what you’re saying!
Cera: We better go fast if we want to rescue them before Sharptooth returns!
[They run over to Littlefoot]
Both: Littlefoot, Littlefoot!
[He’s a bit startled by their enthusiasm]
Littlefoot: What?
Cera: We came up with a plan to rescue the others!
Littlefoot: Oh, what is it?
Ali: Well, we’ll use me as a distraction to draw the Fast Biters out, and then when they take the bait, you and Cera will jump them!
Littlefoot: But we don’t know how many there are.
Cera: I only saw five coming and going.
Ali: And there’s three of us! Once we free the others, we’ll outnumber them!
Littlefoot: All right, whatever. Let’s go. [trudges offstage]
[Ali and Cera exchange a glance, sigh, and follow him. Blackout.]
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Another well made chapter. It was very well written and enjoyable to read.
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You certainly got me hooked on this story; each time you post a chapter, I read it once I get the chance.
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Thanks guys! It's great getting positive feedback on my first LBT fanfiction. This next scene is pretty short so I threw the next one in as well ;D
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Act 3, Scene 3
[In the Great Valley, Mr. Threehorn and Clubtail are standing at the spot where the caved-in wall was discovered.]
Clubtail: Have you seen Grandpa Longneck recently? He tries to hide it, but he looks terrible. I wonder what happened to him.
Threehorn: Who cares? It’s perfect! Naturally, I’ve had to do everything he normally does. Everybody’s listening to me and only me!
Clubtail: Well, not all of them. Mr. Thicknose seems to be trying to get his old job back by stirring unrest, and Ducky’s mother keeps asking “What would Grandpa Longneck do?”
Threehorn: Well, as soon as Cera gets back with those red tree stars, we won’t have to worry about them or anyone else.
Clubtail: …If we can get everyone to eat them. What if some of the smarter ones, or those who have traveled around, already know about the tree star’s special qualities? Mr. Thicknose is supposed to know that sort of thing.
Threehorn: That old fool? He didn’t even know what frozen sky water was! He’s not as smart as he claims to be. Besides, he’s he got no self-esteem, if everyone else is doing it, he’ll fall in line. Just as soon as those red tree stars show up. Is that all? How are we doing on finding food for the two of us?
Clubtail: That just got solved. The young guard watching this hole in the Great Wall, name was Hyp, he found a small unharmed grove of trees that we’d missed on our first search. It’s just over that way, through a small cave and in a hidden canyon. I managed to convince him that there was enough food without it, and he went back to guarding. The grove should have enough food for us until the rest of the valley starts growing back…
Threehorn: And by then we’ll have complete control, and not need the red tree stars anymore! Excellent work. Everything’s falling into place, except Cera…
Clubtail: [looks offstage] Look!
Threehorn: She did it! [Both run offstage, and return with armfuls of red tree stars] I knew I could count on her!
Clubtail: Where is Cera anyway?
Threehorn: Maybe she went back for more.
Clubtail: I guess…
Threehorn: Mr. Clubtail, quickly, order a general meeting. Make sure Mr. Thicknose and Ducky’s mother attend. We’ll be having a celebration to celebrate our progress, with red tree stars for everyone! [They exit. Blackout.]
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Act 3, Scene 4
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[The Great Valley. It’s later than before, almost afternoon. Grandpa is lying weakly on the floor, he can’t even get up. Grandpa is sitting next to him. Grandpa tries to sit up, groaning. Grandma gently forces him to sit back down.]
Grandma: Now now, dear. Don’t strain yourself. [to herself] I hope Ali arrives with those Night Flowers soon.
[Ducky’s mom enters, loopy and definitely not herself. She’s carrying a red tree star in each hand.]
Ducky's mom: Hiya, Granny, want some?
Grandma: Goodness, whatever happened to you?
Ducky's mom: You know what’s happened to me? Change. Change has happened to me. I tell ya, now that Mr. Threehorn is in charge, change is so much better. It’s not the same. You could almost say that change…changed!
[During this scene, and all upcoming scenes, Ducky’s mom and anyone else tripped out on red tree stars sways slowly from side to side while standing still]
Grandma: Did you hit your head?
Ducky's mom: Yes, gladly I did.
Grandma: Oh dear. On what?
Ducky's mom: On the sweet bubble tree of success and prosperity!
Grandma: You must have hit it rather hard.
Ducky's mom: It was a figure of speech! But, I did enjoy sweet bubbles, courtesy of Mr. Threehorn. We all did. It was a feast.
Grandma: Is that where everyone’s been all day? I was getting curious.
Ducky's mom: A feast of sweet bubbles! O heavenly sweet bubbles!
Grandma: I do hope you didn’t eat too many, they make you hungry, and food supply is scarce.
Ducky's mom: Our hunger was quenched by these! [Holds up red tree stars] A symbol of a new era of happiness and prosperity, and Mr. Threehorn will lead us into it!
Grandma: I’d be careful if I were you. It’s unwise to put so much faith in a single individual.
Ducky's mom: Well, I’m sorry I put so much in your husband then. [to Grandpa] Aw… are we feeling a little down? Here, this will cheer you up.
[She drops red tree star in front of his nose. He sniffs it, and is startled. He suddenly tries to get up, but fails.]
Grandpa: [very weakly] Grandma?
Grandma: Dear?
Grandpa: Where did you get this?
Grandma: Mr. Threehorn is passing them out. They’re a symbol of the new hope and prosperity that he’s apparently creating.
Grandpa: Well, whatever you do, don’t eat it! Do you hear me! Don’tó
Threehorn: [enters] What’s going on over here? Grandpa, you aren’t looking well, can I get you something?
Grandpa: Mr. Threehorn, you must stop passing out red tree stars! Theyó
Threehorn: [quickly cuts him off] Oh, don’t worry, red tree stars are fine! Nothing’s wrong with them!
Grandpa: You don’t understand, they cause the one who eats them to becomeó
Threehorn: Grandpa, you’re tired. You need some rest. Go back to sleep.
Grandpa: No, you must hear me, the tree starsó
Threehorn: Good night now! [to Ducky’s mom] Come with me, I have a job for you.
Grandpa: If you feed everyone red tree stars, everything will fall apart! You can’t do this!
Threehorn: What’re you talking about, everything is running fine! [to Ducky’s mom] Right?
Ducky's mom: Right!
Threehorn: [calls offstage] Ain’t that right, Mr. Thicknose?
Thicknose: [offstage] Right!
Threehorn: So you see? Everyone agrees. Nothing to worry about.
Grandpa: The tree stars are going toóó
Threehorn: Good-bye! [Pulls Ducky’s mom offstage with him. Grandpa tries to get to his feet again, but doesn’t succeed. Grandma attempts to push him back down]
Grandma: Don’t strain yourself.
Grandpa: Those tree stars, they’re going…going…to…ohhhh……[he loses what strength he had left and collapses]
Grandma: Shhh… calm down, get some sleep, you need your rest. [Blackout]
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Another awesome chapter looking forward to the next one.
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Act 3, Scene 5
[Sharptooth’s lair, in the late afternoon. Ducky, Petrie, and Spike are tied up, and three raptors are guarding them, along with Chomper. One is further away from the others. He spies a longneck from behind a nearby tree into a bush. He sneaks closer. Ali sticks her head out, sees him, and shrieks. She pulls her head in, and what appears to be Ali darts from the bush back past the tree. The raptor rushes to chase, but when he passes the bush, Ali sideswipes him, and he smashes into the tree. Ali had never moved; it was Littlefoot that had run away, and he now returns with Cera. A raptor charges them, and they retreat back, until all three have passed Ali’s bush. She then jumps out and runs to the prisoners. She frees Ducky and Spike, but is having problems with Petrie.]
Petrie: Quickly, quickly!
Ali: Sorry, yours are tighter for some reason!
[Before she could finish, Chomper and the third raptor converge and trap her.]
Cera: Ali, help!
Ali: I can’t, I’m trapped!
Littlefoot: Ducky! Help!
Ducky: I don’t know what to do!
Littlefoot: Do something! [dodges raptor] Anything!
Ducky: Like what? [She’s very stressed and not handling the pressure well]
Ali: Littlefoot! [She’s backed up as far as she can go] This wasn’t part of the plan!
Cera: Ducky, come on! Do something already!
Ducky: Like what? What should I do, oh, what should I do!
Spike: You could pull that vine.
[He points at the vine hanging out of the wall. The battle stops, and everyone looks at Spike, who sighs, walks over, and pulls the vine. It dislodges the above boulder, which Spike bowls at the raptor attacking Littlefoot and Cera. He falls, but Littlefoot is cut off from Cera, and the last raptor converges on him. Just in time, Ali darts in between them, and draws the raptor towards her. The raptor and Chomper close in, but suddenly Chomper elbows his partner right in the face, and knocks him out.]
Chomper: Now go! Run away!
[The six, including Petrie, who had been freed by Spike, hightail it out of there, just as Chomper hears loud foot stomps returning. He falls over, playing dead.]
Sharptooth: [enters with two returning raptors] What’s going on in here? [sees the destruction] My bait! What happened to my bait! [roars in anger. Chomper and the three raptors slowly get up] Oh, well, it is a minor setback. Those brats are probably headed for the Great Valley, where we’ll get them along with the rest of the inhabitants!
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Great well written chapter I enjoyed it a lot.
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And now we conclude Act 3! One more Act (and song) to go! Apparently songs close out acts now, that wasn't the goal but it keeps happening and I'm p. sure it's happening in act 4 too
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Act 3, Scene 6
[The Mysterious Beyond, nightfall. The six kids all run onstage, tired and out of breath. They fall to the ground. Cera perks up.]
Cera: We did it, it worked! We freed everybody!
All (except Spike and Ducky): Hooray!
Littlefoot: And Spike, did I hear you say something back there?
Petrie: Yeah Spike, you talk!
Spike: (uh huh)
Littlefoot: …you don’t want to keep doing it?
Spike: (no)
Cera: [laughs] Whatever, it’s his choice, right?
[She stops smiling when Littlefoot just looks at her, says nothing, and then walks with Ali to the side of the stage. Dumbstruck that he still hasn’t forgiven her, she looks at the others, who don’t meet her eyes.]
Cera: Does everyone else hate me too?
[She turns and walks to the other side of the stage. Spike crosses to comfort her. Ducky and Petrie are left center stage. Spotlight shortens to show just them. Petrie can see that Ducky is still upset.]
Petrie: What matter, Ducky?
Ducky: Oh, Petrie, once again, I could have saved the day and I did not. It is a good thing that Spike was there, because I was not smart or brave enough to pull the vine myself.
Petrie: Ducky…[holds her hand in his] me been thinking. Maybe it true. Maybe you not brave like Cera or Littlefoot. But not everybody need to be brave. [Music in background[/b]: “If We Hold On Together”] And the reason you special not because you brave, it because you nice, and thoughtful.
Ducky: I-I am?
Petrie: Yes. You help solve problems when others are split, you treat everybody like they most important thing in Great Valley. And, you believe in each and every one you meet. You help make brave people like Littlefoot find the courage to show their bravery, you let alone and friendless child like Spike join with your family, without any thought of yourself. And that make you more important than a hundred brave Littlefoots, or a thousand strong Ceras. Not because of your courage. Because of your heart.
Ducky: Do-do you mean it?
Petrie: Yes, me do!
Ducky: [throws her arms around him] Oh, Petrie!
[Spotlight moves off of them and onto Littlefoot and Ali, who are watching from the far side of the stage.]
Ali: Ahh…innocent love.
Littlefoot: Yeah.
Ali: If only we could go back to that.
[Littlefoot looks at her.]
Ali: Littlefoot, I know you’re thinking about last time, ó
Littlefoot: No, I’m not. [pause] Look, I know it would be impossible to regain what we’d lost…
Ali: [Still watching Ducky and Petrie] Yeah.
Littlefoot: But I’d be willing to try. [Ali suddenly turns to look at him] We’ve both made mistakes. And you saved my life back there.
Ali: [music starts] Littlefoot, together, good friends can accomplish anything.
Song: “If We Hold On Together”
Ali: DON'T LOSE YOUR WAY
WITH EACH PASSING DAY
YOU'VE COME SO FAR
DON'T THROW IT AWAY
LIVE BELIEVING
DREAMS ARE FOR WEAVING
WONDERS ARE WAITING TO START
Littlefoot: LIVE YOUR STORY
FAITH, HOPE & GLORY
HOLD TO THE TRUTH IN YOUR HEART
Both: IF WE HOLD ON TOGETHER
I KNOW OUR DREAMS WILL NEVER DIE
DREAMS SEE US THROUGH TO FOREVER
WHERE CLOUDS ROLL BY
Littlefoot: FOR YOU AND I
[Switch spotlight over to Ducky and Petrie]
Ducky: SOULS IN THE WIND
MUST LEARN HOW TO BEND
SEEK OUT A STAR
HOLD ON TO THE END
VALLEY, MOUNTAIN
THERE IS A FOUNTAIN
WASHES OUR TEARS ALL AWAY
Petrie: WORDS ARE SWAYING
SOMEONE IS PRAYING
PLEASE LET US COME HOME TO STAY
Both: IF WE HOLD ON TOGETHER
I KNOW OUR DREAMS WILL NEVER DIE
DREAMS SEE US THROUGH TO FOREVER
WHERE CLOUDS ROLL BY
Petrie: FOR YOU AND I
[Another spotlight turns on over Ali and Littlefoot.]
Ali & Ducky:
WHEN WE ARE OUT THERE IN THE DARK
WE'LL DREAM ABOUT THE SUN
IN THE DARK WE'LL FEEL THE LIGHT
WARM OUR HEARTS, EVERYONE
[Both groups draw closer, and the spotlights merge]
Ducky: IF WE HOLD ON TOGETHER
I [Ali chimes in] KNOW OUR DREAMS WILL NEVER DIE
[Littlefoot chimes in] DREAMS SEE US THROUGH [Petrie chimes in] TO FOREVER
AS HIGH AS SOULS CAN FLY
THE CLOUDS ROLL BY
FOR YOU AND I
[Spotlight fades out as Ducky and Petrie fall asleep in each others’ arms, Littlefoot and Ali just beside each other.]
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Act 3, Scene 6?
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[Still dark]
Cera: [sarcastically] Look at them. Are we supposed to get together too, or what?
Spike: (no way) [curtain]
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Act 4, Scene 1
[Scene opens on the six kids. It’s now morning, everyone is in the exact same positions they fell asleep in. Littlefoot rolls over, and gets up. Ali opens her eyes and looks over.]
Ali: You’re getting up early. [sits up herself] Get a good rest?
Littlefoot: Yeah, I slept all night. It was nice, I hadn’t slept very well the last two nights.
Ali: Me neither. I was so nervous to come to the Great Valley, I think I made it seem bigger than it actually was. Of course, I had to leave early, before he woke up.
Littlefoot: Ali? Tell me something. What did you ever see in that other longneck that I didn’t have? All I remember is him telling these outrageous stories about himself and claiming they were true.
Ali: He does do that.
Littlefoot: And you believed him!
Ali: Well, it wasn’t that so much as…I didn’t want to call him on it. [Littlefoot looks at her skeptically] It’s true! I just felt sorry for him. He didn’t have any parents, he was short for his age, and nobody liked him.
Littlefoot: Can’t imagine why.
Ali: Oh, he’s not that bad, if you get to know him. He’s just lonely. At least you have your grandparents… your grandpa!
[Everybody is woken up. Ali jumps to her feet.]
Littlefoot: What? What happened?
Ali: Oh no, I was supposed to return and tell the herd to get Night Flowers, and I didn’t, and now…ohhh! It was my responsibility, and I’ve messed everything up!
Littlefoot: Ali, what’s wrong with my grandpa? Tell me!
Ali: I’ll never reach the herd in time, I’ll need to get them myself! It’s early, they might still be in bloom. Littlefoot, I need to go. This is all my fault! [runs off]
Littlefoot: Ali, wait! [she’s gone. He looks at the others] We need to get back to the Great Valley now!
Cera: Let’s go! [All exit other side of stage. Blackout]
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I sure hope Ali is able to get the Night Flowers on time. Another enjoyable chapter; I can't wait for the next one.
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Act 4, Scene 2
[The Great Valley. Ducky’s mom, Petrie’s mom, and Mr. Clubtail are huddled around Mr. Threehorn.]
Petrie's mom: Where’s all the food? I’m starving!
Ducky's mom: We haven’t anything to eat, except your red tree stars!
Threehorn: Ladies, please, calm down! The food will return, the trees will grow back! We’ve seen it before!
Petrie's mom: Why didn’t we eat what food we had before the red tree stars? All the green food on the fallen trees rotted before we wanted to eat it!
Ducky's mom: I thought you were going to bring us an era of happiness and prosperity!
Threehorn: I will, now calm down, things are under control! [as he is saying this, loud foot stomps are heard]
Sharptooth: Oh no, they’re not. [enters, with five velociraptors and Chomper. All adults except Mr. Threehorn run in fright]
Adults: Sharpteeth! Run! etc. [exit]
Threehorn: How did you get in without me knowing? Who are you?
Sharptooth: We’ve never met? Hmmm, pity. I knew your daughter so well.
Threehorn: My daughter? What have you done with Cera?
Sharptooth: Mind your own business.
Threehorn: If you’ve done anything to her, I swear I’lló
Sharptooth: Silence! Speaking of which, the only reason I haven’t done anything to you is that you’re still of use to me. Now get back to your troops! Don’t you want to put up a fight?
Threehorn: Of course I do! I’ll gather everyone up and chase you out of my valley!
Sharptooth: Then go do it!
Threehorn: Fine, I will! You asked for it! [exits in a rage]
Sharptooth: [laughs] That fool.
Chomper: Sir?
Sharptooth: Yes?
Chomper: Why did you let him go?
Sharptooth: Have you ever heard the saying “A herd of yellow bellies led by a sharptooth will always defeat a herd of sharptooth led by a yellow belly?” Well, no reason to remove their yellow belly just yet. [looks in the direction that Threehorn ran] Hmm, we’d better give him some time to come up with a plan. Not too much time, or the plan might actually be well thought out. Armies are always easier to defeat when they’re trying to follow somebody else’s badly designed strategy. [uses a stick and makes a sundial out of it] When the shadow reaches here, we’ll set out. [Lights start to fade out] Their time will be up. [Lights are completely faded out]
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Act 4, Scene 3
[The adults are huddled in a different part of the Great Valley. Threehorn comes rushing onstage. The adults run to him.]
Adults: Is the Sharptooth gone? What do we do? etc.
Threehorn: Quiet! I’ll tell you what we’re going to do, we’re going to stand and fight! Now we’ve faced Sharpteeth before, and just because this one has a couple of Fast Biters with him doesn’t make him any different! We’re not going to let that Sharptooth just march in here and take our valley which has been rightfully ours for so long! We’re going to fight back, and let’s get rid of that son of a slime-swimmer!
Clubtail: Yeah! Follow Threehorn!
[The other adults rally around Threehorn, but as they march forward, Littlefoot yells from offstage.]
Littlefoot: Wait! [he and other four kids run on stage]
Threehorn: Littlefoot? Cera?
Ducky: Mama!
Ducky's mom: Oh, hello dear. Red tree star? [offers Ducky one]
Ducky: …Hello?
Spike: (that’s it?)
Petrie: Me wish they act like this every time we run off.
Littlefoot: Mr. Threehorn, you can’t just send everyone charging in, you need to plan it out!
Threehorn: [aside] Ugh, not another bossy know-it-all longneck! [to Littlefoot] Look here, son, while we’re sitting here talking, that Sharptooth is attacking, and we need to do the same! I don’t have time to sit around here and plan!
Littlefoot: And that’s what makes you a bad leader!
Threehorn: What? Says who?
Littlefoot: You take the first solution you think of and don’t stop to consider any others.
Petrie: You no think to store food, and now it all gone!
Ducky: You feeded red tree stars to everybody so they cannot think clearly. [looks at her mom]
Cera: And you sent me alone into the Mysterious Beyond to get them.
Littlefoot: And you’re the reason Sharptooth got into the valley.
Threehorn: Now you can’t blame that one on me! That was not my fault, I left a guard!
Cera: Yeah, a guard who was stuffed full of red tree stars!
Littlefoot: Do you mean Hyp? He was too busy romancing the nearby sweet bubble tree. The Sharptooth walked right past him and so did we! [Threehorn is take aback] Mr. Threehorn, the Great Valley is falling apart under your rule, and I propose we get a new leader!
[The other kids cheer. Petrie’s and Ducky’s moms, hearing the cheering, join in for no particular reason.]
Ducky: But, Littlefoot, who should be leader now?
Littlefoot: My grandpa, of course.
Clubtail: Your grandfather is too ill to be leading anybody right now. That would, however, mean that you are the next obvious candidate foró
Threehorn: Just a minute! I was the last ruler, and so I get to pick who comes after me! And I pick…Cera!
[Everyone pulls away from Cera, as if she was struck with divine selection, and a spotlight snaps onto her.]
Cera: [stunned] Me?
Littlefoot: Cera?
Threehorn: Yes, Cera, are you deaf? Not you! If somebody’s going to lead us, at least it’s a threehorn. [turns away, muttering]
Cera: [still stunned] Me?
Clubtail: Yes you! Now, what are we going to do aboutó
Sharptooth: [loud offstage rumble] TIME’S UP, inhabitants of the Great Valley! Hopefully your three-pronged leader has devised a cunning battle strategy, for it’s about to be put to the test!
Ducky: Cera, what are we going to do?
Littlefoot: [very disappointed] Yeah Cera, figure something out.
Cera: I-I…
Petrie: Cera! Sharptooth find us any minute!
Cera: I know, I know, it’s just tható
Clubtail: That what?
Cera: Well, sometimes it’s good to have a threehorn in command, someone who’s willing to take chances and never stop fighting! But other times, you need a leader who can balance ideas and situations, and think things through. And this is one of those times!
Petrie: So? What you saying?
Cera: I’m saying, much as I wish I was, I’m not the right leader for this situation! I pass leadership of the Great Valley over to…Littlefoot!
Littlefoot: [looks up overjoyed] Cera, youó
Cera: No time for that now, thank me later, you’re the longneck, start thinking!
Littlefoot: Right! [to Threehorn] How many people haven’t eaten any red tree stars?
Threehorn: I-uh, [looks in direction of Sharptooth] er-I meanó
Clubtail: Threehorn and I had our own food source, but we’re the only ones who didn’t eat any.
Littlefoot: Good, then I want you two and my four friends to head for the main clearing! Quickly! [to Ducky’s and Petrie’s moms] You twoó[breaks off, seeing them swaying from side to side] Never mind. I want you to gather everyone nearby and get as far away as you can!
Petrie's mom: Sure, why not?
Ducky's mom: To prosperity! [triumphantly holds up a red tree star. Littlefoot knocks it out of her hand. All exit. Blackout]
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Another great chapter! Can't wait for the next one!
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Yes same here looking forward to the next one.
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Act 4, Scene 4
[The clearing. At the back of the stage are two large ledges, with a space in between them. Ducky and Spike are on one ledge with a large boulder, Threehorn is on the other with another large boulder. On the ground are Clubtail, near the ledges, and Littlefoot, who has a pile of leaves in front of him. Cera is hidden behind a tree.]
Littlefoot: Are we all ready?
Others: Yes, we are, I’m in place, yep yep yep! etc.
Littlefoot: Mr. Threehorn, Spike, get ready to shove your rocks on them once we have them cornered.
Threehorn: You got it.
Spike: (yes)
Sharptooth: There they are! [enters between two trees, with Chomper and four velociraptors] I couldn’t find anyone; I was getting worried that you all ran off!
Littlefoot: You’re going to wish we did!
Sharptooth: [to raptors] Get them! [to Chomper] Chomper, guard the entrance! Don’t let any escape!
[Raptors charge forward. Cera, behind the tree, knocks the tree over and hits a raptor, knocking it out. Another charges Littlefoot, but falls through a pit hidden in the leaf pile. One advances on Clubtail, but Petrie swoops down and drops a rock on it. It’s hit by the rock, but it’s a glancing blow, and it’s merely pushed back.]
Petrie: Ooh, me not on target!
[Clubtail, Littlefoot, Cera, and Petrie hem the remaining raptors and Sharptooth into the space between the ledges.]
Littlefoot: Now! Push!
Threehorn: Almost there!
Spike: (uh huh!)
[Suddenly, the fifth raptor appears on Threehorn’s ledge and slashes him. Threehorn roars in pain and collapses.]
Cera: Daddy! [Runs offstage]
Littlefoot: Mr. Threehorn!
Petrie: Oh no!
Clubtail: Now what do we do? This wasn’t part of the plan!
Ducky: This wasn’t part of the plan…Petrie! [Suddenly leaps off the edge and grabs hold of Petrie, who’s flapping in the air between the ledges]
Petrie: Oof…Ducky, what youó?
Ducky: Fly that way!
[Petrie gets a few strained flaps over, and Ducky swings off and crashes on top of the raptor, knocking it off the unseen side of the ledge with a shriek. Ducky starts pushing the boulder. Petrie swoops over to help]
Ducky: Push, Spike, Push!
Spike: (okay!)
Cera: Get out of the way!
[Cera appears on Ducky’s ledge, and rams the boulder. Both boulders fall and crush Sharptooth and the remaining raptors. There is a moment of stunned silence.]
Ducky: Did…did we do it?
Petrie: We do it! [The two hug while all cheer, but suddenly there’s a rumble and Sharptooth claws his way out!]
Sharptooth: You tried the same boulder trick again? That trick’s getting a bit stale! Come Chomper! [He make for the exit. Clubtail steps forward]
Clubtail: Stand back, kids! I’ll handle him!
Sharptooth: Try me, bone brain!
[Sharptooth knocks him to the side with one swipe, where Clubtail falls and is still. Sharptooth limps off the other way, followed by Chomper.]
Ducky: Littlefoot! [she and others are tending to Mr. Threehorn]
Littlefoot: How’s Mr. Threehorn?
Cera: I’m not sure yet!
Littlefoot: Stay with him, I’ve got to stop Sharptooth! [races off after Sharptooth]
Cera: Littlefoot, wait for us! Littlefoot!
[Blackout.]
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So much suspense; hopefully the injured ones will be okay. I'll be looking forward to the next chapter.
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Yes what a good chapter nice work
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Act 4, Scene 5
[A large volcano. Sharptooth is attempting to scale it, with Chomper a ways behind him.]
Chomper: Sir, what are we doing up here?
Sharptooth: Waiting for Littlefoot! Let’s see how well he does when we choose the battlefield!
Littlefoot: [runs onstage] Sharptooth!
Sharptooth: You were foolish to follow me, Littlefoot, if not a tad predictable! Yet I am glad, because you were the one I’d wanted to meet most of all! You have always been the leader of whatever group is opposing me, but in neither our first time meeting nor today have you personally taken me on! Well now I’m open, and exposed! Come on, Littlefoot! Fight me, as an equal, and we can settle this once and for all!
[Littlefoot starts climbing up. Ali runs onstage, with Night Flowers.]
Ali: Littlefoot! What are you doing? Don’t go up there to him!
Littlefoot: Ali, get out of here! This is between him and me!
Ali: Littlefoot! You can’t fight Sharptooth alone up there! Nobody could!
Sharptooth: I’m not going away on my own! If you want your precious valley back, you’ll have to get rid of me yourself!
Ali: Don’t listen to him!
[Littlefoot keeps climbing. Ali starts up after him, but Littlefoot doesn’t see. However, he’s hesitating, just out of Sharptooth’s range]
Sharptooth: What’s the matter, Littlefoot? Afraid because it’s two on one? [pushes Chomper down the volcano’s slope. He almost hits Ali, who barely gets out of the way, but drops some of the Night Flowers.]
Ali: Oh no! [Chomper starts climbing up]
Littlefoot: Ali! Don’t follow me! Get down!
Ali: I can’t let you fight him alone!
Sharptooth: But indeed he shall, now for more than just his own life! [slides down a bit, grabs Ali, and inches his way back to the top of the volcano. Ali screams.]
Littlefoot: Ali!
Ali: Littlefoot!
[Sharptooth pulls the remaining Night Flowers out of her hand one by one and throws them into the volcano.]
Sharptooth: What are these pathetic petals? We won’t be needing them!
Ali: Littlefoot! The Night Flowers!
Sharptooth: Well, Littlefoot? You were so good at coming up with a plan to defeat me last time! Anything coming to mind? [leans Ali over the edge of the volcano]
Ali: Littlefoot! [Chomper has crawled back up and stands behind Sharptooth]
Sharptooth: I seem to recall that your last plan also involved putting one of your female friend’s life in serious jeopardy! But the swimmer got lucky! Do you trust luck to strike twice?
Littlefoot: You know what, Sharptooth? I do! Because that’s who I am! I’m trusting! But you’re not! As a matter of fact, I can only think of one person you’ve ever trusted without a doubt! And the funny thing is, you shouldn’t have!
[Suddenly, Chomper lunges forward, and grabbing Ali, throwing her down the volcano slope to safety.]
Sharptooth: What’s this? Chomper!
Littlefoot: You were right, Sharptooth! This is two on one! But to be honest, I don’t think I mind at all!
[Littlefoot and Chomper strike as one and push Sharptooth into the volcano. He lets out a terrible roar as he falls through the crater to his death. Littlefoot and Chomper quickly run down the mountain to Ali.]
Ali: Ohhh…
Littlefoot: Ali, are you all right?
Chomper: Littlefoot…I need to tell you something.
Littlefoot: What is it?
Chomper: Well, back at Sharptooth’s lair, I spoke to Sharptooth after you and Cera ran off, and, Cera didn’t want to tell Sharptooth everything she did. Sharptooth had threatened her.
Littlefoot: Thanks, Chomper, but after thinking it over, I figured as much.
[Cera, Ducky, Petrie, and Spike run onstage.]
Cera: Littlefoot! Are you okay?
Ducky: Where is Sharptooth?
Littlefoot: It’s all right, we won’t have to worry about him ever again!
Petrie: That what you say last time…
Littlefoot: How’s your dad and Mr. Clubtail?
Cera: Well, they’ll both be a bit shaken when they wake up, but they’ll be all right!
Littlefoot: That’s great! Everyone’s okay!
[Spike picks up a Night Flower. Ali notices.]
Ali: Littlefoot! Your grandpa!
Littlefoot: Oh no! How many Night Flowers are left?
Ali: [Gathers the Night Flowers that were dropped when Chomper almost hit her] Only a couple. I hope there are enough.
Littlefoot: We’d better get there right away! [All exit. Blackout.]
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Amazing chapter with great suspense nice job with this one.
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And here's the final scene! This musical was a lot of fun to write, and I'm super proud of myself for maintaining a new scene a day (sometimes more!) until the play was over.
Special thanks to ADFan185 and LittlefootFan1990 for keeping me motivated to write these scenes on schedule, I hope you enjoyed the ride :yes
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Act 4, Scene 6
[The site where Grandpa is lying, in very bad shape. It is not even evident whether he’s conscious or not. Grandma sits beside him. The five, including Ali and Chomper, run on. Chomper stops a bit before everyone else and hangs back. Grandma looks up.]
Grandma: Oh, Littlefoot.
Littlefoot: We’ve got the Night Flowers, Grandma.
[Ali and Littlefoot step forward. Grandma takes the flowers from Ali and places them in Grandpa’s mouth, who slowly starts to chew.]
Littlefoot: Come on, Grandpa. [Ali steps back to the far end of the stage, opposite Chomper.]
[Music change, more uplifting bit of James Horner’s original score. Grandpa groans and slowly gets up.]
Grandma: Dear, don’t strain yourself, you need youró
Grandpa: I’ve had more than enough rest, all I need is to be back on my feet. [gets to his feet]
Littlefoot: Grandpa?
Grandpa: Littlefoot. I think you got me the Night Flowers just in time.
Littlefoot: Grandpa! [runs over and hugs him]
Grandpa: And Ali, I’ll make sure to tell your herd how helpful you were as well.
Ali: Thanks, Grandpa Longneck.
[Grandma and Grandpa step back together, and Littlefoot, Cera, Ducky, Petrie, and Spike take center stage.]
Littlefoot: I couldn’t have done this all without you guys. No matter what, you always stood by me.
Petrie: It no just us.
Cera: No matter what we did, you always stood by us, too.
Ducky: We all stood by each other, yep yep yep!
Spike: (yeah!)
Song: “Bestest Friends (reprise)”
Cera: THOUGH AT TIMES WE’VE STRAINED OUR BOND
THROUGH THICK, THROUGH THIN AND MORE
Ducky: TOGETHER WE HELD ON
Petrie: ëCAUSE THAT WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR.
Cera: WHATEVER COMES OUR WAY
BE IT LARGE OR STRONG OR TALL
Petrie: WE STAND HERE BY YOUR SIDE
Ducky:AND FACE IT ONE AND ALL.
All three: AND WE WILL ALWAYS BE YOUR FRIENDS
Cera: NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE
All three: JUST AROUND THE BEND
Ducky: OR VERY, VERY FAR
All three:
NO MATTER WHERE YOU GO
WHEN YOU’VE REACHED YOUR JOURNEY’S END
NO MATTER WHAT
WE STILL WILL BE YOUR FRIENDS!
[All lights on stage shrink to a single spotlight encompassing just the five kids, who share a group hug.]
Littlefoot, Cera, Ducky and Petrie:
YOUR VERY, TRUEST, BESTEST FRIENDS!
[Final curtain.]
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I've enjoyed the ride alright! Can't wait to see what else you have in mind for a story or a play.
Edit: By the way, thanks for the mention in the last part of the musical.
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I did as well awesome job with the story. And thanks for the mention that I have you motivation to keep going.
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(this got so few reviews, why? :confused )
Okay, so I finally had the time to read and review this so prepare for a lengthy review of each scene. Respectively, I think there will be more than just one post since I have a habit of exceeding the emoticon limit here on the GoF on such occasions :angel
Let's start with the Prologue.
- first scene:
First of all a general comment. Did I really just read drug use? :lol: I wonder how that will have a role to play in this, considering that I've got hints planted in my story too. The synopsis makes me curious for sure!
The introduction was quite good. You kept it in the movie's style. Instantly gave me some familiarity. In general, I think you managed to follow the typical structure of those movies quite well, entering the movie with an easy-going scene of the gang playing games (I like that you went beyond the usual grunt sounds of Spike and actually gave him some sort of voice here so that people can hear his thoughts too ^^spike) and then introducing the main problem of the movie (which is probably Threehorn being Threehorn again :lol).
Based upon your description, the storm didn't seem too bad though that description lacked detail. This is a result of the story being written in script format though so that should be okay.
You seem to go for a DuckyxPetrie romance, huh? Interesting :p Well, let's see how the situation developes (uhh, escalates?) further, shall we?
- second scene
Ah, I think I know what you may have meant with "drug use" :smile
So, Spike is keeping his promise not to tell Ducky that Petrie loves her but Ducky has noticed something already. Maybe she suspects it?
Cera agrees to her father's plead after he manipulates her. I'm not sure if Cera would really go as far as actually betraying her friends by following her father blindly... but you wrote Mr. Threehorn's part excellently. This is just so in-character for him :rolleyes And Cera falls for it.
- third scene
Well, this was a pretty good argument over there :smile Cera was caught by her friends and now the gang is split up... Cera is probably mad at them all, Petrie will be sad about Ducky not coming with him (poor Petrie...), Ducky is just confused about things and Littlefoot is mad at Cera and, possibly, Petrie too. So mad that he doesn't even want to talk...
Onward to the first Act then...
- first scene
You can always count on Ducky to keep a cool head when there is tension in the group... well, I'm surprised how few changes the song needed, I almost felt like singing-along :DD Either way, Cera and Littlefoot come to different solutions... plus Cera just walked into a death trap, lovely :rolleyes Wonder how that'll go...
- second scene
Dang, that was some speech of Threehorn :blink:
The sickness of Grandpa was never truly healed? Well, I suppose then it will never be and the ultimate result of this is clear... though he might receive some help from Old One's herd soon... now that makes me wonder... are we going to see Ali again? :p
- third scene
Well, this one was short but delicious... so to say. At least everybody agrees on rescueing Cera... I don't know if t hey're tall enough to fight a Fastbiter yet... but I'm sure they figure out a way, they always do :yes
- forth scene
Uhh, this is mildly confusing. Which is good. Nothing wrong with keeping the readers in the dark :smile
- fifth scene
Oh wow, that was quite awesome. The plot is slowly thickening for sure :smile
Chomper enters the stage (in this case, literally) to rescue his friends from the same fastbiters. And he has news... important news. I wonder if they will be able to inform the Valley in time...
Anyway, great job writing Chomper's part of the song. Those words are working really well the way you chose them, yep, yep, yep :)
- closer...
haha, Petrie is being funny here... and he only listens to Ducky... :idea
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Act 2, here we go!
- scene 1
Whoa, I should have known...
Chomper discovers that an old foe from the Mysterious Beyond is taking the opportunity to settle a score with Littlefoot and his friends.
Note to self, read more carefully :smile Anyway, I think it is a great idea of yours to introduce him again. If you ask me, surviving that only increases his reputation as being the toughest Sharptooth around... although he is right when he says that it is kind of laughable to lose against a bunch of kids. Well, he is cunning. He uses the same trick they used on him. Bait. Do you still know where your daughter is now, Threehorn, do you? :nyah
- scene 2
Ha, knew it! Ali was gonna be in this too. I'm a little surprised to be honest that she was allowed to go on her own. It would have taken only one fastbiter to stop her on her way...
Threehorn is now in charge (what an evil plan, wow! Calling a meeting without them. :lol:) and Grandpa is very weak... not a good situation. And Ali's loyalities aren't too clear either... Littlefoot seems to be all she cares about after all. I'm not so sure if Littlefoot will like hearing that she preferred to help him instead of his sick grandpa :unsure:
- scene 3
Good boy, Chomper! (though I wonder if Sharptooth would have any use for a kid like Chomper...)
- scene 4
He actually believed in Chomper being useful? Wow, Sharptooth must be desperate :DD
I wonder though why he wants to help Threehorn getting his red treestars... does he think it will be easier to attack then? Most likely.
- scene 5
Oh wow Cera managed to escape with Littlefoot but the others are caught instead. The fighting scene was quite intense and now there is the question... where are Chomper's loyalities? :unsure:
For the next scenes, I expect Cera and Littlefoot to have a good talk and Ali to join them. Meanwhile, I wonder what Chomper will do with his three captives...
- scene 6
Poor Ali, she really doesn't get a very good welcome from anyone :lol
Well, Littlefoot and Cera aren't smashing their heads at each other but they're not collaborating either it seems. That's not how to rescue friends in need... Littlefoot doesn't even want Ali to help.
Oh well, maybe the song gave them a bit of reason back :p
Act 3, all good things are 3, right? ;)
- scene 1
Wow, that was awesome, dude! The way you write Sharptooth is absolutely amazing... and Ducky now has a very serious matter to think about. What a scene, the best so far I'd daresay :lol
- scene 2
Hmm, Ali baiting the fastbiters? Would she be able to outrun them? Anyway, at least Cera and Ali remember their old friendship while Littlefoot seems to be mad at her because of Rhett (I'd assume?)
- scene 3
Weeeeeeeeeeeeed for everyone ^^spike No seriously, the plan is quite interesting and cunning. I wonder if it'll work... and they didn't even notice that Cera didn't bring those treestars... :rolleyes:
- scene 4
Oh dear :lol Things are so totally messed up it's even funny! Poor Grandpa though, he's left without any strength...
- scene 5
Aww, action-packed scenes always come so short in script writing (which is not your fault at all, don't get me wrong :p) Either way, it looks like Chomper pulls a Severus Snape on Sharptooth, playing the bad guy while actually trying to help the good... secretly... even though that requires harming them in order to not be discovered. And the plan worked after all... and Spike was actually useful for once ^^spike Ducky clearly wasn't though...
- scene 6
I think this one just beat the first scene of Act 3 as my favourite... Petrie's speech was so amazing (I wish this scene was actually animated and dubbed right now ^^spike ) and... let's just say that it would make my day to see this combination perform IWHOT for real! I hope our two couples will hold on together quite literally too... not Cera and Spike though :p
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And... last but not least, let's find out how the story ends, shall we? ;)
- scene 1
Yes, Ali, you messed up ^^spike So now we have Ali (btw, I think your idea of Rhett's situation and Ali's thoughts about him are quite matching my own) running back to get the Night Flower's while the gang is headed back to the Great Valley to find out that everybody is nuts and Littlefoot's Grandpa about to die. They'll love it.
- scene 2
Well, Threehorn, what'cha gonna do now? :smile Let's be honest, this is going to end with the gang saving the day, isn't it? :lol
- scene 3
Littlefoot for president!!! Uhh, leader, wrong script :p
Topps, Clubtail and the kids vs. Sharptooth and 5 Fastbiters? And this is going to work? :blink: Well, the gang fought two battles already without dieing so... :goodluck
btw, Ducky's mother is funny when she's on drugs :lol:
- scene 4
What a fight, and it's not even finished yet... I'm running out of popcorn :p
- scene 5
Fresh grilled Sharptooth steak, anyone? There's plenty left! :DD
And I ran out of popcorn and finger nails to chew on but it all went well (told ya the gang would safe the day, it was obvious but nonetheless a good fight for a script-style fanfiction that can't use much description at all :yes)
But now there's the lingering question... is Grandpa going to be alright?
- scene 6
Aww, what a beautiful way to end the story! :wub A good old happy ending, awesome! Once again, great job on the lyrics. I've once tried myself (that writing project got cancelled though) to adapt the lyrics of a song... it didn't go well at all to say the least :p
Well, what could I say to summarise all of this?
First of all, you've tested a completely new field of LBT fanfiction as somebody who has never written a LBT fanfiction before (however, your writing makes me suspect this is not your first screen play ;)) so for that alone you have my respect. I'm almost feeling challenged to try come up with something of similar quality... just almost :lol
Now, I think the idea of Mr. Threehorn trying to take over the Valley is not too far off reality yet nobody (as far as I remember at least) has actually tried this yet :smile The way you integrated Sharptooth as well as other side characters was really good and the little romance between Ducky and Petrie was rather cute (I totally ship them too, yep, yep, yep!). The songs were done really great too!
There's only issue I have with this story (well, aside from the lack of description which is a result of the format however, so I can't really critizise that, can I? :lol:): Some of the things that happen (especially during Sharptooth encounters) aren't quite likely to happen that way. For example, I doubt Littlefoot and Chomper - even if they've grown a lot, would be capable of pushing Sharptooth into that volcano. The story also seemed to pass a bit too quick for my liking though I may have to blame that on the story format again :angel
I've enjoyed the read a lot (hey, what else do I have to do on christmas eve? :lol:) thanks for writing it! I would love to see this same story being adapted as a RP with much more description and that kinda stuff, deeper character interaction etc. I'm sure it'd be a hell lot of fun! ;)