Longtail spread his wings and flew straight up into the air. He then began to scan the horizon to make sure the scent he was catching was the right one. It took several moments but then he saw them... he saw them both. "I don't believe it..." he whispered to himself.

Dil looked over at Greg and smiled. "That's good, those three will give us a far better chance to get the islands rather safe." She then looked up at Longtail with a confused look. "Hmm... wonder what he's looking at?" she asked herself aloud.

A figure covered in leaves and twigs ran up and slid to a stop in front of Dil, she then looked up and smiled. "Well... I thought I'd find you out here Longtail. Your scent is hard to lose." she said with a laugh.

As Longtail smiled, he thought about something as he asked, "Hey Red Claw, could you open your mouth for a second? I want to go talk to those kids you swallowed. You don't mind do ya?"

Dil curled around Greg with a motherly smile. "I wonder how long its going to take Longtail to hunt for the rest of us?"

Hunter laughed. "It won't take him long, he is a flyer after all."

Terri smiled. "Be safe you three. Don't wander too far." she said lovingly but cautiously to Chomper, Rita and Ruby.

Littlefoot tried to continue to climb out of Red Claws belly but the walls were too slippery. "This can't be happening!" he said aloud with a hint of fear in his voice.

"Got it Fox, all ships I'm sending you guys Smart bombs in bulk." said Bill as he flipped a switch sending the supplies down to the planet and to his comrades. "Every gather as many as you can and then tell me when everyone is ready."

Fay smiled. "Thanks Bill, you may get a kiss for this when the fighting is over." she said with a light blush as she piloted her fighter towards one of the arriving ammo crates with the Smart bombs. "Alright, I've got a full set here Bill. How's everyone else?"

Longtail continued his story without break pace. "It all happened so fast..."

... "No! You're not listening to me! I'm too small to be a threat! I mean LOOK AT ME!" Cried Longtail with a hint of sadness. " I don't even reach Littlefoots belly, that's how small I am, and you all are claiming I stalked, hunted and killed a full grown club tail! Really?! Really?!? Who would believe that story?! Idon't believe that story!" said Longtail as he began to walk in a circle as his irritation rose in waves.

"Perhaps if you weren't found at the scene drenched in the club tails blood, we'd be willing to believe you a little more." commented Grandpa Longneck. "As it stands however, you were at the sight of the killing with no way to explain why you were there or what happened. If you could explain either of those to us, we'd be willing to hear it now." he commented with a soft smile hoping to get an answer from the small flyer.

Longtail however looked down at the ground in frustration, as a single tear ran down his face as he knew in the pit of his heart, that he honestly couldn't explain why he was there or what happened. Then he thought of the only real reason he could explain any of this. "I... I'm being framed... and I didn't catch on till now!"

"Explain yourself child!" cried Topsy with a stomp of his foot.

"You said someone is framing you Longtail?" asked Grandma Longneck. "But who  would do such a thing?"

Longtail shook his head quickly as he replied, "I don't know but... but you have to believe me! I want to stay here, and I... I can't... I can't..." his breathing was becoming rapid and disjointed as flashbacks began to play through his mind about his previous exiles from other herds.

"I honestly don't want to believe a child who was covered in blood. So I say we make him leave the valley until we can sort this out proper." commented Topsy with an air of finality.

"I... would have to agree." spoke Duckys mother, despite the hurt look on her face that said otherwise. "Perhaps a few days banned from the Great Valley will let us catch whoever it is doing this."

Several members of the valley herd however began to shout their opinions about the situation and two or three of them threw insults and threats towards Longtail.

Longtail in the heat of both the moment and his own crumbling world of emotions felt something snap inside him. As he felt this change however, a rock thrown by a random swimmer hit Longtail in the head and as he opened his eyes, his right eye which usually matched his left one being quartz pink, dilated and shifted to sunburst yellow taking on the glowing effect of the Day Circle. Once that happened, he steadied himself from falling over giving an ear peircing cry to the sky that sounded like a mix between a cry of sorrow and a absolute burning rage that echoed throughout the meeting circle.

The silence that followed for several moment was broken as Longtail spoke, his voice taking on a deep, dark, almost otherworldly tone as he said aloud, "You all threaten me with exile and then death! Well then..." he said as he paused for a moment to lick his beak before speaking again, "THEN ALLOW ME TO RETURN THE FAVOR!!!" as he spread his wings and jumped at the closet target: Topsy.

However this surprise attack was halted by a rainbowface stepping in, grabbing Longtail by the neck and holding him down on the ground. "I'm sorry about this nephew... but now you've given us... given me no choice..." Said Longtails' adoptive uncle Cyrix as he placed his free hand over Longtail eyes and head while saying, "Don't forget this moment... don't forget your feelings right now. But until this is solved... you must forget us...

"And that was it... when I woke up, I was lying in that oasis you all found me in." said Longtail as he finished his story.

Dil was speechless. "W-wow... I always thought those flatteeth were supposed to be caring and forgiving. Guess some of em act more like sharpteeth."

Fay grinned like a maniac as she pulled a U-turn with her ship and lines up a shot on the shield with her cross-hairs as she replied, "I've got one for ya Fox! Let's see what a bomb can do!" She pushes the launch key on her console and the bomb fires from her ship, speeding towards the shield. The moment the bomb detonated the air around the shield shook as the shield itself rippled for a moment but stayed standing.

"Dang it!" cried Bill as he watched the read out from the Great Fox. "I was sure that was going to work." he said dejectedly.

As Littlefoot landed in Red Claws belly he sighed loudly. "I hope she does." He then gulped as he cringed at his surroundings. "Or else we might be here for a while."

Longtail grinned. "Okay, I have to admit, that was amazing! Swallowed in one swift move!" He then landed on Red Claws nose and smiled. "You want me to keep hunting?" he asked joyfully.

Terri smiles at Ruby and replied, "You did wonderfully dear. Thank you so much. You and your family's help has been invaluable in our survival out here. And I'm sure Red Claw would agree."

Dein nodded his head in agreement at his mates words. "I have to agree with Terri Ruby, you and your family are more helpful than you know."

It had been several days, and still he continued to cry. He thought by this point he would have run out of tears to shed, but the pain in his heart and the rage in his mind. His surrounding were dark and wet, and it fit his mood. The kid blinked again as he felt more tears run down his face. The child curled up and was about to try and sleep for a while when a voice called out from around him.

"Hey kid!" came a distinctly female voice. As it turned out, the cave the child happened to be sitting in was the mouth of a bellydragger! The bellydragger despite having food in her mouth she was getting fed up with it simply sitting there and asked as she walked, "Hey kid, either let me swallow you whole, or have me spit you out. I'm not a log, and you can't ride for free."

The child sighed heavily as he said aloud "Spit me out... I want to suffer under the bright circle." In a quick moment, the young flyer is spat out of the bellydraggers mouth and simply lies on the ground too upset to try and move. "Why... why did it... have to go so wrong?" he asked himself softly.

The female bellydragger looked over to her traveling companions and asked, "What is this kid talking about?"

Longtail of course nodded his head. "Of course, rest and relaxation is right over this hill actually. A nice, soothing water filled hole to ease all your worries away." he said, spinning the biggest lie he'd ever told so far. He then flapped his wings, gaining height in the air and with his tail motioned for the gang to follow. He flew over the hill and winked once more at Red Claw, giving the okay to spring the trap when ready.

Ducky grinned happily as she pet Spike on the head. "See Spike, rest and relaxation. All good things yes, yes, yes."

Huang Yu flexed his free hand as he replied, "I usually find that nerve strikes work best. Or chi based attacks if you have the skill."

Monkey scratched his head.
"But we're kung fu masters, not Chi experts. How are the rest of us supposed to fight these things? Or are you going to protect our entire group?" he asked openly.

Huang Yu smiled.
"I could, if I so chose, but I'm sure at least the Dragon Warrior has a few chi based attacks right?" he commented as he looked over to Po.

Tex blushed at Dantes remark and sighed.
"I suppose not, but you know we're not alone here. Perhaps we should go somewhere 'quieter'?" she cooed.
She then picked up one of the cups and took a sip. "Still delicious."

~~~~~

Hunter grinned as she felt Siegs arm around her waist. She then shivered when he whispered in her ear, only to turn her head and kiss him on the nose.
"You keep that up, and I'll have to start grading your preformance." she said with a smirk.

Kiddo was still too wrapped up in her ice cream to notice her father had stepped out of the school and continued to stare at the park across the street.