The Gang of Five
The Land Before Time => LBT Fanfiction => Topic started by: brekclub85 on January 22, 2009, 11:14:38 PM
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Since Dark Pterano had a recent topic wondering what your favorite Pterano Vs. Sierra fight was, I started to wonder what your guys' favorite Land before Time fanfics are.
There's no LBT fanfics I dislike really, but my personal all time-favs: (So far.)
1. A Sharptooth's Heart 1 and 2: These two stories are awesome, Rex is one of my favorite OCs. Keni's work is so awesome, the wait between the chapters doesn't bother me.
2. The Land Before Time XIV and other Stories: I like this fanfic because it's so close to how the movies and TV series works, I like the light-heartedness and the humor and action.
3. Twilight Valley-Serris is the master of LBT wars. He manages to have epicness in every chapter, and manage to come up with cool ideas for each one.
I have many honorable mentions, but there's too many to list. :)
How bout you guys?
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Out of all LBT fics, I like all of crazedwriter's fics, Littlefoot 1616's Battle of the Sacred Essences(and it's sequel), A Sharptooth's heart 1 and 2, Chronicler's Quest for the Energy Stones, and Twilight Valley the most. This isn't a complete list since there are so many great LBT fics I've read, and putting them all here would take forever.
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These are some of my other favorite LBT stories?
All three of the LBT stories by Forever Young.
Sweet Child of Mine (It's kind of sad, because Petrie lost most of his family and Pterano has to raise him.)
The Path of Heaven (I just love the Pterano and Petrie flying and being kind of funny together by having a flying race in the first few chapters.)
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Thanks. I never knew Twilight Valley would be this popular.
My favorites (no order):
Jedi's Destiny (Jedi472) - Funny and bizarre moments are tempered with high tension and thrilling moments. I am also a Star Wars fan.
The Mysterious World (Threehorn) - Post-apoc science fiction with LBT is just pure and utter win.
War of the Worlds (Falcon88) - This is one of the first LBT war fics in existence. Great characters and some very action packed sequences. The slight hint of the supernatural was a great touch too. Pity it was so short. In fact, I credit this fic with reviving my interest in LBT and sparking Twilight Valley.
Remnants (Falcon88) - Sequel to War of the Worlds. It had the potential to equal or even exceed War of the Worlds. Sadly, it was never finished.
Journey Through Time (H.G. Wells) - Had great potential as it involved some Russian submariners discovering the Great Valley during the height of the Cold War. Sadly, it too was never finished.
Out of the Shadows (DarkHououmon) - Extremely dark but extremely well written.
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Journey Through Time, A Jedi's Destiny,and Twilight Valley are a few of my favorites.
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Let's see here...
*"Twilight Valley" by Serris aka Jakaryta
*"Land Before Time: Warriors of the Solar System" by Dark Side of the World
*"Land Before Time: The Return of Sharptooth" by Red Eyes Black Dragon
*"A Sharptooth's Heart" by Keni aka Sora W.T.K.
*"The Land Before Time XIV and Other Stories" by Just Loves LBT
*"Out of the Shadows" by DarkHououmon
There are a couple of fanfics not on FF.net that I like:
*The Big Quarrel" by Malte279
*"The Cold Time" by Malte279
*"Old Threehorns" by Malte279
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A couple of mine are:
The Land Beyond Time (The Oracle, I think)-This fanfic is no longer available, but it had an intriguing, if not bizarre storyline. It combined futuristic and space elements with Land Before Time. It also included some interesting story plots that kept me wanting to read more, including Pterano being Petrie's father and Ali being tricked into thinking Littlefoot was evil. I would recommend to read it, but since the story doesn't exist online anymore, I can't.
Worlds Connected: Littlefoot's New Friends (JFalcon)-I'm not sure if this is still on FF.Net, but if it is, I recommend it, especially to sharpteeth fans. This was not only the first LBT fanfic I read that had chapters, but also the first one written that has sharpteeth good guys. So if you like to see sharpteeth heroes, check out this story.
A Sharptooth's Heart and A Sharptooth's Heart II (Keni)-This was the first story I read that involved an invented species of dinosaur. It's been a long time since I read the first story, so I'm sorry to say I don't have much to say on that. But the second one keeps me interested. This was the first fanfic I read that introducted the "sharptooth instinct" concept, and also the first one that introduces an ominvore character. It was this that helped inspire my Out of the Shadows fanfic. It's worth the read.
Battle of the Sacred Essences (Littlefoot1616)-The first well written fanfic I saw that involves humans as well as multiple crossovers. I stayed with this fanfic from beginning to end, being patient enough to wait as each chapter came out. Normally I would think crossing over too many elements would be confusing and a jumbled mess, but I feel Littlefoot1616 really manages to pull it off here. If you haven't read it yet, I strongly recommend you do.
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It has been a long time since I read land before time fanfiction and I admit that this is mainly because there are so few which are no crossing overs and could easily be turned into a movie. For lack of many stories to compare those I read to I am hardly competent to name a favorite here.
I did read most of Battle of the Sacret Essences (as far as it was written back then when I read it). Crossing over that it is Littlefoot1616's writing style is absolutely brilliant and I can barely hope ever to achieve a style so suited to keep the reader hooked rather than boring the heck out of readers (which is one of the sad effects of my own long winded style).
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There are quite a few good fanfics that I've seen (I probably should review some of them some time). I like a lot of the recent fics that are on here and on FF.net so it's very difficult to pick out favourites :unsure: :lol Twilight Valley, Total Drama Valley, Sharptooth Valley, Jedi's Destiny & Legend of the Triforce are all coming along great! (Keep up the good work guys ;)). Darkhououmon's Out of Shadows was a great tale with a dark twist here and there, Keni's Sharptooth Heart was very well constructed; a trait continuing beautifully in its sequel. Oracle's The Land Beyond Time was another good one but sadly has been removed from the FF.net site. And Malte's theories of "being true to the series" have been wonderfully translated in his epic stories he's written and for someone who's writing in a language other than his mother tongue has done exceptionally well. Well done to all you talented authors ;)
Thanks to Malte, Darkhououmon and jedi472 for selecting my story. It's guys like you that make storywriting worthwhile ;)
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I'd like to say TDV.
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Battle of the Sacred Essences was perhaps my favorite among the early fanfics I read (before early 2007). In fact, I think that some parts of the first few chapters inspired a few things in the early chapters in my fanfic (the main similarity is how a strange being from another time/world becomes friends with the gang). The sequel is slow-going, but it's interesting enough to be worth waiting for.
It's nice to see my fanfic making it to one person's list of favorites, despite the fact that I haven't been able to update it in a while, or that I'm still struggling to decide whether or not to post it on FF.net.
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Okay, here are all the Land Before Time fan works that I love the most so far. There are still several LBT projects out there that I haven't read yet, but out of all the ones I'm familiar with now, these ones give me the most pleasure. Now because of my large quantity of preferrences, some of these I haven't had the time to read all the way to the present on, be it whether they're finished or still in the making, but I like what I've seen in them thus far. Anyway, here is my list, which might reveal how much time I spend reading. I don't think anyone wants to read my list of reasons for liking every single one of these, so I'll just put the titles of them:
LBT Fanfictions:
The "Out of the Shadows" series
The "A Sharptooth's Heart" series
The "Sharptooth Valley" soon-to-be series
"Total Drama Valley"
"A Time Before Twilight"
"Legend of the Triforce: New Order"
"The Land Before Time XIV and Other Stories"
"Someone Like Me"
"Land Before Time: Twilight Valley"
"The Story of Ecco"
"The Land Before Time: Red Skies"
"The Adventures of Littlefoot and Ali"
"Star Wars: The Land Before Time: A Jedi's Destiny"
"Riders Before the Pact"
"Reality Flux"
"Quest for the Energy Stones"
"LBT Hamlet"
"Land Before Time: Warriors of the Solar System"
"Journey to Shiny Cavern"
"A Day of Remembrance"
"Follow the Leader"
"Land Before Time: Battle Network"
On another note, although I haven't seen very many of them at all, there are a few LBT Fanpoems that I'm quite fond of:
"Morning Light"
"Pterano's Misery"
"Untitled" as far as I can tell, but it's based off a LBT fanfiction called "Old Threehorns"
All of the other LBT fan projects I have read are still good for various reasons, but these are my favorites. I even have all of these stories and poems copied onto the hardrive of my computer so that I can enjoy them at any time with ease. I rarely see such talent as I have while reading these. Do you think I read too much? Later!
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I would say that my favourites are the Battle Of the Sacred Essences stories, a Jedi's Destiny and a Time before Twilight. I would like to thank the friendly sharptooth for putting down my story Reality Flux as well.
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A Time Before Twilight. I knew I forgot a story from my list. That's another of my favorites.
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I gotta say I have quite a few on my list.
Jedi's Destiny (Jedi472) Who doens't love our prehistoric pals getting into aggresive negotiations with lightsabers????
War of the Worlds (Falcon88) - This was one of the first LBT war fics I ever read. Just the story development and plot twists were wonderful enough to keep me reading.
Remnants (Falcon88) - Sequel to War of the Worlds. I'm not sure if it was finished or not...I'll have to check FF.net
Out of the Shadows (DarkHououmon) - Words cannot describe the sheer and utter joy I got from reading this story for the first time all the way through. This fanfic along with A Sharptooth's Heart I and II (Keni) seem to be where I draw quite a bit of inspiration...just from their darker and more serious tones. ( ;) Keep up the great work you two!)
Sharptooth Valley & TDV (Brekclub) EPIC Classics...making me laugh with every chapter!
I've got others I want to list, but I'm short on time!
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Sadly, I just checked FF.net and discovered that Remnants is not complete; in fact it has not been updated in about a year.
Time Gate X (Cyberlizard) - Hmm, great battle sequences and I like science fiction. Also, it was quite interesting to see the dinosaurs interacting with Humans. I loved the Mars Colony chapters. The only turn offs: the language. I have absolutely no problem with profanity but the level is just ridiculous. And of course how young the "combat scientist" is. I mean, he's 14-15 and he's capable of using a minigun! Its a story but you just broke my suspension of disbelief.
And I credit this story with inspiring my own original science fiction story with dinosaurs and a "combat scientist". But more importantly, this story made me a fan of the "combat scientist" archetype.
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"A Day of Remembrance"
Thanks, The Friendly Sharptooth :yes! Yeah, I also liked "Time Gate X." I found the part of the Gang being given caffeine pills quite bizarre :p. I also wish that "A Traitor in Our Midst" by Naturalist would be finished. I'd like to find out the fate of my favorite threehorn :yes!
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I have only read a few.
I am loving LBTFan13's Revenge series! They're suspenseful, pure LBT, nicely written and true to the characters.
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I liked the Revenge series too. High tension action adventure.
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I must confess I still wasn't able to finish reading or reading focused any fanfic. However from what I've read, I can say I liked all of them. I'l list them:
Sharptooth Valley;
Some chapters of Reality Flux;
The Oneshot "Happy Threehorn";
A few parts of "Twilight Valley";
A few parts of "A Jedi's Destiny";
And a few others frm fanfiction.net frm which I cant remember the name.
Also, thank you for havng included my fanfic in your list. It means much, really. - especially after not having a single review in ff.net. However, I'd rather have it that than having flames. Eheh.
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Other ones I want to mention:
Land Before Time: Warriors of the Solar System by Dark Side of the World-He always leaves me anticipating the next episode eagerly!
Someone Like Me-Bardock92: Interesting concept, I hope he continues!
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I just read the last few chapters of Reality Flux, and I just thought I'd add it here. This story is awesome!
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I don't recall the author's name, but there's one on FF.net titled "The Hunt for Ducky's Voice", and it was written in honor of the late Judith Barsi :cry. Just reading about Ducky being abused by her father in this fanfic made me cry. I'm glad that, from what we've seen of him, he's not an abusive father. I like how the fanfic ended and the author's reasoning behind writing the fanfic.
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With my long list here, it may seem like I love every LBT fanfiction in the world. It's true that I found some positive in all of them so far, but let's just say that some of them weren't related to the story. Other things like being composed well, or being very unique, or making me laugh, things like that. Just because I say I like a fanfiction, doesn't automatically mean that I like its story. Although, with all of the ones from my list here, I CAN say that one positive was the story itself. For more clarity, in order to be a favorite of mine, I have to like the story.
Anyway, there are two more I found that I thoroughly enjoy.
One is called "The Ancient Enemy." I have enjoyed reading it many times. On the other hand, it's been half a year since it was updated, and all there is is the first chapter. I assume some writers stop if they feel their work isn't popular. I'll have to send him one of my lengthy reviews in the hopes that it will continue.
I'm already planning on sending Bardock92 my review of his "Someone Like Me" LBT fanfiction which I assume he stopped because he hasn't put up a new chapter in four months. Maybe showing him how much I like that might encourage him to continue. After all, I have grown to be a large fan of Shilva the sharptooth.
Now the second LBT fanfiction I've grown fond of, is unique, even amongst unique, in my opinion. On the other hand... I really enjoy reading it! It is called Great Valley High. It is well written and keeps my interest. But to be honest, I'm not sure how many members here would like it as much as me... Let's just say, if you prefer the gang as dinosaurs, you might try elsewhere. That was not a downgrade, since I myself have no problem with it. I was just letting others here who haven't read it know that the gang, well, they are no longer dinosaurs, but are now all the same species. I didn't want to spoil anything, that is why I'm being mysterious and vague. Since it's new, it was on the front page under the LBT search, viewing most recently posted, at least as of today anyway.
Well, that's all I have for now. Still, more fanfictions are made, and many already made ones still have yet for me to read them. I'll update when I found more. Later!
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I dont really like most the crossover ones. It just doesnt feel like LBT.
Quest for the lost souls is probably my favorite. Can't wait til that gets done.
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I don't read that much fanfiction anymore, but the LBT section is probably one of the few sections that actually puts EFFORT into a story. Seriously, every other section is usually covered with the Mary Sue stories, same sex relationships, etc. These, on the other hand, look like a lot of thought was put into them.
Some stories include: A Sharptooth's Heart series, Out of the Shadows series, Battle of the Sacred Essences series, The Adventures of Littlefoot and Ali. (I think that's what it's called)
Again, I haven't read that much, but I'm proud to be a part of a fanbase that has bright individuals who put effort into what they do. Keep on rocking, guys.
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Recently, I've been more into reading fan fiction than writing them; I'm sure I'll get back into writing them as soon as I get a new flash drive. But in the meantime...
My current favorite LBT fan fics are:
LBT: Twilight Valley
A Time Before Twilight
LBT: Sharptooth Valley
Quest for the Lost Souls
Crystal Blaze
LBT: Revenge (1 and 2)
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read some on my PSP while i still knew where it was and my favorites had to be
Time Gate X by Cyberlizard
The War of the Worlds by Falcon88
The Land Before Time: Sharptooth Valley by Brekclub85
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There are a few more fics that I do like that I didn't add. With a late chapter add not too long ago, I really like Quest for the Lost Souls as a great "true-to-the-series" fanfic. Just a shame that the author doesn't seem to update it too regularly. Can't remember if I mentioned it already, but the Kingdom Heart 2/LBT crossover A Time Before Twilight is an excellent fic thats cleverly incorporated all the best parts of both series'. I especially liked the mention of King Triton and Grandpa Longneck sounding the same :lol
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I also really like Time Before Twilight because it does a great job at pulling you into the story. Since the chapters are pretty long, I print them off (one chapter per visit) from the library and bring them home with me to read. I only get an hour per Internet session.
It also does a great job at keeping people who have either never played Kingdom Hearts or never seen LBT informed on each series.
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The Crystal Blaze series are really good too.
Supernatural action/adventure with a great plot and great descriptions.
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Battle Of the Sacred Essences (Littlefoot1616) is quite good (I only read the first chapter and I'm already hooked!)
Is it just me or does it seem most of 100,000+ word stories are all PG-13? Land Before Time: The Mysterious World and Battle Of the Sacred Essences all seem feature post apocalyptic environments (particularly post-apoc London). They're great stories but I have to wonder.
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If you notice Serris, most of the stories in the LBT section are either rated K+ or higher. I think coz most of them include a certain amount of un-LBT-esque material be it violence, love interests or whatever else. I think it's mainly because most writers don't wanna get in trouble for unrating their fic and have someone complain about it. Also, as we all know, there are very few "true-to-the-series" stories posted up there. Most are crossovers or include subject matters you would not normally find in a LBT episode. So, with that freedom, authors normally exploit the U rating of the movies to add just about anything they want to.
That all aside, thanks for recommending my fanfic Serris ;) I'm actually pretty amazed that my first story is still getting a large number of hits despite ending nearly 3 years ago now! Last month, my traffic report stated I had 420+ hits for BOSE and nearly 150 visitors :blink: I really do wonder what these people see in this story :unsure: I've noticed Twilight Valley is highly rated under the LBT fanfic branch too ;) It's a great read...I should favourite it once I get the chance to read it thru again ;)
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Land Before Time: The Mysterious World and Battle Of the Sacred Essences all seem feature post apocalyptic environments (particularly post-apoc London). They're great stories but I have to wonder.
If I remember correctly, the authors of those two fanfics both live in London (or somewhere nearby, not sure). I wonder if they shared ideas while writing these fanfics. :unsure:
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"Land Before Time: The Mysterious World" is written by Threehorn and "Battle of the Sacred Essences" is written by Littlefoot1616 aka Thunderblade. Littlefoot1616 lives in London, and I believe Threehorn lives near Liverpool ;).
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Erm...technically that info is not strictly true :smile I live NEAR London but if I was to mention my hometown I doubt anyone would have heard of it. At least if I say "London" most people can get a fix on where abouts in the country I am. As for Threehorn, since it's his own personal business I will not divulge his location but he doesn't live in Liverpool :lol That's too far north. Like 200 miles too far north!! :DD
If I remember correctly, the authors of those two fanfics both live in London (or somewhere nearby, not sure). I wonder if they shared ideas while writing these fanfics
Truth be told, I wrote BOSE back in November 2003 and Threehorn got in touch with me via my fanfic. I didn't know him before that time but we've been friends ever since ;) I won't blow my own trumpet by saying that Threehorn's initial ideas came from me (coz I don't know if that is strictly true or not. You'd have to ask him personally) but I suppose it would seem that way seeing as my fanfic was posted up on FF.net before his.
The only reason why I used London as my reference point in BOSE is purely coz I know my way around it and it is a location many recognise. I was actually going to set it somewhere else. My initial thoughts were either somewhere in America or maybe even a fictional location but London was best suited for the plot I had in store. That and it was easy to mention recognised hotspots that most tourists knew or those who know about London landmarks despite never actually visiting England. Better the devil you know as they say ;)
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i like a jedi's destiny written by jedi472
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Voyage Through Time (H.G. Wells) is another favorite.
It's basically Cold War + LBT. Trust me, it's a LOT better than it sounds.
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I should elaborate on my opinion of Battle of the Sacred Essences:
Yes, I loved the SF post apoc setting but my main appeal was the interaction between the Human and the Gang of Five.
The fantasy elements were a nice touch too.
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Time Gate LBT (Dunedain ranger of the north) - A dark post apoc LBT fic with several SF elements.
What I liked about this so much is the post apocalyptic setting and the SF, the plot is good, oh and the anthros! Of course one complaint is that you have no idea how the Gang of Five is going to fit in. Hell, you may be justified in thinking that this was an original story.
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Also want to say I also enjoy LBTfan1's Revenge series, I can't wait to see how 2 ends.
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there are alot I like.
1. BOSE(Battle of The Sacred Essences) and BOSE2 by Thunderblade,everything is good in BOSE the first staring a human character named Jason in a dacaying and abandoned version of the UK once he discovers a portal called the chronos doorway he is thrown into the LBT universe and meets Littlefoot and the others.
2. A Jedi's Destiny by Jedi472, its a near perfect crossover between Star Wars and Land Before Time staring the hero here ,a teen turned jedi named Markus finds himself in the star wars universe and soon the Great Valley,this has everthing action,adventure,supense etc.
3.Reality Flux by Ahardie,while the story here is a bit similar to BOSE the plot is intresting and it always has you on the edge of your seat set in a world on the edge of armageddon then in the LBT world.
4.Adventures of Littlefoot and Ali by Pokeplayer984 , I must say this story is darn good I like the humor so its good when I need a laugh and it always has you wondering what will happen next.
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http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5214807/1/Hunger (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5214807/1/Hunger)
I also enjoy this one shot entitled "Hunger" by a an ff.net writer named Refia. It was a good story about Chomper considering leaving the valley because of his growing appetite, but he meets another friendly sharptooth who provides him with a solution to his problem.
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Mine are
1. Battle of the Sacred Essences and BOSE2: Corruptions Curse by Thunderblade. These stories are just too awesome not to like!
2. Warriors of the Solar System by Dark Side of the World.(I believe he's not on here.) That is an awesome fanfic. Not as good as BOSE, but still awesome.
3. Land Before Time: Dawn of Seven Heroes and Journey of Seven Heroes (journey one is on FF.net) HUZZAH! I said when Journey of Seven Heroes was on FF.net, but BOSE is still the best. :D
There are a lot more, but I just can't name them now. That's my favorites.
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Far Away Home by Cauztiser for now i had read that