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"Ducky! Spike!" a female voice called out.
"Cera! Cera! Ceeeraaa!" a deep, gruff voice yelled, angrily.
"Littlefoot, where are you?" an older female voice called, desparately.
The day had started, and none of them had been seen since last night. Nobody in the valley knew where they were, except two other youngsters. One was safe since the grownups didn't even know he had arrived yesterday. But as for the other one, he had been seen with the kids last...
"Excuse me, Ecco," Littlefoot's grandfather asked Ecco as he noticed him lying down in the open getting some bright circle. "Have you seen the children lately?"
Flash Back
"I'd prefer stay in the Great Valley, if you don't mind," Ecco responded when they were all invited to Chomper's Star Day. "I could use the peace and quiet, and somebody needs to cover for you guys, right? I won't lie to your families, but I can keep them from worrying at the same time. Trust me, I know exactly what to tell them. Go ahead without me."
Present
"Yeah, I saw them last night," Ecco answered casually.
"You mean then, you don't know where they are now?" Littlefoot's grandpa asked, even more worried now.
"I didn't say that," he replied. "They're around somewhere. They're just roaming around parts they haven't been to in a while and decided to sleep there. Chomper's idea actually. Thought it would be fun for them to all be together for a while. I assure you though, they'll be back soon and nobody has anything to worry about."
"Why didn't they say anything to us?" he asked.
"I told them that I would, I was just a bit late in doing so. Sorry 'bout that," he answered. And every word he had just said was true in some way.
"Well, thank you for telling me now. I'll go tell the other's so they stop worrying too. Have a nice day, Ecco," he said, walking off slowly.
"Am I good or what?" Ecco thought to himself. "The other's owe me big time when they return."
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PS:
I have never read a fanfiction with Ecco in it, so my description of his personality is probably highly inaccurate.