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LBT Fanfiction / Re: Brat (February/March Fanfic Prompt)--Finished
« on: March 31, 2020, 08:56:15 PM »
Don't ask me what possessed me to write this part. 
Chapter 3
After their meal was finished, the two flyers set off across the barren landscape again. Their shadows grew long in front of them as the bright circle began to set.
The hatchling was captivated by its own shadow, giggling as it danced back and forth in the air to watch the shadow return the same movements. On the ground, it appeared as a large, dark, monstrous shape, whooshing back and forth around Sierra’s shadow like an attacking fast biter. Sierra could have sworn its laughter was malicious.
The shadow was practically the little fiend’s true form, thought the flyer. Annoying, inescapable, and threatening to overwhelm him. He couldn’t believe he was depending on this thing now. Sheesh, what if his wing never healed? Would this be what he had to look forward to for the rest of his life?
That was when, frowning at the horizon, he spotted a color it seemed like he hadn’t glimpsed in forever: green. The edge of a valley.
Now Sierra was getting somewhere! With that much green visible even from a distance, there had to be food and water to spare. He could spend as much time there as he needed to while his wing hopefully healed—and maybe he could even lose the brat while he was at it.
Normally, Sierra would have despised the thought of going someplace filled with other creatures, which he was sure such a green valley had to be. But now he actually found himself welcoming the thought. With so many dinosaurs running around there, at least one had to be willing to take that pest off his hands!
By the time he had reached the valley, he felt a weight was about to be lifted from his chest. Peering down into the area, he could see rivers, forests, and plenty of dinosaurs—dinosaurs roaming all over the place.
Even as the hatchling clung to his foot, Sierra smirked in triumph. He was going to win now! Nothing could ruin his luck in that moment.
“HELLO!”
“Whoa!” The loud greeting came from behind Sierra and just about startled him into falling down the ridge. “What’s the big idea?” he grunted as he regained his footing, turning around with hands on his hips to see who had made the big mistake of sneaking up on him.
The answer nearly hit him in the nose as a big yellow beak grinned right into his face.
Ugh, great. Just when Sierra thought he’d already met the most irritating creature on the planet, he was about to be proven wrong.
“Welcome to Berry Valley!” the thing squawked before bursting into hysterical laughter.
While the hatchling merely stared, Sierra was forced backwards against the ground in his effort to get some space without falling off the ledge. He grumbled, ticked off, and his first thought was to give this nauseatingly smiley animal a piece of his mind. But no sooner had he gotten back onto his feet than he saw something move in the corner of his eye, and he realized there was another one of these things coming on his right, its chubby yellow belly bouncing as it walked. Argh! The flyer tried to go the other way, but he ran into another of the creatures on his left.
Where were these things coming from?? If any more of the bulging beasts showed up, he was sure the ridge he was standing on would break under his feet. Just the size of those bellies alone was practically crowding the flyer off the edge!
“Hey, you don’t really look like one of us!” observed a pink one of the creatures, the one who had shouted in Sierra’s face.
“No kiddin’, thank goodness!” growled Sierra.
“Hey, you’ve got a hatchling!” said the blue creature to his right. He picked up the hatchling, who still looked puzzled, and held it up in front of him, making goofy faces that failed to get anything but blank stares from the baby.
“Aww, what’s his name?” gasped the pink one.
“Brat…” the hatchling babbled, chewing on its own tail.
Why was it that watching these things handle the brat made Sierra tense up? Maybe it was that being present while creatures so stupid got in anybody’s face was second in annoyance only to them getting in Sierra’s own face. Or maybe it was because Sierra suddenly felt possessive of the hatchling. As long as he still needed a gofer while he healed, getting in that thing’s face was his job.
He snatched the brat from the blue creature’s hands. “Gimme him—he ain’t my hatchling!” he contradicted himself with a stammer.
“Okay!” replied the pink one in a bubbly tone.
Sierra was bothered by the way that she was so unfazed by him. A dumb hatchling was one thing, but this was a grown dinosaur. What were she and her friends hiding that made them so confident? He didn’t trust them.
“What’re you guys doing in Berry Valley?” asked the blue creature.
“What’d anybody be doing in a valley?” Sierra grumbled. “Lookin’ for food. A safe place to stay!”
“Oh my gosh, you’re going to stay here?” exclaimed the pink one. “This is gonna be FUN!” She grinned like she was about to lose her mind.
Was this whole thing some hallucination? Now Sierra had to wonder if he’d been walking out in the heat too long. These yellow-bellied things were more than irritating. They were downright weird, kinda creepy. For cryin’ out loud, nobody could really be this happy for no good reason. What were they trying to pull on him? The green one on the flyer’s left smiled as he licked something red and sticky from his lips. Probably just fruit juice. Right?
As these weirdos stared towards Sierra, waiting for an answer, the flyer blurted, “NO! Ain’t no way I’m stayin’ here!”
He’d starve before he started hanging around with some scarily smiley bunch of doofuses! With that, he shoved through the green and the blue ones to get back to the area he’d come in from, and the hatchling scampered after him.
“Well, he didn’t stay very long!” the pink creature exclaimed.
“Goodbye!” the blue one called cheerfully. He waved enthusiastically as Sierra left, and the pink and the green creatures followed suit.
Continuing to follow Sierra, the hatchling returned the waving motion. “Byee!”
Twilight was beginning to fall now, and Sierra cursed that valley for wasting his time. What he’d thought was the answer to his problems had turned out to get him nowhere. He hadn’t even nabbed any food from those clowns before their weird personalities drove him away.
Rats—the only thing he was taking away from that stop was the haunting feeling that there actually were more irritating things out there than a tenacious hatchling. Too bad those dumb things had taught his pest a new word, one which he’d be stuck listening to for a long time: “Byee. Byee! Byee…”
Chapter 3
After their meal was finished, the two flyers set off across the barren landscape again. Their shadows grew long in front of them as the bright circle began to set.
The hatchling was captivated by its own shadow, giggling as it danced back and forth in the air to watch the shadow return the same movements. On the ground, it appeared as a large, dark, monstrous shape, whooshing back and forth around Sierra’s shadow like an attacking fast biter. Sierra could have sworn its laughter was malicious.
The shadow was practically the little fiend’s true form, thought the flyer. Annoying, inescapable, and threatening to overwhelm him. He couldn’t believe he was depending on this thing now. Sheesh, what if his wing never healed? Would this be what he had to look forward to for the rest of his life?
That was when, frowning at the horizon, he spotted a color it seemed like he hadn’t glimpsed in forever: green. The edge of a valley.
Now Sierra was getting somewhere! With that much green visible even from a distance, there had to be food and water to spare. He could spend as much time there as he needed to while his wing hopefully healed—and maybe he could even lose the brat while he was at it.
Normally, Sierra would have despised the thought of going someplace filled with other creatures, which he was sure such a green valley had to be. But now he actually found himself welcoming the thought. With so many dinosaurs running around there, at least one had to be willing to take that pest off his hands!
By the time he had reached the valley, he felt a weight was about to be lifted from his chest. Peering down into the area, he could see rivers, forests, and plenty of dinosaurs—dinosaurs roaming all over the place.
Even as the hatchling clung to his foot, Sierra smirked in triumph. He was going to win now! Nothing could ruin his luck in that moment.
“HELLO!”
“Whoa!” The loud greeting came from behind Sierra and just about startled him into falling down the ridge. “What’s the big idea?” he grunted as he regained his footing, turning around with hands on his hips to see who had made the big mistake of sneaking up on him.
The answer nearly hit him in the nose as a big yellow beak grinned right into his face.
Ugh, great. Just when Sierra thought he’d already met the most irritating creature on the planet, he was about to be proven wrong.
“Welcome to Berry Valley!” the thing squawked before bursting into hysterical laughter.
While the hatchling merely stared, Sierra was forced backwards against the ground in his effort to get some space without falling off the ledge. He grumbled, ticked off, and his first thought was to give this nauseatingly smiley animal a piece of his mind. But no sooner had he gotten back onto his feet than he saw something move in the corner of his eye, and he realized there was another one of these things coming on his right, its chubby yellow belly bouncing as it walked. Argh! The flyer tried to go the other way, but he ran into another of the creatures on his left.
Where were these things coming from?? If any more of the bulging beasts showed up, he was sure the ridge he was standing on would break under his feet. Just the size of those bellies alone was practically crowding the flyer off the edge!
“Hey, you don’t really look like one of us!” observed a pink one of the creatures, the one who had shouted in Sierra’s face.
“No kiddin’, thank goodness!” growled Sierra.
“Hey, you’ve got a hatchling!” said the blue creature to his right. He picked up the hatchling, who still looked puzzled, and held it up in front of him, making goofy faces that failed to get anything but blank stares from the baby.
“Aww, what’s his name?” gasped the pink one.
“Brat…” the hatchling babbled, chewing on its own tail.
Why was it that watching these things handle the brat made Sierra tense up? Maybe it was that being present while creatures so stupid got in anybody’s face was second in annoyance only to them getting in Sierra’s own face. Or maybe it was because Sierra suddenly felt possessive of the hatchling. As long as he still needed a gofer while he healed, getting in that thing’s face was his job.
He snatched the brat from the blue creature’s hands. “Gimme him—he ain’t my hatchling!” he contradicted himself with a stammer.
“Okay!” replied the pink one in a bubbly tone.
Sierra was bothered by the way that she was so unfazed by him. A dumb hatchling was one thing, but this was a grown dinosaur. What were she and her friends hiding that made them so confident? He didn’t trust them.
“What’re you guys doing in Berry Valley?” asked the blue creature.
“What’d anybody be doing in a valley?” Sierra grumbled. “Lookin’ for food. A safe place to stay!”
“Oh my gosh, you’re going to stay here?” exclaimed the pink one. “This is gonna be FUN!” She grinned like she was about to lose her mind.
Was this whole thing some hallucination? Now Sierra had to wonder if he’d been walking out in the heat too long. These yellow-bellied things were more than irritating. They were downright weird, kinda creepy. For cryin’ out loud, nobody could really be this happy for no good reason. What were they trying to pull on him? The green one on the flyer’s left smiled as he licked something red and sticky from his lips. Probably just fruit juice. Right?
As these weirdos stared towards Sierra, waiting for an answer, the flyer blurted, “NO! Ain’t no way I’m stayin’ here!”
He’d starve before he started hanging around with some scarily smiley bunch of doofuses! With that, he shoved through the green and the blue ones to get back to the area he’d come in from, and the hatchling scampered after him.
“Well, he didn’t stay very long!” the pink creature exclaimed.
“Goodbye!” the blue one called cheerfully. He waved enthusiastically as Sierra left, and the pink and the green creatures followed suit.
Continuing to follow Sierra, the hatchling returned the waving motion. “Byee!”
Twilight was beginning to fall now, and Sierra cursed that valley for wasting his time. What he’d thought was the answer to his problems had turned out to get him nowhere. He hadn’t even nabbed any food from those clowns before their weird personalities drove him away.
Rats—the only thing he was taking away from that stop was the haunting feeling that there actually were more irritating things out there than a tenacious hatchling. Too bad those dumb things had taught his pest a new word, one which he’d be stuck listening to for a long time: “Byee. Byee! Byee…”
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, I will go ahead and extend the deadline for that prompt to 
That would be the final nail in the coffin of the classic LBT movies we all know and love, and it probably would let us down. I mean, name one remake of anything that has done fans of the original whatever-it-was justice. Those Disney remakes are getting really old in my opinion...Beauty and the Beast is the only one I've been fond of much (and the only one that's gotten a very good fan reception in general, if I recall correctly).
Will do!
I was really enjoying the lettering in this one!
I knew some friends/artists that had gotten a successful experience out of DeviantArt, and I really wanted to like the site, but I just kept running into some pretty objectionable stuff even with the mature filter on. I really admire that you guys keep things clean around here for everyone to enjoy--thank you for putting forth that effort!
The font may have been my favorite part of making this drawing! It's kind of rare for me to use so much lettering in a drawing, but I'll have to start trying it more often.
Beware Ducky when there's a full moon... 
I actually used to dislike him quite a bit, but after Season 4 he somehow began growing on me. I realize he's not everyone's cup of tea, though. The way his personality demands attention both from the other characters and from the viewer every time he shows up probably contributes to how fans are divided between loving and hating him...not a lot of neutral ground. I was disappointed that certain episodes involving him (What About Discord, Matter of Principals, the show finale) did not fit with the character arc they'd been giving him earlier at all. I wish the fan theory that he'd actually been trying to trick the villains into reforming when he released them would've been correct--that would've been far, far better development for him.
My favorite "pony" is actually Discord. 
over them. XD ...But I wouldn't mind paying for some yellowbelly plushies. 
(Just joking 
