Surprise! New chapter
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Chapter 14: MourningAs Cera heard the chorus of weeping, she became curious. The blubbering of the Swimmer Kids was getting on her nerves so she thought she would calm them down with her very own method...
Petrie shuffled over to a stone, laid down on it and curled his arms around it sobbing.
Ducky was screaming after her mommy, her desperate cries mixed with the wailing even drowned her eleven other siblings.
Littlefoot cried to himself quietly and sobbed repeatingly, "Mother..."
None of them even considered comforting each other...
Half an hour later, most of the Swimmer Kids were still snivelling though they were far quieter than earlier. Cera, unobtrusively, walked closer to the others munching a few leaves without having any appetite.
Ducky was the only one still weeping loudly, Petrie had recovered to a degree and Littlefoot cried in silence. Petrie walked slowly over to Ducky. He felt so sorry for the little Swimmer girl. He watched her for a while, too shy to actually talk to her.
Ducky thumped her little hands and feet on the hard, rocky ground beginning to scream again,"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
Littlefoot couldn't listen any longer, he had to do something to calm her. He slowly went over to the little one and began nuzzling her. Ducky heaved herself up and hugged one of Littlefoot's legs.
After some minutes, Petrie joined him and stroked Ducky who was still blubbering slightly. The heartbroken girl now hugged Petrie who began to weep again, too.
After half an hour, they finally calmed down as well as Ducky's siblings who got progressively quieter.
Cera returned to the others.
"Hey guys!" she called hoping to find some cool friends since her siblings were deceased.
"Hello Threehorn!" Littlefoot responded, "I'm Littlefoot! Who are you?"
"Name's Cera!" she replied.
"Me name Petrie!" Petrie croaked.
"Ducky!" the Swimmer sobbed smeared in tears. She wiped them out of the face but instantly new ones wetted her cheeks again
"Why are we supposed to wait here?!" Cera moaned. "I wanna be with my daddy!!!"
"I want to be with my mommy, too, yep, yep, yep!" Ducky sobbed hugging Petrie again.
"Me wanna, too!" Petrie sighed.
"Mmmhmm!" Littlefoot nodded, agreeing. He thought of his dad again. Where was he? Tears streamed down his cheeks dropping on the ground.He could relate to Ducky, who weeped all the time now. Dragging himself to Ducky and Petrie he cuddled with them laying down next to them, he started weeping too.
The children’s crestfallen weeping continued throughout the whole day... Ducky cried the whole time, Petrie mostly did the same, although a little quieter and Littlefoot constantly sobbed, "Mother..."
Cera lied some distance away from the three.
In the evening, Petrie's Mother brought the children some treestars but neither of them touched them. Petrie was comforted by his mother, Ducky joined her siblings who tried to get some sleep without their parents but to no avail. The little Swimmers were quite restless which made it even harder for all the other kids to get to sleep themselves. Littlefoot had curled up into a little hollow, still weeping silently. Cera retreated far into the cave since the Swimmers made so much noise. Besides, she didn't want to get caught weeping in front of the others.
After Petrie's Mother had flown off, Petrie walked to his siblings who had just arrived at the cave with her, his head down. He got up and left the group; the nearby Swimmers were crying too loud for his liking. After a quick look around, he eventually eyed Ducky and starting walking to her. Ducky had curled up with her back to everyone. At first glance, Petrie thought that she was already asleep but then he noticed a little tear roll down her cheek. He again remained standing on the spot not daring to utter a single word. Eventually, he summoned his courage, "Ducky? Petrie can sleep here?" the Flyer questioned shily.
Ducky sluggishly turned to Petrie, "Oh, yes Petrie!" she sobbed, "but not here, please. Let us find a calm spot, yep, yep, yep."
"That good," Petrie confirmed. "Brothers and sisters remind me of what happened too much."
"I know what you mean. I feel the same way too," Ducky confirmed.
Petrie offered Ducky his hands to help her up since the constant weeping had taken all of Ducky’s strength.
"Where you wanna heading?" Petrie asked.
"Perhaps.. to Littlefoot?!" she proposed.
"That good idea but where he is?"
"Hmm, I believe he went that way, yes he did," she said and pointed at one of the two passages.
"Then we go deeper into cave."
Ducky was right. A few moments later they spotted the Longneck.
"Littlefoot? Can we sleep with you?" Ducky questioned quietly.
"Oh yeah, of course! Come in please," he replied, glad that he didn't need to spend the night all alone. Ducky cuddled up with Littlefoot's neck and Petrie laid down next to her.
After a few minutes they fell asleep...
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Okay, I admit it's slowly getting too sad hence there shall be action soon
Next chapter will be named 'Nightmares'
What do you guess might happen?
I hope you liked the read, I try to upload one more, perhabs two this week because I'll be on holidays for two weeks starting on Saturday
So no updates for two weeks then
