First off, a quick word to everyone who is reading this.
Please read the info below first.
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I am so sorry for such a long wait. I was busy with so much things to finish.
Also, another reason that took me so long to finish is because it is hard to think and/or figure out what to put next in your own story, as well as describing, explanations, and using different or uncommon words in your story.
You know some fanfic writers are good because they read many books and they also learn and put in many different and non-commonly used words in?
What I am saying is... I don't read books. In fact, I am not much of a book reader. And I am so sorry. And I am not so sorry. In fact, I have never read any books for a long time! What the hell is wrong with me?
I do, however, find out new words via the internet.
Again, sorry for the wait. I am not a very good experienced writer. I do try my best to make it as good as possible though. I hope you all understand.
Anyways, enjoy... I guess...
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After about 40 minutes of playing in the pond, we got out, sat down beside the tree and began to take a breather.
“Well, that was enjoyable. I haven’t done this in quite a long time.” I commented.
“We always love playing in the pond. We do, we do!” replied Ducky. Spike nodded his head in agreement.
“We’ll play some more later after when we had our sit down.” Littlefoot said.
I then said, “Well, if that’s okay. My shorts need to dry out. Luckily the sun is so hot in this time, it should dry the shorts quicker.”
While resting, we began to socialize again. Just then, two pink triceratops came over, an adult and a baby.
“Hello, kids!” said the adult triceratops while smiling.
The kids turned their heads to the two threehorns. “Hi, Tria!” they replied.
The triceratops then turned her head to me. “Well, hello there! You must the new one who saved our kids and is now staying in the Great Valley.”
“Yeah, Tria! He is one amazing guy! Meet Callum, a human!” Cera introduced me to Tria then turned her head to me. “Callum, this is my step mother, Tria and my baby half-sister, Tricia.”
“It’s nice to meet you, ma’am.” I said to Tria while bowing my head then turned my head to the baby triceratops, Tricia, while giving a smile. “And you too, little guy.”
The baby triceratops giggled and began to run to my knee, nuzzling it, while waging her tail. Oh, God! Cuteness overload! My heart cannot withstand it! The kids started to give out an aww.
“It seems Tricia likes you, Callum.” Cera complemented.
I pretended I felt like I was unable to move.
“Uh, Callum... are you okay?” asked Chomper curiously. The other kids went to me to see what was wrong.
“Guys... you never told me she was going to be this darned adorable.” I said to them.
The kids began to giggle. Soon they had an idea in their heads. They looked at each other knowing they all have the same idea. They smiled sneakily and decided to do it all together.
“Oh, we’ll show you adorable.” Littlefoot said in a playful tone. The kids went in front of me, then they began to gaze at me with their most adorable faces I have ever seen with sparkly eyes and smiles.
Oh... God... Never have I seen such cuteness in my life. I grabbed my chest, pretending to feel I was having a heart attack. “Hnnnngggg!” I fell to the ground, then put my hand up while saying, “I am dead. Not big surprise.”
The kids began to laugh at my performance. Tria and Tricia gave a giggle as well.
“Well, that was something different.” Tria commented. Tricia giggled in agreement.
I got back up from my “dead” state. “Seems my acting, or pretending skills really paid off, huh?”
Tria answered “It indeed has.”
“Callum is one funny guy, isn’t he?” commented Chomper.
I replied “I try not to disappoint.”
“Well, it is a pleasure to meet you and I do hope you continue to enjoy your stay in the Valley. And thank you for saving our kids from those dreaded sharpteeth.” Tria said to me.
“Thanks. Just doing my duty.”
“What are you doing here, anyways, Tria?” asked Cera, curious.
“Tricia is hungry so we came here to get some food for her. We thought some sweet bubbles from that tree could make her happy.”
The moment she said those words, I decided to give her a hand. “Allow me.” I used my foot boosters to float up to the height where the grapes are on the tree. I grabbed five grapes, floated back down then gave the grapes to Tria. “Order up!”
Tria did not expect me to do that but then started to smile. “Oh, um... thank you very much.”
“Anytime. Is that enough or do you want more?”
“No, that’s quite alright. That should fill her up. You really are a big help.”
“No problem. Just thought I’d make myself useful.”
Tricia began to run round me in circles while giggling. I presume she must be saying “Thank you.” I bent down my knees. “You’re welcome, Tricia.” I said as I started to stroke her. Tricia is just so adorable.
Just then, a voice came out and was walking towards Tria. “Tria? Have you found some food for Tricia?” It was that grumpy triceratops I met yesterday. He wasn’t grumpy as before though. In fact, he’s much more calm now.
“Yes, we have. We got her some sweet bubbles from the tree. But it wasn’t us who done it. It was Callum over here, who was a big help.”
The triceratops then turned his head to me and his face turned to grumpy again.
“Humph... it’s you.” he asked me in a angry tone.
I replied sarcastically “Nice to see you too.”
He then asked “What are you doing here? Are you bothering our kids?”
Cera then said “No he isn’t, dad. We were having a fun time with him.” So, I was right. It was indeed Cera’s dad. And already I feel bad for Cera since she has a hot tempered father. Maybe his dad is over protective of his daughter and his family or maybe he always likes or wants to get things his way. Regardless, it’s annoying. Well, the first one isn’t that annoying, but still.
Littlefoot then said “We had fun talking to each other and we played together in the pond. He even got the sweet bubbles from the trees for Tricia as Tria already said.”
Cera’s dad then turned his head to me. I said to him, “It’s true. Want me to prove it?”
The triceratops began to scoff, “HA! And you expect me to believe that?”
After what he said, I replied, “I’ll take that as a yes.” I floated up to height of the grapes on the tree with my foot boosters. I took a grape off the tree and ate it. “Tasty.” The Triceratops looked at me in disbelief. I said to him, “Well? Not only I have shown you my power by chopping a rock in two you saw yesterday, but I’ve also shown you I can fly with my foot boosters as you can see here. Is there anything else you want me to demonstrate to you, or have you seen enough?”
“Well... um... I... I still don’t trust you!”
It seemed like he is defending himself or he was trying to change the subject. “Whatever do you mean you don’t trust me? Is there something you don’t like about me?” I asked him as I floated back down to the ground.
“I just don’t trust you! It’s just not safe with you here!”
“Don’t say that, Topsy. I think Callum here is a very kind and polite boy. After all, he saved our kids, remember?” Tria said to his mate.
“Well... yes, that’s true... but I still don’t trust you!”
I crossed my arms in annoyance. I really have no clue why he still doesn’t trust me.
Tria decided to break the arguement. “Well anyway, Topsy, we got we came here for. Shall we get going and leave the kids and our guest to what they were doing?”
Cera’s dad knew she was right. “Well... okay. Come along, Tricia.” The baby triceratops ran towards her father. He then turned his face to me one more time. “I’ve got my eye on you, human.”
I replied, “And I’ve got my eye on you, good sir.”
And with that, he gave a humph and started to leave. Tria said to me in a quieter voice, “Don’t take what he says to heart. He actually does trust you. He just doesn’t want to admit it.”
“So he’s always like this, huh?”
Tria nodded his head. “Unfortunately, yes. His temper can get on everyone’s nerves sometimes. But I still love Topsy no matter what.”
I turned my head to Cera. “Do you get annoyed by his tempers?”
Cera replied, “Sometimes, yes. He’s just doing what he can to protect the Great Valley. But I still love my dad.”
“I understand, Cera. Hopefully he’ll get used to me being around.” Though I doubt that.
“Well, see you around, Callum. Take care of yourself.” Tria said to me.
I replied while bowing, “You too, ma’am.”
Tria finally said my dino friends, “See you later, kids!“
The kids replied back “Bye, Tria!” And with that, she left with Tricia following her.
“Well, that went well. Despite the anger from Threehorn himself.”
Ducky then said, “It’s okay, Callum. Don’t be sad about what Mr. Threehorn says about you. We are your friends, we are, we are.” Spike nodded his head in agreement.
“Yeah! We will always be your friend.” continued Chomper.
I replied “And it’s great to have friends like you all.” After all, friendship is magic.
We then went in the pond again, continuing and enjoying our fun, splashing and running around. After about 30 minutes passed, we heard our stomachs growl.
“My stomach is talking.” giggled Ducky.
Petrie remarked. “So is mine.”
I then stated, “It seems our stomachs need feeding. So what do you say we get some food?”
My dino friends nodded their heads. Without further ado, we went to get something to eat. My dino friends had grapes and treestars except Chomper who had bugs. I know, gross. But he’s a carnivore, so let it slide. As for me, I had the grapes.
After we had our food, we had a sit down to let our food go down our bodies. So to pass the time, we sat under the tree and we started to socialize.
Littlefoot began to ask, “So what games should we play later once our bodies are settled?”
“The Pointy Seed game!” Chomper said.
“We could play Tag!” Petrie thought.
“How about Toss the Seed?” Ruby suggested.
Littlefoot settled the discussion. “Good ideas, guys! What about you, Callum? What game do you want to play?”
“I don’t mind. But I think I’ll watch for now.”
Cera decided to give me a tease. She said to me while smirking “Because you’re lazy.”
“Cera!” Littlefoot scolded.
“Nah, Cera’s right. I can be lazy sometimes, and I just can’t help but need it. After all, being a hero can be exhausting sometimes. So I rest myself to get better, and it just feels good.” I started to lie down on my back with my head on my arms.
Ducky went towards me. “I do not blame you, Callum. It is nice to feel lazy and rest sometimes, it is, it is.”
“Indeed. When you feel the need for relaxation and rest, just lie down, then relax and rest. Just let it go, man, let it go.”
My dino pals began to giggle at my impression. “You sure do make us laugh, Callum.” Cera commented.
I replied back with an Elvis Presley impression. “Why thank you, thank you very much.” The kids began to giggle even more. I doubt an dino incarnation of Elvis would exist in this world, but even people who don’t know that singer will find that voice pretty charming and funny to listen to.
After socializing, or should I say, having the discussion, the kids started to play one of the games, which was Toss the Seed. I was watching them having their fun. They were in 2 teams, team 1 was Littlefoot, Ruby and Chomper, while team 2 was Cera, Ducky and Petrie. As for Spike, he was eating some treestars. The game has just started, and each team were playing to prove which team is the best. But it wasn’t a serious competition, this game was just for fun.
I was resting my head on the tree. Watching those kids laughing and having fun gives me a smile. But then something came into my head. “Wait a second... Oh, I almost forgot! I have to let my friends in Equestria know I am okay! Sometimes my brain doesn’t like to function properly. But... wait a minute. Maybe it’s because I am having such a good time here, I forgot! I can’t blame anyone but myself! Oh, well. Better late than never.”
I got my communication device out of my storage unit and put it on my arm like a watch. I pressed one of the buttons to make it turn on. The device somehow... did not seem to want to respond. “Huh?” I pressed it again. But nothing happened. “Something’s wrong here...” I pressed it one more time. Again, no response. “What’s wrong with you? Something broken?” I could be right. Since it was not responding, it could be damaged or broken and might need repairs. I took the device of my arm and observed it carefully, looking for any things broken or loose. I have noticed that inside of the device that a few wires and other things were damaged. “Damn it!” The only way for it to work again was to wait until it starts working again, or go back to Equestria for repairs as I said before. I put the device back in my storage unit. Then I went back to watching the kids as they continued playing their game.
Later on, the game ended. It ended in a draw, hence the score was tied. After the game, the kids sat down under the tree with me and we were socializing again. Well, except Spike, who went to eat more treestars from the trees. That guy sure loves to eat a lot.
I took out my communication device and observed it. I said to myself, “Well, this sucks...”
Chomper seemed to notice the device on my hand. He started to ask, “What’s that you got on your hand, Callum?” That seemed to get the rest of the gang’s attention as they turned their heads to the device I am holding.
“This? This is my communication device. With this, I am able to talk to the one I am speaking to, very far away. Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem to be working right now as it could be damaged or broken. The only way to repair it is to wait until it works again, or get back home to repair it faster.”
Littlefoot then asked, “Wait, are you saying you’re going back home?”
“That unfortunately is correct. I need to get back home to Equestria to let my friends know I am ok.”
Ducky then went up to me. She pleaded, “Please don’t go away already, Callum. We really enjoy your company here, we do, we do.” The others agreed with Ducky.
To be honest with you, Ducky is right. I can’t just leave my new friends already. I just made myself comfortable. But I do have to get back home though. I had to tell her this. “In all honesty, I agree with you as well, Ducky. I don’t want to leave very quickly, as I just started making new friends with you all, and staying in the Great Valley makes me feel like I am at home. Though Equestria really is my home. So, as for that, I will slow down the process. I just have to let my friends know I am safe and sound. I hope you all understand what I am saying.”
Littlefoot spoke up first. “We understand you have to go back home to where you live, Callum. We just don’t want you to leave already.”
I nodded my head in response. But then... I started to realize I do not know how to get back get back home. Well, the only way back is by Groundbridge, but I have to find a way to set it up first. Which I might need the required set ups pieces to make it work, which I don’t seem to have. Wow. This is awkward.
“Well, what I am going to say to you all right now is good news in your eyes, it seems I might be staying here for a bit longer because I don’t seem to have to required tools with me to get back home, which is also bad news for me.” Wow. That was even more awkward.
“So you won’t be able to get back home?” Petrie asked.
“That is not good news, no, no, no.” Ducky said.
“Wait, I thought it was good news for you. You know, me staying here a bit longer.”
Littlefoot replied, “That is true, but your friends and family might miss you if you stay away too long.”
Littlefoot is correct with that one. “You’re right, Littlefoot. I’ll need to get back sooner or later. Equestria might need me to save the day again.”
Littlefoot then suggested, “If you want, we can help you find a way to get back.” The kids agreed with Littlefoot.
I replied, “It is very considerate of you all to help me, but these things might be a bit to complicated for you kids to get. But I’ll find a way back. I know it. Until then, I’ll make the most of it by staying here at the Great Valley. After all, I need a vacation, and there are more fun things for me ahead to look and explore in this world.” The kids nodded their heads.
Just then, Spike came back in a hurry. He was trying to get our attention. Seems like he’s trying to tell us something.
“Huh? What is it, Spike?” asked Ducky curiously. Spike responded by pointing his face the way he came back from.
I realized what he was trying to say, “Seems like he wants to show us something.”
Spike nodded his head to me, saying I was right, and gestured to us to follow him. He started to run to where came from, while we were following him to wherever he was going. I wonder what he found?
“What do you guys reckon he might have found?” I asked we were following Spike.
“Maybe something we’ve never seen yet?” Chomper answered.
“Someplace new to explore?” Littlefoot commented.
“Maybe he found a new friend!” Ducky said.
“Me hope it not dangerous.” Petrie commented.
Cera then said, “Well, whatever it is, it better be good.”
Ruby then replied, “Well, you never know unless you go.”
We kept following Spike as we were also thinking what he might have found.