The Gang of Five
Role Play => Land Before Time RPG => Topic started by: Lillefot on July 21, 2008, 03:16:28 PM
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In the time of our good friends, who play in the Great Valley, things are about to change.
This adventure, one of their greatest ever, takes them trough events that lies further away than they've ever been before.
Even beyond the Mysterious Beyond...
This adventure lies beyond imagination!
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Dawn in the Great Valley. Over by the mountains, the bright circle was rising again. Like it always had.
As the light made its way trough the lushy areas, it was reflected in the watering holes and all the morning dew. The whole Valley was sparkling.
Littlefoot yawned as he woke up from his good night sleep.
He stood up, stretching his body and tail.
Then he looked out over the Valley that was his home.
He could feel the morning dew under his feet.
He would never stop to be amazed by the beauty of mornings such as this.
Littlefoot then heard someone approaching behind him, he looked around and saw his grandpa.
"Goodmorning Grandpa!" Littlefoot said.
"Look at the Valley, it's so beautiful, isn't it?"
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The sunlight touched Ducky's eyes. Sleepy she opened them, seeing the beauty of the morning.
"Spike! Spike! Look. Everything is so pretty" She pounced her brother. "Wake up sleepy head" She said with a big smile. "It's a new day agian, yep yep yep."
Shera slowly woke up, stretched and yawned. Her tummy was making a hungry noise.
"I'd better find something to eat" she said to herself. She saw a small tree, full of treestars. "Yum!" She ran at the tree and rammed it, so that the treestars could fall of.
Happily she ate a few of them. "That's much better."
As usual she walked to the drinking place to get something to drink. Maybe I see someone to play with too! She thought happily.
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Spike was lost in his usual slumber, happily snoring away... Not even Ducky's attempts to wake him seemed to rouse him from his dreamy bliss... ...However, as she continued to attempt to awaken him, he felt the bliss of his dreams start to fade, yet he was still so sleepy... Yawning, he opened his eyes - and cupped his front paws around Ducky, returning to a sleepy state! This was not going to be an easy task...
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Diver awoke, partially due to she was about to wake up anyway and some of Ducky's attempts to wake up Spike helped as well. She yawned and started to extract herself from the pile of brothers and sisters where she slept with the others.
At the watering place Mim was swimming underwater seeing how long she could stay down and swimming around as well, one of her forms of exercises. Mia was half swimming and half floating on top, having learned to swim from Diver before.
Mr. Thicknose was elsewhere, not hear the watering place, at the top of a hill where he sometimes went to watch the sun rise and to enjoy the view of the part of the Great Valley one could see from there, and noticing how unfit he was during the groundsparkles incident and the inhabitants having to leave the great valley till the ground sparkles melted had decided he should do more walking anyway.
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Chomper was playing with his friends, like every day. "Chomper, chomper", Littlefoot shouted, "come to the other side of the river, here are much Crawlers for you."
"I¥m, I am coming." "But how," Chomper thought. "Swimming would be the best solution." So he jumped into the water and,.... went down. "My body,... so heavy,... can¥t... breath." "Uaaaaahhh!!! Pfuuh, just a dream." Chomper was waken up from some water, which was dripping on his nose, while he slept. "Oh man, I really should find another whole one day." He stood up, stretched his body and yawned. "Better go outside and find some crawlers." So he walked out of the cave.
Ruby, who was sleeping next to the cave of Chomper, heart him screaming and woke up. "What,... what¥s going on," she asked herself. "Better take a look, yaawwn." So she stood up and walked in the direction, from where she heart the scream.
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Dante cheerily landed next to Mia, grinning broadly.
"Morning you guys!"
He said cheerily...
Virgil stood a good distance off, rubbing sleep out of his eyes and yawning. Motochika was nearby, sitting on a tree branch watching Dante.
"How does he have that much energy?"
He asked, amused...
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Zaine woke up from a peaceful sleep story. "Aww man. I really liked that sleep story I had last night. Oh well. Might as well look for the others." He stood up and stretched his legs out. He left his sleeping area and walked through the valley in search of his friends.
The first one he found was Shera, who had just knocked down a bunch of tree stars. Wow. She's just like Cera. He smiled and walked towards her.
"Morning Shera. You don't mind if I steal some of your green food do you?" He then leaned down and grabbed some in his mouth. "Too late," he said in a muffled voice and laughed.
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Mia smiled at Dante, "Hello, how are you this fine morning?" She asked looking at Dante.
Mr. Thicknose looked at the view as he rested enjoying the sight as he often did.
Petrie was finishing eating breakfast with his family. He wondered what his friends would be doing and couldn't wait to fly off and find out. Though he did want to just fly off to see what his friends were doing, he did enjoy spending some time with his family as well, and his mother insisted that they all eat breakfast before going off to do anything else.
Mim was heading towards the surface a short distance off from where Mia and Dante were. She had finished her swimming and was thinking of where she'd want to go to eat some of her breakfast.
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In a smallish, somewhat out-of-the-way cave, a pair of fast-runners slept, curled tightly together to ward off the chill of the night. As the bright circle rose, its rays shone into the cave, and the light awakened the one facing toward the exit.
Argh, morning already? the runner, a girl named Kariya, thought to herself, disentangling herself from her brother...who didn't even respond.
"Spiral," she whispered. Still no response, so she tried again, a little louder...he just curled up tighter. Maybe this'll work... She thought, and gave him a light kick to the side. Perhaps not surprisingly, it worked - with a small squeak, he shot sideways...and slammed his head into a rock.
"Ow, my head...You pick the best of ways to wake people up, hmm, sister?" Spiral said, getting to his feet and stretching out, a series of quiet cracks sounding as his joints settled.
"Sorry, but the bright circle's rising. You did say that you wanted to be up when it did," Kariya replied. "Food time?" She asked.
"Food time," Spiral confirmed, grabbing his fighting stick and making for the exit, his sister following close behind.
"Why do you always take that thing with you? It's not like we need it here," Kariya noted, pointing to Spiral's stick.
Spiral stopped for a moment, and just put the stick to the side. "Good point." They moved out of the cave, looking for something that looked tasty. Neither of them were sure exactly where they were going, but both were confident that the other would notice something good.
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Ducky was stuck "Spike! Let go!" She tried to push herself away from Spike. "oo.." She gave up, still being tired. "Wake up, pleaase?" She asked once more.
Shera saw Zaine. "Hi!" She saw him eating and sighed "Yes, go ahead, I have had my fair share already anyway." She smiled at him, sat down and waited for him to finish. "Shall we go to the watering place when you're finished...?" She asked him.
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Spike continued to sleep contentedly, hardly aware of Ducky's vain attempts to free herself from his loving grasp... Sleep rumbles were his only response, and Ducky was exhausted from the hard work...
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Diver finished extracting herself from the pile of her siblings and seeing Ducky's problem decided to try to help. She went over to a bush to pull off a leaf. With this she walked closer to Spike but remained far enough so he could not grab it and waved the leaf. "Here is a tasty leaf Spike. Aren't you going to eat it?" She asked ready to step back if he should come towards it.
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Spike slowly started to sniff the air, coming into a trance... Getting up onto his feet, he slowly started to walk towards Diver and the leaf, continuing to sniff the air...
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Ducky managed to get away. "Phew, thank you Diver" she said.
She turned to spike again. "Spike, look how beautiful everything is. It's almost gone! Please look."
Shera was making some nice drawings in the sand with her nail. She was working on one of herself now, thinking of her reflecting face in the water. She started to hum a melody, enjoying the drawing.
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"I"m glad I could help, I certainly am." Diver said to Ducky.
Diver continued to carry the leaf while walking, making sure not to trip over anything and continued to walk, doing her best to try to keep ahead of Spike.
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Elsewhere in the Valley, Vylor and Argaya were stretching. "Ah, what a beautiful morning." Vylor said as he got up on his four legs. "We should go find everyone else." Argaya added.
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"Yawn, Chomper, are you alright?" Ruby asked, as she came to chompers cave. The little sharptooth came out, strained his eyes because of the bright circle, blinked some times and looked over to Ruby. "I.. I am fine so far. Just had a bad sleepstory. And my cave is wet. I should find another one soon." "Oh, than it¥s okay. I just heart that you were screaming, that¥s why I got worried," Ruby said. "Let¥s find something to eat?" She asked. "Sure, we should," Chomper answered. "So they went away from the cave, looking for some foot.
On their way, they passed Shera and Zaine. "Hello you too," Ruby said. "How are you two doing? Isn¥t it a beautiful morning?" Than she noticed the Treestars. "May I have some? These ones look tasty. I would understand if not." She looked with an asking look at Zaine and Shera.
Chomper looked at the Treestars. "Yuk, nothing for me." Than he saw a worm between the leaves. "Aah, food." He jumped on the worm, got him and ate him. As he noticed the aghasts faces of the others he said, "sorry," and went back where he stood before.
Ecco awoke from the hot stone under his body. He sighed in an amusent way and listened to the birds in the trees and the rising river under the stone he were lying at. He turned around that he lies on his back now and rested in this position for a while now.
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Shera smiled by seeing 2 other familar faces. "Hi Ruby, Chomper! Well, yes go ahead, I hope Zaine doesn't eat all of it." She saw Chomper eating the worm.. "Eww.. Chomper. O well, I guess you will never understand why we like greenfood either."
She drew another drawing in the sand, this time a pile of threestars. "This time sand does look tasty" she said joking.
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Over by the Thundering falls, animals began to gather for a daily drink.
However, there was someone there already.
On a rock, out in the rapids of the fall, sat a blue fastrunner with its eyes closed.
His name was Blueberry. Or atleast, that's what his friends called him.
Blueberry had been sitting on that rock every morning for a very long time, most of the residents have became used to it.
Bleuberry was meditating. That's what he always did, every morning at the same time and place.
That could've given him the reputation of being... boring.
But Blueberry was like any other kid in the Valley, after he was done here, he was most likely to be found playing with his friends.
It was just in the mornings that he acted like this.
Blueberry opened his eyes. He feelt cold water on his back, as he looked out over the Valley. "Another beautful morning!" he said to himself, as he got up from his sitting position. He turned around, and jumped to another rock, and from that one, he jumped to the shore.
He stretched his body, and feelt relaxed. Ready for another day.
"I better find something for me to eat" he thought, and set off walking.
After a while, he saw some familiar faces. It was Ruby, Chomper, Zaine and Shera.
"Hi guys, care to share me some treestars with me aswell, or do I have to search elsewhere?" he said with a bright smile.
"Wonderful days is it? Wanna do something?"
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"O, I hope there is enough for all of you guys. Otherwise I might get some more." She smiled at blueberry "Sure, go on, you can have something."
She was thinking "Yes, it's a very pretty day indeed. I'd love to do play with you guys. After you have had something to eat I'm going for a drink. Maybe we could search the others after that?"
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Grandpa Longneck smiled and replied "Yes it certainly is Littlefoot. Mornings like this are very special to me. It always reminds me of your mother."
Longtail, having just opened his eyes groaned as he realized that he must've fallen out of the tree again, as he was upside down on his head covered in treestars. "Oh, well..." He said aloud to himself "...at least I've got some food now!" Longtail then began to bite into the closest treestar and eat his fill.
Longtail's adoptive uncle Cyrix was down by the Thundering falls. He was getting his early morning drink, and he looked up to see Blueberry walking over to Ruby, Zaine, and the others. He smiled as he said quietly "I do wonder how he stays so calm under the falls like that?"
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"My mother... Why is that, Grandpa?" Littlefoot asked in curiosity.
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"Yeah, lets go for a drink, though I've already had mine!"
"After that, lets go find the others! I'm so up for a game of tag!" Blueberry said in exitement.
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Grandpa Longneck looked down at his grandson and said "Because every morning, seeing her smile just like yours brought me so much joy. I really do miss her, but you are so brave and adventurous, just like she used to be."
Cyrix sat down and looked at his reflection in the water and thought about his family, and the home he left behind.
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Littlefoot looked up on his Grandpa.
"Was she, really? Littlefoot said with a smile. Then he looked out over the Valley again. The Valley was drying up in the bright circle's light.
"I... miss her too..." he sighed, and moved closer to his Grandpa.
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Mim surfaced and walked onto the shore not to far from where Mia and the others were. She sat on the bank and rested for a while from her swimming underwater and holding her breath.
Petrie had finished his breakfast and playing a bit with his siblings, which made breakfast more fun, but longer then it could have been. He then flew off to see what his friends were up to. He flew to the nearest one's sleeping area to see what they were up to or if they had left to head elsewhere.
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Grandpa Longneck leaned over and nuzzled his grandson and said "I know Littlefoot, but you know she's watching over you everyday to make sure you are safe and well cared for."
Longtail finally decided that after finishing his meal, to go search for his friends, or at least his uncle knowing that he might know where they were. After several moments of walking, he could see his uncle sitting next to the Thundering falls looking into the water. He smiled as he sat down and said "Good morning Uncle Cyrix. How are you?"
Cyrix was unaware of his nephew's presence until he asked his question and it startled the rainbow face enough that he slipped into the water with a splash. He quickly came up for air, and looked at Longtail with a smile and said "Well, now that I've had my bath for the day...I'm doing much better!" And both began to laugh at the joke.
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After a short period of searching, Spiral and Kariya found a rather small tree, with a fair number of good-looking treestars on it...problem was, they were both just a little too short to reach the lowest branches.
"This is one reason why I carry my stick around with me," Spiral stated.
"Well, it's not my fault the tree's that big!" Kariya responded. "Now what?"
Spiral looked around for something he could use...and found it, in the form of a decent-sized rock - Just small enough to be a good throwing stone, yet large enough to be able to knock a branch around a bit, but not break it. Kariya noticed the way her brother was looking at the rock, and wasn't entirely convinced that what she thought he was going to do was a good idea.
"You sure about that, brother? It might make a lot of noise..." she said.
"Do you see anything better around? These're the best-looking treestars I've seen since we got here...They even look good to me, and I don't even like treestars all that much..." Spiral replied, hefting the rock.
"Blasphemy!" Kariya exclaimed, smiling widely.
Spiral just chuckled and threw the rock at a branch. His aim was true, the branch giving up some of its treestars...and the rock came sailing back down towards Spiral, who snapped his head out of the way just in time.
"Why does everything seem to be attracted to my head today?" he muttered, while Kariya, being wise enough to stand off to the side, started laughing quietly. Spiral just shook his head and got back to work, trying to knock off enough treestars for their breakfast.
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Morning Blueberry, Ruby said. Did you have your bath under the thundering falls yet?, she asked while picking up some treestars.
Ecco jumped from his rock straight into the water and swam along the river like every morning. After a while he saw Cyrix with his nephew. Hmm, let me have a joke with them, he thought. So he dived as deep as he could , swam to Cyrix, who was still standing in the river and jumped up in front of him. Wuuuaahh!!!
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"Woah!" exclaimed Argaya as she and Vylor arrived just in time to be splashed by Ecco bursting out of the water. "Morning! I love mornings like these. Don't you think that days like these make you happy to be alive?" Vylor said happily.
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Zaine laughed at Vylor's comment. "If that's the case, then let's feel more alive shall we?" He then rushed towards the water and leaped into the air. "Heads up guys!" He landed in the water and splashed all over the others. Zaine resurfaced and laughed some more. "Did that make you guys feel so alive?"
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Dante sauntered out from the trees just in time to get splashed in the face by Zaine. He blinked twice, then laughed, shaking himself dry.
"Well, that woke me up!"
He chuckled merrily...
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Spike continued to walk towards Diver, sniffing the air... Despite Ducky's pleas, he still seemed lulled into a trance, following the treestar that Diver was holding...
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Seeing that Ducky was free Diver stopped so Spike could get and eat the treestar.
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Spike happily ate the treestar, chewing away, and then opened his eyes.
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Shera laughed on seeing Dante waking up like this. She ran towards the water and started drinking. After that she jumped in. "Whee!"
Ducky saw spike finally opening his eyes. "Spike, look at the valley. It's almost gone. Aww and it was so pretty"
She sighed and walked to her pile of treestars to have breakfast.
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Spike looked around at the last moments of the morning light. It really was beautiful, like Ducky said...
"Eeyeeegh!" He grunted in pleasant agreement. It really was something to see. Taking one last look, he went off to go eat some green food...
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Knowing that Ducky & Spike would be leaving soon like they did mornings to go to be with their friends Diver decided to give them their space and went to the water near their nest and exhaling all her breath she then inhaled as deeply as she could then dove into the water. She swam underwater to the deeper part of the water to look for the underwater green food that she preferred eating.
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Finishing up their morning munch, Spiral and Kariya began debating what to do next. Neither really wanted to do much of anything, but they still wanted to do something.
"Hmm... Maybe we can go see if we can find others who live here? See how things work around here?" Kariya asked.
Spiral thought for a moment. "...I don't know. What if they react badly to...this?" he said, making a gesture to indicate himself, or more accurately, his coloration, a major source of problems for the pair in the Mysterious Beyond.
"How would you know until you try?" Kariya responded.
Spiral hesitated, a cloud of uncertainty rising in his mind. Grr...Compromise, he thought. "We'll go check out the place...but we'll try and stay out of sight. I'm just...not ready to show myself yet..." he said quietly.
"Don't worry, I'm sure they'd understand," Kariya said. The two did their form of a ritual handshake: they tapped their heads together, then their tails, then their fists.
"Okay, where should we go?" Spiral asked.
"Let's head towards that big waterfall. We're sure to encounter someone near there," Kariya replied.
Hmmm...Waterfall...Spiral thought. Waterfalls were one of his favorite things to watch. "All right, let's go. Just be careful and try to stay out of sight. Remember to sign if you suspect someone could hear you."
Kariya nodded and took the lead, stepping lightly. We might meet someone new! Well, maybe not quite 'meet,' but close enough for me! she thought happily.
I just hope this doesn't end badly...Spiral thought, slipping along behind his sister.
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Diver pulled at some underwater green food getting some loose, then swam up to sit on the shore eat what she had brought up. As she ate She wondered what Ducky, Spike and theier friends would be doing, and what her friends Mia and Rhyn were doing. Also she thought briefly about Blue-eye and hoped he and his herd were doing ok in the mysterious beyond.
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"It's not that I don't like water..."
"But seriously, how do you guys aim!?" Blueberry said.
As the other looked up on him where he was standing on the shore with his arms on his sides, they could see he was all wet, and water was dripping from all over his body.
It was silent for some seconds...
Then Blueberry burst into a peal of laughter, ran away some steps, then jumped into the water with a big splash.
"Whaaaaaa!" ... "Who's it? he said looking around. "Certainly not me!"
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"I know Grandpa." Littlefoot said.
Then he heard laughter coming from the Thundering Falls, not too far away.
"Grandpa, can I go play?" Littlefoot said with exitement.
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Diver finished her eating and decided to see what her friends were up to. She didn't have as many friends as Ducky & Spike did but she was close to them, even the one who lived in the mysterious beyond.
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Hey, watch it, Ecco said to Blueberry and splashed some water on him. Chomper wanted to join the fun, so he ran, jumped right in the middle of the others, that everyone became wet.
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Blueberry went over to Ecco, and made his voice sound very calm and serious.
"Ecco, a words please... There's something I've always wanted to tell you..."
Silence...
"Nothing personal, but...You... are... TAGED!!" Blueberry laughed out, laid his hand on Ecco and quickly made his way back to the others.
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What? Ecco looked with a surprised look to the other folks. Wait..., better run guys. Not that this would help anything. I¥ll get you anyway, haha.
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Grandpa Longneck smiled and replied "Of course Littlefoot, just be safe and have fun! I'll call for you when it's time for lunch."
Cyrix was indeed surprised by Blueberry's trick, but his face didn't show it. But he did smile and said "hehe...good try Blueberry, but not today."
Longtail for his part was laughing pretty hard at the fact his uncle was wet again. He then looked over as Blueberry tagged Ecco and smiled as he said "Oh yeah, you're not catching me!" Longtail then flapped his wings and flew towards a tree Ecco was standing in front of.
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"Okay, thanks!" Littlefoot said and sat off in the direction of the Thundering Falls.
It didn't take him long before he reached the spot where he heard the laughter, and he could see everyone.
"Hey guys!" he called out, and walked to them.
"What's going on?"
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From his spot in the tree Longtail said "Look out! Ecco is it! Don't let him tag you!"
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"Don't worry, he won't!" Littlefoot smirked, and started to move around, keeping distance from Ecco.
"Who taged him?" he asked.
Blueberry just walked past him whisling.
"Got it! Littlefoot said and laughed."
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Diver paused in her eating to see where her friends were. When the friendly herd of Blue-eye's made her and her friends honorary members of their fastbiter herd they had taught them how to do a long distance whistle that can carry quite a distance & how to call for help and to do the equivalent to saying here I am where are you . Her friends had taken it farther in their living in the great valley to add in some others. Though Mia was the best at the whistle language of the 3 of them.
She stood up and relaxed a moment before she let out a whistle that she hoped her friends would hear. It wasn't a call for help type but one to signal where the others were.
Mia saw the group and started to walk away to a group of bushes, being a shy. She heard Diver's whistle and walked away a short distance beside some bushes. She then rose up on her back legs, liking the fact she could be a 2 or a 4 footer. She whistled louder then Diver's and was better at the whistle language, seeming to have a gift to easily pick up a even few basic words during the short time they were traveling with his herd. And she also heard a low faint whistle off to one side from the direction where Rhyn's nest was.
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Petrie set off from his nest to see what his friends were up to. He heard the whistle but had heard it before and never being able to figure out what or who was doing it, and since it didn't seem scary had just started ignoring it, though he was a bit curious.
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Zaine laughed. "You'll have to come in the water if you want to catch me!" He splashed his tail into the water and began to float on his back. Let's just hope I don't sink or anything. That would pose a problem. He smiled as he laid peacefully in the water. Wait a minute, what if he really does come into the water?
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Longtail just laughed as he replied "I'll be more than happy to take you up on that Zaine!"
Longtail then jumped out of his tree and landed beside Zaine with a splash!
"heh...that was fun!"
Cyrix just stood to the side and watched the children play. "I remember a time when I was able to play those games." said Cyrix to himself aloud.
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Spiral and Kariya heard the laughter of the others playing, and began homing in on it. Be careful, Spiral signed.
This is me, what else would you expect? Kariya responded before moving off, looking for a place to hide.
Spiral just rolled his eyes and started looking himself. He found a nice-looking large log, and hid in the shade behind it, peering through the small gap underneath it at the stump where it once stood. However, being somewhat lost in his own thoughts, he failed to notice the fact that his tail was sticking out a little bit from the other end. Kariya, on the other hand, found a hollow log and hid inside of that, looking through a small hole in it. Both were not too far behind Cyrix - just close enough to make out individual voices.
I haven't seen a varied group of friends like this since we left the Brotherhood...then again, they were exiles, and had no choice but to stick together...Maybe they'd be more accepting because of that...I'll watch for a bit, then I'll see,Spiral thought, watching the younger ones play.
Kariya, being a little bit further out, noticed Spiral's tail sticking out from the edge of the log...but she didn't have a clear line of sight to Spiral himself, so she couldn't let him know. Ane he tells me to be careful...This could be a bit bad...Then again, it could be good too! she thought.
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((OOC: Shera is on holiday I guess :^.^: cya guys ))
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(ooc: I can do her till you get back, unless you want to say she went somewhere else then where the kids are.)
Mim went to a nearby bush to pull off a few leaves an to sit down to watch the kids playing, smiling as she did so.
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((OOC: Go ahead, I hope she isn't too much of a troublekid for you :^.^:))
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OCC: Alright, sorry for my absence, friends were here
IC: Well, you don¥t know me Zaine. Ecco said with a bride grin. Did you forget? I am a swimmer. He laughed, made a high jump, and dove into the water. He dove as deep as he could, that almost nobody could see him. So, now Zaine should try to find me. I think I¥ll play a bit with her.
OCC: Sorry, is Zaine a she or a he?
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(OOC: I belive he's a he. )
"This won't get us anywhere!" Blueberry said, and jumped into the water.
"There, this is more of a challenge!" he smirked as he carefully looked for Ecco.
"Yeah!" Littlefoot said and did the same. "Now it's like Tag, and Swimmer and Splasher in the same game!"
"But watch out, Ecco can hold his breath for a long time, who knows who'll he'll tag when he shows up!"
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(ooc: Zaine is a male in the other rp that I'm in also. )
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Ecco heart the splash over his head and looked up. Aah, Blueberry, let¥s see.... Ecco swam deeper, til he reached the ground. Than he put his legs against it and pushed with all his strength, that he went straight to Blueberry. He was fast, very fast, so the chances to tag Blueberry were good.
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"Woaaa!!! Watch it!!" There's was a big splash, and for a second, nothing was to see.
Then someone gave up a "Aww..."
It was Littlefoot.
"Woops, sorry Littlefoot!" Blueberry laughed from the right, he laughed so hard that he lose his balance and felt into the water.
He had seen Ecco in time and just managed to make a leap jump to the side.
Unfortunely, Littlefoot was using him as a cover, which made him and Ecco crash into eachother.
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Longtail watched what happened and winced, but laughed at the same time as he watched Ecco go crashing into Littlefoot. Longtail sighed and ran over knowing that he was going to get tagged it, but he was more worried about his friends. "Are you two okay?" he asked as he got closer.
Cera however as eager as she was to play with her friends had been stuck with babysitting her little sister Tricia and it was boring...to be nice! She huffed in annoyance again but then she got an idea..."Daddy said I had to watch her, but he never said I couldn't leave the nest!" With that she rose and said "Tricia, I need you to follow me okay? We're going to see my friends."
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Dante walked over to them, grinning faintly.
"You two ok? That seemed kinda painful..."
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Shera stood where she was watching the fun. She ate a few treestars then went back to watching. She wasn't sure about joining in in the fun. Besides the fact she was shy, they were also in the water. So she decided to watch instead. She looked and saw the grownup rainbowface. She wasn't big and a little scary like some of the large grown ups. She walked closer to where she was, and could still watch the others play. "H..hello." She said.
Mim looked over at Shera from where she had been sitting watching the kids play. "Hello, Shera isn't it?" She asked. "You want to watch instead of joining in in the fun?" She asked.
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Mia whistled to the others to meet over at Diver's sleeping place. They sometimes met there or over at Mia's sleeping place, which wasn't that far from where Diver's. Since Diver was small her walking over to near Rhyn's parent's nest would take longer then Rhyn going to one of theirs. Then headed off in the direction of Diver's sleeping area.
Diver heard Mia's whistle and whistled an affirmative to let the other two know she had heard. She heard Rhyn's whistle slightly after hers. She got a bit excited, wondering what her friends would want to do today.
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Petrie was flying along, looking to see if he could see any of his friends. He flew over Littlefoot's sleeping area, but didn't see him there and then headed over to where Cera's was.
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Ecco crashed with all his speed into Littlefoot. OUCH!!! That hurt. He crashed straight with his head into Littlefoot leg. Are you two okay, Ruby asked. I... eew, think it¥s okay, but I better take a break and let another one go on with the game.
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Dante shook his head.
"I'll pass. Knowing my luck, I'd break something..."
He chuckled...
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Longtail laughed and said "Hey, if Dante's too scared to try it...I'll be tagged!" He stepped closer to Ecco and smiled as he did.
Cyrix was still watching what the children were playing and noticed Mim talking to Shera and smiled as he walked over and asked "How are you two doing this day?"
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"Wait, Longtail."
"It was my fault in the first place, if one should be tagged, it's me." Blueberry said and went over to Littlefoot.
"You guys okay? Sorry about that..." he asked and smiled.
"Yeah, I'm okay, don't worry about it. Gee, guess I shouldn't been hiding behind you..." Littlefoot smiled.
"But, how are you, Ecco?" he turned to Ecco.
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I am fine so far, thanks. So, okay, go on Blueberry. Show them who is the fastest in the Valley. Hmm, that could be interesting, Ruby thought. He is a fastrunner, like me. Maybe, if he is going to chase me, that could be interesting. Well, let¥s see.
Chomper jumped up and down. Haha, can¥t catch me.
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Mim smiled as Cyrix came near, "I'm doing fine, good to see you. How are you doing? Watching the children playing?" She asked.
"Hello sir, I"m doing fine." Shera said, a bit nervous but clad Cyrix, like Mim, weren't one of the large grown ups.
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Cyrix nodded and replied "Yes, someone has to keep an eye on the young ones after all we are grown ups." He then looked down to Shera and smiled as he said "I'm glad that you are well, why aren't you playing with the other children Shera?"
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Blueberry stood were he stood.
"...Well, go on then! Run! Trust me, you'll need the seconds I'll give you!" he said with a smirk.
"Yeah, guys! Go! Littlefoot called out as he sat off running.
"I've been seeing him before! He's very fast!"
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Longtail laughed and said "Ha! You are not about to catch me!" He then turned and ran hoping Blueberry wouldn't chase him. 'But knowing my luck, it's gonna happen anyway.' thought Longtail as he continued to run.
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Ruby kept distance, still watching Blueberry. Chomper was excitet. He had his eyes fixed on Blueberry to see, which direction he would chose to run.
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Zaine had finally gotten out of the water and heard Blueberry was it. "Can't catch me!" He laughed and ran the other way. He then caught up to Longtail. "So Longtail, you wanna hold a truce? I won't tag you if you don't tag me?"
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Longtail laughed and said "Okay, but that won't seem fair to the others if they find out about it though."
Cera was about to head away from her nest when she noticed Petrie in the air. "Hey Petrie...have you seen the others around?" she called out hoping to get his attention.
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Petrie flew lower and landed nearby so he could more easily talk to Cera and her to him. "Littlefoot no at sleeping place. Me no try Ducky or Spike's yet. Maybe others there or at watering place." Petrie said.
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Mim nodded, "Either keep an eye on them, or be nearby. Though with hatchlings you have to keep at least 1 eye on them constantly." She said.
Shera looked at the large group of kids playing, "There's so many of them." She said, and she didnt' really know many of them. She was a bit shy, even more so around so many kids.
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Rhyn arrived at Diver, Ducky, & Spike's parent's nesting area and landed near Diver. Diver waved, "I am glad to see you, I certainly am. But where is Mia?" She asked.
"She'll be here soon. I saw her a short distance off as I flew here." Rhyn said.
"Good, then once she's here we can start our fun." Diver said.
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Cera smiled and said "That's a good idea Petrie, you fly ahead, I'll meet you at Ducky's nest, I just have to keep an eye on Tricia here."
Cyrix smiled and replied "Yes, new born hatchlings can be quiet a handful. Especially when in a nest of seven or more, they have a habit of wandering off." Cyrix then turned to face Shera and mentioned "Well, I know for a fact that my nephew would love to have another friend to play with. If you'd like I can help introduce you to him."
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Back at his nest, Spike was happily devouring a large pile of green food, content to simply eat before going off to play with his friends. Chewing away, without a care in the world...
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Contentedly eating away at her pile of treestars, Ducky once again took in the beautiful view of the valley... She wondered if Spike actually got a chance to see the pretty early morning before it had faded into the day... She hoped so, although, she thought that perhaps, as she had walked off to her breakfast, that she had heard Spike exclaim a grunt about it, so perhaps he had seen it, after all... At this thought, Ducky smiled. This would be a beautiful day to play with all of her friends...
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Petrie nodded, "Me go." he said, then launched himself into the air and started heading towards where Ducky's nest.
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"I would like that." Shera said, still shy, "But they are already playing and have started a new game and I'd probably be in the way." She said.
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Diver walked over to a nearby bush and pulled off a leaf offering it to Rhyn.
"No, thanks, I've eaten already." She said.
Diver sat down next to the bush & started to eat the leaf she was holding, talking in between bites. "I forgot that you get up early, I certainly did."
"Some flying practice before breakfast is why." Rhyn said, sitting down next to Diver.
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Blueberry took a deep breath... then he sat off as fast as he could.
He decided to go into the middle first and then choose who to tag.
"Look out! He's coming!!" Littlefoot yelled to the others, as he continued to run.
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Mia slowed on her way to Diver & Ducky's nest area to pull off a leaf here and there to snack on so she'd not be hungry when she arrived there.
"They look cute playing don't they?" Mim asked looking at the kids playing then over at Cyrix.
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Can¥t catch me, Chomper laughed and ran away.
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Blueberry stoped, and looked around.
Then he nodded, and sat off in another direction. He had made his decesion.
The goal was Longtail and Zaine.
"Hey, you two do seem sure of yourself!" Blueberry called and smirked as he ran straight against Zaine and Longtail.
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Longtail looked behind him as his eyes widened and he said "Uhh...I think now would be a very good time to RUN!" He then picked up the pace and began running at full speed away from Blueberry.
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Zaine nodded. "I think splitting up will make it harder for Blueberry to catch us." He jolted towards the other direction and sprinted as fast as he could away from Longtail. "This should lead him away from Longtail."
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Mia arrived at Diver & Ducky's nest area. She went onto 2 feet and waved as she saw Diver and Rhyn walking over towards then. They waved back.
"Finally got here." Rhyn said smiling to Mia.
"Glad you are here, I certainly am." Diver said.
"Hello, sorry I was a bit later, I decided to have some snacks on my way here." She said as she drew near to where Diver & Rhyn were.
"You want some?" Diver asked indicating the leaves on the bush.
"Just a few." Mia said as she sat down and started to pull off one with one of her hands to eat.
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Petrie took off from Cera's sleeping place and headed over to where Ducky's sleeping place was, arriving there a little after Mia did. He landed near to where Spike was and looked off to where Diver and her friends were not to far away.
"Me no know she have flyer friend." He said partially to himself, not really knowing Diver but having seen her before, Mia, nor Rhyn. He then turned to where Spike and Ducky were.
He waved to Spike and Ducky, "How you today?" He asked.
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"What is it, Longtail? Back there, you seemed very eager to be it!" Blueberry yelled as he sat off after Longtail.
If he flies... I have two good alternatives, Ruby or Zaine... he thought as he thrown an eye on the surrondings.
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Chomper ran over to Ruby. Comment, let¥s run with them. Okay, what you say, Ruby answered and began to ran behind the little sharptooth. They tried to keep up with Blueberry, but he is a fast runner, so it wasn¥t easy. Okay Chomper. If we get him anyway, you pass him at the left and I¥ll pass him at the right side, okay? Alright. Chomper nodded, and fastet up his speed.
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Longtail didn't want to cheat by simply flying into the air, so he did the next best thing...he pushed off the ground and landed with his body vertically on a tree, and then pushed off of that as well, landing gracefully on his feet behind Blueberry as he laughed and said "Oh, I thought you were supposed to be catching me?!" With that he turned and ran back towards the others.
Cyrix smiled and said "I'm sure they would let you play, and show what to do. Although it may be best if we wait for this particular game to be over. It seems the others have split up, so until they return Shera, Mim and I will keep you company."
Cyrix then looked at Mim and said "Yes, they do look cute indeed."
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Blueberry smirked for himself, as he ran straight at the tree, jumped, and kicked away off from the tree, making a very agile turn, giving him a great burst of speed after Longtail again.
"Suprise!" he lauhged, and focused even more energy to his legs. Now he was going really fast.
"Watch it! He's coming this way!" Littlefoot yelled.
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"I"m not sure, there are so many of them." Shera said, feeling uneasy and a bit unsure with so many.
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Ruby stopped immidiately and turned around, so did Chomper. Oh, better RUN, Chomper yelled. That¥s great, Ruby said. First we were running after Blueberry, now he is running after Longtail and us.
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Cyrix just gave Shera a warm smile and said "you don't have to play if you don't want to, but I believe making friends with the others children will help you overcome your shyness. After their game, Mim and I will take you over and introduce you...is that okay?"
Longtail had to admit he was surprised by Blueberry's agility. He smiled as he sped up trying to stay ahead of the blue fast runner, and he said "Well I'm impressed, but you still have to tag me ya know!"
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Shera looked up at Cyrix nodding, "It sounds ok." She said quietly.
"You'll have fun, wait and see." Mim said smiling and looking at Shera.
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"You are ta..." Blueberry said as he came up sideways with Longtail and reached out his hand.
............
Then he suddenly stoped, instantly.
He stoped and looked up in the sky.
"Huh, what happened?" Littlefoot said with curiosity. "Did he hurt himself?"
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Ecco decided to stand up and walk a bit. Let the others have their fun. I need a walk now. So he started to walk and passed Cyrix and Mim. Hello you two. What are you up to? Than he noticed Shera. OH, hello. Who are you? Do I know you? He asked and smiled.
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Mim waves to Nimrod while smiling, "Hello. I'm not up to much, just resting here after breakfast and some morning exercises." She said.
Shera looked up at him. "H..hello." She said. Feeling a bit less shy since she had talked to Cyrix & Mim a bit and she was meeting and talking to folks 1 or 2 at a time instead of the whole group of kids who had been playing at once. "I'm Shera. I only recently got to the Great Valley not to long ago."
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Ah, that¥s great. We can¥t get enough kids to play with. He said and smiled. It¥s always a pleasure for us to have newcomers here in the Great Valley. You want to join the fun?
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Shera nodded, "If I would not be in the way." She said, not sure especially with so many kids playing at once.
"I'm sure the other kids will enjoy having another one to play with." Mim said smiling.
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Hahah, you wouldn¥t be in the way of anyone. Trust me. Ecco said. Than he turned around and noticed that Blueberry was looking up into the sky. So did he than. And what he saw amazed him. What the heck is going on here?
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"Hey! Guys, did you saw that..? Blueberry said still looking at the sky over by the mountains.
"Saw what?" Littlefoot asked and began to move to Blueberry.
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I saw it. Ecco said. But, what was it?
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Shera & Mim see where the others are looking and they look up in the direction in the spot as well.
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Longtail stopped running when he realized that Blueberry had stopped running after him, and as he turned to ask why, he looked up and was stunned by what he saw in the sky. His natural question of course was "What...is....THAT?!" He was so stunned by the sight he fell backwards and landed on his tail, but didn't even so much as flinch in pain.
Cyrix then notices Mim and Shera are looking up and follows their gaze as well and didn't look stunned at all, he looked...happy as he watched the phenomenon happen
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"Fascinating." Mim says looking at the think in the sky. She isn't the slightest bit afraid of it but finds it interesting seeing something new.
Shera is not sure of it but keeps her yes on it and edges closer to the 2 grownups.
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Diver sees one of her brothers pointing at the sky and some her other brothers and sisters looking at something and she looks up also. "What is that." She says pointing, "I've not seen that before, I certainly have not." She said.
Rhyn looks up, "I do not know. But I am not flying up there to find out. It looks inadvisable to do that." She said looking at the thing in the sky as the 3 friends huddle closer together.
"I concur." Mia said looking up and hugging her 2 friends close to her.
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"Wow...What is that...?" Littlefoot said, now he could see it too.
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What they all had saw, was a giant black and dark purple lightning bolt. It had appeared from nowhere in the Mysterious Beyond. Then it was gone. As if it hadn't appeared at all.
It didn't even make any noise.
As they all stood stunned for a couple of minutes, something else started to happen...
Far away in the horizon, over by the mountains, were the bolt had dissapeared, the sky had changed.
It was very far away in the Mysterious Beyond, but enough too see over the Mountain ridge of the Great Valley.
A dark purple light... It was pulsating silently...
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Zaine ha looked up with the others. "Wow, it looks really cool. I wonder what it is." Something tells me this will lead to another glorious adventure. Let's see where this goes. He then walked over to Blueberry. "Yeah, this kind of thing happens to you in the valley. You see things like this that you have no idea what it is, and then you strive to discover what it really is. I would really love to get an idea of what it is, and now I'm being repetative." He laughed and looked at his friend. Then he noticed the sky change and the purple light, and he grew a little worried. "What's going on? Why is the sky changing colors?"
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That¥s strange, Ruby said. I¥ve never seen something like that before. It¥s...beautiful.
But a bit scary as well, Chomper said.
Ecco went over to Blueberry, because he was the first one, who looked up into the sky. Blueberry, you know what that was?
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Blueberry had to laugh at Zaine's comment. "Yeah, I know that feeling to." he said.
"I'd sure want to find out what that is... It looks mysterious...
And there was something strange with that dark lightning..."
"What was? I mean, it was dark?" Littlefoot asked.
"Yes, but...You guys didn't notice?"
"That lightning... Didn't come from the sky..." Blueberry started.
"...It came from the ground."
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Ecco was confused. What?... Eeh, I mean, it was in the sky.... so, what let you think it came from the ground?
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"Becasue I saw it!" Blueberry said.
"It came shooting out of the ground in the Mysterious Beyond... and headed for the sky!"
"Come on! Didn't any of you see it? Longtail...?" Blueberry lookd around on his friends.
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Zaine nodded. "I saw it too. That was strange, how it came from the ground instead of the sky. But what does it mean?" He stared at the sky with a perplexed look. "It's like the ground is pulling something down from the sky. I don't know how that's possible."
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Me neither, Ecco said. But anyway I have a feeling like..., something tells me we should go there and find out what it was.
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Mim took her eyes off of the sky for a moment to look over at Cyrix, "Do you think we should go and have a look to see what it is?" She asked him.
Diver looked at her friends, "What do you think. Should we ignore it, or go and have a look?" She asked.
"I'm not sure. If we do we need to call Blue-eyes' herd. It's not safe for us 3 to travel in the mysterious beyond alone." Rhyn said.
"Yes, if we do we should only go just into the mysterious beyond, then call for Blue-eye's herd. They are closer and may have information we do not." Mia said.
"Yes, that is a good idea, it certainly is. Let's do that." Diver said.
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"What is that? It feels evil. It seems dark, evil magic." Vylor said as he walked over to the group.
"Where did it come from?" Argaya asked.
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Spiral could tell that something was going on, but he couldn't really see what. Hmm...I must find out what it is! he thought, his curiosity overriding his sense of caution. He immediately got up, shook off the dirt, and headed for the treeline.
Kariya noticed this, and wasn't entirely surprised - she knew what happened when her brother discovered something he hadn't before. She quickly extricated herself from the hollow log and headed out after Spiral, catching up to him before he broke from the trees. Together, they walked out of the trees and into the open, looked around...then looked up.
"That's different," Kariya said. Looking over at Spiral, she continued, "You remember seeing anything like that while we were in the Beyond?"
Spiral shook his head. ::You?:: he signed. She mirrored his headshake.
"Hmm...Did any of the Brothers say anything about it?" Kariya asked.
Spiral thought for a moment, then shook his head. There's something about this...I can't tell what, though... he thought. ::There could be something to learn there...If so, we must go there,:: he signed to his sister, before turning slightly to get a better view of the light, studying it.
"But...it looks a bit...scary...don't you think?" Kariya said, her voice portraying the fact that she was indeed slightly scared of the strange glow.
Spiral turned back to her and smiled slightly. ::To tell the truth, I'm a bit scared about it too. But if there's something new there, I have to find it. Besides, we'll have each other!:: he signed.
"You're right...We'll have each other. Together is better!" she exclaimed, tapping his fist with hers. The fact that there were others around had slipped their minds for the moment...
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Cyrix looked down to face Mim and said "I believe it is the right move to make, however should we allow the young ones to accompany us or not? I don't want to risk their safety for something silly."
Longtail for his part didn't answer Blueberry...Longtail it seemed was in a trance like state. His eyes were unfocused, his breathing was shallow, and honestly he couldn't form a sentence even if he wanted to...the most unique thing was his eyes...they were the same color as the lighting bolt.
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Mim smiles, "We could forbid them to come. Tell their parents, but they would likely just slip away when their parents were not looking like they have before." She said still smiling at some of the things she had heard some of the kids have done in the past. "So it may be better if they are determined to go that we go along to help ensure their safety. and it is safer to travel in numbers then in just a few 2 or 3." Mim said.
"What is that?" Shera asked looking up at the think in the sky.
"I've never seen, nor heard of anything like that before." Mim said looking from Cyrix to Shera then back to Cyrix. "If we are going to travel together, maybe we should go and talk to the kids to see what their plans are before we set out." She said.
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Zaine took a step forward towards the purple light. "I don't understand. I've never seen this before, but somehow I feel connected with it. It's like... it's drawing me close to it. Why it is I don't know." He looked at the others. "I think it's obvious. We have to go to the Mysterious Beyond and find out what that was."
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Cyrix nodded in agreement and said "Yes, that sounds like the most advisable course of action."
Longtail finally blinked and his eyes returned to normal and as he turned to Zaine he said "Wow....I...I think you're right Zaine...we need to go see what that is, but...I don't know...I don't feel right....I can't explain it."
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"Longtail, what do you mean? You aren't sick are you?" Zaine took another look at this amazing discovery. "You know what, I don't know what you are feeling, but I think I'm getting the same sense. There's definitely something evil about whatever just happened there. I think we need to find out what it is, because if it's a threat then we need to be prepared."
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Mim looked at Cyrix, "You want to talk to the kids or shall I?" She asked him.
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Petrie looked at the thing in the sky, he then went over to where Ducky & Spike were, "What that, it look ssscccary." He said to them cowering a bit in fear as he looked at them then at the think in the sky.
The other brothers & sisters of Diver and Ducky were huddling around their parents.
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Longtail looked at Zaine and said "Well, not sick exactly..just funny. But you are right...we need to go find what that was!"
Cyrix smiled and said "I think it best if we tell them together...just in case they have questions one of us can't answer."
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Mim nods, "Ok, shall we go." She then looked at Shera, "Coming along?" She asked.
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"Yeah, that's a very good point, Zaine."
"In that case, I guess we all agree. We'll go." Blueberry said.
"Some of us have families... But I guess we're all up for it already?"
Littlefoot thought for a moment, considering he had his grandparents to keep in mind.
"Yeah, okay. I want to go to!" he finaly said.
"Does anyone know a good way into the Mysterious Beyond, were we could get a good overview?... I don't think we should head all the way in..."
he said as he looked at the pulsating, dark glow again.
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Longtail smiled and said "Ya know I could fly up there and tell you guys what I see...just a thought."
Cyrix stood and waited for Shera to respond.
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"That could be an idea... atleast untill everyone's made up their minds about it."
Littlefoot said.
"Go ahead, Longtail. Just... be careful though." Blueberry said, smiling at Longtail.
Littlefoot just remembered,
"Hey, you guys think Cera saw that? Shouldn't we wait for her?"
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Longtail nodded and said "Okay...I'll try." He then gave a weak smile and flapped his wings and took to the sky hoping not to have to fly too far, but just like before the light seemed to cloud his mind and he ended up flying over the Valley wall without realizing it.
Cyrix squinted his eyes and asked "I..is that Longtail, where is he going?!"
Cera meanwhile had also seen what had happened and was going to find Tria or her father to tell them what she'd seen moments ago, while carefully carrying Trisha on her nose.
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Well, I am not so sure about that, Ruby said. It might be dangerous but, well, at least we are in a group. Oh yeah, Chomper said with very much excitement, a new adventure. After a long standing, at one and the same point, Ecco decided to go back to Mim, Cyrix and Shera again. So, what do you think? Should we go and see?
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The same second as Longtail flew over the Great Valley wall, he almost lose controll of flying, when a violent wind struck his body. It was like flying in the middle of a hurricane up there... It was all around him. The wind roared violently past his ears.
As he managed to open his eyes, he saw the Mysterious Beyond.
He had never seen it look like this...
There were dark clouds covering the sky, within them, the purple glow was pulsating more violently, like a giant thunderstorm.
On some places, he could see the same black lightning that they'd seen before.
It was indeed coming from the ground... Trough massive cracks in the ground...
But, this close they didn't look like lightning... they had no sharp edges... more like giant treebranches that tried to climb their way up to the heavens.
They made a dull noise troughout the land...
The bright circle was not to speak of, it was nowhere to be found.
There was light, but it was weak. Like the light of the last seconds before the bright circle dissapears, casting dim shadows on the mountains. It made the land look sick... as if it where desperatly thirsting for light... No... the land was screaming... tortured...
The few plants that use to grow, where all whiltered...
And there was a stench in the air... the stench of blood... sweet and disgusting... a stench of terror...
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"Sssure, I guess I'll come too." Shera said.
Mim nods to Ecco. "It may be important, but we have to be very careful. It may be more dangerous then usual out there." Mim said.
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"How best to go there. That is the thing we have to think about." Rhyn said.
"We could use the caves we used to get into the valley that one time." Mia said.
Diver nodded, "Yes, that would be best, and it should put us near where Blue-eye's herd is. If we have to travel in the mysterious beyond for a while, it's best we do so with those who live there and have more information also."
"So it is agreed then?" Mia asked and the other 2 nodded. Diver looked over at Petrie, Spike & Ducky. "Do you want to come too?"
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The moment Longtail flew past the wall and into the dark storm...he felt sick to his stomach, his eyes started to water and suddenly he could smell fear, loss and death, but those smells weren't what was making him feel so sick, no he knew what it was, well at least part of it anyway. He could feel this...dark, evil presence inside of him. He knew about his sharptooth half, but it hadn't come out in such a long time...he'd almost forgotten about it, but now it was back stronger than ever, and the worst part was...something darker, even that his sharptooth half was beginning to speak to him...
He could hear it...it was dark, commanding, and even more violent and deadly than his sharptooth half, whom he'd named Doom. It called to him saying "Kill...KILL! It IS all you know, it IS what you shall do, and you WILL OBEY! YOU HAVE NO CHOICE!" this feeling, this 'Other' was far worse, and inside Longtail's body it was only getting stronger...and he could feel himself, the true him slipping away like being caught in a snow slide....his eyes glazed over and for a single moment his breathing stopped and he fell through the air, he couldn't tell where he was anymore, but this much was certain...Longtail was no longer in control...
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Cyrix frowned and replied "this can't be good, Longtail has been in the air too long...I'm starting to worry about him." he then turned to Mim and asked "Should I go after him, just to be sure he's okay?"
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But if you are going, we should go with you, Ecco said. Or at least some of the older ones, like Mim..., because, if something bad happened to your nephew, or if there is something evil out there, you should have company.
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Zaine couldn't take it anymore. "Longtail's been gone for too long. I can't wait around." With that, Zaine left the group and sprinted towards the Mysterious Beyond. He wasn't sure if the others were calling back to him or not, but it didn't matter. All he cared about was whether Longtail was ok. Please be ok. Please.
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"Zaine!... I'll go after him! Blueberry said, and sat away after Zaine.
It starting to get windy... what is going on?
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Suddenly, dark smoke started to form around the falling Longtail.
Then it grabed him like a hand, and pulled him into the roaring sky above.
With a scream, Longtail dissapeared.
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Zaine gasped as Longtail disappeared whithin the dark clouds. "LONGTAIL!" He quickened his sprint, not noticing how tired he was getting. No. He can't be gone! He can't be! He even started to cry a little while he was sprinting. "What the heck is going on? Why is this happening?"
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Mim nodded, "And the others who are his friends will want to help so we should all go. Like I said before if we tell their parents & guardians I bet they'll only slip away when they are not looking and go to try to find Longtail. If we are going we should go now, before the trail gets to cold." Mim says.
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"WATCH IT!!!" somebody called from the right, and suddenly Blueberry jumped straight into Zaine and pushed him to the side. Then there was a load bang, and a giant boulder struck down just at the spot they'd been standing. Violently, they were cast aside by the shockwave.
They landed with a thump, and tumbled on the ground, crawled and found cover under a belay.
Blueberry sat breathing for a couple of seconds.
He checked on his body, and discovered some scratch wounds, it was nothing bad.
Phew... close one...
Then he turned to Zaine.
"Are you hurt..?"
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"Guys! Wait! Something's happening!" Littlefoot said, and looked up to the sky again.
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Just before being pulled into the cloud Longtail saw Zaine...he looked worried, even scared and Longtail was going to call his name, but in that moment hit felt like something had lit his heart on fire from the inside, and he screamed in agony and pain, as he watched the darkness over take his body in the storm. He started to cry, but it hurt to do that too. His whole body ached and that sick to his stomach feeling was only getting worse and worse with each passing second. Then he noticed again that his scales were turning dark again, his teeth were becoming sharper, and he craved blood a lot of blood, more than he thought was possible.
It still hurt to cry, but his tears soon turned to tiny droplets of blood as his body was shaking and the other voice continued to talk to him 'You know your will is weak child, you serve me now...YOU MUST OBEY, I AM YOUR MASTER NOW! In the darkness there is no light, but you continue to fight me...and soon you shall see that even your stubborn will shall be ended by the darkness that is consuming you.'
Longtail by this point couldn't see as his eyes had complietly glazed over, and were the same dark blackish purple color of the sky once again. It felt like he was floating without moving his body. Finally he gave into darkness around him, and in that moment the true Longtail was no more....
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Blueberry didn't get to hear the answer from Zaine.
He putted his hand in front of him, to be quiet.
Something had happened... It was too quiet.
All the noise, all the lightning... everything was gone.
Carefully, he crawled out of the belay, lifted his head over the rock, and looked out over the fields of the Mysterious Beyond...
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Down in the Valley, all was quiet aswell. The world had never been so quiet...
Nothing made a sound. It was if like everything, the whole world had froze...
Littlefoot looked up in the sky, and it was blue. Just as if nothing had been there.
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Cyrix noticed the quiet...the eerie, uneasy quiet that settled over the valley, and he suddenly had a horrible feeling in the pit of his stomach...like something was missing...something he held close to his heart. 'Longtail...' he thought to himself...almost afraid to break the silence.
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I just can¥t stand here and watch it, Ecco said and began to run in the direction Blueberry ran. Wait, I¥ll come with you, Ruby said. Me too, Chomper said. No, Chomper, you¥ll stay here, with the others. You are still to young, sorry. I don¥t want you to get hurt. I just wouldn¥t forgive myself, if something would happen to you
But.... I can..., NO. My last word, Ruby said and followed Ecco. Chomper was left alone and felt sad now. So he went over to Littlefoot. Hey, he said. They don¥t want me to come with them. That¥s not fair, chomper said with a disappointet voice.
Fastly Ecco reached Zaine and Blueberry. He first looked at Zaine, than at Blueberry and noticed the little wounds. Are you alright, he asked. What happened man?
Ruby came right after Ecco. Are you all okay? Is someone hurt?
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"Guys..."
Blueberry slowly took his eyes from what he was looking at.
He made a gulping sound and swallowed. His face was filled with fear.
"......RUUUNNN!!!!!" he screamed as he started to push Zaine forward.
"Do as I say! And don't look back!! C'mon Zaine, snap out of it!"
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"Chomper... Quiet!" Littlefoot whispered, and listened carefully.
He could hear something... it was far away but it was growing.
Something was screaming. As it grew he could hear it clearly.
It was a sharp, high tone.
Littlefoot got down on the ground, he screamed in agony and tried to cover his ears.
But it didn't help. The scream was there. Everywhere.
Then, when no one thought it could get any worse...
Hell broke lose.
It started with that the air suddenly became extremly cold.
And with it, a even colder wind came raging trough the Valley.
The skywater started to fall.
Then the ground started to shake. At first, it was like a little vibration, but it quickly grew in strenght and in just a matter of seconds it was like the world were falling apart. The rolling noise was everywhere.
The it got all quiet again for a couple of seconds...
Littlefoot looked up, but had to throw himself down to the ground again, he pulled Chomper close to himself and closed his eyes.
There was a incredibly load bang, like a thousand thunderclaps, and in a matter of seconds, the sky was turning dark red, and millions of dark purple lightning bolts burst open troughout the sky, like a giant spiderweb.
The mountaintops started to crack.
Everywhere in the Valley, animals where screaming and fleeing in panic.
Littlefoot tried and call trough the nosie:
"GRANDMA! GRANDPA!!"
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Rocks started to fall where Blueberry and his friends where.
"Into the caves! Hurry! And make your way back into the valley!" he screamed, and stoped. Making sure all of his friends got in before he did. A flash appeared before his eyes...
Longtail...
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What the...??? Ecco shouted. What¥s the matter with you Blueberry, why this panic? He sat down in the cave and looked up to him. Now, tell us please what¥s going on here. I have a feeling like you would know.
Are you alright? Ruby asked Zaine
Aaaaah, what¥s going on here. Chomper asked confused. He went closer to Littlefoot not looking up, because he was very scared. He called for Ruby, but he knew she wouldn¥t hear him, because of the load noises.
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"If you wanna live, then RUN, Ecco!" Blueberry shouted, and now his face were angry. "Run now, make your way back, and take Ruby with you!"
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"I don't know! Littlefoot shouted trough the noise.
"Just stay close to me!"
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No, damn man!! I want to know now what¥s going on here. I won¥t leave, if you don¥t tell me now! I am not going to let me push in this way. Tell me now.
Ruby came to Ecco and laid her hand on his shoulder. Ecco... maybe it..would be.... No, I am not going, before I know what¥s happening!
I¥ll, Chomper shouted, almost cried. He pushed his face into his hands and hoped that all this terror will end fast.
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Longtail was standing on a rock sticking out of the wall of the valley, with his wings spread wide he was screaming into the now darkened sky with no end in sight. He then opened his eyes and stared down for a moment and noticed Blueberry standing near a cave entrance...and he gave a wicked smile as he screamed once more, causing the earth to shake, and the sky to rain. He stopped for a moment and smiled and as he spoke, his voice echoed across the valley, "So, this is what true power feels like...it's breath taking!"
He then began to laugh hysterically, but it was interrupted as he thought about his friends for the slightest of moments...he blinked several times, and hit left eye turned back to original color for only a moment as he whispered "B-blueberry..." then his mind became clouded once more and he roared into the sky, flapping his wings and taking off across the valley.
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Another gaint rock suddenly crashed to the ground, just a few metres from where Blueberry and Ecoo stood.
Blueberry held up his hands to protect himself, then lowered them and looked at Ecco with a tired look.
"Sigh*...Convinced?"
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I think so, but after that, I want to know! So he took Ruby by the hand and went out of the cave, watching out for falling rocks. Don¥t forget Zaine inside there. And be careful.
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OCC( Lets wait for LBTfan13 and the others to catch up, shall we?)
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OCC: Sure, good idea
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Zaine had been keeping up with the others, but he couldn't speak. He was still in shock about what happened to Longtail. No. It's not possible. He can't be gone. He began to cry from where he was at. "LONGTAIL!!!!!!!!!!!!" he screamed out. Why did it have to take you? Unfortunately, he didn't notice all the falling rocks around him. He snapped out of it and ran to join Blueberry and the others. "Let's get the hell out of here!"
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Spiral was fighting his way back to the Falls, having retreived the fighting sticks he'd gone for...save he was having some problems with falling trees. Jumping sideways, he narrowly missed being impaled by a branch from one as it slammed into the ground, the shockwave knocking him off his feet. I...MUST get back to her... he thought, his anger at whatever was causing this giving way to determination. Using the pair of fighting sticks as balance aids, he got back on his feet and started moving again. He'd get back...He had to.
Kariya, on the other hand, was experiencing one of her greatest fears (one that was shared by both of them, actually): beiong caught in the open, with nowhere to hide, with no one to protect her. Not being able to run didn't help things - she'd tried, but she ended up on her face quite fast. Scrabbling forward, away from the threat of the forest, she quickly ran out of energy. Curling up into a tight ball, she started screaming for her brother. There wasn't much else she could do...
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Longtail high up in the sky actually hears Zaine call his name. This causes him to stop...and laugh demonically as he turned around and flapped back towards the cave that held some of his friends. He lowered himself to the ground and using his tail whipped several large boulders out of his way. He then looked inside the cave, and his eyes turned a dark deep red, and his smile was just as dark and sinister...he took two steps forward and said "Hi, Zaine....you called for me?" He then began to laugh again just to scare everyone.
Cyrix had taken cover behind a tree nearby, but had lost sight of Mim. He began calling her name hoping she would hear him. "MIM!!! Where are you?!"
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Seeing everyone suddenly teleport away Mim raised one eyebrow ridge. "Fascinating... that's not happened before. I must tell the tourist about this and ask if he's seen anything like it before." She then looked at Shera who was still near her. She
"Come on, let's go over to Mrs. Swimmer's nest area, maybe they are over there." Mim said. "Lets go." She said.
Shera nodded her head, "ok." Not sure but not wanting to be left behind either. Both set off at a run to where Ducky & Diver's nest area was.
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Once they arrived they saw Diver, Mia, Petrie, & Rhyn. "The others are not here?" Mim asked, the others shook their head.
"We were about to go and..." Rhyn started to say but stopped herself not sure if Mim would be one of those grownups who would try to stop them.
"Us 2 also. Lets go. We may have little time before whatever it is happens and we need some information and that is best done closer then here. I know of some small caves, that we can fit in, but not the larger grown ups, over that way." Mim said. She quickly described the direction and area. Mim looked at the 2 flyers, "I want the of you to fly low and make sure no grown ups are likely to see us. Some grownups are not as open minded and know when action is needed. Lets go." Mim said.
Petrie and Rhyn nodded and flew off together. Rhyn said and she and Petrie flew off to be sure their other friends would not be seen going back to warn them if they saw a grown up was near to the path they ware taking or Rhyn would distract them by engaging them in some conversation so they others could slip past without being seen.
Mim and the others set off. Diver road on her friend Mia while the others jogged alongside her as they ran along, the pace set by Shera. They hid among some bushes when they could, to avoid being seen.
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What was that? Did you hear that laugh? Ecco asked. Than he looked back to the cave. What the? There is longtail. Listen, go back to the others, I¥ll be right there.
Okay, alright. But Ecco..., Yes? Be careful she said in a soft voice and smiled. I will, don¥t worry. Just go back.
With that, Ecco left her and went to Longtail. Longtail? Is it you? You are alive. That¥s awesome, I am so happy,... than he noticed Longtails red eyes and his evil face. What,...what happened to you?
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Rubys way back to the valley wasn¥t easy. She had to be careful because of many falling rocks and trees. But she finally managed to get back into the valley. Please be fine everyone, please be fine, she said to herself. Than she noticed Littlefoot and Chomper lying on the ground. Okay, stay there, she shouted. It is a good place, I think it won¥t happen something bad to you there. Chomper heart her and looked to her direction. He was very glad, she was alive. Okay, he shouted back and nodded in agreement.
Suddenly she heart a shouting. It was the call from Kariya. Wait,... someone is shouting for help. Not far away I guess. She followed the shouting and noticed Kariya among the trees. Hey, over here, Ruby shouted to her. I know a good place to hide!
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Zaine was at first highly relieved to see Longtail alive. "Thank god you are alive Longtail! I feared the worst when that cloud swallowed you up." Then he also noticed his pure red eyes, and Zaine was scared. "Longtail...you look...different. What's happened to you?" Zaine began to fear what might have happened. He's lost control again. Only this time, he's lost it for good. "Longtail?"
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Vylor and Argaya were stuck in a cave. The rocks were falling around them, and the two were fearing for their lives. "We need to get out of here." Argaya said.
"How? The entrance is sealed!" He responded.
I wish that we were back home in ƒlagaesia. There we could blast the rocks away. "That's it! Argaya! Think of the magic. We might be able to save ourselves if we can create a magical force strong enough."
Vylor and Argaya then connected their minds and began focusing on their inner strength. They found the place in their combined mind where it was.
Suddenly, a rock shot out of the way and the entrance was opened. "Is it just me, or is that Longtail's voice?" Vylor stated.
"It sounds evil. I don't like it at all." Argaya replied.
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Longtail continued to grin at his friends in the cave and after Zaine had asked if he was okay. Longtail laughed again...and started to drool, as he stepped closer. He then said with his dark voice..."You all...look scared...thats good...very good....heh...let the fear take control....it won't be so bad...for a while anyway...come on...your...'friendship with me...was bound to end sooner or later."
Longtail's body then shuddered as he blinked and said with fear "H-help....me...." But just as quickly he was back to his dark evil demeanor. "now...who wants to be first.." asked Longtail with a sadistic grin.
Cyrix was looking for anyone nearby, but after several moments had to stop to catch his breath, as it suddenly felt like his heart skipped a beat as he continued to worry about Longtail... 'Please, PLEASE Longtail...be okay! I'm begging you...'
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Kariya's head snapped up - she thought she heard someone shouting. Looking around quickly, she caught sight of Ruby - and caught the last few words of what she said. "I can't! I need to wait for-"
A hand on her side stopped her. She squeaked and tried to move away - then noticed who the hand belonged to. "Spiral!" she shouted. "Nevermind, we're coming!" she shouted quickly at Ruby.
Spiral passed Kariya's stick off to her, and they both moved as fast as they could over to Ruby.
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"Once we are in the mysterious beyond we can get in contact with Blue-eye's herd, we certainly will be able to." Diver said from Mia's back.
"I do agree. We are heading in the direction of the main area they are usually found in." Mia said as they ran along.
"Blue-eye?" Mim asked not knowing who the person was.
"He is a friendly fast biter. We traveled a while together and he and his herd helped us to where our families were as they were heading to the Great Valley." Diver said.
"Fast biter?" Shera asked as they stopped to hide as Rhyn distracted a few flyers so they would not be seen with Petrie helping as much as he could catching on quickly.
"It is ok, it certainly is. They are friendly they helped us." Mia said using the chance to rest a bit, though she was not tired.
"Good, they may have some first hand information on what we saw since they were closer, and may have some information on if conditions have changed outside the great valley." Mim said before motioning for them to continue towards the cave not to far off. "It'll take 2 to move that rock in front of it, but Mia and I"ll be able to move it alone."
"It'll go faster with help, it certainly would." Diver said nodding as they set off again.
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If you definitly want to hurt us Longtail than try to hurt me first, Ecco said. But let the others go. Dammit, it¥s the dark side which took control over you. I know that anywhere inside of you is the real longtail. Now get out of his body!!
Comment, fast, Ruby said. This way. She made sure that both came savely out of the forest, than she began to run into the direction of the cave.
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"No Ecco," Zaine simply replied. "Longtail is my best friend too, and I won't leave you to face him alone. I made a promise to Longtail that if he ever lost control I would fight him to return him back to normal. Now it's time to fufill that promise." He stepped forward. "If you want to fight somebody, then how about you start with me!" I just hope I can beat the darkness sinside of him. "Longtail, if you are still in there, I hope you remember my promise, because I am not going to stop until you are free."
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Longtail just stood there and said "You can't help me...I am beyond helping, I wanted this...hehe...this feeling is the greatest. Besides...I'm not here to fight...I just wanted to see if you were all okay...after all...we are still friends....right?" He then proceeded to laugh insanely before he then commented "Now, let's go find the others...friends." With that he turned and started to walk away.
After a while Cyrix stumbled from the tree line near Duckys nest. He then noticed Mim along with Ducky, her sister Diver and several others. Feeling light headed he walked over and said "I'm glad you all are alright for now...does anyone know what happened to Longtail?"
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Zaine was overly confused, but it didn't matter. "Let's go guys." He ushered the others to follow, but he ran up next to Longtail. "Longtail, what the hell happened in the sky? You just disappeared whithin those clouds, and now you're completely different, and I don't really like the change."
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Longtail simply scoffed and replied "What happened in those clouds is that I realized my true purpose...and now I have a duty to complete." He then turned to face the others and asked "What do you all think of the new me?"
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What did he mean by duty? "I for one hate it. This isn't upi Longtail! You never were like this." Zaine had to think of something that would help him turn back. "Don't you remember all our adventures we went on? Remember when we stopped that group of giant sharpteeth from destroying the Great Valley? What about when we stopped Ozzy from getting the Stone of Cold Fire. Do you even remember the first time we met right before Korr attacked us? Speaking of Korr, you two settled your differences and became friends!"
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(OOC: My group left Ducky & Diver's mom's sleeping area a post or 2 ago. They've been stealthly making their way to a cave Mim knows about, a completely different cave then wherever the other group is heading 2. )
"Not far now. There is some water in the mysterious beyond and some green food there near the water so we won't be short of food or water, at first anyway." Mim said as they rested in a spot with a lot of bushes, good for hiding from Grown ups. Mim motioned them to bend lower behind the bushes when she heard voices coming near.
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"I thought I heard voices over here." One of the bullies said.
"Just babies, why bother with them?" Another one said.
"If they found some good green food or tree sweets we want them, instead of the babies having them." Another one said. Mim listened to them and peered through some branches and leaves of a bush at them. She had dealt with them before and if she wasn't in a hurry and wanting to get out of the Great Valley undetected she'd not mind dealing with them again, but doing so would only delay them and perhaps attract attention.
Petrie & Rhyn landed nearby in a tree. Petrie saw who it was and started to cover up a bit afraid of them. Rhyn laughed at them, seeing part of her friends hiding behind some bushes nearby. She knew these bullies would likely not be distracted by normal conversation but she had an idea of how to lead them away so her friends could get by.
"Why do you need any food? You look to fat to eat." She said.
"We're not fat." One of the bullies said in an angry voice shaking a fist at her.
"Then why do you have such big bellies? Only fatties do." She said, knowing they would want to get her and she could easily lead them away, evade them then catch up to her friends later.
"Oh yea, we'll show you." The bully said shaking his fist then running towards where Rhyn was.
"You have to catch me & fatties like you move to slow." Rhyn said and flew off in a direction, leaving the scared Petrie behind in a tree. The bullies chased after Rhyn.
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Once Mim was sure they were far enough away she rose up, and Mim did likewise.
"I'm not afraid of those bullies. Not after they were bullying Diver and I gave them such a belly ache and the 4 footer a headache after a few punches and kicks." Mim said.
"Yea, I dealt with them once myself, but with no fighting really, but they would only slow us down and perhaps attract attention from others when we want to get out to investigate what is going on without anyone seeing us. Lets go." Mim said and they jogged off in the direction of the cave where Mim knew lead to the outside and she and a friend had sealed off when they had returned.
Petrie opened his eyes and saw the bullies were gone, and Rhyn too. Not having any idea where they were he looked around and saw Mim and the others and decided since he could not find Rhyn and maybe safer since the bullies were chasing her, he flew off following after Mim.
Rhyn led the Bullies off and with some tricky flying she lost them completely and flew off stealthy towards where she knew the others were heading.
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"Guys, c'mon! We're almost out! Blueberry called from inside the cave.
As his friends went past him into safety, his eyes meet with Longtail's. Blueberry gave a smile at him.
"Oh, Longtail! I'm soo happy that you are ali.." The smile dissapeared instantly from Blueberry's face, as if he had been strucked by a whip.
Something flashed in Longtail's eyes. Blueberry shuddered, and remained standing for a few seconds looking after him. "...alive and safe..."
Then he threw a last look back into the cave, before he also exited it, and entered the Great Valley again.
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Spiral and Kariya immediately began chasing after Ruby. A place to hide...much better than being out here... Kariya thought.
Spiral trusted his sister's judgement, so he didn't bother asking any questions. Not like there'd be all that many answers to the questions he wanted answered, anyways, considering how strange...whatever was going on was.
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Dante began to stir. Something had knocked him unconcious some time ago, and he had tried to waken himself, as he finally moved. Suddenly, a burst of pain shot through his head, and a second voice spoke...
"DarKnesS GatHers. FriEnD CoRruPteD. LeT mE KiLl!!!"
Dante shook his head, trying to dislodge his inner demon, the Sankakku...
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Longtail had lead the others to an open field, but strangely enough, the wind wasn't blowing as hard here. Longtail then laughed into the sky and began talking to himself "Now, what to do...what to do...I wonder...I am hungry, but no...killing them won't make a difference...perhaps...yes...thats it...turn them too...ohh...this is going to be a fun little game!" He then turned around and asked "So, who wants to be first?" While flashing his insane grin at the others, hoping one of them would speak.
After getting directions from Ducky and Diver's mom Cyrix with his slight headache started following in the general direction that they went, hoping to catch up to them, but in this stormy weather, chances of that were getting less and less likely. He stumbled around in the trees for a while, and stopped and slumped against a tree.
He took several deep breaths and looked around...still not seeing anyone. Cyrix sighed in defeat and said "Perhaps I'll just stay here and wait this storm out..." with that he closed his eyes and tried his best to wrap his body as close to the tree as possible and fell asleep.
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What the HELL do you mean??? But okay, if you want to fight,... here I stay. Come here!!! Than he looked over to Zaine. I am sorry Zaine. But I won¥t let you fight against him alone. If you fight, I¥ll fight with you. So join or don¥t. But I really don¥t want to get you hurt. Than he looked back at Longtail. He fixed him with his eyes and prepared hisself to protect hisself.
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Zaine nodded. 'Thank you Ecco. I think I'll need all the help I can get to change Longtail back." He then stepped towards Longtail and stood firm. "If this is what it comes down to, than you leave me no choice Longtail. The real you is still there, held captve by this inner darkness. If I can't talk you back, then I guess I'll have to beat you to your senses." He prepared for Longtail to make the first move. I have to do this for both his sake and his uncle's.
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Blueberry stepped forward.
"Longtail my friend... I have no idea, what have happended to you!
But if you indeed want to fight your very own friends... then I will defend both them and myself.
Besides, you don't seem to give us any other options..."
Blueberry held his arms up in a fighting position, he took a relaxing breath, and suddenly there was a strange calm over him.
Then he let his claws out.
"I won't attack you as long as you don't force me to. Do as you wish."
Sad that it has to come to this... why? What have happened to you!?
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So the three: Blueberry, Ecco and Zaine stood in line in front of Ecco. All in a fighting position to be ready, if Longtail attacks them.
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"Don't forget us, Zaine. We are here to fight as well. Longtail, we don't know where you are, but we'll find you and bring you back!" exclaimed Vylor as he and Argaya joined the group.
I wonder what happens if I enter his mind. Vylor opened his mind to connect with Longtail's, but was instantly met by a feeling of darkness and evil. Visions of horror from Vylor's past flickered behind his eyes. These images. Why won't they stop? Suddenly, a thought came to him. He's fighting my mind. He sensed me and fought back with my past nightmares!
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Ruby reached the cave now, and was waiting for the others to enter. Over here. Fast. Than Rubys eyes widened. Next to Spiral a tree was hit by a stroke of lightning, and fell in her direction. Spiral, Kariyra, she shouted. Watch out, the tree!!
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Even though he was outnumbered 5 to 1 literally, he just laughed into the sky, and it in turn rumbled with thunder high above. He stopped just long enough to say to the others "My dear friends...I said before I didn't want to fight, but if that is your wish...." He then shouted "PREPARE TO DIE!!!" and laughed insanely as he rushed forward to fight his former friends, with his claws extended and ready to draw blood!
((OOC: I'm waiting for DarkHououmon to respond to this post, so just wait for her to post first okay guys.))
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Mim led the others along. They paused when they saw a figure laying against a tree. They could see it was Cyrix.
"What do you suggest we do?" Diver whispered to Mim.
"We can try to wake him. He may be willing to help." Mim said.
"Ok, lets try, but not to loudly." Mia said.
Mim carefully and slowly walked up to Cyrix. "Cyrix?" she said touching him lightly on the shoulder.
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As Longtail approached, a few things began to flash through Zaine's mind. He either wants to kill us or turn us. Either way, it can't be good. Well I'm not going to let him do either to any of us. Zaine was the first to move, but instead of thinking of a strategy, he charged right for Longtail. "You've left us no choice Longtail! You asked for it!" With that, he body slamed tight towards Longtail.
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Wait Zaine, let him do the first step. Ecco yelled. Well, that¥s great man. Better watch first how Zaine is doing, and if he needs any help, I can help him.
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"Zaine! Wait!" Blueberry shouted.
OCC: ( Yep GVG, we're waiting for you and DarkHououmon now. Hold your horses everyone. Remember to look for OCC messages before posting! :^.^: )
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Cyrix felt the tap on his shoulder and slowly opened his eyes...hoping against hope that it would be longtail with that same childish smile on his face, but he was just as happy to see Mim looking down upon him. He sighed and replied "Hello Mim...are you alright, the storm seemed to have stopped for the moment." He then shed a tear as he stood up and asked "Do you know where Longtail is...I can't seem to find him."
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Back on the field, Littlefoot opened his eyes.
He looked out over the valley.
It was still a bit dark, and the wind was still blowing quite hard, leaves and dust was carried around in it, but the storm had lose in power.
Gently, he pushed Chomper.
"Hey, Chomper... It seems better now. We should find the others, I don't see them anywhere...? I can't see anyone...?"
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You think so?, the little sharptooth asked and looked around in the GV. Everything was destroyed, looked grey, empty. O...okay. let¥s go
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Suddenly, a large dinosaur, black and white in coloration, thundered down and stood between the long-tailed flyer and the group of five dinosaurs. It rose its head up and stared at the charging flyer, showing no signs of intending on moving out of the way. Then the dinosaur, not taking its eyes off the flyer, reared up onto its hind legs. It stretched out its long neck and let out a loud bellow, revealing its teeth and swinging its tail from side to side.
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Ecco suddenly stopped and was surprised by the big dinosaur. What...??
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Longtail saw the newcomer and immediately stopped his charge. He stood still for a moment sizing up the newcomer, and still bared his teeth as he said "Who are you, and why do you dare interfere in my fight?"
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Blueberry gasped, and quickly ran forward and started to pull Zaine away from the battle and the new dinosaur. He ducked as its tail came flying troufgh the air aboce him.
"C'mon, Zaine! Watch it! Get out of the way!"
Who is this...? I have never seen him before! Hope he's on our side... and that he doesn't hurt Longtail!
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The dinosaur responded with a soft growling voice. "My name is Ateo." The voice was masculine, revealing the plateosaurus to be male. "And why did I interrupt your little fight? Because I will not allow someone like you harm innocents like them." He lowered his head and brandished the large thumb claws that grew from his front paws. "I'll warn you only once. Stand down..."
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Longtail gave Ateo a dark, and long drawn out smile and then a horridly dark laugh as he said "My so called friends behind you...thought they could take me...what makes you think you even stand a chance. I'll bring you down...and then...I'll finish my fight with them." using his tail to point to Zaine, Blueberry, Argya, Vylor, and Ecco.
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Now it was Ateo's turn to smile. "Do not make me laugh, flyer! How could someone as puny as you stand a chance against a much larger opponent? I could crush you if I wanted to!" Ateo found it very humorous that the flyer thought that he could win this fight. Oh well, at least he can say that he did warn him. "You want to shed some blood? Fine. You can try shedding mine...if you have the courage to try, smallfry."
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Longtail's face contorted in anger and rage as he spat on the ground and shouted "How dare you! You stupid elder, I WILL kill you, and bath in your blood, no matter how hard you fight....I...WILL...WIN!!!" And again with that same sadistic and insane laugh Longtail charged towards Ateo at full speed and jumped into the air, aiming for his neck.
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Ateo remained where he stood, unfazed by Longtail's threatening promise. He watched as the flyer drew closer and closer to him. He waited until the last second, and then he immediately moved to the side, allowing Longtail to sail past him. As soon as the flyer's long tail was in side, Ateo immediately clamped his jaws onto the tail, yanking Longtail to one side. He then proceeded to slam the flyer into the ground, pressing one of his paws onto the flyer, using enough of his weight to try and pin the flyer down.
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Blueberry widened his eyes as the tail once again came flying trough the air against him. With a scream he dived to the ground. He looked up and just managed to see a giant jaw clamp 'round Longtail's tail.
Wow...
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The pair heard Ruby's warning, and split, Spiral about-facing and shooting the other way since he was further behind, and Kariya boosting forwards in an attempt to outrun the falling tree. The tree slammed into the ground between them...
Spiral picked himself up from the far side of the tree, sporting several cuts from flying wood chips on his left side, back and tail. I'll deal with this later. he thought. Is it just me, or does this storm seem to have calmed a bit?
Kariya was somewhat luckier, having sprinted ahead of the tree before it fell. The impact had still knocked her off her feet, but she didn't get a bunch of flying wood splinters in her backside like her brother. Realizing what happened, she called out,"Spiral! Are you okay?"
A response greeted her from the other side of the tree. "I'm fine. Give me a minute, and I'll be over." Sure enough, a short time later Spiral came around the tree.
"I'd hardly call that fine, Spiral," Kariya said upon seeing his state. "You could've gotten yourself killed!"
"Well, I'm still here. Where were we?" Spiral asked.
"...Right," Kariya replied, and the pair began moving off towards Ruby, Spiral moving a bit slower due to a cut on his left leg. While not really all that serious, the cuts still did hurt. This is really starting to tick me off... Spiral thought as he continued on.
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Ecco was indeed surprised from what he saw. He knew that the newcomer would be strong. But that strong and fast? I hope he will beat Longtail, Ecco thought to hisself
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Ruby saw that Spiral had problems with walking because of the injury. Oh no, that¥s not good. So she walked out to him and packed him with one arm around the haunch and laid one hand from him around her own neck. So it should be a bit easier for you, Ruby said and walked with Spiral over to the cave.
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Mim shook her head. "I saw him go beyond the border into the Mysterious Beyond, similar to if one is caught in some sort of wind. I do hope he is ok." Mim said with concern in her voice.
"Yes, sometimes winds high up can surprise you if you are not careful, even sometimes not so high up." Rhyn said.
"Then everyone seemed to teleport away suddenly and no one was anywhere near where I was. I thought some maybe over at Ducky's, Diver & Spike's sleeping place but found only Diver, her friends her siblings & parents there. I heard Diver & her friends were planning on going to the Mysterious Beyond to see if a fastbiter friend of theirs has any information." Mim said.
"ff, fastbiters?" Shera said.
"Me no know about fastbiters being friends." Petrie said.
"Yes, Blue-eye and his herd are friendly, they helped us on our journey so we could find out families and since we helped blue-eye they made us members of their herd." Mia said.
"They are friendly, they certainly are." Diver said nodding.
"I was hoping since whatever happened to Longtail happened in the Mysterious Beyond, and that sky thing we saw was also in the Mysterious Beyond they may have some first hand information that we do not have." She said. "I know of a cave here, but the entrance is blocked with a rock, though Mia and I will be able to move it. Do you want to come, or look for Longtail here in the valley?" Mim asked looking at Cyrix.
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Zaine was amazed be the size and strength of Ateo. He's grown much stronger since the incident with Korr. "Ateo how did you find us?" Once the fight began to intensify between Ateo and Longtail, Zaine shouted out. "Be careful Ateo! He's still Longtail! He's just been corrupted by some dark source, but he's still the same Longtail that fought against Korr along side you and me!"
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OOC: I thought this roleplay had no connection to the Shadow Raptor roleplays.
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"Ateo, do you think you can hold Longtail down for a while? Vylor and I will try to release him from this evil. We just need him physically immobilized." Argaya said, crouching down on one side of Longtail's body. Now here comes the tricky part. How to get past the defense. Vylor and Argaya began to focus, relaxing their body while strengthening their mental armor as they tried to probe into Longtail's mind. They were immediately hit by the nightmares, but not with enough force to hinder their progress. They searched the labyrinthine mind of Longtail for any sign of the original personality. On the outside, Vylor and Argaya became silent, their breathing shallow and steady.
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"Um...Thanks," Spiral said, being careful to not put too much of his weight on Ruby due to the fact that he was bigger than she was. Abruptly, he noticed that something was missing, jarring him out of his running thought line..."Wait, where's my fighting stick?"
"Hang on, I'll go look for it," Kariya said, and ran back around to where Spiral had fallen, recognizable by the way his tracks ended there and the presence of a peculiarly shaped area of pressed-down grasses. Looking around, she found the stick - noticeably different from the others around there by the fact that it was almost perfectly straight, had a sharp end (which was wrapped tightly with a leaf) and had a distinctive darker color - and ran back to Ruby and her brother. "And you get mad at me for leaving mine laying around," she said, switching the pair of sticks she was now carrying between hands. She followed just behind her brother and Ruby.
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Longtail being pinned to the ground continued to struggle to stand up and in his attempts clawed a the ground with his feet and claws and whipped at Ateo with his tail. He then cried out and said "Let me go! If you do perhaps I won't tear your throat out of your body! NOW LET ME GO!!!" He then continued to scratch and claw at the ground beneath him.
Cyrix sighed after a moment and replied "I'll come with you Mim. I...I don't want to be alone here anymore. Longtail is strong and smart...I'm sure he'll be okay until we meet again. Come let's not waste anymore time in this storm."
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Mim nods, "It's not far, and once we're in the cave we can rest in there." She said. "I"m sure Longtail will be ok." Mim said hoping she can get Cyrix to feel better.
"Yes, he is smart like you say and very tough too." Diver said trying to help Cyrix to feel better.
"Getting out of this storm for while would be nice." Shera said.
"I concur." Mia said.
Rhyn landed nearby. "Not to safe to fly in a storm, since it may grow worst without warning.
Rhyn nodded agreeing with the others. She kept her long tail wrapped partly around herself so the wind would not blow it around. She also laid down low on Mia so the wind would have less chance of catching her wings and blowing her off if it should pick up.
"No fly in big blowy wind, my mommy say." Petrie said. "Me ride if it it ok." Petrie said.
"It's ok." Mim said and picked him up then looked at Cyrix. "Unless you'd rather carry him." She said to him.
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Ruby reached the cave with Spiral and sat him down. Fighting Stick? Well, that¥s... ehm, ordinary.
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OCC:( !? Shadow Raptor series!? And no, it has not. Refeer to "Dawn" discussion topic for questions.)
"Hey! Be careful with him!" Blueberry shouted at the newcomer.
Suddenly the light started to dissapear, and the cave got extremly cold.
Blueberry shuddered, held his arms close to his body, and looked around.
Wha... what's happening now? Why did it get so cold...?
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"I don't know where the others have gone! And I can't see my grandparents anywhere.
...Cera's nest's not far from here, lets go there? Maybe they've gone over to them..." Littlefoot said to Chomper.
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Okay. Alright. Should be best, Chomper said and nodded in agreement.
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((OOC: WHOOPS!!! so sorry bout that! disregard my last post then! BTW, the Shadow Raptor series is another set of rp's))
Zaine looked around as the light began to disappear and the cave grew very cold. Oh no, this can't be good. "What's happening? What are you doing Longtail?"
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"YoU ThINk ThaT WeAkliNG coUlD sumMon ThiS DaRKnESs? ThInK AgaiN!"
In the entrance, eyes and arm glowing blood crimson, was Dante, his will fully subsumed by the Sankakku, the curse mark having spread over the entire right half of his body...
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Blueberry was just about to ask Dante what he was doing, when...
Blueberry turned around. He could swear he had seen somthing move form within the cave... But it was to dark to see. And suddenly it began to blow an even colder wind from within. Blueberry shuddered, and widened his eyes. Whatever it was, it was something of great evil. He could acctually feel it.
Whatever this chill is... it's not Dante... it's coming that way..!
He whispered to Ecco and Zaine,
"S... something's coming...!"
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I..if someth..ing is comming, I think we¥ll kn..ow soon enough. Brr. Ecco said and shivered by the cold wind. What now? Longtail is under control now I think. What happens to him now?
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Longtail had stopped struggling to get out from Ateo's foot, but now with the feeling of dreed and darkness, he was smiling as he said "Now, is time for my duty to be completed....I hope you've all enjoyed living...cause now...its MY TURN!"
He then screamed into the sky, and it shook and thundered and rained in response, the winds picking up again and blowing every direction possible.
Cyrix nodded to Mim and took Petrie with a smile and said "Thank you everyone. I know Longtail will be okay. Let's get to the cave and rest first." Then the wind began to blow again and harder.
Cyrix held Petrie close so he wouldn't be caught by any stray winds and he said to Mim "Lead the way."
Cera was scared when the storm started, but she acted tough for Tricia, but right now she was so glad that Littlefoots grandparents were here to help keep them safe.
She looked up and asked Grandpa Longneck "Where is Littlefoot, I hope he's okay."
Grandpa Longneck didn't say anything, but felt the same way Cera did.
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"When you're living in the Mysterious Beyond, you need every advantage you can get," Spiral said, looking himself over. Most of the cuts on his side and back were small and not really that concerning to him. The larger one on his leg did give him some trouble, though. From what he saw and felt, he thought it could keep him from running for a few days, if not more, but he couldn't really tell. Treating injuries was an area of learning that was somewhat lacking in his case.
Kariya picked up the speech where Spiral left off. "Sometimes, we need a bit more reach than we can get with our claws or beaks. The sticks serve us well for that," she said.
While wondering what he was going to do about his leg, a quick thought struck Spiral. Hmm...that might help.
::Can I have my stick back now?:: he signed to Kariya.
Flipping his stick so that the blunt end was facing him, she handed it off to Spiral, who took the leaf off the sharp end and pressed it onto the cut on his leg, where it stuck. "Thank you, Teacher," he muttered. One of the first lessons taught to him by an old spiketail: Everything can be used for something else.
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Ruby watched the cut. Do you maybe want to put some moos over it? That may help.
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It suddenly became very quiet...
Blueberry could only hear the wind and the heartbeats of the others.
Then, from inside the cave, everyone could hear it.
Someone was clapping hands in aplause... Slowly...
Then a voice broke the silence. It was cold as ice, and sharp as a knife.
"Good... good! Well done.... That was a nice little scream! I almost got frightened for a second!
And you there with the marks... stop it will you, please? I get sick just by watching you..." it said, with a sarcastic, taunting voice. Then a low, sarcastic laugh.
"Hehehehehehe...." The air started to vibrate with it.
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"...Good idea. That would work nicely...if it's not too much of a hassle," Spiral responded. Kariya stood off by the entrance, watching out for anything trying to get in.
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Ateo lifted up his head and looked towards the cave. As he heard the disembodied voice speak, he uttered a low growl. He glanced down at the flyer. Lowering his head a little, he hissed softly, "Is this your doing, flying?"
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Ecco turned around, very slowly. Okay, who are you, what do you want?, Ecco asked and made a step closer to the dinosaur who came out of the cave.
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Longtail scowled up at Ateo and said "You really think I called that...thing down here...heh your kind really are as stupid as you look...just as word of warning you stupid elder, don't let me off the ground, or you will DIE just like the cowards your kind really are...I've seen you run from sharpteeth when it was so clear that they weren't even attacking you!"
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"...I have no need to answer that to you..." the voice hissed.
"Now, please stay out of line, it's soo anoying!" it said with a taste of boredom in it.
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What?..., who do you think are you? I don¥t have to do what you are telling me, I don¥t even know you.
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Ateo narrowed his eyes. "Considering the position you are in, I'd watch my tongue if I were you, flyer." He proceeded to push Longtail a litttle harder into the ground. He only held back because he recalled the words of one of the other dinosaurs in the group, who apparently still wanted the flyer alive.
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"But... would you please be QUIET!? I don't have time for vermin!"
"You... step out of the flyer. You don't really have to, but I find it sooo rude of you to stand on other people..." the voice sighed.
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Ah, man. How do we even know we can trust you, Ecco asked.
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"Sorry. I misread the way you said that. Kariya?" Knowing what Spiral was asking of her, she slipped out, going to look for some moss. Gotta watch myself...Wow, I must still be having awake-time adjustment problems, he thought as he moved into a more comfortable position lying down.
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"Yeah, and why are you hiding yourself? Speaking of polite, you haven't itroduced yourself..." Blueberrys said.
"Hehehe... good point there, kid!"
"Well, if you insist..." the voice said, then dissapeared.
Then everyone could hear footsteps approaching from within the pitch black cave.
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Wait, Ruby said. I¥ll watch for moss too. She searched near the cave entry, found some, and returned to Spiral. Than she put the moss gently on the cut and pushed it a bit in the wound. That might hurt a bit, but it¥s good for you, she said and smiled. Now just wait for Karyia. The more moss, the merrier.
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Being in the postion he was...Longtail couldn't really turn around to see who was coming towards them, but that dark, wicked and sinister smile stayed on his face as he said "Now...this should be fun!"
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Now, Longtail Ecco shouted. Shut up. It¥s really the wrong time to be happy or something. And in your position I¥d be careful. Ecco said and and walked back in line. Arrgh, all this, it is to much to me. Will this horror ever end???
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Ateo growled at the creature. "You want me to get off of him? Make me."
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Longtail laughed at Ateo and Ecco as he said "Please...you just made a fatal mistake elder...oh and don't worry Ecco, as soon as i'm able to move...you'll be the first to feel my claws!"
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"You... really are an interessting bunch of vermin..."
Blueberry's eyes had just got used to the dark, he regreted it imediatly.
It was like if the darkness bowed to the creature... moving for it like a curtian... the dark was boiling around it.
A average sized dinosaur stepped out of the darkness.
He was a fastbiter, but unlike any Blueberry had ever seen.
He had a dark body, a dark grey underbelly.
His scales on his back where in different dark colors... red, green, purple...
He had some dark feathers on his neck.
He was taller, longer... and by the look of it... times dangerous than any other Sharpteeth. His arms where armed with giant dark, reddish claws... not even to speak about the size of the claws on his feet. They looked as if blood had been drying on them...
His eyes where sickly calm... but harsh. They didn't belong there...
His lips where in a sarcastic, self-righteous grin.
Just the look of him made Blueberry shiver.
The dinosaur stoped before the group.
"...Well, any plause? Any... nice meeting you?"
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Ateo wasn't paying attention to the fastbiter that emerged from the cave. Hearing Longtail threaten Ecco like that caused Ateo to seethe a little. "You're the one who made a mistake, you idiot!" Not able to control his temper, he lifted up his paw and immediately struck down again, striking the flyer on the back of his skull, although not hard enough to kill him.
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Spiral twitched slightly as Ruby applied the moss. It did sting...but if it was for the better, he didn't mind it as much as he would have otherwise. "...Thanks. True, that is..." he said quietly. Maybe I should just shut up now...before I say something even more stupid... he thought.
A bit later, Kariya returned with a rather large ball of moss, looking rather awkward trying to hold both it and her stick, which she had resorted to holding with her beak. ::At least you didn't lose it this time,:: Spiral signed to her.
She just rolled her eyes and spat the stick to the side. "Very funny. This enough?" she said.
"I'd think that'd more than enough. Bring it over here," Spiral replied. When she had the ball within his reach, he swiped a handful from it and pressed it into the cut on his leg. It seemed to sting even more when he was doing it himself. Hissing slightly, he held it there for a few seconds.
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O...okay. That wasn¥t what I expected. Ecco said. One more problem we have. GREAT! What do you want here? I ask you for a second time. Are you going to help us, or fight us? Than he turned to Longtail. He walked to him and kneed down next to him. Than he said with a calm, but direct voice: If you are brave enough. Than do so.
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OCC(( Lets wait for the others now: LBTfan13, Starfall...))
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"Argaya, it's no use. The evil is part of Longtail. We can't force it out of him." Vylor said, standing up. "I think that now is the time for us to reawaken some of our sealed powers." She responded, and soon she began to radiate power beyond any dinosaur. Vylor also began taking on an air of wisdom and power.
"We can't fully undo the seal, but for now, this is enough. You there, blocking the way out. What is your name? And Dante, what happened to you?" the two said inunison.
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Cyrix nodded to Mim and took Petrie with a smile and said "Thank you everyone. I know Longtail will be okay. Let's get to the cave and rest first." Then the wind began to blow again and harder.
Rhyn lay held onto Mia more, doing her best to be sure the wind did not catch her wings. Mim and the others started off towards the cave.
"Me home Guido no try to glide." Petrie said, remembering how a similar big blowy wind had carried them off to Black Rock and dropped them into Black Rock where they had met Swooper.
"It's close now." Mim said.
They got to a clearing and saw ahead a rock that came roughly up to Mim's chest. Mim and Mia headed for the rock. "It's not as heavy as it looks." Mim said and went to one side and started to push. Mia went onto 2 feet and put her hands onto the rock about waist level to Mim, not wanting to knock off her passengers. Diver and Rhyn held onto Mia, not wanting the wind to carry them off. Shera went between Mia and Mim and started to push with her head as she had done before and seen adult threehorns do.
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Zaine was to horrified by the newcomer to even think of something to say. What the hell is that thing? Why is it here? Zaine took a step forward. "Why won't you answer us? Please, who are you and why did you come here? Are you here to kill us? Kill Longtail? Kill Dante? What do you want from us?"
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"Now that's better... Good kid, saying please... I like that...!"The dark dinosaur took another step forward.
"The name's Hadrian... And no, I'm not here to kill you..."
Something flashed in the dark dinosaur's eyes. He started to slowly juggle with his right hand.
"Unless you don't make me to..." Hadrian said with a tired expression, and suddenly the darkness behind him took shape, and started to dance to the movement of his right hand.
He then looked at Ateo, and sighed.
"You see, I just gave you an option... So I ask you kindly again:
Please step out of the flyer...?" he said with a calm voice.
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Why should we? Ecco asked. Unless we dont have any reason?
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"Me standing before you is reason enough!" Hadrian hissed.
He looked straight into Ecco's eyes.
"And I thought I asked you to stay out of line...?"
This was the first time the dark dinosaur showed signs of anger.
Blueberry didn't like it for a second.
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Zaine stepped in front of Longtail. "Why do you want Longtail? Please don't hurt him. He's our friend, only corrupted and we want to help change him back. Unless you want to help him also, then just stay away from my friend!"
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Comment, go on and hurt me if you feel better than. I want to hear a reason. Otherwise I wont move. Anyway, who sais that you can tell us what we have to do? No one. So go on.
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The dark dinosaur let out a insane, evil laugh at Ecco's comment. It made the cave rumble and the air got thin.
"But my boy... my boy...!"
He then stoped laughing instantly and glared evil at Ecco.
"Don't worry, you will move... Want me to help you?"
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"Back off you creep!" Zaine had just about enough with this new guy. "Leave me and my friends alone!"
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Do so. If you dare. Ecco put hisself in a defense position. He faught some sharptooth before, so he would sure manage to fight this one as well. But I tell you. I am not going to hurt you, until you attack me.
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Ateo remained unfazed by the creature's demands. "Give me one good reason why I should move. You're just a fastbiter."
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"Why should I care of vermin who don't cause trouble"? Hadrain chuckled,, and ingnored Ecco.
Once again he turned to Ateo.
"...Only a fastbiter...?"
Hadrian closed his eyes, and layed his arms over his chest.
A dark liquid started to form around him.
It crawled its way up on him, before making its way into his body.
For some seconds nothing happened.
Then, all the bloodvains in the dark dinosaur's body started to glow with the same dark purple color as the sky had. A horrifying pattern was formed all over his body.
Hadrian opened his eyes. As he did, a pulse was send out from where he was standing. And a voice, filled to the maximum with evil echoed from within him:
HaNd... HiM... oVeR...!
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Now Ecco got a bit scared. He is just a dinosaur. And I have my friends behind me. It will be alright, Ecco thought
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Ateo was slightly shaken by the evil voice. And still, he hesitated to move. He was starting to feel torn between what he should do. If he did move, then he had no idea what would happen. And the flyer had warned him not to get off of him or he'd regret it. But on the other hand, if he refused to move, then this creature might attack, hurting him and possibly these strangers he came across. Either way, he might end up being responsible for anyone getting hurt.
He decided to opt to listen to whatever this thing was. Slowly, he lifted his paw off of Longtail. The flyer was out cold anyway, so there was no need to hold him down any longer. "Happy?"
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I dare you stranger. If anything will happen to him, you will be as good as dead, Ecco said and made slowly a step to the side
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The pattern slowly dissapeared from Hadrian's body.
He sighed, and wiped away some dust from his hand.
"There... That wasn't so hard, now was it?"
He remained standing where he was, but something began to move on the ground.
Blueberry saw it. It was the same dark liquid. It moved slowly like a snake...
Heading towards Longtail.
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LONGTAIL, NOO!!! Ecco yelled and ran towards Longtail. Hoping to be there soon enough to get him out there
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A tear rolled down Zaine's cheek. No. This can't be happening. I won't let him take him! "Please stop it! Don't take me friend! If you want a hostage, then take me instead, but leave Longtail alone!"
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Longtail opened his eyes, just as the dark, vile liquid began to cover him...and to be honest...he was scared, but extremely happy to see it happening to him, as shown by his dark laughter as he felt the cold, icy liquid covering and entering his body...after a few moments Longtail stopped moving for several minutes and then through hte liquid a his sinister smile could still be seen.
Cyrix nodded to Mim and followed her into the cave after she and the others had moved the boulder out of the way. still with a look of concern on his face.
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They managed to move the bolder to one side.
"We can rest inside." Mim said, "It shouldn't be to dark inside." She said and bent over a little to go inside. The others followed her inside as well.
"Me glad me no alone to go in dark cave." Petrie said from where he was with Cyrix.
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Dante stepped in front of Hadrian, claws bared menacingly.
"HoLD IT RiGht TheRe. YoU EmaNaTe PowEr. FiGhT Us, So wE mAY taKE ThAT PoWeR FoR oUR OwN!"
He roared, the sankakku posessing him completely...
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Ecco suddenly stopped as he saw, that he was to late. He looked with concern in his eyes at Longtail. Man, mate, what happened to you. Than he went closer to Longtail and knelt down next to him. What do you feel?
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Zaine then noticed Dante run in. "Dante? How the hell..." then he noticed Dante also was very different. He had the same evil aura around him that Longtail had. Oh no, not him too. Why is this happening? "Dante, what's happened to you?"
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Mim and the others walked into the cave. "There is an interesting type of cave fuzz a bit further in. You should see some glow on the walls and maybe ceiling. It is a rare type of cave fuss. I've only seen it a few times in my & my family's traveling around before we reached the Great Valley." Mim said.
"Fuzz glow?" Petrie asked? Not sure he believed it. It did sound pretty fantastic.
"I think it must be a very rare type." Mim said.
"I'd like to see that, I certainly would." Diver said.
"You're not the only one." Mia said.
"As long as it's safe and everyone gets to rest." Rhyn said.
"There is a smallish pool of water ahead and to one side when the cave widens into a larger cave." Mim said. "Do you folks want to rest here or a bit farther in?" She asked.
(ooc: The luminescent fuzz (moss) isn't magical, it does exist on earth. But is rare or uncommon I think.)
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Cyrix had to admit...this cave was indeed impressive, as he smiled while begin shown around. He heard Mim's comment and said "Light fuzz...that is most interesting. I would most certainly enjoy seeing that Mim." He then walked up to her and said "Thank you for helping me."
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Dante looked at Zaine, then threw back his head and laughed.
"FoOliSh cHilD! We ArE nOt DaNtE. wE Are HiS InnEr DaRkNeSS! We ArE HiS AnGer, HiS RagE, aNd HiS FeAr. WE ArE SAnKAkKu! AnD By OuR HaND, yOu WiLl AlL PeRIsH!"
The creature that was Dante then clutched its head and seemed in agony for a moment, before the dark aura surrounding it dispelled, and Dante himself stood there, eyes pleading.
"Guys... Get...Get away from me! I can't... can't keep it subdued much longer! G..."
Then the aura reformed and Dante spoke, again possessed by the madness of the Sankakku.
"YoU CAnNot EscApe Us! ThIS PlAcE wiLL Be...YouR ToMB!"
From the shadow around his right hand, the Sankakku-controlled Dante formed a scythe of black energy and steel and roared in fury to the sky...
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Mim nodded & smiled, "You're welcome. It's not to far ahead, near where the water is. The water is to one side."
"I'd like to see, that does sound interesting." Mia said.
"It certainly does." Diver said.
"Me wait and see." Petrie said.
"Near the water?" Shera asked.
"Sounds like quite a thing to see." Rhyn said.
Mim nods, "It's near the water and more then enough room to rest and get some water if any are thirsty or want to wash off some of your self. Though the pool isn't big enough to dive into. & it flows very slowly. "
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"Everyone, get behind us! We'll try to shield you for as long as it takes." Argaya said as she and Vylor circled the group. The two began chanting in unison, and a golden line appeared from Vylor that curved around the group on both sides and connected at Argaya.
Okay, I think, anywhere here is to set a line now. Sorry lbt cty lover. But we said, and I guess Gustav meant it, No Magic. And what you are doing there with reading minds, protecting us with a child, that¥s magic.
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"Everyone, get behind us! We'll try to shield you for as long as it takes." Argaya said as she and Vylor circled the group. The two began chanting in unison, and a golden line appeared from Vylor that curved around the group on both sides and connected at Argaya.
Okay, I think, anywhere here is to set a line now. Sorry lbt cty lover. But we said, and I guess Gustav meant it, No Magic. And what you are doing there with reading minds, protecting us with a child, that¥s magic.
OCC((Yeah, sorry that it have to come to this, but now I have to call it off.
But, please, take this in the discussion thread! And this time, DO it.
I'll stop the RP untill this is 100 for everyone, cause now I've stated it I don't know how many times.))
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Zaine finally had it. I can't take this anymore! I don't want to see friends like this! I have to get out of here and find help. Zaine slowly backed out of the cave. Another tear rolled down his cheek. "I'm sorry guys. I have to go." With that, he turned around and sprinted towards the Great Valley. I don't know how I'm going to break this to Cyrix.
After sprinting for a while, he finally made it back to the Great Valley, but he couldn't stop. I have to find Longtail's uncle. He has to know what's happened. He started to run through the valley calling out his name.
"Cyrix! Cyrix! Where are you?"
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Hadrian took word again.
"My apologize, but I have to leave now. If you don't mind... it looks like you're all about to leave anyway." he chuckled.
He played some with his fingers, and the dark liquid surrounding Longtail began to carry his body towards Hadrian, who started to walk slowly back into the cave towards the Mysterious Beyond.
Blueberry took a step forward.
"Hey! What are you going to do with Longtail! Why him!?" he shouted.
Hadrian turned around one last time. As he did, his evil yellow eyes flashed.
"Settle down kid, you'll see soon enough..."
With that, Hadrian dissapeared within the darkness that he had emerged from, like curtains covering a window. Longtail had dissapeared with him.
The gang stood where they stood. The wind had now died completely.
The black clouds started to vanish from the sky.
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As the black clouds dissapated, Dante's aura dimmed, and he came back to his senses, looking at his friends.
"Guys...I'm so...Sorry..."
He then collapsed, all his energy drained from the Sankakku possession...
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Aaaah, man. CAN`T TAKE THIIS!!!, Ecco screamed out and ran away. No, this can¥t be, it can¥t be the choise. Longtail is away and I couldn¥t do anything about it. AAAAH. Ecco screamed out for a second time and ran towards a little hill where he climbed on. Tears flew over his cheeks and he sat down on the hill.
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Cyrix at that moment noticed the light at the entrance to the cave beginning to get brighter and as he turned he had to shield his eyes from the glare. He then stepped towards the cave's opening, and asked "Does anyone hear Zaine? He sounds close...I'm going to go look for him."
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Longtail while still covered in the dark mist, began to laugh...and it was at that second Longtail realized that he was officially power hungry...and he loved it.
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Zaine kept running through the valley, but he still couldn't find Cyrix. Come one, where is he? He's the only one that can help Longtail now! "Cyrix? Where are you? We need help!"
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Dante summoned all of his strength, bidding his eyes to open.
"C'mon body...move..."
He murmured, using his arms to drag himself towards the Valley, barely conscious...
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"Quickly! Dante needs help. We need to get him back to the Valley." Argaya said, moving close towards Dante's side. Vylor was following suit and moving to the other side of Dante. "Can someone lift him onto our shoulders? Can someone else take his legs? We don't want to drag him back." Vylor asked.
(OOC: Once again, I'm sorry for the trouble I've caused. I'll try to contain myself until next part.)
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"I'm going with you Cyrix!" Shera said. "I heard him, too..."
"I heard him too, yes yes yes!" Ducky said with still a bit of fear in her voice. "Spike and I are going with Cyrix too, right Spike?" She hopped on his back, almost fell of, but regained her balance and waited for Spike to get moving.
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Mim nodded, "I thought I heard something over there." She said pointing in the direction. "It sounded like Zaine." Mim said.
"It sound like trouble." Petrie said flying up he looked around then saw him and continued to look in the direction. "Me see Zaine, he running but me see no one chasing him." Petrie said.
Rhyn flew up as well, "Yes he's over there." She said pointing with her tail, "He does appear very agitated or some other strong emotion." She said.
"We should go and see what is wrong." Mim said.
"Yes, he needs help, he does, he does." Diver said.
"Let's get going and see what the commotion and shouting is all about. " Mia said.
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Cyrix nodded to everyone and walked outside. He looked around and called out "Zaine, are you here? Zaine...can you hear me?" He walked a little further out, and stood in a feild not far from the cave wating for a reply, and hoping Zaine was okay.
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Zaine suddenly heard Cyrix calling out. "Cyrix! Where are you?" He kept looking around until he spotted the field he was in. Oh thank god. Zaine began to sprint towards him. He has to know what we can do for Longtail. He has to! As he got closer to him though, Zaine then noticed a huge tree that was leaning on its end right next to him. Oh no. It must have been from that giant lightning bolt or something. Suddenly, the tree cut loose and began to fall. Zaine sprinted forward and tried calling out. "CYRIX! MOVE!" Unfortunately, he didn't seem to hear him. Right before the tree could squash Cyrix, Zaine jumped out and flew right into Cyrix, pushing both of them out of the tree's way. The two rolled on the ground a little and stopped right at the entrance of the cave.
Zaine panted and turned towards Cyrix. "Are you ok?"
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Cyrix looked up while now on the ground. He noticed Zaine was laying across him and they were both on one side of a fallen tree. Cyrix's eyes at that point widened as he suddenly came to a horrible and fearful conclusion....'That tree would've crushed me...if not for...Zaine...' He crawled out from under Zaine and picked himself up, and then helped Zaine to his feet as well. Cyrix then gave a warm smile and replied "Thank you Zaine...I owe you my life." But then he noticed the worried look on his face ans asked...
"Zaine...what's wrong...I have a feeling this is news I'd rather not hear...."
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Zainesighed, and yet again another tear fell. "It's Longtail.........He's......he's........ He's been corrupted!" Zaine couldn't bear to give Cyrix the news, but he knew he had to hear it. "He tired.....to kill us........ He tried.......to turn us against each other." Then he remembered the others.
"There was this.......newcommer. He stopped us from fighting, only to reveal he was pure evil. He kidnapped Longtail using some......black water I've never seen before. Then Dante...... he......he's also corrupted......by something. Whatever that dark cloud was, it changed Longtail, and I bet it did the same to Dante."
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Okay, you two better rest here now until Spirals leg gets better. I am going to watch out for others. If anyone needs help or is hurt. With that she left the cave.
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Cyrix was stunned...he just couldn't believe what Zaine had just said. It couldn't be true...no not Longtail...he shut his eyes and cringed as he forced himself to believe what had just been said to be the horrible truth of the situation. Cyrix began to shed tears as he started shaking as well and said "T-then...we have....no choice....if...we see....him....then...then..." Cyrix mind was reeling as he spat out "Then we have....to...KILL LONGTAIL! If he can't be turned back...then he will have to die....in order...for us...to survive..."
He sat down for a moment and cried some more as he sighed and said with a shaky voice. "I-I just wish...I could've....stopped him...this...all of this...if I could have just...gotten to him...I-I...." He looked up at Zaine, and for the first time in a long time Cyrix felt like a hatchling with no hope and no chance in the world.
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Blueberry remained in the cave for some minutes, looking into the dark tunnel.
"Longtail...Why...?"
There was still some of that dark liquid left on the floor...
He bent down, looking closer at it.
...What is this thing...?
He hesitated...
Then dipped a finger into it.
For a moment, he remained the same position. Just looking terrified at the liquid.
Blueberry gave a up quick scream of pain.
He rapidly removed the finger, and rubbed the pain away against his chest.
It... Burns!
Blueberry then saw another liquid fall down on the ground.
As he looked closer, he realized that this was not water.
Blueberry was crying. Big tears fell down from his chins. But not because of the pain in his finger...
Longtail was gone. One of his bestest friends where gone. The pain was unbearable.
Blueberry slowly sank down onto his knees... he burried his face onto the ground and let go.
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As Littlefoot and Chomper head over a hill, Littlefoot could see his grandparents with Cers and her family. seeing them filled him with relief.
"Grandma! Grandpa!" he yelled and sat of running towards them.
"Oh, I'm so glad you're okay!" he said as he ran in under their bodies.
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Zaine couldn't believe what Cyrix was saying. He shook his head in dispair. "No......there has to be another way........There has to be a way to bring him back. I cannot and will not kill him, and I can't believe you are giving up on him like that! Damnit he's your own nephew!" Zaine realized he had to control what he was saying, but he still couldn't believe that Cyrix would want to just kill him. "I realize how you must feel, but I was there when Longtail was engulfed in that dark cloud. I was there when he wanted to kill us. If anything, I'm the one that should be feeling hopeless. I could have saved him, but I was too weak to do anything..."
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Dante dragged himself up towards the others.
"D-Don't blame yourself, Zaine. I...I could have...stopped him, but...I lost it to my inner darkness. I...I almost...attacked you guys, and I let myself be more attentive to that Hadrian rather than my friend Longtail. So..."
He dropped to a knee in front of them, bowing his head so far that his snout touched the ground.
"Please...Forgive me for my weakness. I'm sorry..."
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"Thanks for saving Cyrix Zaine, and maybe more of us, since we may have stepped to where the tree is You had not done what you did." Mim said, then she turned to Cyrix.
Mim patted Cyrix on the shoulder, "I'm sure we can turn him back, if anyone can it would likely be you who know him best." Mim said.
"We need to find some growups who may have heard of this stuff. Maybe some of the older ones." Mia said.
Rhyn thought for a moment, "In the Great Valley there is Littlefoot's grandparents & Mr. Thicknose. Outside the Great Valley there is Blue-eye's Great Grandfather, he is very old, or he seems so." Rhyn said.
"Maybe they do if the 2 of you don't, have you heard of this stuff before, I certainly have not." Diver said.
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Cyrix looked down at the ground and still feeling that sad, empty feeling inside and said to Zaine and Dante..."I-I don't...want...to kill...him...if-if we can...I'll change him back myself...but...I...this has never happened before...I...i don't know what to do..." he looked up at Mim and then asked "P-Please....help me...find my nephew...I-I just want him back."
He then laid his head down on the ground and cried. He'd always knew that there was a chance that this could happen, but for it to actually happen...was just something that Cyrix was not nor would ever be prepared for.
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Grandpa looked down to see his grandson and smiled greatly as he said "There you are Littlefoot, I was beginning to worry about you. I am proud to see that you are safe and unhurt. have you seen your friends? Are they alright?"
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Chomper ran after Littlefoot, straight under the huge Longneck to feel save. I.... I hope it¥s over now. Chomper said and began to shiver.
Ruby ran out of the cave and through the Valley. She looked out for anyone who would need help or is hurtet. Then she noticed Cyrix and the others. She ran over to them.
Hey, are you alright?, Ruby asked as she stopped in front of them. Then she noticed Cyrix,... crying. Oh....No, what happened, why are you crying? Ruby was concerned and knelt down next to him.
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Shera stepped forward: "He's crying over Longtail..." She looked at Cyrix and dropped a tear herself.
Ducky was feeling very weird all of a sudden. She went off spike's back and walked over to Cyrix. She put a hand on his shoulder. "I'm.. I'm sure your nephew will be okay, Cyrix. Yes, I'm sure." she said in a try to make him feel more comfortable.
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"Heh...Not like I'm going anywhere fast anyways," Spiral muttered.
"She seemed nice," Kariya said, sitting down near her brother, but between him and the entrance to the cave.
"She didn't try and kill me. That's good enough for me," Spiral responded.
An awkward silence ensued. "So...What now?" Kariya asked.
"...Good question. You can go out, if you want," Spiral replied.
"And leave you here by yourself, with the way your leg is? I don't think so," his sister said. Spiral just sighed; he'd expected her to say something like that. At least it's not bleeding anymore, he thought, keeping some pressure on it just in case.
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Oh..., Ruby was confused. What happened to Longtail? I just was there til the point where the stranger arrived. What happened to him? Ruby went closer to Cyrix and tapped him softly on the shoulder.
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((OOC: Think you made a mistake there pat :p Should be cyrix instead of longtail I guess?))
Shera was thinking and finally said "Zaine knows full story... I wasn't there either so I guess I can't really tell it like he could." She looked over to Zaine.
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Zaine looked up towards Ruby. "After that strange lightning bolt, Longtail flew over to the Mysterious Beyond to check it out. Unfortunately, a huge dark cloud began to form, and it swallowed Longtail up." He hesitated before continuing, because it was painful for him to recall what he saw happen to his friend. "We found him uninjured, but......he had become corrupted. The evil inside of him had broken out and taken control of him. He tried to kill me Blueberry and Ecco, but then another one came and kidnapped Longtail. He was just as evil, maybe worse." He looked over towards Dante. "Dante seems to have the same problem, only now he seems normal again."
Then he remembered something. "Wait a minute, there was another dinosaur there, but he wasn't evil! He wasn't too big, but not too small either. He stopped us from fighting Longtail. I think his name was Aeto or something like that. If we find him, maybe he could help us!"
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I knew the beginning already. But not the end. Thanks, that clears things up. Then she looked over to Cyrix. Don¥t worry, I am sure we¥ll get your nephew back to normal. Didn¥t things always turned out well in the end, she asked, thinking at the many adventures they had together.
Maybe you are right Zaine. But we have to be sure that the dinosaur is good. We can go and search for him after we are sure that everyone here is safe.
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Blueberry had remained in the cave untill he was done crying.
He sniffed, then made his way out.
As he got out, he saw that the storm had stopped.
Not knowing where the others had followed Zaine, he set off in a random direction.
Suddenly, he ran into Littlefoot, Chomper, Cera and their parents/grandparents.
"Blueberry! Where have you been?... Are you okay?" Littlefoot asked as he saw Blueberry coming.
"...But, Blueberry... what is it? You've been...crying?" he said with concern and walked over to him.
"...Give me a minute, Littlefoot..." Blueberry sniffed, and wiped some tears away with his hand.
"And I'll explain everything..."
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Zaine nodded. "I just hope Blueberry is ok. I feel so guilty because I left him in the cave. And then there's Littlefoot, Cera, and Chomper. I haven't seen them since I left for the Mysterious Beyond." He looked up at Ruby. "Ruby, we have to go find the others and make sure they're ok, especially Blueberry. I have to go apologize to him for leaving back there."
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We will, don¥t worry. Over there I found a cave, where some of you can go while others searching for them. Means, if you want. Spiral and Kariya are also in this cave. Spiral cut his leg.
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Mim nods, "We have to find out if any others have been injured in this storm and have their injuries seen to." Mim said. "I should start with the spiral person you mentioned." Mim said then looked at Cyrix, "Unless you'd rather see to his injury." Mim said, thinking that his doing something may help to get his mood better. She put a hand on Cyrix's shoulder, patting him. "If anyone can bring Longtail back it is you since you know him best.
"Some of us can gather plants and stuff to help the ones who know what to do." Mia said.
"Perhaps flyers can find the others faster and lead them to where the others are if some want to join into 1 group." Rhyn said.
"Me hope me other friends ok." Petrie said.
"We eventually have to get together to decide what to do, we certainly do." Diver said.
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My thoughts Diver, Ruby said in agreement. You want to see Spiral, Mim? Okay, I¥ll lead you to them. Follow me.
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"Ok." Mim said and followed Ruby.
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Zaine nodded. "I'm going to go look for Littlefoot and Chomper. I have to make sure they're ok. Then the three of us can look for Blueberry." He looked at Cyrix. "I think you should stay here and watch over Dante. He's in pretty bad shape, so we can't leave him here alone. Besides, if he ends up corrupted again, you can hold him down." With that, Zaine began to run through the valley again, looking for his friends. I hope they're ok.
"Littlefoot! Chomper! Where are you?"
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Cyrix after hearing what the others had said and knowing it to be true nodded his head and replied "Alright....I'll come with you and watch after Spiral." He then looked up at Mim and said "You are right....doing something will help me focus, and when we do find Longtail...." he paused only for a moment and then continued "We'll bring him back together."
Cyrix then walked over to look into the sky and smiled as he could see the bright Circle shining once more. It filled him with hope that his nephew could be saved.
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Cera had to admit she was scared when that weird storm blew through...but she was so glad that Littlefoot and his grandparents were here now along with her father and Tria. She noticed Blueberry coming over and waked over as Littlefoot pointed out he had been crying, Cera immediately sat down and asked "Are you alright, what happened?"
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Dante pushed himself to his feet, shaking noticeably as he did so.
"I...I have to make sure...that everyone's alright."
he said as he began to stagger off into the Valley to search for his friends...
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Mim followed after Ruby, going off to one side as she saw a leaf that looked like a type helpful for wounds, then she'd run to catch up with the others, always keeping Ruby well in sight even when she did go off after a leaf or 2.
Seeing Dante stagger off Petrie flew into the air. "Him not look so good." Petrie said and decided to fly after him.
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"Dante, we know that you have good intentions, but you need strength. Rest for a little bit. We'll go warn the Valley residents. Okay?" Vylor said with concern for Dante.
"Yeah. We'll help your cause." Argaya added.
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"Th-Thanks guys. I owe you one..."
Dante sighed, settling down to try to regain his strength...
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Ruby turned around to see if Mim can catch up with her. We are almost there, Ruby shouted to her. We just have to continue walking in this direction.
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Chomper was glad to be with the others now. But a bit worried about Ruby as well. He walked over to Littlefoot and Cera to see if they are doing okay. Are you two alright, he asked.
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I.... I have to be strong. We¥ll find Longtail again and bring him back to normal. I know it. With that Ecco stood up, took a last deep breath before he began running of in the direction of the GV. Hopefully no Sharptooth will cross my way.
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Cera turned to see Chomper, and she immediately smiled at seeing more of her friends were alright. She then answered to Chomper "That storm was scary...even for me! But I'm okay, and Tricia is too."
Grandpa Longneck smiled as he noticed the others gathering around them. He then said "It is good to know that all you young ones are alright." he then asked "Is everyone here or are there others that have yet to arrive?"
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(ooc: I guess the main group are still within the Great Valley? How far are the others who are not?)
Mim had gathered some leaves that would be useful for treating a wound and ran along holding some in each hand.
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Oh yes, Chomper answered. It was really scary. A shiver flew over his body as he thought at it. I am glad to hear that your sis is alright. He said began smiling.
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Zaine continued to travel through the valley, searching for his friends. I do hope they are ok. That storm was horrible. Zaine could see the damage the strom had brought on the valley. Trees were lying on the ground, small mudslides filled the ground, and the grass itself felt very damp in most places. However, he couldn't let that side track him. Zaine had to find the others, and one way or another he was going to find them.
"LITTLEFOOT! CERA! CHOMPER! BLUEBERRY! WHERE ARE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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"We got seprated." Blueberry said, answering Grandpa's question.
"It's good to see that everyone here's okay!" Blueberry smiled.
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"Hey, that's Zaine's voice!"
"He's close! Littlefoot added, hearing him too.
Blueberry ran up to the top of the small hill.
"ZAINE!" WE'RE OVER HERE!" he called out.
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Zaine heard Blueberry's voice. Thank god he's ok! He looked arounduntil he spotted him on top of a small hill. Littlefoot, Chomper, Cera, and Littlefoot's Grandpa were with him. Zaine smiled and ran towards them.
"Blueberry, I'm so glad to see you guys ok! I'm so sorry for leaving you in the cave, I didn't want to leave..."
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"Mommy look a swimmer and he looks like he's in a hurry." Blue-eye said (a young deinonychus type of fast biter) , "Hello." He called out louder to the figure running by in fluent flattooth language.
"Yes, but he's in a hurry, maybe best to not try talking to him." Blue-eye's mother said to him, "He must be in a hurry for a reason." She said.
"Do you think he knows Diver, we've not seen her or her friends for a while." He said a bit sadly.
"It is dangerous for them to visit, though when the night circle is at the usual shape they will try to sneak out to a certain entrance where some of us will be waiting and you can visit with them for a while." She said.
"It's been so long." He said, missing them.
"I know." His mother said patting his back. "Waiting can be hard." She said.
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Holding the leaves Mim continued to follow Ruby.
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On his way back to the valley, Ecco watched out carefully for any dangour. Okay. Just one more corner and I can see the valley. Ecco thought. But then he suddenly stopped. In front of him, not far away stood Ateo, looking up into the sky. Oh Darn. What now? Hopefully he didn¥t hear me yet. Ecco went behind the corner again and thought of what would be the best way to get in the valley without passing Ateo.
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There it is. Ruby shouted back and walked into the cave. Spiral? Still everything alright? Ruby asked and took a look at the cut on Spirals leg.
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Mim came into the cave behind Ruby and started looking at the wound on Spiral's leg as well. She was looking to see the severity as well as other information she could see like if it looked like it needed to be washed with some water.
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Kariya had heard the pair approaching and sprang up...then she noticed Ruby, and quickly relaxed, stepping aside to allow them clear access to Spiral should they need it.
Spiral had been thinking of ways to try and get back on his feet when the pair walked in. "...I think so...Don't think I'll be going anywhere fast for a bit, though..."
he said, eyeing the cut (more like gash; it ran straight across the upper part of his left leg). Checking the moss, he noticed that it was starting to get a bit bloodsoaked. So it didn't quite stop after all... he thought. The moss was just absorbing it...Should've guessed that. At least it's not bleeding that much... It still hurt a fair bit, but he did his best not to show it.
He then noticed something else: He'd never seen anything quite like Mim before. There had been no rainbow faces in the herd that he'd taken shelter in. This made him slightly afraid; he wasn't entirely sure what she'd do. He didn't like not knowing things.
Kariya noticed too...but she decided that she wouldn't say anything about it, on the off chance that she'd have some rather bad luck and say something wrong. She decided that she'd wait for Spiral to say something about it, knowing how unlikely that was.
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Ruby noticed the worried look from Spiral. Don¥t worry Spiral. Mim is kind and helpful. She will heal your wound like a wonder. She is very good in it.
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Ecco decided that it would be best to pass Ateo near the wall. So he began walking along the wall, very close and slow. Not trying to make any sounds.
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Grandpa Longneck looked down and asked "Zaine good to see you. Do you know where Cyrix or Longtail are? They seem to be missing."
(OOC: I forgot where I left Cyrix...does anyone have any idea where I can bring him back?)
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Vergil and Motochika approached Grandpa Longneck, seeming weakened by the aftereffects of the storm.
"Agreed. Has anyone seen my brother? I'm worried that this...darkness may have..changed him. I'm starting to worry..."
Virgil asked, sounding noticeably agitated...
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"Virgil, your brother is in a cave that we came from. Just go that way." Argaya said, indicating where to go with her tail.
"Yeah. He was corrupted, but he is all right now. He could use your help." Vylor added.
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Ateo flared his nostrils as he caught a new scent. He turned his head and spotted a dinosaur trying to sneak away. Ateo didn't say anything. He just stared at the dinosaur, waiting to see what he would do.
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Ecco noticed that he has been watched by the dinosaur and slowly turned around. If Ateo would have wanted to hurt him, he would¥ve done that yet. But he didn¥t. The huge dinosaur just stood there watching at him. So he came a bit closer to Ateo but still kept distance. May... May I ask you some questions? Ecco asked.
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Zaine sighed and glanced over at Blueberry. "Well, that's where Blueberry and I just came from. Cyrix is with the others looking to aid any injured, but..." A tear dropped before Zaine continued. I've been crying way too much, but I can't help it. Longtail means everything to me. "Longtail has become corrupted by power, and now some other evil dinosaur kidnapped him."
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Blueberry went over to Zaine.
"Hey... it's alright. And no one's blaming anyone for it..."
He then turned to the others.
"This is what happened..."
................................................. (OCC: You know what happened, hence I won't be giving a full rewiev)
"and that's what happened..." Blueberry said, finishing his story. Now, his eyes where filled with tears again.
"I stayed in the cave for a while, and I noticed something."
"I don't know what that dark liquid is, but I teel you all:
If you see it, don't touch it..." he said and rubbed his finger abit.
"And I don't know where everyone else is... I was hoping you would know, Zaine..." he said, wiping the tears away and took some deep breaths.
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(OOC: I thought Cyrix and gone with Ruby and Mim to help with Spiral's injured leg.)
Mim put down the things she had been gathering on her way there. She set these things down beside Spiral so she would have both of her hands free and also so any others who knew how or wanted to could reach them and help.
She got some of the larger leaves some bits of moss. The bits of moss she put over the gash and put one of the larger leaves over the moss to try to slow or stop the bleeding and to get a closer look at the wounds to see what sort of work she'd need to do.
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Petrie continued to watch Dante to make sure he was doing better.
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Zaine nodded. "Dante managed to get back here. He's a little worn out, but I think he'll be fine. Cyrix, Ruby, and Mim are looking for any other injured folk. Petrie is with Dante, and Ducky and Spike are with Mim. You guys are here and-" Then he realized it. We're missing someone. "Oh no! Ecco never came back!"
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Ateo tilted his head and said, "What did you want to ask me?
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Diver looked as the others left. "What do you think we should do? Continue or remain in the valley?" She asked looking at her 2 friends.
"We could try to help those here, but we don't know what is really going on. " Rhyn said.
"We could go and ask Mr. Thicknose, he may have heard of something like this, he certainly may have." Diver said.
"I'm not sure," Mia said, "He is very smart and all, but he knows most of what he knows from what others have said and he's not left the Great Valley. I say we go and ask Blue-eye's great grandfather then we can ask Mr. Thicknose, between the 2 of them they may have some knowledge." Mia said sitting down to rest.
"Yes, and he is much older then Mr. Thicknose is, or at least looks it." Rhyn said remembering their encounters with them both.
"Yes, lets go and ask him, can't hurt and this cave will still let us out near to or within the area where his herd is so we'll be in little if any danger." Mia said.
The other 2 thought about it. Diver nodded first, "Yes, and they should be able to hear our whistles and we can tell how far away they are when they answer, let's go." She said.
Mia grasp Diver and put her on her back before she started to run forward, finding running on all fours like a 4 footer faster then running as a 2 footer. Rhyn flew behind them as they went into the cave and through it heading to the other side which let out into the mysterious beyond.
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Ecco thought how he could start. Well, first: Who are you? Second, where do you come from. And third, what are you up to? That really would interest me. I mean. I never saw you before.
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Ateo lowered himself down onto four legs to make himself appear less imposing. A small smile appeared on his long, black and white snout. "Well my name is Ateo. I'm a Farwalker, just recently arrived at this valley. And where I came from..." He lifted up his head and briefly looked up towards the sky as if recalling some distant memory. He sighed and closed his eyes. "I don't really remember much about the place. I was forced to leave at a very young age..."
He turned his attention back to Ecco. "But enough about that... I'm not really up to anything right now, at this very second." He calmly lowered his head and said, "And what about you?"
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OCC: I am going to bed now. So I¥ll answer tomorrow ;-) See ya around.
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Cyrix had been following Mim and Ruby the whole time, but was still preoccupied by the news of his nephew. He only stopped when he looked down and noticed Mim had stopped as well and set the plants down to help Spiral. He cleared his throat to get Mim's attention and said "Well is there anything I can do to help?"
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About me? Oh, well. I lost my parents because of a sharptooth attack. And after a long time of traveling, I finally found the Great Valley to stay. But anyway. Longtail is corruptet. And he was taken away by this,.... whatever. You look like you are strong and we would need everyone to bring Longtail back. So, if you won¥t mind, I guess the others and me would be very thankful for your help.
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When Dante heard that Ecco was missing, he began to try to stagger towards the way he had just come, until he was stopped by his brother and Motochika.
"Just rest for now, Dante. Let us take care of this one, alright?"
Virgil said, grinning faintly...
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Spiral still wasn't entirely sure about it, but he pushed the thought aside when he realized that Mim wasn't showing any signs of hostility towards him. He watched her work, seeing if he could pick up on anything he could possibly use later on. It did hurt a fair bit, but he did his best to hide what he felt. "Sorry, ma'am," he said to Mim, not wanting to use her name since she was an adult and he technically did not know her name anyways, since she hadn't told him directly.
Kariya was chasing a thought...but the thought didn't want to be caught, it seemed. She felt like she was missing something, but she couldn't for the life of her figure out what it was. Retrieving her stick from where it had landed after she'd dropped it, she leaned against a rock, out of the way of the others, still trying to discover what it was that felt like it was just out of reach of her mind.I'm forgetting something...but I don't know what I'm forgetting...I hate this... she thought.
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Mim turned to Cyrix, "you can help with this wound, it seems like it'll take more then just 1 person to properly treat it." She said pausing in her work on the wound to talk to Cyrix before she went back to working on it.
Diver & her group reached the end of the cave and paused just inside it to look around to be sure it looked safe. They stepped outside and Mia went up on 2 feet and let out a whistle to see if any of Blue-eye's herd were nearby. Rhyn & Diver whistled a bit after Mia did so they'd know all 3 of them were there if any were nearby to hear.
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Cyrix nodded to Mim and said "Of course!" He then stepped over to Mim and helped by grabbing a bigger leaf and some moss and applying it to any wounds he could find. As he was doing this he smiled and said aloud without thinking "Things will get better...they always do."
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Ruby went over to Cyrix and patted him on the shoulder. Yes, they always do....
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Mim continued to work on the wounds that she could find that were near the first one she had started on using moss and a leaf to make sure the wound was covered and the bleeding hopefully was stopped or slowed till it stopped. As she worked she nodded.
"Most things seem to work out in the long run, so it is best to have a positive attitude." Mim said.
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Cyrix nodded with a smile and said "Yes...you both are right. So let's continue to work." Cyrix then contiued to place moss on the wounds that were close enough for him to try and treat.
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Motochika dropped from a nearby spire, hearing Cyrix and the other's voices.
Following them, he poked his head into the cave, asking if he could help...
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Cyrix immedatiely nodded at Motochika to join them, and stepped aside so they could all help together. He then asked "Mim would you mind if I stand outside for a moment...I need to check on something."
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"Worried about Longtail, Cyrix?"
Virgil was leaning against the side of the cave entrance, and he looked over as Cyrix stepped out.
Motochika, meanwhile, was tending to Spiral.
"What happened to him? Where are these wounds from?"
He asked Mim, looking at the wound he was treating...
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Cyrix looked over at Virgil and said "More than you know...I feel so...helpless right now. I promised Longtail I'd always be there for him...to watch him and protect him...and then I make one slip up..one mistake...and this happens. Like being burned from the inside out...my heart aches."
He then turned and continued by saying "Even if we get Longtail back and change him agian....I don't think he'll ever forgive me...I let him down...I I just hope...he's okay right now....I don't know what I'd do if I lost him..."
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Ruby watched Longtail wih a concerned look and was thinking about if she should walk over to him. But she decided, to better leave him alone now. Sometimes one just need time to be alone for a moment. Then she walked over to Mim again, put some of the plants and put them on the wounds of Spiral¥s cut.
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Blueberry turned to Grandpa longneck.
"Grandpa, shouldn't we gather everyone to the meeting grounds? I think everyone could use some company right now..."
"I think that's a good idea. Right, grandpa?" Littlefoot agreed.
"Maybe someone in the valley knows what happened... "Blueberry said.
"Maybe Mr.Thicknose knows..."
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Mim finished working on the wound area she was working on, having been concentrating to make sure she covered it right and that it wasn't worst then it looked. Once she had put the bit of moss and leaf in place she looked over at Motochika, "I"m not sure, but from the small bits of wood & bark I've taken out of some of the wounds it looks like a fallen tree or flying bits of wood & bark, at least for some of the injuries." She said.
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Diver & her friends heard some whistles from Blue-eye's herd and quickly headed over to where the nearest one was. As they left the Cave they looked around and saw the state of things outside the Great Valley.
"Quite a mess." Mia said.
"I do not think anyone will be cleaning this up, certainly not." Diver said.
"Yes, they'll be to busy running or flying away from mean sharpteeth and fastbiters." Rhyn said.
They soon met some of Blue-eye's herd. A few adults and some teen age fastbiters, including one that had large muscles not to far off, who had a few females of around his age around him.
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Virgil nodded.
"I know how you feel, Cyrix. I swore, after I let go of my grudge against him, that I wouldn't let Dante lose control and try to hurt anyone again. I've failed just as much as you."
He said, looking at the ground sadly...
Motochika studied the wound he was treating.
"Hmm...If that is the case, then I would have to guess that he was wounded by debris from that storm some time ago. The wounds look like they were caused by something moving at higher speed than just falling..."
He noted, resuming his medical aid to the wounded Spiral...
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Mim nods as she continues working on the wounds, "With how fast and strong the wind was going, I'm not surprised someone got injured by some wood or a tree considering how fast the wind could be blowing them around, especially the small pieces."
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By now, the bleeding had all but stopped. "...Didn't quite make it far enough away from a falling tree," Spiral said, somewhat uncomfortable with all the strangers in close proximity to him. He started thinking. Something seems to be troubling that other...rainbow face...I wonder what it could be... he thought.
Kariya did her best to stay out of everyone's way, but she didn't want to lose sight of her brother, primarily because she was a bit uncomfortable as well. She had no real problem with it, though, since she knew that they were there to help. This was different for them - they were used to not seeing anyone but each other for long periods of time. She felt she needed to say something..."My brother'll be OK, right?" she asked.
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Sure he will, Ruby answered. The cut isnt that bad and Mim has excellent experiences in working with injuries, she said and smiled at Kariya
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Grandpa Longneck nodded in agreement with his grandson and Blueberry as he said "YEs, that is a very wise decision. I would go ask you to find your friends, but for now I think it best if you two just followed me instead."
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Cyrix put a hand on Virgils' back and replied "No...you didn't fail your brother. He's still here in the valley and safe with his friends. It was you that brought him around when he was tired and weak from the corruption. If anything you should feel proud of yourself...I on the other hand don't have that comfort."
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Mim nods as she finishes up and goes back over her work to make sure she didn't miss any areas or areas that need extra attention, "He'll be as physically capable as he was when he has fully healed. These plants will help speed the healing and keep dirt out of the wounds as they helped to stop the bleeding." She said to Spiral's sister and to Spiral she nodded as well, "yes, a falling tree is dangerous as well as the bits of wood from it that a strong wind can send flying at a high speed.
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One of the adults of the herd came forward, "ah, he'll be wanting to speak to you. He mentioned he was expecting you." He said.
"Blue-eye's Great Grandfather?" Mia asked.
"Of course, come this way." He said motioning them to walk with him, "When the thing happened and the land went, very badly shall we say he had us go closer to the mountains around Flatooth Valley and into some of the caves of this area some of us sleep in since the land got, well you can see for yourself & some of the flyers did a scouting around and see how the rest of the land was." He said as he walked along leading them towards the mountain and where the leader of the herd was.
When they got close Blue-eye ran up to them, "I missed you guys." He said as he hugged them, "I wish the visit was under better times."
They hugged him back, "Yes, we all do too, we certainly do." Diver said.
"Come on, my great Grandfather is waiting over this way." Blue-eye said. The adult fastbiter who had been leading them to this point let Blue-eye take over leading them farther.
Once they got to where his grandfather was they saw his mate hugging him and they nuzzled a bit, "I'll go and get out visitor shall I?" She said as she stood up.
"Yes," Blue-eye's grandfather said, "I believe he'll want to be in on this conversation." He said from where he was sitting. His mate nodded and walked off to get their visitor and ask him to come there.
"Greetings." Mia said speaking for the 3 of them.
"Before I start I'll wait till my friend comes here. He and I were talking about some things concerning this recent incident that has happened and what it may mean." He said.
"Who is your friend?" Diver asked curious.
"A very old flattooth flyer I've known for a long time, older then even myself, hehe, if you can believe that." He said.
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Blueberry suddenly got to think about what Zaine said.
"Ecco went off on his own... I'm gonna go look for him." Blueberry said statedly. "No one should be wandering alone now." he said and looked around over the valley. He then turned to Zaine;
"Zaine, did you see where he went, last time you saw him?" he asked.
"You're right, Blueberry." Littlefoot said.
"So I'm going with you!" he said, and looked at his grandpa. "Will you let me?"
"I think it would be better if we had an adult with us..." Blueberry said, thinking.
"But Granpa's to big to enter the caves. No offense, Grandpa!" Blueberry looked at Grandpa Longneck with an unsure smile.
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OOC: ( We miss Cera here. And if someone would volunteer to take controll of Mr.Treehorn, let me know. Else I will take that job. :^.^: )
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Grandpa longneck sighed and replied "Alright Littlefoot you and Blueberry can go search for your friends, but please be careful. If you need help...just call for me okay Littlefoot?"
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"Yes Granpa! I'll be careful." Littlefoot said and nuzzled his grandpa.
"Cera?" Blueberry walked forward to Cera and her sister.
"Good to see you're okay. And Tricia aswell! he said and smiled down at Cera's baby sister. "You coming with us?"
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Cera turned to face Blueberry and said "I want to come with you guys, but I have to watch Tricia or daddy will yell at me again. I hate it when he does that." She then looked over to Littlefoot and said "Besides, I think I'd be safer with Littlefoots grandpa anyway."
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Same for me, Chomper sais. I feel more save now to stay with a grown up, he said. May, may I am allowed to write on you Grandpa Longneck? It would give me a much more comfortable feeling. Just,... just if it is okay, the little sharptooth said and looked with big eyes up to the longneck
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"Longtail huh?" Ateo said, tilting his head slightly to one said. "You mean that flyer with the long tail?" He briefly wondered if this dinosaur was friends with the flyer. He then said, "Well I suppose I could offer my assistance."
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Would be really nice, if you could. And yes, I mean him. He isn¥t mad. He just got corrupted because of this purple smoke, or whatever it is. Brr, don¥t want to think about it. Well, anyway. Then let¥s go. We should really hurry if we want to find Longtail before he is totally lost, Ecco said and looked in the direction of the great valley.
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Zaine nodded. "He didn't wander too far from the cave we were in. If we hurry, we can still find him and bring him back safely. If anything, we should go now. That black liquid scared me, and something tells me it isn't safe."
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"What happened?" Rhyn asked looking around a bit.
"Simply put, from what some scouts and flyers saw, there was what looked liked like skyfire that came from the ground upward, instead of from the sky down towards the sky. Shortly after that a storm hit, and looked like it may have effected The Flattooth Valley. Then things got much words, as you can see during your travel here." Blue-eye's great grandfather said doing indicating and waving his hand at certain directions as he spoke.
"Sounds like a mess, it certainly does." Diver said, nodding.
"Yes. I don't recall anything quite like this before." Blue-eye's great grandfather said.
Then they heard some sound and saw an old flyer walking towards them, the same type of flyer as Petrie is. When she got closer they saw she looked much older then they had thought.
She caught them looking at her. "Didn't expect to see someone as old as myself? I"ll guess you'll not see one very often." She said.
"I'm glad to see you were here. I was just telling these young ones about some of what happened here." Blue-eye's great grandfather said.
"A right mess it is. I'm just glad I was already here on the ground visiting. I'd hate to imagine what it would be like to fly through that mess. " She said.
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"That storm...It's not normal, I can tell you...that much... It...it corrupts anyone...it touches...and draws out things...best left...hidden..."
Dante said, limping forwards to join the gathered others...
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Mim looked at Spiral, "How do you feel now?" She asked with some concern in her voice.
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Cyrix looked over and noticed Dante and he immediately ran over and helped him up. "Dante...are you alright? Come come...we can sit you inside the cave over here. You need to rest."
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Grandpa Longneck chuckled as he answered Chomper's question. "Of course you can...anything to help the fear go away." The elderly longneck then lowered his neck to the ground and said "Alright Chomper hop on."
Cera smiled at Chomper as he admitted how much safer he felt staying with Littlefoots grandpa. She then turned to Littlefoot and Blueberry and said "Good luck you two...and be careful! If I have to come find you...I'll never let you live it down!"
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"...It still hurts some, but not as bad as it did before," Spiral said. "...Thanks for all the help..."He belatedly realized that he didn't know the names of those who'd helped him out. "Um...We haven't really...introduced ourselves, have we?" he asked, feeling rather awkward.
Hmm...Beat me to it... Kariya thought, smiling slightly, rather relieved at the fact that there was no lasting damage to her brother.
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Not noticing the introduction part yet Mim thought for a moment, "I could look for something that may help to ease the pain if you'd like." She said thinking of some likely plants that may be nearby.
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Zaine then looked towards Littlefoot and Blueberry. "Guys, I think I'm going to stay here with Cera and Chomper. It probably is much safer here, but if something happens here then we'll need all the help we can get. Just please, bring him back." He then looked over towards Cera. "Hey Cera, what do you think this is all about? That storm wasn't any ordinary one, so it must have some sort of purpose."
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Cera turned to face Zaine and replied "Me...I don't know...I usually blow this off, but even I'm not that stupid...I know that storm wasn't normal." she then looks around for a moment and then asks "Where is Longtail, he's the one who always complains about storms like this...making it so he can't fly or whatever."
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Zaine shook his head. "I don't know. I just hope he's ok. His corruption didn't really seem all that pleasent. I just hope that storm doesn't try to change anybody else. That black liquid could also pose a problem if it reached the valley."
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Cera looked confused and angry as she asked "Wait..what corruption...what are you talking about? You'd better start making sense and fast! And what black goo? I haven't seen anything like that around here either."
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"I understand that you need to know, Cera..." Blueberry said.
"Zaine will stay here to tell you. As for us two, Littlefoot, I'll tell you more as we search for Ecco."
"But if you see any black liquid, stay out of it!" he said nervously.
"Okay, lets go." Littlefoot said. "We'll be back with you later, I promise."
Then Littlefoot and Blueberry started to head for the caves.
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Zaine planted his feet firm on the ground. "Cera, calm down. Now is not the time to be fighting each other." He then hesitated before continuing. He explained about how the storm corrupted Longtail, and the black liquid that burned. He then explained about how the other evil dinosaur took Longtail and disappeared. "As of now, Longtail could be anywhere with that evil dinosaur, but fortunately the black goo remained in the cave. Unfortunately, I think Ecco is still there."
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Cera listened and after Zaine had explained it all she simply sat down...and said "no...it can't be...I always knew there was a chance...that...Longtail could lose control...but...he always seemed so sure...so strong...I believed he never would...but now..." She laid her head down and sobbed.
Grandpa Longneck sighed and said "Cera if there is one thing you young ones have taught me it's this...You and your friends are stronger and sometimes wiser than even us grown-ups...and it is that fact alone that I can say that Longtail, even though he's in danger is going to be okay."
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Chomper was sliding down the neck from Grandpa Longneck to have a better grip. He is right, Chomper said. I am sure,... no, I know that Longtail is alright. And we will find and save him. He then laid his head down to rest a bit.
Well, uuh, that¥s right Spiral, Ruby answered. We really didn¥t introduce ourselfes yet. She then reached a hand out to Spiral and gave a smile. I am Ruby, what is your name?
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Cera took a moment to let the words sink in and as they did she smiled. She then looked over to Zaine, then Chomper, and finally on Grandpa Longneck and she said "Thanks...everyone...I feel better now." She then asked "Where are we going?"
Grandpa longneck smiled and said quietly so as not to wake Chomper "We are going to the meeting circle to speak with the other elders and tell them everything that's happened."
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Motochika nodded at the wounded Spiral.
"It is a pleasure to meet you, Spiral. I am Motochika Chosokabe, and the rather dour fellow outside is the older brother of Dante, Virgil."
Virgil merely grunted in agreement.
Dante, meanwhile, had shrugged off Cyrix's help, muttering more to himself than anyone that he needed to find someone. When he heard Cera and the other's voices, he stumbled towards them weakly, and said...
"Then..I'm coming...too... They need to hear...just how dangerous this storm...how dangerous it really is..."
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Grandpa Longneck smiled at Dante's strenght, but then gently nudged him with the tip of his tail and said "I'm sorry Dante, but you too must rest. We can't risk losing you to your injuries. Just stay with Cera, Comper and I and things will be okay."
Cera looked at Dante with a worried face as she said "Are you alright...I think Littlefoot's grandpa is right...you need to rest first."
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Petrie followed Dante, "You tired, you rest. Maybe someone carry you." He said thinking that way he could still go to the meeting and still get some rest he obviously needed
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Mim waves, "I'm Mim. and if you walk on the leg you should take it easy so you don't injure yourself worst or reopen the wounds." She said looking at his dealt with wounds.
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"I would assume they still use the stone place to meet?" The old flyer asked.
"Yes, if you need to get there in a hurry maybe Rhyn can show you. We can make our own way back but we are slower they flyers." Mia said. Rhyn nodded.
"If you are ready we can go back now." She said. "And I can show you the way there."
"Thanks, I would stay here and talk, but it may be best to hurry & I've not been in the Great Valley and may not remember the way there." The old flyer said.
"Let's go now then." Rhyn said. She started to fly off and the old flyer looked at Blue-eye's great grandfather.
"You best go if you need of feel the need, besides", Blue-eyes's Great grandfather said smiling a bit at his joke, "Imagine what would happen if I were to stroll into flattooth valley and said, I've come here to tell you a few things about how things are outside this valley and about a special valley." He said.
The old flyer nods, "Best that I go then." He said and flew off to follow Rhyn to the Great Valley and towards the meeting place.
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Dante smiled, reassuring everyone...
"I'm fine. Really, I'll be oka..."
he then stumbled, falling over Cera's tail and lower back...
"Okay, maybe I'm not so okay..."
He said, wincing in pain...
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Cera groaned as she felt Dante fall over her tail and land on her. She then grumbled "Yeah...you're really NOT okay...just sit up and take some time to rest...I don't want to have to hit you to make you sleep again...Tria gave me a long, boring story the last time I had to do that."
Grandpa Longneck then asked "Would you like to join Chomper on my back...he seems quite comfortable. I wouldn't mind...you are a friend of Littlefoot and that is more than enough."
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Dante chuckled slightly.
"Sorry, Cera. Didn't mean to, really. Guess I'm just not as healed as I thought. Right now, that ride on your back is looking really tempting, sir."
He said to Grandpa Longneck, a little embarrassed...
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OCC: I¥ll bring Scarface in the story now. I talked this over with Kor. After the searching for the nightflowers (in the "A Live Saving Journey"), Scarface joined Blue-eyes group.
IC: More behind in Blue-eyes herd stood Scarface and raised up his head to sniff in the air. He also carefully listened to what the others were talking about. No kidding. That doesn¥t sound good, he thought. He watched out for some crawlers to eat.
Chomper gave a relaxed yawn and turned from the right to the left side to sleep.
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Spiral did his best impression of a bow that he could do while lying down, while reaching out with his free hand to give Ruby's a quick shake. "I'm Spiral."
Kariya bowed slightly as well. "And I'm his sister, Kariya. It is indeed a pleasure to meet y'all...Though I wish it were under better circumstances. Thanks for all the help you've given to my brother...Neither of us has any real knowledge on how to deal with injuries."
"...I'll be careful with it. I really don't want this to get any worse," Spiral responded to Mim. He immediately began thinking of an easy way to get back on his feet without aggravating his leg any more.
"If he's not careful, I'll make sure he can't move until it fully heals," Kariya said. Spiral paused for a moment - he knew she was good with vines, partly from self-experience.And that time, she was joking around...She doesn't sound like she's kidding now, he thought.
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Mim smiled at what Spiral's sister said. "Lets hope he'll not need to move and can rest here till his leg feels better." She said.
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Petrie nodded, "You ride you rest." He said to Dante.
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Blue-eyes was resting with his Great grandfather and his Great Valley friends.
"I wonder how long things will continue like this." He said.
"It may get better, or it may get worst before it gets better. We'll have to be ready for when it what happens next happens." His Great Grandfather said.
"I hope not, I certainly do." Diver said.
"We'll deal with whatever happens." Mia said shaking her fist.
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Littlefoot and Blueberry were walking together trough the valley.
Around them, they could see the results of the storm.
"Hard to belive this is happening..." Blueberry said and looked around as they walked. He made a big sigh.
"Yeah..." Littlefoot agreed. "When I woke up this morning... the valley looked so beautiful..."
They kept on walking. Some lizard would come in their path, running into the nearest bush as they approached. The ground was wet, and sometimes they had to cross a fallen tree. They didn't meet much dinosaurs... The word must have got around... Blueberry thought, guessing that many have headed for the meeting circle by themselves.
"... Blueberry... You're quite knowledgeable, have you any idea on what could've caused this...? Littlefoot asked after a while.
Blueberry rose his shoulders. "Thank you for the nice compliment, Littlefoot." he said.
"I know as much as you do. But I belive that the dark dinosaur that took Longtail away has something to do with it... I fear that we have to meet him again if we want Longtail back... If we find Mr.Thicknose we could ask him, but I don't know where he is."
"I'm sure he's with the other adults at the meeting circle, but right now we have to concentrate on finding Ecco!" Littlefoot said, marking that they were now close to the cave entrance.
"Remember, we have to stay together. And stay careful if you see any black goo!" Blueberry said with a serious tone.
"Got it. Littlefoot nodded. Lets go."
The two young dinosaurs headed in to the caves. It didn't take long before the light had died out and darkness surrounded them both.
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"So, Dante, how are you doing? We were a little worried about you?" Vylor asked Dante.
"Yeah, you really were knocked out right before we left." Argaya added.
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Grandpa Longneck chuckled at Dante and replied "Its okay...really just climb on...and Petrie is right...you could use the rest."
Cera nodded in agreement and said "Come on Dante...you want to be at your best when we finally go to free Longtail don'tcha?"
Grandpa Longneck the stated "Well whatever choice you make Dante we do still need to get to the meeting place and talk this over...come along now...climb on."
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Cyrix at that moment walked back into the cave and said "Well it looks like Mim and Motochika did a wonderful job. My name is Cyrix...nice to meet- oh dear...I don't know your names, how silly of me."
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Dante smiled as he clambiored up Grandpa Longneck's tail and onto his back.
"I'm fine, really...I just am a little burnt out after that...incident..."
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Mim looked around at the various ones present. "Anyone hungry or is everyone ok?" She asked then thought for a moment. "Maybe some extra leaves should be brought in so you'll not have to move around much as you heal." Mim said to Spiral.
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Zaine looked up at Grandpa Longneck. "Not to be rude or anything, but do yo really think we can discuss this and fine a solution so quickly. I mean, this is a really big problem. I think we need to do something now." He then realized what he was saying and groaned. "Now I'm sounding like Cera's dad," he then quickly added while looking at Cera, "no offense."
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Chomper groaned as Dante climbed onto longneck grandpas dad and moved a bit forward to make place for him.
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Grandpa Longneck smiled at Zaine and said "well with Longtail missing I'm sure the other elders will make a wise and swift decision...after all we can't leave one you children alone...not at a time like this."
Cera glared at Zaine for saying something like that, but then smiled and replied "Yeah, but that's a good thing...waiting around is too boring."
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Kariya bowed to Cyrix. "I'm Kariya, and that's my brother Spiral," she said, indicating Spiral who repeated his bow impression. "It's nice to meet you, too, Cyrix."
"I'm OK for now...That does sound like a good idea, though...if it's not too much trouble," Spiral said to Mim.
"I can take care of it," Kariya said.
Spiral was feeling a little tired, though - he still wasn't quite used to being awake during the day. He decided to do his best to ignore it. Making sure his stick was close at hand (more for just knowing that it was there than any other reason), he shifted slightly, finding a more comfortable position. How did Kariya adjust so fast? he thought.
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Dante had settled in on Grandpa Longneck's back, then finally allowed his weariness to overtake him, falling into a half-unconcious sleep...
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Virgil saw Kariya walk out of the cave, and he stepped forwards, calmly saying...
"Are you going out to help the others? It's not exactly safe out around here by yourself right now. Something's not right."
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Mim looked at Spiral, "Are you tired? Would you like us to step outside or something so you could rest and sleep." She asked him.
(ooc: Sorry for the very short post, but been to the eye dr today and with dilated pupils I"d rather do short posts for now. ))
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Cyrix stepped towards Mim and smiled. He then said "Mim is right, rest is the best thing now. However if you want to I can bring you some water, or food."
Grandpa Longneck then turned to Cera and said "well, we should get going now that Chomper and Dante are asleep. After all I wouldn't want your father to worry about you."
Cera nodded her head and replied "Yeah...I'd like it if my didn't yell this time."
The duo then began to walk towards the meeting place, hoping to find others there as well.
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Spiral smiled slightly. "I'm just used to being up at night, that's all. We've been traveling at night for...I can't remember how long. I'm trying change my sleeping habits...it's not working as well as I expected," he said. Spiral examined how he felt: aside from the tiredness, he did feel somewhat thirsty. "...If it's not too much of a hassle...some water would be highly appreciated...I...I don't want to be a burden to y'all...
"You can say that again," Kariya said to Virgil. "I'm coming out to grab some food for my brother." Looking around, she spied a couple of nearby bushes that looked like reasonable targets. She studied the area, looking for good leaves that she could easily reach.
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"Maybe you can try changing them slowly, bit by bit." Mim suggested.
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"I will get you some water, Spiral" Ducky said. "Spike, come with me please. "
She gathered some leaves to carry the water to Spiral. "This one looks okay" she said when seeing a large one. She jumped in the water and filled it. She and spike returned to the cave with the water.
"There you go." She said when showing the leaf in front of Spiral. "Go ahead, drink something."
Shera was thinking... Was there anything she could do? She did not have hands to carry anything, and she didn't know anything of healing techniques.
"Virgil... Why isn't it safe outside?" She asked, thinking she was maybe too young to understand what was going on.
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Zaine laughed at Cera's comment. "Well, something tells me he'll yell at someone today. I wouldn't be surprised if he yelled at me for being at the cave in the first place. Of course, he wouldn't get anywhere if he did."
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"ECCO!" Blueberry's and Littlefoot's voices echoed troughout the cave system.
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"No answer..."
"Maybe he's not here..." Blueberry whispered. "I wanna search further in, you can go back if you want..."
"No no, I'm still going" Littlefoot said quietly. "Besides, I can't be leaving you on your own..."
Blueberry nodded in response.
"Then lets go..."
The cave was dark. Though Blueberry could feel his eyes getting more and more used to it, he walked close to Littlefoot.
They could feel the pressure of the tones of mountain above them.
In here, you felt very small. Like a bug under a big foot.
It was also very wet in the cave. They could hear water dripping down from the celling. The air was very moisty and smellt stalely.
They took a turn around another tunnel, when Blueberry stopped and held out a hand in front of Littlefoot.
"Hold it... Look!" he whispered.
"Is that what you talked about...? Littlefoot gasped.
"Yes, it's the same. One thing's sure, we're not getting further this way."
"Lets turn back, and turn right at the last junction we passed..."
The tunnel in front of them was filled with black liquid. It was even crawling on the walls. It was pulsating slowly with a purple light.
The light casted a dim reflection on the two dinosaurs.
"Lets go now..." both of them said at the same time.
Littlefoot and Blueberry headed back into the tunnel again.
"ECCOOOO!!!"
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Just as Littlefoot and Blueberry started to walk away a voice called out from the black water. "Well...my friends...came back for me...how nice." It was Longtails voice, but it still held that dark, evil tone from before, but now it seemed...more natural. A pair of yellow eyes could be seen as well while the voice was still coming from everywhere. "So..aren't my friends going to say hello?"
Cera laughed as well and replied to Zaine "Yeah you're probably right...my dad does yell alot..and at everyone. Oh well...let's keep moving."
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Blueberry's heart stoped for a second, and feelt a cold chill went down his neck. He turned around.
He could hear Longtail, but couldn't see him.
"...Longtail! Where are you? Are you okay?" he called out into the darkness.
"Look... " Littlefoot whispered and widened his eyes in terror.
Blueberry saw the pair of eyes howering over the liquid. They had no pupils.
They were just empty. It was like starring into eternity itself.
Littlefoot and Blueberry turned around as they heard Longtails voice behind them, then to the right... and left... it was coming from everywhere.
"Longtail! If this is you doing this, please stop! We're gonna bring you back, but you have to tell us where you are!" Littlefoot called out to the eyes.
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The voice chuckled and replied "What makes you think I want to come back....this...power...feeling is far too much fun to give up willingly. Even if by some slim chance you do free me from the darkness...I'll just have to do what I do best....and spill some blood!"
The eyes began to glow brighter, and the dark liquid moved forward as Longtail said "Or...maybe I can just take you with me and let you see what the darkness can do for you."
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Blueberry wanted to run, but he had to try to get more from Longtail...
"Blueberry! C'mon! We have to leave! It's dangerous!" Littlefoot called from behind him.
Blueberry could see the liquid move towards him, like a snake moving towards it's prey. He closed his eyes, put one hand on his chest and took a deep breath, to shake the terror and fear off him. Then he opened his eyes and relaxed.
Then he spoke;
"Longtail! I can give you reasons to come back! Want to hear them?"
"Don't you have somebody who's special to you... do you?"
"Is it me or Littlefoot? Or wait..."
He made a short pause and took a breath to maintain his calm, the liquid was very close now and he could tell there's wasn't much time.
"I know two people who's suffering... because they don't want you to give up yourself!
"... Zaine and Cyrix... your best friend and your uncle, Longtail..."
"BLUEBERRY!" Littlefoot screamed.
Now the liquid was just a metre from where Blueberry was standing. Now he could only hope...
He closed his eyes as he said,
"Don't you remember..."
With that, Blueberry started to focus on good memories he had havn with Longtail, Zaine and Cyrix.
I know you can feel this... Don't give up! This is not you...
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Just as quickly as the black ooze had started to move it suddenly just stopped. The yellow eyes narrowed for a moment before turning white...and the voice spoke again....but this time...it was Longtail...the real Longtail and as he said "M-my...f-f-family...I...I'm...s-sorry...b-but...I can't....can't be....saved....please....forget...about me....all I bring is pain...and fear. If you free...me...then....you will have....to kill me." His voice was filled with fear, and terror...but he spoke up again:
"G-give my uncle...this...message...*By the guardians light...we live to fight...to protect the one....we...hold...at night." Then a cry of utter pain and suffering could be heard as Longtails eyes turned yellow once more. The darker voice come back and replied "Aww...how sweet...but now I wonder...if I should just kill that uncle of his...when I get the chance..." Then almost as an after thought the eyes focused on Blueberry and Littlefoot and the voice said "Run."
OOC: The * means that phrase is going to be used in my fanfic...eventually. ;)
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Mim stepped back away from Spiiral so Ducky and Spike would have more then enough room to get near Spiral and so he'd have more then enough room to drink. "Don't drink to fast." Mim said while smiling.
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"How bad are things out here?" Mim asked BLue-eye's great grandfather.
"Worst in some places then in others. There are some caves that seem safer then here and there is 1 that has some water within it with some fish & some other edible things within it. Things may well get worst before they get better." He said.
"What can we do about that?" Diver asked. "There must be something that we can do."
"It may be best to head back to Flattooth valley. Your parents and other friends will be worried about your sudden disappearance." Blue-eye's great grandfather said. "Maybe that little longneck and his friends will leave Flattooth Valley again. Some of us have seen him and his friends leave, then return from time to time." He said.
"Did they see you?" Diver asked.
He shrugged, "I doubt it. We don't eat nor hunt them so why would any of us go any closer if we saw him." He said.
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Well, I¥ll lead you the way Ateo. So just follow me, Ecco said and began to walk towards the GV.
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Not far away from the cave with Spiral in there, Scarface stood. He could hear that there are others. But he was a bit shy. He didn¥t want to scare anyone. So he just kept on standing outside and listen to the others.
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Virgil looked at Shera.
"Things lately have been...troubled. Longtail has vanished, taken by some...unknown force that also drew out my brother's corruption. There was also that storm...Something just seems...wrong right now. It's like something is starting to awaken. Something bad..."
He trailed off...
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Shera shivered. "That's a bit scary.." She looked at Virgil, seeing some fear in his eyes. Then she looked at Spiral who was drinking some water. "Is he okay?" She asked.
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Spiral drank the offered water, though it was a bit awkward for him due to the angle. "...Thank you..." he said, bowing his head towards Ducky and Spike.
"...Vanished? That's indeed not right...Yeah, I'm not going far..." Kariya said. She moved over to a nearby bush and began stripping leaves off it, piling the leaves off to the side. That's Virgil, so his brother's Dante...What's this about corruption? Whatever it is, it can't be good...What exactly is going on 'round here, I wonder? she thought.
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Rhyn continued flying towards the Great Valley and the meeting place within. "It's not to far." She said to the old flyer as they flew into the Great Valley and continued to head towards the meeting place that the grown ups used.
The old flyer looked down, "Some things are the same, and some changed." She said.
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"Yes, I guess should head back. Some are going to mess us, they certainly are." Diver said.
"It's ok, I"ll lead you guys back." Blue-eye said.
"Good luck and maybe next time things will be better when you visit. Be careful." Blue-eye's great grandfather said.
"Thanks we will and we do hope things will get better for everyone." Mia said. The group started back.
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"Maybe someone should stay with you to keep you to keep you company and get some food and water when you want, till you feel better. Don't worry you'll be well soon." Mim said to Spiral. "Soon you'll be doing things like like you did before." She said attempting to keep Spiral's spirits up.
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Ehm,... maybe,... and if you won¥t mind Spiral I could stay with you and keep you company. Ruby said with a kinda shy voice. I¥d need some, because all this trouble her upset me a bit. She looked Spiral not directly in the eyes because she was kinda embarrased to over him her company. But at least it would be good for both of them. And she would like to get known Spiral a bit better.
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Blueberry opened his eyes.
He could feel that he was still alive, but soon realized that he and Littlefoot now had a problem that surely could change that to the opposite for both of them.
He looked at the liquid, it was now rising slowly towards the celling.
The two eyes flicked sinisterly one more last time, before the liquid made a wall between them and the two young dinosaurs.
Blueberry knew that this conversation was officially over.
He took his eyes of the event, and started to run towards Littlefoot.
Littlefoot saw Blueberry run towards him. he could not see anything behind him, but the cave had started to shake, and a dull rolling had started to break the cave's silence.
"I hope you can run fast!" Blueberry yelled with a mix of terror, irony and exitement.
That was about all the conviction Littlefoot needed.
With a quick spin, he turned around and teamed up with Blueberry.
They both headed as fast as they could back trough the many tunnels.
"WHY DID YOU HAVE TO MAKE HIM ANGRY!?" Littlefoot yelled trough the load rolling that was now filling the cave.
"ANGRY!? I TRIED TO CALM HIM DOWN! NOW KEEP RUNNING!"
"ECCO! IF YOUR STILL IN HERE, GET OUT AS FAST AS YOU CAN!" Blueberry yelled as load as he could, hoping with all his heart that it Ecco would hear it and get out of the cave before it was too late.
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Ateo lifted up his head as he heard someone screaming. He looked at Ecco and back towards the source of the sound before saying, "What was that?"
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Suddenly the earth under Ateos and Eccos feet began to shiver. I...I don¥t know. But it doesn¥t seem to be good. Ecco answered with a bit fear in his voice.
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Spiral thought for a moment, then nodded. "Sure...I don't mind..." he said.
Kariya returned with a rather large armful of leaves. "Got some for ya!" she said, dropping them off to the side but within easy reach of Spiral, making sure to avoid dropping her load on Ducky.
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Zaine couldn't stop worrying about Ecco. He had been gone for quite some time now. I hope Littlefoot and Blueberry find him. Then he realized he still needed to come up with a plan to save Longtail. I'm not going to let him succumb to this new evil. "So, uhh, exactly what should we do?" he asked Grandpa longneck. "I really can't wait any longer. I have to do something to help Longtail before it's too late."
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Grandpa longeneck smiled and frowned almost at the same time as he thought about Longtaila dissapearance. He looked down at Zaine and said "I know Littlefoot and Blueberry will be fine. They know how to watch after themselves." He then sighed as he also said "But for now....I think it best we not worry about Longtail. We have much bigger issues right now...even with his supposed 'dark' change" He then looked up and smiled as he said "And we've arrived at the meeting place."
Cyrix smiled as Ruby offered to stay and help him...he then stood up and walked over to Ruby and asked "Can I speak with you for a moment?"
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Zaine smiled uneasily, until he received a sharp sense of danger. He didn't know how, but he could tell something was wrong. Longtail's hurt, or he's about to hurt someone. Zaine began to grow worried. "Well whatever we decide, we need to decide quickly. I'm getting more worried about Littlefoot and Blueberry, especially Ecco."
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Grandpa Longneck quickly nodded his head and stepped forward and addresed the crowd of dinosuars. "We all now have a very real problem...this storm has weakaned the Great Valley defenses, the children are all spooked and according to at least two of the young ones...Longtail has been taken away. By whom we don't know...but we must act quickly to protect our home and the young ones...I was thinking of spliting our group up and..."
However a voice rang out and said "Please...just leave Longtail...he's completely useless!"
Cera was stunned, she didn't see who said that...but she hoped that she didn't find out who it was as she was now officially angery...and she shopmped her foot and shouted "Hey don't say that about him!!!!"
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Zaine swelled with anger and hate inside of him. He stepped forward and directed his attention towards the one who spoke up. "Say one more insult about him and I'll kill you! He's my best friend, and I'm not going to give up on him!" A tear began to roll down his cheek. How could someone be so cruel?
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(( OOC: This is a cameo apperance only...after this...unless the GM says so...Korr will not be appearing in this RP again.))
The owner of the voice stepped out of the shadows and it was none other than Korr..the Redhorn. He gave a small smile and said "Well..it seems some here don't know when to let a bad thing like a freak flyer named Longtail."
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From his perch on Grandpa Longtail's back, Dante's eyes snapped open when he heard his friend being insulted.
"Whoever said that, I Dare you to come say that to my face! He's my friend, and if you dis him, you dis me! Got that?!"
He yelled...
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Korr looked up and said "You need to keep your mouth shut! We aren't talking to you...now just sit there and accept that what I say about that freak flyer is the truth!"
Grandpa Longneck sighed and said in responese...
"This is getting us nowhere...we need a solution now! Please...the children just want their friend back...I say we stick to the plan and split our forces up and at least go looking for the little one!"
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Dante staggered unsteadily to his feet.
"Look, I'm sure you'll make the right decision, but...I can't just sit here and wait for you to. I'm going after Longtail. You can follow me if you want, but I won't force the issue."
He slid off Grandpa Longneck's tail, setting a path for the beyond, where his friend was...
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Cera immediately jumped in front of Dante and said "Now wait just a mintue..even if you could find Longtail..chances are now...that he'd be far too strong for you now, and you would just wind up getting killed and I will not see that happen..just give the elders some more time....I'm sure their plan will work." She then narrowed her eyes and said "OR ELSE!"
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Dante sighed, then looked at Cera with a sad, apologetic smile.
"You're right. I guess I let my temper get ahead of my head again, huh? Thaks, Cera. I mean it."
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The bomming and shaking grew under Ateo's and Ecco's feet.
It was no doubt it was coming from the cave.
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"LEFT!"
Blueberry yelled it as they came to another junction, and they quickly changed course. None of them had been looking backwards, and both was sure that it wasn't something worth stoping for.
He could just hope that none of them would grow tired before they'd reached an exit. But they were hopless lost.
"WE'RE NOT GETTING ANYWHERE!" Littlefoot said loadly as they ran.
"THAT'S BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN RUNNING IN CIRCLES!" Blueberry said back with a face.
"WE NEED TO FIND AN EXI..."
"THERE! STOP!"
"STOP!? ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND?!"
"TRUST ME, RUN STRAIGHT BACK ALONG THE TUNNEL AND HEAD RIGHT IN THE JUNCTION THAT WE JUST PASSED!"
They both slowed down, but didn't stop to catch their breath.
Immediatly they were heading back.
As they turned around a corner...
"GO FOR IT!" Blueberry voice echoed trough the noise.
Littlefoot had to close his eyes.
They were running straight into a wall of darkness. It was traveling atleast twice the speed as them, and was heading trough the tunnel towards them.
In the middle of the tunnel, there was a junction.
That's where Blueberry had seen the light.
20 metres... Could they make it?
10 metres... C'mon... c'mon... c'mon! Blueberry beged for himself.
5 metres... We're not gonna make it!
It was like the wall had been opening its mouth, ready to swallow them whole.
"JUMP!
They took a leap and jumped with all their energy diagonal to the right.
For a second they were airborne. They couldn't see the ground beneath them.
Then they both crashed to the wall and tumbled down to the floor.
The dark oze had missed them with a hairsbreadth .
But it was already making signs of slowing in. It was coming back for them.
Blueberry could feel a cutting pain in his right leg, but he had to much adrenaline to mind about that now.
He looked at Littlefoot, who nooded back. He was okay.
None of them had to say anything.
They took each a deep breath and started running towards the light.
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OCC: (GVG, it's all okay! Thanks for bringing more athmosphere to the meeting! )
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Sure thing, Ruby answered. At least, everyone of us need as much company as possible now. Don¥t we? Well, anyway. What is this you want to talk with me about?
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Out of the darkness of the cave Ecco saw Blueberry running towards them. Hey Ateo! Look over there. There are Littlefoot and Blueberry, he said happily. Hey! Blueberry, Littlefoot. Over here!
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Chomper wake up on Grandpa longnecks back because of the discussion. Slowly he opened his eyes and sat up to get a better overview. What,... what is going on here? The little sharptooth asked as a watched down.
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Cyrix walked with Ruby outside the cave. After a brief moment of tension Cyrix tooka deep breath and said what he felt he needed to say.
"Ruby, you are a wonderful friend for the other children here...but after everything that has happened...perhaps now is not the best time to be forming new friendships." He took another moment and stepped towards her and spoke again to help make his point clear.
"Having friends everywhere you go is a gift Ruby, but don't let them in here." He then placed his left hand over her heart as he said "Because once they're there...losing them...could mean losing a part of yourself."
Cyrix then turned and immediately walked away, hoping Ruby would understand what he'd just said.
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Cera beamed at Dante's response and she said "alright then." she then looked up at Chomper and explained "The elders are having a meeting about what to do with all the danger going on, and some jerk over there just said that we should forget about Longtail...can you believe that?!"
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Grandpa Longneck sighed and said "No...Korr leaving a hatchling to the fate that they don't deserve is just not right. I won't allow you to leave this valley until you agree to help us find Longtail and fight off whatever this...evil is."
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Blueberry and Littlefoot could see two silouettes stading at the entrance.
As they got closer, they could see who it was.
"ECCO!?" Blueberry yelled. What are you doing outside!? But there was no time for chitchat.
"GET OUT OF THERE, NOW!" Blueberry and Littlefoot yelled at the same time.
"IT'S COMING!"
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"Kor you spineless son of a..." Zaine lunged towards Kor and body slammed right into him. Of course, it had no effect, but he didn't care. "TAKE THAT BACK!" Zaine stood up and body slammed him again, which had the same result as before. Zaine still got back up and kept body slamming into him, yelling "Take it back!" After maybe ten body slams, Zaine finally gave up. Tears began to fall, but he kept glaring at Kor. "How can you be so cruel?"
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"What was that?" Diver said looking over to one side having felt something in the ground.
Blue-eyes shrugged, "Minor earthshake." He said. "Come on, this cave here leads into Flattooth Valley & there is some water if you'd like a drink before you go all the way into the valley." Blue-eyes said as he lead them towards a cave.
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Rhyn led the old flyer to the meeting place. "Here we are," She said then looked around, "Looks like some others are already having a meeting here." She said as they came in to land.
The old flyer looked around as the flew towards the meeting place and came in for a landing. "Looks just the same as last time." She said. She looked older then even Mr. Thicknose or Grandpa longneck.
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Petrie flew in front of Dante nodding to what Cera said. "Best we wait. If grown ups argue then we go and do what need do like we do in past." Petrie said referring to the times in the past when the grown ups had a meeting and started or continued to argue and the gang went ahead and did what needed doing while the grown ups were arguing.
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Ruby was a bit upset about that what Cyrix said. But anyway he was right. It¥s not good to make friends with Spiral. Because if she would lose him, it would just hurt much more. Cy... Cyrix. Wait! But Cyrix couldn¥t hear her any more. What should I do now. Someone has to keep him company...
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What??? Chomper shouted. If that¥s the truth he should better shut up or I will... I will...., dammit. What can a little sharptooth of my size do, Chomper asked confused and started to sob a bit.
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What? What is coming? Where? Ecco asked. He was irritated because he didn¥t know what really was going on. But he followed the advice of Blueberry and began to run. Comment Ateo, we have to hurry.
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Dante shook his head, smiling at Chomper.
"You can do plenty. In fact, right now, you're probably our safest bet. Cera or I would probably hurt Korr too darn bad. Just go over there and... I dunno, bite his tail or something. Whatever comes to mind..."
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Motochika walked out of the cave, settling next to Ruby.
"Are...Are you alright, miss?"
He asked, quietly looking at her...
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Virgil stepped up besides Cyrix
"Don't you think that was a little harsh? There may be times that having an open heart can lead to wounds, but...There are more times where such a heart can help save you..."
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Korr turned to Zaine and simply replied "Because it's that same cruelty that keeps me and my herd alive."
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Cyrix nodded to Virgil but then said with a frown: "Perhaps you're right...but I just...I feel lost...without Longtail...I mean...I always knew there was a chance for this to happen...but...I was sure sure we could handle it...so sure that his well being would be...better...I always said I'd be there to help him...and...I can't..."
Cyrix then sat down and held his head in his hands as he cried and said "I made him a promise...that if he ever...lost control...even just once...by accident...I'd..I'd kill him...but now...I don't know...I don't know if I can even face him...and that's if we find him." He sobbed once more and said "I just want him back...that's all."
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Grandpa Longneck sighed and knelt next to Zaine and said "Now now please calm down Zaine. Korr may be...well...stupid for saying such things...but as long as you have faith in Longtail and your other friends, then what the Red Horn says shouldn't upset you...okay?"
Korr then cleared his throat and said "You know I heard that right?"
And Grandpa Longnecks response was.."I know...I just don't care." The elderly longneck then noticed Rhyn landing and nodded as he said "Hello Rhyn...how are you?"
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Spiral nibbled on a leaf as he checked himself over again, this time looking for more cosmetic issues. His feathers appeared to be in a state of disarray, not that surprising to him considering recent events. Sighing slightly, Spiral began fixing up what he could, pinching off broken parts that were still attached to their respective feathers while leaving the bases in while straightening out what he could, taking his time to get it just right.
"are you sure you're OK?" Kariya asked, her tone light.
"Yup," Spiral responded. Cocking his head, he finished his reply in sign: ::Why wouldn't I be?::
::Your attention to yourself isn't what I'd expect from you,:: Kariya signed back.
"What else do you think I can do right now?" Spiral said.
"Point," Kariya conceded.
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Chomper smiled a bit at Dante and appreciated it that she made him such a compliment. Well,... I guess i could. But.. but I think I just wouldn¥t be brave enough..., I might be in really bad dangour, that I would be that tought and doing something like that. But just see his size. He would smash me like I¥d be nothing..., anyway. I hope that all is soon over.
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Ruby raised up her head to look Motochika in the eyes. She laid her hand on Motochikas shoulder and said: Listen, you can call me with my name, Ruby. You don¥t have to use Miss. I feel so old then. She began to smile and answered her question. Well... I am fine so far, I guess. Cyrix just told me, that,.... if I would keep Spiral company..., he and me could become good friends. Well.. and,... he said to lose a good friend does hurt very much. And he is right. so..., if I would become good friend with Spiral, and something would happen to him, then it would hurt, yes... . But I wonder who should keep Spiral company then. I mean, we can¥t let him alone there.
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OCC: Okay, I got a bit confuse now with who Scarface is. I just put him in the place wher Blue-eye is right now. To Kor: If that¥s okay.
IC: Scarface walked besides Scarface and Diver. He said nothing. He just looked around, and was amazed about all this... mess. I really hope the others are fine. He said then.
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Shera was a bit unsure of what to do now. She walked over to Ducky & Spike.
"Hi.. Mind if I ehh.. join you guys? I don't really know where I should go now..."
Ducky looked at Shera. "Sure, Spike and I were just going to look for my little sister, Diver. Right Spike?"
The three of them walked out of the cave.
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Virgil looked at Cyrix, then crouched beside him, looking sadly at the ground.
"You know...I don't think that whatever was there was really Longtail. That...whatever that storm was...I think it changed him. I think that the Longtail we all know is still there somewhere. We'll free him, just wait and see..."
Motochika smiled gently at Ruby.
"Well...Ruby...Emotions, the heart... Such things are...complicated. While it may be true, what Cyrix says...I doubt it. There is a time for such things as that, but...I think that you need only to do what you think is right.'
He said, putting his own hand on her shoulder...
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Thank you very much. I don¥t know what I would do without you. You are a good friend to have, Ruby said.
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While he would have preferred to stand and fight, Ateo thought it was best to listen to Ecco. Ateo turned and started to run himself, following Ecco's lead.
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(ooc: Sure I don't mind if Scarface is with the group. He could have caught up with them at any point.)
Blue-eyes nodded, "It is a mess and I"m glad the injures, if any, are mild. How did flattooth valley fair?" He asked.
"There was a very bad storm there. Some of us took shelter in a cave. That did make it better, it certainly did." Diver said.
"I just hope there were not major injuries." Mia said. "and that this, whatever can be resolved."
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Motochika smiled at Ruby.
"It is the least I can do. I'm glad I can be of some comfort to you."
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Zaine shook his head, still crying. "You'll never understand" With that, he turned around and fled the meeting place, running past Cera and the others. He kept running until he was a good distance from the others. He finally dropped to his knees and kept crying. I must seem very weak right now, but I don't care. Longtail is my best friend, and I can't give up on him. I just can't understand why the grownups would want to abandon him.
"Longtail! Where are you?"
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Cera was shocked to see Zaine run past her like that..and even more shocking was that he was crying. 'He must really miss Longtail. He might want to be alone right now...but there is just something I've got to tell him.' she said mentally.
Cera then turned to Dante and said "I'll check on him...stay here and keep Chomper company." She then walked over to where she thought Zaine would be and saw him crying alone. She sighed and walked over and sat across from him.
Cera then looked into his eyes and said "Listen Zaine...I know you probably want to be alone right now, but I just have to tell you this..." She then raised her voice, "Now just suck it up! I know you feel bad about this, but there was obviously nothing you could've done when it happened. You actually know more about what's going on here than I do! And Longtail is my friend too...and I'm worried he may be hurt...or...dead...even...but..I can't...just sit here and wish it were different..."
She too then began to cry "I have to be strong...for him...and me. And...if being his friend has taught me anything...it's that...he's just as stubborn as a threehorn....so you can bet he'll find his way back to us no matter what!"
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Grandpa Longneck then raised his voice as he shouted "Now look what you've done Korr...you've gone and upset the children! I want you out of this meeting circle NOW!" he then slammed his foot down on the ground for emphasis.
The Red Horn nodded and without a word walked off into the forest behind him with a grin on his face...knowing what he had to do now.
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A small sigh came from the trees near Zaine.
"Look. It...if anyone screwed up royally, it was me. You saw what I was Zaine. I...I couldn't control myself. The only thought I had was to kill you, just because you were there. I... If I ever lose it like that again, I want you to do me a favor. Take me out of commission. Break something, whatever, just...stop me. Can you guys do me that favor? Because I know that when we go to find Longtail, there's a big risk that it'll happen again. So if you wanna blame anyone, it's me that should take the brunt of it..."
Dante said, stepping out of the foliage...
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"Young ones, the same all over, whether they are adults or not, many seem to prefer to cause trouble or argue then to do what needs doing or talk in a calm manner." The old flyer said.
Rhyn nodded, "I've noticed that. There are some kids who often go off on their own and do what needs doing while the grown ups argue." Rhyn said remembering some of the stuff Littlefoot and his friends had done in the past.
"They are not the only ones, there are others elsewhere who do much the same. Big valley, blue valley, other places. Here it is this Littlefoot you mentioned, elsewhere it is others and their friends. Though some have more sensible adults who go with them who would rather do what needs to get done instead of stand around and argue." The old flyer said.
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What most of the olders do,... sadly. They are arguing, while the kids are solving the problems. Scarface said.
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Zaine sighed. "I knew the grownups wouldn't come up with anything. We have to go and find him ourselves." He then looked at Cera. "You're right Cera. I'm sorry for being so weak. If I was in Longtail's position, he would come up with a plan to rescue me, not sit here and cry." He then dried his eyes with his tail and stood up with determination. "I don't care what Kor thinks of Longtail, and I don't care if Littlefoot's grandpa disapproves. I'm going out to find Longtail, and nobody's going to stop me." He then turned towards his friends. "I'm not crazy enough to do this alone. Will you two come with me?"
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"I have noticed grownups do like to argue instead of doing things that need doing, I certainly have." Diver said riding Mia as they walked along nearing the cave.
"I've wondered that myself. It does seem pretty stupid. Though not all the grownups prefer to stand around and argue. I've noticed at least a few don't. That female rainbowface doesn't, and Mr. Thicknose often just leaves or doesn't show up for meetings, like she will just leave meetings at times also and go do what needs doing. I wonder why more grownups don't do that." Mim said walking along.
"It sounds like the flatteeth of flatooth valley like to argue." Blue-eyes said.
"Part of the reason is that Threehorn person prefers to argue and bully folks. I think he likes doing that as much as Hyp does." Mia said.
"They can be mean they both certainly can." Diver said.
"I doubt either of them really has any friends. Just some cronies who hang around them." Mia said. "As for Hyp being mean, just hit him with a big stick or in the belly a few times. I did and he doesn't bother me much anymore. I know he avoids my older brother." Mia said.
"Your older brother, but he is nice he certainly is." Diver said nodding.
"To nice people he is." Mia said.
"Sounds like as colorful folks there as a few in my herd." Blue-eyes said.
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Cera nodded her head and replied "Don't be stuipd...of course I'm coming...but just maybe we should get some of the others first...I'm sure Littlefoot and Blueberry will want to help as well." She then looked to Dante and said "And if you don't come with us, I'll never let you hear the end of it...so come on, we gotta find the others and rescue Longtail."
Cera then turned and sprinted away from the elders who were still discussing what they were going to do.
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Grandpa Longneck then turned to ask the children a question and sighed as he realized that once again...they were gone. "Oh I do hope they are safe...wherever they are. Mr. Threehorn is not going to like this."
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Chomper, who was still awake looked around and saw the kids just disappearing behind a little hill. I hope so too, he said. They went in that direction, and Chomper pointed in the direction where he saw the kids the last time. Then he slided off the back from the longneck and said: I am going to look where they will go. So he ran off in the direction of the kids.
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Grandpa Longneck nodded to Chomper and replied "Just be careful, and be sure to tell us exactly where they went so we can at least try to find them later."
However not far behind Chomper the Red Horn leader was lying and waiting and following the young sharptooth and his friends knowing they would lead him to his prize. 'It won't be long now...child...soon you'll be mine....and I can snuff you out of our world.'thought Korr to himself.
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Blueberry and Littlefoot ran with all their left energy.
Behind them, the dark mist were hurling towards them.
They could feel the pure energy from it in their tailtips.
Rocks were falling from the celling, and the ground was shaking like a leaf caught in a roaring thunderstorm.
Blueberry could see Ecco and Ateo leave the entrance.
Now it was just a little further...
Then a series of things happened in a rapid session.
As Blueberry and Littlefoot reached the cave entrance, their eyes met the sunlight.
For a second, they were both blind.
Blueberry screamed and held up his hands to cover his eyes.
Littlefoot screamed to and lose his balance.
The two dinosaurs tumbled down on the ground, rolled for some metres before stopping.
Blueberry caughed. He had dust in his trout. Then he remembered.
He quickly turned around.
The darkness came rushing towards him. And now there was nowhere to run.
He felt as if there was a storm blowing towards him.
His feathers danced in the wind, and dust blown up to his face. One again he held up his amrs to cover himself.
The booming was incredibly intense.
Trough the noise, he could hear Littlefoot screaming beside him.
Then... he feelt cold. He feelt all the energy leaving his body...
They had lost...
Blueberry closed his eyes.
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Blueberry waited. Trying to be ready for the impact.
But nothing happened.
For a moment, he thought he was dead.
Then there was a screaming.
It echoed loudly, a sharp tone of despair and hatred.
He slowly opened his eyes.
The darkness had stopped.
Only a few metres from him and Littlefoot.
It was twisting itself, and a load screaming was coming from within it.
It was as if it was in agony, and great pain. It wouldn't get any closer.
Then Blueberry realized...
The sun.
The sun from the valley outside shone trough the cave entrance straight at the place where he and Littlefoot was lying.
He could feel the warmth in his back.
But it made it impssible for the darkness to get close.
Slowly, Blueberry rose up. He crawled over to Littlefoot, and layed his arm around him. Then they started to walk backwards out of the cave.
The dark oze screamed one more last time, and for a second, Blueberry stared at the same eyes as they'd met before. They threw and evil sight on them, before consuming themselves into the darkness again.
Then it repelled itself back into the cave, and the screaming died out.
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The two young dinosaurs walked wizzy out of the cave. Littlefoot fellt nausious, he could barely stand on his legs.
Then they both lose balance and fell down to the ground.
They tumbled down the hill, and landed on eachother infront of Ecco and Ateo.
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Dante saw Cera and Zaine run off, then ran after them, yelling...
"He-Hey! Wait up you two! I'm still not one hundred percent, ya know!"
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Cera giggled and said "Then keep up slow poke!"
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Zaine laughed at Cera's competative edge. "Cera, thanks for knocking sense into me, and thanks for coming with me." He then turned back towards Dante. "You too Dante! We can't do this without you!" He then continued running. Hold on Longtail. Wherever you are, we're coming to get you. And if you are out there as well, then Littlefoot, Blueberry, and Ecco, we'll find you as well!
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(ooc: sorry, had connection problems so haven't been online for a day.)
Mia walked along carrying Diver, they neared a cave entrance.
"This will lead right into flattooth valley and inside there is an area with some water that has some fish and green water food in it." Blue-eyes said. "So we can rest there and all get at least a snack and water." He said.
"Sounds good to me." Mia said.
"It will be fun if we have some time for a quick swim before we get to the Great Valley." Diver said.
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Dante grinned, and he ran after his two friends, grinning happily
"You know I wouldn't miss out on helping a friend, right? Come on, let's go!"
He yelled, all pain and fatigue forgotten...
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Motochika and Virgil both stayed where they were, keeping silent vigil over their friends...
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Cera grinned.
She then said "Now that's what I like to hear Dante...now come on...we have some friends to find...and one to save!" Cera then picked up the pace of her running hoping to pull ahead of the group and take the lead.
After several minutes of running she thought she heard voices...and screaming? Cera turned her head back to face Zaine and Dante and asked "Do you guys hear--"
She never finished her sentence as she collided with something, or someone moving towards her at a very fast pace. Once Cera regained her wits she looked up and smiled at who she'd bumped into...
"Well...it's about time we found you Littlefoot!" she said with a smile
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Zaine slowed down right in front of his friends. He noticed Littlefoot on the ground next to Blueberry. "Littlefoot! Blueberry! Thank goodness we found you! We've been worried sick about you two!" Zaine then noticed that his friends were in a deep shock. "Littlefoot? Blueberry? Are you two ok? You both look like you've seen a ghost."
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Ecco was too fast in run to be able to stop in front of LIttlefoot and Blueberry. He rumbled and felt above them. He then turned around to look behind him. Looks like the smoke doesn¥t like the sunlight. Maybe we could use that for our best. Then he turned to the others again. Cera, Zaine, Dante, I am so glad to see you, he said and smiled.
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Chomper came to the group as well then. Aah, here are you all. Thought I lost you out of sight.
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Ruby went back into the cave where Spiral was lying. She sat down next to him and didn¥t say any word.
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Blueberry slowly got up on his legs. He could barley stand upright, his body was shaking.
..........
Blueberry was soaked in sweat. He had brush marks all over his body and there was dry blood on his lips.
He looked around, breathing loadly.
"...The nearest... watering hole, please..." he said.
He felt really sick.
Littlefoot didn't look much more beautiful.
"That... would be... great..." he said, slowly rising up on his legs.
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Now was the first time Ecco noticed that Blueberry and Littlefoot don¥t look good. Oh boy, you too look horrible. Alright then. Ateo? Do you think you could carry them to the next watering hole? Ecco asked and looked up to him. Oh, by the way, he adressed to the others. This is Ateo. Some of you may have seen him before. He wants to help us to find Longtail.
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Petrie landed on Grandpa Longneck and looked around to see what some of the others nearby were up to.
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Mim walked outside so Ruby & Spiral would be alone for a bit & so Spiral would not feel to crowded.
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Blue-eyes walked into the cave with the others. "The water isn't far, it's about half way." He said. The cave walls had a faint bit of light to them due to the fuzz growing on the walls. "Cave lights, I've not seen them to often." He said.
"Interesting it certainly is." Diver said looking around.
"It also helps to make the cave less dark, though I'd guess that glowing cave fuzz must taste awful." Mia said.
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Dante knelt next to Littlefoot and Blueberry, checking them for injuries.
"You guys okay?"
He asked worriedly...
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Cera groaned as she stood up as well. She then took a step back...startled by Littlefoot and Blueberry's shaky appearance. She then asked "What spooked you two so bad? Don't tell me you two are still afraid of the dark."
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Grandpa Longneck smiled as he felt Petrie land on his head and he looked up as he said "Hello Petrie. Can I help you?"
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Spiral had finished fixing up what he could reach of his feathers and was just snacking, chatting with his sister about random things that had happened to them during their wanderings.
"Hey, that wasn't my fault!" Spiral said, giving his sister a slightly annoyed look.
"Who was in the lead there?" Kariya responded.
Spiral tried to think of something to come back with, but nothing came so he just dropped that line. "...Yeah, that was my fault. Guess I kinda forgot about those mud pits...I wonder why they smelled so bad, though...it took me so long to get that smell out of my feathers...That was not the best of times to get lost..."
Kariya started laughing. "Hey, it wasn't funny then!...though it kind of is now," Spiral said, smiling.
The pair noticed Ruby come in. Spiral went to speak, but his sister beat him to it. "Hello again, Ruby!" she said.
Spiral's beak snapped shut - she'd said exactly what he was planning on saying, though with a fair bit more energy than he would have.
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Mim went a short distance to get a few leaves then sat down near the entrance outside to rest and slowly eat the leaves as she rested, and giving those inside a bit more room to relax and a bit of privacy as well.
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"There it is." Diver said and jumped off of Mia to run towards the water. Once near it she jumped into the air and dove into the water.
"It'll be nice to relax a bit and get some water before we head back." Mia said as she headed towards the water.
"Yes, and get a bit of food also." Blue-eyes said as he continued walking along at the same pace towards the water. He looked at Scarface, "Are you thirsty or hungry, or want to rest or soak?" He asked him.
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"Me hope others ok." Petrie said, concerned about his various friends, including some he had not seen for some time.
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Oh, hey, Ruby answered with a little smile, but didn¥t look up.
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Grandpa Longneck smiled at Petrie and said "I know for a fact that they will be just fine...you have nothing to worry about Petrie...trust me."
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Motochika followed Ruby into the cave, giving a rare smile to Spiral.
"It is good to see that you are feeling somewhat better."
He said, calm and distant as usual...
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"I try to not let anything get me down. Holdover from my teacher, I guess...'Can't follow the trails if you can't see where you're to go,' he said...or something like that," Spiral replied. "Can't quite remember exactly, but something along those lines."
Both Spiral and Kariya noticed the tone and look of Ruby. "...Is something wrong?" Kariya asked.
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"...Guys! Please!" Blueberry said loadly. Then lowered his tone again.
"... Watering hole... Now..."
He held up his hand on the left side of his head.
"It's just headache... Don't worry about it..." he said to avoid questions, he couldn't take any at the time.
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Zaine knew they needed some water and fast. He looked around until he found a small pond. "Over there! Come on Blueberry. I'll help you over. Cera, you help Littlefoot." With that, Zaine propped Blueberry on his back and carried him over to the pond. He gently layed Blueberry on the ground, found a large leaf, and scooped some water onto it. He placed the leaf next to Blueberry. "Here's some to start you off. You look like you've been through hell and back, so drink as much as you need."
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Cera frowned when she heard Blueberry raise his voice and she sighed and said at a whisper "Okay...okay...come on." She then heard Zaine suggestion and said "Sure..I'll help littlefoot." She then walked past Blueberry and used her tail as a brace for Littlefoot. She then looked into his eyes for a moment and noticed they were unfocused...Cera immediately thought 'what happened to them?'
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I,... I am. I guess I am. At least, I hope so. Ruby answered. Just thinking about what Cyrix said to me. That making friends now could hurt much in the end. She looked again to the ground and sighed.
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Ateo turned to Ecco and nodded his head. "Sure." He then looked at the two small dinosaurs and offered a small smile when Ecco introduced him. "Hi." He dropped down on all fours and lowered himself as close to the ground as possible. "If you want a ride, hop on."
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Diver dove deep into the water. She did see fish swimming around and some underwater green food as well. She started to gather some to take up so she and Mia could share and eat.
"You hungry or thirsty or just want to rest?" Blue-eyes asked as he looked at Scarface and started to head to the water.
Mia went to the water to get a drink and to look to see if she could see where Diver and gone to.
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Motochika stood beside Ruby, placing his arm around her again.
"Friendship...is not what will cause the pain. It is, rather, the decision to avoid friendships that will inflict such suffering upon you. Trust me. I have lived alone for many years, and that is far more painful than the loss of a friend. Friends are...I think friends are the one thing we cannot live without. No matter what Cyrix may say...I see you as my friend, Ruby..."
He trailed off, uncertain, then concluded...
"You can let people in. You can have friends..."
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Ruby looked at Motochika and shed a tear. Thanks. Thank you for this kind words. I¥ll never forget that, she said and bowed to show her thankfulness.
OCC: Because of the scene with Ateo. Now Blueberry and Littlefoot are already carried to the water whole. But Ateo first now offered his help. What now?
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OOC: They were? Whoops, sorry. I'll fix it later. Just disregard that post.
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Motochika shook his haed.
"There is no need for thanking me. I simply...I dislike seeing you in pain, or upset. It is enough that I can be of help to you."
He replied, smiling at her...
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Diver came up to where Mia was holding some underwater green food in her hands. She went to the surface and gave some to Mia. "Not much, but enough for a snack." Diver said, knowing that being much larger Mia ate much more.
Mia accepted some of the food she was offered. "Just a snack and some rest & water then we can head on to the Great Valley." She said and floated beside Diver as they both started eating their green food.
Blue-Eyes went into the water slowly and swam as slow and quietly as he could. He went to a spot that looked like it had plenty of fish and with care and diligence managed to catch one.
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Yes. I guess no one wants to see any of us in a bad mood. I think I am just worrying to much, Ruby said and gave a little smile
Scarface did it like Blue-eye. But because it was the first time that he actually wanted to try fish, it wasn¥t that easy for him. He missed around 5 fishes before he finally got one.
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"Very good, you did better then my first attempts." Blue-eyes said. He smiled a bit at his memory of himself trying to catch fish, "It took the longest time before I caught my first time and longer before I really learned how. Looks like you are better then I was at first." He said.
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Blueberry stumbled own on the ground and began drinking.
He feelt the cool clearing his mind. Slowly but surely his energy started to return.
Littlefoot did the same, then he just layed down on the ground.
"Thank you guys, but I'm sorry... I have to rest for a while..." he said.
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Blueberry slowly got up on his legs. Now he could stand properly.
"Thank you guys, I feel a bit better now."
Still having a headache, but the water had made him feel more fresh.
He looked over his shoulders. His feathers on his back didn't look nice.
They were all dirty and worn out.
"... My feathers is a mess..." he murmured silently.
Not only was the feathers a mess, but his body was all dirty and he had several brushes all over.
He sighed and looked around.
Then he saw Ecco.
"You!" he pointed at Ecco as he began to walk towards him.
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Me? Ecco was confused, because he didn¥t know what Blueberry was up to at first. But then he noticed. Oh, you mean, ... oh, don¥t get that wrong please. I didn¥t want to get anyone of you in danger. I... I just felt so empty after we lost Longtail, that I had to run away. I had to clear my mind and everything. On my way back to the valley, I found Ateo. Well, and now I am here with you guys. I am very sorry for that what happened to you, and I thank you all that you came to search for me. He knelt down on one knee and bowed. If there is anything I can do for you, please let me know.
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Littlefoot tought of saying something, for a moment it looked like as if Blueberry were about to strangle Ecco.
But Blueberry didn't do anything.
Instead, he lost his angry face, sighed and turned around.
He started to walk away from the group.
"B... Blueberry wait! Where are you going!?" Littlefoot called after him.
Blueberry answered shortly. "To the meeting grounds!"
I have to tell the grown ups... And Cyrix needs to know...
He kept walking, then smiled a little for himself.
Ecco... you stupid... I'm glad that you're safe...
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"We should leave him for a while..." Littlefoot nodded.
"Oh, you don't know how glad I am to see you all!" he added.
"Is all of you okay?"
"Ecco... I'm so glad that you're safe! Just... let Blueberry take his time, okay?" he said and looked with concern at Ecco.
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Ecco shed a tear and agreed. I hope he isn¥t too upset. Ah, man. I am such a fool. Ecco looked to the ground and sat down.
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Cera frowned and said "Are you sure Littlefoot...I mean what if he gets lost again...and what if he gets hurt? Someone should go with him."
Cera then turned and called out "Please Blueberry just wait for a moment!"
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Grandpa Longneck sighed as the meeting wasn't making any true head way, and it had just turned into another shouting match between the elders of the valley. He waited for the right moment to speak his mind, but hoping something would quiet them down.
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Cyrix was currently standing next to the Tree of Life in the center of the valley. He was still sheding tears, but his face held the look of determination. He sighed and turned away clenching his fist with anger and a new determination to find and rescue his nephew from whatever it was that held him.
'We WILL find you Longtail...just hold on!' was Cyrix final thought as he walked away from the tree and towards the meeting place, hoping to talk to some of the other valley elders about what they intended to do.
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Zaine didn't realize that Blueberry was mad at Ecco for running away, bu he could understand his anger about Longtail. I'm worried about him. I don't want him to get lost again. Maybe I should go with him. He looked towards Cera. "I'm going to the meeting circle with Blueberry. Stay here with Littlefoot ok?" With that, he turned around and ran after Blueberry. He caught up to him and said, "Thought you could use some company. I'm really glad you're safe." Then he thought to himself. Why am I going back to the meeting circle after what Kor said? Maybe I feel like they deserve another chance.
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The very old flier looked around at the various folks present and what was going on. "More arguing, just like the last times I visited here. Some things never change."
Rhyn looked at the old flyer. "If you are tired maybe you can rest at my parent's nest. If they would not mind." Rhyn said.
"I wouldn't want to be in the way or impose, but resting is a good idea. Nothing we can do here." She said.
They stood up and flew a short distance away and saw Mr. Thicknose walking away from the meeting place and the old flyer landed a short distance in front of him and to one side.
"Hey kid, I didn't know you were still kicking around. Aren't you heading in the wrong direction." The very old flyer said.
Mr. Thicknose looked at her and smiled a bit, "Nice to see you again and no I'm heading in the right direction. I learned quite some time ago that when they," he said indicating the meeting area behind him with his head, "start arguing it's best to rest and do other things since they will not listen."
"I know the feeling." The old flyer said. "Let's go to some water nearby." She said.
"I know just the spot." Mr. Thicknose said and continued in the direction where he was headed with the 2 flyers flying along with him.
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Mim finished what she was eating and went off to get a little water before heading back to the cave entrance.
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Mia and Diver had finished their snack and floated in the water and got a drink, being sure to keep their backs to where Blue-eye and Scarface were so they would not see them eat, not being use to seeing friendly sharpteeth or fast biters eating.
"Nice tasty fish." Blue-eyes said to Scarface.
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"Thank you Zaine." Blueberry said silently without stoping.
"I... have some things to tell the grownups, and it considers Cyrix aswell..."
"Have... you seen him?"
Blueberry stoped, looked at the ground and held a hand to his head. Then he looked at Zaine.
"Zaine. The things I'm about to tell is not going to be easy for any of us..."
"Just look at me!" Blueberry stood breathing deeply but stressy, he was almost going to let go of it.
He managed to swallow the cry for now.
"Can you please, tell me what has happened in the meeting so far...?"
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Ecco looked up again. I am not sure. I think I should.... follow him. After all... it was my fault. But he could get angry again. And I don¥t want him to be angry at me. I really don¥t. Ecco looked to the other folks. I don¥t know what to do. I was such an idiot to bring you all in this dangour. I am so sorry.
Scarface tasted the fish he caught. Hmm, yes, they are more tasty then such little crawlers. He giggled. Well, maybe I am better then you in the beginning. But in the end, I think you¥ll stay better forever. You have amazing skills in hunting.
So, what do you guys think are the grown ups doing right now? Ruby asked with a look to the others in the cave.
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"They do taste good. But don't worry, you'll get good. I can teach you some and the grown ups can teach you more." Blue-eyes said to Scarface, having finished his fish.
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Cera against her wishes did as Zaine asked and stayed with Littlefoot and Ecco. She sat down and asked Littlefoot:
"You were with Blueberry, now what was so horrible that you had to run halfway across the valley and bump into me like that?!"
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Wether by fate, or just blind dumb luck as Cyrix was walking down a random path he heard voices. These voices sounded familiar. 'Too familiar...' as he walked onto the path he noticed Zaine and Blueberry.
He called out "Boys wait up! Where are you two going?"
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Virgil ran up beside Cyrix, breathing somewhat heavily.
"Indeed. Have you seen the others? I know that my brother, at least, should be around here somewhere..."
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Motochika looked at Ruby.
"If there is anything I suspect they are doing, it would be arguing. That seems to be all that many adults do during times of crisis."
He sighed...
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Dante sat next to Littlefoot and Cera.
"Whatever it was, it looks like it did a bit of a number on ya. What exactly was it?"
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Zaine nodded. "No problem Blueberry, that's what friends are for." He then sighed. "I don't know where Cyrix is, but I already told him about Longtail. He realizes that he may have to kill him, but we're convincing him to keep faith that Longtail will break free. As for the meeting, I left halfway through becuse one of the adults called Longtail worthless and suggested that we forget about him. I don't know what's happened since then, and I really don't want to know."
Zaine then heard Cyrix call out to them, and he turned around. "Well, here's Cyrix now." He stepped towards him. "We're heading back to the meeting circle. Blueberry has something to tell the others. The situation is much worse than we could have ever imagined."
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Mr. Thicknose, Rhyn, and the very old flier grew near the water nearest the meeting place Rhyn went ahead to dive into the water and have an enjoyable swim for a few seconds before she surfaced. The other 2 drew near.
"A flyer who knows how to swim, there is something you do not see every day." The very old flyer said with a bit of amusement in her voice.
"Yes, a few do here but not very many." Mr. Thicknose said as he got closer to the water and took a drink.
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Mim returned to near the cave entrance, staying outside to again give those inside privacy and thinking if she was needed they could come outside where she was.
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Waiting to see if his friends would appear, and with all the usual arguing Petrie grew tired and gradually went to sleep where he was on Grandpa Longneck.
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"Is that enough, or are you still hungry for more fish?" Blue-eyes asked Scarface while looking at him.
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"Guess some things are the same no matter where you go..." Kariya said, glancing at Spiral.
Spiral returned the glance. And we've gone a long ways since we started wandering... he thought.
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Sad but true, Ruby answered. It looks like they¥d never learn it. But, well, anyway. Let¥s just hope that everything turns out well. She looked over to Spiral. How are you and your injuries doing? Need any water or more moos? She asked.
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I am still a bit hungry, yes, Scarface answered. He looked out for a fish. There were many and after some tries he gave up. Man, they are just to fast.... May.. you, Blue-eye? Scarface asked with the hoping Blue-eye could catch a fish for him.
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Ecco looked at Littlefoot. You need something mate? Maybe water or anything I could do?
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"Sure I wouldn't mind. You just rest here." Blue-eyes said and then went into the water to catch another fish for Scarface. He went back underwater, swimming around with care and stealth. He swam slowly along then suddenly struck out, catching a fish, one of the largish ones he was aiming for. He then went back to where Scarface was holding the fish out for you, "Think this one will be enough for a bit?" He asked smiling in his usual friendly way.
Mia and Diver floated in the water enjoying their green food and letting the others eat in piece.
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Mim awoke and looked around at the surroundings and the way things looked, guessing how long it may take to clean up and straighten up the main areas of the Great Valley.
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Zal the very old Quetzalcoatus & Mr. Thicknose watched Rhyn playing in the water for a bit before Mr. Thicknose turned to Zal.
"Is this a usual visit or are you here for other reasons?" He asked.
"Originally it was going to be my usual not to periodic visits, visiting some friends I have who live a bit outside the Great Valley, then some folks here, younger friends," She said pausing to look at Mr. Thicknose for a moment, and some relatives I have here, then this happened." She said waiving vaguely where the storm had been.
"Yes, such a mess. I wonder if we've seen the end of it or if it may get worst." He said.
"From what I've seen it may get worst. You've not seen what it is like outside. Luckily my friends have a place that is not bad currently, usually it is quite nice, and they do have caves they can stay in that do have water and fish in them." She said.
"ah, yes, the .... fastbiters who are friendly. I think you mentioned them a time or 2." He said, not sure before if fastbiters or any sharpteeth could be friends, at least till he had met some, like Chomper, who were.
Zal raised a hand to rub a side of her beak a moment as she thought, "I wonder if talking of the valley may be needed." She said, half to herself.
"THE valley, you think things may be that bad?" Mr. Thicknose said, having heard about it from stories some old far walkers told in his youth and some from his grandparents.
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Cyrix didn't look the least bit convinced as he said "What could possibly be worse than this...my nephew is missing, the valley herd is arguing...again, and as far as I know, that storm is cause of all this bad stuff happening!"
He then sighed as he realized he was raising his voice. He looked to Zaine and then Blueberry as he said "I'm sorry, I shouldn't be yellling not at a time like this."
Cyrix then asked "So Blueberry what is so important anyway?"
Granpa Longneck felt Petrie fall asleep on his head and the elder Longneck smiled 'I don't know how he can sleep with all this commotion going on.' thought Grandpa to himself.
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Virgil nodded at Cyrix.
"Well...I suppose that we could have had deaths on our hands. Other than that, things do seem to be at their darkest."
He said grimly...
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Spiral closed his eyes for a moment, analyzing how he felt in all areas...and came up with a fairly positive response from most sections. "I think I'm OK..." he said, opening his eyes again. He stretched out carefully but thoroughly, not liking the fact that he was sort of stuck on the ground.
Well, maybe not stuck... he thought. "...I think it's time to see if I can get up here...," he said, moving into a better position for getting his feet under him.
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Motochika saw Spiral trying to stand up, and he walked over to his side, offering his arm.
"Need any...assistance, Sir Spiral?"
He asked...
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Scarface bowed in gratefulness. Thank you. That¥s enough for me now. And yeah, sure. I really would be glad if you could teach me some of your skills, he said and smiled.
Okay, Ruby answered. But be sure that you don¥t overdo yourself. She said with concern in her voice.
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"As bad as our situation is...a death would the last thing anyone here could want." commented Cyrix as he nodded and turned to Virgil.
Cyrix then smiled and said "But I'm sure with so many of us here, a death won't happen. I'm sure of it!"
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Blue-eyes nodded, "I'd be glad to help to teach you." He said.
Mia and Diver still floated, having finished their food and decided to float for a while and relax till they were sure the others were finished.
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Mim looked at the entrance and went a bit closer, "How is everyone in there?" She said staying outside to give them privacy but asking to be sure everyone was ok, "Anyone need anything?" She asked.
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Mr Thicknose and Zal continued to get a drink of water as Rhyn came to the bank and walked out of the water to sit and relax.
"I wonder how long they will argue." Zal said.
"No tellings, It be quite some time. If we could get Mr. or Mrs. Longneck away from the others they would listen, and a few others would. Then there are Littlefoot and his friends." Mr. Thicknose said.
"Littlefoot? That is an unusual name." Zal said, finishing her drink and standing again.
"Yes, he's a young longneck... who I have noticed has a tendency to, at times, get done what needs doing while others argue. A remarkable youngster, and his friends also."
"They sound very special, like some other groups of youngsters elsewhere like Bambo, a young threehorn and his friends, and another young longneck and some of his friends, I forgot their names, a swimmer, flyer, a finback, a small lizard type who loves a certain type of tree sweets." Zal said.
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Spiral hesitated for a moment, then accepted the offered hand, holding his stick with his other hand. With both the assistance of Motochika and the use of his own stick, he was able to get to his feet without much trouble. "Thank you, Mister....Chosokabe, right?" he said, wondering if he'd gotten the name right.
"You be careful now...Remember what I said..."Kariya said, moving in a bit in case he brother needed any help.
After a quick test, he found out that he would be able to walk, though it'd be slow. He took a few experimental steps, using his stick as an aid to keep from putting all of his weight on his injured leg and being careful to limit the range of motion so as to not cause further damage. "Still not going anywhere fast, but hey, I can walk!" he said, partly in response to Mim's question. Just getting up had put him in a far better mood.
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Motochika smiled.
"It is good to see that you can stand. How are you feeling now?"
He asked, relieved to see Spiral standing...
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Littlefoot looked down for a while.
Then he raised his head and started to speak.
So... Blueberry and I was looking for Ecco. Because we didn't know where he had gone, we decided to look in those caves.
As we got inside, we started to search around for him. We even yelled. But Ecco was nowhere to find.
Blueberry wanted to search further inside, so we did.
After a while... we ran into something horrible...
Some of you haven't seen it, but there is this dark liquid thing... I hadn't seen it before either...
It was all over the cave tunnel, on the walls... on the celing...
It was very scary...
As we couldn't get any further, we started to head back...
As we turned around, something called our names.
As we turned around, a pair of evil, burning yellow eyes stared at us from within the dark oze!
And from it, a voice echoed...
... It was Longtail! Or... I am not sure...
Whatever it was, it treatened to kill us...
But then Blueberry started to speak with it, as if he had spoken to Longtail.
As he did, something happened...
The eyes started to change in color...
And.. We could hear him! Longtail! We could hear his voice!
He sounded as if he was in great pain... and very sad...
And he mentioned something about guardians... and his uncle Cyrix...
Littlefoot had started to breath more loadly and he could feel the cry in his trouth.
Then... It happened.
First, Longtail dissapeared, and the evil was back again...
At first, it got very cold. Then the dark oze formed itself into a large thick mist.
Blueberry and I ran for our lives. I think I've never runned so fast and for so long time before...
It... almost had us... If it werent for Blueberry... who found us a way out...
Then it dissapeared as it came in contact with the light from the bright circle.
Littlefoot finished his story.
"That's why we bumbed into you Cera. We were so tired that we couldn't remain standing..." he said to Cera.
"And now I belive Blueberry is gone to speak with the grownups about what we saw." he said silently.
A tear fell from his eyes... And he was quiet again.
Then he rose his head again and swallowed.
"But, I know Longtail's alive! We could feel him in there! We need to find him!"
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Not long from there, Blueberry finished about the same story for Cyrix, Zaine and Virgil.
He too, was crying were he was standing.
He couldn't take the expression of Cyrix.
"Cyrix... I..."
Then he felt over of exhaustment again, and leaned against Zaine's body.
OCC: ( Blueberry has told "about" the same story for Cyrix, Zaine and Virgil. I'll not write it again for the sake of long post.)
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Ducky was walking together with Spike and the threehorn Shera looking for some others. Then she heard Littlefoot speaking.
"Spike! I hear Littlefoot, yes I do." She said with a big smile on her face. "Let's follow his voice!"
"We probably should" grinned Shera, seeing the extreme happy reaction of ducky. She thought about what it would be like to have a brother, even if it's not one of your species.
"He's that way, I think" Shera said, pointing at a big tree.
Spike nodded hapilly and started moving already. Ducky smiled "I'm happy to hear him, I didn't see him since the big earthshake just before."
"I understand" Shera said in response to Ducky.
They talked on until their eyes caught a group of dinosaurs, their friends. They heard the last part of Littlefoot's story, Ducky had teary eyes.
They remained standing there for while, not able to say anything. Just looking at the rest of the group.
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Mim nods, "Just be careful, and using that stick is a good idea, it should make it easier for you to get around till your leg as healed properly." She said.
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Blue-eyes looked at Scarface, "Are you sure that is enough, I could get another if you are still hungry once you are finished with the current one." He said.
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"If the grown ups here insist on arguing, maybe we indeed should find this, Littlefoot, of yours." Zal said.
Rhyn had her fill of swimming around and came to be bank to relax a bit.
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Spike stood there with a sad and concerned look on his face, just staring at the rest of the group... He couldn't believe how close Littlefoot and Blueberry had come to death... The thought of losing his friends made him very sad... A few moments passed... "Eeeeyyyeeeegghhhh," he moaned, a few tears falling down his face...
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After hearing Littlefoot's story Cera was wide eyes as she stuttered:
"Wow..." She then looked over at Littlefoot and said "If this had come from anyone's mouth but yours, I'd be calling them crazy!"
Cera then stood up and began pacing in a circle. Truth be told after hearing this, from one of her best friends, about how another was lost to this...darkness...she was rightfully confused. Cera continued pacing for several more minutes just thinking about what Littlefoot had told her.
A tear then rolled down her cheek as she turned to Littlefoot and replied:
"NO! There is no way Longtail would be taken over by some silly black stuff! There is just no way! He's just as stubborn as any Threehorn...I know this personally! How could Longtail just let that stuff take him over?! I-I..."
Crea was silent for a few moments and she said "We have to go find him and bring him back!"
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After hearing Blueberry give his story...Cyrix stopped walking and immediately grasped a tree to keep himself from falling over. He was breathing heavily as if he'd just run around the entire valley. Cyrix's eyes were unfocused and he was looking straight at the forest floor.
Cyrix was shaking, and he knew it...he then looked up at Zaine, Blueberry and Virgil. He gave a weak, almost sad smile as he stepped over to the trio, he then rested a hand on Blueberry's back and said:
"You are brave....to have ventured into that cave. And even more so to try and bring my nephew back to us...only love and friendship can break the crushing darkness around Longtail, and together I know without a doubt we can do it...all of us, as a family."
Cyrix then sighed and took a deep calming breath and then said:
"Come...we still need to reach the meeting place. I'm sure the other elders are waiting for us."
After taking a moment to steady himself on his feet once more, Cyrix with a renewed smile on his face began to lead them back down the path they were traveling.
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Dante shook his head grimly.
"It's worse than I thought. If the darkness can...can take him so easily, then it..."
He trailed off, then, thinking about what a threat he could become to those he held so dear...
"Cera... There's something you need to know. There's...I've been keeping a secret from you. There's something...bad hidden inside me. If I stay too close to that darkness too long... I may lose it. If that happens...Run. Get as far away from me as you can. Don't look back. I wouldn't want you to see me...like that. Can you promise me that?"
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Virgil nodded.
"Perhaps...perhaps our bonds will be strong enough. No matter what, I'll do my all to save him. As my repayment for both my crimes against him, and against Dante. If it comes down to it...I'll gladly sacrifice my life if it will save him..."
He said, grimly resolved...
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Zaine sighed. "The only thing I'm worried about it whether all the adults will want to find Longtail. Kor was there before, and he suggested that we forget about him because he was a worthless hatchling. I hate to say it, but I think some of the adults were agreeing with him. That's why I left the meeting. I couldn't stand to here someone trash my friend like that." He then looked towards Blueberry and whispered, "Don't worry. Everything's going to be ok. It always is in the end."
Zaine then turned to Virgil. "You made need some help if you're ging to try and reason with Longtail. I think Cyrix and I might have the best chances of breaking through to him since our bonds with him are so strong. Of course, none of it will matter if we can't find him."
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Cyrix however began to laugh at Zaine's comment to Virgil and he only laughed harder as he thought about it. Cyrix the commented:
"Zaine if I know Longtail as well as I think I do, then fnding him woun't be a porblem...corroupted or not, Longtail will most liekly seek us out eventually. He'll want to 'talk' to us I'm sure."
Cyrix frowned and asked "Wait...Blueberry...you said Longtail mentioned me...and the Guardians? What exactly did he say?"
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"Where is he likely to be?" Zal asked.
"Maybe heading towards here with his friends and some others." Mr. Thicknose said then he looked at Rhyn, "How about you fly over towards the other main way to get here and we'll walk this way and see if we can meet them. They may be more willing to talk instead of argue and listen then those arguing so called grown ups." Mr. Thicknose said.
"Sounds to me like those grown ups should act more like their kids." Zal said.
"I have thought so about some of them on more then one occation." Mr. Thicknose said, smiling a bit at the half joke they had sort of made.
"Ok." Rhyn said and flew off to look to see if she could find Littlefoot or any others and she wondered how long till her friends Diver and Mia returned to the Great Valley, or were back now.
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OCC: Sorry for the long absence
IC: After that what Littlefoot said Ecco suddenly started to feel sad, very sad. He shed a tear, knelt down in front of Littlefoot and wiped away the tear of him as he began talking to him in a soft tone: Dont worry. I am sure, no, I know that we will find him and bring him back to normal. Then he lifted up a bit the chin of the longneck that he looks in Eccos eyes and continued talking: Trust me it will be alright. Ecco smiled a bit and patted Littlefoot gently on the back. Then he stood up again and turned around to talk to everyone: I will find Longtail and bring him back. No matter if it would cost my life or not. I have to go to the meeting place to talk with Cyrix. Ateo, if you want you can come with me, then I can inroduce you to the others. With that he turned around and was starting to leave the others to search for Cyrix
It is indeed nice to see you walking again, Ruby said with a smile.
No, thank you very much mate, I am fine, Scarface answered with a smile.
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"Thank you Zaine. Sorry about that..." Blueberry said as he got up on his own legs again.
He then stood silent for a while.
"...By the guardians light...we live to fight...to protect the one....we...hold...at night... that's what he said". He said and looked at Cyrix.
When no answer came, he turned away.
"Let us go." he then said and started to carefuly walk his way towards the hill. The meeting place was not far.
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Littlefoot smiled back at Ecco. He then stood up. He tried to stand on each leg.
"I think I can go now." he said and played around some with his forelimbs.
"I know he is Cera! But this is different... Please try and understand!"
He then turned to Ecco again.
"And Ecco here is right. We shall go search for him, and we will find him!"
he said as he stomped his right foreleg to the ground.
"I want to see my grandparents... I'll go with you Ecco."
"Besides, I think Blueberry is up to something..."
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Rhyn circled around the area around where the meeting place was to see if she could find Littlefoot or one of his friends.
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Blue-eyes nodded, "When you are finished and have had enough water and feel rested and washed if you wish we can continue." He said.
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Mr. Thicknose & Zal watched Rhyn take off and fly away. "Lets try this way, it's one of the other main ways many use to get here." Mr. Thicknose said as he walked off with Zal walking along with him.
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Mim nodded, "Just try not to run or jump, not till your leg is fully healed. Some walking with the stick should be ok, and may help. Plus you won't be stuck in 1 place." She said to Spiral.
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The reason Cyrix hadn't responded yet was because he was thinking about what Blueberry had just told him. He then muttered quietely to himself "To see the light...at the end of the fight...and know that it warms our hearts." Cyrix then smiled a broad and happy smile as he ran to cathc up to Zaine and Blueberry
Cyrix then commented and said "We have nothing to worry about boys...Longtail may not be the same now, but he's figthing the darkness with everything he's got! now let's get to the meeting place so we can figure out what to do."
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Cera smiled as she could see the confidence in Littlefoots eyes and she stood and said "Yeah! Come on we don't have all day!" as she fell into step behind Littlefoot and Ecco.
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Zaine thought about what Blueberry had said. "Guardians of light, protect the one we hold at night. I would sure like to meet one of these guardians. Maybe thy could help me become stronger. If only I were stronger, then I probably could have helped Longtail." Zaine then looked towards Cyrix. "Yeah you're right. Longtail is fighting the darkness, and with our help I know he can defeat it."
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Blueberry and his company had reached the meeting cirlce.
As they got closer...
"...Looks like they're running a gentle, fair discussion as ever! Don't you think?" Blueberry said loadly with a sarcastic smile as he approached. His voice were filled with irony.
He had seen how the grownups discussed matters before.
Seeing them argue about this new situation made him very angry.
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Zaine sighed. "Well, that's the adults for you. They just keep arguing away until we solve the problem for them. I hate to have to do this, but I think it's for their own benefit." Zaine walked towards the middle of the group and yelled out, "EVERYBODY QUIET!!!!!!!! We have a really big problem on our hands, but don't take my word for it. Blueberry knows the whole story better than I do."
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Grandpa Longneck was suprised not just to see Blueberry and Zaine, but to hear Zaine shout loud enough to get the arguing dinosarus to quiet down....that was impressive. Grandpa Longneck then said:
"I believe we should all listen to what the young ones have to say. After all none of our ideas were very clear to begin with." He then looked down at Blueberry and said "Okay, go ahead and tell us what you saw."
Cyrix sighed as he watched Zaine queit the herd down and smiled in response as he stated "Well that was nice Zaine...very well done."
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Ecco smiled back and was heading towards the great valley then. I¥ll find, I¥ll find him and bring him back. No matter what happens, Ecco thought as he walked along.
From my side, we can continue Scarface answered.
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Dante stood up, racing off after his friends.
Longtail...I swear I will free you from whatever darkness has you. Just hold on...
He thought to himself, resolve building...
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Virgil grinned at Zaine as well.
"Hmph. You certainly got their attention. Good job."
He said calmly, though happily...
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"I won't, ma'am," Spiral responded. "It feels so much better to be back on my feet...I really hate being stuck in one place," he said with a smile.
Kariya gave him a look. "Just be careful, otherwise you will be stuck on the ground until that leg heals," she said, looking completely serious.
"Yeah, I know...You don't need to go that far, you know," Spiral said. Sometimes she scares me, he thought.
"Oh, I know. It's fun to watch your reactions to stuff like that, though," Kariya responded, laughing slightly. Spiral just grunted, knowing that she'd probably carry through with her threat if he wasn't careful. "So...What now?"
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Mim nods understanding, "Yes, it can be rather dull being in just 1 place all the time, especially inside a cave." She said.
"As for what now do you want to get water or food, or something?" She asked Spiral.
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Blue-eyes nodded, "Shall we be off then?" He said a bit louder so Mia and Diver could her him. He looked at Scarface, then over to where Mia and Diver were. He went over to clean himself a bit in the water.
"I"m ready." Mia said and swam towards where the others were.
"I certainly am." Diver said and swam beside Mia towards the others.
Once they reached the others they stood up and gently shook, making sure as best as they could that no water got onto the others there.
"Looks like everybody is ready." Blue-eye said.
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Motochika nodded.
"Yes. The longer we are here, the more your body will weaken. Let us be off."
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Spiral thought for a moment, then nodded. "All right...I don't feel like I need anything, though...Does anyone else?" he said.
Kariya was feeling fine at the moment, so she didn't respond right away.
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If I¥d need something, I¥d get it by my own, Ruby said. So don¥t worry about me. From my side, we can go now.
Ecco looked down to Littlefoot. Looks like the little longneck is still shocked a bit.
If you need something, or if I should carry you, just let me know, Ecco said.
Well, I have had enough to eat, Scarface said. We can go, if everyone is ready.
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Blue-eyes nods, "Let's be off and head to the Great Valley then."
"It will be nice to get back to the Great Valley, it certainly will. Though I do like visiting with you and wish we had more time and had a chance to visit with Deon too." Diver said.
"The next visit will be better." Mia said.
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Mim smiled to Spiral, "You'll be feeling better in no time."
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"Thank you Ecco. But I think I can walk myself now." Littlefoot said and got up on his feet. "Lets go."
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"Looks like you're all safe and sound..." Blueberry mumbled without looking at anyone.
Instead, he whiped away some dirt from his body.
"I heard some some of us here doesn't want Longtail back...?" he said and looked out over the group of dinosaurs. He spoke with a mild calm voice, but let his serious eyes wander from one person to the other.
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Grandpa Longneck cleared his throat and said, "That was Korr who said that Longtail should be left behind...but he's left the meeting since then and none of us here have any idea where he is or could be. I do hope he's not causing any trouble in our home."
Cyrix then tapped Blueberry on his back and asked "What is it you wanted to tell everyone?"
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Dante stood, dusted himself off, then nodded at Littlefoot.
"Right. I'm guessing that we're heading back to the Valley?"
He said, cracking his neck boredly...
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Virgil nodded at Grandpa Longneck.
"If you want me to, I might be able to see what Korr is up to. I don't exactly trust him. Shall I?"
He then turned to Blueberry.
"Go ahead, friend."
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Zaine nodded. "I agree Blueberry. Whatever you need to say is more important right now, and they have to hear it." He turned out towards the adults. "Blueberry has something disturbing to tell everyone, so whatever you guys have been arguing about all this time can wait, because right now we have a huge problem."
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Petrie had woken up and had just been listening to things while he rested and didn't see a reason to speak up yet.
"Him trouble like egg eaters & those other 2 flyers uncle with." Petrie said.
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Grandpa longneck nodded to Virgil and replied "Yes, but be careful...Korr is crafty and dangerous." He then smiled and said to Blueberry "Now please, your information is important. We will all listen to whatever it is you have to say."
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OCC: (I'm not writing down a story summary like I did before again. Should you need to look it over, I strongly suggest you read trough the RP. If not the whole, atleast the important scenes. Hence, why Blueberry's story below will be very short this time. You should all know what have happened by now.
And sorry if I sound boring and lazy. Besides, I'll make sure there'll be a full plot summary before we start part 2. You just make sure you have a good time! :)
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"Okay... everybody listen..." Blueberry said and started to tell everyone about all the events that had occured over the past day.
He told about the lightning in the ground... the black goo... the dark dinosaur... Longtail's dissapearing... how he and Littlefoot almost got killed...
"And that's why I look the way I do..." Blueberry said and looked at his body.
"Don't worry Grandpa, grandma. Your Grandson is okay." he said and smiled quickly at Littlefoot's grandparents.
A murmur began to spread among the folks at the meeting circle.
"...And that's it." Blueberry said and finished his story.
He then looked around, waiting for the reactions.
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Virgil nodded, then ran off, jumping into a nearby tree, planning to search out Korr, while the others caught up on the recent events...
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OCC: ( NOTE: I need everyone to take a look at this RP's discussion topic.)
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Grandpa Longneck gave a heartfelt sigh and shook his head. After he finished that he looked around for a moment and then said, "That was quite the story, Blueberry. But if what you say is true, then we have to protect ourselves from this Dark Water."
Cyrix then spoke up "What about Longtail?!"
Littlefoots grandpa smiled at Cyrix and replied "You know him better than most of us do Cyrix...what do you think you'll do?"
Cyrix then gave another smile and said, "I'll....wait for him...to show himself. That's all I can do, but I do know this...when he does come looking for us...we need to be ready for anything! So I say we set a trap for my nephew..." As he finished his sentence a devious grin spread across Cyrix's face.
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"Trap sound scary. Who be bait?" Petrie said, scared of the talk of traps and other scary things & remembering the time they used Ducky as bait to lure out the Sharptooth into their own trap, "Ducky bait?" He asked, not liking the idea of any sort of trap or anyone being bait.
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Mim looked at the others present. "Any of you want to go to anywhere in particular?" She asked.
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Zaine stepped forward and cleared his throat. "I'll be the bait. Longtail will probably try to kill me first, and if not he'll try to turn me. Besides, Cyrix and I probably have the best chances of breaking through to him, but if Cyrix is planning the trap, then I'll be the one to lead him here."
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Motochika nodded.
"And Dante as well. He has a certain...bond to Longtail, and will likely not stop until he has his friend back. He will most likely be willing to join you as bait for the planned trap..."
He said, looking at Zaine...
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Cyrix smiled at Zaine and Motochika's words, but then shook his head and replied "No, we can't risk you young ones...I'll be the bait. I'll be counting on you Zaine and Dante to hold Longtail down when he get close enough." He then looked up to Grandpa Longneck and asked "What do you think?"
The elderly Longneck nodded his head in agreement and said, "This trap should work, and the other elders will be standing close by in case you three need any help."
Cyrix then turned to Zaine and asked "Do you have any more ideas for this plan?"
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"I think we're forgetting something here!" Blueberry took word.
"As I am concerned, Longtail's no longer doing anything using his own will."
"What makes his decision, is the darkness inside him and that dark dinosaur Hadrian."
He made a paus.
"I forgot to tell you, has anyone seen the Mysterious Beyond since the storm ended?"
He turned to the new herd that had arrived.
"I'm sure you've seen it?"
"Whatever it is that has taken Longtail, it has done something in the Mysterious Beyond aswell... Something terrible... I fear that there's more in this than just Longtail..."
He swallowed.
"With the power he has now, I don't think he'll focus on taking out just some of us..."
Blueberry tought for a moment.
"And that dark dinosaur, he must have some ambitions with kidnapping Longtail... and he achives that by making Longtail's dark side stronger... overcorrupted if you like, giving him far greater power than it would take to wipe out just a few of us.
"And if Longtail would've wanted to kill us, why hasn't he done that by now?
"Now, you surely understands that Littlefoot and I barley got away with our lives back in that cave... but what about the rest of you?"
"I heard him back there, his dark side claimed that he should kill his uncle, Cyrix."
"I've seen what he's capable of doing... what says he'll stop here?"
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"What we do?" Petrie asked with his usual fear in his voice. "M, Mysterious beyond? That scary. Me remember some head there, to find friends who say live near."
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The group with Blue-eyes & the others continued down the cave till they grew near the entrance. Blue-eyes paused at the mouth of the cave and looked at Scarface, "This is Flatooth Valley." He said, beautiful isn't it?" He asked.
"Some folks call it The Great Valley." Mia said.
"It is the same, whatever it is caled, it certainly is." Diver said.
A short distance off:
"There they are, I see them." Rhyn said who was flying near Zal. "They are at the entrance to one of the caves here.
"Good, lead the rest of us there. We can see how they are." Mr. Thicknose said.
"Seems they didn't linger long but decided to head out come back here." Zal said.
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Zaine turned to Blueberry. "We don't know what Longtail will do, but that's why we need to trap him now before he does try anything else." He then looked at the adults. "Don't you guys get it? Longtail is our friend, and he would never hurt us! Whatever this dark power is that's controlling him, I'm sure he's trying to fight it on the inside. That would explain why he hasn't killed any of us yet, because this thing doesn't have full control over him. I strongly believe that if we find him, we can maybe turn him back to normal. We'll never know unless we try!"
Zaine then looked at Cyrix. "Please don't take this the wrong way, but I don't think it's smart to make you the bait. Apparently, he's expressed full interest in killing you, but he's said nothing about me or Dante. If you go, you'll only make it that much easier for him. Besides, you know Longtail better then any of us, which means you know how to trap him. Maybe if he speaks to his friends he'll try to break through."
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Cyrix gave a heavy and heartfelt sigh as he said, "As much as I hate to admit it...you are right Zaine. Okay, so we use Zaine, Blueberry and Dante as the bait, but then..." Cyrix then trailed off for a moment, and he suddenly came back with a thought, "What if...Longtail sees our plan coming and runs? He could lead us into a trap of his own!"
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Petrie looked at Cyrix, "You know how good evil Longtail think?" He asked.
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Zaine thought for a moment. "We'll have to distract him somehow. What if we plan something that he does see coming, but underneath that we have another plan to trap him?" He then realized where he was going with this. "We can distract him by fighting him. We'll tire him out, and then when he doesn't expect it, we'll trap him then. It has to work!"
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Cyrix nodded to Petrie as he responded by saying: "Yes, I do, he is my nephew after all...I taught him almost everything he knows." he then gave a small smile as he thought about his last statement.
Grandpa Longneck however sighed and said, "I'm sorry Zaine...to trap him is one thing, but fighting him in his newly corrupted form is just too dangerous. He's much more likely to be stronger and faster than before, and we can't have you or Dante getting hurt. We have to think of another way."
He then turned to the other elders in the meeting circle and asked "Well...does anyone else here have any ideas to give about this?"
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"That reminds me! Where's is Mr.Thicknose?" Blueberry said and looked around for the elder. "Has anyone seen him?"
"Grandpa! Grandma!" it was Littlefoot. He came running down the hill and headed for his grandparents.
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Mr. Thicknose followed Rhyn and Zal as they few towards the cave and the figures they had seen just within the cave moving around. Diver & Mia walked outside as they saw flyers flying towards them.
Rhyn & Zal landed in front of Diver & MIa. "There you are. I was wondering how long it would take you to return." Rhyn said.
"Ah, It seems some of the younger ones did sneak out of the valley. I thought you LIttlefoot & his friends did that." Mr. Thicknose said.
"We just wanted to make sure some of our friends who lived in the mysterious beyond were ok and to see what things were like there, we certainly did." Diver said.
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Grandpa Longneck looked over at his grandson as he called out and sighed. He then spoke and said, "Thank goodness you and the others are alright Littlefoot. Your grandma and I were starting to worry about you. Are you sure you're okay Littlefoot?"
Cyrix then turned to Blueberry and replied "I don't know, but I'm sure he won't be hard to find...although I'm surprised he's missing this meeting. He is almost always here."
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Dante walked over to Cyrix, muttering...
"Even if he is corrupted, I have a way I might be able to fight as his equal. I guess it's time to let the secret out..."
He stepped into the center of the meeting, hesitated for a moment, then spoke.
"I...I guess it's time that I told you all something. There is something I've hidden from everyone...since I came here. There's something inside me. Something bad. I've been able to keep it under control until now, but now...I'm afraid. This...darkness drew it out when Longtail was corrupted, and it might again. If...if you don't want me near you, I'll understand. But I won't lose Longtail. I know him, and he's fighting this...thing that's controlling him. I'm going to save him... even if it kills me."
He said, determination burning in his eyes, then turned towards Zaine.
"I'm all for your plan, Z. But if it gets too dangerous, then let me take care of it, k?"
He said, a firm grin on his face indicating his unwavering determination...
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Ecco ran behind Littlefoot. He then noticed Grandpa and grandma longneck. I... I am sorry for the troubles I caused, he said. I hope you can forgive me. He then looked first to Littlefoot and then to his parents, waiting for their answer.
Ruby got inpatient. So, if no one needs anything more, I¥ll be off for the meeting place then, she said while looking to the folks. I am really curious what the others are talking about and what excactly happened.
Oh yes, it is. Scarface answered surprised that the Flatoothvalley looks that beautiful.
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Mia and Diver walked outside the cave waving to the others outside. "Hello, it's good to be back." Mia said.
"It certainly is." Diver said nodding.
Blue-eyes looked over at Scarface nodding. He looked back at the beauty of the valley and at some of
the folks present outside of the cave. "You want to try to go out and say hello to them, or would you rather stay here?" Blue-eyes asked.
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I would like to, sure. If they don¥t chase me to death, he said and giggled.
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Cyrix reached out and put a hand on Dante's shoulder and sighed as he said, "It's okay. I've known about your curse for a while. I personally will stand by you and help you find and fight to bring Longtail back no matter what the cost."
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((Utmost apologies for the delay...Things have been getting hectic here, what with moving (again), class switch, exam and all...It's been frying my brain...))
At Ruby's speaking of the words 'meeting place', Spiral immediately perked up, almost as if a switch had been thrown. "Meeting place?" he said, not really caring how dumb he sounded. "Information..." he mumbled. "I'll just follow behind y'all, since I don't really know where I'd be going...No need to worry about me," he added. His want of information about what was going on had superseded his normal cautiousness about gatherings.
Kariya managed to keep herself from laughing at her brother, but she did smile slightly and roll her eyes. She stood near him, ready to help Spiral should he need it...not that he'd ask, anyways.
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Okay, alright, Ruby said. But please make sure that you don¥t hurt yourself again. We don¥t want you to have pain. So if you need something, just ask. We won¥t mind, special your sister.
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Mim nodded, "Yes, feel free to speak up if you need help. Perhaps we should head there, but how comfortable do you find walking?" She asked Spiral.
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"I can handle it, so long as I don't need to get anywhere very fast," Spiral responded. "I'll be careful...but I don't want to slow y'all down..."
"We're ready when you are," Kariya said. She was slightly worried about her brother, but she thought that he knew himself best and wouldn't push himself too hard.
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Ruby gave a smile and said with a soft voice: You don¥t slow us down Spiral. We have time. We can walk your speed, there is no need to hurry right now. Anyway, if everyone here is ready, I think we can go then?
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Mim nods, "You are not slowing us down, and we will get there just the same. This just insures that your wounds will heal faster and properly then if we run everywhere." Mim said smiling a bit at Spiral in a friendly manner.
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OCC:( Who'll be playing Thicknose? Anyone interessted or else I'll take him.)
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(ooc: I've been doing him so far. )
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Spiral thought for a moment, then nodded, moving closer to the exit, accompanied by his sister. Through that short walk, he confirmed that he could walk at a speed a fair bit below what he normally did without any real problems. "Okay..." he said, only partially convinced that he wasn't being a burden on them. "...Let's go, then, shall we?"
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Sure, Ruby said and walked out of the cave next to Spiral.
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(OOC: oops, sorry, didn't mean for the post to be this long, it just sort of happened.)
Mim nodded, "Lets be off then." She said.
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Mim & Diver nodded to Rhyn & Zal, "It is good to be back, it certainly is." Diver said.
"What you did is more like what a grown up should do." Mr. Thicknose said.
"Yea, maybe, but I bet they are arguing now about what to do." Mia said looking at Mr. Thicknose with a serious tone of voice and not backing down.
Mr. Thicknose shook his head an looked back towards where the meeting place is. "They do seem to do that to often. I know from experience, once they start arguing it's useless to remain since there is no good I can do." He said.
"I bet It's Cera's dad who started it again." Mia said.
"It is not always him who starts it." Mr. Thicknose said, thinking to himself, though it often is, or he helps an argument the has gotten started instead of helping to stop it.
"We would like to have you meet some friends, but you do not need to be scared by how they look, you certainly do not." Diver said.
"Yea, they don't eat flat teeth, or anything that talks, as long as it doesn't attack them." Mia said.
"They don't hunt our kind, but prefer to eat fish usually." Rhyn said.
"That sounds... rather unusual." Mr. Thicknose said, "Though if they are frirendly I would like to meet them." Mr. Thicknose said.
"It may sound, unusual, but I can vouch for what they are saying. This herd of fast biters has changed since Red tail took over the herd back when." Zal said.
"and there are only 2." Mia said.
Mr. Thicknose nodded. "Ok, I would be willing to meet these friends of yours." Mr. Thicknose said.
"This one is Blue-eyes, It is... Diver said waving a hand in the direction of the cave entrance."
Blue-eyes, though very nervous, stepped one a single step into the Great Valley. With a nervous and shy voice he waved to Mr. Thicknose, "H..hello." He said in flat tooth.
"Amazing, friendly & they speak our language. I thought only Chomper could." Mr. Thicknose said.
"Who do you think taught his great grandfather the language?" Zal said smiling.
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Scarface appeared right behind his friend Blue-eye. He...hello, he said with a shy voice. Do you think they will see us as enemies? Scarface asked to Blue-eye.
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Motochika followed Ruby and Spiral, saying nothing...
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Once they were clear of the cave, Spiral paused. "Alright...Which way are we going from here?"
This is what happens when you're only out at night, Kariya thought.
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Mr Thicknose looked at those present. "We should get to the meeting place. Some you who have been out there," and he looked at Mia, Rhyn, & Diver, "some who maybe should not have, "he said in a friendly voice, not an acusatory one, ", can tell those what the conditions are like outside the Great Valley are like." Mr. Thicknose said.
"& maybe other things we can tell as well." Zal said.
Blue-eyes looked at Scarface, "We can ask this Mr. Thicknose. What do you think?" He asked Scarface.
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Blueberry walked over to Littlefoot.
"You're okay mate? Glad to see you on all four again!" he said and tapped Littlefoot on his back.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Thanks. But... what about yourself?" Littlefoot answered and observed Blueberry's condition.
"Lets just say I've had better days... Atleast you're okay." Blueberry answered in a rather avoiding tone. He didn't feel much pain, but he was sure he would if he thought about it.
"Just take it easy, my friend? What is going on here?"
"We're waiting for the elders to show up. Amusing isn't it? You never want them around in normal occasions, but when you really need them they are nowhere to be found?" Blueberry chuckled with mixed anoyment.
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Eeh, do you think that¥s a good idea? Scarface asked. But okay, we can ask him. He said and walked towards mr. Thicknose.
It¥s over there, behind this little hill, Ruby answered and pointed in the direction.
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Mim nodded, "It is not far." She said as she walked along with the others.
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"Hello here." Mr. Thicknose said to Scarface, "Is there something you wanted to say?"
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Spiral bowed in thanks, taking note of where they were and which direction they were going, continuing to build his knowledge of the Great Valley's layout. He did his best to move as fast as he could without causing himself a large amount of pain, Kariya sticking close by as they made their way towards the meeting place.
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Not really, Scarface answered... I am just surprised that you don¥t chase me now. I mean, I am the friendly kind of raptor, but I could lie as well. So how would you know?
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Mr. Thicknose looked at Scarface, "You could be, but I've known Zal here quite a long time and know the sort of person she is." He said.
Zal nodded, "I've known the kid here most of his life. I first visited here when he was somewhere around Diver's age here." She said nodding.
Rhyn looks somewhat astounded, "He was our age once? wow."
Mr. Thicknose nodded to what Zal said, pausing as she spoke, "So I can trust what she says, but if you would feel more comfortable not going with is, but staying here or heading back that is up to you. There are some, less then open minded, sorts who do live here unfortunatly." Mr. Thicknose said.
"What do you think?" Blue-eyes said looking at Scarface.
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I had to do once with some leafeaters, as we searched for the nightflowers for Caysos brother and Cyrix¥s nephew. They saved my life after I attacked them. I won¥t forget that for my life, he said and looked to the folks. So, I am very glad that you welcome me here, Scarface said and began to smile a bit. What is with the others who didn¥t see me before? Do you think they would mind?
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"Some of them may, like a certain threehorn I can mention, but he is one of the close minded ones & part of the reason so many grown ups argue and they end up getting nothing done, which often results in a certain young longneck and his friends having to do what needs doing since the grown ups are to busy arguing. Part of why I seldom attend the meetings and usually leave once the arguing starts." Mr. Thicknose said.
"Wise move. I would leave also." Zal said.
"The grown ups should act more like us kids, they certainly should." Diver said.
Mr. Thicknose shook his head, "If only they would," Mr. Thicknose said pausing a moment before continuing. "But perhaps the 2 of you should come with us to the meeting place since you can give some information of the conditions that exist outside the Great Valley. If you are willing." He said looking at them, one at at time.
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Sure, Scarface said. I would like to tell the other folks something about the surroundings. I am kinda excitet how they¥ll react if they see me. What¥s about you Blue-eye?
We are almost there, Ruby said. After she got over a little hill she could see the meeting place. Hey, she shouted. Blueberry, Littlefoot.
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Mim nodded, agreeing with Ruby. "We are very close. Not far now and you can sit down, how are you doing so far Spiral?" She asked him.
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"I admit I am a bit scared & excited also." Blue-eye said. "And we can give information about the condition outside this place." he said.
"Shall we be off then?" Mr. Thicknose said. "Though maybe best if you both are in the center of the group with the rest of us around you, they may feel a bit less scared then & can more easily see you are friendly." Mr. Thicknose said.
Diver nodded, "Yes, we certainly should be off. Maybe all the arguments are over, they may be." Diver said.
"That'll happen when Cera's and Mr. Clubtail smile." Mia said in a low voice to Diver and Rhyn who both giggled.
"Time to head on out." Zal Said. Some of them gathered around the 2 friendly fast biters.
"Everyone ready?" Mr. Thicknose said as he started off.
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Okay, Scarface said. We can go now, if everyone is ready. That we should be in the center is a good idea, he said and positionatet himself next to Blue-eye.
Ruby was arriving first at the meeting place. Hey all, so, what¥s going on now?
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Blueberry turned around and meet up with Ruby.
"Hi Ruby. Glad to see you safe and sound. We've gathered here to discuss the matters that have occured, but..." he pointed with his tumb over his shoulder.
"It doesn't go so well..." he grined.
Littlefoot came up to them.
"Hi Ruby, it's great to see you safe indeed. Yeah, Blueberry's is right... and now we're waiting for Mr:Thicknose and the other old ones."
"We belive they might know something" Blueberry filled in.
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Petrie flew over to where Littlefoot was, "Hello guys. They argue like always. No new thing." Petrie said.
Mim walked along with Spiral. "I bet they are arguing like usual. That certainly does sound like the usual thing that happens.." Mim said looking in the direction then to the others present. "Maybe it should be renamed to be called the arguing place."
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Mr. Thicknose nods, "Ok, if everyone else is ready." He looked around and they nodded and he started off with the rest of them walking. Blue-eyes walked next to Scareface. Zal on one side and Rhyn flying near the ground on the other side of the 2 fast biters. Mia walked in the back and diver riding on her. They headed to where the main meeting place was. Mr. Thicknose walked at the same speed as the others and kept just in front of Blue-eyes and Scarface instead of way in front as some may do.
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Thanks, Ruby said and smiled. I am glad to see you all without any problems.
Chomper was still tired, so he climbed onto Littlefoot and laid down on his back.
Again, Ecco adressed to Blueberry. I am very sorry for what I¥ve done. I... I hope you will forgive me in time.
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"Heh, seems some things don't change that much," Kariya responded as they covered the last bit to the meeting place.
Spiral dropped back a little, to better observe the proceedings.
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Dante nodded.
"Yeah. It's just the way that adults sort things out, I guess. I dunno."
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Blueberry turned away from Ecco. "Not now... Okay? I told you I was fine!"
He then noticed some new faces arriving. He said to Ruby,
"Friends of yours?"
"Someone's being lazy here..." Littlefoot grined and let Chomper on to his back.
"Who are they?" he said and walked next to Blueberry and Ruby.
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Mim smiles looking at Littlefoot, "They are new arrivals in the valley." Mim said then looked at Ruby, "You want to introduce them?" She asked her.
Petrie looked at the new folks, "New? Me hope they friendly?" He asked.
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Better you do Mim, Ruby said. You know them better than I do, I guess. I am not so good in introducing others. But thanks for asking, she said and smiled.
Chomper yawned and turned to the left side. He felt asleep and dreamed about his parents and the island, their home.
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Grandpa longneck looked down and smiled. He then said, "Does anyone know these travelers? If so then Mim you may have the honor of welcoming them into the valley. I wouldn't mind at all."
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Oh, look Blue-eye. They¥ve already noticed us. Moment, wait, isn¥t that,... Mim? And Ruby?
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(ooc: I guess they mean the group with Ruby & Mim plus Kariya & Spiral, instead of Thicknose's group, who I'm not sure will appear, maybe during this introduction. not sure of the ideas or assumptions others have.)
Mim nods to Ruby, "If you are sure ok." Mim then looks at Spiral and Kariya and then the others present. "This is Spiral & his sister Kariya. They are recent arrivals I believe." She then looked at Spiral and Kariya, "Spiral & Kariya this is Grandpa Longneck, Littlefoot, Petrie...." Mim said going to introduce the others present that she knows to Spiral and Kariya."
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Blue-eyes nodded, "It looks like they may. I do hope it goes as well for us as for those others." Blue-eyes said looking at the others being introduced by Mim not to far off.
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OCC: Oh boy, I am sorry
IC: Yes, Scarface agreed. I hope so too.
Hello, Ecco said. Nice to meet ya all.
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Meanwhile, Zaine had snuck away from the meeting circle a little before the new group came in. "I can't wait any longer. Longtail needs my help now! I just hope I can find him. Then again, he probably wants to kill me, so it shouldn't be too hard." Zaine reached a clearing and began to call out his friend's name. "Longtail? Longtail! Where are you?"
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At first Zaine got no answer, but after several moments a cool breeze began to blow and a voice called out. "Hello again Zaine. I see you are having trouble looking for your friend Longtail. What can I do to help."
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Zaine then stopped as he recognized the voice. "Longtail's mother? Man am I glad to hear your voice again! I really need your help! Your son's been corrupted by some evil force! I think I can convince the good inside of him to come back, but he was taken by some other dinosaur. Before he left, he vowed to kill me, so if I leave myself in the open, he's bound to find me. I know I'm risking myself, but Longtail's my best friend! I know he would do the same for me! Please, you have to help me find him!"
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Soul sighed and said, "Yes, I know what's happened to my son...and sadly I can't interfere with this matter. And even more unfortunate is that he's not here in the valley anymore, but...you are correct in the assumption that he wants to kill you. This new darkness is far too strong for him or you to fight alone...it will take everyone he cares deeply about to bring him back, and even then it may not work, and he may have to die."
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"Let's just pray that it doesn't come to that."
A second voice said, as Arius's spirit winked into existence.
"I know that it would break Dante and your hearts."
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"My name's Blueberry. Nice to meet you!" Blueberry said to the newcomers.
He noticed they were looking at his wounded body.
"Um... I... tripped..." he said and gave a fake smile.
To get eyes of him, he turned to Littlefoot.
"This is my friend Littlefoot!"
"Hi, nice to meet you!" Littlefoot said and greeted.
"And this here is Chomper... He's... sleeping right now." he added, giving a quick smile.
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Mim smiled as the others talked to the new comers. "I'm sure you folks well get along well." She said, keeping what she had to say brief so the new comers could speak.
Mr. Thicknose and the others continued and they arrived at near the edge of the meeting place.
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Grandpa Longneck smiled once more and commented by saying, "Hello Mr.Thicknose. nice to finally see you today. How are you, and I suppose more importantly have you heard the news as to where Longtail may be?
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Mr. Thicknose looked up at Grandpa Longneck and shook his head. "No, I am sad to say I have no news about that young flyer." He then turned to look at the others who have been traveling with him.
"Do any of you by chance know where Longtail is?" Mr. Thicknose asked. Diver, Mia, & Rhyn shook their heads.
Zal shook her head also, "I've not met him yet so I am unsure, though I assume I would have no news about where he's keeping himself." She said.
"What does he look like?" Blue-eyes asked looking at some of the others.
"Similar in some ways to me,with the same long tail." Rhyn said, moving her tail around a bit.
Blue-eyes shook his head. "You are the only flyer with a long tail that I know or have seen, how about you Scarface?" He asked looking over to where Scarface was.
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I just know Rhyn and Longtail. That are all I can think about right now. Now, I would say, let¥s go there, to the meeting place.
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"Thank you all for the warm welcome,"Kariya said.
"Good to meet y'all, too...Though from what we've heard...The circumstances could be better..." Spiral added.
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"No. I won't do it!" Zaine shook his head violently at the thought of killing Longtail. "He's my best friend! I'd rather die than hurt him! I know that if I were in his position, he would never give up and try to bring me back. I can't let him down!" He stared into the spirit's eyes as he blinked a tear. "How can you give up on your son?"
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Mr. Thicknose looked back at Scarface, "We are at the outermost parts of the meeting place. You can tell from all the arguing going on over there." He said and indicated a bit farther on where the main meeting place was.
"Same as always. " Mia said shaking her head.
Mim nods, "Some things never change." She said agreeing with Mia.
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Although closer to the arguing Grandpa Longneck sighed as well and asked Mr. Thicknose a question.
"Most of the young ones are here with us along with the new arrivals...but it seems thte valley is split between waiting out this storm, or going to find Longtail now...what do you think would be the safer option?"
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Soul sighed and said, "Zaine I haven't given up on my son. Far from it, but at this point in time there is just nothing I nor you can do. I in truth came to teach you a lesson about your feelings. In order to help Longtail you have to let him go...forget about him, and show him that when you two face each other, you will have the courage to kill him if need be."
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"The better option is to find the cause and deal with that. " Mr. Thicknose said.
"As bad as it may seem here, it's worst out there. " Zal said.
Blue-eyes nodded, "There are areas of not much fish there. Luckily there are some cave fish we can still eat. "
Zal nodded, "You would not like it out there, from what I've seen."
Mr. Thicknose nodded, "Sounds like, the Great Valley was very little effected." Mr. Thicknose said. "Unless the cause is found out and dealt with it may spread." He said.
"I wonder if the cause is trying to target THE valley, and I don't mean this one." Zal said.
"Or if they are after something else." Mr. Thicknose said.
(OOC: I'm not sure what Zal or anyone who was ouside the valley may have see, if anything, of the possible cause of the storm and what the conditions are really like. Or how soon you wanted the valley mentioned.)
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Grandpa Longneck nodded his head in agreement and said, "I will inform everyone then." He then raised his head once more and stated:
"EVERYONE PLEASE LISTEN! After talking it over with Mr. Thicknose and several of the newcomers and we've come to the conclusion that we must first find the cause of these problems, and then deal with those affected by it like Longtail. Who else here agrees?"
A flyer spoke up and replied "I think that's the right option, but we still need to think of the young ones...especially those who are Longtail's friends as they are sure to try and sneak away and try to find him."
Grandpa Longneck nodded and said in conclusion "Then we need to find someone to watch over them while we finish sorting this issue out." He then looked down to Cyrix and asked, "Would you mind?"
The rainbow faced smiled and replied, "Nothing would make me happier. But it seems one of them have already gone missing where's Zaine?"
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"Thought I'd find you around here, Zaine."
Dante spoke up, leaning casually against a tree and watching his friend.
"How's it going, Arius?"
he continued, stepping out from the tree's shadow, and walking into the clearing with a small smile on his face...
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Zaine noticed Dante but didn't turn around to face him. He couldn't bear to let him see him like this. "I don't get it Dante. Why do all of the adults want me to forget about Longtail? I mean first Kor, then the others, and now Longtail's mother. I don't want to let go of him, and I can't bring myself about to kill him either." He closed his eyes, sobbing. "I don't know what to do!"
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Mr. Thicknose looked at Grandpa Longneck, "It seems likely he snuck away to try to find and maybe try to save Longtail himself."
"I can go and look for him.' Rhyn said.
"Maybe he go to mysterious beyond, get lost, can't find way back." Petrie said, getting scared at the thought.
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Dante nodded.
"I know how you feel. When they told us that, it...it tore me apart. I can't wrap my head around it... Why would they want us to do the thing that they know will hurt us the most? I won't bring myself to kill him. No matter what, I'll stick with you. But I won't let him go. Ever. He's the first one who I've really rusted since Arius, and I won't let him go."
He said, looking at Zaine with a firm resolve in his eyes...
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((Oh goody...Dante and Zaine are in the same place...I've been wanting to use this plot device for a LONG time! :smile ))
Soul sighed quietly and stepped over to Dante and Zaine. She looked both of them over for a moment and then said, "I suppose it would help if you knew why you two are so attached to Longtail. Do either of you know why my son is so important to you? It is because you three are bonded together not just by your friendship, but by the three spirits that protect you...that would be us."
Soul took a 'breath' and continued "You three are all different, but at the same time only a small part of each other. When the three of you are together don't you feel that nothing can go wrong? Or that during a fight, your victory is certain? That is your spiritual bond working together as one."
She then looked downcast as she then stated:
"But now that bond is shattered...you two will have to rely on each other, and the others who will be traveling with you. But above all now that you know...you MUST learn to let go without letting go. You'll understand what that means when the time is right. Do either of you have any questions?"
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Grandpa Longneck nodded to Rhyn and said, "Yes that is a good idea, Petrie would you like to go help too?" He merely asked so the two flyers wouldn't be alone during such dangerous times.
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Rhyn looks at Petrie, "Come on, it'll be safer together. And if we get into any danger or see danger I can whistle." Rhyn said.
"Maybe it ok, if we stay in air." Petrie said, a but not sure.
Rhyn nods, "ok, and well above tree level." Rhyn said.
Petrie finally nods, "ok. We have look see. Others may need help and unable to tell anyone." He said.
Petrie stood up and clasp his hands into fists and puffed out his chest to psych himself up. He then launched himself into the air with Rhyn close behind, who caught up to him.
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Zaine nodded. "Thanks Dante. I'm glad I can count on you." He then looked back at Soul. "Yeah, I had a feeling the three of us were bonded together like that, but I can't imagine it's completely shatered. The two of us are still here, so maybe it's only weakened, but we have to believe we can bring him back. Somewhere inside him there is still good that is trying to fight this dark corruption." Zaine then thought to himself.
"But what if she's right? What if we do have to actually kill him? How is that going to free him? No! I can't think like this. We are going to free him. I know it!"
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Blueberry took word again, and this time he was all serious.
He looked at Zal and Thicknose.
"What valley?" he asked.
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Just my point of view here, Ecco said. I think it would be more needed to find Longtail and to bring him back, before anything else. You know why?... I¥ll tell you why. Everytime you grown ups argue and try to solve any problem, the kids already did. Doesn¥t it seem.... a bit strange to you all? I really think the younger ones are much smarter then you all. I am sorry, but that¥s just my opinion.
Scarface thought about what Ecco just told. In one point you are right,... the grown ups argue to much. But I think that¥s just because they worry about the kids,... and are worried. So they just seem to argue that long, because they can¥t decide, what¥s the savest way for them and special the kids to solve a problem.
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"Just a certain valley I heard the oldest people tell some stories about when I was the same age as you kids." Mr. Thicknose said.
"Very dangerous to get to." Zal said.
"As for bringing Longtail here, from what you say he sounds like he's totally corrupted. It would be the same as bringing Red Claw here and expecting him to be nice. at least till the cause of the corruption is taken care of. As for arguing if it does continue I'll just go and see about taking care of the cause myself." Mr. Thicknose said with full seriousness in his voice.
"I'll go with you, and I expect many of Blue-eye's herd here will want to go also." Zal said.
"I think you would not be the only one from the inhabitants here who would be going." Mim said.
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Rhyn & Petrie continued flying as they looked for Zaine.
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Cyrix indeed nodded his head in agreement with Mim's last statement as he proclaimed "If you are going Mr.Thicknose, then so am I. Longtail is my nephew after all...and what sort of mentor would I be if I just left him out there."
Grandpa Longneck nodded solemnly to what Zal had pointed out. He then said, "Well it seems once again, we have reached a two way point, some here want Longtail brought back, and others feel we need to find the cause of this problem before any rescue can be made. Then at such a hard time such as this and although this will cause a very big commotion I suggest we separate some of our herd to search for the cause and the others to find Longtail...does anyone else agree?"
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Soul sighed and said, "Unfortunately we don't have much time left to talk you two...just know this...when you do find Longtail...and trust me you will...you will have to fight him...there will be no way around that."
As her form began to disappear she uttered one more phrase: "Let go of everything you fear to lose.
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I agree with that, Ecco said. Though I¥ll be in the group then, who is searching for Longtail.
Chomper continued sleeping on Littlefoots back.
Scarface looked over to Blue-eye. What do you think is needed to be settled in the first place? The searching for Longtail or for the cause of the problem, he asked.
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Blueberry stepped out of the cirlce and walked over to Cyrix.
"Cyrix, a word...?" he said and leaned his head away from the circle.
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Cyrix nodded at Blueberry and stepped aside from the rest of the circle and asked, "What would you like to speak about Blueberry?"
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After a few thoughts, how he will manage to find Longtail, Ecco thought about where Longtail could be. In the Great Valley? In the Mysterious Beyond?... Moment! Wait a second
Hey, everyone listen, I think we forgot something. A very important thing. Ecco adressed to the group. This purple light changed everything. Here and in the Mysterious Beyond. It is still there. So we can definitly tell, this is the cause, why the GV looks like it is right now. But where the light comes from, that we don¥t know. From what I¥ve heard from Blueberry, it came out of the ground, and not from the sky.
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Blue-eyes nodded. "Some of the flying sharpteeth who are members of my herd mentioned to my great grand father seeing skyfire of that color come from the ground and head to the sky, instead of sky to ground like skyfire does usually."
He looked at Scarface, "We are not sure where Longtail is, but if we take care of the problem Longtail should be ok."
"Or it'll be much easier to bring him back." Mr. Thicknose said. "Either way at least some have to see about dealing with the cause itself."
"He may be with whoever caused this or someone who is utilizing it for their own benefit." Zal said.
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Wait. Wasn¥t there this raptor who took Longtail with him. Does anyone here has any clue this guy was? I guess he has something to do with it.
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Dante nodded.
"Right. Makes sense. I wondered why I could see you guys. Well...If that's the case...I won't give up on him. We'll do it together, right Zaine?"
He said, calmly...
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Zaine still couldn't get what Soul said out of his mind. Let go of what I fear to lose? "I don't know if I can do this Dante. I've never been told to kill a friend before, especially Longtail. I'm so confused."
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Blueberry found a pair of stubs and sat down, he invited Cyrix with him.
"I was just curious, I thought you should know..."
You see, I just remembered something from that old flyer Zal. I thought I had forgotten...
Tell me Cyrix, have you ever heard of that place?"
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Cyrix sat down across from Blueberry as he sighed and replied, "well...as a matter of fact, I have heard stories of such a place...last time it was spoken of it was called "Unknown Valley" or was it Forbidden Valley..well nevertheless I know that most dinosaurs who travel there just don't return. May I ask why you ask?"
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"No one has returned since the time of the ancients, Cyrix." Blueberry added.
"And yeah, it doesn't have a name. I guess you know about my past, don't you?
Then you know that I traveled with the lone fastrunners once. They took me under their wings... taught me everything about the ancients. And that's from where I know about this place.
I...don't know all about it, there's just something about it that I can't really remember... something of great importance..."
Blueberry leaned forward. He tried to remember...
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Cyrix gave a small smile as he said, "Well Blueberry I did have my suspicions about your past, but it seems I was right...at least partially. If it makes it any easier, I too know about the Ancients. It is something I've been wanting to tell for quite a while. But I didn't tell Longtail for...personal reasons. I think I may know of the important thing you speak of..."
Cyrix took a breath and continued, "It happens to be part of the song I had Longtail memorize as a matter of fact. It goes like this... By the Guardians light...we live to fight...to protect the ones we hold at night...to see the light...at the end of the fight...and know that it warms our hearts." And that song was supposed to be sung by the Ancients to show that the world that both dark and light were needed for our survival."
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Blueberry opened his eyes widely as if he ahd been strucked by lightning.
He looked at Cyrix.
"Wait! Say that again!"
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Cyrix blinked for a moment and managed to say, "Alright...By the Guardians light, we live to fight, to protect the ones we hold at night....to see the light...at the end of the fight...and know that it warms our hearts."
He then asked Blueberry "Is something more important in the song than I thought?"
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"Seems you folks are sorting things out yourself so I'll be off." Mr. Thicknose said as he turned to go.
"& i've a few relatives I've not visited here in a while that I should now that I'm already here." Zal said as she got ready to fly off.
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"I'm not sure... it just makes me think about another story that the lone fastrunners told me...
If I only could figure out what was so special about it..."
Blueberry said quietly.
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Dante looked at Zaine.
"I hope it doesn't come down to that. I doubt it will, but...just in case..."
He turned towards Arius.
"Teach me what you know about fighting with powers beyond this world. I have the Sankakku, but...Is there some way to use spiritual power to fight? If there is, I need to know..."
He said, eyes firm...
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"Lone fastrunners? Were they friends of Doc?" Rhyn said, thinking out loud.
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Cyrix raised an eye ridge and turned as he asked Rhyn "Excuse me...do you need help young one?"
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Rhyn looked at herself all over then back at Cyrix, "No, I seem to be ok."
"Sorta odd question to ask. Why are you feeling sick?" Mia asked.
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Cyrix stood up and stepped over to Rhyn and said, "To answer your question...I do not know if they knew Doc or not." He then asked "What do you know of the Lone Fastrunners?
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"Lone Fastrunners? I've had little contact with them personally, but I have heard about them while on my travels..."
Motochika said, breaking his silence at last...
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Cyrix nodded and turned to Blueberry and asked, "Well it seems the lone fast runners are a widely talked about rumor at this point...would you care to separate fact from rumor...of course you don't have to if you are sworn to keep it a secret."
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Petrie nodded, "Me keep secret." He said nodding.
Diver nodded, "I can too. I certainly can."
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"The lone fastrunners was, or maybe they still are, a legendary herd of fastrunners who possesed great knowledge and arts. I lived with them as a kid, due to the loss of my family..."
Something flashed in the eyes of the blue runner as he mentioned his family, he turned his head away for a few seconds...
"They learned me everything I know... before they left me to live here in the Great Valley. Who knows where they are now..." Blueberry said.
Then he chuckled a bit.
"As for seperate rumor from fact... No, the lone fastrunner are not overnatural!"
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"So they are real like Doc is." Diver said.
"And no magic like being able to make ground sparkles appear at will or breathing out very cold air." Mia said skeptical of the whole magic stuff.
"They sound like interesting individuals to meet." Mim said.
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They are, indeed. But only if you get to face one. They are very shy I think, Ecco said.
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Cyrix looked startled as he asked, "Wait...Blueberry...they left you here...may I ask why? I would hope it was to learn about what makes this valley so unique. And not just to...get rid of you."
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"... I have also wondered why they left me here..." Blueberry mumbled quietly.
"But I don't think... no... I know they wouldn't leave me here to get rid off me.."
"I think that they wanted to protect me..." Blueberry said.
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Cyrix looked puzzled as he asked to everyone present, "But protect you from what...I wonder? Perhaps this is cause for more understanding. I think we need to find out why this is all happening...do you agree?
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"Yes, Cyrix is right." Blueberry said and rose up from the stumb.
"I think all of us should gather..." he suggested and looked at the others.
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Blueberry, Ecco began. Can you remind the raptor who took Longtail with him?
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"Yes, I remember him, though I wish I didn't...
What about him?" Blueberry said, looking at Ecco
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It¥s just a thought, but... maybe they tried to protect you of him.
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"Maybe, but then why him?
There are several dangerous fiends out in the Mysterious Beyond, they might aswell wanted to protect me from RedClaw... or from the hazards of the Mysterious beyond in general...
Also, it seems that no one has ever heard of this guy before... he... just appeared?" Blueberry said thoughtfully...
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Zaine shook his head. "I can't think like this! I have to believe I'll find Longtail, whether his mother wants me to let go of him or not. I know deep down in his heart the real Longtail is fighting back, and I'm going to find him if it's the last thing I do!" He then looked over towards Dante. "I don't know about you, but I'm going to find him. My best bet is in the Mysterious Beyond. I won't care if you don't come with me, but just don't tell the others. Especially Blueberry. He'll do anything to stop me." With that, he turned and headed into the direction of the Mysterious Beyond. He eventually stopped and looked back at the Great Valley and his friend. He waited a little bit in case Dante decided to follow him.
Wherever you are Longtail, I'm going to find you and bring you back home.
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Blueberry turned to Cyrix again.
"We need the others to gather. But I highly doubt the adults would like it...
This has to be done discretly..."
"I agree." Littlefoot said. They are sure not to like us planing stuff..."
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"It could be to protect you from becoming corrupt which seems to effect some exposed to parts of the phenomenon." Mr. Thicknose said.
"It could also be, maybe in part, so someone who has learned some from them could teach others also." Mim said.
Mr. Thicknose nodded, "That is possible also, and something I was about to say."
"There is 1 less fiend out there. My sister helped take care of the sharptooth, she certainly did." Diver said nodding.
"Me remember." Petrie said, shivering a bit, scared of even the remembering of him.
"Is there some way to find them or signal them that they may be needed here? Or do they wonder around like Doc does?" Mim asked.
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Cyrix sighed and replied to Blueberry by saying: "I'm afraid you may be right. We need to find the other young ones." He then turned to Littlefoot and asked, "Can you find the others and bring them here...but keep it quite. We don't want to start a riot amongst the grown-ups"
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"Sure... I will"
"We'll wait for you at the Thundering Falls." Blueberry said and smiled at him.
"Thank you."
"No problem, see you later!" Littlefoot smiled back before running off.
Blueberry turned to the ones present.
"Okay, lets head for the falls."
OCC: To make extremly long post short... ASSUME Littlefoot talked to you if you're controling a young character, and head for the Thundering falls.
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Littlefoot sneaked around the legs of the adults. He spoke to all the other young ones, Ruby and her company, he managed to get Petrie's attention and told him aswell.
Then he got to Cera.
"Hey Cera, Blueberry needs us at the Thundering Falls, we are going to talk about Longtail... you coming?"
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(ooc: Is that just the gang, or does it include my oc young ones of Diver (one of Ducky's twin sisters) and her 2 friends Mia (a maiasaur) and rhyn (a long tailed flier of rinkus's type?)
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Zaine wasn't sure if Dante had followed him or not, but he kept mving. He wondered what the others were doing right now. "They're probably worried about me. Well I don't care. None of the adults were going to help me find Longtail, so I have to do this myself." He then began calling out his friend's name. "Longtail! Longtail! Where are you?"
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Dante leapt from tree to tree.
"Longtail! Can you hear me?!"
He yelled, moving alongside Zaine...
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(( I would assume it would be any of the children that want to come including our OC's))
Cyrix sighed as this was taking longer than he thought it would, as the bright circle was starting to fall from the sky, but he knew he still had some day light left. He suddenly had an idea, he figured if he couldn't find Cera and Petrie, he decided he'd look for Ducky, and her sister Diver as they were related and were sure to be together this late in the day.
He stepped up to Ducky's nest also knowing that most of the elders were still arguing. Cyrix slowly approached the pond and whispered "Ducky? Diver...are you two here? Please...I need to speak with you. It is very important."
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OCC: Who is with Ruby¥s group now? Spiral, Mim? I am not sure at all
IC: Ruby followed Blueberry¥s lead and turned to the other young one¥s. Okay, let¥s go.
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Zaine glanced over at Dante and smiled. "It's nice to know you still have my back Dante. I don't think I could do this without you." He then returned to calling out for Longtail. "Where are you Longtail? Please answer!" Where could he be?
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OCC: (Who was playing Cera again? )
OCC: ( I would assume it would be any of the children that want to come including our OC's) This is correct.
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OOC: (I think GVG is playing Cera. If you need me to, and if he doesn't mind, I can fill in as Cera for him)
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(OOC: im confused, is this some time later when littlefoot comes to the kids and tells them, or is it from the previous post where most are at the meeting? ))
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(OOC: im confused, is this some time later when littlefoot comes to the kids and tells them, or is it from the previous post where most are at the meeting? ))
OOC: ( I said ASSUME. Littlefoot has been walking from youngster to youngster. It's up to them if they're following him to the thundering falls or not. NO adults heard or saw him. I choosed to do it that way to save time and effort. It would have been one * of a long post the other way. And if you still want the gorwn ups to have noticed them, come up with a excuse, like: "I'm going off to play... "etc etc.
The thing is simple:
-Want you young OC's to go along in the search for Longtail in part 2? BRING them to the Thundering falls. Asap. )
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(OOC: I'm still confused but I"ll have to plough through amd just do what makes sense to me even if it does not fit. I have to assume it is the next day or something and over the course of the day LIttefoot does what he does.))
Petrie nodded to Littlefoot then seeing there may be some grownups nearby says aloud: "Good idea, me go ask Guido if he want to join in game near Secret Caverns." Petrie said, saying it in his normal voice in case any grownups heard. He flew off towards in the direction where Guido usually was at that time of day, but once he got near trees he flew down among them and headed off towards the thundering falls.
The 3 friends (Rhyn, Diver, & Mia were playing near there favorite spot when Littlefoot came to them and left. They got together and talked about what to do. They nodded at the plan. Rhyn could fly and was fastest and if they were goiing to leave the Great Valley and look for someone they should ask if their friends Deon or Blue-eyes could come, secretly. Having a friendly fast biter was useful, and they had had adventures together.
Rhyn took off as fast as she could while Mia and Diver went over to the stream and started to swim up it for a bit, heading towards Thundering falls, but at a pace that seemed like 2 kids playing and not really heading any where in particular. They did get and head over to land, heading near the small cave they knew lead outside near where their friends lived.
Rhyn landed near the exit/entrance to the cave outside a bit tired. She whistled her whistle name and the whistle for help, but non emergency help and Deon and Blue-eye's whistle names. She wished
she was as good at the whistle language as Mia was.
Deon looked up at his older brother. "Sounds like Rhyn needs our help."
"You should stay here."
"They were my friends first. We face danger together and if you want to go you'll have to tell mommy & daddy why you can't watch me for a while." Deon said.
Blue-eyes nodded picking up his younger brother. And put him onto his back. "Ok, hold on tight." Deon held grabbed a hold of his brother who then ran off towards the entrance to their special small cave. He got there quickly with his fast running.
"Come, we must meet at the Thundering Falls. Littlefoot wants to go and look for and rescue someone who left the Great Valley." Rhyn said as she flew up seeing them get near.
"I saw young longneck outside Flattooth valley before.." Deon said.
"That wasn't Littlefoot, come on, we have little time." Rhyn said and flew back to the Great Valley.
Once there Blue-eyes whistled for Mia and Diver who helped them make their way to the Thundering Falls, swimming underwater for periods of time, hiding in bushes at times ect.
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After what seemed like an hour of searching, Zaine and Dante couldn't find any sign of Longtail. Zaine shook his head in frustration. "He has to be here somewhere. We can't give up looking Dante. I know Longtail is here!"
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Cyrix along with Cera in tow finally reached the Thundering Falls. Cera gave a huff of frustration and said, "This had better be worth it Mr. Cyrix. My daddy is going to yell for days when he finds out about this, even with you tagging along, he's not going to be happy."
Cyrix then sighed and replied, "Well Cera, we will just have to wait to see what happens." He then stepped over to the other children who were present and waited for others to show up, knowing the word would spread fast.
He then noticed Blueberry under the waterfall like so many mornings before meditating, trying to clear his thoughts on what was to come. Cyrix then looked up as the bright circle slowly began to set over the mountains surrounding the valley.
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A pair of eyes were watching both Dante and Zaine. These eyes were familiar and yet so different that had they noticed they might not have realized who they were looking at.
A laugh then cut through the air, getting both Zaine and Dante's attention and the voice behind it was one they both recognized. "Hello boys...long time. So, you've both come looking for me...how...noble. You sad fools, you should know by now...that friendships or not... you... are...DOOMED!" Longtail then laughed a dark evil laugh once again as he stepped out into the last few moments of daylight.
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Petrie landed near where Cera was, "How many come?" He asked looking around at some others present with curiosity.
(OOC: Not sure if folks or the gm want me to bring in just 1-2 of my oc's or some sort of limit since I have quite a few oc kids? I'd not mind.)
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Ruby and Ecco were waiting next to Littlefoot for the others to come. Ecco got interested as he saw Blueberry under the thunderfalls. He went to him and stood himself under the waterfall as well. But not for a long time, because the water was falling hard and it was very cold. "WOAH." He made a jump back. "How do you manage to do that Blueberry?" He asked a bit confused.
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Blueberry did not answer. Infact, he didn't even move.
He sat absolutlely still, breathing deeply.
But inside his mind... there was a storm.
Blueberry had wandered far back in time. Back to when he traveled with the lone fastrunners... he know he could remember more of the hidden valley... only if he found the right time and memory...
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Dante turned to face Longtail.
"Longtail. You finally show yourself, huh? Look...I don't want to hurt you...but...You leave me no choice..."
He said, then shut his eyes for a moment. When he opened them, they glowed with the aura of the Sankakku...
"Bring it on...my friend..."
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Virgil and Motochika ran joined the others at the Thundering falls. Motochika strummed his Shamisen nervously, then spoke.
"Cyrix, Cera, Ecco, Ruby, Petrie...Blueberry... It is a pity we must meet here under such sad, dismal circumstances..."
He trailed off...
Virgil nodded.
"He's right. It's a shame that we're meeting to discuss the loss of our friend. But we have to plan..."
He said, resolutely...
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(OOC: not sure of the ooc comment or what it means.))
Petrie flew a bit close to the waterfall, not planning on flying into it just to see what the attraction was. Some flecks of water fell onto Petrie who shivered and flew back to where Cera was. "To cold for Petrie. Feel like when groundsparkles get on wings." He said, shivering again at the memory.
Rhyn flew in and landed a short distance off from the rest. "Is this everyone?" She asked looking around.
"Me no know." Petrie said shaking his head.
"Some of my friends are just behind me, but 2 of them may frighten you by their appearance." Rhyn said.
"But they are certainly are friendly, they certainly are." Diver said running up from where she had been running.
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Cera frowned at the memory of the frozen sky water and said to Petire, "Ugh don't remind me...that whole adventure was way to cold." She then turned to face Rhyn and said, "Oh yeah, how scary can your two friends really be?"
Cyrix however turned to Virgil and Motochika as he said, "This is far more than just a sad time. This is also a time for redemption, and change...in all of us. I do hope you two are ready."
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Longtail scoffed and replied, "Oh dear...Dante...where I come from...those are fighting words!" He then took a fighting stance, but before he attacked he muttered "What's wrong Zaine...too stunned to fight? Are you afrid of me? Are you sure you have the strength to kill me if needed....cause I doubt you do."
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Motochika nodded.
"I am...prepared for what may come. I feel as such, at the least..."
He said, grimly smiling...
Virgil nodded as well.
"The same for me. Though...there is something I must let you know. I have...a unique, and...deadly power. Now isn't the time for that, though. I'll tell you later."
He said to Cyrix...
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Dante cracked his neck, squaring off into his fighting stance.
"I really don't want to have to do this, pal...but..."
He shut his eyes for a moment, letting a tear run down his face.
"But I will, to save you. Let's get it on!"
He said, lunging...
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(OOC: I'm not sure how far Gustav wanted us to get in this fight between Zaine, Longtail, and Dante, especially since the first part is ending soon, so let's not get too carried away all righty? :D )
Longtail was right. Zaine didn't have the strength to kill him. In fact, Zaine wasn't scared of Longtail, but instead for him. He didn't want to fight him, not his best friend. But now they were being forced to, and Zaine couldn't take it. "Longtail! Snap out of it! We're your friends!"
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Rhyn looked at Cera, "You'll see, but they are friendly despite the kind that they are." She said then whistled Mia's name.
Mia came out where the others could see her, going on all fours as Maiasaurs often did. Riding her was a small deinonychus type of fastbiter. He looked around the area and said i flattooth, "It is neat here." He said smiling. Walking beside her was a larger fastbiter that resembled a larger version of the one on Mia's back as if they could be related. He was around Ruby's size, more or less.
"The younger one on Mia is Deon. He traveled with us after we were separated from our families after the big earthshake. He certainly did." Diver said.
"Yea, I helped them find their folks and we found mine too. I followed the smell of their famiilies. and Diver thought me how to swim too." He said smiling again at the happy memories of their traveling together.
"Ya, we figured if we are going to be traveling outside of the Great Valley we should ask some close friends of ours who are fastbiters to come along." Mia said.
"And the other one is Blue-eyes his older brother" Mia said.
Deon looked at Littlefoot. "Are we going to rescue your brother. I was with my mommy before and saw a young longneck outside flattooth valley heading away from it. He was to far away and did not hear me say hi." Deon said a bit sad but understanding one could be to far to hear.
(OOC: and there was a post where Deon did see I think Zaine and said hello but Zaine did not respond, maybe since he was to far away to hear him. I've no idea what page.)
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(ooc: I have done the above. Not sure what all the fuss is about. A little confusion is understandable no need to get huffy about it.)
Another thing that may need discussion, if you are going to start a part 2 discussion is will all the fc's be reopen for folks to want, or just those who do not seem to have a player at the end of part 1. & so this is not an all ooc post a little something that I find humorous even if no else does. ))
Petrie looked over where the newcomers were. "Ff.f.f. fastbiters?!?" he said with some fear in his voice and launched himself into the air to fly to and cling to Littlefoot's neck, closing his eyes as he held on shivering.
"Fastbiters? Where? Where?" Deon said looking around to see where the other fast biters were & hoping they were friendly.
Blue-eyes leaned over and tapped his younger brother on the shoulder. "I do believe they mean us." He said smiling.
Diver nods, "He does I think. I certainly do, yup." Diver said.
"Not many fast biters walking casually around here." Mia said with a slight sarcastic, but friendly overall, tone of voice.
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While Dante was lunging at Longtail, the young courrupted flyer was laughing and laughing hard! He then waited for the last moment and simply side stepped out of the way. He continued laughing as he watched Dante land on the ground where he stood moments ago. He then said, "Oh come on boys, surely my two former friends can stop me....and I haven't even attacked yet! What a pair of fools! You especially Zaine...such a coward that you have to have Dante fight your battles. You sicken me!"
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Cyrix turned to the children and said, "Please, we need to be quiet now...I believe Blueberry has something to say to us."
Cera just stuck her nose in the air and turned to face Blueberry and wondered what he had to say.
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Spiral and Kariya had moved off to discuss their actions in private. Spiral didn't think there was anything that they could do to help out...he was convinced that he'd be nothing more than a burden on the others. Kariya had tried to tell him otherwise, but nothing had worked. He did feel that he owed them for helping him, but couldn't think of something that he could do. This made him rather unhappy.
"We should at least go see what they're up to...even if we can't help," Kariya said.
"You're right...We could see...Not that it'll do much good..." he responded. With that, the pair moved off for the Thundering Falls, doing their best to keep hidden, a task made a bit more difficult due to Spiral's leg. It did take some time for them to get to the Falls, mainly due to their taking an extended route, but they did get there. They were fairly surprised due to the presence of the pair of fastbiters, but after studying their demeanor (and that of the others present) Spiral realized that they weren't there to fight. The pair arrived at the Falls and approached the others, having caught the tail end of Cyrix's words.
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Hi, Scarface said with a shy smile, nice to meet you.
OCC: I dont know where Scarface is now. Guess he is still with Blue-eye
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Zaine shook his head. "You're the one who sickens me! You've let yourself become twisted by this thing until now you've become the very evil you were afraid of! Deep down inside you know this is not the true Longtail! You have to fight this thing that's controlling you! Think about your friends! Think about your uncle! He needs you now more than ever!"
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Deon looked at Blueberry getting a bit wide eyed and smiling a bit, "He's a neat color of blue." He said.
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"Yeah! Littlefoot said.
We're going to search for Longtail! Blueberry has a very good idea, he just need some thinking to remember a certain location, the location of the Hidden Valley!"
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Blueberry opened his eyes. He sat silent for a few seconds, then rose up and jumped to the shore. He walked to the group that have gathered.
"I remember. I know where it is" he said.
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"Great, let's all run there right now, why wait." Mia said.
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Indeed, Ecco agreed. We should get there as soon as possible.
Chomper still slept on Littlefoots back, just groaning a bit from time to time.
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Blueberry's heart froze. He looked with wild open eyes over the group of dinosaurs infront of him. Something was not right...
"Where is Dante?" he said.
Then his eyes got big.
"Zaine!?"
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Ecco looked around himself. I don¥t know. I saw them the last time as they were asking for Longtail.
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Cyrix sighed and said, "This is going to be a very bad night."
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At that moment Longtail dodged another attack and said in a mocking tone "This is going to be a wonderful night!" he then laughed as stood up and looked on at Zaine and Dante.
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Zaine shook his head. "This isn't getting us anywhere Dante! We need a new plan and fast!" He wanted to do something, but he didn't want to hurt Longtail. Maybe this is what Soul meant when she said to let go. The only way I can fight him is if I'm not afraid. But how do I do that?
He stepped towards Longtail. "Listen Longtail! I know you're still in there, so pay attention! I don't care what you do to me, but I would never hurt you and I don't plan on starting to now. Hold me prisoner for all I care! Sooner or later I'll break through to you.
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"Maybe one of them were the longneck I saw outside flattooth valley here, heading away from it. He was about his size." Dante said pointing to Littlefoot. "I don't know about the other one." He said.
(OOC: I don't recall but I assume he was around Littlefoot's size more or less. If not just say and I"ll change my pose)
"Maybe they ran off to try to save longtail. They certainly could have, yup they could." Diver said.
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Dante had stood up, facing Longtail, then dropped his hands.
"Zaine's right. I won't fight you. Do what you will to me, but I'm not gonna fight back. You've...left me nothing to fight for..."
He said, sadly lowering his head...
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Zaine dropped to his knees and blinked a tear. That other dinosaur we saw back in the cave did something to Longtail. I know it! The real Longtail wouldn't let such evil and power inside of him take control. Maybe by letting Longtail take me and Dante to his master we can set him free.
"Longtail, I surrender! There is no point in fighting anymore. You're my best friend, and I could never kill you. Maybe you'll still have it in you to spare us."
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It started as a chuckle from Longtail, but it quickly changed into an all out laughter. He was laughing at how easy and sad this was, he just couldn't believe that his former friends gave up so quickly when they were trying..and poorly mind you...to save him.
He gave a dark and sinister grin as he replied:
"I don't like the idea of letting my foes live....but...if my master were here, I'm sure we could come to some sort of agreement. Speaking of which my master has been absent for quite some time. Oh well as long as I get to have some fun." He then started to walk forward when something caught his eye...
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Zaine closed his eyes and waited for Longtail to strike him down. Maybe seeing me in danger like this will cause the real Longtail to break through. Or maybe we'll be lucky and his master will arrive and stop him from killing us.
"Longtail you don't have it in you to kill us! You will never be able to kill us because deep down you know we are right! We're your friends, and as such our bond is going to take this so called curse or evil down and free you! Don't you get it? This master of yours is using you for his own desires! He doesn't care about you! He'll get rid of you once he's done with you!"
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"Talking behind other people's back... you dissapoint me kid..." an ice cold voice vibrated trough the air. And there was Hadrian. The one moment he wasn't there. The other he was standing next to Longtail, holding on of his giant claws on Longtail's shoulder. His sclaes on his back where pulsating with dark purple glow, and it was as if the air around his body fleeing away from him. He gently tapped Longtail on the shoulder and walked forward to Zaine and Dante. Then he stopped and bent down to his knees before Zaine. There he sat for a few seconds... just looking into Zaine's eyes... and for the first time... he made a little smile. Then, he blinked with his right eye and with a swift move placed one of his giant hand claws straight under Zaine's chin.
"Now it's my turn to dissapoint you..." he claped with two of his claws in front of Zaine's face.
"Hello! Wakie wakie kid! Look at me!" Then he paused and looked into Zaine's eyes again.
"Give up your friend... " he whispered...
Hadrian slowly got up again, he looked over at the horizon... the sun was going down... then he looked down at Zaine and Dante. His face turning into a twisted grin.
"Lets go for a walk!"
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To be continued....