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« on: March 28, 2011, 11:22:43 PM »
Chapter 2
"And then Kit stayed on the longerest and most!" Ducky seemed as excited as if she'd won again as she told both Petrie, his mother and a few of the other grown-ups, both her and Kit's mother's included, of the game.
"Wow!" Petrie glanced over to his cousin who gave a small smile, "You really stay on longer than Ducky!".
Kit shrugged, "I...guess". Lily smiled at her daughter, "Well that's great, Kit" she praised in that way parents do of backing up whatever their kids do and causing their own kind of pressure without meaning to.
"Yes, it sounds great, I think" Petrie's mother smiled to the other female adults, "Even if I'm still picking up the ins and outs of this game of the childrens". Mrs. Swimmer and Lily smiled back and nodded that yes, so were they, struggling to keep up with the kids' next big thing.
"Wow, maybe next time we play, Petrie let you have me spot again" Petrie said, "since me still not very good" he frowned.
"Don't worry Petrie, you'll get it" Kit encouraged, putting a wing around her cousin.
"Yeah, now that your cousin's the great log running winner, maybe she can give you pointers" Cera said as she walked up. She sounded sarcastic, but as the kids had picked up on, wasn't; just giving her usual brand of a half joke.
Even if Littlefoot still felt a part of her was bothered by the fact that she hadn't had a chance to try to win.
"Mr. Thicknose just told me about a spot with some really good tree sweets" he informed the others as to why he and Cera were walking up, "you guys wanna come?" he looked to Kit, Petrie, Ducky and Spike.
"Oh yes" Ducky cheered, "And we can give Kit extras of them for her winning prize" she giggled, just being helpful and nice as she hugged Kit herself in congratulations again.
Kit started to feel an odd stomach plummet and gave a half smile back as she secretly wished Ducky would just stop talking about her winning so much.
"Well only if Petrie feels up to it..." she glanced over to her cousin who stood, "Oh yes, me feel much better" he said. Kit made sure to glanced up to her aunt and make sure she approved, because otherwise it wouldn't matter how much better Petrie said he was. Mrs. Flyer smiled and nodded.
"Okay!" Kit flapped up, Petrie following. They flew off along with Littlefoot, Cera and Spike, who carried Ducky as always.
"You kids stay in the Valley now" Lily called out as the children walked off.
"We will" they chorused.
"They always say that..." Lily sighed, shaking her head and glancing to Mrs. Swimmer and Petrie's mom with that same knowing look. The three mothers sighed. Yes, they knew the kids TRIED to obey, they just wern't good at staying put.
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"Here you go, Kit!" Ducky pushed over what looked like the best of her little pile as the children all gathered tree sweets. As usual, even while finding smallish ones, the tree sweets were the size of Ducky, Petrie and Kit. That's why Kit felt so bad as she was given an extra.
"Oh...that's ok" she pushed it back, "I don't need a congrad-lation gift".
"But you winned" Ducky pushed it back.
"Yes..." Kit pushed it again. Petrie had already been watching this and now the others started looking in that direction too, "...but, well, I don't wanna be full for tonight after my mom collects lots of tree stars". Kit's stomach plummeted again as she said this.
First she hadn't actually felt she'd won, now she'd lied...
Duck bought it though, "Oh, right" she recalled how she and Spike had done just that once. "Well ok, then I will not get fulled up either and we will leave it for someone else to find".
"Kit, you ok?" Petrie asked suddenly, causing her to look over at him sharply, "Huh?!".
"You looking kinda sickish" Petrie pointed out.
"I'm good" Kit smiled beyond another bad feeling. Lie number two.
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Later that night, after the kids returned home, Kit tried to eat as much as she could to sort of make what she'd said true, but her appetite just wasn't there at all.
"Are you sure you're feeling alright..." Lily asked her daughter, "You didn't catch what Petrie had did you?" she felt Kit's head.
The hatchling sighed, "No, he got sniffles from sky water, you don't catch those" she said.
"Not usually no" Lily smiled, "Well ok, I was just checking".
Kit gave a small smile, "Thanks, but I'm ok". The tally was now up to three.
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A chance for telling the truth did come the next day as the kids were all gathered again by the water they always used for this game. "Kit, will you play today?" Ducky asked.
With a smile, Kit nodded, "Sure, and who knows you'll probably win today" she felt good that both sentences were the truth she felt.
Ducky giggled. From where he settled on the grass near Littlefoot to watch, Petrie didn't seem to mind having to sit out either. "Me just might give Kit all me turns" he said.
Littlefoot laughed, "Aw Petrie, you're better at the game than you think" he encouraged.
Cera rolled her eyes then turned to where Ducky, Chomper, Ruby and Kit prepared to go. "Well, let's see if the great-log-running-flyer can impress us today". Littlefoot and Petrie looked at the threehorn confused on why she seemed so bothered by all this praising of Kit; probably because she wasn't use to attention not directed at her.
Everyone on their logs started running and Kit kept glancing over to see how Ducky was doing. So far so good. The swimmer was still on the log. Kit watched her own feet run, thinking through...alot of stuff.
Chomper slipped again, frowning again, and was soon followed by...Kit, as the flyer tipped and flew off. She sighed but didn't seem that upset as she flapped over to the others on land just as Chomper swam in.
"Wow, Kit, you had worse luck today" the sharptooth commented. At his statement Petrie frowned and turned to his cousin, beak opening to ask something and Kit laughed as she already knew what it was.
"No Petrie" she answered with a giggle, clamping his beak shut gently, "I haven't eaten anything weird today, I promise" she grinned at the funny little idea she knew had entered his head.
It was as she turned from this to watch Ruby and Ducky now going at it against each other that she caught Cera looking at her from out of the corner of her eye. Kit turned to the threehorn, who wasn't frowning at her or anything, but just had a look like...like she knew...something. Kit smiled back nervously.