The Gang of Five
Role Play => Land Before Time RPG => Finished RP's => Topic started by: Threehorn on April 16, 2005, 07:33:44 PM
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A place that all swimmers knew about a long time back a place with islands of trees in a lake with water fresher then anything known to the dinosaur world, this place is soon forgotten by those that live in the Great Valley and their next generation of children not knowing the place of the Great Lake.
Morning broke and Ducky's mum wakens and looks at her children "Come on kids it a new day, the bright circle is already raising in the sky." Ducky's mum spoke softly
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Spike continues to snore away, in his usual deep sleep...
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Guan wakes up with a start when he was shoved awake.
"Wake up, lazy!" came a bright and happy voice.
Guan groans and looks over to see the smiling face of Donna, his youngest sister, who is only a little taller than Littlefoot. "What do you want? And how come you're not bothering Uncle Odon?"
"'Cause he's already awake, silly! And he said we can play today! You don't want to spend the only break we have before we have to train again sleeping, do you?"
Guan groans again. He wants to rest as much as he can because of his tiring training, but he promised Littlefoot and the others he'd come and play once he gets a break. And because of his spikethumb heritage, he won't break a promise. He gets up slowly, stretching his back, legs, and tail. He looks down at Donna. "Let's get a drink and something to eat first, then we all go find the others." He then leads Donna to the river, where he finds his other little sister, Goanna, having her morning drink.
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Ali Shook herself awake, peering out over the valley. It never ceased to amaze her that THIS was her home and that she would never have to wander again. She noticed a group of dinosaurs gathering near the pool. She stretched and got up and began to walk over to them.
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In the group was a swimmer named Zila with his only son Turio. "We travel far son, I think we could stay here for a time before going on the final leg of our journey"
"Yes father. I am glad we staying" Turio replied around Ducky's age and size. "Like to see the river, can I go?"
"Not without me son, this place might be nice but it has it dangours as well as the outside world of this valley. stay please" Zila replied
"Of couse father. I do not want to disappoint you" Turio nods and drinks some water.
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"I don't want to go in!" cried Donna, crossly.
"You have to," replied Guan. "You have to take a bath before I let you play! Do you want to look dirty in front of the other kids? Besides, I won't let Goanna dunk you again."
Donna looks at her older sister, only a head shorter than Guan, paddling in the water. She's still hesitant, but then moves slowly into the water, not keeping her eyes off Goanna.
Guan continues to watch before he himself gets into the river. The trio takes their baths just in time before Ali shows up.
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Zila walks with his son looking around and he notice children near a waterpool with one of them looking a lot order then the rest "How about we visit those kids over there maybe they will let you join them and have fun" Zila asked his son.
"Yes please! Father! can we! please! please please please!" Turio clapped with join.
"With that face I can't say no" Zila joked with a laugh walking over to the Spikethumbs "How they are a friendly bunch... last lot was so moody" Zila thought to himself.
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Donna was enjoying a ride on Guan's back in the water when she notices two duckbills coming towards them. "Guan look! Two new swimmers! Let's go say hi to them." She dives back into the water and paddles her way back up to shore.
"Don't go too far..." Guan began, but is pushed playfully by Goanna, dunking him underwater. Guan uses his strength and pushes Goanna off him, Goanna landing in a deeper section of the pool and later resurfacing with a laugh. Guan steps out of the pool and shakes himself dry, watching as Donna reaches the two swimmers.
"Hiya!" Donna piped, still dripping wet. "Welcome to the Great Valley! I'm Donna. Wanna play?"
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"Hi! I am Turio" Turio smiled then looked up at his dad "Can I?"
"Looks like she beat me to the punchline" Zila laughed "Sure, just don't go to far. your my only son remember"
"Yeah I know Father. I am very Important to you" Turio said
"Yes you are son, now go and have fun" Zila smiled walking past to the water hole looking at Guan. "I'm Zila, me and my son just arrived from a long journey from far lands. we not even reached where we going" Zila said to him calm and pleasent
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"Honored to meet you, Zila," Guan replied. "I'm Guan, and my two sisters are Donna and Goanna. We ourselves came here a while ago with my uncle, Odon. Where have you been heading to?"
While Guan talked with Zila, Donna leads Turio to the water pool and dives in, resurfacing a moment later. She turns her head over to Goanna. "This is Turio! He's new to the Valley, so you better not dunk him!"
"Fine," was Goanna's reply. "Hi Turio! The water's great!"
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"Well we going to the Great Lake. All swimmers travel there every so long. It the larest lake then any lake in the world. freshest water ever. My grandparents told me of the place that it for the swimmers to go to on the Blue moon. the only place to see the night circle blue three nights running for every so long... it time I believe is near so I am taking my son there" Zila said to Guan
"I love Water. I am a fast swimmer!" Turio clapped his hands.
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Guan raises his eyebrows. "Wow. I never heard of the place, but I do know some other duckbills that live here that may have heard of the place too. I wonder if they woke up already..."
"Let's have a water race!" cheered Donna.
The sisters swim to the side of the pool where Turio stands.
"Wait a minute," said Goanna. "Why not wait at least until some of the others come. It's about time Ducky faces a real swimming challenge here."
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"Ducky? is that another swimmer?" Turio asked them after he jumped in
Zila almost looked annoyed when Guan said Duckbill but he choice to calm down and tell Guan. "Duckbills! erm... no need to be rude but that to swimmers in this valley might be fine by it but swimmers like me outside this valley find Duckbills... well offensive... we like the name Swimmers... it what we do best." Zila told Guan calmly trying to get across that swimmers don't like that name much.
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Guan takes all of this to notice. "Oops... Sorry about that. We've been hearing the name around here alot when we got here, so we kind of got stuck to it. We truly never met any swimmers before we came here."
"Yep," replied Donna to Tulio. "She's one of the fastest swimmers in the Great Valley!"
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"It's fine, your the first spikethumbs I've met that not stuck up and very rude to others... I came across some about a few times ago... just wanted to talk and all I got was abusive words thrown at me and my son." Zila said "But that the past. You've seem very nice. Do you have any family near by? you seem a bit young to be alone with your two sisters. if you don't mind me asking" Zila asked.
"Wow really? I would like to race her then" Turio was happy to hear it.
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"All we have left for family is our Uncle Odon," Guan answered. "We...lost our parents long ago. So now our uncle takes care of us. I think he may be talking with one of the other adults not far away. Just about everyone here is nice...except for maybe one or two, but they're totally harmless."
"We have to wait until she arrives," Donna replied. "She may still be asleep."
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"I see... Well it only me and my son. we travelling with some far landers till here then when we move on we will be travelling I think alone for a time... just hope the risk of attacks is small" Zila looked a bit concerned on the travel plans for the rest of the way.
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"A said in one of our spikethumb sayings," Guan quoted, "'Expect nothing, and be prepared for anything and everything.' This means that danger will always be expected, and the Mysterious Beyond is full of such danger. Unless you are well-prepared for all the sharpteeth out there, it would not be a good idea for you and your son to go off alone." He pauses, thinking. "I wonder if the swimmers here could join you, since all the swimmers go to the Great Lake often, as you said so yourself. It's always good to travel in bigger numbers."
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"Yes I could... thank you, I might a little later. for now I'll just watch my son... I don't know how save this valley is I am not taking much a chance..." Zila said watching Turio having fun with Guan's sisters.
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"Same meaning with the spikethumb saying," agreed Guan. "There some dangerous places even in the Great Valley. That's why we all watch out for each other."
"While we wait for Ducky and the others," Donna started, "let's practice with our diving skills."
"Not you, little sister," Goanna said, stern. "You need to get the hang of swimming distances. Uncle Odon says you have to learn how to swim far before you swim deep."
"Fine..." Donna looks back at Tulio. "I'll be swimming around the edge of the pool for a while. Wanna come?"
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"Yeah alright!" Turio goes with Donna "Like to come?" he asked Goanna
"Great Valley? I heard of the Great Valley from many travellers as I walked with Turio to here, so this is the magical peaceful place... it amazing" Zila said looking around from where he stood.
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"Nah," was Goanna's reply. "I need to do some underwater swimming myself. A better way to keep me from dunking you again." She smirks, and then dives underwater, resurfacing a few moments later in the deep center of the waterpool.
"Let's go," Donna says to Tulio. "Let's do some swimming before she decides to play the swimming sharptooth game again..." She then starts to paddle around the edge of the pool.
"Well, as my uncle heard more from the original inhabitants of the Valley," Guan responded, "the Valley itself went through some hard times as well. We actually joined up with the entire herd when they were heading back to the Great Valley after all the green food here was destroyed by leaf-gobblers. Even before, there was a dry time in the Valley that created a huge fire. And sharpteeth were found inside more than once."
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Ali finally reached the pond. "Hi Guan, Hi Ducky. How's it going?"
She called out.
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Zlia looked down at the little longneck laughing a bit "Ducky? that little swimmer in the pool is my son Turio. I don't know any Ducky, young longneck. I am Zila, the father of Turio." Zlia looked at Guan "I was talking to Guan and he told me that this valley had some hard times like everyone else from my knownledge." Zila looked back at Ali.
Turio looked over to the longneck "Longnecks? Father and I have not seen a longneck for a long time" Turio said to Donna
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Ali turned red. "Oh, sorry. I thought that was Ducky in the pond. I'm sorry mr. Zila".
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Zila smiled "It's not a problem young lady. Mistakes can be made by anyone" Zila said to Ali.
(I won't be able to reply anymore today computer been shut down because of a few problems with the young sister and brother sometime last night so no more replying till tomorrow or later tonight, sorry)
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(That's alright Threehorn,see you tommorow)
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(Can understand. See you again soon, Threehorn.)
"Not too many longnecks live here," replied Donna, still paddling. "Littlefoot and Ali may be the only longneck kids here, but I think I saw a third a while back. I think a relative of Littlefoot."
"Mr. Zila, this is Ali," Guan gave the introductions. "She and her mother joined us some time ago. I'm sure they came with a few other longnecks, but I haven't seen them in a while."
Goanna's head popped up out of the water near where Ali, Zila, and Guan are standing. "Hey Ali! Come on in! The water's nice and cool today!"
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"I never saw many... but father say he know place that there lots lots of longnecks but he no say" Turio said with a wonder in his voice.
Zila looked at Ali "Nice to meet you Ali. Last time I saw longnecks was a while ago in a large plain like valley wide open cut off from the outside world. Can not recall the location" Zila said.
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That must have been my herd you saw.' Ali replied. She jumped into the water, splashing the nearby dinosaurs. "Ahh! Feels nice and cool." Ali swam around in the pond.
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"Funny enough I did see a tiny longneck just hatched when I came by with a larger herd that time... many died in the great earthshake, me and my son was the only survivers of the shake in our herd" Zila said watching carefully.
"My father is right... I do remember... I wish not... I am very special to father" Turio said with a smile looking at his dad "Father... could I show off?"
"Ok just once... ok. I know you have a speedy movement in water faster then me I might add" Zila said with no one believing him.
Turio went under and they watched him move fast under it then back back surfacing "Ta da!"
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"Wow, you're really good Turio!' ali exclaimed.
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"Yeah I am... I like swimming. father taking me to Great Lake" Turio said to Ali
"Yes the Great Lake. We will ask many other swimmers to come if they wish. the Great Lake 3 night Blue Moon is a magical event that is once of a life time thing" Zila spoke about the Great Lake
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'the Great lake? I've never heard of it" Ali said.' Where is it?"
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"Well I was told a story from my grandparents... travel to a wonderful place free from sharpteeth... then travel to a peak that looks like a threehorn. from there just keeping walking till you find a river that flows very fast and very wide. go left from that and travel up alongside it till you find the place with a large wall. there is a entrance that you will miss easy to see easy to miss. in the most simplest places with vines that hung low" Zila said the story of the route to take to the Great Lake
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Hmm. Well Threehorn Peak is over there." She pointed to a far off peak." So this great lake must not be far from here!"
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Zila looked "So it is... by any chance do you know where I could find any more swimmers?" Zila asked the young longneck
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Well, The Duckbills live over there, but I don't know where they are right now.' You'll just have to look for them". Ali replied.
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Zila soon heard that word again and he sighed heavily. "Can't anyone of you dinosaurs get our kind names RIGHT... it Swimmers! not duckbill and Not Big mouth!" Zila snapped walking off to find other swimmers.
"Father do not like the name Duckbill or big mouth... I do not either. Swimmers are best name for our kind it suits us because we good swimmers. yes we are" Turio said watching his father go see other swimmers
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Well Ducky has no problem with being called a duckbill" Ali replied. ' But I can see how your father would be touchy about it."
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"To swimmers outside the valley even to me... erm... Duckbill means dumb, stupid, small minded..." Turio said to Ali swimming up to her looking up at her "many used that name for that reason... father got in a fight with a threehorn because the threehorn said that and father had big fight he no like it at all. Please could you no say that word around him or me please" Turio asked.
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Sure, I'll call you by your names or callyou 'swimmers' Ali promised.
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"Thank you... just no want father anger." Turio smiled.
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Zila arrives at Ducky's nest and see Ducky with Spike eating breakfast "Hello there little swimmer. I'm Zila me and my son just arrived in this valley is your parents around?" Zila asked Ducky
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"My Mom And Stepdad are talking with Littlefoot's Grandparents. They said they'd be back soon." ducky said
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"Very well, is it alright if I wait here?" Zila asked Ducky
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Sure you can Yep Yep Yep" Ducky said cheerfully.
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"Thank you young one." Zila thinks "Have you heard of the Great Lake? have your parents talked about a place like this to you and the other swimmers in your family?" Zila don't know Spike part of their family
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Nope, Never heard of it." Ducky shook her head.
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"I see, well it a place that all Swimmers go to once in a while to see the Three nights of the Blue moon. in three nights over this one place the night circle turns blue for three full night circle nights. I've came here to ask if you and your parents wish to join me and my son and any other swimmers wishes to join us on the final leg of the journey" Zila spoke to Ducky about the idea of others joining and told about the special magical event.
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We'll I'd have to get the Ok from my mom and stepdad first" Ducky said " If they say ok, I';ll come with you."
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"That is true to be with the word, best to get the parents to say the ok before hand." Zila said to her "what is your name young one?" Zila asked.
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Ducky"
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"I am Zila and my son is at the water hole over there his name is Turio. the only son I have, we've been alone since the loss of many of my herd... leader of so many and all lost in the great earthshake... but that the past I shouldn't have brought that up" Zila said to her.
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"Oh mine that is sad to hear" Ducky's mum said walking up to him "I am Ducky's mum. I heaard of arrivals today"
Ducky's stepdad Sam came up to him "Welcome to the Great Valley" (Not the sam in this leaving the charcaters out of the last two rpg.)
"thank you" Zila nods walking to them "You two have a nice family. I am Zila. I am going to the Great Lake and wondering..."
"Great Lake? I heard of that from my parents" Sam said looking at Ducky's mum
"So have I, but it been so long I heard of the Great Lake" Ducky's mum said to Sam.
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Where is it, Mom? Do you know where it is?' Ducky asked excitedly.
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Spike continues to munch away at the green food while the swimmers continue to talk.
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Guan watched as Zila left before turning to the others. "I just hope that Mr. Threehorn doesn't mention that name while your father is around," he says to Tulio.
Goanna resurfaces next to Ali. "He's been known to say it a lot."
Donna looks to Tulio when she reaches him. "Do you know that Ducky has a Spiketail brother? Spike didn't have a family of his own when he came, so Ducky's family adopted him."
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"I do now, I like to see Ducky and her brother Spike. But father said to stay so I stay. I do not like to disobey my father. it no nice no nice at all" Turio said looking at them "But I hope father that he no fight this Mr Threehorn..." Turio was a bit worried
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"Yes Ducky. I do know of it but the story I was told I have forgot" Ducky's mum spoke to Ducky.
"So have I" Sam said "I heard it maybe once as a good night story but that it"
Zila cleared his throat and told them "travel to a wonderful place free from sharpteeth... then travel to a peak that looks like a threehorn. from there just keeping walking till you find a river that flows very fast and very wide. go left from that and travel up alongside it till you find the place with a large wall. there is a entrance that you will miss easy to see easy to miss. in the most simplest places with vines that hung low"
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Hmm. That is ThreeHorn Peak over there and there is a wide river in the Wash, so maybe it close by." Ducky said
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"I don't think he will," assured Guan. "Mr. Threehorn seemed to change his personality over a while. He must be seeing someone recently, but we wouldn't want to put our noses into something where we don't belong."
"I think I see some of Ducky's family over there," Donna looked out from the shallow section of the waterpool. "I hope Ducky and Spike and come over and play."
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"I was told Ducky that this Lake is the pureset of water. you can swim in it to one of many islands in the middle. the lake was the largest ever. It big as Big Water but with drinkable water and trees bigger then anything to be seen the Great Treestar Trees" Sam said to Ducky.
"Yes I heard as well" Zila nods.
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"Do you like lakes? this large lake that father talk about has big trees from what he told me with them being massive with treestars larger then any treestar. I do not know it true but father seem so sure of it" Turio said.
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"My family's herd used to live near a lake," Guan answered, "until the Great Earthshake turned our former home into a muddy wasteland. Our group got separated from the rest of the herd, and they wouldn't dare try to cross the mud because it makes you sink very quickly. We then chose to go and find the Great Valley."
"I'll believe the giant treestars when I see them," Goanna said when she walked out of the water, shaking herself dry.
"I believe it," responded Donna.
"Sure you do..." Goanna grumbled.
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"Erm why do not ask your uncle about going with the swimmers? father would not mind plus it great place to go. It has three night blue moon. it magical thing that anyone would like to see. My father said his grandparents went to the same place long long time ago and I do like to see it myself." Turio said getting out shaking himself dry.
"Father no lies about things he never does to me. He said lying is not a good thing, the truth is always best even it hurts inside." Turio said to the two Spikethumbs and Guan.
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"Hey Guan," said Goanna. "Is that another one of our spikethumb sayings, too?"
"Yep," Guan replied. "It's saying number 15. 'The truth will hurt you for only a day, but a lie will hurt you forever.'"
"Can we go to the Great Lake, too?" Donna pleads.
"As Turio mentioned, we must ask Uncle Odon first. But it would be best if we all go together. I'm not leaving either one of you two out of my sight, and we can't leave Turio and Ali alone."
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"Can we tell father first... I do not want to make him worry about me... he told me I always had to say where I going and not to far without someone he could trust to looking after me." Turio said with a sigh
"Father I think over protective of me. I do not blame father for that but I would like some air to breathe not with he watching my back almost all time" Turio moaned a bit
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"We'll go talk to your dad," Guan replies. "You're pretty much the only one your dad has left, and it was probably already hard for him with everything else you both lost. Almost all of us here in the Great Valley have lost a lot before they arrived here. We ourselves lost our home, the rest of our herd, even...some of our own family."
Donna lowers her head in sadness. Goanna walks next to her and gives her a comforting nudge.
Guan sighs and continues. "We all realize how dangerous this world could be, and that what makes our families more important to us than anything else. Once you grow up and have kids of your own, you'll soon realize how similar you are to your father. Anyway, let's go find your dad."
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Turio and the others go over to the swimmers. "Oh Hi Son... Ducky this is my only son Turio" Zila said as he noticed Turio come up with the Spiketumbs.
"Hi" Turio said with a smile.
"So this is your son, he looks like a strong swimmer indeed" Ducky's mum said looking down at the young swimmer.
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Donna perks up to see Spike and Ducky. She runs over to meet Spike, who has already eaten a visible section of a bush. "Hiya Spike! Find any good green food today?"
Spike gulps down another mouthful before nodding, and suddenly belches, heard even by the neighboring group.
Goanna gives a distasteful look. "Oh, that is disgusting..."
Donna instead rolls around the ground, laughing. "Great one, Spike!"
Spike gives his usual wide smile.
"Don't encourage him to do it again," responded Guan.
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"Father could I go with Guan and the others to his uncles to talk about going with us to Great Lake?" Turio asked.
"I don't see why not. I am sure Guan is trusting enough to look after you. hope that not offsive in the words I placed it" Zila said to Guan then looks at the two Goanna and Donna. "If you all aloud to join it would be wonderful. this place the Great Lake holds the larest Treestar trees ever seen. My Grandparents told him of the place since their herd at there young times went there themselves and say the three nights of the Blue Moon." he told the Spikethumbs with deep and calm words speaking to them true to his heart.
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Why don'y you come with us?' Ducky said. "i'm sure mr. Odon will give the OK if he knows that most of us are going too."
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Turio nods looking at Ducky "I am Turio. I am very special to father. I hear you are a fast swimmer from Gonna. I am fast too. Very fast." Turio said to Ducky.
"Sounds like you got a challenge on your claws" Sam smirked looking down at Ducky
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'Ducky smiled" Let's see how fast you are yep yep yep"
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"Father can I race?" Turio asked
"Yes just one... While you two play I will talk to Odon myself. GUan could you lead the way" Zila said to Turio then looked at Guan and the other two Spikethumbs.
"I will keep a eye on your son" Ducky's mum said to Zila "I seen how protective you are of him you are, but I know his your only son and all you have left you should try to let him free to do a few things by himself without him asking you all the time" Ducky's mum spoke to Zila
"I see your point I will try to... I'll be back shortly" Zila said.
"Lets go!" Turio jumps in the water very happy.
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Ducky jumps in and practices swimming around. So who's going to tell us when to start?" she asked.
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"I'll say it dear" Ducky's mum said softly.
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Turio smiled getting ready to race in the water "Get ready kids I will say go and swim to that water tree and back" Ducky's mum said to them.
Turio gets ready by the shore line looking at Ducky come up beside him "Good luck Ducky. this is going to be fun. I like doing this. I do not mind losing or winning"
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Spike follows his family to the waterpool and watches his sister prepare to race with the new swimmer, but a juicy shrub catches his eye and he instead walks over to the shrub and begins munching.
Donna and Goanna, who both agreed to stay with Ducky's family while Guan goes to meet their uncle with Zila, stand by the waterpool to cheer the little swimmers on.
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Guan leads Zila to where Odon is currently speaking with Littlefoot's grandparents.
"Hey, Uncle Odon," Guan calls when he reaches them. "I want you to meet Zila. He and his son came by here recently and are preparing to leave for this place called the Great Lake. Can we come too?"
"We shall see," replied Odon turning towards Guan and Zila. "Where are your sisters?"
"They're with Ducky's family by the waterpool next to the flowing water."
"Go back and keep a watch on them. I'll let you know my answer after I discuss with Mr. Zila."
Guan nods and runs the opposite direction, while Odon turns his attention to Zila.
"I'm honored to meet you, Mr. Zila. My name is Odon, and I'm sure you already met my nieces," Odon says. He then gestures to the two longnecks. "I'd also like you to meet Mr. and Mrs. Longneck, two inhabitants that live here in the Valley longer than I, so they know more about this Valley."
"Greetings, Mr. Zila," Grandma said.
"Welcome to the Great Valley, Mr. Zila," Grandpa added. "We heard you came with a group of farwalkers and are heading to a place called the Great Lake."
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Good luck to you too Turio. " Ducky said as she waited for her mother to give the signal to start.
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"Thank you. Yes that is true. My grandparents went there a long time ago and spoke of it to the others in the herd my genration and the genration before me. It a place with such amazment that it never forgetable. To what I heard the trees that grow there around and on the lake are taller then any tallest longnecks and hold the largest treestars to be ever seen. but the most important event is the three nights of the Blue Moon over the Great Lake. I know I said it to many already but it is suppose to happen sometime soon. I got a feeling that it will be not long. So in a few days I am going to go there. No one stay there long only the oldest Swimmer of all swimmers the wisest as well. 'Jumila'. The event many of different types of dinosaur go to see and stay for three days. three nights then leave back to their homes." Zila spoke to them all around him. Grandparents and Odon
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Grandpa and Grandma listens in awe, while Odon goes into a quiet thought before speaking. "Is the Great Lake also safe from sharpteeth?"
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Guan meets up with the others back at the waterpool. Goanna turns her head to see him. "What did Uncle Odon say?" she asks.
"He's talking with Mr. Zila right now," Guan replied. "He wants to know more about the Great Lake before he makes a decision. Anyway, what's going on over here?"
"Turio is having a water race against Ducky. This is going to be a great match."
Goanna and Guan stands near the waterpool to watch the race...
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Ducky's mum said "Go!" both swimmers burst through the water at speeds with Ali watching both with the others seeing that they was neck to neck. "Wow... my little Ducky has a real challenge. that little Turio can move fast" Ducky's mum whispered with amazment.
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"Yes. if a very old swimmer lives there almost all the time alone. then it is safe from Sharpteeth unless they like to climb through root tree which to a Shraptooth sticks and once on their body hard to get off and stick them so much they stay away. other words Sharpteeth hate going near the Great Lake because of the Root tree. it a nature defence stopping sharpteeth going into the only entrance up to the Great Lake. it is one of the most safest places in the world" Zila said to Odon.
"My grandparents while they was around hardly told a lie they past down one thing. Never lie, tell the truth how ever the pain it hurts you inside. the truth is always the best"
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"Who's winning?" asked Guan excitedly.
"Don't know!" Goanna replied, also excited.
"Don't care!" added Donna, the most excited. "Go Ducky! Go Turio!"
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"I see," responded Odon. "And I do agree with you on telling the truth. Even we spikethumbs do our best to tell the truth. And now that I think about it, I think it is ok that my family and I join you to the Great Lake. We'll just find the others and give them the news."
Grandma looks at Grandpa. "Do you think it's ok if we go as well?"
"We'll talk with Littlefoot first to see if he wants to go, too. I'm not sure if he got to hear about the Great Lake yet."
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"Well more the merrery. I don't mind at all the words I heard and listened that was from the Great Swimmer. that I was told from my grandparents 'All is welcome small and large. the blue moon can be seen to all that wish to come to the great lake, far and wide tell your stories get anyone to join to see the next blue moon' those words was strong to the heart when they spoke the words" Zila said then looks to his right
"Is that threehorns I see? ugh... that great... talk about bring bad memiors... the last ones I saw I ended up getting into a fight all because he called me a Duckbill... ugh... I hate that name for swimmers... to outsider swimmers inculding any swimmer not from this place Duckbill means to them and me and my son well... dumb, stupid, thick, small brained... you get the idea" Zila muttered looking over at Mr Threehorn.
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"They both are good" Sam said as they reached the end and came back still neck and neck.
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"I see," Grandpa says, looking over at Mr. Threehorn. "Well, Mr. Threehorn has been through a few changes over time. I'm sure he won't be as bad as the threehorns you last met."
"I'll go find Guan and the others to give them the news," Odon says. "I'll bet they'll be most happy about it." He turns and leaves.
"I'll go find Littlfoot and talk to him about the Great Lake," Grandma adds. "He may be with a few other friends." She turns and leaves in another direction, leaving only Zila and Grandpa.
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The growing cheers from the waterpool finally deters Spike away from the shrub to watch his sister swim neck and neck against Turio.
"They'rs almost at the end!" Goanna cries, more excited than ever.
Donna starts to jump around, while Guan watches on in anticipation...
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Mr Threehorn sees Grandpa Longneck talking with a new swimmer. "Hey Longneck who the swimmer? is this the one that been talking about that Great Lake? I'll believe it real when I see it" Mr Threehorn grunted
"So you will join us?" Zila asked
"Well... if he going, I'll go, I leart that nothing small happens with the longnecks around. Cera been bugging me none stop about it... that would of not made me say yes but Trihorn being new to the family well I couldn't say no to both. so your lucky that I am coming Longneck" Mr Threehorn said to him.
"Erm good" Zila said surprised at the reaction he saw listening to Mr Threehorn.
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Ducky and Turio hit the finish at the same time both surfacing looking at each other then her mother. "It a draw... you two was a perfect matching finish" Ducky's mum said with a surpise look on her face.
Sam smiled "Well done"
"Wow Ducky you was great" Turio smiled "I like that race alot!"
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Donna cheers and runs to the side of the pool to meet Ducky and Turio. Spike meets them there as well.
"You two did great!" Donna says, happy.
"That was an awesome race, guys!" Guan called.
Just then, Odon appears from the bushes. Goanna runs to him and gives him a nudge, which Odon nudges back.
"So how'd it go, Uncle Odon?" Goanna asked.
"I thought it over after talking with Zila," replied Odon, smiling, "and I think it's a good idea that we join Zila's group to the Great Lake."
Goanna's eyes lit up and runs back to the waterpool. "Donna! Guan! Uncle Odon says we can go to the Great Lake!"
Donna cheers and jumps for joy, but makes sure not to hit anybody near her.
(Is it ok if I take over Littlefoot in this RPG too? Since you have quite a few characters on your hands, Threehorn)
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(no problem, Littlefoot all yours!)
"Father is good with words, he no lie in life father say the truth to me. He told me about what happen to other of herd... they all die in big earthsake long go. Great grandparents die as well they was most loving swimmers caring for all around them telling stories and keeping hearts good" Turio said "It be good to go to Great Lake with all new friends" Turio clapped his claw hands together.
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"It's always going to be great traveling with new friends!" Donna says.
"It will be great traveling outside the Great Valley for a change," adds Goanna.
Littlefoot soon appears with Grandma close behind. "Hey guys! I just heard about the trip to the Great Lake, and it was agreed that my grandparents and I can come too!"
"That's great to hear, Littlefoot," Guan replied.
"Hey Littlefoot!" Donna says, restarting the introductions. "The swimmer next to Ducky is Turio. He and his dad were the ones talking about the Great Lake. Turio, this is another friend of ours named Littlefoot."
"Pleased to meet you, Turio," Littlefoot says. "I also heard Cera and Trihorn are coming, too."
"Woohoo! That means everybody's coming!"
"But..." Littlefoot began, "What about Ali? Is she coming too?"
"Littlefoot and Ali, sitting in a..." Goanna began whispering , but was cut off by the sharp glare of her uncle.
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Turio saw the glare and took safety behind Sam's leg "Please stop him doing that it too scary..." Turio asked.
"Erm... Odon... could you stop the glare. our new little guest seem to bit scared of it." Sam said to Odon calmly
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Odon looks up from Goanna to Turio and Sam. "Pardon? Oh I'm sorry about that."
Goanna looks at Turio, feeling sorry and promising in her mind not to be so mischief in front of visitors this time.
Guan sighs and changes the subject. "So...when do we leave for the Great Lake?"
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"Anyway, let's go find the others and make ourselves ready to leave for the Great Lake," said Grandpa after a while. He looks down at Zila. "When do you think will be the best time to leave?"
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"We was planing to leave in two days. it feels the best time, can't describe why just feel right" Zila said as they all walked to the water hole.
"Well I would say your crazy but I know that harsh and too fast jugdement... so I'll take your word for it Swimmer" Mr Threehorn said to him.
"Wait a Minute... by any chance your Tops?" Mr Threehorn froze and looked at him.
"How did you..."
"Does Zila bring anything back?" Zila asked
"Zila!? you... erm... right" Mr Threehorn looked nervous "Well yeah maybe but shut it about that all I need is questions asked" Mr Threehorn hissed.
"What wrong admiting we was friends when we was kids?" Zila said and Mr Threehorn went silent looking very embarrised in front of the old longneck
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"Only Father knows that" Turio answered
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So were you Turio" Ducky said. 'you sure are fast yep yep yep!"
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Turio smiled "I never swim with any other swimmer till today. it always only been me and father. we almost all time lone no other swimmers to meet" Turio said to Ducky. "But glad to hear lots going to Great Lake. Where is longneck friend Ali?"
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Donna looks around. "I thought she was still here. We need her, Cera, and Trihorn before we can play some more."
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Grandpa hears the conversation between Threehorn and Zila, but chooses to keep to himself as they reached the waterpool.
Littlefoot perks up as he sees his grandfather and runs over to meet him, telling him everything.
"So we'll leave in two days," Grandpa says. "I'm sure it will be a swell adventure."
Odon nods, and then looks over to Guan. "Well then, the rest of the day is for you and your sisters to have fun. You know where I'll be if you need me. Stay out of trouble."
Guan salutes with his right front leg, and watches as his uncle leaves.
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Mr Threehorn and Zila come up to Grandpa, Odon and Guan with both almost like they was agurin. "So all this time you just appear!?" Mr Threehorn sneered
"Well not like I had a chosen with your father Tops, he was very self sure he was right" Zila said back
Mr Threehorn laughed "Well he was but look I don't want anyone to know my past ok? I don't want them to know I had a friend that was a swimmer when I was a..." Mr Threehorn saw Grandpa, Odon and Guan "kid..." Mr Threehorn muttered the last going silent.
Zila kind of went quiet as well
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Odon cocks and eyebrow at Zila and Threehorn before he leaves, leaving only most of the others looking at him with stunned faces.
Goanna was about to say something, until she sees Guan shaking his head at her, and she instead goes silent.
But Donna was the one who spoke up. "What's so wrong about having a swimmer for a friend, Mr. Threehorn?"
Goanna hides her face in her front paw, while Spike cocks his head to the side in confusion.
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"Nothing... just feel like no one had to know... lets say this it makes me sound soft and I don't like that..." Mr Threehorn said to her.
Zila smirked "Pride? isn't it? being touth. you always tried that when we was kids." Zila said to him
"And you always showed off with your swimming skills in Peak Lake..." Mr Threehorn said to Zila "But I got my own back on that once" Mr Threehorn smirked back.
"Using your size... tidaled wasn't it you called the move? jumping in at the deep end and causing a wave to pick me up and land in mud. that was funny" Zila said and Mr Threehorn trying to not making himself laugh but he burst out laughing and the group looked wide eyes.
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Even Grandma and Grandpa exchanged confused glances to each other. Grandpa later looks down at Littlefoot. "You run along and go play, Littlefoot. We'll be around if you need us." Then he and Grandma turns and walks away, giving only a glance each at Threehorn and Zila before disappearing.
Only a few moments later, Donna asks another question before anybody can stop her. "So how have you two been friends?" she asks Zila and Threehorn.
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"We haven't know that both of us was alive till now. I noticed Tops because of the little chip on his front horn. he did that by being over coolheaded hitting a rock to hard for him to break." Zila said to Donna
Mr Threehorn calmed down then looked at Donna "I did. It was the most stupidish thing I ever did. But to your question he been always my friend. But I forgot about him till justs a little while ago. I at first hate to say it... but I'm glad his still fine" Mr Threehorn said to Donna.
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"Cool," Donna responded, smiling.
Goanna rolls her eyes. "Can we go play now?"
Donna leers at her older sister, but stops as she sees Guan looking at both of them.
Littlefoot decides to change the subject to prevent any more tension. "Hey, why don't we find Ali, Cera, and Trihorn so we can play a game?"
Goanna, Guan, and Spike agree to the idea. Donna looks over to Turio. "Wanna come?"
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(Eep...I forgot to mention Petrie.)
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"Yeah!" Turio jumped with joy "can I?"
"Yes Turio you can" Zila nods "Just becareful"
"I will father" Turio climbs on Spike's back onto his head "Can I ride on you?" Turio asked nicly and Petrie landed on Donna
"Hi me Petrie. hi everyone me play?" Petrie asked
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Zila looked at the two grandparents of Littlefoot "You two been looking at me and Tops for some time, you look quite shocked."
Mr Threehorn looked at them "Longneck?" he questioned them both.
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(I thought the grandparents already left.)
Spike nods his head to Turio's question.
"Sure!" Donna said happily. "The more the merrier! Now let's go find the rest!"
Some of the others cheer and begin going off in another direction, with with Donna and Littlefoot leading and Guan following behind.
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Zila looked at Mr Threehorn "So how life been for you?"
"Fine I guess. but it none of your business" Mr Threehorn said to Zila
"Well it is for a best friend" Zila replied
"Fine..." Mr Threehorn sighed and started to tell Zila
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Cera and Trihorn walked around alone "Well this is nice isn't it?"
"Yeah alone for a change" Trihorn nods looking at Cera he licked her and she did back but then they see the group and act like it didn't happen
"Hi guys, what ya doing?" Cera asked acting normal as possible
"Yeah?" Trihorn joined in keeping calm from what happened both keeping a cool face.
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"Hi Cera! Hi Trihorn!" Donna says as she reaches them. "We were going to go play as soon as we find you." Gestures to Turio on Spike. "I also like you to meet a new friend of ours. His name's Turio."
At the back of the group, Goanna whispers to Guan. "I can't believe you and Uncle Odon let her talk the entire day away without scolding her."
"It's simple," Guan whispered back. "She's young, and she's not getting herself into to trouble. You used to be the same way when you were her age."
Goanna looks up at him. "And you used to act the same way I'm doing now?"
Guan pauses. "A little..."
Goanna snorts and rolls her eyes before turning to the others.
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"Another swimmer? hi nice to meet you Turio" Cera said to Turio
"You must be Tops child. father your father old child friend yep!" Turio smiled
"Your dad and my dad friends when they was our age? why didn't be speak about... oh nevermind, daddy like that not saying much of his past" Cera said then look at Donna "Glad to see you too, talkive like always" Cera smirked
Trihorn looked at her older sister "Well see your sister is at it again talking lots" Trihorn whispers.
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Petrie flew up to cera and Trihorn 'Hi Cera . Hi Trihorn. Petrie just wake up after long long sleep"
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"That great" Cera muttered
"So what all the gathing? is something important happening?" Trihorn questioned.
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"Since Uncle Odon is letting me, Goanna, and Guan off of training today, I thought we could all go play a big game before we leave for the Great Lake," Donna said, without skipping a beat to breathe.
"All we have left to find is Ali," Littlefoot added.
"We saw her earlier today," said Guan, "but we don't know where she is now."
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"I think she with her mother." Cera said
"Yeah we heard Ali's mum shout out to her" Trihorn said after her.
Turio looked at them "who should go to see if she come play?" Turio asked
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Zila left Mr Threehorn as the threehorn went back to the nest. Zila found the grandparents of Littlefoot "Is it mostly this quiet? around here?"
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"I can go find her," Littlefoot said, eyes lighting up.
"You bet you wo..." Goanna started, but was cut short immediately by a jab in the ribs by Guan's elbow and a stern glare.
"Will you knock it off with that?" Guan whispered. "You remember the last time you started teasing him?"
"Yeah, you tattled on me and Uncle Odon kept me in the nest and watched me like a hatchling," she hissed.
"It never would've happened if you kept your mouth shut!" he hissed back.
"Why I oughta..."
Both suddenly stop and turn to see some of the others look at them with stunned and worried faces.
"I'll...go find Ali now..." Littlefoot said, and he leaves, his head a little lowered.
Donna looks at Goanna with an angry face, before going off to catch up with Littlefoot. "Hey Littlefoot! Wait up!"
Goanna watches them leave. "Now I'm starting to wish I did keep my mouth shut..."
Guan snorts in agreement.
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Grandpa looks to Zila. "Usually quiet," he replied, "but there has been some happenings that caused a lot of commotion in the Valley before...and some unpleasant occurances."
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Turio holds his head "Please do not get anger! father say it worse thing that gives bad outcome!" Turio almost raised his voice.
"Wow strong words from a swimmer. I bet your father had a helping in that?" Cera spoke to Turio
"Yes he did... father care so much that he no lie about me with bad things" Turio nods.
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Guan and Goanna look at Turio, then at each other. Goanna walks over to Turio and lowers her head to his level. "I'm sorry, Turio. I won't cause any more trouble."
Guan nods. "I'm sorry too. Let's keep our family agendas at home where they belong."
Spike nods in agreement.
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Donna catches up with Littlefoot and walks along side him.
"I'm sorry about my big sister," she began. "She can be a big jerk sometimes."
Littlefoot looks up at Donna. "It's your fault. It's not even her's. I think she may be right about me..."
"About you and Ali? So what if she's right or not. It's not her place to say. Nor is it mine. It's between you and Ali and no one else, unless you both choose to share it with someone."
"Thanks, Donna," Littlefoot replied, feeling better. "Even though some of the others say you talk too much, I think you still say the right things."
Donna proudly lifts her nose up high. "It's a gift," she said smirking. "Now let's go find Ali!"
Both little dinosaurs break into a race to find Ali.
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Turio nods "I agree"
Trihorn looked to his right "So should we play?"
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Zila looked up "It amazing how this place is but I would suggest that be a bit weary of the old swimmer in the Great Lake I heard from many travels he is a bit well grumby to other kinds" Zila said to Grandpa and Grandma.
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Ali walked up to Littlefoot and Donna. "Hi. Are you loking for me?"
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Turio looked at Ducky "What games do you play? I never play games before. It always only been me and Father" Turio asked.
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Well, I like playing hide and seek. You count to a certain number , and allow the others to hide. Want to play?' Ducky asked.
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"Sounds fun, alright I will play" Turio smiled happily
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Ok, I'll be it. I'll count to thirty, and while I'm count, you run and find a place to hide. Then I have to try and find you. I have ten minutes to find you, otherwise it's your turn."
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"Cool, going now" Turio runs off to hide.
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Turio jumps in the water and swims a bit under it till he found the little hole he saw the other time he went in there and came out the water in a small cave connected to the water "I hope this good place to hide, it I can breath in and hidden in water yes this good place"
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"10, 11 12.. "Ducky continued counting
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Spike, Guan, and Goanna run off to find their own hiding places. Guan find a group of trees nearby and hides behind them. Goanna finds a large crack in some rocks big enough for her to hide in. And Spike slowly heads towards some bushes and tries his best to hide...but ends up leaving his tail in open view without knowing it.
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"Ali! We've been looking for you!" Donna said happily.
"We've been hoping if you can come and play with us," added Littlefoot.
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"Threehorn used to be the same way to the young ones too," Grandpa said. "But we'll make sure none of the others get in any trouble around him."
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"That would be adviceable Mr Longneck. being told and seeing him is two different things. But that will come when we arrive at the Great Lake." Zila spoke to the grandparents of Littlefoot.
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Cera and Trihorn ran and found a large log and both manage to get inside it. "Hope this is a good hinding place"
"Yeah I hope so too this a bit small to move around in... I am not one for closed spaces" Trihorn muttered.
"Same here" Cera replied
Turio looked at the glow coming from the water that the light of the water in the main water hole was letting in lighting the small cave up "I wonder if Ducky seen anything like this before?"
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Zila looked at Grandpa "Well I would like to know more about this Great Valley if you could kindly tell me about it" he looked at Grandpa longneck.
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(there may be something about the history of the Great Valley in some of the movies I didn't see yet, so forgive me for any errors.)
"Well, I heard much about this Valley since when we were very young ourselves," Grandpa began. "It was said that our families left long ago to explore the rest of the world. But soon, the world itself began to change. Green food and fresh water were quickly becoming harder to find. And many sharpteeth threaten our livelyhoods day after day. It wasn't until some time ago our herds decide to return to the only place that would have an endless supply of food and safety...the Great Valley.
"For many cold times, we traveled in the direction of the Great Valley. Our herds continued to dwindle. Grandma, Littlefoot, and I are the last of our herd when we finally came here, for instance. But many of our herds managed to make it to the Valley, and saw the imense beauty of this place, even more beautiful than what our grandparents told us about. Soon, many more herds began to join us, and our herds grew.
"Even though we are kept safe from sharpteeth most of the time, we still end up having to deal with some outside the Valley and the few that managed to get in. And we even have to face hardships at affected the Great Valley itself. Once, the Thundering Falls that gives all the water for us and the green food stopped flowing, due to a flying rock that blocked up the water in the Mysterious Beyond. We also had to leave the Great Valley itself for a time because a great swarm of leaf-gobblers destroyed all of the green food. Then we faced some rather...unusual chain of misfortunes that came to the Valley not too long ago. And we finally had to face a very cold time (I did not see LBT 8, so I what truly happened there).
"But even through all of what we faced, the Great Valley always remained as beautiful as it had been for many generations, and it will always remain that way for many more generations."
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"Sounds quite a bit of things going on around here, it looks like I heard right about some of the things, I have faced some cold spells myself but not long." Zila thinks about the flying rock "Something about a flying rock in a story I was told about... the Great Lake was made by a large one made out of frozen water. don't know if the story ture or not but it could give a clue for the large lake with the purest water in the world. if that true or not again" Zila said with questioning views.
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"I guess we'll have to see if it's true when we go see it," replied Grandpa.
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"Yes. I think I should go find my son" Zila getting a bit worried about Turio but Grandpa speaks up.
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Ducky finish counting up to 30
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"Here I come yep yep yep" Ducky called out as she began looking.
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"She coming keep quiet" Cera whispers
"I will" Trihorn replied quietly
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Ducky quickly found Spike, who had forgotten to hide his tail.
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Turio looks at the water sitting there waiting for Ducky to find him. He thought to himself "I hope father do not worry about me too much"
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"I'm sure your son will be fine, Zila," Grandpa says. "He now has many friends that will make sure he's safe."
"But it would be more comfortable for all of us if we check anyway," Grandma responded.
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Spike was found quickly and then decides to eat the green food off the bushes he tried to hide in.
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Donna and Littlefoot were leading Ali back to where the others would have been, and instead sees the back of Ducky and notices that no one else is around.
Donna gasps, but keeps her tone down to a whisper. "They must be playing hide and seek already!"
"Quick! We gotta hide!" Littlefoot whispered back.
Donna heads to a tiny canyon nearby and hides in it, while Littlefoot leads Ali to another small grove of trees not too far from where Guan is hiding.
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"Yes I agree. Lets go see if they fine" Zila nods "What games would they be playing?" Zila asked them
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Ducky's mum had watched Zila and the grandparents of Littlefoot walking by "Hello Zila, how your visit been?"
"It's ook, but I just a bit concerned on my child"
"No need to be there nothing to be worried about it a nice and safe place. just relax" Ducky's mum spoke softly to him then she looked at Grandpa "I seen Littlefoot they playin in a game of hide and sneek"
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"At least they're having fun," Grandpa replied. "And with a young adult like Guan to watch over the kids, they're also just as safe."
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"Yes I am happy they are and safe as well..." Zila sees Odon "Nice talking to you two I'm going to have a talk with the Spikethumb" Zila walks towards Odon.
"Hello." he spoke to Odon
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Odon looks up at Zila. "Hello again. I take it you're doing well. I saw your son with the other children earlier, playing hide and seek."
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"Yes I was told by the swimmer called Ducky mother." Zila nods "I guess your wondering a bit with the surprise of I knowing Tops... but I have a question. By any chance was you called when a kid by others well... Odoy?" Zila asked Odon.
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Odon pauses, in deep thought. "If I was called by that name, it was too many years ago to remember. I never kept track of my own childhood...except for the training my father taught me and my brother. Other than that, I can remember nothing..."
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"I see... well does Zil Zil ring any bells? since I recalled having a Strikethumb friend when I was very young, one with a simlar mark on the side of your front leg just right near the thumb claw." Zila said to him wondering if he the one from his childhood.
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Ducky heasrd the rustling og bushes anf found petrie. "Darn You found me" He said, flying out.
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Cera heard Petrie's voice "She close" Cera whispered
"Yeah I heard it too but sound like she still a bit away we should be alright for now" Trihorn whispered back.
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Ducky heard the faint voice of Trihorn . "I Hear you Trihorn yep yep. I'm coming for you."
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Trihorn looked at Cera and gives her a nod, he gets out of the hiding place and hides some bushes near by quickly waiting to see if Ducky coming towards him as he hid in his new spot
"Crazy Trihorn" Cera thought in her head watching him quickly hide in another spot.
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Odon looks down at the small scar on his front right leg, then back up at Zila, trying to concentrate on if he's seen the face before. But like anything else in his childhood, his mind comes up empty. "Sorry... Nothing comes to mind at all."
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Guan looks over to a group of rustling leaves, thinking that it was Ducky, but breathes deeply when it was Trihorn instead.
"She almost got you?" he asked, no louder than a whisper.
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"She got good hearing for a swimmer" Trihorn whispers back very low to Guan.
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"Lets try this..." Zila thinks "Your father had a go at you in front of you and two others saying shamful things about you being friends with different kinds and hitting you with his thumb claw that gave you that scar" Zila said to Odon hoping that would work.
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"Ha!" Odon said, laughing. "Not even close! First, my father never attacks me because I was friends with other kinds. He does it as a training drill for me, my brother, and another young member of the herd. And second, the scar was done because of one of our many close calls with those fast moving shapteeth. It was when I blocked one of it's long claws away from a little swimmer..." He pauses, wide-eyed at Zila, a long-lost memory coming back to him like it was never lost. "You were that swimmer... the one everyone calls Zil Zil. It seems we have met once before."
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"I wouldn't say she's bad at hide and seek..." Guan replied in a whisper.
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"Yes and the Threehorn father of that child Cera is Tops our threehorn child friend. talk about all of us being in the same place and all of us having families. It been a while Odoy. I bet if Tops heard this he'll be suprised" Zila said and heard a cough him and Odon turned to see Mr Threehorn
"So that why you looked like someone I knew before... I can't believe our childhood ended with us all back together... all this time and I didn't realise it. you was self sured trying to help us Zila and you Odon always the one found ways of having fun with the smallest of things... I well being the moody one out the bunch" Mr Threehorn recalled his memiors walking up to Zila and Odon.
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"I used to be the fun one," Odon said, frowning, "until yet another sharptooth attack forced my herd to move again. That was when my group moved to a lake and we stayed there until the Great Earthshake destroyed much of herd, leaving me, my brother, his mate, and their three children, the very same kids playing hide and seek in the Great Valley."
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"Yes that broke every herd up from there, But it seems we here all back again. the kids reaction would be shocking to know that us three was and I say still best friends... I don't think the Tritail friendship we did could be broke unless you two forgot that" Zila said to them both
"I remember that, we all turned around touching our tail tips together and swearing by our hearts that we be friends forever no matter what" Mr Threehorn sighed remembering that day now regrating the rude words he gave Odon when he first arrived with the others. "Odon... I appolize for when your herd first arrived I feel such a fool for doing it..." Mr Threehorn muttered.
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Odon shook his head. "There's no need to apologize. I never would really care about what you said back in that past. And personally, it's not the right time for me to tell Guan and girls about our past friendship..."
He looks away from the other two. "I'm going to go check on the kids..." And he leaves without saying another word.
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"His changed a lot" Zila mumbled.
"Well I've going, talk to you later" Mr Threehorn walks away.
Zila walks and stops seeing Ducky looking around he stands where he stood watching "Seem like things look fine here" he muttered to himself watching carefully
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Spike ends up finishing the bush he started on and moves on to the next bush, one that happened to be one of the bushes Cera was hiding behind...
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Guan takes a peek over the bushes for only a moment, then whispers to Trihorn. "Ducky's getter closer. It won't be long until she searches here. I'm heading over to another hiding spot. If you want to come with, then you better keep up." And with a smirk, he slinks out of the trees away from the clearing where Ducky is searching, and quietly heads for a hill clustered with rocks.
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Donna takes a peak from her hiding place, looking around. "I wonder how Turio is doing..." she says to herself.
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(Cera hinding in a Log)
"Coming" Trihorn whispered following Guan
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Turio sits in the cave drinking some of the water and watching the light on the roof of the small cave "Ducky no find me here, I will wait for a bit then if Ducky do not find I give myself up" Turio said to himself
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(Ok. So Spike is eating a bush next to the log she's hiding in)
Guan keeps a quiet and steady pace so that Trihorn can stay with him, rounding around a corner of rocks to another hiding place, nearly runs into Grandpa Longneck!
"Oops! Sorry, Grandfather Longeck," Guan said, as low as a whisper.
Grandpa chuckles and lowers his head to the kids' height. "Still playing hide and seek?" he whispered.
Guan nods. "Littlefoot may still be hiding. I saw Ducky find Spike, but that was about it."
"Ok then. Go and hide before Ducky sees you."
"Thanks, Grandfather Longneck," Guan replied softly and leads Trihorn to the next hiding spot; a circle of rocks standing in the hill and overlooking the clearing where most of kids are hiding.
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Donna had left her hiding space to search for Turio, reaching the crack where Goanna is hiding.
Goanna notices her sister outside. "Psst! Donna! Go someplace else to hide! You're going to lead Ducky here!"
Donna moves closer to the crack. "Have you seen Turio? I can't find him."
"I don't know where he is. He's small. He might be hiding in a good place. Now go!"
Donna snorts and walks off, searching someplace else.
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Turio hears movement above him knowing it was a bit bigger then Ducky from the small shakes he jumps in the water and comes out the cave coming out the waterhole surface and sees Donna "Hey you be found?" Turio asked
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Trihorn looked at Guan "How good is Cera at this game? she seem to be very calm when I left the long?" Trihorn asked him with a whisper.
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Donna turns and sees Turio, then breathes a sigh of relief and walks over to him. "Not yet," she whispered. "It got a little too quiet and I got bored. You must've picked a good hiding spot under the waterpool."
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Guan looks carefully over the rocks down at the clearing. "I see Ducky searching where we used to be. I also see Donna and Turio back at the waterhole, talking. And then I see Spike next to the log Cera may be hiding in. She must be a good hider, 'cause I don't think Spike noticed her."
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Spike continued to munch away at the bush, unaware of the small threehorn hiding in the log next to him...
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"I think the under water cave hole is big enough for you to get through there is dry underground cave area through hole, if you look in water maybe you can see if big enough, it very good hiding spot" Turio said to Donna.
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"Sounds like she is, did you know that Cera has a very kind and soft spot, I didn't know that at first but she shows it more to me then anyone else..." Trihorn whispered back to Guan.
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"I wish I could, but I don't know how to swim that deep," Donna said softly. "Uncle Odon says I'm not yet ready for deep water swimming."
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Guan dips below the line of rock to look back at Trihorn. "She hasn't mentioned it alot. I guess before she normally tries to hide her true feelings to try and impress her father. But since Mr. Threehorn's coming out of his shell, it might've been ok for Cera to let out her feelings. But I don't know her as well as Littlefoot and the others, so I can't be sure."
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"It not deep though, I am small so it deep to me, it about twice your height that all, plus I will help you get in the cave I would not let back happen to good friend like you Donna" Turio said to Donna.
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Trihorn nods "Maybe I will ask him later" Trihorn said to Guan looking over the rocks for a second "I see Littlefoot and Ali, they are near to the point where we was hiding"
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"Well..." Donna began, hesitating. "I'll try. At least I have been working on holding my breath underwater."
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Guan peeks over as well. "I'm surprised that Ducky hasn't found them yet. She's that close."
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Littlefoor remains absolutely still, keeping as quiet as possible while Ducky searches very close by...
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Turio and Donna goes in the water and with Turio's help get into the tunnel then they get into the surface climbing out the water in the cave "It pretty is it? I think it is and it hidden from outside" Turio looked at Donna.
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Trihorn looked at the waterpool "Looks like your little sister and Turio found a good hiding place I can't see them anywhere"
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Donna looks around in awe. "Even I have never seen a place like this!"
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Guan suddenly looks over the rocks to the waterpool, seeing nobody around there. "Oh no... She hasn't learned how to swim in deep water yet! I need to go over and check it out! Watch my back." He slinks out from behind the rocks and heads down the hill quickly and quietly...
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Trihorn follows Guan
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"It is great, nice and dry as well" Turio smiled
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Donna shakes herself dry, drenching Turio a little. "Oops... Perhaps not too dry anymore."
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Guan reaches the waterhole, looking as best as he can into the water for any sign of his youngest sister. Seeing nothing that looks like Donna, it relieved and frightened him at the same time. Where could she have gone? he thought. He could only wonder.
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Trihorn arrived and looked as well seeing in the water a opening "Hey Guan I think she must of gone in that with Turio, it looks like some type of small tunnel to a cave, now that a hiding spot" Trihorn smirked
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Turio shakes himself dry "Doesn't matter, I am a swimmer" He said to Donna
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Guan notices the opening underneath the water. "I hope there's air down there," he muttered. "It looks too small for me to fit."
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Donna lies down and looks around some more. "To tell the truth, this game is going on a little longer than I thought. I wonder if everyone else feels this bored."
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Turio picked up a shining stone the shows it to Donna "I say that no true about being boried, look at this" Turio shows her the clear stone.
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Trihorn looked at Guan "I am sure there is... lets get back to our hiding spot before Ducky finds us" Trihorn suggested.
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Cera saw Spike near by her hidding spot in the log seeing Ducky also near she keeps hidden in the log just keeping inside it and out of sight of Ducky or Spike hoping they move away.
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Spike continues to munch away until the bush was finally bare. His hungry eyes catch a freshly green patch of grass at the opening of the log. He moves to the patch of grass...
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Guan sighs and nods. "Fine, but we'll just have a better look in this area from our hiding spot to see if Donna comes out of the underwater hole." He turns off back to their hiding place, slow enough for Trihorn to follow.
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Donna looks at the stone in awe. "What is it? I have never seen that before either."
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"I do not know but it pretty, I might keep it. Should I find another for you?" Turio asked Donna.
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"No thank you," replied Donna, looking around at the small cave. "It just looks so pretty where it is in the cave, I don't think I'd wanna disturb it."
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"Oh I see... I understand what you mean" Turio said to Donna "you think Ducky will be able to find us here?" Turio asked
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Trihorn looked at Guan "Wonder what this Great Lake will be like"
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"I don't know," Donna answered. "If she knows of this place, she'll probably figure out someone's down here."
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Guan shrugs. "From what I heard, it's probably bigger than the lake where I used to live. We called it 'Sky Blue Water', because it was the exact same color as the sky. It took us a while to figure out which is the lake and and which is the sky. It sure was beautiful..."
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Zila walks up behind them "Still playing the game kids?"
"Yeah" Trihorn nods looking at him.
"About the Great Lake I don't know much myself but it does have some thing that makes it so special. But I heard of that Blue Lake... but when I came across the place with my son it was muddy and sticking as well" Zila said to Turio and Guan
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"I wouldn't be surprised," replied Guan. "When the Great Earthshake came, it turned our beautiful lake into a muddy deathtrap. My uncle was pretty sure that most of our herd was taken under the sinking mud. That was why we moved in the first place."
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"Well about a herd of Spikethumbs, I did meet quite a lot of them at a small lake not far from the mud trap, they the ones that warned me and my son about it and becareful to where we walk." Zila said to Guan "That was a quite a bit back"
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"We did have some neighboring herds of spikethumbs a certain distance from mine," Guan said after a thought. "I'm surprised they didn't leave the area, since there was no longer any fresh water."
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"If therer was neighbours then there must of been a big mixute of herds then they was staying at a large river the flowed fresh water from the mountians in the distance. It was much like this place but more open and larger with mutiple fresh water rivers. I would say there was Spikethumbs of all types of herds there and I recall some with simlair tail markers to you, Odoy and your sisters." Zila said to Guan explaining what he remembered
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Guan could only stare, his mouth hanging open. Could someone from his own herd have survived and mixed with their neighbors? he thought. They were told before to try and regroup on one side of the muddy lake so they could join the migrations to the Great Valley, but perhaps those that were separated from his family found it impossible to meet across the lake or they found it safer just to live with the neighboring herds, who would often greet them when either side visits.
Guan finally broke his own silence. "I'd had a guess about that, but there was so much confusion during the Earthshake, it was hard to figure out what happened to the others. I don't know if Uncle Odon thought about it either."
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"Well I hope that good news for you and Odoy" Zila smirked
"Odoy? who Odoy?" Trihorn asked and Zila realised he slipped up
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Guan looks up at Zila. "Odoy? You mean like Uncle Odoy? My father used to call him Odoy when they where kids. How did you know about that?"
"Because Zila here knew me when we were kids, too," Odon came up behind them, looking rather calm. "We were best friends back then."
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"So was Tops, Mr Threehorn to you, we three when we was young bestest of friends." Zila see the shocked reactions "Well who said that you can't have mixed friends? I see you kids mixed in a real big bunch of friends. In th past yes it was mostly herds of their own, but when we was young, Threehorns, Swimmers and Spiketails lived together at Down Wind Valley, a windy place" Zila said to them.
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Guan's jaw dropped. "You made friends with Mr. Threehorn, too? That's a little more frightening. Goanna would be very shocked to hear it."
But then, Goanna, who had left her hiding spot and heard everything, came walking up the hill staring wide-eyed at Uncle Odon and Zila.
Odon shakes his head and sighs. "We did live together at that time, but soon there were constant sharptooth attacks on the valley, and we were all forced to leave and got separated." He reveals his scar to the kids, which Guan and Goanna recognized immediately. "This was still caused by a sharptooth's claw when I was little, but I never told you that that claw was truly meant for Zila..."
Guan and Goanna simultaneously stares from Odon to Zila.
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"Wow never thought of that, it sounds neat"Trihorn said looking at the adults
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Ducky loked At Spike and turned away. She had not noticed Cera leave her hiding spot. " I thought I saw Cera, but I was wrong yep yep ". Ducku said to herself as she continued looking.
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"That was too close" Cera said to herself watching carefully as Ducky moved away "Hee still the best hider" Cera whispers proudly.
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Zila thought about something "Odoy I don't know about you but I recall we had a longneck friend... name Bron or something like that" Zila said to Odon.
"Bron? That littlefoot's father" Trihorn said to Zila.
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Spike reaches for the grass in front of the opening of the log and catches it all in one bite. Instead of seeing Cera hiding the log, he turns the other direction, chowing down the delicious grass and swallows it all down in one gulp. The he walks off in another direction to find more food.
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Odon pauses again, thinking back to his re-emerging childhood. "We did have a herd of longnecks visit us long ago that Bron was part of, but they never stayed long enough for us to know him better."
Guan was still shocked. "You were also a friend of Littlefoot's father?"
"I need to go sit down," Goanna said. "I might faint..."
Odon looks to his nephew and neice and smirks. "You'd really think that because I'm a grown-up, that I never had friends when I was your age?"
Guan shakes his head. "It's not that. It's because of who you happened to be friends with..."
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Littlefoot watches as Ducky heads away from the log. "Wow, she almost found Cera," he whispered to Ali.
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"Me, Tops and Bron only for a short time with him? It just a odd thing that three of us at least appeared around this area. I wonder if he will pop up." Zila looks at Goanna and Guan
"What is so suprising about us being friends? it none different to you being friends with those other kids but our friendship just lasting since we was kids till we are now. If your true friends the friendship will never die between them like me, Odoy and Tops" Zila said softly to them
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Cera hissed a bit "Spike" She groaned and quickly exit the log and came up to Littlefoot and Ali "Hey guys don't me hidding here with you?"
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Guan and Goanna look at each other, then back to Zila.
"Our friendship with the others has never died," Guan said, "and I doubt it will anytime soon."
Goanna nods in agreement.
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"Come on in," Littlefoot said. "There's room for us all. I wonder where the others are hiding."
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"Odoy should we find Tops and show the kids our little tail slap friendship?" Zila sugggested to Odon
Trihorn frowned "Tail slap Friendship?"
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"We could try," Odon replied, "but since I haven't used this tail for anything other than knocking the sharpteets' feet out from under them for too many years, I may have forgotten it."
Goanna and Guan could only blink in silence.
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Guan, Goanna and Trihorn follow Zila and Odon soon finding Mr Threehorn not far from where they was talking he eyed both of them "I heard everything you want to show the kids our little special tail move. I remember it but haven't done something like that in ages but I wouldn't mind giving it a try if your up to it Odon. If you don't mind me calling you that then Spikethumb" Mr Threehorn looked at Odon.
Trihorn looks at Goanna and Guan "I got to see this"
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Yes, that was very close., cera may be a good hider, but Ducky's very good at finding. Oh1 here she comes be quiet!" Ali said
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Cera doesn't pay attenion looking up the hill wondering what they was talking about on that hill with the group talking "I wonder what they was talking about up there" Cera muttered to herself quietly
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Ducky moves closer and closer to litlefoot and Ali's hiding place.
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"I don't know about you guys but I want to know what the others are up to with the adults, I am going to give up this game and see what the adults up to" Cera whispered to Littlefoot and Ali.
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"It doesn't matter what you call me as long as it's nothing bad in front of the children," Odon replied. "I'm going to have refresh myself to remember the move..."
Guan and Goanna watches on in anticipation...
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"Maybe you're right," Littlefoot said after a thought. "I also wanna see what's going on. "Wanna come, Ali?"
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Donna waits quietly in the cave with Turio, until she finally broke the silence. "I wonder what's going on up there."
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Turio looked at her "Why don't we go and look see what happening?" Turio suggested
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After a little movement they flexed their muslces a bit and ready for it "I think that about it, ready to get into places?" Zila asked them
"I'm ready as I can be" Mr Threehorn said to them.
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Donna gets up to her feet. "Sure! I'm going to need a little help getting out, though."
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Odon smirks at the others. "I'm ready to go. I'll just try to follow along."
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All three faced each other in a angel seeing each other. Mr Threehorn and Odon jump up with their front legs standing on the hind legs and all three twisted with a 180 turn their tails coming to contact with each other forming a triangel gap in the middle then Odon and Mr Threehorn landing on all fours with their tails wraping around each other with Zila's pulling a bit they then jump up on their hind legs again then standing almost upright then let their tails go almost taking a few steps away from the middle then falling backwards with their backs landing on the ground heads almost touching each other all three laughing almost loudly.
Trihorn blinked "Wow that was different and the laughing is crazy like" Trihorn muttered to himself.
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Turio helps Donna out of the water back to the dry side hearing the laughing "That my father laughing. but who the other two?"
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"Daddy?" Cera frowns
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Guan and Goanna watches with wide-eyes at the trio.
Odon manages to stop laughing as he sees his nephew and niece and pulls himself back up to his feet, clearing his throat to try and avoid a chuckle.
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Donna listens and her eyes go wide. "That's Uncle Odon laughing!"
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Littlefoot listens in confusion. "I never heard your dad laugh that loud before..."
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Cera, Littlefoot, Ali with Donna and Turio arrive to see the adults still almost chuckling.
"Daddy? I never heard you laugh like that before... what going on?" Cera asked.
"Father?" Turio asked blinking at few times.
"It alright, we just old friends and did our little friendship tail slap it was quite funny... no it was very funny doing it" Zila chuckled
"I have to agree, right Odon" Mr Threehorn looked a Odon "No zappy talk like it wasn't very funny doing that movement. I am one not to laugh that loud and I couldn't even say what I felt doing that... one thing felt like I was a child again" Mr Threehorn laughed
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Odon couldn't help but chuckle to the comment. "That's one of the few things I still agree with you."
Donna gives a questioning look at her siblings, which Goanna merely shrugs.
It was Guan who answered. "They just did a tail slap move they used to when they were kids."
"Wow!" Donna brightened. "Can I see, too?"
Odon could only shake his head while chuckling until he calmed down some. "Not for today," he replied. "I know I'm getting too old for this, but that was still funny."
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"No way we too old for that" Mr Threehorn said to Odon "But we can't do it too often but we never did when we was kids only when we felt like it" Mr Threehorn said to Odon
"But if we three had a wish to share I would say we all would agree to live a whole day as kids once more enjoy what we had" Mr Threehorn said to Odon and Zila.
Zila looked up seeing a shooting star in the time fly right over them and disappear then he looked back at them he was thinking of the same thing and thought did Odon think of it as well. "Odoy... did you think of wishing that as well?"
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Ducky , failinng to find anyone, gave up. Ok you guys win, I give up" Hearing no response , she walked away.
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Cera sees Ducky "Up Here Ducky!" Cera yelled down to her.
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Littlefoot peers over the edge at Ducky. "We're all up here, Ducky!" he called.
Spike hears the calling from the hill and decides to follow, somewhat curious of what's going on.
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Mr Threehorn looked at Odon as well wondering if he did wish that in his head as well like Zila did at the same time as Mr Threehorn said it. "I wonder if Odon did... I have a strange feeling he did say in his head what I said out loud" Mr Threehorn said quietly to himself.
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Whatever Odon did wish, he would not say it, so he kept it silently to himself.
The spikethumbs kids watch on in wonder.
"What did you think he wished for?" Donna whispered.
Goanna shrugs, and it was Guan who answered.
"It's best we don't question him about that right now," he whispered back.
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Mr Threehorn looked at Zila and Odon "I'll see you two tomorrow... I'm going to get something to eat" he walks away.
"Daddy I'm comming" Cera went after him with Trihorn.
Zila looked at Turio "Lets go to the water and get something to eat"
"Yes Father I am hunger" Turio follows him down to Ducky and Spike after asking them they go back to Ducky's mum and stepdad Sam to have a good stomach full to eat.
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Odon looks to the remaining kids. "I'll take Goanna and Donna home. Guan, how about you help the others back home to their families."
Guan salutes, watching his uncle and sisters head home back to their nest, then turns to Littlefoot and Ali, leading them home to their families.
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They all depart for the day and by the next morning Odon wakes up from his sleep with the sun not even appearing in view as the orange in the sky shown from the raises but when he looked at Guan noticing something different he was larger then he remembered seeing Guan.
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Odon's eyes started to widen that Guan is in fact larger than him! Suddenly, he felt a playful bump behind him and forcing him to turn on his side to come face to face with another little spikethumb...not Donna, but another male...and he knows who he is!
"C'mon Odoy!" the spikethumb cheered. "Let's go play before dad takes us into training again!"
Odon was silent in shock. "...Spikefoot?"
"Of course, silly!" Spikefoot smiled big, but the smile faded when he sees Guan and his sisters still sleeping. "Who are they?"
Odon looks over at the (other) children and then back to Spikefoot. "Um...give me a minute."
Odon leaps onto his feet and runs over to Guan, bumping him awake.
Guan stirs and groans. "Donna...it's far too early to play..."
"It's not Donna, Guan, it's Odon!"
Guan looks around in confusion. "Uncle Odon? You sound younger than I th..." Guan's eyes widen in shock at the sight of the little spikethumb, with a VERY familiar scar on his right front leg. "H...How...?"
"No time to explain," Odon hissed at a whisper. "The wish I made last night did more than make me young. It also brought back Spikefoot. My brother! YOUR FATHER!"
Guan stumbles back and nearly hits his sisters, but his landing jars them awake. Odon had to clear back to avoid getting hit, and then comes across to Guan and the girls, who are suddenly wide awake.
"He's also young, so he does not remember you," Odon said, trying to take control of the situation. "From this point on, you must call me Odon...or Odoy, and your father must be called by his actual name, Spikefoot."
Donna's widen. "Daddy's....?"
"Yes, he's here for today, but he's as young as I am now, so he does not know you..."
Spikefoot approaches the others. "I wonder what you said to them to make them jump like that, Odoy. By the way, I'm Spikefoot. Pleased to meet you."
The three children could only stare...
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Odon heard sudden shout from two young voices as they got closer "How can I stay calm I am a kid again! I can't face Cera like this! I managed to get away from the nest but that not point"
"And shouting isn't helping either! like to wake the valley up!?" Zila said back loudly
"Zila just..." Mr Threehorn saw Odon "see I told you so!"
"Fine you was right..." Zila muttered "Tops I'll give you the treestars later..."
"I'll keep that in mind" Mr Threehorn replied looking at Odon "Well Odon... looks like our joined wish got us in a real big mess" He and Zila stood there in front of them with Guan, Donna and Goanna mouths hanging wide
Zila noticed Spikefoot "Is that?"
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Spikefoot sees Threehorn and Zila and he perks up. "Tops! Zil Zil! You're up early too! I was just meeting some new spikethumbs that Odoy may know."
Guan, Goanna, and Donna knew they have to act fast, and they spring up onto their feet.
Guan found the words to speak. "Um...hi Spikefoot. I'm Guan, and these are my sisters, Goanna and Donna."
Spikefoot smiles. "Pleased to meet you. Are you relatives of ours? The marks on your tails are the same as mine."
"They're...distant relatives that joined our heard," replied Odon. He then turns to Threehorn and Zila to explain. "That wish I made also brought back my brother, but he doesn't even know his own kids. I want you both to play along."
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Threehorn almost about to grunt a bit about the idea then he whispered back "Well it won't work for long Odon, remember Cera... Turio and the rest of the Valley this type of news wouldn't stay quiet for long... I'll play along but just warning by the time the bright circle raised above the wall of the Great Valley this will leak out like wild fire" Threehorn said to Odon knowing far well he was right.
Zila nods "I'll do it but when it comes to Turio things might get a bit out of control and with the others in the Great Valley and Spikefoot will notice something odd soon as the land don't look like what he knows" Zila whispered to Odon "But till that comes we will play along".
Zila and Threehorn looked at Spikefoot. "Guess we are all up earily for once"
"After you woke me Zila..." Threehorn muttered "But since I'm up no point keeping a grumpy mood" Threehorn said then thinks about Cera
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"I meant only with Spikefoot," whispered Odon. "Only we truly know who he is and what happened to him. Everyone else in the Great Valley will see him as another little spikethumb. But it's true they will find out about us being kids..."
"Oh c'mon!" groaned Spikefoot outloud. "Are we gonna play or what?"
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"Oh I see, well I hope it works out." Zila whispered to Odon then looked at Spikefoot "We are just still a bit sleepy."
"Daddy?" a voice called out and Threehorn gulped "Oh no it Cera... she can't see me like this!" he whispered to Odon
Before he reacted Cera came up to them looking at the group "Whoa... ok... new swimmer, two new spikethumbs this is new... what going on? where D..." Cera looked at the blackish grey threehorn with wide eyes "Daddy!?" he only nods "Ahh!" Cera screached then fainted in front of them falling to her side.
"Oh great..." Threehorn muttered
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"Uh oh..." Goanna said, looking away from the group. "We got more company..."
Littlefoot approaches the others. "Wow. You're all up early too." He notices the new young dinosaurs. "New kids? Must've came in late at night. I'm Littlefoot."
Spikefoot walks up to Littlfoot. "Hi, Littlefoot. I'm Spikefoot, and my brother over there is Odoy."
Littlfoot looks over at Odon. "Odoy...?" His eyes start to widen, forcing Guan to take Littlefoot away from the group to talk with him.
"Is that spikethumb there your uncle? What happened to him? And why's Cera on the ground unconcious?!" Littlefoot began questioning the teenage spikethumb.
"Uncle Odon, Zila, and Mr. Threehorn made a wish last night and now they're our age! Cera just found what happened to her dad."
"I...see... Then who is Spikefoot?"
"He's someone from Uncle Odon's past, and it would be best not to tell Spikefoot about it. Promise me that."
Littlefoot was hesitant. "I...promise... But soon the whole Valley will find out what happened. What do we do then?"
Guan sighs. "I don't know..."
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Threehorn looked at Cera still out cold and sighed "How am I going to explain this to her..." he muttered to himself "I hope this don't happen again when she comes too" He said quietly to himself.
Zila sat there looking at Spikefoot "Spikefoot where do you think we are? the location" Zila asked him wondering that the answer could be a problem or not.
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Spikefoot looks around in wonder at the surroundings, curious. "This does not look like home," he said. "It looks smaller. Where are we?"
"We're in the Great Valley," Odon answered.
Spikefoot looks at his brother, surprised. "The Great Valley? But we lived so far away from here? How did we get here so fast? ...and where's Dad?"
Odon looks around at everyone else sadly and takes Spikefoot off someplace to talk alone.
Guan and Littlefoot sees this as they approach the others.
Guan shakes his head sadly. "I guess we couldn't keep any secrets from anyone. The wish has already made too big a mess..."
Littlefoot looks up at Guan. "Lying to someone does not come out good in the end, even if it was meant to cause less harm. I know that from experience."
"That also means we can't lie to the rest of the Valley about this," Goanna agreed. "They'll all know sooner or later."
Guan could only nod in agreement to them both, waiting for his uncle and father to return...
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Zila looked at Guan and Littlefoot "Some wish we made... it was just from the thought that us three made" Zila said to him
Threehorn nods "While I'm stuck like this..." he sighs "I am going to regret this... but... you lot may call me Tops..." Threehorn said with a bit of dislike to the idea.
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"Um...ok...Tops?" Littlefoot replied, confused and nervous.
Then, Odon and Spikefoot return to face the others, Spikefoot showing a variety of feelings.
Guan looks worried at Odon. "So he knows everything...?"
Odon sighs and nods his head.
Spikefoot take a step forward. "This seems really strange though. Like going forward in time to meet your kids. I never even thought about having kids when I grow up."
"Well, things do change when you grow up," replied Odon.
"Yeah. But it's kind of funny that there's a spikethumb who may be even better than me!"
"Hey! I never said you were better than me! It always comes out to a draw!"
"Only because I go easy on you," Spikefoot remarked, poking his nose up into the air.
Odon growls and tackles his brother, playfully wrestling on the ground. Guan, Goanna, and Donna look at each other in confusion.
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"Well they playing..." Tops said to them tiding up the confusion.
"Yes I remember and they always draw in their games" Zila said watching.
Cera wakes up weaving a bit then looks at Littlefoot "What going on? what happened to t daddy?"
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Littlefoot gives a nervous look at Tops. "He may have wished along with Zila and Odon to be young again, and...they did."
Odon and Spikefoot stops wrestling and comes to their senses, and rejoins the others, Spikefoot meeting with his future children. "Even though I know now what will happen in my future...but for today I want all three of you to treat me like I am now. Is that ok?"
"Ok, Da... Spikefoot," Guan answered.
"This is going to be cool!" Donna added.
Odon looks sharply at Guan (which actually would make look cuter than he already is :lol ), "Because you're now the only spikethumb with fully grown thumb spikes, you now have the responsibility of taking care of your family...even your father and uncle."
"I won't disappoint you, Uncle Odon," Guan replied proudly.
"Glad that part's over," Goanna remarked. "What's next to deal with?"
Just then, Grandpa and Grandma appears in the distance...
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Cera looked at her dad "You wished that? Daddy?" Cera said with a nervous question
"Yes and please you two stop being nervous around me... at this time I can't even do much myself at this age... I might still be myself in this young body but I am at this time a kid as much as you two and the others." Tops said to Cera and Littlefoot walking up to him then looking at with with a smirk. "Littlefoot just be yourselve and same with you Cera"
"Sure thing daddy." Cera nods then see Grandpa and Grandma longneck "Daddy look behind you"
"What?" Tops turned and saw them "this isn't my day..."
Zila laughs "Looks like we have to face the Grandparents of Littlefoot" Zila said finding it amusing a little bit
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Littlefoot gives an assuring nod to Tops until he sees his grandparents coming.
Grandpa and Grandma reaches the children.
"Morning, children," Grandpa said. "You all seemed to have woken up early today. We were trying to find Threehorn, Zila, and Odon..." He stops abruptly, noticing something strange about some of the children, which he does not recognize. He lowers his head down to the kids' level for a closer look, then his eyes start to go wide.
Odon steps forward. "I guess you found us, Longneck..."
Grandma hears this and is shocked. "Oh my... What happened?"
"It's a long story," muttered Odon in a reply. "Let's just say we now have to be careful when we wish upon a star..."
Donna and Spikefoot giggle at the remark, while Goanna and Guan resort to a quick snicker.
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Cera laughed at the comment then she looks at Tops.
"Well Longneck see you me now I was when I was a child, don't us Zila and Odon look some what simlar to kids that your longneck herd went through a land with Bron when he was young?" Tops said to the grandparents of Littlefoot "And I right?"
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(I still haven't seen LBT 10 yet, so who's the children of the grandparents?)
Grandpa nods. "Yes, I remember," he replies, "but that was so long ago."
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(Bron calls Grandpa, Papa Longneck in LBT 10. So I guess from that he is Grandpa and Grandma's son)
"Yes it was and look like the past in our wish caught back up, spill it over the valley if you two like, don't bother me none" Tops looked at Littlefoot then grinned a bit thinking 'Not it is the game Cera called it? mmm lets see how much fun this is really is'
Tops walked up to Littlefoot then smirked again touching his leg against Littlefoot's then shouts for the hell of it "Not it! Littlefoot it!" He yelled making a break for it.
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Littlefoot's jaw drops at Tops tagging him, before he finally smirks and races after the others. Donna, Goanna, Guan, and Spikefoot sprints off close behind Tops. Littlefoot nearly tags Odon, but the spikethumb sidesteps, watching as the little longneck flies past.
"I'll...join you in a minute, Littlefoot," Odon says. "I need to talk with Zila first."
With a nod, Littlefoot races off to catch up with the others, leaving Odon, Zila, and the elder longnecks alone.
"What will Turio say when he finds out?" Odon asks.
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"Well I'll tell him what happened and wait for his reaction" Zila answered looking at Odon "Why don't we play with the others?"
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Odon manages to smile. "We gotta hurry if we don't wanna be left out." He bolts off after the others, who have already left through a line of trees to another clearing.
Grandma and Grandpa look at each other in confusion before looking back at Zila. "You want us to find Turio and send him to you?" Grandpa asks.
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"Yes if you can, I would be very greatful." Zila smiled then raced after the Odon and the others.
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Tops came to a stop by the water edge then Cera runs into him and so does Guan, Goanna and Donna all falling in the water with a big splash
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Grandpa and Grandma soon depart to find Turio.
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Goanna wiggles herself out from the pile and out of the water. "Yeesh! Who put the water in the middle of the game?"
Soon Spikefoot bursts out of the trees and dives into the water, surfacing with a laugh. "Littlefoot's coming!" he shouted.
Soon enough, Littlefoot appears in front of Goanna and tags her. "Not it! Goanna's it!" he shouted before running in the other other direction.
Guan and Donna quickly swim by Tops to the shore on the other side of the water. Then Odon and Zila appear in the game, just in time to see Goanna chase after Littflefoot towards them.
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Tops got out the water shaking himself dry "Need to watch where I run" Tops then runs to catch up with Guan and Donna.
Zila sees Littlefoot being chased by Goanna "Odoy Goanna it"
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"I see," Odon said quickly. "Littlefoot! This way!"
Littlefoot takes a hard right towards Odon and Zila, Goanna closing behind.
"Let's go this way!" Odon said to Zila and Littlefoot. "We'll lose her there!" He leads the others towards a clump of trees barely large enough for the three small dinosaurs.
"No fair!" Goanna called out, slowing down. "Uncle Odon's great at losing chasing sharpteeth!"
On the other side of the water, Tops, Guan, and Donna regroups with Spikefoot. They obviously heard what Goanna had said.
"We were trained with those maneuvers," Spikefoot said between panting, still smiling. "Very useful for Not It, too."
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"Very smart move and funny" Tops smirked
"Daddy your different like this but it fun" Cera said looking at him.
"Well fun only comes once a childhood and this is a second chance we have and I'm not letting that go" Tops said back then looks at Spikefoot "Did you ever think that tomorrow you might be still here but given a second chance in life? I believe that could be ture... you might end up tomorrow a full grown Spikethumb remembering everyone here. Why else would a joint wish have you here with us now?" Tops said to Spikefoot
"Daddy that the smartest and crazyest thing ever you said and it sounds possible" She said to Tops then looking at Spikefoot.
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Ducky walked up to Cera/ So I finally found you yep yep yep" Shre stopped to rest than looked at the younger Tops. "Who's that?"
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"Well erm... it's daddy" Cera said to Ducky
"Hello Ducky, suprised? and... well like I said to the others while I am like this call me Tops" Tops said to Ducky
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Ducky reeled back "That's Mr. Threehorn? What happened?" she asked, clearly stunned.
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"Call me Tops for now" Tops said again "And it happened because me, Zila and Odon made the same wish and it came true" Tops told Ducky
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Made A wish? But how did your wish come true?" Ducky asked.
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"As Odon said, a wish apon a falling star" Tops chuckled a bit.
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"Well, How long will you be like that mr. Three- er I mean Tops?" Ducky asked.
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"Don't know, it could be over by tomorrow morning or in a few days time just depends how long it would last for. I am in no rush for it to end since this is something that no adult would get a chance to do, relive the age of when they was children." Tops said to Ducky
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That's pretty cool, Tops" Ducky said happily. "Let's play! Do you wabnt to play hide and seek?" She asked.
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"Well we already playing a game, Not it. right?" Tops looked at Cera
"Yep Daddy and Goanna is or was chasing Odon, Zila and Littlefoot" Cera said looking towards the direction
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Ok, Then "I'll be on Top's team" Ducky said merrily"
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Tops looked at her "Don't bother me none. I just getting to feel like something young and small" Tops smirked
Cera laughs "Daddy you sound it too but whatever happened your still my daddy"
"Oh Ducky meet Spikefoot, Odon's brother" Tops said pointing a foot at Spikefoot
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Hi, ' Ducky waved at Spikefoot.
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"Cool!" said Spikefoot happily. "Another swimmer!" Soon Spike comes into view, surprising the spikethumb. "A spiketail? I never seen one before..."
"Look out!" Donna shouted, "Goanna's crossing the water after us!"
"Ok everybody! Let's spread out!" Spikefoot was planning other maneuvers that he was taught by...
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Tops looked at him "Right" They spread out like Spikefoot said to them
"What the plan Spikefoot?" Cera asked
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"We all take different paths, but in groups no less than two!" Spikefoot explained quickly. "In survival, we use this maneuver to lose or separate a pack of sharpteeth, dwindling their numbers low enough to fight back! But against one sharptooth, we can confuse it long enough to get away. Let's split into groups and split from this place!"
Goanna momentarilly gets her hind foot caught in a root. Thankfully, it did not pull her under the water, but it did delay her long enough for Spiketail to explain his plan.
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"Lets go" Tops said, "I'll go with Spikefoot"
"I will be with Donna" Cera said to Donna
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"And I'll stick with Ducky and Spike," Guan offered.
"Great! Now let's go!" Spikefoot tone was commanding. Then everyone split into their own groups and depart in different directions as Goanna finally leaves the water.
"Oh great..." Goanna moaned. "It's never good to be it when you're chasing your father and uncle...but perhaps..." She makes her decision quickly and runs after Guan's group.
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Tops looked at Spikefoot as they got a distance and slowed to a walk "I haven't had this much fun in ages. Maybe at first I wasn't sure of being like this but it great now" Tops smiled.
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Cera looked at Donna "Looks like your sister gone after Spike, Ducky and your older brother Guan"
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"I guess you can still remember your adulthood," replied Spikefoot after a breath. "Probably because I was wished here as a kid, I can't remember what I would be like when I grew up."
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Donna glances behind her and slows down her pace. "She must have known that Spike is the slowest runner of us all. But if Guan knows as much as Uncle Odon and Daddy, they could still lose her."
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"Well Spikefoot you might end up getting a second chance in life, all we know by tomorrow or where ever this wish ends you might turn to a adult yourself and remember everything. Cause I know you was around as a kid ages ago so it isn't possible you to be gone from that point or I would of noticed in my memiors. I heard of strange things and this one beats them all." Tops looked at Spikefoot.
"But... what do you remember any way? what happened the day before?" Tops asked Spikefoot.
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"Yep..." Cera smirked then looked at Donna
"I don't know if this sounds right or wrong but what if you, Goanna and Guan wish at the same time like Daddy, Zila and your Uncle wished for being kids. But wish for your dad to stay and back as a adult? it could work if it true to the heart and what I seen you three loved your dad so much... I kind of overheard you three a bit back talking about your dad" Cera said to Donna.
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Ducky ran off in other Direction with Spike and Guan just behind. "WEhat we do now?' she asked Guan
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Zila looked at Odon and Littlefoot "Looks like it safe now, Goanna gone after the others Odoy" Zila said watching from on top of Odon's head "It weird you know, being this small again and able to do this" Zila looked down at Odon's eyes.
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Spikefoot thinks back to the day he can remember. "Well...I remember the drills my dad was teaching me and Odoy yesterday, about several days after that sharptooth attack that left a scar on Odoy's front leg. Then last night, my herd was talking about moving to a more safer place at some place called Sky Blue Lake. That's all I can remember yesterday."
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Donna looks at Cera. "I always want Daddy back! And Mommy too! They always took care of us, especially when we got separated from the rest of our herd. I always want to have them back here with us..."
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Guan looks around quickly and sees a grove of trees similar to the ones his uncle and his group used to escape from Goanna. "You two hide in there while I draw Goanna away! She can't get through those trees, but neither can I."
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Odon nods, careful not to drop Zila. "Thinking back to all the years when we left our childhood to become parents...and uncles."
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"You did leave after that day so did my herd... that was the last time me, Zila and Odon saw each other. Zila's herd went one way, mine another and yours to that lake. but I heard it was destoryed a while back during the Great Earthshake that reshaped the land. it caused large land breaks and turned your lake into a mud trap that made anyone sink into it if going through it" Tops said to Spikefoot
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"I know but we've got a second chance I don't want to waste one second" Zila said to Odon with a smile.
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"I think Odoy told me about that," Spikefoot replied, "but I don't remember what the lake looked like before or after this Great Earthshake began."
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Odon couldn't help but smile to the second chance at childhood that was given to him and his old friends.
Littlefoot looks around. "Think it's safe to come out?"
Odon looks around at the quiet clearing. "Guess so. Let's go check on the others."
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"Well we better look for the others see if Odon is coming down from that tree" Tops laughed a little bit.
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"Odoy I see Tops over there with your brother" Zila points out with his claw
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Spikefoot looks over to where Odon and his group were hiding in. "I see them," he says. "They're coming out."
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Odon spots his brother and friend and nods. "Let's go then." Then he and Littlefoot leave their hiding place to join up with Tops and Spikefoot.
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"Look like your enjoying the ride" Tops said to Zila.
"It been ages since I was able to do this, couldn't help myself to doing it, plus Odoy don't mind me being on his head, don't you Odoy" Zila looked down at Odon's eye
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Ducky raced after Odon, and reached spikefoot. "Ok you found us" She said happily.
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"I thought we was playing Not it?" Zila looked at Tops confused.
"Yeah we are" Tops nods.
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Oops' Ducky said" Sorry. Please count again so I can hide again"
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"Ducky we playing Not It... not hide go seek. At the moment Goanna is it and chasing Guan" Tops shook his head
Zila sighed on top of Odon's head "Like Tops said it 'Not It' not Hide go seek"
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Ducky stopped and came back. "Oh I see."
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Zila laughed "No harm done"
"I guess not, but we just have to hope Guan don't lead Goanna over here" Tops said looking at them
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If he Does and one of us getts tagged, we're it?'Ducky asked
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Cera frowned "Did you bang your head? Ducky we always played not it" Cera questioned with confusion
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"Maybe I did Bang my head' She said ruefully 'I Be quiet now Yep Yep Yep"
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"Everyone gets mixed up one day or the other. Specially today" Tops said to Ducky.
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Ducky nodded silently.
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"Hey lighten up" Zila jumps down off Odon's head then go to Ducky tickling her.
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"Ducky Giggled, "hee hee stop it stop "
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Zila smiled "Alright." Zila stops "Feeling better?"
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"Yep Yep Yep' me Feeling Much better" Ducky nodded.
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"I might be a kid at the moment but I know how to cheer up a sad swimmer at this age" Zila smirked
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Thanks. Now what do we do?' she asked
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"Just wait and see what happens next with Goanna, since she chasing Guan" Zila replied.
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Spike had managed to rejoin with the rest of the group, save for Guan and Goanna, and quietly munches away at some leaves from a small tree.
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Goanna has been chasing after Guan for a while now, both of them sprinting around trees and bushes, until they come across some familiar faces.
Grandpa and Grandma have finally found Turio and had already told him what had happened.
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Turio sees Goanna and Guan "Hi is it what Littlefoot Grandparents said? Father is a kid?"
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Guan and Goanna stop short of the group, forgetting the game for the time being.
"Well...yes he is," Guan replied. "Your dad, Cera's dad, and our uncle wished on a star and became kids..."
"...and our own father came back as a kid too!" Goanna added.
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"Wow. Can we go see?" Turio asked "I want to see father and others. I like see it myself please" Turio requested
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"Of course," answered Guan. "But you'll have to ride with me, cause we're playing Not It and Goanna's it."
Goanna responds with a smirk.
"Anyway, you all go ahead and have fun," said Grandpa with a quick chuckle.
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"Odoy do you think Guan giving Goanna a mad rush" Zila looked at Odon
"Seeing how much energy both had I say other wise" Tops chuckled.
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Odon looks to Spikefoot. "They were trained well by their father," he said, pausing quickly. "They soon started learning how to fight back just before we finally came to the Great Valley."
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Guan gently scoops up Turio onto his back. "Hang on tight," he said. And they pick up speed as the two spikethumbs again resumed the game.
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"I see" Zila said looking at them then noticed Guan "Is that Turio on his head?" Zila questioned
"Yes" Tops nods
"Alright... better be ready for this" Zila waited for Guan to come to them.
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DUcky Climbed on top of Spike for a better view.
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Guan arrives and Turio looked at his dad "Father? you look about my size"
"Yes I do, don't know how long but still myself in this young body" Zila replied.
"We got a second chance to live a childhood even not long but good" Tops said with a smirk "And call me Tops"
"Tops ok Cera father I call you Tops" Turio nods.
Zila smiled "That was easier then I thought it would be but I guess it would if I don't lie once to my son about things" Zila spoke
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'Telling the truth is a good thing yep yep yep " Ducky chimed in.
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"Where Goanna? she was behind us when Guan brought me here" Turio looked around.
"No idea" Zila answered
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Perhaps she is waiting to continue the game" Ducky suggested.
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"Or lost us on the way here so she looking for us all" Turio snickered
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"That's not vey funny Turio" Ducky scolded him' She prtobably waiting for Guan"
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Tops looked and saw Goanna in the distance "Well he could be right... I see Goanna just over there, I think she seen us..." Tops said and saw her coming at them.
"Scatter!!!" Cera screamed out
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'Let's go Spike" ducky said as she pushed on him to move"
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Spike slowly starts to pick up speed in another direction.
Guan, Donna, Odon, and Spikefoot race in a different direction when Goanna starts to close in on the group. Strangely, like clockwork, the four spikethumbs bolt around a small series of sharp corners and disappear into some bushes, leaving Goanna to chase after the others.
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Zila and Turio get on Tops "Go Tops!" Zila said
"Right I'm moving Zila" Tops bolts off with Cera behind him heading to the steping stones in the water both threehorns jumping on each with big leaps getting to the other side.
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Goanna chases after the group of threehorns and swimmers and pauses when she reaches the water, watching the group try to get away on stepping stones. She could swim in after them, but remembers a third group that's not as fast. She turns in the other direction after Ducky, Spike, and Littlefoot.
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"That was close" Cera said looking at Goanna leaving to go for the others
"Yeah tell me about it" Zila said
"I am glad father. this is a fun game" Turio smiled
"I agree" Tops nods.
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The spikethumbs regroup at their nest to take a break.
"Who did Goanna go after?" Donna said after a breath.
"She may have gone after any group that has Spike with them," Guan answered.
"Perhaps," Odon added, "but even catching the slowest creature will never be easy, although Spike isn't the slowest."
Spikefoot lies down at the nest to take a rest. The others follow his example and sit together in silence.
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Goanna manages to catch up with Littlefoot's group and tags Spike's tail. "Goanna not it. Spike's it..."
Instead of running, the group chose to take a break, exhausted from all the running.
"Now I'm starting to feel as old as Uncle Odon," Goanna said after sitting down. "Well...when he was still old."
Littlefoot plops onto the group. "So when does that wish they made end?"
"I guess by tomorrow."
Littlefoot lifts his head up at Goanna. "You think your dad might disappear at that time?" He suddenly regrets saying that.
Goanna looks at Littlefoot for a moment, then sighs. "I...don't know..."
The group sits in silent thought while resting.
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Tops and Cera find Odon and the others with Zila and riding on him. "Well looks like the game is a pause I seen the others resting" Zila spoke
"Well we all a bit caught out of breath now" Cera said breathing hard
"It was fun I must say" Tops chuckled.
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"It was also tiring," Odon replied, "even for someone young."
Goanna looks up at Zila. "So when exactly do we leave for the Great Lake?"
Spikefoot also looks up. "The Great Lake? I heard stories about that place from Zila's herd."
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"Tomorrow" Zila said looking at Spikefoot. "But I hope and wish you would be there tomorrow to come with us. That would be from the heart." Zila said
"Same here" Tops stood up "I also believe... for once in my heart you should have your life looking after the three, Guan, Goanna and Donna" Tops said scopping Zila up having him sit on his head. "Odon?" Tops and Zila looked at him.
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"So Spikefoot is not coming with us?' ducky asked.
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"Don't know but I hope he will" Zila said to Ducky
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(I guess everyone met up together later on. I accidently said Goanna instead of Donna.)
The spikethumbs went silent for a moment, each pondering with thoughts either similar or different to the others.
Odon finally found the words to speak. "That's for the Great Circle of Life to decide..."
The spikethumb children look on, Donna depressed with Guan and Goanna being able to hide their depression better. Spikefoot remains the most silent, depressed as well as confused.
Even Spike and Littlefoot were silent and unmoving, unsure of what to say (referring to Littlefoot, anyway :lol: )
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Time seemed to fly by during the day as the great circle started to lower from the sky but a star flew over Odon and his brother Spikefoot as the darkness creeped in showing a sign to them two that this star was like the other the day before.
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Unknowing about the star, Odon and Spikefoot both made a silent wish, unaware of what might happen later on.
Guan looks up to the darkening sky. "The day is nearly over," he said. "You think some of us should head back home?"
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"Yeah, goodnight you guys" Cera said
"Well lets go" Tops smirked "Well it been a fun day" Tops walks with Cera back to the nest.
Zila nods "Come on Turio, lets get some rest"
"Yes Father" Turio smiles as they head off.
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Spike yawns and gently nudges Ducky in the direction of home.
Littlefoot watches the others leave and then hears his name being called by his grandparents. "I have to get to bed, too. See you all in the morning." He then turns and runs home, leaving the spikethumbs alone to sleep for the night.
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The next day came and Tops woken up he looked at the sky then looked at himself in a near by water hole.
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(Ok. I don't have a problem when something like this happens once, but twice is getting close to the line. I think there has to be some rules about RPing made soon. I don't want to make this sound like a drag, (not all of us like rules anyway) but there's been more than one problem happening more than once here that needs to be solved.)
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Odon hears a scream and soon Tops was over there looking at Odon "What the Blazes going on!? I am still a Kid!! But your not tell me Odon!" Tops shouted and raved "I thought this wish should of ended last night and I back to adult like you but no I am still a size of a child" Tops snapped.
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The spikethumb children were jarred awake by the commotion, and were shocked at what happened.
Odon looks at himself again to see that he is back to his adult self, then looks back down at Tops. "What the... I thought the wish did end last night! But something else must've happened to...wait a minute..." He looks back to see his brother stirring awake, the same brother who's now older and alive...
Spikefoot yawns and looks around. "What in the world is going on..."
"Daddy!" cried Donna and runs over to nudge his massive head.
Goanna's mouth hangs open. "He's...alive..." She then runs over to her father and joins her sister in the warm hug.
Guan remains still in shock.
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"Hello there still the problem with ME!!! I am a kid still! what the firey mountians did you two Spikethumbs wish for last night?" Tops still quite annoyed stuck as a child and wanting to know why.
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Odon thinks back to the wish he made last night, which could not have been possible due to the absence of a wishing star...or maybe there was one when they weren't looking. "I only wished for Spikefoot to return..."
"...to the herd as the father that I was before I was gone," Spikefoot finished, staring at Odon with a stunned faced. "That was what we both wished that night."
Odon stares at the three kids. "Did any of you wished for something on Mr. Threehorn remaining as a child?"
Guan, Goanna, and Donna shake their heads no in reply.
"This wishing star is starting to create more problems than solutions..." Odon muttered.
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"Better find out how this happened... I might be stuck in this body but I still got my temper and I am at the moment getting really anger..." Tops said gritting his teeth as he spoke feeling very anger that he was the only one out of Zila and Odon to be a child.
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Odon looks back at Threehorn. "You mean Zilla's back to his normal self? Then someone else must have wished you to remain this way. But who?"
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"How am I suppose to know?" Tops grunted "It could be any..." then he hears Littlefoot coming up to them and Tops looking at him "Have you been there listening the whole time? did you wish for this?"
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Littlefoot was stunned by the barrage of questions Cera's father is throwing on him. "What are you talking about? I didn't wish for anything. And how come you're still a kid?"
Grandma and Grandpa soon follow, seeing Threehorn still as a child.
"Oh my..." Grandma began.
"I thought the wish ended by the end of the day," Grandpa added.
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"But before ask I didn't wish this on myself I made no wish last night.Someone in this Valley wished other wise. I asked Cera and she didn't... I asked anyone I could think off... before coming here. I talked to Zila and TUrio they couldn't believe this, Cera was shocked and you lot was shocked. It like NO one has no idea what happened..." Tops froze looking at Odon.
"Your wish might had a cost... for your brother being here it might of... well triggered something... made me stay young a extra day. A way to balance the wish out... I heard a saying said the first wish has no effect but a second might have a cost" Tops said to Odon then looking up at the Grandparents of Littlefoot.
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Odon slowly grew annoyed. "Now I have no idea what you're talking about, Threehorn. None of us knew about a star flying over a second day in a row. And what's this about a saying of a costly second wish? I never heard of this saying before. Are you saying you know something that should have been shared with the rest of us?"
Spikefoot stood between Threehorn and Odon. "That's enough. We've only recently found out what has just happened, but we are already too quick to start pointing claws at each other. We must stay calm and think this through, and soon we will find the answers and a solution to this problem."
Odon takes his brother's words to thought, knowing Spikefoot has always been the wise one. Grandma and Grandpa both nod in agreement.
Donna looks around. "Where's Zila and Turio? Isn't today the day we leave for the Great Lake?"
Guan suddenly gets a thought into his mind. "Do you think that there may be answer to this...situation at the Great Lake?"
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Zila and Turio came over to them with Zila normal size he sees Tops "What the..." Zila gasped.
"Yes I am a kid still" Tops groaned.
"My grandparents warned of something like this could happen" Zila said
"What?" Tops questioned.
"If two wishes made in two nights three days before the three nights of the blue moon a wish will stay to one from a group. It will be undone at the end of the threehorn blue moons." Zila said "That was what I was told by my Grandparents and what they say usually did happen so I can only guess that it happened with them as well to know this type of thing"
"I am stuck like this for 6 DAYS!!!! NO way! no! you can't be serious!!" Tops freaked out.
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Littlefoot had to hide behind Grandpa's leg in fear of Threehorn's anger, despite the adult threehorn still being a kid, and Donna moves closer to her father.
"I guess this was one of the few things I missed when I was still young," muttered Odon.
"At least it's not forever," Spikefoot responded. "All we have to do is to wait out the 6 days for the wish to be undone."
"But what will happen to you, Daddy?" asked Donna.
Spikefoot looks down at his daughter and smiles assuringly. "I don't know, but no matter what happens, I will always be here to watch over you. And so will your mother..."
Guan gives a half-smile for a moment.
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"That wish will stay... it just the cross with the first wish and second wish will undo it self... that in this case Tops" Zila said looking down at Tops.
"I can't believe this... stuck like this for 6 days... how am I suppose to be a father to Cera if I can't even protect her while being like this" Tops said looking and feeling sad and down feeling very unsafe. "Odon... I don't like this idea... but until I am back to normal me and Cera will be under your protection..." Tops looked away feeling down at saying it.
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Odon looks at Spikefoot with a puzzled look, and then turns back to Threehorn. "You'll always know I will look out for my friends, even old ones," he said.
"We treat everyone like one of our own," added Spikefoot. "We care for each other and we leave no one behind."
The spikethumb children all nod in reply. Even the longnecks seem to agree as well.
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"That appracted" Tops smirked then looked at the kids "Please stop hidding behind your folks everytime I get annoyed... look I can't do much about it at this time... when I was this young ages ago I had a bit of a short fuse... I easily lost my temper on the most sillyest of things so I ask you kids keep calling me by my name for now and let me know if I am going a bit on the annoyed side please" Tops said, requested and spoke to Littlefoot and the other kids around them.
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The children gave confused looks at each other.
Littlefoot was the first to come from behind Grandpa. "Ok...um...Tops."
Donna also steps out and nods.
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"Thanks. Odon can back up what I said, when we was kids... I kind of lost my temper on the samllers of things" Tops looked at Odon.
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Odon nods. "Tops certainly had quite a temper when we were kids," he said. "We always kept on our feet whenever he gets mad long enough to try and charge someone, but that was a rare case."
"It was hard to try to convince him in anything," agreed Spikefoot. "He always believed he was right all the time."
"There wasn't much change in him to adulthood," Odon smirked.
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"Thanks..." Tops muttered "I know... but since so much been happening I've seen a wider view of life. It might take longer but I've finally see that everything can't be my way I have to listen to other opotions" Tops said to them. "Just being this young for a while is making me a bit well tempered... but I won't get too much into it like I did a long time ago. I'll give you my word on that" Tops said to them.
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The adults nod their heads in agreement. Guan decides to lighten the mood further by changing the subject.
"So when do we leave for the Great Lake?" he asked Zila.
"The Great Lake! We almost completely forgot about that," Goanna added.
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"We leaving soon as everyone that going is here" Zila said calmly "Till then we wait"
"Father who need to come?" Turio asked
"Ducky, her mum and step dad, Petrie and his mother, Ali and her mother that all we waiting for" Zila said to his son then look at the others.
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"I hope they get here soon," Goanna said, sitting down next to her father. "I don't want to miss anything by being late."
"But it won't be any fun if we leave anyone behind," Donna responded, sitting down on the other side of her dad.
"We won't leave anyone behind," Spikefoot said to both of them. "And I'm sure we won't be late, either."
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Just as they spoke about the 5 they was coming. Ducky, Petire, Ducky's mum and Petire's mum and Sam was walking up to them.
"We sorry we've late we forgot about today, lucky..." Ducky's mum paused looking at Tops "Mr Threehorn!?"
"Yes... Tops if you may" Tops spoke
"Erm... ok Tops" Sam said with a stutter.
Zila coughed "Well if we all here should we begin the journey?" Zila changed the subject looking at them.
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Guan, Goanna, Donna, and Littlefoot quickly got up to their feet in anticipation to Zila's question. Odon and Spikefoot followed more slowly.
"Woohoo!" cried Donna. "Let's go to the Great Lake!"
"Let's still keep watch out for any danger along the way," Odon said. "We may end up crossing paths with sharpteeth getting there."
"I agree," responded Grandpa. "We must all stay together and not wander off."
"We should have the children towards the center of the group to keep them safe," suggested Spikefoot, looking around. "Anything else we should consider?"
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"Well once you get there the path that I been told about has some type well smell that Sharpteeth only smell and it well sticks alot to them and Grandparents said it made them sneeze as well. that maybe why the Great Lake has no sharpteeth attacks natural defences." Zila said. "So we will travel by day and sleep by night with one of each of the adults take it in turn to watch out for trouble a time passing trade. after a time one will wake the next then he takes the turn on looking out for trouble." Zila said the plan to keep everyone safe.
"A good plan from you like always Zila" Tops laughed. "Well for once that watch is left to you lot and I get plently of rest... one good thing over all bad things being a child again" Tops said.
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Odon rolls his eyes to Tops' words. Spikefoot and Grandpa chuckles.
"Well then," Guan started, "let's go. We need to cover a lot of ground today before nightfall."
Odon and Spikefoot nod in agreement, and everyone starts taking positions in the group. Grandma and Grandpa hold the end of the group while Spikefoot, Odon, and Guan, who's positioned closer to the children in the center, take on one side of the group, leaving room on the other side and the lead for Zila and the others.
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They start the journey and walk. They arrive at Threehorn Peak by low point sun in the sky. Zila looks at the sky then at the peak "We at one point of the journey. The next route is to travel right from here but looks like sun set will come at any time soon." Zila said looking at the sun.
"Yeah I see it father the night circle is making it self known look it there but not shining" Turio points to the night circle on the other side of the blue sky but dull and round.
"I seen that lots of times soon as they came the bright circle is going to go down" Tops said looking at the others mainly have to look up at the others.
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Grandpa sees the setting sun as well. "Then we might have to stop and rest for the night. As Zila has said, some of us should take turns on watch for sharpteeth or any other trouble that may appear."
"I volunteer for the first watch," Odon said.
"And I'll take a following watch," Spikefoot added, and then looks at Guan. "You're old enough to take watch with someone. Anyone you want to take watch with?"
Guan thinks for a moment. "Um...I'll go with you, Dad."
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"I will take thrid watch" Zila said calmly to them as the sun set even lower.
Tops looked at Littlefoot "Still being edging around me? why may I ask?" Cera looks at Littlefoot as well.
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Littlefoot blinks. "Pardon? Oh that. I'm...still trying to get used to...well...what's going on."
Grandpa was unable to hear the conversation between Littlefoot and Tops. "I'll take the fourth watch with Grandma."
Grandma nods in agreement.
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"I see, well don't worry too much about it" Tops smirked "We better get some rest"
"Yes Daddy that a good idea" Cera nods.
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Littlefoot agrees with Tops' suddestion and settles in with other kids in the center of the group. Odon takes the first watch, looking out around the area for anything. Donna and Goanna sleep closer to their dad, while remains fully awake while he lies there, confused. Other than the chirping of crickets, he could hear a couple of sound sleepers in the group, one of them happens to be Spike. Grandma and Grandpa also doze off to sleep, with Littlefoot following behind.
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Cera settles with the kids and see her dad stay a bit away on his own "Daddy come over here, it be warmer... I know your a kid and well don't like it much but please sleep with us..." Cera asked him
"Erm alright..." Tops said very unconfortable voice walking over to them and lays down beside Cera "All I say is that don't get use to this." Tops muttered to her closing his eyes.
"I will take 5th watch" Sam said before Zila could speak "Since Zila knows the way to the Great Lake he a bit too importment" Sam spoke
"Becareful dear" Ducky's mum said to him.
"I will" Sam smiled.
Zila nods "Alright I'll agree" Zila replied
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Guan continues to listen to the voices around him as he lays there, noticing how bright the stars are now. As his vision slowly begins to adjust to the night, he could see the shape of his uncle moving around the group, watching the outskirts of the land carefully.
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Tops felt a bit uncomfertable laying with the kids he looked at them all start to settle down. A wish caused him to be trapped in a childs body and in his mind he was still a adult but the childhood feelings from having fun to enjoying themselves as kids was he felt strong in him again and his little short fuse.
"I hope after the night of these three moons I turn back this is getting silently disturbing for me" Tops mumbled to himself.
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(You think we should pass by the night straight to morning, or should we continue staying at night for now?)
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(Morning)
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(Ok then)
As the day begins to break in the eastern horizon, Odon and Spikefoot, quickly followed by Guan, were the first to wake up. Guan looks over to see that Sam was finishing the final watch. The watch he took with his father was awkwardly silent, with neither one getting into anything more than small talk. There was actually nothing he could be able to say to his dad after all the years since they lost him. He shook his thoughts aside, and decides not to think anymore about it.
Spikefoot goes to wake up his daughters, whom both of them reacted with an annoyed moan. Grandpa and Grandma were waking up also, giving Littlefoot a gentle nudge to wake him up. Spike, however, remained snoring as loud as he did when he went to sleep.
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Cera and Tops on the other hand was awake and ready for a loud noise from a hollow tree after Cera remembered what Littlefoot did in the Great valley with the lesson with Mr Thicknose.
"one" Cera started
"Two" Tops said after her
"Three" both said and blowed hard into the hollow log creating a large bowing noise which startled everyone even waking Spike up everyone looking around where it came from but then heard hard laughing turning to see Cera and Tops laughing hard that they fell on their backs.
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Spike jumps when awakened by the noise and looks around, but then slowly walks his way around the group to search for breakfast.
The spikethumbs look at the threehorns with stunned looks or cocked eyebrows, while Littlefoot and his grandparents look at each other in confusion.
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"Well what the matter never seen a threehorn having a little fun. I might as well since I am stuck as a kid for a time" Tops said with a small laugh.
"Yeah and thanks to Littlefoot doing that before with Mr Thicknose I saw this and daddy and I decided to scare you all and it worked better then we thought it would even scaring Spike" Cera laughed a bit more both standing up on their four feet.
"I know you to be tricky but this beats them all Topsy" Zila said shaking his head.
"Father if you see it in his eyes it would be funny to you" Turio said to his dad
"Your right son it was a bit of harmless fun" Zila laughed a little bit a bit quietly to himself.
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Spikefoot later smiled at the sudden "wake-up" call, while Odon merely rolls his eyes and shakes his head. Guan and Littlefoot quietly chuckle before everyone starts getting ready for the travels ahead.
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Zila looked at the direction "We go this way. Right to the Peaks to the rushing waters of the River once there we travel up the river against the way it moving." Zila said to them
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Odon, Spikefoot, Grandma, and Grandpa nod and get into their positions while the spikethumb children, Littlefoot, and Spike return to the center, ready to travel.
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"Ready to move?" Zila questioned them
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Some of the adults (the ones I'm playing :P: ) nod in response to Zila, waiting for the responses of the others.
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The others give a nod as well and they start to move off to head at the fast flowing river that was a bit away from the Peaks. Zila was glad that his grandparents story was true llike most but also hopes not to run into the Long mouth Sharptooth.
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As the group moves closer to the river, Odon feels a chill of uneasiness, unsure of what and why, but he knows it means extreme caution.
Spikefoot notices the look on Odon's face and also feels uneasy. He gestures Guan closer to the smaller children and looks to Zila. "Is there something at the river we should be careful about?" he asks.
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"Well my grandparents told me about that near the river below where we come there is a lone long mouth sharptooth that no one should face with a large sail on it back it bigger then a normal sharptooth..." Zila said looking at Spikefoot "We should move double time up river no rest no stopping before it can smell us..." Zila said to them sharp and quick.
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"Then we'll have to quicken our pace and keep our eyes very sharp," Odon agreed.
Spikefoot urges his kids to speed up some. Even Grandpa and Grandma started moving a little faster, making sure Littlefoot remains safe in the group of little dinosaurs.
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Then Zila saw on the other side of the river what he feared "It watching us... from the other side of the river... right there, the river too deep and fast so it can't cross but it..."
Turio freaked out seeing it "Father it the chaser! the one that followed us from long time!! it was killed you knock lots of big rocks on it!" Turio said with fear.
Tops saw it "That thing is creepy... even for me... not that I am a kid still" Tops said backing away with Cera taking cover behind Grandpa Longneck.
"The mark on its eye I did with the rock slide but I was sure it was dead..." Zila said backing away from the river.
the long mouth sharptooth took a step to the river but looked down to see the deep side of it and the speed and roared at them with annoyance that they couldn't be reached.
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Donna and Goanna take cover behind their father and uncle, while Guan stares at the creature.
"We have never seen a creature like that before at the Sky Blue Lake," Spikefoot said. "And it is best we should avoid any more encounters with it."
"It can't reach us through the river," Odon added, "but we have to get through here as quick as possible."
"It is bigger than any sharptooth we seen before," said Grandpa after a while.
"How easy can we defeat it if it ever attacks?" Guan asks Zila.
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"That chaser is smarter then you think it is... it can talk and does alot of it while chasing it prey... Chaser as we call him did it with us plenty of times... I tricked him by getting him to chase me in a tight spot but that won't work and..." Zila gets cut off from a deep voice from the other side from the sharptooth himself.
"I remember it well Swimmer. your the only leaf eater to make a fool out of me and escape but when I find a way to cross this river I will make a meal out of all of you and I will figure it out since I am not like any sharptooth I think to solve my problems against prey and I remember good. I will be back shortly" Chaser spoke to them with his dark green eyes fixed on them then walks into the forest with loud thuds as they faded in distance.
"It spoke!" Ducky's mum gasped "the sharptooth talked... but they don't have the..."
"Well this one does and he don't like me at all" Zila said to her
"Wonder why" Tops muttered but still staying with Cera behind Grandpa's front leg with Littlefoot.
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Guan's jaw drops at the sound of the sharptooth's voice when it talked. Littlefoot was a little less surprised since he knows Chomper can speak as well, but he prefers not to explain it to any of the adults.
"Let's get moving," Spikefoot said finally. "The farther away we leave this place before he comes back, the better."
"I agree," added Odon. "Maybe we should have the children ride on our backs if it can make us go faster."
Guan looks back at Zila for a response.
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"We should move knowing that sharptooth Chaser... he'll be back with a way to cross. get the children on own backs and move fast as we back up the river to the Great Lake once we find the entrance we will be safe. the vines from the story I was told about make sharpteeth sneeze something in the leafs don't that sharpteeth smell we can not" Zila said to them
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The adults nod in agreement to the plan. Donna, with help from Guan and Odon, was lifted onto the back of her father, since she's still small enough to be carried. Guan helps lift Littlefoot and Spike onto Grandpa's back, looking back to see if any other children need a ride. Goanna has proven too big to ride on anyone, so she and Guan has to run alongside the adults.
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"Erm longneck would you be able to carry us too?" Tops asked with a hint of not liking the idea of being unable to help out in any protection because of the size annd what he was till the 3 nights of the blue moon.
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"Of course," replied Grandpa.
Guan helps Cera and Tops onto Grandpa's back next to Littlefoot and Spike, then offers a ride to Ducky, Petrie, and Turio, the last ones, on his back.
Odon and Spikefoot watch off in the distance where the sharptooth had gone, with Goanna close by and Donna riding on her father.
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They move up the river soon after a while walk coming to a large wall where the river goes around it and water from holes in the wall flowing into the river. "We here. just need to find the entrance look for something that looks like with leafs going down a wall behind it is a passage up to the lake. I think it left from this river" Zila said walking left looking for the entrance.
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Guan and Goanna inspect the wall, searching for the entrance, while the other adults wait patiently and keep their eyes out for trouble.
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Zila was also trying to find the entrance and Tops muttered "This is point less this whole wall filled with leaf vines" Tops jumps up on his hind legs and push forwards "Seeahhhh!" Tops fall throw the leafs.
Cera puts her head through "Looks like you found it daddy"
"Surpising..." Tops grumbled then he heard a roar.
Zila looked "Topsy found it! quick get through his coming!"
Chaser was just near them but on the cliff top right above them "Grrr! you lucky leaf eaters, your lucky I made a wrong turn or I would have you lot as meals! I will be waiting out here... I will get you on the way out" Chaser sneered.
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Spikefoot guides Donna and Goanna through the passage, followed by the other children and the other adults.
Guan looks up at the sharptooth before looking at Zila. "Have you ever tried to shut that thing's beak to keep it from talking?" he remarked.
Odon glares down at Guan. "You should not be making comments like that about an enemy you have not fought yet. Now let's get going."
Guan sighs and carries Turio, Petrie, and Ducky on his back through the passage.
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They walk up the path to see massive trees with leafs far larger then they seen with a large lake as far as they can see with trees on the other side and small islands all over the lake with plants and lots of swimmers walking, baving, talking or eating.
"Welcome to the Great Lake... amzing isn't it... I am suprised to see such a sight" Zila said with a warm smile.
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Most of the children watch the lake in astonishment at its amazing beauty. Even Grandpa, Grandma, Odon, and Spikefoot were speechless.
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Tops looked up "Those tree stars are massive!" tops gasped
Cera nods "I like them they look tasty" Cera said looking at the leafs.
Turio looked at his dad "this is the place your grandparents said father! it great!!!" Turio cheered.
"I know son it is... worth the journey" Zila smiled.
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Donna slowly approaches the shore of the lake, peering at the mirror image of the sky reflecting off the water. "It looks just as beautiful as Sky Blue Lake, Daddy!"
"It sure did," replied Spikefoot as he stands next to her.
Donna stands nearby. "Look at all the swimmers! How many herds do you think are here, too?"
"The numbers here look much bigger than Zila's herd when we were young," answered Odon, looking back at Zila. "Is that right?"
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"Yes there is a lot more then what we seen... this place only gather so many when the event happens." Zila said to Odon and Spikefoot.
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"Can we play with the other swimmers, Daddy?" Donna asks.
"Wait," interrupted Odon, standing next to his neice. "You're still too young to go swimming in deep water, and we don't know how deep the water goes."
"Your uncle has a point," Spikefoot added, lowering his head to his youngest daughter's level. "But I'm sure there may be a place by the river where you can swim, and I'll be right beside you."
"Thanks Daddy!" replied Donna, nudging her father's cheek.
"Hey Turio," Guan said. "You see anyone here you know? Like from another herd?"
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"Only that one at the far side the red scale swimmers they live in hot hot place with hot waters. they like the hot water we met once or twice." Turio said to Guan "And some of them your age I think."
Zila looked at Spikefoot "There is no rivers only the ones that go under the lake small little holes that let water out into the river outside. Plus I don't know how but the water stays at the same level oh and it not deep for the most of the lake..." Zila walks in and it only comes up to the knees. "It might be a little deep but not much to worry about. the deepest point is right in the middle where it goes down to a bit" Zila said to Spikefoot and the other kids "Plus there is a lot of swimmers that would come to the aid of others to help if having trouble to swim. some of them if you ask the Red Scale Herd they might be able to teach your kids to swim and maybe a few adults too" Zila chuckled a bit looking over at the red scale swimmers talking and chatting amoung them and kids around them playing in the water with a round object throwing it back and forwards.
"And that is?" Tops asked
"Oh that a weed ball. the plants that grow in the water the red scale herd knows how to shape some into a round shape they call a ball and let the kids play with it throwing it around and hitting the water it makes big splashes and it wouldn't hurt anyone if it hits them on the head. it will go squash and just easily pull off and the adults will reshape it" Zila said to Tops.
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Spikefoot watches Zila get into the water up to his knees. "Well, that alone will be helpful. And that the other swimmers will help is also good. I guess I'll you kids go and play. We may even take some time to teach you some more swimming lessons," he said to Donna with a smile.
"Thanks, Daddy!" Donna cheers and looks to her older siblings and friends. "C'mon guys! Let's go play!"
Donna and Goanna head off towards where the Red Scale Herd are playing.
"Goanna, don't go doing that swimming sharptooth act around the swimmers!" Odon called, hearing a moan from Goanna in reply.
Littlefoot looks up to Grandpa. "Can I go play as well?" he asks.
"Of course you can," Grandpa chuckled. "Have fun and be careful."
"Thanks Grandpa." Littlefoot looks to Cera, Tops, Ducky, Petrie, and Spike. "C'mon everyone! We can't let Donna and Goanna have all the fun!"
Guan looks back at Turio. "Wanna come along?"
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"Yeah alright" Turio nods.
Goanna gets there and all the sudden 2 swimmers around Guan's age burst their heads out the water and all do a tail splash with a wave of water hitting Goanna and she was knocke on the wave backwards the wave catches the others and it dies down with the 2 red scaled swimmers laughing.
"Jila
Sila double whammer!" both clapped claws together.
"Now now twins that not the way to treat guests before they are asked to play wave splash" the father of the two sisters spoke.
"Sorry..." both of them said at once.
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Goanna was caught completely off guard by the sudden wave of water caused by two young swimmers, whom both look older than her, and sits on the shore, stunned and dripping water. She shakes off the water and looks around. "Wave splash?"
Donna looks back at her sister and breaks into laughter.
Guan also saw what happened and stifles a snicker. "I suppose they did that to you too?" he asked Turio.
Littlefoot speeds ahead of the group to join Donna in meeting the Red Scale Herd.
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"Yes silly we use our tails together and make waves big enough to knock you off your feet into the water getting you very wet" Jila laughed
"Yep we do it because its great fun and can't get boried of it" Sila smiled at her twin sister.
"Yes they did. they are twins. they love playing water splash" Turio nods to Guan.
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"Well then, let's go say hi to them," Guan said. "I think I'm big enough to withstand their game." He smirks.
Goanna glances at the twin swimmers and grins. "Well I know of a game I love to play as well...and it's called swimming sharptooth!" At that, she dives into the water, swimming around the red scale swimmers.
"But Daddy told you not to play that game!" Donna shouted but to no avail.
"Is she going to get into trouble?" Littlefoot said as he meets up with Donna at the shore.
"One way or another..."
Spike was only half-way along the shore when he spots some deliciously green treestars, each one bigger than him, hanging off a low branch, and takes a sharp right turn and munches on the thick leaves.
"Looks like Goanna went diving into the water," said Odon while he and his brother watched with the other adults. "She must be playing swimming sharptooth again."
"That mischevious game of hers will get her into trouble," Spikefoot sighed. "I'll go get her before she gets herself or someone else hurt."
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the father of the twins came over "Did I hear Swimming Sharptooth... young lady that game isn't a game, that is a bad joke that goes wrong no one likes it and just saying it once you play it here I will tell your parents at once of your little game. this is a peaceful place and the old swimmer wouldn't stand for games like that" the red scaled swimmer told Goanna.
"Yeah we" Jila started
"Hate that game" Sila finished.
The red scaled swimmer walks back to his herd. "Lets play Water Splash then!" Turio laughed.
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Goanna surfaced just in time to get scolded by the father of the twins. She felt even worse when her own father approaches them.
"Young lady," Spikefoot started, "I'm sure I told you not to play such a game in this place, and you directly disobeyed me. Now come out of the water."
Goanna sulks as she heads out of the water and towards her dad.
"That game had gotten you in trouble more than once before," Spikefoot continued. "You need to start behaving yourself to set a positive example for your little sister..."
"She already set the example so I don't want to act like her..." Donna whispered to Littlefoot and the twins.
"Now come. Some time away from the others should keep you out of troublemaking until you start acting your age." Spikefoot and Goanna head back the other direction towards the adults while Guan and Turio pass them by to the red scale herd.
"So...how do you play Water Splash?" Littlefoot asks around.
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the father of the twins came over to Spikefoot "It's fine she didn't do it and I warned her before hand. so she not in trouble with anything if she like to she can play with my children they asked me to come over and ask as well." he said to Spikefoot with a freindly voice.
"Well you have to be with someone else with well almost the same tail length and then you both hit the water at the same time with your tails like this" Sila said to Littlefoot and he and his sister Jila shows them by both hitting the water just almost touching tails with a wave or water going towards Spikefoot.
"Oh no!"
"Watch out!" they both said over the top of each other at Spikefoot.
He looks and before he knew it the wave hits the shore and splashes water in his face.
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Spikefoot turned to the father. "My daughter has had a habit of causing trouble. A little time with me should get her behaving more often, since I haven't...been around a lot..."
Sudden shouts from the twins makes him turn his head in time to get hit by a wave of water. His kids watch in shock, and Odon nearby anxiously waits for a response. Spikefoot shakes the water off his face and looks towards the twins, then towards his brother. With a wink, both brothers smirk and quickly join together, bringing the tips of their strong tails together as they hit the water, sending a massive wave towards the twins.
Donna, Littlefoot, and Guan carrying Turio managed to get clear was the wave hurls towards the two red scale swimmers.
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"Oh..."
"No..." both twins Sila and Jila gulped as the wave hit them and the others knocking them across to another area of shore where the red scale herd was they was about to strike back when the old swimmer was walking by they stopped and stared at him
"Don't let me stop your fun. I might be very old but fun is always great the land will be wet soon... the after mid great cicrle rain is coming" he said and walked on the red scaled herd two strongest smirked at each other.
the two hit their tails in the water and another large wave heads to Spikefoot and Odon but larger then their since these two seem to be swimmering almost all the time during their own times becoming very strong in body and tail able to make a wave larger then Spikefoot's and Odon's.
the wise old swimmer watches with a smile "only if I was that young... but no one can get younger. But watching is fun enough and glad to see different type of kinds of dinosaurs here this time around..." the old swimmer simled
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Odon and Spikefoot watch in surprise of the superior wave coming at them from another and more older pair of swimmers and could only try to brace themselves as the spikethumbs were hit hard by the wall of water. When the water recedes, Odon was knocked off his feet and his brother wobbled a little from the impact. The spikethumbs look at each before breaking into laughter.
"I guess we had that coming!" Odon says as he gets back up.
"That was a good one!" Spikefoot called over to the red scaled swimmers.
Goanna got drenched again by the wave's leftovers, but she too began to laugh, soon joined by Guan, Donna, and Littlefoot, whom had also been hit by the spikethumbs' wave.
"If this is what they call fun," Guan chuckled, dripping with water, "I'd hate see how they fight!"
Donna looks up to see the old swimmer as he was walking away. "Is that the old swimmer your dad was talking about?" she asks Turio.
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"Yeah that is, he is oldest swimmer he live in lake all his life from what father said." Turio nods and the two adult swimmers go into the water and go off to have a swim near the middle of the lake taking them a few moments to get there because of the distance to travel.
"Looks like they going for a swim. Red Scale swimmers knew to be the best swimmers of our kind" Ducky's mum said watching them go
"Yes I heard that too. very strong swimmers stronger us" Sam said standing next to Ducky's mum.
Zila looked at the laugh spikethumbs "That was a good laugh even Topsy laughing his head off" Zila looks
Tops and Cera laughing with water dripping off their scales finding it quite amuzing.
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Even Grandpa and Grandma were laughing as well from the sight, while Spike continues to munch away from the trees.
Spikefoot and Odon rejoin Goanna back on the shore.
"Now that's settled," Spikefoot says after a chuckle, "are you going to behave yourself?"
"Yes Daddy," Goanna replied, "I'll be good this time."
"Alright then. You can go play with the others."
Goanna smiles and regroups with her siblings and friends.
"So what should we do next?" Littlefoot asks.
"I'm going to follow those swimmers' example and go for a swim," Guan answered, and heads off towards the lake, enjoying the swim out towards the center of the lake. It takes him thrice the time for him to reach it, due to his kinds' lack of expert swimming.
"I wonder if there's any other games we could play as well," Donna replies, watching her big brother leave. "Wave Splash looks a little too rough for me."
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Twins Sila and Jila sees a fruit growing for a tree one of them take a stone and throw one over to his sister Jila and she hits it with her tail into the tree knocking the round hard fruit to the ground.
"How about knocking this hard fruit around?" Sila asked them.
"I don't mind" Cera smiled "Good enough game for me."
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"As long as Spike doesn't try to eat it," Donna giggled, then stops. "If it is safe for eating anyway..."
Spikefoot and Odon rejoins the other adults in watching the kids play. Spikefoot manages to see his swim off to deeper waters. "Looks like Guan has the right idea," he says. "A calm and easy swim will do good for us."
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Old swimmer walked in the water standing there looking at the water flowing he then walks to the deep area diving in showing even he was old he still a very good swimmer.
"So up for a swim?" Zila asked Spikefoot and Odon.
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"Why not?" replied Spikefoot, and walks into the water, soon followed by Odon.
Watch his father and uncle coming into the water as well, Guan turns around and swims back to them. "This water is nice and cool," he says.
"And very clear," added Odon as he begins to swim around.
Meanwhile Littlefoot picks up the hard fruit with his tail tossing it to Goanna, who knocks it back up in the air.
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the twins ran for it both wasn't watching what they was going and ran into each other with a loud thud and the others burst out laughing with the twins Sila and Jila sitting up laughing as well
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"Grr... those leafs make me sneeze everytime I get near them... I must figure out a way to get through them. If they think I will give up they got nothing coming. I am the smartest sharptooth ever! and I will get my prey... Chaser all ways does" he said with a dark look in his green eyes.
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Donna quickly regain her senses when the hard fruit lands near the twins, running in to toss it back up into the air at Tops and Cera.
Back near the center of the lake, Spikefoot, Odon, and Guan continue to swim in the crystal clear water until they come across one of the small islands nearby, where the spikethumbs stop to rest their feet.
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"Nice little islands you can see the whole lake from here" Zila said looking from one shore to the other and they notice a blueish haze above the walls of the lake area in the right back areas.
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"Wow look where the herd you came in is" Sila and Jila points to one of the islands "Spikethumbs was good but I didn't know they was that good."
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The spikethumbs look around the greater beauty of the lake around where they stand.
"We certainly don't get a view like that back at our old home," replied Odon.
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"We used to live at a place called Sky Blue Lake," Donna responded. "Our herd used to do a lot of swimming, and my family does it alot for our training to protect ourselves from the sharpteeth. I'm not quite old enough to swim deep underwater yet."
"Sky Blue Lake was destroyed long ago," Goanna added. "Other than a few deep watering holes back in the Great Valley, we haven't gotten much in the way of training."
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"This lake was made by a big ice rock in the sky long time again and that... oh here it is" Sila stopped seeing the rain clouds come over and it starts raining.
"Yep the nice cool rain comes so often that we get use to it. we been in here for a while now waiting for the big moment" Jila smiled.
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"Well we got cool rain now it all nice" Zila smiled looking up at the sky.
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Feeling the refreshing rain falling down upon them, the older spikethumbs watch around them.
"This feels like one of the best places to be if you like being out in that sky water," says Spikefoot.
"No kidding," Guan replied, lying down on his back to enjoy the rainfall.
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"This is so much cooler than back at that Valley of Mists we walked past a long time ago," Goanna says while sitting down to watch the rain.
"You guys went to the Valley of Mists?" Littlefoot asks.
"Only when we were heading to the Great Valley," Donna replied. "You went there before?"
"Um...only once. We had to get something to help my Grandpa when he was sick."
"It's not one of the best places to be," Goanna responded. "Too dangerous, even for a family of four."
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Grandpa and Grandma watch as the rain falls down upon the lake before deciding to take a swim themselves. They treaded into the water carefully as they slowly submerge into deeper waters.
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"It is nice to feel the water from the sky looks like Littlefoot's grandparents having a swim" Zila laughes watching the old longnecks swimming.
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"Lands of"
"Mists" Jila and Sila said one after the other.
"we heard but never went there" Sila said to them.
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Odon and Spikefoot look over to watch Littlefoot's grandparents head into the lake as well.
"I was wondering how long they were going to stand there before joining us," Spikefoot chuckled.
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"Well, another longneck herd used to live there," Littlefoot started, "until something changed it into a land that's no longer safe. Just a muddy, misty, and unsafe swamp."
"That must have been before we arrived at the Great Valley," Donna said.
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"Soon I guess" Zila chuclked as well and then pushes Odon into the lake. Odon surfaces and Zila laughs a bit.
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"I wouldn't like that... changing lands this land been here for a very very long time" Sila said to them
"How long?" Turio asked.
"our dad say it been here since our great grandparents was alive and maybe feather no one knows how long it been here like this" Jila said looking around at the lake
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Odon surfaces for air and looks at Zila, then submerges underwater, soon jumping out of the water at Zila and tackles the swimmer, taking them both into the water.
Spikefoot and Guan watch in astonishment as Odon's jump cleared over both of them and moved to take cover from the huge spray of water from where the two adult dinosaurs hit.
Odon resurfaces with Zila, laughing hard.
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"Does the old swimmer know how long," Donna asks. "Since he does live here all his life..."
"Wow!" cried Goanna, looking from the shore at the island where the others were. "Uncle Odon just tackled Zila off that island!"
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Tops rolled his eyes "Those two at it again if only I was my normal size... I would be invovled..." Tops grumbled.
"Well he lived he all his life yes but I do not know if he will answer" Sila said to them
"Yeah he takes his age well personally" Jila nods.
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Nice one!" Zila laughs looking at Odon.
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"You know better than to try and catch me off guard," Odon laughed as he climbed back out of the water. He offers his tail to Zila to pull him onto the island.
"It never amazes me that you two and Tops would still act like hatchlings," Spikefoot smirked.
"Like you were any better when you were young," Odon remarked.
Guan only shook his head and smiled.
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"I see," Donna responded.
"Who often wins the wrestling match between you three?" Littlefoot asks Tops.
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"Well we all still having a bit of a laugh and soon as Tops is back to normal better watch out for the tri" Zila laughed as he got out the water.
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"Well I don't bother to keep a track of that none of us do we just having a laugh when we did" Tops asnwered Littlefoot.
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"I'll certainly keep an eye out for all three of you," Spikefoot chuckled.
The spikethumbs lie back down to watch the rain continue to fall. The group was soon met by Grandpa and Grandma as the longnecks swam next to them.
"I see you're all having some fun around here," Grandpa chuckled. "You're not hurt, are you?"
"I'm fine," Odon answered. "We still sometimes act like our kids' age."
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"Hey, I found the hard fruit!" Goanna says as she tosses the fruit into the air again towards Cera, Tops, and Littlefoot.
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"Cool!" Cera hits it to Tops and he hits it back to Cera then she hits it to Littlefoot.
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Well we all have a fun" Zila chuckles. He turns to the longnecks "How you finding the lake?"
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Littlefoot bats the fruit with his tail towards Donna, who knocks it up into the air with her head to Jila and Sila.
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"It's very refreshing," replied Grandpa.
"Very nice and cool," Grandma added.
Guan continues to watch the rain fall as he lays there.
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Jila and Sila looked at each other with a smile both did a twist hitting the fruit with both their tails sending it flying high into the air so high that everyone was looking up at it spin in the air.
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"That is good to know. the swim is always nice and healthy" Zila smiled looking at the sky as well "From what I know when it rains it lasts for a time but should be clearing before night fall. Don't ask me how it happens like that. it just does from what I was told" Zila said to them.
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The others watch the fruit spin high in the air, some of them wondering if it's ever going to come back down.
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"At least we won't be missing anything at night," Guan replied as he continues to watch.
Odon turns over to look at Zila. "I was wondering about that Sharptooth that we saw earlier. The one you call Chaser. I don't believe I've seen him before our herd left. How long has he been chasing you?"
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"Since I gave him a imbarrising defeat... he was so annoyed that he said next time he find me he'll wait till the time to strike for revenge" Zila said to Odon "One thing about him... talk lots and give action the worst to face" Zila warned.
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"A sharptooth with a grudge..." Spikefoot thought. "Now that's something we never faced before."
Odon nods. "And the worst thing to have to fight is a sharptooth with an actual personality."
Guan looks over. "So the best thing to do is to avoid him at all costs?"
"Right," Spikefoot answered.
"I hope there are no more sharpteeth that are that smart," said Grandpa, with a bit of worry in his tone.
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"Also he learns for his mistakes... so you can't do the same trick twice... it wouldn't work at all he'll learn from the first one and just wait out till you done the trick and strike... I know because I've watched him do it against a Threehorn... the threehorn fought him and lost tried the same move twice and with that long sharp snout... well you could guess what happened" Zila said to them.
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Chaser looked up and down at his body thinking of something he tried it with the claws he digged into the rock he started to pull himself up slowly he got his feet off the ground using his claws to dig in the rock with him doing things like it before the toes and clawed hands was strong enough to with stand his massive weight as he started to climb up the cliff and surely he got his head just in view of the lake and looked around seeing hundards of swimmers "Now this isn't smart... I will not strike a large herd at this number it plain idiot thinking... Ah I see him" Chaser looked over at a island then he saw Odon look right at him with a grin Chaser shook his head showing that he isn't dumb enough to try a attack and start climbing back down back to the hard ground on the outside of the lake.
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As Odon looks around, he suddenly sees the grinning face of the sharptooth they were just talking about just over the massive wall of rock that is shielding the leaf-eaters from predators. He continues to watch as the sharptooth disappears from sight behind the wall. "Speak of the monster," he said abrubtly.
Spikefoot looks over to where Odon was watching. "What happened? Did you see him?"
"He took a look over that cliff before climbing back down behind it," his brother replied.
Guan bolts up. "How could he have climbed that cliff so easily? He had to be bigger than most other sharptooth we've seen!"
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"And stronger... he must of learnt a new trick... climbing with those claws he'll be able to dig those things in rock without even trying. but if he went back down then he being a smart ass... taking a good look around then knowing he can't get a meal without getting hurt of killed himself..." Zila said shaking his head "That sharptooth is so annoying... and hard to get rid off... I think he could of jumpped down earilar but I think he didn't because of the number of us" Zila looked at Odon and Spikefoot.
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As Chaser was climbing down he saw a elderly Threehorn walking by he smirked and let go pushing off he landed on the old Threehorn.
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A loud roar of pain from the leaf eater could be heard as Chaser landed on him and seconds later he grow quiet with the roar suddenly cut silent.
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The adults (and Guan, who's a sub-adult) listen in fear as a cry for help from outside the wall was cut silent.
Guan looks at his father. "He...got someone out there..."
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The roar of pain from something outside the lake was not completely muted when it reached the children on the shore.
"What was that?" Littlefoot asks.
"I thought sharpteeth can't get in here!" cried Donna as she hid behind her sister.
"The noise did not come from someplace in the lake," Goanna replied, looking around. "And I don't think it was a sharptooth...but it maybe involves one..."
Spike nearby also hears the sound and immediately buries his head in the ground in fear.
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"It came"
"Outside the lake!"
"Someone got gotten by"
"A Sharptooth outside!" Both Sila and Jila said after one after the other which very annoyed Tops.
"Please stop that I heard it too and that was a sound of a Threehorn... that over grown sharptooth must of got him or her... so don't do do that twin talk... it rather annoying" Tops said to them
"Why"
"not?"
"We done it for most our lifes" Sila and Jila said first anfter each other then at the same time with Tops groans and laying down putting his front feet over his head with the kids around him laughing.
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The young spikethumbs and Littlefoot couldn't help but laugh at Tops' remark.
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The adults at the small island, however, weren't laughing.
"He's definitely out there," Odon said grimly.
Spikefoot stands next to his son. "Chaser may be dangerous, as Zila said, but he's not stupid enough to walk into a valley full of us. As long as we stay here together, he can't harm us."
"But what about the children?" Grandma says as she looks to the kids on the shore. "He'll be trying to go after them, as all other sharpteeth do at first."
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"Don't think so" Zila said and all looked at him "THis one is different... Chaser goes for the strongest protecting adults first taking the main defence out he can have a easy picking of the weak and would go for you two... no offenisive but I seen him strike before and after the strong is hurt he makes them watch him kill the oldest dinosaurs knowing far well they are wise." Zila said to them now making it quite scary that this sharptooth was nothing like any sharptooth they seen before.
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"What a monster," Grandma responded, worried.
"Even by sharptooth standards," Grandpa added.
"But still, he can't best all of us combined," Spikefoot repeated. "He has more than just my brother and I to deal with."
"Plus," Odon smirked, "he hasn't faced us yet. It's been many years since we have last met, old friend. Surely there has to be some chance that monster can be defeated."
Guan listens, but seems somewhat unconvinced as he turns back to the wall where Chaser was last seen.
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the only chance is tricking him but it almost impossible to do it since he seen all types of tricks pulled against him... Chaser is very swift and even able to kill sharpteeth almost big as him. But he won't be able to attack us even he can when we leave. the leaf stuff will be on us and he will be sneezing just getting a few steps from us" Zila said to them "But we can't walk by or he will follow to the Great Valley and that all we need. that over grown sharptooth finding the valley and he will gladly find a way in and keep everyone almost awake through out the night and day making everyone sleepy then strike... he will think of the most sneeky and creepy ways to get a meal" Zila spoke about the sharptooth Chaser knowing a bit about him from the time that he been chased and watched Chaser kileld other dinosaurs.
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"But we can't just stay here," Grandpa replies. "There has to be a way home where he can't follow."
The older spikethumbs went quiet in thought. Guan continues the watch the wall in silence.
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"I hear you got a sharptooth problem I know one way to end it. heard of the curse of the Blue moon... if a sharptooth looked at it supposely they would turn to a leaf eater. I saw it happened with a small sharptooth" the old one comes over to them "I might be old and not many would listen to a old foul like me but the curse is pretty much real and guessing this sharptooth don't know about the curse if he just outside the lake wall. most sharpteeth knows and afaird of this land because of the curse" the old swimmer said to them coming up to the group from the water and stepping on the land dripping with water as the rain continued to fall.
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The spikethumbs and the longnecks look to see the old swimmer climb onto the island, and make way for him to gain a foothold on the land.
"We don't see you as an old foul, sir," Spikefoot replied. "In our herd, we give great respect to our elders, and we shall treat you no differently."
"This curse of the Blue Moon comes as a surprise to us," added Odon. "So it is possible that the sharptooth knows nothing about it?"
Guan stands next to his father, listening intently.
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"If he climbed up carelessly to look at the lake then he don't did you notice any other sharpteeth in the area? I guess not. since they already know of the curse and fear it. Just get him annoyed tonight and get him to climb up and the curse will do the rest" THe old swimemr said to them with a simple look
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Spikefoot looks around at the others. "I think this could actually work. But we need to find a way to annoy him long enough to climb up the wall again."
"And we need to do it without getting our children in any danger," Grandpa added.
Odon looks at Zila. "Since you know Chaser longer than the rest of us, do you know anything that gets that sharptooth ticked off?"
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"Simple... just call him names that offtend him... like dumb ass. brain tail, long mouth, slow poke and of course me... he will get annoyed with me being there to listening and laughing at it would get him even anger by the second" Zila said to them.
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"Sounds simple enough," Spikefoot replies.
"And the children can stay at a safe distance," Grandpa added.
Spikefoot nods in agreement. "I'm not getting any of my children get into pointless danger." He turns to Guan and smiles.
"Now who would be the best one to insult a sharptooth?" Odon pondered. He brightens at a thought, looking at Zila. "Didn't Tops insult that one sharptooth when we were kids? Some of the words he said really ticked it off, and we were lucky to get out of mess with our tails still attached."
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"Yes, we should have Tops do the job he will really tick off Chaser" Zila started to laugh.
"Look like you have it planned out to make it easy I will ask most of the herd to hide in the tree lines so it look like most are not around so geting him almost in the lake. you have to do it when the Blue moon starts to show" the old one said "Just before darkness fully comes"
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"So it will be Tops, Zila, and I that will try to lure Chaser," Odon says, turning to Spikefoot. "You will have to look after the children, just in case."
Spikefoot nods. "The rest of the Great Valley herd and I will hide with the other swimmers."
"Luckily the trees here are big enough to hide a couple of longnecks too," Grandpa responded with a chuckle.
Spikefoot looks back at the old one and bows his head. "We thank you greatly for your help and wisdom."
Odon and Guan also bow their heads to the old one.
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"No need to bow... all I need is to feel old... I might look it but I am faster then you think I am." the wise one smirks jumping in the water with seconds he was able swim around and surface right behind Odon, Spikefoot and Guan and said with a normal voice as he burst out the water "behind you"
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Odon and Spikefoot look around in surprise at the amazing speed of the swimmer. Guan jumps and nearly falls over next to Zila.
"We certainly don't doubt you," Spikefoot chuckled.
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"Well night fall should be coming soon" the old swimmer said as the clouds started to break up and the sun light shined through. "looks like the rain is over for another day"
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Odon looks up at the sky as well. "That means we should get ready for Chaser tonight."
Spikefoot nods and turns to his son. "Let's go. We need to get to your sisters and the other children to hide in the trees."
"I'm right behind you, Dad," Guan replied.
"We'll go tell the other Great Valley grown-ups the news," Grandpa added.
"And I'll go get Tops and bring him over here," finished Odon.
Spikefoot and Guan dove back into the water, following the longnecks back to shore.
Odon looks to Zila. "A little bit of this feels like old times for us," he says.
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"Yes it does" Zila chuckled "Well we better get ready to make Chaser suffer for life" Zila almost laughed at the idea of seeing a mighty Sharptooth striped of his meat eating form and turned to that of a leaf eater.
"I will tell the swimmers to keep hidden for tonight till Chaser becomes a leaf eater" Old swimmer said to them
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Odon nods and turns back towards Zila. "Let's go pick up Tops then." He jumps into the water and swims to shore.
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While the children got back to playing after a while, Goanna looks up to see Spikefoot and Guan reach the shoreline and over to them.
Donna also stops and looks over. "They look like they're in a hurry."
Littlefoot too stops. He sees his grandparents also reaching shore to speak with the other Great Valley adults. "I wonder what's happening," he says.
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Zila arrives as well on the shore with Odon goes to the children "Tops can we speak to you alone"
"Yes sure Zila, you seem to have be in a hurry as it is to see me" Tops said going over to them.
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As Odon joins with Zila and Tops to talk about the plan, Spikefoot and his son reaches the other children.
"Girls, everyone," Spikefoot says, "there's something very important going on right now, and we need to rejoin and start hiding in the trees. The wise swimmer is warning all of the other swimmers as well, and the same goes for the rest of our herd."
Goanna looks over to the trio nearby. "What about Uncle Odon?"
"He, Tops, and Zila are working on a part of our anti-sharptooth plan. Our part is to hide in the trees and keep silent. Turio, I promised your father I will look after you until this ordeal is over, and I'll make the same promise to your father, Cera, after he finishes with talking over the plan."
Donna looks up at her dad. "You mean they're going to do something to that very mean sharptooth outside the Great Lake?"
"It's the Great Lake's curse," Guan answered, turning to the twin swimmers. "I'm sure you heard of it."
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Odon meets with Zila and Tops to tell the threehorn the plan. "We don't have a lot of time before the bright circle falls from the sky. The wise old swimmer has just told us about a plan in dealing with that talking sharptooth. I'm sure Zila can explain the plan better than I."
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Meanwhile, Grandma and Grandpa have finished explaining what's going on about the same plan to the other Great Valley dinosaurs.
"Spikefoot is talking to the children right now," Grandpa added, "and will soon rejoin us when we go hiding. Only Odon, Zila, and Tops...er Threehorn will be out in view of Chaser."
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Zila explains "We going to use the Curse of this Great Lake to make a Sharptooth a leaf eater like us making him totally none fearing and stuck as a leaf eater for rest of his life." Zila said to Tops.
"Love the plan a Sharptooth not being a sharptooth" He smirked.
"This will happen when the great circle fully sets and the night circle turns blue then the curse will happen" Zila said to Tops
"Then what we waiting for lets get it in action!" Tops smirked
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"We have" Sila nods
"Yeah the curse that turns any Sharptooth to a leaf eater like magic and it is! that why Shrapteeth hates going near this place cause they saw it happen to a sharptooth a very long time again that sharptooth became a longneck and he hated himself to the core. Gima his name was from what we heard" Jila said some and Sila said others saying the story together.
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Odon tries not to smirk to Tops' reaction, more old and distant memories coming back to him. "Everyone else is being briefed and are beginning to hide behind the trees. I'm sure my brother will take care of both your children until this matter has ended."
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Spikefoot himself was nearly confused with the way the twins explained the curse, but at least the other children now know. He looks by to see the longnecks guiding the other Great Valley dinosaurs over to them. "Now that your families are coming," he says, "let's go find a place to hide."
Littlefoot looks around. "Hey, does anyone know where Spike is?"
The other children turn to see Spike still hiding his head in the dirt. Guan walks over and picks him up with his tail, plucking the spiketail out of the ground. "We can find another place for you to hide," he says as he sets Spike back down on his feet. Spike nods in agreement and they join the others as their parents (and grandparents) arrive.
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The Great Circle starts to fall and the three Odon, Zila and Tops got on the ledge looking down at the Sharptooth that was walking back and forwards pasteing with annoying looks in his eyes.
"Looks like it show time" Tops smirked
"Yeah I hope it works" Zila replied
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"That makes the rest of us..." Odon whispered, daring not to look back at what now seems like a lake now empty of dinosaurs, who are currently hiding in the trees. His herd has never thought of a plan like this before against such a clever meat-eater, and this would be the first in a very long time that he'd something clever with his old friends.
The spikethumb draws a deep breath and waits for the bright circle to set completely.
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"Hey Chaser is that your name do you chase your female kind around?" Tops shouts and then Chaser looks out with a anger look.
"What did you say!?" the sharptooh roared
"You heard me! goign to let a smart mouthed kid like me get away with it? Blut teeth!" Tops called down.
"GRahhHH!!!!!" Chaser roared and started to climb up the wall "I will kill you for that!!! I don't care of the other leaf eaters up there I want your neck!" Chaser roared.
"It worked" Zila said and they ran with Odon to the Lake Chaser gets up and then climb on top he jumps down and then lands on the ground he sees no one "What the?" Chaser said looking around
"Stop to see the view Chaser! no wonder everyone escapes!" Tops shouted and Chaser see them near the lake
"Roarrrrrr" he charges at them
The moon appears over the lake and turns blue suddenly Chaser stopped he looked up at the moon something wasn't right he felt it "What is this!?" he said scared out of his mind.
A blue arua formed around Chaser and the swimmers and everyone else came out of hidding watching Chaser the mighty Sharptooth glowed in blue that no one could see through and as the light disappeared they saw with shock and suprise a Large Longneck standing on all four the longneck looked at himself and yelled not roared in shock and fainted right there before their eyes.
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Odon watches in amazement at the transformation of the sharptooth into a leaf-eater in a matter of seconds. After the new longneck faints from the shock, he looks down at Tops. "This is truly one of the few times that smart mouth of yours actually got us OUT of trouble," he says with a smirk.
Spikefoot arrives with Cera and Turio on his back, with his own children standing beside him and Littlefoot nearby with his grandparents.
Donna takes a step close. "I'm sure glad he didn't turn into a spikethumb," she says.
Goanna and Guan responded with quiet chuckles.
"So what's going to happen to him now?" Littlefoot asks.
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Tops laughed "Well thank you but why don't we wake him up and see what happens next" Tops said to them.
Zila looked at him "I see no harm in that" Zila replied
"Wow that was
Amazing" Sila started and Jila finished.
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Odon and Spikefoot look at each other in confusion, trying to figure out the best way to wake up something as big as Grandpa. Suddenly, the spikethumb brothers get and idea and whisper among each other, and soon departed in two different directions. It takes a while before Spikefoot finds the two strong swimmers in the Red Scale herd that had won the Wave Splash game against the spikethumbs and whispered in their ears.
Odon turns to the others next to him. "It should be best that we get clear of here," he said, starting to smirk, "unless you want to get soaked."
Guan's eyes start to widen as he figures out the plan. "Are you sure that's truly necissary?"
Goanna figured it out at the same time. "Necissary or not, it's gonna be funny!"
Littlefoot was puzzled at first, until Donna explains the situation in his ear.
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The water from both waves hit the downed sharptooth changed leaf eater. He gets hit waking up with a shock he raised his body up looking down he still saw he was a four legged longneck feeling his head wasn't like it was and his teeth flat. He yelled in shock again but not fainting.
"What did you do to me!?!?!?" he yelled at them "I am a freak! you turned me into a... a..."
"Leaf eater... not us the curse of the blue moon" Zila looks up and Chaser sees the moon.
"Cu... curse!? I fell for a stupid curse!? it changed me!? change me back!" Chaser demanded
"How about no" Tops snorted and Chaser looked at the child threehorn "This teach you the ulimate lesson stuck as the thing you hunted now you have to eat like us to live... and tough luck" Tops laughed and Chaser hears everyone laughing now knowing they was before hand.
Grandpa comes up to Chaser now not even fearing Chaser.
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Grandpa, as well as Grandma, Littlefoot, and Guan standing nearby, weren't laughing as he spoke. "It's all not as bad as it seems. This curse has a way of looking at things through different eyes. Now as a leaf-eater, you will learn first hand on how we feel and live with the threat of meat-eaters like you used to be."
Hearing this, Spikefoot and Odon stopped laughing, now intent on hearing more from the longneck.
"I know this is a strange question to ask," Grandpa continued, "but how many friends do you have? And do you have any family?"
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Chaser was about to speak back with anger but stopped hearing the question. "None..." he answered the eyes looking away but the sharptooth eyes he did have was now round and had a amber look. "no family... a sharptooth child life is not even one once hatched you have to learn to hunt then after so long the parent turned against their own children like my mother did... now I think of it... why am I? is this curse did things to my head as well!?... urgh!" Chaser paused with a colour change in his face he quickly move to the edge of the lake wall and bending his neck down a bit they heard him being sick.
He cleared his stomach of what he eaten and slowly went back to them "I can't believe this... I a dying need to eat... LEAFS!? this is going to be hell..." Chaser muttered the last leanign his neck to the ground and Littlefoot neared him to speak saying it not all that bad at all and Leafs are nice for Leaf Eaters.
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"Green food is good for us because we are made to eat green food," Littlefoot replied. He looks up to his grandfather. "Is that right, Grandpa?"
Grandpa smiles down at his grandson. "You are absolutely right, Littlefoot." He looks back to Chaser. "You will get used to this new life soon. It's truly not as bad as you think. You'll learn a lot from being a leaf-eater, such as...making friends." He looks towards Zila, Tops, and Odon. "One example are these three. They've been friends since they were little, and they...well, managed to beat you with teamwork because of their friendship, and their friendship with many others like us. We learn to survive by working together, and therefore doing many things that seems impossible for someone working by himself."
The old longneck steps closer. "If you are willing to learn to become what you are now, then perhaps we can give you a second chance. Of course, I don't speak for everyone here, but I am in fact willing to give you this chance."
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"Looks like it going to be a ride of a life time... but I will accpet the second chance..." Chaser said with a guilty look on his eyes "But if any of you wish to give a punishment do so..." Chaser said quietly.
"I don't think we have too... you changing is the ulitmate punishment I think" Tops said to Chaser
"I accept the second chance... now you can see how to make friends not to make others fear" Zila said to Chaser.
"Listening to you all talk... it something I never did to anyone... but comparing it to a Sharptooth life I have or had... it worse then you lot" Chaser said admitting to the different styles of life.
"Take a taste of a treestar" Zila said and Chaser looked at him then looked at the trees he knew that he'll have to try it one way or the other so he choose to get on with it. He took his mouth over a few leafs and closed it with the now flat teeth touching it and the tounge feeling the taste was suprisingly good he pulled away and chewed the leafs and swallowed it then started eating more.
Zila laughs "I think he likes them"
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Odon and Spikefoot look at each other for a moment before making their replies.
"We'll also give him a second chance," Odon spoke. "As Tops said, having to live a new way of life is perhaps punishment enough."
Goanna watches Chaser eat. "With that big an appetite, you think he might eat all of the green food here?" she said quietly. Guan and Donna, who heard her, turned to stare at her. "Ok, Ok. Bad choice of words..."
Donna looked back at her brother and whispers in his ear. "And they I'm the immature one..." Donna giggles and Guan smiles, leaving Goanna and a few others nearby wondering what the two spikethumbs were talking about.
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Chaser stops and look at them "This is better then I thought it would be so not only I changed into one of your kind the sastes changed as well and I feel very hunger since I well... don't want to talk about" Chaser said getting a bit guity again from what he done before the change and thinking of his life was making him feel ill with hating himself.
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"Don't worry," Guan replied. "We don't want to think about it..."
Grandpa nods, diverting from that particular topic. "Anyway, now that you eat green food now, we can all now rest and enjoy the rest of our stay."
"That's right!" Donna brightened. "We have a few more days of the blue moon."
"And a few more days until Tops here would change back to his normal age," Odon added, smirking. "But of course, growing up is optional."
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Old swimmer came up to them "I see the curse had the affect from the last time it happened. But you all know that the night is getting very late. I would suggest that all the herds here get some rest or you will not be able to stay awake for the next blue moon" the old swimmer said to them.
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"I agree," Spikefoot responded, looking up at the stars and the blue moon.
Goanna and Donna try to stiffle their yawns, but couldn't stop.
"We all had a big day today," Grandpa said. "Some rest would be good for us all." He turns to Chaser. "If it's all right with you, you can sleep next to us tonight."
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"Urm... thanks" Chaser looked unsure
Zila nods "Well lets get some rest kids" he said to the kids
Tops smirked "Looks like I have to go by that as well" he chuckled "But by thrid night I will be myself again my own size and age"
"Yeah I will be happy for that too Daddy" Cera smiled.
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Spikefoot leads his children to a place where they plan to sleep, with Grandpa and Grandma picking a large spot nearby for them, Littlefoot, and the new longneck. Spike follows his family over to their temporary sleeping grounds.
Odon sits by the shore and watches the stars, quiet in thought.
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Zila comes up to Odon "Any room for a friend to sit next to?" Zila asked.
Ducky's mum gets ready for sleep with Sam and Ducky with Spike. Turio sits beside Ducky and Spike all of them quickly gooing to sleep.
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The other spikethumbs drift off to sleep themselves, followed by the longnecks as they start to snooze.
Odon glances over to Zila. "There's always room for friends," he answered, and gazes back at the night sky.
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Zila sits down and look up at the stars "Do you ever wonder if there is more out there then we even think about?" Zila said staring at the stars
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"You mean those little lights out in the sky?" Odon replied. "I think so. Usually when the night circle turns black, we could see so many of those lights that it seems to blur together as one big mass." He keeps his tone down to not disturb the others sleeping.
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"have you notice how the Great Circle raise and lower in the sky and when the cold times come that the length of day is very short and the nights very long?" Zila said to Odon keeping his voice down.
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Odon nods. "I have, but Guan was more observant of these things than I at nights. That must have came from his father. Spikefoot often mentions so much about the sky when we were young."
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"Maybe there is a answer that we couldn't undersatnd" Zila said to Odon "But the blue moon look is amzing to see still" Zila said staring at the moon.
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Odon nods as he never averts his gaze. "Never to forget about what it can do too. I remember a few other times when unusual things happened, and that was when we moved to the Great Valley."
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"I seen odd things as well on my travels with my son before we met the Far Walkers. A burning flying rock shooting across the sky then it stops burning and is shiny never saw any thing like that before" Zila said to Odon
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Odon looks over at Zila with a confused look. "That sounds a bit similar to a flying rock story back the Great Valley. But it was said that the flying rock was burning blue."
At the same time, Littlefoot woke up and listened to the conversation, suddenly remembering that Odon and the kids were there when when he tried to tell everybody about the Stone of Cold Fire, which was soon realized not to have magic.
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"There was no fire around it after it reached so high in the sky it seem to stop falling and fly across the sky moving around in ways that no rock I ever seen. It was the only time I saw something that shiny moving so oddly... it was moving one way then the other then another like it was flying with a mind of it's own before after a while it went back up and faded from sight" Zila said getting his memior back from what he saw being the strangest thing he ever seen.
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"Well that's a new one to me," Odon replied.
It isn't a new one to me, Littlefoot thought as he listens. He was in fact watching that same strange flying rock moving in different directions in the night sky when he was watching the Far Walkers...and the unique rainbowfaces, leave. What that rock had in connection with those rainbowfaces he still doesn't quite know.
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"yeah it is but maybe a answer could be seen in time... I know there is more there is to the eyes but how much more is unknown... just hope not everyone is afaird to see the unknown or we will never known" Zila said to Odon.
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"There will always be someone who will go to try and discover the unknown and will soon find out the truth," Odon responded. "Sometimes it takes more curiosity than fear to see the unknown."
Littlefoot agrees with that wholeheartedly, as he and his friends once went out to discover the truth about that Stone of Cold Fire, and other adventures they took before and after.
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"I might do that but not risking my sons safety if it very risky" Zila said to Odon. "But if it is safe enough I would do so" Zila smiled
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"I'd do the exact same for my nephew and nieces," Odon agrees. "I won't put them in unecissary danger if we can avoid it." He gazes back to the stars.
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"well I wonder what it would be like... knowing what this world still got to hide and what else is beyond it" Zila said to Odon looking back at the sky watching the stars then Odon and he noticed a star that was a bit brighty then the rest just wasn't around a few minutes ago.
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Like the the adults talking on the shore of the lake, Littlefoot looks up to the stars and sees the bright star that wasn't in the sky before.
Odon focuses on the bright star. "That one wasn't there before..."
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"Yes It wasn't... where did it come from?" Zila said standing up looking at the sky then he looked to Odon "I wonder what it is..." Zila questioned.
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Odon also stands as he keeps his gaze on the star. "I know just as much as you do, old friend," he answered.
Littlefoot was close to standing himself, but chose to lay still, for the other two have not noticed him yet. He still continues to watch in wonder...
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"What would it do next?" Zila questioned watching it then starts to shift slowly to the right in the sky moving. "It moving..."
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Odon's mouth actually gaped at the shifting movement of the "star". "That's not possible for a blinking light to move like that..." he said at last.
Littlefoot's mouth also gapes at the display in the night sky.
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It then speeded across the sky with them watching and then it slowed to a stop away from where they seen it before but it seem a little larger then it went back to where they saw it. "It moving around like it alive... how can a sparky light do this... I saw something like this before but didn't move like this" Zila said watching it moving around then the next thing they knew.
Odon, Littlefoot and Zila the only ones awake suddenly found themselves in a very dark space all around them was pitch black part from two lights beaming down in front of them with a figure standing between them only a face outline could be seem.
"Three of you are a unqiue speices... watching us with eyes of wonder... welcome... please don't try to move we've placed a field of energy that invisible to the eyes around you..." the figure said calmly looking at the three that was in a middle of light that came from below them foucsed to only shine where they stood and no where else couldn't make out how far the figure was or how big it was really.
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Littlefoot gasps as he finds himself in this field of light with the two adults.
Odon hears the gasp and tries to turn around to look at the little longneck. "Littlefoot? Are you all right?"
"I think so, but I can't move!"
"Don't worry. Somehow, I don't think whatever it is wants to harm us." The spikethumb turns his gaze back at the newcomer, trying to make out the creature's outline.
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"What are you and where are we?" Zila asked the figure
"In time your race in large numbers will end... there is no change to stop such a thing we seen and saw the end... but we may let live only thoses in one place... which lands do you come from? we may help save only that live there and familes no more no other... or we may not help... we've watched and saw each of you three from the day you hatched till now... made friends have journeys had near close calls... is the land you all connected to called the Great Valley? you will find one friend and herd is waiting for you when return a little lady name Ali... when you all return the days after will be numbered 2 days back in valley you must stay... a shield of light will freeze in time to the point of full recover to the point we will live and we will meet face to face... Please to do not say what you heard to others keep it your selfs or we can't help... secrets we know you all can keep please do that and your lives will go on with everyone in the Great Valley... goodbye for now and good health to all" the figure said
The darkness came and then it brightered finding themselves back at the Great Lake and the bright star that they saw was still them and then it came closer it first was on fire then it faded a large massive object like they never saw before with lights all over it with a odd shape object flew over the lake with a loud weird sound as it pasted through the air and it went up fast afterwards with no one waking up at all.
"That was new... that thing was massive" Zila said watching the object look so small that was a bright star again.
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Once he was free as the object flew back into the night sky, Odon turned around and walks to Littlefoot. "Are you all right?" he asked.
Littlefoot looks up at the spikethumb and nods. "Yeah. Just a little shook up." He turns his sight back up to where the object disappeared among the masses of stars. "What were they? And what were they talking about?"
Odon looks between Zila and the sky. "I'm not entirely sure," he replied, "but I know something bad will happen in about 4 days from now."
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"And it seems like there is nothing we can do about it... but I guess we should keep to what they asked... keep it to ourselves and Littlefoot who is this Ali?" Zila asked Littlefoot looking at the young longneck.
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"Ali's a good friend of mine," Littlefoot replied. "She visited the Great Valley before when my Grandpa got sick. She helped me and my friends find Night Flowers in the Valley of the Mists to cure Grandpa. She and her mother moved back into the Great Valley a few days ago."
Suddenly a thought came to Odon's mind. He turns to Zila. "Back in the Valley, did you mention that there were other survivors of my herd in another place?" he asks.
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"Yes I did but where it is... it almost 4 days walk from the great valley... there is no way we could reach that place in time... we can get there or you can by that time whatever bad suppose to happens will happen. Maybe that herd will arrive in the Great Valley I did hear from them that they wanted to visit the Great Valley to see if any of the orignal herds have made it" Zila said to Odon remembering things about what he heard when there last.
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"I hope so," Odon replied, looking back at the stars. "What do you think will happen to all the swimmer herds here? You think they might join us back to the Valley?"
Littlefoot listens on.
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"I think that creature said that only those that go there before hand not from us from telling them... we can't tell them what might happen and the Valley going to be safe from it... I believe we should keep our word with what that creature asked. Keep quiet about it" Zila said to Odon.
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"I will," Odon replied, "But I'm not liking it..." He turns his head back to Littlefoot. "You should go back to sleep, young one. You need rest."
Littlefoot was about to protest, but a yawn became his reply instead. He could only nod and return to where his grandparents are sleeping.
Odon watches the little longneck go, before turning back to Zila. "I hope he sleeps for the rest of the night," he whispered. "It might worry his grandparents if he loses it to what we saw."
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I hope so too" Zila said to Odon looking at Littlefoot then back at the sky "We should get some rest as well" Zila suggested
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"I'll go do that in a moment," Odon responded, and then walks back to the lake shore and lies down, going back to watching the stars.
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(just skip a day... hope that ok? ;) )
The next day passes and it the final day of the blue moon and things seem to be getting good at the coming night time with Tops being gald that he will finally return to normal with everyone watching the sun set coming each passing second.
"Thrid night and my return to normal... finally" Tops smirked
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(No prob)
"I wonder what normal would that be?" Odon whispered to Zila and smirks. His nephew and nieces heard as well and stifled their giggles. His brother heard as well and rolls his eyes.
Although the time he spent further here in the Great Lake relaxed his nerves a little, Odon still felt anxious for him and his family and friends to go back to the Great Valley, even though they could head back tomorrow after the nights of the blue moon are over. He could also never put out the thoughts of many other creatures that won't be as lucky when whatever bad happens in just two days.
Littlefoot was taking it a little better by playing with his old and new friends in the Great Lake, but the night he had along with Odon and Zila still confuses and worries him. At least he's trying not to show his worry to his grandparents, and is thankful that Ali is back at the Great Valley, but he gradually remembers other friends that are still out there.
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THe moon shows in the sky as the night falls with Tops with a bright flash was back to normal "Well that was a flash..." Tops blinked looking at them seeing he was back to his own age and size "Good to be back" Tops smirked.
Sila and Jila came over to Zila "Hi mr Zila... we coming to say that the red scale herd going to visit the Great Valley we like to see it! so much that the herd does too!" Jila smiles
Sila smiled too at his sister. "I love to see it. I heard so much about that place" Sila nods
"any one can go to the valley when they visit" Zila smiled.
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"That's right!" Littlefoot responded happily. "There's room for everyone at the Great Valley!"
Grandpa chuckled. "Littlefoot's right. There's even room for longnecks like Chaser."
Odon breathes a silent sigh of relief. The spikethumb children hasn't noticed, but their father has made a few confused glances at his brother.
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Old swimmer chuckled "I wouldn't want to go anywhere but stay here this is been my home and my family too so this is the most beatufily place in the world. not to be rude about the Great Valley child" he said to Littlefoot.
Chaser looked at Grandpa. "Your sure you don't mind me being around? even in this Great Valley?" Chaser questioned.
Zila speaks to the Old Swimmer "I would never go against the words of such a wise swimmer like you... your home is where you chose it to be. I know that my life is with my son Turio" Zila smiled looking at Turio.
"Yeah father your my world too!" Turio smiled.
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"Well, I'm sure that I don't mind," Grandpa answered.
"Neither do I," added Grandma.
Odon couldn't argue with the Old Swimmer. His older brother was better at debating and that he respects the elder's decision greatly, even though the inevitable will happen soon to every other place but the Great Valley.
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"By tomorrow morning you all be on your ways... I am going to get some sleep... " Old swimmer said with a yawn he walked away to the nest he rests at.
"He a good swimmer for a age like that..." Tops said to them looking at the moon "I would never see a moon like that after tonight... be the time our life time passes this will happen again" Tops said "Once in a life time sight" he smiled.
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"I couldn't agree more," Spikefoot replied, watching the blue moon as well. He turns to his children as Donna begins to yawn. "Well, let's get some sleep. We have a day-and-a-half walk back to the Great Valley. You think we should wake up as the bright circle peeks over the wall?"
Goanna groans. "That's too early for me..."
As Spikefoot guides his daughters to bed, Guan looks up to the blue moon once more before he follows his father.
Littlefoot follows his grandparents to their sleeping spot as well, turning in for the night.
Odon goes back to the shore of the lake and watches the night sky again.
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Zila comes over to Odon "I see you in the morning" Zila said to Odon with a smile the go to Turio lays beside his son and the settles down for the night.
Odon look back at the sky to see a blueish object with a tail on the end (Comnet)
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Odon watches the new arrival in the sky. "Could this be the thing that will do something to this world in a matter of days?" he said to himself in nothing louder than a murmur. He continues to gaze at the sky.
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Morning comes and they start off with the red scaled herd heading away from the Great Lake heading back home to the Great Valley on the way Littlefoot spots a herd that he knew the leader of the longneck herd it was his father Bron.
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Littlefoot's eyes grow wide when he sees his father in the visiting herd. "It's Dad!" he said excitedly to Grandpa. "Can I go meet him?"
Grandpa chuckles. "Of course, Littlefoot."
Littlefoot bolts off in the direction of the herd of longnecks to meet his dad.
Meanwhile, a herd of spikethumbs appear in the distance on the other side of the two herds that catches the eyes of the Great Valley spikethumbs.
"Are they who I think they are...?" Guan started.
"Wait with your father," Odon said abruptly and heads over to the herd of spikethumbs, leaving the others in confusion as they walked.
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Bron sees Littlefoot coming "This is a Surprise... we was coming to the Great Valley to Surpise him but he did it to us" he chuckled then moves towards Littlefoot. "Hello son... look like you came out of the blue. I wasn't expecting you to be out here... what brings you and so many so far from your home?" Bron asked Littlefoot.
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Zila smirked "Looks like the Spikethumb herd was heading this way." Zila said watching Odon go to the herd of Spikethumbs
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"Hi Dad!" Littlefoot replied happily as he reaches his father. "We just visited a place called the Great Lake with some new swimmer friends of ours. We watched something called the Blue Moon, which had all this magic that turns sharpteeth into leaf-eaters and changed some adults into children and back again!" He stops to take a breather.
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"Then it must be the rest of our herd," Spikefoot replied as a smile came to his lips.
Odon rejoined the Great Valley herd. "Some of our own herd actually survived the Great Earthshake and moved with a few other herds not far from the former Sky Blue Lake," he explained with surprise in his voice. "They thought we were...gone until they got word about the Great Valley and decided to head there too."
The spikethumb herd moves closer and the spikethumb children moved around, meeting old friends and a few more surviving relatives as they all continued down towards the Great Valley.
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Bron laughs "Sounds like something you have to take time to tell me as we all move on to the Great Valley. I am looking forward to seeing it" Bron laughed a bit more as his herd with the others join in one bigger herd of a mixture.
"So your the Father of Littlefoot. never knew there was one till Cera told me about their little advanger" Tops said looking at Bron then looked at Chaser "This Longneck is Chaser he was a sharptooth but the Blue Moon did Magic and changed him."
"Yes that very true nice to meet you" Chaser smiled
"Same to you and you Threehorn" Bron said to Tops.
The herd moves on to the Great Valley as they talk.
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Littlefoot looks around the longneck herd before turning back to his father. "Dad, you know where Shorty is?"
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Donna managed to find her friends in the herd and began to play between the herds, while Goanna began talking away with a distant relative her own age. Guan's long-time friend, a teenage spikethumb named Lightning Tail, appears from behind and caused Guan to jump.
"I honestly thought I'd never see you again," Lightning remarked with a smirk.
"Lightning?!" Guan's jaw dropped, but then smiles back. "I thought the exact same thing."
As the spikethumb teenagers began talking, Spike, who was carrying Ducky and his other sisters on his back, cocks an eyebrow in confusion as he walks and watches.
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Shorty came up behind Littlefoot "Hey Littlefoot, how are you?" he said startling Littlefoot a bit from the sudden sneek up
Bron laughed a bit "That answers it for you son"
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Cera looked at Guan "So who is this? a old friend of yours?" Cera remarked looking at them.
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Littlefoot jumps in surprise, but then begins to laugh. "Hi Shorty! Glad to see you again!"
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Lightning looks over at Cera before looking back at Guan. "You know her?" he asks.
"That's Cera," Guan answered. "She's a friend."
"You sure? I haven't seen too many Threehorns making friends with non-Threehorns."
"Then you don't know my uncle," Guan gestures towards Odon, who was listening from in front. "He's close friends with Cera's dad, so don't tick either one off."
Lightning glances back at Cera, and cautiously moves to the other side of Guan. "So...what else is new while you're away?"
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"So it been a while, how are you Littlefoot? I heard some crazy things that there is lots of things you and the others get into since we met last" Shorty said to Littlefoot with a bit of a wonder in his voice.
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Tops walked up to Guan "So your friend there met my dauther? I hope she not being any trouble" Tops said to them
"Nah Daddy we just saying our hi's" Cera replied.
"Alright... don't get into any trouble Cera was almost home" Tops walks by to Zila and Odon to speak to them.
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"Not a whole lot happened really," Littlefoot replied. "We had some more friends move into the Valley, and we're now coming back from a place called the Great Lake, which is were all these swimmers are all coming from."
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Lightning watches as Tops walks off after speaking to them. "I guess I made a good first impression," he said.
"He's much nicer than he used to be," Guan replied. "It's hard nowadays to stereotype anyone based on their species. Personally, I think it doesn't matter either."
"If you say so." Lightning pauses. "So what does the Great Valley look like?..."
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Odon looks behind him to see Tops coming up to him and Zila. "Meeting new faces in the herds?"
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"Yes that kid seems quite surpised to see a Threehorn not like what he thinks" Tops chuckled
"Your not like a Threehorn he seen. your a great friend between us three" Zila smiled looking at the two Spikethumbs Lightning and Guan. "So how does Guan know this Lightning kid?" Zila asked Odon.
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Odon looks back. "His full name is Lightning Tail, Guan's childhood friend. I knew his father, Thunder Tail, shortly after our herd moved away. Since our children weren't born before our herd left, we kind of forgotten to teach them about the relationship between other kinds."
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"So becoming new friends with other races are..." Tops paused seeing the Great Valley wall "We home... the Great Valley just a short way away" Tops said with a smile.
Odon, Zila and Littlefoot heard a voice "We put small mirco devices on you to speak from above... listen don't tell anyone this, we placed in what look like rocks shield temporal field coils. there is many placed in a large circle around your valley and some of the land outside it... we are ready to act. Time for Bad World 2 days and counting... we are sorry but we can't stop what will happen it happened in our time we can't and will not change history but we can expand our laws to save your valley with all those that enter it we see on the way in. See you face to face in 2 days" the voice said to them and the they heard a beep as slience from what they heard now gone.
"Odon did you hear that?" Zila whispers to Odon.
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Odon nodded grimly as they continue to walk. He glances to where Littlefoot is and sees with dread that the little longneck had heard as well.
Spikefoot watches from a distance with suspicion, but doesn't avert from a conversation he's currently having with another spikethumb.
Even Guan notices his uncle's sudden change of expression from behind, but was somewhat thankful that Lightning was conversing with Cera.
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the group enter the great Valley "Welcome to the Great Valley!" Tops said loudly as they walked into the valley with everyone else in the large herd the valley looked unchanged like always but Odon looked up to see the same blueish star but in day time.
"What is it?" Zila asked and looked up as well "Thats odd... why can we see a night star in the day time?"
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Odon was also wondering about the star in the daylight, quiet in thought.
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Littlefoot feels quite relieved to be back in the Valley with his family and friends, with all the strange things happening to him and two others.
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Lightning, however, is in a mouth-gaping awe at the beauty of the Great Valley. "Wow! This place actually looks a bit nicer than Sky Blue Lake!"
"And there's plenty of room for all," Guan added with a smile.
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Shorty and Bron stared at the Valley "This is a nice home you have Son... no wonder papa and mama Longneck are so healthy" Bron said with amazment staring at the Valley
"Yeah and looks like there is pleaty of things to do as well" Shorty said with a smile as well on his face.
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Grandpa and Grandma smile rather proudly at Bron's comment.
"Especially when you have many friends to play with," Littlefoot added as he looked around the growing number of young dinosaurs in the Valley.
Guan and Lightning continue to talk with Cera, while Goanna is playing tag with some other spikethumbs her own age, and Donna and her own friends are meeting the other Great Valley children.
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the next few days pass on coming close to the point where Bad Day was suppose to happen.
Odon with Zila look at the dark sky as the dawn comes in but the thing that really odd was the blueish light in the sky was bigger much bigger "It big... why is a star getting so large?" Zila said to Odon.
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Odon squints his eyes. "It must be that it grows so much because it's coming closer," he answered.
Luckilly, Littlefoot fell asleep along with his family and had not noticed the growing light in the night sky. To Odon, that was a good sign.
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"It looks very unconfertable seeing such a thing get very close..." Zila said as the sun started to appear over the rocky walls but even with the sky now a day colour blue but the bluish light still very clear but the light was a whitish colour now.
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Odon was surprised to see that the light is viewed very clear in the daylight now, and there was no chance that no one could see it now. As everyone began to wake up, they notice the strange white light in the day sky.
Odon looks over at Zila. "It seems that we don't have to tell anyone now," he said.
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"Looks like..." Zila got cut off when he. Odon and Littlefoot heard the voice. "It's time" the voice said.
Suddenly around a circle right around the valley and some of the land rock tops burst open in a line with poles raising next the tops of the coils opened up to show a orb all of them glowed with a blueish field of light connecting to all of them with a wall of energy formed between them and slightly away from them so they was in the field as well then the wall of energy shot up spinning around as they created a dome forcefield around the whole valley keeping it safe inside.
"What the!?" Tops bellowed looking at the energy field appeared out of no where "What going on!?"
Bron looked up then at Littlefoot "Littlefoot I don't know what it is but if it something bad I will keep you safe son" Bron said as Ali came running up to them.
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"That makes three of us," Grandpa added.
"I agree," Grandma put in as well.
Littlefoot sees Ali as she came running up to him and his family. "Ali! I'm glad you're still here. Are you ok?"
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The renewed spikethumb herd gather close together, siding with the neighboring herds as they watch in shock. Donna and Goanna huddle with their father, as Guan and Lightning try their best to keep their footing on the shaking earth.
Odon had to head back to his family to check up on them.
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Spike, staying close with his family, almost loses his balance, trying to keep Ducky and Turio on his back.
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Suddenly the whiteish blue object they saw in the sky turned into a fireball from a far distance it was coming down fast and then they watched a massive large fireball shot right over the great valley and the shield glowed at the reaction of the force of the speed.
"Is that..." Zila said with shock and fright.
Then there was a mighty flash in the distance where the rock flew over the ground shock a bit and they saw the light died down.
a red fiery blast wave was blasting through all the landscape in its path the blast wave went through the Great Lake it completely blow apart from the intensed blasted coming from it. the valley was in veiw of the blast wave as it hit the blast wave went over and around the shield as it glowed bright the blast wave couldn't be seen.
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The entire valley watched in shock of what's been happening to the world around them.
The ground beneath them began to shake hard, forcing the spikethumb herd to their bellies to avoiding been thrown around. Odon continues to watch as the dome around them glowed as bright as the sun as the shock wave moved over them.
Littlefoot huddles close to his family, wishing for the terror to end...
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The light dimed down at it was night time and the sky was clear with stars shining but outside the valley in many direactions was light shining with a semi bright light. Then the large ship came over the Valley with the lights off its ship bottom then in front of the dinosaurs three beams appeared right on the ground with three creatures standing there two in front one in behind.
"Welcome to the future... 65 million years in the furture our time and place... the date is 2312. I am the captain of this ship above I am Captain Steves." the creature spoke with a warm friendly voice.
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"Please don't look shocked. We saved your valley from what we call the day of the end of the dinosaurs. I am sorry but you all in this Great Valley are the last of your races. There is no other in the world. Like I said we only can save so many and only that really would live in this Great Valley so we made contact with some children other then Zila, Odon and Littlefoot. Ali and Shorty we brought to our ship to tell of what will happen on the day. Don't look anger at them or have a go, they all helped saved your lifes in the process." Steves said to them all standing calm with his two guards.
"What are you!?" Tops demanded.
"Human. Humans are what you would call the speices that now rule this planet. Our race is all over this planet. 8 billion of us and we've expanded to other worlds to other planets up there the Allanice has other alien races part of our Alliance. we have much to explain what has happened in this world now." Steves said to them walking pasted the guards and then stoped.
"Welcome to safety and no troubles to your lifes... you may stay in your valley or explore the outside world. there is a massive rainforest due east of this location. it goes for thoudards of miles. We hope you all have a peaceful life. I'll be around and come checking time and..." Steves and the two men start to disappear by the trasnporter "again" he said with a smile with a wave the three was gone and the ship moves off into the air and disappears. they left staring at the sky seeing that they was saved but knowing that many others wasn't so lucky.