Episode 11: The Gang of Five
Scene: The Great Valley, a little after sunrise.
The Gang are sitting in a small circle.
Littlefoot: "So, what are we going to do today?"
Cera: Sighs "Oh, I don't know."
Petrie: "We gather up friends to play with us?"
Littlefoot: "Well, not Shorty. He's going off to do something with Bron today."
Cera: "How about Chomper?"
Ducky: "No no no. He is helping Ruby clean out their cave, he is."
Littlefoot: "That takes out Ruby too then. What about the Professor?"
Cera: "The Professor is in his cave. He says he's on something called a StarTrek Binge."
Littlefoot: "What's a StarTrek Binge?"
Cera: "I was going to ask him the same thing, but I didn't."
Littlefoot: "Why?"
Cera: "I figured he wouldn't give me much of an answer."
Littlefoot: "Well, you should still ask him. you should always ask questions."
Ducky: "What about Ali?"
Littlefoot: Lowers his head. "I think she's gone."
Petrie: "Really?"
Littlefoot: "Yeah, I saw the Longneck Herd leaving this morning." He sighs. "She didn't even say goodby."
Ducky: "That was a mean thing for her to do, it was!"
Cera: "Well, I guess you know what this means..."
Petrie: "What?"
Cera: "Looks like we get to have an adventure, just the five of us."
Littlefoot: "Oh yeah, We haven't done that in a long time!"
Petrie: "Adventuring?"
Cera: "Yes, Adventuring!"
Littlefoot: "It's too cold to go out adventuring. I just feel like going back to my nest and falling asleep."
Cera: "What if we go explore some caves? They might be warmer!"
Littlefoot: "You know what, your right! Lets go explore some caves everyone!"
Ducky: "I have heard of a deep, dark, scary cave right here in the Great Valley!"
Petrie: "Ooohuhu!" He runs over behind Littlefoot: "Me no like the sound of that!"
Cera: "Well I do!"
Ducky: "It will be alright Petrie. I think it will fun!"
Littlefoot: "Then it's settled. Ducky, lead the way!"
Ducky: "Ok!" She starts walking off. "This way, everyone!"
The Gang follows Ducky.
Scene: The entrance to the cave.
Ducky: "Well, here we are!"
Petrie: "Looks dark!"
Cera: "It's not that bad!"
Littlefoot starts walking in.
Cera: "At least someone isn't a scardy egg!"
Petrie tries to fly away, but Cera catches his feet in her mouth.
Cera: Muffled. "Come on, Petrie!"
Everyone follows Littlefoot into the cave.
Scene: A little deep in the cave.
Ducky: "It is getting very dark now."
Cera: "Just the way I like it!"
The Gang come to a fork in the tunnel.
Littlefoot: "Which way do we go now?"
Spike smells the air, and goes to the right.
Littlefoot: "Smell something Spike?"
Spike just keeps walking.
Ducky: "I think he does, yup yup yup!"
The gang follows Spike.
Littlefoot: "I can barely see a thing now."
Cera: "It's not so bad. Are you scared we'll run into something or fall or somet..."
Cera falls over. She slides down some, and comes to a ledge.
Littlefoot: "Cera!"
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Cera: holding on to the ledge with her arms. "Help!"
Ducky: "Where are you? I can not see you, no."
Littlefoot: "I';ll have to work my way down there to her."
Littlefoot starts to step slowly and carefully down the deep incline Cera had slid down. He is feeling the ground with his feet before laying them down to try to keep from falling over like Cera did.
Littlefoot: "I'm coming Cera! Hold on!"
Cera: "I'm trying!"
Littlefoot: makes it to a dead end. He can't go any further, and he can't see where Cera is. "Cera, where are you? I can't see!"
Cera: "Over here, follow my voice!"
Littlefoot: "I can't, there is a ledge in the way."
Up where Ducky and Petrie are, a strange blue light starts to appear.
Petrie: "What is that, Ducky?"
Ducky: "I do not know."
Spike walks up to the tiny dinosaurs, holding a strange mushroom in his mouth. The mushroom let off a dim blue glow.
Ducky: "Good job Spike, You brought light!"
Littlefoot: "Spike, come down here, I need that light!"
Cera: "And be quick about it!"
Spike works his way down the incline. The way for Littlefoot is slowly revealed. He heads off to the right in a circle towards Cera. Littlefoot come up to Cera, and turns around.
Cera: "Come on Cera. Bite my tail, and I'll pull you up!"
Cera bites Littlefoot's tail. Littlefoot strains, but can't get Cera up. Spike sets the mushroom on the ground, and motions Littlefoot to bite his tail. He complies, and the two dinosaurs manage to pull Cera up onto the ledge.
Cera: "Thanks everyone."
Littlefoot: "Let's get back up and explore some more."
Cera: "I was about to say that!"
The three work their up the ledge. Ducky grabs the mushroom.
Ducky: "I will keep an eye on the glowing mushroom. I have hands to hold it with."
Littlefoot: "Good idea." He heads off deeper into the cave. "Come on!"
Scene: "A long tunnel deep in the cave.
The Gang are walking along the tunnel. A red glow is emanating form ahead.
Ducky: "What is this light?"
Littlefoot:" I have a hunch. It's getting warmer down here."
Cera: "So?"
Littlefoot: "So, We might be getting close to some flowing fire."
Cera: "ReallY? Down here?"
Littlefoot: "What else could it be?"
Cera: "I'll believe it when I see it."
The Gang walk up to a big, expansive room. They peek over a ledge to see a river of magma flowing in a trench far down below.
Ducky: "See? Littlefoot was right."
Cera: "Lucky guess."
Petrie: "me go fly. Look around."
Littlefoot: "Ok."
Petrie circles around the big cavernous room a couple of times, and then lands on Littlefoot's head.
Littlefoot: Squints his eyes, looking a little annoyed. "Anything?"
Petrie: "Another cave close by. We walk on ledge and get there that way!"
Littlefoot: Looking over at the ledge. "Uh, that doesn't look very safe."
Cera: "come on, what could possibly go wrong?"
Littlefoot: "I'm thinking Threehorn soup. That's what could go wrong."
Cera: "I thought you were braver than that, Scardyfoot."
Littlefoot: Getting annoyed. "Don't say that!" He walks up to Cera, and presses his head up to her faceplate.
Spike rolls his eyes and moans, then turns around.
Cera: "And what are you going to do about it?" She charges forward, and Littlefoot gets turned over backwards onto the ground.
Littlefoot gets back up and prepared to charge. Ducky runs up between them.
Ducky: "Stop arguing and fighting. That is not going to help us, no."
Littlefoot: "Your right, Ducky."
Cera: "Well, I'll go this way. You can go some other way if you want."
Littlefoot: "Cera! Come back here!"
Cera Just keeps on walking along the ledge, looking dignified.
Littlefoot: "Cera!"
Petrie: "So, what we do?"
Littlefoot: "Let's follow here."
Ducky: "But it is dangerous. You said so yourself, Littlefoot."
Littlefoot: "Yeah, I know, but we still need to make sure she's safe."
Littlefoot starts walking along the ledge.
Ducky: "Littlefoot, you know Cera just did that, because she knew you would follow her."
Littlefoot: "Yeah, I know that too. That's how she always tries to get her way."
Ducky: laughs "Yeah, it is, it is."
Cera: Getting to the entrance to the new cave. "See? That wasn't so hard, now was it?"
Ducky is walking along the very edge of the ledge, she steps in one stop that crack. Spike grabs Ducky in his mouth, and both of the watch as the little piece of ledge falls off into the magma below.
Ducky: "Maybe I will stay over here, yes."
The rest of the Gang crosses the ledge, and continue on into the cave.
Scene: A huge room that is very cold. icicles of various sizes cover the ceiling in the hundreds.
Cera: "Here we are, everyone."
Littlefoot: "I always thought I was the leader."
Ducky: "Here we go again."
Littlefoot: "Never mind about that. Now, where are we?"
Petrie: "Me no know, but me cold!"
Ducky: I like it. This cave looks very pretty."
The Gang walks along the cave, and come to another cave opening blocked by a decent sized boulder.
Littlefoot: "So, what do we do now?"
Petrie: "Me think we explore enough. Let's go home."
Littlefoot: "Maybe your right. This has been a great long adventure, we should head back."
Cera: "I don't want to give up so easily." She backs up. "This rock doesn't look so big. Just stand back, and let a Threehorn handle this!" She charges at the rock. She smashes into it, but it doesn't budge. "Heh, a tough one. You won't win though, you dumb rock." She backs up more and charges at the rock at full speed. She rams the rock, and it racks into several smaller pieces. "Ha, I told you all so..."
The whole cave starts to shake.
Littlefoot: "What was that."
The Gang look up to see icicles starting to fall off the ceiling. The whole Gang screams.
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Cera: "Lets get out of here!"
An icicle lands right in front of Cera, She turns around and run. Petrie takes to the air, dodging icicles that are whizzing past him. Ducky drops the glowing mushroom in the confusion. Littlefoot runs, three large icicles block his way, so he runs in a different direction.
Littlefoot: "That was close." Littlefoot runs some more, until he see's another cave. "Everyone, this way!"
The Gang follows Littlefoot into the new cave.
Cera: "That was really close."
Ducky: "Scewerd Ducky doesn't sound very good, no no no."
Petrie: "Cera, watch what you smash next time!"
Cera: "Don't remind me!"
Littlefoot: "Lets just be glad we're safe. Now lets go on."
The Gang walks off into the dark tunnel.
Scene: Pitch blackness.
Cera: "I can't see a thing."
Ducky: "I shouldn't have dropped that mushroom, no no no."
Littlefoot: "It's ok Ducky. It wasn't your fault."
Cera: "Well, what do we do now? Go back."
Littlefoot: "I don't even know where back is anymore."
Petrie: "We lost!?"
Littlefoot: sighs. "Yeah, I guess we are lost. I don't even know how far down we are now.
Spike sniffs and makes a happy sound.
ducky: What is it Spike, Hungry?"
Cera: "Of course he's hungry, he hasn't eaten since we walked in here!"
Petrie: "He must smell food though."
Littlefoot: "Maybe this is a good thing. If he can find greenfood, he'll find a way out of the cave!"
Spike starts walking off, following his sniffer.
Littlefoot: "Here, let's hold on to each other so we don't get separated."
Littlefoot bites onto Spike's tail, and Cera onto Littlefoots. Ducky rides on Spikes back, and Petrie on Littlefoot's head.
Scene: The surface of the Great Valley.
Spike breaks out of a small hole in the ground. He walks over and starts munching on a small shrub that survived the snow. Littlefoot's head pops out.
Littlefoot: "Finally, We made it out alive!"
The camera pans out to show Bron right next to the hole, eating the few treestars still on one tree.
Bron: Lowering his head. "Now what was that, Littlefoot?"
Littlefoot: He is out of the hole. He freezes where he stands. "Oh, hey Dad. I didn't know you were there."
Cera works her way out of the hole.
Bron: "Where did you all just come from?"
Littlefoot "We were just exploring a cave."
Bron: "You must have been in there awhile. I was starting to wonder where you all were."
Littlefoot: "I'm hungry. Is there anything to eat?"
Bron: "There is not much greenfood, but I'm sure we'll find something for you."
Cera: Walking off. "That was fun! They wouldn't have made it out without me!"
Spike hears what Cera just said, and shakes his head.
Ducky: "Cera always takes the credit, but do not worry Spike. I know who got us out of that cave, I do."
Petrie: "Me done for the day." He launches into the air off of Littlefoot's head, and fly's off towards his nest.
Littlefoot: Following Bron. "Bye everyone, it was fun!"
Scene: "A hill in the Great valley, at night.
Littlefoot Is sitting on the hill, looking at the sky. Ali walks up to him.
Ali: "Hello."
Littlefoot: "Oh, hello, Ali..." He does a double take. "...Ali!? I thought you were gone!"
Ali: "No, I'm still here."
Littlefoot: "It's just, I saw your herd leaving this morning, and I thought you were with them."
Ali: "No, I've decided to stay here, in the Great valley."
Littlefoot: "Really? That's great!"
Ali: "Yeah, I talked it over with Old One, and we both agreed that I would be safer here, instead of the Mysterious Beyond."
Littlefoot: "Do you know how long you'll stay?"
Ali: "For a long while. I think when I"m older, I'll rejoin my herd. Until then, I'll enjoy living here."
Littlefoot: "I'm so happy for you Ali. When you didn't say anything to me earlier, I thought you were laving without saying goodbye."
Ali: "I would never be that mean!"
Littlefoot: "Well, What do you want to do tomorrow?"
Ali: "I don't know, maybe the pointy seed game, or story telling."
Littlefoot: "Or hide and seek, or..."
Camera pans out as the characters say the last couple of lines, and the scene fades.
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Well, it's almost over. I'll post the season finale, Episode 12 - The Legend of the Friendly Sharptooth, this Friday night. After that, a break from writing this fan fiction.