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Hello guys.
One major thing you will notice in this chapter and from now on is a whole new writing style. I'm tired of my writing looking 'beginner',so a whole new wrtiting style is here as well as longer chapters and more action scenes. More detail. Also you will notice movie characters will start showing up as time goes on
Including a little longneck female that seems to be a very popular match with Littlefoot in fanfiction,one whose name begins with 'A'...later on
The new writing style takes a while to actually show.
It IS kinda hard to suddenly have my new style perfect at the start of the chapter.
This chapter is quite long,longest I have ever written...so yeah..
Enjoy I guess.
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Chapter 18
The chilly morning mountain breeze bought a peaceful calm as a one longneck trekked along a dirt path,beside him the loud roaring of the waterfall and the rushing of the river filled his ears. But the longneck barely glanced at that,though he had only been here a few days,the longneck felt he had been here his whole life.
Littlefoot paused for a moment and looked back hoping no one was following him,he had snuck out of what was known as 'camp' without anyone noticing. Thats just what he was hoping for. He turned back to the way of his destination following the path as it got narrower and narrower until it seemed like a dead end.
But as if he had being doing this his whole life,Littlefoot walked through a gap normally hidden by loose hanging vines,it was too strange to be natural. Someone had put them there,someone wanted this place to remain hidden. The gap was amazingly large,an adult longneck could walk in and out of it with ease.
What Littlefoot found himself in was cave,but none like he had ever seen. The cave was always gave him a strange feeling,as if they were watching him-judging him. But what Littlefoot always noticed first was the large pointed stone,dead set center in the middle. The stone point touched the tip of the roof,an ich higher it would have gone through. Above the stone in the roof,was a small gap which shined down to what really drew Littlefoot to most about the stone.
The stone expanded outwards forming what resemble a bowl. In it was the clearest water he had ever seen. The sun reflected in the water in the day,and at night the reflection of the moon filled took it's place. Littlefoot was intrigued by it.
The young longneck slowly walked up to it,without making a sound he rose his foot and hit the waters surface. This was what Littlefoot did not understand the most,the water never splash nor did it move at all. The water seemed to refuse to be disturbed.
Littlefoot stepped back with a sigh,this place gave him the creeps. It was as if someone else was here,yet Littlefoot was he felt drawn to this spot,as if someone was calling him here,as if some force was dragging him.
He hasn't told anyone about this,not even his best friend or family,he thought about that as he once again left the cave and began his trek back to the camp. Maybe I should at least tell Shujaa Littlefoot thought After all..he is the leader. Littlefoot thought about that,he should tell the leader. After all,Shujaa was bound to find out sooner or later and Littlefoot would be in huge trouble if he was discovered to be holding this secret. But there was also the very big fact he might be in trouble for going to that cave in the first place-maybe it was hidden for a reason?
Littlefoot didn't know what to do,but for now he decided to leave it. It was just a cave after all.
Whats so special about a cave? And why would this one be any different?
As he once again arrived back at the nesting area known as 'the camp' he was barely giving it a second thought. Sighing with relief when he noticed no one was up yet,with a smile of relief he rejoined his family.
No one noticed I've left..thank goodness.
"Awake already?"
Littlefoot slowly turned his head to see a longneck child girl smirking at him-Nahla. "Yep and I am glad I am,for am awake to witness a miracle"
"What miracle?'
"You,awake early" Littlefoot pointed at her,his tone a mix of both serious and joking "I thought I would never see the day,normally you are always the last one awake and may I add the most lazy dinosaur in the mountains?".
Nahla glared at him for a moment "Least I don't go wandering off at the crack of dawn and sneak back thinking no one else saw me" she snapped and continued walking ignoring Littlefoot's shocked expression.
"Nahla,wait!" the brown longneck followed after her,when she didn't respond nor stop Littlefoot jumped in front of her blocking her path "How did you know about that?" Littlefoot thought no one knew,and the last dinosaur on earth he thought would know was Nahla-he doubted that girl ever see a dawn in her life. What is SHE doing up this early herself? Littlefoot questioned in his mind.
"Lets see...hmmm..maybe I know because of the big fact I see you..I don't know-walk off? For someone trying to sneak away,you don't do a very good job at the 'not letting anyone see you' part"
Littlefoot growled silently under his breath "What about you? Why are YOU up? And where were you heading too?!"
"Quiet you idiot" Nahla snarled in a whisper "Do you want to wake the whole tribe?" she looked behind her before looking back at Littlefoot "Come with me,I'll show you" Nahla turned and walked off without another word,though when she stopped and turned her head and saw Littlefoot hadn't moved she gave a hissed whisper "Come on,we need to get going now or they'll make an adult come with us"
Littlefoot glanced back at his sleeping family and followed,he had no idea what Nahla was going to show him. But after what he had gone through so far it was not going to surprise him much-right?
Wrong.
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Nothing,nothing in the world could of prepared Littlefoot for the sight in front of him,he stood watching in disbelief as Nahla was nuzzling a small purple hatchling...sharptooth. This..is really strange. Nahla the 'don't mess with me' attitude tomboy,is happily nuzzling a sharptooth like it was her own child. This is too weird... Littlefoot cleared his throat "Nahla,what is this? Is that really a sharptooth hatchling?"
Nahla just rolled her eyes "No,it's a three-horn hatchling" she scoffed "Of course it is,what does it look like?"she turned back to the small sharptooth and sighed before looking Littlefoot in the eyes "This is why I was awake,I was coming here to see Chomper"
"Chomper?"
"Yeah,I named him Chomper. After all everyone needs a name and it suits him as he likes to-"
Chomp!
"OW!" Littlefoot cried out,he turned his head to see the small sharptooth biting his tail "Chomp on things?" he finished for Nahla before gently tipping the sharptooth to the ground.
"Exactly"
"Well can you please tell him to not chomp on me? It really does hurt,no matter how adorable he is" the boy turned and looked Nahla in the eye "I also got one more question for you" he cleared his throat "WHERE DID YOU GET A SHARPTOOTH HATCHLING FROM?!"
"I found him" Nahla answered calmly "He was abandoned Littlefoot,I couldn't leave him. Though I didn't know he was a sharptooth when I found the egg..I thought it was a leaf eater,though before I could do anything he started to hatch,at first I was startled when I found out he was a sharptooth. But I couldn't leave him,he may be a predator but he has done not a thing to harm me. It's not his fault he was born a sharptooth-why should he be punished for a crime he had no choice in doing?" tears filled the girls eyes as she stared Littlefoot in the eye "I don't care what anyone says,no one deserves to die alone in the world. I don't care if they are leafeater or meateater,we are all living creatures at the end of the day,meateaters do not choose to be born the way they are-so why should we punish them all? Yes they kill,but they kill to survive. To eat,and when they do we leafeaters want to kill them,to get rid of them. They kill for food,we kill for revenge-does that not make US the REAL monsters?"
Littlefoot remained silent while she spoke,when she ended with sobbing he reached out his neck and rubbed her head with his. "Nahla,don't cry..you're right in a way we are no better then they are. In a perfect world,no one would need to kill to survive,but such a world does not exist..I am just concern what will happen if the others find out about Chomper. Sharpteeth are threats here,and you're helping one. You might be seen as a traitor".
"I'm not a traitor" the girl answered with a bitter snarl "I just have a heart"
"Whats gotten into you?" Littlefoot questioned "You're not acting like yourself,normally you're the last one on earth to take something seriously,and here you are taking full responsibility for what I must admit,is the weirdest thing I have ever seen. How do you expect to feed a sharptooth? Considering they eat...well you know..you can't just get him to eat greenfood"
Naha stalled for a moment glancing around "He can eat ground crawlers and buzzers for now..until we can figure out what to do with him"
"We?"
"Yeah,you are going to help me with this aren't you?" the glanced quickly over to the now sleeping sharptooth and and turned back to Littlefoot with pleading eyes "Please help me,Littlefoot. I need your support for this"
Littlefoot looked down to the ground before looking up and smiling "Nahla,you had my support all along,you're right we can't blame him for how he is born,that would be like someone blaming us for being longnecks. Even if this ends up going very badly,I'll stay by your side. Friends do not give up on friends,no matter how crazy the plan...I must admit I'm surprised you trusted me with this secret with me"
"I trust you,though sometimes you drive me crazy your heart is in the right place. Even when I'm being and I quote Tara 'worlds most annoying brat' you still stick with me,I admire your loyalty,where ever your crazy ideas lead you,I will follow"
"Thanks,Nahla" glancing quickly up to the sky he gritted his teeth "We really should of been back by now..tell you what. You stay here,I'll just tell them you wanted to be alone today,I'm sure they'll understand..I'll do your duties today..and you stay here and try and figure out what to do with,Chomper...because you must admit..he can't stay here. Shujaa will never go for it..nor will anyone actually"
"I know...I know...thanks,tell them I'll be back in time for the meeting this afternoon"
"I will,you figure out a plan and you can tell me after dinner tonight. I promise not to tell everyone what you're really doing"
"Thanks,Littlefoot. Now get out of here" Nahla chuckled before remembering something "Also,I promise I won't tell anyone how you sneak off at the crack of dawn...maybe...if your kind to me"
Littlefoot shook his head a slight smile on his face before running off,hoping no one was looking for Nahla or him. Arriving back panting out of breath,he sighed with relief. Everything seemed okay,it was like he and Nahla never left. With a smile the young longneck went to rejoin his family when a voice cut him short.
"And where have you been,young Littlefoot?"
Skidding to a stop Littlefoot mentally groaned,bracing himself he turned with a forced smile to the one who spoke. "Oh hi,Shujaa" Littlefoot greeted the old leader chuckling "Umm...nowhere"
"Don't lie to me,where have you been?" though Shujaa was caring and protective of all the longnecks in the mountains,he was quite stern when it came to the children. If the parents wouldn't discipline their children-he would. Already he saw Littlefoot and Nahla as mischief makers,they had a lot to learn and Shujja was going to make sure they learnt it.
"I just went for a walk..I didn't go very far. Honest"
The old male frowned "And,Nahla? Where is she?"
"Oh umm..she uh...wanted to be alone...I think because she came from a really tiny herd,having to live here all of sudden is overwhelming"
Shujaa's expression soften,he could understand that "I am sorry Nahla feels that way,but it gives her no right to just ignore her duty and take off without telling anyone where she is going"
"I know..she does mean to worry anyone,I'll cover for her today. She'lll be back for the meeting though,she just has to figure something out"
"What out?" the leader was back to frowning "You're not being honest with me are you?"
Dammit Littlefoot mentally slapped himself "I promised Nahla she can trust me,she has given me her trust.I will not be disloyal to my friend even to the leader. I am sorry,Shujaa I can't tell you"
"Being true to your friends is important,but so is everyones safety. I won't force the information out of you-but remember this." the adult lowered his head to Littlefoot's level and stared him in the eyes "Secrets and safety do not go to together,I don't want to see you or Nahla get hurt nor will I allow everyone else to be in danger because of a promise two children made to each other. If anyone is in any danger what so ever,I want you to report it to me at once,no matter who you promised you wouldn't-do you understand?"
"Yes,sir" Littlefoot replied flatly staring at the ground.
"Good" Shujaa rose his head and began turning and walking away as Shorty joined Littlefoot.
"What was that all about?" the green longneck asked "What you do to get in trouble with Shujaa?"
Littlefoot glared at Shorty "I am not in trouble,he was just asking where I went and where Nahla is. It's been sorted,now if you mind I got things to do" the child brushed past the older longneck without another word.
Shorty watched him leave a confused look spread across his face. Maybe the Mountain life is getting to him. It didn't take long for the newcomers to discover Mountain life was far from relaxing. It felt like your days were chosen for you,like you were a mindless zombie obeying orders. Everyone had to do something,if you didn't do anything you were kicked out. Everyone earned their right to stay here. The lifelong residents found it a great life.
It drove the newcomers insane. They felt trapped by the mountain walls,robbed of the lives they wanted for themselves,they didn't belong here. They belonged in the Great Valley,their family past was coming back and trapping them but they had no choice. They couldn't just walk away from the ones who so willingly let them into their home with questioning just because they didn't agree with their way of life.
Besides it has only been a few days,they were used to a carefree life and now they had to work for their survival,out here there was no Great Wall to protect them from the predators of the outside world,they had to be alert at all times.
Though they now lived here-would the mountains ever truly be 'home'?
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"We shall arrive either late today or early tomorrow"
Cera looked up with a frown,for days she and the others have been blindly following this mysterious longneck who was seemingly called 'Doc'. Appearing from nowhere,Doc claimed to know their missing friends and knew where they were,he also came with the claim someone from Littlefoot's family sent him. Cera knew something was right,something about this was not normal,what she didn't know but she wanted to find out.
She would find out,no how long it took her. She was going to find out what was going on.
"So we are nearly are where Littlefoot and Nahla are?" Ducky asked
"Yep,they'll sure be surprised to see you's,no doubt"
Cera's eyes narrowed "But I thought someone from Littlefoot's family sent you to come get us,so why would they be surprised to see us? Wouldn't they KNOW we are coming?"
Doc paused for a moment-did these darn kids have to question everything. Boy I miss the days when kids were seen but not heard. "Easy,his family knows your coming but they haven't told Littlefoot or Nahla,you get to surprise them"
"OOooh,that make sense!"
Cera glared at the owner of that voice. Damm you Petrie,you're so gullible. This guy has been leading us on from the start,I just know it. Clearing her throat she questioned Doc again "Why is Littlefoot's family..if thats who REALLY sent us,get you to come get us anyway? How did they know we were coming to look for Littlefoot? Hmm?" Cera smirked,she knew she had caught Doc off guard.
"Uhh..that didn't tell me why they wanted you..." Doc answered after some hesitation. Well what was he supposed to say? 'Well,Littlefoot's dead ancestor had been watching you and told me to come get you and bring you to where Littlefoot and Nahla are because Nahla's dead ancestor told HIM to'? No he couldn't,like they would believe him anyway. He knew the three-horn already had doubts about him. Without even looking back at the children he spoke again "But hey,if you don't want to see Littlefoot. You're free to turn around now and go back home,does not affect me"
Cera narrowed her eyes further,this was making her more and more suspicious. Should she just leave? Could she really trust this guy? They have no idea who he really was,where he was leading them or what his motives were. For all they knew he would be some kidnapper,or murderer or worse-both. No,she was going to stay. She was going to find out the truth.
Yes,that was what she was going to do.
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Chomper chased after a buzzer,snapping at it with frantic attempts to capture it. When he once again missed the small sharptooth walked back up to the longneck he clearly thought was his mother,nudging her with his head he tried to get her attention.
Nahla snapped back from her thoughts and into reality,looking down at the sharptooth she sighed "I don't know what to do,I'm not your mother..plus I don't even know how to take care of a baby all together...I'm just a kid myself..plus we are very different species,you should be being looked after by other sharpteeth..I should be back with MY family"
The sharptooth however,didn't understand one bit of what Nahla was telling him he just nudged the longnecks side again,he was hungry.
Nahla knew she had to find him some food...somehow. Looking around,Nahla gritted her teeth before getting up and walking over to a near by hollow log. Knowing there were normally crawlers under these kind of things,Nahla threw her whole weight against it,it didn't seem to budge for what seemed like forever until it suddenly lunged forward and Nahla not prepared for the sudden movement found herself with a face full of dirt. "Stupid log" the girl muttered under her breath raising her head and smile "Bingo. Nahla was right,right in front of her face was a whole supply of in Nahla's opinion disgusting,slimy Crawlers. "Gross..." the girl muttered standing up "I will never understand Sharpteeth...".
Chomper sniffing to the 'food' joined her by her side,without a moments thought he dug in,glancing up at his 'mother' he grinned,what was left of the crawler he just devoured falling out of his mouth. The rest of the crawlers did not stand a chance. Chomper grabbed and ate anything he saw moving.
"Errr...we can work on manners later" the longneck girl shuddered with disgust "Too gross...way too gross". Nahla glanced up at the sky "Oh no! I'm going to be late for the meeting" she looked back at Chomper who did not even seem to notice her "Don't go anyway,I'll be back later" the longneck bolted off.
Crap...I am in so much trouble...and worse I'm most likely going to make Littlefoot look like a liar...dammit going as fast as physical ability would allow,Nahla ran. She knew she was already late,in deep trouble.
I'm so dead..I'm so dead...I'm so dead...I'm
"Nahla" a voice broke through Nahla's thoughts as Tara came into her view.
Nahla skidded to a stop,she gulped seeing the furious look on her sisters face "Hi,Tara" she chuckled. Yep..I'm so dead alright.
"Where the hell have you been?! You have thrown everyone into panic,Littlefoot told us you would be back by now but when you didn't show up and we questioned him he refused to tell us-do you realize the trouble BOTH of you are causing? We ain't here for fun Nahla we are here to survive. You can't just keep running off like that,we can't keep looking out for you and only you. Anything could of happened to you being out here by yourself!" Tara whipped her tail back and forth in fury.
"I'm sorry.." Nahla said quietly backing off "Please don't be mad"
"Oh I'm not mad. I'M FURIOUS...but if you think I'M mad,wait until you see the others. Namely Shujaa and and Mother".
"Look I can explain...please Tara..."
Tara glared down at her sister "Right now you have a LOT of explaining to do,come along!" without giving Nahla a chance to reply she spun around and stormed back the way she came.
It's no fair..just because I'm smaller then them everyone thinks they can push me around the younger girl thought with anger screaming in her mind but followed without a word,bracing herself for what ever was to come.
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"Both of you-sit"
Littlefoot and Nahla settled themselves down with their heads hung,in front of them stood a furious Shujaa.
"Do you realize the trouble both of you cause?" he snapped at them "YOU!" his focus became Nahla "Run off without telling anyone where you are going,you do not know where you are going. Something could of happened to you,and we would never find out or not find out until it's too late-last thing any of us will want is to face your Mother over there,look her in the eyes and tell her your dead. Because we didn't get there fast enough and it was too late to save you" he paused to take a breath "We have these rules set not to be mean,not to stop you from having fun but for your own protection"
"I'm sorry,Shujaa" Nahla replied quiety "I didn't mean to cause any trouble,honestly.."
"I do not want to hear it" Shujaa snapped back at her before turning to Littlefoot "And you,how come you lied? You know what Nahla was really doing don't you?"
"Yes,sir..." the young male child admitted.
"Oh,then how come when you were questioned about it,you refused to tell us?"
"He was being a good friend" Nahla answered for him "I made him promise not to tell anyone..don't punish him,Sir"
The old make scoffed "Actually,you're both will be facing punishment. You've got to learn,do you think just letting you run off will teach you anything?!" Shujaa had calm down a little bit,but his temper was still fuming. It had only been a few days and these new children were already causing chaos.
"And you think threatening and yelling at them will? Well it may teach them something but the only thing it will teach them is to hate this Tribe and this place" Grandma stormed up and stood in front of them children,she had enough of standing there and watching Shujaa talk to her grandson that way,the leader or not. He had no right.
Shujaa narrowed his eyes "What do you think you are doing?"
"Standing up for my grandson and his friend,you think I was going to stand there and watch you terrify them?" Grandma was not planning on backing down anytime soon "Yes what they did was wrong,but you think threatening and terrifying them will solve anything? They have just came from a life where they could live carefree,in a closed in protected valley. They won't just suddenly change over night,you can't throw them into this new lifestyle and expect them to act they have lived their whole lives this way!" Grandma did not care who she was speaking too,nobody she she means nobody talks to anyone she cares about in that manner. Quickly glancing back at the children behind her she backed off a bit so she was no longer right in Shujaa's face "They did not ask for this,they did not ask to be part of the lost families. They gave up everything they knew and loved to do this. So don't you dare talk to them like that again. After the sacrifice they made for this Tribe-you treat them like this?! Leader or not Shujaa,I will not allow you to talk to them in such a manner,they are children for goodness sake-CHILDREN!" she took a deep breath to calm herself but did not move from her spot nor did she take her eyes off Shujaa in front of her.
The old male just shook his head "All I was,was teaching them a lesson-"
"Yes you were" Grandma interrupted "You were teaching them to hate this place,to be miserable. Think about it,try and see it through their eyes. If you were them and being treated like that would you start thinking this place is not a very pleasant place? Would you just be wishing you could go back home and never come back here? They have barely settled in and you're already trying to control their lives" she rose her tail to signal silence when Shujaa opened his mouth to speak "I understand what you're tyrying to do,but please leave that to us. We are perfectly capable of rasing our children ourselves,you should be worrying about running this Herd or Tribe what ever name you want to slap on it. Not worrying about trying to raise our children the way you want to raise them. To be honest I would not blame them one bit if they hate this place by now. None of my family or the family of young Nahla feels at home here,but we sticking to it for everyone elses sakes,even when they have barely done a thing for us-give me one good reason why we should stay"
The older leader could not believe this,it was against all law and custom to argue with the leader,though in the Mountains the leader was not fully in charge as a complete ruler over everything,it was still considered a wrong. One was meant to put trust and faith in the leader to guide them,and here this female was speaking to him like he was some longer who just wandered in "Listen,around here we do speak to our leader in such a manner"
"Oh? And it's okay to speak to young children who just had everything they always known ripped to them in such a manner?"
"Oh for crying out loud,children need to learn what they can and can't do. If you keep defending them like this everytime they do something wrong,they'll start thinking they can just get away with what they want".
Nani decided to step in now "Yes,we are aware of that but the last time I checked it was normally the parents job to raise their children. Not someone the children have only known for a few days. We do not want to start a fight,but please we ask you to back off. Let us deal with the children,we know what they can handle and what will just break them. You don't teach a child anything by breaking their spirit"
"Don't worry,we'll see to it. But please let us do it,besides I have more important things to do" Grandma said growing calm once more "I am sorry for shouting at you,I just refuse to allow anyone to treat my grandson like they can control his life. Children will be children,I doubt you were perfectly behaved when you were a child"
Shujaa sighed in defeat "No,I was actually no better then Littlefoot and Nahla are" he admitted with a small chuckle "You sure do defend those youngsters,even going so far as shouting at your leader. But I understand,I myself have children. Though they are of course all grown up now with children of their own. Alright,I'll leave it to you to talk to them. Just don't make this arguing with me thing a habit-you hear? You may win this time,but I'm still the leader. You's are inexperienced newcomers,you's still got a lot to learn about how things work around here" with a nod of his head and began turning before stopping for a moment he turned his head "Oh and about not feeling at home here-leave that to me" with that said he left them knowing there was no point in arguing over something like this any longer when there was more important things he should be tending too.
Littlefoot and Nahla had watched the whole thing in silence,the two glanced at each other and back at the retreating leader,Littlefoot was the first to speak "We are really sorry..we didn't want to cause trouble,honest"
"We know you didn't do it on purpose,but what you did was wrong. You two sent the whole Tribe into panic,we had no idea what could of happened to Nahla we thought she was injured or possibly killed when she didn't return. And Littlefoot you refused to tell us what was going on when questioned. I know you were trying to keep a promise you made her,but what if something was wrong? What if she was injured or in any kind of danger? We would of never found out,I admire your loyalty Littlefoot,but sometimes I fear that will also be your downfall" Grandma gave them a small smile before continuing "Keeping trust is good,but you must know when to break a promise for safety. If Nahla was ever in real danger,I am sure she'll rather have you break a promise then end up dead because you didn't tell us where she was. Thats why they say sometimes the littlest promises can be the most dangerous things in the world"
"We won't do it again,I'm sorry I was the one who told him to not tell anyone" Nahla spoke up for the first time since Shujaa left her head slightly hung.
"But it's true..I mean you could of been in real danger and I refused to tell anyone where you were..I was worried when you didn't come back,because your my friend..I would never forgive myself if you got hurt or killed because of a stupid promise and I could of prevented it" Littlefoot said more to Nahla personally then everyone as a whole "We are both at fault"
Jenna joined them "We won't punish you further,I think you both learned a lesson. We are not in the Great Valley anymore,we have to be more aware out here. Theres nothing here thats really stopping from Sharpteeth coming in and out,and we can't cover every inch of this place to check for them. We don't mind you exploring,but please at least tell us where you're going,or better yet have someone older go with you either one of the adults or even Shorty or Tara,do you's understand?"
"Yes,Mother" Littlefoot answered nuzzling his mother happily on her leg,he truly had the greatest mother in the world...in his opinion anyway,Nahla's opinion begged to differ.
"I understand as well" Nahla added with a small smile before walking behind her own Mother's leg "Sorry for worrying everyone".
"No real damage done,don't be so distressed about it,we'll go back to camp and you can both tell everyone you're sorry. You didn't cause any physical damage but you did cause a lot of chaos,we had to postpone the meeting to look for Nahla. And I'll warn you,that has not made many very happy,but a meeting is easy to move to another day but looking for a lost child is something that should never be postponed" Nani nudged her daughter as she spoke "Now come along now,you both must be hungry
Nahla followed the group silently before with a jolt she remembered something-Chomper. The question was how could she get back there? She could just tell them she is going to where she left him,she just won't say WHY she was going there.,,but that might raise suspicion. She pulled up to Littlefoot's side "What about Chomper?" she whispered in his ears.
Littlefoot stared at her startled for a moment but remembering what she meant before whispering his reply,this was something they really did need to keep secret "We need to think of a way of bringing him closer to the camp,that way we won't have to travel all the way to the east of this place when we stay in the west side. It's a pain in the butt and if we keep running back and forth to the Eastern side they still start thinking something is up" he thought for a moment "There is a small carven in the forest right next to the camp,we could have Chomper stay in there until we figure something more permanent..meet me tonight after everyone else is a sleep,we'll go go get Chomper and be right back..though in case someone does wake up and sees us gone. We'll tell them beforehand we are planning to go on a moonlight walk through the eastern meadows...which is kinda true,we'll just not mention we'll be picking up a sharptooth in the progress"
"You forgot one important thing-they will never let us go out by ourselves at night...won't they?"
"Good point..after today there is no way they'll let us..and if we take someone they'll know we are trying to go get a sharptooth,which really will get us into trouble..then we won't tell them..or we can wait until tomorrow morning and say we are going to watch the bright circle rise..and since the bright circle rises in the East and sets in the West...we can just say we're going East a little bit to watch,and that we were curious what it would look like here with all the mountains and stuff"
Nahla nodded now understanding "Then thats what we'll do..just hope Chomper will be okay till then..."
"You find him enough food to last for the night?" Littlefoot questioned and when Nahla nodded Littlefoot spoke again "Well then I'm sure he'll be fine" he quickly looked up to check if anyone was listening,no one seemed to be paying any attention to them other then the quick glance back to check they were still there before looking seriously at the girl at his side "You do know if someone finds out we are secretly hiding a sharptooth,we'll be in huge trouble"
"I know...I know" the girl sighed "Thats why we are going to make sure no one finds out" with a flick of her tail she bounded forward again to join Tara,Littlefoot could hear her saying something along the lines of "Are you still mad at me?"
Littlefoot shook his head,he knew hiding Chomper was going to be a huge risk. He knew there was a chance his parents would return to try and find their hatchling-then what were they going to do? They couldn't exactly just have a chat and tell two fully grown sharpteeth they found Chomper as abandoned. Looking up to the sky and spoke to himself "How do I get myself into these messes?"
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Ok this was the longest chapter I have ever written..see I'm improving.
Steadily but surely.
I know I did kinda day I wasn't going to have Chomper in this,but I changed my mind and change the course of future events. Don't worry,it's for the better...I hope.
However since this is AU,it was not the gang to find him. But lil old Nahla.
And about that cave..yeah there'll be more on that later.
Starting next chapter the rest of the gang will be fully active characters,though Cera does have her doubts about this whole thing as you can see.
Thanks for reading,I do work really hard on this.