Okay, here it is at last, the newest chapter. Now, as many of you know, there were complications in getting this done. There was the usual concept of figuring out how to make it all go the way it should. Then there was my reformat and the time my computer was spent being in the shop. Not to mention the usual distractions I get and make me procrastinate in the end. Finally, there was the complication of trying to put something in that just couldn't fit in the end and became a waste of time.
As such, the length is sadly not worth the wait. Hopefully, I can make it up to you all with another chapter this month.
As for now, here's the newest chapter.
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Chapter 10
The Hardest ThingThe whole gang of Cera, Ducky, Petrie, Spike, Ruby and Chomper had kept quiet about the whole revelation that was suddenly presented until one of them broke the silence.
“Okay, tell me right now,” Cera said, walking right up to Ret so she was staring him face to face. “How long have you been in love with Ali?” She demanded questionably.
Ret kept his sad look and lowered his head and so that he wasn’t looking at the irritated threehorn. “Since I met her on the very day our herds joined.” He confessed.
There was another moment of silence until Ret decided to break the tension. “I’m not sure what to do about all this. I worked so hard to get our relationship where it is. Now, with a single kiss, it’s all gone.” He told them.
“You no know that.” Petrie told him.
“Y – yeah, Petrie is right, he is.” Ducky agreed.
“You don’t know if Ali does not love you without knowing she does.” Ruby said.
“How would you guys know? Besides, you’d probably like it better if Littlefoot and Ali were together for the rest of their lives.” Ret said.
Everyone kept silent, not knowing what to say about it all. They were rather unsure of how to respond to this. It wasn’t long until the sad longneck spoke again.
“Littlefoot deserves Ali more than me. I know what I need to do now,” He finished as he walked away from the group of friends in search of Ali.
Not long after he left, Cera turned to the rest of the group. “I’ve got a bad feeling about what Ret’s going to do.” She said.
Meanwhile, Ali was searching endlessly for both Littlefoot and Ret. She needed to find them and so that she could tell them how she felt. She knew it wouldn’t be easy to break such news to them, but the truth of the kiss had to be cleared up.
It wasn’t long until she found one of them. It was Littlefoot. She saw him looking in different directions as if he was trying to find something. She then walked up to him and Littlefoot noticed her coming towards him. At this point, Ali noticed that he stopped looking around once he saw her, so she easily guessed that he was looking for her. They only stopped a few feet away from one another.
The both of them were quiet for a bit, looking anxiously at one another as the air around them seemed to get more and more tense by the second. What they wanted to say to one another didn’t feel as simple as they originally thought. Now, it seemed to be incredibly hard and getting harder by the second.
It was Ali who decided to take the first step of courage and break the silence. “Um… L…Littlefoot, there… there’s something I need to tell you.” She was so nervous that she said the last part so fast that she wasn’t sure if he heard her properly.
Luckily, he did. “Well, I… I have something to tell you too, Ali.” He said, feeling a bit more brave then before.
“Uh, you first!” She invited. At this point, she felt little courage to tell him the truth, even though there was some there.
“O… okay!” He started, feeling a little scared. However, he didn’t have the courage to tell her by looking at her. He closed his eyes and pretended he was alone. He then spoke out from his heart. “Ali, I feel that we’ve been friends for… for the longest time. W… when we first met, I felt something different than what I did with my other friends.” Even though he didn’t see her, he was still scared of telling her. However, the method he was using was making it easier. So, despite being nervous, he continued. “At first, I didn’t know what it was, but now, I think I do.” At this point, he opened his eyes and looked straight into hers. “Ali, I’m in love with you.” He confessed.
Ali was completely taken aback by this sudden revelation. All along, her friend had been in love with her and he just didn’t realize it until just recently. Maybe the kiss had something to do with it, but she was unsure. This new information however was making it harder for her to do what she had to, because now, she really didn’t want to break his heart. Despite that, she had to tell the truth. He deserved to know.
“Littlefoot, I… I love you too!” She confessed.
“Really?” Littlefoot asked in shock.
Ali nodded. She paused a bit before continuing. “But…” She noticed that her friend was looking at her questionably. “I’m also in love with Ret.”
When Littlefoot heard that, he suddenly felt a pain in his chest. The pain was almost exactly like the way he felt when his mother died. It wasn’t similar, but it was pretty close.
Ali continued. “I know he lied to me, but I just can’t help being in love with him as well. He’s been such a good friend to me that it would be wrong of me to break up our friendship over something like that.”
He gave her quite a sad expression, and when Ali saw this, it just hurt her more. “How long?” He questioned.
Looking into those sad eyes, she knew what he meant. “Ever since he joined our herd.” She answered.
“I see.” He simply said. He then walked away from her, feeling completely heartbroken.
Only at this point did Ali realize what a terrible mistake she had made by telling him the truth. Now she felt a pain in her chest as well. One she knew would never heal.
It was right at this point that the rest of their friends had found them. Ret immediately walked up to Ali, while at the same time, Cera rushed over to Littlefoot, who was about to leave, calling out his name.
“Hey, Littlefoot!” She yelled, which made Littlefoot stop and look at the source of the voice.
“Oh, hi Cera.” He said in an unemotional tone.
“Hey, I need to talk to you.” She was a little nervous as she usually didn’t do something like this, though it was likely that she never needed to. “I… I want to apologize.” She started to look away from him. “If I knew that teasing you and Ali about being in love would make you this upset, I never would’ve…”
At this point, Littlefoot spoke. “It’s okay, Cera. I forgive you.” He interrupted. “Besides, you were right. Ali and I are in love with one another. I just recently told her that I love her.”
Despite the good news, Cera realized how unemotional Littlefoot said what he did. “Then, why aren’t you happy about it?” She questioned.
Littlefoot then looked over to see Ali breaking the news to Ret, who didn’t seem to be taking it very well either. “Because, she’s in love with both me and Ret.” He answered.
Cera was shocked by this completely and couldn’t think of a thing to say. She just looked over at Ali and Ret as well, who were finishing their conversation.
“I… I understand, Ali.” He said and then walked away, leaving Ali heartbroken even more than before. It wasn’t long after that until Ali left the area and headed back to Littlefoot’s home, sad and depressed.
After they left, Littlefoot spoke, this time more to himself then to Cera. “I just don’t know what to do about all this.” He said and left to head home himself.
Cera just sat there, trying to figure out what could be done. She knew it wasn’t her place to get involved, but she strangely felt the need to do so. She was so lost in thought that she didn’t even notice the rest of her friends leaving because it was starting to get late. She then suddenly came up with an idea.
“I think I know how to help them. I’ll need to get Ali alone and see just how she feels about both of them.” She said. It was then that she noticed her friends were gone and had left behind a sleeping Tricia. Cera went over and picked up his sleeping step-sister. ëAnd the best way to do that, is with a ëGirls Only Day’.’ She thought to herself as she headed home to get the rest she would need for what she had planned the next day.
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And yep, you can all easily figure out the next chapter. However, this is where I need the help of as many as possible.
You see, even though I have a basic idea of the plot for the next chapter being "Girls Only Day", I'm kind of stuck from there. I understand what the common stereotype for a "Girls Only Day" would be with today's modern standards, but were talking Land Before Time here, where all of those modern standards are gone.
So, the question is, with all those gone, what would the girls do for a "Girls Only Day" sort of thing?
Seriously everyone, I need your help.
Oh, and please review my latest chapter.
See ya later!
