Here's chapter Chapter 21!
A Saviour, and a KidnapperAs the ground exploded in front of everybody, the Red Horns began to pick up their younglings, as they continued to try and escape the oncoming fire-water. The only problem was one baby Red Horn was left behind. As Korr turned to look for his son, he noted with a grim face his son was nowhere to be found, and rocks were beginning to shoot from the ground, into the air and land nearby.
“Charger, Charger!” cried Korr for his son among the fire and flying rocks, and in that moment Korr found him, but his son was trapped behind several burning trees that had collapsed right on the only path away from the fire-water.
The rest of the valley dinosaurs had also begun to move themselves and their children from the danger zone and at that moment one child in particular was missing from the group of fleeing dinosaurs. The one missing was climbing a tree preparing to do something courageous and stupid, and most of the elder dinosaurs failed to notice the burnt and limp vines lying on the floor.
From his vantage point in the tree Longtail could see the Red Horn leaders son Charger looking very much afraid and alone as the dangerous flying rocks were falling to the ground....right above Charger, and Longtail knew he’d have to act fast to save the kid’s life.
Longtail dove from the tree, landed on the ground and threw himself towards Charger. In the same moment however just as Longtail grabbed Charger’s tail with his beak, and pulled him to safety, Korr watched with horror as he believed his only son was lost as the flying rock came smashing down where his son was standing only moments ago... and for the second time in his life Korr shed tears for a loved one he had lost.
After dodging that first falling rock, Longtail knew getting out of here would not be easy...but he was willing to take that chance.
ëLanding next to a nearby tree was pretty lucky’ but that luck soon ran out as more and more rocks continued to fall from the sky… and the next one was close...so close as a matter of fact that it blew Longtail and Charger backwards into the very tree they landed next to.
Despite being hurled into a tree with his back taking most of the blow and his left wing sending a shockwave of pain through his body, Longtail had to admit, he could have done without having a small threehorn rammed into his stomach too.
As both children collapsed on the ground, Longtail looked up only to be met with the sight of several more flying rocks coming out of the sky….he could still feel Charger underneath him, and he was clinging onto Longtail for dear life. Lontail then took his chances as he dodged two more flying rocks that landed right behind him.
The last one however landed so close it a small piece was thrown towards Longtail and burned a small portion of Longtails back as it made contact with his scales, and the force of wind that followed forcibly pushed the two children though the nearby shrubbery and into a tree head first, well Longtails' head anyway….and as fate would have it, Longtail rolled down the side of a nearby hill, and landed directly in the middle of where the two herds were taking shelter.
As Longtail rolled onto his back barely awake...he looked over to Korr and said "You....owe...me one..." and with that slipped into unconsciousness...again. Korr was about to shout at Longtail for saying something so ridiculous, but then just as Longtail closed his eyes, his wings unfolded to reveal a very scared, but alive little Red Horn!
"C-Charger?" asked Korr slowly almost if he were afraid to speak. The little Red Horn looked up and smiled as he said "Dad!"
The two Red horns embraced each other as the valley herd approached looking worriedly at Longtail's quiet prone form.
"Is he going to be okay?" asked Teri with concern.
Korr turned to Teri with a stern look on his face, as he said "Don't trust him..that freak will lead to nothing but danger and trouble!"
Teri glared at Korr for saying something so mean, but turned her attention back to Longtail as he took a deep breath and shed a tear in his sleep.
As Korr continued to nuzzle his son, he took one last look at Teri and smiled as he thought
'Now that the freak is wounded and out of the way...the plan can go ahead of schedule, and I plan to be there when this valley learns the truth about the freak. This should be fun!' Later that night...Despite the pain he could feel, Longtail awakened to the sound of what he thought was running water.
'Where am I?' he wondered to himself. His eyesight was beginning to clear up, and he could just barley make out the shillouette carrying him. It looked like his uncle, but with a swift sniff of the nearby air, he instantly knew this wasn't him. He decided to try and speak
"W-who are-" unfortunately Longtail was cut off in mid-sentence as the mysterious figure stated "Hush child, you are safe...among friends." Longtail immediately knew this voice belonged to a girl,
'But I don't know her, so why or more to the point where was she taking me?' Longtail thought to himself
'And what did she mean by 'among friends'?' The darkened figure set Longtail down and then stated "I'd like you to meet someone, a friend of mine if you will...and I am sure you two will get along just fine." although Longtail couldn't see her face, he could most definitely see her teeth, and it was in that moment he realized that You're a sharptooth!" "Well the little one really is a quick learner!" said a dark, but subtle voice, and Longtail prayed that whoever the voice belonged to stayed hidden, but as fate would have it the owner of the voice stepped out into the oncoming moonlight.
But the night circle itself was different it looked like it was changing colors...
'But that's not possible!' said Longtail at a whisper to himself.
Then the large dark sharptooth decided to introduce himself "My name is Bleeding Heart little one and I must say you are quite the find, Half-flyer and half-sharptooth I must say, I am impressed."
Longtail's heart began to race inside his chest and thought
'I can't stop shaking...if I so much as breath the wrong way, they'll kill me, and this Bleeding Heart guy will make sure it is slow and painful... and with my wing busted I can't fight back...Wait a minute Bleeding Heart he's the leader of the Saurischia!...I-I can't move' it was then that Longtail and the other sharpteeth noticed something.
"Awww...look the little ones crying." said Jodo. Longtail then cursed himself for showing such weakness in front of other sharpteeth.
'Now I don't know what's worse the embarrassment or the fear!' "You should consider yourself lucky you little morsel. " said Dark eye
"YOU?" shouted Longtail in surprise.
Bleeding Heart smiled as he said "So you were right Dark eye, this is the little one who got to your sister." "Don't worry so much Darkie, we wouldn't want to hurt a fellow sharptooth after all, or at least he will be after tonight and he may be even more of a threat after tomorrow's night circle as well."
"What are you talking about?" asked Longtail now more curious than ever.
"Why dear boy we are talking about the Blood Red Night Circle or as your friends call it The Night Circle of Darkness, surely you must have heard of it right?" asked Kori
"The...what?" asked Longtail as he honestly did not know what they were talking about. "Oh you poor soul." joked Blackfoot
"Yeah, but I say we kill him now and save ourselves the trouble...after all he may still turn on us, we can not be sure that he will stay a complete sharptooth after the night circles are over!" screamed Rahzorr
As the night circle began to pass overhead and change from a pure whit to a dull red Bleeding Heart smiled and said "Well child I hope you sleep well tonight."
"But I'm not-" Longtail however didn't get a chance to finish his sentence as Dark eye hit Longtail in the head with a rock sending him back to sleep just the way they found him...
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I just realized that I abuse poor Longtail...alot! Getting knocked out, begin burned and having his wing crushed...I'm just having too much fun with this.
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