By the way, I forgot to upload Chapter 8 yesterday. Here is both chapter 8 and 9.
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Chapter 8: The Smoke, the Flyer, and the Stone
Petrie was flying by the Smoking Mountain. He thought that the stone would have been more visible by air. Apparently, the smoke of the Smoking Mountains made it impossible to fly that high, making the finding of a glimmer small. He wished that he could fly higher, but he didn't want to risk flying into the smoke and getting lost.
"Me wish me could find stone. Voice said stone by Smoking Mountain, but me no see no stone." He said to himself. "Me wonder if Ducky help me find stone." With that thought, he began flying over the Valley searching for the swimmer, but he didn't find her. Suddenly, Cera called him to help her with finding her stone.
"Okay! Me help you!" he responded happily. He flew down to her, and she told him to fly around the Thundering Falls while looking for her stone. It probably would have helped him if he could find her stone, so he quickly scanned it. It took about an hour, but soon, she had her stone. However, Petrie was knocked unconscious by the stone.
When Petrie was knocked out, he was given a vision of the five stones, and how they were used. He didn't understand it, but he saw all five stones placed in a shape that all five fitted in perfectly. Then a blinding flash lit up each stone. When the flash died down, he was given a brief flash of where each stone was. He saw that his stone was not actually at the Smoking Mountain, but somewhere in its vicinity. Seeing this vision gave Petrie a good idea in how he would find the stone, but he had no clue where he would find the stone.
"Me think me search every tree by Smoking Mountain." He said to himself, and then he realized that it would take a few days to search every tree, so he would ask for help on the task. He then began searching for Ducky, but he still could not find her. So he resolved to search for the stone on his own. Just as he was flying towards his stone's location, he noticed Littlefoot walking past.
"Littlefoot! Me need your help!" Petrie exclaimed as he flew towards the longneck.
"What is it, Petrie? I just got back from helping Ducky. Guess what? I just found my stone, but my other stone was stolen." Littlefoot replied.
"What? You say your stone stolen?"
"Yeah, it was weird. Everyone else had theirs stolen as well, and we don't know who would have taken them. What about your stone?"
"Me no know. Me haven't checked it. Can you wait here while me go check?"
"Sure."
With that, Petrie began flying back to his nest at high speed. When he arrived, he looked for the stone. He couldn't find it anywhere. With that, he flew back to Littlefoot, only to see him looking around the area. Littlefoot was looking around the trees, and suddenly he seized up. He collapsed to the ground, unconscious.
"Littlefoot! Me forgot to tell you. Don't touch my stone. You fall asleep." Petrie exclaimed, flying over to Littlefoot. Suddenly, he realized that Littlefoot had the stone in his mouth.
When Littlefoot came around, Petrie was standing right next to his head.
"Petrie! I just realized something. The stones we got are part of a guide to the creature that told us about these." Littlefoot said.
"Me wondering about that. By the way, me touch Cera's stone. Next thing me know, me waking up." Petrie replied.
"Well, I'm going home. I'll see you tomorrow. Maybe we'll find out why we had to do this." Littlefoot said, feeling a little tired.
"Me, too. See you tomorrow, Littlefoot!"
Petrie began to fly away. He noticed that his stone had gone from clear to white, just like his stone.
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"I think that all the eggs are finally found. And in one day! I'm surprised." Vylon said.
"I thought that you would have had at least two days until all of them were found. They must be more skilled than we thought." Argana responded.
Chapter 9: The Gate Opens
Vylon was still sitting in his cave. All five of the eggs were shaking and rattling. He was hoping that the five children would come to his abode soon.
"They have the stones. Hopefully, they will figure out how to use them." He said.
"I know you, Vylon. You probably enchanted those stones to lead them to us." Argana said in return.
"You are correct. However, there is a certain requirement for that to happen. When they can figure out how to meet the requirement, they will find me. Then their training will commence."
"You make it seem easy, Vylon."
"I know. If I told them how to do it from the beginning, then they wouldn't have grown at all." With that, Vylon began meditating, searching for the minds of his future pupils.
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The gang decided to go meet by the Thundering Falls with their respective stones. They thought that the stones would help them, but it seemed that they wouldn't reveal any secrets easily. As the five of them headed back to their nests, they began pondering why the five stones they were given were stolen.
"Well, we have the five stones. Do any of you feel different?" Ducky asked the group.
"I don't." Littlefoot replied, looking at the stones in disappointment.
"Me feel nothing." Petrie added.
"Me neither." Cera said with a hint of annoyance.
Spike just shook his head. With that, the five just gathered around the stones, looking at them with the same curiosity that a child has with a puzzle. Littlefoot thought that the stones might have to touch each other, so he and Cera moved their stones so that they touched, and then there was a buzzing sound emanating from the stones.
The gang watched in amazement as the two stones fused together. The stones still kept their colors, but the single stone was split between orange and pink. Excited, Ducky, Petrie, and Spike did the same with their stones. The exact same happened. Soon, all five stones were fused into a star with five different colored points. Suddenly, the colors began to swirl together until the stone was a silver color.
"I'm glad you finally figured out how to use these stones. I bet you are wondering where I am?" the voice rang out from the stone.
"Don't worry, we'll lead you to us. But you must not lose this stone at all." Another voice rang out, this time female, but with the same tone as the other voice.
"The tips of this star will light up when we finish talking to you. You must follow the point. It will lead you to us." The male voice said.
"Goodbye. You will see us soon." The female voice said, then one of the points of the stone lit up.
"Did you hear that?" Ducky asked the gang. All of them nodded in agreement. They looked at the stone, and realized that they needed to bring it with them, but they were all too afraid to pick it up, after what happened to both Littlefoot and Petrie.
However, Littlefoot decided to pick the stone. He was able to pick it up without being knocked out. Cera also helped Littlefoot. Spike helped, and none of them were knocked out. They tried to think of how to keep the stone with them, so they decided to tie it to Spike.
When the stone was tied to Spike with some vines, they began following the stone's directions. It took them almost no time to find where the stone was leading them. When they arrived, they noticed an area that was shaped like the stone on Spike's back in the ground. They thought that the stone should go there, since the stone was seemingly pulsating light from the center.
They lowered the stone into the ditch, and suddenly a blinding flash of light shot from the five ends of the stone towards the sky. The light gathered into a sphere, and the sphere shot into a section of the stone wall. The light spread across the stone wall to form an archway, then the light died away, leaving an open archway. In the archway stood a tall creature on two legs.
It had dark brown hair going down to the bottom of its ears. Its eyes were blue, and it was smiling. Behind it was an creature that was silver. It had a long neck, but it also had pointed teeth, like a sharptooth. The silver creature also had wings, and walked on four legs.
The slim creature was smiling. It then said, "Hello. My name is Vylon. Thank you for finding me." His voice matched the male voice that emanated from the stones.
