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The Land Before Time - "Dawn"

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"Yes Granpa! I'll be careful." Littlefoot said and nuzzled his grandpa.

"Cera?" Blueberry walked forward to Cera and her sister.
"Good to see you're okay. And Tricia aswell! he said and smiled down at Cera's baby sister. "You coming with us?"
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Cera turned to face Blueberry and said "I want to come with you guys, but I have to watch Tricia or daddy will yell at me again. I hate it when he does that." She then looked over to Littlefoot and said "Besides, I think I'd be safer with Littlefoots grandpa anyway."


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Same for me, Chomper sais. I feel more save now to stay with a grown up, he said. May, may I am allowed to write on you Grandpa Longneck? It would give me a much more comfortable feeling. Just,... just if it is okay, the little sharptooth said and looked with big eyes up to the longneck


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"Longtail huh?" Ateo said, tilting his head slightly to one said. "You mean that flyer with the long tail?" He briefly wondered if this dinosaur was friends with the flyer. He then said, "Well I suppose I could offer my assistance."


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Would be really nice, if you could. And yes, I mean him. He isn¥t mad. He just got corrupted because of this purple smoke, or whatever it is. Brr, don¥t want to think about it. Well, anyway. Then let¥s go. We should really hurry if we want to find Longtail before he is totally lost, Ecco said and looked in the direction of the great valley.


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Zaine nodded. "He didn't wander too far from the cave we were in. If we hurry, we can still find him and bring him back safely. If anything, we should go now. That black liquid scared me, and something tells me it isn't safe."


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"What happened?" Rhyn asked looking around a bit.  

"Simply put, from what some scouts and flyers saw, there was what looked liked like skyfire that came from the ground upward, instead of from the sky down towards the sky.  Shortly after that a storm hit, and looked like it may have effected The Flattooth Valley.  Then things got much words, as you can see during your travel here." Blue-eye's great grandfather said doing indicating and waving his hand at certain directions as he spoke.

"Sounds like a mess, it certainly does." Diver said, nodding.  

"Yes.  I don't recall anything quite like this before." Blue-eye's great grandfather said.

Then they heard some sound and saw an old flyer walking towards them, the same type of flyer as Petrie is.  When she got closer they saw she looked much older then they had thought.  

She caught them looking at her.  "Didn't expect to see someone as old as myself?  I"ll guess you'll not see one very often." She said.

"I'm glad to see you were here.  I was just telling these young ones about some of what happened here." Blue-eye's great grandfather said.

"A right mess it is.  I'm just glad I was already here on the ground visiting.  I'd hate to imagine what it would be like to fly through that mess.  " She said.


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"That storm...It's not normal, I can tell you...that much...  It...it corrupts anyone...it touches...and draws out things...best left...hidden..."
Dante said, limping forwards to join the gathered others...


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Mim looked at Spiral, "How do you feel now?"  She asked with some concern in her voice.


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Cyrix looked over and noticed Dante and he immediately ran over and helped him up. "Dante...are you alright? Come come...we can sit you inside the cave over here. You need to rest."

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Grandpa Longneck chuckled as he answered Chomper's question. "Of course you can...anything to help the fear go  away." The elderly longneck then lowered his neck to the ground and said "Alright Chomper hop on."

Cera smiled at Chomper as he admitted how much safer he felt staying with Littlefoots grandpa. She then turned to Littlefoot and Blueberry and said "Good luck you two...and be careful! If I have to come find you...I'll never let you live it down!"




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"...It still hurts some, but not as bad as it did before," Spiral said. "...Thanks for all the help..."He belatedly realized that he didn't know the names of those who'd helped him out. "Um...We haven't really...introduced ourselves, have we?" he asked, feeling rather awkward.

Hmm...Beat me to it... Kariya thought, smiling slightly, rather relieved at the fact that there was no lasting damage to her brother.


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Not noticing the introduction part yet Mim thought for a moment, "I could look for something that may help to ease the pain if you'd like." She said thinking of some likely plants that may be nearby.


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Zaine then looked towards Littlefoot and Blueberry. "Guys, I think I'm going to stay here with Cera and Chomper. It probably is much safer here, but if something happens here then we'll need all the help we can get. Just please, bring him back." He then looked over towards Cera. "Hey Cera, what do you think this is all about? That storm wasn't any ordinary one, so it must have some sort of purpose."


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Cera turned to face Zaine and replied "Me...I don't know...I usually blow this off, but even I'm not that stupid...I know that storm wasn't normal." she then looks around for a moment and then asks "Where is Longtail, he's the one who always complains about storms like this...making it so he can't fly or whatever."


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Zaine shook his head. "I don't know. I just hope he's ok. His corruption didn't really seem all that pleasent. I just hope that storm doesn't try to change anybody else. That black liquid could also pose a problem if it reached the valley."


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Cera looked confused and angry as she asked "Wait..what corruption...what are you talking about? You'd better start making sense and fast! And what black goo? I haven't seen anything like that around here either."


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"I understand that you need to know, Cera..." Blueberry said.
"Zaine will stay here to tell you. As for us two, Littlefoot, I'll tell you more as we search for Ecco."
"But if you see any black liquid, stay out of it!" he said nervously.

"Okay, lets go." Littlefoot said. "We'll be back with you later, I promise."

Then Littlefoot and Blueberry started to head for the caves.

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Zaine planted his feet firm on the ground. "Cera, calm down. Now is not the time to be fighting each other." He then hesitated before continuing. He explained about how the storm corrupted Longtail, and the black liquid that burned. He then explained about how the other evil dinosaur took Longtail and disappeared. "As of now, Longtail could be anywhere with that evil dinosaur, but fortunately the black goo remained in the cave. Unfortunately, I think Ecco is still there."


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Cera listened and after Zaine had explained it all she simply sat down...and said "no...it can't be...I always knew there was a chance...that...Longtail could lose control...but...he always seemed so sure...so strong...I believed he never would...but now..." She laid her head down and sobbed.

Grandpa Longneck sighed and said "Cera if there is one thing you young ones have taught me it's this...You and your friends are stronger and sometimes wiser than even us grown-ups...and it is that fact alone that I can say that Longtail, even though he's in danger is going to be okay."


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Chomper was sliding down the neck from Grandpa Longneck to have a better grip. He is right, Chomper said. I am sure,... no, I know that Longtail is alright. And we will find and save him. He then laid his head down to rest a bit.

Well, uuh, that¥s right Spiral, Ruby answered. We really didn¥t introduce ourselfes yet. She then reached a hand out to Spiral and gave a smile. I am Ruby, what is your name?