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The Land Before Time - "Dawn"

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Cera took a moment to let the words sink in and as they did she smiled. She then looked over to Zaine, then Chomper, and finally on Grandpa Longneck and she said "Thanks...everyone...I feel better now." She then asked "Where are we going?"

Grandpa longneck smiled and said quietly so as not to wake Chomper "We are going to the meeting circle to speak with the other elders and tell them everything that's happened."


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Motochika nodded at the wounded Spiral.  
"It is a pleasure to meet you, Spiral.  I am Motochika Chosokabe, and the rather dour fellow outside is the older brother of Dante, Virgil."
Virgil merely grunted in agreement.

Dante, meanwhile, had shrugged off Cyrix's help, muttering more to himself than anyone that he needed to find someone.  When he heard Cera and the other's voices, he stumbled towards them weakly, and said...

"Then..I'm coming...too...  They need to hear...just how dangerous this storm...how dangerous it really is..."


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Grandpa Longneck smiled at Dante's strenght, but then gently nudged him with the tip of his tail and said "I'm sorry Dante, but you too must rest. We can't risk losing you to your injuries. Just stay with Cera, Comper and I and things will be okay."

Cera looked at Dante with a worried face as she said "Are you alright...I think Littlefoot's grandpa is right...you need to rest first."


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Petrie followed Dante, "You tired, you rest.  Maybe someone carry you." He said thinking that way he could still go to the meeting and still get some rest he obviously needed

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Mim waves, "I'm Mim.  and if you walk on the leg you should take it easy so you don't injure yourself worst or reopen the wounds." She said looking at his dealt with wounds.

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"I would assume they still use the stone place to meet?" The old flyer asked.

"Yes, if you need to get there in a hurry maybe Rhyn can show you.  We can make our own way back but we are slower they flyers." Mia said.  Rhyn nodded.  

"If you are ready we can go back now." She said.  "And I can show you the way there."

"Thanks, I would stay here and talk, but it may be best to hurry & I've not been in the Great Valley and may not remember the way there."  The old flyer said.  

"Let's go now then." Rhyn said.  She started to fly off and the old flyer looked at Blue-eye's great grandfather.

"You best go if you need of feel the need, besides", Blue-eyes's Great grandfather said smiling a bit at his joke, "Imagine what would happen if I were to stroll into flattooth valley and said, I've come here to tell you a few things about how things are outside this valley and about a special valley." He said.

The old flyer nods, "Best that I go then." He said and flew off to follow Rhyn to the Great Valley and towards the meeting place.


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Dante smiled, reassuring everyone...
"I'm fine.  Really, I'll be oka..."
he then stumbled, falling over Cera's tail and lower back...
"Okay, maybe I'm not so okay..."
He said, wincing in pain...


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Cera groaned as she felt Dante fall over her tail and land on her. She then grumbled "Yeah...you're really NOT okay...just sit up and take some time to rest...I don't want to have to hit you to make you sleep again...Tria gave me a long, boring story the last time I had to do that."

Grandpa Longneck then asked "Would you like to join Chomper on my back...he seems quite comfortable. I wouldn't mind...you are a friend of Littlefoot and that is more than enough."


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Dante chuckled slightly.
"Sorry, Cera.  Didn't mean to, really.  Guess I'm just not as healed as I thought.  Right now, that ride on your back is looking really tempting, sir."
He said to Grandpa Longneck, a little embarrassed...


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OCC: I¥ll bring Scarface in the story now. I talked this over with Kor. After the searching for the nightflowers (in the "A Live Saving Journey"), Scarface joined Blue-eyes group.

IC: More behind in Blue-eyes herd stood Scarface and raised up his head to sniff in the air. He also carefully listened to what the others were talking about. No kidding. That doesn¥t sound good, he thought. He watched out for some crawlers to eat.

Chomper gave a relaxed yawn and turned from the right to the left side to sleep.


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Spiral did his best impression of a bow that he could do while lying down, while reaching out with his free hand to give Ruby's a quick shake. "I'm Spiral."

Kariya bowed slightly as well. "And I'm his sister, Kariya. It is indeed a pleasure to meet y'all...Though I wish it were under better circumstances. Thanks for all the help you've given to my brother...Neither of us has any real knowledge on how to deal with injuries."

"...I'll be careful with it. I really don't want this to get any worse," Spiral responded to Mim. He immediately began thinking of an easy way to get back on his feet without aggravating his leg any more.

"If he's not careful, I'll make sure he can't move until it fully heals," Kariya said. Spiral paused for a moment - he knew she was good with vines, partly from self-experience.And that time, she was joking around...She doesn't sound like she's kidding now, he thought.


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Mim smiled at what Spiral's sister said.  "Lets hope he'll not need to move and can rest here till his leg feels better." She said.

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Petrie nodded, "You ride you rest." He said to Dante.  

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Blue-eyes was resting with his Great grandfather and his Great Valley friends.

"I wonder how long things will continue like this." He said.

"It may get better, or it may get worst before it gets better.  We'll have to be ready for when it what happens next happens." His Great Grandfather said.

"I hope not, I certainly do." Diver said.

"We'll deal with whatever happens." Mia said shaking her fist.


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Littlefoot and Blueberry were walking together trough the valley.
Around them, they could see the results of the storm.
"Hard to belive this is happening..." Blueberry said and looked around as they walked. He made a big sigh.
"Yeah..." Littlefoot agreed. "When I woke up this morning... the valley looked so beautiful..."

They kept on walking. Some lizard would come in their path, running into the nearest bush as they approached. The ground was wet, and sometimes they had to cross a fallen tree. They didn't meet much dinosaurs... The word must have got around... Blueberry thought, guessing that many have headed for the meeting circle by themselves.

"... Blueberry... You're quite knowledgeable, have you any idea on what could've caused this...? Littlefoot asked after a while.
Blueberry rose his shoulders. "Thank you for the nice compliment, Littlefoot." he said.
"I know as much as you do. But I belive that the dark dinosaur that took Longtail away has something to do with it... I fear that we have to meet him again if we want Longtail back... If we find Mr.Thicknose we could ask him, but I don't know where he is."
"I'm sure he's with the other adults at the meeting circle, but right now we have to concentrate on finding Ecco!" Littlefoot said, marking that they were now close to the cave entrance.
"Remember, we have to stay together. And stay careful if you see any black goo!" Blueberry said with a serious tone.
"Got it. Littlefoot nodded. Lets go."

The two young dinosaurs headed in to the caves. It didn't take long before the light had died out and darkness surrounded them both.
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"So, Dante, how are you doing? We were a little worried about you?" Vylor asked Dante.

"Yeah, you really were knocked out right before we left." Argaya added.


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Grandpa Longneck chuckled at Dante and replied "Its okay...really just climb on...and Petrie is right...you could use the rest."

Cera nodded in agreement and said "Come on Dante...you want to be at your best when we finally go to free Longtail don'tcha?"

Grandpa Longneck the stated "Well whatever choice you make Dante we do still need to get to the meeting place and talk this over...come along now...climb on."

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Cyrix at that moment walked back into the cave and said "Well it looks like Mim and Motochika did a wonderful job. My name is Cyrix...nice to meet- oh dear...I don't know your names, how silly of me."


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Dante smiled as he clambiored up Grandpa Longneck's tail and onto his back.
"I'm fine, really...I just am a little burnt out after that...incident..."


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Mim looked around at the various ones present.  "Anyone hungry or is everyone ok?" She asked then thought for a moment.  "Maybe some extra leaves should be brought in so you'll not have to move around much as you heal."  Mim said to Spiral.


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Zaine looked up at Grandpa Longneck. "Not to be rude or anything, but do yo really think we can discuss this and fine a solution so quickly. I mean, this is a really big problem. I think we need to do something now." He then realized what he was saying and groaned. "Now I'm sounding like Cera's dad," he then quickly added while looking at Cera, "no offense."


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Chomper groaned as Dante climbed onto longneck grandpas dad and moved a bit forward to make place for him.


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Grandpa Longneck smiled at Zaine and said "well with Longtail missing I'm sure the other elders will make a wise and swift decision...after all we can't leave one you children alone...not at a time like this."

Cera glared at Zaine for saying something like that, but then smiled and replied "Yeah, but that's a good thing...waiting around is too boring."


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Kariya bowed to Cyrix. "I'm Kariya, and that's my brother Spiral," she said, indicating Spiral who repeated his bow impression. "It's nice to meet you, too, Cyrix."

"I'm OK for now...That does sound like a good idea, though...if it's not too much trouble," Spiral said to Mim.

"I can take care of it," Kariya said.

Spiral was feeling a little tired, though - he still wasn't quite used to being awake during the day. He decided to do his best to ignore it. Making sure his stick was close at hand (more for just knowing that it was there than any other reason), he shifted slightly, finding a more comfortable position. How did Kariya adjust so fast? he thought.


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Dante had settled in on Grandpa Longneck's back, then finally allowed his weariness to overtake him, falling into a half-unconcious sleep...
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Virgil saw Kariya walk out of the cave, and he stepped forwards, calmly saying...
"Are you going out to help the others?  It's not exactly safe out around here by yourself right now.  Something's not right."