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The Land Before Time: Sharpteeth Adventures

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"Ok, i'm sorry, just forget it," Rita apologized, feeling dumb.

OOC: Woo-hoo! I'm the 1000th reply!  :DD )

(I just hope the other characters don't dislike the idea because of Twiz's comment, even if we don't end up using it.)


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(Well gee, that's not pressure at all :( :DD)

Twiz flinched at Rita's tone and everything, feeling guilty now for having said what he did.

"N-no, there's...nothing wrong with the idea itself" he said, turning back to her. He sighed, "I'm sorry...in alot of ways it does make sense, it's just...", he shook his head, "I can't explain it, ok; but I'm sorry if I upset ya, you were throwing out useful ideas" he realized. His own history did give him a special way of looking at things, Twiz reminded himself.

Twiz tried to give Rita a small smile. These other sharpteeth seemed nice if he'd let himself get to know them.


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"It's ok, but we still gotta do something," Rita replied.  "Do you have any ideas....Twiz is your name, right?"


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"Uh, yeah, sorry, name's Twiz" Twiz said with a smile. He thought once more, after all the fuss he'd made he thought he should have a good idea...but he could hardly think of anything besides...

Twiz flapped down to be closer to Rita and held out a wing, "Ok, I'm officially apologizing even more so than I just did since I don't got call to talk about what's a bad idea or not, since the only idea I can think of is chunking a big rock ontop of the smoking mountains so it can't smoke or 'spolode" he said.

Misty laughed, yet was pleased to find Twiz didn't take offense. "Well Twiz..." she said as her answer, "I don't think they make rocks that big".

"Yeah" Twiz realized, "Or if they do, ya don't find 'em here, they fall down from the sky when they wanna".

He tried to think once more and frowned deeper and deeper.

Misty also tried to think, she glanced around at the company, "Hmm...if we all held our noses I wonder if we'd fit in that stinky treesweet canyon they've got..." she pondered.

Then she sighed, "The adults wouldn't".

Twiz looked around, "Surely there's somewhere else in the Mysterious Beyond where the Firewater wouldn't get us, I mean...it's like dozen times huger than that Valley anyway" he spread his wings to illustrate.


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"Anyone got any ideas?" asked Redclaw, who had just walked up.


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Cayso looked at the newcomer and said - "I agree with Twiz, we should leave the Great Valley alone." - The Fast-biter became very curious about why Twiz wanted to avoid making a move against the Great Valley, as for him, Cayso remembered there are important people for him in that valley.

Racnar was looking at the smoking mountain - "There should be something we could do, but we cannot against a smoking mountain, except maybe to for gain time." - he began looking in the direction the huge column of smoke was moving - "we may evacuate in the opposite direction of all the smoke, that way we will avoid been suffocated."


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"Good thinking Racnar," Rita, Chomper and Redclaw said. "We should go warn everyone straight away."


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As he saw Chomper, Rita and even Redclaw agreeing with him, Racnar couldn't avoid to blush a bit.

Cayso looked at his brother with a smile - "Well, maybe you should go with Chomper to warn the herds." - The bigger brother said as Racnar nodded and ran to reach Chomper. - "Well, plan-B is in motion, but what about plan-A?" - Cayso asked to the remaining dinosaurs there.


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Soon, the plan-b group arrived back at the herds.

"Everyone, we need to get out of this area!" Chomper called


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At Cayso's support, Twiz looked to him in surprise. "Um...thanks" he said with a small smile. He knew he should wonder why Cayso had stood up for his point, but then maybe it was just a similar feeling, and anyway he was thankful for the back-up.

He looked relieved as the others rushed over to warn those in that direction and then confused at Cayso's further words. "W-was there a Plan A yet?" he asked, "or do we still need a Plan A...that doesn't involve touching the mountain as your brother said".

"But he might mean the gaining of time thing" Misty said, looking to Cayso to see if she was right, "and in that case, maybe your rock idea could be a good one after all, Twiz, and it wouldn't mean Longtail being in danger and freaking Pearl out" she smiled to the two flyers.


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Cayso looked at Twiz and then to Misty, nodding at what she said - "I think you are right, we need to try and see what can we do to give some extra time to our herds... without been reckless of course."

Racnar moved closer to where are most of the Fast-biter herds and warned them all of what was happening. Since he knows Chomper and Redclaw are doing the same, right now it is only an issue to organize the herds to leave the area and going into the safest location.


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At the moment Longtail was a little peeved, he was positive his idea would work..he just wasn't sure he'd come back...alive. He sighed however and asked, "I still think my plan would work, we just need time and alot more flyers than I think we have right now. Or if it makes it easier I can do it myself and save you all the trouble of getting hurt!"

At that moment Soul stepped up behind her son and smiled, but said nothing.


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Chomper, Redclaw, Rita, Veil, Tyra, and Chomper's parents were also doing their job. They managed to warn the t-rexes, sharptooth flyers, sharpbeaks, bladebacks, and bellydraggers, and soon met up with Racnar.

"Does anyone know where we should go to?" asked Tyra


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"Well..." as Twiz tried to think up a response, atleast three adult sharptoothed flyers appeared. They were from Twiz' herd.

"Come on kid, we just got word trouble's coming and your mom's ordered us to get you out of here" one of them said.

Twiz sighed, "Guys, I'm fine, I'm escaping it with my new friends here" he indicated the others, "So go tell the others I'm fine too and...". Twiz glanced to the side to Longtail in almost worry that he might read this as the flyers he'd wished for earlier. He didn't know who the new flyer with Longtail himself was.

Eitherway, he doubted Longtail could convince his herd to do anything though, especially with as stubborn as his mom could get, and she was in charge.

"W-we're just figuring out how to buy time for the others who are warning everyone" Twiz went on.


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Dante and Kai, with Arius behind them, stepped up.
"Longtail!  We'll help you handle the mountain.  Vayne, we're counting on you to get everyone else to safety."
The there of them said, smiling at Longtail and Soul...


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"Hey, don't leave me out to miss all the fun." - Cayso replied with a confident smile.

In the mean time, the herds were preparing to depart, but it is not easy as there are small hatchlings too. Racnar's stepfather Whitewing is helping too organizing the evacuation. Racnar saw as Chomper and the others met up with him. - "We should start moving as opposite as we can from the smoke... but we must be careful with the firewater, we need to know where will be flowing." - He replied to Tyra. - "...what do you say Chomper?, I think you may choose a direction as all grownupas are busy... organizing the herds."


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Longtail smiled as he got some support for his idea, but he was worried that his mother was here. "Mom...what do you think of my idea?" he was afraid she'd shoot down his idea, but he did want her opinion.

She smiled still and replied, "I believe this idea of yours might work, but it is very dangerous...you do know that right?"

Longtail tried hard not to laugh as he turned to his mother.
"Duh, I know it's dangerous, or I wouldn't be doing it!"

Soul then turned to Twiz and asked, "Excuse me little one, but are you a friend of my son?"


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Twiz gave a nervous smile, "Um..." he glanced to Longtail as if wanting to know how the other flyer would answer that himself, "as of a few moments ago...yeah, I guess you could say that. I just met everybody though" he said.


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Chomper looked at Whitewing. "Yes, we should go where we can't see the smoke," the little biter said.

"And we can tell what waters the firewater can be found in," Rita said. "The waters are darker blue than usual when it's fire water."

Redclaw stepped in front of the groups. "I'll lead the way!"

"Yeah! Do it boss!" Screech and Thud cheered on from the fast biter herd


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Misty nodded as Redclaw said he'd lead the way in moving away from the firewater, she  couldn't see a reason why not given what she'd already seen of the sharptooth.

Meanwhile the member of his herd sent to retrieve Twiz sighed, "Well, if you needed added flyer help in this...plan of yours" he told Longtail, "I think I could pull both myself and a few volunteers".

Twiz grinned, "Yeah, and me too!" the kid said.