"Hold it, Dil!" Ichy yelled, but she was going too fast already. She slammed her head into Dein's ankle.
"Ow!" he exclaimed, then looked down. "Come on, I know you can't see very well, but you haven't had that excuse ever since you met Ichy," Dein said annoyed, though not actually angry.
"Yeah, I've been telling her to work with me for a long time now," Ichy said with his wings folded.
"I beg your pardon!?" she shouted back.
"Well you aren't going to get it!" he snapped.
"What's the matter now?" Terri asked them.
"I'm getting tired of doing everything," he complained.
"What!?" she yelled back.
"I do all the real work."
"You!? I get all the food!"
"Well you couldn't get it without me! I'm the eyes."
"So? I'm the teeth!" and she snapped them angrily.
"Hold on!" Cera interrupted. "Friends of the family? You all know each other?"
"Of course," Dein answered. "Terri and I were the ones that brought them together."
"What!?" the Petrie, Ducky, Cera, and Littlefoot exclaimed.
"Um, I'm confused, confused I really am," Ruby said. Turning to the leaf eaters, "How do you know that bellydragger and sharpbeak?"
"Uh, they try and eat us before," Petrie told her, still uncomfortable with them around.
"Don't take it personally," Dil said. "We just need to eat to survive. We can't help that."
The gang pondered that a while and it did make sense, but they didn't like getting eaten any more than they did before.
"So, Mr. and Ms. Sharptooth," Littlefoot began, "How did you get them together?"
"Well, there isn't much to it," Dein said. "Ichy and I had known each other a while, and I was getting tired and getting food for him all the time."
"Hmph!" Ichy replied, looking away.
"Dil and I go way back too," Terri said, "And let's just say we had quite a bit of run ins."
"I just don't see so good!" Dil retorted.
"After I met Terri, I preferred living together with her, and not a nest full of friends. I like both of them, but mates need to have their own place for being alone sometimes and raising children," Dein told them, nudging Chomper.
"So," Terri continued, "The two of us realized Dil and Ichy should be together too. They complete the otehr by making up for their strength and weakness. Ichy isn't strong enough to get the big prey he prefers, but he's great at spotting them. Dil has trouble finding them, but when she can, well, there's no need to say more. So we had them meet and things seemed to work out so they left together."
"Much to our relief. Ooof!" Terri jabbed Dein for saying that.
"He means he was happy for them finding the right partner," Terri "explained."
"Yeah, but each of them always feels like he or she is the "important" one and does the "main" part." Looking down at them, he continued, saying, "But they don't seem to realize that they play equal roles and they need each other. Perhaps when they see that, they could get along," Dein told them.
"But I can't see," Dil pointed.
"When I said "see" I meant that- never mind," Dein gave up.
Terri translated for her to understand. "He just meant that once you realize that none of you are better than the other one, you'll appreciate each more."
"Well, why didn't he say that?" Dil asked. Dein snorted very loudly.
"Well, you two must be tired from getting here," Terri said. "Why don't you stay a while and get some rest?"
"Yeah, I'm exhausted," Ichy said. "I had to be the look out so Dil would be able to find this island again."
"You're tired?" Dil asked. "I swam all the way while you sat on me!"
"Well you couldn't get here without me! I'm the-"
"Enough!" Redclaw shouted. The two of them fell silent. "My ears are full enough, but there is still room in my stomach," he said with a glare in his eye. The two of them gulped, but Dein and Terri had to keep from laughing. Redclaw was a friend of theirs too, and he'd never eat them.
"Now, the two of you have two choices: You can either shut your mouths, or you won't have them much longer. What is your decision?" Redclaw asked, struggling to keep a straight face. Neither of them answered.
"A wise choice. Now we're all very tired. In fact, we were all just about to go to sleep before you two came crashing in. We're all turning in now, and I really hope you don't change your minds about the choice you just made, 'cause if any of us wake up from hearing you two, I won't give you a choice anymore. Are we clear?" Redclaw asked as sternly as he could. They both nodded.
"Good night everyone," Redclaw said, heading over to a comfortable sleeping place.
"Uncle Redclaw is great," Chomper thought to himself, also knowing he wouldn't eat them. "Good night uncle" he called back.
"Good night!" each one said in his or her own way, except for Dil and Ichy, who said nothing at all.
So just about everyone there lied down and went to sleep for the night. It was "just about everyone" because Spike was already asleep.
