A new world...Same old faces

Ptyra · **Reply #520 on:** December 12, 2009, 12:26:41 PM

Ptyra leaned closer to get a better look at the two youngsters down below. She gasped when she recognized Pip.
"PIP!" She flew down to the ground beside Dinah. "You're alive? Have you seen anyone from my flock?"

Kit12 · **Reply #521 on:** December 12, 2009, 09:26:28 PM

"Yeah, definitely not a sharptooth" Dinah muttered.

Pip was shocked himself, "Pt-Ptera...oh my gosh you're alive!" the youngester rushed forward to hug his cousin; that done, he took stock of what her question had been and frowned, she hadn't heard from her flock...that didn't sound good.

Slowly Pip shook his head, "No, I haven't heard from anyone else except Mr. Threehorn's grandaughter, Dinah, here" he indicated.

Dinah nodded, she had a feeling she should know who this flyer was, but with her family not really stable in the Great Valley she couldn't place it at the moment. (ooc: alteast I don't think Dinah and Dana's parents lived in the Valley, but I have no proof either way)

"I don't even know if Petrie or any of the others or even Kit...", but Pip couldn't finish his sentence.

The Great Valley Guardian · **Reply #522 on:** December 12, 2009, 10:11:01 PM

Ruby stepped forward as she said, "Well if no one is taking the lead then I guess I'll lead today. If that's okay with you Littlefoot." She then looked around to see if any of the others would raise a complaint.

Pearl flapped her wings as she replied, "I think its' a great idea."

Diamond sighed as he finally opened his eyes and yawned.
"Ugh...can I keep sleeping please?" he asked aloud hoping someone would say yes.

Cyrix smiled as he replied, "I certainly have no issues with you sleeping a little longer Diamond."

Longtail jumped up and landed gently on Zaine's back as he looked around.
"Hmmm....does anybody smell that?" he asked as his nose caught a scent on the air.

Ptyra · **Reply #523 on:** December 12, 2009, 11:05:15 PM

Ptyra rubbed Pip's head
"Well, at least I still have someone. When IT happened..." Ptyra sighed. "I ran away without giving any instruction." She said. "I feel like I just killed my family and herd without meaning it."

tempestwheel · **Reply #524 on:** December 12, 2009, 11:11:42 PM

"What? What do you smell?" Chomper asked Longtail, catching a whiff in the air.

LBTFan13 · **Reply #525 on:** December 12, 2009, 11:48:43 PM

Littlefoot nodded. "I don't mind you leading for a bit Ruby. I can then keep a closer eye on everybody else then." He then glanced over at Longtail who mentioned catching a scent. "I don't smell anything, but then again I'm not sharptooth, or even half sharptooth."

Zaine smiled as Longtail lied on his back, but at the same time he still couldn't get that uneasy feeling out of his head about Sweetie. He had no idea how Longtail was going to react and he didn't want to find out. Fortunately, he forgot his worries when Longtail mentioned the scent. "I don't smell anything either. What is it? Is it dangerous?"

The Great Valley Guardian · **Reply #526 on:** December 12, 2009, 11:59:11 PM

Longtail took a few more sniffs and looked around.
"Hmmm....it smells familiar, but I can't guess why...and I think there may be three of them." He took another whiff as he continued, "But I don't think they're dangerous."

Ruby gave a sigh of relieve as she stepped to the front of the group and then turned to Littlefoot and smiled. "Thank you Littlefoot, I'll try to keep us on track so we can stay on track." she commented as she stepped forward.

Cyrix looked concerned for a moment, but upon hearing Longtail's remark he settled down a bit knowing that the scent his nephew was getting wasn't dangerous.

Pearl looked up and asked Littlefoot, "Would you like me and Sweetie to go check it out?"

Sweetie who was flying in circles was rather stunned when she heard Pearl offer for them both to go. "Uhhh...sure...what she said." mumbled Sweetie with a concerned look on her face.

Kit12 · **Reply #527 on:** December 13, 2009, 12:00:02 AM

Pip smiled, yet then frowned at what Ptyra said, "Aw, well I'm sure you couldn't have helped it" he assured, "it all happened so fast".

"Yeah, if it was anything like the cloud of smoke I had to make my way through I'm surprised either of you could fly" Dinah said.

"I for one feel better that you're here to help us kids out" Pip added with a smile.

"Hey, we're not kids!" Dinah protested.

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Kit couldn't help laughing as Diamond asked for a little more sleep, "Yeah, we'll just find someone to carry you and I'm sure it'll be fine".

Petrie was about to offer to go too, but then Pearl offered it be her and Sweetie and Petrie didn't want anywhere near those two females with a reason to be at eachother just in case they were!

"Alright Flip, you got to get up too we're gonna move out soon" Twiz told his son, nudging him. The little hatchling rolled over. Twiz sighed, "come on...".

LBTFan13 · **Reply #528 on:** December 13, 2009, 12:23:10 AM

Littlefoot nodded. "That's a good idea. The two of you can get a glimpse of who or what is near us and then come back."

Zaine looked up at Sweetie. "Be careful. If something happens come back and find me ok?"

raga · **Reply #529 on:** December 13, 2009, 11:54:53 AM

"Hey Littlefoot, can I talk you for a moment? I've been thinking and I think I have an idea on where we should head and I was wondering what you think" Cera said to Littlefoot.

Ali sleepily rose to her feet, watching the commotion around her.

Ptyra · **Reply #530 on:** December 13, 2009, 03:11:08 PM

Ptyra chuckled at Dinah. "I just need to know that at least some family is safe." She pulled back from Pip gently. "And take care of what's left."

Kit12 · **Reply #531 on:** December 13, 2009, 05:00:35 PM

"Well, ok, you can stick around" Dinah said with a small smile. She had to frown a bit in thought at Ptyra's words.

Pip could read why, "Don't worry Dinah, I know some of your family has to be alive too" he assured.

"Yeah, hopefully" Dinah sighed, "In the meantime I guess we should get out of the open, but as to where to head, I haven't the slightest idea".

Ptyra · **Reply #532 on:** December 13, 2009, 05:12:26 PM

Ptyra looked up. "I saw some caves on my way here a few minutes ago. We just need to keep going in the direction we are until we get to a split, then we take a left. There's a lot of places there where we can hide."

The Great Valley Guardian · **Reply #533 on:** December 13, 2009, 07:32:20 PM

Sweetie nodded at Zaine and giggled as she took off with Pearl.

Longtail smiled as he looked up at Zaine and said, "I'm glad to see you and Sweetie are getting along so well, especially after our fight." He then took a moment and used his tail to feel the scar that was going to form over his eye and part of his beak. "Well in any case, how was guard duty?" he asked with a laugh.

Diamond sighed as he opened his eyes and stood up stretching his wings and stepping over to Twiz and asked, "Mind if I try to wake up Flip?"

Cyrix looked up to the sky and sighed. The sky was still dark, and several flashes of sky fire streaked through the clouds. But the bright circle could barely be seen and it cast a horrible, pale fire red glow across the land.

Terri and Dein were the last ones to wake as the duo opened their eyes and gave a growling yawn and addressed their son. "Good Morning Chomper dear." they said in unison.

tempestwheel · **Reply #534 on:** December 13, 2009, 07:43:39 PM

"Morning mom, mornin' dad," the teenage sharptooth replied.

Ichy was flying around, also on guard duty. He gave Dil a waking poke on the head.

LBTFan13 · **Reply #535 on:** December 13, 2009, 10:19:42 PM

Littlefoot nodded towards Cera. 'Sure thing. At this point I've been leading everybody to that place we were at temporarily when the swarming leaf goppers ate all of the green food in the Great Valley that one time, but I'm always open to new ideas. What did you have in mind?"

Zaine rolled his eyes. "Well I'm glad that nothing came after us in the night, but it was still kind of boring. I mean I kind of wished some random stupid sharptooth would mistakingly find us so I could have some fun with it." He laughed a little and thought something crazy. "It almost makes me miss having Kor around if that's possible."

raga · **Reply #536 on:** December 13, 2009, 11:09:32 PM

"Well I was thinking that might not be such a good idea," Cera said. "The Great Valley was surrounded by mountains but it was still destroyed, it seems like everything on the surface was destroyed. So what if head towards that mountain range on the horizon," Cera gestured to the distant peaks "and find a cave and tunnel system. They would provide shelter from sharp teeth and any food or water in them would have been safe underground."

Tricia saw that no body was on the move yet and curled back into a ball, trying to catch a little sleep.

Ali approached Littlefoot and Cera, listening to the three horn's idea.

Kit12 · **Reply #537 on:** December 14, 2009, 01:37:09 AM

Pip nodded, "Sounds like a plan" he said. "Yeah" Dinah shrugged, "worth a shot, so long as this cave isn't inhabited by dangerous stuff or anything, but then I guess if you've been there you'd know it hasn't" she realized with a small laugh.

Twiz turned, a bit surprised, yet shrugged, "Um, sure, if you think you can have better luck with the kid; but I warn you he is stubborn".

LBTFan13 · **Reply #538 on:** December 14, 2009, 01:38:18 AM

Littlefoot nodded. "That might be true. The only reason why I thought of the place we were at before was that it is far away from the Great Valley, so maybe there would still be some food and water there. Finding an underground system would provide us easy shelter from sharpteeth, but there's only one problem. What if the cave gets closed and we're stuck inside of it? We would die without air to breathe." He glanced over at Ali. "What about you Ali? You've done a lot of traveling with your herd. Maybe you passed by some place?"

raga · **Reply #539 on:** December 14, 2009, 01:15:21 PM

"I don't know about either place," Ali said, "but I do know there was a small forest were we are right now, and as you can see theres not a trace of it left. Everything seems destroyed."

Cera listened to Ali then said, "Well if we do head to the mountains we could always try finding a large cave system, one with more then one entrance and exit. But lets put it to a vote. We either head to the mountains where we risk not finding a suitable cave or we head towards the big water and risk finding it in ruins, so I think everybody should have a say."