A new world...Same old faces

The Great Valley Guardian · **Reply #540 on:** December 15, 2009, 02:05:33 AM

As Pearl and Sweetie flew along in the direction that Longtail had pointed Sweetie asked a question. "What is it you see in Longtail anyway?" hoping it wouldn't spark an argument, she was just curious.

Pearl sighed as she replied.
"I...it's because he's such a strong flyer. And not just when it comes to fighting. He has a strong mind, and even the friendships he has with the others seem almost unbreakable, how many other flyers can you say are like that?"

Sweetie smiled slightly as she thought about Pearl's words and indeed they did make quite a bit of sense. Just as she was about to speak up again, she spotted something in the distance that looked like bodies. "Hey Pearl you see that?" she asked, with Pearl nodding in response.

The two flapped faster to see if the three shadows in distance were living creatures.

~~~

Longtail grinned as he said, "Looking for a reason to show off huh? Brave but a bit unnecessary my brother."

Diamond smiled broadly at Twiz as he stepped closer to Flip and spoke.
"Hey, Flip if you wake up right this moment you'll get all the treesweets you can eat."

Cyrix stepped closer to Littlefoot, Ali and Cera as they talked and he began to think for a moment before clearing his throat and speaking his mind. "I agree that a vote would be the best idea, but still I don't think a cave system would be the best choice."

Ruby was surveying the area while she listened to the others talking amongst themselves. 'I just hope we can all get a safe place that is safe for all of us.' she said at a whisper.

LBTFan13 · **Reply #541 on:** December 15, 2009, 02:50:35 AM

Zaine glared at him. "Well at least I didn't sleep all day like some others I know." He laughed a little hoping this would get a rise out of Longtail, maybe even a friendly rivalry of sorts. Anything to take his mind off of worrying about everybody.

Littlefoot nodded at Cyrix's comment, however he still couldn't shake the uneasiness around him. Littlefoot was never going to get over Cyrix's request concerning Longtail's hatchlings, and for some reason it seemed like every suggestion Cyrix made would help his situation. Why can't I trust Cyrix? Why is this happening?.

tempestwheel · **Reply #542 on:** December 15, 2009, 08:37:42 AM

"Wake up mom/Dil," Greg and Ichy said respectively, nudging the adult belly dragger.

Thud just stood a few feet away from the rest of the group, as he could he was not really accepted by anyone.

Chomper had walked over to Ruby, needing to say something. "Ruby...can I tell you something, as a friend?" he asked, wanting to get something off his chest.

raga · **Reply #543 on:** December 15, 2009, 11:47:57 AM

"Well it has its dangours, yes, but so does Littlefoot's plan" Cera said. "Do you have another suggestion?"

Kit12 · **Reply #544 on:** December 15, 2009, 12:34:31 PM

Diamond's words did make Flip crack one eye open and jump up, "Biggy Ones?" he asked.

"I could have thought of that eventually" Twiz muttered before addressing his son, "Sure, first big one we find as we head that way" he pointed.

Flip frowned like he'd been tricked, the tree sweets were suppose to be right there, every kid knew that.

As he also just let them talk it out, Petrie landed near where Ruby was and shook his head, "See, our parents would have been fighting by this point, but we can talk it out, so I guess that's good" he commented half to himself and partly for Ruby as he smiled.

He then sighed, "Though I have to wonder if there is good place to go", even grown Petrie's pronouns and such slipped every now and then.

Kit, meanwhile. for some reason was really curious about who these others Sweetie and Pearl would find were, and she couldn't say why. It was just this odd, expectant feeling.

~~~~

"So where is this...what's that?" Dinah cut herself off mid sentence as she spotted two dots in the sky coming nearer them. She squinted.

Ptyra · **Reply #545 on:** December 15, 2009, 06:46:17 PM

Ptyra looked up. "Hm." She flew upward to get a better look from up high. Her eye sight had degraded slightly and she had to see high objects from up high. "It looks like some more fliers!" She called.

The Great Valley Guardian · **Reply #546 on:** December 15, 2009, 07:03:29 PM

Longtail gave a laugh as he quipped with a comeback, "I may have slept all day, but at least I didn't have guard duty. You now know how boring it can be...let's hope you don't get used to this."

Diamond smiled at Flip and patted him gently on the head.
"Don't worry, I am a flyer of my word. You'll get your treesweets I promise." he said with an air of confidence.

Ruby turned to Chomper and looked her friend in the eye as he asked his question and she nodded her head almost out of reflex. "Of course Chomper, you can tell me anything, you know that." she said with a soft smile.

Cyrix sighed as Cera indeed had a point, both plans were dangerous, but to ensure everyone got to a potential haven safely he did have a plan. "I suggest we send several flyers out in both directions you two mentioned and wait to see what they have to report."

Dil cracked an eye open at the constant prodding in her side and she sighed, resisting the urge to snap her jaws at the person trying to wake her. "I'm up....I'm up, what's goin' on?" she asked groggily as she raised herself off the ground.

~~~

Pearl and Sweetie could tell by now that the three dots on the horizon were leafeaters, and one of them indeed looked like a fellow flyer, and that raised the duo's spirits a great deal and as the neared the three shapes they slowed their flight so as not to startle them.

"Hello?" called Pearl as they landed nearby hoping they were friendly

tempestwheel · **Reply #547 on:** December 15, 2009, 07:06:35 PM

"It's about Redclaw," Chomper said to Ruby privately, "My parents and my sharpteeth friends already know this, but I needed to tell at least one of you leafeaters, so I'll tell you." He began to get a little sad.

"I hope Redclaw's not dead...because I found out a few months ago that he's my uncle, and that he agreed to stop going after my friends and family after he found out."

Kit12 · **Reply #548 on:** December 15, 2009, 07:17:30 PM

"Well...that's something!" Pip called back encouragingly. Other survivors and flyers, maybe they could help them out.

Dinah sighed, "great" she muttered. Pip turned to her, "Something wrong?".

The threehorn smiled, "No, I'm sorry, I'm turning into my grandfather I swear, it's just...more flyer, well it is great but...".

"A bit over-voting" Pip guessed, knowing if it did turn out to be him, Ptyra, Dinah and the other two flyers, her thoughts and views would become a sort of minority.

"Don't worry Dinah, you one of my closest friends, especially after all this we've gone through, I won't let you get ignored or anything" Pip landed on Dinah's back.

The threehorn smiled back at him, "Well who said I couldn't hold my own" she said, but Pip heard the thanks in it.

Then both young dinosaurs glanced back to these two new flyers landing.

Pip had spotted Longtail a bit since he lived in the Valley for a bit here and there of course, but had less knowlege on his mate and of course none on Sweetie (ooc: I'm guessing)

Dinah had less than that.

"Um, hi" Pip answered, "I'm Pip and this is my friend Dinah and older cousin Ptyra...um, not that I mean to say old just...eh" he grinned, hoping his little slip up didn't come out wrong and offend Ptyra.

"Nice to see some other survivors" Dinah also helped her friend move past the topic by moving to greeting the new flyers.

~~~~

Kit had eased her way forward a bit, not to easedrop on what Littlefoot, Cera and them were talking about but she did hear this part.

"And I for one will do any scouting necessary with that plan" she assured with a kind of salute, "as I know Petrie and Twiz will...uh not that I was intentionally listening to the 'leadership chat'" she next assured with a smile.

tempestwheel · **Reply #549 on:** December 15, 2009, 07:18:35 PM

"Sorry mom, it just looks like the herd is moving again," Greg apologized.

Ptyra · **Reply #550 on:** December 15, 2009, 07:24:02 PM

Ptyra landed beside the two youngsters. "It's alright, Pip." She said. "I've pretty much hit the 'old' mark anyway." She elbowed him teasingly.

LBTFan13 · **Reply #551 on:** December 15, 2009, 07:29:45 PM

Zaine laughed. "Just remember who keeps you safe while you sleep at night." Zaine couldn't help but smile with Longtail. Despite the tragic scenery around them, they could still find something to laugh about. "I'm glad you are feeling better Longtail. You had us worried there."

Littlefoot sighed. Everything seemed so difficult with all the decisions. Every place seemed dangerous around them, but he knew there was no choice. He had to get them someplace safe, but he didn't know where. "It's dangerous out there though. Sending the flyers out on their own might be a bad idea. We would have to split the herd up to keep each other safe."

The Great Valley Guardian · **Reply #552 on:** December 16, 2009, 02:24:40 AM

Longtail scoffed out loud and asked, "really? You guys were worried about me?"

Cyrix first turned to face Kit with a smile.
"There is nothing wrong with sharing information with other members of a herd, and trust me, we would have informed everyone of our decision when it was made." He then looked at Littlefoot as he asked, "I know this may seem dangerous, but the flyers can stay high above the dangers on the ground...and the sky seems to have calmed down a bit from before. So there shouldn't be any danger to them." He then stared into Littlefoots eyes and sighed as he added, "When you get a chance I'd like to talk to you alone."

Ruby was shocked and her face showed it.
"Redclaw...is your uncle?! B-but...that means..." she took a step back out of reflex and had to take several breaths to finish her sentence as she looked Chomper in the eyes with a soft smile. "Then I hope he's alive too."

Dil sighed as she nodded her head at Greg.
"That makes sense I suppose. But it looks like Tricia and some of the others are still sleeping, and the herd leaders are trying to make a decision. So I say more sleep for me." she said with a light laugh.

~~~

Pearl smiled for a moment seeming to remember stories about the extended family Petrie and Kit seemed to have. She then asked a very simple question, one that she knew would be either a yes or no answer. "Hello Pip, Dinah and Ptyra...do any of you happen to be related to Petrie or Kit?"

Sweetie smiled brightly as she saw where Pearl was going with this.
"Because if you do, then we can take to them, and the rest of the Great Valley herd that survived the massacre."

Kit12 · **Reply #553 on:** December 16, 2009, 11:55:59 AM

"Yeah Littlefoot, we'll be just fine" Kit added to reassure.

~~~~

Dinah was this close to saying something smart in teasing about how if she was related to flyers she needed to have some questions answered, but the next thought of how Pip most certainly was related to the two others she'd seen as older kids before paused her and she turned to him.

Pip...was frozen, as if letting the words sink in. He glanced from Pearl to Sweetie, seeming to still have to work to take in what they were saying. They not only knew about Petrie and...Kit; but...

"T-they're alive?!" the young flyer soon bursted out with. "I mean, yeah, Kit's my older sister, and probably the only immediete family I got left, and Petrie's one of my other cousins and...", he stepped closer to the other two flyers, "You have proof they're alive, like proof proof?!", somehow the news was hard to fully grasp at once.

Dinah meanwhile, almost feared to ask what came to her mind off these two flyers words, but couldn't help it.

"R-rest of the Great Valley Herd..." she began. "D-do you know if a threehorn named Cera...made it; something tells me Grandpa Tops passed on a while ago, he was old when I was a baby..." she all but muttered, thinking through the last time at early childhood she'd even been in the Valley.

Ptyra · **Reply #554 on:** December 16, 2009, 06:21:28 PM

If Cousin Petrie's alive, does that mean the others are too?" Ptyra asked.

raga · **Reply #555 on:** December 16, 2009, 11:41:55 PM

"But can the flyers scout out the locations quick enough?" Cera asked. "We can't afford to stay here all day, there isn't enough water and theres no food at all, we need to get going as quickly as possible." Cera was then quiet when Cyrix told Littlefoot he wanted to talk to him. Does Cyrix think Littlefoot can't handle the responsibility? she thought to herself with a puzzled look.

The Great Valley Guardian · **Reply #556 on:** December 17, 2009, 03:07:27 AM

Sweetie giggled as she indeed had some very good news for these three.
"Well if you want any real proof, I guess you'll just have to follow us huh?"

Pearl smiled brightly as she replied, "Yes, Petrie, Kit, and indeed even Cera are alive and well. Like my partner said, we can lead you to them, and I have no doubt that they could use some good news as well."

~~~

Cyrix thought about what Cera had said, and sighed.
"You do have a point, there certainly isn't enough water for us to live on here, so what would you suggest we do?" he asked Cera directly.

LBTFan13 · **Reply #557 on:** December 17, 2009, 08:25:13 AM

The moment Littlefoot heard Cyrix's comment something went off in his mind. He really wants to put Longtail through pain to teach him a lesson? It's cruel. I can't let it happen. I won't let it happen. I won't let you do it Cyrix. I won't! Unfortunately this caused Littlefoot to start speaking aloud, and he was not happy. "Stop it Cyrix! I won't let you touch Longtail's hatchlings! You can find your own way of dealing with your nephew but count me out! I won't put him through so much pain!"

Zaine snapped his head over to Littlefoot's direction, very shocked by Littlefoot's outbreak. He was even more surprised to hear what Littlefoot was shouting about. "What did he just say?" he asked out of disbelief. Zaine approached the group, curious to hear the whole story. "What are you talking about Littlefoot? What's wrong?"

"It's Cyrix," Littlefoot. "He was going to make Longtail believe his hatchlings were dead by taking them away!"

Zaine's eyes widened with fear. "What!?"

Kit12 · **Reply #558 on:** December 17, 2009, 12:31:03 PM

"I...I don't know" Pip answered Ptyra as he also wondered if any of Petrie's siblings were alive too. Still this was something.

"Well then get on with leading the way!" Dinah said, joy and impatience in her voice, hearing that her Aunt Cera was alive.

~~~~

Kit suddenly wished she wasn't so close as to hear stuff. "S-surely not..." she said in a low voice, with a disbelieving chuckle, as she heard what Littlefoot shouted. Speaking of the hatchlings, where were they?

Kit flapped off, just to scout for the kids in the babysitting duty she'd been doing yesterday, she told herself, not in any worry of what Littlefoot said being true.

tempestwheel · **Reply #559 on:** December 17, 2009, 06:22:09 PM

Thud was the next to wake up. He could tell no one wanted to talk to him, so he stayed quiet.