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Just then, Ducky woke up for some odd reason and noticed the bowl of water near her.

"Whoever put that here, thank you very very much," Ducky said before she took a swig of water.


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Hunter looked up rather shocked that Luna was giving her sweet bubbles. "Thank you Luna." she said as she turned and picked two sweet bubbles up and chewed on them. She then replied, "You can have a few if you'd like."

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Longtail smiled over to Ducky while still keeping his balance on his legs and replied, "You can thank Petrie for that."

Dil was still fast asleep, her age seeming to catch up with her as she began to snore softly.

Ruby gently patted Longtail on the back again and said, "Well done Longtail. But don't push yourself too hard. You still need your rest."

Sweetie continued to sleep on Zaine's head gently gigging in her dream.


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"Um, it's nothing really" Luna replied back as she sat down with a shake of her head "No thank you, they're for you, and I wouldn't want to take any from you" she was indeed, rather hungry, but yet, didn't want to have any sweet bubbles, well, she would've loved to have some, but just did not want to take any from Hunter at all.


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Cera finally decided she had been left to her thoughts for long enough, it was time to get a little shuteye.  Before returning to the cave she quickly found Luna and Hunter.  "Hey guys, come back in and get some sleep, we have a lot more long days ahead of us" she called out to them before turning away.


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"Could I have some sweet bubbles?" Rhett asked Hunter.

Rory and Myra were dozing while Greg was walking in circles.


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"You mean, into the cave?" Luna asked Cera with a shake of her head "I'd rather not, I mean, my father and all...." she trailed off some as well, looking to her claws as she touched them together "I mean, you know how he is and if I go back into the cave, he'll get angry again and I don't want to go back there and get yelled at or anything like that...."


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"Oh, thank you so much Petrie.  You are a good friend, yep yep yep," Ducky replied as she looked around for her flyer friend.


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Hunter grinned as she replied, "Certainly Rhett have as many as you'd like." She then turned to Luna and gently placed a paw on her back. "if you don't want to sleep in the cave I'll be more than happy to stay out here with you." said Hunter with a warm smile.



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Luna paused for a moment, looked back to the cave, then to Hunter again, giving her a bit of a smile "Well, I don't want to sleep in there myself, but you don't have to stay with me, you can stay with your friends if you want to, I'll be okay out here"


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Zaine had been sleeping for a bit now, but he eventually opened one eye to make sure things were okay. It seemed like everybody was about to settle down. Hunter and Luna had finally returned, and Sweetie was still fast asleep on his head. He smiled as he watched Longtail continue to make his recovery. "Forceful as always, Longtail. Good to see you are holding up." He then noticed something odd. "Hey guys, what happened to Littlefoot? He's not here."

Littlefoot had left the cave in an attempt to find any trace of food. He didn't venture out too far as he could still see the cave. "I know there is probably no sign of food anywhere, but I have to try. The herd won't survive much longer if they don't have something to eat." Unfortunately, his search resulted in striking out everywhere he looked. "Figures. We should probably think about leaving sooner or later." Then Littlefoot spotted something in the distance. He squinted his eyes to get a better look, and what he saw brought horror into his eyes. "Sharpteeth," he whispered. "They're so close. I have to warn everybody." With that, he turned back towards the cave and quickened his pace, trying hard not to attract the sharpteeth.


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"Very well then"  Cera said as she turned away.  She walked just far enough away to be out of sight before turning away from the cave.  The threehorn climbed up a small rock outcropping that would give her a view of the dinosaurs who wanted to sleep outside but more or less protect her from their view.  Somebody has to make sure they don't get eaten she thought to herself in classic Cera style.  She curled up in a ball, and looked out onto the horizon, noticing the first rays of sunlight starting to shine.  "Great, another sleepless night" the threehorn muttered.


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"It's not my fault...." Luna spoke rather quietly, looking to her claws some more, feeling a bit sad again as she looked to Hunter, giving off some sort of a smile, a rather quick one as she turned around and walked a bit away before sitting down, then laying down onto her side with a sigh, glancing at the cave in the distance as she kept awake, using one of her claws to claw some at the ground as well.

She ignored the fact that Littlefoot was heading back to the cave rather quickly, just shrugging it off as nothing as she just lay there still.


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Hunter grinned softly at Luna. "I am your friend too. Besides...even with Cera watching over the cave...she'll fall asleep eventually. I won't. So just rest and try to sleep." She then turned and walked over to Cera asking, "You know you don't have to do this...I can stay awake for the night and let you comfort your sister."

Ruby was still sleeping peacefully next to Tricia keeping her promise to Cera.


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Chomper and Rita were sleeping next to each other, while Greg decided to rest.

Rhett finished his sweet bubbles and decided to nap himself.


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Luna looked over to Cera and Hunter, yet, was still wise awake at the moment, not really wanting to get some sleep as she just lay there, turning over as to not really watch Hunter and Cera as she clawed at the dirt some moment, yet, acted as though she was more or less sleeping as to not worry them either.


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Littlefoot finally reached the cave, panting. He looked back to make sure nobody had followed him, and he sighed when he saw nobody. He turned back to the others. "Guys, I think we have a problem."

Zaine looked up. "What's wrong Littlefoot?"

"I spotted some sharpteeth nearby. I don't think they know exactly where we are, but they're close."

"Great," Zaine muttered. "How close do you think?"

"I don't think we can leave without them spotting us."

Zaine thought for a second. "So what should we do?"

Littlefoot shook his head. "I don't know."


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Cera looked up at Hunter, a little annoyed that she had been spotted so easily.  "What, and be awoken from a nice dream by you begging me to come save you're hide?" she said in a teasing way.  "I'll be fine, but go find out what Littlefoot is telling Zaine over there, he looks a bit anxious and that is never good".


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Ducky nestled back down next to Renn and drifted off.

Meanwhile, Spike and Aurelia continued to sleep.


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Luna still hadn't fallen asleep as she continued to claw the ground some, well, by that point, was drawing something in the ground, she wasn't sure what it was herself, it was just something random for her, something to do to pass away the time more or less, humming rather lightly to herself, but not by much as to not let Hunter or Cera know that she was still awake.

She peered over to see that they were too busy talking still as she got up quietly and walked over to a nearby watering hole and drunk some of the water.  The watering hole was still a few feet away from where she was laying down before, and what's more, it was behind some trees as well....well, what was left of them anyway as she looked at her reflection in the water, smiling slightly at it as she thought to herself, well, more, speaking to herself "Did I even do the right thing? I probabally didn't as usual....no matter what I do, it's always wrong for someone....and that's....that's just not fair....I do try my hardest to make everyone happy.....but it's just not good enough for anyone...." she sniffled some as well.


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Littlefoot looked and saw Luna off by herself. To his horror, the sharpteeth saw her as well and were heading straight for her. "Luna!" he called out. "Run!" Unfortunately, the sharpteeth were too close for her to run. "Oh no!" Littlefoot cried. "They're going to kill her!"

"No they won't!" Zaine gently but quickly laid Sweetie onto Littlefoot's back. "Stay here with the others."

"Don't even think about it!" Littlefoot warned.

"I never do," Zaine replied smugly. He quickly stood up and proceeded to exit the cave.

"Let me Cera or somebody go with you!" Littlefoot pleaded.

"Those sharpteeth are not going to wait to kill Luna, and I'm not going to wait to stop them!" With that, he hurried out of the cave and headed towards the sharpteeth. "Hey uglies!" he yelled out. "Back off!" Without giving them a chance to react, Zaine body slammed into one sharptooth, causing it to collide with another. Zaine planted his feet firmly on the ground, ready to fight. "Luna! Get back to the cave!" Unfortunately, he didn't notice one sharptooth come after him. Without warning, it slashed at Zaine's face, leaving a scrath above his eye. He stumbled back in pain, but didn't dwell on it for too long. Zaine tail whipped the sharptooth in the face and turned back to Luna. "Get out of here! Now!" Unfortunately, this gave time for another sharptooth to bite down on Zaine's back. He yelled out in pain as he stumbled to the ground.

"ZAINE!" Littlefoot cried out.