A new world...Same old faces

The Great Valley Guardian · **Reply #820 on:** April 22, 2010, 12:36:36 PM

Longtail turned and when he spoke to Littlefoot his voice was dark, sinister and held no trace of his carefree spirited nature at all. "Control....you want control....Alright...I'll give you control...OVER HOW YOU WANT TO DIE!!!!" He then broke free of his uncles grasp and charged once more at Littlefoot intent on bringing the longneck down.

Cyrix was surprised, not at Longtail getting free...but at what he'd said, and more importantly what his voice sounded like. "I...it really may be too late to reach him....Zaine....please....help us reach him." he whispered to himself silently.

Hunter smiled at Luna for a moment before rushing forward to try and keep Longtail subdued.

Ruby, Azure, Petrie, and Twiz all did as Littlefoot told and retreated back inside the cave. "Oh...I hope things end well so we can all be safe." said Ruby with worry in her voice.

LBTFan13 · **Reply #821 on:** April 22, 2010, 02:24:22 PM

Right before Longtail reached Littlefoot, a voice yelled through the flyer's mind. "Longtail! Stop!" It was impossible, but Zaine was speaking to him in his mind. "Longtail, Littlefoot is not to blame for my death! I chose to act, and I told him to stay with the others! If you do this you will tear the herd apart!"

Littlefoot stepped out of the way to dodge Longtail. He knew by now there was no way of the old Longtail coming back, so he prepared himself to do what may have needed to be done. "Longtail, I don't want to hurt you, but I will if you don't calm down!"

Cancerian Tiger · **Reply #822 on:** April 22, 2010, 03:15:08 PM

"Y'all better hurry up!" Aurelia barked at the remaining herd members who had not made it to the cave yet. She stood outside of the cave, wanting to ensure everybody made it in before she did. She then looked at Cera. Aurelia knew Littlefoot was Cera's best friend, and that Cera might put herself in danger to protect him. On top of that, Tricia was with her sister.

"Cera! There's nothin' we can do to help Littlefoot right now, but Tricia needs to get to safety and she needs her big sister! Come this way!" she called out to her threehorn friend.

The Great Valley Guardian · **Reply #823 on:** April 22, 2010, 03:18:14 PM

As the voice rang through Longtails' head, he missed Littlefoot moving out of the way, and he landed in the mud sliding on his belly in the rain. As he came to a stop he felt the rain around him for the first time....and with each rain droplet that racked across his scales Longtail felt his anger slowly fading away. After a few more minutes his anger and rage had left his body and were replaced by grief, sorrow and fear. His scales returned to their original sky blue hue and his eyes rolled back into position. He then whispered to himself quietly "Zaine....I...I'll miss you...brother..."

Cyrix and Hunter however not entirely sure that Longtail was back to his old self ran over and held him down.

"Longtail please....n-now is not the time....to be acting this way. W-what would Zaine want you to do?" said Hunter with tears still in her eyes.

Cyrix said nothing, but kept a firm grip on his nephews head and wings.

Cancerian Tiger · **Reply #824 on:** April 22, 2010, 03:46:55 PM

"Hey, looks like they got Longtail under control," Renn spoke up after he poked his head out of the cave to see what was going on.

"We'd better not go near him yet. He may still be unstable," Aurelia replied as she watched the scene before her.

LBTFan13 · **Reply #825 on:** April 22, 2010, 04:25:34 PM

"You know I will always be with you," Zaine's voice rang through Longtail's mind again. "Look inside your heart and your sleep stories, and you will find me, whenever you need me. Please, do not blame anybody for my death, especially yourself. None of this is your fault, or anybody else's. Know that you will always be my brother, in this life and the next."

Littlefoot sighed as Longtail finally calmed down. Zaine must have spoken to him. Thank goodness that's over with. He closed his eyes and whispered to himself. "Zaine, we'll miss you."

MrDrake · **Reply #826 on:** April 22, 2010, 05:51:35 PM

Luna looked over, seeing that Longtail had calmed down, but she didn't want to approach him, it was as if her trust in him was rather fragile....and that she did not want to get say or do anything that would upset Longtail and instead, decided to keep at a distance for now, keeping quiet and to herself, clutching her wounded hand once again.

She looked back into the water, sniffling some more too as she just spoke to herself "I guess they are right....I guess it's not my fault with what had happened....even though I tried my best.....but I guess that's what Sharpteeth will always be like....savages.....giving meat eaters bad names....."

Cancerian Tiger · **Reply #827 on:** April 22, 2010, 10:00:54 PM

Spike, Renn, and Ducky slowly came out of the cave as they glanced at the scene around them.

"I guess Longtail will be okay now," Spike spoke up.

"I still say we watch our backs around him for awhile," Renn said. Meanwhile, Ducky approached Luna.

"Hello there, um, Luna is it? It looks like you hurt your hand, you did you did. You should let one of us look at it, yep yep yep," Ducky said compassionately as she gently rested a hand on Luna's shoulder.

MrDrake · **Reply #828 on:** April 22, 2010, 10:13:08 PM

Luna looked over to Ducky, covering her hand some "Yeah, um, my name is Luna, and...." she begun, glancing down at her wound, then to Ducky "Um, it's okay....really, I mean, it'll go away in time....it always does with me"

She had never been good with letting others really worry about her. The only one who would worry about her at times was her father, but that wasn't the best as he would always tell her to be careful, pretty much, telling her off for getting hurt, which is why she decided that instead of telling people that she was hurt and getting told off because of it, as well as not worrying anyone about it, she would keep it to herself instead.

Cancerian Tiger · **Reply #829 on:** April 22, 2010, 10:27:11 PM

"Well, if you say so. Hang in there, sweetie," Ducky replied with a smile before she gently patted Luna's shoulder.

raga · **Reply #830 on:** April 23, 2010, 12:14:08 AM

Cera had stood there frozen, fighting between her rational side telling her to go back with the others and the strong urge to step in and simply kill the out of control flyer. Luckily it looked as if Longtail had snapped himself out of his rage and neither option was necessary. "Well now that we're done with that" the three horn said before turning to her oldest friend, "we need to get moving. The longer we stay here..." she paused, shuddering at the loss they had just experienced "...the worse off we'll be".

LBTFan13 · **Reply #831 on:** April 23, 2010, 12:30:56 AM

Littlefoot nodded. "I agree Cera. I think we've stayed here long enough. We should leave now before anything else bad happens. Round up the others back at the cave. Tell them we are leaving soon." He then turned to Longtail, who was now still depressed, but no longer angry. "Longtail, I understand how you feel. Zaine was a brother to all of us. I'm, I'm sorry that I couldn't do anything to help him. If you want to blame me for his death, you are more than welcome to."

The Great Valley Guardian · **Reply #832 on:** April 23, 2010, 01:19:35 AM

Both Hunter and Cyrix continued to hold onto Longtail still not sure enough it was safe to let him go.

Longtail blinked several times, still feeling the rain wash over him. He then gave a heavy sigh and looked up at Littlefoot. "No....I can't blame one brother...for another ones demise. I'm...I'm sorry Littlefoot." he said with an almost blank, emotionless voice.

At that moment Pearl walked over with Diamond behind her, and she looked her mate in the eyes as she said, "Longtail...I know....this isn't easy to handle...but...we need you....now more than ever. You were always strong willed, and that....that quality is what helped us believe in you...now...please..show us you still have that will...stand up...and show us who you really are...please..for me."

Hunter then looked down at Longtail gave a sad frown and stepped back taking her weight off of him, and stepping back over to check on Luna. "Are you doing okay? Is your hand feeling any better?"

Cyrix however kept his hold on Longtail looking his nephew in the eye seeing if he could be trusted.

MrDrake · **Reply #833 on:** April 23, 2010, 01:31:38 AM

Luna looked to Hunter, but said nothing about her hand as the bleeding hadn't stopped just yet, and it was still stinging with pain, however, she didn't want to actually say anything that was to worry Hunter either.

She took a quick look at her wound, seeing that part of it was black now, as if it was starting to get infected, though, she just covered it again, nodding to Hunter "Um....yeah, it uh, it is feeling, um....better" she lied to Hunter, giving her a little bit of a smile as well.

Luna didn't want to have to lie either, but she just felt like she had to at the moment as Hunter was already worrying about so much and she of course, didn't want to worry her even more about something like a wound on her hand.

The Great Valley Guardian · **Reply #834 on:** April 23, 2010, 03:39:56 AM

Hunter frowned at Luna for a moment.
"Luna dear...you forget I'm a sharptooth too. I can smell your wound and it doesn't smell clean. Please, let me look at it. I might be able to help you...I...I don't want to lose you to some silly sickness." she said with concern in her voice.

MrDrake · **Reply #835 on:** April 23, 2010, 03:51:37 AM

Luna hessitated for a moment before she slowly uncovered her wound for Hunter to see it, going a bit quiet as well "I'm sorry...." she said rather quietly in regards to getting hurt this time as she looked at Hunter as well.

She sighed a little bit, retaliating a bit as she covered her wound back up again "It was an accident....and I'm telling the truth too!" she spoke up a bit more before realizing that Hunter had not actually said anything, it was just how she had retaliated as well with any wounds she would get, covering her mouth as well with both of her hands, the wound fully seen to Hunter yet again "Sorry....I didn't mean to...." she spoke in a muffle voice and quietly again.

The Great Valley Guardian · **Reply #836 on:** April 23, 2010, 04:04:35 AM

Hunter smiled softly at Luna.
"You have nothing to be sorry for...it was an accident, and you admitted it. That's all I wanted from you. Now, let's get this wound cleaned before an infection sets in."

MrDrake · **Reply #837 on:** April 23, 2010, 04:10:22 AM

"You're....you're not going to....yell at me about it or anything like that?" Luna asked back, deciding to cover her wound back up again as that's what she would expect, for someone to well, not really yell, but still tell her off, well, that's what she assumed anyway.

LBTFan13 · **Reply #838 on:** April 23, 2010, 09:06:53 AM

Littlefoot nodded. "Pearl is right. We all know you as the happy, carefree flyer who cares deeply for his herd. I know it may be hard to be happy right now, but you can still care for the herd, which I don't doubt you do. We all need you as the Longtail we know and love." He looked up at Cyrix. "Cyrix, I think you can let him go now. He's not going to hurt anybody."

raga · **Reply #839 on:** April 23, 2010, 02:01:20 PM

Cera walked up to Longtail saying, "As much as I'd hate to admit it, their right Longtail. Theres going to be a lot more to get through in the days ahead, and we need your strength or we might not make it."