In the land before time

Cancerian Tiger · **Reply #340 on:** September 13, 2009, 01:19:05 AM

"Yikes!" Anna yelped as she swiftly used her tail to swipe Ducky out from being crushed under Mr. Threehorn's foot. She looked at her tail in surprise as she placed Ducky on her open right hand.

"Woah! Now I know how to use my tail for real," Anna whispered to Ducky, not wanting to be silenced by Mr. Threehorn. He sure was scary when he was mad. Ducky giggled quietly.

"I do not know what it is like without a tail, no no no," Ducky whispered. "Hey, that is the second helping paw you have given me today. Thank you so much, but how do you know when I need help?"

"Shh, we'll talk more later," Anna replied as she looked back toward Mr. Threehorn and Pterano. Ducky looked in their direction while she took a seat on Anna's open palm.

Amaranthine · **Reply #341 on:** September 13, 2009, 01:29:21 AM

Suddenly Amy shoved right between Mr. Three Horn and Pterano. She screeched in his face, but realizing she had no teeth, she turned a bit red, but she continued to stand tall and stare at Mr. Three Horn.

"So...you're friends with him huh?" Mr. Three Horn snarled at Amy.

"Mere aquantinces sir." Amy corrected with a harsh tone.

Cancerian Tiger · **Reply #342 on:** September 13, 2009, 01:37:20 AM

"Daddy, why are you still so angry with him?" Cera asked as she came up next to him. "He helped save my friends and I, remember?"

"I remember, yep yep yep. He was not even the one to kidnap me, no no no. The other two flyers did it, but Pterano stopped them from hurting me. He even saved me when I fell off of Threehorn Peak, yep yep yep. I do not see why he is still seen as a bad flyer, nope nope nope," Ducky piped up.

"He does not seem bad. I heard he totally sucked as a leader in the past and made some very poor decisions, but I'm sure he's learned his lesson by now," added Anna.

Kor · **Reply #343 on:** September 13, 2009, 01:38:15 AM

Flapper jumped up when he saw Threehorn's reaction. He pretty quickly and easily reached Grandpa Longneck's back. Then bent over to help Mim onto his back also.

"Thanks." Mim said.

"I figured it may be safer up here." Flapper said.

"It may indeed be. He sometimes forgets smaller folks." Grandpa Longneck said to those on his back, bending his neck to see them more easily.

Pangaea · **Reply #344 on:** September 13, 2009, 03:02:26 AM

Pangaea mentally cursed himself for not speaking loudly enough when introducing himself. The flyer who had addressed him afterwards had evidently caught his mention of being a GOF member, but not his name.

But in his nervousness and confusion, Pangaea had hesitated too long in responding, and then the arrival of Mr. Threehorn had made certain that he wouldn't be saying anything for a timeóPangaea was so intimidated by the huge ceratopsian that he didn't dare interrupt him, especially during one of his outbursts.

And then the flyer who had spoken to him had thrown herself between Mr. Threehorn and Pterano (whom Pangaea realized he hadn't even noticed was among the dinosaurs gathered). If that flyer was indeed a GOF member, he thought, she must REALLY care about Pterano, to have the guts to stand up to that guy.

Of course, the flyer's brave action had also meant that Pangaea had lost his chance to tell her his name. Cera, Ducky, and the strange swimmer who had waved to him were likewise busy trying to convince Mr. Threehorn not to attack Pterano.

Pangaea sighed. Guido was still with him (cowered in a feathery ball with his wings over his eyes, doing his best to hide behind the larger glider), but he really wanted to talk to some of the other dinosaurs and GOF members here. His more passive attempts to do so, however, had failed, and the frustration resulting from those failures was strengthening his resolve. Charged with determination, he made up his mind on what he would do.

"Guido," he said to the shivering teal glider, "I dunno about you, but I'm going over there and joining that conversation, Mr. Threehorn or not."

"What's...going...on?" Guido whimpered in a tone so quiet that Pangaea could barely hear it.

"It's, uh...it's a long story," Pangaea said, "If I'm still alive in a few minutes, I'll tell you then."

Guido uncovered his eyes. "Wait...what?" he asked.

"Like you said, I'm even crazier than you are," Pangaea quipped, before running over to where Mr. Threehorn was standing, leaping up onto his tail, scurrying up and over his armored back, and climbing over his neckshield to perch on one of his brow horns.

Amaranthine · **Reply #345 on:** September 13, 2009, 03:15:42 AM

Amy knew the risk she was making, being as weak as she felt, but she didn't care. In real life, she remembered having extreme thoughts of hatred toward Mr. Three Horn, now she was looking at this twisted childhood in the eye. With that thought, she was no longer afraid, she was now reckless, she didn't care what would happen to her at that moment.

Mr. Three Horn felt the tickle of the feathers on his face. "Hey, get off me kid!" He shook the feathered flyer off. He completely ignored everyone else, he didn't even hear Cera.

"These new dinosaurs must leave at once! Especially you..." He glared at Amy and Pterano.

"Mr. Three Horn," Amy began to say, "Pterano has good in him. I know that because I heard of the stories. We just met today. And as far as I know, he CAN change. And telling us now to leave doesn't make any difference. Only I came with Pterano, so if you want to hurt him, you have to crush me to pieces first!"

Amy felt the fiery words flying out of her mouth. She felt like a dragon, words spitting out like fire and her whole self was focused on helping Pterano stay in the valley.

Pangaea · **Reply #346 on:** September 13, 2009, 03:58:55 AM

"Excuse me!" Pangaea yelled. Having clambered up a nearby tree, he crawled out onto an overhanging branch, and dropped down once more onto Mr. Threehorn's head. This time he braced his feet against the top of Mr. Threehorn's snout, wrapped his tail around his nose horn, gripped both brow horns with both hands, and brought his face as close to Mr. Threehorn's eyes as his flexible neck would allow.

"Don't throw me off this time, bub," he warned, "Not until I've said what I have to sayópardon me for sounding like Ruby." Pangaea spoke as fast as he could, hoping to get out everything he had to say before he could be interrupted again.

"Now, listen. I hope I'm not interrupting anything here. If I am, I'm terribly sorry. I don't mean to be rude, but I hate being left out of things."

He pointed at Pterano. "That's Pterano, isn't it? The guy who was banished for five cold times? Well, I don't know how long it's been since then, but nobody else here seems to have a problem with him being around. Why should you? From what I've heard about Pterano, he's really an okay guy. A little misguided, maybe, but he saved Ducky, didn't he? No offense, but you just almost squashed her in your little rampage. Not intentionally, I'm sure, but ya oughta be more careful."

"As for..." Pangaea quickly turned his head to look at Amy. "I'm sorry; I didn't catch your name."

He turned back to Mr. Threehorn. "...you've got even less reason to throw her out! Or anyone else here, for that matter! Seriously, who are you to say who can stay in the valley and who can't? Aren't the decisions around here supposed to be made by a group? Because you're outnumbered here, ya know. Even your own daughter disagrees with you!"

"Anyway, I hate putting myself in the center of attention here, and I'm reasonably sure you're gonna make me regret all this later, but I just wanted to share my opinion, and not much has stopped me from doing that before."

At that point, Pangaea let go of Mr. Threehorn's horns, and dropped to the ground, where he turned to address everyone else who was present.

"Oh, and by the way," he said, "for those of you who didn't hear me before, I'm Pangaea, from the GOF. Ya know, the nutty dinosaur expert."

Cancerian Tiger · **Reply #347 on:** September 13, 2009, 04:00:52 AM

"We have not even done anything bad here," Anna added, feeling her own anger rise. "What did we do to deserve this kind of treatment anyway? It it 'cuz we're different? Pangaea is right! I don't let anyone push me around for bein' different where I come from, and I'm sure as hell not about to start now! Ya might be able to get away with it here, but in our world, folks who act like you're acting either get killed or get the crap beat out of 'em! Argh! I can't take this anymore! I'm seriously gonna knock somebody's lights out if I keep hearing this crap! Excuse me!" With that, Anna began to storm off.

"Please take me with you, Anna," Ducky pleaded. "I do not like fights, no no no."

"I don't either. Even more, I despise bein' mistreated when I did nothin' wrong!" Anna choked as she stormed off, accompanied by Ducky. Cera was unsure of whether or not to follow them. Moments later, she jumped in between her father and Amy and Pterano.

"Daddy, if you're going to hurt an innocent newcomer, you'll have to crush me to dust as well!" Cera yelled in anger over her father's behavior.

Amaranthine · **Reply #348 on:** September 13, 2009, 04:23:15 AM

Amy smiled and mouthed a "thank you" to Pangea.

"I see that I have passed judgement all too quickly..." He admitted with a stern face.

"However," Topsy stared in Pterano's eyes, "He shouldn't even be here! Five cold times has not passed and he agreed to stay away from us. At least, that's what I thought, I'm sorry if I misunderstood something, but that's what we agreed on."

"Another thing," He looked to the long necks and the natives of the Great Valley. "How we know that this is a herd of dinosaurs that are plotting with Pterano about something, like a take over, or something relating to that!"

Pangaea · **Reply #349 on:** September 13, 2009, 04:40:41 AM

Pangaea nodded to Amy and gave her a thumbs up to show that he understood and appreciated her gesture. (Afterwards he would look at his hands and marvel at the fact that he was still able to perform a thumbs up.)

At the moment, his heart was beating even faster than it had when he had jumped off the Great Wall to escape from the fast biter. "Okay," he thought, "New scariest thing I've ever done."

He couldn't believe that he had just stood up to Mr. Threehorn; in front of a crowd, no less. He felt the same way he had the first time he had posted on the GOF, only that the feeling was all the more intense. It was the feeling of having accomplished something he never thought he would, but not yet knowing how things would turn out.

For a moment Pangaea had considered following Ducky and the swimmer she had called Anna. But he decided that he couldn't leave without making sure Mr. Threehorn would not hurt either of the two flyers. So he remained where he was, standing next to Cera and in front and slightly to the side of Amy.

Cancerian Tiger · **Reply #350 on:** September 13, 2009, 04:44:24 AM

Anna continued to walk as she tried to keep her temper in check. Some tears of rage had managed to escape, but she was otherwise in check.

"Can we stop somewhere and talk, Anna?" Ducky asked. Anna looked down at Ducky, who was still sitting on her hand. Ducky looked up at her in a concerned manner.

"Sure," whispered Anna just before she gently set Ducky down. Anna then walked over to a nearby tree, sat down, and leaned her back against it. Ducky then approached her.

"Do not be surprised with Cera's dad. He has been that way for as long as I can remember, yep yep yep," said Ducky.

"Yeah, but that does not make it right. What gives him the right to treat others like crap anyway? It pisses me off!" Anna yelled as she slammed a closed right fist on the ground. Ducky flinched in response to Anna's violent gesture. Anna noticed her gesture had frightened Ducky, so she recomposed herself.

"I'm sorry, Ducky. I have somethin' I outta tell ya. Although it is seldom seen, I can have a really bad temper," said Anna before she glanced down at Ducky.

"I do not believe you, no no no," Ducky replied as she came closer to Anna.

"Well, ya should. I used to get in fist fights as a kid, and even though I've learned to control my temper, I get so angry when I see others getting treated badly. I guess it's just part of my caring nature," said Anna. Ducky came over to where Anna's left hand rested on the ground and gently patted it.

"I think that is why, too. I think you get angry because you care, yep yep yep," replied Ducky.

"Thanks for bein' such a good friend already, Ducky. It means a lot to me," Anna said with a smile.

"You are welcome, yep yep yep. I am getting hungry, and I am sure you are too, yep yep yep. We should have something to eat," said Ducky as she rubbed her abdomen. Anna chuckled as she got up then picked Ducky up off the ground.

"Alrightie, then. Let's find somethin' to eat," Anna replied as they headed off.

Noname · **Reply #351 on:** September 13, 2009, 05:09:11 AM

Pterano backed up, eyes wide. "Now, now... no need for hasty action... I assure you, Mr. Threehorn that I am only here for diplomatic purposes... not a takeover of the valley, heavens no!"

Pangaea · **Reply #352 on:** September 13, 2009, 05:14:38 AM

Pangaea was in the process of devising a counter-argument to Mr. Threehorn's ridiculous notion that the other GOF members were conspirators, when he suddenly caught a flash of teal in the margins of his peripheral vision. To his amazement, Guido scampered up and hopped onto Cera's back, positioning himself just behind her neckshield.

"Hey, c'mon, c'mon, big guy!" Guido said to Mr. Threehorn, "You remember when I first came to the valley, don't ya? You didn't like me, either! You thought I was just another weirdo, too!" He paused. "Well...I–I–I am a weirdo, but that's not my point. On the Day of The Flyers I saved Tricia from going over the Roaring Falls. Well...I goofed up and ended up in the water with her and Petrie had to save us, but I tried! That's something, isn't it?"

Guido motioned to all the GOF members Mr. Threehorn had accused. "Maybe all these guys are like that, too. They're weirdos, but they're nice weirdos, ya know?"

He then turned to Pterano. "A–A–A–And I'm sorry; I have absolutely no idea who you areóI think Petrie's mentioned you a couple of times, but I don't know you..."

He turned back to Mr. Threehorn, still pointing at Pterano, "He...he made a mistake, didn't he? Well, so what? I've made lots of mistakes, and you never chased me away. I mean, he saved someone too, right? And he actually did it correctly. When I tried to save someone, I needed someone else to come and save me. So why can't he stay?"

Guido crouched down atop Cera's back submissively, indicating that he he was finished. He then looked over to Pangaea, who was positively beaming at him.

"If I may interject a second time, I think Guido's got a point," Pangaea said. "Besides, I'm guessing that if you asked everyone here, most of 'em would tell you that they've never met Pterano before. And I'm pretty sure Pterano will tell you that he's never met most of them before, either. So how could they be his accomplices?"

Belmont2500 · **Reply #353 on:** September 13, 2009, 09:25:52 AM

"Oh ,great" John muttered as he watched Guido struggle to bring Mr.Threehorn back to his senses.

f-22 "raptor" ace · **Reply #354 on:** September 13, 2009, 10:22:04 AM

"There's no reason to get paranoid about all this mr threehorn,' sam said. Sam walked right up to mr threehorn's face and locked eyes with him.

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"There he goes again no thinking before he starts babbling his mouth,' the female rainbow face said to the male rainbow face to which he chuckled.

Amaranthine · **Reply #355 on:** September 13, 2009, 12:07:27 PM

Mr. Three Horn stiffened his upper lip.

"I'll admit I've grown very found of one of you here," His eyes trailed to where Anna was. He had a small smile. Then he stared back Sam, but not really staring at him, more staring straight through him to Amy and Pterano.

"We'll see how "diplomatic" your reasons are for being here. I will make clear with you Pterano, if you make one little mistake, one mess up, and you will have me to deal with, but I can see that your fangirl will fight with me first. So you won't have to worry about your image anymore, because I CAN and WILL damage it, right then and there. PERMANENTLY!"

And with that, Mr. Three Horn turned away and he whispered to Cera and Tricia, "I don't want any of you going near him for now. Anna I could talk with because she is a nice girl, but I don't trust a single layer of skin on that flyer, not by a long shot."

He muttered to himself, how everyone was so foolish of letting him in, all this change that was going on, why? Why did it have to happen here? At home? So brushed past against his mate and Grandma Longneck and walked away.

Amy exhaled, knowing now she had made an enemy in the valley. Amy then looked back Pterano and was serious. "Pterano, no matter what you did, which I know what you did, I'm always going to stand up for you. You have my support." She encouraged by smiling.

She then looked at everyone else and then she saw Little Foot coming into the clearing, "What happened?" Then he saw Pterano and sighed, immediately understanding the dynamics of what happened.

f-22 "raptor" ace · **Reply #356 on:** September 13, 2009, 02:07:44 PM

"So am I you also have my support pterano,' sam said.

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"Well that turned out better than I expeted it to,' the famale rainbow face said.

Noname · **Reply #357 on:** September 13, 2009, 02:40:48 PM

Tria approached Pterano and gave him a suspicious look. "My mate told me all about you, Pterano, and what you did to Ducky back during that... stone of cold fire incident. While I don't know you personally, so I cannot say that you should leave the valley... but I can say this... if you cause problems again... or come anywhere near my daughter... or bother Cera... I will gladly join Topsy in driving you out of the valley.'

Belmont2500 · **Reply #358 on:** September 13, 2009, 03:10:44 PM

"Glad that's over, had it gone any longer, he would've woken up the Great Valley and Mysterious Beyond altogether" John explained

Myrkin · **Reply #359 on:** September 13, 2009, 04:51:30 PM

Sowhere in south-western Poland, certain GoF member looked again at his watch. Despite the fact, that the train was supposed to arrive only three minutes ago, he was getting a little impatient. He stood on one of two platforms this small railway station had and so far he was the only person waiting there. It was late evening, therefore the platform was embraced by darkness of twilight. He was going to check the time once again, when he saw a bright light coming in the distance.

"It's about time", he said bettering his schoolbag and coming a bit closer to the edge of platform.

Light was closing on him with fast motion, but surprisingly he couldn't hear any sound of coming train or even see it - the light was too bright. He had only few seconds to think it was strange, before light hit him, quite literally. Then it dissapeared and so did he, however at the same time he emerged in the world very different from that he had been living till now...