Flyers of the Mysterious Beyond

Mama's Girl · **Reply #340 on:** June 20, 2011, 12:46:15 AM

(Ok, pulling a slight idea that hopefully works here for why Petrie might feel inclined to stick around the Beyond and then Harper would reluctantly decide to stay with him, if they still need a reason)

Petrie's hug back to Chomper was enthusiastic of course, and Harper just giggled as she hugged the little sharptooth that was such a bad influence, always suggesting she take off on their little adventures. Neither of the two flyers really understood Luke's statement and so just looked confused at it.

"Um...he mean me friends" Petrie nonetheless somehow got that the answer to what Luke asked was no. Turning back to Chomper he answered, shaking his head, "and no, they no here. Me take off to...well..." Petrie paused. He glanced to Harper. He hadn't told her yet the real reason for his taking off out here and knew she wasn't going to take it well. "Me...promise Littlefoot me make sure you ok. Since grown-ups notice and not let him leave. But then me no could find you and then me find my Uncle Pterano and others".

"Petrie!" Harper turned to him in that shock he'd expected, "is that the reason you took off? Why couldn't you tell me that?".

"Because you say it bad idea if me do" Petrie answered. Harper sighed, but decided to let the subject drop.

"Well he didn't tell me that part" Harper told Chomper "but then I for once followed to try to get him to go back, which he didn't, which is how I got lost out here".

vonboy · **Reply #341 on:** June 20, 2011, 08:33:43 AM

Chomper was pretty shocked by what he just heard, but also very happy. He had to take a moment to digest all the two flyers said before he responded.

"You mean...Littlefoot wanted to look out for me? Make sure I was okay?"

This brought hope to his heart. He had been thinking hard over the past few weeks. About the new decisions he was having to make, like WHAT to eat. He was feeling ashamed of the things he had started to do. He thought his friends would hate him know, since they figured he was out here hunting now, But he was wrong.

A tear formed in his eyes as he smiled at the two flyers.

Mama's Girl · **Reply #342 on:** June 20, 2011, 11:23:12 AM

Seeing Chomper's touched look, Harper smiled, knowing what he was thinking. "Yeah, don't worry Chomper, from what I heard Petrie and 'the gang' saying no one hates you for have to come out here now that you're just too big". She frowned, "Mr. Threehorn still doesn't talk nice, but they...well...".

"He never did" Petrie finished for her with a smile, "and yeah" Petrie smiled back over to Chomper, "Me watch out for you all me can. Me had enough of people me like having to leave and me no can do anything about it" he frowned.

vonboy · **Reply #343 on:** June 20, 2011, 01:20:12 PM

"Well, thank you Petrie! I know the Gang always goes exploring out here. We're bound to...meet, so I'm sure I'll get to talk to my friends every once in awhile!"

Things were getting emotional, so Chomper felt like talking about something else for a while.

"So, about the other flyers here, you know some of them? I heard you say something about a uncle?"

Mama's Girl · **Reply #344 on:** June 20, 2011, 01:44:03 PM

Petrie nodded along with Chomper's point. He hadn't exactly given up on going back, but then, as he'd said, going in and out and keeping an eye on Chomper could be tricky...he'd decide about all that later.

"Oh yeah, you no meet me Uncle Pterano, just hear about him" the flyer recalled.

"He's our mama's brother" Harper filled in.

"Yeah we meet him again" Petrie said, "and he with some friends. Some who weren't friend before but are now and even other sharpteeth" Petrie indicated Redback and the others that Chomper had already met.

Harper glanced up at the ledge, "I think he's still just inside there, let me go see if maybe he wants to say hi" she flapped up and over. Inside the cave she found Uncle Pterano had apparently tripped or something. She smiled, flapping over, "Hey, Uncle Pterano, you wanna come meet a sharptooth friend of mine and Petrie's?" she asked, "He's nice like Redback and the ones you know".

trulyfantasticme · **Reply #345 on:** June 20, 2011, 03:04:28 PM

*Aww that little build up for me? Aww thanks guys!*

Pterano coughed, still trying to recover from his ummm...How do I say it? Stupidity fall.

But he did manage to squeak out, "Okay..."

With the help of Devon and Artie, Pterano got up on his feet and flew outside once again. He wanted to scream of fright but then he could be himiliating himself in front of his nephew and niece. He didn't want to do that.

He managed to pull out a nervous smile as Artie nudged him. "Don't be rude, say hi!" she quietly scolded him.

"H-h-hello..." he squeaked out.

"He's very nervous when it comes to meeting new sharpteeth." she explained to Chomper. "But you look like a nice looking fella. He'll get used to you."

vonboy · **Reply #346 on:** June 20, 2011, 03:20:44 PM

"You don't have to be afraid, Mr. Pterano, I'm Chomper, the Friendly Sharptooth!"

Chomper extended his claw in a friendly handshake, while also giving a toothy grin.

Though, in the back of his mind, he did think this was funny. He never wanted to admit it, but he always enjoyed scaring people. He loved meeting new people, and seeing how they react to him. It was always in good fun though, he didn't want anyone to get hurt!

trulyfantasticme · **Reply #347 on:** June 20, 2011, 03:44:20 PM

Pterano held out his hand to shake Chomper's. A little frightening and intense at first then Pterano sunk into it as he began to relax. A small smile formed on his face as he calmed himself down.

"Why hello there, Chomper. So you know my nephew?" he asked.

vonboy · **Reply #348 on:** June 20, 2011, 04:02:59 PM

"Yeah, I do know Petrie. Actually, we're best friends! Him and some of his friends hatched me, and sort of raised me."

"So, what about you? What are you doing out here?"

Allicloud · **Reply #349 on:** June 20, 2011, 04:18:16 PM

Zin watched the scene unfold, charmed by the strange coincidence of all these old friends meeting up, when he heard Chomper's question.

"You know...that's actually a good question. What are all you flyers doin' out here? You don't usually get such a big group of leafeaters in the Beyond. Usually they're solitary out here, like us."

He was suddenly hit by a slightly depressing thought "I-in fact, we hadn't seen any leafeaters since Redback and Tero brought us to meet you... Speaking of Tero, where's that strange boy gone?"

trulyfantasticme · **Reply #350 on:** June 20, 2011, 04:19:49 PM

"Well ummm...its a long story actually." Just then an idea hit the red flyer. "Well it is getting late." He gazed up at the starry night sky. "Umm...how about you come up to the cave and I'll tell you all about it."

vonboy · **Reply #351 on:** June 20, 2011, 04:22:30 PM

"Sure, I LOVE listening to stories!"

Chomper was getting excited. He'd been pretty bored and lonely the last few weeks as well, so he was in the mood for a story.

Suddenly, his stomach growled again. In all this excitement, he forgot he was still hungry!

Mama's Girl · **Reply #352 on:** June 20, 2011, 04:28:49 PM

Petrie smiled as it seemed Chomper and his uncle were going to be able to get along quite well, which was of course very important to him. He frowned a bit as Chomper asked a pretty big question even without knowing it, about why Pterano was out here.

He didn't know what he could say, though. If he told Pterano he didn't have to talk about it it would sort of show Chomper's question might have been problimatic and he didn't want to hurt his friends feelings, plus he knew he couldn't explain it for Pterano or anything, everything being so...difficult. So the little flyer just stayed quiet. Harper gave him a reassuring smile though.

trulyfantasticme · **Reply #353 on:** June 20, 2011, 04:40:57 PM

"Well that's great. Umm..." he frowned as regret filled his emotions, realizing what he had just done. "...You see...this is going to be very hard for me to explain. But I'll explain the best way that I can..." With that he led Chomper and everyone else back into the cave, spotting a couple of ground crawlers right when they got there. Pterano scooped some into his hands and passed them onto Chomper.

"Here you go, Chomper, if you'll like them." Pterano then began his story. "Well, you see...Umm...I did something terribly wrong and I feel deeply sorry for what I did..." He closed his eye as an unnoticed tear fell down. "It all started when I caught up with this herd along with my two comrades and I overheard a couple of rainbowfaces talk of this Stone of Cold Fire."

"What's that?" Artie asked curiously.

"Well, it's kinda this magical stone that could end all suffering. I wanted to do just that but..."He sighed. "I was...umm...I just didn't know how because I failed so much in my life."

Mama's Girl · **Reply #354 on:** June 20, 2011, 05:11:43 PM

Petrie and Harper both frowned as they listened. Of course both knew very well what had happened, but still, to hear Uncle Pterano telling of it.

"Y-Yeah, he only trying to help" Petrie pointed out in his uncle's defense as he told Chomper.

"Petrie" Harper whispered to her brother to tell him not to interrupt. She was having mixed feelings. She believed the way her uncle told of why he'd wanted to go after the stone but...everything her mom had said on what he'd done came back to the hatchling as she recalled what she'd heard just in kids always hearing more than adults knew about. Her mother had seemed to think Pterano's actions not so noble and thought out.

vonboy · **Reply #355 on:** June 20, 2011, 05:12:11 PM

Chomper was glad when Pterano gave him a few ground crawlers to eat. It wouldn't fill him up much, but he could eat some more after he heard the story. He was used to being hungry anyway.

As he heard Pterano begin his tale, he got the inkling that this wasn't going to be a happy story.

trulyfantasticme · **Reply #356 on:** June 20, 2011, 05:21:52 PM

"So in order to get the stone, there was one thing I had to do: Stay unnoticed. Except for my sister, no one noticed me." Pterano continued. "But I felt the urge I had to see Petrie because well...I missed him. Very much actually." He turned to the little flyer. "Your mother very clearly told me to stay away from you, but I just couldn't. I had to see you."

vonboy · **Reply #357 on:** June 20, 2011, 05:31:22 PM

"Why did you not want to be seen? Someone not like you or something?" Chomper asked.

As Chomper said this, he thought back to the time he returned to the Great Valley. He was scared of the grownups at first, and it took a while for Littlefoot and his friends to help the grownups see he was nice. He remembered getting chased by Mr. Threehorn once. That was NOT fun!

bushwacked · **Reply #358 on:** June 20, 2011, 05:37:16 PM

As Luke listened to Pterano's story, he felt it was more personal, and directed towards his nephew. He got up quietly and headed out of the cave to breath in the cold night air.

Mama's Girl · **Reply #359 on:** June 20, 2011, 05:39:07 PM

Petrie and Harper hadn't expected there to be any part of this story that they hadn't heard before, so they were both stunned at what Pterano said next.

Their...their mom had told him not to come around? Harper looked thoughtful, trying to figure out how she felt about this.

Petrie was even more confused than her over this news and...it was odd. He'd never been mad at his mom before, actually mad, but as he heard how she'd almost kept Uncle Pterano from seeing him...the young flyer had to push these thoughts aside.

He glanced up to Pterano again, "W-well me glad you did come..." he smiled.

Harper glanced over at Chomper at his question. That icky stomach falling feeling had already hit and she had an idea why, clearly remembering hearing about how Pterano had been kicked out after the incident with his herd. She recalled how hard it had been for her mother to tell the rest of them that on their way to the Valley and suddenly felt Petrie might not understand everything as well as he should. She'd try to explain to him later though and not interrupt.