The Continuing Saga

Mama's Girl · **Reply #280 on:** August 08, 2011, 04:13:33 PM

At Pterano's call, Ridge did realize how yeah, running seemed about their only option here. He dropped his stance of having raised his tail and turned to rush off with the others. It was on the tip of Cera's tongue to criticize the "just running" plan, but then that was kind of all they ever found they could really do with Redclaw and his minions.

"I think he waits for us" Cera answered Littlefoot's query. "Don't know why beating a bunch of kids like us would be so important..." she gave her own huff. She was mainly just ignoring the Rainbow Faces but did hear them go on about a plan. She rolled her eyes.

"Is it a good plan that might work?" Ducky asked the Rainbow Faces as they ran. She knew the question was a bit...useless, but couldn't think of better. doubt it was Cera's thought, but she didn't say it out loud.

Harper also was having way more occurrences in one day than she cared for, but somehow she found amidst her own fear, she didn't lock up fully due to it and her mind still ran with trying to think up options, like when she'd had enough sense to know she had to act on Littlefoot's suggestion during the flying rocks and fly up to spot the way. Options weren't coming as fast as she wanted, though. Then she heard Pterano's question to Petrie. Oh yeah, she thought she'd heard of something like that working with the hidden cave sweets or something wasn't it? About now she hoped so and that an answer could be that simple as she glanced behind them again, almost hoping the shapteeth wouldn't be there. They were.

vonboy · **Reply #281 on:** August 08, 2011, 07:52:35 PM

"I don't think I even want to try!" Chomper replied to Littlefoot with a grim smirk. He turned around and took off.

"Wait up Chomper! I can't protect you is I can't be near you!" Ruby called out at him. She rushed over, putting Chomper on her back, and then running off at full speed.

"Let me see what I can do." Redback said as he rushed forward, slashing at the two fast biters, then quickly pulling back to the side. He didn't think he could really do that much damage, but he could perhaps distract them from the kids.

Tero had finally caught sight of the group from his perch on the Great Valley Wall. He took off in their direction.

Pterano · **Reply #282 on:** August 08, 2011, 08:17:31 PM

As Redback moved to attack the fast biters, Hyp could only snarl at the audacity of the sharptooth. "I don't believe it! He's gonna get himself killed!" he shouted.

Littlefoot was worried about his new friend, and briefly skidded to a halt, turning around to watch the unfolding spectacle.

The female Rainbow Face responded to Ducky's question as the longneck ground to a halt. "It would DEFINITELY work." she stated, almost flatly. "But..." she didn't exactly launch into why she felt reluctant to try it, as doing so might tip their hand a bit more than they'd like.

"I'm not entirely sure we have much choice though." the male said, worry actually flecking his tone.

Sighing, the female shot him a look, but muttered, "Do it... but quietly."

As Pterano started to adjust his course to head to the treesweets, a reddish blur suddenly appeared in his line of sight, and a streak struck Redclaw on his snout, forming a nice set of ruby claw marks that glistened as blood came to the surface. "What's this?" Pterano asked, shocked as he saw a darker red flyer appear where the streak had been.

"Leave them alone!" Norton hissed, and growled, though of course he didn't look very menacing to a T-Rex. He then hurled two stones he'd been holding downward, right at Screech and Thud. Starting to fly backward, he knew that it was only going to grant them a temporary reprieve.

Pterano could only watch, awestruck as this mysterious flyer did his work. "Um..." He reached out and grasped hold of a treesweet. "So... what do I do with this? Where do I throw it?" he asked, unsure which part of the sharptooth's body to target.

His shock soon turned to horror as he saw Devon get smacked against a tree. "Devon!" he gasped, flying immediately over to him. "Devon, are you are alright?" he called, still holding the treesweet in his hand. He wasn't quite there yet, but he'd be there shortly.

As he was asking this, Norton was flapping his wings to gain some altitude and get out of Redclaw's reach, but behind him, a blue light began to shimmer as the male Rainbow Face began to chant or speak something in an odd tongue. Littlefoot couldn't recognize the language at all, and to him, it almost looked as if the male's right hand was glowing blue, though it was a little hard to tell at this speed.

trulyfantasticme · **Reply #283 on:** August 08, 2011, 08:39:16 PM

Screech stumbled back due to Redback's blow, but caught his balance and lunged for Redback. Thud however, just shook his dizziness off and like Screetch lunged at poor Redback.

Devon just stood dead in his tracks as a flashback had hit him.

He was standing on the ledge of a cliff with his former father Sierra, watching as a herd of many sorts of dinosaurs passed by being lead by...some crazy flyer. "Devon! What are you waiting for? Come on!" Sierra instructed in an impatient tune.

Devon snapped out of his thoughts as he fallowed his father to a high cliff next to a trio of candy striped fast biters. The trio's first reaction was to lung at the two flyers, but Sierra stopped them in a way that nobody would even expect. "Whoa! Hold on there, boys." he stated in sharptooth language. "You'll get your dinner, but first you have to do me one tiny harmless favor."

Perhaps a good twenty or so minutes later, the herd Devon was watching before was becoming a buffet before his eyes. He was only fallowing his father's orders, but he felt something was not right. "Dad, this ain't cool! Stop the sharpteeth already!" Devon tried to point out.

"Stop making a fool outta yourself, boy and just enjoy the show. We'll get our dinner soon as well..." Sierra defended.

Devon could say no more, for he knew that if he did, there's no telling on what Sierra could do. Perhaps even feed him to the sharpteeth as well.

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The blue flyer took a deep breath. There was absolutely NO way that he would watch another dinosaur become a dinner for the sharpteeth. He gazed up above him and bingo! A cluster of treesweets. He shot himself into the air and took a few treesweets and aimed them at Screech and Thud.

The two fast biters, just as suspected, jumped off the spinosaurus due to the bad smell. "Yeah! That's right, fat biters! Devon is in the house and boy, is he rockin out tonight!" He threw yet another treesweet at the two, causing them to slip on the ground.

But the fun would soon be over as Red Claw swiped his tail at the young flyer, sending him into a tree, unconscious. The green sharptooth, considering that Devon would make a great appeltizer to his meal, lunged at the unconscious blue flyer with jaws wide open.

Just then, a blur of red passed by him, at first he thought it was Pterano...but it turned out to be someone else. He gasped, this complete stranger would risk his tail to help him?

He watched as Pterano flew over to his side. "I-I guess so...but who the heck is that?" Devon asked, referring to the mysterious red flyer in front of them.

(And just so you all know, I was referring to Pterano's herd in the flashback.)

Mama's Girl · **Reply #284 on:** August 08, 2011, 11:53:53 PM

Ridge turned as well to watch Redback rushed over and attempt to back the sharpteeth down. Like all sharpteeth battles, it looked bad and intense and he flinched, partly due to worrying over Redback as well.

Ducky nodded at the Rainbow Faces explanation, even if she didn't quite understand all or most of what they said. She just frowned, listening and watching the Rainbow Faces discussion. Whatever they were discussing seemed big, even if she didn't catch most of it.

Harper followed as Pterano banked over towards the treesweets, yet her head soon whipped about to follow the red blur that shot past. "Who's that" she wondered out loud to no one in particular, before next being shocked as he took on Redclaw as well, and also impressed with the success he got.

Cera turned as well, yet the first thing she noticed was the odd light coming from behind the new flyer. The male Rainbow Face seemed to be chanting as well. "What are they doing?" she asked, frowning in suspicion as she backed up.

Ducky noticed Pterano hesitating. "Like that!" she pointed to how Devon was throwing the treesweets. "Throw it at their noses! They don't like the smell!" she called from down below. One or two treesweets fell to her level as well and she flung them.

Harper looked intrigued, then picked up one herself. "That's all it takes?" she wondered, yet next tried out the activity herself and flung one.

LBTDiclonius · **Reply #285 on:** August 09, 2011, 12:04:27 AM

Spikes mind whirled as everything happened so fast. It seemed to him that Redclaw had just come out of nowhere with his Fast Biters right behind them, just as always. He honestly wondered why he and his friends were so prone to danger.

The young Spiketail gasped as the Flyer just appeared in front of them, hurling the stones at the giant Sharptooth, dazing the predator for a bit. He turned his head to look in Pterano's direction, and then slowly swung his head back to stare in shock at the mysterious Flyer that had just come up out of nowhere, literally.

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Elsewhere, Cira was still watching the diasaster that was striking the Valley with full force, no mercy. She shook her head rapidly, trying to get out of the state that she was in. Suddenly, she heard something. It sounded like cries, of children maybe? She looked in the direction and saw that Redclaw and his goons were there with some leaf eaters that looked fairly young and a few Flyers, though one of them seemed rather familair. Once she got to a Sharptooth with a distingishable fin on its back she frowned and sighed.

"Him again...although, they look they're in a tight spot there, maybe I should go help them...?" she contemplated silently to herself. She changed her course and slowly walked a ways away from the fight and watched it, getting ready to go help them if they needed it.

Pterano · **Reply #286 on:** August 09, 2011, 12:34:45 AM

"I... I'm not sure." Pterano said, looking hard at the new flyer. Who WAS that? He resembled Pterano's coloration, but there were differences as well. Pterano squinted, but shook his head. "I can't say I've ever seen him before in my life." he stated.

"So... like this?" he asked Ducky, and took the best aim he could, tossing the treesweet right at the nose of Redclaw. "Ah! So it's the smell! I see!" he exclaimed, finally understanding. "That makes sense!" Just as he spoke, the blue light coming from the male Rainbow Face's hand increased, and a flying rock suddenly shot down through the clouds, heading almost right for Redclaw and his group.

It impacted directly in front of them, beginning to throw off a great amount of acrid smoke and starting a small fire. Littlefoot watched in awe, the glow immediately vanishing from the male's hand. He simply stood there with a solid expression on his face, unreadable as a stone statue.

"I think we can get them!" Littlefoot called to the others. "Keep it up!" The smoke was definitely helping, and Norton flew over to Devon and Pterano, landing before them.

"Is he hurt?" he asked, looking down at Devon.

"I'm not terribly certain." was Pterano's response. "I only not badly." He picked up another treesweet, and was soon joined in by Hyp, who determinedly joined Harper, Ducky, and Pterano in pelting the treesweets.

"Get lost ya lousy sharpteeth!" he shouted, tossing his own treesweets right toward them.

Allicloud · **Reply #287 on:** August 09, 2011, 12:06:39 PM

(Hey guys. I'm back again, but only until Saturday, so I'll take over for Redback and Tero until then)

Tero hovered above the battle, watching as Redback lunged at the attackers. He blanched as he sw that two of them were fast biters, but he steeled himself, grabbing a clawful of treesweets from a tree.

Redback circled, snarling at the fast-biters. He suddenly heard a sound from the sky, and leapt nimbly to the side, just as a massive flying rock crashed down between him and the sharpteeth. Blood streaked from his snout as a fragment of rock caught him, but he got up to observe the damage.
Redclaw and the fast-biters were hesitant apparently, and were being pelted with treesweets. He was unsure whether to charge them again, or fall back with his friends.

Mama's Girl · **Reply #288 on:** August 09, 2011, 12:39:55 PM

Had Cera let her thoughts just go where they would she would almost have been tempted to think that the Rainbow Face's odd behavior and the flying rock next coming down near Redclaw were...yeah right. The rock did help though and it finally looked like they might beat Redclaw.

Ridge shook his head, "It almost makes me wish I was a two footer so I'd have something to throw with" he actually found a smile as he watched the barrage hit Redclaw and the fast biters.

"Try your tail" Harper called to him, "I think your spikes might hold them. Here" she dropped one for Ridge to catch in his tail and the spiketail caught it between his spikes. They poked the treesweet a bit, but that just made the smell and juice already leak through before he sent them hurling through the air and towards Redclaw, Screech and Thud.

vonboy · **Reply #289 on:** August 09, 2011, 01:39:54 PM

Ruby looked on at the mysterious rainbowfaces. Were they behind this? She couldn't know for sure, but it did seem fairly strange the way they acted she thought.

Both her and Chomper, seeing the fight was starting to turn in their favor, rushed back and joined the treesweet pelting squad.

Chomper tried his best, but with his short arms, he couldn't throw them very far. He accidentally pelted Redback on his first try. "Oops! Sorry, Redback!" His next few just hit the ground close to the fast biters.

Ruby was doing a lot better, hitting the fast biters with almost every shot.

Allicloud · **Reply #290 on:** August 09, 2011, 04:57:47 PM

Redback winced as the juice from the treesweet dripped into one of his eyes. But he shook it off and licked the offending fruit from his muzzle "Just your good luck I like these things!"

Turning to face the sharpteeth, he was suddenly struck by an impulse to actually fight. Throwing caution to the wind, he let out a fearsome snarl and charged headlong into the fast-biter duet.

trulyfantasticme · **Reply #291 on:** August 09, 2011, 05:41:34 PM

"Hey, that look like fun!" Petrie shouted as he took a treesweet and aimed it at Red Claw. The treesweet splashed in Red Claws face, causing the green sharptooth to look up at him. He tried to lung at the little flyer but Petrie just kept throwing treesweets.

But the poor little guy was running out of luck as he could no longer find any more tree sweets in his area. Before he could find another area, he was slapped by the tail of Red Claw as he slammed against a tree.

"Petrie!" Devon shouted as he rushed in to catch the little flyer. Petrie landed in Devon's arms, as he collapsed onto his knees. Being the little guy, he was more vulnerable than the older ones. So it hurt alot worse than it did when Devon smashed into a tree. "Uhh...Dad?" the blue flyer called as nervousness was breaking him.

(Don't worry, Petrie will be fine. He's just unconscious.)

Mama's Girl · **Reply #292 on:** August 09, 2011, 11:16:48 PM

Ducky allowed a small smile as it did seem to be working. Redback even didn't mind the smell! "Yes, we are getting it, we are!" she cheered.

With a laugh of his own Ridge kept up his assault as well and Harper switched from giving Ridge some to throw and then launching treesweets herself. Cera laughed, "Hey! Over here! Let me have a shot at him!". Ridge caught one of the treesweets as gently as he could so as not to crack it and then hurled it towards Cera, but aiming for her tail. The threehorn parried and hit the fruit, sending it straight at Screech.

Everything did seem to be going fine...until, as she glanced up, Harper noticed Redclaw glance straight at where Petrie was backing up outside of having treesweets to throw.

Neither girl knew they were simultaneous with it, but both Ducky and Harper gasped as Redclaw's tail came around and then cried out at the same time, "Petrie!".

"No..." Harper breathed and then shot from the tree to make it over to where Devon had already caught her brother.

"Harper!" Ridge charged out to grab the flyer gently by the wing, "There...there's nothing you can..." he tried to explain the futility of her just darting over while still keeping a hold of her.

The young flyer beat her wings faster to try to get free and, despite realizing Ridge was only looking out for her, frowned back at her friend, "Let me go!"

Pterano · **Reply #293 on:** August 10, 2011, 12:55:19 AM

Pterano could only gasp as Petrie was hurled against a tree. "No!" he cried out, and stopped his haggard assault, flying over toward Petrie at once and trying to reach him as fast as he could, though Devon beat him over there.

Norton gasped too, as he knew this was his cousin who had just taken a hit. "Oh no!" he said, and flapped his wings to head on down from the heights he'd gained above Redclaw. "Damn sharptooth! Lay off!" he snarled, though he was pretty sure that Redclaw couldn't understand him.

The Rainbow Faces too were not liking the progress of this fight. The gang... or most of them, was battling hard, but against a T-Rex... it would be difficult. "Tell the Executor to send another warning." the female snapped, and the male nodded, his hand starting to glow again as he spoke in that strange tongue, determination written on his features now.

"Petrie! Petrie!" Pterano shouted, flying up to him and grasping hold of him, despite him still being in Devon's hands. "Let me... let me see him... please." he urged Devon, and Norton landed nearby, a look of anguish on his features as he saw his cousin's battered state.

"Oh... no." he murmured again, his face falling.

"Come on! We can't stop!" Hyp was yelling, and even Littlefoot was getting involved, using his tail like a club, and whacking treesweets over in the fast biters' direction.

Just then, yet another flying rock came hurtling down, and landed a mere few feet from Redclaw, this one throwing up even more smoke than the first. It was all blowing in the sharptooth's direction as well, interestingly enough. "If he doesn't leave... the next one won't be so far off..." the male muttered, and shook his head. "I rather hate having to resort to this... but with the young ones in danger... we can push our oath a little bit."

LBTDiclonius · **Reply #294 on:** August 10, 2011, 01:16:33 AM

Spike smiled as he saw his friends battling with the three Sharpteeth. So many Tree Sweets were flying everywhere in all directions that he couldn't tell what came from where anymore, all he cared about though was getting out of this alive. He face fell though as he saw Petrie get hurled into a tree, courtesy of Redclaws tail, and was now unconcious in his uncles arms. He shook his head to clear that from his mind. Right now, he should focus on the fight.

He saw a Tree Sweet or two land just a few feet away from him. Spike moved to the side until his tail was right in line with both the Tree Sweet and Redclaw. He narrowed his eyes in both determination and conentration and swung his tail forward as hard as he could, scooping up the Tree Sweet and hurling it at Redclaw at high speeds. From experiance, he knew that Sharpteeth didn't like the smell, but it looked as if Redback didn't mind it! He smiled a bit as he kept hurling more Tree Sweets at the attacking Sharpteeth.

trulyfantasticme · **Reply #295 on:** August 10, 2011, 01:33:48 AM

(Awww man! I wanted to see Pterano kick some sharptooth butt! Oh well..)

Devon handed the unconscious flyer to his father, staring down at him with a sorrowful look. Petrie opened his eyes, realizing that he was now in his uncle's arms. He shifted. "Mmm...uncle?" he stuttered out.

As for the sharpteeth, the meteor crashed inbetween them and the sharpteeth. Red Claw, having no idea what this was, he along with his fast biters fleed from the sight, not to be seen again.

vonboy · **Reply #296 on:** August 10, 2011, 03:01:07 AM

Chomper stiffed up when he saw the damage done to Petrie. He didn't know how a tiny little flyer like that could survive that. As he rushed over to the poor flyer, now in PTerano's wings, he noticed that he wasn't moving, but that he was still breathing. "He's still alive!" The little sharptooth cried out in happiness.

He then watched as a second fire ball missed Redclaw by mere feet. <That's right! Get out of here you big bullies! Cowards!> Chomper yelled out in sharptooth at Redclaw and his goons as they fled.

"I know of some special treestars that could help him!" Ruby cried out, as she ran off to quickly find some. She ran as fast as she could, for Petrie really needed them.

Allicloud · **Reply #297 on:** August 10, 2011, 04:45:05 AM

Redback's mind was oblivious to all except the fast-biters, as he chased after them, bloodlust shining in his eyes. The blast of the second falling rock flung him back several feet, landing flat on his tail.

He stirred from the ground and opened his eyes. Goraning in disappointment, he watched as the three sharpteeth fled the Valley through the opening.
Redback hurried back over to join the group of the others. Shaking his head clear of his bloodlust, his eyes unclouded and eeveryone came back into focus "Huh...that was quick."

Mama's Girl · **Reply #298 on:** August 10, 2011, 11:47:46 AM

It was so heartbreaking for Ridge watching everyone else rush over and still having to hold Harper back, but he knew he couldn't let her charge over there, not until Redclaw wasn't there. Luckily the Rainbow Faces...appeared to do something else, or something. However it happened, more dust was kicked up and the sharp teeth soon left. Finally Ridge released his grip. Harper dove straight over to land on Pterano's shoulder and glance down to her brother. "He...he's not...". But Petrie stirred and she let out her breath as she also caught Chomper's words.

"I will come help you maybe carry more, I will!" Ducky called, rushing after Ruby and anxious to do anything she could to help her all but best friend.

Cera was never good with hard times and so, while hoping for the best with Petrie too, held back a bit, just listening for what the prognosis was. It seemed Petrie would be fine. She hoped so. Slowly, though, she did inch closer. This would be about the only way to get her to even consider coming as close as she was to where Pterano was, even if her focus still ignored the flyer holding his nephew and was centered on Petrie. She gave a small huff, "Don't know what we're all worried over though" she muttered lowly, "this is Petrie we're talking about, he'll be fine. Always has been before". She was mainly trying to convince herself, she knew.

Pterano · **Reply #299 on:** August 10, 2011, 02:23:12 PM

Pterano cradled his nephew, and felt his still pounding heart refuse to subside as he gazed down at the prone form he now held. He did manage to speak though, and his uncle brightened at the sight, but still wasn't certain if Petrie would pull through or not. How he was even still breathing was beyond Pterano, but the relief he felt was starting to grow.

"Please... please Petrie... just hold on." he urged, hearing Ruby's exclamation. "Oh hurry back with it!" he called after her. "Go as fast as you can!" he didn't mean to sound pushy, but his nephew was on the line here after all. He felt Harper land on his shoulder, and he looked over at her. "Don't even say that." he said softly. "He'll be just fine. He has to be" he glanced over in Norton's direction as Ducky too took off to join Ruby on her hunt.

"Oh and thank you sir, whoever you are. Your help has been invaluable. I... don't really fight, you see, or at least never really tried to any real extent, and if you hadn't of swooped in... you and Devon certainly helped out... as did Redback... all the children did in fact." he said, looking around at them. "Just... who are you, if I may ask?"

"Um... me?" Norton stammered. "Well uh... er.... the name's Norton. I... I'm just a flyer." he said, realizing that must've sounded really stupid. "I mean... a wandering flyer. I came in with the farwalkers when you did, but we haven't met." he said, trembling as he gazed upon the flyer he knew to be his father. Was this really him? But it had to be. He didn't seem incompetent, or vain... but then again, they hadn't even been speaking more than five minutes.

"Norton, you say? Well I'm Pterano, but I only wish you'd caught me at a better time." he said, his initial smile drooping once more as he gazed down at Petrie.

The Rainbow Faces approached now as well, concern written over their features, and both gazed on solemnly from afar.

Littlefoot had moved over to Redback, noticing (or he thought he did) a strange redness come over his eyes for a moment there, and then it almost looked as if he were coming out of some sort of trance or something. "Uhhh... Redback? You... OK?" He asked, noting that it looked as if Redback was suddenly becoming aware of his surroundings, though that was unusual, as he hadn't really gone anywhere.