TIME DINOSAURS
Episode 1:It all began with Alexander
It started out as a regular day in the Great Valley: the sun was shining high in the sky and the dinosaur folks were doing whatever it is they've been doing every day. For some who live outside the valley this seemed like a very boring routine. But for some surten dinosaurs this wasn't boring at all, and these are our 7 young dino heroes: Littlefoot the Apatosaurus, Cera the triceratops, Ducky the saurolophus, Spike the stegosaurus, Petrie the pteranodon, Chomper the friendly T. Rex and Ruby the oviraptor.
Every single day they play all sorts of fun games like tag, hide and seek, toss the seed, etc. and on a few surten occasions they'd have some exciting adventures, all having happy endings.
At the moment they are playing toss the seed ,the prehistoric version of football, with Littlefoot, Chomper and Petrie in one team and Cera, Ducky, Spike and Ruby in another team. Right now the seed or pinecone was at Littlefoot who was trying to score a gole but was now surrounded by Cera and Ruby. Then the young sauropod heard Chomper cry out to him:
"Littlefoot! Over here! I'm open!"
Seeing his chance Littlefoot dropped the seed from his mouth and swiped it with his tail to Chomper. Seeing this Cera and Ruby emadiatly ran after it but it was to late since Chomper already caught it with his so called 'little arms'. Then the young rex ran for a bit only to trip over rock he didn't see and the seed was sent flying through some bushes. Seeing this the others stopped the game then Ducky went up to Chomper and asked him:
"Chomper, are you OK?"
"I'm OK. I just tripped."-the young rex replied
"Well when you tripped the seed went through those bushes over there."-Cera added, pointing to the direction where the pinecone went
"That's OK. I'll just go after it."-Chomper said
"We will go to Chomper. If we all look together we'll find it faster"- Littlefoot added with the others nodding in agreement
So they went into the bushes and started searching for their missing 'ball'. After what seemed like an hour Chomper finally found the pinecone in a small clearing, but that wasn't the only thing he found.
"Hey guys! Come over here and see what I've found!"-Chomper shouted to his friends
Hearing their friends shouts the young dinosaurs went straight to the area where their friend was. As soon they reached the spot what they saw before them was more then just Chomper but probably the most incredibile thing they ever saw: there, right in front of them, was a big, flickering light, with what looked like shards of light floating around it. It prodused an unusual huming sound that they never heard before. This and what was on the other side of it was something the gang had never seen before in their lives.
[Theme song and intro]
Littlefoot and his friends just stood there, frozen in place, still gazing upon the unusual light before them. Then, in order to break the silence, Chomper decided to start up a conversation, the topic being the light.
"So…what do you guys think it is?"-upon hearing their little friend everyone snapped out of their thoughts. And thank God for that because if they would have stayed like that, mouths wide open in confusion, any longer then some flies would've made their home in there.
"I…I really don't know."-Littlefoot began as his neurons were still swimming in questions inside his brain-"I've never seen anything like it before."
"It sure look like Bright Circle, only smaller."-said Petrie, trying to appeare a bit brave in front of the others.
"Oh yes it does, yes, yes, yes."-Ducky soon joined in the talking-"But it's not as warm as the Bright Circle, nope, nope, nope."
"Ducky's right"-Ruby also began-"and the last time I've checked the Bright Circle didn't do that sound either."
"Maybe we should tell the grownups."-Littlefoot said and turned to walk away but was stopped by Cera who began-"Wait a second Littlefoot. If we tell them about this then they'll probably think we're being silly. And besides how many of these things do you think the grownups have seen before?"
Littlefoot was taken aback by this but he knew that she's right the first and the second time. So he began to think for a minute and after that he said:
"Alright then. Let's see if-"-Littlefoot never got to finish his sentence because he and everyone else all heard what sounded like a nay from a horse (but they didn't know what a horse was) right from the light.
At first they thought they were just hearing things, but after about a minute or so Ruby had finally managed some words, in a rather shacky way:
"Uhm guys? I don't want to ask what was that, but I'm going to ask anyway what was that?
"I don't know Ruby."-Littlefoot replied to his friends question, which didn't seem like a question-"But I think it may have come from the other side of this light."
"What?! Are you crazy? There's no way that noise would have come from 'the other side' of that light. Unless…"-Cera began.
"There's some kind of place on the other side of that."-Chomper finished and continued-"Meaning this light could be some sort of gateway."
"Well only one way to find out."-Littlefoot began after a minute of thinking-"One of us has to peek through that light and see what's on the other side."
No one said anything for a moment, but a little later Cera gave a slight nudge to Littlefoot and said:
"Well go on."
"What? Why me?"
"'Cause it was your idea and you have the longest neck, now go on."-Cera said and pushed Littlefoot a bit further
The young sauropod hasitantly moved forward to the strange light. He first put his paw to the floating glass shards but felt nothing. Felling a bit relieved he took a deep breath, closed his eyes and stuck his head through the light. He stood still for a few minutes but after that he turned to his friends with a happy expression and what left his mouth was something no one was expecting:
"Hey guys, there's green food on the other side. You want to see?"-instead of an answer everyone was just looking at him with dull expretions, as if they just seen the ghost of Sharptooth himself.
Then after about a minute of dull staring Spike began to sniff the air and sure enough he began to walk to the light and draw everyones attention. Littlefoot moved away and allowed Spike to pass and in a matter of seconds Spike just went through the light as if it was nothing.
Everyone was quiet surprised at what Spike just did but after a moment Littlefoot turned to his friends and said with the same smile on his face:
"See you guys? There's nothing to worry about. Come on!"-and with that being said Littlefoot went through the light without trouble. Ducky soon followed, along with Petrie, Chomper and Ruby. At first Cera was a bit reluctant to follow but she felt like they just wouldn't survive without her. And besides, it would be against her better judgment.
So she closed her eyes and walked through the light, with the humming like ring singing in her ears, and as she got to the other side she saw that what Littlefoot said was right: there were plants all around her, the kinds of plants she had never seen before, not even on the Mysterious Island. Then she suddenly heard Spike munching down on some of these strange vegetations and didn't feel ill at all.
Then Cera spotted the rest of the gang doing the same and pretty soon Littlefoot walked up to her and asked:
"Well Cera? What do ya think?"
"I just don't know what to say…"-she began barely able to make out some words-"Where, exactly, are we?"
"Well this isn't the Mysterious Beyond. That much I can tell."-Chomper said while trying to find some eateble bugs.
Then followed a slight argument about where they are each, except for Spike, trying to determen what to do. After two minutes Petrie flew to the arguing group and shouted:
"HEY GUYS!"-this draw the attention of everyone and then he continued-"Me see group of strange creatures near a river not far from here."
"What kinds of creatures Petrie?"-Littlefoot asked now being intrigued by this discovery.
"Well…it hard to explain, so follow Petrie and you'll see."-the young flier said then lead the others into the direction where he saw these new creatures.
They've been following Petrie for about ten minutes and after said minutes they reached the shores of a river and at the edge were creatures they were never even suppouse to see: humans. But these weren't just any humans; these were Macedonians all getting themselves prepared for the next battle.
Littlefoot and the gang peeked out of the bush they were in and were truly amazed by the site. They had absolutely no idea these creatures were humans but Chomper couldn't help but ask in whisper:
"Uhm, what are those things?"
"I don't know Chomper."- Littlefoot replied in whisper as well-"But I think we should go back."
"Yeah lets."-Cera added and she and the others began to back away.
But as they took only a few steps Littlefoot felt something pointy at the back of his neck. He and the others turned around only to see a tall man holding a sword right in front of the young sauropods nose.
They were three more with him and each of them holding swords at them. The young dinosaurs were trembling at the site and after a moment the tall man spoke in Macedonian and all though they didn't understood it, translated, sounded something like this:
"Who are you? Tell us your names and your reasons for being here!"
Littlefoot and the others just looked at each other in utter confusion not understanding what the man said. But as the man moved his blade closer to Littlefoots neck Ducky had put up some courage and spoke, still scared:
"Uhm…e-excuse me s-sir. But we do not understand what you just said oh no, no, no."
Now the men were the ones looking at each other in utter confusion. Eventually the tall man spoke in English to them but still had his sword only a few inches away from Littlefoots neck:
"You do not speak Macedonian? Who or what are you?"
"W-we're dinosaurs s-sir."-Littlefoot finally managed some words even though he looked like a hostage at the hands of a murdurer-"We're just kids s-sir and we were really on our way back home."-Littlefoot put up a nervous smile trying to appear as innocent as he can.
The man didn't exactly bought his story but he did pull his sword back a bit to allow his target to breath normally then said:
"Very well. You will all come with us and our leader will decide your faiths."-the man said determantly and before the little dinosaurs could respond the three acompanying men were already pointing their weapons at them and gesturing for them to start walking.
The group had made their way through the camp and while they were doing so every soldier was starring at the young dinosaurs, much to their dislikes. Eventually they reached a wide opened tent where the gang saw a man, who they initially thought was the leader of these Macedonians, holding a scroll in his right hand and sleeping.
The tall man told them to wait while he wakes the other one up. As he did the other man woke saying something in Macedonian with a smile. But as the tall man told him about the gang his smile emediatly faded away. He then got up from his bed, still holding the scroll, and walked up to the dinosaurs.
At first the didn't exactly seemed impressed because he seemed shorter then their capturer but when he pulled out his sword and pointed it to Littlefoots head, not so close this time, they were starting to get nervous. Then the man spoke:
"Tell me who or what you all are right now."
"*gulp* we're dinosaurs sir. Kids even. We didn't mean to disturb you sir, we were just exploring. Then we wanted to go home but that tall one, along with his friends stopped us and brought us here. We really don't mean you harm sir. Honestly!"-Littlefoot exclaimed the last part, nearly shading a tear in the process. Seeing this the man lowered his sword and spoke calmly:
"What is your name young one?"
"Littlefoot, sir."-the little dinosaur said holding back his tear.
Then the man put his sword away then continued: "I'm sorry about that Littlefoot, but with what we have seen in these past times it became hard for us to know who to actually trust."-the gang felt a bit more calm and the man continued-"Do not fear men! Everything they say is true! They are not with the Persians or any other of our enemies!"
Every one of the Macedonians felt a bit unsure at the moment but they seemed to trust their leader so they went along. The man then continued: "Please come with me inside my tent."
The gang followed him in, along with the tall man, still glaring at them. Inside the man sate down onto his bed while the dinosaurs were sitting on the ground and the tall man was standing at the entrance of the tent. Then the leader spoke once more:
"Now look,*sigh*I know this may be a bit uncomfortable for all of you here right now but why don't we begin our little peace by introducing ourselves."
Reluctantly Littlefoot began: "OK. My name is Littlefoot, although you know that already, and these are my friends; Cera, Ducky, Spike, Petrie, Chomper and Ruby."-they all awkwardly smiled and waved at the man, unsure about what will happen.
The man then said: "My name is Alexander, son of Philip of Macedon and soon the conqueror of the Persian empire. And this man is my life-long friend Hephaistion."-he pointed to the tall, glaring man-"So where do you all come from?"
"We come from the Great Valley mister Alexander, we do, we do."-Ducky finally said with her little big brother nodding in agreement.-"What is this place?"
"It is called Gaugamela and we were just preparing for the battle of our lives."-said Hephaistion in a really serious tone.
"Battle? W-w-what battle?"-asked Petrie in his usual nervous way
"The battle against the Persians. You see for the past few years we have been struggling to conquer the entire Persian empire and unite it with Macedon, my homeland. This has been my fathers dream, one I am hopping to accomplish. We have already won several battles against them, our greatest was at Issus when the Persian king Darius fled away like a coward and the battle was left for us to win."-Alexander explained
"So if you've already beaten them so many times, why don't they just give up?"-Cera asked, now curious of the situation.
"That is the thing about the Persians: they just don't know when to give up. But I'm confident that after todays battle they will surely surrender."-Alexander replied
"And let me guess, you will all help us in our battle."-Hephaistion said dryly to the young dinosaurs getting their full attention.
"Do not be a fool Hephaistion. They are just children. They said themselves they are not suppouse to be here."-Alexander protested on his friends comment
"Well Alexander I have overheard some of the men saying that these 'dinosaurs' are actually sent by Zeus himself to aid us in our battle."-Hephaistion kept pouring in, as if he wanted the gang to participate in the upcoming battle.
"Uhm…pardon me for asking, but I'm asking you, who is this 'Zeus'?"-Ruby asked being as confused as everyone else
"He is the great God of Olympus, the one who protects all of us."-Alexander said
"Uhm, Mister Alexander? This may sound silly but maybe we could help you and the others in your fight against the Persians."-Littlefoot said catching everyones attention. Up 'till now Littlefoot stood quiet, trying to think of a way to both help Alexander and show Hephaistion that they're not bad.
"I'm sorry Littlefoot but it's to dangerous. You're not coming."-Alexander said and with that he left the tent with Hephaistion following. The gang staid in the tent having a war counsil of their own.
"I still think we could help them."-Littlefoot said his thoughts out loud
"But Littlefoot, how can we help them? They have those long sharp thinghies and we do not have anything to even defend ourselves."-Ducky said, laying out the details as usual
"And besides, even if we do step into this thing we can't possibly be sure that we could even survive it."-Cera added
"C'mon Cera, we've faced sharpteeth before and they seemed more scary then these guys."-Littlefoot protested on both comments-"And besides Alexander seems friendly and I don't think its right to not help out a friend."
"I want to help."-Chomper said eagerly
"I will help too."-Ruby added
"Me help too."-Petrie added aswell
"Then I will help too, yep, yep, yep. And what about you Spike"-Ducky got a nod from him and a sound that sounded like 'alright'.
"Oh alright I'll come to."-Cera agreed in defeet-"But what about Alexander? If he finds out about our plans he'll surely try to stop us."
"Well that's why we'll not tell him and only step in in the right time"-Littlefoot finally added with the others agreeing.
The next day
The Macedonian and Persian armies were face-to-face and by comparison, even by Alexanders men, the Persians were outnumbering them. The battle field: open, flat terrain, with lots of room for everyone to maneuver and for Darius, the Persian king, to unleash his secret weapon: chariots with bladed weels.
Littlefoot and the gang were not far behind the Macedonian army, but thanks to whoever had the stupid idea of what the battle field shod be, they had to be at a relatively large distance away from the Macedonians so no one could notice them. They were very impressed by the arsenal the Macedonians possessed, specifically the cerissus spears. They were wondering how could the men possibly hold such massive weapons.
Their train of thought ended when they suddenly heard a noise signalling the beginning of the battle. As the two armies clashed and everyone was buisy trying to make sure their asses don't get killed the gang managed to crawl through the bloody battle, somehow even unharmed. However their luck would be short lived 'cause after a few moments they suddenly noticed that the Macedonians have split up into islands leaving them exposed to the oncoming danger: Dariuses bladed chariots. Fortunatly the chariots have passed through, without harming any of the men and the gang managed to duck from the blades.
Also, using his frog-jumps, Chomper managed to jump right on to a chariot. He sneaked right up to the driver and bit his ass. The driver screamed in agony and after Chomper let go of him he turned around and was surprised seeing the little rex waiving at him and saying "Hi". The driver then lundged at him but missed and fell right of the chariot.
Chomper then took control of the vehicole and orientated it to the direction of his friends. Arriving to the gang, and after slicing down a few Persians in the process, he luckly managed to stop the chariot and then asked his friends:
"Need a lift?"
Everyone else nodded and got up with Chomper as the driver. As Alexander was beating enemies he suddenly heard some child-like cries of cheer. As he looked into the direction from where it came from he only now noticed seven very familiar young dinosaurs driving one of the Persians chariots and slicing through enemy lines. He was quiet surprised at the site but suddenly heard one of his men yelling Dariuses retriet.
As the gang got down they to heard the news and into the direction one of the Macedonians was pointing and saw a man on a horse retrieting. They immediately assumed that he was Darius and of course, thinking rashly again, Chomper started to run after him, grasping a broken spear end while he was at it. Seeing this Alexander went after him as fast as Bucefalus could carry him. After a while of running and seeing that he can't catch up to him, Chomper stopped dead in his tracks and threw his spear end and caught Dariuses left leg. The coward Persian king yelled in pain and looked back and saw a glaring Chomper.
He then turned back and kept on fleeing. Alexander arraived at the seen and was about to yell at Chomper when he heard one of his men calling for his help. He got Chomper up on his horse and went back to the battleground. By the time they had arrived back the battle was already won.
Chomper noticed that Alexander was heading to the gang, who had gathered in one place. Arriving there Chomper got of Bucefalus and was met with a group hug by his friends but was short lived because Alexander walked up to them, glaring daggers at them and said:
"You have all disobaied my orders and put your lives in compliet danger. However in light of the fact that through your efforts you have assured us victory I have decided to forget your punishment. But only now."-with that being said the others began to jump up and down and cheering for their success. Then Hephaistion stept forth and said:
"I suppouse I owe you all an apologie. I guess I was wrong about you. Can you find it within you to forgive me?"-Hephaistion asked as he bowed down to the young dinosaurs and after a brief moment Littlefoot finally spoke-"It's ok Hephaistion. We forgive you."
And so Hephaistion rose to his feet And then Cera turned to Alexander, who just got up onto his horse, and asked him-"So Alexander? Are we done yet?"-"No. Not yet. There is one more thing we have to do."-with that Alexander gestured for everyone to follow him. At first the gang was reluctant to follow but found out that if they don't they'll never hear the end of it. And so with a sigh of defeat they followed the Macedonians into what will probably be their most exciting fight here.
After what seemed like an eternity they have all arrived to the legendary city of Persepolis. The gang was truly amazed by the site before them: they knew ponies could build awesome cities like Canterlot, but Persepolis came pretty close. Even the Macedonians were amazed by this city. Within a few hours they have somewhat settled in: the soldiers have taken posts around the city making sure no one tries to cause mischief, the gang was hanging around with Alexander who was buisie with the people of the city.
Alexander was dressed in robes native to this city and was currently sitting on a throne-like chair with the gang sitting around him and seeing the people of Persepolis coming to the great conquerer and offering him many many golden objects. The little dinosaurs were amazed by the many objects that were placed in front of their human friend and of course in front of them. This proses took a long time but it was followed by more people coming to Alexander and bowing to him as a show of respect. After what seemed like an eternity they finally left the area only to resief word that Darius is being held by Persian conspiroters in a camp not from here.
Knowing this Alexander decided to go after him and offered Chomper to follow him there. The little rex eagerly excepted and in no time at all they were off. But as soon as they arrived to the place the entire camp site was deserted, save a few bloody clothes lying on the ground. Alexander cautiously went there and used his sword to pull them of the dead body of Darius. Alexander was surprised seeing his enemy dead but he failed to notice the strange tracks that were around the body and the general area.
Chomper however didn't quiet miss this and quickly noticed that they were theropod tracks and could easily smell the sent of a predator. He didn't say anything to Alexander however 'cause he thought he might be mistaking. The Alexander gestured for him to get up on the horse because they were leaving. Arriving back to Persepolis Chomper immediately ran to his friends and told them the news:
"Guys listen I found something weird out there. I saw sharptooth tracks and could even smell the sharptooth in question."
"Oh come on Chomper there aren't any sharpteeth around here. I mean how could-"-Cera never got to finish her sentence 'cause right then they heard one of the Macedonians scream in agony and pain. They immediately ran to that direction, but as they turned at a corner they saw the man in question being devoured by a giant Torvosaurus (the one from Dinosaur Revolution).
As the huge heavy-weight swallowed up the man it suddenly turned and saw the gang. It roared at them and charged, mouth wide open. The gang instictivlie ducked out of the way and the pred rammed its head into one of the collums. Now it was really pissed and was thrashing around, uncontrollably and now had Ruby right beneath it. Seeing its chance the Torvosaurus began to lower its head and getting ready to eat Ruby up. Ruby closed her eyes and placed her arms in front of her eyes and getting ready for her death. But to her surprise it never came.
She opened her eyes and saw the predator raise its head and roar in pain. Ruby then looked in front of her and saw Alexander stiking a spear into the beasts winkie then pulled it out and started to back away as the beast turned its attention to him. Now it was really raging mad and was preparing to kill Alexander. Ruby then ran back to her friends and said:
"Guys! We've got to help Alexander or that sharptooth will kill him."
"But how are we going to do that? That thing is way more bigger then us and lot more meaner now!"-Cera began to question. At this Littlefoot began to look around and saw something that could actually work and said-"I think I know. C'mon!"
As the gang was preparing their plan, Alexander was buisy getting away from the inraged Torvosaurus. By now the large reptile had turned much of the city into rubble, also squishing some soldiers and civilians in the prosses. Finally Alexander had had stopped, but to his misfortune it just happens to be a dead end.
With him cornered the Torvosaurus felt like it was wining but it couldn't have been more wrong. As it reached down to eat the Macedonian king it suddenly heard Littlefoot shouting at him from…above?:
"Hey ugly! Wanna play?"-as he said that the reptilian predator looked up and saw the gang of seven pushing a huge colum down. Seeing that it won't work it decided to try and go after them. Seizing the opportunitie Alexander ran of. As the Torvosaurus was preparing to jump the gang had finally managed to push down the colum and it fell on the theropod, turning it into a Torvopancake.
The gang began to cheer for their success and saw Alexander and his men aproching the dead beast. They saw that its skull vas complietly flatend and when they looked up at the young dinosaurs they to began to cheer for their victory over the Jurassic predator.
Later that day the Torvosaurus's dead body was burned down in the middle of the city and in the meantime Littlefoot and his friends were about to get a special surprise. Alexander led them into their current treasury in the city and one they saw all the treasure from the city they were totally stunned. But quiet as stunned as after what Alexnder said:
"Listen: in recognishion for your outstanding bravery against the Persian army and that beast from earlier I will allow you to pick one object from our treasury."
"Really? Can we really pick one of these?"-Ruby asked, eyes sparkling in excitement, a little something she learned from Rarity.
Alexander nodded and so they began to dig right in. After about ten minutes they have decided to take a medium sized golden chest, were they decided to put their most valuable objects. But with all the excitement they suddenly remembered that they have to get back home. They told Alexander and some of his trusted men about the light and where it is. Alexander has decided to take them back to Gaugamela himself. And so he brought along one of the chariots to carry both them and the chest.
After half a days track they finally reached Gaugamela where Littlefoot and his friends lead him to the light. Alexander was amazed by the site but he was even more surprised when he felt that his sword was drawn to it. After a breaf moment Littlefoot turned to Alexander and said:
"Well*sigh*I guess this means goodbye Alexander."
"Goodbye? No. It isn't complietly the end. Your couragiuos acts will never be forgotten. In fact I've just put some writers to write down everything you and your friends have done for my men and me."-Alexander said, leaning down to Littlefoots eyelevel.-"So I guess we'll be remembered, huh?"-Cera asked as she walked up to him.-"Yes you will Cera. And maybe some day we will meet again."-Alexander said with a confident smile.
Then Littlefoot and the gang gave Alexander a group hug which he did enjoy. Then the gang took their chest and went through the light.
When they got back, however, they noticed that the adults didn't even notice that they disappeared. It's like they've only been missing for only a few short hours. They felt relieved that the grownups didn't notice their absence and they have agreed to not tell them anything about their latest adventure.
And so the light disappeared, the gang hid away their new golden chest and were now going back to their nest to get a well deserved rest. For Alexander the Great and his men this would not be the last time they'd see dinosaurs, and for Littlefoot and his friends their adventures in the human world were only jut beginning.
END OF EPISODE 1