Disclaimer: I do not own The Land Before Time. The Land Before Time belongs to Universal Studios, Inc., and I give them full credit. The only characters in this fic which I do, in fact, own, are Smoothjaw, his family, and any other Original Characters, which I might come up with. However, everything else belongs to Universal. I am not planning to go to jail, and be a criminal! :)

Chapter 1: The Birth -

Deafening sounds erupted, from all around him. A particularly profuse sound was coming from outside of the hard walls. It sounded like a crackling sound. Annoyed, the baby inside the egg tried to break his way out of the seemingly inpenetrable shell, that surrounded him. He started pounding against it, with his snout. At first, he thought that it was extremely difficult. He kept wearing himself out, until, finally, he got too tired to continue, and simply gave up.

"Whoosh!", he exclaimed. He was panting. Then, after about 10 minutes, of resting, he pecked at it with his snout, one more time. He was expecting it to be a no-budge, just like all of the others. However, this time, it felt different. The egshell felt much, much softer. Filled with a rather knewly-rekindled feeling of hope, he stopped pecking at it, with the egg-tooth, which was on his snout. Instead, now, he started to tear at it, with the sickle-claw, on his right foot. On the last try, he kicked, at it, with all of his might. He grunted so loud, that it resonated off the walls of the egg, and it actually made the entire structure, of the egg, vibrate, greatly. All of a sudden, he saw the hard shell give way. He saw a wave of blindingly bright light shining through it. Encouraged, he kept slashing, until he had made a hole that was big enough for him to stick his entire head and neck through. He stuck his head out, and started to squeal. He was calling for his mother and father to come and help him.

He saw a larger Sharptooth walk over to him. He instantly recognized her as his Mother. He knows her, by sight, by smell, and by her love. She reached her snout down, and started to lick him, with her huge tongue.

He chuckled, and gave her a small lick on the snout, as well. Then, he saw another giant Sharptooth walk up to him. As was the case, with his Mother, he recognizes this male individual as being no other than his very own Father, throught sight, smell, and love. He licks him, just like his mother did, to him, and he licks him back, a little bit, on the snout. Little did this young hatchling know, that, in the future, this small lick would prove to be much more valuable, than he had ever even dared to imagine.

He climbed out of what was remaining of his original egg, and walked out, into the nest. He felt the hard ground underneath his feet, and the warm ground, that was in-between his toes. He gave a nice, long, sigh, of relief, and he smiled, in pleasure. It feels so great to finally stop being cooped inside that stupid egg, and actually be able to see the world, for once!, He thought.

Meanwhile, he saw that his Mother was talking to his Father.

"When I licked him, I got to feel his teeth", his Mother had been saying. "And, they had felt so smooth!", she had exclaimed. I mean, I had previously been struggling to find a name, for him, but now, I've got a perfect one!", she said, smiling.

"And, what is that, honey?", his Father had asked.

"Smoothjaw!", his Mother had replied.

"Why, that is perfect!", his Father responded.

"Yes, it is!", said his Mother. She was smiling.

The baby - newly named Smoothjaw - got out of his nest. He nuzzled his Mother and Father, and then stared at the dark, dank forest, which was just in front of him. Why, there really is a whole lot out there!, he had been thinking. And, someday, I am going to find out exactly what!.

Reviews: Please review it! Constructive criticism is certainly, absolutely, accepted, and is even welcomed! However, remember, just don't be too harsh, on me, because this is, after all, my very first story, on this website! I promise you that many, many future chapters are going to be made! Now, as for Smoothjaws's species, he is a male Troodon, the same species of Fast Biter that was seen in the Pterano Flashback, in The Land Before Time VII: The Stone Of Cold Fire. He is going to be a member of the pack which killed the group, later on, in this story. And, near the end of this story, during the time set between The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom Of Friends, and the The Land Before Time TV Series, he will meet Red Claw, Screech & Thud. And he will play a somewhat major part in the separation of Chomper and Ruby, from their families. Please note that I am intending for this fanfic to eventually be considered actual, hardcore, TLBT Canon, one day, and not just a Fanon. Now, as for your reviews, I would really appreciate it, if you did review this story! I would greatly appreciate it, in fact!

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