CHAPTER TWO
The two go to meet the Rainbow Faces. "So, we meet again." said Littlefoot to them.
Attalias says "Hello, how are you? enjoy your travels?"
"Yes, we did. We enjoyed Berry Valley, though I fear that the Yellow Bellies are hopeless things. Littlefoot here is a much wiser specimen...I mean, Leaf Eater." said the male Rainbow Face.
Attalias remarks "You guys talk funny sometimes. By the way, its none of my business but I was just wondering, are you two a couple, just friends, or relatives?"
"We are a couple actually." said the female Rainbow Face.
Attalias says "So, you from anywhere particular, or are you like me and been so many particular places you don't consider any particular place to be your particular place of origin?"
"We are from the..." said the male Rainbow Face.
"Hush dear. Don't tell them so much." interrupted the female Rainbow Face.
"Would you like to come to the Great Valley with me?" Littlefoot asked the two Rainbow Faces. He knew that they knew a lot more than the Great Valley could tell them and was hoping to learn more. They had only been with him a brief time before. He suspected that they weren't from the planet. He wasn't sure how that was possible, but he had reason to believe they had some device that could fly. "Ok, so what are you guys up to? I thought you were, well, not from around here. I think I saw you guys go, well, up there." said Littlefoot, pointing at the sky. "Is it fun to live up there?"
Athalias laughs "That's impossible, I tried that once and the air got so thin I lost consciousness. I was stubborn."
Littlefoot said "I saw what I saw."
Athalias says "Well, congratulations on seeing it, if they let you see it then I guess they must like you. Can you toss me some berries?"
"Why are you asking me for berries? You can fly, I can't." said Littlefoot, rolling his eyes.
Athalias replies "Because I wanted to play catch, but fine." She goes and gets her own berries.
The group heads into the Great Valley. Littlefoot says to the Rainbow Faces "So, what did you come here for this time? I should warn you that some of the Great Valley residents think that you are weird."
Athalias says "I sure hope so, I don't like normal people. Not at all. So, Rainbow Faces, remind me again what your names are? I have a very short memory, which is a darn shame as because of it I forget most of my own adventures. It's quite unfair.
The female Rainbow Face says "I am Strutsi."
"And I'm Struzzo." said the male Rainbow Face.
Cera, Ducky, Petrie, Spike, Chomper, and Ruby come by.
"Oh, it's those Rainbow Faces." says Cera.
"Why hello there." says Struzzo to the other kids.
Athalias says "You know I remember a time I met a two claw child about his age, I didn't know any better yet, I tried hanging out with him. Then he mother said Is this Flying threatening you?
"What happen?" asked Petrie.
Athalias said "He then answered, No, she's rather interesting actually, but I think she would make a great lunch can you please catch her. to which I replied "Uh, you know I can fly right? see watch this, already gone." But imagine had I been born without wings. What I am trying to say is, you sure this is safe?"
Suddenly a butterfly drunk On nectar flutters around in Athalias's face, she gets annoyed and snaps it up, swallowing it.
"Wait, she not a Leaf Eater!" gasped Petrie in alarm.
Athalias replies "Nope, I'm a scrounger Bothbeak. Not to worry, I don't like to eat what I can talk to. Well I don't like actually be the one doing the deed of killing what I can talk to anyway. Also I do more gliding then flying, kinda how the wings work. So, you like it here in the Great Valley? "Speaking of my beak there is nothing I can't do with it. It can solve all of life's problems. Clam shells, nut shells, snail shells, small things nice grass seeds, large things like fish. Heck, toss me that coconut I can demonstrate." Ducky tosses her a coconut.
Athalias begins to use her beak to scrape off the husk with ease, then puts the husk in a pile. Then with a tap of her beak the coconut is split open, she drinks the juice out and then uses her beak to scrape all the nut flesh off the shell of one half before eating it, then scrapes all the flesh off the other half and mixes it in the bowl and hands it back to Ducky. She then shows that the first half has no coconut flesh left on the shell. "As you can see, greatest tool in the world!"
Littlefoot says "Interesting." He turns to the Rainbow Faces "I came to ask you, what brings you here? Did you come to give us more information and advice? I know the Stone of Cold Fire isn't real, but is it possible for something that could go back in time? I know that you have a flying thing that can go right up into the sky. Do you have anything that could go back in time? I have thought over the cold times since we last met, and have concluded that you are really from, well, 'Beyond the Mysterious Beyond'. You don't live on this planet. You see, I asked other herds about you, and nobody recalls you showing up until that time you came to the Great Valley when Petrie's uncle was here. And nobody has ever seen you since, except Athalias, who told me about you and I had to find out about you. You see, my mother told me that some things you see with your eyes and others, you see with your heart. She told me kind of what you said about 'Beyond the Mysterious Beyond' and all that."
