chapter 4

*Meanwhile, a tiny little Saurolophus was taking a swim in a stream of sorts. Just then, she notices some strange figures sitting by the bend. She couldn't tell what they were through the water so she pulls herself out and takes a closer look at Tisha, her friends, & Littlefoot. It was Ducky and yet Tisha and her friends notices that she's there while Littlefoot is in a deep thought of sorts*

Ducky: Hello.

*Littlefoot doesn't reply*

Ducky: I said hello. *watches a tear fall down Littlefoot's cheek and into the stream* What is your name? *gasps* Maybe you cannot talk yet. Huh? Huh?

Littlefoot: Don't you know anything? Longnecks don't talk to...uh...whatever you are.

Lilian : Hey, you talk to Us, don't ya?

Ducky: Me? I'm a long-neck, too. See? *arches her neck* And I have a long tail like you.

*Ducky tries to stretch her tail but it doesn't go as far as she likes. Tisha, her friends, & Littlefoot just shake their heads at the cute dinosaur's efforts*

Tisha : Nice try, though I will give you an A for effort.

Ducky: All right…I'm not a long-neck. I'm a bigmouth, but I am all alone. I am. *sniffs* I lost my family in the big earthshake.

Littlefoot: Um… You want to go with us?

Ducky: Yeah! Oh. Oh, yes, yes, yes! I do, I do!

Tisha : *chuckles* All right. Come on.

Littlefoot: *clears his throat* But you have to keep up.

Ducky: I will keep up. I will. *hums* Where are we going?

Littlefoot: To the Great Valley. I'm not going to stop until I find my grandparents.

*Ducky follows Littlefoot, Tisha ,Lilian, and Melanie as they traverse through the river and back onto dry land*

Ducky: Do you think my family went to the Great Valley, too?

Littlefoot: *ponders* Maybe. My mother said it's where all the herds were going.

Ducky: Oh, I hope, I hope, I hope.

Littlefoot: My name's Littlefoot.

Tisha: I'm Tisha, and these are my friends. Lilian and Melanie .

Ducky: Mine is Ducky. Yep, that's what it is. Yep, yep, yep!

*As the five continue their stroll through the area, Ducky starts breaking into some form of hum to keep up their spirits. Littlefoot, Tisha , Lilian, and Melanie start to feel amused as Ducky appears to be having fun with her little song*

Ducky: Don't step on a crack, or you'll fall and break your back.

*Suddenly, Ducky starts to feel a grumbling in her stomach causing the others to stop*

Ducky: My stomach is talking.

Littlefoot: * hears his belly * Mine, too.

Lilian : *hears her stomach* Same here , Girlfriend . My belly is talking as well. It says I'm starving. Come to think of it, We haven't hadn't ate anything all day.

Melanie: hears her belly rumbling: you're right there, Lilian. I'm starving.

Tisha: so am I. as she hears her belly rumbling .

Littlefoot: *observes a tree branch* Hmm. I wonder what this tastes like.

*Littlefoot takes a bite from the branch, which for some reason cries out in response.

Ducky: *gasps* The tree is talking!

Littlefoot: No, it isn't.

Ducky: You should not eat talking trees. Nope, nope, nope.

Tisha : *curious* I don't think that's the tree making those noises, Ducky.

*Goes over to the branch and pulls hard on the branch. A tiny little Dinosaur with wings starts to roll down the branch and lands right on Littlefoot's face. The two Dinosaurs stare eye-to-eye, the smaller one giving a nervous smile at Littlefoot, who screams causing the branch to hurl the tiny Dinosaur into the air and crash through the floor.

Tisha and her friends : *winces* Ouch… That's gotta hurt.

*tisha, Lilian ,Melanie and Ducky go over to the hole to peer down, relieved that the little Dinosaur was unharmed. It turns out to be a baby Pteranodon*

Melanie : *calls out* Are you okay down there, little guy?

Baby Pteranodon: *groans* Me had worse.

Ducky: Who are you? Huh?

Baby Pteranodon: M-My name Petrie.

*Ducky giggles as Petrie pulls himself out of the hole. Tisha ,her friends,and Littlefoot are actually relieved of how cute the creature looks, instead of a frightening creature as they originally thought*

Ducky: Petrie, huh? Funny name. *giggles*

" I think it's kind of cute name." said Melanie.

Petrie: I-I flied?

Tisha : Well… *scratches the back of her neck* How do I say it? Um…

Ducky: You falled.

Petrie: *groans* I falled? *starts whimpering*

Tisha : Now hold on. If you can't fly, then how did you get to the top of that tree?

Petrie: I climb.

Tisha : Oh, right.

Littlefoot: But you're a flier, not a faller.

Petrie: Hard thing to fly. *tries to flap himself into the air only to plop back down to the ground*

Littlefoot: I guess it is. We can't do it.

Ducky: Nope, we cannot do that all right. *giggles*

Tisha : Take it easy, kids. Most of us can't fly. Except for me. " said Tisha. Tisha turns around with her back towards the young dinosaur kids. She raised her top wings and flutters them. " As you can see I'm a human fairy. While Petrie here's practically still a hatchling, he's not old enough to. But no worries, when the time comes, he'll be ready. *Tisha crouches down* Why don't you come with us to the Great Valley? You can hop on my shoulder and relax along the way if you want.

Petrie: Oh, you're a human flyer. thank you. You are very kind.

Tisha : No problem. It'll be cool, like having a companion on my shoulder.

Petrie: *latches himself onto Tisha's shoulder* A what-now?

Tisha : Just enjoy the ride. She turns to the others* Alright now, we better keep moving. Last thing we want is any more surprises.

*Meanwhile, Cera has wandered through the dark crevice trying to find a way up back towards her parents. At this point, it's clear that Cera is lost and bewildered. And to make matters worse, with barely any sunlight passing through, it was getting rather hard to see. Just then, she trips and rolls down onto the ground until she sees a horrific sight: A seemingly dead Sharptooth lying flat on it's back… The same Sharptooth that tried to eat her*

Cera: AAAHHH!

*Cera hides behind a rock and cautiously peers her head out. For a moment, the Sharptooth actually appears to be dead not even responding when several tiny rocks bounce off it's leathery hide. Relieved, Cera goes down for a closer look and then starts to mock the T-Rex hitting the carcass with her horn. She then rushes back farther and farther and charges straight toward the Sharptooth. Suddenly, it's one eye opens and sees Cera charging toward her. The Sharptooth coming alive shocks Cera*

Cera: AAAHHH!

*Scared, Cera runs as fast as she can just as the Sharptooth emerged from unconsciousness. Having survived the crash, Sharptooth now intends to do what he does best: Find some leaf-eaters to eat*

*Unaware of Sharptooth's resurrection, Tisha & her friends, and her new friends were traveling through a forest with Ducky merrily humming another tune. Just then, Littlefoot hears a low growling noise* Tisha and Melanie looks at Lilian, who just shook her head no.

Littlefoot: Shh! *whispers* Quiet.

Tisha : *whispers* What is it?

Littlefoot: *whispers* Stay low.

* Tisha, her friends. and the Dinosaurs crouch low under a branch hiding from what was coming towards them. A fierce looking creature that acts like a crocodile yet slithers it's tongue like a lizard. A large piece sail is on it's back, a notable feature of this savage looking beast. It was a Dimetrodon. The team stay low and quiet as the creature leaves the area. After a while, they figure that the coast is clear*

Tisha: all clear . come on, you guys.

*But there was no time for questions, Tisha & the others proceeded away from the area. But at this point, Petrie started getting nervous and latches onto Littlefoot's head*

Littlefoot: Ow! hey! Petrie! Get off!

Petrie: You got nice flat head, Flathead.

Tisha, Lilian, and Melanie tried hard not to laugh.

Littlefoot: My name is not Flathead. My name is Littlefoot.

Petrie: Littlefoot? Hmm. *investigates the tree-star*

Littlefoot: Are you just going to stay up there?

Petrie: Yes.

Littlefoot: Well, you can't. You're tearing my tree-star.

Ducky: It is very special. Very. His mother gave it to him. *notices Tisha and Melanie and Lilian and Littlefoot looking down at her* She did.

Tisha: Oh, Ducky.

Petrie: Ooh! Mother present very important. I keep safe. Don't let nobodies touch. *marches on Littlefoot's head and carries the tree-star like a rifle*

Ducky: Yep, Petrie, you keep it safe. Yep, yep, yep.

Littlefoot: Nope, nope, nope. I'm not a carrier. Get off!

*Littlefoot starts running faster while Petrie is holding on for dear life*

Tisha : *calls out* Littlefoot, what are you doing?!

Littlefoot: *calls back* He's a flier. *to Petrie* Now start flying.

Tisha : Littlefoot, stop!

*Tisha and her friends and Ducky tries to keep up with the impatient Longneck. Tisha trying to calm Littlefoot down with Ducky not making things any easier*

Ducky: Open your wings, Petrie! Open! Open!

Petrie: No! No! No can do this!

Tisha : Stop it, Littlefoot! You're scaring him!

Littlefoot: He can fly! Open your skinny wings!

Ducky: Petrie, higher! Higher like a flier!

Tisha : I said STOP!

Petrie: *sees something ahead of them* Danger!

Ducky: Where, Petrie?

Petrie: Th-th-there! Ahead!

*Suddenly Tisha ,her friends,and the dinosaurs slip through a puddle causing a giant Dinosaur skeleton to fall on top of them. They run away as fast as they could, thinking that the creature is chasing them while they make it look like the skeleton is alive. Suddenly, they hear another scream ahead of them, as Cera comes running through the trees. They stop when they see her, but the skeleton comes flying towards Cera, knocking her off balance with a bunch of bones around her*

Tisha and her friends : *catching their breaths * " Is everyone okay? *to Littlefoot* Are you all right?

Littlefoot: Yeah, I think so.

Tisha : Good… please Don't EVER do that again.

Ducky: Oh, look!

*They rush towards Cera, who was breathing heavily trying to catch her breath. When she sees the group gather around her, she is not pleased to see these guys again, even less with the additional members*

Littlefoot: Cera! It's you! Why are you so frightened?

Melanie : Yeah, you look like you've seen a ghost!

Cera: Frightened? Me? *laughs it off* Why are "you" so frightened?

Littlefoot: We're not frightened… Are we?

Ducky: Nope, nope.

Tisha : Of course not! We've faced much worse than this… Can't think of any right now, but that's beside the point.

Cera: Well, you should be. I could be with the other three-horns, but I chose to come back to warn you: I… Met… The Sharptooth!

Petrie: Sharptooth! *clutches Littlefoot's neck and chatters his teeth*

Littlefoot: Come on, Cera. Sharptooth is dead. He fell down into the big underground.

Melanie : Yeah, we all saw it! There is no physical way, even for an animal of that size, to survive a fall into a gap that big!

Cera: And that's… Where he met me.

Ducky: Oh! Dear, brave Cera.

Petrie: Dear, brave Cera.

Cera: Yes, I am brave.

Tisha and her friends : *shakes their heads like they were saying no *

Littlefoot: Sharptooth is dead!

Cera: My father told me that "flatheads" had very small brains.

Tisha : *oh, goodness * she looks at Cera* And just how, pray tell, did you meet "The Sharptooth", Cera?

Cera: *hops herself onto a see-saw like branch of sorts* I was all alone with him in the dark, just the Sharptooth and me. I could hear him breathing. *makes heavy breathing sounds, scaring Ducky* I could see his one big ugly eye looking for me.

Ducky: What did you do? Huh? Huh?

Melanie : *sarcastically* Yes, Cera, what "did" you do?

Cera: I walked right up to him. I looked him straight in the eye and said… *growls*

*Cera's jump causes the branch to hurl Ducky like a catapult into the air, through several branches, and lands by an abandoned nest of sorts. As her friends call out for her, Ducky investigates the nest only to see a single, solitary egg in the middle*

Ducky: Hello. *hears snoring coming from the egg and goes over to investigate* Hello?

*Suddenly the egg cracks and a Dinosaur's head is partially seen through the crack, but pops back inside. Ducky gets on top of the egg*

Ducky: You should come out. You should. You are late. Yes, you are. Yep, yep, yep.

*The Dinosaur still doesn't come out of the egg so Ducky pulls out a shell from the top*

Ducky: Come out!

*Finally, the dinosaur sticks its head out entirely from the egg. It looks at Ducky uncertain at first, but then gives her a big goofy smile as Ducky attempts to communicate with him*

Ducky: You are all alone. Are you not scared? Huh?

*The dinosaur gives a big loud yawn and goes back to sleep. Now it was up to Ducky to get him out of the egg herself, something she actually didn't mind at all*

Ducky: We're going to the Great Valley. You could go with us. Yes you can. *sees the dinosaur's spiked tail* Uh, you are a spike tail. So we will call you Spike.

*Ducky backs away as Spike emerges out of it's egg. Soon Spike starts eating his entire nest leaving nothing behind. Compared to Ducky, Spike was larger than possible any dinosaur she has ever seen (At least child wise). Satisfied with his meal, Spike goes back to sleep as Ducky gets closer to Spike. At the same time, Tisha and the others finally locate Ducky*

Tisha : There you are, we've been looking all over for… Whoa!

*Tisha and her friends is amazed to see a baby Stegosaurus nestled on the ground. Ducky stands over the newly hatched creature, looking lovingly at it like a curious child. Ducky turns back to Tisha *

Ducky: Tisha , can we keep him? Huh?

*Tisha turns from side-to-side to the rest of the herd and turns back to Ducky. With a deep sigh and a shrug, Tisha smiled makes her decision*

Tisha : Sure, why not?