DRAGONGHOST owns SACRED CHILDREN OF THE DRAGON but not Land Before Time...see the difference
THE POWER OF QI IS IN ME
Littlefoot's mind was racing around in his head so fast he could barely keep up with it.
"Uh hi everyone, strange weather we're having today" he tried sound friendly but could see that it was not working.
"Uh please tell me you didn't see that back there, pretty please" asked Littlefoot hoping that his transformation wasn't seen by there eyes.
"Oh we saw everything longneck or should i say sharptooth" said an angry famaliar voice. Littlefoot turned to see Mr. Threehorn glaring at him.
"Oh of all the dinosaurs here he had to see it" said Littlefoot in his head. Littlefoot heard the other dinosaurs muttering to each other trying to see him as a sharptooth.
"No you don't understand" said Littlefoot.
"Well put it this way one your a shape changing sharptooth and you did something with the real Littlefoot, two Littlefoot was a sharptooth the whole time" he said loud enough for everyone two hear. The croud began muttering even louder and the word "sharptooth" seem to come out of every mouth.
"Or three, maby I the real Littlefoot have just discovered something of the past" said Littlefoot trying to gain controll of the conversation "something very old and ancient".
"I don't have to listen to a sharptooth" said Mr. Threehorn making the crowd mutter again.
"If I was a sharptooth I don't think that I would be wasting time chatting with you" said Littlefoot annoyed of stubburn old creature.
"He's right" said Mr. Thicknose "I think we should let him speak".
"Yeah I want to hear him talk" said another dinosaur.
"No if he can shape change then he can lie to our faces" said another.
"But I want to hear him" said another voice.
The whole crowd began arguing.
"Everyone please" said an old, weak, and familiar voice. Littlefoot turned to see his grandfather leaning on his grandmother.
"Littlefoot please tell us what you have to say" he said as the crowd began to quiet down. Taking a moment to organize himself Littlefoot began to speak.
"Well as you can see or saw I'm not exactly myself anymore" he started.
"Thats putting it mildly" said a spiketail he did not recongnize, possibly a farwalker.
"Well this is kind of hard to explain" said Littlefoot.
"Oh take your time, we got all day" said Mr. Threehorn "just let us know when you get hungry".
"Topsy that was very rude" said his mate Tria.
"But Tria.." he tried to say but she came back at him with more.
"He's trying to talk to us and you won't let him speak" she said with an angry tone.
"Oh alright continue" he said grumbiling to himself.
"Well you see i'm am supposed to be the one hundredth great-grandchild of a dragon". Now the only thing littlefoot could hear was the chattering of creatures big and small.
"A dragon" said Grandpa very curiously and than asked "What in the world is that".
"No doubt another sharptooth" said Mr. Threehorn but kept listening.
"You see, dragons are creatures that sort of lived a long time ago I guess" he said trying to think of what to say next.
"You guess" said Topsy impatiently.
"Well, the one I met said he was three thousand years old" said Littlefoot. The crowd began talking again and three thousand was the new number of the day.
"You say you met one" asked his grandfather and than asked "how".
"Well, it all started with that sleep story last night".
"Sleep story" said Mr. Threehorn and continued with "what i saw a moment ago had more to do with a sleep story".
" if you know there is more than perhaps you want to explain this" said Littlefoot trying not to say more. The old triceratops decided to shut his mouth, not wanting to give Littlefoot another chance to embarress him infront of everyone in the great valley.
"Well as i was saying it all began when i was asleep, it was dark and..." and so Littlefoot began to tell them everything. He told them the of red dragon breathing fire, that Zor,ruk claimed him as his grandchild and the future destroyer of the red dragon. He got alot of gasp of astonishment when he told them of the battle he had with the red dragon and when he told them that it exploded when he shot a ball of blue fire into it's body through it's mouth from his own. He told them how Zor,ruk put him to sleep while he told him to go south and assured him that he was his grandfather.
"Than i woke up and i thought it was all just a sleep story but i notice that my grass was black like grass is when it get caught in a fire, remember when i told you that when i transformed i became hot" he said to the muttering crowd truly taking all of this up. Than Littlefoot continued telling them what happened that day, how he astonished by hearing the sharpteeth talking to him. He told them how he led them to the plateua, and that Zor,ruk talked to him in his head telling him how to control his transformation without anger. He also told them that he planned to leave in a week with the sharpteeth to head south hoping to find out what Zor,ruk wanted from him.
"And well thats pretty much everything" said Littlefoot looking back at his audeince. Everyone was talking to everyone about what they just heard.
"So Littlefoot you say that you can become this creature called a dragon" asked his grandmother.
"Yes Grandma" replied littlefoot.
"Can you show us this" she asked again.
"Of coares" he answered back. Littlefoot stood there with his eyes closed, consentrating on flying in the sky with his wings holding him and carving the air around him as smooth as possible. When he opened his eyes to the sound of everyone gasping he notice that he was very hot and was growing bigger. He sprouted wings from his back and horns from his head. His sabers came out of his mouth and looking down at his feet he noticed that his ivory claws were coming to a perfected curve. This time he didn't even turn his head back to see his club.
"Littlefoot what are you" asked his grandmother.
"A dragon" he answered back to her. He noticed something small and brown coming up to his head and landed on his nose, that was Petrie.
"On outside you look scary" he said shaking but smiled and said "but when me look into eye me see Littlefoot". He was right, some of his body changed but he still looked a little like himself.
"What should we do I mean he does look like a sharptooth but he is still just a kid" said one dinosaur.
"Well i'll tell you this, if he is just a kid now than what will he be like when he grows up" said another.
"He may be different in someways but he is still the same little longneck that came to the great valley and is apart of our herd" said another.
"And he can shape change so that means he can still be like us" agreed another.
"I say we run him out of here" said Topsy. Every one turned to the triceratops.
"I mean if he can change his shape than he could make himself look like a sharptooth and make us think he is inoccent when we start to disappeared one by one" he said trying to get them on his side "and whats with those teeth and claws, I can guess what they're used for".
"I already told you I'm not a sharptooth" said Littlefoot.
"On the contrary you could eat anything you want" said a voice that Littlefoot knew.
Everybody must have heard it because Topsy asked "who was that".
"I'm the wind, tornado, cyclone, and hurricane" said the voice "but you can call me Zor,ruk otherwise known as Littlefoot's one hundredth great-grandfather".
"What, where are you" asked looking for the old dragon but could not see him.
"I'm always here when there is a breeze blowing by" said Zor,ruk.
"Mr. Zor...Zor" started Littlefoot's grandfather but couldn't say it right.
"Zor,ruk" answered the old dragon abit annoyed.
"Zor,ruk you claim to be an...ancester of my grandson, how is that possible" ask grandpa.
"Yeah thats what I want to know" said Topsy.
"Well as Littlefoot already told you we dragons can live for a very long time for I myself am three thousand years old" answered Zor,rok.
"Are you a sharptooth" asked Topsy.
"Well not exactly, you see a dragon could eat anything it wants to" said Zor,ruk than continued "if I wanted to I could live off of rocks and dirt".
"But is it true that you can eat um...other living things" asked Littlefoot's grandfather hoping that his grandson wouldn't turn out to be a carnivore, but there was no such luck.
"Of coares I can and besides meat is delicous" said Zor,ruk.
"Aha, so you were going to eat us weren't you" said Topsy. Littlefoot was shocked, if he was a sharptooth he would have to leave the great valley but luckly Zor,ruk was there.
" Mr. Threehorn, was it, I said a dragon could eat anything it wanted" said Zor,ruk "I particuly like meat as that is how I am, Littlefoot can eat meat if he wants to but since he was raised by leaf eaters, so he'll only eat meat if he has to".
"So Littlefoot not sharptooth" asked Petrie with hope inside of him.
"Well no" answered Zor,ruk.
"Oh thank goodness, I didn't know what we would do" said Grandma.
"You would love and care for him with all of your heart" said Zor,ruk.
"But wait if Littlefoot wants to he could eat us" said Topsy trying make everyone see how dangerous Littlefoot could be.
"But I don't want to eat anybody" said Littlefoot.
"And besides isn't that Chomper a sharptooth, surely if you see goodness in him then why can't you see it in Littlefoot" said Zor,ruk backing Littlefoot up.
"Well its decided Littlefoot can stay" said Tria catching Topsy off gaurd.
"But Tria..." was all Topsy could manage before she gave him a look that kept his mouth shut.
"Everyone vote on it and we'll use majority rule" said Zor,ruk. The other dinosaurs began to vote. Some didn't while others voted for Littlefoot to leave the great valley but all and all most of them voted for that he could stay, seeing that Chomper was there and that if Littlefoot did get hungry he could eat bugs like he did.
With that being taken care of Topsy said "well all right he can stay but only because he was raised to eat plants not meat and because he'll only be staying for a week". Littlefoot remembered what he was planing to do in a week and began to wonder what he would do when he reached his grandfather.
"Well Littlefoot i'll contact you later to talk" said Zor,ruk. The great dragon's presence left Littlefoot as a breeze of wind past by. He looked around him, one by one the residents of the great valley left to return to what they were doing before all of that happened. The only ones that stayed were Littlefoot's grandparents, Mr. Threehorn, and his friends.
"Perhaps we should go find out how those sharpteeth got into the great valley" said Topsy.
"I'll join you after I get my husband back to our nesting place" said Grandma.
"I can still help" said Grandpa weakly.
"Nonsense, you can help me by resting and giving your body a chance to heal" contured Grandma. The three big dinosaurs lumbered out of Littlefoot's sight, whiched seemed more powerful in his dragon form.
"So Littlefoot can stay" asked Petrie.
Littlefoot had forgotten the flyer was on his snout and said "um yeah i guess".
"Hooray" said Ducky in a loud cheerful voice. Littlefoot droped his head down and looked at his at his friend. Ducky and Petrie were huging his nose while Spike was liking it, Cera seemed happy that her friend didn't have to leave yet but kept her distance. Chomper just stared at Littlefoot like he just seen a ghost.
"Are you okay Chomper" asked Littlefoot.
"Huh, oh its just that" he began in a small tone than said with a smile "knowing that your a dragon doesn't make me feel lonely anymore".
"Thanks, I guess" said Littlefoot.
"So what we do know" asked Petrie.
"Well when you think of it I never got to see what i could do in this body before other than flying, fighting, and breathing fire, but i have never found my own limits" he said wondering to himself.
"Wait, can you really fly and breath fire" asked Cera.
"Yes, weren't you listening to what I was telling everyone earlier" said Littlefoot.
"I was but I didn't think it was real" said Cera.
"Well lets see how good I am really like in the air" said Littlefoot stretching out his wings. Littlefoot began to flap them, creating a powerful gust of wind that knocked over his friends and even pick him off his feet.
"Hey, watch it" said snapped Cera.
"Sorry, although if that was strong enough to get me into the air than I wonder what would happened if I..." then Littlefoot stopped and began to crouch low on his legs and spread his wings far apart. Then he leaped into the air giving himself a boost with a single powerful flap of his wings, sending him far, far, and farther into the sky. When Littlefoot stopped rising into the air he began moving his wings again, flying into the clouds. Inside the cloud it was damp and cold. Littlefoot didn't like this and began flying faster until he bursted above the clouds. Things above the clouds were alot differen't than under them.
"Wow, its so beutiful up here" Littlefoot said outloud to himself. The clouds from above were reflecting from the rays of the sun making some yellow or pink, still Littlefoot was in amazed by the puffy fortress around him.
"Yes wow, its not every day that you find out your my grandson and that you can fly higher and faster than any other creature alive" said Zor,ruk reappearing in Littlefoot's mind.
"Zor,ruk how do you do that" asked Littlefoot.
"Do what" asked his grandfather.
"You know, talk in my head" answered Littlefoot.
"Ah, its the power of the mind" said Zor,ruk "which reminds me your heading south in a week, so i better start training you so that you will be prepared".
"Wait, what do you mean by training me" asked Littlefoot confused.
"I mean i already defeated three sharpteeth and another dragon" he said with no hesintation "and i can transform whenever i want to".
"Littlefoot i mean no disrespect by that, its just that there are other creatures that know and have abilities that makes them more powerful than you" said Zor,ruk "and so do you but until you come south were I can train you properly than i'll have to teach you what I can for the time being".
Littlefoot let out a sigh than asked "ok what should we start on".
"First one thing most creatures like yourself can do is talk to another creature in their minds or read their thoughts, so the first thing I want you to try is to keep me out of your head" said Zor,ruk than explained "all you need to do is surround your mind with thoughts and those thoughts your using will turn into a wall that will keep intruders out of your head or if you allow someone to look into your mind you can use them to make barriers around personal thoughts, the more you consentrate onto those thoughts the stronger the wall will be making it hard for intruders to enter".
"Ok so what am I to do" asked Littlefoot.
"You are to create a barrier to keep my mind from entering yours, we begin when you say your ready" said Zor,ruk. Littlefoot began consentrating on the greatvalley wall, consentrating of how it protected him than he said "ready". Littlefoot felt something very powerful trying to push it's way into his mind.
"Wow he is strong, but I have to consentrate if I don't he'll get in for sure" he said in his head followed by the ancient voice of his grandfather "how can I get in if i'm already in".
"I sorry Zor,ruk, I failed" he said with a few tears.
"Do not fill sorry Littlefoot, most creatures on their first try have their barriers shattered in under ten to twenty seconds" said Zor,ruk comforting his grandchild "or if they were blessed and had a talent for such their teachers looked for holes or weak spot to get through, as I did with yours".
"So you think that i'm talented" asked Littlefoot who was cheered up by what he just heard
You were able to keep me out for five minutes" said Zor,ruk "you could keep me out for ten if you consentrated".
"So how do i pass the training test" Littlefoot asked.
"You past when you can keep me out for three hours, if you fight anyone that matters you should at least be able to keep your barriers up for an hour".
"You mean i have to do this against you for three hours a day, but you said i could only keep my barrier up for five minutes" he began to protest.
"Littlefoot if you can keep up your barriers for five minutes" said Zor,ruk "then you can keep them up for another five minutes, now I want you to fly back towards your friends to practice with your power of the mind on them".
"But they can't put their minds into mine" said Littlefoot.
"But your going to be putting your mind into theirs and reading their thoughts" said Zor,ruk.
"I can do that" asked Littlefoot in surprise.
"Of coares now hurry up" said Zor,ruk. With that Littlefoot left the beauty of the cloud somewhat sad he had to go.
Littlefoot dived like a torpedo to the ground looking for where his friends were and saw them at the thundering falls. He soared with grace over the roaring waterfall.
His friends though weren't the only ones there. Littlefoot also saw a couple of duckbills and longnecks in the water, there was also a few threehorns and spiketails on the ground staring at him wondering what to do if he landed. The gang must have been the only ones who did not notice him because he was able to swoop down and let out roar that sent Cera charging into a rock.
"Oww" moaned the young threehorn as she got up and walked back to the rest of the gang.
"What was that for" she said in an annoyed tone.
"What was what for" repeated Littlefoot chuckling to himself.
"Me no like it when you do that" said Petri.
"Sorry but now need your help with something" said Littlefoot.
"For what" asked Ducky.
"Zor,ruk contacted me" said Littlefoot.
"Well that was fast" interupted Cera.
"He wants to train me before I head out south towards him" replied Littlefoot.
"So whats that got to do with us" snap Cera.
"Well one thing he is trying to teach is to use my power of the mind" answered Littlefoot.
"What that" asked Petri.
"Well he says I have the ability to read the minds of other living things" said Littlefoot in excitment.
"Really" asked Chomper.
"Of coares not, he's probably just making this up" said Cera.
"Why would I do that" said Littlefoot.
"If you can read my mind than what am i thinking" countered Cera.
"But I don't know how to read minds" thought Littlefoot than he heard inside his head "just picture yourself flowing into Cera's head".
So Littlefoot tried to do so, at first nothing happened but than he heard "longnecks, they think they're so great when they're really dumb" said Cera.
"Hey what you say that for" said an angry Littlefoot.
"What do you mean" asked Cera.
"You said that longnecks were stupid" said Littlefoot still angry.
"Me didn't hear anything" said Petri who was confused. Than it hit him.
"I think I just read your mind" he said in astonishment.
"Yes Littlefoot good work" said Zor,ruk "you did well on your first try".
Littlefoot smiled and said "thank you".
"For what" asked Cera. Littlefoot looked down at his friends, his great-grandfather must only be talking to him.
"Oh Zor,ruk contacted me again" said Littlefoot.
"Oh Littlefoot, there's something else I need to train you in" said his great-grandfather "but we need to do it far away from here, could you fly somewhere far from here perhaps on the top of the greatvalley wall".
"Sorry guys, there's something else Zor,ruk needs me for" said Littlefoot as he took off into the air and headed for the wall and was there's before he knew it.
So than he asked "Zor,ruk how fast can I fly" out of his curiosity.
"About 1,200 miles per an hour" he said having to think on it "you could walk for 200 hundred miles per a hour on the ground".
"Really" said Littlefoot taking all that he heard.
"Really, we dragon have a strong stamina compared to other creatures" said Zor,ruk in his ancient voice.
When Littlefoot reached the top of the greatvalley wall he circled over it a few times until he found a spot where he could land, once he did Zor,ruk announced the last part of Littlefoots training of the mind.
"One more thing Littlefoot" said Zor,ruk "you also have ability to since the presence of another creature's mind.
"What do you mean" asked Littlefoot.
"I mean that you can find other creatures or items, even if they're hidden, just by spreading your mind around you until you touch theirs" said Zor,ruk "it can come in handy when searching for someone or fighting an opponent that you cannot see".
"Okay so how do I do it and how do i pass this training" he asked without hesitation.
"Remember how you read Cera's mind, well this time imagen yourself flowing around your enviroment touching the minds of other living things" said Zor,ruk "you pass this test when you can spread your mind over all of the greatvalley, touching the minds of everyone in it".
"Is that it, is there anything else" asked Littlefoot.
"They're is one more thing to learn and that is how to use your qi" said Zor,ruk.
"Qi, what is that" asked Littlefoot.
"Qi is the life and spiritual energy that is within all living creatures" said Zor,ruk "with it you can heal, creat shields, pick up objects, or you can use it to knock away your enemy like you did to those three sharpteeth". Littlefoot thought back on what happened. The sharpteeth were knocked to the ground when he began transformation and he did feel a huge force of energy.
"How do I use my qi" he asked.
"You have to come in contact with it, this you cannot do with your mind" said Zor,ruk "you must feel all that your life is joy, rage, sad, love, bold, humble, just imagen taking all of the simple things such as walking or breathing".
"You pass when you can touch your qi and when you do keep practicing with it until you master it" said Zor,ruk and than "there are five basic ways to use qi, one enchancing: making yourself or someone else stronger and harder, two emitting: shooting out your qi and blasting your target away, three manipulation: you can suggest things to get enemies of your back or controll them to do your will and even pick up objects, four transmutation: you can make an object or your enviroment look different which is a good form of qi if you like to use sneak attacks, five conjuring: you can creat objects out of thin air or something else such as earth, water, fire, and about almost everything in sight".
"Ok, so how do I do this again" said Littlefoot not taking it all in esasily.
Zor,ruk laughed and said "don't worry its all alot more easy to do when you take your time, all I want you to do Littlefoot is practice touching, controlling, and using your qi".
"Everything else i said was just ways you could use it but all you need to know is how touch your qi and controll it".
"Ok so how do I touch it" asked Littlefoot.
"Meditation, just sit or stand in one spot than clear your mind and take in long, deep breaths" said Zor,ruk "when you touch your qi practice summoning it at will but don't stop meditating, its best to meditate during the rising and setting sun and even under the moon is good place to meditate".
"The sun and moon" question Littlefoot confused.
"Well yes Littlefoot those are good ways to medi...oh I'm sorry, I mean the bright circle and the night circle and you can also use qi and the mind in your smaller form" said Zor,ruk understanding than "I tought you all I could Littlefoot now what you need is self determination".
Littlefoot felt the presence of Zor,ruk leave him than he changed forms and began meditating. The flow of meditation seemed so mystical and by the time Littlefoot stopped and opened his eyes it was dark and the night circle was in the sky.
"Wo, so that was meditation, I wonder..." Littlefoot stopped talking and stood still.
He reached out to the force qi than summoned it when they force of qi floated around him for awhile, than by his will it rammed itself into a boulder rolling it a good 9 yards away.
"That was only a small test of what I have" said Littlefoot and than said "but there is no doubt about it, the power of qi is in me". And so for the whole week Littlefoot practiced his powers of qi and the mind, praticed with the mind in the morning and his qi and meditation at night. His powers grew which was good. Because a week came by faster than he thought.
