I disclaim all Land Before Time characters and the Guns 'n' Roses song "Sweet Child 'o Mine"
Chapter 4: Scars of Flesh and Emotion
(FLASHBACK TO WHEN THE DINOSAURS REACHED THE GREAT VALLEY)
Topsy was walking around his nest of hatched eggs, eager about being a new father. He smiled at Cera, as she was alive, not dead, after what everyone had just gone through. But he had business to take care of. A certain pteranodon had led the herd into a trap of sharpteeth. He found Pterano sulking around a pond.
"Well, well well. Here he is, the attempted murderer!" Topsy shouted at Pterano, who had his back turned to Topsy.
Pterano closed his eyes and gritted his teeth. He turned around, "SHUT UP TOPSY! JUST SHUT YOUR FAT FACE FOR ONCE! ALL YOU'VE BEEN DOING TO ME SINCE THE INCIDENT IS RAGGING ME ON ABOUT BEING A 'MURDERER!'" WE WERE ALL IN THE WRONG PLACE AT THE WRONG TIME!!"
Topsy growled at Pterano, "It was your fault!! You led us into danger! YOU COULD HAVE KILLED EVERYONE!!"
"It was no one's fault!! Stop placing blame!! I'm sorry, okay? I am truly, deeply sorry for what I did to everyone!! Is that enough for you? Huh? HUH? HUH?!" Pterano was eye-to-eye with Topsy.
Topsy growled, yelled, and then bit Pterano above the right eye. He kicked Pterano in the stomach, which made him fall in agony. He then dug his claws into Pterano's back.
"THAT'LL TEACH YOU! YOU, YOU…BASTARD!!" Topsy said, and walked away.
Pterano somehow managed to pull himself up. He was bleeding all over. All he could see out of his right eye was crimson. He stood there, trying to contain himself from tears, as he was not one to cry. But he couldn't hold it in. He let out a loud cry of physical and emotional pain. Hot tears stung his battered face. He buried his face in his hands and sobbed. He had made the biggest mistake of his life.
"I AM A MURDERER!! AN UNWANTED, UNLOVED, OUTCAST CRIMINAL!!" he was very upset. He took off into the sky, to leave the herd.
(END FLASHBACK)
"Alright, Pterano. I admit I was wrong. So very wrong. And I will never harm you again. You were right. We were just in the wrong place at the wrong time. I forgive you, after all these years," Topsy replied, "Now you'd better get home. You have fatherhood to wake up to tomorrow!"
Pterano laughed lightly, "Yeah, I know. Funny though it is, Petrie feels like a son to me."
To be continued…