Journey To The Miracle Valley Part VII-Reunited by megacharizard

Littlefoot and Ali had been walking for quite. Ali knew the area well and she was led Littlefoot back toward the gorge where he was separated from the others. He would then lead the way from there. As they travelled, a curious rumbling sound reached Littlefoot's ears. He stopped. Ali looked back at him.

            "What is it?" she asked.

            "I swear I can hear some sort of rumbling sound." said Littlefoot. "But I can't think for the life of me what it is." The explanation for the sound dawned on Ali.

            "I know what it is." she said.

            "What is it?" asked Littlefoot. She looked at him, cursing herself for forgetting to tell him about the rockslides that happened in these parts.

            "It's a rockslide!" she said. "We have to get out of here now!" Littlefoot nodded; there was no time for talking. The two of them ran along the path quickly, glancing at the rocks which would come crashing down at any second. It was not long before the first rocks came down.

            "GO FASTER!" Littlefoot yelled, the rocks building up right behind them. As they continued, Ali saw something up ahead.

            "Littlefoot! We're almost at the gorge!" she called to him.

            "How are we supposed to get across?" he cried, remembering how the Sharptooth had destroyed the bridge.

            "The gap is thin here!" she called to him. "We should be able to jump across!" They speeded up slightly and soon made it to the edge. Littlefoot was still not sure about being able to jump the gap so Ali went first. She made it across safely and Littlefoot backed up to try for it himself. He ran forward and jumped. He just made it to the other side. Across the gorge, Littlefoot and Ali were safe from the rockslides and they were one step closer to finding their friends…

            Cera and the others had also got themselves into trouble. They were surrounded by twenty raptors, all wanting to get their fangs into the group. Cera stood in front of a stone wall, preventing the raptors from surrounding her. She fended them off with her horns. Spike swung his tail in all directions, trying to pick them off in groups. Petrie was safe in the air, but he occasionally swooped down to slash at the Sharpteeth with his talons. Ducky took to the water. The raptors could not swim well and she, having the advantage of being in her own element, was able to keep away from them. No matter how well they fought, they were starting to tire themselves out. Eventually, Spike and Cera were both knocked to the ground. The raptors moved in, drooling in anticipation…

Littlefoot and Ali were silent as they travelled through the desert. They were both trying to work up the courage to tell each other how they felt. Finally, Littlefoot opened his mouth to talk, but before he could, he heard a scream from over the hill. He looked at Ali in confusion.

            "Did you hear that?" he asked.

            "Yeah." she nodded. "What's happening?"

            "I don't know. Let's go look." The two of them ran toward the hill and up the side. When they reached the top, they were not expecting to see Cera, Spike, Petrie and Ducky surrounded by Sharpteeth, but that is what they saw.

            "We have to help them!" Ali cried. They saw Spike and Cera fall to the ground.

            "Oh no!" cried Littlefoot. "What can we do?" They looked around for something that they might be able to push down toward the raptors but the hill was bare. In the end, they ran down toward the Sharpteeth and tackled them, knocking them down. Cera saw them ploughing through the pack of killers and did not take long to recognise them.

            "Littlefoot!" she called. Littlefoot looked at her.

            "No time for talking, we've gotta fight them off!" he yelled to her. She nodded and got to her feet. Spike stood up too and the six of them spread out to take the enemy down. Cera and Spike, now filled with new energy at seeing their friends return, were able to stand their ground. Ali was floored by three raptors, which moved in to kill her. Littlefoot headed them off and knocked them into the river. As the group fought on and on, the raptors started to realise that they were beaten. In the end they ran, leaving the injured ones for dead…

            Later, when the six travellers had recovered and told each other of what had happened to them while separated; Ali and Littlefoot had time alone together.

            "I saw what you did during the fight." Ali said to him. "You put yourself in danger to head off those Sharptooth. Why?" Littlefoot swallowed hard. He knew what it was time to do.

            "I did it because… I…I love you." he said, in a shaky voice. Ali smile and leaned in closely to him.

            "And I love you." she whispered. The two Longnecks talked for a while longer and eventually drifted off to sleep, dreaming of the day when they would reach The Miracle Valley…

TO BE CONTINUED…