This is the first story among the series of stories I will tell you, that happened following the joining of Chomper and Ruby to the Great Valley.
This one started a few hours after Chomper and Ruby were accepted into the Great Valley. I hope you will enjoy it!
Story 1: Ruby and Chomper's First Day Problems
Part 1- The Search for a Sleeping Place
The kids played a nice toss-the-seed game, in which Ruby and Chomper excelled, even though they have have never played it before.
After a few hours of playing, the gang stopped and rested, all catching their breath and looking at the sky.
"Look everyone!", Ruby suddenly said and pointed on a star nearby the night circle.
"My star-day star!", she said happily.
"Star-day star? What is that?", Cera was the first to ask.
"A star-day star is a special star that appeared on the day that I hatched on. My star-day star only appears 3 nights every cold time, and my star-day is on the last day it can be seen. Don't you have a star-day, guys?", Ruby explained and asked.
"Nope. Me don't think any of us has one.", Petrie told her.
"What do you do on a star-day?", Littlefoot asked, intrigued.
"Well, my family used to give me a present on my star-day. But don't worry yourselves on that! Just being here with you is the best gift I could ask for.".
"We are very glad we met you, Ruby! You are a very good friend! Yep, yep, yep!", Ducky said and Spike licked Ruby.
"Hehe! Thank you!", she giggled.
It started to get really cold and darker, as one by one the parents called their kids to return to the nest.
Littlefoot was the last one being called, and as he left he said "Bye Chomper, Ruby. We'll see you tomorrow!".
"Bye!", they called back.
"So... Umm... What do we do now?", Chomper asked ruby a few moments later and was shaking because of the cold.
"I guess we have to sleep now...", Ruby said.
"Yeah...", he said and they both huggled together in the cold.
A few minutes later...
"I can't sleep, Ruby! It's too cold here!", he said with clicking teeth.
"I know, but what could we do?", she asked, and quickly thought of an idea.
"I've got an idea, Chomper!", she said.
The next morning...
"This is the same place we played together, wasn't It?", Cera asked the gang (excluding Ruby and Chomper), as they approached the place.
"It was, it was!", Ducky answered her.
"Me only see this pile of green food.", Petrie agreed.
"Maybe they aren't here anymore...", Littlefoot concluded and as they were going to move on, Spike took a big bite out of the leaves. Maybe a bit too big, since the leaves screamed "ouch!", making Spike spit the food out in surprise.
"Chomper! What are you doing here?", Littlefoot asked in surprise.
But before Chomper could answer him, the noise woke up Ruby.
"Mmhm!!!", Ruby stretched and got up as well.
"Is it morning already?", she asked, and turned around to find her friends.
"Hello my friends! My friends, hello!", she greeted them.
"Oh hey Ruby! We didn't know you were under there too!", Ducky said.
"Yeah, since it was so cold before the bright circle rose I had to think of an idea to keep us warm!", she said and asked Chomper: "Wasn't this a great idea?".
"Yeah, except Spike thought I was also green food!", he said and everybody laughed.
"But why did you sleep here all alone?", Cera asked.
"Where should we sleep?", Chomper asked back.
"I know! Let's look for a good place for Chomper and Ruby to sleep in!", Littlefoot suggested.
They all soon agreed and started the mission.
At first they tried the kids' nests:
When they arrived at Petrie's nest, Petrie's siblings were quite worried, but were reassured by Petrie and their mother that Chomper is a nice sharptooth.
The kids forgot, unfortunately, that Petrie's nest was not on ground level, as expected from a family of flyers, and Chomper had no chance climbing that wall on his own, and Ruby took a lot of time attempting that as well, and the kids finally gave up and moved to the next family:
Ducky's family had no problem with them, but the herd just was too worried from letting a sharptooth live so close to them, and Ruby said she can't leave Chomper alone, so they went to Littlefoot's nest:
Littlefoot's Grandparents had no troubles at all with letting Ruby and Chomper live with them, however: "This is only a temporary solution, kids", Grandpa said in sorrow.
"They should not get so used to living with Longnecks, and I'm not so sure the other Longnecks in the valley will like the idea of letting a Sharptooth live with us.
I'm truly sorry, Chomper.", Littlefoot's Grandpa added and looked at Chomper.
They didn't even bother going to Cera's place. The chance Mr. Threehorn will allow Chomper to sleep with him in the same place is like the chance he will ever be happy and cheerful.
"It seems no one in the Valley wants me here after all.", Chomper said in sorrow.
"I should have known better. Sharpteeth just don't belong in the Great Valley... Maybe I should just go back to the mysterious beyond...", he said and started walking away.
"Don't say that Chomper!", Littlefoot quickly said and stood in his way.
"You do belong here! You're not like any other sharpteeth! I promise you we'll find a good place for you to live in!", he promised him.
"You think so?", he asked and the other 6 nodded.
"Okay. Do you know any other good place?", he asked.
"How about the sheltering grass?", Cera suggested.
"Oh no, no, no Cera! It is beyond the sinking sands! It is, it is!", Ducky reminded her.
Bored, Petrie meanwhile flew over and landed on a pile of rocks behind them.
However, even his small weight shook of the balance of the rocks and they fell in great noise, the others running away, screaming.
"Everyone alright?", Petrie asked them in worry after the rockslide was over.
"Yeah, we're fine!", Littlefoot called back.
"Hey guys! How about this place?", Ruby suggested and pointed to the cave that was hidden by the rocks until a few moments ago.
Chomper entered the cave first and looked around.
"I think it's really good! What do you think, Ruby?", he said and asked her.
"I think so too! This is a great place!".
"Thanks Petrie!", they both thanked him.
"No problems!", He said.
"Now, after this problem is solved, can we please get something to eat? I'm hungry!", Cera complained, and everyone laughed and agreed.
"Great!", Chomper said, and added: "So, what do we eat?".
Everyone froze. They forgot he was a sharptooth for a moment.
"I hope you've learned to eat green food, cause that's the only thing we have here...", Cera said in a bit annoying tone.
"Umm... Kind of...", he mumbled, and Ruby was quick to cheer him up: "Don't worry! I'm sure there is something you can eat in the Great Valley! We just have to look for it, and for it we will look!".
Now it's up to Littlefoot and his friends to find something Chomper can eat while he is in the Great Valley.
Will they succeed? Watch the next part in the first story to find out!
