(Here's chapter 9!)

Chapter 9: Oh Brother, You Art Here…

By this point in time, the sky water storms caused by the Days of Rising Waters had died down, allowing all the sharpteeth to enter the waterhole normally again. The gang were all happy to see Cera safe.

"I can't believe you managed to get yourself and Tricia to shore," Littlefoot complimented, based off what Cera had told them about the incident. "Oh, it was nothing," Cera lied in response.

Truth be told, even though the weird dinosaurs she met that day still bugged her mentally, she enjoyed the attention she got because of all this.

"So let's just go do something guys," Cera said, wanting to change the subject.

"Yeah, who's up for an adventure?" continued Littlefoot.

"All of us!" Chomper, Ruby, Ducky, Tippy, Guido, Petrie, and Spike (at least his grunts suggested that) said in response. "But where to?" asked Chomper.

"Tippy thinks we should walk around and think about where we should do," Tippy suggested.

"Good idea," Guido complimented. Most of the others knew why he complimented Tippy, the reason was obvious.

"So you guys are going on an adventure eh?" Shorty asked, walking into view. "Yeah, we are," Littlefoot replied. "Would you want to come Shorty?"

"I guess, I have nothing better to do with my time," the young green sharptooth shrugged.

Along the way towards the exit of the valley, a thought entered Guido's mind. "I have an idea of where we could go for our adventure," the sharpbeak spoke up.

"Where?" his friends asked.

"Well, I heard there's this place sharpbeaks and sharptoothed flyers like to go to when they go on vacations," Guido explained.

"What is this place?" asked Petrie.

"I heard that somewhere in the Mysterious Beyond, there's the tallest tree in the world. Flyers of all kinds like to stay on the high branches, they say the view is remarkable."

"I think my uncle Pterano mentioned something like that once," Petrie said, remembering his uncle's stories.

"Then it's settled," Littlefoot announced. "That's where we'll head for our adventure."

But on the way out of the Great Valley, they saw 3 familiar faces.

"Oh no…" muttered Littlefoot, Chomper, Cera, Ruby, Petrie, and Ducky.

"What?" asked Shorty, not getting why the group suddenly stopped.

"Oh no no no," Ducky grunted annoyed, diving back under the water.

"I don't get what your guys' problem is," Shorty said.

"It's Hyp, Nod, and Mutt," Chomper spoke up. "Who?" asked Shorty. "The bullies around here," explained Ruby. "A few months ago we competed against them in a tournament where they cheated. Soon after that, they admitted they made a mistake, and Chomper stood up for Hyp when his father got mad at him, and they seemed to get nice for a while after that, but they've started bullying again recently."

"That's bad," Shorty said, "But I bet I can scare them off." He added that last part with a laugh.

But then the Gang of Nine noticed something odd: Hyp looked freaked out about something. "This can't be happening…Why now….This has to be a joke….There's no way," he kept on muttering to Nod and Mutt.

Littlefoot and Chomper looked concerned. "We're going to see what's up," the t-rexes said.

The bully trio saw the two approaching them. "What do you two runts want?" asked Hyp angrily.

"We wanted to know what was bothering you," Chomper explained. "Well, we ain't telling," Hyp retorted.

"Hyp's older brother is coming to the Great Valley to visit," Mutt said, forgetting what Hyp just told him not to do.

This surprised Littlefoot and Chomper. "I didn't know you had an older brother Hyp," said Littlefoot.

Hyp sighed, he might as well tell them all about it. "He's two cold times older than me," he began, "And his name is Silo."

"Silo?" Littlefoot and Chomper asked. Hyp nodded. "But why are you so bothered Hyp?" Chomper asked.

"Get this," replied Hyp "You know how I'm a bully to you?"

"Yes…." The two young sharpteeth replied annoyed.

"Well, imagine someone like that, only much worse," Hyp gulped. This also made Chomper and Littlefoot gulp.

"He's mean too?" Littlefoot asked. "Meaner," Nod said.

"He can't be that bad," Chomper commented, trying to find a bright side in this scenario.

"He's terrible!" yelled Hyp, "My dad always complimented Silo. He was always the better hunter, and faster runner. He would always say how great Silo was and never offer me any help in the slightest!"

"Whoa…." Littlefoot said, feeling sorry for Hyp. Even though he and Shorty occasionally had tussles and verbal arguments, the two brothers were never enemies. He couldn't imagine having that bad of a relationship with a sibling.

"Why doesn't your brother live in the Valley?" Chomper asked.

"He left about 2 cold times ago to hunt with some mobile hunting party/herd," Hyp explained, "And I know for sure he's going to rub that in my face and call me a loser."

Chomper and Littlefoot now felt really bad. "We can only hope he's changed," Littlefoot said.

"I doubt it, now you two, just scram," Hyp said, not in a mean way, but a frustrated way, and that frustration was not because of the two little biters.

MEANWHILE……….

Mage was relaxing in a cave, building up his magic. Even though Chomper's reality-altering wish was the last really major use of his magic he did, he'd been having a weird feeling since Chomper released him from the Stone of Cold Fire.

"I wonder what this is," Mage said to himself referencing the above-mentioned feeling "I haven't felt like this since I was still inside the Stone." What the rainbow face spirit didn't know was that this was a buildup. A recovery period, if you will.

Truth be told, even though currently Mage could only use his magic for minor things, his ability to use more powerful spells would soon return.

And who knows? Maybe Chomper will have a wish that requires massive amounts of magic…..(Foreshadowing!!!)

BACK WITH THE GANG……….

Littlefoot and Chomper had rejoined their friends and told them about Silo. They were equally surprised by the news.

"So Hyp has a brother who was mean to him? That's bad, it is, it is," Ducky said, the swimming sharptooth in a river beside them.

"Maybe if his family was nicer maybe Hyp wouldn't have been a bully," Ruby said.

"Yeah," her friends agreed.

Just as they exited the Great Valley, all the young sharpteeth heard an unfamiliar voice.

"You know Hypsqueak?" a teenaged voice asked. (A pun I thought of, sounds like "pipsqueak".)

"Who's there?" asked Cera. The sharptooth who made that remark revealed himself. He had a color scheme similar to Hyp's, and Littlefoot and Chomper knew who this had to be.

"Are you Silo?" Chomper asked. "The one and only," Hyp's brother replied.

"We should get going now," Guido whispered, not wanting to be around this sharptooth if Hyp's description was accurate.

"Where you runts going?" Silo asked, seeing them try to slip away. "On an adventure," Littlefoot replied.

"Adventuring," Silo laughed, "Something your puny little twerps like to do."

That made Chomper mad. "Like you're any more exciting…" he muttered.

"What did you say?" Silo asked, clearly angered. "You're just a bully," Chomper replied. "You have no right to be mean to Hyp or anyone else," he went on, walking up to him.

"Oh yeah?" Silo asked, taking his claw and swiping at Chomper, who just barely managed to jump out of the way in time, and landed on his stomach because of that jump.

"That was uncalled for!" yelled Ruby, she and the others running to Chomper and helping him back up.

"Ah….the runts helping each other, so cute," Silo said sarcastically.

"WILL YOU SHUT UP?!!!" Someone yelled out of view. It was Hyp, followed close behind by Mutt and Nod. "Oh bro," Silo laughed, "Come to get your share?"

"Leave them alone!" Hyp said sternly. "Why should I?" Silo scoffed, "I've heard you've been a bully yourself, I'm surprised you're not joining in."

Hyp grunted very angrily. "I wouldn't do that to my friends!" he yelled. The gang went wide-eyed. Though they has seen signs of Hyp's softer side before, but they never heard him say they were his friends.

Silo just smirked at his brother's actions. "I'll tell you what," he began," Since I'm so happy to see ya again, I'll give you a break….for now." He then proceeded to walk into the Great Valley and left everyone alone.

"Wow Hyp….thanks," Chomper smiled, impressed by what he had just done.

"Yeah Hyp, that was awesome! But I bet I could've stood up to him," Cera laughed.

"Don't mention it guys," Hyp said, beginning to be a true friend to the gang. "You should keep going on that adventure you meant to."

"Wanna come?" Guido asked. "Nah, me, Mutt, and Nod will be busy," Hyp replied.

"Bye!" the gang waved as they set up. Hyp now felt more confident in issues dealing with his brother.

(Read and Review! In case you felt the silo storyline ended abruptly, don't worry, it will be developed in later chapters. PS: What did you guys think of the twist at the end of the previous chapter?)

Next time on Sharptooth Valley II: Chomper has another dream about the past reality while the gang is at the world's biggest tree, so he goes to Mage about it. What will the little rex wish for now?