CHAPTER TEN
Littlefoot and the others sneak near where Chomper is supposed to be living. They notice that he is eating a dead Leaf Eater. "This is the Sharptooth you want to be friends with? You are nuts!" snapped Cera.
"See, I've broken him." Littlefoot whispers to Athalias.
Athalias flies over to Chomper to talk to him. When she returns, she says "His name is Silver Claw."
"Silver Claw?" gasps Littlefoot.
"Yes, his mom and dad named him, not you." says Athalias.
Two adult sharpteeth show up.
Why hello there, here to see our boy? says the father.
We are so proud of him, at his age he single handedly took down a spike tail! So it's no surprise even flatteeth would be glad to come just to see him. says the mother.
Actually I'm a bothbeak. says Athalias.
That's impossible, they went out with the end of the Jurassic. says the mother.
Athalias sheds a tear Yes, I know. she says. So, Siver Claw, tell me about your life. What's it like being young and awesome? she says.
It's amazing. I was able to bring down a Longneck, Hidden Runner, Spiketail, Clubtail, Sharp Beak, and Swimmer within the past week, all by myself. I took down the Sharp Beak and Swimmer at the same time. The Sharp Beak was going for the Swimmer. Neither was paying attention. It was too easy. Silver Claw bragged.
Athalias says Wow! I am so glad you already have food, you probably have what it takes to eat me. I'd like you to meet someone. This is Littlefoot. He finds sharpteeth fascinating. Don't worry, unlike most flatteeth he is intelligent enough to know sharpteeth only take down flatteeth because they need to eat, so I doubt he will act grudgy.
Littlefoot says to Athalias "Um, Athalias, I only speak Leaf Eater. I tried, in the other timeline, to speak Sharptooth from what I had heard from Chomper. However, it came out wrong. I tried to tell a female Sailback to please spare me and instead, I told her that she had a big tush. It didn't work out that well."
Athalias blushes. "My apologies, I was having so much fun I forgot to share."
She begins to reenact her conversation, even imitating the voices perfectly but speaking it all in leaf eater.
"That's awful! It seems that he's a very dangerous Sharptooth instead of a friendly Sharptooth. I need to restore him to being a friendly Sharptooth. Let's see if I can get him to come with me. Maybe we can talk some sense back into him." said Littlefoot to Athalias.
"This guy is weird. Do you know him?" said Ruby to Athalias, Cera, Ducky, Petrie, and Spike, pointing at Littlefoot.
Athalia says "I'll tell you what Littlefood, I will ask him if he would be willing to have a playdate with you after his meal, he has enough food to last his family days so it is unlikely he will kill you until he needs to get more. At which point I suggest a 24 hour head start, then I will keep watch and let you know when he is stocked up again. But that's as close as you're going to get."
Suddenly, the group hears a familar roar.
"It is Red Claw. He is dangerous so we need to hide or else he'll get us." cried Ruby.
"Red Claw, hmmmm? I have an idea." said Littlefoot.
As Red Claw came near, Littlefoot stick his tongue out at the Two Claw. "Over here ugly!" Littlefoot shouted. Red Claw, Screech, and Thud chased him. Littefoot ran toward a tree that Petrie was resting on.
"Petrie, now!" yelled Littlefoot.
Petrie quickly guesses what Littlefoot wants and whacks a tree branch, smacking Red Claw in the face. Red Claw tries to go for Cera. However, he doesn't get far, as he soon trips, for Littlefoot and Petrie had quietly tied a vine around his foot. This trips him, and he collides with Screech and Thud and knocks them over. The three Sharpteeth eventually get up, but the move of Littlefoot allows Littlefoot, Cera, Ducky, Petrie, Spike, Silver Claw, Ruby, Athalias, and Silver Claw's parents to get away.
"Athalias, ask Silver Claw what he thinks of me now." Littlefoot says.