(Here we are, Chapter 11 dead ahead!)
Chapter 11: A Brief Return
"A way to visit the old reality?" Mage asked. "Uh-huh," nodded Chomper. "Would that be possible?"
Mage thought about this. Since recently, he began feeling the return of his stronger magic, and maybe, just maybe, Chomper's request would be doable. "This will take a lot of magic," Mage noted. "But let's go for it." "Thanks Mage," Chomper smiled. The rainbow face then told Chomper to give him a minute.
Mage began reciting a chant in some language that Chomper, or probably everyone, didn't understand. Chomper was ready for what was about to happen. He was expecting a big flash which would then be followed by him appearing back in the old reality, but that wasn't quite the final result.
Yes, there was a big flash, but instead of being in the old reality, nothing appeared to happen. "Did the spell go wrong?" Chomper asked Mage. Mage let out a warm smile. "It didn't go wrong, look down," he instructed. Chomper did, and saw an odd-looking stone lying on the ground.
"What's that rock?" Chomper asked. "You're way of seeing the old reality," Mage explained. "What do you mean?" "Well," Mage began to explain, "If you hold that rock and think of the past reality, you'll warp there!"
"Whoa, really?" Chomper asked. Mage nodded yes. "When can I try them out?" Chomper asked. "Right now," Mage offered. But then one thought entered Chomper's mind. "But what if someone notices I'm missing?"
"I thought about that," Mage responded, "So I gave that stone another ability: When your in one reality, time will stop in the reality you're not in. So when you come back here, it won't be any later than from when you left."
"Wow…" Chomper said, still in awe. "I guess I'll see you later." "Take care!" smiled Mage.
Chomper picked up the magic rock. "Here I go," the little sharptooth mumbled. Concentrating hard, he began to think about where he and his parents lived back in the old reality. He kept thinking harder and harder.
Then he felt it. He no longer felt like he was standing on a surface, he felt like he was flying through the sky. "This…is…awesome!!" he said, going between realities.
If anyone was watching this, it would look like Chomper was flying thorough a blue tunnel with a light at the end of it. "Is that it?" Chomper asked, looking at the approaching white light. The light soon engulfed the sharptooth, and for a few moments there, he could only see white.
But then he soon began to see other things. As his vision became more clear, Chomper noticed he was in a cave. And this particular cave was one he recognized. "My secret place!" It was true, Chomper was back in the cave he called his own back in the past reality.
"I'm back in the old reality!" he grinned, walking back out into the main part of the Mysterious Beyond. It had been a while since he was in this place, but for the most part, he remembered it in good detail. "There's the Pine Cone playing field," he recalled.
Then he remembered something else. "Rita and the others should be here somewhere," h recalled.
Just then, Dein walked into view. "Chomper, that spiketial we caught is getting really cold, don't miss your chance for a meal." "Don't worry dad, I'll get home right now," Chomper nodded with a smile. The two t-rexes walked back to their home.
Back at their cave, Terri and Rita (Her original sharptooth form) were finishing up their dinner. "Where did you say Chomper went again?" Terri asked. "He said his secret place," Rita replied.
"If you know about it and you just told me about it, doesn't that mean it's not a secret?" Terri smirked. The girls shared a laugh. Just then, Chomper and Dein showed up.
"There you are son, we've been looking for you for about half an hour now," Terri said.
"Yeah….I've only been gone that long," Chomper said, trying to hide his sarcasm. He looked at Rita.
"Haven't seen you for a while Rita, how have you been?" the rex asked. "A "While"? You've been gone less than an hour," Rita chuckled.
Chomper silently gulped, realizing what he just said. "Well, I consider less than an hour a while," Chomper laughed, then Rita laughed too.
"Dig in son," offered Terri, and Chomper nodded happily. As he ate his fill, a thought entered Terri's head.
"For a while now, all our hunts have been pretty successful," she said, "We haven't had any run-ins with Redclaw for a while now." "That is weird," commented Dein, "Because I've heard others complain about him, so it's not like he went away to somewhere else."
Chomper thought back to his earlier life in this reality, and he too remembered being surprised by the fact Redclaw hadn't appeared around them for some time. Was there a reason? He decided not to think about that for now.
"So what do you wanna do tomorrow?" Rita asked Chomper.
"Hmm…maybe go hunting with Rory, Myra, and Greg?" Chomper asked. "Who's Greg?" asked Rita confused.
"Oh, you've met Greg, son?" Dein asked. The father sharptooth then turned to Rita. "He's the son of a belly dragger and sharpbeak we know." "Oh," Rita nodded.
Soon, the family of sharpteeth finished their meal. Chomper let out a burp. "You got to learn some manners," Rita commented. "Sorry," apologized Chomper.
"I'm getting tired," Rita yawned suddenly. "See you in the morning."
Chomper, remembering that in the sharptooth reality, time was standing still until he came back, decided he did have the time to spend a night here. "Night mom, dad, Rita.." he said too, and doze off.
THE NEXT MORNING………..
The purple sharptooth awoke, still in the past reality. Over in the distance, he saw Rita playing with Rory and Myra and decided to go join them. "Hey guys!" Chomper called running over to them. "Man, you sure are a deep sleeper Chomper," Rory said.
"That's not my fault," Chomper laughed in response. Suddenly, the 4 young sharpteeth heard a noise.
"What's that?" asked Myra. The explanation soon came. A short distance away, an adult female belly dragger followed by a sharpbeak and a young male belly dragger were walking by, in hunting stances.
"Now Greg, when we get to the water, follow my lead," Dil instructed. "I'm going to teach you how to sneak up and grab prey from underwater."
"Cool!" Greg grinned excitedly. "What about me? Can't I teach the kid anything?" asked Ichy. "Nope," Dil replied with a grin.
Chomper and the others just chuckled at the sight of the feuding grownups. "So what do you guys want to play now?" Myra asked.
Rory and Chomper turned to each other, than back to the girls. "Pine cone!" they said with confidence.
Myr and Rita thought about it for a moment, and decided to go for it. "Sure, but we'll just beat you again," commented Myra.
"Don't be so sure," Chomper replied. "I know not to mess up now."
"I guess we'll see about that," Rita said, hoping her tactics would work once again.
Similar to the first dream Chomper had a few weeks ago, the young sharptooth was able to resist Rita's charms this time around, and he and Rory we able to win the game, as in the dream.
"We won!" Rory cheered, the fast biter jumping up and down excitedly. "So what next?"
Myra's stomach was rumbling, as was Chomper's. "Food," the 4 friends said all at the same time. "But what do you guys want to catch?"
Chomper thought for a moment. "I think, like I had for dinner last night, I'm hungry for spiketail. I might also want to get some for Spike.." he quickly stopped talking after that.
"Spike…isn't that one of your old Great Valley friends?" asked Myra.
"Well, you see…I know a belly dragger whose name is also Spike," Chomper explained in what technically wasn't a lie, "I see him every once in a while."
"Oh," replied Rory. "I think we should split up and hunt for what we a hungry for guys," he suggested.
"I've always had a preference for longneck…" Rita spoke up, "Maybe because I'm angry at them for killing my parents….". That last part was said only in her head.
The discussion on hunting caused Chomper to remember something: The hunting class final in the sharptooth reality was in a few days, and he wanted as much practice as possible. He knew this was also an opportunity he could have to go back to his wish-made reality.
"See you guys later!" Chomper waved, heading off in one direction to what his friends assumed was going hunting. The two fast biters and rex also went their separate ways.
Chomper soon found where he left the dimension-traveling stone. "Here I go again," he whispered, beginning to think about the sharptooth reality.
After just a few moments, he began to feel like he was flying again. After another ride on the magical ride, he went into the white light again, and when he opened his eyes, Mage was standing nearby, and it was still nighttime.
"So, how was your visit?" Mage asked. "It was neat," Chomper replied, "I'll probably do it again in the future."
"That's good to hear," Mage replied.
"I should get some sleep, I want to be in good shape for the hunting test," Chomper said, and ran back to his family's cave. Mage transported himself back to his place with a snap of his fingers.
(There's chap 11, Read and Review! Don't worry, there will be more visiting to the past reality in later chapters.)
Next time on Sharptooth Valley II: As the gang takes their big hunting final, everyone is struggling to do their best. But just when it seems everything is going fine, some unexpected guests bump into the gang.
