(Here's the 20th chapter, hope you guys like it!)

Chapter 20: Back to the Great Valley.

Chomper, Rita, and Ichy made their way back to their homes, Rita still in disbelief about what they had just uncovered. Though, there was a part of her that knew their recent discovery had to be the truth.

"Redclaw's my dad?" she kept repeating to herself. "It would make sense," Chomper added, looking straight ahead. "I mean, why else would Redclaw stop going after me? Because you're tith me, he wouldn't want to hurt his daughter's friends."

"But why wouldn't he just come to me and tell me I'm his daughter?" Rita asked.

It was Ichy who spoke up next. "I may be wrong," the sharpbeak commented, "But maybe since he knows how much he's disliked, he wouldn't want his kid to have the same reputation."

"That makes sense…." Agreed Rita. In her mind, she was planning something: the next time they would see Redclaw, she'd confront him directly and ask him to confirm this fact.

"Well, we're here," Chomper pointed out as they arrived back at their cave. "Good night Ichy, thanks for your help." "Don't mention it kid," Ichy nodded, and flew back to his home.

Rita and Chomper sneaked back into the family's cave silently. Dein and Terri were known for being deep sleepers (Terri was also known for having a problem with drooling in her sleep, so it's been advised to avoid being near her maw when she's snoozing), so they didn't notice that the young rexes took a little expedition that night.

"We made it back just in time too," Rita whispered, looking up at the sky. "There's some sky water starting to fall."

Chomper turned just in time to see a flash of lightning. "And it looks like a really bad storm too," he agreed. Chomper went over to begin sleeping, but he noticed Rita just sitting by the cave's exit, watching the sky water.

"I don't think I'll get any sleep tonight," she called to Chomper, who without looking she just knew was watching her.

"Rita….." Chomper began, but he couldn't think of a conclusion to the sentence. With a dash of regret, he went off to sleep.

Rita ended up spending almost the entire remainder of the night sitting perfectly still, watching the rain.

SEVERAL MILES AWAY……..

A mother sharptooth, about her mid-30's in human years, was dashing through the massive sky water storm followed by her 2 younger children, 1 boy and 1 girl.

"Hurry children!" she called to them. They needed to find a place where they wouldn't get soaked, but there were no caves in sight. The sky water was falling faster and harder, and the open ground wasn't exactly a good place to sleep on.

Eventually, the male child noticed an opening in the distance. "Over there mommy!" he pointed. The mother t-rex was relieved to see a place that could block out the rain. But there was one thing they did not notice about that cave:

It was a cave in what was a MASSIVE wall that stretched for miles. On the other side of the wall lived many dinosaurs of many types on one side of the food chain lived. Any ideas what this place might be? I'll give you a moment to think about it.

ONE MOMENT LATER…..

Time's up! If you guessed the Great Valley, you are correct!! Inside the (original reality version of course) Great Valley, all of the flatteeth were taking cover from the storm.

Ruby was appreciative of her home in the Secret Caverns, they provided ample protection. But it was lonely without Chomper around. "I hope he's ok out in the Mysterious Beyond," she would say multiple times to herself.

In another part of the secret caverns, the small family of sharpteeth were staying for just the night. "Mommy it's cold in here," the daughter said.

"At least it's better than being out there in that sky water storm," the mother replied, relieved to know her family wouldn't catch colds over the night.

But as they would soon learn, the weather would only be number two on their list of concerns…..

The sky water eventually let up during the night and the rain was gone by morning. But the small family of sharpteeth was in for a rude awakening.

The mother sharptooth's eyes slowly opened up after a peaceful night's sleep. The grownup's vision was not 100 percent clear, but when she was fully awake, she saw something that shocked her: Standing a few feet away was an adult threehorn! It was a male, and a mixture of black and gray in color.

"A sharptooth!!" Topsy called to the other leafeaters in the cave. The mother t-rex quickly shot to her feet and dashed over to her children. They woke up with a start, and were equally horrified to see the threehorn.

Of course, Topsy and the family of t-rexes didn't know the language of the other species, so communication was all but impossible. Actually, maybe it WAS impossible.

They quickly turned and ran out into the Mysterious Beyond. Topsy intended to chase after them, but felt it wasn't worth the effort.

Another threehorn came running up. "What was a sharptooth doing here?!" he panted. "Obviously some cowardly attempt to sneak in here and try and make a meal of us," Topsy grunted. Ever since the Days of Rising Waters happened, multiple holes had appeared throughout the walls of the Great Valley. Some of the grownups formed a patrol team to make sure no carnivores attempted to enter the valley.

WITH CHOMPER……….

Chomper awoke to see that Rita was no longer in the cave. "She's already with the others son," Terri explained. "Thanks mom," Chomper nodded as he ran out to join her.

He eventually found her talking to Rory, Myra, and Greg, and they all had their eyes and mouths wide open in shock. Chomper knew what this meant. She told them.

"But how can that be?" Rory asked.

"The clues fit together," Rita replied. "That's why we're going to find him today. Redclaw's morning hunting areas are well-known, so he won't be hard to find."

"Are you sure this a good idea?" Myra asked. Rita nodded "yes" in response. She heard Chomper's footsteps, and turned to face him.

"Glad to see you're awake Chomper," Rita grinned. "We're going Redclaw hunting again."

"I don't think we should rush into this Rita…" Chomper started to say, but he could see how upset Rita was about this.

"Guys, for a long time now, I never knew my father was! This is the best lead I've ever gotten, and I want to know for sure as soon as I can!" she had a dash of anger in her voice.

Chomper, Myra, Rory, and Greg looked at Rita, then at each other. They knew she wouldn't wait, and even if they said no, she'd still go by herself.

"Ok Rita," Greg began, "We'll go with you," Chomper concluded.

"Thanks guys," Rita smiled appreciatively, "You're great friends."

After Chomper, Rory, Myra, and Greg told their folks they were going to go hunt for breakfast, and they set off to find Redclaw.

A SHORT DISTANCE AWAY………

A longneck, a threehorn, a spiketail, a swimmer, and a flyer (Sound familiar?) were walking through the Mysterious Beyond because they wanted to get a Star Day present for Littlefoot's grandfather. (And let's face it, the Land Before Time franchise just wouldn't quite be the same if the gang wasn't going into potentially dangerous scenarios.)

"I remember why the tree Grandpa said he and Grandma is," Littlefoot recalled, leading his friends. "I think it'd be cool to get him a treestar from that very tree."

"Do we really have to go this way?" Cera asked. "Redclaw might be around."

"I thought threehorns weren't afraid of anything Cera," Ruby replied with a smug little smile "Anything didn't make threehorns afraid."

"I know that," Cera replied confidently. "I'm just looking out for you guys, that's all."

Everyone let out a little laugh. Spike made a noise that suggested "That's the Cera we know and love."

As the Gang of Six kept walking, Ducky suddenly nearly tripped. Petrie managed to stop her from falling just in time. "Thanks Petrie, that might've been bad, it might've, it might've."

Petrie blushed. "Me glad you didn't get hurt Ducky," the flyer smiled. Unlike Petrie's sharptooth version in the other reality, the original Petrie still suffered from the bad grammar diseases. (In the words of Ralph Wiggum from The Simpsons, "Me fail English? That's unpossible!" ) What no one noticed was that what Ducky nearly tripped on was the edge of a foot print from a big and easily recognized predator….

WITH CHOMPER'S GANG………

The 5 sharpteeth were using their sniffers. "Anyone got Redclaw's trail?" asked Rita.

"Give me a sec," Rory said, needing to focus. The fast biter concentrated as he sniffed the air, when he finally caught it. "Got it!" he smiled.

"Which way?" asked Rita. "That way," Rory pointed. "I think near the Great Valley." Chomper thought back to long ago when he lived in the Great Valley, and by that, the original Great Valley before his wish. It was an awkward experience knowing that a lot of the inhabitants either despised him or didn't want anything to do with him.

True, he befriended a lot of them, but he could tell that even shortly before he left there were some who didn't like him. He could see it in their eyes.

"Something wrong Chomp?" Greg asked, noticing the purple sharptooth had stopped for a moment. "Oh, nothing," Chomper replied, and kept up with the rest of his friends. (AUTHOR'S NOTE: "Chomp" is Greg's little nickname for Chomper.)

Eventually, they managed to find Redclaw, Screech, and Thud. They had just finished taking down a grown spiketail with ease, and were devouring their breakfast.

Rory, Chomper, Rita, Greg, and Myra hid a short distance away from the trio of powerful carnivores. "I'm gonna do this by myself," Rita told her friends. "Only come to help if they try to hurt me."

"But Rita…" Chomper tried to say, but the blue rex didn't want to elaborate more. She silently slipped out of their hiding place and began walking towards the 3 grownups.

"You hear something boss?" Thud asked, being able to make out the noise of Rita's footsteps. "Yeah, I think I do," Redclaw replied, then turned to face Rita. He began to get a surprised look on his face, but wanted to hide it form his comrades.

"What are you doing here little biter?" he said, in a loud and only pretending-to-be-fierce tone. "I saw you last night," Rita said, staring Redclaw in the face.

"What are you talking about?" Redclaw asked. Screech and Thud were beginning to get confused by their boss's actions. Why didn't he just simply chase this kid away?

"You were by my mom's grave crying," she said. Thud did his best to hold him a chuckle. Redclaw, out of all the sharpteeth he knew, was crying?!

"And I know you're my dad," she finally concluded. Redclaw couldn't think of something to say to deny this. Now Thud and Screech looked shocked. "This girl's your kid boss?" Screech asked, in an almost-amused tone.

Redclaw stayed quiet for a few more seconds, then he finally let out a big sigh. He was in a corner that even he, the Mighty and Powerful Redclaw couldn't get himself out of. "Yes Rita, I'm your dad," he said. "Long ago, I mated with your mother Julie and she laid your egg shortly after."

Rita was glad it was finally confirmed, but she was still upset. "WHY DID YOU NEVER TELL ME?!" she roared angrily. "DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT'S IT LIKE TO NOT KNOW WHO YOUR DAD IS?!!!"

Redclaw now felt like crap. "There's no justification for what I did," Redclaw admitted, "But back then, I was still one of the most unliked sharpteeth in the area. Except for Screech and Thud, your mother was one of the few who cared about me. If word got out that I had a kid, they would hate you without even taking the time to get to know you."

"Wow boss….that's….deep," Screech admitted sincerely. Chomper and the others came out from their hiding spot. They never knew it until today, but Redclaw actually was a loving and caring t-rex. He just did a good job at hiding that.

"Um…Mr. Redclaw sir?" Rory said. "We're Rita's friends." "I know," Redclaw admitted. "After I saw you with her I couldn't do anything to you or your families."

"That's why you didn't hunt us even though you had to have known where we were yesterday?" Chomper asked. Redclaw nodded yes. Chomper let out a smile.

Just a few feet away from them, no one noticed, was that a certain threehorn was watching them. She quickly dashed away before anyone could see her.

Littlefoot and the others had split up in an attempt to find the special tree faster, and they all ended up unsuccessful in their efforts.

They were gathered by a small tree that was separate from the rest of the trees in the area. The remaining 5 of the gang were already there when they saw Cera run up panicked.

"Guys! Guys!" she panted, almost out of breath. "What is it Cera?" Littlefoot asked concerned.

"I just saw Chomper!" Cera replied. Everyone looked surprised. "Was he ok?" Ruby asked. "That's the weird part," Cera responded, "He looked happy and all, but he was with Redclaw! He's fraternizing with the enemy!"

"No way," Petrie said. "That unpossible." "Something most be going on," Littlefoot said. If they only knew what the sharpteeth had just learned, they wouldn't be that shocked.

(Read and Review! I hope you guys enjoyed the return of the old versions of the characters!)

Next time on Sharptooth Valley II: Chomper returns to the sharptooth reality now that the Redclaw issue is settled. Cera ends up playing detective again when one of the Valley inhabitants gets a nasty bump on the head. The good news: There's only 1 suspect. The bad news: his alibi is perfect.