(This is it. The "redfoot's plan" Chapter arc. I got the title and the concept of the plan from a Fraggle Rock episode.)
Chapter 25: The River of Life Part 1
Redfoot, Icky, Ozzy, Kevin ( a spiketail), and Platy (A swimmer) were walking through the Mysterious Beyond. "So when are they supposed to show up Redfoot?" Icky asked. "When we need them," the longneck grinned back. "How do you know they won't get hunted down or anything?" Kevin asked. "Don't worry, I'm sure," Redfoot grinned. "This is their "Time of the Great Giving", they'll all be gathered in the valley today." On Redfoot's back were all the black plants from chapter 20. "So what are here for?" Icky asked. "You out of all the leafeaters knew this place the best before the sharpteeth took it over." "Icky, I need you to stay high in the sky and make tell me if any of the sharpteeth look like they're about to leave the Valley." "Got it," nodded Icky flying off. Redfoot smiled. His plan would go down as one of the greatest moments in leafeater history, in his mind.
Petrie, meanwhile, was very happy. After several weeks, the little flying sharptooth had finally recovered. "I'm back in action!" he cheered. "That's great to hear," Littlefoot smiled. He and his friends were now all perfectly healthy now, so they could play and go on more exciting adventures. "This is the life," Cera sighed happily, floating in the water. The gang was watching the grownups prepare for the Time of the Great Giving, gathering prey for a big feast, setting up games for themselves and the children, and preparing the waterhole for the annual Big Swim. Chomper took a big look around the Great Valley, and let out a big smile. Life has been good since he made his reality-altering wish. He had more friends of his own kind, he was still able to see Rory, Rita, Myra, and Greg once in awhile (there meetings were done in secret), he had a girlfriend now, and bes of all, if he said he was having friends for dinner, no one would be creeped out or find that comment odd!
Littlefoot was hanging with his grandparents now, as well as his parents and Shorty. The two brothers looked embarrassed when Ali walked past, waving "hi" while holding Rhett's hand. "What's wrong boys?" Saura asked, curious about her children's lifes. "Nothing special mom," Littlefoot replied, laughing a bit at the memory of the Ali incident. Petrie, his siblings, as well as his mom and Pterano were flying all around. Petrie was staying around the waterhole, showing Ducky some tricks he had thought up while in was in his state of dino-crippledness. "That's amazing Petrie, it is, it is," Ducky complimented. "I know," the flyer blushed. Chomper was eating with his parents. "Thanks for catching this mom and dad," Chomper said. "Thanks for helping us son," Dein replied. In the middle of chowing down, Ruby came into the cave. "Hey Chomper," Ruby said. "I wanna show you something." Chomper looked at his parents. "You can go son," Terri smiled. "Thanks mom!" called Chomper, waving and running off with Ruby. Terri smiled: seeing her son and Ruby reminded herself of a younger her and Dein, minus the fighting part.
Outside in the Mysterious Beyond, Redfoot, Ozzy, and Platy were secretly patrolling the outside of the GV. "So where's this secret spot?" Ozzy questioned. "Hidden in the southern most side of the valley," Redfoot explained. "It's a spot none of the sharpteeth know about." He let out a chuckle….a laugh of evil, to better describe it. Soon, footsteps could be heard. Eventually, 14 big longnecks came into view. The leader of the group stepped forward. "Been awhile since we heard from you Redfoot," he said sternly. "But my sources tell me this strategy of yours can't fail?" "You got that correct," Redfoot replied. "While, we're glad to do our part," another one of the longnecks in the group said. Redfoot took a look at the valley walls and laughed. "Those bloodthirsty dimwits won't know what hit them until it's too late. Now, go guard all of the exits to this place," he said to the longnecks. They nodded and walked off.
Cera was hanging with her sister, father, and Cira. Veli had always been slightly overprotective to her daughters, and since the night Cera got attacked by the longneck, that quality went into overdrive. Even though Cera was fine, Veli kept her oldest daughter with them for now. Tricia was jumping up and down happily. "Swimming! Swimming!" she cheered. The baby fast biter was starting to learn words (in her native tongue, of course.) Petrie meanwhile, smelt Guido coming up behind him. "Hey Petrie!" Guido laughed, zipping past him. "Hey Guido," Petrie laughed with a side back. Ducky's plan had worked: Petrie was eager for stunts again, because he wanted to prove to Guido that they weren't easy. He could tell by the flyer's expression what he wanted to do. They flew off, and Tera caught a glimpse of her son. She heaved a sigh. Pterano was nearby. "Brother…you just make sure they don't do anything stupid again." "Of course," Pterano smiled, and flew after his nephew.
Ruby showed Chomper to a secret wall in the valley. "I've been working on it for a while," Ruby commented. "Working on what?" Chomper asked, eager to know. "You'll see," Ruby smiled. As they walked along the path, Chomper noticed a lot of smashed tree sweets in the ground. He soon found out why. On the wall in front of them, there were several stains from the tree sweet bubble juice. The marks seemed random, but then Chomper looked closer. The markings looked like a rex and a fast biter….kissing. Chomper was still young, but her knew what this meant. "Ruby…it's beautifu," Chomper smiled. "I call it a wall marking," Ruby said back. (I think the term "picture" doesn't exist in the LBT universe.) Chomper then gave Ruby a kiss. But for the first time, it was him who gave the initial kiss. They suddenly heard footsteps. "How cute," smirked Sharptooth, who had just come by. "Sharptooth? How come you're not with everyone at the celebration?" Ruby asked. Sharptooth chuckled a bit. "You know I'm always busy being one of the leaders of the valley. Now that I know everyone's having fun, I like the opportunity to relax." "Good point there," Chomper smiled. The 3 decided to take a walk. Chomper smelled a longneck in the far distance, but he decided it wasn't important.
Icky, meanwhile had kept to the skies. Staying in the shadows, he noticed that pretty much all of the sharpteeth had gathered in or around the waterhole. He flew to the southern-most wall where Redfoot, Kevin, Platy, and Ozzy were. "All clear," Icky said. "Thanks, you can head back to our valley Icky," Redfoot said to his associate. "But that won't be our valley anymore" he laughed mentally. Icky saluted Redfoot and flew off. Aqfter a few more minutes of walking, the group arrived at their intended destination. "None of the sharpteeth know about this location," the scarred-eyed longneck explaine. The 4 had arrived at what seemed like one wall, but Redfoot knew more. As he was doing his job, Kevin kept placing fruits around the area so they couldn't be traced by anyone. Redfoot then applied all his muscle to lift up a giant rock. Under that rock, in a little cave, was a small stream of water. "What's so important about this?" Ozzy asked angrily. Redfoot chuckled, still holding up the rock. "What you don't know Ozzy, is that water from this little bit flows into the rest of the valley's waterhole." Ozzy thought for a minute, then he finally figured out Redfoot's plan. "Ingenious…." He complimented in an evil tone. "Now drop the plants in!" Redfoot ordered, straining. Ozzy, Platy, and Kevin agreed. The black flowers fell into the water. When they did…. A weird pollen began flowing out……
In the water hole, everyone was having a good time swimming. Littlefoot, Cera, Ducky, Spike, Tippy, Shorty, Ali, and the rest of the kids were splashing each other and having "who can hold their breath underwater the longest" contests. The only ones not near the water were Chomper, Ruby, Sharptooth, Petrie, Guido, and Pterano. Tippy swam up to the gang. "Can anyone tell Tippy who keeps giving Tippy these heart-shaped stones?" the belly dragger asked. Everyone nodded no. "Oh well," smiled Tippy and swam off. At this point, Ali noticed something. "What's that?" she asked Rhett, noticing weird specks appear in the water. "No idea," Rhett replied. Ali started feeling weird. "Something wrong Ali?" Rhett asked. "I think I need some rest…" Ali replied. The two sharpteeth helped each other out of the waterhole. Soon enough, Rhjett began to feel odd too. But they weren't the only ones.
"On the count of 3," Guido began. He and Petrie's next stunt was this: The had placed a dead swimmer high on a cliff at an angle where it would eventually fall off. They were trying to see if an, for lack of a better word, in-flight meal was possible. "You two!" Pterano called, laughing a bit at the sight "You're missing the celebration. Stop this nonsense at once." Petrie looked a bit disappointed, but he was still in a good mood. "Ok uncle, you're right," he admitted. Pterano planned to do more stunts when he returned to traveling the Mysterious Beyond, but he didn't want his nieces and nephews following in his foot steps quite yet. Flying near ground level, they eventually saw Sharptooth, Chomper, and Ruby. "Hi Petrie! Hi Guido! Hi Petrie's uncle!" Chomper smiled, waving to his friends. "We're heading back to the celebration," explained Pterano. "So are we," responded Ruby. But when the 6 got back to the main valley, something was wrong. Everyone was on the side of the waterhole, looking sick and weak!
"Chomper…? Ruby….?" Littlefoot called, tired. The friends rushed up to him. "What's wrong?" Chomper asked nervously. "Tippy doesn't know…" Tippy replied. "We were just swimming in the water when these weird specs started showing up," Cera finished, coughing a little. "And we don't feel so good, we don't, we don't," Ducky finished, still in the water. Sharptooth and Pterano soon had an idea of what's going on. "Don't tell me…" Pterano whispered horrified. He flew inches over the water, making sure none of it got in his mouth. He noticed the specs everyone mentioned. "Mom?! Are you all right?" Petrie said, flying over to his mother. "I don't feel too good son," Tera replied. "I feel very dizzy." Pterano examined the specs, and noticed they were black. "No…" he muttered, "The Black Plant of Death?" "The what?" Ruby asked. "The Black Plant of death," Sharptooth replied. "It's a rare plant in these parts. If you ingest it's pollen, you get sick, and if you eat the flower directly, you die in 24 hours without the antidote." "But how'd it get in our water?" Chomper screamed. Sharptooth had a bad feeling he knew. "Wait here," he ordered everyone.
Sharptooth dashed over to one of the Valley's exits, staying beside the wall. When he got close to one of the exits, he eyed out of it carefully. He could see several big, yellow longnecks. "I was right," Sharptooth thought. He quickly returned to the herds. "The Fearsome 14." He muttered. A lot of the adults gasped, but the kids mostly looked confused. "Who?" asked Chomper. "Tfe Fearsome 14," Sharptooth said again. "A group of evil longneck who devote there lives to killing sharpteeth." The children gasped. "That's horrible, it is, it is," Ducky coughed. Sharptooth and Pterano looked at each other. "It has to be Redfoot behind this," Pterano muttered, "He's always been trying to get rid of us." "BUT WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO?!" Guido panicked. "There's only of us in good condition to fight, but there's no way we can take them all on!" "Then we have to solve this problem at the source," Sharptooth said. "We have to track down Redfoot and make him get rid of these flowers. He knows that if one of the sickened sharpteeth try to live, the 14 will kill them." "But how do we get out of here?" Chomper asked. "Petrie, his uncle, and Guido can fly, but us…" "There's a secret exit to the Mysterious Beyond from my cave," Sharptooth explained. "Chomper, you, I, and Ruby can take it." Sharpteeth looked at all his fellow valley members.
"Everyone, you must stay strong," he said, sounding like a true leader. "You must not give up hope and surrender to the enemy. The 6 of us WILL solve the problem, and save your lives." "But we'll need help," Chomper said. Sharptooth thought a moment. Most of the sharpeeth who lived in the Great Valley area gathered here and got sick. Then he remembered… "We could find Doc."
(Hope you like it.! Read and Review, or PM me with your comments. From this point on, it's all plot development.)
Sharptooth-version of Doc comes next chapter!