(Here's the next chapter. This will probably be another 3-5 chapter arc probably.)
Chapter 35: Cold Hearts and Cold Fire Part 1
"Tricia! TRICIA!!" Cera screamed at the top of her lungs watching the two diabolical flyers disappear from sight. Every sharpteeth who was present at the scne was horrified by what had just transpired. "Those monsters…" Sharptooth said with rage in his voice. Ruby was just staying still in shocked silence. Those two flyers, those two fiends, were responsible for the loss of her family so long ago. And now they had abducted the little sibling of one of her friends?! "I…I can't believe this…" Ruby said in a silent yet horrified tone. Chomper came up to Cera and Ruby. "Cera…we'll stop them, we'll get Tricia back," he and Littlefoot tried to comfort, but it wouldn't help Cera at all. "But they have a huge army on their hands, what are we going to do?!" Cera yelled. She couldn't keep calm in a situation like this, but could you really blame her? "We have to inform all the adults in the valley," Zidane commented. "I have a feeling we'll need all the help we can get…." The gang gave a somber-and-serious nod.
Up in the sky, Rinkus and Sierra were flying towards their lair, Sierra holding Tricia in his claws. "Lemme go!" Rinkus looked down at the little pink fast biter and chuckled. "Sure we could let you go brat…but you realize how big of a fall that would be, correct? You'd never survive." Tricia couldn't quite understand the flyer's words, just starting to speak herself, but when she looked down, she saw that it was QUITE a distance down. She started to cry silently and decided to stay quiet, she didn't want to die. Smiling at the fact the little fast biter had finally shut up, Sierra looked at Rinkus. "You certain this'll have everyone finding the Stone of Cold Fire for us?" Sierra asked. "Of course, you know those fools back in the valley. They'll do anything to protect one of their own, instead of realizing that the only one in life you can help are yourselves." "I'll admit, I'm glad we don't live in that valley of fools anymore," Sierra laughed. "Playing "Buddy-Buddy" with all those non-flyers was the hardest thing I ever had to do in my life." They shared a laugh.
Soon, Rinkus and Sierra were coming up on a mountain. It looked like every other mountain for the most part, but there was a cave in this mountain. How does this vary from other caves-in mountains? While, the entrance to the cave/ the hole is in mid-air, so it was impossible for any type of dinosaur, sharptooth or leafeater, who isn't a flyer to enter. Waiting at the entrance to this cave was a flattooth flyer named Dack who was in Rinkus and Sierra's group devoted to having flyers take over the entire world. He soon noticed the leaders of the army approaching. "Good day," he grinned evilly. He soon noticed the little fast biter in Sierra's clutches. "Another hostage?" he asked. "Not just another hostage," Rinkus grinned back, "This one may be the key to our ultimate goal of finding the magical stone that will grant our wish." Dack looked impressed. "Really? I never thought a mere child could be that important." "She's not a flyer, how important could she be?" Sierra laughed evilly." Take her to the holding caves," Rinkus instructed to Dack. "Understood," replied Dack. Sierra set Tricia down, but Tricia knew trying to run was hopeless.
That night in the Great valley, Sharptooth had called an emergency meeting for all the grownups, and the kids who had witnesses the kidnapping (Chomper, Ruby, Littlefoot, Cera, Petrie, Ducky, and Spike.) Veli and Cira had been informed about what happened to Tricia beforehand, because Sharptooth knew that had a right to find out about all this as soon as possible. Everyone at the meeting could tell Veli was trying to not let his rage slip out, but he wasn't being successful. "Everyone…I have some unfortunate and urgent news," Sharptooth sighed, beginning the meeting. "For the past couple of weeks we have been deceived." "Who are you talking about?" Mr. Belly Dragger asked confused. "Two flyers, by the names of Rinkus and Sierra have been using the Great Valley as a resting place while they've been secretly doing evil deeds." "Evil deeds? What were they?" Mama Swimming Sharptooth asked from the nearby waterhole. "They've been trying to locate something known as the Stone of Cold Fire that can supposedly grant a wish that they will use to have their gang of flyers take over the world." All the sharpteeth looked either horrified or confused. "Magic? Don't they know there's no such thing?!" Growley yelled from among the crowd. "What else did those 2 do?" Terri asked, standing by her mate and son, Chomper hadn't told them about the Tricia part yet. Sharptooth paused, then he finally said "In a cowardly move, they abducted one of our own. They kidnapped a young fast biter named Tricia." There was a big gasp.
MEANWHILE, AT THE LEAFEATER VALLEY…..
It was a pretty basic evening. But, at the leafeater valley, for the children at least, that meant it was a pretty dull evening. Rory, Rita, Myra, Greg, and Mo were sitting on a log by a little pond, throwing stones in it to amuse themselves. "There's nothing to do," Rory sighed bored. "If we had more friends, we might've had more to do," Myra nodded. Outside of this little gang of five, most of the leafeater kids stayed to themselves. Unlike sharpteeth kids, leafeater young ones were very independent and preferred sticking to themselves. "Well, we have each other, right guys?" Rita smiled to her friends, trying to brighten the mood. "Yeah, you have a point there Rita, "Greg said, the spiketail knowing on some yummy treestars. "Being around others close to you makes everything better," Mo agreed. "Tell that to my mom and dad," Greg laughed. You could still hear the sounds of the flyer and spiketail arguing about another pointless subject. "But I love em anyway."
"Yeah.." Rita laughed a bit. The longtail got up to take a sip of water, but then she froze. She stood perfectly still, and began to shake. "Rita, what's going one?" Myra asked, rubbing to her side. "It's those feelings again," Rita shivered. Rit had inherited another trait from her mother, the ability to "feel" danger when it's in the area. "I feel so cold," Rita shivered again. "It's like….there's something very bad, I mean VERY BAD out there in the Mysterious Beyond," Rita said, no other description to how she was feeling. "Maybe we should find Strut," Myra suggested. "Good point Myra," Rory agreed. The friends took off to find the fast runner. "Just stay with us, you'll be alright," Rory tried to ensure. But the leafeaters were nervous. The last time Rita felt this way was when Redfoot had set his plan into action….
Back at the lair of the Evil Flyers, Dack was taking Tricia to the Holding Caves. At this point, Tricia could no longer hold in her tears. "Pathetic…" Dack muttered to Tricia. "I know you're too small to comprehend this, but tears don't help you. Crying only makes everything look more useless than it already is." Dack pushed a boulder blocking a little tunnel out of the way. "In you go," he smirked sinisterly. Tricia tried to bite Dack's wing, but the evil flattooth flyer managed to fling her into the little cave beforehand. Tricia landed with a little impact against the wall, giving her only a little bruise thankfully. Before Tricia could run back out of the cave, Dack moved the boulder he had initially had the cave blocked with pushed back into position. It was clearly too big and heavy for Tricia to move by herself. There was enough space from the rock for Tricia to breathe, but that was about it. "You better consider yourself lucky," Dack cruelly called to the young fast biter. "We typically kill our hostages and don't give them any chance. But I'm feeling….generous today, he laughed." Tricia only continued to cry.
Back at the meeting in the Great Valley, Sharptooth was explaining about that demands Sierra and Rinkus had left them. "THOSE………!" Veli laughed. (I probably shouldn't type the words Veli had used, because I would probably get in trouble for cussing in one of my stories.) Normally Cira would try to calm her mate down, but this time she understood. She decided to stay quiet, worried to death about her daughter but didn't know how to handle the situation right now. Sharptooth let out another sigh. "I'm afraid that, until anyone can think of an alternative method, the only way to ensure Tricia's safety is to find the Stone of Cold Fire within the time limit they gave us." Veli at this point had gone into fits of rage saying what he would do if he ever ran into Rinkus, Sierra, or one of their gang. Chomper meanwhile noticed Ruby slip off by herself from the crowd. "Can I go talk to Ruby mom?" he asked hoping she'd say yes. "You may son, that is alright," Terri replied. Chomper quickly followed Ruby to a small field where she lied on the ground. "They're out there Chomper," Ruby said sadly.
"I know," Chomper replied somberly. "It was them. They were the ones who killed my parents. They were the reason I lost my brothers and nearly died myself. They were the reason I nearly lost you that day at Crumbling Rock. They were the reason Cera nearly got killed by that longneck." Chomper never saw Ruby looking so serious before. But he knew she had all the reason to be. "Ruby…we'll stop them," Chomper tried his best to assure. "We'll avenge your family and anyone else who was hurt by those flyers." "We will," Ruby replied, "We must." Ruby then looked at Chomper's eyes. "I know this may not be the time to focus on this, but I really want to…" "Huh?" Chomper asked. Ruby then proceeded to give Chomper another kiss on the lips! Chomper blushed briefly, but proceeded to kiss Ruby back. The rex and the fast biter were truly in love. However, this entire time Chomper was thinking up a plan on how to stop the flyers, and he wanted to gather his friends….
Speaking of flyers, Petrie and his siblings were back at their family nest. "I can't believe those evil flyers tricked Uncle Pterano!" one of Petrie's sisters said. "Uh huh!" everyone else nodded. Petrie noticed that his mom was standing a little distance away by herself. "I'm going to talk to mom," Petrie said to his brothers and sisters. When he flew over to his mom, Tera could tell it was Petrie without even looking. "It's started," she said sternly. "What's started?" Petrie asked confused. "I didn't think he was right at the time, but now…" Tera said, thinking about everything she had just learned. "What are you talking about mom?" Petrie asked still confused. Tera paused. She then said "A while ago when your uncle came to visit us, he had something to tell me…."
FLASHBACK…….. (To about the end of the Bad to the Beak two-parter.)
"Pterano, I don't want you to stay here. You're a bad influence, and now Petrie and one of his friends has been hurt!" Tera argued to her brother. "You make excellent points sister," Pterano commented, "But I have an alternate motive for returning here." "What do you mean brother?" Tera asked confused. "Those two flyers you met today, Rinkus and Sierra…" "What about them?" Tera questioned. "Ever since they joined me on my travels around the world, I've had a bad feeling about them," the big sharptooth flyer said. "I need you to promise me that if you see them act oddly, you'll inform me immediately."
THE PRESENT……..
"At the time I thought your uncle was just being paranoid, but now…" "Then why would Uncle Pterano leave if he was suspicious of them?" Petrie asked. "Actually…." Tera began.
FLASHBACK……… (Shortly before the beginning of The Secret Revealed.)
"So you're finally setting off eh?" Tera asked her brother. "To tell the truth sister," Pterano said in response. "I'm not going far. I'll be within an hour' distance of here." The mother flyer sharptooth looked surprised. "If you see Rinkus, Sierra, or both do anything suspicious, promise me you'll track me down and report it." Tera looked amazed at how much her brother was concerned about this, but nodded in agreement.
THE PRESENT…..
"So Uncle Pterano felt they weren't good from the beginning?" Petrie asked. "Yes Petrie, and I'm afraid he was right." Tera concluded.
Chomper and Ruby meanwhile were gathering up all of their friends and meeting by the waterhole. They had Ducky, Spike, Littlefoot, Tippy, and Guido come with them to the waterhole. "Tippy wonders where Cera is," the belly dragger commented. "She's staying by her parent's side, they need all the support they can get now," Littlefoot explained, hating the memory of the pain he saw on Veli and Cira's faces. "Can we have your guys' attention?" Chomper asjed politely, climbing atop a rock to make himself looking more powerful. "We've been thinking of a way we can stop the evil flyers and rescue Tricia," Ruby explained. "How?" Guido asked "They have a large amount of flyers in their group." "That's our plan," Chomper replied. "If we're going to save the day, we are going to need help." "I'm sure most of us here in the valley would gladly help," replied Guido. "It's not just that Guido," Ruby replied.
"This may be the most dangerous thing we've ever done guys," Chomper reminded them. "We're going to need ALL the help we can get. We'll need everyone we can get: even ones we might not have gotten along with…" Ducky thought of Hyp, Nod and Mutt. "We'll need everyone we know who is on our side…" Ruby thought of when Doc joined them to help stop Redfoot's plan. "We need to find every friend or family member who lives out in the Mysterious Beyond that we can…" Littlefoot thought of his father (Tyran), his mother (Saura), Shorty, as well as all the rexes in Ali's hered (Yes, even Rhett.) "Simply put, we need everyone we know." Chomper thought of Myra, Greg, Rita, Rory, Mo, and Strut, who he was sure would still be willing to help him, because if the flyers got ahold of the Stone of Cold Fire, everyone would be in danger. The gang shared a smile of agreement. "Yeah, we're all in this together guys," Littlefoot smiled. "We are, we are," added Ducky. Chomper, Littlefoot, Spike, Ruby, Tippy, and Guido all put their hands/claws together. Ducky just looked towards the group, being bound to water.
(There's that chapter, hope it's a good start to the story arc. Read and review!)
Next time on the Land Before Time: Sharptooth Valley: everyone splits up to find their friends while others search for the stone, and the leafeater gang (plus Strut) go out into the MB to find out what Rita's bad feelings are.