(Chapter 37 is here!)

Chapter 37: Cold Hearts and Cold Fire Part 3

Sharptooth called attention to everyone else one more time before they set out. "My fellow sharpteeth," he roared in a powerful and leading way, "This may be the most dangerous thing we've ever done together. We must not give up hope, and we must support each other here." Everyone responded by nodding silently but respectfully. Sharptooth got all his fellow sharpteeth in his sights. "Now's the time to depart." The groups began heading out.

Chomper and Ruby, in the stone-hunting group, stayed besides all the grownups. Dein and Terri requested that there son stay by them in case something happens. "We don't want to see your hurt son," Terri said to Chomper.

"I know mom, don't worry," replied Chomper. Chomper knew his parents always do anything they can to keep him safe in dangerous situations, and he didn't mind. That's what a good parent was.

Sharptooth looked over at Mr. Belly Dragger. "Do you have anay knowledge about the Stone of Cold Fire that might aid us in our search for it?" he asked.

Mr. Belly Dragger took a moment to think while he kept walking. "Well, I do know some…."facts" on it based off the legend. The story goes that the Stone can only grant one wish per dinosaur, and that there's supposed to be some words, a chant if you will, that allows the wisher's wish to be granted." Chomper silently huhed some "When I made my wish, I didn't say anything like a chant, maybe the stone changed too after my wish was granted."

"But do you know anything about where we can find it?" Sharptooth asked. Mr. Belly Dragger nodded.

"They say it's somewhere on the ground, not on a cliff or anything." Mr. Belly Dragger replied. Since the belly dragger began talking, there was something brewing in the back of Chomper's mind. There was something he was trying to remember, but the memory just wouldn't quite come.

Elsewhere, Petrie and Tera were far ahead of everyone else. "Pterano should be not far from her," Tera said, remembering her brother's instructions. She began sniffing the air. "I'm picking up his trail." Soon, Petrie picked up his uncle's scent too.

As they were flying around the top of a canyon, they heard a voice calling to them. A voice they recognized. "I'm here sister," the voice called. "Brother," Tera said, flying down to Pterano. Pterano looked surprised that his nephew had also come along "Hi uncle," Petrie said.

Pterano smiled at his nephew back, but then turned to face his sister. If she had went all this way to find him, he knew he had to be correct all along. "Rinkus and Sierra……they are up to no good, correct?" he big sharptooth flyer asked.

"Worse," Tera replied sternly. "Right it front of Sharptooth and a lot of the kids….they abducted a little infant. A friend of Petrie's baby sister, a fast biter named Tricia." Pterano looked shocked, but he wasn't surprised the two flyers would do something so terrible.

"We have to track them down," Pterano planned. "Then we'll wait for a moment those two are by themselves. Then we'll strike them, sister." Tera and Pterano, in addition to being great hunters, could really hold their own in a fight if need be. Pterano looked at his nephew "Petrie, if we encounter them…..you'll have to stay on the sidelines, is that ok?" Petrie nodded yes. The flyers set off. Little did any of the groups of sharpteeth know that there was another group unknowingly close to the flyer's lair already….

Rita, Strut, Rory, Myra, Greg, and Mo were, much to their unknowing, a mere few yards away from the evil flyers' lair, Ichy following them to make sure Greg would be OK. Rita suddenly stopped. "Guys….I'm feeling cold again," she started to shiver. "And now I feel…..colder than ever." Everyone ran up to her, and asked if she was OK.

Just above, two flatteeth flyers were guarding the entrance to their lair when they heard the commotion the 6 dinosaurs down below had caused. "Wonder that they are doing?" one guard asked the other. "Don't care," replied the other guard, but then they looked at each other with evil grins. "However….this could be an opportunity to test out that trick we've been meaning to try." They looked at big piles of pointy rocks on top of the cliffs of both sides of the canyon.

"Did you guys see something?" Rory asked, failing to notice one of the flyers fly overhead to the other side of the narrow gorge they were walking through. "No," replied Myra. "I could have sworn I saw a flyer or something." Rory said.

Ironically, what the flyers were about to attempt was a more intended-on-harm version of what the gang had done a few weeks ago when they stopped Redfoot's plan. They each got behind the piles of rocks, which were on a little slant. "Farewell," one flyer said in silent wickedness, and then the two proceeded to knock the rocks down.

"Huh?!" said Myra, hearing something, looking up. The leafeaters noticed a massive amount of rocks/boulers falling towards them! "Everyone get out of the way!" Strut yelled to the children. "Oh gosh, Greg!" Icky yelled, flying into action hoping to save his son. What happened next was hard to tell. A big cloud of dust enveloped the area.

After what seemed like forever, the flyers descended to see what was the result of their trap. When the dust cleared, they had seen that Strut, Rory, Myra, and Mo had jumped out of the way……but Rita and Greg were nowhere to be seen. "YOU FIENDS!" Strut yelled, the fast runner could tell that this was no accident. "Rita…..Greg…." the other 3 kids said sadly.

"Hmph, more hostages never hurt us," one of the flyers grinned. He then proceeded to fly swiftly towards Strut and rammed his him against the wall. Strut bumped his head badly and was knocked unconscious. "STRUT!" Myra, Rory, and Mo yelled.

One of the flyer's lifted up Strut's out-cold body and put it on his back. The other flyer looked at the children. "You clearly have no chance of escape, so don't try to run and we won't kill you right away." Myra wanted to say many things to the flyer, but she knew if she said them, she'd probably get herself and her friends killed. Two more flyers quickly swooped by and grabbed all 3 of the kids and flew them back up to the lair.

Icky, who had remained unnoticed, flied over in terror towards the pile of rocks. "It….can't….be…..Greg!" he yelled. The flyer was about to cry (Yes, even Icky can cry) when some of the rocks started to move. The young spiketail emerged from a not so deep part of the pile. "Ugh…..dad?" Greg said, dizzy from the impact, but not injured. Icky quickly helped his son out of the pile. "What was that?!" he yelled, having no idea of what just happened.

"I…..don't….know," panted a voice. It was Rita, who managed to dive into an alcove on the other side of the pile.

"Rita! You're alive!" called Greg. But the big rock pile separated the two friends, as they couldn't get across it. Sure, Icky could fly over, but that won't be enough. "Greg….you and your dad have to get back to the valley. Get everyone you can to help," Rita instructed, catching her breath.

"What about you?" Greg asked nervously. Icky wasn't strong enough to pick up a longneck so Rita couldn't get back to their side. "I'll try to find somebody. I…don't know, to help us. Look, our friends are in danger, we have no time to think of something else," Rita said. "Ok," Greg said. "Dad, we gotta get mom and everybody who'll help."

AT THE MEADOW OF JUMPING WATERS……..

A herd of t-rex were relaxing by the warm waters. Two sharptooth parents were just enjoying each other's company when their kids arrived looking a little annoyed. "What's brothering you son?" Tyran asked. "I just lost at a game of Toss the Seed," Shorty complained. "Shorty, remember that winning isn't everything," said Tyran.

"Yeah, because Littlefoot's such a goody," Shorty said annoyed. Shorty did care for his brother, but their personality difference did occasionally annoy him. "In fact, I can smell his goodness right now," he said sarcastically. Then, he sniffed the air. "No way," he said, a familiar scent reaching his sniffer.

"Mom! Dad! Shorty!" Littlefoot called, running ahead of the rest of the group. The swimming sharpteeth had went in a different direction to find allies in the water. Littlefoot's family ran up to him, happy (yet confused) to see him.

"Littlefoot! It's great to see you! But why have you come here?" Tyran asked. "I need…your help," Littlefoot said, his friends and the rest of the search party soon catching up. "With what?" Saura asked, confused.

One of the grownup fast biters explained what had went down with Rinkus, Sierra, and all the other flyers. Every rex who overheard the summary of the recent events went wide-eyed. "So….some psycho flyers want to find this so-called magical stone and they are forcing everyone in the Great Valley to look for it or they'll kill a baby fast biter?" Shorty said, hoping he understood the situation. All the sharpteeth nodded yes. "That….is seriously messed up," Shorty said.

"So you'll help us?" Littlefoot asked. "Of course Littlefoot," Tyran replied. "But we have to move fast, we don't have much time," a belly dragger explained to the rex herd. Tyran, Saura, Shorty, and the rest nodded in agreement and started to follow them to their next destination.

WALKING ALONG A CANYONSIDE…….

Veli would not stop moving. Even when Cira suggested they take a half-hour break to hunt down some prey for a quick bite, Veli responded with "Resting is for sharpteeth who have nothing better to do!" Grandpa Sharptooth understood Veli's rage, so he promised the group he would hunt down something by himself and catch up with them.

Eventually, the hunting for the flyers' group did agree on taking a water break. As Cera began taking a few sips from a waterhole, Ducky suddenly emerged from the water. "Hi Cera, I surprised you, I did, I did." Cera looked shocked as all the other swimming sharpteeth emerged and looked at the landwalkers.

"How'd you end up here?" Cira asked. Mama Swimming Sharptooth swam over.

"There's a series of underground, underwater tunnels we found that only swimming dinosaurs can use," she explained. "This'll help us in navigating without being seen in case there are those evil flyers patrolling the area." She explained. Cira looked intrigued. "Good thinking," she thought. Grandpa Sharptooth soon returned with a big longneck he had caught.

AT THE FLYERS' LAIR……….

Rinkus and Sierra were just enjoying themselves, witnessing a few of their colleagues take in the latest hostages, 4 leafeaters. Rinkus had an idea. "Put them in the cave with the fast biter. That would be interesting to see…."

In the cave where she was being held, Tricia was feeling very sick. The green food she had been served, while tasty to a flattooth by their standards, was absolutely disgusting to her. She'd kill for some meat right now (Which is technically how she'd get the meat in the first place, but you know what I mean). Just then, the boulder blocking the cave was moved slightly. Dack had thrown in Myra, Rory, and Mo.

"How dare you!" Myra yelled, but then noticed their cell/cave-mate. A fast biter! "Great, now we're gonna get eaten," she cried scared. But then Rory looked at Tricia.

"Myra…it's just a baby," Rory said, still scared by the flyers but not by the young fast biter. "I heard baby sharpteeth can't really kill leafeaters by themselves, they need a grownup's help." Mo looked over at Tricia and smiled a bit.

"Yeah, she looks harmless," the swimmer commented, but then noticed how scared Tricia looked. "She's so terrified…" Mo commented.

"Yeah, like we should be," Myra said sadly. "Look, Greg and Rita are dead, and no one knows we're here, we're going to die!" she began to cry.

"You got that right brat," Dack laughed sinisterly. However, thankfully, Myra was wrong. Rita and Greg were alive. And they were going to do everything they could to help stop this madness.

BACK AT FLATTOOTH VALLEY…….

Greg and Icky dashed/flew as fast they possibly could to the center of the valley. "What's going on?" Julie asked, wondering where her daughter and her friends had been. "Yeah Icky, what did you do now?" Dil taunted.

"Not…..me." Icky panted. "Myra…..Rory…..Mo…..Strut……they've been kidnapped," Greg said, nearly out of breath himself. Everyone gasped. "But what about Rita?" Julie asked. "She got away, but she's on another side of the Mysterious Beyond trying to get help," Greg explained.

SOMEWHERE IN THE SKY………

"Do you have any idea where those bad guys would be hiding at?" Petrie asked.

"I'm sure it would be a place only flyers could access," Pterano replied, he knew how Rinkus and Sierra think. Pterano sniffed the air. "I can smell one of the groups you mentioned sister," he said to Tera.

"Yeah, I believe that's the group that is trying to hunt down those flyers personally," replied Tera. "I just hope…" Pterano began to reply,

"That if we are not successful in our efforts, that they would be in theirs." Petrie got a little nervous at this comment.

BACK IN THE GROUP CHOMPER IS IN……

(After I realized I practically ignored this group the whole chapter….)

"We can estimate that the Stone of Cold Fire would be in a secluded place," Sharptooth commented, "Since they have not been able to find it themselves despite their ability to fly."

Ruby was looking at Chomper, "Is something bothering you Chomper?" the fast biter asked the rex. "Yeah, kind of," Chomper replied. "It's like…there's something I should be remembering, but I just can't right now," he explained.

Chomper was also thinking about the Stone of Cold Fire itself. If it only granted one wish per dino and required a chant now, he couldn't do anything even if they did find it.

In the middle of all this thinking, however….

"HELP!" a leafeater voice called. "I NEED SOMEBODY!" Chomper went wide-eyed, as did Sharptooth. It was Rita! "I…got to go check something," Chomper said to Ruby, and quickly took off, Ruby looking a bit confused.

Chomper was soon followed by Sharptooth. "It's that longneck friends of yours right?" Sharptooth asked. "Yeah," replied Chomper. They rounded a bend, and soon Rita noticed the two sharpteeth, and screamed a bit.

"AGH! SHAR……Chomper?!" she said, turning from fear to relief. She also recognized Sharptooth as well. "What are you doing out here?" she asked.

"While what about you, and where is everyone else?" Chomper asked. They both responded with the same response:

"It's a long story."

TO BE CONTINUED…..

Next time: Pterano, Tera, and Petrie team up with the leafeaters, a secret entrance to the flyer's lair is discovered by the good guys, and the final battle is nearing after the Stone is located……

(Just one more reminder, the wish will NOT be reversed at the end of the story. The leafeaters will remain as sharpteeth, and vice-versa.)

A LITTLE BONUS………

The sharptooth version of the gang (The main seven, as well as Tippy and Guido) walk out and face the reader, all wearing Santa hats.

RUBY: Happy celebration time everyone…..Again!

LITTLEFOOT: The human called brekclub85 tells us that you humans are celebrating an important celebration pretty soon, that you call Christmas.

GUIDO: We hear it's a time that families and friends come together, and we think that's something very important. Right guys? (Everyone nods.)

CERA: We also hear it's a time for giving, as well as receiving… (Everyone else looks at her, she chuckles nervously.) But giving's the more important part. (Everyone smiles.)

PETRIE: We wish you and everyone you know a very safe, fun, and enjoyable Christmas season. You use the word season, right?

DUCKY: Yup Yup Yup. In fact…..

TIPPY: Tippy and the others each got you a gift, by the suggestion of brekclub85.

SPIKE: (Nods.)

CHOMPER: So pretty soon, you will receive our gift to you: A nice tasty threehorn carcass, as well as a lucky tooth.

EVERYONE: Merry Christmas to all, and to all…….

(Shows their teeth.) A good bite! (Laugh happily and walk off.)

CERA: Man, saying that is always fun.

(Read and Review! Hope you liked the 2nd holiday announcement I did.)