Chapter 2: Food hunt

The next morning, the herds went together to find more food. As they were at The Great Wall, Littlefoot took one last look at the valley before going on.

(Littlefoot) Mario?

(Mario) The thundering falls is doing its thing. soon the valley will be green again.

And so the hunt began. The herds went all over the land. They stayed together no matter what.

(Mario) Still nothing. I hope we find something.

But though they kept on going and marched day after day, they had found no such a little paradise.

(Littlefoot) Grandma. I'm hungry.

Grandma Longneck gave Littlefoot a sad nuzzle.

(Grandma Longneck) I know Littlefoot. I am too.

(Mario) Some of our foods might be able to sustain you. But it won't be enough.

Mario then gave Littlefoot an apple. It tasted alright. But they weren't enough for him.

Everywhere, the locusts had preceded them and ate everything. And each day, everyone got hungrier, thirstier, and more discouraged. Mario and his friends only had enough food and water for themselves and the dino children. Topps looked at them.

(Topps) Well, at least the children have food.

But slowly, they were running out of food. The herd did find a couple of oases for some water. But to they're disappointment, there were no fish to catch.

Then one day, when the sun was setting, they found a dead swimmer who was already down to bones.

(Mama swimmer) Don't look Ducky.

Cera sniffed the air and something smelled. It was coming from a tree stump. Cera rammed it and a giant bug came out of it. Cera was so scared she ran under her father. Grandpa Longneck looked at the footprints on the ground and saw that they were from the dead swimmer.

(Grandpa Longneck) Don't you see? The Duck-bill was going this way when it died. There's no food over there. We must go a different way.

(Topps) That's what you think. This fool just went around in circles for days. And the same thing will happen to us if we don't keep moving in a straight line.

Most of the dinosaurs agreed with Topps.

(Grandpa Longneck) Still I think there's food beyond those mountains over there.

(Topps) Listen Long-neck. I'm so fed up with this "I'm taller so that makes me better than you" attitude of yours.

(Cera) Daddy he doesn't think that.

(Topps) What did you do to my daughter Long-neck?

(Cera) Daddy I think Littlefoot's grandpa is right. What if there really is no food that way?

(Topps) Cera. We need to keep moving in a straight line.

(Cera) But what if Grandpa Longneck is right? There can't be food over there.

Topps then roared angrily.

(Topps) That's it. When the sun rises, We're splitting up. For now on it's every herd for itself.

All the grown-ups said yes and that got the gang to gasp as they saw that the horrible thought they had at the start of this has now come true. How will other dinosaurs know that they're the ones who killed Sharptooth? What will happen to them?

That night, Mario had a dream. In his dream, the gang went by themselves without the grown-ups and they found food all by themselves. The grown-ups found them and were placed at the gang. Grandma Longneck asked them how they found so much food and they became bigger heroes then they already were for killing Sharptooth.

Mario woke up from his dream and saw that his friends and Littlefoot were still sleeping.

(Mario) :whispering: Guys wake up.

They woke up and looked at Mario.

(Mario) I had a dream where we went to find food without the grown-ups and we did find food and the grown-ups really liked us then they already do.

Mario's friends and Littlefoot just stared at him until they smiled.

(Mario) You thinking what I'm thinking?

They both nodded.

(Mario) Well okay then. Let's get the others.

Ducky, Spike, and Tickles were having a hard time sleeping. Mama swimmer looked at them.

(Mama swimmer) Now. Get some sleep you 3. We leave when the sun rises in the sky.

She then went back to sleep.

(Tickles) I'm going to miss Littlefoot, Mario & his friends, Cera, and Petrie.

Then Petrie came when he heard what Tickles said.

(Petrie) Me won't miss Ducky. Me won't miss Spike. Me won't miss Tickles.

(Tickles) Then maybe I won't miss you ether. Hump.

(Petrie) Shh. No one have to miss nobody. Mario have plan. Come on.

That got the 3 of them happy. As for Spike he licked him for saying that.

(Petrie) Okay. Me know Spike.

The next morning, Mama swimmer got up and looked at her kids. But then she saw that Ducky, Spike, and Tickles were gone.

(Mama swimmer) Ducky. Spike. Tickles.

The other dinosaurs got up as they saw and heard what Mama Swimmer was talking about. Mama flyer looked at her kids and let out a screech. Petrie is missing too.

(Mama flyer) Petrie.

She dug through the nest and couldn't find him.

Mario and his friends were also missing. The rest of them looked around the place and couldn't find them at all.

(Isabelle) Guys?

(Ashley) Red couldn't find them anywhere.

(Specs) Where are they?

(Goggles) I hope it's not too far.

Grandma and Grandpa Longneck also couldn't find Littlefoot.

(Grandma and Grandpa Longneck) Littlefoot.

And Topps saw that even Cera was gone.

(Topps) CEEEEERAAAAA!