Chapter 3: ocean panic

The gang was going on without the grown-ups. They were stomping their feet in the ground really hard as they walked on to leave footprints on the ground. But Petrie was lifting Ducky into the air so she can stomp on the ground to leave her footprints as well.

(Cera) Why do we have to walk like this Mario?

(Mario) We want the grown-ups to follow us don't we? So we gotta leave good tracks. Now let's go or they'll find us before we find you guys some food.

(Petrie) me hope we find food before something else does.

(Ducky) Like what.

Just then Luigi fell down on his back. He sat up and saw that he stepped into a Sharp-tooth footprint.

(Luigi) Whoa. Like the Sharp-tooth that made this footprint.

(Mario) Relax. Whatever Sharp-tooth it was, it went that way.

Luigi was pointing to the trail of Sharp-tooth footprints going to the mountains.

(Ducky) But what if it comes back?

(Cera) Then it will just have to deal with me.

(Tickles) That's it. I'm going back.

(Littlefoot) No guys. Can't you see? We can't go back. It's up to us to find food now. The only way we can keep the herds together is to find enough food for us all.

(Tickles) I don't mind finding food. I just don't want to be food.

(Littlefoot) Me nether. But

Before he could finish, Spike started sniffing.

(Daisy) What is it Spike? Do you smell something?

(Cera) I smell something too.

(Yoshi) Yoshi Yoshi. (I don't smell anything.)

(Birdo) Nether do I. It must be something only you can smell. What is it?

(Littlefoot) It smells like...WATER!

(Mario) Water? We must be close to a river or lake or something. We might be able to find some plant life too.

(Koopa Troopa) Where is it?

(Littlefoot) Must be right over this hill.

So the gang ran up the hill.

(Cera) You were right Mario. We're going to bigger heroes then we already are.

(Petrie) Me just hear grown-ups now.

(Ducky) My my. How did you find so much

But before Ducky could finish talking like a grown-up, the gang found themselves in front of a huge bed of water.

(Ducky) Water?

(Mario) Hey. This isn't a river, lake, pond, stream, swamp, or creak. It's an ocean.

(Littlefoot) What's an ocean?

(Mario) A Large body of water that covers most of the Earth. In my world, the ocean was divided into 5. Each ocean has its own name. Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic, and Southern.

(Cera) Which ocean is this?

(Mario) Either the Pacific or Atlantic ocean because you guys are the dinosaurs that were found in America in the real world.

(Cera) There are other kinds of dinosaurs all over the world?

(Luigi) Yep but we'll talk about it soon. Also. The ocean is salt-water. It tastes bad.

Spike already tried to drink some water but ended up spitting it out.

(Tickles) And Spike just found that out for himself.

(Littlefoot) Well. We've gone as far as we could go.

(Ducky) Do not worry Littlefoot. The grown-ups will find us.

(Petrie) We leave a good trail.

(Littlefoot) And we'll be right back at the start. No food, and our families are going to split up forever.

The gang started to look sad. Mario knew that this was a bad idea from the start even though it was his idea. But then he saw something. Something in the ocean.

(Mario) Guys. Look. Green.

(Cera) Green? Where?

(Mario) Over there on that island.

The gang all looked at what Mario saw saying.

(Littlefoot) You're right Mario.

But Ducky didn't listen. She was focused on Spike who was also looking at the island.

(Ducky) Spike. Spike.

Ducky kicked his leg. But it hurt her instead.

(Ducky) Ow.

Ducky then climbed onto him and began puking his neck.

(Ducky) Pay attanton. You are supposed to be sad like the rest of us.

(Mario) Ducky. You might want to look at what he's looking at.

Ducky then looked at the island.

(Ducky) Green! You founded green food Mario. Yep, yep, yep. Yes you did.

(Cera) Looks tasty. But...how do we get to there, from here?

(Petrie) You can walk. There's a big land bridge that leads to it.

(Tickles) But where does the land bridge start?

(Petrie) Over there.

Petrie was showing them that they were close to where the land bridge started. At was made out of rocks and was nero. And it was going in crooked ways instead of strate to the island. But the gang crossed it anyway.

A minute passed by and they were tired from all that walking and still haven't gotten to the island. Mario, Luigi, and Peach were so tired that they had to start riding on Yoshi, Birdo and Littlefoot's back as Toad and Toadette felt the same way and started riding on Koopa Troopa and Cera's back.

(Mario) It's a lot farther than it looks.

(Cera) No kidding. This is like waiting for your hatch day. It just never seems to come.

(Mario) You still remember being inside an egg? Humans don't even remember being inside their mothers bellies in the real world.

(Cera) Really? You don't remember being inside your mother?

(Mario) Well no. That was the stork that delivered us to the house.

Petrie also got tired a little and rested on Birdo's bow.

(Petrie) Say. Petrie hears Birdo's tummy growling.

(Daisy) Ha ha ha ha ha ha. That's not my tummy silly. That is a

Just then the ground started to shake and waves of water came.

(Luigi) EARTHQUAKE!

The gang fell on their bullies as the sky turned red and orange and the ocean turned purple. Mario then what was going on. If an earthquake happens in the middle of the sea, something bad will happen. He then saw what looked like brown waves colliding with each other.

(Littlefoot) Oh no. Big water.

(Mario) It's called a title wave.

The earthquake was making the land bridge crack. Cera then saw the brown title wave coming from behind.

(Cera) AAAHHH!

The gang ran as fast as they could though the title wave wasn't that fast. Petrie was trying to fly as fast as he could. But he was getting tired again and grabbed Spike's tail and held onto it as tight as he could.

The earthquake was making it hard for the gang to go faster from the title wave. It was getting closer If they don't make it, they will drown. and if they drown, Good-bye Mushroom Kingdom. Good-bye Land Before Time. Hello after life. Littlefoot knew that the only good thing about them dying is that he'll be with his mother again.

But he took it back when he saw that the gang made it to the island.

(Littlefoot) Look. Land.

However, they were at a cliff and they had to climb it. Mario got off Yoshi, Luigi got off of Littlefoot, Peach got off of Birdo, Toad got off of Koopa Troopa, and Toadette got off Cera to climb the cliff. The gang started to climb. As Littlefoot, Mario and his friends, and Cera got to the top, they looked back and let out a scream as they saw the title wave getting closer.

(Ducky) Spike, c'mon.

(Tickles) Hurry.

But Spike was hesitating and couldn't move at all.

(Peach) Spike.

Yoshi stretched his tongue to Spike.

(Mario) Spike. Grab yoshi's tongue.

Spike grabbed Yoshi's tongue and Mario helped Yoshi pull him to the top. Petrie saw that the title wave was closer now.

(Petrie) Hurry. Hurry.

Spike got on the ledge with Ducky, Petrie, and Tickles. The title wave then hitted the cliff and made the gang fly backwards and landed on their butts as the earthquake stopped and as the sky and ocean turned back into their normal blue color.

Mario then looked at the green.

(Mario) Look everyone. We made it.

With that, the gang looked at the green vegetation.

(Cera) What is this stuff?

(Tickles) It doesn't look like any green food I've ever seen.

(Ducky) Smells different.

(Petrie) Look funny.

Littlefoot licked one of them and remembered something.

(Littlefoot) Hey. I know this taste. Guys. This stuff tastes like the green food we had while we were in the mushroom kingdom.

Cera Then licked another.

(Cera) Hey. You're right. I remember this taste. We got used to it.

(Ducky) Then we just have to do it again.

Tickles tried one and he seemed to enjoy the food here. He and the dinosaurs then began eating.

(Mario) You know. These plants are seen in the real world. Maybe there were humans on this island.

(Cera) Maybe. Huh? Uh oh. Guys. Look.

Everyone looked at the ocean.

(Luigi) The land bridge. It's gone. We're stranded here.

(Littlefoot) On no. The earthquake and the title wave must have shook it.

(Peach) Now how are the grown-ups gonna find us?