Chapter 4: Mean Friends

Pterano was at Petrie's nest. Petrie and his siblings Ana, Ptran, and Pip were listening to Pterano's story about how he escaped a hungry Sharp-tooth.

(Pterano) And then I led the 2-claw to a mountain and got him to slam his head on so hard that a ledge cracked like an egg and started a rock-slide that buried him. And that's how I got away. He was still alive however.

(Ptran) What did the 2-claw look like?

(Pterano) He was brown and had a yellow right eye and red left eye with a scar that goes to his claw and made it red.

(Petrie) RED CLAW! That Red Claw. Me meet him too. He have big army and show fear to everyone like Sharptooth.

(Pterano) Hmm. Did you Petrie?

Petrie was about to say some more until Mama Flyer called from the nest.

(Mama Flyer) Pterano. It's time for the children to take their nap.

(Pterano) Ah yes. It is time. Now mind your mother, children and let's all behave.

(Mama Flyer) Yes. Let's. Now come along.

Petrie watched his siblings fly back to the nest.

(Ana) Wasn't that an amazing story?

(Pip) Yeah. I want to be like Pterano when I grow up.

Petrie was about to fly back as well until Pterano held him back.

(Pterano) Dear sister. You mind if I have a world with Petrie.

(Mama Flyer) Not at all. Just don't take too long.

(Petrie) Oh. You sure lead exciting life.

(Pterano) High praise indeed coming from you. And after your victory from defeating Sharptooth, I take that you're quite an adventurer yourself.

(Petrie) Yeah. Me go on adventures all time. Me very brave.

(Pterano) Well, then as for one adventure to another, perhaps you can do me one tiny harmless favor.

1 hour later. Petrie was done with his nap and joined the rest of the gang at a hill.

(Littlefoot) You're late.

(Petrie) Sorry. Me take long nap. How it going?

(Mario) We're playing a game where you roll a rock down the hill and knock over pine-cones. It's like boling in the human world. Me, Littlefoot, My friends, and Tickles are on this team while Cera, Ducky, and Spike are on the other. We're one point ahead of them. It's Spike's last turn right now.

Spike carefully looked at where to roll the rock. Then he got it. He then head bonked the rock and it rolled down the hill and slammed 2 pine-cones.

(Cera) He got 2. We win.

(Ducky) Way to go.

(Littlefoot) Oh well, good game Spike.

Spike licks Littlefoot for his comment which made him giggle

(Petrie) Too bad you lose Guys. But that just way the rock rolls.

Daisy just looked at Petrie anorried.

(Daisy) Anyway. How did it go with Pterano?

(Petrie) Pterano tell me he met Red Claw.

(Littlefoot) Did he?

(Petrie) Oh yes. He escaped Red Claw by dropping rocks on him.

(Ducky) Oh that is good. It is. It is.

(Petrie) And Mario. Sense Petrie mentioned rocks, how about that Stone of Cold Fire?

(Cera) Not this again.

(Petrie) Where you say it landed again?

(Mario) Well. It flew over the top Three-horn Peak. But it kind of landed on it's side. And then...Ah. Why does it matter? We can't go there anyway. Three-horn Peak is an active volcano. Why did you ask?

(Petrie) Me just wanted to know.

That got Cera to step closer to Petrie and she was too close for him to fly and he nervously stepped back.

(Cera) Hump. More like your uncle wanted to know. Right Petrie?

(Petrie) No. Yes. No. Well maybe him too. But honest.

However, Petrie didn't watch where he was going, stepped on the hill and fell on his back and began rolling down backwards.

(Littlefoot and Mario) Petrie.

The hill was too steep for Petrie to stop himself from rolling. He started going faster and faster until his back hitted one of the pine-cones and that did hurt as he then fell on his belly.

(Petrie) Ooooooh. Me no feel cut out to this game.

The others came down to the spot and looked at Petrie.

(Ducky) Petrie. Are you ok?

(Cera) NO! He's not ok because it's not okay to tell a lie.

(Littlefoot) I'm sorry Petrie. But my grandparents told us to be very careful around your uncle.

(Petrie) You lying. Pterano no dangerous.

(Mario) He is dangerous. He got hath the herd killed.

(Petrie) No. He never do that.

(Mario) Well i'm going to tell you everything Grandpa Longneck told us.

Mario then told the exact same story Grandpa Longneck told to him, Littlefoot, and Mario. He also told his part about Cera's mother and sisters. About 1 minute later, the story was finished.

(Petrie) NO! Pterano not do that.

(Cera) He got my mother and sisters eaten by Fast-biters.

(Mario) That's why we should be careful around Pterano.

(Littlefoot) Whatever my Grandpa tells us can be true. And he told us that Pterano really is true.

(Petrie) PTERANO NEVER DO ANY OF THAT! ME FRIENDS JUST ACTING LIKE STINK BUGS!

Now Petrie was hurt not just physically but also emotionally. He then flew away crying.

(Peach) Petrie wait.

But Petrie ignored Peach and kept flying.

(Mario) But it's true.

(Cera) Forget it. He should just go and join the rest of those dumb Flyers.

(Mario) That's what worries me.

Mario couldn't think of anything else to do. All he could do now was go back to Littlefoot's nesting ground.

(Luigi) I think we better go.

(Littlefoot) See you guys later.

Mario's friends and Littlefoot then followed him.

(Ducky) We better go too. See you later Cera.

Ducky, Spike, and Tickles then went back to their nest. Cera then went to her nest as well.

Petrie remembered the club-house that was on top of Tall-Peak and flew there to use it as a thinking spot.

(Petrie) Oh why did this have to happen? They so mean.

It didn't take him too long to notice Pterano coming.

(Petrie) Oh Pterano. Friends mean to me.

(Pterano) Shh. Don't cry Petrie. I'm here. Tell dear Uncle Pterano everything that happened.

With that, Petrie said everything about what happened and where The Stone Of Cold Fire landed.