"Welcome my friends, to my fic: A Sharp-tooth's Heart."

"I'm Sora W.T.K, your guide."

"A dinosaur with the body of a sharp-tooth…"

"And wings of a flyer…"

"And when his secret it's revealed, the Great Valley will tremble."

"Join us as we reveal the secret of…"

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02

REX

DANGER IN DISGUISE

"Rex…"

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Littlefoot and Rex are running back to their nest, or Littlefoot's nest. Rex is a bit ahead with Littlefoot trailing a little bit behind, the blue-green dinosaur with his longer humanoid legs as an advantage to run ahead.

"So," Rex begins. "What do you think your grandpa wants to talk to us about?"

Littlefoot ponders, and then responds. "I don't know, but he sounded very serious when he told us he needed to talk to us." Littlefoot stops and wonders. "I wonder what…" He whispers…

Littlefoot and Rex kept things quiet as they get closer and closer to where Littlefoot's grandpa resides. Not long after, they find him, his long and majestic neck stretched out to the tallest tree, munching on the yummy looking green food that resides on the tree's branches.

"Hi grandpa!" Littlefoot greets as he approaches his towering grandpa. The mighty longneck just rips a chunk of the leaves from the branches easily and munches them down, lowering his long neck down to Littlefoot and Rex's level. "Ah Littlefoot, Rex, just in time." He greets as he looks at the two children.

Rex smiles as his adoptive grandpa, once again impressed by his giant size. "For what do you need us for?" Rex questions, curious of what it is about to unfold here.

Littlefoot's grandpa looks at Rex. "There's something we need to discuss." He announces as he brings his head back and up into the sky a bit.

Rex blinks. "About what? Did we do something wrong?"

Grandpa chuckles and shakes his head. "No, it's not that." He pauses and looks at Rex, the blue-green dinosaur returning his gaze up at the massive longneck. "It's about you Rex."

Rex blinks, confused about what he meant. He told them to come over just to talk about him? Rex arches and eyebrow, shoots a glance at Littlefoot and looks back up at Grandpa. Afraid of what it might be, he gulps and throws the question. "About me?"

"Yes," Grandpa answers. "You're probably question why you live with us when you're not a longneck, nor look like any of us that live here, right?"

Rex ponders of that, bowing his head and closing his eyes, crossing his arms and actually thinking about what Grandpa has mentioned.

"Don't you?" Littlefoot asks, eyeing at Rex as he thinks…

"Well…" Rex starts, finally opening his eyes and raising his head to look at Grandpa. "The thought of it did come to mind sometimes."

At this, Littlefoot and his grandpa look at each other, exchanging mental messages with their eyes. Grandpa nods at his grandson, and Littlefoot turns to face Rex. "Remember when you hatched? What was your first sight?"

Rex thinks back way into the past, to his first memories of his childhood, back as looong as he can remember…

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Darkness…

Darkness as much as he can see…

The dinosaur remembers a struggle between his young, small little arms against a tough yet soft wall surrounding his little body…

He needed to get out…Or else he would suffocate…

In the outside world…He heard voices…Voices of children…

The baby kept pushing…And pushing…A crack is formed…And then light shone the thing's little eyes…

A figure was there…A face…A longneck…

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"You…" Rex replies, looking at Littlefoot with a slight confusing look. "But…What does that have to do with this?"

Grandpa looks up, looking at the blue sky. "Littlefoot found your egg in a cave up above in the mountains close from here." Grandpa lowers his head back down to Littlefoot and Rex's level. "You hatched immediately when he found you. We couldn't find any other dinosaur of your species here in the Great Valley, so we decided to take care of you."

Rex stares at Grandpa and Littlefoot, the blue-green dinosaur sort of expected that, seeing that he has lived his whole life with leaf-eaters for as long as he can remember. "So…" He begins, readying another question. "What happened to my parents?"

Littlefoot looks at Rex, feeling for his dinosaur friend about living with dinosaurs other than his real family. "We don't know, I just found you in that cave and brought you to my grandparents." Littlefoot pauses. "I…I couldn't find any other of your type…Not even Cera and the others had any luck…"

Rex thinks, then gives off a little smile and looks at Littlefoot. "Well, I guess it was out of your power…You know, about trying to find my species and all…"

"But…That's not exactly why I called you two here."

Littlefoot and Rex turn their gaze back to Grandpa, a puzzled expression on their faces; by what they talked about, they both thought it was only to tell Rex about how they came to be together, but it seems the conversation was out of subject. Confused, Littlefoot asks, "What do you mean grandpa?"

Rex joins in with the same question. "Yea, what do you mean 'exactly'?"

Grandpa braces himself for what he is about to speak; giving off a sigh and a quick glance to both his left and right, then he begins. "Well children, keeping another child in our family weren't our concern. But what Rex turned out to be was a fear and threat to us and the entire valley."

Rex, in reflex at what Grandpa just told him, looks down at his claws on his hands and feet, he then gives off a slight chuckle and looks up at Grandpa. "Me? A cute dinosaur like me? Heheheh…"

Littlefoot sighs and rolls his eyes, not finding very funny Rex's comment when what they're talking about could be very important.

"Looks can be deceiving little one." Grandpa chuckled, amused at Rex's statement about his cuteness. "When Littlefoot presented you to us we grew worried about the valley and the inhabitants of it." He pauses, gulping as he braces himself for what he is about to tell to both Littlefoot and Rex. "You see, Rex…" He pauses, looking at Rex. "You're…A sharptooth…"

At soon as Grandpa revealed that, both Littlefoot and Rex's eyes widen. Rex gasps, not believing at what he just heard. "Not the ones that…Eat others that you and Littlefoot keep telling me about…" He pauses, gulping in disbelief. "Is it?" Grandpa, regretfully, nods…Rex is a sharptooth…

"I…Thought Rex was a flyer." Littlefoot admits, looking at his grandpa in worry.

"Yeah…Me too." Rex also admits. "I mean…" Rex opens wide his pair of wings, showing them to Grandpa. "Look. I got a pair of wings like flyers, how can I be a sharptooth when I clearly have wings."

Grandpa nods at Rex's wings, but he has more to say. "You ARE a flyer Rex, except you're also a sharptooth, one who can fly especially." He moves his glance to Rex's arms and legs, continuing on his explanation. "But…Your arms aren't short like all the sharpteeth we've seen, and the way you stand…It's not like they do either… And, unlike a sharptooth, you love to eat green food, much like ourselves…" He pauses, waiting for all this information register into Rex's mind before continuing. "We all tried, both me and Littlefoot, to see which type of sharptooth you are…" Grandpa sighs. "But we couldn't explain what type you are. No such luck in finding your type either, we have never encountered a sharptooth such as yourself in the Mysterious Beyond, not when we went into it when swarming leaf gobblers ate all the green food in the Great Valley, and not when we left with a herd of longnecks…"

Rex is suddenly swept with sorrow and loneliness. All this information he's been told by Grandpa and Littlefoot…It's all overwhelming. The thought of him…Being alone in the world without another of his own type around…Living with leaf eaters…And the thought of him being a sharptooth, those that eat others to survive…It's all…disturbing…lowering his head in sadness and pain, he can only ask one question. "So…Why did you keep me then?"

Littlefoot shakes his head as he turns his head to Rex. "We can't let you all by yourself out there in the Mysterious Beyond!" He cries. "You would've died if we did! The Mysterious Beyond is a dangerous place! I couldn't stand letting you go out there!"

"Yes," Grandpa nods. "Littlefoot was the one that convinced us to keep you. Ever since Littlefoot encountered and told us about taking care of a baby sharptooth some time ago, he wasn't afraid of you."

Rex looks up at Grandpa, surprised of how a longneck could take care of a baby sharptooth without fear of being eaten, and how he could've stayed brave when Rex hatched from the egg. Rex shakes his head, still having one question in min. "But…" He stammers, trying to think of how to put up his words together. "But…Why do I eat green food instead of meat?"

"That's why I called you two here." Grandpa reveals, making Littlefoot and Rex look up at Grandpa as he pulls his long neck back up into the sky, eyeing the children standing in front of them. "You are dangerous for the entire valley, Rex…" Grandpa starts. "But…Have you ever eaten meat?"

Rex blinks, imagine how would it be to eat and devour someone's flesh. He shudders at the thought, and then responds. "Of course not! I wouldn't even dare to try it!"

Grandpa smiles, nodding at Rex's statement, he continues. "That's right, since you haven't even tasted meat, you don't have that instinct awaken."

"I don't get it grandpa." Littlefoot frowns, confused at his grandpa's theory.

"To make it simple…" Grandpa begins, moving his sight to Rex. "Rex…You must not…Ever get the taste of meat…If you do, I'm afraid your meat-eating instinct will awaken and you'll become what we fear the most…" He pauses, closing his eyes in anguish at the thought. He opens them again, a much serious look in his face as he stares at Rex. "We implore you…Please, if the chance arises, do not take the taste of meat, do not become what we've been trying to keep you from becoming…"

"No problem." Rex says confidently. "Besides, the thought of eating someone else for food is too gross for me."

Grandpa smiles, confident of Rex keeping his promise. "And Littlefoot…" He looks at his grandson. "You must watch out for him," He instructs him. "Do no let him receive the taste of meat. Not even as much as a little taste. Got it?"

Littlefoot reflects on such responsibility, looking after Rex won't be very easy, seeing that he's not always with him, and most of the time he's either on an adventure or just not just hanging out with him. Still…This is important for both Rex and his grandpa, he wants to do it. He nods at his grandfather and gives his answer. "Ok grandpa, I'll look out for him like a big brother."

Grandpa smiles, looking over at both Rex and Littlefoot, he can tell a strong bond between them, a bond between a sharptooth and a leaf eater, a bond which isn't so common. "Good. I hope you understand this." Grandpa nods and then dismisses the boys. "You can go now"

Littlefoot and Rex both nod and turn around to take their leave. "Ok, bye grandpa." Littlefoot cries as he walks alongside Rex to their meeting spot with the others, while Grandpa watches them both walk away and out of his sight. "I hope they'll be able to do this favor…" Grandpa talks to himself as he raises his head up to the sky, his long neck helping him with his vision to a far away distance, having the two dinosaurs within his eyesight again. "For Rex's sake…" Grandpa sighs, closing his eyes and thinking about Rex. "I…don't wish Rex to be a killer…Never…"

While Grandpa contemplates about what he has revealed to both Littlefoot and Rex, those two same dinosaurs are having a bit of fun walking back on their trail to their meeting place where their friends await. Rex however, walks alongside Littlefoot thoughtfully, reflecting on the information he was just given by Littlefoot's grandfather…A sharptooth…That can fly…An unknown type of sharptooth…How…Or why…Did his egg ended up in a cave in the Great Valley's protective mountain walls?

"Hey Rex," Littlefoot begins, "Wanna to go play with Cera and the others at the waterfall?"

"Hm?" Rex moans as he is broken from his mental concentration, shaking his head to come back to reality and looks at Littlefoot. "Oh…Yea sure. Let's go!" He accepts Littlefoot's offer.

"Bet I can beat you." Littlefoot challenges Rex, readying himself for a race to the waterfall.

Rex grins and nods, starting a run to the waterfall as Littlefoot does as well, both of them laughing as the race ensues. Rex grins as Littlefoot takes the lead, enjoying the sudden turn of events. And putting his wings into use, he leaps into the air and spreads them, and with one strong flap of them, he's airborne and flies past Littlefoot at a great speed, leaving the little longneck in the dust!

"Hey!" Littlefoot shouts out with a giggle. "No fair Rex!"

Rex laughs and shrugs. "Not my fault I can fly!"

The two dinosaurs get into a laughing fit as they continue their race toward the waterfall, the sun shining bright unto them as the gentle wind blows against their bodies and gently brushing the grass underneath their feet. The wind rustling the leaves on the tree branches, making that gentle sound as the wind blows. Rex loved that, he closed his eyes and continued flying his way to the waterfall in peace as he listens to the wind and Littlefoot's gallop as he runs to keep up with his flying friend…

TO BE CONTINUED…

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"Here is the next phase."

"Two sharp-teeth have focused their eyes on the Great Valley."

"And when they find an entrance to it, the children will run for cover."

"But along the way…A threat is born…"

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03

ZILL

ENEMY OF THE HOUR

"Zill, enemy of the hour."

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"Join me next time for another chapter of A Sharp-tooth's Heart."