"I invite you to enter A Sharp-tooth's Heart."
"I'm your guide, Sora W.T.K."
"Danger is on the rise, as the instinct goes into the Mysterious Beyond."
"I see faces of determination and courage."
"It takes courage to go to the Mysterious Beyond."
"And some young ones has enough to go on…"
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06
ADVENTURE
NEW BEGINNING
"…Adventure."
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The sounds of panting and running are heard around a forest.
"Don't let him get away!"
A distant voice calls out.
The panting continues as figure runs from the angry herds of the Great Valley. From behind the herd, Cera's father, Three Horn, comes running at a great speed. The fleeing dinosaur wasn't fast enough. Three Horn swoops in and tackles the dinosaur with his big horns, sending the dinosaur flying off his feet.
"Please…stop…"
The dinosaur pleads.
However, Three Horn wasn't listening. When the dinosaur got up on his feet, Three Horn charged again and tackled again with his big horns.
The dinosaur landed hard behind some trees, he's bleeding badly. The impact of his horns had opened up a small gash on his side, and he couldn't get up. He managed to raise his head, Littlefoot was standing in front of him, just glaring at me.
"Li…Littlefoot?"
Littlefoot turned his back and walked away slowly.
"Littlefoot!"
Littlefoot stopped, then turned to the wounded dinosaur.
"Help…me…"
Littlefoot just glared at him, like if he was a dinosaur without feelings.
"It's me…Rex…"
Littlefoot turned his back and continued walking. Rex managed to stand up.
"Wait…"
Rex shouted.
Littlefoot stopped and turned toward Rex, he had tears in his eyes.
"I'm…sorry…"
Littlefoot mouthed.
Then, Littlefoot faded away. Rex gasped when he saw where Littlefoot was standing appeared Three Horn running. Rex was paralyzed with fear, he couldn't move.
But things were going to get worse. Three Horn thrust his horns into Rex's stomach, the horn pierced his stomach. Rex could only stare at Three Horn's glaring eyes as he died from the thrust.
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Rex's eyes shot open and screamed as he jumped out of where he was sleeping. Rex looked at his stomach to see it normal. Rex sobbed after that nightmare; it could happen to him if his desire for meat isn't under control.
Rex dried off his tears and continued down his path toward the Great Valley. He doesn't remember anything that he did, the only thing he remembers was watching that heard of duckbills near the lake, the rest was a blank. He doesn't even know how far of the Great Valley he is.
Actually, Rex has never been to the Mysterious Beyond. He just stays behind in the Great Valley when Littlefoot and the other go out on an adventure.
As Rex looks around, just over some bushes is the big water, Littlefoot told him much about that. To the other side lies a wasteland, most of the sharp-teeth hangs around there.
"Looks like I have no choice."
Rex said to himself.
He headed to the wasteland; according to Littlefoot's stories, the Great Valley lies on the other side of this wasteland.
=BACK AT THE GREAT VALLEY=
"LET'S GO!!!"
Littlefoot shouted excited.
The five dinosaur friends slid down the Great Valley's wall on a flat rock, laughing and giggling while riding down the mountain.
"So, where do we head when we reach the bottom?"
Cera asked.
"Well, we can try the smoking mountains first, then Three Horn peak."
Littlefoot explained.
"But what if we don't find Rex in neither?"
Petrie asked.
"We can try to find his footprints."
Littlefoot suggested.
"But Rex can fly, what if he flew
all this time? We won't be able to find him, no no no."
Ducky said.
"We gotta try; he has to walk sooner or later."
Littlefoot replied.
They reach the bottom. They're now out of the protection of the Great Valley, and into the danger of the Mysterious Beyond. Littlefoot took a few steps forward, looking around for any clues on Rex.
"Even if we find him, what will we do with him?"
Cera asked,
"You know how dangerous he is now that he eats meat."
"Cera right Littlefoot. Rex practically a sharp-tooth now."
Petrie said.
Littlefoot looks around for any signs of Rex…but nothing. Littlefoot sighs in defeat.
"I don't know…I just don't know."
There was a moment of silence, then Littlefoot turned to his friends.
"I'm sure we'll think of something on the way."
Littlefoot said confidently.
"Well we better start thinking if we want to help him."
Cera said as he walked forward,
"Are we going to stand around here or are we going to find our friend?"
Everyone started walking toward the smoking mountains for any clues on Rex.
=SOMEWHERE FAR FROM THE GREAT VALLEY=
Rex is feeling very tired, he just started walking but for some reason his body is hurt and tired. Rex also realized it must've almost passed a day since he lost track of his actions, it was morning when he saw that herd of duckbills and now it's almost getting dark.
"Boy, I'm thirsty."
Rex looked around, but he could only see sand and dried-up trees.
"I hope I'm close to the Great Valley."
Rex heard a cry, he ran toward where the cry was coming from. He found a mountain, behind it was were the cry was coming from. He peeked to see a mother sharp-tooth with her son eating a rainbow-face; Rex gasped when the young one looked at him. He hid behind the mountain, but he could hear the young sharp-tooth coming closer.
'Think Rex, where can you hide?'
Rex looked up to find the mountain top is flat. Rex spreads his wings and fly toward the top, he looks down at the young sharp-tooth.
Hmmm…I could've sworn I saw someone behind here."
The young sharp-tooth said to himself.
The mother called him in sharp-teeth language. The young sharp-tooth replied.
Rex doesn't know why, but he can understand them. The mother was asking her child what's wrong, and the young sharp-tooth replied by saying nothing's wrong.
Rex's luck runs out when the edge of the mountain he's on crumbles under his weight, sending Rex falling toward the ground and landed with a big "Ow!"
Rex landed in front of the Sharp-teeth family.
Rex could only say,
"Uh-oh…"
The two sharp-teeth only looked at Rex, then the mother sharp-teeth walked away. Rex sighed in relief when he saw the mother sharp-teeth walking away, but the child sharp-teeth stayed, staring at Rex. Rex only eyed the child, hoping he won't do anything.
"Hi."
The boy sharp-teeth greeted.
Rex continued eyeing the kid.
"Um…hi"
"You're a sharp-tooth, right?"
The kid asked.
Rex is not sure about that. Littlefoot's grandpa says he is but…Are sharp-teeth only suppose to like meat?
"I'm not really sure…"
Rex answered.
The small sharp-teeth got confused.
"You don't know?"
Rex looked down, remembering what has happened the past few days.
"I'm just…not sure what I am anymore.
The young sharp-teeth sat down.
"Maybe you lost your memory or something."
"I don't think so kid."
Rex replied.
The mother sharp-teeth called for her child, he replied then turned to Rex.
"I gotta go."
He runs to his mother and turns,
"Nice talking to ya."
Then he left with his mother.
Rex watched where that kid left with his mother. The kid didn't even know his name but he felt like he made a new friend. Rex even understood their language, somehow. He managed to hear that kid's name when his mother called him.
"…His name is Chomper huh?"
Rex heard about him from Littlefoot, but wasn't Chomper supposed to live in an island just beyond the big water?
"I'll ask him about that next time they meet."
Rex said to himself.
Rex clutched his fist and smiled, then he got up on his feet and walked to another direction.
=BACK AT LITTLEFOOT & THE OTHERS=
Littlefoot and the others' search in the smoking mountains have come up empty. They didn't find Rex or any clues on his whereabouts up there/
Littlefoot sighed in disappointed.
"He's wasn't there."
Ducky climbed unto Littlefoot's back and patted him on his neck.
"Don't worry, we'll find Rex. We will, we will."
Spike was eating leafs in a bush as usual; Ducky turned her head at Spike and ran to him.
"Spike, this isn't time for eating, we have to find Rex."
Ducky tried to push Spike so he could move, but she couldn't even budge him. The others chuckled and giggled at Ducky's attempt at moving him.
Littlefoot managed to shed a smile.
"C'mon guys, we have to be quick if we want to find Rex before the grown-ups come after us."
They headed toward Three Horn Peek. Littlefoot is more determined than ever to find his friend.
=BACK AT REX=
Rex is still walking in the wasteland, looking around for any sign of exiting the wasteland.
"Geez, this place is bigger than I thought."
Rex had that question Chomper asked him: 'You're a sharp-tooth, right?'
Rex never had to face that question before, he could eat meat. Heck, he now prefers meat over green food. But, all his life he's been living with leaf-eaters…
'Am I living with the wrong kind?'
Rex questioned himself.
His friends, families, no, adoptive families, are all leaf-eaters. His sharp-teeth instincts are endangering the people he knows and loves. Since no sharp-teeth are allowed in the Great Valley, they can't even enter…
'Am I allowed back at the valley?'
Rex questioned again.
Rex's face grew a smile when he made it out the wasteland, though he's now entering a swamp, he doesn't care as long as it's not as hot as the wasteland. But Rex's smile came crashing down when he continued to question his home in the Great Valley, with leaf-eaters and his instincts.
He turned his head to the wasteland, where he met a sharp-tooth. These questions continued in his mind.
'Where do I go now?'
Rex questioned himself,
'Maybe…'
He turned and walked inside the swamp.
"Maybe I shouldn't return to the Great Valley…"
TO BE CONTINUE…
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"Here is the next phase."
"On a quest to find Rex, Littlefoot and friends take on Three Horn Peak."
"But Rex is having some trouble of his own as he takes on sharp-teeth."
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07
YU
ENEMY TO FRIEND
"Yu, enemy to friend."
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"Join me next time for another chapter of A Sharp-tooth's Heart."
