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

"I'm Sora W.T.K, your guide…"

"All of us have faced the challenge of making friends, and all of us have prevailed…"

"But some of us have trouble with this…"

"Just like…"

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07

YU

ENEMY TO FRIEND

 "…Yu"

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Littlefoot, Cera, Spike, Ducky and Petrie are wandering around in Three Horn peak, trying to find Rex or anything that might point to his whereabouts.

"I'm tired."

Ducky announced.

"Let's take a break Littlefoot."
Cera suggested.

"We can't rest now! We gotta find Rex!"

Littlefoot said.

"What makes you so sure he's here?"

Cera asked.

"Rex never been to the Mysterious Beyond before, so he couldn't have gotten far."

Littlefoot explained.

"How can you be so sure?"

Cera again asked.

This time, Littlefoot didn't reply. He just kept walking and turned a corner.

"He's awful confident he's here."

Cera said to herself.

"You would be too if one of your closest friends left the Great Valley."

Ducky told to Cera.

"No I wouldn't!"

Suddenly, Littlefoot came back running, shooting past his friends.

"RUN!!!"

Littlefoot shouted while he ran.

"I have a bad feeling about this."

Ducky announced.

Before they knew it, they heard giant stomps. They turned to see a sharp-teeth running toward them.

"SHARP-TEETH!!!"

Cera shouted.

They started running and screaming from the sharp-teeth. Littlefoot was way ahead in the lead while the others tried to catch up, but they managed to catch up with Littlefoot.

"What do we do?!"

Cera shouted.

Littlefoot looked around and saw a tree just beyond some bushes with a hiding hole at the bottom, perfect for hiding from the sharp-teeth.

"Follow me!"

Littlefoot ran toward the tree while the others followed. Spike was behind with the sharp-teeth gaining. But when they reached the bush they fell through a hole hidden by the bushes. The sharp-teeth's leg got caught in the hole and tripped over, breaking its ankle and hitting its head against the tree Littlefoot was going for, the tree crumbled down by the impact of the sharp-teeth's head.

Down in the hole, Littlefoot and the others were falling. The depth of the hole was deep; at the bottom were a few small rocks. The gang landed on the floor and lost consciousness due to the impact against the floor.

=BACK AT REX=

Somewhere in the swamp, a shadowy figure is spying on Rex. Rex doesn't notice the figure lurking close to him; Rex's just minding his own business, pushing weeds and leafs off his way and face. His feet getting dirty with mud, pushing on forward toward the exit of the swamp.

"This place just keeps getting creepier and creepier."

Rex thought aloud as he looked around his surroundings.

"Huh?"

Rex heard something behind a tree.

"…It's probably nothing."

Before Rex could continue on, something jumped out behind the tree and started chasing Rex.

"SHARP-TEETH!!!"

Rex yelled.

Rex ran but the sharp-teeth manage to keep up. Rex couldn't fly away because the trees are too huddled up together, all Rex could do was run away while pushing vines and leafs off his way.

"It's not a regular sharp-teeth…It's a fast one."

Rex thought out loud.

Rex meant a velociraptor, and it's closing in fast!

But a trail of mud made Rex trip and ended up sliding down a hill on the trail of mud, the velociraptor followed. The trail of mud where Rex was sliding on passed under a tree, losing the velociraptor.

"I think I lost him."

Rex said to himself.

The trail ended on a ramp-like cliff, sending Rex flying and falling head first into a lake. Rex surfaced, spitting water from his mouth.

"That was fun…"
Rex said sarcastically,

"Not!"

Rex got out of the water and shook off the water on him. But he was greeted with a roar of another sharp-tooth. This one was a child, practically the same age as Rex. Rex gasped when the sharp-teeth lunged at him, but Rex got out of the way, making the sharp-teeth's head to slam into a tree behind Rex.

"OW!"

The sharp-teeth shouted in pain.

"That was mean!"

Rex stared at the sharp-teeth confused. He avoided death just be called mean by the attacker?

"What're you talking about? You were about to eat me! What else I could do?"

Rex cried to the sharp-teeth.

"I was just…"

The sharp-teeth started to shed tears,

"I couldn't control myself…"

"Huh?"

Rex was more confused as ever.

"What do you mean 'I couldn't control myself'?"

"It's just…It happens every time…When I want to introduce myself to another to be friends, I just can't control myself and end up attacking others."

The sharp-teeth explained.

Now Rex understands. He knows how it feels to have something you can't control. Rex sat next to the sharp-tooth, who's still rubbing his head from the impact.

"Are you sure you can control it?"

Rex asked.

"Well…I know what I'm doing but it's hard to stop."

The sharp-tooth explained.

'A bad habit huh?'

Rex thought to himself.

"It's like when you start to walk; once you start you can't stop."

Rex tried to explain the sharp-tooth's situation.

"It's a bad habit."

"What's a bad habit?"

The sharp-tooth asked.

"It's when you do something that's not good for you or for everyone."

Rex explained,

"You can turn that bad to good but it takes time and determination."

"But…I can't turn this to good…I tried so much already…"

The sharp-tooth began to shed tears again,

"It's so difficult to change it."

"Difficult?"

Rex began to laugh by that statement.

"Look here!"

The sharp-tooth turned his head to a smiling Rex. Rex got up his feet while eyeing the sharp-tooth.

"It's not difficult! Changing from bad to good is as easy as, taking your first step."

(Rex)

Put one foot in front of the other,

And soon you'll be walking across the floor.

Put one foot in front of the other,

And soon you'll be walking out the cave.

(Rex standing in front of the sharp-tooth)

You never will get where you're going,

You never get up on your feet,

C'mon! There's a good tail wind blowing,

A fast walking man is hard to beat.

(Rex while walking around the sharp-tooth)

Put on foot in front of the other,

And soon you'll be walking across the floor,

Put one foot in front of the other,

And soon you'll be walking out the cave.

(Rex while walking around some trees)

If you want to change your direction,

Or your time of life is at hand,

Well, don't be the rules be the exception,

A good way to start is to stand.

(Rex while walking and dancing around the sharp-tooth)

Put one foot in front of the other,

And soon you'll be walking across the floor,

Put one foot in front of the other,

And soon you'll be walking out the cave.

(The sharp-tooth while looking at his reflection in the water)

If I want to change the reflection,

I see in the mirror in the morn?

(Rex)

Oh you do?

(Sharp-tooth still looking at his reflection)

You mean it's just my election?

(Rex)

Just that.

(Sharp-tooth)

To vote for a chance to be reborn.

(Rex)

Woo-hoo!

(Rex in rhythm with the sharp-tooth's steps)

You put one-foot-in-front-of-the-other,

And-soon-you-are-walking-across-the-floor,

You put one-foot-in-front-of-the-other,

(Normal)

And soon you are walking out the cave.

(Rex and sharp-tooth)

Put one foot in front of the other,

And soon you are walking across the floor.

Put one foot in front of the other,

And soon you'll be walking out the caaaaave...

=BACK AT THE OTHERS=

Littlefoot regained consciousness; he looked around his surroundings, wondering where he is. He looked up to see the hole where they fell through, way up high.

"Wow, we fallen a long way."

Littlefoot said to himself.

He got up on his feet and shook Cera gently. She opened her eyes and got up slowly.

"Where are we Littlefoot?"

Cera said in a weak tone.

"I don't know…Let's check on the others."

Littlefoot checked on Ducky and Petrie to see if they're ok, Cera did the same with Spike.

=BACK AT REX=

"It may take a while, but thanks to you I believe I can do it."

The sharp-tooth said to Rex.

Rex nodded in agreement.

"Glad to hear it."

"You know…Because of that bad habit, I don't have any friends."

The young sharp-tooth told.

"No one wants to be my friend because of this habit."

Rex looked at the sharp-tooth, who had his head bowed down. Rex smiled.

"Well, allow me to be your first friend."

Rex said.

The sharp-tooth raised his head.

"Re…really?"

Rex nodded.

"Nobody wants to be my friend because of this…"

"I would like to start a new custom."

Rex said with a smile.

Though Rex had no idea what he just said about 'starting a new custom.' He knows he made the young sharp-tooth happy.

"Thank you, this means so much to me."

The sharp-tooth said with tears in his eyes.

"My name is Yu. What's yours?"

Rex smiled,

"Rex."

Before Yu could say something, a roar of a sharp-tooth was heard. Rex looked up to see the same sharp-teeth who was chasing him earlier coming from a hill, he got up and hid behind some trees.

"Wait!"
Yu cried to Rex.

Rex watched as the sharp-teeth walked closer to Yu. Then, they started talking to each other in sharp-teeth language. Rex was surprised to hear that the sharp-teeth who was chasing him earlier was none other than Yu's dad.

Yu walked toward Rex,

"Don't be scared, it's only my father."

Rex grinned weakly and walked out from behind the tree. Yu's dad looked at him and gave a look.

"That's Rex, the kid who helped me."

Yu announced his father.

Rex didn't helped Yu; he just explained that changing a habit from bad to good is easy with the right way. Yu's dad got closer and looked at Rex's eyes, then backed away. He said something to his son and walked off.

"I think he likes you."

Yu said to Rex.

"Maybe a little too much."

Rex replied.

"He said I gotta go, it's getting late."

Yu said.

Yu walked off, but noticed Rex isn't going anywhere.

"Aren't you going back to your parents?"
Yu asked.

Rex immediately froze. He doesn't have parents, only his leaf-eating family back at the Great Valley. Rex turned his head to the direction he was going to head, then turned to Yu.

"I…uh…"

Rex crackled, then bowed his head.

"I lost them…somewhere…"

Lost was right. Rex is not even sure if his real parents are dead or alive.

Yu's face expressed a deep sorry.

"I know how you feel."

Rex raised his head by that statement.

"I lost my mother too."
Yu said.

Rex looked at Yu's face, it expressed a deep pain hidden, Yu must've witnessed his mother's death. But out of the blue, Yu shed a smile.

"It seems we both have a bad situation."

Yu said.

'You don't know exactly what my situation is."

Rex thought to himself.

"But it's like you said: Some bad situations can be turned to good easy, that's what I did when I lost my mother."

Yu expressed.

Rex smiled; Yu must've found a way to turn his sad moments of his mother's loss into happy moments.

"Why don't you stay with me and father for a while?"

Yu offered.

"Maybe we can find your parents on one of our travels."

'Maybe he's right, maybe I CAN find my parents after all.'

Rex thought to himself. Then nodded.

"Ok, let's go."

Yu smiled, then nodded. Yu ran ahead to tell his father, Rex looked up in the sky and thought about the Great Valley and loved ones he had left behind. Out here, Rex doesn't have to worry about his sharp-teeth instincts killing his friends; he's now free to release the instinct. But still, if Rex does manage to find his parents, that means leaving the Great Valley, and the people he knows and care behind.

"I'll come back…I promise."

Rex thought aloud.

=BACK AT THE OTHERS=

The gang managed to get out of the cave they fell into, but now they reached a dead end in Three Horn Peak.

"Guess this is as far as we'll go."

Littlefoot said as he looked down the cliff.

"Let's go back Littlefoot; I doubt it Rex would be here."
Cera said as she walked away from the cliff.

"Cera right Littlefoot. Rex not here."
Petrie said.

"Well…where else can we look?"

Littlefoot said, in defeat.

"Maybe we can find his footprints like you said."

Ducky suggested.

Cera walked back and stared into the distance from the cliff.

"Yea! Besides, the Mysterious Beyond is big, he could be anywhere."

Suddenly, an earthquake started.

"EARTSHAKE!"

Littlefoot shouted.

The gang started running and screaming down the peak, but the earthquake is giving them a hard time. Rocks falling, cliffs crumbling down and the ground cracking and breaking. When they turned a corner, the ground under Littlefoot's feet broke, sending Littlefoot falling down the peak.

"LITTLEFOOT!!!"
The others shouted.

Littlefoot managed to grab an edge of a cliff before falling to his death, but barely clinging to the cliff.

"We have to help him!"
Cera shouted as she tried to go down to Littlefoot's level.

But it was useless, the edge Littlefoot was holding on broke down before Cera could reach him, sending Littlefoot to fall all the way down Three Horn Peak.

"LITTLEFOOT! NOOOOOOOO!!!"

Cera screamed as she saw Littlefoot falling until he was out of sight.

TO BE CONTINUE…

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"Here is the next phase."

"Rex gains his second meat meal. But someone finds more than meat, he finds…Littlefoot."

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08

BULL

BROTHER WITH VENGANCE

 "Bull, brother with a vengeance."

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