"Welcome to A Sharp-tooth's Heart."

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

"Time is moving on, and so is the danger…"

"Time…running out…a bad thing for everyone."

"Littlefoot and Rex's time is running out…"

"So they must do something…"

"Time for…"

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12

TEAMWORK

REX'S COMEBACK

 "Teamwork…"

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The sounds of a rock moving echoes around the forest, signaling the opening of a cave once sealed by the sharp-tooth, Bull.

Rex, an outcast from the Great Valley, pushes the giant boulder with all his might with the help of four strangers…Or are they?

"Just…a little bit more…"

Rex says as he struggles with the giant boulder.

The boulder finally is shoved out of the way. Rex, without wasting another second, rushes inside the cave, only to find it empty.

He looks around the cave, he can only find dry blood-stains on the ground, a few cracks on the wall, and a wide opening on the roof, along with some rocks, using them will help to reach the hole on the roof.

"Where is he?"

Rex asks himself.

Rex looks again at the hole at the roof and chuckles.

"Obvious."

Rex climbs through the hole; he looked around, but could only see forest as the eye could see. A beautiful sight, but hiding a deep darkness in it. He looked at the ground below and saw a familiar footprint…Littlefoot's footprints, And Bull's.

Rex gasped when he saw that and climbs back down, heading to the exit where the four strangers waited.

"That took long enough."

A female voice complained.

"Not in the mood Cera."

Rex replied.

Cera, Spike, Ducky and Petrie stood there, worried about Rex's rush inside the cave.

"What were you looking for?"

Ducky asked.

Before Rex could tell, his sharp-teeth clan could be seen, walking toward Rex. Rex signaled his friends to hide in the bushes as he ran to his clan, which they didn't mind doing so.

"What is Rex doing with sharp-teeth?"

Petrie asked as he hid in some bush.

"I guess he couldn't show his face in the valley that he joined them."

Cera replied, with an angry look in her eyes.

"Rex wouldn't just leave us, no no no."

Ducky said.

Spike was just eating away at the bush. Ducky rushed to him and tried to stop him from eating any more of what's left of the bush.

"Spike…this is no time to be eating our hiding place."

Ducky said to Spike, trying to take a leaf out of Spike's mouth.

Cera just rolled her eyes at the sound of that, it's not like Spike would listen.

Rex waved to his clan. Yu and Chomper ran out from the clan to Rex, glad to see he's ok.

"Rex, who was that sharp-tooth?"

Yu asked.

"We have a problem…"

Rex said.

"And I'll need your help…"

The whole sharp-teeth clan stood around the children.

"All of your help…"

Rex walked to the bush his friends are hiding.

"And theirs…"

Yu gasped when Rex revealed the leaf-eaters from the bushes. Chomper on the other hand, began to shed tears of joy.

=SOMEWHERE FAR FROM REX's LOCATION=

Bull was looking at Littlefoot's footprints; he also heard a roar coming from the cave, signaling a clan of sharp-teeth in the area.

"A clan…"

Then, Bull got an idea.

"Yea…MY clan."

He grinned as the idea rushed through his mind. Then he ran toward another direction, not following Littlefoot's footprints.

Far from Bull, Littlefoot is struggling to go up a hill. He hasn't eaten in two days; he's trying to get to the top where a juicy-looking bush awaits.

"Almost…there…"

Littlefoot said, tired out.

Littlefoot reached the top, but before he could start eating, he fell on the bush, he fainted by hunger.

=BACK TO REX=

"That's the plan…"

"You think it'll work?"

"Of course, the power of friendship conquers all."

"Rex…"

"Yea Yu?"

"We have more than the power of friendship…"

"What's that?"

"…The power…of teamwork!"

"You're right…We have the power of friendship, and teamwork!"

"We're ready!"

"Let's go!"

"Alright…"

Rex, Yu, Chomper, Cera, Ducky, Petrie, Spike and the sharp-teeth clan made a truce and joined forces. Everyone, except Rex, who used his arms, placed their tails together, signaling the beginning of a party.

"Let's do it!"

Rex cried.

They separated into four teams. One of them composed of Rex, Cera, Chomper and Petrie. The other composed of Yu, Ducky, Spike, and a sharp-tooth from the clan. The other two are composed of the remaining sharp-teeth.

"Alright, if you find Littlefoot, come back here and give a roar."

Rex explained the plan again.

"Got it?"

All of the teams nodded.

"Oh, and remember about that sharp-tooth who attacked us."

Though, he's not a threat to the grown-up sharp-teeth, he can be a problem for Team Yu and Team Rex.

"Ok, see ya guys later."

Yu said as he walked away with his team.

"Be careful!"

Ducky cried.

"You guys too!"

Cera shouted back.

All of the four teams walked off different paths. Rex wasn't worried, but Cera sure was.

"Hey Rex, how can we trust the other sharp-teeth if they find Littlefoot?"

Cera asked Rex.

Rex only smiled.

"Cera, it takes a little something called trust."

"Yea, I'm sure they won't hurt Littlefoot."

Chomper joined the conversation.

"I still have my doubts."

Cera said more seriously.

"Am I supposed to be surprised?"

Rex said as he started running from Cera.

"Hey! I heard that!"

Cera cried angry.

"Come back here you…"

She said in a playful tone as she started chasing Rex.

"Hey, wait for me!"

Chomper cries as he runs after them.

'Hold on Littlefoot, I'm coming.'

Rex thinks to himself.

=SOMEWHERE IN A DESERT=

"Well, if it isn't Bull?"

A sharp-tooth announces as he sees Bull returning to his clan.

"Came back after a defeat from a bunch of brats?"

The whole clan starts laughing. Bull holds back his anger and walks to the clan's leader.

"What brings you back?"

The leader asks.

"You said you wouldn't return until you avenge your brother from a bunch of kids."

The leader starts chuckling by that.

"Maybe he's too weak to even kill them."
A sharp-tooth mocks Bull.

"Maybe he came for our help."

Now that Bull heard that, he doesn't want to ask them for help.

"Helping him might not be bad."

An unknown voice claimed.

Everyone, including Bull, stares at the mysterious dinosaur standing under a shadow, not allowing us to see him.

"Bull knows the secret entrance of the Great Valley, where we been dreaming of entering."

The unknown dinosaur continued.

"So if we help him, he'll show us the entrance, right?"

Bull grinned.

"Yes, I'd be happy to."

"Perfect."

The leader said.

"Not a bad idea Kumo."

The unknown dinosaur named Kumo walked out of the shadow, revealing a dinosaur identical to Rex, the only difference is that Kumo doesn't have wings.

"This shall be fun…"
Kumo thinks aloud.

=BACK AT REX=

"Uh-oh."

A big boulder is blocking Team Rex's way. They're in a very narrow path, and the boulder blocks their way. Rex placed his hand on the boulder and began feeling it, the boulder was soft, but Chomper, Petrie and him weren't strong enough to break it.

"I guess we have to go back."

Chomper said.

"This boulder is soft, but I…"

Rex tried to push it and break it.

"I'm not strong enough."

"No sweat!"

Cera cried.

"Stand back!"

"What are you gonna…?"

Rex was cut short when he saw Cera charging at him. Rex screamed and flew out of the way. Cera slammed her head hard on the boulder; cracks started forming on the boulder, until it broke down.

"Yay! Cera did it!"

Petrie cried for joy.

Cera only grinned as she looked at Rex, who's still flying up in the air.

'I could've done that.'

Rex thought to himself.

"C'mon."

Cera cried as she followed the path.

Everyone followed, Rex landed and followed too.

=BACK AT BULL=

"Are we getting close?"

The leader asked.

"Here we are."

Bull pointed out.

Bull showed the secret cave that leads inside the valley. His clan started drooling, thinking about the juicy dinosaurs inside the valley.

"But first…"

Bull started.

"We know. We help you in your 'revenge'."

Kumo finished the sentence.

"Where's these kids?"

The leader asks.

"Somewhere close from here."

Bull said with a grin.

"Fine."

The leader signaled one of the sharp-tooth to start scavenging the area. Bull couldn't help but to grin as wide as he could.

The sharp-tooth headed to the east, where Team Rex is looking for Littlefoot.

=BACK AT REX=

"No way!"
Cera's voice is heard.

"You couldn't kill something like that!"

"It's true Cera."

Chomper's voice is heard.

"Rex did kill a longneck."

"I doubt it."

Cera's voice is heard closer to where a shadow is hiding.

"He had help."

"Well…the clan helped, but he gave the killing blow."

Chomper's voice persuaded.

"Stop it guys, you're embarrassing me."

Rex's voice is heard too.

"I couldn't kill it myself."

Rex pops out from behind a tree, pushing vines off of his face.

"Wow, you are strong to kill a longneck by yourself."

Petrie told Rex as he flew next to him.

"Thanks Petrie, but I wasn't alone."

Rex corrected Petrie.

"I still don't believe it."

Cera continued.

The shadow stalking Team Rex moved closer to the four dinosaurs as they kept arguing about how Rex gave the finishing blow to the longneck.

"There's no way…"

The shadow got closer.

"Rex…"

The shadow got even closer.

"Killed…"

The shadow was practically next to Chomper.

"A longneck!"

When Cera finished, the sharp-tooth popped out, giving a roar. Team Rex looked at the sharp-tooth and began running like mad.

"And I won't believe Rex can kill a sharp-tooth."

Cera cried as she ran from the sharp-tooth.

"That I can agree."

Rex cried back.

The sharp-tooth jumped, almost landing on Cera, but close enough to send Team Rex off their feet, falling to the ground. Petrie flew up a tree, only to look helplessly as Team Rex got up on their feet as the sharp-tooth slowly walked closer.

"What do we do?"
Cera cried.

Rex looked at Petrie, the tree he's on had a few vines dangling, a few holes Petrie could fly through, and all the vines could be tightened with the pull of one vine. An idea hit him.

"I got it!"

Rex cried as he flew up.

Rex grabbed a few vines and began untangling them.

'Nah, it couldn't be this easy.'

Rex thought to himself.

'Can it?'

Rex untangled the vines and gave them to Petrie.

"Petrie, can you grab these and fly through those holes three times?"

Rex ordered Petrie.

"Ok, whatever you're up to, I hope it works."

Petrie said as he grabbed the vines with his beak and started flying.

"Cera, Chomper!"

Rex called, and they looked at Rex.

"I need you two to make the sharp-tooth take a few steps back."

"Are you crazy? He'll kill us!"

Cera shouted.

"Trust me on this one!"

Rex shouted back.

Cera looked at the sharp-tooth as it came closer, Cera was frozen with fear, never did she felt this scared.

"Cera…"

Cera looked back to see Chomper, staring at her.

"You're the bravest friend I ever made, we can do it."

Cera lost her fear, but she was still afraid.

"I believe in you."

Cera got serious and nodded.

"Ok!"

She turned at the sharp-tooth.

"I'll take care of him!"

With that, Cera charged at the sharp-tooth.

"Now that's the Cera I know."

Chomper cried as he joined Cera.

Cera and Chomper began roaring at the sharp-tooth, and threatening it. The sharp-tooth roared back as it began stepping back. Rex was helping Petrie with the vines; he also looked at a very long vine as it began getting shorter.

Cera stopped roaring.

"Hurry Rex, I don't think the sharp-tooth will be scared of us for long."

She cried to Rex.

"Done!"

Rex announced, then he handed another vine to Petrie.

"Petrie, take this vine and take it over there!"

He said as he pointed to another tree.

"But close to the floor and behind the sharp-tooth."

Petrie was scared of doing it, but he summoned his courage and went for it. He flew very close to the floor and wrapped the vine on the tree. After a few loops on a tree branch, he signaled Rex that it's done.

But the sharp-tooth stopped moving back, inches from the trap. It gave a big roar to Cera and Chomper, it's not afraid of them anymore. Cera and Chomper began stepping back as the sharp-tooth began taking baby steps toward them.

"Rex, it's not working!"

Petrie shouted.

"Oh no."

Rex whispered.

The sharp-tooth cornered Cera and Chomper in a tree, Cera and Chomper shook in fear as the sharp-tooth got closer to them.

Rex had no choice; he flew to the sharp-tooth, abandoning his post. He appeared on the sharp-tooth's face suddenly, scaring it, making it take a lot of steps back.

"Keep going you coward!"

Cera cried.

The sharp-tooth was reaching the trap; Rex quickly went to his post and pulled the vine, making the vine close to the floor to tighten. The plan was to trip the sharp-tooth on his back, to have a great chance of running far from it as it tried to get back on his feet.

"Time to show the real power of teamwork!"

Rex shouted.

But the plan backfired, the vine Rex was pulling snapped, sending him falling to the ground. All the vines broke by the sudden force, making a chain reaction to the other vines. Rex shook his head and looked at the broken vine on his hand.

"Uh-oh."

The trap softened, the sharp-tooth stepped back and walked over the vine that was supposed to trip him over. But the chain reaction on the vines wasn't over.

A vine in a tree above the sharp-tooth broke, making a vine fall on the sharp-tooth; it stopped descending across the sharp-tooth's neck. That same vine was connected to the tree branch Petrie tied a branch. The tree branch broke and fell, pulling a few vines up on the tree, each one giving a powerful pull on the vine connected to it.

The chain kept going until it reached the vine across the sharp-tooth's neck. It tightened around the sharp-tooth's neck, enough force to choke the sharp-tooth. The sharp-tooth tried to free himself, but he failed.

Rex, Cera, Chomper and Petrie stood in front of the sharp-tooth, wowed about the side-effect of their failed attempt to trip the sharp-tooth over. The endangered carnivorous could only glare Team Rex helplessly as the vines cut-off his respiratory system from his throat, slowly suffocating it.

Team Rex continued watching as the sharp-tooth's lifeless body stayed dangling; the vines are powerful enough to hold it up.

"That had to hurt."

Petrie managed to break the silence.

"It would if it killed you."

Cera said.

"Didn't come out as planned, but close enough."

Chomper announced.

"Well…"

Rex had to break the weird silence shrouding his friends.

"We showed him, didn't he?"

Everyone kept silent, Rex sighed heavily.

"Let's go before more shows up."

Petrie said as he flew away.

The others followed.

=BACK AT BULL=

"Where is he?"

The leader asked angry.

"Maybe those kids…"

Bull said, almost under breath.

"Impossible, we can't be defeated by children."
The leader looked at the direction the sharp-tooth went.

"He probably got lost. That idiot…"

"I'll take care of this…"

Kumo said as he walked toward Bull.

"Besides, how hard can killing kids be?"

He stared at Bull; Kumo didn't show any emotions of nervous, happy, or mad.

"Maybe I should find out myself."

Kumo calmly walked to the direction the sharp-tooth found Team Rex. Bull glared at Kumo.

"How dare he mock me…?"

Everything goes black.

"I'll show everyone!!!"

Bull's voice echoes in the darkness.

TO BE CONTINUE…

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"Here is the next phase."

"A sharp-tooth, named Kumo, who looks Like Rex."

"How can Rex's friends tell who's who?"

"Kids can get easily deceived, but maybe the pure friendship of one can tell."

"The return of a friend…"

"The fall of a friend…"

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13

KUMO

EMOTIONLESS DINOSAUR

 "Kumo, Emotionless dinosaur."

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