Authors Notes: this story is written by me and my best buddy, Thunderblade.

Disclaimer: the characters in this story belong to their respected companies and not me.

enjoy!

Long ago when the world was very young, strange creatures evolved from the vast oceans. This evolutionary process took millions of years to change the very first sea creatures into complex beings that soon discovered a new frontier by crawling out onto the land. From that, they evolved further and they became the mightiest creatures on earth, the dinosaurs! For most of them, there was a little patch of paradise known as The Great Valley, home to a great assortment of plant-eating dinosaurs species of all ages. Among them were kids like Littlefoot the longneck, Cera the threehorn, Ducky the swimmer, Petrie the flyer and Spike the spiketail who, despite they're great differences in dinosaur race, had grown to be the best of friends.

One day, Littlefoot and Cera were out in the meadow playing tag. Littlefoot was chasing Cera who was just that little bit in front trying to keep her distance. Cera was going really fast but Littlefoot suddenly jumped ahead of her and touched her.

"Tag, you're it!" he shouted.

"Hey, no fair! You jumped ahead of me!" Cera pouted.

"All's fair in tag Cera," Littlefoot beamed as he took off.

"Well...they should change the rules. Hey! Get back here!" Cera started off after Littlefoot but Petrie, carrying Ducky by her hands, who came flying over, quickly interrupted them.

"Littlefoot! Cera!" he shouted.

"What is it?" Littlefoot asked with a confused look on his face.

"A herd coming in! You'll never guess who it is... It was Ali's!"

"Ali's herd? Ali's here?" Cera asked astonded.

"Yes, yes. Come and see!" he signalled with a wing.

"Oh yes, yes, yes! Come and see," said Ducky with a smile on her face

Petrie flew to the north as the gang followed. There was just one happy thought in Littlefoot's mind at that moment in time. His good friend Ali had returned to the Great Valley, just as she had promised.

A/N: sorry chapter 1 is a little short, i promise chapter 2 will be longer when Thunderblade's done with it. :D