Found and Discover

When all was calm, the residence of the Great Valley all crept out of their hiding places. All of them were still shocked and trembling from the sudden tornado attacks. It was like they could still feel the horrible aura the whirling winds left behind.

For some, there was an awful feeling of anxiety and dread.

The moment they realized the storm had run its course, Topps and Derek were out of the fortress-like rock in less time than it took to blink. Topps' face was painted with worry, and Derek had gone as white as paper.

"CERA! CERA!"

"AYLENE! GRANDMA! WHERE ARE YOU?!"

Derek scanned the valley with wide eyes. The disaster was worse than he had expected. Trees had either been broken off near the base, torn up from the ground completely, and scattered across the land. Large boulders have tumbled down off the Great Wall. Bushes and flowers were uprooted and blown in all directions. There were piles upon piles of debris that were mixed with logs, shrubs, and rocks.

Derek felt sick with worry. What if his grandmother and sister were buried underneath one of those piles?

As he considered that, a voice came from behind.

"Derek!"

Derek turned around quickly and looked up.

"Grandpa Longneck!" he exclaimed. "Have you seen Aylene or my grandma?!"

"No, I haven't!" Grandpa Longneck replied, his voice full of anxiety. "Have you seen Littlefoot?!"

Derek shook his head.

"I'm sorry," he said sadly. "I haven't seen him."

Grandpa Longneck's face changed to very distressed.

"Oh, I do hope he's safe."

"I'm sure he's fine," Derek said, trying to sound positive. "You know he and Aylene have survived worse than this."

Grandpa Longneck looked down at the human boy and nodded. However, he couldn't bring himself to smile. He was too fearful for his grandson's life to smile.

Suddenly one of the piles of debris that was a few feet away shifted and moved. Derek and Grandpa Longneck quickly snapped their eyes over just in time to see a huge figure rise up out of it.

It was Doc.

The logs and rocks rolled off of him like rain drops, and he shook off the bushes like they were strains of grass. Down at his feet, shielded from all the rubble by his massive size, were Littlefoot and Elaine.

"Grandma!" Derek shouted in relief.

Elaine turned to see her grandson running towards her at full speed. A joyful smiled spread across her face.

"Oh, Derek!"

As soon as Derek reached his grandmother, the two embraced each other tightly.

"Oh, thank goodness," Elaine whispered.

At the same time, Littlefoot ran towards his grandfather. Grandpa Longneck lowered his head down to the young Apatosaurus' level and nuzzled him.

"Oh, Littlefoot," he sighed with relief. "Are you alright?"

"I'm fine, Grandpa," Littlefoot replied. "Doc and Elaine saved me. If it wasn't for them, I…"

Littlefoot shuddered. He couldn't bring himself to finish that sentence. It was too terrifying for him to even consider the worst possible outcome.

Grandpa Longneck raised his head to look Doc in the eye.

"I thank you, again," he bowed respectfully.

"Ah, lucky break," Doc replied dryly.

Elaine looked at her friend with a knowing grin.

"You still don't know how to accept gratitude," she teased.

Doc glanced down at Elaine and made a face.

At that moment, Littlefoot suddenly jolted in alarm.

"Grandpa, have you seen Aylene?!" he asked.

"No, Littlefoot," Grandpa Longneck replied.

As soon as they heard Aylene's name, both Derek and Elaine turned to the little long-neck. Their faces quickly changed from joyful to fretful.

"She was with you!" Derek stated.

"Yeah, she was," Littlefoot replied. "But when the storm started, she said that we should split up and find you and the others. Her Time Stone started acting all funny and—"

As soon as those words left Littlefoot's mouth, his eyes widened. He stared at Derek. He could tell that the human had come to the same conclusion he did.

"She wouldn't!"

"We gotta find her!" Derek said, completely stressed.

Elaine looked up at Doc. She didn't have to say a word. The moment they made eye-contact, he nodded agreement.

The group then immediately started their search for the missing human girl.


"CERA! CERA!"

Topps was frantically searching all over for his missing daughter. He hadn't forgotten about Dinah or Dana, but Cera was the main concern. And after seeing the damage the tornados had done to the Valley, he didn't dare think about the worst possible outcome.

Fortunately, he was not alone in his search. Ducky, Petrie, and Spike were close behind him, trying to find any clues that would lead them to their Triceratops friend.

"Oh, me no like this." Petrie whined. "We still not find them."

"I'm sure she's fine, Petrie." Ducky said. "You know that Cera is tough, and she wouldn't let anything happen to the twins."

Spike sniffed the air intently. He grunted in surprise when his nose picked up a familiar scent. Without hesitation, he changed direction and ran towards a patch of broken tree branches and torn up bushes.

"What is it, Spike?" Ducky asked, concerned.

Spike turned back to his adopted sister and pointed to the debris with urgency. He then began to dig and push away the pile of sticks and bramble.

At that moment, three familiar voice called out from underneath.

"Spike, is that you?! We're under here!"

"Ussie here!"

"Help!"

Spike began to call out in the only way that he could.

"He found them!" Petrie screeched in delight.

As soon as Topps heard that the little spike-tail had found where his daughter was, he bounded over without a second though. Spike stepped aside to let the elder dinosaur through. With one giant heave, Topps removed all of the debris, and found himself staring down into a small ditch.

At the bottom of it, shaken but unharmed, was Cera, Dinah, and Dana.

"Daddy!" Cera shouted with joy.

"Oh, Cera!" Topps said with intense relief. "Are you alright?"

"We're fine."

Topps lowered his head into the ditch. Cera lifted Dinah and Dana up onto his snout, and he pulled them out. He was about to go back for Cera, but she had already hoisted herself out thanks to Spikes help.

"Cera! You're okay!" Ducky happily exclaimed, running over and hugging the three-horn's foreleg.

"Yeah, somehow." Cera sighed heavily.

Cera turned to her father and ran over to receive a heart-felt nuzzle from him.

"Thanks goodness you're all safe." Topps said.

"Don't worry, Daddy." Cera replied. "We're fine."

Dinah and Dana ran over. The smiles on their faces told everyone that they had completely forgotten about the peril of the storm but had not forgotten the bravery of the one who rescued them.

"Cerrie ussie blowie no no!"

"Whoosh!"

Topps let out a proud chuckle. He understood what the twins had said, and it filled him with so much pride and happiness.

"Yes, it is good that Cera didn't let you blow away."

He turned to his daughter, and said in a warm voice, "Cera, I'm very proud of you."

Cera's face lit up at those words, and she nuzzled her father again.

However, the joy of the moment was short-lived. At that moment, Littlefoot and Derek came running over the hill.

"Cera! Guys!"

Everyone turned their attention to the approaching long-neck and human. They all became concerned the moment they saw the two in a state of anxiety.

"Is everyone okay?" Derek asked.

"We're fine." Ducky replied. "But are you guys okay? And where's Aylene?"

"We got separated!" Littlefoot explained, unable to hide his worry. "We were hoping she was with you! We gotta find her fast! She could be hurt!"

"Then let's get going!" Cera ordered. "C'mon!"

Topps and the twins watched at Cera ran off with the rest of the Gang. Once they had disappeared over the hill, the elder Triceratops began a search of his own with the both Dinah and Dana following close behind him.


"What's going on here? Where am I?"

Aylene, disoriented and confused, found herself walking out of a forest. As she looked around, she felt a strange sense of familiarity from her surrounds, yet she knew that she had never been to this place before. The trees, the smells, the air, all of it was so familiar, and yet so foreign.

A pulsating blue light from high above came out of the corner of her eye. Aylene turned sharply and found herself staring up at a massive rock structure. It was roughly in the shape of a long-neck dinosaur, and it towered over her like one.

However, what caught her attention was an opening in the circle of teeth around its neck. A blue light was shining from it, glowing and fading with the rhythm of a beating heart. Aylene narrowed her eyes, zooming her vision in on the light as much as she could.

It looked like some kind of stone.

"Wait, a large rock in the shape of a long-neck? Is this…Saurus Rock?"

It was then that Aylene felt something around her neck move. She looked down and gasped as her Time Stone glowed and lifted itself up. With wide eyes, she watched it hover in mid-air, and saw that it was beginning to pulsate again. Aylene then looked up at the giant rock again, then back down at her stone.

The Time Stone was shining just like the stone in Saurus Rock. It was also pointing up at the stone like a magnet.

"Wait?" Aylene whispered. "Does this mean that-?"

Suddenly, a chink of rock around the large, glowing stone, fell away from Saurus Rock. A huge flash came from the stone, making Aylene stumble back and shut her eyes. At the exact same time, the Time Stone around her neck flashed a brilliant emerald light.

When Aylene opened her eyes again, she gasped. Saurus Rock was rapidly moving away from her. She watched and the land rushed by her, almost like she was inside of a moving car, watching as the scenery passed by her window.

She saw a forest of tall redwood trees, a giant canyon that split the land like a gash, a mountain range, the Great Valley, total darkness…

Then, the earth below Aylene shook violently.


Aylene woke up with a start as the ground vibrated. She laid where she was for a good fifteen seconds as the tremor ran its course. When the earthquake came to a stop, Aylene took in several deep breaths to calm her nerves and recollect her senses.

As soon as she could think clearly again, Aylene lifted herself up to her knees. She blinked in surprise when she saw that she surrounded by a green bubble of energy. On the outside of it was a mound of torn up trees, brambles, and boulders.

"That's right," she said to herself. "I was caught up in the storm."

Aylene looked down at the sword around her waist. She grabbed the hilt with her right hand and pulled it just a few inches out of its scabbard. The blade was shining like a star, and the girl could feel a powerful aura resonating from it. Aylene sighed with relief and smiled.

"Thanks, Fierce Loyalty. You really saved me this time."

Aylene then looked up.

"Now I just need to get out of here. Then, I gotta find the others. Oh, I sure hope they're okay."

Aylene stood up. She gripped the hilt of her sword and drew it.

"Well, here goes. Fierce Loyalty, don't fail me now."


Littlefoot nearly jumped out of his skin when a beam of green light suddenly appeared from a pile of debris just yards away from him. He was already recovering from the sudden earthquake that happened minutes ago, and that light nearly made his heart stop beating.

However, once the initial shock was gone, his fright disappeared as quickly as it came.

Another beam of light shot from the pile, splitting the trees and rocks. There was a moment of silence before another appeared, slicing through the rumble.

Then, with one final streak, the pile broke apart and fell away to reveal a bubble of energy.

The bubble faded away to reveal a human girl collapsing to her knees.

"AYLENE!" Littlefoot cried.

The Apatosaurus ran as fast as his legs could carry him. He clambered up and over a large tree trunk, nearly slipping and falling on his side, and rushed to his friend's side. Aylene was on her hands and knees, panting heavily for air. Her eyes were wide with shock and awe, and her gaze was locked on her sword. She didn't even seem to be aware of Littlefoot's presence.

"I didn't know it could do that," she wheezed. "This sword is really something."

"Aylene, are you alright?!"

Aylene blinked, somewhat stupefied, and looked up at Littlefoot. As soon as she saw him, she let out a cry of relief and hugged her friend tightly. Littlefoot wrapped his long neck around the human girl, sharing her relief and joy.

"Oh, Littlefoot!" Aylene exclaimed. "Am I glad to see you! Are you okay?!"

"I'm okay," Littlefoot replied. "What about you?"

Aylene let go of Littlefoot and leaned back on her feet.

"I'm okay," she said. "I just didn't see that coming. This sword is full of surprises."

Aylene held up her sword. It had lost its glow, and returned to its normal olive-green color.

"You mean Fierce Loyalty did that?!" Littlefoot said, looking at the strange sword with disbelief.

"Yeah. I just gave it a good swing, and "SLICE"! Cut through the trees and rocks like butter!"

Littlefoot's eyes went big, and his mouth dropped wide open.

He was about to ask a question when Aylene suddenly stood up and sheathed her sword.

"What about the others?" she asked. "Are they alright?"

"Y-Yeah," the long-neck nodded quickly. "We split up so we could look for you."

"I see." Aylene mumbled.

The girl then looked her friend in the eye. Littlefoot knew Aylene well enough by now to know that the look she was giving meant she was planning something.

"Littlefoot, we gotta round up the Gang," she said. "I think I know what's causing the all these accidents."

"What? How?"

Aylene held up her Time Stone, "I think this is trying to tell me something. I had a dream just now, and I think it was a clue. I can't explain how I know that, but you've gotta trust me. If there's one thing I know about this stone, it's that if it reacts to weird phenomenon, then we better pay attention to it."

Littlefoot paused for a second before nodding in agreement. He didn't have to say a single word. He turned his side to Aylene, and she leapt onto his back. The Apatosaurus ran across the Valley, feeling the same urgency as his rider.

They had to find the others and soon. Neither one could express it in words, but something was telling them that time was running out.

They had to take action, before it was too late.