Chapter 5: Crossing the water
Later, the gang was pushing a huge log over to the cliff. If it works, it'll take them back to the mainland.
"Are you sure this thing will stay on top of the water?" Chomper asked.
"Well, it works with sticks in the watering hole." Said Cera.
Just then, they managed to get the log over to the cliff. And then, they pushed it over and it fell all the way to the water.
SPLASH!
However, it ended up sinking.
"Ah." They all moned.
"I guess it was too big a stick." Cera said again.
But just as they were about to turn around, Littlefoot saw something.
"No. Wait. Look."
And then, log came back. The gang cheered as they climbed down to the log. Once they were all on top of it, Littlefoot, Ruby, Spike, and Cera used their tails to move the log away from the island. While Ducky and Petrie were on top of some sticks on the log. Ducky was on a small one in the front and Petrie was on a taller one in the middle.
So far so good. They were already farther away from the island without any problems.
"I gotta admit Cera. This really was a great idea. A great idea, this really was." Said Ruby.
"Ooh." Cera moned as she began to feel sick. "Then why do I feel horrible?"
"Maybe it was that strange food we eated." Said Ducky. Just as a scaly-swimmer showed up and tried to catch her but missed. "What was that?"
"Petrie, what are you doing way up there?" Chomper asked him.
"Me wanna be far away from Big Water as me can." Petrie answered.
However, the stick Petrie was on had a couple of tree-stars on it. And Spike just started to stepping on the stick to get them.
"Huh? What's going on?" Littlefoot asked as he felt the log tilt.
"Oh. I'm dizzier than I thought." Cera said again.
The scaly-swimmer then came back to get Ducky again. But she moved out of the way in time. Just as Spike began to step farther on the stick Petrie was on.
"Spike. Stop it." Said Chomper. "You're making the tree go around."
Too late. Spike got it to rock in an unsafe way.
"I do not like this." Ducky said as Littlefoot, Ruby, Chomper, and Cera screamed.
As for Petrie, Spike ended up pushing the top of the stick into the water. Petrie held onto his brath as he ended up under the water. And while he was under there, he spotted something. Something big. It looked like a huge scaly-swimmer.
But it was not reguler scaly-swimmer. It had a grey tooth on its head and it opened its mouth to reveal its sharpily teeth as it got closer.
Petrie screamed as he jumped back onto the log and held onto Cera which knocked her onto her belly.
"What's your problem?!" She demanded.
"S-S-Sharptooth that swims." Petrie answered shivering.
"Are you crazy?!"
He wasn't. Because the grey tooth hit the log and knocked her off.
"Cera!" Littlefoot cried.
SPLASH! Cera landed in the water as she tried to stay afloat. Until a grey body came underneath her. And as she saw the face, she gasped as it revealed its sharpily teeth.
"SWIMMING SHARPTOOTH!" She shouted as it knock her back into the water.
Fortently, Cera managed to swim back to the log as Chomper helped her get back on. Just as the Swimming Sharptooth missed her and pushed the log as it dived into the water. Then it swang its tail on the log and got it to spin out of control.
Acting quick, Littlefoot, Ruby, Spike, and Cera began to use their tails to get the log back in control and paddle away from the Swimming Sharptooth as fast as they can.
However, the Swimming Sharptooth saw them getting away and went after them. Now Littlefoot, Ruby, Spike, and Cera were using their arms and feet to make the log go even faster. Ducky was trying to keep a look out for it.
Petrie and Chomper were still shivering. Until they saw the Swimming Sharptooth aproting them. They can see its big angry face before it moved under the water again. Petrie and Chomper screamed as they began to use their arms to get the log going faster. But it didn't work. Just as they stopped, they saw that the Swimming Sharptooth was now closer as it tried to bite them. Just as they moved out of the way and the Swimming Sharptooth bite the log instead. Making everyone scream as Petrie and Chomper ended up on Littlefoot's back.
And now, Littlefoot, Ruby, Spike, and Cera were paddling faster. Neither one of the seven cared where they'll end up. All they cared about was "Let's get out of here". Just then, Petrie and Chomper said the Swimming Sharptooth dive back into the water. And then it was about to come back. It was getting closer. Both of them panted as they pointed to the Swimming Sharptooth'es shadow.
However, the log ended up hitting a rock and sent the gang flying as the Swimming Sharptooth missed them by the time it bit on the log and broke it. The gang screamed as they ended up over sand and landed on their faces as they slid for a moment. They were safe. Chomper was the first to get up as he also ended up spitting sand out of his mouth.
"We made it." He said to the others.
However, as they looked in front of them, they saw the strange vegetation. They were back on the island.
"Well, back to where we started." Chomper said sadly. "At least we're safe from the Swimming Sharptooth."
"Yeah. I rather be eaten by the kind that walks." Said Cera.