Chapter 8: It Takes All Sorts

Now that everyone was together again, the gang went back to finding the Night Flower. Tickles helped to.

"So you see, with my herd traveling so much, I never got to know anyone but other Longnecks." Ali said to them. Making Tickles give a sad squeak. "But I know it's nice to have all kinds of friends. In all shapes and sizes too."

After she said, everyone began to talk about how friendship works.

(Song start)

Ali: It takes all sorts to make our world. Short and tall sorts. Large and small sorts.

Ruby: To fill this pretty planet with love and laughter. To make it great to live in tomorrow and the day after.

Littlefoot: It takes all types without a doubt. Dumb and wise types.

Chomper: Every size types. To do all the thing that need to be done.

All: To make our life fun. Find our place in the sun.

Ali: And the brightest way, the rightest way, according to reports is simply to take all sorts.

Cera: It takes all sorts to make our day.

Petrie: Smart and slow sorts.

Ducky: High and low sorts.

Ali and Cera: To make the world we live in a place worth being.

Littlefoot and Ruby: To try and make our future. A future really worth seeing.

All: We need all types to make our way.

Chomper: Tried and true types.

Cera: Me and you types.

All: To create a world that's truly worthwhile. That knows how to smiled, how to do things in style.

Ali: So the surest and securest way, which everyone supports is simply to

All: Take all sorts.

(Song end)

What happens next, the gang knew they need all sorts to find the Night Flower so they can save Grandpa's life. The bright circle was setting so it should be a bit easy to find it at night.

Meanwhile, Dil and Ichy continued to argue as Ichy was still stuck on the root.

"Quite your panting Dil and get me out of here!" He demanded.

"Get yourself out!" Dil shouted back.

"And ruin my feathers?! Listen Leatherhead, we gotta find those kids! And you can't do it without me!"

"Okay."

Before Ichy knew it, Dil had her mouth close to him.

"Oh. Dil. Remember the good times we had."

But Dil only bit the root and was so close to him. But he wasn't free yet.

"Not so close next time Lumphead!"

And then Dil bit the top part of the root. Ichy was free but his neck was still stuck.

"Now look what you've done! How are you gonna fix this?!"

And then, Dil moved her mouth to him again.

"No. Dil. It's alright. NOOOOO!"

With one bite, Dil snapped the root off of him. Making his feathers all ruined and funny looking.

Later that night, the two were still looking or the gang. But no sign of them.

"Ichy." Dil said tiredly. "We've been looking for those kids for hours. How about resting the eyes?"

"Yeah. You're right Dil." Said Ichy. "You keep going while I take a little snooze."

"What?"

"Hey. Who's the eyes around here?"

"Ichy! You know I can't see!"

"Yeah. But if you keep moving, you're bound to bump into something sooner or later. Goodnight."

And then, Ichy fell alseep as Dil kept moving and bumped into many trees do to her bad eye sight.

"One of these days Ichy...OOF! One of these...GAH! ONE OF THESE...OW! Oh forget it. UUH!"

Back with the gang, they were walking by some closed up flower buds which the asumed was because it was dark.

"When are we gonna get there?" Cera asked. "My feet hurt. And I'm hungry."

So was Spike. In fact, he just took a bite on one of the buds.

"Gee, I don't know." Said Littlefoot. "We are almost there. Aren't we Ali?"

"Well...I don't know." Ali answered. "You see, I've never seen the flowers for myself before."

"You haven't" Chomper asked.

"No. I'm sorry."

Ducky then youned and said, "I am very tired."

"Me too." Said Petrie.

"Maybe we should rest for a while." Said Littlefoot.

Everyone agreed with him. They were all getting very tired anyway. Without saying another word, the gang began to lie down. Of course, Cera moved away from Littlefoot and Ruby to giver Ali some space between both of them. And then all of them were fast asleep.

As they slept, the buds began to move around from the wind. Just as sky-puffies moved away from the night circle. But as they did, the buds opened up. Revealing golden flowers. And just any golden flowers. They were the Night Flower. And they opened up all over the place.

And a certint Spike-tail opened his eyes long enough to catch a glimps of the flower. He knew it was them. He had to wake Ducky up. And he did that by licking her.

"I do not need a bath Mama." She said in her sleep.

Spike then pushed her to her feet. Making her open her eyes just enough to see the flower.

"How pretty. A golden flower." She said as she was about to sleep again. Until, "Golden flower. Spike. It is the Night Flower. Wake up everyone. Wake up. We were looking for the Night Flower. But the Night Flower found us."

Ducky did indeed get the others to wake up. They saw the flowers.

"It is. We found them." Said Ruby.

"We found them Grandpa." Said Littlefoot.