Disclaimer: I do not own anything of the two franchises, only how the story goes. The characters of the Land Before Time belongs to Universal and the theme music of the Justice League belongs to DC and Warner Bros. I apologize for any errors in grammar and/or if I was not accurate in reference to something.
A/N: A familiar and real bratty face is going to turn up in this or the next chapter. Plus, I might make someone zoom in.
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Chapter Three: Old Faces and New Friendships
"I was doing just fine without you butting in." Cera snapped at the Thanagarian. Though slightly taken aback by her attitude, Shayera knew that she was only acting tough for her pride. Kneeling down she said, "Well, you'll show it next time."
Still a little sore, Cera just sharply looked away. Back with the five, Clark said, "I can't believe Shayera's here too."
"Maybe Mordred's spell somehow caught her as well as us." Bruce determined. While the two went over reason's, neither Diana nor John joined in. One was still upset about Shayera's roll in the Thanagarian invasion, while the other missed her greatly. But they were all surprised to see that she was kid too. The sound of giggling caught their attention and looked to Littlefoot as he tried to control himself but failed. Unfortunately, both Cera and Shayera herd him laughing as well. Shayera's eyes widened at the sight of her old friends from the Justice League, but Cera looked to the laughing Longneck and questioned with a glare, "What are you laughing at?"
Littlefoot stopped laughing and looked to the yellow Threehorn. Cera moved past Shayera and prepared to charge. John looked to Littlefoot and said, "You were basically asking for this."
"I say meet her head on." Diana told him. All three boys looked to her with surprised looks on his face. Littlefoot jumped out of the tall grass and mimicked her actions. Clark then said, "Littlefoot, this isn't a good idea."
But Littlefoot wanted to play as he prepared himself. With a shrill shriek, Cera charged forward and Littlefoot did the same. But Cera's parents noticed what was going on and her father moved to intercept with a growl. When the two children were but a few feet apart, Cera's father moved over his daughter, causing both of them to stop. He growled while Cera looked to Littlefoot with a smug grin. The little Longneck gasped when he looked to see the older Threehorn looking down at him. He followed Littlefoot's movements as he moved back. Shayera, Clark, Diana, Bruce and John all ran up as Littlefoot's mother called out, "Littlefoot."
"Come, Cera." Her father told him. Looking down to Littlefoot he said, "Threehorns never play with…" He added a little disdain as he said, "Longnecks."
Cera just looked to Littlefoot and stuck her tongue out at him. Her father then turned to Shayera and said, "And you were supposed to keep her out of trouble."
"But I-" Shayera started to say. But then a voice said, "She was doing her job."
The older Threehorn looked back to see John Stewart moving a little closer Cera's father looked to him and said, "I'd appreciate it if you minded your own business, kid."
"Littlefoot. " His mother called out as Cera's father scared him back with a growl. Clark moved in front of him and said, "All right, let's back up here for a moment."
The bigger Threehorn snorted in the Kryptonian's face and Clark staggered back a little. Cera ran up to them and smugly stated while getting up in Littlefoot's face, "Threehorns never play with Longnecks."
But before things could get out of hand, both their parents grabbed them by their tails. Both Longneck and Threehorn looked each other in the eye before turning away. Littlefoot's mother looked down to the other kids and motioned for them to follow. Kid Superman said, "We'll catch up in a minute. We want to talk to a friend real quick."
"Uh… same thing." Shayera said to the older Threehorn. Neither Littlefoot's mother or Cera's father didn't argue and just continued on their way. Clark and John walked towards Shayera while Diana and Bruce lagged behind a little. When all five of them stood before each other, John started off first by saying, "Hi."
"Hi." Shayera said back. Gesturing to Cera and her father, Bruce then asked, "How long have you been with them?"
"Since I was zapped to this world." Shayera told them. Then she slightly smirked and said, "They've already gave me a name for my species. They call me a Wing-back."
"Heh." John and Clark lightly chuckled. Shayera then asked, "So, what exactly happened?"
"Well, we were trying to deal with Morgan Le Fay's son, Mordred," Bruce started, "but right as we were battling him, he cast a spell on us to send us to this time period."
"And we have no idea how we're gonna get back." Clark said with a worried look. Then a sudden thought crossed his mind. Looking to Bruce he asked, "What time period do you think it is?"
"Now that you mention it, I'm not so sure." The Dark Knight said as he placed a hand to his chin. Then he said, "I thought we were in the Jurassic Era, but seeing as how there are Cretaceous Era dinosaurs as well, then we must be in some kind of alternate universe. One where none of the three Eras existed and allows the vast majority of dinosaurs to roam."
"Makes me wonder what else we could be seeing." Clark said while crossing his arms. John then asked, "So, are you and the Threehorns going anywhere special?"
"Uh, yeah." Shayera nodded, "They plan to head to the Great Valley. They said that it's the safest place in the world."
"Us too." Clark said. He then guessed, "So, I guess we'll be seeing more and more of each other."
"Pfff, like we really want to." Diana mumbled while looking off to the side. The other's did in fact hear it and looked to the Amazon princess with different looks. Shayera turned her head away in shame. Clark then said, "We'll see you around, Shayera."
She didn't say anything as the four of them turned to follow after Littlefoot and his mother. Shayera grasped her arm as she watched them go. She would have stayed for another moment when she heard Cera call out, "Shayera, come on!"
Expanding her wings, Shayera Hol took off to catch up with the Threehorns.
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As the four heroes walked through the tall grass and met up with the Longneck family, three of the four were giving a certain member different looks. Diana noticed them staring at her and she questioned, "What?"
"A little harsh there, don't you think?" John questioned as they continued to walk. Diana then said, "Uh, maybe you've all forgiven her for what she did, but I haven't."
"The past is the past, Diana." Bruce bluntly told her. Then he said, "I may not be too happy with what she did, but she came through for us in the end."
They didn't say anything more as they met up with the Longneck family. Clark looked up to Littlefoot to see that he was confused while asking, "A Longneck? Hmm."
Glancing to his mother he then asked while maneuvering to grasp his tail, "Mother what's a Longneck?"
"Why," Littlefoot's mother said as he was able to climb onto her snout, "that's what we are, dear."
"I thought you would have been aware of that after a while, Littlefoot." Kid Superman said as he flew up to their level while carrying Littlefoot's tree star. Handing the tree star to the little Longneck, Littlefoot then said to his mother, slightly glaring but mostly confused, "Oh. Well, why can't I play with that Threehorn?" His smile returned as he laughed before saying, "We were having fun."
"We all keep to our own kind…" His mother told them. She glanced to Clark and said, "Most of the time." She turned her head back to where she was going and said, "The Threehorns, the Spiketails, the swimmers and the fliers."
She shook her head as she said, "We never do anything together."
Both of Littlefoot's grandparents and the other members of the Justice League walked behind them as they moved on. Littlefoot then asked, "Why?"
"Well, because we're different. It's always been that way." She replied. Though slightly amused by Littlefoot's curiosity and then said, "But sometimes differences can be a good thing." Then he looked back as he said, "Take my friends for example. None of us are exactly the same, but we're still able to work together."
"Is that true, Mother?" Littlefoot asked, not really understanding. She smiled and said, "It can work in some cases, but in these days and time, we just keep to ourselves."
"Well, why?" Littlefoot asked. Littlefoot's mother lightly chuckled and said, "Oh, don't worry so much." Then she told him, "When we reach the Great Valley, there will be many, many Longnecks for you to play with."
Littlefoot sighed and said, "I wish we were there now."
"Don't worry," Diana said as she flew up to him and said, "We'll get there."
"You can fly too?" Littlefoot can ask. Kid Wonder Woman nodded and said, "John can fly too. The only one of the four of us who can't fly, is Bruce." She glanced back with a smile and said, "But that's alright. It doesn't mean he's any less special."
Bruce looked up to see Diana looking down at him, but only turned his head away. Diana then asked Littlefoot's mother, "How far exactly do we have to go?"
"We still have a long way to go." She told them. Then she said, "First we have to find the rock that looks like a Longneck, then pass the mountains that burn. It's a long way, but we'll get there."
Both Diana and Clark lowered themselves to the ground to walk.
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Back on the Justice League's Earth, Mordred was currently sitting on his throne. He had sent the other children away and was now pondering. The magic user felt as if his victory over the Justice League wasn't fulfilling. Mordred glared as he muttered, "I defeated those kiddie turned heroes, and yet I still do not feel satisfied." Placing a hand up to his forehead he then asked himself, "Should I have just done away with them myself."
He growled at the irking feeling welling up in his chest. Standing up he then decided, "I must go and see if they have expired yet." But he stopped as he remembered, "But I can't just leave my subjects unattended. After all, what is a king without his subjects?"
Clutching the Amulet of First Magic, he then created a copy of himself and placed the number two on the clone's forehead. Mordred then commanded, "Keep an eye on things around here while I'm gone."
"By your wish, Mordred." The copy said before Mordred then used the amulet again. He disappeared, leaving the copy alone in the throne room. But unbeknown to Mordred, the copy's face grew into a smirk and darkly said, "Do not worry, I'll keep things in check here."
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Back with the four Justice League members, they had settled down in a spot for the night. All of the Longnecks leaned against something whether it be rocks or a couple of trees. While Littlefoot slept on his mother's head who was resting her head on her mother's back who had her head on a rock and the grandfather had his head against another rock, Clark, Bruce, Diana and John were sitting on a rocky overpass that looked down on the small family. Diana looked down to the sleeping family before turning back to her friends. Then she asked, "So if us and Shayera are here, who else do you think was brought her?"
"My best guess is probably Jonn and maybe even Wally." Bruce deduced. But shrugged when he added, "As for any other members of the league, I couldn't say."
"So what's our plan?" John asked while looking between them. Clark then said, "Since we have no way of getting back, there might be a slight chance that Mordred will come to us to finish us off."
All three of his friends looked to him and Bruce said, "That's actually not a bad assessment." They all turned their attention on him and he said, "Mordred may be starting to wish that he had finished us off right then and there, so he might end up coming here to end it. We can try to go for the amulet then."
"But what about them?" John asked as he glanced down to the family of four. Diana then said, "Since we're gonna have to be patient, we can at least help them get to their Great Valley."
"I agree to that plan." Clark said with a shrug. John was in as he said, "We can even protect them."
"But we'll have to be careful." Bruce reminded, "Since most of us have been reduced to half strength." He glanced out into the world and said, "We need to be on alert for any kinds threats, from predators to other types."
"Then it's agreed." Clark said, "We'll stay to protect our new friends."
Unbeknown to them, Littlefoot was able to catch every word and was able to understand most of it. But a smile crept on his face as he now knew that his new friends would be sticking around.
Later that evening, the four had moved down to the family of Longnecks and were sleeping against the rock where Littlefoot's grandmother was resting her head. The buzzing of a dragonfly indicated one was coming near. It flew up to the group before being caught by a jumping frog's tongue and then pulled in to be eaten. The frog landed on Littlefoot's mother's head and startled the young Longneck awake when it croaked. The frog ate the dragonfly while Littlefoot watched, gave another ribbit and jumped down to the ground. Finding it interesting, Littlefoot called out after it, "Hey, hopper, come back!"
Littlefoot moved to where he could slide down his mother's tail and followed after the frog. Clark's eyes slightly opened as he saw Littlefoot following after a frog. Sitting up he was about to wake the other's when Bruce said, "Wake only Diana."
"What?" Clark said as he looked to the young Dark Knight. Bruce then said, "John and I will can here to watch out for the rest of the family, but you and Diana go to keep an eye on him."
Clark then gently shook Diana's shoulder. Kid Wonder Woman groaned as her eyes slowly opened. She looked to Kid Superman and said, "What's going on?"
"We gotta follow Littlefoot." Kid Superman simply said. Then with a wave of his hand he said, "Come on."
Both young Justice League members got up and ran after the young dinosaur. All three of them chased after the frog as it hopped into a small tunnel. The frog knew that it was being followed and croaked before hopping away. Littlefoot smiled as he called out, "Hey."
"Littlefoot, wait up!" Clark shouted after him. The young Longneck looked back to them as Diana then said, "You shouldn't run off by yourself."
"I'm sorry." Littlefoot said and his head started to hang. But Clark then said, "Look, we know that you're curious about the world, but next time you want to go exploring or something you should really let someone know."
"Okay." Littlefoot said, feeling a little bit better. Then he asked, "Want me to catch that hopper?"
"Sure!" Both kids excitedly said. All three ran into the cave as it continued to hop. But as they stepped foot inside, a familiar voice questioned, "You three again?"
Cera came running up to them and demanded, "Go away!" Then she smugly said while turning away, "That's my hopper."
"I-I saw him first." Littlefoot said, feeling that she wasn't being fair. Diana then questioned, "What gives you the right to the little hopper anyway?"
Clark glanced to her with a questioning look about her choice of words, but didn't say anything. Cera then glanced back and said, "Well, he's in my pond."
"You'll have to forgive Cera." Shayera's voice said as she landed on the other side of the tunnel as Cera exited. Littlefoot just gave the yellow Threehorn an annoyed glare before following after her. Shayera looked to her friends and said, "Her pride's so big that you'd think that she believes that she can have the whole world."
Clark lightly chuckled to this while Diana only glanced away. Shayera then invited them all, "Come on, the pond's actually quite fun."
"I've never known you to do fun stuff like this." Clark said as they all joined them. Shayera smiled and pointed out, "There's a lot of stuff that you don't know about me."
"Oh, yeah?" A new voice said from behind, "You sure that you're gonna like this?"
Littlefoot, Clark, Diana and Shayera all looked back to see something rushing towards them. They yelled as it came crashing into them and sent them tumbling down a slope. Cera had just slid down it and into the pond as the hopper croaked and jumped away again. The sound of tumbling rocks caused her to look back and her eye's grew wide as a large multi-colored ball came crashing into her. They all crashed into the water with a huge splash and it caused the frog to fall in as well. Cera struggled to get out from underneath the pile of children as the newcomer started laughing. Diana was able to pull herself out and grabbed the mud covered newcomer by the collar of his shirt. With an annoyed glare she questioned, "Who are you?"
"Didn't think you'd be so hostile around a friend, Princess." He said. Diana's eyes widened as the newcomer suddenly vibrated to shake the rest of the muddy water off. All eyes turned to see another child like the five, but this one's skin was mostly red but a few yellow patches here and there and a pink spot where his mouth was. The new comer gave a shrug and jokingly said, "Miss me?"
"Wally!" Diana said before hugging him. Kid Flash returned it as Clark, Littlefoot, Cera and Shayera all stood up too. When Kid Wonder Woman let him go Wally then said, "Looks like I'm a little late to the reunion." He glanced to a certain person and said with a genuine smile, "For everyone."
Shayera smiled in appreciation to this. Wally then asked, "So, what exactly happened?"
"What's the last thing you remember?" Diana asked him. Flash then explained, "Well, me and Jonn were up in the Watch Tower and waiting to hear back from your mission. But then most of the life signs on Earth vanished, and we saw that it was mostly the adults. But before we could really see what was happening, a golden aura of light enveloped the both of us and then next thing I knew, I was someplace else and alone." He shrugged in both worry and uncertainty as he said, "I have no idea where Jonn could be at the moment."
"Then we'll find him on our way to the Great Valley." Clark vowed. Wally quirked an eye brow as he heard the name. But his attention was diverted when he saw both Littlefoot and Cera standing right behind his friends. Kid Flash then said, "Cool! We're in a world of dinosaurs!"
"You mean you didn't see any others while you were here?" Shayera asked their truly childish member. Wally shook his head as he said, "Nope. I was probably so focused on finding you guys that I didn't notice any of the other dinosaurs."
This actually surprised his two friends, knowing how he sometimes got caught up sight-seeing. But they were at least happy to know that he still got serious when it mattered most. Wally then asked about their current situation, "So, just in asking, what exactly did happen on you guys' mission?"
"Basically, we're here because of Morgan Le Fay's son, Mordred." Clark informed, "He's cast some kind of spell that's sent us to this place."
"So, what do we do now?" Kid Flash asked, wanting to know what to do. Diana then told him, "We're kind of hoping that Mordred will want to come and finish us off. And if he does, we work to take that amulet from him so we can beat him and go back home."
"Huh? Sounds good to me." Wally nodded. Littlefoot then thought of something, "Here's a good question…"
All eyes turned to him as he then asked, "Who's your friend Wally gonna have to travel with? I don't know if either group will be willing to take in another."
"Who said anything about my parents taking in someone else anyway?" A bratty voice asked from the back of the group. They all looked back to Cera who gave them a questioning look. Shayera then said, "Cera, you should be a little nicer."
"You're not my father, you can't tell me what to do." Cera reminded before sticking her tongue out at the Thanagarian. Wally was truly amazed now as he then asked as he remembered Littlefoot talked as well, "The dinosaurs talk?"
"Yes, the Threehorn can talk." Cera said as she trudged through the dirty water towards the fastest man alive. Then she proudly said, "All of the Threehorns can talk."
"But can they sound smart?" Diana sarcastically cracked. Shayera stepped in front of her friend and said, "Hey, back off. She didn't do anything to you."
Seeing as how tensions were starting to rise, Wally then asked, "Uh, weren't you guys trying to catch a frog or, uh…" He looked to Littlefoot and Cera as he called it, "A hopper?"
"Oh, yeah." Littlefoot excitedly said as the sound of the frog/hopper croaked. All of them looked about. They saw not one but multiple frogs in the muddy water. A large bubble appeared before Cera and she jumped at it. The bubble popped, but the hopper wasn't there. Littlefoot looked over to another bubble and the frog's face could be seen in it. The three members of the Justice League and Shayera watched with smile as the two continued to try and find the hopper. Wally looked down to see a bubble close to his feet and tried jumping at it. But it only popped the bubble and there was no frog/hopper there. Looking to the other three he said, "Come on, it's fun."
Clark looked between both Diana and Shayera with a smile before jumping in. He popped another bubble underfoot before jumping at another one. Diana and Shayera looked to each other, and with the past seemingly forgotten at the moment, both girls jumped in as well. All of the children laughed as they continued to play, unaware of a great danger approaching from the east.
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Author's Note: It's gonna get heavy in the next chapter. Not only will the dinosaur children get to see the Justice League fight, but the Justice Kids will be in the middle of an actual dinosaur fight. It might take me a little while to get this chapter done, because it will hurt to write it. I look forward to reading your reviews. Be sure to leave a comment either about if I've done something wrong or if you want something specifically to happen. See you next time.
