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: Like I said in the previous chapter, this is really hard for me to write, given the one part I really hate watching. But I can't work around it, so I apologize to all of the Land Before Time fans and I apologize to Littlefoot's Mother for putting her through all of this.
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Chapter Four: A Great Tragedy
The six friends continued to play in the muddy water. One bubble appeared under Littlefoot and the Longneck fell onto his side. He moved out of the way as the frog/hopper croaked and Cera leapt at the bubble. All six of them laughed as they popped the bubbles and tried to catch the little creature. They all looked to the Longneck as Littlefoot cried out, "Over here!"
They moved to where he was and started looking around. Littlefoot laughed as he said, "Hey, this is fun."
"You said it." Wally agreed with a smile. The group was lost in their fun that they didn't even notice a shadow creeping over the muddy pond. But Superman's advanced hearing soon heard heavy footsteps coming closer. Clark then said, "Guys, something's coming this way."
The kids' fun instantly stopped as they felt the ground and water shaking around them. Everyone gasped when they looked to the rising sun and Cera gasped before shouting, "Sharptooth!"
The giant Tyrannosaurus gave a loud roar as it stomped towards them. Littlefoot and Cera started to run out from underneath the cover of the tree as Cera cried out, "Help!"
"Mother! Help!" Littlefoot shouted as Cera rolled onto her back and he accidentally tumbled over her. They both looked up and shouted, "Help!"
"Quick! We've got to help them." Kid Superman said before taking flight. Both Littlefoot and Cera moved out of the way before Sharptooth's foot came crashing down. The giant carnivore growled as he tried to lunge his head forward, but Kid Superman came in with a punch to the behemoth's jaw. Sharptooth stumbled backwards before looking to the child Kryptonian with a glare. The giant meat-eater lunged towards Kid Superman, but he was able to grab both sides of the jaws and hold them back. Kid Superman was able to hold the jaws back, but when the giant Tyrannosaurus started to swing his head back and forth, the Kryptonian was brought along for the ride. He was saved when Kid Wonder Woman and Kid Hawk Girl both came in with a blow with both a fist and a mace to the creature's cheek.
Sharptooth recoiled from the two strikes and Kid Superman let got. Flash quickly came running up and started to run around the dinosaur to create a cover by throwing the muddy water over the beast. Completely drenched, Sharptooth let loose a loud roar in defiance and hate. But the whooshing sound of a Batarang caused all the friends in the pond to scatter. When they were out of the water, the Batarang struck the water closest to Sharptooth and with a zap, the beast began to freeze. Sharptooth growled in defiance again as his body became harder and harder to move. When he was frozen solid, they all looked to see Bruce and John running up to them. Bruce then warned, "It'll hold him, but not forever. We need a place to hid until he leaves."
"How about in there?" Wally asked about a giant thorn bush. Seeing no alternative, the kids made their way towards it as the frozen Sharptooth started to break free. Keeping Cera and Littlefoot between the six of them, the heroes and the two dinosaurs disappeared into the giant thorn bush. Once inside, they all sat or squatted to stay out of sight. They could hear the frozen Sharptooth roaring when he broke free of his imprisonment. They felt the trembling of the ground from his footsteps and heard the beast as he tried to sniff them out. Sharptooth growled as he looked and sniffed for them. When it seemed that he was getting too close for comfort, Clark looked around and saw a path that led deeper into the thorns. Looking to the others he whispered, "Follow me."
They all looked to the Boy of Steel and followed after him. They stopped when Kid Superman stopped and looked up. At a hole in the top of the thorns, Sharptooth's head came sliding in. They all continued to back up into the darkness as the beast started slid down and sniffed about to find them. He could tell that they were close, but couldn't see them. They hid underneath a giant thorn branch as Sharptooth's nose started to push down on it. They all ducked down as the branch was forced down by the beast's snout. While Cera placed her paws over eyes and wished that it would end soon, the others looked in worry. They held their breath when they could feel a snort of air from the creature's nostrils. Shayera quickly thought of an idea and brought her mace close to Sharptooth's snout where it almost touched. Everyone watched as she gave a little jolt to force Sharptooth back. The beast recoiled from it and gave another loud roar. As the branch lifted back up, Clark motioned for them to move again. They quietly crept through the large thorns as the beast outside continued to search for them. They soon came to a junction and Cera stayed on course while everyone else moved to the right. Seeing as she was going the wrong way, Littlefoot said, "This way."
But Cera shook her head, thinking she knew better. Running down the tunnel, Littlefoot shouted, "Come back. You're going the wrong way!"
All of them then chased after the Threehorn, but it gave away their position to Sharptooth as he leapt into the thorn bush. The giant dinosaur broke through them, causing everyone to yell and run. But as he was being chased, Littlefoot found himself entangled in vines with Sharptooth right behind him. Both dinosaurs were entangled as Sharptooth tried to reach for the little Longneck. Before they exited the thorns, Kid Superman and Kid Batman both looked back with a gasp. Both heroes moved to help Littlefoot. Kid Superman's eyes lit up as he used his heat vision and Kid Batman took out another Batarang to cut on the other side. Vines started snapping from the intense heat and the sawing cuts of the Dark Knight's weapon, but Littlefoot was still entangled. The monster behind them growled as he inched closer. On the last vine, it snapped and a piece of it lashed out at Sharptooth. The thorns struck him in the right eye, blinding him and he recoiled in pain with a roar and Cera screamed in fear. He rose up and burst from the thorns and started swiping at it with his two-fingered hand. All of them ran out of the thorns but it proved to be a mistake as Sharptooth could seem them and leapt at them with a growl.
He landed behind them, causing both dinosaur and hero to tumble off their feet. Kid Green Lantern quickly rolled onto his back and pointed his ring at the bigger dinosaur. With a glare he said, "Eat this!"
His ring glowed before a green boxing glove shot out of it. The manifestation struck Sharptooth in the face and sent him stumbling back. Kid Batman was the next to act by throwing the end of his grappler to Kid Flash and said, "Quick around his legs."
The fastest boy of alive nodded as he grabbed it before running. When he balanced himself, Sharptooth could see a red blur coming at him. Turning a full three hundred and sixty degree turn, the T-rex tried to swipe at Kid Flash with his tail, but Kid Flash smirked as he moved to slide underneath it and then zoomed around the behemoth's legs. When he full wrapped the cord around, Kid Flash looked to them and shouted, "Now!"
Kid Superman, Kid Wonder Woman and Kid Hawkgirl all came flying up to Sharptooth's head. With a holler they all gave him a blow. All three strikes caused Sharptooth to fall onto his back. But he didn't stay down long as he used his primal strength to break the bindings on his legs. Rolling onto his feet, he quickly stood back up. Kid Superman came flying back at him, but Sharptooth moved his head out of the way before grabbing the Boy of Steel's cape. Kid Superman yelled as Sharptooth let him loose and he crashed into both Kid Wonder Woman and Kid Hawkgirl. All three of them fell to the ground, but Kid Green Lantern came flying in with some rocks in a green bubble. With a yell he chucked them at Sharptooth. The rocks stuck against Sharptooth's hide and made him cringe from the blow. He was about to go on the attack again when Kid Flash came running up and stopped in front of him. The T-rex looked down as Kid Flash taunted, "Over here, big guy!"
Sharptooth responded by trying to stomp down on him, but Kid Flash zipped out of the way. Moving to right behind him, Kid Flash then said, "No, over here!"
Looking behind them, the monster growled in annoyance before trying to use his tail. Kid Flash once again moved out of the way with his super speed and started to run in circles around Sharptooth. With a snort of annoyance, Sharptooth stomped on the ground and caused it to crack. Kid Flash accidentally tripped over one and yelped as he stumbled. When he landed on his front, he rolled onto his back to find Sharptooth standing over him. But before anything else could happen, a Batarang came flying in before exploding in a bright light. The monster roared in anguish as the blinding light caused pain in his one good eye. Backing away, Kid Green Lantern took the opportunity to fly in and grab Kid Flash. But before they could get far, Sharptooth's tail struck them from behind. Both boys grunted as they landed a few feet away. Sharptooth quickly had the sight back in his one good eye and looked to Kid Batman. With a quick growl, he used his tail to bat a rock towards the Dark Knight. Kid Batman used another grappler to pull himself out of the way. Sharptooth gave chase as Kid Batman landed and started to run away. When ever Sharptooth brought his jaws down, Kid Batman would jump out of the way. But Sharptooth was able to move ahead and grabbed the Dark Knight's cape with his teeth. Kid Batman grunted as he struggled, but with a quick shake of his head, Sharptooth threw the boy. Kid Batman landed on his back next to a frightened Littlefoot and Cera. Bruce slowly got back up and stood defensively in front of his friends. Sharptooth breathed his hot breath down on them, but before he could strike a massive Longneck tail struck him in the face.
Everyone looked up to see Littlefoot's mother coming to the rescue. Her blow to Sharptooth's face caused him to stumble back first into a rocky pillar and fall to the ground. Kid Flash and Batman stayed with Littlefoot and Cera as they ran under her feet in protection. Kid Superman, Green Lander, Wonder Woman and Hawkgirl all flew up into the air and moved with Littlefoot's mother to fight off the predator. Said predator was fighting to get back up on his own two feet. As he tried to get back up, his thrashing caused the rock against his head to break apart. When he was fully up right, his head broke through the rock and turned towards the heroes. While the four fliers stayed in front, Littlefoot's mother looked down in concern to the others, nudged them off and told them to, "Run!"
Sharptooth came running down a stretch of rock to do battle for his prey. He lunged forward and she moved her head back as he landed a few feet from her. Kid Superman came in with a couple of punches to the creature's face. It sent Sharptooth stumbling back a few feet before he tried to lunge at the Kryptonian, but Kid Wonder Woman threw her lasso around the beast's jaws to snap them shut. Kid Green Lantern and Kid Hawkgirl came flying in with their respective weapons ready. But because of her reduced strength, Wonder Woman was suddenly pulled along and Sharptooth sent her crashing into them. All three of them fell to the ground with a pained grunt. Kid Superman glared from this before turning his gaze on the T-rex and his eyes quickly turned red. With a yell he unleashed his heat vision once again. The beams grazed off of Sharptooth's side and caused the beast to roar in pain. Sharptooth retaliated by using his large head to knock Kid Superman aside. The Kryptonian grunted as he crashed into a rock wall. Sharptooth once again set his eyes upon the Longneck in front of him and tried to lunge at her again. But she was able to dodge his bite by rearing up and then trying to stomp on him with her feet. Sharptooth was able move back, but Littlefoot's mother almost flattened the children as Littlefoot pushed them away as he shouted, "Look out!"
Sharptooth ran towards her again and tried to bite at her but she moved back and bellowed in his face. He hissed as he came closer, but when he came up and hissed a second time, Littlefoot's mother, Kid Superman and Kid Wonder Woman all struck him in the face and body. Sharptooth was knocked against another rock wall. Sharptooth gritted his teeth as his back hit the wall and a multitude of rocks fell down on him. The group tried to take their leave while the monster fought to get back up again. Kid Flash was able to zip ahead and look for another dangers while Littlefoot, Cera and Kid Batman all tried not to be stepped on. As they tried to get away, Kid Superman's hearing picked up something from behind, but when he looked he gasped at the sight. Sharptooth sprang through the air and landed on Littlefoot's mother's back. Holding on with his two claws, all eyes watching were horrified as Sharptooth dug his teeth into her back. Cera screamed at the sight, and Diana's turned into sheer rage before flying up to them and landing a punch to Sharptooth's temple. It loosened his grip on Littlefoot's mother and she was able to buck him off of her.
The group started to run away again, but Sharptooth was quick to come at them again. Kid Wonder Woman was quick to lasso a rock with her magic rope and chuck it at him, but Sharptooth ducked underneath it. Littlefoot's mother tried to follow after the children underneath a rocky pillar but found herself stuck. Sharptooth tried to attack again, but all he succeeded in doing was freeing her. He tried to take a bite out of her tail, but she was able to step out of the way and he bit nothing but air. Kid Hawkgirl came in with a blow to her cheek with her mace. It caused the beast to recoil in pain and left him open to another swat by the Longneck's tail. Sharptooth stumbled from the blow and both Kid Superman and Kid Wonder Woman came in with a punch to the monster's chest. It sent Sharptooth sliding down a steep hill, roaring as he rolled and tumbled. The beast came sliding to a stop and his face scrapped and crashed against the rocks.
The group continued to run away as the ground started to violently. Even as he was running, Kid Flash looked down to the ground and saw cracks quickly spreading. Looking to the others he alerted, "Uh, guys! We've got another problem!"
All the heroes looked down to the ground and their eyes widened as an earthquake began. The dinosaur kids looked down as they ran as the widened cracks spread and large fissures started to open. Large pillars erupted between them, cutting some of the group off. The ground under Littlefoot's mother rose while bits and pieces broke off. Kid Flash and Batman stayed close to Littlefoot and Cera as the ground continued to shake. But another force was the cause of these shakes as Sharptooth rose to his feet and quickly caught the scent of the four of them. Kid Batman and Flash, Littlefoot and Cera started to run as he came at them again. Sharptooth chased the four as the earth and rocks around them kept on shaking violently. As he stepped over them, one of Sharptooth's stomps caused the four to jump in the air and land on one of his feet. Littlefoot gasped as he, Kid Batman and Flash hung on for dear life. On a particular step, the ground broke underneath the monster and hot steam shot up into the air. Sharptooth roared from the surprise and the four fell off of his foot.
"Seismic activity seems to be getting worse!" Kid Batman shouted to Kid Flash. They both gasped as their side of the fissure started to rise and grasped at the rocks. Kid Batman looked back to see a giant chasm behind them. His attention was brought back when Kid Flash shouted, "Look out, Bats!"
Kid Batman's eyes widened when he saw Sharptooth starting to slide towards the bottom edge of the fissure. He and Kid Flash gasped as both Cera and Littlefoot slid back and hit against a pillar. Both heroes looked to each other before nodding. Sticking one end of his grappler into the rock, Kid Batman was able to lower himself to the dinosaur kids. He grasped Cera's leg and pulled her close. As Sharptooth fell onto his belly, his tail knocked into Littlefoot and the young Longneck gasped as he held on tight and swung over the chasm. They all cried out, "Help!"
"Help, Mother!" Littlefoot cried out. Littlefoot's mother was resting her head against a rock when she heard her son's cry. Raising her head up, she saw Diana flying towards her and she said, "Are you all right?"
The Longneck nodded, even though she felt the opposite and they moved to go find the others. Sharptooth tried to keep a hold on the rocks as he slid backwards. With a wag of his tail, Littlefoot was able to run along the tail, up the back and over the head. Kid Flash saw him coming and dropped down. Littlefoot jumped off his head and Kid Flash re-grabbed the rock again while grabbing onto Littlefoot's forepaw. Rocks started to tumble towards them all as the rock under them started to give way. Even as he was about to fall off the side, Sharptooth still tried to have a final meal as he snapped at the kids. Both Kid Flash and Batman strained as they fought to keep a grip on the two dinosaur children. Kid Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern and Hawkgirl all swooped in to grab each of the children. Kid Superman and Wonder Woman grabbed hold of Littlefoot and Cera while Kid Green Lantern and Hawkgirl grabbed the boys. And as they were carried off to safety, Littlefoot's mother swatted her tail against Sharptooth's head, sending the monster over the edge. Sharptooth roared as he fell down into the chasm and was knocked out when he crashed into the walls of the chasm.
Setting the four down, the fliers of the group dropped out of the sky and started to run away from the chasm. Bruce looked to Shayera and Wally as he said, "You two help Cera get back to her parents! We'll catch up with you when this is over!"
Neither one of them argued as they followed after Cera. Bruce, Clark, Diana and John all followed after Littlefoot and his mother. As she ran, the yellow Threehorn gave a shrill cry that rang out.
Her father, having looked for his daughter, heard her cry and gave out one of his own.
Littlefoot's grandparents could feel a shift in the Earth as a group of egg stealers ran off.
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Near a pond, a little green swimmer fell into the water as the earthshake continued to rumble. When she surfaced again, she found that her mother, her father and her siblings had hastily made their way away from the danger. Pulling herself out of the water, she looked for any signs of them but could see none. Moving underneath a tree and hoping for the best, the little swimmer curled up and wept about becoming lost from her family.
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Elsewhere, a being too felt the rumbling over the ground and placed a protective hand over his charge. They felt if need be, then he would carry the little one into the sky until the shaking had stopped.
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Back over with the others, the rumbling of the ground intensified once again and more fissure's appeared in the ground. The Earth continued to break and mend as if it were transforming into something entirely new. A rolling wave swept through the land, knocking dinosaurs off their feet. The rock formations of old broke down while ones of new rose up to take their place.
Cera, Kid Flash and Hawkgirl ran down a path when they saw her parents and Littlefoot's grandparents. Cera cried out in relief as she cried out, "Daddy!"
But as the three ran up to them, another fissure opened up. They all screamed as they slid to a stop.
Narrator: In this time of the clash of continents, an earthquake split the land.
Various dinosaurs yelled as they fought to regain their footing, but some weren't so lucky as they fell into the fissure.
Narrator: Herds were divided, families were cut in two. Littlefoot, four of the Justice League and his mother were separated from their herd.
More rock formations rose and fell as the land continued to change. A huge dust cloud erupted from the chasm and covered the land. Littlefoot, his mother, Bruce, Clark, Diana and John were lost in the blur and ran down opposite paths. Each one of them becoming afraid for the others as they couldn't see them.
Cera's parents looked down to the other side of the fissure and to look around for any signs of their daughter. Littlefoot's grandparents both walked up to see any signs of their loved ones. Cera, Wally and Shayera ran up to the edge and looked up to the other side. Cera's father looked down and shouted, "Cera!"
Truly afraid, Cera called out, "Momma! Daddy!"
Narrator: Cera was on one side of the divide, her parents and Littlefoot's grandparents on the other.
Dark clouds began to roll over the land as another sign to this tragic day.
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Author's Note: I've decided to end the chapter right here. I know that it'll make the next chapter even more sad when you read it, but I felt that it was the right way to do it. I once again apologize to the Land Before Time fans when I wrote this chapter. I truly wish that Littlefoot's mother didn't have to die. If I could have done this any other way, I would have. But the League's journey through the Land Before Time has already been set. I apologize in advance for any tears the next chapter might bring. 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.