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: We see foes in this chapter as it gets a little intense. Both with the League and Gang's enemies and amongst themselves. Plus, it might get worse for the heroes.

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Chapter Nine: High Tensions of Fire

The sun rose the next morning, and even though their sleep had been a peaceful one the group had moved about during the night. Everyone had picked a new spot while they slept, and sometime during the night Littlefoot had brought his tree star into the footprint. And as Jonn and Cera slept, they were awoken by the sound and presence of a predator. Quietly they crept to the heel of the footprint and slowly raised their heads. Jonn could feel malice and hatred coming from the creature as it came closer. Cera on the other hand, could feel as if this predator was familiar. When she looked into its eye she could feel the same kind of gaze that Sharptooth had before. With another growl, both of them carefully lowered themselves and moved over to the others. Cera looked to them and whispered, "Wake up." When they didn't move, she nudged Littlefoot's head and said, "Wake up!"

"Ergh!" Littlefoot groaned from the nudge and looked to her with a slight glare, "Hey, stop that."

Bruce, Clark, Diana and John heard the commotion and Jonn said, "We have a slight problem."

"What kind of problem?" Bruce asked. The sound of growling answered his question. Clark used his X-ray vision to see past the rocky wall and his eyes widened. Littlefoot could see the worry in his eyes and asked, "What is it?"

"Shh!" Cera whispered. Then both her and Clark said, "It's Sharptooth."

"What do you mean?" Littlefoot asked as he was confused. Cera tried to quite them by shushing them but then shouted, "He'll eat us. He'll eat us!"

Everyone's eyes snapped open to her shouting. Clark saw him coming towards them quickly and shouted to his friends, "Run." When they didn't move he shouted, "Run!"

They all looked back in terror as the transformed Sharptooth was upon them. Everyone quickly ran out of the footprint and away from Sharptooth as his foot came crashing down. Clark and Diana grabbed hold of Littlefoot while Shayera and Jonn grabbed hold of Spike and Wally was quick to pick up Ducky and Petrie. John used his ring to pick Bruce up and followed after Cera. When Sharptooth raised his foot, he had crushed Littlefoot's tree star. They all flew or ran towards a piece of land that had a large gap in a path. Setting the dinosaurs down, Clark then said, "Make for that hole in the wall! We'll join you as soon as we can!"

Littlefoot and the others didn't hesitate and quickly made their way. The seven Justice League members looked back as Sharptooth stood at his full height and let loose an earth shattering roar. They all noticed his change in appearance. Wally then questioned, "Is it just me, or has he been juicing?"

"Really?" John questioned as he looked to his friend. Wally then shrugged, "What? I'm just saying."

"It doesn't matter what he looks like on the inside or out." Clark said as he looked to the monster. He sounded determined as he said with a glare, "He's not gonna touch our friends no matter what."

"I'm with you right there." Diana agreed as her eyes narrowed. Everyone readied themselves as Sharptooth came running up to them. Littlefoot, Cera, Ducky, Spike and Petrie all stopped to turn and look to watch. Kid Superman then said, "Flash and Batman, see if you can cause a distraction."

"One distraction, coming up." Kid Flash said with a slight smirk. The fastest boy alive quickly ran towards the incoming monster. He ran around the beast as Sharptooth came sliding to a stop. Kid Flash ran around Sharptooth and started to create a miniature tornado around the Tyrannosaur. While Sharptooth tried to keep up with the boy and was distracted, Kid Batman hopped up into a tree and threw a Batarang to the creature's eyes. The Batarang exploded and Sharptooth growled in pain as the light blinded him once again. Then tossing one grappling Batarang to Kid Flash and another to Kid Wonder Woman, they instantly knew what to do. Kid Flash ran around Sharptooth's legs and tail while Kid Wonder Woman wrapped hers around Sharptooth's arms and middle. When they were sure that the lines were secure, Kid Batman then jumped down from his branch and slid his ends along the roots of the fallen tree.

Sharptooth growled as his sight returned but found himself falling towards the ground. With a determined look in his eyes he was able to quickly break his bindings around his arms and caught himself with his hands. Pushing himself off the ground, Sharptooth took a step and it broke the bindings around his legs and charged towards Kid Batman. A red and blue blur snatched the Dark Knight just in time while Kid Hawkgirl came in with a yell and a blow to Sharptooth's lower jaw. The monster's head snapped backwards and he fell onto his back with a loud boom. Kid Hawkgirl came in with another strike ready, but Sharptooth had a few new tricks as well. When she came close, he quickly used his tail to knock her aside. The Thanagarian yelled out as she was knocked from the air. Kid Green Lantern came in quickly and caught her, but looked up with a gasp as Sharptooth came in.

Kid Superman was quick to intervene by landing a punch to Sharptooth's head. The blow caused Sharptooth to veer off course and Kid Superman followed up with another punch. Sharptooth crashed into the ground and gritted his teeth as he slid across the ground. Before he could get up, green tendrils appeared out of the ground and wrapped around the beast's form. Sharptooth and John struggled against each other. With an angry roar, Sharptooth was able to burst from his bonds and rise up on his feet. Kid Green Lantern looked in mild surprise to this and then pointed his ring at Sharptooth. With a single thought, the young Green Lantern manifested a giant green rhino from his ring and it charged for the Tyrannosaur. Sharptooth was able to side step the manifestation and bit down on its back. The manifestation of the rhino dispersed and in turn it sent Kid Green Lantern flying backwards.

The Martian stepped up and started land a rapid series of punches against the Tyrannosaur's chest. Sharptooth stumbled back as the Martian continued to rain down the blows. When he had had enough, Sharptooth backed his chest away as he took a deep breath and let loose a loud roar. Kid Martian Manhunter was blown back by it, but narrowed his eyes before morphing his shape. He turned himself into a much larger predator: the Spinosaurus. The transformed Kid Martian Manhunter crashed down on the ground and looked towards his foe. The dinosaur kids were absolutely amazed by Jonn's ability. Even Sharptooth slightly backed away from this turning of the tables as Jonn let loose a roar of his own. Charging forward, Kid Martian Manhunter then slashed his claws at Sharptooth and the transformed Tyrannosaur cringed from the strike. Sharptooth retaliated by lunging forward and grabbing Kid Martian Manhunter's forearm with his teeth. Kid Martian Manhunter cried out in pain as he quickly transformed back into his normal form and turned intangible when Sharptooth tried to break his captured arm. Both the Martian and Kryptonian came in with a punch to Sharptooth's head.

Sharptooth roared in pain as he stumbled back and both Kid Wonder Woman and Hawkgirl came in. The young Amazon was able to lasso the beast's mouth shut while the Thanagarian yelled as she landed a blow against his crown of horns. Sharptooth growled in pain as they broke off of him. The pieces landed with a thud next to his left foot. Sharptooth's eyes narrowed in anger before using his greater strength to pull Kid Wonder Woman along. She yelled before trying to keep her grip on the rope and holding him still. Kid Flash came running up with the Batarang wires tied together and ran around his legs again. Kid Green Lantern was quick to come and wrap a rope of green energy around Sharptooth's arms. Kid Superman helped Kid Wonder Woman and Kid Martian Manhunter came to Kid Flash's aid. Kid Hawkgirl was flying Kid Batman overhead as he prepared another Batarang. Quickly throwing it down, the Batarang spun until it embedded itself into one of Sharptooth's horns. It briefly flashed before it started to freeze Sharptooth over.

Kid Wonder Woman quickly removed her lasso and Kid Green Lantern let his manifestation go. Sharptooth's eyes widened as he was freezing over for the second time in his life. As the rest of his body was freezing over, Clark looked to them and shouted, "Let's go!"

No one made any arguments as they quickly ran to catch up to the others. Even frozen Sharptooth could see that they were escaping. Narrowing his eyes at the possibility of losing his prey once again, Sharptooth forced his prison to shatter. Once fully freed, Sharptooth let loose a loud roar and chased after them. Littlefoot and the others gasped and turned to run. Ducky held onto Spike while Petrie hung onto Littlefoot's head. Littlefoot then shouted, "Don't look back! Keep going!"

They were able to jump over the gap as the League kids joined them. Sharptooth made a sudden leap at them and it caused them to stumble. Cera quickly rushed into the gap but Spike soon found himself stuck. Jonn went intangible again and quickly went through the rock. On the other side he became solid again, looked back to Cera and shouted, "Give me a hand!"

She didn't know what he meant by that but she did rush up to help him. They grabbed hold of Spike and tried to pull him through, but it wasn't easy. The heroes on the other side tried to push him through but he wouldn't go through. Clark and Littlefoot looked back just as Sharptooth lunged for them. Clark shouted, "Brace yourselves!"

But instead of them going into Sharptooth's mouth, his snout actually pushed all of them through the gap. They all grunted as they tumbled down a rocky slope and landed in a pile at the bottom. They all looked back up to the wall to see Sharptooth trying to free himself while snapping his jaws. Wally looked about and asked, "Everyone okay?"

They all either mumbled something or nodded their heads as they stood up again. Cera looked to Littlefoot and said, "I told you I saw Sharptooth."

"I'm sorry for not believing you." Littlefoot said and hung his head. Shayera was then quick to say, "But don't feel too bad, Littlefoot." She glanced to Cera and said, "There's no way we could have known that he would have come after us."

Cera looked to her with a small glare before huffing and looking away.

"And yet he did." John said as he sat up. Jonn looked to the others and asked, "Since I did not face him before, and I've seen enough to know that is not what they are supposed to look like, I ask is that what he looked like the first time you confronted him?"

"No, it isn't." Clark shook his head. Wally then said, "I really think he has been juicing."

"What is juicing?" Ducky asked as she became curious. Shayera shook her head and said, "That's not important. What is important is to know how he got that way."

"Mordred." Bruce said as he looked up to the wall and the trapped Sharptooth. Diana then realized it and said, "He must have found a pawn in Sharptooth, gave him his new form and the ability to fight against us better."

"Then we need to reach the Great Valley as soon as possible." Clark said. Jonn then asked, "But if we go there, we may put the residence there at risk. Him chasing us is but a small prize on the way to something much grander in his eyes." Everyone looked to the Martian and he said, "I was able to briefly look into his mind, but I only saw one thing. And it was not pleasant."

"We'll make some kind of plan on the way." Bruce said with a determined look, "We finish it before we get to the valley."

"Guys." Littlefoot said as he looked behind the group. They all looked to see what he was seeing and their eyes widened. Littlefoot moved towards a rock formation and said, "That rock looks just like a Longneck." He smiled as he then added, "Just like my mother said."

"Then does that mean we're getting closer?" Wally asked. Littlefoot looked to the fastest boy alive and said, "We are, Wally! We're going the right way! We're getting closer to the Great Valley!"

"Then what are we waiting for?" John rhetorically asked. With a wave of his hand he said, "Let's get a move on."

The group then turned west again and saw flashing red lights in the distance. They knew that those were the mountains that burned. All twelve had a smile on their faces as they continued on their way.

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Mordred was flying through the air as he had just arrived to the spot where Sharptooth had found them. He landed next to a giant footprint and looked down inside it. Though he didn't see any bodies, he did see a crushed leaf lying in the middle. The sound of growling, thrashing and crumbling rocks caused him to look back. His shocked face quickly turned into a scowl as he saw his ally with his head stuck in a rock wall. With an exasperated groan he walked over and stopped at the gap in between the two. Clutching his amulet with one hand and pointing the other to the stuck dinosaur, Mordred's eyes glowed and a golden aura shrouded Sharptooth. Sharptooth could feel the effects of his allies magic on him and yelped when he was yanked out of the rock wall.

Mordred scowled in annoyance as he then threw Sharptooth onto the ground behind him. Sharptooth gritted his teeth in pain as his back hit the cold hard ground. Feeling something touch his belly, Sharptooth found himself gazing into the angry face of Mordred. Mordred then berated him, "How hard is to dispose of a few kids? Had I done it, the job would have been finished."

Sharptooth growled in irritation before standing up. Mordred yelled as he fell to the ground and Sharptooth stood on his own two feet. Mordred quickly stood back up and stated, "Well, I could have."

Sharptooth bellowed and Mordred sighed before closing his eyes and peering into the Tyrannosaur's mind. He gasped when he saw that they had that alien on their side now. Not to mention that he briefly had looked into Sharptooth's mind and saw a little of their plans. Mordred then said, "I will make it to where you are strong enough to end them all." And then he sternly added, "And I don't want any failures this time."

Sharptooth nodded in agreement to this. Mordred simply thought he should make Sharptooth bigger and faster when another idea crossed his mind. A dark smirk formed across his face. Taking the stance again, Mordred's eyes glowed yellow again. Mumbling something in an ancient tongue, Mordred began a new spell for his ally. A black mist surrounded the Tyrannosaur again, and Sharptooth roared in pain as he could feel his entire being changed all at once. He could feel his arms growing longer, his insides being twisted and turned as he could feel a great deal of heat in his chest and his back hurt greatly as he could feel something growing out of it. Like before, he let loose a roar and the black mist was dispelled from his being. Looking down his body, he could tell that his ally had made drastic changes. No longer did he truly look like a normal sharptooth, because now he had become something else entirely. He saw that he now had wings, his forearms were now touching the ground and the spikes along his back were pointing backwards. Mordred smiled at his ally's transformation, but became serious as he pointed in the direction of the heroes and said, "Go, and destroy all who stand in your way." He smiled as he added, "Flame-tooth!"

Sharptooth liked his new name and decided to test it by taking in a deep breath. Then with a roar, Flame-tooth unleashed a torrent of flame into the sky. When it ended, Flame-tooth opened his new wings and took to the air.

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The twelve were now walking through an ash covered ground as they made their way towards the smoking mountains. They had been walking for hours and tried to stay hopeful as they carried on. Petrie wheezed from the foul air as he rode on Ducky's back, but he wasn't the only one as Wally started to as well. Diana stuck close to him as they marched on.

Narrator: Though Littlefoot's fears about Sharptooth had come true, the group still carried on towards the Great Valley. They knew that their only hope was the Great Valley.

Petrie lost his grip and fell off of Ducky's back and landed on the ash covered ground. Jonn walked up behind him and picked the little flier up. Then holding Petrie close, the Martian soon carried on walking after the others.

Soon the group had reached a rock wall and began to climb. Everyone was starting to give out as they climbed up the slope. Spike had just climbed up a ledge and wheezed from the exertion and the falling ash. As they climbed a boulder, Bruce looked to Clark and said, "We can't be out here in the ash storm for much longer." Looking back to how exhausted everyone he then said, "It and the climb are really taking a toll on all of us."

"Never known you were the one to admit it." Clark said. Bruce then said, "I won't lie, this journey has had its ups and downs for me just as much as anyone else."

Petrie climbed up right behind Spike and wheezed as he was beyond tired. He tried to keep going, but had to stop for a moment to catch his breath. Littlefoot looked back and noticed how close they were, "We've got to be close. We can't give up now. We're going the right way, I know it."

"Can you use those crazy eyes of yours to see what's behind the rock wall?" Cera asked as she came up next to Clark. He shook his head and said, "I can't see very far beyond it." He huffed, "Lord only knows what's beyond it."

"What if the Great Valley's on the other side of these rocks?" Littlefoot asked as Shayera climbed up next to him. She looked to him and said, "Well, based on where we are and how much ash is falling, I think we might still have a little ways to go."

"But do you think it could be?" Littlefoot asked, really wanting to know. Shayera shook her head as she honestly told him, "We'll just have to wait and see."

The group continued to climb up and soon found themselves before a gap between the rocks. Littlefoot and Clark jumped over to the other side and helped the others cross. Once they were all on the same side they began to climb up the slope again.

Narrator: Though they were sore-stumped and tired, both dinosaur and hero alike kept pushing on. And though he had never seen the Great Valley, Littlefoot could feel it in his heart that they were getting closer.

They soon reached the top of the rocky slope and pulled themselves to where they could stand. A giant storm blew against their faces as they tried to look down the other side of the slope. All twelve friends stood together as the storm subsided to reveal nothing more than just rocks. Cera looked to Littlefoot and her voice echoed as she questioned, "This is your Great Valley?" With a shake of her head she said, "You're crazy."

Turning away she had her nose in the air again and said, "I'm leaving."

"Cera, we have to keep following the Bright Circle." Littlefoot told her as he remembered what his mother told her. Clark then added, "Plus, we need to stick together."

"Well, we can still do that." Cera said, "But I want to take the easy way for once."

Littlefoot moved in front of her and got in her face and said, "But it's the wrong way!"

"Who says?" Cera questioned, no becoming frustrated with him. Littlefoot said, "My mother."

"Then she was a stupid Longneck too." Cera said, not knowing what she had started. This caused everyone to gasp at her words. Diana moved in between the two and said, "How dare you say that after what she did for you."

"I didn't ask her to do it." Cera said, still being stubborn. Diana narrowed her eyes and she said, "And yet it was you that caused everything to happen."

"Now hold on a minute." Shayera said and moved to stand beside Cera, "She might not have known what was gonna happen when she tried take her own path, but she was not responsible for what happened."

"Of course you'd say that." Diana said, letting her anger out, "Always wanting to be the one to turn her back on those who trusted her."

"Okay, that's going a little too far." Clark said as he stepped up. He then told her, "Shayera was doing what she thought was best-"

"Well, her best nearly cost us our entire world." Diana bitterly remembered. Cera looked to Shayera and immediately felt empathy for her friend. Wally zipped over and said, "We all need to let the things we say and do go. Especially since we're still alive."

"But we're not all here, are we?" Diana questioned as she glanced to the yellow Threehorn. Shayera moved in front of her and said, "Back off, Diana. If she knew what had happened she wouldn't have said anything like that."

Though Cera started to think differently about what she had said, Littlefoot then demanded, "Take it back."

Pride clouding her judgement, Cera shook her head and frowned as she said, "Never."

"Take it back!" Littlefoot shouted while rearing up on his hindlegs. This caused Cera to back up a little and he got up in her face. Then she stubbornly said, "No!"

Littlefoot responded by headbutting her in the chest and it sent them both tumbling down the slope. Shayera ran to the edge and cried out, "Cera!"

"Let 'em go at it!" Diana said, "It'll give them her time to wise up."

Shayera's eyes narrowed at that and she held her mace with both hands before striking Diana in the face. The Amazon slid backwards and was about to retaliate but a screaming Shayera tackled her and the two rolled down the slope. Spike moved to follow them, but Ducky and Petrie noticed how he was gonna get down. Petrie said, "Spike, stop!"

"Hang on!" Wally shouted and grabbed onto the Spiketail's legs just as he went over the edge. Clark, Bruce, Jonn and John all ran over and shouted, "Guys!"

All four screamed as they slid down the slope. Their speed slowed as they reached the bottom and Wally groaned from the feeling of rocks scraping against him. But they didn't have time to worry about it as they looked up to see Cera running up to Littlefoot and shout, "You!"

She head butted him and he yelped in pain as he fell back. Their heads turned when they saw a yelling Shayera tumbling across the ground. Diana came flying up with her fist raised, but the Thanagarian waited until she got close. When Diana was but a few meters from her, Shayera lashed out with a yell. Diana grunted in pain as she was knocked into a rocky pillar. The fragments of the rock tumbled around her and she shakily stood back up. They looked back to see that Littlefoot had bit one of Cera's leg and she cried out, "Let go of my leg!"

Littlefoot pulled her along and then let her loose and she stumbled into the rock that the four were hiding behind. Cera looked up and ducked when both Diana and Shayera came flying in. Wally, Ducky, Petrie and Spike all moved out of the way as the two crashed into the rock and destroyed it. Cera and Littlefoot were pushing against the other's heads, although it favored for Cera as her head had been built for this kind of thing. With a final push she pushed him back. Shayera cried out in pain as Diana landed a blow to the side of her face. Cera knocked Littlefoot back into another rock, but was counting on him running up to her and slapping her in the face with his tail. Shayera was able to use her mace's electricity to shock Diana. The Amazon fell back with a scream before looking at Shayera with a glare. Both her and Cera ran up to their opponents and were about to land one more strike when a green wall separated the four. They all looked up to see John, Clark, Bruce and Jonn all floating down to them. John looked about the four fighting and said, "You four need to grow up! This is not how friends behave."

"Who even said we were friends?" Diana asked as she glared at Shayera. Shayera only glared back while Littlefoot and Cera glared at each other. Cera then stuck her nose up into the air and walked off. Littlefoot watched her go and shouted, "Go on! Go the wrong way. We never wanted you with us, anyway!"

"Then I guess I'm gone to then." Shayera said as she turned and followed after Cera. Littlefoot and Diana then turned a different direction. Bruce, Clark, Ducky, John, Jonn, Spike, Petrie and Wally looked between them. Wally then asked, "So what now?"

"We split up for now." Bruce said and turned to follow Littlefoot and Diana. Clark walked behind him while John and Jonn went after Cera and Shayera. Wally, Ducky, Spike and Petrie looked between themselves. Littlefoot looked back to them and said, "Come on. We have to keep going. We need to follow the Bright Circle."

He then started to climb up a steep hill of rocks. Cera took a more smooth path along the ground. Spike followed after Cera and Ducky and Petrie walked up to the wall. Littlefoot and Diana looked back down and the former urged, "Come on."

"We have to take the right way." Diana added. But they looked back to see that at least Wally, Ducky and Petrie weren't moving. Clark and Bruce looked to them and the former said, "Wally?"

"It's not me personally, but I think these guys," Wally pointed to the two, "have had enough time going uphill for a while."

"Cera's way does look easier." Ducky added as both her and Petrie tried to catch their breath. Petrie was in agreement as he said, "I think so too."

Littlefoot's shocked expression turned angry at this turn of events and turned to keep on going. Diana stumbled as she climbed up the slope as well. Petrie quickly tried to make amends by jumping up the rocks and said, "Uh, Flathead, Diana, wait!"

He stumbled as he tried to catch up to them, but they wouldn't listen as Petrie said, "No be angry." He clutched a rock as it started to fall backwards and shouted, "Wait!"

But before it reached the ground, Jonn caught Petrie while the rock continued tumbling down. Floating back down to where Ducky and Wally was, he handed Petrie into Wally's arms. Then he said, "Let's go."

"Okay." Wally said as he also gave Ducky a lift. The Big Mouth Swimmer shouted, "Cera, Shayera, wait for us!

"We're coming with you, guys!" Ducky shouted. Wally looked down to her and said, "Maybe you should stop."

But she didn't as she shouted, "Cera, Spike, Shayera, wait!"

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As he flew over the rock wall, Flame-tooth could hear the screams of a fight and with his new vision, he could see from far distances. He saw the young Longneck, Threehorn and the two female creatures locked in a brawl of some kind. But it didn't last for very long as the male with green energy separated them. He thought that was for the best, he didn't want them to destroy themselves, he wanted to do that himself. They soon separated and went their own ways. Flame-tooth decided to cut them off incase they decided to regroup with one another. He wanted to finish them off when they were all together.

With a flap of his wings, Flame-tooth kept silent as he rose higher into the air to avoid being seen by his prey.

Not too far behind, Mordred stuck close to the dinosaur-turned-dragon as he flew into the air. Mordred then said to himself, "I hope that overgrown lizard knows what he's doing. I'd sure hate to have to save his scaly hide again."

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As their group were about to enter a trail through the smoking mountains, both Shayera and Cera looked back as the boys and Ducky still followed behind them. Cera said, "Shayera?"

"Hm?" Shayera said and looked to her. Cera looked to the Thanagarian and asked, "I know that it wouldn't be any of my business, and you don't have to tell me, but I was wondering…"

"What Diana was talking back on the rock wall?" Shayera finished for her. Cera nodded and Shayera sighed before saying, "Let's just say that when I was officially part of the League, I was also doing something for my home planet."

Cera was curious when she said home planet, but she knew it could wait as the Thanagarian continued, "They had me looking into the Earth's defenses, to see how to defend them from our enemies. But I was and still am ashamed to have been part of a lie. Even I had been lied to as I did not know what my actions would have cost."

"And that cost was?" Cera asked, "What would have happened?"

"The Earth would have been destroyed." Shayera said as she started to think back. While Cera was completely surprised by this, she listened as Shayera said, "A former friend of mine said that for Thanagar to have lived, Earth would have had to die.

"And I couldn't have lived with myself if I were to have let that happen." Shayera said as the thought of betraying both her people and her friends hurt her heart. As they rounded a bend she said, "I guess some of my former teammates still feel as if they can feel my betrayal."

She looked to Cera and asked, "Do you know why Littlefoot became so upset with you?"

"Probably because I wanted to go a different way." Cera answered. Then she said, "Or probably that he didn't have his mother with him at the time."

"Cera, you, I nor Wally knew this at the time…" Shayera started to say, "But after our first battle with Sharptooth and the earthquake, John told me that she's gone." Cera looked to her in shock as she said, "Fully gone. And she won't be coming back."

Cera's eyes grew more wider in shock and guilt to her words. Her father had once told her of how the world worked and said that sometimes dinosaurs would fall asleep and wouldn't wake up. He said that it was natural but when it was someone close, that it would hurt. Some feel better afterwards but it would still hurt. If Cera had known what had happened, she wouldn't have said those things. Shayera then said, "So next time if you see him, you might want to…"

"I get it." Cera said. Then she added, "But don't think that it'll be easy for me."

"I wouldn't have thought it would." Shayera said with a smile. Both of them laughed to this as they kept walking.

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On their path, Littlefoot, Bruce, Clark and Diana were finally walking on even ground again. But as they came up to an archway in the rocks, Clark stopped and said, "We need to go back."

This caused the other three to stop and Diana questioned, "What?"

"How can you want to go with them when their taking the wrong way?" Littlefoot also questioned. Bruce shook his head and said, "Clark's right. We need to back." Then glancing to the Longneck he said, "And as long as we go easy and past the mountains that burn, we're still going the right way."

Both Littlefoot and Diana glanced away as if they didn't want to listen. Bruce looked to Diana and said, "You need to let your grudge against Shayera go. Because as long as we're here, we need everyone if we're going to make it out of this alive."

"I know what Cera said about your mother was out of line." Clark said to Littlefoot. The Longneck looked to him as he continued, "But she was mostly talking out of pride, exhaustion and hunger. Had she known, she probably wouldn't have said that."

Littlefoot somewhat calmed down from his earlier rage and said, "It's just that-"

"You don't want anyone to talk bad about her, I know." Clark said in understanding. He then said, "But as long as you remember her for who she is, then it won't matter what someone else says."

Even Diana seemed to be moved by his words too and thought about all that Shayera had lost. Her home, her people and other things. Her heart became heavy as she thought about herself and what she had lost. Diana and Littlefoot looked to each other and then nodded. Looking to the two, Littlefoot then said, "Then let's hurry and find them."

The sound of screaming caused them to look to where they had seen the others go. All four of them hurried to help their friends.

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Author's Note: I didn't want to make the fight between the four too long, so sorry about that. In the next chapter, the friends will come together again and have a final showdown with both villains to the story. And I do hope that you're enjoying reading this story as much as I'm writing 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.