Greetings everyone. 5th Chapter is up and running! Not much to say about this one except the usual: Read and Review!
Enjoy everyone!
Also I want to thank the Guest that reviewed and address one of his concerns. Yes it's true this fic will not feature Littlefoot and Ali, I won't rule that out for future stories, but I've always felt Littlefoot and Cera, being opposites, were a natural draw to each other because they balance the other out and have a natural dynamic. To each their own:) I hope you still continue to read.
Anyway, on with the story.
Chapter 5. Musings
The following week, after numerous informative lessons from Mr. Thicknose, the gang was walking rather wearily towards a grassy area near the watering hole. The sun was shining as brightly as it ever was, but today did not quite seem so sunny.
They soon reached the edge of the bank and rested themselves down.
"Guys, I am worried, yup, yup, yup," Ducky said sadly as she rested her back against a nearby tree.
"Me feel same way," agreed Petri.
Even Littlefoot could not shake off the collective uneasiness they all felt.
"This is a lot to take in," he said.
"Oh come on you guys, what are you scaredy eggs so glum about," Cera chastised them.
Littlefoot knew the three horn well enough by now to know when she was just showing bravado.
"Cera, you're just as overwhelmed as the rest of us," Littlefoot said not looking up from his spot on the grass.
She didn't say anything in reply. She just 'humphed' and turned away from him.
"I am scared of the Great Change," Ducky said. "There must be a way to know when it happens."
"There is no way Ducky," said Littlefoot. "It just…happens. You can't control or know ahead of time when it comes."
"It already happening now!" cracked Petri, pointing to his beak. "Me still no talk right!"
"Yeah but yours is funny," Cera smirked.
"Me glad me so amusing to you"
Meanwhile something popped into Littlefoot's head that had been on his mind a lot lately.
"When do guys suppose we'll fall in love?" he asked aloud.
Spike just shrugged, he then found a clump of green food to munch on.
"Littlefoot you really are a hopeless romantic aren't you?" laughed Cera.
"Hey, I'm just curious. We're all gonna have to at some point. Find someone within the herd and get married. Just part of the great circle of life."
"You act like it's all preordained," Cera said raising an eyebrow.
"Isn't it?"
"I certainly don't believe that. What if I want something different? What if I don't want to marry within the herd?"
Littlefoot sat up now, digesting these words.
"What do you mean? You don't want to be with another threehorn?"
"In case you haven't noticed, three horns are pretty bossy. Especially the males."
"Gee, you don't say,"
He got up on a rock near the bank, screwed up his face and began a crude imitation of Topps.
"Cera! Stop playing with that Longneck! I'm your father and I know what's best for you!"
Petri, Ducky, and Spike laughed, while Cera just frowned and rolled her eyes.
"Anyway, you guys are overreacting to all this. This is nothing compared to what we've faced before. We've took on giant sharp teeth and you guys are worried about voice cracks and getting married?"
"I still do not think making eggs and sitting on them without food is very fun, no, no, no," Ducky said.
"Ducky, I'm telling you. Nothing bad is going to happen because of this. Nothing."
Then, a flicker of doubt entered her face as soon she said it.
"Right?"
I know it was a short one, but brace yourselves, the chapters are going to start getting much longer, starting with the next one. Rock on!
~Punkrocka23