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Chapter 8: Departure

Richard is walking to Littlefoot's nest, he is armed with his AKS-74u and he is carrying his bag, soon he saw Littlefoot asleep, soon he shakes Littlefoot a wake, Littlefoot woke, then he heard a young voice say, " Littlefoot, come with me."

Littlefoot turned around and saw Richard standing there, as Littlefoot asks, " What are you doing here?"

Richard says, " We got to get out of here, before Sharptooth comes back looking for us."

Littlefoot then asks, " Where are we going?"

Richard says, " To safe location, Sharptooth won't know where we are, your Grandmother, wanted me to do this, for your safety, come on."

Littlefoot then got and followed right behind Richard, Richard is cautious aiming his gun left and right, soon they got up a mountain, Richard and Littlefoot were walking, until they heard foot steps, Richard and Littlefoot turned around and saw a shadow, Sharptooth must have came back for Littlefoot, and also Richard, he had to, Littlefoot got behind Richard, as Richard aimed his AKS-74u at the shadow, as they heard an old dry voice, " Hello kids."

Richard and Littlefoot felt like they about to pass out, Doc then came out of the shadow, as Richard says, " Oh my god, Doc, you scared the crap out of us, you almost gave us a heart attack."

Littlefoot says, " We thought you were, Sharptooth."

Doc says, " If I was, you would be dead, by now."

Richard then says, " You do got a point."

Doc then asks, " What are two going out here? It's dark out and Sharptooth is out in the Valley."

Littlefoot says, " We have to... We have to..."

Richard says, " I promised his Grandmother, that I would protect him at all cost and to get him away from Sharptooth."

Doc says, " You think that by getting Littlefoot out of here, you will stop Sharptooth from hurting or killing anybody, that is only short term plan."

Richard asks, " A short term plan?"

Doc says, " Sharptooth is after Littlefoot, that is correct, and by taking him away from the Valley, Sharptooth will leave everyone else alone, that is also correct, but that won't mean that he will won't come back for your friends, from what I can gather it was the five of you that tried to kill him, you may be the main target, but after he kills you, he will return to kill them, and then he will come for you, Richard, and your other friend, then he will continue on his attempt Genocide of all Longnecks."

Littlefoot says, " He wants to kill all of the Longnecks?"

Richard then asks, " Why? It doesn't make any sense. I really don't why he is doing it. Genocide is a War Crime, we have dought with problems like this before, I wonder why he is doing it now?"

Doc says, " Wants to kill every Longneck, it is because of me, did you both know, that Sharpteeth were not called Sharpteeth back then, back then they were known as Big biters."

Littlefoot asks, " Big biters?"

Richard laughed as he said, " That's a new term, I have ever heard of."

Doc says, " Stupid, I know, but that's they were called, back then Big bitters were not as dangerous as they are now, all longnecks were as strong as me and all sharpteeth were as strong as Sharptooth, with in a short time me and Sharptooth became friends, our parents advised us against any sort of friendship, they that one day we might end up fighting each other, to escape we ran away, and to tell you both, Sharptooth even called me his Gralnuk."

Richard says, " That a new one on me."

Littlefoot asks, " What's a Gralnuk?"

Doc says, " It's a sharptooth word, it means best friend, but it literally translates as Jaws, it means, I could put my jaws around his neck and he would not be afraid of me."

Richard then says, " Never heard of that before."

Doc says, " I know it seem ridiculous, but the meaning is the same, he could trust me with his life.

Richard says, " Wow, kind of like knowledge is power." then Richard got a confused look and asks, " But what happened?"

Doc begin telling how it all happen, " When Sharptooth became my friend, he even swore that would never kill another Longneck as he lived, but this was a promise he wasn't able to keep, one day he accidentally killed and been eating off a girl Longneck, I confronted him and he claimed that it was accident, but I knew better, I attacked him and after the fight we parted ways, I have decided became a wanderer, I have not seen Sharptooth again until we have grown up and I came to the Great Valley, I found him attacking the dinosaur of the Great Valley and I stepped to stop him, again I managed to defeat him, but he gave the scar on my eye, after I have defeated him in the Great Valley, he then started attacking Longnecks, but thank goodness he had not found Dara during that time, he has even killed herds, women, children, elderly, it doesn't matter to him, and when a big biter was spotted, they would fear that it is Sharptooth, soon the name big biters was no more and was replaced with the name Sharptooth, but Sharptooth himself hates all Longnecks because of me, will keep doing his rampage until either he is dead or all Longnecks are dead."

Littlefoot says, " That's just horrible."

Richard then says, " It is worst then I thought, it's like the Nazi Holocaust again."

Doc got a confused look as he asks, " The Nazi what?"

Richard then says, " I'll explain later, right now, we have no choose, we got to stop him, before he hurt someone else, Longneck or not."

Littlefoot then asks, " Can't you fight him again like you did before, Doc?"

Doc then says, " Not anymore. Last time I fought him was a 100 years ago, but since then I was barely able to defeat him, I'm too old, you two saw he got to me today, if I want against again, I would lose, Sharptooth has not got any weaker."

Richard then thought of a possible way to stop Sharptooth, " Okay, but let's say you don't go against him, what if I could launch a powerful weapon against him, it got him to stop for a awhile, but if I really do it, then he will be no more."

Doc then says, " Yes, but like you said before, your weapon will not only possibility kill Sharptooth, but some of the residents of the valley will die before Sharptooth is added to your list of destruction."

Richard then dropped the plan, then Littlefoot asked, " Then what do we do?"

Doc then looked both at Littlefoot and Richard, then a thought came to him, as he says, " Kids, I think that this is too much ask you both, but I think that you two can stop and defeat Sharptooth."

Richard and Littlefoot looked at each other, then they both say at the same time, " Us?"

Richard then says, " Doc, look at us, we are short, how can we defeat him?"

Littlefoot then says, " We can take on anything, there is no way we can take him on."

Doc then says, " Not now, but I see that you both will become a team of two, to fully stop him, since you both are leaving and Sharptooth is after you both, I will go with you, and make you both, my pupils."

Richard and Littlefoot asks at the same time, " Your pupils?"

Doc reply's, " Yes, I will train and teach you both everything I know. I'm too old fight against Sharptooth again, but you... you two can stop him. In fact, I think that only you two can stop him. Are you up to it?"

Richard and Littlefoot then started talking to each other in private, as Littlefoot asks, " What do you think?"

Richard says, " I don't know, but we have no choose, then we have no choose but to do it."

Littlefoot and Richard turn to Doc, they both nod slightly, as Littlefoot says, " Alright, we will do it."

Richard says, " Teach us how to fight against Sharptooth."

Doc nods his head as he says, " Alright then, lets go."

Then soon Richard checked his AKS-74u, his bag, then soon Doc, Littlefoot, and Richard left the Great Valley, Richard and Littlefoot looked back at the Great Valley, they know that this may be the last time they will ever see the Great Valley again, but they hope that they will make it alive, as they head into the Mysterious Beyond.

Back in the Great Valley, the bright circle then rose into sky, Cera is asleep, soon her baby sister named Tricia, wakes her sister, as she says, " Cera."

Cera wakes up to her baby sister, then Tria, Cera's step mom, says to her daughter, " Mr. Longneck, has called everybody to a meeting, Littlefoot have lift the Great Valley along with Richard."

Cera's eye's widen when she heard this, she got up, and then lift with her step mom and step sister, soon they are at the meeting place, they saw Petrie, Ducky, Spike, Chomper, and Ruby standing there, along with Miller, armed with his AK-47, and they also saw Dara, Doc's traveling partner standing in the middle to talk to everybody, soon Dara then starts talking after everybody came, " I know that some of you are worried about Littlefoot and Richard, don't worry, Doc is with them."

Cera then signs with relief as she says, " That's good, at least they are protected, and also have Richard as backup if Doc's in trouble."

Dara says, " Right you are, Richard is taking Littlefoot somewhere Sharptooth will never find, and Doc is taking both Littlefoot and Richard to train them to get strong enough to defeat Sharptooth."

Grandpa Longneck says with worry, " I know Richard knows what he's doing, I hope his plan works."

" And it will." A growling terror voice said, Cera and the other got worried, as Miller turned around and aimed his weapon at Sharptooth, that is standing on a hill, as Dara asks, " Why are you here, Monster?"

Sharptooth titled his head a little bit as he says, " It's easy to refer me as a monster when I have to eat meat. Am I cursed because I am like that?"

Miller then says, " Disregard what she said. You don't kill for food, you kill for fun. You don't survive, you murder. You are nothing more, then a big war criminal."

Dara then asks again, " I will ask again, why are you here?"

Sharptooth says, " I was looking, but to only found that Longneck have ran away, I did not expect the one that tried to kill me and also the one that threaten to kill me were cowards, I should've guessed that Doc is getting into this that didn't concern him, It doesn't matter, those three got less then a day head start, it won't take me long to catch up to them, by the way, how many of my kind did you kill, you don't eat meat to survive, those it make you the murders, those kids tried to kill me, so what is the excuse for their behavior, and not mine?"

Sharptooth turns starting to leave, Cera is even more furious, she is boiling in anger, she could not believe it, he is a true murder, she is not a murder for trying to kill him, he wasn't even a dinosaur, he is demon out to cause more pain and misery, Cera says with anger, " Sharptooth!"

Sharptooth stop as he heard Cera say, " You won't have to worry about Littlefoot killing you, because I will!"

Sharptooth laughed as he says, " You? A weak Threehorn could never kill me. But if you want to try, be my guest. Work, grow, train, and become strong then one day face me without fear of death and I will fight you."

Sharptooth walks away, as Miller then heads for his nest get the rest of his weapons ready to go, they are leaving in the early morning hours, the next early morning, Miller woke up and he decided to find Richard, Littlefoot, and Doc, by himself, while he was walking he ran into Chomper as Miller asked, " What are doing Chomper?"

Chomper says, " I am going to help find Littlefoot and the others."

Miller was about to say no, then he thought about and says, " Okay, but stay by me."

Chomper and Miller then started to move, Chomper caught the scent of Richard and Littlefoot from the night before, Chomper is going to find his friend, and Miller is going to find his partner, soon Miller and Chomper had climbed up the wall and made it down without getting hurt, as Chomper says, " Well, that was easy."

Miller and Chomper then heard a growl in front of them and saw Sharptooth standing right in front of them, as Miller says to Chomper in a whisper, " I think the worst is just beginning."

Chomper then screamed, ran behind Miller, Miller just stood their with his AK-47 ready to fire, and the weapons to use, Sharptooth rose to his full height, Miller's eyes widen, but still does not move, then Sharptooth stomped his talons in Miller and Chomper's path, Chomper then rolled up into a ball crying, Sharptooth signed as he said, " Good grief, I wake up early this morning to find you two, disappointing."

Miller and Chomper looked at Sharptooth and saw that he had the personification of power. The principle of sharptooth strength. They saw that Sharptooth is doing anything as Chomper asks, " You not going to eat us?"

" You both don't know much, do you?" Sharptooth asks.

Miller answers, " No, I guess we don't."

Sharptooth then says to Miller and Chomper, " Cannibalism is the worst offense any dinosaur can achieve, leaf eater or meat eater. I may be many things, but I will not eat another of my own kind. Now scram. Get out of here, both of you."

Chomper and Miller turned, but stopped as Miller asked a question, " Why are you still here? I thought you we're going after Littlefoot and my partner, Richard."

Sharptooth then asks, " That's there names, the Longneck runt is named Littlefoot? And your teenaged partner that stood up against for the first time, is named Richard? I ran into a Longneck that had the name Littlefoot, but that wasn't even his true name, why should I be talking to you two? Now, get out of here!"

Chomper and Miller then started walking, Chomper says, " If you're going after those two, then so are we!"

Sharptooth laughed, as he said, " And for what? You both will only get yourselves killed. What does this Longneck and this Fast-biter mean to you two?"

Chomper says, " Littlefoot is my Gralnuk. My best friend."

Miller then adds, " Richard is more then more my partner, he is a son that I have never had, Me and Chomper would go at the end of the world to find them, we don't care how long it will take us, but we will find them!"

Sharptooth saw that the both of them had very strong hearts, and also saw Miller had strong mind, as Sharptooth says, " So, you both plan to go into the world of death to a friend and a son?"

Miller and Chomper then said with seconds pause, " Yes."

Sharptooth then thought of something as he says, " Fine. Then you both will travel with me."

Sharptooth looks at Chomper and says, " You will become my apprentice." Sharptooth then looked at Miller and said, " And you will become my adviser." Sharptooth then looks at both of them, " You both will learn everything from me. How to hunt, fight, and kill. That will be the agreement, otherwise I will kill you both right here and right now, do you understand?"

Miller said with confidence, " That's fine with us."

" Good." Sharptooth said. " Then let's get going." Together, two sharpteeth, and a fast-biter head into the Mysterious Beyond, two are searching for their friend and loved one, and the other for revenge.

Things are really starting to show, what dark stories and truths will reveal, find out next time on chapter 9, bye.