CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
Meanwhile, in the Great Valley, Guido and Bella are in a ferm tree near the top. The rest of the Great Valley is sleeping. Guido says to Bella "I'm so happy that we're married now. Had the union ceremony right when the Bright Circle went down. The sky sure is pretty tonight. The Night Cirlce is at its biggest (full moon), many sky twinklies are out, and no sky puffies in the sky. We're going to take Tucompso tomorrow to find his mate. I'm glad that I finally have one of my own." said Guido. Guido finds some Crawlers moving on a branch. He downs a few of them and gives the rest to Bella. "Here you go my lovely mate." he says. He kisses her. "I'm not one of a kind anymore. I have my Bella." he says.
"The Great Valley is going to be attacked in about two days. Are you afraid?" Bella asks him.
"Me? Afraid? No. I'm terrified!" Guido replies.
Tucompso called to them. Awww, you two are so beautiful together. Not to worry, if anything happens, I'll protect you. You know, I always preferred the night circle. The atmosphere it casts, not being to bright so I can actually look directly at it, not being greedy and blotting out the stars visibility with its sky hogging brightness, but I sure can't choose one or the other, the day circle after all is better for basking in. Mother use to tell me the night circle protects us as we sleep. Of course she just wanted me to have the courage to sleep at all.
I like the Night Circle too. Bella calls to him. She moves Guido further into the tree, where Tucompso can't bother them. "Guido, I was going to ask, why settle for two of a kind, when you can have more?" she asks.
"More? But the other ones are on the other side of the Great Divide. I don't see any more Gliders." Guido says.
"That's because they aren't here yet." said Bella.
"Are they coming? How are they going to get here?" asked Guido.
"I was just going to, er, discuss that." replied Bella.
Chomper and Tiny, meanwhile, head off after Ozzy. They hope they can find him before he eats any of the eggs. "I'm so sorry I let him get away." Chomper apologizes.
"Not your fault." Tiny says.
They spot Ozzy, heading toward a rock, thinking himself alone. "And now, to break open this thing and have some eggdrop soup."
Chomper and Tiny sneak up behind him. Before he can smash the egg he has, the two knock him over. Chomper pins him down while Tiny grabs the egg before it can shatter. "Now what do you have to say for yourself?" Chomper asks, glaring at Ozzy. Nearby, a pair of red eyes and yellow eyes watch the two Sharpteeth.
"Foiled again." said Tiny to Ozzy.
"Caught an Egg Stealer?" Tiny and Chomper turn. A Sharp Beak with yellow eyes approaches, a Belly Dragger following behind. "This way Dil, we've found more Talking Sharpteeth."
"So" Guido asks Bella, "when do the other Gliders arrive? I can't wait to see them."
Er, guys, I'm kinda trapped up here. came a voice. Bella looks nearby and sees Tucompso.
You can fly? gasps Guido in shock.
No, but I can climb. Problem is, I cannot climb down. I wanted to see if I could climb up there to where you were. I can, but I am too afraid to climb back down. I could use a lift. says the shorty sharptooth. Bella takes him back down.
Now please, leave Guido and I alone, ok. Bella says to him.
Got it. says Tucompso. He goes and lays underneath some fallen ferns and falls asleep.
Bella returns to Guido. "So, what were we talking about again?" Guido asks.
Tiny, meanwhile, says Tiny: "Excuse me? talking sharpteeth? the flatteeth have a good excuse, but you are sharpteeth, you should know better. Now we will be with you in a moment we have a execution first."
"Execution? Which one of them are you killing? Doesn't seem fair. You only just met them. Do you Sharpteeth just like killing things?" asks Ozzy.
Tiny whispers to Chomper "Is he really this stupid?"
"Ichy, what is it?" asks the Belly Dragger.
"I've found more Talking Sharpteeth, Dil. Perhaps they were once Friendly Sharptooth like we once were. How else would they know Leaf Eater?" says Ichy.
"Wait, you were once Friendly Sharpteeth?" Chomper asks.
"Yes, till the stupid Flatteeth betrayed us. They raised us. Ichy was raised by Flyers and I by Swimmers. They ditched us when we got older. Said we were evil. Left us to fend for ourselves. Nearly died. Till we found out that this Flattooth-speaking thing came in handy. Heck, we were failry good at getting them. We didn't get along well for many cold times, though now we get along better after we fought off a Swimming Sharptooth together and saved each other. Heck, our ratio of success is very good. Only lost two Longnecks, a Swimmer, a Flyer, a Spiketail, and a Threehorn. Never seen Flatteeth of different types like that together before then or since. We nearly had the Longneck, the Flyer, and the Swimmer, but they outsmarted us." said Dil.
Ozzy remarked. "Say, other than the two Longnecks part, that sounds like the same annoying kids I had to deal with."
"They must get around a lot." remarked Ichy.
"Wait, you tried to kill Littlefoot too?" Chomper gasped, staring at Dil and Ichy.
"What's a Littlefoot?" asked Ichy.
"He's my friend." replied Chomper.
"I had friends once. Flattooth friends. All I was was a tool to them. A Sharptooth to be made nice but never trusted." said Ichy.
Chomper said nothing. He was wondering if that was how Littlefoot actually felt about him.
Tiny asked "Should I eat the Egg Stealer now or stale in case he has valuable information that can fill in the gaps to your mystery?"
Ozzy said "Wait, you're going to eat ME?" He panicks. "Look, a herd of Threehorns!" he yells, hoping that it will distract the four Sharpteeth. It doesn't. However, he breaks free of Chomper's grip and takes off into the night yelling "So long suckers!"
Tiny grumbles "Chomper, it would make me really unhappy to let my breakfast get away. Let's go after him, shall we?"
"Tiny,it is about three hours after the Night Circle is its highest (midnight). You want breakfast already?" Chomper asks in astonishment.
"Come on Dil, let's go after the Egg Stealer before the Two Claws get it. It's finders keepers, losers weepers." said Ichy to his partner.
"Ichy, how about we go with the Two Claws? Against a Bigmouthed Belly Dragger, a Sharp Beak, and two Two Claws, he won't stand a chance." suggests Dil.
'Fine. But they better not hog it all." Ichy says.
