Chapter 4: The Waterfall

"The voice said the Thundering Falls, but I don't know where to look." Cera thought to herself as she searched the area around the waterfall. She had insisted to find it herself, but it soon became apparent to her that she would need her friends' help to accomplish this task. Her pride, however, would not let her ask for help.

"If I can't do it, then," she thought to herself, but she just couldn't seem to finish the sentence. She began thinking of what would happen if she couldn't succeed by herself. Suddenly, she noticed something up on a ledge about halfway up the falls. She couldn't see exactly what it was, but she though she had found what she was looking for.

"How do I get it down? I can't climb this." She immediately began trying to knock it down by charging at the stone, but all she succeeded in getting was a headache.

"Petrie could probably get it, but I won't ask them for help." She said to herself. A few minutes later, however, she concluded that there was no alternative but to ask for help.

"Me see it! It that stone." Petrie called down to Cera.

"Can you bring it down to me?" Cera called back. Petrie tried to pick up the stone, but as he touched it, a bolt of energy shot through him. He lost consciousness, and he plummeted down towards the ground. Cera hurried to catch him. He landed on her back, still unconscious.

"What happen? Me try to pick up stone, next thing me know, me on your back." Petrie said as he regained consciousness.

"I don't know. Do you have any ideas on how to get up there?" Cera asked.

"Well, me see a path to get there, but you must leave Great Valley to get to it." Petrie replied.

"Great. I think I'll go take it." Cera said as she began running to an alternate valley entrance than the one the gang visited the previous day.

She found the exit without difficulty, and she found herself overlooking a valley of rocks. She noticed that there was a crater on one of the boulders, but she didn't care. She had to ask Petrie where she could get to the ledge, and she was soon looking back at the Great Valley. She began scanning the outcrop for the stone. She began to force it out of the rock, and with a loud crack, the stone came loose and flew into the air. It landed right in front of Cera. She picked up the stone, and carried it in front of her horn. As she was walking into the valley, she noticed that her stone, which was originally clear, became pink in color. The shade exactly matched the stone that she brought home the previous day.

"Why did it turn pink?" she asked herself as she returned home. When she arrived, she began thinking that something was wrong. She immediately realized that Petrie was still on her back.

"Petrie, wake up!" she shouted to wake the flyer.

"What happen? Why you shout?" he asked, suddenly alert.

"Shouldn't you be getting home now?" Cera responded.

"Oh, right. Me just fly back." Petrie responded. He proceeded to spread his wings and flew in the direction of his nest.

When Cera returned her attention to the nest, she suddenly realized what was wrong the entire time.

"That stone is gone!"

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Vylon was holding the pink stone in his arms. He was in a cave with Argana. He then heard a faint squeaking as the stone began to rock.

"One of the five parts has been found." Argana told Vylon.

"I hope that the others are found soon as well." He replied.