Chapter 8: The Smoke, the Flyer, and the Stone

Petrie was flying by the Smoking Mountain. He thought that the stone would have been more visible by air. Apparently, the smoke of the Smoking Mountains made it impossible to fly that high, making the finding of a glimmer small. He wished that he could fly higher, but he didn't want to risk flying into the smoke and getting lost.

"Me wish me could find stone. Voice said stone by Smoking Mountain, but me no see no stone." He said to himself. "Me wonder if Ducky help me find stone." With that thought, he began flying over the Valley searching for the swimmer, but he didn't find her. Suddenly, Cera called him to help her with finding her stone.

"Okay! Me help you!" he responded happily. He flew down to her, and she told him to fly around the Thundering Falls while looking for her stone. It probably would have helped him if he could find her stone, so he quickly scanned it. It took about an hour, but soon, she had her stone. However, Petrie was knocked unconscious by the stone.

When Petrie was knocked out, he was given a vision of the five stones, and how they were used. He didn't understand it, but he saw all five stones placed in a shape that all five fitted in perfectly. Then a blinding flash lit up each stone. When the flash died down, he was given a brief flash of where each stone was. He saw that his stone was not actually at the Smoking Mountain, but somewhere in its vicinity. Seeing this vision gave Petrie a good idea in how he would find the stone, but he had no clue where he would find the stone.

"Me think me search every tree by Smoking Mountain." He said to himself, and then he realized that it would take a few days to search every tree, so he would ask for help on the task. He then began searching for Ducky, but he still could not find her. So he resolved to search for the stone on his own. Just as he was flying towards his stone's location, he noticed Littlefoot walking past.

"Littlefoot! Me need your help!" Petrie exclaimed as he flew towards the longneck.

"What is it, Petrie? I just got back from helping Ducky. Guess what? I just found my stone, but my other stone was stolen." Littlefoot replied.

"What? You say your stone stolen?"

"Yeah, it was weird. Everyone else had theirs stolen as well, and we don't know who would have taken them. What about your stone?"

"Me no know. Me haven't checked it. Can you wait here while me go check?"

"Sure."

With that, Petrie began flying back to his nest at high speed. When he arrived, he looked for the stone. He couldn't find it anywhere. With that, he flew back to Littlefoot, only to see him looking around the area. Littlefoot was looking around the trees, and suddenly he seized up. He collapsed to the ground, unconscious.

"Littlefoot! Me forgot to tell you. Don't touch my stone. You fall asleep." Petrie exclaimed, flying over to Littlefoot. Suddenly, he realized that Littlefoot had the stone in his mouth.

When Littlefoot came around, Petrie was standing right next to his head.

"Petrie! I just realized something. The stones we got are part of a guide to the creature that told us about these." Littlefoot said.

"Me wondering about that. By the way, me touch Cera's stone. Next thing me know, me waking up." Petrie replied.

"Well, I'm going home. I'll see you tomorrow. Maybe we'll find out why we had to do this." Littlefoot said, feeling a little tired.

"Me, too. See you tomorrow, Littlefoot!"

Petrie began to fly away. He noticed that his stone had gone from clear to white, just like his stone.

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"I think that all the eggs are finally found. And in one day! I'm surprised." Vylon said.

"I thought that you would have had at least two days until all of them were found. They must be more skilled than we thought." Argana responded.