*****This Chapter is rated M for disembodied murder and death and for explicit sexual references**********************************88

Littlefoot was the first to awake the next morning with a headache. He blinked several times and groaned. He lifted his head and saw that everyone else was asleep. He noticed that the sun was barely rising into the sky. He stood up and noticed that they were in a forest, hidden in some bushes. He walked over to a low tree and ate the leaves. He tried to remember what happened yesterday, but everything was blank after he drank the medicine Abe gave him. He thought he would have been done for, but by some miracle, he lived. He did feel another presence protect him, but he wasn't sure. Probably it was just the wind that circled around the two attacks. He swallowed his food.

"Kind of thirsty," he mumbled.

Littlefoot walked away from the group. He walked around the forest he was in and found a stream. He lowered his neck and took a drink. He lifted his neck and walked. As he walked back, a pack of raptors surrounded him. He chuckled. As the raptor approached him, he lit himself on fire. The raptors got scared and ran away. Littlefoot smiled, forgetting he was burning the plants.

Abe woke up to the smell of smoke. It was faint, but he still smelled it. He looked around and noticed Littlefoot was gone. He groaned. Without waking the others, he followed Littlefoot's scent. He walked until he saw a little longneck freaking out. Abe unsheathed his sword and whirled it in front of him. Sand came from the sword and buried the longneck and the surrounding fire. Littlefoot popped his head out and faced who saved him. He lowered his head in shame.

"Are you mad?" he asked.

"Littlefoot, I'm not your dad, but I'm still disappointed that you haven't learned how to turn on or off."

"But every time I want to turn off, I hear a voice."

"A voice?" Abe wondered in interest.

"Yeah. It controls my mind and tells my body to keep the fire burning."

"And why didn't you tell me this before?"

"I thought it would go away."

"Remember what I said. Fire is one of the destroyers of life. I guess when Rainbow granted you powers, he used magic from previous demons. He did that with me, so that's why I'm a half-demon."

"So I have a demon inside of me? Why doesn't Ali have this problem?"

"There are a lot of good demons with water powers, but a kind fire demon is hard to find."

Littlefoot sighed.

"So it's controlling me. Typical. I knew it wasn't going to be that easy. For me, it never is."

"But there is a way to face it."

Littlefoot got out of the pile of sand. He looked at Abe with hope in his eyes.

"There is. How?"

"I know this may sound gay, but you must conquer yourself. I need to put you in a trace to help you fight this demon inside of you."

"Seems dangerous. Besides, what does gay mean?"

"Never mind the word. Fixing you is more important."

"Okay, so what do I need to do?"

Abe walked over to a rotten stump and sat on it. Littlefoot walked up to him. Abe pulled a vine from a tree and picked up a vine from the ground. He tied the vine to the rock.

"At first, I never believed this. Then again, I never believed in magic or aliens. What I need to do is hypnotize you. Your eyes must follow the rock as it swings. I'll chant something, and you'll eventually go to sleep and be in your mind. By yourself with no help from your fire powers, you must defeat the fire demon."

"What happens if I lose?"

Abe gulped.

"Your soul will be consumed by the demon."

Littlefoot showed a worry expression but it toughened into confidence.

"Alright. I know the risks, and I'm ready to go."

"Littlefoot, be careful."

Abe lifted the rock to Littlefoot's eye level and swung it from side to side. Littlefoot's eyes began to get heavy. Like as if he was therapist, Abe told Littlefoot about his mind and how should he entered it. Littlefoot closed his eyes and remained standing up as he slept. Abe put away the pendulum and waited.

Littlefoot woke up and discovered he was in a forest with tall trees. The sun beamed down on him, and the air blew a chilly gust. Littlefoot walked through the forest and eventually exited the forest.

That was easy, but by now, I should have bonked into Abe and the others. They wouldn't just leave me. Well, Abe probably would, but Ali would stay behind looking for me. What's going on?

"Littlefoot. Littlefoot."

He stopped and turned around. A dinosaur about his height was walking to him. He stood his ground, but the rays of the sun gave it color. He smiled and approached her.

"Ali, I'm so glad to see you. Where's Abe?"

"Who?"

"Abe, the human."

"Oh, don't you remember? He left a while ago. After Lucastrof died, Abe decided that it was time to go."

"I don't remember that."

"You must have hit your head or something," she teased. "You were there with me."

"Oh. Where's Vinna?"

"She's probably playing with Cera and the others."

"That doesn't make sense. My friends are in the Great Valley."

"That's where we are."

Littlefoot looked behind him to see the luscious trees, gorgeous river, and lovable folks of the Great Valley. Ali approached him.

"Are you sure you're okay?"

"Um… Yeah. Let's go meet up with the others."

The young longnecks walked to the river and saw Cera, Ducky, Petrie, Spike, and Vinna playing in the shallow waters. Ducky was blowing bubbles at Spike, and Petrie joined in the fun. Cera and Vinna just watched.

"Hi, Littlefoot," said Ducky.

"Hey, Ducky."

"Great," said Vinna, standing up. "Everyone's here, so let's play a game."

"But what though?" asked Petrie.

"Why don't we play tag?" suggested Ali.

"Me want too," said Petrie.

"Tag, yes, yes, yes," said Ducky.

"So it's settled," said Cera, standing up. "Who's it?"

Everyone said not it except for Littlefoot. He was trying to recollect his memory.

"Littlefoot."

Littlefoot snapped out of his trace and faced Ali.

"Huh?"

"You're it," said Cera.

He smiled, but before anyone ran, they heard a voice. Soon, footsteps were followed. Grandma Longneck approached with a longneck their age. He had eyes that were yellow and reddish-brown scales similar to Littlefoot's. Grandma Longneck faced the children.

"This is Loki. His herd has stopped in the Great Valley. He has come to play with you."

Loki smiled. Littlefoot looked at his smile and felt something terribly wrong.

"Hi," said Cera. "I'm Cera. That's Ducky, Petrie, Spike, Vinna, Ali, and Littlefoot."

"Littlefoot? I've heard of you. You and your lovely companion helped Abe kill Lucastrof. Very cool."

Grandma Longneck left.

"Yeah, um, how do you know?"

"Who doesn't? Your tale has been passed down through the longneck herds for inspiration."

"Oh. Yeah. So, we're playing a game now."

"A game? Which one?"

"Tag," said Ali. "Littlefoot's it."

The dinosaurs whom weren't it laughed and ran. Littlefoot smiled and started chasing them. It was good to be home. He decided to go after Ducky since she was the slowest. He spotted her foot behind a bush and smiled. He snuck up to the bush and popped his head through it.

"Ducky, you're it."

He smiled, but it soon faded at the sight he saw. Her head had been bitten off. He screamed and called for help.

"Grandpa! Grandma! Anyone!"

No one heard him. The closest dinosaurs to him were probably his friends, so he ran after them, calling their names. Soon, he came up to a boulder with a tail. He slowed down and cautiously walked up to it. He gasped when he realized Spike was also dead. He had his head clawed to bits. He noticed wings beside them with guts in-between them.

"This can't be happening!" he yelled.

Littlefoot continued to run and saw two more dinosaurs lying on the floor. One was Cera. She had her horns pulled out and a bitten back. The other was Vinna. Her head was torn off like Ducky's head. He gasped as he realized the last of his friends was probably still alive and shouted.

"Ali! Ali!"

He heard a rustle in the bushes. He quickly jumped into them, interrupting something. Ali was licking Loki's neck. She was almost to his body when Littlefoot jumped through the bushes. She raised her head and blushed when she saw Littlefoot. An annoyed Loki approached him.

"Get lost!"

"Ali, what are you-"

"I said get lost!"

"No!" he shouted back at Loki. "Everyone's dead."

"What?" wondered Ali.

"It's true," Littlefoot continued. "All of our friends are dead. There might be sharpteeth in the area."

Ali gasped.

"C'mon then. We need to go tell the grown-ups."

"Littlefoot is probably lying about it," said Loki, "to get you by yourself."

"I am not. Ali, we need to go."

"Probably Loki is right."

"What? Ali, how can you trust him that quick?"

"Because she does," said Loki. "Beat it."

"That's it."

Littlefoot summoned his fire powers, but they didn't come.

"What the… My fire powers are gone. Ali, do you still have yours?"

"I'll check."

Before Ali had time to check, a fireball came at her face and burned her to death. She collapsed. Littlefoot looked angrily at Loki with tears in his eyes. Loki's body was covered by fire. Loki looked at Littlefoot and grinned.

"Well, we can't have her interfere with her magic."

Memories flashed back in Littlefoot's mind. Abe had hypnotized him to find the demon in him. He needed to stop the demon so that he could switch back and forth from normal to fire. Well, it looks like he found the demon.

"I was hoping she would pleasure me before you found us, but-"

"Shut up! You're the demon that's been not letting me switch back to normal."

"You finally figured it out. Yes, I am. I rule your body, not you. I will kill you like I did to your friends."

"Don't count on it!"

"You act big, but you're not. I control your fire powers. In this nightmare, you don't have any. Say goodbye to the world you were in forever."

Loki blew a breath of fire at Littlefoot. He jumped out of the way and charged at Loki. Loki smiled and spat a fireball at Littlefoot. He ducked down to dodge it, He got up only to get rammed by Loki. Littlefoot hit a nearby tree and got to his feet. He charged at Loki again, ignoring the burn he had now when Loki rammed him.. Loki blew out a wave of fire Littlefoot couldn't escape. Littlefoot skidded to a stop and ran back. The firewall was gaining on him. He knew he wasn't going to make it.

"Take control of your mind."

Littlefoot's eyes widened. That was right. Abe had hypnotized him to enter his mind. If it was a dream, he had the power to stop it. He stopped and allowed the fire to collide with him. Loki saw the scene and laughed.

"Free at last."

"It's not over yet."

Loki saw Littlefoot coming at him. Loki blew fire out that Littlefoot dodged. He spat out fireballs Littlefoot bounced off his head. Loki was too astonished that he didn't even try to evade Littlefoot. Littlefoot rammed him to a tree and pinned him against it. Even with fire surrounding Loki's body, Littlefoot did not get burned.

"How?"

"It's my mind. I'm in control, not you."

"That doesn't mean you have won yet."

He opened his mouth and was about to blow out a massive fireball when a blast of water drenched him. His fire died, and he returned to normal. Loki faced who did it and was shocked that Ali was still alive, unharmed.

"But how?"

"I told you," said Littlefoot, releasing Loki and wrapping his tail around Loki's neck. "It's my mind. Ali never dies in my mind, but you will today."

Littlefoot choked Loki to death. The longneck collapsed to the ground. His body disintegrated. Soon, Littlefoot's body glowed red for only a minute before fading away. He faced Ali.

"Thanks Ali."

She licked Littlefoot's cheek.

"No, thank you. Littlefoot, I love you."

"I love you too."

A light blinded both of them.

Littlefoot woke up and looked around. Abe, Vinna, and Ali stared at him. He faced them and got to his feet.

"It seems you survived."

"That was truly a bad sleep story."

"You mean a nightmare," corrected Abe. "The demon knew you were coming and tapped into your memories. He then disguised himself."

"That explains everything. His name was Loki."

"A mischievous demon," commented Abe.

"I thought I was going to lose, but I heard a voice. It wasn't from you or anyone I know."

Rainbow must have helped him, thought Abe.

"Littlefoot," said Vinna. "I want to see your fire powers."

Littlefoot looked at Abe with an unsure face. He nodded. Littlefoot ignited himself for about five seconds and then turned himself off. He laughed in amazement.

"I did it! I can turn myself off!"

Abe just smiled and got to his feet.

"I'm very proud of you, Littlefoot. Now, we must move on. Lucastrof is still out there, and we must stop him."

The group started walking again. Vinna and Abe were in the front, about ten yards away from Ali and Littlefoot. Ali faced Littlefoot.

"Are you feeling better? You were a total jerk yesterday."

"I was? I'm sorry about yesterday. I can't remember anything after Abe gave me that drink."

Ali blushed.

"Well, I'm just glad you're back to normal."

She faced forward. Litttlefoot looked at her mouth and remembered what happened in his mind. He blushed at the thought and summoned enough courage to rub his cheek with her cheek.

"I'm glad everything's back to normal."

She smiled and returned the affection.