Chapter 3: An Unlikely Herd
Sonic and Littlefoot were walking for some time. They found a little pond and Littlefoot stopped for a moment. He sat down and put his head down. He was still sad over the loss of his mother. Sonic sat down near the pond next to Littlefoot.
"So…where did you meet Cera?" asked Sonic.
Littlefoot raised his head and said "I met her when I heard her laughing. I saw her trying to squash a bug. I laughed when the bug sprayed at her. She started running toward me and I started running toward her. I thought that we were playing but then her father jumped between us and said that Three-Horns should never play with Longnecks. I met her again while I was chasing a Hopper. We both tried to catch it in a pond. We both had fun."
"A Hopper? Maybe a cricket or a toad" thought Sonic. "I guess he and Cera were friends for a moment."
"What did the Hopper look like?" asked Sonic.
"Well, he was green and I saw him eat a bug" said Littlefoot. "So it was a frog or a toad" thought Sonic.
"Then Cera and I heard big stomping sounds. It was a Sharptooth" said Littlefoot. Sonic frowned as Littlefoot continued. "Me and Cera ran as fast as we could away from the sharptooth but it caught up to us. That's when my mother came and fought the sharptooth. She hit him with her tail but he bit her."
"Maybe that's how his mother died. The sharptooth must of bit her very hard" thought Sonic.
"Then the ground started to open up. It was an earthshake. Cera and I kept running from the sharptooth and we nearly fell down the hole. But my mother saved us, and the Sharptooth fell into the hole. The earthshake split the land and I got separated from my grandparents. Cera got separated from her parents." Littlefoot became sad again. "I found my mother lying on the ground. She asked me if I remember the way to the Great Valley. She said that she... will be with me." Littlefoot shed a tear.
Sonic had a sad expression on his face. He looked at the ground. "Well, at least that Sharptooth is gone. I don't know that he survived or not, but it's sad to lose a loved one" thought Sonic.
"I'm so sorry for what happened Littlefoot" said Sonic. He put a hand on Littlefoot's head. Littlefoot looked at Sonic. "You still have your grandparents. I'm sure that they're okay. They probably already found the Great Valley. And you have me as a friend" said Sonic. He smiled at Littlefoot and Littlefoot started to cheer up again. He smiled back at Sonic.
"So where are you from?" asked Littlefoot. Sonic thought for a moment. He couldn't tell him that he was from another time. He wouldn't understand. So he thought of what to say.
"Well…" started Sonic. "I'm from somewhere very far away."
"Really?" said Littlefoot. "How far?"
"Farther than you could understand" answered Sonic.
"Wow, that is very far" said Littlefoot. Sonic nodded.
"Do you miss your friends?" asked Littlefoot.
"Sometimes yes" said Sonic "I just like to explore a lot of places."
"You travel a lot?" said Littlefoot.
"Yep" answered Sonic. "I like exploring places very far away, and to see new creatures. So, I decided to explore here."
"Wow" said Littlefoot.
Unknown to Sonic and Littlefoot, a young Swimmer was eating something underwater. She saw them talking and swam over to see who they are. She jumped out of the water right next to them. Sonic and Littlefoot looked at her. She was light green and yellowish tan colored. This was Ducky.
"Hello" said Ducky. Sonic and Littlefoot looked at her curiously.
"I said hello" said Ducky. She expected them to say, well something.
"A young Swimmer? Is she alone too?" thought Sonic. "She's kind of friendly".
"Uh, hi" answered Sonic. Ducky looked at Littlefoot then back at Sonic. "Can he not talk yet? Huh?" asked Ducky.
"Well he lost his mother" said Sonic. Ducky looked a little sad and replied "Oh".
Littlefoot stood up, and then asked "What are you?" Sonic was about to answer but Ducky spoke again. "Me? I'm a Longneck too, see?" she stretched her neck a little far and said "And I have a long tail like you." Ducky tried to stretch out her tail but it wouldn't go far enough. Sonic and Littlefoot frowned at her.
"Alright" admitted Ducky. "I'm not a Longneck, I'm a Bigmouth." Ducky looks at Sonic. "I've never seen someone like you. You look like some kind of Spiketail on 2 legs."
Sonic chuckled and said "Well I sort of look like one because of my spikes but I'm actually a Runner."
"Oh" replied Ducky. "Do you run fast?"
Sonic smiled. He stood up and said "Yep. Watch." Sonic ran behind Ducky and ran right back to where he was standing. Ducky's eyes went wide. She was amazed at what Sonic can do. Littlefoot smiled at Sonic. He was still amazed too by Sonic's speed.
"You are VERY fast! You are. You are" exclaimed Ducky. Sonic smiled and said "Thanks".
"I cannot do that. That is amazing" said Ducky.
"So, are you here by yourself?" asked Sonic.
Ducky looked sad and nodded. She sat down and said "I'm all alone. I am." She sniffled and her eyes were a little watery. Then she said "I lost my family in the big earthshake."
"You mean separated, right?" asked Sonic. Ducky nodded in reply.
"At least her family's okay" thought Sonic as he sighed a sigh of relief.
Littlefoot thought for a moment, and then said "Um… you want to go with us?"
Ducky jumped to her feet and shouted "Yeah!" Littlefoot flinched at her sudden move but Sonic didn't. Instead he smiled. Ducky covered her mouth and giggled at what she did. Then she said in a normal tone, "Oh yes, yes, yes! I do, I do!"
Littlefoot laughed a little. "Alright, come on."
"Well, what do you know? We made another friend" thought Sonic cheerfully.
Littlefoot and Sonic turned to start back on their journey.
"But you have to keep up" said Littlefoot. Sonic nodded at what Littlefoot said.
"I will keep up. I will" said Ducky. She hummed a little and said "Where are we going?"
"To the Great Valley. We're not going to stop until I find my grandparents" answered Littlefoot.
They started walking on their journey.
Sonic looked at Ducky and said "Since I'm helping him, I'll help you find your family too."
Ducky smiled at Sonic and said "Thank you". She looked at Littlefoot and said "Uh, do you think my family went to the Great Valley too? Huh?"
Littlefoot thought for a moment. "Hmm. Maybe. My mother said it's where all the herds are going".
"Oh I hope. I hope. I hope." said Ducky. Sonic then thought that they never introduced themselves.
"Oh my name is Sonic by the way" said Sonic.
Littlefoot cleared his throat and said "My name is Littlefoot."
"So what's yours?" asked Sonic.
"Mine is Ducky" said Ducky. Sonic laughed a little and said "That's your name huh?"
"Yep" said Ducky "That is what it is. Yep, yep, yep."
Ducky started mumbling "Dee da do" while hopping. She made sure not to step on any lines of the rock shapes in the ground. Littlefoot started hopping too. Then he started laughing at what Ducky was doing. Sonic joined in and laughed too.
"She's also kind of cute" thought Sonic. Then Ducky said "Don't step on a crack or you'll fall and break your back". Ducky laughed. Littlefoot hopped just like Ducky did.
Ducky's stomach grumbled. She giggled and said "My stomach is talking." Sonic laughed.
Littlefoot's stomach also growled. "Mine too" said Littlefoot.
Littlefoot looked at some little brown trees nearby. "Hmm. I wonder what this tastes like" pondered Littlefoot.
He bit the branch and a sound was heard. It sounded like a scream.
Ducky gasped and said "The tree is talking."
"No, it isn't" mumbled Littlefoot as he pulled on the branch.
"You should not eat talking trees. Nope, nope, nope" said Ducky.
Sonic looked at the tree and shook his head. "The tree's not talking. I think that there is somebody on top of it."
Littlefoot pulled some more. It did sound like someone was in the tree. Suddenly, someone was sliding down the branch and met Littlefoot's face. It was a Flyer. He smiled nervously. Littlefoot screamed while letting go of the branch. The Flyer was sent flying into the ground. Ducky screamed and Sonic got into a fighting stance. The Flyer made a small hole in the ground when he landed. Sonic and Ducky looked into the hole. Sonic relaxed when he saw the little flyer. He was brown colored. His wings were dark brown and his beak was light brown. This was Petrie.
"It's just a little Flyer" thought Sonic. Petrie was a bit scared when he looked at Ducky and Sonic.
"Who are you? Huh?" said Ducky.
Petrie shook and said "M-M-My name Petrie". Petrie climbed out of the hole.
Ducky laughed at his name. "Petrie, huh? Funny name." She laughed again.
Petrie shook again as he looked at Sonic. "W-W-Who…W-What you are?" stuttered Petrie.
"Well, I'm a Runner and I'm not a Spiketail. I'm Sonic" said Sonic. He pointed to Ducky. "That's Ducky" then he pointed to Littlefoot. "And that's Littlefoot. We're not going to hurt you." Petrie started to calm down. He replied "Oh."
"Uh, I…I flied?" asked Petrie.
"No, you falled" replied Ducky.
"I falled?!" said Petrie. He fell to the ground and put his hands on his head in shame. Then he stood back up.
"Are you okay?" asked Sonic. Petrie nodded and replied "Me okay."
"You cannot fly?" said Ducky. Petrie shook his head.
"But how you did get way up there?" asked Ducky.
"I climb" answered Petrie as he did a little jump.
"But you are a Flyer, not a faller" said Littlefoot. Sonic nodded and said "That's right."
"Hard thing to fly" said Petrie. He started to imitate a plane taking off. He jumped and made funny sounds gliding down.
"I guess it is. We can't do it" said Littlefoot.
Ducky agreed and said "Nope, we cannot do that all right. We cannot do what Sonic can do too."
"What he do?" asked Petrie.
"He runs very fast" replied Ducky. Sonic nodded and showed Petrie his speed by running from he was standing to the other, and back. Petrie was amazed. He couldn't believe how fast Sonic was.
"Wow! He fast. VERY fast" exclaimed Petrie. Ducky laughed again.
Meanwhile, deep in the ravine…
Cera was trying to find her way out of the ravine. She hopped onto something. Not knowing that she stepped on the tail of…the Sharptooth. The same one that fell into the ravine, during the earthquake. She walked carefully while looking around. She gasped as she suddenly lost her footing and slid down to the ground. The faint sunlight revealed the Sharptooth. The place rumbled as Cera screamed and ran to hide from the Sharptooth. She peeked to look at the tyrannosaur. He was still motionless. Cera smiled and chuckled as she thought that the Sharptooth was dead. She walked slowly until she got to his head. She stuck out her tongue, and then she hit him with her head 2 times. She went back a few feet and charged at him again. She then went farther back. She pushed away rocks with her hands and got ready to charge at him again. She ran full speed at the sharptooth. Then suddenly, the sharptooth's eye opened up. Cera skidded to a halt and screamed as she met the sharptooth's eye. She quickly turned around and ran away. The Sharptooth growled as he got up on his feet.
End of Chapter 3
