Chapter 4: Companionship
Sonic and his new dino friends continued on their journey. Littlefoot still carried the tree star, his mother gave him, on his back. Ducky was humming while they were walking. Suddenly, Sonic stopped walking and sensed something coming. It didn't sound friendly. Littlefoot also stopped when he looked at Sonic.
"Quiet" Sonic whispered to Ducky to stop humming. Littlefoot also whispered "shh."
Sonic listened to the sound coming closer. It was growling.
"Get down" Sonic whispered to his friends to hide from the thing coming. It was an iguana like dinosaur with a sail on its back. Sonic carefully peeked at the creature walking by. It growled some more, and flicked its tongue like a snake. Ducky gasped a little when it growled. It looked at where it would have seen them, but Sonic and the others knelt down, and hid behind a tree. It looked away and continued walking. Sonic and the others carefully came out of their hiding spots as the big iguana walked away.
"Maybe not all Sharptooths are big and tall" thought Sonic. "I'm starting to think that the T-Rex isn't the only dinosaur with sharp teeth."
Sonic and the others looked left and right to make sure that it was clear. They continued walking again. Petrie hopped on Littlefoot's tail, and then quickly rushed to the top of Littlefoot's head.
"Ow! Hey!" exclaimed Littlefoot. "Petrie, get off!"
Petrie rubbed Littlefoot's head and said "You got nice flat head, Flat Head." Petrie laughed a little.
Littlefoot frowned at Petrie and said "My name is not Flat head. My name is Littlefoot."
Petrie remembered his name and replied "oh. hmm." He covered himself with the tree star.
"Are you just going to stay up there?" asked Littlefoot. Petrie replied "yes" while making himself comfortable.
"Well, you can't" said Littlefoot. He tried to shake Petrie off but the Flyer held on. Petrie replied "whoa!"
"You're tearing my tree star" stated Littlefoot. Petrie gasped a little.
"It is very special. Very. His mother gave it to him" said Ducky. Petrie looked at the leaf then back at Ducky. "She did" said Ducky.
"It's all he has left of his mother" said Sonic as he looked at Petrie.
"Ooh! Mother present very important. Oh, yes. I keep safes" exclaimed Petrie. He rolled up the tree star and said "Don't let nobodies touch." He started pacing back and forth on Littlefoot's head like a soldier.
"Yep, Petrie" said Ducky. "You keep it safe." Petrie nodded. Ducky then said "Yep, yep, yep."
"Nope, nope, nope" replied Littlefoot. "I'm not a carrier. Get off!" Littlefoot tried to shake Petrie off again but he still held on. Petrie dropped the tree star and Littlefoot caught it in his mouth.
"You're a Flyer" stated Littlefoot. He started to run and said "Now start flying." Petrie held on and screamed a little in fear. Ducky started running too and said "Open your wings, Petrie! Open! Open!"
"No, no! No can do this!" yelled Petrie in fear. Sonic started running at a slow pace to follow them.
"You can fly! Now open your skinny wings!" yelled Littlefoot as he continued running.
Sonic looked ahead. "Uh oh" thought Sonic. He saw that they're not paying attention where they're going.
"Up! Petrie, higher! Higher like a Flyer!" shouted Ducky.
Petrie looked ahead and gasped, and said "Danger!"
"Where, Petrie?" asked Ducky as she jumped on Littlefoot.
"T-T-There! Ahead!" stammered Petrie. They were heading toward a skeleton stuck in some branches. Everyone but Sonic yelled "Whoa!" as Littlefoot hit the skeleton and it fell on him. Littlefoot started running the other way trying to shake off. Sonic stopped and said "Guys, it's just a skeleton." But Littlefoot kept running in fear. Sonic smiled and shook his head. Unknown to them, Cera was coming toward their direction. Littlefoot stopped as he saw Cera, and the skeleton came off. It went flying toward Cera. She ducked but she got knocked on her back by the skeleton as it fell apart. Cera was panting. Sonic zoomed to where Littlefoot stopped.
"Cera! It's you!" exclaimed Littlefoot. Sonic frowned at Cera. "Oh, it's her again" thought Sonic.
"What happened?" asked Littlefoot. He looked to where she came from, and then back at Cera. "Why are you so frightened?" asked Littlefoot again.
Sonic raised an eyebrow. He wondered what Cera was panting about.
"Frightened? Me?" said Cera as she got back up. She then went past Littlefoot while laughing. Littlefoot went "Oof!" as Cera rushed past. She then stopped and looked back at everyone.
"Why are you so frightened?" asked Cera as she frowned at the others.
"We're not frightened. Are we?" said Littlefoot as he looked at the others. Sonic shook his head. Ducky then said "Nope, nope."
Cera walked back to them and said "well you should be. I could be with the other Three-Horns, but I chose to come back to warn you." She then grinned. "I… met… the Sharptooth!" exclaimed Cera.
Petrie gasped and yelled "Sharptooth! Aah!" He jumped and grabbed Littlefoot's neck while shaking in fear.
Sonic thought for a moment. "It can't be the same sharptooth that fell. Can it?" thought Sonic.
Littlefoot frowned and said "Come on, Cera. Sharptooth is dead. He fell down into the big underground."
Cera spoke in a lower tone, "And that's…where he met…me."
Ducky was amazed. "Oh! Dear, brave Cera" she said. Petrie was also amazed, and said "Dear, brave Cera." Littlefoot went wide eyed and then frowned at Petrie. Sonic crossed his arms and frowned at Cera. He didn't believe that it was true. He believed that she was faking it.
"Yes, I am brave" stated Cera as she grinned.
Littlefoot glared at Cera. "Sharptooth IS DEAD!" he said in an angry tone.
"My father told me that Flat Heads had very small brains" said Cera in an arrogant tone.
Sonic then glared at Cera and said "Well, I don't believe it." He then grinned and said "I heard that Longnecks are braver than Three-Horns." Littlefoot looked at Sonic with a surprised expression. So did Ducky and Petrie.
Cera looked surprised too then she got angry at Sonic. She couldn't believe what he was saying. "Three-Horns are braver than Longnecks and 2 legged Spike tails" she said in an angry tone.
Sonic still grinned as he wasn't fazed at what Cera said. "Then prove it" stated Sonic. "What did you do when you saw the Sharptooth?"
"I WILL prove it" stated Cera. She jumped on some big plank of wood. Petrie rushed back on Littlefoot's head. Cera began speaking in a low tone. "I was all alone with him in the dark." Petrie shuddered as Cera went on. "Just the Sharptooth and me." Littlefoot still frowned at Cera. Sonic listened but he still didn't believe her. He wasn't fooled.
Cera looked at Ducky and continued, "I could hear him breathing." She made deep breathing sounds that grew louder. Ducky shook with fear. Cera went on, "I could see his one big ugly EYE looking for me."
Ducky gasped. Cera made snarling sounds. Then Ducky asked, "What did you do? Huh? Huh?"
Cera turned around and looked at Littlefoot and Sonic. "I walked right up to him. I looked him straight in the eye" said Cera. Littlefoot looked a little upset. Sonic still frowned at Cera. "And said…" started Cera.
Cera jumped on the top of the plank and roared. Littlefoot flinched but Sonic didn't. But Ducky was flung off the plank because Cera unknowingly catapulted her. Sonic went wide-eyed as Ducky went flying. Luckily, some vines caught her and she landed softly. Sonic looked far off where Ducky flew, and then he looked back at Cera with a glare. "Good thinking, Cera" said Sonic. Cera looked at him in a "What did I do?" way. Sonic and Littlefoot went looking for Ducky.
"Ducky!" yelled Littlefoot. Sonic said the same thing, "Ducky!"
Unknown to the others, Ducky heard someone snoring. She saw some tall plants and walked to them. She pushed some aside, and saw an egg. "Helloooo?" said Ducky. She put her ear against the egg and said "hello?" she walked around the egg. The egg started to hatch. Someone peeked out at the top of the egg. Ducky rushed to see who is inside, but he went back under.
Ducky then said, "You should come out. You should. You are late. Yes, you are. Yep, yep, yep."
The hatchling pretended to snore some more. Ducky wouldn't have it. She lifted the top of the egg off.
"Come out!" shouted Ducky. "You are all alone." She looked in the egg and the hatchling looked at Ducky.
"Are you not scared? Huh?" asked Ducky. The Spiketail smiled, yawned and laid on his back. Ducky started opening the rest of the egg.
"We're going to the Great Valley. You could go with us. Yes, you can" said Ducky. With the egg fully opened, she saw that the hatchling was indeed a Spiketail.
"Uh, you are a Spiketail, so we will call you Spike" said Ducky. She giggled then backed up as 'Spike' started to eat the plants that surrounded him. He ate them quite quickly. Then he sat down and started snoring again.
"Ducky!" yelled Littlefoot again. Then Sonic yelled, "Ducky, are you okay?"
Ducky walked back toward Spike. She had to find a way to get him to wake up, and follow them. Ducky felt a rush of wind. She looked behind herself and saw Sonic. He finally found her. Sonic looked at Spike, then back at Ducky.
"Are you okay?" asked Sonic.
Ducky replied, "Yep, I'm ok. I am."
Sonic looked at Spike again. "A young Spiketail. I see that young Spiketails don't have spikes yet. Looks like Ducky found another friend" thought Sonic.
"Who's your friend, Ducky?" asked Sonic.
Ducky smiled and said, "This is Spike. He can come with us."
Sonic looked back at Spike. He was sleeping. "I guess we need to wake him up" thought Sonic. He looked around. He saw some flowers. "Maybe…" thought Sonic. He smiled and looked at Ducky, and said, "I've got an idea."
Sonic and his dino friends were back on their journey again, to find the Great Valley. Sonic and Littlefoot walked beside each other. Petrie was on Littlefoot's head carrying the rolled up tree star. Ducky had a red flower in her hand(Thanks to Sonic's idea) which she used to get Spike's attention, so he was following them. When Spike fell behind, he would rush back up, and try to catch the flower. Ducky giggled every time he did that. Cera was walking with them, but she kept her distance. There had never been such a herd before. Most of the dinosaurs would travel with their own kind because of how they're different from others. But this was something entirely different. Sonic wondered if there was ever such a herd like this.
They walked for awhile until they came to a waterfall. It flowed into a small river. Littlefoot looked at the waterfall. He thought for a moment and said "Hmm. Tree stars grow where there's lots of water. If we follow this water…" said Littlefoot. He looked at the water.
Petrie sniffed the air and said "Hmm. No green foods here and I still hungry."
Ducky thought the same thing. "I'm still hungry too" she said.
Ducky gasped as she and Petrie slid off Littlefoot's head into the water. Spike started walking one way. Littlefoot started sniffing. "Can you smell something?" he asked. Sonic sniffed the air. He didn't smell much, but he guessed he could smell leaves. Petrie stood up out of the water and started sniffing the air. Ducky held onto his head. "I…I smell…I smell…" started Petrie. "I smell… hmm. Ducky."
"You smell me?" asked Ducky. She laughed a little. Spike looked like he was going to sleep again.
"I smell water. I smell…" started Littlefoot. He sniffed a big sniff. He looked forward and shouted, "Tree Stars!"
"Oh, look! Green food!" exclaimed Ducky. They all saw a group of trees huddled together. They climbed over some rocks to an opening.
"The Great Valley! I found it! Ha Ha" exclaimed Cera.
"Cera, stop it!" yelled Littlefoot as he frowned at her. "I found it!" shouted Cera again. She chuckled a little. Sonic also frowned at Cera, "I don't think that's the… huh?" started Sonic. He stopped talking and his eyes went wide. He sensed something's coming from behind them. The ground started rumbling. Everyone except Sonic looked behind themselves in fear.
"Earthshake!" yelled Cera.
"We've got to get out of here!" shouted Littlefoot. They quickly started climbing over the rock opening. Sonic jumped over with ease. Littlefoot and Cera climbed over. "That way! Come on!" yelled Littlefoot. Petrie held on to Littlefoot while screaming.
"Come on!" shouted Ducky to Spike. She tried helping him climb over quickly. "Spike, hurry up!" she yelled. Spike was trying to hurry but he was so slow.
"Ducky! Spike! Get out of there!" shouted Littlefoot. Ducky gasped as the rumbling of the ground grew stronger.
Sonic then listened and said, "Wait, that's no earthshake." They all managed to duck down in time as a big herd of Whip-Tailed Longnecks stampeded down to the cluster of trees. Sonic and the dino kids got out of their hiding spots. They all looked down at the Longneck herd. Cera pushed Spike out of the way to get a better look. She gasped at what she saw. The Longnecks were eating all the leaves!
"They're eating our food!" exclaimed Cera. Sonic looked at the herd and sighed. "I guess that those guys must have been starving. They're eating all of it!" thought Sonic. "Well, sorry guys" said Sonic.
"Look! Look at what they're doing! They're so greedy!" exclaimed Cera. "What about me? I'm still hungry!" Sonic rolled his eyes.
Petrie scoffed and said, "You hungry?! I empty all the way to the top!" Cera glared and walked away. Spike only yawned.
"Now we at the Great Valley and still got no green foods. Ohh, we be hungry forevers" moaned Petrie. He slumped to the ground and moaned some more.
"No, Petrie. Cera was wrong. This isn't the Great Valley" said Littlefoot. Petrie looked at Littlefoot in sadness. Sonic agreed, "Yeah, it's just a bunch of trees with no leaves now" he said.
Ducky also agreed and said "Oh, it is not a great anything. Nope, nope, nope."
Littlefoot sighed and said, "Well, we better go down and see if there's anything left."
They all walked down to the groups of trees. They were relieved to see that one tree still had leaves on it. "Well, at least the herd didn't get that one" thought Sonic.
"Petrie, do you think you could fly up there and…" started Littlefoot. But Petrie spoke before Littlefoot could finish, "No, no!" exclaimed Petrie.
Ducky tried to comfort him, "Petrie, do not feel sad. It is alright. Many things do not fly. Rocks, trees, sticks, Spike" she said. Littlefoot licked his lips as he looked at the leaves. Petrie was shaking in fear because of his fear of flying high. Littlefoot started to climb up the tree. Sonic came over to help.
"I'll help you out" said Sonic. He climbed on Littlefoot's back, picked up Petrie, and then he stepped on Littlefoot's head. Sonic was not too heavy for Littlefoot. He grunted as he tried to keep Sonic steady.
"Climb up, Ducky" said Sonic. Ducky climbed up Littlefoot's back, and then climbed up Sonic's arm as he gives her a lift. Ducky tried pushing Petrie higher up the tree but when he saw how far up he was, he shuddered and grabbed Ducky's head. "No!" Petrie yelled in fear.
"Ducky, push Petrie toward the branches" said Littlefoot. Ducky pushed Petrie higher. Petrie still shivered in fear. "Ohh" moaned Petrie. Littlefoot urged Spike to give them a little help. Spike came over to Littlefoot. "All right Spike, not too fast" said Littlefoot. Spike started to push Littlefoot up.
"Whoa! Okay. Hey, not too fast" said Littlefoot. But Spike didn't stop as he pushed farther.
"HEY, not too fast!" exclaimed Littlefoot. They were pushed up pretty high up.
"Whoa! Steady now!" exclaimed Sonic as he nearly lost his balance. When Petrie saw that they were very high, he started shaking with great fear. He held onto Ducky again.
Cera was laughing hard at what they were doing. Sonic nearly bumped into a branch. "You five look so ridiculous!" Cera said as she laughed some more. Sonic frowned. "Cera (grunt) you're not helping!" he said, annoyed. Petrie started pulling as many leaves as he could, while grunting. The leaves slowly fell to ground. Spike caught sight of the leaves, and started to eat as many as he could. Spike started climbing back down. Littlefoot gasped as he lost his footing. He grabbed the tree and tried to hold on but Sonic standing on his head made it harder for him to hold on. So, he slid off the tree, and fell on Spike. "Whoaaaa!" exclaimed Sonic as he fell when Littlefoot fell. Sonic landed beside Littlefoot with a soft thud. Ducky held on to Petrie who still held on to the branch.
"Ducky, Petrie, come down here. We have green food!" said Littlefoot. Ducky let go and landed on the leaves softly. Petrie tried to hold onto the branch but it broke.
"Fly, Petrie!" yelled Ducky. Petrie screamed as he fell.
"Fly, Petrie! Flap your wings!" exclaimed Littlefoot. But Petrie only spread his wings out as he was too afraid to fly. Thanks to his wings, he glided down safely. Littlefoot blew air into Petrie's wings to help. He landed softly. Petrie shook a leaf off him and said "I flied?" Ducky sighed with sad expression. Sonic looked at Petrie. "He going to have to face his fear sooner or later or he'll never fly" thought Sonic. "I wonder why he is afraid to fly but I'm sure that he will find the courage to be a Flyer soon."
They finally got some leaves to eat. Sonic smiled as his friends ate some of the leaves. Littlefoot looked at Sonic curiously. "Are you not hungry Sonic?" asked Littlefoot. Sonic looked at Littlefoot and laughed, "Nope. You guys go ahead. Besides, I don't eat leaves" he said. Littlefoot then said, "Okay."
Ducky looked at Sonic and asked, "What do you eat?"
Sonic looked at Ducky. "Well not what you eat."
Ducky replied, "Ohh…" as she ate a leaf.
Cera was sitting down away from the group. Littlefoot walked to her and said "Come on, Cera. We've got green food." Cera frowned at Littlefoot. "I can get my own green food" she said. Cera started charging at another tree nearby to get leaves. At first, nothing happened but she tried hitting the tree harder. Littlefoot felt sorry for her. So he grabbed some leaves and threw some to her. Cera grinned as she thought that she got the leaves herself.
"See? I can take care of myself" stated Cera. "All by myself."
Littlefoot sighed at what she said. Not knowing that he helped her.
End of Chapter 4
