Chapter II: Who are you?...

*Great Valley, 67 million years ago*

Thomas slowly opened his eyes, and then stood up. He looked around the area, and was somewhat shocked. He saw massive trees, large mountains in the distance, as well as unusually large insects, and swampy areas here and there.

After a quick scan of the area, he said to his team, "Guys, we're here!"

So they then stood up, and did the same thing as Thomas- shocked.

"Where the hell are we?" Max asked him.

Thomas answered, "According to the time circuits", he said, looking at a modified time watch on his wrist, "We're in the same site we were in, 67 million years ago."

After that, they seemed shocked. "So where are we gonna find the right dinosaurs?"

Marvin asked. Then Thomas pulled out a piece of paper from his pocket, and replied, "If the descriptions of the dinosaurs we're looking for are right", he started as they began to walk north, "We're looking for two apatosaurus's, a triceratops, a sauralophus, a pteranadon, a stegosaurus, and a T-rex."

"Jeeze, I can't imagine what it'll be like trying to get back to the time pad." Chuck commented.

After that, they just continued north. Until after about five minutes, they heard faint dinosaur roars in the distance.

"They might be over there!" Thomas said to the group.

Then Larry commented, "Ya know, I always wanted to see a dinosaur first hand since I was a kid. Never thought I'd actually get the chance to."

In a somewhat excited Chuck responded, "Well, that's why six years of Area 51 training were for."

Then Thomas suddenly shouted, "Guys! Get over here!"

Suddenly, they were crowded around him, and then peaked through the bushes, only to find something no one could've expected. They saw ALL of their targets in one place. They were drinking from the nearby river.

"Alright, this aught a make this one hell of a lot easier!" Larry commented, loudly.

Then Thomas said to him, "SHH! Get down!", as they ducked down, to avoid being spotted.

But it did no good. Littlefoot and his friends had heard them.

"What was that?" Littlefoot asked himself.

Right then, he slowly paced through the thick bushes. But nearly a second later, his friends heard him scream, and then saw mysterious, yellowish dust beginning to seep out from it. They all tried to escape it, but it did no good. It reached them, and then they slowly felt their eyes begin to droop. The team had just set out a case of nitrous oxide (A.K.A knock-out gas.) so they could acquire them easier. But just before Littlefoot's eyes close, he got a quick, blurry look at the humans who were kidnapping him. Right from that moment, he knew for certain that something was going to go very, very wrong…

*Back in the New Mexico desert*

Littlefoot slowly opened his eyes. At first he didn't know where he was. But a few seconds later, he was beginning to freak out. He found himself inside a large, glass case with white stainless steel surrounding it.

Then, he started to squirm around, when he heard someone behind him say, "Littlefoot! What's going on?"

It was Cera. She and the others were scattered around the steel and glass chamber along with the others. Ducky, Petrie, Spike, Chomper, and Ali. She was there because her herd was visiting the Great Valley again. Littlefoot walked over to them, when he suddenly heard talking from outside. So he and the others slowly paced towards them.

Outside, one of the Russian paleontologists said, 'Look! They're awake!"

Suddenly everyone began to crowd around the glass. They were the very first humans alive to ever lay eyes on a living dinosaur. But when Littlefoot tried to say something to them, it sounded like a classic dinosaur growl to them.

"How're we supposed to communicate with them?" One of them asked themselves.

Then, Thomas came up to them. "Your attention, please!" he started. "As you know, we have just successfully brought living dinosaurs from the past into the present!"

Everyone clapped and cheered after that.

"Now some of you may be wondering how we're supposed to communicate with the creatures. Well, I along with other mechanical workers were able to develop these not long ago!"

He then took the bag that was on his back off, and then handed it to them all. Inside, were many, tiny square looking things, dark green in color.

"These, my friends, are translators! If you just put them to your neck gently, you will be able to communicate with the dinosaurs!"

So then, Thomas applied one to himself. After a brief moment, Thomas then took seven others with him as he fatefully stepped into the glass chamber. He was going to attempt to communicate with them. He slowly paced towards them. Littlefoot and his friends were scared. They had no idea where or when they were, or how they got there. Then, Thomas slowly bent over, and applied a translator to Littlefoot's neck. At first, he backed away, but when Littlefoot saw that look in his eye, he knew that he meant no harm. Something inside him just told him so. He slowly put it on his neck, and strapped it around his neck. At first, what he said sounded hazy, but after a few seconds, his words became clear.

"W-who are you?" He said through the translator.

After a moment, Thomas replied, "I know this may seem shocking to you, but I, along with other scientists have brought you into the future, by exactly 67 million years."

At first, Littlefoot's eyes widened, and then he shuddered. He backed away a bit, and then he hastily replied, "No. No! W-we're not in the future! That's impossible!"

But right as he finished that sentence, he was actually beginning to doubt it. The new human life forms, the glass chamber, the translators. How could he be in the future?...

*Two days later*

It had been two days since Littlefoot and his friends had found themselves in the new world. And since then, the archeologists have done two things: studied them, and asked them questions. That alone was able to get them tremendous amounts of information about the ancient Earth. And since then, Littlefoot and the others were slowly gaining trust in the humans. They hadn't tried to harm them in any way, and they were also learning a lot about the new world. They'd stayed in a large containment unit near the center of the base, filled with trees, marsh, grass, a small pond, and some insects, to try to replicate their home. However, that didn't change the fact that they deeply missed their parents back home. They've thought about them a lot since they got there. Now, the biologists were conducting another experiment. They had brought them into a relatively large room, with a screen in the front.

"What is this?" Cera asked him, in a half curious half annoyed biologist explained.

"Well, we're going to conduct an experiment. One that I think you're all going to like."

Littlefoot was confused.

"Like what?" he asked.

The biologist grinned, and replied "Don't worry. We're going to show you something that we call a movie."

Now all of them were confused. They'd never heard of such a thing.

"A what?" Chomper said to himself. Then the biologist explained.

"Well, it's kind of hard to explain. J-just get yourselves comfortable over there, and we'll explain the rest."

They then walked near the screen, and all laid down on their stomachs. A paleontologist then came in front of them from a side door, and explained.

"You see, you're going to see a series of dangerous and exciting events up on that screen from a projector. Incase any of you get alarmed, you'll be glad to know that none of what you're about to see is real. It's just entertainment."

They nodded."

Also, one more thing." he added. "You're going to have to read a bit in the beginning, so you'll know what the movie is. Your translators will allow you to do that."

They nodded at that, got quiet, and waited as the lights went very dim. The first thing they saw was the 20th Century Fox logo. To the humans, it was nothing special. But to Littlefoot and his friends, it looked fantastic, and otherworldly. Then the Lucasfilm logo faded in and out, still just as impressive to them. A few seconds later, they saw something that said in blue letters,

"A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...".

Then, completely unexpected to them, the Star Wars logo flew from the front of the screen into space, with the John Williams composition in the background. It caught them completely off guard. They jumped when it happened. When it disappeared, the opening crawl slowly came up. Nothing like this had ever happened to them before.

Out loud, Littlefoot said, "Episode IV... A New Hope."

It stunned them from beginning to end. They were introduced to the Force, the starship, the lightsaber, the Death Star, and the Battle of Yavin. This was beyond their wildest dreams. During the Death Star assault, Chomper had his mouth held open in amazement for so long, he didn't even notice that he was drooling a bit. When Alderaan and the Death Star exploded, it made them jump. They'd never seen an explosion before, and this was a good way to be introduced to it. If they'd seen their reactions during it, they would've laughed.

When it ended, they were speechless. This was beyond what they could've imagined. They'd never seen anything like it. It amazed them that such a great creation could exist.

"So, how was it?" The paleontologist asked them. There was a brief pause, and then Littlefoot responded.

"How?"

"How... what?"

"How are you humans capable of making something that incredible?" Littlefoot asked in amazement.

paleontologist grinned. The experiment was a success. It was to see how dinosaurs would react to a movie. (Star Wars was his personal movie of choice.)

When they walked out, they were still baffled. Star Wars was stuck in their minds, and they felt as if it wouldn't leave it for a while. Soon after the paleontologist walked out from behind them, one of his friends came up to him.

"Dude, why'd you do that?" he said. He sounded slightly unhappy.

"What?"

He his friend grinned. "You showed them the Special Edition? What's the matter with you?" he said, with both of them laughing.

that night, Littlefoot and his friends were talking about it to no end around a bonfire the humans had started for them. They talked about Luke, the Death Star, and the explosions. But most of all, they seemed to have interest in the lightsaber and the Force, which was no surprise to the humans. After watching Star Wars Episode IV, they knew for sure that they were in a better world now. (And they hadn't even seen the rest of the movies yet.) Life was going great for them now. And including everything else they'd seen and learned about the human world, it was beyond any prehistoric creature's wildest dreams or imaginations. However, unknown to any of them, all of that was going to change. When the experiment to bring them into the present commensed, the humans overlooked one thing: the date. They didn't believe in the Mayan prophecy of 2012 in any way, so they thought it would be safe. But soon, they were going to be proved horribly, horribly wrong...