Chapter III: The beginning of the end, part I…

*5 days after the time travel*

It had been 5 days since Littlefoot and the others had been in 2012. And so far, everything was going great for them. They were getting to know the new sights, the new world, and the new people. But the only downside was that they had to accept the fact that all the ones they previously knew were gone. And they did, for the most part. However, they were entirely oblivious to what was going to happen over the next few hours on this December 21...

*2:34 am*

Littlefoot was fast asleep as he lay on the naturally grown field near the center of the base. And the paleontologists were still cleaning up the debris and parts left from the experiment 5 days earlier. However, for some reason, Littlefoot couldn't help but feel that something was wrong. Something in his gut felt that something bad was going to happen, but he didn't know what. And the sleep story he was having at the time didn't help much...

*Littlefoot's sleep story*

He saw himself standing at the base, just outside it. He was looking at what looked like a massive volcano in the distance blowing it's top with pure lava and smoke. He tried to run from it, but the next thing he knew, the volcano was shooting out flaming rocks in all directions. And without warning, they started to destroy the base. And also without warning, a small, but deadly one unfortunately struck him right on his neck, and he fell to the ground, screaming.

Blood was coming from his small chunk of volcanic rock had sliced his throat directly in half, but his head was still connected to his body. Then, with the little strength he had left, he slowly looked on, and saw the lava was coming at him unusually fast, with fire shooting out from the creeping lava. And directly after that, he felt the ground beginning to violently shake, and the mountains in the distance beginning to crumble. And that's when the lava suddenly came in contact with him, and…

*End Littlefoot's sleep story*

He woke up with a shudder. He quickly stood up, and looked around, panting hard. Everything was still quiet, except for some crickets chirping in the distance.

Now feeling reassured, he laid back down, and closed his eyes. However, what he would see next would completely destroy the idea that things would be okay. When he closed his eyes, he suddenly saw himself standing in the middle of what looked like white nothingness in a void of space. He looked around, and still was nothing. But when he looked to his left, he got the shock of his life. He saw another longneck, much larger than he was. She was somewhat reddish in color, and had a distinctive bite wound on her back. To Littlefoot's giant shock, it was his mother. He was shocked so much, that it nearly woke him up again. Then, after looking at her in awe, she spoke to him.

"Littlefoot"… she said softly and slowly. Littlefoot tried to respond in any way.

"M-mother? Wh-what's..."

he couldn't finish before he ran up to her, and softly nuzzled her for a solid minute.

"Littlefoot", se repeated, in a more serious tone.

"Listen closely... Do you remember when you and your friends found yourself in the new world?"

Littlefoot then nodded, with his eyes wide open.

"This world is not what it seems. The ones who brought you and your friends here, have overlooked something.

"What's that mother?" Littlefoot asked, still quite excited to see her again.

"They don't know... that this world is coming too an end, I'm afraid."

Littlefoot's happy expression was shattered. The end of the world? It only made Littlefoot surprised and confused.

"Ending? H-how?"

His mother replied, "The end is near, my son. It will come suddenly, and without warning."

Littlefoot was incredibly confused.

"Why? W-what's going to happen? W-where should we go?"

His mother was quite reluctant to answer, but she felt the need to.

"I... I'm afraid there isn't anything you can do. You must stay away from the disasters and try to survive."

Then he noticed that everything around him was fading. Littlefoot gasped, stepped up a bit, and frantically asked her, "W-Wait! Don't go! W-where should we go?"

"Only time will tell. But I can tell you that you will see me again, but not on this planet."

But before he had the chance to say or do anything else, the space he was in was disintegrating. He was waking up to a loud, yet ominous rumbling sound…