GREAT VALLEY - THUNDERING FALLS - NOON
Tops, Lavender, Pete, and Aries are in the lake at the base of the Thundering Falls, slashing around water and laughing.
Tops is swimming through the waters, looking around himself nervously.
TOPS: Hmm. Where is she?
A dark spot appears in the water behind him. It slowly closes in on him, before Lavender comes out of the water and splashes the nervous threehorn.
TOPS: Ahhh!
LAVENDER: Got you!
TOPS: Dangit!
The disappointed threehorn starts swimming towards shore, while Aries flies right up to lavender.
ARIES Ha, that means I win!
LAVENDER: Yeah, it does, little guy. Good job!
TOPS: Humpth! The only reason he won is because he never touched the water. He was flying the whole time!
ARIES: "What's wrong with that?
TOPS: It's cheating, that's what's wrong with it!
LAVENDER: So what? We're just playing for fun! It doesn't matter who wins, just as long as we have fun with it!
TOPS: Whatever.
The group swims and flies to shore, as the view pans over to Littlefoot, who's laying on the banks of the lake, thinking. Lavender notices Littlefoot, and walks up to her.
LAVENDER: What's wrong, Littlefoot?
LITTLEFOOT: Well, it's just that I can't stop thinking about old Mr. Thicknose's story.
ARIES: The one with the sharptooth?
LITTLEFOOT: Yeah.
TOPS: Well, you know what your dad said.
LITTLEFOOT: Yeah, I know, but I just can't get it out of my head.
LAVENDER: Maybe you just need something else in your head, like a game!
LITTLEFOOT: Hmm, I don't know. Maybe.
ARIES: Yeah, we could play something, couldn't we?
The longneck's head shoots up.
LITTLEFOOT: We could hear another story from Mr. Thicknose!
LAVENDER: Well, no. I don't think we can listen to a story today.
LITTLEFOOT: Really? Why not?
LAVENDER: Well, Ruby told me that she talked to him this morning, and he wasn't feeling very good.
Littlefoot lowers his head again.
LITTELFOOT: Then I guess that's that.
TOPS: Ah, I bet it wouldn't be that fun anyway. He'd just tell some other little hatchling story!
ARIES: Then, what are we going to do?
LAVENDER: What about those two little spiketails from that herd that came in?
ARIES: Oh, right! I'm sure they'd want to play something!
LITTLEFOOT: Alright, let's go everybody!
The whole Gang rush off towards the spiketail herd. Pete slowly follows, annoyed.
GREAT VALLEY - GRASSY FIELD - AFTERNOON
The spiketail herd is at the edge of a large forest, eating their fill.
LITTLEFOOT: Hello, maim. Uh, we heard there was some little spiketails in this herd.
LAVENDER: Yup. Would they wanna play?
The spiketail mother looks on at them with a half smile.
SPIKETAIL MOTHER: Thank you for asking, little ones, but I really don't think they'd feel like playing.
ARIES: Not wanna play?
TOPS: That's kind of weird.
SPIKETAIL MOTHER: Well, it's just they've both been through a lot the last couple days.
LITTLEFOOT: Could we ask them and see?
SPIKETAIL MOTHER: Well, sure you can. they're right over yonder.
She points to the a tree stump in the distance.
LITTLEFOOT: Oh, thanks!
LAVENDER: Yeah, thanks!
They start off in that direction.
SPIKETAIL MOTHER: I just don't think you'll get much out of them right now.
The young Gang walks up to the stump. It's a massive stump, leftover from some long-gone tree that must have been hundreds of years old. The two young spiketail's are lying there, in deep trances.
LITTLEFOOT: Hello.
They don't respond.
LITTLEFOOT: Um, hello?
They still remain silent, making Tops annoyed.
TOPS: HEY! Are you two even there!
The two spiketail jump up in surprise.
YOUNG SPIKETAIL #1 and #2: AHH!
They look at the Gang for a moment, confused.
YOUNG SPIKETAIL #1: What... what do you want?
LITTLEFOOT: We were just wondering if you wanted to play with us!
YOUNG SPIKETAIL #2: Er... no thanks. I just wanna stay right here for now.
YOUNG SPIKETAIL #1: Yeah. Me too.
The both set back down to think.
LITTLEFOOT: Wow, this is... weird.
LAVENDER: I wonder what is going on with them.
TOPS: Sound like some freaks to me!
Pete shrugs, before walking up to the stump, and sitting down next to them to think.
LITTLEFOOT: Um... what's going on?
SPIKETAIL YOUNG #1: We're just thinking, is all.
SPIKETAIL YOUNG #2: Yeah. Thinking.
PETE: Hmm...
YOUNG SPIKETAIL #1: It was just so unreal at first. I didn't know what to think of it. Maybe he was just playing around I thought.
YOUNG SPIKETAIL #2: Then he knocked grandpa over.
YOUNG SPIKETAIL #1: We tried to stop him, but we couldn't do anything, and he...
The spiketails just start to tear up and sob quietly.
ARIES: You mean, you're grandpa died?
The two spiketail just shakes their heads. Pete stays there, thinking.
LITTLEFOOT: Wow, I'm sorry to hear that.
LAVENDER: Maybe we should just leave them alone for now.
ARIES: Yeah. That would be right, I think.
The Gang starts to walk off from the pair. Pete gets up, takes another look at them, and follows. A moment later, TOPS comes back. He steps up to the pair, his head low to the ground.
TOPS: Um... I am kinda... sorry for bursting out like that. I... didn't know.
He runs off to join the rest.
TO BE CONTINUED