The Land Before Time XV: The Sharp Beak Prince

by Mongoose Lover

Littlefoot has Chomper as a Sharptooth close friend, but Petrie has none. All that changes when Ptero comes. But Ptero is afraid of Leaf Eaters, falsely believing his father to have been killed by them. Ptero keeps his dietary nature a secret but Petrie eventually find out. Petrie agrees to keep it a secret, but what will they do when others find out? Will they accept him or not?

20. Chapter 19: The Flyer and the Sharp Beak

CHAPTER NINETEEN: THE FLYER AND THE SHARP BEAK

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"What you want talk about? Why you come to Great Valley? Did you plan to eat us?" Petrie asked.

"No, I left my Mother. She kept making me hunt things. I'm not fond of that." Ptero replied. Petrie was confused about this.

"Mother never lets me be me. She always runs my life. I had to get away." Ptero continued. "I'm never good enough. I've always got to improve. I never got to play with the other children."

"That why you cry?" asked Petrie. Ptero nodded.

"Me no know that Sharpteeth could cry." Petrie said.

"Yes, we most certainly can." replied Ptero,

"That pack looking for you?" Petrie asked. Ptero again nodded.

"Yes, Mother is extremely protective of me. She is the leader of that pack and expects me to be the new leader after her. My Dad was killed by Flatteeth because he was a Sharptooth. Mother says that I must be a great Sharp Beak King or I'll let Dad down." Ptero answered.

"That awful. Me know what it like to lose a dad." Petrie said.

"I just want to be Ptero, but my mother wants me to be the Sharp Beak King. Everyone time I question her, it's 'Listen to mother!' and 'Don't let your dad down!'. I really never got to have fun." Ptero lamented.

"Me here if you need to talk." said Petrie.

"Thanks." said Ptero.

The two decided that they could trust each other. Petrie thought that Ptero didn't seem like an evil Sharp Beak and Pero decided that Petrie didn't seem like an evil Flattooth. "I'm going to go back with you Petrie, that is, if you still want me." said Ptero. Petrie nodded.

"Me'd like to get back to bed." commented Petrie.

"Petrie, could you please not tell anyone what I am?" Ptero asked.

"But me think they love you." countered Petrie.

"They love Ptero the Flattooth, not Ptero the Sharptooth." replied Ptero.

"You no try and hurt Petrie. Me think that be good enough for them." countered Petrie.

"Petrie, please!" begged Ptero.

"All right. Me no tell." promised Petrie.

"Good man." said Ptero.

The two went back to the Great Valley and silently crept back into the nest and went to sleep. It had been an eventful night for both of them.