The sun arose from beneath the horizon. The bright circle was high in the sky, giving its light blue color. The land before the sun varied across the planet, but in one particular part, a few trees decorated the plains. Across the plains, there were some green patches, but most of the plains were tan with dirt. A pond was about in the center of these few scattered thin trees. The wind was not blowing, but the temperature was adequate for survival.

A longneck walked across the plains. The longneck was alone. After separating from a small group of longnecks, this longneck walked across the plains, returning to its home. The problem had been solved, for it was a witness to it. It knew of the problem, but it was not the one who saved it. It was all due to the longneck that was of the Great Valley. From what he told, he had to go back to the Great Valley. The quest was hard and short, but during this quest, it knew why the brown longneck with reddish-brown eyes did it. The male longneck named Littlefoot was responsible for wanting to save his friends and those considered family.

Littlefoot was her reason why she was out here. She worried about him. He had just walked off during a special night. Instead of mating and starting a family, he decided to save his friends. Littlefoot had explained that his grandparents had died, and he was out here to find a mate and start a family. Though through this, he valued the survival of his childhood friendships a little more than starting a family.

Probably when he did start a family, he would settle down and make them the top of his priority list. And his mate would be along the same lines among the kids. Probably a little higher, but being as important as his kids would be fine. He would be pictured as a fine father. His leadership, his personality, his determination, his reasoning, and his discipline would all be traits that would make him a great father…and lover.

She walked across the plains. She was out here for him, and she will continue to be out here looking for him, even if he claimed he didn't want to be with either one of them.

Rhett opened his eyes after a long, blissful sleep. The actions witnessed leading to the decision of Littlefoot deciding to take neither one was nerve-racking. He didn't expect it to affect him…but it did. Now, here he was, with two females. Probably it wasn't the perfect time to woe them over, but it was a good time to act ultra-nice to them. If he was lucky, he could possibly get one. He had missed mating night because of Ali. The least he deserved was a kiss for skipping mating night and going on this quest.

He lifted his head up from the ground and yawned. He blinked a couple of times to clear his vision. Once he did, he looked around in astonishment. To make sure, he circled around to see the area around him, as if he was chasing his tail. He stopped and looked over at the female resting a few meters away from him. He walked over to her and nudged his head against her.

"Hey. Wake up."

The female stirred a little before opening one eye. She noticed Rhett.

"Morning."

"Ali's missing."

Janet opened both her hazel eyes and stood up.

"Are you sure?"

"Well, I can't spot her anywhere."

Janet looked around.

"Maybe she's just walking around."

"If she's doing that, she's walking to him."

Janet already knew Ali would pull a stunt like this. She should've kept watch over her. She could've stopped her. She would've brought her back, convincing her Littlefoot made up his mind. But she did not. She sighed.

"Well, it will be no surprise. She loves him, Rhett."

Rhett thought about it.

"But don't you love him?"

"I do, but one thing Ali has that I don't is that she is in love with him."

Rhett stood confused. Janet noticed this, so she explained.

"Loving someone and being in love with someone are two totally different things. Like you can love your mother, but you are not in love with her. In love is being with someone very special with you."

"But my mother was very special to me."

"Mm… Probably I explained it wrong. Well, not the love part. Being in love means you care about the other dinosaur so much that you would protect her, make her feel better, snuggle with her, kiss her…and start a family with her."

"Oh, I get it. That makes sense. But weren't you in love with Littlefoot? I mean you were with him in that kind of sense."

"I grew to love him, and I wanted to grow in love with him. It was working. My heart yearned for him, and I felt his love coming down on me. That slowly changed when Ali came into the picture. I thought Littlefoot was in love with me, but seeing Ali made our love a little weak. It was then I realized that it was the fact that Littlefoot still had deep feelings for her. Feelings that would never go away."

Rhett thought a little.

"But if you knew all this, why did we come out here?"

Janet sighed.

"I thought I could change it, but I was wrong. Littlefoot still had deep feelings for her. That was being in-love. He can claim to deny it, but I think he still does. And Ali. Though she was trying to steal Littlefoot away from me, I can understand. She is in love with him."

There was a pause for a few seconds before Rhett spoke.

"So, what are you going to do?"

"You mean if I should go to Littlefoot?"

Rhett nodded. Janet looked in the direction where she last saw Littlefoot headed. She smiled and slightly shook her head.

"No. I can't be the voice of Littlefoot's heart. Though he hides it, I know he is in love with Ali. There is always room in his heart for me and the times we shared, but he'll view this as his past life and me as a good friend. Besides, I'm starting to like someone a bit more."

Rhett smiled.

"There was this longneck I met in Green Valley. Hopefully, he's still single."

Rhett slightly groaned.

"Shall we mosey along to Green Valley?"

"But what about-"

"Littlefoot will take care of her. I promise."

Rhett thought about it and knew she was right. Littlefoot would see to it Ali was safe. He noticed Janet had taken the lead and followed her back home to Green Valley.

Littlefoot entered the forest he had met Chomper in. The forest was as dangerous as it was before. When he first entered, he noticed the skeletons of Deinonychuses that had attacked him. According to Chomper, the purple tyrannosaur with red eyes had eaten the flesh off of them. Though the thought of it disturbed Littlefoot, Chomper was right. He couldn't only survive on bugs. He needed meat. The only good thing about this was that it was sharpteeth meat.

Littlefoot continued to walk through the forest. The tall trees partly shaded the ground, making it much cooler. The ground itself was made of dirt with some grassy patches around it. A few trees surrounding the ground had moss on them. Littlefoot kept to his thoughts as he walked.

That image of the longneck with blue eyes… It could be any girl, but in my heart, I know it's Ali. Heh, I guess I want her here with me. I do have feelings for Janet, but I can't help to feel something much more with Ali. It is like…she's the only one for me. I can't explain it. Probably this is what being truly in love really means. …When I talked to them both about not wanting either of them, that was a lie, but I couldn't offend them. I just couldn't bring tears the same time I brought joy. That's messed up in my taste. Seriously, who would do that? And Rhett being there, it would make it worse. Only with him, it felt as if the whole dinosaur world was watching me. If they ever do that in the future, where they make love into a game for others' amusement, shame on them. Love shouldn't be a play-thing. Love is a special feeling. One that shouldn't go away. And being in love is more powerful than that special feeling.

As Littlefoot marched on, he soon noticed something plumped against a tree. He grew in shock and disgust. A sharptooth, with dried blood on its face and a half-eaten torso, rested against the tree. Littlefoot wouldn't have been so disgusted if he didn't know the sharptooth. The baby that Littlefoot watched hatch was now dead and partly eaten.

"Chomper," he breathed.

Soon, the longneck heard footsteps coming behind him. The scent of Chomper's corpse had attracted two sharpteeth. Both happened to be female judging by how ferocious they acted. Littlefoot gulped, but he toughened up. He glanced back at Chomper without turning his head and faced his carnivorous foes. He growled.

"If you want Chomper, you have to get passed me."

The Tyrannosaurs roared, like if they agreed. Another battle for Littlefoot was about to unfold.