Rhett and Janet continued to walk north. Their goal was to reach Green Valley in five days. They were five and a half days away. As they walked across a green savanna, a thought came to Janet that shook her a little.

"Uh, Rhett?"

Rhett faced her as they pressed on.

"Yep?"

"Do you get the feeling that Littlefoot is in danger?"

"Not really. You probably do because you hung out with him."

"Dated," corrected Janet.

"Right. You know him better than me, and you probably have a sixth sense for him."

"But still-"

"And besides, Ali is with him. Heh. You sure worry about a longneck that you aren't chasing after."

"Yeah, but I can't really throw away that time spent. I worry for him as a friend."

"Janet, as I said, Ali is going his way. You know Ali wouldn't let anything happen to Littlefoot. He should be fine."

Two sharpteeth stood before Littlefoot. One was tan with dark blue eyes, and the other was green with amber eyes. Both seemed to be female. Littlefoot glanced back down at Chomper's eaten body. During the time of him being six, Mr. Thicknose, his mentor, taught him about the certain mating ritual. He mentioned that a sharptooth male could be very unlucky. Not only did the male have to fend off the opposing sharptooth, but the it had to also watch out for the female. During the ritual, the male sharptooth had to woe the female. If not, the female would have a feast that night. Unfortunately, Chomper became the meal.

Littlefoot looked back at the sharpteeth as they gave out a mighty roar. Littlefoot cringed his teeth.

"You killed Chomper."

Littlefoot had known Chomper ever since he was an egg. Littlefoot had watched him hatched. The baby tyrannosaur had thought of Littlefoot as his father those couple of days after he hatched. They had met once again, and only he was in good terms with Chomper from the beginning to the end. Then Chomper had returned to the Great Valley in order to be safe as he grew. After a year and a half, time came for Chomper to leave the Great Valley. It was a tearful goodbye, but Littlefoot promised they would cross paths someday. That day was only a couple of days ago. The meeting was short, so Littlefoot and Chomper did not get the chance to actually talk. Now, they were near each other, but they were still miles away for communication. Littlefoot didn't want their relationship to end so abruptly…but that was the circle of life. Now, it was his turn to fight: life or death. That was all it dwindled down to. He stood proud as a longneck. Though the odds were against him, he chose to fight.

The green sharptooth roared at Littlefoot. It walked up to face the longneck first. It charged at Littlefoot, but she was kept at a distance by Littlefoot's tail. Littlefoot kept his eye on his target, but he was blind. The other sharptooth had circled around the two and was now in Littlefoot's blind spots. Littlefoot then finally released the tan on had disappeared. He turned around to see the razor-sharp teeth going for him. Littlefoot did manage to get his tail around in time and smacked the sharptooth's head with it. It fell back. However, the green one went through his defenses and bit his ribs. Littlefoot shouted in pain, but he still stood strong. He shook the sharptooth off with his tail, and it slammed to the ground. Littlefoot proceeded to crush the green one with his front feet as it laid defenseless on the ground. He never got the chance. The tan one had jumped onto Littlefoot's back. Before it bit down on Littlefoot's neck, the longneck quickly went down on his front legs, missing the green sharptooth, and kicked up its hind legs. The sharptooth lost grip and fell off like a rider getting knocked off by the horse he was riding on. The green sharptooth took this opportunity to get up. It faced Littlefoot and roared. Littlefoot looked at his opponent and kept it at a distance with his tail. The tan one was still on the ground behind Littlefoot, but its head was capable of reaching Littlefoot's left leg from the position it was in on the ground. She extended her head and clamped shut around Littlefoot's leg. Littlefoot once again roared in pain, but he allowed himself not to fall. He kicked the sharptooth off. As he did, he was vunerable to the green sharptooth. The green sharptooth head-butted Littlefoot's belly, slightly lifting up the longneck and knocking him over towards the ground. The tan sharptooth rose to its feet as the weakened Littlefoot was now on the ground. The sharpteeth roared and approached the fallen longneck. His time had just ran out.

Out of the stroke of luck, a tail wrapped itself around the green sharptooth's neck and brought it down to the ground. The tan one glanced back and saw that another longneck had entered the scene. Littlefoot noticed the longneck too, but he decided to knock down the tan sharptooth by wrapping his tail around its leg and tripping it. Littlefoot quickly, but painfully, rose to his feet. The longneck quickly joined him by his side.

"Ali," breathed Littlefoot.

"Littlefoot, let's get out of here. Your wounds."

Littlefoot looked at his body and noticed that blood was slowly dripping out of both wounds. He smirked.

"Just scratches."

Ali slightly narrowed her eyes.

"You're a horrible liar. C'mon. Let's go."

"I can't. Not yet anyways."

"Why not?"

Littlefoot said nothing and looked in a certain direction. Ali followed his eyes and noticed that he was looking at a dead tyrannosaur. She realized it to be Chomper, the friendly sharptooth she encountered a few days ago. She looked back at Littlefoot.

"I understand, but-"

Two roars interrupted her. The longnecks saw that the two sharpteeth had gotten to their feet again. They roared at the longnecks and approached them. Ali was going to fend off the tan tyrannosaur, but Littlefoot walked up in front of her.

"What are you doing?"

He didn't face her as he replied.

"Avenging a friend. Now, get to safety. I'll meet you there."

Ali shook her head.

"No way. I didn't come back for you in order to get shunned by you."

"I'm not shunning you. I'm protecting you. Now, get out of here, Ali."

Before Ali replied, the green sharptooth launched itself at Littlefoot. Littlefoot lashed at it with his tail. The sharptooth was pushed back. The tan one looked at the green one, and the green one looked back. They approached Littlefoot carefully. The tan one attacked first, but Littlefoot kept it at bay with his tail. His tail was not the ultimate defense. The green one jumped onto Littlefoot's back and bit down on the longneck's back. The teeth didn't go far as Ali's tail knocked the sharptooth off. However, Littlefoot was a bit shaken up, giving the tan carnivore a chance to attack. It went for Littlefoot's head by jumping up. Littlefoot moved his neck to avoid it, but the sharptooth's tiny claws managed to wound his lower neck with a cut as it came down to the ground. Littlefoot took two steps back due to the pain, as if he has been knocked back. Littlefoot's eyes closed slightly.

"Littlefoot," gasped Ali, looking back at Littlefoot.

A roar in front of her was heard. She quickly looked to see the green one closing in on her. She toughened her stance and batted the sharptooth away from her. She smiled in victory. The sharptooth tumbled to the ground. Ali hurriedly walked up to it and lifted her front feet over it. The sharptooth noticed this and tried its best to avoid the incoming feet. Only one of Ali's feet managed to strike the head of the beast, but the sharptooth was still able to get up. Ali was surprised by this, not knowing a sharptooth's skull was almost as hard as reinforced titanium, which was pretty strong. The sharptooth shook its head and looked at Ali. It roared furiously.

What do I do now?

She glanced back at Littlefoot to see that he dropped the beast that threatened him. He had wrapped his tail around the carnivore's neck and broken its neck. The weakened Littlefoot faced the green sharptooth.

"I won the battle against your friend," he told the green sharptooth.

The green sharptooth roared and looked at his options. It was two versus one. Sharpteeth were dumb, but their instincts protected them from death. The sharptooth roared and decided to walk away. It disappeared into the woods. This irritated Littlefoot.

"Coward! Where do you think you're going?"

"Littlefoot," came Ali's settled voice. "Don't."

"But it killed-"

"We don't know that. Besides, killing it won't bring back Chomper."

Littlefoot sighed. He turned around and walked towards the tree Chomper's corpse leaned against. A tear ran down Littlefoot's cheek.

"Oh, Chomper."

Ali was slowly walking up to Littlefoot when he suddenly collapsed.

"Littlefoot."

Ali noticed that he had a new wound on his back. Drops of blood spilled out of the wounds. Ali looked around.

"Don't worry, Littlefoot. I'll be back."

Ali walked around the area in order to look for things that would help Littlefoot heal. During the time she was gone, Littlefoot managed to look at Chomper.

"I hope you joined Mother and my grandparents."

Ali hurriedly came back with a mouthful of big leaves and vines. She quickly covered the wounds she could with leaves and tied the leaf around Littlefoot's bitten leg. His neck had stopped bleeding during the fight.

"There."

"Thank you, Ali," said Littlefoot, not having the strength to face Ali, "but I think my story is ending soon."

Ali's eyes began to water. She shook her head.

"No. You're wrong. You're going to be okay."

Littlefoot weakly smiled.

"I wish I was."

Littlefoot knew he had lost a lot of blood during the fight. He knew that he wouldn't recuperate soon. He would soon close his eyes. Ali lied down next to him and rested her head on his body. She rubbed her face softly against his body. Littlefoot felt the water that was her teardrops.

"Please…don't say that. I love you, Littlefoot. I know you're stronger than this."

Littlefoot took a moment to think what Ali had said.

"You still love me after all what I said?"

Ali raised her head slightly and looked at Littlefoot, smiling.

"Yes."

Though he faced the other direction, Ali knew a smile crept on his face.

"Ali, there's something you should know. After I left the group, I arrived at a large pond. I stopped for a drink, but then something that I don't understand happened. My reflection in the water changed. It wasn't my face anymore. It was my mother. I don't know why. Probably I miss her a lot, but soon, the image changed again. I saw a shadow of a longneck's head with beautiful blue eyes."

Littlefoot coughed weakly.

"It took me a short time to figure out it was you. I… My heart seemed to have always yearned for you. I was indecisive on who to pick, but that was because I ignored something I should have listened to: my heart. Ali, I do admit that Janet and I will have a bond, but it is only a friendship bond. Even when I dated her, it was a bond of friendship. I…I guess the reason why I dated her was because I needed someone to understand me. I thought she did, because of her past, but she and I are still different. I was acting by what my mind felt, not my heart."

There was a pause before Littlefoot spoke again.

"Ali, I love you."

Ali's smile grew. Oh, how she wanted to kiss him. But she couldn't. He was in too much pain. She just nuzzled against his body.

"Oh, Littlefoot."

"I just wish it didn't have to end like this."

Ali stopped nuzzling his body and looked towards his head. A tear escaped through each eye. They splashed on Littlefoot's body, more towards his back.

"Littlefoot, don't say things like that."

"Ali, can I ask you something? Can you stay with me a bit longer?"

Ali smiled.

"Littlefoot, I never left."

Littlefoot's smile returned. The two longnecks closed their eyes and went to sleep. During the time of sleeping, Ali's thoughts were all the same.

Littlefoot, don't die.