Chapter 23: Spike is one of us now!
Ducky and Petrie rushed to Littlefoot and Spike.
"You okay, Littlefoot?" Petrie questioned, worried.
Littlefoot groaned.
"It does not sound good, oh no, no, no!" Ducky said harassedly.
They heard Cera cursing in the distance.
Ducky reached Littlefoot who seemed to be alright aside from some light cuts.
Laborously, Littlefoot got to his feet again.
"Darn!" he groaned. "This Threehorn's insane!"
"Yeah, she so brutal to you, flathead!" Petrie incensed.
"Yep, yep, yep!" Ducky agreed.
Spike licked all of them with his tongue making pleasant sounds at that.
"Thanks Spike, I owe you a thank you as well," Littlefoot laughed.
"Awww...uhmmm...ehhh," Petrie stammered in lack of words.
"Hehehehehe... hehehehehe... stop it, Spike, you are tickling me," Ducky giggled.
Spike left Ducky in peace. Grinning, he looked at his new found friends and he was happy about that.
"I do not understand why Cera is so hostile towards Spike, no, no, no!" Ducky sighed.
"She have pain in back so she grumpy, probably..." Petrie guessed.
"Possibly..." Littlefoot answered, "Though I rather believe that she just wanted to fight!"
"That right!" Petrie commented.
"Her father's always as quarrelsome, mean and hostile towards others, if not worse!" Littlefoot continued.
"Yep, yep, yep! He argues with everyone, except with others of his kind," Ducky piped up.
"I haven't noticed that yet, Ducky!" Littlefoot said amazed.
"Yeah, good point!" Petrie squeaked in agreement.
"Thank you!" She gave them a warm smile. "But I do not understand why Threehorns are so quarrelsome and mean, nope, nope, nope."
"My grandma has told me that every kind has certain attributes," Littlefoot narrated.
"My mommy has told me that we Swimmers are always kind and helpful, yep, yep, yep," Ducky recalled.
"Me Flyer, Flyers veeeeeeeeery brave," Petrie shew off. "You pretty nice, Ducky, you too, flathead."
"My name's Littlefoot..." the little Longneck chuckled.
"Petrie sorry!"
"So are you, Petrie. Hehehe!" Ducky chuckled. "Spike is nice as well in his own way..."
"No doubt!" Littlefoot agreed.
"For a short time, there was silence.
"Well, we should return to the opening in the ceiling I suppose," Littlefoot proposed. "There's some light after all..."
"Everyone agreed so they followed him out of the dark path.
In the meantime, Cera limped into the path Petrie was supposed to explore earlier her face distorted with pain. After a few minutes, she collapsed, exhausted, and fell asleep in an instant.
When Littefoot, Ducky, Petrie and Spike had reached the crosspath, Littlefoot remembered that he hadn't shown them his discovery.
"Guys! I found something mysterious in the cave I was exploring earlier!" He announced, excited.
"Oh! What is it, heh? Heh?" Ducky questioned curiously.
"Me wanna know that, too!" Petrie exclaimed, excited as well.
Spike nodded in agreement.
"Come along! You gotta see this!" Littlefoot said.
"Spike carrying Ducky and Petrie followed Littlefoot.
After a short moment, the four friends were at the cave with the luminous stones. Though nothing spent any light at all...