EPISODE 52: THE FLYERS'S REVENGE

PART 1: THE KIDNAPPING

CHARACTERS

Littlefoot

Cera

Ducky

Petrie

Spike

Chomper

Ruby

Rinkus

Sierra

Dil

Ichy

Etta

Guido

Mama Flyer

Mama Swimmer

Grandpa Longneck

Grandma Longneck

Topps

Screech

Thud

SONGS

Revenge (New Song)

What to Do Now? (New Song)

Rinkus and Sierra, two evil Flyers, were flying through the Land of Mists. The mist made it hard to see. "I hate that Pterano!" said Rinkus angrily.

"I wish I could get that Pterano. I'd knock him down to size," vowed Sierra.

"Well, pal, we haven't seen him in five cold times. He must be hiding pretty well," replied Rinkus.

"He might be hiding here. He could be feet from us and we wouldn't see him in this mist," remarked Sierra.

"This doesn't quite seem to be Pterano's type of place," Rinkus countered. "Come to think of it, it's not my type of place either. Let's keep looking for Pterano elsewhere." he added, looking around nervously, listening for danger.

"Let's at least give the place a search before we leave. I'd hate to think we'd have let that blowhard get away from us when we had the chance to rip him apart," Sierra objected.

Meanwhile, Ichy the Sharpbeak was with Dil, the Big Mouthed Belly Dragger. He was flying above her. They were chasing some Egg Stealers. They had the advantage due to the mist obscuring their prey's vision. Though Dil had very poor sight, Ichy had quite good eyesight and the both of them had a strong sense of smell.

"Egg Stealers again?" Dil groaned softly.

"Well, if you hadn't lost that Spiketail earlier, we might be eating a nice steak right now," Ichy grumbled softly.

"Not my fault. I can't see that well. You're The Eyes." Dil argued softly.

"And don't forget it." Ichy said softly.

He was getting near the unlucky Struthiomimus herd. Time for supper! he thought. He was ready to strike at the front of the group, causing them to panic and retreat the other way, where Dil would be waiting in ambush.

Rinkus, meanwhile, continued to argue with Sierra. "I don't see that creep anywhere. Let's go somewhere else!"

"We ain't goin' anywhere till we've had a good look first," Sierra grumbled.

Ichy, meanwhile, moved toward the Egg Stealers. "Almost there." he muttered softly, extending his claws to attack. WHAM! Rinkus and Ichy collided and fell to the ground. "Watch where you're going!" snapped Ichy.

"A Talking Sharptooth! I've never seen such a thing before!" gasped Rinkus.

"Yes, I learned to talk in my childhood. The story of my life is really depressing. Probably too depressing for you to want to hear. But, don't worry, you'll never see a talking Sharptooth, or anything else, ever again, " replied Ichy snarkily.

He moved to try and strike Rinkus. WHACK! Sierra hit Ichy. "Don't even think about it! I'll take you apart!" yelled Sierra, his arms balled into fists.

"Oh really pal? I'm a Sharptooth and you think you can win against me?" Ichy laughed.

"There are two of us and only one of you!" shouted Sierra.

"Actually, there are two of us too!" laughed Ichy. "Sic 'em Dil!" yelled Ichy. Dil came forward, snapping at the two Flyers. She was having a bit of trouble seeing them, but neither she nor Ichy let on about her vision problems.

The two Flyers were both momentarily frightened by the huge Bigmouthed Belly Dragger, but soon realized that she couldn't see that well. And, once out of her reach, the two of them should be able to overwhelm the Sharpbeak. Rinkus flew around Dil, distracting her attention, while Sierra headed toward Ichy. Rinkus made a sudden change of direction midair, flying back over Dil, who snapped at where he had been several seconds earlier. The two Flyers tackled Ichy. "Don't come any closer Bigmouthed Belly Dragger or the Sharp Beak gets it!" threatened Sierra.

"Like I care. We're not exactly pals," replied Dil, continuing to come forward.

"I was busy planning to get back at that Pterano and those five pesky kids. That stupid Longneck, Flyer, Swimmer, Spiketail, and Threehorn ruined our plans to take over the Great Valley. Then you came and interrupted me!" snapped Sierra, his temper flaring. Ichy struggled against him.

"Calm yourself, Sierra. Arguing with Sharpteeth isn't going to help with anything!" grumbled Rinkus.

"Did you say Longneck, Flyer, Swimmer, Spiketail, and Threehorn kids?" asked Ichy, who had broken free enough of Sierra's grip and had been about to bite him in the arm.

"Yeah," replied Sierra. "What's it to you?"

"Dil and I got shown up by Longneck, Flyer, Threehorn, Swimmer, and Spiketail kids. There were six when we met them. Two Longnecks. One of the Longnecks had blue eyes and the other had brown eyes." answered Ichy.

"Brown eyes. Sounds like the pesky Longneck we know too," said Rinkus.

"Yes, I wanna show those kids for showing us up!" growled Dil.

"Well, come on, let's get going before these Sharpteeth try and eat-" grumbled Rinkus. Sierra waved him off. "What is it?"

"I'm thinking of something," said Sierra.

"Don't hurt yourself, "laughed Rinkus. Sierra ignored his insult.

"Hmmmmm, we all seem to hate the same kids."

"What an observation, Sierra!" Rinkus said sardonically.

"No, no, wait, I've got it! We can work together! We'll lure the kids into a trap. We'll start by kidnapping Pterano's nephew. Once we have Petrie, the stinking kids will go right after us, right to here, just like they did when we took the Swimmer. Then we finish them all off, minus Pterano's nephew. We'll use him as bait to get Pterano and then you two can finish him and Petrie off," laughed Sierra.

"That sounds like a good plan," Dil remarked.

"Come now Sierra, Sharpteeth, even talking ones, wouldn't possibly agree to anything-" chuckled Rinkus.

"I accept," interjected Ichy.

(Theme song: All I see is the day in front of us. All I see is the day in front of us. Burning bright with a new-born sun. Burning bright with a new-born sun. Come follow me

Hills to climb and valleys to roam
Oh, streams to follow all the way home
To the Land Before Time
Before time

)

Some distance from the Great Valley, Littlefoot and his friends, unaware of the nefarious plot against them, were running from some Fast Biters. The Velociraptors were gaining on them, their mouths dripping with saliva. "Go away!" Littlefoot shouted at them.

"They can't understand you," said Chomper.

"Why don't you talk to them, then?" Cera snapped, running beside Chomper.

Go away! Chomper shouted. The Fast Biters continued to pursue them.

"Looks like even having the ability to speak Sharptooth did nothing to help the situation!" Cera remarked.

Littlefoot and his friends saw one of the entrances to the Great Valley up ahead. They dashed through it. The Fast Biters, knowing they couldn't win, turned back. They had planning to meet with Ruby's parents, but the plan had gone awry when the Sharpteeth had turned up. At least they had gotten away.

"I don't know why you tried to talk to them. It's not like they're a Talking Sharptooth. I'm probably the only one out there," said Chomper.

"Actually, you're not," Littlefoot said.

"I'm not?" gasped Chomper in surprise.

"We've met two of them before. In the Land of Mists. A Sharp Beak and a Big Mouthed Belly Dragger," said Littlefoot.

"The Land of Mists?" inquired Chomper.

"That's a place I've never heard of before," Ruby remarked.

"It's a really scary place less than a day's journey from the Great Valley." said Cera.

"I thought nothing scared you." said Ruby.

"Well, scary to others, not to me of course." Cera said defensively.

"I wonder where they learned to talk." Chomper said.

"Me never ask them." said Petrie.

"Were they nice like me?" asked Chomper hopefully, wondering if there were other friendly Sharpteeth out there besides himself.

"Oh no, no, no. They tried to eat me." replied Ducky.

Mean Sharpteeth that knew Leaf Eater? This was confusing to Chomper. Where could a mean Sharptooth learn Leaf Eater from? They'd have never let the Leaf Eaters live long enough to pick up the language. He rested, away from the others, scratching his head and trying to think of how this could be possible.

Meanwhile, in the Land of Mists, the four villains were making their plans.

"I want to get them for all the pain they caused me." sang Sierra.

"Oh, that would be something I would like to see." sang Rinkus.

"I think I'm up to the challenge." sang Ichy.

"Oh yeah, we're getting revenge!" sang Dil.

"It's time we paid those overgrown eggs back!" sang Sierra.

"Just give us the word of when to attack." sang Ichy.

"Together we can defeat those clowns[1]," Rinkus sang.

"Let's turn their smile into a big frown!" Dil sang.

"And hope that this operation isn't a big letdown," Ichy sang.

"When we get our revenge!" Rinkus sang.

"A big injustice we will avenge!" Ichy sang.

"The day is here," sang Sierra.

"When we show them true fear," Ichy sang.

"The day when we get our revenge!" they all sang, finishing the song.

Chomper, meanwhile, was feeling hungry. His recent growth spurt had increased his appetite, and, to make matters worse, he was having a harder time finding Crawlers and Stinging Buzzers to eat due to the cold time. His stomach growled.

"What am I going to eat?" he asked himself aloud. He recalled how when he had been trapped in a cave with Littlefoot and Shorty and had been hungry, his hunger had led him to bite Littlefoot in his sleep. He didn't want something like that happening again. He didn't want to go back to eating Leaf Eaters again. He had done it on the island when he'd lived with his parents, as he wanted to be a proper Sharptooth, to follow what they'd taught him. However, after Littlefoot had saved him from drowning, he had sworn to give up Flattooth flesh for good. "Not to worry, I'll find something. I always do."

He dreaded what would happen if he couldn't find enough food. He might have to leave the Great Valley. And if he did that, would he ever see his friends again?

Meanwhile, Petrie came across Guido. "Hello Guido." Petrie said.

"Hi Petrie." Guido said.

"What you doing lately?" Petrie asked. Two months earlier, Guido had moved out of his residence with Petrie's family. After living with the Flyer family for nearly two years, he had finally decided to live somewhere in the Great Valley, which he now called his home. Petrie, and Guido himself for that matter, didn't know anything about Guido before he came to the Great Valley.

"Oh, not much, just hanging around."

"You miss living with us?"

"Kind of. It was nice to have a family. But it's also nice not to have to have all your siblings around at night. Some of them snore."

"Me know. Pip snore bad. Me finally just get used to it."

"Well, no snorers at my new place."

"Me glad you happy."

Meanwhile, Rinkus, Sierra, Dil, and Ichy were gathered together at the edge of the Great Valley.

"Let's roll," Ichy said to Rinkus and Sierra. The two Flyers entered the Great Valley. "Look, it's Rinkus and Sierra!" a Threehorn on the ground below cried out.

"Yes, that's our names. Glad you haven't forgotten them," Sierra cackled.

"No, we most certainly haven't. And you're not welcome here!"

"Well, we're Flyers, and we're coming in anyway, welcome or not!" Rinkus laughed.

In another section of the Great Valley, meanwhile, several Swimmers fled, crying "Belly Dragger!"

It didn't take long for the Great Valley to be on full alert and panic to ensue. Several dinosaurs went to ward off Dil, while Flyers went to go fight Rinkus and Sierra. In the confusion, nobody noticed Ichy sneak in. The Sharpbeak landed behind two Flyers. They heard something move behind them and turned to look, but were met with a hard slap of a wing to the head, knocking them out instantly. "Too easy!" Ichy cackled. He flew across the Great Valley unimpeded.

Meanwhile, Rinkus and Sierra flew past Petrie's nest. They could spot his siblings but not him. Where was he? They continued their search, being pursued by Flyers.

"Rinkus and Sierra!" several Flyers gasped.

"We're back!" Rinkus laughed.

"First a Sharptooth, now these two!" a Flyer moaned.

"We're here for a little pickup," Sierra said.

"You're not taking anything!" a Flyer snarled.

"We're not here for any thing. Just a kid," Rinkus cackled.

"You're not taking any of our hatchlings!" several Flyers snarled.

"Try and stop us!" Rinkus laughed. The Great Valley Flyers moved to intercept them, not realizing that the two evil Flyers were a diversion. They were meant to distract them so that Ichy could get to Petrie without any guards.

Ichy, meanwhile, was nearing where he had heard from Rinkus and Sierra that Petrie lived. Up ahead were some Flyers, who hadn't yet spotted him. An idea crossed his mind on how to get past them. They would think him a Flattooth Flyer as long as they didn't see him. "We have a problem here guys!" he called to the Flyers.

"What is it?"

"Those two Flyers, Rinkus and Sierra are back, and wrecking havoc in the Valley!"

"Those two?"

"I thought that we'd seen the last of them after the Stone of Cold Fire incident!"

"What are they up to now?"

"I don't know, but we need to go check it out. Last time they were here, they kidnapped a hatchling."

"You're right, we need to get on it at once!" And so, all of the Flyers left. This left Ichy with a clear path to where Petrie was. He couldn't see him, yet, but he had locked onto his scent, which hadn't changed that much from when the two had last met.

Petrie and Guido, meanwhile, were watching all of the Flyers leaving. "Wonder where they're going?" Guido asked Petrie.

"Me no sure."

"They're going to a distraction." Ichy hadn't reached the area yet where Petrie's nest was, but had lucked out in that Guido's home was not far from Petrie's nest, hence he had been able to located him without having to waste valuable time.

The two turned around to see Ichy staring at them. "Who are you supposed to be?" Guido asked.

"My name's Ichy."

"You!" Petrie gasped. "How you get in here?"

"I flew, you idiot! The Great Wall doesn't work on Flyers."

"Grownups not going to like Sharptooth in Great Valley."

"I'm sure they won't, but right now Rinkus and Sierra have created a distraction, as I said. I'm here after the real target."

"Who?"

"You, stupid!"

"Why you come to Great Valley just to get me?"

"It's not just you, it's your friends, and your uncle too."

"Uncle Pterano?"

"Yes," Ichy replied. "But enough chat. Time to go on a little trip."

"Where me going?"

"The Land of Mists. It's where I live. I expect your friends will come and rescue you, and your uncle too. Then we'll get all of you."

"How you know that me friends….?"

"Because, I've heard about them from Rinkus and Sierra, how they went off after your Swimmer friend. And I imagine your uncle wouldn't want any harm to come to you."

"Hey, get away from my friend!" It was Guido. The Microraptor rushed at the Ichthyornis, trying to knock him over. However, Ichy was stronger than he had anticipated. He pushed the Microraptor over. However, the Glider quickly got up and lunged at Guido again, shouting "You can't take Petrie, you'll have to take me too if you want him!"

Ichy, irate, knocked Guido over again. He seized Guido and Petrie each with a talon, declaring "Fine, if that's what you want," and began to fly off with the two of them.

Meanwhile, the Flyers were gaining on Rinkus and Sierra. "You're not going to get any hatchlings! We won't let you!" a Great Valley Flyer declared.

"You're right, we're not and we weren't planning on it," Sierra laughed.

"Then why did you come here?"

"To distract you from the real target, our new partner," Rinkus cackled.

"New partner?" another Flyer asked.

"Me!" the group turned around to see Ichy, carrying a struggling Petrie and Guido.

"A Sharptooth!" some of the Flyers gasped.

"A talking Sharptooth!" the other Flyers gasped.

"Yep, I can talk. But I'm afraid I don't have time to stay and chat with you."

"Don't let him take me!" Petrie cried.

"Come any closer and I slit their throats!" Ichy threatened the Flyers.

The Flyers reluctantly backed down, wanting Petrie and Guido to be safe. "Why did you come here? Just to get these hatchlings?"

"No, that is only one of the reasons. If you want the little Flyer back, I suggest you send Pterano to come get him."

"Pterano?"

"Yes, his uncle."

"But we don't know where he is."

"I suggest you find him then!"

And without another word, he, Rinkus, and Sierra flew out of the Great Valley. As the group left, Dil joined them, calling out "So long fools!" before leaving with the other three. The Great Valley residents gasped, amazed that Dil could talk as well.

Dil went into a river, where the dinosaurs couldn't pursue her, save the Swimmers, who were too afraid to do so. She swam way downstream, finally exiting at the end of the river at the edge of sight. The villains had all escaped.

"Why would they take Petrie?" a crying Phyra asked a few moments later.

"I think they want to lure Pterano into some kind of trap," Grandpa Longneck replied. The Great Valley had called together an emergency meeting at the Rock Circle.

"I don't see what Pterano could do against Sharpteeth, especially ones that can talk," Mr. Threehorn remarked.

"Speaking of talking Sharpteeth," Mr. Clubtail remarked, "we happen to have one in our valley right now. How do we know that he hasn't helped them get in and take Petrie?"

"Chomper is friends with Petrie, why would he help anyone kidnap him?" Grandma Longneck asked incredulously.

Chomper, who was nearby listening, blurted out "I never met these Sharpteeth in my life. I didn't help them!"

"Odd that we never had heard of a talking Sharptooth before Chomper came here, and now we have come across three of them," Mrs. Maia remarked.

"That is just bad luck."

"Sharpteeth are bad luck!"

"Where did they say they were taking the children?" Grandpa Longneck asked, eager to change the subject.

"They didn't," a Flyer replied.

"Then how is Pterano supposed to find them, if we even can find him?" Phyra asked, holding back tears.

"I know where they're from," Littlefoot interjected.

"You know where they came from?" Grandpa Longneck asked.

"I think so. We met them before, the time we went into the Land of Mists to get the Night Flower to save you. It's possible that that's where they went."

"Just great!" Mr. Threehorn groaned.

"How do we know that they're even still in the Land of Mists? It would be awful if we went to that dangerous place and they weren't even there," Mrs. Maia remarked.

The adults soon began arguing amongst themselves, as usual. The children, however, were determined to save Petrie and Guido. "Well, we know where the Land of Mists is. Perhaps we can go there ourselves," Littlefoot said.

"We don't even know where they are in the Land of Mists, if they're there at all," Cera sighed.

"Well, we have to do something."

"Maybe we should just let the grownups handle it. I mean, what can we do against the four of them?"

"I think I may be able to find them, if I could find the Land of Mists," Chomper said.

"How?" Ducky asked.

"These," he said, holding up a feather of Ichy's and a feather of Guido's.

"What are you gong to do with those?" Cera asked.

"Chomper is a Strongbiter. He's got a strong sniffer better than any other type of Sharptooth. He can use these scents on these to track Guido and that Sharp Beak," Ruby replied.

"Should we go, though? I heard the Land of Mists is very dangerous." Ruby asked.

"It is. But we went there before to save Littlefoot's grandfather. Now we're going to save Petrie and Guido," Cera replied.

And so, while the adults were still arguing, the children left, unnoticed. Littlefoot, Cera, Ducky, and Spike took Chomper and Ruby to the entrance to the Land of Mists, which took some time to reach. In the meantime, the adults stopped arguing long enough to notice that the children, who had been watching, had disappeared. "Where did the kids go?" Mr. Threehorn asked.

"I don't know. They were here earlier," Grandma Longneck replied.

"Well, they're not now," Phyra said.

"Perhaps they are just playing somewhere else," Grandpa Longneck suggested.

"They seemed intent on listening to what we were saying earlier. Strange that they'd just leave," Phyra remarked.

"Perhaps they just became bored," Grandpa Longneck said.

"Anyway, what we need to do right now is find Pterano," Grandma Longneck said.

"I think a Flyer should do it," Mr. Threehorn said. In truth, he didn't want the task of finding Pterano, who tended to be annoying. He figured, probably correctly, that the other Great Valley adults wouldn't be too eager to find him either. "After all, they can access the most places."

"I agree. And I'll go find my brother," Phyra said.

"I'll go with you," said Etta, who had been part of the meeting.

"Thank you, Etta."

"Any idea where he could be?"

"I do have one guess."

"How far is where you're guessing from the Great Valley?"

"About half a day."

"Then let's get going."

Several hours after Etta and Phyra had left, the other adults still hadn't located the children. "I'm beginning to get worried. I've seen no sign of Cera yet," Topps said to Grandma Longneck.

"I haven't seen any sign of Littlefoot either."

"I haven't seen Ducky or Spike," Sura said.

"Well, then, it's obvious what happened: the children went off in search of Petrie and Guido," Topps said.

"Well, that may be, but none of us knows the way to the Land of Mists, so how do you propose we stop them?" Sura asked.

"I suggest we split into different groups and head in different directions. Maybe we can intercept them," Grandpa Longneck suggested.

"Ok, let's get started," Topps said.

The children, meanwhile, were traveling across the desert. Thankfully, they knew the way to the Land of Mists. And even though Chomper didn't, his sniffer was leading him that direction. "It must be this way," Chomper said, as he moved closer toward the direction of the cave entrance to the Land of Mists.

"It is. It seems that we were right in assuming that they went here," Littlefoot sighed.

Meanwhile, in the distance, Screech and Thud had spotted the group. They hated the children. Still, they were over a mile away. And, unfortunately, the children would reach the water before they could catch them, which would hinder them following their scent. Still, out here, they figured, it was only a matter of time before they finally got the children, especially Chomper and Ruby. Red Claw would be pleased!

Meanwhile, the children, unaware that they were being pursued, walked across the shallow water. "Why would those Sharpteeth work with Rinkus and Sierra?" Cera asked Littlefoot.

"No idea. But they clearly are."

"I wonder how they learned how to talk," Chomper said.

"I don't know. Sharpteeth don't normally hang around Leaf Eaters long enough to learn how to talk," Littlefoot replied.

"What do you think they want with Pterano?"

"I don't know."

"Perhaps Rinkus and Sierra are hoping he'll turn up so they can kill him," Cera mused.

"That's why we have to get Petrie rescued before Pterano can show up; that way he'll be safe," Littlefoot said.

"Yeah, it's not like they're expecting us to turn up," Cera remarked.

Meanwhile, Rinkus, Sierra, Dil, and Ichy arrived in the Land of Mists. They had to wait up for Dil, who, being bound to the ground, and having poor vision, was far slower than the three Flyers. "Let Petrie go!" Petrie bellowed.

"No, we aren't going to let you go. We're going to get your uncle when he shows up," Sierra laughed.

"And your friends too!" Rinkus cackled.

"What makes you think that…." Guido began.

"They show up; me know them too well," Petrie sighed.

"Hey, how do you even know they'll find you?" Guido asked.

"We don't. But if they do find us, we'll kill them. And if they don't, something else probably will," Ichy replied.

Meanwhile, the children were in the cave between the desert and the Land of Mist. "This cave is easy to get lost in and, in fact, I think we are lost," Ruby said.

"That's why we have Chomper with us; he can find the Land of Mist and get us unlost," Littlefoot replied.

"I can faintly scent them now. We must be getting nearer to them," Chomper said.

"How close do you think they are?" Cera asked.

"Still quite far away."

"Do you know which way we should go?" Ducky asked.

"This way," Chomper said, heading down a passage to the left of them.

After traveling a little over a hundred feet, they reached a large chasm. "Are you sure this is the right way?" Cera asked.

"Positive."

"How are we going to get across?" Ducky asked.

"We could go across on those rocks," Littlefoot suggested. There were a group of, unfortunately narrow, rocks spaced close enough that it was possible that they could hop across them, one at a time, and get to the other side.

"We've tried this type of thing in the past before. It didn't go well," Cera sighed.

"You are just afraid of heights, you are, you are," Ducky said.

"I'm not afraid of anything!"

"I think we should go.

This is the right way; I just know," Chomper began to sing.

"How do you know that you're not wrong?

And that the correct way isn't somewhere further along?" Cera sang.

"We have to trust Chomper and his nose.

I can't think of a better way than what he'd propose," Littlefoot sang.

"How do we know,

Which way we should go?" Ducky sang.

"This is the right way, you must trust me.

We need to hurry to get Petrie and Guido free," Chomper sang.

"This way seems really bad.

If we get killed, I'll be really mad!" Cera sang.

"Did you hear what you just said?

How can you be mad if you are dead?" Ducky sang.

"It's hyperbole," Cera said.

"I think that Chomper knows what's right.

He'll lead us down the right path till Petrie and Guido are in sight," Ruby sang.

"Well, if that's the way you think we should go,

Let's try it and see how much you know," Cera sang sarcastically.

"Whichever way we go, we need to decide fast.

Petrie and Guido are in danger and they might not last," Littlefoot sang, finishing the song.

They soon decided that their best option was to go across. They went across one by one. Spike was the second-to-last to go across. He made it across safely, but as he was going, he weakened the rock structure so that it collapsed behind him, barring the way of Chomper. "Guess I'll have to try and find another way," Chomper sighed.

Meanwhile, Petrie and Guido struggled against the grips of Ichy and Rinkus. "Where we going?" Petrie asked.

"Further in. I can see your friends now. There appear to be five of them. I recognize the Longneck," Ichy replied.

"Yes, and once they get here…." Rinkus cackled devilishly, drawing his finger across his throat.

"Wait just a minute! I thought we were going to off them all at once, and that would include Pterano and his sister." Sierra snapped.

"Can't we eat the kids first? I'm hungry!" Dil grumbled.

"You're always hungry!" Ichy snapped.

"Well, so what?"

"So, we need to do things properly. The kids won't come if you eat their friend."

"Can't I at least eat part of him and they can come for the other part?"

"No!"

"Fine, let's just wait here while my stomach growls!"

"Stop whining, you two!" Rinkus snapped. He had only been with these two for a short time and was already very short on patient with them.

"We don't want to get hurt by those kids, so let's lure them out into the mists and get them by surprise said.

"That's a good idea," Dil said.

"I know, which is why you didn't think of it," Ichy snapped.

"For the love of….. Stop it already you two!" Sierra, who also hated the bickering, growled.

The children meanwhile, waited for Chomper to find them. It would delay them half an hour before Chomper would find them again. "We should have just gone this way. Would have saved us the time of waiting," Cera grumbled.

"At least we're all together again, which is better than us being apart," Ruby remarked.

"Which way now, Chomper?" Littlefoot asked.

Chomper sniffed the air again. "This way," he said. He led them down a few tunnels and soon came to an exit of the cave that allowed them to enter the Valley of Mists. It was not the same way that they entered the Valley of Mists last time, the way that Archie had shown them.

"Do you know where they are?" Ducky asked.

"Yes, though they seem to be moving away from us."

"Moving away?" Cera asked.

"Yes."

"They must be taking Petrie into the Land of Mists itself," Littlefoot sighed.

"That's not good!" Cera moaned.

"Looks like we'll have to go into the Land of Mists itself, then," Chomper sighed.

Meanwhile, Screech and Thud were making their way through the cave. It had a lot of twists and turns, but, hopefully, they would soon catch up with the children.

Littlefoot and his friends, meanwhile, had reached the end of the cave. Below them, the Land of Mists stretched out before them. Snow was beginning to fall, wind blowing it into their face. "Oh, I wish that they had taken Petrie and Guido to some other place, I do, I do," Ducky lamented. Spike licked her on the face. "Stop it!" she giggled.

"Well, I guess we'll have to go inside," Chomper sighed, as they prepared to make their way down into the valley below.

To Be Continued….

[1] I know a pterosaur shouldn't know what the word "clown" means, but whatever, they did anachronisms in "Who Needs You?".