Author's Note

I apologise for making this chapter short. Intended to involve Sharptooth, then I thought the final showdown and after that should be it's own chapter.


Taka could not believe where Cera has led them, and she had the nerve to complain about them. Littlefoot decided to go after them and he agreed. They could hear the voice of Ducky.

"Help Cera! Cera, where are you"?

The duo looked down. Ducky and Spike were trapped on a rock surrounded by lava.

Taka turned to Littlefoot while Ducky shouted their names to help them. "Come on".

"Hang on, we're coming", Littlefoot yelled.

The rock they were on was sinking, Taka pointed at a rock for Littlefoot to knock down. They both rammed it until it fell over. Ducky screamed as she almost fell in the lava. Littlefoot jumped on the rocks. He grabbed Ducky by her tail and put her properly on pike's back. "Quick, this way". Spike grabbed Littlefoot's tail with his mouth. They got of the rocks as they finally sank into the lava. They weren't done yet.

Taka yelled to assure him. "We're coming Petrie".

Heading into a tar pit, Littlefoot wrapped his tail around a rock pillar. Spike hopped on top of Littlefoot and walked on him before hopping off. Finally, Taka walked on and then hopped off him and grabbed Petrie delicately so not to hurt him. Littlefoot whose tail was holding on, tried to pull them out once Taka got him. The pillar broke and they were all stuck in the tar. Taka screamed louder than the others. "Get us out of here"!

Cera meanwhile was being chased and screaming for help of her own. She was being chased by a domehead. It leaped and missed her, slamming its head into the ground. As she ran, another one appeared, she turned back and the second one missed her, slamming its head into the ground too. She found herself trapped between them. She leaped, making them headbutt each other. She screamed as she fell.

She quickly found herself surrounded by 3 of them and she kept shouting for someone to help her.

A weird howl got their attention and they all saw the scariest looking creature. It had a large trunk. Body covered in black goo. It had sticks on its sides and head. And these were only some simple descriptions. The domeheads fled, but Cera stayed where she was. As it came closer, she covered herself with her forelegs. "Get away! Get away from me"! She swiped the air warn it off. It then grabbed her by the tail and she screamed. "Stop it! Let go of me! HELP"!

As amusing as he found this, Taka decided to answer before she could continue to yell for someone to save her. "So, how's the easy way working out for you"?

She recognised that voice and took several breaths. They all started to laugh. Cera tried to free herself, only for Littlefoot to release her anyway, making her land on her stomach. "I knew it was you all along! I knew! I did"!

They kept laughing and Cera scowled even harder. "Oh, get out of my way"! Trying to get back some dignity, she walked with her head held high, only to walk and slipped on a puddle of black goo".

This made Taka laugh, he almost chocked twice.

With her tongue sticking out, and head high, she then walked into a pointed rock. Taka might have felt bad for her if it weren't for her cruel words earlier. With her head and tail high again, she walked away properly, this time.

Ducky called her. "Cera"?

Littlefoot called her. "Cera, come back".

Taka sighed. "Leave her alone. It's what she wants". The others sighed and reluctantly agreed with him. Taka would check on her later. As mean as she was, Taka wanted her to reunite with her family like the others.

Cera laid down at a waterfall. She wouldn't admit it, but she knew she did go the wrong way. As she thought this, she started to cry.