EPISODE 52: THE FLYERS'S REVENGE

PART 3: PTERANO TO THE RESCUE

CHARACTERS

Littlefoot

Cera

Ducky

Petrie

Spike

Chomper

Ruby

Guido

Etta

Pterano

Rinkus

Sierra

Dil

Ichy

Mama Flyer

Topps

Tria

Grandpa Longneck

Grandma Longneck

Mama Swimmer

Papa Swimmer

SONGS

What Should I Do? (to the tune of Remembering)

Revenge (Reprise)

"I hope we find Petrie and Guido soon. To think of them in the clutches of Rinkus and Sierra is more than I can bear!" Pterano lamented.

"Or eaten by those Sharpteeth," Phyra said.

"Let's hope that that last one didn't happen, or else we've come all this way for nothing," Etta remarked.

"Not likely. If I know them, they've got some sort of trap for me. Why bother having you fetch me, otherwise? They'll be using the two as bait," Pterano said.

"Trap or not, we have to do our best to rescue them, even if we don't make it," Phyra said.

"Let's hope that the children didn't fall into their trap as well. I fear that Petrie and Guido are as much bait for them as for us," Pterano said.

"This is all your fault!" Phyra snapped at Pterano.

"How is this his fault? He was in the Mysterious Beyond when they kidnapped the kids." Etta asked.

"Because he befriended Rinkus and Sierra in the first place!"

"That was some cold times ago. If he can help save Petrie and Guido, I say that we should end his banishment."

"Some on the High Council might not like that proposition." Phyra was referring specifically to Mr. Threehorn. Still, if Pterano did rescue her son, she personally would see to it that her brother was unbanished.

"Look, down there, I see the children!" Etta cried.

"Littlefoot!" Phyra cried.

"But Chomper's not with them."

"Where could he have gone?" Phyra asked.

"Pardon my asking, but who is Chomper?" Pterano inquired.

"Chomper's a Strongbiter. A friendly one," Etta said.

"A friendly Sharptooth?" Pterano gasped. "Why didn't you mention this before? He could have been most useful in finding Petrie and Guido, with his strong sense of smell. And he would be able to detect any ambushes set as well." He paused, musing. "I've never heard of a friendly Sharptooth before, and I've travelled far and wide."

"Chomper is the only one that we know of," Etta said, "so they aren't that common."

"It's a long story about how Chomper came to know the children," Phyra said.

"Please do tell me," Pterano said.

Phyra explained to Pterano about how Petrie and the others had met Chomper. When she was done, he said "And he never thought to tell me?"

"Well, you weren't really in the Great Valley that long."

"I know, I should have spent more time with my nephew, instead of pursuing the Stone of Cold Fire."

"I've never heard of a Stone of Cold Fire. How can fire be cold?" Etta asked.

"I'm not really sure. But Littlefoot saw one and followed it all the way to Threehorn Peak."

"That's quite a way for him to go from the Great Valley."

"Little has been all over. Why, he brought his friends from the Great Divide after the Great Earthshake all by himself, while being pursued by that dangerous Sharptooth!" Phyra said. Sharptooth had been known as a dangerous threat to many of the various herds travelling to the Great Valley.

"Yes, and he made it to the Fire Mountain and rescued his father. Of course, I helped some," Etta said.

"Really now? Perhaps he doesn't need as much looking after as we'd thought," Pterano mused.

"I still say that we should find them, if they can, before they walk into this trap," Phyra said. "And we still need to find Petrie and Guido as well."

"I believe our best bet would be to find Chomper and have him find them for us. Likely, the young ones have already figured that out and are utilizing him right now."

"Well, I still say we should find them. They're taking on a Bigmouthed Belly Dragger, a Sharp Beak, and two murderous Flyers," Phyra said.

"It will be hard to find them in this mist, but we'll do our best," Pterano said.

(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

)

Chomper, meanwhile, was still very indecisive. He wanted to protect his friends, but the only way to do that seemed to be to have to leave the Great Valley and his friends behind forever and become a regular Sharptooth. Not only that, what Ichy had told him had frightened him. Could what had happened to Ichy happen to him as well?

If he left his friends, would they ever forgive him?

"What do I do?

What Ichy said might be true.

Someday, they might not be my friends anymore.

I don't know what the future has in store.

I need to decide which path is right,

Even though my future is still not in sight.

Soon I will be able to tell

If I can see my friends again or if this is farewell.

I'll just do the best I can.

And hopefully find the best plan.

I just hope that I can pick the best path in the end,

And choose what is best for me and my friends," he sang, finishing the song.

Shortly after he'd finished the song, Ichy flew up to him. "So, Chomper, what have you decided?" he asked.

"I'll do it." Right now, he was lying to buy more time. Still, Ichy's offer was tempting. He hadn't been able to persuade the Great Valley residents to help those in the Mysterious Beyond defeat Red Claw, and he'd seen Ichy and Dil, along with himself, defeat Screech and Thud. This could be his big break.

"Good," Ichy said.

"We need to stop Rinkus and Sierra. I don't think they'll agree with our plan," Chomper said. He hoped that by getting Dil and Ichy to turn against Rinkus and Sierra, that he could make things easier for his friends.

"You're right. It's about time we ditched those two," Ichy agreed.

Meanwhile, Littlefoot cried out, "There's Petrie and Guido!"

"Not so loud, Littlefoot!" Cera whispered. "The bad guys will hear us!"

"Hear what? You kids trying to sneak up on us?" The group turned and saw, to their horror, Sierra grinning at them.

"Nice going, Littlefoot!" Cera snarled.

"We can take them!" Littlefoot declared.

"You think we can go up against two Flyers, a Sharp Beak, and a Bigmouthed Belly Dragger?" Cera asked.

"Yes, I thought our whole plan was to not be seen when we rescued them, and we're already seen," Ruby remarked.

"Well, we're going to have to change the plan!" Littlefoot stated.

Meanwhile, Etta said, "That sure looks like Littlefoot down there."

"That's because it is Littlefoot!" Phyra exclaimed.

"Hey, those two look an awful lot like those two nasty Flyers. What were their names? Stinkus and Rirarea I think it was," Etta remarked, pointing at Rinkus and Sierra.

"Rinkus and Sierra," Phyra corrected her.

"No matter, I'll distract them, so that you two can grab Petrie and Guido and get out of there.," Pterano said.

"But what about the children?" Phyra asked.

"Hopefully, I can get their attention and they can follow me out of here."

"It's easy to get their attention," said Etta. "Watch!" She shouted down at the kids. "Hey, we're up here!"

"That soundeded like Etta," Ducky said.

"You kids come with us! Pterano will distract them!" Phyra said.

"But what about the Sharp Beak and Belly Dragger?" Cera asked.

"I don't see them here," Phyra said.

"I can't see much of anything in this mist," Etta remarked.

While Etta and Phyra couldn't see them, Ichy, Dil, and Chomper could smell the adults. "Dil, sic 'em!" Ichy barked.

"But we had an agreement!" Chomper snapped.

"Yes, the agreement was to let the kids go in exchange for you joining us. It never mentioned anything about three adult Flyers," Ichy said.

"You're right. And besides, if I leave the Great Valley, they might come after me. Best to get rid of them," Chomper said. He figured that it was best to pretend to go along with Ichy. By sticking up for Phyra, Pterano, and Etta, he could be making Ichy suspicious as to his intentions.

"Yes, it shouldn't be too hard for you two to ambush them in this mist," Dil said.

"Yes, because you can't do squat!" Ichy snapped.

"I can too! It's just that I can't see well!"

"A lot you can do with your awful vision!"

"And a lot you can do with your small size!"

"Guys, stop arguing!" Chomper snapped. Though them arguing would mean that they wouldn't be trying to eat Etta, Phyra, and Pterano, in the short time he'd been with the two Sharpteeth, he'd already found it extremely irksome. He'd thought that the occasional heated squabble between Littlefoot and Cera had sometimes delved into the realm of childishness, but these two had frequent squabbles over petty matters. And he'd had enough.

"He's right, you got us distracted from our goal!" Ichy snapped at Dil.

"Me? It was you who started the arguing!"

"Stop it now!" Chomper roared. Not only had he shouted in anger, but he'd also literally roared. While not the full-blown roar of an adult, or anywhere near it, it was at a level above his petty roar that Screech and Thud had mocked a few months previously in Boneyard Canyon. It was enough to cause Dil and Ichy to cease their arguing and stare at him.

"Not bad, kid," Ichy said.

"Mine is better," Dil remarked, growling loudly.

"Don't start this again!" Ichy snapped at her, facepalming.

"Looks like Rinkus and Sierra have spotted the kids," Chomper said.

Indeed, they had. "You fell right into our trap!" Sierra cackled.

"Yes, you kids are so dumb!" Rinkus laughed.

"Oh no!" Cera cried, trying to sound afraid.

"Not to worry Cera, there are only two of them," Littlefoot said, playing along.

"Wrong! There are four of us! The Belly Dragger and Sharpbeak are nearby," Rinkus cackled.

"Thanks for telling us that!" Cera said.

"Nice going, idiot!" Sierra snapped at Rinkus.

"How am I an idiot? They don't have a plan! So what if they know?"

While the children, save Chomper, didn't currently have a plan formulated, Pterano was quickly hatching one in his mind. "Here's what we should do. I'll distract the two Flyers. You two distract the Belly Dragger and Sharp Beak. And that'll free the kids to go free Petrie and Guido."

"Clever plan. I like it and am glad to help," Etta said approvingly.

"What about Chomper? We have no idea where he is," Phyra asked.

"Chomper, hopefully, will turn up soon. At any rate, he'll have an easier time finding us in this mist with his strong sense of smell. Also, he's a Sharptooth and hence won't need as much looking after here as the other children will."

"That's a clever plan, but how do we tell the kids without them two finding out?" Etta asked, pointing toward Rinkus and Sierra.

"I'll lead them away from the kids. That'll leave you two free."

"But what about the Belly Dragger and Sharp Beak? We don't even know where they are. They said that they were nearby," Phyra asked.

"We must hope that they aren't too nearby. And once they show themselves, you two can divert them away from the children," Pterano replied.

"Where should we all meet up, once we lose all the bad guys?" Etta asked.

"How about in that cave near where we came in?" Pterano suggested.

"Great idea, but we need someone to stick around and find Chomper," Phyra said.

"I can do that," Etta offered.

"Thank you. Much appreciated," Pterano said.

"Hello there. I take it you're Pterano," said Ichy, approaching them.

"Yes, I am. And I take it you're the talking Sharpbeak that kidnapped my nephew."

"My name's Ichy."

"Icky? I daresay that you're not the prettiest Flyer out there, but-"

"Real cute! I think I'm handsome, actually."

"Can we stop the chitchat and get to the part where we eat them?" Dil snapped at Ichy.

"Ok, but I don't see what you can do against Flyers, as long as they stay in the air. That's where I come in."

"Then what do I get to do?"

"Get them if they land on the ground."

"Ok, make sure that they come to the ground."

Chomper, meanwhile, had an idea. I'll deal with them. You stop Rinkus and Sierra from killing my friends, he called to Ichy.

Ok, but Dil will stay here, just to make sure that you don't double cross us, Ichy replied, taking flight.

This complicated things, so he realized that he had no choice but to play along with Ichy and Dil, for now.

At that moment, Etta spotted Chomper. She flew down toward him. "There you are Chomper. Didn't have to look far after all. Now you need to-"

"Rarrrrrrr!" Chomper snapped at Etta, as she tried to approach him.

"Hey Chomper, it's me! Etta!" Etta cried in alarm, backing away from his biting snap.

SNAP! SNAP! SNAP! "You're mine, Flyer!"

"Well, that can't be Chomper, because Chomper wouldn't try and kill me. So I should go and find Chomper," Etta remarked to herself.

"Etta, what's the matter?" asked Phyra in concern.

That Sharptooth that looked like Chomper tried to attack me, and I still can't find the real Chomper."

"What would a Chomper look-alike be doing with those Sharpteeth?" Pterano wondered aloud.

"I have no idea. But it's really bad luck. The kids might think that that's the real Chomper if they see him," Etta remarked.

"I wonder where those Sharpteeth picked up a young Strongbiter," Phyra said.

"I have no clue. Unless Chomper really did join them," Pterano remarked.

"Chomper wouldn't do that. He's been friends with the children since he was a baby," Phyra demurred.

"Maybe those two Sharpteeth won him over," Pterano sighed.

"Chomper would never, ever turn on his friends!" Phyra argued.

"Well, I can go ask that Sharptooth down there if he's Chomper," Etta offered.

"Be careful!" both Pterano and Phyra warned her.

Once more, Etta approached Chomper. "Are you Chomper?" Etta asked him.

"Yes, I am!"

"Ok, I guess that is Chomper!" Etta sighed, moving aside as Chomper took a snap at her.

"What could have made him go rogue like that?" Phyra asked her brother as Etta returned to them.

"Yes, if Chomper wanted to go rouge, he's had plenty of chances when alone with the kids," Etta said.

"Maybe he's gone rogue, because he's found talking Sharpteeth like himself," Pterano mused.

"Whatever the reason, he's now a danger to the children," Phyra said.

"Yes, we'll have to warn them about him," Pterano sighed deeply. "I just hope they don't take it too hard."

"I know Littlefoot most certainly will. He'll be devastated," Phyra said glumly.

"Still, he needs to know."

"I agree. I just don't want to be the one to break the bad news to him."

"You won't be. I'll do that."

"What do we do?" Etta asked.

"Keep Rinkus, Sierra, the Belly Dragger, the Sharp Beak, and Chomper distracted."

"There are only two of us and five of them. We won't be able to distract them all for too long," Etta said.

"Just do the best you can."

While Etta and Phyra flew off to distract Rinkus, Sierra, Chomper, Dil, and Ichy, Pterano flew toward Littlefoot and his friends. "Pterano!" Littlefoot cried.

"Not so loud, Littlefoot! We don't want them to hear us, especially Chomper!" Pterano whispered.

"You found Chomper!" the group gasped excitedly, and not in hushed tones either.

"Quiet! Quiet!" Pterano exhorted them. "I'm going to get you kids out of here, then I'm coming back for Petrie and Guido. My sister and Etta will distract the five villains while I-"

"Five? There are only four, unless you've forgotten how to count," Cera laughed.

"No, I haven't. Chomper's joined them."

"Why would Chomper join them?" Littlefoot asked, not willing to believe what he was hearing.

"I'm not sure. But I saw him go after Etta."

"You're lying!"

"Yes, how do we know that we can trust you?" Cera asked skeptically.

"Chomper was nice when he came with us and I don't see why he shouldn't still be nice," Ruby said.

"We saw what we saw!"

"We?" Littlefoot asked.

"Yes, my sister, Etta, and I."

"Maybe we can bring Chomper back to being nice again. Maybe," Ducky said hopefully.

"Right now, I'm concerned with freeing Petrie and his friend and getting you two to safety. If Chomper wants to apologize and come back with us, that's up to him. And if he wants to stay with those Sharpteeth, that's also up to him."

"I'm going to talk some sense into Chomper!" Littlefoot declared.

"You can't, it's too dangerous!" Pterano pleaded.

"He's my friend. I believe he'll listen to me. I need to find him."

"I can't let you do that. If he tried to attack Etta, he might attack you."

"That's a risk I'm willing to take."

"Your grandparents and father wouldn't want you to go into danger. Nor will they be happy with me if anything happens to you."

"They should know me by now. I put friends before my own safety," Littlefoot replied, before running off toward Etta and Phyra.

"Littlefoot, come back!" Pterano bellowed.

"Littlefoot, be careful!" Cera called after her friend.

"I will," he replied, before disappearing out of their sight.

"Oh, foolish boy! He's going to get himself killed!" Pterano lamented.

"If anyone can talk Chomper back to his senses, Littlefoot can," Cera said.

"Ok, children, follow me to safety," Pterano said.

"We can go to safety on our own without following you. You should rescue Petrie. You should," Ducky told hm.

"Right. If you're sure, then go to safety and I'll go free Petrie and Guido."

The children began to head back toward the cave at the entrance to the Land of Mists. "I still do not feel right leaving Littlefoot. He would not leave us if he were us," Ruby said. The oviraptor was still in shock that Chomper could have gone rogue. The young Strongbiter had drawn Red Claw's ire for saving her from him. What could have gone wrong?

"I think that we should help Littlefoot," Cera said.

"But Pterano said we should go to safety," Ducky argued.

"We can't just leave Littlefoot," Cera said.

Pterano, meanwhile, soon located Petrie and Guido. "Uncle Pterano!" Petrie cried ecstatically.

"Not so loud!" Pterano whispered in annoyance. "We don't want them to know I'm here."

"Ok, me be quiet."

Pterano soon freed Petrie and Guido. "Quick, let's get out of here!" Pterano whispered, urging them to take flight immediately.

Petrie and Pterano took flight, zooming away quickly, however, Guido, due to being able only to glide, and, very poorly, fly, was moving much slower.

"Hurry up, Guido!" Pterano snapped.

"Sorry. This is as fast as I go!" Guido snapped.

"Hey, they're getting away!" Rinkus cried, noticing that Petrie and Guido were free.

"Get on, Petrie, I'll get him!" Pterano told his nephew.

"Be careful Uncle Pterano!"

"Ah, Pterano, was wondering when you'd show up," Rinkus cackled.

"We've been waiting a long time to pay you back!" Sierra laughed.

"I'm afraid you'll have to keep waiting," Pterano said dismissively. "I came here to rescue them and that's what I'm going to do."

"And we came here to kill all of you!" Sierra declared. "Dil, Ichy, let's get 'em!"

Chomper watched as Dil and Ichy moved toward Pterano. Ichy would be there soon, and Chomper highly doubted that Petrie's uncle could take on three at once. Thankfully, Rinkus was nearest to him (he was near a cliff's edge and the Flyer was flying right by him to move toward Pterano.) So, he decided to make his move now. SNAP!

"What are you doing? I thought Ichy said we could trust you!" Rinkus snapped.

"Ichy, let's get rid of them now, like we planned! Let's get rid of all of them!" Chomper cried.

"What plan is he talking about?" Sierra asked.

"Clearly, the Sharpteeth plan to do us in after this is all over. The kid just got a little over eager and gave it away," Rinkus replied.

"I swear, I have nothing to do with this!" Ichy countered, hoping that Chomper hadn't ruined everything.

"Likely story!" Sierra laughed.

"You three thought you could off us once we dealt with the kids and Pterano. Well, we're not that stupid!" Rinkus sneered.

"Oops, I guess I should have kept my mouth shut!" Chomper groaned, hoping he sounded convincing.

"Yes, you should have!" Ichy snapped.

"Too late now! Now we know your plan!" Sierra chuckled.

"You know what, I say we deal with the kids now and go back for the Sharpteeth later," Rinkus said to Sierra.

"And let them double-cross us like that? I don't think so!"

"Well, while we're here arguing, them kids are getting further and further away!"

"Yes, and Pterano will escape too if we keep staying here and arguing with each other! Let's get 'em!"

The two Flyers took off after Pterano, Petrie, and Guido. "What should we do now?" Chomper asked Ichy and Dil.

"Not sure. I can't fly like Ichy can," Dil said.

"You two just stay here. I'll deal with the Flyer," Ichy told them.

"How are you going to take on all three at once?" Chomper asked.

"I'm not. I'm going to take on Pterano first, then we can deal with Rinkus and Sierra. With Rinkus and Sierra going after Pterano, it makes my job easier. If they fight me, Pterano gets away, which is what they don't want."

Chomper again was unsure of what to do. While he may have divided Dil and Ichy from Rinkus and Sierra, it looked like Pterano was likely to be killed. In desperation, he tried to think of anything he could do to get Ichy out of the fight for a while. Soon, an idea entered his head. This could work.

"Hey Dil."

"What, er, Stomper, was it?"

"My name is Chomper."

"Oh, sorry."

"I got to thinking, if Ichy gets Pterano and the others, do you think he'll share them with us or keep it all for himself?"

"You know, that's a good question!"

"I thought so. Let's go see what he's up to! Thankfully, he's crossed water, and you're faster on water than land."

"I can't see the best."

"That's ok, I can see quite well."

"Then guide me to him. I want to make sure that he shares."

Chomper guided her to the water. Then, he climbed onto her back and the two quickly moved across the water. As they reached the other side of the river, Ichy, Rinkus, and Sierra had cornered Pterano.

"I don't think you can beat all three of us!" Rinkus declared.

"Yes, I think I could take two of you but three might be a bit too much. Still, I've got to try," Pterano sighed.

"Hey, Ichy, were you planning to share with us?" came Dil's voice from below.

"Oh, not now!" Ichy fumed.

"Hey Ichy, I'm asking you a question and I demand an answer!"

Ichy turned to look down at Dil. "Hey, I'm busy right now!"

"I want to get some too!"

"You'll get-" WHAM! Pterano hit him, seizing the opportunity of his distraction to attack him. "Ahhhhhhhhhh!" Ichy cried as he plummeted. At the last moment, Ichy spread his wings, taking to the air again. "Nice going Dil, you got me distracted!" he snapped at her. The two began one of their usual arguments.

"What idiots those two are! Can't stop their arguing to-" Sierra began to mock.

WHAM! Pterano hit him as he focused on the fighting Dil and Ichy. He too fell down off the edge, righting himself just in time. Now, Pterano just had to face Rinkus.

"You still won't get away from me, Pterano!" Rinkus declared.

"The kids certainly have gotten away from you. Your whole plan is falling apart!" Pterano laughed.

"Not quite. I spot the Longneck over there!" Rinkus declared, pointing down at Littlefoot.

"Littlefoot, get out of here!" Pterano shouted down at the apatosaurus.

"Chomper, don't join them! You're our friend!" Littlefoot shouted to Chomper.

"Not anymore! Now he's with us!" Ichy cackled.

"Chomper, you're our friend! You're not a mean Sharptooth!"

"We can offer him more than you can. Now get out of here before we decide to eat you!" Ichy snapped.

"Why can't we eat him?" Dil asked.

"Chomper promised that he'd join us if the kids would be left alone. And I say a new partner is worth more than eating those brats for a meal."

Littlefoot now knew what Chomper was up to. It also explained why Dil had arrived, bringing Chomper with her, to pester Ichy at very moment that Ichy, Rinkus, and Sierra had had Pterano cornered. Chomper was still on their side!

Thankfully, it seemed to him that Ichy and Dil hadn't caught on to Chomper yet. He had to act like he truly believed Chomper had joined them, lest they become suspicious.

"After all we did for you, you've gone and betrayed us like this!" he snapped at the Sharptooth.

Chomper, who didn't yet realize that Littlefoot knew the truth, felt pained. He hadn't wanted this to happen. Still, if he revealed that it was all a ruse to his friend, Dil and Ichy would, no doubt, attack the Longneck, considering their deal void. "They could give me far more than what you could offer."

"Which is what?"

Before Chomper could reply, both he and Littlefoot were forced to duck as Rinkus and Sierra dove at them. "You're going to pay for turning on us, Strongbiter!" Rinkus snapped.

"Turning on you? I never agreed to join you in the first place!" Chomper retorted.

"I'd thought you were with those other two Talking Sharpteeth," Sierra remarked.

"I am. And I convinced them to split with you two."

"Littlefoot, get out of there!" Chomper, Littlefoot, Rinkus, Sierra, Dil, and Ichy looked up to see Pterano soaring overhead.

"Not without Chomper!"

"If he's joined them, that's his decision! Come with us now!"

"He's on our side!"

"No, he's joined us!" Ichy snapped.

"No, he's on our side!"

"No, he's joined us because he knows that one day you'll betray him!" Ichy snapped.

"No, he tricked you to save us! And now the others have gotten away. And we will too." Littlefoot had stated this, not because he was keen on Dil and Ichy learning the truth, but because he needed for Pterano to know, and that they shouldn't leave without Chomper.

Ichy, meanwhile, now understood what had been going on. Chomper had agreed to join him, legitimately or not he still wasn't sure, as his apprehension about his future and about his friends betraying him had seemed quite genuine, in exchange for saving his friends. But he's also intended to get him and Dil to go against Rinkus and Sierra and set things up so that Pterano, Etta, and Phyra could escape as well and take Petrie and Guido with them. "If he used us, then the deal's off!" Ichy snapped. "Sic 'em, Dil!" He figured that maybe if Chomper lost his friends, he wouldn't have anything to go back to and would thus stay with him.

"Hey Pterano, we have a score to settle!" Rinkus and Sierra zoomed toward Pterano. Even worse, Ichy headed toward him from the opposite way.

WHACK! Littlefoot used his tail to whack a rock at Sierra, which conked him in the side.

"Why you little…." Sierra fumed.

"Come on Chomper, let's get out of here!" Littlefoot said.

"You think you three can get away from all four of us?" Ichy laughed.

"Yes, we outnumber you," Dil said.

"Not anymore!" Rinkus, Sierra, and Ichy turned to look as Cera approached, closely followed by Petrie, Guido, Ducky, Spike, Ruby, Phyra, and Etta.

"So what? Dil's bigger than all of you put together!" Ichy laughed.

"Yes, but strength in numbers can come in handy!" Pterano stated.

"Yes, the more of you there are, the higher chance we'll get to eat one of you!" Ichy laughed.

Rinkus dove at Littlefoot, who moved out of the way. Ichy almost sank his fangs into Littlefoot's head, but Chomper threw himself at the Ichthyornis, causing him to change direction at the last moment. Ichy zoomed into the air, going as fast as he could fly with the Sharptooth hanging on to him. "Let go, Strongbiter!" he demanded.

"Are you crazy?! I'm up in the air!"

"Why are you siding with the Flatteeth? They're just going to betray you!" Ichy tried to brush Chomper loose on the top of cliff. He felt too much kinship with the Strongbiter to try and kill him, at least, not unless Chomper forced him to do so.

"I'll take my chances with my friends. I trust them."

"You're a fool!"

Ichy shook Chomper loose and moved toward Spike. "I'm going to pay you back for whacking me into Dil's mouth and nearly getting me eaten!" he bellowed. The Spiketail tried to run from him, but the airborne Sharpbeak was too fast. SNAP! He bit Spike in the tail. Enough to draw blood, but not enough to tear off any flesh.

"Auggggggh!" Spike wailed. He tried to slam Ichy into the ground with his tail, but the Sharpbeak jumped up at the last second and bit again.

"You leave Spike alone!"

Ichy looked up to see Petrie zooming toward him. He swung out his claws, aiming to impale the Flyer. However, Guido zoomed by, gliding as fast as he could, and collided with Ichy, knocking him off course.

"You!" Ichy seethed. He let go of Spike's tail and took off after the Flyer and Glider. This was exactly what the two had been hoping for. Thankfully for Petrie and Guido, Ichy wasn't able to get too near them. With Ichy's teeth no longer stuck in his tail, Spike was free to swat Ichy several dozen feet with it. "Aghhhh, not again!" Ichy cried as he hurled through the air. The Sharptooth landed in a smelly pit of mud.

"Get them! This way! This way!" Rinkus cried, directing Dil toward Littlefoot, Cera, Ducky, Spike, Ruby, and Chomper.

"No, to the left! Are you blind?" Sierra snapped in annoyance.

"Nearly," the Belly Dragger replied.

"That was supposed to be rhetorical."

"What?"

"Never mind."

As Dil cornered the children, Ichy, who had gotten up out of the mud and returned laughed, "Well, looks like, despite the snags, our plan will work out after all."

"What are we going to do?" Cera asked nervously, doubting that they could take on Dil.

"We'll find some way," Littlefoot said hopefully.

"I'm not so sure, we don't have any way to go except the way they are, and they're that way," Ruby said doubtfully.

"Oh, this does not look good!" Ducky moaned.

RNNNNNNH! RARRRRRR! Chomper stepped forward, roaring and snarling and snapping his jaws. "You'll have to kill me to get to my friends!" he declared.

"Fine by me!" Rinkus said.

"A dead Sharptooth means there's less likely to be a dead us," Sierra said.

"Get out of the way kid, Dil and I aren't after you!" Ichy ordered him.

"No, they're my friends! We go down together!"

"Can we stop with the delays? I'm hungry!" Dil whined.

"You guys should give up now while you're ahead," Pterano remarked.

"Actually, my backup should be here any minute."

"Backup? Ha!" Sierra laughed.

"I don't see any backup. Do you guys?" Dil asked. The other three shook their heads.

CRASH! Mr. Threehorn and Tria plowed through a large cluster of boulders. BOOM! BOOM! CRASH! Grandpa and Grandma Longneck smashed apart an entire cliffside. Behind them, making a much less grand entrance than the other two couples, were Mama and Papa Swimmer. "Backup here," Pterano said smugly.

"Ok, now we're definitely outnumbered and outmatched!' Sierra sighed.

"Let's get out of here!" Rinkus said. The two fled.

"No, we were going to get even with them. I say we do one of them in anyway!" Ichy snapped.

He flew down at Ducky, but, Guido dove in and pulled her to safety. He next went toward Petrie, but Pterano pulled him to safety.

"Game's over, Sharpbeak!" Mr. Threehorn declared, ramming Ichy and narrowly missing goring him through with his horn. Ichy went flying into a wall and got up painfully. "Time to stop your nastiness for good!"

Ichy couldn't get up in time and knew he was done for as Mr. Threehorn moved to crush him with his feet.

Chomper, though Ichy was an enemy of his friends, couldn't let him die like that. They were too much alike. "No!" he cried. He lunged at Mr. Threehorn and bit him in the tail It wasn't enough to do more than create a shallow gash due to his thick hide. Still, it hurt enough to get his attention away from Ichy.

Ichy, seizing the opportunity, got up and flew off, Dil chasing after him crying "Wait for me, Ichy!"

"Why did you help him? Are you against us now?" Mr. Threehorn asked, glaring at Chomper.

"No. He was, in his past, like me. I was hoping maybe he could find redemption," Chomper said.

"Well, after you attacked an adult, maybe it's not safe for you to go back to the Valley," Mr. Threehorn said.

"I understand," he sighed.

"I wouldn't kick out Chomper, Mr. Threehorn," Grandpa Longneck said.

"Yes, he helped save the kids, including Cera," Grandma Longneck.

"Yes, I say give him another chance," Papa Swimmer said.

"Well, ok, but don't ever do that again!" Topps warned Chomper.

"We're just glad that you kids are safe," Mama Swimmer said.

"Yes, all thanks to me," Pterano said.

"And I helped some too," Etta said.

"Well, let's get home," Tria said.

As they made their way back to the Great Valley, Littlefoot asked Chomper why he'd saved Ichy. "Because, he was once a friendly Sharptooth, like I'm now. But his friends turned on him. He warned that you'd turn on me one day."

"We'd never do that," Littlefoot assured him. At least he hoped the others wouldn't. They had been very reluctant to trust him, with only himself on Chomper's side for much of their stranded stay on the island with Chomper. Still, since then, it seemed that they'd all warmed up to him. And Ruby, she owed her life to him.

"Well, I won't turn on you. But, anyway, maybe it's not too late for Ichy."

"Maybe. Only time will tell."

Littlefoot, of course, didn't know what the future held. Hopefully, Chomper wouldn't be like the Sharptooth who killed his mother. And, as for that fact that that was how she really died, and not the Great Earthshake, he planned to tell Chomper the truth on that, someday. But he felt that right now was not the right time.

When they arrived in the Great Valley, they began to sing triumphantly "We did it together,

We get out of there," Guido and Petrie sang.

"We used my brains," Pterano sang.

"And you didn't drive us insane," Phyra sang.

"We did it together as friends.

We'll be together to the very end," Littlefoot and Chomper sang.

"Let's hope that we do not go back to the Land of Mists anytime soon," Ducky sang.

"Yes, or else next time we might meet our doom," Cera sang.

"We are back safe and sound," Ruby sang.

"Yes, Petrie and Guido were found,

Because we did it together," they all sang, finishing the song.

Pterano, for his efforts, had the remainder of his banishment suspended, so he could finally be back in the Great Valley with his nieces, nephews, and sister. Also, he was starting to develop a crush on Etta.

As for Dil, Ichy, Rinkus, and Sierra, this wouldn't be the last time they crossed paths with them. But those are other stories that will be told at other times.