Reply To: The Land Before Time XIX: Adventure in the White Mountains
CHAPTER THREE: UNWELCOME GUESTS
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They headed up the pass. “My wings are freezing.” Guido complained, shivering.
They kept going upward. Littlefoot slipped and crashed into Guido and Ruby. Littlefoot was able to get up. Guido and Ruby went tumbling. Luckily, Ruby was able to grab onto Littlefoot’s tail with one hand and onto Guido with the other. Littlefoot was able to lift them both to safety.
“Thank you Littlefoot.” she said. She looked slightly unnerved from having almost fallen to her death, but she was still calm enough. She was pretty carefree.
Meanwhile, Mama Fast Runner woke up. “Where’s Ruby?” she asked, noticing that her teenage daughter was missing.
“I think she said that she was going somewhere with Littlefoot. Some mountain.” said her mate sleepily.
“WHAT?!” shouted Mama Fast Runner in fright, her eyes wide open in horror.
“Holy Tree Stars!” shouted Papa Fast Runner, feeling like an idiot for not realizing what Ruby had said sooner.
Meanwhile, Grandpa Longneck looked for Littlefoot. At last, he and the others found tracks leading into the Mysterious Beyond. “He’s gone after Ali, hasn’t he?” asked his wife. Grandpa Longneck nodded.
“We’ve got to go after them!” said Topps. He headed into the Mysterious Beyond. However, a Big White Ground Sparkle Blow (whiteout) was keeping even Topps in there. “Curses!” he groaned angrily.
“I hope they haven’t died.” said Mama Swimmer.
“Guido is gone too.” said Mama Flyer.
“They’ll be all right.” said Grandpa Longneck. At least he hoped so.
Meanwhile, the Big White Ground Sparkle Blow made its way toward Littlefoot and his friends. They saw it coming. “Big White Ground Sparkle Blow! We need to find shelter quickly!” said Littlefoot in alarm.
They went into a cave. It was deserted…or so it looked. They waited as the storm passed on. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR! “Spike, is that your tummy making rumbley sounds?” Ducky asked. Spike shook his head.
They turned around. A hungry pack of Large Claws was staring at them. They looked pleased. The teens’s eyes widened in fright. “Sharpteeth!” they all yelled.
They ran out of the cave. They headed up the pass. The hungry pack was right behind them. Ducky started to make snowballs. “Take that you bullies! And that!” she shouted, hurling snowballs at the enemy. One Large Claw leapt at her. However, he got hit in the face with some snowballs and was distracted enough that he missed her.
“You leave Ducky alone!” It was Petrie.
“Thank you Petrie.” said Ducky, smiling at him.
Ruby made a big snowball. “What are you doing Ruby?” asked Littlefoot, who hoped she’d hurry up. “Just watch my friend.” said Ruby, grinning. She rolled it down the path behind them. It knocked over ten Large Claws as if she had been bowling.
They had thought that that should deter them. However, up ahead, they saw an unpleasant sight. Apparently the pack had more in number, and there were Sharpteeth ahead of them too. They were terrified and didn’t like playing monkey in the middle with hungry Sharpteeth. They were considering jumping, preferring to go on their own terms rather than those of the hungry Sharpteeth’s.
Spike had found a green vine and started to chew on it. This caused some rocks to move, opening a hidden passageway behind the rocks. “Good thinking Spike!” said Ducky, hugging her foster brother.
They went through the passage. The Sharpteeth were right behind them. “This should stop them.” said Littlefoot. He kicked the cave walls. Cave teeth started falling everywhere.
“I don’t think that was a good plan.” said Guido.
“That was supposed to block the path behind us. Guess I overestimated my own strength.” said Littlefoot.
The cave teeth kept falling everywhere. The teens all freaked out. They were able to get out of there. Littlefoot kicked the walls again. They blocked out the passage behind them. The Sharpteeth stuck their heads through the rocks, trying to get at them with their mouths. SNAP! SNAP! SNAP! SNAP! SNAP! They angrily tried to get through. However, it didn’t work.
The Leaf Eaters, Ruby, and Guido, meanwhile, had found that they had come out on the other side of the pass. “That should deter these Sharpteeth.” said Guido.
Meanwhile, back in the cave, the Sharpteeth were angry. The Large Claws weren’t going to let a meal get away that easily. They sniffed around, trying to find another way to get to their prey.
