Reply To: Return of the Tyrantasaurus
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
The male Egg Stealer said “You saved my family! Thank you long neck, thank you thank you thank you! If their is anything I can do to repay you, anything at all.” he says kissing Littlefoot’s not-so-little feet.
“For starters, don’t eat any eggs from the Great Valley.” said Littlefoot.
“Why did you save us?” asked the female Egg Stealer.
“Because I couldn’t let you drown.” said Littlefoot.
“But we steal eggs.” said the male.
“Well, I can look past that.” said Littlefoot. “My name is Littlefoot. What are your names?” he asks them.
The male Egg Stealer says “That’s refreshing, I never thought I would meet someone who doesn’t hate us just because of our nature. Anyway, my name is Mimus.”
“And I am Sapphire.” said the female Egg Stealer.
Sapphire said “My apologies, I was just so distracted by shock that you saved us instead of trying to crush us, or chasing us around calling us no good egg stealers! Well, at least we always be sure to leave at least some to hatch, and we would eat the eggs of virgins instead if we could, but is anyone grateful that we don’t just go on a psychopathic quest to just obliterate entire nest simply because their always so unkind to us rather then for a meal?”
Mimus said “My apologies for her ravings, we been through a lot, and now we are homeless. Again.
“So, Littlefoot, you said for starters. What else does thanking you for saving us include?”
“Well, I’m not sure what else you can do. You see, the Great Valley is likely to come under attack by this Sharptooth who killed my mother years ago. I used to live in the Mysterious Beyond when I was little. Sharptooth attacked my mother the day of the Great Earthshake. She died in his attack. We thought we’d drowned Sharptooth near the Great Valley, but apparenlty he survived. And then, as if his return weren’t bad enough, my Sharptooth friend Chomper goes and joins his side, killing Clubtails. I don’t know why I’m telling you this though. It’s not like you could help us beat Shredder and Chomper. Well, nice meeting you.” said Littlefoot, starting to walk away back toward the Great Valley.
Mimus said “Well at least Chomper would never go back on his word. He did take away my dignity when he had a little fun with us earlier but if their is one thing I love its someone who would keep their word. Good luck to you big fo.. I mean, Littlefoot, we need to find a new home and have no time to waste.” With that, the egg stealers start to head out.
“Wait, you have met Chomper too? Did you know anything about him and why he might have turned agianst us? It sounds like you’ve met him before.” said Littlefoot. He blocked the path of the Egg Stealers. “I know you want to find a new home, but this is important. I HAVE to know about Chomper. If he’s gone over to join Sharptooth, he’ll know all the entrances and exits of the Great Valley. That will mean that we are pretty vulnerable. I tell you what, I’ll make you a deal. As long as you don’t take our eggs and don’t bring someone else’s eggs into the Great Valley and don’t tell us that you’re stealing eggs, we’ll turn a blind eye to it and we’ll let you live in the Great Valley as your new home. I can help arrange that as, well, my grandparents passed away and now my wife Ali and I are now part of the leadership of the Great Valley.” said Littlefoot.
“Well he certainly seemed determined to find shredder and his pack, it seemed pretty urgent how dramatic he was getting about it. He told a shorty sharptooth something about wanting to find out why he wanted to attack the whole Great Valley just to get to… That’s right, the Great Valley will be invaded soon won’t it? that’s why Chomper adviced staying away from it for a while.” said Mimus.
“I admit, I didn’t see this coming. Why would Chomper join with Shredder? It doesn’t make sense. Perhaps he just caved to his Sharptooth nature after staying with them for some time. But if that’s true, can he still be trusted? He might try and eat us if he comes back. I mean, Guido saw him kill Clubtails. I wonder, do you know of anyone who knows where Chomper is? Also, this does concern you. If Chomper has gone rogue, that may mean he may be planning to feed you to the pack. I’m surprised he let you even go as, well, we gave him instructions to EAT any Egg Stealers that try and take our eggs from the Great Valley. You said you met him near the Great Valley and it likely meant that you were up to no good, as Egg Stealers only come here for one reason only. Unless he’s no longer serving us. Perhaps he planned to join Shredder ever since he found out about him. Perhaps he’s afraid of siding with us. Maybe Dad was right. Maybe all Sharpteeth are cowards.” said Littlefoot.
Meanwhile, Chomper and Tiny run across the storm. Tiny slips into the water and goes under. Chomper dives in and goes after her. He pulls her to safety, though collapses soon afteward once they get to shore.
“You can swim? Few of our kind can.” said Tiny in awe.
“I almost drowned when I was three. I determined not to let water get the best of me again.” said Chomper. Tiny moves him back to the pack, which is only a short distance away from where they are.
Glad you could make it. The group would like you to lead the next hunt. said Shredder.
But I’m supposed to be on my honeymoon. Chomper complained.
They insisted. You should be honored. We’re taking on Domeheads this time. We’re going to the Mountains that Burn. Should be fun terrain. said Shredder.
Domeheads? Like the creatures that eat both plants and meat and try and eat Flatteeth. This should be interesting. Chomper thought.
