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Update: I now run just one computer on Windows 7. I went through my old computer and transferred all the files I wanted onto an external hard drive and got rid of the computer.
My favorite pastimes include listening to music, writing Land Before Time fanfiction, watching YouTube videos and browsing the internet.
Cera: La la la la la la I’m not listening! I’m not listening!
That Fixer-Upper song from Frozen was being played on an endless loop in the background.
Jenna is the name I have chosen for Littlefoot’s mother. I got tired of referring her to as Littlefoot’s mother or Mama Longneck.
I like Look For The Light by Reba McEntire, Best of Friends by Olivia Newton-John (the song being played during the end credits of Land Before Time 10), If We Hold On Together by Diana Ross; Always There, and Standing Tough.
Those are the only songs I can think of at the top of my head.
I understand; if it was my idea, I would have had him dying of old age. Heroic sacrifice is another way since it shows how selfless he is by putting the needs of others before his own.
And I only usually do that in my more grown up ones. (Sorry I kinda overreacted about teh Littlefoot dying one. Didn’t get much sleep and somehow thought that it was your idea.)
Nonetheless, the idea of Littlefoot dying, though opposed to it, did give me an idea for my planned LBT finale, the Four Kinds Quest.
As you know, in the original, it almost did seem as if Littlefoot did want to die for a while as he didn’t eat and just moped around, sad about his mother’s death. Eventually, however, his desire to get to the Great Valley, as his mother had requested, overrcome his despair and he went and eventually got to the Great Valley.
In Four Kinds Quest, however, he doesn’t have that anymore. After an incident leads to his lifetime banishment from the place, and him thinking that it’s possible that Chomper went rogue and killed Doc and the Old One and that Strut and some other Egg Stealers had gone rogue and stolen and eaten eggs and that it was all his fault for doing the Four Kinds Quest in hopes of ending the segregation of the Leaf Eaters worldwide. Also, he again blamed himself and his desire to do the Four Kinds Quest for his mother’s death.
He travels back to the Great Divide, though not alone, as Pterano and Etta came with him, as did two Great Valley kids that snuck out after him. However, like before, only worse, he doesn’t really take care of himself and gets very low on food and water (partially to keep food for the kids as there is a famine again.) and finally reaches the spot where his mother died. He lies down, planning to just, as he hopes, die in his sleep, and his mother speaks to him in a dream. He can see her and asks if he is dead and she says not yet but he can go that route if he wants. She talks to him in a near death experience for him, I guess, and talks him into keep going, and he wakses up and finds water and some tree stars nearby and so is able to live.
Initially, I was offended when you asked me to take down the story, but, I understand why you overreacted and I accept your apology. Your idea for the finale of the Four Kinds Quest sounds interesting.
The type of stories I don’t like feature sex scenes in graphic detail and when the females go to lay the eggs. And the thought of two dinosaurs having sex not long after meeting each other sounds kinda creepy to me. That’s why when I write romance and there happens to be talk of starting families, I do the whole sex and egg laying off screen. I’m also not 100% fond of Littlefoot and the gang turning into sharpteeth; but, I’m not the type of person to tell another author to take down their story just because it has plot elements I don’t agree with.
Peaceful Valley isn’t exactly one of my favorite songs from the early sequels. The only song I like from LBT2 is Eggs.
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The walk back to the Great Valley was rather awkward and a bit painful; especially since Ariel’s feet were kicking Topsy’s sides.
“Ariel, you’re kicking me; could you please knock it off?” Topsy asked.
Soon enough, Ariel decided that she has gotten her energy back and got off of Topsy’s back.
“Are you mad at me? If I upset you, I’m sorry; I-”
“Don’t worry about it, I understand; and thanks for the ride, I think I can make it the rest of the way on foot,” Ariel assured him while petting his frill.
Topsy blushed while looking up at the swimmer.
“Ariel, you’re embarrassing me,” Topsy stated.
“Ah, come on; that’s what friends do from time to time,” Ariel claimed.
An uneasy chuckle escaped Topsy’s lips.
After about ten minutes, the five dinosaurs made it to the Thundering Falls. However, Topsy didn’t see Cera there; he assumed that she was mad at him, although, she was asleep when he left the valley.
“Do you think Cera hates me?” Topsy asked.
“What kind of stupid question is that? Of course she wouldn’t hate you; she’s probably just worried that you might have gotten seriously injured and a bit angry that you walked off,” Grandpa replied.
Topsy lowered his head.
“I better talk to her; I shouldn’t have walked out like that,” Topsy said.
“Hey, if I was too harsh with my yelling, I’m sorry; I was just worried about you, that’s all,” Kosh admitted.
Topsy nodded.
“I’m sorry, too; for making you guys worry about me, that is; I just needed some time to myself, that’s all,” Topsy explained.
The others nodded.
“You didn’t have to leave the valley to be alone; the Sheltering Grass is a good spot if you ever wanted some alone time,” Grandpa told him.
Topsy hung his head in shame.
“If only I thought of that before I go the stupid idea to go out in the Mysterious Beyond; but, I wasn’t thinking clearly at the time; I’m pooped; maybe I’ll take a nap after I have a talk with Cera and apologize to her,” Topsy responded.
“You could use some shut eye; *sniff sniff* and a bath,” Ariel replied.
Topsy stuck his tongue out at Ariel in a playful manner before walking over to a watering hole. He decided that Ariel was right; and even Ariel decided to wash up since Topsy’s body odor rubbed off on her.
After a while, Cera seemed to be in a much better mood. She had a good talk with her dad and has forgiven him for worrying her. Now, she was playing with her friends like any normal child would.
“I am so glad that you and your dad worked things out,” Ducky commented.
“Me no liked seeing you sad; so, me agree with Ducky,” Petrie added.
Spike grumbled in agreement.
“We were worried about you for a while; but, we’re glad that you’re okay now,” Littlefoot said.
Even Hyp, Mutt and Nod expressed their happiness that Cera’s mood was back to normal.
“I got an idea; lets go for a swim,” Hyp suggested.
The other seven agree with Hyp and wandered over to a watering hole.
Meanwhile at Topsy’s nest, he was sleeping uneasily. Since his mind was still plagued by nightmares, he had a tendency to moan and talk and kick his hind legs in his sleep. His dream ended the same every time; Cera dies in the fire due to smoke inhalation and Topsy wakes up just before his dream self dies along with Cera. He woke up all of a sudden and grabbed his chest. Luckily for him, no one was around to hear him wake up from the nightmare.
“Thank goodness,” Topsy muttered before trying to get back to sleep.The four dinosaurs have been wandering the Mysterious Beyond for the last few hours; and the heat seemed to be getting to them.
“It’s so hot out here,” Kosh complained.
The other three nodded in agreement.
All of a sudden, the four of them saw Topsy walking up to them. He clearly had a run-in with Red Claw, Screech and Thud. However, his wounds weren’t bleeding; all he had was some claw marks on his face, some blood on his horn when he inflicted a flesh wound on Screech and he bled to death. Red Claw and Thud managed to escape with their lives, though.
“Oh, dear; are you all right?” Grandma asked.
“Do I look like I’m all right? Huh, do I?” Topsy snarled.
“Is that any way to talk to a lady?” Grandpa demanded.
Topsy lowered his head in shame.
“I appreciate you sticking up for me; but, I’ll excuse the rudeness this once,” Grandma told him before she looked down at Topsy.
Soon enough, Topsy looked up at the elderly female.
“I’m so-”
“I know you’re sorry; that must have been quite a fight you had with those guys; so, you managed to kill Screech,” Grandma stated.
Topsy nodded.
“Although, I didn’t get out of the fight unscathed; I have good scratches on my face, Thud head butted me in the stomach and knocked the wind out of me; thankfully, I hadn’t eaten too much, so it wasn’t too bad; although, Screech was downwind of me; I never should have eaten all that stinkweed and swamp sticks before bed last night; those things give me indigestion; then again, all this stress still causes me to experience stomach pain, which is fairly common,” Topsy explained.
The other dinosaurs nodded.
“Well, I’m just glad you’re not seriously hurt; but, I have just one question…WHAT THE HELL WENT THROUGH YOUR MIND WHEN YOU RAN OFF THIS MORNING?! WE WERE ALL WORRIED SICK!” Kosh shouted.
“You? Worried sick about me? And here I thought you’d be more worried about not having enough to eat, much less worry about me,” Topsy retorted.
Ariel fought back the urge to laugh at Topsy’s retort to Kosh.
“There’s no need for such childish behavior, you two; Kosh, you could have settled this in a more mature way instead of shouting,” Grandma said.
“She sure told you,” Topsy remarked to Kosh.
“Oh, shut up! At least I didn’t run off to the Mysterious Beyond to try and get killed,” Kosh snarled.
“I needed some time to think, all right?” Topsy retorted.
“Boys…” Grandma scolded the younger males.
Topsy and Kosh sighed since they knew they couldn’t argue with the elderly female. It was a long walk back to the Great Valley; and thanks to the heat, it made the walk seem twice as long.
“I’m beat,” Ariel stated with a yawn.
“You can ride on my back for a while if you want,” Topsy offered.
Ariel smiled. However, she had Topsy lower himself to the ground before she got on his back. Upon getting herself comfortable, Topsy stood back up and they all continued on the path back to the Great Valley.Topsy was still fighting a losing battle within himself; he was taught from a young age to never show emotions. However, he felt himself starting to crack; silently cursing his father for making him think the way he does, he started experiencing yet another flashback. Only this time, he could have sworn, he saw Cera dying in the fire. He then shook his head before rubbing his eyes with his right forepaw. The flashback had ended with him shaking and sweating profusely. And with that, his stomach pain returned; he sat down and gasped in pain while holding his stomach with his right forepaw.
“Ahh! Man this hurts,” Topsy grumbled.
The pain, shaking and sweating subsided after a few moments; then, he continued his walk around the valley.
“This is ridiculous; I’m a threehorn; we should never show weakness,” Topsy stated once again.
Later that night, he was stricken with insomnia; no matter how hard he tried, he just couldn’t get to sleep. He glanced over at the little threehorn from a distance not too far from him. Soon enough, he stood up and walked away; he didn’t want her to see him like this; especially when he was supposed to be a strong role model for her. However, he needed to solve this problem; and FAST; although, he was still insecure since he had a feeling that everyone would see him as anything but tough if he opened up to them.
“Maybe I’m not giving the herd enough credit…no, no; I just need to walk it off,” Topsy whispered to himself.
Before he knew it; he had walked out of the valley. Since his mind was elsewhere, his mental health was declining all due to his repressing his emotions.
The next morning, Cera woke up and saw that her dad wasn’t in his sleeping spot. However, Cera assumed that he might have gotten up early and headed over to the Feeding Grounds. All of a sudden, she overheard the grown ups whispering.
“Wait a second; you mean my dad isn’t here?” Cera asked.
“No he isn’t; me and him usually try and see who can gather the most sweet bubbles by now; we used to do that when we were little as well; only, I used to play dirty and knock him down so I can gather them first,” Kosh answered.
“Huh; he did seem really tense at dinner last night; I have a feeling there is something he’s not telling me; I don’t know what it is; but, I would like to know what’s going on with him,” Cera explained.
“Maybe you’re too young to understand; most parents wait to discuss such personal matters with their offspring when they first reach the Time of Great Growing,” Kosh claimed.
Cera sighed.
That was when she knew to stop asking those types of questions and decided to wait until Topsy was ready to open up to her. After everyone has had their breakfast, Cera went back to her sleeping place; she wasn’t really in the mood to play since she was very worried about her dad.
Meanwhile, Littlefoot, Ducky, Petrie, Spike, Hyp, Mutt and Nod were sitting around in the Tall Trees and wondered how to cheer up the despondent threehorn.
“This is not good; oh, no, no, no,” Ducky commented.
“You can say that again,” Hyp stated.
Spike let out a sad murmur; he was usually the most chilled out of the group, apart from Mutt, that is. They all hung their heads in sadness; it was so sad that not even Spike had a second helping of treestars and sweet bubbles and he usually eats even if he’s not hungry.
Later in the afternoon, the grown ups gathered around at the Rock Circle once again.
“It seems that Topsy has gone missing; maybe he just needs some time to himself,” Kosh replied.
“Yeah; but, I checked his sleeping place; and his usual spot is cold; so, I’m sure he’s not even in the valley,” Grandpa stated.
“This is bad; if only he could see that opening up about his emotions doesn’t make him weak; and what if he’s in the Mysterious Beyond? He might be able to take on fast biters; but, two fully grown sharpteeth is a different story,” Ariel stated while panicking.
“Keep in mind, Ariel, he’s always been able to defend himself against the meat eaters; after all, he can communicate with them; although, they never listen since he’s a threehorn, not a sharptooth,” Grandpa assured the brown swimmer.
“We better go out and find him,” Kosh declared.
“I think it’s better if I go alone,” Grandpa said in disagreement.
Kosh shook his head.
“We’re not letting you go out alone; you know that the Mysterious Beyond is inhabited by sharpteeth; besides, if you get hurt, Topsy won’t be able to carry you back; considering you’re so much bigger than he is; not that I’m saying you’re-”
“I get the point; it’s physically impossible for a threehorn to carry a longneck; all right, I guess I will need the extra help,” Grandpa finally agreed.
And with that, Grandpa, Grandma, Kosh and Ariel headed out of the valley.
