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Topsy’s outburst with Mr. Thicknose, while uncalled for, was understandable. The threehorn still has insecurities that he hasn’t gotten over yet. To make matters worse, his appetite was almost non-existent, and he has been experiencing shortness of breath along with recurring headaches due to the repressed emotions within him. However, he still continued to live life as normally as possible.
“I gotta eat something,” Topsy told himself.
He then started nibbling on a ground star plant since he didn’t have his usual energy to ram some treestars from a tree. It took more effort to swallow them since he felt like his stomach was tied in knots due to all the stress he’s going through. The food tasted bitter to him; after looking at the bush of sweet bubbles next to the ground star plant, they didn’t seem appetizing to him at all.
“Ah, well, my loss is Kosh’s gain; the extra food and extra weight,” Topsy stated.
Unbeknownst to the threehorn, Kosh was listening and heard everything. However, he decided not to make a big deal out of in for fear that it might cause another outburst from Topsy.
“Ugh! Maybe some water will help,” Topsy claimed.
Upon reaching the Thundering Falls, Topsy stood at the edge of the watering hole and took a few gulps of water. Then, he realized his mistake; he then rushed to some bushes off-screen just in time before his stomach emptied its contents. After a few minutes, he wandered back over to the watering hole and took another drink. However, he was caught off guard by Grandpa Longneck. The elder had been the one to notice him throwing up in the bushes.
“Are you sure you’re all right?” Grandpa asked.
Topsy crouched down in a pouncing position; he was getting tired of being asked if he was all right. However, since Grandpa was much bigger, he could take him on. The elder took it upon himself to keep Topsy from attacking him out of anger.
“I’m sorry, I can’t help myself; I’m just worried about you,” Grandpa added.
Topsy was still clenching his jaws; his horns were still at the ready to charge. However, he finally relented and sat down. Grandpa was happy that he was able to get Topsy to calm down.
“You saw me, huh? I guess I just ate something that didn’t agree with me,” Topsy stated.
Grandpa shrugged.
“I appreciate you looking out for me; but, I don’t feel ready to talk about my feelings yet,” Topsy continued.
Grandpa nodded.
Soon enough, both males went their separate ways. Grandpa decided to drop the subject for now; however, he couldn’t help but worry about the threehorn. As if on cue, Grandma showed up at Grandpa’s side.
“Did you get him to open up, yet?” Grandma asked.
“Eh, he’s not quite ready to open up yet,” Grandpa answered.
“I understand; and I can see that he’d be insecure about opening up to you if I’m around; since even males need to have one-on-one conversations; there are times when I have one-on-one conversations with females,” Grandma explained.
Grandpa nodded.
“That’s a good point; I think that a one-on-one conversation with me is what Topsy needs to let go of any repressed emotions; and then when he feels ready, he could be more open about it with the others; until then, whenever he decides to take me aside to talk, it’ll be just between me and him; you understand that like with females, males need to have the odd private conversation,” Grandpa stated.
Grandma nodded.
Meanwhile, the eight kids were wading in the watering hole. The weather was pretty warm since the sun was at the highest point in the sky.
“It is hot out; I am just glad that all the green food is back in full bloom again,” Ducky commented.
The other seven nodded in agreement.
A little while later, a meeting was being held at the Rock Circle. Once again, a few of the grown ups were having a discussion without Topsy.
“What are we gonna do with him?” Kosh asked.
“We aren’t gonna do anything,” Grandpa answered.
Kosh glanced up at the elder.
“He went off on Mr. Thicknose; although, he just yelled at him, and he almost lost it again earlier after I once again asked him if he was all right; I know something is bothering him; but, until he feels ready to talk about it in front of everybody, he might only want to talk about it if it’s with just me,” Grandpa continued.
Just then, Ducky’s mother cut in.
“You don’t have to tell me twice; Kosh, on the other hand-”
“Shut it, Ariel,” Kosh grumbled.
And with that, Kosh walked away.
“What’s with him? He seems really bummed about this; or maybe he’s taking his frustrations of being left out of important discussions on me; personally, I don’t see how he could be of any help in this situation; I’m not saying this because he’s stupid-”
“Maybe because he has a big mouth and, even though Topsy doesn’t exactly hate him; he still doesn’t think he’s trustworthy enough to confide in him; I also think that he couldn’t trust his own father with an issue that personal,” Grandpa told her.
Ariel sighed.
“Wow, I had no idea it was this serious; I sure hope he gets better soon,” Ariel commented.
“I do, too, Ariel,” Grandpa said.
And with that, the meeting had finished and the grown ups left the Rock Circle.Later at the Feeding Grounds, Topsy was unusually quiet; and he usually likes to gather as many sweet bubbles that he can before Kosh could get to them. Instead, he just kept to himself to prevent drawing attention from the other herd members. He didn’t want to appear weak, and he wasn’t gonna show weakness if he could help it.
“Huh; those guys need to mind their own business,” Topsy muttered.
After he had gotten his share of sweet bubbles and treestars, he decided to go shower under the flowing water at the Thundering Falls. The other herd members watched him walking away with worried expressions on their faces. However, if they confronted him again on the issue, he would more likely resort to physical violence due to his short temper.
“I don’t know about you guys; but, someone needs to keep an eye on him,” Kosh replied.
“Maybe; but, I think it would be best to leave him alone right now,” Ariel said.
Kosh couldn’t help but agree with the adult swimmer.
Meanwhile at the Thundering Falls, Topsy got out from under the water and shook himself dry. He felt a bit better after having a nice, refreshing shower. However, the recurring flashbacks and nightmares of the day of the forest fire still weighed heavily on his mind.
“I don’t know how much more of this I can take,” Topsy muttered.
Luckily for him, no one was around to hear what he said. Soon enough, his headache returned; the pain was a bit worse than it was the last time. He sat down and squeezed his eyes shut and placed his right forepaw on his forehead. Soon enough, he felt a bit lightheaded due to the tremendous pain in his head and the back of his neck. His breathing patterns were a bit off as well; however, he wold still do what he could to avoid looking weak considering his upbringing.
It took several minutes before the headache had gone away, and his vision was clear; however, no matter how bad he felt, he was taught that emotions were for the weak.
“Man that gets annoying,” Topsy said to himself.
Since he was still very tired, he decided to take a nap underneath a large tree.
Meanwhile, some of the elders gathered at their meeting place to discuss what to do about Topsy. However, Grandpa wasn’t so sure if he wanted to talk about it in front of everybody since he’s usually a very private dinosaur and didn’t trust many others.
“I am just as worried about him as you are; but, pestering him about it would only cause him to get very defensive; I’ve seen him lose his temper before; it’s not a pretty sight,” Grandpa told Kosh.
The clubtail nodded.
“Besides, I think this issue is too personal for him to talk about in front of everybody; and considering how his father raised him, I’m not surprised that he’d be self-conscious about expressing his emotions in front of an audience,” Grandpa added.
“So, what you’re saying is, go about our day as usual as if nothing’s wrong,” Kosh said.
“Exactly; just think of how you would feel if you were dealing with an internal conflict and someone kept pestering you to open up about it,” Grandpa stated, firmly.
Kosh nodded, knowing that the elderly longneck was right.
“Can’t argue with you there,” Kosh stated.
Grandpa nodded.
Back over where Topsy is, he once again woke up panting. He looked around and sighed with relief. Not only were his nightmares happening at night, he gets them during the day when he has a nap. He hasn’t been getting a good night sleep for the last few days; and it wasn’t doing good for his mental health, or his physical health. However, he managed to keep his emotions under control; although, some of the elders, including Grandpa were getting suspicious.
Meanwhile with the kids, they were having fun swimming in the watering hole while under the watchful eye of some of the grown ups. Ducky was seeing how long she could hold her breath under the water while the others were splashing around.
“Ducky has been under the water for quite a while,” Cera commented.
“Yeah; I guess she’s trying to beat her record for longest time underneath the water,” Littlefoot said.
All of a sudden, Ducky swam back to the surface.
“I beat my record by two minutes; yep, yep, yep,” Ducky exclaimed.
“Me no know how you do it,” Petrie stated.
Cera smirked at the flyer.
“What’s there to try and figure out? All you do is hold your breath under the water-”
“Me know how you hold breath underwater,” Petrie snapped.
“I believe what Petrie meant to ask is how you were able to hold your breath for so long, even for a swimmer,” Littlefoot told Ducky.
“Oh, it takes a lot of practice; I am sure I would be able to hold my breath underwater much longer when I am fully grown,” Ducky explained.
Spike muttered in agreement.
“Hey, Petrie, I feel kinda bad about what I said to you before,” Cera admitted.
“Oh, that okay; me just wish me knew better way to ask Ducky how she able to hold her breath under the water for a long time,” Petrie told her.
Cera smiled knowing that her smartass comment didn’t hurt Petrie’s feelings too much and she had forgiven him for snapping at her.
Later that day, Topsy was wandering aimlessly and accidentally bumped into Mr. Thicknose.
“Watch where you’re going!” Topsy snarled.
“Me? You need to be more aware of your surroundings,” Mr. Thicknose retorted.
Soon enough, Topsy felt another flashback coming on; however, he managed to shake it off.
“Are you all right?” Mr. Thicknose asked.
“Sure I am; has anyone said anything to you? If they did; they should mind their own damn business,” Topsy growled.
“You’re not quite yourself today,” Mr. Thicknose commented.
“I told you, I’m fine!” Topsy snapped now with his tail between his hind legs.
“Okay, okay; I’ll leave you alone now,” Mr. Thicknose stated.
Topsy let out a puff of air through his nostrils in triumph. However, once he was alone, he sighed. He didn’t mean to lash out at the elder; Mr. Thicknose was just concerned for him.
“Damn you, Father! Damn you to hell!” Topsy yelled out while stomping his right forepaw.The flashbacks are of the day when the forest fire hit the Great Valley. Instead of making Topsy suffer from just nightmares, he also gets recurring flashbacks of the day he led Cera into the forest fire.
I sure hope they come out with a 15th Land Before Time film; hopefully they decide to switch out Grandpa Longneck’s voice again. I didn’t like how different Grandpa Longneck sounded in the 14th movie compared to the other sequels aside from the 13th movie and the TV series.
Note: This is also a LittlefootXCera pairing story. I always saw the possibility of Littlefoot and Cera growing up and becoming more than just friends.
Chapter 2Later that night, Littlefoot was seen sulking; the death of his grandparents was very devastating. Even though, he was safe with Cera’s family, he still greatly missed his grandparents. Cera came back to the nest and noticed that Littlefoot was just as sad as he was in the morning.
“Littlefoot?” Cera asked as she rushed over to his side.
After seeing the tears falling from her best friend’s eyes, she was instantly concerned. She hated seeing him so upset and laid next to him. The longneck turned his teary gaze over to Cera; he sensed that she cares for him judging by how she rushed over to see if he was okay.
“I miss Grandma and Grandpa; don’t get me wrong; I like you and your family and I appreciate you guys for taking me in; but, it’s not the same as it was when I lived at my old nest,” Littlefoot admitted.
“Don’t worry about it; I’d feel the same way if I lost my family and had to be taken in; I know that me and my family could never replace your grandparents; but, you still have memories of them from when we were hatchlings up until their deaths,” Cera assured him.
Littlefoot was impressed; Cera was normally a full-of-herself, bossy and stubborn threehorn, much like her father is; now, she is being more sympathetic to him. In the back of his mind, he thought maybe Tria’s a good influence on her as well as on Topsy.
Soon enough, the two teens looked in each other’s eyes; then, they moved their muzzles closer together. When Cera opened her mouth to put her tongue in Littlefoot’s mouth, he surprisingly didn’t pull away from her.
“What’s all this, then? An interspecies relationship is being formed under my nose?” Kosh demanded.
The teens pulled away and faced the angry clubtail coming at them.
“Just wait until your parents hear about this, young lady!” Kosh added.
“Oh, I’m, like, so scared,” Cera retorted.
Littlefoot chuckled under his breath; however, Kosh managed to hear it.
“Young man, this is not a laughing matter; you better have a good explanation for why you two were kissing,” Kosh snarled before walking away.
“That clubtail is a pain in the butt,” Littlefoot stated.
Unfortunately for Littlefoot, Kosh heard what he said. He then turned back to face the young longneck.
“Keep talking like that, and I’ll give you a pain in the butt,” Kosh growled right up in Littlefoot’s face.
Littlefoot pulled back; Kosh’s breath was ripe; since he had eaten overripe treesweets and sweet bubbles. He then waved his paw in front of his face.
“That’s disgusting; are you sure you don’t garnish your sweet bubbles and treesweets with your own dung?” Littlefoot wondered.
Kosh went wide eyed at that remark. This wasn’t like Littlefoot to talk like that to his elders; he was usually more respectful. However, Kosh was being very bossy to him and Cera; so, it was a contributing factor to Littlefoot’s bad mood. The recent death of his grandparents has already made him feel bad enough without getting yelled at.
“So, no comeback, huh?” Littlefoot sneered.
Kosh grumbled under his breath and wandered away from the area.
“I sure showed him that he can’t tell us what to do,” Littlefoot told Cera.
A little while later, Kosh came up to the Thundering Falls and saw that Topsy was taking a drink. Once the adult threehorn had quenched his thirst, he turned around and faced the clubtail.
“What’s eating you?” Topsy asked.
“Littlefoot and Cera, that’s what! I saw them kissing…with their tongues in each other’s mouths,” Kosh answered.
“What would you like me to do about it?” Topsy wondered.
“Tell them that their relationship would never work and that the council will not allow them to be together as more than friends,” Kosh demanded.
In the past, Topsy could never imagine a threehorn and a longneck falling in love with each other. If he had fallen in love with a longneck while he was Littlefoot and Cera’s age, his two choices were either the death penalty or find a new place to live; that is, another valley.
“I can’t keep them apart; if they want to get together as more than friends, it’s none of our business to tell them otherwise,” Topsy claimed.
Kosh growled.
“I knew it! The longnecks made a mistake appointing you and Tria as the new leaders; you have gone soft; and I for one am disappointed and ashamed of you,” Kosh said in a dark tone.
“I have not gone soft; just ’cause you and I don’t share the same opinion, doesn’t make my opinion less valid than yours,” Topsy protested.
And with that, Topsy wandered back to his nest and Kosh went back to his.This is a picture of Cera’s dad Topsy.
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The 10th movie was okay; apart from the first use of the term sleep story. I always found that term out of place in the Land Before Time universe.
I know it’s a nitpick; but, it’s a small one; that’s the only flaw I found with this movie.
Standing Tough is number 1 for me. If Only was another good song from one of the later sequels. I have both of those songs on my iPod along with Who Needs You?
