TEPISODE 30: NIGHT IN THE MYSTERIOUS BEYOND ________________________________________ CHARACTERS ________________________________________ Littlefoot Cera Ducky Petrie Spike Chomper Ruby Red Claw Screech Thud Grandpa Longneck Grandma Longneck Topps Tria Mama Flyer Mama Swimmer SONGS ________________________________________ Out There (New Song to the tune of Big Water.) Always There It was getting late; the Bright Circle would be down in about an hour. Chomper, however, was still hungry, so he went to get some Stinging Buzzers. He reached into a hive, hoping to grab some. He figured that they could only attack his hands, which were strong enough to resist stings. However, it didn't quite go as planned, for he reached too far into the hive, putting too much weight onto it and causing it to fall down to the ground. The bees, now swarming out of their hive, moved at him. “Ut oh!” Chomper cried. He ran from them, trying to avoid being stung. He ran past Cera and Spike. “What’s going on Chomper?” Cera asked, who saw him running but didn’t yet see the bees. “Can’t talk now,” Chomper said, continuing to ran and not stopping to chat. “Why not?” Cera didn’t have to wait long for an answer as the Stinging Buzzers came by. Some of them changed course from going after Chomper and headed her way. “That’s why!” she cried. She ran until she had caught up with Chomper. “Nice going Chomper!” she grumbled. “Don’t worry, I’ll think of some way to get rid of the Stinging Buzzers.” Chomper said. “Could you hurry up?” Cera whined. Petrie, meanwhile, watched the duo running. He couldn’t see the Stinging Buzzers from where he was about a hundred feet above them resting on a rock. “Why you guys running?” he called down to them. “Petrie, go get help!” they called back to him. “You want what?” Petrie asked. “Get help!” Cera yelled. “You are well? That good.” “No, we said ‘Get help!’” Chomper said. “Get Littlefoot.” “You hurt foot?” Petrie asked. “LITTLEFOOT!” they both shouted. “Ok, me get Littlefoot.” (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 ) “So, what’s the matter with Chomper and Cera?” Littlefoot asked Petrie a few minutes later. “Me not sure. They running around and ask me to get you.” “That doesn’t sound good.” “Me agree.” The five of them looked down the side of a cliff at Chomper and Cera running below them. “Looks like they are swatting at something,” Ducky remarked. “It’s Stinging Buzzers! That’s why they’re running so much!” Littlefoot cried. “We need to find some way to get the Stinging Buzzers to stop chasing them,” Ruby said. “How are we going to do that?” Littlefoot asked. “Maybe we distract them,” Petrie suggested. “Distract them?” Littlefoot asked. “Yes. Come down there and get them to stop chasing them.” “Do you have an idea how to do that?” Ducky asked. “Me have idea.” Several minutes later, they were now all being chased by Stinging Buzzers. “That was a great idea Petrie!” Cera said sarcastically. “Me thought it work. It work with Sharptooth.” “That’s because they’re bigger and there’s a lot less of them,” Ruby sighed. “We need find water to hide in,” Petrie said. The problem was, most of the water was down in the Great Valley, about half a mile below them. While there was some water near them, it was fast moving and went off waterfalls, cascading down several hundred feet. Unable to find a good place to hide, they were forced to continue fleeing from the bees; they ran from them for nearly an hour. They had been running higher and higher into the mountains surrounding the Great Valley until they were on top of the Great Wall. They ran into a cave, hoping to lose the bees. This, they managed finally, as the bees flew right past them. However, before they could exit the cave, the ground began to shake. “Earthshake!” they all cried. Before they could run out of the cave, boulders fell and blocked their path. “Looks like we’re going to need to find a different way out of here if we’re going to get out of here,” Ruby sighed. Chomper, being a Sharptooth, could see the best in the dark. His sense of smell was also the best in the group, which was convenient for locating other members of the group whenever they strayed off too far from the others. “Chomper, do you smell any of the Great Valley residents?” Littlefoot asked. They figured that if he could find the scent of a Great Valley resident, they could follow it and find a way out of the cave. “I think I smell Mr. Clubtail.” “Mr. Clubtail?” “Yes, I’d know his scent anywhere. Clubtails have a unique smell.” “What does it smell like?” Cera asked. “Stinky.” “What do I smell like?” “Well, er…..” “Guys, we’re supposed to be finding a way out of here, not discussing smells,” Littlefoot interjected. “Right,” Chomper said. He followed the scent of Mr. Clubtail, and the others followed him until, finally, they saw light up ahead. The children rushed out the exit of the cave. However, they soon found that they were not in the Great Valley, but the Mysterious Beyond. The Great Wall had turned at an angle where they were at and the scent of Mr. Clubtail was across a cliff from them on the other side of the Great Wall. “Great!” Cera moaned. “Maybe we can try and find another way. I’ll just have to see if my Sniffer can lead me another way that doesn’t go through the Mysterious Beyond.” However, before the Strongbiter could attempt this, and indeed before they were able to make so much as a single step toward the cave, the ground began to shake again. “Another Earthshake!” Petrie cried. They stepped aside as rocks fell from both the ceiling of the cave inside the cave and from the top of the cave outside the cave. The shaking of the earth lased only a few seconds, but it was long enough to totally fill up the way to the cave with rocks. “Now the cave is blockded!” Ducky moaned. “Guess we’ll have to walk through the Mysterious Beyond,” Cera sighed. As they headed down toward the Mysterious Beyond, they saw that the sun was about to set. They didn’t want to be wandering in the Mysterious Beyond in the dark so they ran down a path that led them to the bottom of the cliff face. An entrance to the Great Valley was nearby and they could reach it before it became too dark. However, as they neared the entrance to the Great Valley, they saw, much to their dismay, that Red Claw, Screech, and Thud were in their path. They had begun to turn around, hoping to perhaps make it to another entrance of the Great Valley. They realized that they would have to go further away now to another Great Valley entrance and get back when it was even darker. This they might have accomplished, had not Littlefoot not accidentally kicked a stone that was in his path, causing it to skitter across the ground and draw attention to themselves. They had slowly been backing away from the Sharptooth trio so as not to not draw their attention; this had been working, until now. “Run!” Littlefoot cried as the Sharpteeth turned around and charged at them. While they were running, and thankfully a good pace ahead of the predators, Ruby twisted her leg on a stone, dislocated it, and fell over. “Ow, ow, I can’t get up! Just go!” she implored them. However, they didn’t leave, but instead helped to prop Ruby onto the backs of both Littlefoot and Cera, as she was too big to fit onto either one alone, and they ran off with her, the Sharpteeth now much nearer due to the delay. “Is it broken?” Cera asked. “No, I think it’s just dislocated.” “Maybe we can help relocate it.” Chomper said. After pushing on her ankle, he, Ducky, and Petrie heard it snap back into place. However, Ruby, was still sore from her fall and still needed to be carried. They ran as fast as they could, despite having to carry Ruby, and were able to hide in a cave. Quickly, they hid behind a pile of rocks that were a short distance into the cave. The bad guys didn’t see them and ran past them. "I think we lost them." said Littlefoot. "They won't give up that easily. Not if I know Red Claw." said Chomper. "Ok, let's rest a bit and then go back,” said Cera. Chomper peaked through the cracks of the rock wall they had made. "It's dark out. We can't go out in the dark,” he said. "Why not?" asked Cera. Chomper and Ruby looked at each other. "There are Sharpteeth that hunt at night. It won't be just Red Claw, Screech, and Thud out there." said Ruby. "I'm not afraid." "Me am." said Petrie nervously. "Me too. I am, I am." said Ducky, seeing the fear in Chomper and Ruby. "I don't know..." said Littlefoot, uneasy himself. Spike nodded to show that he agreed with the others, minus Cera. "Come on guys, stop being a bunch of Scaredy Eggs." said Cera. She headed for the opening. However, Chomper, grabbed ahold of her. "You must not go out there at night for if you go out there, you will likely get eaten." said Ruby. "It's not like I haven't been chased before." said Cera, still not convinced. Ruby and Chomper began to sing. "The Mysterious, mysterious Beyond! The Mysterious mysterious Beyond! We don't want to go out there at night. We'd rather not get in a fight. We don't want to suffer a fright. We'd prefer to stay in here and be alright. And not go out there." they both sang. "I'd rather stay in here and got some sleep then go out there and met a fanged creep, a big fanged creep." sang Chomper. "No thanks I don't need a scare. I'm not going out there. Not out there." sang Ruby. "Things that could rip off your arms, legs, and head. Things that will catch you and leave you dead." sang Chomper and Ruby together. "We don't want to risk it so we're..." they both sang. "Not..." sang Chomper. "Not..." sang Ruby. "going out there." they both sang. As they finished the song, they heard creepy noises coming from the Mysterious Beyond. They all huddled together, terrified. After some time, Cera said, "So, what now?" "Well, I need to get something to eat." said Chomper, who unfortunately happened to be looking at Cera. "Don't look at me!" Cera snapped. Chomper went off. He came back later with some Crawlers that he'd found and started to eat them. "Could you not eat those in front of us?" said Cera irritably. Chomper went to another section of the cave and finished his meal. He came back when he was done. "Ok, now that Chomper has had his really disgusting dinner, what do we do now?" said Cera. KABOOM! KABOOM! SPLASH! SPLASH! SPLASH! SPLASH! It started to thunder, lightning, and rain outside. "Just great!" moaned Cera. The others groaned as well. “At least this sky water will wash away our scents so that Red Claw, Screech, and Thud won’t be able to find us here,” Chomper said. “Let’s hope so,” Littlefoot said. "We're going to have to spend the night here in the Mysterious Beyond,” said Ruby. "We should check out this cave first. We have to check that there is not another way in. It would be awful if Red Claw, Screech, and Thud came upon us in the middle of the night.” "Good idea," said Littlefoot. They checked and found that, though the cave was big and had a few passages and caverns, there were no other entrances. They decided to settle in the back of the cave. “Red Claw shouldn’t surprise us by coming upon us by surprise now that we’ve made sure he can’t surprise us,” Ruby said. “Agreed,” Littlefoot said. “Well, goodnight Littlefoot,” Ducky said. “Goodnight, Ducky.” “Goodnight, everyone, everyone, goodnight,” Ruby said. Just as they were all about to fall asleep, however, water came in through a part of the roof. "Hey!" said Cera, jumping up in alarm. The water started to pour in. First it was a trickle, but, as the storm intensified, it soon became a steady pour, quickly beginning to fill up the room. Littlefoot and Ruby had slept on higher ground in the room but the others were lower down, as there had only been room higher up for Littlefoot and Ruby. "Hang on!" cried Ruby and Littlefoot. Ducky, being a Swimmer, was fine, and Petrie, being a Flyer, was also fine, and Cera, who could swim, was also fine. However, Spike and Chomper, who could not, were in trouble. They got the others out of there in time. They moved to a higher level. "Wow, that close!" said Petrie. "I do not like being in here. I do not," said Ducky. "I wanna go home!" said Cera. Due to there not being enough room for all of them to sleep in that section of the cave, they had to search for another secure section of the cave, where they would be alert in time and able to hide if a predator came upon them in the night. "Me wish me were with Mom." said Petrie. Ruby and Chomper nodded. They began to sing: "When the rain come down And storms come in the night. When me afraid of sky fire She always there to help me with me fright. She wrap her wings around me And tell me "Don't be scared" And me knew that me was safe because Me Mom always there." sang Petrie. "When there would be many things at night that would give me a scare. I was able to rest at night feeling safe because I knew, they were always there. Always there when I was feeling bad. They always were there to protect me: my Mom and Dad." sang Chomper. "Always there Someone you can count on To comfort you Always there Like a green, green valley You can come home to." all of the kids sang. "I can recall the times I'd lay awake. Something in the night would cause me to shudder and shake. But Mom and Dad would always be there for me. And they'd say 'We're always there.'" sang Ruby. "Always there Someone you can count on To comfort you Always there Like a green, green valley You can come home to." sang all of the kids. "Always there." sang Petrie. They huddled together and soon fell asleep. The next morning, they awoke. "Morning already?" said Cera, stretching and yawning. They went outside and found that it was still raining hard. They all groaned. “Guess we’ll have to wait till it stops,” Chomper sighed. However, a few minutes later, it stopped raining. “Guess we can go now,” Littlefoot said. However, before they could take as much as one step, they heard a familiar pair of snarls. “It’s Screech and Thud!” Ruby cried. It seemed that, while the rain had covered their scent, what they hadn't counted on was their scent being discovered again when the rain had ceased. “We’ve got to get out of here or we’ll be breakfast sausage for those Sharpteeth,” Cera said. “Hopefully we can find a way out that isn’t flooded,” Littlefoot said. Luckily, they were able to find a way out of the cave. However, Screech and Thud were right behind them. Worse, they had been joined by Red Claw. The children ran as fast as they could toward the Great Valley. They dodged the trio for over an hour, trying to find a way that they could get into the Great Valley. Several paths were still too muddy from the rain to travel. Finally, they found one. However, much to their dismay, Red Claw was barring their way. They turned around to head back the other way, but they saw that Screech and Thud were coming from that direction. They were trapped. Trapped now Little Biter! Screech taunted Chomper. Chomper was about to despair when he noticed a beehive in a small tree near them. “Quick, Littlefoot, I need your help!” he cried. With the Longneck’s help, he was able to bend the tree and send the beehive flying through the air. It conked Red Claw in the head. The Sharptooth was confused for a few seconds, confused as to what the children were hoping to accomplish by firing something so small at his head. However, he soon was under attack by many bees. This preoccupied him enough for the children to run under his legs. Screech and Thud, meanwhile, were forced to retreat as Red Claw, under attack by the bees and unable to deal with them effectively due to his short arms, fled in a panic away from them, running their direction. Littlefoot and his friends came safely to the Great Valley. "Littlefoot!" cried Grandpa and Grandma Longneck. "Cera!" yelled Topps and Tria. "Petrie!" called Mama Flyer! "Ducky! Spike!" cried Mama Swimmer. "Chomper and Ruby!" said all of the parents. “Where did you go?” Grandpa Longneck asked. “We were chased by Stinging Buzzers and accidentally got stranded in the Mysterious Beyond after the Earthshake.” “Why didn’t you come back?” Mama Flyer inquired. “We tried to, but we ran into Red Claw, Screech, and Thud and had to sleep in the Mysterious Beyond for the night,” Cera said. “Well, at least you’re back now safely,” Grandma Longneck said. Their parents hugged them, and Chomper and Ruby too. All was well.