The Prologue

It has been a while since the last time we saw our characters from the Great Valley, and now they are back! Only, they have slightly grown up. To make it more clear, they are no longer little kids, but also not at the young adult stage yet, more like teenagers. If you make a parallel and compare it to the humans, then in human age they would roughly be around 17-18 years old, with the exception of Chomper, who is younger, say, around 15-16 roughly. In this story, there is going to be a crossover between two universes, however, I have not put it into the crossover section for two reasons: 1) the category of that particular crossover has not been created here yet 2) I want it to be a surprise, so you will not know what it is until that happens! Once I do get to that point, I will ask the admins or moderators to sort this out, but it's a bit aerly to worry about that now. Until then, enjoy the story and please do not forget to review! If you like it - follow and add to favourites is a way to go, and will also be greatly appreciated!

The bright circle rises and it is the typical day at the Great Valley. Herds of dinosaurs are showing up on the horizon, and the youngsters have gathered to eat, play and make plans for the day.

"I am starving! I could eat a whole pile of treestars! Yes-yes-yes!" – I don't need to tell you who said that, since you all know it was Ducky, "You bet! I am so hungry, I could eat a longneck!" Chomper said out of haste, what an awkward moment… "Well… I wouldn't actually, but I do not really know how many treestars I would need to eat, since I do not know how many treestars is one longneck. I do hope you understand guys!", "Sure we do Chomper, at least I know how big the whole longneck is, so you made your point more than clear!" Littlefoot commented, Spike nodded with a grin "Spike agree! Yep-yep-yep!" and they all laugh.

Littlefoot has always understood Chomper, despite their differences in many ways. They have all grown up a bit, but Littlefoot and Chomper were both very clever and out of the whole gang, they always seemed to share their philosophy on the way everything works in the great circle of life. Yes, that's right! They are no longer little brats, but now more at the young student level (again – comparing to humans), so some of them start seriously questioning everything and finding strong desire to understand the deeper meaning and the diversity of the surrounding world.

"Oh there you are guys!" Chomper greeted the rest of the gang, which was Petrie, Cera and Ruby. "Guys, you know, I have a question"

"What is it Cera?" – everyone wondered. Usually they laugh at Cera's comments, since they were expecting another one of the "Don't you think that threehorns are the smartest dinosaurs of the Great Valley?" sort of question, but they are about to be surprised…

"Well, we always do the same thing here in the Valley… Not that I don't like it, but it seems a little bit repetitive. Seems like we always do the same stuff over and over again and never even bother to find out what else is out there..." Everybody was silent and exchanged eye contact for few moments, but then Petrie made the first response

"But Cera, why haven't you thought of this before? Why ask now? Petrie like it in Great Valley, but all that is out there is Mysterious Beyond and we all know how dangerous it is!"

"It is, it IS!" – Ducky quickly added, Spike nodded

"I personally don't think there is another place out there like the valley, I'm sure if there was one, we would already know about it by now! Of course, chances are, there might be more valleys out there, but we just don't know about them yet" Littlefoot commented

"But I still think, we should find out for ourselves! I mean, life is great here, but think of how big this whole world is, while the Great Valley is only just a tiny spot in it! And we are not going to be so young forever, eventually we will become as old as Littlefoot's grandparents, no offence" looks at Littlefoot, he responds in a "none taken" kind of expression "and we will not want to travel much, and will settle down, but why do we have to settle down right now? We could discover something new, something that we could be proud of… Something we could truly remember and tell our children! Well, when we have them of course!" Cera replied

"She has a point!" Chomper continued "When I still lived with my parents in the Mysterious Beyond, they told me many stories of how big this world is and how much there is to see, so I say we need to have another adventure, but this time, it should be something big!"

"I am with you Chomper, but to make such journey, we need to be prepared! We cannot go out there not knowing what could await us up ahead, the Mysterious Beyond is full of dangers, and we have no idea how far it stretches!" Littlefoot pointed out "So, I say we all start training tomorrow!", "Huh?!" – everyone was a bit confused

"Training for what, Littlefoot?" – asked Petrie

"He means, we will need to try to recreate certain situations, so we could be ready when the real thing happens" Chomper explained "And I suggest, that I should be leading the training program for this journey"

"Why you, Chomper?!" Cera got annoyed

"Because I am the only one here who knows Mysterious Beyond and all sorts of surprises it may through at you, so I will take charge in this, to teach you how to survive there!" – Chomper replied with confidence. There was a time, when Cera could easily wound him, but Chomper has grown up a lot. Despite being the youngest member in the gang, he has grown mentally, possibly above most other members of the gang, except for Littlefoot may be, since they both shared their views on most matters

"I am so thrilled to hear about your plan guys, but count me out" Ruby added

"Why?" Ducky asked

"Well, I just feel like I want to spend more time here in the valley and settle down a little bit, at least for now. This will be a great opportunity for me to learn more things from the local grownups" Ruby has spent almost all of her life on the move. Living in Mysterious Beyond is tough, and you can't stay in the same place for too long. The Great Valley has given Ruby the opportunity to stop moving constantly and focus on her growing up and learning more things from other adult dinosaurs

"I suppose Ruby has a point, Petrie agree!"

"Then it is decided! Tomorrow morning, once the bright circle comes up into the sky, we will begin our training! And please try not to be late!" Chomper instructed, once again – full of confidence. The young sharptooth of course knows how dangerous it is out there. The hungry sharpteeth will not hesitate if they see their prey, and the youngsters must be ready

"For now, I think we should go and eat some more! We might need extra energy for tomorrow and get a good night sleep, so we can train better!" Petrie pointed out

"Yep-yep-yep! I agree! Let's do, let's do!" Ducky added eagerly, perhaps she is hungry already, while Spike has begun his feast a little earlier than the rest, which I am sure was very predictable of him.

And so, all the children went their ways to get more food and rest for the next day. It was going to be a long day, with no games, but all about the preparation...

Next on The Land Before Time:A Whole New World - the gang wakes up and gathers on the open field for Chomper's instructions. Their first training begins, for what comes ahead, is not an easy task for the youngsters... Stay tuned to find out what happens next! Thank you for reading! Please share your views!

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