THE LAND BEFORE TIME XXVI: THE FOUR KINDS QUEST
Part 1: The Time of Choosing
CHARACTERS
FLATTEETH
Littlefoot Male Apatosaurus (Longneck/Flattooth) Alignment: Good
Cera Female Triceratops (Threehorn/Flattooth) Alignment: Good
Ducky Female Sarualophus (Swimmer/Flattooth) Alignment: Good
Petrie Male Pteranodon (Flyer/Flattooth) Alignment: Good
Spike Male Stegosaurus (Spiketail/Flattooth) Alignment: Good
Ali Female Apatosaurus (Longneck/Flattooth) Alignment: Good
Bambo (OC) Male Triceratops (Threehorn/Flattooth) Alignment: Good
Ralphie (OC) Male Sarualophus (Swimmer/Flattooth) Alignment: Good
Perrin (OC) Female Pteranodon (Flyer/Flattooth) Alignment: Good
Lisa (OC) Female Stegosaurus (Spiketail/Flattooth) Alignment: Good
Arianna Female Apatosaurus (Longneck/Flattooth) Alignment: Good
Bron Male Apatosaurus (Longneck/Flattooth) Alignment: Good
Grandpa Longneck Male Apatosaurus (Longneck/Flattooth) Alignment: Good
Grandma Longneck Female Apatosaurus (Longneck/Flattooth) Alignment: Good
Kaha (OC) Male Apatosaurus (Longneck/Flattooth) Alignment: Good
Old One Female Apatosaurus (Longneck/Flattooth) Alignment: Good
Leafie (OC) Female Ziapelta (Clubtail/Flattooth) Alignment: Good
Ali's Mother Female Apatosaurus (Longneck/Flattooth) Alignment: Good
Ali's Father (OC) Male Apatosaurus (Longneck/Flattooth) Alignment: Good
Mama Swimmer Female Sarualophus (Swimmer/Flattooth) Alignment: Good
Papa Swimmer Male Sarualophus (Swimmer/Flattooth) Alignment: Good
Mama Flyer Female Pteranodon (Flyer/Flattooth) Alignment: Good
Pterano Male Pteranodon (Flyer/Flattooth) Alignment: Good
Etta Female Pteranodon (Flyer/Flattooth) Alignment: Good
Reina Female Pteranodon (Flyer/Flattooth) Alignment: Good
Atto (OC) Male Sarulophus (Swimmer/Flattooth) Alignment: Good
Nigel (OC) Male Quetzalcoatlus (Large Flyer/Flattooth) Alignment: Good
Topps Male Triceratops (Threehorn/Flattooth) Alignment: Good
Tria Female Triceratops (Threehorn/Flattooth) Alignment: Good
Tricia Female Triceratops (Threehorn/Flattooth) Alignment: Good
Tippy Male Stegosaurus (Spiketail/Flattooth) Alignment: Good
Stella (OC) Female Stegosaurus (Spiketail/Flattooth) Alignment: Good
Mrs. Maia Female Maiasarus (Swimmer/Flattooth) Alignment: Good
Doc Male Diplodocus (Longneck/Flattooth) Alignment: Good
Dara Female Diplodocus (Longneck/Flattooth) Alignment: Good
Rinkus Male Rhamphorhynchus (Flyer/Flattooth) Alignment: Evil
Sierra Male Cearadactylus (Flyer/Flattooth) Alignment: Evil
SHARPTEETH
Chomper Male Tyrannosaurs Rex (Two Claw/Sharptooth) Alignment: Good
Lorenzo (OC) Male Dakotaraptor (Fast Biter/Sharptooth) Alignment: Good
Flavia (OC) Female Dakotaraptor (Fast Biter/Sharptooth) Alignment: Good
Cheramie (OC) Female Dakotaraptor (Fast Biter/Sharptooth) Alignment: Good
Farrell (OC) Male Dakotaraptor (Fast Biter/Sharptooth) Alignment: Good
Thorn (OC) Male Dakotaraptor (Fast Biter/Sharptooth) Alignment: Good
Dakota (OC) Male Dakotaraptor (Fast Biter/Sharptooth) Alignment: Good
Jasmine (OC) Female Utahraptor (Fast Biter/Sharptooth) Alignment: Good
Magnus Male Tyrannosaurs Rex (Two Claw/Sharptooth) Alignment: Good
Tyra Female Tyrannosaurs Rex (Two Claw/Sharptooth) Alignment: Good
Phil (OC) Male Ichythornis (Sharp Beak/Sharptooth) Alignment: Good
Dil Female Deinosuchus (Belly Dragger/Sharptooth) Alignment: Undecided
Ichy Male Ichythornis (Sharp Beak/Sharptooth) Alignment: Undecided
Andromeda (OC) Female Tyrannosaurs Rex (Two Claw/Sharptooth) Alignment: Undecided
Ursa (OC) Female Tyrannosaurs Rex (Two Claw/Sharptooth) Alignment: Undecided
Antiochles (OC) Male Tyrannosaurs Rex (Two Claw/Sharptooth) Alignment: Undecided
Tyrannus Male Tyrannosaurs Rex (Two Claw/Sharptooth) Alignment: Evil
Malum (OC) Male Tyrannosaurs Rex (Two Claw/Sharptooth) Alignment: Evil
EGG STEALERS
Sten (OC) Male Chirostenotes (Egg Stealer Type 2/Egg Stealer) Alignment: Good
Strut Male Struthiomimus (Claw Hand/Egg Stealer) Alignment: Undecided
Orni (OC) Female Ornithiomimus (Egg Stealer Type 3/Egg Stealer) Alignment: Undecided
Otis (OC) Male Ornithiomimus (Egg Stealer Type 3/Egg Stealer) Alignment: Undecided
Prisci (OC) Female Struthiomimus (Claw Hand/Egg Stealer) Alignment: Undecided
Dro (OC) Male Dromiceiomimus (Egg Stealer Type 4/Egg Stealer) Alignment: Undecided
Egg Stealers (OCs) Mixed Ornithiomimus, Dromiceiomimus, and Struthiomimus (Egg Stealer) Alignment: Undecided
Ozzy Male Struthiomimus (Claw Hand/Egg Stealer) Alignment: Evil
BOTHTEETH
REGULAR
Ruby Female Oviraptor (Fast Runner/Bothtooth) Alignment: Good
Ovi Female Oviraptor (Fast Runner/Bothtooth) Alignment: Good
Tor Male Oviraptor (Fast Runner/Bothtooth) Alignment: Good
Oviro (OC) Male Oviraptor (Fast Runner/Bothtooth) Alignment: Good
Troodo (OC) Male Troodon (Hidden Runner/Bothtooth) Alignment: Good
Galli (OC) Female Gallimimus (Rainbow Face/Bothtooth) Alignment: Good
Thyrina (OC) Female Therizinosaurus (Long Claw/Bothtooth) Alignment: Good
FANGED FLATTEETH
Domeheads (OCs) Mixed Pachycephalosaurus and Prenocephale (Domehead /Fanged Flattooth/ Bothtooth) Alignment: Bad
Khufu (OC) Male Pachycephalosaurus (Domehead /Fanged Flattooth/ Bothtooth) Alignment: Evil
Fanged Flattooth (OC) Male Species not revealed Yet (Type not revealed yet/Fanged Flattooth/ Bothtooth) Alignment: Pure Evil
OTHER
Ptero (OC) Male Pterodactylus kochi /Pteranodon longiceps Hybrid (Flyer + Sharp Beak / Flattooth + Sharptooth) Alignment: Good
Guido Male Microraptor gui (Glider/Sharptoothish) Alignment: Good
Glimeel (OC) Female Microraptor gui (Glider/Sharptoothish) Alignment: Good
Mo Male Opthalasmosaurus (Rainbow Swimmer/Swimmer/Sharptoothish) Alignment: Good
Thalia (OC) Female Opthalasmosaurus (Rainbow Swimmer/Swimmer/Sharptoothish) Alignment: Good
Prologue: The Conquest of the Great Valley
Long ago, a large herd of Leaf Eaters traveled many hundreds of miles to come to the Great Valley. They were the first Combined Herd to arrive in the Great Valley and their arrival marked the end of the separation of the kinds in the Great Valley. The story of their arrival has been told many times, passed down from generation to generation and was told in The Land Before Time. Chief among these arrivals was the one they called The Great One. But just who was this Great One? Who was this one who was said to end the separation of the kinds among Leaf Eaters? Who was this savior of the Great Valley and the dinosaur world? To answer that question, I suppose we must go back to the beginning, when Leaf Eaters first began to control the area known as the Great Valley. This event took place about 80 years before the Combined Herd first came to the Great Valley. It began with Longnecks first discovering the Great Valley. They had discovered a land of plenty, a land with seemingly endless green feed to eat and water to drink. However, there was a problem: the land was inhabited by Sharpteeth. Two Claws to be exact. Our story starts when one brave herd decided to fight the Sharpteeth and take the coveted valley for themselves.
The Longnecks moved toward the Valley. It was the middle of the night. Their excursions into the Valley during the day hadn't been successful. The Sharpteeth had eaten their scouts. Now, at night, seemed the best time to strike.
"Are you sure this plan will work?" asked a Longneck in her early 20's.
"Yes, I'm sure Clarice." replied the Longneck.
"I'm not sure it's right to attack Sharpteeth in their sleep. It seems like murder." Clarice said.
"They'd kill us. It's them or us. Besides, they're brutal animals. It's not like they have feelings." said her mother.
Clarice shook her head. She wasn't so sure about that. She turned to her boyfriend Viktor, who was a year older than her. "I don't know about this either, but if the grownups think it's a good idea, then it probably is." he said to her.
"At least we get to stay out of the action. Though we still have to go into Sharptooth Valley." Clarice replied. Sharptooth Valley was a great place with much green food. It was said to be one of the two legendary places where green food was always plentiful. The other place had never been found by Leaf Eaters. However, one was enough. And the Longnecks wanted to live there. However, as the Sharpteeth seemed to want to them to live there only so that they could eat them and as the Longneck herd didn't like the idea, it seemed that the place wouldn't be able to handle the both of them. Clarice didn't like the idea of Sharptooth genocide. Though she and Viktor were too young to be allowed to attack the Sharpteeth themselves, they were still to come into the Valley itself. They would stay out of sight.
The young Longnecks moved into Sharptooth Valley behind their elders. "Behind here. Stay out of sight." said Clarice's father to the group.
"Are you sure we're safe in here?" Clarice asked.
"Yes. Just remember to stay in there." said her mother. She and the other adults left.
"I think we'll be fine." said Doc, a twenty-three-year-old Bumphead.
"I hope the grownups will be all right. These are Sharpteeth after all." Clarice said to Viktor.
"Not to worry, the Sharpteeth are asleep. They won't see it coming." Viktor replied to her.
The adults moved toward the Sharpteeth. However, before they could reach them, the Night Circle suddenly started to turn red. "What in the name of….?" gasped several Longnecks. The Sharpteeth woke up, hearing the involuntary gasps of astonishment from the Longnecks. They charged at the Longnecks. It was a fierce fight. Many Sharpteeth and Longnecks died.
Meanwhile, some of the Sharpteeth went for Clarice and those with her. "Run!" yelled Viktor. A couple of Sharpteeth were right behind Clarice and Viktor. A Sharptooth almost grabbed Clarice, but Viktor rammed him. "Go!" he yelled. Clarice ran. Two other Sharpteeth attacked Viktor. Clarice turned to go help him. "Go! Save yourself!" he yelled. With regret and sorrow, Clarice left him.
She and the others ran across water. The Sharpteeth continued to chase after her. However, they paused at the water's edge for the water, up to her neck, was over her head. She, her brother, sister, and the others waited there for many hours. Finally, close to dawn, the grownups arrived.
"Are they gone? The Sharpteeth got Viktor." Clarice said, still crying.
"Yes, many died. I'm sorry about Viktor. Your parents didn't make it either. But the Sharpteeth are gone. They have fled." said a female Longneck. Clarice hugged her brother Lennard and her sister Eveline and cried over the loss of their parents and Viktor. Clarice had hoped that Viktor would be her mate for the Time of Choosing. However, that would never happen now. Indeed, for the rest of her long life, Clarice never married.
The fight with the Sharpteeth wasn't over, however. The Sharpteeth often attacked the herd, sometimes killing members. The battles lasted for four more cold times. Finally, the matter came to a head.
The leader of the Sharpteeth, a fierce green Two Claw, attacked the herd, killing several of them. One day, he attacked again. It looked like he was going to be killing more Longnecks. However, Doc the Bumphead decided to challenge him. He fought the Sharptooth for a long while. The fight seemed evenly matched. At one point, the Sharptooth struck him across the face, drawing blood. It looked like Doc was done for. However, then Doc used his tail to wrap around the Sharptooth's legs. He then tripped the Sharptooth, who then fell to his death.
This was the last they had to deal with the Sharpteeth from Sharptooth Valley, at least for now. They were worried that the Sharpteeth would come back so they set up many barriers around the valley to keep them out. It would now be the most secure place for Leaf Eaters in the world. The Leaf Eaters called their home the Great Valley.
A short time after the Sharptooth leader was defeated, an Earthshake occurred. After the dust settled, rocks had broken away from a mountain[1], forming the shape of a Longneck with what remained of the mountain. It had teeth on the neck, and it was said afterward that they were the teeth of the fallen leader of Sharptooth Valley. Eventually, it became said that the structure, which became known as Saurus Rock, would protect the Great Valley from harm. However, if the rock got damaged, bad luck would descend on the Great Valley. If the rock was ever destroyed, it was said that the Leaf Eaters's reign over the Great Valley would end.
Most of the Longnecks stayed in the Great Valley. However, some did not. Clarice and her family left. The loss they had suffered here made them not want to linger here but to go back to the Mysterious Beyond. Clarice and her sister went together but her brother went with his mate another way. Doc also left, but preferred to wander alone. Because he had defeated the Sharptooth leader and wandered alone, the story of the Legend of the Lone Dinosaur rose up around him.
The granddaughter of Lennard was named Irene. She fell in love with and married a Longneck by the name of Ignatius. They had a daughter named Arianna. One day, Arianna met a Longneck named Bron. As they got older, Bron and Arianna became closer.
[1] I know that this wasn't how VI portrayed it, but, that was, after all, just a legend based on what really happened.