A Time Before Twilight

A Time Before Twilight is one of The Land Before Time fanfictions posted on fanfiction.net It is an attempted crossover between Disney and Square-Enix's Kingdom Hearts II video game and The Land Before Time series. It was published by fanfiction.net author Key18 on April 4th, 2006. It is currently a work in progress at the moment.

Story
A Time Before Twilight takes place in an alternate universe before the events of The Land Before Time X and during the Kingdom Hearts 2 storyline. Organization XIII, the antagonists of Kingdom Hearts II have discovered a barrier that was broken by a heartless which separated the past and the future. Using this to their advantage, they decide to take over the entire universe by altering history and searching for a power source that will make them complete beings, giving them god like powers.

They send a group of nobodies to the past to begin a violent assault on the dinosaurs. There first target is the Great Valley, where they go on a rampage and kill of a portion of the population. Littlefoot and his friends are also attacked by these strange creatures, but they mange to escape the threat with both Spike and Petrie injured. However, the two recovered fine, but the gang still wonders what these strange creatures are and how can they get rid of them.

In the future King Mickey Mouse learned of Organization XIII’s plans and rounded up Sora, (the protagonist of the Kingdom Hearts series) Donald Duck the court wizard, and royal knight Goofy to go into the past and help him stop their plans. As the trio head into the past they will meet Littlefoot and his friends and experience many new adventures along the way. From what was seen in the story so far, Maleficent and Peg-Leg Pete will have a role in the story as obstacles that will stand in the way of the heros. Also, the author has stated that characters from other Land Before Time characters will be appearing as well, along with some new characters making their grand debute.

Original Character
Xpartoohart: (X-part-oo-hart) is a young Tyrannosaurus Rex who appears during the first two chapters of A Time Before Twilight, with a quick appearance during the third chapter. The author stated that he has a significant role in the story, but that has yet to be determined. A sharptooth who can’t remember who he really is.

At nights he seems to have strange dreams that connect his own past to an unknown future. He is a lot more smarter than other sharpteeth and often ridicules them for being simple minded. All sharpteeth have rejected him for his strange and unusual appearance.

He is also gifted with a strange power to control time around him, making his pray easy to catch. He has been considered a wondering nomad who journeys throughout the land in search of answers to his reasons for existing. He befriends the famous sharptooth of Land Before Time’s II and V Chomper. He has considered Chomper a brother and his only friend who understood him.

Later Xpartoohart enters a competition called the Trial where he fights to become the part of a group of sharpteeth called the Sharptooth Hunters. They are considered the greatest sharpteeth for their seemingly flawless hunting skills and many of a sharptooth have shown their respect towards them. Entering the Trial, Xpartoohart wins the first two challenges. (barely surviving the first and effortlessly conquering the second.)

During the final challenge against his rival Cyprus, the nobodies ambush and kill Cyprus. They then continue to slaughter the remaining sharpteeth, including kidnaping Chomper in the process. Xpartoohart rushes to Chomper’s rescue, but Organization member Saix shows up and erases Chomper’s memories of Xpartoohart. The sharptooth is enraged by what Saix has done, but Xpartoohart is effortlessly defeated at Saix’s hands.

Xpartoohart later is rejuvenated and it is revealed that he is in fact a nobody. Who his heartless is remains a mystery at this time. He then joins the ranks of Organization XIII, replacing Roxas’ rank. He is given the nick name “Masterful Time Controller” because of his unique ability to control time at will. It is unknown how his presence will affect the storyline later.

The Trial
The Trial is a competition that pits the most deadliest sharpteeth against each other. The winner of the entire competition will become part of a group of sharpteeth who are far superior to that in skill of hunting pray than other sharpteeth.

They are known as The Sharptooth Hunters, who travel around the world in search of pray that can catch their pray with ease. The trial first appeared during the first chapter, chronicling Xpartoohart’s struggle to prove himself as a worthy sharptooth. These trials are not easy and are meant to push a sharptooth to be his best. That means that they could injury themselves or get killed at anytime.

The Trial is divided into three different parts:

1. Journey- The sharpteeth must travel through a hot desert and use their surviving skills to reach the goal. Only the first ten that make it to the goal to move onto part 2.

2. Slaughter- This part is used to determine the outcome of the final part of the trial. The sharpteeth must hunt and kill as many pray as they can before sunset. If a sharptooth manages to slaughter none they will automatically be disqualified. It said to be the ultimate disgrace to sharpteeth everywhere. The number of herbivores killed decided who will face who in the final match. If a sharptooth were to kill the most they would get to go last. Basically, whoever ranked first, second, third, etc. will end up facing the next to them. For example: two sharpteeth came in first and second place, they would end up facing each other. If two sharpteeth came in third and forth place they would face each other, and so on.

3. Battle- The final part of the Trial will be an all out battle that pits the sharpteeth against each other in the style of a tournament. Who ever wins one match moves up to the quarterfinal, semifinals, and finals. Who ever wins the finals will be crowned the victor. There is no time limit to how long the battles last and the sharptooth losses if he or she is either knocked unconscious or killed.

Kingdom Hearts Characters
Appeared so far:

Sora

Organization XIII

Hayner

Pence

Olette

Many believe that Riku will have a role in this story due to his rumored apperance during one of the chapters.

Disney Characters
Appeared so far:

Donald Duck

Goofy Goof

Mickey Mouse

Peg-Leg Pete

Maleficent

The author has stated that their will be many more Disney cameos later on.

Land Before Time Characters
Appeared so far:

Littlefoot

Cera

Ducky

Petrie

Spike

Littlefoot's Grandparents

Chomper

Topsy (Known as Mr. Threehorn by some fans)

Mr. Thicknoise

Ducky and Spike's mother

Petrie's mother

The author stated the many more Land Before Time characters will be appearing. He has hinted that Ali will be appearing because he happens to be a fan of her's.

Final Fantasy Characters
Appeared so far:

Seifer, Rai(Raijin), and Fuu(Fujin) (Final Fantasy VIII)

The author has stated that there will be two entirely new Final Fantasy characters who haven't appeared in Kingdom Hearts, but will be appearing in the story. Who they are has yet to be revealed.

Response
So far A Time Before Twilight has receieved postive reviews from the authors on fanfiction.net.  It is rapidly progressing over 10-13 reviews per chapter and some consider it to be spectacular for its eye detail, lenthy chapters, excellent character development, and interesting storyline. Some fans of both Kingdom Hearts 2 and The Land Before Time eagarly await the meeting of Sora and Littlefoot.

The story has been criticized about how Organization XIII and the nobodies have been portrayed. The author has stated that he will fix the errors, but for the nobody turning a person into a nobody was an idea the author came up with and is considered non canon to the Kingdom Hearts storyline.

Trivia

 * Sora W.T.K's A Sharptooth's Heart was one of the three stories that inspirted Key18 to create A Time Before Twilight.


 * The author hinted that Sora W.T.K's characters from A Sharptooth's Heart would be appearing in a side story later on.


 * Sora, Donald, Jiminy Cricket, King Mickey Mouse, and Goofy will be taking on dinosaur forms while in the Great Valley.


 * Sora W.T.K made a tribute to the author's story by using the exact same scene from Littlefoot and Petrie's first apperance in A Time Before Twilight to using it in A Sharptooth's Heart 2, the follow up to Sora W.T.K's A Sharptooth's Heart. Key18, who had endured his past stories being constantly plagiarized was first upset by the whole thing, but was later explained the reason and is now happy for it.

Disclaimers
A Time Before Twilight was not created to make a profit, but to express an idea. The author does not own the rights to any of the characters or themes. They belong to their respected owners. Kingdom Hearts is owned by Square-Enix, Disney, and Buena Vista Games. The Land Before Time series is owned by Universal Pictures. The author does own the rights to the original character Xpartoohart.