Rocky and Ginger's kids had grown up with quite the adventures under their belt, even going on more with their parents as young adults. But let's take it back to when they were just chicks.

Lillian, Grayson, Ava and Ricky were out playing with the other chickens, a friendly game of tag not too far away from the sanctuary. They were having too much fun to realize they were being watched by a pack of sneaky little vermin. Raccoons to be exact. The raccoons snuck onto the sanctuary, making sure no chickens were in view. Once the coast was clear, the rascals made their way to the chickens food supply and took as much as they could carry. All of it to be exact

With one final lookout they were on their way back to their tree home

The chicks tired out from running around and decided to get a snack and sit by the pond.

"You cheated again." Ava frowns

"How did I cheat?" Ricky asked

"You made us trip over sticks and rocks." Lillian folds her wings

They gasped to see all the food was missing and wasted no time in getting their parents. Ginger and Rocky couldn't understand what the problem was, the four chicks chirping madly and talking over each other

"Slow down, one at a time. What's going on?" Ginger said

"The food! It's gone!" Grayson chirps

"Gone? All of it?" Rocky asked

"Yes papa." Lillian nods

The couple looked at each other. Could the chicks be playing a trick or were they imagining things? They decided to check it out themselves and sure enough their kids were telling the truth

"See? We told you." Ricky sneers

"Kids, go on and play. This is for the adults to handle." Ginger tells them

The chicks pout and went to the edge of the pond

"Why do Mommy and daddy treat us like hatchlings?" Ava sighs, throwing a pebble

"Because we're just chicks." Grayson says

The little hens and roosters sat down on the uncomfortable gravel, thinking to themselves.

That's when they heard it. Chattering. They weren't sure what kind of animal it came from but it definitely wasn't something they were familiar with

"Should we get mommy and daddy?" Ava asked

"No. Let's find out ourselves." Ricky answers

The chicks swam across the pond and towards where they heard the chattering come from. They swam for what felt like years until they reached a pathway down by the water

They climbed out and shook out their feathers

"Now where?" Grayson asked.

Lillian looked around for clues and saw mysterious prints in the soft dirt. Paw prints of some kind. The chicks followed after their older sister. What kind of animal left these tracks? Were they the ones who stole their food?

The chicks stopped at a large tree where the tracks stopped.

"Dead end." Ricky sighs

A raccoon pokes their head out of the tree hole and looks down at the chickens

"What do you little pests want?" He growls

"Sorry sir. We're looking for our stolen food." Grayson apologizes

"Masked weirdo." Lillian mumbles

The little chicks had never seen a grey animal with a black mask before

"Hm...we stole some food not too long ago but I doubt it's the same stuff you're looking for. Good day." He disappeared back inside

"Hey, wait!" Ava calls out

She tried climbing up the tree. The little hen was making progress until one of her feet slipped and fell. Her siblings winced and rushed over to see if she was alright. Ava injured one of her wings and had some minor bruising. Their parents were going to be extremely upset

"Guys, we can't do this alone. We need help." Lillian says

"But we don't need the grownups! We can do this ourselves!" Ricky argues, ruffling his feathers

"It's ok to ask for help sometimes. We can't always do things on our own." Grayson shrugs

The chicks agreed to go back for the adults since Ava was hurt and they had a possible source of where the stolen food was

Lillian, Ava, Grayson and Ricky ran up the hillside, seeing a worried Ginger and Rocky looking for their kids since they haven't seen them in awhile.

"Mommy! Daddy!" They shouted, getting the couple's attention.

The chicks hugged their parents briefly before telling them where they went, their conversation with the weird masked animal and Ava getting hurt

"You four are in so much trouble. Next time let us go with you. You're all still so young to be wandering around by yourselves." Ginger scolds her chicks

"Yes mommy." They sigh

"But I guess we still wouldn't have guessed where to look or who took our food if you didn't go when you did." She smiles

Rocky picked up Ava

"Alright, princess. Let's get you fixed up." The American rooster said, walking to Mac's hut

The chicks stayed behind with their father while Ginger left with Bunty, Angus and Bunty to the raccoons tree. They got all their stolen food back from the rascals thanks to Bunty. Let's say it wasn't pretty...

"I guess it is ok to ask for help every once in awhile." Ricky smiles a bit

"Yeah. I'm all for getting help." Lillian nods

The chicks learned that it wasn't a bad thing to ask for help when you need it. You can't solve everything on your own no matter who you are

Sorry this isn't the best. I haven't been feeling well all day. Until the next chapter!