Disclaimer: I do not own Over the Hedge in any way

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Chapter 1: Visitors

RJ and Hammy were out on a walk searching for Hammy's nuts.

"Did you find them yet?" Hammy yelled more than asked RJ.

"Not yet Hamilton" RJ was a bit annoyed at Hammy.

"Hey what's that?" Hammy asked pointing to someone on the ground leaning against a tree unconscious.

"I don't know Hammy, should we take him to the log for help?" asked RJ walking over to the limp possum.

Hammy ignored RJ and rushed to the possum. He shook him, but the possum didn't give a reaction.

"Is he okay?" Hammy asked still shaking him.

"Let's bring him to the log" RJ said once again, this time Hammy was listening.

RJ picked up the possum and started walking back to the log.

"What about my nuts!" Hammy yelled.

"Maybe tomorrow Hamilton, right not this guy needs us" RJ said trying to keep from bursting.

Meanwhile by the log:

"Hey where's RJ?" asked Stella.

"He's out with Hammy I think" answered Verne "Why do you need him anyway?"

"He was supposed to help me carry something to the log"

"I could help" Verne said.

"Sure! Come over h- hey RJ's back and he's carrying something" Stella said rushing over to RJ to see what he was holding.

A gasp escaped Stella's mouth when she saw the young possum unconscious. "Who's that?" she asked.

"I don't know, we found him unconscious by a tree" RJ answered "Help me get him to the log"

Stella and Verne help RJ take the young possum to the log. A few minutes later he woke up. Groaning he sat up and looked around.

"Where am I?" he asked himself looking around the strange environment for some sort of landmark to tell him where he is. He got up, but a sharp pain in his leg made him stumble. He looked at his leg and saw a bandage around it. He gets up again trying to stay off the bad leg. Holding onto the wall of the log he was able to limp outside.

"Hey he's awake!" someone yelled from a distance.

"Huh?" he said startled falling backwards. He sat up and looked around to see where the strange voice came from. He saw a large possum; he seemed to be a lot older than himself.

More animals swarmed around him. "Hey, you okay?" he was asked by a small possum around his age. "Who are you?" the larger possum asked. "My name is Seto" he answered "Who are you guys?"

"I'm Ozzie, this is my daughter Heather, and this is Stella, RJ, Verne, Penny, Lou, Bucky, Quillo, and Spike" he said pointing to each one as he said their names. "RJ is the one that found you"

RJ waved at him with a grin. "Thank you, where am I?" he asked.

"You're in our home" Heather said with a chuckle.

"I-I'm sorry I mustn't stay…" an idea popped into his head remembering his three little brothers and sisters. He started to walk away when Verne said "Well you're not going anywhere with that damaged body of yours, you're staying here until you heal"

"Thanks again, as soon as I am well, I will be out of you're way" he said nodding. Seto winced in pain and toppled over.

"Jeepers, are you okay?" asked Penny.

"F-fine" Seto said struggling to get back up.

"You don't look fine to me, come on we got to get you back to the log" Lou said throwing one of Seto's arms around his shoulder to help him walk.

"Ow" Seto said pulling his arm away from Lou and falling over. Heather caught him and helped him to the log.

"Lou! Don't hurt the kid!" Penny yelled.

"Sorry there hon"

Heather helped Seto lay down in the log and got him something to drink. "Help your self to our food" Heather said handing him some cookies. "Thanks" he said again with his head up looking at the roof of the log.

"Everything alright?" Heather asked concerned.

"Huh? Oh yeah its okay it's nothing you need to concern your self with" Seto said starting to sob.

"Doesn't look alright to me" Heather said calling in her dad.

"Hey, what's wrong?" Ozzie asked trying to learn more about the young possum.

"Nothing, I don't want to talk about it" he said trying to hide his tears.

"Okay then, Heather let's leave him alone for a bit" Ozzie said sighing taking Heather's hand.

"Sure dad" Heather said following Ozzie outside.

Later that night everyone was getting ready to sleep. RJ came into the log to check on Seto to find that he was asleep. He was tossing and turning yelling something about coyotes chasing him. RJ was thinking that he should wake him, but decided against it. RJ walked over to his tree and went to sleep.

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I'll probably name alot of my characters from various FF games, so look for them!

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