When is he coming? Hope thought to herself, hiding behind a tree near the forest's entrance as she waits for the commander of Big Green to come along.

The monkey wore a green and brown hoodie, praying that it would hide her pink and white fur better though it just hide the upper part of her body. Hope let out a soft sigh until she heard the happy humming of the commander. The pink and white monkey grinned as she put up her hood.

Taking a little look from behind the tree, Hope could see Apetrully walking towards the forest's entrance as he carry a small stack of gold. Wondering, Hope thought, I wonder where he gets all that gold. Oh, never mind that. I have to follow him right now.

Once the commander enter the forest, Hope try her best to follow him without being noticed by quickly hiding behind the trees of the forest.

"I hope they're friendly." Apetrully said to himself.

Let's just hope they don't capture you. Hope thought, remembering the stories First Squad told her whenever Hope's bored and First Squad aren't doing much. First Squad always have the most interesting stoies about their adventures and missions.

Hope follow the commander until they notice a somewhat large castle.

The castle resembles a medieval castle, but instead of being out of stone, it looks like it could be made out of a black metal that would be pretty much cold or hot to the touch, depending on the weather. There was a small mailbox in front of it that's rainbow colored with VC in black on one side of the mailbox.

What species of animals lives here? What animal likes metal, rainbows, and possible starts with a V? Either that or maybe someone just bought a castle for themselves? I mean, if I have a lot of money, I would buy a castle of my own. Hope thought, raising an eyebrow.

Apetrully approach the castle's large, white doors and knock on it. Instead of the large doors opening, the commander saw a smaller door open in front of him. The door was open by a teal-haired girl with pigtails.

A look of confusion appeared on the commander's face, seeing a human instead of an animal. He try to reason this by thinking, Maybe the animals here are in peace with the humans already.

"Hello." Apetrully said.

"Hello." The girl said with a smile, but there was a bit of confused look on her face.

The girl's voice sounded rather high pitched, and at the same time, sounded almost like a robot yet she really does sound like a human.

"Do you know what animal lives here?" Apetrully ask.

The teal-haired girl look a little more confuse as she said, "Huh?"

The two suddenly turn their heads towards one of the trees upon hearing an excited squeal and notice a pink and white jumping around for joy, twirling around like a toy top. She slowly stopped when she realize the commander and the human girl were staring at her.

"Hope, why are you here?" Apetrully said as the pigtailed girl was much more confuse than before.

Hope let out a nervous chuckle as her tail hang low, and said, "I can explain this, but first..."

The pink and white monkey quickly ran up to the teal-haired girl, grab her hand, and exclaim, "Please let us in, Ms. Hatsune!"

Even with all this confusion, the girl said, "Okay?" The girl look behind her and shouted, "Kaito, get the ice cream!"

As 'Ms. Hatsune' enter the castle, the commander look at Hope and said, ""You're met her before."

"Nope. Never ever knew she was alive." Hope said as her eyes were sparkling for joy.

Apetrully look even more confuse than ever before as Hope said, "You see, the girl we just met was Hatsune Miku! She's a famous idol from Japan, and she's a part of a group, or rather a singing voice synthesizer, called Vocaloid. The reason why I never knew Miku was actually alive because there wasn't much proof for that and that when they have live concerts, they have holograms sing and dance in their place."

"...I wish I have the internet in my disposal." Apetrully said.

How behind is the Hidden Kingdom in technology? I mean, they already have holograms now? Apetrully thought.

"Come on. Let's go, Apetrully!" Hope cheerfully shouted, dragging the commander into the castle.