I added a lot to this because I decided I didn't talk enough about the backstory in previous chapters. Oh, and Hank has fangs in this story.

"Just keep swimming, hm hm hm~" Dory sang as she swam through the reef, feeling happier than she had been in a long time. At least, she thought so. She couldn't really remember. But she could remember how happy she was that all her loved ones were here. Her parents - it was still hard to believe she was actually back with them after so many years. Hank, even though he was grumpy, Dory knew he had a heart of gold, and looked up to him as though he was the big brother she never had. Destiny and Bailey were so fun to play with, and she and Destiny loved to spend almost every moment together telling each other what had happened in their lives while they were separated. Though, Dory didn't remember most of what Destiny had told her. But Bailey! Bailey was so funny, the nerdy beluga was so much more cheerful than he had been when she first met him. Dory guessed it was because he finally had his sonar back, and he was in the great blue again. Overall, life was perfect-

"Ow!"

Dory rubbed her head after crashing into something. Looking up, she smiled as she saw the whale shark, Destiny, in front of her. Destiny was looking around, squinting her eyes with a bewildered and apologetic expression as she tried to figure out who she had accidently swam into.

"Destiny, down here! It's me, Dory!" Dory called up to the whale shark. Destiny looked down and finally seemed to focus on the surgeonfish. She smiled wide.

"Dory! So great to see you! Are you headed to the reef top?" she asked. Dory nodded.

"Where's Bailey?" Dory asked. Destiny sighed.

"Oh, he's coming. He kept on stalling me just to see if he can find something interesting with his echolocation. Seriously? It's been weeks since we arrived here!"

Dory giggled, "Aw, you can't blame him. He's just happy to have it back." Apparently, Bailey had been knocked unconscious by something when he was a young whale...He couldn't remember what it was when he finally woke up, as he had been in a coma, and realized he couldn't use his echolocation, making him quite grumpy and boring. He kind of reminded her of Hank, in a way. Speaking of which, where was Hank? He should have...been...here by now? Wait, what for?

"Dory?" Destiny asked. Dory shook her head furiously, knowing she had forgotten again.

"...What were we talking about? Sorry, I forgot again..." Dory muttered, fighting back frustrated tears. Destiny sensed the frustration in her voice and swam closer to Dory comfortingly.

"Hey, it's okay! Like your mom is always saying, you don't need to be sorry!" Destiny cooed, trying to get her to calm down. "We were waiting for Bailey and Hank to get here so we can enjoy the view." Dory nodded, smiling slightly.

"Ooooooooooooooohhh..." Dory glanced around, then looked behind Destiny, and waved to the beluga swimming their way. Bailey grinned when he saw Dory and Destiny, and waved back.

"I'm here!" he called, swimming over. "And boy, does it feel good to have my wonderful gift back! Did you know that echolocation is in fact -" Destiny cut him off.

"Yeah, I'm pretty sure we know," she huffed. "Look, I know you're excited, but we don't need to hear about your sonar every single second."

Bailey shrugged. "What-ever you saw, Des," he grinned, not planning to stop talking about it at all. "By the way, is Hank going to get here any time soon? I'm ready to see some awesome views!"

Dory looked around. Hank really should have been here by now, it was getting late. "Y'know guys," she said, "he seemed really tired when I talked to him earlier. I bet he's napping at his home! Let's go get him!" Dory immediately took off in Hank's direction.

"Destiny! Bailey! C'mon!" she called behind her. She heard the shark and whale sigh, but follow her nonetheless.

...

"Hank! Hank?" Dory called when she neared Hank's cave. The sound of snoring greeted her, and she laughed, swimming over the cave entrance. She was met with a funny sight: Hank was fast asleep (He must have been more tired than she thought!) and was rolled on his side, muttering something. Dory could hear Destiny and Bailey outside, waiting for her, so she swam over to the septopus to wake him up.

"Hank? Wakey wakey!" she called softly. Hank just shifted in his sleep.

"Mm...stop, I can...do it tomorrow, Mom..." Hank mumbled. Dory looked at him in surprise. She didn't know he was one to talk in his sleep. Marlin had told her that she talked in her sleep, but she certainly didn't expect Hank, of all fish, to do it too. She wondered, for the first time, if he had a family he knew of. Hank had never once mentioned his family, and she faintly recalled him remarking to her about how she was lucky she had short-term memory loss because...the thought slipped out of her mind. She floated there for a moment, pondering Hank's background.

"Dory?" Bailey called softly. "Can you wake him up?"

"Oh, right, sorry." Dory carefully prodded the seven-armed octopus, gently because she knew very well he didn't like to be touched. Hank writhed slightly, but eventually let out a huge yawn, showing a mouth full of sharp fangs from underneath his tentacles. He blinked open his eyes, widening them when he saw Dory.

"Dory!" he shouted, getting up. "Don't scare me like that, kid!"

"Sorry," Dory muttered sheepishly. "You were gonna come with us to the reef top, remember?" She was actually quite proud to remember that's where they were headed.

Hank sighed loudly. "Alright, alright. I'm coming." He rubbed his eyes. "Just...don't do that ever again, okay?"

"Okay!" Dory said, feeling cheerier. She darted out of the cave in front of Bailey and Destiny, Hank following her.

"Alright, we're ready to go!" she cheered.

"Let's go!" Destiny called, and the four friends swam off to the reef top, Dory in the lead, the surgeonfish still wondering about Hank's family...even he even had one.