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Chapter 7: Goodbyes aren't forever

The time had come for the teens to get back home. It had been a long, perilous journey, but it was time for that journey to end.

Gomez had gotten some of his rebellious pals to join him. Dr. Liam explained that Gomez and his pals will carry the teens home.

Dr. Liam: You crazy kids…always getting into trouble. I'll miss you guys…that's for sure.

Quillo & Rachel had gotten on one of the birds.

Quillo: Ike, Dr. Liam, Skip, Jacob. See ya, dudes!

Then Bucky & Emily, Emily still having a cast on her leg.

Dr. Liam: Hope the leg gets better, dear.

Emily: I'm sure it will. It had care from one of the best Doctors I know.

Dr. Liam smiled proudly at this statement.

Spike first got on the bird.

Emma: I'll be there in a second, Spike.

Emma ran over to Ike and hugged him tightly.

Ike: Hey…I'll send letters.

Emma: You better.

Emma then pulled away from Ike, waved goodbye to everyone and got on the bird. The birds then flew away.

Ike: (To Dr. Liam) So…when do we get to go home?

Dr. Liam: Don't ask me! We took a human ferry here, you know how hard it is to get tickets to those?

Ike: We don't have money for tickets. We're porcupines.

Dr. Liam: That's true…

While in the sky, Quillo spoke up:

Quillo: Is it a bad time to say I have a terrible fear of heights?

Spike: You know what I do to get over heights, Quillo? I sing. I'm not good at it, but it's a good stress reliever.

Emily: We are NOT singing.

Bucky: Agreed.

Spike: Pfft…Fun police.

A few hours passed and the birds dropped the teens off near the hedge

Emma: We're here…

Spike: Guess we should head back into the hedge.

The 6 went back through the hedge, preparing for the same thing that happened the last time they got swept away to another out of state adventure.

One Year Later:

Ike had received mail from Gomez, who had served as a mail-bird for Ike.

Ike: What's this…?

He opened the letter, read it, and went inside to write a letter back.

Hey Emma!

Me and Emm finally got married!

20-years old? I feel old.

It's hard to believe that 1 year ago, we got back from a crazy adventure in one of the most dangerous rainforests out there.

I like the drawing. It's nice, simple. I'll definitely hang it on my wall. You should be an artist.

That's it. Gotta go!

-Ike.

Ike left his desk and went to a bulletin board, and hung the drawing attached the Emma's letter.

The drawing was of her and Ike, when they first met. What Ike didn't know until later that attached to the drawing was a necklace…A necklace Emma made for Ike with the same drawing in it.

Author's Note: AND Done! Not gonna lie, this took COUNTLESS rewrites, but I'm glad it's done. And I'm proud of how I rewrote it. Treasures? PFFT! But, I enjoyed revisiting this story.

Hope you guys enjoyed!