That night, after dinner, the two teams decided to try to get to know each other. "Does anyone have any ideas for some sort of game to get to know each other?" Casey asked.
"How about 'Never Have I Ever'?" Vida suggested.
The rest of the teens nodded in agreement. Udonna raised her eyebrows. Leanbow led her over to the group and RJ and Daggeron and Clare quickly joined the rest of the group.
Nick turned to his parents, Udonna and Leanbow, Daggeron, and cousin, Clare, and said, "Basically, you come up with some sort of statement—that you think someone else has done—and begin it with 'Never have I ever…' If you have done it, you raise your hand. If you want to reveal something about yourself, say something you've done. Agreed?"
Everyone nodded. Chip began the game.
"Never have I ever been turned into a vampire," he stated.
Vida raised her hand.
"Never have I ever been possessed by evil," she replied.
Nick and Leanbow both raised their hands.
Casey took a deep breath and said, "Never have I ever been wanted dead."
Nick raised his hand again.
"Never have I ever had my family torn apart," Madison replied.
Nick, Udonna, Leanbow, and Clare all raised their hands.
Lily said, "Never have I ever met someone as fast as I."
Chip and Lily both raised their hands.
Udonna took a deep breath. "Never have I ever lost a sibling," she raised her hand, blinking back tears.
Vida and Madison looked at each other and then both slowly raised their hands—Vida recalling the time Madison was turned to stone and Madison remembering Vida's vampiric episode.
RJ held up his hand and said, "Time out. Wanna fill us in?"
"My sister, Niella…" Udonna curled into Leanbow's side as tears slid down her face and he finished, "She died sealing the Gate twenty years ago."
"Time in," Theo called.
"Never have I ever been turned to stone," Xander stated.
Madison raised her hand as Nick elbowed his best friend.
"Never have I ever accidentally turned myself into a tree," Nick grinned.
Xander scowled and raised his hand.
"Never have I ever ridden Catastros," Daggeron murmured.
Leanbow and Nick both raised their hands.
"Never have I ever kidnapped someone I love," Clare replied.
Leanbow raised his hand again.
"Never have I actually died in a battle," Dom murmured.
Leanbow and Daggeron raised their hands.
"Never have I ever been brought back from the dead," RJ added.
Leanbow and Daggeron raised their hands again.
"Never have I ever vowed to avenge a fallen companion," Theo said.
Leanbow raised his hand again.
"Never have I ever almost killed someone I love," Leanbow stated, slowly raising his hand.
Nick raised his hand as well.
"Never have I ever wondered if I'd ever see my mother again," Xander said, slowly, watching Nick's face.
Nick raised his hand slowly.
"Never have I ever been rescued by Udonna," Daggeron stated.
Nick, Madison, Vida, Chip, Xander, and Leanbow all raised their hands.
"Never have I ever had a dragon think I was its mother," Udonna smiled.
Clare raised her hand.
"Never have I ever gotten jealous of a dragon," Leanbow grinned.
Jenji scowled and said, "Not playing. But yes, I have died, been brought back from the dead, been turned to stone, and I have gotten jealous of a dragon."
"Never have I ever used a spell from the Book of Dark Magic," Chip began.
Udonna sheepishly held up her hand.
"Never have I ever built the Dawn Crystal," Vida replied.
Chip raised his hand.
"Never I ever been a member of Pai Zhua," Nick said, letting the Jungle Fury rangers in on the fun.
RJ, Theo, Casey, Lily, Dom, and Leanbow all raised their hands.
"Never have I ever had a vision of danger," Leanbow stated.
Udonna and Nick both raised their hands. Udonna stared at her son, who mouthed, "I'll explain later, Mom."
"Never have I ever had a weird family reunion," Xander said.
Chip raised his hand. Nick, Udonna, and Leanbow each slowly raised their hands, remembering their first family reunion.
"Never have I ever been sealed behind the Gate," Nick said.
Leanbow raised his hand.
"Never have I ever sealed the Master away in the depths," Vida said.
Leanbow raised his hand again.
"Never have I ever kissed a frog," Udonna stated.
Madison raised her hand.
"Never have I ever been rescued by Clare," Daggeron stated.
Udonna raised her hand. Nick, Madison, Vida, Chip, and Xander all raised their hands as well.
"Never have I ever been betrayed by a student," RJ stated.
Leanbow raised his hand.
"Never have I ever been evil and allied myself with the rangers," Clare stated.
Leanbow raised his hand and leaned over to Udonna's side and whispered in his wife's ear, "The whole Dark Wish thing and Fightoe and 50 Below tried to destroy me—the only way to be sure I'd survive was to form an alliance with the rangers, which was OK."
"Never have I ever scared a former student," Daggeron stated.
Leanbow raised his hand.
"Never have I ever given up my son to protect him," Udonna stated, as she raised her hand.
Leanbow raised his hand again.
"Never have I been captured by someone evil," Lily stated.
RJ raised his hand. Vida, Chip, Xander, Nick, Madison, Clare, Udonna, and Leanbow all raised their hands.
"Never have I ever nearly been killed by a relative," Casey stated.
Leanbow, Nick, Udonna, and Clare all raised their hands.
"Never have I ever become ill after casting a spell," Nick stated.
Udonna raised her hand.
"Never have I ever nearly died saving my friends," Theo stated.
Udonna raised her hand again.
"Never have I ever saved Mom," Nick stated.
Leanbow, Daggeron, and Clare raised their hands.
"Never have I ever gotten mad enough to almost single-handedly destroy one of the Ten Terrors," Chip stated.
Nick raised his hand and grinned sheepishly.
"Never have I ever convinced a Terror that conquering the world was not what he wanted," Nick stated.
Vida raised her hand.
"Never have I ever beaten a Terror without destroying it," Udonna stated.
Nick, Vida, Chip, Xander, and Madison raised their hands.
"Never have I ever been vaporized," Lily stated.
Madison, Vida, Chip, and Xander all raised their hands.
"Never have I ever learned or seen a family member get kidnapped," Vida stated.
Nick and Clare both raised their hands.
"Never have I ever learned that a friend was really my cousin," Chip stated.
Nick and Clare raised their hands again.
"Never have I ever been betrayed by a friend," Madison stated.
Udonna, Leanbow, and Daggeron all raised their hands.
"Never have I ever been told that Nick had to be my teacher," Xander added.
Daggeron raised his hand.
"Never have I ever learned anything from Phineas," Leanbow said, raising his hand.
Nick, Vida, Chip, Xander, Madison, Daggeron, Udonna, and Clare all raised their hands as well.
"Never have I ever been convinced my son was dead, only to learn he was alive," Daggeron said.
Udonna raised her hand.
"Never have I ever been threatened to be turned into a stickleberry," Clare grinned.
Udonna raised her hand again.
"Never have I ever been told that I couldn't go looking for my son," Leanbow stated.
Udonna stuck her tongue out at her husband and then raised her hand.
"Never have I ever been confused by the Leanbow/Koragg thing," Udonna stated.
Nick, Madison, Vida, Xander, and Chip raised their hands. Leanbow raised his hand as well. "It confused me and I was the one who lived through it," he laughed.
"Never have I ever combined with Fireheart," Madison stated.
Nick raised his hand.
Five hours later, Udonna insisted the group get into bed.
Everyone slipped into bed. Udonna and Leanbow carefully tucked Nick into bed. "We're never leaving you," Udonna kissed her son's forehead.
"Ever?" Nick asked.
"Never," Leanbow ruffled his hair.
"We're a family again—and that's the way it's going to stay," he finished.
