After a few days, everything seemed to be getting worse. Grandpa woke up; but, he wasn't his usual self and his stomach was upset. Despite the trees being perfectly still, the old longneck still felt cold. He decided to get up and head to the watering place; upon reaching his destination, he saw Topsy taking a drink of water. Grandpa walked up next to him and lowered his head to take a drink. The cool water felt good on his parched tongue; however, the pain in his stomach was getting worse. Topsy looked over at him; a worried expression appeared on his face upon seeing him in pain.

"Hey, are you all right?" Topsy asked.

Grandpa smiled uneasily at the threehorn.

"Don't try to lie to me," Topsy continued.

Grandpa sighed and lowered himself to the ground before he collapsed; then, he laid his neck down. Topsy walked closer to the longneck and gently rubbed his head with his own to check his temperature.

"I feel awful," Grandpa replied.

Topsy nodded.

"You've got a fever, too," Topsy pointed out.

Grandpa nodded. His face was turning to a sickly shade of green and sweat was forming on his forehead. Topsy couldn't bring himself to take him home because of their size difference. As if on cue, one of Grandma's brothers happened to be in the area; he came over and looked at the old longneck.

"What's up?" Angus asked.

Grandpa looked up at the green longneck.

"My temperature," Grandpa stated bluntly.

Angus sighed.

"Yeah; I'm also feeling dizzy and queasy," Grandpa added.

After that, Grandpa stood up slowly and with great difficulty due to the aches and pains in his body and his upset stomach. His legs were having trouble supporting his weight and he was losing his balance. Just as he was about to fall down, Angus walked over to his side and allowed for him to lean up against him.

"We got to get you back to the nest," Angus told him.

Grandpa nodded as Angus led him back to his nest.

Meanwhile at the Feeding Grounds, the herd was eating tree stars. Kosh was hoarding all the best looking sweet bubbles as usual; much to the herd's annoyance. Maya and Zack were annoyed by the pink clubtail's behavior. They felt that as the leaders of the valley, they needed to tell him off.

"Don't you think you should share the sweet bubbles?" Maya asked.

Kosh shoved a bunch of sweet bubbles in his mouth and chewed loudly, his muzzle was covered in the juice. He let out a big belch. One of Grandma's brothers showed up; it was Shadow; and he showed a look of disgust at Kosh's belch.

"Your manners remind me somewhat of a newborn hatchling," Shadow stated.

"Who asked you, whitie?" Kosh snarled.

"The name is Shadow, pinky," Shadow retorted.

The herd chuckled at Shadow's comment towards Kosh. Topsy showed up within a few moments and was confused.

"What's so funny?" Topsy asked.

"Me and Kosh had a little disagreement about his manners; it ended with the others chuckling when I called him pinky; after he called me whitie," Shadow explained.

Topsy chuckled.

Just then, Littlefoot looked over at Topsy.

"How is Grandpa doing?" Littlefoot wondered.

"He's pretty sick; your grandmother passed the virus she has onto him; the only symptom he doesn't have is the coughing fits; he complained of an upset stomach and was feeling dizzy," Topsy answered.

Back at the nest, Grandpa was lying down; however, he couldn't get to sleep because of his upset stomach. Grandma woke up and looked up at Angus; a small smile appeared on her face.

"Are you feeling better, sis?" Angus wondered.

"Kind of; the coughing fits aren't as frequent; but, the queasiness is coming and going; same with the chills," Grandma explained.

Angus nodded and rubbed his head over hers to check her temperature.

"You still have a fever; but, it's not as high as it was yesterday," Angus stated.

Grandma smiled; she was glad that she was recovering slowly; however, she would still have to remain at the nest until Angus is sure she has fully recovered. She has regained some of her strength; but, she still had no appetite.

"Remember when I was little and you would look after me? Now; I'm returning the favor," Angus replied.

Grandma smiled. Grandpa looked over at the female.

"I'm glad you're feeling better, dear; if only I didn't feel so sick," Grandpa responded.

Grandma nodded. Angus left the couple alone so they could get some rest.