Chapter 6: Family

Mr. Thicknose's theory about the snow melting the next morning was proven wrong. A blizzard had just struck the entire Great Mushroom Valley Kingdom and killed all the plant life. All the dinosaurs were suffering in the cold as they searched for any signs of food. Some of them were even struggling all over the place.

As for Littlefoot and his grandparents, along with Mario and his friends, the snow was everywhere for them.

(Grandpa Longneck) Do you still like the snow Littlefoot.

(Littlefoot) Maybe not as much as I thought.

However, there were still some tree stars left and one tree had a single tree star left. Grandpa Longneck was lucky enough to see it.

(Grandpa Longneck) Hold on Littlefoot. I think I see something you will like.

Grandpa longneck tried to grab the leaf, but the wind blew it out of the tree. The leaf flew around the air until it landed a few feet away from where Mr. Thicknose was standing. He was about to eat it, until Topps came by and stomped on it really hard that it got smashed.

(Mr. Thicknose) What did you do that for? I'm hungry.

(Topps) So what? We're all hungry. And if you ask me, almost all the food in the valley is gone. And all of this is your fault.

(Mr. Thicknose) How's this my fault?

Yet, Littlefoot, Grandpa Longneck, Mario, his friends, and a copple other dinosaurs and even Kosh was there and some of them were mad at Mr. Thicknose.

(Topps) If you are so smart, why didn't you think that the snow would bring such cold with them that they killed all the food?

(Kosh) Luigi warned us to store away some food until the cold time ends. We would have been ready to survive this cold with enough. But no. We just had to believe you. If you ask me, Luigi is smarter than you.

Luigi gasped at what he just heard as most of the other dinosaurs agreed with Kosh. If they think that Luigi was smarter, then that means he had completely robbed Mr. Thicknose of his dignity.

(?) And that's why we decided to leave.

Everyone turned around and saw the Far Walkers heading their way.

(Topps) Now don't get me wrong. Just because I was yelling at him

(Tippy's mother) We know. But we're Far Walkers. We're used to wandering around to places.

(Spike-tail leader) And we'll be gone tomorrow before the Bright Circle is high in the sky.

The next day, Petrie went to Ducky's nest to tell her that the Far Walkers were about to leave. Petrie landed in front of Ducky to tell her the news.

(Petrie) Hey. You hear big news? Far Walkers leaving The Great Mushroom Valley Kingdom.

Ducky got so happy on hearing this that she hugged Petrie tietly.

(Ducky) Yes, yes, yes.

Tickles had already heard the news from Mario. And he was happy to see them leave as well.

Later, the Far Walkers were passing by the nest. Tippy and her mother were the last in the line. By the time they got close to Spike, Tippy looked at him with a sad look on her face. And so did her mother.

(Tippy's mother) Mr. Swimmer. Do you think that Spike would...well.

(Papa Swimmer) I don't know. We're his family. But I'll ask him.

Papa Swimmer then looked at the Yokai and he was wanting to see this world more often.

(Papa Swimmer) Yokai. Do you want to go with them? We'll understand if you do.

The Yokai wanted to go back to their world. But that means he had to go with them. But they also didn't want to leave this world. But Ducky, Tickles, and Spike were mad again and started to shout.

(Tickles) IF IT'S SO HARD TO PICK!

(Ducky) THEN WE WILL DO IT FOR YOU!

(Ducky and Tickles) GO, GO, GO!

Spike nods in agreement

But the yokai were just standing there so Spike barked at them for saying Go.

(Jibanyan) Okay. We'll Go.

The Yokai then began to head back to their world while Tippy and her mother to The Mysterious Beyond. Tippy's mother took one last look at Papa Swimmer before going. Komasan looked back as well.

(Komasan) Wait. You guys will change your mind right?

Spike just stuck out his tongue out and blew a raspberry

(Komasan) I'll take that as a maybe.

(Tippy's mother) We'll have him back when the snow is all gone.

With that, the Far Walkers and Spike had left. And now Ducky, Tickles and Spike are upset that the Yokai are leaving.

(Papa Swimmer) Are you alright young ones?

(Ducky) No. We are not ok.

(Tickles) What is a family without the Yokai?

The 2 then began to sing a song that came into their heads.

(Ducky) Is it someone who looks like us?

(Tickles) Is it someone who acts like us?

(Ducky and Tickles) Is it someone who sleeps beside us in the nest?

(Tickles) Is it someone who speaks like us?

(Ducky) Has a tail or beak like us?

(Ducky and Tickles) Or is it someone that we like the best?

Papa Swimmer can see the sad expression with the 2 and begins to sing the same song.

(Papa Swimmer) I think family, family, is more than being friends. When you're family, family, the loving never ends.

The rest of the gang had also seen The Yokai leaving the valley. And they weren't too far away from the nest.

(Littlefoot) I can't believe that the Yokai is really leaving.

(Mario) They are good friends and mysterious creatures.

(Peach) I'm really gonna miss them.

(Petrie) Me miss them too.

(Cera) Maybe he wants to go with them. After all, we're not his family.

(Mario) In case you forgot Cera, we're a herd and herd means family.

(Cera) But we're not his real family.

They then began to sing the same song but in a different way.

(Cera) He doesn't look like us. He doesn't eat like us.

(Littlefoot) Yes but he still likes to play the way we do.

(Petrie) He doesn't walk like us. He doesn't talk at all.

(Peach) But just think of all the things we've been through.

(Mario) He's family, family. Though he may go away.

(Luigi) He has always been family.

(Petrie) And family he'll stay.

(Ducky) I guess someone that you like can make you angry.

(Papa Swimmer) That's something that we have to rize about.

(Tickles) Though families are different. One thing stays the same.

(Papa Swimmer) And the heart of every family is love. And a family, family, is something strong inside. You will always be part of his family.

(Ducky and Tickles) And he will always be a very, very big part of our family.

And now the song has ended. Ducky, Tickles, and Spike went to the river next to the nest while the rest of the gang went on their way.

(Cera) How Long do you think the Yokai will be gone?

(Mario) We might not get to see them again until they decide to come back.