Hamtaro and the others had been looking for the village the whole morning, and there seemed to be no trace of it. "I sure hope Destroyer Dragon didn't destroy this village too! He's eliminated almost half of the villages in this world!" Kenji said. " You've got to be kidding us!" Cried Maxwell. "No way Boss could've destroyed all those villages!" Hamtaro exclaimed. "It's true" Kenji told him. "Just ask Boss yourself!" "I'd rather not, it could make him feel more upset about what he's done." Maxwell said. "Exactly what I was thinking" Kenji said. "Now, to continue finding this village of snow." It was snowing harder. "It's getting too snowy! We'll have to find some shelter and try again later!" Kenji cried out. Hamtaro disagreed though. "I'm not giving up yet!" Hamtaro ran off into the blizzard. "Stop! It's too dangerous! You'll get lost and freeze to death!" Kenji cried out. "There's no stopping Hamtaro" Maxwell sighed. "He's like an dog in distress running from a flea bag!" Howdy quoted. Hamtaro stopped to sniff the air. "Hiff hiff.I smell hamsters!" Hamtaro cried out. The others could just barely see him in the blizzard. "Really? Are you sure?" Asked Maxwell. "Not only that, but I smell food too!" Hamtaro said. "Food?! Hiff hiff. oh yeah! I can smell it!" Said Oxnard with saliva dripping from his mouth in hunger. "Snowy village, here I come!!!" Oxnard cried out as he ran towards the smell. "Wait for me oxy!! "Hamtaro cried out. Maxwell, Kenji. And Howdy ran to catch up with Oxnard and Hamtaro. Kenji could see a dim set of lights in the snow storm. Kenji cried out, "That's it! The snowy village still exists!"

Back at the cave, Boss was eating another mouse he had caught, Sparkle and Stan were eating a berri melon, Dexter was looking at the interesting plants he had never seen before. Bijou sat on the edge of the cave. She looked at the mountain that the other hamhams had gone up. It was shrouded in clouds "Eet looks like a snowstorm is up there! I do hope they are ok!" Bijou said. Boss stopped eating. "I'm sure they'll be ok. After all, no monsters live up on the mountain, since that ice dragon is gone now." He replied. "That eez a relief" Bijou said. "Oh-no! I just thought of something!" Boss cried. "What?" Asked Bijou. "Icernia usually spends her time up in those mountains! If she spots the hamhams, she'll try to finish them!" Boss told her. "Oh-no!" Cried bijou. "Oh, if I were you, I wouldn't worry about them!" A familiar voice called out. "But you should worry about yourselves!!" Icernia leapt from the bushes, and struck at Boss, just barely leaping out of the way. "Well, I guess we don't hafta worry about the others now!" Boss said. "What will we do?" Bijou cried. "Hamtaro completely destroyed my sword in that fight, leaving me weaponless, and I'm still healing! I hate to say it Bijou, but I'm at a big disadvantage right now!" Boss told her. "But I'll still fight!" He added. Icernia smiled evilly. "So be it, foolish one!"

Hamtaro and the others were talking to hams, trying to see if they knew any information on the paintings. One ham told them, to go to the elder's house. They got to a large looking wooden house. "This must be it!" Kenji said. Hamtaro knocked on the door. "Hello? Anybody?" Hamtaro called out. No answer. "Aw cats!" Hamtaro moaned. "Don't tell me that we came all the way up here, and nobody's gonna answer us!" Oxnard wailed. "This would be a good time for a knock knock joke!" Howdy declared. "Why is that?" asked Kenji, a bit annoyed from all of Howdy's lame jokes. "Cause Hamtaro's knocking away!" Howdy laughed. All the others groaned. Suddenly, the door opened. A grey hamster with a white beard about the size of Hamtaro stood there, leaning on his knobby wooden cane. "Ah.Greetings young ham. And what have you come to seek? Do come in!" The old ham said. Hamtaro and the others came in. The house was made of wood. It had all sorts of interesting items. Maxwell and Kenji were deeply impressed by the collection of items in the house. "Now! You came to see me about something?" The old ham asked. "Yes. We want to find out about the paintings in the ice caves." Kenji told him. The old ham thought a moment. He was a slow thinker. "Ah, yes! Those! Well, my memory is a bit clouded if you know what I mean by." The old ham told them. "Can you tell us what they mean?" Maxwell asked. "hhhhmmmm.."The old ham thought. "zzzzzzzzz" He fell asleep. All the hamhams groaned . "This is a familiar moment." Hamtaro groaned. "Ya. Elderham does this too!" Maxwell replied. "WAKE UP!!" Howdy screamed in the old ham's face. The old ham woke up. "Oh my! Terribly sorry! It tends to be a bit of a problem I have." Old ham told them. "It's alright. We experience it a lot with a friend of ours back in our world." Maxwell told him. "So you're the Legendary hamham warriors" The elder ham mused. "And you seek the answer to defeating Hamrigan you say?" All the hamhams nodded eagerly. "Well, I'm sorry, but I can't tell you much about how to defeat him." The old ham replied. "Aaaww!!" The hamhams said upset. "So close, yet so far!" Wailed Oxnard. "Those cave inscriptions aren't very accurate as I recall." The old ham told them. "oh, well thanks for the help anyways." Maxwell said. "Do you know how Icernia is doing?" The old ham asked. "I'm sure you've run into her a few times." He added. "You don't wanna know!" Kenji told him. "Oh! If it's about her being on Hamrigan's army, I already know that!" The old ham told him. "Oh! Well, she's certainly determined to destroy us and recapture destroyer dragon!" Kenji told Old ham. "hhm? Recapture destroyer dragon you say?" "Yes. He's joined our side now, you see." Maxwell started. "He's really our old friend Boss! He's with us now, and no one's gonna take him back!" Hamtaro said. "My thoughts exact." Maxwell said. "I never thought that he would join you legendary warriors! The news doesn't travel up here too fast you know, being so high up from everything!" The old ham chuckled. "Did you say that you knew Icernia?" Hamtaro asked. "Yes! I knew her since she was a little girl. I was strolling along the mountain side, and I found her alone and cold in the snow, so I took her in and cared for her. She made many friends, and all the adults loved her! After 1 happy year, Hamrigan's hench men stole her away, and trained her to become evil." the Old Ham said sadly. "It's been awhile since I've seen her, and she may be evil, but I have a feeling that she's not completely evil yet! I can still see some good in her!" He added. "I always thought that I could see some good in her too" Kenji said. "If you see her, please don't destroy her, just tell her to come back to our village. We all miss her so much!" Old ham pleaded. "We know she can be turned! We'll get her to come back!" Hamtaro told him. "It's not that easy Hamtaro" Kenji told him. "Come on Kenji, we could at least give it a shot!" Hamtaro told him. "I'm with you Hamtaro!" Oxnard said. "Count me in!" Added Maxwell. "Aw heck! I'll help to!" Howdy said. "Alright then! Once again, I'm outnumbered. We'll help Icernia." Kenji replied. "Thank you. You are all too kind" the old ham said. "Thanks for the help!" Hamtaro said as they walked out of the house. "Thank you for coming! Good luck on your journey" The Old ham called out. "Well that was kinda pointless, don't ya agree?" Howdy said. "Well not really. We found out about Icernia, and maybe she could join our side!" Hamtaro said. "Ya, and we got some good exercise along the way too!" Oxnard added. "Since you put it that way!" Kenji said. As they looked down the mountain, there seemed to be a clash of fire and ice. "Oh-no! That's where Boss and the others are!" cried Hamtaro. "That ice blow could be from only one ham!" Kenji said with worry. "Icernia."

Boss shot a blast of fire from his mouth at Icernia. Icernia shot a blast of ice at Boss. The two attacks collided in an icy fiery blow. Once again, Boss breathed flames at Icernia. She cut easily through the flames. "What? No way! It's like as if it where all thin air!" Boss cried in shock. "I'm stronger from when we last met!" Icernia told Boss. "And you're weaker from when we last met!" She added. She shot a powerful ice blast at Boss, throwing him back several feet. "Alright! Enough sitting around, I'm like, ready to fight man! Stan shot an arrow at Icernia, who blocked the arrow. "No way!" Stan cried. Icernia leapt at Stan, trying to stab Stan with her sword. He was too fast though. Stan jumped behind Icernia, and kicked her. Icernia fell to the ground. "Ha! You ain't so tough after all, are you?!" Stan shot an arrow at Icernia, but she rolled out of the way. She smashed her sword upon Stan's head, knocking him out. "Stan!" Boss and Bijou cried. "There! That will keep him quiet!" Icernia sneered. "And now for you!" She cried, pointing her sword at Bijou. Dexter had come back from collecting leaves for bedding. "I'm back every- Oh my!" He cried, dropping all his leaves as he saw Icernia's sword about to stab Bijou. Boss regained his strength, and tackled Icernia. "Go Bijou!" Boss cried. "But what abou-" Bijou started "I said GO!" Boss yelled at her, struggling to hold off Icernia. "We best do as he says Bijou!" Dexter told her. They ran off into the bushes. Boss was kicked in the stomach, and then shot with ice from Icernia's sword. "Oh-no! Boss!" Bijou cried. "Bijou wait! Don't go back there!" Dexter cried. "Boss needs our help! I will not run away from the enemy!" Bijou said running off towards battle. "Wait for me!" Dexter called out. Hamtaro and the others were running down the mountain as fast as they could. "Hurry! We have to stop the fight, before they destroy each other!" Hamtaro cried. "Wait! I'm tired!" Cried Oxnard. "We can't rest now Oxnard! Just hang in there!" Maxwell called back. Boss was hit again by Icernia's icy sword, and he was sent sprawling on the ground. Icernia leapt towards him, but Bijou jumped in the way, waving her wand in the air. She created a shield, protecting her and Boss. "Nice try!" Icernia growled. She smashed her sword through the shield, flinging Bijou several feet back. Her wand lay on the ground, out of reach. "Now to exterminate you!" Icernia cried angrily. "Not while I'm around!" Boss growled. "Crimson claws!" He cried, blocking Icernia's sword from Bijou. Icernia was angry. "You have interfered for the last time!" She yelled. She shot ice from her sword, hitting Boss full force. The attack sent Boss to the ground, unable to move. It was an ice spell. "Now he can't get in my way!" She sneered. She shot an icy blast at Bijou. She screamed in terror as the blast sent her flying back. She lay on the ground, stunned. "There's absolutely nothing we can do!" Cried Dexter, who was in the cave, trying to bring Stan back to his senses. "This is just getting too scary! I wanna go home! I wanna perform with Glitter and get all the attention and all my dresses and perfume and my hamster house carrier!!! BWAAAA!!!!" Sparkle screamed. "You're not helping." Dexter groaned. Before Bijou could recover, Icernia leapt towards Bijou, stabbing her with her sword in the stomach. Bijou screamed in pain. "BIJOU!!" Boss cried out.

"Hurry guys! We gotta go faster!" Hamtaro cried. They were still bolting down the mountain. "Hey! Look!" Maxwell cried. A ledge stuck out. They went on it to get a look. What they saw horrified them. Bijou was stabbed and bleeding. "Oh-no! Bijou!" Hamtaro cried. He ran down. "Wait up!" Cried Oxnard. Boss broke the ice spell, and raced towards Bijou. "Bijou! Why didn't you run?!" Boss cried. "I could not just leave you here." She said. "Thank you for being my friend Boss. Good luck." She added weakly. "No! Bijou! Don't go!" Boss said choked up and tears streaming down his face. Bijou disappeared to the death realm. She was gone. "BIJOU!" Boss screamed. "If you don't want to end up like her, come with me!" Icernia said. "No! This is getting too much for me!" Dexter wailed with tears in his eyes. "I just wanna go home!" Whimpered Sparkle. "I can't believe she's gone!" Moaned Boss. "I was too weak to protect her!" "Come with me! There is nothing for you here!" Icernia commanded. Boss's sorrow turned into anger, raging inside of him. "You destroyed Bijou! You'll pay for what you did!" Boss cried angrily with tears running down his cheeks. He lunged at Icernia, knocking her down. Hamtaro and the others arrived. "We were too late!" Hamtaro sobbed. "Oh why? Why us?!" Wailed Oxnard. "Not Bijou too!" Sniffed Maxwell. Boss slashed at Icernia. She blocked the claws with her sword. "I'm going to make you suffer like you've never have before!" Snarled Boss with rage. "He clamped his jaw down on Icernia's arm. Icernia cried out in pain. Boss flung her on the side of the cave. Blood flowed out of Icernia's arm. "Boss, stop this! Don't let your rage take over you!" Kenji cried. But the command fell upon death ears, as Boss shot flames at Icernia. "You will not defeat me!" Icernia cried. She rose her sword, bringing it down upon Boss's head. Boss staggered and collapsed down onto the ground. "What a fool!" Sneered Icernia. Boss rose to his feet, but when he did, he was madder than ever. His teeth bared and growling like he had never growled before. "Impossible!" Cried Icernia. Boss leapt at her, slashing her side. Then he bit onto her ear. Icernia pulled away, leaving a small part of her ear ripped. She brought her sword down upon Boss again, but once again, he rose, unhurt by the attack, she did the same again. Boss used his tail, and smashed the sword away from Icernia. He breathed flames where the sword lay, destroying it. "You're only weapon is destroyed! I told you that I'd make you suffer!" Boss growled.

Hamtaro ran towards Boss. "Boss! Stop! Don't destroy her!" "Stay out of this!" Boss snarled. He leapt at Icernia. Slamming her to the ground. "You've cause enough suffering for all of us!" Boss growled. "And now it's your turn to feel our pain!" He shouted in rage. He rose his sharp deadly claws over the defenseless remnant of Hamrigan's strong henchmen. Hamtaro grabbed Boss's arm. "Stop it!" Hamtaro cried Angrily. Boss pulled away his arm. "What are you doing? I told you to stay out of this!" Boss shouted angrily. "Just listen to me!" Hamtaro pleaded. "No! You listen to me! She is Hamrigan's strongest henchman that needs to be destroyed! She killed bijou! She'll pay for what she did to her!" Boss cried angrily. "Icernia's not completely evil! Icernia was once good! She was taken away from her village by Hamrigan's henchmen! She was trained to become evil, but I know that she still has good in her!" Hamtaro cried. "Just give her a chance!" He pleaded. "Give her a chance?! Open your eyes Hamtaro! She's evil! She's trying to destroy us!" Boss cried angrily. "Open your eyes Boss!" Cried Kenji as he stepped in. "You were an evil beast who loved nothing more than to destroy other hamsters and their homes! You destroyed Sandy and hurt Bijou yourself! You're level of evilness was much higher than Icernias! Yet, we gave you a second chance!" Kenji said angrily. "B- but I-" Boss started. "You know she can change if we give her a chance!" Hamtaro told Boss. "You know, I may not be in this much, but I have to agree with those guys!" Sparkle said. All the others nodded. Boss was outnumbered. "I can never except what she did to Bijou!" Boss cried. "Stan excepted what you did to Sandy, and she was Stan's sister!" Hamtaro said. "You're actin' like a whiner!" Howdy said. Boss stepped back, knowing that they were right. "I just wish I could get away from this nightmare! I wish this would all just end!" Boss growled. Suddenly, the whole place seemed to be surrounded by darkness. "What's happening?!" Cried Hamtaro.

"I'm not sure!" Kenji said. The hamhams couldn't see each other as they were blinded for an instant. The darkness cleared and Boss was gone.

Boss awoke in darkness, alone. "Where am I?" He wondered. Suddenly, a deep voice filled the place. "Do you want to go home?" The voice asked. "What? Who said that?!" Boss cried. A long snake-like creature appeared infront of him. It was really a dragon, but Boss couldn't tell in the shadows. "I can take you home if you want to go" The dragon told Boss. "Ya.I guess home is where I really belong.." Boss replied quietly. "They don't want me" He added. "Are you sure your friends don't need you?" The dragon asked. "The truth is I needed them more than they needed me. I don't have a place in that world any longer" Boss replied. "Very well then. You may go home." The dragon said. "Good luck you guys." Boss called out softly to the hamhams. Within a flash of light, Boss and the dragon were gone.