Meanwhile, Chris Maclean and Chef were at their main tent next to the fairy tree. Inside the tree, things were looking grim for everyone in Balsa. The skies were grey instead of their usual bright pink. Everyone was miserable instead of happy, knowing that when they least expect it Chris will snatch them out of there home so he can maliciously use their magic.
[King Richter was up on his balcony seeing all of his people miserable]
Richter: Look at what that brute Maclean did to our fair town my dear. I've never seen the fairies so miserable.
Mucina: Do not worry, Richter. I am sure that our Gloria is doing all she can to save us.
Richter: But she's just one fairy against all those humans! How can she even defend herself?
Mucina: Never underestimate our daughter Richter. She has been known to surprise you over the years.
Richter: Yes, I know. But this time our lives are at risk. If Chris continues to use up or magic the tree will die and so will us with it. And who knows what evil Chris has got plans for us next...
[Outside the wilting fairy tree, Chris was in his main tent watching the monitors while Cedric was singing in a cage]
Cedric: [sings sadly] Nobody knows the trouble i've seen... Nobody knows my sorrow...
Chris: Dude, you're bumming me out with this tune. Mind if ya switch it up with something with a little more pep? [Knocks on Cedric's cage]
Cedric: [sighs; sings a different song] Do you wanna build a-
Chris: [angrily knocks on Cedric's cage] NO! Anything but that song! You trying to get me sued! [Cedric sighs]
Cedric: [sings a different song] I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts. [Chris hums along] There they are a standing in a row...
[Chad bursts in]
Chad: Mr MacLean! Mr MacLean!
Chris: This better be good, Chad.
Chad: Okay! Now listen. I have reasons to believe that there is one fairy loose on this island!
Cedric: Gloria?
Chris: What are you talking about? I got you guys to grab all the fairies this island has!
Chad: Yes, but there is a slight chance that one fairy escaped!
Chris: [laughs] Don't be ridiculous, Chad! Fairies aren't smart enough to escape! Or do anything to stop us really. [Cedric was furious at Chris' insult] Now if you excuse me, I got a show to run.
Chad: I'm telling you! There is a fairy on this island! And it might give us trouble!
Chris: Chad! Enough! I am telling you for the last time! There isn't single fairy left on this island that can stop me!
[Meanwhile, Gloria was in her cabin putting on her human disguise]
Gloria: [takes a deep breath] Okay, Gloria. New day. You're just a few weeks away from winning back your home. Just act natural. [Gloria steps out of the cabin and as she walked to the campfire pit she heard rustling from a near by bush] Hello? Monica? [A huge non human like figure emerged from the bushes and ran off] Uh, okay... [She continues to go to the campfire pit where Chris was announcing the new challenge]
Chris: Campers, today's challenge will test your outdoor survival skills. I'm not gonna lie to you. Some of you may not come back alive. [All the campers gasp] Just joking. [laughs] All you have to do is spend one night in the woods. Everything you need is at your team's campsite in the forest. You just have to find it. [He threw both teams maps and a compass. He threw one set to Heather and the other set to Duncan.] Oh, and watch out for bears. Lost a couple of interns in pre-production. First team back for breakfast wins invincibility! [blows airhorn] Well, off you go!
Leshawna: Did he say there are bears up in here?
Owen: I had a little encounter with a bear once. Let's just say his head looks real nice up on my mantle.
Gloria: [gasps] You killed a bear!?
Owen: Yep! Did it with only one shot. Doesn't get any better.
Gloria: It's not better! You should know better than to end that poor bear's life.
Owen: Yes, I know. But I had no other choice. The creature was heading straight for me jaws wide and ready to bite my head clean off!
Gloria: Not all animals are ferocious beasts! I'm sure they're just misunderstood sometimes.
Izzy: Ooh! This one time, I saw a bear eating our garbage! He had old spaghetti noodles hanging from his big, huge teeth! It looked like blood and guts! It was so gross, and we thought he was eating the neighbor's cat Simba, but it turned out he was just lost for a week. Uh, you didn't eat spaghetti, did you? [Lindsay shakes her head] Good! Let's go!
[And so, Gloria and her team ventured into the woods to find their campsite. Gloria was taking notice of Trent talking with Gwen.]
Trent: Hey, Gwen, wait up! Can I walk with you?
Gwen: No.
Trent: Hey, if this is about that whole diary thing… [Gwen leaves ahead of the group]
Gloria: Gwen, wait! [Follows Gwen] Gwen, what happened?
Gwen: [sighs] I'm just not ready to talk to him yet. I mean, he knows I have a crush on him. What's he going to think of me?
[Heather sees Gloria and Gwen talking]
Heather: Ugh! Those two are so the next ones to leave.
Trent: Who?
Heather: Who do you think? They dumped Harold's red ant farm into my bed!
Trent: Yeah, but you did read Gwen's diary out to the entire world.
[Heather glared at him which caused the remaining Gophers to bump into each other]
Heather: So?
Trent: So… That was pretty harsh.
Heather: They are so gonna pay!
[The gophers soon made it to their assigned campsite]
Owen: Uh… [laughs nervously] There's no food here.
Trent: This is a survival task. Look at the instructions.
Owen: I wonder if there are any bears around today. Wouldn't it be funny if we made some bear sounds and then they came?
Izzy: Ha, that would be so funny.
Owen: Rawr! I'm a bear!
Gloria: Guys, please! It's not wise to make fun of a bear!
Owen: Oh, come on! I was just having fun!
Heather: Would you please shut up? I'm trying to read here! It says we're supposed to find our own food. [scoffs] I still don't see it.
Gloria: Uh, we're supposed to find it out there in the woods.
Heather: Ew! No way i am going out there!
Gloria: Come on, Heather! The whole point of wilderness survival is learning to adapt to the wilderness!
Heather: If you are so good at it, you go!
Gloria: Fine! Be that way. I'm going out to forage.
Owen: I'll come too! I'm good at finding food!
[Owen follows Gloria into the woods]
Heather: Well, at least this will be a good week for my diet.
[Gloria and Owen ventured into the forest to find some food. The two
Gloria: Owen, look! [Owen and Gloria stop by two nearby bushes full of berries]
Owen: Ooh! Berries! [Picks two berries one red and one green]
Gloria: Now hold on, Owen. You just can't pick berries all willy nilly like that.
Owen: Why not?
Gloria: Well obviously you need to figure out whether it's safe to eat or not.
Owen: Don't worry, when my dad took me camping he told me the best way to tell if a berry is safe to eat with a simple rhyme: "Red and sweet are good to eat, but I swear by the sonnet green will make you vomit". [Eats the green berry]
Gloria: Uh, Owen? You just ate a green berry. [Owen notices this and starts to gag]
Owen: [gulps] I always get those two mixed up... [Runs off to barf]
[Gloria sighs]
[Later, Gloria and Owen were near a stream]
Owen: Okay, Gloria. This is how my grandpa taught me how to fish. [Owen dips into the stream and grabs a fish from the water] Booyah! That's how real men fish!
Gloria: [uneasy] Uh... that's nice... But, I'm not into fishing.
Owen: What? You've never fished before?
Gloria: It's not that I like fishing, it's just that I don't like to eat fish.
Owen: Hm. Your loss, though the other gophers are gonna love this.
[Owen and Gloria then returned to their camp with food]
Owen: I am man! I bring fish!
Heather: Are you kidding me?
Trent: Aw man, you're awesome.
Izzy: Oh, I love fish! I love fish! [Bites into the raw fish] I… I guess we should cook it first.
Heather: How do you know how to fish?
Gloria: His grandpa taught him.
Owen: Yeah. I caught a shark once; it bit me in the butt. Check it out.
[Owen showed where the shark bit him and it disgusted all but Izzy]
Izzy: Cool!
Gloria: [disgusted] I cannot unsee that...
[Night fell as the Gophers cooked their food]
Owen: Okay. Fire's hot. Fish are grilling. Tent is tenting.
Trent: Nice goin', man. Fish looks awesome.
Owen: Thanks, man. I owe it all to grandpa.
Trent: So you and your grandpa really fought a bear once?
Owen: Heck yes. It was the scariest day of my entire life. [clears throat] We were out in the woods when we came upon the great beast. I tell you, he was ten feet high if he was a foot! And then he roared his terrible roar! [imitates roar] We grabbed our shotgun. We knew it was either him or us. It was nothing personal, just the law of the wild. And then, bam! One shot was all it took to fell the great beast. We took his blood and marked ourselves to honor him. It was a good death.
Gloria: Oh... that poor bear...
Heather: Cool you're jets, purple. I doubt fat boy actually did kill a bear. Speaking of crazy, anyone seen Izzy?
Gloria: She said she was going to the bathroom.
Trent: Uh, that was an hour ago! [Grows worried] Izzy! Izzy!
Owen: Izzy the Gopher, where are you?!
Gloria: Guys! Guys! Calm down! Izzy couldn't have gone that far.
Beth: But what if she goes up against a bear? She could get killed!
Gloria: Well, someones has to go out there and find her! [The other Gophers stood still; sighs] Okay, no need for everyone to all get up at once... [She goes out to look for Izzy]
Later, Gloria was wandering around the forest looking for Izzy. She was unafraid because she has been through this forest many times before. That was before she started to hear growling noises.
[Gloria then hears growling noises]
Gloria: Huh? Izzy? Is that you? [She then hears some rustling in some nearby bushes] Who's there? [The figure from before rises from the bushes, Gloria took a good look at it before it ran away] Wait! Come back! [She continues to follow the figure through the woods until she bumped right into it which turns out to be a grizzly bear which screams]
Bear: AAAAH!
Gloria: AAAAH!
Bear: AAAAH!
Gloria: AAAAH!
Bear: AAAAH!
Gloria: AAAAH!
Bear: AAAAH! Please! Don't hurt me!
Gloria: Hey! Easy! I'm not going to hurt you!
Bear: Wha!? How can you understand me!? Are you a witch!?
Gloria: No! [she then transforms into her fairy form which frightens the bear]
Bear: What are you!? Some kind of mutant bug or something?
Gloria: No! I am a fairy! You probably heard of fairies before, right?
Bear: Well, yes but I've never really seen one before. I just assumed you were an exotic type of fish.
Gloria: Exotic fish?
Bear: Surely you've heard of flying fish.
Gloria: Oh, my name's not Shirley. I'm Gloria.
Mr. Bruce: Mr Bruce.
Gloria: I can tell you're not like other bears.
Mr. Bruce: As a matter of fact, I'm not. All I want to do live my life in the woods but I'm always being hounded by hunters who want to kill me and use my skin as a rug! Sure I try to make peace with them but they're all scared of me. They all think I'm this big ferocious beast. I blame all the other bears. They all dislike humans. That's why they always act all fierce around them.
Gloria: Oh, you poor thing. Well, I can understand where you're coming from. I don't know much about humans but I do know this. People can change. And I'm sure they will change around you.
Mr. Bruce: Aw, thanks Gloria.
Gloria: No problem. Anyway, I'm out here looking for my friend Izzy. Have you seen her?
[Suddenly, Gloria heard screaming]
Mr. Bruce: What was that?
Gloria: It's my friends! ...And Heather. They're in trouble! I have to save them! [Runs to her friends]
Mr. Bruce: Okay, I'll see you later.
[Gloria runs back to her camp to find that a bear is scaring the campers up a tree]
Gloria: Huh? Another bear?
Owen: Gloria! What are you doing down there!
[The bear growled at Gloria]
Gloria: Uh, nice bear. I know one of your friends... [The bear continues to go towards her] Weird... It doesn't understand me... [She backed away as bear got closer to her]
Owen: Cheese and crackers! She's gonna get ripped to shreds!
Heather: [smirks] Hey, Gloria! Still think bears are misunderstood creatures?
Cody: Owen, can't you do something!? You're the bear expert!
Owen: How should I know?
Leshawna: Dude, you said you killed a bear!
Owen: I was being theatrical!
Heather: This is all your fault! If you hadn't been growling like that, we never would've attracted him to our site!
Owen: Excuse me for living! [cries and repeatedly hits his head on the tree]
Trent: Hey, hey, hey. Ease up on the guy. He did bring us all that fish.
Gloria: Fish! That's it! [grabs a fish from the spit and offers it to the bear]
Heather: Hey! Don't you dare give our fish to that bear!
Lindsay: [pants] It's probably already eaten, Izzy!
Heather: Then it shouldn't be hungry anymore!
Gloria: Hey! If it ate Izzy then why is it liking the fish in my hands?
Heather: Probably isn't satisfied from that nutbar! She probably wasn't very filling! [The campers gasped] What?! This is survival of the fittest! She should've just peed in her pants like Cody!
Gloria: Hey! He couldn't help it! He was scared! [As she talked to Heather, she dropped the fish making the bear roar at her] Uh oh... [The bear then cornered Gloria into the tree]
Owen: Dear Abbey! She's gonna die!
Gloria: Aah! Please! Don't hurt me! [The bear started to giggle]
Bear?: Hey. Are you alright?
Gloria: Uh. Yeah. But it wasn't nice of you to scare my friends like that.
Bear?: Oh, come on Gloria! I was just joking!
Gloria: Wait, how come you know my name?
[The bear lifted its head off and revealed that Izzy was actually wearing a bear costume]
Gloria: Izzy!
Owen: Oh my goodness, I did not see that coming! [They all climb down]
Gloria: I can't believe you scared us like that!
Gwen: What are you, some kind of weirdo?
Izzy: I thought it would be funny!
Gloria: Well, it wasn't! [sighs] Well, at least that's finally over.
[Soon enough they were all around the campfire]
Izzy: Rockin' the fish sticks! Nice!
[Just then, Mr. Bruce appeared from the bushes]
Mr. Bruce: Hey, Gloria. There you are. [Sees Izzy wearing her bear costume] AAH! See!? I told you these humans don't like us! That one's wearing it's skin!
Izzy: Heh. Wow, that costume is really good. I mean, I thought mine was good, but this one is like, really good.
Trent: It's probably Chris trying to mess with us. Yeah, nice try man. [Owen pokes the bear's nose]
Owen: We know you're not a bear, dude.
[Owen continued to poke Mr. Bruce's nose]
Mr. Bruce: [mildly annoyed] Uh, Gloria? Mind if you tell your friends to stop? I really don't like humans touching me... [Through the humans, the bear growled]
Gloria: Uh, guys? Do you mind if you stopped that. I'm pretty sure... bears don't like it if you poke them.
Owen: Relax, Gloria. It's not even real, if it was would I do this? [he ripped a patch of fur off of the bear] Wow... that does look kind of real...
[Mr. Bruce got furious]
Mr. Bruce: That's it! What gives you humans the right to do that!? You can't just rip of someone's- [Through the humans the bear roared at them and they were frightened. Cody even peed his pants]
Owen: RUUUUUNNNN! [All but Gloria were scattering back at the tree as Mr. Bruce continues to tell them off] Gloria! Get up here, now!
Mr. Bruce: And another thing! I am sick and tired of you people always assuming all bears are savage creatures! Have you even considered that maybe we are nice and cuddly and- [Through the campers the bear kept roaring at them]
Gloria: Mr. Bruce! Calm down! I'm sure they didn't mean to do that.
[The campers see Gloria talking to the bear]
Lindsay: What's she doing?
Owen: I think she's trying to talk to the bear.
Heather: Don't be an idiot! She can't talk to a bear!
Gwen: [smirks] She might surprise you...
Mr. Bruce: [calm] You know, you're right. I got too aggressive there. Definitely not the message I'm trying to make. But I'm still mad at that fat kid for ripping my hair. I just need some time to cool off. [He sat down]
Gloria: Yeah... We all do... [She went inside the tent]
And so the campers remained up on the tree throughout the rainy night, afraid that Mr. Bruce would attack them. Even though that Mr. Bruce would never do that. And so the very next morning, the Gophers woke up to find no bear in sight. But also no way of getting back to camp.
[The very next morning, the gophers climbed down the tree to make sure it was safe.]
Trent: Oh! I think it's safe, guys. The bear's gone.
Gwen: And the map. [The map was torn and washed up]
Izzy: 'Kay, I don't know how raccoons sleep in trees, because I'm so stiff.
Owen: They must be really limber.
Heather: You know what, crazy girl? I don't wanna hear another word from you or the bear hunter here. If you two hadn't been acting like bear bait all night, we could have actually slept in our tent!
Gloria: Heather, enough! It wasn't their fault you guys were stuck in that tree-
Heather: That goes for you too, Gloria! You've been taking it easy all night while the rest of us were fearing for our lives!
[A bid chirps ticking off Heather, Owen, and Izzy]
Heather, Owen, and Izzy: SHUT UP!
[The bird stopped flying and fell down in shock.]
[Confessional: Gloria]
Gloria: Wow, they're more cranky than my dad without his morning cider.
[End confessional]
[The campers and Gloria walked back the campfire pit only to find that the bass beaten them to it]
Heather: Oh no! They beat us here! [pushes Owen] This is all your fault!
Chris: Uh uh uh uh. Not so fast, Gopherinos! It seems that the Killer Bass are missing a few fish.
Courtney: Oh, you mean Katie and Sadie? I'm pretty sure they got eaten by wolves last night.
Duncan: Darn shame.
Gloria: Oh, no! Those poor guys. You must be sad to miss your teammates.
Courtney: Oh yeah. We're devistated. But we have to move on, for the sake of the team...
[Just then, Katie and Sadie arrived]
Katie: We made it!
Gloria: Oh! Thank goodness you guys okay. We thought you were eaten by wolves!
Sadie: What? No! We were totally lost in the forest and got into a huge fight!
Katie: And there was this huge bear, and he was all "Rahhhh! You're in my crib, so get out!"
Sadie: And we had to run, and it was like, so scary!
Katie: Oh, Sadie, I'm so sorry I said I was prettier than you.
Sadie: And I'm so sorry I brought up the snack shack.
Katie: And I'm sorry I said your butt was too big to fit in the bus seats.
Courtney: [clears throat] You two finished your little love-fest? Good. Because thanks to you, we just lost the challenge!
Chris: All right, Killer Bass. One of your fishy butts is going home. Gophers, you're going on an all-expense paid trip to… the Tuck Shop!
[Later, the gophers were celebrating with all their bought goods from the tuck shop.]
Owen: Oh, my gosh this is so good! I never thought chips could taste so good! I think I'm gonna be sick. [vomits]
Heather: That's so incredibly gross.
Owen: [groans] That's better. Whoo! The Screaming Gophers rule! Hey, gimme some of those chocodiles.
[Meanwhile, Gloria was having a picnic with Mr. Bruce]
Gloria: So, now I'm on this show to win back my home.
Mr. Bruce: Wow, you've been through a lot more than me.
Gloria: Yeah, but it's not all bad. Most of the humans I've seen are pretty nice. Except Heather, she can be a real jerk. In fact, the other day she read someone's diary in front of everyone! I mean who does that!?
Mr. Bruce: [sips on cider] It's times like this I'm glad we bears don't keep secrets. We're not ashamed of who we are. And frankly, we don't care.
Gloria: Yeah, I'm pretty much the same thing. I'm not afraid of who I am.
Mr. Bruce: Wait. If you're not afriad of who you are, then why do you insist on disguising yourself to get in with these humans?
Gloria: Uh... Well, Humans aren't exactly warming up to us fairies yet. But they will someday. We'll I better get back. [Flies away]
Mr. Bruce: Drop in anytime! My cave is wide open. Mainly because it doesn't have a door!
[As Gloria flies back to the cabin, Chad was hiding in the bushes secretly taking photos of the fairy]
Chad: Heh heh heh... I got you now, fairy...