One year later
In New Mushroomton Elementary School, Kinsey and Nick slightly failed to pay attention in class as their 5th-grade teacher delivered her lecture
"And so...Messiah and his pregnant wife journeyed all these miles and found sanctuary in a safe place to give birth to their one and only son Issac...a baby promised 15 years earlier...finally came…" a male teacher spoke
Then the bell rang and the students were excited to leave the boring class.
"I expect you to remember this story for our quiz tomorrow…" As Kinsey and Nick leave the teacher cleared his throat, summoning them to him.
"I was looking at your project from last week and I spotted that you two both drew the same person named Dinah…" He pulled out both of their projects and they both have a painting representation of Dinah, hugging both of the kids at the mall before she was caught. Then Kinsey began to sniffle and sob softly
"Kinsey…"
"She's our friend...She means everything to both of us…" Nick stepped in.
"What happened to Dinah again…" the teacher asked
"She...She disappeared a long time ago...She was in trouble with bad people and she flew away.
"She was the sweetest person...even though she wasn't like the others…" Kinsey cried.
"What do you mean by that?" the teacher asked. Kinsey and Nick looked around and no one was there. Kinsey shut the door and came back
"She had superpowers, She came from the lab in Knolling Hills…" Kinsey explained
"You mean the lab that was shut down…"
"What…" both kids exclaim and exchange glances
"It was shut down because of Dr. Peterson's death...All of the subjects there are roaming free…"
"That-That means...Dinah can come home…" Nick inquired.
"We have to find her…" the kids raced out of the classroom, leaving the perplexed teacher behind
Meanwhile, Ian and Barley came back to their mushroom house with Blazey rushing towards them and licking them with affection.
"Blazey Down girl…" Barley told her. Then Blazey's ears perked up
"What is it girl…" then Blazey began to bark at the sky, possibly seeing something fly over
"What do you see…" Ian and Barley look up and they saw nothing. They shrugged their shoulders and they walked inside.
Later that night, Barley was asleep in his room when he heard Ian scream, jolting him awake. He raced into his room and found Ian standing on top of the bed pointed to the closet door.
Laurel and Colt raced in too. "Ian what's going on…" His mother called.
"I heard something in the closet...It wasn't Blazey…" Blazey went in front of the closet door and sniffed and then began to growl. Barley went towards the closet door and opened it and looked around and found nothing. As Barley walked away, a sneeze was heard. They all turned around and found a purple ear peeking out from the closet, then the rest of the body came out and it was a girl with very long wavy lilac hair with small bangs in the front and light green eyes.
Her small frail body was dressed in a light brown knit sweater, ripped jeans, and brown sandals. She came out and looked at all of them. They all froze seeing the girl. Laurel stepped forward and took a good look at her. From the Lilac hair to the green eyes, Laurel then looked at her left wrist and the 051 shown visually and the Lightfoot mother began to smile
"Dinah…is it you?" Laurel spoke. Then the purple elf smiled.
"Family…" Dinah cried with her arms open. Laurel was the first to hug her. Dinah sobbed in her arms.
"Oh sweetheart…" then Ian and Barley approached the elf
"We never gave up on you...Your friends and us...We looked for you...Every day… every day for…." Ian started
"362 days...I've seen it…" Dinah interrupted.
"How…" Colt asked. Then Dinah began to usher the family to come near her and She moves her hands in a circular motion and blue and purple like magic dust come out of her hands.
"Woah," Laurel said silently. By the time she finished, it became a crystal ball.
"Like this…" Dinah said.
"Where did you hide…" Dinah ran and came back with a map and pointed far north…
"The Brave Wilderness...There's nothing but wolf dragons and beasts...How did you survive…." Barley asked perplexed.
Then Dinah took out something from her pocket and it was a drawing. It was of her and two purple elves with the same lilac hair…
"They taught you how to survive the woods…" Laurel spoke softly. Dinah nodded.
"Wait...Are-Are those your parents…" Dinah just shrugged her shoulders.
"They were hermits….Living alone...They found me and kept me hidden…" Dinah explained.
"They must be survivors...It's great to have you back here…" Laurel told her
"I'm home…" Dinah asked.
"Yeah...Your home…" Ian replied.
Then Dinah remembered something. "Bad people...The bad men…" then Laurel hushed her.
"They're gone, Dinah...Your safe now...remember the night you left…" Dinah nodded. "That Dr. Peterson was killed and the rest of his henchmen are arrested….They can't lay a finger on you again sweetie...Your safe here…"
Dinah was a little relieved and then she remembered something else. "Friends where are my friends…"
"Those two kids…" Colt asked. Dinah nodded. "They don't know you're here...Might have to go back to school and give them a surprise...For now...You should sleep...You traveled all this way...You must be tired…" then Dinah yawned and Laurel gently picked her up.
"It's a good thing those hermits fed you…" Laurel whispered to herself.
Laurel placed her on the couch and placed something familiar in her hands. Dinah woke up and saw her doll Darling. She smiled and gave her a big hug and went to sleep.
The next day after school, Kinsey and Nick raced outside and saw Colt waiting for them
"You wanted to see us…" Nick asked him. Colt stepped aside and Dinah appeared. Kinsey gasped and Nick smiled and the trio raced to each other for a group hug
"We missed you D…" Kinsey cried
"I missed you too…" Dinah replied.
"We practically talk about you every single day…" Nick replied.
"You guys were looking for me 362 days…" Dinah told them.
"Yeah...Why didn't you tell us you were alright...We thought you were dead…"
"Alright you two that's enough, she can't stay long..." Colt told them
"Why not, She's our friend…"
"She has to go to court…" Kinsey and NIck's eyes widen and glanced at Dinah
"I'm Dinah Lightfoot now…" the purple elf said. The two kids grinned once more and gave her a warm embrace.
"Ready to go, sweetie…" Colt asked
"yes...I'll hang out with you guys this weekend…" Dinah called to her friends who nodded. She smiled as COlt drove away from the school. She knew she was finally safe and she also knew there's no place like home.
