"So let me get this straight, Teal's plan is to have you locked up with while her and the Smallfoot free the captives? And the Smallfoot trusted her?" Migo retells Teal's plan in clarification. Fleem had explained Teal's complex plan to his friends. Meechee is pretty intrigued with the plan. It gave everyone hope of freeing the Smallfoots from their prisons.

Fleem nodded. "Yep! They sorta had a little connection going on."

"Aww!" Kolka squealed.

"What made her change her mind about Smallfoots?" Meechee asked Fleem.

"Yeah, we already know what her stepfather thinks about them." Gwangi added.

"I don't know. She confess about doing something wrong that may have hurt him but he just fagave her." That's when Migo realised something real important.

"He's like that." Migo addmitrd. "He forgave me even though I put him in danger when I gave him over to the Stonekeeper, I thought he would hate me after what I did but..."

"He saved you and stood up for all of us when no else did." Meechee finished his sentence. Migo nodded at Meechee. Even though he did not say it to his face, his actions are forgiving enough. There's a moment of silent. Then Migo thought to himself.

He's stronger then you know.

"Well, hopefully things are going according to plan with Teal afther she's done talking with father." Fleem said. A few hearts dropped.

"Wait, she had to talk with her father?" Kolka exclaimed in shock. "Why did you leave such important info out?"

"I just assumed she would talk her way out it." The group started to panic.

"Guys, guys, relax. I'm pretty sure Teal and Smallfoot are on their up here with the others to free us from this prison." Fleem assured. Then the Stonekeeper approached the cell with Teal held by the wrist. He unlocks the door with a key and shove her on the floor and quickly locks the door.

"...or not."

"All of you will learn one day, all you will learn." The Stonekeeper muttered bluntly to himself, but yet, he wanted to tell them that. The Stonekeeper instantly left them. Teal was panting as she cried; she did not bother to get up. The group went to her aid.

"Teal!"

"Oh, my goodness!"

"Are you okay!?"

Teal whimpered to herself. "I-I'm sorry, If-failed you all."

"Deep breaths, deep breaths," Gwangi told to do.

"What happened down there with your father? Where's the Smallfoot?" Migo begged.

"The Smallfoot is left downstairs, my father d-did not see him thankfully." She to a deep breath. Tears came rolling down her eyes. "He's coming."

"Your father?" Kolka asked. Teal nodded. She didn't want to say it. It's so horrible. It wasn't something a yet would do. Then she finally had the nerve to say it though her lips.

"He's coming for the Smallfoots."

No words were spoken, but intense fear settled in the room, and it's not going anywhere.

A little bit of daylight soon came to the sky, creating brand new dawn for a brand new day. Some of the dawn's light made down through the frozen lake and descending into the yeti village. All the yetis seemed to wake up around the same time when the daylight hit their faces. The villagers and their kids walked out of their houses, ready to start their typical day. But they're seemingly ordinary morning is interrupted by few rings of the gong.

A gong rang by one of the guards at the palace, asking for their attention upfront. "Everyone, gather around! The Storekeeper has a very important announcement to make!" The villagers gather around the front, muttering to one on what the special announcement could be. Then the Stonekeeper walked up in armor along with a dark purple mammoth walking by his side. They have never seen their leader like this before. He cleared his throat and prepared to make a speech.

"My fellow yetis, while reading the stones last night, I have found out the threat outside has gotten stronger!"

They gasped in fear.

"Not even our glorious shield can protect can protect us now!"

They gasp in fear again. The children got even more scared and hugged their parents tight.

"But not to fear, me and the guards will go outside and face these threats head-on and defect them all, so we all can truly be safe." The leader hops on his mammoth. Then all a sudden, guards on mammoth appear from behind him with full armor. Now the villagers felt safe again and cheered on.

"I can assure we will all return victories!" The changed off with furry with have footsteps coming their way. The villagers made way for them to leave the village through the cave exit. The villagers we're left glad yet stunned, they were not sure what to think.

"Okay, everyone, resume actives until the Stonekeeper gets back!" A guard, who left in change, said. As told, resumed awkwardly resumed to their morning rotate with no question asked.

"This is really, really, bad!" Migo exclaimed he couldn't stand still at all; he pulled his horns in anguish. "They don't deserve this, none of them!" Teal told them her stepfather's evil plan about what their about to do the Smallfoots and all their villages. Teal remain silent after that, sat hopelessly on the floor.

"I can't believe he's willing to go this far just to get rid of them, this horrible." Meechee let out in auger.

"We need to stop them! This could destroy everything we have built for! But we have to get out here." Kolka felt like she is going to pass out.

"I could try ram the door down again. We can get Smallfoot and the others downstairs then will be on our way." Gwangi offered.

Meechee spoke up. "Gwangi don't-"

He got up and began to ram at the don't before anyone can object to it. He tried many times to ram it down with his shoulder. No matter how many times tried, the frozen door wouldn't go down or shatter. Everyone watched, they wanted to stop him.

Bang

"Stop..." Migo said.

Bang

"You're going to hurt yourself," Kolka warned.

Bang

"We can find another way!" Meechee shouted, Gwangi still keep going. Then Teal got in front of him before he could do it again.

"Gwangi, wake up! We're trapped in here; it's over! I failed us!" Teal snapped. Everyone is shocked about Teal's outburst, especially Fleem. Gwangi stopped and turned to her; he frowns at her.

"That plan we had was our only hope of saving your friends, and it failed," Teal said calmly.

Gwangi was about to say something, but it never came out. He saddened's and sat down. That did it. That got everyone hopes down, including Teal himself. As for Migo, he felt like he failed everyone. His father, his friends, Meechee, and Smallfoot. Migo slid down to the floor and let out a huge sigh.

Especially him.

Despair is where there are.

Then there is a little knock on the door on the ground level. Migo turned him to the door. "Snowball? Wonder? Everyone else? Are you in there?" Migo knew that squeaky voice anywhere. No, it can't be. Can it? Was his mind playing with him? But he answered that call.

"Smallfoot? Is that you?" That got everyone's attention; hopes brightened. There is a little gasp from behind the door. Also, there is little chatter

"And Cornell! And more Smallfoots!" Cornell shouted from behind the door. Then everyone in the cell stood straight up. It felt like their courage and strength are returning to them, to their mind, heart, and soul.

"Cornell?" Teal mumbled.

"Cornell?" Fleem said moderately surprised that Cornell came to their rescue.

"Teal?" Cornell said in shock, hearing his stepsister is in their too. Father must have done this. "Don't worry; I'll get all of you guys out!" Cornell then began to search for something to get everyone out of their cell. Percy, Brenda, and Hank kelp their eyes peeled for anything, while the others were still somewhat anxious about the place. Percy has been leading them and reassuring them that Cornell isn't a threat to them. Hank has surprisingly been following his lead.

Cornell found a key on a hook in the hallway and used it on the cell door. When they heard it unlock, hearts raced. As soon Cornell opened the door, the yetis ran out like a Kraken released from its cage, it felt wonderful being out of that dreadful prison. They saw all the Smallfoots blow them are freed too. They assured them all, and some even reunited with their friends.

"Wonder!" Brenda yelled and ran up to Meechee and hugged her leg. She smiled and bent down to embrace her. "I'm so glad all of you okay," Meechee said in relief.

"Snowball!" Percy shouted, he took off his backpack and jogging right towards him. Migo got on one knee."Smallfoot!" Once Percy ran up to the relieved, Migo undoubtedly scoop him into a embrace that both have been waiting for. Percy's face is braided in Migo's soft fur. Migo thought he wasn't going to see him, his father, his home, and daylight ever again. He almost doesn't want to let go of him.

"I'm so sorry I left you and Fleem behind like that, it wasn't fair to you."

"Or me!" Fleem shouted, with Smallfoots taking a likening to him. Even a guy took a picture of him with his camera.

Percy shock his head. He tries his best to translate though hand signals.

"No need to apologize, Snowball. I'm the one that should be sorry. I acted like an complete idiot and your were just trying to protect me. I'm sorry, Snowball."

Migo kind of understood what he was saying. He grins at him.

"Hey, I forgive you," Fleem said. "Besides, if me and him came with, I'm super sure all of us would have been captured. Now, that's real hopelessness right there."

"Thanks, Fleem."

Teal and Cornell watched from the side, seeing the Smallfoot and the yetis chatting to one another. It is undoubtedly fascinating to see.

"So, they are real after all," Cornell said, somewhat disappointed to Teal. She sighs.

"Father lied to you about them, Cornell. He lied to the whole village about everything." Teal explained. "He's on his way to destroy the Smallfoot villages with his army." He nearly couldn't believe what he is hearing; he felt like he should rethink everything his father has told him.

"T-Then, we have to stop them!"

"We will, but first, it's time for this village to wake up and fast!" Meechee announced out loud. They all agreed.

The villagers meanwhile are going about their morning, getting breakfast, hanging out, and work. A guard guarded the place entrance door by marching back and forth. So far, everything is going just right in the village, and most importantly, it's at peace. The Stonekeeper trusted him with a job, and he wasn't planning to let him down.

Then abruptly, the front door opens up for no reason. No one was even at the door."Huh?"

He went to investigate why it open on its own. The from out blue, Gwangi tackled him to the ground and laid on top of him, knocking the wind out of him. "I got him! I got him down!" He shouted — that villager's attention to the palace, they all started coming.

"Great work, Gwangi!" Kolka complimented hin.

"P-Please, get off of me!" The guard said out of breath.

"I'm afraid not. You may want to hear what we have to say first." Gwangi replied. All the yetis came out from the palace with the little crowd of Smallfoots hiding behind them. This is their first time seeing the village. It was so mesmerizing. There were 'ooh's and 'ahh's — Hank whistles in amazement.

"Wow, their village huge." Brenda whispers to Percy.

"It sure is."

"Everyone, gather around, quick! You all need to hear this!" Migo announced to them. Thevillagers recognized them in an instant, from yesterday. They are eager to hear what they have to say. Meechee stepped up to speak up, she didnt know where to start. She though hard about it, then she knew. Once the crowd came silent, she spoke.

"Fellow Yetis, you have been kelp in the dark for far too long, and we think it's time you all know the truth about everything."

"Everything?" A yeti asked.

Migo nods. "Everything."

The truth they told. The first thing they told them is that pure of heart isn't real and that everyone can come up to surface. They tried to deny it, but they say it's true. They went by stone by stone and answered all the villager's questions that they always have. Even the guard had a question to ask. The villagers are very into this. They felt carious about everything now. The children had the most fun with this.

Then they save the best for last. "And the Smallfoots are real, and they are here right now with us." Teal said. The yetis step aside to reveal the little Smallfoot crowd behind them. The villagers stand surprised. They did not seem that scary as the Stonekeeper claimed to be.

"Why are they gawking at us like that Googly eyes and such?"Asked Hank. The rest wanted to know that answer too.

"...Because they probably never seen a human being before." Percy answered.

"They must have been isolated here for a while then. That would mean they never came outside." Brenda came to a conclusion. The Smallfoots nodded in realizing, it made sense. Migo then scoops up Percy to show them.

"They are our friends. This one here is the first Smallfoot I have ever met and he saved my life. And he is my besteset friend." Migo explained. Percy waveed to the crowd.

"Aww, he so cute! They all are!" Squealed the one yeti in the crowd.

"Why are they here?" Asked A little yeti girl.

"They were all kidnaped from their homes and were brought here...under the Stonekeepr's orders." Meechee told them. The gasped in complete shock; the villagers began talking.

"Why would he do such a thing?"

"...It's a long and complicated story. But right now, he and his army are on their way to destroy their villages." Migo told them the horrible truth he's been meaning to say to them. The stood wide eyes.

"And it's up to us to stop them." Cornell finished his stance. The crowd began to chat among themselves. While they chatted, the yeti team talked too.

"Do we enough mammoths for everybody?" Gwangi asked. He got off the guard to let him breathe. The guard got up.

"H-Highly doubt it, he to most of them, some might have to walk on foot."

"Alight then." Teal said. "Let's end this, once and for. And make sure this will never ever happen again."

They couldn't agree more.

To Be Continued...