Two young kids, around Akito, Estelle, Vincent, Felicity, and Ingrid's age were shown.
A boy rushed over with a happy smile as he held a spear with an amulet around his neck before he called out. "NITA!"
"KENAI!" The girl called back to him, revealing who the young boy was.
The two soon happily ran off together and laughed as they chased away some birds as they began to play together. It soon seemed like that nothing would ruin their fun. Kenai eventually knocked Nita down playfully before he then laughed from that.
Nita then growled as she got back up and grabbed her spear, running past him. "Race ya to Hokani Falls!" she then told him.
"Wait up!" Kenai laughed as he chased after his friend.
The two of us began to race each other to Hokani Falls. They even used their spears to long jump as they came by the waterfalls together, laughing and having fun all the way like any other friends would with each other. However, Nita's spear went too far in the ice and it began to crack and crumble underneath her which made her scream as she soon fell into the water.
"Nita!" Kenai cried out.
Nita struggled as she began to sink to the bottom, unable to swim back up to save herself. Kenai soon swam after her, being as brave as he could be before he brought her out of the water and decided to make a fire and help keep her as warm as possible as she was now freezing cold. The girl soon let out a sneeze due to how cold she was.
Kenai wasn't sure what more he could do for his friend before he looked at the amulet he wore around his neck, then smiled as he decided to give it to her as a gift. "Here." he then told her and soon let her wear it as they sat by the warm fire.
Nita smiled after that before standing up and began to draw something on the wall. Kenai looked curious of what it was before he smiled a bit once he saw what it was. It appeared to be a drawing of the two of them together as friends.
"We're always gonna be best friends, huh?" Nita smiled back at him hopefully.
Kenai beamed as he felt touched by that. They soon saw something bright in the sky. The two kids flinched from the bright light before they left the cave to explore it. Outside, there appeared to be the Northern Lights which was always a beautiful sight for one to see.
"Ooh." Nita and Kenai smiled before the lights seemed to be melting the snow away and making it beautiful and warm outside as the seasons changed.
"Nita, time to come home!" A man's voice called out.
"Goodbye, Kenai." Nita said softly at her friend.
Kenai frowned softly at that before laughing as Nita laughed with him and playfully punched his arm before she ran off to join the man who was her father.
"See ya!" Nita called out as she went home with her father with a kayak.
"Bye, Nita!" Kenai called back.
Nita soon rode away with her father in the water while Kenai seemed to be all alone.
"Bye, Nita." Kenai repeated softly.
Kenai soon was shown to be dreaming as he said Nita's name in his sleep before the others woke up before Ingrid woke up before the others to find a white dove who appeared to be sitting on her stomach, waiting for her to wake up.
"Hello, there." Ingrid smiled quietly to the dove.
"Hello, there, you seem quite peaceful most of the time." The dove said to Ingrid.
"I try," Ingrid smiled. "Especially in my busy life with giving my friends important and special dreams to help them pursue in their adventurous lifestyles."
"That is why you deserve my Element of Peace," The dove replied. "My name is Cheona."
Ingrid smiled as she found the first animal and received her first element.
"I see goodness in your heart and a bright future for yourself." Chenoa approved.
"Thank you, Chenoa," Ingrid smiled as she gently petted the dove. "I look forward to this adventure."
"And I'm happy that you do." Chenoa smiled back.
The others began to wake up from their sleep.
"I should get going," Chenoa suggested. "Good luck on your journey."
"Thank you, Chenoa, I won't forget this." Ingrid smiled as the dove soon flew away.
As the others woke up, they heard Kenai calling out Nita's name in his sleep. Ingrid soon picked up Roshan and carried him out as the others came to surround Kenai. Kenai soon woke up and looked around a bit.
"So who's Nita?" Koda smiled curiously as his big brother woke up.
"Huh? What?" Kenai asked as he looked over to see Koda and the others.
"Did you know you talk in your sleep?" Koda asked. "You were going, 'Nita! Nita!'," he then explained before asking again. "So who's Nita?"
"Oh... Uh... She's a girl I used to know." Kenai replied bashfully.
"Whatever happened to her?" Vincent asked.
"I don't know," Kenai replied as he began to walk off. "I guess she grew up."
Koda looked curious before following after him.
"Ingrid, do you know Nita?" Vincent asked.
"I don't think I do..." Ingrid shook her head. "I once heard of a superhero though called Apache Chief."
"Maybe with any luck, we'll meet him." Akito smiled.
They soon walked off together to get to the berries like Kenai had promised Koda as Kabutops walked beside Ingrid while she made sure that Roshan was secure.
Meanwhile, in a different village...
Everybody was slowly waking up as a brand new day had started for them.
"He's here! He's here!" One kid called out, rushing through the village with another as they passed by the adults.
"The groom is here!" The other kid added.
"We must hurry," A woman suggested as she and the other villagers walked off together. "Let us prepare."
"Hurry up! I wanna see him!" One kid spoke up. "I wanna see Atka."
"Nita, he's here!" The other kid called out.
A teenage girl soon looked outside. The villagers surrounded the strong-looking young man who came to visit, along with some new villagers.
"They're here," A villager suggested. "Prepare for the ceremonies."
"He must have brought his entire village with him." Nita said before she was joined by her aunts, the blue-coated one being named Siqiniq and the shorter, red-coated one being named Taqqiq.
"Well, my sweet, this marriage is extremely important." Siqiniq told her niece.
"That's why we came to help you get ready~" Taqqiq added.
"Oh, no, no, it's okay; I can get myself ready." Nita said as she began to splash a little water in her face before drying it off.
Some water then suddenly splashed on her which made her flinch with how cold it was.
"Ah, go ahead. Use all the water," Taqqiq said as she had splashed the water. "Then we'll just air dry your hair."
"Air dry? Certainly not," Siqiniq replied as she used a towel to dry Nita's hair which ended up making it look wild and unruly. "Towel dry is shinier."
"You know-" Nita started.
"We'll put your hair up to show off your beautiful eyes." Taqqiq soon suggested as she combed her niece's hair.
"Up?" Siqiniq replied as she brushed Nita's hair down. "No, down, of course, to frame that beautiful face."
"No, we're gonna put it up to show it off better." Taqqiq argued.
"Down." Siqiniq argued back.
"Up." Taqqiq replied as the two soon tried to take care of Nita's hair at the same time.
And where one side of her hair was down while the other side of her hair was left in a bun style. "Uh..." Nita blinked at her two aunts.
"Oh, she's nervous," Taqqiq suggested. "She needs to eat. I'll go get some smoked salmon."
"But I-" Nita tried to tell them.
"Salmon? On a nervous stomach?" Siqiniq replied to her sister. "She needs hackberry root steeped in rainwater."
"In the morning? No!" Taqqiq retorted.
"No, no, it's okay; I think I'll be fine when I'm dressed." Nita said as she began to get her hair styled her own way.
"Dressed?!" The two gasped before they rushed over to get something for their niece to wear.
"I have just the outfit for you." Taqqiq smiled hopefully.
"Oh, but you don't understand," Nita told them. "I already have something picked out."
"Subtle reindeer hide, subtle yet elegant." Siqiniq said as she showed a dark pink dress.
"No, caribou," Taqqiq argued as she brought out a yellow dress along with a beaded necklace. "Feathers. Lots of beads."
"Beads?" Siqiniq glared at her sister as she put the other dress on Nita. "Are you nuts?"
The two sisters soon began to fight over a necklace of shells.
"Reindeer for a wedding?"
"No more beads."
"Seashells, then."
"What is it with you and your seashells?"
"I love seashells!"
"Hey!" Nita soon called out which made the two older women stop fighting and she smiled sheepishly at them so that she could get rid of them. "I do believe I am feeling a bit hungry."
"I'll get the salmon." Taqqiq smiled as they dropped the shell necklace and walked off together.
"I'll get the tea." Siqiniq added as she followed her out.
"Okay, get plenty of both." Nita told them.
Taqqiq and Siqiniq waved to her before going off to get both salmon and tea.
Nita waved back before laughing from what happened.
"Hello?" A voice called. "Are you decent?"
"Just a moment, Micco," Nita replied as she began to get herself adjusted as she knew that voice anywhere as she took off the dresses and beads that her aunts gave her before she got up to take out the dress she wanted to wear for her wedding. "Alright, you can come in now." she then allowed.
A young man soon walked in with a red band tied around his head and he had a head of long black hair as he smiled at her. "Look at you, so grown up," he said to her. "It seems like just yesterday I became a big brother."
"I'm sure Father feels the same way." Nita replied as she soon put on the dress that she wanted to wear which belonged to someone very special.
"You look as beautiful in that dress as your mother did on our wedding day." An older man said as he soon came into the tent to see them, though mostly Nita.
"Thanks, Dad; I wanted to wear something of hers today." Nita smiled as she got her hair into a bun style.
"You almost look like her right now." Micco smiled back.
"Thank you, Micco." Nita said to her brother.
"Oh, that means so much to me," Chief Chilkoot smiled fondly at his daughter. "Your mother would be so proud."
"I wish she was here." Nita said softly.
Micco nodded as he felt the same way.
"Oh, she is," Chief Chilkoot reassured as he put his hand on his heart. "In here."
Micco wiped his eyes a bit emotionally before Nita hugged her father and brother emotionally.
"Once you love someone, they stay in your heart forever." Chief Chilkoot continued as he hugged his adult children.
They soon heard the beating of drums.
"Are you ready to meet Atka?" Chief Chilkoot soon asked his daughter.
Micco smiled as he walked out ahead of them before his father and sister linked arms as it was time for the wedding to begin.
The rest of the wedding music was soon heard playing as some people were dancing around. A group of four people began to dance around, dressed like animals as it was part of the ceremony. Micco smiled as he stood in the crowd, though some women looked drawn to him and hoped they could marry him next. Siqiniq and Taqqiq grinned hopefully from the crowd as they held out salmon and tea to show Nita. Nita smiled back to them while walking down with her father. The dancers then got out of the way to show a man at the end of the aisle who was Nita's future husband and he wore war paint on his face.
Chief Chilkoot soon let go of Nita to let her embrace with Atka as he soon raised his arms to make the music stop. "Great Spirits, we come before you today to bond this man and this woman as one," he then announced to the heavens so that his daughter could get married. "We pray that this pleases you." he then said as he soon joined his people before Atka held his hand out to Nita who was about to accept his hand.
Once Nita reached out however, there was suddenly a bolt of lightning. Black clouds then invaded the skies like a storm was coming which deeply concerned the villagers over what was happening. Lightning flashed and struck a cliff overhead of them before it broke off a boulder which fell off and hit the ground, making a huge crack appear in the ground and it soon separated Atka and Nita. Atka soon tried to go over to his future wife only for the ground to spread further.
"Nita!" Chiltook cried out in worry.
"Something is wrong..." Micco said to himself. "The Spirits are unhappy about something."
The ground kept shaking until finally it stopped, showing Nita alone except a path for Micco to follow up to her.
"Sister, the spirits are trying to tell us something," Micco said as he came up to his distressed sister. "We must get some professional help."
"You mean, we should see the shaman?" Nita asked softly.
"Yes, we should go right now." Micco advised.
"Right." Nita nodded.
And so, after traveling for a while up to the shaman, they made it to her home.
"Innoko?" Micco called.
"I'm here!" A female voice called back from inside as she made a fire as she seemed to be rummaging around her home. "Now, just gimme a minute and tell me what's on your mind."
"I don't understand," Nita sighed about what had just happened. "How could this happen? The villagers say it's a sign."
"The villagers?" Innoko scoffed before she found a spider by its web before she seemed to eat it. "What the heck do they know? Do you want the advice of the villagers or a professional?" she then asked.
"Oh, no, definitely a professional." Micco smiled sheepishly.
"Yes," Nita added. "They say that in all the tribes, you are the wisest shaman."
"Shawoman," Innoko told Nita. "Okay? 'Wise' and 'man' don't belong in the same sentence. Let's get down to business. Nita, so the ground cracked from under you; have you put on a few pounds?"
Micco looked slightly offended from the "wise and man" comment, but kept it to himself.
"Come on, girl-to-girl." Innoko urged Nita.
"No, my weight's been constant." Nita defended.
"Well, lucky you, Miss Constant Weight," Innoko replied before she tossed in some herbs into the fire. "Tell you what. Why don't we just ask the spirits, okay?"
There was then a huge gush of smoke and flames from the fires so that Innoko could speak to the other side.
"Hmm... Uh-huh. Yeah." Innoko said as she put a shell to her ear to listen to what was going on.
"What are they saying?" Nita whispered to Innoko.
"Don't interrupt," Innoko scolded her. "It ain't all about you."
Micco and Nita shared a look with each other from that.
"Uh-huh... They say..." Innoko soon said before she exclaimed at the girl. "You can't marry Ka-ka!"
"Atka." Nita and Micco corrected.
"Whatever," Innoko replied. "The point is, you're already matched up, Miss Two-Timer."
"Already married to who?" Nita asked.
"To the one who gave you this," Innoko stated before a picture of a certain amulet appeared through the flames. "Look at that picture. That thing is crystal clear."
"Kenai?" Nita muttered to herself.
"The bear boy?" Innoko replied.
"Oh, no, no," Nita smiled bashfully. "We were just kids."
"I've heard that one before." Innoko smirked.
"Kenai... I haven't heard from him in so long..." Micco remarked.
"Oh, there has to be a way to undo this." Nita groaned a bit.
"Undo it? You can't undo what's been done," Innoko told her. "It's done. Case closed. No more conversation." she then clapped her hands.
Suddenly, the cave shook a bit as the flames danced a bit more.
"Ooh! There is one way..." Innoko then said from that as she listened closely before she told Nita what to do next. "You must go and EAT AN OX!"
"What?!" Nita and Micco asked out of confusion.
"Oh, wait, I'm sorry," Innoko said before she took out the shell as a hearing horn before she corrected herself. "It's the equinox!"
A waterfall was soon shown through the flames that looked very familiar.
"Does this place mean anything to you?" Innoko rhetorically asked Nita.
"Hokani Falls?" Nita replied. "That's where Kenai gave me the amulet."
"So, she has to go to Hokani Falls?" Micco asked.
"Not just her; you'll be going with her." Innoko told him.
"Okay, so what does she have to do once we get there?" Micco asked.
"On the eve of the equinox, when the spirits change winter into spring, Nita must burn the amulet and send the bond back up to the ancestors!" Innoko continued before he took a look at the siblings. "You know, one of you might wanna write some of this down."
"The equinox is only three days away," Nita gasped as she soon got up to leave with Micco. "We have to get going."
"Uh, not just with your brother, but with the person who gave you the amulet." Innoko stopped them.
"Kenai? But he's a bear." Nita said.
"Yeah?" Innoko replied, not sure what the problem was.
"You know... A bear?" Nita explained before growling and roaring like a bear.
"Uh, I know what a bear is, and I suggest you go look in the woods." Innoko stated like it was obvious.
"I don't think you understand," Micco sighed. "Even if we find him, how will we talk to him?"
"Hmm... How will you talk to him?" Innoko paused thoughtfully before she had an idea and soon sent some fuel to the fire.
The fire then became magical before some rose to the roof of the cave before a bear-shaped puff of smoke came out and hit both Micco and Nita instantly.
"Go on, talk, it's in there." Innoko said.
Nita and Micco looked at each other before they soon tried to speak, but they soon sounded like a mammoth trumpeting which made them both cup their mouths sheepishly.
"That ain't it," Innoko told the two. "Come on, try it again."
Nita and Micco then tried again, but sounded like chipmunks chattering that time.
"Ooh! I don't know what that was," Innoko chuckled. "One more time."
Nita and Micco soon tried one last time and then roared like a couple of bears. Their bear roars were soon heard in the forest and the birds began to fly off.
"I also see a great future for you other than helping your sister." Innoko said to Micco.
"It wouldn't surprise me," Micco smiled bashfully. "It might explain this dream I've been having lately."
"A dream?" Nita asked. "What was your dream?"
"That I'm destined to become a great and brave hero," Micco proclaimed. "Just not for our village, but for the whole world."
"Yep," Innoko nodded. "Anyway, you two better get going."
"Thank you again, Innoko," Micco replied. "We'll get that amulet taken care of so my little sister can get married."
"Goodbye." Nita added as they began to leave.
Innoko waved to them as it was time for the two to start their own adventure.