The next day, Stephan began his first out of four days which Brandon, the leader of the Zebrataurs, gave him to see how loyal and fit the teenage male centaur really is, and if he's indeed worthy enough to become a part of the Zebrataurs herd. When Stephan and the Zebrataurs came out of the cave and left, they went all together to hunt for food, just like Yigal, Gilad, Ezra, Black Heart and their evil animals (excluding Shujaa and Kenai, since the two have been reformed) always used to.

Stephan and the Zebrataurs searched for some animals which they all can hunt for food, and after searching for some animals for a while, Brandon told everyone to stop and follow him very slowly, as the Zebrataur leader have found some animals which he and the herd (and Stephan) can all hunt for food - a herd of deer. Then, Brandon turned back to his herd and said to them "Now listen to me, everyone. We need to hunt at least three of these deer to have their meat feeding our tummies. Do you all understand?", and then they all said "Yes, Brandon.", but then Stephan asked "But, how do we hunt them?", and then he added "We don't have any tools.", but then Brandon said to him "You don't need a weapon to hunt a deer, Stephan. Just use your arms and hands to choke the deer and suffocate it until you make it collapse, and then use your front hooves to kick and break its neck. It's a very easy thing to do, especially if you're a Zebrataur.".

Then, Brandon said to Stephan before turning away from him so he can show him how to stalk and then jump and choke a deer "Watch me doing this.", and then he went into a group of nearby large bushes and this is when he started to choose and stalk a specifically random deer, and in this case - it was a young stag (male). Then, Brandon slowly approached the unaware stag from inside the large bushes, and once he got close enough, Brandon then jumped out and grabbed with both of human his arms and hands around the young stag's neck snd then he started to choke him and cause him to suffocate in his tight grip, and after struggling and failing to escape Brandon's grip, the young stag finally collapsed down to the ground, and then Brandon reared up onto his hind zebra legs and then he started to kick with his zebra forelegs and hooves at the young stag's neck, thus breaking his neck and killing him, and also showing Stephan how to kill a deer without using any tools or weapons to do so.

With one young stag is dead and good enough to feed the Zebrataurs and Stephan, they all need to hunt at least two more deer so everyone can cook and feed on their tasty meat, but all the other deer saw Brandon after he killed one of their herd, they all started to run away, but this is when Brandon called for his Zebrataurs and for Stephan "Get them!", and then the Zebrataurs and the centaur all started to trot and gallop towards the deer, and eventually, two of the Zebrataurs managed to choke and then kill an adult doe (female), thus leaving at least just one more deer the Zebrataurs and Stephan all still need to hunt for food.

Then, Stephan turned his head to see Timmy and his older sister are trying to catch up to an adult stag, and so he decided to go to help them take him (the stag) down, but then the stag turned to face Timmy and his older sister and then he started to charge at them, thus prompting the two Zebrataurs to turn around and gallop away from the stag, and Timmy's older sister managed to escape, but Timmy himself, however, is struggling to escape the stag, which then tried to mean harm to Timmy by injuring him with his antlers, but then Stephan jumped on the adult stag from behind and then he started to choke and suffocate the animal by the neck, before causing it to finally collapse down to the ground, and then Stephan reared up onto his hind horse legs and then he used his horse forelegs to kick and break the stag's neck, killing it, and also saving Timmy's life.

With three deer being hunted and killed for food, the Zebrataurs decided to end the hunting for today, but then Timmy's older sister cried "What happened to my little brother Timmy?!", and then Timmy cried for her as he then ran towards her "Ai'm okey, big sister!", and when the two Zebrataurs got reunited with each other, Timmy's sister then asked her little brother "How did you escaped that stag?", and then Timmy said "Stefan saivd mi! Wen de stag got clos enof tu mi end traid tu hart mi, Stefan keim to saiv mi bai choking dat stag end den hi brok hiz nek! Stefan saivd mai laif, end ai'm so greitful tu hev him on aur side!", and when Timmy's older sister turned to see Stephan standing there and looking at them, while at the same time the centaur was feeling guilty for killing the stag just a few moments ago, then the teenage Zebratauress went up to him and said "Thank you for saving my little brother's life, Stephan.", but then Stephan said "It was nothing, really. Somebody else would've done the same thing I did.", but then the Zebratauress placed both of her human hands on both of his shoulders, and then she said "Thank you so much, Stephan. I love you.", and then she kissed Stephan on the left cheek, thus causing him to blush before he then smiled and simply said "Thank you, Miss.", and when they stepped aback from each other, Brandon then called for the both of them (and to Timmy) to come over to him and to the rest of the herd, and so the three went to meet up and reunite with the rest of the Zebrataurs herd.

Then, Brandon said "Look at these three beautiful deer we all hunted! So much meat to cook for tonight!", and then he asked Stephan "And what did you do when we hunted?", and then Stephan said "Well, I saved Timmy's life by hunting down and killing an adult stag which started to chase after him, so this means that one of these kills was mine.", but then Brandon cried "Nonsense! You're not going to get any meat to eat! I didn't even saw what you did there!", and this made Stephan frown down at Brandon's insults, before he then asked while looking a big angry "Okay, first, what's your name? And secondly, what's your problem?", and then Brandon said "My name is Brandon, you fool! By the way, Stephan, for starters; YOU are my problem!", but then Stephan said "But I showed some loyalty by saving the one and only youngster from you herd, and by hunting and killing that full grown stag for all of you!", but then Brandon said with a sour face "Huh! Likely story! Tell me the truth!", but then Stephan cried "I told you the truth! Why don't you believe me?!", and then he added "Ask Timmy! He saw me saving his life from that stag that charged at him and hunting and killing that animal for him and for all of you!", but then another Zebrataur, a teenage male which was around the same age as Brandon but looked taller and more muscular than him yelled "A baby dummy never tells the truth, white centaur!", and then Stephan asked him "And who are you?", and then the tall and muscular Zebrataur said "I'm Biff, Brandon's best friend, and I will not let you insult him, you white centaur!".

However, then Timmy's older sister stepped in between the three and cried "Everyone, stop it right now!", and what she just did shocked all the other Zebrataurs, and even Stephan and Timmy looked at her in shock, before she then took a deep breath and said to Brandon "I'm so sorry I snapped like that, it's just...Brandon needs to understand Stephan, and so are all the others.", and then she added and explained "Timmy was the first member of our herd who clearly saw Stephan is worthy enough and was loyal enough to become one of us, even if he's a white centaur. So, please, trust and listen to him, or at least believe in him, that's all what I ask for.", but then Brandon violently grabbed her by the neck snd yelled in her face "Shut up and don't interfere, you chump! No female in my herd have any rights to talk to me without asking me for permissions!", but then Stephan said to him "Brandon, you leave her alone! Boys like you have no right to pick on girls, and you're not the first creature to whom I say that!".

When Brandon heard what the centaur just said, he then ordered his friend Biff "Biff, get that white centaur for me!", and then Biff said "As you wish, my leader and best friend!", and then he charged towards Stephan, but he managed to move out of the way and then he charged towards Brandon and managed to release his grip from Timmy's older sister, only to later hear Timmy himself crying, as Stephan and the Zebratauress both turned to see Biff trying to choke Timmy and yelling at him "You dumb little baby have done a huge mistake when you brought that white centaur with you!", but then Stephan yelled at him "Leave him out of this!" before he ran around the muscular Zebrataur and then he turned tail and bucked him square in the crotch, thus causing to scream and let go of Timmy, who is then caught and was placed back on the ground safely by his older sister, but when Brandon stood back up on his hooves, he then yelled "Enough! No more fighting for today! We need to carry these deer all the way back to our cave! And some of us also need to find some twigs, sticks and rocks so we can make fire to cook their fresh and tasty meat!", and so everyone obeyed him before they started to carry together the three deer all the way back to the cave, and though Stephan is reluctant and unwilling to help Brandon and the others on the inside, he still knew that if he won't help the Zebrataurs, he'll be banished from their herd even before the end of his fourth and last day he'll have with all of them, and so he too helped the Zebrataurs to carry the three deer all the way back to the cave.

When nighttime came, Stephan and the Zebrataurs were all already back in their cave, and they even set up some fire so they can cook the meat of the three deer which they hunted during the day for dinner, and so everyone enjoyed eating cooked deer meat for dinner, everyone that is except for Stephan, who is hungry and starving, but was prevented and was also forbidden from eating by Brandon, who still saw Stephan as not so loyal and/or worthy to the Zebrataurs herd. Stephan just sat down inside the cave, and he looked away from all the Zebrataurs and to the opening of the cave which leads outside, before he then sighed and turned to look down at the cave's floor, feeling ashamed and also a bit depressed because now he misses Chloe, Aylene and everyone else he knew, liked and loved for the most.

However, then, Timmy noticed him sitting away from all the others, and so he went up to him with a piece of cooked deer meat so he can feed him some meat (since Stephan was also hungry and starving), and when Timmy stopped by Stephan's side, he raised up a human arm and hand to touch at the right side of Stephan's upper human body's midsection, thus getting his attention when the teenage centaur turned to look at him with a sad face, but also with a hungry stomach, and then Timmy raised both of his human arms and hands and showed his piece of cooked deer meat to Stephan, and then he said to him "Teik dis mit, Stefan. Yu nid it.", but at first, Stephan just looked down at him with a sad face as he showed by his pained emotions that he doesn't want to eat, but when his human stomach suddenly rumbled, Stephan changed his mind and then he took the cooked piece of deer meat from Timmy's hands, and then he started to eat the cooked meat, much to Timmy's joy to know that Stephan trusts him like a real friend.

When everyone finished eating their dinner, they all fell asleep in their cave, but Stephan, however, stayed awake at night because he started to miss Chloe, Aylene and everyone else whom he left behind, and even though he already made new friends with Timmy, the youngest member of the Zebrataurs herd, Stephan still felt the big hole in his heart which have formed from what he did wrong when he suddenly snapped at Chloe and Aylene and ran away from them and for everyone else, and it's all his evil father's fault that Stephan is now feeling miserable and almost friendless, and tomorrow, Stephan will begin his second out of four days in which he'll have to prove to all the Zebrataurs herd how much worthy he is to them, and also how much loyalty he have for the Zebrataurs herd as well.

Then, Stephan yawned and then he finally went to a spot inside the cave where he finally fell asleep, and there are only three days left for him to stay with the Zebrataurs herd, and if he fails to show how loyal and worthy he really is to all of them before his fourth and last day ends, Brandon (the leader of the herd) will banish him away for good, and Stephan will have no other choice but to live all alone and also survive all on his own.