The next morning, the herds woke up and everyone started enjoying the new day...well, almost everyone. When Kyra woke up and stood up on her feet, she went to the spot where Maisie, Riley and Cheeky all slept last night so she can wake them up and say to them a good morning, but when she reached and arrived at the spot where they slept last night, the young Indian elephant gasped in shock to see that the three little animal friends aren't there anymore, and so she started getting worried about them before she called for them and searched for them everywhere, but she couldn't find them anywhere.
Then, Opey, Albert, Milton and Georgie all went up to her to cheer her up, but that is before she told them what's wrong - Maisie, Riley and Cheeky all ran away from home last night and she couldn't find them everywhere, and when the four other young animal friends understood Kyra is worried about these three poor little animal friends, they decided that they should talk to the adults and to the elders of each of their herds and see what they can do to help searching for Maisie, Riley and Cheeky, finding them and bringing them back home to the Everfree Forest.
Later, when all the other youngsters, all the adults and all the elders from all the herds are enjoying eating together, Kyra and her friends stepped forward and called for all of them to listen to them for five minutes, and when they're given permissions by their respective parents and leaders, as they thought it might be something important for them to hear, and this is when Kyra and her friends started telling all the herds that Maisie, Riley and Cheeky ran away in the middle of the night, thus shocking and deeply concerning all the other animals, except (of course) for one who didn't cared at all - Shufai, Kyra's older brother who doesn't tolerates small animals.
However, when Georgie mentioned that he and his friends saw Shufai mistreating, bullying and abusing Maisie, Riley and Cheeky yesterday because of them being small animals, all the other animals gasped in shock before they all turned to look at Shufai, and some even scowled at him, thus shocking him as he then realized that he's been exposed, though he then tried to defend himself by saying that Maisie, Riley and Cheeky are all small animals and that therefore they cannot live or make friends with the big animals, but then Queen Tukta said to him "Shufai, I'm deeply disappointed in you! How could you tell these three poor and sweet little things that they don't belong here with all of us?".
When Shufai heard what his grandmother and the leader of the Indian elephant herd just said to him, he tried to protest and said "But, Grandma!", but then Queen Tukta said firmly "No buts, Shufai! It was your fault that these three poor and sweet little ones ran away, so now I'm giving you a mission so to teach you a lesson for mistreating, bullying and abusing small, little and helpless animals who just needed a good home and nothing more or less, except for friends and family to look out for them of course!".
When Shufai heard what his grandmother said, he asked her "And what kind of mission would it be?", and then Queen Tukta said with a firm tone "You're going to search for these poor little ones, find them, apologize to them for your actions and bring them back home!", but when Shufai heard what she said, he gasped in shock and said "You can't be serious, Grandma! You can't expect me to find these three little rats! I'm sure that they're already dead by now!", but when all the animals heard him saying that, Kyra cried "No! They're not! They're still alive and they really need us!", and then Queen Tukta said "And you're going to look for them!", and then she turned back to Shufai and she said to him with her firm tone "And I warn you, Shufai! Help finding these three poor little guys, or help finding yourself a new home!", and then she stomped her front left foot on the ground to show Shufai that he's going to help finding Maisie, Riley and Cheeky, apologize to them and bring them back home, because if not - he's going to be kicked out of his own home by Queen Tukta and by the other leaders and will have no choice but to search for a new place to stay and live in and call a new home for the rest of his life.
Just then, a familiar male voice asked "Did somebody said 'searching for someone'?", and then out of nowhere, Lin Raju burst through the trees and said and added as he stretched out his trunk "Take me in, I'll lead the way!", and when everyone saw the Mammophant again after he haven't showed up for quite a long time, all the youngsters ran up to him and embraced him all around his massive body, thus warming up the adults and elders' hearts seeing that they really like Lin Raju, before Queen Tukta stepped forward and asked him "So, Lin Raju, what brings you here?", and then Lin Raju explained "I heard everything you said about searching for some small or little animals, right?", and then Kyra said to him as she looked up at him in the face "We're going to look for Maisie, Riley and Cheeky! They're new friends of ours, but last night, they ran away because of my big brother, Shufai, was been bullying them recently! That's why we're going to find our new little friends and bring them back home!" and she moved her tail from side to side like a happy dog wagging his tail as she was ready to go look for the three little animal friends.
When Lin Raju heard what she said, he turned back to Queen Tukta and said to her "Let me take the lead in looking for these new little friends of your young granddaughter and her friends! I might as well teach her big adolescent brother a few things about how to really treat small or little animals!", and when Queen Tukta heard what he said, a smile formed on her face before she said to the Mammophant "That's an excellent idea and that will help teaching Shufai a lesson!", and when Lin Raju heard her saying that, he said back "Then it's settled! I'm going to be the one to take the lead!", and then he turned to all the other animals and asked them "Who's coming with me?", and then Kyra, Opey, Albert, Milton and Georgie cried and said happily "We'll come with you!", and then Opey's mother added "And so will I!" as she then stepped forward and nodded her head in agreement, thus showing that she's willing and ready to go.
Then, Lin Raju turned to look at Shufai in the eyes and then he said to him "And you're coming with us too!", but then Shufai said "No, I'm not! Who said I even have to look for these three filthy little rats?!", but then Kyra cried "They're not rats! They're our friends, and you made them run away for no other reason than the fact that they're small animals! But they're not pests like you think they are! They're friendly, cute and lovable, and they would never want to do anyone any harm, unlike you, Shufai!", and when the adolescent male elephant heard what his own little sister said to him, he gasped in shock as he felt himself being pushed down from his high ranking and position as a future leader of Queen Tukta's Indian elephant herd, before he then shook his head and looked down at her with an angry scowl and said "Why you!", but then Lin Raju stopped him and said "You shouldn't talk to your own little sister like that, Shufai! You must be taught a few lessons so to help you see the right way!", and then he said to Kyra and to her friends (and, of course, to Opey's mother) "Now, everyone! Let's go find your new little friends!", and then the five young animal friends cheered for him as he then started leading the way and then they (and Opey's mother) soon started following him close behind as they started their long and dangerous search for Maisie, Riley and Cheeky, with Shufai (reluctantly) also following behind with a scowl on his face as he thought that this is all the three little animal friends' fault that he's forced to help the others look for them, although we all know that it's not true at all - Shufai is just bringing this upon himself.
Meanwhile, Maisie, Riley and Cheeky have already traveled and made it this far, as they ended stopping dead in their tracks when they saw a big forest, and this is when Maisie said "That's a big forest standing over there!", and thenthe Riley added "I see it too! It's not the Everfree Forest, but it's still a big forest!", and then Cheeky added "I think we should go there! That big forest over there might be a good place for us to call home, find new friends, but most importantly - get away from that big bad Mister Shufai!", and then the three little animal friends continued and traveled as fast as they could towards the big (and yet unfamiliar) forest, and at some point, they finally reached and entered the forest in search for a good place deep inside it to call a new home.
Later, deep inside the big and unfamiliar forest, Maisie, Riley and Cheeky suddenly felt their stomachs rumbling, which was a sign which told them that they're all hungry, and so they decided to search for some food to eat before they continue their search for a new home, and after a while of searching for something to eat, the three little animal friends ended up stumbling upon a bunch of bushes with edible berries growing on them, and so they decided to pick up, take and eat some of the berries, and Riley was the first to try and eat them so he can feel with his sense of taste (inside his mouth) what does the edible berries really tastes like, and after he finished eating and tasting one of the edible berries, Riley said with a happy smile "Yummy! These berries are delicious!", and then he turned to look at Maisie and Cheeky and then he added and said to them "You should try these berries too! They're worthy to eat!", and when Maisie and Cheeky heard what he said, they soon started eating from the berries and they realized that Riley was right - the edible berries are sweet and tasty and therefore are good and worthy to eat.
Later, after the three little animal friends ate enough berries and became full and satisfied, they decided to pick and take some more sweet and tasty berries so they can save them for later and then eat them (for the next time) when they will become hungry again, and so they found and used a very large leaf like a sack to carry all the berries around with them while they're still searching for a place in the unfamiliar forest to call a new home, and after they created a sack from the large leaf they found to carry the berries which they will eat for the next time, Maisie, Riley and Cheeky continued and resumed their search for a place in the unfamiliar forest to call a new home.
However, while they're still searching for some place in the big and unfamiliar forest to call a new home, Maisie, Riley and Cheeky all heard a voice of someone who is crying, and so out of curiousity, they decided to go and see for themselves who's crying, and that was actually a good thing for them, because if they just heard that someone is crying, then that also means that they're not the only animals around, and if that's so - this is their only chance to make new friends with whoever or whatever is crying not too far away from them, and so the three little animal friends followed in the direction of the crying voice to see where is it coming from, until they reached and arrived in a spot at the big forest, and there they found what appeared to be a very young bovine animal with brown fur and no horns who appeared to be sitting down on its haunches and covering its head with both of its forelegs, thus shocking and surprising Maisie, Riley and Cheeky, who then gasped in shock all together to see the larger (and yet still young) strange-looking creature whom they just stumbled upon.
However, the three were shocked even more when they suddenly heard the crying voice coming from the young bovine animal itself, thus showing and revealing to them that the young ungulate is in fact the one who is crying, before they soon shook their heads and snapped out of their shocked states and then Maisie said "So, this is the animal who is crying like this all along!", and then Riley added in agreement "Yes, Maisie! This fixes everything!", and then Cheeky said "The source of the crying is from that big bovine creature whom we just found! It was crying!", but when he said that, the young bovine animal, which soon turned out to be a very young (and yet still hornless) African buffalo calf suddenly stopped crying when it heard the three little animal friends talking and speaking, and so it moved its own forelegs back and moved them away from its face, before it started lifting its head and neck up and so it saw them looking at it with some shock still can be seen on their faces, but instead of becoming shocked and/or curious at the three little animals' presence, the little African buffalo calf suddenly screamed in fright before it stood up on its feet and then it turned around and started to run away from them, thus shocking Maisie, Riley and Cheeky when they saw that despite it was a larger animal compared to them in size, the little African buffalo calf was actually the one who is scared of them, as they seemed rather shocked and curious to meet the new larger animal.
Then, Cheeky called "No, wait! Please, come back!", and then Maisie added "We won't hurt you! We're just looking for a new home, and for some new friends as well!", and then Riley jumped once forward and then he said "We mean you no harm! We just stumbled upon you when we heard you crying like this, that's all!", and when the little African buffalo calf barely heard what they said, it stopped running before it slowly turned around to look back at the three little animal friends, who kept looking at it while trying to show reassuring smiles, since they knew the little African buffalo calf is a stranger.
Then, the little African buffalo calf slowly walked back to the spot where it last cried and directly towards Maisie, Riley and Cheeky, who all tried to look and behave nicely to it, and once it stopped right in front of them and lowered its head and neck a little bit so to look the three animal friends in the eyes, before the little African buffalo calf suddenly spoke up and asked "Who...who are you?", and then Maisie answered "Well, I'm Maisie, and as you can see, I'm a galago, which also means that I'm a primate, and in fact, I'm one of the smallest primates in the world.", and then the little African buffalo calf turned to Riley and Cheeky and it asked them "And who are you two?", and then Riley answered "I'm Riley, and I'm a fennec fox, one of smallest natural carnivorans, but don't be afraid of me, because I'm actually very good and really nice, and so are my friends.", and then Cheeky added "And I'm Cheeky, and it's my pleasure to meet you. I'm one of the smallest rodents in the world.".
When the little African buffalo calf heard what they said when they introduced themselves and also talked a little about themselves for a good start, it talked back to them and introduced itself and said, albeit a bit shyly "Um, I'm Monica, the granddaughter of King Mebaya and Queen Zhenya, the patriarch and matriarch of our family and the leaders of our African buffalo herd.", and when the three little animal friends heard what she (because she turned out to be female) said about herself being a part of a big African buffalo herd, Riley said "Wow, so you must be very lucky to have such a big family who cares and looks for you, Monica.", and when she heard the fennec fox saying that, she asked him "Why are you saying that?", and then he confessed the fact that he and his friends lost their mothers when Topsy the female African bush elephant crashed and killed them in front of their eyes.
When Monica realized that they're orphans, she gasped not only in shock but also in fright before she said "I...I had no idea. I'm so sorry.", but then Maisie said to her "You have nothing to apologize for, Monica. It's not your fault that our mommies our gone.", and then Cheeky added "Yeah, you had nothing to do with it, it was all that female African bush elephant's fault. She did that to us.", but even though she heard what they said, Monica the young African buffalo calf still felt sorry for them, before she then said to them "That elephant you three are talking about, she almost did the exact same thing to me.", but when the three animal friends heard what she said, they gasped in shock before they asked their new bovine friend "Really? How did that happened?", and then Monica explained as tears started to form and roll down her eyes "Well, I was traveling with my family and with my entire herd and we were searching for a new place to call home, but in midway, that female African bush elephant came out of nowhere and she attacked us and she tried to separate us the youngsters from all the adults and the elders so she trample for fun. However, our family and our entire herd fought back against her and formed a defensive and protective ring around us the youngsters so she couldn't touch any of us, but when she used her tusks and trunk and she threw away three of our adults and also three of our elders (six in total), this is when Grandpa and Grandma called for all the others to run away, but I ended up getting separated from the rest of the herd when that female African bush elephant started to chase after me and she managed to separate me from the rest of my herd, but I managed to avoid being caught by her by escaping into this here forest where I can hide between the trees, and that's exactly what made her to give up her chase after me and leave me alone, but then I was unable to find and reunite with my family as well as with the rest of my herd, and I haven't seen any of them for days. I miss them all so much!".
When Maisie, Riley and Cheeky all realized and understood that Monica is in great pain (much like themselves), they went up to her and then they hugged at her larger body and they tried to comfort her by saying to her that they believe that her family and her entire herd will eventually find her and will take her with them, thus helping calming the young bovine down a little bit as she then tried to stop herself from shedding more tears, and once she finally calmed down and stopped shedding tears, Monica turned to look at her three new friends and so she said to them with a happy smile slowly forming on her face "Thank you so much for comforting me. You three are really good friends and I'm so happy I met you.", but then Riley said "It was nothing, really. We're just doing the same thing that anyone else would've done to comfort someone else.", but that also showed the newly expended friendship bonds and strong relationships between all four animal friends.
Then, however, Monica suddenly said and asked "Guys, I'm kinda thirsty right now, so what do you think about we should go find some good and clean lake to drink from?", and when they heard what she said, Cheeky said to her "That sounds good to me.", and then Maisie added "Then it's settled, my friends.", and then Riley declared "Let's go find some water so we can drink!", and with these words said, the four animal friends - Maisie, Riley, Cheeky and Monica decided to go find some good and clean lake where they can drink some water before they continue their search for a new place in the big and unfamiliar forest to call home.