The next morning, Lysander and all of his evil friends woke up and then went up to check on Maisie, Riley, Cheeky, Monica and Flower and try to wake them up and tell them that it's already morning, while Shufai woke up again (and while he's still outside the cave) and when he saw it's already morning, he slowly stood back up on his feet and looked around him to find himself still outside the cave, but just a few minutes after Shufai have awakened, Lysander and Ganda used their evil magic to remove the massive rock and get it out of the way as they unblocked the entrance to the cave (the one which was very near Shufai), before they both walked outside the cave to meet Shufai and see how did he coped with sleeping outside the cave.
However, Shufai wasn't feeling happy to see them again at all, because he couldn't help but still remember the horrible nightmare he had last night, and this is when tears started forming and rolling down his eyes before Shufai asked himself "What have I done?", and then he started to cry once again, thus giving Lysander and Ganda nothe choice but to walk up to him to see what's wrong with him, and once they're both close enough, Ganda placed a forefoot of hers on the side of Shufai's medium-large sized body and then she asked "What going on here, kiddo?", and then Lysander added and asked "Did you have a bad dream?", and when Shufai heard them saying and asking him these questions, he took a deep breath in order to calm himself down for a little bit and then he spoke up and said to the two evil shape-shifting animals "This is the worst nightmare I've ever had! It's all my fault I'm suffering like this! I don't deserve to live in this world anymore!", but then Lysander asked him "What are you even talking about?", and then Shufai said "I don't know how to treat little animals properly, and therefore I'm a really bad elephant! I may be 17 years old, but I'm still a really bad animal for who I am, even if I'm not yet a full grown adult like you two and like all of your friends!".
However, before he's about to cry some more out of shame and pain for everything bad he have done, Ganda stroked with her forefoot on the side of his medium-big sized body frame and then she said "Now, now, Shufai, you're a not a bad elephant. You've just done some mistakes that caused your family and your entire herd to banish you away from home, that's all.", but then Lysander quickly added and said "But you still have to let go of the past, Shufai. You still have a future waiting for you to come for it, and you don't have to remain stuck on what you did back there in the past. That was your choice and not your fate, do you understand?", and when Shufai heard them saying these things to him, the adolescent male Indian elephant sniffled with tears still stinging in his eyes as he looked down at Lysander in the eyes and then he said "Thank you, Lysander! You're a really good friend!", before he then turned with his head to look back at Ganda and said to her "And you, Ganda, you're a really good friend too! I like you guys so much!", but then Ganda said "It was nothing, really.", and then she and Lysander showed him the way back into and inside the cave so he can have some time with the others if he wants to ease his pain some more, and Shufai finally accepted their offerings for alliances with him as he then followed Lysander and Ganda back into and inside the cave to have some time with them and with all the others (minus the five youngsters) so to ease the pain in his heart and mind.
Meanwhile, Kyra, Opey and her mother, their friends and Lin Raju all continued and resumed their search for the missing youngsters, and in midway to the big and unfamiliar forest, Kyra said "If my big brother isn't helping us look for our little friends after what he have done to them and caused them to run away from us all like this, then he's not my big brother anymore! He's such a jerk and I'm afraid he may never change from the bad elephant he is now! He's been causing poor little animals like our little friends nothing but trouble! He don't deserve to come back home with us once we find our little friends! He deserves to go far away and never come back!", but then Lin Raju said to her "It's okay, Kyra. I know you're so upset for what your own brother did to the poor little guys, but it's still okay, because I still believe that he can change the bad elephant he is and become a good elephant, and that, I suppose, will eventually happen to him someday. I promise you, Kyra. It will happen.", but then Kyra said to him with tears stinging in her eyes "I hope you're right." as they and the rest of the group continued searching for missing youngsters.
Meanwhile, back inside the cave, as Shufai was walking behind Lysander and Ganda, he could barely see them grinning evilly to each other before he then barely heard Lysander whispering evilly to Ganda through his teeth and saying to her as quiet as can "Ha! Did that filthy big dummy really thought that he can really trust us?! We don't even need him here at all! Who needs a teenage elephant like him that we already have a true friend and best partner like Terrence?! When the right time comes, we'll destroy him and these filthy little animals and then Zenobia, Clayton, Buldeo and I we can all feast on their tasty meat!", but when Shufai barely heard him evilly whispering all that to Ganda, who then nodded to him in agreement, the adolescent male Indian elephant was shocked to realize that Lysander and Ganda just had him fooled, and so he thought to himself "So, that's what you guys really think about me, aren't you?! Very well then! When I prove to these little animals that I can change, we'll see who eats and who starves! Nobody tricks me into becoming a fool who doesn't even stands a chance in the outside world! When I become friends with these little ones, you and your friends will all pay for being such jerks, tricksters and inexcusable liars!", and so Shufai decided to show the animal youngsters that he finally wants to be friends with them and accepts them for who they all are.
Meanwhile, Maisie, Riley, Cheeky, Monica and Flower were all playing inside the cave all together with Sayla watching them, as the female shape-shifting gorilla was put in charge of all of them so to make sure that none of them leaves the cave, but once they all suddenly turned and saw Shufai coming back into the cave and walking inside it and also coming towards them, the animal youngsters (save for Flower) quickly decided to run away and Sayla soon followed after them, but Flower herself was the only one out of the five who wasn't even afraid of Shufai at all, for she have liked him from the start (even though he didn't liked her too), and so she willingly stayed behind and let Shufai come to her, but then she suddenly realized that he's not anymore the grumpy and unpleasant elephant he was when she met him before when she started liking him so much, and when Shufai came close enough and stopped right in front of Flower, he looked down at her in the eyes and said with a hint of a change of heart "Little meerkat, I owe you an apology for being so grumpy towards you before, and not to mention - from the start. I have to admit, I've changed. I don't want to be mean to you anymore, and I don't want to be mean to any of your little friends either, now that I realize that what I did before was wrong, and I just hope it's not too late for me to change and become a good elephant who likes, accepts and respects all animals, big and small.".
Then, Shufai lowered his trunk down to her and then he asked her "So what do you say, little meerkat? Do you still want to be friends with me?", and when Flower realized that this time Shufai is serious about what he's saying, a wide and joyful smile formed on Flower's tiny, cute and lovable face before she quickly jumped up and leapt into his trunk and cried happily and said to him in her usually loud voice "Oh, Shufai! I knew you wanted to be my friend! Thank you so much for warming up to me! I like you so much!", and when Shufai heard what she said, he couldn't help but shed some tears of joy as he finally started seeing and walking the right way to becoming a good elephant, but after a minute, he suddenly felt two tiny hands touching at his face and wiping the tears away from his eyes, and when he opened his eyes again, he saw Flower looking at him right in the eyes while still showing her happy, cute and lovable smile beaming on her tiny face.
Then, the next thing Shufai said to her was the most unexpected thing that he have ever said to any small or little animals before - he said to Flower "Thank you, Flower! For helping me see the right light! I like you so much, and you're indeed a true friend! I will never forget you!", and then he raised up his trunk and touched very lightly at her tiny chest (and directly - at her tiny heart) with the tip of his long and muscular trunk, before he then wrapped his trunk around her tiny body and he brought her up before he gently placed her down on top of his own head and then he said to her "Now let's go find your friends! We need to talk to them right away! It's an emergency!", but then Flower asked him "Shufai, wait a minute, what are you talking about? What's going on?", and then Shufai said back "I'll explain on the way! Now let's go!", and then started to run as fast as he with Flower riding on top of his head, and after a few minutes, they left the cave and started searching for Maisie, Riley, Cheeky and Monica in the forest so not only to tell them and show them that Shufai wants to apologize to them for his cruel mistakes, but also to warn them all and tell them about what he heard when he barely listened to everything Lysander said to Ganda about his evil plan to have them all as fresh meat for dinner, with Shufai to serve as the main course for him and for the other three carnivorous members of the villainous animals' evil team - Zenobia, Clayton and Buldeo.
Meanwhile, Maisie, Riley, Cheeky and Monica all have escaped Sayla and went into the big forest, and right now they're all sitting close to each other for comfort as they couldn't help but remember what Shufai did them (before and after they met Monica) and how mean he was all the time, though not as mean as Topsy or Terrence themselves, who are both adult elephants, while Shufai himself, however, is only an adolescent elephant, and therefore he was less mean and/or dangerous than either older elephants. Then, Maisie said "I wish my mommy was still alive!", and then Cheeky cried "I want my mommy too!", and then Riley added "If it weren't for that monster for an adult female African bush elephant (Topsy), our moms would still be alive!", and then Monica joined in and said "Yeah! And not to mention - she separated me away from my family and from all the rest of my herd and she tried to harass me and kill me for fun! She's a complete monster, even for an elephant!", and then she added "And that's not enough - we still have that abusive Shufai who wants us to get away and stay away from all other animals as far away as possible!".
However, unbeknownst to the four animal youngsters, Shufai barely arrived (with Flower on top of his head) just in time to find them, but he didn't yet heard what they said as he and Flower arrived a little bit late, and therefore - Shufai didn't heard anything of what they said about Maisie, Riley and Cheeky being orphaned by Topsy and about Monica being separated from her own family and from the rest of her own herd by that same cruel and heartless adult female African bush elephant, who (much like Terrence himself) likes to abuse, harass and even kill all none elephant youngsters, even though she even tried to kill Kyra twice before (but failed), which is something that even Terrence didn't even done to an Indian elephant before.
Just then, when Shufai heard and saw the four animal youngsters crying and shedding tears over the traumas that they all have experienced because of Topsy and her pure evilness (for a female elephant), he came out from behind the nearby trees and walked up to them very slowly with his trunk moving down lightly and he also flapped his medium-sized ears very slowly and walked very lightly as well so not to appear too scary and/or intimidating, but when the four animal youngsters saw him coming slowly towards them, they stopped crying but instead they started cowering in fear and stepping aback as the adolescent male Indian elephant approached them all, before he then said to them in a gentle tone (as gentle as possible) "Oh, there you are, little ones.", and then he added "We've been looking all over for you.", but then Maisie screamed up at him "Stay away from us, you monster!", and then Cheeky added "You're here because you want to abuse us some more, aren't you?", and then Riley warned him and said "We're warning you, Mister Shufai - get away from us and stay away from us!", but then Shufai said back "No, wait a minute! I just want to talk to you all, and that's all I want from you! Nothing else and nothing more, except for only that - just to talk!".
However, the four animal youngsters didn't seemed to believe in his words, and then Monica asked "Why should believe you? How do we know that you're not lying to us?", and then Shufai sighed heavily and confessed "Because a friend of yours is now also a friend of mine.", but when the four animal youngsters realized that he just mentioned Flower, Cheeky asked him as he threatened to attack at his trunk and forelegs "What have done to Flower? Where is she?", but then Flower called for the others from the top of Shufai's large back, neck and head and said "I'm over here, guys!", and then she jumped up before she started sliding down on Shufai's long and muscular trunk and landed on the ground safely in front of the other animal youngsters, much to their shock to realize that now both Flower and Shufai are friends with each other.
Then, Shufai let out another heavy sigh before he then said "Look, I know I should've treated you in a much better way than I actually did from the start, because being so mean to innocent youngsters is wrong, and also because your friend here (referring to Monica) is going to be a big animal one day, but she's still much smaller than me in size.", and then he quickly added "I mean, when I was your age, I was abused and bullied by cows (females) and bulls (males) from my own herd who were adolescents at the time I was just a young inexperienced calf who didn't know any better, and for years, they forced me to act badly towards helpless little animals like all of you, and so that's how they managed to twist me up into becoming that bad elephant who bullied you all.".
However, what Shufai said next caused all five young animal friends to gasp in shock, and they all gasped in shock and they were all surprised when he said "But the truth is, that deep inside my heart, I do care for the feelings of small and helpless animals, and there's one reason which explains why - I'm sensitive.", and when all the animal youngsters heard him saying that he's actually sensitive despite he appeared scary and intimidating at first, they all gasped in shock as he nodded his head in agreement with his own words, before Riley said "So, that's why you've treated us so badly in the start - you've been bullied by someone older than you before!", and then Shufai said to him "Yes, kiddo, you're right, and I'm so sorry for who I have become.", but just then, Monica went up to him and then she raised up a cloven forehoof and started stroking lightly at Shufai's much larger forelegs before she to him "We all understand you now, Shufai, and we all feel sorry for you and for what you've been through too.", but then she quickly added "But you should still know that there's still one thing that you didn't know you could've done - you could've told your mother or anyone else who is a good friend or family member of yours about what you've been going through because of those who bullied you. Shufai, listen to me, it's not too late.".
When Shufai heard her saying that good advice to him, Shufai gently wrapped his trunk around Monica's body and then he slowly brought her up to look at her in the eyes, and that's before he said to her with tears forming and rolling down his eyes as he showed his true sensitive side to her and to the four other youngsters, before he sniffled a little bit and then he said and asked "Thank you, little one, for reminding me of that useful advice. Because I was bullied for years, I completely forgot it even exists, but tell me one more thing - who taught you to use that advice against bullies?", and then Monica said "Well, my Grandpa, Mebaya, told me that if someone bullies me or wants to make me feel really bad, I should just go to him or to Grandma Zhenya and tell them about it and they will help me by taking care of the bullies for me.", and when Shufai heard her saying that, he said back "I didn't know what to do back then, and now I feel really bad and I'm also ashamed of myself for the bad elephant I am because of those bullies.", but then Maisie, Riley and Cheeky all went forward towards him and then they said together "It's okay, Shufai, we all forgive you, and it's not your fault that you became a bad elephant, because it wasn't even your choice, you were forced against your own will to act like that and be so bad to others and care about only yourself, but now that you know you could've changed that, you would've become so mean and cruel to others.", but then Shufai said back "But then I wouldn't have ever met all of you, because without all of you in my life, I would've never decided to reform myself and become a good elephant again as my life would've never changed. I like you all so much, and I'm so sorry for everything bad I've done to all of you.".
Then, when they all heard what Shufai said, Maisie, Riley and Cheeky accepted his apologies, as Monica and Flower have already forgave him for his mistakes, but once Shufai lowered down his trunk and then gently unwrapped it from around Monica's body, this is when she, Flower and the three other animal friends all started hugging tightly and lovingly at both of Shufai's large forelegs, thus showing the adolescent male Indian elephant that they all accept his apologies and know that he has a change of heart as they all already know he didn't wanted to be a bad elephant anymore after he realized his mistakes, and as they all hugged at Shufai's large forelegs, Maisie, Riley, Cheeky, Monica and Flower all felt his warm blood traveling up deep inside his forelegs and eventually going into his warm-blooded, massive heart.
However, Shufai was suddenly hit with the realization and he soon found out and realized that there's still one thing he haven't yet told the animals youngsters about, and so he quickly pulled away from the five of them and broke the group hug and embrace away from them, thus surprising them when they realized the sudden change in Shufai's behavior as they looked to see the terror lurking behind his eyes, and they soon realized that something is wrong, before Monica then asked him "Shufai, what's wrong?", but then Shufai said "Oh, I almost forgot! There's still one more thing I have to warn you all about!", and when the five animal youngsters realized that the adolescent male's senses are telling him that there's a danger coming for all of them, Monica asked him "What are you talking about?", and then Shufai explained that they all need to run away and leave the forest all together and go back home to the Everfree Forest because he heard Lysander talking to Ganda about having the youngsters as snacks, and also about the shape-shifting crocodile's evil idea of not only having them all for a meal to eat, but also to have Shufai himself as the main course of his and the other three carnivorous animals' dinner, thus shocking all animal youngsters (minus Flower, who already heard him talking about it when he explained to her about the upcoming danger while they're in midway of finding the others) as they soon realized that Lysander, Ganda and all their evil friends aren't who they all thought they were.
Then, Shufai quickly lowered himself down to his elbows and knees and then he said to the five animal youngsters "Come on, little ones! Climb on my back! We're leaving this forest! We're going back home!", and when they all heard him saying that as he gave them all a firm look which told them that he seriously (really) wants them to climb onto his back as he's showing no regret to his own words, as now he's really willing to save the youngsters and himself from getting eaten all together by Lysander, Zenobia, Clayton and Buldeo as their dinner AND main course.
Then, when the five youngsters all realized that he's willing to save them all alongside himself from getting eaten at evening, they all quickly climbed up onto his back, and once they all sat down on top of Shufai's large back, neck and even his head, this is when Shufai slowly stood back up on his feet so none of the youngsters will fall off his back, and once Shufai was up on his feet and is now fully standing up on all four legs, this is when Shufai said to all the five youngsters who are now riding on his back "This forest isn't safe for us! If we stay here, we all will get eaten for dinner! Let's go back home!", and when they all heard what he said, the five youngsters nodded as they looked down at him in agreement, before Shufai started walking slowly with everyone on his back, but then, after a few minutes, Shufai started to walk faster and faster until he was actually running as fast as 40 miles per hour (which is the maximum running speed of almost all elephants), thus giving all the youngsters who are all still riding on his back a fast ride out of the forest and back home (to the Everfree Forest).
Later, the six are still traveling in the unfamiliar forest and the youngsters on Shufai's back started getting extremely bored, but that is until Flower came up with an idea how to cheer them all up and make the ride on Shufai's back much more fun, and so she went up to the top on Shufai and then she whispered to his left ear to tell him to slow down a little bit, and when Shufai slowed down the pace, he asked Flower what's wrong, and then she explained to him that the other youngsters are feeling bored and that she have a wonderful idea how to make the ride on his back much more fun, and then she told him to walk at a medium speed and make a certain pace of steps, and so to make it have a singing voice, Shufai started singing as he kept walking at the medium speed and kept making same certain pace of his large footsteps.
A-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh
A-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh
Then, Flower joined the song as she started singing as well, thus slowly getting the other youngsters' attention as she spoke and sang up in her tiny and cute, yet high and beautiful voice.
In the jungle, the mighty jungle
The lion sleeps tonight
In the jungle, the quiet jungle
The lion sleeps tonight
When the four other animal youngsters heard the sounds of footsteps of Shufai's footsteps with his voice being the cue voice of the song and with Flower's voice singing the words of the song (at the right place and at the right time), they all started cheering up a little bit as they gave Flower happy smiles when they heard her tiny and cute, yet high and beautiful voice singing the song's words to them in order to cheer them all up from their bored states.
Shufai continued singing his own part as he kept walking up at a medium speed and stepped forward in the same certain pace as he walked in the forest in search for a way out.
A-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh
A-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh
Then, Flower continued singing the next words of the song to cheer the other animal youngsters even more so to make them all feel very happy.
Near the village, the peaceful village
The lion sleeps tonight
Near the village, the quiet village
The lion sleeps tonight
Just then, after the meerkat sang these words of the song, many other animals slowly started walking towards them and joined them by their sides as some of them walked at the same walking pace as Shufai and some even made funny sounds which made the song sound much more funny but also very cheerful, as Shufai continued singing his own words of the song (repeatedly, and again).
A-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh
A-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh
Then, Flower started singing the last words of the song to make the other animal youngsters feel even more happier.
Hush my darling, don't fear my darling
The lion sleeps tonight
Hush my darling, don't fear my darling
The lion sleeps tonight
When the other animal youngsters heard her singing the last words of the song, they all started clapping their hands, paws and cloven hooves as the song was able to cheer them and make them all happy to the point they even decided willingly to join the song as well, and Shufai kept singing his own part of the song (repeatedly, and again) while he's still walking up at a medium speed and stepped forward in the same certain pace as he walked in the forest in search for a way out.
A-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh
A-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh
However, a big loud lion roar was suddenly heard as it came out of nowhere, and when all the animals heard the lion roar, they all gasped and screamed in fright before they all started running away in different directions, thus leaving Shufai and the five animal youngsters alone with only each other for support. Then, the six all heard something moving towards them in the bushes, thus causing Maisie, Riley, Cheeky, Monica and Flower to cower in fear on top of Shufai's back, while Shufai himself readied himself to attack whoever or whatever is coming towards him and towards the five animal youngsters.
Just then, an adult lion with a beautiful dark brown mane suddenly jumped out of the bushes and stopped right in front of Shufai and the five youngsters who sat down on top of his large back, but when he (the lion) spoke up and asked "Huh? Who goes there?", Maisie, Riley and Cheeky soon recognized and realized who is the lion standing in front of them once they heard his feminine voice - it's Jayma. Then Maisie, Riley and Cheeky asked the maned lioness "Jayma? Is that you?", and when she recognized the three little baby animals by their cute and sweet little voices, she looked up to see them on top of Shufai's back and then she asked "Little ones? Could it be?", but then Shufai suddenly interrupted them all and asked "Wait, what is going on? How do you know the little ones?", but then, instead of answering his question, Jayma just stood there in place and gave Maisie, Riley and Cheeky a sign by nodding up to them with her head and neck to jump off Shufai's back so they can fall down and land safely on her dark brown and warm mane, and without second thoughts, that's what they did, and so Maisie, Riley and Cheeky all jumped off Shufai's back and fell down and landed safely on Jayma's dark brown and warm mane, before they started to cry happily as they're overjoyed to see her again, and then they started hugging tightly at the back of her neck (but not too tightly so not to choke her), thus shocking Shufai but also confusing both Monica and Flower (who still sat down on top of his large back and looked down at the maned lioness with confused expressions on their faces).
Then, when Maisie, Riley and Cheeky all broke their hug and let go of Jayma, they jumped down and landed safely on the ground in front of Shufai and the two other animal youngsters, and that's when Jayma said as she introduced herself and also explained about the reason she looks like a male but is actually born a female "Hi there. I'm Jayma, and these little ones are friends of mine, but it's also a pleasure for me to meet you three as well. Don't worry about me, I won't bite you. I may look like a male because of my beautiful mane, but I was born a female and started developing my mane when I was just a young cub, throughout the years and all the way up to maturity until that beautiful dark brown mane started covering my neck and gave me a male-like appearance, not to mention that I'm also muscular like a male and my roar is deeper and more masculine, and these allow me to scare and intimidate my enemies and save innocent animals if necessary.".
However, when Flower heard her saying that she's an extremely rare maned lioness, the tiny young meerkat quickly climbed down from Shufai's large back, and once she landed on solid ground safely, she quickly ran up to meet the extremely rare female big cat from a closer look, and once she stopped right in front of Jayma, she looked up at her in the eyes and then she said with excitement in her voice "Hi! Who are you, Miss? I'm Flower, and I'm a tiny, friendly, cute and lovable meerkat! Do you like making friends? I love to make friends with big animals like bears, lions like yourself, and elephants, and tigers, and-", but then Shufai cut her in mid-sentence as he quickly pulled her back from Jayma and then he placed the tip of his trunk over and against Flower's mouth in order to shush her up as he saw that Jayma now looking down at her with a surprised and confused, yet also a bit disturbed look as she started feeling a bit uncomfortable with the tiny and talkative meerkat.
Then, Shufai said back to Jayma "It's okay, Jayma. Flower is just a bit too excited when she meets big animals.", and when she heard him saying that, Jayma said "It's okay, although I still must ask you something.", and when Shufai heard what she said, he asked "And what is it?", and then she asked him "What's your name?", and then Shufai answered "Well, I'm Shufai, one of Queen Tukta's oldest grandchildren and Kyra's older brother. I'm 17 years old.", and when Jayma heard that Shufai is 17 years old, she said back "Oh my, you're almost an adult, aren't you? Very well then, it's nice to meet you too, Shufai.", and then he said back to the maned lioness "Likewise.".
Then, Shufai lowered down on all fours to let Monica to climb off his back so she too can meet Jayma, and once the little African buffalo calf climbed off his back, she went up to Jayma, but then she also felt nervous about befriending her for one good reason we all know because it's already happening in real life - back on planet earth, lions often hunt and eat African buffaloes, not just the calves but also the adults as well, and therefore African buffaloes often hate lions, for these large and ferocious apex predators hunting and eating them for lunch and for dinner.
However, Jayma assured Monica that she can trust her, even if she (Jayma herself) is a lioness, since she's already good friends with Maisie, Riley and Cheeky, and she's best friends with Agatha the white lioness (who already have reformed), and when Monica started feeling safe around Jayma, Shufai was also in relief, for he knew that Jayma is someone whom he and the others could trust, before he then stepped forward, finally let go his trunk and moved it off and away from Flower's mouth and then he asked "So, Jayma. Please tell me something we all need to know - do you know a way out of here?", and when Jayma heard him saying that, she said back "Sure, let me lead the way. I know exactly where to go.", and then she turned around and started walking away from Shufai and from the others, who all soon followed behind her as she then started leading them after her in search for a way out of the forest.
Meanwhile, Kyra, Opey and her mother, Lin Raju and the others (Kyra and Opey's friends) have arrived at the forest, and so they all finally stopped dead in their tracks, before they decided if to enter the forest or not, and for a few long minutes, they all considered what could possibly happen if they enter the forest, but then they all suddenly heard the youngsters' voices calling for them, and then, a few moments later, everyone else saw them all coming and making their way out of the forest and then coming towards them with Shufai and Jayma leading them, and thus everyone got reunited with each other at last.
Then, Shufai explained how he apologized to Maisie, Riley and Cheeky and how they made new friends with Monica while he himself made friends with Flower, thus also introducing both African buffalo calf and tiny young meerkat to everyone else, but even though everyone became satisfied with Shufai's apologies to the small animals, as well as satisfied with his final redemption, as they're all about to leave and go back home to the Everfree Forest all together, they all suddenly came face-to-face with Zenobia, Clayton, Buldeo and a large African bush elephant who looked a bit different than Terrence himself, and when Shufai looked closer at the African bush elephant standing in front of him and in front of the others, Shufai soon realized that the African bush elephant is none other than Topsy, because as soon as he noticed her smaller size, both of her tusks intact on her face and no scars and/or notches on her left eye and left ear - she soon turned out to a female instead of a male, but then she also started smiling evilly at him before she said "Oh, what a pleasure to meet you, bigger, yet more stupider Asian elephant!", and then she laughed evilly at him, thus also scaring Kyra, Opey, their friends and the animal youngsters, who quickly hid behind Jayma, Lin Raju and Opey's mother, who also stared right at Topsy's evil face.
Then, Jayma asked in shock "Wait, how are you now roaming around freely?!", and then Opey's mother added "I thought the princesses sent to a life sentence in Tartarus!", but then Topsy said "Thanks to these three nice, shape-shifting carnivores here *she looked down and motioned towards Zenobia, Clayton and Buldeo with her trunk* I was able to escape from my doom!", and then Zenobia, Clayton and Buldeo's foreheads suddenly started glowing in the same evil red magic as Lysander and the four other evil animals from his evil team, thus revealing to everyone that they're now three new shape-shifting animals who can use magic at last (which is the reason why they're able to rescue Topsy from Tartarus and bring her with them to the forest so she can meet Terrence and show him that he's not the last African bush elephant living in all of Equestria anymore).
Then, Buldeo evilly explained to everyone "We got our newfound magic when we arrived in Tartarus, before we spotted that nice, big and friendless female elephant standing there and trapped in a cage next to these pathetic Lord Tirek and Cozy Glow, and when she saw us, she begged us to set her free, and in return for breaking into her cage and freeing her from imprisonment, we took her back with us so we can introduce her to our elephant friend, Terrence!", and then he, Zenobia and Clayton all laughed evilly all together, thus shocking everyone as they realized that now the evil African bush elephant's reign of terror has grew up in number from just one to two evil African bush elephants who are currently living and roaming in all of Equestria - Topsy and Terrence.
Then, Zenobia said evilly "Time to go home for dinner!" and then she used her newfound evil magic alongside Clayton and Buldeo and then the three together transported themselves, Topsy and everyone else back to the cave in the villainous animals' forest, and once they all arrived back at the cave after the teleportation spell worked, Zenobia, Clayton and Buldeo used their evil magic together to make a massive cage appear out of thin air and that massive cage was good enough to keep all the good animals imprisoned so they all can be later eaten not only for dinner, but also for the whole next week.
Then, with all the good animals imprisoned, Zenobia, Clayton and Buldeo turned their attentions back to Topsy and then Buldeo said to her "Now it's time for you to meet our elephant friend, Terrence. He's going so happy to know that now he's no longer the last African bush elephant living in all of Equestria!", but then Jayma called and yelled at her evil brother from inside the massive cage "You won't get away with this!", but then Buldeo said back to her "But unfortunately for you, we already have!", and then he and his two best friends laughed evilly once more, before they and Topsy went together deeper into the cave to introduce her to Terrence and to the other evil animals so Terrence can choose her as his mate, thus leaving all the good animals stuck and trapped all together inside the massive cage (and also - with no way out).
However, at first, everyone were relieved because they all thought that at least now they're all together, but a minute later, they soon realized that something is very wrong when Maisie said "At least we're all together now. right, Cheeky?", because Cheeky didn't answered Maisie's words, which means that he's missing. Then, Maisie started calling and searching for Cheeky, and Riley, Monica, Kyra, Opey, Albert, Milton, Georgie and even Shufai and the grownups (adults) all started searching inside the massive cage they're all locked up inside for Cheeky, but for some reason, they couldn't find him anywhere inside the massive cage, which means that he's indeed missing.
However, Shufai is the one who suddenly became frightened for the most when he suddenly realized that Flower is also missing and is nowhere to be found either, thus showing him that she's missing as well before the adolescent male Indian elephant said "I don't see Flower around here or anywhere else either! She's indeed missing too, just like Cheeky!", and then he turned to Lin Raju and said to him "Lin Raju, we have to go find them! Now!", but then the Mammophant said back to him "No, we can't! We're all locked up together inside this massive cage, and therefore - there's no way out of here!", and when Shufai realized that he and everyone else were all still locked inside the massive cage, he asked as realization hit him "So, you're saying that they're going to save us?", and then Lin Raju said to him "Yes, Shufai. All of us. Now we all depend on the tiny paws, hearts and minds of Cheeky and Flower. They're both our only hope now.".