The traveling party of four (Russell, Andy, Zoey and Violet) continued together on their long journey in search for a new home, and at the same, they're also doing the best they can to escape from Brandon's herd and get as far away as possible so Brandon and his friends won't be able to get them and destroy them very easily, but then the four friends didn't know to where they're going - far away and ahead of them, there's a big jungle where the four friends can actually live and hide in from Brandon and from his whole herd.
A few hours later, the four friends are almost near the big jungle standing ahead of them, but then it also turned nighttime and so Russell and the toddlers knew that they all must find some place to sleep in for the night before they will continue the next morning, and so they found a smaller nearby cave which was indeed empty and was also big enough for all four friends to fit right in and sleep in for the night, and so Russell and the toddlers soon entered and went into the inside of the cave and they started looking for some sleeping spots where they're going to sleep inside the cave, and after a few minutes, Andy, Zoey and Violet all fell asleep together in one spot, while Russell fell asleep in another, but then he also didn't fell asleep too far away from them so in case something's going to attack them during the night while they're sleeping, Russell isn't too far away from the toddlers and so he will protect and defend them all in case they're going to be under attack.
However, luckily for them, nothing attacked Russell and/or the toddlers during the night, and when morning came and arrived, the four friends woke up and then they continued on their long journey in search for a new home, and right now, they're all getting very close to the jungle, as now they're able to see it in front of them as it's standing less than a mile away from them, and so Russell, Andy, Zoey and Violet decided to go towards the jungle, since it was big enough to help them hide from Brandon and from his whole herd, and so it didn't took them too long before all four friends finally arrived together in the jungle and then they all entered the big jungle in order to hide themselves from Brandon and from his whole herd, and also to search for some food and water, and maybe even find some place to call a new home within the jungle, but that's going to be the most difficult of all.
Meanwhile, in the deeper parts of the jungle, there was a big cave where two Beartaurs live - one of them is a middle-aged female individual in her mid to late 50s, while the other was a much younger male who is no older than 20 years of age, thus making him around the same age as Anastasia, and so he's very likely a young adult instead of a mature adult (as true mature adults are officially considered mature only after they reach the age of 21 years). The older female Beartaur was the elder out of the two and she was also none other than the much younger male's mother. However, the two had different personalities - the older female Beartaur was cruel and heartless and she does everything to keep her young adult son to only herself, while the young adult male was actually good, friendly and kind (unlike most Beartaurs in Equestria) and all he wants was to leave his bad mother and make himself new friends.
The name of the 20 years old male Beartaur was Sitka, and for a Beartaur, he's really friendly and even gentle enough to help other creatures, including other Beartaurs, and he's willing to make friends with other creatures big and small and he's surviving by eating lots of things which aren't meat at all, such as fruits, berries, lots of other types of edible vegetations, honey, edible types of mushrooms and even fish, thus making him an omnivorous creature like both centaurs and Zebrataurs, but unlike his mother, however, he despises eating meat of non-fish animals like birds, mammals and even reptiles, and as a result, because Sitka is friendly and hates eating meat (which is what most Beartaurs eat), his mother isn't proud of him and she's not happy when she sees that her son is friendly to other creatures and even helps those who need help, and that's because she wants Sitka to be a ferocious, purely carnivorous Beartaur like herself, and she's so unpleasant and unpleased with Sitka's omnivorous diet (which includes lots of fish and vegetation, but doesn't include any meat at all) and with his friendly nature, and sometimes, she tends to say to Sitka when she catches him after he does something good to another creature "I worry about you, Sitka. Sometimes, I worry a lot.".
However, despite her warnings, Sitka refused to listen to his bad mother, as he was willing to continue to be good and friendly to others and eventually be free of her and start on his own without her trying to mess up with him and poison his mind for her own benefits. Sitka's mother, whose name was Mrs. Margaret (or simply Margaret for short) was a bad parent towards her own son Sitka and ever since he was born, she abused him and even his father, and at some point, when Sitka was just a young juvenile, his father died, thus leaving Sitka alone and sad as his mother still continued to abuse him and she tried to make a bad Beartaur like herself, but no matter what she tried or what she did to make him more like her, Sitka always resisted to his mother's attempts, and sometimes he would even try to run away from her and have some time to himself, but deep inside his mind he always heard his mother's voice saying to him "No matter what you'll try to be good, and no matter many times you'll be friendly towards others, I will eventually have you all to myself, you will learn to be a pure carnivore, and you will end up becoming a bad Beartaur just like me. Since I'm your mother and I'm a bad Beartauress myself, then so will you be to the end of your life.".
Today, Sitka went outside the cave and went to one of the nearby deep lakes to catch some fish to eat and also to wash his face and cool down his memories, and once he reached the nearby deep lake to which he went, Sitka quickly jumped into the water and started swimming in them and he did the best he can to catch enough fish for himself to eat so he can be satisfied enough and won't have to eat again for a while, and after he swam in the water for at least 15-20 minutes, Sitka managed to catch enough fish to eat and he put them all on dry land in a pile which will satisfy his hungry stomach, but just as he started eating, he didn't noticed the newcomers who just came to drink some water from the same deep lake not too far behind him (and they too didn't noticed him around either), and these newcomers turned out to be Russell, Andy, Zoey and Violet, who were all looking for a good source of water from where they can drink, and it seemed that they haven't yet noticed the young adult male Beartaur who is eating all the good fish he caught for himself and enjoying his moment.
Russell and the toddlers approached and got near the water's edge in order to drink water, but then however, they misplaced their forelegs in some nearby mud, slipped and then they all fell forwards and right into the deep lake in front of them, and although Russell quickly managed to escape and get out of the water (because he already knows how to swim), Andy, Zoey and Violet aren't so lucky as they don't yet know how to swim on their own properly, and so they started crying for help as they moved in the deep water in distress before they slowly started drowning before Russell's eyes, and although the red leopard could've saved them, he's not big enough to carry all three out of the water at once (and this could also result in Russell drowning along with the toddlers while trying to save them).
However, help is at hand as Sitka suddenly heard the helpless toddlers' cries as they started drowning under the water's surface, and that's when he stopped eating instantly and then he turned around to see the twins and Violet drowning together under the water's surface, and then Sitka quickly ran back into the lake and then he jumped into the water again and he started swimming as fast as he could and then he dived under the water's surface to catch Violet and the twins and save them all from drowning, and luckily, Sitka was big enough to carry all three toddlers back to the surface and then drop them back on safe and dry land not too far away from Russell, who quickly caught up with the four as he ran around the lake to get to Sitka and to the three toddlers whom he just saved from drowning.
Then, Russell cried for the toddlers and asked them in a worried tone "Are you all okay?", and just then, all three toddlers soon coughed up some water which they got into their mouths (but didn't drank) and after that, they all started gasping and breathing for air again, but then another male voice which wasn't Russell's asked them "Are you three feeling alright?", and when Andy, Zoey and Violet looked up as their visions were still blurry from almost drowning in the deep lake, they saw a gigantic (yet also blurry) brown shape and they couldn't figure out what was it at first, but a few moments later, when their visions became clear, the gigantic, brown and blurry shape in front of them turned out and revealed to be Sitka the Beartaur.
However, when Andy, Zoey and Violet saw the young adult male Beartaur looking down at them, they soon screamed at him with fright before they quickly stood up on their hooves and then they started trotting and running away in terror as they thought that he (Sitka) would want to eat them for lunch, but then Sitka started running after them with Russell in tow and then the Beartaur called for them to call back, but the three toddlers didn't listened to him as they thought he's only trying to trick them into believing that he's nice, but that is until Russell managed to run past Sitka and eventually got in front of the toddlers and then he stopped them and then said to them firmly "Stop running! All of you!", and then he added "That Beartaur here just saved your lives from drowning! He won't hurt you! He and I we both wanted to make sure that you're all okay!", but then Zoey asked while still shaking with fear next to Andy and Violet "R-really? H-how do we know that we could really t-trust him?".
When he heard what the little centauress just said, Sitka said politely "Because I'm very friendly, and I really like to help others.", and then he added "Also, I'm not even a pure carnivore like most other Beartaurs who live here in this jungle or everywhere in this whole entire world, I'm an omnivore just like you, little guys. I may look like a creature who eats meat, but I actually despise and hate animal meat, and so I eat lots of fish and vegetation instead, and I promise you that I'm not even like a regular bear either, because a regular bear usually eats both living and dead animals, because it's also both a predator and a scavenger. To me, however, eating living animals which are not fish is simply barbaric.", and when they all heard what he said, the three toddlers felt less afraid around the new and much larger and older male creature, and then they started feeling that he can be trusted, although they all still kept their safe distances away from him just in case he'll get hungry again.
"So, let us get it straight, Mister. Are you saying that you're actually an omnivore and not a pure carnivore like most of your kind?" Andy asked him, and Sitka said back "Of course I'm an omnivore. The only animals which I actually do like to eat for the most are fish, and so I will never dare and I won't even have the heart to eat a land animal or a flying animal like a mouse, a small bird or a lizard.", and when the three toddlers heard what he said, they slowly started opening and warming up to the new Beartaur, and then Violet asked him "So, who are you, Mister Beartaur? What's your real name?", and then Sitka answered "I'm Sitka.", and then Russell said to him and asked "For a Beartaur, you look like you're almost a true mature adult. How old are you?", and then Sitka said back to him and to the toddlers "I'm just a young adult. I'm 20 years old.".
When Russell and the toddlers all heard what the young adult Beartaur just said to them, Andy asked him "Did you just said that you're 20 years old?", and then Sitka said and asked the toddler male centaur "Sure, why are you asking that, kid?", and then Andy said "Listen, I know you won't believe us at first, but you'll have to, Sitka.", and when he realized Andy and Zoey's expressions on their faces, he asked them "Is there's something wrong, kids? Does my age relates to your problems?", and then Andy said back and explained "Actually yes. You see, a few days ago, before Zoey and I we befriend Russell and met and befriended Violet, we both ran away from home.", and when Sitka heard what the toddler male centaur said to him, his eyes widened in shock before he asked "Why would you do that, kids?", and then Zoey sniffled and said "Because our big brother's girlfriend's older sister, Anastasia, who is just around your own age, she attacked us and harassed us and later she even lashed out at us and she blamed us for our big brother and for his girlfriend's being knocked out cold and unconscious and falling into a coma as they both tried to save us from getting hit on our heads by some falling roof shingles! She thinks that we're bad little monsters and that this was all our fault!", and then she and Andy started to cry as they couldn't forget all the bad words which Anastasia said as she yelled at them, lashed out at them and chased them away from home a few days ago.
When Sitka realized that Andy and Zoey's pain which caused them to run away from home was caused by a young adult his own age, the young adult male Beartaur gasped in shock before he said "Oh my gosh! I had no idea! I didn't know that a young adult my age attacked you and chased you away from home! I'm so sorry!", but then Andy said to him "You don't have to apologize to us! It was Anastasia who did this to us, not you!", and then Zoey added "Yes! You're good for a young adult who's about 20 years old! You had nothing to do with our pain! It's not your fault that we ran away from home!", but even though he clearly heard what they said, Sitka still felt sorry for both of them for what they've been through so recently, and so the young adult male Beartaur knelt and lowered down to their level and then he started caressing Andy and Zoey's heads in a manner to comfort them, and Violet couldn't help but shed some tears of her own as well as she and Russell watched the touching moment between Sitka and the twins.
"Listen, little guys, I may not yet know who that Anastasia is, but I promise you that even if I'm around the same age as her own, I won't ever do things like that to you or to anyone else either. I'm friendly and I'm kind and I will never to hurt anyone on purpose, and I only attack in order to defend both myself and others from those who disobey the jungle's rules and attack others for fun, and in the past, I faced so many enemies during my life and I'm still facing such enemies even today, both big and small, and I've been doing so ever since my father died, because before his death, he did the best he could to help, protect and defend others in the jungle from those who mean them harm, and so this makes me his successor in being a protector of the jungle where I live.".
However, when they, Violet and Russell all heard what Sitka said about himself being a protector of the jungle where he lives (in this here jungle), Andy and Zoey gasped in shock before they turned their heads and looked up at him in the eyes, and then Andy asked him "Wait, Sitka, your father was good just like you are?", and then Sitka nodded his head and said "Of course he was, and his spirit is proud of me and of the good Beartaur I was and still am, even today.", and then he asked them "Would you like to come with me and see the cave in which I live?", and then he added "It's not too far away from here, and I'm sure you'd like it here. I mean, for as long as my mother is away doing her hunting for today.", but then Russell asked him "Wait, what did you just said? Did you said that your mother is hunting animals and other creatures for food?", and then Sitka sighed heavily before he answered "Yes, she's not very nice to anyone, and she hates that I'm a good Beartaur just like my father was before he died, and she always tried to force to be bad and she tried to make me a pure carnivore, but I always rejected her demands, since I didn't wanted to end up like her, end up like a cruel and heartless monster with only one purpose in life - only survival by any means necessary.".
When Andy and Zoey realized that they're not the only ones who are in pain, they couldn't help but feel very sorry for Sitka and so they hugged at both of his bear forelegs and then Andy said first "We understand that you're in pain because of a member of your own family who is trying to force you to be like her against your will.", and then Zoey added and explained "We understand how you feel because we and our big brother, we all too have been through such pain because of our own father. Not to mention he got rid of our mom and tried to force us and particularly our big brother into becoming bad centaurs just like him and also like Lord Tirek so we can avenge that demonic monster in favor of our own dad.".
When Sitka heard what the twins said about that their own father Howard abused them and their older brother to make them all (particularly Stephan) his revenge soldiers to make them destroy all the rulers of Equestria and avenge Lord Tirek for his failures, the Beartaur was shocked to realize that Howard's purpose was even worse than his own mother's (Margaret), and then he said back in shock "I...I didn't know. I didn't know your father was even worse than my own mother, but thanks to knowing that, now I know that we do have something in common - we went through so much pain and endured abuse from a specific member of each of our own families.".
However, Russell soon interrupted them all and said "Well, how about we go to your mother's cave to rest in it for a while? I mean I'm really tired now and so I really need to rest.", and when they all heard what he said, Sitka said as the twins then let go of his bear forelegs "Alright then, follow me, everyone. I know this jungle like I know my own hands and paws. My mother's cave isn't too far away from here, and I know the way there. Follow me.", and with these words being said, Sitka started going back to his mother's cave and Russell and the toddlers soon followed behind him as he started leading the way back to the cave where they all can have their rest for a while.
Upon reaching the cave, Sitka showed the four newcomers how big and good is his cave, before he started leading them into the inside of the cave to show them all that it (the cave itself) is big enough to allow up to five or six Beartaurs to live inside it, but then, However, after they all reached the inside of the cave, Sitka started feeling hungry and he realized that he forgot that he must eat, but then Violet and the twins decided to go and so they went outside again while Sitka and Russell stayed inside the cave and watched them leaving, but Russell knew exactly why - they're just going to find and collect some food for Sitka to eat (in other words - they're returning him the favor for saving their lives from drowning before).
A half an hour later, the three toddlers returned back to the cave with enough food which they have found and collected from all over the jungle so Sitka can enjoy eating it, and all the food they have found and collected was wild fruits, honey and lots of berries, and when Sitka saw all the non-meat food which the toddlers have found and brought back to the cave for him, the young adult Beartaur smiled at them and said "Thank you little ones for repaying me with respect, and also thank you for bringing me all that food. That's what I like to get after I saved your lives from drowning in the deep lake near my cave. I like being treated with respect for being a good Beartaur. Other creatures usually wouldn't even repay me with respect because they're afraid of me, but you three are different. You three really do care for me, and I do appreciate all of your hard work in finding me some food to eat so I won't have to go outside myself and leave you alone in my cave.", before he then went up to the pile of food they have collected for him to eat, and that's when Sitka started eating and he chewed and swallowed his food happily as he was never been treated by others with such respect before, and he surely was happy to receive such good friends as Russell and the toddlers, as all four friends understood that he might need them or would even decide to join them at some point or later on.
Later, after Sitka stopped eating as he became satisfied enough for a while (with a little food is still left for him to eat later), he stayed and had some company with Russell and with the toddlers some more, and the four friends stayed in the cave for a few more hours until it was almost evening, and that's when Sitka told them to go as he could hear his mother coming back from her hunting, and so Russell and the toddlers said goodbye and bid farewell from him before they went out of the cave and left before Margaret (Sitka's mother) finally returned home with some lots of meat of animals which she hunted for both herself and her son, and Sitka tried his best to hide the remaining non-meat food which he received from the toddlers so Margaret won't find out that he made some friends with them and would think ill of him and would be extremely angry and aggressive towards him, and Sitka feared that she might think of him as nothing more than a traitor if she finds out that he has some non-meat food with him.
When Margaret arrived back at her home in the cave, she soon asked Sitka as she started sniffing around the inside of the cave and got the smells of unfamiliar scents which came from different creatures who aren't like her own son "Who was there in the cave besides you, Sitka?", but just then she also started smelling some non-meat food and so she asked Sitka "What did you got there behind your back?", but then Sitka said back "Nothing, Mother.", but this wasn't enough to convince Margaret that there's nothing in the cave and so she said to him "Let me see what did you got there behind your back.", and so she pushed Sitka aside and looked to see what's behind him, only to then see the remaining non-meat food, and then she went up to the small pile and she picked it up in her hands and started sniffing it, and it didn't took her very long before she got the toddlers' scents which came from the non-meat food which they have touched and then brought to Sitka's cave before, and when she identified the toddlers' scent coming right from the non-meat food which they have brought to the cave for Sitka to eat, Margaret's face changed dramatically from a neutral look into an angry one before she turned to face Sitka, who realized that now she found out that he's having new friends with the toddlers and with Russell, and this was enough to make Margaret really mad at Sitka, for now she believed that he betrayed her for three toddlers and for a leopard.
"You've been doing some things you shouldn't do?" Margaret asked Sitka after she showed him the pile of non-meat food which she picked up in her hands, and then she added "You've been fooling around with some useless babies? Non-meat food from some useless babies?", and then she dropped the pile to the cave's floor and she stomped on it and crushed it under a bear foreleg of hers, thus causing Sitka to gasp in shock as he then looked down and saw the crushed and destroyed non-meat food under his mother's bear foreleg, but then Margaret said to him "I worry about you a lot, Sitka. Sometimes, I worry a lot!", but then Sitka protested and begged "You don't understand! Mother, please listen to me!", but then Margaret angrily smacked him across the face with her hand and then she yelled at him "Not even 21 and already leaving me for some useless babies!".
Then, she pulled Sitka by the shoulder and she tried to force him to come with her by dragging him to herself, but Sitka fought back against her and said "Let me go, Mother! Just let me go and leave me be! I need to be alone!", and then he broke free from her grip and he started walking towards the opening of the cave which leads outside, but then Margaret yelled at him "Come here, Son!", thus causing him to stop, and then she said to him and demanded angrily "Don't make me go over there and collect you, Sitka! You come to me yourself this instant!", but then Sitka turned back to her and said with defiance "No, Mother.", and when she heard what her young adult son just said to her, Margaret asked him "What did you just said to me, Sitka?", and then Sitka raised his voice and said in a louder tone "I said no!", but then Margaret yelled at him and asked in anger "Are you still Mommy's little boy, Sitka?!", but then he yelled back at her "I said NO!", and then he turned around and started to run away and he went outside the cave with his mother briefly chasing after him, but soon afterwards, she stopped dead in her tracks once she reached outside the cave and let Sitka to continue to run away, but then she also yelled angrily at him as he continued to run away from her (and also from his home) "You get back here, Sitka! And in front of King Vorak, I'll whip the bear skin off of you!", and after she watched Sitka running away from her (and from home), Margaret angrily kicked a small rock away with her bear foreleg before she turned around and stormed back into her cave with both a grumpy and stern look on her face.
As for Sitka, he continued to run away with tears of pain forming and rolling down his eyes and trailing behind him, for his mother Margaret being too harsh on him as always, but this time, however, it was too much for him, and so Sitka decided that if he's going to be treated badly and harshly like this by his mother, then he shouldn't return back to her anymore, and so Sitka continued to run away until he finally collapsed under one of the tall trees near a river in the jungle and he cried himself to sleep as this time in which his mother smacked him and yelled at him turned out to be the final straw for Sitka, and so he decided that now he shouldn't go back home to her anymore.
The following day, Russell and the toddlers all continued on their journey in search for a new home, but after they traveled for about 15 minutes inside the jungle, the four found something that shocked them all for the most - they found Sitka lying down under one of the tall trees, and when they all came close to him to see what's wrong, they were all shocked to see his face - he had tears in his eyes and they also saw that he have a smack mark on the side of his face, and so Russell guessed that Margaret found out that Sitka made friends with them and that she attacked and wounded him because she didn't like that Sitka is making friends with other creatures which were not Beartaurs like himself.
Then, Andy touched Sitka on the shoulder and then he softly called his name, thus causing the young adult Beartaur to stir and move a little bit before he slowly opened up his eyes and then he turned his head and looked to see Andy, Zoey, Violet and Russell all looking at him with worried expressions on their faces, and this caused Sitka to sniffle a little bit before he slowly got up on his bear legs and feet and stood up and towered over all four of them, and then he asked them "What are you four doing here?", and then Violet said to him "We found you sleeping under one of these tall trees, so we just wanted to make sure that you're okay, Sitka.", and when Sitka heard what she said, he said back to her "I'm fine.", but then he also added and asked "Haven't you four got anything better to do than go sneaking up on someone who is sleeping?", and then Zoey said to him "We're sorry, Sitka.", and then he said back to the toddler centauress "You should be." before he turned and looked away from them as more tears suddenly formed and rolled down his eyes, and when Russell and the toddlers saw his tears, they all started getting really worried about him and so Russell decided to talk to him and see what's wrong with him.
Then, the red leopard said to Sitka "I see your tears, Sitka.", and then he added and asked him "Is there's something wrong, or there's something troubling you?", but then Sitka said "It's okay, it's fine. I'll get over it with the course of time.", but then Russell asked him "Did you got into trouble with your mother back in your home?", and when Sitka realized that the red leopard is nearly getting to know the truth, the Beartaur said back and then asked "Yes, Russell. But how do you know?", and then Russell raised up a forepaw and then he pointed up a finger and a claw of his own at the side of Sitka's face and then he said to him "Because I see that you have a smack mark on the side of your face.", and then he added and asked him "Did your own mother hurt you back in your home?", and when Sitka heard what the red leopard said to him, he said back as he sniffled as little bit "Yes, Russell. She hurt me because she found out that I made friends with the toddlers and with you.", and then he added "It was the final straw for me so I decided to run away from her. I ran away from home, and so now I'm on my own, all by myself.".
When Russell and the toddlers heard what he said, Russell reared up onto his hinder legs and then he placed his right forepaw on Sitka's upper human shoulder and said to him "Look, Sitka. We know how you feel right now, but try to cheer up. Equestria is a big world and after all, you have so many opportunities wide open and free for you to try. Maybe you should leave your old home and your abusive mother and put them behind you.", but then Sitka turned to look at him and asked "But, if I leave my old home, then where should I go next? Where am I gonna go?", and then Andy interrupted and suggested as he went up and then placed a hand of his own on Sitka's lower bear shoulder next to Russell "Maybe you should come with us, Sitka. It won't hurt us having a Beartaur like yourself as a good friend who can join us and travel along with us while we go together and search for a new place to call home.".
However, when Sitka heard what Andy and Suggested about him joining their traveling party and going together and along with them while they all continue to search for a new home, the young adult male Beartaur asked and then said to them "Who would even want a Beartaur like me for a friend? Every creature outside this jungle would think ill of me and would believe that much like most of my kind, I'm a ferocious monster who eat everything he sees and also everything in his path.", but then Zoey said to him as she went up to him as well "They won't." and then she added "You're not our first Beartaur friend, Sitka.", and when he heard what she said, the Beartaur gasped in shock before he turned and looked down at her and then he asked her "Wait, I'm not?", and then Zoey giggled and said back "Of course not, Silly! Kayden and Tallulah are Beartaurs themselves and they're also good friends of all of us, and they're also twins just like Andy and me are! Even though they're just toddlers around our own age, I'm sure they would like to meet a big good Beartaur like you.".
Then, Violet also stepped forward and asked Sitka "So what are you saying, Sitka? Would you like to leave your old home and your abusive mom behind you and join us and start a whole new life somewhere else far away from here? Would you like to be our new best friend and have a new life with all of us and without your abusive mom who barely even cared for you and didn't really worried about you?", and when Sitka heard what the toddler Zebratauress said to him about joining their traveling party and leaving the jungle behind him to start anew with many new friends and forget about his abusive mother, Sitka sniffled as tears of joy formed in his eyes, because now for the first in 20 years since he was born, Sitka is finally given a chance to prove himself as a good Beartaur to the rest of Equestria, as now he got and received true friends and new opportunities and now he won't have to live forever in the jungle and be abused by his own mother, and then Sitka said as a happy smile formed on his face "Thank you all, my friends! I'm so glad I met you all! Now I really feel like I'm ready to leave my home behind me and start anew somewhere else with all of you by my sides! I'm honored to get and receive such four good friends as all of you, Russell, Andy, Zoey and Violet! As your new friend, I'm going to join you four on your journey in searching for a now home!", and when Russell heard what he said, he said back to him with a proud and happy smile "Welcome, Sitka! Welcome to our traveling party! Now that you're the newest member and newest addition to our team, then now we can also change our group's title name! Now we are going to be called The Five! The Traveling Five!".
When Sitka and the toddlers heard Russell saying that nickname which hence their number as five, the five friends soon went to hug each other and they soon formed a group hug between all five of them, thus showing and proving that now their number is increased by one more member, and that one new member who increased their number is Sitka, who is now part of their traveling party, thus hence their number and their group's new title name - The Traveling Five. With everything's being settled, Sitka accepted joining Russell and the toddlers as all five friends continued together on their journey as they traveled through the jungle in search for a new home.