The following morning, King Edward, Queen Camilla and Princess Vanessa, who are still guests in the royal castle awoke from their sleep, but just then, however, Vanessa went to check and see if Anastasia is awake, and when she went to check the guest room in which Anastasia would be in, the 5 year-old centaur princess soon went into shock when she found out that her 20 year-old young adult older sister is not in her room anymore, and this caused Vanessa to quickly trot and run back towards her parents to tell and inform them that Anastasia disappeared during the night.
A few minutes later, after the two adult royal centaurs already heard what their youngest daughter said to the both of them about Anastasia being missing, they went to the throne room to ask Celestia and Luna, who were just beginning to sit down on their thrones, to help them find her and bring her back home, and just then, Chloe, Aylene and Shujaa also came into the throne room and joined the conversation, and when the three heard from King Edward and from Queen Camilla that Anastasia suddenly disappeared during the last night, Shujaa said as he mistakenly believed that Anastasia probably went to look for but then also hurt Andy and Zoey again, and this time - for her own pleasure, for he and for everyone else are all being still completely unaware of the fact that Anastasia is actually pregnant and that she was been acting aggressively towards the twins because she believed that they might tell her parents and everyone else about that.
When everyone else heard what Shujaa just said about that Anastasia left during the night because she's probably willing to mean Andy and Zoey more and more harm, King Edward said "We gotta find my daughter and bring her back home!", and then Queen Camilla added "We have to stop her before she can mean these poor little twin toddlers further more harm!", and then Chloe said as she and Aylene's faces turned angrier with each passing second "Anastasia, if you mean Andy and Zoey more harm than what you already gave them, nobody's going to forgive you! Not us! Not our friends! And not even your own family!", and just thinking about what Anastasia could do to Andy and Zoey after she already attacked them and chased them away from home was enough to cause both Chloe and Aylene's eyes to start burning in pure rage.
Then, Celestia wrote and sent quick letters for the mane seven so that they can help going after Anastasia, find out what she's up to and do their best to stop her from trying to mean more harm to Andy and Zoey like she already did before, and about a half an hour later, the mane seven, Kenai and Agatha arrived in the royal castle to help in finding Anastasia and stopping her from trying to mean harm to Andy and Zoey again, but they're not the only ones who came to help - Tah and her son Trog (the good Rhinotaurs), Kayden and Tallulah (the good Beartaur cubs), Zach, Layla and Timmy (the good Zebrataurs), Aron, Linda and the triplets, Egbert, Shelly and Yoko (the good Tigertaurs), Simba and Sirga (the good Liontaur cubs), and even the CMC, Spike, Trixie and the student six also came and volunteered to help finding both Anastasia and the twins and make sure that the young adult centaur princess means no harm to the two toddlers whom she already attacked and chased away from home a few days ago.
With everyone else will be helping King Edward, Queen Camilla and Princess Vanessa to search for Anastasia, find her and stop her before she can mean more harm to Andy and Zoey, King Edward said to everyone "Let's go, everyone! Let's find my daughter, Anastasia, before she means Andy and Zoey more harm!", and with these words being said, Princess Celestia and Princess Luna wished them all for good luck and to be careful during their search after the twins and Anastasia, and then everyone (minus Celestia and Luna) left the royal castle and started all together on a long journey in searching for both Anastasia and for the twins, and they all hoped that they will be able to find Anastasia before she finds the twins, fearing that she might attack and hurt them again once she finds them first.
Meanwhile, back in the bad Deertaurs herd's cave in the jungle, Zoey, Violet, Sitka, Igor, Austin and Jenna are all still tied up and are still kept as hostages, and right now, Oscar and his herd are all feeling very hungry and they are all also very willing to go outside for a hunt, and just then, Charlotte said to Oscar "I'm so hungry, Oscar!", and then Roger added and said "Yeah! I wanna go outside and hunt for some fresh and tasty meat! I'm starving!", and then another male Deertaur with both a short and thin body structure similar to Stanley the Zebrataur from Brandon's herd spoke up and said "How about we all go outside and hunt for some fresh and tasty meat right now? I mean, think about it guys, we don't wanna starve by keeping our eyes on these six prisoners we've got here, right?".
When Oscar, Roger and Charlotte all heard what the short and thin Deertaur just said to them, Oscar said back to him "You know what, Raymond? You're right! We can't just sit in here and keep our eyes stuck on and keeping watching these six prisoners we've got here! We must go outside for a hunt!", and then the short and thin Deertaur, whose name was Raymond, said to his leader and to the two other main Deertaurs "See what I mean? If we're all hungry, then we all must go outside and hunt for some meat!", and with these words being said, Oscar stood up on his hooves and then he called and said to the rest of the bad Deertaurs herd "Everyone, listen up!", and when they all heard what he said, all the Deertaurs (who were all males, since the herd doesn't consists of any females except for Charlotte) heard what their leader said, they all turned to look at him, and then Oscar added and said to all of them "We're all going together on a hunt so we can all have some fresh and tasty meat to eat!", and when they all heard what he said, all the male Deertaurs immediately stood up on their hooves to show respect to their leader and to his words, and also to show him that they're all willing to go outside for a hunt with him.
However, just then, Oscar added and said "But one of us has to stay behind and keep an eye on the prisoners while the rest of us we're all gone on our hunt!", and then he asked his herd "Which one out of all of you is willing to stay behind and keep an eye on the prisoners?", and then a male voice spoke up and said back to the Deertaur leader "I wanna do that!", and when he heard what the voice said, Oscar turned to see the handsome male Deertaur from before (the one Deertaur who felt sorry for Zoey and for the other prisoners) stepping forward and bowing his head down to him before he added "I accept staying here in the cave to keep an eye on the prisoners!", and when Oscar heard what he said, he smiled evilly at the handsome Deertaur and said to him "Very well then! You're in, Simon! You will be the one to keep an eye on the prisoners while all the rest of us we're gone on our hunt! Good luck for you, Simon! Don't let these six prisoners get away while we're all gone on our hunt!", and then Oscar added and said as he then turned his attention to all the other Deertaurs of his herd "Let's go outside and have a good hunt!", and with these words being said, Oscar, Roger, Charlotte, Raymond and all the other Deertaurs of their herd went outside the cave and left for a hunt, while Simon stayed behind to keep an eye on the prisoners and make sure that they don't escape.
However, it was just what Simon (the good, young and handsome Deertaur) actually wanted and expected to have - to receive and have his advantage to set the prisoners free one by one while the rest of the herd is away on their hunts from time to time, until all six of them are free to go. Then, Simon slowly approached the six prisoners, who are all still tied up and are also unconscious (likely from being slapped, punched or smacked really hard across their faces by Oscar and his three main followers), and then he pulled out a very sharp stone tool which might help him cut off the ropes tying the prisoners, and the next thing he needed to do is to choose which one out of all six prisoners he's going to set free first, and after a single minute of looking between all six prisoners, Simon decided and chose to set Zoey free first, and so he knelt down in front of the toddler centauress before he slowly lowered his upper human body down to her level, and then he used his sharp stone tool like a knife to carefully cut the ropes which were tying up Zoey and keeping her unable to move, and once he was done cutting the ropes and setting Zoey free, Simon went to hide his sharp stone tool behind some rocks which stood in the corner of the cave, before he then returned to the prisoners and then he very carefully picked Zoey's unconscious body up in his arms and started carrying and taking her along as he then went out of the cave and started searching and looking for a safe place where he can hide Zoey before Oscar and the rest of the herd will return back from their hunt.
Later, after a half an hour of searching and looking for a safe place where he can hide Zoey from Oscar and from the rest of the herd before they return from their hunt, Simon finally found a good and safe place where he can hide Zoey from Oscar and from the rest of the Deertaurs herd, and in that case - it was behind some tall bushes with some smaller ones standing behind them, and so Simon went around the bushes while still carrying Zoey's unconscious body in his arms, and once he reached behind the tall bushes, Simon carefully lowered himself down before very gently placing Zoey down on the smaller bushes which stood behind the much taller ones, but before he's about to go back to the cave to where the five other prisoners are still tied up, Simon carefully removed the muzzle away from Zoey's nose and mouth and threw it away and then he very gently stroked the toddler centauress on the top of her head for a brief moment, before he then stood back up on his hooves and carefully stepped away from Zoey's unconscious body, and once he was a few yards away from her, Simon turned tail and carefully trotted away and went all the way back to the cave while leaving Zoey to lie down on the small bushes which stood behind the much taller ones until she recovers and then goes and leaves the jungle, thus making sure that Oscar and the rest of his herd won't be able to find her after they all return back from their hunt.
When Simon returned back to the cave to tend to the five remaining prisoners, he chuckled and said to himself "Perfect, my plan to set the prisoners free from captivity is going exactly as I planned. All I need to do now is to wait patiently for five more opportunities to come if I want to set each and every single one of these five remaining prisoners free. Once they're all free and ready to go, I may decide to join them so that in case Oscar and the rest of the herd actually finds out that I set the prisoners free, I will be traveling far away from home so that Oscar and his three main friends won't be able to get me or have my hide (skin) to show the rest of the herd that I decided to help the prisoners and set them free.", and then he added "The way I saw Oscar treating the prisoners like he did and still does makes me feel so sick and tried of him and of all the rest of the herd, and so I guess that it's better to set the prisoners free and let them all go and also join them than staying here in this jungle with the rest of the herd. I hate all the herd for all of them being such cruel and heartless monsters, especially that Oscar, although I can also say that Roger, Charlotte and Raymond are also acting and behaving in same or in many ways just like him. It is time for me to show them all that I will not tolerate abusive manners or behaviors, even if they all come from none other than the leader himself, because I can tell a good leader from a bad one, and Oscar is really a bad leader and I wish for him and for all the rest of the herd to be captured for their abusive actions and then banished to Tartarus where they all will spend and live the rest of their days.", thus revealing that despite he's part of Oscar's herd, Simon indeed hates him (Oscar himself) and all the rest of the Deertaurs herd for all of them being bad, cruel, heartless, abusive and vengeful.
Then, after Simon successfully managed to set Zoey free and then placed her down in a safe place where Oscar and the rest of the herd won't be able to find her, this is when all the Deertaurs herd (including Oscar himself) finally returned back to the cave with some junglefowls (wild chickens), some rabbits, and some wild boars which they all hunted outside the cave and within the jungle range, and upon returning back to the cave, Simon greeted and welcomed them all back to the cave (while at the same time, he was also trying to hide the fact that he actually hates them all for the bad Deertaurs they all are) and then he said and added "Well, I see that you all got and brought here some lots of food so that all of us can eat tonight.", and then Oscar said back "Yeah, Simon! It wasn't easy to hunt down and catch all of these junglefowls, rabbits and wild boars for food! But now that we all did, we can set up some fire and start cooking these tasty animals' meat so that we can all enjoy eating tonight! By the way, I'm sure that our prisoners would also like to eat some meat too if they're going to stay here forever as our captives!", and when Simon heard what he said, he said back to his evil leader "Well, yes. Of course they need to eat. Nobody can survive without food or water.".
However, just then, Roger suddenly called and said to the rest of the herd "Oscar! Charlotte! Raymond! Everyone! The toddler centauress have disappeared!", and when they all heard what their muscular second-in-command just said, Oscar yelled and asked "What?! Are you sure?! How did this happened?!", and then he turned to Simon and asked him "What happened here while we were gone on our hunt?!", and then Simon lied and said to his leader "It was a big male black bear, and he entered the cave while you all were gone on your hunt. I tried to defend the prisoners and get the black bear out of the cave, but instead of running away, he just fought me back and managed to get past me and eat the little centauress. There's nothing I could've done to stop him from eating her. She's gone.", and then he started shedding fake tears to make Oscar and all the rest of the herd believe that Zoey was eaten by a black bear while they were all gone on their hunt.
When Oscar fell for Simon's trick, the bad Deertaur leader said to Roger, Charlotte and Raymond that they're going outside again with him, and this time - just the four of them to find, hunt down and kill the black bear who 'ate' Zoey, and when they heard what their leader said, the three main Deertaurs who always and still does follow their leader and always did everything he told them to do accepted going outside once again with their leader to hunt down and kill the black bear who allegedly 'ate' Zoey, and so the four main Deertaurs went outside the cave together (and just the four of them, of course) to hunt down the black bear, kill him and come back to the cave with his skin so it (the black bear's skin) can be used either as a black bear skin rug or for clothing (since it's very likely that most, if not all the male Deertaurs in Oscar's herd don't wear clothes on their upper human bodies, which also means that their upper chests, upper torsos and upper stomachs are exposed, and so that means they can get seriously injured on the upper bodies during their fighting practices in order to attract mates (Deertauresses), so hunting the black bear who 'ate' Zoey will provide the Deertaurs herd with the skin and fur needed to make warm fur clothes for some of the Deertaurs in the herd).
An hour later, the four Deertaurs returned back to the cave from their hunt while carrying along the skin of a large male black bear to show it to the rest of the herd, and when they all saw the black bear's skin, the rest of the Deertaurs herd gasped and then looked in awe at the black bear skin, and then Oscar said to all of them "Everyone, listen up! Roger, Charlotte and Raymond helped me hunt down that large male black bear and get his skin so we can make some nice clothes out of it! We're going to wear some good warm fur clothes on our upper bodies at last!", and when they all heard what he said, all the Deertaurs cheered for him, but that wasn't before the five remaining prisoners (Violet, Sitka, Igor, Austin and Jenna) all suddenly woke up from hearing all the Deertaurs cheering for Oscar, and when Oscar, Roger, Charlotte and Raymond noticed that they all have awakened and came back to consciousness, Oscar said evilly "Well, well, well! Looks like our five remaining prisoners here have finally awakened!", and then he and his three best friends and main followers all laughed evilly as they enjoyed the five remaining prisoners' helplessness.
However, when the five remaining prisoners heard what Oscar said about them being five instead of six before he and his main followers and best friends laughed at them, Sitka asked him while his voice was muffled by the muzzle on his nose and mouth "Wait a minute, five? What do you mean 'five'?", but just then, when Igor looked down and saw Violet and then he turned his head and looked around and saw Sitka, Austin and Jenna, but (of course) no Zoey, the Rhinotaur asked (with his own voice was also muffled by the muzzle on his own nose and mouth) "Where's Zoey?", and when the Deertaurs herd all heard he said, one of the Deertaurs said to the prisoners "She's gone! While we were all gone on our hunt, a large male black bear entered the cave and ate your little friend while you were all unconscious!", and then he added "In other words, we don't need to worry about that useless little centauress anymore!", and then he and all the herd, minus Oscar, Roger, Charlotte and Raymond, laughed evilly at the five remaining prisoners, who looked at all of them in both shock and anger as they couldn't believe that Zoey is now gone forever.
Then, Jenna asked angrily with her voice being still muffled by the muzzle on her nose and mouth "What did you monsters did to Zoey?!", and then Charlotte said to the older Deertauress "We did nothing to her! She got eaten by the black bear whom we just hunted and skinned for clothing! She's gone for good and we're happy with that because now that little brat won't be here to annoy us anymore!", but then Austin yelled at her with his voice being muffled by his muzzle which was and still tied onto his face "You may be a young lady, but you're also a big jerk! Zoey is not a little brat at all! For a 2 year-old toddler, she's one of the nicest and friendliest centaurs whom Jenna and I we both have ever met in our lives! And a young lady like you should be ashamed of yourself for what you're saying about her! And even though you're not a fully grown adult yet, Jenna and I we both hope and wish that you and all of your evil friends will be captured by Equestria's supreme and respected rulers and then sent to live the rest of your lives in Tartarus for what you're daring to say about poor, young and defenseless babies and toddlers who are just the same as cute, friendly and lovable as Zoey herself!".
However, when she heard what the fully grown adult male Deertaur just said to her, Charlotte's face quickly changed into an angry expression as she then trotted up to Austin, and once she got close enough to him, she forcefully grabbed him and pulled him up to look at him right in the eyes before she then yelled at him in the face "What did you just said to me?!", and then she forcefully started dragging him away from the other prisoners and took him with her towards the herd, and once she reached back to the herd, she said to Oscar "Oscar, dear, please teach that filthy older male Deertaur a life lesson!", and when he heard what his future mate said to him, Oscar smiled evilly and said to her back "As you wish!", and then he grabbed Austin and took him from Charlotte's grip and then he turned around and started walking while dragging him away as they went out of the cave with Charlotte, Roger and Raymond soon following behind him as the four Deertaurs left the cave while taking Austin along with them, and when Jenna saw her husband being taken away from her, she started crying and shedding tears over losing both her son and her husband because of Oscar and of his Deertaurs herd's mad and wild behaviors as well as their wrathful nature.
As for Austin, he's taken out of the cave by Oscar and his three main followers and best friends, who dragged him far away from the cave so to isolate him from the other prisoners, and after traveling within the jungle range for about a half an hour, Oscar, Charlotte, Roger and Raymond ended up walking towards a big tree, and then they laid him down with his back lying against the tree before they then pulled out some other long and strong ropes and started to use these ones to tie Austin to the big tree as that's exactly what the four bad Deertaurs were planning to do with him - tie him up to the big tree and then leave him to either get him eaten by the predators of the jungle or die from starvation, and once they were done tying Austin up to the big tree, Oscar slapped Austin twice across the face and sent him to fall unconscious again, before the four bad Deertaurs turned tails and then started traveling and walking all the way back to the cave while leaving Austin tied up to the tree so that the predators of the jungle can eat him and help in getting rid of him for good.
However, what did they didn't know is that Simon have followed them all the way to the big tree (while keeping himself hidden from sight this whole time), and he saw this as his chance to rescue Austin earlier than he expected, and so once Oscar and his three main followers and best friends are all gone from sight, Simon came out of hiding and he started approaching the unconscious Austin while holding his sharp stone tool in his hand, but now we all know what he's going to do with him. Just like with Zoey, once Simon got close enough to Austin, he used his sharp stone tool to carefully cut the ropes which were tying the older male Deertaur to the big tree, thus causing him to fall and nearly hit the ground face-first and on the front, but then Simon caught him just in time before he then used his sharp stone tool one more time to carefully cut the other ropes which were tying Austin's body and limbs together (in a way that he couldn't move), and once he was done cutting the ropes which were tying Austin's body and limbs together, Simon carefully cut and removed the muzzle which was tied onto Austin's face, and once he was done removing the muzzle (and then throwing it away), Simon gently stroked the older male Deertaur on the left cheek for a brief moment before he then carefully grabbed and picked him up and took him along with him to the exact same place he took Zoey to - to the small bushes which stood behind the much taller ones so that Austin can also recover from the hard slaps he received from Oscar's hands not so long ago.
Later, when Simon reached and got back to the small bushes which stood behind the much taller ones, he gently placed Austin's unconscious body on the small bushes right next to Zoey's body and said to himself in his mind "Two prisoners rescued from captivity, and four more to go.", and with both Zoey and Austin being rescued and then placed down on the small bushes behind the much taller ones where it's safe for them to be until they recover, Simon turned tail and then he carefully started trotting away and he went all the way back to the cave, thus leaving both Zoey and Austin to rest on the small bushes until they both recover from the attacks they received from Oscar and from the rest of the Deertaurs herd.
An hour later, Zoey started moving, and then she opened her eyes and slowly climbed down from the small bushes she lied on (while she was unconscious) as she then slowly stood back up on her hooves and recovered, only to find herself outside the cave in the jungle and not as a captive prisoner anymore, but when she turned and looked at the small bushes and at the taller ones which stood very close nearby, she saw Austin who is lying down and is still unconscious on the small bushes, and so Zoey decided to try and wake him up and see if he will respond to both her touch and to her voice, and after 5 minutes of trying to wake the adult male Deertaur from his unconsciousness, Austin finally started moving his own body, opened his eyes and then he slowly climbed down from the small bushes and stood up on his hooves, thus showing Zoey that now he finally recovered from Oscar's last attack.
However, when Austin looked down and saw Zoey standing before him and also looking up at him in the eyes, the father Deertaur couldn't help but gasp in shock to realize that Zoey is actually still alive and well and that she was never eaten by the black bear whom Oscar and his three best friends have already hunted for clothing, and when Zoey saw his shocked expression, she asked "Austin, is there's something wrong?", but then Austin said back "Thank goodness, you're safe, alive and well, Zoey!" before he then shook his head and became relieved to see that the toddler centauress who is one of his own son's newest friends is indeed still alive and was never eaten by the black bear whom Oscar and his three best friends have already hunted for clothing, and when she heard what he said, Zoey said back "Well, of course I'm safe, alive and well.", and then she added and asked "What's wrong? Did something bad happened?", and then Austin explained "Well, Oscar and his herd told us that you got eaten by the black bear whom they've already hunted for clothing!".
However, when she heard what the father Deertaur said to her, Zoey asked and then said "Got eaten by a black bear? Me? Well, of course not, silly! I'm still alive here and now, and I'm also feeling very well! Don't you believe me that I'm still alive and very real?", and when Austin heard what the toddler centauress said to him, he said back "I suppose you're right! You are still alive and very real!", and when she heard what he said, Zoey said back "I'm glad to hear that you believe and understand me, Austin!" and then she added "And now that we're free, we can leave the jungle to search for my twin brother, Andy, as well as for our red leopard friend, Russell!".
However, Austin said back to the toddler centauress and reminded "But we've heard Oscar and his herd saying that Russell is dead, as well as my son, Noah.", but then Zoey said to him "You're wrong, Austin! I'm pretty sure that Russell and Noah are both still alive and might be traveling along with Andy! I can feel it deep in my heart that both Russell and Noah are both still alive and that they're also waiting for us to come and reunite with them!", and then she grabbed and held at Austin's right hand with both of her own much smaller hands and added "Listen to me, Austin! Your son, Noah, is still alive! And so is our red leopard friend, Russell! We'll find them, Austin! We'll find them!", and when the father Deertaur heard what the toddler centauress just said to him about that his son and Russell are both still alive and well, Austin suddenly started feeling the truth deep in his own heart and he soon realized that what Oscar and his herd told him and Jenna about that Noah's being dead was a lie, and when he realized the truth, Austin clenched his left hand into a fist and said "So what that vicious monster for a leader and his whole herd told me about that my son's being dead was all a lie! I should've known I should've not believed them!".
Then, Austin looked down at Zoey and said to her "Zoey, let's go find my son! Now that I believe that he's still alive, I'm pretty sure that he's missing us! Especially Jenna and me! Let's go, Zoey!", and then added and he said to himself in his mind "Don't worry, Noah, my precious son! Daddy is coming! We'll be together again very soon!", and with these words being said in his mind, Austin was ready to go and leave the forest and start searching for Noah, but not before Zoey let go of his right hand and then said that she's also ready and willing to go with him and leave the jungle to search for Noah, Russell and Andy, and with Austin and Zoey both feeling ready and willing to go together and leave the jungle and start searching for Noah, Russell and Andy, the two started trotting and running away together, and after a while of traveling as fast as they both could within the jungle range, Austin and Zoey finally managed to find their way out and they soon left the jungle and started together on their long journey and also started to search and look for Andy, Noah and Russell, and they also hoped that they will be able to find the three and get reunited with them, eventually.