Meanwhile, as for Anastasia, she found herself in the same dark void-like place to which Ron have already took and kidnapped everyone else, only that she's somewhere else all alone, but even so, she still searched everywhere for Andy and Zoey and she hoped that she'll be able to find them soon so that she can apologize and even tell them the truth that was standing behind her aggressive behavior - that the fact that she's pregnant, but since she also struggled due to the great pain from her lower pregnant horse belly, she started growing more and more weaker with each passing minute, but she still didn't wanted to give out, not yet, and not before she finds Andy and Zoey and tells them the truth.
While she still searched everywhere for Andy and Zoey, Anastasia said "Andy, Zoey, please be around here somewhere where I can find you.", and then she added "I promise that this time I'll mean you two no harm, just please show up yourselves so that I can at least talk to you.", and then she said to herself "It's all my fault that they both ran away from home, and if anything bad happens to these poor, little, innocent toddler twins, I'll never forgive myself.", and then she also added "As a princess and future queen of my own kind's kingdom, I must keep searching everywhere and I must find these toddler twins at all costs and make sure that they're both okay and that they're safe and sound and away from harm. I don't care about what happens to me, and because these toddler twins are 2 years old each, they both deserve to be found and to live their own lives to the fullest. I must find them. I must!", and so with these words being said, Anastasia kept searching everywhere for Andy and Zoey, hoping to find them soon.
As for Andy and Zoey themselves, they got reunited with each other again in the same dark void-like place to which they were brought like everyone else, only that they're too separated from everyone else, and the only ones who are with them are Russell, Violet, Noah and Feliks, and while they all looked around and everywhere and saw nothing but darkness all around them, Feliks asked Russell "Russell, what is this place? Where are we?", and when he heard what the young male cub said to him, the adult male red leopard said back to him "I don't know, but I really don't like this.", and then Noah added and said in agreement with Russell "That's right, there's darkness everywhere.", and then Andy also said to the others "Well, at least Zoey and I we're both together again, and also together with Violet and with you guys, and that's what's important.", and when she heard what her twin brother just said, Zoey said in agreement with him "Andy's right, at least we're together again, and even though this place looks so dark and scary, I'm sure we'll be able to escape somehow and get back to Equestria.".
However, just then, Violet turned to notice Feliks standing right next to Russell, and so when she saw the new young male leopard cub, she called and said to Zoey to come and see him, but once both toddler female centaurids came close to see the new leopard, Feliks started shaking a bit as he started feeling uncomfortable, but just then, Russell noticed that Feliks is feeling uncomfortable due to both Zoey and Violet staring and looking at him like that, and so the red leopard slowly raised up his left foreleg and then he lowered it down a little bit and started to stroke him (Feliks) gently on the back with his left forepaw to make sure that he feels okay and safe with the two new female centaurids around.
Once Feliks stopped his shaking and calmed down, he stepped forward and asked both Zoey and Violet "Who...who are you two?", and when they heard what he said, Zoey was the first out of the two to introduce herself, and so she said back to the new leopard "Hi, I'm Zoey, Andy's twin sister. It's a pleasure to meet you.", and when Feliks saw and noticed that she looks a lot like Andy, with the only two things which are the differences between them are their gender (Zoey is female, while Andy is male) and their eye color (Zoey's eyes are baby blue (light blue), while Andy's eyes are brown), the young male leopard cub said to her "Well, you two do look alike, I have to say, with the only differences between you two are your genders and your eye colors.", and then Andy stepped forward and said to him "And, for addition to these, Feliks, Zoey was born just a few minutes after I was born.", and then Zoey nodded in agreement and said "That's right.".
Then, Violet also stepped forward and then said as she introduced herself as well "And I'm Violet, a good friend of Andy and Zoey. Pleasure to meet you.", and then she added and said to Feliks "It's okay, there's no need to fear me. I'm just a toddler who is just around Andy and Zoey's age. I'm only 2 years old, but despite my age, I can still make friends with anyone I meet, and I will be friendly if someone treats me right, and I first started making friends with Andy and Zoey because we were so close to each other, and also because Zebrataurs like me are actually known to be the African cousins and closest relatives to the regular white centaurs, but even though we look different than the regular white centaurs, we're still friendly creatures and we like making friends with those who come and greet us when they visit our environment.".
When Feliks heard what she said, he looked closely at her and then at Andy and Zoey before he said "Well, I can clearly see that. You three do look like you share the same common ancestor despite your appearances and differences between each other.", but when they all heard what he said, Violet just raised an eyebrow and looked at him in confusion, and so did Andy and Zoey, and so when he noticed that they're all looking at him in confusion, Feliks explained himself and said to them "Well, I just don't want to sound too racism or anything like that, but you see, my Auntie, Chuluun, she always told me to judge all kinds of living creatures by their shapes, sizes, appearances, skin, fur, scales and/or feathers' colors, and sometimes even by their genders, whether if they were males or females, and she used to tell me such disgusting and horrible things ever since my mother died, and also behind my father's back in order to turn me against him.".
When everyone heard what Feliks just said about his aunt (Chuluun) telling him such cruel, sickening and racism things about all other creatures in order to twist him against both himself and his father (Azaad), probably because she was always jealous of Feliks and was trying to make sure that he will end up becoming a horrible leopard and will never succeed his father, nor will become the next king in the future after him, they all gasped in shock before Russell said "I can't believe it! So that must be the true reason why she hated and despised both Andy and me this whole time! From when we first arrived in Azaad's homelands and until our exile and banishment following his death! Chuluun must've hated me because I'm a red leopard and also due to my fur mutation! She's such a terrible leopardess!".
Then, Noah asked him "And didn't your father even know about that?", but then Feliks said back "Well, eventually he found that Chuluun was teaching me those racism stuff, and believe me or not, he was so angry to hear that she was trying to turn me against both myself and him in order to make herself the new queen and overthrow and destroy his bloodline, and one day, when Chuluun even dared to challenge my daddy to a duel, he eagerly accepted fighting and battling her and I was so happy when he came out the winner.", and when they all heard what he said, everyone sighed in relief to know that Azaad managed to win against Chuluun when she challenged him for a duel, and just then, Andy asked "And what happened next?", and when Feliks heard what his centaur friend just said to him, the young male leopard cub said back and explained as he continued telling what happened after the fight between Azaad and Chuluun "Well, after the fight between my daddy and Chuluun, my grandfather, Askari was informed of what Chuluun was been teaching me, and he too was so mad to hear that she's been teaching me such racism stuff in order to overthrow my father and destroy his bloodline by trying to corrupt me and turn me against both him and myself, and so he decided to punish Chuluun by lowering her rank from the highest ranking female in the leopard pack, in which she was until the day my daddy took on her and won in the fight, to the very lowest ranking one to make sure that she learns her lessons and doesn't comes near me ever again.".
When everyone heard what Feliks said about how his aunt Chuluun was been rightfully punished by his grandfather Askari for the racism stuff she said to him (Feliks himself) behind Azaad's back in an attempt to corrupt his bloodline, everyone were relieved to hear that Chuluun got what she deserved, but unfortunately, Russell and Andy both still knew that despite the fact that she was punished for her crimes, Chuluun would still continue to be cruel and heartless towards Feliks and would want both him and his father to die so that she can be the queen instead, and they both knew that because they've already been in Azaad's homelands at the time where Chuluun cruelly and heartlessly told Feliks to run away and never return shortly after Azaad 'died' in the Indian rhinos stampede (and also shortly after Noah arrived and got reunited with them).
However, the one who really took it so hard to his heart and felt the same pain for the most was Andy, for he too was being attacked, harassed and even mentally abused by a much older individual from his own species (in Andy's case - it was Anastasia), and just like Feliks, he (Andy) too was being told to run away from home and never return shortly after an accident have occurred (in his case - it was when Stephan and Bluebell got knocked unconscious and fell into a coma), and that caused the toddler male centaur to immediately put his hands on both sides of his own head as he then started hearing Anastasia's voice and cruel words yelling at him again, which reflects back to the day she grabbed him, slapped him across the face, yelled at him and shunned him and Zoey for what happened to both Stephan and Bluebell, and he felt the pain even more than Zoey did, but the most painful part of all which he was unable to block away from his mind or forget is what she said to him which he also heard Chuluun saying to Feliks - 'Run away and never return!'.
When everyone noticed that Andy is in pain from being unable to forget his horrible experience with Anastasia, Feliks asked him "Andy, what's wrong?", but then Andy cried "That's nothing, Feliks. Nothing at all, I'm fine.", but then Russell said before he asked "Don't lie to us, Andy. You're in pain. I can easily see that on your mind. Tell us what's wrong, is there's something troubling you?", and when Andy heard what he said, the toddler male centaur gave in and answered and explained "Well, I couldn't forget what Anastasia said to me and to Zoey before we ran away from home and met all of you guys.", and when they all heard what he said, Feliks came up to him and asked "And what that might be?", and then Andy said back "Feliks, what Anastasia said to me and to Zoey is almost the exact same thing your aunt, Chuluun, said to you after we got reunited with Noah and before we left your father's homeland - she (Anastasia) told us to run away and never come back after both Bluebell and Stephan got knocked unconscious.", and when Feliks heard what his centaur friend just said to him, he gasped in shock before he said "Wow, I can't believe she (Anastasia) told you this! This is just like what my Auntie Chuluun said to me! Talk about deja vu!", and then Andy said to him "I know, and it hurts me so much to think about what she said to me and to Zoey before we both ran away in tears after what happened to Bluebell and Stephan in that horrible accident.".
However, just then, both Andy and Feliks suddenly started feeling a hand and a paw touching and then gently stroking at their backs and it was none other than Noah and Russell, and when the toddler male centaur and the young male leopard cub both looked up to see their larger and older friends and companions, this is when both Deertaur and red leopard gave them reassuring smiles to let them both know that everything is going to be okay, and then Russell said to both male youngsters "There's no need for neither of you guys to feel the pain you're going through and suffering from, for it's now in the past.", and then Noah added in agreement "Yeah, that's true. The pain you're going through and suffering from is already over, for it's now in the past. In other words, what are we both trying to say to you youngsters is that you cannot change your past, but you both can still change your future and do your best and make sure that you both live your happy lives to the fullest, and besides, at least these Chuluun and Anastasia whom you're afraid of aren't even here to make your lives feel miserable again, so that means that you're totally safe from the both of them and that now there's nothing for neither of you to be afraid of.".
When they both heard what Russell and Noah said to them about that there's no need for neither of them (Andy and/or Feliks) to feel that they're in pain and that at least they won't see Chuluun and/or Anastasia ever again, Andy and Feliks slowly started feeling much more comfortable with their Deertaur and red leopard friends around, before Andy said back "Thank you so much, Noah.", and Feliks added "Thank you too, Russell. You're both such good friends and we're glad that at least you're around here to protect us from harm.", and then Andy said "We may be stuck here in this dark and unknown place, but I'm still so happy that at least you're both around here to protect us from harm, and I'm also happy that at least we won't have to see Anastasia or Chuluun ever again.".
However, soon after he said that, the moment was ruined when an awfully familiar female voice suddenly called for both Andy and Zoey and said "There you are!", and when the two recognized her voice, they and their friends all turned around to see Anastasia trotting lightly towards them, and when Andy and Zoey saw her coming towards them, Andy screamed "Run!", and when they all heard what he said, everyone turned tails and started running away together, but when she saw them all running away, Anastasia cried "No, wait! Andy, Zoey, please come back!" as she then started trotting after them, and it soon turned into a chase.
During the chase, Anastasia called for both Andy and Zoey to come back and that she just wants to talk to them, but the two toddlers thought that if she's willing to talk to them after what she did to them before, then she wants to hurt them again like she already did after Bluebell and Stephan were both knocked unconscious, and so the two toddler centaurs and their friends kept running away for their lives, but that is until Russell called and said to his younger friends "Everyone, look! There's a large rock ahead of us! We gotta reach it and then climb up onto it! That way we'll be to escape from Anastasia!", and when they all heard what he said, everyone followed Russell towards the large rock which indeed stood ahead of them, and once they reached it, they all started climbing up onto the rock in order to escape from Anastasia, and so it didn't took them more than just three minutes to reach up to the top of the large rock where it's safe.
Once the six friends reached the top of the large rock, they stopped to catch their breaths and became relieved because now they're safe, but their moments of relief were short-lived when they all suddenly heard Anastasia's voice calling for them again from out of nowhere, and so they all turned and looked down to see Anastasia, who is now standing right near and in front of the large rock and is looking up at all of them from the ground below, before the young adult centauress called for them again and said (especially to Andy and Zoey out of all of them) "Andy, Zoey, please come down here to me! I promise I won't hurt you anymore! I just want to talk to you, that's all!", but when they all heard what she said, Andy cried and said back to her "I won't come down here to you, you big bad meanie! Go away!", and then Zoey added "You told us to run away and never return, you big, old, female heartless beast!", and then Noah angrily said to her "Say one good reason why I shouldn't run down this rock and punch you hard in the face for what you did to these poor little guys!".
When she heard what they all said to her, Anastasia said back as she lowered and bowed her own head down in shame "Please, I ask for forgiveness! I didn't even meant for all these horrible things to happen to you! I'm so sorry!", but then Russell yelled down at her "No one believes you, you jerk! You can say these words over and over again a thousand times, but that still won't change the fact that you abused my two little friends! And you even want to say that after all the bad things you've done to Andy and Zoey, you're still saying that you're sorry and that you're asking for forgiveness?! You should be ashamed of yourself!", and then he let out a few loud and angry roars down at the young adult centaur princess, but soon after he did that, part of the rock on which Andy stood suddenly broke down below his horse hooves and that sent him falling down the large rock and screaming as he was almost about to hit with the ground.
However, just as that was about to happen, Anastasia suddenly jumped up into the air as high as she could and successfully managed to catch Andy just before he was about to hit with the ground, thus apparently saving his life, much to everyone's shock to see the sudden change in Anastasia's behavior, and just then, she landed back on solid ground and then she lowered her arms and hands down to put Andy down on the ground and let go of him, but soon after she did that, the toddler male centaur turned to look up at her for a brief moment, before he quickly turned and looked away from her and asked without looking at her in the face "Why? Why did you did that? Why did you saved me?" and then he added "I thought you hate toddlers like me!", before he then started tearing up and covering his own face in his small human hands trying to make sure that Anastasia doesn't sees his face.
However, Anastasia could see that he's crying and that he's also in pain, and so she went around Andy until she stopped right in front of him and then she gently placed her right hand on top of his head and started stroking him in order to calm him down, comfort him and also to get his attention, but when he uncovered his face and looked up to see Anastasia is stroking him on the head, Andy immediately smacked her hand away and then he yelled at her while in tears "Keep your hands off me! I don't want you to take pity on me! You ruined my life! I wish I never met you! I also wish that I was never even born!", and then he turned around and looked away with tears forming and rolling down his eyes, unwilling to believe or accept the fact that Anastasia now has a change of heart.
When Anastasia realized that Andy won't listen to her, nor will accept her begs for forgiveness, she knew that there's just one thing left for her to do in order to make him and everyone else understand her aggressive behavior - tell the truth. Then, she went around Andy and stopped right in front of him once again, and then she said to him "Look, Andy, for the past few days, I've been thinking about the way I should've really treated you and your twin sister, Zoey, back then, and I just want to say that I'm so sorry for the way I treated you two, to the point I yelled at you to run away and never come back home after what happened to my sister, Bluebell, and to your big brother, Stephan.", and then she added "Now I know that what I did to you two before was wrong, and besides, you're only toddlers, and I should be ashamed of myself for the way I stepped on your back and slapped you and your twin sister across the face like I already did.", and then she continued and explained "And to make it up to you, I want to tell you something that I never told anyone, not even to my own family, and that was something that I kept a secret from everyone for almost a full year.", but when Andy heard what she said and then looked up at her and saw her face, he saw tears slowly forming in her own eyes as well.
Then, Anastasia took a deep breath and tried to say "The truth is that I'm...I'm...I'm..." but she was still unable to control herself and let the final words come out as the tears escaped her eyes and rolled down her face, and when Andy noticed that she's crying, he asked her "You're what?", and when she heard what he said, she couldn't keep her secret to herself anymore and so she yelled out loud and in tears "I'M PREGNANT!", before she finally burst into tears, thus shocking not only Andy, but also his twin sister Zoey and their four new friends, who all heard what she said and gasped in shock to realize that Anastasia was been hostile toward Andy and Zoey because she was pregnant with a baby of her own that is growing and developing inside her lower horse belly and is almost ready to be born, meaning that Anastasia might actually have a mate too.
Then, Russell descended down from the large rock with the others following behind him, and once they all got back down to the ground, they all ran towards Andy and Anastasia, and when they all stopped right next to the two, Russell said "I knew you were hiding a secret from my little friends all along! Now that you told us the truth, it is time for you to confess to everyone else that you're-wait, what?!" Russell asked as he cut himself in mid-sentence when he realized that Anastasia is pregnant with a baby in her lower horse belly, before he then yelled out loud at her in shock "YOU SAID YOU'RE HAVING A BABY?!", and when Anastasia heard he said, she simply nodded her head in shame while still in tears.
Then, Feliks stepped forward and asked her "Why didn't you told anyone that you're pregnant until now?", and when she heard what he said, Anastasia said back "Because I was forced to never tell that to anyone until the baby's birth.", and when they heard what she said, Noah asked "And who is the one who forbade you from telling that you're pregnant to anyone, including your own family?", and then Anastasia sniffled and said as she wiped away some of the tears forming in her eyes "Ron. Ron is the one who forbade me from telling that I'm pregnant to all of you, including my father, my mother and my sisters.".
When they all heard what she said, Russell slowly reared up onto his hinder legs and hind paws and then he placed a forepaw on Anastasia's upper human chest and said to her "Anastasia, please look at me. There's something I must tell you that you should know you should've done in the first place.", and when she heard what he said, she opened her eyes and looked to see Russell standing upright in order to look at her in the eyes and placing one of his forepaws on her upper chest to keep his balance while standing upright in front of her, and then the red leopard said to her "Listen to me, Anastasia. Whoever that Ron is, I bet he's not so smart for telling you and forbidding you to keep your secret to yourself, and besides, you don't even have to listen to him or obey him. You're a princess yourself after all, and so you can just tell your father or your mother about all of it and they will understand you and your feelings and will try to make sure that that excuse for a centaur will not come anywhere near you, nor will be threatening or harassing you anymore.".
However, when Anastasia heard what Russell said to her, she said back as she looked at him in the eyes "But, you don't even know who Ron is and how strong he really is. He threatened me that if I ever tell anyone that I'm pregnant, he'll come to steal my baby shortly after its birth and then he will also kill me and whip the skin off my back and mount and hang it on his wall.", but when Russell heard her saying that, he placed his other forepaw on her shoulder and said to her "That Ron doesn't even knows what he's even talking about, and you shouldn't listen to anything he have to say, especially when it turns to be something that is much worse than death. He's just a big bully who is merely using you to his own advantage in order to become a powerful king, but you shouldn't let him think that everything here in Equestria belongs to him. In other words, what am I trying to say is that you need to stand up to him and show him how weak he really is on the inside so that way you can beat him and defeat him for making you the horrible centauress you aren't really meant to be. Show him that you're strong enough to tell everyone the truth and blame him for being the real culprit behind all of this. Do this for everyone, but most importantly, do this for your family - your father, your mother and your sisters, and even for Stephan, Andy and Zoey.".
When she heard what Russell said to her about confronting Ron and telling everyone else the truth, Anastasia looked at his reassuring smile before she then turned and looked to see Andy and Zoey standing behind him and giving her reassuring smiles too, and they're not alone - Violet, Noah and Feliks also gave Anastasia the reassuring smiles she needs in order to change and become brave and strong enough to face Ron and stand up to him and show him how weak he really is on the inside compared to her, and once she felt sure in herself, Anastasia gave Russell an understanding smile before she said "You're right, Russell. I must show everyone how brave and strong I really am on the inside. I shouldn't let Ron use me and control me for his own benefits anymore. I must face Ron and stand up to him and show him how weak he really is on the inside. As a princess, it's my duty to face dangerous enemies and show them how strong I really am compared to them. And if Ron thinks that he can threaten me and use me to mean harm to such good, friendly and innocent toddlers as Andy and Zoey against me own will, then I will show him that he's messing up with the wrong centauress. I will not obey him, nor will I get down on my haunches before him anymore. That Ron chose the wrong centauress to mess up with, and I will show him how strong a female like me can really be.".
When everyone heard what Anastasia said as she slowly became more braver, confident and sure in herself, Russell said to her "That's it, Anastasia. Show that Ron that you're strong and brave enough to face him and tell everyone else the truth. Show him that you're not afraid of him anymore. Show him that he's the one who is really afraid of you, and not you afraid of him. I know you'll be able to stop him and defeat him for his crimes, we all know you will.", and with these words being said, he finally let go of Anastasia and then he went back down to stand on all fours again and nodded his head to show her that she can take Ron down and show him that even females like herself can overpower and defeat him in the end.
When Anastasia looked down and saw the reassuring and encouraging look on Russell's face and then turned to look at the five children who are all standing behind him and giving her reassuring and encouraging faces too, she gave them all a smile before she then turned to look away from all of them and looked forward to the horizon with a determined look in her eyes before she said "Ron, what you did to me and to Andy and Zoey was far beyond forgiveness, and I'm going to show you who's really braver and stronger than who. I'll show you that I may be a female, but I'm still much stronger than all your power. You can't control me into doing bad things such as attacking or harassing babies, toddlers and children for your own advantages and benefits anymore. You're asking for it, and now you're going to get it. Your reign of terror is going to be over soon, Ron. We'll see who's really afraid of who here. I promise you that this time, you won't get away with this so easily. I'm going to make sure that you'll pay the full price with your life for everything bad that you've done.", and after she said all these things about Ron, Anastasia turned to look back at Russell and at the five children and said to them "Let's go, everyone. Let's show Ron who he's really dealing with. He's going to pay the full price for all the pain he caused for all of us, from the beginning and until now! He will pay us all - with his own life! Let's go and show Ron that he's not the centaur he think he is! We're all going to show him that all the fun he had from tormenting us all is going to be all for nothing and all over forever!", and when they all heard what she said, Russell and the five children all nodded their heads in agreement and yelled and said all together in unison "RIGHT! THE FINAL BATTLE BEGINS! LET'S GO!", and so with these words being said, the seven of them went on their way all together and started searching everywhere for Ron so that they can face him, fight him, defeat him and finish everything bad he started.