So, the reason why I decied to make this chapter take place during the Day of The Death it´s because today it´s celebrated here in Mexico, instead of doing a Halloween special I prefer doing a Day of the death special, so enjoy, and since Koda and Kenai have both deceased relatives, this seems pretty well for the stroy, also, I´m aware that the celebration has his origns much time afther this, but this is just a work of fiction, so, don´t need to be historically correct:

All the members who wanted to go to the other village to celebrate the day of the death leaved before the sunset and for the night they were already arriving, they traveled in canoes, and on the river, the Mētzxīcco clan (which was the name of the tribe) putted wood plataforms where other members holded torches to make sure that everyone of the Spirit Tribe arrived to the coast, once they were there, one tall woman with red hair and a dark dress gave them the welcome.

"Buenas noches, my name´s Lucía, In the name of the Mētzxīcco clan, it´s my honor to tell you, bienvenidos sean mis invitados"

"I don´t understand her" said Koda from beyond in a whisper.

"She spokes a different language at some point" Denahi "Her accent is also weird, but I think Tanana´s speak it also"

"Muchas gracias" said Tanana "I´m Tanana, leader of the Spirit Tribe, we´re all very grateful for your invitation"

"It´s always a pleasure to celebrate with friends, now, por favor, pasen, feel like home"

Lucía leaded all to the center were torches were everyhere, iluminating the altars.

"The day of the Death is separeted in two days, in the first one we celebrated the children´s souls and the next one we celebrated the adults, today´s the second day" Lucia explained, then she show up a space were they have colocated food, drink, fruit and a sugar skull, all was surrounded by flowers along side with more torches "We call this ofrenda, this day, our loved ones that had passed to the another live, come to visit us during this day, so, to honor them, we put his favorite food, drink, toys, everthing they liked during their life, some of us even sing them their favorites songs"

"Oh, beautiful" said Tanana amazed.

"It is, even if they are no longer with us, today, we can feel them here with us once more, their souls are able to visit us because our memories and love keep them alive"

"They don´t join the lights on the earth once they are dead?" asked Koda.

"It´s a different culture Koda" explained Denahi. "It´s depends on what people decieded to belive"

"Oh"

"The torches are to iluminate the way the souls have to take to be back home" continued Lucía "I will ask you to do something special, please, close your eyes, open your hearts, and you´ll feel a decaesed loved one with you, like if he was still alive, forget about your problemas, just let love invades all your body"

So everyone did what she said, and in just a couple of minutes, everyone felt the spirits of his relatives, Koda felth the spirit of his mother, grandmother and grandfather beside him, Kenai and Denahi felt Sitka´s spirits as well their mother and father´s spirit, it was a beautiful experience, it was a big family reunion.

"¿Listo?"asked Lucía "Do you feel it?"

A big yes was heard among the crew.

"Excellent, now por favor pasen, the party is about to begin"

Music was soon hear and everyone was dancing on the center, some childrens had painted his face all white with dark circles around his eyes, and around them was white petal, the nose was also painted in black.

While Kenai and Denahi were dancing with somegirls of the Mētzxīcco clan, Koda move away from the party, he wanted a little of peace, he sit down on the ground and looked to they sky, like Lucía had tell, he felth his mother spirit huging him just a moments ago, like in the old times, a little tear rolled of one of Koda´s eyes, it wasn´t of sadness, he was glad at knowing his mom was okay, the tear was because he was happy.

"Hi" a voice come behind him, Koda jumped of the scare "Sorry, I didn´t mean to scare you"

Koda saw that behind him was Emily, she was wearing a black dress with two blue lines on both sides of her hips.

"You don´t scare me" said Koda with a red face as he put on his feet. "It was a bug that... Bite me on the..."

"You´re not a good liar" ended Emily with a smile.

"How do you knew I was here?" asked Koda trying to change the subject.

"I saw you leave, to be honest, I wasn´t enjoying the party either, too much noise, and, It´s not for me, even if I do like this Day of the Death celebration"

"Why?"

"I don´t know, I like the concept, and have you seen the makeup of the childrens? It´s great!"

"Do you like skulls?"

"A little, they´re cool, and, have you seen the sculpture?"

"The ones with the skeletons dressing as normal peoples doing normal jobs?"

"Yes,the Mētzxīcco makes fun of the death, you can believe it? they treat it like something of everyday, and they have also The Catrina"

"The Catrina?"

"Yes, she´s beautiful"

"Wow, It´s very surprising know you like all this"

"Yeah, but not everyone thinks that´s good that a girl like me loves that kind of stuff, everyone think I´m weird and savage"

"But you are not"

"You haven´t see me angry Koda"

"But you have friends"

"Yes, but when I was younger no bady wanted to be my friend, everyone was scared of my blue hair, and I didn´t wanted any friends either, I prefer been alone, but Tanana though that have friends will help me, so she told to Akiak and he came closer to me, since then I had friends, but even them don´t understand me all the time"

Koda felth sad for Emily.

"But you´re a nice girl, I like your company"

"Thanks Koda, you´re a good boy, even if all your optimism is irritating at some point"

Koda smiled at her, and Emily did the same.

"And how you´re feelign?" asked Emily.

"Good, I felth my mother spirit with me, it was such a great experience"

"Nice, and how you see the tribe?"

"They all have been really nice with me, so I´m liking by now, but sometimes I´m still feeling strange"

"Why"

Koda bite his lick, it was time to him to tell his story without Kenai or Denahi.

"Emily, I have a story to tell you"

Once he finish, he looked at his friend, who, by the expression of her face, was really surprised.

"You´re a bear?"

"In some way I am"

"Wow, wow, I can´t believe it"

"Are you calling me a liar?"

"No, it´s just that, wow, I´ve never heard a strory like your, but I trust you, and, how it´s feels to be a bear?"

"It´s awsome, the best animal in the world"

"And how it feels to be changed into another species?"

"At first I was tired, my heart hurted, but then it was okay, but learn about humans life is a little difficult"

"You´re amazing, I mean, no bady does what you did"

"Well, I love Kenai"

"And you did all that just because love?"

"Yes"

"That´s so, so good and so bad at the same time"

Emily felth that Koda was the best person she had met in the world, he wasn´t like the other boys of the tribe, maybe because he was a Bear in reality, but she knew that there was something special in him, she was glad at having him as her friend, and maybe something else.

"I believe you Koda, or bear-boy, maybe I´m gonna call you since now"

"No please, I have enough with Kenai´s nickname"

"And what is it?"

"Hairball"

"Maybe I use that"

"No!"

Emily laughed and then they heard the voice of Denahi telling them that it was time to return.

...

When Koda was asleep, he was on a white room, beside him was a woman with black long hair wearing a white dress.

"How are you?" asked Koda.

"I´m Chena, Kenai and Denahi´s mother"

Koda look at her amazed.

"I´m just wanted to tell my two sons that I´m so proud of them, they´re soon becoming great mans, a mother can´t asked for better childrens"

Koda nodded with the head.

"And thank you Koda, for giving Kenai and Denahi, a new pourpose to live"

Then Koda waked up, he was back at the tent of his brother, Kenai was sleeping like a baby, so Koda just snuggled to him and he felth asleep once again, tomorrow he had a thing to said to his brothers.