The next day soon came. It was quite muggy and foggy outside, but they soon went outside.
"Mm..." Junior frowned.
"Yeah, I don't like muggy weather much either, JJ." Mo told her little brother.
"I can barely see a thing." Junior replied.
"Well, take a look at this." Lucy smiled to him.
Junior came to her and then smiled as the sunshine was down the path. "Whoa..."
Lucy smiled back to him and the others and let them walk that way first. They soon walked together and embraced the sunshine and Cherry soon walked with sunglasses on her face.
"Ah, Turtle Lake, at last." Beaver smiled.
"Wahoo!" Mo cheered.
"Ooh..." Gloriosa and Timber smiled at the sights and sounds of the nature, almost like in Camp Everfree.
"Is that all that's left of where Granny grew up?" Sam asked her godmother.
"Yes, Sam, it is." Lucy said softly.
"Whoa." Junior said.
Everyone soon put their bags down as they took in the atmosphere.
"According to the map, Granny buried the time capsule back there." Franklin pointed out as he looked at the map.
"That was easy, now we just have to dig it up." Patch said.
"What about 'I see a sunflower under a rainbow'?" Beaver asked, reminding them of what Old Turtle said.
"Rainbows don't appear until after it rains, and it sure doesn't look like rain." Sam told her.
"Unfortunately." Cherry muttered.
"Maybe this will help." Lucy said as she brought out a device.
"How is that going to help?" Cherry asked.
"Don't you know what this is?" Lucy smiled as the device spread out.
"A metal detector!" Sam smiled back.
"That's right," Lucy nodded as she flicked a coin as an example. "If there's anything made of metal out here, we'll find it."
"Genius!" Timber smiled.
"Cool, so let's split into teams." Sam suggested.
"Okay, Sam and I will help Aunt Lucy, and you guys look around down by the lake-" Franklin began.
"But Franklin, we're always on the same team!" Bear pouted.
"Just this once, you two won't be on the same team." Cherry said.
"It's okay, Bear." Beaver smiled.
"No, it's not!" Bear glared as he felt offended and stormed off.
"What's with him?" Cherry asked.
"Maybe you should go talk to your friend, Franklin." Lucy suggested.
"All right..." Franklin sighed as he walked to Bear with Snail on his shell.
"Is it just me or does Franklin seem to be acting different?" Junior asked.
"It's a little hard to explain, JJ, but it just happens when you spend some time with someone like Sam..." Mo said before bashfully looking to Atticus. "I kinda thought Atticus was a dork when I first met him."
"I still think so." Cherry smirked.
"Wait, so you mean Sam's been influencing Franklin?" Junior frowned.
"Uh... Um..." Mo stammered, not sure what to say. "Look, JJ, I don't mean this in a bad way..."
"Oh, wow..." Cherry deadpanned. "You know how to talk to kids."
"But ever since we met Sam, Franklin found what Sam did to Cherry's bag, and Beaver bag funny and wanted to be a different team without Bear." Junior pointed out.
"He does make a great point." Cherry nodded.
"At least they're getting along now?" Mo smiled nervously with a shrug.
"Yeah, but in the process, she's changing Franklin into kind of a bully." Cherry said.
"Now, I didn't say that..." Mo said. "I don't think Franklin is going to become a bully."
"I hope you're right." Junior frowned.
Soon, Franklin and Bear came back as Lucy began to dig underground.
"Hey, guys." Junior smiled.
"Did you guys make up?" Cherry smirked which made Atticus, Mo, Gloriosa, and Timber glance at her as she was having a grown-up joke between the mammal and reptile kids.
"Yeah... We did..." Bear replied.
Sam soon reached into the hole and took out an old can, but not the time capsule.
"That's great." Junior smiled at Franklin and Bear before seeing Sam had took out an old can.
"It's just an old can." Sam sulked.
"Aww..." Bear frowned to that.
"Ah, well," Lucy said as she collected it. "Let's refill the hole and keep moving. The day's still young."
"That's right." Gloriosa smiled.
"Come on, let's go check by the lake." Bear told Beaver before leaving with her.
"Maybe we can find the rainbow by the water." Beaver suggested.
"I'll handle this." Patch said as he went to fill the hole back up.
"Good boy." Atticus smiled.
Patch smiled back.
They continued to dig for quite some time and they didn't seem to find the time capsule.
"One broken can opener, three bottle caps, and a rusty old screw." Snail frowned.
"And this bent spoon." Sam sighed, adding it to the pile.
"Ugh! We're never going to find that time capsule!" Cherry complained.
"We didn't find anything either." Beaver frowned.
"I've devoted my whole life into discovering ancient cities and lost treasures, but the one thing I can't find is Mom's time capsule," Lucy pouted. "Even with this old map. I'm afraid it's lost for good."
Franklin looked to everyone as he put the shovel aside. "But we can't give up now! Not after we've come this far, we have to save Granny, Aunt Lucy." he said as he picked the map back up and handed it to her with a firm pout.
"Maybe we should look for what Old Turtle said yesterday?" Junior suggested.
"You're both right, we can't give up now, but I don't know where else to look." Lucy said as she took the map.
"Hello!" A tiny voice called out.
"Who said that?" Mo asked as she looked around.
"Up here!" The voice called out.
They soon looked up to the tree to see a young bird.
"Little Crow likes shiny pretties." The bird smiled towards the junk they found.
"Oh, you mean the junk?" Atticus asked the bird.
"Mm-hmm," The bird smiled and soon flew onto the shovel handle, eyeing Snail with great interest. "Can Little Crow play with pretty shell? Please?"
Snail frowned and nearly hid into his shell.
"Snail's our friend, not a toy." Sam glared.
Little Crow blew a raspberry at her. "Stinky Green!"
"Sorry, but Sam's right, Snail isn't a toy, but you can play with one of the, um, shiny things we found from digging." Junior told Little Crow.
"Big Hairy always gets pretties if Little Crow says please." Little Crow pouted as he flew back into the tree.
"Who's Big Hairy?" Timber asked.
"Big Hairy's... Big Hairy!" Little Crow shrugged like it was obvious.
"Do you live here at Turtle Lake?" Lucy asked.
"Uh-huh..." Little Crow pouted. "All by myself."
"That's so lonely." Mo frowned.
"Don't you have a family?" Snail added.
"Not anymore..." Little Crow frowned back softly.
"My granny lost her parents too," Franklin replied. "We're very sorry, Little Crow."
"Thank you..." Little Crow replied before brightening up. "New friends look so sad. Little Crow help?"
"Um, yes, actually." Junior smiled.
"You wouldn't happen to have seen any rainbows around here, have you?" Mo asked Little Crow.
"Oh, yes! But Little Crow wants something first~..." Little Crow smirked.
"One of our shiny things?" Junior guessed.
"Sorry, kid, but you can't have Snail." Cherry added.
"Okay..." Little Crow pouted as he flew down and then took the spoon. "Little Crow saw a rainbow at Great Bear Falls."
"So that must be where we need to go." Mo smiled.
"Of course," Beaver added. "Everyone knows that rainbows form at the bottom of waterfalls!"
"Uh, yeah, I totally knew that too." Mo smiled sheepishly.
"They're just a mile north from here." Lucy informed.
"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go." Timber smiled.
"I just wonder how the time capsule got all the way over there?" Mo wondered before shrugging.
"Old Turtle told us to look for a rainbow, so let's go to the Falls, but first, there's something I wanna do." Franklin said bravely and maturely.
"And what's that?" Atticus asked.
Franklin soon walked off in front and the others came to follow him. "To say goodbye to my great-grandparents..." he said softly as he had a bouquet of flowers like for a funeral and laid them against the marking of where Granny's parents had perished in a fire, many years before he had even been born.
Junior understood. Gloriosa put a hand on Franklin's shoulder with a comforting smile. Franklin looked back to her and soon smiled back.
"I just wanted to show Pretty Shell off to others..." Little Crow pouted to himself as he dropped the spoon and soon flew to the others to join them.
They walked for a while, but not too long.
"We can't be far now," Lucy smiled. "Are you guys holding up okay?"
"Yes, ma'am." Junior smiled back.
"I wonder what's keeping Franklin and Sam?" Patch wondered as he glanced back at the young turtles in the back.
Cherry suddenly stopped at the rocky path, not sure that she could make it up there, and she soon decided to go see what was keeping Franklin and Sam. Atticus smiled as he helped Mo up through the rock path.
"I just wanted to say, that was a really cool thing you did last night..." Sam said to Franklin, almost nervously. "Not taking Old Turtle's talisman, I mean."
"It was?" Franklin asked.
"Yes," Sam smiled sincerely. "I think you've been very brave and very sweet on this trip."
Cherry was surprised at how sincere Sam was being to Franklin.
"I have?" Franklin asked Sam. "Gee, thanks."
"Boy, I bet you feel bad now, huh, Franklin?" Snail asked.
Cherry soon face-palmed.
"Why would he feel badly, Snail?" Sam asked.
"He told Bear he was just being nice to you because his parents made him." Snail explained honestly.
"And thank you for ruining their nice moment together, Snail." Cherry groaned.
"Did you really say that?" Sam asked Franklin in disappointment.
"Well, yes, but-" Franklin frowned.
"You are such a little kid!" Sam complained before storming off.
"So close." Cherry said.
"It was the truth, but... Not anymore..." Franklin defended before glaring at Snail as he hid inside of his shell.
Little Crow soon swooped down and grabbed Snail, flying off with him.
"Little Crow!" Franklin called out.
"Franklin, help!" Snail cried out.
"Little Crow, stop!" Cherry demanded.
"Go to the Falls with my aunt," Franklin told Cherry and Sam. "I'll find Snail and meet you there."
"Alright." Cherry said.
Sam was about to go there, but when Franklin went off, she didn't.
"Okay, how am I gonna get up there?" Cherry wondered and saw that she was alone. "Sam?" she then looked over to see that Sam was going after Franklin now. This caused her to sigh as she went after them.
After a while, they soon caught up with Franklin.
"Guys?" Franklin asked them out of surprise. "But you're supposed to be with my aunt."
"Looks like we're not." Sam said as she tied a bandanna onto a branch as she stopped.
"We're helping you rescue Snail." Cherry told Franklin.
"But-" Franklin frowned.
"Come on!" Sam told him as she took his hand.
Meanwhile...
The others soon realized Franklin, Sam, Cherry, and Snail weren't coming and soon called out for them.
"Oh, I hope they're alright." Gloriosa frowned.
"I knew I should've helped Cherry with those rocks..." Atticus sighed. "She probably felt like she couldn't do it, so she gave up."
"That's odd, I thought we'd bump into them by now," Lucy added. "It's not like them to-Bear, stop!"
Bear suddenly stopped in place.
"Under your foot." Lucy told him.
Bear soon looked down to see some an arrow on the ground.
"An arrow?" Junior asked out of confusion.
"I hope this isn't one of Sam's dumb jokes." Bear complained.
Patch sniffed the arrow and looked over to see another one leading into the forest.
"It looks like they're leading a trail for us, and we have no choice but to follow it." Lucy suggested.
"But what about Sam, Franklin, Snail, and Cherry?" Mo asked.
"What does that tell you?" Lucy asked as she saw a pink bandanna tied to the tree in the woods.
"That they'll meet up with us?" Junior guessed.
"I think Lucy means that Sam did this so we could catch up and know where they're going." Mo suggested to her little brother.
"Ohh." Junior smiled.
"Come on then." Gloriosa said.
They then went to keep going.