After a while, Franklin, Sam, and Cherry kept walking as the sun was setting in the background.
"I don't see Little Crow anywhere," Sam said as she looked up to the mountain with a sigh. "I think we lost her."
"There has to be someway to lure Little Crow out." Cherry said.
Franklin soon walked off and sighed heavily.
"Oh, are you now giving up?" Cherry muttered.
"Why didn't you stay with Aunt Lucy like I asked?" Franklin glared at the girls.
"Because I knew you wouldn't find Snail on your own." Cherry told him.
"Besides, I left your aunt a trail to follow!" Sam added.
"You did? Great!" Franklin complained. "Now she'll try to find us instead of the time capsule."
"Oh..." Sam then frowned. "You're right... Why did I have to be so dumb?"
"Okay, look let's focus on finding Little Crow; once we find Little Crow, that means we'll also find Snail." Cherry told them.
There was then crying heard.
"You guys don't have to cry about it." Cherry told them.
"Um, that's not me." Sam said.
"Me neither." Franklin added.
"Wait... Franklin, how often does Snail cry?" Cherry then asked.
"Well, I remember when he was worried about missing Bear's birthday party because Rabbit, Fox, and Otter passed him without even seeing him, but I did, so I took him and we went to the party together while I found some gifts on the way... But... That doesn't sound like Snail to me." Franklin said after listening closely.
Cherry looked to him before looking around and they soon found that it was actually Little Crow, but she was alone and Snail wasn't there as she was sitting up in a tree alone.
"Little Crow!" Sam said. "Little Crow, are you okay?"
"Uh-uh..." Little Crow pouted as she sat alone in the tree.
"What's wrong?" Cherry asked.
"And where's Snail-I mean, Pretty Shell?" Franklin added. "Is he alright?"
"Uh-uh... Pretty Shell up there..." Little Crow pouted and pointed up into the mountain up above.
"Maybe we should wait for your aunt?" Sam suggested to Franklin.
"No... I have a feeling Snail's in trouble." Franklin said as he took his hat off and put it on a branch before breaking it to climb up the mountain with.
"Let's get climbing." Cherry sighed.
They soon did that, leaving their bags behind.
Cherry was nervous as she climbed up and did her best not to look down while keeping her eyes up. 'Don't look down, don't look down.' The perky goth thought to herself.
Sam nearly fell after grabbing hold.
"Sam!" Cherry gasped.
Little Crow covered her eyes, but soon, Franklin caught Sam before she would plummet down to the ground.
"Whew." Cherry sighed.
Franklin then pulled Sam up so that they could sit down.
"Oh, Atticus, wherever you are, you better appreciate me doing this." Cherry groaned to herself about mountain climbing.
"Well, I said I wanted an adventure," Sam sighed as she put her bandanna back on. "I'm sorry, Franklin; I should've stayed with the others."
"No, I'm glad you're here." Franklin told her.
"You are?" Cherry asked.
"Yeah, I don't think I'd be here right now if it hadn't been for you or Sam." Franklin replied.
Sam smiled sheepishly, but tried to hide it. "I-I really meant what I said back there... About you being brave and cool..." She then said to the younger turtle.
Cherry was happy that Sam was being honest.
"Big Greens and Girl, please hurry, hurry!" Little Crow panicked to them.
"Is there something you didn't tell us about 'Pretty Shell'?" Cherry narrowed her eyes at Little Crow. "Is he really okay?"
"Maybe... If Fluffies not too hungry..." Little Crow said nervously.
"What kind of animal is Fluffy?" Cherry asked.
"Not Fluffy, Fluffies." Little Crow said.
"Fine... What kind of animal are Fluffies?" Cherry rolled her eyes.
"Baby birds." Little Crow said.
"Baby birds... In the wild... Which probably eat snails?!" Cherry's eyes widened. "I know what kind of birds Fluffies are now!"
Franklin and Sam looked to her.
"Look out for Falcon!" Little Crow warned her.
Cherry soon climbed up, a bit quicker than she ever had in her life to come up to find a nest.
There were three fluffy chicks sitting together, trying to look innocent.
"No falcon... But chicks..." Cherry panted before glaring at the chicks. "Where... Is Snail?!"
"The little guy?" One chick replied. "I think he fell."
"Hmm..." Cherry hummed out of suspicion.
"He fell?!" Franklin and Sam panicked.
"What are you sitting on...?" Cherry asked the chicks.
"An egg." The chick said.
There was a muffled voice and the chicks all shook from it.
"A talking egg." The chick then shrugged.
"Liars! Get off Snail this instant!" Cherry told them.
Snail struggled and soon got the chicks off.
"You're coming with me," Cherry said as she reached out for Snail only for the chicks to peck her hand to make her leave. "Ow! Hey! Stop that!"
The chicks didn't seem to want Cherry to take Snail, but she wasn't going to give up on rescuing him. Little Crow then flew in and snatched Snail away from the nest. The chicks soon began to attack Little Crow so that they could take Snail back.
"Be careful!" Snail cried out and was soon thrown and was about to fall off the mountain.
Cherry soon jumped and caught Snail.
"Little Crow can't look." Little Crow covered her eyes with a gasp.
Franklin and Sam looked panicked for Cherry.
Cherry soon grunted as she landed on a tree limb while holding onto Snail after she had jumped. "Well, that could've been worse, I guess..." she grunted from the hard landing as she held Snail in her hands.
"No, you can look." One chick told Little Crow.
Little Crow soon looked to see Cherry had landed on a tree limb with Snail still in her hands. The tree limb soon began to crack.
"How did I not see that coming?" Cherry groaned to herself.
The limb soon fell and Cherry began to fall with it with Snail in her hands until the mother falcon came down and grabbed her with her talons to keep her from falling.
"Um, thanks, ma'am." Cherry smiled nervously.
"Don't struggle now." The falcon told her.
"Uh, yes, ma'am..." Cherry nodded.
Back with the others...
"Look, there's Franklin's cap!" Lucy told the others, taking her nephew's hat.
"But where's Franklin?" Beaver wondered.
"I'm sure he's fine, along with Sam, Cherry, and Snail." Mo assured them.
Suddenly, a shoe fell off and hit Atticus in the head.
Atticus glared as he caught the shoe, then looked up. "Cherry...?" he then asked, a bit surprised to see his best friend being carried off by the falcon.
"Come on, you guys, I need your help." Lucy told the others.
"We have to save them!" Junior told them, referring to Cherry and Snail.
"Don't worry, I have a plan." Lucy told him.
Cherry shivered as she looked down.
"It's not far now!" The falcon promised her.
Cherry let out a yelp as she soon fell through the air, out of the talons and she covered her eyes as she fell. Luckily for her though, Lucy and the others made a trampoline where she was falling to cushion her fall, and where Mo was going to be the one where to move the trampoline so they would know where Cherry would land with Snail.
Cherry soon fell onto the trampoline and she looked a bit shook up as she nearly fell and didn't know that she would be saved. "But Mommy, I don't wanna go to school today, all the other kids tease me because I'm smarter than them..." she then said in a shaky, dazed tone of voice. She soon saw that she and Snail were now safe.
"Are you okay?" Atticus asked.
"Sure... Never better..." Cherry muttered as she handed him Snail and flattened her hair and caught her breath.
"Well, it's nice of you to drop in." Mo smiled sheepishly.
"Seriously?" Cherry asked in deadpan.
Mo then dropped her on the ground. "Oops."
Eventually, the falcon came down to bring Franklin and Sam down and Lucy quickly hugged her nephew, glad to see that he was okay.
"Thank goodness you four are alright." Gloriosa smiled.
"Sam, I was so worried," Lucy came to her goddaughter. "What were you four doing up there?"
"Little Crow took Snail to Mrs. Falcon's nest to show her chicks." Sam panted.
"Franklin, Sam, and Cherry rescued me!" Snail added.
"From way up there?" Bear asked as he looked up at the high mountain. "Whoa!"
"I climbed up." Cherry said.
"You climbed?!" The others asked Cherry in shock.
"Shocking, I know." Cherry said.
"Aww... Cherry's growing up~" Atticus smiled, hugging her.
"Get off of me!" Cherry groaned.
"Thank you for your help, Mrs. Falcon." Lucy smiled.
"I'm just glad everyone's okay," Mrs. Falcon smiled back as Little Crow flew down. "And I'm very sorry about earlier."
"Earlier?" Mo asked.
"I thought they were attacking my nest." Mrs. Falcon replied.
"Little Crow sorry too..." Little Crow frowned as she perched on Lucy's shell.
"That's okay, we forgive you." Snail told her.
"Sure, I guess I can too." Cherry shrugged.
"We're looking for Great Bear Falls, Mrs. Falcon," Franklin spoke up. "Have you ever seen a rainbow there?"
"Oh, many times," Mrs. Falcon nodded. "On sunny days of course."
"Can you show us the way there?" Timber asked.
"I'm sure I can." Mrs. Falcon replied.
"Great! Thank you." Gloriosa smiled.
"We better get going, guys, it's getting late." Sam suggested.
"She's right." Timber said.
"But... What about Little Crow?" Little Crow pouted.
Cherry frowned to that and looked to Mrs. Falcon. "Little Crow doesn't have a family... Um... Do you think maybe she could stay with you and your family?" she then suggested.
Little Crow looked over while Mrs. Falcon gave a small smile.
"Well, if Little Crow doesn't mind sharing a nest with three little rascals, I don't see why not." Mrs. Falcon replied.
"I think she won't mind." Cherry actually smiled.
"Thank you! Thank you!" Little Crow beamed and flew around Mrs. Falcon happily.
Mrs. Falcon smiled and hugged Little Crow.
"Family is much nicer than shiny pretties." Little Crow smiled back to the others.
"I'll second that." Lucy agreed as she hugged Franklin.
"No argument here." Timber smiled as he hugged Mo, Gloriosa, and Junior in a group hug.
"Come on, let's go." Junior smiled back.
"More hiking...?" Cherry asked.
"More hiking." Atticus and Mo told her.
"Ugh!" Cherry complained.