One night, the settlers were putting up the door to their walled-off camp. The joke on them – especially Thomas considering his upcoming dialogue – was that Meeko had sneaked into camp without anyone knowing.
"That'll keep everything out eh John?" Thomas said.
Harry and Ron W, having noticed Meeko, smirked to each other knowingly. John didn't reply to Thomas, and Thomas noticed the thoughtful look on John's face.
"Something wrong John?" He asked.
"What?" John said, sounding as if he was waking up from a trance.
"Well you've been awfully quiet the last few days."
"Ah he's just mad that he missed all the action." Lon said.
When John and his 'crew' came back from meeting Pocahontas they found out that a few members of the tribe and the settlers had a small battle.
"Hey don't worry John," Thomas said. "You'll get your chance to deal with the Indians."
"Yeah we'll take care of 'em like we did last time eh mates?" Lon said, picking up a stick and pretending it was a gun. "We shot ourselves an Injun, or maybe two or three."
Lon stalked past Ben, who booted him in the rear.
"All right you holin' nut now get to work." Ben said sternly.
"Come on Ben it's just a little fun." Lon said.
"Oh sure, we're having loads of fun right?" Ben agreed sarcastically. "Look at us, no gold, no food, while Ratcliffe sits up in his tent all day happy as a clam."
Considering that they haven't found any gold, this probably wasn't true.
Later, in a cornfield...
Pocahontas, Nakoma, and the rest of us were picking corn.
"Pocahontas," Powhatan said, coming up from the left. "You should be inside the village."
"We'll be all right." Pocahontas said.
"We're just gathering food for when the warriors arrive." Nakoma explained.
Pocahontas quickly hid her basket at that, because there was only one stalk of corn in it. What Nakoma was referring to was that Powhatan had sent messages to neighboring villages earlier asking for warriors to help fight the settlers.
"Don't go far," Powhatan said. "Now's not the time to be running off."
"Yes father." Pocahontas said.
Powhatan smiled.
"When I see you wear that necklace," He said. "You look just like your mother."
"I miss her." Pocahontas said.
"But she is still with us. Whenever the wind blows through the trees, I feel her presence." Powhatan said. "Our people looked to her for wisdom and strength, someday they will look to you as well."
"I would be honored by that." Pocahontas said.
"You shouldn't be out here alone, I'll send for Kocoum." Powhatan added just before he left.
"Like me and my friends are a lack of protection." I muttered bitterly.
Powhatan had already left, so he didn't hear me.
"All right, what is it?" Nakoma asked Pocahontas.
"What?" Pocahontas replied.
"You're hiding something."
"I'm not hiding anything."
"Pocahontas you can tell me," Nakoma half-pleaded. "I promise I won't tell anyone...Pocahontas look!"
Pocahontas and the rest of us turned, and saw John and the others coming out of the corn to our left. Flit started to attack, but John, prepared, held up a biscuit and Flit got his beak stuck in it. John then tossed the Flit/biscuit combo over his shoulder. Kaya caught Flit before he could get hurt and gently set him on the ground. She would've freed him but she didn't want him to attack John.
"It's one of them," Nakoma said scared-excitedly. "I'm going to get..."
Pocahontas covered Nakoma's mouth before she could finish.
"What are you guys doing here?" Pocahontas whispered.
"I had to see you again..." John said.
"Pocahontas?" Kocoum's voice called. "Pocahontas?"
"Please don't say anything," Pocahontas pleaded to Nakoma. "Quick this way."
We all, except for Nakoma and Flit, disappeared into the corn. It took quite a while for Flit to break free from the biscuit, especially since the biscuit ended up squishing him, so he didn't catch up until later. Fortunately, Nakoma covered for us when Kocoum arrived.
We soon went to Grandmother Willow's...
John and Pocahontas sat on the stump, but most of us were in canoes next to the stump.
"This place is incredible," John said. "And to think we came all this way just to dig it up for gold... Hey Meeko."
Meeko was halfway in John's pack and John pulled him out by the tail.
"What's gold?" Pocahontas asked.
"You know, it's...it's yellow, it comes out of the ground, it's really valuable."
"Oh here we have lots of it," Pocahontas said, bringing something out of her pack. "Gold."
It wasn't gold at all, what Pocahontas was holding was corn.
"No, gold is this." John said, pulling a coin out of his pack.
"There's nothing like that around here." Pocahontas said, reaching for the coin.
Meeko beat her to it, tasted it, and tossed it away in disgust.
"No gold?" John said.
"Not that I've seen." Pocahontas said.
"All this way for nothing. Those boys are in for a big surprise."
"Will they leave?"
"Some of them might." John said.
"Will you go home?" Pocahontas asked.
"Well it's not like I have much of a home to go back to. I've never really belonged anywhere."
"You could belong here."
Suddenly, Grandmother Willow's face appeared then disappeared in two seconds. John looked very shocked. Stunned, John's 'crew' dropped their mouths open.
"What was that?" John asked.
"Did you see something?" Pocahontas smiled.
"No, no, I just, uh, I didn't see anything. Did I?"
"Look again."
"Let it break upon you like a wave upon the sand. " Grandmother Willow sang, reappearing. "Hello John Smith."
"Ai-ya." Uncle gasped.
Nothing during his adventures with Jackie had prepared him for this!
Everyone else was too shocked to say anything, although Rudy and Snap smiled. They were glad that ChalkZone wasn't the only place with this kind of magic.
"Pocahontas, the tree is talking to me." John said, almost sounding a little nervous.
"Then you should talk back." Pocahontas said.
"Don't worry young man," Grandmother Willow said. "My bark is worse than my bite."
I chuckled at that, same with Numbuh Two who had just recovered.
"Say something." Pocahontas said.
"What do you say to a tree?" John asked.
"Anything you want."
"So, uh..." John began, trying to find the right words.
"Come closer John Smith." Grandmother Willow said, using a vine to push him closer. "He has a good soul. And he's handsome too." She added with a whisper.
"Oh I like her." John automatically said.
"I knew you would." Pocahontas smiled, a little amused.
"Ah the rest of your friends, hello." Grandmother Willow said, noticing the humans. "I see a few good souls over there too."
She actually put some of her vines on the shoulders of those with exceptionally good souls, though I was the only one who noticed.
"Smith!" Ben's voice suddenly cried from behind Grandmother Willow. "Smith! Guys! Where are you mates?"
Note: the area behind Grandmother Willow is all land.
"We can't let them see us." John whispered.
"Quick, over here." Grandmother Willow whispered.
We all moved to her right.
"This place gives me the creeps." Lon said. "Savages could be hiding anywhere."
"Ah well if you spot one don't ask questions," Ben said. "Just shoot."
One of Grandmother Willow's roots lifted up, tripping them.
"Watch your feet you big oaf." Ben said angrily.
"It wasn't me." Lon said. "It was the tree."
"Oh sure, the tree just felt like lifting its roots-" Ben began sarcastically.
He stopped because he noticed the root going back into the ground.
"Let's get out of here." Ben finished nervously.
Grandmother Willow whipped them in the butt with her vines.
"OW!" They both cried.
"Run!" Ben cried, running away.
"But what about Smith and the others?" Lon yelled, running after Ben.
"Smith's a big lad, he can take care of him and his friends by himself!" Ben called back.
A few members of the team, mostly the kids, laughed. The others just smiled an amused smile
"I'm glad you're on our side." John joked to grandmother Willow.
"There's still some 'snap' in these old vines." Grandmother Willow replied.
The team and other Superwolves and I laughed.
"We better get back before they send the whole camp after us." John pointed out.
"When will we see you guys again?" Pocahontas asked
"Meet us tonight, right here." John said before he and the others left.
"Well I haven't had this much excitement in two-hundred years." Grandmother Willow said.
"What am I doing?" Pocahontas said, braiding her hair. "I mean, I want to see him again."
"Who wouldn't? I want to see him again." Grandmother Willow replied.
"But still something inside is telling me it's the right thing to do." Pocahontas said as Meeko finished the braid.
"Perhaps it's you dream." Grandmother Willow said.
"My dream...do you think he's the one the spinning arrow was pointing to?"
Grandmother Willow nodded. Meeko left to go with John and the others.
Back at the village...
As we all entered the part of the village near the shore, we noticed warriors arriving in canoes. Nakoma spotted us and quickly approached us.
"Pocahontas are you and your friends crazy?" She said. "What were you doing with one..."
"There you are." Kocoum said as he and his wolf approached us.
"Kocoum." Pocahontas said.
"Look at them," Kocoum said, indicating the arriving warriors. "Now we have enough warriors to destroy these white demons."
I growled at that. Kocoum and his wolf, confused, walked away.
"He should be called Loco-um." I muttered bitterly.
"Loco-um?" Pocahontas repeated, confused.
"Loco means crazy in Spanish." I explained.
"Miranda!" Hermione said sternly.
"Well he should!" I snapped back. "I have the same feeling for anyone who insults someone without getting to know them!"
"Now that we are joined by our brothers," Powhatan said to the village. "We will defeat this white enemy."
Pocahontas and I ran up to him.
"Father (Powhatan)," We said. "We need to speak with you."
"Not now my daughters, the Council is gathering."
Since my dad is his dog in this adventure Powhatan calls me 'daughter' sometimes.
"We don't have to fight them, there must be a better way." We said.
"Sometimes our paths our chosen for us."
"If that was true then life wouldn't be worth living." I retorted coldly before walking away.
"But maybe we should try talking to them." Pocahontas said before Powhatan could reply to my retort.
"They do not want to talk." Powhatan said.
"But if one of them did want to talk, you would listen wouldn't you?"
"Pocahontas..."
"Wouldn't you?" Pocahontas continued sternly, ignoring him.
"Of course I would, but it is not that simple anymore."
In front of the settlement...
Thomas was on sentry duty. Suddenly he heard the snap of a twig and aimed his gun in the direction of the sound.
"Easy Thomas it's us!" John said, coming out of the forest.
Meeko disappeared into his pack before Thomas could notice him.
"Oh John," Thomas said. "I could've killed one of you guys."
"Not aiming like that." John replied. "Keep both eyes open when you shoot, you'll see twice as well."
John and the others walked inside.
"Smith! There you are!" Ben said.
"We've been looking all over for you guys." Lon added.
"Smith!" Ratcliffe said, suddenly appearing. "Where have you and your crew been?"
"We were out scouting the terrain sir." John replied.
"Excellent! Then you must know the Indian's whereabouts, we will need that information for the battle."
"What battle?" John asked.
"We will eliminate these savages once and for all."
"No, you can't do that." John said sternly.
"Oh can't I?" Ratcliffe replied dryly.
"Look, we don't have to fight them."
"John, what's gotten into you?" Thomas asked.
"I met one of them."
"You fought..." Ben said.
"...A savage?" Thomas finished.
"They're not savages." John said. "They know the land, they know how to navigate the rivers and..." Meeko secretly handed John the corn Pocahontas gave him earlier. "...And look, it's food."
"What is it?" Lon asked.
"It's better than gruel that's for sure."
"I like gruel." Higgins chimed in.
All of the kids and some of the other Superwolf Friends winced at that. Thank heavens they've secretly used magic to eat better foods.
"They don't want to feed us you ninnies!" Ratcliffe said angrily, throwing the corn onto the ground. "They want to kill us! All of us! They've got our gold, and they'll do anything to keep it!"
"But there is no gold!" John said.
"No gold?" Ben said, very surprised.
"And I suppose your little Indian friend told you this?" Ratcliffe said teasingly.
"Yes." John said calmly.
"Lies! Lies! All of it! There's no room for their kind in civilized society!"
"But this is their land!" John said angrily.
"This is my land!" Ratcliffe retorted. "I make the laws here! And I say anyone who so much as looks at an Indian without killing him on sight will be tried for treason and hanged!"
"You call the Indians savages but do you know what? You're the real savage here Ratcliffe!" Samantha cried angrily.
"We're out of here!" The others said together before they all ran outside.
"You picked a bad crew Smith..." Ratcliffe started to say.
"No, they're right." John said before he, Harry, and Ron W went into their tent.
That night, at the village...
Pocahontas and the rest of us started to leave. We were about to enter the cornfield when...
"Pocahontas!"
"Nakoma!" Pocahontas said.
"Don't go out there! I lied for you guys once, don't ask me to do it again!" Nakoma said.
"We have to do this."
"He's one of them..." Nakoma pointed out.
"You don't know him!" Pocahontas interrupted.
"If you go out there you'll be turning your back on your own people!" Nakoma said.
"I'm trying to help my people."
"Pocahontas please, you're my best friend, I don't want you and your friends to get hurt."
"We won't, we know what we're doing." Pocahontas promised.
"Pocahontas no!"
Pocahontas left, but we didn't.
"Nakoma, if Pocahontas really is your best friend then you'll trust her." Spongebob said.
"If you say anything to anyone you'll be hurting instead of helping." I warned Nakoma.
My friends and I left to catch up with Pocahontas. Unfortunately, Nakoma did not listen to me.
At the settlement...
John, Harry, Ron W, and Meeko started to sneak out. Some of the other men were talking around the campfire.
"What if Smith is right?" Lon said. "What if there is no gold?"
"If you ask me Ratcliffe has been lying to us since we left London." Someone else said.
"Listen to you, you buncha idiots!" Ben said. "Those savages didn't attack us for nothing, they're hidin' something."
Unfortunately, someone saw John's shadow on a tent.
At Grandmother Willow's...
"The earth is trembling child, what is it?" Grandmother Willow asked.
"The warriors are here..." Pocahontas said.
"Pocahontas!" John said, appearing. "Listen to me, my men are planning to attack your people, you've got to warn them."
"Maybe it's not to late to stop this. You have to come with me and talk to my father."
"Pocahontas talking isn't going to do any good, I've already tried talking to my men but everything about this land has them spooked."
We all suddenly heard a weird howl of distress. Some sort of log creature with branch-like arms but dog-like legs came toward us.
"That's the strangest creature I've ever seen." Grandmother Willow said.
The creature tripped, rolled, and something popped out of the log and landed in John's arms. It turned out to be….
"Percy!" John said.
Percy saw Meeko and, growling, started chasing him. Eliza translated from Percy later that Meeko used to steal Percy's food and give him a hard time. The last time that happened Percy ended up stuck in a small log.
"Easy! Easy! Come here!" John said to Percy.
"Meeko come back here!" Pocahontas said.
"See what I mean?" John said. "Once two sides want to fight nothing can stop them."
"Come, come here!" Pocahontas ordered Meeko.
"It's all right, all right, he's a friend! Bad...bad dog! Sit!" John said to Percy.
The dogs yelled at Percy, trying to get Percy to stop. Some of the kids were yelling orders at Meeko.
"Percy you're being ridiculous!" Goddard yelled.
"Meeko go up the trunk!" Sheen yelled.
Meeko grabbed Flit and, using him as a sword, climbed up a vine. Percy continued barking….
"ALL RIGHT THAT'S ENOUGH!" Grandmother Willow yelled.
Percy, shocked stiff, fainted into the water. Grandmother Willow pulled him out by the tail with a vine.
"Enough to make your sap boil." She muttered under her breath.
She put Percy on his back onto the stump. Meeko approached him but this time Percy didn't do anything.
"Now then, there's something I want to show you, look." Grandmother Willow said as she poked the water with a vine, causing ripples to form.
"The ripples." Pocahontas said.
"What about them?" John said with a shrug in his voice.
"So small at first, then look how they grow," Grandmother Willow said, making a metaphor. "But someone has to start them."
"They're not gonna listen to us." John said.
"Young man, sometimes the right path is not the easiest one..." Grandmother Willow said wisely, using her root to push John to Pocahontas. "...Don't you see? Only when the fighting stops can you be together."
"All right, let's go talk to your father." John said to Pocahontas.
Pocahontas hugged John. Hermione and Ron W split the others up and led them away to the village and the settlement. Harry and I, however, stayed behind to wait until Pocahontas and John were ready. Grandmother Willow's vines made a thick curtain in front of Meeko, Percy, and Flit. Flit flew to attack John but Meeko pulled him back behind the vines. Pocahontas and John kissed.
Suddenly, someone gave a battle cry and attacked John and Harry! It was Kocoum and his wolf! Kocoum tried to use an ax on John as his wolf attacked Harry and tried to bite his throat!
"Kocoum no!" Pocahontas and I cried.
Since I didn't know the wolf's name I just used Kocoum's.
John used a stick to throw Kocoum off, but Kocoum resorted to his dagger. Harry remembered a move from The Lion King Adventure and used it to throw Kocoum's wolf off. Kocoum's wolf tumbled along the ground, but then re-pounced Harry. Harry instead grabbed the wolf's throat with his teeth, though not fatally. Harry only did it to prevent Kocoum's wolf from hurting him.
"Kocoum leave him alone!" Pocahontas and I cried.
Pocahontas grabbed Kocoum, but he threw her down. I tried the same thing with the wolf but he struck me away with a paw.
"Kocoum stop!" Pocahontas and I cried.
As Pocahontas started to pull Kocoum away, I grabbed his wolf by the scruff. Harry let go of the wolf's throat as I managed to pull the wolf off, but then two shots suddenly rang out! Kocoum pulled Pocahontas's necklace off as he and his wolf both fell into the water! The one who fired the shots came out of hiding….
"Thomas!" John cried.
"Is he...?" Thomas said.
"You killed him!" Pocahontas said.
"I thought..."
"Get away from him!"
Pocahontas tried to attack Thomas but John held her back. I was unmoved, shocked by all that happened and not knowing how to react. On the one paw I just saw a wolf get killed, but on the other paw that wolf tried to kill Harry.
"Pocahontas it won't help, he was only..." John said.
"He killed him!" Pocahontas cried angrily.
Angry calls from the tribe reached our ears.
"Thomas get out of here!" John ordered.
Thomas didn't even budge.
"Get out of here!"
Thomas left.
The tribe suddenly appeared and grabbed both John and Harry. I woke up and fortunately knew how to react in this situation.
"You let Harry go!" I growled, leaping to help Harry.
Suddenly, one of the wolves from the tribe grabbed a boulder out of nowhere and whammed it at me! During this some more tribe members carried Kocoum away. Pocahontas was so upset that she didn't notice me flying backwards through the air. I struck another boulder behind me hard and fell unconscious into the water.
"Miranda!" Harry cried before the wolves dragged him away.
That was the last thing I heard...