Another song chapter. I know, and so close to another recent song chapter. Sorry, I just couldn't resist.

Tiana - "!"

Pickle - "!"

Tiana and Pickle - "~!~"

Tiana, Pickle, and Crusher - "!"

Crusher - "!"

Chapter 5 - A Duo is just as Beautiful

Shortly after finishing breakfast, Tiana packed all of her camping gear up, and stuffed it into a convenient dark green duffle bag that she carried on her back.

And once everything was packed away, the trio of trucks began their journey up the mountain trail.

"Do you go hiking often, Tiana?" Pickle questioned out of curiosity while catching up with the said pink monster truck, but Crusher quietly remained a few yards behind.

"I used to, but I haven't taken this trail in years," Tiana replied and then inhaled and exhaled, "I miss this, though."

"Pbht! Please! Nature may be pretty now, but just you wait; soon, you'll slip in a mud, bugs'll fly inta your mouth…and you'll get hit in the face with a giant splat of bird-," Crusher rambled on darkly, only for Tiana to awkwardly cut him off.

"Ok, ok…though, nothing like that has ever happened to me," Tiana sheepishly pointed out.

"Oh, it will. Just you wait…I would know," Crusher grimly protested.

"Well, maybe nature wouldn't be so mean to you if you tried being nicer to it."

"Nice to nature?"

"Si."

"Why should I be nice to nature?" But as if nature actually had a sense of humor and also tried to prove Tiana's point, Crusher suddenly drove into a large mud puddle, much to his dismay.

The big truck only growled and rolled his eyes while flicking the mud off and quickly driving onward. And when he wouldn't stop, Pickle and Tiana shared worried glances.

"Hold on, Crusher! Nature isn't all that bad, I promise!" Tiana quickly pointed out, as she and Pickle caught up with the said grumpy truck.

"That's a promise you can't keep; next to my rivalry with Blaze, my rivalry with nature is pretty tense," Crusher informed flatly.

"Oh, come on, you've gotta give nature another chance, Crusher," Pickle begged.

"Yeah, take this trip for instance; we've got a wonderful trek ahead of us, including this mountain trail, exotic jungles, vast deserts, and so much more. I know you'll find it beautiful if you'll just open your eyes," Tiana explained dramatically while leaning against Crusher, and referring a tire out into the woods.

…

"That's kinda weird," Crusher muttered.

"It's only weird if you make it weird. Shall we spell it out for him, Tiana?" Pickle asked with excitement.

"Better yet, let's sing it for him!" Tiana happily replied.

"Oh, great. More singing," Crusher grumbled and rolled his eyes, but then his eyes popped wide with shock when he swore he heard music…coming from nowhere, "where is that music coming from?"

"Tell everybody I'm on my way! New friends and new places to see!" Tiana began to sing cheerfully, "with blue skies ahead, yes, I'm on my way! And there's nowhere else that I'd rather be!"

"~Tell everybody I'm on my way, and I'm lovin' every step I take!~" Pickle soon joined in with a smile, and they sang together in perfect harmony, "~with the sun beating down, yes, I'm on my way! And I keep this smile off my face!~"

"I really wish you would," Crusher grumbled, but Tiana and Pickle only ignored him.

"'Cause there's nothin' like seein' each other again, no matter what the distance between!" Tiana continued singing as she quickly leaned against Crusher again, making him feel really uncomfortable.

"And the stories that we tell will make you smile!" Pickle added while leaning against Crusher's other side, making him feel even more awkward.

"Bore snore," Crusher yawned while rolling his eyes.

"~Oh, it really lifts my heart! So, tell 'em all I'm on my way! New friends and new places to see! And to sleep under the stars, who could ask for more?~"

"I could."

"~With the moon keepin' watch over me!~"

"That's just creepy."

"Not the snow, not the rain can change my mind! The sun will come out, wait and see!"

"How do YOU know that?!"

"And the feelin' of the wind in your face can lift your heart!"

But just as Pickle sang that, a harsh breeze suddenly blew nearly an entire pile of leaves directly into Crusher's face, and as he angrily spit out the few leaves that got in his mouth, Pickle and Tiana awkwardly stopped leaning against him and drove a little faster.

"~Oh, there's no where I would rather be! 'Cause I'm on my way now—well and truly! I'm on my way now!~"

Despite the annoying leaves, Crusher eventually found their song quite charming, and something in him couldn't resist but suddenly start to whistle along with the tune, and Pickle and Tiana and smiled back at him when he decided to join in the fun, even just a little.

"~I'm on my way now…I'm on my way now…I'm on my way now,~" Tiana and Pickle sang softly while joining Crusher's side again, and Crusher also couldn't help but blush and smile back at Tiana when she smiled at him.

And once again, Pickle was the only one to notice the obvious, and he was happy that Operation: Match Maker is off to a great start. And his plan instantly went along even better when they all soon followed the trail to the mountain's peek, and from the high up point, they had a great view of the mountain leading down into a huge and dense tropical jungle below.

And with the beautiful sight, Crusher suddenly felt ecstatic, and his singy side suddenly took over, as he joined Tiana and Pickle in their song, creating a rather pretty three-part harmony.

"So, tell everybody I'm on my way, and I just can't wait to be there! With blue skies ahead, yes, I'm on my way! And nothing but good time to share! So, tell everybody I'm on my way, and I just can't wait to be home! With the sun beating down, yes, I'm on my way! And nothing but good times to show! I'm on my way!"

"Yes, I'm on my waaaaaay!" Crusher happily finished while dramatically lifting a tire high above his head.

"So, Crusher, did you learn anything? Specifically about nature?" Pickle asked quickly.

"I learned that—breaking into random musical numbers is weird but still kinda fun," Crusher simply replied, but then drove down the trail that lead down the other side of the mountain, "now, are we goin' home or what?!"

Pickle and Tiana couldn't help but chuckle and roll their eyes at Crusher's stubbornness, but they knew he would come around eventually, so they soon followed him down the trail.

"You know, you're very talentoso, talented in singing as well, Crusher," Tiana pointed out sweetly.

"R-really? Ya think so?" Crusher stammered with a blush, and was too embarrassed to make eye contact with Tiana, "well, I…I-I like your singing too."

"Aww, that's sweet. Thank you," Tiana giggled, and she suddenly started blushing too. And they suddenly became lost in each others' eyes and failed to notice that Pickle was trailing a couple of yards behind them, but Pickle didn't mind.

"A singing trio sounds pretty great—but a romantic duo sounds just as beautiful," Pickle sighed lustfully when he knew he was out of hearing range.

"On My Way" belongs to Phil Collins and Disney. Please, support the official release.

Another short chapter, and literally right after I said I was going to try to make future chapters longer. I'm an idiot sometimes, I'll admit that. But I hope you guys are still enjoying the story.

Also, yes, the music comes from thin air because: reasons.

Until the next chapter, I'm TRikiD, bye-bye!