Chip and Dale had let their friends know that they would be spending the night in their old home. Ms. Grey had agreed that it would be a good idea. Chip and Dale sat on the edge of their old bunk bed, looking at the picture on the wall. It was a picture of their father, the adventurer known as Dallas Chipmunk. He was wearing an outfit that was similar to the one that he had given the twins when they were kids. The only difference that really stood out was the golden coin like necklace that he wore. Dale had once asked about the strange amulet that his father wore.

"I'll let you boys in on the secret." Dallas smiled kindly as he spoke to his twin sons. It was one of those summer evenings that they usually spent together since moving to the Redwood village. "It means that I'm a prince."

"A prince?" young Chipperson asked as he looked at the shiny item.

"Yep. I'm a prince from an ancient city, and your uncle Chris is the king. You also have an older cousin named Coralline. She's the royal princess."

"Wow." Dalton's big brown eyes widened at the thought of being royalty. They vaguely remembered their cousin. "Are we princes too?"

Dallas smiled and ruffled the red nosed boy's fur. "You bet your acorns you are. You even have your own amulets."

"We do?" Chipperson's eyes widened as he heard this. "Where are they?"

Dallas smiled. "I'm afraid when we left the city, we had to leave them behind. Don't worry though. I left them in a very special place with one of the city's artifacts."

"An artifact? What's an artifact, dad?" Chipperson couldn't help but ask as his curiosity was peaked.

"A treasure if you will. I left them with a very special one too. I left them with the Staff of the Guardians."

"The staff of the guardians?" Dalton asked as he looked once more at his father's amulet. It was shiny and had a golden acorn on it.

"Yes. The staff was said to summon the Guardian of the Acorns, but it was said that the guardian was uncontrollable, so no one has summoned it for centuries. No one even remembers what it's supposed to look like or why it exists anymore."

"WHOA!" the twins chorused in awe. Their father always told amazing stories…

"Chip…"

"Yeah, Dale…?"

"I miss dad…"

"So do I…"

"That city… our cousin… you remember…"

"Yeah… we can ask the others if they want to join us…"

"Yeah, we don't …" *THUMP* "What was that, Chip?"

"I don't know, let's check it out!"

The two chipmunks ran out of their house and found a female chipmunk that was slightly older than them trying to carry an unconscious mouse on her back while shooting a slingshot at a red eyed owl. "Stay away!" Her voice was lighter than Dale's but strong as well. She had a regal feel about her, like she was royalty. She also looked like Dale when he disguised himself as a girl for some of their missions. "Stay away, you beast!"

"Dale!"

"On it, Chip!" Dale brought out his slingshot again, being the better shot of the two of them, and shot some pebbles at the angry owl while Chip helped the female chipmunk carry the unconscious mouse into their tree stump. Dale made his way back with his slingshot still loaded. "And stay away from this place!"

When he entered the house, Chip had already gotten the unconscious mouse onto the old couch and had the young chipmunk sitting on one of the chairs that the boys had cleaned up. "Are you okay, miss?"

"Yes, thank you. Tezoh summoned that beast once he found out about our escape… my poor city… my people are suffering… I need to find help…" She was near crying.

"Easy, easy, don't worry, we'll help you. Dale, you stay here with them while I get the other Rescue Rangers. Our own quest will have to wait."

"Right, Chipper." Dale saluted and went to the kitchen to get the young chipmunk something to drink and look for something for injured mouse. They had already put some of their own supplies in the house, and Dale was sure that he remembered where to go if he needed to find anything more.

"Ma'am, I need you to stay here with my brother. I promise, I'll come back within an hour with help, alright?"

The young red haired chipmunk looked at the boy as he adjusted his hat. "Alright… thank you… My name is Coralline."

Chip froze for a second and shook off his shock. "My name's Chipperson, but everyone calls me Chip now. Nice to meet you, cousin."