Chapter 22:
Sweet Griffon Apple Acres Is Saved
Slim was now in a wagon all tied up and had a bandanna covering his mouth as the wagon's door closed.
"Take him away boys! Hope you like stripes, Slim," Skybeak said with a proud smirk as the wagon then pulled away and Slim struggled as they took him to prison.
Then Skybeak turned to Pearl and said as he held the reward money, "Pearl, those kids may do something with Slim's reward money. Think you can find something useful for it?".
"Whoo-Hee! My shelter's saved! Awwww!" Pearl cheered as Ocellus and Smolder went up to her and they hugged.
Everyone then cheered as well as the other animals, griffons, and the chicks.
But then Ocellus noticed someone's missing.
"Hey, where's Gallus?" Ocellus asked, wondering where Gallus has gone in worry.
Then Ocellus and Smolder saw Gallus heading towards the gate.
"Gallus...where are you going?" Ocellus asked as she and Smolder approached Gallus, who came to a stop for a minute.
"Well, since Slim's gone, I guess it's time for me to move on, find new adventures. I mean that is what I am, an adventure griffon, right?" Gallus said, turning to them sadly.
"Yeah, unless…," Smolder was about to say but then became silent.
"Unless what?" Gallus asked, wanting to know what Smolder was going to say.
"Gallus, we…We just want to say…We need to tell you…We hope you find everything you're looking for," Ocellus said, struggling to find the right words until her expression changed and lowered. She really didn't want him to go.
"You too. Goodbye, my friends," Gallus said as his expression lowered as well.
Gallus then turns and walks out of the gate, walking away from Sweet Griffon Apple Acres as Smolder and Ocellus watched him leave and were saddened by this.
"I can't believe he's leaving. I'm really gonna miss him," Ocellus said, feeling really down about seeing Gallus leaving after all the things they have done together on their adventure.
"So shall I, Ocellus. We have came a long way since we first met him. And yet Gallus has really risked everything for all us like a true friend would do," Smolder said, looking sad while admitting it.
"Maybe we should let him stay with us, Smolder. Besides, we're the only family he has left," Ocellus said with a sad smile while placing a hand on one of Smolder's.
"And the only friends too, huh?" Smolder added, knowing that is not the only thing Gallus has left.
"Yeah, yeah. We are good friends. Point made, so. What do you say?" Ocellus asked, wondering what Smolder's decision is gonna be.
With a smile on her face, Smolder has made her decision and goes off to talk to Gallus with Ocellus following right behind her.
"Gallus, Wait!" Smolder called out as she and Ocellus raced after the Adventure Griffon.
Gallus was still walking away until he heard Smolder and Ocellus voices calling out to him, "GALLUS!". Gallus heard them and looked back to see them approaching him.
"Smolder? Ocellus? What are you-" Gallus was about to ask but was interrupted when Smolder spoke.
"Gallus, I know we had a rough start. And yes, you sorta drove me crazy. But, the truth is that you're actually quite fun. And-And you can actually stay for a while if you want," Smolder said with a smile.
"How about forever?!" Ocellus asked, suggesting.
Gallus smiled at them as Smolder asked, "So, what do you say?".
"I guess you guys are crazy enough for me," Gallus said, accepting their offer.
Then the Young 3 joined each other in a group hug of friendship and family.
"Yee-haw!" Ocellus cheered as they headed back to their home.
"Come on, guys. Last one to the shelter sleeps like a dog," Gallus said with a motion of his head and they quickly made their way back home.
They then joined up with Pearl and the other griffons and a Hippogriff was getting the camera ready.
"Awww," Pearl said, turning to the Young 3 and welcomed them with open arms and wings.
"Ok, everyone, big smiles now!" the Hippogriff said.
Everyone gathered around and gave big smiles as the camera light flashed.
Soon, their photo was on a newspaper and it was a beautiful picture for an even bigger family.
A Few Years Later…
"So it was that Alameda Slim, the most notorious and feared Griffon Rustler, was apprehended and unmasked by 3 unusual kid griffons," Lucky Jack said, reading the newspaper.
But suddenly, Grampa Gruff pulled and torn a piece off of the paper.
"Hey, Dangnabit, Gruff! How many times have I got to tell you to wait your turn?" Lucky Jack said, pointing the remainder of the paper at the old Griffons' face angrily.
"How many times do I have to tell you to get out of my home-!" Grandpa Gruff angrily said as Rarity appeared.
"Hey, dagnabit! You ornery ol'-," Lucky Jack angrily said as they started a brawl with Lucky Jack grabbing Grampa Gruff and hitting him on the head with the newspaper before the two tussle around.
"It's so nice that Gruff finally found a friend," Rarity said with a happy sigh as the two fought and fell into a barrel as they rolled off.
"Here they come, everybody!" Apple Bloom said, now an adult Hippogriff, seeing Pearl along with Skybeak, Ocean Flow, Silverstream, and Terramar pulling a cart.
Behind them were Gallus, Smolder and Ocellus, who have also grown into adult griffons and were wearing blue rewards as they have just arrived from a state fair. The wagon then opened as a duck came out, along with Thorax, the rooster, and the chicks as they hopped.
"Well done!" Smolder commented to them all.
"Ha ha ha!" Gallus laughed a little while they all smiled from how great a job they did.
"Well, hi ho, guys!" Sandbar's voice said as Gallus, Smolder, and Ocellus turned to the gate entrance to see Yona and Sandbar, also grown up, standing at the gates.
"Yona so glad to see friends, again. And with 6 friends," Yona said with a smile, happy to see them again after all these years.
"Full house," Sandbar agreed with a smile as the other gate opened revealing Junior.
"And the Joker is wild. Oh yeah," Junior said as Sandbar and Yona smiled.
The Young 3 laughed as they entered inside. Then they all joined in dancing with each other.
Female Singer: Darlin' I Swear.
Once You've Been There.
There Ain't A View Beneath The Blue.
That Could Ever Compare.
Adult Silverstream was showing Applebloom, Scootaloo, and Sweetie Belle a karate move and made a kung fu sound as she turned to them.
"Hyah, Ho-Hah!" the 3 Adult Crusader Hippogriffs said, doing the same.
Female Singer: The Only Thing Missing Is You As My Guest…
On That Sweet Griffon Apple Acres Way Out West…
Terramar joins next to his sister hopping in and planting a hand on some tic-tac-toe boards he and Silverstream have drawn on the dirt until suddenly the barrel rolls by with Lucky Jack and Grampa Gruff still fighting and Terramar was on top of it as he rolled with it. Then they bounced into a water trough as the water splashed hitting Gallus, Smolder, Ocellus, Yona, and Sandbar.
Terramar, Grampa Gruff, and Lucky Jack poked their heads out and they soon started to just laugh.
Female Singer: Why Don't You Come Visit?
There's Room In My N-es-t…
In the shelter, Pearl hammers in a 1st place reward as Gallus, Smolder, and Ocellus watched as their own stall was placed. They were all happy to see that their family had grown a lot these past years. And Smolder smiled as she gave Gallus a friendly nudge.
Female Singer: On That Sweet Griffon Apple Acres…
Way out W-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-est!
"Yee-haw!" Skybeak cheered, dancing with Ocean Flow.
Soon everyone danced as the Young 6 danced by their stalls, Apple Bloom, Scootaloo, and Sweetie Belle danced as well, so were Rarity and 2 other Hippgriffs, and the five chicks on Smolder's back were doing the same dance move as well.
They all continued dancing as by the gate entrance, a chick stood on the railing and then crows out loudly.
The End!
Author's Note: Well, looks like everything has ended well for the Young 6 and their friends...
Pearl's Shelter is saved from being auctioned.
Gallus has a new home and new friends with Ocellus and Smolder.
Silverstream has became the hero of her dreams.
Yona and Sandbar are reunited with their family.
And Slim has finally been captured, ending his days of rustling.
But most of all, The Young 6 have proved that even kids can catch an Outlaw with the help of hope, confidence, and friendship.