R.A. and Althea looked around the tree-based house, and found some photos of Althea and her family when they had lived in the village to put on the collage. Meanwhile, back at the Casagrande's apartment building, Rosa was getting the family's lunch ready in the kitchen, when she noticed that some tacos were missing... In the living room, Carl and Carlotta were watching a telenovela on TV, when they heard Rosa call them...
Rosa: Carl, Carlota!
Carl and Carlota, startled, turned to the right side to see Rosa with an angry face...
Rosa: Could you two tell me what happened to the tray of tacos?
Carl: Well, I didn't know we were having tacos?
Rosa: Well, someone did, and had already eaten some of them.
Carlota: (thinks for a moment) I do remember seeing Ronnie Anne that morning... but I don't think it was her.
Rosa: Both of you, come into the kitchen.
The two siblings followed their grandmother to the kitchen, and Rosa pointed to the tray of tacos...
Rosa: I cooked at least 12 tacos, but there are only 6 left.
Carl and Carlota looked at each other, then shrugged...
Carl: We have no idea who could have eaten half of them, Abuela.
Carlota: Yeah, we were just watching TV.
Rosa: We have to figure out who ate those 6 tacos.
Cut back to Althea and R.A., who were still doing the collage...
R.A.: I have some photos with me to put on there, too.
Althea: What's on them?
R.A.: I've got pictures of my family, and stuff I like.
Althea: Let me take a look at them.
The enchanted girl saw the pictures of R.A. with her family, the Casagrandes, plus a picture of a skateboard,
and a hot dog, the stuff she likes.
Althea: Alright, Ronnie Anne, these are good for the collage.
R.A. and Althea put the photos onto the collage, then they examined how it looked when they finished it.
Althea: It looks great.
R.A.: It's cool. But should we put some glitter around it.
Althea: Alright, then.
R.A. then sprinkled some glitter around the collage, they both took another look at it...
Althea: It looks sparkly and lively.
R.A.: That's great.
They put the collage to the side, then the two girls decided to watch TV.
R.A.: There's a telenovela called 'Adios, Ana, Adios' on at this time. How about we watch that?
Althea: Okay.
Althea turned the TV on 'Adios, Ana, Adios' and they watched it together. A hour later, after it was over, R.A. got up off the couch, looked at the time on her watch, then turned to Althea...
R.A.: I better get back home now.
Althea: Do you want me to walk with you?
R.A.: I could use some company on the walk back.
With that, Althea went out the front door inside, with R.A. right behind her.
However, when she tried to crawl out, she got herself stuck, and she was struggling to get out...
R.A.: Althea, could you help me get out of this hole?
Althea grabbed both of R.A.'s arms, and pulled as hard as she could.
Althea: Ronnie Anne, is this going to happen when I get you back home?
R.A.: My family had already saw me fat, so I don't have to hide it from them.
Althea: Do you have a way to get inside?
R.A.: I made it inside once before, so there's a way for me to get back inside again.
After a while, Althea successfully pulled R.A. out of the hole. She popped out, flew through the air, and landed on the ground on her stomach.
R.A.: Thank you for helping me, Althea.
Althea: You're welcome, Ronnie Anne.
The two girls then started walking together through the forest.
While making their way through the forest to Great Lakes City, they had a talk...
R.A.: It's a good thing I had those tacos, because I missed lunch at my place.
Althea: Well, you can still find lunch when you get home.
They made it to the Casagrandes apartment building together. When they were at the outside of the building, they stopped walking...
Althea: Ronnie Anne, be careful of how much food you eat, okay?
R.A.: Alright.
Althea then teleported away. R.A. then went inside the building, and went to her family apartment.
When she got there, she saw Rosa and Carlota, who were still looking for the missing tacos...
R.A.: What are you both doing?
Rosa: Six tacos from our lunch went missing, and we're trying to figure out where they went.
R.A. was nervous, and thought of something to say. After a moment of thinking, she had an idea.
R.A.: I suspect Lalo might have eaten them.
Rosa and Carlota walked away, then R.A. tried to get to her room. She successfully made it inside. But when she tried to get onto her bed, she struggled due to her plump body. She eventually got onto it, and laid down. R.A. was thinking about how she was going to lose the extra weight, until she remembered that she was gonna get lunch...
R.A.: I better go to the kitchen and fix myself lunch.
R.A. got up off the bed, and went to the kitchen to find some food. In the fridge, she found a tray of lasagna, a chocolate mousse cake, and a bottle of ginger ale.
R.A.: I should make a moderate limit on this food.
R.A. got one square piece of lasagna, (which she cooked) a slice of chocolate mousse cake, and a cup of ginger ale, took it back to her room, then sat on her bed, and ate it all normally. After R.A. finished, she felt full, and laid back on her bed.
R.A.: That was a great meal.
She looked at her clock, and saw that it was 3:00pm. She then started remembering what Althea said about some of her relatives living in Great Lakes City...
R.A.: I like to see Althea's relatives, but I have to find a time without my family knowing about it.
R.A. then took a nap in her room, while outside, the Casagrandes family are still finding out what happened to the tacos. Rosa, Carl, Carlotta, C.J., and Frida were looking around the kitchen...
Carl: I wonder if Lalo did eat those tacos.
Carlota: It shouldn't be this hard to find 6 tacos!
Later, Carlota noticed something...
Carlota: Everyone, come look at this!
The family came into the kitchen, and saw that there were chocolate stains on the counter...
Carlota: How did chocolate get on the counter?
R.A., who had just woken up, heard that happened, and quietly walks past the family, out of the apartment, then went outside.
As she walked through town, she was thinking of where Althea's family could possibly be in the city...
R.A.: (to herself) Where would Althea's family be at in Great Lakes City?
After a few minutes, she thought of a place: the Great Lakes City Zoo.
R.A. I'll go check out the zoo. Her family is rather small, so there, they could make someplace to stay.
Soon, R.A. arrived at the Zoo. She saw an outside clock, which revealed it was 4:00pm...
R.A.: (sighs) I guess I didn't sleep that long.
She went inside the zoo, and walked past some zoo animals' exhibits. The first habitat was passed was where the flamingos were. R.A. had to stop walking to look at them...
R.A.: Wow, they're beautiful.
She then went to the monkeys' habitat. R.A. saw them crawling on the trees, and jumping around in there.
The Santiago girl were amazed at how they were being. Next, she passed by the elephant habitat. She looked at the 4 elephants that were in there...
R.A.: (gasps) They're big!
R.A. then walked to the exhibit where the tigers are. She saw 3 of them, and they were being wild and running around inside. R.A. was a bit afraid watching them, and show a bit of discomfort on her face. She then silently walked on to the lions exhibit. R.A. saw a lion and a lioness in the habitat, and they were both walking in there. She then continued on.
She then walked to the door, and saw how small it was. It looked like it was Too small for her.
She had dropped on her knees, and knocked on it. The person who answered the door was Eira,
Althea's mother. As R.A. had remembered from Althea's picture, Eira was a person who was wearing a
sparkly rainbow dress and white heels, plus, her hair was straight, and slightly longer that her daughter's,
4 feet tall, which reached to her back. Eira was surprised when she saw R.A. there...
Eira: Hello, there. Who are you?
R.A.: I'm Ronnie Anne Santiago, and I'm your daughter Althea's new friend.
Eira: Well, would you like to come in?
R.A. took a second look at the door, and she saw that it was too small for her, but she didn't care...
R.A.: (shrugs) I'd like to.
R.A. then crawled to her knees to get inside, but gets stuck. R.A. put out her left hand onto the door to push herself in, while Eira grabbed R.A.'s right hand to pull her in. R.A. soon get inside, and she fell onto the door, and picked herself off the ground with both arms. Taliesin, Althea's father, then came in the room, and stood with Eira.
Eira: Are you alright, Ronnie Anne?
R.A.: I'm fine.
R.A. then saw at how big the house was on the inside, and was amazed...
R.A.: Wow, how did you get permission from the zookeeper, Becca Chang, to stay here.
Eira: Well, she doesn't know we live here.
R.A.: What?! How did you and your family stay in that spot without being noticed?
Eira: Because this place is partially hidden from the zoo.
R.A.: Eventually, you guys should introduce yourselves to Becca. She and her daughters, Sid, who is my best friend, and Adelaide, are very good with animals here. She might allow you all to stay there if you asked her about it.
Eira: (shakes her head) No, we have to keep our kind hidden from humans.
R.A.: (confused) What? Why do you and your family have to do that?
Eira: (sighs) There once was a group of humans that had murdered a bunch of their people.
R.A.: When did this happen?
Eira: This happened just before a fire had destroyed their village. We all saw shadows of humans come by, and we believe they intentionally set the village on fire. Our people got severe smoke inhalation that they couldn't recover from.
R.A.: Whoa, Althea told me about that. I believe that's the same forest fire she herself had gone through?
Eira and Taliesin nodded.
R.A.: All that happened many years ago, in another country, and place. Some humans aren't like that here.
Eira: We still have to be hidden just to be safe.
R.A. was unsure about them doing that, but soon agreed...
R.A.: Okay, I'll kept this a secret, for the moment.
Taliesin: But it has to be for a good while.
R.A.: Alright.
At that moment, the rest of the family, Althea's sister Adrina and brother Ewan came in. They were both surprised and speechless to see that a human is in their house. R.A. then sat down on the floor.
Ewan: Why are you here?
R.A.: Well, me and Althea had made a collage of the village, and I thought you would like to see it.
Adrina: We would love to.
R.A. pulls out the collage from behind her back, and shows it to Althea's family, who were quite happy to see it...
Ewan: Wow, that's brilliant, Ronnie Anne!
Adrina: It's incredible!
Taliesin: Marvelous!
Eira: Plus, I'm happy that Althea managed to make a friend so fast!
R.A. was quite happy herself.
R.A.: I'm happy I became her friend, too.
Taliesin: We'd like to return the favor, so, would you like to stay for dinner?
R.A.: Thanks, I would like to stay for dinner.
R.A. and Althea's relatives went to watch TV for a while, then they went to the dinner table, where there was a whole table full of food, some apples, oranges, broccoli green beans, banana bread, vanilla ice cream, and orange juice. Everyone ate their food, with R.A. eating normally to savor every taste.
Eira: How is Althea doing?
R.A. She's doing great. 'She told me about what happened in that village, and we made this collage together to remember where you originally lived at.
Althea's relatives were pleased to hear that. Everyone continued eating, and they soon finished...
Taliesin: It's now time for dessert.
Everyone, including R.A. had one scoop of vanilla ice cream, in a small red bowl. After they were done, R.A. looked at the clock, and saw that it was 6:30pm...
R.A.: (to Althea's family) I need to get home right now.
Taliesin: Alright then?
R.A.: I'll come see you another time.
The family waved goodbye, and R.A. got on her knees, and tried to crawl out the small door, but she get herself stuck again. R.A. then tried to push herself out the door with her hands outside, while Eira, who's inside, used her hands to push R.A. outside. She soon popped out of the door, flew through the air, and landed on the ground. She then pushed outside off the ground.
R.A.: I'll have to lose some weight.
Eira, Taliesin, Adrina, and Ewan then peeked out the door, and they all said, 'Goodbye!' to R.A. together. She then walked through the bushes, past the animals again, and out of Great Lakes Zoo, and back to the Mercado.