Cherry Meets the Wild Thornberrys

chapter 20

Estelle, Akito, and Vincent grabbed Eliza and Felicity, trying to get through the water, but the current was very strong. Atticus and Mo tried to get their children, but they were being pushed too far away. Two figures were on the shore by them and the man offered his stick to them to help fish them out. They of course accepted the stick and were being pulled in.

As soon as they made it to shore, the Fudo siblings' tail fins disappeared and their legs and feet returned.

"Man, that was intense!" Akito gasped a little.

The kids then looked to see who was before them, it was the shaman and the feral Indian girl they knew.

"Shaman Mnyambo, I'm sorry," Eliza told her spiritual guide. "I messed everything up, especially for my new friends... We couldn't make them understand. If I hadn't broken the rule, we could have saved them."

"But you did save them." the shaman informed her.

"All of you," Ingrid added and pointed to the living elephant herd. "See for yourselves."

"Th-The elephants are still alive!" Estelle smiled.

"You all did this, not with your gifts, but with your hearts," Ingrid told the others. "If that is what you can do without your powers, you have greater destinies than I or the shaman could ever know."

"She is right," the shaman agreed with the Alaskan girl. "We're going to give you your powers back."

"You are?" Vincent asked in delight.

"Really?" Eliza added.

They all shared a brief hug before making the animal speaking powers return to their rightful owners. Felicity was given a new necklace, she would now not need it only to talk to animals, but it would also turn her into any animal she would want so she could visit the Pridelands without causing fret or worry in future visits in the jungle.

"But first, there is one more thing, Eliza, about your sister, how well do you think she can keep a secret?" The shaman asked.

The eclipse ended and everything was well again. Sloan groaned as he was on the ground and now waking up. Bree joined him and gasped in horror. Simon sat on top of the lead elephant and glared down to the poachers. They both began to back away from them, not wanting to get hurt. Simon took out his pocket knife, glaring to them.

"Easy, child... Easy..." Sloan told him.

"No one is stopping Simon Forte now," Simon glared at him, looking into his eyes. "All will be sadness for you, your life will become death, and I will watch the crimson blood leak from your neck!"

The police then arrived to arrest the two poachers. The cops handcuffed Bree and Sloan, both trying to defend themselves against the case, but were going to lose. Simon put his knife away, finding their arrest to be punishment enough, he then slid down from the elephant's trunk on his feet and flew through the air then.

Cherry came out of the Comvee and held out her arms. Simon then clung to his mother, hugging her neck.

"Oh, Simon..." Cherry whispered to her youngest child.

"I almost did my first killing." Simon whispered.

"Oh, that's my boy..." Cherry hugged him. "My little baby boy out destroying people..."

"He sure is growing up." Forte smiled.

Simon rolled his eyes at his parents, but nuzzled against Cherry.

Meanwhile...

"Need a ride?" Debbie asked the kids as soon as they were powerfully restored.