The Adventure Kids follow the Star

Chapter 9

As Bo and the adventure kids came back to the stable, they could hear the faint sound of a baby's cry and slowly came in while the stable animals all smiled to them and moved aside to let them through. 

The adventure kids started feeling strange as they looked at themselves and saw how they were starting to fade away like ghost. 

"What's happening to you guys?" Dave noticed the adventure kids' odd changes. 

"Oh, I guess our work here is done" Kali realized, looking to the gang's animal friends. "It's time for us to go" 

"Go? Go where?" Felix asked.  

"It's actually quite complicated, Felix" Teeders replied, trying to hold back tears.  

The animals were sad but understand that their friends had to go, even though they were going to miss the adventure kids very much. But the kids did tell them that they'd all see each other again... but not for a LONG time. 

"Aww, do we have to go now?" Ann whined to her older sister. 

"Yeah, this is the best part" Brock added. 

The teens then watched Bo come around the corner and gasped in awe as he couldn't believe what he saw. Mary and Joseph with their newborn baby. 

The one sent to save all humanity, the one true king... Jesus Christ.  

Bo slowly came up to Mary and Joseph as they let him have a look at their baby. 

"Hey, little guy" Bo cooed, until the baby sneezed in his face. The little donkey backed up slightly in alarm, looking to Mary and Joseph.  

"It's OK, Bo" Joseph chuckled lightly. 

The little donkey smiled as Mary and Joseph placed their baby in the manger, while shepherds and their sheep started to arrive. 

The adventure kids smiled too, as they got to watch a little bit at a distance, even though no one could hardly see them anymore since they were disappearing. 

The little mouse Abby from earlier then suddenly came running in. "Everybody, everybody, listen up! There's this huge guy with two dogs coming after Mary, and if we don't do something now, then the baby's not gonna!-" 

Abby then looked over and realized that the baby was here in one piece, thanks to Bo and the others. 

"Oh...Looks like you guys handled it. Sweet" Abby said, then went to join the other animals to watch, sitting on top of Deborah's head. 

"Everyone, this is Mary and Joseph" Bo introduced to all the animals. "And that's their new baby"

"The flock is growing" Dave chuckled with a smile.  

Everyone then turned to see the dogs start to enter the stable, but they obviously weren't welcomed considering what they had tried to do. 

"No. Not happening" Felix and the other animals glared, all blocking their path, not letting them anywhere near the baby. "Don't even think about it" 

The adventure kids and Bo looked to the dogs closely, seeing in their hearts that they were truly sorry and wanted a chance to change. Kali and the adventure kids knew that God always gave everyone a second chance, even bad dogs. Bo then did something unthinkable to all the others. 

"It's okay..." Bo told the rest of the animals gently. "...Let them in" 

Kali smiled, being very proud of Bo while the dogs slowly came up to the manger to meet the newborn king. 

"Look with your eyes!" Felix told the dogs, still eyeing them suspiciously.  

The dogs had a look at the little baby while Bo came up to them. "See? He's just a baby" 

"Awww, look at him" Rufus cooed, then turned to his friend. "Thaddeus, are we good dogs now?" 

"We have to try" Thaddeus replied, sounding gentle now. 

Just then, the three wise men came in up to the manger with their gifts while Bo and his friends looked to each other confused. 

"I'm sorry. Is this your stable?" Joseph asked the wise men.  

The wise men chuckled. "No, no, no. We've come to honor the new king"  

"I'm sorry, king?" Bo was now completely confused, looking around. "Where? What is he talking about?" 

The adventure kids all chuckled and soon pointed out to Bo the baby. 

The wise men then presented their gifts, gold, myrrh, and frankincense to baby Jesus. "For the newborn king"

Some of the adventure kids and even Ruth started to cry at this most beautiful sight while everyone bowed to the king of the kings. 

Bo realized that he had been carrying the new king this whole time and was truly amazed, bowing with everyone else.  

"Guys, I carried a king on my back!" Bo told his friends, being all excited.  

"We're never gonna hear the end of this, are we?" Dave chuckled with a tad of sarcasm. 

"And I hope we never do" Ruth smiled.  

"You know, I think people are gonna remember this night" Deborah said. "What happened here around this manger will be celebrated for thousands of years. Families will come together and exchange presents and sing carols. All to remember the grace of this moment that we are witnessing right now"

"What should we call this night?" Abby asked the camel. 

"Hmm..." Deborah thought for a moment. 

"Easter?" Cyrus suggested. 

"Ooh, I know!..." Felix shouted. "...Halloween!" 

The other animals didn't like those choices for names, until Deborah finally answered with a name she had heard Teeders and David keep saying for the past few months. 

"...Christmas" 

The two male camels then laughed. "Okay, Deborah. She's back to talking crazy again" 

Deborah just rolled her eyes and let it slide, as the boys were never gonna change.  

Mary gently picked her baby up from the manger and cradled him in her arms. "Hey. It's okay" she then turned to the wise men. "Thank you" 

The light from Kali's crystal started to shine brighter while the adventure kids faded some more, knowing it was another mission accomplished and it was time for them to now go back home. 

They were just starting to disappear, being transported back into their own time. But not before Kali did something important with her magic crystal and touched Bo on his head, then vanished along with the other adventure kids.  

"Hey, where did Kali and the others go?" Mary started to look around but couldn't see them anywhere. Joseph just shrugged his shoulders.  

Bo smiled to Mary, Joseph, and their new baby, being very happy for them. 

But the young donkey felt like he wasn't needed anymore and started to leave until...

"Bo?..." The little donkey turned, hearing Mary's voice. 

"Come on" Mary gestured Bo over to come lay down next to them and the little donkey happily accepted, laying his head right down on Mary's lap, exhausted from a job well done. 

"What have you been up to all night, Bo?" Mary asked the tired donkey. 

Bo looked to them and smiled. Mary and Joseph weren't prepared for what happened next. 

"You have no idea" The little donkey chuckled, speaking to them. 

This shocked Mary and Joseph greatly that Bo actually spoke to them. But they soon knew that the adventure kids' did this, giving them this great ability to talk and understand animals now. 

"Thank you" Mary, Joseph, and Bo thanked the adventure kids for everything that they've done, knowing that they left now and forever.