Balto came with Akito and Estelle to shore, they could go home now, but the raven returned.

"What do you want now?" Akito asked.

The raven came to them and seemed familiar now. "Only the journey home, my son and his gifted human friends..."

Balto looked surprised. "Anui, you're my..."

The raven formed into the white wolf everyone knew and loved. Anui howled to them and disappeared before their eyes.

"Goodbye to you too, Mother..." Balto whispered sadly.

"Come on, Balto, let's get started on the journey back to Nome, I have a feeling we'll have a lot of walking to do." Akito said.

"Come on then." Balto said to them, then went along as the sun was about to rise.

Rosy was in her bedroom with Jenna on her bed, she held her dog as it was about to snow again and set winter into Nome.

Mo was pacing around, she looked like a nervous wreck. "Oh, maybe this place is too dangerous to send them to... Maybe we should've stayed with my parents."

"Don't worry, they'll be back as soon as possible." Vincent said to his mother.

"I hope you're right..." Mo sighed a bit.

Jenna sighed, but then she looked to the window. "Wait, here they come!" she called, her tail wagging.

Rosy rushed to the window with Felicity once they heard that. "Balto, Akito, and Estelle are coming back!"

Atticus and Mo ran to the next window to see that Jenna was telling the truth as they saw Balto, Akito, and Estelle coming back.

"They're back." Cherry actually had a small smile.

Balto ran with the twins and they smiled as they were greeted by a warm welcoming party. Along with warming hugs from all of them.

"Balto, where's Aleu?" Jenna asked her mate.

"I'm afraid Aleu is already home..." Balto told her with a small smile. "We'll see her when we see her though."

"Well, that's nice..." Cherry said. "You are all back in time to get back home."

Vincent hugged the twins. "I was so worried about you guys."

"It's okay, bro, we're okay." Akito said to Vincent, then looks to his father. "But, Dad, I think you need to tell us about your side of the family."

"Oh?" Atticus asked.

Mo looked curious, this sounded serious.

Cherry knew and put her hand on Atticus's shoulder. "I think it's time for them to know..."

"You're right, Cherry." Atticus said.

"Go ahead..." Cherry stepped aside as she stood with Forte.

"Are you guys okay?" Rosy asked.

"This is important for the jumeaux." Felicity whispered to her for the twins to be alone.

Cherry picked Simon up and allowed Atticus to talk with Akito and Estelle about this.

"Atticus, Estelle, Vincent, you three are merpeople, because your mother and I are merpeople too, well your mother wasn't a mermaid until she was given the gift of being a mermaid." Atticus said.

"I'm a mermaid?" Vincent asked.

"Young merman," Mo corrected to her long-lost son. "But, yes... Your father gave me the gift to become one too since I was born a normal mortal... Well... Mostly normal, if you count living in a junkyard with six dogs..."

"Our legs turned into fish tails every time we'd go in the water," Estelle explained, then looked to her twin. "That's why you wanted to jump with me to help Aleu..."

"What about Aunt Darla and Aunt Jessica?" Akito asked. "Are they merpeople too?"

"Yes, your Aunt Darla was also given the gift to be turned into a mermaid, while your Aunt Jessica was born as a mermaid, even if she was born on land as a human." Atticus explained as best he could.

"Aunt Darla wasn't born a mermaid?" Estelle asked.

"Your Aunt Darla was actually adopted." Mo explained, she knew about that part.

"Oh..." Vincent, Akito, and Estelle understood then.

"Are we in trouble for going in the water and using our powers?" Akito asked with a small pout.

"No, you're not in trouble," Atticus said but, then smirks playfully at their daughter. "But a certain someone is in trouble for running away without telling us."

"Aw, come on!" Estelle whined a little.

Mo giggled, she sensed some teasing. "I'm sorry, dear, but you really should've told us."

Rosy went with Balto and Jenna back home.

"We hope to see you all again." Balto said before he went in the door with his mate.

"You will, Balto." Vincent said to the wolf-dog.

They were now putting up the statue of Balto and Akito. The Fudo and Forte family were getting ready to go back home for winter.

"Can we tell Eloise and Jenny?" Akito asked Atticus about the mer-cultrue their family had.

"Yes, you can tell them." Atticus said.

"Great, thanks, Dad." Vincent replied.

Akito and Vincent smiled then. Estelle looked to them, then looked out the window, she was the only one who didn't have a special somebody right now in her family, like her Aunt Darla and Uncle Junior. But unknown to her, she was going to meet her special someone in the future of their adventures.

"We'll see you guys around," Cherry said as she carried Simon, who was resting his face against his mother's chest. "Sometime next time..."

"Oh, Monique... Here you are..." Forte found the photograph promised for Mo, handing the picture to the street urchin woman about her long deceased parents at their school dance. "This was long before they had you, but it's the only photograph I have of them. I hope you like it."

"I'm sure I'll love it." Mo said.

"Enjoy it." Forte let Mo keep it, smiling softly.

Mo smiled as she looked at the picture. "I miss you guys more than anything in the world..." she whispered. She began to hug the picture close to her.

Estelle came up to her mother and hugged her legs as a joyful tear came down Mo's face. Mo held her daughter close, showing the picture. Estelle smiled as she looked down at the picture. "Those are your actual parents?"

"Yes..." Mo smiled. "Maestro Forte was kind enough to let me have this picture."

Estelle smiled back to her mother, they shared a loving hug.

Cherry handed Simon to Forte, then came to Atticus. "You know, in the times I met Ariel, she never really mentioned you... I mean, you missed the birth of her daughter, Melody, plus I heard that Attina and Adella have husbands..."

"Yeah, sorry, but I was called away that day." Atticus said.

"Even Flounder has kids," Cherry rubbed her eyes. "Feels like everyone's grown up... Except for me, I've been the same age for at least 20 years."

"I wish there was someway I could help." Atticus said.

"I'll be fine, it's no big deal, I like myself this way," Cherry held her waist. "I like going out in public with Charles and people question how a 'fine young thing' like me landed an old man like that. Luckily Forte bit me in my golden years of beauty." She had a good point. "I didn't think I'd like getting married to him at first, but I guess I'm alright..." Cherry shrugged her shoulders, she sounded uninterested in everything these days.

"Cerise, we must return home..." Forte called to his wife.

"Coming..." Cherry looked back to him, then back to Atticus. "I'll see you sometime in the future, I guess..." she walked off, picking up Felicity as the carriage came for them.

"Yeah, we'll see you around sometime in the future." Atticus said.

Felicity rested against her mother's shoulders as they went off. Mo buckled Vincent, Estelle, and Akito in before they went off to go for a ride to the airport and return to their home.

Rosy came up to Vincent with Jenna. "Thank you for the gift." She smiled to the older boy.

"You're welcome, Rosy." Vincent smiled back.

"Now we can talk more, Jenna." Rosy smiled down to her pet.

Jenna smiled and nuzzled her.

"Goodbye, everyone!" Mo called.

There were words of goodbye to her as she and Atticus went to start their drive back home. This was sure going to be a day that Vincent spent with his family and new friends in Nome he will never forget. Mo smiled as Atticus drove them all back home to settle until another adventure for later. This was going to be one adventure the twins would never forget especially sense they found out that they and their older brother and parents were merpeople.

The End