Chapter 9: The Past Secrets

10 years ago, Sam, Leah, and Athena are aged 12 and 11. One day, when they all want to take a nap, their parents come to look at them.

"Why you three haven't slept yet?", asked Anderson.

"We still not sleepy yet, daddy", said Athena.

"Hmm, you should sleep now. Tomorrow you have school right?", said Julia.

"Aww...but I want to play", said Athena.

"Hmm...if like that I want to tell you three a bedtime story", said Anderson.

"Bedtime story? I love bedtime stories!", said Athena.

"What story do you want to tell us, daddy?" asked Sam.

"A story about a forest which is called Magical Forest", said Anderson.

"Honey, is this the right time to tell them about this?", asked Julia.

"I think it's time for them to know", said Anderson.

Later, Sam, Leah, and Athena are laying down on their bed to hear their father's story.

"One day, your grandfather, the King's father, and I found a forest in our kingdom, so we went to a village in a forest, and outside of the village, I saw 9 rock monuments that show 9 Elemental powers. Air, Water, Fire, Earth, Light, Nature, Ice, Psychic, and Lightning. When we arrived there, we met a tribe called The Natureribe. The tribe then shows its lifestyle to us all. When I was looking at the village, suddenly I saw a girl playing in the distance. I then try going to her but suddenly I heard a sword clanging and when I turned back the tribe is fighting with our soldiers. When I went to go there, suddenly one of the tribe people came and tried to stab me but luckily one of our soldiers rescued me. I was being pushed until I hit a rock and fainted. After that, I heard a voice calling something, and when I realized I was at the castle and our grandfather and also the King's father had already died during the war. When I want to try to find the village, it disappeared. I studied about the village after that and I know that the village and the forest are disappeared forever, but there will be a person that can make The Lost Village and The Magical Forest unlock again and find the truth of it", explained Anderson.

"Wow, daddy! That was cool! But is this a true story of yours?", asked Leah.

"Yes sweetie, it is a true story", said Anderson.

"Is the tribe people have powers, like us?", asked Sam.

"No, Sam. They use the forest powers to live their lives", said Anderson.

"But do you know what kind of person can unlock the forest?", asked Sam again.

"I don't know Sam. I'm still studying about it and hopefully, I can find the answer to it", said Anderson.

"Alright then. It's bedtime", said Julia.

Sam, Leah, and Athena then later lay down on their bed and Julia also sings a lullaby made by her, especially for their kids. Every time the kids go to sleep, Anderson and Julia will sing their lullaby to them. Later, Anderson and Julia gave them three a kiss on their forehead. After that, they both leave their room.

"Honey, why do you tell them about the forest? I thought we already promised about this", said Julia.

"Darling, sooner or later when they grow up they will know about it. They will know about our past mistakes and secrets. They deserve to know about the village. So, I tell them earlier about this so that they can find it when they grow up. Imagine if we're dead when they're young and never know about the village, they will never know about our past. Every child must know their parents well and we shouldn't keep any secrets from them", said Anderson.

"But why now? Why not wait for them until they grow up to explain about this?", asked Julia.

"They're still kids, darling. They still have time to imagine about the forest and the village, but they didn't know that they will find our secrets there", said Anderson.

"You mean...?", asked Julia.

"Yes, I know what you going to say, darling, but it is true what you're thinking", said Anderson.

"But...I thought our kids were the only ones that can find our secrets", said Julia.

"That's true. That's why they need to be ready...to find our secrets...and fix our old and the royal family mistakes", said Anderson while watching their family portrait.

Present day...

Sam is resting in his room in the castle with his wife, Iris. Before this during the epic battle, Sam is stabbed by Carla and now he's in stable condition but still feels the pain of the stabbing. He's on the balcony, sitting and watching the city scenery. Suddenly, Iris came to him.

"Honey, you're okay?", asked Iris.

"Oh, hey darling! Sorry didn't see you there. Yeah I'm okay, have a seat", said Sam.

He then later takes his wife's hand to make sure she is seated.

"What's wrong? Are you daydreaming?", asked Iris.

"No, I just...thinking about my parents", said Sam.

"Oh, I see. Why? Did you miss them?", said Iris.

"Of course I do. I missed them so much. I wish they were here, but we have to move on", said Sam.

"I understand your feeling. I also feel the same. I miss my father. I miss talking to him and also he always protects me just like my mother", said Iris.

"Hey darling, let's go buy some groceries and then pick up my sisters at the ballet school", said Sam.

"But you're still sick. Are you sure you can go?", asked Iris.

"Yes, I can darling. Don't worry about me, okay? Go prepare yourself, we'll go after this", said Sam.

"Okay, honey", said Iris.

Suddenly, Sam feels pain in his stomach and that makes Iris worried.

"Honey, you okay?", asked Iris.

"Yes, yes I'm fine. I just need to take my medicine, that's all. You go prepare yourself, I want to take my medicine now", said Sam.

Iris then went away to dress up but at the same time, she also worried about her husband's condition too.

After a while, they went to the grocery store to buy some groceries. And then, they went to the ballet school to pick up Leah and Athena. They both watched Leah's and Athena's ballet classes. Suddenly, something wrong happened to Sam. Sam heard a voice that was calling his name.

"Darling, do you hear anyone's calling my name?", asked Sam.

"No, honey. I didn't hear anything. Why?", asked Iris.

"Never mind", said Sam.

After the class is finished, Leah and Athena met Sam and Iris.

"Hey bro! Glad to see you! How are you?", asked Athena.

"Hi, sis! Glad to see you both too! Yeah, I'm fine, just not fully recovered yet. But still, I'm okay", said Sam.

"We're glad to hear that", said Leah.

Suddenly, the choreographer Mr. James came to them.

"Hello, Sam!", said Mr. James.

"Oh hello, sir! I'm so sorry I didn't come to the ballet classes these past weeks", said Sam.

"It's okay, I understand. The queen also already spoke to me about this. You can have a rest. You can join my class when you truly recovered, okay?", said Mr. James.

"Alright, sir. Thank you very much", said Sam.

After that, Sam, Iris, Leah, and Athena leave the school and go back to the castle.

At night time, when everybody is sleeping, suddenly Sam heard the voice that's calling him from the ballet school again in his room. When the voice calls him twice, he wakes up panting. Iris also wakes up after hearing her husband panting.

"Honey, what's the problem?", asked Iris.

"I...I just heard someone calling my name again", said Sam.

"A voice calling you? I didn't hear anything, honey. Maybe it's just your imagination", said Iris.

"Maybe you're right. Maybe that's just my imagination", said Sam.

After that, they both went back to sleep again.

Later, Sam thought about the voice and said in his heart, "What's that voice? Who is calling me? Am I the only one who can hear this because Iris also can't hear it? Why it's calling me? There's something wrong, I need to investigate this."

The next day, Sam heard the voice once again and he directly runs towards the voice. He now realized that the voice came from the north side of Iris village. He then went to ask Iris if she knows anything in the north of her village.

"Darling, do you know anything that's on the north of your village?", asked Sam.

"Umm, I think just forest only. Why, honey? Is anything wrong?", asked Iris.

"I...I heard that voice again. It's like coming from the north side of the village", said Sam.

"If like that, we need to ask the queen. She might know about it", said Iris.

"I think you're right. Tomorrow we'll meet her", said Sam.

The next day, Sam and Iris met the queen.

"Ah, Sam and Iris. Why do you both want to meet me?", asked Queen Maria.

"We want to meet you to ask something", said Sam.

"What is it?", asked Queen Maria.

"Sam heard a voice that is calling him and it is coming from the north of my village. Do you know what is on the north of my village?", asked Iris.

"A voice?", asked Queen Maria.

"Yes, your Majesty. I've been hearing it for weeks now. Now I need to know where the source is. So, do you know anything about the north of Iris village?", asked Sam.

Queen Maria remembered what Julia, her best friend which is also Sam, Leah, and Athena's mother said a long time ago.

"Maria, if Sam asks about the north of Zagary's village, please say the truth to him", said Julia.

"You mean, the forest?", asked Maria.

"Yes, the forest. If he starts to ask you about the forest, just explain to him about the forest. But don't tell him more than that like our past", said Julia.

"But, I don't know if I can do it", said Maria.

"Just do it. Please, Maria? Do it for your best friend. If I'm dead, who's going to tell me about the forest and also about our secrets? Please, Maria, promise me you will tell him if I'm gone? Please?", said Julia.

"Sigh, alright I will", said Maria.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!", said Sam.

Maria then later snapped out of her memory.

"Sigh, I...I want to tell you something, Sam. Something that everyone here doesn't know, that we all here kept for ourselves for years", said Queen Maria.

"What...what is it?", asked Sam.

"There is something on the north of our kingdom's village. It is...the Magical Forest", said Queen Maria.

"Wait, what?! The Magical Forest... still exists?", asked Sam shockingly.

"Yes, it still exists. But only the chosen person can find the forest", said Queen Maria.

"But, who's the person that can find the forest?", asked Sam again.

"You are", said Queen Maria.

That made Sam and Iris shocked to hear what the queen said.

"What...what do you mean I can find the forest?", asked Sam.

"The voice...is coming from the forest, and you're the only one that can hear it. And...only the person who had 9 elementary powers can find and free the forest and the village again", said Queen Maria.

"Free the forest and village? What do you mean, your Majesty?", asked Iris.

Suddenly, a castle guard came to meet the queen.

"Your Majesty, the Prime Minister has arrived. He's waiting for you in the VIP's room", said the castle guard.

"Oh really? Alright, I'll be there in a minute", said Queen Maria.

"I'm so sorry Sam, Iris. You both need to find your answer by yourselves. I can't tell you more than that. I had to go, I had to meet the Prime Minister regarding our kingdom. Excuse me", said Queen Maria again.

Sam and Iris left the room and later met with Leah, Athena, David, Zack, and Naomi.

"Brother, why do you want to meet all of us?", asked Athena.

"I want to tell you all something. It is very important", said Sam.

"What's so important, brother?", asked Leah.

"Sam heard a voice that's being calling him to go somewhere", said Iris.

"A voice? Who's been calling you that is far away from our kingdom? It's impossible", said Naomi.

"I know it sounds crazy, but no one can hear the voice except for myself only", said Sam.

"So, where is the source of the voice that you heard?", asked Zack.

"When I hear it, it comes from the north of Iris village. When I'm asking the queen, she said that the north of Iris village is the Magical Forest", said Sam.

"Magical Forest? Is that the story that our father told us when we were young?", asked Athena.

"Yes sis, that's true. And it exists. To prove that, we need to find the forest but I need you all to help me find the forest", said Sam.

"But...it's too dangerous brother. No one ever found the forest until now", said Leah.

"I heard from the queen said that I'm the one that can find the exact location of the forest and unlock the forest again", said Sam.

"So when we're going there?", asked David.

"We'll go there tomorrow. Prepare yourself, we have a long journey tomorrow", said Sam.

The next day, Sam and his team are ready to find the Magical Forest.

"Who will follow us, honey?", asked Iris.

"All of our teammates except Adam and Adeline because they need to go for Adeline's checkup, Benjamin and Cally can't join us because they need to follow their mother to join a meeting with Zagary ministers. Other teammates also said they have their own business today, so they can't join us. It's only you, my sisters, Zack, David, Naomi, and myself will join", said Sam.

"Oh, I see. It's okay, we still have enough people. Let's go, I guess they're waiting for us", said Iris.

After that, they gather in the forest as Sam told them in the meeting.

"So, are you guys ready?", asked Sam.

"I feel scared. Besides no one ever found the forest", said Athena.

"It's okay sis. We will do this together, I promise", said Sam.

After that, they begin their adventure to search for the forest.

After a few minutes, they're in the carriage that was brought by David, suddenly Sam heard the voice calling him and tells David to stop. He went to the voice and suddenly saw a mist inside the forest. He later then called his teammates to see the mist.

"What do you think is in there?", asked Zack.

"I have no idea. But I think it might be the forest", said Sam.

Sam and the others then enter the forest and after a long walk, they were stopped by an invisible force.

"Why do I feel that something is blocking our way?", asked Iris.

"Yeah, I think there is an invisible wall or something", said Naomi.

Sam then went near and touch the invisible force and suddenly a portal is opened.

"Is this portal going to take us to the forest?", asked Leah.

"I think so. But we need to go inside. I need to find the truth about this. No matter what happened to us after this, we will face it together as a team, just like we always do", said Sam.

They all then later went inside the forest and the portal closed when they all entered the forest.

When they were all inside the forest, they were shocked that the portal closed again and when Sam tried to use his power to open back the portal, it won't open and looked like they were stuck there.

"How we're going to get out of here?", asked Naomi.

"Don't worry. I think we need to do something here, and then only we can get out of here", said Sam.

After some walking, they found the forest which is the Magical Forest.

"Wow, so this is the Magical Forest!", said Zack.

"It's so beautiful!", said Leah.

"Yes, it is! Same like our father told us", said Athena.

Suddenly, Sam heard bushes moving.

"Guys, silence! I heard those bushes moving, be careful maybe there's someone or something here", said Sam.

He then saw many people out from the bushes and holding weapons.

"Freeze, trespasser!", said one of the people.

"Trespasser? We're not trespassing. Please, lower your weapon", said Sam.

"Huh, why do we need to follow your commands?", said one of the people.

They all then later try to attack them but Sam uses his powers which is Ice power to stop them. They all slipped and fell due to Sam making the grass in that area ice.

"Wait, how did you...how did you have powers?", asked one of the people.

"I was born with it. We all here were born with it. We are from Zagary and we're the Royal Family of the Zagary kingdom. We all are the Heroes team that protects the galaxy from danger. Who are you guys?", asked Sam.

"We are the Natureribe. We are the tribe that lived here for years in this forest. I'm Melissa, the tribe leader", said Melissa.

"Nice to meet you. Don't worry, we came here in peace. We came here because I heard a voice that's been calling me to come here. I need to find the voice and uncover the secrets", said Sam.

"You all must be tired. You all can stay here for a night and then you may continue your journey", said Melissa.

At the Natureribe village, they all are resting there before they can continue their journey to find the voice that Sam heard.

"So, what's your parent's name?", asked Melissa to Sam and his sisters.

"Our father's name is Anderson Russell and our mother's name is Julia Ferguson", said Athena.

"Julia Ferguson? That's...the girl that's been missing years ago in our tribe", said Melissa.

"Wait what?! Seriously?", asked Sam.

"Yes, not only her but there are another 3 people that's being missing after a battle happening in the forest", said Melissa.

"A battle? You mean a battle between Zagary soldiers with your tribe?", asked Leah.

"How do you know?", asked Melissa.

"Our father told us this story. What happened actually?", asked Athena.

"I don't really know what happened that time because I was protecting my siblings that time, but what I did know was that the Zagary soldiers attacked us, and then somebody got killed as well", said Melissa.

"It's the king of Zagary and also our grandfather. Looks like what our father told us before is true after all", said Sam.

"So, who are the persons that disappeared when the battle?", asked Leah.

"If I'm not mistaken, their name is Julia, Maria, Peterson, Wong, Sansone, and Anna", said Melissa.

"Wait, we all know who is that. Julia is our mother, Maria is the current Queen of Zagary, Peterson is our uncle, Wong is my wife's father while Sansone and Anna are our kingdom's enemies", said Sam.

"Wait, enemy? What do you mean?", asked Melissa.

"Sansone said that Zagary people killed his father but we don't know about it", said Sam.

"Oh, now I know why. Sansone's father is the tribe leader who's being killed by Zagary's king at that time", said Melissa.

"Oh my god! That's why he with his wife and daughter tried to destroy all of us because the King of Zagary at that time killed his father", said Leah.

"Why do our parents and the Royal Family hide this story from all of us?", asked Athena.

"Maybe they don't want to repeat their parent's mistake?", said Sam.

Suddenly, Sam heard the voice that's been calling him again.

"I heard the voice again", said Sam.

"From where?", asked Athena.

"It's coming from the north of this forest", said Sam.

"Do you know what's on the north, Melissa?", asked Leah.

"There is a cave, but we can't go inside there. Legend said that only the person who has 9 elementary powers can go inside there and reveal the secrets", said Melissa.

"A person who had 9 elementary powers? Our brother has all of it", said Athena.

"Wait, really?!", asked Melissa.

"Yes, that's true. I guess we three need to go find the cave", said Sam.

"How about the others?", asked Leah.

"We will tell them to stay here and protect the village. If anything happens, they can protect the villagers", said Sam.

"Okay brother, we understand", said Athena.

The next day, Sam, Leah, and Athena are ready to go to find the secret cave that Melissa told them about yesterday.

"You three going to leave us here?", asked Iris.

"Don't worry, darling. It won't be long, okay? You stay here with Naomi and the rest to protect this forest while we went away", said Sam.

"Okay, but promise me you will be back honey?", asked Iris.

"I promise, darling", said Sam.

Sam, Leah, and Athena then later went to find the voice and also the secret cave. After they walk for a long time, they found the cave, and again Sam hears the voice that's been calling him.

"I hear the voice. It's coming from the cave", said Sam.

"But how we're going to enter this cave?", asked Athena.

Leah went to the entrance of the cave but she can't go inside the cave because she feels an invisible wall at the entrance. Later, Sam went to the entrance and touch the entrance where Leah said that there is an invisible wall. Suddenly, 9 bulbs of lights appear and the entrance of the cave is opened.

"Whatever that's inside there, we will face it together", said Sam.

"Okay, bro. Let's go inside", said Athena.

They all then later went inside the cave and search for the voice. When they went inside the cave, they saw a light in the distance and went to it. They saw a door and Sam opens that door. After Sam opened the door, the three were stunned to see a room inside there.

"It's just an empty big room, brother", said Leah.

Suddenly, Sam hears the voice calling his name, but now Leah and Athena can hear someone calling their name as well. When they look behind, they are shocked to see that they saw two people standing behind them in the distance.

"Mommy? Daddy? Is that you?!", asked Sam to the people.

It was their parents, Anderson and Julia.

"Yes, kids. We are", said Julia.

They all then later run towards them and hugged them tightly. They started to cry when meeting their parents in the cave.

"We missed you so much", said Athena.

"We both missed you too, sweetheart", said Julia.

"Why do you both want us to come here?", asked Leah.

"We want you three to know about our past secrets", said Anderson.

"Past secrets? You mean you have secrets to tell us that we all never know all this time?", asked Sam.

"Yes. It's time for you three to know about this. We want to tell you three but we can't because we didn't expect that we both will die when you three are still young and you three never know about our past secrets. That's why we called you three here", said Anderson.

"What secrets that you want to tell us?", asked Sam.

"Here, sit down and let us tell you the real story", said Julia.

Years ago, Julia was born in the Magical Forest with the Natureribe. A year later, her brother Peterson was born. They both grew up with the tribe along with their best friends, Maria and Wong. One day, when they were all ages 15, the Zagary king along with the royal family came to their forest for visiting the Natureribe. Zagary king at that time declares that they will build a barrier to protect the forest from intruders and also hunters. But the tribe doesn't know that Zagary king, King Richard along with the Royal Secretary, Sir Russell which is also Anderson's father planned something evil. They build the barrier not only to protect the forest but to make sure everyone in Zagary didn't know anything about Natureribe because the King thinks that the tribe is practicing dark magic that can made Zagary in great danger.

"So, if they knew about our plan, what is our next action your Highness?", asked Sir Russell.

"Don't worry. They will never know about this. If they knew about this, we will kill them all", said King Richard.

The tribe leader, Wilburt heard their conversation and went to them both.

"What do you say, your Majesty?! You made the wrong perception by saying we are practicing dark magic and you want to make the barrier to prevent everyone from knowing about us?", asked Wilburt.

King Richard then took his sword and said to him, "You shouldn't hear of what we said, now you're going to die."

King Richard then stabbed Wilburt to death.

"So, that's why the tribe attacked our soldiers? Because the king's grandfather killed their tribe leader?", asked Sam.

"Yes. We want to tell you but we promised to not tell anybody about this because we don't want everybody to know about our past secrets", said Anderson.

"So the tribe leader is Sansone's father?", asked Leah.

"Yes, and that's why Sansone builds a kingdom to destroy Zagary of what they have done to his father", said Anderson.

"Why did you both never tell us about this?", asked Athena.

"We're so sorry, sweetie. We want to tell you but...well we didn't expect that our death is when the accident and also during the war", said Julia.

"So, how do you both meet each other?", asked Sam.

"We...we met during the first time Zagary king came to the forest. King Wilson and I also went to the forest as I told you in my story before. When the king is discussing with the tribe leader and everybody is viewing the forest, I sneaked out to view the forest as well. Suddenly, I saw a girl that is playing with the Wind spirit, so I went and played together with her. When King Wilson called me, I leave her behind. When Zagary visits the tribe again, I find her, and then we will play together", said Anderson.

"You mean that girl is Mommy?", asked Athena.

"Yes, sweetie. I'm that girl that your father was talking about. When the battle happened, I saw Daddy go to me but he can't make it because one of the tribe people try to kill him but his soldier protects him. He was then pushed until he hit a rock and was unconscious. So I call the spirit to stop and tell the Wind spirit to bring Daddy out from the forest. But what I never know is the spirit also brought Zagary soldiers, my brother, Maria, Wong, and I are outside the forest. After we are out of the forest, a mist is covering all of the forest and we can't go inside the forest. So, we went to find shelter and we went to the orphanage house and stayed there. When we were 18, we four went to the university together, and then we met our partners. You know what I mean right?", said Julia.

"Yes, of course, Mommy. And then you all married?", asked Leah.

"After graduation, we directly think to become a real partners. So, later we married. Maria is declared the Queen of Zagary while I also live in the castle with her and my brother because we married the royal family. Wong is married to a normal citizen, so he lives in the city with his wife. After that, we three that live in the castle tell the story about the forest and ourselves to our partners, and turns out they remember about the forest and they accepted us although we're from the Magical Forest which is also before this they think of us as a magic believer that can't be trusted and also as the kingdom's enemy", said Julia.

"So, why do all of us born with these powers?", asked Sam.

"Because of us", said Julia.

"What...what do you mean Mommy?", asked Sam.

"You all got these powers because of our actions to save our enemy which is Zagary. Because of our actions, nature gives you three and all Zagary Royal Family kids the elementary powers, but for you Sam, you're so special to us. You're our light to fix our past including with your sisters, and that's the reason why you got all the 9 elementary powers because you can bring back the peace of the galaxy from the darkness and brings out the truth", said Julia.

"And you did defeat the darkness and bring back the peace once again to the galaxy. But now, there is one thing that is never done, the peace of the forest. You must break the force wall. It's the only way to stop this madness and bring back peace once again to this forest. We know that we had do mistakes before, but we tell you this so that you all can fix our past", said Anderson.

"But how we're going to do that?", asked Leah.

"By teamwork. We knew that you all defeat the darkness because you all worked together. It's not only Sam do it, but you all did it. That's why we both were proud of you all", said Julia.

After that, they both are becoming disappear.

"Wait...what happened to you both?", asked Athena.

"We need to go, sweetie. It's time for us to go. Now you three know about our secret, it's time for us to go in peace now", said Julia.

"Remember, we both will always love you. Now it's your all turn to fix our mistakes", said Anderson.

Sam, Leah, and Athena then later hugged their parents for the last time before they disappear into thin air.

"We love you, mommy, daddy!", cried Sam, Leah, and Athena.

"We love all of you too!", said Anderson and Julia.

After their parents are gone, they all went out of the cave.

"So, what we're going to do now?", asked Athena.

"We have to break that invisible wall. That's the only way to free this forest", said Sam.

"We need to go back and alert the others", said Leah.

Sam, Leah, and Athena later went back to the forest and when they were on the way there, they saw Melissa and inform her to stay in the forest and never go to the river and also the wall.

After they inform Melissa, she later informs the others in the village to stay together while Sam, Leah, and Athena destroy the invisible wall which is also the barrier of the forest.

"You think that they all will be safe?", asked Iris.

"They will, Iris. I assure you that they will be safe, we just pray for their best", said Naomi.

Meanwhile, Sam, Leah, and Athena already arrived at the entrance of the forest where the invisible wall stand.

"So now we're going to destroy this barrier?", asked Athena.

"We can work together. Use our powers to destroy this wall. I will use my Earth bending, you will try to use Light power and shoot the brick using your Light Beam while your sister will use her Ice power to destroy the wall", said Sam.

"That's a pretty good idea! Alright, here's go nothing", said Leah.

"This is for our parents and Zagary", said Sam to his sisters.

The three then later use their powers to destroy the invisible wall. All the villagers watching the wall from further away become more disappeared due to Sam and his sisters destroying the force wall. After for few minutes they destroy the barrier, and they finally made it.

"Finally, the barrier has been destroyed", asked Leah.

"Yeah, I think...it's finally over", said Sam.

Sam then later saw Iris, Naomi, David, and Zack coming toward them.

"Honey, are you okay?", asked Iris.

"I'm okay, darling. Is everybody okay?", said Sam.

"We are all okay. You destroy the barrier", said David.

"Yes, we did destroy it", said Sam.

"But why did you three destroy it?", asked Naomi.

"Long story. Let me tell all of you what happened", said Sam.

Sam, Leah, and Athena tell them all about their parent's stories and also about the forest.

"So that's what happened. We destroy the invisible barrier to free this forest from the curse", said Sam.

He then later went to Zack and said, "Zack, I'm... sorry about what happened to your grandfather. At first, I can't believe this is happening but I don't know why Ben and Cally's grandfather and also my grandfather will do that. I..."

Before Sam said anything after that, Zack stopped him and said, "It's okay, Sam. I understand. Besides, I want to forget everything about my past and also about my family. I want to start a new chapter with Athena and you guys because you're the only family that I have. I don't have anybody in this world other than you guys."

Sam then smile and nodded his head meaning that he understands what Zack said.

A week later, Sam visited the forest to see the progress to rebuild the village inside the forest. Queen Maria agreed with Sam's plan to make the Magical Forest a protected forest and no trespasser or even hunter can enter the forest. The citizens can only visit this forest and they can't do hunting or destroy the forest habitat.

"Sis, I now realized something", said Sam.

"What is it?", asked Leah.

"Love. Love is the bridge of everything. Love connects all of us here. And also by love, this forest is free once again, just like our parent's love for us that never stopped although they're dead", said Sam.

"Why do you say like that, brother?", asked Athena.

"Because I just realized...that we won't make all of this a reality without love feelings. And also, our parents will still be in our hearts. Although they're already passed away, I knew that they will be proud of all of us because we fix their past and all things are back to normal, just as they wanted. Love is unity, sis, and love also unites all of us now as one team. We are the Heroes team! As long we all are sticking together, we can face anything that's going to come to us, and together nothing is impossible for us to face", said Sam.

They then later hugged each other while watching the sunset in the forest. And now the three know about their parent's past secrets and fix them. They promised to make the world better and more peaceful with the power of unity and love. And also that's another reason why the Heroes team was created, to spread love and peace to the whole galaxy and they're following those principles until now.