A/N- I made three movie references in the last chapter. The first one was from Jeepers Creepers 2 when the Creeper stared at the students on the bus. The second one was from Castle in the Sky(studio ghibli) when Sheeta gave that speech to Muska and the last one was from Tarzan with Clayton's death. Anyway, welcome to the last chapter of Anni's way home.


"Come on Eva...We're almost there…" Anni was carrying her limping friend by holding onto her right leg.

"Anni...You don't have to carry me…"

"But you're hurt…"

"My right leg is numb and bleeding but I'll be okay…"

"No we can't give up…" Anni then saw the trail of blood and then took off her denim skirt and wrapped it on Eva's leg and ripped the sleeves of her red shirt and tied it on each end. She laid Eva on the ground and saw that her friend was closing her eyes

"No no no...Please don't die...Please…" then Anni looked around the city

"Use what Eva taught you…" Anni thought. She ran out into the street and did a thumbs-up sign. There was no success so far but she wasn't willing to give up on her friend. Then finally, after 30 minutes a red station wagon came to them. A woman stepped out and saw Eva's state of being and gasped.

Anni tried her best to act it out for the lady and she didn't understand a thing

"She said...to take her…. to the circus in...Dubai….Fur Power Circus…" Eva coughed

"That circus...Right away…" Anni and the lady boosted Eva in the back seat with Anni in tow and they drove off.


Everyone at the circus was waiting for Anni's arrival. The penguins paced back and forth and skippered looked at a golden watch.

"What's taking that kid so long…" Skipper grumbled

"Skipper, She'll be here, I know she will" Private assured him.

"I hope so...that kid is running us behind schedule…"

"Now hold on...That kid never backed down on her promise...why is she going to back down now?" Iris asked the bird.

"Yeah...She and that blonde girl saved us…" Lisa added.

Then they heard a car parking from afar. Alex and Gia perked up and raced to the front and saw a familiar cub helping out a blonde girl in her crutches.

Anni and Eva limped their way to the circus after the woman drove off. Eva finally had the strength to stand up and limp using her crutches. She saw Alex and Gia looking at Anni. The cub quickly smiled but frowned and looked up at Eva.

"Go...It's okay...They're your parents…" Eva encouraged.

Anni then looked at her parents and raced to them and they raced toward her. Anni was swung around by her father and the three gave into a warm embrace. Alex and Gia were in tears of utter happiness, now that their daughter was home.

Then the rest of the circus animals made their way to her.

"My precious Bambina…" Gia cried.

"Mama…" Anni cried. Then Alex noticed her ear and her new hair.

"Annita...Your ear…Your hair" Anni looked up.

"Yeah, I know...A crazy taxidermist did that to me…the ear…"

"At least she looks like Grandpa…" Gio walked up to the trio along with his brother. Anni was placed down and Her brothers embraced her for the second time.

"Why is hair so dark?" Vitaly asked suspiciously. Then Gloria stepped in

"Well, I like it...It goes really well with her eyes…"

"You like it…" Gloria nodded and then Anni jumped into her arms. "I love it too…"

Eva smiled at the warm family reunion happening around her new friend, then she felt herself getting weak again.

"It's nice of you to be home, Anni…" Private went up to Anni.

"It's nice to-" a thud on the ground made Anni stop and turned to her friend. "Eva!" She squirmed out of Vitaly's arms and raced to her new friend. Anni saw that Eva's eyes were half open and they were about to close.

"Who is this intruder...what should we do with her Skipper?" Kowalski asked

"No...Don't do anything to her...She's badly hurt…" Anni turned to the penguins

"Step aside kid, we'll take care of-" Skipper started

"Don't you touch her…" Anni boldly yelled. Everyone around her was stunned. "Please she was the one that brought me home...if it wasn't for her...I wouldn't have made it here…Please...please spare her…" The young cub pleaded.

Then the penguins held back on their original plan. Then Anni looked around and then saw an ambulance nearby. She took off her ripped red shirt and began to take off

"Wait wait where are you going…" Alex grabbed her paw

"I'm going to flag down that ambulance…"

"No, I won't let you…"

"But she'll die if I don't do it…"

"Anni…"

"Please….She's helped me before...now I wanna help her…I want to save her...Please I can do this…I don't want to lose anyone else…"

Alex stopped dead in his tracks, hearing his daughter's words. He could tell that death had impacted her greatly and she really cared about this human being. Seeing that he had bad experiences with humans before, he wasn't sure to trust Eva but when he saw Anni tending to her when she was wounded made he change his mind.

"Okay...Please do what you can…"

"And when they get here...We're reporting to the train pronto…" Skipper added

"You-You mean I can't see her again…" Anni turned to the flat-headed penguin

"Sorry but that's the way it has to be…" Anni then looked down at the nearly-unconscious Eva and glanced and the ambulance and with a determined look on her face, Anni sprinted on her fours towards the ambulance. She saw two workers drinking coffee and she meowed as loud as she could because they couldn't hear her talk. A female worker looked down at her.

"Hi, sweet kitty are you lost?" Anni meowed again and began to walk away. "Hey I think she's leading us somewhere Johnson come on…" a blonde worker told her co-worker.

Anni began to lead them to Eva. The workers gasped seeing Eva's state and began to run off to get the ambulance.

"You...You got the ambulance for me…" Eva spoke weakly. Anni nodded.

Then the workers came back with the vehicle and placed Eva on the flatbed. Anni ran by her side and got inside the vehicle

"No kitty this isn't-" the second worker tried to pick up Anni.

"Wait...I have something to say…" Eva interrupted. "Anni….Promise me one more thing…"

"Yes...Anything…" Anni pleaded.

"I want...You to...Go with your family and don't look back until you're near that train...okay…"

"But...But what about you...What'll you do…" Tears already ran down Anni's face.

"Don't worry...I'll be fine...Once...I get home...the news will...interview me about what happened...Bont's dead and the...others are free…"

"Are...are we going to ever see each other again…" Anni asked, linking her paws with her friend's cold hands. Eva smiled and wiped the tears with one of her hands

"I don't know if your family will let me but I promise you, I'll find a way…" Eva smiled weakly

"Promise me…"

"I promise you…" Eva cupped Anni's left cheek, making the cub press onto it.

"Now go and don't look back...Be brave for me okay…"

"I'll remember everything you taught me…" Anni threw herself onto Eva for a hug

"I guess we both learned something from each other…"

"Ok kitty...it's time to go...the blonde worker gently picked up Anni, separating the two girls and closing the door behind her. Anni sprinted away to her family who were already walking on their way to the train. The sound of the ambulance made Anni try to look back but she shook her head and pressed forward.

When She got near the train she saw everyone getting on it and she looked back, finally giving in to her promise. She didn't see the ambulance which took her friend. As she looked back she began to think about her journey and how much it changed her.

"All aboard...Grab your luggage and drain your bladders, it's gonna be a long ride…" She heard Skipper, and then she finally raced toward the train where Alex picked her up and before she could look again, the doors began to shut on her.

Then the train began to slowly move towards the tunnel and began to slowly pick up the pace.

"You know Anni...Traveling all over the world...Performing tours...seeing a lot of people...It can be a little bit scary." Alex warned his youngest cub.

"I think I'm ready for it…" Anni reassured him. Then the train began to disappear into the tunnel as the story ends.