"Bye then."
"Bye."
"I thought I was coming to see my Niece again...….not a mistake."
"Uncle."
"No. You want me to go. So I'll go."
Here's a slice of pie anyways.
There's a spoon there, and what's left of my Whipped Topping.
Bye."
"......Bye?
You said bye to him?"
"Just drop it, and focus on getting dressed."
"Hun, he's Ruby's uncle. You had no right."
"If he's such an Uncle, then where was he when she needed him?"
"Where were we, for Raphael?
We all have regrets. He just wants to see if she's ok."
"Well, she's not. And neither is he.
I had a bad feeling so I...…."
"Way to make him feel unwelcomed."
"Wait. Where are you going?"
"To go find him. He couldn't have gotten….
*Ding....dong*
Oh. Henry, hi again. How was your visit with Ruby?"
"She's in prison...…but happy.
Here. You can take this sack of pies.
It feels like I don't even know her anymore, but I know you, so thank you for letting me see her.
Goodbye."
"Henry. Wait. What if we go with..."
*Slam*
"Was it something I said?"
"We tried.
Please, come sit with me and dine."
"How can you dine at a time like this?
Rubys uncle is here to reconnect with his Niece, and no one is making him feel welcome."
"What do you want me to do?"
"Come with me, and let us talk to him."
"First, you get mad at me for getting involved; and now you get mad at me for...not…..getting involved?"
"K, can take care of herself. Rainbow is with Darius, but Ruby is with no one."
"Sir."
"Yes, young man?"
"I didn't thank you for giving me a Pie earlier."
"Yes you did. You said it. I heard you."
"No.
Properly.
Come on. Come with me."
"Kid, I...….Okay. "
"We have no pie at home but we do have a tufle load of Candy for you.
That's all I can do to repay you.
Trying to divide it up between me and my friends, so I left the house hungry for something else; and then I met you."
"Why do you want me? I told you, 'I don't have any more pies."
"That's ok. We all had a piece of your pie, and just left the candy. We want to trade it for the delicious pie."
"Ummmm....I...….Wait a second.
Hold it ,Kid."
"Yes?"
"What's going on there? Are they tearing down Upfront?"
"Tearing down? No. No. No. You got it wrong. We are transforming it into a school and need to give Upfront a complete makeover."
They're just tearing down the roof to replace it with a new one.
Ruby inspired us."
"What did you say?"
" 'They're just tearing dowmn the roof to re….."
"No. After that."
"Ruby inspired us?"
"You're saying that as a question of doubt, or of certainty?"
"Certainty."
"No hesitation."
"Why should we? She's amazing. She helps out where she can, when she can.
Most of the Orphanages here swear by here, and that Pie you made was good; but it's no Rubys.
I heard one group recently loved her Apple Strudel, that they tried tracking her down to make more; but she was nowhere to be found.
So, they tried recreating it and gave it to us for a try; but nothing beats the original."
"Is that so?"
"There truly is no replacing her.
I think they were trying to replace her version of 'Gifting', but...I'm not saying it was a bad effort cause everything was still amazing."
"Gifter?"
"Yeah. She went around gifting food baskets for everybody, during the night.
Then when she wasn't around; Darius Heartchild kept it up.
Between you and me though...….we don't need the Kindness, but it is nice to know that she's back and not changed.
Oh look.
There's her statue now."
"Statue?"
"Yeah. Almost complete.
Isn't she beautiful? Again, it's no original but it'll do. Like she's still with us."
".......It's beautiful.
*Whooossssh*
"Whooo, watch it there Kid. Walking here."
"Sorry."
"Say, I never remembered this many Kids here.
After the Dragon incident, I thought numbers decresed?"
"They did, Sir; but Ruby and the Heartchilds have helped them grow again.
Course, it's thanks to getting rid of the evil King, and freeing us; but I'm not complaining about how we got here."
How 'We' got here?"
"Yeah.
All of us Kids."
"You ears. They're...…"
"There you are Kitty.
Come back here, please. I promise that my dog was only playing with you and nothing more. Please don't be frightened. I told you. He hates cats."
"Cats?
But...…"
"Ruby has given us all a new life.
Excuse me, cause now I need to get back to it."
"Here we are, Sir.
Welcome to my house."