A.N. This is a sequel to that comic book series Fone Bone. It's a great story, though a little complex, but I didn't like how Fone apparently never sees Thorn again after the end of the series. However, since I understand that Fone and his cousins belong in Boneville I decided to write this so that it allows Fone and Thorn to see each other again without Fone having to completely abandon his life in Boneville.

A year had passed since the Bones and Bartleby had returned to Boneville. When they first arrived Fone and Smiley went first to warn the townsfolk not to punish Phoney any further. The townsfolk, though glad to have Fone back and even Smiley – slightly, since he kept the town interesting – at first refused. They reluctantly changed their minds when Fone told them of their adventures in the valley and in the mountains and, well, many other places in that area. They weren't surprised to hear that Phoney actually continued making trouble despite being chased out of Boneville previously, and they were also glad that Phoney got plenty of comeuppance and very little reward (only twenty gold coins, one of which Smiley now has) in the end. Interestingly, Phoney seemed to change a little, at least he didn't seem as greedy as he used to. Fone whispered that he believed that going through those life risking moments taught him how to be less selfless, plus only getting a meager amount after trying to steal a royal treasury crushed some of his spirit.

Bartleby was at first met with fright, especially because of his teeth, but Smiley explained that they tamed the little rat creature with kindness and sandwiches. Fone added that as long as Bartleby takes his meat well cooked there was very little risk of Bartleby reverting to his hunting ways. Bartleby then explained that he rarely hunted to begin with; when he was a cub his parents gave him the meat. Then before he reunited with the Bones he just took what little he could of whatever the other rat creatures hunted and even stated that he missed Smiley's sandwiches during that time.

As the year passed Fone and Smiley did what they did back before Phoney was chased out, Bartleby eventually was trusted among the townsfolk and even became a good cop (the burglars were frightened of him and fewer crimes were committed than usual). Phoney however didn't pull a big moneymaking scheme at all that year much to everyone's surprise, but instead just did small ones like selling pies (Fone liked Thorn's recipes so much that he asked for them). The gold he brought from the journey was melted down and used to pay off the first batch of ingredients, and when the townsfolk found out that the pies were good – thanks to Fone – the profits paid for future ingredients.