The Underworld.

Epilogue - Sheldon's mother.

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"We're here!" Sheldon said. "It's my home."

"Finally," Elco complained. "I can't walk one more step."

"Oh, don't be a wiener," Liza said. "Dad has a peg leg, and he can walk perfectly."

"I think that old man has been around Buck for too long," Elco said. "he's starting to act like him."

"No, dad just got his life spirit back," Liza said. "thanks to our adventures."

"I'll be glad when I'm home," Elco said. "Why did we follow that boy to his home anyway?"

"Would you let that little kid travel alone?" Anna asked him.

Elco didn't answer, but only muttered something to himself.

Sheldon ran towards the hollow between two hills where his family lived.

"Mom! Dina! Dora! I'm home!" he yelled happily.

Two little weasel girls from Sheldon's age appeared from behind a rock. They looked exactly alike. They both had a doll in their arms. It immediately was clear that Sheldon's sisters Dina and Dora did not look like him at all. Their fur and eyes were darker, their noses smaller and their tails bushier.

"Mommy!" Dina screamed. "Sheldon's back."

Immediately Sheldon's mother Seetha appeared. She didn't hesitate for a minute and hugged her son.

"Oh, my baby," She said, sobbing. "Why did you run away? You could have been dead! I was so worried about you!"

"Mom, let go," Sheldon said, "You're choking me."

"You didn't go back to that guy again, did you?" Seetha asked.

"His name is Buck," Sheldon said. "And he's not just some guy. He's the dinohunter."

"So you did go to him," Seetha said, and she seemed somewhat angry now. "I told you not to go back. What if something happened to you?"

"Buck protects me, mom," Sheldon said.

"He'd better," Seetha said. "Because if something happens to you whenever you're in that Underworld, I swear I will scratch out that other eye of him!"

"Mom!" Sheldon said.

Seetha now looked at the weasel family, who were standing at the bottom of the hill, a few feet away from her.

"And what it this?" She asked.

Dorian stepped forward. "I'm Dorian," he said. "and this is my family and Elco, an old friend of ours. We were in the Underworld with Buck and Sheldon. We thought it was better if we'd accompany him to his home."

Seetha smiled. "Thank you, mr. Dorian," she said.

Diana had to admit that Seetha was a beautiful woman. But not exactly in an innocent way.

She had a dark red-brown fur. Her ears were black. Her big, almond shaped eyes had a dark brown-green color. Her ears were a little pointed, and the fur around her eyes was a slightly different color than the rest of her body.

She had long, razor sharp, black nails on her fingers.

That woman could skin someone with those nails. Diana thought.

Despite of her evil looks, Seetha did not appear to be a bad person. She just had a few scary things that she liked to say. Other than that, she seemed okay.

Elco came forward. "I'm sorry if I'm rude," he asked. "But I'm just curious about Sheldon's father…"

Seetha hissed. "That man," she said, with hate in her voice. "If I ever see him again I swear I will scratch out his eyes with my bare hands!"

That shouldn't be difficult, with those nails. Liza thought.

"You have a bad relationship with him?" Diana asked.

"Bad relationship?!" Seetha said furiously. "He promised me that he would be a loyal husband. But when I told him I was pregnant, he humiliated me and just walked away and never came back. And it turned out he lied to me all that time. He lied to me about never having a girlfriend before. He lied to me about where he came from. He even lied about his age! He said he was much younger than he looked. Turned out he was just some old pervert! I hat him, I tell you. I hate him!"

"But doesn't Sheldon look like him?" Diana asked.

"Yes, but that's not his fault, is it?" Seetha said. "And I don't see that old guy as their father anymore. I'm their mother. I'm their parent, and nobody else."

"What was that guy's name?" Liza asked.

Seetha's eyes narrowed. "Jacob," she said. "and now I don't want to talk about it anymore."

As Seetha walked back to her children, Elco and Diana gave each other a look.

"Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" Elco asked.

"I think I do." Diana said.

Elco had told her the name of Buck's father some days ago.

"Shall we tell them?" Elco asked.

Diana shook her head. "Sheldon likes to see Buck as a father-figure," she said. "I don't think he'd want to know the truth. I think it would spoil their father-son relationship."

"I guess so." Elco said.

And so, the secret was safe with them.

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The End.

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Author's note.

Okay, so this is the end of 'The Underworld'.

I hope you enjoyed it, and I would like to thank

everyone for reading it. I appreciate all the

reviews very much.

Some asked if there would be a sequel. At the

moment I'm going to work on a different fanfiction,

so I don't expect to write a sequel anytime soon.

But, suggestions for a sequel are welcome. If you

have any ideas you want to discuss you can

contact me.

Thank you all for reading.

Snowy Stoat.