ALANA BERNARD CRAIG JP KELSEY KERI MAYA MORTIMOR OMAR XAVIER CRAIG previously on “craig of the creek!” CRAIG the heart of the forest… a mysterious and magical place hidden deep in the creek… OMAR kenneth drew a map to the heart of the forest on a puzzle cube and scattered the pieces far and wide. XAVIER the heart of the forest made you king… XAVIER why didn’t you give the map to me?! your own flesh and blood, bro! CRAIG if xavier finds the heart of the forest, he can ask it to make him king of the creek all over again! CRAIG where! is! the! cube?! XAVIER you lookin’ for the last cube, too? CRAIG xavier! if you could program the drones to go after people, then what about other things? like cubes? CRAIG yeah! XAVIER yeah! XAVIER maybe i don’t want to be king. kenneth asked it for friends… and maybe i can, too. KERI maya! ALANA now that practice is over, we were thinking… KERI time for ice cream! ALANA you wanna come with? KERI uh… do you know him? MAYA just gimme a second. MAYA you spyin’ on me again? OMAR ha-ha, you know, just making sure you don’t throw any more sacred cube pieces into the creek, heh heh… OMAR yeah, too soon, too soon… OMAR maya… i’m really sorry i accused you of being the red poncho. that was messed up on my part. simple as that. i’m sorry about how it all went down. that’s my bad. OMAR kinda busy right now, craig-- CRAIG omar, we found it! OMAR what?! CRAIG the final puzzle piece to the heart of the forest! we’re at the stump right now! come meet us! OMAR yo! they actually found the last puzzle piece! MAYA for real?! OMAR yeah! guess we’re finally going after the heart of the forest! MAYA guess so. OMAR yeah! so… i’mma head out, but it was good catching up. we should do it again sometime. ALANA maya! are you coming or what? MAYA actually… i think something just came up. CRAIG it’s time! we’re about to embark on the greatest adventure of our lives… to find the heart of the forest! and there’s no one else i’d rather be here with than… kelsey! mortimor! jp! omar! maya! and… xavier! KELSEY everyone careful! who knows what he’s got under those cashmere sleeves! CRAIG hey! it’s cool! he’s with me! KELSEY it’s cool?! he tried to hit me... with a toy car! a whole. toy. car. craig. XAVIER hey-ey-ey! we could talk about who tried to run over who all day, but you wouldn’t have run nto half of these cubes without me. JP yeah, but half those cubes you stole from us! CRAIG kelsey, jp, can i have a word please? XAVIER sooooo… heh, what’s good? other than me now. OMAR i’ll be right back. OMAR tell me this is a joke, craig. i need to hear the words. CRAIG look, i wouldn’t have found the last puzzle piece without xavier’s brains and drones! KELSEY but why were you two hanging out together in the first place? CRAIG because you all were busy… and xavier offered a truce. OMAR CRAIG look, xavier might actually be evolving. he doesn’t want to be king anymore. he just wants friends. real friends. JP i dunno, my tummy is telling me somethin’ ain’t right, craig… or my tummy is telling me something is right. i don’t really know, i’ve been getting a lot of mixed messages lately. KELSEY i still don’t trust xavier, but… ugh, i do trust you. i’ll play along. but at the first sign of trouble… i am unleashing the beast! MORTIMOR CRAIG it’s gonna be fine, i promise. CRAIG all the pieces are finally here… CRAIG alright, who’s got some creek? OMAR i got green. no blue though. KELSEY is this creek or did a blueberry squisher get stuck to this? CRAIG it’s creek! on the table. KELSEY sure thing, “grump of the creek.” CRAIG i’m sorry, but we can’t afford to lose a single piece. JP i think i ate one. CRAIG what?! XAVIER what?! JP i was just going to town on these delicious cube-shaped candies and i guess i mixed ’em up… JP oooh! false alarm! definitely just the candy! ha-haw! MAYA i could smell that. CRAIG this is it. the final piece. CRAIG it’s… complete! CRAIG alright, prepare yourselves… we ride at sundown. MAYA uh, i have to be home for dinner by six. CRAIG we ride at sunup. BERNARD hey domehead. got somewhere boring to be? CRAIG i’m actually going on the greatest adventure of my life. BERNARD soooooo… boring. got it. just be back home before dinner. CRAIG sure thing, dad! BERNARD dad…?! i’m not that old! CRAIG okay, according to the puzzle cube, we start… here. now where is that in the creek? xavier it’s, uh, right here. OMAR um, map stuff is craig’s thing, so stay in yer lane, bruh. CRAIG hey hey, it was a good guess. but i am… the map boy!!! CRAIG i’m pretty certain the starting point is here, so we should go… this way. MAYA all right, what are we waiting for? let’s go! unless that’s your thing too. CRAIG it is my thing. CRAIG all right, what are we waiting for? let’s go! to the heart of the forest! JP wait guys! my tummy is rumbling… i didn’t bring any snacks! JP didn’t think it would have to come to this… JP it’s okay, jp… they are just really little protein. xavier oh… i, uh, brought some squishers. wanna split? JP oh… kelsey said i should stop taking candy from former dictators, so… actually, i’m not hungry anymore! JP ooh maya! can i get a piece of that? i am starving!!! XAVIER KELSEY halt! the creek is too deep here, we can’t venture through it! MAYA hmm… unless we try this! hyah! KELSEY yeah! hup! MAYA not bad! OMAR uhh… y’all did know there was a log right here, right? XAVIER hey, you shoulda told me we were racing! wanna go again? KELSEY why? so you can cheat with all your gidgets and gadgets and whozits and whatsits galore?!? KELSEY come on, guys! MAYA hey guys! guess what? JP what? MAYA chicken butt. CRAIG that’s good! XAVIER okay! okay! i got one, too! uh… what does a computer call its father? CRAIG what? XAVIER data! XAVIER cuz it’s like da-da. but… it’s a computer, so… it’s… OMAR whack. CRAIG no! it… it was funny, man. KELSEY oh maya, tell yours again! JP i hope the punchline’s still gonna be “chicken butt!” MAYA guess what? chicken butt! CRAIG hey, something wrong? XAVIER i don’t get it! they’re acting like i ruled as the evil king by myself, but last time i checked, maya was helping me. how come she gets a pass and i don’t? CRAIG sometimes making friends takes time. i’m sure they’ll come around soon. MAYA okay… didn’t think we’d hit a literal wall. CRAIG but this is where the map stops. this can’t be right. OMAR uh, does any of this look heart of the forest-ish to y’all? KELSEY yeah, it kinda looks dead end-ish… CRAIG look! beside the waterfall! CRAIG y’all see that too or am i trippin’? MAYA clear as day. CRAIG kenneth must’ve left it as a clue! i bet there’s an entrance somewhere around here. omar, you got any waterproof arrows? OMAR heh heh, do i got any waterproof arrows… OMAR looks like it passed through the other side. CRAIG i think we found our entrance. MAYA uh, that’s great and everything, but how are we supposed to get over this? CRAIG we’re gonna have to jump. MAYA CRAIG come on! we can do this! we didn’t come all this way for nothing… XAVIER i’ll do it. i’ll go first. JP uh uh uh uh uh! nice try! you wanna ditch us and get the heart of the forest all to yourself! not on ol’ jp’s watch— whoa-whoa- waaaaaah! KELSEY jp!!!!! JP waaaa… hnng! JP CRAIG jp! KELSEY you okay, buddy? XAVIER i’ll always just be the enemy to you guys, won’t i? XAVIER yeah. that’s what i thought. CRAIG xavier, wait up! CRAIG KELSEY welp, didn’t hear any screams of agony. must be safe! KELSEY JP what if i just went home? i mean, i won’t, but… what if, y’know? KELSEY jp, stop pretending like you’re going home and just jump! JP aw, they know me so well! JP wheeeeeeeeeee… oof! JP CRAIG check it out, jp… it’s some sort of tunnel. CRAIG xavier, what do you see? XAVIER i’ll tell you what i see… i see a bunch of kids who don't want to know me as anything other than a bad guy. XAVIER well please allow me to re-introduce myself… XAVIER bad guy’s back. JP aww, i should’ve gone home. [Type text]0[Type text]0[Type text]