“Come on, we’ll take you to the station, I’m sure your parents are worried about you.” She replied softly and the small child only nodded at the gesture. She led the young girl out, only to see that her own child was following them, their hands still grasped together. “You can’t go.” She addressed her child sternly. “Your dad’s in the backyard, just tell him I’ll be out for a bit.”

The glasses girl frowned in defiance at the decision her mother had made. “But I have to go!” She whined. “I promised that I’d rescue her.” She explained her reasoning, but her mom was having none of it. Angrily, her daughter tried to stomp off, but was stopped to see that her hand was in being held tightly into another’s. Both girl’s looked to the lost child and saw her insecurity of being left without her newfound friend.

The mother smiled, seeing the girl clench desperately to her daughter’s hand. She made an exasperated sigh before she turned to her daughter. “Fine, you can come.” She gave in. A large smile bloomed on the other girl’s face and she happily walked alongside the girl.

The three drove down to the station where they saw a rather angry and panicked lady yell at the police. “I told you already, she’s an adorable girl, with adorable hair, and adorable voice, with adorable smile!” She yelled out to the police officer who was attempting to get a description of her daughter, but to no avail.

“Mommy!” The small girl called out, and the lady turned around her breathe caught in her throat as relief set over her at the sight of seeing her daughter. “Oh baby!” She crouched down and opened her arms wide as her daughter, still strangely accompanied by her friend, due to the linking hands, stepped right in the hug.

When the two finally separated, the lost girl’s mother looked to the women who had brought her child in, and then to the child who was still currently holding her own daughter’s hand. She opened her mouth hesitantly but her unsaid question was answered. “My daughter found her in the woods in the tree house there.” The lady replied, and the women nodded her head.