In St. James Park in old London, Basil, Dawson, Toby, Olivia, Fidget, and Olivia's father were out enjoying the beautiful weather.
Olivia was sniffing a flower and had Toby sniffed it. Fidget grinned mischievously and thought of an idea. He flew over to Oliva and separated her from Toby, bringing her to a high tree.
Toby barked to get to Basil's attention. "What is it, boy?" Basil asked.
Toby barked up at the tree, where Olivia was standing, frightened.
"HELP!" Olivia shouted, waving her hands as she kneeled on a stiff branch.
"Olivia?" Basil, Dawson, and Flaversham yelled.
"Yes, it's me!" Olivia continued.
Luckily, in times like these, Basil brought a big blanket. "We'll get you down, Olivia!" Basil promised. "And whoever put you up here will get what he deserves. Who did this to you?"
"Fidget!" Oliva replied uneasily.
"That little rascal!" Basil fumed.
"That troublemaker has no right to hurt my Olivia," Flaversham stated.
Meanwhile, Fidget was getting a snack of berries, but unfortunately, he was chased by bees and worse, got stung by them. The leader just pointed and laughed at the bat's misfortunes. Seeing that the bat was panting from exhaustion, the leader decided that was enough, so he led them away from Fidget, who put mud on his wounds.
Basil and the other two mice unfolded the blanket and each grabbed a corner, so that Olivia would land safely. "It's ready!" Basil informed and the three counted, "One, two, three! Jump!"
Olivia jumped with a scream, but just as Basil had predicted, she landed safely in the blanket.
Mr. Flaversham began hugging his daughter. "Olivia, are you alright?" he asked.
"Yes, father," Olivia said tearfully with relief.
Fidget watched jealously.
"Fidget, what's gotten into you?" Basil demanded of him.
"I was just having a little fun with my prank," Fidget said.
"That was dangerous, Fidget!" Olivia countered as she broke free from her father's embrace. "I could've been killed. Friends shouldn't put their friends in danger with pranks like that!"
"Well, then, how about I don't have any friends?!" Fidget exploded.
Everyone gasped, then glared.
"Fidget, how could you say such a thing?" Basil demanded.
Olivia glared harder at Fidget and started to walk away.
"Look, Olivia, I'm sorry," Fidget apologized.
"You've ruined everything, Fidget!" an incensed Olivia exploded, which made Fidget flatten his ears with his head down. "I hate you." Our friendship is a lie, she thought. She turned around with angry tears and started to advance on him, making him fall backwards. "I trusted you, but you let me and my friends and father down." She then continued to walk away and soon, everyone else joined her with angry expressions.
If Olivia never forgave him, he wouldn't have blamed her; he wouldn't have forgiven himself, either. He was careless, he was mean, and he hurt his close friend, but he wouldn't give up on trying to apologize.
…
When Fidget came back to Baker Street and smiled at Olivia, she glanced away from him, still mad at him. Everyone else gave him a stern glance before turning their backs toward him. He sighed and walked away.
Three people, two mice and lizard watched the bat sadly make his way, so they decided to comfort him. Fidget found a lonely spot to sit on.
Bill put his hand on his shoulder. "Remember us, Fidget?"
Fidget sniffed and turned to face him. "Yeah. I let my friends down when I played a stupid prank on Olivia."
"Hey, Fidget, it's alright," the chubby mouse in red named Red said.
"You'll make things better," the mouse in the purple striped shirt called Snakes added. "You'll see."
"No, I can't and I won't because I've ruined everything with one prank," Fidget sobbed. "There's no way I'll make things right for London and it's all my fault! I can't do this anymore!" He sobbed even harder.
"What prank are you talking about?" Snakes asked.
"I flew Olivia up to a high tree without telling her. I separated her from Toby. They were sniffing a flower. I got stung by bees when I was picking berries and I saw Basil and the others catch Olivia in a blanket, then we all got into a fight. Basil and Olivia yelled at me for what I did and after that, they and the rest of them walked away from me, not that I blame them."
"We're glad you told us, Fidget," Bill said.
"So I can trust you? How?" Fidget asked, still upset and hurt about what they've done to him and his friends.
"Try to remember the good times," Snakes said, "But if you don't remember, we can always tell you."
"Thanks, guys," Fidget said.
Out of nowhere, a sorceress grabbed him and threw him in a bottle.
"Don't worry, Fidget, we'll get help!" Red assured him and he and the others ran to find help.
…
Fidget struggled to get out of the bottle, but to no avail when Maleficent admired the sight of Fidget in the bottle with no way out. Fidget gasped in shock.
"Aww, poor bat without friends and no way out," Maleficent snickered.
"Why are you doing this?" Fidget demanded and changed his tone, "I used to be like you."
Furious, Maleficent set her nails on the bottle, causing Fidget gasp and flinch. "You were never like me! I'm more powerful than you'll ever be."
Fidget frowned as Maleficent walked away from the bottle and told him the story of King Stephan cutting her wings off. When the story ended, Fidget grew miserable, not only for his friends, but because of Maleficent's tragic backstory and King Stephan's betrayal.
"I'm sorry this happened to you," Fidget sympathized.
"I learned that Stephan never liked me anyway."
Fidget glared at her.
"Looks like I'm alone forever like you."
Fidget, still angry at Maleficent, looked away.
"Face it. Friends have betrayed you, too," Maleficent said darkly.
Fidget, getting a little mad and determined, continued, "My friends didn't betray me. I let my friends down. Oh, and just because you had friends that were mean to you or have a bad life, does not give you the right to kidnap people! I know, because I worked for a villain before!"
"So do I and his name is the Horned King. I'd do anything to make him powerful."
"My friends will rescue me and besides, Basil has ways of tracking down criminals and criminals like you can go to jail!"
…
Basil and the others sat on the ground until they heard voices.
"Basil! Everyone!" one shouted.
"Fidget's been kidnapped by someone!" another exclaimed.
"By whom?" Basil asked.
"I don't know, you're the detective!" Red said.
"You'll find out," Bill added.
…
Basil and co put their mystery solving cases to use by looking at footprints. Then they came to a castle, where Fidget was held prisoner.
They came inside in disguise as goons.
Maleficent brought a bottle inside the room with the Horned King. With luck, Fidget punched through the glass without Maleficent knowing and flew over to his friends without being caught.
Seeing this, Basil and co removed their disguises and hugged Fidget.
"Fidget, we found you!" Basil said.
"Basil has ways of detecting you," Dawson said with a wink.
"I knew it all along," Fidget stated, "I knew you'd find me. I'm sorry I made you all leave. I promise I won't pull anymore pranks on Olivia or any of you again because that's not what good friends do."
"Really?" Olivia asked. "Promise."
"Cross my heart," Fidget vowed earnestly and sighed, "I wish I knew how to stop myself from this."
"You'll figure it out. All you need to do is believe in yourself."
"I can't. I'm sorry." Olivia was starting to lose it.
"I've gone too far and everything is too dangerous for me."
"ENOUGH!" Olivia raged, then took a deep breath before saying, through her rage, "Listen, Fidget! Your life is on the line and we're counting on you, but what do you do? You moan about the past and complain how dangerous everything is to you! You can do this. I know you can, but if you think everything's so dangerous to you, then why don't you stay home until you find your courage!"
"Find your courage," Fidget said to himself flatly. Then it came to him. "Find your courage."
"Then it's settled," Olivia said.
"The green witch kidnapped me and said something about her working for the Horned King," Fidget said.
…
Basil and the others cracked the door open. The Horned King yelled at Maleficent for not bringing the prisoner in and just when Maleficent was trying to tell him the bottle broke, the Horned King told her that he used her.
When Maleficent walked out of the room, Fidget grabbed the end of her robe.
"Hey, what are you doing?" Maleficent asked.
"We came to realize that the Horned King never liked you," Fidget told her, "You're welcome to join us."
"Are you saving me?"
"Yes, and that's what friends do."
"I can't get away from the Horned King."
"Yes, you can."
"No, I can't."
"Yes, you can. You have the power."
"I would if I could, but…"
"USE THEM!" Fidget snapped, "Remember my comment on just because someone's mean to you, you don't get to be mean to them back or kidnap them? Get it through your head!"
Maleficent considered this. "I know just what to do."
…
The Horned King was searching for Maleficent. "Maleficent, I'm sorry I shouted out you," he said.
"Oh, are you?" a familiar voice said.
The Horned King, who let his guard down shifted his gaze outside to see the woman standing there. "Ready when you are, Horned King and all the powers of HELL!" With that, she turned into a dragon, much to the Horned King's surprise. Basil and co were on Maleficent's back. Maleficent attacked the Horned King with fire and grabbed him with her tail, staring coldly at him. When finished, she threw him in the Black Cauldron, where he had been demolished.
After the battle, Maleficent motherly told everyone to get off her and changed her shape into her true self.
"I knew you can do it," Fidget said.
Maleficent sighed. "Thank you. Now, I feel better." She pet all the creatures.