The boy took out a toy airplane and began to fly it in the house's backyard. Once it landed, he soon cheered about that and rang the house's doorbell in excitement and anticipation, and where the door soon opened.
There appeared to be an older girl at the door. "Oh, hi, Ted."
The preteen boy smirked before shaking his head. "Audrey, hi."
"Did your ball land in my backyard again?" The girl asked.
"What? No," Ted replied. "A model airplane this time."
"Oh, my." Audrey said as she soon saw Deoxys and thought it was being chased.
Ted looked over to see the strange Pokemon being chased by the other Pokemon and the pets. The kids then called out for their Pokemon and pets which made them come to them and leave the Deoxys alone for now. Deoxys soon came over to Audrey.
"Oh, hi, there, little guy~" Audrey cooed and pet the strange Pokemon.
Deoxys smiled as he seemed to like this girl a lot.
"Hey, do you guys wanna see something cool?" Audrey invited Ted and the others.
"Sure." Estelle smiled.
"Come on." Audrey smiled back and led them inside her home.
Before the preteen boy followed them, he sprayed his breath and soon joined them. Audrey then covered his eyes and had the others close their eyes for now as she led them somewhere she was very proud of.
"Are we there yet?" Akito asked with his eyes closed.
"Almost." Audrey promised.
Felicity giggled as this reminded her of her mother's story about how Adam gave Belle the library in the castle for Christmas while he gave Cherry the study to write her very own stories in like the one about the castle.
"Okay." Audrey then said and uncovered Ted's eyes so they could see what she wanted them to see.
Akito and the others soon opened their eyes.
Ted looked up and gasped. It was a mural of trees with purple, pink, orange and magenta pompoms.
"Wow!" The kids spoke up in surprise and amazement.
"I love these colors," Vincent approved as the artist side of him flared out. "Did you paint this, Audrey?"
"Do you guys like it?" Audrey asked.
"We love it," Estelle smiled. "It looks so real."
"This is amazing!" Ted beamed in agreement. "What are those?"
"Those are trees!" Audrey grinned.
"Trees?" Akito asked in surprise.
"Yeah, real ones!" Audrey smiled. "They used to grow around here, and people said, that the touch of their tuffs were softer than anything, even silk and they smelt like butterfly milk."
"But then, why aren't they here?" Felicity asked.
"No one knows," Audrey replied. "My parents told me about how trees, and grass, and everything was real once long ago though. What I want more than anything in the whole world is to see a real living tree growing in my backyard."
"So, if, say, I'm just thinking out loud here... If a guy somehow, got you one..." Ted spoke up shyly.
"Why, I'd probably marry him on the spot," Audrey smiled before realizing what she said even if it made Ted's day since he seemed to have a crush on her from what Felicity and Estelle could see. "I bet that sounds crazy, does it sound crazy?"
"No." Estelle said.
"Not crazy, not crazy at all." Ted told the redheaded girl nervously.
They stared up at the sky and Ted felt inspired to get a tree for Audrey, though he just had to wonder how he would do it. The others wondered how they would find a tree.
Later on, Ted was getting himself back home. Audrey told Deoxys he could go home, though he seemed attached to her, so she decided to let him stay with her.
"There must be a way outside of this city." Akito said.
"Hmm..." Estelle pondered, she soon tried to use magic to send them back home, but it didn't work.
Akito looked to her and soon combined his magic with her only for it to cancel out and they were still in Thneedville.
"WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?!" Akito and Estelle complained about being stuck here.
"I'm sorry, but you can't go home just yet." A female voice told the kids.
"Who said that?" Felicity asked as she looked with her cousins.
The pets and Pokemon looked with them.
"Mother, is that you?" Snow White suddenly woke up in alarm, though settled down. "Sorry... Dreaming."
Soon, a bright light showed up. Everyone flinched from the bright light especially since it was becoming night time in Thneedville and many people were indoors, about to go to bed or eat their dinner, and where they soon saw that it was a certain alicorn princess from Equestria.
"Princess Mi Amore Cadenza?" The kids replied, remembering the young alicorn princess's title even though she was technically family now due to being married to Shining Armor.
"I can already tell your parents have told you about me, so please, call me Aunt Cadence since we're sort of like family." Cadence smiled.
"Oh, sorry..." Vincent smiled back bashfully.
"Aunt Cadence!" The kids then tried again.
"That's much better." Cadence smiled to them.
"So, what do you mean by we can't go home just yet?" Felicity asked.
"I'm afraid you're all on an assignment," Cadence replied. "Vincent, I'm sure you're familiar with this."
"Yeah," Vincent replied. "This happened to me before and I ended up in the Hundred Acre Wood by myself."
"So, why are all of us here?" Estelle asked.
"And here I thought you all would like to be in the world of literature," Cadence giggled. "Also, Aunt Celestia and Aunt Luna have told me about a loose Pokemon in here who will be the key to your next adventure with your friends such as the Ketchum siblings."
"Wait, would it happen to be a Pokemon that kind looks like it could be from outer space?" Akito asked.
"That would be Deoxys, yes." Cadence nodded in confirmation.
"We found it." Akito said.
"That's great, but you must bring it back with you when your journey is over." Cadence replied.
"Okay, Aunt Cadence." The kids told the younger alicorn princess who was the youngest one until her daughter was born.
"You must also follow Ted as he finds out about the one called The Once-Ler." Cadence told them.
"Okay." Estelle said.
"Where do we find this boy Ted though?" Vincent asked.
"The Wiggins reside around there." Cadence pointed to where a scooter was going and it had the preteen boy on it.
"So, just follow him?" Estelle asked.
"Yes," Cadence replied. "Gain his trust, especially his grandmother's, she knows all about the Once-Ler."
"You got it, Aunt Cadence." Akito promised.
"I knew I could count on you all," Cadence smiled back to her foster nieces and nephews. "One more thing..."
"Yes?" The kids replied.
"Do you like my mane?" Cadence asked as she showed braids in her mane. "I just got it done."
"It's beautiful." Estelle smiled.
"It really suits you." Felicity added with a smile herself.
"Oh, thank you," Cadence smiled back to them. "I have a date night with Shining Armor, Flash and Twilight are gonna watch over Flurry for us."
"Cool." Akito smiled.
"Have fun, you kids." Cadence smiled back before disappearing.
"Bye, Aunt Cadence!" The kids called out and waved.
The kids and their Pokemon soon followed Ted to where he lived.
"Have a good day, sweetheart?" Mrs. Wiggins asked her son.
"Yeah, Mom." Ted replied as his mind was clearly elsewhere.
There was soon a ring of the door bell.
"Huh?" Mrs. Wiggins blinked before getting the door. "Mom, are your Tea Party friends here again?!"
"No, dear!" An old woman's voice giggled innocently.
The lady of the house soon saw the kids that we all know and love. "Oh... Ted, you have friends over," The woman said to her son much to his confusion. "I told you, if you're gonna have friends over, let me know so I can make enough dinner for everybody."
"Um, we kind of don't have a place to stay, ma'am." Estelle said.
"Oh!" Mrs. Wiggins blinked. "Um... I guess I'll see what I can do about that... Come inside..."
The kids then came with their pets and Pokemon.
"Huh... Thought I've seen and heard everything from my mother's old stories." Mrs. Wiggins commented as she saw the Pokemon.
"Oh, this is your first time seeing real Pokemon?" Vincent asked.
"I guess it is." Mrs. Wiggins replied, trying to settle herself down.
Vulpix, Mismagius, Teddy, and Larvitar came to the woman to see her up close since they just met her.
"Um, h-hello." Mrs. Wiggins greeted the pocket monsters.
The Pokemon smiled to reassure the woman that they were friendly.
"Come on in, I suppose," Mrs. Wiggins smiled nervously as she helped them inside. "Dinner's almost ready."
"It's better than it looks." Mrs. Wiggins' mother giggled teasingly about her daughter's food.
"I'm sure it's delicious." Estelle said.
For dinner, everyone seemed to be served gelatin shaped like other foods such as broccoli. Since there were no real plants, almost no real food could be made such as actual grown vegetables.
"Please use magic." Felicity begged Estelle and Akito.
Akito and Estelle looked around and soon began to secretly use their magic.
"Ted, honey, don't play with your food," Mrs. Wiggins told her son before glaring to her mother. "You too, Mom."
Ted's grandmother was playfully bouncing her jello on her plate before she licked it up in the air and caught it in her mouth.
"Can she blame them?" Larvitar asked.
"So, Mom..." Ted began. "Do you happen to know if there's any place where I can get a real tree?"
Mrs. Wiggins and Ted's grandmother's eyes widened.
"Ted, we already have a tree," Mrs. Wiggins replied and soon, the food was made normal and healthy without her noticing as she pointed out the window to show an artificial tree in their yard. "It's the latest model."
"He means a real tree," Estelle defended. "Not a fake tree."
"Really?" Mrs. Wiggins asked in surprise and disgust. "You'd rather have some dirty, messy, lump of wood that sticks out of the ground and does, what? I don't even know what it does. What's it's purpose? Look at we got: It's the Oakamatic!" she then took out a remote to show what the tree could do with lights. "The only tree with its own remote. Summer, autumn, winter, and... Disco!" she then danced to the 70's music playing from the tree which embarrassed her son.
"But nature is amazing." Akito said.
"Yeah," Ted agreed. "So, let's just say I need a tree. Where do I go? What do I do?"
"Oh, then you know what?" Ted's grandmother spoke up. "You need to find the Once-Ler."
"And where do we find the Once-Ler?" Vincent asked.
"Mom, it's not really the time for one of your magical fables, okay?" Mrs. Wiggins said to her mother.
"Oh, that's right, I forgot," Ted's grandmother replied as she didn't have her glasses on. "I'm old and I can't even remember to put my glasses on."
The Pokemon liked Ted's grandmother already.
"But most magical creatures and magical people can be real." Felicity said.
"Oh, but really, I forgot my glasses," Ted's grandmother said before smiling sweetly to her daughter. "Would you mind being a dear and go get them for me?"
"Sure, Mom." Mrs. Wiggins replied in slight annoyance before leaving the room.
"Nice distraction." Akito smiled.
"Thanks," Ted's grandmother replied as she put her glasses on to reveal that she had always had them. "Okay, here's the deal: The Once-Ler is the one who knows what happened to the trees. You want one, you need to find him."
"The Once-Ler?" Ted blinked. "Grandma, is this real?"
"Please tell us that this is real." Estelle said.
"Oh, he's real all right." Ted's grandmother replied knowingly.
"Where can we find him?" Ted asked before feeling a tap on his shoulder which startled him.
Ted's grandmother chuckled as she suddenly came behind him and clapped her hands, making the lights go out and soon told her grandson and the others about the one known as the Once-Ler. "Far outside of town where the grass never grows, And the wind smells soiled and sour when it blows, And no birds ever sing... Except old crows."
"Yikes." Akito said.
"Quit doing that." Ted begged his grandmother.
"That's the place where The Once-Ler lives." Ted's grandmother pointed to outside of town which was forbidden.
"What?" Ted asked in shock. "Outside of town?"
"Awesome!" The Fudo siblings cheered.
"And people said if you bring him 15ยข, a nail and the shell of a great-great-great grandfather snail, he'll tell you everything." Ted's grandmother told her grandson and his new friends.
"Where do we find those?" Felicity asked.
"Come with me." Ted replied as he brought them into his room.
Ted's grandmother smiled to this before holding Snow White and cuddled with her. "Oh, what a pretty kitty you are~" she cooed. "Kitty Kitty Coochums!"
"Oh, why, cruel fate?" Snow White groaned.
Scruffy and Dot just snickered to this.
"Um, ma'am, can I have my cat back?" Vincent asked.
"Oh, she's just so precious." Ted's grandmother kissed the cat before holding her out to Vincent.
Snow White latched into Vincent while shivering with her fur standing on end.
"She can feel the love." Vincent smirked playfully to his cat.
Snow White narrowed her eyes up at Vincent in annoyance.