The next morning, Manny is greeted by his parents on his birthday in bed. They both sing happy birthday to Manny and gave him a big hug. Jorge(Grandpapi) managed to get Manny away from them before they suffocated him by accident. The four of them at breakfast together and looked at some old videos of Manny growing up all the way from his days as a baby to when he turned 12. Little did Manny realize that Frida and Zoe came in and they started laughing at him a bit; this made Manny turn red in the face from embarrassment.
Afterwards, the two of them grabbed Manny so the three of them could head to the arcade for most of the day. Before they left, Manny grabbed the present that Mimi gave him along with the presents that Frida and Zoe gave him, which are green goggles and a black watch that says "The Raging Ravens". Once they were gone, Rodolfo, Maria, and Jorge started to relax a bit before getting ready to fix dinner.
"It's a shame that Frida and Zoe didn't want to simply stay with us for the rest of the day." said Maria
"Maria, they want to hang out with Manny, not us." said Rodolfo
"True!" said Maria
"So, which one are you both rooting for?" said Jorge looking at both of them with a sly look on his face
"What do you mean father?" Maria asked
"Who do you think Manny will eventually take as his bride in the future?" Jorge asked
"What!? Father, that's too early to determine." said Maria starting to get woozy from the thought of Manny already picking his bride
"No it isn't, especially in the case Manny is in right now. He already has two girls trying to win his affection in the form of "just being friends". Manny may not notice it now, but just wait until he gets even older. You might want to start deciding who you'll want to see as your daughter-in-law sooner than you think." said Jorge
"Maria!? Maria!? (to Jorge) Father, you know that talk like that will make Maria faint. She's not ready to look that far ahead into Manny's future yet." said Rodolfo grabbing Maria before she fell to the ground and fainted.
"And neither are you!?" said Jorge laughing
"Well, yes but I can take it a bit better than she can." said Rodolfo fanning Maria with the "Maria has fainted" fan
"Sure!? However, I only started that conversation to try and break down the tension that's about to enter the room." said Jorge rolling his eyes a bit but then giving a serious look on his face
"What do you mean father?" Rodolfo asked
At the Miracle City Arcade, Manny is about to obtain the high score in "Super Macho Fighter". After hitting the buttons with all of his might and concentrating on the screen, he managed to beat the high score and take the number one spot against someone named Sergio. He then got the prize for obtaining a high score, a trophy that says "Ultimate Macho Fighter", and he, Frida, and Zoe left the arcade.
"Dude, you were awesome" Frida cheered
"You crushed that fool Sergio and his high score." said Zoe cheered too
"Isn't Sergio that cowboy kid that appeared during sixth grade and doesn't he hang out with your ex-boyfriend Django?" Frida asked mockingly
"Don't even mention his name in front of me! I hate him!" said Zoe grabbing her shirt out of anger from hearing the name Django
"Zoe, calm down; Frida didn't mean anything by that." said Manny grabbing Zoe's shoulder
"For you Manny, I'll forget about it. So, where do you want to go next?" said Zoe letting Frida
"How about the pool!?" said Frida
"Or the Salsa Club!?" said Zoe
"They won't let us in there; we're not old enough. If only I had a mustache like my dad and Grandpapi, then I would look older." Manny reminded her while at the same time dropping Mimi's gift
"Hey Manny, isn't that the gift that Mimi gave you yesterday?" Zoe asked
"Yeah! I wonder what it is?" said Manny
"A belt!? That's a lame present! Why would she give you a belt that has a "T" on it?" said Frida
"I don't know! Maybe we should go ask her!" Manny suggested and looking at the clock to see what time it is, remembering the time that Mimi asked to see him
Back at the Rivera house, Jorge is about to talk to Rodolfo and Maria(who has finally awoken)
"The Belt of the Tiger is about to activate; it may have already activated." said Jorge
"Are you sure!?" said Rodolfo with a worried look on his face along with Maria
"Yes! Sartana's Guitar of the Dead is able to sense it's awakening or if it has found a new owner; she told me yesterday." said Jorge
"You're still working for her!?" said Rodolfo with a slightly angry/worried look on his face
"I worked "with" her Rodolfo, not for her!? She's asked me to come back to her; I told her that I would think about it. (to Maria) Don't look at me like that Maria; you know why I fought for her side." said Jorge
"Why are you telling us this?" Maria asked
"As you know, one of Sartana's followers can see into the future; she already knows who wields the The Belt of the Tiger." said Jorge
Back with Manny, Frida, and Zoe, they are heading to Fernando Antiques; it's an antique store that specializes in ancient artifacts from Miracle City's history and other antiques around the world. No one really goes here anymore after the tourist stopped coming to Miracle City. Since then, this place barely has any business. Once inside, the three of them decided to look around and find Mimi; however, they were also keeping an eye out for the possibility of this being a prank. However, they didn't realize that someone else has followed them in.
Then suddenly, Manny started to hear a voice telling him to go follow the green tiger cub. He didn't know what that meant, but he decided to do that since he noticed a green tiger cub going into a room called "Ancient Books Section". When he entered the room, he accidentally knocked over a stack of books that are about to fall on him. Then suddenly, the books stopped in midair.
"What the? How is that possible!? Weird! (Then suddenly, a laser is hit near him) What the…. where did that come from?" said Manny with a panicked look on his face
"Me!?" said a man in a strange battle suit
"Who are you!?" Manny asked
"Not that it will matter to you, but I'm known as Senor Siniestro; the manliest cowboy that ever lived." said Senor Siniestro
"What the…. why are you…..shooting lasers...at me? I gotta get help." said Manny avoiding the lasers to the best of his abilities
"Or you can fight back!?" said a voice
"What!? The guy has lasers; how am I supposed to beat that?" said Manny as he is still avoiding the lasers
"Spin the belt buckle! Spin the belt buckle and you will have a power like no other. It is your destiny!" said the voice
Manny didn't know what this meant or who was talking to him, but he had no choice; he spun the belt buckle. Once Manny spun the belt buckle, green fire began to surround him. He then popped out of the green fire and let out a huge roar; he then found himself in a strange costume.
"What in the world!? What is this cool costume?" said Manny admiring the costume he is in through a nearby mirror
"It's your El Tigre costume." said a green cat appearing in front of Manny
"Who are you?" Manny asked
"My name isn't important right now; you have a fight to win Manny, or El Tigre as you are called right now." said the green cat
"El Tigre!? Sounds awesome!" said Manny
"You better deal with that first." said the green cat
(Back at the Rivera house)
"So Manny has been selected to wield the El Tigre belt?" said Rodolfo
"I'm afraid so!?" said Jorge
"No! No,no,no, no, no, no! Why!? Why Manny!? Why couldn't it be one of you? Sorry!?" said Maria panicking
"It's ok Maria; I wish it were me instead of our son." said Rodolfo grabbing her hands and trying to calm her down
"If we could take Manny's place Maria, we would; at the very least I would. However, there is nothing we can do about it." said Jorge
"We could simply tell Manny not to ever use the belt again!" said Maria
"Let's just say for a minute that you do that; what are the chances of Manny disobeying you about this, especially if he likes the power of the belt?" Jorge asked him
"About 50-50 at best! Manny is a good boy, but he does sometimes get in trouble like children his age sometimes do" said Rodolfo
"Also, how do you know Manny will want to keep the El Tigre belt after he uses it? You might be lucky enough that he won't want to have anything to do with the power." said Jorge
"That's highly unlikely! Manny has always likes superheroes, (occasionally) supervillains, and the anti-hero section of heroes in comics; he even though Rodolfo was a superhero when he was four and wanted to be like his "superhero dad". Having the Belt of the Tiger would basically make Manny's fantasy come true and he'll likely put himself at risk, unless the Mystical Barrier is still up in which he won't be able to use the belt in public. Then again, his belt is one of the supreme Mystical items so he might be immune to that power in some form or another." said Maria looking through some old pictures of Manny reading comic books, playing superhero/supervillain, and dressing up like his father's former wrestling identity, White Pantera; she then starts to panic again
"Maria, calm down. Take a deep breath and calm down! The belt isn't even near him and I doubt that Fernando would give the belt to Manny even if it activated; he made a promise to us." said Rodolfo
"I guess you're right" said Maria calming down again
"I think your phone is ringing" said Jorge noticing the phone ringing
"Hola!" said Rodolfo answering the phone
"I'm truly sorry Rodolfo; I was lazy." said Fernando himself
Back in the Ancient Book Section, El Tigre is running away from the blasters at max speed. As he is running, he throws some of the books at Senor Siniestro in order to stop him from hitting him. The Green cat then told El Tigre to shoot his claws at Senor Siniestro's arm. El Tigre didn't know what that meant, but he pointed his claws at Senor Siniestro's arm and his claws hit the arm of Senor Siniestro and it causes the suit to explode immediately
"It took me a while, but I managed to figure out where the source of his lasers were coming from." said the green cat
"You made me blow him up!" said El Tigre in shock of the idea of possibly killing that guy
"No I didn't; he's over there! His Mystical Item, the Medal of Durability, protects him from an explosion that could be caused by lasers; however, the suit he was wearing is completely weak and only looks like it's strong." said the green cat
"You may have destroyed my suit, but mark my words this isn't over…...hey my item." said Senor Siniestro
"I think you mean "his" item; you lost the battle so the item now belongs to El Tigre. Now I suggest that you leave." said Mimi appearing in a frilly pink dress and pointing a huge rifle at Senor Siniestro and taking his Medal of Durability
With that said, Senor Siniestro, while in his damaged battle suit, pressed a button and disappeared into a huge black portal. Then Mimi pointed her rifle in a nearby corner at a shadowy figure.
"So are you going to pick a fight with us too, Black Cuervo." said Mimi
(Then another portal appeared in front of Black Cuervo and she went through it)
"I knew she would do that. She wasn't there to fight, rather observe." said the green cat
"Good! I didn't want to start a fight with her; I kind of want her to join our side, Razor" said Mimi
"Uh Mimi, why are you wearing that costume? What's going on here?" Manny asked her
"Well to put it simply Manny, you've been chosen by the Belt of the Tiger" said Mimi
Back at the Rivera house, Rodolfo is on the phone with Fernando who is constantly apologizing for what Mimi did.
"I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" said Fernando apologizing repeatedly
"Fernando, it's ok; I'm not mad at you." said Rodolfo
"I am!" said Maria
"Well, Maria is!" said Rodolfo
"I know you told me to guard the Belt of the Tiger for you, especially since my family has been doing that for generations for your family, but I didn't expect my own daughter to outright take it from my hiding spot and give it to your son as a present." said Fernando
"So this is because of Mimi!?" Maria shouted
"Yes; she's like her mother!" said Fernando
"So Manny has activated the belt's power!? And if I had to guess, she's going to try and train Manny how to use it." said Rodolfo
"That's what I think she's planning to do." said Fernando
"Then as her father, you have to tell her to….." said Maria shouting at him before Jorge takes the phone
"Let her train Manny to use it, but just make sure he doesn't fight anyone with a Mystical Item unless it's in self-defense/they try to steal the belt from him. Also don't tell Manny about Rodolfo and Maria's mystical items and anything related to it" said Jorge
"Ok I...wait is that Puma Loco on the line…." said Fernando before Jorge hung up the phone
"Father!?" said Maria in anger
"The belt is now connected to Manny and he's probably learning what's going on, sort of; we can't do anything about it now." said Jorge
"Yes we can; we can tell him not to use the belt!" said Maria
"And then become a victim of all the other Mystical Item wielders!? I know you want to protect Manny from all of this, but now that he's going to learn about the Mystical Items and the conflict revolving around them he'll have to defend himself. If you want to do help Manny, then let him learn how to defend himself." said Jorge
"He's right Maria; at the very least, he can't be defenseless. We should at least have Fernando teach Manny to defend himself." said Rodolfo
"Just to defend himself!? (she picks up the phone and calls Fernando back) Fernando, listen to me very carefully" said Maria with a reluctant tone
(Back with Mimi, El Tigre, and Razor)
"Mystical Items of power!? That's what this is!" said Manny
"Yes! You have a Mystical Item called The Belt of the Tiger; it's very powerful and it belongs to you." said Razor
"So I'm basically a superhero, or a supervillain!" said Manny with an excited look on his face
"No! I'm afraid that your item like all the other items won't work outside of the safe space area that Fernando put in place for all of Miracle City. When someone activates their Mystical Item, they are taken to this "safe space"." said Mimi
"How is he able to do all of this!?" Manny asked
"Years of practice!?" said Fernando(who is wearing an all brown cloak that is covering his entire body and face)
"Hi Fernando" said Mimi
"You're in so much trouble!? (to Manny) If you want to learn more about your Mystical Item and how to use it, come back in five days; don't mention this thing to anyone." said Fernando grabbing Mimi by the ear and using a green cube to send Manny back
With that said, Manny found himself back into the Ancient Books Section completely back to normal and the room no longer damaged. Frida then came into this section to find Manny.
"There you are; I thought you and Zoe had ditched me. So did you find Mimi?" said Frida
"Uh, yeah! Turns out this gift she gave me is just one of her cousin's old belts that she was trying to give away since he no longer uses it." said Manny hiding what just happened from Frida
"So it wasn't a prank after all; dang! What!? I had a plan for a payback prank set up in the vase section. So are we done here?" said Zoe coming from another room
"Yeah! Want to go to the carnival!?" said Manny
"You read my mind!" said Frida
"Mine as well!" said Zoe
With that said, Manny, Frida, and Zoe left the antique store in order to head to the carnival. As they are leaving, Razor is watching on the roof of the store as they head off and starts talking to himself.
He has a lot of potential; he could very well surpass "him". It's going to be fun having the son of Rodolfo and Maria (or White Pantera and Plata Peligrosa) and the grandson of our enemy, Puma Loco. He might be the one to turn this war that's been going on for so long to an end.
Later at the Rivera house, Rodolfo, Maria, and Jorge are making dinner.
"Father, what are you going to do now?" Rodolfo asked with a worried look on his face
"What do you think!?" said Jorge
"Father!" said Rodolfo in shock
"I won't change sides like that; I still have my pride. However, I won't harm my own grandson." said Jorge with a firm tone
"Could you at least see to it that Sartana won't harm Manny?" Maria asked
"No! However, I don't think she wants to make any sudden moves with him; she seemed focus on something else." said Jorge
"Like what?" Rodolfo asked
"I can't tell you that! She's still angry that her movements are limited in Miracle City thanks to what you two did all those years ago. It may have kept the conflict out of Miracle City for the most part, but she's still trying to compensate for that somehow. But enough of this; today is a special day. This is Manny's birthday and we should be preparing his birthday dinner now." said Jorge wanting to stop this conversation right now.
Back in Sartana's lair, she is playing her guitar. Then a skeleton boy comes in and knees in front of her.
"I have news for you; Senor Siniestro has lost his Mystical Item to El Tigre and Mimi." said Django
"I leave his punishment in your hands." said Sartana
"Yes Nana! What about the Belt of the Tiger; should I go steal it for you? I could easily take it from Rivera." Django asked
"No! We can't go after it, not yet. Now that the belt of the Tiger has awakened, many new Mystical Items will be awakening soon too. We need to make plans to fight against our current enemies, The League of Kings and The Knights of Saint Ângelo." said Sartana
Later that night, Manny came back to his house where his family had his birthday dinner ready for him; Frida and Zoe joined them in the celebration. They ate, laughed, and had fun! However, they didn't realize there is a Siberian Husky watching them from far away and this dog in particular is looking at Frida.