After we had fun in the Corn Maze, we all celebrated Slugween by throwing a Slugween party in Khai's castle's ball room. There were music, lights and food. We had so much fun in the party. Eli playfully smacked his cake on John's face! John tried to smack his cake on Eli but the Shane ran away from him so John chase him around the castle! Our slugs were enjoying the party. Pieper, Tad's favourite slug loved parties a lot.

Then, we played some Slugween games. The first game was "Freeze Dance". In this game, players must dance while the music was playing. The players could perform dance moves as bizarre as they could. Once the music stopped and players must stop dancing. Players who were still dancing would be eliminated. Eli, John, Tad, Nate, Trixie, Ha-Chan, Kurt, Yamu, Roza, and Zak played the Freeze Dance. The game ended with Roza as the winner. She won because she was good in dancing since her fighting style was like a free style dance.

The second game was "Pin the Tail on the Donkey". The Donkey was a character from Shrek. Tad went first. His eyes were blindfolded and he had to find the rear of the donkey to pin its tail. However, he ended up pinning the tail on Pronto's bottoms! Pronto screamed in pain and chased Tad all around the castle! We burst out laughing. Next, Nate decided to give it a try. Somehow, she easily pinned the donkey tail!

"Wow, Nate, how did you do that?" Eli asked her.

"I... don't know. It is like... I sense it that... it was there," Nate replied.

"Maybe you use the Force~?" I joked since Nate's costume was a Jedi. That made us chuckled.

"I guess so~" Nate laughed it off.

"You are a Jedi, Nate!" Brick joked.

The third game was "Tug of War". In this game, it was Boys vs. Girls. Eli, Junjie and Haru represented the boys team, while the girls team consisted of Trixie, Khai and I. Once the game began, both teams pulled the rope hard. Junjie used all of his might to pull, but Trixie was doing the same too in the opposite direction. Determined not to lose, both groups pulled harder. Eventually, the forces we put into caused the rope to snap! The game ended with a tie.

After the games, we decided to eat. Pronto took everything he could to eat. Haru and Khai were eating apple blackberry crumble and so did Junjie and I. The apple blackberry crumble was very delicious and Khai made it.

On the stage of the ball room, our slugs were in their human forms. They performed a song entitled "Hope Shines Eternal".

Flare: Somewhere's a book
With chapters still blank

Doc & Aloe: Insi-i-ide

Glace: It's the book of our lives
And the story is ours

Joo-Joo & Obert: To write

Flare: Ours to write

Reiki & Kenta: Some pages fade
While others are black

Pieper & Snowy: And whi-i-ite

Burpy: And the story begins
Again every time

Chaleur Gang: We try

Pieper & Joules: Every time we try

Kalt Gang: And hope shines eternal
And friends are all I need (Joules: All I need)
And hope shines eternal (Bluster: Shines eternal)
And the future is always bri-i-i-ight
When you're here with me

Flare: I've fought through the darkness
And come out the

Loki & Mirage: Other si-i-ide

Doc: For rain clouds will clear
The way for the

Pieper and Joules: Sunny sky

Burpy: The way for the sunny sky-y-y

Giggle: I've been afraid
And it stayed through the longest

Glacia & Mafuyu: Ni-i-ight

Flare: Through the longest ni-i-ight

Aqua & Loki: But morning still comes
And with it, it brings

Limax Gang: A light

Flare: Oh, it brings a li-i-ight

While they were singing the song, they all changed into their Slug Up Forms. Pieper, who had not achieved her own Slug Up Form, was the only one that did not change form. Though, she believed that someday, she would find her own Element of Harmony and would soon to be part of the Bearer of Harmony if she truly trusted herself.

Limax, Kalt, & Chaleur Gangs: And hope shines eternal
And friends are all I need (Flare: Friends are all I need)
And hope shines eternal (Burpy: Shines eternal)
And the future is always bri-i-i-ight
The future is always bri-i-ight
Yeah, the future is always bri-i-i-ight
When you're here with me

The party ended when it reached midnight. Master Lian, Master Minami, Hamengku, Megumi, Swick, Team Phoenix, Xian Wen and her friends went back to The Eastern Caverns while we rested in Khai's castle. We were all fast asleep, except for Tad. He had been staying up and could not sleep. He was outside of the balcony. He has deep thoughts about the past that he tried to take over Slugterra. He felt bad about it and blamed himself for his bad actions. The past bugged him and he felt extremely bothered by it. Despite Eli and his gang gave him a second chance and they all trusted him, Tad did not trust himself fully and thought that he might do it again just like what he did in The 99 Caverns.

"Tad?" Tad suddenly heard a voice coming from behind. He turned around and found Ha-Chan.

"What are you doing here? Why are you still up?" Ha-Chan questioned him.

"I can't sleep..." Tad answered.

"What's the matter? What's bothering you?" she asked him.

"Well... when I first came down from the Drop... I tried to take over Slugterra," Tad explained. "But Eli and his gang... along with my father Dr. Schnee, who used to be called as Dr. Blakk, and the former enemies of the Shane Gang stopped me. I was shocked and speechless when the Shane Gang's enemies became good. They told me that... they were given a second chance by Khai because... she taught them about... honesty, kindness, joy, generosity, loyalty, forgiveness, love, and justice. I wanted to die within my father's citadel that was about to self-destruct but... Eli did not allow me to die... so... he grabbed my hand and pulled me out... I remembered that I cried when I was given a second chance because they forgave me... of how I love my father, and I re-joined the Shane Gang..."

"Oh, Tad..." Ha-Chan comforted him, "...it's in the past now. You should let it go and leave it behind for good."

"I... I can't," he blurted out.

"Why?"

"I... I cannot trust myself..."

"Eli and his gang trust you."

"Well... I just feel that... I can't... I am scared that... I might do it again."

"I trust you," Ha-Chan suddenly said. Tad was surprised.

"Remember that day when you first visited Marinatopia? And how we first met?" she questioned him.

Tad chuckled and said, "Yeah... I was so nervous when I was meeting the Princess of Marinatopia."

"I did play your cheeks when I met you," Ha-Chan added. Tad blushed when she mentioned that.

She is a very beautiful girl... and... I think... I really have a crush on her... Tad thought. He felt his cheeks were burning and Ha-Chan noticed them.

"Are you okay, Tad? Your cheeks are red now..." Ha-Chan asked.

"I am fine!" Tad quickly replied. "Just... can you... close your eyes for a moment?"

"Oh... uh... okay," Ha-Chan was confused but closed her eyes anyway.

All of the sudden, she felt a pair of warm lips on hers. She instantly opened her eyes and saw Tad kissing her! Tad broke the kiss and Ha-Chan just stared at him in shock. Tad blushed even more and rubbed the back of his head.

"I... have a crush on you... the whole time..." Tad told her.

Suddenly, Ha-Chan grabbed Tad's jacket and pulled him closer to her. She kissed him a bit hard and Tad was shocked by her actions! However, he kissed her back. He wrapped his arms around her waist while she wrapped her arms around his neck to deepen the kiss. It was their first midnight kiss. Though, they were unaware that they were being watched by Pieper. She giggled at the romantic sight of her owner and his official girlfriend, now becoming a couple.

Okay, we are done now. A big thanks to FoxyKhai0209 for the ideas and suggestions!

Note: There are alternate endings for this story but I will separate them from this story due to mature content.