Rapunzel was putting on tea now for Gothel and she poked at the fireplace. Since Penelope was very close with Rapunzel, she decided to come and check on the blonde human girl.
"So, Rapunzel, what happened?" Vincent asked.
Rapunzel looked to him while Penelope struggled to get herself through the doorway. "Well, I passed inspection thanks to you, but right now, I have to make tea and fast!" she told the boy.
"Mind if me and Vulpix help?" Vincent volunteered.
"Just be careful." Rapunzel warned.
"We will," Vulpix smiled. "Oh, by the way, my name is Vincent Fudo and this is Vulpix, my fire fox Pokemon." he then introduced.
"Nice to meet you." Rapunzel smiled.
Penelope struggled to get through the doorway.
"I hope Gothel chokes on her tea!" Hobie snarled, giving Rapunzel an herb.
"Same here." Vincent said.
Penelope noticed that Rapunzel needed more fire. "Ooh, let me try!"
"You sure, dear?" Matches asked.
"Just trust me, I know I can do this!" Penelope smiled, she took a deep breath and tried to blow a flame into the fire, but only a small chunk of it and she frowned in disappointment with herself.
"Nice try." Rapunzel soothed with a smile to cheer up the female purple dragon.
"Ooh, ooh, can I do it next?" Vulpix asked.
"Um... Can you?" Rapunzel did not know about Vulpix's fire powers.
Spike and Matches also looked curious.
"Yes, I can." Vulpix smiled.
"It's true." Vincent said.
"Okay, just be careful." Rapunzel warned Vulpix.
Vulpix nodded and looked to Vincent, waiting to be told to do a move like all Pokemon were bred to do.
"Alright, Vulpix, use Flamethrower." Vincent ordered.
Vulpix nodded, he then took a deep breath before allowing his fire powers to go to the fireplace. Rapunzel stepped back, she didn't know what to expect, so she tried to play it safe. Vulpix coughed a little, but smiled once there was a big enough flame, but not too big to spread around the area.
"Nice job." Rapunzel smiled and pet the top of Vulpix's head.
"Thanks." Vulpix smiled.
Penelope's tail accidentally hit the table behind her and it made the tea tray fly in the air.
"Oh, no!" Hobie panicked.
"Oh, dear!" Spike also panicked.
Hobie started to catch the cookies in his mouth.
"I got it!" Penelope dove in and caught the lemon in her hand.
Rapunzel knelt down and caught the tea tray in her hands. Vincent and Vulpix caught the tea pot and plate. Hobie lay on the floor now with a very full belly.
"Don't forget the lemon," Penelope told her human friend. "Where's the tea cup, guys?" she then asked Vincent and Vulpix.
The tea cup fell from the mantle. Penelope caught it with a breath of relief. The spoon fell on one of the fireplace statues' face, opening a secret basement.
"Now, that's downright spooky." Hobie said, noticing the secret passage way to the secret basement.
"What?" Penelope smirked cockily. "You don't think I got moves? 'Cuz I got moves!"
"She is so your sister." Matches whispered teasingly to Spike.
"Turn around, pebblego." Hobie told the female purple dragon.
Penelope turned and noticed the staircase with shock. "Oh, scratch my scales!"
"Wow, who knew that there was a secret passage way." Vulpix said.
"I wonder where it goes?" Rapunzel looked very curiously.
"Hello?" Hobie called for their attention. "What about Gothel's tea?"
"We still have a few minutes," Rapunzel gestured for her friends to follow her. "Come on! Something great could be down here."
"Yeah." Vincent smiled.
"Oh, yes, sure, looks very inviting." Hobie mumbled sarcastically.
"I don't think it's a good idea... We have rules to follow..." Matches replied.
"Aw, come on, Matches, it looks like fun!" Spike smiled immaturely.
"Yeah!" Vulpix added.
"Eh... You don't think there are spiders down there?" Penelope grew fearful. "'Cuz I'm not too fond of spiders... Or beetles... Or snakes. I do not like them either."
"You're worried about bugs and snakes?" Hobie mocked her. "What about what Gothel would do if she's going to find out we were down there?"
"We won't be down there for very long." Vincent said.
Penelope walked by, joining Vincent, Vulpix, and Rapunzel.
"That's for sure, let's go down anyway," Hobie sighed as he hopped after them. "No one ever listens to the rabbit." he then added lowly under his breath.
Spike looked eager to go, but Matches refused to go, so he stayed by her side.
'I wonder what's down here?' Vulpix thought to himself.
"Nobody's been down here in years!" Rapunzel said as they climbed down the stairs.
"You can say that again." Vincent said.
Rapunzel set down a candlelight once she saw a chest and decided to go for it. She opened it and saw that it was full of rolled up scrolls. She opened one up and saw it was a party invitation of some sort. "I can't imagine Gothel attending all these balls."
"Ha! Imagine anyone inviting her to a party!" Hobie scoffed.
Rapunzel shushed.
Penelope picked up a portrait of a couple dancing together and dusted it clean. "Would you look at this?" she asked nobody, but got their attention. "She sure got mad at somebody! I wouldn't want to be in his boots."
"Or his head." Vincent winced, seeing the face and head of the man in the picture was sliced.
Rapunzel then turned as there were a few books stacked together and found a box. "What a lovely old box!" she then blew the dust off.
Unfortunately, some dust got into Penelope's nose and she started to sniffle.
"Not down here, Penelope." Rapunzel gently warned the female purple dragon.
Penelope coughed, trying to hold in the sneeze. "I'm okay..."
"Whew." Vulpix sighed out of relief.
Rapunzel found a buckle on the box and decided to try to open it and discovered a hairbrush.
"Who'd lock up a hairbrush?" Vincent wondered.
"It's beautiful," Rapunzel smiled as she took the hairbrush out of its box. "There's something engraved on the back. 'Constant as the stars above, always know that you are loved. To our daughter Rapunzel on her first birthday. With love forever, Mother and Father'."
"Wait a minute, mother and father?" Vulpix asked confused.
"This doesn't make sense..." Rapunzel said.
"What's wrong?" Vincent asked, just as confused as his Pokemon.
"Well, Gothel said I was abandoned when I was just a few days old," Rapunzel explained. "What would she lie to me about that?"
"Why does the woman do anything other than to torment people?" Hobie scoffed.
Rapunzel sat down and continued to curiously look at the hairbrush. "'With love, forever'..."
'I'm sensing a villain close by.' Vincent thought to himself with a glare, having a good idea who would be the villain/villainess.
"More old junkies!" Hobie called as he took out a very dusty book and blew the dust off.
Penelope was unable to hold in this sneeze, she let out a very loud sneeze and accidentally breathed fire on the floor with her wings flapping and made the bookshelf crash and fall, just missing Hobie and Vulpix. She then chuckled nervously at what she had done. "Oops..."
"You really packle up!" Hobie coughed.
Penelope smiled apologetically.
"Rapunzel!" Gothel's voice called.
"Uh-Oh, we're in trouble now!" Vulpix panicked.
"Oh, boy... Oh, boy... Hurry, get cleaning!" Penelope told the blonde girl.
"Rapunzel!" Gothel continued to call for the girl. "Where are you?"
"I have to go back," Rapunzel quietly told the others before calling back to Gothel. "Coming, mi'lady!" she then rushed up to deliver tea to the woman she lived under.
"So, what's up with that furry rodent that old bat always has around with her?" Vincent asked the female purple dragon and male rabbit.
"Furry rodent?" Hobie asked.
"Oh, you mean Otto?" Penelope replied. "He's Gothel's pet ferret, he usually spies on us for her and he's extremely loyal to her."
"I'd love to fry that rodent." Vulpix growled.
"I'd let you, but I don't want Rapunzel to get in trouble." Vincent agreed, though had to disagree.
"Fine." Vulpix said.
"I don't like him either..." Penelope sneered about Otto. "He's just a little tattletale and looks like an overgrown rat!"
"Yeah." Spike added.
"Spike, what're you doing down here?" Penelope looked to her brother. "I thought you were upstairs with Matches."
"Sorry, I couldn't help it..." Spike smiled. "What's going on down here besides Penelope sneezing the tower down?"
"We just found out that Rapunzel once had parents." Vulpix said.
"Well, of course she does!" Spike said like it was obvious. "Everypon-Erm... Excuse me... Everybody does!"
"But Gothel told Rapunzel that her parents abandoned her when she was a baby," Hobie spoke up. "I always knew there was something wrong with that she demon."
"Let's keep this our little secret from that witch." Vincent said.
"Aye-Aye." Hobie saluted in agreement with that.
"You got it kid." Spike saluted, agreeing as well.
"Wait, Spike, isn't Matches upstairs, now all alone?" Vulpix asked.
"Uh-Oh." Spike said, worried that he might have now angered his mate.
"Ooh, you better go up there." Penelope smirked to her brother.
"Right, I'll be back hopefully." Spike said before running back upstairs.
Matches was humming a lullaby to the egg as she carried it in her hands comfortingly.
"I am so sorry I left you up here all alone, Matches." Spike apologized.
"Hmm..." Matches hummed as she cradled their egg.
"I mean it." Spike said.
"Hmm..." Matches still hummed.
"Sorry, but I got curious," Spike defended, then flexed his muscles. "Besides... I have a sister to protect down there!"
Matches hid a giggle.
"She smiled, I'm off the hook." Spike quietly cheered for himself.
"I heard that and don't think you're off the hook yet." Matches smiled, handing the egg to him.
"Oh..." Spike took the egg. "Hey there, how's my little girl?" he smiled, gently bouncing the egg next to his ear.
"Our little man is fine." Matches argued.
"Girl!" Spike glared to her.
"Boy!" Matches glared back.
"Discord!" The dragon couple called out.
In a smoke cloud, Discord appeared, wearing a doctor's coat with a pair of rubber gloves, he did not appear to age or change at all, except for his entrance though.
"What is it?" Discord asked. "I was in the middle of serious business."
"Surgery?" Matches and Spike asked.
"Oh, heavens no," Discord chuckled. "I was preparing a salad for the pet store Fluttershy is opening up in a few moons."
"Ohh." Spike and Matches said, understanding.
"Anyways, what can I help you with?" Discord asked.
"It's about our baby," Spike held out the egg. "I know we have to wait, but we're really anxious to know about our baby."
"Yes, yes," Matches nodded in agreement. "Please, look at it for us, we're curious whether we'll have a boy or girl."
"Hmm..." Discord took the egg. "I'll look it over and be right back with you." he then snapped his fingers and disappeared.
Spike started to anxiously pace. "Oh, goodness, oh, gracious, when will this day be done?" he started to randomly sing. "Will I have a girl or will I have a son?"
"Is that really necessary?" Matches asked her mate.
"Sorry... Nervous habit..." Spike smiled nervously.
"Gothel has her tea now and she's going to rest," Rapunzel informed her friends. "I have a while until dinner. Let's go back to that basement."
"You go ahead, Rapunzel, me and Matches are gonna wait for Discord to get back." Spike said.
"Oh, was he here?" Rapunzel asked, curious of the mysterious and still chaotic draconequus even after he reformed.
"He's going to tell us about our hatchling." Matches explained.
"Well... Okay, see you later, stay out of trouble and watch out for Otto." Rapunzel warned before she met Penelope, Hobie, Vulpix, and Vincent.
"We will." Spike told her.
Rapunzel then went to meet with her other friends. Spike and Matches then waited anxiously and patiently to find out whether they were going to have a future son or daughter, but the waiting was just agonizing.
