Suddenly there was a knock at the door. Tyrone gasped, startled. Austin smiled towards the door.
"Chamberlain, all who were invited are present are they not?" Jane asked, trying to not lose her temper.
"Well yes, I mean, well..." Tyrone shuffled through the RSVPs only to drop them upon another knock.
"Open the door...Chamberlain." Jane managed to remain calm.
"Who could it possibly be? I checked my list." Tyrone muttered nervously to himself. "It's the milkman, it must be the milkman."
He opened to door, only to see the hypnotized Tasha disguised as Uniqua.
"Well it's not the milkman." Tyrone said uneasily.
Jane watched Tasha as she walked down the stairs, only to become shocked.
"Oh! Oh no it can't be." Jane said to herself; she started moving through the crowd towards Horton. "Excuse me, pardon me, could you please, I've got to get through. Oh, oh yes she's lovely, isn't she. Queen coming though here, excuse me, excuse me."
Amusingly enough, Jane didn't move through the crowd with queenly dignity. She even crawled under a guest's skirt, much to the guest's shock. Jane also grabbed two cones that made up another female guest's hat, looked through them, and them stuck them on a male guest's head. Jane then caught up with Horton.
"Horton! Horton who is it, do you know her?"
"I don't know." Horton said, wide eyed with shock.
"Come now Horton I know he confides in you, who is it?" Jane pulled Horton down by his trunk so that they were the same height.
"I promise I've never seen her before." Horton shook his head. "Although, she does look a great deal like..."
"But it couldn't be, could it?"
Tasha approached Austin.
"Oh I was so worried, I almost thought..." Austin smiled
"Nothing could keep me away." Tasha smiled with Uniqua's voice.
Austin snapped his fingers, and the band started to play. Austin and Tasha started dancing.
Back at Swan Lake, Pablo was prepping Tommy.
"Okay, Morton will draw the gators away, then you'll get a runnin' start and make a *zoom* for that hole." Pablo went over the plan.
"If I can find it and if the alligators don't chew me in half before I get there." Tommy frowned.
"Don't worry, Morton will rush to help."
Tommy and Pablo looked and saw Morton enter the water.
"Ah yes, Mr. Tiny Terrain will rush to help." Tommy said sarcastically.
"That's the plan." Pablo nodded.
"Suddenly I'm full of comfort."
"Well all right, stretch out."
"How do I get myself talked into these things." Tommy protested to himself as he stretched his legs out.
"All right all right, take your mark."
Tommy got into position.
"Hey you old leatherheads come and get me." Morton slapped the water with his tail, getting the alligators' attention. "Come on bug-eyes."
"Perfect, perfect." Pablo smiled, taking Tommy's shoulder towel and holding it like a racing flag. "Right, are you ready? Get set...go!"
Tommy started running for the water.
"Faster, faster!" Pablo ordered.
"Sure, go on Tommy," Tommy glared sarcastically. "Race to your death!"
The alligators noticed him and started to come back. Tommy saw this and tried to stop, but he fell into the water. After recovering he saw one of the alligators come right for him so he swam away with a scream. The alligator hit the shore painfully. Tommy continued swimming, only to be passed by Morton. Morton was using his tail as a propeller boat-style.
"Get moving chubby." Morton smiled.
"'Chubby'?" Tommy repeated, insulted.
The alligators started to catch up, so Tommy had to ditch coming up with a retort. Morton kept taunting the alligators, distracting them from Tommy, while Tommy searched for a hole in the tower. He soon found one that his head could fit into, but the rest of him had a hard time. The alligators unfortunately noticed his struggle, and came after him. Luckily, one forgot to open his mouth, so he ended up helping Tommy through the hole. Tommy shot out of the water in the tower and hit the opposite wall face first.
"I think I got an unwanted fur-cut." Tommy grunted before falling back into the water and bobbing up and down dazed.
"Tommy?" Uniqua gasped.
Rudy didn't say anything, especially since he couldn't understand them.
"To the rescue madam!" Tommy declared before falling backwards in the water.
Outside the tower, Morton jumped up into the air.
"And there's the signal." Pablo smiled, going onto a branch and preparing on it as if it were a diving board. "All right Pablo, time to brush up on the diving technique."
He dove into the water, and saw Morton in trouble.
"Yoo-hoo!" Pablo called, getting the alligators' attention. "Those mice aren't very filling. How about a bird eh? Much more satisfying."
The alligators fell for it and went after Pablo. Morton went to the hole Tommy made and dug around. The hole soon got big enough for Uniqua and Rudy.
"We broke through, let's go!" Tommy said, now fully recovered.
"Thank you Tommy." Uniqua smiled. "Oh, and when this is over remind me to give you a kiss."
"*Yee-ha!*" Tommy pumped his fists all over.
Uniqua went over to Rudy and pulled on his shirt.
"Huh? What is it?" Rudy asked, confused.
Uniqua dove into the water. Rudy followed, and saw the hole.
"I'll tell you when." Tommy said.
He looked out, and saw Pablo give the thumbs-up.
"Let's go."
Everyone went through the hole. The alligators noticed Uniqua and tried to eat her, but Morton bit one on the tail. Pablo repeatedly kicked another one on the jaw, dazing him. Rudy took to opportunity to swim onto the shore near the castle. Uniqua zoomed out of the water.
"Go Uniqua, go!" Pablo cheered, leaving the water as well.
Austin and Tasha were still dancing, and Austin started to feel funny. Bad funny.
"Something about you seems...I don't know, different." Austin's smile dropped.
"Don't worry." Tasha said, handing Austin Uniqua's locket. "After tonight, everything will be perfect."
"Yes, yes of course." Austin smiled, putting the locket on her. "Horton, I want to make an announcement, stop the music."
Horton obliged, though one musician didn't notice that the music was over and had to be hit on the head.
Uniqua made it to Jane's castle...and saw the impostor. Uniqua gasped with horror.
"Kings and queens, ladies and gentlemen, mother, I have an announcement to make." Austin smiled; Jane sniffled, emotional. "Today I have found my bride."
"No Austin no, it's a trick!" Uniqua cried; no one heard her.
Uniqua started flying all over the castle, looking for a way in or at least for Austin to see her through a window. Unfortunately, the castle had very good security for that time era, and Tasha noticed Uniqua and kept preventing Austin from seeing her.
"I present her to you as the future queen of our fair kingdom." Austin continued. "And as proof of my love for her, I make a vow to break all vows, a vow stronger than all the powers of the earth. Before you and before the whole world, I make a vow of everlasting love..."
"AUSTIN!" Uniqua cried desperately.
"To Uniqua."
"Noooo!" Uniqua fell, feeling as if her heart had broken; she managed to catch herself and immediately headed back to Swan Lake.
Meanwhile, the crowd was cheering...until the windows burst open as if a storm was going on. The doors then flew open and Rothbart stood there.
"No more Mr. Nice Guy, no siree!" Rothbart danced his way to Austin triumphantly. "Hello little prince."
"Who are you?" Austin frowned.
"Went and pledged your love to another eh?" Rothbart grinned.
"What are you talking about? This is Uniqua."
"No, Uniqua is mine." Rothbart clenched a fist.
"Rothbart!" Austin gasped. "You have no power here, so get out! I made a vow, a vow of everlasting love!"
"Oh you made a vow all right." Rothbart laughed evilly. "A vow of everlasting death!"
Rothbart hit Tasha with a bolt of magic.
"No!" Austin cried, running to her. "Uniqua!"
But, to his horror, Tasha was back to her old form.
"I didn't want to, he hypnotized me." Tasha started to cry. "I'm so sorry."
Austin, realizing what he had done, looked outside and saw Uniqua's swan form flying away.
"You should have left her to me, now Uniqua will die." Rothbart grinned evilly.
"UNIQUA!" Austin cried, horrified, as he rushed outside to the stables.
Austin jumped onto his horse and galloped towards Swan Lake.
Uniqua was struggling to stay awake, but she was growing weaker.
"Uniqua!" Austin called out, hoping she would hear him.
"She's fading fast little prince." Rothbart's voice echoed through the air.
"No!" Austin gasped as he and his horse were trapped by thick branches.
Austin dismounted and started hacking away at the branches with his sword. Rothbart's laughed echoed through the air, all the way to Swan Lake.
"Something's gone wrong." Pablo said, very worried.
Uniqua got closer to Swan Lake, but she could barely keep her eyes open.
"If you hurry little prince, I'll let you see her one last time."
"There she is!" Tommy spotted Uniqua.
"I don't think she's going to make it." Morton said worriedly.
"Oh keep coming girl, come on now." Pablo said encouragingly, but he couldn't hide the concern in his voice.
Uniqua tried to land on the water, but instead her wings skidded on top. She then fell onto the ground, unconscious. She turned back into her real form.