Mayzie had finished the spell.

"You are lucky Uniqua." Mayzie smiled evilly, absorbing the powers. "You'll be the first to see the power to destroy!"

Fortunately, by that time the boulder fell and created a large hole in the fire-dome for Uniqua to fly through, Tommy on her back.

"Go Uniqua!" Austin pointed towards the exit.

"I'm not leaving you." Uniqua argued.

Hearing Mayzie arrive, Uniqua and the others took to hiding amongst the stalagmites. When Mayzie did arrive she was shocked to see her fire-dome empty. Austin and Rudy appeared in front of it, swords out.

"You two!" Mayzie said angrily. "You're both becoming real thorns in my side!"

She prepared her magic, but Uniqua knocked her down. Mayzie was now aiming for Uniqua but kept missing. Austin ran towards Mayzie and Mayzie sent a blast towards Austin, forcing him to dodge it and hide.

Whizzer was hiding in another spot, only to find himself being pulled at by Tommy.

"I was here first!" Whizzer argued,

"So what? I am a prince!" Tommy retorted, still pulling.

Mayzie was still blasting towards Austin and now Rudy, who were both hiding, when Uniqua and Pablo pushed a bunch of boulders down towards her. Mayzie saw them in time and blasted them and then went back to trying to blast Uniqua. Uniqua and Pablo were able to dodge them all before hiding with Austin.

"Cowards!" Mayzie snapped harshly. "Come out! This is war not hide and seek! Seek!" She got an idea. "My seekers! What do you know, I've improved on the Forbidden Arts."

Whizzer caught on to her plan right away.

"Whoa!" He gasped. "You've got to get out of here Uniqua, trust me, you can't hide from this one go, go!"

"What?" Uniqua was confused.

"It's a destroying seeker!" Whizzer explained. "Go!"

"Seek out the swan and destroy her!" Mayzie ordered her seeker.

Uniqua flew out of the cave, Pablo going along to help her. The seeker, red instead of green, flew out of the wand, circled around the section of the cave they were in, and then started to leave.

"NO!" Austin cried, trying to take the seeker for Uniqua by leaping in its way; the seeker just flew over him. "Uniqua!"

Mayzie cackled evilly.

"Break the wand, break the wand." Whizzer whispered to Austin; Austin stared at him, confused. "Look, the fireball will die if you break the wand!" Whizzer explained, annoyed since it was obvious.

Austin moved forward to attack, but Mayzie sent a blast at him. Austin blocked the blast with his sword but fell over from the force. He continued trying to move forward without getting killed...

Uniqua and Pablo decided to try ducking underwater to block the fireball, so they dove into a lake. It worked temporarily, since the fireball only circled above them without entering the water, but they couldn't hold their breath forever. Eventually they left the lake and headed for the forest, hoping that the twists and turns would slow the fireball down.

Rudy tried to help Austin, but had to duck behind a stalagmite so he wouldn't get killed. As Austin tried to get the wand again he was almost knocked out when he slammed against a rock.

"Get up, get up!" Whizzer whispered nervously.

"Goodbye Austin." Mayzie whispered evilly as she prepared a spell...

"Hello, Mayzie." An unfortunately familiar voice said.

Austin, Rudy, Morton, and Tommy froze. Even Mayzie looked shocked.

"Rothbart? You're alive!" Mayzie said, not knowing whether to be happy or scared.

"Amazing, isn't it?" Rothbart chuckled evilly.

Tommy, Morton, Rudy, Austin and Mayzie all looked around for Rothbart. Only Mayzie didn't see that it was actually Whizzer imitating him.

"Thank you for recovering the Forbidden Arts." Whizzer continued in Rothbart's voice. "But now, you're through. Tell you what though: I'll give you a chance to run."

Now Mayzie saw Whizzer.

"Traitor!" She growled, frothing at the beak with anger.

"Mayzie!" Austin called out as he grabbed onto her wand.

They both struggled with the wand, Mayzie trying to get full control back and Austin trying to break it.

Uniqua and Pablo continued through the trees, but unfortunately Uniqua got tangled in vines! Pablo struggled to free her.

"Pablo!" Uniqua said fearfully, not wanting him to die as well.

Back at the cave, Rudy got an idea. When Mayzie was standing in front of the fire-dome he hit the middle of her wand with the hilt of his sword. That not only broke the wand, but caused Mayzie to lose her balance. She screamed as she fell backward onto the fire-dome. Both she and the fire-dome vanished in a puff of smoke, forever gone.

"Thanks Rudy." Austin gasped, getting his breath back. "Good work."

"Anytime." Rudy smiled.

They, Whizzer, Tommy, and Morton then ran towards the entrance of the cave.

"Uniqua." Austin whispered fearfully. "Uniqua." He tried to call when he reached the entrance, but fear muffled his voice.

Pablo appeared unharmed, but there was no sign of Uniqua.

"Where is she, where is Uniqua?" Austin asked Pablo.

"Oh Austin...she's gone!" Pablo sobbed, landing on the ground.

"Gone?" Austin's voice broke as he got hit with denial. "What do you mean gone?"

"Well she's...the fireball...she couldn't get away." Pablo was too upset to speak in full sentences.

"No. No." Austin couldn't stay in denial. "NOO!"

He started hitting the rocks, stalagmites, and stalactites nearby with his sword in pain and grief. Finally, he broke his sword and had to collapse on his knees, crying.

"Uniqua." He said sadly. "Uniqua."

Rudy kneeled down next to Austin and hugged him in sorrow and sympathy. Tommy, Morton, Pablo, and Whizzer hung their heads mournfully. Whizzer felt horrible, if only he hadn't been a coward. But, he didn't feel as horrible as Austin did.

Later on Austin went back into the cave to do what he should've done in the first place: destroy Rothbart's notes. When he found the orb on the stairs he knew that he had to destroy that too.

"If you could hear me Uniqua." Austin said sadly. "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. I pray that something good can still come from destroying these notes."

He set the notes and the orb on fire. A few seconds later, everyone dropped their mouths open as the fire swirled together to form a giant swan! The swan hovered in midair vertically for a couple seconds, and then dove back to the ground. The fire disappeared completely, only to reveal Uniqua in princess form! Everyone else stared, frozen with shock.

"Uniqua?" Austin gasped; he moved closer. "Is it really you?"

"Oh Austin." Uniqua smiled. "I thought it would be years before I saw you again."

"Oh Uniqua." Austin said happily as he hugged her; she hugged him back. "I'm sorry. I love you."

Everyone else started crying with happiness.

"I'm sorry Morton." Tommy hugged Morton gently, sobbing.

"Me too." Morton hugged Tommy back the best he could.

"I love you Pablo." Tommy hugged Pablo.

"I love you big fella." Pablo hugged Tommy back.

Rudy hugged both Austin and Uniqua, also sobbing.

They headed back to their castle after they recovered, Pablo making a pit-stop to get Jane, Horton, and Tyrone. The three of them were relieved to find Austin, Rudy, and Uniqua alive and well. And, Horton was back to his old self.