"Are we almost done?" Atticus asked Jumba.
"Just needing to put devices together and can test once put together." Jumba replied.
"Great." Atticus smiled.
Jumba continued to work with Atticus for the machine as they were almost there.
The next day, Darla, Patch, Lilo, and Stitch were now on their way to the hula school. Darla had her Sailor Scout dress and her brooch on.
"Break a leg." Patch told Darla.
Darla smiled to him as they went inside the school. "Thanks, Patch." she said.
"No problem." Patch smiled back.
"You like our costumes?" Lilo asked.
"Oh, Lilo, I love your outfit!" Darla gushed. "It's so tropically gorgeous!"
"Aw!" Lilo smiled.
"You okay?" Darla asked.
Lilo looked slightly nervous. "What if I forget the moves and Myrtle laughs at me? And I get mad and- and pound her?" she then looked to her pet as she suddenly got overwhelmed. "You gotta help me, Stitch. I need you."
"We do together." Stitch soothed her.
"Yeah." Patch nodded.
"It'll be okay, Lilo, you guys just get ready." Darla soothed.
"Oh, Darla, wow, I love your dress!" Elena walked over with a smile. "It looks like something I read in a comic book once."
"Oh, thank you, I've had this for a while." Darla smiled.
Elena smiled back.
"Elena, let's go!" Myrtle sharply called.
"I'm coming!" Elena called back and went back over to Myrtle, but looked over shyly to Darla and Lilo as she went back to Myrtle's posse.
Darla's brooch soon glowed white and shined brightly at Myrtle's posse so they could make their own decisions and not do whatever Myrtle wanted and wouldn't always come to her whenever she called on them. The three girls suddenly felt slightly different, but they didn't do or say anything for a while.
"That's a lovely dress, Darla, did you make it yourself?" Moses asked.
"You could say it's a family heirloom." Darla replied.
"Well, whatever dance you will be doing at the festival; you'll look lovely doing it." Moses smiled.
"Oh, you." Darla giggled shyly.
Lilo decided to go first with Stitch and came on stage. "Our hula is about an ancient friendship that proves love is more powerful than death." she then told the audience.
"Oh, brother." Myrtle rolled her eyes. She saw that her posse wasn't agreeing with her for once. She glared to them slightly.
"The great goddess Hi'iaka- that's me-, and the brave and handsome mortal Lohi'au... That's Stitch!" Lilo introduced.
However, Stitch did not come on his cue.
"I said, the handsome mortal Lohi'au!" Lilo tried again. "Oh, handsome mortal?!"
"Stink-o-rama." Myrtle scoffed.
Patch growled and wanted to bite her, but he would get into trouble if he did.
"Stitch, get out here!" Lilo hissed slightly.
Stitch rolled out in a ball shape, not in costume, and started to act up.
"Stitch, what are you doing?" Lilo asked as Myrtle laughed while the other girls only looked concerned and didn't laugh along with Myrtle for a change.
"Oh, no, Patch, Stitch is acting up again, quick, go and try to hold him still until he's back to normal." Darla whispered.
"I'll try to see what I can do." Patch nodded and rushed up onto the stage to get to Stitch.
And where he got to the blue alien in time as Stitch started to growl.
"Stitch, stop this!" Patch glared to the blue alien. "You know better than this!"
Stitch started to act like how he used to before Lilo trained him.
"Stich!" Patch barked aggressively.
Stitch threw Patch off and then started to attempt to destroy the hula school. Patch continued to try and stop Stitch. Moses tried to control Stitch, but it seemed to be no use. The girls were very scared and worried of Stitch's behaivor.
"Quick, everyone outside!" Darla told them.
The others rushed outside.
"Lilo, you will not be allowed to rehearse at this halau again!" Moses told Lilo firmly due to Stitch's behavior and slammed the door shut.
Lilo breathed softly at that in heartbreak as Stitch was then simmering down slightly.
"Finally." Patch panted.
Stitch saw the mess he made and tried to apologize to Lilo. "Lilo, I... I..."
Lilo glared to him and ran off to get back home.
"She just needs to blow off some steam." Patch said.
"Patch... I hurting everyone, but... I don't mean to..." Stitch frowned.
"I know." Patch frowned.
"I want to make it better..." Stitch said.
"What do you think you'll do?" Patch asked.
"Stitch... Do good things to say sorry to people?" Stitch suggested.
"That sounds perfect." Patch said.
"Patch watch Stitch?" Stitch smiled so he would have a witness.
"You know it." Patch smiled before curling up his front right paw.
"Uh, sorry." Stitch said about hurting Patch earlier.
"It's okay." Patch smiled before holding out his paw.
Stitch held out his clawed paw with a smile. "Shake?"
"Nah, this time fist bump." Patch smiled.
Stitch balled up his paw and bumped with Patch.
"Alright, let's go out there and see you do good deeds." Patch smiled.
Stitch smiled back and the two went to spend the day together. Lilo decided to practice her hula alone as the two went off together.
Cherry was polishing Drell's shoes against her will in the room. "Why am I doing this again?"
"Because I said so," Drell replied as he read his newspaper. "You dont' want me to tell the others a certain secret of yours, would you?"
"Pfft, I have no secrets." Cherry scoffed.
"Oh, really?" Drell smirked.
"Yes..." Cherry replied as she then finished polishing his shoes. "Okay, I'm done, I'm not doing anything else for you like some helper monkey!"
"Alright, alright." Drell smirked.
Cherry then walked off.
"I guess I'll have to keep my mouth shut about you wishing Atticus never met Mo." Drell then said.
Cherry gasped and zipped back, covering his mouth with her hands. "Shut up, shut up, shut up!"
This caused for him to smirk again.
"What do you want?" Cherry moaned in defeat.
Drell soon gave her a list.
Cherry took the list. "You gotta be kidding me!"
Drell reached over and grabbed the phone to call Atticus's cell.
"Ugh, fine!" Cherry groaned and went off.
"I always knew that secret would work to my advantage." Drell said.
"I HATE YOU!" Cherry yelled out.
"Whatever." Drell said.
Cherry growled slightly.