"Put me down!" Estelle quacked.
Rothbart and Odile soon flew into their home with their prisoners. There were many bird calls.
"Man, no wonder Lila calls Rothbart a bird brain." Estelle muttered to herself.
Erasmus was tied upside down while Estelle was tied up as Rothbart read the book.
"There's nothing in there!" Erasmus nervously told Rothbart while struggling. "Just old fairy tales!"
"He's right." Estelle smiled nervously as her left eye twitched from lying.
"I see the magic crystal isn't invincible after all," Rothbart replied. "What would my cousin say at that?" he then went over to his daughter as she lounged on the sofa. "Odile, my dear little sparrow?"
"Yeah, Daddy?" Odile replied before yelping and glaring to a crow. "Hey, watch where you poke that!"
'I have a bad feeling about this.' Estelle thought to herself.
"Do you remember the crown you wanted?" Rothbart asked his daughter.
"Oooh, am I gonna get it, am I, Daddy?" Odile beamed.
"Tonight, at the royal ball! My spies tell me Odette is planning to meet the prince there." Rothbart replied before changing her necklace jewel from green to red.
"Daddy!" Odette glared. "That's my third favorite necklace!"
"It's magic now," Rothbart told her. "Every time the prince sees you, he'll see his true love, that silly Odette girl."
"So?" Odile scoffed while looking at the necklace.
"So, then, you can trick him into declaring his love for you," Rothbart explained which made her smile. "Can you do that?"
"Are diamonds a girl's best friends?~" Odile beamed.
"Too bad I promised the prince that I would be there too." Estelle smirked.
"Bold words for a scrawny little duckling." Rothbart sneered to her.
"Yeah, but I'm smart," Estelle smirked. "Sure, you can trick the prince with your daughter, but he was promised both ME and Odette, so HA!"
Rothbart soon smirked before he used his magic on Estelle turning her back to human. Estelle flinched and soon looked down to herself.
"That's your plan, Daddy?" Odile scoffed. "You just turned her back to normal!"
"She'll be human only until the prince declares his love to you." Rothbart told his daughter.
"Oh..." Odile smirked to that.
"You are not going to get away with this, Rothbart!" Estelle glared at the evil man.
"Once the prince swears his love to you, the powers of the magic crystal will be lost and we will fulfill our destinies," Rothbart ignored her as he smiled to his daughter. "I will be the one and only ruler of the enchanted forest!"
"And I will be the most stylish creature in it!" Odile beamed.
"Sure." Estelle rolled her eyes.
"And after that, who knows what world we can conquer?" Rothbart continued. "Perhaps we will take a liking to the royal palace!"
Odile shrieked and giggled in delight.
"I bet my mom's dogs could hear that." Estelle muttered.
"It won't work!" Erasmus glared to Rothbart.
"Bold words for a troll who's about to be eaten." Rothbart mocked before lighting up his magic ring.
"Don't hurt him." Estelle begged.
"I'm sorry, but I'm not going to listen to a sniveling little girl." Rothbart scoffed at her like she was nothing to him before he soon thought of an evil idea of how to let Estelle keep her mouth shut about the plan.
"Please, just don't hurt Erasmus," Estelle begged. "Do what you want to me, but leave him alone."
"Oh, Estelle, you don't have to do that." Erasmus said to the little girl who was braver than she believed to be.
"I will not hurt him as long as you don't tell the prince about our plan until it's too late." Rothbart smirked.
Estelle soon frowned.
"Do we have a deal?" Rothbart asked.
"Yes, sir..." Estelle sighed as she bowed her head, trying not to cry for her new friend.
"Good girl." Rothbart smirked.
Estelle sighed as this wasn't going to be easy for her. Little did she know, Odette and the others were on their way over to help save her and Erasmus, but unfortunately, she wouldn't be there when they would arrive.
"It gives me chills to be back here!" Carlita shivered.
"I can tell why." Teddy frowned.
"Erasmus, Estelle, are they...?" Odette asked anxiously.
"Still alive, but under a magic spell." The Fairy Queen told her calmly.
"Oh, thank goodness Mama is not hurt." Teddy sounded relieved.
"We'll be able to save them both." The male Ralts said.
"So, how do we get in?" Lila asked.
"Rothbart flies everywhere he goes," Odette replied. "Maybe there's an entrance near the roof? I can find out."
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa," The female Ralts spoke up. "So we're just supposed to hang out here and watch?"
"No, I'm going to need your help." Odette promised.
"How can we help?" The male Ralts asked.
"Okay, here's what we do." Odette said before they huddled together to make a plan, and where the plan was simple.
Odette flew towards the palace with Teddy, but soon, three crows flew towards them, and chased them.
"And they're chasing us just as we planned." Teddy whispered.
Odette and Teddy then led the crows into the fog.
"Haha, stupid birds!" Teddy laughed as Odette then flew them back to Rothbart's place after the crows got lost.
"Erasmus?" Odette called. "Erasmus!"
"Mama, it's me, Teddy!" Teddy added.
The soon saw where Erasmus was.
"Over here!" The ex-troll called out to them.
Odette and Teddy came over to see the troll.
"Erasmus?" Teddy frowned.
"Ah, don't even ask," Erasmus replied. "The ravens are everywhere, and worse, they're hungry!"
"Where's my mother?" Teddy asked as he picked up Erasmus in his paws as he was now a worm.
"Rothbart took her with him." Erasmus said.
"What?!" Teddy gasped before glaring. "Where is he? I'll give him some Fury Swipes he'll never forget, starting with that shrill shrew he calls a daughter!"
"I'll tell you on the way." Erasmus said.
The ravens were soon coming.
"Hurry!" Erasmus yelped.
Odette flies out, the ravens are chasing her. One is flying right next to her. Teddy gave a small nod to the animals who were hiding as this was all apart of Odette's plan and the plan soon started. Carlita smirked as she whipped out her tail to spray the birds. A bird suddenly stopped and passed out due to the stench. Ivan then unleashed his quills which stabbed another bird against a tree trunk. Finally, Lila lowered her head and the final bird crashed into her horn.
"And they're out!" The Ralts twins smiled.
"Ooh, we are good!" Lila smirked.
Carlita and Ivan beamed before dancing in victory together with the Ralts twins.
Soon enough, Erasmus told them everything.
"So, Mama is okay?" Teddy asked.
"She is, as long as she doesn't meddle in Rothbart and Odile's plans, so she should be at the ball right now." Erasmus nodded with a sigh.
"Oh, this is bad." The female Ralts frowned.
"Mama..." Teddy pouted. "I miss her."
"She misses you too," Erasmus replied. "She's braver than I thought she would be though for a girl her age."
"She's always been brave." Teddy smiled.
"So, Estelle is going to the ball alone?" Odette asked.
"Actually, Rothbart is using his daughter to pretend to be you while Estelle goes with them." Erasmus explained.
"Oh, this is bad." Teddy said.
"I'm afraid so," Erasmus frowned. "And then Rothbart will use Odile to trick Prince Daniel!"
"No, no, no!" Lila cried out. "It can't work like that!"
"The prince has to be in love with Odette!" Carlita frowned. "Oh, this is a catastrophe! Or worse? Ooh! Migraine..."
"We have to go and foil his plan." Teddy said.
"I'll go," Lila decided. "I was there once!"
"No, I'll go." Odette replied.'
"You?!" Lila asked her. "Ah, come on, there're probably a dozen hunters in the village ready to shoot a perfect swan. I remember. The tough crowd."
"I'll go." Teddy said.
"It has to be me!" Odette replied. "Because then Daniel will see he's being tricked!"
"Hmm... She's got a point." Lila told Teddy.
"I still have to go," Teddy replied. "My mama is there alone and I miss her!"
"Okay then." Odette said.
"Use the crystal to open the rock at the waterfall," The Fairy Queen told them. "Good luck, my dears."
"And guys?" Lila added. "Watch your backs."
Teddy climbed onto Odette's back and she soon flew with him to the kingdom where Prince Daniel lived.