Narcissa held up the amulet, and took careful aim. Lou was too upset about Wembley to even notice the evil sorceress was about to put her out of her misery.
"Oh, don't cry, my dear," Narcissa said. "You'll be with your little boyfriend again very soon!"
Narcissa cackled, and was just about to push the purple stone on the amulet, when the pink stone began glowing, and it's musical note played. She didn't notice it at first, but then she felt a searing pain in her hands. She let out a scream and let go of the amulet, only to feel the pain in her neck this time. Her screaming finally drew the attention of the Fraggles, and they looked over. Narcissa was clawing at her neck, trying to get the amulet off.
"What in the Rock?" Mokey asked.
Finally, the amulet seemed to rip itself off of Narcissa's neck, and floated over to the Fraggles, and placed itself around Lou's. Lou took a deep breath, and pressed the pink stone. A pink beam of light shot out of it, surrounding Wembley, and nearly blinding everybody else. When the light died down, Wembley's injuries were gone. He grunted, and slowly opened his eyes.
"Wembley?" Lou asked.
"Hi," Wembley said.
"Wembley, you're okay!" Gobo shouted.
"Yeah, I'm fine," Wembley said.
Lou suddenly grabbed the green Fraggle, and gave him the biggest hug she could muster.
"You're alive!" she shouted, as tears fell down her cheeks. "Oh Wembley, I'm so happy you're all right!"
"So are we," Gobo said. "You really had us scared for a minute there, fella."
"Really?" Wembley asked. "Gee, Gobo, I'm sorry."
"But how did it happen?" Boober asked. "And what happened with Narcissa?"
"I think I know," Mokey said. "Lou must have unlocked the pink stone. It must be for healing."
"No," Lou said. "It's not healing. If it were, then Narcissa wouldn't have been affected by it. It's far more powerful than that. It's something evil could never understand. And, since evil can't understand it, Narcissa would never have been able to unlock the pink stone, and the amulet would be useless to her."
"What is it?" Red asked.
Lou looked at the amulet, and then looked over at Wembley, and smiled.
"Love," she said, simply.
"Love?!" Narcissa shouted, as she stood up. "You have got to be kidding! How can love be as powerful as that?! It's nothing! It's a weakness!"
"You're wrong, Narcissa!" Lou shouted, standing up, and turning towards the evil sorceress. "I knew you wouldn't be able to understand love! Love is the most powerful weapon there is!"
"Oh give me a break! If you think love is powerful, then you are obviously out of your mind! You're weak, Fraggle! You gave up so easily when I threatened your little green boyfriend, just because you didn't want me to hurt him! If you were smart, you wouldn't have let me have the amulet!"
"If you were smart, you'd know that love is not a weakness! You'd understand why I gave it to you! But it doesn't matter, anyway, because I have the amulet now, and you'll never be able to use it for your own selfish ways, now that the pink stone is unlocked!"
"I may not be able to use the amulet to achieve universal domination, but I still have my own magic, and I can use that to destroy you and your little friends, starting with your little green boyfriend!"
Narcissa snapped her fingers, and several vines creeped out from the cracks in the floor, wrapping themselves around Wembley's wrists and ankles, binding him to the spot. No matter how he struggled, he couldn't break loose. Gobo and Red ran to him, and tried to untie him, but the minute they touched the vines, they received an electric shock.
"Ouch!" Red shouted.
"Hey, what in the Rock is this?!" Gobo shouted.
"You won't be helping your little friend this time," Narcissa said, smiling sneakily. "And once I'm through with the little one, the rest of you are going to be breakfast for my bananacudas!"
Narcissa cackled, and pointed her finger at Wembley. A beam of magic shot out toward him. Immediately, Lou pressed the pink stone on the amulet. A pink beam of light shot out of the amulet's center, and hit Narcissa's beam, changing it's course. The magic beam began to ricochet off the walls, until it returned to Narcissa, zapping her. She let out a shriek when the magic hit her, but came out of it, only slightly scorched. Lou then pressed the red stone, the flame that came from the center of the amulet severed the vines holding Wembley.
"If you think you can defeat me that easily, you've got another think coming, you little hairball!" Narcissa shouted.
The sorceress cracked her knuckles, held her hands in front of her, and a blast of magic came out of her fingers. Lou pressed the yellow and pink stones at the same time, and the colored beams blasted out of the center of the amulet, crashing into Narcissa's, sending them back at her. The yellow beam hit her right in the eyes, and the pink beam hit her in the chest, sending her flying backwards. She let out a scream, and crashed directly into the wall. She was about to get up and give Lou a huge blast of her magic, when the light from the pink stone suddenly surrounded the lavender Fraggle. When it cleared, Lou's appearance changed, slightly. Instead of her pigtails, her hair was up in a small bun at the top of her head. Instead of her orange smock, she wore a long, dark pink dress with a darker pink sash at the waist and short, puffed sleeves, long, light pink gloves, and a diamond tiara with a dark pink jewel in the center of it.
"Wow!" Wembley shouted. "Lou, you look so pretty! Just like a princess!"
Gobo, Red, Boober, and Mokey looked at each other just then, when they realized exactly what Wembley had just said. They remembered what the Storyteller had told them, that once the amulet's powers had been unlocked, the princess would return. They looked at Lou, wide-eyed, and slightly slack-jawed.
"It . . . it can't be!" Gobo shouted. "It just can't be!"
"It's impossible!" Red shouted.
"Impossible or not, I think it's true," Mokey said.
"But how is it even possible?" Boober asked. "Lou just can't be the princess! She's already the Chosen One!"
"It's simple, really," Narcissa said. "Especially since the original princess was a Fraggle."
"Really?" Wembley asked. "Was she really a Fraggle?"
"Indeed she was," Narcissa said. "I'm sure you know the story about the Rainbow Amulet by now, how it was hidden away from an evil sorceress for thousands of years? That evil sorceress happened to be my ancestor, and the princess who hid the amulet was a Fraggle."
"And obviously, Lou's ancestor," Mokey said. "But why didn't the Storyteller, or even Cantus, tell us that?"
"Maybe they didn't know," Gobo said, shrugging. "All the Storyteller said was that after the princess hid the amulet, she disappeared."
"Correct," Narcissa said. "I know the entire story, Fraggles. After my ancestor attacked the castle, the Fraggle princess took the Rainbow Amulet, and fled. When she found others of her own kind, she decided to give up her title and land. She then hid the amulet so my ancestor wouldn't find it, and lived among the Fraggles happily, without them ever knowing her true identity. She may have told her story to the other Fraggles, but obviously, she left out some details. My guess is she did this to protect her descendants."
"Wow," Boober said.
"Yeah," Red said. "We had royalty in Fraggle Rock, and we never even knew it!"
"I also know one more thing," Narcissa said, with an evil smirk. "Louise is the last of the royal Fraggle family, and once I destroy her, the amulet will be mine once again!"
Narcissa cackled evilly, and shot a blast of magic out of her fingers, directly at Lou. Nothing was going to stop her from obtaining the amulet. Lou ducked, and Narcissa's magic hit the adjacent wall, blasting a hole in it. Immediately, Lou dashed to the edge of the tower, aimed the amulet at the moat, and pressed the indigo stone. A giant wave came shooting upward, and knocked Narcissa off her feet. The soaked sorceress stood up, sputtering, and began wringing out her dress.
"You think that's funny?" she asked. "See if you laugh at this!"
Narcissa thrust her hand forward and another beam of magic shot out of it. Lou ducked once more, and pressed the orange stone, aiming at the ground at Narcissa's feet. The ground shook, and Narcissa was knocked off her feet again. She retaliated with another blast of magic. Lou pressed the red stone, and blocked it off with a giant flame. Narcissa growled, and increased her powers. Her magic managed to push the flame back into the amulet. Once Narcissa's magic hit the amulet, Lou was thrown into the wall, and hard.
"Oooh!" she shouted, collapsing to the floor, breathlessly.
"Well, now," Narcissa said, with an evil smirk. "How the mighty have fallen. Say goodbye to your little princess, Fraggles, because this is the last you'll see of her!"
"No!" Wembley shouted, and he rushed forward.
"Wembley, don't!" Boober shouted. "You'll get killed!"
Wembley wouldn't listen. He ran to Lou, and stood in front of her, just as Narcissa threw a blast of magic.
"I can't look!" Red shouted, leaning against Gobo's shoulder.
Just as Narcissa's blast was about to hit Wembley, Lou pressed the pink stone, and the magic beam suddenly crashed into an invisible barrier, and dissolved into sparkling dust. The pink stone on the amulet was glowing brightly. Narcissa just stood there with her mouth hanging open, unable to believe that just happened. While she was distracted, Wembley walked over to Lou, and helped her up.
"Wembley, you could have been killed doing that!" Lou shouted. "Especially if I hadn't been able to create that forcefield with the pink stone! What made you do something crazy like that?!"
"I couldn't let you get killed, Lou," Wembley said. "You mean a lot to me, and I'd hate to see anything happen to you."
"Isn't that sweet?" Narcissa said, in a condescending tone. "I admire your little boyfriend's loyalty, Louise. Or rather, his blatant stupidity!"
"Call it stupidity if you want, Narcissa!" Wembley shouted. "I may not be able to make up my mind easily, but one thing is for sure, when it comes to deciding whether or not to help my friends, I'll always choose to help them no matter what!"
Narcissa scoffed, and blasted a piece of magic out at Wembley and Lou. The two Fraggles ducked it before it could hit them.
"Time to end this!" Lou shouted.
"Right!" Wembley shouted.
Lou held up the amulet, and pushed the stones on them, one at a time, in quick succession. The center of the amulet opened, and a bright light came out of it, changing colors as it blasted itself at Narcissa. Wembley moved closer next to Lou, and put one hand against hers, and the other around her shoulders. Narcissa growled, and threw her hand forward, blocking the rainbow light with her own magic.
"Come on, you guys!" Red shouted. "We can't stand here and do nothing! We've got to help them!"
"But how?" Boober asked. "We don't have any special powers!"
"Oh yes we do!" Red shouted. "You heard what Lou said! Love is the most powerful weapon there is! And love includes friends!"
Before Gobo, Boober, and Mokey could say another word, Red ran over to Wembley and Lou. She stood on the other side of Lou, and put her hand against the lavender Fraggle's. She also stretched her arm across Lou's shoulders, and put her other hand on Wembley's hand. Both Lou and Wembley looked over at the pigtailed Fraggle, and smiled. The rainbow light began to glow brighter, and push Narcissa's back.
"Oh no you don't!" Narcissa shouted, increasing her magic again.
Immediately, Mokey ran to the trio. She stood behind Red, and put one hand on Red's shoulder, and wound her arm around Lou's shoulders, resting her hand on top of Red's and Wembley's hands. This seemed to strengthen the rainbow beam. Gobo ran over to his friends as well, standing behind Wembley, with one hand on his best friend's shoulder, and the other on Mokey's hand.
"I refuse to be beaten by overgrown furballs!" Narcissa shouted, and she increased her magic as hard as she could. "I don't care if it takes the last of my powers to destroy you Fraggles, I will destroy you if it's the last thing I ever do!"
Narcissa let loose with everything she had, and her beam of magic began to overpower the rainbow beam. Lou was having a hard time keeping it focused. Narcissa's magic was so strong now. She didn't know if she could last.
"I . . . . I don't know if I can hold out . . . . much longer!" she shouted, straining.
"Don't give up now, Lou!" Wembley shouted. "You can make it, just keep trying!"
Lou squeezed her eyes shut, and concentrated as hard as she could, but it was difficult. Narcissa cackled madly, sure she had the upper hand. Boober watched everything unfold, not wanting to get into this at all. Once he saw Narcissa's magic beam getting closer and closer to wiping out the rainbow beam, and Lou about ready to drop, he stood up, and ran over to his friends.
"Hold on!" he called. "I'm coming!"
Boober stood behind Lou, and put his hands on Gobo's and Mokey's arms, bracing himself against them.
"I don't care if this gets me killed or not!" he shouted. "I just can't stand by and let this witch win! Now come on, Lou, and give her what she deserves!"
"Yeah, Lou!" Gobo shouted. "Don't give up now!"
"We all believe in you, Lou!" Mokey shouted.
"We're with ya all the way!" Red shouted.
"You can do it, Lou, I know you can do it!" Wembley shouted.
Lou took a deep breath. She felt her friends around her, and heard their encouraging words. She managed to get her fingers on the colored stones, and pressed them all at the same time. The rainbow beam burst out of the amulet's center with such force, not only was Narcissa's beam destroyed, but the evil sorceress was knocked off her feet completely. Before she had a chance to recover, she was hit by the rainbow beam.
"No!" she shouted. "This wasn't supposed to happen! I was supposed to win! You'll pay for this, Louise Fraggle! You'll pay for thiiiiiiiis!"
The rainbow beam surrounded Narcissa completely. She let out an ear-splitting scream, and she exploded.
KABOOOOOM!
After the explosion, the rainbow beam shot into the air, and arched into a regular rainbow, sweeping across the land, turning everything that was once dark, dank, and dreary bright and colorful. When it was done, the music from the amulet faded out, and the stones' light died down.
"You did it, Lou!" Gobo shouted. "You defeated the evil sorceress!"
"I knew you could do it!" Wembley shouted.
"Yay, Lou!" Red cheered.
Lou didn't say anything. She just stared at the amulet in her hands. Then she let go of it, and fainted, falling over backwards, right into Wembley's arms.
"Lou!" Wembley shouted. "Oh my gosh, she fainted!"
"We'd better get her inside," Gobo said.
Immediately, Wembley and Gobo positioned Lou's arms over their shoulders, while Red and Mokey picked up her legs. Boober ran ahead and opened the door that led inside the castle, and led the others down the stairs.
"I hope she's okay," Wembley said.
"Don't worry, Wembley," Mokey said. "Lou will be just fine. I hope."