Hey all! I'm super sorry about the lack of updating, I simply haven't had the time or the motivation to work on this, but here y'all are, the final three chapters! And please don't forget to read the revision of The Stars and The Sea! I can't wait to see what y'all have to say!
Moana and Hei Hei are seen traversing the ocean together, the days and nights passing by as Moana redirects them back to Te Fiti, she was going to do better this time. The sun would get in her eyes but she knew how to direct the canoe.
Soon she is met by black snow; ash. She begins working out her plan, tying her hair up in a bun.
MOANA:
Te Ka can't follow us into the water, we make it past the barrier islands, we make it to Te Fiti. None of which you understand, because you are a chicken.
She tells this to Hei Hei as she places him in the hull of the boat for safety.
A few chuckle at this line. Hei Hei is wandering in and around the audience, sometimes staring at them, but no one pays him any mind.
Moana readies herself for the fight ahead, and Te Ka rears herself around the barrier islands, watching Moana menacingly.
The camera pans to show the both of them ready for a facedown.
Everyone is tense watching, knowing this could go wrong very quickly.
Te Ka raises her arm and Moana jumps into action, leaping to the front of the boat just like Maui did when fighting the Kakamora, and swerving it away from Te Ka.
"Woooo!" Someone cheers.
Moana pulls at the mast to level it out and Te Ka hits the water, causing lava crust to form on her arm, and missing Moana. Moana levels out the canoe, and Te Ka blasts the lava crust off and crawls across the barrier islands, trying to catch the canoe.
Moana spies a break in the barrier islands and turns the boat to make it through when Te Ka launches a lava ball at her, missing her once again. The canoe rides into ocean fog and Te Ka frantically looks for the sail.
Te Ka spies what she thinks is the sail, but it turns out to be a pointy rock and Moana is ahead of her. Moana gives the lava monster a haughty look as Te Ka drops her jaw in shock.
"Way to go!" Keoni exclaims, high fiving Moana.
"You actually fooled her, nice!" Maui agrees.
Moana pulls open the sail and surges forward, turning into the opening while remaining unaware that Te Ka has another lava ball at the ready.
"Oh boy…" Huihana whispers.
Moana makes it into the passage, but Te Ka launches the lava ball again, hitting the rocks above and sending an avalanche into the water below. Moana frantically directs the boat in and around trying to not get hit. Suddenly she falls and the heart is knocked out of her locket.
"Oh my gods no!" Someone cries out.
MOANA:
NO!
Suddenly Hei Hei appears and grabs the heart just in time.
MOANA:
Hei Hei! No no no!
Instead of swallowing it this time, Hei Hei gives it back to Moana.
MOANA:
Nice work!
After almost being hit again, Moana safely makes it through, and sees the silhouette of what is left of Te Fiti.
MOANA:
Te Fiti!
Suddenly Te Ka comes up behind Moana in a surprise attack, sending Moana and the canoe flying forward and Moana into the treacherous waters.
Moana frantically swims to the surface and clings to the bottom of her canoe. Hei Hei miraculously somehow not dead, bobbing away in a basket. Moana tries to pull up the canoe and over to no avail. Te Ka rages in for another attack and Moana doubles down to protect herself.
Suddenly a screech is heard in the distance. Looking up, it's Maui! Diving in his hawk form, he detransforms and cuts off Te Ka's hand with his hook.
MOANA:
MAUI!
Maui lands and Moana is beaming.
MOANA:
You came back!
Maui gives her a sheepish smile, and Mini Maui grins at her.
MOANA:
But your hook! One more hit, and…
MAUI:
Te Ka's gotta catch me first!
Behind them, Te Ka roars and Maui grins, ready for the challenge. Using his hook, he brings the canoe right side up.
MAUI:
I got your back, Chosen One! Go save the world!
MOANA:
Maui! Thank you.
MAUI:
You're welcome.
With that genuine exchange, Maui takes to the skies again to distract Te Ka, turning into a beetle, and then turning into a whale, landing and causing a massive splash, dousing Te Ka with water and sending Moana forward
An amazing shot of Moana as she maintains control of the canoe.
Keoni is caught up between admiring Moana and watching Maui in amusement as the demigod distracts the lava monster.
Te Ka readies up again, when suddenly there's a chomping sound, and Te Ka sees Maui in his shark form chomping on her finger. She flings him up and he turns into a lizard, scampering across her shoulder and down her arm, trying to hit him.
MAUI:
Hot hot hot hot hot!
He jumps and takes off.
"You're doing a great job of annoying the absolute hell out of her!" Pania laughs. Maui just grins.
"That's my job!"
Maui goes again and chops off Te Ka's arm, causing her to scream out in pain.
"Can she really be in that much pain?" Tui asks.
"If its a living creature, it feels pain." Huihana replies.
MAUI:
Hey Te Ka!
The camera pans to Maui on Te Ka's arm, in sharkhead form.
MAUI:
Sharkhead!
Te Ka gives him a look of "What the hell?" With another battle cry, Maui again chops off her hand and flies off, but is hit by Te Ka and launched into a rock, detransforming.
Te Ka spies Moana getting closer to Te Fiti and launches a lava ball.
"OH MY GODS!"
"No!"
MAUI:
MOANA!
The ocean rears up and saves Moana in the nick of time, but launching her off the canoe. The ocean carries her to the shore of Te Fiti and she begins to climb.
MAUI:
Get the heart to the spiral!
Maui picks up his already damaged hook, knowing Moana is exposed, he had to do something. Sharing a look with Mini Maui, they ready themselves, and leap for Te Ka, and make impact, sending a blast all over, pinning Moana to the lava rock, and sending Maui in a cloud onto another rock.
His hook is cut in half, it's done for.
Moana, panicked, reaches the top of Te Fiti, but gasps.
The camera pans up, revealing the imprint of where Te Fit once rested.
"What…"
"HOw?"
"There's no way…" Villagers whispered to one another, not understanding.
MOANA:
Te Fiti… it's… gone…
Moana turns around hearing Te Ka, who moves her hand from her chest, revealing a spiral. After a moment, it clicks.
MAUI:
TE KA!
Maui begins doing a chant to again distract Te Ka, who reaches her arm up, ready to hit Maui with the biggest lava ball yet, when suddenly, a green glow in the distance catches their attention. It's Moana, holding the heart up for them all to see.
Having Te Ka's attention, Moana makes her way down, Maui watching in disbelief. What was she doing?