Later that day, Dave was sulking around in his swamp, fiddling with some stones and woodsplinters.

"This has to be this way" he said to himself. "But I'll never forget her."

Then, he heard a thump outside.

Huh? I thought Grimmel cleansed the swamp the octopus thought to himself. Or is it Moana?

But when he got out, he saw...

"Julien?"

The ring-tailed lemur wandered into the swamp, badly injured and twitching like crazy.

And in case you didn't know, Tempest had a little 'talk' (well, it was more like torture) with Julien and she told him that he had to apologize to Dave for lying to him.

"What are you doing?" frowned Dave.

"She- Ee- I- Uh-" stammered the lemur. "Claiming your kingdom?"

Dave wasn't buying it after the lies Julien told.

At that moment, Tempest appeared with the charm around her heck.

"He came here to tell you that he's sorry" she said.

"Look, I'm not in the mood for this" Dave snapped. "This is my swamp, stubborn monkey. And you, broken horse, go back to your volcano and blow up some skeletons."

Tempest dug her hooves into the dirt and growled as if to attack until...

"Smelly, slimy freak!" Julien shouted.

"Fine!" Dave shouted back, turning away from the two.

But Julien wouldn't give up. He blocked Dave's path whenever the sea animal tried to enter his home or a mud pond.

"I'm not done with you, freak" he said. "With you, it's always 'me, me, me' and 'blah, blah, me, me, me, moo, moo, moo', guess what? It's my turn!"

"Julien..."

"Now you just SHUT UP, you annoying thing, and pay attention!"

Tempest was shocked to see the other side of Julien, but she loved the tension of the argument and watched.

"You. Are. Mean to me!" Julien started. "You don't respect me or my opinions. You're always pushing me around and push me away! You're wrapped up in layers, onion boy, you're afraid of your own feelings!"

"Oh, yeah? After I treated you badly, why did you come back?" Dave asked.

"Because that's what friends do! They forgive each other!"

"Oh, you're right, Julien. Of course I forgive you... FOR STABBING ME IN THE BACK!"

The octopus then blended his skin within the pattern of a tree.

Tempest groaned in frustration and stamped her hoof.

"He's doing it again!" Julien said angrily. "Just like he did to the pretty princess and all she ever did was like him. Maybe even love him!"

"Love me?!" Dave snapped. "I made a promise to Grimmel! She belongs to him, not me!"

"She doesn't even want Grimmel! She..."

He froze and remembered his promise to Moana.

Then Tempest stepped up.

"Because she loves someone else" she said firmly but gently. "She's just afraid of falling for a man who loved her for only her beauty."

After a moment, Dave broke out of his camouflage, surprised with what he heard.

"She doesn't love Grimmel?" he asked. "Then why does she hide at nighttime?"

"Eh-eh!" protested Julien. "No, I am not saying anything. You don't want to listen, yes?"

Tempest shook her head in disbelief as Julien held his ground, defiant and Dave talked with him, begrudgingly.

With a heavy sigh, Dave knew he had to drop the 'dirty act.'

"I'm sorry" he said. "I guess I am a big, stupid, ugly octopus. Can you forgive me?"

Hearing this, Julien satisfied with the octopus' apology.

"Well, that's what friends are for" he replied. "Right?"

"Right."

The two friends shook 'hands' and gave each other a big man hug, making Tempest uncomfortable.

After an uncomfortable moment, Dave finally spoke.

"So... what did Moana say about me?" he asked.

"Why ask are you asking me for?" Julien said with a laugh. "Go ask her!"

This made Dave remember something.

"Julien, the wedding!" he cried. "We'll never make it in time!"

Scoffing, Tempest stepped up to Dave and Julien.

"Who said a river can beat the fastest horse in the world?" she said. "I can take you there."

Dave placed a tentacle on Julien's head and ruffled it.

"Eh, OK, no need of that" grumbled the lemur. "No one likes a smarty pants."

Excited, Dave and Julien climbed onto Tempest's back.

With a loud neigh, the broken horned unicorn raced out of the swamp, into the countryside and straight into the kingdom of Duloc.

They were going to crash a wedding no matter what it takes!

Only a couple more chapters to go!

To be continued...