Chapter 25
Meanwhile in a forest, a swarm of ugly green bats with pink ears and black wings have spread around the forest separately.
One of the bats entered a cave of a hill in the forest. The ugly green bat sets its eyes on a green-headed worm with an angry expression. The worm has a pair of thin antennas, a pair of red eyes, and a pink-colored body.
The ugly green bat opened its mouth and screeched inside the cave. Its fellow bats assembled and released purple smoke from its mouth. Out came Cackletta, the Beanish witch.
Cackletta grinned and looked at the worm eating the cave mushrooms. The Beanish witch identified the worm in thought, "The Bellech Worm, a very infectious worm with the ability to possess a host into committing a mindless rampage."
Cackletta raised both of her arms, opening up a dark hole under the Bellech Worm, causing it to fall down. The Beanish witch took out a glass jar. Under its lid, a small dark hole opened, and the Bellech Worm fell down before both dark holes are sealed. The Bellech Worm violently shook inside the jar, but the witch keeps her grip.
"You're going to enjoy a nice body," Cackletta said to the Bellech Worm inside her jar and cackled, "fit for a queen!"
Cackletta is covered by purple clouds and out came the same swarm of ugly green bats again. The jar containing the Bellech Worm is carried by the swarm of bats as they exit the cave and fly off to the sky.
From the sky, the ugly bat swarm saw a gathering of Beanish people in the south of Bean-bean Fields. They also saw Jojora the snow witch. They cackle in the air and fly off to Bean-bean Town, near the entrance of Bean-bean Castle.
Upon arriving there, the bats once again release purple clouds to transform back to Cackletta. The Beanish witch's arrival is not witnessed, so she is clear to think about her plan, "I will suggest to Prince Peasley to use Jojora to awaken the Beanstar to cure Queen Bean, his mother, since the cure to removing the Bellech Worm from a person is no longer possible without the long lost Chuckola Cola!"
The witch cackled menacingly. And then, purple clouds conceal her as she transforms into Lady Lima, the Goodwill Ambassador and the victim Cackletta posed for a very long time. It is unclear what happened to the real Lady Lima, especially after Cackletta left her buried in the forest of Chucklehuck Woods.
Disguised as the Goodwill Ambassador, Cackletta walks towards the entrance of Bean-bean Castle guarded by a pair of Beanish troops. They greet who they thought is Lady Lima. As Cackletta enters the castle, she enters the next room.
To her left, a Pea entered the room through the west entrance while holding a cup of calm-steaming Teehee Blend.
Lady Lima, actually Cackletta, called the Pea, "Stop right there. Who ordered that Teehee Blend?"
"Goodwill Ambassador," the Pea stopped to answer, "it is Queen Bean. She continues to suffer in the absence of our prince."
"Very well," Cackletta replies, "I must inspect the Teehee Blend to assure its taste for Queen Bean's superstitious encouragement."
The Pea nervously handed the cup of Teehee Blend to Lady Lima's hands. Cackletta turned around and quietly took the jar containing the Bellech Worm out. The Pea could not see what Lady Lima is doing, so Cackletta's eyes glow pink. She lifts the jar above the cup of Teehee Blend as the witch's glowing eyes magically caused the glass of the jar to become intangible, causing the Bellech Worm to fall down on the cup of Teehee Blend. The Teehee Blend is opaque; thus, the worm cannot be seen inside the drink.
Cackletta turned around to hand the cup of Teehee Blend back to the Pea and appraised, "This cup will do just fine. Make sure she drinks it immediately to preserve its finest taste."
"Yes, ma'am," the Pea complied and quickly walked to the northern passage where the throne room lies.
In the throne room, Queen Bean sits on her throne, finishing her most recent cup of Teehee Blend. She places the empty cup on the arm of her throne as she worriedly mumbles to herself, "Don't worry, my son will learn lots of things. He has changed to not screw this up."
The Pea entered the throne room to present the next cup of Teehee Blend for the queen. He walks towards the queen as the queen reaches her fat green arm for the next cup. As the Pea gets closer, the queen is handed her next cup. The Pea takes the empty cup and walks away.
Queen Bean sighs and looks at the cup of steaming Teehee Blend. She opens her mouth to sip in the Teehee Blend. The drink runs down to her mouth, so does the Bellech Worm.
Queen Bean once again empties her cup. She starts to feel a tingling sensation inside her belly. She giggles a bit in reaction to the tingling. She stands up from her throne and stomps the floor in joy.
"T-This drink," the queen reacted to the drink, "it suddenly lifted my worries away in place of… of… excitement, craziness, carefree…!"
The queen suddenly starts to choke. She falls on her back against the floor as her body starts to shake uncontrollably. Queen Bean lifts her arms and holds her hands together to start beating her fists against her own belly. She continues to choke while beating herself up.
A group of Peas entered the throne room to see the queen hurting herself.
The Peas panicked and called out, "L-Lady Lima!"
When Lady Lima entered the throne room, her face is concealed by the shadow of her hood.
Nonetheless, one of the Peas panicked, "Queen Bean is acting violently to herself! What are we going to do, Lady Lima?"
"Lady Lima?" the Goodwill Ambassador replied in response, "She was gone for a very long time after I buried her in Chucklehuck Woods."
Lady Lima is suddenly covered in purple clouds as the Peas look in confusion. The clouds clear to reveal the cackling Cackletta. The Peas scream and panic in fear when the feared Beanish witch appears before them.
Cackletta tells the Peas, "Hear me! I am the one who brought the Laser Snifit in this castle a long time ago, causing the deaths of many Beanish troops! And now, I brought the infectious Bellech Worm to Queen Bean! There is no cure to the Bellech Worm. Only the Beanstar will save her. So, Prince Peasley has to bring his pure friend to this castle. And I dare her to awaken the Beanstar to save your queen!"
The Peas look at each other. They said to one another, "We must find and notify the prince."
"No need," Cackletta said to the Peas, "I'll bring him here myself. You will tell him everything when he and his friend arrives. Well, only if you survive the queen's wrath."
Cackletta cackles and transforms into a swarm of ugly green bats and flew away.
A roar is heard behind the Peas. They turn around to see Queen Bean. Their queen has red eyes and her fat arms have converted into muscular ones. Queen Bean roared at the Peas, who ran way in fear as the queen starts to wreak havoc inside the throne room. She swings her muscular arm and blindly destroys her own throne. The transformed queen started to pound her fists against the ground uncontrollably.
A squadron of Beanish troops wearing their traditional armor and armed with their lances and shields appear inside the throne room. Beanardo, the troop supervisor, goes through his own Beanish troops to be in the front line of his own squadron. Queen Bean snarls at Beanardo upon laying her red eyes at Beanardo.
Beanardo tells his troops, "The witch has transformed our queen into a monster. Bear in mind that she is still our queen. So, subdue her alive at all cost! For the good of Bean-bean Kingdom!"
"For the good of Bean-bean Kingdom!" the Beanish troops shouted in unison.
Queen Bean responds with a roar as she and the troops clash against each other after Beanardo points his own lance at the transformed queen.
Back in Harhall's workstation at the south of Bean-bean Fields. The hooded prince has done a lot in the duration of his work. Many of the hanging white clothing are colored and patterned with a few remaining to go.
Jojora and Prince Peasley, disguised as Haricot, start to laugh in joy and fun. The hooded prince hurls the Colored Designbomb to color the white pair of leggings. The leggings now change colors.
Jojora has a Patterned Designbomb with polka dot pattern in her right hand, while holding her scepter in her left hand. She throws the Patterned Designbomb up in the air. The snow witch giggles and holds her scepter like a baseball bat. As the Patterned Designbomb falls to a desired height, Jojora squints her eyes at the multicolored leggings, and then swings her scepter against the Patterned Designbomb.
It was hoped that the Designbomb would be hit and flown towards the multicolored leggings. But instead, the orb breaks when Jojora hits it with her scepter. A splatter of dye instead covers the snow witch. The hooded prince laughed at Jojora's appearance, so does Jojora. The Beanish also join in the laugh and began to run towards the treetop to join the pair and have fun by throwing the Designbombs at each other.
Harhall screams in fright and yells at them repeatedly, "Stop! Stop right now! You're ruining everything! My supplies! My work!"
A Colored Designbomb hits Harhall on the face as the dye splatters to color his whole face. Harhall scrubs the dye off his face with an angered look on his face. Now, he finally lost his temper and dashes around the treetop to get the attention of the Beanish playing with his equipment.
They finally stopped playing, so Harhall stopped to stand in front of all of them.
The fashion stylist walked towards the hooded stranger and angrily poked his finger at him and berated, "All of this happened when you arrived! My work has never been insulted in my entire life! Now… you will pay! All of you! You helped Haricot made this mess, so now…"
Jojora attempted to softly calm Harhall down, "We're just having fun…"
Harhall punches Jojora. The Beanish, especially the hooded prince, are shocked by this action.
Harhall shouts at all of them, "Shut up! Just shut up! Too much mess! So little shame! Aren't you ashamed of yourself? Huh? Huh?! Pay… just pay! I'll start with pain to teach you a lesson!"
Jojora starts to sob a little when she got hurt. She raises her arms to fly away, but the hooded prince quickly grabbed her hand. The hooded prince looks at Jojora, who looked back. The snow witch sighs and rejoins the Beanish who have done the mess. The treetop is filled with dyes and most of the clothes are messed up with colors and patterns.
The hooded prince steps up towards Harhall and tells him, "Spare the people, Harhall."
"You will take all the pain?" Harhall asked with remnants of his expelled anger, "And pay for this… this damage you've caused?"
The hooded prince smiled at Harhall.
His hand pulls the hood in the air. The Beanish people gasp at the revelation willingly revealed to them. Prince Peasley's golden hair and princely face are famously recognized. Harhall shudders in fear and kneels before the prince of Bean-bean Kingdom, while the rest of the Beanish do the same. Jojora smiles to see her friend's face exposed to the beautiful light of the sun shining in the sky.
Prince Peasley commands his people, "Stand, my fellow Beanish," the Beanish stand on the treetop and look at the prince, who confesses to them, "I know this is all sudden to everyone. The truth is, I prioritized my duties as prince that I created a distance from my own good people, so I have forged an identity to… join my own people… to get to know them. I am very thankful that your ways have changed me to become a worthy prince, or at least I think I am. And… I'm sorry that I almost failed you…"
"You never did," one of the Beanish townspeople cheered, "like a sprout, we grow to change. We're Beanish."
"We forgive you," one of the Beanish children added.
Prince Peasley smiles with tears in his eyes. And then, he looks at Harhall and says to him, "My apologies for the mess, Harhall. I promise you that you will be paid for my troubles."
Harhall grumbles and replies reluctantly, "F-Fine."
Jojora giggles and approaches Prince Peasley and tells everybody to tease the prince, "He changed mostly for the nice people you are. There is also a tiny reason; he changed to convince me to become his princess."
The Beanish laughed and giggled and squealed. Prince Peasley scratches the back of his head out of nervousness as he also blushes and chuckles. Jojora proceeds to hug the prince, who hugs the snow witch back. They both share a comfortable temperature with each other in the hug as the Beanish cheered for the prince and the snow witch.