It was the start of a disaster in this giant force-field of darkness, engulfing the entire town. Nobody was in the streets, as most ran to hide inside, worried with what terrors would be out here when all of this was happening. It felt like it really is the end of the world just by the sight of this alone.

James, Jenny, Petal, and Pine-Cone could really do nothing but watch in terror as the portal that leads to the Nightmare Realm was now open. Esma and Preston had faces that made they appear to be ecstatic by all of this. Preston walks over to Leaf and Makoto, picking them both up, before glaring downward at the four who were still on the first floor.

"Well, I guess you have no other choice but to surrender! How does it feel knowing that all of this is your fault, James?!" Preston shouts, glaring at James. "If you didn't tell Beebee what happened, you didn't have to make things go this far!" James points at Preston, glaring directly at him.

"It would've been this far, telling her or not!" James shouts at him. "I just hope you're happy with cheating on her with a girl from MorcuCorp of all places!" Preston points at James again, glaring at him.

"Shut up! I heard enough out of you, James! It's about time we try to get one of those creatures in there some food!"

"What the hell does that mean!" Preston held up Leaf by his arm, giving James an evil smile. "You bastard! LET HIM GO!"

"Oh, what a bad choice of words, chap...I'm afraid you should've told me to do that when I wasn't near the..."

Suddenly, Makoto came out of nowhere, punching Preston off of Leaf. The elf still felt weakened by the crown, but Makoto still tried to keep him standing up. The two attempted to head towards the stairs down to the rest of the group, only for Esma to blast a light out of the Nightmare Crown's gem into Makoto's foot, causing her to trip down to the ground.

The two were on the ground again. Esma walked up to Makoto, picking her up, glaring directly into her eyes, before walking over to the portal. The MorcuCorp girl gave the robot a sinister grin, standing next to the Nightmare Realm's entrance.

James and Jenny ran straight for the stairs that were leading upstairs. Preston presses a button that was right next to the metal stairs, sending them up. James and Jenny stopped in front of the platform that was leading up, now unable to get up to save Makoto. Esma looks behind herself, then looked back at Makoto again.

"Well...this feels like Evelyn Gray throwing herself into the dimension all over again..." Esma said. "...The only difference is, I get to throw you in there myself..." Makoto narrows her eyes, glaring at the MorcuCorp girl.

"You'll...you'll never...win..." Makoto said, bitterly.

"I already have..."

Esma throws the robot girl into the vortex, causing James, Jenny, and Leaf to stare at what just happened in horror. "MAKOTO!" James screams, running closer to the side of the platform Esma was standing at.

"NO!" Jenny also screams, immediately after.

Leaf attempted to stand up from the ground, keeping his eyes on Esma after she did what she did. Makoto was now in the Nightmare Realm, because of her...he shook his head, staring at her, before he grew angry. He tried his best to get closer to Esma, ready to use magic on the MorcuCorp girl. But then Preston grabbed Leaf, picking him up.

"You...you fucking monster..." Leaf said, glaring at Preston.

"Like you're threatening me one bit. It's clear that that Nightmare Crown makes you weak...let's see if throwing you into that vortex kills you." Preston said, about to throw Leaf into the Nightmare Realm. "Get ready to bring those monsters over to our portal." Preston faces the Nightmare Realm, ready to throw Leaf into the vortex.

It seems like the boy she was crushing on was going be thrown in there, and probably be weakened even worse than he already was. Leaf was most likely going to die if he was to go into there. Even Leaf felt like this was going to be his demise now. He never knew that this would be how he sees his own death.

But that was when Petal notices the king's gem that was in her bag. She pulls it out, just as it was glowing extremely brightly in her hands. It was starting to make sense to her now, the fact that she wasn't getting weak by the power of the Nightmare Crown. This gem is what was keeping her safe. It was probably her only chance to save Leaf from getting into the Nightmare Realm.

Petal held the gem in both of her hands, before closing her eyes. The entire warehouse started to shake rapidly, causing Esma and Preston to stop what they were doing, before looking up at the roof. The many warehouse workers who were standing around the building, ran out of the building, screaming and heading home.

Rather than being scared by the sudden shaking, James and Jenny looked up in confusion. They had no idea what was even going on. But whatever it was, it didn't sit well with Esma or Preston. The two looked over to the upstairs area, before they heard the sound of the large windows breaking. Many tree roots were breaking through the windows.

"WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING?!" James shouts, looking around. "WHAT DOES THAT GEM EVEN DO?!"

"IT'S A GEM THAT HELPS ANYTHING THAT'S NATURE!" Petal shouts, keeping her eyes closed.

"Anything nature?" Jenny asked, softly to herself. She looks outside, before running off.

"Jenny!?" James shouts, as his girlfriend was running outside, unsure what's even outside.


Outside the warehouse...

Jenny saw nothing more but a black sky above them, mainly because of the force-field that was keeping engulfing the whole town. There was also a dark blue scary fog filling a majority of the ground area of the town. Jenny breathed heavily, looking around for what Petal's gem was even doing, before looking behind herself, seeing what was really going on.

Trees were beginning to grow out of the ground, surrounding the warehouse. The walls surrounding the warehouse were breaking apart, as boxes and trucks were being moved or tipped over by the branches and roots breaking out of the ground and windows of the building in front of her.

"Holy crap..." Jenny said, softly in awe at what she was seeing. She then looks down at the garage door, ready to run back into the warehouse. "JAMES, THE WHOLE BUILDING IS GOING TO BE..."

Jenny looks up, being interrupted by a moving truck that was about to land right in front of the warehouse's garage door. She stops right in front of the truck as the trailer of it, laid on its side, blocking her way into the warehouse. James was heard running to the truck on the other side.

"Jenny! Are you alive?!" James shouts from inside the building.

"I'm okay, sweetie!" Jenny shouts. "I'm now trapped outside with this god damn truck blocking my only way in! I don't know how safe it is outside, but considering how much fog I'm seeing around here, I'm not waiting around to find out!" Jenny looks up at the trees that were growing around the warehouse. "Hang on, just try to save Leaf! I think I found my way in! All I need to do is find the back door we used before!"

"Alright! Be careful, Jenny!"

"I will!"


Back inside the warehouse...

James backs up from the truck that was blocking the garage door, before looking behind himself. Preston and Esma were still looking around the entire warehouse, seeing parts of it beginning to break because of the trees growing around it. The only thing that was good on Leaf's part was that Preston no longer was holding him.

As the two were distracted, Leaf made his way over to the stairs, crawling towards the button next to it. He uses his magic to press the button, causing the stairs to lower itself down. The elf slowly got up from the ground, before running down the stairs, being able to get enough energy from being away from the Nightmare Crown. James ran up to Leaf, seeing that he was still a bit weakened.

"Leaf, are you okay?!" James shouts, running up to him. Leaf looks at James, trying to catch his breath.

"Makoto...that bitch threw her into the Nightmare Realm..." Leaf said, before standing himself up. "...She's trapped in there...how are we going to get her out of there?"

"I...I think we'll have to go in there, but..."

"Oh, you are going in there!" Preston's voice shouts from the top of the stairs. "Those creatures in that dimension were suppose to come out because of you, Leaf...or James, or...or..." Preston points at James, growling in anger. "Forget it, both of you are..."

Before Preston could finish his sentence, a branch whacks the prep right in the face, sending him falling off the second floor, and onto a pile of boxes. Preston stood up, before glaring at Petal. He balls a fist, before he started to make his way towards her. But not before Leaf throws a light of magic at the prep, making the prep be sent upstairs again to accidentally run into Esma. The two fell to the ground, causing the Nightmare Crown to fall off of her head.

Leaf and Pine-Cone were able to get their energy back. Petal looks over to the elf that she was friends with, surprised to be seeing him once again, after so long of him being gone. James and Leaf ran up to the female elf, as Petal lowers the gem, finally able to see the elf she wanted to see again was here.

"Leaf! I thought I'd never see you again!" Petal said. Leaf stops in front of her, before holding onto her hands. "Your friends are kind of nice." James smiled.

"Thanks." James said. "When we noticed you were gone Leaf, Petal and...Pine-Cone, had to go and try to save you and Makoto." Leaf takes notice of Pine-Cone who was standing up now.

"Are you kidding me?! You also came along?!" Leaf asked, angry that he was here. "Why would the asshole who mocked me at the fruit forest be somebody who came to save my life?!" Pine-Cone brushes himself off, before looking at Leaf.

"Well, Petal told me to." Pine-Cone said. "Also...I believe you have something to tell her..."

"I do?" Leaf asked, confused, before nodding his head. "Oh, okay...I know what you're talking about." Leaf looks over to Petal, holding both of her hands, while looking at her eyes. "Petal, I believe you know why I ran away from the Forest of the Elves...I'm so sorry that I've ever did that, but...I know you might still disagree with me on this, but I still stand by what I said that these humans are not as bad as the other elves are making it out to be. James and Jenny have been nice to me ever since we've met, and they and I have been very good friends." James nods his head. "As for me being lazy, and kind of an outcast from the rest of the elves...I wanted to be better...for you..." Petal nods her head.

"I...hear you loud and clear on all of that..." Petal said, before continuing to speak. "...I believe that I should apologize to you as well, about...since...you needed somebody back there when everyone else in the village were treating you like you had no reason to be there." Petal looks down, before speaking more to Leaf. "I just need you to know that regardless of whether or not that you're like the other elves or not...you always will be a close friend of mine...and...how I acted back there, when every elf in the village was wanting me to not be friends with you, and me ignoring you..." Petal sighed. "...I'm sorry I...did all of that, and I'm sorry that I made you feel like you didn't belong in our village, just like everyone else was..." Petal hugs him, before James spoke up.

"Hey, I know this is all heart-warming and stuff, but...couldn't the hugging and you confessing your love for each other be saved until after the Nightmare Crown is finally destroyed? As well as Makoto being out of the Nightmare Realm?" James asks them.

"James has got a point. Makoto's still trapped in the Nightmare Realm." Leaf said.

"Who's Makoto, exactly?" Petal asked him, a little confused.

"It's a long story who she is."

"But how are we going to get in that Nightmare Realm without any of us elves dead inside of it. There's only one gem that Petal has that can protect nature, and there's only three of us." Pine-Cone points out. Leaf points at the gem in Petal's hands, as the girl was looking at the portal and then the Nightmare Crown that Esma was trying to reach for.

"That gem is the king's gem?!" Leaf asked Pine-Cone.

"I bet Petal would also tell you it's a long story!"

Without a warning, Petal sends a blast of magic straight at the Nightmare Crown before Esma could grab it. A branch was able to grab the crown, before Esma could even get a hold of it. The MorcuCorp growls, before glaring at Petal.

"If Petal's only defense if that gem, I think that me and James got Makoto from here." Leaf said to Petal. "I would bring it with me, but...I'm not going to be selfish and let you and Pine-Cone die on this one, Petal. If I'm dead..." Leaf held Petal's hand, looking at her eyes. "...I love you." Petal closes her eyes, nodding her head.

"I love you too." Petal said, hoping that there's a chance that Leaf will survive this. Leaf looks over to James, giving him a look of worry, yet a hint of bravery.

"Well James...you ready for this?" James seemed hesitate, but nodded his head regardless. "Alright, then let's save Makoto from the Nightmare Realm."