It was lovely day in Axle City. Blaze, AJ and their friends were playing ball at the park, along with Crusher and Pickle.
Blaze immediately hit the ball to Stripes, who used his tiger tail to bounce it around the field.
"Zeg open! Zeg open!" the dino truck cried.
"Here ya go, Zeg!" Stripes tossed the ball over to Zeg.
"And Zeg shoots..." Zeg tossed it to the make-shift hoop, but Starla snatched it mid-air.
"But Starla snatches!"
"Nice Starla!" Pickle whooped. "Wasn't it cool, Crusher?"
"Eh," Crusher shrugged before smirking. "Now watch THIS!"
He zoomed over and snatched the ball from Starla just as she was about to shoot.
"Hey!"
"Ha! I got that ball now— WOAH!" Crusher tumbled as he taunted, causing the ball to bounce out of his tires.
"Well... almost got it," AJ giggled.
"So," Darington said, "who's up for another--"
Suddenly, a fearful whinny caught their attention, causing them to gasp in fear.
"What was that?" Watts wondered, looking around.
"I don't know, but we better check it out!" Blaze exclaimed. "Come on!"
They immediately raced into the forest, and thanks to Stripes' tiger ears, they found it-- a beautiful unicorn with a silvery white coat, sinking in the sand.
"HELP!"
"Aww... poor thing!" Gabby gasped. "We gotta help her!"
"Everyone, form a chain!" Blaze exclaimed. "We'll try and pull her out!"
"Ugh, do we have to?" Crusher shuddered at the thought of going even near the quick sand as the rest of them formed the chain.
"Crusher, this unicorn is gonna die if we don't help her!" AJ protested. "Now, grab hold!"
"Fine, fine," Crusher sighed, grabbing onto Pickle, who also joined in the chain.
AJ grabbed Starla's lasso and quickly twirled it, landing near the unicorn's chest. "Hurry! Grab onto the loop!"
The creature nodded and quickly grabbed the rope in her mouth.
"Okay! Pull!"
The group pulled as hard as they could. Crusher, wanting to as far away from the sand as possible, was at the very back and had to pull the most weight. Little by little, the unicorn started to rise from the sand.
"Keep going! She's almost out!" Stripes exclaimed.
With only a few more tugs, the unicorn was free, standing shakily on the grass while she tried to shake the sand off.
"Oh my!" she spoke with a sigh of relief. "Thank you, kind strangers!"
"No problem. Are you okay?" AJ asked.
"I am alright, yes, thank you," the unicorn nodded before a bright light enveloped her, her unicorn form shifting into that of a human.
The others just stared-- jaws dropped and eyes wide.
"Did that just... happen?" Darington asked, repeatedly tapping on Blaze's shoulder.
"Y-Yeah... I think it just did..." Even the red truck looked shocked, repeatedly blinking in surprise.
"How did she...? How... what is happening?" Pickle asked, just as freaked.
"Um... maybe she can start by giving us her name?" Watts asked.
"Of course, of course," the glow ceased to reveal a girl, not much older than Gabby and AJ, as she gave the group a smile. "I am Lilliana, Princess Lilliana,"
"You're… a princess?!"
The group immediately bowed down to her, but Lilliana only chuckled lightly and shook her head.
"Well, I was," she sighed. "but anymore,"
"W-What you mean?" Zeg asked.
"Close your eyes, and... let me show you my past."
The group exchanged glances, but did as she asked. As her hands glowed white, Lilliana spread a magic dust over them, allowing them to see what she was speaking of.
"Not very long ago, I was happy living with my mother and father... until the day he came. A dark wizard of the dark arts, his identity unknown. He placed my parents in stone, turned my kingdom dark, and banished me. Now I only wait for those who I see are brave, strong and kind to help me reclaim my home."
As the group opened their eyes from these images, they found Lilliana on the ground, trying to wipe the tears flowing down her cheeks.
"Oh, Lilliana, I'm sorry for what happened," Blaze spoke, driving over to comfort her with a pat on the back.
"Thank you..." Lilliana sniffled.
"And don't worry," the red truck assured. "We'll help you take your home back."
"We will?" Crusher grumbled.
"How, B?" Darington asked. "We don't have any magic,"
It was then that Lilliana came up with a good idea, and she smiled at her newfound friends. "Not yet, anyway. Do you all trust me?"
Everyone glanced at one another before nodding. Of course, Crusher was reluctant, but nodded anyway to respond.
"Then, I assure you, this won't hurt at all. And you'll feel an amazing new magic wash over you. Ready?"
"Ready!"
"Then... here we go."
Magic swirled out of her fingertips as she casted her magic. She murmured a chant under her breath as the magic surrounded the group. They felt a light tickle from the magic before gasping when they were slowly lifted from the ground.
"Whoa..."
The magic soon penetrated through them as they began to glow, each a different color. Gabby and AJ let out a gasp as they watch their friends' shapes began to shift, their truck forms slowly changing until they were similar to those of a horse but with a long, sharp horn on their heads as they ceased their glow and landed back on the ground with a thud.
"Whoa... that felt weird..." a small green unicorn said, a tad shaken.
"What happened…?" the dark blue one grumbled with a hiss as he forced himself up.
"Guys...?" AJ managed to stammer.
"Uh... I don't know how to tell you this, but... you all changed into unicorns!"
"That's not poss— GAH!" Darington looked down at his tires— er, hooves. "I HAVE LEGS! AND HOOVES!"
"Me too!" Starla gasped.
"Me three!" Stripes cried out. "How—?! What—?!"
"It was my spell," Lilliana chuckled. "Now that my magic courses through you, it will allow you to change between truck and unicorn forms."
"Uh, why???" Crusher demanded, freaked out about his new form.
"Because in this form, no one will recognize us. And, this is the simplest way to disguise ourselves. Please. I can't do this alone."
"If this is a way for us to help you take back your kingdom then count us in," Blaze gave a smile. "AJ, Gabby, get on mine and Watts' backs. We'll try to adjust to walking in the meantime."
"Yeah-heh!" AJ cheered as he and Gabby got on Blaze and Watts's backs.
The group tried to move forward, finding it easier than expected.
"Wow!" Pickle giggled. "Look at us, Crusher! We're unicorns! Real unicorns!"
"Joyful," Crusher gave a grumble as they followed after Lilliana, who had shifted into her unicorn form as well. "Where EXACTLY is your kingdom, Lilliana, and how do we get there?"
"It's over those mountains and on the other side of the forest. If we start now, we should make it by sunset."
"Then, let's move, team," Blaze said.
They all let out a neigh in response before they galloped off, following Lilliana's lead.
Meanwhile, the dark wizard Veeno was in the throne room of the palace that had once belonged to Lilliana's family. He stared down at the crystal ball in front of him, raising his tires over it as he spoke to it.
"Crystal ball, show me where that pesky little princess is," he commanded, his voice laced with malice. "That princess could never stay banished for long anyway,"
In the crystal's glass showed the image of Lilliana and her unicorn-turned friends, making their way to the kingdom. The sight made his snarl.
"Drat! She brought help! I guess I'll have to take matters into my own tires."
He grabbed his staff and took out a sack of crystals. He dusted the crystals off into the air as his staff glowed a bright red.
"Magic crystals, fill the trees with all your hatred. Grab those pests and be rid of them for good!"
The crystals glowed the same color as his staff as they floated out of the window and to the forest, whose trees gave a glowing imprint of red before ceasing just as the group approached the forest.
Suddenly, as Lilliana galloped down the path, a branch reached out and grabbed her.
"AGH!!"
"Lilliana!" Blaze and the rest of the group ran over to help her out.
"Wait, NO, stop—"
But her warnings fell on deaf ears as Starla, Darington, Watts, Gabby, and Zeg were suddenly grabbed the branches. Crusher yelped and tried to gallop away but was also caught in the branches' grip, leaving Blaze, AJ, Stripes and Pickle, who all stopped and backed up but got grabbed themselves.
"I don't know," Blaze answered, "but we have to break free!"
"I know! I'll use my claws— oh wait, I don't have my claws anymore," Stripes hissed. "Oh man, how are we gonna break out?"
"This may be a good time to test your unicorn magic!" Lilliana exclaimed. "Blaze, you first. Just close your eyes and focus."
Pretty soon, heat entered, and he quickly burned the branches he, AJ and Pickle were trapped in!
"Wow!" AJ gasped.
"The unicorn magic of heat and fire!" Lilliana exclaimed.
"Stripes, your turn!" Blaze exclaimed.
"Alright!" Stripes grinned and closed his eyes, his purple horn giving a glow.
And pretty soon, the tree branches slashed open, releasing him.
"Yippee!" he cheered. "Darington, why don't you give it a go?!"
"Okay... here goes!"
Darington shut his eyes and felt yellow horn glow. Suddenly, shooting stars appeared out of nowhere and began slicing the branches, freeing him, Starla and Watts.
"The magic of slicing claws and the magic of shooting stars!" Lilliana exclaimed. "Crusher! Your turn!"
"Argh, fine," Crusher closed his eyes. "Mm… I don't feel anything!"
"Try harder!" Blaze said.
Crusher squeezed his eyes shut even tighter, and as this happened, his horn glowed, but this caused a power surge that caused his eyes to flood with white light and make all the trees vanish!
"Woah!" Everyone gasped while Gabby and Crusher yelped as they fell from where the branches held them.
"Gabby!" Watts caught her best friend with ease.
"Crusher!" Pickle galloped over to help his best friend up.
"Thanks," Gabby sighed.
"Lilliana, what was that?" AJ asked.
"I... I don't know," the princess admitted. "It is powerful though. I'm just not sure."
"Well, whatever it was did the trick," Starla pointed out.
"And whatever it was tired me out…" Crusher let out a hiss, shaking his head, which was slightly reeling in pain.
"Do you think you can go on?" AJ asked.
"Eh," Crusher shrugged but managed to stand. "Been worse,"
"That was so insane!" Pickle squealed. "And so powerful! I wanna test out my magic too!"
"In time," the princess said. "Come on! We have to keep going!"
With that, she led the group forward once more.
Meanwhile, Veeno watched the whole thing through his crystal ball. The unicorns' magic was something he had been observing in attempt to find a weakness to weaken them, but the blast of magic from the dark blue one took him by surprise.
"How—? How did he—? Blast it!" he snarled, glaring daggers into the crystal ball. "Those unicorns that princess brought is nuisance! It seems that I need another way to get rid of them…"
He spotted a river below, and quickly got an idea.
"Ah, I know," he lowered his staff to the river and smirked. "River of water, blue and tame, turn to a liquid of burn and flame!"
The river glowed a fiery orange before the blueness of it's water turned red and orange. It's fishes burnt and so did the rocks below it just as the group approached it.
"Whoa! How did the water change like that?" Watts asked.
"It must be the evil wizard!" Lilliana cried out. "He must be making sure that I don't return to the kingdom!"
"Well, we can't let him stop us," Blaze declared.
"But how do we pass a river of lava?" Darington asked.
"Zeg, try using your magic!" Stripes exclaimed.
"Okay!" Zeg closed his eyes and allowed his dark lime green horn to glow.
And all of a sudden, floating rocks began to form, and as Starla's horn glowed, a lasso formed, and she pulled the rocks right down to earth.
"Wow!" Stripes grinned. "You're making a bridge of rocks!"
"What kind of magic was that, Lilliana?" Blaze asked.
"Rock creation and lassoing!" Lilliana replied. "Everyone across! Hurry!"
The unicorns quickly followed her lead, jumping across the rocks one by one. Pickle had made it to the middle when he jumped and slipped, causing him to yelp as he stumbled and began to lean over, unbalanced.
"PICKLE!!" Crusher screamed.
Just as he screamed, his horn began to glow, his magic catching his best friend before he could even touch the lava. Pickle sighed in relief.
"Thanks, big fella!"
Crusher grunted as he struggled to keep Pickle stable while walking on to cross the bridge. Soon, he slipped and found himself about to fall in when his eyes glowed a bright blue, and his horn a bright red.
Suddenly, the lava's surface bubbled up and began to turn back into water.
"Whoa... how did he do that?!" Starla asked.
"Lilliana?" AJ turned to the princess.
"I... don't know..." Lilliana shrugged. "I've never seen that before."
"AAH!"
Crusher and Pickle gasped as Crusher's magic gave away, and the both fell onto the river water. Pickle spat out some water with a gasp.
"Hey! We're alive!" he cheered.
"Ugh, barely…" Crusher groaned.
"Here, lemme help you out," Watts offered.
She grabbed the two and gently yanked them out of the river, shaking off water.
"Thanks, Watts!" Pickle chirped while the other mumbled a thanks.
"Come on-- this wizard won't be easing up on us." Lilliana beckoned them good follow as she led them off once more.
Meanwhile, Veeno let out a scowl as he watched the group still approach the palace.
"DRAT! How did they undo my spell??" he shook his head. "And they're getting closer to the palace! I MUST find a way to stop them now!"
He looked around and found snow from the top of the mountain. He smirked.
"Ah, I know now," he took out a bunch of blue crystals and sprinkled it over his crystal ball. "Snow so tame, snow so bright, turn into those with a hidden bite!"
The spell and the crystals made their way to the snow, instantly turning them into snow tigers, who let out a roar as they jumped down the mountain. They spotted the group and let out a roar.
"W-What are those?!" Pickle gulped.
"Snow tigers!" Lilliana cried out, backing up.
"We gotta fight em off!" AJ said. "Blaze! Use your heat magic!"
"Alright!" Blaze nodded and closed his eyes, his horn glowing towards the snow tigers.
The tigers were lightly affected, causing them to roar out, which sent the group flying back the path they came from.
"Woah!" Stripes gasped. "How is Blaze gonna melt them if they keep sending us back?"
"Ooh! Ooh! Maybe I can try my magic?!" Pickle asked, jumping in excitement.
"Go for it, Pickle!" Stripes exclaimed.
"Yippee!" Pickle cheered before closing his eyes.
His dark green horn gave a lime glow just as one of the snow tigers let out a roar, blasting snow towards the group. His magic swirled it's way towards the snow, turning it into bubbles in a second.
"Transformation magic!" Lilliana exclaimed. "Keep going, Pickle!"
"Wa-hoo!" Pickle squealed as he blasted each thing blasted towards them.
"I wanna try too!" Watts volunteered, closing her eyes as her yellow horn began to glow before shooting out electric shots towards the things that Pickle had missed.
"Whoa! Nice thinking, Watts!" Blaze exclaimed
Suddenly, one of the snow tigers snarled and pounced to attack Starla, grabbing her by the mane.
"AGH!!! HELP!!"
"I got you, Starship!" Watts turned to shoot the tiger. "GET OFF HER!"
"Gah!" Crusher yelped as the other snow tigers nearly grabbed his and Darington's legs with their jaws.
"Let... us... GO!!"
"Darry!" Blaze's horn burnt red as he aimed to shoot at the tigers.
"CRUSHER!" Pickle aimed to do the same, a snarl under his breath as he blasted the tigers.
"Go away, pesky tigers!" Zeg tried to shoo the snow tigers away. "Uh, no offense, Stripes,"
"None taken,"
"Is it just me or are these snow tigers… multiplying?" Gabby asked as more of the tigers seemed to surround them from behind.
"C-Crusher...?! If there's ever a time we need your crazy magic, it's now!" Starla said.
"Well, excuse ME, I have NO idea how I did whatever magic I did!" Crusher huffed.
"Just try!" Pickle pleaded. "Please..."
"Fine, fine…" Crusher sighed and closed his eyes, trying to light up his horn.
The ice tigers quickly got closer, snapping their jaws, and Pickle screamed in terror.
"GAAH!"
Crusher's eyes shot open before widening in horror. "PICKLE!"
His rage and worry bubbles up all at once, and his horn began to glow as mix of blue, red, and purple. He shut his eyes tightly as a wave of pain came before opening them to reveal them glowing a bright gold. He let out an angry cry as his magic blasted off around them, making it's way towards the snow tigers and causing them to melt and evaporate until they were nothing but air.
"Crusher! You did it!" Blaze whinnied.
Crusher, however, didn't respond, his horn and his eyes still glowing as he turned to them.
"Easy, Crush-- Pickle's okay now," AJ said soothingly.
"Uh, fellas, didn't he say that he didn't know how he was able to use his magic?" Starla questioned. "What if he doesn't know how to snap out of it either?"
"It could trigger when Crusher feels a big emotion," Lilliana shrugged.
"But how do we snap him out of it?" Stripes asked.
"Crusher!" Pickle called out to the other. "Hey! It's alright! I'm fine! We all are!"
Finally, little by little, Crusher's horn began to cease it's glow as he closed his eyes and shook his head. When he opened them, they were back to normal and looking exhausted.
"Argh, what happened…?"
"Crusher! You're back!" Pickle ran to help him up.
"You alright?" Blaze asked.
"A little dizzy, but I think so."
"We have to keep going," Lilliana told them. "The evil wizard knows that we are coming, so we must take haste,"
"Good point," AJ nodded.
"Lead the way, Lilliana," Blaze spoke, turning to her.
Lilliana gave a nod before they ran off forward to keep going. After a few more struts and paths, the group managed to reach the kingdom.
"Here we are. What do you think?"
"It's beautiful!" Stripes exclaimed.
"Now, to fight the wizard's forces, you'll need to be in truck form. Just imagine your truck form and that's how you'll shift."
"Oh boy, more magic…" Crusher whimpered, still feeling sore from earlier.
"It won't hurt, I promise."
"Come on, everyone," Blaze motioned everyone close as AJ and Gabby got off. "We'll do it together!"
They all closed their eyes and concentrated hard. As they did so, they were slowly lifted up, different-colored magic crawling up their legs and surrounding each and every one of them. Their forms shifted as they did so, their bodies enlarging and their legs disappearing into tires as they settled back down on the ground in their truck forms.
"Hey!" Starla said. "That was easy!"
"Follow me," Lilliana said. "I'll call them out of hiding."
"Call who out?" Darington asked.
Lilliana didn't answer before whinnying as loud as she could, earning the attention of some guards.
"Wait, wait, what's going on?" Crusher drove back to hide behind Pickle.
"Hey! The princess!" one of the guards exclaimed. "Get them!"
"Uh, Lilliana—!" Watts turned to the princess for help.
"Just fight! Fight until the wizard comes out for the final battle!"
"Are you sure that's a good idea?!" Crusher gulped as Starla took out her lasso. "I don't know how to fight!"
"Neither can I! He he," Pickle nervously chuckled.
"Just follow my lead!"
The princess reared back on some guards, kicking them in the faces, and Blaze punched one in the guts.
Stripes roared and took out his claws to attack. Zeg attacked with his horn while Starla used her lasso and Watts used her electric tires. Darington drove to pounce at them.
Pickle and Crusher exchanges glances but drove forward to help anyway. Pickle took out a bat from out of nowhere and hit two of the guards.
And that's when the evil wizard emerged from the castle.
"WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?!" he snarled, staff glowing in red rage as his eyes glanced down at all of them.
Crusher flinched at the voice before his eyes grew wide. He recognized that voice... and he never wanted to hear it again.
"F-Father…?"
Everyone froze at that. As did Veeno, who turned to the direction of Crusher immediately.
"Crusher... you... you... UNGRATEFUL PIECE OF CRUD!!!"
Crusher grimaced and drove back, his whole body trembling. Pickle held him comfortingly while the rest of the group were still shocked.
"YOU'RE NOTHING BUT PATHETIC!!!" Veeno screamed. "Because of you, your mother turned against me! YOU... ARE... A... DEVIL!!!!"
Crusher immediately trembled, tears trickling down his cheeks, shoulders bobbing up and down as he sobbed.
Blaze was both confused and enraged. WHO did this wizard think he was? If he was REALLY a father then he shouldn't say those words.
"Please... stop..." Crusher was so scared, his voice became a trembling whisper.
"Lilliana, do you know something about this?" Darington asked as they all exchanged worried glances before glancing towards the dark blue truck pitifully.
"No..." Lilliana shook her head. "but I must stop this in order to find out what's wrong."
With that, her horn gave a glow of gold and blue, which then made everything and everyone freeze in time, all except for them.
Blaze was the first to approach the truck, looking down at him with gentle eyes. "Crusher... it's okay. You can talk to us."
Crusher looked up at his rival sighed. It was time they knew the truth.
"I…" he swallowed the tears threatening to roll down. He turned to the truck frozen in time before grimacing. "That… That's my father. Years ago, he… he abused me. Badly. Mother found out, and they… they ended up in a fight. It… It was so bad that… that he ended up killing her,"
The others looked at him in pure sadness and shock.
"Your father… killed your mother?"
Crusher nodded. "She took me to Grammy before she went back. I tried to stop her, but she thought she could get him to leave. So... I'm all alone..."
"Oh, Crusher, I'm so sorry," Blaze glanced over at his rival with a sad glance.
"But, you need to help us stop him," AJ said. "He'll never leave this place or you alone if we don't."
"I… I don't know if I can…" Crusher shook his head and shuddered. "I couldn't even look at him straight without breaking down,"
"We'll be right by your side," Watts promised.
"I…" Crusher gulped, glancing over at each of them before sighing. "Okay, I… I'll try,"
Pickle smiled and squeezed the other into a hug. Everyone else all exchanged a reassuring smile before turning to Lilliana.
"Alright, Lilliana, is there a way for us to stop Dracon, even in our truck form?" Blaze asked.
"Even in truck form, you can still access magic. Just follow my lead."
Closing her eyes, she morphed into human form, but her eyes and hands glowing white.
Everyone gasped but followed after her lead, their tires glowing each of their color. Crusher looked uneasy but a smile from Pickle made him try anyway. The time-freezing spell broke, and Veeno growled at the sight of their tires glowing.
"Pathetic weakling... do they really think they can defeat me?"
He raised his staff, causing it to glow red as his eyes proceeded to glow too. The friends huddled together, ready to face the evil wizard.
"Now!" Lilliana commanded. "Fire your magic!"
The group nodded and aimed their tires towards the wizard. Bursts of red, orange, yellow, lime green, brown, pink, purple, and blue magic blasted towards Veeno, who gasped in horror.
"NOOOOO!!!!!!"
Pickle twirled his dark green magic to add to the spell. Crusher took a deep breath and did the same, but unlike the others, it sparked in an electric lightning as his eyes glowed whit before he mixed it with the spell. Veeno snarled, watching his son's magic cause the spell to become more powerful than it already was.
"YOU… YOU HEARTLESS BEING!" he yelled out. "YOU DARE TO CHOOSE SOME PESKY STRANGERS OVER ME, YOUR OWN FATHER, ESPECIALLY AFTER YOU BETRAYED YOUR FAMILY! YOU ARE A MONSTER!"
Crusher grimaced with each insult. Blaze growled and intensified his magic as he drove forward to face the wizard.
"You're wrong!" Blaze said angrily, yet calmly. "Crusher is more than you'll ever be!"
"Ha!" Veeno scoffed. "What 'more' could he ever be to anyone?! He's nothing but a brat, a devil! If one can betray a family as much as he can, he's not WORTH IT!"
"YOU are the one who betrayed your family first!" Blaze yelled out, losing his temper little by little. "YOU killed your wife, HIS mother! If THAT isn't betrayal THEN I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS!"
Crusher glanced over it at his rival, in shock at the defense before glancing at his father, who growled at the defense before roaring out.
"THAT DEVIL HAD CONVINCED HIS OWN MOTHER TO TURN AGAINST ME! WHAT WAS I SUPPOSE TO DO?! LET THEM WIN??"
"Can we get rid of him already?" Darington muttered.
"Crusher, just focus and block your father out," Pickle told the dark blue truck with a reassuring smile.
"Okay…" Crusher took a deep breath and closed his eyes.
He tried to regain focus on his magic, his tires glowing and sparking up in electric blue once more as he rejoined the spell. Veeno snarled and blasted his staff to make his magic stronger while yelling out more to unfocus his son. Crusher, however, wasn't listening anymore as he felt the spell flow through him, as did the others as they all began to hover from the ground. Soon, they were all glowing before releasing a flash of light towards the evil wizard, whose eyes widened in horror.
"NOOO!!!"
But all he could do was scream as the blast of light reached him before bursting out. When the light ceased, the group found themselves on the ground, dizzy and drained from the spell.
"Did we do it...?" Darington groaned.
"Yes! We did!" Lilliana cheered as she watched her kingdom slowly reform. "His spell on the kingdom is reversing!"
"But... where is Crusher's dad anyway?" Starla asked. "I don't see him."
"Father…?" Crusher looked around but found no sign of the evil wizard. "I… I don't see him either,"
"Did he get away?" Stripes questioned.
"I don't know..." Blaze said. "But, Lilliana, look! Your parents!"
He pointed to the statues, which began to slowly revert from stone. Lilliana gasped.
"Father! Mother!"
"Lilliana!"
King Marco and Queen Vara immediately hugged their daughter tight, happy tears being released at last.
"Our little star... you're safe..." the queen cooed, kissing her girl on the forehead.
"Thank you all for helping our daughter take back our kingdom," the king said, smiling over at AJ, Gabby and the monster machines.
"Dear, we should do something for them. Grant one of their deepest wishes," said the queen.
This made the trucks gasp excitedly, wondering what they should wish for. But, when Blaze remembered how sad Crusher was when he was reminiscing about his mom... he knew just what to do.
"Crusher…?"
"Hmm?" Crusher turned to his rival. "What is it?"
"I know this will be a lot to take in from me, but... how would you like to be with your mom again?"
"I… wh-what???" Crusher's eyes widened in shock. "I… can they even…?"
"I'm sure they can," Blaze offered him a smile. "Would you like them to?"
"Yes... but... you guys would use your one wish... on me?"
"If it's gonna make you happy then of course we would!" Darington beamed.
"Then... yeah. That's what I've always wanted..."
"Lilliana? Can you make it happen?" AJ asked.
"Of course we can!" Lilliana nodded and glanced up at her parents. "Right Mom? Dad?"
"Of course," the king nodded.
He and his wife each other's hands before raising their spare ones, which glowed bright and white as they flicked them around. Lilliana joined in with her parents, flicking both her hands as white magic came out as well. Suddenly, magical sparkles surrounded the group before slowly gathering in the middle, the sparkles soon solidifying and forming into a truck form.
Crusher watched, his hope to have his mother back in his life rising as the form steadied, and the sparkles died down, revealing a monster machine similar to Crusher but of different color as she shivered a little before opening her eyes.
"Where... where am I?"
"M-Mother...?"
Arianna's eyes widened before she turned to see Crusher drive forward towards her. "C-Crushy…?"
"YOU'RE BACK!!!" Crusher dashed over to her, tears rolling down his cheeks as the mother and son reunited with a warm embrace.
"Oh, my baby..." Arianna whispered. "I missed you so much..."
"I missed you too..." Crusher managed to choke, before turning back to the others. "Thank you..."
"No problem," Lilliana said. "Now, let's start the night with a fireworks display!"
That night, there was so much to be celebrated. The restoration of the kingdom… the death of Veeno… and the reunion of Crusher and his mother.