Odette, Atticus, and Cherry all looked very unhappy as they were a swan, rabbit, and skunk again. They were in some sort of dungeon area that had water for Odette to swim in and Atticus and Cherry were staying in place, unable to do anything due to the magic cuffs they had that blocked any use of magic for them to use or anyone to use on them unless the person who put the cuffs on them took them off.
"It was bad enough that The Devil Woman's nephew had to be here and now Icky Vicky..." Cherry rolled her eyes. "That girl needs a life."
"They both do... Outside of ours!" Atticus added.
Rothbart soon came to see them with a chuckle, showing some roses before he dropped them down to the swan princess. "It hurts me to lock you up, Odette. Your special friends too. Hurts me deep, but then, a king's day is full of tough decisions. You understand?" he then rhetorically asked as he dropped the roses to Odette as Atticus and Cherry glared back up at him.
Odette glared as she tore at the roses with her beak while Atticus and Cherry shredded the roses with her.
"Aww... They're mad at you again, Rothbart," Jackson cooed mockingly as he came by with Vicky. "Isn't life so hard to just please everybody all of the time?"
"Oh, joy. Just what we need," Cherry rolled her eyes. "The Devil Woman's nephew and the evil ex-babysitter."
"I know if you three can't come to the ball, I'll bring the ball to you." Rothbart said to the three prisoners.
"Oh, yes. Now the first thing Odette will need is a young man," Jackson smirked. "Now of course I'm already taken and so is Atticus and the prince is busy at the moment."
"But of course we can arrange a substitute." Rothbart added.
The door to where Odette, Atticus, and Cherry were in opened to show Bromely trying not to fall in the water as Bridget was behind him, ready to push him in.
"Hey... That's Derek's friend..." Cherry noticed. "Uh... What's his name? LeFou?"
"No, LeFou is Gaston's sidekick," Atticus reminded her. "I think that's... Bromley? Yeah, Bromley." he then said once he remembered.
"No, please, I beg you, please!" Bromley cried out as he struggled.
Bridget grinned as she soon shoved Bromley into the door, making him stumble onto the creaky old pathway before he then fell down into the water as he ended up in the dungeon with Odette, Atticus, and Cherry before almost drowning until Odette swam down to save him.
"Where did you find Bromley and why did you take him from home?" Atticus glared.
"Oh, poor fellow, he got lost in the woods." Rothbart cooed mockingly.
Odette soon helped Bromley back up and let him grab onto a chain from a loose board so that he could stay afloat in the water as it was deeper than it looked since this was a dungeon.
"Aaah! No, help! Help! Don't go!" Bromley then panicked.
"Well, we'd love to stay but if we don't leave now we'll be late; that's tacky." Jackson replied.
Odette gave them a firm look, along with Atticus and Cherry.
"Oh, don't give us those looks, ya twerps!" Vicky scoffed.
"Indeed," Rothbart agreed. "Had to drag your weakling prince and annoying friends into it, didn't you? That's fine with me, JUST FINE WITH ME!" he then added before slamming the window shut and looked at Jackson and Vicky. "And you two are going to help me out for I have planned."
"Oh, you got it." Jackson smirked.
"Time for a makeover." Vicky smirked.
Rothbart smirked as he used his magic to turn Jackson and Vicky into Atticus and Cherry. "Perfect." he then said with an approving nod.
"Ugh... I don't like this look too much," Vicky complained before looking around herself. "I feel like I hate everything and only tolerate a few things."
"Is that any different than the way you are now?" Jackson asked.
"Hmm... Maybe," Vicky shrugged. "At least it's only temporary, right?" she then asked Rothbart
"Yes, of course, just remember to keep quiet until I tell you to say something," Rothbart instructed. "I don't know you well, child, but I can already sense a deep, dark bad seed inside of you that's grown since you became a teenager."
"Oh, yeah..." Vicky grinned darkly. "I got a lot of practice of torturing twerps ever since my sister Tootie was first brought home from the hospital."
"Well, we have a ball to go to." Jackson smirked.
"Indeed." Rothbart smirked as he used his magic to turn Bridget into a perfect Odette look-alike wearing a black dress.
Puffin, Speed, and Jean-Bob each looked concerned, trying to think of a way to help Odette, Atticus, and Cherry out.
Meanwhile at Derek's castle...
Many people were on their way over to the kingdom, whether by horse-drawn carriage or other modes of transportation. There even seemed to be a princess coming along with her date who seemed to be a brave knight. Even the castle seemed to be glowing brightly from what was to come from tonight due to Derek's excitement, as well as his mother's.
"Every single princess on the planet prayed to be invited to the ball~" The footmen began to sing while helping their respective princesses out and about to come into the castle to join the celebration. "Every Portia, Gwenevere, and Janet would come by coach or boat to be here, Most would swim the moat to be here, Just to be at this historic gala, Girls would walk around or even crawl, Rumor is that at this joyous scene tonight, The prince will likely choose his future queen tonight~"
Thor was heard grunting as he wore a rather tight green suit, struggling in it as he looked like he wanted to tear it off.
"Man, looks like everybody's here," Mo commented, wearing a silk royal purple dress. "It even looks like our friends from The Disney Kingdom might even be here, even if those princesses are queens by now and-" she then faced Thor. "Are you okay? You look like you're ready to Hulk out of that thing?"
"I think that I might!" Thor grunted as he tugged on his collar. "I hate this suit! It looks stupid! And it's tight!" he then grunted before the suit ripped a bit around his sleeves, making them rip and slide off before he sighed with a small, relieved smile. "That's better~"
"You sure look sharp." Tyke smiled.
"Thanks, buddy." Thor smiled back.
"Even though all these princesses are here for Derek, he only has one princess he's in love with." Patch smiled.
"Yep." Mo nodded.
"And everyone is in for a surprise." Mo, Thor, Patch, and Tyke all smiled at each other.
"I don't think I recognize you guys..." A blonde princess said as she stepped over, looking down at them. She looked very beautiful and amazing.
"Uh... We're from out of town?" Thor tried to make up before shrugging at himself. "Are you here to meet Prince Derek?"
"Somewhat, yes, but I'm mostly here to see my cousin," The blonde princess explained. "I haven't seen her in oh-so-long... Besides, I have my own actual knight in shining armor~" she then cooed a bit.
"Oh. Okay then..." Mo replied. "So... Who are you?"
"And who's your cousin?" Thor added.
"Oh, I apologize... Where in the world are my manners?" The blonde princess replied. "Princess Odette is my cousin, I thought she would be around here, and I am Princess Daphne of The Kingdom of Ethelred." she then added as she introduced herself, giving them a curtsy.
"Nice to meet you, Princess Daphne," Mo smiled with a curtsy. "And your cousin will be here soon."
"Yeah." Thor nodded.
"Oh, that's good." Princess Daphne smiled.
"So, you have a special friend with you?" Thor asked.
"I most certainly do," Princess Daphne smiled before calling out. "Oh, Dirk! Come meet some new friends!"
The brave knight looked over and soon approached the group there who were with his princess.
"This is my one true love and greatest hero," Princess Daphne beamed. "Dirk the Daring."
"Dirk the Daring?" Thor repeated before mumbling to himself. "Sounds familiar."
"It's nice to meet you all," Dirk replied. "You seem different... I can't place it though." he then said as he took a long look at the group of four in front of his princess.
Chamberlain soon rushed past each princess so he could inform Queen Uberta. Once he was in front of her doors, he opened them. "Uh, excuse me, Your Majesty?" he then asked.
"Yes, yes, Chamberlain?" Queen Uberta greeted while looking in her mirror.
"It's getting rather crowded." Chamberlain informed her.
"Very well, you may begin the introductions," Queen Uberta allowed, making the tiny man look a bit excited. "And Chamberlain?" she then prompted.
"Yes?" Chamberlain asked with a big grin then.
"No mistakes this time!~" Queen Uberta then called sternly. "Everything must be perfect."
"Oh, no, no, no, oh, yes, no, no, no, madam, everything will be p-p-perfect." Chamberlain responded with a nervous laugh before he stepped out and shut the door, though on his feather before sliding it through and it withered between the door crack.
"Promise me, Derek, you'll tell me who is the moment she arrives." Queen Uberta then requested her son as she adjusted her make-up.
"Don't worry, Mother, you'll know," Derek chuckled as he began to put on his cape. "Believe me, you'll know."
Meanwhile, with Puffin, Jean-Bob, and Speed...
Puffin was seen pacing around with Jean-Bob following his pacing before the bird stopped as he had an idea. "Wait! Something's coming to me." he then suddenly said.
"What is it?" Jean-Bob asked.
"An idea!" Puffin beamed at them. "A substantial idea! A large, colossal idea!"
"Sounds big." Speed commented dryly.
"I got it! Ha!" Puffin then said before he explained himself. "Water leaks into the dungeon, right? Well, if there's a leak, there must be a hole. We'll find the hole, make it bigger and..." he then made an explosion sound. "They are loose." he then concluded with a chuckle.
Jean-Bob then suddenly hopped up on Speed's shell. "I think you're forgetting two things." he then chomped a bit, pointing at the two alligators surrounding the castle in the water in front of the dungeon where Atticus, Cherry, and Odette were.
"His Majesty's got a point." Speed had to admit.
"Not to worry. First, we'll need a scout." Puffin told them.
"Are you crazy? Who's going to jump into this lake?" Jean-Bob asked.
"He's gonna have to be a good swimmer." Puffin smirked.
"I should say so." Jean Bob replied.
"And he's gotta be small too." Speed said.
"Teeny weeny, not to be seen." Jean-Bob replied.
"And it wouldn't hurt if he was green, for camouflage purposes." Speed suggested.
"Precisely. Small, good swimmer, green," Jean-Bob nodded and listed until he realized who exactly that described. "Good grief, you're talking about me?!"
Puffin then tried to sing to help encourage Jean-Bob. "You're off on a mission, You're tough, in good condition, A hero, warts and all, No fear~"
"Absolutely not! I can't hear you! I can't hear you!" Jean-Bob complained as he tried to ignore Puffin and walked away from him in annoyance.
Meanwhile, inside the dungeon, Cherry placed her ear to the stone wall. "I think they're talking over a plan out there, but I'm not sure." she then said.
"That's good at least," Atticus sighed. "It'll do since I can't even break us out of here with our strength."
"Man, these things are annoying," Cherry said about their anti-magic cuffs. "I can't wait until we get these off so that we can get out of these woodland creature forms and save the future of Fairy Tales."
"We can just wait and hope their plan works." Atticus said, referring to Puffin, Speed, and Jean-Bob.
"Especially with those two alligators outside." Cherry replied.
"I know..." Atticus said before sighing. "I don't know what we can do, but we might as well wait."
"Things always work out in the end, especially when they look bleak right about now," Cherry said to him. "We know that better than anybody."
"Good point." Atticus said as they tried to be patient, both feeling a little sad for Odette as she was devastated.
Meanwhile, back at Queen Uberta and Derek's castle, the party was still going on. The crowd applauded the queen in front of them as she took center stage while everyone else gathered around her.
"Oh, thank you, thank you, I know that some of you just abhor beauty pageants, but being a puff puff girl myself way back in '39, ah, I just couldn't resist," Queen Uberta smiled at the crowd before she began to gesture, getting ready to strike up the band. "And girls? A one, a two, a 1, 2, 3!" she then counted and cued.
"Ugh... I hate beauty pageants..." Mo groaned.
Curtains were soon seen opening before shown some girls by the stairs, ready to dance as Chamberlain came over.
'Something tells me he's about to sing.' Tyke thought to himself.
And of course, Tyke, like Atticus or many others who would predict something about to happen or count down from three of something about to happen came true like it always did as the tiny man began to sing as he was surrounded by the beautiful girls.
"Beauty and glamour and breeding unmatched~" Chamberlain started to sing before he got out of the way.
"Princesses on parade~" The chorus sang along as the girls came down the stairs.
An old man was shown to be eagerly reaching out for one of the princesses before the woman next to him hit him on the head for doing that.
"Lovely, enthralling, and all unattached~" Chamberlain then sang as he hopped around the girls before two of them leaned in and kissed him on both cheeks before he dove downward. "The hoi polloi and those well-bred agree, Each enjoy a royal pedigree~"
"Born for success~" The chorus sang as the girls caught Chamberlain before tossing him over to Derek.
"Each possesses a spark, Each a remarkable maid, Boy, oh, boy, these royal highnesses, All have pluses, they've no minuses, Gaze upon~" Chamberlain then started to sing once he was next to Derek.
"These princesses on parade~" The chorus sang as the girls all lined up before moving away while Rogers continued to orchestrate the musicians that sat in front of him.
"Still not a fan of beauty pageants." Mo mumbled to herself.
"Wow. Uberta really went all out; she must really must want Derek to get married." Thor said.
"Luckily we know who he'll marry." Patch said.
"Yeah, but what's taking them?" Tyke asked.
"This princess comes from Colchester where corn and cotton grows," Rogers began to tell them about the first princess. "She plays croquet and harpsichord and sews her own clothes."
'Wow. She seems interesting.' Thor thought to himself.
"She seems a little corny if you ask me." Mo smirked.
The others sent her a look and she just shrugged in response.
"Antonia isn't known to take the path of least resistance," Rogers continued as the next princess came by before two others got in her way to blow kisses at Derek before she shoved them away and cartwheeled over to him. "She hails from southeast Franisatan and came the farthest distance."
The next princess then came over to Derek and shook his hand so hard that he ended up shaking.
"Gruzilda lives to help the world, she finds no task too menial, and all the other hopeful girls think she's the most congenial." Rogers then continued.
Chamberlain was soon helping out the next princess as she wore a suit of armor.
"I didn't know princesses could wear armor like that." Tyke commented.
"And I thought I saw it all." Patch added as he nodded.
"Brunhilda is from Studgart, where our swords and armors' made." Rogers then added as the princess slid off of her horse who had its own armor too and she removed her helmet, showing her face and she seemed to have pieces of metal on her face too.
"Gaze upon~" Chamberlain sang.
"Princesses on parade~" The chorus sang as the dancers began to dance around Derek. "This is the lively occasion where the heir to the throne picks a wife~"
Queen Uberta smiled, hoping Derek to say which of the girls is the mysterious princess he wanted to marry.
"This maybe the moment when prince Derek will say~" The dancers sang.
"Where have you been all my life?~" Chamberlain sang as the dancers began to start fainting.
"Oh, brother." Mo rolled her eyes at the dancers.
"You could at least pretend that you're interested." Thor said to Mo.
"I'm not good at pretending that." Mo smirked smarmily.
Thor just sighed and shook his head a little.
"Brilliant, beguiling, the smiling brigade~" The dancers sang before they were met with male dancers who pulled them away while Derek watched them.
"Princesses on parade~" Chamberlain then added.
"Each the pride of her community, Each a golden opportunity~" The chorus soon sang as the lady dancers surrounded Derek and kicked their legs in the air a bit.
"Just the thought that crown Prince Derek'll, Face this choice and he's hysterical~" The princesses sang before moving away from Derek and continued to kick and bob along before they ran up the stairs beside them.
"Gaze upon, heap praise upon~" The chorus sang as the princesses sat on the banister ends.
"These radiant, glamorous, luminous, dazzling~" Chamberlain began as he pushed the princesses down the banisters.
"Princesses on paaaaaaaaarade~" The chorus then added as the song ended while the princesses slid down the banister and ended up on the floor.
Everyone began to applaud and cheer after the dancers, chorus, and Chamberlain finished singing, but then they all heard someone knocking at the door. This caused Chamberlain to get nervous as he was scared to face Queen Uberta's wrath.
"They made it; I just know it it's them." Thor beamed to himself.
"Chamberlain, all those who were invited are present, are they not?" Queen Uberta asked firmly with a smile.
"Well, yes, well, I mean-" Chamberlain said before gasping as there was another knock at the door.
"OPEN THE DOOR!" Queen Uberta soon urged the tiny man before chuckling and smiling innocently at the other party guests. "Chamberlain~" she then added, trying to sound sweet and innocent.
Princess Daphne and Dirk began to look concerned before they waited to see what would happen next.
"It's the milkman. It's the milkman." Chamberlain told himself as he soon opened the doors through his nervousness and looked shocked.
Everyone else soon did as a certain someone soon walked through the door, wearing a beautiful black and red dress.
"Princess Odette." Mo and Thor said in relief, though Patch and Tyke didn't look so happy, almost like they could sense something wrong.
Odette stepped into the room and winked at Chamberlain on her way inside through the doors.
"Well, it's not the milkman." Chamberlain muttered to himself then.
"Hm... Those are interesting colors," Thor said before looking down at his bulldog puppy firmly. "Tyke! Show some manners!"
"I smell something wrong." Tyke growled.
"Yeah, same here." Patch added.
"But where's Atticus and Cherry?" Mo asked.
"I hope we're not late." Atticus's voice smirked.
"Oh, no, dear best friend, we always must make a grand entrance." Cherry's voice added.
Thor and Mo soon looked over as Atticus and Cherry soon arrived, wearing a dark blue suit and a spring green dress.
"Oh, there they are," Mo smiled in relief. "Thank Celestia and Gaia you both are okay."
"We really missed ya." Thor added even though Patch and Tyke still looked unsure.
"Oh, there was no need to worry," Atticus replied. "We just had to help our dear friend be ready for her big debut."
Mo and Thor smiled before Atticus and Cherry smirked at each other, not saying much of anything else as Odette moved across the ballroom with all eyes on her.
"Oh! Oh, no, it can't be!" Queen Uberta gasped at the sight of Odette before she passed by several people to go and take a closer look at the beautiful blonde princess. "Excuse me, pardon me, could you, please, I've got to get through. Oh, oh, yes, she's lovely, isn't she?" she then asked, taking a princess's cones off her head, using them as opera glasses before putting them on a man's head as she hit the floor and crawled across. "Queen coming through here, excuse me, excuse me," she then came over to the older man she was friends with. "Rogers! Rogers, who is it? Do you know her?" she then asked eagerly.
"I don't know." Rogers replied.
"Come now, Rogers, I know he confides in you," Queen Uberta said, shaking Rogers by his throat a bit. "Who is it?"
Rogers soon moved her off of him. "I promise I've never seen her before. Although she does look a great deal like..." he then pondered thoughtfully.
"But it couldn't be... Could it?" Queen Uberta pondered.
"Those can't be the real Odette, Atticus, and Cherry, right?" Patch whispered to Tyke.
"They sure seem like they could be the real deal." Tyke whispered back.
Odette then walked on over to Derek.
"Oh, I was so worried; I thought that-" Derek started.
"Nothing could keep me away." Odette smiled and winked at him.
Derek smiled back as he soon cued Rogers to start the music and the older man soon began to do that.
MEANWHILE, BACK AT SWAN LAKE...
Damien and Demetria were shown to be asleep next to the alligator moat while Puffin was trying to help motivate Jean-Bob for their plan on saving Atticus, Cherry, and Odette.
"Okay, Speed will draw the gators away then you'll get a runnin' start and make a BOOM! for that hole." Puffin started to tell the frog.
"If I can find it, and if the alligators don't chew me before I get there." Jean-Bob replied.
"Don't worry. Speed will rush to help." Puffin reminded.
"Ah, yes, Mr. Molasses will rush to help." Jean-Bob rolled his eyes since Speed was a turtle with a very ironic name.
"That's the plan." Puffin nodded.
"Suddenly I'm full of comfort." Jean-Bob deadpanned.
"Well, all right. Stretch out." Puffin beamed and soon grabbed Jean-Bob by his legs and began to stretch them out.
Jean-Bob groaned. "How do I get myself talked into these things?" he then grumbled to himself.
"All right, all right. To your mark." Puffin then nodded before he gave Speed the signal.
"Hey, you old leather heads! Come and get me! Come on, bug eyes!" Speed called out to the two alligators.
The two alligators soon looked ready to chase after the turtle. Puffin soon looked to see the two alligators now chasing after Speed while Damian and Demetria were fast asleep.
"Perfect, perfect. Right," Puffin nodded at what Speed was doing before he faced the frog, taking his towel off of him. "Are you ready? Get set... Go!" he then asked before he waved the towel like a checkered flag at a race.
Jean-Bob then took off and hopped as fast as he could and with all of his might.
"Faster! Faster!" Puffin whispered loudly to the frog.
"Sure, go on, Jean-Bob, race to your death!" Jean-Bob scoffed as he continued to hop.
The alligators soon overheard Jean-Bob and started to snarl at him, ignoring Speed. Jean-Bob then screamed as Puffin covered his eyes before looking over as the frog screamed again after ending up in the moat around Rothbart's castle. Jean-Bob began to swim for his life while Damian and Demetria both tried to ignore what was going on as they didn't think it was important.
"Get moving, slowpoke." Speed told Jean-Bob before swimming past him.
"Slowpoke?" Jean-Bob asked, offended before seeing the other alligator and soon dove down.
The two alligators soon went after him underwater before something sped up in the way, causing both alligators to stop as the second alligator ended up in the first alligator's face and what sped by them was Speed. Speed laughed mockingly as he swam about under the water, passing the two alligators. Jean-Bob watched them before swimming over to find a loose crack in the stone wall behind him to help Atticus, Cherry, and Odette out of the dungeon. Speed then swam through a gap through a tree trunk before one alligator swam after him, getting stuck as it tried to chomp down on the turtle, but missed and the second alligator then bumped right behind it, getting them both stuck.
Jean-Bob then seemed to find a gap before looking behind him and looked concerned.
"Any luck?" Speed asked Jean-Bob as he swam by.
Jean-Bob then looked away and panicked as he saw one of the alligators coming and tried to squeeze through the open gap, trying to be quick, but seemed to get stuck. The alligator then rammed its head against the stone wall which gave Jean-Bob enough push to be forced through the crack and suddenly shooting out of the water in the dungeon, suddenly seeing Atticus, Cherry, and Odette.
"Oh. Hey, Jean-Bob. What's up?" Cherry greeted casually despite the situation.
Jean-Bob smacked all around the wall before he then landed with one of his legs in the chain-link above them before smiling wearily at them. "To the rescue, monsieur and mademoiselles!" he then proclaimed to them. He soon fell back into the water.
Speed was then soon seen jumping out of the moat and gave Puffin the signal, telling him that Jean-Bob made it inside.
"There's the signal. Alright, Puffin time to brush up on the diving technique." Puffin said before jumping off the tree branch and diving into the moat.
The alligators then continued to chase after Speed as Damien and Demetria groaned from the water splashing onto them, but they still didn't do anything helpful.
"Yoo-hoo! Those turtles are tough eatin'!" Puffin called out to the alligators while under the water. "How about a little white meat, eh? Good for the heart!" he then tempted them.
The alligators grinned hungrily at him and soon chased after him now. Speed watched them go before he then went through a loose gap at the bottom of the floor, struggling through, but made it. Puffin soon flew out of the water as the alligators came to get him, one was eating the other's tail, thinking it was Puffin until the second alligator whacked him on the head in annoyance. Speed then dug through the stone wall and met with Jean-Bob, prompting the frog out of the water to see Atticus, Cherry, and Odette again.
"We broke through. Let's go!" Jean-Bob told the rabbit, skunk, and swan.
"Thank you, Jean-Bob," Odette smiled at the frog. "Oh, and when this is over, remind me to give you a kiss."
Jean-Bob began to cheer after hearing that.
"We better bring Bromley along." Atticus said.
"I highly doubt he'll want to follow us into the water." Cherry replied.
"You think so?" Atticus asked.
"He's as brave as The Cowardly Lion." Cherry smirked sardonically.
Bromley looked over as the swan princess came to help him. "Wh-What is it?" he then asked before panicking as Odette pulled onto his shirt with her beak to get him off of the chain-link he was holding onto so that he wouldn't drown. "Stay away, what are you doing? No, no, get away!"
"We'll have to come back for him later. Let's go." Cherry suggested.
Odette looked over and had to admit that Cherry was ready as they got ready to go under the water.
"Remember to hold your breath," Cherry told Atticus. "If you can't turn into a merboy in the water, then I definitely can't turn into a mermaid after what your uncle did for me."
"Right." Atticus nodded before he and Cherry held their breath.
Odette, Atticus, and Cherry soon went underwater, following after Jean-Bob.
"I'll tell ya when." Speed told Jean-Bob, Odette, Atticus, and Cherry.
The other four nodded as they waited for the turtle. Speed then came back out as the alligators continued to chase around Puffin. Puffin soon swam by Speed before giving him a thumb's up, despite not having any fingers. Speed nodded at him and cam back to Jean-Bob, Odette, Atticus, and Cherry. "Let's go." he then told them. The quartet nodded back at him and soon came swimming right after Speed before one of the alligators came right behind them, startling them quickly.
Speed then rushed over to the alligator and grabbed onto it to keep it from hurting his friends before he was suddenly faced with the dangerous predator. "Friends call me Speed." he then said to the angry alligator.
Atticus and Cherry soon both grabbed onto Odette and held onto her feathers coming on her back as she soon swam right out of the lake and headed right for Derek and Queen Uberta's castle.
"Go, my friends, go!" Puffin called out after them.
Damien and Demetria both soon woke up as they couldn't take the noise anymore before they both saw Odette, Atticus, and Cherry getting away before they looked at Puffin and started growling.
"Oh, uh, heh, hello." Puffin smiled nervously before flying off.
Damien and Demetria began to start chasing after him while barking.
"You can't chase me forever!" Puffin glared at them.
"Yes, we can!" Damien growled. "We were trained to!"
"Nothing will stop us or Jackson's plan to take away everybody's happy endings to let the villains rule the stories when he's through with Atticus and Cherry here!" Demetria added.
Puffin continued to fly away from the two Dalmatians as they continued to chase him until they ended up in the moat. "Hope they can swim." he then said before laughing.
Damien and Demetria splashed around the water, though they seemed unable to go any further as Puffin laughed at them, allowing the others to make their escape without worrying about the dangerous Dalmatians.
Back at the castle, Derek and Odette continued to dance together while Rogers cued the music to the prince's liking.
"Something about you seems... I don't know, different." Derek said to his princess.
"Don't worry," Odette told him as she held out her locket for him. "After tonight, everything will be perfect."
"Yes, yes of course," Derek smiled before putting the locket on around her neck before he looked at the older man. "Rogers, I want to make an announcement. Stop the music." he then requested.
Rogers soon stopped playing the music so Derek could make his announcement.
"Oh, I have a good feeling about this." Mo smiled.
"As do I." Atticus smirked.
"I've missed you a lot, Atticus," Mo said to him before hugging him as he grunted from the hug at first, looking annoyed, but the tomboy didn't see it. "It must be so terrible and hard to live without magic for a while."
"What?" Atticus asked sternly until he remembered. "Ohh... Right... Yes... It's annoying," he then smirked innocently. "Especially from those cuffs made from a different Enchanted Forest from a different land."
"That was weirdly specific," Thor replied. "Though I can do research on those for you and Cherry if I can take a look at them."
"Yeah... You do that," Atticus rolled his eyes before smirking. "Say... Why don't we see what's going on with Prince Derek and Princess Odette for a few minutes?"
"Oh, yes. Let's." Cherry smirked in agreement.
"Um, okay." Thor said.
'Something doesn't feel right.' Patch thought to himself.
Odette continued to fly through the forest while Atticus and Cherry held onto her as they made their way to the castle in the air. Everyone began to cheer and applaud as Derek bowed to Odette while she curtsied to Derek.
"Hurry, Odette!" Cherry cried out to the swan princess. "I have no idea what's going on in there, but we can't be too late!"
"We're almost there, I promise!" Odette told her. She soon found a window and looked into it as she flapped her wings while Atticus and Cherry tried to look with her.
Derek was then shown to be with the fake Odette which struck the real Odette in the heart, so she gasped in horror.
"But... How...?" Atticus wondered.
"Rothbart..." Cherry growled before shaking a paw in the air. "Of all the rotten tricks!"
"Kings and queens... Ladies and gentlemen... Mother." Derek began to tell the people in the room.
Queen Uberta smiled tearfully, looking very happy for her son so far.
"I have an announcement to make," Derek then continued. "Today I have found my bride."
"Oh, I knew I had a good feeling." Mo smiled as she hugged fake Atticus's left arm.
"Oh, and it's about to get better." The fake Atticus smirked.
"Oh, yes. Yes, it is." The fake Cherry smirked.
"If we don't hurry things are about to get worse." Atticus said.
"There must be a window we could go in that's loose or something?" Cherry suggested.
"I present her to you as the future queen of our fair kingdom." Derek continued to the crowd as he showed the fake Odette.
Odette looked across, seeing another window before she decided to fly over that way as Atticus and Cherry held on as tight as they possibly could.
"And as proof of my love for her, I make a vow to break all vows, a vow stronger than all the powers of the Earth, before you and before the whole world, I make a vow of everlasting love..." Derek continued to speak as Odette kept trying to get inside, flying all around and looked for other ways inside.
Odette even tried going into a cellar, but the doors were chained shut, then tried to go in through the fountain grate, and even tapped along outside the servants' quarters, but three maids shushed a butler there who felt confused because he didn't make that sound. "DEREK!" she then cried out.
"To Odette." Derek soon finished his speech as he took the fake Odette's hand, thinking she was the real princess.
"NOOOO!" Odette soon cried out and flew backwards, going straight down with Atticus and Cherry going down with her.
Everyone began to cheer for Derek and the fake Odette as the fake Atticus and fake Cherry smirked evilly as they knew what Derek had done before they soon heard something burst in as they saw Rothbart at the front doors.
"Right on time." The fake Atticus smirked.
"Perfect." The fake Cherry added.
"Oh, no..." Tyke whimpered.
"You okay, Tyke?" Thor asked his bulldog puppy.
"Mm-mm." Tyke frowned and shook his head.
"Aww..." Thor frowned back before looking over with a firm pout. "What?!"
"Gosh, it's like Maleficent at Princess Aurora's christening." Mo commented.
"No more Mr. Nice Guy, no sirree!~" Rothbart chuckled, singing to himself as he came inside before he found Derek approaching him. "Hello, little prince." he then greeted with a smirk.
"Who are you?" Derek demanded.
"Went and pledged your love to another, eh?" Rothbart then asked with a smirk as the fake Atticus and fake Cherry seemed to smirk with him while everyone else looked worried.
"You. You have no power here," Derek told him. "I made a vow a vow of everlasting love."
"Oh, you made a vow alright, Prince Derek." The fake Atticus smirked.
"But not a vow of everlasting love." The fake Cherry smirked.
"They are right; you made a vow of everlasting death." Rothbart smirked as he shot his magic at the fake Odette.
The fake Odette was then suddenly struck and fell in the middle of the floor.
"You guys! What's wrong with you?!" Mo complained to the doubles of her boyfriend and foster cousin.
"NOOOO! Odette!" Derek cried out and ran over toward his fallen princess.
That was, until, Odette's turned her face over and was revealed to be Bridget the hag and she laughed his face, startling the prince instantly and even laughing and puckered her lips.
"You wanna know what's wrong? We'll tell you what's wrong," The fake Atticus told Mo before casting magic in his hand and shot both himself and the fake Cherry, showing that they were Jackson and Vicky all along. "Prince Derek should've left Princess Odette for Rothbart!"
"I knew it!" Tyke called out before growling.
"No! It's Icky Vicky and The Devil Boy!" Mo complained.
"Hey! Ease up with the Icky Vicky crap!" Vicky glared. "You can't talk to me like that!"
"And why shouldn't we?" Thor asked.
"Where's the real Odette, Atticus, and Cherry?" Patch asked.
"Oh, outside with Odette, ready to die." Jackson smirked.
"He is right." Rothbart smirked evilly.
They soon looked outside the window as Odette flew off back to the lake with Atticus and Cherry.
"You can't kill them!" Mo cried out.
"Oh, but he can because of a deal~" Jackson smirked.
"Odette!" Derek gasped and cried out, seeing the swan out the window and soon rushed outside his castle on horseback. "Odette!"
Mo and Thor ran after Derek while Patch and Tyke glared and growled at Jackson and Vicky.
"Ah, shut up!" Jackson glared as he kicked the two dogs, not caring how strong they happened to be. "You think I'm scared of you? I strangled a Dalmatian puppy in my crib."
Patch and Tyke simply growled before joining Mo and Thor. Once they got on their horses they took off with Patch and Tyke following beside them while Rothbart's evil laugh could be heard echoing.
"You're not getting away with this!" Thor proclaimed before he brought out a random sword with his own magic. "So says me! Thornton Moltenscar! The son of Moxie and Zolten and the nephew of Drell of The Witch's Council! YOU! WILL! PAY!"
Thunder rumbled and lightning flashed after that.
"...Thor, that was awesome." Mo commented.
"Thanks," Thor smirked as he calmed down a little. "I've been working on that for a while now."