Meanwhile, back at the castle as Derek and Atticus checked the dining room to see if Odette and Mo were there.
"Odette?" Derek asked.
"I wonder where they are?" Atticus remarked.
"Is there trouble, boys?" Walt soon asked as he came out from one room.
"Yeah, it seems that Odette is gone." Derek replied.
"And so is Mo." Atticus added.
"Strange... Surely they're tending to Festival Days today?" Walt replied.
"I don't think so," Atticus said before shaking his head. "I have a bad feeling.'
"Why don't I help you look around?" Walt offered. "It might be good for all of us."
"Sure, okay." Atticus smiled.
Walt smiled back as he held his book good and tight and began to follow them.
Meanwhile, unknown to anyone, however, Whizzer was sneaking about on a roof before going down a chimney, though hesitated a bit since smoke was rising from the stack, going right down into the kitchen as Frederick was preparing a meal in there, humming to himself. Whizzer soon flew in and when he saw the duck that was going to be the meal, he was surprised before he saw Fredrick coming back until he ended up on top of the duck since he wasn't paying attention before he was grabbed by the neck.
"Okay, next we pluck the duck with a touch of basil," Fredrick while pulling off feathers from Whizzer's stomach feathers while reading the recipe. "A pinch of oregano feta... Yummy."
To make matters worse, at least for Whizzer, Tyke could be shown to be coming inside and sniffing the air of food.
"Frederick, have you seen Odette or Mo?" Derek asked as he walked into the kitchen.
"And I think that Alise and Lucas are with them too." Atticus added.
"Oh, no... Not since they left in the carriage." Frederick replied as he turned around.
Tyke soon began to look like he was about to bite down on Whizzer, looking and feeling rather hungry right now.
"Hmm..." Derek and Atticus both paused thoughtfully.
"Well, I hope that you find them soon," Frederick soon said as he suddenly held Whizzer out of Tyke's reach. "I'm making Odette's favorite."
Tyke began to beg while looking ready to eat.
"Her favorite is roast yakey bird?" Atticus asked while noticing Whizzer in his hand.
"Wait, what?" Fredrick asked. "No, it's roast duck. Why would you think it was roast yakey bird?"
"Uh... I dunno... The feathers kinda gave it away." Atticus pointed out.
"Huh?" Frederick asked before looking over and gasping suddenly. "Where did you come from?"
Tyke soon jumped up and bit down on Whizzer's tail feathers suddenly. Whizzer soon yelled out and jumped up before landing on the counter suddenly.
"Tyke, I know that Thor raised you better than that." Atticus scolded the young bulldog.
"Sorry, Atticus, but I'm just so hungry right now." Tyke pouted bashfully.
"And where did you from?" Atticus asked Whizzer.
"Um, I-I came in from the chimney." Whizzer gulped.
"Oh, that makes sense," Atticus said before noticing the rolled-up scroll. "Who's that for?"
"Oh, um, it's for Prince Derek," Whizzer said. "It's from someone."
"Is there something going on?" Atticus asked with a sly smirk.
"No, no. Not at all," Whizzer replied. "Just an important delivery I promised to send to Prince Derek is all."
"Well, all right," Atticus shrugged. "I guess I could take you to him."
"Yes! Yes, yes, please," Whizzer nodded. "You're a good kid."
Atticus then left the kitchen along with Whizzer while Frederick felt confused before he saw his duck lying there on the counter.
"I'll just drop the thing off and go," Whizzer soon told Atticus. "No one will ever know that I was here."
"Why so much in a hurry?" Atticus asked.
"No reason, need to get out of here after delivering the message." Whizzer told him.
"You sure? Because it seems like you're kind of worried someone will hurt you for not coming back after delivering the message." Atticus replied.
"W-W-Worried? What would I have to be worried or scared about?" Whizzer asked.
"I don't know. You tell me." Atticus explained as they soon went into the dining room, looking around for Derek who still seemed to be elsewhere right now.
"Uh... I... I..." Whizzer stammered and looked around, trying to dodge the question.
"Oh, hey, Derek," Atticus soon said, seeing the adult prince walking into the room. "You have a message."
"Oh, from who?" Derek asked.
"This bird just sent it over." Atticus explained.
"What bird?" Derek asked.
"He's right over-" Atticus began to say before seeing that Whizzer was suddenly gone. "GONE?!"
"Well... I better see what this is about then." Derek soon said as he decided to pick up the message left on the dining room table.
"Well, hopefully it's at least some good news." Atticus replied as he looked around for Whizzer then, frowning that the bird suddenly left like that.
Derek soon opened the scroll to read the message and didn't like what he read. "I wouldn't be too sure." he then said.
"Why?" Atticus asked.
"Because whoever sent this ransom note has Odette and wants the last piece of Rothbart's notes." Derek replied.
"But that's impossible! Unless..." Atticus said until he and Derek both soon went to the room where the notes for the formula for The Forbidden Arts where they saw that the chest was missing.
"Gone!" Atticus frowned.
"NO!" Derek soon cried out.
"This isn't good." Atticus said in concern.
"I think we should ride out and see what we can do," Derek soon said as Cleo was running in the background after she got a certain scent in the air. "That chest could be where Odette is right now."
"Right, but first we need to get the last part of the destruction spell." Atticus said.
"Right." Derek nodded.
The both of them soon go off to the library and where in the library, Queen Uberta was doing her best to get Rogers to comply in dancing with her for the talent show, even if she had to resort to certain measures. Whizzer soon tried to get his foot unstuck after he was hiding from Derek when the prince walked in before flinching nervously.
"Derek! Derek, where are you?" Puffin soon asked as he flew into the dining room. "Where are ya? Oh, somethin' foul's goin' on around here."
"Oh, Puffin?" Cleo soon called.
"Huh? Oh, Cleo, dear... What is it?" Puffin greeted the young cat.
"I have that funny smell again," Cleo replied. "I might not be a dog, but I know feathers whenever I smell 'em like Sylvester going after Tweety Bird."
Puffin and Cleo then looked over only to find Whizzer who grinned nervously at the sight of the puffin and cat.
"And you're just the fowl that's behind it all, aren't ya?" Puffin glared at Whizzer with a smirk.
"Oh, good. Looks like we've got a trapped bird." Cleo smirked.
Whizzer simply waved at them sheepishly and nervously before trying to get his foot free. Puffin and Cleo then dove in suddenly as Whizzer got free and the two suddenly splatted into the floor like a couple of pancakes. Whizzer then flew off into the other room before Puffin and Cleo then started to chase after the yakey bird.
"We got you this time!" Puffin called out as they flew upstairs and ended up in another corridor.
"There's nowhere to hide from a bird and feline of prey!" Cleo added as she brought out her kitty claws.
"Are you sure this is really necessary, Queen Uberta?" Cherry asked.
"Yes!" Queen Uberta told her.
"Wow. She's resorting to this to win." Thor replied.
"I've heard of sore losers, but Queen Uberta sounds like a real sore winner." Patch whispered to himself.
"My dad's a lot like that too," Tyke rolled his eyes. "Kinda wore thin after a while actually."
"Yeah... Your dad was a real piece of work." Patch nodded, having his share of memories of Spike the Bulldog, especially during adventures and visits with Tom and Jerry.
"Now, help me build a little wood project for our dear friend Lord Rogers over here~" Queen Uberta soon sweetly told Cherry and the others. "Since you're just standing there and doing nothing."
Cherry soon narrowed her eyes a bit surly. "Well, somebody's in a generous mood tonight!" she then retorted a bit, not liking that behavior even if Queen Uberta was, well, a Queen and all.
"We might as well just get it over with." Thor sighed.
They soon started to put up pieces of wood to help keep Rogers from falling down in despair and to also be able to keep up with Queen Uberta's dancing.
"Well, should we stick around here or go and see what Puffin and Cleo are doing?" Patch asked Tyke.
"Let's go see what Puffin and Cleo are doing." Tyke replied.
"Save yourselves, animals... This is a human trap." Cherry whispered to the young dogs.
Tyke looked concerned while Patch rolled his eyes at Cherry's overdramatic response before they went off after Cleo and Puffin.
"Get back here!" Cleo hissed as she and Puffin continued to chase after Whizzer.
Patch and Tyke then followed the sounds to see what was going on without them. Whizzer soon came to a suit of armor before he then tried to knock it down to stop Cleo and Puffin from chasing him any further.
"Stop right there bird!" Patch barked.
"Yeah, we gotcha now!" Tyke added.
"Well, let's hope this works." Thor said to Queen Uberta while seeing Roger's state.
"It will," Queen Uberta replied. "Have I ever been wrong?"
Cherry looked like she was about to say something.
"I mean when it's important." Queen Uberta then added a bit strictly.
"...Might as well say nothing at all." Cherry muttered and rolled her eyes in defeat then.
"I think that's what Thumper the Rabbit said too." Thor replied.
Whizzer soon fell with the suit of armor by accident and tried to get away.
"Hold him down!" Puffin soon called out.
Tyke and Patch then pinned Whizzer down by his wings before Puffin put the helmet on the yakey bird.
"Now you're the caged bird who sings!" Cleo taunted Whizzer before looking confused with herself. "Or however that poem that Cherry was talking about in English class was about."
Meanwhile back with Zelda and the others...
Zelda was seen making a new sphere for The Forbidden Arts to be used by using the fire. "Just because I have to wait for the power to destroy doesn't mean I can't enjoy the power." she then smirked.
"Great power comes great insanity." Jackson remarked.
"Did you get that from a bumper sticker or something?" Vicky asked her boyfriend.
"Nah, based on some old kook in Forest Hills," Jackson shrugged. "Don't worry 'bout it."
"Well, I kinda like it." Vicky then grinned.
"I thought you would." Jackson smirked in response.
Zelda soon began to read aloud from the spell. "Formula non grata kayatus melvarta." she then said.
"Uh... Gesundheit." Vicky shrugged.
"No, no, Vicky. That's part of the spell." Jackson told her.
"Ohh." Vicky said.
"This is going to be good." Mordroc smirked.
A red tornado began to start coming out of the sphere.
"Here we go." Jackson said, knowing a song was coming.
"I guess I've been naughty, I'm afraid I've been bad, I couldn't leave well enough alone, I dug up a horrible secret, you see, And I'm afraid I've made it my own~" Zelda soon began to sing while Jackson and Vicky just stood there.
Soon, the red tornado disappeared and crackled into electricity into the orb that was The Forbidden Arts.
"It's something so wicked I shudder to think, Of the despicable deeds that I'll do, Creating such chaos as you've never seen, And misery like you never knew, There ain't nothing but bad days ahead~" Zelda soon continued with a chorus.
Jean-Bob was soon shown getting free after Odette, Alise, and Mo were tied up and Lucas only looked guilty right now.
"Ain't nothing but bad days ahead~" Zelda continued as Jean-Bob soon snuck off and checked on her along with Jackson and Vicky as she stood in front of the orb until he saw a knife that would probably be good for cutting rope with. "So kiss off your happiness, bury your dreams, Embrace this new feeling of dread, There ain't nothing but bad days ahead~"
Jean-Bob faced Odette nervously who then nodded at him to go for the knife to free her, Mo, and Alise while Zelda shot dark magic in the air.
"Formula non grata kayatus semper: The power to change is mine all mine~" Zelda soon read from the paper as she continued to cast dark magic with help from The Forbidden Arts as Jean-Bob began to sneak around. "The first thing I'll change is the rules, Odette and Derek are soon going to find that, I've played them for sniveling fools, From now on the kingdom will hear what I say, And whatever Zelda says goes~"
"And little do Atticus and Cherry also know for their little friends that after this adventure, Their adventures will finally come to an end!~" Jackson soon added.
"Especially that Hercules wannabe for getting me out of babysitter work when all I ever wanted was to have world domination of my own starting with that twerp!" Vicky even joined in.
"The world is my plaything, my yo-yo, my toy, And I won't stop 'til everyone knows~" Zelda then continued as she took out a globe before playing around with it, shooting more magic around and even turning random spots in the room into very ugly and scary gargoyles and not in an eventually friendly way like The Manhattan Clan. "There ain't nothing but bad days ahead, Ain't nothing but bad days ahead~"
Jean-Bob soon tried to avoid the gargoyles, only for them to surround him as he tried to get away with the knife. Lucas soon looked like he wanted to do something to help, but he looked too scared and nervous around the gargoyles. However, luckily for everyone, the gargoyles attempted to dogpile Jean-Bob, but they soon quickly poofed away into nothing, prompting the frog to hop away while he still had time with the knife.
"I'm the baddest of bad girls and now that I'm back, The forecast is written in red, There ain't nothing but bad days ahead~" Zelda continued as Jean-Bob soon hopped over to the others who were tied up and began to cut the rope for them. "Aren't you scared?~" she then asked seemingly no one.
"Uh-huh..." Jean-Bob nodded as he began to cut the rope.
"Full of fear?~" Zelda continued.
"Overflowing is more like it!" Jean-Bob said as he continued.
"Shh! Jean-Bob!" Alise shushed in warning.
"Feel like running and hiding? Well, ain't that that a shame, Honey, it's too darn late~" Zelda soon continued as Jean-Bob soon freed Odette, Mo, and Alise before he did just that, looking very terrified of the wicked woman. "There ain't nothing but bad days ahead, Ain't nothing but bad days ahead, Move over, Medusa; Cruella, get lost, Take a hike, Wicked Witch of the West, There ain't nothing but bad~"
Odette soon saw the note very close with Mo and Alise until she thought she heard something else and went to follow the sound.
Mo and Alise then looked over and decided to sneak by and get the note as Mo was skilled in sneaking around due to her old life, but she shushed Alise as a reminder to be quiet since Zelda, Jackson, and Vicky thought that they were still tied up.
"Wonderfully sad days, You've never had days~" Zelda continued.
Mo soon rushed right behind and ducked behind the counter, then grabbed the paper lying there before she went to sneak back over to Alise and Jean-Bob, being as tricky and clever as Aladdin in Agrabah.
"'Til you've seen my mad ways, There ain't nothing but bad days ahead~" Zelda soon finished her song with a wicked cackle like a witch as she lifted up the orb to see her victorious reflection before seeing Mo and Alise sneak off in the back with the note, not aware they had just been spotted by her. "WHAT?!" she then hissed. "I will have to teach you a lesson!" she then said, sending magic toward the young princess and tomboy before they could get any farther.
"Oh, no!" Lucas gasped.
Alise and Mo tried to get away only to both be turned into a swan and a baby swan.
"Perfect shot." Jackson smirked.
"Wait, there's only two of them? Where's Odette?" Vicky asked.
Odette kept walking to where she heard the sound.
"She'll be here..." Jackson slanted his eyes as he knew something no one else really knew.
Odette looked around as she continued to follow the sound that called to her.
"Odette... Odette..." A voice called, like Maleficent calling to Princess Aurora, though not as haunting.
Odette soon looked one way and turned down the hallway and gasped suddenly. At the end of the hallway, there appeared to be a dungeon that had Odette's cousin Daphne and Dirk chained up against a wall together.
"Daphne! Dirk!" Odette gasped. "I thought you two went back home!"
"I don't know where you got that idea, but it's wrong." Daphne said.
"We've been stuck here for a while!" Dirk added.
"What?! Don't worry, I'll get you two free." Odette told them.
"You'll have to get the key to get us free." Dirk replied.
"No, no, Odette, you have go." Daphne told her cousin.
"I'm not leaving you. Now where's the key?" Odette asked.
"Someone who helped bring us here had the key with him before he left when we woke up and realized where we were." Dirk replied.
"Who was this someone?" Odette asked.
"We didn't see!" Daphne replied. "Though it was probably Mordroc."
"It all happened so fast and those horrible teenagers were helping out and getting involved with that woman downstairs who says she knew Rothbart just like Clavius." Dirk added.
"You must mean Zelda." Odette said.
"Please be careful, Odette." Daphne replied.
"Yeah, Mordroc is one evil wizard." Dirk nodded.
"Don't worry, I'll get you guys out of there soon," Odette promised with a small smile. "Mo and Alise are probably ready to go by now. Jean-Bob too."
"Odette! Look out!" Daphne soon cried out once she saw something coming right behind her cousin.
"Huh? Aaaugh!" Odette asked, looking over her shoulder before suddenly crying out.
The magic that caught Mo and Alise soon came up behind Odette and grabbed her to bring her back over to Zelda like it had done for the other two and where she too soon was turned into a swan.
"There we go." Zelda smirked.
"And now to make sure she doesn't escape along with Mo," Jackson smirked. "And I think we should give Lucas a pet of his own."
"I agree." Vicky smirked back.
"As do I. So, Lucas as a reward for spying on the royal family, you can have the princess as your pet." Zelda smirked at the boy as she made a cage appear around Alise.
"That's not necessary, ma'am!" Lucas cried out, but of course, it was too late.
"Of course it is," Zelda replied. "Now you can enjoy your little birdy for years to come, especially after we've all gotten what we wanted."
"This wasn't what I wanted though." Lucas frowned to himself in deep dread.
"Now to wait for Derek to come deliver the missing piece of the spell of destruction." Jackson smirked.
"Right and what better way to get it then to make him think that his true love has escaped?" Vicky smirked back.
"Excellent." Zelda smirked.
"You can't do this!" Mo cried. "Besides, good will always-"
"Blah, blah, I'm sick of that old good will always beat evil speech!" Jackson rolled his eyes before he took Zelda's wand. "I'm using this. Now let's keep that beak closed!" he then said before waving the wand and shooting magic towards Mo.
Mo soon began to feel like her beak was unable to move and it made her muffle.
"Sweet release..." Jackson soon sighed in relief. "Man, the plans in the future better be worth it in about 50 years." he then muttered a bit.
"What happens in 50 years?" Vicky whispered to Jackson.
"I'll tell you after this adventure when the book is in our grasp." Jackson whispered back.
Mo frowned as she looked stuck as Zelda laughed in victory so far.
"And I think if any of our swans try to escape, we should have roast swan for dinner tonight." Vicky suggested darkly.
"Agreed." Jackson nodded.
"Now to meet Derek as Odette." Zelda smirked.
Zelda soon used The Forbidden Arts to make herself look like Odette.
"He'll fall for it easily." Jackson smirked.
"He always does." Vicky smirked back.
Meanwhile, back with the others, Cherry was looking over a note left behind by Atticus and then chucked it over her shoulder with a shrug.
"He gone to work?" Thor asked Cherry.
"What do you think?" Cherry replied.
Thor paused for a bit to think about this before answering her right away.
"...Don't strain yourself thinking, Jumbo." Cherry said thickly.
"...Yes?" Thor soon said.
"Very good! Why don't you reward yourself with a cookie while I try not to impale myself around Uberta and her obsession with winning the dance contest and Lord Rogers acts like a blubbering oaf?" Cherry grinned, sounding very deadpan, and a bit more so than usual.
"Yeesh... Sorry that I asked." Thor replied before he then checked on Queen Uberta and Rogers and saw that Uberta was using the pieces of wood to keep Rogers from falling back down while also moving him around to make him dance with her even if she had to do the dancing for the two of them.
"Typical people... Leaving me with a bunch of insanity while they go off and have fun..." Cherry rolled her eyes as she walked away. "Sometimes I feel like my life isn't even my own anymore."
"You're probably just anxious to go back home," Thor replied. "We HAVE been here for a while when we usually go back home after one adventure depending on the situation going on."
"I guess that's true," Cherry shrugged. "I just have this deep feeling that after this adventure is over, there's a lot more trouble and chaos to come right after it no matter how anyone else feels about it."
"Well, Rogers, if you won't act like you've got a spine then I'll make you one," Queen Uberta said as she had him held up with pieces of wood and rope. "And that goes for the rest of your body too. Try drooping now, Mr. Sniveling Pants."
"Is that you, muffin?" Rogers asked with a smile before being broken-hearted again. "No..." he then soon fell back down to the floor in Queen Uberta's way to keep him up fell apart.
"What will it take you to bring you to your senses?" Queen Uberta asked Rogers as she lifted him up by his shirt.
Suddenly, the doors came open as Derek walked inside to see his mother and old friend. "Odette's been kidnapped." he soon alerted.
"WHAT?!" Rogers and Queen Uberta suddenly asked.
"Not just her," Atticus spoke up as he joined in. "Mo and Alise are gone too and I think Lucas was with them."
Derek then handed the note to Rogers before he ran up the staircase in the room. "Zelda used you to get the keys." he then said before he kept running up the stairs.
"Why that... That... That... Mean muffin! I was hoping to adopt that boy she talked about... I loved him like my very own son." Rogers soon glared as he suddenly began to hate Zelda.
"You haven't known him that long." Cherry replied in deadpan.
"That's not the point!" Rogers retorted before he looked suddenly apologetic to the adult prince. "Oh... Oh, Derek. I'm so sorry."
"It's not your fault, Rogers; if I hadn't kept Rothbart's notes none of this would have happened." Derek said as he made his way to the book that hid the missing piece to the last note.
"She wants some sort of ransom no doubt." Queen Uberta replied.
"And that's what I came to get." Derek said as he soon arrived at the book before getting the book out before opening it and taking out the missing piece of The Forbidden Arts.
"Derek! You can't give up the secret to The Forbidden Arts!" Rogers gasped in concern as Derek hopped down from the ladder and took off running with the note he needed. "You promised to keep them safe!"
"I've fought The Forbidden Arts before and I'll fight them again, but I am not going to lose Odette and Alise." Derek proclaimed before he ran off again with the note.
"He sure has come a long way since 'What else is there?'." Cherry commented as Derek took off running.
"I can't let Mo down either." Atticus soon said.
"So you'll go off after Derek and save the day," Cherry replied with a shrug. "I understand."
"Oh, goodness... What's going on in here?" Walt asked as he soon stepped into the room. "I was just getting some rest and I heard a commotion around here."
"Uh... Don't worry about it," Cherry replied. "Let's just say an adventurer's work is never done."
"I know that's the truth," Walt said. "You should hear about some of my adventures."
"Must be pretty crazy." Thor said.
"You could say that." Walt replied.
"I might as well check and see what the animals are up to." Cherry said as she went to find Puffin, Patch, Tyke, Speed, and Cleo.
"Are you kids okay?" Walt then asked with a small smile.
"Oh, we're fine, I'm just a little worried about my friends." Thor said.
"Oh, I wouldn't worry about them," Walt smiled. "You folks seem like a very nice bunch with each other, so it'll all work out just fine in the very end, especially in a bright new future. I'll give you some advice."
"Okay?" Thor replied.
"All your dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them." Walt advised.
Thor smiled back as that sounded like very good advice.
Soon, Cherry looked around for the animals, but then stopped as she found them gathered together in front of a certain blue bird trapped inside of a knight's helmet.
"We got you where we want you now, Feather Brain," Cleo glared. "I hope you're comfortable."
"You can't trick me; you're just wanting me to feel comfortable and then torture me. I know all the tricks!" Whizzer told them.
"Yikes. Whoever sent him must have tortured him." Tyke replied.
"It doesn't matter," Cleo glared. "He's guilty and especially by his crimes."
"Aren't you one of Catwoman's cat's kittens?" Patch asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Yes, but my mama and Catwoman are changing for the better, especially since they're about to move in with Batman and Ace the Bathound," Cleo nodded before she looked off to the side. "Should be a very interesting family Thanksgiving."
"Your torture methods won't distract me!" Whizzer glared at the other animals. "First, you make me think I'm not gonna be tortured, sure... Then ya torture me anyhow! I'm not stupid, I've been around the block a few times, alright?!"
"Oh... Look, Whizzer, we are not gonna torture ya." Puffin reassured.
"The only torture I'm witnessing right now is this Beakface's voice." Cherry said as she walked over.
"Cherry!" Cleo called before leaping over and rubbing up against Cherry's legs, purring and nuzzling her.
"Hey, girl," Cherry said before she reached down and carried Cleo in her arms as she looked down and over. "What's going on here?"
"This bird has been causing all sorts of trouble for us!" Patch explained as he gestured to Whizzer.
"But we're letting him know that we won't torture him, but he doesn't believe us." Tyke said.
"Wow, sounds like he's never experienced friendship before." Cherry replied.
Patch soon gets the helmet off Whizzer before seeing the yakey bird shivering, expecting something bad to happen to him.
"All we want to know is how to find Odette, Mo, Alise, and Lucas?" Puffin asked Whizzer.
"You gotta help." Speed told Whizzer desperately.
"Yeah." Tyke added.
"I-I can't tell ya. She'll send one of those fireball things after me and she'll torture me much more than you ever could believe me-" Whizzer started.
"Whoa. Back up," Patch suddenly said. "Who's 'she'?"
Whizzer gasped and grabbed his beak out of sudden fear and regret. "I've said too much! Now she'll never let me go and those two evil teenagers and that creepy wizard will do worse, especially after that book!" he then cried out.
"Book?" Tyke wondered.
"Must be talking about Walt's book." Patch guessed.
"Oh, you birdbrain!" Whizzer complained to himself.
"Oh, shush, shush... Listen to me, friend," Puffin began to say as he flew in before grabbing a couple of chains to rock back and forth with. "You're a prisoner forever when you're trapped inside your fears, 'Cuz you know that what you're doing isn't right~" he soon started to sing.
"And you're never gonna change that in a hundred million years~" Speed soon added as Whizzer looked very much afraid of what could happen to him now that he revealed about Zelda.
"Unless you change the side for which you fight, So trust the wind of friendship, Believe us when we say, You'll feel marvelous the moment you decide~" Puffin added as he flew down and joined Whizzer's right side while Speed joined the yakey bird's left side.
"To do what's right and proper, You'll be free again, 'Cuz there's no fear when you're on the right side~" Speed and Puffin soon started to sing together while Cherry backed away during the random musical number.
"All right, animals start singing? That's my cue to get out of here," Cherry suggested. "Though I gotta wonder... What would Jackson and Vicky want with an old book of stories?"
"I don't know. All they said it was part of some plan he had which involved them losing for some reason." Whizzer replied.
"Wait, what?" Cherry asked out of confusion.
"I know, right?" Whizzer asked.
"So they wanna lose in this adventure?" Cherry wondered. "Hmm... I'm not a detective like Atticus, but I smell something fishy about that."
"Point me in the direction of the smell!" Cleo said, suddenly looking alert as she looked around for the fishy smell.
Cherry chuckled and shook her head. "No, Cleo. That's just an expression," she then explained. "That means that something feels suspicious."
"Aww..." Cleo pouted in a bit of disappointment.
"I better keep a close eye on Walt," Cherry said to herself. "Along with saving Odette, Alise, Mo, and probably Lucas too of course. Anyway, to make a long song short, Bird," she then said, looking wt Whizzer. "You don't have to be bad... Though it feels good sometimes," she then paused briefly with a smirk before returning to focus. "But I know better than that now. Even if my aunt is Selina Kyle and other people look at me differently, especially in missions back home when a superhero adventure appears." she then said, turning away briefly, looking slightly self-conscious about that last fact.
Whizzer began to think over what Cherry said and after a brief moment, he soon decided to make the right decision.
"Sh-Sh-She's got the notes she has the notes of The Forbidden Arts except for the piece of the last note that he tore off so she couldn't have it until she and those three others, those two teenagers had her send Lucas to get close to the royal family to get the notes before she got them herself that she had forgotten to bring him back with her, but then again he's a good kid," Whizzer said, getting off track before focusing back on the task. "Anyway, the missing piece was for the spell to destroy so she kidnapped them, not including his adoptive daughter or your friend and him so he doesn't know that she isn't the only one kidnapped, but just her so he's probably on his way right now with that strong friend of his which would also be your friend and if she gets The Power to Destroy! Oh, ho, ho, boy, if she gets that then it's going to be trouble for you, me, he, and them. Oh..."
"Feel better?" Cherry asked.
"Yeah, I feel better." Whizzer replied.
"Well, I'm a bit irked right now, but I can tell you're not as bad as Rothbart, Clavius, and Zelda, not to mention those other forces we faced, like during Christmas," Cherry soon said as she looked down at the yakey bird. "You seem to be innocent at least."
"I was just an ordinary bird with a very unique talent and then that wicked woman found me with those scary teenagers," Whizzer replied. "I meant none of you any harm."
"I see..." Cherry said thoughtfully before nodding. "Believe me, you're not the only one who's been forced into doing something crazy against your will whether by pure innocence or because of drastic measures."
"Like what?" Whizzer wondered.
"I'd rather not discuss it, but the point is you can be a new friend of ours to the end," Cherry replied before looking at Patch. "And no, you're starting a brand new song." she then added since she remembered that song involving Tom and Jerry.
"I'm not saying anything." Patch defended innocently.
"All right, what'll we do, men?" Whizzer soon asked before getting looks from Cherry and Cleo. "And, uh, ladies?" he then quickly added.
"All right, we've got to find Derek before he gives away that missing section." Puffin began.
"Right." Patch nodded.
"Something tells me Whizzer will know the rest of what Puffin and Speed will be saying next." Tyke whispered to Cleo.
"Oh, come on; like he actually would know what Puffin or Speed are gonna say next." Cleo whispered back.
Cherry glanced over in slight annoyance.
"What?" Cleo asked.
"Nothing..." Cherry shook her head. "Let's just get this over with so we can go back home and move on to the next adventure already."
"Speed! You lay the waterways!" Whizzer soon said in Puffin's voice before he crawled over and spoke in Speed's voice. "I'm on my way."
Cherry then face-palmed slightly, looking a bit more annoyed than usual.
"And remember, men! No fear!" Whizzer then told the other animals.
"I had to open my big mouth, didn't I?" Cleo sighed.
"Let's get going." Patch replied.
Puffin, Speed, Tyke, and Patch began to start making their way out.
"I just betrayed the most powerful most dangerous people in the universe! This is not good, not good!" Whizzer panicked as he got dragged along by Puffin.
Soon, they left and carried on with their part of the mission while there was still time. Walt stepped out after they left, but he narrowed his eyes and didn't look as friendly as the others would believe him to be when they first met him, looking mysterious and suspicious before he stepped out of the way to do something else in the meantime.