Meanwhile, Zelda looked out into the forest and soon saw someone coming and grinned. "Right on time..." she then said darkly and eagerly. "But just to make sure there are no tricks..." she then added before transforming herself instantly.
Derek and Atticus soon made it into the woods as they looked around a bit.
"That Zelda lady should be around here somewhere..." Atticus said thoughtfully as he looked around.
"Right." Derek nodded.
They both soon stopped their horses before getting off them as Derek took out his sword.
"Zelda! Zelda!" Derek called out in determination.
Odette was soon seen running over to Derek.
'This seems too convenient.' Atticus thought to himself.
"Odette. You escaped." Derek said as he held onto his true love.
"Yes, but you have to stop her," Odette frowned. "She'll destroy everything!"
"She can't destroy anything without this." Derek reassured as he brought out the scrap of paper he had.
Odette then went to swipe it until Atticus took it.
"All right, Odette... If that's who you really are," Atticus glared as he took the paper. "Where are Mo, Alise, and Lucas?"
Suddenly, those three walked over as if on cue.
"...I should've expected that." Atticus said flatly.
"Come on, Atticus," Derek told the boy. "We have to help."
"Yes and please hurry, she'll find us any minute." Mo begged.
"Please give it to Mama." Alise added.
Atticus soon began to hold it out to Odette before noticing Lucas's expression which told him something was off until Odette snatched the scrap of paper from him. "Hey!" he then complained before Odette suddenly began to laugh wickedly.
Derek looked disappointed and frustrated as Odette revealed herself as Zelda and began to float away in a flame.
"Didn't see that one coming..." Atticus said. "Gee, this must be what it's like to be Cherry."
Alise was covered in a shadow before she soon turned into Vicky.
"Seriously? Where are those shadows coming from?" Atticus glared at the evil babysitter.
"Oh, just a little zone..." Vicky replied innocently before glaring back darkly. "The Ghost Zone."
"Wait, what?!" Atticus gasped.
"Oh, yes." Vicky glared.
"Not good." Atticus gulped.
"That's right, it's about time you saw the real dark side during your adventures," Vicky told Atticus. "I'll finish you off along with Jackson if you feel brave enough to come save Odette and that little princess twerp she adopted."
"Alise is not a twerp." Atticus frowned a bit firmly.
"A twerp is a twerp, see if I care!" Vicky huffed before she began to escape with Zelda. "And we're getting that book from your new friend and no one will stop us to make sure we don't!"
Zelda soon began to taunt Derek. "You keep falling for that fake Odette trick, don't you, big guy?
"Give me Odette and Alise!" Derek called out.
"I'm sorry, but I need them for a little experiment, especially Odette," Zelda replied mockingly. "To see if THE POWER TO DESTROY really works!"
Lucas hid in the shadows, feeling so sad and ashamed. "I'm really sorry, Prince Derek... I never should've gotten mixed up with Zelda in the first place." he said to himself in deep guilt and worry, feeling like this was all his fault.
"Oh, Lucas! It's time to go! You don't wanna keep your pet waiting, do you?!" Vicky called out with a smirk.
"Pet?" Atticus asked. "Why would that interest you?"
"Oh, guess we left out a tiny detail." Vicky smirked as Zelda dragged Lucas out of the shadows.
"Let's get back home so you can get back to your pet, Lucas." Zelda told the boy.
Lucas stared down at the ground in guilt before he followed Zelda and Vicky back "home".
Whizzer then suddenly flew in before Puffin came after him until he saw two familiar faces.
"Prince Derek and Atticus!" Puffin greeted as he flew down to see the two up close.
"Follow that fireball, Puffin! GO!" Derek soon ordered.
"No, no, no, that won't be necessary, sir," Puffin replied. "Whizzer here knows the way."
Whizzer gasped and looked nervous in response.
"Hopefully we can finally end this adventure after the defeat of Zelda." Atticus soon said to himself in determination.
Mo, Odette, Alise, and Jean-Bob were seen still trapped in their firey cage.
"Nothing like sitting by a roaring fire." Jean-Bob said while sitting in place.
"There has to be some way out of this." Mo replied.
"But how?" Alise asked.
Odette began to move pebble with her beak and knocked into a part of the magical fire as it showed a small opening after the impact before she looked up to see a rock big enough to help them escape. Mo soon pointed up with her wing to show Odette what she saw. Odette looked up before she nodded at Mo as that looked like a good idea so far before they both soon glared as they were welcomed with wicked laughter. Alise yelped and shivered in her cage as Zelda and Vicky were coming back and laughing darkly together.
"You know, you just can't keep a good woman down~" Zelda taunted as she kept laughing.
"Now shoo!" Vicky soon said, pushing Lucas out of the way. "Tend to your pet."
Lucas grunted as he fell to the ground, but wasn't terribly hurt at least before he stood back up and walked over to Alise, looking like he was trying very hard not to cry.
"According to her... She sure puts a damper on things." Jean-Bob scoffed about the evil sorceress.
"You be quiet or else we'll be having frog's legs for dinner!" Vicky threatened in her usual evil babysitter way.
"Y-Yes, ma'am." Jean-Bob gulped.
"Good." Vicky nodded with a smirk as she and Zelda went to the chest.
"Did you get it?" Jackson asked with a smirk.
"Yep, he fell for it like always." Zelda smirked as she showed the piece of paper.
"He always was so gullible for that trick." Jackson smirked.
"And it never gets old." Vicky smirked back.
Mo glared in forced silence.
"Oh, what's wrong?" Jackson taunted. "Cat got your tongue? Or better yet sorceress?" he then added before laughing out loud at his own joke.
Vicky soon laughed with Jackson as Mo continued to glower at the two. Zelda laughed as she soon put the notes together, laughing rather loudly and wickedly.
"Boy, that's an annoying laugh." Atticus muttered to himself as he had arrived along with Derek, Whizzer, and Puffin.
"Odette... Mo..." Derek called quietly.
"There's no time to explain, boys," Odette replied softly so Zelda wouldn't hear them. "You have to stop them."
"We have to save you two and Alise first." Derek whispered to her.
"Along with Lucas to get him as far away from that witch as possible." Atticus said softly.
"No, Derek and Atticus..." Odette replied softly.
"Is there any escape?" Derek asked quietly Odette and Mo softly.
Mo frowned as she looked unsure about that.
"What's wrong, Mo?" Atticus soon asked. "Why won't you talk to us?"
"Derek..." Odette spoke softer.
"I won't see you die," Derek firmly promised and whispered. "Now is there any escape?"
"I think so." Odette said as she soon looked up with her head to show what she saw.
"Oh, this should be fun to watch." Jackson smirked.
"Alise, I am so sorry." Lucas whispered to the caged princess.
"I thought we were friends." Alise whispered back.
Lucas turned away from her.
"You can't tell me things have changed between us," Alise pried. "We were happy together and even became real best friends. I've always wanted to have a real adventure like Atticus and Cherry and the other older kids. It wouldn't be complete without you though."
"I'm sorry, Alise... You shouldn't have gotten mixed up with someone like me and now I'll definitely never see my parents again," Lucas sighed and pouted. "Not that they would want me anyway... They were gonna send me to an orphanage."
"You don't know that and you can still make things right," Alise told him. "It's not too late."
Lucas frowned as he watched Zelda starting to do the incantation of The Spell of Destruction. While Zelda was doing the incantation, Puffin and Speed began to start tying one end of a rope to the big rock ready to be pulled down to the magical flame cage holding Mo and Odette and Jean-Bob as Atticus and Derek were holding the other end of the rope.
"By the way, where are Cherry, Thor, Patch, and Tyke?" Puffin asked Atticus and Derek quietly.
"Apparently no one told them to come along." Derek replied because that was just what happened.
Zelda soon stood over her cauldron, holding the paper close as she looked ready to carry on her wicked deeds. "Formula non grata kayatus melvarta." she soon began to recite.
Puffin and Whizzer looked a bit scared at the sight of Zelda before they ducked away and hid away as she continued to do what she wanted to do to get her own happy ending.
The two soon made it to a high ledge as Zelda soon laughed at her victory so far and the two birds lowered the rope down to Derek and Atticus.
"This is crazy!" Derek whispered loudly to Odette in concern.
"Trust me, Derek," Odette reassured. "Pull!"
Derek and Atticus began to pull on the rope while Puffin and Whizzer pushed the rock while Zelda began to finish reciting the destruction spell as the rock soon landed on the magical flame, making a hole big enough for Odette and Mo to fly out with Jean-Bob on Odette's back.
"You're lucky, Odette; you, your friend, and your daughter shall be the first to see the power to destroy." Zelda smirked.
"So which one shall you use the Power to Destroy first?" Vicky smirked back Zelda.
"Now... Let me see here, shall I?" Zelda chuckled wickedly as red bursts of magic filled the air.
"Go, girls!" Derek soon told Odette and Mo once they flew out to freedom.
"I'm not leaving you and Alise," Odette replied. "Besides, they also have Dirk and Daphne."
"Wait, what?" Atticus asked out of concern.
Zelda laughed until Derek jumped out in front of her with his sword, causing her to glare. "You?!" she then snarled, about to shoot him with her magic.
That is, until Odette and Mo suddenly flew in and beaked both Zelda and Vicky, knocking them down on the ground.
"So, it's gonna be like that, huh?" Vicky glared as she channeled her own darkness as Zelda used The Forbidden Arts. "Well, I don't need those Forbidden Arts to be successful! I have my own powers from the dark side!" she then hissed while shooting out the dark and shadowy abilities she somehow learned from The Ghost Zone.
"Incoming!" Mo yelped.
Mo and Odette soon began to dodge the attacks from Vicky and Zelda. Derek soon charged in with his sword before Zelda and Vicky began to start firing The Forbidden Arts and Vicky's shadow powers at him, causing him to get to cover so he could still fight them off while not dying. Atticus soo began to do the same thing only with his magic, but Vicky made it hard for him to get any concentration to do any spells and while that was all happening, Jean-Bob tried to hide in a spot he found be saw Whizzer in the way and tried to move him out of the way.
"Hey! I was here first." Whizzer told him.
"So what? I am a prince." Jean-Bob replied.
Zelda continued to shoot magic blasts everywhere in hopes of getting at least one of the do-gooders. However, Puffin and Odette sat on the ledge high above Zelda and soon pushed some rocks down to maybe hit her on the head.
Zelda sneered, dodging the rocks and soon continued to shoot at Puffin and Odette as they flew around before she glared at them with her hands on her hips. "Cowards! COME OUT! This is war, not Hide & Seek!" she then called aggressively.
Odette and Mo soon flew down next to Derek and Atticus, hiding behind a rock wall for the time being.
"Seek... My seekers..." Zelda grinned before chuckling in realization as what she just said gave her an idea. "Oh, you know... I've improved on The Forbidden Arts."
"Not the seekers..." Lucas frowned before he looked at Alise. "I've got to get you out of here. You can't hide from a seeker that Zelda whips out."
"But what about you?" Alise asked.
"I'll be okay; besides, your life is more important." Lucas said as began to get her free.
"I'm not leaving you." Alise told him.
"This isn't up for discussion." Lucas replied as he got her out of the cage.
"Lucas..." Alise frowned.
"Go! Go be with your family!" Lucas told her. "You have a better chance without me anyway."
Alise looked tearful before she began to fly after her new friends and adoptive parents.
"Lucas is right," Whizzer soon agreed. "You all should go too."
"What?" Odette asked softly.
"It's a destroying seeker!" Whizzer warned.
"Seek out the swan and DESTROY HER!" Zelda soon told her magic as she waved her wand and laughed rather evilly.
"Quick, go, go!" Lucas told them.
Odette, Puffin, Mo, and Alise soon took off flying and where soon enough, a seeker began to start chasing after its target.
'Oh, no. Not good.' Atticus thought to himself.
"Well, looks like we have a little traitor. We'll deal with you later, twerp, after we handle these two." Vicky glared at Lucas before facing Atticus and Derek.
"Don't think that just cuz you're a girl that I'm gonna go easy on you." Atticus glared at Vicky.
"Isn't that a rich story?" Vicky laughed mockingly.
Atticus narrowed his eyes with a bit of a growl. Lucas frowned out of guilt as he turned away from Vicky.
"You wanna get to The Swan Princess, you have to go through us first," Atticus told Vicky sternly. "And you're a terrible babysitter who never should've gotten hired in the first place!"
"Yeah, yeah, yeah," Vicky rolled her eyes "We'll just see how well you do against me."
'I have to keep Odette Mo and Alise protected, but all I can do is keep Vicky from getting to them,' Atticus thought to himself. 'Wait, where's Jackson? He must be guarding Daphne and Dirk.'
"Break the wand. Break the wand and the fireball will die." Whizzer whispered to Derek.
Lucas began to think of what he could do to make things right. Derek soon got back up on his feet and grabbed his sword as Zelda shot magic at him, causing him to deflect it with his sword while trying to protect Odette and Alise. However, that proved to be too much as he was knocked back even after his brave effort.
"Go... Get out of here..." Lucas told Alise. "Save yourself."
"But what about you?" Alise frowned in worry.
"Forget about me," Lucas told her with tears in his eyes before he decided to free Alise from her prison. "Your mother is waiting for you. You should go out while you still can."
"But Lucas..." Alise started.
"Go, please before it's too late." Lucas frowned.
"Lucas..." Alise pouted.
"Just go!" Lucas urged her.
Alise frowned before she sniffled and flapped her wings before she flew after Odette, Puffin, and Mo. Lucas watched her go before he bowed his head with tears in his own eyes. Red magic shot out after Odette, Puffin, Mo, and Alise before they quickly flew out of the way before they would get hit as it was pretty close. Whizzer shivered as he looked around, concerned as Zelda kept shooting at Derek.
"You can say good will win all you want, but being evil is too much fun, especially for me and Jackson." Vicky taunted Atticus as she used her new shadow powers against him while Derek tried to handle Zelda.
"Speaking of which where is that boyfriend and archenemy of mine?" Atticus glared while blocking with his magic.
"Oh, keeping a warlock busy so we can keep our last two prisoners from being set free." Vicky smirked as she kept using her shadow powers against him.
Speed was seen in the lake down below as he waved his front feet/paws in the air once he saw Puffin, Odette, Mo, and Alise. "Girls!" The turtle then called out.
Odette, Mo, Alise, and Puffin soon dove down into the water and where the red fireball would have followed them, but couldn't as it was a fireball, even if it was magic, but once Odette, Mo, Alise, and Puffin got out of the water, flying off in another direction as the seeker went in their direction. Derek was soon thrown against the wall by his own shadow.
"Hey! Leave Derek out of this!" Atticus glared. "This is between me and you, Vicky!"
"Says the guy who's too afraid to hit a girl." Vicky retorted.
"Right now I'm not afraid to hit one as evil as you." Atticus glared.
"Uh-huh, sure." Vicky smirked as she kept using her shadow powers against Atticus.
Atticus kept fighting back with his magic. Lucas watched all this happening and still felt guilty for what he did while Whizzer watched what was happening before getting an idea of how to distract Zelda as he knew one voice would distract her.
"Bye, Derek..." Zelda grinned as she was about to finish the prince off.
"Hello, Zelda..." A familiar voice greeted her while hiding.
"Rothbart! You're alive?!" Zelda gasped and looked around, surprised at the sound of the voice.
"Amazing, isn't it?" Whizzer laughed in Rothbart's voice as he stayed hidden. "I must thank you for uncovering The Forbidden Arts, but now you're through. Tell you what though. I'll give you a chance to run."
However, unluckily for Whizzer, he was suddenly spotted by Zelda who looked around for Rothbart only to find the bird with a glare. "Traitor!"
Whizzer then began to look scared and nervous that he had been discovered.
"Zelda!" Derek called out as he soon got up and tried to grab the woman's wand as he stood back up.
Puffin, Odette, Mo, and Alise were still seen flying through the forest until Odette was caught by some vines, causing Puffin, Mo, and Alise to start helping get her free, but it wasn't easy.
"Puffin! Girls!" Odette gasped as she saw the seeker coming.
"We have to hurry and get you free." Mo muffled as she kept doing her best with the others.
The seeker continued to get closer to the group and to its target. Derek continued to fight Zelda until he soon grabbed her wand and it snapped in half. Zelda screamed as she fell back and exploded against her prison for the swans such as Odette that she had before it suddenly disappeared. Atticus even punched and kicked Vicky away, though he looked around as she suddenly seemed to disappear within the shadows which probably wasn't a good sign. Derek looked very shocked as Zelda seemed to be gone as well before he decided to run away while there was still time.
"I don't know where you went, Vicky, but don't underestimate me." Atticus said to himself before he took off running.
Dirk and Daphne soon showed up after also getting out.
"Huh? Where'd you guys come from?" Atticus asked.
"I... Helped..." Thor panted as he raced over with Tyke and Patch suddenly. "Cherry and Cleo are on their way too."
"That's good." Atticus nodded.
"I hope Odette, Puffin, Alise, and Mo are alright." Tyke replied.
"Since Zelda's wand is broken the seeker should be destroyed too so they're probably on their way back too." Atticus said.
"Right." Patch nodded.
They all soon began to make their way to the entrance, hoping the girls would make it back alright.
Meanwhile, Tyke and Cleo stood back as Thor was breaking down the chains that restrained Dirk and Daphne.
"Sure, magic would get this done a lot faster, but at least Thor's strength hasn't gone away." Cherry remarked.
"Of course it hasn't!" Thor replied as he continued until he helped Dirk down after Daphne had been freed. "I've been working on this strength my whole life while Atticus did his share."
"Along with a helping hand from Zeus and Hercules." Cherry added.
"That too." Thor nodded to her before he soon freed Dirk.
Dirk fell down on the floor with a groan after he was let down.
"Whoops. Sorry, Dirk." Thor said bashfully.
"It's fine... Could've been worse..." Dirk muffled and groaned before he stood up.
"You've had quite the adventures," Daphne said to Cherry. "You should visit our land someday."
"I'll be sure to add that to my itinerary." Cherry shrugged before looking down and picked up a certain book on the ground before she stood up and was face-to-face with Jackson.
"Give up that book if you know what's good for you." Jackson glared at Cherry.
"Hmm... Let's see, give this book to you or say no... I'll have to say no." Cherry replied.
"Wrong choice." Jackson glared.
"We're not going to let you get that book." Tyke growled at Jackson.
"That's right." Cleo nodded.
"You want it you'll have to get past us." Thor told him.
"Oh, all right, if you want it that way..." Jackson said before grinning darkly as his eyes glowed briefly.
Cleo flinched and jumped up into Cherry's arms suddenly. Cherry hugged Cleo, trying to soothe her before glaring at Jackson as his eyes glowed green. Jackson soon took a deep breath and let it out as green smoke came out from his lips. Soon, his Dalmatian sidekicks stepped in, snarling as they began to surround Cherry and Thor.
"You guys get out of here!" Cherry told Dirk and Daphne. "We'll do what we can with Devil Boy!"
"But we can't just leave you to fight him and those two alone." Daphne replied.
"Trust me, we can handle them." Thor told her.
"Yeah, you two just go and see if Odette, Mo, Puffin, and Alise are back yet." Tyke added.
"Go out the way we showed you," Cherry told Dirk and Daphne. "Save yourselves."
Dirk and Daphne nodded before they went running off.
"Now as for you!" Cherry then turned around to face Jackson with a glare. "You think only two Dalmatians can stop us?"
"No, I don't." Jackson said softly at first before pausing.
The others then looked at him a bit funny.
"I think more than two will do just fine and maybe my own 101," Jackson smirked before looking down at Patch. "I can understand how 101 Dalmatians can be a bit too much for one to handle."
"Wait, what?" Patch asked. "There's no way you could have 101 Dalmatians."
"Unless..." Thor started.
"Unless what, Thor?" Tyke asked.
"Well, there are two possibilities: either A he kidnapped 99 more Dalmatians and used his magic to make them evil." Thor said.
"Okay and what's the other possibility?" Patch asked.
"Well, the other possibility is that he used an advanced cloning spell while using his magic to turn them all evil and aggressive." Thor replied.
"Oh, wow. So brilliant and thought out by the Team Dumbo of the group." Jackson gasped, clutching his heart before he applauded Thor briefly.
The others just looked at Thor, agape and shocked that he could ever think of such an idea on his own.
"There's more in my head than just air, ya know." Thor defended with a bit of a glare.
"Well, I guess I shouldn't take your ideas for granted, nephew of Drell, and no one else should." Jackson then said, though he kept his smirk.
"So, is Thor right about what you did?" Patch asked.
"Nah," Jackson smirked. "That's a brilliant idea, but I did nothing of the sort."
"Then what did you do?" Patch asked before he sniffed the other dogs. "These dogs smell familiar, but I don't recognize them."
"Like I'm going to tell you," Jackson smirked. "Attack, my pets!" he soon commanded. "Attack while there's still time left in this adventure!"
The two lead Dalmatians soon charged in and attack.
"Let's do this!" Patch growled as he fought the first Dalmatian.
"Yeah!" Tyke added as he fought the second Dalmatian.
Jackson stepped back while Patch and Tyke would take care of the rogue Dalmatians. Dirk and Daphne looked around as Cherry led them out to a way to Zelda's lair that she and Thor found while Atticus and Derek had caught up against Zelda and Vicky.
Meanwhile, Derek looked around as he and Atticus came out of Zelda's lair after the wicked woman's defeat and the evil babysitter appeared to be gone.
"So where's Mordroc?" Cherry asked Dirk and Daphne.
"We didn't see where he went, but I feel like he's not fully gone." Daphne replied.
"Then we'll keep an eye out for him." Cherry narrowed her eyes in determination.
"Odette? Where is she?" Derek soon wondered before he and Atticus met up with Cherry.
"Cherry?" Atticus asked.
"Thor and I found a shortcut and found out where Dirk and Daphne were hidden and not in their home kingdom," Cherry told her friend once she saw him. "This adventure just keeps getting interesting, I'll tell you that."
"I know what you mean." Atticus said.
"I hope Odette and the others are okay." Daphne replied.
"I'm sure they are." Dirk said.
"But then where are they?" Derek asked.
"They're around here somewhere." Atticus said.
"Don't worry. We'll find 'em." Cherry added.
Puffin and Mo soon flew over to the rest of the group.
"Odette, Alise, where are they?" Derek asked out of concern. "Where are Odette and Alise?"
Mo wanted to answer, but she was unable to speak right now.
"Oh, Derek! They're gone!" Puffin cried out in dismay.
"Gone?" Derek asked. "What do you mean gone?"
"Oh, they were fireballed," Puffin explained, sounding like he was trying not to cry. "They couldn't get away."
"No..." Atticus frowned.
"We're so sorry..." Mo added as she also frowned.
"No. No!" Derek shouted as he started attacking a rock out of anguish and sadness over losing his true love and his new daughter before his sword broke as he kept crying over their loss.
Puffin shook his head and turned away in dismay.
"This can't be how it ends..." Atticus said. "We never lose."
"Odette... Alise..." Derek said, feeling very tearful right now as he broke down on his knees.
The animals soon began to look around at each other.
Cherry felt an aching feeling in her heart before she looked down. "This is impossible though..." she then said. "We always win in the end even when things look their darkest and bleakest."
"Yeah... Well, not this time." Jackson smirked.
"Wait a minute, I just noticed; where's Lucas?" Thor asked.
"Hey, I was wondering the same thing." Tyke replied.
"He must still be hiding." Jackson smirked.
"What did you do with him, Jackson?" Atticus glared suddenly.
"I didn't do anything to him," Jackson replied as he kept his smirk. "After all, he made this choice for himself, especially running away because his parents didn't want him or love him anymore."
"That can't be true." Thor said before frowning firmly, though he sounded sad for Lucas.
"Well, they were going to dump him off at an orphanage and it just made him run away from home," Jackson shrugged as he smirked tauntingly. "Then Zelda came along and promised to give him food and shelter only if she did what he said and that includes me and my darling Vicky during these stupid Swan Princess adventures."
"You're lying." Patch glared at Jackson.
"Nope, I'm not." Jackson smirked.
Tyke soon uppercut Jackson's first Dalmatian before sniffing around for Lucas. The Dalmatian grunted and whined.
"Ooh... Animal abuse is not fun, is it?" Jackson tutted.
"Oh, you're one to talk," Patch rolled his eyes. "With what your aunt tried to do to me and my family."
Jackson just laughed, not feeling sorry or hurt at all. Tyke continued to sniff around for a few more minutes.
"Anything?" Patch asked the young bulldog.
"I think I picked up something." Tyke said as he looked a certain way.
"Where does that way lead?" Thor asked.
'Please let that mean what I think it means.' Patch thought to himself.
"Well, whatever is in that direction it's coming from that way." Tyke replied.
Jackson seemed to soon disappear with a certain storybook. Tyke decided to keep following the scent.
"Jackson's gone again!" Thor complained.
"We'll worry about him later." Atticus replied.
"Should we follow the dogs or stay here with Derek?" Thor wondered as Tyke and Patch continued to walk off together with Tyke leading the way.
"Hey, what's Lucas doing with that torch, the notes for The Forbidden Arts, and The Forbidden arts?" Tyke asked.
"Wait, what?" Thor wondered thoughtfully.
"Derek, we'll be right back," Atticus told the prince. "Okay? We'll be right back, I swear."
Derek didn't even react or say anything as he was in deep pain over Alise and Odette, but no one could blame him for feeling like that. "If you can hear me, Odette, I'm sorry. I'm so sorry..." he then said, sounding very guilty and depressed from his newfound grief.
Atticus nodded before he decided to go with Thor after Tyke and Patch.
"Keep going, okay?" Thor told Tyke. "Take us to where you can smell Lucas and the fire... If he lit the torch."
"I believe he did, yeah." Tyke nodded before he led the way over to where Lucas was.
Lucas was soon shown to be not too far away, but was standing beside the ocean with a homemade raft with a bag filled with coconuts, but he also held a torch and had the notes on the ground, further away from the water. "I'm so sorry, Miss Odette and Alise that it had to be this way... Now we can only hope that some good will come from destroying these notes and you can all live happily ever after without me. It's better that I don't bother anyone ever again by being around, especially since my own parents didn't want me." he then dropped the torch so that the notes of The Forbidden Arts would be burnt before he decided to get his raft ready to go in the water so that he could leave and never be seen again because he thought that would be best for everyone.
Tyke soon arrived at the spot with Patch, Atticus, and Thor as they soon hurried over to stop Lucas only to soon see something magical happening as the notes and The Forbidden Arts were burnt and destroyed.
"Lucas, wait!" Atticus called out.
"Something's happening!" Tyke smiled.
Everyone looked over as Lucas still looked like he was going to leave no matter what happened next.