Duke shifted from his invisible state and almost got the drop on Mallory before she turned and countered using her Sword spell to intercept his saber. Nosedive was firing arrows at Tanya who conjured tornadoes to create a barrier she hoped would hold the arrows back. Grin wasn't taking part. He was in his usual meditative pose while Canard and Wildwing observed.

"Their getting good.", Wildwing stated.

Canard nodded.

"Not only are we sharpening our hockey skills, we also need to keep our focus and mastery of enchantium magic in top form too. We never know what Charyus might throw our way."

Wildwing then remembered the opal he found that one time and Canard saw his concern. Being an aura reader, he could tell Wildwing's feelings even though Wildwing didn't want to say it.

"Okay buddy, what's the jiff?"

Wilwing was taken a little off guard, but regained his pose.

"Just thinking that's all."

Canard crossed his arms and raised an eyebrow.

"Wing, is it that opal again?"

Wildwing's face fell.

"Yeah, it's still on my mind."

Canard put a hand on his shoulder.

"Don't worry about it. You'll see what it can do when th time is right. But for now, we should focus on what we need to."

Wildwing regained his posture.

"You're right Canard. We need to be in top form if Charyus tries anything and not to mention the Stanley Cup finals being this Saturday."

"Which is in two days.", Canard put in.

By now the ducks that were practicing with each other had gotten off and taking a breather.

"Everyone okay?", Wildwing asked.

"We're cool.", Grin answered.

At that moment Phil came in with Morpha following him and mimicking everything Phil was doing while mouthing what he said.

"Hey Ducks, you still got that photo shoot at-", he paused to notice the ducks chuckling, "What's so funny?"

He turned to see Morpha imitating him and he got more than a bit miffed.

"Keep that thing of yours on a leash."

/

Chameleon lugged in the large bag of stuff Charyus sent him out to get into the room where the cauldron was. Charyus was organizing ingredients on his shelf and noticed Chameleon almost slip. He quickly waved his claw and the bag Chameleon was carrying stopped in midair and floated over to him.

"Why are the ingredients you send me for so hard to get?", Chameleon asked.

"It makes the spells I make more effective.", Charyus answered calmly, "If I can figure out the one ingredient I'm missing, I'd have this whole galaxy on it's knees."

Chameleon watched as Charyus used magic to levitate stuff from the bag and either can or place it in a glass beaker.

"Well, it's not like that book of yours is floating around in Dimensional Limbo somewhere.", Chameleon thought out loud.

Charyus was about to turn fast, but then paused and looked thoughtful.

"Maybe it is."

Chameleon looked confused, but before he could answer, Wraith warped in.

"Well I can see you're busy.", he said glumly as he turned to leave.

Charyus turned to him smiling.

"Wraith, if you possess a power of almost unlimited potential and you don't want to lose it, how do you make sure you don't?"

"Take precaution?", Chameleon guessed.

Charyus' smile got bigger.

"Precisely."

Wraith and Chameleon got a little nervous, but luckily for them Dragaunus came in as usual and looking quite angry.

"Tell me you came up with a spell that can reduce this planet to rubble.", he growled.

Charyus didn't look phased.

"As a matter of fact my lord, I do and a whole lot more."

Dragaunus crossed his arms.

"I'm listening."

/

The ducks crowded around the small computer screen Tanya had set up while Tanya did a reading.

"We got a massive portal opening in the hills.", she reported.

Wildwing's face hardened.

"Can you tell what might come out?"

Tanya shook her head.

"Could be anything."

"Then we need to get over there and find out.", Canard said firmly.

There was no denying that Canard was determined to get into the fray and even though Phil was about to come in with a new scheme on his hands, the ducks were already out the cabin door and the Migrator was speeding towards the hills. After a couple minutes they came to the site which was pretty easy to identify if you counted the smoldering indication in the ground as evidence. Canard was doing an aura reading while Wildwing used the mask to scan the area.

"There's something here alright.", Wildwing answered when he finished.

Canard did a little more reading.

"Whatever came out wasn't alone. The portal opened here, and it's about to flip the car."

And that's what happened. The Migrator flipped on to it's side as large roots came up from the ground and formed a giant tree as a giant jagged spike of metal came up beside it and formed into a metal dragon about the same size.

"Great, another elemental from Dimensional Limbo attack.", Nosedive said firmly.

Grin's face hardened.

"These two are most formidable, but one could be swayed to kill the other."

The ducks got out and got ready as a burst of lava came from a nearby hill and formed yet another elemental that was in the form of a phoenix that took flight the moment it formed. The ducks split with Tanya and Duke taking the metal dragon, Nosedive and Mallory taking the phoenix, and leaving Wildwing, Canard and Grin to fight off the giant tree.

/

Dragaunus drummed his fingers as his arms remained crossed.

"So you're saying that you think your book of spells is in Dimensional Limbo somewhere and when you find it, you'll have the spell you need?"

Charyus nodded.

"I know it's there my lord.", he answered, "I crafted that book myself and anticipated that someone would try and destroy it in an effort to weaken me."

"So you put some kind of spell on the book so that it reforms after your enemy thinks you've been beaten.", Dragaunus concluded smiling, "Clever."

"Indeed.", Charyus answered, "And if I know my book, and I know I do, it will reform in the exact spot it always does."

"And where pray tell is that?", Dragaunus asked looking annoyed that Charyus was taking this long to get to the point.

"The ancient tower of magic that I resided in which is located in Dimensional Limbo.", Charyus answered, "But it won't be easy. To get inside that tower, my wards have to be powered down and I unfortunately lack the power to do so."

Dragaunus was now looking like his usual angry self.

"And where do I come in?"

"You keep the ducks busy while I work on the wards.", Charyus answered plainly, "The gateway generator will be able to provide all the distracting forces you require to do so."

Dragaunus' nostrils started to smoke, but he quickly restrained himself.

"I'll get right on it."

/

Canard moved his hand over Nosedive's injured arm as Grin held him down as aura flowed from Canard's hand and into Nosedive's wound.

"Ow!", Nosedive flinched.

"If you'd hold still, you'd be healed by now.", Canard said calmly.

Nosedive was clearly in pain, but it quickly faded as his injury was restored.

"Oh that hurt.", he said as Grin released him.

Canard brushed his hands together.

"Yeah, the first few times Aura heals you will hurt for a while."

Mallory was getting checked by Tanya and she clearly didn't look too thrilled.

"Any of you wonder why these elemental creatures show up and no enchantium is around?", she asked, "Shouldn't we be making sure Charyus isn't up to something?"

Wildwing sighed.

"What matters is that we made it out okay."

"Speak for yourself.", Duke said as his saber blade faded, "I almost broke my saber on that dragon."

"You mean you almost let it bite your saber in half.", Tanya corrected.

Canard could feel the tension building and clearly Wildwing felt it too.

"We all made mistakes here.", Wildwing said firmly bringing the other ducks to heel, "We can't let ourselves get divided or Charyus will dispose of us more easily."

The other ducks took a breather as they headed to the turned over Migrator. Grin waved his hand and the Migrator was right side up again allowing the ducks to board it. As they got back to the rink, they couldn't help but notice the huge crowd gathering at the gates.

"Okay, what's going on here?", Canard asked.

As they pulled up, a red carpet rolled from the doors to the street where they had parked followed by numerous police that roped off the spot as the crowd came over. Phil was at the door with who could be the Canadian ambassador. As the ducks got out, flashes from cameras and reporters came swarming over as fans tried getting self shots with their favorite player.

"Wildwing, how does it feel to finally make it this far?"

"Are you and your team going to be scheduled to play again next season?"

"Can we get you for an exclusive interview for tonight's news?"

"Now that the Stanley Cup is in sight, are you nervous about going up against the best players in the country?"

The ducks couldn't be more happy to be behind the doors following Phil.

/

An explosion sounded off and Charyus conjured a bauble that showed the engine room.

"What happened?", he asked.

Chameleon's face showed up.

"We blew a little fuse here."

Another explosion went off and the power of the ship surged for a minute. Charyus' face hardened as Chameleon looked nervous.

"I'll..I'll get back to fixing it.", he said nervously.

"No.", Charyus answered, "I have a special task for you."

Chameleon looked surprised.

"Name it Bob.", he said imitating a gangster.

Charyus raised an eyebrow.

"Still your attempts at impersonations amuses me."

He paused a moment to take a breath.

"Those elemental creatures I conjured served as a worthy diversion, but it didn't break the ducks down far enough. The Stanley Cup finals are going to happen very shortly and I haven't even gotten to the first ward yet."

Pretorius stalked in looking annoyed.

"Why is it I'm being reduced to slave labor instead of planning and developing?", he asked harshly.

"You're entry level recruit.", Charyus said calmly completely unmoved by the interruption, "Earn favor and your rank will heighten."

Pretorius still didn't look convinced.

"This is an outrage. I am Dr. Wally Pretorius. The most known geneticist the world has ever seen and I'm doing janitorial labor cause-"

He was cut off cause Charyus had waved a finger and Pretorius froze up.

"So what's my assignment?", Chameleon asked getting Charyus' attention again.

Charyus smiled.

"I'm glad you asked."

He held out a crystal that was red and blue on one side while black and white on the other. The four colors were crossing each other and forming a white patch where all four met.

"I need you to take this to Anaheim and hide it somewhere nobody would ever look."

Chameleon looked interested.

"Is this a new spell you made?", he asked.

Charyus' smile got bigger.

"You read my mind."

/

The ducks were feeling the heat even before the game was even started.

"And here we are ladies and gentlemen, the final game of the season, and the biggest event in Hockey: The Stanley Cup!"

The crowd went wild as lights went dancing around the rink.

"And now give it up for the team all the way from Anaheim California, the one, the only, the Mighty Ducks!"

The ducks skated onto the ice as the fans went wild again.

"And opposing this formidable team, the Texan Wildhogs!"

The stands went wild again as the opposing team came out.

"This is it folks, whoever wins this game will be the greatest team in the country and the winners of the Stanley Cup. And I would like everyone here to know that this game is broadcasting all over the world. So without further ado, let the game begin!"

The stands went wild once more as the teams took places. Canard and an opposing player took the center as the referee came with the puck. Wildwing tensed himself as he settled in front of the goalie net.

"This is it.", he thought, "All our hard work pays off here."

The referee dropped the puck, and the opposing player tacked Canard, but the drake wasn't easily pushed.

"And Canard has the puck and he's heading for the goal, oh what a great way to start the game! He's almost there, but oh the Wildhogs steal the puck!"

The Hogs headed towards the goal, and the ducks were on defense.

"Duke tries to steal, but it's a miss! The puck is shot, but Wildwing catches it!"

Now that the ducks had the puck again, they headed back with Nosedive in possession of the puck.

"And the Ducks reclaim the puck, but the Hogs aren't giving up without a fight. They try to slam Nosedive, but they miss! Oh this game is getting intense. Nosedive is at the goal, he shoots, but oh, the goalie deflects the puck!"

As the ducks went back on defense, Grin tried to slam the opposing side and succeeded, but the Hogs pressed forward and soon they were at the goal again.

"The Hogs shoot, and they score!"

The ducks huddled before the next play.

"Man, these Hogs are tough.", Mallory huffed.

"We need to up our game out there.", Nosedive said firmly.

"I'm with you little bro.", Wildwing answered, "But we don't strain ourselves."

The buzzer sounded and the teams took their places again. The ducks played hard, but the Hogs played hard too.

"And the Hogs try to block the Ducks, but to no avail. Duke passes the puck just before getting closed. Tanya passes and Nosedive catches it! This is it folks, if the ducks can make this goal, they'll be tied before half time!"

Nosedive made it to the goal and just before the Hogs slammed him, he passed and Canard caught it and shot it just in time to make it into the net."

"And another amazing goal shot by Canard! With the scores tied, we go to the half time mark and be back to the game after a word from our sponsors."

For the rest of the game, both teams played hard and soon, the final minute was displayed.

"And this is it folks! The last thirty seconds and the scores tied with the Ducks in possession of the puck. Can they make the shot in time?!"

Canard passed to Nosedive and managed to avoid getting tripped.

"Twenty seconds left!"

The whole room was filled with intense suspense as the Ducks and Hogs played on.

"Nosedive passes to Mallory, but she's tripped. The Hogs have the puck, but Duke steals it back!"

Soon the fans began the countdown.

"Ten..nine..eight..seven."

Duke passed to Nosedive who made it to the goal.

"Five..four..three."

Nosedive shot the puck and scored just before the final second.

"And it's goal! The Ducks win the Cup! The Ducks win the Stanley Cup!"

The crowd went wild as the commissioner came out with the large gold trophy which was presented to the Ducks who posed for the team photo alongside Phil, Thrash, Mookie, and Morpha. The fans were going more wild than they did earlier as the Ducks raised their sticks above the trophy.

"Ducks Rock!"