"And then came the curse," said the Onceler, finishing up his tale with a glance at Mavis. She chuckled nervously. "And as someone who's hurt others before, it's going to be a while before you can regain their trust," he added softly. "But you are on the right path."

Mavis smiled. "Thank you." MK glanced at Mavis's hands, they were curled up into fists.

"At least, you've started on the right path. It's up to you to keep working at this and to keep bettering yourself," said Onceler.

"And let me be the first to say, you've done good kid," came a voice. Everyone glanced around the room, looking for the owner.

Onceler gasped. "That's the Lorax!"

"I'm glad someone recognises my voice," said the Lorax with a chuckle. Onceler let out a joyous cry and ran towards the hat that was sitting in MK's lap.

"Wait, you're communicating with us through the hat! But how is that possible?" asked Hiccup.

"Oh, simple, really," came the voice from the hat. There was a soft glow coming from inside the hat as the Lorax spoke. "As long as MK is holding it, you can communicate with me. And, if she spins the hat around, she can open a portal to our world."

Jack jumped up. "Really?"

"Wait, how do you know my name?" asked MK.

"If Manny can get all his information while living on the moon, I can do the same while living on the sun," retorted the Lorax.

"One of the fairies probably told him," said Hiccup.

The Lorax humphed. "They didn't have to."

"So, how does this hat work?" asked Jack.

"Well, simple, we are obviously communicating through it. Once the hat has left MK's hands, we lose the connection," said the Lorax.

"Oh, like a telephone!" exclaimed Jamie.

"Yeah, kinda like a telephone," said Merida.

"And MK can create portals with the hat, she just has to spin it?" asked Jack.

"But she has to be the one to hold it. As soon as she steps through, well, no one else is getting through after her."

"We can go home!" cheered Hiccup.

"And what? Leave the villains there?" asked the Lorax.

They glanced at each other. "Um," began Hiccup.

"You can't leave them there any more than you can stay there for long yourselves," snapped the Lorax. "You've got to get everyone through!"

"But we don't even know where everyone is!" exclaimed Hiccup. "We just found out there are villains here we didn't even know came through!"

"Wait, what? Really?"

"Yes!"

"I didn't even know they were here either," said Mavis. "And I had all the information on each person here."

"Hmm . . . sounds like magic at work."

"No duh," said Sandy. "We're thinking that Gothel's behind it."

"Hmm, wouldn't be surprised. Zhan Tiri has been quiet over here though."

Rapunzel sighed. "That's good."

"But Pitch hasn't over here," muttered Jack.

"Oh, wow, I'll let Manny know that."

"Thanks," said Jack.

"But then again, he could already know. He's the only one of the two of us who can travel to other dimensions."

Jack blinked. "Wait, what? He can?"

"Just like Joey?" said Hiccup.

"Who's Joey?" asked JJ.

"Joey Harker," replied Hiccup, "he has the ability to cross dimensions without needing magic to do it."

JJ blinked. "Wait, really?"

"Yes, yes, that's besides the point," said Jack with a wave of his hand. "The thing is that Manny might be here and he didn't say anything!"

"Like that's new," muttered Sandy.

Jack groaned. "You are so right."

"Anyways," said the Lorax impatiently, "the point is we can communicate with you. The curse has been lifted, but you haven't come back yet. Why is that?"

"Uh, I don't know," Mavis said with a shrug.

The Lorax sighed. "You mean you cast a spell without looking at the whole thing and the implications of casting such a spell?"

Mavis winced. "Pretty, pretty much."

The Lorax sighed. "Well, either you come through the hat and look for the spell you used, or I could send one of my Guardians."

"That, that might be best," said Mavis. "It's a scroll, and I left it in the Wizard's tower. You know, the one with the scales of good and evil?"

"Yes, I know just the one," said the Lorax. "I'll send someone there right away." The Lorax sighed. "We have got to move that to a better place."

"No kidding," mumbled Marvis.

"Don't rub it in," muttered the Lorax. "Anyways, now that we can communicate, we also have to talk about that prophecy." The Lorax grunted. "I hate prophecies."

"Tell that to Manny," said Jack.

"I have, obviously he didn't listen," replied the Lorax.

"When has he ever listened?" asked Sandy. The Sandman huffed as a stop sign appeared over his head.

"The Sandman's right, we need to stop complaining and figure this out," said Onceler. "But what is it exactly you wanted to talk to us about the prophecy?"

"Seven villains, seven heroes," said the Lorax.

"Uh, yeah, we know," said Jack. "We've figured out that Pitch and Zhan Tiri are two of the villains while MK and JJ are two of the heroes."

"But didn't we also figure on HEX and Binary on being two others along with Joey and Moana's kid being one of the heroes?"

"Uh, yeah," said Jack.

"So we know four villains and three heroes. Those weren't the ones I wanted to talk about."

"OK, then who?"

"I'm thinking Chornomor and Laverna." There was a pause.

"Ok, I know Laverna, but who's Chornomor?" asked Hiccup.

Jack's eyes had widened. "But didn't, didn't Ruslan defeat him?"

"A guy can grow his beard back," remarked the Lorax.

"Who is Chornomor?" asked Hiccup.

"A wizard who gets his power from turning women into stone once they've found their true love," said Jack with a growl. "Ruslan defeated him a few years ago, though, by cutting off his beard, which held his connection to magic."

"And like I said, you can grow your beard back, which is what he's being doing," replied the Lorax. "And Laverna's definitely getting her strength back too."

"Is there no way to defeat them for good?" asked MK.

"That's what you seven young heroes are supposed to do, according to this prophecy," muttered the Lorax. "Hmm . . ."

"What?" they chorused.

"Maybe the curse was a good thing after all. It's prevented the seven villains from gathering together."

"But it's also going to prevent the seven heroes as well," said Jack, "unless Joey can get here soon."

"I'll send him your way once he shows up here," said the Lorax.

"But we also need to figure out who the other four heroes are going to be," said Merida.

"That's more important right now than figuring out who the rest of the villains are," said Hiccup. He glanced at Jack. "Which I thought you already knew who all seven were going to be."

Jack shrugged. "So did I, but even I can be wrong, obviously."

"We can't afford to be wrong when it comes to the seven heroes," said the Lorax. "If we don't have all seven working together, we're doomed for sure."

"Well thanks for the confidence boost," mumbled Hiccup. "Got any other hopeful words of wisdom?"

"Yeah, don't get killed."

"Oh, double thanks." Hiccup rolled his eyes.

"Was there anything else?" asked Merida. "Or were you just wanting to tell us that you think Chernomor and Laverna are two of the villains?"

"Well, that, and you need to get them ready," replied the Lorax.

"We are, but we're in the middle of a mystery," said Rapunzel. "Someone tried to shoot at Jack with nightmare sand!"

"What?" exclaimed the Lorax. The group quickly explained everything that had been happening.

MK ended the narration with, "And we came here to look for clues right before I found the hat and we listened to Onceler's story."

"Ah, gotcha. Well, since you have found a list of the bad guys, finding out who did it shouldn't be too hard."

"It's not so much a matter of who's doing it than how it's being done," said Jack. "Even though it would be a good idea to find out who did it, too."

"And we don't know if there are others who came through that we don't know about," said Mavis, "ones that I don't even know about."

"Yes, so you had better find them, and fast. Send them through the portal first and we'll tend to them." There was a pause before the Lorax continued. "Though my main concern is about Pitch Black being able to move between the dimensions as easily as Joey can."

"We'll take care of him later," said Jack. "The force field around the town is keeping him out right now. We just found out there are at least other four villains here in the town, and we have no idea where they are."

"But we do have an idea of where to start looking," said Hiccup. "And MK can pick up more clues as we keep looking."

"Well, good luck to all of you. Contact me once you've found out more, and I'll let you know what we find out on our end."

"Thanks Lorax!" said Rapunzel. "It's always a pleasure to talk to you!"

"Yeah, yeah, let's just hurry up and get you guys back here soon, alright? And like I said, don't die! Just, be careful, alright?"

"We will!" they chorused.

"And good luck to you!" said Rpaunzel.

The Lorax chuckled. "Thanks Rapunzel. Bye!" The 'call' ended.