The boat soon came across the Outer Rim Sea, where there was a very rocky-looking island.
"Rise and shine, buttercups." said Quinlan. "We're here."
"You're sure this guy's gonna have your hook?" asked Ahsoka.
"Hondo? Oh, he'll have it. He's a scavenger type of pirate. Collects stuff. Thinks it makes him look cool and tough. And for Onaka, trust me, my hook is the coolest collectible."
"So, we go in and get it." Myra said.
"Oh, no. Not 'we.' Me." Quinlan said.
"Is he for real?" said Fantasia.
While the kids, albeit reluctantly watched Quinlan climb, they then looked at each other, thinking the same thing.
Quinlan eventually spotted Ahsoka following him, climbing up the mountain that would lead to the cove where Hondo lived.
"Hmm... So princess. I thought you and your little friends stayed in the village, kissing babies and all that stuff."
Ahsoka looked unamused at Quinlan.
"Hey, I'm just trying to understand why your people decided to send... How do I phrase this? You and a couple of little kids."
"First of all, Myra's only two years younger than me, and Zatt is very smart for his age." Ahsoka said. "Second, my people didn't send us. The ocean did. Well, it sent me. My friends tagged along."
"The ocean? Makes sense. You're what, eight? Can't sail. Obvious choice."
"I'm sixteen, and it chose me for a reason."
"If the ocean's so smart, why didn't it just take the heart back to Lei Reigna itself? Or give it directly to her daughters so they could take it back? Or bring me my hook? The ocean's straight up kooky-dooks."
Ahsoka looked at him again, annoyed.
"But I'm sure it's not wrong about you." said Quinlan. "You're the Chosen One."
Ahsoka soon made it to the entrance. Quinlan shouted some chant and opened the door. He jumped in first, Ahsoka following.
Inside, there was an entire trove filled with all kinds of stuff. Gold, jewels, artifacts. Ahsoka even found some olde tapestries made out of very soft fabrics she'd never seen before.
"See what I mean?" Quinlan whispered.
"Where's Hondo and his gang?" Ahsoka whispered.
To answer Ahsoka's question, the pirates were partying in another part of the cove, drinking and going crazy as they flaunted what shiny stuff they put on.
"They party like this all the time." Quinlan said. "Not much time before they come back for more."
"Let's find your hook, then." said Ahsoka.
"It'll be easier with a little more help." Fiesta said, flying in.
So, the demigod, the alicorn, and the Togruta, searched among the caves until they found a cave filled with more treasure than any other. And on top of a mountain of gold, they found...
"Quinlan's fish hook!" Ahsoka said.
"You two. Stay." Quinlan told the girls.
"What?" said Ahsoka. "No. I'm the one who found-"
"Listen. I've only been thinking of keeping this hair silky, getting my hook, and being awesome again. And it is not being screwed up by a mortal or a horse who have no business inside of a pirate cave, except..."
Quinlan spotted some shiny shells.
"Except as bait."
"Huh?" said both girls.
Quinlan covered the princess and her pony in shiny, sparkly shells and had them make noise by banging a drum.
"Wow, a shiny sparkly cave." said Ahsoka, badly acting. "And like me and my beautiful magical alicorn, it is covered in sparkly treasure."
"When he shows up," said Quinlan from behind a rock. "Keep him distracted. Make him talk about himself. He loves bragging about how great he is."
"You two must get along greatly." said Ahsoka.
"Not since I stole his girlfriend years ago."
"You stole his-?" Ahsoka was shocked, only to find the demigod disappeared.
"I'm going to guess it didn't work out. That guy has got issues." Fiesta said.
"You think?"
That was when a new voice entered the room.
"Well, well, well." said the voice.
And Ahsoka felt herself being spun and held in someone's arms.
"What have we here?" said a Weequay in a red vest all decorated with gold medallions and jewels. "A shiny sparkly lady! And a horsie!"
Hondo eyed the necklace Ahsoka wore.
"What is this?"
Ahsoka slapped Hondo's hand away.
"Don't touch that! It's my grandfather's!"
"'It's my grandfather's'" Hondo mocked. "My grandpa took everything to his grave. Why are you here?"
"'Cause you're amazing!" Ahsoka said, trying to give Quinlan time. "And we mortals have heard of the tale of the great pirate captain who became a legend. And... my horse and I rode here because I just had to know how you became so... so...fabulous."
"Are you just trying to make me talk about myself?" asked Hondo.
Ahsoka and Fiesta both felt nervous.
"Because if you are..." Hondo suddenly smiled. "I will gladly do so. In song form!"
Some more pirates held Fiesta, and some played a little music. To Ahsoka's surprise, the pirates then actually started a spontaneous musical number.
Hondo:
Hondo Onaka hasn't always been this glam
I was a drab little man once
Now I know I can be happy as a clam
Because I'm beautiful, baby
Hondo seemed to flirt with Ahsoka as he flaunted
Did your grandpa say listen to your heart
Be who you are on the inside
I need three words to tear her argument apart
Your grandpa lied
I'd rather be
Shiny
Like a treasure from a sunken pirate wreck
Scrub the deck and make it look
Shiny
I will sparkle like a wealthy woman's neck
Just a sec
Hondo spotted some fish coming and had his men get the nets ready, the school of fish attracted to all the shiny things.
Don't you know
Fish are dumb, dumb, dumb
They chase anything that glitters (beginners)
A ton of fish were caught in the nets.
Oh, and here they come, come, come
To the brightest thing that glitters
Mmm, fish dinners
I just love free food
And you look like seafood (seafood)
Hondo got a little too close to Ahsoka... until Quinlan shouted.
"Hey! Shiny!" Quinlan exclaimed as he tried to pull his hook from the rest of the treaure. "This lady was mine first."
Quinlan got out his hook, and prepared to change into a giant hawk. But... he turned into a macaw instead. He tried again, but he turned instead into a dolphin, a turtle, a pegasus, a monkey, and a kitten. Then back to a human.
Quinlan was more than just embarrassed. He was shocked and dismayed. Ahsoka and Fiesta couldn't believe this either.
Hondo:
Well, well, well
Little Quinlan's having trouble with his look
You little semi-demi-mini-god
Ouch What a terrible performance
Get the hook (get it?)
You don't swing it like you used to, man
Yet I have to give you credit for my start
And your tattoos on the outside
For just like you I made myself a work of art
I'll never hide, I can't, I'm too
Ahsoka and Fiesta tried to escape with Quinlan, but the pirates just grabbed them and started to tie the girls up.
Shiny
Watch me dazzle like a diamond in the rough
Strut my stuff, my stuff is so
Shiny
Send your armies but they'll never be enough
My shell's too tough
Quinlan man, you could try, try, try
But you can't expect a demi-god
To beat a decapod (give it up)
You will die, die, die
Now it's time for me to take apart
Your aching heart
Far from the ones who abandoned you
Chasing the love of these humans
Who made you feel wanted
You tried to be tough
But your armour's just not hard enough
Quinlan, on the other hand, was thrown around and the pirates started to beat him
Quinny
Now it's time to kick your
Hiney
Ever seen someone so
Shiny
Soak it in 'cause it's the last you'll ever see
C'est la vie mon ami
I'm so
Shiny
Now I'll eat you, so prepare your final plea
Just for me
You'll never be quite as
Shiny
You wish you were nice and
Shiny
Fiesta started chewing through the ropes and managed to get Ahsoka freed, when suddenly the pirates were getting pulled out or knocked unconscious.
As Hondo got ready to finish Quinlan, Ahsoka called out,
"Hey, Hondo!" She held up the heart. "I got something shiny for ya!"
"The heart of Lei Reigna." Hondo gasped. "You can't run from me!"
But Ahsoka did, and the rest of their friends came in, swooping at the pirates or punching them.
"That's for messing with my friend." Myra said.
"How about something really shiny, pirates?" said Fantasia.
And she made bright sunlight to temporarily blind the pirates, giving the young sailors time to get out of the cave and block the way out with a bunch of rocks. And they got the hook too.
Ahsoka gasped when she got up.
"We're alive! We're alive!" Ahsoka cheered.
"We actually are alive." Zatt cheered.
"I can't believe we Shark!" Myra screamed when she saw a shark.
But, it wasn't a real shark. It was just the front half of a shark with Quinlan's legs.
Myra looked at Quinlan's feet, then his shark face and glared.
"Not funny, dude!"
"Not a joke, kid." Quinlan said. "Before you punch me, I need you and your friends to know I appreciate what you did down there. For a bunch of kids who had no business being down there in the first place, you did me a solid. But you also almost died. And I couldn't even beat those stupid pirates. So, my chances of beating Lavadera?"
Quinlan sat down and sighed.
"Bupkis. We're never making it to Lei Reigna. This mission is cursed."
"It is not cursed." said Dream Heart, getting the hook into Quinlan's... fins.
He shapeshifted into a bunch of random creatures again, eventually returning to his original form. Top half anyway. Now his bottom half was replaced by the back end of a shark, making the younger kids laugh again.
"Quinlan's a mermaid!" Zatt laughed.
Fantasia looked at a tapestry she managed to snatch from the pirates. It held a map of all the great islands, and Fantasia crossed off all the known dead or dying islands.
"There's one island I know Forsythia would always travel to." Fantasia said. "Naboo Island."
"Then that's where we're headed." said Ahsoka with determination.