Meanwhile, With Iben...
Iben sat up as she finally finished scrubbing the floors. After she had finished dusting the room filled with fruit, she had gone off to wash the dishes in the pantry room, clean the sheets outside, sweep the courtyard and now scrub down the ballroom...but still no sign of the tree yet...The frozen bride then heard a sound that sounded like...something tapping ice? Leaving the ballroom floor, she could see an oddly shaped servant, tapping away at a big ice sculpture. His back was turned to her but she could see two black antlers, covered in blue, purple and pink markings. "Grim? Is that you?" She asked softly. The figure stops, slowly puts the tools he was using down, before turning her way "Iben?" He asked. Iben nodded as a smile made it's way to her face "Grim! It is you!" She cheered, hugging the frozen Negaboss "It's good to see you too Iben!" He said, his frosty arms wrapped around her waist, making Iben jump. "Sorry! I was just carving this ice sculpture...I'm not sure why, but I just felt like it...and that servant that looked like your old man kinda scares me." He admitted. "I know this seems strange even though this is MY own stage, but Balan had the hiccups and its causing a bunch of strange things are happening, and I need to find this-"
She was cut off by the two servant's voices from a hallway in the room. "...it's always good to see a person of nobility visit our our humble home. You grace us with your presence on this splendid day!" She heard them say. The two of them walked into the same room as Iben and Grim, however, a third person had joined them, a small girl in a frilly looking dress with a head of royal blue hair "EMMA?!" Iben cried in shock. The two servants glared at her "SHOW SOME RESPECT!" they yelled at her "Our apologies...she always has been a ruckus. The servant that looked like her husband said. Iben shaked, the words stabbed her as hard as knives. Emma ran up to the quivering woman "It's alright, Iben is actually a friend of mine." She said. "In fact...I'd like her and her friend to walk me out go the GARDEN." She said, with a emphasis on the garden. The two quickly nodded and led the three of them out. After a long, and confusing walk through the mansion, the Trio had finally found their way to a large topiary garden. "OK...If I were a tree with Wonder Fruit on it...where would I be?" Iben said. The loud sound of complaining met their ears.
Turning around a topiary of a knight on a unicorn, they found a beautiful ornate tree, with delicate China Lemons hanging from it...however, that wasn't the only thing hanging "Leo?! I thought you were helping Cass!" Emma shouted, dantily fanning herself. "I thought I was! But doggone'it, I done tried to rustle up one of them Wonder Fruits, but that darn pawn done stopped me from getting them, and now I'm just...here!" Leo explained. The Blue haired girl quickly came to the cowboy's s aid "Hey Iben, do you think you can grab the fruit while I get Leo down?" Emma asked, her fingers trying to pry through Leo's lasso. "Of course Lady Emma." Iben replied softly...until she realized what she just said. "EMMA! I meant Emma..." she said. Grim made her some ice steps to get higher...only for a small ball shaped hand to slap her own hand away"NO!! THESE ARE TOO PRECIOUS FOR YOU TO MESS UP!!" Fortie screeched, standing on the tree like a angry cat "Fortie. I want my stage to return to normal. So please, just let me grab the fruit." Iben said, reaching for the fruit again, but Fortie persisted.
"NO! I WILL GET THOSE GOLDEN PEACHES BACK!!" He yelled. The cowboy rolled his eyes "Ignore him. He's the doggone reason that we don't have the fruit yet." Leo snarked. Fortie was about to shoot something snarky back at the blonde haired boy, when the tree vanished from sight again, and this time with Emma! Iben stumbled and slipped on the ice stairs in shock. Luckily, Grim caught her before she fell. The Negaboss turned to her "Well...so much for that. Now what do we do?" He asked "I guess we should maybe meet up with the others back on the Isle...after I trim these hedges" She said, grabbing a pair of Hedge shears