"I know. Ray... Ray's gone. Apparently though he certainly wanted to go for the betterment of this place.", Louis glanced around. "It's... it's gonna be a bit hard to explain to Eve where Uncle Ray has gone...". He then perked up a bit, "Speaking of which... I think someone wants to see her parents again...".
Naveen and Tiana gasped, tears coming to their eyes as they realized that they are finally free and human again, to see their daughter, and Matthew blinked, getting up on his donkey legs again after he recovered from his tumble, and tugged his mother's dress, "Mama s-sad?".
Tiana shook her head, "Oh, no, darling, those are happy tears. You got a sister waiting at home... Eve is not like you, but she has a whole lot of love, so she will adore you.".
Matthew smiled, "M-Ma-Matt happy!", his little tail wiggling excitedly, and the team laughed heartily, and Emma smiled, "Well, we better ask some of the other donkeys if they want to be human again, and after the rest of the vials are used, we then can head down to the docks, to the ship where Adam and the others are. With the dark shield destroyed, Adam can use his mirror, and I can use one of my portals to take you home.".
"Thank you.", Tiana nodded to Emma. "And after that, we'll probably be in the Pride Lands and marching on Frollo's last positions.", Logan said. "We might even have every allied army with us for the final push.".
"And then the war will be over... finally, after so long.", Jasmine said as she leaned against him.
Louis smiled around, and glanced up at the stars, and blinked in confusion, "Er, guys, is it just me or is the Evening Star shining more brightly with colors?". The team looked up, and saw the Evening Star glowing in colors, and then suddenly, a stream of gold came down from the Evening Star, heading down to their position.
As the stream of gold came down, getting closer and closer, the team gasped in shock, seeing fairies, literally hundreds of them flying as they flew through the air, through the waterfalls of pixie dust, hearing a loud cheer all at once.
Emma then gasped, recognizing Queen Clarion, and Tinkerbell, as they came up to her, smiling and gesturing to the vials, with a sign to tell her to open them.
"Is that...?", Jason pointed. "Well, the dark magic has been purged and the fairies returned, so...", Haku admitted as he looked back at Emma. "Well come on, open them up.".
Emma opened the human vials, and Queen Clarion called out in her tiny voice that humans can't understand, and many fairies came over, and Emma recognized one of them as Silvermist. With their hands, they took the liquid, forming them into droplets, and carried them to the pixie dust pools, infusing the droplets, and the fairies then flew up into the clouds.
Not even a minute later, the clouds poured out, full of golden rain, landing everywhere throughout the island, and every prisoner; donkey and sea creature drank the rain droplets, and pink-golden puffs of dust appeared, and vanished, leaving hundreds of humans in dresses and trousers of cotton.
"Woah... that was quick.", Logan gave a small chuckle. "Real time saver and all.", Jason added. Some of the group wondered if the Coachman could've predicted this... that Slim's obvious attempts for a pyrrhic victory or at least make the Talon's victory go down like poison would completely be all for naught thanks to Ray's sacrifice.
The team can hear every human's cry of happiness and joy as adults and children of every age hugged and cheered with each other, and their hearts swelled upon seeing hope return to every face below them.
Naveen gasped, "Guys, look!", pointing out to something that's coming to them, and everyone's eyes widened as John's ship, the Crescent Moon is flying on pixie dust, with Amelia driving it, Delbert at her side, with Adam, Ariel, Eric, Zuri, and is that Athena by Triton?! With a boy cradling the tank of Flounder.
As the ship got closer to the tree, Zuri called out, "You're not gonna believe this, Emma! The sleeping quarters got enlarged to like 50-floor hotel rooms when the fairies came!".
"Honestly... after everything we've seen here... I'm willing to believe anything.", Emma chuckled as much of the group headed back onto the Crescent Moon for a time; to give all those who were turned back to their old selves some time to their own. Meanwhile, the group that wasn't on the ship certainly had a few questions considering that another person was seemingly back from the dead.
Athena smiled warmly at Ariel's new friends, "I can see the shock on your faces. Perhaps 19 years ago, in one of the family's favorite spots on the surface, there was an attack by pirates, and the one leading them was Captain Hook. They captured me right on the spot when I was thought to be killed for my tail or worse..They took me here to be a performer by force, and I long gave up hope, but I kept going for my son, Theodore here. I was shocked when I discovered that I was pregnant with him.".
Theodore smiled shyly, placing Flounder's tank on a barrel, "Hello. Call me Theo.", surprised and a bit overwhelmed to see so many people on deck.
"At least I know why I couldn't find Mother...", Ariel said. "She was still alive but being shielded by the dark magic of Pleasure Island.".
"Said dark magic that is now gone thankfully.", Jason said as he rubbed Mulan's shoulders. "Thank goodness for sure.", she smiled.
Emma smiled, "And it's the home of the fairies now and forever, Pixie Hollow Island.". Zuri grinned, "Fitting. Good magic instead of dark magic.".
Eric chuckled, "And to think we did it under a matter of hours. It was a hard battle, but we won.". Everybody agreed, nodding.
John sighed, "That's a lot of people to take home...", and Amelia pointed out, "I and Delbert can take them home...We have a flying ship.".
Emma frowned, "But we don't know how long the pixie dust can last. I can do my portals to transport the ship through just like back on the sea to the bayou.".
"Well, I think first things first is we need to figure out whom everyone is and where they need to go.", Logan pointed out.
"Certainly a few are my troops... I... I sadly lost so many to this place... Facilier took my entire force practically.", Mulan had a disheartened look on her face as even though the evil had been destroyed relating to Facilier and Pleasure Island; her guilt for what happened to her men certainly burned inside her.
Jason rubbed her arm, kissing her on the temple, "Mulan, listen to me good and well. Have your men fought well here before passing away?".
Mulan nodded, "Yes...", and Jason replied, "They fought for freedom, hope, and for their homes, and they knew that even if they were donkeys, fed to the Kraken or worse...They died knowing that their families will see peace, their friends free to be themselves again, their homes to be in safe hands. They never blamed you, for it wasn't your fault or anyone's fault. It's war, and war can change the tide anywhere.".
"I know...", Mulan sighed. "I just feel guilty that I ended up bringing some of them along into this nightmare... I'd rather it had just been myself.".
"What's done is done... now, it's all over, and that should bring all at peace now that the horrors of this place are gone.", Jason assured her.
Mulan took a deep breath, nodding, and knew she will have the guilt for some time to come, but she feels a bit better now, knowing that the war is coming to a close.
Naveen replied, "Let's start with the islands. The island of Lania, that's our island...", and everybody nodded, smiling, and with organization, the 500 humans, former donkeys or sea creatures filtered into the incredible space dimension of a 50-floor hotel in the barge of the ship, and somehow, the ship didn't sag under the weight at all, probably thanks to the pixie dust on the ship itself.
Looking over the maps, and with Adam's mirror on the side, Amelia nodded, "Alright, Lania, it is, and of course, on the island is the regions of Sema, Salmon Run, and of course, Mau, our Naveen and Tiana's region.".
Tiana clapped her hands with a smile, "In Mau, Orleans is our home, and it used to be Naveen's kingdom before he got disowned for falling in love with me...", and Matthew called out, "H-ho-home!".
Emma nodded, "There are other people from there. I have a list with me. Let's not keep you guys waiting!", with a grin before nodding to Adam, "You know what to do.".
Adam used his mirror and only a few moments later after seeing the image, Emma brought forward a portal and the whole ship soon was sailing right through it and pulling right up next to the shoreline of Lania.
"Home! Home!", Matthew shouted. "Yes, that's right... that's home.", Naveen said as he rubbed his son's head.
The kingdom of Orleans, in the region of Mau, is having their lights on, and upon hearing the alarm bell from the watchtowers, the city woke up, coming out of their homes, seeing the flying ship with amazement and shock.
The ship hovered near a hill, putting down the ramp as people from the city ran to the hill, watching and waiting to see what happens. Emma headed down to the dimensional hotel, calling out for Orleans like a trainmaster.
Emma quickly called out to Orleans at the same time, to alert them that they meant no harm but rather the opposite of returning those that had been stolen from it.
And of course, one little young girl was awakened, unaware of the tearful reunion she was about to experience.
"Eve, Eve, darling, wake up!", Charlotte shook her shoulder, and Eve sleepily rubbed her eyes, "Auntie Lottie? It not morning.".
Charlotte smiled brightly, "It's your momma and daddy, they're coming here! They're on a flying ship!".
Eve blinked, "Momma and Daddy?!", and Charlotte nodded, picking her up in her arms, "That's right, honey!", smiling excitedly as she sprinted down the stairs, heading out of her mansion, with Big Daddy holding two horses.
With help of Big Daddy, Charlotte got up on her horse, holding Eve to her chest, as Big Daddy got up on his horse, and headed out on the road, and Eve gasped, seeing the flying, hovering ship in the distance, glowing brightly like a star in the night, seeing so many distinct people holding lanterns and torches, seeing people coming out on the ramp down.
"Are you so certain about this, Lottie?", Big Daddy asked as she nodded. "I know it's true... Ray and Louis pulled it off... somehow...", Charlotte said as he nodded.
"I can't help but agree with you there... but they certainly got a story to tell for sure.", Big Daddy replied with a warm chuckle.
"Momma! Daddy!", Eve called out as they got closer and closer to the ship. "Don't worry, we're almost there, Eve.", Charlotte tried to assure her, but she still was so eager and excited.
As far as Orleans knew, 75 people; adults and children went missing, taken, captured, and now they are being returned to their families, their friends.
Eve heard so many calls of different names and saw reunions of kids older than her, reuniting with their parents, adults reuniting with their spouses and friends, and many discovering that many of their children are all grown up, gaining grandchildren in the process of the time they were missing.
30 years on and off, Orleans was the victim of Pleasure Island much like other kingdoms on the other islands and regions.
As the last of the 75 people left the ramp, reuniting with either parents or spouses, Louis exited the ship, followed by Tiana, Naveen, and little Matt, clenching their hands together, looking around.
Charlotte's grin grew wide as she leaned down to Eve and pointed them out to her. "You see those two... with Uncle Louis?", she asked.
"MOMMA! DADDY!", Eve shouted as she ran right past Charolette and tried to move as fast as her little legs could carry her to her parents.
Tiana looked up at the voice, and she saw a little girl, having beautiful chocolate skin, wavy long brown hair in ponytails, and bright brown eyes, dressed in an adorable green sleeping dress. It has been nearly three years since she and Naveen saw her, for she was barely four months old at the time when Facilier threatened to kill her. But a mother nor father never forgets.
Tiana let go of Matthew's hand, sobbing as she half sprinted, half dropping to her knees, "EVE!", reaching out as Eve shouted, "Momma!", crashing into her arms, hugging her.
"Oh, my baby...", Tiana started to sob as she held the girl tight in her arms. "I'm sorry... Momma is so sorry for leaving you behind...".
"Momma and Daddy protect Eve... Eve knows...", Eve sobbed with joy as she hung onto her.
Tiana kissed her daughter, caressing her hair, murmuring, "I love you, I love you, baby.", and Eve nuzzled into her neck, "Eve love you too, Momma!".
Holding her so tightly, Tiana sobbed, "Eve, my baby!", tears falling with a smile breaking the tears away, and footsteps got closer, and Tiana looked up to see Naveen smiling at them, with Matthew staring at them, especially Eve.
"Baby, Daddy is here too.", Tiana murmured, and Eve blinked, smiling, "Daddy!", reaching out to him, and Naveen kneeled down, reaching to grab her into his arms, sighing happily, "Hello, my little princess.", tears falling down his cheeks.
Eve babbled, cried, and hugged Naveen so tightly, "Eve loves you, Daddy!", and Naveen laughed tearfully, "I love you too, Eve.", before feeling his sleeve tugged at, and glanced at Matthew who blinked excitedly yet anxiously with a nervous tick of scuffling his hooves.
"Eve, my little princess, we have a new addition to the family, a new sibling for you to play with.", Naveen spoke softly, adjusting Eve in his arms, and Eve blinked, looking at Matthew as Naveen introduced him, "This is Matthew James, your new brother. Matthew, this is Eve Kanisha, your sister. And yes, Matt is a donkey centaur, but he's just like you.".
"Matty!", Eve quickly ran up to him and hugged him. Matt quickly wrapped his arms around her too as she started to pet his back. "Matty a horsey!", Eve shrieked excitedly. "Donkey, Eve... Matty is part donkey.", Naveen chuckled.
Tiana laughed softly, her heart swelling in happiness, seeing her two children already getting along so quickly as she then heard her old best friend's voice, "Tia! Tiana!", and Tiana looked up to see Charlotte and Big Daddy approaching.
Tiana got up, and hugged Charlotte with a wide smile, "Lottie! Oh, thank you for taking care of my baby girl!", and Charlotte laughed, "Eve is such a sweetheart. She is wonderful, no wonder, thanks to ya and Naveen!".
Tiana chuckled, and smiled at Big Daddy, "I would never thank you enough for watching over Eve, Big Daddy.", and Big Daddy laughed, "As Eudora would put it, it was no fuss.".
Tiana looked concerned, "Where's Mama?", and Charlotte answered her, "She went off to do one of her rants at Naveen's folks today about taking Naveen back as a son again.", with a shrug, before cooing, "Look at them, they're so adorable and cute, playing together! He's such a cutie! It's clear enough that he's your and Naveen's son, with that black hair and those dimples.".
Tiana looked back to see Eve playing tag with Matt, with Naveen watching over them, and Tiana smiled, "You'd be right, Lottie...Matthew's a miracle, really. He's healthy, and he's stubborn despite one of his eyes blind, and of course, his obvious donkey half. I love him as much as I love Eve.".
Charlotte nodded, "I can see that. Matthew, eh? That's perfect for him. Your daddy would be so glad to know that he got a grandson next to Eve.". Tiana nodded, "I know he already is...", with a tender smile.
Horns suddenly sounded out, and the people gasped, looking back, "It's the royal family!", bowing and moving back to allow the King, Queen, and Crown Prince as they walked through the crowd, and Tiana can see her mother behind them.
Naveen stood up, his arms back, protecting Matt and Eve, looking at his parents stoically, as King Rilkan, Queen Dhiyana, and Crown Prince Rahma aka Ralphie stepped forward.
Naveen took a deep breath as Charlotte leaned over to Tiana. "This might not be good.", she whispered. "Haven't seen their son in years and they'll still be upset with him and everything?", Tiana whispered back.
"Pride comes before humility.", Charlotte said with a barely audible snort. "Mother, Father, Ralphie...", Naveen bowed before his parents.
King Rilkan looked at him, "I see that you have returned successfully, with the rest of the missing people who has been taken. It was foolish of you to go to Pleasure Island on threat of your daughter, yet you endured it, along with your peasant wife. Why did you not stay and be with your daughter when your peasant wife would have gone herself?".