It's Early Morning and Dart is Training with Polly as they clash wooden swords. He parried every attack from Polly which made her frustrated but kept it inside her. Polly calms herself and readies herself for attack then run to Dart and slashes horizontally which Dart blocked then used tail to under sweep her but she saw this and she jumps over which was a mistake because Dart turns around strike her with the wooden sword but she block it in the last second then landed safely.

Dart smiled at Polly while she smirked at him. They both back away while pointing their weapons to each other then suddenly Polly run toward him with her sword over her head. as she reach him, she overhead swing down at him but she hesitates then redirects to his right side. he then blocks it quickly then uses his tail to sweep her which succeeds and she falls on her butt. She groans as she soothes her butt and Dart help her up.

"That smarts..."

"Impressive technique that you did but very risky" he told Polly, who took it in stride

"Heck Yeah! i got some thing that you don't. All hail Polly Planter!" she praised herself as jumps in place with a smug grin

"Although it's sloppy when it comes to a real battle." He lectured her which manage to calm her down

"Oh...well at least it's cool that all that matters to me" she said proudly

"Well, that's fine too" he said in exasperation "just as long you're ready for journey to Toad Tower."

Polly nods enthusiastically and they trained more.

After they trained more, the sun almost goes set and they went to there separate ways and said their goodbyes. Dart was just wondering about until he saw Maddie staring at the horizon and sitting on the railing of the fence.

"Hello Ms. Maddie" he greets her while approaching her

"Hey, Dart" she greets him, still staring at the horizon

"is something wrong?" he asked

"nah just resting after work. I'm still surprised that Mrs. Croaker it still alive even with the potions." she explains "So what up?"

"Just got done training with Polly and relaxing after" he answered

"Well, if you're not busy...we can hang out again if you want? it's been a week you know.." she shyly asked Dart

"that's a fine idea Ms. Maddie" he accepts with a smile his face

Maddie's face became ecstatic and she backflips from the fence but lands face first then quickly recovers and drags Dart away

"Woah, slow down Ms. Maddie" he plead "We'll get hurt"

But she didn't respond to his pleas and kept on running which Dart struggles to catch up. Few minutes later, they stop in a forest with a bubbling cauldron and ingredients. She let go of Dart's hand and Dart gather his bearings then looks around when he saw the forest his in. He then saw Maddie putting somethings on the cauldron with a creepy look on her face all the while cackling. He carefully approached Maddie who is focusing at the cauldron.

"Ummm Ms. Maddie..? are cooking something?"

"oooh yes..i am cooking" she said creepily

she then drops one liquid from the eye drop and the cauldron puff then Maddie grabs a plate and spoon and scoops up some on the plate then hands it to Dart with a cute smile on her face.

"Here, my home-made Snake Venom Curry"

"SNAKE VENOM!?" he exclaimed with fear in his voice

"it's fine, i mostly removed the venom" She said innocently

Dart nervously chuckled and grabs the plate and spoon then hesitantly scoop up a bit of the curry and looks at it with nervous expression. he glance at Maddie happily eating the curry which gave a bit of courage and ate the curry.

Dart's eyes widen from the flavor of the curry which was very tasty then a hint of a sting on his tongue and quickly disappeared. He hums in delight and continues eating the curry.

After that he puts down the plate and sighs in satisfaction with Maddie besides him with a happy expression.

"that was very good Ms. Maddie but what's next?" he asked which Maddie didn't expect anything other that just eat

"O-oh, i didn't expect to go this far" she said nervously and blushed in embarrassment "look at me, a thirty year old frog and not planning anything else."

"it's fine" he then stood up walked a few feet "you can't always plan your moves, sometimes the unexpected can be beautiful thing. You don't need a plan to have fun" he then walks back to Maddie and offers his hand to her

"so let's see what we can do" he said with a smile on his face which made Maddie blush

From her perspective the surrounding on Dart sparkle and the light behind illuminate his figure. this Maddie blushed furiously and just looked at him with fondness. she grabs his hand and stood up then Maddie whispered to herself but it was too inaudible to hear.

They left Maddie's sanctuary and go do some fun activities with each other. After an hour of fun activities, Dart felt tired and they went on their separate ways with them saying their goodbyes. Dart goes to his sleeping spot and surprised to see the camping bag is not there but instead a note.

He pickups the note and he reads it 'Sorry for the inconvenience but it's kinda sad being outside freezing and all so, i changed it to the Planters Farm house where Hop Pop lives, just say "i want avocados" and he'll let stay in P.s his kinda forgetful but you'll be fine -Ivy"

He raised to why the code word would be something to buy an avocado but he didn't pay too much attention and heads for the Planter's Farm House. He reached the Planter's Farm House and the lights are lit inside. he walks up to the door and knock on the door. A minute later and the door opened to Hop pop with robes on with a tired face.

"Yeah what do you want?" he asked with annoyed tone "you want time it is!"

"i want avocadoes" he said nervously

Hop Pop perked up and goes back inside for bit then opens to a stand slowly moving filled with avocados with signs and merchandise. Hop Pop slowly hobble in front of the stands and announces the stand.

"Welcome to Hop Pop's Avocados, we sell everything form pickled, plushies and books" he then pulls out a avocado-bound book.

"Ummm no thank you" he declined "but Ivy said that you have a free bed?"

"oh that , i forgot about that. Looks like my age is catching up to me" Hop Pop embarrassingly said while scratching behind his neck "Anyways who are you? i don't see you any of this parts?"

"oh, don't remember?" He said in concern "well my name is Dart and just a wondering around"

"Well Dart, welcome to the Planter House. Make yourself at home and here's the key for the basement" he greets him and handing him a gold key which Dart grabs then puts it one of his pocket as he nods

"Will do Sir Hop Pop"

"Well-mannered too, looks like we'll have some fun together" Hop pop said while winking at Dart

They both head inside the house and Hop Pop locked the door then went back to his bedroom, Dart head for the basement and unlocks the doors and heads on down the basement. The basement is filled with barrels of avocados and farming equipment. He spots a well kempt bed and some weird poster behind it.

He puts down the box then covers it with his cloak and he lays down and he falls asleep. The next morning, Dart is relaxing a field with his sword placed on the front of him while doing a Seiza and looking the sun rising up.

After it rises, he gets up and picks up his sword and puts it to his side as he leaves his spot. he walks over to Sprig and Ivy's home to see a large wagon in front of the home with Maddie and Polly talking with each other. He approaches the duo and they greet him

"Hey, Dart!" Polly greet him with enthusiasm "ready to kick butt!"

"Polly, we're not going to kick there butt. i would just inquire about Master's whereabouts and get some answers for the box"

"But if they did, i'll use Doris 2.0 to knock them out!" she retort while she holds up her wooden sword up high

"I'm sure you will" he said while patting her shoulder.

He then redirects him attention to Maddie who is cutely chuckling at Polly's comment "Are you going to be fine Miss Maddie?"

"i'll be fine. besides i have some dark arts to protect me" she answers with a creepy voice when she said 'dark arts' then she head inside the wagon

"oh that Miss Maddie can be creepy and become sweet in drop of a hat" he said with an innocent tone

"Yeah, she change." Polly comments which caught Darts attention "In the past, i've seen her creepy side but not this side in long time. by time i saw her again in the shop, she looked bored and ready to leave Wartwood for good."

She then walks a few feet and stops to say "Maybe she found something to hold on even more" then walks to inside the wagon.

This made Dart think of why Polly would say that but he kept in back of his mind. he was about to walk to the wagon until Sprig jumps on Dart face causing him to panic as he frantically runs around while muffled screaming. Dart stopped on his tracks and pry off Sprig which he succeeds and puts him down gently but with an angry look.

"STOP DOING THAT!" he shouted with an angry tone which Sprig just laugh it off

"Sorry it's funny to see you like that" Sprig apologized while still laughing in between

Sprig calms down and he stood up as Ivy leave the house with Leif on her arms.

"Alright, we all ready?" Ivy asked

"As ready that we all can ever be." Sprig said with enthusiasm as he hops on top of the wagon "and the Fwagon is sturdy to perfection thanks to Polly"

"Good, let's stop to the bakery and drop off Leif" Ivy said as she head inside the Fwagon

Sprig nods and beckons Dart to head inside as Sprig to go in front of the Fwagon. Dart didn't head inside yet as he peered at the horizon and he smiles while thought to himself.

"Master, I'll catch up" he then inside the Fwagon with enthusiasm

Sprig turns on the Fwagon and they went on there way after stopping to the bakery then back at the path of Toad Tower.