It was a lovely day Kolton Dukes Park; our heroes were having a picnic dinner when Kehlani hopped off to find some worms. As Kehlani grabbed a worm and ate it, she spotted an AD on one of the phone poles.

It Had To Be You

A tribute to Aurelia Farina

Presented by Cristian Brand

After a few minutes of reading the poster, she spotted Sarai handing out fliers. She hoped up and down, until she tapped on Sarai's foot, "Hey there, Kehlani" she greeted as she held the little bird, "Did you wander off from Faith? Let's get you back to her."

Back at the picnic, The Backstreet Boys and The Griff Gals were passing the time with a little cloud watching when Sarai came up to them, "Having a picnic dinner before meeting the relatives of the remaining contestants?" asked Sarai.

"We are" Howie D answered, "What are you doing out here Sarai?"

"Big G requested me to come to the Aurelia Farina Tribute Special" explained Sarai.

"Aurelia Farina?" Ginger recalled as she turned to Vincenzo, "Isn't that your late nonna?"

"Grandpa has been thinking about this since" Vincenzo groaned, "The Harry Connick Jr song of the same name was their wedding dance. They got married two years after they met in 1962. He's wanted to do this since her funeral. You would not believe how hard he took on Nonna's death. He had to have a thing for nasally voices."

"The Jive King of the early 60s" recalled Sarai, "My parents watch Jakob Di Stefano all the time when they were young. For me, I'm more into Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and mostly you guys."

"Speaking of 60s music" Nadine said, "Are you going to help out at a music video today at the studio?"

"You know it" answered Sarai, "Now clean up before Zanell starts to worry. She promised me a flute lesson."

Meanwhile on Lake Zadagio, it was closed to due the king's private boat ride. Dr. Zora, Zaria, and Zenza were all sailors on the Z. Z Zdagissimo, "Okay now Emperor of Destroy" shouted Zenza "What are your plans that will make you overjoy."

"What about my favorite band, "ZZ Up" requested Zator, "I would love to hear them perform again."

"With pleasure" answered Dr. Zora as she started playing their smash hit, "Za Zrange".

Rumour has it in that Zexas City

'bout that shack outside Za Zrange

and you know what I meant.

Just let me know if you wanna join

to that castle out on the range.

They gotta lotta mean Zallegirls.

Have no mercy.

A haw, haw, haw, haw, a haw.

A haw, haw, haw.

"You know" replied Zator evilly, "I've got another request, and they can perform down on Earth. Their music will be so loud, they'll destroy the Earth."

Back on Earth, four beautiful girls in sunny witch apparel were being kicked out, "And if I catch you girls frilling up my studio with your flowers and sunshine" shouted Big G, "I'll sue!"

As he shut the door, the four witch-girls were annoyed, "I do declare" Sunny admitted, "That man is mean as a wilted lily."

"He was really mean, Sis" Dafodil sobbed, "Big G was mean."

"And not to mention old school," Rosie replied, "Maybe he needs some yellow rose tea."

"Or maybe some yellow daisy tea" suggested Daisy as she did a cartwheel."

Sarai, The Griff Gals, and The Backstreet Boys were driving in from their motorcycles when they spotted the four beautiful witches on the ground. After they helped them up, they introduced themselves as, "The Spell Belles" and explained what happened, "Forgive Big G" said Faith, "He's always cranky towards everyone. I can't believe he kicked you guys out for unwanted decorating."

"But we can take you guys somewhere safe so he wouldn't get upset" Selah said, "We have a storage room where we magical folks hide until it's all clear."

"Selah" recalled Daisy, "Never thought we see you again.

Our heroes were a little confused. With waves of The Spell Belles wands, the teleported to the storage room.

At the storage room, Zanell was tuning up when she spotted them coming from the flower-scented portal, "I see you met The Spell Belles" guessed Zanell, "Cristian told me that their going to be the backup-band for Thea Kadence's music video. That is, until they remodeled the place with sunflowers, daffodils, roses, and yellow daisies."

"Thea Kadence," asked Faith, "The "Thea Kadence" you were the RNB star of the early 60s. I listen to her music all the time. She brought sass during The Tomboy Movement."

"That's her," replied Sunny as she fixed up some tea, "Unfortunately, Big G doesn't want anything ruined for his tribute to his late life."

"We remember her as guest judge/musical act for LADUWS' Hometown Week" recalled B-Rok, "Beyonce had to cancel due to a last minute interview for her upcoming film," Austin Powers in Goldmember,"

"Beg your pardon" replied Faith, "But can I try some of your tea,"

"Sure" Sunny politely answered, "It's our famous anti-bad music tea, we drink it in order to avoid any evil hypnotic music."

With one sip, Faith said, "It taste like daisy, daffodil, sunflowers, and roses mixed with bananas and lemon."

Suddenly, Ginger, Nadine, Jessie, Dorothy, Sarai, and Kehlani took sips of the tea and were fascinated.

Meanwhile on the set of LADUWS, Big G was going through some files of his wife's commercials when he spotted ZZ Up onstage, "Excuse me, gentlemen" he said, "But you must have an appointment in order to be on one of my shows.

But they didn't listen; instead ZZ Up played Za Zrange that put Big G into a hypnotic trance. Suddenly, an African American senior citizen came in to see if everything was all right, she was, "Thea Kaydence". "What are you boys doing?" she asked.

"Performing The Best Song Ever" shouted the guitarist as he brainwashed Thea.

With one strum on his guitar, Thea turned into a zombie.

When ZZ Up barged out of the studio they turned everyone in the studio into zombies, including The Backstreet Boys. "Guys" asked Faith, "Are you feeling okay?"

"Zator is great!" B-Rok answered hypnotically.

Not looking back at our heroes, they left the storage room.

Zanell was afraid that hypnotic music would happened again. It didn't affect Zanell because she's already a Zallegrean. It also didn't affect Selah, Kehlani, The Griff Gals and The Spell Belles due to the anti bad music tea, and Sarai because she possess a Zallegrean flute. "What's wrong with this hypnotic music anyway?" Rosie asked

"That' wasn't just any hypnotic music band" answered Zanell, "That way my father's favorite band, "ZZ UP" their like Earth's ZZ Top, only more dangerous. They brainwash humans into zombies for their own personal gain. Looks like they want to ruin Studio 25 and turn it into a recording studio.

"They save us from a hypnotic siren before, with help from Big Bird" recalled Faith, "But this time we'll save them! If I remember from the Princess Dynamite Patrol Pied Piper episode, is that you got to fight music with music."

"Good thing I brought my trumpet in case the music wing needs a trumpeter," Jessie recalled.

"Not to mention my guitar" Faith replied, "I promised I would perform for the actors on Light Dawn Resort."

"What about your cousin, Ginger, and Nadine" asked Dafodil, "We've been watching Let's All Dance Until We're Sick since last April."

"I remember teaching myself how to play bass guitar ever since we came back from England" Ginger recalled, "Hone was not happy when I touched her bass guitar when she found out last January."

"We do have those east musical instruments from Myla's Music Class" recalled Nadine, "I'll get the tambourine and Dorth will get the maracas with the hearts on them."

"Really" gasped Dorothy, "Nick would just love it."

"I remember her being love struck for Nick" Daisy giggled, "But she's too young for him."

"I know" replied Dorothy, "But that's okay."

Outside Studio 25, ZZ Up was playing another grunge song that was making everyone do their biting. "This is it boys" the bassist said, "Emperor Zator's ultimate slave group."

"Not for long" shouted The Spell Belles from above, "You fellas could use some flower aromas."

Beautifully, The Spell Belles and The Griff Gals started playing Backstreet Boys' "Anywhere For You" their instruments, which changed everyone back to normal. Annoyed by The Spell Belles' healing spell, they decided to brainwash them again. Just as they were about to play their hypnotic spells again, beatboxing came out of no where and their equipment lifted up.

It was Beatbox and The Penguins, they were just coming from a ruby smuggling ring in Thailand when they spotted everyone at Studio 25 turning into musical zombies.

Seeing The Spell Belles, The Griff Gals, Kehlani, Beatbox, and The Penguins handling ZZ Up, they escorted the patrons of Studio 25 into the building. Once they got Cristian, Jalen and Vincenzo by the door, Jalen whispered, "Go get 'em, Cyber Crusaders."

Backstreet's Back Alright

Top Speed lifted the boys up to the top of the roof one by one. After he joined the party, they were ready to have a Battle Of The Bands. Just then, The Night Builet came up with a little musical flute power; "The Night Bullet is back baby" shouted The Night Bullet, "And it's time to Rock The House!"

During the fight, Griffin Girl and Top Speed spotted Selah making ghostly griffin symbols on the ground, they came up to her in curiosity, "What are you doing, Selah?" asked Griffin Girl.

"I'm contacting my late grandma" explained Selah, "I've read a few death contact spells from the Lokenthroya Public Library. Thanks to Big G's tribute special, it inspired me to contact deceased griffins."

"Are you sure about?" Griffin Girl asked cautiously.

Selah nodded her head, "The Griffins each have an element of nature and some represent creatures" she explained, "Heskelter is fire, Skydiamond is crystal, Comesun is Sun, Holdyhand is the mermaid, Togetanow is phoenix, Northosong is air, Nowaman is Earth, Subayellow is water, Witahelp is centaur, Toomuchyall is fairy, Bullheydog is wolf, Sixtafar is star, Kitebene is volcano, Needsomebohelp is lightning, Ticketoride is glass, Fieldostrawberr is berries, Yesterbelieve is sand, Comtagata is weather, Lokenthroya is ghost, Batarunfalife is dragon, Hardanight is moon, Papabackwrite is wood, Twistnsha is sound, Jojageback is mind, Rigyaleanor is bug, Lanepen is cat, Octogard is ocean, Needislove is love, Sometininway is ice, Heyjude is flower, Datrippa is feather, Deprudence is cloud, Eightdayweek is time, Shaluvyou is steel, and Imdawalrus is snow."

When Selah breathed fire onto the symbol, an elderly Heskelter queen griffin's ghost popped up, "Queen Alondra" asked Griffin Girl as she kneeled down.

Top Speed did the same thing, "Selah" said Queen Alondra, "We finally get to meet, in my heart I knew you would find The Heskelter Warriors,"

"And their not even griffins" admitted Selah, "Their humans, just like I hoped."

"Why don't we give these off-key kreeps a spooky symphony." suggested Top Speed.

Selah and Queen Alondra barged up to them, Queen Alondra turned into a giant griffin ghost, and Selah placed fire all over her, causing ZZ Up to get scared

As Long As You Love Me

The Cyber Crusaders turned into their anime forms and destroyed the alien amps, "Thank you Orlando and good night!" shouted Ordnance as ZZ Up teleported back to The Zallegro Galaxy.

Selah thanked her deceased grandma for helping them out, "Be careful, Selah" Alondra advised as she returned to Inmalife, the place where all the deceased griffins go.

Everyone powered down, and decided to head back to the LADUWS studio.

Inside the building, they were filming the Aurelia Farina Tribute. "My dearest, Aurelia, died last year from that brain illness.," explained Big G, "

"This is the recording of Big G explaining his life about Aurelia," "From cookie commercial to Delfa's Dangles commercials. She really packed a sassy punch, literally. She'd even took karate lesson"

"I'm starting to like the way he thinks" Jessie smiled.

"Me too" A. J replied.

"Remember when we were accompanists for Delfa's Dangles, Sisters" recalled Rosie, "This got all the girls in Orlando to buy them, but we did it in a non-magical way, cause witches can't use their magic to make people buy products."

"It's their choice" recalled Daisy, "And not everyone can like Delfa's Dangles."

Later at the green room, Sarai was playing Anywhere For You on the flute for The Spell Belles, Elyse, and Langston when Zanell came into the room. "Could you play that song for me" she requested, "My mom use to play it to me every night when I was a Zallegring."

"I've been studying up on Zallegrean music since I've learned what the flute was" explained Sarai.

"I did gave you an Earth copy of Zudwig Zamadeus Zhaikovsky and a copy of my mother's original songs" recalled Zanell, "And remember what your going to tell live TV in case their wondering."

"I tell them that a friend of mine wrote it." Sarai recalled.

While Sarai played the song, "Zanell's Lullaby" Zanell started having visions, from the time of her birth, to playing in the royal gardens with her mother, to befriending Zaid, to their play times around the castle, to their wedding day.

The End