The intro opens with Anne's hands on the Calamity Box, opening it. Light from inside the box shines brightly before it switches to a scene that shows Kenji, Anne, Sasha, and Marcy, looking inside. Suddenly there was a white light and everything when blank.

Kenji was on the ground when the light faded, covered in mud with Anne next to him. When he woke up, he looked shocked to see he was in Amphibia with Anne. The two friends stood up and looked at their surroundings in awe.

The camera then zoomed out and showed the entire world of Amphibia.

Tenohira ni kizama re teru

Tsugihagi no yona sono sen ni furete

The scene then changed to the town of Wartwood as the frog inhabitants go about their daily lives. As a pair of dragonflies fly past the camera, it followed them until stopping at the Plantar farmhouse while the sun was starting to rise in the sky.

When the camera changed to show the house's front door, Kenji and Anne stepped out from inside and out into the world. Ready to take on the day. But first, they ducked their heads under some dragonflies that passed them.

Hibiware sona atama to

Gurasu ga sasata kokoro de mae hashiru

The camera moves up to a window on the side of the house. Sprig opened the window with a telescope in hand. He looked through it at the horizon before slipping off the windowsill and started falling. Inside the house, Hop Pop was reading one of his books in his study when Sprig's falling and screaming made him look at his window. Down on the ground, Sprig had landed in Polly's bucket. His little sister responded by punching her brother in the butt. Sending him flying out of the bucket. She then dove back into her bucket of water.

Sprig landed on Anne's head, and the three of them smiled at one another. Then Sprig pointed at something. Kenji pulled out one of his Class Cards, and the friends rushed off into the unknown.

The scene changed to show Kenji, Anne, and Sprig hopping across multiple mushrooms that lit up when one of them landed on it.

Koware kake no sekai

Kuzure so o de memai

The next scene showed Anne, Sprig, and Kenji running for their lives from a giant chicken monster. Kenji summons a black steed from his Rider Card then gets the others on and gallops away faster from the giant poultry. The scene begins to break apart as red line spread across the screen.

The next scene showed Sprig, Anne, Kenji, Polly, and Hop Pop fishing together on a lily pad before it suddenly rose into the air. Underneath it was a giant fish that started swimming around as everyone started screaming. Kenji, however, started stabbing it with a black broadsword. The scene to break apart like the scene before.

Another scene showed Sprig in a temple looking at something before Kenji and Anne came rushing down the stairs beside him. Anne picked him up as they ran away from a giant boulder that came crashing into the temple. And just like the last two scenes, it begins to break apart in red lines.

Karappo na karada de

Ibtsuna shikai

The next scene showed a red, dark area. Anne and Kenji had their backs together, and both having looks of determination. Anne raised her card: Alter Ego, and Kenji raised his card: Saber as the cards begin to glow.

Still, in the same scene, the viewer is suddenly pulled back to reveal that they were surrounded by dozens of twisted frog/toad/newt-like creatures and a giant snake crawling up from behind them. Towering over them and hissing.

Zokkuri to myako o utsu inochi no sen

Naifu de nazotte nobashite shimaetara

ne dareka oshiete Tsuki ga mierunara

The amphibian-like abominations started attacking as Kenji now armed with Balmung/Gram and Anne now armed with the Absolute Sword – Endless Three-Stage rushed towards the viewer. Smashing, slicing, and killing any twisted being that came at them. Just as the viewer watched them go past the camera on both sides, the Giant Snake lunged at the fleeing kids. Its mouth opens as it comes towards the camera before the viewer is in the blackness of the snake's mouth, but it didn't last long as Kenji swung his sword and cuts down the snake with one strike.

Kesenai de

mada kesenai de

The scene changed again to a split screen with the left side show Anne's photo of herself, Kenji, Sasha, and Marcy together being held in a gloved hand and on the right is an older man in his fifties with a grin on his face. A flash of light showed the man's face more and the infamous Toad Tower in the background.

Kienaide mada Kienaide

The final scene of the intro showed Kenji standing in the middle of a road looking at the Class Cards he has. He looked to his left and saw Anne walking over to him with a smile. Then Sprig came over to his right and jumped on Kenji's shoulders while Fou jumps on his head with a content smile on his face. Hop Pop and Polly walked/hopped over and joined the trio. The screen begins to pan downwards as it shows reflections not of the group but of legendary heroes of Earth's history.

The intro ends with the title of the story.

FATE / CALAMITY

Book 1: Amphibia

Chapter 12:

Plantar's Fated Last Stand

The Wartwood Farmer's Market was where farmer frogs from all over the swamp came to sell their goods. It consisted of stands where various foods and items were being sold. Some had flags flying over them, and others had balloons of vegetables or bugs. All to show what they were offering to the customers.

"Ah, the Wartwood Farmer's Market," said Sprig as Kenji with Fou on his head walked over to him with a crate of corn. Together they looked at the market. "Where salt of the earth frogs come to sell stuff and fill up on free samples."

And he did just that by opening a jar of Gentle Jon's Expensive Jellies. He then hit its bottom with his knee, sending the jelly flying up and landing in his mouth. But as Sprig was about to swallow it, Gentle Jon leaned towards him with an angry look.

"That wasn't a sample,'' he said.

Sprig spat the jelly back out into the jar. "Now it's like nothing happened," the red frog said nervously. But Gentle Jon still wasn't happy and wasn't going to be so gentle. He pulled out a giant mace. "I- I can pay for that."

Kenji with Fou walked away and headed for the Plantar's fruit stand, leaving Sprig to try and find the money in his pocket. He set down a crate of vegetables next to the Plantar's stand. Anne was there too, reading a magazine, and Polly sat on the counter.

Just then, Mrs. Croaker approached the stand, humming happily to herself.

"Good morning, Mrs. Croaker," Kenji, Anne, and Polly greeted the old frog.

"I'll take this here gangly gourd, Hopadiah," Mrs. Croaker said, grabbing one of the gourds from the basket on the ground.

"Oh, I sense a batch of Croaker stew coming on," Hop Pop commented with a friendly attitude. However, as he looked at the fruit, he grew concerned. "Hmm... Hang on there, Sadie. You don't want that one."

He walked around the stand and approached the elder frog as she gave him the gourd. First, Hop Pop inspected it. Then he knocked on it and heard that it was hollow. He placed the fruit to his ear and heard something in it. Something slimy.

"Kenji, if you'd please!" Hop Pop said, tossing the gourd to him. Seeing that fruit coming at him, Kenji grabbed his sword and used it to cut the gourd in half mid-air.

The two halves fell to the ground, relieving a giant maggot the size of a small cat inside. "A-ha! It's a gourd maggot. These guys taste terrible," Hop Pop said as the maggot jumped out.

It made its way over to the Plantar's stand, where it climbed onto it and crawled onto Anne's arm. This caused her to freak out and scream before it jumped into her hair. "It's in my hair! It's in my hair!" She yelled, slipping, and falling onto the ground.

Kenji rushed over to help her as Hop Pop talked to Mrs. Croaker. "Here, take this one, instead. It's maggot-free," he said, offering a new gourd, which she gladly accepted.

"Classic Plantar honesty," Mrs. Croaker said with gratefulness. "I've been buying from this stand since your father was running it. And y'all have never steered me wrong."

"Very impressive, Hop Pop," Anne commented. The maggot was out of her hair, and its carcass was being pulled off Kenji's sword.

"That is the Plantar difference, Anne. You can't taste honesty. But if you could–"

"...it'd taste like a Plantar stand vegetable," Sprig and Polly droned, rolling their eyes.

"Fou?" Fou said, tilting his head in confusion.

"This stand is the heart and soul of our family," Hop Pop said, staring up at the sign of the stand. "I don't know what I'd do if we ever lost it."

"Bad news, everyone! Bad news!" Toadie said, running up to Hop Pop and handing him a rolled-up scroll. "Going to run away before you read it!" He then started backflipping away from Hop Pop before he could protest.

"That Toadie…" He grumbled while taking out his glasses and opened the scroll to read it. "Say what?!"

"What? What is it?" Kenji asked, before the old frog handed him the scroll. Kenji took it and saw what it had to say. "What the flying hell? Mayor Toadstool is quadrupling the rent! And he wants it in three days!"

"WHAT?!/Fou?"

And it wasn't just the Plantars that were shocked by the news. Everyone in the farmer's market was stunned by the news. Calling the mayor crazy and the demand outrageous.

"At this rate, we'll lose the stand," Hop Pop exclaimed, already panicking. "What are we going to do?"

"Hmm…" Kenji thought for a moment before coming up with an idea. "Got it! If selling fruits and vegetables isn't what's going to get us the money for the rent, then we need a new flashy product to sell at a high price."

"Oh! You mean like Snugaroos?" Anne asked.

"Exactly!"

"Fou!"

"What the–" Hop Pop pulled his head out of a basket he was throwing up in. "Kenji! Anne! We're a vegetable stand!"

"I know, so we'll have to come up with our new product using what we've got. Here, I'll show you." Kenji walked over to the gout he sliced and grabbed one of the halves off the ground. He then took a glass jar and squeezed the gourd juice into it. "A little bit of this, shake it up and…" after shaking it up, Kenji presented the juice to Hop Pop.

"Introducing Plantar's Potion. A hearty mix drink of vitamins and minerals that'll extend your life and keep you regular." Kenji finished in a salesman-like voice. "All at the convenient price of 10 coppers a jar."

"Nice thinking, Kenji!" Anne said, and the two high fived. "This drink is the best thing you've come up with."

"Wowzah," Hop Pop said. "All that in one jar?"

"Hell, if I know, I just made all that up. I remember Grandma used to be all about health drinks back home. They charged high prices for them, and people just ate the stuff up."

"Heh. I don't know much about your grandmother, but it's worth a shot," Hop Pop said. He walked over to the crowd of frogs and cleared his throat while raising the jar over his head. "New product! New product, everyone. This here is a freshly made bottle of...What was it again? Plantar's Potion!"

Anne leaned towards her best friend. "Good thinking, Kenji. This plan might actually work."

In the crowd, Wally raised his hand. "Yes, you in the front, Wally," said Hop Pop.

"Does it taste good," he asked.

"Wouldn't know. Haven't tried it yet."

"Oh." Wally lowered his hand, and a random frog coughed.

"Hey, Hop Pop! Can we chat for a second?" Anne asked the old frog. Turning to Sprig, she said, "Sprig, work the crowd."

"Yes, ma'am." Sprig hopped over to the crowd as his grandpa walked back to Anne and the others. He cleared his throat to get the attention of everyone. "Spring Plantar, ten years old."

He then played Beethoven's Fur Elise with his armpit. When he stopped, the crowd cheered and applauded him. Ivy even threw a flower at him, which he caught.

"Wow. That boy's a genius," Kenji said, pointing at his froggy friend.

Anne crouched down to Hop Pop. "Dude, if you want to sell this stuff, you got to sell this stuff! Make promises you can't keep and junk," she said, giving him a nudge on the arm.

"Did you forget this stand was built on honesty?" Hop Pop asked.

"Anne's right, Hop Pop. Think about it: in three days, there won't be a stand," Kenji said. "I know it sucks but if you want to keep the stand, you got to sell the product to the crowd."

"Fou…" The little creature said with his ears down at the situation that the old Plantar was in. Hop Pop glanced at them before looking up at the Plantar stand sign. It consisted of a big P in the middle with vegetables on both sides at the bottom. And right under the P were the words 'Honesty First.' This was the stand that made the Plantars who they were. It's been in the family for generations, and it's continued to be a beacon of honest business making in the Wartwood farming community. But now, he could very well lose it forever.

Knowing that the kids were right, he sighed and said, "I'll give it a try." He walked over to the crowd and Sprig. "Take five, boy. I'll take it from here."

"You got it, Hop Pop! Hop, hop!" Sprig hopped away.

Hop Pop then turned to the crowd and held up the jar of Plantar's Potion. "Folks, I'd really appreciate it if you bought this drink. Uh…" He turned back to the kids. Anne face-palmed before making a circular motion with her hands. Trying to tell him to add more to his presentation and make the potion more enticing to buy. "Because it'll make you, I don't know... stronger?"

That statement got the crowd's attention as they all began murmuring in wonderment. Hop Pop smiled and then said, " And uh... smarter, too!"

"Smarter? Smarter, too?" Wally exclaimed as the crowd showed an even greater interest in the potion.

Hop Pop smiled. Maybe this plan could work. He took a wide brim hat from a little tadpole and set it on his head. "Folks, one sip of Plantar's Potion…" he stopped to gulp down the entire potion, before smashing the jar onto the ground, shattering it. "...and you may very well live forever!"

The crowd clapped and cheered for Hop Pop. "I'll take ten!" Wally shouted, tossing his copper coins at the old frog.

"I'll take a hundred!" Felicia screamed.

The kids and Hop Pop watched with wide eyes as the coins came raining down on them for the crowd of frogs. Seeing that their plan was working, Kenji and Anne high-fived. However, they were pelted by copper coins, which didn't hurt too much but was still annoying. Sprig and Polly loved all the money they were receiving. The two kids rolled themselves on the ground and all over the coins. Fou was quick enough to dodge the coins by hiding underneath the counter.

When his hat was all filled up with coins, Hop Pop picked it up and looked at it all with wide eyes filled with amazement. "Suffering swamp gas! We got to step up production on this stuff. Fast!" He exclaimed as a giant grin stretched across his face.

The next day, the Plantar's stand was the most popular stand in the Wartwood farmer's market. A massive crowd gathered in front of the stand, with balloons floating off into the air. They all were cheering for Hop Pop and his family's new potion that promised the work miracles. Kenji carried a crate of freshly picked beets from the cart to Anne as the crowd waited. She was standing next to a ladder against a giant barrel with a water spigot. They had to leave Fou back at home because they don't want the little guy to get overwhelmed by the crowd today.

Anne grabbed a handful of beets and walked up the ladder. She opened the top of it and peered down to see Sprig and Polly standing at the bottom, up to their feet in juice.

"Incoming!" She called down to them and tossed the beets down to the kids.

"Fresh beet juice, coming up!" Sprig grunted as he and Polly started stumping and smashing the beets into juice. Outside, Anne filled jar after jar of Plantar's Potion and placed them in a crate that Kenji carried over to the stand. Sitting it on the counter, he started setting out the jars in two rounds.

"All right, who's next?" He asked.

"Me, me!" everyone yelled, wanting to get their hands on a bottle of potion.

"There he is!" One villager exclaimed.

"Look, Daddy, the potion man," said a child as Hop Pop walked out on top of the stand's roof.

Having been a theater major, Hop Pop put his acting skills to good use. "Folks! Say, any of you been losing the stick on your tongue?" He asked, exaggerating by sticking out his tongue and letting it hang limply. "One sip of Plantar's Potion…." Pulling out a jar, Hop Pop gulped it all down in one go. "...and my tongue has never felt stickier."

Kenji threw him an apple, and Hop Pop caught out on the end of his tongue. They cheered and applauded the old frog.

"Feeling dry? Plantar's Potion will have you moist and smooth," Hop Pop said. He drank some more and then proceeded to rip off his shirt and show off his slimy chest. "Just look at the sheen on me!"

The clouds moved away, and the sun's rays shone down on him. The light reflected off his body as everyone stared in amazement. "Ooh!"

"I did not need to see Hop Pop shirtless," Kenji said, but that didn't stop Hop Pop at all. He just kept on rolling and didn't quit making promises that he couldn't make with his potion.

"It'll make your warts bigger."

"It'll make your kids talk back less."

"It'll erase all the regrets that keep you up at night."

Everyone in the crowd cheered and applauded the old frog as they threw their money at him. Hop Pop bowed with his eyes closed and smiled happily. In lying and being dishonest, he would save the stand that his family built on honesty.

Or would he?

When night came, they had made a massive profit on their potion. With the market closed and everyone having gone home, Hop Pop counted their sales and saw they were 80% close to saving the stand from being shut down tomorrow. He laughed to himself before turning to Kenji and Anne, who were both carrying crates of empty jars.

"I know I doubted you, kids, but this is really working," he said.

"Thanks, but it's all thanks to you, Hop Pop," Kenji told him, placing the crate down.

"You've gotten really good at this," Anne said, placing her crate next to him.

"Why thank you," Hop Pop said with a smile, taking his hat off to them with a wink.

"Guys, guys!" Sprig suddenly yelled as he slid down the ladder with Polly on his head.

"Big problem!" Polly exclaimed. The five of them walked back to the cart, only to gasp in shock and horror at what they saw.

Nothing. Absolutely nothing but a few bits and scraps of fruit. They've entirely run out of all their produces making the Plantar's Potion.

"We used up all our produce. There's nothing left," Sprig said worriedly.

"No! We're so close. We can't fall short now," Hop Pop cried, slamming fists on the bed of the cart.

"Okay, this looks bad, but maybe we can think of something else," Kenji said, trying to think of something else that would save the stand. That's when he got an idea. "I've got it! We still got corn. I can make some grilled corn on the cobs, and we can serve those–"

"Are you mad!? That's a horrible idea!" Hop Pop yelled at him.

"Hey, I'm just trying to help out!" Kenji retorted with a crossed look on his face.

"Then help me figure out how to make more Plantar's Potion! That's the only thing that'll save the stand! Let's see…." He looked around, trying to find a suitable substitute for the potion. Looking to his left, Hop Pop's eyes lit up when he spotted what he thought would be perfect. "A-ha! Jackpot!"

That jackpot was a compost heap. Consisting of trash and rotting fruits and vegetables.

"Uh... Yeah, uh... Yeah, that's literally garbage," Anne said, thinking that Hop Pop was either kidding or lost his mind.

"Garbage? Or Plantar Potion's new secret ingredient?" Hop Pop rushed over to her and shoved an armful of garbage into her arms. Disguised, Anne dropped it to the ground as it stained her uniform. "Still need a bit more, though."

Kenji watched helplessly as the old frog went sneaking around the farmer's market, gathering everything from broken eggshells, dead bugs, and even other people's garbage. Crawling into their dump buckets and carrying the waste away. He collected every old and rotting fruit around, even an old rotting boot. He brought it all back to the barrel and dumped it all down into it, laughing like a madman…. or mad frog.

"Hop Pop, this is crazy!" Kenji called up to him. "You can't just feed everyone this sludge."

"Oh, yes I can," Hop Pop said with confidence. "Everyone's hooked. They'll buy anything I sell them. Now get in there, stompers."

"Aye, aye!" Polly hopped down into the barrel.

"Right." Sprig was about to climb in when a giant fly flew over and landed on the barrel. He kicked it in the face, knocking it off. But then another one came. "Go on. Get, get." He waved his arms at them before jumping in and closing the lid.

"That can't be good," Anne commented as the flies hovered over the barrel.

Hop Pop didn't notice and turned on the spigot. Out of it came a sickly black sludge that he quickly filled into each of his jars. "Yes! Yes! Let it flow! Come to Hop Poppa!" he exclaimed with an insane grin on his face. All while Kenji and Anne watched nervously.

"Damnit Hop Pop." Kenji murmured.

The following day came, and the barrel now had three giant flies on top of it. They were scared off when Polly opened the hatch and hopped out. She was wearing a gas mask, while Sprig wasn't. Emerging from the barrel, the red frog boy felt queasy and almost threw up. But he held it in and just blurted out black smoke that turned into a skull before dissipating.

Sprig couldn't keep his balance and fell off the barrel when he climbed out. Luckily Kenji was there to catch him. Carrying the letting frog as he walked over to Anne. She was cleaning a jar when her friend approached her. "Anne, this is really bad," he said, setting Sprig down on the ground. "I wanted to save the stand, but we ended up creating a monster."

"Oh, don't be so dramatic. I'm sure it's going to be okay," Anne said, waving off his concerns.

"Friends and frog folk, step right up!" Hop Pop called out to every frog in the market. "New limited edition Plantar's Potion." He held up one of the garbage potions and tapped it with his cane. "Only 20 coppers a bottle!"

"Twenty coppers? No one's going to buy that–" Anne was interrupted when a massive crowd ran over her. Kenji was out of the way when they came, so when the frogs passed, he walked over to Anne, who was sprawled on the ground. "Ow…"

Hop Pop was having the time of his life. Handing out potion after potion and taking all the money the people were offering. Soon, almost all the garbage potion was off the stand's counter, and in its place were piles and piles of coppers and riches.

"Thank you for your patronage," he said to the last person in line. Hop Pop handed him the potion and took his money.

"I'm going to feed this to my baby," the villager said, walking away. Kenji and Anne walked over to the old frog.

"Uh…I wouldn't do that!" He called out to the villager. But he was already long gone, so he sighed. "So, did we make it? Did we save the stand?"

"Just about," said Hop Pop, happily holding up the sales chart. "We got to sell to one more sucker, and we'll be home free."

The last sucker came in the form of them Sadie D. Croaker. She took one step, and it was enough to get Hop Pop's attention, as well as the other frogs. Everyone knew just how much respect she had for the Plantar family. That's why the crowd around her parted and allowed her to pass. "I'll take a bottle, Hopadiah," she told him from where she stood, with the sun hanging over her.

Hop Pop gasped. "Sadie Croaker, the stand's oldest and most loyal customer."

Mrs. Croaker started walking towards the stand as everyone watched. Luckily, no one had taken a sip of their potion. "Usually, I find potions and the like to be a bunch of malarkey, but if Hopadiah Plantar says it works, then it must."

The confidence that Hop Pop had once shown was now breaking down as his most loyal customer approached him. He quickly hid the sales chart, sweating nervously.

"Been saving this gold farthing for a while now," Mrs. Croaker said, pulling out a coin from her purse. "Waiting for something special to spend it on. One bottle, please.'

As she held it out with a shaky hand, Hop Pop looked away, trying to come up with a lie. "Uh... we're all sold out."

"No, we're not!" Polly came over with one bottle of potion, causing Kenji to facepalm.

Dang it, Polly!

"Oh, thank you, deary." Mrs. Croaker took the bottle from her and handed Hop Pop the coin, all while the orange frog started stammering anxiously. His anxiety only increased when Sadie turned to the crowd and held up the bottle. "To Hop Pop and the Plantars, the most honest folks in the business."

That compliment made Kenji and Anne cringe. "Oof, even I felt that one," the Thai-American girl said, holding her hand to her chest.

"How could you not?" Kenji added.

"To the Plantars!" Everyone in the crowd cheered and opened their mouths to drink the potion.

And that was the final straw for Hop Pop. That was the moment when he snapped back to reality and realized that he had gone too far. As he started breathing heavily in a panic, he looked back at the stand's sign. Staring at the 'honesty first' words on it, Hop Pop knew that this had to stop. If he let them drink that potion, it was game over. If he came clean and told the truth, it was game over. In all circumstances, he'll still end up losing the stand.

However, he'll do it the right way.

"NO!" Hop Pop yelled, slapping the potion out of Mrs. Croaker's hand. Everyone stopped and stared at him in shock.

"What in the world has gotten into you, Hopediah?" Mrs. Croaker asked.

"That was no health potion!" Hop Pop fell to his knees. "It's GARBAGE!"

At that moment, everyone spat out the potion. All disgusted and horrified by the taste of the potion, as well as the revelation of what it was. The townsfolk all then turned to Hop Pop, who took off his hat in shame. "Folks, I'm so sorry. I never meant any harm. All I was trying to do was save my stand," he said.

However, everyone gasped in terror. Confused, Hop Pop turned around and gasped when he saw a swarm of flies descending on the farmers market. One of them had Sprig and Polly in their arms. Both kids were covered in the garbage potion.

"Hop Pop!" Polly screamed.

"They want the garbage potion!" Sprig yelled.

Two flies flew towards the barrel and bashed against it until it was knocked over, slipping out all of its contents. The flies started eating up the garbage potion. And then turned their attention to the frog crowd. The crowd quickly turned and ran away. Some dropped their garbage potion, but some still carried them. Making them prime targets for the flies, and the giant insects chased them around.

One of them was Wally, who tried to hold onto the ground, but it was futile. "Eaten by flies? Oh, the irony!" He screamed.

Kenji grabbed his sword and swung at the flies that flew low enough but couldn't kill any of them. Anne was with him, trying to do the same but had the same results as Kenji. "Hey, let go of my bumpkin frog family!" She yelled, before being picked up herself.

"Anne!" Kenji yelled and tried to grab her, but she was too high up. Seeing that he was now completely surrounded and open for attack, he quickly rushed over to the Plantar's stand and jumped over the counter. Getting behind the vegetable stand to try and come up with a plan.

That was where he found Hop Pop hiding too, panicking. "Oh, what have I done. What have I done…." he mutter to himself as he rocked back and forth with his hands on his head.

"Hop Pop!" Kenji yelled, startling the old frog. "The flies have Anne and the kids. We've got to help them."

Taking a deep breath, Hop Pop calmed down and gave Kenji a look of determination. "Right!"

They both gathered the jars of garbage potion and brought them over to the barrel. "Hey! Isn't this what you want?" Hop Pop yelled, before he and Kenji threw them into the barrel and slammed the hack shut.

The flies charged at them. Hop Pop quickly jumped on top of the barrel and started logrolling it as Kenji pushed it. Together, they rolled the barrel out of the farm's market and into the woods. All while the flies were right behind them, with Anne, Sprig, and Polly screamed in their six legs. Together, they rolled the barrel out of the farm's market and into the woods.

Hop Pop and Kenji continued rolling the barrel until the old frog saw that they were heading for a cliff. "Stop!"

Looking over the side of the barrel, Kenji saw the cliff. He quickly ran over to the front of the barrel. As Hop Pop tried to stop the barrel with his feet, Kenji used his hands to push back on the barrel. Just before the young boy's feet went over the edge, they successfully managed to stop the barrel.

Kenji ran around as Hop Pop jumped off. The flies were in front of them, and they still had the kids in their arms.

"You really want this so bad?" Hop Pop asked with a scowl. "Then drop the kids and go get it!"

And with that, Kenji back kicked the barrel and sent it flying off the cliff and falling to the ground. The flies released Anne, Sprig, and Polly and charged at them. Kenji and Hop Pop ducked down, but the flies flew over the two and dived down towards the barrel.

Hop Pop crawled towards the edge and looked down, only to jump back when the flies came flying back up the side of the cliff. All of them grabbed onto the barrel. Together, they flew off into the sunset with their prize.

The old frog sighed in relief as the kids gathered with him at the cliff. All of them bruised in some way. "Everyone okay?" Hop Pop asked.

"Not really," said Sprig.

Hop Pop turned around to face the four of them. "Kids, I messed up big. I was so desperate to save the stand, I forgot what the stand was even about," he said sincerely before turning around and sitting down on the edge of the cliff.

Kenji walked over with Anne, who carried Sprig and Polly in her arms. "I'm sorry too, Hop Pop," he said, sitting down on his left as Anne sat on his right. "I was the one that gave you the idea for the potion."

"So, what now?" Anne asked the old frog.

With resolve in his voice, Hop Pop said, "We go make things right. That's the Plantar way."

When they returned to the market, they were met with an angry crowd waiting for them. Hop Pop apologized again to the people of Wartwood, before offering everyone a full refund for all the potion that they paid for. It wouldn't take long before a line formed in front of the stand.

"Apologies," Hop Pop said to the next person in line, handing them their money. They snatched the coppers and matched away with a scoff. Hop Pop did the same thing with the next customer. "Here you go, sir. I hope you'll give Plantar's another chance, someday." But the patron was already out of earshot.

"I know things are bad, Hop Pop, but if it makes you feel any better, you were a crazy good salesman," Anne complimented the old frog.

As he handed the next person in line their money, Hop Pop laughed light-heartedly. "I was good, wasn't I?"

Then came the last person in line. Mrs. Croaker walked up to the stand's counter, and Hop Pop handed her special coin back to her. "Well, Hopadiah, looks like you're going to have to earn our trust back," she told him harshly. "That being said though, I think your father would be proud that you did the right thing today."

"Thanks, Sadie. I'll work hard to earn your trust back," Hop Pop said.

But that's when Toadie showed up. "Not at this stand, you won't! No coin, no stand. Time to clear out!" He said, throwing an eviction notice that landed on Hop Pop's face. He didn't stay long as Kenji football punted him out of here! "Sorry about your stand!"

And so, generations of the Plantars owning the stand came to an end. The kids helped the old frog gather all their produces and supplies before loading everything into the cart hooked up to Bessie. The last thing to take was the sign, which Kenji grabbed, cutting the ropes, and then handing it to Hop Pop.

"Sorry we couldn't save the stand, Hop Pop," he said as the old frog placed it on the pile.

"Don't worry, Hop Pop. We'll help you get the stand back," Sprig said, trying to be supportive.

"You want me to…" Polly clicked her tongue and swiped her flipper to the left. "...off Toadie? I'll do it. You know I will."

"Thanks, kids. Let's just get home and relax a little," Hop Pop said. Together, the five of them hopped onto the sail as the old frog started driving them away from the stand. As he drove Bessie, Hop Pop smiled lightly. "You know, maybe the end of one tradition means the start of another. Maybe I ought to start over the Hop Pop way, experiment with those new seed varieties I always wanted to try."

"That's the spirit, Hop Pop," Anne said, nudging him with her fist.

"No matter what happens, we'll be there for you," Kenji said.

"Yeah, we're going to make it after all!" Sprig cheered before the kids started laughing together.

"The future is ours," Polly exclaimed.

There was then a moment of silence before Kenji said, "You know, you're taking this rather well, Hop Pop. I was for sure you were going to…"

"Oh, frog! I'm unemployed!"

"Yeah. There it is."

(Later at night)

"78, 79, 80...",

It was the middle of the night where we see Kenji, Anne and Fou near the Plantars Cornfield with the young man wearing a workout outfit consisting of a muscle shirt and sweatpants as he swung his sword as if it was natural to him with Anne and Fou watching him from a fence nearby. What the young man is doing is Kendo, which is a modern Japanese martial art, descended from kenjutsu, that uses bamboo swords as well as protective armor. Today, it is widely practiced within Japan and has spread to many other nations across the world.

"88, 89, 90…"

Kendo is an activity that combines martial arts practices and values with strenuous, sport-like physical activity.

"97, 98, 99...100!", he said as lost the strength and decided to rest. He walks towards Anne and Fou, which the young woman gave him a towel as he wipes off the sweat off his brow as he takes a seat on the ground as he leans on the fence with Anne joining him.

"When did you started doing Kendo, Kenji?" Anne asked as Kenji was scratching his chin to remember when he started.

"I believe it was during the last years of middle school. After one fight at the school, my folks thought it would be a good idea for me to learn a form of self-defense." Kenji said as Anne nodded at his answer.

"Yeah, I kind of get that, but why Kendo? I would have thought that you would have learned something like Taekwondo, Judo, or something like that. Why this?" Anne asked as Kenji was silent for a moment before he gives his answer.

"To mold the mind and body, cultivate a vigorous spirit, and through correct and rigid training, strive for improvement in the art of Kendo. To hold in esteem human courtesy and honor, associate with others with sincerity, and to forever pursue the cultivation of oneself. This will make one be able: To love his/her country and society, contribute to the development of culture and to promote peace and prosperity among all peoples. For this is the main reason why I took up Kendo, Anne." Kenji said with a small smile on his face.

"…Didn't know you were a philosopher." Anne said with a smile on her face.

"Fou!"

"I have my moments." Kenji says with a chuckle as Anne giggled and nodded as she yawned a bit and decided to scoot over to her friend to place her head on his lap, much to Kenji's surprise as he blushed a bit but eventually calmed down and placed his hand on her hair as Kenji begins rubbing it and a calm silence rang out as Anne glances up at the stars with a thoughtful look on her face as Anne turned to Kenji.

"Hey, Kenji? Do you think one of those stars could be Earth?"

"Hmm, possibly, yeah."

"Cool...you know, Kenji, sometimes I wonder if we will ever get back home."

"Oh, come on, Anne, don't talk like that."

"No, Kenji, I'm serious," Anne says while sitting up from the ground as she turned to give her friend a stern, somber look. "Let's look at our situation, shall we? We were warped here to another world filled with humanoid Frogs, possibly thousands of light-years away from Earth, and, so far, we're not even halfway done on figuring out how to get back home! It's been nearly a month since we got stuck here, Kenji! A month! Can you imagine how freaked out our parents and families are?! And we don't even know what happened to Sasha and Marcy! Were they warped here to Amphibia with us or are they still on Earth and possibly think that the box killed us!" Anne ranted while pulling on her hair as she then slides down on the ground and placed her hands on her face as Anne started crying, feeling overwhelmed by the terrible situation that they were in as a silent Kenji was quick to grab his friend and pull her close to him as he rubs her hair while Anne continued sobbing on his chest.

"Anne, everything you just said is exactly what I've been feeling," Kenji stated seriously as Anne paused her crying to look up at him in surprise. "Look, don't you think I'm worried too? I was trying to be strong for you, but I can't hold back my feelings anymore. I'm scared, Anne. Really, really, scared because there might be a chance that we won't come back home. I can't deny that and say that everything is going to be fine because that's the truth. But what's worse is that I'm also scared for my family. You know that ever since Grandpa Tenshin...died, my mother couldn't handle it...well, and had a few slip-ups. And now that I'm gone and stuck here in Amphibia with no way to tell her what happened to me, to us, I'm...I'm scared that she might do it. If we ever go back home, I don't want to come back to a broken family, Anne. I don't want to lose my mom too." Kenji says while lowering his head and started shedding some tears as Anne felt her heart go for her friend and was quick to let go of him as she placed her hands on his face.

"Hey, hey, hey, look at me. Look at me, Kenji." Anne says while forcing Kenji to look at her as she gave him a calm, reassuring look. "Your mother is not going to kill herself, I promise you that."

"Anne-,"

"No, you listen to me, Kenji Richards. Your mother is not going to die because my parents and your dad know of her few slip-ups and, while they might be worried for me as well, they will look out for her and make sure that nothing happened to her. When we go back to Earth, you will find your mother alive and well in your house, and you will hug and kiss her. And, on the very slim chance that your mother killed herself, you won't be alone, Kenji. I will convince my parents to help you and your old man. You're my greatest best friend in the whole world, Kenji. Either on Earth or on Amphibia, I will NEVER let anything happen to you, Kenji." Anne stated while hugging him as Kenji sniffled and hugged her back as he smiled softly, feeling a bit cheered up as he lets go of her.

"Thanks, Anne. Truth be told, this might sound a little selfish, but I'm happy that you were warped here with me. I'm not sure I would've been able to survive here on Amphibia on my own, and I just don't mean fighting weird bug creatures with my class cards. I... I wouldn't have survived a day without you." Kenji says earnestly as Anne teared up a bit, feeling a bit touched by what he said as she leans over to kiss Kenji's forehead, much to his surprise as Anne pulled back to smile at him warmly/tearfully.

"Same, I'm happy that you are here with me too, Kenji. Truth be told, I never would've been able to survive here as well without you. You were always so strong, stronger than me. I would've been a mess without your guidance. I know that I may complain about it, but I honestly depend on you to save my ass more times than not. Long story short, I'm happy to have met you, Kenji Richards." Anne says while leaning against his shoulder as Kenji smiled softly and brushed away her tears.

"And I'm happy to have met you, Anne Boonchuy," Kenji says while staring at her a bit as, while she was covered with leaves and dirt, the young teen couldn't help but see how beautiful Anne looks right now as, unknown to him, said girl was thinking the same thing and stared at Kenji intently as Anne blushed by how...handsome he looked under the moonlight and both teens started subconsciously leaning close to each other as they closed their eyes and shared their first-ever kiss.

Fou looked towards the two with a small smile on his face as he was happy for his current caretakers are having a good moment.

"Oh my frog...oh my frog...oh my frog! It's happening! Anne and Kenji are hooking up!" A heavily excited Sprig says while jumping up and down as he cheered, and a groaning Polly ignored what her brother was saying as she continued sleeping. He was recently watching the stars tonight to see if he gets a good look at tonight's constellation and before he put the telescope up, he saw Anne and Kenji sitting next to each other as they were making out, causing the young frog to be excited.

"YES! YES! YES! YES-Wait, what?" Sprig cheered before spotting behind Anne and Kenji as he gasped in shock/horror. "Oh no, no, no! This can't be! I got to go help them." A surprised Sprig said causing Polly to wake up.

"H-Huh? What's going on?" A groggy Polly asked while sitting up from Sprig's Hammock as her brother ignored her and began headed towards the closet to look for something.

"We got a problem Polly. Go wake up Hop Pop." Sprig said in a panicked tone as Polly looked at her brother in confusion.

"Wait. What are you talking about?"

"No time!" Sprig says as he pulls out one of his trusty slingshots. "And you better bring Doris with ya!"

Back with the two humans, we see the duo still making out with each other as, after a few minutes of locking lips, Anne and Kenji realized that they need oxygen to survive and stop kissing as they separated from each other, and Anne pulls back her hair as she giggled with a blush as she turned to look at Kenji...and screamed in fear.

"What?! What's wrong!? Was our kiss that bad?! Did my breath smell bad!?" A worried, blushing Kenji asked while covering his mouth as Anne gasped at what he said and shakes her hands around frantically.

"No, no, no, that's not it at all! Our kiss was great, amazing really! It's just that, well, look behind you!" Kenji was confused as turns around and was shocked and horrified at what he saw.

What stood before them is a man (or looked like one) tall and lanky but he was hunched over. He was wearing what looked like a dark spandex suit (at least it looked like it was spandex) tight around the body and regarding his physique they couldn't tell if he was fit or malnourished. He wore black cloth armbands on his wrists and biceps. He wore a threadbare black cloth tied around his waist and ran down his legs. But the most terrifying thing was his face. He wore a white skull mask that resembled the human's skull that seemed stapled to his face.

Kenji wasted no time as he draws out his sword and pointed towards the Skull-masked human, who did not even respond to the action. After a few moments of silence, the masked man reached behind his back to pull something out, causing the young man to enter the chūdan stance. However, Kenji now has a look of confusion on his face as the skull-faces man pulls out a rolled-up parchment and places it in front of him on the ground. Before Kenji or Anne could ask anything from this masked man, the entity disappeared in a puff of black smoke.

"Well…that happened." Anne said as Kenji walked towards the rolled-up parchment as he picks it up begins to look all around to see if anything was out of place with it. Fou took a few sniffs out of it and lets out a yelp to let the two humans know that it isn't laced with anything. Kenji nodded as he opens it up and look what's inside. After a few moments, Kenji has a confused look on his face. "What does it say?"

"It's…a map of the Valley. Here look at this." Kenji said as he shows Anne what he just received. It was a detailed map of the whole Valley showing major locations including such places as Wartwood Swamp: the place Anne and Kenji live, Toad Tower: where the garrison of toads live, Lily Paddington: A high-end society for the wealthiest of amphibians, Bog Bottom: where the bayou amphibians live, and finally Swamp Shiro: a place that is like that of Japanese Edo culture. The one thing that stood out is that Toad Tower was circled as if was a place of interest that the masked man wanted them to know, but don't know why though. "It looks like that man wanted us to know about this place. I don't know why there of all places, but it must be important."

"Wait. Could that be where Sasha or Marcy could be?!" Anne said hopefully as Kenji shrugged as he rolled up the map.

"Maybe, but like I said I have no idea." Kenji said as he was thinking of why this guy gave them a map of the Valley with Toad Tower being a place to look up. "Either way, let's-"

"GUYS!" The two humans and Fou looked towards where the sound came from and saw Sprig with his slingshot, Polly with her rolling pin, and Hop Pop with a pitchfork arriving prepared for a fight. "You guys we're here. Where's that-…wait where is that guy." Sprig asked as he looked around for that Skull masked man that was here a few minutes ago.

"He just left. He didn't do anything to us." Anne said as the Plantars looked at her in confusion.

"Really? What did that guy do?" Polly asked as Kenji showed them the map he got.

"Nothing. He just left us this map and left before we could ask him anything." Kenji said as Hop Pop places his pitchfork into the ground and takes the map to get a good look at it.

"Hmmm…Seems legit. This is a map of the Valley. A few well-made one too." Hop Pop said as the Plantar kids let out a sigh of relief.

"Phew, glad that's taken care of...and hey, at least I saw Anne and Kenji kiss each other. How was that, by the way?" Sprig asked the two humans excitedly as they stared at him in surprise.

"W-What?! Sprig! That's a private moment!" Anne yelled with a stern look on her face even though she was blushing from what Sprig said.

"Y-Yeah, I mean, would you like it if Anne and I were watching you doing that with Ivy," Kenji says with his cheeks blushing as Sprig stared at the two with a surprised look on his face as his cheeks darken from what they said.

"What no?! I know that I wouldn't like it, but I saw the two of you kiss through my telescope in my room by accident…Okay, I know that doesn't sound like a good excuse but still-"

"Okay, first off creepy, second, almost everyone in Wartwood knows that you want to spend time with Ivy during your own personal time." Anne says cutting off Sprig with a shrug as Kenji nodded.

"Yeah, maybe next time you need to make sure that not everyone knows man. It could make things awkward for you when you meet up with Ivy next time." Kenji says as Sprig stared at his friends with his right eye twitching widely as his jaw dropped in pure shock and frustration.

"But...what..." Sprig repeated before trailing off as his body was hit with extreme exhaustion from the sudden adrenaline a couple of minutes ago, and Sprig closed his eyes with a moan as he fell onto the floor, knocked out.

"Oh, Sprig's taking a nap. That sounds like a good idea. I want to take one too since I'm feeling a bit tired as well." Anne says while yawning as she closed her eyes and fell on the ground as Anne begins sleeping.

"Yeah, same," Kenji says while closing his eyes as he drops down to the ground and begins snoring as he fell asleep.

"Welp, these three are knocked out. Want to help me lug these kids back into the house?" Hop Pop asked Polly, who shrugged as she nodded as she went to go get the wagon that was nearby.

"I'm getting too old for this." Hop Pop thought to himself with a deadpan glare as he watched his Granddaughter bring back the wagon and place the kids on the wagon and was about to make his way into his home but stopped as Hop Pop noticed that Anne was cuddling against Kenji, who had his hands wrapped around her waist as they snored in unison.

"But I'm not too old for that." Hop Pop thought with a warm smile as he shakes his head at the lovebirds before he and Polly takes a sleeping Sprig, Anne, and Kenji back home with smiles on their faces.