It was finally Saturday: the Wiggins' housewarming barbecue. Invited families came that noon, including the Grus. The party wasn't just in the backyard, but inside as well. The adults were busy chatting, eating, and drinking away (not to the point of being drunk) around the tables and grill while the kids played in the bounce house and carnival games a neighbor was kind enough to bring for the party.

Of course, the kids, including the three girls, had the time of their lives. Agnes seemed to relax a little after saying hi to the new neighbors for the first time and finding out they don't reek but there was a hint of a fruity smell in the house. Keywords "a little," for she still has little memories of her nightmare and Gladys' remarks on the Wiggins. Was it all a nightmare? Were some of the stuff Sharp said true? If the smelling-all-the-time thing was proven wrong, so must be the others. Right?

Mustering the courage, the half-kitten decided to ask the half-skunks herself. Choosing to ignore the game she was playing, she wanted to search for the mom or grandma. They're grownups, she thought. Maybe they'll tell me more about themselves. After all, who better to learn about skunk enchantimals than from the very enchantimals themselves?

She snuck inside the house and went looking for either woman. There was no sign of them in the living room but he spotted the eldest son with the other guys. However, she spotted the mother and grandma in the kitchen, but they were too focused on the other women making the final preparations for some of the fruit salads. Seeing they were busy, she decided not to disturb them.

She walked out of the kitchen. However, because she wasn't looking where she was going, she was met with a bump made by a pair of shins! It was Once-ler's! This caused him to tumble down with a hard thud, and a tray of drinks he was holding flew out of his hands and onto a wall, shattering the glass cups! The commotion turned heads and a few gasps, including the two women!

Running down the stairs came Ted. "What happened?" he said.

"I'm alright," Once-ler groaned in pain readjusting himself. "Just tripped on-" That was when he noticed the half-kitten. "Someone," he said with surprise. He knelt to her with concern. "Are you ok? You're not cut are you?"

After Agnes readjusted herself as well, she noticed all four of the half-skunks were around her. This looked scarily familiar! "Are you alright, sweetie?" asked Helen.

However, the half-kitten didn't hear the concern, let alone anything, but her heartbeat! She quickly backed away until she bumped into the fridge door! It was her nightmare all over again! It was about to come true!

Feeling like there was nowhere to run, she shut her eye and held her nose! "I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" She sounded like she was about to cry. "I wasn't looking where I was going! It was an accident!"

"We know it's an accident," assured Norma.

"Yeah, so it's no big deal," added Once-ler. "I wasn't looking where I was going either."

They sounded...caring and kind instead of evil and mean, but she hesitantly kept holding her nose.

The rest of her family came in from the sound of glass shattering. "Everything alright?" asked Gru. "We heard glass breaking," Lucy said.

"We're fine," assured Helen grabbing a broom.

"We just accidentally tripped each other," said Once-ler as he and Ted grabbed a few paper towels to clean the ice and little drinks that were in them.

Despite their kindness, the girl was still skeptical, even though she stopped holding her nose. "But aren't you guys mad?"

Ted raised an eyebrow. "Why would we be, especially when it was an accident?"

"If I make you mad," said Agnes. "You'll spray me."

"Agnes," Lucy glared. "Don't be rude."

"It's alright, Mrs. G," the eldest son laughed. "It's not the first time getting that reaction."

"I just wanted to know more about you guys and if what that lady said about you guys is true," she iterated

This caught her parents' ears. "Wait, what stuff?" asked Gru.

"And what lady?" added Lucy.

Outside, it all became clear after Agnes' explanation at one of the tables. The eyebrows of the Wiggins were up.

"Stinkbugs for perfume and cologne?" asked Norma.

"The sewers as our bathtub?" asked Ted.

"Limburger cheese as deodorant? asked Once-ler.

"So that's what that lady was shouting about," Edith said with understanding.

"We didn't think of it when we heard her screaming as usual," added Margo. "She's always screeching about anyone enchantimal that's not her."

Helen couldn't help but shake her head in disappointment. "I can't believe there are enchantimals that still believe the stuff they say about us, especially grown adults now, in this new neighborhood."

Lucy tried to comfort her. "The fact that so many people came to your housewarming shows that more and more people are tolerant of you guys, us included. Besides, that's why we tried to prevent you from inviting her." She added with a sneer. "She'll just bash you guys to no end and spoil everyone's fun."

"Not even a wicked witch would want her," joked Gru causing the other to laugh and giggle.

Agnes couldn't help but feel guilty. "I'm sorry about earlier," she said with her head hanging down a little. "I'm about to learn about you guys at school Monday, but I just wanted to know about what's real from you guys. It's my first time meeting real skunk enchantimals."

"It's perfectly fine, dear," said the granny to Agnes. " Kids meeting us for the first time are curious about us, but mostly scared because they would worry we were itching to spray them for kicks. Even if we do spray any of you, you won't stink forever. So we're not walking bogs of eternal stench from Labyrinth."

"And that tomato juice bath cure?" added the eldest son. "Malarky. It's mixing hydrogen peroxide, baking soda, and dish soap mixed together that gets rid of the smell."

"Plus," said Ted. "We don't just make that one bad smell."

Agnes' eyes widened with surprise. "You don't?"

The Wiggins couldn't help but smile, itching to show their talent off, causing the other Grus to smile with them. "Watch this," Gru whispered to a giggling Lucy.

Suddenly, Norma scooched closer to Agnes and swished her bushy tail on her lap. Emerging from her tail came a pink cloud. Hesitant, she took a quick sniff. And another. It wasn't foul. It was...sweet? She took another sniff of the fading cloud. "Bubblegum?" she asked in surprise with a little smile. Ted did the same thing and she sniffed the yellow cloud. "Lemonade?" Her smile was now growing. Helen was next and her brown cloud was whiffed, too. "Chocolate?" She was getting more excited. Last was Once-ler as she smelt his white cloud causing her to jump in her seat in excitement. "Marshmallows?!" She was now back to her bouncy self again.

Helen couldn't help but giggle. "You see?"

"Now about our scents," informed Once-ler. "We do create different kinds of bad smells when needed, but we also make different pleasant smells, too." He added the good smells info with pride.

"So the fruity smell inside your house..." asked Margo.

"Mango," said the mom. "It was my scent, but it was Once-ler's idea."

"Thought it would be perfect to make during a housewarming in summer," he shrugged.

Inside Gladys' house, the half-cat woman was enjoying her bath and a fine glass of wine. Or at least she would be if it wasn't for the racket next door. She peaked through her window blinds and saw the half-skunks spraying their lovely scents on one of Gru's daughters, but she didn't know they were pleasant smells. This caused her to do a spit take. Being the speciesist she is, she immediately believes they were spraying the girl with their so-called "foul stench."

"I knew it," she hissed with disdain. She snatched her cellphone off the counter.

Looks like the air was cleared. But, of course, a busybody Karen will ruin it all. Or will her scheme backfire?