It's a sunny day out on the water as a seagull flies by. It soars past the caravan, which is on a large purple raft, held by sails. Rapunzel sits up front with her sister and Varian, painting them. Daisy is resting on Harmony's head.
"Pascal, is there anything better than the sun on your face and the wind blowing through your hair?" She closes her eyes and Pascal looks up at his head. "Well, blowing through your scales?" She nuzzles his head with her finger. "I'm almost done, you two. And then I'll make you two copies for you to keep!"
"Thanks, Punz, but you really didn't need to," Harmony smiles slightly.
"But I had to! Varian's gonna need it when he has to go back to Corona to serve the rest of his jail time," She looks up at them. "What's the point of adventure if you don't have anything to remember it by?"
"She makes a good point," Varian smiles at the girl. "It is a nice day out."
"You know, I gotta admit, when I saw the Black Rock trail was leading us across the water, I had my doubts about converting the caravan into a boat. And it's all thanks to Brownie and Goggles," Eugene looks to the two, who give him a thumbs up. A storm begins behind them, thunder crashing over their heads. "And...as it turns out, those doubts were not completely unfounded." He cringes up at the giant rain cloud.
"Oh no..." Harmony stands up as it starts to rain. Rapunzel quickly puts her book in her bag, Pascal running up to the bell. Before he can clang it, Cass does it for him with her sword.
"Storm!"
Pascal falls onto the wood, his ears hurting. He grunts up at her, rubbing his head. Everyone tries to keep their balance on the wobbling ship.
"Don't worry! According to my calculations, we should just miss it," Lance states, a wave washing over them. "When will you people learn to ignore the things I say?"
Thunder strikes again, Max whinnying.
"Listen up!" Rapunzel calls out from the roof of the caravan, holding her hair. "The most important thing is to remain calm."
"Really? I would've thought the most important thing to do would be to not drown!" Hook Foot starts freaking out, yelling as he runs around.
"Eugene, Lance, grab the helm. We need to hit those waves at a 45-degree angle. Cass, Foot, empty the bilge. Max, Silver, and Fidella, help the rest of us get everything on deck tied down. And Pascal?" He squeaks as he salutes to her. "Um, you'd better get below deck and ride this out."
He whimpers sadly as thunder crashes once again. He crawls up to the window, a rope and hook falling near him. He smirks and grabs the rope, grabbing the hook with his tail. However, with the wind, he loses his grip, falling into the room down below. Everyone screams as they ride a wave, which crashes down on them. A box full of coins falls towards Pascal, hitting him on the head.
When he opens his eyes, he sees the sun and the eye of a seagull looking down at him. He stares up at the bird, a coin stuck to his belly. The seagull flies away as he can see everyone up and awake...but their caravan/boat is destroyed, pieces laid out everywhere.
"Pascal!" Rapunzel runs up to him. "Oh, you're okay. You scared me," She bends down to him. "You should have never tried to fix that jib on your own," She pets him on the head. He sees the coin on his stomach and exhales. The coin pops off, leaving him with the Corona symbol on his belly. He beams, pointing to it.
Harmony runs up to Varian, who has a starfish stuck on his face. She giggles and pulls it off. "You okay?"
"Other than us crashing..." He spits out some water from his mouth. "I'll live."
"Well, gang, I've got bad news...and really bad news," Eugene announces, looking out to the water with his telescope. "We strayed from the Black Rock path and our caravan is now kaput. Brownie, I'm wondering, can you sense other black rocks?"
"Black rocks and bad intentions don't necessarily match up with my senses," She shakes her head. "I mean, maybe if I had more training..."
"Wait. So we're stuck here?" Hook Foot sits up, taking an octopus off him. "I don't wanna be stuck here! No one wants to be stuck here. Where is here?"
"Tirapai Island, an agricultural port known for its bountiful fruit. The waning of the moon sharpens the sweetness of the crop, making the new moon an optimal time to harvest. A cargo ferry arrives to bring the island's fruit to the mainland each new moon."
Everyone stares at Lance, shocked. Harmony and Varian blink in unison. "How do you possibly know all that?"
"I know things," Lance defends, gesturing to himself. "Plus, it says it on that plaque over there," He points to a plaque nearby.
"Ah, plaque, yes," They walk up to the stone.
"I've read about this island," Harmony rubs her chin. "Lots of native fruits and people different from any others."
"Sounds like all we gotta do is wait to catch the ferry at the next new moon," Rapunzel states after reading it.
"Ugh. This is horrible," Cass takes off a boot. "We could be here for days or months...or even-"
"Look, I know it's not ideal," Rapunzel interrupts as the lady-in-waiting dumps the sand. "But if we have to be stranded, at least it's in a beautiful place like this."
A fly goes over Pascal's head, which he eats. "And if we are stuck here, we're gonna need to make shelter...What do you say we have a little, uh, shelter building contest, right? Cass, Harmi, and I versus you guys?"
"Oh, no," Varian shakes his head, gesturing to himself, Harmony, Daisy, Ruddiger, and Silver. "We'll just build our own shelter to beat you."
"Aren't you two a little young to be moving in together?" Eugene smirks teasingly, both of them blushing in embarrassment.
"I-It's not like that! And besides we're not gonna be totally alone," Harmony gestures to the three animals. "Are we building or what?"
"Oh, it's on!" Lance challenges them.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. There's four of us, two of you girls, and then five on another team. I mean, is that really fair?" Eugene asks with an amused smile.
"For the record, it is not two against four against five." Pascal squeaks, placing his hands on his hips in a pose. "We've also got Max." His eyes widen as he turns to them. "And he's as strong as a...a horse." The chameleon grumbles, kicking away some sand.
The three groups separate to go find supplies.
"Alright, boys, first rule of shelter building: location, location, location!" Eugene announces to his group, a tiny hand moving away a leaf to watch them.
"Oh...!"
Rapunzel plants a flower in her hair as her leafy green outfit is finished. "There. Now we're beach ready," She smiles towards Pascal, chuckling. "You look so cute in your teeny-tiny, adorable little grass skirt." Pascal is not amused by this at all. "Yes, you do!" She pokes his belly. "Oh, wait, wait, wait..." She hands him a little guitar. "Yes!" She laughs to Cass, who is wearing a dark beige shoulderless shirt. "Doesn't he look so cute?"
She gives him one look. "Mm, cute's not really my thing. But I gotta admit that's insanely cute!"
Pascal listens to Max neighing in laughter, glaring towards him. "Alright, guys, let's build us a shelter!"
Rapunzel breaks a stick in half, drawing out a plan. They look at the treehouse drawing in the sand. Pascal hacks away at a tree using a seashell, getting a bit tired afterwards. Cass cuts the rest off with her sword. He looks at his seashell and tosses it away, looking away sadly.
Together, they start building the base at a tree, Pascal struggling to lift up a tree branch. Cass and Rapunzel lift it up with ease, walking away as they've almost formed the house. Pascal throws down some grass, but Max tosses a bunch onto him, annoying the chameleon. Rapunzel lifts up a bundle of grass with her hair, giving the rope to Pascal. He goes flying into the water as a result. Once he washes up on shore, the skirt is gone. He smiles...but then it comes back on him, to his dismay.
"So, what do you think?" Rapunzel asks the others as they look at their finished product: a two-story tree house.
"Huh. It'll be perfect when we add a door to protect us from all these insects."
A mosquito flies by, which Pascal eats. "No matter how big your appetite is, little guy, you can't eat all these bugs. Come on. Let's go collect some bamboo," They walk off to go find some.
Varian is gathering sticks for their shelter, already dressed in his teal shirt from his previous outfit, but with no apron. His pants are slightly tattered at the ends as a bag is over his shoulder, and he has his gloves off for a change. But he still keeps his goggles on, of course. Ruddiger hands him a stick, which he takes. He suggested for them to be a group because he knows that the raccoon will do anything to annoy Max...
A rustle is heard behind a wall of leaves that they set up for changing clothes, and it's portable. They're going to use it in their shelter, once they find a place. He looks over his shoulder towards the wall.
"You done, Mona? We need to find a spot for our shelter. I'm thinking somewhere near the water for fishing when we run out of food."
"Yes, I'm finished," She adjusts herself.
"Okay, so what spot do you think is best-" He looks up, mouth dropping in shock as he drops the sticks. Everything sparkles around his girlfriend in his eyes as she slowly moves away the leaves, running a hand through her hair. She's wearing a crop top made out of green leaves with a layered style accessorized with lei flowers along the perimeter. A white sash wraps around her skirt made out of Tapa cloth she found from the caravan, but she's decorated the end with hibiscus flowers. Her hair is completely out, cascading down her back with her ends curled. A pink hibiscus flower rests to the left side of her hair and she's barefoot. Daisy's changed her flower accessory to a hibiscus flower to match Harmony.
"Vari?" She blinks, waving a hand in front of his face. "Vari?"
"Ah..." He continues staring at her, not even blinking. She claps her hands in front of his face. "Oh!" He blinks, recoiling back a bit and being brought back down to Earth. "Sorry...you just look...really pretty, Mona."
She blushes, rubbing her arm. "Well, when I sewed all of this, I didn't think you'd actually freeze once you saw me...I really look pretty?"
"Glowing!" He stands up, holding her hand. "Well, that's you every day, though."
Harmony giggles, noticing his hands. "You're not wearing gloves?"
"I don't wanna get 'em all dirty with the sand," He rubs the back of his neck. "You don't like it?"
"No, I like it," She smiles towards the boy, "Doesn't matter what I like, anyway. I don't care what you look like, I love you for who you are."
He smiles at her and waves her forward. "Come on, let's go to the beach and find a spot."
The two walk in front of the three animals, holding some sticks. Of course they're gonna go back and bring some more, but they still need a designated spot.
"Oh!" Varian groans once they reach the water, because he sees the treehouse. "The girls must've beaten us to it...Impressive shelter, I must say."
"No one ever said we couldn't build in the same area," She smirks in amusement and he smirks back. Together they draw out a plan, checking off all consistencies for both themselves and their roommates. Soon, they stand in front of a base built for a two-story hut. Varian grins towards Harmony, who waves a few more sticks in her hand with a big smile. He smirks, rolling up his sleeves, and with everyone's help, they finish their shelter. The hut is nicely built with a few stepping stones in front of the door which they have yet to build. And the windows are still empty.
"Now we just need wood for the windows and doors, so that we can close the insects out," Harmony places her hands on her hips proudly.
"Oh really? What happened to fresh air?" Varian teases her as they walk away into the bushes.
"I may like fresh air, but one thing I do NOT like is bugs!" She retorts back, the three animals following after them. "No offense to Pascal."
Cass and Rapunzel watch Max carry dozens of bamboo on his back, carrying some in their hands. Rapunzel sighs a bit. "We'll catch up, Max."
He grabs another piece and continues walking. Pascal drags one piece of bamboo across the sand.
"Don't worry, Pascal," Rapunzel takes him into her hand, grabbing the stick. "We'll find something for you to do. Oh, gosh. I still can't get over how cute that skirt is. I just wanna boop your little belly all day! Boop, boop, boop!"
He takes it off in annoyance, tossing it onto the ground. A tiny hand takes the skirt. Leaves rustling as the girls hear growling. Cass drops her bamboo pieces in alarm. "Hold on. I think we've got company."
Nearby, Harmony and Varian hear it too.
"You heard that too, right?" Varian asks nervously.
"I'd have to be deaf not to hear it," She states as she looks around in alarm.
Pascal hides behind Rapunzel's neck, a bunch of eyes in front of them. They separate to reveal tiny leaf people.
"Attack!"
Rapunzel gasps as they take off. "Run!"
"Punz?" Harmony runs off, Varian and the others following after her. The tiny leaves chase after the girls, growling at them. Max hears the commotion, the teens and three animals stumbling upon him. "Max! What's going on?"
He whinnies for them to follow and the two jump on Silver. Max drops the sticks, which form into a horse.
The two girls jump off a rock, landing in front of an opening. "Quick! In here!" Cass whispers, but a tiny leaf sees them enter. They press their backs against the wall, waiting for something to happen. Cass peeks through the exit, sighing in relief.
"It looks like we lost them."
"What is this place?" Rapunzel steps forward into the cave, which has a few pieces of furniture and carvings. "Huh." She looks up at the painting on the wall, seeing a chameleon on them. "These drawings look a little bit like..." She looks to another one of a chameleon. "You, Pascal."
Suddenly, they hear growling as the tiny leaves approach the cave, courtesy of an informant. The girls hide as Pascal turns purple like some idols nearby. The two cringe as their attacks come inside, seeing them hide behind the table.
"You know we can still see you, right?"
"Ha! You found us," Rapunzel states as they stand up, holding up their hands in surrender. "You guys must be really good at hide-and-seek."
Pascal comes out of hiding as well, the leaf people gasping. One of them holds up a stick on fire as Pascal is posing in the exact same way that a drawing behind him is. "It's Lizardus!" They all bow to him, Rapunzel glancing at Cass. The three are just confused by the whole thing.
Max finally arrives with Harmony's group in tow. They all manage to squeeze through. "Guys, finally!" Varian exclaims in relief.
"We heard you in trouble and—what is happening?" They see the tiny leaf people, Pascal's shadow, and the two girls standing next to him.
"Lizardus, it is you," Their leader, who has a droplet mark on his head unlike his people, gets onto the table with the help of his people. He bows to the chameleon, who glances up to the others.
"Lizardus?" Rapunzel asks in confusion, the leader getting up to her height with a leaf stack. "Indeed, we Lorbs have been awaiting the sacred Lizardus Rex for centuries! For he is our Kloopenhogun! Our king!"
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, what?" Harmony waves her hands, as both teens are just baffled.
"But that's just Pascal," Rapunzel gestures to her friend.
"No. He is Lizardus, we are the Lorbs, and you are the freinfloofers," The leader smiles, holding Cass' cheeks. "But you are so cute! I just want to pinch you two on your schmoovenvizens!"
"What did any of that mean?" Varian whispers to Harmony.
"Oh. This island is their home," Harmony gestures to the Lorbs. "Because of the mark that Pascal accidentally got, they think he's their king who's fated to come and save them from evil. They've been waiting for decades."
"Oh, I like this freinfloofer," The leader points up to the girl. "She is well versed in our history!"
"I used to read a lot in my room to pass the time," She rubs her arm awkwardly.
The leader lands in front of Pascal. "Lizardus, you must return with us to Lorbwalla, so that the others can honor you."
Pascal beams at the thought. "That sounds terrific! Oh, show us the way!" Rapunzel smiles at them.
"Uh-uh. We were not talking to you," The leader replies rudely to her.
"We were talking to Lizardus," A Lorb gestures to Pascal, the people surrounding him and carrying him away.
"Lizardus! Lizardus!"
"Yeah, as long as it's just for a little while. Right, Pascal?" Rapunzel stares after him, and he doesn't look back.
"Yes, come, freinfloofers. Come! Come, come! Come now!"
Rapunzel turns towards the others. "What does 'freinfloofer' mean?" She asks them in confusion.
"I'm pretty sure it means we're pets," Cass states as they go through the exit.
"Oh, I don't think..."
Max manages to get his butt in after a few wiggles, Silver doing the same. The first time has no effect, but he second time makes the rocks above the exit clatter. They fall to reveal a depiction of Lizardus fighting a giant fly...
"No, that's what it means," Harmony shakes her head towards them. "Lorbs are very misanthropic towards humans. Probably because they've never had visitors before."
"That explains their rudeness, then..." Varian sighs a bit.
"Hopefully, they can get used to us long enough before a ferry comes to get us."
The boys and Fidella stare at the shelter they just finished. "I think we did a pretty good job," Hook Foot smiles proudly.
"Guys, I can't stress this enough: location is everything." In front of them is a small hut on top of logs acting as the floor. Suddenly it lifts up and is whisked away. "Unless that location is on an anthill..."
Fidella rolls her eyes, shaking her head.
"Lizardus! Lizardus! Lizardus!" The Lorbs chant as they carry Pascal on a leaf. "Lizardus! Lizardus!" His eyes are closed as he's enjoying the sun.
"Behold, Lizardus," Alfons, the leader, gestures to a wall of leaves. "Your kingdom of Lorbwalla!" He moves away the grass to reveal a bunch of little cottages and lanterns. Pascal gasps in shock at the place. The Lorbs see him and bow, a Lorb jumping off their waterfall. Lorbs from the water form Pascal's face. He looks on in awe at the village.
"This is amazing," Rapunzel inspects the area, seeing some sun and moon lanterns. At least ¼ of them have the sun symbol only. "Cass, oh, my lanterns! My birthday lanterns! Can you believe it?"
"Guess they had to land somewhere," Cass smirks a little.
"So all of those lanterns we send on your birthday end up here..." Harmony looks around at all of them. It seems they have most of them.
"No!" Alfons sticks his head out of a lantern. "These sacred symbols fell from the heavens! They are gifts from the Kloopenhogun himself! See?" He's gesturing to the sun/moon symbol Pascal has on his belly still.
Rapunzel laughs as she places down a lantern. "Kloopenhogun. But why don't all of these lanterns have the Corona symbol? Some of them only have the sun on it."
"Oh, you didn't know?" Varian raises a brow, gesturing to Harmony. "When your sister was born 4 years later after your...disappearance, your parents changed the symbol to signify the sister bond and the new princess."
"They couldn't bear to remove the sun symbol altogether, so they decided to combine them," Harmony smiles slightly.
A mosquito flies right past them.
"Blood-hungry sky beasts!" A Lorb points to the bug, the people screaming and running away. Some go into hiding while others run.
"Really?" Varian deadpans at them. Pascal captures the bug and eats it, causing the people to cheer. They bow to him repeatedly, grateful to be saved by the 'danger.'
"Oh, Kloopenhogun, you are a master with the bug hunting!"
"You must tackle the Firefly!" A female Lorb states in awe.
"I bet your attack form is uncanny."
Pascal nods, squeaking as he takes the praise. "No wonder why your wife admires you so!" One of them points to Daisy, who glares at them for assuming such a thing. She is a single duckling, and if anyone did like her, they'd have to put a ring on her.
"Oh, no, they're just friends," Harmony waves her hands. Pascal winks towards the duckling out of confidence, clicking his teeth and pointing at her. Daisy turns red out of anger, chirping profusely.
"Oh, great Lizardus! Perhaps you can help us with another problem," Alfons speaks up, earning a thumbs up in return. "Come with me."
He places down a fruit that has a bite taken out of it, and the object is burned badly. "Here is our most prized drop, the pompoen fruit."
"Doesn't look like any of the pictures I've seen of it," Harmony bends down to it, inspecting the fruit. "It looks like a fire started here, a bad one."
"You are correct, intelligent fleinfloofer. Unfortunately, we lost it all in the blaze started by the evil Firefly!" He gestures to the destroyed field of crops, trees burned to the trunk. "We face starvation! But the Kloopenhogun has arrived in the nick of time!" He bows to the proud chameleon. "Kloopenhogun!"
"They think a firefly did this?" Cass whispers to the others as they inspect the area. She lightly touches a tree. "I don't think they know how fireflies work."
"Something did this kind of powerful damage," Harmony touches a tree, looking at the burn marks. "With everything that's happened with us on this journey, I'd be inclined to believe them," Harmony states, crossing her arms.
"Well, with how they view Pascal as their king, anything's possible. But that'd be one powerful firefly," Varian rubs his chin, staring at the tree. "Scorch marks. This has been going on for a while."
Bugs fly over the leaf people, who shriek in terror. Pascal eats them and they cheer for him, bowing. "Lizardus! Lizardus! Lizardus!"
"I'm starting to agree with you," Rapunzel glances to her sister.
"Master, with your power, we can rid our village of this crop-eating vermin! We shall mark the occasion with the Feast of Lizardus Rex!" Alfons waves his people forward, who bring a throne made of leaves, an octopus, seashells, a clam, and a starfish.
"Lizardus! Lizardus! Lizardus!" They holler as they provide stairs for him. He jumps on and leans back, everyone behind him giving the chameleon a look. He claps twice and they whisk him away. The Lorbs take him back to their village, where they give him a big crown and necklace, making banners in his image.
"Keep fanning! Ach! Harder," A female Lorb orders the girls, who are holding fans. "No, no, no, that's too much! And more bugs!"
Varian and Harmony step up to Pascal, offering him bowls of bugs for him to eat, both of them annoyed. "Freinfloofers are so hard to train!"
They then make a statue out of Pascal in his mighty, surrounded by the four humans. "What an accurate representation of the hairy freinfloofer, with the plow plopper, intelligent freinfloofer, and the male plow plopper!"
Harmony and Varian are laying down in exhaustion, as they had to make this statue exactly like Alfons ordered it...
15 times until they got it right.
"Excuse me, my nose does not look like that," Rapunzel gestures to her pointy nose from the statue.
"Why does my statue have fangs?" Cass jerks a thumb to her statue self.
"Sorry, guys, but there was no convincing them...we just wanted a break..." Varian pants slowly, looking like he's about to pass out.
"Please...no more...my arms can't take it..." Harmony coughs a bit.
Two female Lorbs give Pascal a facial and foot rub at the same time. The rest of them are collecting mud nearby, with the substance all over them.
"Can we be done collecting mud yet?" Cass calls out. "You've been giving him a facial for two hours."
Then they present him with a feast. "We waited, and we hoped," Alfons announces to the others. "And we waited some more. And then we waited a teeny bit more. But, finally, our Kloopenhogun is here."
Two females hug him. "And he will save us! But first, we feast!"
The Lorbs all cheer in celebration. Rapunzel walks back to the smaller table, where everyone else is. She takes a seat next to her sister.
Cass groans in annoyance. "Look, Raps, this has been fun, but in all honesty, no, it hasn't!"
"Granted, this is not the best-looking...I don't know, is this soup?" Rapunzel holds out a spoonful of slop to the girl.
"Nope. Trust me, you don't wanna eat that," She puts the spoon down slowly.
"Because it's slop. It's hog slop," Cass deadpans at them.
"A fun fact, at least half of their food is not made for human consumption," Varian narrows his eyes slightly.
"But if you'd stop looking at only the negative side of things, you would see that there's all this delicious exotic fruit right in front of us," She holds up the pompoen fruit in her hand, opening her mouth.
"Oh, wait, I should probably tell you that with the pompoen fruit-" Harmony tries to warn her, but she takes a huge bite. Rapunzel looks towards Pascal, who is being fed. She takes another bite.
"You know what? I'm gonna go talk to him," Rapunzel's eyes widen as her face starts to get red. "Oh. Oh, wow. Oh, this...fruit is kinda..." She fans her face, gesturing to herself.
"Kinda what, Raps?" Cass looks on in amusement. Rapunzel's eye twitches as sweat is dripping down her face.
"Nothin'. It's, um...it's just, uh...uh..."
"I'm sorry," Cass holds a hand to her ear. "Just, what?"
"It's, uh...it's delicious," She sticks out a tongue, Harmony glancing to Varian and shaking her head.
"Really?" Rapunzel nods to her. "Then, here," Cass holds out another fruit. "Maybe you'd like to try some more delicious, exotic fruit."
"I wouldn't recommend that," Harmony crosses her arms, both teens giving Cass a look of disapproval. Rapunzel finally screams as she stands up, taking the slop and throwing it over her mouth. It does nothing as she runs around screaming, her mouth on fire. She plants her face into a bowl of blue roots.
"Cass!" Harmony frowns towards the lady-in-waiting. "That's not amusing! Pompoen fruit is never to be consumed without the stink weeds to counteract its spice," She holds up the fruit, pointing to the blue vines underneath it. "Which is what I was trying to tell Punz before she ate it anyway."
"These are some really silly fleinfloofers you adopted," Alfons looks to Pascal, who nods in agreement. He's too busy basking in the glory to really do anything about the situation, knowing fully well he's not their king.
Rapunzel lifts up her head in relief. "Ah, wow. These stinky weeds are refreshing." She wipes them away from her face. "Pascal, this has to stop. Tell them we're not your pets. Tell them we're your friends." She smiles towards him.
"Surely, Lizardus would never consider such boorish creatures friends?" Alfons asks arrogantly.
"Pascal, this isn't you," Rapunzel ignores the leaf, giving her friend a pleading look. "Huh? Where's my generous, kindhearted little buddy?"
He glances away at her words, since none of them have even noticed how he was feeling.
"Little?" Alfons stands in front of Pascal, laughing as they help him stand up. "Oh, funny joke! Lizardus Rex is anything but little! Lizardus possesses mighty power! These pets are the pits! Send these freinfloofers away, and come with us! We have prepared many giftings for you!" He gestures to five Lorbs, who kneel with pineapples, leis, and a coconut drink. "It is he who is large and you who are puny!"
Pascal claps and with that, leaves with them. "So that's why you've been acting-" Her eyes widen as she suddenly remembers everything before the Lorbs attacked them. "Oh, I've been treating him like he was—Wait, Pascal, I get it!"
He doesn't listen and she looks on sadly. Harmony walks up to her, patting her back in sympathy.
"...Have you ever made Daisy feel that way?" Rapunzel glances to Harmony, who sighs slowly.
"...No...because she had already felt that way when she couldn't fly," She nuzzles Daisy with her cheek. "But I helped her see that no matter what she could do, I would always love her. Now you just have to make Pascal see that."
"Looks good," Eugene comments as they've made a new shelter, a one-story hut with straw. "But I'm thinking, if we really wanted to avoid the anthills, we should've built a tree house."
"Oh, well, I'll be!" Shorty is holding an axe. He cuts off a tree with it.
"Oh, come on, guys! What have we discussed about Shorty and tools?" Eugene exclaims and the tree falls onto their shelter, destroying it.
"Tree, meet house."
Eugene looks on in annoyance, their first shelter moving past them. Fidella didn't know how she got stuck with them...
"And now, our hero, Lizardus Rex, will defeat our enemy, the Firefly," Alfons declares as Pascal has some armor made out of coconut. The Lorbs cheer as a female walks up to him with a staff. "We bestow upon you the Mighty Staff of Cupon. And decorate you with the stinky weeds of Lorbwalla," He places a cape on Pascal made out of blue weeds.
Pascal poses heroically with the cape and staff. "Lizardus! Lizardus! Lizardus!"
"I can't believe I couldn't see it before," Rapunzel states as they walk down a path. "We were making him feel left out. I was making him feel left out. I was treating him like he was this big," She pinches her fingers together.
"I'm sure he'll forgive you," Harmony smiles a little.
"He did when you abandoned him for your duties," Varian points out.
"And in your defense, he is that big," Cass tells her.
"Not to me," Rapunzel sighs a little. "I have to go apologize." A large shadow flies past them. "Uh, guys? I think that's the Firefly," She points up to the sky, where the large firefly soars past the sun.
"No way!" Cass whispers at this.
"Wait," Harmony shakes her head rapidly. "That type of firefly, it couldn't possibly do all that damage on its own. It would need something to create the fire."
"But we have to warn Pascal!" Rapunzel tells her.
"They can't really expect him to fight that thing!" Varian points to the direction the Firefly left. "With the amount of damage it's done, it has a lot of firepower!"
A ladder falls near them from above the trees.
"You will warn him of nothing!" A tiny Lorb declares, as they were listening in. They throw a net over all of them.
Pascal stands bravely on his throne. "We will finally have a fruitful pompoen season without the Firefly ruining it!" A female Lorb Florina exclaims happily. Some of them allow him to jump off their backs, walking onto the sand. He looks back to his loyal subjects. "We have never been this close, but with you, Master, we have no fear."
Despite that, they hide behind the rocks.
Pascal walks up to the edge, awaiting for the firefly...only to see what kind of monster he's dealing with.
"Behold! The Firefly!" Alfons announces, Pascal's mouth opening wide open. He was expecting a small firefly, and definitely nothing like this... "It is time! Morph into your attack form!"
"Use your fearsome machtshovel!" Another one calls out, but the chameleon has none of that. He runs away from the firefly, who starts breathing fire at him. "Is he stretching?"
"What is this?"
The Lorbs yell as they surround the trapped group. "Is this a joke?" Cass wonders as the horses stand up, flinging off the net.
"Yeah! You really think this cute little net is gonna restrain us and 2 1,200 pound horses?" Rapunzel asks in disbelief. "Come on! We have to save Pascal before he gets hurt by the Firefly."
"If only we knew how to stop it..." Harmony murmurs as she and Varian run side-by-side. She turns back to the Lorbs. "And you guys need to learn how to respect privacy!"
"Look at this place!" Lance gestures to the tree house that belongs to Rapunzel and Cass. Hook Foot is laying down on a chair, relaxing. "High ceilings, open spaces, my favorite selling point, no terrifying insects. And the best part is, I just found this place! Just sitting here!"
Eugene picks up Rapunzel's journal. "Lance, this is the girls' place, isn't it?" He asks knowingly. "And that's Harmony and Varian's shelter nearby?"
"Yes, and I found them. Just sitting here. We can use the other place as a bar!"
"No," Eugene deadpans at him. "And have those two potentially killing us for using it like that? I can literally see their labs from where I'm standing...and I have to say, I'm impressed. Whoa, a mini-cooler and a fan!"
Pascal cringes as he runs away from flames. He jumps out of the clearing, the firefly flying after him. He rolls onto the sand, hitting some rocks. Luckily, the coconuts protect him. He hears the firefly roar and cringes, taking off into a run again. He hides in some grass, the giant bug resting on a scorched piece of tree.
The chameleon shrieks as he runs off, only to bump into Rapunzel. "Pascal! Oh, I'm so glad to see you! I am sorry if I made you feel small and unneeded."
He smiles for the apology and she smiles back. She picks him up and kisses him on the cheek. Then she takes off his armor, and he slips out of the final piece, still wearing the tall hat and cape.
"Uh, guys! Flying monster, remember?" Cass points up to the firefly, which is still wreaking havoc.
"Master, what is the problem?" Alfons and the other Lorbs come out of hiding, worried. Rapunzel looks to her friend, who jumps down from her hands and walks up to them regrettably. He takes off the hat.
"Pascal is not a warrior king. He doesn't have an attack form. He is a chameleon," Rapunzel steps up to them. "And he would've told you sooner, but he just—he got carried away with all of the attention. Which he wouldn't have needed, if his real friends had been giving him the credit that he deserves."
"Like all of you did," Harmony gestures to the Lorbs. "And I can tell you this, we're not his pets, and you can't treat people like that. Just because we're different than you all doesn't mean you should act like that towards others."
Pascal smiles softly at the two.
"Well, we can't say we fully understand, but we can definitely say, this is incredibly bad timing on your part, you crazy freinfloofer!"
They cringe as they turn around to see the firefly, who had returned. It breathes fire once again.
"So, uh, where are those guys, anyway?" Hook Foot wonders as the boys are still in the treehouse. The firefly breathes fire not too far away from them, getting their attention.
"I think I know where they are."
The firefly chases after the group and they dive out of the way from its fire. They stare at the direction its going, to Lorbwalla.
"Everyone! Let's lure him away from the village!" Rapunzel shouts, and they all nod to each other. The firefly starts burning the fruit. "Hey! Over here!" The older princess waves her arms and it takes the bait, attacking them instead of the crops.
The Lorbs scream as they run away out of fear from the firefly. Pascal is surrounded by fire. "Okay, let's take inventory. Giant bug monster, check. Little leafy people and Pascal in a cape. Double check," He chuckles, smiling widely. "I cannot wait to hear this story. Hey, whoa!" The firefly nearly hits them with flames.
The leaf people continue to run as the firefly lands in front of Eugene. He strikes the back with his sword, but it has no effect on the bug. "Hey, Blondie, Brownie!" He waves to the two. "Looks like you made some new friends!"
"You know us, never met a stranger," Rapunzel calls out as she undoes her hair.
"Yeah, except this guy?" Varian points to the firefly. "Not friendly!"
The bug turns around and fires, Eugene rolling out of the way. Hook Foot yells as he charges in holding a fruit. He throws it at the firefly's face, but that just makes it angry. He yelps and runs away, but the bug suddenly stops. He looks behind him to see Rapunzel trapping its wings with her hair, the other three hanging on. He growls at them and flings them into Lance. Everyone else joins them.
"Rapunzel!" Eugene runs up to her.
"What are we gonna do? There's no stopping this thing!" She looks up at the bug. Harmony and Varian look to each other, and then at the firefly. It flies up to the fruit...and then eats one. It breathes fire afterwards.
"Peppers. Mouth on fire," The two sisters murmur in unison.
"That's it! That's how it can breathe fire!" Harmony's eyes widen as Rapunzel gasps.
"Wait! She's right! It's not evil! It's just eating too many peppers!"
"That's some really bad indigestion," Lance shakes his head.
Rapunzel smiles at some weeds in front of them. "We just have to feed it these stinky weeds!"
"Those stinky weeds are the only way to get that thing to neutralize the effects of the pompoen fruit," Harmony explains to the boys.
"But without your arrows, Mona, we'd have to get it really close," Varian states to her.
"We'll just have to figure out a way to feed him without getting burned, then..." She cringes slightly, but she doesn't see a way of that happening.
"Okay! I don't know what any of that meant, but let's do it!" Eugene declares and Pascal suddenly remembers what his cape is made out of. Rapunzel and Harmony approach the firefly, which continues breathing fire onto the ground. Harmony steps back a bit as it flies over their heads.
Daisy flies towards Pascal behind a rock and he gestures for her to fly him over there. She lands in front of him and he hops in. She takes flight towards the firefly.
"Pascal!" Rapunzel screams in alarm upon seeing him.
"Daisy, no!" Harmony cries out as they rush over. Daisy continues flying anyway, getting the firefly's attention. It stares at the two just as the others arrive.
"No!" The sisters shout, Daisy flying over the firefly's mouth. Pascal jumps inside, eaten...Rapunzel starts to cry, Harmony and Eugene comforting her. Suddenly the firefly roars, the colors from it changing from red to blue. It spits out Pascal, who was in a ball.
"Pascal?"
He rolls out of the ball, squeaking as he's fine. Daisy chirps as she flies back to them. "Pascal!" Rapunzel takes him into her hands, Daisy flying in front of Harmony. She smiles, nuzzling her duckling on the cheek. "Oh! You are, by far, the bravest chameleon I have ever met, and I will never, ever, ever overlook your inner strength and courage."
"Or your quick thinking," Cass bends down to him. The Lorbs cheer as the firefly flies away.
"Yes! He is brilliant!" Alfons states as they walk up to the group. "The Firefly only had an upset tum-tum from the peppers! All we must do is supply him with those stinky weeds and our harvest is saved! We have lost a king, but we have gained a friend." He shakes Pascal's tail.
"Well, as far as the shelter building contest goes, I think it's a tie between you and Harmony's group," Eugene states once the two groups return.
"I think I can live with that," Cass smirks to the two.
"At least ours is still standing," Harmony gives the boys a look.
"Why do you say that? What's wrong with your shelter?"
"Well, let's just say that it...kinda got away from us," Lance explains, chuckling in embarrassment.
"They built their first one over an anthill," Varian smirks, crossing his arms. "We saw it earlier. And not to mention, it's outside right now."
The girls look outside to see the first shelter still moving, giggling. "Oh! I wanna see your shelter, you guys," Rapunzel turns to the duo. "With all the craziness, we didn't get to see it."
"Oh, well, we can show you," Harmony waves the others forward, leading the way as she gets down the steps. Once they reach the other shelter, they see that the two have put in their doors and windows by using sticks. Varian opens the door, and they stare in shock at what they see. The Lorbs are putting up a bunch of paintings of the couple to decorate the walls.
"Oh wow..." Varian steps forward. "What's all this, guys?"
"Well...after thinking about what the intelligent flein—Princess Harmony said...we realized that she was right. We were treating you horribly. And to show our gratitude and remorse, we have taken the liberty of decorating your cute little hut!" Alfons states to them.
"Aww, you guys," Rapunzel bends down to the Lorbs. "That's so sweet of you."
"Apology accepted," Harmony smiles softly.
"It looks great," Varian grins as he looks around. Alfons offers his hands to the two and they all shake for a truce.