Later that night, in the desert, everyone was getting settled for the night as Dot had entered "Sleep Mode".
"Let's get you comfortable, Cherry." Thor smiled.
"By all means," Cherry replied. "At least it's even cooler out here than it was earlier."
Lionel put out some sleeping bags for himself and the others before settling into his own. "Alright, good night, everyone," he then declared. "We set off for Druidia by morning."
The others nodded at that as they got settled for the night, though Barf seemed to whimper and whine while twitching in his sleep.
"Must be chasing rabbits," Thor smiled bashfully. "I remember that I used to do that all the time."
"When you were a little kid?" Cherry asked.
"Last year," Thor smiled. "It was a bit of a phase I was going through."
Cherry and Lionel blinked at that, but didn't say anything as Vespa began to shiver before Lone Starr decided to give her a coat to warm her up with.
"No, thank you, I'm perfectly fine." replied Vespa.
"Take it, it's freezing." said Lone.
"Well, if you insist," Vespa took a brief sniff. "Won't you be cold?"
"Nah, cold doesn't bother me."
"I just can't seem to find Druidia." Vespa said, gazing upwards.
Lone pointed upwards. "It's right there. It's that big, bluish one. See?" he replied.
Thor began to watch Lone Starr and Vespa interacting.
"Oh, yeah, but it's so far away." Vespa said softly.
"Don't worry; I'll get ya there." Lone promised.
"Which one's yours?"
"Who knows?" The man shrugged.
"You don't know where you're from?" Vespa asked, concerned and curious.
"Not really. I was found on the doorstep of a monastery."
"Monastery? Where?"
"Somewhere in the Ford Galaxy."
"Well, didn't the monks tell you who your parents are?"
"They couldn't. They took a vow of silence. All I got was this," Lone told the princess as he pulled a medallion out of his shirt which had some kind of writing. "It was around my neck."
"What is it?" The princess asked.
"I don't know," Lone shrugged. "I've taken it to every wise man in the universe. No one can tell me what it means."
"It's beautiful. You know, I-... It's beautiful."
The two then suddenly stopped talking as Lone put the medallion back in his shirt before they noticed Thor was watching them.
"Please... Don't mind me," Thor smiled. "I like a good love story. Anything's better than Twilight."
"So how come you ran away from your wedding?" asked Lone.
"Well, if you must know, I wasn't in love with the groom." replied Vespa.
"Why were you gonna marry him?"
"Because I'm a princess, and I have to marry a prince."
"Ah, And he didn't do it for you."
Lionel chuckled in his sleep.
"Yeah, he didn't... 'do it' for me," Vespa explained. "I really must go back. I shouldn't have run away. I realize now that love is one luxury a princess cannot afford."
"You're probably right." Lone replied.
"I know, now, that I must live without love."
"I guess so."
"Besides, love isn't that important." Vespa decided.
"Nah, never was." Starr shrugged.
"I could be perfectly happy the rest of my life without love." said Vespa.
"Aww..." Thor pouted.
"Kid, please!" Lone complained to the young warlock.
Thor soon slunk back over to sit with Cherry and Lionel.
"Sure you could." Lone said to Vespa.
"Without physical contact."
"Yeah."
"Without being held." Vespa then said, moving closer to him.
"Yeah." Lone replied, coming closer to her.
"Or kissed."
The two were soon about to kiss when an alarm started going off which was Dot's Virgin Alarm.
"Abandon ship! Abandon ship! Women and mawgs first!" Barf grunted and yelped as he soon woke up with his tail wagging.
Cherry sputtered and grunted before moving Barf's tail out of the way. Lionel screeched like a cat and shot into the air, his hair standing on end.
"We'll have no more of that, mister!" Dot exclaimed as she stomped over. "How far did he get? Where'd he touch? Where'd he touch?"
"Nothing happened." Vespa replied.
"What the hell was that noise?" asked Lone.
"That was my Virgin Alarm," explained Dot. "It's programmed to go off before YOU do! You get back to bed, miss! And as for you, Sex Fiend-" she said, turning on Lone.
"All right, all right! Let's all get some sleep," replied Lone. "We gotta get moving before dawn."
"Why so early?" asked Barf.
"Because we're in the middle of a desert, and we're not gonna get far once that blazing sun gets overhead." replied Lone.
SOON...
Turns out, he was right.
"Nice dissolve." Barf commented.
Thank you!
"I thought this was Lionel's job." Cherry commented.
"Guess other people can do it too in a Mel Brooks movie," Thor replied. "Remember when Blazing Saddles almost ended?"
When the next morning came, everyone soon traveled through the desert, all panting and exhausted as they begged for the things they needed and wanted the most while traveling under the hot sun.
"Water, water..." Lone groaned a bit.
"Water." Barf added, panting more than the others did since he was part dog.
"Oil, oil..." Dot begged.
"Room service, room service..." Vespa added wearily.
"Free WiFi... Bacon cheeseburger... At least a casino and stage magicians if I gotta be in the desert..." Cherry groaned.
"Less whining..." Lionel added. "Maybe a couple'a comic books, even-"
Piece-by-piece, they abandoned Vespa's luggage; but even with a lightened load, the trek through the desert was still a long, arduous one.
"I can't... I can't... I can't go... I can't go any further," groaned Barf, who was carrying Dot. "I can't go any further."
"Just one more dune to go..." said Lone.
"Nope. You said that three dunes ago... I've got nothin' left..." Barf grunted. "Oh, waiter... Check please." And he and Thor collapsed in the sand.
"Aw, great..." Cherry groaned.
"I can't go on anymore..." Vespa complained.
"No, we gotta keep moving!" Cherry told them. "We can't all pass out!"
"Cherry... If anything happens... I wish to be buried at the Temple..." Vespa said wearily.
"The Jewish Temple?" Cherry asked.
"Don't be ridiculous... The Druish Temple is more expensive... And... Exotic... I should be in there..." Vespa said before she fell after Lone Starr, Barf, Dot, and Thor.
"This is worse than The Wizard of Oz's poppy field..." Cherry said before crying out. "SOMEBODY HELP!"
Fortunately, help was approaching, in the form of a tribe of short people with brownish-golden skin. When they saw our heroes on the ground, they immediately rushed to their aid. They each split up and gave water to the humans/humanoids and mawg, and oil to the robot.
"Uh... Hello there..." Cherry said to them.
The people soon looked at her and gave her water too.
"...It'll do," Cherry said as she soon drank the water. "Are you the Munchkins?"
The people then shook their heads while helping out as they sang their little song.
"Did I miss something?" Lone Starr asked wearily. "When did we get to Disneyland?"
"I reckon these little guys are leading us to safety," Lionel yawned as they were led away.
"Dink, dink, dink, dink..." sang the... Er, um, Dinks.
"What are they sayin'?" asked Thor.
"Well, it's obvious they want us to go with them." replied Vespa.
"I'll take your word for it." Thor shrugged.
They soon started walking down a tunnel with a huge statue at the end.
Meanwhile, the villains had already arrived on the planet, beginning their search for the fugitive group. Dark Helmet appeared to be wearing a huge safari helmet with a matching uniform as he looked through a pair of binoculars while standing in the cruiser.
"Find anything, sir?" Jackson asked.
"I don't see them, Mr. de Vil; they must be hiding." Dark Helmet replied.
"We've sent the troops up to Vector 78 already, sir." Sandurz then reported.
"Good, now let's get going." Dark Helmet replied.
"Yes, sir," Sandurz nodded. "Driver, prepare to move out."
"What are you preparing?" You're always preparing. Just go!" Dark Helmet complained.
"Just go!" Sandurz then told the driver who was Vicky.
"Sir, I think you should sit down." Vicky advised her boss before the cruiser took off which slammed Dark Helmet into his seat.
MEANWHILE...
"What is this place?" asked Lionel.
"It looks like the Temple of Doom." commented Barf.
"Sure ain't Temple Bethresel." remarked Dot.
"C'mon. I think we'd better follow 'em." said Lone.
Just then, steam began coming out of the ears of the statue.
"Uh-oh," Thor exclaimed. "I think we woke it up!"
And on that, Dot turned and made a run for it. "Goodbye, folks!" she declared. "Lemme know how it turns out!"
"You're probably wondering why it's funny when she does it," Lionel told Cherry. "But when it happens in the Toonyverse, it's cruel? Ex-eh-cu-tion."
Cherry nodded at what Lionel said. "At least we don't ask our friends what they want to be written as their epitaph or if they want an open or closed casket at their funeral." she then remarked.
"Yeech." Thor grimaced at how dark and tasteless that "joke" sounded.
"Come back here, Dot!" Vespa called. "We need you!"
"C'mon, we gotta keep going." Lone Starr demanded.
"What's gonna happen now?" Vespa asked.
"Don't ask, maybe it won't." Lone Starr advised.
"Well, what if it does?" Barf pried. "I don't know about you, but I'm all for leaving. I think we oughtta get outta here."
Some fire then came out of the statue's eyes which startled them all.
"Silence!" A voice boomed. "Who dares enter the sacred and awesome presence of the everlasting know-it-all Yogurt?"
"Not The Great and Powerful Oz?" Cherry replied.
"NO!" The voice boomed. The bottom of the statue opened up, and small man about three feet tall emerged. "You heard of me?" he asked.
"Heard of ya?" asked Lone. "Who hasn't of Yogurt?"
"Yogurt the Wise." said Cherry.
"Yogurt, the All-Powerful." added Dot.
"Yogurt the Magnificent!" added Thor.
"Please, please, don't make a fuse. I'm just plain Yogurt." replied the little man, modestly.
"But you're the one..." started Starr.
"Yes. I am the keeper of a greater magic," said Yogurt. "A power known throughout the universe, known as..."
"The force?" asked Barf.
"No. The Schwartz!" Yogurt declared. "Besides, The Force was Alec Guiness... And Ewan McGregor."
"The Schwartz?" asked the group.
Lionel glanced at the camera. "Well, I'll be!" he beamed.
"Yes. The Schwartz." Yogurt nodded as he held out his ring which was The Schwartz and was a different ring than what Dark Helmet had.
"But, Yogurt, what is this place?" Lone Starr asked the small man. "What is that you do here?"
"Merchandising." Yogurt replied.
"Merchandising?" Barf asked. "What's that?"
"Merchandising. Come," Yogurt invited. "I'll show. Open up this door."
The tiny friends soon opened the slab in the wall and inside was a whole bunch of "Spaceballs: The Movie" merchandise.
"Ha, ha, ha, come. Walk this way," Yogurt chuckled as he invited them inside. "Take a look. We put the picture's name on everything. Merchandising. Merchandising. Where the real money from the movie is made. Spaceballs: the T-shirt, Spaceballs: the Coloring Book, Spaceballs: the Lunch box, Spaceballs: the Breakfast Cereal, Spaceballs-the Flame Thrower," he then turned it on which made his little friends "Ooh" in response. "The kids love this one. Last, but not least, Spaceballs: the Doll. Me." he then said, holding up a doll of himself and pulled the string.
"May the Schwartz be with you." The Yogurt doll spoke.
"Adorable." Yogurt then nodded as his little friends giggled.
"...Impressive," Cherry replied. "Coming soon though will be Cherry & Lionel in Spaceballs... Or something like that."
"And even Spaceballs fan fiction!" Yogurt laughed. "That's where the real attention is! If ya like something enough, people write about it!"
Cherry, Lionel, and Thor all shared a look with each other before looking back.
Meanwhile, in the desert, six troopers were moving large combs around to comb the desert while Dark Helmet and Sandurz watched them.
"Sir?" Sandurz asked his boss.
"WHAT?" Dark Helmet replied with his bullhorn right next to him.
Sandurz winced from the loudness. "Are we being too literal?" he then asked.
"No, you fool. We're following orders. We were told to comb the desert, so we're combing it," Dark Helmet clarified before he shouted out to the troopers down below. "Found anything yet?!"
"Nothing yet, sir!" Jackson called back as he combed with Vicky.
"How about you?!" Dark Helmet asked another pair of troopers.
"Not a thing, sir!" Mark Chang called out as he combed with Princess Mandie.
"What about you guys?!" Dark Helmet called down.
"We ain't found shit!" Pain called back with his and Panic's tiny comb.
"Whoa! We're from a Disney movie!" Panic said to his fellow imp.
"Those rules don't apply to this universe!" Pain retorted.
MEANWHILE...
Yogurt and Lone stood in front of the big statue, where Yogurt inspected his medallion.
"It's a big mystery," said Lone. "None of the wise men could tell me what it means."
Yogurt scoffed. "Wise men, whadda they know? They're all a buncha dummies. Lemme take a look." he replied, before making some weird noises.
"You can read it?" asked Lone.
"No, I was just clearing my throat," replied Yogurt. "Here, let me take look at this. Ohh, yes. Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, of course."
"You understand it?" asked Lone.
Yogurt nodded.
"What's it say?" asked Starr.
Yogurt shook his head. "I cannot tell you that now; it will be revealed to you at the proper time."
"Waiting..." Cherry said. "Sounds like some of our assignments from Drell."
"But that makes it fun!" Thor beamed. "A little mystery is always interesting."
"Hm..." Cherry rolled her eyes at him.
"C'mon, don't be disappointed," Yogurt told all of them. "You seem like an adventurous young lady."
"As a matter of fact, I am," Cherry replied. "I've been through so much."
"I'd love to hear about it sometime, now, back to the Schwartz training," Yogurt then said, though mostly to Lone Starr. "Here, take the ring. Point it at that big statue."
"Okay, but I still don't understand how I'm going to lift that big statue with this little ring." Lone Starr said as he put the ring on.
"Never underestimate the power of the Schwartz." Yogurt advised.
Lone Starr soon pointed the ring to the statue, but nothing happened.
"C'mon, concentrate." Yogurt advised.
The statue soon started to lift off of the ground.
"He's not wrong," Lionel nodded. "You're really doing great."
"Keep at it," Cherry advised. "Just keep it up!"
"I can't believe it," Lone Starr smiled at himself. "The Schwartz, it's working."
"Hey, Boss, how'd you do that?" Barf asked as he walked by the statue.
Lone Starr then put the ring down just as the statue fell on Barf's foot which made the mawg howl and whine out of pain.
"Gimme the ring. Gimmie the ring," Yogurt said as he took the ring from Lone Starr and pointed it at the big statue to lift the statue up. "Upsidasi, upsimasi, upsidaisy."
The statue soon lifted up, and Barf lifted his foot out as it was now big and flat as he continued to howl in pain.
"Sorry, Barf." Lone Starr said nervously.
"Ooh, that looks really painful." Cherry winced.
"Well, at least you're showing concern for his injury," Lionel commented. "Quite a change from how you were comparing him to Thor in a very rude and insulting manner."
"...Yeah, well... You... I just... He..." Cherry narrowed her eyes a bit.
Thor soon came by and winced. "You okay, Barf?" he then asked.
"I'm just in a bit of pain." Barf groaned.
"Hmm... I think I can fix that." Thor smirked as he seemed to conjure up a little magic in his hand.
With a little zap, Thor sent the magic into Barf's flattened foot, restoring it to normal.
"Whoa, that's pretty nifty!" Barf exclaimed. "Thanks a bunch, kiddo!"
"No problem." Thor replied.
"Healing spell?" Cherry asked Thor.
"Healing spell." Thor nodded proudly before he suddenly yawned and sounded like Chewbacca before he finished.
"...Never do that again." Cherry narrowed her eyes.
"Nyah!~" Thor pulled down his left eyelid and stuck out his tongue at her.
Cherry rolled her eyes. "I feel like this is how your uncle got to be in charge of everything." she said in deadpan.
"Maybe, maybe not," Lionel shrugged. "But hopefully the worst is behind us."
Everyone soon went to get comfortable as night began to fall in the Temple and Vespa quickly fell asleep.
"Guess she's catching up on some beauty sleep." Cherry shrugged at herself.