"Yea I'm staying back over here." Alexis says as she watches Mateo making a potion from a little distance.
"Suit yourself." Mateo says.
"Mateo!" Elena shouts as she comes in almost making Mateo drop the two viles he was holding.
"Hi Elena." Alexis says as she walks over to her.
"Hi. Can you figure out what was on those pages Fiero stole?" Elena asks as Mateo picks up the codex maru.
"This is the last spell in the book.. the pages Fiero took were blank." Mateo says showing Elena the pages.
"So he didn't get away with any spells or..." Elena says.
"That's right. We got lucky. And I've got more good news. I've finally figured out how to shape shift." Mateo says holding a potion.
"Into what!?" Elena asks excited to see what Mateo has come up with.
"You'll see." Mateo says as he then pours some of the potion onto himself and transforms into a brown and tan jaquin.
"Whoa. You look like a real jaquin." Elena says running over to Mateo.
"Watch this.. I can fly!" Mateo says as he then flaps his wings and flies up into the air.
"Hey can I try it?" Elena asks as Alexis shifts to wolf form.
"Sprinkle away." Mateo says as Elena then sprinkles some of the potion onto herself and transforms into a red, blue, tan, and white jaquin before loosing her balance trying to stand on two legs instead of four.
"Careful Elena." Alexis says as she tries to help Elena get used to the transformation.
"Four legs. four legs. I did that the first time too." Mateo says.
"You wanna give this a try Alexis?" Mateo asks.
"Sure why not." Alexis says as she shifts to human form and pours some of the potion onto herself transforming into a jaquin( Alexis looks like the number 2 jaquin in the picture lunethepom/art/Season-Based-Jaquin-Adopts-0-4-CLOSED-623972532 ).
"You'd never know it was me. I could fly right out of the castle and nobody would think twice... this is just what I needed.. now I can go search for Shuriki. I'll find Chief Zephyr at Luna's party and convince him to let me join the search." Elena says as she looks at herself in a mirror.
"There is no way Gabe's going to let you out of the palace." Mateo says.
"Yea Elena your under heavy guard right now." Alexis says.
"Gabe won't even know I'm going. Bye!" Elena says as she takes off flying.
"Wait! Elena stop!" Mateo says as he and Alexis fly after Elena getting her to stop outside the workshop.
"You guys. I owe it to my parents to find Shuriki you understand that right?" Elena asks.
"I do." Mateo says.
"Elena I understand a lot more than anyone about how it feels to want to avenge your parents but you still need to be kept safe." Alexis says.
"So we'll go with you." Mateo says as Elena then nuzzles him and Alexis before turning around accidentally knocking a vase off its stand with her wing as Gabe then comes running in with a sword in hand.
"Elena! Is everything- Who are you and how did you get in the castle!?" Gabe asks as he points his sword at Elena.
"Gabe it's me Elena. Mateo made a shape shifting potion." Elena says.
"Ha! You expect me to believe that?" Gabe asks as Alexis then flies above Elena pouring some of the potion onto her shifting her back to normal.
"It really is you." Gabe says shocked as Alexis lands next to Mateo.
"Told you and now that I can shape shift like this I can go to the moon cliff for Luna's party." Elena says.
"Nice try but you cant go. Remember the council ruling?" Gabe asks.
"Elena the crown princess has to stay in the castle but the council never said anything about Elena the jaquin." Elena says gesturing to the potion she is holding.
"You know what they meant. Shuriki is still out there it's too dangerous." Gabe says.
"But even if Shuriki saw me she wouldn't know it was me... you didn't.. Come with us you can protect me if anything goes wrong and plus Alexis is going with us so she'll be there too." Elena says.
"Ok. But we go straight there and straight back. Deal?" Gabe asks.
"Deal." Elena says as she and Gabe shake on it.
"Now let's shake a tail feather. Get it?" Mateo asks showing Gabe his tail making a pun causing Alexis to laugh slightly at his attempt to make a joke.
"Unfortunately." Gabe says as Elena then turns herself and Gabe into jaquins as the four of them then leave.
*Timeskip*
"Alright we have to keep a tight formation." Gabe says as they fly through the clouds in the sky.
"Uh Gabe your kinda cramping my wing span." Elena says.
"I'm not letting you out of my site even if you are jaquin." Gabe says making Elena sigh in annoyance until she gets an idea.
"Hey Alexis. Mateo. Let's race the harbor." Elena says as she, Alexis, and Mateo fly toward the water.
"When we reach the moon cliff I need you two to distract Gabe." Elena says.
"We'll do our best." Alexis says.
"Ahh! Boat!" Elena screams seeing a boat.
"Go sideways!" Mateo says as he and Alexis avoid the boat but Elena hits the sail and crashes down onto the boat as a brown jaquin then lands down beside her.
"Are you alright!?" Alexis asks as she lands next to Elena before seeing Gabe and Mateo almost make a crash landing but don't thanks to the new jaquin next to Elena.
"You guys new to flying or something?" The jaquin asks.
"Us! No! No we've been flying our whole lives. You know cause we're jaquins." Mateo says.
"Relax there amigo I was just teasing. I am Cruz." The jaquin says introducing himself.
"I uh Isa!" Elena says as she laughs nervously.
"I Fransisco is my name." Gabe says.
"I'm... Esteban." Mateo says.
"And I'm Ivy." Alexis says.
"Like the royal family?" Cruz asks making Elena laugh nervously.
"Yea our parents are big big fans. Um well we should get going we're late for a party at the moon cliff." Elena says as they start walking.
"Your going to Luna's birthday bash? Well that's where I'm headed too. come on there friends let's get flapping." Cruz says as he takes off flying.
*Timeskip*
"There's chief Zephyr those must be his scouts." Elena says seing chief Zephyr and some jaquins as they arrive at the party seeing jaquins playing ball and Luna make a goal.
"Whoa I see you still got some swing in that wing Luna." Cruz says as they land.
"Cruz! You made it. Time out guys Cruz is here." Luna says.
"Estrella, Zoom, Mingo let me introduce you to Cruz. Chief Zephyr is training him to be our next leader." Migs says introducing his cubs to Cruz.
"Are we talking or are we playing? Come on Cruz your on my team." Luna says.
"Alright you can't lose with Cruz." Cruz says.
"Then we need a third player." Migs says.
"Take Francisco! He's great at air ball." Mateo says pushing Gabe towards Migs with his wing.
"It's sky ball." Migs says.
"What are you doing? I don't know how to play." Gabe says.
"I'm sure you'll pick it up." Mateo says.
"Go on it looks like fun." Elena says.
"Yea. Go have some fun." Alexis says.
"Fine. One game and then we leave." Gabe says as he follows the jaquins who are playing the game.
"Alright. I'm gonna go talk to chief Zephyr. You two keep Gabe busy." Elena says as she takes off flying after the other jaquins have started the game.
*Timeskip*
"How'd it go?" Alexis asks as she and Mateo fly up and land next to Elena.
"Not well. Chief Zephyr said I cant join the search. Look at that. The scouts came back and chief Zephyr is leaving with Cruz. Maybe they're the next shift looking for Shuriki. Let's follow them." Elena says as she takes off flying.
"Wait up!" Mateo shouts as he and Alexis follow after Elena
"It's too narrow." Elena says upon seeing chief Zephyr and Cruz go through a narrow passage in the cliff.
"Just tilt sideways. Like this." Mateo says as he and Alexis tilt sideways.
"I cant!" Elena says as she tries to tilt sideways but gets afraid and flies above the cliff with Alexis and Mateo last minute.
"Where'd they go?" Mateo asks not seeing chief Zephyr or Cruz.
"There. Let's get a closer look." Elena says spotting chief Zephyr and Cruz walking on a path. As Alexis, Mateo, and Elena hide in the bushes they listen to chief Zephyr talk about the history of the jaquins before chief Zephyr does something to make an opening in a huge rock.
"I guess they're not looking for Shuriki after all." Elena says as she starts walking away.
"But don't you wanna check out the priceless knowledge?" Mateo asks.
"I wanna catch Shurik." Elena says as she takes off flying soon followed by Alexis and Mateo.
*Timeskip*
"Look another shift's heading out. Let's follow them." Elena says spotting some jaquins leaving.
"Hey where were you guys?" Gabe asks as he flies in front of Alexis, Elena, and Mateo.
"Gather around everyone. It is time for the bestowing of the gifts." Skylar says.
"Oh. Gift time." Elena says as everyone gathers in a circle.
"Hey where's chief Zephyr? He always hands out the first one!" Migs says as everyone starts questioning chief Zephyr's whereabouts among themselves as Cruz arrives back.
"Cruz do you know where chief Zephyr is?" Elena asks.
"Me! Why would I know!?" Cruz asks.
"Um. Because we just saw you with him in the jungle." Elena says.
"By that big rock." Mateo says.
"Hey everyone. Chief Zephyr is missing. And last I saw him he was flying off with these strangers." Cruz says pointing to Alexis, Elena, and Mateo.
"What? He's lying." Elena says.
"Cruz would never lie to us. He's our amigo." Skylar says.
"And I've never seen any of you before." Migs says.
"And come to think of it I don't remember inviting y'all to my party either." Luna says as she, Migs, and Skylar walk towards Alexis, Elena, and Mateo.
"That's cause we're not really jaquins. It's me princess Elena and this is Mateo and Alexis." Elena says.
"And I'm Gabe!" Gabe shouts jumping in front of Elena as Migs, Luna, and Skylar come closer.|
"And I'm the queen of anoki berry ville." Luna says.
"Lock them up until they're ready to tell us what they did with chief Zephyr." Cruz says as Elena, Gabe, Alexis, and Mateo get thrown into a holding pit.
"We didn't do anything." Elena says as Alexis and Gabe start looking for a way out.
"Great. Now we're trapped. Zephyr's missing. And Shuriki is still on the loose." Mateo says causing gabe to momentarily stop looking for a way out.
"Shuriki? What's this got to do with her?... Elena." gabe says starting to realize whats going on.
"The real reason I came to the moon cliff was to join the scouts looking for Shuriki. I owe it to my family to find her. I owe it to my kingdom." Elena says.
"You were under order of the grand council. I should have never let you out of the castle." Gabe says.
"Sorry. I had to try." Elena says.
"Can you discuss this later?" mateo asks.
"I agree with Mateo. We need to find a way out and fast." Alexis says before the group hear something and see its Mig's cubs.
"I may know a way out. Hey Mingo, Zoom, Estrella. It's me princess Elena." Elena says getting the cubs attention.
"No your not your a bad jaquin who did something to chief Zephyr." Estrella says.
"Yea." Zoom says.
"I'm Elena. I just took a shape shifting potion that turned me into a jaquin. I'll prove it. Future guardian salute!" Elena says saluting with her wings and wiggling her nose.
"Can you let us out of here?" Elena asks.
"Anything for our princesa." Mingo says.
*Timeskip*
"We have to find chief Zephyr." Gabe says.
"I think I know where he is follow me. Uh guys look." Elena says as she sees the jaquins are after them.
"You three keep going I'll take care of Cruz." Gabe says as he then manages to stall Cruz slightly.
"Hurry Elena!" Mateo says as they reach the rock and see Cruz is headed straight for them.
"What was it Zephyr said uh.." Elena says as she then gets what Zephyr said right as Cruz tackles her away from the rock.
"Nice try Elena." Cruz says as the opening in the rock then opens up as Zephyr hops out.
"Zephyr!" Elena says.
"Traitor!" Zephyr shouts as he attacks Cruz. Cruz then knocks Zephyr onto the ground.
"Stop him!" Zephyr shouts as Cruz takes off flying.
"We're on it. Come on." Elena says as she, Alexis, and Mateo chase after Cruz. After a while Alexis and Mateo then get caught in some vines.
"Get him Elena!" Mateo says.
"Don't let him get away!" Alexis says as Elena chases after Cruz. Once Alexis and Mateo get loose they see the others have Cruz cornered and go down to them.
*Timeskip*
"Thanks for believing me guys." Elena says.
"Your future guardians are always here for you." Mingo says.
"Salute." Mingo, Zoom, and Estrella say in union doing their salute as Mingo smacks his nose on accident.
"Princess Elena I owe you our gratitude for capturing Cruz but i think it would be best if you left the jaquinning to us." Chief Zephyr says.
"Of course chief Zephyr." Elena says.
*Timeskip*
"You lied to me and you disobeyed the council. Next time i will tell them." Gabe says.
"Your right I wont do it again but how am I supposed to stop Shuriki if i'm stuck in the palace?... Hey Mateo maybe these pages at the back of the codex weren't blank? What if there was another chapter but the maruvians made writing invisible?" Elena asks picking up her scepter.
"Like commanders rock." Mateo says holding up the codex.
"Illuminate." Elena says pointing her scepter at the codex.
"Is that the scepter of night?" Mateo asks.
"Scepter of night?" Elena asks.
"As powerful as the scepter of light. The scepter of night channels the darkest magic of... that's it. The rest of the page was ripped out." Mateo says.
"That's why Fiero stole the pages. He wanted to learn about the scepter of night." Elena says.
"And where to find it." Mateo says.
"How do you know?" Gabe asks.
"Look behind you." Mateo asks as Alexis, Elena, and Gabe turn around and gasp seeing bright purple glowing writing on the walls.
"What is all this?" Gabe asks
"A secret message from my grandfather." Mateo says.
"What does it say?" Elena asks.
"My grandfather discovered this secret chapter in the codex but wanted to make sure the scepter of night wouldn't fall into the wrong hands. He solved the riddle in the codex that led to the scepter and broke it into three pieces then he moved the other two. When you find one piece a riddle leads to the next." Mateo says as Elena almost collapses but Gabe manages to catch her.
"Sorry I was using the scepter too long." Elena says.
"So Shuriki and Fiero must be heading for the first piece." Gabe says.
"Which means we know exactly where to find them." Elena says.
"As soon as we solve the first riddle." Mateo says.
"I'm ready when you are. Illuminate." Elena says.