Eventually, Mina and Scott came out together with Becky, Marsha, Cherry, Atticus, Mo, and Bunnicula following. Bunnicula couldn't help but feel a little jealous when Mina offered to help Scott with the grocery bags. Atticus noticed the look Bunnicula had and soon gave him an assuring smile that Mina and Scott were just friends.
"They are pretty close..." Bunnicula whispered to Atticus.
"Yes, but they seem to be just friends like me and Cherry, she's like my sister." Atticus said.
"Yeah, the very idea of kissing Atticus just makes me wanna toss my cookies." Cherry replied.
Hearing this caused Bunnicula to feel like Mina and Scott really were just friends.
"Thanks for the help, guys," Scott smiled. "I'd love to stay, but I better get these groceries home."
"Sure thing, Scott," Mina smiled back. "See you later."
Patch, Chester, and Harold soon went up to their owners.
"Ooh, sorry you guys couldn't come in, but it's the policy." Mina reminded with an apologetic smile.
"We saw the demon prince!" Patch alerted.
"You did?!" Atticus asked before looking around. "...Where is he?"
Patch, Harold, and Chester began to tell Atticus, Mina, Cherry, and Mo where they saw Damian and what they experienced.
"Equestrian Magic can overpower demon magic?" Cherry asked.
"I know it sounds weird, but that's what happened," Patch told her. "I'm not sure if I understand it either."
"Your tag must have detected you were in danger or something." Mo said.
"I have a feeling The Elements of Harmony can protect us on this trip..." Patch said.
"We should ask Drell for sure, but that feels plausible," Cherry replied before looking around. "Uh... Where'd he get to anyway?"
"Not sure." Atticus said.
"Did he bring his spell book?" Mo asked.
They soon went back to the apartment to look through Drell's stuff.
"Drell! I'm going through your luggage! Better come stop me!" Cherry called out, but nothing happened as she kept looking.
"Drell! Cherry's enjoying life!" Mo added.
"Let's see here..." Cherry mumbled as she took the stuff out and tossed them out while looking for the warlock's spell book. "Jeez, Drell, how many pictures do you need of Hilda?"
"He's got to have his spell book in here somewhere." Atticus said.
Mo soon took the bag and shook it upside down. The spell book soon fell down and crushed Cherry's feet.
"Found it..." Cherry said in a high-pitched tone out of pain.
Atticus soon picked up the spell book with ease. Cherry soon sat down and held her feet out of pain.
"Whoa, this thing is pretty heavy..." Atticus said before slamming it on the table and a bunch of dust flew out, making them cough.
"When was the last time Drell used this book?" Patch coughed.
"Maybe when the dinosaurs roamed the earth," Cherry chuckled before groaning. "Ooh, my foot..."
"There's gotta be something in here..." Atticus said as he skimmed through the book to find an answer about Equestrian Magic to handle with powers with Heaven and... The other place.
After some pages, they finally found what they needed.
"Here we go," Mo said. "Equestrian Magic and Entities..."
"I thought we were looking up the afterlife?" Patch asked.
"The entities is a fancy term for that," Atticus explained. "This should be interesting with the power of God."
Cherry shrugged about that, looking nervous about talking about God like this. Atticus began to read up on everything they needed to know.
"What's Miss... Mys... Mice... Mist..." Cherry struggled to pronounce the word.
"Mystiokinesis?" Atticus asked.
"Yeah, that." Cherry said.
"Hm... Apparently it's a fancy word for someone who has the power of magic." Atticus replied.
"Wow." Mo said.
"So, what does it say?" Cherry asked.
"Hmm... Well, Princess Celestia and Luna's ancestors were gods in the very early days of Equestria," Atticus replied. "Their mother, Queen Majesty, was a very powerful unicorn in ancient times and was colleagues with Starswirl the Bearded."
"Amazing." Mo smiled.
"The powers between the heavens and the earths really came into play when a very young Princess Celestia met Zeus: The God of Mount Olympus." Atticus continued to read aloud.
"Ooh." Patch smiled.
"So, basically, Celestia and Luna can overpower Heaven and Hell." Cherry said, based on what she was getting from this.
"You could say that, but they can't overpower the big guy." Atticus said.
"Oh, my, what can we do?" Mo frowned.
Atticus turned the page, but it seemed to be missing.
"Oh, come on, someone ripped it out?!" Cherry glared. "Why is it whenever we need a big answer, someone rips that exact page out?!"
"So, what do we do now?" Patch asked.
"Hey, Drell, Atticus wants to wrestle you to the ground!" Cherry called out.
Everyone looked around and waited, but nothing happened.
"What is with that guy?" Cherry groaned.
Patch soon remembered what Damian said about where he got his warlock magic and soon gasped as he now knew what that meant.
"What is it, boy?" Cherry asked. "Timmy fall down a well?"
"Oh, that joke gets funnier and funnier every time," Patch deadpanned before looking serious. "But, I think I know where Drell is now!"
"Really?" Mo asked. "Where is he?"
"In... H... H..." Patch said, unable to say the word because it sounded so filthy.
"Hell," Cherry said for him, not having a problem with it. "What's so bad about saying that? It is what it is."
"Uh, yeah, well, he's there." Patch told them.
"I'm just glad I was able to help Harold and Chester." Patch said as he held his collar.
"Same here." Mo said.
"How are we gonna get down there?" Atticus frowned.
"You have to tell someone to go to Hell, and they'll end up there." Drell's voice said which made them look around.
"Drell? Where are you?" Cherry asked.
"Check my crystal ball." Drell's voice said.
Cherry, Atticus, Mo, and Patch looked through his stuff and soon found it as he was shown, sweating like a pig and was chained up like a slave.
"Hey, kids." Drell smiled weakly.
"Drell, so you're really down there?" Atticus asked.
"Heh... Yeah..." Drell smiled sheepishly. "Turns out I'm the most powerful man in the universe on the surface world and not in the entities of the universe like Heaven."
"No kidding, also you're missing a page in your spell book." Mo told him.
"Heh... Yeah... Well, funny story about that, I ran out of toilet paper, and-" Drell replied.
The others groaned and cringed, not wanting to hear more from that.
"Man... And I thought Pele's house was hot..." Drell said as he sounded like he was going to pass out.
"We promise you, we'll get you out of there." Patch told him.
"I'm a little lonely down here when the Devil Hound isn't using me as a personal chew toy," Drell said. "Can you imagine how that must feel?! Constant moaning and groaning! Invisible to the world! Living without a soul! How can anybody live like that?!"
Cherry stood in the corner, playing on her phone as everyone glanced at her.
"Oh..." Drell said.
Cherry glanced over.
"Heh... No hard feelings..." Drell smiled before he was soon dropped from the wall. "That can't be good."
The devil hound came up behind him and dragged him away by his legs.
"Oh, no, nap time's over!" Drell panicked. "GET ME OUT OF HERE!"
"Don't worry, we're going to get you out." Atticus told him.
"Look, I know I'm rough on you kids and I'm forced to teach you for 100 years for misuse of my powers last century, but I love each and every one of you!" Drell told them.
The crystal ball soon turned off. Cherry, Atticus, Mo, and Patch looked to each other with fear.
"Oh, Cherry, you're worried about Drell too, aren't you?" Mo asked.
"What?" Cherry replied before scoffing. "Don't be silly. I say he likes it down there."
"Confession comes in 3, 2, 1." Atticus cued.
"You're not gonna guilt trip me, Atticus Fudo." Cherry smirked.
Atticus, Mo, and Patch kept quiet as they were going to get the truth out her.
Cherry soon took a drink and puckered her lips. "What?" she then asked them. "When has he done ever anything for me?"
The others still kept quiet.
Cherry kept drinking. "I guess you want me to think of the good times then... Well, newsflash: there aren't any!" she then snapped at them. She soon saw that the others still didn't reply. "I'm not helping him!" she then told them.
They still didn't say anything and just looked at her.
"It's actually kinda nice... You guys are quiet..." Cherry smirked as they looked at her in silence, and it seemed to be driving her crazy. "All right, you guys can talk now... Someone say something. I don't care how stupid it sounds."
The others kept staying quiet. Cherry looked like she was going to have a nervous breakdown. Somehow, due to being very close with each other, almost like a future husband and wife, Atticus and Mo seemed to develop their own telepathic link with each other.
'She looks like she's going to burst.' Mo thought to herself with a small smirk in mind.
'Yep, she should be breaking any moment.' Atticus thought to himself, mentally smirking as well.
"ALL RIGHT!" Cherry soon yelled in defeat with a groan. "We'll help him... I just don't see why he's so important to us."
Patch soon used his magic to show her why he was so important to them. Cherry glanced and rolled her eyes, but one seemed to be back to the baby days.
Michelle was crying as she carried her baby girl who was fast asleep. "Oh, I can't abandon my little Cher Bear..." she frowned, emotionally. "I can't do it!"
"Michelle, I know that this is hard, but it's part of the prophecy and you know as well as I do that you have to do this." Drell told her, sympathetically.
Cherry wasn't surprised about her mother being emotional, but was surprised to hear sympathy out of Drell's voice.
Michelle soon blew her nose while shaking and whimpering. "I can't do it!"
Drell looked down to Baby Cherry as she was unaware of what was going to happen and soon looked to the blonde woman. "...What if... What if I do it for you?" he then suggested.
"Y-You would do that for me?" Michelle sniffled.
"I suppose I could..." Drell replied. "Uh! But don't think this means we're friends or anything!"
"Oh, Drell... Thank you!" Michelle said as she soon hugged him while crying.
Drell was soon shown in the forest as it was dark and cold, he looked down as Cherry seemed to shiver in her blanket and he adjusted it to keep her warm so she wouldn't get sick. He looked around until he found the orphanage and made his way there. Once at the front door, he soon set Cherry down and made sure she was comfortable and supported. Drell smiled to that and soon walked off to go back home, and as he was, he heard growling and saw glowing yellow eyes in the bushes as it was almost winter, and that meant it was time for wild animals to hunt for food for the season. Some wolves soon came out towards Cherry as she was all alone and they wanted to eat and kill her, despite being a lonely baby.
"Oh, no, you don't!" Drell glared.
The wolves snarled and looked up towards the warlock.
"Oh, why don't you pick on someone your own, size like a chihuahua!" Drell glared before using his magic to shrink the wolves to the size of chihuahuas.
The wolves soon whimpered and whined like the tiny dogs they were. Drell hid a small grin towards then and stomped in front of them. The dogs then whined and ran away like cowards.
"That's what I thought." Drell smirked.
Cherry was soon heard crying.
"No, no, no..." Drell said as he soon sat down and leaned over her. "Back to sleep... Shh... Shh..."
Cherry kept on crying though.
"Aw, jeez, come on, kid, stop crying..." Drell said as he came back and sat with her. "Please?"
Cherry kept crying before she heard her mother's voice singing her a lullaby.
Cherry wiped her eyes as she couldn't help but feel emotional over the memory she was seeing from when she was a baby.
"Now do you see?" Patch asked.
"I'm the worst student in the world!" Cherry said in an emotional voice.
"No, you're not." Mo soothed.
Cherry wiped her eyes and even blew her nose. "He really does care about us..."
"Well, he has a heart..." Patch replied. "I guess we'll have to find out how to face Damien on our own without him and save him too."
"Yeah, and at the same time keep, Damien from finding Mina." Cherry said.
"We'll think of something," Atticus said as he carried the very heavy and old book. "We better keep this safe too."
"Why do you get to hold it?" Cherry glared.
"Would you like to carry the heavy book?" Atticus asked.
"Bring it on, I wasn't ready." Cherry replied.
Atticus then handed her the book.
"See? I got it!" Cherry smirked, but yelped as she wobbled over and soon fell to the floor with it. "I think I found out how Drell got so big and strong..." she then muffled out of pain.
Atticus soon picked up the book with ease so Cherry could stand. Cherry soon slowly stood up while slightly shaking. They soon left the room, taking the spell book with them for just in case.
Mina soon sat in the living room with her pets, watching TV after quite a big day out. Bunnicula soon tried to do the classic yawn and arm stretch move. Mina blinked and looked up to that before blushing. Bunnicula smiled innocently as he held her close. Chester saw what Bunnicula was doing and decided to give the two of them some alone time.
"What're you watching?" Cherry asked.
"The Phantom of the Opera." Mina smiled as she huddled closer to Bunnicula.
"I think I need to go have cat nap and I think Harold will join me." Chester spoke up as he and Harold left the room.
"But I can't cat nap, I'm a dog!" Harold told Chester.
Chester soon whispered the reason why he said that.
"Ooohhh... We're gonna leave Bunnicula and Mina alone to develop their relationship!" Harold smiled.
"Yes..." Chester face-pawed to that.
"Oh, okay!" Harold smiled as he walked away.
Chester simply sighed before he left the room. Bunnicula soon held Mina as they watched the movie. Mina sniffled and wiped her eyes during Music of the Night. Cherry decided to leave the two of them alone so then they could do what Harold said out of stupidity.
"I'm sorry, this song always gets me right here." Mina said as she put her hand to her heart.
Bunnicula soon put his hand over her hand with a fanged smile. "I can understand that."
Mina smiled back their eyes soon met as the music continued. The others watched it as it seemed to be going well for them about Mina and Bunnicula being together. Suddenly, the power went out and they were alone in the dark.
"The power's out!" Mo yelped.
"But how? There's not a cloud in the sky!" Patch said.
When the lights came back on, Mina appeared to be missing. This caused everyone to gasp.
"Mina?!" Bunnicula yelped.
"Maybe Mina's playing hide & seek?" Harold suggested.
"If that was true, then why can't I smell her scent anywhere in the house?" Patch asked.
There was a laughter heard. Everyone looked out the window and saw a demon who grabbed Mina and kidnapped her before going down the highway to the underworld.
"Damien." Patch growled.
"I guess he couldn't wait any longer of getting a bride." Mo said.
"We gotta get Mina back!" Chester cried out. "I promised to protect her!"
"Me too!" Harold added.
The cat and dog soon hugged each other while crying.
"We're all going to get her back!" Bunnicula told them.
"But how're we gonna do that?" Harold frowned.
"The entrance hasn't closed yet." Atticus told them.
As if on cue, the entrance closed.
"And now it is..." Atticus said.
"GAH!" This made the others panic.
"Wait! Drell said there's another way that only magical beings can do for ones around them." Patch reminded.
"That's right." Atticus smiled.
"So join together and one of us has to say... Well... Um... The opposite of Heaven..." Patch said.
"Oh, but that word is so rude..." Harold frowned. "Mina's dad says it's a curse word!"
"It's the only way to open the door." Patch said.
"Ooh, I don't know if anyone can say that." Chester said.
Atticus, Mo, and Patch soon looked to Cherry.
"Are you sure?" Cherry asked. "Uh, I know I'm not the nicest girl around, but I don't know if I can say that to you guys."
"Please, Cherry?" Patch pouted with the puppy dog eyes.
"That's very cute, but... I just can't say it like that..." Cherry shrugged sheepishly.
"Yeah, I figured you wouldn't, you're soft..." Atticus said. "Like your gothic poetry."
"What?" Cherry asked, flatly.
Mo saw what Atticus was doing and decided to go along. "Uh, yeah!" She then added. "Also, are those really your clothes? Because you look like a blind clown dressed you."
"What?!" Cherry replied.
"You're not even a real magical entity!" Patch helped out. "Your mother only has powers because she had to ask for them because she was adopted!"
Binocular and Chester could see what they were doing and could tell what would happen.
"Take it back!" Cherry demanded.
"No~" Atticus, Mo, and Patch smirked.
"That's it!" Cherry growled. "ATTICUS, MO, AND PATCH?! GO TO HELL!"
The doorway to the underworld soon opened.
"MOVE IT OR LOSE IT!" Cherry continued before she soon lost her balance and yelped. "Wah!"
The others stepped aside and she soon fell in.
"Well, she did say move it or lose it." Chester shrugged.
They soon rushed inside the doorway to the fiery underworld and ended up in a waiting room.
