By the time the adults go to the party, it seemed like it was too late.
"THEY'RE GONE!" Cherry looked very menacing.
But then saw Estelle and Felicity with Misty, Togepi, and Tracey.
"Hey, have you seen children around here?" Cherry asked.
"Yes, but what did they look like?" Misty asked, a little frightened by this woman who looked rather young to be a mother.
"Twins, a boy and a girl, and a little girl who's a little accident prone." Cherry explained.
"A little accident prone?" Forte snorted under his breath.
Cherry elbowed him in the stomach.
"Aunt Cherry!" Estelle called out with a smile. "Mom!"
"Estelle!" Mo rushed to her daughter, hugging her instantly.
"Bonjour, Maman..." Felicity looked blankly up to her mother.
"Flick... They didn't get you..." Cherry whispered as she hugged her daughter, literally for the first time and where this shocked Felicity.
"Estelle, where's your brother?" Atticus asked.
"He's with Ash and the others, Pikachu took Ash's hat!" Estelle shrieked.
"Ash?" Forte seemed not to know this Ash despite knowing almost everyone anyone else knew.
"Which way did they go?" Mo asked.
"That way." Felicity pointed to the distance as it looked like there was a couple of people with a cat figure coming through the water not too far from them.
"Better get them." Cherry picked up Felicity in her arms to hold.
"They must have gotten on a boat and are now possibly crossing the ocean to get to somewhere." Atticus said.
"Then who are those folks?" Mo saw the people in the boat coming.
Forte squinted his eyes. "One of them looks like a former student of mine... I was also a private tutor."
"Worst teacher ever..." Cherry glanced up at him.
"Come on, we gotta get them!" Estelle cried.
Misty looked at who they were talking about and just groaned.
"What is it?" Estelle asked her.
"Team Rocket." Misty sighed.
Lightning bolts were in the distance.
"The storm looks bad, what if they can't make it to the island?" Melody said before looking to her sister. "Carol, I have to take your boat."
"I'm not getting in a boat." Cherry said strictly.
"What are you going to do, stay out here in the rain?" Forte glanced at her.
"I hate boats..." Cherry glared around everyone in response.
"Fine, you can stay here, but I'm going after them." Melody said.
"But Melody, what can you do?" Carol asked.
"Just trust me." Melody glanced to her sister before leaving.
Misty, Tracey carrying Togepi and Estelle then joined her. The rain frantickly drizzled down as they went out to the water.
"Maman, let me go with them." Felicity ran off after the others.
"FLICK, NO!" Cherry cried as her daughter left. "FELICITY, GET BACK HERE RIGHT NOW!"
Felicity glared at her mother. "NON!" she yelled before continuing to go.
Cherry groaned as she knew that she had to go after her.
"Let me get her... I am her father..." Forte said.
"No, you've had her lifetime of this, allow me..." Cherry sighed as she went after their daughter.
Forte allowed her to go after Felicity. Cherry couldn't get her clothes wet, so she took them off, showing her black underclothes.
Forte whistled in the distance, his eyes widening at that. "I remember why we got married again..." he muttered.
Cherry went back a little and jumped into the water, swimming the best she could once the boat was leaving without her.
"Come on, Mo." Atticus said.
Both of them dove in and changed into their merpeople forms and began to swim so they could follow the boat. Forte sat once he was alone and started to contemplate his life.
Triton floated over the water, seeing his daughter, son-in-law, and granddaughter. "Are you all ready?"
"Yes, Triton, and thank you for letting me do this too." Eric told him gratefully.
"It's my pleasure..." Triton nodded, he then raised his golden trident, turning them all into merpeople themselves, even Eric was given a dark blue tail fin so he could join his family.
They all then dived in not knowing that this was going to be an adventure that would have the fate of the world in it.
Meanwhile, with Erin, Ash, Emi, Akito and Pikachu...
"I hope the legend ceremony doesn't include a funeral." Ash gulped as they dodged another killer wave.
This storm was pretty bad, they might not be able to make it to the island.
Melody was running off to get a boat. "You stay in the dry and warmth, we'll be back!" she told Forte as they went off.
Forte nodded, about to go inside as the storm was getting worse by the minute. Misty then got into the boat.
"What are you coming for?" Melody glared at Misty.
"To find my friends!" Misty snapped back. "And you think it's because I like Ash, then you're wrong, because I don't!"
"Hey, chill out, you seem tense about someone who's not your boyfriend."
"He's not my boyfriend! He's a boy and a friend, but he's not my boyfriend!"
"You two talking about me?" Tracey asked as he came into the boat.
"Togepi." Togepi said.
"I don't think they did." Estelle said as she came into the boat.
Melody looked sharp as she drove the boat through the water, able to get there more swiftly than Erin's boat. Little did they know, Team Rocket had snuck aboard.
"I hope we don't die in the storm." Estelle said.
The clouds were breaking apart surprisingly enough.
"It looks like the storm's over!" Emi called out.
"But the waves keep getting rougher." Erin stated.
"This is it, we're going to be in for a wild ride!" Akito called out.
And where Akito was righ,t it was going to be a wild ride as the waves kept getting rougher. The waves were so extreme that the waves pushed the boat out of the water, but right back in.
"I'm sorry, Eloise, your surprise will have to wait until a later time." Darla told her daughter as she kept her inside with Maestro Forte.
"But, Mommy, I wanted it..." Eloise was told she was going to be given a big shock and a nice surprise today, but pouted that it would have to be delayed.
"I'm sorry, dear..." Darla hugged her daughter.
"This isn't fair, I hate storms." Eloise said.
"Chin up, sweetie," Forte attempted to soothe the girl. "It won't last forever..."
"Maestro's right," Darla nodded in agreement, then looked curiously to him. "Where's your wife and daughter?"
Forte sighed sharply. "Out..."
"Wait, you mean they're out there in that storm?!" Eloise asked. "Are they crazy?!"
"My daughter takes after her mother's ambitions," Forte merely shrugged. "Though, I don't remember her being like this..."
"She was always dark and gloomy when I first met her." Darla said to the court composer.
"She wasn't... I think that was probably my fault..." Forte rubbed his arm. "Back when I first knew her as a child... While the other servants were interested in getting Belle and the Master together to become human again."
"Wow." Eloise said.
"I've always wondered about how you two got fully together..." Darla said as she sat down at a seat.
"Well, whenever you want a story, I'll be happy to tell you." Forte replied.
"Story?" Eloise sounded interested.
"Yes... It's always been a big part of our lives..." Forte looked out the window and sighed as the storm seemed to be getting rough, but not as rough as earlier.