"Help!" Mayzie called again.

Horton ran towards her, so she pulled Whizzer the mocking-bat closer.

"Here he comes." She said under her breath. "Attack and let him hit you or else."

Whizzer pretended to attack Mayzie. It wasn't hard, if he wasn't scared of her he'd attack her for real.

"Hold on madam, I'll get the little beast." Horton curled his trunk.

He snapped his trunk out, hitting Whizzer in the butt. Whizzer, with a gasp of pain, flew away. At least now he can take a short break while Mayzie worked her metaphorical magic on Horton.

Horton laughed triumphantly.

"Take that bat!" Horton pumped his trunk; he then took his cloak off and draped it around Mayzie. "I hope you're all right."

"Oh, I'm all right, now dat you are here." Mayzie said with a fake-sweet smile.

Horton smiled, feeling something sit inside him. However it obviously wasn't real love, it was a stimulation of love caused by his lack of romance in his past.

"Oh you are so brave, so handsome too." Mayzie pretended to flirt with Horton. "Even de nose, long like jumbo frankfurter. Make that two jumbo frankfurters. I am Mayzie, from Chutenchutendoodang."

"Chutenchutendoodang...? I've never-"

Mayzie put a wing to Horton's mouth.

"It very far, I run away. De evil king keep me in de castle and make me play de accordion all day long." Mayzie lied.

"Oh, oh you poor girl." Horton said sympathetically.

Mayzie suddenly screamed!

"What, what?" Horton looked around, not seeing anything scary.

"De castle, scare me!" Mayzie said as she jumped onto Horton's trunk so that he was carrying her. "I am so scared of castles, oh don't lock me up in de castle!"

"Oh my girl there's no reason to fear." Horton reassured her, setting her down. "This is a good castle, I promise. I'll give you a tour myself, I'll show you the whole thing from top to bottom!"

"Oh, oh if you promise, den I guess it's okay-fine." Mayzie smiled.

"Tasha! Take this poor creature inside and give her anything she needs." Horton called out.

"Right-o!" Tasha agreed, leading Mayzie into the castle.

Really too bad Tasha wasn't there when Mayzie helped Rothbart get the Forbidden Arts back isn't it?

"You'll see we're a lot nicer than those old Chutenchutendoodangians any old day!" Horton called after Mayzie.

Jane went over to Horton by this point, obviously unhappy. Well, actually that was an understatement.

"Don't you forget, we've got a talent show to win." Jane said sternly.

Horton just chuckled, lovestruck. Well fake-lovestruck but you know what I mean.

"Now look Horton, I am not going to lose on account of your sorry love life." Jane forced Horton to look at her by pulling his trunk. "Now, SNAP OUT OF IT!"

"I vant to, but I think I can't." Horton chuckled in a Swedish accent, plucking a flower and gazing at it.

Later on, Horton was giving Mayzie a tour.

"Now I think this particular room you will find very interesting. Originally it was used for-"

"Cut the speech and open the door." Mayzie grumbled to herself, losing her accent.

Horton stared at her.

"Oh, I'm so excited, vill you forgive?" Mayzie recovered.

"Oh, I vill." Horton chuckled.

He then opened the door. Mayzie took a quick glance around.

"As I was saying, this room was originally-"

"Nice, next room." Mayzie shut the door and started to leave, dragging Horton by the trunk.

"But I-I didn't get to tell you-" Horton started to protest.

"Please Pumpkin next room." Mayzie flirted.

"Pumpkin?" Horton chuckled. "Anything you say, 'Muffin'. Now this next room-" He cut himself off, remembering something. "This next room is nothing special, very boring." He started to leave for another door.

"What is in it?" Mayzie asked, having a good idea what was in it.

"Oh, uh, nothing. Little-little things, and stuff and, other things." Horton said nervously. "Now, if you'll just follow me-"

Mayzie swiped the keys and prepared to unlock the door. Horton tried to stop her.

"Oh no, no! Mayzie you mustn't do that!" Horton protested.

"Vhy not, vhat do you have dat you don't vant me to see?" Mayzie asked innocently.

"Nothing, nothing at all!"

Mayzie unlocked the door and saw the box with Rothbart's notes in plain sight! Stupid, really, but I guess that's why they invented safes centuries later.

Horton quickly shut the door.

"You shouldn't have done that Mayzie." He scolded.

"Oh I am so sorry." Mayzie faked shame and sorrow.

"Well you should be." Horton looked away.

"Oh you are mad at Mayzie." Mayze pretended to sob.

Horton softened. Easy thing to do for him really.

"Oh, well now you don't have to... I could never be mad at you." Horton smiled sympathetically.

"In Chutenchutendoodang, if de girl loved de boy, she show it in special vay." Mayzie pretended to recover. "You vant to see?"

"If you vant to show me." Horton shrugged.

Mayzie hit him on the head with her own head like a martial arts person. Horton laughed.

"I love that girl!" Horton said before falling to the ground, dazed.

Meanwhile, Austin and Uniqua were taking a walk through the castle.

"I heard we have a special guest." Austin said.

"Her name is Mayzie." Uniqua chuckled. "I think Horton's in love."

"Horton's in love?" Austin laughed. "This I gotta see."

They met up with Rudy, who overheard them.

"Yeah but mom isn't too happy about it." Rudy added.

"I'm guessing she picked Horton to be her partner in the talent show." Uniqua said.

"Yup, though I think there's more to her reaction than that."

"Really?" Austin said, amused. "Just think, first Horton and now mom."

"Now now, they can still fall in love if they want to." Uniqua smiled.

"Yeah I guess you're right, I'm just not used to seeing it." Austin chuckled. "Especially not with Horton considering this is a first."

"You've got a point there." Rudy nodded.

"Look, Uniqua, there's something I..." Austin's mood became solemn. "I was wrong to keep Rothbart's notes."

"Oh Austin." Uniqua smiled, proud of him. "You will destroy them then?"

"As soon as the festival's over." Austin nodded.

"Don't wait until then Austin, please."

"After the festival, I promise. Trust me, nothing will happen."

Uniqua and Rudy weren't so sure.

Mayzie, Horton, and Jane were having lunch while Mayzie was telling them a fake story about how she 'escaped the evil king'. Jane didn't eat that much since she had lost her appetite. And I don't think it was the story that had caused it.

"So I tell de king 'I vill not play accordion no more'." Mayzie said.

"Yes, so then what did he do? What did that awful king do?" Horton asked, gazing at her.

"De king, he grab me and say 'you must play accordion' and Mayzie say 'I von't!." Mayzie grabbed Horton for emphasis and threw him onto the table. "Den de king, he shake me and say 'you must!' and den Mayzie say 'no' and den de king yelled 'guards!'"

Jane had gotten so disgusted that she stuck her finger in her throat and made a gagging sound. At that point Horton managed to break free.

"And then what happened, what happened when the guards came?" He asked, getting into the story.

"Den I remember self-defense technique. Mayzie go:" Mayzie slapped both her wings onto Horton's head hard, kicked him in the chin, grabbed him and jabbed him in the gut, and then hit him into the ground. "And den Mayzie run avay, until I come here."

"We'll act out your story for the talent show!" Horton smiled after he recovered.

Jane dropped her mouth open.

"Mayzie: Accordion Slave. It's a sure winner!"

Jane quickly went around and pushed Mayzie's chair, with Mayzie still in it, towards the door.

"Oh what a shame, it's getting dark and you have to do." Jane said with fake regret.

"But she's barely eaten." Horton protested.

"Well thank heavens for doggy-bags!" Jane smiled.

"But she has no home!"

"Well she does now, I'm buying her a home at the northern end of the kingdom."

"Oh, but I vant to stay!" Mayzie protested, grabbing onto the doorframe with her wings.

"You're not safe here, the Doodangians will come looking for you." Jane replied.

"Oh dey'd never look here."

"Oh of course they will, those dang Doodangians always do." Jane struggled to push her out the door. "Come now dear the carriage is leaving!"

"Jane!" Horton protested.

"But I am scared!" Mayzie cried.

"Tough!" Jane snapped.

"Oh Horton help!"

"Move it ya little twerp!" Jane pushed so hard that Mayzie fell out of her chair and onto her side.

"Mayzie!" Horton pushed Jane aside and went to Mayzie's side.

"Oh, oh my ankle." Mayzie grabbed her ankle with fake pain.

"Now look what you've done, she'll have to stay here now for at least a few days." Horton frowned to Jane; he got up on two feet so that he could carry Mayzie properly. "Oh my poor little Muffin."

Jane growled furiously.

Austin, Rudy, and Uniqua, who had seen the whole thing, looked at Jane with slight fear. They didn't even know kangaroos could growl.

"On second thought maybe you were right about mom." Austin whispered to Rudy; Rudy nodded.

That night there was a storm, but Whizzer was forced to brave it in order to get the keys from Horton's room.

"Geez, I didn't even get a day off." Whizzer grumbled to himself before pushing the window open.

He snuck in to get the keys, but it was nerve-wracking considering Horton was having a vivid dream. A little too vivid.

"I don't care if you are the king, it's cruel to force someone to play the accordion." Horton said in his sleep. "Hands off!"

Whizzer ducked under the covers, frightened.

"How dare you treat Mayzie that way!" Horton snapped.

Whizzer relaxed and grabbed the keys, but the ring holding the keys together hit him on the head, stunning him.

"Forget about me Mayzie!" Horton said, his trunk unintentionally snagging the ring and tossing both the keys and Whizzer side to side. "Run, run I'll take care of the guards! Just run!"

The keys fell off Horton's trunk, and both they and Whizzer slammed into the wall. Everything seemed quiet now so Whizzer made his way back to the window.

"RUN!" Horton called out.

Whizzer zipped out the window and flew back to Mayzie. Mayzie went to get the box and then conjured a seeker to carry her and Whizzer back to her cave. She first had it fly past Horton's window so that she could return the keys.

"Thanks a lot Pumpkin." Mayzie said with her fake accent, tossing the keys onto Horton's trunk.

"You're welcome, Muffin." Horton said in his sleep.