The scene shifted back to the lake Uniqua was at, to find a young yellow striped Dr Seuss-ish hippo preparing a staff out of broken branches. A small blue Dr. Seuss-ish mouse was nearby, chuckling.

"Quiet! I cannot concentrate." The hippo frowned.

"You've come up with some dumb ideas Tommy, but this one's a doozy." The mouse smirked.

"Ha, go ahead and laugh." Tommy scoffed. "I'll get her to kiss me, and when she does..."

"When she does *poof* you'll change into a prince." The mouse, named Morton, rolled his eyes. "I know, I know, you've told me."

Morton then noticed some flowers near him.

"Why don't you just give her these flowers? They're as pretty as the ones across the moat."

"Ha, you love dud." Tommy shook his head. "I don't want these flowers I must have those. When she learns that I have risked my life for them the kissing will not stop."

Tommy climbed onto a branch in the tree behind them. Meanwhile, two gators were waiting expectantly in the moat.

"And then you'll change into a prince." Morton sighed.

"Exactly." Tommy smiled.

"Mind if I point out a problem?" Morton asked.

"I don't take advice from peasants." Tommy replied dismissively.

"Suit yourself." Morton shrugged.

Tommy settled one end of the branches onto the ground while holding onto the other end. It was now obvious what he was planning to do: use the branches as a pole to vault over the moat. Both Tommy and the gators hunched their shoulders in preparation.

"Flowers, kiss, concentration." Tommy said to himself as he leapt down, bending his pole. "Flowers, kiss, concentration."

"Just curious," Morton smiled knowingly. "How are you going to get back?"

Tommy, realizing that he hadn't thought of that, grabbed onto his pole with his whole body in terror. The pole vaulted, but missed. Instead of landing on the other end of the moat Tommy landed on a gator! Tommy screamed in terror.

"Hurry, hurry!" Tommy panicked as he vaulted back. "Move up move up!"

Morton, obliging, moved closer so that he could grab Tommy - he was strong for his size - but misjudged the distance.

"No not that-!" Tommy was cut off as he landed stomach first on Morton. "Close!" He finished as he vaulted back.

Morton, dazed from being slightly flattened, wobbled a few inches back. Tommy vaulted back, and suddenly stopped.

"Grab me grab me!" Tommy panicked, not knowing the vaulting had stopped. "Hold my arm! Hold my leg! Hold my-hold it hold it hold it."

Tommy had just noticed that Uniqua, who was torn between amusement and confusion, had grabbed the pole. Meanwhile, the gators grumbled with disappointment.

"Oh thank you Uniqua, thank you. Let me have that." Tommy took the pole and bent it. "Silence you savages!"

He let go of the pole, which hit a gator on the head. Tommy laughed triumphantly, only to be hit on the head. He fell over, slightly knocked out. Uniqua gasped.

"Are you all right Tommy?" Uniqua asked; no answer. "Tommy?"

"Yeah, yeah Uniqua, I'm all right." Tommy said, recovering, as he got up.

"What in the world were you trying to do?" Uniqua asked, going with confusion.

"He thought that if-" Morton began.

"Shush!" Tommy interrupted before turning to Uniqua. "I wanted to get those flowers for you."

"You're being sneaky again Tommy." Uniqua smiled, switching to amusement.

"What do you mean sneaky?" Tommy shrugged innocently. "You deserve a nice bouquet."

"And you deserve a kiss." Uniqua smirked.

"Well, okay." Tommy leaned forward, lips puckered, only to fall onto his stomach.

"You know I'm under a spell." Uniqua reminded Tommy.

"But my kiss will break the spell." Tommy retorted good-naturedly.

"Give it up Tommy." Morton rolled his eyes.

"I can only kiss the man I love, and then he-" Uniqua pointed out.

"Must make a vow of everlasting love, I know." Tommy shrugged.

"And prove it to the world." Uniqua finished.

"What do you think I was doing with the flowers and the alligators going *chomp-chomp*?" Tommy said defensively.

"Morton, make him understand."

"Don't look at me, I'm only a mouse." Morton shrugged.

UNIQUA:
If I could break this spell
I'd run to him today
And somehow I know he's on his way to me
Austin, you and I were meant to be

Far longer than forever
I'll hold you in my heart
It's almost like you're here with me
Although we're far apart

Meanwhile, Austin was wandering the courtyards, also singing.

AUSTIN:
Far longer than forever
As constant as a star
I close my eyes and
I am where you are

UNIQUA:
Sure as the dawn brings the sunrise
We've an unshakeable bond

AUSTIN:
Destined to last for a lifetime and beyond
Far longer than forever

UNIQUA:
Far longer than forever

AUSTIN:
I swear that I'll be true

UNIQUA:
I swear that I'll be true

AUSTIN
I've made an

AUSTIN AND UNIQUA:
Everlasting vow
To find a way to you

Far longer than forever
Like no love ever known

UNIQUA:
And with your love

AUSTIN AND UNIQUA:
I'll never be alone

UNIQUA:
Far longer than forever

AUSTIN:
Much stronger than forever

UNIQUA:
And with your love I'll never be alone

Suddenly, Uniqua heard whimpering of pain. She looked up and saw a blue penguin wearing a bow-tie and a beanie with a propeller on it. The penguin, to her surprise, was flying, but seemed to be having trouble. As the penguin fell she saw it was because of the arrow in his wing. The penguin landed, unconscious, by her feet.

"Is he dead?" Morton asked, looking concerned.

"No, it's just his wing." Uniqua shook her head.

"A flying penguin?" Tommy said, observing the penguin. "Strange."

"Poor fellow, he must be in a lot of pain." Uniqua said sympathetically. "You'd better hold him."

Morton and Tommy gently pinned him down.

"Ready." Morton said.

Uniqua broke the arrow in half and gently slid the pieces out. She then tore a part of her dress and wrapped it around the penguin's hurt wing. The penguin started to wake up, only to find Tommy looking at him.

"Hello, this is your wake-up call!" Tommy joked.

The penguin suddenly leapt up and started doing some martial arts movements. Tommy cowered on the ground, hands over his face, while Morton went behind Tommy with a bewildered look on his face.

"Aha! It takes more than a pair of pond punks to pin me down!" The penguin smirked, still doing martial arts. "Oh, that was alliterative." He then chuckled.

"Wait, I'm your friend." Uniqua said.

"If you're my friend, then how come you have an arrow in your hand eh?" The penguin retorted, taking feathered half of the arrow and tickling Uniqua under the chin with it. "Yes, the exact kind of arrow I have in-"

The penguin suddenly noticed that the arrow in his wing was gone. Confused, he looked all over his wing but didn't find a trace of the arrow, and then noticed the bandage.

"I took it out while you were lying there." Uniqua explained.

"You mean you had a chance to-" The penguin made a slashing motion across his neck. "But instead you-" He mimicked pulling the arrow out of his wing.

"Madam, I apologize." The penguin smiled. "My name is Pablo. Lieutenant Pablo Penguin."

"It's a pleasure Lieutenant Pablo." Uniqua smiled. "I'm Uniqua, Princess Uniqua. And these are my best friends in the whole world: Morton Mouse-"

"My friends just call me Morton." Morton smiled.

"And Tommy Hippo."

"I have no friends, only servants, and they call me 'your highness'." Tommy said in a stuck-up manner.

"He thinks he's a prince." Morton whispered.

Pablo made a circular motion around the side of his head with his good wing.

Yeah, I know it's weird for a hippo to believe he's a prince, but Tommy had been dreaming of being a prince for so long that he ended up believing it to be true.

"So," Morton said. "I thought penguins couldn't fly."

"That didn't stop me from trying." Pablo smiled. "I had always dreamed of flying, so I just kept practicing until I finally got the hang of it. I've been flying ever since." He then turned to Uniqua. "I owe you princess, and I'm going to stay until my debt is payed."

"I don't think there's much you can do, he has me under a spell." Uniqua shook her head.

"Spell? You mean a magical-" Pablo made conjuring motions with his fingers while making a strange 'oo' noise, only for a flower to instantly appear right in front of him.

Pablo at first thought he did that, until he saw more magical sparkles around the lake. Instantly, the desolate woods became enchanted well lit woods - despite it being nighttime. Pablo dropped his beak open, and was instantly pulled into a bush by Tommy and Morton. Rothbart soon appeared dressed in a golden suit of armor. He didn't wear the helmet though, he just carried it in one arm.

"You're knight in shining armor has come to set you free." Rothbart smiled evilly, waving away a few tiny birds.

"Lemme at 'im, lemme at 'im!" Pablo tried to march over to Rothbart, but Tommy and Morton held him back. "I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll-"

"Chill." Morton interrupted dryly.

Pablo, confused, stopped. Morton and Tommy quickly explained the situation.

"All it takes is one little word." Rothbart continued as he kneeled. "Will you marry me?"

"Every night you ask the same question." Uniqua said coldly.

"No, no!" Rothbart said, getting irritated.

"And every night I give you the same answer."

"Don't!"

"I'll die first."

Rothbart got up, more than irritated. The enchanted woods became desolate once again.

"You're really starting to bug me." Rothbart frowned.

"I should think you'd be used to it by now." Uniqua shunned coolly.

"That's it, just keep pushing it!" Rothbart snapped. "But someday, I'm going to boil over!"

"Go ahead then!" Uniqua snapped back. "But I'll never give you my father's kingdom. It was your monster that killed him in the first place!"

Rothbart made frustrated noises, until he remembered something.

"I was hoping you'd say you'd be mine." Rothbart sneered, calming down. "But it looks as if you need another day to think about it."

At that, he pointed towards the sky. Uniqua looked and gasped, the moon was going down.

"No." She said sadly.

Rothbart laughed evilly as Uniqua, defeated, waded into the lake. As soon as the moonlight left the lake, the water spout reappeared, but this time it turned her into a swan. Uniqua the swan swum away so that Rothabrt couldn't see the tears in her eyes. Rothbart started to leave, but not before kicking away his helmet, which disappeared with sparkles.

Pablo couldn't believe his eyes.

"Princess?" He said, stunned.