"Here we go!" Hope shouted, getting ready for the battle.

Before Hope was able to fight the geodude, Woo the Wise quickly ran up to her.

"Hope! Do you remember about dodging?" Woo ask.

"I think, but I guess I could get a reminder." Hope said.

"Alright. Let the wild pokemon attack you."

Hope nodded a bit, not really knowing what's his idea. The geodude came up to her, and took out a rock from the ground. Before he can throw it at Hope for a rock throw, suddenly everything freeze and Woo shouted, "HALT!"

"What is it?" Hope said, frozen in place even though she's talking.

"As you can see, the pokemon got close and is about to attack. Time it right and the attack will miss you completely." Woo explained.

Everything went back to normal. Hope was able to jump over the geodude's rock throw. Soon, the pokemon ran back to his spot.

"As you just saw, dodging one attack can leave you undamaged. Study the monsters that you'll face and try your best to dodge. I'll wait for you to finish the fight." Woo said, quickly going back to the rest of the members of Big Green.

With the advice of Woo the Wise, Hope was able to defeat the rock type pokemon within a few turns. First Squad and Woo sighed of relief, knowing Hope was able to defeat it, but Apetrully was quite mad at the Melody Pokemon.

"What's the meaning of this!? We were invited here to be fed by your pokemon!?" Apetrully shouted. "Also, geodude don't eat people!"

"Come back here!" Hope shouted, chasing after the auburn-orange pokemon.

When Hope was able to catch up with the Melody Pokemon, Melody said, "Oh honh! At last you came."

"What's going on here!?" Hope shouted as her tail straighten up like a exclamation point.

"I am kept on waiting for too long! Zat did not quit go to plan earlier... Non... But the back fire only made mon wrath grow!" Melody shouted, not really listening to the pink and white monkey.

Another cage was lifted, revealing two geodude. Hope sighed with her hand on her face.

Holy bananas! If I can take on one geodude, then I can take on two geodude. Hope thought, kind of wishing it was a little harder.

"Voila! Zis one is stronger! Oui, and ravenous! Prepare for nibbling. Zis only end when zee last morsel is snack! Now! Havez at her!" Melody shouted, as Hope got ready.

Hope let her guard down as Melody's jaw dropped when the geodude fell asleep.

"Oh... Ah! Hm? Lazy pokemon! Zis is not nap time!" Melody shouted, trying to wake the pokemon up.

I guess not all the pokemon she have is under her control. Hm... Maybe I should do a surprise attack on them. Hope thought.

Hope quickly jump on the rock type pokemon before they could react. With that, the two geodude woke up by that. One came up to her and try to attack.

Remember! I can counterattack. Hope thought.

Hope was able to jump over it and jump on the geodude. Defeating the pokemon wasn't that hard for Hope.

"Your turn, ballerina!" Hope shouted, ready to fight the Melody Pokemon.

"Wll, zat is zat." Melody said.

She quickly sang her Relic Song, transforming back into her aria form.

"Wait, who in the what now?" Hope said, absolutely confuse on the pokemon's sudden change in not just form but also idea.

"Zere were mistakes here... But zis was quite spectacle, non?" Melody ask with her hand on her hip.

The rest of the Big Green group walk up to the two, just as confuse as the pink monkey. She was acting like nothing bad happened between them!

"Wait, this was all an act?" Lin Chung ask.

"But of course! Zis was one of the many events prepare for vous! You felt zee passion, non? Monster supper indeed!" Melody explained with a little twirl.

"I see, but... If you do something like that for real, I'm sure to beat you up and get you arrested!" Hope shouted, scaring the Melody Pokemon a bit.

"Geez, you don't have to go that far." Sonia whispered to the monkey.

"Or at least just beat her up." Mighty Ray quickly added.

"Sorry," Hope whispered to her friends.

"Sorry, commander, but events must be kept secret." Melody said. "Now, let us continue onward."

A gate that wasn't too far from them open. With a smile on her face, Melody said, "Pi'illo Castle, she lies just before us. We are un moment away! Come!"

Melody quickly floated away. Before they could go, Hope felt a gentle pet on her head and heard Lin Chung say, "Good job. You're getting pretty good at fighting."

As her friends walk off, Hope let out a small squeal for the little praise and ran after her friends. She felt a little pride in her.

"I'm kind of worry about Jumpy. We haven't seen him for a while." Apetrully said.

"Maybe he's on his way right now, meeting some of the pokemon." Mr. NoHands said.

"Sounds like something he might do." Hope said. "Come on! To Pi'illo Castle!"

The group got to the front of the castle, seeing the Melody Pokemon again. Good thing she's still normal.

"Welcome! Oui, welcome! Welcome to Pi'illo Castle!" Melody said with a wink. "Are we enjoying zee good times so far? Oui, your faces tell me zis is true!"

"Well, it's quite a exciting trip so far." Apetrully said.

"Ohh! Sweet commander! Zee words give me great joy! Zee heart, it soars! Zee dream, zey are true! And now let us enter zee castle, s'il vous plait!"

Then a voice was heard, calling for them.

"Wait!"

The group turn to them, seeing Jumpy trying to catch up with them, but when he was so close, he trip onto his face.

"Taking another snooze?" Mighty Ray said with a chuckle.

"Jumpy!" Hope happily said, as Jumpy stood up and dust himself off. "For a minute there, I thought you might be knocked out for the entire vacation.

"I'm glad you made it, Jumpy. Now we can enter the castle." Apetrully said.

"Oui! Oh! Monsieur Jumpy, he enjoy zee same quiz on his way here. Zat that right, oui, Monsieur?" Melody ask.

Jumpy happily nodded.

"Oui, zat is right. Now. Madame Hope and Monsieur Jumpy. You won some coins in zee quiz, oui?" Melody ask.

The two animals nodded.

"And how many coins did you win?" Melody continue to ask.

Hope took out her coins from her body pocket while Jumpy took out his coins from under his hat.

"Oh! Zee two of you combined won 50 coins!" Melody said. "Hm... But zis sum is a bit, how do you say, meagre, honh? Perhaps a petit game to fatten zee wallets? Before you answer, know zis! Zee game is quick and easy."

"Hm..." Jumpy and Hope said, deep in thought.

"Go ahead, you two. We have plenty of time." Apetrully said.

"Ah, j'adore! Zis commander. He catches on quickly!" Melody commented.

"Okay." Hope said with a nod, along with Jumpy.

"Very well zen... Since time is money... Now we play... COINS-UP CHALLENGE!" Melody shouted, moving out of the way. "DROP ZEE THING!"

A shadow appear and two of the shellos staff came and went to their places. There was a pole came out of nowhere, and on it were some numbers and platforms for two people. Soon, Hope and Jumpy step on a platform of their own and wait for the instructions.

"Madame Hope. Monsieur Jumpy. You need to take turns hitting zee blocks to elevate zee platforms. Madame Hope will hit the pink block with the H on it. Oui! And Monsieur Jumpy will hit zee black block with the J on it. Take turns hitting zee blocks with good timing to go up, up, UP! Zee higher you go, zee greater zee multiplier on zee coins you hold! And if you make it to zee very top, I will even offer zee special prize. So take turns hitting zose block to go as high as you can! And now we start zee coins-up challenge. STARTEZ!" Melody explain.

Once the game started, the Hope hit her block with her head, then Jumpy hit his next with his head. The two kept on going back and forth as the crowd, including their friends, cheer them on to continue. They watch as the two went higher and higher until they made it to the very top.

"ZEE GAME ENDS! COINS x3!" Melody shouted as the platforms lower themselves back to the ground.

Hope and Jumpy jump off the platforms, then gave each other a high five. Melody walk up to them.

"SUPERB! Stupendous! Parfait! You started with 50 coins and now we multiply by 3. So between you two duex, zee grand total is... 150 COINS!" Melody shouted, throwing her hands in the air.

"Yahoo!" The two animals shouted as the gold coins were given to them.

"As a prize for zee perfections, you get the 1-UP Deluxe!" Melody said as she gave Hope the green mushroom.

"A 1-UP Deluxe? What's that?" Mighty Ray ask.

"Oh yeah! If someone is knocked out, just feed them this and they'll jump back to action." Hope said. "They're very, very rare in the Hidden Kingdom."

"Coins-up Challenge, it ends now! And here, as a prize just for playing! Oui, I insist you have zis banana." Melody said, giving Jumpy the banana.

"Banana...?" Jumpy said, confuse, putting it under his hat.

"Banana..." Hope said, drooling a bit, yet also confuse too.

"Madame Hope! Monsieur Jumpy! Zis is fine work, honh? Oui! And now zee welcoming games ends! To zee castle!" Melody said, then went inside the castle.

The group follow in, while Hope and Jumpy still looks confuse about the banana.