A Noble Heart Restoration

by Matfix

The Restoration of Makoko Gunsou's Story A noble Heart the first 30 chapters belong to her.

3. Chapter 3

Chapter 11: Ed-World II-Far, Far Away-Part II

Ed woke up with a pounding headache. He lay on his back in the soft hay in the old wooden barn. Wearily, he tried to remember last night's events. He, Shrek, Donkey, Sandy, Patrick and Puss had taken refuge in this barn to escape the storm after the potion they had stolen turned out to be a dud. Then Shrek and Donkey passed out. With a large yawn he stood up and looked around the barn.

"Hello?" he called. "Shrek? Donkey? Sandy? Patrick? Pu-Ahh!" Something jumped onto his back, startling him slightly.

"Sorry," Puss said, clinging to his back. "I thought you were a mouse. Need breakfast." Ed made an irritated sigh at the hit man cat.

"Where is everybody?" he asked. "And what happened last night?"

Puss grinned like a Cheshire cat. "Why don't you see for yourself," he said, pointing at a horse stall. Ed gave him an odd look but walked to where he was pointing anyway.

A loud groan from the stall put Ed on alert. "Shrek?" he called. "Is that you?" Another groan was the only answer he got. Someone stood up in the stall. The person who emerged caused Ed to gasp.

"Anyone get the license number of that carriage?" Shrek groaned emerging from the stall. At least Ed thought it was Shrek. The person who emerged was not an ogre, but a man. A man with a very handsome face. He had brilliant wavy hair and sparkling brown eyes. He was wearing Shrek's clothes, which were hanging from his body. His voice was exactly like the ogre's. Shrek, noticing Ed's stunned expression, said, "What?"

"You… you're… a…" Ed stammered. Shrek gave him a confused look.

"Perhaps you'd like a drink, señor," Puss said, walking up with a pail of water. Shrek gratefully took it.

"Thanks. My head does hurt." Leaning over the pail, he saw the reflection in the water was not his own. "Whoa!" he exclaimed, dropping the pail. He felt the tip of his nose. "Cute button nose?" He brushed his hand through his new shoulder-length hair. "Thick, wavy locks?" His hands grasped his behind. "Taut, round buttocks? I'm… I'm…"

"Gorgeous!" Puss finished.

"That potion really worked," Ed whispered. "Really well! But then… where's Donkey?"

"Who you callin' a donkey?" a familiar voice exclaimed. Everyone turned to the barn doorway. Standing in the doorway was a pure white horse with a flowing white mane which shone in the daylight sun. Right beside him was Sandy and Patrick.

"Donkey?" Ed asked.

Shrek took in his new and improved friend. "You're a…"

"Stallion, baby!" Donkey exclaimed as happy as any of them had ever seen.

"Check me out!" Donkey continued, "I can whinny!" Donkey reared back and let out an incredible whinny. "I can trot!" Donkey took off in a steady trot in a circle, a big smile plastered on his snout.

"That is some quality potion," Shrek muttered. "What's in that stuff? Where's the bottle?"

"I think its right here," Sandy said. She walked over to where they threw it away.

"Hey everyone!" Sandy said, gaining their attention and reading from the empty bottle. "It says here: 'To make the effects of this potion permanent, the drinker must obtain his true love's kiss by midnight!'"

"Midnight?" Shrek repeated. "Why is it always midnight?"

"Alright, so we have our plan," Sandy said. "Now all we got to do is get Fiona to kiss you and you'll be set!"

"But first," Donkey said, trotting up and eyeing Shrek's baggy clothes as his pants fell down. "We need to get you some new duds!"

Their plan consisted of them pulling over a carriage that came down the road and stealing the clothes of the passengers. Shrek's new clothes consisted of green tights and a brown top. They also stole a horse that Sandy and Patrick could ride back to the castle together on. Shrek, Ed and Puss rode on Donkey, whose strong new body could now take the weight.

Being on horseback, it took little time to get back to the city. Soon the heroes were riding through the stone cobbeled streets with their new appearances. This was a drastic change for Shrek, to go out in public like this in the broad daylight. Usually, any appearance in public would end with him fleeing from an angry mob of people, although it could often end up with them running from him.

This wasn't the case today. People in the streets actually waved at him. They didn't recoil in disgust or anything like that. Men greeted him, women swooned over him, people marveled over the noble steed he rode upon. Donkey loved that!

"I could get used to this," Shrek laughed. With a jolt, Donkey galloped off for the castle. The wind blew through Shrek's beautiful new hair and Donkey's tick mane. Eager to see his wife, Shrek had Donkey speed faster, until finally they crossed over the drawbridge and arrived at the doors.

"Halt! Who goes there?" the guard at the door demanded.

Shrek smiled and answered. "Tell Fiona her husband, Prince Shrek, is here to see her." The guard nodded and set off to find the princess. Ed hopped off of Donkey and headed for the door.

"I'm going to see if Hotaru is here!" he explained. "Good luck, Shrek!"

"You too, Ed!" the former ogre said in support. Ed grinned and set out to find his friend in the castle.

~~~

Meanwhile, a certain princess was just waking from her slumber. The sunlight of the new day shone on Fiona's face. Waking up with a pounding headache, she got up and stretched. Wearily she remembered fainting last night just before she was going to go and find Shrek. She hoped she didn't bang her face. She walked over to the mirror to see if there was any damage.

What awaited her at the mirror was not her ogre likeness. To her surprise, she had fair, freckled skin and her body was much more slender then before. This was the face she'd had before she met Shrek. Now it was back. Still shocked, she decided to assess the situation with the utmost calm.

"AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!"

Fiona's scream was heard throughout the castle, alerting Shrek, who was still outside. "Fiona!" Dismounting Donkey, he ran inside.

Fiona heard the shout of her husband from her room. "Shrek?" She ran out of her room, still a little shaken up.

Shrek ran through the grand halls of the castle shouting Fiona's name. His calls echoed through the castle. Unknown to him, Fiona was doing the same with him. Unfortunately they both passed each other using different corridors, still shouting each others name.

Shrek burst into Fiona's bedroom, out of breath, having run through the whole castle just to get there. Someone was standing by the window with their back to him, wrapped in a large cloak that covered their body. "Fiona?" he called to the person. No answer. He walked up to the cloak and swung them around. The cloak slipped off revealing who it was.

"Hello, handsome!" Fairy Godmother exclaimed, smiling cruelly.

~~~

Fiona's search took her outside where Shrek had been only moments before. She stepped into the courtyard, passing the white horse.

"Fiona!" Donkey exclaimed. Fiona stopped and turned toward Donkey's unmistakable voice.

"Donkey?" she asked, uncertainly.

"The one and only!" the horse said. "Wow! That potion worked on you too, huh?"

"Potion? What potion?"

"Well, Shrek, Beast and I took some magic potion and well… now we're sexy!" he exclaimed, grinning widely. Fiona looked on Donkey's back where a cat in large boots and a hat was now licking himself.

"Shrek?" she said, enquiringly. Puss stopped licking himself and looked Fiona up and down before breaking into a smile.

"For you, my dear…"Puss said, licking his lips. "… I could be." Fiona rolled her eyes again.

"Donkey, where's Shrek?" she asked.

"He went inside looking for you." Fiona frowned and made for inside again.

~~~

"Hotaru? Hotaru!" Ed called through the castle. "Are you here? If you can hear me, say something! Anybody?"

"Why hello there," said a very feminine, malevolent voice as Ed felt a presence behind him. He turned around to see a woman, a woman that looked very familiar. But a few things were off about her, so he did not recognize her at first, "Nice to see you once again, Ed," she said with a sinister smirk plastered on her face.

Ed widened his eyes; he now recognized her! He narrowed his eyes, "Mistress 9."

"Yes, but I do not go by that name anymore," the woman said, "I am now called Zianxa, my Heartless form."

Ed took out his Crestblade, ready to fight her like he did once long ago.

Zianxa only made a chuckle, "Do you wish to fight me now? I do not think that is such a good idea," she stated, "If you lose your life now, you will never be able to help your Firefly in the future."

"What?" Ed questioned with shock, "What are you-?"

But as soon as he started to question her, Zianxa disappeared into a portal of darkness that formed behind her. Ed made a growl and soon decided that she was not here. He headed back towards the entrance, worried about what Zianxa said about Hotaru.

(AN: Oh, and I would also like to note that Sandy and Patrick found Dimitri and Spongebob…okay, back to story!)

~~~

"Fiona! Fiona!" Shrek cried. From the window he saw Fiona enter the castle after just chatting with Donkey.

"Oh, she's certainly sparked into a beautiful woman," Fairy Godmother said, flying around Shrek. "At least you helped her there." Shrek ignored her and made for the door but the talking furniture in the room barred his way. "Are you going so soon? Don't you want to see your wife?" She gestured to the window. Shrek gave her a look but walked to the window nonetheless.

Fiona continued her errant search for her supposed changed husband. She figured he would have headed for her room, so that's where she was heading right now. "Fiona?" an unfamiliar voice called, causing Fiona to stop in her tracks and turn to where it came. Standing on a balcony was the spoiled rotten Prince Charming but, of course, Fiona didn't know who he was, having never met him before. "Fiona, my dear!" Charming said happily.

"Shrek?" Fiona asked.

Charming smiled a knowing smile. "Yes, Fiona. It is me. Your husband. Shrek."

Fiona still looked unconvinced. "What happened to your voice?"

Charming panicked for a moment. "The… potion changed a lot of things, darling!" he covered, slipping over to her side. "But not the way I feel about you."

"Fiona!" Running for them were Fiona's parents, "We heard you scream and… Fiona?" Lillian said, astonished her daughter was back to her original self. King Harold however was looking at her companion.

"Charming?" he said.

"You think so, Dad?" Charming said, sending a message to the King. "I was hoping you'd approve. It's me, Shrek!" Everyone gasped at this. King Harold looked very surprised. "Well, what do you think? I did it for you, Fiona." He then wrapped his arms around Fiona in a hug. Fiona reluctantly hugged back, wondering what would drive her husband to make such a drastic change.

"Fiona! Fiona!" Shrek hollered pounding on the window. Having overlooked the whole scene from on the balcony and shocked when Fiona hugged the man with the charming face.

"Oh shoot! I don't think they can hear us," Fairy Godmother laughed. Shrek ceased his useless pounding and shouting. He felt his whole world cave in on him when his wife hugged that man.

"I need to see her," he whispered.

"Don't you think you've messed her life up enough?" Fairy Godmother asked.

"I just wanted her to be happy."

"And now she can be. Oh sweetheart, she's finally found the prince of her dreams."

"But look at me," Shrek said gesturing to his new skin. "Look what I've done for her."

Fairy Godmother gave him a look of utmost contempt. "It's time you stopped living in a fairy tale, Shrek. She's a princess, you're an ogre, and no amount of potion is going to change that." Shrek's heart broke then and there. After all he's done for her, after all the hugs and kisses, by the end of the day she was a princess and he… was an ogre.

"But…"Shrek whispered. "… I love her."

"If you really love her…" Fairy Godmother said, with an evil smile. "… You'll let her go." That was it. Shrek heart shattered into pieces. Out the window, Fiona and the man walked off the balcony so he could no longer see her. The Fairy Godmother was right.

People like him never live happily ever after.

~~~

Shrek, Ed, Donkey and Puss all sat at the bar of the Ugly Stepsister's house. Puss had told them it was a great place for depressed souls. That was how everyone was feeling right now. Shrek had lost Fiona, Ed may have lost a friend and Donkey and Puss were sad that their friends were sad. Ugly Stepsister apparently didn't care if a horse sat at her bar. They sipped their glasses of milk in silence.

"It was all just a stupid mistake," Shrek sighed. "I never should have rescued her from that tower."

Puss took a swig of the milk he was drinking. "I hate Mondays," he stated.

"I can't believe you guys are just giving up," Donkey scolded, looking between them. "Shrek, you love Fiona."

"Doesn't matter now," Shrek said sadly, "Fiona loves that pretty boy, Prince Charming, now," Shrek said dismally. "It's for the best anyway. Mom and Dad approve, and Fiona gets the man she's always dreamed of. Everybody wins."

"Except you," Donkey pressed.

"Yeah, well people like me don't live happily ever after." Donkey shook his head, wondering who put that statement in his head.

As Ed sipped his milk he was bumped in the back by someone in a brown cloak. "Oh! Sorry…" the person said, before he walked up to the Ugly Stepsister. "Is she here?" he asked. Stepsister jerked her thumb to the back room. The cloaked man headed stealthily for the door. Everyone else also noticed the man too.

Donkey watched the man go, trying to recall where he heard his voice before. "Wasn't that…?"

"The rich King!" Puss realized.

"Fiona's father? Shrek asked, confused. "What's he doing here?"

Harold, still in his cloak, walked inside the room where he had met the bounty hunter that supposedly completed his assignment in taking care of the ogre. The room was much brighter than last time with the sunlight shining in from the window. Now he could see who he was meeting with, but he almost wished he couldn't. In the room waiting were the Fairy Godmother and Prince Charming.

Harold took off his cloak. "Fairy Godmother. Charming."

"You'd better have a good reason for dragging us here, Harold," Fairy Godmother seethed. "I have to have my dress pressed for the evening." Outside, Shrek, Ed, Donkey and Puss peeked in from the window of the room. All were perplexed as to why King Harold, Fairy Godmother and Prince Charming were in the same room together.

"Well, I'm afraid Fiona isn't exactly…" Harold said, trying to find the right words. "…Warming up to Prince Charming."

"FYI, not my fault," Charming scoffed. "I mean, how charming can I be when I'm pretending to be that dreadful ogre?"

"Pretending to be me?" Shrek whispered behind the window. The others continued to listen with growing interest.

"Of course, it's not your fault, dear," Fairy Godmother soothed.

"No, it's nobody's fault," Harold insisted. "Perhaps it's best if we just call the whole thing off?"

"What?" Fairy Godmother and Charming said together.

Harold gulped before continuing. "I'm sorry but you can't force my daughter to fall in love."

"I don't care about your daughter anymore!" Fairy Godmother shouted. Harold and the four spies balked.

"W-What?" Harold stuttered.

Fairy Godmother forced herself to calm down. "Fiona isn't my goal now. Charming is only using her to get to the real prize. The little girl that showed up… Hotaru."

"What!" Ed nearly shouted but the others clamped their hands over his mouth before he gave them away.

Harold was shocked. They were playing with Fiona. "But… but why? What's so special about her?"

"I don't know and I don't care. All I know is the person who wants her is willing to pay big! So big that your Kingdom means nothing in comparison." She reached into her pocket and pulled out a small pink vial with a red heart painted on. "Have the girl drink this and she'll fall in love with the first man she kisses, which will be Charming." Charming pulled out a breath freshener and sprayed it in his mouth. Outside, Ed was fuming but the others restrained him.

"No…" Harold muttered.

"What did you say?"

"I can't. I won't do it."

"Oh, yes you will!" Fairy Godmother raged. "If you recall, I helped you with your happily ever after! And I can take it all away just as easily!" She waved her star wand before Harold's frightened eyes threateningly. "Is that what you want? Is it?"

Harold eyed the wand that had helped him before, but was now being used to do terrible things to his family. But he couldn't bear for things to go back to the way they used to be. "No," he whispered. Fairy Godmother smirked.

"Good boy. Now we must be leaving. I need to do Charming's hair before the ball. He's so hopeless without me."

"Thank you, Mother," Charming said.

"Mother!" Donkey exclaimed. Everyone in the room turned to the window at the boisterous shout of the white horse outside. Everybody had been so busy restraining Ed that they forgot who the real loudmouth was.

"Oh… look," Shrek stammered. "A talking horse!" Without further delay they all hopped upon Donkey and rode like the wind away from there. The enraged Fairy Godmother flew out the window and fired blasts of magic after them with her wand but they were soon out of range and heading straight for the city.

"Stop them!" she shouted to the knights that stood outside the house. "Thieves! Bandits! Stop them!"

~~~

Meanwhile, back at Shrek's place in the swamp, Gingy, Pinocchio, the Three Little Pigs, the Three Blind Mice and Wolf, were watching the royal ball coverage on the Magic Mirror.

"Oh come on, this is boring! Turn it to Wheel of Torture!" Gingy said as he grabbed the remote away from whoever had it and changed the channel.

"Tonight on "Knight's"…"

"Oh, this look's good!" Pinocchio excitedly said. On the round surface of the crystal ball was an overhead shot of a white horse carrying two passengers riding quickly through a forest. "We've got a white bronco heading east into the forest. Requesting backup."

"It's time to teach these madcap mammals that their "devil may mare" attitudes just won't fly here."

The image changed to show Shrek, Ed and Puss riding Donkey through the streets while being chased down by several armoured knights on horseback. They're soon cornered against a wall, the knights closing in.

"Why are you grabbing me? Why are you grabbing me?" Donkey cried, as the soldiers held him down. "Help! Police brutality! Police brutality!"

Ed whipped his Crestblade through the knights knocking them around like baseballs. "Get lost! You don't understand! I have to get to-AAAHH!" Ed was cut off when a knight threw a pepper shaker in his eyes. The soldiers piled on top of him while he was incapacitated.

"Did someone let the cat out of the bag?"

"You capitalist pig-dogs!" Puss hissed. He jumped on a soldiers face and the man ran about screaming. They soon restrained Puss while they searched him.

"Catnip," a knight said pulling a small bag from under Puss' hat.

"That's...uh, not mine," Puss said sheepishly.

Shrek arms were cuffed behind his back as he and the rest were thrown into the back of a wagon. "Find Princess Fiona! Tell her I'm Shrek! I'm her husband, Shrek!" His cries went unheaded as the knights poured pepper in his face.

"Wait, wait! Rewind that!" Gingy said as the person who had the remote rewinded it and played it again. The fairy tale creatures looked at the TV and then at each other in shock.

~~~

Night came quickly to the land of Far, Far Away. It couldn't have come sooner to the citizens. Everyone flocked to the castle where the celebration of the century was being held. Celebrities from Rapunzel, to Hansel and Gretel walked up the red carpet to see the new couple. Confetti and spotlights decorated the skies. Soon, a flying red carriage driven by Kyle touched down before the red carpet. The crowd behind the velvet rope broke into cheers as the Fairy Godmother emerged.

"Hello, Far, Far Way!" she called t the crowd. "Can I get a whoop whoop?"

"WHOOP WHOOP!" the crowd responded.

"Thank you! Thank you! May all your endings be happily ever after!" She continued waving to the audience as she flew up the red carpet towards the celebrations inside.

Inside the castle, King Harold prepared three cups of tea. He pulled out the small potion that the Fairy Godmother had given him. Popping the cap, he poured it into the one intended for Hotaru. A small puff of red smoke signaled it was working. Now all he had to do was serve it.

Fiona sat on the windowsill in one of the castle towers that overlooked the red carpet. She had changed from her regular green dress into a more festive white one. Hotaru was with her, dressed in beautiful lavender dress that Fiona had leant her. There was a knock on the door and Harold entered with a tea tray. "Hello. I hoped you two would be here. How about a cup of tea before the ball?"

"We're not going," Fiona said.

Harold was surprised. "The whole Kingdom's turned out to celebrate your marriage. What about you?" he asked Hotaru.

"I just don't feel like celebrating anything right now," Hotaru replied, full of melancholy. The King looked between the two sad girls.

"That's not my husband down there, Dad," Fiona said, looking out the window to the red carpet where Prince Charming was strutting about and blowing kisses. "I mean, look at him."

Harold looked guilty for a second. "Yes, he is a bit different. But people change for the one's they love. You'd be surprised how much I changed for your mother."

"Changed? He's completely lost his mind! What did that potion do to him?"

"Why don't you come down to the ball and give him another chance? You might find that you like the new Shrek."

"But it's the old one I fell in love with, Dad," Fiona sighed. "I'd give anything to have him back." Harold felt a huge pang of guilt strike him. Hotaru took one of the cups of tea and raised it to her lips.

"Uh, no, Hotaru!" Harold said, stopping her from drinking. "That's my tea. Decaf. Otherwise I'm up all night." He gave her another cup. Shrugging, Hotaru took it and sipped it politely while Harold watched carefully.

~~~

Far on the other side of the city, on the side of a mountain, was a dark fortress; it was the prison for all criminals and lawbreakers of Far, Far Away. The castle could be seen just across the town from this terrible place full of dangerous people.

"Help! Help!" Donkey cried from the tower cell where they were held. They all hung suspended in midair by chains that cuffed their wrists. All of Donkey's legs were chained up so he hung on the side. And as the blood rushed to his head, he coped the best way he could: screaming his head off. "You can't keep us here! I haven't been read my rights! Nobody said I had the right to remain silent!"

"Donkey," Shrek hissed, hanging from his chains. "You do have the right to remain silent. What you lack is the capacity."

Ed's Crestblade was in his hand. He strained his wrist to try and reach his locks but it was no use, since it was a form of a Keyblade, he could unlock any lock… that is, if he could reach it. He dropped his arms and put away the Crestblade. "We have to stay calm. We've got to figure out how to stop that ball."

"Shrek? Donkey?" Everyone looked up to see the fairy tale creatures above them.

"Gingy! Pinocchio! Everyone!" Shrek exclaimed. Pinocchio soon dropped down to them with his strings attached, doing little flips and spins on the way down. It was unknown to him that he would be tangled up in his own strings.

Shrek and Donkey rolled their eyes, "Great, now how are you gonna help us?" Donkey stated.

Shrek soon thought of something, "Pinocchio, tell a lie to us!"

"But I dunno what to lie about."

"Oh, for the love of… Just say that you're wearing ladies undies!"

"I'm… wearing ladies undies."

Nothing happened.

"… Are you really?" Shrek asked.

"I-I most certainly am not!" Pinocchio quickly said as his pointed, wooden nose started to grow on his face. It grew to the length up to Shrek's lock. Seizing the opportunity, Gingy came down the tangled ropes and unlocking everyone from their locks (AN: He also told everyone that Pinocchio was wearing a thong…XD).

"Now we've got to stop that kiss!" Ed said once everyone was free.

"Right," Shrek said, full of determination. "I won't let them play with Fiona like this! And of course…" He looked at Ed. "… You've got to save your friend." Ed nodded, not even bothering with a comment.

"But it's impossible!" Puss exclaimed pointing to the window. Just a few miles away was the castle where bright lights lit the night and music was heard even from where they were. "The castle's guarded. There's a moat and everything!"

Gingy hopped onto the window and looked to the castle. "Well, guys, looks like we're not gonna be invited," he sighed. Everyone could only agree with him. How were they going to break into a castle? Shrek stared at the shining castle in the night that Gingy stood beside. It was funny, really. From that standpoint it looked like Gingy was as big as the castle…

That's it!

"Wait a minute!" Shrek said, "I have an idea!"

~~~

It was quiet in the city of Far, Far Away. People who decided not to attend the ball at the castle went about their tasks under the evening sky. People walked through the streets, went shopping and ate in the cafe's and restaurants. Nothing interesting was going on.

… Boom.

The town's citizens stopped what they were doing when they felt the small tremor go through the street.

Boom!

Another tremor, slightly larger then the first. People peeked out anxiously from their homes or froze in the streets to try to find the source of the disturbance.

BOOM!

Donkey rode through the street with Ed, Puss and the other fairy tale creatures on his back. He rode quick and true, straight for the castle. "I'd look out if I were you!" Donkey shouted as he rode past people who stopped in the road. Everyone looked back to where they came from and immediately found the source of the tremors. A huge gingerbread man was walking down the street. And riding on his shoulder was Shrek with Gingy on his shoulder. Everybody screamed in the streets, screamed and ran for cover as the gingerbread man stomped down the road.

"There it is, Gingy Jr.!" Shrek called to the happy gingerbread man. "There's the castle! Go to the castle!" The gingerbread man smiled and nodded, following Donkey and the others as he stomped for the castle.

~~~

The castle courtyard was decorated beautifully for the ball. Lights were strung up, flowers decorated the walls, and people dined on the feast that was set out. King Harold and Queen Lillian sat in their places of honor: two furnished thrones beside a stage where musicians played a steady melody. Harold was dressed in Kingly garb and wore a metal breastplate like his knights. Lillian was dressed in a beautiful white dress that only a queen could wear.

"Where is Ed?" Dimitri asked. "I thought you guys said he came back with you," he said to Sandy and Patrick.

"We don't know where he went," Sandy said with a sigh.

Hotaru wasn't really paying attention to their conversation as she looked up into the night sky above her. Where was he? Is he alright? Oh, she just hoped that nothing bad was happening to him…

"Ladies and gentlemen!" the announcer called through the courtyard. "Presenting Princess Fiona and her new husband, Prince Shrek." The crowd broke into applause as Fiona and Prince Charming, under the guise of Shrek, walked down the steps in the castle. Fiona looked like she didn't want to be there at all, while Charming blew kisses and winked at everyone.

"What are you doing?" Fiona whispered.

"Just trying to play the part, Fiona," Charming replied smiling.

Back with Hotaru and the others, Sandy and Patrick were puzzled. "That's not Shrek," Patrick stated as he looked to Charming. "What's going on?"

Fiona and Charming continued walking and the people kept clapping. "Is that… glitter on your lips?" Fiona asked.

"Cherry flavored," Charming said, licking his lips. "Want a taste?"

"What is with you?" Fiona hissed, tearing her hand away and heading back up the stairs. Charming panicked and sent a pleading look to his mother who flew by the stage.

Fairy Godmother thought an idea and flew for the stage. "Ladies and Gentlemen," she said, using her wand to transform her outfit into a sparkling red dress. She used her wand to amplify her voice over the audience. "I'd like to dedicate this next song to Princess Fiona and Prince Shrek." A spotlight landed on Fiona. She froze in her tracks as all eyes turned to her.

Charming smiled at his mother and turned to Fiona. "Fiona, my princess. Will you honor me with a dance?" Fairy Godmother smirked and began her song.

Where have all the good men gone?

And where are all the gods?

"Dance! Dance! Dance!" The audience chanted. Charming held his hand out to Fiona. As the crowd continued chanting and her parents watched with anxious eyes, Fiona had no choice. Reluctantly, she took the hand and their dance began.

Where's the streetwise Hercules

To fight the rising odds?

"Sandy, would you like to dance?" Dimitri asked, standing and holding out his hand. The surprised Sandy stared at him but took his hand. Dimitri smiled and pulled her from her seat. Spongebob sent a few glares towards him.

"Yeah, don't worry about me!" Spongebob called as the two walked away. "I'm fine here! With Patrick…"

Charming and Fiona twirled around the dance floor gracefully. Everyone stood to the side and watched the new couple begin the dance.

Isn't there a white knight

Upon a fiery steed?

"Since when do you dance?" Fiona asked as they twirled.

"Fiona, my dearest," Charming laughed. "If there's one thing I know, is that love is full of surprises."

Late at night I toss and I turn

And I dream of what I need

Fairy Godmother paused and took a deep breath. "Hit it!" she exclaimed. The band picked up the beat and the dance increased in speed.

I need a hero

Shrek's hazel eyes shone with determination as Gingy Jr. neared the castle. The gingerbread man followed Donkey all the way there as it were a game of tag. Shrek and the others stopped before the moat but Gingy Jr. stomped on.

I'm holding out for a hero 'till the end of the night

"Alright, Gingy Jr.!" Shrek exclaimed. "Let's crash this party!" Gingy Jr. made a noise of what Shrek could only assume was excitement.

He's gotta be strong

And he's gotta be fast

And he's gotta be fresh from the fight

"Man the catapults!" the soldiers on the walls called. Men rolled out large wooden catapults and loaded them with large flaming ammunition. Carefully, they took aim at the oncoming attacker.

I need a hero

The soldiers let loose one of the catapults, sending a ball of flame hurtling for Shrek and Gingy Jr.

I'm holding out for a hero 'till the morning light

"Look out!" Shrek cried. Gingy Jr. didn't listen, too fascinated by the bright shiny light that was coming closer and closer…

He's gotta be sure

And it's gotta soon

And he's gotta be larger than life

The ball of flame hit the gingerbread man square in the chest, making him stagger back and almost step on Ed and the others riding Donkey. Shrek nearly lost his balance but managed to stay on.

Larger than life

Gingy Jr's cheerful face was replaced by one of pure anger. He let out an enraged roar that forced Shrek cover his ears. Gingy Jr. soon swung his arms at the catapults, making them into nothing but splinters.

"Yeah, alright!" Donkey cheered.

Meanwhile, Fiona and Charming's dance continued with increased intensity. Dimitri and Sandy also stepped to the beat.

Somewhere after midnight

In my wildest fantasy

The knights on the wall fired ball after ball at the approaching gingerbread man, now walking through the moat, really ticked off. Gingy Jr. stomped for the castle, unhindered.

Somewhere just beyond my reach

There's someone reaching back for me

"Man the cauldrons!" a knight shouted as Gingy Jr. came close to the drawbridge.

Racing on the thunder

And rising with the heat

"Go for it!" Shrek cheered once they reached the wall. The gingerbread man complied and gripped the drawbridge, forcing it to open with his massive strength. "That's it! Heave!"

It's gonna take a superman

To sweep me off my feet

Above the gingerbread man, the soldiers lugged a large cauldron that steamed with an unknown liquid. "Heave!" they shouted pouring the contents onto the surprised gingerbread man. It wasn't lava or tar they poured, but dangerously hot milk. The searing white liquid spilled all over Gingy Jr., causing him to cry in pain.

"Shrek!" the others down below cried.

Gingy Jr. recovered and forced himself back up. Shrek and Gingy were thankfully unharmed by the attack. With an angry snarl, Gingy Jr. continued the assault.

Up where the mountains meet the heavens above

Out where the lightning splits the sea

Hotaru watched Fiona and Prince Charming move about the dance floor. Charming held a rose in his mouth and Fiona still couldn't stand her "new" husband. As Hotaru watched them, she didn't notice Kyle sneaking up behind her…

I could swear there is someone somewhere

Watching me

"Heave!" Shrek shouted as Gingy Jr. gripped the drawbridge again opening it little by little.

Through the wind and the chill and the rain

And the storm and the flood

The soldiers poured another vat of searing hot milk that splashed Gingy Jr. straight in the face while Shrek and Gingy took cover. The Gingerbread man had finally reached his limit, letting go of the drawbridge and falling backwards into the moat while his arms snapped off. Shrek jumped off of him and into the opening Gingy Jr. had created. "No!" Gingy cried as he watched the gingerbread man fall and plunged into the moat with a large splash.

I can feel his approach

Like a fire in my blood

Back with Hotaru, Kyle snuck up behind her and pushed her on the dance floor. Charming spun Fiona out of his grasp and pulled the still surprised Hotaru into his grasp. He smiled cruelly and continued his dance with a new partner. Queen Lillian was perplexed as Harold stroked the bridge of his nose, ashamed.

Shrek slid down the chain. Several knights with drawn swords awaited him at the bottom. He hit them in their heads, knocking them all out. He touched the ground and kicked the gate winch, allowing the drawbridge to fall. It landed just before Ed, Donkey and Puss so they could now see the grinning Shrek.

"Let's go!" he exclaimed. The others cheered.

"No! No! No!" Gingy cried. He stood atop Gingy Jr's chest as they dragon began to sink beneath the water. Gingy Jr. began to flash Gingy a goofy grin.

"Be… good," he whispered. Donkey rode across the drawbridge and Puss scooped Gingy up with his sword.

I need a hero

I'm holding out for a hero 'till the end of the night

More knights emerged to block the doorway to the castle. They drew their swords and awaited their charge. "Donkey?" Shrek said. The noble steed whinnied and bounded over the startled knights, landing on the marble floor and rushing onward. The knights took after them.

And he's gotta be sure

And it's gotta be soon

And he's gotta be larger than life

As they rode down the halls of the castle Puss suddenly jumped off of Donkey. Landing on the floor, he faced the soldiers rushing towards him.

"Puss!" Ed shouted. Donkey skidded to a stop and faced the fencing cat.

"Go! Go!" Puss exclaimed. "Your ladies need you! Go!" Ed and Shrek, touched by Puss' courage and friendship, nodded and rode on. Puss turned back to face the oncoming knights. "Today, I repay my debt," he whispered, taking off his hat.

The soldiers came to stop in front of their intruder as they stared into the most sparkling puppy dog eyes any of them had ever seen. "Awwwwwww!" they all cooed.

Puss' eyes then turned to dangerous slits. "En guard!" He jumped for the soldiers with sword drawn, kicking their faces with his signature boots. The knights snapped out of it and attacked the cat, but he parried, dodged and none could stop him. He was too good.

And he's gotta be strong

And he's gotta be fast

And he's gotta be fresh from the fight

After dancing with Hotaru to the rest of the song, Charming pulled her into a low dip. The frightened Hotaru watched as Charming closed in for a kiss.

I need a hero!

"Hotaru!" Ed shouted when they burst into the party. Everyone stopped dancing and turned their eyes to the newcomers. Harold and Lillian rose from their thrones. Spongebob and Patrick rose from their seats. Fairy Godmother gripped her wand in anger until her knuckles turned white.

"Ed?" Hotaru said, tearing away from Prince Charming. Donkey rode down to the dance floor and Ed dismounted.

"Fiona?" Shrek called, looking around.

"Shrek?" Fiona called back, breaking through the crowd.

"Shrek?" Lillian asked.

"Hotaru!" Ed exclaimed.

"Donkey!" Donkey exclaimed.

Fiona came to her husband and stared into his new face. He smiled at her weakly. That made her break into a radiant smile. "It is you," she whispered, looking into his eyes. Shrek grinned brightly. "But then who's…?" All eyes turned to Prince Charming, who stood there sweating profusely. Fairy Godmother flew overhead, wand crackling with power.

"You all couldn't just leave well enough alone!" she shouted. "That girl is going to make me a queen! And I won't let some brat and his freaky friends get in my way!" Suddenly, in several dark flashes, they were surrounded by Heartless that looked too much like a fairy.

"Heartless!" Ed and Hotaru cried.

"Just in case of emergency!" Fairy Godmother smirked. She raised her wand to strike…

"Oh, no you don't!" Gingy exclaimed, jumping into Shrek's hand. The ogre-man reared back and tossed the gingerbread man straight at the Godmother, clinging it to her face.

"Ahhhh! Get it off! Get if off!" she cried, flying around blindly.

The Heartless closed in around the heroes as the citizens of Far, Far Away screamed in panic and backed away from the monsters of darkness. Sandy and Dimitri summoned their Acornblade and Earthblade as the Heartless surrounded them. "Looks like we have to cut the dance short, Sandy," Dimitri said. "How about we dance to a new tune?"

"Fine by me!" Sandy stated as she and Dimitri, along with Spongebob and Patrick, went into the fray.

Donkey kicked like a mule everywhere the Heartless popped up. There never was a nobler steed than the donkey turned horse. Out of nowhere, Puss in Boots jumped onto Donkey's back, parrying and slashing at any knights that came too close. They were a whirlwind of painful kicks and skillful fencing. "Pray for mercy from, Puss…" Donkey said.

"…And Donkey!" Puss laughed.

Ed fought through the Heartless Fairy in an attempt to get to Hotaru, who transformed in the middle of the chaos into Sailor Saturn and fought off a few with her Silent Glaive. Shrek punched the Heartless and Fiona used amazing martial arts to do them in. They were quite the dynamic duo. Husband and wife, against all odds.

Meanwhile, Fairy Godmother finally got Gingy off of her face, tossing her down to the earth. She raised her wand for them again but the Wolf blowed a gust of wind in her direction. Being distracted, the Fairy Godmother did not notice her wand fly out of her hands.

"Get the wand!" Shrek hollered. Fairy Godmother dove for her wand but Pinocchio grabbed it from the air and tossed it to the Wolf. The wolf ran around frantically as the fairy bore down on him from the sky. He then tossed it to Sandy.

"I'm open! I'm open!" Donkey shouted. Sandy threw the wand toward the horse, who was all the way on the other side of the courtyard. Donkey ran under it with Puss on his back. Puss hopped on Donkey's head and was able to catch the wand.

"Touchdown!" Donkey cheered.

Fairy Godmother seethed with anger and furiously turned to her son. "Do it! She's taken the potion! Kiss her!" Not wanting to make his mother any angrier, Charming grabbed Hotaru in his arms and kissed her full on the mouth.

"No!" Ed cried as he cut down the last Heartless. Charming continued the kiss to the surprised Hotaru. Ed sunk to his knees. He failed. He lost her. "Hotaru…" Fairy Godmother smiled maliciously.

Charming finally pulled away from Hotaru, admiring his perfect kissing talents. For a moment, Hotaru still looked surprised. But then her features slowly turned to a sparkling smile. Charming smirked, knowing the potion must be working. That is, until Hotaru's smile turned to an evil grin. The end of her Silent Glaive appeared in her hand and she slammed it right between his legs. Fairy Godmother balked while all the men in the audience winced and covered their own private parts. Charming gave a goofy smile before collapsing to the ground, writhing in pain. Ed watched the whole scene in amazement. Hotaru brushed herself off and flashed Ed a smile. Ed smiled back and rushed over to her.

"Hotaru!" Ed smiled. "Are you alright?"

Hotaru smiled back. "I'm alright," she blushed a little, "I'm glad you're okay yourself, Ed." Ed felt a wave of relief wash over him as he blushed a little himself. Meanwhile, Fairy Godmother flew in front of Harold.

"Harold!" Fairy Godmother seethed at the King. "You were supposed to give her the potion!"

King Harold smiled and shrugged. "I guess I gave her the wrong tea." Fairy Godmother growled and turned to Shrek and Fiona.

"This is all your fault!" she snarled. "You couldn't just go back to your swamp, could you!"

Meanwhile, Prince Charming had crawled over to Puss and snatched the star wand from his hand. "Mummy!" he called tossing the wand back to her.

"Mummy?" Fiona repeated. Fairy Godmother caught the wand and charged it up for one final blast straight at Shrek and Fiona.

"I told you," she growled. "Monsters don't live happily ever after!" With a roar she fired a blast of energy for ogre and his princess.

But out of nowhere ran King Harold. He dove between the couple and the blast. The energy hit him right in the stomach and bounced off of the armor that he wore, sending it straight back at the Fairy Godmother. Her own attack struck her head on, turning her into a mass of bubbles. The bubbles all popped and her glasses and wand feel to the ground with 'tink'.

"Mummy?" Charming whimpered.

With the Fairy Godmother gone, everyone crowded around the pile of clothes that had once been King Harold. Of what they could see, nothing remained of him. Fiona began sobbing. "Oh, Dad…"

"Harold…"Lillian choked. Everyone bowed their heads in respect of the King's noble sacrifice. None were sorrier than Shrek. After everything that happened, the King gave his life for Fiona's happiness. There was never a better father.

"Is he really…" Ed said.

"Yup," Gingy said solemnly.

Ribbet.

"He's croaked," Gingy groaned. Everyone turned to the pile of clothes where something was stirring within the cloth. From underneath Harold's cape emerged a small green frog wearing an even smaller crown. It stared up at the amazed people around him.

"Harold?" Lillian whispered.

"Dad?" Fiona asked.

The frog sighed. "I was hoping that you'd never see me like this," it said, in voice exactly like King Harold's.

"Man," Donkey muttered. "And he gave you a hard time!" he said to Shrek.

"Donkey!" everyone hissed.

"No, no. He's right," Harold said. "I'm sorry, Shrek. I only wanted what was best for Fiona. But I can see now…" He looked at the couple who held each others hands. "…She already has it. Hotaru," he said to the young teen girl. "I wanted my daughter to be happy so much that I was willing to sacrifice others to make it happen. Can you ever forgive me?"

Hotaru smiled. "I forgive you," she said.

"Yeah, love makes you do crazy things," Ed sighed. Harold smiled.

"Shrek, Fiona," he said to both of them. "Will you accept this old frog's apologies… and my blessing?" Shrek and Fiona gasped in happiness.

"Harold…" Lillian said, touched.

"I'm sorry, Lillian. I wish I could be the man you deserve." Lillian smiled and picked him up.

"You're more a man today then you ever were… warts and all."

"Well isn't that just the weirdest, most beautiful thing you've ever seen?" Dimitri sighed. Everyone nodded in agreement.

The clock in the courtyard suddenly began to chime. The clock had struck midnight. "Shrek! The Happily Ever After Potion!" Ed exclaimed. "It's midnight!" The former ogre then remembered the potion expiration.

"Fiona," he said taking both his wife's hands. "Is this what you want? To look like this forever?"

"What are you talking about?" Fiona asked.

"If you kiss me now…we can stay like this. Forever." Fiona's eyes widened.

"You would do that for me?" Fiona asked. Shrek nodded exuberantly, causing Fiona to smile. She looked to her mother who held her froggy father and nodded. "I want what every princess wants. To live happily ever after…" Shrek took that as answer enough and leaned in for the kiss. His lips were stopped, though, by Fiona's finger. "… With the ogre I married." Shrek broke him to a radiant grin.

"What ever happens, I must not cry," Puss whispered, before breaking into tears.

The clock bells ceased ringing. Shrek and Fiona suddenly glowed with a bright blue light and began they slowly rise in the air. Donkey was soon engulfed in the same light and rose to the sky as well.

"Oh no! No! No! No!" Donkey whined as his luscious white coat began to turn grey and he shrank to smaller size.

Shrek and Fiona kissed in midair as their skin turned green and the small ears sprouted from their heads. The couple that went through it all in order to be together. Ed, Hotaru and everyone else smiled as they slowly began to come back down to the ground, now back to their ogre selves. No one would have it any other way. They floated down with the returned to normal Donkey.

Donkey landed back on the ground and looked at his donkey body and sighed. It just wasn't the same. "Hey," Shrek said. "You still look like a noble steed to me." Donkey smiled at his ogre friend.

Ed's Crestblade suddenly appeared in his hand. Not far off, the Fairy Godmother's wand rose to the air glowing with bright light. Ed soon locked the world's Keyhole up tight with his Crestblade.

"What was that?" Shrek asked in awe.

Ed smiled and turned to them all. "Looks like it's time for us to be going soon."

"You're leaving?" Fiona asked.

"Afraid so," Dimitri shrugged.

"Ed," Shrek said to the boy. "Thanks for all your help."

Ed grinned. "I didn't do anything, Shrek. You saved Fiona."

"But it was your determination that got me through the hard times. You must really care about your… friend." The ogre winked at the last part, causing Ed to blush. Hotaru giggled.

"Hey, people!" Puss called. Everyone turned to the stage where Puss and Donkey were now standing with huge grins on their faces. "Aren't we supposed to be having a fiesta?"

"Uno, dos, quatro, hit it!" Donkey cried. The band picked up a tune and everyone cheered. They all headed for the dance floor with excitement. Ed turned to Hotaru. Now that the danger was over he now noticed just how beautiful she looked in that dress. He blushed lightly.

"Would… you like to dance?" he asked nervously, "I've been working on it for a long while."

Hotaru smiled, "I'd be honored," she replied. Grabbing his hand, she pulled him onto the dance floor.

The song picked up as Puss and Donkey grabbed the microphone. "Hey everybody?" Donkey said to the audience. "You ever seen a donkey and a cat sing before?"

DONKEY:

She's into superstitions

Black cats and voodoo dolls

"Sing it, Puss!"

PUSS:

I fell a premonition

That girl's gonna make me fall

"Here we go!" they both cheered.

BOTH OF THEM:

She's into new sensations

New kicks in the candlelight

She's got a new addiction

For every day and night

She'll make you take your clothes off

And go dancing in the rain

She'll make you live her crazy life

But she'll take away your pain

Like a bullet to your brain!

Upside, inside out she's livin la vida loca

She'll push and pull you down, livin la vida loca

Her lips are devil red and her skin's the color of mocha

She will wear you out livin la vida loca. Come on!

Livin la vida loca

She's livin la vida loca!

Everyone at the party danced to the musical styling of the talking animals and their love of Latin music. Shrek and Fiona danced with the white hot intensity that only those truly in love could do. Interestingly, Ed and Hotaru danced with the same intensity. They danced on the stage as the animals sang, and Ed actually did a stage dive. Shrek tried the same thing but the audience parted like the Red Sea and he fell to the stone.

Spongebob and Sandy cascaded together as Spongebob pulled and dipped her, smiling down at her wryly.

It was a night none of them would ever forget.

And none of them wanted to…

Upside, inside out, she's livin' la vida loca

She'll push and pull you down, livin' la vida loca

Her lips are devil red and her skin's the color of mocha

She will wear you out, livin' la vida loca.

"Come on!" Puss shouted.

Livin' la vida loca

"Sing it one more time now!" Donkey yelled.

Livin' la vida loca

Livin' la vida loca!

Chapter 12: Ed-World I, Revisit I

It was a somewhat peaceful day here in Monochrome City as we see Ed, Hotaru, Sandy, Spongebob, Patrick and Dimitri parked in the spaceship dock of the black and white city. They soon exited the krusty ship and walked out onto the ground of the platform.

"So, you're back already?" questioned a voice not to far away from them as everyone turned to see Cid, Zed and Tarox coming over to them, "Good thing the ship I sent to you didn't crash itself on the way there or back."

The others chuckled at his statement; Cid had to send them another ship like the one they had crashed to them.

"So, what brings you back here so quickly?" Tarox asked.

"We came back for some more supplies," Dimitri said as he then looked at Ed, "And Ed found this gem in the last world."

It was true; while they were partying at the castle in the last world, Ed found a blue-colored gem that hit him on the top of his head. He decided to keep it.

"Yeah, here it is," Ed stated as he took out his blue gem and showed it to the other three.

"Well, I'll be darn," Cid stated to say, "I think that's a summon gem."

"A what gem?"

"A summon gem," Zed repeated as everyone turned towards him, "It's actually a person who has turned into a gem when their world was destroyed by the Heartless. They can be revived after you call out their name."

"Aww, poor little gem," Ed said as he looked down at the gem he held in his hand, "How do we get the name?"

"You need a person that read the name of the person inside the gem," Zed continued to explain, "I know that the only person around here that can do that is Garnet."

"Thanks for the info!" Sandy said as they soon parted to go to HQ on the other side of the city.

They soon got to HQ in no time at all. They soon entered the little building, when suddenly…

"Ed!"

Ed froze in fright as a familiar redhead marched into the room.

"Sarah?" questioned both Ed and Hotaru as the other four of the group looked at the other two in confusion.

"I've been looking everywhere you!" Sarah yelled as she came close to his face, "Where have you been?"

"I-I was out saving worlds, baby sister!" Ed stated nervously back.

"That's not a good enough excuse!" Sarah said as she made a huff of annoyance.

Hotaru made a sigh at her behavior, 'She still hasn't changed much since we met…'

"Sarah?" questioned a slightly frail voice as Jimmy came into the room, "What are you…" he soon noticed Ed, "Oh! Well, that explains it then."

Soon everyone sees Johnny and Minako enter the room. Plank, Luna and Artemis comes in walking beside them. After all of the introduction were said and done…

"Hey Sarah," Hotaru started to ask, "When did you all get here?"

"About a week ago," Sarah replied, "There's nobody here but us."

"And that's a bit sad," Minako said with a sad sigh.

"Well, I'm pretty sure we'll find everyone soon," Plank said, much to the surprise of Sandy, Spongebob, Patrick and Dimitri.

"Great, more talking cats to listen too," Dimitri stated with a little sigh.

"Say, what'cha got there, Ed?" asked Johnny as he noticed the gem Ed held in his hand.

"What, this? This is a summon gem, or so Zed said," Ed explained as he then remembered something, "Oh, that's right! We gotta find Garnet so she can-"

"What is your business with the Princess?" asked a sudden voice that caught everyone off guard. Steiner soon came rushing into the picture, "I hope you're not planning anything drastic!"

"Don't be ridiculous!" Hotaru stated loudly, "We would never-"

"Steiner!" stated a voice from the doorway as Garnet came into the room, "I know they're not going to do anything against me."

"But Princess-"

"No, I do not want to hear it."

"… Yes Princess," Steiner sighed and lowered his head in shame.

Garnet soon turned towards the others, "So, you say that you need me for something?"

"Yes, we need to know the name of the in this gem," Sandy explained as Ed gave her the blue gem.

As soon as she received the gem, Garnet closed her right hand with the blue gem inside the palm of her hand. She soon opened her hand back up again and gave the gem back to Ed, "The summons name is Sully, and only Ed can summon him. Now, let's go outside to do it."

"Cool!" Ed stated as he and the others went outside on the sidewalk. Ed summoned out his Crestblade and held the blue gem in his left hand, "Sully!"

Suddenly, a flash of light bursts out from the stone as a ray of light lands on the ground beside Ed. Then the light started to get bigger and started to form into a shape. And when the light show was over, there stood a big, monster-like creature that had aqua blue fur with a few blue-violet spots on its shaggy arms and legs. He also had a pair of short, curved horns on his head. There was a slight moment of silence before he opened his dark, blue eyes and looked at his surroundings.

"… Wait a minute, this doesn't look like Alabama," the monster started to say as he looked up into the sky, "And it's already daytime?"

"Ahh!" Steiner exclaimed as Jimmy felt like fainting, but didn't, "It's a monster!"

"Hmm?" stated the monster as he turned to Ed and the others. He widens his eyes in surprise, "Oh! Hi there, humans," he stated sort of nervously.

"Hi there!" Ed said with a chirp in his voice, "I never thought I'd see-"

"A monster?" the monster stated for him with a nervous chuckle, "Yeah, not many humans can; usually because they're half asleep when we visit them."

"Cool!" Ed stated a wide smile.

Hotaru made a smile of her own to Ed,'Ed and his horror movies; they never get too old for him.'

"Ahem," stated a voice as everyone turned to Garnet, "We need to tell him why he's here, remember?"

"Yeah, you're right," Spongebob said with a nod of his head.

Dimitri turned to the blue, furry monster, "We need your help in saving the worlds."

"Help? Worlds?" questioned the monster, "What do you mean?"

The others soon explained to the monster the situation that they were in, about how he was here and things like that. After explaining everything to him…

"Will you help us?" asked Patrick.

"Of course I'll help you!" the monster said, "I'll do anything to get back my world."

"Great!" Ed shouted.

The monster extended his hand for a handshake, "The name's James P. Sullivan, but everyone calls me Sully."

"Nice to meet ya; I'm Ed," Ed replied as he shook the monster's hand. Sully then went back into his gem. Ed pocketed the blue gem in his right pants pocket.

"Okay, now let's find where they sell potions at in this city," Sandy stated as everyone nodded their heads in agreement.

"Well, good luck with that," Minako stated, "Me and the others will stay here and protect the city.

"Yeah!" Johnny said, "You know we can handle that."

Ed and the others nodded their heads as they soon trailed off to find the item shop. After finding the shop and bought what they need, they walked back to the spaceship dock and went to their krusty ship. They soon took off to another world…

Chapter 13: Eddy-World II-Townsville-Part I

It was a beautiful, peaceful afternoon here in the-

"The City of Townsville!" a booming voice suddenly stated.

… Yeah, what he said. Anyway, we soon come upon a park in the middle of the city. Here, we see three girls and their father sitting on a picnic blanket, eating a picnic.

One of the girls was a thirteen year old girl with long, fiery red hair that was supported with a red bow on the top and burgundy, red eyes. She was wearing a sleeveless medium length, pink dress with a long sleeved white shirt with the sleeves rolled half way up, and black, slipper-like shoes.

The other one was a also a thirteen year old girl with medium length, golden blond hair with two pigtails on each side of her head and deep, sea blue eyes. She was wearing a sleeveless medium length, blue dress with a long sleeved white shirt with the sleeves rolled half way up, and black, slipper-like shoes.

The last girl was another thirteen year old girl with short, midnight black hair that looked like it was spiked a little at the bottom and emerald, forest green eyes. She was wearing a sleeveless medium length, green dress with a long sleeved white shirt with the sleeves rolled half way up, and black, slipper-like shoes.

The man that was with them was their father. He wore a white lab coat with long, black jeans and had short, black hair.

"Isn't this the nicest day ever?" asked the blond hair girl to the other two girls.

"Yeah, sure is," the red haired girl agreed.

"I mean, we've never had a day like this in a really long-"

"Bubbles!" stated the black haired girl with slight annoyance, "You'll jinx us if you say stuff like that!"

"Now Buttercup," their father started to say, "Don't be mean to your sister."

The black haired girl named Buttercup made a little growl, "Fine, but I was only telling the truth."

"Hey Blossom," the blond haired girl said as she turned to her red haired sister, "What did that new kid Will want to talk to you about?"

The red haired girl blushed a little at the questioned, which was noticed by her two other sisters and her father, "Well… he asked me if we could be friends."

"Really?" questioned Bubbles with a gasp, "You're so lucky, Blossom!"

"That's fine news, Blossom," said their father, Professor Utonium, "I would like to meet this kid too, if you don't mind."

"Hmph," stated a voice as everyone turned to Buttercup, "As if you two will stay together. Boys are always like that."

"Not necessarily," Utonium stated, "I'm sure he'll treat her with respect."

"Well, I do know one thing," Buttercup stated, "I'm never having a boyfriend, or anything that has to do with liking boys."

"Why, that's silly," Bubbles said with a giggle, "There's probably a boy you might like somewhere out there!"

Buttercup narrowed her eyes, "No, there's no one!"

Professor Utonium then looked at the clock on his left wrist and saw what time it was, "Girls, it's almost five o' clock. It's time to get packing and go home."

"Okay, Professor," the three girls replied as they suddenly put up everything in the car that was not to far away in about five seconds, zooming at the speed of light to do it, "We're done, Professor!"

"That's my girls," the professor said with praise as they walked to his car and got in. They soon buckled in their seatbelts and drove back to their house in the suburbs on the outskirts of the town.

Meanwhile, standing not to far away from where the Utonium's sat down, was a familiar teen with blood red hair and dark, red-brown eyes. He was staring at a laboratory that was on a sleeping volcano in the middle of Townsville. The boy named Russo made a sinister smile to himself; time to recruit a new member.

~~~

It was now six o' clock here in the suburbs of Townsville. We soon see a strange light coming down from the now darkened sky to the grounds of the line between the main city and the suburbs. It was in between a building and a fence of a nearby house. We soon see people emerge from the alleyway where the light was shined down upon. It was Eddy, Rei, Evan and Layla. (AN: The three Looney Tunes of the group decided to stay with the ship up in space…)

"Phew! Feels good to be outta there!" Eddy said as he stretched his arms while they walked on the sidewalk down the suburban street.

"Yeah, I thought I would lose my mind in there," Rei agreed.

"Alright, that's enough," Evan said as he looked the neighborhood, "Now, if I'm correct, there are three girls here that can lead us to this world's Keyhole."

"Really?" questioned Layla, "How do you know for sure?"

"I have Lightheart powers," Evan explained as he then turned to Layla, "Remember when I said that on the way here?"

"Oh…" Layla muttered a little, "I remember now."

"Hey you two!" Eddy's voice called out to the two young adults. They soon turned to the short teen, 'If you say we gotta find these three girls in this neighborhood, how're we gonna find them?"

There was a pause as they stopped walking for a moment, "Eddy does have a point there," Rei stated.

"Well, it looks like we'll just have to knock on every door in the neighborhood," Evan replied as he looked at the house that they stopped in front of, 'We'll start here."

They soon knocked on the front door of the house and waited for a few seconds before someone answered the door. It was a girl with blond hair and pigtails.

"Hello," she said as she looked up at the people at her front door, "May we help you?"

Suddenly, a flash of pink light appeared beside her as a red haired girl stood there beside the blond.

"Umm, yes," Evan started to say, "We need to know where three triplets live. It's very important that we talk to them."

The blond and the redhead looked at each other before the blond said, "What do you want with us?"

"You?" questioned Layla, "There're only two of you."

"Well, Buttercup is a little preoccupied at the moment," said the redhead, "So, what do you want?"

"We need to talk about town's defense system," Evan said, "Can we come in?"

"Hold on a sec, I'll get the Professor," the blond says as she disappeared in a line of light blue light before reappearing a second later with a man in a white lab coat, "Here's the Professor!"

"Oh, we have visitors?" questioned the man as he looked at the visitors at his door, "What brings you to our house this late in the evening?"

"We need to talk to you and your daughters about something that will happen soon here," Evan explained again, "Can we come in now?"

"Of course you can!" the man said as he stepped out of the four's way so that they could come in, "Please come in!"

The two teens and the two young adults came into the cozy, yet very modern-looking house. The man soon directed them to sit down at the long couch in the living room.

"Buttercup, please come to the living room," the man said, "We have guests!"

Soon a lime green line of light comes down from the stairs nearby and enters the living room. The light soon disappeared as soon as it appeared. And in the place of the light was a black haired girl.

"You wanted me down here, Professor?" she asked with slight annoyance.

"Yes Buttercup," the man said as he then gestured to the four strangers, "These people need to discuss something with us."

The black haired girl only rolled her eyes, "Yeah? Well, what was so important that it stopped me from level-" she abruptly stopped what she was going to say next as she looked at the strangers. Her pausing was clearly noticed by her two sisters and dad.

"… They haven't really said why they were here yet," the man said.

"… Oh," the black haired girl muttered.

The three girls then sat down on the floor since the only other chair in the room was the father's chair. Soon the man sat down in his chair.

"So, tell us why you're here at this hour?" asked the man.

"There's going to be trouble heading this way," Evan explained, "Unless if they already arrived here."

"Trouble?" asked the redhead, "What kind of trouble?"

"Have you seen the shadows morph into a shape of a bug recently?" replied Eddy as the others gave him a blank stare.

"No, not that we know of," Bubbles stated.

"That's good," Rei stated with a sigh of relief, "That's means they're not here yet."

"What did you mean by 'shadows morphing'?" questioned the man.

Evan, Layla, Eddy and Rei soon explain their situation. They came here from another world to find the heart of the world; the Keyhole. Evan then explains to them that the three girls will lead them to the Keyhole.

"… And that's it in a nutshell," Layla finished.

"… Wow," was all that they could say.

"Ahem. So, anyway," Eddy coughed to get the three girls and the man's attention, "We don't even know your names yet."

"Oh, yes of course," stated the man, "Well, I'm Professor Utonium," he then pointed to the three girls, "And these are my three girls."

"Blossom is my name," the red haired girl greeted to them.

"I'm Bubbles!" the blond of the three girls said with a happy chirp.

The black haired girl seemed a bit nervous; opposite than what she was a minute ago, "My name's Buttercup."

Her two sisters and dad gave her a weird stare. Something seemed a bit different about her now.

"So, is there a place where we can stay in the city?" Layla asked.

"Yes, I think there is," Utonium said with a nod of his head as he turned to his three girls, "My girls will show you where the local hotel is, right?"

"Of course!" chirped the three girls, including Buttercup.

"Good," Utonium said with a smile, "But I want you three to be back here by eight, do you understand?"

"Yes sir!" said the three girls as the three of them soon looked at the strangers, "Well, follow us!" stated Bubbles as the four members of the party and her two other sisters walked to the front door and left the Utonium house.

(About Ten Minutes of Walking Later…)

"Well, here we are!" Blossom chirped slightly as they stood in front of a very fancy hotel.

"Whoa…" Eddy muttered with awe as they entered the lobby of the hotel. It looked bigger inside than it did on the outside.

"Welcome to the Apextein Hotel!" stated a voice from the counter as a man came from around the corner and went over to the counter, "How can I help you?"

"Yeah, we need some rooms. Asap!" Buttercup stated with a slightly rude attitude.

That's when the guy noticed the three girls of the group, "Oh! Hello, Powerpuff Girls. Do you need a room for some reason?"

"Well, it's not for us," Blossom explained as she pointed to the others, "It's for them."

"Yeah, so give then a discount, special on us!" Bubbles chimed in.

"O-Of course! Anything for you three girls!" said the man as he then directed the four to the elevator. He also gave them a key for the room, "Your room will be A11 on the fourth floor."

"Thank you!" the three girls stated as the three of them and the four others walked over to the elevator and got on it.

They soon pressed the fourth button and rose up to the fourth floor of the hotel. They walked down the hallway of the hotel to find A11 at the end of the hallway.

"Well this must be it!" Layla said as Evan got out the room keys and opened the door. The four others soon turned to the three sisters, "Thanks a lot for the room!" stated both Eddy and Rei.

"It's no problem!" the three girls replied as the four others soon entered the room and closed the door behind.

"Okay, now we gotta get back home!" Blossom stated as she and her other sisters walked away from the door and back to the elevator.

(Meanwhile, back with the other four…)

"Phew!" Eddy stated with a sigh as he flopped down on the bed he would be sleeping in, "Feels good to finally lie on my back."

"Yeah, you've said it for me," Rei agreed as she flopped down on her bed as well. Her bed was right beside Eddy's bed.

There was a moment of silence between the two before Rei said, "… Say, Eddy?"

"Yeah?"

"I noticed something about one of those sisters just now… Buttercup, I think her name was."

Eddy turned to Rei to his left with an arched eyebrow, "What about her?"

"I noticed that she looked at you a lot; way too much," Rei explained what she was thinking, "Did you notice that?"

"… Hey, now that I think about it. She did do that a lot," Eddy replied as he then made a confused face, "Why do ya think she did that?"

"Well…"Rei started to say as she turned to Eddy; a bit of red was in her cheeks, "I'm not real sure, but I have an idea of what she was thinking…"

It was then that Eddy got the message. He turned red a little bit as well, "Oh… you think she has a crush on me?"

"Maybe."

"Heh," Eddy chuckled slightly, "So, I still have some of that black magic in me."

Rei laughed at his statement, "I guess you do."

(Later on, on top the sleeping volcano in the middle of Townsville…)

It was now midnight here in Townsville as everyone slept quietly in their beds. Even the villains of the town were getting their beauty sleep tonight… well, except for one, insomnia-filled green-skinned simian. The intelligently evil monkey named Mojo Jojo was pacing back and forth around his laboratory room, trying to come up with a brainstorm of some kind.

"Hmm… No, that will never do…hmm…" Mojo muttered as he continued to do his thinking pace. He abruptly stopped at something, "I have an 'evil plan' block!" he yelled aloud to no one as he waved his hands in the air at a rapid pace, as if he were on fire or something, "Why can't I-"

"Think of something so malevolent and cunning that those girls would never know what hit them?"

Mojo soon stopped waving his arms like a maniac after he heard the little statement, "Yeah! That's right!" he stated happily, thinking that he thought of that statement, "I, Mojo Jojo, shall get those Powerpuff Girls soon enough!"

"You can get rid of them tomorrow."

"Uhh… tomorrow?" Mojo muttered as he then sees a teen figure walk out of the shadows of his walls. He blinked a couple of times before saying, "… I must be thinking too hard now."

"I'm not a hallucination, Mojo!" snapped the teen figure as he came out of the shadows in full; it was Russo, "The name's Russo. And it's a pleasure to meet such a great mind as of yourself."

"Oh…? Oh, yes; yes it is!" Mojo stammered, realizing that this was no hallucination that he was seeing. He then made an alert face, "How in Sam Hill did you-"

"Get into this place?" Russo completed for him with a laugh at the end, "I came in through the backdoor, where else?"

"What backdoor? I, Mojo Jojo, do not have a backdoor!"

"Of course you don't. I made myself a backdoor with the shadows and darkness that I hold."

"Shadows? Darkness?" Mojo questioned with pure confusion, "What on earth are you jabbering about?"

Russo made a little smirk, "Oh, I will explain it all to you now…" soon his smirk grew bigger, 'So I can get that shrimp and his precious princess that he holds so dear to his heart…'

Chapter 14: Eddy-World II-Townsville-Part II

It was a sunny, beautiful morning here in the-

"The City of-"

Will you shut it already!

"…I feel hurt."

You should be! It's my turn to narrate… Anyway, like I was trying to say, it was a sunny, beautiful morning here in the city of Townsville as we come upon the Utonium house. Here, we see the Powerpuff Girls sitting around eating breakfast at the kitchen table. Blossom and Bubbles were conversing with each other.

Bubbles soon noticed something not quite right, "Say, where's Buttercup?" she asked.

Bubbles and Blossom looked at where she would usually sit at, only to discover her not there.

"Hmm, strange," Blossom muttered aloud, "She's been acting weird ever since those four strangers came."

"Hey yeah, you're right!" Bubbles agreed, "What do you think it could be?"

"Hmm, I dunno…" Blossom replied as she closed her eyes to think about it for a moment.

"… Hey, I just noticed something," Bubbles suddenly stated, getting the attention of Blossom, "I remember her looking at the short kid of the group all the time; Eddy, was it?"

Blossom arched an eyebrow, "Yeah, so what?"

Bubbles rolled her eyes a little, "It was that kind of look that you would give to Will wherever he was around you."

"What?" Blossom yelped with a blush in her face, "Y-You think that'sit? She's-"

"Fallen in love!" Bubbles said with a deep, thoughtful sigh. She clasped her two hands together and put the top part of her right hand onto her right cheek, "Oh, how I wish I could-"

"Beat the snot out of both my sisters!"

Blossom and Bubbles froze in their seats as they turned to the entrance of the kitchen. There stood Buttercup, her face red with either anger or embarrassment. Her hands were clenched tightly into fists as they hung from the side of her body.

She. Was. PO'd. (AN: Lol, I laugh at myself for typing that…)

"Buttercup?" they both muttered with surprise, "Did you just-"

"I've heard everything," Buttercup stated with a slight growl in her voice, "I would've never thought I would hear that from you two."

But before her two sisters could say there side of it, Buttercup sped off with a line of bright green light.

"Buttercup!" Blossom and Bubbles yelped as they soon went after her in a line of pink and baby blue line of lights. When they stopped at the door a second later, Buttercup's trail of green light was gone.

Buttercup was running, running all the way to the Apextein Hotel. She stopped at the front door and quickly went inside. Buttercup went straight to the elevator and pressed the fourth floor button on the elevator. As she traveled up to the fourth floor, her mind was racing with thoughts, thoughts of why she was acting this way.

"… Do I like him like that?" Buttercup thought aloud as she started to pace a little around the elevator, "It's gotta be! It'll explain a lot if it was that."

Ding! She was finally on the fourth floor. Buttercup stepped off of the elevator and walked slowly down to the end of the hallway. She soon arrived to the door of the room A11 and tried to proceed to knock on the door, but then stopped before she could do it.

'Should I really do it?'Buttercup thought to herself as she recoiled her hand back to her side, 'I have to let this outta my system one way or another…'

But before she could try to knock again…

"Buttercup!" stated two voices from down the hall as Blossom and Bubbles came running over to her, "The Mayor just called us, Mojo left a note on the door of City Hall!"

Buttercup made a slight growl, 'Darn you, Mojo! Why did ya have to scheme something now?' she thought with annoyance, "What does he want this time?"

"He says he's got something that can make Townsville into a ghost town!" Bubbles said with slight worriment, "But he didn't say anything else about what he'll do."

"I think it's a trap for us," Blossom stated, "Mojo's literally inviting us to his place!"

Before Buttercup could respond to their statements, the door of the room A11 opened up to reveal Eddy and Rei with Evan and Layla behind them. That's when Buttercup noticed that Eddy and Rei were… holding hands.

"Oh, hey there," Eddy greeted to the three girls, "What brings ya over here this early in the morning?"

Buttercup made a nervous stutter, "We were, uh…"

"Coming to tell you that there's a problem in town," Blossom interrupted, telling the truth and covering for Buttercup, "It seems that something bad is going to happen soon, and we may need your help."

"Really?" Evan said as the four of them stepped out into the hallway, "What's the problem in town?"

"Well, there's this evil, green monkey named Mojo Jojo that tries to take over Townsville from time to time," Bubble started to explain, "He just put a note on the front doors of City Hall, saying that he'll make Townsville a ghost town."

"Hmm, sounds like a real predicament," Layla commented, "Do you know where this Mojo lives?"

"Yep, he lives on the inactive volcano near the park," Blossom replied to her, "We're about to go there, but we figured we would probably need some back up just in case if something goes haywire."

"That's fine with us," Rei stated at the other three, but mostly at Eddy, "Right?"

"That's right!" Eddy said with a smile to her, "We'll help them out on their monkey problem!"

The three sisters seemed to all laugh at that statement, but Buttercup seemed to have a weak laugh now. She saw the look on those two's face; they liked each other, and maybe even more that she could realize.

"Let's go to the park now," Blossom stated as everyone soon walked down the hallway and went to the elevator.

They soon got on the elevator and went to the lobby of the hotel. They passed through the lobby and exited the hotel trough the front entrance. But as they walked outside on the sidewalk, which was almost abandoned at this time in the morning, they all heard a laugh; a familiar, sinister laugh.

Eddy, Rei and Evan immediately put up their guard; they recognized that laugh anywhere.

"Evan, what's wrong?" Layla asked Evan, "What was-"

"Russo," all three of them replied, each with a growl in their voice.

Eddy summoned out his Novablade and started to look around for him, "Come out here, you spineless jerk!"

A portal of darkness soon appears in front of them on the sidewalk. Russo now stood there, a smirk attached to his face.

"Hello to you too, Shrimp," Russo greeted in his usual fashion as he then spots someone in the crowd that made him smirk even more, "Ah Evan, I see that you finally found Layla."

Evan narrowed his eyes as he stood in front of Layla slightly. Layla suddenly had a sense of déjà vu about something. She thought that this has happened before…

"But I'm not here for Layla," Russo stated as he glanced at someone else in the crowd, "I'm here for the other princess."

And before Eddy or everyone else could process his sentence, they heard Rei gasp in fright. Eddy turned around to Rei to see the shadows around her starting to morph. Rei had not transformed into Sailor Mars yet, so she was defenseless at the moment. The morphing shadows soon jumped into the air to attack her, but it never succeeded its goal. Eddy quickly ran over to Rei and slashed the Shadow Heartless in midair before it landed its claws on her.

"You okay Rei?" Eddy asked as he came over to Rei.

"Y-Yeah, I'm alright," Rei replied as she got out her henshin stick (AN: AKA, Transformation stick) and yelled out, "Mars Crystal Power…Make-UP!" she soon transformed into Sailor Mars with a flash of fire.

"Ah, so the Princess of Mars has revealed her warrior side. More fun for me," Russo stated with another smirk.

Soon Layla got out her Heartblade and Evan formed his katana in his right hand. Meanwhile, the Powerpuff Girls got into a fighting position, realizing that this teen was a threat to Townsville.

~~~

Meanwhile, while all of this was happening, there was a small figure peaking around the corner of a nearby alleyway. It was a girl, around the age of nine or so, but you could not tell much after that.

"…I've found them," the girl stated with a few tears in her eyes.

~~~

"Ahhh!" screamed all three Powerpuff Girls as all three of them slammed into the side of a nearby building. They recovered shortly afterward.

"Is that the best you can do?" Russo stated, a black flame growing in his hands, "Let's see if you can stand this!" He put out his right hand and shaped his thumb and index finger into a gun, "Dark Blaze!"

A swirling ball of black fire comes shooting out of his hand. That ball of fire soon grew into a bigger fireball. Luckily, Blossom reacted quickly by inhaling her breath and exhaling it out as snow. The two attacks met in the middle, with the ice breath being the winner of the outcome; the now frozen flame slammed into the ground and shattered on impact.

"Grr, clever little brat you are," Russo growled as he then felt a presence rush up to him behind his back.

Russo dodged Eddy's Novablade, which came from behind him above his head. Too bad that Eddy's Novablade impaled itself into the cracked ground of the sidewalk, it was swung with that much force. Eddy tried to pull it out, but with no success. Russo saw his chance to make a strike, and made it as quick as he could. Russo tackled Eddy away from his impaled Novablade and pinned Eddy to the ground, making him lay on his back.

"Eddy!" Mars cried from where she was as she tried to come over to where he was being imprisoned. But as she got close… Bonk! She ran into a force field that was placed there by Russo.

Eddy struggled to let himself free from Russo's grasps, but he was no match compared to Russo's strength and size. He could see the whites of Russo's eyes turning red as Eddy could see smoke escaping from his mouth, he was about to attack Eddy with fire breath of some sort. Russo looked like the devil without the red skin and the tail.

"Scream your last words, Shrimp," stated Russo, the smoke coming from his mouth, "Because you will be too busy suffering to say anything…"

But before Russo could inhale his breath in…

"Ares Flaming… Knives Strike!" shouted a very young voice as a shower of flamed knives came falling from the sky around Russo and Eddy. Since Russo was pinning Eddy to the ground, he was the only one who was hit by the knives. The flaming knives stabbed him all in the back, making Russo gasp in pain, but the look of shock was soon replaced with a grin. Russo soon disappeared into a portal of darkness that appeared above his back; he left Eddy behind, but not without saying, "I'll get you next time."

There was a moment of peace as Rei and everyone else came over to the short Ed, "Are you alright, Eddy?" asked Rei.

"Yeah, I'm fine," he replied as he got up with the help of Rei.

Eddy then noticed something out of the corner of his eyes; it was a lavender-haired girl, around the age of nine, running away from the scene. Eddy widened his eyes, "Eddy, what's the matter?" Rei questioned.

"Rei… did you call out that knife attack?" Eddy asked Rei.

"Wait, we thought you did that attack," Rei replied, "Then who…?"

Without thinking it over, Eddy dashed off to where he saw the girl running, "Eddy?" everyone questioned with surprise as they chased after him.

Eddy's mind was racing with questions as he ran down the sidewalk; who was that little girl? Did she call out that attack? And why was she running from him in the first place? He soon found the lavender-haired girl sitting down on the bench; she looked to be crying.

"Hey," Eddy stated to say as he came up to the little girl, "Are you alright?"

The little girl soon looked up to him; Eddy widened her eyes at her face. It was identical to Rei. But when he looked at her eyes, they were the same hue as his. She gasped at him as she then looked away, trying to hide her face, "… I-I'm fine," she finally replied.

"Eddy!" called a voice from behind Eddy as Rei and everyone else came up to him and the little girl, "What's wrong with you, Eddy!" Evan stated with slight irritancy.

That's when Rei noticed the girl, "Eddy, who is this girl?"

"That's what I'm trying to figure out," Eddy replied as he turned back to the girl, "Who are you?"

"… I'm…" the girl started to say, but then said something that caught Rei off guard completely, "I'm a… a-a friend of Chibiusa."

(Added More Here...)

"A-A friend of Chibiusa?" Rei exclaimed in shock as everyone looked at her with confusion, "That means you're from the 30th Century!"

"Yes," the girl said with a weak nod.

"Whoa, hold up!" Eddy stated with a bit of surprise, "Who's Chibiusa? And what did ya mean by '30th Century'?"

"Well, I've never told you about this because I didn't think that it was important," Rei started to explain, "Chibiusa is Usagi and Mamoru's daughter from the future; in the 30th Century. She used to visit us a lot before Usagi and Mamoru's wedding three years ago… but she hasn't visited us since then…"

"Well…" the girl muttered slightly, "Chibiusa said that she decided not to come back, unless if something drastic is happening in the future," she then looked up to everyone, "And something has happened to the future," she started to tear up at the thought, "It was a huge storm. It came and… destroyed everything."

"… It must have been the effect of Earth's destruction by the Heartless in the present time," Evan stated, "That must have affected the future."

"Oh dear…" Layla murmured while the Powerpuff Girls were confused out of their minds at the moment, "Do you know if your parents are okay?"

"… Slightly," the girl replied, "I know they are okay in this time."

"Well, that's sort of good," Rei stated.

Evan soon figured out what the girl reallymeant by that comment, "Oh snap."

Everyone turned to Evan, "What is it?" Eddy asked his big brother.

"Little girl… Who are you really?"

That question caught everyone off guard, even the girl. The girl made a slightly saddened face; guess he figured it out, "Is it that obvious?"

"Sort of, but it took me a while to figure it out," Evan replied, "So, what is your name?"

"… My name is Violet," the little girl started to say as she locked her gaze on Eddy and Rei. She made a warm smile to them, "I'm your daughter."

Chapter 15: Eddy-World II-Townsville-Part III

(Back in Chapter Fourteen…)

That question caught everyone off guard, even the girl. The girl made a slightly saddened face; guess he figured it out, "Is it that obvious?"

"Sort of, but it took me a while to figure it out," Evan replied, "So, what is your name?"

"… My name is Violet," the little girl started to say as she locked her gaze on Eddy and Rei. She made a warm smile to them, "I'm your daughter."

(And Now… On to Chapter Fifteen…)

There was a moment of shocked silence from everyone as they looked at Eddy and Rei. Both of them were blushing a shade of bright rogue in their faces, "Y-You mean that we… got married?" Rei asked as Eddy's face grew redder at the thought.

"Yes," Violet replied as she dug her right hand into her right pants pocket. She pulled out a gold locket and a wand just like Rei's henshin stick.

Violet opened the locket to reveal a picture. The picture was the two of them, Eddy and Rei, along with Violet; Eddy and Rei were all grown up in the picture. They were standing on a hill that over looked a city made of crystal. In the background, there was a white, crystal like castle. Rei recognized the place as Crystal Tokyo, "Is this enough proof for you two?" Violet asked.

"… That is proof enough," Rei replied, "It's Crystal Tokyo."

Violet nodded her head as she then noticed that Eddy was staring at the wand in her hand, "You're a Sailor Senshi too, aren't you?" he asked.

"Yes," she said to him, "Since Mom is Sailor Mars; I was given the other name of Mars."

"Other name?" questioned everyone, "What other name is there?" asked Layla.

"The Greek name of the Roman god Mars," Evan stated, "Ares."

"Yes Uncle Evan, I am Sailor Ares, Princess of Mars from Crystal-"

Boom! There was a sudden explosion on the side of a nearby building as everyone ducked and covered from the flying debris. As soon as the debris stopped flying in the air, there was an insane laugher; a laughter that was only recognized by the Powerpuff Girls.

"Mojo!" they exclaimed, "We've forgot about him!"

"Yes!" stated a voice as the green haired simian showed himself from the hole in the side of the building, "It does seem that you, the Powerpuff Girls, have forgotten about me, Mojo Jojo, and my evil plot to turn the city of Townsville in to a ghost town!"

"… Does he always talk like that?" Eddy stated.

"Yeah, but you get use to it after a while," Buttercup replied.

Soon Evan saw something on Mojo's right, white gloved hand; the Heartless sigma. He narrowed his eyes and formed his fire katana, "You've joined the Heartless, didn't you?"

Everyone, by now, was prepared to fight Mojo. Eddy had out his Novablade and Layla had out her Heartblade. Rei and Violet transformed back into Sailor Mars and Sailor Ares. And the Powerpuff Girls were in a combat position.

"Ah, so you have noticed," Mojo stated with a sly grin, "With this new power, I, Mojo Jojo, will rule over Townsville!"

Suddenly, Mojo starts to glow dark as he is then suspended in the air all on his own. Soon the darkness wraps around him like a cocoon as he then bursts out of the darkness, transformed. His brain was exposed, being that the helmet was off his head, and his body structure was much larger in size compared to what it use to look like. He seemed a bit more savage than what he use to look like, like a mad scientist whose experiment-gone-wrong changes him into a beast (AN: … Yeah, you get the picture). He was about the height of an 18-wheeler.

"Oh…this ain't gonna be good."

"Muhahaha! No one can defeat me now!" Mojo said with a laugh, "But since I, Mojo Jojo, am in a generous mood, I'll let you all go first."

"Geez, thanks Mojo!" Bubbles stated with a chirp as they all gathered in a huddle, "So, what are we gonna do?"

"I have an idea," Ares said as everyone turned to her. Ares turned to the three sisters, "I know you three can fly and have super strength. So, can you three try to knock down Mojo to the ground; we'll distract him while you three push him from the back."

"Sounds good," Blossom said as she turned to her three sisters, "Right?"

"Yeah!"

As soon as they said that, the three sisters flew up and over to Mojo's head and went to his back. They soon started to push as hard as they could on his hairy back. Mojo did not even notice the three sisters zoom past him.

Ares turned to the others, "When they push him down, we can attack him in his weak spot while he's knocked out."

"Where is his weak spot?" questioned Layla.

"I think it's his hand; the one with the Heartless sigma on it," Evan replied.

"That makes sense," Mars stated.

Suddenly, they could feel a slight rumble in the earth as they saw that Mojo was lying on the ground, knocked out. The Powerpuff Girls managed to make him fall.

"Charge!" Eddy shouted out a battle cry as they soon ran over to the large simian.

They soon started to slash and burn his right hand, which had the Heartless sigma on it. It was about a minute later that the sigma went away. Mojo started to morph back to his original state. Mojo looked battered and beaten now, but was still alive. Mars and Ares soon transform back into Rei and Violet.

"I think we'll spare him," Blossom said as everyone but her sisters looked at her strangely, "True he's our enemy, but he can help us sometimes when a greater evil comes along. Plus I'm pretty sure he won't join the Heartless again, we'll make sure of that."

"… Alright, your call there," Evan stated as the police arrived to the scene. The police soon take Mojo to the squad car and drove him to jail.

"Boy, is he gonna be surprised when he wakes up," Buttercup said with a laugh.

"Yeah, I can imagine the feeling!" Bubbles stated.

"Hey, we better get back to our house," Blossom stated to her two sisters with a gasp, "We left him without telling him where we were!"

"Oh shoot, you're right!" Buttercup meeped as she turns to the others, "Meet us back at our house, it's almost lunch."

Soon the three girls sped off to their house, leaving their trademark red, blue and green streaks of light behind them.

"Let's get going to their house," Eddy said as he held his hands to his stomach, "I'm staving."

Evan nodded his head, "Yes, and we still need to be near them. So when the Keyhole shows up around them, we can be there to seal it."

"Huh…? Oh yeah, you did say that there's a connection between them and the Keyhole," Rei stated.

~~~

All five of them soon walked back to the Powerpuff Girl's house and stayed there for lunch. It was during the lunch that Violet talked to Rei, Eddy, Evan and Layla about her life in the future. She also mentioned that she had other friends besides Chibiusa.

"Other friends?" Rei questioned, "If what I'm thinking is right, are they Sailor Senshi too?"

"Yes," Violet replied with a nod of her head, "There's Yuki, Laura, Rosa, Emily, the twins Terri and Naomi, Rydia, Faye and Tina."

Rei seemed to count the names in her mind, "You've added two extra names to the list," everyone looked at her with confusion, "I mean, there are nine planetary Sailor Senshi, if you count Sailor Moon and count out Earth. And you said nine names, and you didn't include yourself or Chibiusa."

"… Where are you getting at?" Layla asked.

"There must be two new planets out there in the future that we don't know about yet in this time," Rei replied, "Isn't that right?"

Violet seemed a bit surprised, "That's right," she said with a nod of her head, "The two planets are called Eris and Sedna. And the Princess of Eris is my cousin Faye; Sailor Harmonia."

(AN: Oh, you can tell I've been doing some research on this chapter; with the new planet Eris and Sedna… Wiki the Solar System on Wikipedia for both Eris and Sedna and find, at least, one of them on the space map; I know Eris is there. Sedna is either a dwarf or a minor planet outside the Solar System… I think. Anyway, I just stuck Sedna in there for the heck of it.)

"Wait, your cousin?" asked Evan, sensing where this conversation was going, "Who are…?"

"Her parents?" Violet stated with a slight smirk, "I think I'll tell you later."

"… Hey Evan," Layla started to ask, "Where do you think the Keyhole is?"

"I really don't know," Evan replied with a shake of his head. Violet looked at them with slight confusion, what's a Keyhole?

Ring! Ring! Ring!The emergency phone for the Powerpuff Girls was staring to ring upstairs. Blossom quickly rushed upstairs and answered the phone within half a second. It was about ten seconds later that she came back downstairs, "That was the Mayor. He said that he thinks some kids sneaked into his office and did graffiti of a keyhole on his desk."

"A Keyhole?" exclaimed the four with surprise, "That's what we've been looking for!"

"Well, you better come with us then," Bubbles said as everyone soon rushes out of the kitchen and out the front door.

~~~

About thirty minutes later, everyone soon arrived to the Mayor's office (AN: Where Eddy was spellbound by Ms. Bellum, but that feeling was short lived when Rei slapped him on the back of his head. Violet giggled at that). Eddy soon sealed the Keyhole in the Mayor's desk as a strange, red and white colored gem came out from it (AN: A Summon Gem… try to guess who it may be by the color description of the gem. I'll give you a clue: It's an Anime character).

"Well, that's that!" Eddy stated as he turned to the others, "Guess it's time to get back to the others on the Looney Ship."

"Oh gosh, that's right!" Layla said with a slight slap to her head to herself, "We've forgot about them!"

"So… you're leaving now?" Bubbles asked as all of them left city hall

"They're other people waiting for us," Rei said, "Plus we have to find our friends and save other worlds like yours."

"Sounds hard, but I bet you can all handle it!" Buttercup stated.

Eddy laughed at her a little, 'You know it!"

They soon come upon the alleyway where they were dropped off when they first arrived to this world. Everyone said their goodbyes as the three sisters saw the five others disappear down the alleyway. They soon saw a weird object come shooting out of the top of the alleyway as it disappeared into space…