After waking up, they quickly got back to work.
"Aha, there's our bridge!" Mint called out.
"Perhaps we should find a safer place to cross." Nutcracker suggested, a little nervous of the bridge.
"Perhaps you should remember who's in charge of this expedition," Mint retorted, going to it anyway, once he got to it, he was a little nervous himself. "No problem at all. Heheh, come along..."
Captain Candy followed after him, but a little trouble made Major Mint stumble and Candy fell himself.
"Tricky..." Mint said sheepishly.
Clara, Nutcracker, and Estelle looked down as Captain Candy called for help.
"Oh, dear." Estelle said.
Nutcracker held out his hand, but it wouldn't be enough to carry him.
"Please, hurry!" Captain Candy called still.
Nutcracker gave him his hand, and pulled him out. Major Mint reaches the other end of the bridge, almost falling back due to his heavy backpack. They still had to go, but it wasn't going to be easy. Nutcracker didn't have rope, so his hand would still have to do for now. They made it to the other end of the bridge and Captain Candy took a breath, sitting on the end of a rock.
"Are you sure you're alright to travel, sir?" Estelle asked softly.
"I'm fine," Captain Candy assured. "Don't worry about me."
"Bad luck about your knapsack," Major Mint frowned. "Now we'll be needing more supplies!"
This caused for Captain and Mint to start arguing, but the girls smiled to Nutcracker.
"That was very brave of you." Estelle said.
"And noble." Clara added.
"Least I could do for an old friend." Nutcracker said to them, a little bit better.
The group then kept going until they reached the Sea of Storms.
"The Captain and I will make a seaworthy boat, while you two gather supplies." Mint commanded to Clara, Estelle, and Nutcracker before leaving with Captain Candy.
"Girls, come with me." Nutcracker told Estelle and Clara.
"Yes, sir." Estelle said.
"The well used to be over there," Nutcracker walked with them until they found a closed well. "Well, somebody must've capped it."
"I'm sure we all know who." Estelle folded her arms.
Nutcracker took out his sword and opened the well and flower fairies fluttered and flew out instantly. One of them even whispered a 'thank you' to him. "You're welcome," he then said. "The Mouse King's Army destroyed this valley and trapped them in the well."
The flower fairies came to the girls, seeming to be drawn to them somehow.
"What?" Clara wasn't sure what they were saying or doing.
"They say you're beautiful." Nutcracker smiled.
"Aw, thank you!" Estelle blushed.
The flower fairies still flew around the girls, making them want to dance with them, and so they did, Estelle of course did her practice for the big show she would hopefully be back in time for.
"This could be perfect practice for the big show, I hope I'll be back in time." Estelle said.
"I hope so too." Clara encouraged her friend.
The flower fairies left after their dance as their dance revived the valley.
Apples accidentally dropped on Nutcracker's head and one ended up in his hand, reminding him of something. "Supplies!" he gasped.
The flower fairies really liked the Nutcracker and Clara and they tried to bring them together. This was very sweet until the rock giant finally showed up.
"Run!" Nutcracker called.
"No problem!" Estelle called back once she started.
Clara and Nutcracker began to follow her as they all were running away from the rock giant. The girls were heard yelling as they came closer to Candy and Mint.
"What're they carrying on about now?" Mint scoffed. "Probably saw a snake or spider or..."
"Rock giant!" Captain Candy saw why the girls were fleeing for their lives.
"Great Googly!" Major Mint cried.
"There he is!" Pimm told the rock giant, a little impatient with it. "Blimey, I'm blind as a bat and even I can see him!"
"This is bad, this is bad, this is very, very bad!" Estelle cried out.
The rock giant smashed the boat's sail, making Mint very angry as Nutcracker hid behind a stone.
"Why don't you invite him over for tea and cakes while you're at it!?" Captain Candy scoffed.
The rock giant found them as they hid behind a stone and the snow fairies returned and decided to help their new friends and surrounded him. The pink horse with a golden mane appeared again.
"Look!" Nutcracker called.
"It's Marzipan!" Clara chirped.
"Come on, before the Snow Fairies disappear!" Mint commanded.
They all sat in a cart and went along until the rock giant would disappear and get defeated.
"Go, go, go!" Estelle said, worriedly.
The Sea of Storms had froze and the rock giant was coming closer.
Nutcracker decided to make a crack in the ice, knowing that rocks and water were a bad mix.
"Nutcracker, what are you doing!?" Estelle cried.
"Don't worry, wood floats, rock doesn't!" Nutcracker assured her.
"Hurry, hurry!" Clara cried.
They disappeared into the fog as the rock giant walked, but ended up in the subzero water. It got very foggy and nearly impossible to see anything now.
"If this fog doesn't lift, we'll never find the Princess's island." Nutcracker moaned.
"And if we don't?" Estelle tried to boost his confidence. "You battled the Mouse Army, rescued Captain Candy, and saved us from a vicious pile of rock! All without the Sugarplum Princesses."
"The Mouse King is too powerful to take on alone," Nutcracker looked to the girls. "Besides, we've gotta find the Princesses if you're to return home your true sizes. That is what you want, isn't it?"
"Of course it is." Estelle said.
Pimm hid behind a rock, he knew the Mouse King wasn't going to like to hear this, but he had to tell the rodent royal no matter what, he heaved a sharp sigh and flew off to the castle to tell him everything.
"HOLD STILL, YOU CURSED HUMAN WOMAN!" the Mouse King growled, trying to put a crown on Cherry's head as he had her tied up in his chair.
Cherry made a high kick, kicking the queen's crown out of his paws and making it fly in the air and hit one mouse in the head, knocking him out instantly. "I think not..." she murmured angrily.
"Okay, that is it you have forced my hand, woman!" The Mouse King said before bringing out his staff.
Cherry smirked, it looked like he wasn't so eager about marrying him anymore. "Do your worst."
"I will put you under a spell that will make you agree to be my queen." The Mouse King said.
Cherry snorted as though she didn't believe him.
"Um, Sire..." Pimm flew in just then.
The Mouse King sneered at him. "Why must you always interrupt at the worst possible time!?" he scowled, then came to him, leaving Cherry in her trap temporarily. "Well... Is that nutcracker just a pile of tooth picks now?" he grinned eagerly, hoping that the rock giant was able to destroy that wretched nutcracker prince.
Primm was now becoming very nervous of how he should tell the Mouse King. He then finally admitted it, infuriating his boss.
"Nutcracker destroyed the rock!?" the Mouse King snarled.
"And sent him to the bottom of the sea," Pimm said softly. "Of course he had some help. Major Mint and Captain Candy have joined up."
"Proving their gullible idiots..." the Mouse King wasn't all mad at that. "I've combed through every page of
every book in the Royal Library," he showed a pile of books laying on the floor. "And there's no other mention of any Sugarplum Princesses."
"Maybe the books are wrong..." Cherry forced out, setting a glare to him.
Pimm squeaked, no one said the king was wrong and got away with it. The Mouse King glared at her, ready to use a spell on her and didn't even care if it harmed her.
"Oh, please, that magic can't work on me..." Cherry rolled her eyes.
"'Pitiful human, wipe that slate clean, forget your former life and become my Queen'." the Mouse King recited waving his scepter.
"What a load of bull-" Cherry scoffed, then looked stunned as the scepter zapped her. "Yes, my King... What can I do for you?"
"Will you marry me and become my queen?" The Mouse King asked, already knowing that she would say yes.
"Yes..." Cherry said, hypnotized as she held out her black nail polished hand.
The Mouse King laughed wickedly as he placed the crown over her head.
"Sire, may I ask, why do you want to marry that human woman?" Pimm asked softly. "She doesn't look very kind or loving... She seems cold as winter... Plus she ate those other mice without even giving them the chance to run away!"
"That is why I need her to be my queen." The Mouse King informed.
Pimm shivered, then muttered under his breath slightly. "And I thought one sadistic tyrant was enough trouble..."
"What was that?" The Mouse King glared at Pimm.
"Uhh... Nothing!" Pimm shook instantly with fear.
"That nutcracker fool still believes in the Sugarplum Princesses," Cherry looked to the Mouse King, now thinking like him due to the spell. "It's all fantasy and fairy tales!"
"Oh, you are an enchanting creature when you agree with me!" the Mouse King smirked at her thoughts and ideas. "But if Nutcracker wants to believe in fairy tales, he's about to find out this one doesn't have a happy ending." He began to chuckle evilly, having an evil plan forming in his brain.