Soon, the ride ended and Lilo and Stitch joined the others. It looked like it was getting dark quickly.

"Lilo, is it time for the luau now?" Darla asked once she noticed that.

"Yeah, come with me." Lilo told them.

"Lead the way." Atticus smiled.

"Did ya have a nice space adventure, Stitch?" Lilo asked her pet along the way.

"Eh..." Stitch stuck his tongue out.

"Don't worry, you'll love the luau," Lilo said as they walked. "It's the best thing ever!"

"Let's hope so." Stitch said in alien language.

Emily was already at the luau and was sitting at one table, then turned her head with a smile to them. "Hey, guys!"

Darla ran over to her adoptive mother and hugged her legs.

Emily hugged her back, "I guess you all had a fun day."

"Yep, we sure did," Darla smiled. "And did I ever tell you that you're the best mother ever?"

"Oh, Darla..." Emily giggled and cooed to that. "Thank you, that means a lot to me for you to say."

"Believe me, it's really true." Darla beamed up to her.

Emily smiled, then looked to Atticus. "I guess she had a lot of fun today."

"Yep, especially with her surprise guest." Atticus said.

Emily giggled. "Let's get settled in then."

"Uh, these fire-dancers, they won't hurt, will they?" Darla asked.

"Don't worry, Darla, it's all for entertainment," Emily soothed. "I promise, no one will catch on fire."

"Whew, thank goodness." Darla sighed.

Patch continued to be with Stitch so he wouldn't mess up. Lilo had her own private table with Stitch next to her.

"What's 'poi'?" Urchin asked as he stared at his menu.

"Poi is a Hawaiian word for the primary Polynesian staple food made from the underground plant stem or corm of the taro plant (known in Hawaiian as kalo). It is a traditional part of Native Hawaiian cuisine. Poi is produced by mashing the cooked corm (baked or steamed) until it is a highly viscous fluid," Atticus told him. "I did my research on the food they have here."

Urchin wasn't sure what to think. "I guess I'll try it..."

The waitress filled that out as his order.

"Let's hope it's delicious." Darla smiled.

Nani was about to take another order before one of the employees whispered something into her ear. "Hm?" she looked to the employee in question.

"The fire dancer that's supposed to be dancing with David hurt his leg." The employee whispered.

"Oh, no..." Nani frowned. "We can't cancel the show... Especially since it's tourist season."

"I'm sorry, Nani, but I don't know what else we can do..." the employee frowned. "Unless you can find a replacement."

Nani started to think before an idea popped into her head.

"Find me if anything happens..." the employee sighed and walked off.

"I wonder..." Nani mumbled to herself before going off to find the replacement she had in mind for tonight's dinner and show.

Urchin was given a bowl of poi which was brownish/purplish substance. "Yuck..." he wrinkled his nose. "Looks more like something you throw at a food fight..."

"Just try it." Atticus said before seeing Nani coming over to them.

Urchin poked the pudding like substance. "Ugh... It's like rotten algae..."

"Um, excuse me, Atticus?" Nani walked over. "I hate to interrupt and barge in on your vacation, but do you think you could do another favor for me?"

"Sure, what's up?" Atticus asked.

"Well, we usually have two fire-dancers, but I'm afraid one of them can't make it tonight," Nani said. "Would you mind filling in?"

Atticus's eyes widened. "Fire-Dancing... Me?"

"This ought to be interesting..." Cherry glanced up.

"Sure," Atticus said. "I've done research on them."

Urchin started to throw his poi, not liking it and felt his inner prankster being unleashed.

"Oh, thank you so much, I owe you for this," Nani smiled, then noticed Urchin was throwing poi. "Hey, stop that!"

"Please forgive him, he's a bit of a prankster." Darla said.

"I just don't wanna clean it..." Nani warned.

"Uh, where do I go?" Atticus asked Nani.

"Go up to that stage and in the back," Nani pointed. "David should be there already."

"Thanks." Atticus smiled before going to the back of the stage.

There was in fact a young adult man with wavy black hair who was backstage, getting himself ready, he looked around Nani's age.

"Uh, excuse me?" Atticus greeted. "Are you David?"

"Yeah?" the young man turned his head when his name was called, but was surprised to see a young boy. "Uh... Can I help you, kid?"

"I'm the replacement for the fire dancer that's suppose to join you." Atticus told him.

"Keoni can't make it?" David sighed. "Bummer... Well, I hope you can handle this."

"I'm sure I'll be fine." Atticus smiled.

"Great." David said before giving him his fire dancer outfit.

Atticus nodded, then took it to get changed. "This is going to be a great night in our vacation."

"I hope you enjoy your stay on the islands, and when you go back home, we hope you visit again real soon." David advised like a friendly older brother type.

"I'm sure me and my family will." Atticus smiled before getting changed.

"You ever surf?" David asked. "The waves are really choice before sunset."

"Well, no, I've never surfed before." Atticus said.

"You should try it sometime." David advised.

'Hmm... Maybe I will..." Atticus shrugged, then got adjusted. "Okay, is this right?"

David looked to see him in uniform. "Perfect... Now, just do your best to follow my lead, I'm sure you'll do okay if you've done research."

"I have done my research, but I'll follow your lead." Atticus said.

"You should do okay for your first time though," David said. "Hopefully the stage doesn't catch on fire this time."

"This time?" Atticus winced slightly.

"Hurry," David told him, not answering that question. "It's about time."

"Uhh... Okay..." Atticus agreed, nervously then.

And where they were greeted with an applause.

"Okay... Don't be nervous... Just remember what you read..." Atticus coached himself as it was now pitch dark outside.

David handed him the torches and took his own, taking a deep breath. "YEEEEEAAAH!" he called before he started to move with the flames as the audience watched them with their meal.

Atticus began to move his torch around like what he read online. David did his best based on rehearsal and memory as the people from and away from Hawaii watched them. Cherry seemed to actually participate with the audience as she watched the flames, seeming entranced by it for some reason.

Atticus seemed to be doing such a great job on stage with David. David did special moves with Atticus during the dance and took his bottle of water, squirting it in his mouth, then held it in his cheeks as he stood straight up with the torches, then breathed against the flame and made it bigger. This caused for everyone to applaud for them.

"Um, David, is the top of the stage fireproof?" Atticus asked.

"Uhh..." David said nervously as he started to bow for the crowd.

However, the roof dropped down, having caught on fire.

"Not again!" David yelped, then tried to kill the fire by stomping on it.

"Why do I feel like I knew that was gonna happen?" Atticus sighed.

"Quick, help me put it out!" David told him while trying to put out the fire.

Atticus did his best to try to help as the audience watched in alarm and surprise.

"Is that part of the show?" Darla asked.

"I don't think so..." Emily said in a soothing tone.

Darla hugged her, but was glad neither Atticus or David got hurt from the flames. Stitch found it funny however and even clapped.

"Stitch, that isn't funny." Patch said.

'Uh-huh..." Stitch argued.

Lilo opened a book after using a red crayon to show what looked like a picture of Stitch, but colored in red. "This is you... This is your badness level," she told her pet. "It's unusually high for someone your size... We have to fix that."

"You can say that again." Patch whispered.

"Ay-yi-yi, Lilo!" Nani came over, glaring to her younger sister. "Your dog cannot sit at the table!"

Patch quickly came to Cherry's feet so he wouldn't get in trouble.

"Stitch is troubled, he needs desserts." Lilo said to her sister.

"Oh, you didn't even eat your sweet potato," Nani frowned as she picked up her sister's plate. "I thought you liked them."

"Desserts!" Lilo emphasized, pointing with her crayon.

Nani sighed, already seeing this was going nowhere. She collected their plates and went into the kitchen. David and Atticus walked by, covered in ash a little.

"That was an interesting experience..." Atticus mumbled.

"Yeah, sorry about that." David smiled sheepishly.

"Hey, Mom." Atticus greeted.

"Hey, Atticus." Emily handed him a towel.

"Thanks..." Atticus took it and looked over to Cherry as she had a silly smile on her face. "Okay... Just get it over with."

Cherry quietly laughed before started to and cracked up a little loudly at the look of him.

"I'm so glad I could humor you." Atticus groaned.

Cherry kept laughing and even fell out of her chair. Atticus threw his towel in her face with a smirk. Cherry glared, then stopped laughing, she then wrapped up the towel and started to fling it against him for revenge. Atticus simply caught it before it could hit his face. Cherry bit her lip slightly. Atticus smirked darkly, then threw the towel with her in the air and splashed them both into the ocean water.

"I hate that he gets away with that." Cherry groaned.

Atticus smirked, then put his shirt back on for now as their food was ready. Cherry came out of the water and shook herself dry, then patted her ear which made water spew out the other side with a starfish included and she trudged back over to the luau area.

"Don't you think that was a bit much, Atticus?" Emily asked.

"Sorry, Cherry..." Atticus said with a smirk.

"It's okay..." Cherry glared down at him, then mumbled. "I'd expect that from Drell and not you..."

"What do you mean, Cherry?" Patch asked.

"Oh, nuthin'..." Cherry looked away innocently. She then sat down to have dinner with the family she was visiting.

David came by Lilo which got her attention and she introduced him to Stitch. He was shocked at what he saw and was confused if Stitch was a dog. "You sure it's a dog?"

"Uh-huh," Lilo nodded. "He used to be a collie before he got run over."

Nani then came by and brought them both cake slices.

"Yum!" Lilo beamed.

Stitch gobbled up both slices however.

"Stitch!" Patch hissed quietly. "That was very rude!"

Stitch blinked, then spit up the cake slices back up on the plates, then put them together and even took out a cherry to put on top and slid them both over in an attempt to apologize to Lilo.

"Eww!" Lilo grimaced.

"That's one way of apologizing." Patch said.

"Howzit, Nani?" David greeted the waitress older sister of Lilo.

Nani glanced at him and took a long look at him. "Did you catch fire again?"

"How many times does that happen?" Darla asked.

"Uh... I'd rather not talk about it..." David said, uneasily. "Besides, it was just the stage... Atticus did great on his first try... Listen, Nani, I was wondering... If you're not doing anything this-"

"David, I told you, I can't, I..." Nani replied softly, then looked to her sister and new pet, then back to David softly. "I got a lot to deal with right now."

"And I think I know what she means." Patch whispered.

Atticus put his finger to his mouth to Patch.

"I know," David replied. "I just figured maybe you might need some time to-"

Nani winced. "You smell like a lawnmower..."

Urchin got bored, so he threw poi again with a smirk. David started to sniff himself, thinking maybe that turned Nani off from him.

"Look, I gotta go," Nani told David. "The kid at table three's throwing poi again..."

"Urchin, please stop throwing poi." Darla said.

"Maybe some other time, okay?" Nani said to David before walking off.

Urchin laughed as he threw the poi and made a mess.

"Urchin, stop it!" Emily scolded her foster nephew.

"Oh, come on, I'm bored!" Urchin groaned.

"That's no excuse..." Emily said. "What do you think Triton would do if he were here now to see what you were doing?"

Urchin shrugged. "Probably 'beach' me."

"Exactly." Darla said.

Urchin stuck out his tongue. "He's not here..."

"Ugh..." Darla rolled her eyes.

"You look like you could use a slumber party..." Lilo whispered to Darla.

"You have no idea of how much I want one." Darla whispered back.

"How about tonight?" Lilo offered.

"Really?" Darla asked.

"If you want to and can..." Lilo said. "It'd be my first one too."

"Oh, Mom, can I please go and sleep over at Lilo's house, please?" Darla begged.

"What's going on?" Emily asked.

"Could I sleepover at Lilo's house tonight?" Darla asked again. "Please?"

"Well, I guess it would be a wonderful experience." Emily smiled.

"So?" Darla asked, quite literally on the edge of her seat.

"Did Lilo invite you?" Emily prompted.

"Uh-huh!" Darla nodded eagerly.

"Well... It's all right with me." Emily then said.

Darla then cheered and hopped over to tell Lilo the good news.

"She really does deserve to have the experience of a sleepover." Emily smiled.

"Yeah, lots of little girls do." Atticus agreed with his mother.

"Oh, I always enjoyed mine..." Emily said.

"What was it like?" Atticus asked.

"Well, Aunt Beatrice had this neighbor who was divorced from her husband and once a week, her daughter would visit," Emily explained. "After I was adopted into the family, they both agreed that I should get to know her daughter better since I was a growing girl and my only friend at the time was my cowgirl Jessie doll and we became fast friends and she taught me everything I knew about being a happy and healthy young girl on land instead of under the sea."

"Cool." Atticus smiled.

"Slumber parties are just the best thing about being a little girl..." Emily sighed.

"Sure sounds like it." Patch said.

Stitch was getting bored, he then started to sniff something which struck his fancy and he sniffed all around on the ground for it, then finally found it. It appeared to he a chicken drumstick and he was about to eat it, but the alien bounty hunters came back for him, trying to secure him and take him away, but Stitch struggled and growled at his kidnappers.

"Oh, you cannot be serious." Patch groaned before going over to the four-eyed disguised alien and biting him on the leg.

The four-eyed alien yelped which alarmed the one-eyed alien and made him drop the prison cuffs. Stitch then started to gnaw on the one-eyed alien's head like it were a chew toy. Nani was about to take an order, but gasped once she saw that and ran over as Stitch kept chewing on the other alien's head.

"Shoo! Stop! SHOO!" Nani tried to restrain Stitch, even punching him and splashing a pitcher of guava juice on him.

Stitch snarled and tightened his bite, squeezing the one-eyed alien's head. Nani grabbed Stitch by his legs and fell down on the ground with him and the one-eyed alien coughed and sputtered.

"That's what you get for trying to capture my friend." Patch glared at the four-eyed alien quietly.

"You are not understanding..." Jumba told the puppy. "We are needing to be doing so!"

"NANI!" a sharp male voice called.

Nani looked up nervously to see a man in charge of the luau who was also her boss.

"Is that your dog?" the man glared.

"Uh..." Nani stammered nervously.

"All is well," the one-eyed alien smiled and giggled nervously, trying to pass off as a human woman. "Please, go about your business, I'm okay."

"Please tell me that is a female alien with a horrible cough." Patch whispered.

"Ooh, your head is so swollen..." Nani winced.

"Actually, she's just ugly." Jumba deadpanned.

"Couldn't agree more." Patch whispered.

The one-eyed alien chuckled sheepishly. "Darling... He's joking... Ugly? Please, look at me!"

The man looked very firm and scolding to Nani. "This is not working out."

"Uh, but, but..." Nani feared her career was terminiated.

The man folded his arms strictly to her.

"Yeah?" Nani glared softly. "Well, who wants to work at this stupid fakey luau anyway? Come on, Lilo..."

"Way to go, Stitch, you just cost Nani her job." Patch growled quietly.

"Eh..." Stitch shrugged off, not finding anything bad about that.

Patch sighed.

"Um, Nani?" Darla tugged on Nani's skirt before she went to go change.

"What is it?" Nani groaned, feeling miserable right now.

"Lilo invited me to sleep over." Darla said with a smile.

"Oh, um, that's great, did your mothers approval?" Nani asked.

"Yes, ma'am." Darla said.

"Well, let me get changed first, I'll be right with you." Nani said, going to get dressed in her regular clothes and out of her work clothes.

Darla and Lilo smiled to each other, very excited to have a sleepover together. Patch went up to Darla wanting to come along so then he would make sure his alien friend wouldn't make a mess.

"Uh, maybe my dog could come too?" Darla then added, putting her arms around Patch. "Stitch and Patch could bond... Lilo and I could bond... Whatya say?"

"Whatever, I just need to go right now..." Nani groaned as she went off.

"Great!" Darla smiled, mostly because she was going to have her first real sleepover.

"Now, if you need me, here's the hotel number, just call it and I'll be right over." Emily handed one of the cards from the hotel over to Darla since the girl never had really had a sleepover before and knew little kids tended to feel homesick before the night would even be over on their first night away from home.

"Thanks, Mom." Darla smiled.

"Of course, dear." Nani smiled.

Darla smiled back as she went over to where Lilo and Stitch were as Patch then did the same.

"Guess I'll go back to the ocean...?" Urchin shrugged, not really sure what to do since Darla will be sleeping over at someone else's house.

"You wanna stay at the hotel with us?" Atticus asked Urchin.

Urchin shrugged. "I don't know what else to do."

"Stay with us, you'll be human for a few days, might as well get used to it." Emily said.

"Very well..." Urchin said then.

"Great." Atticus smiled.

"Yeah, I guess..." Urchin shrugged. "Behave yourself, Goldilocks."

"You behave yourself, Brown Eyes!" Darla glared back at Urchin.

"Those two are so in love." Emily giggled.

Darla and Urchin rolled their eyes at that, but secretly smiled to each other. Once Nani was changed, she left with Lilo, Darla, Stitch, and Patch. Atticus, Cherry, Emily, and Urchin then went back to their hotel.