Episode 25: Ducks vs. Wraith
Dusk had fallen on Anaheim and at the high school sports field; Louran and Wraith were waiting for the Ducks to show.
"They'll never give you the book, I know they won't," Pearl said, angrily.
"Don't be so sure, princess, we know something that you don't," Wraith replied, teasing her pigtail.
Pearl pulled her head away from the elderly Saurian and stared at Louran with fire in her brown eyes.
"Let me ask you something, princess," the wizard said, "Has Wildwing said anything about his feelings for you?"
Pearl could feel a burning sensation in her stomach as Louran asks, "How many dates have you had with him? Has he ever said anything to you after the date is finished?"
The princess doesn't say a word and Louran gives a grin to Wraith.
"I suspect that he does care for you…but a tiny amount," the Saurian replies, but Pearl yells out, "You're lying!"
"Am I wrong? Maybe, but I'm never wrong," Wraith chuckled and Louran joined in.
"Never mind that; the hour is up, maybe he wants you—" "Louran!" someone shouted and they saw the Ducks and Subria step forward from the blackness.
"We have the book, now hand over Pearl!" Wildwing demanded, showing the fake book that Nosedive and the 'Create' made.
"Do you really think I'm that stupid?" Louran asked, taking Pearl by the neck, "That could be a forgery, show me the pages!"
Wildwing felt stuck; Louran had figured out the plan and was now threatening to take Pearl's life.
He threw the fake aside and took the real book from Subria and featured the pages within.
"Very good and wise of you; now give me the book and I'll hand your princess over to you," Louran said, but Pearl was shaking her head.
"Don't do it Wildwing! Never give the book to him!" the princess cried out.
"Wraith, why don't you teach these Ducks a lesson?" Louran asked his comrade.
"It will be my pleasure," the Saurian wizard said.
Wraith used his staff to summon a wall of fire that surrounded the Ducks and himself.
"I've been waiting for a long time for this," the Saurian grimly laughed.
"Ducks, summon the spells under your name, they'll assist you," Subria commanded.
The Ducks did what the African princess said and they summoned the spells under their names.
Grin with the Power; Duke with the Mirror; Mallory with the Sword; Tanya with the Wood; Nosedive with the Create; Canard with the Earth; and Wildwing summoned the Shield.
Wraith threw balls of fire at the Ducks, but the Shield protected them from harm, but it didn't last for long.
Tanya says to the Wood, "Encage this loon!" and the spell obeyed.
"What the…?" the Saurian cried out when the roots of Wood enclosed him like a cage.
However, Wraith used his staff to summon a spell that burned Wood and the spell retreated.
"Earth, time to get messy!" Canard commanded and the Earth hailed down on the elder wizard, getting covered in cold soil.
Wraith than summoned a wall of water that washed away the Earth.
"I think we should take it up a notch," Nosedive grinned and whispered something to the Create.
Then, multitudes of the team appeared, but the only flaw was the spiral eyes.
"Cool idea, but creepy," Duke said and they hid in the darkness.
Wraith brushed away some soil and noticed the false Ducks.
"Time for you to perish!" he shouted and hurled a dark spell at them and they vanished.
Then, another set of multitudes appeared and Wraith became confused.
Duke then turned to the Mirror, "Let's give this creep a scare of his life," he whispered and she grinned.
"What is going on?!" Wraith cried out and just then, the false Ducks vanished.
The Saurian wizard than noticed another one of him and it stared at him with fiery red eyes.
Wraith gave a cry that sounded less humane and he wanted to run.
"What are you doing?!" Louran shouted at his comrade.
"I can't take it anymore!" the Saurian wizard cried out.
Louran stared hard at Wraith and a grin formed on his face.
"Are you saying you give up? Well, in that case…" he said and waved his staff.
Grin then felt something was wrong with Power as it seemed the spell was being controlled.
"Fight it, little friend! Fight it!" the giant Duck commanded, but it was too late.
The Power slammed her fists down hard on the ground and the force caused the ground underneath Wraith to throw him up into the air.
The Saurian landed hard and he stared at Louran, "Stop it! I thought you were a comrade!"
The dark wizard gave a grim laugh and replies, "You know, I don't get along with other people, or in this case, Saurians.
"I had actually thought about getting rid of you myself, but it would be more fun for the Ducks to kill you instead," Louran replied and gave another wave of his staff.
Just then, Mallory's hand jerked up as the Sword was lifted high.
"Oh no! Mallory stop!" Subria cried out and the Ducks held onto their comrade as she struggled to hold back the Sword.
The spell raised itself high and Mallory shut her eyes as it made contact with Wraith.
She hurled herself backwards and fell into Nosedive's arms, "I didn't…I couldn't control it!" she cried.
"It's not your fault, Mal," the young mallard said to her.
The Sword and the other spells retreated back into the book as the body of Wraith withered away like ash.
"Now, with him out of the way, it's time to talk, you and me, Wildwing," Louran said and the walls of fire burned brighter, separating the leader from his teammates.
The dark wizard was still holding the princess tight in his grip as he exchanged glances at Wildwing.
He noticed that the Duck had both the real and fake copies.
"Now Wildwing, we all know what will happen if you give me the fake book," Louran said, his hand tightening around Pearl's neck.
"Wildwing, don't give him the book!" the princess cried out.
"You have a choice; give me the book and I'll hand over your princess, but if you don't, I'm going to do something rotten to her," Louran said, threateningly.
Wildwing took a deep breath and he set his mind on something.
Just then, the leader threw one copy aside and threw the other at Louran, it smacked him in the face and he lost his grip on the princess.
She dashed into a run and hurled her arms around Wildwing, "It's the fake," he whispered and he felt her relaxed.
Then, the walls of fire disappeared and the team rejoined with their leader.
Louran gave a cry of anger and then, he raised his staff and the sky grew black.
"It's time that I show you what I vision the world in my eyes!" the dark wizard shouted as the wind picked up.
"Time, take us to Avalon in the past!" he commanded and the Ducks and the two princesses were lifted off their feet. They entered into a spiral hole and they twirled wildly in the air.
Pearl noticed the book and she grabbed it as Wildwing grabbed the cuff of her blouse.
Then, they landed hard on the ground and they heard Louran laughing, but he was nowhere in sight.
The Ducks and the two princesses looked around; the landscape was unfamiliar to them.
There were dead trees and the sky was gray with gloom, "Man, what a depressing place," Nosedive said.
Pearl, however, was staring out on the horizon with a look of horror and everyone turned in her direction.
"Ducks," Subria said to them, her face was white, "We're in Avalon."
They stared at what appeared to be a castle, but the surrounding area had houses that were on fire and the smoke filled the sky. The two princesses and the Ducks stared at the landscape, not saying a word, and everything goes black.