Chapter 5

Date Night

The next day, Unikitty and Puppycorn have been getting ready for their dinner together. As the sun started to set, Puppycorn began to feel nervous. Hawkodile noticed this and decided to assure him that everything would be okay.

"Don't be so nervous champ! I know that your date with the princess is going to be great!" Hawkodile assured, much to Puppycorn's embarrassment.

"Hawkodile! I told you that it is not a date!" Puppycorn tried to explain. "Unikitty and I are just good friends."

"Whatever you say, champ!" Hawkodile smiled. "Just don't be too surprised if you end up getting together with the princess after your dinner together!"

"Just as long as you don't get too surprised when you and Dr. Fox eventually get together!" Puppycorn teased back.

At that moment, Hawkodile blushed before he decided to change the subject. "Uh, so anyway, are you ready for me to take you to the castle?"

Puppycorn nodded, "Yeah! Let's go!"

With that, Puppycorn and Hawkodile left the house. Despite how calm Puppycorn appeared on the outside, it was hard for him to stay calm. He took a couple of deep breaths as he kept telling himself that there is nothing to worry about. After all, he and Unikitty get along with each other so well already. Once he calmed down, Puppycorn followed Hawkodile down the road to the castle.

Meanwhile, Unikitty stood in front of the castle, excitedly waiting for Puppycorn. Both, Dr. Fox and Richard stood by Unikitty's side once they finished making preparations for the dinner.

"I'm so happy for you, Unikitty!" Dr. Fox exclaimed. "You must be excited for your date with Puppycorn!"

Unikitty blushed as Dr. Fox said that. "Actually, I wouldn't really call it a date, Dr. Fox!"

"I wouldn't call it a date either! I feel that the princess could do a lot better than Puppycorn." Richard explained.

With a roll of her eyes, Dr. Fox turned to Unikitty and said, "Don't listen to Richard. I'm sure that you and Puppycorn will have a fun time."

"We sure will!" Unikitty exclaimed before she looked off into the distance. "Oh, there he is!"

Both, Puppycorn and Hawkodile can be seen as they approached the castle. As Puppycorn approached Unikitty, they both smiled before they hugged each other.

"Thanks for coming! Hey, what's that behind your back?" Unikitty noticed Puppycorn holding something in his paw.

"Oh, this? It's just a flower I picked out for you." Puppycorn said as he handed Unikitty the flower, much to her delight. "I wanted to do something special for you because our friendship means a lot to me!"

"Aww! Puppycorn!" Unikitty smiled. "You are wonderful!"

With a smile, Puppycorn shyly looked away. His smile soon faded when he could have sworn he saw a mysterious figure in the distance. When he wasn't able to find anyone, he assumed it was just his imagination.

"What's wrong, Puppycorn?" Unikitty asked, noticing Puppycorn's worried expression.

"Uh, it's nothing! Come on! Let's eat!" Puppycorn said before he followed Unikitty in the castle.

Meanwhile, in the castle's dungeon, Master Frown sat alone in his cell, bored out of his mind. Before long, the doom lord heard footsteps approaching his cell. At first, Master Frown assumed it was Hawkodile, or even Unikitty, who has come to encourage him to be nice for once.

Instead, Master Frown was surprised to see that it was Master Doom who approached him. He had no idea how she got in here and he didn't care. He rushed over to the bars to speak with his boss.

"Master Doom! Am I glad to see you!" Master Frown smiled. "Quick get me out of here!"

"And why should I do that?" Master Doom replied with a glare. "Let's not forget, you failed me after I ordered you to kidnap the princess."

"Please. Let me out! I'll do anything!" Master Frown begged, desperately wanting to leave the dungeon.

At that moment Master Doom pondered what to do with Master Frown before she made her decision.

"Very well." Master Doom then fired a beam of energy at the lock, freeing Master Frown. "Now, you have to do something for me. The rest of the doom lords are already here, getting ready to ambush the dog who saved Unikitty. You will meet up with them and attack once I give the signal."

"Yes, Master Doom." Master Frown replied.

It was soon nighttime when Unikitty and Puppycorn sat at the dining room table together. Unikitty and Puppycorn waited as Richard came in with the food. Once all the food was placed on the table, Puppycorn stared at the food in joy. He had never seen so much food before and couldn't wait to eat all of it.

"Thanks, Richard!" Unikitty thanked her royal adviser.

While Unikitty took her time eating her dinner, Puppycorn ate the food as quickly as possible, much to Richard's disgust. Unikitty didn't seem to mind it though as she couldn't help but let out a giggle. In response, Puppycorn gave a shy smile before he licked the remaining bits of food of his face with his tongue.

"Ugh! I told Puppycorn to remember his manners!" Hawkodile sighed.

"I don't know. I think in a weird way, this dinner is going great!" Dr. Fox assured.

Truthfully, Hawkodile had to admit that it looks like Unikitty and Puppycorn are having fun together. Seeing those two happy together made Hawkodile wonder if there was a chance he could ask out Dr. Fox on a date some time in the future.

Before long, Unikitty and Puppycorn finished their dinner. As she took the last bite of her food, Unikitty gave Puppycorn a smile before she decided to break the silence.

"Hey, Puppycorn?"

Puppycorn looked up to Unikitty. "Yeah?"

"There is something I wanted to tell you. These past few days have been some of the best of my life!" Unikitty admitted. "Being with you always brings a smile to my face!"

"I actually feel the same about you, Unikitty! You are nice, friendly, and cute." Puppycorn placed a paw over his mouth at the last word he said.

Hearing this caused Unikitty to blush. The princess soon got over her surprise as she let out a giggle.

"You know, you are kind of cute too, Puppycorn!" Unikitty said, causing Puppycorn to shyly look away.

Before long, Unikitty and Puppycorn reached over to hold each other's paw. Their paws were about to touch before a crashing noise could be heard. Everyone turned around in shock to see that the doom lords broke into the dining room. This caused Hawkodile to raise his sword in defense to protect his friends.

"Oh no! Not you guys again!" Puppycorn gasped, recognizing some of the doom lords from Action Forest.

"So, this is the dog who caused us so much trouble?" Master Doom stepped forward. "I didn't expect you to be so small."

Annoyed by Master Doom's insult, Puppycorn stood up from his seat before he drew out his sword. "Hey! Just leave us alone! I won't let you hurt Unikitty!"

"Oh, you won't?" Master Doom mocked with an amused smile. "Don't forget that you are outnumbered."

Despite how brave he was acting, Puppycorn knew that he couldn't take on so many doom lords at once. Hawkodile knew how frightened Puppycorn was, so he decided to help him out.

"If you want to get to Puppycorn, you would have to get through me!" Hawkodile yelled as he raised his sword in a threatening manner.

It was at that moment when Hawkodile charged straight at the doom lords, who began their attack. Even though he was outnumbered, Hawkodile was easily able to fend off the doom lords, especially Master Frown, who was too scared to fight back.

While Hawkodile was distracted, the rest of the doom lords stepped forward to fight Puppycorn. With a trembling paw, Puppycorn raised his sword in his paw in an effort to be brave like Hawkodile.

"Aww. The little pup really thinks he can beat us!" Master Malice mocked.

With a glare, Puppycorn swung his sword, but wasn't able to land a single hit on the doom lords, giving them a chance to attack. One by one, the doom lords took turns hitting Puppycorn with a barrage of punches and kicks. This sent Puppycorn flying back across the room before he landed on the floor.

"Puppycorn!" Unikitty gasped as she rushed over towards him.

Upon seeing what happened to his adoptive brother, Hawkodile immediately stopped fighting and came to check on him as well. Puppycorn slowly got up to see that he and his friends were surrounded by the doom lords.

"So much for the new knight of Princess Unikitty!" Master Doom laughed.

At that moment, Master Doom fired a beam at the table, not only knocking the plates on the floor, but all of the candles as well. This caused the room to slowly catch on fire. More and more of the castle caught on fire as all of the doom lords let out evil laughs.

"Once this sickly sweet castle burns to ashes, the doom lords and I will build our own castle on its remains, and we will take over the Unikingdom!" Master Doom gave a sinister grin. "Come, doom lords! Let's watch the destruction of this castle from the outside!"

As the flames got bigger, the doom lords made their escape, leaving Unikitty and the others in the burning castle.

"This isn't good! We have to get out of here!" Richard yelled as he and the rest of his friends ran through the castle.

As Unikitty and her friends made their escape, Hawkodile slashed through the falling debris with his sword. Meanwhile, Dr. Fox tried freezing the flames with a freeze ray, but even that wasn't enough to put out the flames.

Everyone soon rushed out of the front door as they tried to get as far away from the castle as possible. Once she was far enough, Unikitty turned around, devastated at the sight of her castle. Her eyes weld up with tears, saddened that she just lost her home.

"My home. It's gone."

It broke Puppycorn's heart to see Unikitty so sad. He walked up to Unikitty and embraced her in a hug, to which she hugged back as she cried on his shoulder. With the doom lords still around, there was nothing stopping them from taking over the kingdom.