Chapter 6

Take Over

Everything has changed since the doom lords destroyed Unikitty's castle. For the past couple of days, the doom lords started building their own castle where Unikitty's castle once was. In the meantime, they started causing all kinds of trouble in the kingdom, transforming it from its usual happy appearance to a dark and depressing look.

Now that they no longer had a castle to live in, Unikitty and her friends were forced to live at Hawkodile's house. While Unikitty contemplated the loss of her kingdom, the adults tried thinking of a plan to get the kingdom back.

"Perhaps if we negotiated with the doom lords, they might see to reason." Richard suggested.

"That won't do us any good, Richard! They are the doom lords after all!" Dr. Fox pointed out. "I still have my freeze ray with me! If we rush in the castle and freeze them all, we'll be able to take back the kingdom!"

"While I like the way you think, Dr. Fox, we still have that fire guy to deal with too." Hawkodile explained. "Master Hazard, I believe his name was."

Exhausted, Richard let out a defeated sigh. "This is getting us nowhere! Let's take a break and come back to suggest more ideas later!"

As everyone took a break from the meeting, Hawkodile decided to check in on Puppycorn. He walked upstairs to see Puppycorn on his bed with a depressed look. Hawkodile could tell from Puppycorn's expression that he was blaming himself for what happened to Unikitty's castle. At that moment, Hawkodile sat down next to Puppycorn before he spoke up.

"How are you feeling, champ?"

"Awful." Puppycorn replied without even looking at Hawkodile. "I couldn't defeat the doom lords, and now we lost everything."

"Hey, don't be so hard on yourself. Listen, you are stronger than you think you are." Hawkodile said as Puppycorn looked up at him for the first time. "When you rescued the princess in Action Forest, I knew that you had the potential to become a true knight, and I know that Princess Unikitty feels that way about you too!"

"Do you really think so?" Puppycorn asked.

Hawkodile nodded. "I know so. Princess Unikitty knows that you are always there for her. Now go to her. She needs you now more than ever."

Encouraged by Hawkodile's words, Puppycorn stood up from his bed and made his way downstairs in search of Unikitty. Soon, Puppycorn found Unikitty, who was looking out the window.

Curious, Puppycorn took a look out the window as well to see a dark and depressing version of the once beautiful kingdom. It was hard for him to believe that the doom lords were able to cause this much destruction in just a few days.

"Wow. Things aren't looking too good out there." Puppycorn spoke up.

Unikitty shook her head. "No, they really aren't. Sometimes, I wonder if we can actually take the kingdom back from the doom lords."

"Really? That doesn't sound like the happy and optimistic Unikitty I know!" Puppycorn joked, earning a giggle from Unikitty.

"Okay! I see your point! We just have to stay positive!"

"Right! I'm sure we will get the kingdom back as long as we stick together!" Puppycorn said before he let out a yawn. "It seems to be getting late. Maybe we should get some sleep."

Unikitty nodded in agreement. "Good idea! We'll figure out how to solve this tomorrow."

They were about to go to sleep before Unikitty called out for Puppycorn.

"Hey, Puppycorn? Thank you for always being by my side!" Unikitty thanked. "I'm so lucky to have a wonderful friend like you!"

Puppycorn smiled. "I feel the same way about you, Unikitty!"

With that, everyone went to sleep as they thought about what to do next. The next morning, Hawkodile gathered everyone in the living room to discuss his battle plan.

"Okay, everyone! Listen up! We just thought of a way to take our kingdom back from the doom lords!" Hawkodile announced. "There is no doubt that the castle is going to be guarded, so Richard, you going to distract the doom lords guarding the castle while the rest of us sneak in. It's not going to be easy, but we should be able to manage if we work together! Puppycorn, I'm going to need you to help me out with this one."

"Me?" Puppycorn asked in surprise. "But I haven't been training for so long and-"

Puppycorn got interrupted when Hawkodile placed a hand on his shoulder with a reassuring smile. "Puppycorn, you are ready!"

At that moment, Puppycorn smiled back before he drew out his sword, ready for his showdown with the doom lords. The Unikingdom was his home, and he wasn't going to let the doom lords take it over.

Unikitty then walked over to Puppycorn and asked, "Are you ready to save the kingdom, Puppycorn?"

Puppycorn nodded. "No matter what happens, I promise to protect you!"

"You don't have to do this own your own, Puppycorn! I promise to protect you too!" Unikitty promised.

Knowing that Unikitty would be by his side this whole time assured him that he and his friends can take back the kingdom. Ready to put their plan into action, Puppycorn and the others stepped out of the house as they made their way to the castle to stop the doom lords once and for all.