Chapter 11
"The Tide Turns"
As Duke Igthorn and Lady Bane ran outside to check on "the weather," they felt, along with the rest of Ursalia, a large rumbling sound that sounded an awful lot like an earthquake. Little did they know the Cavin, Princess Calla, Sunni, Cubbi, Buddi and Bobo the Carpie had found a Gummi Horn that Igthorn had once sought out to attack Dunwyn. As the rumbling sounded, many of the Aerials and Trolls that were standing guard over the captured Gummies were also startled by the rumbling and several Gummi Bears took this opportunity to free themselves from their prison.
"Alone at last," chuckled Gruffi and he opened the door to his prison and conked the Aerials standing guard outside, knocking them out cold. He then beckoned Grammi, Tummi, Gusto and Foxglove to follow him outside. Soon after, Duke Igthorn and Lady Bane could see them escape and this made them both very cross.
"No!" he cried. "That blasted Gummi Bear tricked us! Guards, get those Gummies!"
But, it was too late, the rumbling had also attracted the attention of the other Gummies that were being imprisoned were now taking advantage of this opportunity to free themselves in the same manner. Some had weapons still stored in their holsters and stabbed several Aerials and Trolls to death.
"Igthorn," snarled Lady Bane. "Who is responsible for this? I demand to know!"
"I think I know who," said Igthorn. "But, before we find out who's responsible for this, we need to capture the rest of these Gummies if there is any is to be any hope of obtaining great power."
Just then, they were overpowered by several Gummi Bears, including Starbuck who brought the two villains to their knees and this only made their anger rise even higher. Lady Bane used a spell from her Gummi Medallion to send all the Gummies flying through the air. This made Gruffi, Ursa and the others realize that if Ursalia was going to be saved, they were going to have to fight them.
"Citizens of Ursalia," cried Ursa holding a spear in her hands. "Duke Igthorn and Lady Bane have invaded our way of life, ransacked our city and has declared war on all Gummi Bears great and small! Will we allow it?!"
"No!" cried all the Gummi Bears and some grabbed weapons and freed the remaining Gummies that were still being held inside their prisons. By this time, the rumbling from below stopped and a new rumbling was heard throughout the land, the sound of Gummies fighting for their freedom. Down below in the weapons storeroom, Buddi had stepped away from the horn and along with the others, were very satisfied by what was being heard right above them.
"It looks like all of the Gummies have escaped," said Sunni happily. "Should we go up there and fight?"
"Yes, lets," replied Cubbi. "Time to shows these baddies what true Gummi Bears are all about, come on!"
So, they all were about to leave when suddenly the Carpie King had broken free of his restraints and tackled Bobo to the ground.
"Bobo!" cried Sunni. "We'll help you!"
"No, Queenie," said the dumb carpie. "Go help your friends, I'll hold him off."
Sunni wanted to stay and help her carpie friend, but she had to realize that helping the rest of the Gummies had to be her top priority.
"All right, Bobo," replied Sunni. "Just be careful, please."
So, the rest of the group left to join the fight as Bobo and the Carpie King continued their fight. Emerging from their shelter, the humans and cubs were now part of the battle for Ursalia as they could all see the Gummies fighting against the hordes of Aerials and Trolls that were trying to recapture them. This made Buddi realize that now was the time to fight for their freedom.
"We've got to help them," he said. "Come on, everyone!"
So, Buddi, Sunni and Cubbi grabbed some nearby weapons and joined the fighting that was going on in front of them. Cavin and Calla also joined the fighting as well and Calla grabbed a sword from nearby and made a charge towards Duke Igthorn who was now fighting both Captain Blastus and Nightwing. Realizing she would not be at full strength because she was still wearing her formal blue and white dress and that she was still recovering from being knocked out by the Carpie king, Calla was still going to fight Igthorn. She swung the sword at his sword, just as Igthorn was about to move in for the kill. But, that was only just a stop gap measure as Igthorn quickly took notice of Calla's presence and realizing that he was standing in front of the princess of Dunwyn and daughter of his greatest rival, began to turn his attention away from the Gummies and focus on her.
"Princess Calla," he sneered. "Come to save your precious Gummies! How very noble of you." He swung his sword at her and Calla managed to duck out of the way.
"Your reign of terror ends tonight, Igthorn," said Calla defiantly and brandishing the sword in her hands. "The Gummi Bears are going to return and when they do, they will do away with evil humans like you."
"I beg to differ, Princess," he said. "When I'm through with you, there will be no one standing between me and your father's kingdom." He swung his sword at Calla repeatedly and Calla dodged every advance Igthorn made towards her, until Calla was pushed back against a wall and Igthorn took a dagger from his holster and stabbed one of Calla's sleeves, trapping her against the wall.
"Now who's standing in my way, Princess," he laughed evilly and took his sword and pointed it right at the dark blue bodice of her dress ready to stab Calla in the chest. But, just then, Cavin was fighting several Trolls when he saw Calla was in danger of being stabbed by Igthorn. Running as fast as he could, he threw whatever Aerials and Trolls came into his way and just as Igthorn was about to kill Calla, Cavin pushed Igthorn aside, saving Calla and knocking him to the ground. Calla was startled by Cavin's rescue of her, that she freed herself from her trap by ripping the sleeve of her dress off of her left shoulder. Although her favorite dress was ruined, Calla couldn't let it get to her as she still had to help Cavin, Sunni and the others continue to fight against Igthorn and the others.
Meanwhile, Grammi and Gruffi were fighting off against a platoon of trolls led by the Slugger. The giant worm, which had an appetizing desire for Gummi Bears, focused all of his attention on Gruffi and Grammi. He raised his hand at them and took a swipe at Grammi, but Gruffi managed to push her out of the way at the last minute. He grabbed his sword and swung it at the Slugger trying to protect Grammi from his wrath. Although Grammi would sometimes get on his nerves, Gruffi knew that he had to put his differences aside with her and help her fend off the many enemies who want to destroy the Gummi Bears.
"Gruffi, help me!" cried Grammi who was about to be grabbed by the Slugger's other hand. Gruffi took his sword and stabbed the Slugger in his left side, causing him to roar in pain. Nevertheless, the giant worm still had a hungry desire for Gummi Bears and when Captain Blastus went to help Gruffi, he set his eyes on him.
"Are you crazy, you idiot?!" shouted Gruffi. "Get out of here, right now!"
"No, my friend," replied Captain Blastus. "I now see the truth that not all humans are evil and this beast is nothing more than an obstacle in my way of defeating these two humans."
Taking his sword in his hand, he charged at the Slugger and jumped onto his back. The Slugger was now doing whatever he could to shake Blastus off of him, but the Gummi who once thought that all humans were evil, was not letting him go and the Slugger was now running out of patience and tolerance towards him and was now shaking Blastus violently and finally managed to get him off, tossing him into the air like a stuffed animal.
But, to Gruffi and Grammi's amazement, Blastus managed to rebound and land on his feet like a cat. This made the Slugger even more cross and he grabbed a wagon full of gnomeroot and threw it at Blastus in an attempt to kill him, but the stunt was in vain and now Blastus was even more angrier than before. Taking a pistol out of his holster, he opened fire on the slugger, hitting him in the area with which he stabbed in by Blastus earlier, causing him to roar even louder in pain. After a few more stabs, the Slugger drew several last gasps and then fell over on his chest, dead. With the Slugger dead, Blastus, Grammi and Gruffi moved forward to continue their fight against the rest of the hordes of villains who were now swarming all over Ursalia.
Meanwhile, Sunni had seemingly run away from the battle and went back to help out Bobo, who was still fighting against the Carpie King. Despite the fact she was still wearing her dark green holiday dress, Sunni ran as fast as her dark green slippers could carry her as she wanted to help Bobo fight off against the king of the Carpies. Going back into the weapons room, she was horrified to see Bobo lying down on the ground, nearly weakened to the point of collapse as the Carpie King advanced towards him.
"Ah, queenie," he said evilly. "You are just in time to see me finish off your loyal friend and a despicable traitor to me."
"Don't worry about me, queenie," moaned Bobo. "Go help your friends, I'll be fine."
Sunni almost felt like crying as she stood there for a moment, her eyes welling up with tears, seemingly helpless against the Carpie King. Of all the things he had done to her and the other Gummies, such as kidnapping her to make her sing nonstop and capturing the others to make them his servants, this was the worst thing that he had done up to this point. Just then, she noticed one of the Carpie king's legs and ran towards them, jumping onto it and climbing up the Carpie King's back, riding on him and holding on for dear life as she tried to get the Carpie King away from Bobo.
Finally, the Carpie King grabbed Sunni off of his back and threw her against the wall in the same manner as Princess Calla. But, this time, Sunni had managed to pull out a vile of Gummiberry juice that she had hidden under her dress and saw the vile fly out from underneath and quickly grabbed it, drinking it and bouncing off of the wall and back towards the Carpie King and head butting him in the stomach and causing him to back hard into the wall. The force of the hit caused the Carpie King to lose some of his feathers and as they lay on the ground, Sunni picked one up and threatened to tickle him with it.
"Now, this looks familiar," he chuckled brandishing his scepter like a club. "But this time, queenie, you will not defeat me."
This only made Sunni ever more determined to finish the Carpie King off. She kicked off her dark green slippers and now barefoot, she looked at the Carpie King dead in the eyes.
"That's what you think," she hissed and much like before, the two enemies were about to face off in one final showdown.
