Hilda and Stitch!

by Vgn Golley

After escaping custody from the Galactic Federation, Experiment 626 crash-landed on an alien planet filled with all sorts of magical creatures. 626 was excited to destroy the planet at first, but after meeting a kid named Hilda, he's having second thoughts about the whole destroying everything he touches thing. Cover image by GokaiSilver3511. Rated M for blood, language, etc.

20. Hilda and Stitch: S2-EP4 Eternal Wariors

Hey, guys! Welcome to the next chapter of Hilda and Stitch. I hope that you guys will enjoy the new chapter. Also, for the Guest Viewers in Chapters 17, 18, and 6, here are my answers to your reviews since I can't PM you:

Here's my Answer for Chapter 19:

There is a difference, or at least how I interpret it. To give an example, SpongeBob is an idiot, right? But do you think he is a moron? Not really as Patrick fits that role more. That's basically what I'm saying here. Erik is an idiot but not a moron because arresting a child without concrete evidence other than his words is a REALLY bad call.

Here's my Answer for Chapter 13:

As I said before, plenty of times, my story has touches of real life and fantasy.

Here's my Answer For the First Guest In Chapter 19:

He he, good to know, and you're welcome. Thanks, I was tempted to add in the plant fight, but I decided to do it another way for fun. I'm glad that you like Robin. So, there's nothing wrong with an All-Female Witch Group, I just wanted to add in Warlocks for Fun, and the reason why one of the Committee changed Gender is because I wanted to show that Witches aren't superior, both Witches and Warlocks are treated as equals and such.

Also, the reason why characters' appearances and rules changed is that I wanted to add in more of the Magical Lore and such, basically just expand on it and such, make it more mystical and whatnot. Thanks, I find it so unfair that Hilda never became a Witch. I'm fine with Frida being a Witch, but seriously, Hilda, who has a great connection to the supernatural, not being a Witch? That's honestly just criminal. Also, as for how Hilda can use Witch Magic, it's basically because of her Hybrid Status. Due to being a Half-Troll, Hilda has certain advantages that both Humans and Trolls don't have...but that also means she has some disadvantages, which will be explored more as the story goes on. So, long story short, Hilda can use Witch Magic due to her Hybrid Status.

And does this mean that Hilda will use Troll Magic? She can...but she won't. I mean, she will obviously study it just in case something happens in the future, but she won't use Troll Magic because she already has Witch Magic, so what will be the point of her using Troll Magic? It will just be redundant, in my opinion. Anyway, in the next Tide Mice Episode, Jumba and Pleakley will be there, and nice idea there.

Here's my Answer For The Second Guest In Chapter 19:

Yes.

That's about it. On an unrelated note, I saw the trailer for the Season 3 of Hilda, and I can't wait for it. It's nice to see Joanna more involved in the adventures, and we can FINALLY get some information on Hilda's Dad and her extended family...anyway, I don't own anything, except for my OCs, and the OCs Roland Trenton and Amun belong entirely to drakin6345, the OCs Logan, Astrid, and Ivy belong to 9655, and the OC Daemon belong to Travis Moon/Messiah of authors.

NOW LET'S GET ON WITH THE STORY!

{Hilda and Stitch-Season 2-Episode 4: The Eternal Warriors}

It was a beautiful Friday Morning in the city of Trollberg as we see the Sparrow Scouts currently riding around on a School Bus, which has taken them out of the city and towards the Forest of Nott for a Three-Day Camping Trip as Logan can be seen sitting next to Raven Leader Debbie and was thanking her for allowing him to come to the trip to supervise Hilda and the others as we see said people hanging out in the back with a giggling Hilda and Frida were talking to each other about Matilda's latest Magical Training while Marcus was messing around with Eliza as she weirdly didn't say anything and looked away with a blush as David can be seen looking out through the window, watching the trees and clouds go by while listening to some Light Rock Music, specifically, 'Don't Let Your Love Fly Away', with the help of his black Air Pods as Hilda spots this and tilted her head curiously as she stood up from her chair and went over to sit down next to David as the blue-haired girl taps his shoulder to get his attention.

"Hey, David," Hilda says, causing him to snap out of his thoughts as he takes off his Air Pods and turns to her. "What are you listening to?" Hilda asked curiously as David flinched and blushed in embarrassment as he looked away.

"Oh, you know, some popular music like hard rock. That sort of thing."

"For real?" A surprised Marcus asked as he stopped teasing a shy Eliza and stood up from his seat as he went over to sit down beside Frida and turned around in his chair to face the duo. "You mind if I listen too?"

"No!-I mean, sorry, but I have to preserve the battery for the whole trip, you know?" David says with a shaky and nervous grin as Marcus raises an eyebrow confusedly but nods as Logan appears and walks over to sit beside Eliza as he turns to face the others.

"Hey, are you okay, David? You have been looking quite pale ever since we left Trollberg." Logan commented worriedly as Hilda nodded in agreement.

"Yeah, I mean, this isn't the first time that we have gone camping, it's not like anything bad is going to happen...well, except that the last time we went camping, we got attacked by the Black Hound and Stitch glitched out thanks to Angelica..." Hilda says while looking away with a haunted look on her face as she then shakes her head and puts on a fake cheerful smile. "...but other than that horrible traumatizing event, I can't see why you will be scared?"

"Why wouldn't I be? This is the first time that we will be camping outside of the wall. What if we run into Trolls?" David asked fearfully as Frida turned to give her crush a reassuring look.

"Oh, don't worry about that, David. Remember that we told you that we became Witches? Well, Hilda and I have been training a lot these past two weeks and we have almost mastered the two spells that Matilda taught us. She even says that if we continue learning at this rate, we will be able to get our own Magic Wands by next year." An excited and squealing Frida says with Hilda looking equally excited as the black-haired girl then composed herself. "Anyway, don't worry, if anything happens, Hilda and I will protect you," Frida says with a grin as David stares up at her with a light blush and smiles...but then frowns as he finds it embarrassing that his friends have to protect him as if he were a baby.

"Besides, with Logan and I around, that just increases our chances of survival against the Trolls," Marcus says with a smirk as Hilda nods while putting on a sly look as she bends down to grab her backpack.

"Yeah, plus, we have a secret weapon," Hilda whispered while looking around to make sure that no one was looking before opening her backpack as she reached in to pull out what seemed to be a basketball.

"Huh? I didn't know that you play basketball." A surprised Marcus says as Hilda shakes her head with a small giggle.

"That's because I don't. You can come out, Stitch." Hilda says while placing the basketball beside her and David and everyone, sans Logan, were surprised to see the basketball unrolling himself to reveal Stitch, who was covered in orange/black paint as he waved at everyone with a big toothy grin on his face.

"Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiii."

"Hilda! You brought a stowaway?!" A worried Frida whispered-hissed while gripping her head as Hilda pouted and reached over to grab Stitch and pulled him into a hug.

"Raven Leader Debbie says that I couldn't bring Stitch because he might wander off and get lost or try to hunt down the local wildlife, which he probably will..."

"Ih," Stitch says with a nod while picking his teeth with his claws.

"Yeah, anyway, Raven Leader Debbie told me to leave Stitch behind at our home, but I just couldn't do that. Stitch is as much of a Sparrow Scout as any of us are and I can't leave him alone at our home for three days or else he will die of boredom, so I decided to have Stitch tag along with us. I even brought Stitch's Sparrow Scout Outfit, so that he won't feel left out." Hilda says while holding out her backpack to show off Stitch's Sparrow Scout Outfit. "Also, if you guys are wondering, Logan came up with the idea to disguise Stitch as a basketball since he lied to Raven Leader Debbie and told her that he wanted to play basketball with us," Hilda explained as a glaring Frida turned to Logan.

"Logan, how could you be okay with having Stitch go with us to the camping trip?!"

"Mostly because I wanted to bring Ivy and I thought it would be cruel if I was the only one to bring a friend," Logan commented while grabbing his bag and opening it up enough to allow Ivy to pop out. "And then I figured it would be rude to only bring one Deerfox, so I allowed Twig to come too," Logan says as Twig pops out beside Ivy.

"Ugh, come on, guys, I don't want us to get into trouble. I've been looking forward to the Sparrow Scout Advanced Camp Out ever since I was a Fledgling Scout. Finally, we can chart our own course, make our own camp, oh, sweet independence." Frida gushed as Marcus rolled his eyes playfully.

"Except that my Dad will be around us." Marcus says with a groan before yelping in surprise as an amused Logan reaches over to place his hand on his head and rubs his hair affectionately with a laugh.

"Hey, like I told you Kids before, I don't like leaving you all alone with all of the recent dangers around us, so that's why I decided to tag along, alone. Trust me, it was hard to convince Jumba and Pleakley not to come but rest assured, you Kids will be in charge of the camping trip. I won't help at all." Logan stated firmly, allowing the Kids to sigh in relief, and were about to thank him but stopped as Eliza popped onto the scene.

"Oooh, you all brought pets into the Camping Trip. That's not allowed. I'm going to tell our Raven Leader." Eliza says with a mocking and sinister tone as she was about to scream at Raven Leader Debbier, only for Stitch to turn around and pop out his back spikes as he fired them, and they collided against Eliza's arm, surprising her as she was about to say something, only to grow tired and moaned as Eliza slumped down in her chair and began sleeping as everyone turned to Stitch with comical horrified looks on their faces.

"Moka tok, shheesha tot uko. Vok rekika rof het xet hoora ro os, regik. (Calm down, she's not dead. Just asleep for the next hour or so, relax)," An annoyed Stitch says with a huff while rolling his eyes as everyone sighs in relief and nods as, three hours later, we see the School Bus parking in a designated spot on a meadow to drop off the Sparrow Scouts, and everyone gets out of the vehicle as it drove off.

"All right, Sparrow Scouts, the Wilderness Camping Expedition has begun. I'll see you all at the meetup spot the morning after next. Happy backpacking." Debbie says with a smile as everyone nods and separates with Hilda and co making their way into the woods as they arrive at a river, and after making sure that no one is looking, Hilda bends down as she places her 'basketball' on the ground and reached behind her to grab her backpack just as Stitch unrolled himself from his Ball Form as Hilda took out his Sparrow Scout Uniform and placed it on the ground.

"Alright, wash up and get dressed, we are leaving in 10 minutes," Hilda instructed as Stitch nodded and turned around to make his way into the river while making sure to not go into the deep end as he began washing off the orange/black paint from his body.

"Question, what will happen when the Camping Trip is over and we have to go back?" Marcus asked curiously as Hilda smirked cockily and held out her backpack to show orange and black paint cans inside.

"Already ahead of you, Cus. When the Camping Trip is over and we have to go back to the meetup spot, I will merely repaint Stitch and he will disguise himself as my basketball again." Hilda says with a smug tone as Marcus blinks in surprise with an impressed hum as he grins lightly.

"Oh, genius," Marcus says while he and Hilda share a high-five as Logan bends down and opens up his bag to allow Twig and Ivy to pop out as Frida and David can be seen overlooking the map nearby.

"Uh, that doesn't look like the recommended course." A concerned David says while noticing that Frida had drawn in a new course leading to a drawing of a couple of stones with cartoonish screaming faces drawn onto them.

"Hmmm? Didn't we tell you that we were planning to see the Screaming Stones today?" Frida asked, genuinely confused as David opened up his mouth to protest, only to realize that they probably told him on the way here on the bus, and he wasn't able to listen due to being too absorbed in his music as David blushed heavily. "Well, anyway, during our training with Matilda, Hilda and I have read one of her Old Magic Books about the tale of living magic stones that can scream. The Screaming Stones." Frida says as Hilda hears what they say and grins slyly as she and the others walk up to them.

"Legend has it that, deep in the Forest of Nott, there's a mysterious pile of stones that...well, scream."

"The Girls wanted to go and check it out, so they asked me and Kaisa to help give them hints on where the Screaming Stones are, so we decided to help out and they were able to figure out and chart out a course to the Screaming Stones all on their own." A proud Logan says with the Girls blushing at the praise as David bit his lip nervously.

"H-How do you know they are not T-Trolls?"

"Trolls don't come anywhere near these woods. Supposedly, the Screaming Stones keep them away." Frida says reassuringly as David stares at her in shock and worry.

"Wait, so you guys want to see something that even Trolls are afraid of?!"

"Don't worry, Scaredy Cat, if any Trolls come this way, I will bash them away with my muscles!" Marcus yelled while going over to grab a startled David and morphed himself into a tall muscular man as Frida giggled amusedly, and David couldn't help but feel a flare of jealousy as he glared down at Marcus.

"Don't worry, David, as we said before, we will protect you. Besides, this Group consists of two Witches, a powerful illegal genetic experiment/demon hybrid, two shapeshifters, and a couple of Deerfoxes. We will be more than fine." Hilda says with a cocky smirk as David whimpered fearfully but nodded as, after Stitch finished washing off the orange/black paint and put on his Sparrow Scout Uniform, the gang went off on their quest.

Suffice to say, David was NOT having a good day at all as they arrived at a small river stream and Stitch, Marcus, Twig, and Ivy raced each other across the stream by jumping between stones as a smiling Frida could be seen teaching Hilda how to play hot scotch by leaping through the stones and Logan tried to help David to skip through the stepping stones, but he ended up tripping and fall into the stream as David got washed away by accident, forcing the others to panic and chase after to save their friend.

After saving their friend from nearly drowning to death, the Gang could be seen peering into a bush and spotting a nest of baby birds inside as a heart-eyed Hilda and Frida cooed loudly while cupping each other's hands as Stitch, Logan, and Marcus fed them some worms as Twig and Ivy sniffed the nest curiously as David smiled down at them warmly, but then yelped in surprise when Momma Bird appeared and began scratching him the fuck out as he screamed in fear.

Walking by a Bear Cave, the group then spotted a giant bear walking out of it and growled at them threateningly as Twig and Ivy snarled back at him angrily as Logan went over to stand in front of the Kids protectively and Hilda, Frida, and Marcus briefly wondered if they should use their magic to save them, only for Stitch to leap over to land in front of the bear and pop out his alien appendages as he let out a loud monstrous roar, scaring the crap out of the bear as he turned around to run away and everyone cheered loudly for Stitch, but it died down as they sniffed an odd odor and turned towards to David, who was incredibly pale and frozen in fear as there was a noticeable wet spot in his pants.

"...So we can make that, right?" Frida asked Hilda curiously as, after making a small pitstop to allow Dave to change shorts in a bush with the Gang being forced to stay far away from him under his distress orders, we see them continuing to walk through Forest Nott and met a small obstacle in the form of a narrow chasm.

"Oh, definitely. My Dad and I made a game of jumping between large chasms when I was just a little kid. This will be a breeze. Check this out." Hilda says while taking a deep breath as she clasps her hands together before running forward as she proceeds to front flip over to land on the other side of the chasm. "Tada!"

"He, he, he, nice, wait for me!" Frida yelled while running over to do a cartwheel jump and landed on the other side of the chasm with a smug grin on her face. "Five Years of Gymnastics Class."

"Nice!" Hilda cheered while sharing a high-five with Frida.

"Look at me, girls," Marcus says while morphing himself into a female gymnast as he takes a running start and does a triple front flip over to land on a rock in front of the girls as the Shapeshifting Boy strikes a pose. "That's how it's done!"

"Show off!" A smiling Frida yelled while playfully pushing Marcus, who morphed back to normal as they shared a laugh and Logan simply leaped over the chasm as he landed beside them with the Deerfoxes following after him as Stitch was about to do the same, but stopped upon noticing a scared and trembling David staring down at the chasm in horror.

"Are you coming, David?" Stitch asked as David froze and smiled at him nervously.

"I-I'm trying, but my l-legs won't work. I think they're a bit tired from all of the fun that we've been having."

"Well, we have been walking for a while," Logan commented, not feeling tired and knowing that David was lying, but was trying to not embarrass the scared boy as Hilda hummed and glanced at her Magic Broomstick Earring as an idea popped into her head.

"You know what? Logan is right. Why don't we take the more fun route and fly to the Screaming Stones?" Hilda suggested as Frida perked up and nodded.

"Oooh, yes, no one is around, so this will be the most perfect opportunity to test out some real outdoor flying," Frida says while she and Hilda reach up to grab their necklaces and earrings as the Girls proceed to rip them out of their ears and necks, causing them to magically transform into their true forms as, instead of looking excited or relieved, David just look more anxious.

"U-Uh, are you sure that there isn't a safe mode of transportation? Like your Spaceship?" David suggested as Hilda shook her head with a shrug.

"Sorry, but I didn't bring my Space Keys with me, and, even if I did, we are too far away from Trollberg for me to be able to summon my Spaceship."

"How about if Stitch and Logan carry us to the Screaming Stones?" Frida asked while she and Hilda twirled their Magic Broomsticks around as they both transformed back into their disguised forms, and the Girls proceeded to put on their magical accessories again.

"Uh..." David says nervously, not sold on that idea either, as Marcus rolls his eyes.

"Alright, fine, we will take the long and boring route then," Marcus says with the others nodding in agreement as they leap past the chasm and land beside David as the gang walks off, leaving behind the guilty brown-haired boy as Logan turns to him.

"You have to face your many fears eventually, David," Logan says before walking off as David frowns but nods as they catch up with the others and spend the next three hours trekking through Forest of Nott while occasionally taking short 10-minute breaks either using the bathroom or to eat every once in a while as they arrive at a big mountain and climbed up it with Frida and Stitch helping out a nervous and trembling David as the gang arrived at the top and realized that it was getting late due to the sunset, but they also spotted a faint glow in the distance.

"Look! Those must be the Screaming Stones!" Hilda pointed out while pointing at the mysterious glow in the distance as Frida strained to try and hear anything.

"For being called, 'The Screaming Stones', there is a weird lack of screaming."

"Do you hear anything?" Marcus asked Stitch as said person shook his head.

"Naga, no screaming."

"We need to get closer." An excited Hilda says while trying to walk forward, only for Frida to hold out her glowing pink hand as she was able to create a big energy crystal wall in front of the blue-haired girl, not strong enough to stop enemies, but enough to get her attention. "Whoa, you are getting good at that."

"Thanks, but on a more serious note, I think it's best that we set up camp before it gets too dark to see." Frida pointed out with Logan sighing in relief as he was hoping that the Kids would get to this conclusion by themselves.

"Hmmm, yeah, you're right. I thought we would be able to reach the stones today."

"Well, we did take the long way," Marcus says as the Girls nod, not noticing that David once again looked remorseful and somber as Stitch and Logan spotted this as they couldn't help but feel sorry for him before the trio followed after the Kids as, half an hour later, we see the group arriving at a large and empty valley as the Kids were about to set up camp but stopped when Logan suddenly went over to stand in front of Experiment 626 with a big grin on his face.

"Yo, Stitch, want to settle the score now?" Logan asked as Stitch perked up and nodded as Hilda and the others gave them curious looks.

"What's going on exactly here?" Hilda asked as Stitch turned to her with a big smirk on his face.

"Logan and Stitch began sparring lately."

"So far, we are pretty evenly matched, so we decided to settle the score and find out who is the better and strongest fighter between us," Logan says as Marcus perks up excitedly.

"Ooh, this sounds so awesome!"

"A-And a bit s-scary..." David says nervously as Frida shrugs while placing her arm around his shoulder.

"I don't know, it could be fun."

"Yeah, but please don't go all out, boys," Hilda warned with a sheepish laugh as the Boys nodded before turning to face each other as Logan grinned widely and raised his arms to pop out his Mutant Claws while Stitch took off his Sparrow Scout Uniform as he tossed it over to Hilda and got down on all fours as Experiment 626 summoned his alien appendages.

Standing up to his full height, a growling Stitch flashed his claws and let out a loud battle cry as he raised his four arms and threw them down into the ground, ripping apart the ground and creating a big shockwave that raced towards Logan, who crouched down and leaped up high into the air as he front flipped over to launch himself towards Experiment 626 with said person leaping backwards and rolled up into a ball to avoid a claw swipe as he began rolling around Hilda's Cousin with said person narrowing his eyes stoically as Stitch began kicking up dust.

Realizing what he was planning, Logan took a deep breath and raised his arm as he delivered a mighty punch down into the ground, creating a big shockwave that pushed back the smoke, and the Shapeshifting Warlock realized that Experiment 626 had disappeared from sight and looked around as the ground suddenly shook violently and it cracked visibly as Logan looked down to see a growling Stitch lifting a piece of the earth into the air and then tossed it upwards as Hilda's Cousin flew through the skies rapidly before composing himself as he proceeds to kick the piece of earth down towards Experiment 626.

Crouching down onto the floor, Stitch then leaped up high into the air as he punched through the piece of earth and rolled up into his ball form as he collided against Logan's chest, causing him to grunt in pain as Stitch then unrolled himself as they began falling through the air while trading blows with each other as the Shapeshifting Warlock then latched onto Experiment 626 and held him in front of him as they crashed down into the ground, creating a big crater around them as a dust cloud rang out.

A couple of loud and angry grunts and growls rang out inside of the cloud, we then see Stitch being kicked out of the dust cloud as a glaring Logan leaped out of it and slammed his fist into Stitch's face, slamming him down into the ground and they skidded forward before a snarling Experiment 626 raised his leg to kick him away as he flew through the air and landed on the ground as Stitch then jumped over to tackle him and they began rolling around rapidly while throwing multiple strong and fast punches at each other as they both roared furiously.

After they were done with their little fight, Stitch and Logan then separated from each other as they stood up from the floor with neither combatant showing any signs of battle damage as Experiment 626 and the Shapeshifting Warlock panted lightly while glaring at each other angrily as they circled around before going over to begin attacking each other with Stitch leaping up to punch and slash Logan's face while said person did the same as Hilda and the others watched in awe before noticing that the sun is setting really low as the blue-haired pre-teen girl quickly whistled loudly to get the boys' attention.

"Guys, you better settle this spar tomorrow! I know that Stitch has Night Vision, but we don't and we need to set up camp before it becomes nighttime!" Hilda yelled as Logan and Stitch groaned in disappointment but nodded while hiding away their Mutant Claws and alien appendages as they went over to the others.

"...they had locked the doors and windows, but there was one away into the house that they forgot to seal off." Hilda narrated with a sinister tone in her voice as, after Logan and Stitch's spar, the Kids proceeded to make camp and set up their tents while also making their bonfire as the Girls had one tent, and the Boys had another tent as the gang then proceeded to get ready to do their nightly routine, and after taking separate showers in a nearby lake, Logan allowed David to change into his pajamas inside of the boys' tent first before going inside to do the same while Hilda and Frida simply decided to change into their nightwears inside of the girls' tent with Stitch doing the same thing as they then ate their dinner, and once everyone was done, we then fast forward in time to see Hilda standing in front of Frida and Stitch, who was bundled up in their sleeping bags, while holding a lantern as she was telling them a scary story.

"And, just when they thought they were safe, the skeleton crawled out of the fireplace, snatched their little dog, and dragged it whimpering back up the chimney!" Hilda shouted while wearing her nightly attire as she had her hair in their usual two low-hanging pigtails style and wore a long-sleeved white shirt with a dark blue collar/cuffs, long blue pants, and a pair of white shoes. "And then-,"

"Yo, yo, yo, girls, are you two decent, or should we come back another time?" Marcus asked playfully while 'knocking' on the tent flap as Hilda stopped regaling her story and went over to open it to reveal Marcus and David standing in front of them.

"Sure, you can come in," Hilda says with a smile as Stitch nods while wearing his pajamas, which consist of a light blue nightcap and a long-sleeved light blue nightgown that reaches down to his feet.

"Ih, Stitch the only guy here, need back up."

"Oh, shut up!" A playfully glaring Frida yelled while reaching over to grab her pillow and proceeded to smack it into Stitch's face with a giggle while wearing her nightly attire as she had her long dark brown hair tied up into a high bun and wore a long-sleeved white shirt with pink accents, long pink baggy pants, and a pair of pink shoes.

"Noice," Marcus says while going over to sit down next to Frida as he wears his pajamas, which consist of a long-sleeved baggy white shirt with red accents, black shorts, and no shoes.

"S-So what are you guys doing?" David asked nervously while wearing his pajamas, which consisted of a long-sleeved white shirt, long baggy light gray pants, and a pair of light gray shoes.

"Telling scary stories," Stitch says as David gasps in shock.

"Before bedtime!?"

"Bedtime? What's that?" Hilda asked cluelessly as Frida turned to her with a raised eyebrow.

"You don't know about bedtimes?"

"No, not really," Hilda says as Marcus turns to her.

"Bedtimes are basically when Parents tell Kids at what time to sleep. Like, around 10:00 P.M.,"

"Really? Huh, weird, Mum usually allows me to sleep whenever." Hilda says with a shrug as Frida shakes her head and turns to David.

"Well, either way, David, we decided to sleep in late tonight since it's a campout. Do you want to join in and listen to some scary stories? It is customary." Frida asked hopefully as David flinched nervously and shook his head.

"I would love to, but I'm going to, um, get another log for the fire," David says while running off as the Gang shares an odd look but shrugs as Hilda grins at everyone maliciously.

"So, their dreadful screams pierced the darkness and the poor little dog could only whimper as-,"

"Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaawn," Marcus says with a playful tone as an annoyed Hilda turns to glare at him.

"Well, if you think that you can tell a better scary story, then go right ahead."

"Are you sure? Because the story I'm thinking of is pretty hardcore." Marcus warns as Frida rolls her eyes dryly.

"Ooh, we're so scared." A sarcastic Frida says while she and Hilda share a giggle as Stitch chuckles.

"Bring it one, Marcus, we got this."

"Alright, but don't say I didn't warn you guys," Marcus says with a mischievous grin on his face as Hilda hands him the lantern and goes over to sit down on her sleeping bag. "One night, a lot like this one..." Marcus trailed off as he began telling them his scary story with a distracted Stitch hearing something outside with his superhuman hearing as he turned his head and activated his X-Ray Vision to see through the tent as Experiment 626 was surprised to see a saddened David staring at the tent quietly and turned around to walk away.

"Hey, Logan." David greeted Logan, who was lying on the ground, stargazing in his pajamas as he wore a long-sleeved high-collared purple silk buttoned-up shirt, long silk purple pants, and a pair of purple shoes.

"Sup, Kiddo," Logan says with a wave as David waves back as well before going over to sit down on a stump as Stitch pops his head out of the Girls' Tent and tilts his head at the brown-haired boy curiously as he goes over to him just as David reached into his pockets to pull out his Airpods and puts them on while fishing out his phone to play, 'Don't Let Your Love Fly Away', as Stitch heard it with his Superhuman Hearing and went over to sit down beside him.

"Waka rea yuugga motikou ot? Ik solaru mook (What are you listening to? It sounds cool)," Stitch asked, startling David as he turned off his music and turned to frown at him in embarrassment with a light blush on his face.

"I-It's...light rock. I like light rock, alright? I know people hate it, but it calms me down."

"Stitch took wohn kak si, os Stitch havu on rook ot juja (Stitch don't know what that is, so Stitch have no room to judge)," Stitch stated bluntly as David blinked in surprise, but smiled in relief as he nodded and began playing his lite rock music again, only for the chatter and laughter of the others to be too loud as David sighed heavily and turned off his music.

"This rock is just too lite. Marcus and the Girls are too loud." David says as Stitch hums quietly and perks up as an idea pops into his head.

"Tont worra, meega thunka hat meega nac tou rere. Goouva meega yougger honed (Don't worry, I think that I can help out here. Give me your phone)," Stitch suggested while holding out his arm as David tilted his head curiously but gave him his phone as Experiment 626 placed his claw on it and turned on the music as he opened up his mouth and, much to David's shock, 'Don't Let Your Love Fly Away' began playing out of his mouth at max volume like a speaker as the stunned brown-haired boy reached over to close his mouth to shut off the music before opening the mouth again to play the light rock music as David repeated this a couple of times, but then flinched upon seeing Frida popping her head out of the Girls' Tent as he quickly closed Stitch's mouth.

"Hey, is something going on out there?"

"O-Oh, nothing, Stitch and I are just roughhousing around." A nervous David says while going over to try and pick up Stitch to suplex him into the ground, only to fail as Experiment 626 proved to be too heavy for him to lift. "Y-You know, just like men do," David says with an anxious smile as Frida raises an eyebrow and smiles amusedly as she rolls her eyes.

"Alright, have fun, boys. Also, Stitch? Go easy on David. You know how fragile he is." Frida said in a caring way, but David couldn't help but feel a bit insulted as she went back into the tent and the brown-haired boy sighed heavily as he reached over to snatch back his phone and turned around to walk as Stitch spotted this and whirled around to face Logan, who gave him a knowing look as Experiment 626 nodded back and turned around to follow after David as he found the boy sitting on a cliff overseeing the Screaming Stones and went over to sit down beside him.

"Somukekio no yougger minuo, Kik? (Something on your mind, Kid?)," Stitch asked while peering up at David innocently as he pursed his lips and sighed heavily.

"Stitch? Why can't I be brave like them?" David asked while gesturing at the Girls' Tent as he looked away somberly. "I guess that I'm just built differently."

"On ne si buka brivi, David (No one is built brave, David)," Stitch says while waving his hand around as David frowns and scoffes.

"Oh, please, you were literally built to be brave."

"Nad Stitch saw oso buki ot eb eva (And Stitch was also built to be evil)," Stitch stated bitterly as David flinched and looked away guiltily. "Ooka, David, Stitch wookas shis si haro ot bluevaa, toub on oona si burna bruva. Juss ike on oona si tuuga bruva eva ro googa. Ooka, sey, Stitch saw burna ot eb 'eva', tb sa Hilda holt meega wwinn weega fossa meg, Stitch wassa eva. Jussa prograga ot eb destructo, utb ten Stitch stouta questaming meeya progragan nad Stitch lerno rover ot eb a googa person. (Look, David, Stitch knows this is hard to believe, but no one is born brave. Just like no one is truly born evil or good. Okay, yes, Stitch was born to be 'evil', but as Hilda told me when we first met, Stitch wasn't evil. Just programmed to be destructive, but then Stitch started questioning his program and Stitch learned over time to be a good person),"

"Are you going somewhere with this?" David asked with a frown as Stitch nodded and stared up at the nighty starry skies as he rubbed his red collar.

"Wooka meegen traka ot yas si thit Stitch saw eva tb Stitch luten laned ot eb googa jussa ike howah Stitch saw sacasa fo waka, meega laned ot conqus meegin fer. Howah? Wek, Stitch rezun hatt theren ren touga hatt meegan sacasa fo mok thattan drowu nad hattn si meega luv onu nuki. (What I'm trying to say is that Stitch was evil but Stitch later learned to be good just like how Stitch was scared of water, I learned to conquer my fear. How? Well, Stitch realized that there are things that I'm scared of more than drowning and that is my loved ones dying)," Stitch says as he then frowns stoically and takes a deep breath as 626 turns to David.

"Nad yugga waka ot nooku soma? Yugga ym thunka hattha ht okure doku hovu fer, tub thega od. Meegin goku ot tek yugga soma, tub Stitch nukas yugga ot neva tek yukuno tubuks hittins sance tiss a bitta persune, oka? (And you want to know something? You may think that the others don't have fears, but they do. I'm going to tell you something, but Stitch needs you to never tell anyone about this since it's a bit personal, okay?)," Stitch asked as David sat up and nodded. "Hilda sah reh owi fer. Hev, hse nevu geta nighukuio (Hilda has her own fears. Hell, she even gets nightmares),"

"Really?!" A surprised David asked as Stitch nodded somberly while looking away.

"Yeh, tiss evu yhw hes saw woulio ot kness meega toto shitt campu tripu. Hilda cantu sleepu wikimi meega bekuo hes stiku shas nimunu butou meegan wooka...glookian messa. Hev, evun Stitch liitt sha nimunu tboit ti. Diyun sisn somaing ot teg ovu wig, os weega sleepu wig echi oko ot hava comof onu annoka (Yeah, it's even why she was willing to sneak me into this camping trip. Hilda can't sleep without me because she still has nightmares about my whole...glitching mess. Hell, even Stitch still has nightmares about it. Dying isn't something to get over with so easily, so we sleep with each other to help comfort one another)," Stitch says sadly with a shiver, remembering being unable to sleep through the night after his resurrection and simply staring up at the ceiling with an emotionless look on his face before hearing a sleeping Hilda's panicking cries and going down to give her a comforting hug as, while they are both have healed a lot since the horrible event, both Hilda and Stitch still have light mental scars from the whole ordeal.

"Os, yugga ess, David, evurou sha theko won fer, tub ni oruku ot conqus thek, weega havy to laned ot fas rou fers nad laned ot tno eb sacaras. Remuku hatt (So, you see, David, everyone has their own fears, but in order to conquer them, we have to learn to face our fears and learn to not be scared. Remember that)," Stitch says while patting David's back as he then turned around to walk away, leaving behind the brown-haired boy in his thoughts as he then grits his teeth in determination and anger as David stands up from the floor.

"Stitch is right! I can't keep living in fear! I need to go and face my fears and-AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" David says before screaming like a little girl as the cliff underneath him becomes unstable and causes him to fall as the screeching brown-haired boy begins falling through the cliff at high speeds.

"...so suddenly, they heard this tap, tap, tapping on the side of the car. The girl started to freak out, and by this time, even the guy was getting a bit scared, so he turned the car on and stepped on it." Marcus narrated with a trembling and freaked-out Frida hugging Ivy and Twig tightly while Hilda pretended to look fearless, but she clearly looked scared as well due to her scooting over to her friends anxiously. "When they got back to the girl's house, she opened the door and screamed, because there, hanging from the door handle, was the bloody hook. They say that this killer is still alive, wandering these very woods. He could be just about anywhere, really. Maybe even...RIGHT HERE!" Marcus exclaimed while suddenly transforming into a large threatening slasher and raising his arm to reveal a 'bloody' hook as Hilda and Frida screamed loudly and hugged each other with David's girlish screaming coincidently colliding with their screaming as the Deerfoxes went over to hide in Stitch's sleeping bag and Marcus cackles evilly, then normally as he laughs at the Girls for freaking out.

"Marcus! That was so not funny!" A glaring Hilda yelled with a pout as Marcus grinned slyly and morphed back to normal as he licked off the ketchup from his hook hand.

"Oh, yes, it was. I just wish that people saw the brave Hilda What's Her Name screaming like the little girl she is...oh, wait, they did!" Marcus shouted while pointing over at the readers as an angry yet giggling Frida tossed her pillow into his face.

"You are so vile!" Frida screamed as they all shared a laugh just as a concerned Stitch ran over to burst into the Girls' Tent and looked around frantically.

"Is everything alright? Stitch heard girlish screaming,"

"Hmmm? Oh, yeah. Marcus was just telling us a scary story." Hilda explained as Frida nodded.

"Yeah, so anyway, when is David going to come back?" Frida asked curiously as Stitch went over to sit down next to Hilda and couldn't help but notice that she reached over to wrap her arm around his body tightly, showing how scared she really was but didn't want to show it in front of the others as Experiment 626 hugged her back.

"David is going to take a walk right now."

"Oh, okay." A worried Frida says while looking away solemnly as Hilda turns to give him a reassuring look.

"Don't worry, Frids, David has thick skin. He will be able to survive on his own during his walk." Hilda says as we then cue back to David, who is still screaming like a little girl and rolling down across the cliff, colliding against several rocks before being launched up into the air and colliding headfirst against a tree, knocking himself out cold as we then fast forward in time and we see an unconscious David residing inside of a small hut placed inside of a large cave as he started waking up and opened his eyes as the brown-haired boy groaned lightly and sits up from the bed that he was resting on as David reached up to rub his head and was surprised to feel some bloody bandages wrapped around his head.

"Ugh, what happened?" A bewildered David asked while looking around incredulously as he then got out of his bed and landed on the ground as the brown-haired boy heard some chatter outside and perked up, thinking that his friends had heard his screams and were able to find and healed up his wounds as David went over to peek through the fur pelt acting as a door and felt himself freeze in place in fear at the sight of a big group of Vikings laughing and drinking beer as they ate their dinner.

One of the Vikings is a 6'5-feet-tall, 1,145-year-old Man with black eyes, long curvy blonde hair that reaches down to his back, thick black eyebrows, a big bulbous nose with a blonde bushy mustache, a sharp chin with a big blonde beard that was tied up three ways, Light Skin, a huge muscularly toned build, and his outfit consisted of blue facepaint, a black headband, a silver metal shoulder pad in his left shoulder, a brown leather chest guard, a short-sleeved light brown shirt with ripped sleeves, a black leather strap wrapped around his chest that held a magic sword that glows with a magical blue light, a pair of light brown armguards, a black belt, long black pants, and a pair of light brown boots. His name is Torgund, a Viking, and the Leader of his clan.

The second of the Vikings is a 5'10-feet-tall, 1,136-year-old Man with a left black eye as his right eye was ripped off, a bald head, thick black eyebrows, a small bulbous nose, a sharp chin with a big full whitish-blonde beard, his right arm was missing and replaced with a wooden prosthesis, Light Skin, a tall fat stout build, and his outfit consisted of a black eyepatch on his right eye, a brown leather chest guard, a short-sleeved light brown shirt with ripped sleeves, a black leather strap wrapped around his chest that held a magic warhammer that glows with a magical blue light, a pair of light brown armguards, a black belt, long black pants, and a pair of light brown boots. His name is Olaf, a Viking, Elof's Brother, and a member of Torgund's Clan.

The third of the Vikings is a 6'1-feet-tall, 1,125-year-old Man with blue eyes, shoulder-length shaggy orange hair, thin black eyebrows, a small bulbous nose with an orange bushy mustache, a sharp chin with a small orange beard, Light Skin, a tall fat stout build, and his outfit consisted of a silver helmet, blue facepaint, a black scarf wrapped around his neck, a short-sleeved light brown/gray shirt with ripped sleeves, a pair of light brown armguards, a black belt with a pair magic axes that glow with a couple of magical blue lights, long black pants, and a pair of light brown boots. His name is Bjarnsen, a Viking, and a member of Torgund's Clan.

The fourth of the Vikings is a 5'8-feet-tall, 1,132-year-old Man with black eyes, long orange hair that reaches down to his back and tied up into a high bun as he also had two orange braids framing his face and reaches down to his chest, thick black eyebrows, a big pointy nose, a sharp chin with a big orange beard, Light Skin, a tall muscularly slim build, and his outfit consisted of a short-sleeved light brown dress with dark brown accents and with ripped sleeves, a long-sleeved light gray shirt underneath, a black leather strap wrapped around his chest that held a magic bat'leth that glows with a magical blue light, a pair of dark brown armguards, a brown belt, long black pants, and a pair of light brown boots. His name is Elof, a Viking, Olaf's Brother, and a member of Torgund's Clan.

The fifth of the Vikings is a 5'6-feet-tall, 1,128-year-old Woman with green eyes, long luscious blonde hair that reaches down to her back, thin blonde eyebrows, a small pointy nose, a sharp chin, large breasts, Light Skin, a muscularly slender build, and her outfit consisted of blue facepaint, a dark brown neck guard armor, a long-sleeved light brown dress with cream-colored accents and a boob window, a black leather strap wrapped around her chest that held a magic bow and a quiver that held multiple magic arrows that glowed with magical blue light, a pair of dark brown armguards, a brown belt, long black pants, and a pair of light brown boots. Her name is Uli, a Viking, and a member of Torgund's Clan.

The sixth and final member of the Vikings is a 6'8-feet-tall, 1,142-year-old Woman with black eyes, long white hair with a yellow streak as she wears it in a two tails style, thin black eyebrows, a small pointy nose, a sharp chin, giant breasts, Light Skin, a tall muscularly stout build, and her outfit consisted of blue facepaint, a silver neck guard armor, a sleeveless light brown dress with gray accents, a black leather strap wrapped around her chest that held a magic spear that glowed with magical blue light, a pair of dark brown armguards, a brown leather belt with a silver belt buckle, long light brown pants, white bandages wrapped around her legs, and a pair of dark brown boots. Her name is Solveig, a Viking, and a member of Torgund's Clan.

"Oh, look who is alive." An amused Uli says, after she and the others noticed that David was trying and failing to spy on them, as he yelped in surprise and trembled in fear as a laughing Torgund stepped forward.

"Fear not, young one, we mean you no harm."

"Yeah, it will defeat the purpose of healing you." Elof pointed out as David bit his lip nervously but stepped forward as he rubbed his arm.

"You are not in danger, young one. I found you at the foot of the mountain with your head bleeding."

"Bleeding!?" A shocked David asked while gripping his head as Solveig nodded.

"Yep, but we fixed you up real good. As long as you wear those bandages for the next two days, you will be healed. At least you are better off than Olaf here." Solveig says while pointing over at Olaf, who held up his prosthetic arm as David shivered a bit.

"Oh, well, uh, that's good to hear. Thanks for saving me, but I have to ask, are you guys Vikings? Like in the olden times?" David asked curiously, feeling less fearful of these guys due to them saving him as Torgund nodded.

"Yes, my name is Torgund, Warrior of Thunder, and this is my clan! Olaf, Bjarnsen, Elof, Uli, and Solveig!" Torgund shouted while pointing over at each member of his clan, who all cheered loudly and clinked their beer mugs together as they drank it down.

"Oh, I must have hit my head really hard or I must've gone back in time or something? I know it sounds crazy but after becoming friends with Hilda and Stitch, I've come to accept that anything is possible by this point." David says to himself dryly as he then glances up at Torgund. "Anyway, is there anything that I can do to repay you?"

"Aye, we can use a battlefield messenger," Torgund says as David flinched in surprise and sweated nervously.

"Heh, right. Well, good luck with that. I better get back to my friends before they worry-,"

"Wait, hold on, a hale and hearty young man like you turning down a chance to show bravery in battle?" Torgund asked, not really angry or even opposed David to not joining them, but was heavily confused as David sighed somberly.

"I'm sorry, it's just that...I'm not...really brave or good at fighting. My friends are."

"Really?" Elof asked with a raised eyebrow as David nodded with a soft yet bitter smile on his face.

"Yeah, like, my friend Hilda is the bravest person I know and doesn't seem to flinch much in the face of danger even without having any powers or being a magical creature or whatever and her friend Stitch can literally face an army of Trolls without breaking a sweat. I thought having my friend Frida be by my side would help lessen this big feeling of jealousy and powerlessness within me, but lately, she started dabbling in magic and even Hilda is doing the same. Not to mention Hilda's crazy extended family who either knows how to fight, use magic, have access to a powerful array of alien weapons, are one of the smartest beings in the galaxy or can shapeshift, and I'm just...me. Boring, weak, scared, useless little me..." David says somberly with tears in his eyes as Torgund was shocked by this and couldn't help but see himself in the young lad as he then walked over to place his hand on the top of his head.

"How fortuitous. So your problem is your lack of bravery and being weak, right? Well, we came to this valley seeking the legendary, 'Medallion of Sigurd'."

"What's that?" A sniffling David says while wiping away his tears as Torgund bends down to talk with him.

"They say all who touch it fear nothing for the rest of their days, which helps unlock a person's true strength and desire that they fear to unleash."

"So, wait, you're saying that I could be fearless?" David asked as Torgund nodded.

"Indeed, and the only one thing stands in our way. The Knudsen Clan." Torgund says with a scowl as his clan roared with rage. "Those brigands stole the relic before we could claim it."

"So what are you going to do?"

"Easy, slay every last one of them!" Torgund exclaimed with a glare as his clan roared in agreement.

"...Oh...well, that seems...very fair..." A nervous David as Torgund turned to smile at him excitedly.

"Come...what's your name?"

"David."

"Thanks...come, Young David, a battle messenger you shall be! Soon your troubles will be over!" Torgund exclaimed while he and his clan began running out of the cave, ready for battle as David whimpered lightly before taking a deep breath to calm himself down as he narrowed his eyes in determination, not wanting to hold back Hilda and the others and prove to Frida how much of a man he is as the brown-haired boy ran off after the Vikings Clan.

"So, how have you been adjusting lately with being a Witch lately? I haven't told my family yet, but I'm planning to soon." Hilda says while lying to her side to talk with Frida as Marcus had gone off to take a leak in the bush and Stitch walked off to get some midnight snacks.

"Well, being a Witch is cool and all, but these ears are going to get some getting used to," Frida says while briefly raising her glowing pink hand to cast off her illusion spell to reveal her pointy ears and rubbing them as Hilda raises her glowing blue hand to cancel off her illusion spell and does the same with her pointy ears.

"You are not wrong about that,"

"Yep, especially with what happened early this morning," Frida says with an embarrassed blush on her face, remembering nearly caused her Mom to freak out due to seeing her ears when she was doing her morning routine. "My Mom nearly had a heart attack when she saw my ears, but thankfully, I reacted quickly and lied to her that these were fake elf ears," Frida says while briefly raising her glowing pink hand to cast her illusion spell to hide her pointy ears as Hilda did the same. "Anyway, how's the whole Erik Investigation going on?"

"Eh, so and so, the Rat King's still got nothing on Erik. Ugh, by this point, it seems that they will never find any evidence on him." Hilda says somberly as Frida frowns sympathetically and reaches over to place her hand on her shoulder.

"Don't worry, Hils, I know that you will get some dirt on him soon," Frida says, with Hilda smiling back at her, as the tent flaps suddenly open and Marcus pops his head in.

"Awwwwww, you two are so cute together," A smirking Marcus says with a mocking tone before yelping in pain as the pissed-off girls begin throwing random objects at him to shut him up, and meanwhile, elsewhere, we see another Viking Clan walking through the Forest of Nott while letting out a couple of loud laughs as they bumped against each other.

One of the Vikings is a 6'5-feet-tall, 1,150-year-old Man with black eyes, long luscious shiny curvy brown hair that reaches down to his back, thick black eyebrows, a big bulbous nose, a sharp chin with a big thick brown beard, Light Skin, a huge muscularly toned build, and his outfit consisted of red facepaint, a big light gray fur belt that reaches down to his back, a short-sleeved navy blue shirt with ripped sleeves, a black leather strap wrapped around his chest that held a magic axe that glows with a magical red light, dark brown bandages wrapped around his arms, a dark belt, long black pants, and a pair of navy blue boots. His name is Knudsen, a Viking, and the Leader of his clan.

The second of the Vikings is a 5'8-feet-tall, 1,135-year-old Woman with black eyes, long red hair that was tied up into a tail braid, thin red eyebrows, a small nose, a sharp chin, small breasts, Light Skin, a tall muscularly toned build, and her outfit consisted of red facepaint, a dark brown shoulder pad with dark gray fur edges on her left shoulder, a sleeveless dark brown shirt, a black leather strap wrapped around her chest that held a magic sword and shield that either glowed with a magical red light or had glowing red edges, a pair of dark brown armguards with dark gray fur edges, long light brown pants, and a pair of dark brown boots. Her name is Gunnhild, a Viking, and a member of Knudsen's Clan.

The third of the Vikings is a 6'8-feet-tall, 1,152-year-old Man with red eyes, a red mohawk, thick red eyebrows, a small pointy nose with a thin red handlebar mustache, a sharp chin, Light Skin, a huge muscular slim build, and her outfit consisted of red facepaint, a dark brown shoulder pad with dark gray fur edges on her left shoulder, a sleeveless light brown shirt, a black leather strap wrapped around her chest that held a long magic axe that glowed with a magical red light, a pair of dark brown armguards, long black pants, and a pair of dark brown boots. His name is Fergurdsen, a Viking, and a member of Knudsen's Clan.

The fourth of the Vikings is a 5-feet-tall, 1,138-year-old Man with no visible eyes, long red hair that covered his eyes and eyebrows, no visible nose, a sharp chin with a huge heavily thick red beard that hid his nose and mouth, Light Skin, a short yet muscularly slim build, and his outfit consisted of a silver helmet, a short-sleeved light gray shirt with ripped sleeves and black accents, a black leather strap wrapped around her chest that held a pair of short magic axes that glowed with magical red lights, a pair of dark brown armguards with dark gray fur edges, long light brown pants, and a pair of dark brown boots. His name is Errol, a Viking, and a member of Knudsen's Clan.

The fifth of the Vikings is a 5'6-feet-tall, 1,124-year-old Man with blue eyes, long red hair that was tied up into a high ponytail and two large strands of red hair framing her face, a small pointy nose, a sharp chin, large breasts, Light Skin, a short yet muscularly slender build, and her outfit consisted of red facepaint, a pair of dark gray metal shoulder pads with light brown accents, a sleeveless dark gray dress with light brown accents, a black leather strap wrapped around her chest that held a pair of long magic ring daggers that glowed with magical red lights, a pair of dark brown armguards, a dark brown belt, long dark brown pants, and a pair of dark brown boots. Her name is Redsdottir, a Viking, and a member of Knudsen's Clan.

The sixth and final of the Vikings is a 5'5-feet-tall, 1,148-year-old Man with no visible eyes, a bald head, thick white eyebrows that covered his eyes entirely, a big bulbous pointy nose, a sharp chin with a big thick white beard, Pale Skin, a short yet muscularly stout build, and his outfit consisted of a red head bandana, red facepaint, a sleeveless dark gray shirt with light brown edges, a black leather strap wrapped around her chest that held a pair of long hand-held magic axes that glowed with magical red lights, a pair of dark brown armguards, no pants, and a pair of dark brown boots. His name is Hrothgar, a Viking, and a member of Knudsen's Clan.

"This prize has freed us from fear!" Knudsen yelled while holding up the Medallion of Sigurd as it glowed a mystic purple. "And now, we shall bring it home to do the same for our countrymen!" Knudsen exclaimed with his clan cheering loudly as, unknown to them, David and his new clan could be seen spying on them from their hiding spots.

"That's it, the medallion." A hopeful David says just as a glaring Torgund steps out of his hiding spot to confront Knudsen and his clan as they stop cheering and turn to glare at him.

"Torgund?!"

"Knudsen!" Torgund screamed while pulling out his magic sword as Knudsen chuckled sinisterly and pulled out their own magic weapons

"Okay, calm down, David, you've been enough on Hilda and Stitch's adventures to get used to these kinds of things. It's no big deal." David whispered to himself anxiously as Knudsen walked up to Torgund confidently with a big grin on his face as he recklessly stabbed his magic axe into the ground.

"I'm here to relieve you of your ill-gotten spoils!"

"Oh, you mean this?" Knudsen asked with a mocking tone while holding up the Medallion of Sigurd as he let out a loud laugh.

"I'm giving you this one warning! Stand down now and hand me the Medallion of Sigurd, or else, we will-,"

"Or else what? You didn't stand a chance before, now you have less than none!" Knudsen yelled with a smirk as a glaring Torgund slammed his fist into his armor, summoning the rest of his clan as they all surrounded Knudsen's Clan, but instead of looking scared or even worried, they all began laughing tauntingly as this seems to piss off Torgund enough to rush over to slice off Knudsen's right arm with his magic weapon, causing the slashed off arm to drop down into the ground and a fountain-full of blood squirted out of a stunned Knudsen's body as David lets out a high-pitched scared scream and, just like that, both clans let out loud battle cries as they ran over to attack each other.

"Oh, man, this is horrifying, but if it works, I'll never have to be afraid again," David says while cowering in fear behind a rock as he struggles very hard to not stare down at the bloody arm on the ground or else he will throw up as, while Hilda and Stitch's adventures are scary, they never really had anyone getting seriously injured or die as a grunting Torgund kicked away Errol and turned around.

"Messenger Boy! I summon you!"

"Oh, crapbaskets..." David says nervously while gulping as he briefly considers using his Airpods to calm himself with his music, but decides against it since listening to music in the middle of a battle is an incredibly stupid and reckless thing to do as David takes a deep breath and proceed to run into the battlefield while narrowingly avoiding being skewered to death as he made his way over to Torgund.

"Tell Bjarnsen to bring up the right flank!" Torgund yelled while blocking an ax strike from Knudsen as David nodded and turned around to run into the battlefield while dodging away from having a bleeding and slashed apart Fergurdsen from crashing near him as he then paused upon realizing something.

"Shit! I don't know anyone's name!" David shouted panickedly as, while Torgund introduced him to the others earlier, he hadn't spent enough time with the clan to know them individually by name. "Uh...uh...uh...Bjarnsen! Message for Bjarnsen!"

"Over here!" Bjarnsen exclaimed, drawing David's attention as he ran over to him just as the Viking sliced off Hrothgar's head with his dual magic axes as David was once again horrified by the sight of a headless body crashing down near him and Hrothgar's sliced off head slowly rolled up to his feet, and the brown-haired boy went pale-faced upon seeing his head spasm a bit before going still and lifeless. "Well?"

"O-Oh, uh, Torgund says to bring up the right flank!" David yelled after snapping out of his shock as he stepped away from the pool of blood.

"I just did, but give this weapon to Elof. He's the guy with no weapons." Bjarnsen says while handing one of his magic axes to David, who nearly lost his grip on it due to it both being heavy and covered in Hrothgar's blood.

"S-Sure, you got it," David says with a nervous laugh as he tries in vain to drag the weapon over to who he believes is Elof but stops upon seeing a sinisterly grinning Redsdottir appear in front of him as he is about to use his magic ring daggers to slice the trembling and frightened brown-haired boy into a million little pieces, only for a stoic Torgund to appear in front of him and raise his sword as he proceeds to slice Redsdottir in half, causing the bloody sliced up pieces to crash down into the ground and spray the ground and a stunned David with blood as he lets out a loud petrified girlish scream.

"...Alright, I'm bored, so do you girls want to play 'Spin the Bottle'?" A grinning Marcus says slyly while holding up a bottle as Hilda, Frida, and Stitch give him deadpanned looks.

"Okay, first, not only is this game unbalanced as hell due to Stitch obviously not going to play with us because it's like kissing a dog, no offense," An apologetic Frida says to Stitch, who waved his hands around as he didn't feel comfortable with kissing humans either since it will be like kissing monkeys. "Second, are you really that stupid to see how much of a bad idea it is to play, 'Spin the Bottle' right now?"

"How so?" A bewildered Marcus asked as Stitch coughed loudly to get his attention and pointed over at Hilda, who stared at him dryly as Marcus blinked slowly...and gagged as his face went green. "Oh, yeah, good point, sorry, I forgot." An embarrassed Marcus says while tossing the bottle away as he coughed awkwardly. "Anyway, let's play Truth or Dare instead," Marcus says with the Trio nodding in agreement as they turn to each other.

"Marcus, truth or dare?" Hilda asked as Marcus grinned slyly.

"Truth,"

"I saw what you did with Eliza earlier, so I have to ask...do you have a crush on her?" Hilda asked with a deadly glare as Marcus sweated nervously and looked away.

"Well, I wouldn't say crush, but I do think she is a bit cute."

"Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!" Hilda and Frida yelled with their faces green in disgust and stuck out their tongues as Stitch gagged.

"What?"

"Marcus, she is like my most mortal enemy! She's as bad as Erik...okay, maybe not THAT bad, but still...she's a bitch!" Hilda shouted while waving her hands around frantically as Marcus raised her hands defensively.

"Hey, I know she's a bad person, but I can't deny and say that she is cute. Anyway, Stitch, truth or dare?" Marcus asked Stitch, who rubbed his chin thoughtfully.

"Truth."

"When you first met Hilda, what did you think of her originally?" Marcus asked with a mischievous grin as Stitch flinched worriedly, and a giggling Frida covered her mouth as Hilda closed her eyes and took a deep breath.

"It's alright, Stitch, I know that you were a different person back then. Go ahead and tell them your honest opinion of me when we first met."

"...Stitch toku Hilda suw na ugga anaya luka bret... (Stitch thought Hilda was an ugly annoying little brat...)," Stitch says with a nervous frown as Hilda's eyes widen in shock, and she turns to him with a comical look of betrayal on her face as Marcus and Frida laugh loudly. "Errr, Frida? Tooka ro drek? (Errr, Frida? Truth or dare?),"

"D-Dare, ha, ha, ha!" Frida laughed while wiping away the tears of laughter in her eyes as she giggled under her breath.

"Stitch daka yougga ot teka su yougger deepkit saka. Sokkamin htatt on onu knowa (Stitch dares you to tell us your deepest secret. Something that no one knows)," Stitch says with an evil grin as Frida flinched and blushed heavily as she sweated nervously and bit her lip as the black-haired pre-teen girl moaned and reached over to grab her pillow as Frida placed it on her face.

"I...I...I...I...I HAVE A CRUSH ON DAVID!"

"...And?" A blank-faced Marcus says as Frida lowers her pillow and gives him a bewildered and shocked look.

"H-Huh?!"

"Yeah, that's not much of a secret if everyone knows," Hilda states blankly as Frida's jaw drops in surprise and disbelief.

"H-How?"

"Yougga weko exal sibi (You weren't exactly subtle)," Stitch said boredly as he then gave her a reassuring look. "Tub fi ti maka yougga feek batua, David dosa knok nad eh cleriki luka youggaa oot (But if it makes you feel better, David doesn't know and he clearly likes you too),"

"...Are you sure about that?" Frida asked shyly as Hilda and the others nodded as she smiled hopefully and blushed warmly as the black-haired girl looked away, and we then cue back over to David, who was staring off into space with a thousand-yard stare as he allowed Torgund and the others to wash away the blood from his body with the help of a couple of buckets filled with water as the Viking Leader then slapped his back.

"There you go, good as new," Torgund says with an oblivious smile as he holds out the Medallion of Sigurd. "Isn't it glorious, David? This is what we have fought for! The gift that will free us from the bonds of fear to be greater warriors than ever before!" Torgund exclaimed as everyone cheered loudly. "Come and claim your share!" Torgund yelled before turning to grin down at David cockily.

"This is your chance, Messenger Boy! You are one of us now!" Torgund shouted, snapping David out of his shock as he turned to face the Medallion of Sigurd and gulped nervously as the brown-haired boy and Torgund's Clan reached over to touch the medallion, causing it to glow a bright mystic purple energy that spread across the area as a huge flash of magical light rang out.

Three hours later, we cue back over to the gang's campsite, and we see everyone sleeping with each other in their respective tents as Logan, Marcus, and Ivy slept in the Boys' Tent while Hilda, Stitch, Frida, and Twig slept in the Girls' Tent as everyone slept soundly until the blue-haired girl moaned in distress in her sleep and her face scrunched up as she held Experiment 626 closely to her chest...but then froze as a blue mystic glow covered her body and suddenly sits up straight with a zoned out look on her face, looking semi-conscious as she stood up from the ground and made her way out of her tent as Hilda suddenly held out her arms and a huge explosion of a mystic blue light and blue smoke covered her body.

"Huh?!" A surprised Logan shouted while sitting up from the ground upon hearing what seemed to be some fireworks rang out, and heavy footsteps occurred as, after making sure that his Son was still safe and sound, he then made his way out of his tent and saw small humanish footsteps on the ground as he narrowed his eyes suspiciously and began following after the footsteps as Logan arrived at a small clearing filled with large pieces of rocks and spotted a small female figure with long hair and antlers currently gripping a large rock tightly as she was currently smashing her head against the rock repeatedly, cracking it violently and producing a mild shockwave as Logan narrowed his eyes and, while he can't tell if the mysterious figure is either Human or a Magical Creature, the one thing that made him gasped in shock was by the moonlight shinning down at the mysterious figure's hair, revealing it to be blue as there was only one girl with blue hair that Logan knows.

"Hilda?!" A stunned Logan exclaimed as Hilda flinched visibly and turned to stare at him angrily yet fearfully with her eyes glowing a mystic blue as it seemed that she was going to warn him about something, but then moaned in pain and gripped her head tightly as Hilda let out a loud painful scream and a huge explosion of a mystic blue light and blue smoke covered her body as Logan flinched in surprise and closed his eyes as he coughed loudly and waved away the blue smoke as, once it died down, Kaisa's Fiance spotted a sleeping Hilda lying on the ground and snored lightly. "What the hell?" A bewildered Logan asked while walking over to bend down and check on Hilda's body for any injuries but found nothing, not even a bruise on her head as he paused a bit and frowned, remembering Joanna and Roland being quite secretive for the past few months as Logan sighed heavily before shaking his head as he reached over to grab an unconscious Hilda and held her in a bridal style position as the Shapeshifting Magic Man turned around to walk back to their campsite.

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"Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz..." The Girls snored lightly in their sleep in their tent while resting in their respective sleeping bags with Hilda cuddling Stitch as it was early in the morning in Forest Knott, but with no other activity other than seeing the Screaming Stones and setting up another camp near the meeting point, the gang decided to sleep in late today...but that plan quickly went awry when the tent flaps were suddenly opened, much to the annoyance of the Trio as they groaned in annoyance from feeling the sunlight hitting their faces and Hilda, Frida, and Stitch opened their eyes groggily as they were surprised to see a smirking David standing in front of them while wearing his Sparrow Scout Uniform, but had his red scarf wrapped around his head, the sleeves on his yellow jersey recklessly cut out, and has blue facepaint.

"Rise and shine! It's time to take the day by the horns!" David yelled while coming out of the Girls' Tent as a still tired Hilda, Stitch, and Frida shared an odd look before shrugging as they walked out of their tent and spotted the Boys standing near them with Marcus looking exhausted and pissed off while Logan gave his cousin a curious and wary look as David went over to pick up his backpack and camping supplies with a big grin on his face. "We better get a move on if we want to get those Screaming Stones, eh?"

"Uh, do you mind if we do our morning routine, change clothes, and eat breakfast first?" An annoyed Frida asked sassily with crossed arms as David chuckled amusedly and went over to place his hand on her cheek as he winked at her.

"Of course, beautiful," David said while slapping her cheek affectionately as Frida froze at his touch and blushed with everyone blinking in surprise as David ignored their stares and turned around. "We will leave in an hour, so hurry up people. I will go and hunt some food for us." David says while walking away as everyone stares at him as he goes before turning to each other as the gang shrugs and separates to do their morning routine as Logan suddenly goes over to place his hand on Hilda's shoulder.

"Hey, uh, Hilda, are you okay? You were acting a bit weird yesterday."

"I did?" A surprised Hilda asked with a raised eyebrow, not remembering what she did last night at all, as Logan saw this and hummed as he shook his head.

"Errr, yeah, you were sleepwalking, so I led you back to the camp before you wandered off."

"Really? Wow, weird, I haven't sleepwalked since Dad...well, uh, passed away..." Hilda says somberly as she then shakes her head to calm herself down. "Anyway, thanks for leading me back to my tent, cus," Hilda says with a soft weak smile before turning around to walk away as Logan watches her go suspiciously.

Two and a half hours later, after doing their morning routine and changing into their Sparrow Scout Outfits and eating their breakfast, we see the gang trekking through Forest Knott and, unlike last time, David seems to fare better in the elements now, but it doesn't mean that the trip was perfect as David protected them from 'evil plants' by batting away plantlife with his stick and got visibly annoyed when Marcus tried to join in as he even tried to attack him if the others didn't intervene to stop them.

Arriving at yet another obstacle in their path, the gang climbed up to the top of a huge waterfall and glanced down at the big river underneath them that led to the path of the Screaming Stones as the group quickly deduced that, if they took another route and climb down the cliff attached to the waterfall, it would take them nearly 4 hours to get to the Screaming Stones and that won't do as Hilda and Frida were talking about using their Magic Broomsticks to fly down into the ground while Stitch and Logan briefly discussed using their wings to help fly everyone down as Marcus mused about diving down into the river in the form of a master olympian diver, only for everyone to be shocked to see David letting out a loud battle cry and ran over to leap off from the cliff and fall down the waterfall as he splashed down into the river and shoots out of it with a hearty laugh as he ignored the others protesting, crying out in relief, and berating him for his incredibly reckless stunt.

Cooing cutely, Hilda and Frida could be seen petting a male deer as Logan was helping Marcus feed the female deer as Stitch, Twig, and Ivy were playing around with their babies as everyone smiled contentedly at the warm scene...only for everyone to yelp in surprise when David falls down on the male deer's back and cheered loudly as he began riding around with him, forcing his mate to go over and fight him as Hilda and the others ran over to try and help out their friend.

"...Don't let your love fly away! Fly away! Don't be afraid to seize the day~!" David sang while zigzagging around the area as we see him and the others walking down a path leading to the Screaming Stones as, while Hilda and the others looked exasperated and irritated with David's antics, Frida couldn't help but swoon a bit as she stared at him with hearts in her eyes.

"Okay, I know David is acting crazy and whatnot, but goddamn can that boy sing~," Frida says while fanning herself with a light blush dusting her cheeks as David stopped singing to turn and wink at her.

"Damn right, gorgeous, and yes, that's right. I like light rock, and I don't care who knows it!"

"Oh, uh, okay?" Marcus said with a confused raised eyebrow while Logan looked concerned, and Frida continued fanning herself as Hilda shrugged.

"I don't know what that is, so I have no room to judge,"

"Hey, that's what Stitch said!" Stitch said with a grin as he and Hilda shared a high-five with a laugh, but then everyone froze as the bear from yesterday appeared and growled at them threateningly as the group grew tense, and Stitch glared as he was about to step forward, only to be stopped by Marcus as he shapeshifted into a large and muscular man.

"Don't worry, Stitch, I got this," Marcus says with a reassuring look as he is about to confront the bear, only for David to suddenly run forward while screaming like a madman as this seems to scare off the bear.

"Ha, ha, ha, that's right! Run, you fuzzy coward!" David yelled with a hearty laugh as he then turned to grin at Marcus smugly. "Aha! In your face, Marcus! I was able to scare off the bear before you could! Who's the bigger man now?!"

"...Uh...what?" A bewildered Marcus asked as a worried Frida stepped forward.

"David, is there something going on with you? Did you forget to take your anxiety pills-,"

"Frida," David says quietly while reaching over to grab Frida's hands, surprising her as she blinked.

"Uh, yes?" Frida asked nervously as she couldn't help but feel a bit... flustered by how intimate his gaze looked.

"Long story short, but the events that happened to me last night have given me some time to think, and I've realized some big things, Frida. I'm so sick of being held back by fear, not only because of the dangerous situations that we encounter or the scary monsters that we face, but also because I'm too frightened to reveal my true feelings to you." David says with Frida blushing heavily and feeling her heartbeat rapidly as Hilda and the others stare at this intriguingly.

"D-David, what are you saying?"

"I'm saying, I love you, Frida," David says while leaning over to kiss Frida, who squealed in surprise and blushed heavily as Hilda gasped overdramatically with her jaw-dropping comically as Marcus blinked in surprise but smirked cockily and nodded as Logan looks bewildered and a stunned Stitch popped out one of his extra arm as it held a camera and took a picture of the kiss before hiding his extra arm as David separated from Frida and winked at her. "You're my forever girl now, Frida," David says with a playful smirk while turning around to walk away, leaving behind a shocked and red-faced Frida as her knees wobbled and nearly fell down onto the ground if Marcus and Stitch hadn't gone over to grab her before she fell.

"Frida, okay?" Stitch asked worriedly as Frida then went out of her shocked state and blushed heavily with a blissful smile on her face as she giggled.

"Bah...bah...bah...bah...bah...bah..."

"Yeah, she's fine," Marcus says with an amused grin as a gasping Hilda places her hands over her mouth with starry eyes.

"My OTP finally came true..."

"Yeah, so when you will make my OTP come true and kiss Daemon?" Logan asked teasingly as Hilda blushed in embarrassment, but before she could say anything, David's voice rang out.

"Hey, guys! I found the Screaming Stones!" David shouted, alarming everyone as, after Hilda grabbed a dazed Frida's hand, they all ran over to him, and they arrived at a small swamp located in the middle of Forest Knott as it had a huge pile of rocks placed on a little island in the water.

"Huh, weird. Call me crazy but shouldn't the Screaming Stones be...well, screaming?" A heavily confused Marcus asked as Hilda turned to him, ignorant to the fact that a determined David could be seen doing some running exercises.

"Maybe they only scream at nigh-,"

"I'll get them to scream!" David screamed with a bloodthirsty scream on his face as he proceeded to jump into the murky and disgusting swamp as the brown-haired boy began waddling through it.

"...He does realize that there was a stone path placed literally next to him, right?" A bewildered Logan asked while pointing over at the conveniently placed stone path as the others shrugged and went over to begin walking through it with a huffing and dirty David following after them as they arrived at the small island.

"Hey!" David screamed aggressively while shaking off the dirt and grime from his body as he glared up at the Screaming Stones. "Wake up! We came a long way to see you lot, let's hear some screaming, or I'll give you something to scream about!"

"Oka, David, seruio, chik. Yougga rea pu her, weega naga yougga ot eb dom her (Okay, David, seriously, chill. You are up here, we need you to be down here)," An annoyed Stitch said while raising his arm and then lowered it as Hilda nodded in agreement with a glare.

"Yeah, David, be polite."

"GRRR, LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, HILDA WHAT'S YOUR NAME AND EXPERIMENT 626 AKA STITCH! DAVID WILL BE AS LOUD AND AS INPOLITE AS HE WANTS!" David shouted with a growl as, before Hilda and Stitch could ask why he was speaking in a third person, a blushing and dazed Frida then snapped out of her love funk after seeing something emerging from the swamp and gasped worriedly.

"Uh, guys? We got some trouble here." Frida warned while pointing over at the swamp as everyone spotted something rising from the swamp and Hilda and the others quickly ran over to hide behind a large rock with an irritated Stitch going over to grab David, who stayed behind to try and stupidly attack the new threat as some kind of Magical Creature to emerge out of the swamp.

Standing before them is a 12-foot-tall, 2,000-year-old Swamp Man as he resembles a tall slender humanoid magical creature with green skin, and his body is largely covered in mud from the swamp in which he lives as he is actually made up of mud and vegetation with no visible facial features except for his mouth, a pair of long slim four-fingered arms, and a pair of long stump-like feet. His name is Sigurd, a Swamp Man who lives in a...well, swamp in Forest Knott.

"Whoa..." A surprised Hilda says while she and the others spotted Sigurd sighing heavily and began walking away as everyone got out of their hiding spot.

"What he doing?" Stitch asked curiously as Frida hummed thoughtfully.

"Don't know, but I say we check it out."

"Definitely," Marcus says with a grin, only for a huffing and annoyed David to go over and push him away as he places his hands on his hips with a confident grin on his face.

"I'll go and check out what he is doing first!"

"Uh, okay, it's not really a competition, but alright," Marcus says with a raised eyebrow as David then grinned slyly and punched his fists together.

"Yeah, now, let's go and beat the information out of him with our fists!" David yelled in determination as he was about to go, guns blazing, but stopped as Stitch ran over to grab the back of his shirt before he ran off and shook his head disapprovingly.

"No be destructive. Be cute and fluffy." Stitch says as Hilda nodded in agreement.

"I agree, especially since he had done nothing bad yet so far. Let's just follow and see what he does."

"Why don't we beat him up for the information?" David asked aggressively as a glaring Logan stepped forward.

"Alright, if no one is going to address the elephant in the room, I will. David, what in the bloody hell is going on with you? Ever since this morning, you have been acting like a reckless brute."

"Well, duh, I'm fearless now. So what?" David asked with a shrug as the group shared a look, and Logan and the Girls raised their glowing magical purple/blue/pink hands as they magically scanned David's body...and groaned loudly as Stitch and Marcus turned to them.

"What's going on?"

"David's been cursed," Frida stated bluntly, remembering Matilda teaching them how to sense the lifeform of a person and scan them for any magical anomalies as Hilda glared at David curtly.

"Alright, explain," Hilda says as David grinned smugly and whirled around to do a warrior's pose.

"I proved myself on the field of battle alongside my Viking Clan! We slaughtered our enemies, and then we got the Medallion of Sirgurd, and it took away all of our fear!" David yelled as Hilda, Stitch, Frida, Marcus, Twig, and Ivy slowly blinked in shock.

"...Okay, I have heard a lot of weird things all of my life like Trolls, Woffs, Elves, Aliens, Marras, Witches, and Warlocks, but this definitely takes the cake." A stunned Hilda says as Logan gasped worriedly.

"The Medallion of Sigurd?! Oh, of course! No wonder David is acting like this!" Logan yelled while slapping his forehead as Frida turned to him worriedly.

"Wait, you know about the Medallion of Sigurd?"

"Yep, I read about it in my Spellbooks. The Medallion of Sigurd was made by a magical creature with the power to completely remove a person's fear entirely and permanently, but it comes with some heavy side effects."

"Side effects?" Hilda asked curiously while tilting her head as a bored David turned around to walk forward, and the others followed after him.

"Well, you see, Kids, a person can't exist without all of their emotions, but the Medallion of Sigurd has the ability to completely remove a person's fear. To compensate for the loss of fear, the Medallion of Sigurd increases the other emotions of the person who dares to touch it, like aggression, confidence, and ignorance." Logan explained as they spotted a smirking David walking through a poison ivy brush and growling angrily at a nearby wolf.

"Okay, so how do we fix this and bring back the old David?" Frida asked as, while she found the New David a bit hot, she much preferred the old shy, and scared David.

"Through death."

"...Is there another way to save him?" Stitch asked nervously as everyone looked horrified by what Logan said.

"Errr, I'm not sure admittedly, but hey, if we could get the Medallion of Sigurd, we can take it back home and study it with our magic," Logan says with an anxious smile as David perked up and laughed heartedly.

"Don't worry, gang! My Clan won't return home until a week later, so I'm sure that they will let you borrow it for a while!" David yelled as Frida shook her head in disbelief and confusion.

"I just still can't believe that there are real Vikings in Forest Knott. There haven't been Vikings in all of Norway for hundreds of years."

"Never underestimate the weirdness magnet around Trollberg, Frids. Anything can happen here. I'm just curious on how they are here and alive." Logan says as Hilda hums thoughtfully and rubs her chin.

"Maybe there is some kind of immortality field around here? Or maybe they were sent to the present via time travel? Or maybe were cursed by someone to live for all of eternity." Hilda theorized as the gang gave her shocked looks. "I watch a lot of cartoons and movies," Hilda says with a shrug before she and the others gagged loudly as a foul stench rang out. "Dear god! What is that horrid stench?!"

"Probably the dead and broken corpses of our vanquished foes," David says with a proud grin as they arrive at the valley from where the great Viking Battle occurred, and everyone is stunned to see the broken corpses of the Knudsen Clan lying around with their blood and body parts littering the ground as an aghast Logan covered a shocked Hilda and Marcus eyes while Stitch blinked in shock as his ears dropped, the Deerfoxes whimpered loudly, and a pale-faced Frida proceeds to dropped down to her knees as she vomited out her breakfast and lunch as David patted her back.

"Yes, I know the stench is something hard to get used to. I threw up five times, but don't worry, it's not as bad as it looks. Everyone on my side survived." David stated confidently as, before anyone could say anything, Sigurd suddenly appeared out of nowhere and walked into the valley as everyone quickly went over to hide behind a tree and watched on as Sigurd went over to begin picking up all of the bloody body parts of the Knudsen Clan and placed them all close together as Sigurd began placing the bloody body parts of Knudsen first.

"What is he doing? A suspicious David asked with a glare as Sigurd reached inside of his body and pulled out a large elixir filled with pink glowing goo as he opened it up and splashed it all over Knudsen's body before walking away as Hilda and others watched on in stunned shock as Knudsen's bloody and ripped out body glowed pink and fused together as not only his wounds got healed up but was resurrected back to life as he opened his eyes but groaned as the dizzy Viking Leader rubbed his head.

"He's bringing them back to life! But how?!" A shocked Hilda asked as Logan narrowed his eyes angrily.

"Through the art of black magic. Magic that meddles with Death is prohibited. It's why we Warlocks and Witches never deal with them. Whoever that guy is, he has great dark magic."

"This can't be real..." A concerned and scared Frida says as David nods with a glare.

"Oh, it's real alright! He's undone our great victory! I've got to tell Torgund!" David yelled while turning around as the Gang shared a surprised look before composing themselves as they ran after him, and a while later, we saw the gang residing inside Torgund's Clan as David had finished explaining to his Clan Leader about what happened earlier.

"How DARE those ingrates come back to life after we generously gifted them such honorable deaths?!" An enraged Torgund yelled as he slammed his fists together with a growl.

"It's an insult is what it is!" Redsdottir yelled as Torgund nodded in agreement and turned to his clan.

"Everyone? Let's prepare for battle! We can't let Knudsen reclaim the Medallion!" Torgund screamed with everyone cheering loudly and pulling out their weapons as a nervous Hilda raised her hand meekly.

"Perhaps, you could just take your prize and go? Everybody could go home alive. Doesn't that sound fun?" Hilda asked anxiously with everyone putting on pleading looks as Torgud's Clan all blinked in surprise...before laughing loudly as Torgund shook his head.

"Yeah, but where's the fun in that?" An amused Torgund asked as he then turned to smack his hand against David's back. "Thanks for informing us of this travesty, Messenger Boy. A great battle awaits us." Torgund says while smacking his closed fist against his chest with a smirking David doing the same and Torgound's Clan then runs off as the beaming brown-haired boy is about to follow after them but stops as a glaring Frida goes over to stand in front of David.

"Okay, that is enough, David!" Frida stated firmly as David gave her a confused look.

"Huh? What's going on here?"

"David, you cannot go with them," Frida says with a huff and crossed arms as David blinked in surprise and huffed as he placed his hands on his hips.

"Oh, yeah? Why's that?"

"Why-Because this is freaking insane!" Hilda snapped while flailing around her arms as she scowled at him. "David, you can't go out with them! You're going to get yourself killed!"

"Ih, very dangerous! Not our battle! Let's go!" Stitch shouted as David rolled his eyes and scoffed.

"Oh, please, we do dangerous and risky adventures all of the time, but when I want to do it, it's suddenly bad?" David asked as Hilda gave him an incredulous look and glared at him as she stepped forward

"That's different, David. When we go on adventures, it's usually to do some type of quest, to have fun, or to help people, and we are careful enough to avoid the dangers in it. Whenever we encounter any bad guys, we fight them in self-defense or to protect people, but here? This isn't an adventure. This is something that we're all highly uncomfortable with."

"Yeah, there's no quest in this 'adventure' as your Clan already has the Medallion of Sigurd, we are all clearly not having fun with this situation, and we are not helping anyone since, as I said before, your Clan has no reason to attack their rival Clan since they have their prize. They simply just want to go to do mindless violence for mindless violence's sake." Logan said stoically as Hilda nodded with a huff.

"Exactly, this isn't an adventure! This is a war where you are going to get killed because, unlike us, you have no powers or special skills whatsoever!" Hilda screamed as David frowned angrily and scoffed as he rolled his eyes.

"Oh, I get it, you girls don't think I'm strong enough to survive in battle, huh?! Do you want to know something? I am absolutely sick of you guys looking down on me all the time!" David snapped, surprising everyone as they turned to him in shock.

"David, what are you saying, man? We don't look down on you." Marcus says as David scoffed and rolled his eyes.

"Of course, you all do. Don't think that I haven't noticed all of the judging and teasing glares. I'm not stupid nor am I the scared nervous pussy boy I used to be. I'm a Man and a Warrior. Now, if you will excuse me, I have a battle to join." David says with a huff while turning around to walk away as everyone watches him go silently.

"...So we're definitely following after him, right?" Logan asked while summoning his Mutant Claws as the others nodded, and Hilda and Frida snapped their fingers as dual flashes of blue/pink lights covered their bodies, and we see the girls transforming themselves into their Witch Forms as Stitch took off his Sparrow Scout Uniform and handed them over to Twig before getting down on all fours to summon his alien appendages as Marcus morphed into his buff male form and the Gang ran after their friend as, after catching up with David and Torgound's Clan, we see the Group walking through Forest of Nott and arrived back at the valley from where the war between the Vikings occurred as Knudsen's Clan are noticeably missing.

"Huh, they are gone." A surprised Hilda says as Marcus narrowed his eyes suspiciously.

"But where did they go?" Marcus asked as Stitch looked around and sniffed, being able to pick up more extra scents as he activated his X-Ray Vision and spotted all of the Knudsen Clan hiding around, planning to ambush them as Experiment 626 growled threateningly and got down on all fours.

"Careful, everyone. They are hiding nearby. Planning to take us by surprise and attack us." Stitch warned quietly while having one of his extra arms go inside of his body before popping out to hold out Hilda's Sword as the blue-haired girl reached over to grab it and patted his head gratefully as Torgund grinned cockily and nodded.

"Thanks for the information, weird talking dog thing," Torgound says gratefully before pulling out his sword as he stalks forward. "Show yourselves, Knudsen Clan! We know that you are nearby!" Torgund yelled just as the Knudsen Clan appeared and got out of their hiding spots as the Vikings and our faithful heroes glared at each other stoically before Torgund let out a loud battle cry as both groups charged over to attack each other.

Spinning around her sword rapidly, a roaring Hilda ran over to swing her sword at Gunnhild, who easily blocked her attacks with her Magic Sword before twirling around to try and slash her, only for Frida to run over to raise her glowing pink hands and chanted, 'Vortress Nebulae!', as she was able to create a big energy crystal wall shield in front of Gunnhild, forcing her to end up smashing her Magic Sword against the crystal shield, breaking it apart, but it allowed her to get distracted enough for Stitch to launch himself forward in his Ball Form as he collided against her and sends her flying away.

Letting out a loud battle cry, Hrothgar began swinging his Magic Axes at the Father and Son Duo with Logan swiftly blocking his attacks by using his Mutant Claws while Marcus bobbed and weaved to avoid the attacks by constantly switching between a tall and lanky man, an adult female midget, and a 5-year-old boy before morphing into a fat sumo wrestler and whacked away Hrothgar towards Logan, who leaped over to slash across his chest, causing him to roar in pain as he was silenced by Marcus leaping in the form in the Olympic Male Jumper and delivered a mighty kick across his back to knock him down into the ground.

Grinning widely, Hilda then flinched when she spotted a roaring Fergurdsen jumping over to try and slice her in half with his Magic Axe, only for the blue-haired girl to not only block his attack with her sword, but also kick him away as Ferdurdsen landed on the ground, but quickly recovered and stood up from the floor as he ran over to try and attack her with a smirking Hilda raising her glowing blue hands as she chanted, 'Edgebonoutoosis!', and her whole body glowing a mystic blue as said energy separated from her body and floated beside her as Hilda created a perfect replica of herself, and the duo ran over to began swinging their swords at Fergurdsen relentlessly with said person being unable to protect himself as Experiment 626 was launched over to collide against his back with the help of a grinning Frida.

Sensing something behind him, Marcus then leaped backwards to avoid being sliced up by an incoming Errol, who narrowly missed him as a glaring Logan rushed over to swing his Mutant Claws at the Knudsen Clan Member, forcing Errol to narrowly block his attacks as he then flinched in surprise when Marcus jumped onto the scene while in the form of Errorl as they began trading blows at each other seriously with Errol frantically trying to block both their attacks as he sweated nervously.

Unrolling himself in mid-air, Stitch then reached over to grab Fergurdsen and threw him into the air with his Super Strength just as a smirking Redsdottir rushed over to throw her Magic Ring Daggers at the group with Frida quickly raising her magic glowing pink hands to create a big pink crystal bubble to protect herself from one of the Magic Ring Daggers while Hilda's Copy ran over to stand in front of the Real Hilda to take the hit of the other Magic Ring Daggers and was vaporized out of existence with a flash of blue magical light as the Trio shared a look and nodded before they held out their glowing blue/pink/purplish-blue hands to fire multiple bolts of magical energy that impacted against a surprised Redsdottir to send her flying away with a pained grunt.

Still blocking the attacks, Errol then yelped in surprise when Marcus morphed himself into an eight-year-old boy and got down on the ground on all fours, allowing Logan to rush over to push Errol over to crash down into the ground, knocking him down as the group was about to continue fighting, but then stopped as the gang spotted a grinning David cheering for Torgund, who was fighting against Knudsen as said person jumped back and held out his arms, giving a grinning Torgund the chance to recklessly charge over to stab him with his Magic Sword, only for Knudsen to not only expect this but whirled around to slice off Torgund's head, killing him as his head was sent flying away and his headless body crashed down into the ground, lifeless with blood leaking out as Hilda and the others looked deadly sick by the sight of this, but David, however, merely growled and raised his fists.

"I shall avenge you, Torgund!" David screamed as he was about to rush forward, but then-

"Vortress Nebulae!" Frida chanted while raising her glowing pink hands as she was able to create a big energy crystal wall shield in front of David, who skidded to a stop and turned to glare at his crush with an annoyed look on his face.

"What's the meaning of this?! Lower this shield down right now!"

"Not if it means that you will be killed!" Frida yelled sternly as the others nodded.

"Yeah, David, when I tell you that we need to bail on something, you KNOW the situation has gone bad really quick!" Hilda shouted worriedly as David scoffed and rolled his eyes.

"That's fear talking, but I'm bound by it no longer!"

"Look, David, you may think fear was holding you back, but it didn't, it just made you cautious!" Logan cried with a firm tone as Marcus nodded with a frustrated yet anxious look on his face.

"Yeah, like, making you realize that getting your head lopped off trying to play Viking with a group of bloodthirsty real Vikings is a REALLY bad idea!"

"Grrrrrr, I don't get you guys! I'm brave now, just like you wanted, but now that I am, you guys are still giving me crap?! I don't understand!" David yelled with a growl as Stitch frowned and crossed his arms.

"Thuva's a difuransi btewin biv bravu n* beng a reckasan sucimedile odo! (There's a difference between being brave and being a reckless suicidal idiot!),"

"But fear was holding me back, and I was holding you guys back!" David shouted with bitter tears in his eyes as everyone turned to him in shock. "It's bad enough that I'm the only one here without any special kind of powers or skills, but being a scared little crybaby is crossing the line! I did this all for you guys!"

"David, even if we wanted you to be brave, the way you did it was the wrong way to do it!" Frida screamed, surprising David as he turned to her. "Being brave isn't something that you can just fix with magic! It's something that you need to learn! Doing all of this isn't impressing us! It's making me-I mean us, look at you differently because you are cheating!" Frida screamed, shocking David as she then went over to place her hands on his shoulders with tears in her eyes. "Please, David, let's just get out of here, so that we can find a way to fix you!" Frida pleaded with David remaining silent and thoughtful as his keen eyes then spotted a sinisterly grinning Gunnhild running towards them and bypassed Frida's magic shield as she headed straight towards the Witch-In-Training, and for the first time since he touched the Medallion of Sigurd, David felt a deep sense of dread and fear hit his heart.

"Frida! Watch out!" David exclaimed worriedly while running over to push Frida out of the way just as Gunnhild ran over to slice off the brown-haired boy's head with her Magic Sword, causing his head to fly out of his body and crash down onto the ground with blood squirting out of his headless body as Hilda and the others screamed in shock and horror by this.

"DAVID! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" A distraught Frida screamed in agony and sadness while bending down to David's side as everyone rushed over to them with Hilda looking guilty and saddened as she gripped her head.

"Oh, this is all of our fault!"

"Wait, wait, wait, kids, remember, we can still save David with the help of the Swamp Man!" Logan yelled as Hilda and the others perked up hopefully/happily.

"Oh, right! Stitch, Twig, Ivy! Lead us back to the swamp! We will follow after you guys by air!" Hilda commanded as Stitch and the Deerfoxes nodded while turning around to run off as Hilda and Frida then reached up to grab their necklaces and earrings as the Girls proceeded to rip them out of their ears and necks, causing them to magically transform into their true forms as Logan mounted onto the blue-haired girl's Magic Broomstick while Marcus mounted onto the black-haired girl's Magic Broomstick as they then flew off into the air.

"...Where is he?!" A worried Frida asked as she and the others arrived back over to Sigurd's Swamp as the Girls flew down towards Stitch and the Deerfoxes as everyone got down onto the ground, and Frida and Hilda swiftly twirled their Magic Broomsticks around as they both transformed back into their disguised forms and the Girls proceeded to put on their magical accessories again as the group then began looking around for the Swamp Man, but couldn't find him as they grew nervous.

"Swamp Man!"

"Swamp Man!"

"We need your help!"

"Get out here, please!"

"Where you at, bro?!" Hilda, Stitch, Frida, Logan, and Marcus exclaimed just as Sigurd appeared as he could be seen rising out of the swamp and glared down at them with a huff as he crossed his arms.

"My name is Sigurd. You wouldn't like it when I call you Witches, freaky monster thing, Warlock, Shapeshifter, and Deerfoxes, right?" An annoyed Sigurd asked as the group shared sheepish looks before composing themselves as Frida gave him a pleadful look with tears in her eyes.

"I'm sorry but someone I like-I mean, our friend really needs your help. He got his head cut off trying to save me and-,"

"Calm down, Kid. I'll take care of it like I do every night."

"Wait, are you saying they slay each other every night?! How long has this been going on?!" A shocked Hilda asked as Sigurd shrugged.

"Errr, nearly a millennium or so, give or take."

"So, if you are saving them from death, why do they keep killing each other?" Marcus asked curiously as Sigurd rolled his eyes and scoffed.

"I'm not saving them. I'm getting back at them. Those Vikings stole my medallion from me, so I've been making them fight for it for centuries upon centuries."

"Wait, if that battle we heard happens every night for nearly a millennium, then...ohhhhhh, those Vikings were the Screaming Stones the whole time. The sounds of their battle must've created the myth of the Screaming Stones." Logan says as everyone went 'Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh' in understanding.

"Wata, fi theth Screaming Stones nevu exisa, hen whatta rea thosa? (Wait, if the Screaming Stones never existed, then what are those?)," Stitch asked while pointing over at the pile of rocks as Sigurd perked up.

"Oh, you mean that pile of stones in my Swamp? That's just my rock collection."

"So, uh, quick question, can't you just take the medallion back?" Hilda asked hopefully as Sigurd scoffed and rolled his eyes.

"What would I want with that old thing? It makes you an idiot." Sigurd says as Hilda, Stitch, and Logan all blink in surprise...before facepalming as they groan loudly.

"Okay, if you don't want the medallion anymore, why continue antagonizing those Vikings?"

"...Because it's hilarious?"

"Are you even angry at them anymore?" Stitch asked dryly as Sigurd hummed thoughtfully and shrugged.

"Eh, not really. I stopped being angry at them like 500 years ago."

"So, you are basically spending nearly a thousand years playing a cruel prank on the Vikings for revenge at first but now do it for your own sick amusement by letting them die over and over again and later resurrecting them to have them kill each other all over again?" Logan pointed out as Sigurd blinked in surprise and blushed sheepishly as he rubbed the back of his head.

"...Huh...now that you said it like that, it does sound stupid, horrifying, immoral, and unnecessarily petty. Perhaps, I should put an end to it."

"Yeah, you should," Frida stated dryly as she then raised an eyebrow at him. "Also, I have to ask, but if you have been resurrecting every single Viking for centuries, how come they haven't figured this out nor remember their numerous deaths?"

"Oh, when people get brought back to life, they suffer short-term memory loss of the events that happened before their death due to their brains no longer functioning. The longer the person is dead, the more memory they lose," Sigurd explained as everyone turned to Stitch, who nodded.

"Ih, he's right. When Stitch died, meega didn't remember much after Stitch exploded from meega glitches." Stitch says solemnly as Hilda and the others have to explain to him what happened after he died.

"Alright, we wasted enough time, let's go and resurrect our dead friend...again," Marcus stated dryly with a glaring Logan elbowing his sides as we then fast forward in time and we see the Gang arriving back at the battlefield as everyone winced in surprise at the sight of Torgund's Clan's dead corpses lying around.

"Well, uh, this is traumatizing," Hilda says with a horrified look on her face as the others struggle to not vomit out their lunches again.

"Yeah, welcome to my life. Anyway, here, take care of your friend. I don't need the extra bother." Sigurd says while tossing one of his resurrection potions over to Frida, who catches it and nodded before she and the others go over to David's corpse as Logan went over to pick up David's dead head and places it on his body as Frida uncorks the resurrection elixir and poured the pink glowing goo all over David's body as it glowed pink and his head got fused back into his body as not only his wound got healed up but was resurrected back to life as David opened his eyes but groaned as the brown-haired boy rubbed his head.

"David!" A tearful Frida shouted in relief while hugging him as Hilda and the others sighed in relief and happiness.

"Whew, it worked," Hilda says with a soft, relieved smile and fistbumps with Stitch as David looks around confusedly.

"What's going on? I feel all turned around." David says while looking down as it was only now that the others realized that they placed David's head facing the wrong end of his body, causing everyone to scream panickedly as Stitch reacted quickly and zoomed forward at high speeds as he sliced off David's head from his body with his claws, forcing his head to fly out of his body again and crashed down into the ground with blood squirting out of his headless body as Hilda and the others looked comically traumatized by this.

"W-What? S-Stitch thought it would help...did meega screw up?"

"Errrrrr...no...we needed to do that anyway to fix David's head...but...it's just that...we often forget that you have the power to easily kill a human being without any effort on your part..." A slightly freaked-out Hilda said as the others nodded in agreement worriedly before composing themselves as Logan went over to grab David's head and placed it on his body while making sure to have it facing the right way as Frida uncorked the resurrection elixir again and poured the pink glowing goo all over David's body as it glowed pink and his head got fused back into his body as not only his wound got healed up but was resurrected back to life again as David opened his eyes but groaned as the brown-haired boy rubbed his head.

"Ugh, what happened?" David asked groggily as everyone sighed in relief and smiled warmly as we then fast forward in time and we see Sigurd finishing resurrecting everyone in Torgound's Clan as he was explaining to them what the hell was going on, and we cued over to the others as we see Hilda and co explaining the same thing to a shocked David.

"Holy hell?! I did all of that?! All I remember is touching the Medallion of Sigurd and that's it. Ugh, I've been acting like a bloody idiot." A groaning David says while facepalming himself in embarrassment as he shakes his head. "I mean, acting like a big macho wannabe? Jumping down from a waterfall and into a river filled with potentially large sharp rocks or dangerous aquatic life? Riding around on the back of a deer? Confronting a bear? Waddling through a bloody swamp? And getting in the middle of a bloody Viking War?! I'm surprised that I only died twice! I'm such a pain! And all of this could've been avoided if I wasn't such a scaredy cat! I don't know why you guys even bother in hanging out with a loser like me..." David says sadly while lowering his head somberly as Frida reaches over to place her hand on his shoulder warmly.

"David, how could you ever say such a horrid thing? Don't you ever call yourself a loser, David, we are happy to be friends with you."

"Yeah, I know you may see your fears as a weakness, but it's actually your greatest strength," Logan says as David gives him a surprised look.

"Wait, really? How?"

"Whena htat Mekaki fo Sigurd tooka awa yougger fek, ti maka yougga acti kik a reckaesea idota whog rushis inko thuga waka thoka. Iss whhyga havu he emoto fo feari si imporka, David. Iss maka yougga steppa brek nokua thunka cakafuka abu yougger atukictian (When that Medallion of Sigurd took away your fear, it made you act like a reckless idiot who rushes into things without thinking. It's why having the emotion of fear is important, David. It makes you step back and think carefully about your actions)," Stitch explained as Marcus nodded.

"Yeah, dude, your fears help you think smart and keep us grounded," Marcus says as Hilda goes over to place her hand on David's shoulder with a friendly demeanor.

"David, we are sorry for making you feel insecure and feel like you need to earn your spot in our group. Trust me, you don't. You are our friend, David, never forget that." Hilda said reassuringly as David teared up and smiled as he nodded before looking over at Frida and blushed with her blushing as well and rubbed the back of her head nervously as Logan spotted this and coughed into his fist as he turned to Hilda and the others.

"Guys, I think it's best that we give them some time alone right now," Logan advised the others wisely as they nodded and turned around to walk away with a deadpanned Hilda being forced to come back and grab Stitch's arm due to said person staying behind to try and take a potential picture of the Lovebirds kissing as the blue-haired girl dragged him away, leaving behind Frida and David as they stared at each other awkwardly.

"...So...uh...Frida? I don't remember much of what happened today, but, I think that I remembered doing something to you earlier...did I...did I hurt you when I was fearless?" David asked nervously as Frida's eyes widened in surprise and shook her head.

"Oh, no, no, no, not at all. You just...errrrrr...kissed me and confessed your love to me?" Frida says shyly with a blush while rubbing the back of her head nervously as David gasped in shock and groaned loudly as he rubbed his face.

"Oh, god, it's even worse than I thought."

"W-Why? D-Did you really not like me or whatever?" Frida asked worriedly while rubbing her arm as David blinked and perked up, seeing the chance to save his ass as he was about to lie...but stopped as the brown-haired boy sighed heavily.

"No, the Medallion of Sigurd didn't make me lie. I...I...I do like you, Frida...a lot...I just didn't want you to find out about it this way." David says with a sheepish blush as Frida turns to him curiously/hopefully.

"What do you mean by that?"

"I-I wanted to tell you for so long that I liked you, but I wasn't able to muster up the courage to confess my love to you for the past two years and I thought you liked Marcus, which just makes things much worse and-,"

"Wait, hold on, you had a crush on me for THAT long?! And you think that I like Marcus?!" A shocked Frida asked as David nodded bashfully.

"Yeah, I did, but now that you know and I confessed to you while I was acting like a bloody reckless idiot, I bet that you don't want to be with me, huh? I understand if you want to be with Marcus instead. You two do get along, after all." David says sadly as Frida blinks before smiling warmly and leaning over to kiss his cheek, shocking him as David turns to her.

"Well, I wouldn't say that. I know that you will find this hard to believe, but I have a crush on you too."

"S-Seriously?" A shocked yet hopeful David asked as Frida nodded while pulling back a lock of her black hair with a shy blush on her face.

"Y-Yeah, for a year now, I-I never had the heart to tell you because...I-I was scared too. Y-You were the first true friend that I've ever made, David. I-I didn't want to lose you."

"What? That's ludicrous. Even if I didn't love you back, I would never leave you. You are my friend too." David says sincerely while reaching over to grab Frida's hands as she blushes at this but smiles warmly as she nods.

"Good to know. I want you to know that I would've done the same. Oh, and also, to set the record straight, while I like Marcus, it's only as a friend. He's cute, but not my type. You are."

"Heh, cool," David says with a mild blush and a relieved smile on his face before he and Frida notice that they are still holding hands, but strangely they don't let go of each other as the Lovebirds blush. "So...uh...what does this make us?"

"Well, that depends. Do you want us to become official?" Frida asked with a sly grin as David bit his lip nervously before gripping her hands tightly and leaning over to kiss her cheek as both of them blushed from head to toe.

"Y-Yes, I do. Frida? Do you want to be my girlfriend?"

"...I do," Frida says with a giddy smile on her face as David beamed and smiled back as the Lovebirds placed their foreheads against each other.

"Well, those two are going to be a cute couple." An amused Hilda says as she and the others walk far enough to give Frida and David their privacy.

"Yep, totally called it," Logan says with a laugh as he and the others go over to sit down on the log as a soft silence rang out. "Are you kids okay?"

"Huh?" Marcus asked confusedly as Logan turned to give them a comforting look.

"I know that you kids have been through a lot of adventures in the past, but this is the second time you all had someone die and I want to know if you are okay?" Logan asked worriedly as Hilda looked away somberly and gritted her teeth as she hugged Stitch.

"W-Well, I will admit, tonight was a bit...traumatizing to say the least..."

"Tch, yeah, seeing people get slaughtered in front of you isn't exactly fun, Cus," Marcus says sarcastically while rolling his eyes, but clearly looked freaked out and uncomfortable by what happened as Logan sighed heavily and stood up from his log to go over to sit between them as he hugged his son and cousin tightly as they melted into his warm embrace.

"Trust me, Kids, I know how you two are feeling. Death is not something easy to deal with. Trust me, I still blame myself to this day for what happened." Logan says somberly with tears in his eyes, still feeling much guilt, remorse, and shame for what happened to his squad members all those years ago as Hilda and the others gave him worried looks.

"Dad, please, you don't have to blame yourself for what happened to your squad."

"Trust me, Son, I would if I could, but I can't, so let's just forget it...I wish I could..." Logan stated somberly with Hilda and the others frowning sympathetically, but didn't have much time to continue talking about it due to Frida and David walking onto the scene, hand-to-hand with big smiles on their faces.

"Hey, guys, did we miss anything?" David asked cheerfully and obliviously as Logan shook his head while discreetly wiping away his tears as Hilda and the others shared small disapproving frowns but didn't say anything as the Gang then noticed that Sigurd had finished his conversation with Torgund's Clan.

"...So, wait, you have been using this black magic potion to revive us and our enemies to make us fight endlessly?!" A pissed-off Torgund asked as Sigurd nodded, and Hilda and the others briefly looked worried that the Viking Clan would grow mad, only for Torgund and his clan to laugh loudly as the others looked on in disbelief. "That is one solid gag!"

"Thank you. See? They appreciate it." Sigurd says while giving a smug look to the others as they stare at him deadpannedly. "You know what? You gents are alright. You want to continue this endless battle?" Sigurd asked while gesturing at his Ressurection Elixer as Torgund raised his arm and shook his head.

"Thanks for the offer, but no. We love fighting but only for honor. There's no honor in fighting in an endless pointless battle, especially for a little trinket that makes you stupid." Torgund says, surprising the others as they couldn't help but be impressed by this, thinking that they want to do something stupid like kill and revive themselves many times with the elixir as Sigurd shrugs and pockets the elixir.

"So, what are you guys going to do now?" Marcus asked curiously as Torgund shrugged.

"Hmmm, not sure yet. Maybe locate our old home and try to set up a little village for ourselves? Who knows, but first, we need to find a way to reintroduce ourselves into the modern world."

"How about I can help you guys out in exchange for something?" David suggested while stepping forward as Torgund glanced down at him curiously.

"Oh, and what is that, Messenger Boy?"

"I wish for you guys to help train me to be stronger," David stated firmly, surprising everyone as Frida frowned worriedly and stepped forward.

"David, if this is because of how we made you feel, you don't need to do this to prove something to us."

"Frids, I'm not doing this just to prove something to you guys, I'm doing this to also prove myself," David stated sternly as everyone gave him a shocked look. "While I'm okay with being the most levelheaded one of the group, I still feel inadequate around you guys, and I'm sick of being held back by fear, but Frida is right. You can't become brave through magic. That's cheating, so I want to become brave and strong the right way." David stated firmly while turning to face Torgund and his clan as he bowed to them. "Please teach me how to fight like you guys." David pleaded as Torgund and his Clan turned to glance at each other...and smiled warmly as they turned back to the brown-haired boy.

"Alright, Young David, we will help train you how to fight as long as you help us settle into this modern time," Torgund says with David nodding firmly as Hilda and the others shared a look, but nodded as the blue-haired girl nodded.

"Okay, if this is what David wants, he can train with you guys."

"But I swear, if any of you get my boyfriend killed, no magical elixir will be able to bring you all back after facing my wrath," Frida says with a deadly tone while raising her glowing pink magical hands as Torgund's Clan flinches in fear and nods.

"Quite a girl you got there, Messenger Boy," Torgund says with a nervous yet hearty laugh as David blushed sheepishly but nodded. "Now, for the first part of your training, you're going to need a weapon, and I got the perfect one for you," Torgund says with a smirk while reaching behind him to pull out a black leather strap wrapped around his chest that held a black stick as he hands it over to David, who had an amazed look on his face as he puts on the strap and reached behind him to grab the stick as it glowed brightly and it magically formed itself into a blue energy shield.

"Ooh, a shield. Nice." An impressed Stitch says as he and the others stare at the magical weapon in shock and awe.

"Oh, this is so cool," David says with starry eyes as Sigurd cracks his back a bit.

"Well, now that this is done, I might as well track down the Knudsen Clan, kill them, steal back the medallion, and later resurrect them to then explain to them what is going on but I don't know what to do with the medallion when I get it back," Sigurd says while placing his hand on his chin thoughtfully as Logan perked up and turned to him.

"Hey, if you want, we can come with you, and I can take away the medallion, and hide it in my Fiancee and I's Magical Vault," Logan suggested as Sigurd shrugged.

"Sure, that can work."

"Noice, but before I go, I still have some unfinished business with a certain someone," Logan says with a feral grin on his face as he turns to face Stitch. "All right, bub, where were we?" Logan asked while unleashing his Mutant Metal Claws as Stitch blinked in surprise before grinning mischievously as he cracked his four knuckles.

"Meega about to kick your butt!" Stitch yelled before he and Logan let out a couple of loud roars as they then jumped over to attack each other.

~[Post Credit Scene]~

"Ah, it's good to be home after everything that happened," Hilda says with a content smile on her face as we cut to the next day and we see the Gang returning from the Forest of Nott as they make their way back to Trollberg and Logan takes Hilda and Stitch back home as they enter into their apartment.

"Ih, sis," Stitch says with a nod as Logan cracks his neck and sighs heavily.

"So, Kids, do you want to get some lunch?" Logan asked with the duo nodding excitedly as they were about to leave but stopped as there was a knock on the door.

"Huh? I wonder who is that?" Hilda asked curiously while walking over to open the door as she was surprised to see Daemon and Nero standing in front of her as the blue-haired blushed shyly and smiled at him. "Oh, hey, Daemon, what are you doing-Oh!" Hilda says before yelping in surprise as Daemon gets down on one knee and hands her a single rose as he grabs her hand.

"Hilda? Can you and your family come to the Demon Realm to meet my parents for a special event that my parents are hosting?" Daemon asked with a sauve tone as Hilda froze and her body blushed from head to toe as steam ejected out of her ears.

"M-M-Meet your...p-p-parents?" A stunned Hilda asked with her eyes turning into scribbles as she then moaned and her eyes rolled to the back of her head as the blue-haired girl proceeded to faint and nearly crashed down into the ground if Stitch then rushed over to catch her in time.

"And she's out!" Logan yelled with an amused laugh as a worried Daemon and Nero went over to check on the passed-out 12-year-old girl.

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And done. I hope you guys enjoyed the new chapter, and I can't wait to write the next chapter.

Anyway, as always, I will catch you all later.