It's finally here! I'm sorry this took so long to make. It was a mixture of personal life and me just either being burnt out or procrastinating, but I finally decided to do it. This one's a temple episode, so expect some major things to happen. This one has to be the hardest one to make so far, mostly because I wasn't sure what to do with the trials, but I hope you enjoy it!
Also, there won't be much focus on Coldnic Town, due to me just wanting to get this temple over with so I can focus on the third temple and others, so I hope you guys understand that. There will also be a pretty dark part during the climax of this chapter, and when I mean dark, I mean brutal too, especially who it happens to.
Chapter 13: A Kindful Trial
The guppies had finally made it to Coldnic Town, location of the second temple. When they arrived at the town, they saw how amazing it was. Although the town wasn't as big as BlizzardTucky, it certainly was still big, and had some buildings from there and new ones, such as hotels, restaurants, houses, churches and even a small mall.
"Wow! This place has almost everything!" Deema said.
"Yeah, this town was made town of the year last year, barely beating BlizzardTucky, which wins almost everytime," Cryo said. The mayor of the town then came to them.
"Aha! You must be the Bubble Guppies. I am Mayor Kilin, and we're happy to welcome you here" the mayor told them.
"Thank you mayor Kilin! We're sorry we're a little bit late. We ran into some problems on our way here," Molly explained to him.
"It's no problem kids, someone already told me about what happened," Kilin said.
"Really? Who told you?" Molly curiously asked.
"They never told me their name, but that doesn't matter. I know you kids are here for the temple, but why don't you get some rest and do it in the morning? I already have rooms assigned for the eight of you. I will show you the way," Mayor Kilin said to them.
"Thank you Mayor Kilin!" they all said.
The mayor showed them around the town for a bit, and then led them to the hotel, which while it wasn't as big as the one back in BlizzardTucky, it was still huge. They entered the buildings, where they each paired up with one other person, and entered their rooms. We will focus on Molly and Gil, who had just finished cleaning themselves. Gil sees that Molly isn't happy about something.
"Molly? Is something wrong?" Gil asked her.
"I'm fine Gilly, it's just…I've been worried about these temples for the last few weeks. It's been putting so much pressure on me, and I'm not sure I'll be able to pass it," Molly explains.
"Of course you'll be able to pass those trials, because even though these past few weeks have been tough, we've managed to get through it, and we always will," Gil tells her.
"Are you sure?" she questioned him.
"Of course I am…I think," he responds. Molly giggles at him, then yawns.
"Hey Gilly, do you think I could sleep in a bit? I want to feel refreshed and ready for tomorrow," Molly asks him.
"Sure Molly, just don't expect the others to be happy about that, as we're supposed to wake up early for the temple," Gil said to her.
"Tell them for me okay?" she asked him.
"Sure Molly…(yawns)...goodnight" Gil said, tired.
"Goodnight Gilly," Molly said before falling asleep.
Gil wakes up early, and yawns. He sees Bubble Puppy with Molly on her bed. He decides to leave them both there to sleep. He quietly gets up and dressed to head outside. When he leaves the door, the others are already waiting for him.
"Oh, hey guys!" Gil greeted them.
"Where's Molly?" Goby wondered.
"Oh right. She said she wanted to sleep in today to get a good sleep for today, so I let her do so," Gil explained.
"So we all basically got up for nothing huh?" Deema annoyingly asked.
"She was having a rough night, constantly getting up, as she told me she was feeling a lot of pressure about today," Gil explained.
"I think we should let her sleep in a bit. She could use some extra sleep to get ready. Besides, maybe we could go get a look at the temple while we wait for her," Oona says.
"I agree with Oona. Maybe we could look to see who she's going to be paired with," Cryo added on.
They all head downstairs to go to the temple. On their way there, they saw that it was slightly larger than the first temple, and had statues of people and creatures they had never seen before. When they arrived at the front entrance, they saw that it was also different from the first one.
"Hey guys, there's some text above the door!" Zooli said, pointing to the sign above the door.
"What does it say Nonny?" Deema curiously asked.
"It reads "Love is stronger than hate, and Kindness will always overcome anger"," Nonny read.
"What could that mean? Who could represent kindness?" Goby asked.
"I think I might know," Nonny said.
"Who is it Nonny?" Oona asked.
"It's you Oona," he said to her.
"What?!" they all shouted.
"M..Me?! Are you sure?" Oona scaredly asked, making sure he was serious.
"I am. Guys, who's the nicest one out of all of us?" he asked everyone. They all pointed at Oona, to which she blushed.
"I..never…expected it to be me this early. I thought it would be someone like you or Zooli," Oona told them.
"Do you think we should get Molly now?" Deema asked.
"I think we should give her some more time to sleep. We wouldn't want her to be tired while doing the trials," Gil told her.
"So what do you suggest we do while we wait?" Deema said to Gil.
"How about we split up and look around town for a bit, and we all meet up by the hotel in an hour to wake up Molly?" Gil suggests.
"I think that's a good idea, as we aren't going to be here for long," Zooli said.
They all decide to split up to search around the town, but we won't cover that since this is a temple episode. They look around the various shops, malls, restaurants and more. Almost an hour passes, and we see Oona and Nonny eating ice cream that they got from a parlor.
Oona was eating her ice cream, but also looking at Deema and Goby, who were also eating ice cream as well. Nonny notices this, and gets curious.
"Something wrong Oona?" he asks her.
"Nothing's wrong Nonny. It's just that Goby already had his trials with Molly, so I'm wondering what I should do when I go with her," Oona said to him.
"Why don't you go ask him what you should do?" Nonny suggested.
"Because I don't know if he'll want to tell me," she replied.
"I think you should ask him, as it may give you an idea of what you should expect inside the temple, as well as from Molly. Besides, you could tell me what to do when my turn inevitably comes," Nonny said to her.
"I guess that makes sense. I'll go ask him," Oona says. She swims over to Goby and Deema, who were both eating their ice cream they got from the parlor.
"Man, who knew this place had such good ice cream?" Deema said.
"I know, it's pretty good, but I guess it does make sense, seeing as we are in a snowy land," Goby said.
"Fair point," Deema replied.
"Hey Goby," Oona said.
"Hey Oona, what's up?" Goby asked.
"I was wondering. Since you already did a temple with Molly, and that I'm going to be with her, I was hoping you could give me some advice about what I should do?" Oona asked him.
"I could probably use some as well, since I'm going after Oona," Deema added.
"Well, I suppose I could give some advice, but I need you both to huddle close," Goby says. The two get closer.
"When I was with Molly, I saw that she was a bit too overconfident when we first went in, so she struggled completing it. I was there to guide her and to teach her to not be so confident all the time as well as about certain things. What I suggest is that you two should keep an eye on her, and to help her out when necessary, as well as to watch out for any traps or people, as someone from Pyro's team was in the first temple," Goby explains to them.
"Thanks Goby, I'll make sure to use that," Oona says to him. She swims off.
"So what did he tell you?" Nonny asked.
"He just told me to keep an eye on her, and to only help her when she needs it, that's all. I think I also need to make sure she doesn't get overconfident, and that she's learning about stuff in there," Oona explains.
"I see, I'll make sure to remember that," Nonny said to her.
"Say, I think I left something back at the hotel, I'll be right back," Oona said as she swam off towards the hotel.
On her way, she thought about what Goby said to her. What did he mean when he said to make sure no one else was in there with her? She kept thinking about that, which only made her more nervous. She was passing the temple when she heard something in an entrance near it. She peeked through to see Bubble Puppy sitting down and watching Molly, who was training herself. She was attacking dummies made of snow, using much larger and stronger ice shards and ice beams. She launches them at the dummies, breaking them apart, and ran towards them, dodging like she was being attacked. She pulled out her sword and slashed them fiercely, chopping them up. Oona saw that she was getting stronger, but she soon saw something she didn't expect. Molly's fist starts to turn into different weapons, like a cannon, axe, spear and even an ice fist, but before she can finish them, they shatter, which stops her.
"I guess I need to train more if I want to master this new power," she said to herself. Bubble Puppy barked happily.
"Molly?" Oona said to her. Molly, startled, brings her sword out and aims it at Oona, which spooks the girl too.
"Molly, it's just me, Oona!" she said.
"Oh goodness! Sorry Oona, you scared me!" Molly said, taking away her sword. "What are you doing here?" she asked.
"I was going to see if you were still sleeping, so what are you doing here? I thought you were asleep," Oona asked her.
"Bubble Puppy woke me up, and while I did think you guys would be mad at me if I wasn't there in bed, I did want to prepare for the temple, so I decided to get up and train," Molly explained.
"I can see that you've gotten stronger, and I saw that you're learning something new already," Oona said how she was watching Molly.
"Yeah, but I still need to train more if I want to properly use it," Molly said. "Say that reminds me, did you guys figure out who I'm going to be paired with?" she asked her.
"We actually did! It's…um…" Oona nervously said before stopping.
"Who is it Oona?"
"It's…me," she quietly said.
"Wait what?! Seriously?!" Molly asked.
"Yep, I'm the one that's going to go with you," she said to Molly.
"Well if you want, we can go to the temple now. You can text Nonny on your phone that we're heading to the temple, and to wait for us outside the entrance, but only if you feel like you're ready," Molly proposed.
"I mean…I guess we can, better now than wait longer. I'll text Nonny now," Oona said.
Oona texted Nonny that she and Molly were heading to the temple. When they got there, Oona showed Molly the text on the temple, showing her that she was going to be with Oona. The door then suddenly opened, allowing them to enter.
"What about Bubble Puppy?" Oona asked Molly.
"He can come, as long as he stays near us, ok boy?" she said to Bubble Puppy, who barked in agreement.
"Ready Oona?" she says to her friend.
"(sigh)...I'm ready. Let's do this," Oona said with confidence. They both take deep breaths and enter the temple, with the door closing behind them.
Inside the temple, it was still very cold in there, and even with their new clothes on they were a bit chilly. "Be careful Oona. There could be some traps in here, so we need to be aware," Molly told Oona. "Ok, I'll make sure to keep an eye out," she replied. They kept walking down the hallway for a few minutes until they came across a giant hole in the ground. They were able to walk around the hole to the door.
"Why is there a giant hole in the middle of the temple?" Oona questioned the hole.
"Don't worry about it, let's just walk around it," Molly told her. They walked around the hole when Oona sees a little igloo in the hole.
"Hey, there's a little igloo down there!" she said.
"Why in the world would someone live here? That makes no sense at all," Molly wondered.
"I mean, there are lights on, so someone might actually be down there," Oona said.
"Do you think we should go down there and help them in case something bad happens?" she asks Molly.
"Nothing bad will happen Oona, first we need a way to open this gate," Molly told her.
"But, they might need help in case they want to get out of there. We can worry about the gate later," Oona says.
"This gate is what will help us save our home, it's way more important than the people down there," Molly persisted, which shocked Oona.
"Molly, the lives of people are more important than some silly trial, you need to show more care for others," Oona annoyingly said to her.
"What are you talking about?" she asked.
"We're Bubble Guppies, and Bubble Guppies always help each other and everyone around them. They would do the same for us if we helped them, and being kind is the right thing to do," Oona explained.
"(sigh)...You're right Oona, sorry about that. We'll help them after we open the gate," Molly said.
"Hey, where's Bubble Puppy?" Oona asked. They heard barking besides them, and saw Bubble Puppy near a lever, which he pulled.
The ground starts to shake when the girls see a big pile of snow start to fall from the ceiling, and heading for the igloo. Oona thinks fast and heads down the hole, but slips on the cold floor, and falls down.
"Oona! I'm coming!" Molly shouted. She jumped down the hole, and got Oona up. "Thanks Molly!" she thanked her. "Don't thank me yet, get back up there, I'll get them out!" Molly told her. Oona climbed back up, and Molly went into the igloo to save the people in there.
"Hurry! You guys need to-" Molly stopped when she realized that no one was even inside. All there was a sign that read "Out for dinner".
"Molly hurry! It's almost there!" Oona shouted. Molly quickly escaped the hole before it filled up.
"Why didn't you save the people in there?" Oona asked her.
"Because there wasn't even anyone in there! I told you so!" Molly shouted.
"Well, you did risk your life to save someone that was in trouble, and you did save me, so I guess that counts as a win," Oona told her.
"What makes you say that?" Molly confusingly asks. The gate then starts to rumble, and then opens up, letting them pass on.
"Wait, why did it open? We didn't do anything?" Molly questioned. Oona was thinking too, when she got an idea, but decided to keep it to herself, remembering Goby's advice.
The two girls moved on down the hallway. Oona was noticing Molly wasn't looking alright, and was starting to get worried.
"Molly? Are you feeling alright? I've been noticing you've been sort of weak ever since we left the temple," Oona asks her.
"I'm fine Oona. It's just that I haven't used my powers for that long before, and that I needed to recharge them a bit, but I'm fine now," Molly says to her. They soon come to another room, which houses a giant ice maze that leads to the end of the hallway.
"I guess we enter the maze?" Molly wonders.
"I'm assuming so. There doesn't seem to be any other way to pass it," Oona said to her.
They enter the maze, which closes behind them. It was colder in the maze than outside it, which makes them shiver a bit more. Bubble Puppy shivers and whimpers, so Oona decides to pick him up and hold him. They come to a larger room, but then Molly stops them.
"What's wrong Molly?" Oona asks her.
"I hear something near us," Molly says.
Suddenly, a giant worm monster appears from under the ground. The girls scream loudly, and run the other way, but it blocks them with its tail. The worm tries to bite them, but Molly uses her pillars to block it, and hurts its tail with an ice beam, allowing them to have a chance at escape.
"Why is it chasing us?!" Oona shouted.
"I have no idea! Maybe it's hungry?" Molly proposed.
"But what would it want to eat? Us?" Oona wondered. Molly looked around, and then realized something.
"Oona! I know what it wants!" Molly shouts while dodging the worm.
"What is it?"
"It want's our sweaters! They're made of animal fur! You and Bubble Puppy stay away, I got this!" Molly says. She takes off her sweater, and waves it.
"Here wormy worm! Do you want this?" Molly yells at it. It turns at her, and roars loudly.
"Then take it!" Molly shouts. She tosses her sweater at the worm, which catches and eats the sweater. It then heads back underground, letting them continue on through the maze.
"Good thinking Molly! You did it!" Oona shouted.
"T..thanks Oona," Molly said, shivering from the coldness.
"Are you OK? I could give you my sweater," Oona asked her.
"No, it's fine Oona, I don't want you to be c..cold, let's j…j…just move on," Molly said.
They keep moving through the maze. They came across many traps, as well as lots of dead ends too. After getting past all those, they came to a room that led to the gate to continue on, with a key hanging from the door handle.
"This one looks safe, it looks easy too," Molly said.
"Don't judge it alone Molly, I have a feeling this room is also a trap. I think we should leave," Oona suggests to her. The door then shuts loudly behind them.
"Looks like we don't have a choice Oona," Molly says.
The girls walk across the room. Bubble Puppy hears something beneath them, and looks down to see that the floor was starting to crack. Startled, the pup barks at them, getting their attention.
"What is it Bubble Puppy?" Oona asks the pup. The look down to see the floor was starting to crack, which scared them.
"The floor is cracking!" Oona shouted.
"Run!" Molly yelled.
The girls ran across the now breaking floor. Luckily, they were both really good at parkour, so they were able to make it across. Bubble Puppy made it across first. "Try and get the key Bubble Puppy! We'll come to help you!" Molly shouted. Bubble Puppy nodded and jumped to try and get the key, but he was too short. Molly soon makes it across, but Oona slips on the ice and almost falls, hanging onto a still standing platform.
"Oh no Oona! Hang on, I'm coming!" Molly shouted as she made her way back to Oona.
"Don't worry about me! Just get the key and move on!" Oona shouted.
"I'm not leaving without you! The key can wait!" Molly said. The floor started to crack under them.
"Grab my hand, now!" Molly shouted. Oona grabbed her hand, and she pulled her up. They both then jumped across to the starting side, where they saw the rest all fall down.
"Now how are we going to get across?" Oona says.
"I have an idea…" Molly said. She uses her ice beams to forge an ice bridge for the two of them to walk across.
"Good idea Molly!" Oona said.
When they made it across, they saw Bubble Puppy had the key, to which they used to open the door to another hallway. They walked across the final hallway for a few minutes before coming across something they never expected. It was a giant monster that was sleeping.
"What is that thing?!" Oona whispered.
"I don't know, but we'll have to be quiet and sneak around it," Molly whispered back.
"We can't. Look there," Oona said, pointing at a key around the beast's neck. Molly uses her wind to try and get it off, which she does, but that causes it to fall to the ground and make a loud noise, which wakes the creature up. It soon spots them, and roars angrily and attacks them, but Molly blocks the attack with a pillar of ice, and counters with ice shards and her sword, doing damage to the monster.
"Is that the best you've got?" Molly mocked the creature.
"M..Molly, maybe you should try something else?" Oona nervously said to her, but she'd ignore her. The creature swung its tail at them, but they jumped back, and Molly hit it with an ice beam.
"Molly, there has to be another way!" Oona shouted.
"Oona! This thing is trying to kill us, I can't stop or else we'll die!" Molly shouted while dodging.
"Killing it isn't the answer, you have to stop now!" Oona yelled.
"I'm not stopping Oona. I have to protect us-AGH!" Molly was cut off by being swatted by the beast. Oona ran to her quickly.
"Molly! Are you OK?!" Oona asked her.
"Oona look out!" Molly shouted. Oona turned behind her to see the creature about to strike, but Molly summoned an ice hut for protection.
"Oona, this thing won't stop until we're both dead, we have to kill it," Molly says to her.
"Why can't we just try and calm it down? You have to trust me Molly!" Oona replied.
"This isn't home Oona! It's not going to just listen to us and become our friend all of a sudden!" Molly angrily said, starting to get mad.
"You're not listening to me Molly! Why are you being this way towards me?!" Oona asked her. Molly had hit her limit.
"BECAUSE I DON'T WANT YOU TO GET KILLED AND LOSE YOU!" Molly screamed, partially crying.
"W..What?" Oona confusingly said. "Is that why you were being so protective of me?" she asked. Molly just slowly nodded her head. Oona put her hand on her shoulder.
"You don't need to do that. I can already defend myself pretty well," Oona calmly said.
"(sniff) But you..(sniff)..almost fell back there," Molly told her.
"Ok, truth time. I did that on purpose," Oona said while giggling.
"H..Huh?"
"I could've easily gotten back up, hence why I told you to go get the key, but I wanted to see if you would come for me, which you did," Oona explained.
"But, I just didn't want you to get hurt like that, or anyone else close to me, I did what I had to," Molly said before Oona hugged her.
"Molly, that's the nicest thing you've ever done. But all things can't be solved by hurting others. Sometimes, you have to think if you can use a little bit of kindness, and to always choose family or friends over other things," Oona says to her. "That's what this trial was all about," she said, winking.
"Wait, so this whole thing were the trials?!" Molly asked her, surprised.
"Yep, I just didn't tell you because I wanted to see if you were able to pass them, which you did," Oona told her. The ice then broke above them, and the creature roared.
"I'll handle this one Molly," Oona said. She walked towards the monster, who ran towards her.
"ENOUGH!" she screamed, causing it to stop.
"It's okay, we don't want to hurt you. You need to calm down," Oona said in a soothing voice. The creature was confused, but curious.
"We're sorry for attacking you. We thought you were going to kill us, and we didn't mean to wake you up," Oona calmly said, and held out her hand. The creature got close and touched her hand with its hand. Oona then hugged it. Molly was astounded at seeing Oona calming down this gigantic monster. Oona signals Molly to come here, and that it's okay. She gulps, and swims towards it. The creature looks at her, and licks her multiple times, which makes her giggle.
"Sorry for hurting you, I was scared," Molly apologized. The creature then handed them the key to move on. They high fived each other, and opened the door, where they saw the scroll at the end, but they soon see that someone is already there.
"Who are you?" Molly calls out to the figure.
"Why don't you ask your friend who I am? They might know," the person said. Molly looks at Oona, who gasps in shock.
"Ms. Eliza!? What are you doing here?" Oona shouted.
"You know her Oona?" Molly asked her.
"Yeah. Me and Zooli fell in a hole she made to catch people that were stealing her stuff," Oona told Molly.
"Say Oona, do you remember when you and that friend of yours fell in that hole I made?" Eliza asked her.
"Yes? Why do you ask?" she said. Eliza starts to laugh, and then that laughing becomes a maniacal laughter.
"Get beside me Oona," Molly said, pulling her sword out. "Who are you?" Molly shouted at Eliza.
"You're just as ignorant as your friend, Molly," Eliza evily said, taking her disguise off.
"No way!"
"It can't be!"
"That's right girls. I am part of Pyros's team of assassins. Ever since we first met Oona, I've been wondering how strong the people claim you to be. I will find that out here, as well as making sure the two of you don't make it out alive," Eliza explained her plan.
"You've been spying on us the whole time?!" Oona shouts.
"Correct. You see, I knew that you would be paired with your little princess here, so I wanted to get a good idea of what I would be up against, and with the information I've gathered, this will be a piece of cake," Eliza told them both. Oona smirked.
"That's what you think Eliza. I'm tougher than you think. I don't like to fight, but when I have to, I will," Oona told her. "You ready Molly?" Oona said to her with a serious face and tone.
"I'm always ready," Molly replied.
"Very well. In that case, bring it on!" Eliza shouted, bringing out a flame sword.
They all charge at each other and attack. While Molly and Oona were certainly the most skilled of all the guppies, Eliza was just as tough and quick as them, blocking both girl's attacks and dodging them, while they dodged hers. Molly used her pillars to make Eliza jump back, which let Oona pull out a katana and slash it at Eliza, knocking her back.
"Where did you get that from?!" Molly asked her, shocked to see her wield that.
"My grandpa gave it to me for my birthday. I've become the best in the family with it since," Oona said to her.
Eliza surprised them, knocking back Oona with a fire punch. She then focused her attention on Molly, who barraged her with ice shards, but she powered on through, using a whip to lash at her, and knock her back with a tail smack.
"AGGH!" Molly yelled in pain as she was knocked back.
"Too easy," Eliza confidently said before Oona punches her and uses Molly's sword to knock her back, putting the sword back.
"Enough of this Eliza. Let's get serious," Oona said in a scary tone. She let down her pigtails and took of her sweater, revealing the clothes she got from the tribe in the mountain.
"Those clothes…it can't be…" Eliza said.
"What's the matter Eliza? Scared now?" Oona mocked her.
"As if! You want a fight girl? You've got one," Eliza replied.
Both girls charged at each other. Before, Oona couldn't land a single hit on Eliza. However, now she was fast enough to outmaneuver her thanks to her smaller size and faster speed. She lands punches, kicks, and even some sword slashes, but Eliza does deal some damage with her fire powers, but Oona begins to tire Eliza out.
"(This isn't going so well. I need a plan)" she said to herself, when she notices something. "(She's very quick on her tail, but not for long she is!)"
Molly was starting to get up, but notices that Eliza isn't attacking Oona as much now, and wonders why. Oona lands a tail smack and charges at her, and Eliza slowly pulls out her sword. Molly then suddenly realized what was happening.
"Oona! It's a trap!" she shouted at her.
"Huh?" Oona stopped. Eliza took this opportunity to rush at Oona, who, having no time to react, was kicked up into the air. Eliza jumped up, pulled out her sword, and did something so brutal, neither girl would ever expect.
*SLASH*
"AHHHHH!" Oona screamed bloody murder. Eliza had just cut off part of her tail. They both landed on the ground, blood everywhere.
"OONA!" Molly screamed. Eliza landed on the ground perfectly. Molly was furious now. She grabbed her sword and ran full speed at Eliza, but she did something else.
"Stop right there now!" Eliza shouted, holding up Oona and the scroll. Molly stopped.'
"I'm going to give you two choices. Choose one, and I destroy the other. Will you choose this scroll that you need to defeat the boss? Or will you choose your friend, who is now partially tailless?" Eliza said, laughing evilly. Molly saw Oona crying so much. She had never seen her so terrified before, looking at her tail on the ground.
"You call that a choice? I choose Oona!" Molly says. Oona gasped.
"You'd rather choose this brat over something that you need?" Eliza taunted her.
"A good friend once told me to always choose family and friends over other things, no matter how important they are. So I choose Oona!" Molly explained. Oona smiled slightly.
"Very well, I am a woman of my word, take her," Eliza said, throwing Oona. Luckily, Molly caught her.
"Oona! Are you OK! Speak to me!" Molly concernedly tried to get her to speak.
"No Molly, I'm scared! I've never felt pain like this," Oona said.
"Well girls, I guess your journey ends here," Eliza said, laughing. But just as she was about to burn the scroll-
"Arf Arf!" Bubble Puppy barked, stealing the scroll right out of her hands.
"Hey! You little mutt!" Eliza shouted. Bubble Puppy brought the scroll to Molly.
"Good work Bubble Puppy! Stay by Oona," Molly said to him, pulling out her sword. Eliza charged at them, enraged, but Molly was able to launch her and Eliza up with an ice pillar, and cut off her hand with her sword, making Eliza scream in pain. Molly then finished the fight with a powered up ice beam, sending her to the ground.
As she was about to get up, Molly held her sword at her neck.
"Give up Eliza, you've lost," Molly said, but is caught off guard by Eliza, who surprise attacks her, causing her to drop her sword.
"This..ugh…isn't over yet, especially to you Oona. I will have my revenge against you, if you can walk," Eliza says to them. She flees out of the temple.
"Oona! Are you still alive?" Molly asked her.
"Don't be like that Molly," Oona jokingly said. "Here let me help with the bleeding," Molly says. She uses her ice beam to almost freeze the wound. She then picks up the part of her tail that was sliced off.
"Bubble Puppy, you carry the scroll so I can carry Oona, OK?" Molly asked the pup.
"Arf Arf!"
"Ok then, let's hurry out of here," Molly said. They all swam quickly back to the entrance.
Outside, the others were waiting for them, waiting at the entrance of the temple.
"I still can't believe Molly wasn't actually asleep. Why didn't she tell me?" Gil said.
"Relax dude, she probably has a reason for that," Goby tells him.
"Say, they've been in there for a while now," Deema points out.
"They're probably taking their time. I'm sure they'll be out soon," Zooli tells her. Suddenly, the door bursts open, and they all come out of the building.
"You guys made it!" Gil said happily.
"No time for happiness, we have a huge problem!" Molly said. They soon see Oona.
"OONA?!" they all shout.
"Molly! What happened in there?!" Gil worriedly asked her.
"We were attacked by one of Pyros's assassins. She sliced up part of Oona's tail," Molly said, holding up the sliced part, which disgusted all of them.
"This is certainly a Flame sword's doing. We have to get back to BlizzardTucky fast. The doctors there can help us," Cryo said.
"But wait! Don't we still have that other temple on the mountain to go to?" Zooli said.
"The rest of you guys can go. Me and Molly will go to the temple, and we'll meet you back at town," Deema told them.
"Deema, are you sure you want to do that?" Molly asked her.
"It's better if we go there now so that we don't have to travel back again to go there," Deema explains.
"Ok, I'll go with you," Molly said.
"But how are we going to get back to BlizzardTucky fast enough?" Goby questioned.
"Here, use this," Molly said. She summoned a wind gust that lifted the others up, with it being set for BlizzardTucky.
"Here, you'll want to use this for evidence," Molly said, handing the severed part over to them. They soon flew off back to the village. Deema was waving goodbye, when she saw Molly was crying.
"Are you okay Molly?" Deema asked her.
"I don't know Deema. I almost saw Oona get killed by that bastard, and I tried so hard to not let her get killed, but I failed. What kind of friend am I?" Molly told her.
"That doesn't matter now Molly. I'll try to not let myself get hurt or killed, promise," Deema tells her. Molly wipes her tears.
"Only if you promise not to goof up or mess things up," Molly tells her.
"No promises!" Deema jokingly says. They both laughed, and started to make their way to Thunder Mountain, and the sight of the third temple.
I bet you guys weren't expecting something like that to happen to Oona huh? Something traumatizing had to happen to at least someone. This chapter took way too long to do for reasons specified. For now, I will answer the reviews from the last actual chapter.
PrimroseRaspberry: I'm glad you liked the ending and Deema back. Molly being the Ice Queen's descendent will play a role near the end of the story, and the adventure they went on will have a role later on!
Readerandwriter9000: Hello again friend! I'm glad you liked all three parts of the adventure. Oona's was definitely my favorite to write, due to the lore given, and Zooli and Cryo's was the easiest to do because I already had it planned out. I'm excited you know who the Fire Demon is (For anyone who doesn't, watch King of the Monsters), and I'm not sure if you're lying about who the cyborg is, as the hints make it pretty obvious. I'm glad you're excited about the third temple too!
The next chapter will be another temple chapter, this time focused on Molly and Deema, but it probably won't come out for a while due to things in life going on, but to make up for it, here's something special:
Post Chapter
We go to Pyros' base at BubbleTucky, where Pyros was sitting at his throne, when Eliza arrives.
"Eliza my dear, what happened to your hand?" he asks her.
"That damn Molly cut my hand off. But I was able to slice a part of her pigtailed friends tail off," Eliza tells him.
"Where are they heading next?" Pyros asks her.
"It appears Molly and the cinnamon roll haired one are heading for the temple on Thunder Mountain," she tells him.
"I see…why don't you go see Bombel, as I'm sure he can give you a new hand. I have to make a call to someone," Pyros tells her.
"Yes sir!" she says, heading for the elevator.
Pyros grabs the phone to call someone.
"Are you there?"
"Yes master. What is it?" an unknown figure says.
"They're on their way, you better be ready for them," Pyros tells her.
"Don't worry sir, I will be ready for both of them," she says.
"One more thing, where does the scroll say the next temple is?" he asked her.
"It says it is located in Breezy Bay," the figure says.
"Very well, good luck," Pyros says before hanging up. He heads towards the prison cells, passing by all the people he has taken prisoner, before stopping at a cell housing a familiar fish.
"Grouper!" he shouts.
"What do you want now?" Mr. Grouper said to him.
"Your kids are doing exceptionally well, getting past two temples, and are going for three. The fourth one is in Breezy Bay, and that one is an intelligence based temple. So I'm going to ask you this one time. Who is the smartest of all your students?" Pyros tells him.
"I'll never tell you! I'll do anything to protect my students!" Mr. Grouper said back to him.
"If you don't tell me, I'll kill the girl's family without mercy," Pyros threatened him.
"Don't you dare lay a flame on them!" he shouted.
"So what's it going to be? Who is the smartest out of all your students?" Pyros asked him again. Mr. Grouper tried to think of something, but gave up.
"(sigh)...Alright, I'll tell you," he said.
"Well, who is it?"
"His name…..is Nonny," Mr. Grouper said.
"Nonny huh? Well then, I better get Leon to go there immediately," Pyros said, laughing evilly.