9-Volt smiled as he got ready for the video game competition.

"Are you ready, 9-Volt?" 18-Volt says.

"Yeah, I've trained my whole life for this." 9-Volt says.


"No patrol whatsoever. This is going to be our first zoo visit." Kat says. Ana was excited about this.

Lucy made banana nut bread for Luke as he emerged downstairs in a sweatshirt that reads Oakley Academy Golden Knights Cheer Has Spirit! on the front of it and Do You Have It? on the back of it, a pair of dark green athletic pants with white stripes on them and a pair of Sheryl Stallings Phoenix sneakers. His hair was already combed and his face was clean.

"Are you ready to crush Mona's team?" Lucy asked.

"There'll be cheer squads from a lot of Michigan schools there today." Luke says.

"You can crush them all. They all stand no chance. I mean people worship you like a god." Lucy says and feeds him.


Meanwhile…

"I'm missing the magic competition again?! Why can't they change it?" Oliver asked.

"It's an annual thing. The competition has always been on the 17th. Besides, Luke needs you today. If you so much as enter the witches' realm you will be grounded. And your siblings had no plans to enter that magic thing this year, anyway." Skylia says. "They say they're a bit out of practice and need to train more."

"Why don't you train them?" Oliver asked.

"Honestly, they never asked me to." Skylia says and grabs his lunch and gives it to him.


At school, the gym was being set up for the Michigan Cheer Classic as Oakley Academy was the host school for it this year. Royal Woods High School hosted it last year.

"We can't lose, especially not to Mona." Luke says at lunch.

"We will win." Remy says.

"We never lose. Except for that year where we lost to Huntington Oaks High School." Mugman says as he shudders, remembering the humiliation that squad put them through and it gave Mugman PTSD for months after that.

"Oh, yeah…the box." Remy says. "Mugman still remembers that from his time in jail…"

"I will not go back to that box…" Mugman shook in fear, milking himself.


After school, Ashley arrived in the witches' realm and saw Luz and her friends and glared. She planned on crushing them.


Meanwhile, 9-Volt and 18-Volt were giggling as the tournament began. These two were pros.


Luke and Remy could see Mugman was still milking himself out of fear.

"They're gonna put me back in the box…the box is bad…" Mugman stammered. Cuphead may have enjoyed part of jail, but Mugman was broken because of it. Especially when he had to go in the box.

"The box?! Try getting shocked!" Cuphead says.

"Don't act like you didn't enjoy that!" Mugman screamed. "I could hear you laughing as it happened."

"You both mentally broke. Heck, the only reason you broke out was because you can't really be the one with the morals. Let's just say you leave the adventurous spirit to Cuphead. He basically allows you to be well, normal in the head and you boys really sucked at the time." Chalice says, remembering they weren't always on her level.

"Wait a second, you ditched us." Mugman says. "You left us at the factory and made us go to a place full of torture! The box! The box! I don't want to go back in!" Mugman cried.

"I wasn't scared." Cuphead says as Chalice turns her face into the horse to scare him. Cuphead ran screaming.

"Not feeling it…" Mugman says, not laughing and still shaking.

"Your town does that? Yep, your world sucks." Oliver says.


"Hey, it's been a while since you crashed into my house." Amity says.

"I'm Red!" Red says. Ashley was too busy warming up.

"Awww, you're so adorable, like King!" Luz says.

"Hey!" King says.

Later, it began as Amity created her abomination and made it juggle as the judge smiled at this.


Meanwhile, the cheer competition was starting. As the host school, Oakley Academy would be going first.

"Mugman, what's wrong?" Mona asked, worried. Mugman cried and told her everything. She holds him.

"Let's go already!" Luke says.


Fans cheered as Oakley Academy came out. They start with a set of cheers, and they do the new cheer for their final one of the set.

"We are the Golden Knights! Yeah! And we're from the Academy of Oakley! Yeah! We are the best! Oh, yeah! And the best never rest!" The squad says.

Penny and Shane even do their six cartwheels at the end of it as the crowd goes wild. The squad then did their dance routine to Right Round by Flo Rida ft. Kesha, the crowd really getting into it.


Next, Mona came with her squad.

"Here comes the diamond warriors, coming in with the gold! We deliver the wins and have golden smiles! Go, Diamond Warriors, let's go!" Mona and her squad says and performed Mona's song as fans cheered.

"Way to go!" Lulu says.

"Excellent!" Young Cricket says as Mona smiles.


Meanwhile, it was break time at the magic competition.

"What's it like getting defeated all the time?" An interviewer asked.

"Okay, rude! But I never give up. I will win. If I don't, I'll keep Trying" Emila says

The interviewer approached Ashley.

"I am the greatest witch of all time. I don't need to answer to you." Ashley says.

"Dang…" Luz says.

"I wonder why Oliver didn't show?" Willow asked.

"He has a cheerleading competition today." Luz says.

"What's a cheerleading competition?" Willow asked.

"Basically cheer squads from different schools competing against one another. It's intense." Sabrina says.

Ashley sighed.

"Hey, Ashley, guess what? 9-Volt is about to become the world's best gamer." Red says as her concentration was lost as she accidentally broke her favorite wand.


At the cheer competition, it was break time. Luke sighed as he knew they'd finish second. He cried out of stress and shook because he knew he failed his squad.

"You did great, Luke." Kat says.

"Yeah, look on the bright side, we get to see the zoo." Ana says.

Luke still looked down. "I've failed them…" Luke sniffed.

"It's okay. No shame in 2nd place." Ana says.

"It's a leadership burden." Kat says. "He doesn't want to let them down. Just like Lori doesn't want to fail us."

"Burden?" Ana asked as Kat sighed.


Mona holds Mugman. "I'd never dump you." Mona says.

"I don't want to go back in the box…" Mugman sniffed.

"You won't, Mugsy." Mona says, holding him.

5-Volt brought them food.

"Thanks." Penny says, digging in.


Kat went to make sure no one messes with Luke's party. She arrived and inspected everything that was set up.

"Good enough." Kat says and stays on guard, then looks at the animals, distracted.


Luke was still shaking and stressing out. Charity tries to calm him down.

"Mom, I let them down!" Luke sobbed. "I failed them!"

"No, you didn't, it's not over yet, honey." Charity says.

"I feel like I worked them too hard…all because I was so stressed and upset…" Luke sniffed.

"You can improve." Charity says, holding her son's hands. Luke just sobbed, feeling like a failure as a captain.

"You're not a failure." Charity says.

"I sure feel like one." Luke sighed.


The second round was a race. Luz smiled as she passed by Ashley.

"Not bad, Ashley." Luz says as Ashley's hair turns white.

Cassandra bumped into Sabrina. "Well, well, well, Sabrina the teenage loser is trying to win. Well, without Oliver, you wouldn't have tied before." Cassandra says. Sabrina rolled her eyes, not listening.

Ashley shot a magic blast at Luz, but Amity used an abomination to save Luz. Ashley glared at this.

The race went through a forest as Gus got stuck in the trees.

"A little help?" He asked as Sabrina and Emila helped him out.

"Thanks." he says as Willow bumped into a tree as she was distracted, thinking of Oliver. She honestly liked him, but she quickly regained her focus as she got back into the race.

Ashley and Amity were neck and neck in the lead as a witch named Diana rushed ahead. Ashley glared at her.

"You're from Luna Nova, aren't you?" Ashley asked.

"Correct." Diana said and made it to the finish line.

Ashley growled, coming in 3rd.


Meanwhile, 9-Volt and 18-Volt cheered, having won the video game competition as 9-Volt held the trophy.

"It's beautiful…" He says.

"Nice job, son." 7-Volt says.

"Thanks, Dad. Too bad Mom couldn't be here." He says.

"She'll be home a bit later." 7-Volt says.


Meanwhile, the final round was a battle royale.

"Wait, a battle royale?" Luz asked.

"This may get intense. Let's go home and see Luke's party. this sounds like it will take time." Willow says.

"So…..who is it?" Luz asked.

"Huh?" Everyone asked.

"Okay, come on it's pretty cle-" Luz says before Cassandra blasted her with magic.

Soon, all hell broke loose as there were explosions.


Meanwhile, at the Michigan Cheer Classic, Royal Woods High won 3rd place.

2nd place went to…there was none, except for Huntington Oaks High School, who seethed upon receiving silver.

"The 1st place winner is a tie between Diamond City High and Oakley Academy!" The head judge said as fans cheered. Mugman sighed. Mona was surprised as her friends looked confused. Mona collapsed hard and her body felt numb.

"Mona!" Mugman says as he carried her home as her body was sore.

"Let's go see animals!" Ana says and rushes to help prepare Luke's entrance.


Penny finds Mona.

"Mona!" She says, worried. Mona didn't move.

"I…" she stammered as she vomited.


Meanwhile, Diana leaped away from Ashley's magic. Ashley tossed energy spells as Diana remained calm.

"Too hasty." She says.


Meanwhile, Sabrina and Luz smiled. Luz used a fir glyph as Sabrina dodged

"Wow! That is so cool!" Sabrina syas

"I know, right?" Luz says as the fight continues. Amity was knocked back as Emila kicked her.

Gus used illusions. Emila saw through them and kicked Gus as Sabrina and Luz shot spells at each other.

"Hey, Diana, help!" Akko says as Diana was surprised Akko even came and sighed as she defeated a few witches. She glared.

"You should not even be here but no point in turning back" Diana says.

Soon the tournament ended after Ashley used a fire flower to her advantage and smiled.

"I am the greatest witch ever." she bragged as Luz helped Amity up.


She came home. "Hey, Ashley." 5-Volt says.

"Hi, Mom. I won!" Ashley says.

"So did we!" 9-Volt and 18-Volt say.

"That's so sweet." 5-Volt says.


Meanwhile, Mona still felt sore.

"It must be those jobs. You work too much." Penny says. Not just from Warioware, but her other jobs. "Your body needs rest."


With the others, they finished decorating as Luke sighed, rehearsing for his entrance. He wasn't smiling at all. He just didn't feel happy right now.

"Luke?" Lucy asked.

"WHAT IS IT NOW?!" Luke hisses.

"I just wanted to check on you." Lucy says.

"Luke is not ready now! Go!" He screamed. Lucy leaves.

As soon as he was sure that Lucy was gone, he let his emotions loose now that he was alone.


Meanwhile, Amity winced as she was resting.

"That was fun." Gus says.

"Yeah, next year, I'll win." Luz says.

Willow had Oliver on her mind.


Meanwhile, Mugman was walking and bumped into Emira.

"Oh, sorry." Emira says.

"It's okay. I wasn't exactly watching where I was going." Mugman says, straightening his straw. Emira blushed.

"You're so tall…" She says.

"Thanks, you're kinda cute. Do you always change that hair color of yours?" Mugman says

"I gotta go find Mittens, bye!" She says, actually embarrassed And ran off

"I just pulled an Amity, come on!" Emira says.


Meanwhile… "2nd place, not bad." Sasha says to Marcy.

"I know. Also, is it true that Anne digs Shane?" Marcy teased.

"No, but if anyone would have a crush on a cheerleader and a musician, it'd be Sasha." Anne says. "She listened to Shane's Watch Me Work song on repeat the day the video premiered."

Sasha blushed. "But he's in love with Penny Crygor." She says.

"Oh, true." Anne says.

"You guys can still like his music, though." Marcy says, listening to Luke's music.

"He likes Rachel." Anne says.

"Not according to the latest news on the ANH Today website." Marcy says. "It says that Rachel Fox dumped him for being a cheerleader and for being too busy most of the time. Luke also told ANH Today about the Homecoming fiasco that overwhelmed him greatly and how she wouldn't listen to what he wanted."

Marcy groaned, realizing they bailed. "It's like they're Batman, never listening." Marcy says.


Sasha knocked on the door. Anne gave a thumbs up.

Shane opens the door.

"Hey, Shane." Sasha says. Shane flashed a dazzling smile.

"What can I do for you?" Shane asked.

"You wanna…um…hang out?" Sasha asked.

"When?" Shane asked.

"In the future. Definitely not during Luke's week." Sasha says.

"Well, I'm definitely free the day after his birthweek ends. I do have my Santa job that day, then I get off around 4:00 p.m., if that works for you." Shane says. "Will that work for you?" Sasha nods.


With Luke, it honestly couldn't be worse. But he knew it was a matter of time before Rachel would have left him. He still felt like a bad cheer captain and knew they didn't do enough to get ready for the competition, and he was also lonely again. He sat with his head in his hands.

He hears the nagging from his guests to come out and lets out an exasperated scream. He wasn't ready yet, but his guests were persistent. Marcy came in and could see the stress on Luke's face. She wanted to make him feel better.

Luke sniffed and drank some water, then saw Marcy. "Are you okay?" Marcy asked him.

"I'm a lonely failure as a cheer captain!" Luke sobbed.

"No, you're not." Marcy says.

Luke sniffed. "I just…I…I was trying so hard to lead my team to a grand championship title at the Classic this year, and I failed to even be a good captain!" He cried.

"You are a good captain, plus you won and you did your best." Marcy says.

"I don't feel like I was enough!" Luke hissed.

"You are enough." Marcy says and decides to play video games with him. They played until 6 and it was only then that Luke was finally ready.

He made his way to the elephant enclosure and boarded his elephant. Luna stood in middle of the zoo, wearing a bright blue jacket. "Everyone, here comes our birthday star, Luke Huntington!" Luna says.

Fans cheered as Luke made his entrance on an elephant to the song That's What I Like by Bruno Mars.

"Wow!" Lana says as Kat and Ana have fallen asleep. Luckily, Penny recorded it so the girls could see it.

"Let my party begin!" Luke says.


The party begins with the elephant rides as Luke rides with Marcy.

"Those Foxes may be better off without girls." Remy says as the Foxes aside from Oliver seem to dump or get dumped.

Charity smiled, happy Luke has a new girlfriend. Hopefully this one will last.

"Your step-siblings have a thing about hating Luke." Alex whispered to Alem tuber, who smirked.

"Yeah, they kinda do, maybe they told Rachel to do it." Alem tuber guessed.

"Were you planning this?" Alex asked.

"Heck, no, screw romance." Angry Luigi and Alem tuber say.

"What's romance?" Emma asked.


Soon, Oliver got a ride on an elephant as Gabriel took his picture. Then Shane and Penny were next as Oliver was recording it. Then Lana got a ride.

"Kat and Ana are missing out…" Penny says.


Meanwhile…

"Cool trophies." Mona says, walking over.

"Thanks, care to join us?" 5-Volt asked but Mona shook her head.

"Gotta get to Mugsy." She says and fell over.

5-Volt helped her up.


Meanwhile, Charity and Forest were up on the elephant as Melony smiled. "Come on, Garrett, we should go next!" She says. "I mean this is your first elephant ride."

Garrett smiled, realizing this. Soon, it was their turn. They get on the elephant as Garrett smiles.

Oliver recorded this as Mona arrived and saw Mugman sipping a Diet Coke.

Willow had arrived as well, noticing Oliver.

"Hey." Oliver says, walking over with Luan.

Cynthia sees Willow and crossed her arms, blushing a bit.

"Hey, guys." Oliver says.

"Hey, nice to meet you." Benny says.


Later, Amity got Emira to dance with Mugman since Mona was too sore to dance.

"You dance divinely!" Mugman tells Emira.


Kat and Ana were still sleeping at the manor.


Later, they feed some giraffes as Marcy giggled. Luke smiled.

"Feed a giraffe, Mar-Mar!" Anne says. Marcy tries as Luke giggles.

Garrett fed a giraffe its lettuce as the giraffe licked his hand. Melony giggles and does it next.

"Is it fun?" Garrett asked her. She nods, never having done it. Mellissa noticed he was blushing. Sid smiled at this

Soon, Luke wanted to play a game as Marcy took out Creatures and Caverns. They played as Marcy won. After that, Luke hit a lion piñata as candy and animal toys came out of it.


Garrett and Melony took to the dance floor.

"You look stunning." Garrett says.

"Um, you too, I guess." Melony says.

Garrett leaned in, but Remy bumped into him.


Later, Luke's friends did a performance for him as Luke smiled. After that, everyone rode on the zoo carts and rode around the zoo, admiring all the animals. Luke enjoyed this and liked the elephants and monkeys best.

After the cart ride and eating the food, it was time for cake. It was a blue velvet cake shaped like an elephant with Luke riding on its back. It even said Happy 17th Birthday To Luke Huntington, A Real Animal Aficionado! in white icing. There were 17 silver candles on it, all lit.

"It looks amazing! You're doing better, Lucy." Luke says.

Everyone began to sing as Luke wished Marcy would not leave him and blew out his 17 candles.

Everyone was soon eating cake as Marcy fed Luke.


Meanwhile, Ana woke up as Kat snores.

"Kat?" Ana asked as Kat snapped awake.

"Did we just miss it?" Ana asked, tearing up as Kat looked down.

"I guess we did." Kat says.

Luke came home with Marcy and saw how disappointed they looked.

"Hey, girls, why the long faces?" Luke asked them.

"We missed it!" They sobbed.

"Hey, here's what we'll do. Tomorrow, how about you two, me, and Marcy go to the zoo together before my party at Mary Scooper's Scoop-a-Torium?" Luke says with a smile. "Since school is already out for winter break and all."

They sniffed and smiled, then hugged Luke.

"And I arranged it to where you girls can do your elephant ride and your giraffe feeding. And the cart tour, too." Luke says. "I know the zoo manager well enough."

They squeal. "Yay!" They both say. Marcy smiled at how kind Luke was to Kat and Ana.


Later, Marcy and 9-Volt was really having a game-off.

"You can't beat me. I'm unbeatable." 9-Volt says. Luke had decided to come watch this.

They both play, but 5-Volt beat them both.

"My streak…" 9-Volt says.

"Eh, a loss is a loss. Heck, I really needed that. Playing against Sasha was boring." Marcy says. Luke and 9-Volt were really good.

That night, the twins couldn't sleep. Luke and Marcy were cuddling in his bed.


Penny laid on her bed and was planning to hijack the date between Shane and Sasha on Saturday. Dr. Crygor sees this.

"Penny, what are you doing, my darling granddaughter?" He asked.

"Oh, um, nothing, Grandpa." Penny lied.

"Penny, what did I tell you about lying?" Dr. Crygor asked.

"Not to do it." Penny says.

"Correct. Now are you going to tell me what you're doing?" Dr. Crygor asked.

"I-I-I'm jealous…" Penny confesses. "Shane may be ditching me."

"Or maybe he wants to include the girl in the relationship." Dr. Crygor says.

"I'm not sure if I'm willing to share, but okay." Penny says.


Meanwhile

"We're going to the zoo tomorrow!" Kat and Ana cheer and go back to sleep.