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.

2. Hilda and Stitch: The Movie-Part 2

Hey, guys, and welcome to the new chapter of Hilda and Stitch! I hope that you will enjoy the chapter...anyway, I don't own anything, except for my OC's.

NOW LET'S GET ON WITH THE STORY!

~{Hilda and Stitch: The Movie Part 2}~

It was morning time as we see Hilda sleeping soundly on her bed with Twig cuddling up to his master as she smiled and yawned as she continued sleeping, but with Stitch, however, we see him tossing and turning on Twig's bed as he unconsciously smiled evilly and chuckles as 626 snuggles up on Twig's bed.

[Dream Sequence]

The smell of death and devastation rang across the entire forest as many magical or non-magical creatures were seen either injured, dead, or worse, and the cause of it was no other than Experiment 626, who was seen flying across the forest in his space cruiser as he blasted everything in sight.

"Ha, ha, ha, ha!" Stitch laughed maniacally as he flew past a mountain and spotted a group of Trolls walking across a meadow. Growling angrily, 626 flew towards them as he charged up his plasma guns and pressed the trigger as giant green energy blasts flew towards the surprised colony and blew them to bits as 626 laughed gleefully.

"There he is! Destroy the monster!" Stitch's enhanced hearing picked up the tiny voice as he looks down and saw an army of Elf village standing in front of the remains of Hilda's cabin as they aimed their spears at them.

"Gaa! Go li secere gigi klings lose las le dagga agga mega? Ici, meega tuk miku lo ti glem gi! (Aw! Do the pathetic little creatures think that they can stop me? Well, I would like to see them try!)," 626 screams with an evil glint in his eyes as he flew towards the Elf Village, and the small army braced themselves as they fired their spears at him, but they bounced harmlessly off his ship as 626 rolled his eyes and fired at them, destroying all of them in one fell swoop as 626 landed on the ground and jumped out of his ship as he laughed maniacally.

"Y-You..." A familiar annoying voice says as 626 turns around and saw Woodman crawling over to him as half of his body was destroyed. "...crazy...bast-," Woodman says before falling down on the ground as he went unconscious. 626 blinks before grinning widely as he unsheathed his claws and stalked his way over to the Woodman as he raised his hand and was about to finish him off when suddenly a battered and heavily wounded Hilda appeared in front of the magical creature as she held out her hands and glared at him hatefully.

"How could you do this, Stitch?!" Hilda screamed as 626 was surprised to see her but shook his head as he aimed his gun at her heart. Hilda flinched but didn't move as she stood her ground and glared at him defiantly. "After everything that my Mum and I did for you, how could you destroy our home?!"

"Meega was made to destroy, Hilda. That is what all 626 has ever known." 626 says while charging up his gun as Hilda stared at him in disbelief.

"That's the reason you did all of this? That's why you killed everyone and everything that I loved? Because you were made to destroy? What about what you think? Do you really want to live a life of endless destruction and mayhem?" Hilda asked as 626 opened his mouth and promptly closed it as he thought about Hilda's words.

"Me...Me..." 626 says, lost in words as Hilda suddenly walked over to him and grabbed his gun as she pointed at her chest.

"If this is what you really want, then do it. Press the trigger and show me who you really are, Trog." Hilda says with a sneer as 626 eyes widen, and his grip on his gun shook as he didn't know whether or not to press the trigger.

"Me..."

"What do you want to do with your life, Stitch?"

"Me..."

"Do you want to be the monster you were made to be?"

"Me..."

"Or do you want to something else?"

"Me..."

"Make up your mind, Stitch! Do you want to follow your programming, or do you want to follow your heart?"

"Me..."

"WHAT DO YOU WANT, STITCH!"

"MEEGA DON'T KNOW!" Stitch screamed as he closed his eyes and pressed the trigger.

BANG!

[End Of Dream Sequence]

Stitch gasped as he bolted from his bed and breathed heavily as he looks around, and calm down as he realized that he was still sleeping in Hilda's room.

"Oh, good, you're awake," Hilda says while walking out of her closet in her everyday clothes as she smiled at him. "Come on, we're going to be late with our meeting with the Mayor," Hilda says before running out of the room as she ran downstairs.

Stitch sighed tiredly as he stood up from his bed and went to follow her, but stopped by a mirror as he tilted his head curiously at his reflection and popped out his appendages. Stitch stared at his reflection with an emotionless look on his face as he reached over to touch the mirror, only to gasp as he saw a flash of himself standing on top of a mountain of skulls with a sadistic look on his face as he laughed evilly. Shaking his head, Stitch walked out of the room as he met up with Hilda, and the duo walked downstairs as they opened the front door and were greeted by a smiling Alfur.

"Hello, you two. Shall we go?" Alfur asked with his usual cheerful look as they nodded, and Alfur jumped into Hilda's hands as they began walking towards the Mayor's Mansion.

"Okay, so once we meet the Mayor, let me do all of the talking, guys. I know the protocol," Alfur says with a wink as the duo weren't paying attention to him as Hilda was too worried about losing her house while Stitch was still thinking about his dream.

After a few seconds of walking, the gang had finally arrived at the Mayor's Mansion, which was placed on top of a small hill as they walked up to it, and Alfur jumped out of Hilda's hand as he landed on the hill. Running up to the house, Alfur rang the doorbell as fanfare began to play, and the doors were opened as a red carpet was laid out, and the Mayor appeared while carrying a heavily pregnant cat. The Mayor is a 1-inch-tall, 45-year-old male Elf with a round-shaped head, large black eyes, a bald head with some white hair in the back, pointy ears, a large white mustache, stick-like arms/legs, red skin, a slightly short obese build, and his outfit consists of a white shirt with black pants and a white top hat with a yellow stripe.

"Honorable Mayor, may I have the pleasure of introducing-,"

"Oh, I know who she is." The Mayor interrupted rudely while walking past Alfur as he glared at Hilda. "The giant menace!" He yelled angrily as Hilda raised an eyebrow at him while Alfur sweated nervously, and Stitch stood to the side, watching the confrontation curiously. "Oh, so you can see us, can you? Finally, notice us did you?" The Mayor says with a mocking tone as Hilda and Stitch glance at each other in disbelief before turning to the Mayor.

"Are you kidding me? How could I notice you if I couldn't see you?" Hilda asked as the Mayor rolled his eyes.

"Young lady, the forms are very straightforward." The Mayor says while petting his cat as Stitch raised an eyebrow at him.

"Ba ashi ise cu ziggled lo tek vez jlru? (And how was she supposed to get these forms?)," Stitch asked while crossing his arms as the Mayor scoffs.

"The forms are widely available." The Mayor says matter-of-factly as Hilda and Stitch glared at him, and a nervous Alfur came in between them.

"The important thing is that all of the forms have now been filed, so-,"

"No! We've had enough of her ruthless occupation of our historic city! Haven't we, Angelina?" The Mayor asked his cat sweetly as she meowed weakly.

"But there's nothing ruthless about it. We didn't even know you existed until yesterday." Hilda says as the Mayor waved her off.

"Pure ignorance." The Mayor stated stubbornly as Hilda felt her eye twitch in annoyance.

"You're invisible!" Hilda yelled while grabbing her hair in frustration from having to deal with these insufferable little creatures as Stitch was just as annoyed as she was... although he was still on the fence, on the whole, helping Hilda or not.

"Please, please, can you lower your voice? You're alarming, my cat." The Mayor says while comforting Angelina, who looks to be in distress, as Hilda took a deep breath and calmed down.

"Well, look, I'm sorry about that, but please, don't evict us. Can't we just get along?" Hilda asked, wanting to make peace with the little Elves as the Mayor gasped at this, aghast.

"Angelina heavily pregnant. I don't want her unnecessarily stressed. She's a purebred velourian silkhair." The Mayor says before turning to Alfur. "Fetch Angelina's basket, will you?" The Mayor ordered as Alfur nodded.

"Right away, Mr. Mayor," Alfur says before running off as the Mayor turned to his cat, who seemed to be exhausted and in pain.

"Oh, do you need to lie down?" The Mayor asked Angelina soothingly before putting her down as Hilda leans closer to the Mayor.

"You're not answering my question," Hilda says with her hair laying across the ground as Angelina eyed it transfixed and slowly walked over to Hilda as she went inside her long blue hair.

"Oh, you're still here?" The Mayor asked, rather rudely, as he looked away from her. "Look, the wheels are already in motion, plans are in place, letters are being sent, and forms are being filled in, lots of forms!"

"But surely you can stop it. You're the Mayor." Hilda argued back as the fat Elf shook his head.

"Impossible! I'm only the Mayor! It's out of my hands...and I don't even have hands!" The Mayor says while waving his handless arms around as Hilda and Stitch stared at him, not amused. "Look, I would like to help you, but there's nothing I can do." The Mayor says as Hilda looks disheartened, and her eyes drop down in sadness as Stitch saw this and felt the same feeling that he felt yesterday as he turned to the Mayor and grabbed him. "Whoa! Whoa! What are you doing?!" The Mayor asked with an alarmed look as Hilda's eyes widen in surprise.

"Stitch, what are you doing?!" Hilda asked as Stitch ignored her and glared into the fearful eyes of the Mayor.

"Aka isa glooting akoota ti juinon hapdelup, Mr. Mayor. To, yuuga luile ruise uy u gless… (There is something your not telling us, Mr. Mayor. So, you better fess up or else...)," Stitch says as he dangles the Mayor in the air, and he looks down with a terrified look as Stitch grins maliciously. "...splat."

"Stitch! Stop this at once!" Hilda ordered as Stitch turned to her and was about to protest, but then the Mayor spoke up.

"Okay, okay, there is a way to stop all of this!" The Mayor screamed, getting the two's attention as Hilda gave Stitch a stern look before turning to the red-skinned Elf as she gestured him to continue. "I can't do anything about it, but there is a person who could help you two. It's the new Prime Minister. It was his idea, after all."

"And where can we find him?" Hilda asked, not noticing Angelina walking out of her hair as she looks incredibly skinny and seemed to radiate a glow of happiness as she crashed down on the floor and was knocked out.

"I can't tell you that! It's classified information!" The Mayor says before screaming as Stitch lets go of him, and he falls through the air as he pleaded for help.

"No!" Hilda yelled as she reached over and grabbed the Mayor as she glared at Stitch. "What were you thinking!? You could've killed him! You can't just interrogate someone like that!" Hilda shouted as Stitch shrinks back from her yell, not understanding why she was angry with him as Hilda looks down at the Mayor worriedly. "Are you okay?" She asks as he nods shakily.

"Yeah, I'm alright, dear." The Mayor says, clearly shaken up from the near-death experience as Hilda smiled before frowning as she sighs.

"Look, Mr. Mayor, my Mum and I didn't mean to terrify you and your citizens. If we had known about you guys, we would've been more careful and considerate. So, if you tell me where the Prime Minister is, I would promise you that things will change around here." Hilda says sincerely as the Mayor stared at her for a few seconds before sighing as he nodded.

"Well, you seem to be really ignorant of how things work around here, so I guess I will tell you. The Prime Minister's Mansion is located behind a waterfall, the big one that goes into the fjord." The Mayor informed the group as Hilda beams at this cheerfully.

"I know where that is! Thank you!" Hilda says before hugging him gently as the Mayor was surprised by the hug but smiled warmly as he hugged her back.

"It's nothing, my dear." The Mayor says as Hilda smiled and puts him down as Alfur shows up with Angelina's basket.

"The basket, sir," Alfur says as the Mayor nodded in approval before turning to an exhausted Angelina as he grabbed her and placed her on the basket.

"Oh, there, there, Angelina." The Mayor says while petting his cat as he noticed something strange about her. "Angie, my dear, have you lost weight?" The Mayor asked as Angelina purred but didn't say anything else as she slowly went to sleep.

"I'm going straight to the Prime Minister this instant!" Hilda says before running off.

"Hilda, wait!" Alfur screamed as he turned to Stitch and noticed that he was running after the young girl as the Elf reacted quickly and jumped on his head as Stitch continued running after Hilda.

"Farewell, Hilda!" The mayor says while waving goodbye as he glanced at his cat worriedly.

"I'm telling you that barging in like this could be dangerous!" Alfur shouted while holding onto Stitch's hair as the duo caught up to Hilda.

"I'm going to fix this right now, Alfur, and I don't need a formal introduction," Hilda says without looking at him as she and the boys run into the forest.

~[M'Lover by Kishi Bashi]~

A few minutes later, we see Hilda and the boys arriving at a small lake that separated the forest as Alfur jumped onto Twig's head, and the small Deer-Fox leaped through a trail of stone rocks that lead to the other side as Hilda was about to follow them until she noticed Stitch staring at the lake uneasily as the furry blue experiment nervously took a couple of steps back, and she frowns at him worriedly.

"What's wrong, Stitch?" Hilda asked, pushing back her earlier anger for him as she walked over to him and placed her hand on his shoulder. "Something the matter, boy?" She asked as Stitch continued staring at the lake warily, and she connected the dots as she gave him a confused look. "Are you scared of the lake or something?" Hilda asked, slightly surprised that someone as brave as him would be scared of some pool of water.

"N-Naga! What would make you say that?" Stitch asked nervously while looking away as she gave him a deadpanned look and slightly pushed him towards the lake. "Aah!" Stitch screamed as he scurried away from the lake and climbed up a tree as Hilda looked up to him with a smug look. "...Stitch doesn't like water." Stitch reluctantly admitted with an embarrassed look as Hilda tilted her head curiously.

"Why?" A bewildered Hilda asked, not really making fun of him about it since she also has her own weird fear and didn't want to hurt Stitch's feelings.

"Meega's body to heavy. Will sink like a rock."

"Oh, so, you're just scared of drowning?" Hilda asked as he nodded.

"Ih. Jumba explained that meega can't swim in any type of large body of water. My molecular density is too dense." Stitch explains as Hilda nods and turned to look at the lake before turning back to Stitch as she smiles up to him reassuringly.

"Well, if you want, I can help you cross the lake and hold your hand so you won't drown."

"Really?" Stitch asked, somewhat hopefully, as she nodded and reached out her hand.

"What do you say?" The Blue-Haired Girl asked with a bright smile as Stitch stared at her for a few seconds before carefully climbing down the tree as Stitch walked over to her and grabbed her hand hesitantly.

"Don't let Stitch go," Stitch says quietly as she nodded.

"Never," Hilda says with a serious look as she leads him towards the lake, and Stitch gulped as he stared at the small body of water fearfully. "Okay, so what we are going to do is jump onto that rock before jumping into the next one. We will keep repeating the process over and over again until we reached the other side of the lake," Hilda explains while pointing at the trail of rocks that lead to the other side of the lake. "Think you can do that?"

"Ih," Stitch says shakily as Hilda nods and crouched down as Stitch did the same.

"Okay, three...two...one!" Hilda yelled as Stitch closed his eyes fearfully, and they jumped up as they landed on the nearest rock. "Okay, you're doing good so far, but you can open your eyes," Hilda says as Stitch stubbornly shakes his head, and she rolled her eyes. "Alright, just follow my lead," Hilda says before jumping to the next rock as Stitch followed. They repeated the process over and over again until they reached the other side of the lake as they landed beside a waiting Alfur and Twig. "Alright, we made it to the other side. You can open your eyes now," Hilda says as Stitch slowly opened his eyes and gasped in surprise as he realized that he crossed the lake without drowning.

"M-Meega did it," Stitch says in shock as Hilda nods.

"Yeah, you did-oof!" Hilda says before grunting as she felt Stitch collide with her chest and pull her into a hug.

"T-Thank you," Stitch says as Hilda blinks before smiling softly as she hugged him back.

"No, problem, Stitch."

"Aww!" Alfur squealed, causing Stitch to blush as he lets go of Hilda and looks away awkwardly.

"L-let's go," Stitch says before running off as Hilda smiled amusedly and chased after him as the rest followed.

Stitch stared in awe at the flying pack of Woffs above him as Hilda beams and tried to hitch a ride with one of them but failed as Hilda pouted, and Stitch glanced over at the Woffs as an idea popped into his head, and he grinned mischievously. Hilda sighed sadly as she stared at the Woffs wistfully before yelping as Stitch grabbed her and, without hesitation, threw her towards the Woffs. Alfur and Twig watched in horror as they watched a screaming Hilda flying in the air before landing safely on a Woff as the blue-haired girl grabbed onto his fur fearfully and felt the wind gracing through her hair as her fearful look disappeared, and Hilda cheered in excitement as she zoomed across the sky.

Alfur and Twig sighed in relief as Stitch turned to them and grinned at them sinisterly as they gulped in fear. The next thing they knew, Alfur and Twig were flying across the sky on a Woff with Stitch as he laughed excitedly alongside Hilda as they had the times of their lives...right until the Woffs suddenly dived down as they turned upside down and dumped their unwanted passengers into a pile of leaves as they huffed at them angrily before flying off. The group stared at each other for a few seconds before laughing as they fell back and buried themselves amongst the leaves.

Taking a shortcut through a dark cave, Alfur and Twig shook in fear as Hilda assured them that nothing bad was going to happen, but then a vampire-like creature suddenly dropped down from the ceiling and hissed at them as the group screamed, until Hilda notice something off about the vampire as she took out a flashlight and turned it on as she and the others realized that the vampire was actually Stitch in disguise. Stitch laughed at their scared faces as the group glared at them until they began to laugh as Hilda and the boys agreed that the prank was funny.

Hilda, Twig, and Alfur cooed and cuddled the small litter of bunnies that they stumbled upon as Stitch stared at one bunny curiously and watch as it bounces across the meadow. Hilda laughed gleefully as she cuddles a bunny close to her chest and was about to ask Stitch to get the camera when suddenly Hilda notices Stitch mimicking the bunny by bouncing alongside him as she squealed at the cute sight and urges Twig to get the camera.

After getting some pictures of Stitch interacting with the cute bunnies, the gang head off as Twig encounters a pair of strange-looking flowers and sniffs them curiously, only to yelp in fright as the flowers turned out to be a couple of beetles with flower petals for wings as one of them flew over to Hilda and landed on her hair as it morphed back into a flower. Hilda smiled at the flower beetle on her head while Stitch grumbles in annoyance as the other flower beetle tries to fly to his head, but he swatted it away...only to then scream as a whole swarm of flower beetles appeared, and he ran away as they chased after him.

~[Song Over]~

"Well, that was fun, wasn't it?" Hilda asked Stitch, after helping him get rid of the beetle flowers, as he grumbles angrily, but didn't say anything as they arrived at a small cliff with a waterfall flowing down from it as Hilda beams. "There it is! Let's go-Oof!" Hilda says before being pushed away by Stitch as a small figure flew past them and landed on the bushes. "Huh? What was that?" Hilda asked Stitch, who shrugs as he helped her back up, and they prepared themselves for a fight but calmed down as they realized that it was only a bunny as the little critter bounced off the bush and scratched his ear as he squeaked at them innocently.

"Aww! It's another rabbit! It must've followed us. How are you, little fella?" Hilda asked while approaching the rabbit as Alfur narrowed his eyes at the rabbit and gasped as he pulled on Hilda's hair.

"Hilda, wait! I don't think that's the same bunny that we met earlier. It's one of the Prime Minister's cavalry!"

"What? Seriously?" Hilda asked in disbelief as Stitch's ear twitched, and he looked up as he gasped.

"Fibito! (Trouble!)," Stitch yelled while pointing as everyone looked up, and their eyes widen as they saw a whole army of Elves standing on top of a hill, and they rode on bunnies.

"Implement giant girls' defense maneuvers! Charge!" A General Elf shouted as everyone followed with his commands and charged at the group as they fling tiny rocks at Hilda, and the young girl yelped in pain as Stitch narrows his eyes at the charging army. "Charge forth!" The General screamed as the army approached closer to the group.

"Help!" Hilda screamed while covering her head as Stitch jumps in front of her and roared as the bunnies immediately stopped in their tracks and stared at him in terror as he growled at them.

"...I've accessed the situation, and we're leaving! Implement hasty retreat maneuver from the giant girl's scary blue monster!" The General screamed as they all scampered off, and Stitch smirks in satisfaction as he laughed evilly.

"Thanks, Stitch," Hilda says while giving Stitch a quick hug before walking away as Stitch was surprised by the hug but didn't say anything as he followed after her.

"Well, I must say, it's nice to have someone like Stitch around to scare off any potential danger around," Alfur says as they continued walking, not noticing a pair of familiar aliens sleeping behind a couple of bushes as they groaned in pain and wakes up.

"Ugh, what happened?" Jumba asked while rubbing his head as Pleakely sits up and held his aching sides as he groans in pain.

"I don't know, but it feels like we got ran over by millions of tiny feet," Pleakely says as Jumba stood up and cracked his neck as he yawns and turned his head as he saw his creation walking with Hilda to a waterfall, and gasped. "Oh man, do you realize how far we rolled away from that blue-haired girl's house? How are we going to find our way ba-,"

"Shut up, one-eyed noodle, and take a look!" Jumba whispered harshly while grabbing Pleakely's head as he turned him towards the direction of the gang.

"It's that monstrosity and the little girl again!" The octopus-like alien says with a sharp gasp as he then eyed them confusedly. "What are they doing all the way out here?" Pleakley asked before yelping as Jumba grabbed onto him and duck them down as Stitch turned to look in their direction and stared at the bush that Jumba and Pleakely were hiding behind suspiciously.

"What's wrong, Stitch?" Hilda asked as Stitch narrows his eyes at the bush...before shrugging as he turned to her.

"Naggan. (Nothing.)," Stitch says as Hilda raised an eyebrow but didn't say anything as they continued walking.

"Shh! 626 can listen to us, so let's be quiet and follow after him," Jumba whispers as Pleakely nods, and they sneaked between bushes to bushes as they followed the group stealthily. Meanwhile, with the gang, we see them arriving at the waterfall as they walked behind it and gasped as they saw another elf colony laid before them.

"Ah, here we are," Alfur says as Hilda and Stitch smiled at each other before rushing over to what appears to be the Prime Minister's mansion as they peered into the mirror.

"Our training is complete. We're ready to launch our next attack this evening, sir!" The same General Elf from before says to the Prime Minister as they were in the middle of a meeting.

"Hold on a second!" Hilda yelled, spooking the heck of everyone in the room as they ran around in a panic.

"Smooth." Stitch deadpans as Hilda gave him a mild glare before turning back to the screaming elves.

"Please, I mean you no harm! I just want to explain myself." Hilda says as everyone stopped panicking and sighed in relief.

"Oh, well, in that case, everybody is seated." The Prime Minister says as everyone sat down and turned to Hilda expectantly. The Prime Minister is a 1-inch-tall, 32-year-old male Elf with small black eyes, short grey hair, pointy ears, stick-like arms/legs, white skin, a slim build, and wears a formal suit.

"I want to find a way we can all live together in peace. I love my home, and I don't want to leave it." Hilda says sincerely as Prime Minister winced.

"Well, that's, uh, interesting. Look, I'll be honest with you. I only said I'd get rid of you because I knew I'd get elected if I did." The Prime Minister admitted as he stood up from his chair and walked over to Hilda as the thirty-year-old something Elf placed his hands behind his back and gave the little girl a neutral look. "It's nothing personal." He says as his business associates cheered, and Hilda frowns.

"Do you really hate my Mum and me that much?"

"Yes!"

"Indeed!"

"Absolutely!"

"I despise you with everything that I have!" All of them yelled as Hilda stared at them deadpanned, and Alfur popped out.

"For the record, I don't hate you. Not even a little bit...annoyance, sometimes, yes, but never, never pure hatred," Alfur says, trying to cheer Hilda up, but it didn't work as she frowns sadly, and Stitch felt his heartstrings being pulled from the sight as he glared at the elves and climbed up to the mansion.

"Gooh, isak aka juru injibay Hilda no sglik ucha? (Look, isn't there any way that Hilda can resolve this?)," Stitch asked as the Prime Minister shakes his head.

"You must understand, blue creature, the lights from her house are much too bright at night. She's very loud and keeps babies up at night. And, she's always stepping on us." The Prime Minister rambled as Hilda frowns and crossed her arms.

"But I know that stepping on you guys doesn't hurt you unless we sign the forms...Stitch explained it to me." Hilda says as the Prime Minister glared at her.

"It's still a traumatic experience, little girl! Imagine having a nice dinner with the family, when suddenly, bam! A giant foot goes through your ceiling." The Prime Minister says as Hilda was about to yell, but took a deep breath as she leans down to the Elf's level and gave them a sincere look.

"Okay, I get it, I do. Look, how about we make a deal. We can turn off our lights earlier and keep our voices down. And if we get my Mum to sign the forms, then everything should be fine, right?" The Blue-Haired Adventurer asked hopefully as Prime Minister sighs and shakes his head.

"It's not quite as simple as that." The Prime Minister stated bluntly as Hilda's hopeful expression disappeared.

"It's not?" Hilda asked softly as the Prime Minister nodded, and after noticing her confused look, he decided to elaborate.

"Your house, you, and your family, since anyone can remember, have been considered sworn enemies of the king. No one's ever bothered to try and do anything about it until me! And I'm afraid to say that fixing the situation at this point is-,"

"Out of your hands," Hilda says quietly with her eyes dropping down in sadness as Stitch notice this and frowns as he eyed the mansion angrily.

"Why, yes...and I don't even have hands!" The Prime Minister says as he chuckled, oblivious to Hilda's sadness as Stitch growled and was about to smash the mansion, but stopped at the sounds of Hilda sobbing as he turned around and watched her run out of the cave in tears as Alfur and Twig chased after her. Stitch glanced back at the mansion and groaned as he drops down and chased after Hilda as he saw her sitting on a cliff.

"Hilda?" Stitch called out, but she didn't say anything as he walked over to her and was surprised to see the girl sniffling as she cried. Stitch awkwardly stood on the sidelines as he didn't know how to deal with the crying child, but after seeing her shed another tear, he decided to go with his instincts and hugged her. Surprised by the hug, Hilda turned to him and smiled slightly as Twig jumped into her lap and dried away her tears as she laughed.

"Thanks, guys," Hilda says gratefully as a panting Alfur appeared, and she looked down. "Alfur, if I was to ask you to tell me where the king lives, would you tell me, or is that out of the question?" Hilda asked as Alfur winced and looked down guiltily.

"Hilda, I'm sorry, but that would violate every protocol."

"I understand," Hilda says solemnly while looking away as she begins tearing up again.

"Alfur," Stitch growled while gesturing towards the crying child as Alfur looks away nervously before sighing as he turned to Hilda and gave her a determined look.

"Yes, I'll take you." Alfur says as Hilda gasped and beams as she turned to the Elf.

"You will?" The Little Girl asked hopefully as Alfur nodded.

"I will, but it's a tough journey. I'll need time to prepare. We can leave the day after tomorrow at sunrise." Alfur says as Hilda squealed happily and gave Alfur a hug while being mindful not to hurt him.

"Thank you, Alfur," She says as Alfur smiled and awkwardly hugged her back.

"Not at all. It's actually closer to home than you might think." Alfur says as Hilda nodded before looking at the sunrise with Alfur and Twig as Stitch stood behind, not knowing why he felt really good hugging Hilda and making her feel better as he looked down at his claw and clenched it tightly as so many mixed feelings dwelled inside of him.

"Did you see that?" Pleakely asked Jumba in disbelief as they spied on the group while hiding behind a nearby bush. "The little monster actually comforted that little girl instead of pushed her off the cliff like you thought he would," Pleakley says as Jumba stared at Stitch, dumbfounded, and scratched his head in confusion.

"But I don't understand, why would he help that little girl instead of killing her? This doesn't make sense."

"Maybe, he changed on his short stay on Earth." Pleakely as Jumba gasped and gave the one-eyed alien an offended look.

"Shut your mouth! My monstrosity will never shake off from his programming! This probably just a fluke. I'm sure that he's planning something devious." Jumba says as Pleakely rolled his eyes.

"Sure," Pleakley says before noticing the group walking away. "Hey, they're moving. I think they're going back to that little girl's cabin. Let's follow after them." Pleakely says as Jumba nodded, and they followed after the group. After several hours of walking, it was finally nighttime as the gang had finally arrived back at Hilda's cabin, and Alfur bid them goodbye as he ran off while the others entered the cabin. Unknown to them, however, Jumba and Pleakely appeared as they hid behind a tree and spied on the house with a pair of high-tech binoculars.

"Hey, Mum." Hilda greeted her mother, who was cleaning up the living room from yesterday's attack, as she turned to her and smiled sweetly.

"Hey, Hilda. Hey, Stitch. Where were you two off to all day?" Joanna asked curiously as Hilda gave her a lopsided smile.

"Oh, you know, trying to fix the little problem we've been having," Hilda says as Joanna frowned and sighed as she placed a hand on her daughter's shoulders.

"Hilda, I've been thinking about those threats," Joanna says as Hilda frowns, not liking where her mother was going as she pushes off her hand.

"I'm telling you, Mum, me and Stitch are handling it. You don't have to worry." Hilda says, trying to reassure her mother, but Joanna didn't look to be convinced as she looked out the window with a worried look.

"Hilda, it's not just about the Hidden People's attack that worries me. It's the fact that we're the only people in this whole valley for miles."

"But that's what I love about it!" Hilda says as Joanna sighed tiredly and turned to her daughter.

"But wouldn't you like to have some other kids to talk to?"

"I have myself to talk to, and Twig," Hilda says as Twig runs up to her and licks her cheek as she giggled. "And, I even got Stitch," Hilda says while gesturing at Stitch as Joanna raised an eyebrow.

"Stitch? I thought his name was 626?"

"It was, but we decided to change his name to Stitch since 626 sounds more like a title than an actual real name," Hilda explains as Stitch nodded in agreement.

"Huh, good to know. Anyway, while you two away, I was thinking that maybe we should take a trip to Trollberg tomorrow and look around." Joanna suggested hesitantly as Hilda gave her mum a shocked look while Stitch perked up.

"What!? Mum, no!" Hilda shouted while latching on to her arm as she gave her mother a pleading look. "Mum, please-,"

"Hilda," Joanna says firmly while placing her hands on her daughter's shoulders as she gave her a serious look. "Honey, look, all I ask is that you keep an open mind. You can't exactly judge the city if you were set foot on it, can you?" Joanna asked rhetorically as Hilda opens her mouth and promptly closed it as she realized that her mother was right and pouted as she stalked off. "Well, that could've gone better," Joanna says to Stitch, who was trembling in excitement at the thought of finally going into the city. "At least you're excited to go to the city...for whatever reason. Hey, why are you excited to see the city anyway?" Joanna asked confusedly as Stitch sweated nervously and looked away.

"N-No, reason." Stitch says, but she didn't look convinced as she was about to interrogate him more when suddenly Hilda walked back into the room as she was scratching her hair vigorously.

"Mum, my head it's itchy,"

"Really? Let me take a look, dear," Joanna says while walking over to her as she looks between Hilda's hair...and slowly blinks in disbelief as she saw tiny kittens littered across her hair.

"Do I have nits?"

"Not nits, nittens."

"What?" Hilda asked confusedly as Stitch crawled over to her and used his microscopic vision to look at Hilda's hair and saw at least 30 kittens scattered across her head.

"Ih, kittens are on Hilda's head," Stitch says as Hilda gasped.

"Those must be the mayor's cat's babies. She must've given birth earlier today...eww! A cat gave birth on my head!?" Hilda yelled in disgust as Joanna and Stitch shared a laugh, and Hilda glared at them while blushing in embarrassment. After composing themselves, the gang walked up to Hilda's room as Joanna grabbed every single one of the kittens from Hilda's hair and placed them gently on a box as she puts the lid on it while making sure to put in some air holes.

"There, I think they will be safe there for the time being until they are returned to their rightful owners," Joanna says before turning to Hilda and Stitch. "Now, I dug up my old 'Pocket Guide to Trollberg'," Joanna says while pulling out said book from her pockets as Hilda glanced at it warily. "You can take it with you on the trip," Joanna says cheerfully as she placed the book on Hilda's nightstand and left as Hilda glanced at the book again and sighed as she turned to Stitch.

"Hey, you mind leaving me alone for a few minutes. I have some things to think over." Hilda says as Stitch raised an eyebrow but complied with her wishes as he walked out of the room and was about to head downstairs, but stopped as he heard Hilda's voice through the walls.

"Hey, Dad. It's me again." Hilda's voice rang out as Stitch tilted his head curiously and walked back to Hilda's room as the young Experiment cracked the door open slightly and saw Hilda resting on her knees as she was looking out the window. "I know we haven't talked in a while, but things got busy here. Remember the group of people that have been leaving us all those eviction letters that I've told you about? Well, as it turns out, they're a group of small elves that wants to evict us from our home." Hilda says as she paused for a bit while staring at the sky as a star twinkled, and she perked up.

"Oh, why, you ask? Well, apparently, we have been bothering their villages for years by running through their house, our lights being too bright, Mum and I making too much noise, yadda, yadda, yadda. Honestly, I'm kind of pissed off that they're angry at us even though there was no possible way for us to see them or now that they exist." Hilda rambled, mildly ticked off as the star twinkled, and she blushed embarrassedly as she looks down guiltily.

"I'm sorry for saying a bad word, Dad. It's just that I'm so frustrated with the situation." Hilda says with a tired sigh as she looked up at the sky longingly. "I wish you were here, Dad. I'm sure if you're here, you will convince Mum to let us stay here. I feel like you're the only one that is on my side. Mum, the elves, and even Stitch wants us to go to the dumb city." Hilda says as the star twinkled again, and she beams.

"Oh, right, you don't know about Stitch yet, huh? Well, he's this creature that I found in the woods. He was pretty beat up, and it was...partially my fault." Hilda says as the star twinkled in confusion. "I may have angered a colony of trolls," Hilda admitted sheepishly as the star twinkled sternly, and Hilda shrinks back guilty. "I know that I promised you and Mom to be careful, but I got too curious for my own good and got someone really hurt," Hilda says sadly as Stitch tilted his head curiously and continued eavesdropping. "When I saw him lying on the ground, unconscious and surrounded by Troll footprints, I realized what I have done and freaked out, but thankfully, he managed to survive somehow. After I had a talk with him, I decided to bring him home to heal his wounds and found out that his name is Experiment 626, but later on, we decided to change his name to Stitch."

"Anyway, I find Stitch to be mysterious, aloof at times, does things that are admittedly bad, and I do sometimes get angry with his actions..." Hilda says with a frown as Stitch frowned neutrally and sighed as he was about to walk away until Hilda said something that made him freeze in his steps. "... but I know that he only does those things because he tries to help me, even if he does go overboard at times. Stitch is actually a rather nice guy once you get to know him. He even tried to comfort me when I was sad by hugging me. It was...nice. It reminded me of the hugs that you used to give me." Hilda says sadly as Stitch gasped and looked away as he didn't know how to feel with someone referring to him, the being created for death and destruction as...nice.

"Anyway, Dad, it's getting late, so I'm going to go to bed. It's been nice talking to you. I love you." Hilda says as she blew a kiss at the sky before running off to her closet to change into her pajamas as Stitch decided that he had seen enough and closed the door. Sighing, Stitch leans against the door as he remembered Hilda's conversation with her father, and the young experiment wondered if he could ever have a relationship like that with his creator. Scoffing at the idea, Stitch shakes his head as he turned around and ran downstairs for a snack.

---

The next morning, we see the group driving up towards the gates of Trollberg as Joana was patiently waiting for traffic to move forwards while Hilda was reading the tour guide book that her mom gave her as Stitch was looking out into the city through the window with a huge grin on his face as he was shaking in excitement.

"Okay, now this is interesting," Hilda spoke up while pointing at the book as Joana and Stitch turned to her curiously. "It says here that Trollberg was built right smack in the middle of the land that belongs to Trolls," Hilda says as Joana nods.

"That's why they built this wall, to keep the Trolls out," Joana explained as Hilda sighed.

"City people are no fun. Why built a wall to keep Trolls out when they're so fun to be around?" She asked as Stitch scoffed.

"Trolls gatchi lel gyn caman inji greled lulu yuuga. (Trolls aren't very fun when they trample over you.)," Stitch grumbles as Hilda tilted her head confusedly before realizing what he was talking about as the blue-haired girl blushed embarrassedly and looked away.

"Oh, right, sorry. I forgot that Trolls aren't exactly your favorite people right now." Hilda says as Stitch rolled his eyes before beaming as they finally enter the city. After a few minutes of riding, Joana finally parked her car at the curb as they got out of the car, and Hilda looked around boredly as Stitch was eyeing the huge buildings intensively and chuckled evilly.

"Alright, guys, for the rest of the day, we're going to be exploring the city, but first, we're going to be looking for new houses, got it?" Joanna asked as Hilda and Stitch nodded absentmindedly.

"Hey, mummy, look! I want that dog!" A little girl says while pointing at Stitch as her mother took one look at Stitch and shrieked in fear as she grabbed her daughter, and they ran away.

"...Maybe we should do something about Stitch's appearance before we continue with the tour," Hilda says as Stitch tilted his head confusedly.

"Gabba yuug tasoop? (What do you mean?)," Stitch asked as Hilda rubbed her neck nervously.

"Well...not to be mean or anything, but people aren't exactly...used to seeing other people with four arms and antennas." She explained as Joanna nodded in agreement and looks around.

"Maybe we can find a clothing store to buy a shirt and a cap to hide his extra limbs," Joana says as Stitch shakes his head.

"No, need," Stitch says reassuringly as the girls raise an eyebrow.

"What do you mean by-," Hilda says before shutting up as she saw Stitch retracting his appendages by sucking in his extra arms into his stomach, hiding his antennas, and withdrawing his poisonous spines as he looked up at the shocked family calmly.

"...You...You could've done that this entire time?" Hilda asked as Stitch nodded.

"Then, why didn't you?" Joanna asked curiously as Stitch shrugged.

"Meega never had a reason to."

"Makes sense, but you still need help with your disguise," Hilda says with a thoughtful look as she looked around and spotted a man walking down the street with his dog as Hilda turned to stare at Stitch for a few seconds, and an idea popped into her head as she snaps her fingers in realization. "I got it! You think you can act like a dog for the rest of the day?" Hilda asked while pointing at the dog as Stitch stared at him for a few seconds and nodded as he went on all fours and barks as Joanna nodded in satisfaction.

"Okay, that will do, and if anyone asks, tell them that Stitch is a rare breed from Hawaii or something," Joanna says as Hilda nodded, and they walked off as Stitch was about to follow them until he stopped as his ears twitched, and he looked behind him as he saw a blue car following after them. Narrowing his eyes, Stitch turned on his X-Ray vision and gasped as he saw Jumba and Pleakely driving in the car. Composing himself, Stitch pretended to not see them as he followed after the girls while keeping a close eye on his creator and the other guy.

"There they are, and so far, it looks 626 haven't entered his lust for destruction...yet," Jumba says while spying on Stitch and the family through his binoculars as he wore a human disguise that consisted of a giant blue fedora that covers his head, two sunglasses to cover his eyes, a black jacket with a green shirt underneath, blue pants, and black shoes.

"Hey, how did you buy this car anyway?" Pleakely asked curiously while driving the car as he wore a human disguise that consisted of a curly blonde wig with a long pink dress, two pairs of blue flats, and, strangely enough, he also wore female makeup.

"Oh, I stole it," Jumba says bluntly as Pleakely eyes widen.

"What!? I'm riding in a stolen car!?" Pleakely yelled panickily as Jumba rolled his eyes.

"Calm down, one-eyed noodle. I had to steal the car. It was necessary for the mission." He says as Pleakely opened his mouth and promptly closed it as he realized that Jumba was right and sighed tiredly.

"Alright, I guess your right, but I prefer to finish this mission without the thought of stealing from Earthlings." He says as Jumba rolled his eyes.

"Don't worry, my alien friend, this mission will be over in a flash. Experiment 626 programming will not allow him to enter a city without destroying it. Soon his destructive programming will take effect, and he will start to back up sewers, reverse street signs, and steal everyone's left shoe." Jumba explains as Pleakely raised an eyebrow at his last comment and shakes his head.

"I don't know, Jumba. Yesterday, we saw him perform an act that no evil monster could ever perform. Maybe, he's not the evil destroying the monster that you made him out to be anymore." He says as Jumba scoffed.

"Shut up with the crazy talk, One-eyed noddle, I created Experiment 626 to be unstoppable and incorruptible, nothing will deviate him from his mission, especially not some child and her mother. You will see, sooner or later, he will destroy, and once he does, we will capture Experiment 626 during the chaos." Jumba explains as Pleakely blinks in surprise.

"Huh, that actually sounds like a good idea, but what if he gets someone hurt during his rampage? What if someone reports him? Remember our talk a couple of days ago about not having the Earth Government chase after us?"

"Don't worry, your little pretty green head about it, my alien friend. I had come up with a plan for that." Jumba says while pulling out a small black box as he planted it on the car, and the vehicle glowed a bit before dying down as Jumba then pulled out a remote with a big red button on it. "Before we left this morning, I've created this little device that will help us on our mission. Once Experiment 626 unleashes his fury on this city, all I have to do is to press this button, and it will send out an EMP wave that will temporarily knock out any electrical device near this car in 5 miles. Allowing us to bring in 626 without the threat of our cover being blown and the Earth Military showing up." Jumba says as Pleakely slowly blinked at him in disbelief.

"You've really planned this out, huh?" He asked as Jumba shrugged.

"Hey, it just like you said, I don't want to be sent to Earth Prison. Sure, it's easier to escape than the prison at the Galactic Federation headquarters, but it's still a hassle, though." Jumba says as Pleakely nodded before focusing on their mission as they continued following after Stitch and the gang.

~[Montage Music: Stuck on you by Elvis Presley]~

You can shake an apple off an apple tree
Shake-a, shake- sugar
But you'll never shake me
Uh-uh-uh
No-sir-ee, uh, uh
I'm gonna stick like glue
Stick because I'm
Stuck on you

"That one's available," Joana says to Hilda while pointing at a two-story white/red house as the little girl looks unimpressed. "Four bedrooms, parking, pets okay, close to playground, sounds perfect," Joana says with a smile as Hilda gave her a disbelief look.

"Are you kidding me? We'd be trapped in a house sandwich." Hilda says while gesturing to the surrounding houses that were really close to the house that Joana wanted to buy.

"Okay, I will admit that the houses are maybe a little bit cramped, but there is a lot of space for us inside. Besides, I think that Stitch likes it." Joana says while gesturing at Stitch, who was inspecting the house, as Hilda frowns and Joana sighs. "How about we look for more houses?" Joana suggested while grabbing Hilda's hand as they walked away, leaving behind Stitch as he looks around, and smirked as Experiment 626 grabbed onto the house and grunted as he lifted it off the ground.

"Aha!" Jumba says while driving up to the house with Pleakely as he smirked at the octopus-like alien. "See? I told you it wouldn't take long for him to destroy." Jumba says as he took out his gun and aimed it at Stitch. "Be prepared to press the button." The Evil Scientist says as Pleakley nodded and grabbed Jumba's button as he was about to press it until suddenly Joana shows up as Stitch yelped at her sudden appearance and accidentally dropped the house as she walked up to him.

"Stitch, come on, we have more houses to look at," Joana says while grabbing his arm as they walked off with Stitch grumbling at his failure.

"Fiddlesticks, we almost had him." Jumba cursed as Pleakely sighed, and they drove off after them.

Gonna run my fingers thru your long black hair
Squeeze you tighter than a grizzly bear
Uh-uh-uh
Yes-sir-ee, uh, uh
I'm gonna stick like glue
Stick, because I'm
Stuck on you

After Hilda rejected literally every single house they could find, Joana decided to cut her losses and show Hilda the school she would be going to as she took the gang to the Alhberg Elementary School, where they could see hundreds of kids playing outside in recess.

"This could be your school," Joana says to Hilda excitedly as the blue-haired girl looks across the playground blankly while Stitch looks bored. "Go ahead, explore the playground," Joana says while pushing her daughter ahead lightly as she sighed but nodded reluctantly.

"Fine, but I'll keep a low profile. Come on, Stitch." Hilda says while placing her hands on her back as Stitch nodded, and they walked forwards as they inspected the happy playing children warily. "Keep an eye out, Stitch. You don't know what kind of dangers could lurk here." Hilda says as Stitch nods.

"Ih," Stitch says while walking on the ground on all fours as students glanced at Stitch curiously and murmured among themselves. Ignoring their muttering, Hilda and Stitch continued walking across the playground as Hilda stared at all the kids skeptically while Stitch narrowed his eyes at them as the bell suddenly began to ring, spooking the heck out of Hilda and Stitch as all of the students began returning back to the school.

"Wait! Where's everybody going?" Hilda says while grabbing onto a student, who raised an eyebrow at her as Hilda gave him a confused look. The student is a 4-feet-tall, ten-year-old boy with black eyes, short semi-curly brown hair, a small bulbous nose, Caucasian skin, a slim built, and he was currently wearing his school uniform, which consisted of a yellow blazer with a white-collard shirt underneath, a red tie, black pants, and gray shoes. His name is David.

"Inside. Breaks over." David explains as Hilda and Stitch tilted their heads confusedly.

"What's a break?"

"A waste of time if you ask me." A little girl says while walking over to them with a bored look on her face. The girl is a 4'2-feet-tall, 10-year-old girl with black eyes, long dark brown hair that is tied up into a low-hanging ponytail, brown skin, a slender built, and she was currently wearing her school uniform, which consisted of a yellow blazer with a white-collard shirt underneath, a red tie, black pants, and gray shoes. Her name is Frida. "Anyway, David, we should go before-Aah! What the what is that!?" Frida says before screaming at the sight of Stitch as David did the same.

"Who are you talking about?" Hilda says as Frida shakily pointed at Stitch. "Oh, you mean Stitch? Well, he's my frie-I mean, my dog. Yeah, my dog." Hilda says with a nervous laugh as the kids stared at her in disbelief.

"That doesn't look like any dog I've seen before," David says fearfully while hiding behind Frida as the girl stared at Stitch with an unease look.

"What kind of breed is he?" She asked Hilda, who smiled as she petted Stitch.

"He's a rare breed from Hawaii," Hilda explains as Frida raised an eyebrow but nodded as she and David were still staring at Stitch frighteningly. "You two don't have to be afraid of him. He's quite friendly. Smile for them, Stitch." Hilda says while nudging at Stitch as he looked up to the spooked children, and smiled at them toothily, showing off his sharp teeth as Frida's face paled and David fainted.

"Y-Yeah, we're getting out of here," Frida says nervously while grabbing onto David's unconscious body as she ran off, and Stitch laughed as Hilda glared at him.

"You did that on purpose." Hilda scolded as Stitch nodded while still laughing.

Hide in the kitchen, hide in the hall
Ain't gonna do you no good at all

"Okay, this place doesn't look bad so far," Hilda says while reading a book in a bookstore that her mother took her as Joana smiled.

"See? I told you that you would love this place." Joana says as Hilda nodded and continued reading until she noticed that a special someone was missing as she looks around.

"Hey, where's Stitch?" Hilda asked just as a loud sound could be heard as she and Joanna turned around and screamed as a large body of water gushed out of the bathroom and washed them, as well as other customers, out of the store as thousands of soggy books slide out.

"What just happened!?" Joana asked frantically as a grumpy-looking store owner walked out of the store with Stitch in her arms as she marched over to a confused Joana and Hilda angrily.

"Is this your dog, Mam?" She asked while soaking wet as she presented Stitch to them, and he smiled at them innocently as he had a pipe in his hands.

"Meega was using the bathroom, and this happened," Stitch says, acting sheepishly as Joana stared at him stunned before looking up at the store owner, who held out her hand as she sighed and pulled out her wallet to pay for all the books that Stitch ruined.

'Cause once I catch ya and the kissin' starts
A team o' wild horses couldn't tear us apart

An angry Joana walked across the Trollberg Football Stadium with Hilda and Stitch following after her as a football suddenly appears and hits Stitch in the head as he yelped and growled angrily as he turned around to face a sheepish-looking football player.

"Hey, sorry about hitting your little...dog thing, little girl. Can you please pass over the ball?" He asked Hilda, who nodded.

"Sure," Hilda says as she grabbed the football, only for Stitch to suddenly snatch the ball out of her hands as he threw it at the surprised football player and sends him flying towards the bleachers as he crashed against it and fells down as he moans in pain. "Stitch!" Hilda yells disapprovingly while crossing her arms at him as Stitch laughs, and she shakes her head exasperatedly.

Try to take a tiger from his daddy's side
That's how love is gonna keep us tied
Uh-uh-uh, uh-uh-uh
Yes-sir-ee, uh, uh
I'm gonna stick like glue
Stick, because I'm
Stuck on you

Walking towards the park, the gang decided to have a picnic as Stitch ate a sandwich but still felt hungry as Stitch noticed Joanna handing Hilda her sandwich and tried to reach out his hand to grab it. Joanna saw this as she frowned and swatted his hand away as Joana gave him a stern look and shakes her head.

Stitch gasped before narrowing his hands as he tightened his fists and was about to punch Joanna until he saw a red dot on his chest as Experiment 626 looks ahead and groaned as he saw Jumba and Pleakley poorly hiding behind a couple of bushes with his creator aiming his gun at him. Stitch grumbles in annoyance as he sighed and reluctantly hugged Hilda, who was surprised by the hug but smiled nonetheless as she hugged him back eagerly.

Hide in the kitchen, hide in the hall
Ain't gonna do you no good at all

"Where are you taking us, Mum?" Hilda asked her mother, who was leading her to the Trollberg Harbor, as she had her daughter and Stitch blindfolded.

"You will see," Joanna says with a smile as she leads the group to a boat and carefully board them on as she turned to them excitedly. "Okay, you can take off your blindfolds now," Joanna says as Hilda and Stitch took off their blindfolds, and Joanna held out her hands dramatically. "Ta-da! Why take a normal boring tour of the city when you take an exciting boat tour instead?" The young woman asked with a smug smirk as Stitch's face paled.

"Boat...we're on a boat," Stitch says while running over to the edge of the boat as he looked out at the ocean with a terrified look.

"Oh, I don't think this was a good idea, Mum," Hilda says worriedly as Joanna tilted her head confusedly.

"Why's that?" Joanna asked as a trembling Stitch continued staring at the ocean for a few seconds before screaming as he ran over to the controls of the ship and promptly threw the captain off the boat as Stitch then grabbed the wheel and turned the ship around as it raced back towards the harbor.

"AAAAHHH!" Hilda and Joanna screamed while holding on to each other in fear as Stitch clumsily drove the ship back ashore and crashed it against the harbor, destroying it and all the other boats around it as Stitch jumped off the boat and runs off as everyone stared at Hilda and Joanna in disbelief.

"...Because Stitch's afraid of water," Hilda admitted sheepishly as Joanna stared at her stunned while panting heavily as the Captain swam back to shore and glared at her as he held out his hand, and Joanna sighs as she threw her wallet at him.

'Cause once I catch ya and the kissin' starts
A team o' wild horses couldn't tear us apart

After paying for all of the damage that Stitch and catching up with the alien experiment, the gang had decided to get some ice cream as Joanna handed two scoops of chocolate ice cream to Hilda and Stitch, who licked them eagerly as a dog walked up to Stitch and sniff his butt.

"Huh?" Stitch says as he looks down and growled angrily as he slammed his ice cream on the dog's head. "Feebe pugy, guv! (Back off, perv!)," Stitch yelled as the dog ran away to his owner while yelping in fear/pain as the man glared at the girls, who laughed sheepishly as they grabbed Stitch and ran off.

Try to take a tiger from his daddy's side
That's how love is gonna keep us tied
Uh-uh-uh, uh-uh-uh
Yes-sir-ee, uh, uh
I'm gonna stick like glue
Stick, because I'm
Stuck on you

After escaping from the man and his dog, the gang had continued exploring the city as they walked past a grocery store, and Stitch spotted a two-seater rocket kiddy ride in the front. Thinking that it was real, Stitch ran over to it and jumped on the rocket as he was trying to turn it on.

"Ooh, Hilda, look! It's one of those cute little kiddy rides that I used to play on when I was a little girl." Joanna says before getting an idea as she turned to Hilda excitedly. "You should ride it." Joanna says as Hilda raised an eyebrow at her.

"But isn't it that ride for little kids, Mum?"

"Oh, come on, just gave it a try. It will be fun. I never could get you to ride one of those all the way in the woods." Joanna pleaded as Hilda sighed but reluctantly made her way to the rocket as she climbed on it, much to Stitch's annoyance as she crossed her arms and gave her mom an unimpressed look.

"Now, what?" Hilda asked as Joanna walked over to her and placed a quarter inside the coin slot of the machine as the rocket began rocking back and forth. Hilda was not amused nor entertained by the ride as Stitch looks down and realized that the rocket was planted on the ground as Stitch threw back his head and groaned.

"When you're ready to give up, just let us know, heh?" Jumba says with a laugh while suddenly appearing behind with Pleakely as Joanna turned to them with a raised eyebrow.

"Uh, who are you talking to?" Joanna asked confusedly/suspiciously as they sweated nervously.

"Um...no one!" Pleakely shouted while grabbing onto Jumba's arm as they ran off.

~[Montage over]~

After the embarrassing/disappointing ride, it was finally nighttime in the city of Trollberg as Joanna decided to finish the tour by taking the small group to a sushi restaurant that was surprisingly okay with letting pets inside as they sat down at a table, and a chef appeared as he started making their food for them while performing several tricks that impressed the group...right until he accidentally set his chef hat on fire as he screamed in fear and ran away.

"Ha, ha, ha!" Stitch laughed loudly while clapping as Joanna scowled at him, and he smiled at her innocently as she sighed tiredly.

"I'm going to help the chef with the fire," Joanna says as she kisses Hilda's forehead and glared at Stitch lightly before running after the screaming chef as Hilda watched her go worriedly and turned to Stitch as she gave him a stern look.

"Stitch, I think we need to talk about your behavior today," Hilda says while sitting next to him as she handed him her sketchbook, and Stitch raised an eyebrow as he saw a crude drawing of him. "This is your badness level."

"Badness level?" Stitch asked in confusion as Hilda nodded and pulled out two crayons.

"This is a little trick that my Dad used to do to me whenever I act out," Hilda explained as she showed him a blue crayon, and Stitch cocked his head curiously. "The blue crayon represents your good behavior," Hilda says as she drew his legs blue and then pulled out a red crayon as she showed it to him. "The red crayon represents your bad behavior," Hilda explains as she drew the rest of his body red. "As you can see, you have been acting rather bad all day, and I want to know what's going on with you?" Hilda asked worriedly as Stitch frowns and looks away.

"Nothing is wrong," Stitch says as Hilda raised an eyebrow at him.

"Really? I find that hard to believe with the destructive behavior you've been showing lately." Hilda says as Stitch blinks at her innocently.

"What destructive behavior?" Stitch asked as Hilda stared at him deadpanned.

"You're joking, right?" Hilda asked as Stitch didn't say anything and looked away as she sighed. "Look, Stitch, I don't know what's going on with you, but we're friends, so if you're going through something, you know you can tell me, right?" Hilda asked with a worried look as Stitch looks away with a conflicted look and sighed as he turned to her.

"Well-"

"Hey, I'm back," Joanna says while walking back to the table as the young woman dusts off her hands and sits down as she turned to her daughter with a soft look. "So, Hilda, how are you liking the tour so far...you know, besides the inconveniences," Joanna says while glaring at Stitch briefly as Hilda shrugged.

"It's been fine so far, I guess, but I still don't see what's great about the city when there's a lot of things WAY more interesting in the woods," Hilda says as Joanna sighed tiredly and placed her hand on her daughter's shoulder as she gave her an understanding look.

"Sweetie, I know that you love the woods, I love it too, but we have to move to Trollberg whether you like it or not," Joanna says sternly as Hilda grew angry and glared at her mother.

"But why? Is this about the threats? Because I'm handling it-,"

"Yes, yes, Hilda. I know that you're handling it, but, honestly, sweetheart, the reason that we're moving is not just about the threats. It's something else," Joanna says as Hilda tilted her head confusedly, and her mother continued explaining. "Look, sweetie, you won't be able to grow up properly if you stay in the woods for all of your life. I mean, you don't have any human friends about your age, you're not getting a proper education, and you go off into dangerous situations almost every day."

"I can protect myself," Hilda says determinedly as Joanna frowned.

"I know you can, but who is going to protect you?" She asked as Hilda blinks in surprise.

"What do you mean by that?" She asked as Joanna sighs.

"Honey, we both know that you have the tendency to run into danger without thinking and often get into situations that are way over your head," Joanna says before sighing fondly as she looked away with a nostalgic look. "In a way, you remind me of a lot of your father," Joanna says as Hilda frowns and looks down as Stitch, who was picking his nose boredly, perked up at the mention of Hilda's father as he sits up to listen to the conversation carefully. Meanwhile, outside, we see Jumba and Pleakely driving up to the sushi restaurant as they got out of the car, and the evil genius turned to Galactic Federation Agent.

"Alright, you got the remote?" Jumba asked Pleakely, who nodded as he pulled out Jumba's remote. "Good. Alright, remember the plan. The minute you press that button, we have about exactly 5 minutes to capture 626 before the power goes back on." He explains as Pleakely nods, and Jumba pulls out a pair of titanium handcuffs. "That will leave us enough time to cuff him and leave the restaurant before anyone is the wiser," Jumba says as Pleakely frowned worriedly.

"But what if the little monster puts up a fight?" Pleakley asked as Jumba smirked and pulled out his plasma gun.

"Then we have to subdue him," Jumba says cockily as Pleakely frowned heavily and glared at him.

"What about the people inside? Remember we went on this mission so that there won't be any casualties." Pleakley stated sternly as Jumba rolled his eyes.

"Don't worry, my alien friend, Jumba may be an evil genius, but Jumba is also good with a plasma cannon, and with a little help of my night vision goggles, Jumba will make sure not to hit anyone, except for 626. Just stick with the plan and made sure the car is running, so we can make our escape." Jumba says while putting on a pair of night-vision goggles as Pleakely hums warily but nods as he went back to the car while Jumba enters the restaurant.

"Y-You rarely talk about, Dad, anymore," Hilda says quietly while looking down as Joanna sighed and placed her arm on her shoulder.

"I know, sweetheart, it's just that after his death, it's hard for me to talk about him without feeling..." Joanna says before trailing off as she shakes her head and looked down at her with a serious look. "The reason I brought up your Dad was because, like you, he often loves going on adventures." Joanna says as Hilda smiled slightly and looked up at her.

"Yeah, I know. Dad used to tell me stories of all the adventures that he went through when he was a child. It was one of my favorite moments growing up." Hilda says with a fond expression on her face as Joanna smiled and scooted over to her as she gave her a side hug.

"Well, did you know that your father used to take me on his adventures?" She says as Hilda blinks at her in surprise.

"Really?" Hilda asked in disbelief/amazement as her mother nodded.

"Yeah, those were fun times. You're father always wanted to live life to the fullest. That was actually one of the reasons that I fell in love with him." Joanna says with a small smile before frowning as she looked away. "But one day, while we were out exploring, your father heard the tale of a land close to the woods that was said to harbor a dangerous and powerful creature, and of course, your father naturally wanted to check it out. Long story short, your father was in deep trouble and only managed to survive because I convinced him to pull back."

"Where are you going with this?" Hilda asked as Joanna sighed and placed her arm on her shoulder as she gave her a serious look.

"Honey, you share so much of your father's good traits. Like him, you're adventurous, kind, patient, and always see the good in others." She says as Hilda smiled at the compliments but frowned at what she said next. "But like him, you're stubborn, reckless, and you don't know when to pull back when a situation is too dangerous. And, I'm afraid that one day you will get into a situation that you won't be able to come back from." Joanna says worriedly while tearing up a bit as Hilda frowned.

"Mum..."

"I don't want that to happen to you because you're all that I've left, so please just think about considering moving to Trollberg. Not just for your sake, but for mine as well." Joanna pleaded as Hilda looks down, not knowing what to say as Stitch looked between them curiously and was about to voice his input when suddenly the power went out as Stitch felt someone grab him and lift him off the table as he struggled to escape from his attacker's grasp.

"Aha! I finally caught you!" Jumba shouted as Stitch growled and bit his arm as Jumba yelped and let go of him.

"What's going on?!" Hilda asked, not being able to see anything, as Stitch turned on his night vision and glared at Jumba as he pulled out his small plasma gun and opened fire at his creator.

"Where did you get a plasma gun!? Jumba asked while barely dodging the plasma beams as he threw himself onto the floor and rolled over to a table as he used it as cover.

"Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!" Stitch yelled manically while continuing to shoot his creator as the people around him screamed and ran around in blind panic as they tried to run out of the restaurant.

"Hilda, get down!" Joanna shouted while pushing her daughter out of the way as a plasma beam narrowly zips past her. "Honey, are you okay?!"

"Yeah, I'm fine, but where's Stitch?"

"We'll worry about him later, but first, we got to go to safety," Joanna says while grabbing onto Hilda as they ran off and managed to find the doors as Joanna opened them and ran out as the rest of the customers followed.

"Oh, I can't complain, Mom, I'm working with a convicted criminal, got ran over by millions of little feet, got lost in the forest for a while, and I've been stalking the monster that I'm trying to capture with his evil genius creator as the little monster was able to elude us all day due to him pretending to be this small innocent family's pet...but otherwise, the job has been peachy." Pleakely says sarcastically while talking with his mom on his space phone as he got another call. "Oh, hold on, Mom, I got another call," Pleakely says as he answered the other call and yelped as the green-skinned octopus-like alien saw the face of the Grand Councilwoman appear on the screen.

"Agent Pleakely, you are overdue for a status report." Grand Councilwoman says as Pleakely gulped and tug on his collar nervously as he smiled weakly.

"Oh, uh, things are going well. Things are going..." Pleakely says before trailing off as he saw a group of people running out of the restaurant in a panic. "...well." Agent Wendy squeaked out as the Grand Councilwoman glared at him.

"I would've expected you back by now with Experiment 626 in cuffs."

"Oh, uh, we still have a few things to pack up, but we will be back in a couple of hours," Pleakely says as Grand Councilwoman narrowed her small blue eyes at the nervous octopus-like alien.

"Don't make me wait." The Leader of the Galactic Federation stated firmly before shutting off the communication as Pleakely whimpered in fear and saw green flashes appear inside the restaurant as Wendy frowned seriously and nodded to himself determinedly as he got out of the car and quickly made his way over to the nearly destroyed building.

"Stand still, 626!" Jumba says while shooting at Stitch as the small alien was rolling across the restaurant in his ball form, easily dodging his plasma blasts but unknowingly destroying parts of the restaurant in the process. "Jumba does not want to hurt his creation! Jumba just wants to paralyze you long enough to capture you so that Jumba can hand you over to the Galactic Federation in exchange for my freedom!" Jumba says as he studied the pattern that Stitch was rolling and anticipated where he was going as Jumba blasted the spot where Stitch was heading and send him flying through the air.

"Ugh!" Stitch grunted as he crashed on the ground and rubbed his head as Jumba walked over to him and placed his foot on Stitch's body as the bald-headed evil scientist pointed his gun at his head.

"Now, be a good little creation, and hold still," Jumba says while charging up his plasma gun as Stitch glared at him, and Jumba grinned at him as he was about to shoot him until suddenly the doors were slammed open as Pleakely ran in.

"Jumba!" Pleakely yelled as Jumba groaned and turns to him.

"What!? Can't you see that I'm about to trap 626?"

"Jumba! Where are you!? I can't see you!" Pleakely yelled while waving his arms around madly as he tried to find his partner.

"I'm right here!"

"Where's here!?" Pleakely asked while forwards blindly as he slammed against a table.

"Over here! On your left!" Jumba yelled as Pleakely turned left and slammed against a pillar as he fell down. "Oops, did I say left? I meant right." Jumba says sheepishly as Pleakely groans. Stitch thrashed from his binds as his super intelligence went on overdrive to find a way to escape, and he looks around as he spotted the boiler placed at the back of the restaurant, the cloth that was placed on the tables, and Jumba's plasma gun.

Grinning, Stitch grabbed onto Jumba's foot and threw him off as Jumba yelped and flew in the air as he crashed against Pleakely, and they both fell down to the floor. The aliens groaned in pain as Stitch stood up and used his super-speed to run around the restaurant as Experiment 626 snatched all of the table cloth from the restaurant tables and then ran over to the aliens as he grabbed onto them and sped them to the boiler.

"What are you doing?" Jumba asked as Stitch tied him and Pleakely to the boiler with the table cloth and grabbed Jumba's plasma gun. "What are you going to do? Shoot us?" Jumba asked with a scoff as Stich grinned and shook his head as he pointed at the heat monitor that was attached to the boiler, and Jumba's eyes widen in horror. "You wouldn't!"

"What's going on? What's he about to do?" Pleakely asked as Stitch smirked and charged up Jumba's gun as he blasted at the boiler with a low-level plasma beam and slowly heated up the boiler as it started shaking. "...oh, I know what's he going to do." Pleakely deadpans as Stitch overheated the boiler, and it shakes violently as it took off into the air, and blast through the roof as it flew in the air, and the terrified screams of Jumba and Pleakely could be heard throughout the sky. Stitch giggled evilly as he mockingly waved his creator and his companion goodbye until the sounds of running footsteps could be heard as he turned around and saw Hilda, Joanna, and all of the other customers running into the restaurants.

"Stitch! Stitch, where are you?" Hilda asked as the power went on, and everyone gasped as they saw Stitch standing in the middle of the destroyed restaurant with his plasma gun still smoking.

"...Again?" Joanna asked tiredly while rubbing her temples in exasperation as she sighs. Stitch glances around the destroyed restaurant before looking down at Jumba's gun as he glanced back at them sheepishly.

"Meega can explain," Stitch says while tossing the gun away as it let out a blast that destroyed a wall, scaring the customers as Hilda sighed exhaustedly and walked over to him as she grabbed his hand.

"I think that you've done enough," Hilda says with a glare as Stitch flinched and looks away guiltily as Hilda shakes her head and pulled him out of the restaurant.

"I'm assuming that's your...dog, Miss?" The restaurant owner asked while walking over to Joanna, who sighed heavily as she nodded and pulled out her wallet.

---

After paying a lot of money to pay for all of the damages that Stitch caused to the restaurant, the gang had driven back to the cabin in the woods as Hilda opened the door and was greeted by an excited Twig as the blue-haired girl smiles softly and bends down to pet her Deer-Fox.

"Hey, Twig. You miss me, boy?" Hilda asked as Twig nodded and licked her head as she giggled, but then her laughter died down as Stitch, and her angry mother walked in as Joanna slammed the doors closed and took a deep breath as she turned to Stitch and glared at him.

"Now, you listen here, while you are our guest, your behavior today was-,"

"Stitch, go up to my room," Hilda ordered while interrupting her mother as Joanna raised an eyebrow at her.

"Hilda-,"

"Mum, he's my responsibility. Let me handle him." Hilda says with a serious look as Joanna blinked but nodded as Hilda turned to Stitch and glared at him. "Go," Hilda says curtly as Stitch flinched from her glare and scampered off the stairs as Hilda followed after him as they entered Hilda's room, and they closed the door. "Sit." The Young Adventurer ordered sternly as Stitch obediently sat on her bed and she walked over to him as Hilda crossed her arms and gave him a stern look.

"Okay, so you're acting really out of line today, mister! First, you threaten Alfur and the Mayor. Then you scared those kids, flooded the library, hit a guy with a football, rammed the boat into the harbor, abused that poor little dog, and destroyed the restaurant!" Hilda scolded as Stitch flinched and looks down guilty as Hilda's face soften, and sighs as she walked over to the bed and sat beside him as the blue-haired girl gave him a concerned look.

"Stitch, I'm not mad at you...okay, maybe a little bit, but I'm mostly worried. So as a friend, can you tell me what's going on with you?" Hilda asked as Stitch frowned and remained quiet as Hilda felt a little hurt that he won't open up to her but didn't say anything as she sighed. "Look, if you won't tell me what's going on with you, then can we at least work on that destructive energy of yours."

"...Stitch doesn't know how to stop it," Stitch admitted quietly as Hilda hummed thoughtfully and got an idea as she smiled at him.

"Maybe, you don't have to stop it, but control it." She says as Stitch blinks in confusion.

"Gaba? (What?),"

"What I mean is instead of suppressing your destructive rage, why not use that energy for something more constructive? Like maybe instead of destroying something, why not create something for a change?" Hilda suggested as Stitch scoffed and was about to dismiss the suggestion until an idea popped into his head as Experiment 626 grinned and jumps off the bed as he runs around Hilda's room while grabbing various objects as he dropped them on the floor and begins to construct something. Hilda watched in amazement as Stitch created a small replica of Trollberg complete in her room and stood back to admire his handy work as Hilda whistles impressively.

"Wow, you got everything even from the smallest details," Hilda says while noticing that the fake houses he made had lights inside as Stitch nodded before grabbing a lamp as he took off the lampshade, illuminating his fake city as he smirked evilly and grew his appendages.

"Rawr!" Stitch roared as he begins destroying all the fake buildings he made and grabbed a car. "Oh, no, it's a monster! Save me!" Stitch says with a high-pitched voice before eating the car as he laughs maniacally.

"...Well, at least he's destroying a fake city, and not a real one. That's something, at least." Hilda says with a sweatdrop, trying to look at the situation more optimistically as Stitch continued with his 'rampage'.

A few hours later, we see Hilda, in her pajamas, sleeping soundly on her bed as a panting Stitch finished destroying his last building and looked over the carnage he made as the little alien expected to feel great at finally being able to destroy something, but strangely enough...Stitch didn't feel as happy as he thought he would. Looking over the ruined buildings, dead civilians, and smashed vehicles, Stitch didn't feel victorious over his first official destruction, if anything, Stitch felt...empty...as if his purpose of destruction didn't fill him as he thought it would.

Confused by the foreign feeling, Stitch looks around and spots Hilda's bookcase as he scampered over to it and began looking through all of the books. Hopping to find an answer for his predicament as Stitch speeds read through 15 books before finding a particular book that caught his interest as it had the picture of an ugly duck on the cover. Curious, Stitch opened the book and read it but cocked an eyebrow as he didn't understand the message of the story. Needing help, Stitch crawled over to Hilda as he jumped on her bed and began shaking the sleeping child as she groans.

"Stitch? It's the middle of the night. What do you want?" Hilda asked with a yawn while sitting up as Stitch shoves the book in her face. "What's this?" Hilda asked while grabbing the book from Stitch's hands as she glanced at it. "Oh, this is my old 'Ugly Duckling' book. Why are you showing me this?" She asked curiously as Stitch pointed at the book and scratched his head in confusion. "Oh, you want me to explain what's the book about?" She asked as he nodded.

"Ih."

"Well, scoot over, so I can explain," Hilda says as Stitch nodded and sat beside her as she opened the book, and it showed a page of the Ugly Duckling lost in a pond as he cried. "Okay, so that's the Ugly Duckling. People call him that because when he was born, he wasn't exactly one of the good looking ducks around. One day, Ugly Duckling couldn't take the rude and mean comments anymore and ran away, but he got lost and grew sad, so he cried out for his family." Hilda explains as Stitch tilted his head curiously but didn't say anything as Hilda turned to the next page and showed Ugly Duckling's family finding him as he cried for joy. "Luckily, his family heard his cries and found him! The Ugly Duckling was happy because he knows where he belongs."

"Hmm, belongs where?" Stitch asked as Hilda smiled.

"With his family, of course, silly." The Blue-Haired Little Girl says with a little laugh as Stitch's eyes widen, and he looks down in thought.

"Family..." Stitch says as Hilda stared at him worriedly and was about to ask him what's wrong with him, but then a large shadow passed by her window as Hilda and Stitch jumped out of the bed as they ran over to the window and gasped as they saw a familiar Giant peeking at them through a couple of mountains.

"It's the Giant again," Hilda says as the Giant continued staring at them with his glowing white eyes, creeping Stitch out as Hilda beams. "I need my sketchbook," Hilda says as she turned around and was about to grab her book but stopped as Stitch spoke up.

"He's gone."

"What!?" Hilda asked as she ran back to the window, and her eyes widen as she saw that the Giant had completely vanished. "How did he escape so fast?" She asked as Stitch shrugged. "Well, he's not getting away that easy," Hilda says as she jumps out of her window and crawls up to her roof as Stitch follows her while still holding the Ugly Duckling book as he stood beside her. "There he is!" Hilda shouted, spotting the giant walking away in the distance as she narrows her eyes in determination. "There's no way I'm letting you get away this time," Hilda says with a grin before spotting a pack of Woffs flying above her as she grinned and turned to Stitch. "Can you give me a lift?"

"Ih," Stitch says as he grabbed the little girl and used all of his strength to toss her over to one of the Woffs as she landed on it safely and glided across the sky. Following after her, Stitch crouched down as he then leaps up into the air and landed on one of the other Woffs as he flew after Hilda. The duo flew across the sky for a couple of minutes before finally managing to reach the Giant as they leaped out of their respective Woff's and landed on the Giant's head.

"Whoa!" Hilda says as she and Stich rolled across the Giant's head but manage to grab on to a piece of their hair before they fall as they pulled themselves up and smirked at each other.

"Perfect landing." Hilda and Stitch said in unison while sharing a quick fistbump as they then begin carefully crawling down the Giant's head and landed on one of his ears as Hilda took a deep breath and yelled.

"Hello?! Excuse me, sir!" Hilda shouted as the Giant stopped moving and looks around confusedly.

"Yes, little girl?"

"Um, why do you keep coming here? Stitch, and I saw you the other night just standing and staring at my house. It's kind of...uh..." Hilda trailed off as she tried to find the right words to say without insulting the Giant.

"Creepy," Stitch says bluntly as Hilda frowns at him.

"Stitch!" Joanna's only child scolded as the Giant sighed heavily and looked up at the sky as he seems to be in deep thought.

"I'm waiting for someone." The Giant answered plainly while beginning to walk again as Hilda and Stitch glanced at each other with a raised eyebrow before turning back to the Giant as Hilda crossed her arms.

"For who?"

"...An old friend. The last time I was here, there was no house."

"So, are you sure you have the exact right place?" Hilda asked as the Giant stopped walking and nodded as he stared off into the night.

"I'm sure. I remember the way the horizon looked, the position of the river..." The Giant says before taking a deep breath as he sighs contentedly. "...the way the air smells. Somethings seem different. The hills have shifted. But this is the place. I remember." The humungous magical creature says as Stitch stared out at the forest and breathed out in amazement as he couldn't believe how beautiful it looked at night. It made him think why he was so obsessed with destroying something so beautiful...or why he wanted to destroy it at all.

"So, why haven't they come?" Hilda asked, not noticing Stitch deep in thought as she was too busy talking with the Giant.

"The details were set a very, very long time ago. We would meet here at midnight, but, uh, perhaps I got the date wrong." The Giant says sheepishly as Hilda shakes her head.

"You don't seem like the kind of person to forget an important date. If you ask me, I think you've been stood up. I don't see the sense in coming back here night after night." Hilda says as the Giant sighed heavily and leaned against a mountain as he gripped his chest tightly.

"Something strange has happened, and I don't understand. What is this weird feeling of emptiness in my heart?" The Giant asked rhetorically, gaining Stitch's attention as he looked up at the Giant curiously, and the magical creature shakes his head stubbornly. "No, no, this isn't right! Apart of me knows that she won't leave without me!"

"And what does the other part of you say?" Hilda asked as the Giant remained silent and stared at up the sky.

"...That she stood me up." The Giant says as he sighs melancholy and looks down at the ground sadly. "Perhaps you're right, little girl." The Giant says bitterly as he began walking back to Hilda's cabin. Twenty minutes later, we see the Giant somberly walking across the valley as Hilda slept on his ear while Stitch was busy reading the 'Ugly Duckling' book again as he closed the book and sighed as the blue furry experiment leans against the Giant's ear.

"Something bothering you, Stitch?" The Giant asked as Stitch flinch in surprise, not expecting the titanic magical creature to talk to him as he stood up.

"Huh? Gua jol yuuga juke las meega ice tek? Kyu, gua jo yuuga juki meega's gleeme? (Huh? How did you know that I was here? And, how do you know my name?)," Stitch asked confusedly.

"You spoke earlier, and I heard the little girl say your name. Anyway, I'm wondering what's bothering you since you've been sighing sadly for the past 30 minutes." The Giant says as Stitch frowned and looks down.

"I-It's kind of a long story."

"We have time." The Giant says as Stitch turned to Hilda and noticed that she was still asleep, so, with a tired sigh, Stitch nodded as he begins explaining.

"Ici, bey pug, meega iso beguyu, kyu meega isa kreeted gy iso nala hyoing ko kwesta muquad meega geo. Ba pug, meega isa lille ko hyuo kat tekiki, patak fufu fras jujan mo phis unchizee, meega dunga hanga fi meega weke ko kwesta murugo. (Well, first off, I'm an alien, and I was created by an evil genius to destroy everything I touch. At first, I was thrilled to complete my purpose, but after crash landing on this planet, I don't know if I want to destroy anymore.),"

"Does this indecision of yours have to do with the little girl?" The humungous magical creature asked curiously as Stitch flinched but nodded as he sighed.

"Ih. Hilda isa quko batok agg pugg li deop las meegov jat. Cu's las bey deope gooba isa vyuik gui ko meega, gleven fi meega isa a nuka ko meegas. (Yeah, it does. Hilda is...different from all of the people that I've met. She's the first person who was actually nice to me, even if I was a jerk to her.),"

"I see."

"Hilda gov miki ise gui kyu nulu zuzu slio meega puji isasa cu poku, kyu meega jimji'o goobaj ko weres gugu. Teke cu isa frende meega haga a achibaba, kyu teke meega'an ko kwesta cu chizeen! Ashi glair isa las!? (Hilda has been so nice and patient ever since I came into her life, and I couldn't help but feel guilty. Here she is treating me like a friend, and here I am planning to destroy her world! How fair is that!?),"

"Not very." The Giant stated bluntly as Jumba's Greatest Creation pouted at what he said disappointedly/sadly. "But there is still something I don't understand. Why do you want to destroy?"

"M...Mega don't know. Meega isa kreeted gy Jumba ko kwesta, po meega yuyied las gaba meega hyu ko od glor las klest pug meegas zuu. (I...I don't know. I was created by Jumba to destroy, so I figured that's what I'm going to do for the rest of my life.),"

"And do you still want to destroy?"

"Nagga. (No)" Stitch admitted honestly.

"Well, then there you go. If you don't want to destroy, then don't destroy, simple as that." The Giant says as Stitch frowns.

"But what does Stitch do now?"

"Think hard. What do you want to do in your life, Stitch?" The Giant asked as Stitch thought carefully and looked down at the 'Ugly Duckling' Book he was carrying as an idea popped into his head.

"Stitch wants to find Stitch's family," Stitch says determinedly as the Giant smiled and nodded knowingly.

"Then go out and find them, Stitch." The Giant says as Stitch nodded and hugged the book close to his body as the giant finally reached Hilda's cabin just as the sleeping child woke up as the blue-haired girl yawned and smiled up at the powerful-looking magic creature.

"It was nice to meet you properly," Hilda says politely/warmly.

"Ih." Stitch says, agreeing with Hilda as they looked down and raised an eyebrow.

"Now, how do we get down?" Hilda asked as the Giant held out his hand.

"Climb onto my hand." The Giant says as the duo nods and jumped onto his hand as the furry Giant lowered them down to the ground safely. "Thank you for the advice, Hilda." The Giant says to Hilda, who nodded as he turned to Stitch. "I hope you find what you're looking for, Stitch." He says before walking away as Hilda waved at him goodbye.

"Well, he was nice...wait, how did he know our names?" Hilda asked Stitch, who shrugged innocently.

"Don't know," Stitch says before glancing down at his book as he sighed and turned to Hilda. "Hilda, Stitch is going away now." Experiment 626 says randomly/seriously as Hilda stared at him in surprise.

"What? Why?" Hilda asked incredulously.

"Stitch feels all better now, no more pain. Stitch can leave now." Stitch explains as Hilda frowned.

"Oh, then I guess I don't owe you anymore, I suppose," Hilda says awkwardly as Stitch nods. "Where would you go?"

"Stitch is going to find Stitch's family." The little experiment answered as Hilda nodded and smiled weakly.

"Well, I hope you will reach your family soon," Hilda says while hugging him as Stitch awkwardly hugs her back.

"Goodbye, Hilda," Stitch says before letting go of her as he was about to hand the book back to her but stopped as she held out her hand.

"No, it's fine. You could take that without you. Think of it as a going-away present." Hilda says as Stitch glanced at the book unsurely but nodded as he walked away. "Goodbye, Stitch," Hilda says with a sad frown as she watched Stitch walk away before disappearing into the story as Twig suddenly shows up and nuzzles onto Hilda's leg as she smiled and bends down to his level.

"Oh, hey, boy," Hilda says somberly while ruffling his fur as Twig noticed her tone and barked at her confusedly. "Oh, sorry, boy, I'm not in the best mood. Stitch just left." Hilda says sadly as Twig barked again. "Yeah, I knew that he was going to leave eventually, but I didn't know it was going to be this soon. I'm going to miss him." Hilda says as Twig barked. "Yeah, I knew that he could be a handful at times, but he was still a great friend," Hilda says, remembering all the fun times she had with Stitch, and remembered fondly the time that he comforted her yesterday. Staring at her concernedly, Twig rubbed his head against Hilda's side as the little girl smiled at him slightly and grabbed him as she stood up.

"Come on, Twig, let's go home," Hilda says as Twig nodded, and they made their way back to Hilda's cabin as the blue-haired girl took one more look at the forest and sighed sadly as they entered the cabin. With Stitch, we see the little alien walking across the forest silently as he arrived at a small meadow and sat down as he pulled out the 'Ugly Duckling' book and opened it as he stared at the picture of the ugly duck reuniting with his family longingly before glancing over to the page where it shows the ugly duckling crying out that he was lost as he studied the page for a few seconds and nodded as he cleared his throat.

"Lost...lost...lost." Stitch cried out while looking around the forest as he waited patiently for his family to come.

---

"AAAAAHHHHH!" Jumba and Pleakely shouted while still flying across the sky on the makeshift rocket as they crashed down on the forest 100 miles away from Hilda's cabin, and a giant explosion occurred. Miraculously, the aliens managed to survive the crash landing as Jumba limped out of the crater they made while holding on to Pleakely's near-unconscious body as they fell on the ground and panted heavily.

"Oh, when I get my hands on that little monster, I will-," Jumba says before being caught off by a ringtone as Pleakely weakly reached into the pocket and pulled out his space phone as he answered the call and his face paled as he saw the face of the Grand Councilwoman glaring at him as he gulped. "Uh, Agent Pleakely here."

"I have lost patience with you both. You two were supposed to show up hours ago, and since you didn't, it made me realized that you two haven't captured 626 yet. Am I right?"

"I...uh...you're right," Pleakely says while sighing in defeat as Grand Councilwoman shakes her head in disappointment and glared at him.

"Consider yourselves fired and prison-bound! Your incompetence is nothing short of unspeakable!"

"But-" Pleakey says, trying to defend himself, but it was too late as she shuts off the communication, and Pleakely begins crying in misery. "We're fired!" The Former Galactic Federation Member sobs as Jumba blinks and sits up as he grins.

"We're fired?" Jumba asked as Pleakely nodded somberly, and Jumba's grin widens further. "Great! Now we do this my way!" Jumba shouted while running off as Pleakely watched him go confusedly.

"Your way?" Pleakley asked before gasping as the former Galactic Federation agent realized what the evil genius was planning and hastily stood up. "No, wait!" Pleakely shouted while running off after Jumba as he desperately tried to keep up with him. Meanwhile, in space, we cue at planet Turo, where we see the Grand Councilwoman turning off the communication device as she turns to Gantu, who was standing behind her with his arms crossed as she sighs and rubs her temples.

"It seems I may have overestimated Jumber and Blinkley." Grand Councilwoman says as Gantu raised an eyebrow.

"Uh, I think you meant Jumba and Pleakley."

"Whatever." The Leader of the United Galactic Federation says before narrowing her eyes as she looked up at Gantu with a serious look. "The mission is in jeopardy. This could be your chance to redeem yourself, Captain Gantu. How soon will you be prepared to leave?" Grand Councilwoman asked as Gantu smirked and chuckled as he crack his knuckles.

"Immediately."

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And done! I hope you guys enjoy the chapter, and I can't wait to write more.

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