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.

3. Hilda and Stitch: The Movie-Part 3

Hey, guys! Welcome to the new chapter of Hilda and Stitch! I hope that you guys will enjoy the chapter...anyway, I don't own anything, except for my OC'S. Also, credit to drakin6345 for the creation of his OC Roland Trenton.

NOW LET'S GET ON WITH THE STORY!

~{Hilda and Stitch: The Movie Part 3}~

A tired Joanna walked down the stairs of her house while wearing a white tank top with gray sweatpants and a pair of grey slippers as she yawned mildy and made her way to the kitchen as Joanna turned on the light...and screamed when she spotted a depressed-looking Hilda resting against a table with her hair covering her face.

"Hilda, you scared the devil out of me! What are you doing up this early in the morning?"

"I had trouble sleeping," Hilda answered moodily with her voice slightly muffled as Joanna walked over to her and pulled back her hair as the young woman was surprised to see bags under her daughter's eyes.

"That's putting it lightly, sweetheart. Why did you have trouble sleeping?" Joanna asked while sitting next to her as Hilda sighed and looked up to her mother sadly.

"Stitch left, Mum."

"Oh," Joanna says with a surprised look as she felt slightly happy that he was gone but quickly shut that thought down when she noticed how miserable her daughter was and placed a comforting hand on her shoulder. "Honey, you knew that Stitch will leave eventually. He couldn't stay here forever." Joanna says as Hilda sighs and lifted her head as she looked up at her mother.

"I know it's just that I wished that he stayed here a little while longer. I know we had our problems, but he was still my friend."

"Oh, sweetie," Joanna says as she grabs Hilda and brought her into a hug as she gave her a kiss on her forehead. "I know that Stitch meant a lot to you, but it's probably for the best that he left."

"I know, but I'm still going to miss him," Hilda says sadly as Joanna sighed and rested her chin against her head.

"I know you will, sweetheart, but with time, you will move on and make new friends. Like when we move to Trollberg!" Joanna says with an excited look as Hilda frowned but reluctantly gave her mother a fake smile as she nodded.

"Yeah, I guess your right," Hilda says as Joanna smiled and gave her one last kiss as she then stood up and made her way out of the kitchen, but then stopped as the kitchen door was suddenly flung open, and Woodman walks into the room while carrying a book in his hand as Joanna groans.

"Can't you learn to...you know, what? It's too early to deal with this." Joanna says with a tired sigh as she walked out of the room. Woodman shrugs at her as he was about to make his way to the living room but then stopped as he noticed Hilda sitting on a table, looking like if someone kicked her puppy and then spit on it.

"Hey...uh..."

"Hilda." The blue-haired girl says, annoyed as he nodded absentmindedly.

"Right, Glenda. Anyway, you seem down. What's on your mind?" Woodman asked, looking genuinely curious/worried as Hilda stared at him in surprise before sighing as she looks away somberly.

"Well, it's just that Stitch left last night, and I don't know how to feel about it. A part of me is happy that he is healed and going back with his family, but another part of me is sad that he left because I started seeing him as a friend or even as a little brother. You know what I mean?" Hilda asked Woodman while turning to him...only to see that he was gone as she blinks in surprise. "Woodman?" Hilda asked while jumping out of the table as she heard her fireplace crackling to life and entered her living room as she saw Woodman lying near the fireplace and reading a book. "WOODMAN!"

"Huh? Oh, it's you. What do you want?" Woodman asked as Hilda stared at him in disbelief.

"Woodman, I was pouring my heart out to you out there, and you just left? What the heck?!" Hilda asked, confused/annoyed as he shrugs.

"Eh, I got bored, so I left. Besides, I didn't want to hear about your problems." Woodman says before going back to his book.

"YOU ASKED ME WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH ME, YOU INSENSITIVE LITTLE TWIG!" Hilda yelled furiously before noticing that the book that the Woodman was reading is about Giants as the blue-haired girl calmed down and gave him a curious look. "Hey, the book that your reading is about Giants, right?"

"I don't come here for the conversation, you know. Especially to rude little girls." Woodman says, miffed about the little twig insult as he stood up and begins to walk away as Hilda watched him go with her eye twitching in disbelief.

"You're the one to talk about being rude." Hilda chided before running over to Woodman, who was about to reach the door as she stopped him and gave him a serious look. "Look, there was a Giant who keeps coming here for the last couple of nights, so I need you to cooperate with me and tell me everything you know about Giant's," Hilda says as Woodman stared at her for a few seconds before sighing as he nodded.

"Fine, if it will stop you from annoying me, then let's talk," Woodman says while walking over to the couch as Hilda follows him, and they sat down. "So, why are you so interested in Giants?"

"Stitch and I met one last night. A huge one, taller than the mountains. I didn't want my Mum to see him, and freak out, so I managed to convince him to leave, but I need to know more about him in case if the Giant shows up again, so spill."

"Hmmm, Giant's taller than the mountains, eh? Giant's that big haven't walked the earth for an impossibly long time." Woodman says while opening the book as Hilda saw images of all kinds of Giants. "These kinds of Giants were the first things to live in these valleys long before people or guys like me. But most people have forgotten-"

"Hey, that's my Giant!" Hilda interrupted him while pointing at an image of a Giant that looks similar to the one that she and Stitch encountered yesterday. "According to this, it was crucial that one Giant must, at all times, be sat atop the tallest mountain, a long-forgotten peak in the north, there he or she would gaze tirelessly into the black, guarding the Earth against anything that might threaten it from either below at the ground or above in the stars. Any young Giant could be summoned as guardian, a duty that could last for millennia. Legend says that the last guardian to serve was this fellow named Jorgen." Hilda says while finishing reading the chapter as she then turned to Woodman confusedly. "But where did all the other Giant's go?" Hilda asked as Woodman turned to another page, which showed a group of uncomfortable Giants trying to live in the cramped space of Earth.

"Well, you see, everything started getting smaller. People appeared and built towns. Giants would accidentally step on them. There were arguments, fights...it just wasn't their world anymore, so they had to leave." Woodman explained as Hilda looks down guiltily and couldn't be helped but to compare that story with what was going on with the elves as Hilda turned back to Woodman.

"But where did they go?"

"After escaping the crowd of angry humans, all of the Giants had jumped off to space to look for a new planet to inhabit, and met up with the Galactic Federation, who provided them a new home on a huge planet deep in the stars," Woodman says as Hilda gained a pitied look and placed her hand on her cheek.

"So, my Giant has been protecting the entire planet all on his own for thousands of years, and no one told him that everyone else was gone. His lady friend was meant to meet him, but she's gone, too! Poor guy, all on his own." Hilda says as Woodman sighs dejectedly.

"The world became too small for his kind to leave in anymore," Woodman says solemnly as Hilda nods.

"Yeah...wait a minute, Galactic Federation? What's that?"

"Oh, the Galactic Federation is a group of aliens, who dedicate themselves to protecting the universe, and whatnot," Woodman says while waving his hand around boredly as Hilda stared at him in surprise/disbelief.

"A-Are you telling me that aliens are real? That's ridiculous!" Hilda says as Woodman gave her a blank look.

"You do realize that your friend Stitch is an alien, right?"

"What!?" Hilda asked while standing up as she stared at the magical creature in shock. "You're kidding, right?" Hilda asked hopefully as he shakes his head.

"No, I'm not. I'm surprised that you didn't know that. I mean, it was really obvious. Didn't you see his spaceship crashing down in the forest a couple of days ago?" Woodman asked with a raised eyebrow as Hilda blinks at him in disbelief/shock.

"T-That was a spaceship? I thought it was a meteor." Hilda says as Woodman shakes his head, and the young girl looks down at the floor with a betrayed/slightly angry look. "Why did he never tell me?"

"I don't know what to tell you, kid," Woodman says with a shrug as the duo remained silent for a few seconds with Hilda looking down at the floor disheartened as she tightens her fists angrily. "So, how's it going with the whole Elves Negotiation Thing?" Woodman asked, wanting to break the awkward silence and change the subject as Hilda turned to him confusedly.

"How do you know about that?"

"I'm quite observant," Woodman answered as Hilda nodded and begins explaining.

"Well, Alfur promised me and Stitch to take us to meet the King today...although I guess it will be just me today," Hilda says sadly before perking up as she turned to Woodman. "Unless you want to join me?" Hilda asked hopefully as Woodman gave her a blank look.

"Yeah, no," Woodman says while standing up as he made his way to the door.

"But why? I thought that we were like family? Family is supposed to help each other."

"We're not family, and I'm not Stitch, so stop trying to replace him with me," Woodman says while leaving behind Hilda, who teared up a bit by what he said but dried away her tears as there was a knock on the door and she went to answer it as she saw Alfur standing on her porch while wearing a red winter coat and a snow hat.

"Oh, hey, Alfur. Ready to go?" Hilda asked with a half-smile as Alfur nodded before realizing that a certain someone was missing.

"Of course, Hilda, but where's Stitch?" Alfur asked curiously as Hilda gained a sour look and looks down somberly as she sighs.

"Oh, well, my former friend left last night and will probably not come back," Hilda answered as Alfur tiled his head confusedly.

"Former friend? Did you two have a fight or something?" Alfur asked curiously/worriedly as Hilda frowns.

"I don't want to talk about it. Anyway, let's go." Hilda says, not wanting to think about Stitch anymore as she was about to walk forwards, but Alfur stops her.

"Before we go, I suggest dressing a little warmer, considering our destination," Alfur says while pointing at the large snowy mountain a half of mile away from them as Hilda nodded and went back to change as she came back wearing a red hoodie with a red/brown wool cap, an orange scarf, brown mittens, and gray boots.

"What do you think?" Hilda asked as Alfur gave her a thumbs up.

"Perfect," Alfur says as Hilda nods and held out her hand as Alfur jumps on it, and they then set off to the snowy mountain with Alfur wondering what his friends were fighting about and wondering where Stitch was.

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Meanwhile, deep in the woods, we see a sleeping Stitch surrounded by a horde of bunnies, who crowded around him curiously as they watched him sleep on top of his Ugly Duckling Book. One of the rabbits hopped over to him to sniff the strange creature, but then ran away in fear with the others as a groggy Stitch woke up and yawns as he rubs his eyes and gasped as 626 heard rustling in the bushes. Thinking that it was his family, Stitch stood up expectantly as he smiled, only to frown as Jumba appeared out of the bushes while laughing sinisterly as he pointed his gun at him.

"Don't run. Don't make me shoot you. You were expensive." Jumba says as Stitch nodded and stood still as the evil genius smirked. "Yes. Yes, that's it. Come quietly." Jumba says softly as he tries to reach out to Stitch, but the young experiment jumped back from his reach as Stitch shook his head.

"Not leaving. Staying."

"Why?"

"Waiting," Stitch explains as Jumba raised an eyebrow.

"For what?"

"Family," Stitch says softly while pointing down at his book, which showed the page of Ugly Duckling reuniting with his family as Jumba connected the dots and laughed as he shakes his head.

"Oh, 626, there's something you need to know. You don't have a family. I made you remember?" Jumba asked rhetorically as Stitch's eyes widen in surprise, and he looks down at the book somberly as tears appeared in his eyes.

"Oh...maybe I could-,"

"You're built to destroy. That is your sole purpose in life." Jumba explains the harsh truth to him as Stitch shakes his head and tried to cover his ears as tears of frustration appeared in his eyes. "You cannot ignore this, 626. You can never belong because no one will ever care for a monster like you." Jumba says as Stitch started crying, but then gasped in realization as he remembered about Hilda and narrowed his eyes as he turned to Jumba.

"You're wrong! There is someone who cares for me, and that is Hilda! She is my true family!" Stitch screamed before running off as Jumba's eyes widen.

"No, no, no, no, don't run! Crap! Pleakley, come on!" Jumba shouted at Pleakely, who was hiding behind a bush with two pairs of handcuffs as he and Jumba ran off after the alien experiment. Meanwhile, elsewhere, we see Hilda and Alfur making their way up the surprisingly tall mountain as they were both shivering from the cold temperature.

"How much further do you think it is?" Hilda asked Alfur while climbing up to a cliff as she drops down to her knees and panted heavily.

"Uh, 1,500 elf miles," Alfur says sheepishly while reading a map as Hilda groans before perking up as she saw a pack of Woffs flying above them and smirks.

"Hey, Stitch! Give me a boost!" Hilda says while turning around as she saw an empty space, and her shoulders sagged in sadness. "Oh, right, he's not here," Hilda says solemnly as Alfur turned to her worriedly.

"Seriously, Hilda, what happened to you and Stitch?" Alfur asked concernedly as Hilda remained silent, and her eyes narrowed in determination as she stood up and begins to run while ignoring Alfur's protests to stop as Hilda leaped off the cliff and landed on top of a Woff as the large animal whisked them away to the air.

"Whoa!" Alfur yelled out while hanging on to Hilda's hair for dear life as he turned to Hilda and gave her an incredulous look. "What are you doing!? Woffs are unpredictable! They migrate willy-nilly!" Alfur yelled panickedly as Hilda waved off his concerns.

"Don't worry, Alfur. I have it all under control. We rode Woffs a couple of days ago, remember? It will all be just fine. Just let me know when you spot-Whoa!" Hilda says before yelping as the Woff noticed that he had unwanted passengers and grew angry as he tries to shake her off. "Oh, crap! I don't think he likes us riding him!" Hilda yelled while holding onto the Woff with dear life as the Woff flies straight into the snowy mountain and crashes into it. Popping out of the snow, Hilda and Alfur checks themselves and sigh in relief when they realized they have survived the crash and smile together as the Woff flies off of the snow and grunts at them angrily before flying off.

"That's why one must not fly without a permit," Alfur says to Hilda, who smiled as she shrugs off the near-death experience and stood up as she shakes off the snow from her clothes.

"Oh, cheer up, Alfur. I know that we may have almost suffered a horrible, gruesome death, but at least, we're on the mountain." Hilda says optimistically as Alfur groans, and the young girl looks around. "So, where's the King's Castle?"

"Right over there," Alfur says while pointing behind her as Hilda turned around and was surprised to see a small castle placed on a small snowy hill as she smiled.

"There's the castle! Come on, Alfur!" Hilda says while grabbing Alfur as they ran over to the castle, and they saw an Elf standing by the entrance of the castle, reading from a scroll with a concentrated look on his face. The Elf is a 1-inch-tall, 60-year-old male Elve with black eyes, a bald head, pointy ears, a big white beard, stick-like arms/legs, red skin, a chubby built, and his outfit consisted of an orange shirt with a white stripe, a small yellow crown on his head, a red cape, white pants, and carries a small yellow scepter. His name is King Elf.

"His majesty!" Alfur says with a gasp as Hilda heard him and beams.

"The King!" Hilda yelled excitedly as she ran over to the castle, and King Elf noticed her and panics.

"Ah! The giant girl, sworn enemy of me and my people!" Elf King shouted frightenedly.

"But I'm not the enemy, I promise!" Hilda shouted, but the king didn't look convinced as Alfur pops in and tries to handle the situation delicately.

"Your Majesty, this is Hida, and she would so appreciate a moment of your royal time," Alfur says as Elf King whimpered in fear and shakes his head as he opened the door to his castle.

"No! I'm busy, busy, busy! My royal hands are full!" King Elf says before entering the castle as he slams the door shut, and Hilda watched him go in disbelief before slowly growing angry as her face grew red and she gritted her teeth in frustration as Hilda was about to scream, but then-

"Hilda!" A familiar voice shouted as Hilda and Alfur gasped and turned around as they saw Stitch running towards them as Hilda smiled brightly.

"Stitch, you're back! But, why did-Aah!" Hilda asked before screaming as a plasma blast flew past her head. "What the?!" Hilda asked in surprise as she and Alfur looked ahead and saw Jumba and Pleakley chasing after Stitch as the evil genius was shooting at the running experiment. "Who is he?!" Hilda asked but didn't get an answer as Stitch grabbed her hand and pulled her over to a large rock as they hid behind it.

"Come back here, you little annoying monster!" Jumba shouted while still shooting as Stitch grew out his extra hands, which held two blasters as he started firing at them. "Seriously! Where did you get the plasma guns!?" Jumba asked in frustration while taking cover behind a large rock as he fired back at him.

"I think he got them from the space cruiser that he stole when he escaped," Pleakley answered before yelping as Jumba pulls him down just as a couple of plasma bolts raced past his head as the evil genius gave his alien partner a confused look.

"626 stole a police cruiser?"

"Yeah, why?"

"I think that would've been valuable information to know when we came here! I could've come more prepared!" Jumba yelled while dodging a plasma blast as Pleakley huffed.

"Well, if you would've just read the report that I gave you, we wouldn't be in this mess!" Pleakley yelled as Jumba rolled his eyes and turned back to the fight as he continued shooting.

"Those guys are idiots," Hilda stated blankly with a sweatdropped as she watched the aliens bicker among themselves while behind a shooting Stitch as Alfur popped up and gasped as he saw the uniform that Pleakley was wearing.

"That's a Galactic Federation Uniform! Why are they attacking us?!" Alfur asked as Hilda and Stitch turned to him in surprise.

"How do you know about the Galactic Federation?" Hida and Stitch asked before turning to each other in shock. "Wait, how do you know about them?!" They asked before dodging a plasma bolt as Stitch gritted his teeth and fired back.

"I know them because Woodman explained to me that the Galactic Federation helped the Giants to move out of the planet and told me that you were an alien!" Hilda shouted as Stitch felt his breath hitched while Alfur gasped in surprise. "Yeah, I'm still angry that you haven't told me about that, but now we have bigger problems like why are a couple of Galactic Federation Agents are chasing after you?!" Hilda asked as Stitch turned to her but couldn't say anything as Jumba narrowly shoots his head, and he ducks down as he fired back.

"Maybe we can have this conversation after we stop the aliens from shooting us!" Alfur yelled as Hilda and Stitch turned to each other and nodded as Alfur sighed in relief. "Good, now how do we get rid of them?" Alfur asked as Hilda looks around and spotted the snow on the mountain as the blue-haired girl got an idea and grinned.

"I got it!" Hilda says before handing Alfur over to Stitch as she then ran out of her cover and stood in front of the aliens, who didn't notice her as they were too busy arguing again.

"Your report was three pages long! I didn't want to read all of that!" Jumba yelled at Pleakley with a glare as Pleakley glared back.

"Well, if you didn't want to read it, you could've told me that, so I could've summarized it!"

"I didn't think it will be important to the mission-wait, what is little Blue-Haired Girl is doing?" Jumba suddenly asked, noticing Hilda just standing there in front of them with a determined look on her face as Pleakley turned to her confusedly.

"I don't know, but we must deal with her carefully. We don't want to accidentally hurt her." Pleakley says worriedly as Hilda took a deep breath and cupped her hands as she yelled.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Hilda screamed, shouting at the top of her lungs as the mountain started rumbling, and soon enough, an avalanche appeared as it was heading to a scared Jumba and Pleakley.

"...I hate this planet," Pleakley says deadpannedly as he and Jumba were swept down by the avalanche with the aliens screaming down the way as they disappeared.

"Marvelous idea, Hilda!" Alfur says as the boys run up to Hilda with the small elve riding on Stitch's head.

"Ih. Good job." Stitch says as Hilda blushes at their praises and looks away sheepishly.

"Aw, thanks, boys, but it was nothing," Hilda says before noticing a weird dark cave ahead of them as she squinted her eyes. "Hey, guys, was that cave always there?" She asked as the boys glanced at the cave and shook their heads. "I thought so, it must've been covered in snow, and the avalanche cleared it away," Hilda says before walking over to the cave as the others followed.

"Uh, Hilda, I don't think we have time to-,"

"There's a warmth coming from inside," Hilda says, interrupting Alfur as she and Stitch inspected the cave, and their eyes widen as they realized what it was. "Wait a minute, Stitch, do you think that-,"

"That this isn't a cave. Most likely." Stitch says as Hilda nods, and Alfur looked at them confusedly.

"I'm not following along. What's going on?" Alfur asked as Hilda and Stitch turned to him excitedly.

"Alfur, this isn't a cave, it's a giant ear!/Alfur ucha nyu e teke, tio e gorgon weal!" Hilda and Stich both yelled in unison with their echoes bouncing across the giant ear as the ground started shaking, and the gang nearly lost their balance, but luckily the shaking stopped as quick as it came as they sighed in relief.

"Hello? Who's there? Reveal yourself." A soft yet, booming female voice rang out as Hilda and the boys stared at each other before shrugging as they ventured further into the ear.

"We're right here!"

"You sound like you're just a voice in my head, that's all."

"No, we're-," Hilda says before yelping as the ground shook again, and the gang yelped as they were rolled out of the ear and crashed against a small rock. "Ow." Hilda moaned in pain while rubbing her head as she and the boys stood up and watched in horror as the whole mountain was shaking violently with the earth splitting in half, trees being ripped apart from the ground, and even the snow was breaking apart at its seems.

"The King's Castle!" Alfur yelled worriedly while pointing at the castle as it looks like it was about to tilt over and fall off the mountain as Hilda gasped and turned to a confused Stitch.

"The Elf King lives in that castle! We have to save him!" Hilda screamed as Stitch nodded and grew out the rest of his appendages as they ran off. The duo worked in sync as they dodged every snowball that fell towards them, including a huge one, which caused Stitch to promptly punch it into pieces as they continued on with their trek but stopped as the mountain split in half and separated them from the castle as it falls off.

"King!" Alfur yelled worriedly as Hilda and Stitch turned to each other and nodded as they jumped off the mountain and flew through the air as Hilda caught the castle and held out her hand for Stitch, who grabbed it as he then used his inhuman strength to fling them back on the mountain. Twisting himself in mid-air, Stitch grew out his nails longer and grabbed onto the mountain as he gritted his teeth, and begins climbing up at a fast pace as he reached the top, and leaped onto the cliff as he landed beside Hilda.

"We did it!" Hilda and Stitch shouted while sharing a high-five before yelping as the mountain continued shaking.

"Good job on saving the king, you two, but let's go to safety!" Alfur shouted as the duo nodded, and they ran over the ear as they hid inside it and waited for the earthquake to stop. After a few terrifying moments of waiting, the earthquake finally stopped as the gang pokes their heads out of the ear, and their eyes widen when they realized that the entire mountain was actually a female Giant this entire time!

"Oh, dear. How long have I been asleep?" Female Giant asked while looking around confusedly as she scratches her head.

"T-The mountain is a Giant!?" Alfur asked in surprise as Hilda nodded numbly.

"Yeah, even after figuring it out, we're still in shock," Hilda says with Stitch nodding in agreement before their eyes widen in realization as they turned to each other nervously. "Uh, oh. Excuse me, what's your name?" Hilda asked the female Giant.

"Valfreyja." The newly named Valfreyja answered.

"Are you looking for Jorgen?" Hilda asked as she heard the female Giant gasp sharply.

"Jorgen? Have you seen him? Am I too late? I have waited for so long." Valfreyja says longingly while looking around frantically.

"Jorgen's been coming here for days. Why didn't you notice?" Hilda asked curiously with Stitch nodded.

"Yeah, he's not that hard to spot," Stitch says.

"The snow must have blocked my ears, and I couldn't hear him. Do you know where he is?" Valfreyja asked as Hilda flinched and looks down guiltily.

"I'm so sorry, but I told him not to wait for you any longer. He's long gone by now." Hilda says with a regretful look as the Giant went silent for a few seconds, and the gang looked at each other in confusion before screaming in fear as they saw that the Giant was about to pick her ear.

"Jump!" Alfur yelled as Stitch grabbed onto Hilda and ran out of Valfreyja's ear as he then jumped off, and they fell through the air as Hilda, Alfur, Stitch, and King Elf all screamed in terror as they were about to hit the ground when suddenly Jorgen appeared as he leaps towards them and caught them.

"Got you!" Jorgen exclaimed, causing the gang to smile at him as he gently sets them down, and turned to Valfreyja as he gasped. "Valfreyja!" He shouted, gaining her attention as she gasped and placed her hand over her heart.

"Jorgen!" She says as Jorgen stared at her with a confused/excited/betrayed look on his face.

"You're here, but how? Where were you on the many, many nights that I waited?" Jorgen asked, desperate for answers as Valfreyja gave her lover a guilty look.

"My love, things got complicated after you left. The little people came. Everyone was fed up and decided to leave with the Galactic Federation or hide."

"Galactic Federation?" Jorgen asked confusedly.

"It doesn't matter, anyway, they offered me to leave with them, but I couldn't bear to. I came to the spot we arranged to meet not long after you left. I sat down and waited...and waited. I must've fallen asleep at some point. I'm so sorry." She said with tears in her eyes as Jorgen wiped them away and gave her a surprised look.

"You waited for me for 4,000 years?"

"Yep."

"...Wow," Jorgen says as Valfreyja giggled, and they shared a tender kiss before hugging as they walked away.

"Aww!" Hilda says while clapping her hands together as Stitch made barf noises, and she rolled her eyes. "Oh, grow up."

"Oh, um, young lady!" King Elf shouted, bringing the duo's attention as they looked down at him. "In light of recent events, I, the king, would like to declare the conflict between yourself and my people officially over!"

"Really!?" Hilda asked gleefully as Stitch beams.

"Indeed. You've shown yourself to be honorable and a proponent of peace. I will speak to the Prime Minister immediately and inform him of the news." Elf King says as he was about to walk off, but Alfur stops him.

"Wait, King! It's not official until you sign."

"Oh, I'm signing it this minute," Hilda says excitedly as King Elf pulled out a contract, and she signed it as every elve from across the valley came out of their forms and cheered for the new era of peace.

"Oh, it's official! You're no longer an enemy of my people!" Alfur says as Hilda squealed in excitement and hugged Stitch.

"We did it, Stitch!" Hilda cheered, with Stitch cheering alongside her as Hilda then let him go and gave the group a huge smile. "There's nothing for my Mum to worry about now," Hilda says before running over to her cabin, which was close by as Stitch followed, and they entered the cabin. "Mum! Mum! Mum!" Hilda shouted as she ran over to her mother, who was resting on the couch as Hilda jumped up and landed on her lap. Joanna woke up with a startled gasp as Hilda hugs her tightly, causing a confused Joanna to hug her back as she looks down at her daughter quizzically.

"Huh? Hilda? Not that I don't like it, but what's with the sudden hug?" Joanna asked as Hilda lets her go and started bouncing in happiness on her couch.

"Okay, okay, there's a lot of things I need to tell you, but the most important thing is, we don't have to move!" Hilda shouted as Joanna stared at her confusedly.

"Honey, what are you talking about?"

"Well, long story short, me and Stitch managed to convince the King of Elves to make peace, and now we don't have to move anymore because the Elves won't attack us anymore. Isn't that great?" Hilda asked with a smile as Stitch smiled as well, but was surprised to see that Joanna wasn't smiling as she gave her daughter a deep frown.

"Oh, honey, I hate to break this to you, but-"

"Anyone home?!" A loud, familiar voice shouted as everyone turned around, and their eyes widen when they saw a snow-covered Jumba breaking through the door as he walked into the living room and saw Stitch and the girls sitting on the couch as he smirked and pointed his gun at Stitch. "Thought you lost me, eh? I'm not that easy to be taken out!" Jumba shouted as Stitch stood in front of a scared Hilda and Joanna protectively as Jumba laughed. "Oh, hiding behind your little friends won't work anymore! Didn't I tell you? We got fired yesterday, so we can now play at my terms!" Jumba says as he blasted at the group, but Stitch managed to grab the plasma blast, much to his surprise as Hilda cheered.

"Yeah, go, Stitch!"

"Come on, dear, let's go!" A frightened and confused Joanna says as she grabs Hilda and took her to the kitchen. Stitch laughed at Jumba's shocked look before yelping as his hands started burning due to the plasma ball as Experiment 626 then tossed it over to Jumba, and the plasma ball detonated as it sets off a tiny explosion that sends Jumba flying to the floor.

"What is going on?! Who is he, and why is he attacking us!?" A stressed-out Joanna asked Hilda as they were hiding out in the kitchen.

"Long story short, Stitch is an alien, and that guy is his creator! He's part of this group of aliens named the Galactic Federation, and they want to capture Stitch for some reason," Hilda explains as Joanna blinked at her in disbelief.

"Stitch is an alien?!" Joanna asked in shock just as Stitch ran in as the older woman observed him closely. "Although, in hindsight, it actually makes sense," Joanna deadpans before yelping in fear as Jumba appears and blasted Stitch, who leaped out of the way as he landed on the roof of the kitchen and stuck onto it like a spider as the girls took cover behind a table, and watched as Jumba continues to shoot at Stitch.

"Come on! What's the big deal?" Jumba asked as Stitch glared at him.

"Yuusia julis lo ghyu meega rewp li Galactic Federation! (You're trying to turn me into the Galactic Federation!)," Stitch shouted while dodging another plasma blast as he reached the living room, and Jumba followed.

"Oh, it's just prison! You'll eventually break out of it again! And then you can meet up with me, and I can rebuild you again! I'll make you taller and not so fluffy!" Jumba shouted while shooting at Stitch again as the small experiment managed to dodge him and blew a raspberry at him.

"I like fluffy!" Stitch shouted as Jumba continued shooting him. Meanwhile, outside, we see a snow-covered Pleakley finally arriving at Hilda's cabin as he saw plasma beams being shot out of the roof.

"No...no...NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Pleakley shouted as he ran over to the house. Back inside, we see Stitch dodging Jumba's last plasma shot and stood on the roof as he smirked at Jumba.

"Jio Keoe Plekw tiki!" Stitch cursed as Jumba gasped offendedly.

"Oh! You foul-mouthed little monster! How dare you bring my mother into this?!" Jumba asked in outrage just as the roof cave in due to Jumba's shooting as Stitch fell down and yelped in pain as the roof fell on top of him.

"Oh, no! Stitch is in trouble!" Alfur shouted while popping out of Hilda's front pocket as the blue-haired girl reacted quickly and look around as she spotted the TV and the remote as an idea popped into her head.

"You could do with a makeover, 626. I tried to give you my good looks, but let's face it, something went wrong." Jumba says while looking through the wreckage for Stitch when suddenly the TV was turned on and showed the monster movie that Hilda and the gang watched a couple of days ago at full volume. "Aah!" Jumba yelped in pain while covering his ears as Stitch suddenly jumps in, growling like an angry dog as he grabs Jumba, and flung him to the laundry room as a loud crash was heard.

"Hilda! Stitch! Let's go while he's distracted!" Joanna yelled, with Hilda and Stitch nodding in agreement, as they all ran over to the door and opened it as the trio was shocked to see a relieved Pleakley standing outside.

"You're all-," Pleakley says before grunting in pain as Joanna reflexively delivered a nasty haymaker that sends him flying to the ground and closed the door as Hilda and Stitch stared at her in awe.

"Whoa, Mum, nice punch!" Hilda complimented as Joanna smirked.

"I learned a thing or two in your father's adventures." She says just as Jumba appeared while wearing Joanna's bras on his head and covered in water/soap as he smirked at them.

"Running away? Here...LET ME STOP YOU!" Jumba yelled while pulling out a pocketknife as it popped out many lethal, dangerous weapons, and he then throws them at the group as the trio screamed in fear and were quick to duck down as the lethal weapon flew past their heads.

"Ugh, I'm okay," Pleakley says weakly while opening the door as he saw the weapon heading towards him, and he screamed as the one-eyed alien ducks down, and the pocketknife flew off into the forest as it struck a confused and annoyed Woodman at the back of his head.

"You always get in the way!" Jumba yelled in annoyance as Pleakley suddenly appears in front of them with a rare serious look.

"Where's the girl? Where's the Mom? What have you done to them? Tell me!" Pleakley ordered while shaking his head as a dizzy Jumba was about to answer, but then-

"Hello! 999! I know that this is hard to believe, but there are aliens attacking my house!" Joanna shouted fearfully while calling the police in another room as Pleakley panicked.

"No, no, no! No aliens!" Pleakley shouted as he ran over to Joanna just as Hilda and Stitch appeared as they break through a wall, and Jumba gasped in surprise as Stitch was holding Joanna's car while Hilda was riding inside.

"Blue punch buggy!" Stitch quipped as he threw the car over to Jumba, and the evil genius cried out in pain as the large vehicle crashed onto him and sends him flying to a wall as he groaned.

"No punch back!" Hilda shouted as she started up the car and pressed on the reverse gas pedal as the car drove backward, only for Hilda to then press on the gas pedal as the car headed straight towards Jumba at high speeds and crashed into him as Hilda sends a screaming Jumba through the wall, and he once again landed in the laundry room.

"While I don't condone reckless driving, I can safely say that was awesome!" Alfur cheered as Hilda smirked while Stitch walked off to grab a weapon.

"No! I'm not on drugs! There a couple of aliens wrecking my bloody house!" Joanna shouted just as Pleakley appeared as he snatched her phone out of her grasp.

"Don't pay attention to her, Officer! She's just going crazy!" Pleakley says before shutting off the call as Joanna narrowed her eyes at him.

"Oh, call me crazy, will you?!" Joanna says as she quickly delivered a kick to his stomach and then gave him an uppercut as she sends Pleakley flying through the air before crashing down on a table as Pleakley groans and screamed in fear as he saw a miffed Joanna stalking over to him while rolling up her sleeves.

"Hey, where did Stitch go?" Hilda asked Alfur, who shrugged as Stitch suddenly appeared and laughed maniacally as he carried around a chainsaw.

"Where did he get a chainsaw?!" Alfur asked in shock as Hilda shrugs and watched as Stitch leaped over to Jumba to maim him, and the mad scientist reacted quickly as he grabbed a hamper full of dirty clothes, and threw it at Stitch as it collided against him, and forced him to let go of the chain saw as he fell on the floor.

"Ugh." Stitch groaned before beaming as he spotted Jumba's plasma gun and grinned evilly as he grabbed it and aimed it at Jumba. "Aha!" Experiment 626 yelled, only for his eyes to widen as Jumba stupidly plugs it with a sock as the small weapon started beeping.

"You shouldn't play with guns." Jumba scolded Stitch like a parent.

"Oh, okay," Stitch says as he handed his gun back at him.

"Thank you," Jumba says before hearing the gun beeping as he realizes it's about to overload and swiftly throws it back to Stitch. "Oh, uh, I just remembered it's your birthday! Happy birthday!"

"I was born a week ago!" Stitch shouted as he throws the beeping gun back at him.

"Merry Christmas!" Jumba screamed as he tosses the gun back at him.

"It's February!" Stich yelled as he hands the gun back at him.

"Happy Hanukah!" Jumba shouted as he throws the weapon back at him.

"I'm not Jewish!" Stitch screamed as he chucked the gun back at him.

"Uh, Mum? I think we need to go!" A nervous Hilda shouted to her mum, who was wrestling Pleakley to the ground as she heard her daughter's worried cry, and saw that the gun was about to blow as she reacted quickly and let go of the groaning alien as she ran over to Hilda, and grabbed her as they ran outside. Meanwhile, with the boys, we see them playing hot potato with the gun as it was starting to get really close to blowing up.

"One potato!"

"Two potatoes!"

"Three potatoes!"

"Four potatoes!"

"Five potatoes!"

"Six potatoes!"

"Seven potatoes, more!"

"MY!"

"MOTHER!"

"TOLD!"

"ME!"

"THAT!"

"YOU!"

"ARE!"

"IT!" Stitch says as he handed the gun over to a weirdly happy Jumba.

"Ha! I win!" Jumba says before realizing that he was holding the gun, which was seconds to blow as it glowed green. "...I agree with One-Eyed Noodle, I hate this planet," Jumba says deadpanned just as the gun went off as it sets off a massive explosion that destroyed Hilda's cabin, and flying debris shot out of the house like a rocket as they crashed landed on various parts of the woods.

"Ugh," Hilda grunted in pain as the shockwave from the explosion send her and her mother flying as she got up from the ground and rubbed her head. "Ow!" Hilda winced as she felt a bruise on her head, and blood leaked out. Ignoring it for the moment, Hilda looked around and gasped as she saw a motionless bloodied Joanna lying on the floor as she runs over to her. "Mum! Mum, wake up!" Hilda asked worriedly while shaking her a bit, but she remained silent as Hilda grabbed her wrist and sighed in relief as she felt a pulse.

"Oh, thank god. You're going to be okay, Momma," Hilda says while laying her head on her body as she looked on ahead and sat up in alarm at the sight of her burning, half-destroyed house. "Oh, no! Our house!" Hilda shouted before gasping louder as she grabs her hair in fright. "Oh my god, where's Twig?!" Hilda asked in worry/horror, remembering about her pet deer fox, as she then heard a familiar bark, and looked down as Hilda saw a happy Twig licking her leg. "Oh, there you are, boy," Hilda says with a sigh of relief as she petted the little dog before flinching as she heard someone groaning and turned her head as she saw a scorched Stitch lying on the ground.

"Stitch!" Hilda shouted while running over to him as she sat him up, and he opened his eyes as he groaned.

"Hilda?" Stitch asked groggily as Hilda nodded.

"Yeah, I'm here, Stitch. Don't worry." Hilda says soothingly as Stitch smiled but then gasped as he saw the sight of her house.

"Hilda, your-,"

"I know, Stitch, I know," Hilda says with her eyes dropping down in sadness as Stitch's ears did the same. The duo remained silent for a few minutes as they stared at the still-burning house and waited for Joanna to wake up from her mini-coma as Hilda sighed heavily. "Tell me the truth," Hilda says quietly without looking at him as Stitch turned to her in surprise and was about to open his mouth to talk, but stopped as she held out her hand. "And no more vague answers. I want to know the truth...all of it." Hilda says as Stitch stared at her dumbfounded before sighing as he nodded.

"A week ago, I was created by Jumba Jookiba to be the most powerful, strongest, deadliest monster around." Stitch begins as Hilda turned to him, intrigued and confused, but didn't say anything as she let him continue. "A few days ago, I was sent to trial by the Galactic Federation and found guilty. On my way to prison, I broke out, stole a police cruiser, and crashed landed on Earth. Shortly after, I met you, and the rest was history." Stitch explained to an emotionless-looking Hilda as he turned to her tearfully. "Hilda, I'm sorry, but the minute I crashed landed here, all I could think about was to destroy everything I see, and now because of me, I destroyed your house, so now you will be forced to move to the city and its all my fault! I caused you nothing but pain and suffering ever since I got here. I should just go before I screw up anything else." Stitch says with tears in his eyes as he stood up and was about to walk away, but stopped as Hilda stood up.

"Tell me...did you like to destroy?" Hilda asked as Stitch tilted his head confusedly but shakes his head.

"No."

"Did you wanted to kill me and Mum, even after taking care of you and bringing you to our house?"

"No. You two were so nice to me, even when I was a jerk to you at times, and ruined your day trip to the city." Stitch says guiltily.

"Did you mean to destroy my house?"

"No, it was an accident!" Stitch says as Hilda nods and continued talking.

"Did our friendship meant nothing you?" She asked as Stitch grew angry and marched over to her.

"Of course it did! You were the first living being that cared for me! I care deeply about our friendship!" Stitch shouted as Hilda went silent and then suddenly smiled at him as she hugs the small experiment.

"That's all I needed to hear," Hilda says as Stitch gasped in shock before shaking his head as he pushed her away.

"I don't understand! Didn't you hear what I said earlier, I was an experiment made by an evil genius scientist to kill and destroy! Why aren't you scared at me?" Stitch asked as Hilda stared at him for a few seconds and laughed.

"Of course, I'm not afraid of you, silly. You never gave me a reason too. I knew that you were a good person, deep down." Hilda says as Stitch gave her a confused look. "Let me explain. You were built to destroy and kill people, right?"

"Ih."

"Well, you may have destroyed a few things, but do you feel remorse about your actions?" Hilda asked as Stitch nodded guiltily. "And if you had a chance to kill someone, will you do it?" Hilda asked as Stitch shook his head with a terrified look on his face, and she smiled. "Well, it seems that your creator failed because there's not an evil bone in your body! The fact that you show guilt and remorse over your actions and your unwillingness to kill proves to me that you aren't a monster!" Hilda says with her hands spread out as Stitch looked at her in shock, but quickly shakes his head as he still feels doubtful.

"I-"

"But do you know what made me finally realize that you were a good person?" Hilda asked as Stitch thought about it but shrugged as she smiled at him warmly. "When I was crying in the cliff a couple of days ago, when I thought I lost hope in ever staying at home, you comforted me with a hug," Hilda says before hugging him as he gasped. "And, trust me, no monster will ever even think of that. Face it, Blue, you are not a monster. You're my family." Hilda says as Stitch gasped.

"F-Family." Stitch stuttered to say the word as she nodded.

"Yeah, Stitch, your apart of our family now," Hilda says before hugging him as Stitch gasped before tearing up as he hugged her back.

"Family. Stitch is part of your family?" Stitch asked as she nodded, and he beams. "Stitch finally has a family!" Stitch shouted happily as he leaped onto Hilda, and they rolled across the ground as they laughed.

"Ah, isn't that nice?" A familiar gruff voice says as Stitch gasped and turns around before yelping as he and Hilda were caught in a large net. The duo struggled to break free as a laughing Gantu stepped out of the bushes and walked over to them as he grabbed the net. "Surprise!" Gant mocked as he stared at the net amusedly. "And here I thought you'd be difficult to catch. Tsk, tsk, silly me." Gantu says while shaking his head as he then made his way to his ship, which was parked nearby.

"Ugh, Hilda?" Joanna asked groggily while sitting up as she finally woke up from her mini-coma and looked around worriedly. "Hilda! Where are-Aah!" Joanna says before screaming at the sight of Gantu as she scurried away and trembles in fear as Gantu ignores the terrified lady and pulled out a small beeper as he pressed it, and his ship appeared as its camouflage mode was dropped.

"There you go," Gantu says while kneeling as he pulled out a large see-through container and dropped an angry Stitch and a frightened Hilda onto it as he looms over them sinisterly. "All buckled up for the trip, and look, I even caught you a little snack," Gantu says while staring at Hilda, who paled at what he says as Gantu placed the container onto the back of his ship and made his way to the front as Joanna looked up and her eyes widen in horror as she saw Hilda and Stitch sitting helplessly on the container.

"NO! STOP!" Joanna yelled as she tried to run over to the ship, but the engines roared to life and pushed her back as she fell on the floor.

"Oh, I don't like the sight of this," Alfur says while quivering in Hilda's hair as Stitch looks around the container and found a weak spot in their cell as Stitch leaped onto the glass and used his stretchy body to fit through a small opening as he got free. Turning around, Stitch was about to smash the container apart to free Hilda and Alfur, but the ship suddenly took off into the air as Stitch was thrown off and could only watch in horror as Hilda and Alfur were whisked away from the woods.

"Hilda..." Joanna says quietly with tears in her eyes as she spotted a groaning Stitch lying on the ground and slowly grew angry as she marched over to him. "Alright, mister, I don't know what's going on anymore, but I know that you do, so tell me, where is Hilda? Where had he taken her?" Joanna asked as Stitch sighed but nodded as he looked up at her.

"Hilda-Aah!" Stitch says before yelping as he was hit by a stray plasma blast, and before he had any time to recover, Jumba leaps in and tackles him to the floor as he placed two pairs of handcuffs on each of Stitch's four limbs.

"Aha! Your luck is finally over, you ungrateful little monster!"

"You're under arrest! Read him his rights!" Pleakley yelled while running over to them as Jumba rolled his eyes.

"He doesn't have any rights, remember?"

"Oh, yeah," Pleakley says as the boys laugh, and Jumba then glared at Stitch while Pleakley pulls out his space phone.

"Listen carefully, this is for all of the pain and suffering you caused me ever since we got into this dump of a planet!" Jumba says as he begins smacking Stitch onto a tree headfirst repeatedly.

"Hello? Galactic Command? Experiment 626 is in custody. We'll wait right here." Pleakley says as he hangs up his phone with a smug smile before flinching as he saw Joanna standing there with her hair covering her eyes.

"Ha, ha, Pleakley, you want in on this?" Jumba asked, finishing torturing poor Stitch as he turned around, and his eyes widen when he finally noticed Joanna's presence. "Uh, what do we do now?" He asked as Pleakley leans into his ear.

"Don't interact with her." He says as Jumba nodded, and they turned around as they whistled innocently.

"Where's Hilda?" Joanna asked quietly.

"Who?" Jumba asked while turning to her as Pleakley smacked him. "What?!" He asked, annoyed as Pleakley gave him a pointed look.

"Hilda...my daughter," Joanna says, ignoring their antics as the boys glanced at each other confusedly.

"Uh, sorry, we do not know anyone by that-,"

"HILDA!" Joanna yelled out in frustration/fear as she glared at them with tears in her eyes. "SHE'S A LITTLE GIRL WITH BLUE HAIR AND BLACK EYES, AND SHE WAS HANGING AROUND WITH HIM!" Joanna shouted while pointing accusingly at Stitch, who flinched from her anger as he stepped back in fright.

"Uh...we know her," Jumba admitted with a heavy sigh as Joanna glared at him.

"Bring her back."

"Oh, we can't do that," Pleakley says, causing Joanna to snap her head towards him furiously as he pulls out a small book. "Uh-uh, that would be a misuse of Galactic resources," Pleakley said matter-of-factly as Joanna stared at him for a few seconds and was about to strangle him until an exasperated Jumba pulls Pleakley away as he gave the angry mother a solemn look.

"Look, the problem is...we're just here for him," Jumba says while gesturing to Stitch.

"So...she's gone?" Joanna asked, downcasted as Pleakley pops in.

"Look at the bright side. At least you can be single again and not worry about taking care of someone anymore." Pleakley says with a smile, trying to cheer her up but it failed as Joanna broke down, and begins sobbing as she fell on the floor.

"My baby! Oh, Martin, I'm so sorry! I couldn't protect our baby girl!" Joanna cried out with fresh hot tears rolling down her face as Pleakley tried to speak up but was stopped by Jumba, who shakes his head.

"Come," Jumba says as Pleakley nodded, and they both walked away as a reluctant Stitch was about to follow them, but an image of a smiling Hilda stops him as Stitch gained a determined look and turned around as he walked over to a crying Joanna.

"Family."

"W-What?" Joanna asked while sniffing as Jumba appeared and grabbed Stitch.

"Hey! Get away from her!" Jumba says while shaking Stitch.

"No!" Joanna says while slapping his arm as he let go of Stitch, and Joanna faced him with a serious look. "What did you say?"

"Before Hilda was taken away, we talked, and Hilda told me that she considered me to be part of her family, and I do too, so that's why we're going to rescue her." Stitch proclaimed as Joanna gasped in shock.

"B-But how? We don't have a spaceship or even a normal plane, by that matter." The Light Auburn-Haired Woman says as Stitch thought carefully and got an idea as he turned to his creator.

"Goocha, friogo! Miki haddelup e truop! (Hey, fatass! Give us a ride!)" Stitch shouted as Jumba gasped.

"What?! After all, you have put me through, you expect me to help you just like that?! Just like that!?"

"Ih."

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"...Fine," Jumba says with a shrug as he begins unlocking Stitch's cuffs.

"Fine? You're doing what he says?" Pleakley asked, dumbfounded with Jumba's actions as the evil genius finished unlocking Stitch's cuffs.

"He's very persuasive."

"Persuasive!? What exactly are we doing?!" Pleakley asked as Joanna marched up to them with a determined look on her face.

"Rescuing my daughter, that's what! Right, Stitch?" Joanna asked Stitch with a smirk as he smirked back and nodded. A couple of minutes later, we see the gang riding on Joanna's beaten-up car as they were driving through the woods and arrived at a secluded meadow as everyone got out.

"Oh, good! I was hoping to add endangerment and insanity to my list of things I did today." Pleakley grumbles as Jumba smirked at him.

"You, too?" Jumba asked as Stitch laughed, and Joanna rolled her eyes. After earning a glare from the octopus-like alien, Jumba then turned around as he pulled out a beeper and pressed it as his big red ship was revealed.

"Oh! Yeah, yeah, yeah!" Stitch says while clapping his hands excitedly as Jumba turned to him amusedly.

"What? Did you think we walked here?" Jumba asked as the ship's door flew open and an escalator appeared as everyone climbed on it, and went into the ship.

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"This container thing is sealed uptight," Alfur says while inspecting the container that was holding them as Hilda was sitting behind them silently with her head resting on her knees. "I mean, besides the small gap up here, but it's too small for you to squeeze through," Alfur says thoughtfully before noticing how quiet Hilda has gotten as he turned to her worriedly. "Hilda, what's wrong?"

"...Alfur, are we going to die?" Hilda asked softly with a genuine look of fear on her face as Alfur was quick to comfort the scared child and hugged her leg.

"Hey, there's no need to be scared, Hilda. Where's the brave little girl I know? We had gotten into situations much scarier than this, so chin up! We will find a way to get out of here like we always do!" Alfur says with a smile as Hilda slowly smiled back, feeling better as she sits upright.

"I'm sorry that I brought you into this." Hilda apologized as Alfur waved it off.

"Oh, it's fine, Hilda. I'm actually happy that I came. I didn't want you to suffer this alone." Alfur says as Hilda nodded before frowning as she looked at the clouds ahead of her.

"I wonder if Stitch's okay."

"Oh, I'm sure Stitch is fine. In fact, I'm pretty sure he is hatching a rescue mission to rescue us right now." Alfur says as he looked ahead, and his eyes widen as Alfur turned back to Hilda. "And, sooner than we think."

"What do you mean?" Hilda asked as Alfur pointed ahead, and Hilda gasped as she saw a giant red spaceship appear behind her, but what really shocked her was the sight of Stitch waving at her as Hilda and Alfur smiled excitedly and waved back at him as the ship flew ahead and the duo sit back as they eagerly waited for their incoming rescue.

"This is Gantu, requesting hyperspace clearance," Gantu says through a communicator on his ship as it beeps.

"Stand by for clearance...clearance is granted on vector C-12."

"Connect me to the Grand Councilwoman," Gantu says as there was another beep, and the Grand Councilwoman's face appeared.

"Gantu? What's going on?" Grand Councilwoman asked as Gantu smirked.

"I thought you'd like to know that the little abomination is..." Gantu says before trailing off as Jumba's ship appeared beside him, and he gasped in surprise as he saw Stitch on the ship, mooning him. "WHAT!?" Gantu asked before grunting as Jumba rammed his ship into him.

"Yes, Captain?" Grand Councilwoman asked as Gantu glared at Stitch and the others.

"Grr, I'll call you back," Gantu says before shutting off his communicator as Jumba's ship flew ahead, and Gantu wasted no time in firing at him. "How the hell did you get out of there!?" Gantu asked while shooting Jumba's ship as the large space vehicle swiftly dodged the laser blasts.

"So, do we have an actual plan, or are we just winging it?" Joanna asked while sitting at the cockpit with the others as Jumba smirked at her.

"Don't worry, little miss, we are trained professionals," Jumba says just as a curious Stitch ripped out a component and chews it as Jumba grew angry. "Hey! Get that out of your mouth!" Jumba yelled while grabbing onto Stitch as he shook him, and Joanna stared at them with a sweatdrop before yelping as a laser blast came through the roof and nearly hit a startled Pleakley as Jumba saw this and grew serious.

"Hold on!" Jumba yelled as everyone nodded and fastened up their seatbelts as Jumba made a rush U-turn into the woods as they were heading straight to two mountains that were really close together. Everyone eyes widen in fear, except for Jumba as the evil genius grabbed the wheel and turned it as the ship turned sideways and cleared through the mountains easily while Gantu was too slow to react as he crashed against the mountains and was barely able to keep afloat as Jumba turned to Stitch with a smirk. "It's showtime!" Jumba yelled as Stitch grew excited and crawled over to the door as he grabbed the handle. "Get ready! This is it!" Jumba says while making sure to fly closer and closer to Gantu to enact their plan.

"MOUNTAIN! THERE'S ANOTHER MOUNTAIN!" Joanna screamed panickedly while pointing ahead as Jumba saw that they were heading straight into another mountain and quickly grabbed the controls as he pulled up and did a barrel roll as they appeared over Gantu's ship.

"Go, go, go!" Stitch shouted as he opened the door and was sucked outside as he fell through the air while laughing manically as Experiment 626 landed on top of Gantu's ship, spooking the giant alien as Stitch crawled across his ship and reached the container holding Hilda and Alfur hostage with the duo beaming at the sight of Stitch as the young experiment smiled at them, and begins scratching the container to break them free.

"Little savage! Get off my ship!" Gantu shouted as he grabs his controls and forced the engines to turn over to Stitch as they burned him alive and sends him flying across the sky.

"Stitch!" Hilda and Alfur shouted worriedly as they watched Stitch disappearing into the white sky.

"Computer, locate Experiment 626!" Gantu commanded his computer as the ship searched around for Stitch and managed to find a silhouette of his body falling through the air.

"626 located." The computer says as Gantu narrowed his eyes.

"We finish this now," Gantu says as he grabs the controls of his ship and flew straight towards Stitch.

"626 has been blasted off into the sky!" Jumba says while peeking through his binoculars as a worried Joanna stood behind him.

"What do we do now?"

"We stay close. Hope for a miracle. That's all we can do." Jumba says with a shrug as Joanna bits her lip worriedly and looked out through the window.

"Come on, Stitch, pull through. Hilda needs you right now."

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH-Huh?" Stitch screamed while falling through the air before blinking in surprise as he landed on something soft, and fluffy as 626 looks around confusedly.

"Hello, Stitch."

"Need some help?" Two familiar voices rang out as Stitch looked up and smirked mischievously as he nodded.

"Target 626 is dead ahead." Gantu's computer says as Gantu looks up and gasped in surprise as he saw Stitch standing on a cloud with a smug look on his face as he crossed his arms.

"He can fly!? Trog certainly has a lot of surprises." Gantu says as he composed himself and flew straight towards Stitch, who noticed him as they both glared at each other. "Abomination!"

"Stupidhead!" Stitch says as he then taps his foot on the cloud, and suddenly Stitch started rising higher and higher, and Gantu could only watch in awe/horror as he saw the angry face of Jorgen glaring at him through his windshield.

"WHAT!? A GIANT?!" Gantu asked in shock as Jorgen growled at him in anger and grabbed his ship.

"Huh?" Hilda and Alfur said in confusion as they noticed giant pairs of arms appear in front of them, and the blue-haired girl beams as she recognized the hands.

"Jorgen!" Hilda cried out happily as she hugged Alfur in excitement.

"Go, Stitch! Save Hilda!" Jorgen shouted as Stitch nodded and jumped out of his head as he flew through the air and crashes through the ship's windshield as he landed on the cockpit and laughed at the furious look on Gantu's face.

"YOU!" Gantu shouted angrily as he began trying to pound Stitch into a bloody mess but missed as the small blue alien was too fast for him. "YOU'RE VILE! YOU'RE FOUL! YOU'RE FLAWED!" Gantu screamed as Stitch reached out and surprisingly managed to catch Gantu's last punch as he smirked at the surprised Gantu.

"I'm also cute and fluffy!" Stitch yelled as he then throws a screaming Gantu through the windshield, and the huge alien was caught by Jorgen, who squeezed him tightly as Gantu screamed in pain. With Gantu incapacitated, for the time being, Stitch jumped out of the cockpit and crawled through the ship as he reached Hilda and Alfur and headbutts the container as he broke the glass. Hilda and Alfur ducked down to avoid the flying glass shards as Stitch reached out his hand for them, and Hilda wasted no time in grabbing it as he pulls her and Alfur out of the container.

"You came back for me...for us," Hilda says as Stitch smiled at her.

"You're part of Stitch's family, and Stitch will always protect his family," Stitch says as Hilda smiled tearfully and gave him a kiss on the cheek as Stitch grinned and grabbed onto Hilda as he held her bridal style. "NOW, JORGEN!" Stitch yelled before swiftly jumping off just as Jorgen crushed the ship to smithereens as a massive explosion occurred.

"NO! HILDA!" Joanna yelled panickily while glued to the window as she and the boys looked around for the duo and smiled in relief as they found Hilda, Stitch, and Alfur lying safely in Valfreyja's hands.

"I got you!" Valfreyja exclaimed as Hilda, Stitch, and Alfur smiled up to her gratefully.

"WHOO-HOO! THEY DID IT!" Joanna says while hugging Jumba and Pleakley tightly as they were surprised by the hug, but hugged her back either as they were happy to have Hilda back safe and sound.

"Let's go back home," Jorgen says to the others, who nodded as they slowly walked back to Hilda's cabin. After a few minutes of walking, the Giant's have finally arrived at the meadow where Hilda's burned down cabin was placed as Valfreyja gently places Hilda, Stitch, and Alfur down while Jorgen simply drops Gantu down as the large alien groaned in pain, but otherwise didn't do anything else as Jumba's ship appeared, and landed near them as everyone got out.

"Mum!/Hilda!" The girls screamed as they ran over to each other and hugged as Joanna cried slightly.

"Oh, my baby! Oh, my baby girl!" Joanna says while placing multiple kisses all over her face, causing Hilda to giggle a bit as Stitch walked over to them, and Joanna smiled at him gratefully. "Stitch, thank you for bringing back my daughter. I don't know how I could ever repay you." She says as Stitch blushed embarrassedly and looked away.

"It's nothing," Stitch says as Joanna smiled before gasping as she finally noticed the Giants.

"W-What on Earth? Who are they?"

"Oh, those are a couple of Giant's that Stitch and I have befriended," Hilda says as Joanna looks down at her with a shocked/stern look, and Hilda smiled weakly as she rubs her neck nervously. "Oh, did I forgot to mention that we met a Giant a couple of days ago?" Hilda asked sheepishly as Joanna kept her stern demeanor before shaking her head as she sighs.

"Well, they did save you and Stitch earlier, so I guess I can let this one slide," Joanna says as Hilda and Stitch smiled, but then a Galactic Federation Officer swooped in and grabbed a startled Stitch as he handcuffs him.

"We have 626." He says to the Grand Councilwoman, who appeared out of nowhere in her huge ship as multiple Galactic Federations stormed out and surrounded Stitch as they set their Plasma guns to stun him.

"Take him to my ship." Grand Counwilman commanded as one of the officers pushed Stitch forwards and forced Stitch to climb onto her ship.

"Hey! Leave him alone!" Hilda shouted as she was about to run over to save Stitch but was stopped by her mother.

"Hilda, hold on," Joanna says just as a nervous Gantu appeared as he walked over to his angry-looking boss.

"Grand Councilwoman, let me explain-,"

"Silence! I'm firing you, you nitwit!" Grand Councilwoman shouted as he gasped in shock/disbelief.

"B-But, why?" A confused Ganty asked as she glared at him.

"I sent you to capture Experiment 626, and you did, but you also kidnapped a native! And a child no less! Don't you realize how much trouble we would've gotten in if you had taken her off-world?! Consider this your termination, Captain Gantu!" Grand Councilwoman screamed as Gantu's face paled, and he took a couple of steps back as Pleakley popped in and smirked at his boss smugly.

"Well, Grand Councilwoman, I think you will be delighted to know that the credit for capturing 626 doesn't go to Gantu, it goes to-,"

"Me! I managed to capture him after being here on this planet for two minutes while you idiots haven't even managed to capture him after being stuck here for four days! After this fiasco is over, you'll be lucky if you end up on a Fluff Trog farm!" Grand Councilwoman yelled as Pleakley gulped, and the alien female looked around for Jumba as she spotted him trying to sneak out. "YOU!" Grand Councilwoman shouted furiously as she marched over to him. "YOU'RE THE CAUSE OF ALL THIS! IF IT WASN'T FOR YOUR EXPERIMENT 626, NONE OF THIS WOULD-,"

"Stitch!"

"What?" Grand Councilwoman says dumbly as she turned around and saw Stitch glaring at her while standing on the ship.

"My name's Stitch," Stitch says firmly as Grand Councilwoman gave him an apologetic look.

"Oh, Stitch, then, my mistake." Grand Councilwoman said politely before turning to Jumba as she grew angry again. "IF IT WASN'T FOR STITCH, NONE OF THIS WOULD-," Grand Councilwoman shouted, but then blinked as she realized what just happened and turned back to Stitch, who gave her a sad look.

"Does Stitch have to go in the ship?" Stitch asked politely as Grand Councilwoman blinked at him in shock.

"Yes."

"Can Stitch say goodbye?"

"To who?" Grand Councilwoman asked as Stitch gestured at Hilda and Joanna, who was sitting near her as the Supreme Galactic Federation Leader jumped in surprise, finally noticing their presence as she then turned back to Stitch. "Oh, well, it's okay, I suppose." Grand Councilwoman says hesitantly as Stitch smiled.

"Thank you, Mam," Stitch says as he walks out of the ship and made his way over to Joanna and Hilda, who gave him one last tearful hug as Grand Councilwoman eyes the girls oddly.

"Who are you?" Grand Councilwoman asked the girls as Stitch breaks off the hug to answer her.

"This is my family. I found it all on my own. We had disagreements and fights every now and again, but I love them, and they love me. And even if I will never see them again, I will never forget them." Stitch says sincerely as he then turned to his family, who were barely able to keep their emotions in check as Stitch gave them a soft smile. "Goodbye, Hilda. Goodbye, Joanna. Thanks for everything." Stitch says as he then straightened up and walked back towards the Grand Councilwoman's ship as everyone watched him go solemnly.

"Does he really have to go?" Pleakley asked his boss, who sighed as she placed her hand on her temple.

"You know as well as I that our laws are absolute. I cannot change what the Council has decided." Grand Councilwoman says firmly, even though she knows that it didn't feel right.

"Stitch, don't go," Hilda says softly with tears in her eyes as she watched her best friend slowly making his way to the ship with his ears down, and the little girl slowly grew angry as she tightened her fists and grained a determined look. "EVERYONE STOP!" Hilda shouted as everyone turned to the little girl in surprise, and we're even more in shock when they saw her run-up to the Grand Councilwoman.

"Hilda, stop!" Joanna says as she was about to chase after her but was stopped by Jumba, who shakes his head at her as she sighed and nodded as they watch Hilda approach the large alien.

"Uh, yes, and you are?" Grand Councilwoman asked as Hilda glared at her.

"My name is Hilda, and I won't allow you to take Stitch away from us! I know that Stitch is not the most innocent person around, but you can't blame him for his past actions! All he had ever has known was to destroy, Stitch didn't know any better, but now he does!" Hilda says as Grand Councilwoman stared at the little girl in shock.

"He does?" The Supreme Galactic Federation Leader asked as Hilda nodded firmly.

"Yeah, he doesn't want to be an evil monster anymore. Stitch just wants to stay here on Earth with us and be a part of our family. Please, Miss, isn't there any way to take away his sentence?" Hilda pleaded as Grand Councilwoman sighed heavily and bent down to her eye level as she gave the little girl a solemn look.

"Look, Hilda, even if I wanted Stitch to stay on Earth, I can't. Its out of my hands. The council had decided to send Stitch to prison, and I have to follow it out...even if I don't like it." Grand Councilwoman says sadly as Hilda begins to tear up again.

"No...there has to be away, please! I don't want to lose my best friend!" Hilda pleaded while grabbing onto her dress as she begins to cry. Grand Councilwoman stared down at the crying girl sympathetically as she rubbed her back and wished there was a way to get around the law, but she didn't seem to find a solution, so she decided to keep comforting the sobbing little girl.

"If I may interrupt, I may have a solution to this problem," Alfur says while poking out of Hilda's jacket as Hilda looks down at him curiously/hopeful, and Grand Councilwoman was surprised to see him.

"An Elf? What are you doing here?" Grand Councilwoman asked as Alfur leaped onto Hilda's hair and smiled at her cheerfully.

"Hello, my name is Alfur, and I'm a friend of Hilda and Stitch. Anyway, earlier, I overheard Hilda and Stitch talking about Stitch's sentence to prison by the Galactic Federation, and I think I came up with a solution that everyone would like."

"You did?" Hilda asked hopefully while wiping away her tears as Stitch hears this and turned around curiously as everyone watched Alfur dig in through his pockets and pull out a small contract.

"What is this?" Grand Councilwoman asked while squinting her eyes at the contract as Alfur smiled.

"This is a Prisoner's Detention Exchange contract, or PDE for short. It says right here that if you and the warden signed this contract, it will allow Experiment 626 or Stitch to still remained a prisoner, but on Planet Earth!" Alfur declared, causing everyone's eyes to widen as Grand Councilwoman seemed intrigued by the idea.

"Interesting, so instead of an asteroid, Stitch will be held prisoner on a planet? I think I can work with this, but we need a warden in order to complete the contract."

"Ooh! Ooh! I can be the warden! I can keep an eye out on Stitch!" Hilda says with her hands raised as Grand Councilwoman turned to her worriedly.

"Are you sure, Hilda? You do realize that as the warden, you have full responsibility for Stitch. Which means if he ever acts up and reverts back to his programming, you will be held accountable for his actions. You could be sent to prison or worse if Stitch ever decided to rampage across a city." Grand Councilwoman warns as Hilda nodded with a serious look.

"I understand, Grand Councilwoman, but believe me when I say this, we won't ever be resorted to that problem because I know that Stitch can be good, and I can help him along the way. It may be difficult, but family is worth it." Hilda says as Grand Councilwoman smiled and looked up at Alfur.

"Alfur, the contract please?" Grand Councilwoman asked as Alfur eagerly handed over the contract, and the leader of the Galactic Federation carefully signed her name on the paper before handing it over to Hilda as the blue-haired girl did the same, and Alfur beams.

"Well, you two signed it, so it means it's now official!" Alfur says excitedly as Grand Councilwoman smiled amusedly and nods.

"Yes, your right about that, my little magical friend." Grand Councilwoman says as she stood up straight and coughed, getting everyone's attention as they turned to her curiously. "Everyone, after talking with Alfur the Elf and Hilda the Human, we've come with a decision." Grand Councilwoman says as she walks over to Stitch and unlocked his handcuffs, much to everyone's surprise as she picks him up. "Experiment 626 will no longer be imprisoned on a desert asteroid, but instead will be imprisoned here on Earth with Hilda acting as his warden." The Galactic Federation Leader says while placing Stitch near Hilda, who beams as she hugs him tightly, and Stitch hugs her back as Joanna appeared and hugged the both of them as they all smiled.

"And as caretakers of the alien life-form Experiment 626 or now known as Stitch. This family is now under the official protection of the Galactic Federation." Grand Councilwoman says as Hilda and her family were surprised by her declaration. "Each month, we'll be checking in to monitor on Stitch's progress and, by the law of the contract, if Stitch manages to remain a model citizen for five whole years, all charges will be dropped, and Stitch will be able to live a nice normal life." Grand Councilwoman explained before bending down as she pulled out a red collar with a tag and attaches it to Stitch's neck.

"What did you put on, Stitch?" Joanna asked curiously.

"It's a tracking device that is difficult to destroy, even with Stitch's monstrous strength, so if you ever tried to go off-world, we would know about it and arrest you instantly, so don't try to leave Earth." Grand Councilwoman warned Stitch, who nodded with a smile.

"Easy peasy, I'm never going to leave this place, especially with my family around."

"Aww!" Hilda says while hugging him as Joanna smiled and turned to the leader of the Galactic Federation.

"Thank you for this. It really means a lot to us," Joanna says as Grand Councilwoman waves it off.

"Oh, it's nothing. If there's anyone you can thank, it's your daughter. She had managed to do the impossible and reformed Stitch into a somewhat model citizen in under 4 days! Not even my best men can accomplish that. Your daughter is quite special."

"Yeah, I know," Joanna says knowingly as Grand Councilwoman turns around and begins to walk away.

"Man, this is going to be so difficult to explain back in headquarters, but thankfully this contract should help." Grand Councilwoman says while tucking the small contract into her front pocket as she was about to enter her ship, but stopped as she spotted the Giants and gasped as she recognized one of them. "Valfreyja? Is that you?" A shocked Grand Councilwoman asked as the female Giant looks down at her and gasped in delight as she smiled.

"Grand Councilwoman, it's good to see you again, old friend," Valfreyja says as Hilda eyes them curiously.

"Have you two met each other?" Hilda asked as Grand Councilwoman nodded.

"Yes, a long, long, long, long time ago. I was here when the Giant's were being transported to planet Yetrix. In the time that I was here briefly, I made friends with a Giant named Valfreyja. It's good to see you again." Grand Councilwoman says to Valfreyja, who nodded in agreement as a curious Jorgen walked up to them. "Oh, hello, who are you?"

"I'm Jorgen." Jorgen responded as Grand Councilwoman's eyes widen in realization, and she smiled.

"Ah, I see, so you're the lover she spoke so fondly off." Grand Councilwoman says as Jorgen tilted his head confusedly while Valfreyja blushes embarrassedly as the leader of the Galactic Federation smiled up to them. "Well, I'm happy that you two were able to find each other again. And now that you did, I was wondering if you Valfreyja will take the offer that I gave you and transport you to Yetrix, alongside your beloved. You two will be able to live out the rest of your lives on a planet that can properly accommodate your size, and you can hang around with your fellow Giants again. What do you say?" Grand Councilwoman asked as the Giant's glanced at each other and smiled as they turned back to the alien.

"We like that," Jorgen says as Grand Councilwoman smiled.

"Splendid! I will call up a spaceship big enough to transport you two, and we will be on our way." Grand Councilwoman says as the Giant's nodded, and Grand Councilwoman made her way back to her ship but stopped as she saw Jumba and Pleakley smiling at her expectantly as she winced and leans over to one of the Galactic Federation Officers. "Don't let those two idiots onto my ship." Grand Councilwoman says as the officer nods. A couple of minutes later, we see the Galactic Federation ship as well as a giant ship carrying Jorgen and Valfreyja taking off into space with the gang watching in a safe distance as they waved at them goodbye.

"Well, today was...interesting, to say the least. Let's go home." Joanna says as Hilda and Stitch winced.

"Uh, Mum? I don't know how to tell you this, but our house is kind of...gone." Hilda says while pointing at their destroyed home as Joanna's eyes widen and her jaw dropped in shock.

"WHAT THE BLOODY HELL HAPPENED TO OUR HOUSE!?"

~[3 Hours Later]~

After consoling Joanna about her destroyed home, the gang had spent the rest of the day packing what little possessions they had left from the explosion onto Joanna's still beaten-up car as Woodman suddenly appears and was carrying a stack of woods as he walked up to Joanna.

"For the fire in your new place in Trollberg," Woodman says while handing the stack of woods over to Joanna, who was surprised by the touching gesture as she smiled at him.

"Oh, thank you," Joanna says before walking away as Woodman went over to Hilda, who was writing something onto Stitch's collar with a concentrated look on her face.

"Hey, Hilda," Woodman says, bringing Hilda's attention as the magical wooden creature pulls out Hilda's sketchbook. "I found this in the rubble."

"My sketchbook!" Hilda cried out happily as she grabs it and hugs it to her body tightly. "Thanks, Woodman," Hilda says as Woodman shrugs.

"Eh, I certainly have no use for it. It smells like Troll spit." Woodman says as Stitch eyes him confusedly.

"How would you know what Troll spit smells like?"

"The same way you know how it feels to be stampede on by a group of Trolls." Woodman retorted as Hilda opens her sketchbook and smiles as she sees all of the drawings that she did in the past.

"I wish I didn't have to leave here. I'm going to miss all of this," Hilda admitted while tearing up a bit as Stitch placed a comforting hand on her shoulder, and she smiled at him gratefully before turning to Woodman. "I will even miss you."

"You know where to find me," Woodman says as Hilda smiled slightly.

"That's very comforting."

"For you," Woodman says as he then turned to Stitch. "And Stitch...I will miss you the least of all." Woodman says rudely as he turned around to walk away, and Stitch watched him go angrily.

"Why you-," Stitch says as he was about to raise his plasma gun but stopped as Hilda raised her hand.

"No, Stitch! When we're angry at someone, we use our words. Not blast them with hot plasma." Hilda scolds as Stitch grumbles but nods as he puts away his gun.

"Hida! Stitch! It's time to get going!" Joanna says while finishing packing their bags just as Jumba and Pleakley appeared. "Oh, hello, you two. I thought you guys will be flying off to space by now." Joanna says confusedly/curiously as Jumba and Pleakley give her sheepish looks.

"Well, the funny thing about it, Big Female Parent, is that on our way to space, I was quick to remember that I'm still technically a wanted criminal," Jumba admitted with a nervous laugh as Pleakley pops in.

"And I was fired from my job, which means I will lose my house and be forced to live with my parents, and trust me, that's the last thing I want to do right now," Pleakley says with a shudder as Joanna eyes them both suspiciously.

"Where are you going with this?"

"Well...we were kind of wondering...if we can stay with you?" Jumba asked meekly with Pleakley nodding weakly as Joanna stared at them for a few seconds before walking to her car as she entered the vehicle and start up the engine. Jumba and Pleakley sighed sadly as they turned around to walk away but stopped as Joanna honked her horn at them.

"Get in here, you guys! You helped save my daughter, so allowing you guys to live with us is the least I can do!" Joanna says with a smile as Jumba and Pleakley beamed and cheered as they quickly ran over to the car and got inside.

"And...there! All finished!" Hilda says while writing the word 'Stitch' on the front of Stitch's collar as he admires it. "Now, everyone will know your name. I even wrote in our new home address on the back of your collar, so if you get lost, you will know your way back." Hilda explains as Stitch nodded, and they were about to go over to the car, when suddenly-

"HILDA! STITCH! WAIT!" Alfur shouted while running towards them as he was carrying around a red suitcase.

"Alfur!" They exclaimed as Hilda bends down and allows Alfur to jump on her hand.

"Sorry that I was gone for so long, but I've been busy for the last couple of hours filling out the required paperwork for the travel, and it's official! Look!" Alfur says while pulling out his very own passport with a picture of his face on it. "I'm going to be the first Elf from these parts to visit Trollberg and file reports on life in the big city!" Alfur cheered while leaping excitedly as Hilda and Stitch smiled at him amusedly. "And, if it's not too terribly inconvenient, I'd like to hitch a ride with you guys. If you both don't mind." Alfur says nervously as Hilda and Stitch beamed.

"Are you kidding? It'll be so nice to have someone from home." Hilda says.

"And your part of our family, Alfur, so of course you will go with us," Stitch says as Alfur gasped.

"R-Really? You consider part of your family?" Alfur asked as they both nodded.

"Of course, now hop aboard, Alfur." Hilda says as Alfur smiled and grabbed onto his suitcase as he jumped onto Hilda's hair and hid inside.

"Hilda, Stitch, who were you talking to?" Joanna asked while letting Twig into the car as Hilda and Stitch jumped onto the vehicle and fastened their seatbelts.

"Um...I will tell you on the drive." Hilda says as Joanna raises an eyebrow and shrugs as she grabs the wheel and began moving the car as they drove off with Hilda looking back at her destroyed home solemnly as Stitch pops up, and gave her a comforting side hug as she smiled at him, and rubs his fur as they drove out of the woods, not noticing a small orange tabby watching them go curiously as he was wearing a red collar with the name 'Apollo' written on it. Apollo meowed as he licks his paws before standing up as a small dimensional portal appeared, and he jumps through it as the portal dissapeared.

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Later at night, we see the gang arriving at Trollberg as they drove up to their apartment building, and everybody got out of the car as they begin unpacking their stuff into their new apartment.

"Hilda, sweetie, please be careful with the box. Let Stitch help you," Joanna says while carrying a couple of boxes as she watched her daughter struggling to lift a large box. Luckily, Stitch came in as he easily picked up the box, but unintentionally picked up Hilda as well as they blinked at each other and laughed. Rolling her eyes amusedly at their antics, Joanna was about to walk into the apartment, but then a door near her was opened as Joanna turned her head and saw one of her new neighbors poking his head out as she gasped at his appearance. Standing before her was a 6-feet-tall, handsome, American 38-year-old man with hazel eyes, short dirty blonde hair, a small pointy nose, a sharp chin, Caucasian skin, a tall muscular built, and his outfit consisted of a red baseball cap, blue-collard shirt, white jeans, and black shoes. His name is Roland Trenton.

"What's with all of the noise?" Roland asked while looking around as he spotted Joanna, and he gasped as he took in her beauty. Joanna blushed slightly from his stare before noticing how handsome he looked as she started staring at him back.

"Hey, Mum, Twig's hungry, and we ran out of dog food. You mind buying more from the store?" Hilda asked while walking out of the apartment with a hungry-looking Twig as she noticed her mother frozen like a statue and seemed to be in a weird staring match with some stranger as Hilda raised an eyebrow. "Mum?" Hilda asked while walking in front of her mother as she waved her hands but didn't get a response as Joanna and Roland continued staring at each other. A couple of minutes later, we see Stitch walking towards his new home with Jumba and Pleakley following after him while wearing their usual human disguises, as they were all carrying several boxes.

"Hey, Big Female Parent, where do you want these boxes filled with Little Blue Haired Girl's stuff?" Jumba asked Joanna, who ignores him as she continued staring at Ronald with a lovestruck look.

"What's wrong with Joanna?" Stitch asked Hilda, who was standing between Joanna and Roland with an annoyed look on her face.

"I don't know, I've been trying to get her attention for the last 10 minutes," Hilda says as Pleakley walked over to Joanna and snaps his fingers as she blinked but otherwise continued staring at him lovingly.

"Weird, is she sick?" Pleakley asked Jumba, who shrugs as the duo seemed to finally snapped out of their love trance and smile as they walked up to each other.

"So, you're new around here, right?" Roland asked as Joanna nodded.

"Yes, me, my daughter, our dogs, and...my brother and his wife just moved into the city. We used to live in the woods." Joanna says as Roland raised an intrigued eyebrow, and she blushed embarrassedly. "Is that weird?" Joanna asked nervously as he shakes his head with a smile.

"No, in fact, I find it kind of cool that you all used to live in the woods. You know, getting in touch with nature and such." Roland says as Joanna smiled.

"Okay, great, good. Anyway, I better go back to unpacking."

"Oh, here, let me help you," Roland says while grabbing the boxes from out of her hands as he then walked into her apartment.

"Oh, what a gentleman," Joanna says with a giggle as she followed him inside.

"D-Did my Mum just giggle?" Hilda asked in disbelief as Jumba and Pleakley finally realized what was going on and smirked knowingly.

"Oh, it seems that our Joanna is quite smitten by that fellow," Pleakley says with a teasing smile as Jumba nodded with a laugh.

"Definitely, anybody hears wedding bells?" Jumba says as he and Pleakley laughed and entered the apartment.

"I do not like where this is going," Hilda says with a groan while entering the apartment as Stitch followed after her. An hour later, we see Hilda and Stitch placing their stuff in Hilda's new room as the blue-haired girl heard her mother laugh at something that Roland said and rolled her eyes as she spotted Alfur writing something and walked over to him.

"Are you already writing your first report? We just got here." Hilda says with a disbelief look as Alfur nods.

"Indeed. I want to set down my first impressions while they're still fresh." Alfur says before looking down at his report as he begins writing. "More humans than I've ever seen in one place. There's a lot of fascinating noises, and it's all very strange, yet, exciting!" Alfur says as Hilda sighs and looks out the window.

"I think it just seems loud and crowded. You can barely see the sky, the trees are too small for climbing, and they built a wall to keep out anything interesting." Hilda says while looking at the city unimpressively as Stitch pops in and hugs Hilda as he smiles at her.

"At least you have Stitch," Stitch says as Hilda smiled slightly and hugs him back.

"Yeah, with you around, things will certainly not be boring," Hilda says as she and the others shared a laugh, not knowing that a giant bird perched on their roof as he opened his eyes and flew off into the night sky.

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

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