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.

4. Hilda and Stitch: S1-EP1 The Bird Parade

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 and Amun.

NOW LET'S GET ON WITH THE STORY!

~{Hilda and Stitch: Season 1-Episode 1: The Bird Parade}~

A week has passed since Hilda, Stitch, and the gang had moved into Trollberg, and so far, everybody was adjusting to their new surroundings pretty easily...well, except for a certain blue-haired girl, who was currently reading a book inside a tent in the living room as Stitch, Alfur, and Twig were playing one of Hilda's board game named 'Monopoly'. But much to the former evil experiment and the deer fox's dismay, Alfur was clearly winning as he had the most money out of the two of them, and the small elf had bought houses on literally every single space of the board game.

"Alright, gents, you better give up now because there is no possible way that you can beat me at this point," Alfur stated smugly as Twig growled at him in annoyance while Stitch glared at him as he grabbed the board game and childishly threw it away. "Oh, real mature guys," Alfur murmured with a frown while rolling his eyes as Stitch and Twig shared a high-five.

"Boys play nice. Don't get mad at Alfur just because you were losing. Remember, it's just a game." Hilda scolded while not looking up from her book. "Now, Stitch, apologize to Alfur for tossing the board game away," Hilda says as Stitch grumbled, but nodded as he turned to Alfur.

"Sorry, Alfur."

"Apology accepted," Alfur says with a smile as Stitch rolled his eyes and was about to grab another board game to play with when suddenly the group heard booming footsteps heading towards them as Hilda puts down her book and gained a serious look as she grabbed her pillow and stood up.

"Somethings out there. Get ready, boys." Hilda says to the boys, who nodded as Twig grabbed a pillow with his teeth while Alfur pulled out a tiny pillow from out of nowhere, and Stitch grew out his second pair of arms as he grabbed two pairs of pillows. The group slowly made their way to the front of the tent as they saw a large shadow creeping over to them, and they nodded to each other determinedly. "Okay, on three, we strike. One..."

"Two..."

"Three!" They all shouted in unison as they opened the flaps on the tent and saw Pleakley standing before them while wearing a fake monster costume as he roared at them.

"Attack!" Hilda shouted as she and the boys smacked Pleakley away with their pillows and send him flying to the ground as the group ran out of their tent and begins smacking the octopus-like alien with their pillows, not really hurting him, as Pleakley cried out in fake pain.

"No, no! Please, stop! Have mercy!" Pleakley screamed fearfully while laughing a bit as Hilda glared at him coldly.

"There is no such thing as mercy for monsters like you," Hilda says cooly just as Joanna walked into the living room as she stopped in her tracks and raised an eyebrow at the scene before her.

"Hilda, Stitch, why are you guys attacking Pleakley with pillows?" Joanna asked while crossing her arms as Hilda and Stitch looked up at her with smiles on their faces as the boys continued smacking Pleakley.

"Stitch and Hilda are playing a game, Joanna," Stitch says as Hilda nodded eagerly.

"Yeah, the boys and I are playing the young, scared group of teenagers hiking in the woods, and Pleakley is playing the big scary monster that wants to cut up our stomachs and eat our insides," Hilda explained innocently as Joanna stared at her with a disturbed look.

"I think you two have been watching too many monster movies."

"Too many monster movies...nah!" Hilda and Stitch said in unison while waving their hands as they laughed, and Joanna gave them a deadpanned look.

"Please, kill me! Just have mercy and kill me already!" Pleakley yelled as Twig and Alfur were still attacking him.

"Oh, Pleakley, Twig, Alfur, you can stop now. The game is over," Hilda says as the boys nodded, and stop fighting as Joanna raised an eyebrow at her daughter.

"Alfur? The Elf? He's here?" Joanna asked as Hilda nodded.

"Yes, he's here playing with us after taking a break from filing reports about the city back to the other elves. They don't really care about Trollberg, but they love receiving reports."

"They do," Alfur says while sitting on top of Pleakley as the alien smiled up to him.

"It's so great that Jumba and I decided to sign the proper paperwork to see you, Alfur. I still can't believe that we were run over by dozens of Elves a week ago." Pleakley says as Alfur smiled down at him.

"Same here, Pleakley. It's nice to have another intellectual in the house to talk to, who's also interested in how the city of Trollberg works like I am." Alfur says before flinching as he turned to Hilda and Stitch sheepishly. "Not that I don't think your guys are stupid or don't like spending time with you, it's just-,"

"Alfur, calm down. Stitch get it." Stitch says as Hilda nodded in agreement.

"Yeah, we know what you mean, Alfur." Hilda says reassuringly.

"Hey, sweetie, sorry to break up the conversation here, but I was wondering if you will go out for a walk and see the city for a bit?" Joanna suggested as Hilda groaned.

"But the city is so cold and dull, Mum. There's nothing to do out there. Besides, I'm having a lot of fun here with Stitch and the others." Hilda says as Joanna gave her a stern look.

"Hilda, I insist. It's great that your spending time with our guests, but you haven't been out of the house since we first moved in here. I'm sure that Stitch, Pleakley, and Jumba are feeling a bit cramped from spending all of their time inside of the apartment." She says as Hilda scoffed.

"No, they're not," Hilda says before noticing Stitch and Pleakley giving her sheepish looks as she stared at them in disbelief. "You got to be kidding me?" She asked as they shrugged meekly.

"Sorry, Hilda, but Stitch is getting bored here. Stitch wants to go outside and play." Stitch says, feeling be tired of being cooped up in the apartment all week as Pleakley nodded while taking off his monster suit, revealing that he was wearing one of Joanna's dark red sweaters and her brown pants.

"Yeah, sorry, Hilda, but I want to leave as well. I learned a lot from Earthlings through your Earth TV, but I want to go outside and experience what the Earth has in store with me." Pleakley says while twirling around a bit as Joanna eyes him weirdly.

"Are you...wearing my clothes?" Joanna asked as Pleakley gave her a sheepish look, and Joanna sighs deeply as she rubbed her temples and turned to Hilda. "Bottom line is your going."

"Ugh, fine," Hilda says with a defeated sigh as Joanna looked over at the ground and waves.

"Hilda, and Stitch, will see you later, Alfur." Joanna says as everyone stared at her weirdly.

"Uh, Mum? Alfur is over there." Hilda says while pointing at Alfur as the small Elf was sitting beside Twig on the couch. "You really need to sign the paperwork. Jumba and Pleakley already done it," Hilda says as Joanna rolled her eyes.

"Whatever. Stitch be a dear and fetch Jumba for me. Like the others, I don't want him to be coped up in the apartment all day." Joanna says as Stitch nodded and scurried over to Jumba's room/lab as he opened the door and walked in as he entered a room filled with all kinds of alien tech that Jumba had salvaged from his ship as it was filled with computers, monitors, shelves filled with all sorts of chemicals, and a tiny bed at the end of the room. Looking around the room curiously, Stitch spotted Jumba sitting on a table as he crawled over to him and noticed that his creator with some chemicals.

"Okay, Jumba, remember, be very careful when mixing Huyision with Kurosen," Jumba says to himself while eyeing two small vials warily as they were filled with strange glowing yellow/green liquids. Taking a deep breath, Jumba shakily grabbed the vials as he was about to mix them together into a nearby vase, but then-

"Jumba!" Stitch shouted while leaping onto the table as Jumba yelped in surprise and dropped the vials into the vase as the liquid mixed together, and the vase started glowing as it shook violently. "What's going on?" Stitch asked as Jumba's face paled, and he took a couple of steps back.

"I think we should run," Jumba says as Stitch nodded, and they ran out of Jumba's lab/room as Jumba pulled out a remote and pressed a button as a large metal door appeared and covered the wooden door as a big explosion went off inside. "Well, thank you for costing me about a day's work, 626," Jumba says to Stitch with an annoyed look as Stitch laughs sheepishly.

"Sorry," Stitch says apologetically as Jumba glared at him sternly.

"I told you to not barge into my room when I'm working. You're lucky that I have my room explosion-proof, or else the whole apartment complex would've been wiped out from existence! What was so important that you have stormed into my room for?!"

"Joanna wants us to go outside," Stitch says bluntly as Jumba stared at him blankly for a few seconds before sighing as he rubs his face in exasperation.

"Fine, whatever, I will go. I was going to continue with my experiments today, but since my lab is trashed for the moment, I better go outside to get some fresh air while my robots clean up the mess," Jumba says, and on cue, multiple small robots appeared from out of nowhere as they reached his lab/room and deactivated the explosion-proof door as they quickly storm inside to clean up the mess. "Let me put on my Earth disguise first before we leave," Jumba says as Stitch nodded and waited patiently as Jumba entered his destroyed room.

After a few minutes of waiting, Jumba walked out while wearing a navy blue parka with a grey turtleneck underneath, two pairs of glasses to cover his eyes, a red/white striped scarf, light blue pants, and no shoes. Stitch nodded approvingly, and the boys head towards the front doors, where they saw the girls and Pleakley waiting for them as the octopus-alien was wearing a deep red wool peacoat with a white shirt underneath, a light red beanie, magenta pants, and three black boots. Pleakley was also wearing a long curly blonde wig with a touch of makeup.

"Okay, you're here, let's go," Joanna says as Stitch and Pleakley nod eagerly while Jumba and Hilda shrugged boredly as the young woman opened the door and was surprised/delighted to see Roland standing before them as she smiled. "Oh, Roland, I wasn't expecting you today," Joanna says as Roland flashed her a smile.

"Well, I decided to pay my favorite neighbor a visit today." He says suavely as Joanna giggled, and Hilda gagged while the boys shared knowing looks with each other. "So, where are you all of to."

"Oh, well, I decided to give my family a walk around the city to show them the sites," Joanna explained as Roland smiled.

"Want me to tag along? I've been living in this city for 13 years so I know my way around." He says as Hilda frowned disapprovingly and stepped forwards.

"Well, Mr. Trenton, thanks for the offer, but we want to explore the city on our own so-"

"We will love for you to tag along with us. Right, guys?" Joanna says enthusiastically while turning to the boys as they nodded. "Right, Hilda?" Joanna asked as Hilda grumbled, but nodded reluctantly as she crossed her arms with an annoyed look.

"That's great," Roland says while noticing Hilda's displeasure of having him around as he frowned. "Well, that kid obviously doesn't like me, but I can't exactly blame her though since I'm trying to get to know her mom. There has to be a way to get her to like me." Roland thought to himself as he then remembered all of Joanna's talks about her daughter being fond of strange creatures, and an idea popped into his head as he looks down at the blue-haired girl. "Hey, Hilda, want to meet a pet of mine?" Roland asked as Hilda tilted her head confusedly, but shrugs.

"Sure," Hilda says as Roland smiled and walked over to his apartment as he opened the door.

"Amun, you can come out now!" Roland says as Hilda and the others eyed the door curiously and gasped when they saw a small bird-like creature walking out of Roland's apartment as he looked up and started at the group before him intriguingly. The small creature is a one-and-a-half-feet-tall, twenty-year-old male Phoenix with a falcon-like body, red eyes with black pupils, a philippine eagle crown, red/yellow feathers, and a beak that is slightly round end like a dodo bird. His name is Amun, Roland Trenton's Pet Phoenix.

"Oh my god, he is so cute!" Hilda squealed while running over to hug Amun as the small Phoenix seems to like the hug and nuzzles into her neck.

"What is that interesting little creature?" Jumba asked while looking over Amun curiously as Pleakley gasped.

"Whoa, you have a pet Phoenix?! How fascinating!" Pleakley says while walking over to inspect Amun as Joanna turned to Roland confusedly.

"You never told me that you have a pet Phoenix." She says as he smirked.

"You never asked," Roland says as Joanna then looked over at Hilda, who was still hugging Amun as she gained a worried look.

"Uh, Roland? Is Amun...safe around children?" Joanna asked as Roland nodded.

"Yeah, he is. I found Amun when he was egg twenty years ago, and I trained him since then, so trust me, Amun will be completely harmless around Hilda." Roland says reassuringly just as Amun suddenly burped out a fireball that flew past Hilda's head and scorched the wall as Joanna slowly turned to a sheepish-looking Roland. "Well, except when he burps," Roland says with a nervous laugh as Joanna stared at him deadpannedly while Hilda smiled at Amun, not minding that she was nearly set on fire as she hugs him.

"Mum, can Amun come with us?" Hilda asked Joanna hopefully as her mother frowned worriedly, but, against her better judgment, nodded as Hilda beams and hugs Amun close to her chest as she and the others made their way outside. A few minutes later, we see the gang walking through the streets of Trollberg as Joanna and Roland were showing the sites to an eager Plekaley and Stitch while Hilda and Jumba remained in the back with bored looks on their faces as Amun walks beside them.

"...and over there is the Trollberg's Library where you will able to read up tons of information about our fair city," Joanna says to Pleakley, who immediately perked up as he glanced at the building with an excited smile.

"Ooh, a real Earth Library! How fascinating!" Pleakley says as Roland stared at him weirdly but shrugged as he turned to an uninterested Jumba and pointed a big fancy-looking building ahead of them.

"And over there is Trollberg's most elite science laboratories where they conduct all kinds of experiments and projects. Your sister told me how much of a science nut you are, so I thought you will be interested." Rolland says as Jumba slowly smiled and stared at the building with a smirk.

"A laboratory, you say? You don't think they will mind if I conduct some experiments in there?"

"Oh, I'm sure they won't mind," Roland says as Jumba beamed and grinned evilly.

"My name Stitch. Nice to meet you." Stitch says while walking on all fours beside Amun as the small experiment made sure to stay out of earshot of Roland. Amun didn't say anything as he looked up to Stitch and blinked as Experiment 626 sweatdrops. "You don't talk much, do ya?" Stitch asked as Amun blinks again, and he sighed. "Can you do anything besides blinking?" Stitch asked as Amun squawked and briefly set himself on fire as Stitch slowly smiled. "Stitch thinks that you and I will be good friends, Amun," Stitch says while hugging Amun, who accidentally sets himself on fire again, but it didn't hurt Stitch in the slightest as he laughed.

"Well, they seem to be getting along," Joanna says to Hilda amusedly as they watched Stitch and Amun running around as the small experiment was using Amun to burn stuff while laughing in enjoyment as a panicking Roland tried to stop them. "So, how are you liking the city so far?" Joanna asked her daughter as Hilda shrugs.

"Eh, it's alright, but I still don't see what's the big deal with this place. There's hardly anything fun to do here." Hilda says as Joanna frowns and was about to speak up, but stopped as she saw Rolan walking over to Hilda while covered in soot as he was holding Stitch and Amun in his arms.

"That's where your wrong, little lady, because there are tons of things to do in this city. Like eating in fancy restaurants, swimming, sports, playgrounds, etc." Roland explains while putting down Stitch and Amun as Joanna nods.

"He's right. In fact, the town is currently planning to do a big parade this evening." She says as Hilda and the others turned to her curiously.

"Parade? Did you say that Trollberg was going to have a parade?" Pleakley asked as Joanna nodded eagerly.

"Yeah, one with floats, beautiful decorations, lights, and loud music." Joanna listed off as Sitch looked excited, and even Amun looks enthusiastic about the parade as he was dancing around Stitch happily.

"Jumba will admit that actually sounds fun," Jumba says with a small smile as Pleakley nods.

"Yeah, and hey, is there any way for me to help build the parade?" Pleakley asked as Roland nodded.

"But, of course, Miss, the parade committee is always accepting of new help," Roland says as Pleakley beamed and turned to Jumba excitedly.

"Hey, Jumba, want to help me with the parade?" He asked as the evil genius shrugged.

"Sure, I got nothing better to do," Jumba says excitedly as he and Pleakley then run off to find the parade.

"Wait! Guys, you don't know where the parade is!" Roland yelled, but it was too late as they dissapeared. "And they're gone," Roland says with a deadpanned look as Joanna laughed.

"Don't mind them, this is their first parade, so they got pretty excited," Joanna says as Roland nods, and the woman turned back to Hilda. "So, what do you think about the parade?"

"Well, I don't know..."

"There is going to be people in weird costumes~," Joanna says with a sing-songy voice.

"I...suppose that sounds cool," Hilda admitted as she looked up at her mother with a small smile. "Besides, I've never seen a proper parade before, so I guess it could be fun," Hilda says as Roland smiled at her and placed a hand on her shoulder.

"Oh, you're going to love it, Hilda. My grandparents used to take me to see the parade every year whenever I visited Trollberg as a kid. It's one of my fondest memories growing up." Roland says as Hilda smiled at him.

"That's nice to hear, Mr. Trenton," Hilda says as Joanna smiled at the both of them, happy to see them getting along as Joanna got an idea and turned to Hilda.

"Hey, sweetie, how about we all go down to the parade and watch it together?" Joanna suggested as Hilda and Stitch smiled brightly.

"That sounds lovely, Mum," Hilda says with Stitch nodding in agreement.

"May I come with?" Roland asked as Joanna nodded with a smile.

"That sounds fine with us, isn't that right, Hilda?"

"...Y-Yeah, sure, I don't mind," Hilda says, unsure about how to feel him tagging along as Joanna noticed how hesitant she sounded and was about to speak up about it, but shut up as she spotted a group of kids all around Hilda's age playing in the playground, and she smiled.

"Hilda, look!" Joanna says while pointing at the kids as Hilda glanced at them uninterestedly. "Why don't you go and make some new friends?" Joanna suggested as Hilda was about to protest, but stopped as Stitch suddenly perked up and his ears twitched as he turned around and his eyes widen in surprise as 626 tugged on Hilda's pantleg, getting her attention as he pointed up, and Hilda gasped as she and Stitch saw thunder roaring above Trollberg with no dark cloud in sight!

"Mum, Mr. Trenton, did you see that? Stitch, and I just saw lightning raining from the sky!" Hilda says with Stich nodding in agreement as Roland raised an eyebrow.

"On a sunny day?" He asked while looking up, but he didn't see any lightning as Joanna rolled her eyes.

"Don't listen to Hilda, Roland. She's just trying to change the subject," Joanna says before bending down to Hilda's eye level as she gave her a stern yet loving look and placed a hand on her shoulder. "Hilda, sweetie, stop stalling and try to talk to them. You're always saying how you can make friends with elves, trolls, giants, and aliens." Joanna says the last part quietly so that Rolland won't hear as she then smiled at her daughter reassuringly. "Compared to that, talking to some kids should be easy," Joanna says as Hilda bits her lip nervously and looks down doubtfully.

"But what do I say to them?" Hilda asked.

"Well, try to open up to them with a joke, trust me, that will help break the ice." Roland says as Hilda nods but still looked nervous as Stitch saw this and went to the rescue as Stitch walked up to her on all fours and rubs his head against her side, calming her down as Hilda smiled down at her friend gratefully before taking a deep breath as she and Stitch walked over to the kids.

"Hello," Hilda says awkwardly as the kids turn to her, and she smiled at them weakly. "My name is Hilda, and this is my dog, Stitch. We just moved here...want to be friends?" Hilda asked nervously as the kids continued staring at her, and the blue-haired girl blushes in embarrassment as she rubs her neck. "Uh...want to hear a joke? I got a good one that my Aunt Pleakley told me. Okay, so you ever wondered why aliens haven't visited our solar system yet?" Hilda asked as the kids shook their heads. "They looked at the reviews, and we only got one star," Hilda says as the kids stared at her silently for a few seconds...before laughing as one of the kids walked up to Hilda.

The kid is a 4-feet-tall, 11-year-old British girl with baby blue eyes, long blonde hair that reaches down to her waist, and was tied up into two low-hanging pigtails, a beauty mark on her left cheek, flawless Caucasian skin, a slender built, and her outfit consisted of a dark purple sweater with a light purple wool winter hat, a dark purple scarf, light purple mittens, and light purple boots. Her name is Elizabeth Williams, the rich Daughter of her Father Gabriel's Company.

"You're quite funny, new girl. Nice to meet you. I'm Elizabeth Williams, but you can call me Eliza." The Rich Girl says, introducing herself to Hilda as the other kids swarmed around her and Stitch.

"Welcome to Trollberg. It's nice to see a new face around here." A boy says as two girls walk over to Stitch curiously.

"What kind of dog is he?"

"Oh, he's a rare breed from Hawaii," Hilda answered as the other girl cooed at the sight of him.

"Aww, he looks kind of cute and fluffy." She says while rubbing Stitch's fur as the small experiment purred from her touch.

"Come on, let's go and hang out, Hilda." Another kid says as Hilda smiled and nodded as she then turned back to her Mum and Roland and gave them a thumbs-up as they did the same, and she and the others ran off to play.

"Thanks for helping my daughter, Roland," Joanna says to Roland gratefully as the man smiled at her.

"It's nothing, Joanna. Your daughter is adorable. Anyway, while everyone is away, want to have a drink?" Roland suggested as Joanna smiled.

"That sounds lovely. My place?"

"Sure," Roland says while holding out his arm as Joanna giggled and hooked her arm with his as they walked back to the Apartment Complex with Amun following after them.

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"Where is this blasted parade?!" Jumba asked in annoyance as he and Pleakley were walking across the streets of Trollberg to look to where the parade was taking place but didn't have much luck as he sighed. "Do you have any ideas on where the parade is, Pleakley?" Jumba asked while turning to his alien friend as he saw Pleakley petting a small orange tabby, who wore a red collar with the name 'Apollo' written on it.

"Hey, Jumba, look at this Earth creature that I found. I think the Earthlings call it...a cat." Pleakley says as Apollo purred in delight, liking Pleakley scratching his head as Jumba rolled his eyes.

"Pleakley, stop playing around with the Earth animals, and help me find the parade!"

"Oh, alright," Pleakley says before getting an idea as he looks down at Apollo. "Hey, little guy, you won't happen to know where the parade is, right?" Pleakley asked as Jumba rolled his eyes.

"Pleakley, he's an animal, he's not gonna know where-," Jumba says just as Apollo nodded and walked into an alleyway as the aliens followed him, and they saw Apollo gesturing ahead as they look up, and gasped as they saw a group of people working on multiple unfinished parade floats.

"Oh, look, Jumba, the parade!" Pleakley says excitedly as Jumba's jaws dropped, and he looked down at Apollo, only to see him gone as he looks around dumbfounded.

"Who was that cat?" Jumba asked himself in confusion as Pleakley ignores him and walks ahead as he spotted Frida and David working on a small parade float as they were wearing identical uniforms which consisted of a sand-colored sweater with a brown rhombus-shaped insignia on their left chests, a red neckerchief, brown skirts/trousers, and a red sash decorated with badges, but Frida had the most though.

"Oh, hello, excuse me," Pleakley called out as the kids turned to him.

"Oh, hello. How can we help you...mam?" Frida says confusedly while eyeing Pleakley closely as she wonders if Pleakley was a woman or not.

"Well, my husband Jumba and I were wondering you all would like a volunteer to help build the floats for the parade this year?" Pleakley asked.

"Oh, she's a woman then." Frida thought to herself before shaking her head as she smiled up at the disguised alien. "Sure, we would love your help," Frida says as David nodded in agreement.

"Yeah, let's get you started with this float over here," David says while gesturing the float behind them as Pleakley smiled and turned to Jumba.

"Come on, Jumba, we better go and help out as much as we can before the parade starts."

"But what about the cat?" Jumba asked, still confused about Apollo as Pleakley rolled his eyes and grabbed his arm as he pulled the evil genius over to their float. Meanwhile, elsewhere, we see the kids hiding behind a bush as they were carrying around a bunch of toilet paper and cartons filled with eggs as they were in front of a nice-looking house.

"Uh, what are we doing here, guys?" Hilda asked confusedly as Eliza rolled her eyes and scoffed as she turned to Hilda while giving her a 'Duh' look.

"Isn't it obvious? We're egging this guy's house." Eliza says as Hilda tilted her head in puzzlement and looks down at Stitch, who shrugs as he didn't know what the term 'egging' meant. "Look, just follow our lead," Eliza says as she and some of her friends grabbed a handful of eggs as they began chucking it at the house while the others threw toilet papers over it.

"Hey! Stop that! You're making a mess!" Hilda yelled before deadpanning as she saw Stitch about to throw an egg, but stopped as he noticed Hilda's stern gaze, and he reluctantly puts down the egg.

"Shh! Do you want us to get caught?" Eliza asked Hilda with an annoyed look just as the doors were opened and a big muscular walked out.

"HEY, YOU DUMB KIDS! STOP THROWING EGGS AT MY HOUSE!" The man yelled with a deep masculine voice as the kids panicked.

"Cheese it!" Eliza yelled as she and her friends ran off. Hilda was about to apologize to the man for her friend's vandalizing his house but was pulled away by Eliza before she could as they ran off, and Stitch follows after them.

"YOU LITTLE BRATS! ONCE I GET MY HANDS ON YOU, I WILL-Oh, no, my roses!" The man yelled before panicking as he noticed that some of the kids stepped on his roses, and he quickly ran back to his house to get his gardening tools.

"Okay, since the new girl ruined our last activity let's play something else," Eliza says as the kids nodded, and one of the kids pulled out an empty can of spinach.

"Okay, so standard can rules. No elbows, no can backs." He says as the little boy then tosses the can in the air and begins kicking it in the air with his feet as he then passed it over to his friend, who then kicked it over to a confused Hilda as Eliza sighs and rolled her eyes as she walked up to the blue-haired girl.

"Are you always this dense?" Eliza asked, rather rudely, as Hilda frowned while Stitch narrowed his eyes at Eliza. "You're supposed to kick the can around with your feet. It's not that complicated to understand. Look, I'll show you." Eliza says as she was about to grab the can, but blinks as she noticed that it was missing. "Hey, where's the can?" She asked as the group heard a burp and turned around as they spotted Stitch picking his teeth with his claws as his mouth was full of metal shards. "Aw! You're dumb dog eat the can! Now our game is ruined!" Eliza yelled as she and her friends glared at a sheepish-looking Hilda.

"He, he, sorry about that, I guess he was hungry," Hilda says with a shrug as Stitch spits out the can label. Later on, we see the kids playing around a playground, but Hilda wasn't having any fun as she keeps noticing Eliza glaring at her every few minutes, and Stitch notice this as well as he growled at the young blonde.

"Down, boy," Hilda says to Stich sternly before turning back to her new friends as she smiled at them. "So, anyone going to the big parade tonight?" She asked as Eliza scoffed.

"Parades are for little kids," Eliza says as a pony-tailed girl nods.

"Yeah, and for those goody-goody lame Sparrow Scouts." She says as Eliza glared at her.

"Need I remind you that I'm a Sparrow Scout as well, nitwit," Eliza says angrily as the other girl sweated nervously.

"Oh, yeah. Sorry about that, Eliza." She says as Hilda stared at Eliza warily.

"So much anger for a little girl. She must've not been held enough by her parents." Hilda says out loud as Eliza freezes up and turned to her with rage in her eyes.

"Did you say something, new girl?" Eliza asked through gritted teeth as Hilda covered her mouth in shock.

"Oops! Did I say that out loud?" Hilda asked Stitch, who nodded as they watched Eliza march over to Hilda angrily.

"Uh, uh, uh," Hilda says nervously as the small experiment thought quickly and grabs a nearby rock as he handed it over to Hilda. "Oh, thanks," Hilda says to Stitch gratefully as she then turned to Eliza and held out the rock as Eliza froze in fear, thinking that Hilda was going to throw the rock at her as she covered her head and waited for the pain to come...but it didn't happen as she opened her eyes and saw Hilda still holding out the rock that Stitch gave her as Hilda smiled at the confused blond. "Hey, look at this rock that my dog found."

"I meant for you to throw that rock at her, but that works too, I guess." Stitch thought to himself with a sweatdrop as Eliza looked over at the rock in Hilda's hand and smiled.

"Huh, that is a cool looking rock," Eliza says, her anger for Hilda disappearing as the blue-haired girl beams.

"You like rocks too?" Hilda asked excitedly as Eliza nodded.

"Yeah, I like to collect all kinds of rocks. Anyway, do you mind handing that over to me?" Eliza asked as Hilda smiled and nodded as she handed the rock back over to her.

"Are you going to add that rock to your collection?" Hilda asked curiously.

"No," Eliza says as she looked up and saw a colony of birds resting on top of a tree as she smirked evilly. "I'm going to use it to do this!" The Rich Blonde-Haired Girl yelled while throwing the rock at the tree, nearly hitting the birds as Hilda and Stitch gasped in horror, and were even more shocked when the other kids joined in as they begin throwing rocks at the flying birds.

"No! No! Stop it! Stop!" Hilda cried out as the kids heard her and stopped except for Eliza as she threw one more rock, and it hits a gray raven as he falls back to the ground and laid on the ground, seemingly lifeless as Hilda stared at him with tears in her eyes. The raven is a small bird with black eyes, dark gray feathers, a beak, and two stick-like legs. His name is Raven.

"Yes, I got one! I win!" Eliza cheered as Hilda turned to her with a glare and raises her hands to shove her away.

"What's the matter with you! You killed him!" Hilda yelled angrily with Stitch growling at her, equally as angry.

"What? It's just a stupid bird." Eliza says with an indifferent shrug as Hilda stared at her in disbelief/anger before noticing Raven moving a bit as she and Stitch ran over to check on him.

"Are you okay?" Hilda asked tenderly with Stich checking his pulse as the bird sit up and nodded.

"I'm fine...I think." Raven says as Hilda and Stich stared at him in shock.

"Did that bird just talk?" Eliza says, equally as shocked as the duo turned to her nervously.

"No!" Hilda and Stitch said in unison as Eliza then stared at Stitch with her jaw dropped.

"Did your dog just talked?"

"No, they didn't! Leave them alone!" Hilda says while holding her hands out to Stitch and Raven protectively as Eliza turned to her friends and pointed at the small alien/animal.

"Did anyone else hear that?" Eliza asked as her friends shook their heads. "But I swear they just talked, let me see them," Eliza says to Hilda, who narrowed her eyes as she grabbed Raven.

"No!" Hilda says firmly as Eliza glared at her.

"Alright, listen here-Whoa!" Eliza says before backing up fearfully as Stitch appears and growled at her like an angry dog as she raised her hands in surrender. "Easy, doggy, easy," Eliza says as Hilda smiled at Stitch.

"Thanks, Stitch," Hilda says as she then ran off with Stitch following after her.

"Hmm, way to scare off the new kid, Eliza." The ponytailed-haired girl says as Eliza glared at her.

"Shut up, Tori."

---

"So, Miss Pleakley, Mr. Jookiba, how it's going with the float I-What the!?" Frida says calmly before stepping back in shock as she saw Jumba and Pleakley customizing a raven float to make it resemble more like an alien, and the young girl gripped her hair with a panicked look. "What are you two doing to my float!?"

"Oh, well, Jumba has seen the design for the parade float you gave us, and Jumba thought it was a bit dull, so Jumba and Pleakley decided to mix it up a little," Jumba says as Pleakley nodded.

"Yeah, and we decided to change the other floats as well, so I told everyone to make their floats to be more alien-themed," Pleakley says while pointing behind him as Frida looked ahead and gasped in horror as she saw her Sparrow Scout group and the other helpers decorating each of their floats to look more alien-themed.

"The others too!?" Frida asked in shock.

"Yeah, so what do you think?" Pleakley asked cheerfully, oblivious of Frida's anger as the little girl glared at him and Jumba.

"What do I think? Well, I think you two are-,"

"Geniuses!" A woman says while appearing beside Frida as she smiled at the alien duo. The woman is a 5'5-feet-tall, 37-years-old woman with black eyes, short grayish hair, a small nose, Caucasian skin, a slim toned hourglass body, and wears the standard Sparrow Scout uniform, but with brown pants instead of a skirt. Her name is Debby, the Sparrow Scout Raven Leader. "I simply loved the new designs, Mr. Jookiba and Miss Pleakley, and I'm sure the Great Raven would too. Keep up the good work!" Debby says while turning around to walk away as Frida watched her go with her jaws dropped.

"But, but..." Frida says in pure disbelief and shock before looking up at the smiling duo with a glare as she stormed off angrily.

"What a nice girl," Pleakley says to Jumba, who nodded as they were about to go back to work but then stopped as they spotted a certain blue-haired girl and blue-furred alien running through the streets.

"Hey, guys! Over here! Look at us, we're helping with the parade!" Jumba and Pleakley yelled while waving at the duo, but it seemed that they didn't hear them as they ran past them.

"Huh, weird, maybe they didn't hear us?" Pleakley asked Jumba, who shrugs as they decided to go back to work. Meanwhile, with Hilda and Stitch, we see them running to their apartment complex as they ran up the stairs, and reached their floor as they panted heavily.

"Cool, we made it," Hilda says with Stitch nodding as they turned over to Raven and stared at him inquisitively. "You did talk, right?"

"I did? When?" Raven asked with a raised eyebrow as the duo gasped.

"Lo, yuug fiv takad? (So, you did talk?)," Stitch says curiously as Raven turned to him and stared at him as if he was an idiot.

"Of course, I can talk. Why wouldn't I?" Raven asked as Stitch was about to retort, but then Hilda shushes them.

"Boys, maybe we should have this talk inside the apartment before our neighbors hear us?" Hilda suggested as the boys nodded, and they entered Hilda's apartment as they saw Joanna and Roland laughing together while sitting on the kitchen counter as Joanna noticed her daughter and the others walking in and waved at her.

"Ooh, Hilda, good to see you back so soon. Did you have fun with your new friends?" Joanna asked as Hilda and Stitch reacted quickly and hid Raven from view as the blue-haired girl nodded and Joanna beams. "I'm so glad to hear that it went great. It was so nice to see you making friends with some actual kids for a change and not some odd creature...no offense, Stitch." Joanna says as Stitch waved it off, and Hilda smiled at her mother awkwardly.

"Uh, yeah, uh, it was cool, Mum, but Stitch and I are feeling pretty tired, so we're going off to our room to rest a bit," Hilda says as Joanna nodded, and the duo slowly made their way to their shared room while making sure that the adults didn't see Raven as Roland saw this and raised an eyebrow.

"Huh, Hilda is acting pretty weird." He says as Joanna waved it off.

"Oh, don't worry, Hilda is usually like that," Joanna says just as a squawk rang out as the adults turned their heads and saw Hilda and Stitch quickly shutting the door as Roland turned to Joanna and gave her a look. "...yeah, they're hiding something." Joanna deadpans as she sighed and stood up as she made her way to Hilda and Stitch's room as Roland followed.

"Sign here, here, and here," Hilda says while laying three small contracts on the floor in front of Raven as he was about to sign on it but stopped as Amun appeared and stepped on them. "Not you, Amun, the other bird," Hilda says with a giggle as Stitch grabbed Amun and lifted him into the air as Raven dipped his feet with Alfur's ink pad and then planted his feet on each of the contracts.

"Sorry for the hassle, but now you'll be able to see Alfur." Hilda says while pointing down at Alfur, who was standing beside Raven as he waved at the small bird, and Raven waved back at him as Twig appears and sniffs him curiously as Raven looks frightened. "Don't be scared. That's Twig, my deer fox," Hilda says as Raven nodded, but was still wary of Twig as Alfur leaps onto Stitch's head.

"So, you guys want to explain to me why is there a raven in our apartment?" Alfur asked.

"Wella fhyukio ucha wekuin tok e guip fo dios pwo slet yokon tayus ta meegen. (We rescued this raven from a group of kids who were throwing stones at him.)," Stitch explained while playing with Amun's fur as Alfur gasped.

"You mean to tell me that a group of kids was throwing stones at some poor innocent creature?! How horrible!" Alfur exclaimed as Hilda nodded.

"Yeah, and they were lead by this horrid girl named Eliza, but luckily, Stitch and I managed to stop them before they killed this raven," Hilda says in relief as Alfur smiled and pulled out his journal as well as a pen.

"My, what a tale! This will make quite a report for the Elves." Alfur says before turning to Raven. "So, where are you from, our winged friend?"

"Um...I'm not sure," Raven admitted as Hilda, Stitch, and the others glanced at each other in confusion.

"Okay, well, how do you spend your time in Trollberg?"

"I don't know," Raven says, puzzled on why he can't remember certain things as Alfur turned to the others with an annoyed look.

"Yeah, I hate to say this, but he's not a great interview," Alfur says just as Raven panics as he grabs his head.

"Oh, no, I've lost my memory! This is so bad! I think I'm important."

"Who doesn't?" Alfur says with a chuckle as Raven shakes his head.

"No, I have to be somewhere! There's something I need to do, but I can't even remember who I is!"

"Who I am. Am." Alfur corrected.

"Now, I've forgotten grammar, and I love grammar!"

"You love grammar?" Hilda asked.

"Maybe? Oh, if only I can remember, why can't I remember?" Raven asked confusedly as Stitch's eyes widen in realization.

"Stitch may know why you can't remember. When Eliza was throwing stones at you earlier, the rock must've bumped against your head and caused you to lose your memory! But don't worry, Hilda had shown me enough cartoons to know how to fix this little problem." Stitch says as he grabs a nearby metal bat and aimed at Raven's head. "Now, hold still," Stitch says as Raven nods and closed his eyes as Stitch prepared to swing.

"Stich, no!" Hilda yelled while snatching the bat out of his hands as she glared at him sternly. "That only works in cartoons, not in real life!" The Blue-Haired scolded while throwing the bat away as she sighed and placed a hand on her temple. "Okay, now, everybody calm down. I'm sure that we can figure this out without hurting anybody. Now, what can you remember?" Hilda asked Raven as the bird begins to think carefully.

"Uh...I think I remember...a statue of a bald, bearded man...with a cape!" Raven shouted as everyone blinked.

"Huh, how oddly specific. That should help us find it. Anything else?"

"I thought I was bigger," Raven says while looking down at his body self-consciously.

"I've made that mistake many times," Alfur says with an understanding look.

"Ih," Stitch says in agreement.

"Okay, we've got to find that statue and see if it jogs any memories. In the meantime, don't talk to anyone, but me, Stitch, and Alfur. You never know if it could be someone unsavory like Eliza and those awful kids, but we're your friends here. We'll stick by you." Hilda says to Raven sincerely with Stitch nodding in agreement as the group didn't notice the door of their room opening slightly, and a curious Joanna and Roland peek in.

"Who is she talking to?" Joanna asked Roland, who shrugs as Joanna quietly closes the door and knocks it.

"Who's that?" Raven asked fearfully as Stitch grabbed him and ran into Hilda's tent just as the door was opened as Joanna walks in.

"Hilda, Stitch, it's time for the parade."

"Be right there," Hilda says as Joanna nods.

"Good, so where's Stitch?" Joanna asked, noticing that the little alien wasn't around as the tent wiggled a bit, and Joanna looked at it suspiciously as Hilda slides in and gave her mum a nervous smile.

"He's playing in the tent with Amun," Hilda says as Joanna raises an eyebrow but nods as she walked out of the room, and Hilda sighs in relief as Stitch and Raven poked out of the tent. "Good, Mum, doesn't suspect a thing. Anyway, Stitch and I have to go to the parade, but I promise you we'll start looking first thing in the morning, we promise."

"Ih, so, sit tight, and we'll be right back. Alfur, look after him." Stitch ordered as Alfur nodded.

"She's definitely up to something," Joanna says to Roland while standing by the front door as they waited for Hilda and Stitch to show up.

"Yeah, I figure, so, are you going to call her out on it?" Roland asked as Joanna shakes her head.

"No, I'm going to wait until we're outside, and then you're going to make up an excuse on why I need to go back to the apartment, so I can investigate her room," Joanna explains as Roland raised an eyebrow.

"Why do I have to make up an excuse?"

"Because it would look suspicious if I do it. Hilda may be a child, but she is very observant." Joanna says as Roland nodded just as Hilda and Stitch appeared as the group walked out of the apartment.

"Oh, wait! I just forgot that I left Amun back at your apartment! Let me go and check on him!" Roland says with a clearly fake worried tone as Hilda raised an eyebrow at him.

"Let me go and help you. Hilda, Stitch, stay here." Joanna says to the duo before grabbing Roland's hand as they walked into the building. "What the bloody hell was that?" Joanna asked Roland, who gave her a sheepish grin.

"I'm not good at lying," Roland says as Joanna sighs but nodded as they entered her apartment and walked over to Hilda's room as Joanna opened the door, and she motioned to the tent. Nodding, the adults entered Hilda's room and slowly crept over to the tent as they nodded at each other and opened the flaps to reveal a nervous Raven, Alfur, and Amun inside.

"What on Earth?" Joanna asked in shock as Raven panicked and begins flying around madly as Joanna tried to grab him, but Raven pecked her hand instinctively as Joanna yelped in pain, and Roland reacted quickly as he grabbed onto Raven, who struggled to escape from his grasp.

"Open the window!" Roland says as Joanna nodded, and opened the window.

"Mum, Mr. Trenton, wait! Come back!" Alfur says while riding on Twig as they ran up to the adults.

"Sorry, but our home is no place for wild birds," Joanna says as Roland threw Raven out the window just as Alfur and Twig jumped out of the window as the elf leaped off and landed beside a scared Raven.

"Don't worry, I'm here too-" Alfur says before shutting up as Joanna grabbed Twig and brought him back inside as Roland shut the window.

"Well, now that the bird situation has been taken care of, you want to go back outside?" Joanna asked Roland while placing Twig back on the floor as the American nodded.

"Sure. Also, you don't mind if Amun stays here while we're gone?"

"Nah, I don't mind, as long as he doesn't leave scorch marks all over my apartment floor, then its fine." Joanna says jokingly as the adults shared a laugh, and they walked out of the apartment as they met up with Hilda and Stitch. "Amun is fine. We decided to leave him in our apartment until we come back." Joanna explained as the duo nodded, and the group walked off to the parade.

"Great, just great, now, we're stuck out here!" Raven shouted while pacing around the fire escape as Alfur smiled at him reassuringly.

"Oh, chin up, I'm sure we can find a way to get back to the apartment," Alfur says just as Amun appears as he tilted his head at them curiously. "Oh, Amun! Great to see you! You won't mind opening the window for us, wouldn't you?" Alfur asked as Amun squawked and sets himself on fire as he then walks through the window, easily burning a hole in the glass as he appears beside a shocked Alfur and Raven. "...I guess that works too. Oh, boy, I bet Mum is going to be mad about the hole in Hilda's window." Alfur says while eyeing the window warily as Raven beamed.

"This is great! Luckily, the little girl had a pet Phoenix. Now, let's go back inside and-,"

"Wait! I just got an idea!" Alfur says, causing Raven to glance at him confusedly/curiously as Alfur smirked at him. "Since we're already outside, and Hilda and Stitch are gone, why don't we look for the statue ourselves? We can fly around and look for it right now!" Alfur says as Raven grew excited.

"Hey, you're right! That sounds like a great idea! Hop on, little fella!" Raven says as Alfur leaped onto his back, and the small bird spread out his wings as he smirked. "Let's fly!" Raven shouted as he jumped into the air...and promptly fell down as he crashed into an alleyway. "Ugh, I think I've forgotten how to fly," Raven says while he and Alfur crawled out of the garbage as the small bird's eyes widen, and he gripped his head in horror. "I forgot how to fly! Oh, the horror! The humiliation! The shame!" Raven cried out as Alfur placed his hand on his shoulder comfortably.

"Now, now, calm down. Not all birds know how to fly. In fact, not even Amun can fly." Alfur says as Raven smiled a bit but then deadpans as he saw Amun gracefully flying down from the fire escape and landed in front of them as Amun squawked innocently.

"...I'm a disgrace to all bird kind!" Raven shouted in misery as he started crying.

"Oh, no, no, please, don't cry! If you think about it, this might be a good thing! With Amun around, he could help us fly around." Alfur says as Raven gasped and stared at him offendedly.

"Asking another bird to fly me around? Do you know how embarrassing that is? Oh, my reputation in the bird community will be ruined!"

"It's either that or you won't get your memory back," Alfur says as Raven sighed but nodded reluctantly as Alfur smiled and turned to small Phoenix. "Amun, would you be a pal and help us find the statue?" Alfur asked as Amun blinked and started flapping his wings as he flew towards Raven and grabbed him with his legs as he begins to fly away. "Wait for me!" Alfur shouted as he leaped up and grabbed Raven's leg as they flew off.

---

"You know what Mum? Maybe your right, maybe I should go out more," Hilda says while walking with her Mom, Roland, and Stitch through the streets of Trollberg as they were heading to where the parade was taking place. "I was thinking that Stitch and I should go out tomorrow and explore the city on our own-Whoa!" Hilda says before grunting as Stitch held out his hand and stopped her just as Hilda almost entered a busy street as many cars zoomed past her. "That was close, thanks, Stitch," Hilda says while ruffling his head as he nodded with a smile.

"It might be better if Roland and I showed you around for a bit more first," Joanna says while grabbing her hand as she then pointed at a walking signal which was glowing red. "That is called a 'walk signal'. It's currently red because it means traffic coming in, and we can't walk over yet." Joanna says just as the walking signal turned green as all of the cars stopped moving.

"Oh, it's green, so it means we can walk now," Hilda says with a smile as she took one step forwards but was stopped by a worried Roland.

"Uh, Hilda, even when traffic stops moving, it's always better to be cautious when moving through the street. Do you see that white stuff on the road?" Roland asked while pointing at the crosswalk as Hilda nodded. "That's called a 'crosswalk'. The purpose of a crosswalk is to allow us to travel across the street safely without the fear of being run over by reckless drivers. Here let me show you." Roland says while grabbing her hand as he, Joanna, and Hilda walked across the crosswalk just as a fast-moving car appeared as the blue-haired little girl spotted the trio walking across the crosswalk and immediately pressed on the brakes as the car came to a screeching halt in front of the trio. "See?" Roland says to Hilda, who smiled as she nodded in understanding.

"I get it now, Mr. Trenton, thanks," Hilda says as Roland nodded, and the trio then continued walking.

"Oh, you're going to love the parade, Hilda. And the best part about it is seeing the people preparing this great tra-What on Earth?" Joanna says with a smile before her jaw dropped as she and the others finally appeared at the parade and were dumbfounded to see everyone wearing bird/alien-themed costumes as there were extra-terrestrial/avian-like decorations. "What happened to the famous Trollberg Bird Parade? It looks-,"

"Awesome!" Hilda says with stars in her eyes as Stitch nodded in agreement while looking around excitedly.

"Awesome? Wait, you like whatever this is?" Joanna asked as the duo nodded.

"Yeah, I love the costumes, the decorations, the floats, everything! Thanks for taking me here, Mum!" Hilda says while hugging her confused mom, who gave Roland an incredulous look as he shrugs.

"Just roll with it. Besides, I kind of like the new look."

"Thanks, Blonde-Haired Man, we designed the parades ourselves!" A familiar voice shouted proudly as everyone looked up and saw Jumba and Pleakley standing on top of the Sparrow Scout Float with a happy-looking David and an annoyed-looking Frida.

"Uncle Jumba, Aunt Pleakley, you did all of this?" Hilda says while running over to them as Pleakley nodded with a big smile.

"Yeah, we decided to add a little pizzaz to the parade, and so far, everyone loves it!"

"Not everyone," Frida grumbled as David gave her a sympathetic pat on her back.

"Well, I have to say, brother, what you and your wife accomplished so far is amazing. I loved how invested you two got with the parade." Joanna says with a smile as the others smiled back.

"Thanks, and of course, we made sure to keep bird-themed as well since the people here really like ravens for some reason," Pleakley says while pointing at a float with a giant fake raven statue on it as Hilda and Stitch tilted their heads at it confusedly.

"Mum, what's that bird statue about?" Hilda says while pointing at the statue as Joanna smiled at it.

"That's the Great Raven. This whole festival is in his honor. He blesses the city by flying over the parade every year." Joanna explains with Hilda and Stitch's face paled as they glanced at each other nervously and turned back to Joanna.

"Uh, and, um, what if he doesn't show up this year?" Hilda asked anxiously as the adults waved off her concern.

"Don't worry, Hilda, it's been a long time that happened, but when it did, the city had a terrible year," Joanna says as Roland nods.

"Yeah, it was as if the city was covered in a blanket of darkness," Roland says as Hilda and Stitch's faces paled even more.

"H-How bad?" Hilda asked meekly as the adults begin to think.

"Well, there was a drought," Joanna says.

"The harvest was ruined," Roland says.

"There was also a plague."

"Earthquakes."

"Tornados."

"Power outages."

"And, I think the city was covered by a blizzard at some point."

"Oh, I remembered that poor Amun couldn't set himself on fire, and he almost got freeze to death," Roland says as Joanna gained a pitied look.

"Oh, the poor thing," Joanna says as Roland nods.

"Yeah, but luckily nothing like that ever happened again in the last decade or so. We just have to make sure to please the Great Raven, and he won't curse on our city." Roland says as Joanna nodded in agreement before spotting the Sparrow Scouts as she beams.

"Oh, Hilda, look, it's the Sparrow Scouts! You know, I was a Sparrow Scout myself when I was your age. You should go and meet them." Joanna says while turning around...only to blink as she noticed that Hilda and Stitch were nowhere to be seen.

"Stitch, this is bad! If we don't help the Great Raven get his memories back soon, the whole city would be cursed for an entire year!" Hilda yelled while running through the streets as Stitch ran alongside her.

"Don't worry, all we have to do is go back to your apartment, and-," Stitch says just as the adults appeared as Joanna grabbed Hilda and Roland grabbed Stitch. "Uh, I mean...bark," Stitch says weakly as Roland stared at him suspiciously, thinking that he heard Stitch talk but didn't have time to think about it as Joanna gave Hilda a stern look.

"Hilda, what on Earth were you and Stitch thinking?! You two can't just run off like that! It's easy to get lost in the city as big as Trollberg!" Joanna scolded, but Hilda ignored what she said and gave her mum a serious yet worried look.

"Mum, there's no time! We need to go back to our apartment because the Great Raven is in my room, and he lost his memory! We got to tell him who he is!" Hilda says urgently as Joanna raises an eyebrow at her.

"Honey, you didn't find the Great Raven. You just found a raven."

"You knew I found a raven?" Hilda asked as Joanna nodded and put her down as Roland did the same with Stitch.

"Yes, and Roland and I put him out."

"You two did what!?" Hilda and Stitch exclaimed in shock/horror as Roland's eyes widen in surprise.

"Did your dog just talk?"

"No." Joanna and Hilda said to Roland nervously before getting back to the conversation as Joanna gave her daughter a stern look.

"Of course, we put him out! You can't just leave random birds into the house!"

"He's not random! He talks!" Hilda shouted as Joanna and Roland's eyes widen, and both of them gained sheepish looks as they rubbed their arms awkwardly.

"W-Well, he didn't say anything to us," Joanna says while rubbing her neck nervously.

"Y-Yeah, if he had said anything, we wouldn't have thrown him out the window," Roland says while looking away awkwardly as he rubbed his arm guiltily.

"Oh, no, no, no, no, this is bad! This is so bad!" Hilda says panickily while pacing around as Stitch noticed how distressed she was, and walks over to her as Stitch grabs her hand and squeezed it reassuringly as Hilda stopped pacing and took a deep breath as the young Adventurer calms down. "Thanks, I needed that," Hilda says to Stitch gratefully before turning to the adults as she gave them a serious look. "We have to go back to the apartment and see if he's near the building!" Hilda says before running off as the others followed.

"Huh, I wonder where they off too in a hurry?" Pleakley wonders.

"Don't know, but let's not worry about them too much One-Eyed-Noodle, we need to hurry up and finish before the parade starts," Jumba says as Pleakley nodded, and they went back to work. Back with the others, we see them arriving at Joanna's apartment as they all ran over to Hilda's room and opened the door as the gang was shocked to see a burned hole in Hilda's window.

"Oh, crud, Amun must've burned a hole in the window, and the raven escaped...also, sorry for the window," Roland says sheepishly as Joanna gave him an annoyed look while Hilda and Stitch ran over to the window and opened it as they looked around.

"I can't see them. What about you, Stitch?" Hilda asked as Stitch turned on his X-ray vision and microscopic vision as he begins looking around Trollberg and spotted Amun flying through the air while holding The Great Raven and Alfur as they seemed to be heading towards a giant statue.

"I see them! The Great Raven, Alfur, and Amun seem to be heading towards a statue on the west side of the city!" Stitch says while pointing ahead as Hilda raised an eyebrow.

"Why would they be heading there?" Hilda says before gasping in realization as she beamed excitedly. "Wait, I know why they're going there! Alfur is trying to help The Great Raven regain his memories!" Hilda says as the young girl then turned towards the window and jumped into her room as Hilda ran up to the adults. "Mum, Mr. Trenton, The Great Raven, and Amun are gone, but I know where they're going! The one thing that he remembers is a statue of a bald, bearded man with-,"

"A cape?" Joanna and Roland asked in unison as Hilda blinks.

"You two know about it?"

"Yeah, it's locally famous," Joanna says as Roland nods.

"And luckily, I know the shortest route to the statue from here. Let's go." Roland says as the girls nodded, and Hilda turned around.

"Come on, Stitch! We know where the statue is!" Hilda says as Stitch poked his head in from the window and nodded as he jumped inside, and the gang ran off. Meanwhile, elsewhere, we see Amun and the others looking for the statue while flying across the city as Alfur looks around and gasped as he pointed down.

"Raven, Amun, I think that's the statue we're looking for!" Alfur exclaimed excitedly as Great Raven looks to where he was pointing, and his eyes widen as a brief vision of him standing on the statue's shoulders appeared in his head.

"I think your right. Amun, fly us down...but make sure that no bird sees us." Great Raven pleaded as Amun squawked and flew towards the statue as he landed on the ground right in front of a flock of birds, who snickered.

"Hey, guys, check it out, that raven can't fly, so the Phoenix had to carry him."

"What a loser!" A bird says as his buddies laugh before flying off as Great Raven groaned and glared at Amun.

"Thanks a lot, buddy." He says as Amun blinked and pecked the ground as Alfur popped up.

"So, does that statue jog any memory?" Alfur asked as Great Raven turned to look at the statue and narrowed his eyes at it as multiple brief visions appeared on his mind.

"Well, I seem to remember somethings, but not a lot. I feel like there's one thing missing in my brain, but I can't for the life of me remember what it was." Great Raven says as Alfur hums thoughtfully.

"Well, maybe you should-,"

"Aha! So, you can talk!" Eliza says while suddenly appearing behind Great Raven with her arms crossed as the bird turned to him nervously.

"Uh...bawk?" Great Raven says with a smile while sweating bullets as Eliza raised an eyebrow at him unimpressively.

"You can't fool me, freak. I know that you can talk, and I'm going to prove it," Eliza says while grabbing Great Raven and unintentionally Alfur as the bird struggled to escape. "It's too bad that Hilda's ugly mutt is not here too, but I guess you will do," Eliza says with a smirk as she was about to walk off but then screamed in fear as a small fireball flew past her.

"What the heck!?" Eliza asked as she turned around and saw an angry-looking Amun flying towards her as he was on fire. "Aah! Get this crazy Phoenix away from me!" Eliza yelled while running away with Great Raven and Alfur as Amun chases after her just as Hilda and the gang appeared as they looked around for any of sight the birds.

"Where are they? Are you sure you saw them fly over here?" Hilda asked as Stitch nodded. "Well, then they must've wandered off. Now, how are we going to find it?" Hilda asked as Stitch looks around and spotted a nearby bell tower as he pointed at it.

"Hilda, look," Stitch says to Hilda quietly as the blue-haired girl looked to where he was pointing and smiled as she saw the tower.

"Nice thinking, Stitch," Hilda says as she and Stitch ran towards the bell tower with the adults following them as they up to the top just as the bell started ringing. Back with Jumba and Pleakley, we see them standing with Frida and David in the Sparrow Scout Float as they were waiting for the parade to start, but much to everyone's confusion, the Great Raven hasn't come yet.

"Where's the Great Raven?"

"He should've been here by now."

"Maybe, he's late." All of the crowd says as David turned to Frida.

"I wonder why the Great Raven hasn't appeared," David says before gasping as he trembled in fear. "Do you think that we made him angry?" David asked nervously as she nodded.

"Definitely, he always shows up at this time, so if he isn't here, then that means he won't show up this year, and we all know who is the blame." Frida says while turning to the disguised aliens to glare at them as the others did the same.

"What did we do?" Jumba asked as Debby marches over to him and points at him accusingly.

"It was you two faults that the Great Raven hasn't appeared! He must've hated the new designs and flew off! Now because of the both of you, we will have bad luck all year round!" Debby yelled angrily as the crowd started booing at Jumba and Pleakley and started throwing things at them as they ducked down and trembled in fear as the Sparrow Scouts stalked over to them threateningly.

"Why are we climbing up the bell tower again?" Roland asked while panting as he and the others were making their way to the roof of the bell tower.

"Well, you see, Mr. Trenton, if we want to figure out where a bird would go..." Hilda says as they made it to the top and opened the door as they finally arrived at the roof. "...we should look at the city the way a bird does." Hilda finishes.

"Oh, smart thinking," Roland says with Joanna nodding in agreement as the group looked out into the city, and Hilda's eyes widen in shock as she witnesses the breathtaking view of the city at night.

"Wow, from up here, the city is, well, kind of beautiful," Hilda says as Stitch nodded, equally as stunned as Joanna smiled.

"Yeah, it is," Joanna says.

"And to think, I was planning to destroy this place." Stitch mumbles under his breath solemnly as Hilda heard him and gave her friend a comforting hug.

"It's okay, Stitch, that isn't who you are anymore, and it will never be," Hilda whispers as Stitch smiled tearfully and hugs her as the adults smiled at the scene, but then Joanna sighed as she leans against the railing.

"Hilda, I know you miss the wilderness, and deep down, I miss it too, but I promise you that Trollberg is a pretty cool place to grow up in. Your Dad and I liked it, anyway." Joanna says as Hilda looked up at her in shock.

"Dad grew up here? I just thought he lived in the woods like Grandpa did."

"He did live in the woods for his early years of life, but his parents wanted him to have a better life in the city, so he moved to Trollberg. In fact, I met your father while he was moving into my neighborhood."

"Whoa, so if Dad never moved here and stayed in the woods, then he would've never fallen in love with you and had me," Hilda says, stunned as Joanna nodded.

"Yes, that's why I wanted us to move to Trollberg, so you could experience new things and enjoy life to the fullest! Besides, you can't exactly experience this in the woods, can't ya?" Joanna asked with a smirk while pointing at the city as Hilda slowly smiled.

"Yeah, I guess I can't," Hilda says as they suddenly heard a sniffle and saw Roland and Stitch bawling in the background.

"It was such a touching moment," Roland says while drying his eyes as Stitch nodded and blew his nose on a napkin.

"Boys." Hilda and Joanna said while rolling their eyes as they shared a laugh before calming down as Hida gained a guilty look.

"Sorry if I've been a bit of a brat." Hilda apologized.

"And, I'm sorry that I put the Raven out." Joanna apologized as well.

"It's okay, Mum. I should've told you about it. But I know that you don't like me making friends with creatures." Hilda says sadly as Joanna gave her a disbelief look.

"What are you talking about, sweetie? I love that you can make friends with creatures." Joanna says with a bright smile as Hilda blinks in surprise.

"R-Really?"

"Yes, I love that you can make friends with literally anyone you meet. It's one of the things that makes you so special, but I just want you to be open to befriending humans for once...no offense, Stitch." Joanna says as Stitch waves it off.

"I am, Mum, but not with Eliza or those kids. They tried to make me vandalize a house, and they even threw stones at birds!" Hilda says as Joanna blinks in surprise and turned over to Stitch to see if what Hilda said was true as Experiment 626 nodding solemnly.

"Hmmm, well, in that case, I'm proud of you for not making friends with those hooligans."

"Yeah, most people would cave into peer pressure and do what the group says, but you stuck by your morals and stood your ground. You got a good heart, Hilda." Roland says with Stitch nodding in agreement as Hilda blushes in embarrassment over the praise.

"Thanks, Mr. Trenton," Hilda says as she and the others then turn around and continue staring at the city as they were still mesmerized by its beauty.

"I'm not telling you, I'm not crazy!" Eliza yelled while standing in the park as she managed to lose Amun during their chase and had The Great Raven locked up in a cage as she presented him to her unimpressed friends. "This bird talks! Go on, show them!" Eliza says to Great Raven, who remained silent as Eliza's friends smirked at each other.

"What's that? Eliza lost her marbles? Yeah, I think you're right." Tori says jokingly as everyone laughed and Eliza blushed in embarrassment/anger. While the kids were teasing Eliza, Alfur pops in as he unlocked Great Raven's cage and quickly jumped onto Great Raven's back as they ran off.

"Huh? Oh, no, you don't!" Eliza snarls as she tried to grab Great Raven, but yelps as he flapped his wings wildly, and escapes from her hold as Alfur, who was accidentally shaken off, landed on her arm, and an idea popped into his head as he then hid into Eliza's sweater. "Why you little-," Eliza growled before freezing up as she felt someone tickling her sides, and she begins laughing as she fell to the ground.

"HAHAHAHA, STOP! HAHAHAHA! WHO'S TICKLING ME!?" Eliza asked while rolling around in the ground as her friends eyed her weirdly, and Tori mouthed 'She's crazy' to them as they nodded in agreement. After a few minutes of nonstop laughing, Eliza managed to accidentally throw Alfur off as she slowly stopped laughing and stood up as Eliza noticed her friends staring at her as if she was crazy.

"What are you looking at!?" Eliza growled, scaring her friends as Eliza spotted Great Raven trying to escape and quickly ran over to grab him as she locked him in his cage and glared at her friends. "Forget you guys! I'm going home!" Eliza says as she blew a raspberry at them before huffing as she stalked off.

"...What a weirdo," Tori says as the kids nod.

"You made me look like a fool in front of my friends!" Eliza yelled to Great Raven angrily as he and Alfur flinched from her tone as she was about to speak more, but then a fireball flew past her head as Eliza flinched and slowly turned around nervously as she saw an angry Amun flying towards like a raging comet. "AAAAHHHH! SOMEBODY HELP ME!" Eliza screamed as she ran away from the angry Phoenix. Meanwhile, with the gang, we see them talking to each other happily until Stitch's ear twitched as he heard a familiar voice and barked to get Hilda's attention.

"What is it, boy?" Hilda asked as Stitch grabbed onto Hilda's pant leg with his teeth and dragged her over to the nearest city-view telescope as the young experiment then pointed ahead as Hilda got the message and looked into the telescope as she saw a screaming Eliza being chased by Amun. "Hey, it's Eliza, and she's being chased by Amun."

"What?" Joanna asked in confusion as Roland was equally as confused.

"That shouldn't be possible. Amun would never hurt a soul." Roland says as Hilda peered into the telescope again and gasped as she spotted The Great Raven and Alfur.

"It's because Eliza has the Great Raven locked in a cage! I have to see where they are going!" Hilda says just as the lens closed as she panics. "No, no, no, I can't lose them now!" Hilda says as she tried to find some loose change in her skirt, but then remembered that she doesn't have any money with her as Hilda turns over to Stitch. "Do you have any loose change on you?" Hilda asked as Stitch raised an eyebrow at her with a deadpan expression on his face.

"Loose change? I don't even wear any pants." Stitch says quietly as Hilda groans but then beams as Joanna handed her some quarters, and she grabs them.

"Oh, phew, thanks, Mum," Hilda says as she inserted the quarter into the telescope and looked into it again. "There they are!" Hilda says as Joanna peers into the telescope and saw Eliza running towards a bridge as Amun chased after her. "She's the one who hit the raven with the rock. Her name is Eliza, and she can't be trusted...plus, she was really mean to me," Hilda added in grumbly as Roland and Stitch patted her back comfortably.

"She's heading to the Bronstad Lane Footbridge! I know a shortcut!" Joanna says as the others nod and runs off.

"YOU TWO RUINED THE FESTIVAL!"

"NOW, OUR TOWN WILL BE CURSED FOR A FULL YEAR!"

"YOU DOOMED US ALL!" Multiple screamed at a frightened Jumba and Pleakley, who hugged each other in fear as the crowd advanced towards them.

"Well, looks like it's the end for us, Jumba. It's been a pleasure being your friend."

"Likewise, One-Eyed-Noodle," Jumba says as he and Pleakley covered their heads and closed their eyes as they waited for the crowd to beat them up.

"Follow me!" Joanna yelled to the group while running through the streets as she made a detour to an alleyway and easily jumped over a fence as Roland did the same.

"Nice agility!" Hilda complimented while trying to jump over the fence as she missed her step and was about to fall to the ground, but was luckily saved by Roland as Hilda smiled at him gratefully. "Thanks for the save, Mr. Trenton."

"You're welcome, Hilda," Roland says as he places her on the ground and grinned at her. "Race you to the bridge!" Roland says before running off as Hilda laughed.

"Hey, no fair!" Hilda says with a smile as Stitch appeared and leaped over the fence as he landed in front of the blue-haired girl.

"Stitch's going to beat you!" Stitch says with a smirk while shaking his behind at her mockingly as he then runs off, laughing.

"Real mature, Stitch!" Hilda says with a giggle as she begins to run and quickly caught up with the group as they reached the bridge and saw Eliza cowering from Amun, who was about to throw another fireball at her.

"Amun! Stop!" Roland commanded as Amun squawked in surprise and put off his flame as Eliza jumps back in surprise from their sudden appearance and accidentally let go of the cage as the Great Raven falls into the river below.

"Oh, no!" Alfur cried out in horror while sitting on the edge of the bridge as everyone panicked and rushed over to see the Great Raven slowly submerging into the river.

"HELP! HELP!" The Great Raven cried out in terror as everyone peered over the edge of the bridge, and Hilda took a deep breath as she cupped her hands close to her mouth.

"YOU'RE THE GREAT RAVEN!" Hilda screamed as Great Raven's eyes widen in shock/realization just as he was fully submerged into the river as Hilda reacted quickly and leaped out of the bridge as she landed in the river.

"HILDA!" Joanna screamed in horror while Roland and Amun's jaws dropped as Stitch panicked and whimpered as he took a deep breath and grew a determined look as he jumped into the river. "STITCH!" Joanna screamed as Stitch landed on the river and immediately sunk like a rock as everyone, including Eliza, looked down at the river worriedly. After a few silent, terrifying seconds, the river began to glow as The Great Raven, who had suddenly grown up to 20-feet, flew out of the river with Hilda and Stitch riding on his back as they flew high in the air.

"What the!?" Eliza asked in shock as The Great Raven soared past their heads and flew up to the clouds as Joanna's face paled.

"HILDA! STITCH!"

"Come on, let's run after them!" Roland screamed as Joanna nodded, and they run off, not noticing Alfur hitch-hiking on Joanna's purse as they ran out of the bridge, leaving behind a very confused Eliza.

"Seriously, what the heck just happened!?" Eliza exclaimed as we cue back to Hilda and Stitch and see them clinging onto the back of a happy Great Raven, who twirled in the air as he laughed.

"I REMEMBER EVERYTHING!" Great Raven cried out as Hilda and Stitch cheered alongside him, and the giant bird smirked at them. "Told you I was bigger. I only take that little form when I'm being discreet." He explained as they smiled.

"I knew it! You're the Great Raven!"

"Well, not exactly." Great Raven says as the duo blinked.

"Gaba? (Come again?)," Stitch asked as Great Raven sighed and took a deep breath as he was ready to finally tell the truth.

"Look, it was all a big misunderstanding." Great Raven says as he flew down to the city and circled around the statue from earlier. "256 hundred years ago, I was passing over the city when I landed on that statue over there. The people thought I was the raven messenger of the God they worshiped. That year, there was a great harvest, and everyone prospered. They thought it was my doing, so the following year, they started this festival in my honor."

"What about the bad year?" Hilda asked.

"Yeah, with the earthquakes, plague, blizzards, and other stuff?" Stitch asked as the Great Raven winced and sighed as he flew up into the air.

"Ah, that was the year that I missed the festival. It wasn't really my fault, though, since I was kidnapped by the Huntsclan, who wanted to harness my powers to power their machines and stuff, but luckily I was saved by the England Dragon of that current time." Great Raven says as the duo riding him raised an eyebrow.

"Hunstclan? What is that?"

"And what's an England Dragon?" Stitch asked curiously.

"It's a long story. I will explain another time. Anyway, the England Dragon saved me, and I tried to fly back to Trollberg for the festival, but I was too late. Also, the bad luck had nothing to do with me whatsoever, but everyone thought they'd displeased me. After that, I decided to promise myself to be more careful when flying over to Trollberg for the festival."

"Okay, so if you're not the Great Raven, what are you?" Hilda asked as Raven smirked.

"I'm a Thunderbird."

"What's a thunderbird?" Stitch asked as Raven shrugs casually.

"Eh, just a bird for the most part, but I can change my size at will and do this!" Raven says as he flew towards the middle of Trollberg and spread out his wings as he let out massive amounts of blue lightning that could be seen from hundreds of miles away. Meanwhile, down below, we see the crowd preparing to beat up a scared Jumba and Pleakley, but then stopped as they saw the 'Great Raven' producing a lightning storm in the sky.

"The Great Raven's here!"

"He wasn't angered by the new decorations like we thought he was!"

"In fact, it looks like he's letting off more lightning than usual!"

"Then, that means he must love it! Three cheers for Jumba Jookiba and his wife, Wendy Pleakley!" Multiple people said as they started cheering for Jumba and Pleakley, who sighed in relief at not being beaten up as David looked up and squinted his eyes as he saw something peculiar.

"Huh, is it just me, or does it like that there are a girl and a dog riding the Great Raven?" David asked Frida, who ignores him as she seems to be angry that Jumba and Pleakley's alien-themed decorations idea actually worked out.

"Impressive light show," Stitch says to Raven, who smiled as he soared down to the festival.

"Thanks, they seemed to like it." Raven explains with a cheerfully shrug as Hilda looks down and spots a worried Joanna and Roland looking around for them.

"I just saw my Mum and Mr. Trenton down there! You think you could drop us off?" Hilda asked as Raven nodded and flew down.

"Mum! Mr. Trenton!" Hilda called out as they looked up just as Hilda and Stitch jumped out of Raven's back as a startled Joanna caught Hilda, and a surprised Roland caught Stitch.

"Hilda, Stitch, you're both alright!" Joanna says while hugging Hild tightly as she kissed Hilda's cheek repeatedly, causing her to giggle as Roland smiled at her while petting Stitch.

"It's good to have you back safe and sound, guys." He says as the duo smiled at him.

"Thanks, Mr. Trenton," Hilda says before looking up as the others did the same, and they saw Raven smile at them.

"Thank you for everything, Hilda and Stitch!" Raven shouted as the duo waved at him and watched as he disappears into the night.

"Hilda! Stitch!" A familiar voice yelled as Hilda and the gang turned around and saw Pleakleyand Jumba running over to them. "We just got Joanna's text about The Great Raven. Sorry that we weren't there to help you out, dear." Pleakley apologized as Hilda waved it off.

"It's okay, Aunt Pleakley," Hilda says as they smiled.

"Well, since you two seemed fine, how about we go out and find good seats for the parade?" Jumba suggested as everyone nodded and was about to head out, but Joanna stops them.

"Wait, guys, I have a better place to see the parade. Follow me." Joanna says while walking away as the group glanced at each other confusedly before shrugging as they followed after her.

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"Where are we going, Mum?" Hilda asked her mother, who was leading the group through an alleyway, in between two buildings, as Roland looks around confusedly.

"Yeah, Joanna, I don't remember seeing any seats around here," Roland says with Amun perched on his shoulder as the small bird was sleeping.

"Where are you taking us, sis?" Jumba asked as Joanna turned to them and winked.

"Someplace special," Joanna says as they arrived at a big wall, and Joanna leaped on top of it as she sat down and motioned the others to do the same. Confused, the group reluctantly followed her wishes as Jumba and Pleakley leaped onto the wall and sat beside the humans as Hilda tried to climb up the wall but failed as Stitch went over to the blue-haired girl and gave her a boost as he crawled up the wall to sit beside her. Once everyone was seated, the group looked ahead and gasped in wonder as they could see the entire parade taking place.

"Whoa." The group says in awe as Joanna smirked at their reactions.

"Told you it was a good spot." Joanna bragged as everybody nodded numbly and continued watching the parade.

"What a lovely view," Alfur says while popping out of Joanna's purse as Roland jumps in surprise.

"Who said that?" Roland asked while looking around.

"What are you talking about, Roland?" Joanna asked, acting dumb as Roland gave her a confused look.

"Didn't you just hear someone talking just now?" He asked as Joanna shakes her head, and Roland scratches his head in confusion. "Huh, I'm having a really weird day." He says to himself as Joanna pulled her head behind Roland's back to talk with Hilda privately.

"Alfur, it's nice to see you joining us," Joanna says quietly while staring down at Hilda's shoulder as the little girl giggled and Stitch pointed over at Joanna's purse.

"Alfur is in your purse, Joanna," Stitch says as Joanna blinks and blushes in embarrassment.

"Oh, right, I should really-,"

"Sign the paperwork." Hilda, Stitch, Alfur, Jumba, and Pleakey said in unison as Joanna rolled her eyes.

"Yeah, yeah, I know."

"Should I know why they said that?" Roland asked Joanna.

"It's nothing. I will explain later," Joanna says as Roland raises an eyebrow but nods as Pleakley spotted a moping Frida sitting on the sidewalk and nudged Jumba.

"What? Can't you see I'm trying to enjoy the parade?" Jumba asked, annoyed as Pleakley pointed at a depressed-looking Frida, and Jumba's eyes widen in realization as they shared a mental conversation, and nodded as they jumped out of the wall and walked over to Frida.

"Hey, Frida," Pleakley says to Frida, who looked up to them and sighed as she turned back to look at the parade sadly.

"Hey, Mr. Jookiba. Hey, Ms. Pleakley." Frida muttered gloomily as the duo frowned at her sad tone and sat down beside her.

"Why do you sound sad Brown-Haired Little Girl?" Jumba asked as Frida raises an eyebrow at the nickname but sighed as she looked at the parade wistfully.

"I'm sad because your bird/alien-themed idea excelled," Frida says snarkily as the duo frowned and grew guilty as she rubs her temples. "I'm sorry, guys, I didn't mean to sound mean it's just that...this was my first year to plan the parade, and I wanted everyone to follow my designs, but that dream was shattered when you two showed up, now everybody loved your designs while mine was thrown into the dumpster," Frida says with tears in her eyes as she started crying, and Pleakley was quick to comfort her as he gave her a hug.

"Oh, Frida, we're sorry for taking over the parade. We didn't know that planning this parade meant a lot to you. We just wanted to help." Pleakley says as Jumba nods.

"He-I mean, she's right. We didn't mean to steal your thunder, Brown-Haired Little Girl." Jumba says as Frida sniffled but nods as she wiped away her tears.

"It's fine, I know you guys didn't mean to do this, and I will admit, you guys did a good job with the parade. Everyone seemed to love it, even the Great Raven." Frida says as an idea popped into Pleakley's head, and he looks down at the small girl as he gave her a big smile.

"I tell you what, why don't we all plan the parade next year together?" Pleakley says as Jumba nods.

"Yeah, that seems like a great idea! What do you think, little girl?" Jumba asked as Frida thought of it and smiled as she nodded.

"Yes, I think I will like that," Frida says as the aliens beamed, and the trio relaxed on the street as they continued watching the parade.

"This is a good spot, Joanna," Roland says with Hilda and Stitch nodding in agreement.

"Yeah, how did you find this spot, Mum?" Hilda asked as Joanna smiled.

"Actually, I didn't find this spot. Your father did." Joanna says as Hilda's eyes widen in surprise.

"Really?" Hilda asked as Joanna nodded.

"Yeah, he found this when we were kids, and he showed it to me. It was also the place where your father proposed to me." Joanna says with a giggle as Hilda, Stitch, and Alfur's eyes flew open in surprise while Roland smiled.

"Your husband sounds like a really cool guy," Roland says as Joanna smiled solemnly and nods.

"He was," Joanna says as Hilda looked at Roland confusedly.

"Why do you sound happy? I thought boyfriends hate it when their girlfriends talk about their former lovers." Hilda says as Joanna and Roland stared at her in shock while blushing embarrassedly.

"Hilda, what gave you the idea that we were together?" Joanna asked as Hilda raises an eyebrow.

"Isn't it obvious, Mum? The first time you met each other, you two stared at each other like lovestruck puppies. Every morning you meet up for a cup of coffee, and you two spend a lot of time together, so it's obvious that you two are in love."

"Honey, we're not in love with each other. We have only known each other for a week."

"What?" Hilda asked in surprise as Roland nodded.

"Yeah, Hilda, and, while we do like each other, we had agreed to take it slow and start being friends before starting dating," Roland says as Hilda smiled.

"Really? Oh, thank goodness," Hilda says while sighing in relief as Joanna noticed this and raises an eyebrow.

"Hilda, if we were going to pursue a relationship together right now, would you be okay with this?"

"Uh, well," Hilda says while looking away awkwardly as Stitch grabs her hand and silently tells her to tell them the truth as she sighed heavily and shook her head. "No, I wouldn't, Mum."

"But why?" Joanna asked.

"Yeah, am I really that bad?" Roland asked half-seriously/half-jokingly as Hilda shook her head.

"No, Mr. Trenton, the problem is not you. It's just that...how would Dad react to this?" Hilda asked softly as the adults gasped in realization.

"Oh, now, I get it. You're afraid to find out how your father would react to me dating other men and that I will be cheating on him?" Joanna says as Hilda nod meekly, and Joanna smiled softly as she gave Hilda a side hug. "Oh, honey, you don't have to worry about that. I'm sure Martin would've been fine with me dating and falling in love with another man."

"How do you know that?" Hilda asked.

"Well, sweetie, when your father was alive, we talked about all kinds of things. For instance, one night, we had a long talk about what would we do if something ever happens to one of us. We talked about making sure that you were taken care of, and we agreed that if either one of us ever became single again, we should try and meet someone else to share our life with." Joanna explains.

"Oh, so, Dad would be happy if you start dating again?" Hilda asked confusedly as Joanna nodded.

"I know he would be. I mean, if I was dead and I found out that Martin refused to fall in love again, I would've been devasted." Joanna says sincerely as Hilda begins to think about what her mother said, just as Roland came in as he gave Hilda a serious look.

"Look, Hilda, even if I am planning on dating your Mom someday, I want you to know that I was never planning on being your Dad's replacement," Roland says firmly as Hilda gasped.

"Really?" Hilda asked hopefully as he nodded.

"Of course, Hilda. I just wanted to spend more time with your Mom. Get to know her a little more because your Mom is so smart, beautiful, tough, and..." Roland says before noticing Joanna blushing heavily with a small smile on her face as Roland blushed and smiled nervously. "Was I rambling? I'm such a spazz." He says as everyone chuckled. "What I'm trying to say is-,"

"Don't worry, Mr. Trenton, I understand now. I'm just happy that you're not trying to replace my Dad and that you want to become friends with my Mum." Hilda says as Roland beamed and smiled as he then reached into his pockets.

"Well, to celebrate our new friendship, how about I give you a gift?" Roland suggested as the girls blushed in embarrassment.

"Oh, Roland, you don't have to give her anything."

"Yeah, I agree, you don't have to give me anything, Mr. Trenton," Hilda added sheepishly as Roland shook his head stubbornly.

"No, no, I insist. Now, hold out your hand, and close your eyes." Roland instructed as Hilda glanced over at Joanna, who shrugged as Hilda did what he said and closed her eyes as she held out her hands. Feeling something small being placed in her hands, Hilda opened her eyes and gasped in complete awe as she saw what seems to be a dragon tooth placed in her hands.

"I-Is this...?"

"Yep, a genuine dragoon tooth. What do you think?" He asked as Hilda smiled widely and squealed excitedly as she hugs the dragon tooth close to her body.

"I love it! I love it! I love it!" Hilda says repeatedly as Joanna's eyes the tooth suspiciously.

"A real dragon tooth, huh? Where did you get this?" Joanna asked as Roland looks away with a sly smirk.

"An old friend gave it to me." Roland says as Joanna eyed him confusedly. "I will explain later," Roland says as Joanna blinks at him and smirked as she crossed her arms.

"Have your own little secrets, don't you, handsome?" Joanna flirted.

"Yep, just like you, beautiful," Ronald says as Joanna giggled.

"What did we miss?" Jumba asked while walking over to the group with Pleakley as Stitch turned to them.

"Oh, Joanna was explaining to Hilda that her Dad is fine with dating someone else." Stitch explained while petting Amun as the small bird was lying on his lap.

"Oh, really?" The aliens asked hopefully as Alfur pops up from Stitch's head.

"Don't get your hopes up, gents. They decided to remain friends for now," Alfur says as Jumba and Pleakley groaned before shrugging as fireworks rang out, and the group smiled as they saw Raven flying over their heads, and he winked at them as he then flew off, and the group continued watching the festival.

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

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