Gwen and her friends were enjoying a nice day at the beach on the outskirts of Inkwell City. Gwen lays on a towel, wearing her sunhat and glasses and sipping a glass of lemonade while her best friends play in the water, make sand castles and surfing attempts. Gwen dozes off for a few minutes until she feels a splash that suddenly woke her up.
"Guys! I told you not to splash me!" Gwen sternly reminded them.
"Sorry Gwen! I meant to splash Mugsy! We're having a splash war!" Cuphead called.
"That's fine! Just don't get me wet until I decide to come in!" Gwen called.
"Okay Gwen!" Both cups called.
Gwen goes back to sleep while her friends continue their splash war game. Suddenly, a big splash wakes Gwen up and she gets up and yells,
"Guys! I said 'no splashing me!'"
"That wasn't us, Gwen!" Mugman called.
"Yeah! It came from over there!"
Cuphead said and pointed out in the sea where bubbles were forming and splashing.
"Huh?"
Gwen asked herself and got up from her towel and looked at the bubbles and splashing and the sky suddenly turned grey.
"What the heck is that?" Asked Gwen.
"Oh boy." Said Cuphead and both cups get out of the water and hide behind Gwen as she arms herself with the inkwell and ink pen.
Suddenly, a giant sea creature rises from the water and reveals herself to be a gorgon-like mermaid with an octopus-like hair as snakes and glowing red eyes. The beach-goers all scream and run for their lives while Gwen and her friends start to back away from the beach.
"Guys, who is that?" Gwen whispered.
"That's Cala Maria! She tried to turn us into stone and eat us that time when our pirate friend Captain Brineybeard tried to win her affections!" Cuphead said.
"Wait, you guys know her? And who's Brineybeard?" Asked Gwen.
"It's a long story. But she has the most beautiful voice." Said Mugman, feeling infatuated.
Cala Maria roared, turned her attention to the human and cups. She prepared to turn them to stone. With quick thinking, Gwen uses the inkwell to make a deflective barrier to divert the beam away from them and Cala Maria dodges.
"Go away sea witch!" Yelled Gwen and made a fighting pose.
"Wait a minute, that little human has powers?"
Cala Maria asked with a thick Greek accent and swims closer to the shore. Gwen and her friends start to get scared and start to back away further. Cala Maria pulled out a tiny newspaper article about Gwen and looked at her picture and then took a good look at Gwen holding her ink pen and spots the magic inkwell on her swimsuit belt.
"That's the human girl with the magic inkwell! Hmm."
Cala Maria thought and smiled smugly. Gwen realizes what she was about to do and said,
"Guys, let's beat it! I don't wanna be kidnapped again!"
Gwen and the cups start running away. But before Gwen could go further, she feels Cala Maria's fingers pinch her right foot and Gwen falls on the sand. Cala Maria pulls Gwen down the sand, then grasps her body and lifts her up to her face. Gwen closes her eyes fearfully as she remembered not to look at her or she'd be turned to stone.
"So, you're that human girl Gwendolyn Mae Emmons from the human world who's got that magic inkwell and fought the Devil huh?"
Gwen, shaking with fear says,
"Uh, I think you got the wrong girl. I'm just a-a-a-an ordinary girl named, uh, Jen. Now please, put me down and don't turn me to stone or eat me."
Cala Maria sees through her lies and says,
"If you're not her 'Jen', then what's that on your belt?"
"Uh, that's my pill bottle for headaches?" Gwen lied.
"And how did you deflect my beam with that ink pen?" Cala Maria added.
"Uh, coincidence?" Gwen lied.
"And why do you hang around with those two cups?" Cala Maria asked.
Gwen paused and answered,
"Babysitting?"
"SILENCE!"
Cala Maria boomed and Gwen hid her face in her hands.
"I don't like liars! And I also know your nickname is Gwen!" Cala Maria pointed out.
"What do you want with me?" Gwen asked fearfully, realizing she can't lie anymore.
"I got a problem back at my cove and I believe you Gwen could be useful to me." Cala Maria explained.
"No thanks, I'll pass. Now please, let me go." Gwen pleaded as she struggled to break free.
"I'm not asking for your permission." Cala Maria said sternly.
Cala Maria tightens her grip on Gwen and prepares to leave back to her cove.
"What are you doing?!" Yelled Gwen.
"Oh, by the way, you might wanna hold your breath."
Cala Maria warned then dived into the sea with Gwen in her clutches. Cala Maria swam away from the beach as Gwen held her breath and tried to break free. Gwen accidentally makes herself a bubble around her head so she could breathe underwater and Gwen gazes at the sights of under the sea.
After a while of swimming, Cala Maria finally reaches the cove with sunken pirate ships, pirates turned to stone and piles of skeletons of her victims displayed to Gwen's horror. Cala Maria swims in her cove and reaches her personal area. To Gwen's shock, Cala Maria morphed into her normal self with her snakes turning back into tentacles, skin turned pale and her scary eyes to regular blue eyes.
"Here we are."
Cala Maria said and lifts Gwen and places her down on a rock where she couldn't escape. Gwen catches her breath and stares at the cove surroundings.
"Where am I?" Asked Gwen, feeling scared.
"Welcome to my cove Gwen."
Cala Maria said looking down at her. Gwen looked up at Cala Maria and said,
"Nice cove you got here ma'am, can I go home now?"
"QUIET!" Yelled Cala Maria.
Gwen flinched and ducked down on the rock. Cala Maria cleared her throat and said,
"Now that I brought you here, you're gonna help me with something." Cala Maria explained.
"With what?"
Gwen asked impatiently as she stood up and folded her arms, realizing she has no choice now.
"I need you to help me out with a certain… pirate."
Gwen's eyes popped and asked,
"Pirate? You mean that Brineybeard guy that my friends told me about? What about him?"
"He has been trying to win my affections, and he is such a charmer, he is. So, I decided to give him a chance and go on another date with him."
Gwen stood there, unfazed and asked,
"And… what does this have to do with me?"
"You, my little minnow are going to help me look my very best! And you're going to make this date the best one ever!" Cala Maria explained.
Gwen stood there, unamused with the name Cala Maria called her. Then she asked,
"That's it? You brought me all the way out here just to help you get ready for a date?"
"Mm-hmm."
Said Cala Maria as she got out her sawfish comb and brushed her tentacles. Gwen sighed and asked,
"I just have one question: What's in it for me?"
"Well, I won't eat you or turn you to stone. How does that sound?" Cala Maria offered.
Gwen was unimpressed and asked,
"Uh fine, but will you also take me home if I help you? I don't do these things for free you know! You're not the only one who's kidnapped me because they needed my help or wanted something!"
"I know dear. I hear through many of the ships I've destroyed about you and you're helping others. So now, I need your help. Lately, there haven't been any ships to destroy, it was very boring. So, I was kind enough to agree to another date with Brineybeard since I have nothing to do. So, how about it? You help me look my best, make this the best date ever and I'll spare you and bring you home?"
Gwen sighed, then she raised her hand up to Cala Maria for a handshake. Cala Maria looked at her and asked,
"Uh, what are you doing?"
"It's called a handshake. Just give me your finger and I'll show you." Gwen answered.
Cala Maria sticks her finger at Gwen's hand and Gwen grabs it and moves it up and down.
"When we shake on it, that means we got a deal." Gwen explained.
"Oh, I see. Alright then, shall we get started?"
Cala Maria asked after she understood the handshake gesture.
"What do I have to do first?" Gwen asked, folding her arms.
"My make-up!"
Cala Maria answered and reaches her hand down to her, gestures her to get on. Gwen gets up on her hand and Cala Maria lifts her by a rock stacked with a bunch of mirrors she collected from sunken ships. Cala Maria cleared her throat, hinting Gwen to get started. Gwen sighed, stood on her palm, got out her ink pen and stared with mascara on her eyelashes. Then she added some sea-green eyeshadow on her eyes. Gwen looked at her eyes and said,
"Wow, so far so good."
Then she starts putting on blush on her cheeks, rose-pink lipstick on her lips. To finish off, she added some sparkles on her face and dead octopus-hair. Gwen asked,
"So, what do you think?"
Cala Maria looked at her face in the mirrors and said,
"Oh how lovely! Now, a nice outfit and accessories!"
Gwen looked at her unamused and said,
"Alright, let's see."
Gwen thinks and decided to give Cala Maria a cute vintage corsette and white top. Gwen makes a pretty blue bow on her dead octopus, a jeweled choker necklace and finishes with a black spot on her cheek.
"Well, what do you think?" Gwen asked.
Cala took a good look at herself and admired her date outfit.
"This…is…perfect!"
Gwen sighed of relief that Cala Maria is satisfied. Cala Maria sticks her finger over Gwen's head, to Gwen's horror and flinched. But Cala Maria strokes her head with her finger and said,
"Well done my little minnow. I believe I am ready now! So, how about we find Briney? I sense his ship approaching the cove."
Gwen was startled and asked,
"Wait, we're not going underwater again, are we? Humans can't breathe underwater!"
Cala Maria lifted Gwen up to her face and said,
"Not as a human you can't! But as a mermaid, you can! You made me look so pretty, so you can make yourself a mermaid can you not?"
Gwen was shocked and realized she could turn herself into a mermaid like she could a ghost.
"Wow, I guess I never thought about that." Gwen admitted.
"Go on, try it. Don't worry, it's just us girls." Cala Maria suggested.
Gwen took a deep breath, sits down on Cala Maria's palm and raised her ink pen and pointed it at her legs. Then she used the inkwell and thought of turning her lower half of her body into a fish tail. Her legs began to morph magically into one red fish tail as Cala Maria watched with fascination. Gwen gasped at the sight of her new mermaid tail and held her new fins.
"Wow! I did it! I'm a mermaid!" Gwen exclaimed.
"Now that you're a mermaid, you ready?" Cala Maria asked.
"Uh, I guess so?"
Gwen answered, unsure if her new tail was going to work underwater. Cala Maria grasped Gwen and dove underwater. Gwen held her breath at first but then took her first breath underwater. She realized she was breathing and gasped.
"It works! It really works! I'm breathing underwater!" Gwen exclaimed.
"You see? Now, you can see the world under the sea without drowning. Would you like a little tour?" Cala Maria offered.
"I always dreamed of seeing the ocean under the water." Gwen admitted.
"Well then, hold on!"
Cala Maria held Gwen a little tight and swam away from the cove and shipwrecks. Cala Maria showed Gwen the coral reefs, schools of fish and more sunken ships. Gwen is awed with the sights and asked Cala Maria,
"Hey, mind if I practice swimming like a mermaid? I kinda would like to get the hang of it."
"Alright but don't be too long." Cala Maria answered.
She releases Gwen from her clutches and lets Gwen practice swimming with her tail fin.
"Wow! So, this is what it's like to be a mermaid!"
Gwen said excitedly and swims over Cala Maria's head as she watches her bored.
"Alright if you're finished living the dream, could we get going now?" Cala Maria asked Gwen.
Gwen stopped swimming around and said,
"Okay fine, I could always come back later and explore."
Gwen swam back up to Cala Maria and is once again back in Cala Maria's clutches and swims away to find Brineybeard's ship.
Above the surface, Cuphead and Mugman are sailing with their friend Captain Brineybeard to find Gwen and Cala Maria.
"Thanks again for helping us rescue Gwen!" Mugman said.
"No problem Mugman! Ye be a true pirate after all! Oh, and thanks for coming with me to pick up me darlin' while we're at it too."
"Squawk! Real pirate! Real pirate!" A little green parrot squawked Brineybeard's shoulder.
"Ugh, as long as there's no mushy stuff and we get our Gwen back without getting eaten." Cuphead said in disgust of romance.
Meanwhile, Cala Maria peeks up from behind a rock and spots Brineybeard's ship. Cala Maria lifts Gwen out of the water and says,
"Look little minnow. There he is! And look who he's brought with him!"
Gwen looks at the ship and notices her friends are with Brineybeard.
"My friends! Oh, so that's Brineybeard huh?"
Gwen asked as she notices the pirate at the helm.
"Oh yes, that's him. You know, this'll be our second date. He once took me to that Italian restaurant and we had seafood pasta and tiramisu for dessert." Cala Maria explained.
Gwen was puzzled that Cala Maria and Brineybeard went on a date for such an odd pair.
"Oh, um. Sounds like a very lovely date you had with him."
Gwen complimented, feeling unsure.
"Oh yes, I was going to eat him but too bad I filled up on tiramisu." Cala Maria admitted.
Gwen was shocked and said,
"Oh… I see."
Gwen felt uncomfortable with the date and asked,
"Uh what exactly are you gonna do for this date?"
"Well, Briney is gonna take us to the ship graveyard for a stroll and dinner."
Gwen was startled and asked,
"Uh, and what do I have to do there?"
"You are going to make this a magical evening with that tiny yet powerful inkwell."
Cala Maria pointed out.
"Uh, okay?" Gwen said, uncomfortable.
"Wonderful! Now, let's get going. We're gonna make an entrance." Cala Maria said.
She tightens her grip around Gwen and dives underwater. Back on the ship Cuphead and Mugman notice they were approaching the cove, feeling scared. Suddenly, bubbles started forming on the water and Brineybeard comes to the front of his ship and says,
"She's here!"
Cala Maria rose from the water in her gorgon form and roared loudly as thunder and lightning cackled. Cuphead and Mugman scream until Brineybeard said,
"Quiet boys!"
They stop screaming and Brineybeard asked,
"Ah me sweet! You are sparklin' with beauty as always! And ye made yerself lovely as ever!"
Cala Maria reverted to her normal self and said,
"Oh Briney! You really are a charmer."
Cala Maria held up Gwen in her hand as Gwen sat in her palm and waved to the cups.
"Gwen?"
Both cups stare at Gwen and her new fish tail.
"Uh Gwen? What happened to your legs?" Asked Mugman.
"Oh, Cala Maria told me I could turn into a mermaid with the inkwell. Cool huh guys?"
Gwen called from above.
"Uh yeah! Cool!" Called Cuphead.
Brineybeard held up a bouquet of smelly dead fish. The cups groan in disgust and Gwen gives a grossed-out-look. Cala Maria takes the smelly dead fish bouquet and sniffs them, then eats them with delight. Gwen gags at the stench but tries to keep her cool.
"Mmm! So tasty! Now then, are you ready?"
Brineybeard is smitten and says,
"Always ready me darlin'."
Then Brineybeard notices Gwen on Cala Maria's hand.
"By the way, who be that red-haired lass in your beautiful hand?" Brineybeard asked.
"Squawk! red-haired lass! Red-haired lass!" The parrot squawked.
"I hope you don't mind, but I brought a little helper for us today. You know her, Gwendolyn Mae Emmons? The girl from the human world with the magic inkwell?"
Cala Maria explained as she lowered Gwen down to Brineybeard. Gwen shakes hands with him and says,
"Hi, you must be Brineybeard? My friends told me about you."
"Aye lass. Your cup friends told me about ye and ye got that magic inkwell. Why, ye even turned yeself into a mermaid!" Brineybeard said.
"Squawk! Mermaid! Mermaid!" The parrot squawked.
"Yeah, Cala Maria showed me I could do that." Gwen admitted.
"But why did she take you from us?" Asked Cuphead.
"Because she wanted me to help her with their date." Gwen answered.
"That's it?" Cuphead answered in shock.
"Never a dull moment with you Gwen." Mugman added.
Gwen looked at them unamused and said,
"You guys are one to talk."
"Now then, let's get going or I'll eat all of you!" Cala Maria snapped, losing patience.
"Okay! Okay!" Brineybeard said and went to the helm and steered the ship in another direction.
Cala Maria puts Gwen down on the ship and swims underwater and follows the ship. Gwen turns her fish tail back into her legs, changed back into her usual outfit and stood up and said,
"Phew! I thought she'd never let me go! Is she always like this?"
"Uh, she tried to eat us before and probably will try again."Cuphead said.
"Why? How did you guys meet her?"
"Well…"
The cups explain to Gwen about the time they met Captain Brineybeard and helped reunite with Cala Maria, unaware she was a sea beast. Brineybeard was turned to stone, splashed the ship with her tail, washed on the cove and the ship was trapped in the rocks. Cuphead and Mugman carry the petrified Brineybeard inside the cove and Mugman accidentally dropped him and breaking his legs off and now has two peg legs. They brought Cala Maria a heart-shaped box of dead sea-creature organs to her delight and Brineybeard was able to unfreeze himself because of his love for her. But Cala Maria still wanted to eat them and escaped after she blew a kiss to Brineybeard, thus freeing their ship from the rocks.
"That explains a lot. Anyway, she promised she was gonna spare me and take me home if I help her."
Gwen responded after listening to their story.
"Well, don't let your guard down just in case." Mugman warned her.
"Oh. believe me Mugman. If she tries anything, I got tricks up my sleeve. It won't be the first time someone ever went back on their part of the bargain you know." Gwen said, preparing herself.
They sail for a while and finally reach the sunken ship graveyard. Gwen and the cups look in horror as they saw broken ships everywhere.
"Ah! Here we are!" Brineybeard announced.
"This is the ship graveyard?" Asked Gwen.
"Aye lass. This be the ship graveyard where me darlin' sunk all those ships around us."
The cups were shocked and held to Gwen. Gwen asks,
"So, what are we doing for this date?"
"We be having our picnic out here lass." Brineybeard explained.
"Oh, uh, what's on the menu?" Asked Cuphead.
"Sushi!"
Brineybeard said as he brought up huge platters of varieties of sushi. Gwen was grossed out at the raw fish but she kept her cool. Brineybeard gets out a picnic blanket, sets up the sushi platers at the bow of the ship and sets up candlelights. Cala Maria leans down the ship and takes a tuna roll and eats it.
"Mmm! So tasty!" Said Cala Maria as she munched happily.
Gwen thinks for a moment, then she gets an idea of how to make their date magical. Gwen gets out her ink pen and makes up some floating instruments and start playing Saint-Saëns' Carnival of the Animals, the Swan. To make things more magical, Gwen makes glowing balls of light and circled Brineybeard and Cala Maria as they feast on sushi and then eat strawberry mochi for dessert together. Gwen also makes varieties of sea creatures swim around the boat and Cala Maria in a ballet-like style. Gwen finishes off by setting off some fireworks in the sky. Cala Maria is mesmerized with romance as she and Brineybeard gaze in each other's eyes.
Gwen watched them as while she did feel happy for them, she felt deep in her heart that one day, maybe she'll experience real love unlike her past date with the Devil, but with someone who would love her for being herself. The green parrot lands on Gwen's shoulder and squawked. Gwen smiled and gives him a cracker to eat. Then, she gives him a gentle rub on the head, earning his trust.
"So, Gwen, you think you'll ever find love one day?" Asked Mugman.
"Maybe someday, but I want real love, no arranged or forced marriages. But I want it to happen when fate decides I'm ready. I remember something I once read in a poem. 'Don't waste your time chasing butterflies. Mend your garden, and the butterflies will come.' Mario Quintana said that." Gwen quoted.
"Squawk! Butterflies! Garden!" The parrot squawked.
"I dunno about butterflies and mending gardens, but can we get going now?" Cuphead asked impatiently.
Gwen looked at Cala Maria and Brineybeard enjoying their enchanted evening.
"Uh, maybe we should wait a little while longer. They're really in the moment." Gwen said.
"Ugh! Please no mushy stuff!" Cuphead groaned in disgust.
"Squawk! Mushy stuff! Mushy stuff!" The parrot squawked.
The song ends and Brineybeard cleared his throat and asked,
"Me dear, have ye decided yet if ye would be me girlfriend?"
Cala Maria was still unsure and said,
"I know what I said before with my career, but I just haven't been able to do much lately since ships stopped coming around here. So, as much as I enjoyed our second date, I still need to focus on my career. Figure out how to get back out there."
"Don't worry, ye will think of something. But at least we be having a good time again, right?" Asked Brineybeard.
"True." Cala Maria agreed.
Suddenly, without warning, a beam blast attacked Brineybeard's ship and everyone is started.
"What was that?!" Mugman yelled.
"I dunno!" Cuphead yelled back.
"Guys! Look!"
Gwen yelled and pointed out an armada of ships approaching them.
"Arrgh! How dare ye disturb me date?!"
Brineybeard yelled out to the armada. A familiar figure appeared from the leading ship as the familiar voice called,
"So nice to see your pretty face again Fräulein!"
Gwen's eyes popped and said,
"Oh no! No, it can't be not…!"
Gwen realized it was none other than the Austrian poacher she once fought Franz von Sternberg.
"Sternberg? I thought Grim Matchstick finished you off!" Gwen yelled.
"Nein! He barbequed my beloved ship and it is all your fault! So, I thought I'd find you to return the favor! Gentlemen, attack!"
The cannons on the ships aim at Brineybeard's boat. Gwen had to act fast and used the inkwell to make a force-field around the ship as the cannons fired at them. Gwen yelled,
"Guys help me! I can't hold them off much longer!"
The cups run up to Brineybeard's two cannons and pointed at the armada.
"Ready… Aim… FIRE!"
Brineybeard yelled and they cups lit the cannons and shot at the ships. Some of the ships were blown at but Franz von Sternberg had another trick up his sleeve.
"Release the torpedoes!" He yelled.
Dozens of torpedoes were released. Gwen took notice and yelled,
"Guys! Torpedoes!"
The cups gasped and yelled,
"Abandon ship!"
"Squawk! Abandon ship! Abandon ship!" The parrot squawked and flew away.
Gwen and the cups run off the ship as Brineybeard attempted to stay behind and said,
"You know what they say: A good captain always goes down with his…"
"No time for that! Come on!"
Gwen interrupted and grabbed Brineybeard and jumped overboard. Cala Maria swims underwater as the ship is blown up to smithereens. Underwater, Gwen turns into a mermaid and grabs her friends and swims under some debris.
"Guys, I'm gonna draw their attention, while they chase me, you and Brineybeard get Cala Maria to take you back to the mainland!" Gwen whispered.
"But Gwen!" The cups protested.
"No buts, just go!"
Gwen swims underwater and does jumps out of the water to draw their attention.
"There she is! Get her!" Franz von Sternberg yelled.
The ship's cannons fire at Gwen and chase her away from the shipwreck. Meanwhile, Cala Maria swims up to the cups and Brineybeard. Cuphead says,
"What are we gonna do?! Gwen can't take that armada all by herself!"
"Aye Cuphead, they'll blow her up like a barrel of gunpowder!"
Cala Maria looked at the armada and said,
"This is a kind of job for the number one sea beast!"
Cala Maria shapeshifted into her gorgon form and swam after Gwen.
Meanwhile, Gwen is almost worn out from swimming and attacking until she is surrounded by the armada and a net is thrown over Gwen and is scooped up out of the water and pulled up to Franz von Sternberg.
"Vell, vell, vell. Looks like you've run out of tricks, eh Fräulein?" Franz taunted her.
Gwen glared at him as he said,
"Finish her off!"
One of the cannons is pointed at Gwen as she struggled to reach her ink pen. The cannon was about to be shot at Gwen when all of a sudden, bubbles formed at in front of the ship and up came Cala Maria in her gorgon form and roared viciously, thus frightening Franz von Sternberg and his crew. Cala Maria snatched Gwen in the net, her snakes bite it open and Cala Maria catches Gwen in her hand.
"Cala Maria, what are you doing?"
Cala Maria grasps Gwen in her fist and says,
"This is a job for the number one sea beast of the seven seas. Now watch the master and learn."
Cala Maria told her. Cala Maria rose her tail and smashed the boats as the crew were all screaming and running in terror.
"You might wanna close your eyes." Cala Maria warned Gwen as her eyes started glowing red.
Gwen realized what Cala Maria was about to do and covers her eyes. Cala Maria started turning the crew into stone as the cups and Brineybeard were watching in awe. Brineybeard is smitten with Cala Maria and said,
"She's great at what she does, doesn't she boys?"
"Uh, yeah. We just never thought she'd be sticking up for Gwen. At least of all people." Mugman said.
"Aye, but she considers the lass her friend, which I must admit I've never seen her do for someone before." Brineybeard admitted.
"Well, Gwen did promise to help her and I guess Cala Maria decided return her the favor. Gwen is a true friend." Cuphead added.
"Squawk! True friend! True friend!" The parrot squawked and landed on Brineybeard's shoulder.
Cala Maria finishes on turning the crew into stone and turned her attention to Franz von Sternberg. He gulped in fear and yelled,
"RETREAT!"
But to his surprise, none of his crew were left, they were all turned to stone. Cala Maria finishes him off by turning him into stone and smashes all the ships into the water with her enormous tail. Cala Maria swims with Gwen away from the shipwreck site and says to Gwen,
"Oh! I feel great little minnow! I feel like my old monstrous-self again! Now everyone's gonna wanna try to slay me and I'll be ready for them!"
Gwen looked up at Cala Maria and sees how happy she is but asked,
"But what about Brineybeard? Are you gonna be his girlfriend?"
"Not right now, I have to attend to my career, but maybe someday when I feel ready."
Gwen smiled, understanding Cala Maria wanted to go at her own pace with finding love.
"I understand. You wanna take this slowly." Gwen said.
Cala Maria swims up to the cups and Brineybeard and places Gwen down to them.
"Gwen! We thought you were a goner!" Said Cuphead.
"Well, I almost was, til Cala Maria smashed those ships to pieces and turned those jerks to stone!" Gwen told them.
"She's great at what she does lass." Brineybeard said.
Gwen looked at the broken shipwreck and got out her ink pen and magically restored Brineybeard's ship.
"That's our Gwen!"
Mugman said as they stood on the bow of the ship.
"Squawk! Gwen's the best! Gwen's the best!" The parrot squawked.
After she changes back into her human form, Gwen looked up at Cala Maria and said,
"You saved my life. No sea beast has ever done that for a human. Thank you."
"Well, it's the least I could do to repay you for keeping your end of the deal. After all, this really was a magical evening! I even have new ships to add to my shipwreck collection!"
Gwen smiled, then she used her ink pen and made a large box and lifts it up to Cala Maria.
"What's this?"
Cala Maria asked as Gwen held her breath and made the box lid lift up and inside was a box of fish organs.
"Oh! Squid livers! My favorite!"
Cala Maria took a liver and ate one, to Gwen and the cup's disgust.
"Mugman told me that you have a thing for squid livers."
Gwen said, holding her nose. Cala Maria scoops Gwen up in her hand and hugs her against her cheek. Gwen felt that she earned a new friend hugged Cala Maria back. Gwen is placed back on the ship and Cala Maria said,
"Please Gwen, come visit. It gets lonely at the cove."
"Sure Cala Maria. Maybe you could show me more about the world under the sea." Gwen said.
"Done. Well, I better get back to my cove, I need to get ready for more ships to destroy! Briney, make sure she gets home safely?" Cala Maria asked as she took her box of treats.
"Aye! I'll be seein' ya me sweetheart!"
Brineybeard said as he blew a kiss towards her. Cala Maria blew a kiss and her blow makes the ship blow away back to the mainland as the four held on tightly as the ship sped away.
As the boat was speeding back to the Inkwell Isles, Brineybeard said to Gwen,
"Gwen, Thank ye for the magical date! Ye came through to a promise to her! Know what that makes ye?"
"No, What?" Asked Gwen.
"A real pirate!"
"Squawk! Real pirate! Real pirate!" The parrot squawked as he held on Brineybeard's shoulder.
Gwen smiled, then she used the inkwell to make herself a pirate outfit and Gwen asked Brineybeard,
"Do you think you could show me how to be one? Even learn how to use a sword? It could be useful to help me fight enemies."
"Are ye kidding lass? Of course, I will! I owe ye so much for this special date! I'll teach ye everything about bein' a pirate!" Brineybeard agreed.
"Thanks, Brineybeard!"
Gwen said as the ship was slowing down and Gwen and Brineybeard noticed the cups were playing sword fight after they reach the beach where Gwen was taken. Gwen smiled, shook her head and said,
"Yep."
And Gwen, Brineybeard and his parrot laugh. From then on, Brineybeard showed Gwen how to be a pirate and use a sword while Cala Maria showed her how to be a mermaid and how to take down enemy ships which could prove useful to Gwen for her fight against the Devil. As her concern about finding love, it could happen to her someday when the time is right. All she has to do is be patient and be smart.
