It was one sunny afternoon in Inkwell City. Gwen and her two best friends were at the Penny Arcade. Gwen was ready to carry out her plan to convince Ms. Chalice not to betray her and the cups. Cuphead was on a winning streak at the games winning so many tickets for prizes. Gwen kept a lookout for Ms. Chalice and/or the Devil just in case. Cuphead wins the Super Ball game and wins more tickets.

"I still got it!" Cuphead said excitedly.

"I'll never understand how you do it." Mugman said as he was munching on a chocolate bar.

"Neither will I." Gwen called to her friends.

"The secret is not to overthink it." Cuphead admitted as he walked to the prize counter.

"Well, you've certainly got that part down." Mugman said.

"I'll keep that in mind." Gwen said, looking out the window.

Mugman notices Gwen's been distracted lately. Cuphead gives the arcade worker his tickets and asks for a bag of marbles.

"This bag of marbles will be the perfect gift for Chalice." Cuphead said.

"Chalice? We haven't seen her in months. Who even knows where she is right now." Mugman said, expressing his disappointment.

Gwen's eyes popped, now feeling guilty she knows the answer to that question. She is unsure if she's ready to tell her friends the truth or not.

"Hey, Gwen suggested I get her a gift for Chalice for some reason." Cuphead protested.

"Hey Gwen?" Mugman asked.

"Yes?" Gwen asked nervously.

"Is there something you wanna tell us? You've been acting strange lately." Mugman asked, concerned.

"I'll tell you guys later, I wanna show you guys something." Gwen said to distract them.

She shows them a movie booth with a cartoon called 'Shrimpy the Mouse'.

Mugman gets excited, pays a penny and watches the cartoon in black-and-white.

Mugman laughs and said,

"Would you look at that?"

"Ooh! I wanna see! Let me see! Let me see!" Cuphead argued as he tried to get a glimpse.

"Hey! It's still my turn!" Mugman argued.

"But you said, 'Would you look at that?'" Cuphead protested.

"It's a figure of speech." Mugman argued.

Just then, they both fight over the movie booth while Gwen kept watch. She knew they couldn't resist fighting over something. As they were both fighting, they both notice was wasn't trying to stop them this time.

"Uh, Gwen? Why aren't you trying to stop us?" Cuphead asked, now noticing Gwen's recent behavior.

"Huh? Oh, you two are fighting again? Knock it off! Here Cuphead, you can watch the cartoon again on me." Gwen nervously said as she gives him a penny.

"Okay Gwen, what gives? First, you've been depressed, then suddenly you're feeling a bit better and then you suggested to Cuphead to get Chalice a gift. We're your best friends. We don't keep secrets from each other. Just tell us what's going on." Mugman confronted her, having enough of Gwen keeping something from them.

Gwen took a deep breath, knelt down to her friends and said,

"You're right Mugsy. I'm sorry. Guys listen, I just found out that…" Gwen was about to confess until they hear a familiar voice call out,

"He-ya ding-dongs! He-ya girlfriend!"

The trio look up and see Ms. Chalice standing in front of them.

"Chalice!" Both cups said happily and run up to her.

Gwen knelt there and said nothing but gives her a cold stare.

"Hey, where ya been? See? I told ya she'd be back." Cuphead said as he nudged Mugman.

"We were worried sick. You just disappeared." Mugman said.

Gwen felt nervous and looked around for the Devil, but couldn't find him.

"Yeah. Um, I had some stuff to take care of." Ms. Chalice lied.

"Oh hey! I got something for ya. It's your very own bag of marbles." Cuphead said as he gives her the bag of marbles.

Ms. Chalice hesitated, but took the bag anyway.

"Oh! How sweet. A gift." Ms. Chalice said nervously as she put them in her pocket.

"Now you can join in anytime we play."

"Yeah, that's great. Say, uh fellas, I… I need a favor." Ms. Chalice said nervously.

Gwen's eyes popped and looked at Chalice.

"Oh sure. Anything at all." Mugman said.

"You name it." Cuphead added.

"Yeah… what is it?" Gwen asked suspiciously.

"I need you to sign this random contract." Ms. Chalice said as she pulled out a contract with two pens.

Gwen realized what the contract is and that the Devil is once again trying to trick the cups into signing a soul contract again like King Dice attempted to do to her at the barn.

"Sure. Why not?" Cuphead said, taking a pen.

"Anything you say, Chalice." Mugman agreed as he took a pen.

Just then, the Devil and Henchman are hiding behind one of the movie booths as he eagerly watches.

"Normally we'd inquire about such a thing, but we won't even question it." Mugman said.

"You always have our best interests at heart." Cuphead added.

Ms. Chalice gulped as the Devil watched.

"It's working!" The Devil said quietly.

"Yeah, after all, we're best friends. We don't keep secrets from each other…" Gwen said, trying to make Ms. Chalice feel guilty.

"What is she doing?" The Devil asked, noticing Gwen's behavior.

"I mean, you would never, ever do anything to betray us, would you? Best friends don't do that." Gwen asked.

Ms. Chalice gulped as her friends were about to sign the contract.

"You know, I was gonna ask you how you got your ghost powers before Cuphead suggested we get our fortunes told. But then I realized it was wrong of me to question you and I'm sorry I thought of it. I'm glad I didn't ask." Gwen continued.

"Gwen, are you questioning Ms. Chalice as our friend?" Cuphead asked, now getting concerned.

"Oh no Cuphead. It's just that we've been best friends for months now. It's not like she made a deal with someone to save her life. It's not like she somehow learned about a certain human with a magic inkwell on a certain… file and gave her a brooch with her birthstone in it after she befriended her? And… it's not like she ditched us at the Inkwell Pier because someone called for her to betray the only friends she's ever had and have never ever done anything to hurt her?"

Gwen emotionally monologued, trying to get Ms. Chalice's guilt building up.

"Gwen, stop it! I don't know what you're accusing her of but will you just let us sign the contract?!" Mugman stopped her.

Gwen took a deep breath and got a hold of herself.

"You're right Mugsy. I'm sorry. Go ahead. I trust her completely." Gwen said after calming down.

The cups were about to sign as the Devil watched excitedly. Gwen glared at Ms. Chalice as she realized she discovered her secret. Overwhelmed with guilt, she takes the contract away.

"Don't do it!" Ms. Chalice yelled and ripped up the contract.

I made a deal with the Devil! He's making me lead you into a trap!" Ms. Chalice confessed.

Gwen grew furious, grabbed her ink pen and stood up. The Devil realized Ms. Chalice broke the deal and growled in anger.

"The Devil?" Cuphead asked.

"What are you talkin' about? Gwen, did you know about this?" Mugman asked.

"I think she should tell you." Gwen said in a serious tone as her ink pen started glowing and approached Ms. Chalice.

"It's a long story. I was an orphan. I loved dancing. I got hit by a street car. I was dead. The Devil said he could help me, and…"

"ENOUGH!" The Devil yelled as he appeared between the cups and girls.

Gwen turned around and shot her cyan beam attack at the Devil.

"Wait, you weren't gonna attack me?" Ms. Chalice asked, now confused.

"No, it was him I was waiting to attack." Gwen revealed her trick.

"But, how did you figure it all out?" Ms. Chalice asked.

"I did something I shouldn't have with the magic inkwell. But we'll talk about it later." Gwen said as she turned around to the Devil getting up.

About time you showed up!" Gwen said angrily to the Devil.

"Run! Get out of here!" Ms. Chalice yelled at the cups and Gwen.

"They're not the ones who should be running. You broke our agreement. And you know what that means." The Devil said, aiming his pitchfork at Ms. Chalice.

"What does it mean?!" Gwen yelled, aiming her ink pen at the Devil, ready for a fight.

"Unless you want the consequences to be more severe dear, get out of my way." The Devil warned Gwen.

Just then, Rose and William burst into the arcade. Rose saw Gwen ready to attack the Devil.

"Gwen wait!" Rose called.

"Rose! William!" Gwen turned and saw her sister and brother in-law.

"You!" Rose pointed at the Devil.

Rose stormed up to the Devil, grabbed his fur and asked furiously,

"WHERE ARE THEY?!"

William shoved him against the movie booths and grabbed his neck with both fists.

"GIVE THEM BACK NOW!" William yelled.

The Devil chucked evilly.

"What's the matter? Did you… lose something precious to you both?" The Devil taunted.

"Enough games Devil! We know it was you took them!" Rose yelled as she prepared to beat him up again.

The Devil used his pitchfork, tapped it to the floor and blew them away. Rose and William land on the floor next to the game machines.

"Rose! Will!" Gwen exclaimed.

"You humans are so sensitive." The Devil taunted.

Gwen realized the Devil did something else besides using Ms. Chalice to betray her and the cups.

"Chalice, what's going on? Why are my sister and brother in-law confronting the Devil?!" Gwen demanded to know.

"He… uh… he may've broken into your sister's house last night and kidnapped the baby twins to use them against you to get you to say 'yes' to his marriage proposal." Ms. Chalice nervously confessed.

"HE DID WHAT?!" Gwen yelled.

"I had nothing to do with it! I swear!" Ms. Chalice pleaded.

"I warned you my dear. The more you try to resist and reject me, the more dire the consequences will get. Now, get out of my way!"

The Devil scolded, using telekinesis on Gwen and moved her next to where Rose and William laid.

The Devil aimed his pitchfork and was about to unleash his death cloud on Ms. Chalice.

"Well, I guess that's it for me. So long, fellas. So long, girlfriend." Ms. Chalice said sadly, accepting her fate.

Both cups gasped in horror and yelled,

"Chalice!"

Gwen, Rose and William gasped.

"No! Chalice!" Gwen yelled, now realizing what was going to happen.

"At least I'll die knowing that I'm the greatest dancer of all time." Ms. Chalice said, preparing to die.

Suddenly, the Devil stopped his death cloud from forming.

"What? I'm the greatest dancer of all time!" The Devil argued.

"I guess we'll never really know." Ms. Chalice said with big cute eyes.

"Ugh! We're going to settle this once and for all." The Devil begrudgingly said.

"Oh yeah? How?" Ms. Chalice asked.

"A contest to determine which of us is the greatest dancer of all time." The Devil explained.

"Great! You win, I get turned to dust, and you'll know you're the greatest dancer. I win, I get my life back and don't owe you more favors."

"Wait!" Gwen called.

Gwen gets up, joins Ms. Chalice at her side and holds her hand.

"I want in on this dance contest with my dance partner! If we win, she gets her life back and owes you no more favors. And… you give Rose and William back their children and release me from marrying you!" Gwen stated her demands.

"Gwen! What are you doing?!" Rose called.

"Don't do it Gwen!" William yelled.

"SILENCE!" The Devil yelled.

"Fine. It's a deal." The Devil said and reaches his hand out to Ms. Chalice and Gwen.

Ms. Chalice and the Devil shake on it. Then he reaches his hand out to Gwen and shakes with her.

"What are you nuts?" Cuphead asked Ms. Chalice.

"Yeah! What are you doing?" Mugman asked.

"In case you haven't been payin' attention, I got nothin' left to lose. Now, where are we gonna do this?" Ms. Chalice asked.

"Leave that to me." The Devil said.

He raised his pitchfork and pokes the ground, causing an earthquake, making a Hellish-arena appear in Inkwell City with mountains rising up, lava surrounding the stage with a few rocks. Then, all the citizens of Inkwell City are teleported into the audience including the Root Pack, Ice Cream Man, The Mayor, Ribby and Croaks, Porkrind, Jerry, Doris, Sherman, Bowlboy, Sally Stageplay, Henchman and Stickler with the twins in the baby carriage.

In the front row of the audience, Edgar, Margarine, Rose, William, Mildred, George, Hailey and Kailey all were teleported from the human world to watch Gwen dance for her and the twin's freedom. Cuphead and Mugman get front row seats next to the Emmons, Smith and Hinckley families.

"What the? I'm here? I was just at home!" Margarine said, looking around.

"Boys! What's going on?! I was at my office at the bank and now I'm here!" Edgar asked frantically.

"Uh, just watch daddy-o." Cuphead said.

The Devil, Gwen and Ms. Chalice appeared on the stage with a spotlight shone on them.

The audience gasped as someone yelled,

"THE DEVIL!"

The audience screamed as the Devil smiled.

The humans gasped at Gwen as she realized her family was brought to watch her.

"Gwen!" The parents called out.

Rose and William explain to them what was happening with Gwen and the twin's kidnapping.

Just then, they hear King Dice scatting as a platform rose from the flames with King Dice dancing along with his card musician band playing jazz on another platform.

"Oh! King Dice!" An audience member called and applaud him.

"Oh brother." Gwen said quietly under her breath as King Dice held a microphone.

"Folks, prepare yourselves. Today, history gets made before your very eyes. There can only be on greatest dancer in the universe, and you're about to decide who it is!" King Dice announced.

The audience gasped, then cheered.

"Whoever gets the most applause on the Applause-O-Meter… wins!" King Dice directed to the Applause-O-Meter.

The audience cheered as the arrow on the machine points up, showing them how it works.

"She's probably stolen your wallets, but now, she's here to steal your hearts. Give it up for Ms. Chalice!" King Dice announced.

The audience cheered as a spotlight shone on her and did a little curtsy.

"And now, you know him as the Lord of Darkness, but prepare for him as the Lord of Dance, the Devil!" King Dice announced.

The Devil raised his hands and made his white tuxedo appear on him with his pitchfork turning into a white cane.

"Boo!" Hailey called out.

"You suck eggs!" Kailey added.

"Girls!" George scolded.

"Shh!" Mildred shushed her daughters as the Devil grumbled at Gwen's cousins.

"And now, you know her as the girl with the magic inkwell, but now you'll know her as the girl with the magical dance moves. Give it up for Gwendolyn Mae Emmons!" King Dice announced.

A spotlight shone on Gwen as she waved to the audience, magically made her pink dress into a beautiful sea-green strapless dress, long white gloves, pearl necklace and earrings and tap dance shoes. The audience cheered for Gwen as she took a deep breath and prepares to dance.

The jazz music starts and the Devil started tap dancing, which wows the audience a little until Ms. Chalice started dancing and wows the audience with her pretend-fall-in-the-lava move, which gets her more applause. Gwen comes in and wows the audience with her dancing from the talent show, which gives her more applause. The Devil grumbled as Gwen and Ms. Chalice both danced together until he pulls them out of the spotlight. He jumps in and literally rolls his own head around his arms. Gwen and Ms. Chalice upstage the Devil, getting more applause.

King Dice instructs his drummer to play a solo as things get intense with the Devil and Ms. Chalice along with Gwen. The Devil dances first, getting some applause. Gwen and Ms. Chalice both had a trick up their sleeves and jumps down into the lava, on one of the rock platforms and danced together. Thus, getting more applause from Gwen's family and friends.

The Devil jumps down, after the girls and tries to outdance them. But Gwen hops after Ms. Chalice on the rocks and both dance above a spouting geyser and are shot on top of a tall rock. Ms. Chalice blew a raspberry at the Devil, making Gwen giggle and the Devil angrier. Gwen and Ms. Chalice make their way to the highest rock until the Devil joins them, using the geyser. He corners them toward the edge, but Ms. Chalice had another trick. She flips up and slides down the slope with Gwen following behind and both slide safely to the ground. Thus, getting them an even more applause.

The Devil slides down after them to the bottom, only he was struggling to keep up this time. Gwen and Ms. Chalice were about to win, only for the bag of marbles Ms. Chalice kept in her pocket spilled out, causing them to slip. Thus, making the Applaud-O-Meter go down.

"Wha-? Marbles?" Ms. Chalice realized too late she still had them in her pocket.

"It looks like we have a clear winner folks. Give it up for the Devil!" King Dice announced.

The spotlight shone on the Devil as he yelled,

"I won!"

The Devil laughed evilly.

"Hey! That's not fair!" Ms. Chalice yelled.

"It's all my fault! You would've won if I haven't given you those marbles." Cuphead apologized when he came on the stage.

"Cuphead!" Gwen scolded him.

"What? You lost because of him? Ah, delicious! But, alas, for every winner there must be… "

The Devil's cane turned back into a pitchfork, removed his outfit and aimed the pitchfork at Ms. Chalice.

"… A loser!" The Devil finished.

The Devil was about to unleash his death cloud onto Ms. Chalice.

"You…"

Gwen said as she felt rage building up in her.

"YOU MONSTER!" Gwen yelled.

Suddenly, Gwen angrily jumps at the Devil and attacked him and fall into the lava, making the audience gasp. Gwen's family watches in horror as Gwen fights the Devil with her powers and physical moves on a rock they land on.

"Leave her alone!" Gwen yelled as she punched the Devil.

The Devil used his pitchfork to levitate Gwen up, threw her up in the air and drop her a few feet to the ground. The Devil floated up and flew to where Gwen laid in defeat. He brushes the dirt off of himself and knelt down to her as she struggled to get up.

"Well, well, well. Look how far you've come my beautiful flower." The Devil said with a smile.

Then, he angrily grabs her the back of her head and lifted her up to him.

"You thought you could challenge me and defeat me?!" The Devil yelled at her, making her family gasp. Rose gets up from her seat and runs toward the stage.

"Now, you be a good girl and just lay low for a while. I have unfinished business to take care of first. Then, we'll take off and get married once and for all… my soon-to-be wife!"

The Devil said evilly and gently places her back down. Rose quickly runs up on stage and comes to Gwen's aid and helps her up. The Devil walks back to Ms. Chalice, aims his pitchfork at her.

The Devil releases a death cloud at Ms. Chalice until Cuphead interfered and yelled,

"Wait! Wait! Wait! I got a proposition for ya!"

"What?" The Devil asked impatiently.

"Play me in a game, and if I win, her debt is cleared, you release Gwen from marrying you and give Rose back her kids. But if I lose, you can turn her to dust, marry Gwen. And you can have my soul… and Mugman's." Cuphead explained his terms.

Mugman struggles to get up on stage and asked,

"Wait, what?"

"Hmm. Turn Chalice to dust, marry Gwen and collect the cup's souls? You have a deal." The Devil agreed and reached his hand out to Cuphead.

"Cuphead!" Ms. Chalice protested.

"No!" Gwen yelled as her whole family ran on the stage.

But Cuphead and the Devil shake on it.

"Alright, what's your game? A duel? Sword fighting? Knife throwing? Fiddle playing?" The Devil asked Cuphead.

Cuphead grinned and answered.

"Rock, paper, scissors."

"What? That's a game that requires no skill. A child's game." The Devil protested.

"Hey folks. Did you hear that? He's chicken!" Cuphead called out to the audience and started clucking like a chicken.

Hailey and Kailey join Cuphead and cluck like chickens as the audience laughs.

"I am not chicken!" The Devil yelled, scaring Hailey and Kailey back to their parents.

"Fine. Rock, paper, scissors it is." The Devil reluctantly agrees.

Mugman whispered to Cuphead,

"Cuphead, are you sure you know what you're doin'?"

"Relax, it's rock paper scissors, which means I have at least an 85% chance of winning." Cuphead whispered.

Gwen goes up to Cuphead and corrected him,

"No ding-dong! It's 50% chance!"

Mugman realized,

"Gwen's right. You both have an equal shot at winning!"

"What?" Cuphead asked.

"The odds are 50/50 you ding-dong!" Ms. Chalice pointed out.

"Oh. Well, that's information I could've used yesterday!" Cuphead yelled.

Gwen facepalmed, but she had no choice but to put her fate into Cuphead's hands.

"Hey, I appreciate it, Cuphead. This is a brave thing you're doin'. Stupid, but brave." Ms. Chalice said.

"It's his thing, remember?" Gwen said.

"Definitely stupid." Mugman added.

"Aw, you three ding-dongs are the best." Ms. Chalice said as she wrapped her arms around the cups and Gwen.

"Don't you mean four ding-dongs?" Cuphead asked and the four friends hugged.

"Aw."

The audience was touched by their friendship and Gwen's love for her friends and family.

"Okay. Okay. Enough with the sentimental hogwash. Let's go." The Devil said impatiently and snapped his fingers.

"Well, wish me luck." Cuphead said, feeling nervous.

"Henchman!" The Devil yelled.

Henchman approaches with the twins in a baby carriage and a bin of popcorn in his arms.

Rose and William gasped.

"Emma! Jack!" Rose yelled.

"Yeah boss?" Henchman asked, saluting him.

"Hold this." The Devil ordered him.

"Uh… okay." Henchman said and holds his pitchfork with his popcorn.

"Don't worry Cuphead." Ms. Chalice chuckled.

"We have complete confidence in you." Mugman added.

"I know you can do it buddy." Gwen added.

Cuphead nervously approaches the Devil.

"We're dead." Mugman said to Gwen and Ms. Chalice.

"Remember guys, anything is possible when you have the power of love and friendship. We must put our trust in Cuphead as he puts his trust in us." Gwen said, recalling Quadratus's advice.

The Devil and Cuphead approach each other in the spotlight. King Dice has his band play intense music as the Devil cracked his knuckles. Henchman watched as he sneaks a bite of popcorn while watching the twins. Mugman and Ms. Chalice hold hands while Rose and Gwen held each other, watching anxiously. Edgar and Margarine prepare for the worst as they knelt down to their daughters and held them.

The Devil and Cuphead raise their hands and both count,

"One, two, three!"

The Devil made a scissors move and Cuphead made a rock move.

"Rock beats scissors." Cuphead said as he gently taps the Devil's hand.

The Devil gasped, the audience gasped, the cups gasped, the humans gasped.

Mugman and Ms. Chalice hug each other. Gwen and Rose hug each other as their parents hug them.

"Wow, looks like I win." Cuphead said with a smile.

The audience applauded until the Devil said,

"Best two out of three!"

"Okay!" Cuphead agreed.

"WHAT?!" The cups and sisters exclaimed and the audience gasped.

"One, two, three!" Cuphead counted.

The Devil makes a rock and Cuphead makes paper.

"Paper covers rock. I win!" Cuphead said as he covers the Devil's fist.

They both keep playing as the Devil kept demanding a rematch every time he lost until finally the Devil asked,

"How do you keep winning?"

"I dunno. I guess I don't overthink it." Cuphead answered.

"Play me again!" The Devil begged.

"No, no, no! That's enough!" Mugman interfered, stopping the game.

Gwen joins them and angrily said,

"You lost! Deal with it!"

"Yeah!" Rose agreed, joining her sister.

"Just one more!" The Devil begged.

"It's over. He won. You lost. That's it. We're done!" Mugman argued and shoved Cuphead away from the Devil.

The Devil tries to stop them.

"But...!" The Devil tried to say until Mugman yelled.

"NOPE!"

Ms. Chalice smirked at the Devil and said,

"Pleasure doin' business with ya!"

And tapped danced away.

Gwen and Rose approached Henchman.

"Henchman… my sister's children if you please." Gwen angrily said and raised her glowing ink pen at him. Rose cracked her knuckles, threatening to beat him up.

"Okay! Okay!"

Henchman fearfully pleaded and pushes the baby carriage to the sisters. Gwen and Rose each pick up a baby and embrace them.

"Emma! Jack! Oh, my darlings!"

Rose tearfully embraced and kissed her daughter and son. William comes running and hugged his children.

Gwen smiled, happy her sister and brother in-law are reunited with their children.

"Oh sis! You did it! You saved our kids!" Rose happily said.

"What else are sisters for?" Gwen asked.

"Uh, Rose? Could I give them a goodbye kiss before you go? They're such sweet darlings." Henchman politely asked Rose.

Rose was about to decline but Gwen interrupted and asked,

"Wait, you took care of them after they were kidnapped Henchman?" Gwen asked.

"Why yes. Me and Stickler took care of them. Boss couldn't handle the job so he had us take good care of them. See? They're alright and happy." Henchman explained as he pointed at the twins smiling.

"Sis, he maybe the Devil's well, henchman. But he's really a sweet guy. He even took care of me every time I was a prisoner." Gwen assured Rose.

"Hmm… alright. But just for a moment." Rose reluctantly agreed.

Rose knelt down to Henchman, he squealed and gives Emma and Jack a goodbye kiss.

"Bye-bye little ones! I'm gonna miss you two! See ya!" Henchman said in baby-talk.

Then Henchman hid his face behind his hands, then surprised them and said,

"Peek-a-boo!"

Emma and Jack laugh at Henchman as he let them grab his fingers and shake.

Rose and William were both impressed with Henchman and his babysitting skills.

"Wow, you really have a way with children, do you?" Rose asked.

"Mm-hmm." Henchman said as he tickled under the twins chins. Rose stood back up and rejoined her husband and sister.

Gwen and the Smiths walk away past the Devil.

"Oh, wait. One more thing to take care of." Gwen remembered.

She walked up to the Devil with an angry look on her face.

"Gwen?" The Devil nervously asked.

She grabbed the Devil's neck with her left hand and said,

"Remember me? I'm that beautiful flower who just recently grew sharp thorns!"

Gwen angrily said in a serious tone. And finished him off with a punch in the nose, knocking him to the ground. The audience laughed and cheered for Gwen. Her family and friends laugh at the Devil getting owned by Gwen.

"That was awesome!" Rose complimented.

"Yeah, you gave him what he deserved." William added.

The Devil weakly gets up and yelled,

"Oh, come on!"

"Boss, we should go." Henchman said as he grabbed his fist.

The Devil groaned in defeat.

"Here. Wanna hold your pitchfork? That always cheers you up." Henchman asked as he holds the pitchfork up to his boss.

"Thank you, Henchman." The Devil sadly said and both walk away.

Just then, the audience chanted,

"Cuphead! Gwen! Cuphead! Gwen!"

Spectators run onto the stage, lift up the cups and Gwen and cheered for the four friends. Gwen is raised up by Ribby, Croaks and Porkrind.

"That's our girl." Edgar said, feeling proud of Gwen.

"She's really grown into a brave woman." Margarine said, also feeling proud of Gwen.

The Devil and Henchman look in shock, then they head back to the elevator.

"Come on boss. I'll draw you a bath." Henchman offered to cheer up the Devil.

"With bubbles?" The Devil asked in a sad tone.

"Sure." Henchman said.

"Thank you, Henchman." The Devil said as Henchman closed the elevator door and disappeared back to Hell.

After they were gone, the townspeople continued cheering for Cuphead and Gwen.

After a celebration was held, the humans all returned home back to the human world while Gwen remained with her best friends in the Inkwell Isles. Gwen treats them with ice cream cones and walked back to the cottage. Gwen knelt down, hugged Cuphead and said,

"Now because of you buddy, I am free from the Devil and shall decide for myself who I'll love in my own time."

"Aw shucks. You're our sister Gweny. You deserve to be free to choose." Cuphead said, calling her his sister.

Gwen kissed Cuphead on the cheek as he lightly gasped. She noticed Mugman felt left out and also gives him a kiss on the cheek.

"Thank you… brothers." Gwen said to both cups, calling them her brothers.

Ms. Chalice goes up to Gwen and said,

"Thank you, girlfriend."

Gwen hugged Ms. Chalice, then they all happily walk home.

A month had passed in the two worlds. Rose and William were happily raising Emma and Jack. Edgar had gotten a promotion at his job at the bank and he and Margarine didn't need to worry about going into poverty again. Gwen is back at her job, finally overcoming her depression. She was to meet up with the three cups with a surprise she had for them.

The three cups were all walking down a dirt road, eating ice cream cones together.

"What a great day! Hard to believe it's been a month since we've seen the Devil." Cuphead said.

"Good riddance, I say." Mugman said.

"And how! I am done dealing with the Devil." Ms. Chalice said.

"Same here." Cuphead agreed.

"Hey guys!" Gwen called.

The cups turn around and they see Gwen running up to them with a handsome young blonde man carrying a ukulele tagging along.

"Gweny!" The cups called as she hugged her best friends.

"Who's this handsome human?" Ms. Chalice asked, admiring the man's handsomeness.

"Guys, I'd like you all to meet… Clarence James Hopewell. He was a street urchin like you Chalice. But now he's working his way into show business here in the Inkwell Isles." Gwen introduced Clarence to the cups.

"Hi there! So, these are the famous cartoon cups who you befriended after the Devil kidnapped you?" Clarence asked.

"Mm-hmm. My cup brothers and my best friend." Gwen answered.

Clarence knelt down to the cups and said,

"I got one thing I gotta ask you guys."

"Yes?" The three cups asked at once.

"Do you… love music and dancing?" Clarence asked as he held up his ukulele.

"Boy, do we!" The cups answered.

Clarence played a jazzy tune on his ukulele and Ms. Chalice started dancing to the beat. Clarence finished his song as Ms. Chalice jumped on his shoulders.

"That was awesome man! You'll do nicely for my girlfriend here." Ms. Chalice said, giving him a nudge on his shoulder.

Gwen and Clarence blushed.

"Oh, well…" Clarence bashfully said.

"Come on, we're gonna show you the Inkwell Isles!" Gwen said as she held his hand.

"Okay, Gwen." Clarence said and join the cups walking down the road. Ms. Chalice hopped off of Clarence's shoulders.

"Oh, and thanks for getting me that rundown radio show building. I hope the folks here love my show and what I have to offer to the Inkwell Isles." Clarence thanked Gwen as he held her.

"You are gonna be so much better than that no-good jerk King Dice. I just know it." Gwen complimented him and both kiss each other.

Just then, they notice a sign blinking lights.

"Say, what's that?" Cuphead asked.

The five notice the sign as Mugman reads aloud,

"Grand opening. The Devil's Casino?"

They look and see a grand casino with the Devil's image on the top.

"Oh no… he's back!" Gwen facepalmed, knowing the Devil was at it again.

"Woah, is that place new?" Clarence asked.

"No way we're goin' near that place." Mugman said.

"Yep. I think we all learned our lesson. Right, Cuphead?" Ms. Chalice asked Cuphead.

But Cuphead was already making his way towards the casino, dropping his ice cream cone in the process.

"Oh no." Mugman, Ms. Chalice and Gwen said at once.

"Yep. Cuphead never learns anything." Gwen said, shaking her head.

"Is this a thing you guys always do?" Clarence asked.

"Yep. Pretty much. Come on, we better go stop him." Gwen said and the four run after Cuphead.

"Cuphead!"

They all yelled as they chase him towards the casino.

Meanwhile, the Devil in his new office in the casino, watches in the magic mirror and notices Clarence running with Gwen.

"Well, well, well. I see she's dating a nobody. If my beautiful flower thinks she's heard the last of me… she's got another thing coming! That boy is on my list along with those cups for revenge!"

The Devil declared and laughed evilly.

Thanks for reading everybody! But this won't be the end of Gwen and her adventures with the cups. I'm gonna continue writing maybe some in-between chapters before Gwen is confronted with her depression during the months before the dance showdown. And I'll also write some stories with Clarence, now that Gwen has found love. I also hope Netflix renews The Cuphead Show so we'll get more seasons and I'll continue Gwen's adventures. Stay tuned! :)