The Missing Crystal

"The Missing Crystal" is the eighteenth episode of Butterfly Valley (1998 series). It is loosely based on "Saving the Crystal", the fourty-second episode of the 1969 series.
==Synopsis==
Princess Butterfly is preparing for an important royal meeting, which is coming in a few days, but her magic crystal amulet is missing! She demands the butterfly fairy guards to find the amulet, which actually ended up in the wrong hands…
==Plot==
It is night time in Butterfly Valley and everybody is asleep, including Princess Butterfly. The troll guards sneak into her bed room in the Celestial Palace and successfully snatch the Magic Crystal.
The troll guards head out to the woods and set up a trap involving the Magic Crystal. One of the trolls hook up the cage so when the victim grabs the Magic Crystal, the cage will fall down, trapping them in the process.
At the glowing morning, Princess Butterfly wakes up, brushes her teeth and eats her breakfast. She went up to prepare for her royal meeting, but when she is almost all dressed up, she noticed that the Magic Crystal is missing. She tries to find it, but it turns out that the trolls have stole it.
Meanwhile at the community park in Sideview Beach, Rose and Petunia are showing their friends their homemade jewelry. Rose made her necklace with seashells she collected from the beach, while Petunia used broken pieces of her old resin display for her bracelet. Celia and Jessa wore the necklace and bracelet made by Rose and Petunia respectively.
Somewhere in Butterfly Valley, two butterfly fairy twins named Plima and Chellie are playing at the playground when Plima tripped over the Magic Crystal. Chellie came and asks is she is okay, but she noticed the Magic Crystal and wondered where did it come from.
The troll guards are hiding in a bush, spying on the girls observing the amulet.
Just a few seconds left, the cage suddenly falls onto the twins. One of the trolls takes a picture of the Magic Crystal with Plima. They decide to return to the Great Troll Palace.
Several national news stations report on Princess Butterfly's lost amulet, including KBFV, the Daily Twinkle and BNN (Butterfly News Network).
Bluebell is watching the news about the lost Magic Crystal as Spike runs down the stairs. He notices something Bluebell is watching and joins her.
The troll guards return to the Great Troll Palace to report the result of the trap to King Boogieman and Queen Peregia, who were delighted with its success. One of the troll guards show the picture to the monarchs and Boogieman thought it would be perfect to power up the Scepter of Gloom.
Princess Butterfly is crying as the butterfly fairy guards came to her. She orders them to find the amulet. They began to search for the Magic Crystal across Butterfly Valley. They try to find it in several places, including the courtyard, the Butterfly Square and the famous Les Suités Hampton.
While the kids are leaving the community park, the magic flower in Rose's pocket glows. Rose spots it and picks it up.
The twins went to Butterfly Valley using the magic flower and were asked by the butterfly fairy royal guards to help them find the Magic Crystal. They look around Butterfly Valley, including the houses, the night markets and the Butterfly Square.
Rose and Petunia went to the forest and notice Plima and Chellie trapped in a big cage. They quickly destroy the cage and rescued the butterfly fairy twins, who thank the human twins for their help. Plima asks the human twins about the object she held earlier, then Rose answered that it was the Magic Crystal, which was stolen by the trolls. Rose and Petunia soon lead Plima and Chellie back to Butterfly Valley, where they reunite with their parents. The human twins bid farewell to the family and resume their search for the Magic Crystal.
While the butterfly fairies mourn the loss of the Magic Crystal, Princess Butterfly begins to faint, just when the twins and the Royal Butterfly Army arrived at the Troll Kingdom. The butterfly party began to interfere with the Royal Troll Army and a war ensues over the Magic Crystal.
Meanwhile at the community park, the kids began to wonder where Rose and Petunia are. They look around the place, including the trees, the bushes and the benches.
As the troll guards are about to put the Magic Crystal into the Scepter of Gloom, one of the butterfly fairy royal guards fires his attacking spell to one of the trolls' hands, making him drop the amulet as the trolls fall down.
The Magic Crystal falls off as the butterfly fairies try to catch it, but it landed on ground and, surprisingly, doesn't break into pieces. One of the troll guards had almost reached the Magic Crystal, until Rose caught it. Petunia taunts them afterwards.
After they won the war, the twins and the butterfly fairies return to the Celestial Palace, where one of the butterfly fairy royal guards placed the Magic Crystal onto the seemingly-immobile Princess Butterfly. The amulet instantly revives Princess Butterfly and restores her magic powers.
Princess Butterfly wakes up and wonders where she is. The twins and the royal guards are glad that she is back alive. Butterfly thanks the twins and the royal guards for returning the crystal to her. She tells the twins that she is having a royal meeting later in the Palace.
The twins bid farewell to the butterfly fairies and return home using the magic flower. Their friends came and surprised them with their own homemade jewelry and they wear them.
The twins like their jewelry and think Jessa's bracelets and necklaces are the best ones. Jessa herself felt proud and so do her friends. The sun suddenly sets and the kids bid farewell to each other and went back home as the episode closes.
==Trivia==
*This episode is considered to be one of the saddest ones in the 1998 series by fans, mainly due to the moment where the butterfly fairies mourn the loss of the Magic Crystal and Princess Butterfly collapsing when she does not wear the crystal amulet.
*This is the first time Princess Butterfly loses her magic crystal amulet in the 1998 series and only the second time she does so in the whole franchise.
**The reason why Robert Patterson wrote this episode is that he wanted to know what happens when Butterfly loses her amulet.
*This episode revealed that when Princess Butterfly loses her amulet, she will lose her magic powers and become weaker, until the point when she collapses, since the Magic Crystal is connected to her heart.
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