New Friends

"New Friends" is the fifty-fourth episode of Butterfly Valley (1998 series) and the second episode of the third season.
This episode marks a drastic change to the series, with more characters added to the main cast.
==Synopsis==
The kids are playing around the community park, when another group of kids came and were astonished about the great encounter they have. Later, Rose and Petunia take them to a tour around Butterfly Valley, where the trolls decide to kidnap the new girls…
==Plot==
It's a lovely day in Sideview Beach, but the kids are feeling very bored, with almost nothing to do, but then Mackenzie notices more kids walking along the park and decides to meet them. The other kids wonder where did Mackenzie go, so they went to the other kids and Cally asks Mackenzie who are their names. Mackenzie introduces the kids to the others.
They are Tammi Wheaton, Timmy Foster, Rhonda Birch, and Asmyra de Roja from the other neighborhood. The kids in the community park introduce themselves to the other kids and they went to the round table.
The kids began to discuss on the butterfly fairies and their traits. Timmy asks Rose if there's any caterpillar fairies and she said that there are butterfly fairies aged below twelve that can transform to caterpillars.
Rose summarize how butterfly fairies metamorphose at the age of twelve, which fascinated the new kids and Rhonda comments that it's like how caterpillars turn into butterflies with the same process. Rose agrees with her and adds that butterfly fairies are animal fairies, which means they’ll do the same thing like butterflies in the human world, but to a lesser extent.
Meanwhile in Butterfly Valley, the butterfly fairies are busy with decorating the Butterfly Square for the Mighty Butterfly Marathon. Bluebell and her family are strolling nearby, then Bluebell wonders why are they decorating the Butterfly Square and Aldith told her they are making the goal of the marathon.
Meanwhile at the courtyard of the Great Troll Palace, a troll guard is counting the amount of steps he made, while the other troll guard then measures the distance of each step. King Boogieman and Queen Peregia watch them from one of the windows.
Boogieman and Peregia thought of having the troll guards to cheat the marathon, so they send some of them to Butterfly Valley to particpate there.
The participants are all warmed up for the Mighty Butterfly marathon as they get into their places, but unbeknownst to them, the troll guards are also joining the event.
A butterfly fairy marathon official commences the marathon by firing a spell to the bell, which rings to signify the start of the event and the runners begin to traverse across the neighborhood.
They pass Famous Pizzas, a grocery store, Bluebell's house and Beans 'n' Bags. The troll guards try to keep up with the runners, but get exhausted and collapse. One of the troll guards then finds some bicycles and reaches to one of them. He gets on the red bicycle and commissions his cohorts to ride on the other bicycles, which they agree.
The troll guards eventually went in front of the runners, which resulted with them cheating the marathon. Another butterfly fairy marathon official notices the troll guards on bicycles and asks some of the security guards to stop them.
Meanwhile in Sideview Beach, Rose shows the new kids her magic flower, which is a magnolia. The kids are fascinated by the magic flower and Rose explains that she can use it to send herself and Petunia to the Butterfly Kingdom.
The new kids asks Rose to take them to the Butterfly Kingdom and she agrees, so the kids place their hands onto the magic flower and they went to Butterfly Valley.
Once they went to Butterfly Valley, Rose began to take the new kids to a tour across the place, with her friends following them, then the kids hear someone screaming.
The kids went to Bluebell's house and they greet Bluebell and her family, who are shocked about five more kids in Butterfly Valley.
Rose introduces Cally, Rhonda, Tammi, Timmy and Asmara to the family, who are glad that they are welcomed to Butterfly Valley. Rhonda checks the TV and notices the butterfly fairies running across the forest.
Bluebell tells the kids that the butterfly fairies are having a huge race called a marathon. The kids watch the marathon on TV, but Rose notices the troll guards, who are riding on bicycles.
Rose tells Bluebell and her family that she and her friends can take down the troll guards, so the kids bid farewell to the family and went to find the troll guards.
The troll guards stop for a rest, then the kids found them and try to attack them, but they kidnap Celia, Jessa, Cally, Rhonda, Tammi and Asmyra, taking them to the Great Troll Palace.
With Rose, Petunia and Mackenzie managing to dodge the troll guards, they and the boys went to the Troll Kingdom to interfere with the trolls.
The kids prepare to attack the trolls, who are ready to prosecute the other girls. Timmy tries to punch a troll guard, but he was knocked out. Petunia scares the troll guards and the kids defeat the troll guards with ease.
The kids went to the court, where the other girls will be prosecuted. The monarchs greet the kids and Rose demands to release the other girls, but they refuse to do it and Queen Peregia orders the troll guards to attack the kids. Rose commissions her friends to free the girls while she and Petunia fight against the trolls.
The boys and Mackenzie try to remove the rope from the other girls, but they are unable to untie the knot that holds the rope in place, then Brad brought a sword from a wardrobe and cuts the rope with a single swipe from the blade, freeing the girls in the process.
Celia thanks Brad for rescuing her and the other girls and kisses him in the cheeks, making him blush.
Once they defeat the remaining troll guards, the twins went to their friends and Petunia inquires if they freed the girls. Ernie states that "everything's under control" and the kids escape from the trolls as the monarchs watch them in annoyance. King Boogieman and Queen Peregia soon wonder who the new kids are.
The kids return to Butterfly Valley and they inadvertently cross the finish line at the Butterfly Square, with Petunia tearing the ribbon before the runners did. The butterfly fairies cheer for Petunia as another butterfly fairy official bestows the trophy to her.
Microphones and cameras pop up as a blushing Petunia remarks her experience at the Mighty Butterfly Marathon, stating that she didn't really compete in the event at all. The kids congratulate Petunia as she was also given a gold medal for "placing" first.
The kids bid farewell to the butterfly fairies and return home using Rose's magic flower. The kids have lots of fun in Butterfly Valley, they wanted to visit there again, then Rose gives the new kids and Cally a magic flower for each of one.
Petunia began to summarize her and Rose's first adventure in Butterfly Valley, with the kids astonished as the episode ends.
==Trivia==
*This episode was included in the VHS compilation video Butterfly Valley: Making Friends.
*Rhonda Birch and Tammi Wheaton, who will later become major characters, made their first appearance in this episode, while Timmy Foster and Asmyra de Roja, who previously appeared in "It Takes Two to Twinkle” from the second season, return and also became major characters.
**This means this episode marks the first time the Sideview Beach kids appear as a thirteen-piece group.
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