A Secret Evil Scheme by a Hidden Rasputin and his Goons/Dorothy's Group's Memories with Mary

*(Far away from the castle upon crossing one of the bridges, Mephiles, Fat Tony's gang, and Popple and Michael's groups arrived in, shocker, the Fourth Realm without any trouble, although Popple and Michael's groups, with Popple's group consisting Popple, Bartok, Tiny, Dingodile, Fife, and the Fearsome Four, feel a little hesitant, and it's not the Fourth Realm's creepy dead forest scenery, it was something else. Fat Tony's gang noticed their reaction and spoke to them reassuringly in a calm confident way)*

Fat Tony: Relax.

Louie: It'll be fine.

Legs: Nothing to be scared of.

Johnny Believe us.

*(Even Mephiles piped in in agreement, but his reassurance doesn't sound friendly like Fat Tony's gang's is)*

Mephiles: Yeah, does it matter?

*(Secretly feeling uneasy for a bit by Mephiles' remark, Popple and Michael's groups and even Fat Tony's gang composed themselves and Popple and Michael's groups felt somewhat better)*

Michael's group: Thanks, Papa. (Daddy.)

Popple's group: Yeah, thanks.

*(Then they and Mephiles arrived at a huge tunnel entrance, and there stood Pikachu and Meowth. They greeted each other)*

Meowth: Hey, guys.

Pikachu: (Greeting them calmly) Pika, chu.

Mephiles, Fat Tony's gang, and Popple and Michael's groups: Hey.

Mephiles: We're here to see Rasputin and his army.

Meowth: (Nonchalantly) Yeah, we know.

Bartok: (Sighs nonchalantly in agreement) Here's my least favorite part of seeing them.

*(Then a dark-looking ghostly cart appeared at the tunnel's entrance and yanked them up into it)*

Bartok: (Nervously in a nonchalant way) And it's *this* part.

*(Then then cart zipped through the tunnel like it's some roller coaster, and the only one panicking on this ride is Bartok while the non-serious members were just feeling a little woozy from it)*

Bartok: (Panicking) Mayday, mayday!

*(They zipped by a lava chamber)*

Bartok: (Wiping his brow) It's hot!

*(Then they finally crashed right into a huge dark-looking cavern, sending Popple's group flying right into some flat rocks. Upon recovery, they sat up, rubbing their faces and/or rears, while Fat Tony's gang and Michael's group checked up on Popple's group while they and Mephiles just climbed out of the cart)*

Johnny: You okay?

Mephiles: (Nonchalantly) Yes, you okay?

Popple's group: Yeah.

Bartok: But oh, boy. Ow! I tell you what, ow.

*(Then twenty-four dark-looking figures appeared, making the non-serious ones jump in a startled way. The first dark-looking figure is a cross between a male sorcerer and a corpse with green skin, short black ponytailed hair, yellow eyes, a long black beard, crooked teeth, sharp nails, and wearing a brown long-sleeved hooded monk's robe and black boots, and sometimes carried a glowing green reliquary as his weapon. The second dark-looking figure is a male jackal with black fur, white markings on his back and tip of his tail, white tendril-like hair, a yellow pupiled left eye, a blue pupiled right eye, and wearing a silver metal half helmet over his face with his left eye exposed to the red eye visor only and his right eye covered by a black bolt-shaped visor-like screen and metal bat-like ears with the interior colored black and white ringed, white neck bandana, black gloves, and silver and black armored boots. The third dark-looking figure is a male black and purple zigzag vampire/bat-like creature with yellow eyes and wearing a purple cape with red trimming, and a purple bat wing brooch holding the cape up. The fourth dark-looking figure is an evil version of Darkwing Duck with white feathers, light blue eyes, a gold yellow beak, legs, and webbed feet, and wearing a red long-sleeved turtleneck shirt, a yellow long-sleeved coat with four black buttons, a black eyemask, a red fedora with a black band, and a black cape with red trimming. The fifth dark-looking figure is a female anthro duck with white feathers, light blue eyes, a gold yellow beak, legs, and webbed feet, long black hip-length hair, and wearing black fingerless gloves, green dangly earrings, if she has ears, black eyeshadow, a black medium-sleeved blouse with puffy shoulder sleeves, a purple sleeveless halter dress with a yellow sash around her waist, black thigh-length leggings, and black cuffed boots, and sometimes carries a paintbrush with black paint. The sixth dark-looking figure is a male hulking well-built anthro bull with indigo fur, a peach snout and mouth, white horns, and wearing a red long-sleeved business suit with four gold buttons, a pale purplish blue long-sleeved collar-flapped, button-up business shirt, an orange necktie, purple business pants, brown shoes, and a white long-sleeved lab coat. The seventh dark-looking figure is a man with a bald head with black side hair, and a black beard and mustache, a pale blue N tattoo on his forehead, and wearing a white sleeveless lab coat over a black long-sleeved jumpsuit, yellow lab gloves, and dark blue boots. The eighth dark-looking figure is a short bald-headed man with two metal screws on each side of his head, thick brown eyebrows, brown eyes, and wearing a green short-sleeved lab coat and dark green long-sleeved jumpsuit and boots. The ninth dark-looking figure is a short man with short orange hair, brown eyes, and a German accent, and wearing a white long-sleeved lab jumpsuit, black gloves with yellow strips, and black boots. The tenth dark-looking figure is a tall man with blue skin, brown eyes, black eyebrows, and two tiny black goatees on each side of his chin and a British accent and wearing a copper armored helmet and suit that resembles a clock over a white long-sleeved lab coat, a silver piston pumps pack on his back, white pants, and brown boots and wielding a giant metal fork-like wrench like a staff. The eleventh dark-looking figure is a dark evil-looking jet black tiki mask with a deep yellow zigzagged stripe on the forehead, a red beard, three bones, one tied to the forehead and two dangling from a rope on either side of the mask, glowing gold yellow eyes, complete with green bags underneath, a small, tan, rectangular nose, thick red eyebrows that appear dark, red lips, and sharp white fangs. The twelfth dark-looking figure is a male alien with green skin, yellow stripes on his skin, black-pupiled yellow eyes, red eyebags, dark green lips, sharp teeth, gold yellow tube-like antennae between his head and neck, three fingers, and four crab-like legs, and wearing a purple long-sleeved jumpsuit, a dark purple vent-like brooch on the front, two green engine-like buttons on the back, and dark purple rims. The thirteenth dark-looking figure is a male kangaroo with blue fur, a light blue muzzle and underbelly, brown eyes with red and yellow swirls, tiny dark blue bushy eyebrows, a black nose, and wearing a white straightjacket. He doesn't wear pants and is also depicted barefoot. The fourteenth dark-looking figure is a male muscular koala bear with gray fur, black ears with a pink interior, a tiny black hair sprout on top of his head, a dark gray tuft fur sticking out of his chest, brown eyes, a black nose, and black claws and wearing a red tanktop, tan fingerless boxing gloves, black bracelets with white spikes around them, and yellow pants with a rope string supporting it. He is also depicted barefoot. The fifteenth dark-looking figure is a male potoroo with brown fur, a cream muzzle and underbelly, black slick hair with a curl in the back, a pink interior in the ears, a black nose, and wearing a red long-sleeved pinstriped business suit over a green long-sleeved business shirt, a black necktie with a tiny yellow diamond button in the middle, black fingerless gloves, a black belt, red pinstriped pants, and black shoes and sometimes wielded a tommy gun. The sixteenth dark-looking figure is a skinny male Komodo dragon with green scales, yellow eyes, a green underbelly, a spiky tail, sharp claws and teeth, three fingers and a thumb, and three toes, and wearing a yellow Arabian cup-like helmet with a metal spike on top, a purple head cloak underneath, and a white sleeveless long tunic underneath a magenta long-sleeved Arabian robe with gold yellow rims that is open, and sometimes wields an Arabian sword called a scimitar. He is also depicted barefoot. The seventeenth dark-looking figure is a slightly-chubby male Komodo dragon with green scales, yellow eyes, a green underbelly, a spiky tail, sharp claws and teeth, a dark green scaly goatee, two fingers and a thumb, and two toes, and wearing a yellow Arabian cup-like helmet with a metal spike on top, a purple head cloak underneath, and a white sleeveless long tunic underneath a magenta long-sleeved Arabian robe with gold yellow rims that is open, and sometimes wields a scimitar. He is also depicted barefoot. The eighteenth dark-looking figure is a male half gorilla half kangaroo mutant with peach skin, brown fur, brown eyes, black eyebrows, a thick strong brown tail with a small peach underbelly, and wearing red and white striped pants and a black leather belt with a gold buckle. He doesn't wear a shirt and is also depicted barefoot. The nineteenth dark-looking figure is a woman who is quite tall, appearing to be about twice the height of the Mario Brothers, with green skin, like most members of the Beanish species, large, pink eyes, an elongated head with a large mouth and jagged teeth, an India-style bead on her forehead, large purple horn-like objects on top of her head, and wearing a large, purple, long-sleeved robe with a pink sleeveless undergarment and yellow sleeve rims, with the sleeves of her cloak revealing to be very large and roughly frayed on the edges and are somewhat reminiscent of bat wings. The twentieth dark-looking figure is a male Beanbean creature with green skin, a bald head with a tuft of black hair, swirly blue eyes, and wearing black glasses, a red long-sleeved shirt, black pants, a red cape with a dark gray interior and gold lining, and dark green boots. The twenty-first dark-looking figure is a Japanese man with short black hair, brown eyes, and wearing a metal samurai helmet and mask, spiky, silver shoulder pads, a dark purple sleeveless tunic, a black obi, spiky, silver, handless, fingerless gauntlets on his arms and hands, black stockings, a spiky, silver shin pads, black boots, and a long, flowing, purple cape. The twenty-second dark-looking figure is a tall, muscular android-like robot with turning fork-esque strand of hair on his head, and wearing gray chained shoulder straps, gray shoulder pads, a dark red loincloth, gray wristbands, gray scanner-like eyeglasses, a yellow TV screen-like belt holding the real figure inside its abdomen section, and red shoes, and the figure inside the robot's abdomen section is a pink slimy brain-like creature with white crooked teeth and purple eyes. The twenty-third dark-looking figure is a male well-built mutant warthog with light brown fur, white eyes with black pupils, a purple well-built mohawk with a ponytail, and wearing purple sunglasses, a white hoop nosering in his nostrils, a white bone and skull necklace, a red sleeveless vest, a brown bullet shoulder sling, a gray spiky bracelet on the right wrist, a silver chain bracelet on the left wrist, two dark yellow turtle shell shoulder armor on his shoulders, black pants, a chain belt with a cuff-like buckle around the waist, a gray band around his left leg, and red and white converse shoes. And the last dark-looking figure is a male well-built mutant rhino with dark gray skin, a light gray nose horn, yellow eyes, and wearing a yellow tanktop with his somewhat fat belly sticking out, a brown wooden plank weapon holdster carried on his back, a brown bullet shoulder sling, brown wristbands, tan brown pants, a brown belt with a gray square-shaped buckle around the waist, a dark yellow turtle shell pouch on the right side of his belt, and brown boots. Upon arriving, the dark-looking figures are suspicious at first, with the lead one being suspicious and angry altogether)*

Lead dark-looking figure: Who dares intrude our hideout?!

Male jackal: Who goes there?!

*(Then after kicking a nearby stalagmite to pieces, he stormed up towards Fat Tony's gang and Michael and Popple's groups)*

Male scientist 1: Get out! Get out!

*(The lead dark-looking figure snatched Bartok up roughly as Pikachu, Meowth, Mephiles, Fat Tony's gang, and Michael and Popple's groups spoke up quickly, with Mephiles' being more annoyed and calm than nervous)*

Fat Tony's gang: Whoa, whoa, take it easy!

Popple and Michael's groups: It's just us!

Mephiles: Get a grip, Rasputin, guys.

*(Suddenly, the dark-looking figure, now revealed to be Rasputin, upon hearing them say that, calmed down with the other figures, now revealed to be his army in the form of his army, consisting, by the introductions above, Infinite, Antasma, Negaduck, Splatter Phoenix, Taurus Bulba, Doctors Neo Cortex, Nitros Brio, Nitros Gin, and Nefarious Tropy, Uka-Uka, Nitros Oxide, Ripper Roo, Koala Kong, Pinstripe Potoroo, the Komodo Brothers Joe and Moe, Rilla Roo, Cackletta, Fawful, Shredder, Krang, Bebop, and Rocksteady, respectively)*

Rasputin: (Releasing his tight grip on Bartok) Wait, Bartok?

Uka-Uka: Is it really you, as well as Fat Tony's gang and Popple and Michael's groups?

Negaduck: And Pipsqueakchu and Meowth?

*(Bartok slid from Rasputin's hand, gasping for air for a bit, and landed with a splat on the table. He looked up to see Rasputin and his army)*

Bartok: Well, yeah, it's us.

Meowth: And, once again, for the record, *(Gestures to Pikachu)* he's *Pikachu*, not Pipsqueakchu.

Pikachu: (Nods in calm annoyance) Pika.

Calves: And you suppose you're wondering why we came here?

Tropy: Why, no, not yet.

Rasputin: In a manner of speaking!

*(On "Speaking," Rasputin's right eye popped out of it's socket, but Mephiles caught it, with Fat Tony's gang and Michael and Popple's groups, Pikachu, and Meowth looking somewhat disgusted)*

Louie: Whoa! That fell right out there.

*(Rasputin gently plucked his eye away from Mephiles, stuck it back in his socket, and then smacked the side of his head to make sure his eye stayed in)*

Cackletta: From what we sensed, something's happened!

Rasputin: My army and I knew it! I can feel the dark forces stirring!

Michael: Well, this may come as a surprise, but, uh....

Regina: You remember Queen Mary, the way she banished you and your army here?

*(Calmly seething with rage remembering her, Rasputin and his army responded with tranquil fury)*

Bulba: Why, yes.

Splatter Phoenix: How can we forget her?

Quackerjack: Well, you ever heard of the term, "Apples never fall far from the tree?"

Uka-Uka: What nonsensical old sayings are you talking about?

Mephiles: (Cutting Quackerjack off rudely) He's saying that Mary's children are here.

Quackerjack: (Agreeing nonchalantly) Along with their friends.

Rasputin: (Frowning in suspicion) Mary's children, here?

*(On "Here?", Rasputin's lips slid off down on his beard, much to everyone's notice)*

Ripper: Uh, Master, your lips.

Rilla: They're sliding down....

Rasputin: Those brats of the queen?!

Bartok: (Casually) Ain't that a kick in the head?

Johnny: (Casually while Rasputin reattached his lips to his face again) Eh, I guess your conquest plans with our treasoned comrade just ain't what it used to be with them here now.

Popple: Along with their friends.

Rasputin: Which is *exactly* why my army and I are stuck here in limbo, waiting to attack!

*(Rasputin then grabbed Bartok with his left hand)*

Bartok: (Choking a bit) Rasputin, sir, you're choking me again.

Rasputin: (Ignoring Bartok) My conquest with our treasoned comrade will be unfulfilled because of those brats!

*(On "Brats," he threw his arms open in anguish and his right hand still holding Bartok came flying off and smacked into the wall. Bartok gasped a bit as he hit it and the hand released him. Noticing Rasputin's hand, everyone pointed it out to Rasputin)*

Johnny: Uh, Rasputin...?

Louie Jr.: Your hand.

*(Upon noticing, Rasputin then grabbed his handless wrist with his other hand, sinking down to the ground in immediate despair)*

Rasputin: And now look at me! Thanks to my immortality contract I made to get these powers from the Devil due to all of this waiting, I'm falling apart!

*(Then he sobbed for a bit)*

Rasputin: (Flopping onto a nearby flat rock) I'm a wreck!

Krang: (In annoyance) Oh, grow up!

*(Bartok hurried over to him, carrying the hand)*

Bebop: Actually, *(Snorts)* considering how long we've been stuck here....

Rocksteady: Ooh, you still look pretty good!

Rasputin: (Sobs a bit, dismissively) Nah.

Shredder: Oh, relax! You still do look good!

Krang: Like I said, grow a backbone.

Rasputin: (Sitting up hopefully) Really?

Bartok: (Giving the puppy dog eyes) Rasp, is this the face of a bat who would lie to you?

*(Then Bartok leaned on the hand, his chin in his hands, changing the subject)*

Bartok: Come on, it's not *that* bad.

Pinstripe: Yeah, for a minute there, you had your old spark back, Sir.

*(Rasputin, all cheered up a bit, clutched his handless arm and frowned in anger)*

Rasputin: But if only I hadn't lost that very key.

N. Gin: Even if we have to search high and low in every nook and cranny of the Four Realms to find it.

Meowth: (Nonchalantly pulling the key out) Wait, you mean this key?

*(Rasputin and his army's eyes widened)*

Komodo Joe: What the...?!

Komodo Moe: The key's here now?!

Rasputin: Where did you get that?!

Meowth: (While Pikachu nods in agreement) Oh, Pikachu and I found it in the Christmas Tree Forest....

Rasputin: (Snatching some bugs from the ground with his reliquary, giving an evil smirk) Then that beats searching for it!

Bartok: (Avoiding Rasputin's hand, avoiding getting grabbed again) All right, all right, don't get so grabby there!

*(Rasputin then reattached his right hand and put the reliquary to his cheek)*

Rasputin: My old friend, our conquest coming to life again.

*(He laughs evilly and triumphantly a bit, and then raised his reliquary into the air after squishing some bugs all over it to cast a spell onto it)*

Mephiles: (Agreeing) Indeed, Master.

*(Then he transformed into another form. He is now a ghostly male hedgehog with a black crystallized body, red eyes, green snake-like pupils, a deep, demonic voice, and no nose, mouth, and feet That is his true form)*

Rasputin: And now my dark purpose will be fulfilled, and with the rightful rulers of the Four Realms and their allies dead, we shall rule!

*(Then after he and his army lets out a brief evil laugh, a bolt of green lightning emanated from the reliquary, startling Pikachu, Meowth, Fat Tony's gang, and Popple and Michael's groups. Then Rasputin and his army began singing)*

Rasputin: **In the dark of the night**

**I was tossing and turning**

*(His army, except a nervous Popple's group and nonchalant look-giving Pikachu, Meowth, Fat Tony's gang, and Michael's group, smirked evilly in agreement as some more bugs appeared)*

Negaduck: **And the nightmare he had**

**Was as bad as can be**

*(Bushroot and Bartok were about to speak when Rasputin’s army and the bugs glared daggers at them, making them quiet. Then Rasputin broke into pieces like a skeleton)*

Rasputin: **It scared me out of my wits**

**A corpse falling to bits**

**Then I opened my eyes**

**And the nightmare was**

Rasputin and his army: **Me** (**Him**)

Bulba: Tell them!

*(After reassembling again, Rasputin placed his reliquary onto the table as Splatter Phoenix sang)*

Splatter Phoenix: **We were once**

**The most mystical guys in all of the Four Realms**

*(Rasputin's army and the bugs vocalized a bit)*

Antasma: **When the royals betrayed us**

**They made a mistake**

*(Rasputin's army and the bugs vocalized a bit again as Rasputin conjured an image of Dorothy’s group walking around the Four Realms Castle happily with their new friends. Mostly on Dorothy and her siblings)*

Cackletta: **Our conquest will make them pay**

Cortex: **But three little girls will get in the way**

Rasputin: **Children of Mary, beware**

**Rasputin and his army's awake**

*(After the image vanished, Rasputin's army and the bugs are the only ones who started singing as Fawful swung Bartok back and forth)*

Rasputin's army and bugs: **In the dark of the night**

**Evil will find them**

**In the dark of the night**

**Just before dawn**

Rasputin: **Revenge will be sweet**

Rasputin, his army, and bugs: **When the conquest is complete**

Rasputin's army and bugs: **In the dark of the night**

Rasputin: **They'll be dead**

*(While Fawful threw Bartok down onto the ground roughly, some female bugs vocalized a bit)*

Mephiles: **We can feel our powers**

**Are slowly returning**

*(Bartok tried to get up quickly, but a nearby big-jawed bug almost bites him into making him get up)*

Rasputin: **Tie my sash and a dash of cologne**

**For that smell**

*(Pinstripe then placed a dark red brown wig that resembles Dorothy's hair on Rasputin and Bartok quickly and nervously sprayed a bottle of cologne at him as he pretended to brush his “Hair.” After that’s done, Rasputin took the little statue figurines of Dorothy, Alice, Wendy, John, Michael, Rarity, and Cody)*

Rasputin: **As the pieces fall into place**

**We'll see her and her siblings crawl into place**

*(On “Place,” he crushed the figurines to pieces as he removed the wig from his head)*

Rasputin: ***Do Svidaniya*, you're graces**

Rasputin and his army: **Farewell**

*(They then march down the stairs to the lower level as they continue to sing, all except Pikachu, Meowth, Fat Tony's gang, and Popple and Michael's groups)*

Rasputin's army and bugs: **In the dark of the night**

**Terror will strike them**

Infinite: **Terror's the least we can do**

Rasputin's army and bugs: **In the dark of the night**

**Evil will brew**

*(Rasputin yanks some bugs up to him, as if to cradle them)*

Rasputin, his army, and bugs: **Soon they will feel**

Rasputin: **That their nightmares are real**

Rasputin's army and bugs: **In the dark of the night**

Rasputin, his army, and bugs: **They'll be through**

*(On “Through,” Rasputin throws the bugs he held onto the steps and walked on him like a rug, crushing them to death as the song continued)*

Rasputin's army and bugs: **In the dark of the night**

**Evil will find them**

Big-jawed bug: **Find them**

Rasputin's army and bugs: **In the dark of the night**

**Terror comes through**

*(Fawful, while still singing, noticed some bugs crawling on Rasputin's reliquary and just flicked them off in annoyance)*

Big-jawed bug: **Doom them**

*(At the lower level, Rasputin placed his reliquary in the center)*

Rasputin: **My dears, here's a sign**

Rasputin, his army, and bugs: **It's the end of the line**

Rasputin's army and bugs: **In the dark of the night**

**In the dark of the night**

*(Rasputin activated his reliquary and powered up his army while Pikachu, Meowth, Fat Tony's gang, and Popple and Michael's groups stepped back)*

Rasputin: **Come, my minions**

**Rise for your master**

Negaduck: **Let your evil shine**

Rasputin's army and bugs except Negaduck: **In the dark of the night**

Rasputin: **Prepare for battle now**

**Yes, fight ever faster**

*(The bugs then charged ahead into their tunnels as the power up finished, knocking Bartok aside)*

Rasputin's army and bugs: **In the dark of the night**

**In the dark of the night**

**In the dark of the night**

Rasputin and his army: They'll be dead

*(The song over, the villains teleported themselves, Pikachu, Meowth, Fat Tony's gang, and Popple and Michael's groups back to the forest in the Fourth Realm. Once all is calm, Rasputin turned to Pikachu, Meowth, Fat Tony's gang, and Popple and Michael's groups)*

Rasputin: Now, as you were.

Rasputin's army except Rasputin: Yeah.

Fat Tony's gang: (Casually) Of course.

Popple's group: (Casually) Back to the castle.

Michael's group: (Casually) Yep.

Meowth: (Casually) While Pikachu and I go back to Hardscrabble's group.

Meowth, Fat Tony's gang, Popple and Michael's groups, and Pikachu: (Casually) Bye. (Pikachu.)

*(Then after Rasputin and his army vanished back into their hideout, Pikachu, Meowth, Fat Tony's gang, and Popple and Michael's groups, once all alone, then gave calm determined looks and then ran off deep into the forest to do something. Back at the Four Realms Castle, it is night by now as Dorothy, Davis, and Laylamon's groups walked through the hallways, having finished showing Dorothy's group the rest of the castle)*

Wendy: We are definitely loving this world even more.

Rarity: Really enchanted in our taste.

Davis and Laylamon's groups: Thank you.

Tink: We're really glad you're enjoying yourselves.

Veemon: Considering that you still have plenty of time before you return home to your world.

Dorothy's group: Of course.

*(Then Dorothy changed the subject)*

Dorothy: Laylamon?

Laylamon: Yes?

Dorothy: You said earlier that you hope that me and my siblings and friends would finish the war.

Laylamon: Of course.

Alice: Yet what did you mean by that?

*(Glad to have heard Alice ask that, Laylamon gently took Dorothy's hand)*

Laylamon: Come, we'll show you.

*(Then just when they proceeded, Fat Tony's gang and Popple and Michael's groups arrived, panting a bit)*

Hercules: What's going on?

Fat Tony: (Panting a bit) Let us catch our breath first.

Louie: (Panting a bit) We did a lot of running just now.

Megavolt: (Panting a bit) For our lives.

*(Then once composed, Megavolt explained away in panicked tone)*

Megavolt: Bad news! Hardscrabble's group, the mouse-like Pokemon, and cat-like Pokemon are planning to invade the castle with Rasputin and his army tomorrow!

Fat Tony: (Smacking the back of Megavolt's head to calm him) Get a grip, Sparky.

Megavolt: (Rubbing the back of his head, calming down) Yeah, sorry. *(In annoyance)* And don't call me "Sparky!"

*(Then they resumed business)*

Megara: You're saying the invasion's happening tomorrow?

Popple's group: Yes!

Hercules: But where's Mephiles?

Legs: He stayed behind to distract the enemy and got captured.

*(After comprehending, Laylamon then turned to Dorothy's group)*

Laylamon: Then we definitely should show you even more.

Fat Tony's gang: As for us and Popple and Michael's groups, we're gonna go rest for a bit.

Popple and Michael's group: (Agreeing) We've been through a lot today.

Laylamon: (Nods) As you were.

*(Then with that, Fat Tony's gang and Popple and Michael's groups, including the rest of Popple's group that stayed behind originally, left. Then Davis and Laylamon's groups, leading Dorothy's group, walked down a spiral staircase to a huge chamber that resembles that of a ginormous workshop complete with a giant engine-looking device and a giant watermill run by the water in the castle's waterways)*

Laylamon: All these weeks, Queen Mary kept Hardscrabble's group in line, but now that she's gone and with Mephiles captured, we're completely defenseless.

Dorothy and her siblings: "Defenseless?"

Mane Eight's group: What do you mean?

Laylamon: You see, we were once lifeless toys.

Megara: In other words, mere playthings for kids.

Cody: You were obviously once toys?

John: Then how are you alive suddenly?

Laylamon: Well, when your mother arrived, everything changed for us when the Four Realms were founded.

Arthur/Wart: She gave us life.

John: Again, how?

*(Laylamon gently released Dorothy's hand and gestures to the engine-like device)*

Laylamon: With this.

Hercules: This is called the Engine.

(Dorothy's group looked at the Engine in amazement)

Dorothy: Me and my siblings' mother invented this when she founded the Four Realms?

Davis and Laylamon's group: Yes.

Tink: The Engine made us real.

Laylamon: And because of it, we now have feelings, just like you humans have. Happiness....

Davis: Sadness....

Megara: Anger....

Peter: Even fear.

Hercules: And most importantly, love, just like you humans like Laylamon said.

Veemon: And about fear, there's plenty of that going around.

Hercules: You make a good point, Veemon.

Laylamon: And as Fat Tony's gang and Popple and Michael's groups just warned us, Hardscrabble's group is now on the warpath, gathering all their forces. But luckily, the Engine is the only way that we can build an army to defend ourselves.

Megara: (Giving the tiny gesture with her fingers) But there's *one* eensy-teensy problem.

Laylamon: The Engine isn't working now. And if we can't get it to work again, then all is lost.

*(As Laylamon said it, she walked up to a nearby stand where the controls to the Engine rested. Dorothy, Alice, and Wendy had an idea)*

Wendy: Perhaps my sisters and I can fix it.

*(Toto, Dinah, Nana, and Cookie happily barked, meowed, and squeaked a bit in agreement)*

Michael: (Proudly pointing at Dorothy, Alice, and Wendy) They are, after all, the tinkers.

Tink: (Shrugs casually) Besides me. I can also help.

Laylamon: Oh, no, it's not broken.

John: (Confused) But you just said....

Laylamon: (Cutting him off politely) We're just simply missing the key.

*(Hearing Laylamon say that, Dorothy's group got curious while they, Megara, and Hercules walked up to the controls next to Laylamon)*

Dorothy's group: "Key?"

Laylamon: Yes, the key.

Tink: (Realizing in agreement) Oh, yeah, that's right. I forgot.

Laylamon: (Points at the pile of broken rusty keys nearby) And yet we searched high and low and every nook and cranny around the kingdom, but nothing yet.

Twilight Sparkle: (Ponders a bit, then to Dorothy) Hmm, Dorothy, it appears that your mother must've taken the key with her when she left this world.

Megara: And apparently, she never returned with it.

*(Dorothy, Alice, and Wendy studied the control's keyhole cover and after sliding it open, they noticed a familiar-looking keyhole shape)*

Dorothy, Alice, and Wendy: A pin tumbler keyhole.

(Hearing them say that, Dorothy's group got confused)

Dorothy's group except Dorothy, Alice, and Wendy: (Confused) What?

*(Dorothy pulled out her egg-shaped box from her gown pocket and compared the pin tumbler keyhole to the Engine's control's pin tumbler keyhole. Seeing this, everyone else, along with even Dorothy, Alice, and Wendy, got amazed and calmly happy altogether)*

Alice: Well, what do you know?

Wendy: Ironically, this egg-shaped box was a Christmas present our mother left us.

Dorothy: And the keyholes match.

Fluttershy: Then that means the same key can work on both of them.

Laylamon: But this same key you mention, where is it?

*(Remembering, Dorothy's group answered)*

Dorothy: The mouse-like Pokemon and cat-like Pokemon led by Pikachu and Meowth took it in the Christmas Tree Forest.

Alice: That was what we were looking for when we first arrived here.

*(Laylamon got calmly shocked)*

Laylamon: Is this true?

Arthur/Wart: It's true.

Megara: (Agreeing) Then that means that Hardscrabble's group has it.

Laylamon: (To herself) That can't be good. *(To Dorothy's group)* Then we can't make *our* army and we'll be annihilated.

Wendy: (Getting calmly determined with Dorothy's group) Unless we can bring the key back while we go rescue Mephiles.

Davis' group, Megara, and Hercules: (Calmly surprised) Get it back and rescue Mephiles?

Dorothy: (Agreeing) My siblings, friends, and I can go to the Fourth Realm and get them.

Hercules: But it could be dangerous.

Dorothy: We came here to find mine, Alice, and Wendy's key.

Davis: But what if something bad were to happen to you?

*(Dorothy's group walked down from the stand and approached Davis' group reassuringly)*

Dorothy: Then this must be why me and my siblings' mother sent us here.

Alice and Wendy: She's right.

Rarity: And besides, we can't let Hardscrabble's group destroy everything she created.

Cody and Mane Eight's group: Along with you guys.

Arthur/Wart: We understand, but we were lucky to escape with our lives the last time.

Davis: Hardscrabble's group's more dangerous than you know.

Peter: Or so we were told.

Wendy: It doesn't matter how dangerous she and her group are.

Dorothy: We must get that key and rescue Mephiles.

Alice: And that is definitely an order.

Laylamon: They're right.

*(They turned to Laylamon)*

Laylamon: Even if that mission will be dangerous, rest assured that Dorothy and her siblings, mostly Dorothy, Alice, and Wendy, are really clever to get out of messes like that.

Dorothy: See? Even Laylamon agrees.

*(After contemplating a bit, Davis' group, Megara, and Hercules finally gave in)*

Megara: If that key means everything to you like it does us.... Then okay.

Hercules: We're in as well.

Davis' group: Yeah.

Dorothy's group: Thank you.

Laylamon: Then it's settled. Tomorrow morning, you're going to the Fourth Realm for the search and rescue mission.

*(Then with that, they all left the Engine Chamber to go to bed. Later in the castle's royal master bedroom, Dorothy's group is asleep in their beds, all dressed in pajamas. Dorothy is now wearing a blue sleeveless nightgown with her hair down and blue sleep slippers. Alice is now wearing a royal blue long-sleeved nightgown, black sleep slippers, and no hairband. Underneath the nightgown, she wears white undergarment pants and a white sleeveless undergarment shirt. Wendy is now wearing a sky blue short-sleeved nightgown with poofy sleeves and blue sleep slippers, along with her blue hair ribbon. John is now wearing a white long-sleeved nightshirt and red sleep slippers, along with his glasses. Michael is now wearing pink long-sleeved footy pajamas, and still carrying his teddy bear. Rarity is now wearing a white and purple short-sleeved nightgown with poofy sleeves and white and cyan sleep slippers. Twilight Sparkle is now wearing a purple, blue, and pink short-sleeved nightgown with poofy sleeves and dark purple sleep slippers. Rainbow Dash is now wearing a rainbow short-sleeved nightgown with poofy sleeves and pink sleep slippers. Applejack is now wearing a white and butter yellow short-sleeved nightgown with poofy sleeves and blue sleep slippers. Fluttershy is now wearing a white, pink, and green short-sleeved nightgown with poofy sleeves and green sleep slippers. Pinkie Pie is now wearing a pink and blue short-sleeved nightgown with poofy sleeves and yellow sleep slippers. Sunset Shimmer is now wearing a red, orange, yellow, and magenta short-sleeved nightgown with poofy sleeves and red sleep slippers. Tempest Shadow is now wearing a black, white, and blue short-sleeved nightgown with poofy sleeves and white sleep slippers. Thunderlane is now wearing a black short-sleeved pajama shirt with yellow neck and sleeve rims, black long pajama pants with yellow ankle rims, and red sleep slippers. Comet Tail is now wearing a green short-sleeved pajama shirt with gray neck and sleeve rims, green long pajama pants with gray ankle rims, and blue sleep slippers. Soarin is now wearing a blue short-sleeved pajama shirt with white neck and sleeve rims, blue long pajama pants with white ankle rims, and dark blue sleep slippers. Caramel is now wearing a yellow and tan checked short-sleeved pajama shirt, yellow and tan checked long pajama pants, and light blue sleep slippers. Braeburn is now wearing a brown short-sleeved pajama shirt, brown long pajama pants, and blue sleep slippers. Pokey Pierce is now wearing a medium blue short-sleeved pajama shirt, medium blue long pajama pants, and red sleep slippers. Flash Sentry is now wearing a black, white, and yellow striped short-sleeved pajama shirt, black, white, and yellow striped long pajamas pants, and royal blue sleep slippers. Party Favor is now wearing a purple short-sleeved pajama shirt with baby blue neck and sleeve rims, purple long pajama pants with baby blue ankle rims, and white sleep slippers. And Cody is now wearing a red short-sleeved pajama shirt, red long pajama pants, and brown sleep slippers. Outside nearby, Noctowl flew around silently, checking on them. In the room, while they slept, Dorothy, Alice, and Wendy soon had a memory from two weeks ago when their mother, Mary, was alive, setting up their unfinished Christmas tree. Mary herself is a woman with short light brown hair in an updo, blue eyes, pink lips, and wearing a pink sleeveless dress with a pale pink frilly neck rim, a pale pink sash around her waist, and pale pink frills at the end off her dress, a light blue stone necklace on a black string, and pink shoes. Dorothy then found a nutcracker ornament and showed it to Mary proudly along with Alice and Wendy)*

Mary: (Impressed) You found him.

Dorothy: Well, he's your favorite, isn't he?

Mary: (Nods, accepting the nutcracker ornament from Dorothy) Well, we can't have a Christmas without the nutcracker.

Alice: Mother, where did you get this nutcracker ornament?

Mary: Well, I found him at Mr. Wizard's.

*(Dorothy, Alice, and Wendy walked over to the Christmas tree to put some ornaments on as Mary continued)*

Mary: In fact, this nutcracker reminds me of a land I discovered when I was a little girl.

*(Dorothy, Alice, and Wendy turned to her in curiosity as Mary continued)*

Mary: It was full of sweets, snowflakes, flowers, and the funniest people and animals.

*(Interested, Dorothy, Alice, and Wendy spoke up)*

Wendy: That sounds wonderful.

Mary: (Nods with a soft smile) It was. Maybe you three will go there too one day.

Alice: Or maybe you can take us there.

Dorothy: And once there, we can have fun together.

*(Hearing them say that, Mary slowly and calmly became sad and then sat down on a nearby chair, gently feeling her stomach. Noticing that, Dorothy, Alice, and Wendy got confused and calmly concerned)*

Dorothy: Are you alright, Mother?

*(The three walked over to her and sat beside her)*

Alice: Do you need any medicine for your stomach?

Mary: (Reassuringly with a sad smile) No, I'm fine. I'd really love to take you, dears. But there are some journeys you have to go alone.

Wendy: "Alone?"

Mary: Girls, I know you sometimes wish you were more like Rarity. But I love you because you three are so different. And you see the world in a unique way. When you realize that's your greatest strength, you can change the world, my girls. And I'll be watching you and your sister and brothers.

Dorothy, Alice, and Wendy: (Smiling softly) Even our friends?

Mary: (Nods) Especially your friends.

*(They smiled calmly. Then Mary changed the subject, handing the nutcracker ornament to Dorothy)*

Mary: Now, where are you going to put him?

Dorothy: (Getting up cheerfully with Alice and Wendy) Easy.

*(The three girls walked over to the Christmas tree and Dorothy placed the nutcracker ornament on the front of the Christmas tree on a top empty branch. Mary smiled softly)*

Dorothy, Alice, and Wendy: What do you think?

Mary: (Nods in approval) It's perfect.

*(Back in the present as the memory ended, Dorothy, Alice, and Wendy each shed a single tear in their sleep. Then, a brief soft tapping was heard outside their window, waking them and Dorothy's group up slowly)*

Applejack: (Sleepily) What is that?

*(They looked at the window, and saw it was Noctowl. They get up and walked up to the rooftop of their room via the secret staircase. In the room standing guard, Popple's group, who is still awake and still dressed since they're on patrol, noticed Dorothy's group awake and going upstairs and got confused. Up on the rooftop, Dorothy's group looked around a beautiful view of the Four Realms at nighttime as Noctowl met up with them)*

Dorothy: (Smiling sadly and calmly) Oh, Mother, it's so beautiful here.

*(Then they looked at the view of the Fourth Realm as Dorothy picked Toto up, Alice picked Dinah up, and Wendy lets Cookie stand on her left shoulder, slowly becoming calmly sad, much to Dorothy's group notice)*

Dorothy: Yet I don't know if we can get the key back.

Alice: And if we fail, this whole world you discovered and created....

*(They couldn't bear to finish that grave saying, as they grew calmly sad even more)*

Wendy: I wish you were here.

Dorothy: So you can tell us that we're doing the right thing like you used to before.

*(Then while Popple's group, having overheard it all in confusion, arrived silently, they, Dorothy's group, and Noctowl noticed a shooting star shoot by in the night sky, resulting Dorothy, Alice, and Wendy to nod, feeling somewhat reassured. Then Noctowl gave a soft hoot to Dorothy's group and then flew away as Dorothy and Popple's groups watched him fly away)*

Dorothy's group: Thank you.

Popple's group: (Speaking up in confusion) For what?

*(Hearing them, Dorothy's group turned to them and saw them approach in confusion)*

Bushroot: What do you mean "Thank you" and that you wished Queen Mary was here?

*(Noticing their confused reaction, Dorothy's group got confused in return)*

Fluttershy: You didn't know yet?

Ace: Know yet on what?

Adagio: What's going on?

*(Realizing that Popple's group didn't know of Mary's death yet, Dorothy's group knew they have to tell them. Then Dorothy confessed)*

Dorothy: Me and my siblings' mother died two weeks ago by cancer back in our world.

*(Hearing her say that, Popple's group reacted calmly in shock at these news, as if it were some hammers hitting them in their own chests)*

Popple's group: (Calmly shocked) She didn't.

Dorothy's group: (Nods grimly) She did.

Rarity: We're going through this situation, yet....

*(She and the rest of Dorothy's group looked at Dorothy, Alice, and Wendy in calm sympathy, and Dorothy, Alice, and Wendy just silently and calmly hung their heads in sadness)*

Alice: We just don't know if she's here or not in death.

Dorothy: That's the hard part.

*(Then while Popple's group got calmly sympathetic, slowly melting their sadness away to reassuring looks, Popple, Snake, Megavolt, Quackerjack, and Bushroot, on the other hand, remained calmly sad, as if about to calmly cry as they sadly panted softly)*

Popple: (In calm sadness) Oh, no.... We had no idea....

*(Noticing Popple, Snake, Megavolt, Quackerjack, and Bushroot's calm sadness, everyone else watched silently)*

Popple: (Tearing up slowly with Snake, Megavolt, Quackerjack, and Bushroot, voice starting to break) How could you or anybody else have not told us that earlier?

Snake: (Voice breaking) She wasssss like our sssisssster.

Megavolt: (Voice breaking) Let alone our mother figure.

Quackerjack: (Sobs, crying calmly) Besides our queen.

Bushroot: (Crying calmly) Now it's no wonder you were just saying those things, especially when you plan of going to the Fourth Realm tomorrow.

*(The five broke down crying calmly as they pulled their own handkerchiefs out, a pale purple one for Popple, a light blue one for Snake, a light green one for Megavolt, a mint green one for Quackerjack, and a green leaf handkerchief for Bushroot. Seeing this, Dorothy's group and the rest of Popple's group tried to reassure them)*

Ace: (Soothingly) Hey, hey, just because she kicked the bucket doesn't mean she's gone.

Fluttershy: (Soothingly) You just got to learn to move on.

Dorothy, Alice, and Wendy: (Soothingly with a shrug) No matter how hard it is.

Dorothy and Popple's groups except Dorothy, Alice, Wendy, Fluttershy, Popple, Ace, Snake, Megavolt, Quackerjack, and Bushroot: (Soothingly) Yeah.

*(Popple, Snake, Megavolt, Quackerjack, and Bushroot stopped crying calmly for a brief moment upon hearing them say that, and then they cried some more and blew their noses in their own handkerchiefs. Seeing the five still upset while Dorothy and Popple's groups felt calmly sad and guilty for making them cry even more, the female Mobians and Mane Eight got calmly determined and spoke up reassuringly again)*

Mane Eight and female Mobians: (Softly, getting Popple, Snake, Megavolt, Quackerjack, and Bushroot's attention) Hey.

*(Hearing them, Popple, Snake, Megavolt, Quackerjack, and Bushroot calmly eased their crying down to listen. Even the rest of Dorothy and Popple's groups stayed quiet to listen. Then the Mane Eight and female Mobians started singing)*

Twilight Sparkle: **Do you ever lie**

**Awake at night?**

Rainbow Dash: **Just between the dark**

Applejack: **And the morning light**

Fluttershy: **Searching for the things**

**You used to know**

Rarity: **Looking for the place**

**Where the lost things go**

Tempest Shadow/Fizzlepop Berrytwist: **Do you ever dream**

Pinkie Pie: **Or reminisce?**

Sunset Shimmer: **Wondering where to find**

**What you truly miss**

Amy: **Well, maybe all those things**

**That you love so**

Cream: **Are waiting in the place**

**Where the lost things go**

Cosmo: **Memories you've shared**

Tikal: **Gone for good you feared**

Rouge: **They're all around you still**

**Though they've....**

*(She struggled to think up a right word, but then....)*

Blaze: (Finishes for Rouge, which she lets her gladly) **Disappeared**

Rouge: **Nothing's really left**

Kayla: **Or lost without a trace**

Cream: **Nothing's gone forever**

**Only out....**

Rarity: (Finishes for Cream, which she lets her gladly) **Of place**

Tempest Shadow/Fizzlepop Berrytwist: (Pulling out a china dish and spoon) **So maybe now the dish**

**And my best spoon**

*(She then performed a magic trick to make them vanish into thin air)*

Tempest Shadow/Fizzlepop Berrytwist: **Are playing hide and seek**

**Just behind the moon**

Rainbow Dash: **Waiting there until**

**It's time to show**

*(On "Show," Tempest Shadow/Fizzlepop Berrytwist then gently pulled the dish and spoon out from behind Dorothy's head, exposing them again)*

Fluttershy: **Spring is like that at times**

**Before and after the snow**

Female Mobians: **Hiding in the place**

**Where the lost things go**

*(Silence, then Dorothy, Alice, and Wendy became calmly touched and sleepy at the same time. Even Popple, the Gangreen Gang, Dazzlings, and Fearsome Four smiled calmly and silently, shedding a couple of tears, apparently touched by this)*

Twilight Sparkle: (While Popple, Snake, the Gangreen Gang, Dazzlings, and Fearsome Four compose themselves, wiping their tears away) **Time to close our eyes**

**So sleep can come around**

Amy, Cosmo, and Tikal: **For when you dream you'll find**

**All that's lost is found**

Mane Eight: **Maybe on the moon**

**Or maybe somewhere new**

Blaze, Cream, and Kayla: **Maybe all you're missing lives inside of you**

Mane Eight and female Mobians: **So when you need her touch**

**And loving gaze**

**Gone, but not forgotten**

**Is the perfect phrase**

**Smiling from a star**

**That she makes glow**

**Trust she's always there**

**Watching as you grow**

**Find her in the place**

**Where the lost things go**

*(The song over, Dorothy and Popple's groups felt at ease silently. Then after Popple, Snake, Megavolt, Quackerjack, and Bushroot puts their handkerchiefs and leaf handkerchief away, all better with the Dazzlings, Ace, Arturo, Billy, and Grubber by now, they returned to the bedroom from the rooftop down the stairs and climbed into their beds while Popple's group head out to prepare to go to bed as well)*

Alice: Thank you, girls.

Popple, Snake, Gangreen Gang, Dazzlings, and Fearsome Four: Yeah, (Yesssss,) thanks. (thanksssss.)

Wendy: I know she would want us to accomplish our mission tomorrow.

Mane Eight and female Mobians: (Nods with a soft smile) Exactly.

Dorothy: Well, good night, everyone. We got a big day ahead of us.

Dorothy and Popple's groups: (Nods) Right. Good night.

*(Then with that, they went to sleep peacefully, to be prepared for their upcoming mission for the Fourth Realm for the stolen key tomorrow)*

***Coming up: Upon their return to the Fourth Realm the next morning, Dorothy and Davis' groups and their allies have a brief encounter with Rasputin and his army, and then upon losing them, they then end up having Dorothy's group get temporally snatched away by the mouse-like Pokemon and cat-like Pokemon to Hardscrabble's group, where Dorothy's group, along with Davis' group and their allies who rescue them, learn more about Fat Tony's gang and Michael and Popple's groups' involvement with Hardscrabble's group while they get Dorothy, Alice, and Wendy's key back from them, and upon escaping, Dorothy's group would soon learn what Dorothy's group's egg-shaped box really is.***