Mine, Mine, Mine/Knuckles and Tikal Meet

*(Back at the river's seaside shore, the settlers are all in line like soldiers in front of the docked Susan Constant as Dick stuck a stick into the ground, with the flag of England tied onto the top, making his announcement)*

Dick: I hereby claim this land and all its riches in the name of His Majesty, King George Darling, and do so name this settlement, after the original King James I, Jamestown.

*(The settlers cheered a bit. Up in Dick's cabin, seeing this from above, Muttley is congratulating this from the window)*

Muttley: Bravo! Bravo! Beautifully spoken, Dick!

*(Then he went inside and spoke to Meowth, who is bathing himself in a bathtub full of soapy water and sitting next to him is a bowl of cherries. The Dazzlings, meanwhile, have just started to head out)*

Muttley: Hurry now, Meowth. We must be all squeaky clean for the New World.

Meowth: (Scrubbing his feet with a sponge) I know.

Adagio: Come on, girls. The New World awaits.

Dazzlings: Okay.

*(Then Muttley and the Dazzlings left. Meowth, meanwhile, is finishing up scrubbing himself, and after rinsing himself off, he then picked a cherry up from the bowl and eats it)*

Meowth: Mmm! Cherries are as good as ever.

*(Outside on a nearby tree branch, unseen by everyone outside and even Meowth, Pikachu is walking along towards the window, curious to see what is in the window. Suddenly, the branch Pikachu stood on broke due to him leaning it too close to the window to peek inside, causing Pikachu to fall right into the tub, splashing Meowth and covering him with soap bubbles)*

Meowth: (Coughs a bit) What the..?!

*(He got confused)*

Meowth: What just...?

*(Suddenly, a bubble floated up in front of him, revealing a distorted image of Pikachu emerging from the tub's soapy water. Meowth gasped)*

Meowth: (Gasps) A monster!

*(Then Pikachu poked the bubble, popping it, making Meowth finally see Pikachu right in front of him. Meowth's fearful expression immediately turned into confusion and surprise)*

Pikachu: (Curiously) Pikachu?

Meowth: (Confused and surprised) Uh, what are you, exactly? Some strange rodent?

Pikachu: (Indignantly) Pikachu!

Meowth: Pikachu?

Pikachu: (Nods) Pika.

*(Meowth then got angry with indignity as he wiped the soap bubbles off himself)*

Meowth: (Indignantly) Then don't you realize it's rude to drop in on someone when they're taking a bath?

Pikachu: (Apologetically) Pika, pikachu.

Meowth: (Knowing what Pikachu's saying) Yeah, you better be sorry!

*(Pikachu suddenly noticed the bowl of cherries)*

Pikachu: (Happily in curiosity) Pika!

*(Noticing that Pikachu's looking at his cherries, Meowth got defensive)*

Meowth: Don't you dare! They're *my* cherries!

Pikachu: (Confused) Pika?

Meowth: (Flatly) Don't you know what cherries are?

*(A short pause, then Pikachu poured all the cherries into his mouth, his cheeks all stuffed out like a chipmunk, much to Meowth's shock. Then Meowth slowly got angry, reaching a boiling point)*

Meowth: Why you...!

*(He lunged at Pikachu, but Pikachu jumped out of the tub and out onto another nearby tree branch, with the cherries still in his mouth. Meowth then lunged out the window after him, but he missed and instead landed right into a nearby mud puddle. Seeing this, Pikachu chewed and swallowed the cherries and laughed at Meowth's misfortune. Hearing him and then seeing him doing that, Meowth, all covered in mud, shouted at him angrily as Pikachu finished his laughter)*

Meowth: I'll get you for this! If we ever meet again, I will teach you a lesson!

*(But Pikachu shrugged and left. Meowth then noticed his own muddied body)*

Meowth: (Sadly) Oh, great. Now I gotta bathe myself again.

*(Then he went back to Dick's cabin to re-bathe himself again. Elsewhere near the shore, the Dazzlings are exploring the forest's edge with amazement)*

Aria: Wow, this is one huge forest.

Starlight: Way bigger than the forests back in London.

*(Trixie then noticed a pinecone laying nearby and picked it up)*

Trixie: This is the very strangest object I've ever seen.

*(Suddenly, after Trixie puts the pinecone down, she and the Dazzlings resumed their exploration when suddenly, upon reaching a nearby bush, their necklaces got caught by some thick branches and got yanked off onto the ground)*

Dazzlings: (Gasps) Our necklaces!

*(They looked around for the necklaces in desperation)*

Sonata: Of all the new places we've seen, we had to lose our necklaces!

Adagio: I know!

*(Nearby, the Gangreen Gang were seeing this, and they felt sorry for the Dazzlings. After they nod at each other, they approached the Dazzlings, hoping to help them. Then on cue, the Dazzlings spot their necklaces laying on the ground)*

Dazzlings: There they are.

*(They reached their hooved front feet towards their own necklaces when, upon touching them, five new pairs of paws reached out to each of them, touching them as well. They looked up and saw that it's five new animals they've never seen before. Both groups gasped in surprise at first while backing away from the necklaces)*

Ace: Sorry. Didn't mean to startle you.

Gangreen Gang: Yeah, sorry.

*(Sensing the sincerity in their apology, the Dazzlings relaxed and accepted it)*

Dazzlings: It's alright.

*(Then the Dazzlings picked up their necklaces and then noticed their strands that connect them are ripped, making them sad)*

Adagio: (Sadly) Oh, great.

Trixie: (Sadly) They're ripped.

*(The Gangreen Gang, being confident, went up to the Dazzlings)*

Ace: If you like, we can fix them.

Billy: We're really good at making jewelry.

Snake: Esssspecially necklacccessss.

*(The Dazzlings got hopeful)*

Dazzlings: Really?

Gangreen Gang: Yep.

Arturo: We'll have them fixed in a jiffy.

*(Grubber blew a "That's right" raspberry. The Dazzlings then got confused by that)*

Trixie: Can't he talk?

Ace: Actually, he can't. He has what's called a disability.

Dazzlings: (Understanding) Ah.

*(Then the Dazzlings give the Gangreen Gang their necklaces and the Gangreen Gang proceeded to work on fixing the strands perfectly with a sewing kit Grubber has. As soon as they finished, the Gangreen Gang returned the fixed necklaces to the Dazzlings)*

Snake: There you aresssss.

Ace: Good as new.

*(Happy and grateful, the Dazzlings accepted their necklaces again and puts them back on)*

Dazzlings: Thank you.

Gangreen Gang: You're welcome.

Adagio: Do you gentlemen have names?

Ace: The name's Ace D. Copular, but call me Ace.

Snake: Mine'sss Sssssanford D. Ingleberry, but my friendsss call me Ssssnake, gotssss it?

Arturo: My name's Li'l Arturo de la Guerra, but call me Arturo, and don't ever mess with me, okay? Okay.

Billy: I'm Big William W. Williams, but you can refer to me as either Big Billy or just Billy.

*(Grubber blew some raspberries)*

Ace: He said "And I'm Grubber J. Gribberish, but call me Grubber."

Gangreen Gang: And we're the Gangreen Gang.

Ace: Now, what're your names?

Adagio: My name is Adagio Dazzle.

Aria: Mine's Aria Blaze.

Starlight: I'm Starlight Glimmer.

Sonata: Sonata Dusk.

Trixie: And I'm the famous female English magician, the Grrrreat Trixie! But you can just call me Trixie.

Dazzlings: And we're the Dazzlings.

Gangreen Gang and Dazzlings: Pleased to meet you.

*(They shake paws and/or hooves. Suddenly, they heard Dick calling out to the Dazzlings from afar)*

Dick: (Voice-over) Dazzlings! Are you done exploring already?

Dazzlings: (Calling to Dick) Yes, we're done! *(To the Gangreen Gang)* Anyway....

Gangreen Gang: (Nods) We understand.

Ace: When do you think we can meet again?

Adagio: Not sure yet. But rest assured, I'm certain we'll meet again.

*(Then with that, the Dazzlings returned to the settler's area while the Gangreen Gang retreated back into the forest. Back at the shore area, the Dazzlings met up with Dick and then they met up with Knuckles, who is on lookout on a nearby boulder)*

Dick: Captain Knuckles! It appears I’ve selected the perfect location, eh? Not a savage in sight.

Knuckles: Just because we don’t see them doesn’t mean they’re not out there, Sir.

Dick: Well then, perhaps you should venture forth and determine their whereabouts, hmm?

Knuckles: If there are any Indians out there, I’ll find them.

*(Then Adagio speaks up)*

Adagio: I highly doubt there are any here right now.

Dick: (To Adagio, nonchalant) Excellent idea. *(To Knuckles, shrugs)* You can take the Dazzlings with.

Dazzlings: (Shocked) What?!

Knuckles: (To Dick) Are you sure you want to send these girls with me?

Dick: I'm quite sure. I'm certain the Dazzlings can have the adventure they deserve dearly.

*(After looking at each other, Knuckles and the Dazzlings gave in)*

Knuckles and Dazzlings: Yes, Sir.

*(Then with that, Knuckles, putting his helmet on and taking his gun with, and the Dazzlings left. Then Dick went up to the settlers for a meeting, and also there are Muttley and Meowth, the latter all cleaned up from the mud)*

Dick: (Arriving to the settlers) Now, gentlemen, to work. *(To the first group of settlers)* You men, get the ship unloaded.

Settler 1: Right, Sir.

Dick: (To the second group of settlers) You men build the fort. *(To the third group of settlers, among them Tombo and the Badniks)* The rest of you… Break out the shovels! It’s time to start digging.

Scratch, Grounder, and Coconuts: Digging? Right now?

Dick: Why, of course! Let’s not forget what the Spanish found when they came to the New World. Gold, mountains of it.

*(He shows the map of the New World to the settlers)*

Dick: Why, for years they’ve been ravaging the New World of its most precious resources but now….

*(He stabs a sword into a spot where Jamestown's at)*

Dick: It’s our turn.

*(Then he begins singing as he shows a bunch of jewels on the sword's handle to the settlers)*

Dick: **The gold of Cortés**

**The jewels of Pizarro**

**Will seem like mere trinkets**

**By this time tomorrow**

*(He then removed the sword off the map)*

Dick: **The gold we find here**

**Will dwarf them by far**

*(He then swung the sword through the air, making everyone duck from the blade in time, which he lets them)*

Dick: **Oh, with all ya got in ya, boys**

**Dig up Virginia, boys**

*(Then he pulled out a lot of pickaxes and shovels and threw them to the settlers who caught them)*

Dick: **Mine, boys, mine, every mountain**

**And dig, boys, dig ‘til ya drop**

**Grab a pick, boys**

**Quick, boys**

*(Then he encouraged the settlers to start after he helped Tombo dig some dirt up, flinging it into the air to make it look like he's digging up some gold)*

Dick: **Shove in a shovel**

**Uncover those lovely**

**Pebbles that sparkle and shine**

**It’s gold**

**And it’s mine, mine, mine**

*(As the settlers got ready to start, Dick then pulled his pistol out and fired into the air, cueing the settlers to begin their digging)*

Settlers: **Dig and dig and dig and diggety-dig**

**Dig and dig and dig and diggety-dig**

*(Muttley then pushed a wheelbarrow full of dirt to Dick, who eagerly looked at some dirt specks, believing they will find gold)*

Muttley: **Hey, nonny nonny**

**Hi, nonny nonny**

Dick: Ooh, how I love it!

*(The digging site grew more bigger)*

Muttley: **Hey, nonny nonny**

**Hi, nonny nonny**

Dick: **Riches for cheap**

Muttley: **Hey, nonny nonny**

**Hi, nonny nonny**

Dick: **There’ll be heaps of it**

**And I’ll be on top of the heap**

*(Then he imagined himself back in London's Buckingham Palace, wearing a glittering gold-colored attire and impressing the people of London)*

Settlers: (Voice-over) **Diggety-diggety-dig**

Dick: **My rivals back home**

**It’s not that I’m bitter**

**But think how they’ll squirm**

**When they see how I glitter**

*(Then some women kissed Dick's hand politely as they got swooned at him and he walked towards the throne where King George Darling is sitting at)*

Dick: **The ladies in court**

**Will be all a-twitter**

*(Then Dick kneeled down, as if letting George knight him)*

Dick: **The king will reward me**

**He’ll knight me**

*(Then Dick forced George off the throne and made himself king instead, to which George bowed down to him)*

Dick: **No, lord me**

*(Back in reality, the digging continued on)*

Dick: **It’s mine, mine, mine**

**For the taking**

**It’s mine, boys**

**Mine me that gold**

*(He even helped Coconuts prospecting some dirt in a water stream for gold)*

Dick: **With those nuggets**

**Dug, it’s**

*(One settler accidentally flipped his shovel underneath Meowth's pillow, sending him flying into the air until Dick caught him, who then, with Muttley's help, built a handmade shrine of George for Dick)*

Dick: **Glory they’ll give me**

**My dear friend King Georgie**

**Will probably build me a shrine**

*(Then Dick popped his head through a painting over the image of George where George's head is)*

Dick, Muttley, and Meowth: **When all of the gold**

Dick: **Is mine**

*(He then removed his head from the ripped painting as the digging continued)*

Settlers: **Dig and dig and dig and diggety-dig**

**Dig and dig and dig and diggety-dig**

*(Out in the deepest parts of the forest, Knuckles and the Dazzlings are exploring in amazement as Tikal, Zazu, and Pikachu's group secretly followed and watched them silently)*

Knuckles: **All of my life**

**I have searched for land like this one**

**A wilder more challenging country**

**I couldn’t design**

**Hundreds of dangers await**

**And I don’t plan to miss one**

**In a land I can claim**

**A land I can tame**

**The greatest adventure is mine**

*(Back at the settlers' base, the digging continued on until they reached the edge of the forest)*

Dick: **Keep on working, lads**

Knuckles: (Voice-over) **Mine**

Dick: **Don’t be shirking, lads**

Dick and settlers: **Mine, boys, mine (Mine, mine)**

**Mine me that gold (Mine, mine)**

Settlers: **Diggety-diggety-dig**

Dick: **Those beautiful gold**

Settlers: **Dig, dig, for that gold**

Dick and settlers: **Make this island**

**My land**

Dick: **Make the mounds big, boys**

**I’d help you to dig, boys**

**But I’ve got this crick in me spine**

*(Then we cut between the settlers' base and Knuckle and the Dazzlings exploring the forest)*

Knuckles: **This land we behold**

Dick: **This beauty untold**

Knuckles: **A man can be bold**

Dick: **It all can be sold**

*(Back at the settlers' base, Dick and the settlers then proceeded to continue the digging in the forest by clearcutting some trees by either blowing them up with explosives and/or shooting some cannons at them, even with Dick planting the England flag in the dirt mound to claim this land as his)*

Dick and settlers: **So go for the gold**

**(The gold)**

**We know which is here**

**(Is)**

**All the riches here**

**(Mine)**

**From this minute**

**(Mine)**

**This land and what’s in it is**

**Mine**

**Diggety-diggety-dig**

**Hey, nonny nonny**

**It’s mine**

*(The song over, the digging continued. Out in the forest at a waterfall, Knuckles and the Dazzlings decided to rest for a while, with Knuckles putting his gun down and taking his helmet off)*

Aria: Such a beautiful waterfall.

Starlight: You said it.

*(Knuckles then called them, Adagio, Sonata, and Trixie over)*

Knuckles: Wanna wash up?

Dazzlings: (Nods) Yeah.

*(Then Knuckles and the Dazzlings proceeded to splash some water into their faces. Suddenly, just when Knuckles was gonna splash some water he scooped up into his face again, he stopped upon noticing a shadowy silhouette's reflection appear in the scooped water. The Dazzlings noticed his reaction)*

Adagio: What is..?

*(Knuckles shushed her and then splashed the scooped water into his face. After that, he looked up to where the reflection came from, but he saw nothing there. Suspicious, Knuckles narrowed his gaze at the Dazzlings as he picked his gun up and puts his helmet on)*

Knuckles: (Whispering to the Dazzlings) Go hide.

*(Realizing why he said that, the Dazzlings nod and then hid themselves behind a nearby boulder near the waterfall. Then Knuckles walked away into the water where the waterfall is and, going behind an opening in the waterfall, went inside a cavern. Up above the spot where Knuckles spotted the silhouette, it's revealed to be Tikal, watching this. Then she slowly crept down towards the waterfall's watery bottom like a spider. Then, like a spider, crawled cautiously towards some bushes leading towards the water's edge. After peeking through the bushes, she noticed Zazu and Pikachu's group peeking as well, and silently ushered them to stay put. Then she proceeded to approach cautiously towards the water's edge where some rocks are. Then she jumped onto a rock, and awaited to see if the strange male echidna might come out. In the cavern behind the waterfall, Knuckles, watching the shadowy figure, prepared his gun after loading it, and with one jump, he leapt out of the cavern past the waterfall onto another rock and aimed his gun at the figure standing on the first rock. Then the figure stood up slowly at Knuckles aimed his gun at it. Suddenly, as the waterfall's mist slowly clears by the soft wind, Knuckles slowly lowered his gun in suspicion, and then the mist gone, the figure soon revealed itself to be a beautiful female echidna. Seeing her appearance finally, Knuckles then slowly lowered his gun even more, calmly entranced by her beauty. Even Tikal, looking back at Knuckles in his face, gave a calm look that represents both fear and curiosity, due to Knuckles aiming the gun at her a moment ago. Knuckles then slowly climbed off the rock he's standing on and slowly approached Tikal, taking his helmet off. Seeing him slowly approach her, Tikal got calmly scared and ran away, skipping on each rock to the other side. Seeing her run away in fear, Knuckles called out to her)*

Knuckles: No, wait! Please!

*(Seeing the whole thing, the Dazzlings came out of hiding and joined Knuckles in chasing after Tikal, who is then joined by Zazu and Pikachu's group into running away back to her canoe. After she, Zazu, and Pikachu's group arrived at her canoe, Tikal, Zazu, and Pikachu's group, except Billy, climbed into the canoe and was about to row away when Knuckles and the Dazzlings called out to her, stopping them)*

Knuckles: Please!

Dazzlings: Wait!

Knuckles: Don’t run off. It’s alright, My friends here and I are not gonna hurt you.

*(Then he held his hand out to Tikal)*

Knuckles: Here, let me help you out of there.

Tikal: (Looking hesitant) *Mat-ta-que na-to-rath*....

Adagio: (To Knuckles) Must be a language she speaks.

*(The Gangreen Gang, hearing her, got suspicious, as if they heard that voice before)*

Knuckles: (To Adagio) Yeah. *(To Tikal)* You don’t understand a word I’m saying, do you?

*(He then became reassuring)*

Knuckles: It's alright.

*(Then seeing each other finally, the Gangreen Gang and Dazzlings got calmly happy)*

Ace: Hey, wait a minute! It's you girls again from the seashore!

Adagio: (Agreeing) And you're the nice animals who fixed our necklaces!

*(Seeing that the Gangreen Gang and Dazzlings have already met on friendly terms already, Knuckles, Tikal, Pikachu, and Zazu got calmly amazed)*

Pikachu: (Calmly amazed) Pika....

*(Then Knuckles turned to Tikal reassuringly again, continuing to hold his hand out to her)*

Knuckles: Well, if they became friends easily, why can't we?

*(Sensing his sincerity, Pikachu and even Zazu encouraged Tikal)*

Zazu: (Nods to Tikal) He seems nice enough.

Pikachu: (Nods in agreement) Pikachu.

*(Then, as Tikal contemplated their words calmly, the colored leaf-filled wind softly blew all over them slowly, and began singing some soft vocals, as if reassuring her that everything will be fine. Then slowly, Tikal reached her hand out to Knuckles' and they calmly took them gently. Tikal remembered Starfire's song from earlier)*

Starfire: (Voice-over) **Listen with your heart**

**You will understand**

*(Then Tikal slowly climbed out of her canoe with Knuckles' help as the gentle colored leaf-filled wind continued to blow around them. Even Zazu, Pikachu's group, and the Dazzlings came up to them calmly away from the canoe after Zazu and Pikachu's group climbed out of Tikal's canoe as well)*

Starfire: (Voice-over) **Let it break upon you**

**Like a wave upon the sand**

*(Then Knuckles asked away to Tikal)*

Knuckles: Who are you, Miss?

*(Then Tikal slowly gathered some courage to speak to this male echidna stranger as her memory of Starfire's song ended)*

Starfire: (Voice-over) **Listen with your heart**

**You will understand**

*(The song over, Tikal finally answered, saying her name)*

Tikal: It's Tikal.

(Knuckles got calmly surprised)

Knuckles: What did you say?

Tikal: (Calmly ununciating) My name is Tikal.

*(Calmly amazed, Knuckles, Zazu, the Dazzlings, and Pikachu's group smiled softly)*

Knuckles: Mine's Knuckles. Knuckles the Echidna.

*(Knuckles and Tikal looked at Zazu, Pikachu's group, and the Dazzlings)*

Aria: (Nods with a soft smile) It's good to know you speak English, Tikal.

Snake: (Nods in agreement with a soft smile to Aria) Indeedssss.

*(Smiling softly, Tikal and Knuckles and looked at each other, seeing that this could be the start of a new beautiful friendship. Even Zazu, Pikachu's group, and the Dazzlings smiled softly with them, sharing the same feeling as well)*

***Coming up: At the settlers' base, Seifer, Terra, and the Azteca Tribe warrior volunteers, who are spying on the settlers, end up getting into a brief battle with the settlers, ending with Terra getting injured by a gunshot wound in the leg and making Seifer, Terra, and the Azteca Tribe warrior volunteers retreat back to their village, where Pachacamac soon concluded that the strangers are dangerous. Meanwhile, Tikal, with Zazu, Pikachu's group, and the Dazzlings' help, teaches Knuckles about her and her people's lifestyle and helps open his eyes to how he should respect nature and its inhabitants.***