Fishing Lessons Become a Fun Swim/Luna's Temporary Beast Behavior

*(The next morning, Elise slowly woke up after stretching herself. Once awake, she suddenly smelled something delicious in the air)*

Elise: Mm. What’s that smell?

*(She gets up and goes to the source of the smell, revealed to be Team Excalibur cooking breakfast with some salmon on a campfire. They notice each other and greeted each other)*

Team Excalibur: Good morning, Elise.

Elise: Good morning, guys.

*(She seats with them)*

Elise: Is that salmon?

Blaze: Yep.

Cream: Your mother told us you like salmon.

*(Elise looked at Luna, who nods with a soft smile. Smiling softly in gratitude, Elise accepted a plate from Big and Tails and Silver, with Ness' group's help, served the salmon to themselves and everyone else)*

Elise: Thank you.

*(As they ate, Luna cuts up her salmon with Espio’s ninja star she borrowed. After returning the ninja star to Espio, Luna took a bite of her piece and groaned in calm happiness. Suddenly, to Team Excalibur’s surprise, Luna suddenly, and savagely, gobbled up her salmon like an animal quickly. Then she stopped upon noticing her daughter and friends looking at her in calm surprise. Then she composed herself and wiped her lips and muzzle with her arm and made animal groans, as if talking, to which Kayla answered)*

Kayla: You don’t need to apologize. It’s okay.

*(Then as Luna timidly twiddled her claws a bit, like she’s twiddling her fingers timidly, she made some groans again, to which Kayla translated)*

Kayla: You want to learn how to fight and survive like the bear you are?

*(Luna nods)*

Launchpad: Are you sure, Luna? It’s a bit risky for a human-turned bear like you to learn how to act like an animal.

Christopher: (Shrugs) I may be blind, but it’s no problem with me.

Launchpad: Christopher?

Christopher: (To Launchpad) Well, if she is to survive like Elise and all of us, she needs to learn how to be like the animal she is. *(To Luna)* Right?

*(Luna groans a “Yes.” Then later, Elise aims her magic wind arrow at a honeycomb in a tree, but luckily, Silver and Liquidator’s psychokinetic and aquakinetic bodily barrier spell is protecting her and everyone else in case of bee stings. After Elise fires her arrow, the honeycomb crashed onto the ground and the bees swarmed at Team Excalibur angrily, but the barriers knocked them and their stingers back, making them hesitate and retreat. Once the bees are gone, Silver and Liquidator removed the barrier spells and Luna groans a “Good job” to Elise)*

Liquidator: I guess she's telling you “Good job,” Elise.

Silver: Exactly.

Elise: Thanks, Mom.

*(She then smiled smugly)*

Elise: (Smugly) Oh, wait. I remember. I should never have weapons in your opinion.

*(Realizing that she said that before, Luna, for the first time ever, gave a guilty look, feeling terrible for saying that before. Recognizing that look, Elise stopped being smug and apologized)*

Elise: Sorry. But you *did* say that.

*(Luna guiltily groans a bit)*

Sonic: Well, are you gonna climb up and get the honey or not?

Megavolt: Chop, chop!

*(Realizing, Luna gathered her courage and climbed the tree towards some honey samples on the top of the tree. After failing two times due to slipping and falling, the third time was the charm. After that was done, Team Excalibur gathered some honeycomb and packed them)*

Cosmo: For a snack later.

Rouge: Just nothing short of poetry when it comes to gathering honey.

*(Then, Elise asked away upon realizing something)*

Elise: I just realized something, where did you find some salmon?

Smart Guy: We found them at a crystal-clear shallow river.

Dedede: Caught them easily with either weapons or magic.

Escargoon: Come, we’ll show you.

Leatherhead's group: Yeah, come on.

*(They go to a blue crystal-clear shallow river and it is chockfull of salmon swimming around)*

Leatherhead: And after we returned with them, we gutted, cleaned, and cooked them. That is how ya cook good ol’ salmon, I guarantee.

Psycho: (Quickly) Yeah, yeah, yeah. *(Normally)*Exactly how to cook and eat them.

*(Then a minute later, Luna learned how to catch some salmon like a bear thanks to Elise and Honker. As they enjoyed cooking the salmon Luna caught like the bear she is, Elise started singing in her mind as she and Team Excalibur are enjoying themselves)*

Elise: (Voice-over) **This love, it is a distant star**

**Guiding us home wherever we are**

**This love, it is a burning sun**

**Shining light on the things that we’ve done**

*(Then, seeing the river as if it were beckoning her, Luna gently ushered Elise to it, much to her surprise and Team Excalibur watched in silence)*

Elise: (Voice-over) **I try to speak to you everyday**

**But each word we spoke**

**The wind blew away**

*(Then Luna did a cannonball into the river, disappearing beneath the water. Elise leaned towards the water, looking around for her mother when Luna emerged and after grabbing her by surprise, dragged her underwater, much to Team Excalibur’s surprise. Then Elise emerged from the water, gasping for air that she climbed out and panted. Luna then came up to her in concern with an apologetic look. Elise noticed and after giving a smug smile along with Team Excalibur, she pushed Luna gently into the water again, much to Luna’s calm delight, for they are having fun)*

Elise: (Voice-over) **Could these walls come crumbling down?**

**I want to feel my feet on the ground**

**And leave behind this prison we share**

**Step into the open air**

*(They laughed merrily as Luna suddenly splashed Charmy and Bushroot with water. Megavolt hesitated at first, until Liquidator and Silver bestowed him a water-proof badge, much to his happiness. Then they dove into the river and started either swimming around and/or catching and chasing some salmon. Even Amy, Cosmo, Tikal, Rouge, Blaze, and Kayla are warming up to Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Shadow, Silver, and Max during this, starting to enjoy being with each other)*

Elise: (Voice-over) **How did we let it come to this?**

**What we just tasted we somehow still miss**

**How will it feel when this day is done**

**And can we keep**

**What we’ve only begun?**

*(Underwater, Elise and Luna both noticed a school of salmon swimming towards them courtesy of the Mobians herding them. Smiling in determination, Elise and Luna swam together at the school and after catching some, they broke the surface victoriously)*

Elise: (Voice-over) **And now these walls come crumbling down**

**And I can feel my feet on the ground**

**Can we carry this love that we share**

**Into the open air?**

**Into the open air**

**Into the open air**

*(Then, after they finished, Silver and Blaze magically dried themselves and Team Excalibur from being wet by the water and without watching Luna, who is enjoying an uncooked salmon, packed their supplies to resume their journey after their fun time. Then when that’s done, they turned to Luna and noticed to their confusion, she is walking away without noticing them)*

Elise: (Voice-over) **This love, it is a burning sun**

*(As soon as the song in the background ended, Team Excalibur ran after her)*

Team Excalibur: Hey!

Elise: Mom?

Webby: Why are you leaving us?

*(They catch up to Luna)*

Sonic: What’s wrong, Luna?

Quackerjack: You getting more sup…?

*(He reaches his hand out to get Luna's attention, but as soon as Luna turned upon being touched, Quackerjack got cut off when he and Team Excalibur noticed Luna’s eyes are black as ink like an animal and instead of recognizing them, Luna slowly started to growl and snarl savagely, much to Team Excalibur’s calm concern)*

Quackerjack: Luna?

Megavolt: Why are you growling at us?

*(But no groaning reply, for Luna continued to growl and snarl at them, as if she were a wild bear that is untamed. Elise and Darkwing ran up to her in concern)*

Elise: Mom?

Darkwing: Luna? Quackerjack asked….

*(Suddenly, Luna roared in their faces and after standing up savagely, she swung her arm at Christopher and Meta Knight, knocking them down, much to Team Excalibur’s concern)*

Team Excalibur: Christopher, Meta Knight!

*(Luna charged viciously at Christopher and Meta Knight, but thankfully Silver and Bushroot tried to restrain her with their powers, but Luna fought back in a beastly savage way)*

Silver: Luna, stop!

Bushroot: What's gotten into you?!

*(Then Luna slapped Silver and Bushroot down, scratching her claws onto Silver's left arm and Bushroot's right arm)*

Team Excalibur: Silver, Bushroot!

*(Elise and Darkwing ran up to Luna in concern and anger while Silver healed himself and Bushroot)*

Elise: Mom, stop it!

Darkwing: Cut it out!

*(Then Luna knocked Elise and Darkwing down savagely)*

Christopher: Elise!

Gosalyn: Dad!

Team Excalibur: Elise, DW!

*(As Elise laid in the ground helplessly and scared, Luna slowly approached her and Darkwing, her snarling teeth and claws ready for the kill. Elise teared up slowly)*

Elise: (Starting to cry) Mom….

*(She snaps out of her crying upon screaming a bit when Luna prepared to strike her and Darkwing down with her claws, when to Team Excalibur’s, except Elise's, surprise, Luna’s eyes returned to normal and she stopped roaring, snarling, and growling. She suddenly noticed Elise cowering and got concerned)*

Darkwing: Elise?

Elise: What?

*(She noticed Luna acting tame like a human again)*

Elise: Mom?

*(Luna groaned a bit in question. Realizing immediately along with Team Excalibur that Luna’s back to her human behavior, Elise explained as Christopher and Gosalyn helped her and Darkwing up)*

Elise: You just…. Changed.

Darkwing: Like you were an…. Actual untamed bear.

*(Confused, Luna was about to groan in question again when she noticed Silver and Bushroot’s blood on her claws and gasped. Silver, Megavolt, and Bushroot quickly explained reassuringly)*

Silver: That was mine and Bushroot's blood.

Bushroot: But we’re healed thanks to Silver.

Megavolt: Don’t worry.

*(Noticing Luna slowly realizing in shock, Knuckles and Quackerjack turned to Silver, Megavolt, and Bushroot flatly)*

Knuckles: That’s not helping the situation.

Quackerjack: Talk about inconsiderate, Sparky.

Megavolt: (Guiltily) We're just trying to calm her. *(Angrily)* And don't call me "Sparky!"

*(A horrified Luna then recalled the day when she was a human, slapping Elise and Darkwing, as Mr. Mallard, down before burning Elise's bow as Elise, Richard, and Scrooge’s voices, as well as her own, overlapped repeatedly)*

Elise: (Voice-over, repeatedly) You are nothing but a selfish, control-freakish beast! That’s what you are!

Scrooge: (Voice-over, repeatedly) Why did you have to do that?!

Richard: (Voice-over, repeatedly) Maybe our daughter’s right.

Scrooge: (Voice-over, repeatedly) You are nothing but a beast.

Luna: (Voice-over, repeatedly) You *are* just a farm princess! And I expect what’s best for you!

*(Then she snapped out of it as she panted in guilt and horror while looking at her claws as Quackerjack and Megavolt continued arguing, not paying attention)*

Quackerjack: Sparky, Sparky, Sparky, Sparky...!

Megavolt: (Losing his temper) IF YOU CALL ME "SPARKY" ONE MORE TIME...!!

*(After looking at Elise in concern silently, Luna then attempted to run away when Elise stopped her upon her, the others, and even Megavolt and Quackerjack who stopped arguing, noticing her running away)*

Elise: Mom, stop!

*(Luna groans in concern)*

Elise: Calm down!

*(Luna stopped)*

Elise: Listen to me.

*(Luna, upon hearing her say that, then remained quiet and listened)*

Elise: We understand you’re scared of trying to hurt or kill us again. But what matters is that we’re not hurt or killed and it’s nobody’s, not even Babamon's or mine, DW, and Gosalyn's fault. If we just keep our heads together, we’ll find a way to break the spell on you. Just listen to us, mostly me, and we can do it. Understand?

*(Luna slowly softened and turned to Team Excalibur hopefully in concern, and to her calm happiness and relief, Team Excalibur nods in support for her and Elise)*

Meta Knight: Elise’s right. Maybe we’ll find clues involving the spell on the way.

Liquidator: Just stay confident.

Bushroot: Focused.

Quackerjack: And calm.

Megavolt: And tamed.

Batty: Exactly!

Figment: Never give up.

*(Luna then, upon seeing Elise’s magic bow, groaned a bit, explaining away on something. Then Kayla translated)*

Kayla: She’s telling you, Elise, that she fished your old bow out of the fireplace after you, DW, and Gosalyn ran out on her before.

*(Realizing slowly and calmly, Elise understood)*

Elise: (To herself) So, that’s why Dad had my bow before. *(To Luna)* I honestly no idea.

*(She smiled softly)*

Elise: Thank you, for telling me that.

*(She caressed her hand on Luna’s cheek. Khan sputters a bit, getting their attention. Realizing they were resuming their journey, they snapped out of their situation)*

Shadow: I think we should continue our journey.

Jeff: My sentiments exactly.

*(Team Excalibur nods in agreement and with that, they resumed their journey)*

***Coming up: Team Excalibur finally arrive at the Living Tree area of the Forbidden Forest where Excalibur was last seen. But when they find the scabbard only, they discover that a Golemon took it to his lair past Tamatoa's lair. But before they could continue, Drake’s group and their army ambush them and injure Christopher, Darkwing, Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Shadow, Max, Link, and Ness, but after a close call and escape, Team Excalibur heals Christopher, Darkwing, Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Shadow, Max, Link, and Ness and the couples of Team Excalibur have begun to fall in love with each other as they resume their journey afterwards.***