An Egg-cellent Friendship

**An Egg-cellent Friendship** is the seventh Season 1 episode of Leeko: The Beginning trilogy, and the seventh episode overall. This episode introduces the characters Aerialessa and Chicky.

## Synopsis

King Leonardo tricks Leeko into eating Aerialessa’s egg, but before Leeko can actually eat it, the egg hatches. But when Aerialessa thinks Leeko **did** eat the egg, she attacks Leeko and all of Puffy Town, leading Leeko to battle her. However, when Aerialessa’s chick appears and is shown to be friends with Leeko, Aerialessa thanks Leeko, but is a bit disappointed that he tried to eat the egg.

## Characters

### Primary

* Leeko
* Aerialessa (*debut*)
* King Leonardo
* Milly

### Secondary

* Chef Peppermint
* Chicky (*debut*)
* Chief Gordy
* Cindy
* Daisy
* Felix
* Gamba
* Helios & Luna
* Hilda
* Hover
* Lola
* Manny
* Mayor Bay Brittleton
* Moonlight Man
* Mr. Mage
* Parker (*debut*)
* Professor Antico
* Sandy
* Sir Chanter
* Tommy
* Various unnamed Puffy villagers
* Whitehead

## Episode summary

The episode begins with King Leonardo out in the woods watching birds. Tommy complains to him that he shouldn't be seen engaged in such activities, but he ultimately just finds it boring. Shortly, the birds are scared off as a gust of wind kicks up. This surge of activity disrupts the landscape by felling trees, clearing foliage, and knocking over structures such as Leeko's house. King Leonardo soon realizes that he had just seen the legendary bird Aerialessa in action. Later that day, the people of Puffy Town gather in the area to find out what has happened. While searching for clues, Milly comes across a gigantic metal blade on the ground. As the townsfolk gather around, Professor Antico correctly identifies it as one of Aerialessa's feathers and explains the bird's backstory to the crowd using a manuscript he happened to have with him.

While this is happening, some Puffy villagers complain to the ground that their watermelon field has been completely destroyed. The group blames Leeko for this, particularly when they see him eating one. They chase him down, prompting Leeko to run toward the craggy cliffs. Once Leeko has lost them, he begins to fantasize about food, and starts chasing a plate which seems to be oddly moving away from him. He is then captured by King Leonardo and Tommy, who had been using the food to trick him. Hover and Hilda spot this happening and the dragonfly decides to tail King Leonardo while the monkey looks on. Leonardo and Tommy lead Leeko to a craggy mountain peak, where a giant egg lays in a nest. They encourage Leeko to eat the egg and then leave him to it. Leeko fantasizes about the egg as he approaches, but the scene ends before anything else happens.

Back in the lower countryside, Hilda explains to Milly and Manny what happened to Leeko, prompting the siblings to go looking for him and find the remnants of the egg shell atop the mountain. They quickly piece together that Leonardo must have tricked Leeko into eating Aerialessa's egg. At that moment, Aerialessa appears from over the sea as Milly and Manny hide. Landing at the nest, she finds the remnants of the egg and becomes enraged, flying off to find the culprit. Down in the fields, King Leonardo and Tommy use oil trails from their Tank car to make a large picture that shows Leeko eating the egg, which Aerialessa sees. Leeko, meanwhile, is down at the seaside fishing when Milly and Manny find him. They scold him for his appetite when Aerialessa appears over the horizon aiming for him.

Leeko makes a break for it, dodging Aerialessa repeatedly, though every time he thinks he's safe, the bird reappears and strikes again. As this happens, rumor spreads around Puffy Town regarding Leeko having eaten Aerialessa's egg. King Leonardo and Tommy watch as Leeko runs through Puffy Town with the bird in hot pursuit, wrecking the town in the process. Milly and Manny plead with Lola to talk some sense into Aerialessa, but Lola points out that the loss of her chick is not something she would forgive them for. Milly then asks Moonlight Man for help, but he states that Leeko must be responsible for his own actions. Aerialessa then manages to capture Leeko in her beak and fly off. Milly calls for the Shooting Star to come to Leeko's aid. With the help of the Shooting Star, Leeko attempts to fight Aerialessa, but to little success.

As Leeko starts to lose the fight, King Leonardo and Tommy attempt to fire at his Shooting Star, but Aerialessa sees this as an attack and reflects the projectile back to them, destroying their vehicle once again. The Shooting Star slams into Aerialessa, allowing Leeko to escape and fall to the coastline. Aerialessa rallies and prepares to strike Leeko once again, but before she could, her chick emerges from a crevice. Aerialessa stops as Leeko feeds the chick with bananas from a banana tree. Aerialessa lands to tend to her chick, prompting Leeko to run away and hide in fear, but Aerialessa assures Leeko she means him no more harm. From there, Hover shows up and reveals that it had been Leeko's intention to eat the egg, but it hatched shortly after Leeko had begun to cook it, prompting Leeko to look after the chick. At this realization, Leeko runs off in fear of being attacked again, but the group forgives him, as he appears to have learned his lesson. The episode ends with no hard feelings.

## Trivia

* Third episode in a row where there is no monster to fight and where Leeko doesn’t use a Copy Ability.
* This episode goes into detail about Aerialessa’s history.
* Second episode where Milly summons the Shooting Star.
* In this episode, Leeko attempts to hide underwater to avoid Aerialessa, but cannot hold his breath for long and must resurface. This contradicts later episodes such as Who’s Your Clownfish?, where Leeko can breathe underwater without any issues.
* In this episode, Sir Chanter and Chief Gordy make an appearance without their respective wives (Lady Chanter and Beatrice).
* This is the first episode where Leeko was primarily responsible for causing damage all over Usapia and Puffy Town, though King Leonardo did instigate his actions.