Lost in the Wild

As Heartless begin spreading more in the AUU, the Loungers' search for the Astral Blade continues as they end up stranded on a forest planet called Astma, which was uncharted on any maps, due to a Space Heartless attack where they end up coming across hunters lead by the Villain Legion’s newest member Hunton who are seeking to strand the heroes and kill them after they decided that stranding them once again was the closest method to almost destroying them. But after escaping their grounds, they learn that Astma has enchanted forests lead by a large Celeste prince named Aspire, who is now a father that recently lost his mate to the Villain Legion and is seeking his missing son Eri who was kidnapped by the Heartless and use him for evil, and hamper their search for the Blade. Thus with friends like Friendly Cowl and his wife Suga Mother, Pippy and Bummer, they'll not only find him, but also thanks to some past faces, a later-corrupted Celeste named Ronnie, and an elder Godol mage named Manaterra, must help stop a backup plan in the form of a life-destroying volcano spirit imprisoned long by the Celeste called the Lava Rawk.

## Scenes

#### **Prologue**

* (???):... Once there was only nothingness... Until something... We have no idea what happened.
* (Iago): WOW, I like it already.
* (???): SHUT UP, I'M TRYING TO BE SUBTLE HERE!!!... Ahem... Astma is a world that has been uncharted since the unknown First Cartoonian War of OUR realms. But our forefathers and THEIR forefathers told that this world was once one of peace and harmony. Magic. Enchantment. Mystery. The most beautiful divine nature anyone had seen then or since.
* (Icky): And it was destroyed?
* (???): NO! STOP INTERRUPTING!!!... Ahehem... But no matter how hidden we were as the Gods sent us in the farthest depths of space, their enemies could NEVER overlook us forever. They came down with great beasts and the most powerful hunters. The forests all over our home were nearly destroyed, if not for the Godols. Cervines of great archaic power never before seen in countless eons. But they had a weapon. A weapon that broke the stalemate. It was one of our own. A malevolent avian sprite of recreation. But even it, with all it's power, could never recreate what it lost to these devils. It grew grievous and desperate. So desperate, it was corrupted by the creatures that wronged it. It became their most dangerous weapon, the Lava Rawk. A sprite of volcanic destruction. But the Godols and their equine allies the Celestes imprisoned him in the dormant volcano where once stood his nest. The Fire Rawk was imprisoned there ever since.
* (Iago): In other words, the Firebird from the Fantasia World-
* (Iago/Icky): AAHKK!!!

Present

* Friendly Cowl: WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO TO MAKE IT CLEAR TO YOU SCATTERBRAINED TWITS?! LET ME FINISH MY STORY!!!
* Yan Yan: Yeah, not to be rude, but, we're kinda getting bored here, can you get to the point of this story? We're supposed to be telling stories since we're, you know, CAMPING?! It's better than hearing SpongeBob's INSIPID song!!
* SpongeBob: Hey, it took me YEARS to make that famous song.
* Yan Yan: Too bad, you wasted those years!
* Friendly Cowl: Well, I WAS getting there until I was so RUDELY interrupted! (He let Iago and Icky go)
* Iago: Well... Why didn't you just say- (Friendly Cowl looked angrily at him)... Shutting up!

#### **The Mage Manaterra/Hunton On The Hunt**

* Jokey:... Wow. This forest world is beautiful.
* Sonny: Amazing! I can see why it's so beautiful.
* Sau: This world's readings are unfounded! It's one of the OLDEST worlds in the UUniverses! It's SO old, it could have been young in the times of the First Cartoonian War.
* Sonny: WHOA, IT'S **THAT** OLD?!
* Sau: And according to the readings, and archives I COULD dig up regarding the carbon-date depictions, we're the FIRST otherworldly beings to set foot on this planet, in MILLENNIA!
* Sonny:... I... I cannot process this... We're standing on... On a GOD-era world?! My Pa told me they're SO rare that they almost don't exist!... I NEVER thought I'd set foot on it. (She dug her toes into the soil) It feels like I'm in the God Era myself.
* Master Cen: It does. My parents told me about worlds like this as well, and they ARE impossibly rare.
* Belmen: Then we are SO lucky. (This music played as they saw magical equines hopping and galloping about the open meadows)

* ZongueBob:... They're beautiful!
* Belmen: Those would be Celeste. Celestial Zorses. Mythical astral equines of Magelian mythology that wield nearly-unlimited power. Some live in the cosmos of space. Many even say they descended from the Gods that created the Lonies.
* Atrick: They don't look so power- (They saw the Celeste wielding magic)... I stand corrected.
* Trixa: He's not wrong about us possibly being related. I can FEEL their magic being similar to ours.
* Ziden: AND THEY'RE HEADED RIGHT FOR US!! (They scattered as the Celeste herd jumped across them, and they saw that they stopped and bowed before a new kind of creature, a magical astral deer similar to the Forest Spirit of *Mononoke* with large moose-deer horns burning with angelic magic and walked across them. The Loungers just stood and saw the creature in all it's glory)
* Sau:... Unbelievable!
* Sonny: I know. That thing is so... Angelic!
* Sau: No! Well, yeah, that too. But that's not the most impressive. What's MORE impressive is that creature's AGE! It's almost as old as the planet itself!
* Sonny:... YOU'RE KIDDING!
* Sau: No. It's one of the OLDEST spirits on this planet.
* ???: Impressive, isn't he? (They were all spooked to find a Celeste near them)
* Celeste: He told me you'd show up.
* ZongueBob: WHO THE HECKAPUS ARE YOU?!?
* Aspire:... I am Prince Aspire. The Great Prince of the Enchanted Forest. Manaterra there informed me there'd be visitors. The first to appear in AGES.... Well... Kinda.
* Cephward: Manaterra? That's it's name?
* Aspire: Yes. And yes, you're correct about his age. Of all the spirits in this world, not ONE has lived QUITE so long. He's very brave, very wise, and very powerful. That's why he's known, as the Guardian of Astma. (The fitting music above played as Manaterra walked proudly observing them)
* Sau:... Wait... This isn't right!
* Aspire: Mmm?
* Sonny:... What isn't right?
* Sau: I just rechecked the number of new arrivals on this planet, and... There's MORE that aren't one of us!
* Ziden: By how much?
* Sau: A few dozen.
* Mr. Tetrus: What're ya saying?
* Sau: I'm saying... We're not the only new arrivals here.
* Aspire:... That would be the other arrivals besides you.
* Archindarce: Other arrivals? (They saw spirits retreating in the sky as Manaterra came out in a hurry and signaled a retreat, alerting all the Celeste and creatures to run out of the meadow)
* Aspire: They're here!
* Rozzken: Who's here?! (They saw hunters and rogs in the distance)... HUNTERS?! Not on MY watch! (He aimed his gun until Zhigu lowered it)
* Zhigu: I don't think that'll be necessary!
* Ditch: What about Manaterra? LOOK! (They hunters and rogs were able to flank him at many corners)
* Aspire: We HAVE to help him!
* ZongueBob: We're on it!
* Sonny: Right! COME ON, LOUNGERS, LET'S SHOW THIS WORLD WHAT WE'RE MADE OF! (They went in and managed to distract the hunters and rogs long enough for the Loungers to help Manaterra escape, with the head hunter, an Ohrugan similar to Clayton and Gaston, seeing them with a determined look and aimed his laser rifle at them, firing and nearly hitting Manaterra as the bolt hit a tree liquefying much of it, as tree spirits inside turned into a skeletal mist and wailed a horrific scream)...

Later...

* Bongki:... Well that was close.
* Manaterra: Many thanks for the rescue, otherworlders.
* ZongueBob: It's what we do.... So, Aspire here says you knew we were coming.
* Manaterra: I did. And those hunters... There have been no hunters in ages. But these hunters... They have a connection to you.
* Hud: Errr?
* Trigress: How?
* Manaterra: In terms of your enemies. The so-called, Villain Legion.
* Sonny:... So THEY hired them?
* Manaterra: I believe so.
* Sonny: But, why?
* Zhigu: I believe they are still trying to keep us away from the Astral Blade and are trying to strand us on an isolated and unmapped planet so they can kill us slowly.
* Rozzken: Well, joke's on them, YOU guys have a hunter too. We'll turn THOSE hunters into the hunted soon enough.
* Belmen: Now let's not get ahead of ourselves. These hunters, they were coordinated. In fact, they behaved like they were TRAINED to hunt Manaterra. Almost as if HE was their prime target.
* Manaterra: I AM! My head will surely be worth a fortune to them. But it's not just me. They want to eliminate the guardians of this planet before they finish YOU off. They fear we'd defend you.
* Aspire:... And they already got my wife.
* ZongueBob: They did?
* Aspire: Yes... It was only a few days ago...

Flashback...

* (Aspire): I wasn't there, but Manaterra showed me what happened. My wife and son Eri, the young prince, found fresh new grass to eat, only to realize too late it was a trap.
* Mother:... (She looked up and listened to hear the approach of the hunters)... Eri! QUICK! THE THICKET! (They ran)
* Head Hunter: NO! This trap is NOT going to waste! (He shot lasers which scorched the area around them killing more spirits endowed within as wailing skeletal mist)
* Mother: FASTER!! FASTER ERI!! DON'T LOOK BACK!! KEEP RUNNING!! KEEP RUNNING!! (The lasers kept firing until off-screen, the mother was hit by a laser, and her mistified scream as so silent that Eri couldn’t hear it)
* (Aspire): I heard the lasers firing and knew where they came from. I rushed to aid my family... But I was too late. (He saw his dead wife’s physical avatar being dragged off by the hunters)
* Aspire:... No!... (Manaterra showed up)
* Manaterra:... It appears otherworlders have found us.
* Aspire:... (He just sulked softly in tears)... What about Eri? Is he okay?
* Manaterra: He's alive... But I can't seem to find him.
* Aspire: WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU CAN'T FIND HIM?! (The hunters heard them and fired at them, as they ran off and the lasers hurt and killed more spirits)
* Head Hunter: Let them go! I want them to feel pain before they die! NOBODY gets in the way of what our payers want! (As they left, in a distant extinct volcano, bubbling was heard and small gushes of lava bubbled up and let out the frail ear-piercing screams of passed spirits calling for the deceased, along with a demonic bird sound)

Present

* Aspire: My son has been missing ever since. He wasn't in the den. He... Just vanished.

#### **Hunton's Revenge/Death Of Aspire**

Hunter Camp

* Hunton: Alright, we lost one of my finest men to those LOUNGERS!
* Hunter #1: That was merely an accident on his part-
* Hunton: THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS ACCIDENTS! ONLY FAILURE AND ERROR!
* Rog #1: Can someone make one mistake?
* Hunton: NOT IN A WILDERNESS LIKE THIS! This is not the kind of wilderness you find in your backyard! THIS IS AN ENCHANTED WORLD! Danger is more widespread! You could DIE easily! Therefore we can’t just track Manaterra and the others down anymore. They JUST found the Lost Prince and he’s already strong enough to fend for a live interest with that Ronnie guy!
* Hunter #2: What are you suggesting?
* Rog #2: Do we just burn down as many trees to find them?
* Hunton: DON’T BE RIDICULOUS! The solution is simple! We must draw them out!
* Hunter #3: How?
* Hunton:... Can’t you guys think like me? The Villain Legion said you were the finest! What, is the service still screwed up?
* Hunter #2: We can’t all be perfect!
* Hunton: No, BUT WE CAN STAND TO SHOW PROFESSION!! Luckily, this is as easy as it can get... We’ll draw them out via a trap orchestrated by, total and utter chaotic rampant hunting of whatever unlucky spirit we can find. They will not resist coming to respond and that’ll when they spring the trap!
* Hunter #1: Are you sure that’s a good idea?
* Hunton: WE’RE OUT OF OPTIONS HERE! I WILL NOT LEAVE THIS PLANET EMPTY-HANDED! WE DO NOT LEAVE UNTIL THE JOB IS DONE! AM I CLEAR?!
* All Hunters and Rogs: YES SIR!
* Hunton: Then come on! (He cocks his rifle)... We’ve got some hunting to do.

(Later...)

* Hunton:... Remember the plan!
* Rog #1: We got it, we got it! We don’t fire until you take the first shot. We’re not even able to shoot.
* Hunton: Shut up and go! (They scattered with Eri and Fala in sight along with Manaterra and the Loungers)... C’mon, you cartoon f\*\*\*heads, take the bait! (Flying spirits blew across the sky alerting other spirits)
* Spirit #1:... \*Gulp\* T-They’re coming!
* Spirit #2: Shhhh, hush!
* Spirit #1:... They’re coming closer!
* Spirit #3: Don’t get too nervous!
* Spirit #1:... We better fly!
* Spirit #2: No! No, don’t fly! Whatever you do, DON’T fly!
* Spirit #1: They’re almost here! I-I CAN’T STAND IT ANY LONGER!!! (She flew off in vibrant radiance until Hunton shot her out of the sky as she turned into dead energy, signaling the rest of the hunters to shoot and cause endless deaths even in missed shots with their rifles as spirits spread, causing Aspire, Eri, Fala, Manaterra, and the Loungers to come in, with lasers melting everything they struck, and at the extinct volcano the lava bubbles more and more screaming dead spirits called out from the lava with each bursting bubble, with each death making the lava act up more and more with the unknown bird sound screeching louder)
* Eri: NO!
* ZongueBob: THEY’RE ALL OVER THE PLACE!
* Manaterra: We must confront Hunton now!
* Zhigu: No, we both know it might be a trap!
* Manaterra: IF I DON’T GO OUT THERE THESE SPIRITS WILL KEEP BEING SLAUGHTERED! I MUST GO!
* Rozzken: THEN LET ANOTHER HUNTER DEFEND YOU!... Uh, and the rest of us of cour- (A laser streaked past them) HEY, WATCH IT, YOU BITCH! (He countershot the hunter as he comically fell and died)... Oops.
* Hud: NERCE SHUURT! (Bongki slapped him)
* Sonny: MOVE!!! (They ran in trying to help defend the spirits, but they end up separating from Fala getting her lost. Rozzken shot at all of the hunters trying and failing to do a non-fatal shot)
* Xoriago: ARBASUS, DUDE, WERE YOU TRAINED TO NEVER MISS A FATAL SHOT?!
* Rozzken: Vital areas are like laser magnets! I GOT THIS! (He shot another in the leg) HAH! See? Consider him incapacitated-
* Hunter #5: (Mass-bleeding was blocked by a rock) AHHHHA RIGHT IN THE FEMORAL ARTERY! (He died)
* Rozzken: Ugh, the anatomy is COMPLICATED! (Much of the Loungers face-palmed)
* Fala: ERI! (The rest of the hunters kept firing lasers at spirits who all turned into screaming skeletal mist with the Loungers defending as best they can, and Fala ended up being spotted by the Rogs, who all smiled and followed)
* Eri: FALA! (All the spirits were finally saved after the final blast was shot, and Rozzken finally got a non-lethal shot)
* Rozzken: HAH! Non-fatal! (The unconscious body fell off the ledge and onto sharp rocks) AW COME ON!!!!
* Eri: GUYS! FALA'S MISSING!!!
* Hunton: (He heard that and saw the rogs going to him)... GET HER! (Everyone heard that as Fala was seen being chased away by the rogs)
* Toti: NOT ON OUR WATCH! (They went after them, but as Aspire came in last, Hunton smiled, set his rifle to silent, and shot him down, with his skeletal mist bursting out of him with a silent eerie scream) EEEERRRIIIIIIIII...
* Hunton: GOT'CHA! (He jumped out and got his body)
* Fala: (She got onto a ledge as the rogs were jumping after her)
* Rog #2: GONNA RIP YOU TO SHREDS!
* Rog #3: AND PEE ON YOUR REMAINS!!
* Fala: HELP ME!!! (Eri came in charging at full-force and fought all the Rogs, with the Loungers stopping to watch knowing he could take them, and instead focused on getting Fala to safety until the Alpha Rog came in)
* Alpha Rog: NOT SO FAST!
* Toti: OUTTA THE WAY, YOU BIG MUTT!!!
* Alpha Rog: NU-UH! YOU COME NEAR ME SHE DIES!!
* Rog #1: GET EM!!! (They attacked Eri, but he was able to fend them off)
* Alpha Rog: GO FOR THE EYE! BREAK HIS JAW! HIT HIM LOW! GET HIM! KILL HIM! DO WHAT YOU MUST!!
* Pho: Are you sure we shouldn't help them?
* Numma: Not sure. We should at least stay out of certain battles for now.
* Alpha Rog: HA! WISE DECISION, BITCHES! WE'RE THE ONLY BITCHES WHO MATTER HERE- That, came out wrong.
* Sau: Eh, sounds right to me. (Sonny laughed)
* Alpha Rog: You're lucky I don't go down there and bite your legs off- (Fala kicked him in the groin as he whimpered in pain) AAHHHH, MY TENDER GNARDS!!
* Eri: (He rammed one of the Rogs into the Alpha Rog) QUICK, FALA! JUMP! (She did as the Loungers got her out of the area while he fought off the Rogs, retreating and climbing up a rock ledge, causing a rockslide that killed all the Rogs)
* Alpha Rog: NONONONOOOOOOOO!!! (He died)
* Hunton: NO!! NOT ROGUS!! HE WAS MY FAVORITE!!!... GRRRRR!! (He cocked his gun and followed Eri as he ran. As he jumped a wide ledge, he was startled by the sight of his father's dead body near Hunton, as he used the distraction to shoot him in the side, as he made it to the other side, but was injured, unable to get up, as Hunton came in with Aspire's body)... I never wanted it to go THIS far. But my hunters and rogs are dead, BECAUSE OF YOU! Self-defense or not, you should've been a LOT more careful, as so-called 'heroes'. I'm glad I got your father earlier. He'll be better off STUFFED... And YOU'D make a decent venison.
* Eri: Isn't that CERVINE meat?
* Hunton: You guys ARE essentially deer regardless of being equines.
* Eri:... You may've gotten my parents... But you'll NEVER get Manaterra!
* Hunton:... Oh I will. Because you're the ONLY ounce of royalty LEFT here! If he values that, he'll come to ME! (He drags him away, and at the extinct volcano, the lava began to take the shape of a demonic egg surrounded by the fire of dead spirits. After a brief pause it felt the shot to Eri and it briefly cracked)

#### **Fire Rawk's Rampage And Redemption**

* Hunton:... THERE you are.
* Manaterra: LET HIM GO!
* Hunton: I don't think so. We all have unfinished business here. You have NO idea how LONG I've waited for an opportunity like this!
* Manaterra:... I, said, LET, HIM, GO- (Hunton shot both his antlers off as he screamed) (A drumbeat was heard at the extinct volcano which was bubbling with lava and fire and the egg cracked more)...
* Hunton: THAT'S to show I'm DONE playing! And THIS! (He shot off Eri's antlers as he screamed, which finally got the volcano subtly active with a faint screeching noise, with the egg slowly beginning to hatch)... So, now you understand how serious I am!
* ???: STOP! (The Loungers showed up)
* Hunton: UHUH! Not ONE step closer, or the prince DIES!
* Thunderia: You blind fool! We came to WARN you!
* Hunton: WARN me?! HAHAHAHA! Warn me WHAT?! (Suddenly, a rocky crack was heard in the distance and they saw the volcano exploding a loud burst of lava and from it came the smog containing the screaming skeletal figures of deceased spirits including Eri’s parents)...
* ZongueBob: THAT!
* Manaterra:... Oh no!
* Hunton:... I thought that volcano was extinct for countless eons!
* Manaterra: It's not JUST a volcano, you fool! YOUR BLOODSHED HAS JUST FREED IT FROM IT'S PRISON!
* Hunton: FREED?!? FREED, WHAT?!? (They saw a gigantic lava bird monster erupt from the volcano as this played)

* Hunton:... WHA-WHAT IS THAT THING?!?
* Manaterra: THE LAVA RAWK! An Ehaexon-corrupted Astman spirit of recreation.
* Jokey: Well, congratulations, IDIOT, you just played in the Villain Legion's plans.
* Hunton: THEY, THEY NEVER SAID ANYTHING ABOUT THIS!!!
* Sonny: THEY INTENTIONALLY DID SO BECAUSE YOU'D OBJECT TO IT! THIS WAS THEIR PLAN TO DESTROY US!!
* Hunton: DAMN RIGHT I WOULD'VE!! THIS, THIS IS INSANE!!!
* Manaterra: INSANE?!? THIS IS NIHILISTIC!!
* Hunton:... WELL NO! I'LL FINISH IT! I'VE GOT SOME HUNTING TO DO! (He ran for the spirit-infused fires that shrieked at him, recognizing him as their killer) I'LL TEAR YOU ALL APAAAAAARRRRT-
* (ZongueBob): Hunton died immediately.
* (Ed Hyena): (Laughed hysterically)
* (ZongueBob): Oh come on, it wasn't THAT funny!
* Hud: (He laughed hysterically)
* Bongki: Oh come in, it wasn't THAT funny! AND NONE OF THIS IS!!!
* Hud: LERRT MEEH CUURRPE WEERTH DERRTH!!!
* Manaterra: We have to go! NOW! Eri! Get up!
* Eri: (He tried, but with his injury, he was struggling)
* Manaterra: YOU MUST GET UP!!... GET UP!!
* Eri: I'M TRYING!!! (He finally managed it)
* Manaterra: Now... Everyone, come with me! (They ran from the living fire and the spirits inside as the Lava Rawk took flight and unleashed lava and fire all over the forest, burning everything around them down, with the Loungers riding on the Buggies. Then the Lava Rawk landed and turned into living lava)
* Sau: (They looked behind them and saw the gooey head of the Lava Rawk that screeched and hurled lava at them which they were able to avoid before it turned into living lava again that oozed towards them) WOW, that is gonna give me nightmares!
* Pippy: IT'LL GIVE **ALL OF US** NIGHTMARES, SHUT UP AND KEEP RUNNING LIKE COWARDS!!! (They did that as the fire spirits causing destruction kept following them along with the Lava Rawk, and after a long destructive chase, the Lava Rawk finally destroyed their buggies and cornered them)
* Voidis: Nopenopenope! (He teleported them far away, but more fire spirits found them, and he ended up teleporting them out many times and getting cornered the same way until they all used smoke spirits to knock him out and blind them with smoke)
* Sonny: (Many of the heroes coughed from the acrid smoke around them)
* Rozzken: OKAY, THIS TIME, I'M GOING ALL OUT! (The Lava Rawk showed up in front of them as he supercharged his gun)
* Numma: ARE YOU CRAZY?! REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED WITH MY GUN?!
* Rozzken: Don't worry. The recoil will save all of us! JUST GET BACK!
* Manaterra: There's NO way that'll kill it!
* Rozzken: Of course not... But it'll give us time, so it's worth a SHOT! GET BACK FAR!! NOW!! (They did that and the Lava Rawk attacked with lava and fire spirits all over coming towards him) SMILE LIKE A MANIAC, YOU SON OF A BITCH!!! (He unleashed the overcharged shot, destroying his gun as the recoil pushed him and the others back to a very far location cartoonishly, with all the spirits and the Lava Rawk blowing up in a large gush of fire and lava. The Lava Rawk was distorted with scratchy noises as mushy lava and melted abruptly, slithering away until it collapsed)
* Alfiyette:... That, was, AWESOME!!!
* Hud: DUUUUUUURRRRRRRMMMMMMMM!!!
* Manaterra: You got lucky.
* Rozzken: We’re ALWAYS lucky!
* Manaterra: But not forever. That isn’t going to keep him down for long! He’ll regenerate and be back in destructive shape!

(Eri's child; reserved for the Love is a Song finale portion)

## Transcript

   **Intro (Meta Runner Season 2- Only Up)**