Serena, Ash, Kaya, Lillipup, Pikachu, Eevee, and Elise Captured/Elise Deceived by Sugar Plum

*(Back at the castle, Maleficent and Sugar Plum saw the Jitterbug plan come out a success. Then they started to sing)*

Maleficent: **They’re so misguided**

**It’s all so one-sided**

**Those dimwitted children**

**Dares to tangle with us**

Sugar Plum: **Those girls are prissy**

**He’s clueless**

Maleficent: **And we want them itemless**

**We’ll show them**

**How fiendishly mean**

**We can be**

Sugar Plum: **We want those items and the girl**

**To establish just whose number one**

**From the east to the west**

**Then we’ll be complete**

**With the world at our feet**

Maleficent: **And red, orange yellow, and blue**

**Always suited us best**

Maleficent and Sugar Plum: **I know we hold sway**

**Over all we survey**

**But we now need**

**A much bigger deal**

**The items and girl are the keys**

**To the making of us**

**So find them and bring them**

**To heel**

**When we get those items**

**And girl from them**

**And they’re put where**

**They could have been**

**Should have been**

**Right from the start**

**Our power will grow**

**It’ll blossom and flow**

**Through the world**

**Through the years**

**And straight to our hearts**

**We all like to dance**

**So now here’s your chance**

**You’ll dance to**

**Your very last gasp**

**Chasse, pirouette**

**You’ll swelter and sweat**

**And stumble right**

**Into our grasp**

**You’ll find you will**

**Dance until you drop**

**And stumble right**

**Into our grasp**

*(After the song ended, Maleficent and Sugar Plum then turned to Aipom, the Winged Goblins, and Flying Monkey Pokemon)*

Maleficent: Enjoy your dances, my pretties. And now you, our Winged Goblins, our darlings, it’s time at long last to go do your work. Now off you go and mop up the mess. Sugar Plum and I want those little brats and their mangy little Pokemon, especially Elise, and most of all, we want our items! Now fly, fly, my pretties!

*(The Winged Goblins, Flying Monkey Pokemon, and Aipom then flew out the window to the Haunted Forest)*

Sugar Plum: As for me, I’ll go to the tower so Elise won’t be suspicious.

Maleficent: Very well.

*(Sugar Plum leaves with her wings to go to the tower after all the Flying Monkey Pokemon, Aipom, and Winged Goblins are gone. Seeing the Inca Guards chanting and singing, Maleficent chuckled evilly a bit and then started singing again as she watched the image on her huge crystal ball of Serena’s group resting themselves from their dancing)*

Maleficent: **I know we hold sway**

**Over all we survey**

**But we now need**

**A much bigger deal**

**The items and girl are the keys**

**To the making of us**

**So find them and bring them**

**To heel**

**So, with the children here**

**I hope we may clear**

**What they have to surrender**

**And why?**

**It’s the end of the line**

**The items and girl are ours**

**You’re welcome our pretties**

*(She spoke then)*

Maleficent: Yes, you’re welcome, our pretties.

*(She concludes her song)*

Maleficent: **To die**

**Die**

*(She cackles evilly a bit. At the Haunted Forest, the group are resting themselves for a while)*

Ash: Phew. Man, that pesky Jitterbug really took the strength out of us.

Pikachu: Tell me about it.

*(Kaya then got up in a hurry)*

Ash: Where are you going, Kaya?

Kaya: Bathroom.

Ash: Okay.

Eevee: But don’t wander off.

Lillipup: Or else something bad might happen.

Serena: That's right.

Kaya: Okay.

*(He walks away a little further to go. Serena’s group meanwhile began talking)*

Pinocchio: How far are we from the castle and tower?

Elise: Only one mile left from this spot.

Christopher: How do you know?

Elise: I’ve seen this spot from the window far away.

Glameow: A million times for the past fourteen years stuck in the tower, give or take.

Lillipup: That's a lot.

*(Getting it, Serena's group brightened up)*

Liquidator: Looks like we’ll make it there!

*(With Kaya, she sighed in relief, having went to the bathroom. Then she started walking back to the group)*

Kaya: Can’t wait to see the Wizard’s face when we come back victorious.

*(She began to ponder)*

Kaya: Hmm…. I wonder if we’re near or far from the castle and tower?

*(Suddenly, something zipped by in the air, getting her attention. She turned back to look and then suddenly, she jumped when a Winged Goblin and Flying Ambipom swooped down and landed in front of her on the ground)*

Kaya: Whoa!

*(She got suspicious)*

Kaya: What do you want?

*(Suddenly, she noticed more Winged Goblins, Flying Monkey Pokemon, and even Aipom behind the two. She gasped and ran back to the others screaming. Hearing her scream, Serena's group turned and saw the Winged Goblins, Flying Monkey Pokemon, and Aipom emerging and flying at them and the running Kaya)*

Christopher: A Flying Monkey Pokemon and Winged Goblin ambush!

Serena, Ash, Lillipup, Pikachu, and Eevee: Kaya, hurry!

*(Just after Kaya made it, a Flying Chimchar and Flying Monferno dove down and snatched her up into the air)*

Kaya: Put me down!

*(She tried to shield herself, making them drop her. Just when Quackerjack went to catch her, a Flying Infernape and a Winged Goblin dove down, knocking him back, and the Flying Infernape and another Winged Goblin grabbed Kaya instead. Despite trying to fight them, she was whisked off)*

Kaya: Ash, Eevee, guys! Help!

*(Serena's group then proceeded to try and fight off Aipom, the Winged Goblins, and the Flying Monkey Pokemon, but then a Flying Pansear and another Winged Goblin went down and knocked the Elemental Sword out of Serena’s hands and onto the ground. She runs after it, but the Flying Pansear and another Winged Goblin grab at her and carried her off. She, however, kicks the Winged Goblin, making him and the Flying Pansear drop her onto the ground from the kick's force. She takes shelter underneath a tree to wait on cue to get the Elemental Sword and/or hope someone will get it for her. Suddenly, James and Popple noticed the Elemental Sword on the ground and were about to get it for Serena, but another Winged Goblin and a Flying Panpour pushed him and Popple into Jessie, Meowth, and the Fearsome Four, causing them to fall into a hole. Ash, Pikachu, and Eevee are fighting some Flying Monkey Pokemon and Winged Goblins off when a Flying Simipour, Flying Pansage, and two Winged Goblins grabbed Ash, Pikachu, and Eevee and carried them off)*

Eevee: Hey!

Ash: Let go of us!

*(Noticing them in danger, Elise goes after them)*

Elise: Ash, Pikachu, Eevee, hang on!

Ash: No, Elise!

Pikachu: Just run!

*(Then with that, the Flying Monkey Pokemon and Winged Goblins disappeared into the sky with Ash, Pikachu, and Eevee. Then a Flying Primeape, Flying Passimian, and two other Winged Goblins noticed Serena fending off a few when they broke the tree and made her run out to get the Elemental Sword, but they kicked it aside into a deep mud puddle. Seeing Elise running from the Flying Monkey Pokemon and Winged Goblins, Serena ran to help her when out of nowhere, a Flying Simisage and Winged Goblin grabbed her and carried her off by her feet only so she won't kick back)*

Serena: Elise!

*(Noticing her, Elise ran to help her when more Flying Monkey Pokemon and Winged Goblins flew at her)*

Elise: Serena!

Serena: Elise, get help!

*(Running to get help, Elise hurried when she tripped and tumbled down a hill. Noticing more Flying Monkey Pokemon and Winged Goblins diving at her, she ran some more. A hidden Glameow and recovered Team Rocket saw Elise running and secretly floated after them. With Serena's group, they were beaten down by the Flying Monkey Pokemon and Winged Goblins that even poor Fender’s body is scattered into pieces, but since he's a robot, he won’t die from that. Lillipup then ran to the direction where the Flying Monkey Pokemon and Winged Goblins are flying away with Serena, Ash, Kaya, Pikachu, and Eevee)*

Lillipup: Guys!

*(But Aipom swooped down and grabbed her. Then he flew off with Lillipup in tow. Elise continued running until she saw the tower and then stopped running to face the Flying Monkey Pokemon and Winged Goblins. They arrived, but she blasted some away with her magic. Suddenly, more Flying Monkey Pokemon and Winged Goblins approached and, feeling outnumbered, Elise ran and took shelter behind a boulder, hoping her friends will come and save her)*

Elise: (Whispering) My friends will help me, my friends will help me!

*(Suddenly, she heard the Winged Goblins and Flying Monkey Pokemon screeching in pain upon being hit by something. She got confused at first, but then prepared herself when footsteps approached her. She jumped out only to see Sugar Plum, standing over the unconscious Winged Goblins and Flying Monkey Pokemon with a huge club)*

Elise: Mother?

*(Sugar Plum panted in concern, threw the club aside, ran up to her, and hugged her, much to Elise’s confusion)*

Sugar Plum: Thank goodness, you’re okay!

Elise: How did you…?

Sugar Plum: I saw them chase you and I had to help.

*(In the forest, Glameow and Team Rocket saw the whole thing and remained hidden. Back near the tower, Elise broke off the hug and spoke in defiance)*

Elise: My friends will come.

Sugar Plum: What?

Elise: They will come! We’re going to defeat you and Maleficent, even if it hurts me!

*(Sugar Plum went solemn)*

Sugar Plum: You mean…? These guys?

*(She showed an image of the group back in the Haunted Forest, appearing to be dead. Elise gasped in shock)*

Elise: No!

Sugar Plum: Yes. I was thinking of warming up to them, but…. It’s too late.

*(Elise panted in disbelief)*

Elise: And Serena and the others?

Sugar Plum: Also dead.

*(Elise looked at the Haunted Forest. Realization slowly dawned upon her that her friends are dead, all because of the dangers of the outside world and that she nearly got killed by it. She then teared up and started to cry softly. She then turned and saw Sugar Plum calmly beckon her to return in a melancholy way. Elise teared up even more and ran up to her and hugged her)*

Elise: (Crying) You were right, Mother. About everything. About me. I’m never leaving this tower again.

Sugar Plum: I understand.

*(They go up to the tower window with Sugar Plum flying herself and Elise up there. Looking out at the distance, Sugar Plum secretly smirked evilly, for her trap for Elise worked. Now Elise will never leave the tower again. Once the two are in the tower, the Flying Monkey Pokemon got up, having pretended along with Sugar Plum to be knocked out and flew back to the castle. Back in the bushes, Glameow and Team Rocket, however, saw the whole thing and ran to the direction of Maleficent’s castle. Back in the Haunted Forest, the group recovered, actually alive from the attack. They see Fender broken into pieces and dizzy, they ran up to him in concern)*

Pinocchio: What happened to you, Fender?

Popple: You look terrible!

*(Fender snapped out of his dizzyness and explained)*

Fender: Of course we're looking terrible! They tore our arms off and threw them over there! Then they tore our legs off and threw them over here and then…!

Quackerjack: That’s you all over!

Megavolt: Obviously!

Popple: We get it!

Tiger: They sure tore you apart.

Popple: But where’s the Elemental Sword?

*(Bushroot revealed that he has it in his hands, all muddied up, making the group relieved)*

Liquidator: (To Bushroot) Good job, Bushroot. *(To Christopher)* Christopher, you’re a mechanic, right?

Christopher: On flying things only. And I want to also become knights.

Liquidator: Well, get out of your comfort zone.

Bushroot: You and Megavolt are gonna have to fix Fender up.

Megavolt: What?! But…!

Christopher: He’s right, Megavolt.

Fender: Put me together so we can find the others.

Megavolt: But what if we mess up?

Jiminy: You won't.

Quackerjack: So, be a man, Sparky.

Megavolt: (Angrily) Don't call me "Sparky!"

*(Christopher calmed him)*

Christopher: Megavolt, listen!

*(He quiets down and listened)*

Christopher: If you want to find Serena and the others, especially Elise, be a man.

*(Realizing he’s right, Megavolt got determined)*

Megavolt: Alright. We'll do it.

*(Christopher pulls a mechanic supply case out of his backpack and with Megavolt's help, started to work on Fender)*

Christopher: Now let’s see….

*At Maleficent’s castle, Maleficent is holding a struggling Lillipup, Pikachu, and Eevee away from an angry Serena, Ash, and Kaya)*

Pikachu: Let go of us!

Lillipup and Eevee: Right now!

Maleficent: What nice little Pokemon.

Kaya: Give them back now!

*(Maleficent then placed Lillipup, Pikachu, and Eevee in a basket and locked it. At the doorway, Glameow and Team Rocket, having snuck past the Inca Guards, made it and witnessed what they’re seeing)*

Maleficent: And as for you three, it’s so kind of you to visit my castle.

Serena: (Angrily) Flattery won’t get you nowhere.

Ash: (Angrily) Yeah!

Kaya: (Angrily) Now give our Pokemon back!

Maleficent: All in good time.

Serena: Wrong answer!

*(She was about to kick, but Maleficent stopped her by grabbing her arm and Aipom grabbing her ankle)*

Maleficent: Behave yourself! And I shall give you your Pokemon back, after you give back the Ruby Slippers, Topaz Bracelet, and Sapphire Badge.

*(Serena, Ash, and Kaya got defiant as Maleficent released her grip on Serena's arm and Aipom released his grip on Serena's ankle)*

Serena, Ash, and Kaya: Over our dead bodies!

*(Maleficent reacted calmly at first, then smirked evilly at Aipom who’s now holding the basket, still containing Lillipup, Pikachu, and Eevee, and Diablo, who is sitting next to him)*

Maleficent: Very well.

*(She spoke to Aipom and Diablo)*

Maleficent: Throw that basket into the river and drown those pests!

*(The children got shocked)*

Serena, Ash, and Kaya: What?!

*(They go to grab Aipom, but Maleficent stopped them again with Diablo’s help)*

Maleficent: Give the items back or the Pokemon dies.

*(Angry at Maleficent for threatening Lillipup, Pikachu, and Eevee’s lives, Serena, Ash, and Kaya suddenly remembered that the items won’t let her or Sugar Plum steal them from them. Then they pretend to give in)*

Serena: Alright.

Kaya: Take them.

Ash: But don’t hurt Lillipup, Pikachu, and Eevee.

Maleficent: Good. I knew you’d see reason.

*(She reaches for the Ruby Slippers first, but a barrier knocked her hands back, shocking her. Serena, Ash, and Kaya smiled smugly at her)*

Serena: Well, well, well. It seems they won’t let you take them.

Kaya: Now if you’ll excuse us….

Ash: We’ll be on our way.

*(They were about to leave when Maleficent recovered)*

Maleficent: Not so fast!

*(Serena, Ash, and Kaya got angry when Diablo blocked the way again)*

Maleficent: I forgot that I can’t take them by force!

*(She suddenly realized and smirked evilly at them, much to Serena, Ash, and Kaya’s confusion)*

Maleficent: Those items will never come off as long as you three are alive. But that’s not what worries me or Sugar Plum. It’s how to do it. These things must be done perfectly. Otherwise, it’ll hurt the spells.

*(Seizing the chance, Glameow and Team Rocket ran up to the basket secretly and unlocked it, freeing Lillipup, Pikachu, and Eevee. Serena, Ash, and Kaya noticed from their narrow view secretly and pretended not to notice. Unfortunately, Lillipup, Pikachu, Eevee, Glameow, and Team Rocket accidentally knocked over a small statue while trying to run, getting everyone’s attention)*

Glameow: Move it or lose it, guys!

Lillipup, Pikachu, and Eevee: Come on!

Serena, Ash, and Kaya: Run!

*(They go to escape too, but Diablo backed them and even Team Rocket off. Maleficent angrily ordered Aipom)*

Maleficent: After those Pokemon!

*(Aipom runs after them. At the drawbridge, Lillipup, Pikachu, Eevee, and Glameow jumped down onto the rocks and ran off as Aipom and the Inca Guards threw spears at them. But luckily, Lillipup, Pikachu, Eevee, and Glameow dodged the spears and continued to run back into the Haunted Forest to get help. Serena, Ash, Kaya, and Team Rocket got relieved upon seeing this from the window)*

Serena: They got away!

Ash: Yes!

Kaya: Hopefully, they’ll find help!

Team Rocket: Yeah!

Maleficent: As if!

*(Serena, Ash, Kaya, and Team Rocket darted for the door again, but Maleficent and Diablo blocked the way again, agitating them)*

Ash: Oh, come on!

*(Maleficent spoke to them as Diablo flew away)*

Maleficent: This will soon be over!

*(She placed a barrier over the window)*

Maleficent: So you won’t climb out!

*(She picks up an hourglass containing red sand)*

Maleficent: See this? This will time me when I will return to reclaim the items after I find a way to kill you. And it isn’t long, my pretties. It isn’t long. I can’t wait forever to get those items!

*(She flips the hourglass and puts it down)*

Meowth: Well, not if we flip it!

*(He reached for the hourglass, but a magic barrier stopped him)*

Maleficent: It won't let anyone but me touch it.

*(Serena, Ash, Kaya, and Team Rocket run for the door again, but….)*

Maleficent: Beat you.

*(She leaves the room, quickly slams the door, and locked it. Angered, Serena, Ash, Kaya, and Team Rocket banged on the door, trying to open it)*

Serena, Ash, Kaya, and Team Rocket: Let us out! Let us out!

*(But nothing. They couldn’t get the door open. They see the window and tried to break the barrier, but to no avail)*

Serena: Come on!

*(Ash slaps the barrier)*

Ash: If you still had the Elemental Sword, it would’ve been easy!

Kaya: Don’t give up!

*(Serena and Kaya begins kicking and punching at the barrier again, until they got exhausted and while Serena rested near the big crystal ball, Ash, Kaya, and Team Rocket sat by the throne in concern for Serena)*

Meowth: There’s nothing we can do.

James: We’re stuck here.

Jessie: All because they prevented us from escaping here.

*(Serena’s exhausted panting calmed down as she heard them say it. Then she, Ash, and Kaya felt glum)*

Kaya: I bet everyone back home is worried sick about us besides worrying about our moms.

Ash: Unaware that we’re gonna die soon when Maleficent comes back figuring out how to kill us.

*(Slowly realizing they might be right, Serena slowly looked at the hourglass spilling the sand below)*

Meowth: But we have each other, that’s what matters.

*(Serena suddenly got saddened)*

Serena: Yeah, but….

Jessie: We’re trapped.

James: There’s nothing we can do about it.

Ash: Unless Lillipup, Pikachu, Eevee, and Glameow bring help.

Serena: (Trying to be hopeful) Then we'll just wait for them.

James: But what if Lillipup, Pikachu, Eevee, and Glameow don’t make it?

*(Hearing those words, Serena got sad even more. Then she fought the urge to cry again. Taking her picture of her, her family, and friends out of her other overshirt-like vest pocket, she began to smile sadly while fighting the urge to cry)*

Serena: (Sadly) Ash, Kaya, do you remember how Ed always helped us out from getting hurt or dirty, like with the pigpen before?

*(Ash and Kaya heard her and nods softly with glum looks. Even Team Rocket watched in sadness and concern. Serena then holds back a sob as a tear streamed down her left cheek. Even Ash and Kaya started to slowly tear up)*

Ash: (Sadly) We could recall the times we laughed, ate, and played together.

*(He holds a sob in as a tear now streamed down his right cheek. Even Serena sheds a tear on her right cheek and Kaya sheds some tears)*

Kaya: (Voice breaking) I even miss sleeping in my own bed at night. It was so comfortable.

*(They then started to sing)*

Serena: (Voice breaking) **That counterpane**

**Upon my bed**

Kaya: (Voice breaking) **The flaking plaster**

**On my head**

Ash: (Voice breaking) **How we miss it**

*(Serena sniffles as she, Ash, and Kaya tried to fight their crying)*

Serena: (Voice breaking) **Someday, we’ll wake**

**And rub our eyes**

Ash: (Voice breaking) **And in that land**

**Beyond the skies**

Kaya: (Voice breaking) **You’ll find us**

*(Serena then spoke sadly)*

Serena: (Voice breaking) As well as Lillipup, Pikachu, and Eevee.

*(She then resumed her sad singing with Ash and Kaya)*

Serena, Ash, and Kaya: (Voice breaking) **Somewhere over the rainbow**

**Bluebirds fly**

**Birds fly over the rainbow**

**Why then?**

**Oh, why did we?**

*(Tears finally flooded their eyes as they tried to fight the urge to cry still)*

Serena: (Voice breaking) We just wanted us to see the world and escape our troubles, but….

*(She sobs)*

Ash: (Voice breaking) We never got away from it!

*(Team Rocket got concerned)*

Team Rocket: Ash, girls….

*(But Serena, Ash, and Kaya tearfully ignored them)*

Kaya: (Voice breaking) And our home needed us when we wanted to leave it! And now….

*(Serena clenched the picture in her hands and after dropping it, she finally broke down crying and hugged herself on the sides. Then then pulled her handkerchief out and buried her face in it as she, Ash, and Kaya continued sobbing. Soon, even Team Rocket started to calmly cry as well)*

Jessie: (Crying calmly) Please don't cry, guys....

James: (Crying calmly) It making us...!

Meowth: (Crying calmly) Now look what you did!

*(Team Rocket them broke down crying calmly even more. As the six continued sobbing, the hourglass got half its sand down already. Back at the tower, Elise remained glum as Sugar Plum finished wiping the mirror)*

Sugar Plum: There, all clean.

*(She noticed Elise still glum and tried to cheer her up, but with deceit, as she sat next to her)*

Sugar Plum: Elise, I understand *and* know you’re upset about your friends, but I tried to warn you, the world is cruel and dangerous, that it took them from you.

*(She got up and walked to the curtained doorway)*

Sugar Plum: Even if there was a Silver Lining of hope, it will die like your friends did.

*(Elise remained silent and glum. Sugar Plum, deep down realized Elise is still upset about her friends and got annoyed, but she kept a fake sympathetic look)*

Sugar Plum: I’ll let you rest alone for now. But think about what I said.

Elise: (Sadly) Okay.

*(Sugar Plum nods and then leaves, closing the curtain. Elise then hung her head down sadly again and sighed sadly, Back in the castle room, Serena unburied her face from her handkerchief and with it, began to wipe her tears away as she calmed her sobbing down. Even Ash, Kaya, and Team Rocket eased their crying down. Then two drops of Serena's tears dripped onto the edge of the big crystal ball she is still seated near. Suddenly, as if it reacted to her tears, the crystal ball glowed, getting Serena, Ash, Kaya, and Team Rocket’s attention. Suddenly, an image appeared, showing Grace, Volteer, Delia, Ignitus, Mr. Mime, and the Eds and even Anastasia looking around for something in a nearby town near Topeka with missing persons posters of Serena, Ash, and Kaya and even Lillipup, Pikachu, and Eevee, for they were looking for them now that the twister is gone. Noticing Grace and Delia are actually alright, Serena, Ash, Kaya, and Team Rocket got confused)*

Serena: Our mom’s actually…? Alright?

Ash: I thought Professor Oak said…?

*(Kaya figured it out slowly and explained calmly)*

Kaya: We knew he was a fake magician, right?

*(Serena and Ash nods. Even Team Rocket slowly realized)*

Meowth: I bet he lied to you three about the heart attacks….

*(Serena, Ash, and Kaya let realization dawn upon them)*

Serena, Ash, and Kaya: (Realizing) To help us make amends with everyone.

*(They watch the crystal ball and listened. They see Grace and Delia crying softly in Volteer and Ignitus’ respective comforting hugs)*

Ignitus: There, there. I know we shouldn't have been hard on them.

Volteer: We all were.

Grace: (Crying) I know!

Delia: (Crying) If we had listened to them, none of this would’ve happened!

*(The group and even the children and Team Rocket got surprised. Then they see Anastasia approach to comfort them)*

Ignitus: Did they see them?

Anastasia: No, unfortunately.

*(Grace and Delia stopped crying calmly and turned to her with a soft smile)*

Delia: I’m glad you told us about your mother’s lie about the sheriff’s order, but….

Grace: What matters most is not only Lillipup, Pikachu, and Eevee, but also my daughter and Ash and Kaya.

*(Mr. Mime and the Eds came up to them with confident smiles to cheer them up)*

Mr. Mime: (Comforting Grace and Delia) Mime, mime.

Double D: If we know Serena, Ash, and Kaya, they and their Pokemon would handle themselves.

Ed: And find a bite to eat!

Eddy: And probably find their way home.

Ed: And probably self-defend themselves from danger.

Eddy: Yeah. Like muggers.

Double D: Eddy!

Eddy: Just saying that because I, too, am worried about them.

Ed: That’s the spirit showing your concern, Eddy!

*(Watching this, Serena, Ash, and Kaya gave soft smiles and chuckled softly, although theirs were more tearful, glad to see that everyone is there for them in realization. Even Team Rocket is moved to tears by this moment)*

Double D: Anyway, where are Tremaine, Drizella, and Lucifer?

Anastasia: They’re at the hospital. Mother broke her leg, Drizella broke her arm, and Lucifer just was traumatized from being sent up flying by the twister just as it ended.

Volteer: And before the twister hit, what did they do when they realized you helped Lillipup, Pikachu, and Eevee escape?

Anastasia: They scolded me for letting her go and then I ran away to warn you by sneaking out after they sent me to my room as punishment for letting Yuki go. And when the twister hit, I managed to take shelter in a storm-cellar in Kanta’s backyard.

Grace: And you saw your family hurt and alive after the twister?

Anastasia: A woman who saw the whole thing in the same storm-cellar as me told me.

*(Then Eddy spoke up impatiently)*

Eddy: Less chatting, more searching, people!

*(They realized suddenly and resumed their search. Happy again while watching this, Serena, Ash, and Kaya wiped the last of her tears away as Team Rocket looked on proudly after they wiped their tears away)*

Meowth: I knew they would look for you!

Jessie and James: Yeah!

Serena: Yeah.

Ash: They *do* understand us.

Kaya: And they are there for us.

*(Suddenly, after Serena puts her handkerchief back in her pocket and then picks her picture up and puts it back in her other pocket, the crystal ball went dark, much to the children and Team Rocket’s shock and confusion and then anger)*

Serena, Ash, Kaya, and Team Rocket: What the…?!

Serena: Where’s Mom, Dad, and everyone?!

Kaya: Why did it vanish?!

Ash: (To the crystal ball angrily) Come back on!

Serena, Ash, and Kaya: (Angrily) Bring them back now!

*(Suddenly, Maleficent’s image appeared in the crystal ball, much to the children and Team Rocket’s shock)*

Maleficent: (Mockingly) Bring them back, bring them back!

*(Then she spoke up wickedly with an evil smirk as the children and Team Rocket got angry slowly, with Serena and Ash’s boiling over)*

Maleficent: (Wickedly) I’ll give you your precious family and friends!

*(She cackles wickedly as she vanished. In a fury, Serena and Ash then kicked the crystal ball, shattering it. They panted in anger)*

Kaya: Show her, Serena and Ash!

*(Serena, Ash, Kaya, and Team Rocket noticed the hourglass and saw the sand still pouring down halfway. They look at the window and with newfound determination, they tried to break the barrier down again)*

Serena: Come on!

*(Suddenly, she and Kaya kick and punch the barrier simultaneously in frustration and part of the barrier opened and then closed. They got surprised. Then Serena and Kaya did it again and this time, they held the barrier open)*

Serena: Why didn’t we think of that?

*(Serena, Ash, Kaya, and Team Rocket then shrugged casually, now knowing they can escape. Then while holding the barrier open, the children and Team Rocket carefully climbed out the window and once outside, Serena and Kaya let the barrier go, closing it up, and then the six began bravely climbing carefully down the castle wall towards the ground)*

***Coming up: Lillipup, Pikachu, Eevee, and Glameow find and bring the group to the castle to rescue the escaping Serena, Ash, Kaya, and Team Rocket first and then to the tower to rescue Elise. At the same time, Elise finally makes a shocking discovery about herself and Sugar Plum’s lies and true colors and goes to escape.***