Dark Awakening

**Dark Awakening** is the fourth arc in *Disney's Final Frontier*. The arc contains 5 episodes, all based on the Dark Age of Disney. Although Dark Awakening technically ends at *The Black Cauldron*, *The Great Mouse Detective* is considered the Final Level despite being an optional Bonus Level like *Bambi*.

## Story Events

### Friends and Family Pt. I

After things have finally settled in Figonia, everything has returned to normal rather quickly. Tramp and Bagheera were playing a game of chess as Dodger was greeted by them in the library. As it turned out, they were waiting to hear from Figment about a spell able to revive party members. Of course, Tramp being Tramp, decides to take a look at the spellbook himself when Figment was taking way too long. This did not go according to plan as he accidentally says a spell that causes a sonic boom waking everyone up (and scaring the crud out of Tod). Shenzi Marie makes sure everyone was alright after Tramp's screw-up, including Simba and Nala who looked as though they barely got any sleep the previous night.

Tod and co reconvene with Tramp, Bagheera, Dodger, and Figment to make sure they're okay as well, with Dodger laughing the entire ordeal off. The arc starts here as the team grabs the necessary supplies to start their next adventure. Tod becomes a bit nervous about returning to his own world in the future, believing Copper might still be out there looking for blood. Dodger mentions that he fought man's gun once before, so he should trust his instincts and don't get cocky about the situation. Tramp offers a bit of some romantic advice, with Tod being a bit perplexed by it. The dog then goes into Plan B, to introduce him to another romantic couple he's friends with, if not pen pals. The guys, bar Simba, decides to head to The Aristocats with Angel first before taking on anything else. They start heading over, with Tod and Dodger being temporarily stopped by Simba, who expresses his own doubts and worries of what's to come. Tod and Dodger tell him not to worry before heading off. Simba starts contemplating why they said not to worry.

### Friends and Family Pt. II

*This event happens Post-Aristocats.*

As it turns out, Tod had finally awakened as an Accel. This managed to surprise most of the gang up to this point. Of course, at the same time the guys, and Angel, arrived back, Marian and Figment receive a message requiring "URGENT HELP" at Nottingham. They both come to an assumption it's Robin Hood who sent the message. They gather the other team members, including the Helping Hands hanging out at Figonia to let everyone know. Thus, the portal to Nottingham opens for everyone. The team are given the choice to help Tod with his romance issues first, or to help Robin Hood in his own escapades.

Choosing to head to Robin Hood, Tod tells Nala, Rikki, and Dodger to keep an eye on the Hideaway while they're gone. Choosing to head to The Fox and the Hound, Tramp, Bagheera, Simba, and Dodger tag along, while Marian stays behind to prepare for the descent into darkness.

### Post-Robin Hood

The tough fight with The Doppelganger really shook the foundation of the team a bit. The group had arrived back to Figonia after the After Party alongside their new teammate, Joshua. Joshua got along famously with Tod, claiming he was deceived by Prince John ever since Marian left Nottingham to help Figonia out. He offered to lend his power to the team as his way of apologizing, which Tod and Angel end up accepting in the end. Simba, however, scurried away to Nala to confess something to her, but as it turned out, she too wanted to confess something to him. She curtsied to the young Prince and offered her paw in marriage, much to Simba's shock. Despite this, he lets out a resounding "YES," and hugged the soon-to-be Princess.

Figment, who spied on them, passed the word to the others. While Tramp and Bagheera shrugged it off knowing it would happen eventually, and Marian and Robin were happy for them, the others, minus Joshua, were just as dumbfounded as Simba was. Of course they were happy for the newly engaged couple, in the end. Simba and Nala spent the rest of the night together, as Nala took the Tumaini name later on.

### Post-The Fox and the Hound

Tod, Dodger, Tramp, Bagheera, Simba, and Vixey were the first to arrive in Figonia, with the two foxes close to each other. Tramp gave a smug "Mission Complete" to Bagheera, which he rolled his eyes in response. Tod proceeded to show Vixey around Figonia, before eventually meeting up with Marian and Simba. Vixey introduced herself to the two of them, just as Copper arrived a few moments later. It is presumed he sneaked away from Amos Slade as he was under the care of Widow Tweed. He became a rather important member of the team in later adventures, as the 2nd best Thunder user.

### Pre-The Black Cauldron

With still possible looming threats, Tod, Dodger, and Copper decide it's high time the Ultimate Team (consisting of 2 members) became an Ultimate Trio. The three were going to take on The Black Cauldron by themselves, only for Simba and Bolt offering to tag along, as Tramp, Marian, and Bagheera, were too busy doing other things off-screen. They wanted to break the boredom, so they left with The Ultimate Trio. It wouldn't be until almost midway through that the others figured something was up and went through the portal as well.

### Desperate Measures

*To unlock this chapter, you must be playing the game on Medium Difficulty or higher. This chapter occurs before the start of the Chaos Band arc.*

Frustrated after the betrayal of Copper, and the loss of two key members, The Horned King and Amos Slade, The Blot starts to contemplate new ways to take down Tod and his friends. Even Scar was a bit annoyed finding out Shenzi was responsible for Shere Khan's near death. With the Shadow Blot returning after falling asleep in The Aristocats, The Blot scolds him for his actions and constant failures. Gaston offers to help the Shadow Blot this one time, offering a bit of his life energy. The Blot acknowledges what he was willing to do, and the remaining villains are granted a new weapon to take on their enemies, the Chaos Band.