Serena's Group's Secret Dream/Marge's Legend/History Lesson

*(Later that day, Serena's group, consisting Serena, Lillipup, Kairi, Namine, Xion, Aqua, Olette, Hayner, Pence, the Dream Eater pets, Bart, Lisa, Maggie, Milhouse, Nelson, Martin, Ralph, Santa's Little Helper, and Mabel, secretly snuck out of the apartment and rode with Khan to the archery grounds with both Serena and Bart’s bows and arrows in tow; The same ones Eraqus, Erika, Homer, and Marge gave them on Serena's second birthday twelve years ago. As they rode, Serena and Bart fired each of their arrows at each target perfectly while singing with Kairi, Namine, Xion, Aqua, Olette, Mabel, and Lisa while Lisa, Maggie, and their friends happily watched proudly)*

Serena: **When the cold wind is a’calling**

Kairi, Namine, Xion, Aqua, and Olette: **And the sky is clear and bright**

Bart and Lisa: **Misty mountains sing and beckon**

Mabel: **Lead us out into the light**

*(Then they practiced fighting with a bunch of dummies)*

Serena's group: **We will ride, we will fly**

**Chase the wind**

**And touch the sky**

**We will fly**

**Chase the wind**

**And touch the sky**

*(Later, Serena's group climbed on a rock hill and enjoyed the view as Serena and Bart finished decorating their own bows with carvings)*

Serena: **Where dark roots hide secrets**

Bart and Mabel: **And mountains are fierce and bold**

Lisa: **Deep waters hold reflections**

**Of times lost long ago**

*(Then later, Serena's group were enjoying a ride on Khan, collecting some edible berries)*

Kairi, Namine, and Xion: **We will read every story**

**Take hold of our own dreams**

Aqua and Olette: **Be as strong as the seas are stormy**

**And proud as some eagles’ screams**

Serena's group: **We will ride, we will fly**

**Chase the wind**

**And touch the sky**

**We will fly**

**Chase the wind**

**And touch the sky**

*(Then they ride back to the apartment as the evening arrived)*

Serena's group: **And touch the sky**

**Chase the wind**

**Chase the wind**

**Touch the sky**

*(After they dropped Khan off in his stable, they hurry inside with the berries and arrived in the nick of time in the dining hall, where everyone is preparing dinner, and Volteer, Homer, Drake, and Fenton are telling an interested Huey, Dewey, Louie, Webby, Tiff, Tuff, Kirby, and Honker and Tank Muddlefoot the story of how Volteer lost his foot to the Jabberwocky, as well as Homer getting injured by the Jabberwocky)*

Volteer: Then from nowhere, the biggest beast you’ve ever seen appeared!

Tuff: And that’s the Jabberwocky?

Huey: Really?

Volteer: Yes.

Drake: He is as blackish blue as a dark shadow.

Homer: His scales blue as lust, and blood gold eyes burning like flames and electricity, like his breath.

*(He chuckles a bit)*

Fenton: And he is really battle-scarred all over from past battles!

Rarity: (Agreeing) Which makes him really ugly.

Huey, Dewey, Louie, Webby, Tiff, Tuff, and Honker and Tank Muddlefoot: Wow!

Kirby: (Interested) Poyo....

Honker: Then what happened?

Tank Muddlefoot: Did you both get hurt next like you said?

Fenton: You really want to know?

*(Huey, Dewey, Louie, Webby, Tiff, Tuff, Kirby, and Honker and Tank Muddlefoot nodded eagerly as Mrs. Beakley chuckled a bit)*

Mrs. Beakley: You children always get into these crazy things.

Thunderlane: Especially since they were very young and/or not even born yet that time.

Volteer: Well, what happened next, like everyone has told me….

Tiff: You mean you were knocked out?

Abe: Of course he was knocked out. Like one time, I got knocked out fighting off invaders from the Kingdom of Scarabland long ago, only for me to recover quickly....

*(Then Rainbow Dash, after giving a bit of a chuckle while rolling her eyes, finished his story at the same time as Abe finished)*

Rainbow Dash and Abe: (At the same time, which Abe lets her) Thanks to Volteer saving my (your) life, despite his broken leg, and then we saved the day before they almost won.

Volteer: Yes, but….

*(Then Serena's group butt in, which he, Homer, Drake, and Fenton lets them proudly)*

Milhouse: From what all of us witnessed….

Mabel: The Jabberwocky knocked Drake and Fenton aside....

Kairi: When they were Darkwing Duck and Gizmoduck....

Namine: Then the Jabberwocky knocked Volteer out with his claws....

Xion: Clawed Homer's left arm....

Aqua: Knocking him aside....

Olette: And with his claws and electric magic blast....

Flash Sentry: With one blast and claw swipe…!

Bart: Bzzzz! Chomp! Shunk! Volteer’s left foot was electrocuted, clawed, bitten...!

Martin: And lopped off!

Serena: And gulp! Down the Jabberwocky’s throat, his foot went!

Nelson: Like its his dinner!

*(Huey, Dewey, Louie, Webby, Tiff, Tuff, Kirby, and Honker and Tank Muddlefoot got amazed)*

Kirby: (Amazed) Poyo....

Tiff: And you survived it?!

Louie: Even after that attack lopped your foot off?!

Honker: Normally, you could die from that!

Dewey: From blood loss!

Serena: But not Dad, thankfully!

Bart: Especially not my dad, Home-boy, from having his left arm injured!

Dipper: For we rescued him, Volteer, Drake, and Fenton!

Homer: Thanks to Elmo, Reggie, Jack, and Bud, along with the others, chasing him off by throwing rocks at him, along with some of them with their weapons!

Lawrence: Technically, it was me, Tucker, and Dale who threw the rocks.

Elmo: Me, Jack, Bud, and Reggie never did throw rocks.

Dale: And I used my flamethrower as well.

Homer: (Realizing) D'oh! *(Sheepishly)* Sorry, I forgot.

Selma: Yeah, like a senile snail.

Patty: Mm-hmm, a slow, dimwitted, senile snail.

Homer: (Nonchalantly and sarcastically) Well, excuse me for being forgetful.

Tuff: This story is getting better every time I hear it!

Webby: It always does, Tuff.

Erika: Yet it was never a pretty sight like any war is.

*(They chuckle a bit, but then stopped when Marge comes in with her plate with a piece of steak with an over-easy egg on top of it, making everyone compose themselves, acting natural while Lisa filled her plate with mostly a vegetarian meal since she's a vegetarian)*

Patty: (Whispering to Selma) Here comes our fun adventure wrecking little sister.

Selma: (Whispering to Patty in agreement) Mm-hmm, always ruining our fun and chances of adventure.

*(Marge then sat at the table when she saw Serena and Bart put their own bows on the table)*

Marge: Ah-ah! No weapons on the table!

Bart: Again?!

Serena: But they're just bows.

Marge: I think you should never have weapons in my opinion.

Serena and Bart: (Agitated) Aw, Aunt Marge! (Mom!)

*(While Serena and Bart said this and placed their own bows off the table, everyone calmly rolled their eyes at what Marge said to Serena and Bart; For the past seven years since Volteer lost his left foot to the Jabberwocky, Homer getting his left arm injured by the Jabberwocky, Drake and Fenton, as Darkwing and Gizmoduck, nearly getting killed by the Jabberwocky, and Eraqus was killed, Marge changed her tune about Serena and even Bart becoming a knight princess and knight prince, out of fear of losing them and even Lisa like she almost did Homer, Volteer, Drake, and Fenton and did with Eraqus. And because of that change, Marge had not only become ignorant that everything is fine, despite the traumas and tragedy from the past seven years, a'la the Five Stages of Grief, but also became neglectful of Serena and Bart’s shared dream and never understood how they feel about the change for the past seven years, making Serena and Bart feel left out by Marge, especially when Marge is never there for them lately. But luckily for the others, Erika, along with Kairi, Namine, Xion, Aqua, and Olette, easily moved on from Eraqus' death, Homer's injury, and Volteer's foot loss, and wishes Marge would do the same. Anyway, after Serena and Bart said this, Marge spoke up)*

Marge: Serena Makino and Bart Simpson! Don't "Aw, Aunt Marge" or "Aw, Mom!" me, and do not use that tone to me!

Launchpad: First of all, Marge, they weren’t having attitudes.

Volteer: Secondly, no weapons or not, this is what they want.

Scrooge: This is what they dreamed of seven years ago, just like you used to believe they would.

Erika: You should realize that.

Grace: Yeah.

Marge: (Sarcastically) Yeah. Suffer the same fate Eraqus did and what Volteer, Homer, Drake, and Fenton almost had.

*(Serena and Bart glared flatly and then started eating)*

Erika: (Whispering to Homer, Grace, Patty, and Selma) There she goes, speaking in sarcasm.

Homer: (Whispering to Erika, Grace, Patty, and Selma) Trying to reach out to her as usual.

Grace: (Whispering to Homer, Erika, Patty, and Selma) Indeed.

Patty: (Whispering to Homer, Erika, Grace, and Selma) I'll say.

Selma: (Whispering to Homer, Erika, Grace, and Patty) Never listened as usual.

*(Not hearing Homer, Erika, Grace, Patty, and Selma, Marge then changed the subject, speaking to Serena and Bart)*

Marge: Anyway, what did you both do today?

Serena: Oh, my cousins, friends, and I just got some edible berries with Khan.

Pence: Edible berries that are both sweet and sour.

Hayner: Just how we like them.

Bart: Lots of berries.

Lisa: Very yummy.

Drake and Fenton: (Secretly winking at Serena's group) Exactly.

Homer, Erika, and Grace: (Secretly winking at Serena's group in agreement) Very delicious.

Homer: (Hungrily) Mmm, edible berries....

*(The reason they winked is because they, along with everyone else, except Marge, told Serena's group to sneak out and practice while getting berries)*

Marge: Hence why we got edible berries tonight.

*(She almost resumed eating when she suddenly got suspicious upon a double take as Serena and Bart finished eating their meals)*

Marge: Wait a minute! Drake, Fenton, what did you mean by "Exactly?" And Serena, did you and Bart go to that berry patch near…?

*(Gene, Huey, Dewey, Louie, Gosalyn, Rumble, Ralph, and Tank Muddlefoot spoke up)*

Gene: Wait a minute, Margery!

Huey: All they did was gather edible berries.

Dewey: The sweet and sour kind.

Louie: Just like Uncle Scrooge, us, and everyone else asked them to do for them.

Gosalyn: Because you know how much we like those berries.

Rumble: They rode Khan to the berries like the wind!

Tank Muddlefoot: Not to mention rode through the archery range with Khan....

Rumble and Ralph: And shot arrows at targets….

*(Marge got surprised)*

Marge: Archery range?!

*(Rumble, Ralph, and Tank Muddlefoot got shocked; The three accidentally spilled the beans, that even the Mane Seven's pets and Maggie palmed their faces in shock and annoyance)*

Ralph: Oops, busted!

Homer: D'oh!

*(Serena's group and even Homer, Erika, Grace, Drake, and Fenton made a brief dagger stare at Rumble, Ralph, and Tank Muddlefoot. Now Serena and Bart are really gonna get in trouble, for Marge, since Eraqus’ death, Homer's injury, and Volteer’s foot loss, has also forbidden Serena and Bart from playing archery and becoming a knight princess and knight prince)*

Lisa: (Dagger glaring at Rumble, Ralph, and Tank Muddlefoot) Nice going, guys.

Nelson: (Dagger glaring in agreement) Yeah.

Marge: You practiced some archery *again*, young man and lady?!

Serena: Nothing happened….

Bart: No worries....

Marge: (Groans a bit in annoyance) Oh, Serena, Bart! How many times do we have to go through this? You could’ve gotten hurt, or worse, killed!

Serena: But we didn’t, right?

Marge: But you would.

Bart: Hurt or killed by what?

Drake: Marge, just because they went to the archery range, doesn't mean they're in mortal danger.

Erika: All they did was shoot a couple of arrows.

Marge: But that's no excuse to lie to me!

Abe: (Rolling his eyes on annoyance) Excuse, my foot! When I was a pup, my dad would occasionally train me how to fight at a young age, because what if something bad and dangerous were to happen?

Marge: (Scoffs) That was in the past. Nothing bad's going to happen nowadays.

Scrooge: (Aghast) Excuse me?!

Grace: You saying that, that is considering Volteer's foot loss, Homer's injury, and Eraqus' death never happening before.

Erika: That's right.

Marge: (To the others) But nothing happened lately. *(To Serena and Bart)* Don't you agree?

Serena and Bart: (About to answer) A little, but....

Marge: (To the others, cutting them off) See? I rest my case.

*(Serena sadly excused herself from the table while Bart angrily excused himself and they both went upstairs to their room. Marge then got up and went upstairs after Serena and Bart)*

Reginald: Oh, boy.

Bud: Another lecture coming up.

Jack: Involving the Downfall of the Desert Kingdom of Scarabland.

Elmo: My sentiments exactly.

*(Upstairs, Marge found Serena gently fiddling with her pillow in a calm moody way while Bart was punching a nearby punching bag in frustration. Then Marge started a story of some kind, getting Serena and Bart’s attention)*

Marge: Fourteen years ago, there was once the Desert Kingdom of Scarabland….

*(Serena and Bart groaned a bit in annoyance)*

Bart: Really, Mom?

Serena: Again with this history/lecture?

*(Marge flatly glared, then resumed)*

Marge: Scarabland was once a prosperous kingdom ruled by a king whose four sons were chosen to compete who will rule in his stead after his time. It was even rumored that he, along with his three brothers, built a whole army of human-sized shapeshifting robots to act as their and their people's souls' bodily vessels when and if they die eventually. However, William Clayton, the oldest, along with two of the king's brothers, wanted the power for themselves in a selfish way after Clayton's father died, and one of the alleged shapeshifting robots disappeared following his death, that Clayton and the king's two brothers literally caused a rift between this entire kingdom and the people by tearing apart Clayton and the king's two brothers' people’s fate for theirs, while one of the king's brothers refused to join them. But thankfully, Ignitus, with the one brother's sacrificial help, stopped the three's tyranny and Clayton and the king's two brothers disappeared after the three were banished into the Forbidden Forest to be eaten by its beasts, never to be seen again. As for the brother that helped Ignitus, he died from his sacrificial help, and then later, three more of the alleged shapeshifting robots that survived the entire kingdom's war, disappeared following the two brothers' banishment and disappearance with Clayton and the one brother's death.

Sora: And that’s why Ignitus got Excalibur out and married Delia.

Bart: As a reward for defeating Clayton and the king's two brothers with his heroic valor and kindness, combined with the one brother's selfless heroic sacrifice.

Serena and Bart: We know this story.

Marge: Serena, Bart, it’s more than just a story. It’s a lesson, teaching us that we can’t make the same mistake like Clayton and the two brothers did when it comes to following our path of fate. I just want what’s best for you.

Serena: Well, you could if you just move on from our seven year old trauma and tragedy.

Bart: And let us follow our shared dream.

Marge: Serena, Bart, that's not....

Serena: Fighting evil....

Bart: Rescuing other damsels in distress....

Marge: Serena, Bart….

Bart: Heck, even make everyone *and* you proud...!

Serena: That's right...!

Marge: (Starting to get angry) Serena, Bart…!

Serena and Bart: By following the six virtues wh....

Marge: (Angrily cutting them off) ENOUGH!! YOU ARE BOTH NOT, BECOMING A KNIGHT PRINCESS AND KNIGHT PRINCE, EVER!!

*(Silence, then Serena got angry with Bart at first, wanting to speak with Bart again, but then got sad, tearing up a bit while Bart remained angry, just giving up in frustration, and then walked to their bedroom door)*

Serena: (Sobs softly) It's not fair!

Bart: WHY CAN'T YOU LISTEN TO US AND UNDERSTAND?!

Serena and Bart: Especially move on? (ESPECIALLY MOVE ON?!)

*(Silence as Marge remained quiet as she calmed down her anger, then Serena and Bart stormed off. Later in the master bedroom at night, Marge is sadly finishing ironing a cloth tapestry with pictures of everyone looking straight ahead sewn on it. Volteer, Grace, Homer, Drake, Scrooge, Erika, Abe, Patty, and Selma comes in and saw Marge looking sad)*

Patty: (Sarcastically) I take the lecture didn’t go well?

Erika: (Nonchalantly) As usual?

Marge: (Sighs sadly) No. I don’t know what to do.

Volteer: If you could just….

Marge: I’m not letting them become a knight princess and knight prince. And I wish Eraqus....

*(She stops herself hesitantly, and then changed her answer)*

Marge: (Corrects herself) *Serena, Bart, and all of you*, should understand.

Grace: But whatever happened to you supporting that?

Marge: You know why.

Patty: Well, that's denial for you.

Erika: Along with anger.

Selma: Two stages of the Five Stages of Grief.

Homer: You just have to learn to move on.

Abe: Move on to the other three stages; Bargaining, despair....

*(Marge hesitates a bit during this, but composed herself)*

Scrooge: We know, Abe. Acceptance.

*(A short pause, then….)*

Volteer: Anyway, I was just gonna say practice what you try to say to Serena and/or Bart.

*(Marge looked at him in confusion)*

Marge: I know what to say, but….

Homer: Come on.

Drake: Pretend I’m Serena and pretend Homer's Bart. You know….

*(Then he pretends to be Serena while Homer pretended to be Bart)*

Drake: (Imitating Serena) Bart and I don’t want to be simple kids running the farm all the time!

Homer: (Imitating Bart, agreeing) We want to be a knight princess and knight prince, fighting in battles for what’s right like our Uncle Eraqus!

*(Then they spoke up normally)*

Drake: (In his normal voice) How was that?

Homer: (In his normal voice) Along with my imitation?

Volteer: Good impression, DW, Homer.

Patty: I have to admit, they were good imitations.

Selma: Mm-hmm, good imitations indeed.

Erika: Come on.

Grace: Like Drake and Homer just did, say what you want to say to Serena and/or Bart, please?

*(Then Marge gave in calmly and practiced)*

Marge: Serena, Bart, I know you both want this shared dream and why you two and everyone else wanted me to move on. After all you’ve learnt from taking care of the farm animals, the barn, everything in our home, I just want what’s best for you.

*(Outside in the horse stable, Serena, already composed from her teary-eyed reaction, and Bart are also practicing their reasoning with Marge with Serena's group while cleaning it)*

Serena: But you did want what’s best for us when we had this shared dream of becoming a knight princess and knight prince.

Bart: And you supported.

*(Then we switch between scenes, as if they are talking to each other)*

Marge: I know it seems unfair, but what other choice do we have for your future? We can’t just run away from what we choose.

Bart: We weren’t planning on running away from it.

Serena: Like you're running away from the trauma and tragedy.

Marge: But are you willing to pay the price like Eraqus did and your father/uncle, Volteer, Drake, and Fenton almost did?

Serena: We’re not doing this to hurt you.

Bart: We just want to make you proud of us, *and* help you move on.

Marge: If you could just see what I mean from all of this, then you'll both understand.

Serena: But we *do* understand.

Bart: We just need support.

Serena and Bart: Like you need support on your grief.

Marge: But you’ll both understand, if you just….

Serena: We want to make you understand our shared dream.

Bart: And get better.

Serena and Bart: If you just….

Marge: Listen.

Serena and Bart: Listen.

*(In the stable, after Serena and Bart said this, they then changed the subject to Serena's group)*

Serena: Is that good enough?

Bart: Please be honest.

Tiff: It might be good enough.

Lisa: Maybe even possibly good enough.

Twilight Sparkle: Or both.

*(Serena and Bart then went glum)*

Serena: Both “Might” and "Possibly," huh?

Bart: I don’t think it’ll work.

Serena: She’ll never understand or be there for us, mostly Bart, like she never has for the past seven years.

Lisa: (While Maggie pats Serena and Bart's own arms in comfort with a soft reassuring smile behind her pacifier) Let alone move on from the trauma and tragedy.

Martin: Stuck in the first two stages of the Five Stages of Grief.

Webby: It’ll be fine, Serena, Bart.

Mabel: Yeah, chin up.

Gosalyn: Those changes will come in time.

Serena: What makes you say that, Webby, Mabel, and Gos?

Bart: How will we know?

Webby: We don't know.

Mabel: But maybe one day, if you prove it to her and help her....

Sunset Shimmer: She’ll understand and be there for you again.

Fluttershy: And hopefully go through the three remaining stages of the Five Stages of Grief.

Braeburn: You got that right.

Stallion Eight except Braeburn: Yep!

Gosalyn: I mean, Dad's always there for me and my dream of becoming a knight like him, despite getting nearly killed from what he told me.

Honker: Just hopefully as long as it’s not another fight.

Applejack: In the form of an argument.

Tank Muddlefoot: Like any other shouting match.

Ralph: Which are very loud and hurting my earsies mostly.

Pinkie Pie: Which will not end well if that happened again.

Mane Seven except Pinkie Pie: Yep!

*(Serena and Bart smiled softly a bit)*

Serena and Bart: Thanks.

*(Then with that, the stable was cleaned and they head inside)*

***Coming up: Fourteen mysterious villainous creatures, consisting a bat-type Digimon, an anthro Arabian thief dog, a mutant warthog, a mutant rhinoceros, a mutant kangaroo, a mutant koala bear, a mutant potoroo, a mutant kangaroo/gorilla hybrid, an anthro lanky alien, two mutant Komodo dragons, and three anthro thief dogs, and a familiar female villain, break in Camelot and after injuring Ignitus, steal Excalibur. But thankfully in an unfortunate way, the fifteen would-be thieves lose Excalibur in the Forbidden Forest thanks to a certain caped Dream Eater, a magic tiki mask, six mutant bandicoots, and two young knights intervening. Then the next morning, all of the kingdom’s warriors, under Serena, Bart, and their friends and families' request under Marge’s suggestion, partake in an archery tournament, which another group of young knights won, but doesn’t end well for both Serena and Bart when they partake after the winner announcement to please Marge and not only change her mind, but also help her cope with her seven year old grief.***