41. Forty Seven

Dream World

The sky of President Jimmy's dreamscape was entirely an American Flag. Its blue square of white stars were as pretty as the night. The entire ground was a gigantic American Eagle crest. Jessie Sidney and Spongebob Squarepants glared at James McGarfield and Bill Cipher. "Well, well, well." Bill said his signature catchphrase. "After all of these years, Polokus has returned to get me. You know, back then, old Long Arms was a total bore, but he put up one hell of a fight. Now I have to worry about a pee-pants kid and some overrated sponge?"

"We're taking this from some nard who looks like Mr. Peanut, but with Doritos?" Jessie retorted.

"Humorous, Jessie, humorous." Bill's eye narrowed. "I gotta write that down. I wanna start a comedy club after this. Any final words before we duke it out old school?"

"You're very confident about yourself, Mr. Cipher." Jessie folded his arms. "We'll see how you feel after I say a certain word: your Creator's name!"

"What?!" Bill's eye widened. "How can you possibly know that?!"

"What's he talkin' about, Bill?" James questioned.

"Uhh, did I say that, hehe, what I meant to say was…" Bill tapped his fingers.

"You know very well what I'm talking about, so I'll say it." Jessie stated. "Your Creator's name is ____. …!" Spongebob looked at him weirdly.

"What? My Creator's name is WHO now?" Bill inquired.

Jessie shook, "His name is ___. …!"

"Um, Jessie, are you okay?" Spongebob asked.

Jessie fell to his knees and clutched his head. What's going on?! The name's on the tip of my tongue. It's in my mind, but I can't say it! Why can't I…

"You'll have to speak a little louder, Jessie!" Bill exclaimed. "I can't seem to HEAR YOU."

Jessie and Sponge flinched at the sight of Bill's fiery eye, shielding their vision. "Well I guess you're all outta options, Jessie!" The demon hovered beside them, circling around. "But because I'm a good sport, I'll give ya a chance. Go ahead, Bubble me!" He flew to different spots rapidly. "Go ahead! G'mon! Bubble! Bubble! Bubbleh. BUBBLLLLLE!"

Jessie hurriedly pulled a bubble from his head and threw it at Bill. "Aaaahh!" The triangle was caught. "Oh, no! I've been Bubbled! How can this happen?! It makes me so MAD!"

He burst free, and the force blew the Bubble Dreamers away. "AAAAHHH hahahahahahaaaaaa! That came a little too overcooked, Jessebelle! I'm afraid I take my meat medium rare."

"Enough with these games, Bill!" President Jimmy marched forward. "I'm punching these twerps back to reality and ending this battle!"

"Jessie, watch out!" Spongebob grabbed his friend and jumped away to avoid Jimmy's punch. "If we get hit too hard, we might wake up!"

"You're right. It's now or never to take him down!"

"Bill, would you take a second to explain to me what the deal IS with all this?" James requested.

"This is your dreamscape, Jim-Jars! You can do whatever you set your mind to. And I'M gonna help you out! By overshadowing your body, I can dramatically increase your strength. You and me had quite a while to get used to each other, so it shouldn't be too painful."

"Fine, I'll take it. As long as I can mangle these twerps faster."

"I like your enthusiasm, buddy. You're gonna make a great Leader! But for now, merging bodies. Alright, Bubble Dreamers, get ready to see a party trick!" Bill Cipher flew into Jimmy's body, and the president shook. (Play "The Encounter" from Kingdom Hearts II!)

James McGarfield shone with a golden aura. His shirt and jacket burned off his body, revealing the muscles underneath. The glasses on Jimmy's face fell and broke, and the president opened his sharp yellow eyes wide – made that way thanks to Bill's possession. He formed a grin that could terrify a demon. Jessie and Spongebob readied their bubble wands.

Boss fight: Bill Cipher and James McGarfield

"Spongebob, you first!" Jessie declared, whipping a long bubble shield in front of himself as Spongebob jumped to and bounced against it. He flew toward Jimmy and spun like a torpedo, only for the president to punch him to the sky with Armament. James lunged at Jessie and swung a punch, Jessie leaped away and blew quick Bubble Bullets that didn't penetrate James' defense at all. The president whipped out twin pistols and fired ceaselessly at Jessie, who was quick to raise Bubble Shields in defense, but they were easily punctured as Jessie took scratches to the side. "Come on, brat, can those wimpy little bubbles defeat me?!" James taunted, in unison with Bill's voice. "This is my dream, so I have the upper hand!"

Still spinning, Spongebob was descending down at Jimmy, this time wearing a pointy metal helmet like that of a missile. The sponge collided with Jimmy's head and knocked the possessed president dizzy. "Jessie, we're in the Dream World, remember? We can make anything we want!" Jessie sparked with remembrance, smirking as he molded bubbles together. A katana appeared from the bubbles as Jessie rushed at the president, and McGarfield lit his hands Armament and grabbed the sword. Spongebob created a torpedo gun and blasted Jimmy from the side, knocking him to the ground, then Jessie leapt in attempt to stab the president, but James leaped backward and dodged.

"We don't even need to worry about Fatso," Jessie said, "we just have to get Bill out of his body."

"No problem!" Spongebob whipped out a jellyfish net with enthusiasm. "Everyone knows that anything that flies is helpless under a jellyfish net."

"That only works on fairies, stupid!" Bill Cipher's conscience replied.

"Not in THIS dream! Nnnn-NUU!" Spongebob leapt at the president and swung his net, but Jimmy dodged to the side to fling Spongebob away with an Armament punch. Jessie leapt to slice his sword against Jimmy, but the president grabbed his blade, pushed Jessie off, then tore the sword into two as it dispersed into bubbles. He approached Jessie, who recovered and threw Bubble Bowls, easy for James to jump as he then blasted heat vision at Jessie (thanks to Bill's influence). Jessie hastily dodged it, then quickly blew a series of slow-coming bubbles around Jimmy's head. James smirked cockily, but the bubbles instantly popped and smothered him with goop. By the time the president could yank it off, Spongebob surprised him by catching his net over his head.

"And now I activate the Brain Scrubulator!" Spongebob pushed a button, making spinning waxing machines come out of the net's side and rapidly scrub Jimmy's head.

"AAAAAHH!" Bill Cipher spiraled out. Jessie calmed his mind and pulled a Sleep Bubble from his head, throwing it at Bill. "NNN!" The triangle blasted it with an eye laser. "Don't go thinkin' you're hot stuff just because I'm separated from Jimmy. The whole time I was 'teaching' your classmates, I was actually stealing their mentality! All of their dreams, fears, and thoughts are mine to use as I please! And I must say that some of them have quite the BIG HEAD!" He grew to five times his size.

"You won't have such a big head in a moment." Jessie retorted. "I've got a list of your weaknesses ready for use. Weakness Number 1:" He waved his wand, and the bubbles formed cartoon characters inside them: a male gopher with a blue shirt, female with a yellow dress, a penguin with a microphone, and a crocodile. "Cartoons in reality!"

"AAAAH!" Bill panicked. "The cartoons from Out of Jimmy's Head?!"

"I got the idea when Spongebob got you out of Jimmy's head."

"ZING!" Tux the Penguin exclaimed. "That was Jessie Sidney with our opening joke! 'Course, anything that opens has to close right away, otherwise it spoils. ZING!"

"NOOO!" Bill gripped his wide-eyed head. "His jokes have no body behind them! Please, someone toss me a tomato!"

James McGarfield punched the penguin away with Armament. "Get a grip on yourself, Bill, they're just crappy characters from a cancelled show! During Cartoon Network's dark ages, but still!"

"DAAAARK?!" Crocco the Alligator grabbed around Jimmy's head. "I don't like the dark! I need my blanky!"

"Golly, Dolly, I need you guys to attack Bill!" Jessie commanded.

"Hmmmm," Golly stared up at the triangle with his quizzical cartoon face, "Well, it's like we sing at the Crocco's Indigestion Experience ride: the only way to beat a giant Dorito is to EAT IT!" He and Dolly opened their mouths wide and leaped up to begin munching the demon.

"NO! That ride was an atrocity!" Bill cried as parts of his body were chomped off like a chip. "It gave children the impression that alligators have chips in their diet!"

James punched Crocco off of him and growled with anger, unprepared as Jessie and Spongebob leaped over with bubble-made spike boots and stomped him in the face. James flew back and bounced onto his feet, using Armament to punch the spiked soles when Jessie was thrown at him by Spongebob. Said sponge stretched himself forward via his legs and swung a kick with one foot. James ducked the kick, but Jessie rolled inside a bubble ball as he came from behind the president, knocking James forward against Spongebob. When Spongebob fell, the still-outstretched leg flew up into the air, came down, and STOMPED Jimmy with the spiky shoe.

Bill Cipher exploded into blue flames, which all scattered into a team of Bill clones. "AHHHH HAHAHAHAHAHA!" The Bills flew around quickly. "What's wrong, Polokus, more Bills than you could chew? Go on, bite me first, bite me! Ahhh hahahahahaha!" They zipped about faster and blasted energy balls at the Dreamers every second.

"If there's one thing I learned from Shelly, it's taking a bunch of shrimps down in one kick!" Jessie created a soccerball from the bubbles and kicked it at one Bill, it bounced around all the others as they all got dizzy. However, the Bill clones continued spinning, so fast they were like helicopter propellers, turning horizontally and spinning close to or above the ground. Jessie hastily ducked or jumped the Bills, spinning in place to surround himself in bubbles. "AAAAHH!" The Bills easily chopped through the bubbles and sliced Jessie's sides.

"I-say, I-think-this-is-how-you-cut-a-log, but-whaddo-I-know, I'm-just-a-triangle-with-an-eye!"

"PIZZAAAAA!" Crocco the Alligator leapt up to grab one of the Bills in his teeth, swallowing the demon whole. The gator's indigestion kicked in, his belly increased in size and exploded, hitting each Bill with a glob of digestive acid.

Almost instantly, Golly, Dolly, and Tux were taken out by Jimmy's Conqueror's Haki. The Bill clones shook the acid off of them and reformed into a single body. "Ugh, that was revolting! Time to put these cartoons to good use." His eye glowed and sucked the fallen cartoons inside of him, then the demon flew back into McGarfield. James blew Spongebob off him with a burst of his power, and having absorbed the cartoons, the president could transform his arms into stretchable hammers. The hammers turned Armament as James attempted to smash Jessie between them, but the boy jumped back, and when the hammers collided again, Jessie quickly blew a Bubble Bomb to explode against them.

During Jimmy's weakened moment, Jessie blew a Bubble Torpedo at the president's chest, but James leaped over and lit his legs Armament as he flew at Jessie. The first-grader dodged, but Jimmy had sunk partway into the ground as he lit with Bill's light-blue fire. Blue columns of flame sprouted everywhere around the field. "OUCH-OUCH-OUCH!" Spongebob was burned in the butt, rocketing toward the air. Jessie was evasively dodging the fires as he blew an array of bubbles to the sky. They all exploded, sprinkling around the field and weakening most of the flames. James stomped his foot through the ground before him, sending a crack toward Jessie that the boy dodged. A terrific wall of blue fire erupted and blocked the other side of the field.

"How do ya like the new Presidential Firewall?!" The combination of 'Bimmy' exclaimed, stepping through the fire to Jessie's side. "When I'm through with this, I'm putting these all over the Internet! You aren't posting on deviantART without MY permission!"

"Don't worry, Jessie!" Spongebob called from the other side. "There's gotta be some water somewhere!" He raced across the dreamscape, shoes squeaking with each fast step.

"He'll have to beat my Swimming Obamas first!" Bimmy announced. The president grabbed part of the firewall in either hand and lashed flaming whips at Jessie. As the boy dodged, he stuck his wand into his bubble bottle, then stabbed the wand into the ground to make bubbly jetstreams. He created a wall of jetstreams, which dispersed Bimmy's flame-whips when he tried to slice them. Through the bubbles, Jessie fired a Bubble Torpedo to hit Bimmy's face and back him against the firewall, but when his back caught fire, the president rolled like Sonic and shot through the bubbles as a flame ball, Jessie barely avoiding.

Spongebob found the President's Swimming Pool a short distance across the field, where Barack Obama clones were swimming back-and-forth. When Spongebob attempted to suck up the pool using a straw, the Obamas jumped out and threw kicks at him. Spongebob whipped out his karate gloves and sliced a few Obamas into bubbles, but several more surfed out and grabbed Spongebob from all corners. The sponge contracted into his Sponge Ball and slipped away, rolling a few feet before turning back to normal and creating a bubble-made Shock Bowl. He threw the electric bowling ball at the Obamas and destroyed them. With that, Spongebob proceeded to suck up the pool of water.

Jessie spun several bubbly hoops into being and chucked them at Bimmy to further disperse his body flame, only for the president to jump over and collect more from the firewall. Bimmy spun like a rocket and blasted at Jessie, who got scorched while dodging to the side. James smirked devilishly, but then realized his firewall was being destroyed by Spongebob's outpour of water. During his distraction, Jessie put a Bubble Viking Helmet on his head and rammed Jimmy's rear, pushing him toward Spongebob as the sea critter caught his head in his jellyfish net. Jimmy's head was waxed clean again, forcing Bill out. Jessie leapt forward, pulling a Sleep Bubble from his head, and dunked it on Bill like a basketball. The demon felt very excited, so he was able to burst free.

"Boy, am I in a good mood all of a sudden!" Bill said perkily. "I think I wanna call some friends over!" Bill shot lasers that summoned a spider on tap-dance shoes, a clown mailman, and Governor Ratcliffe from Pocahontas. The spider danced its way over to Jessie, who pulled a Sleep Bubble to throw over its head, but the spider shuddered with fright before popping it off. The clown mailman threw packages around Jessie, and jack-in-the-boxes popped out of them and laughed hysterically before exploding. As Jessie tried to shake off the confetti, Ratcliffe seized the chance to leap over and stab him, only for Spongebob to block his sword with a spatula.

"I'm not scared of the mailman, tap-dancing, OR guys with swords!" Sponge declared bravely. "These guys are on me!" He caught Ratcliffe's sword in one of the spatula's holes, leapt overhead while pulling the sword up, and forced Ratcliffe to stab himself. The governor faded into bubbles, then Spongebob dodged when the mail-clown blew Bombballoons down to him. Spongebob pulled a Sleep Bubble partway out of his head, then ran around with his arms still stretched, pulling the bubble longer. It was at a perfect length and size to capture the mail-clown, watching the monster fall asleep and float up into the American Flag star sky.

Jimmy's Armament punches now sent energy balls across the air, aiming to hit Jessie from afar. Jessie created a small cannon that attached to his wrist, which would blast an ice cream ball with each jab of his arm. James countered the ice cream with energy balls, but a chunk of strawberry latched onto his face, followed by vanilla and chocolate over either fist. Jessie looked as Spongebob was shooting Bubble Torpedoes at the tap-dance spider, so the Indian calmly pulled bubble after bubble from his head to throw at the spider's feet. Each of his legs became sleepy, then Spongebob Bubbled the head as the monster fell asleep and floated up into the stars, albeit partly Bubbled.

The Dreamers screamed and jumped when a giant Bill Cipher blasted a powerful laser through the ground, burning a path around them. "AHHHH hahahahahaha!" The ground inside that area collapsed, and the heroes took the fall through a vortex. Bill's image expanded before them, and the kids shut their eyes to avoid looking at his gaze. But that brief look forced their eyelids to grow sharp fangs, biting their eyes as they screamed in agony.

"MY EYELIDS!" Spongebob cried. "How can I trust you to protect me from sunlight now?!"

Jessie punched his own eyes to stop the biting, then he dumped some of his bubble bottle over his face. "Huff…" He had limited eyesight back, but it was slowly healing. "Time for Bill Cipher's next weakness: ironically, it's jimmies!" He created another turret over his left wrist. He blasted ice cream from the right one at Bill, then shot it with sprinkles from the left one while the cream was still flying.

"AAAAH!" Bill frantically dodged the cream balls. "Sprinkles ruin everything! They're so colorful, they make things seem full of love and life!"

"Bill, why does it seem like all of your greatest fears have to do with my name?" Jimmy questioned.

"It's called being tolerant, Jimbo." Bill glared at him. "Not that you would know. Because I've been teaching you otherwise." He shot lasers from his hands to hit a few sprinkle-filled balls, but Spongebob flew above Bill Cipher with a bubbly bike and created the Goofy Goober from his bubbles. The peanut chuckled and dumped a bucket full of sprinkles onto the giant Dorito. "Noooo! They're sticking all over me! They're ruining my perfect taste!" He frantically tried to scratch them off.

"Weakness Number 3, blueberry!" Jessie switched the dial on his ice cream gun to Blueberry, blasting the fruity blue cream all over the demon.

"STOP! DOOON'T! All of this is too unnatural! It's such an unpleasant taste!"

Jessie and Spongebob then leaped into the air, stylishly forming propeller-powered bubble surfboards under their feet. They rocketed below Bill, shot upward, and began shoving the demon back up the vortex against his back. Jimmy stepped back to watch the giant triangle fly out into the sky, then Jessie and Spongebob flew above to about-face and ram Bill again, blowing him against the ground to crash onto Jimmy. They watched the flattened triangle help himself up, seeing the president smashed in a big triangle crater. Bill turned to glare angrily at the duo.

"I've been going easy on you worms, but I've about had it up to HERE! I'll make you kids never want to sleep AGAIN!" The demon flew into Jimmy's body again as the president surged with greater power. A fiery blue aura lit around him, and Jimmy's upper body grew bigger. They couldn't count how many muscles were on his body, and his arms looked too long to be fair.

"Spongebob, doesn't this look like a good time to become You-Know-Who?" Jessie inquired.

"My mind must be open, 'cause you read it like a book!"

"What are you two clowns gawkin' about now?!" the Buffbod Bimmy shouted.

Spongebob stuck his bubble wand into the top of his head, then began a long and large inhale as bubbles flowed from Dream Land's atmosphere, into his lungs. When he was puffed to a large height, the sponge clamped his mouth shut and trembled, as if he was blowing on the inside. Only his head remained square, as the rest of his body, along with his white shirt, stretched and grew into muscles. He also put a blue mask over his bubble wand and eyes.

"Have no fear: The Invincibubble is here!" The superhero sponge proclaimed.

"Not THIS cheap excuse for a second movie!" Bimmy growled.

"How's THIS for cheap?" Spongebob channeled more bubbles in through his wand, sending them into his right arm as he ran at the behemoth for a powerful punch to the chest. Bimmy slid across the ground, but remained standing as Spongebob leapt and channeled the muscle into his legs. James lit his entire upper body with Armament, easily withstanding the twin kicks as he grabbed Spongebob's legs and whirled him around. He chucked the muscled sponge at Jessie, who managed to bubble up a giant spatula during this conflict. He caught Spongebob just in time, flipping him to the air before whacking him toward Bimmy.

Spongebob collided with and shoved the president slightly, then landed his feet on the ground to continue pushing. James withstood and pushed with his own strength, his auras growing brighter as his muscles grew stronger. The Invincibubble was shoved away, shaking the landscape after falling. "That's COMPLETELY ridiculous!" Bimmy exclaimed. "This is MY dreamscape, and I control every inch and corner! So with that in mind, let's bring out the tanks!" Under Jimmy's will, a squad of tanks poofed out of nowhere and launched bombshells at the sponge.

Spongebob narrowly avoided the explosions while creating Bubble Shields to bounce the bombs back and destroy the tanks. However, warplanes started flying overhead, releasing Mega Footbombs that Spongebob hurriedly captured through Bubbling. "Jessie, grab my net! Try to get Bill out of him!" The Indian nodded and swung a bubble rope to catch Spongebob's net from his pocket. Jessie molded Bubble Jetpacks on his back and flew across the air, avoiding bombs and explosions as he readied to catch Jimmy's head. Bill Cipher's eye opened on Jimmy's chest, but Jessie was too late to shut his eyes as he appeared in a white dimension, where Bill was floating over his Cipher Wheel.

"I'm Bill Cipher, Jesserella! Master of dreams, keeper of secrets, knower of knowledge! And my knowledge is eons ahead of yours! Every Cipher, from Caesar to Vigenère, I invented all of them and hid my messages all over the universe! It's unfathomable how much I know over you!"

"Yes, yes, smarty-pants, if you're older than me, obviously you're going to ***king know more." He blew Bubble Torpedoes at the demon, Bill dispersed and reappeared a few feet away, Jessie shot him, he reappeared again, and then a circle of Bills appeared around him.

"It's not about all the knowledge I have, it's my ability to accumulate so much of it. My likeness is depicted everywhere, every one-dollar bill feeds me knowledge! Everything people say and do, I don't miss a beat! I know everything you're thinking, how you're so desperate to beat me, you wanna tour the world with Spongebob, or how you think Shelly is the hottest piece of-"

"NNNNNRRRR!" Jessie forcefully grabbed Sleep Bubbles out of his mind and chucked them at each Bill.

"WOW, am I mad right now! I can't remember EVER being this mad! In fact, it's a little too maddening, how mad I am right now." Jessie was ceaselessly throwing bubbles to catch the Ciphers in multiple. "I'm so mad that, I can't help it! AAAAAHHH, it burns! Stop it, stop the madness, STOP IT NOOOOW!"

"ERRRRRAAAAAAHH!" Jessie woke up on the ground, watching the Bimmy colossus grip his head with purest aggravation. "BILL, WHAT'RE YOU DOING?! You're giving me a headache, Bill! GET, OUT, OF, MEEE!" James punched his own head with Armament, and the spirit flew out. James shrunk and contrasted to his normal form. "That's it, NO more possession, Cipher! I don't need a crummy demon to whoop a kid in MY dream!"

Jessie quickly jumped away when James came for a punch, then Jimmy whipped out an imagined whip to grab Jessie by the legs and swing him back and forth against the ground. He released and flew Jessie into the air, imagined a bazooka, and blasted a net up to the airborne Indian. Spongebob leaped up to be caught in the net instead, and the muscular sponge struggled before ripping the net apart. He crossed arms in defense when the smaller Jimmy came up to throw punches, and the powerful president was able to send Spongebob away. Jimmy raised a needle and performed a terrific leap to the sponge, piercing one of his abs as bubbles leaked out, and Spongebob began to shrink to a normal square.

Jessie blew a storm of Bubble Torpedoes that Bill avoided, but when many were surrounding him, Jessie clapped his hands to make them all pop and stun the demon. Jessie calmed down, pulled a Sleep Bubble from his mind, and threw it at Bill. The demon was successfully captured, but Bill surged with power and burst free, growing bigger. "I don't just know a lot of things, I am a BODY of mind energy! Every piece of information I collected, for thousands of years, from every single mortal, all of the knowledge I absorbed directly through peoples' minds, has contributed to my power!"

Bill Cipher absorbed all of the tanks and planes that were around the field. He grew to colossal stature as his eye burned red. "This is how my Creator imagined me! To be the smartest being in the entire cosmos! And no creature in any universe is more imaginative than he is! This is the END of you, Polokus! The end of ALL that you hold dear!"

Jessie blasted torpedoes up to his gigantic eye, but Bill destroyed them all with small lasers. He blasted a massive laser from his eye that exploded the ground before Jessie, flying the boy back and unconscious.

"Jessie, boy… Jessie…"

The child awakened in Polokus's dreamscape. He turned around as the spirit sat on his pedestal. "Do not let Bill deter you, Jessie. His knowledge is vast… but my Creator created me with wisdom. Her mind and heart cared for all things. She loved all creatures in this universe… so she wanted me to protect them. I will protect them through the Bubble Dreamers. Through you, Jessie."

"Well, you're not doing a good ***kin' job of it, are you?!"

"You must never forget, Jessie. Never forget my Creator's name. You possess my essence. I was created from Calliope's mind. You possess Calliope's power. Jessie… although you cannot speak of the monster who created Bill… Calliope's existence is all you need to know. Let me fill your mind… with all the love and knowledge that she knew." He spiraled energy around his hands and let it all flow to Jessie.

"Oh, I forgot." Bill stared with disbelief at the fallen boy. "You're just a kid, aren't you. You're nothing like the real Polokus. You're just a hopeless boy dreaming hopeless dreams."

"You take that BACK!" Bill whipped over to Spongebob. The sponge was weakly limping forward after being stabbed by Jimmy, glaring up at Bill. "Sure, Jessie likes to dream a lot, and he picks up too many bad words from his parents; and from the Krusty Krab dumpster that I show him. But Jessie isn't Class President for nothin'! That's because Jessie's brave, and heroic, and he cares about ALL of his friends!" The world turned dark as a spotlight shone upon him.

"What the heck is goin' on?!" James exclaimed.

"But the most important thing you need to know about Jessie…" Smoke began to flow in. ("What're you doing?" Bill asked.) "Is that he's…" Spongebob bent over, "He's…" Even further, "HE'S…" ("What the scallop?!")

"HE'S A GOOFY GOOBER (ROCK)!" (Play "Goofy Goober Rock" from the Spongebob Movie!)

"AAAAHHH!" President McGarfield was blown away by the force. Spongebob whipped out an electric guitar and microphone, singing with all his passion.

"NOOOOO!" Bill Cipher gripped his head in agony. "Rock and roll! ! My greatest weakness of all! How could you possibly…?" He looked down at Jessie. Bubbles flowed all around the Indian child, encasing his unconscious body. Jessie floated up into the air, clothed in midnight-blue pajamas with glittering star designs. Polokus's hat was firm on his head. "It can't be! Polokus awakens at the power of music?!"

"Didn't know that?" Jessie smirked. As Spongebob strummed his guitar, a Song Road came and caught Jessie, allowing the boy to surf into the sky and chase Bill Cipher. The demon blasted rounds of energy balls at the Dreamer, Jessie swiftly evaded them and threw bubbles to counter. Jessie whooshed his wand in front of him to mold four torpedoes at once, sending them all to strike Bill's eye. After Bill's short blink, Jessie caught up to him, surfing across his giant eye and sending bubble spikes to deal some damage. Jessie created bubbles in the air that formed patties inside them, then surfed by to use a spatula to flip the burning meats at Bill's eye.

"STOP THAT!" Bill screamed, his eye now red from pain instead of power. "His chops are too righteous!! I could never stand this level of rock and roll! DO SOMETHING, Jimmy!"

James sent his Conqueror's Haki across the dreamscape, steadily approaching Spongebob in hopes of knocking him out. The president was hit with a sonic wave that blew him back, James ran at Spongebob in attempt to grab him, but Sponge leaped, kicked off Jimmy's head, then blasted another soundwave at the president. James punched energy spheres from his Armament that Spongebob countered with notes, then he strummed his guitar faster to have a swarm of notes surround Jimmy and flip him on his back.

Jessie sent clones of Golly, Dolly, and Crocco to feast on Bill's body, which tasted extra pleasant with the inclusion of sprinkles on blueberry ice cream. "Is this really the power of Polokus?!" Bill exclaimed. "The power that exists in all Bubble Dreamers?! But the reason Jessie is… it's because he's a Light, isn't it? The only reason Polokus is lending Jessie his power, is because he's one of Calliope's Lights!"

Jessie flew far above Bill and channeled his energy. With a soft and graceful breath, Jessie blew into his wand. A titanic bubble grew forth, grew larger than Bill, and overshadowed the entire field. Bill felt this shadow and turned, gasping with fright. The bubble swallowed him entirely. President Jimmy felt darkness surrounding him as he woke up from his fall. The gigantic bubble was expanding, ready to crush his little body. "AAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!" (End song.)

The bubble exploded and forced Jimmy into the Waking World. The colossus Bill Cipher made himself into was destroyed. All of the mind power he stole these past few weeks was scattered, returning to their owners. "Ohhhh…" The demon felt groggy as he awakened. He was back to his normal size. "What?" A bubble surrounded him again. He tried to bang its interior, but to no avail. "The Sleep Bubble! I-I can't get out! This can't be happening! Getting… sleepy… Want to drink cocoa… and read from textbooks… NOOOOO!"

The monster looked down at Jessie and Spongebob with a promising glare. "You may have won this time, Jessie Sidney, but mark my words, you have NO idea what you're up against!" Jessie and Spongebob's heads tilted more back as they watched the bubble ascend into the sky. "My Creator will return to this world, and he's more powerful than anyone can possibly imagine! I'm eagerly awaiting his return. And when he does, I'll be back." Bill Cipher's cry echoed beyond the stars. His bubble had long floated away from the dreamscape, to the endless ocean of stars, which in reality were millions of sleeping, Bubbled monsters. "I'LL BE BAAAAAAAAAACK…!" Bill Cipher then became drowsy. He yawned, folded his arms under his head, and fell asleep.

White House

The president's office was in shambles. Jessie and President James were tattered on the floor, with Sandy watching over them and Spongebob. "Uuuuooooh…" The large-bodied president awakened first, wobbling as he stood. He stared at his flabby arms and body, and panicked. "What… Bill? BILL?" The president looked around frantically. "It can't be! Bill! You little…" (Play "Engage the Enemy" from Xenoblade!)

"Uck!" Jessie had still not recovered as James grabbed him by the neck, lifting him.

"Jessie!" Sandy cried.

"You may be powerful in the Dream World, you little trash-mouth, but in the real world, you're a piece of filth! I'll crush you one way or another, and have your family deported! This country is-"

A sudden gust of wind burst in the office, blowing James against his desk while Jessie dropped. The Indian boy was more awake, rolling to his arms and looking up at the assaulter: it was a very tall man in a dark cloak, the right half of his white face covered by a mask. His exposed red eye glared at Jimmy, before looking down at Jessie. "Out of the way, child."

Still woozy, Jessie got to his feet, and Sandy and Spongebob helped him walk to the door. They didn't exit, only looked at the back of the stranger's silver hair as he approached James. "Y…You." The president panted, getting up. "You're that Red Eye! The leader of them White Lotus! You picked the wrong house to blow into. I am the 46th President!" He threw his Armament fist at Red Eye, striking the side of his head. Red Eye retaliated by flicking a spell from his wand, knocking James onto the severed desk.

"The story of America's history always intrigued me." Red Eye spoke with a deep voice. "A Land of the Free, they say. This country became independent from Great Britain as a means of being free from the king's tyranny. Sure, America has had its hypocratic faults in the past, but there is one that still stands: such a country cannot become a free land, when its leaders continue to follow the law of the World Government. You are, by far, one of the worst America's had. But I will restore this country, to what it's supposed to be."

"Hu-u-uck-uck. . ." Red Eye began to whirl his arms. Jessie, Sandy, and Spongebob watched as President Jimmy's eyes bulged while he choked. A stream of breath flowed out of the man's lungs, he reached desperately to take it back. Red Eye began to spiral the breath around Jimmy's head in the form of a sphere, the man flailing helplessly.

"What the fuck are you doing?!" Jessie asked in shock.

"To live is to breathe. To breathe is to have Air. Air is Freedom. To live is to be free. Without freedom, there is no air. There is no… breath. It is time you presidents learned that. It is time for this country to…" Red Eye dispersed the breath with the atmosphere. The kids watched horrified as James fell on his back. The president was dead. With that, Red Eye whipped his magic wand and broke open the safe on the wall—the one that was formerly behind Washington's painting. He took a rolled-up piece of paper from inside and became wind, breaking out the window behind the desk.

Red Eye flew above the front entrance of the White House, watching the fighting continue. "PEOPLE OF AMERICA!!" Red Eye's voice echoed. Everybody looked at him. His presence was recorded on the news. Everybody in America was watching. "This is the United States Constitution!" He unrolled the paper. "The Supreme Law of your country, that has long been tampered with by your rulers! Your current ruler, President James McGarfield, is DEAD! Vice-President Anna has met her fate as well! My followers have massacred and destroyed everyone in the Congress! I am Red Eye, Leader of the Revolution, and I hereby introduce a New Order to America. A FREE order! As of this moment… America, and all countries it has conquered, are FREE!!" He used his wand to set fire to the Constitution.

Citizens all over the country went ballistic. Nerds were breaking into game and comic book stores and taking everything they wanted. Criminals were breaking out of prison, policemen and firemen were at war, churches were playing poker with bars, farmers converted their barns into factories, and vice-versa for factory workers, and toilets were no longer flushing. Citizens were breaking into army bases and taking tanks, the airplanes were driving on the ground, trains across the sea, and boats took flight. It was a national catastrophe, the country was in a worse state than it's ever been, and soon their chaos would spread to the whole world.

Joey, Shelly, Timmy, and Hikari ran into the president's office; with Gonshiri riding Shelly's shoulders. "Jessie, what the CRAP happened in here?!" Shelly screamed.

"Some psycho broke in and killed the president!" Jessie yelled. "Right after we took care of Bill Cipher."

"What are we going to do?!" Sandy exclaimed. "The country's gonna tear itself apart if we don't have a president!"

"But all of the Congress members are dead, who's gonna wanna be president NOW?" Timmy panicked.

"Especially in a country where everybody is completely and utterly-. . ." Gonshiri spoke.

Jessie listened to the cries and chaos outside. Everyone in America was crazy. Like a school full of immature children. With this in mind, he looked at President James' fallen body, his cowboy hat dropped on the floor. …He put on a serious look.

"SIIIIILEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENCE!"

An earsplitting scream stopped everything. The people of America looked at the podium before the White House. A little girl of about 7, with dark-red hair, panted heavily after such a loud scream. With everybody looking at her, Sandy Sidney turned nervous. "U-um… citizens of America, give a round of applause for, um, President of First Grade, Jessie Sidney!" She stepped away when an Indian boy in a white cowboy hat stepped up on the podium. He bore a strict expression as he cleared his throat.

"I want to start off by saying that everyone in this country is completely FUCKING STUPID!" The child's accented voice was on every news channel on every TV, and every radio. "Just because your president DIED, you're all acting like you can do whatever the fuck EVER! You're acting like just because you have no leader, you have no fucking sense of humanity, WHERE THE FUCK IS YOUR SENSE IN THAT?!" Red Eye still hovered in the sky, watching this display with interest. "I am a seven-year-old boy in First Grade, after summer I'm moving on to Second Grade, so the fact that I, a child, am smart enough to point this out to you is the most retarded thing ever! If you all really need a president to tell you how to act like common-sense people, clearly an adult would be the wrong type to have! Maybe you should let CHILDREN run your country. Would that make things better?

"First, I want every policeman in this country to get the fuck AWAY from your donuts and start catching those criminals! If there's a fire somewhere, firemen need to put it out, none of this silly rivalry with the police! Also, no fucking factories near rural areas, those are annoying, and quit polluting rivers and oceans. And while you're at it, give every 'conquered' country its rights to be their own country back, and make sure every child gets an education in a friendly school—because you adults have everything BUT an education. There, these are easy, SIMPLE laws that even a five-year-old can abide by! If you need a Constitution so bad, I'll have the Kindergarteners draw one up in crayon, they'll do a hell of a better job! My fellow Americans, I have made my point: STOP ACTING LIKE IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD!"

Everyone in America was speechless. The whole country was told off… by a first-grader. "…Coughjessieforpresident." Chief Fingerpaint coughed.

"Coughjessieforpresident." Another kindergartener coughed.

"Keh, Jessieforpresident." Richard Teague coughed.

"Oh, great, there's a flu bug going around." Leon Sobs moaned.

After witnessing this entire scene, Eva Jackson spoke into the camera, "You heard it live, folks, from the 47th President of the United States: Jessie Sidney!"

Everybody in America cheered to the sky. The Gallagher students were flabbergasted. Red white and blue confetti was thrown up to Jessie's podium, as well as a variety of gifts, some teddybears, videogames, and a white square-patterned scarf around his neck. The booths were piling with people, adults and kids alike, everyone was throwing Jessie's name into the boxes. Everyone wore Jessie Badges, artists were making posters of Jessie, and one artist got sued for manipulating a Jessie poster, calling it his own art. People were putting Jessie bumper stickers on their cars, authors were writing novels about Jessie's life, and the Sidney Monument – a very small, brown tower with a pointy tip – was created.

Shelly, Sandy, and the others stared awestruck. Hikari elbowed them all, and saluted happily. Shelly put on a serious look and saluted, they and all of Jessie's friends stood beside their president proudly. The 47th President, the first president to be an Indian, and the first president to be a child. "…You were right, Gonshiri." Shelly said. "The people of this country are nitwits."

Mariejoa; God's Castle

King Andrew and Lucas Stonebuddy watched everything on their TV. "Lord Stonebuddy?"

"Yes, Your Majesty?"

"What the fuck did we just watch?"

"In all my years and expertise of calculating probable outcomes, I'm afraid I cannot provide you a justifiable answer."

Washington

"One more thing!" Jessie announced, pointing at the banner of Bill Cipher above him. "This country is no longer aligned with the World Government! We are going to be our own country, and that's final! So everybody in America is hereby ordered to burn EVERY image of a pyramid with an eye! We'll replace your dollar bills with a different symbol, like…like diamonds! Nothing wrong with diamonds, is there?"

Every banner of Bill Cipher was burned, every window pane that looked like him, every one-dollar bill. Diamonds were instead marked on the bill, and everyone felt rich just by holding one. In time, however, crazy conspiracy theorists came up with some whackjob theory about how their world is ruled by the "Diamond Authority," but everyone passed them off as nutcases and ignored them.

Red Eye chuckled to himself. "Well, this was an unexpected turn of events." He smiled solemnly at Jessie. "Oh well… I can let this leader slide. No doubt the Government will want him, however. I should protect him." He flew away.

"Excuse me, Mr. President!" A brown-haired man in a black suit approached Jessie with a perky smile, and a bunch of keys. "I am Carl Keysley, the country's Key Keeper, and as President, you are entitled to every key to every door in the country!" Jessie was handed the huge ring of keys. He looked confusedly; why would he want so many keys? "They can open anything, money vaults," Carl held up each respective key, "bedrooms, bakeries, and this one opens the secret passage in your fireplace."

Jessie's friends all stared wondrously at that key. They exchanged excited smiles. (Play "The First Mask" from Rayman 2!)

There was a keyhole in President Jimmy's fireplace. His friends watched with wonder as Jessie stuck the key inside, and a secret hatch opened. They all climbed down a ladder to an underground chamber. They passed a long, wide hallway with ancient brick walls and torches. There was a round table with six chairs, each marked for President Jimmy and a World Leader. One more chair sat atop a short staircase, meant for 'King Andrew.' Behind that throne was another secret passage, leading to a tall room with a raised platform.

The path curved up and turned vertical along the pillar's side. Jessie whirled his wand and tossed a Bubble Bowl up the path, hitting the switch. Different parts on the vertical path flipped and became a winding stairway. Jessie and his friends hurried up. The top of the pillar bore something Jessie and Sandy had seen before: a stone cube with foreign writing. "Hey! That looks like that thing we saw on Candied Island!" Sandy pointed.

"What's it say?" Shelly asked.

"Doesn't look like any language I've seen." Gonshiri said.

Jessie slowly approached the cube, staring wide. The monument called to him. He stood inches from the ruin, but could read no part of its text. …The white scarf, which a citizen threw around his neck moments ago, glowed blue. It floated up and into the strange cube. The entire thing glowed, and its light shot into Jessie's body. The child felt the oddest sensation.

Jessie awakened himself as the FOURTH LIGHT! Only 3 more to go!

The foreign text glowed. Jessie read its words out loud to his friends. "'If you are reading this rock, way to go!! Now you're all a little bit closer to saving the world! There's still a couple more, but don't stop now! Keep fightin', and stay fired up!! –Natsu Dragneel'."

"The fuck?!" Sandy exclaimed. (Jessie said the same thing when Sheila read her rock.)

"What in the world is going on here?" Gonshiri questioned.

"Maybe it's a scavenger hunt!" Spongebob perked up. "Whoever finds the golden coin is the winner! Psst: last time I played it, I slipped coins in everyone's pockets." He whispered slyly. "Everyone's a winner!"

"I… have no idea." Jessie rubbed his forehead. "All I can say is I have a headache."

"Well, if this is all there is, maybe we should get back upstairs." Sandy suggested. "We've got a whole country to run, after all."

"Yes… I suppose we should get to that." So they all left the chamber and returned upstairs. A holographic image of a teenage boy, with strawberry spiky hair, a black vest, and a white scarf, grinned and gave a thumbs-up at the kids. (End song.)

James' Elementary School

All of the students that were under Bill Cipher's trance were awakened. Their minds were in almost perfect order. "Look, Punio! They're waking up!" Petuni exclaimed, seeing their eyes open as they moaned like zombies. "Sort of…"

"Then I guess Jessie and Spongebob finally defeated Bill." The Puni Leader deduced. "Finally. I was getting sick of the Elder talking about him."

"Ohhhh…" Emily Dickson regained her senses. Rupert beamed, watching his titaness-to-him mother sit up. "What… happened?"

"MOOOOooooom!" Rupert cheered to the sky, though his tiny voice didn't travel far.

Emily heard his high-pitch squeak and looked down. Her tiny son was waving his arms, alongside an army of colorful ants. …Emily collapsed, needing to catch up on sleep. "Oh, Mom."

White House

"Mr. President!" An aid rushed into the office after Jessie's friends climbed out of the fireplace. "You have some visitors. They say they're your parents."

"Our parents?" Sandy gasped in surprise. "Are they outside?"

"Actually, they're… right here." He stepped aside to reveal Samuel and Jessica Sidney. The mother was infuriated.

"JESSIE, what the FUCK do you think you're DOING?!" Jessica screamed. "We haven't seen you in DAYS, th-then you're in Washington, o-on the news, a-a-and this," she gestured at James' dead body, "a-a-a-and the-, en-d-d-d, mitu-widu??"

"What your mother's trying to say is," Sammy said, "this seems to be a huge misunderstanding. You don't really think you can be U.S. President, do you?"

"But he did just save the country's children from an evil triangle demon." Sandy reasoned.

"And calmed everyone down when they started acting like idiots." Gonshiri followed.

"My mom always talks about how she hates the whole 'assimilation' thing." Timmy mentioned.

"President Jessie, I have finished drawing U.S. Constitution in crayon!" Chief Fingerpaint reported.

"I'm making a bill that states that all allergy medications have to be given to prescribed patients for free!" Richard exclaimed.

"I guess I'll go help reorganize the military." Leon moaned.

"You see, Mom and Dad, running a country is easy." Jessie sat at the broken office desk and propped his feet upon it, tipping his cowboy hat back. "You just have to be nice to everyone and say a bunch of words that'll get people to like you."

Sammy and Jessica exchanged very concerned looks. "Well, since no one else is stepping in to be president," Jessica scratched her head, "and everybody else is okay with it…"

"As long as you keep us around to give you advice." Sammy stated.

"And you keep up with your schoolwork." Jessica smiled. "Since Gallagher was transported here anyway, I guess it all works out."

"We will have to call someone to bring our stuff. As well as, everyone else's parents' stuff. …They're going to send me the bill, aren't they?" Samuel sighed.

"Eh, we'll put everyone's taxes to decent use then." Shelly said simply. "But how did you two drive here all the way from Virginia so fast?"

"Your mother is very reckless when she gets this way." Sammy blushed.

"We might need to use those taxes to pay for all the cars I hit." Jessica said.

The next day; KND Memorial Cemetery

Cheren wore a black suit and tie, which he found very itchy. The sky above was gray and cloudy. Hundreds of people were here. "Hey, Cuz." Anthony greeted, walking past his older cousin/hero. It was the first time Cheren saw him wearing shoes, Michelle too. Even though he's never been to one, Cheren didn't like funerals. Everybody looked so bleak.

As he walked around, glimpsing at party guests, a familiar blue-haired girl with red eyes walked up to him, with her white winged kitten beside her. "Hello, Cheren."

"Wendy?" Cheren said with surprise. "They said you made it back. Where did you end up, anyway?"

"Someplace… weird. But also amazing." Wendy smiled. "I'll tell you about it later. Mister Facilier told me what happened, so I felt I should come. I never knew my parents, so I can't say what losing one is like, but…but I've always imagined. So… if you wanted someone to talk to, I don't know if I could help, but…"

"Hm." Cheren gave a smile. "I'll keep that in mind, Wendy. And thanks for your help in Gravity Falls."

"Heheh." She blushed. "Um… see you later?"

"Count on it." He winked, making Wendy blush. Cheren resumed looking at guests. Dipper and Mabel had come with Grunkle Stan, the twins smiling and waving at their leader. Cheren looked to the right, seeing an aquamarine-haired girl through a crowd of people. He eagerly shuffled his way through. "Sugar!"

"Oh? Cheren!" The 13-year-old greeted him.

Cheren stared up at her with shock—for one thing, he had to look up. "W-Wow, you've… grown."

"Hm hm hm! Get used to it." She smiled cutely, swaying her hip. She seemed to take delight in being many inches taller than him now, with hair in a ponytail. "My growing's only just begun."

"Heh heh. Someone will need a pardon from decommissioning. …" Cheren only just remembered. "Oh, right… your father, too."

Sugar frowned. "Oh… to tell the truth, I can't feel too upset about it." She spoke honestly. "I never felt more happy in 12 years. My heart feels…" She smiled and touched her chest, "free. Symphonia is an amazing planet. I'm still glad I decided to come back by the time of your dad's funeral."

"I'm glad you're here too, Sugar. It's great to see how much you've… grown." The idea was still weird to him. "How long until you're at normal age?"

"About three years. Apocalypse pending." She chuckled.

"Hah ha. Yeah."

Cheren then saw April Goldenweek a short distance to the left, painting a canvas. He approached her. "Hey, April. Can I see?"

"Of course." She stepped aside. She was painting an image of the current Uno Family, himself, Chris, Aurora, Rachel, and Nigel, smiling and standing together.

"Looks great. Keep it out of the rain, though. I want it when it's finished." Cheren then looked a short distance over. Mary Goldenweek stood with a red umbrella. Her face was solemn under its shadow. Cheren approached the blonde girl. "Hi, Mary. I know we don't know each other, but thanks for coming."

"Oh? …Sure. You're April's friend." She spoke without looking at him. "April's friends are my friends."

"Well… all my friends are your friends, then." He grinned. "Which means you now have hundreds of friends. Also, if you wanna join the KND, I'm all ears." He was about to walk away.

"Cheren?" Mary spoke. Cheren turned to her. "Did you… really love your father?"

"…" He was confused by her question. Regardless, he looked down regrettably. "I didn't spend as much time with him as I should have. I guess it's… too late now, right?"

"…" Mary looked down. Cheren expected her to say something back, but she turned away without a word. It made Cheren wonder what her story was. He passed it off for now and kept walking.

All of Sector V and their parents were here, including Mr. York. Sector W7 was sitting on Mocha's big head. Sector RZ and their parents—Lee Andrew had just encountered Wendy, and they looked happy to see each other for some reason. (Hope Haruka doesn't get jealous.) Sector L, except Eric, was here, Emily Garley was with Sarah and Gary, Sector IC except for George. He saw Chris and Aurora with their mom, and Chris seemed upset that Maddy wasn't here. Cheren had to wonder what all these people were doing.

He was approached by a short girl with messy orange hair. "Ci…Cindy?" He recognized his cousin.

"Hello, Cousin Cheren." Her right eye twitched. "Mom said I should come and cry over Mom's cousin's husband. She says that I can't scare anybody here. Can you tell me how to cry, Cheren?"

Cheren blushed. "I… can't tell you what to cry about. You have to want to yourself."

"That's good. 'Cause I don't want to." Cheren watched her go back to her parents. Aunt Mandy, the Pirate Emperor, was chugging down rum, standing beside her husband, Billy Cortix.

Cheren saw Nebula and Jerome at a table, where a Minish was sitting. When he got closer, he realized it was Minish KND Leader, Lenari. "Nebula? Why are you with Lenari?"

"Numbuh Hundred Acres has officially decided to sign the treaty." Nebula confirmed. "We plan to do so after the funeral. He thought of attending the funeral as a symbol of our new friendship, or something like that."

"What made you decide to sign, anyway?"

"The realization that the Minish KND's been helping humans in secret for too long." Lenari's tiny voice stated. "Maybe it's time we started helping each other for real. If humans can grab and throw Pikmin, maybe Minish can punch and bite like humans. To an extent. Anyway, consider the Minish KND your allies."

Cheren smiled, albeit not understanding what he means. "Shouldn't you be with your family?" Jerome questioned.

"Y-Yeah." On his way to his family, Cheren glanced at Dimentia, who looked solemn as well. Cheren's father did forgive Dimentia after everything she did, but now that he remembers, Dimentia's brother had met a fate not long ago. Granted, Dimentio tried to destroy the universe, but no matter the reason, losing a relative wasn't easy.

He then passed by Jagar King, whose head was down. When he looked up to glance at Cheren, the boy only scowled at him. "I'm sorry." Jagar said. "After rethinking my actions, I… regret what I did."

"Then I don't expect you to do it again. We will find the Twenty Keys, Mr. Pines." He walked forward-

Jagar grabbed his shoulder. "Cheren, I…I can't stop any of you from completing this quest. But there's something else you should know. I can't actually confirm it, but I think my daughter, MaKayla's the Gatekeeper. The person who's meant to open the Time Gate after the Twenty Keys are found."

"How much of this prophecy do you know?"

"Not much, actually. I know the Twenty Keys have to unlock the door, a Gatekeeper opens it—and a Groundskeeper cleans the passage to the New World. But with this in mind, Cheren, I…I want you to protect MaKayla. And… whatever you do, I really want you all to be careful."

"…We will." Cheren nodded. "But, Mr. King… what were you trying to say before? Who's the demon that's more powerful than I can imagine?"

"…" Jagar turned away. "I still can't say it. I don't know why, but…"

Cheren stared at him weirdly. He bypassed him and walked over to stand by his mother and siblings. Panini and the Drilovskys were close by. Grandfather was hovering beside Cole and Wuya, who looked less than interested. Mandy, Billy, and Cindy joined close by. The Grim Reaper appeared with his son, Death the Kid, who Cheren knew was the Spirit KND leader. The Reaper put on reading glasses and opened a book. "In loving memory of Nigel Uno. A Kids Next Door legend, husband, father, and Demon King for three minutes. He saved de world from alien invaders, demons, and helped save de world from mutant fishpeople and lunatic gods. Yah. He was a big deal. And because he's a big deal is why we'll always remember him. For every mortal, in reality, is immortal in spirit. So Nigel Uno will always be watching his family from de Spirit World above. His next biggest achievement: being the first demon-blood allowed in de Spirit World. Ha ha ha ha!"

Everyone stared blankly at Grim. …The Reaper closed his book and stared back. "We now condemn Nigel Uno to eternity. May Kids Next Door and mortals in general follow his example."

The coffin slowly lowered into the grave. Once it was in, the hole would be filled with dirt. They watched every grain of gravel. The former KND's legacy. The Demon Prince, Earth's Best Operative. His story had come to an end. A new generation was here to fill the shoes. Chris, Aurora, and Cheren Uno would continue the legacy. They would do what Nigel Uno has done before: save the universe, no matter what evils.

King Andrew, his World Leaders, and Morgan Uno watched the funeral from a distant mountain. Andrew's helmetless head looked down with remorse. One of the greatest operatives Chad ever trained. Andrew would never forget.

Tree of Beginning, later that day

Every Minish in the entire KND came to watch this, as well as Team Gallagher. Numbuh Eternal, Nebula, and Numbuh 3621, Cheren had lain the piece of paper on the ground, waiting for Lenari to finish inscribing his, erm, very large signature. Once he was finished, he stepped off, smirking proudly at the larger human leaders. Nebula picked the treaty up, then lifted Lenari on her finger to sit him on his tall throne. "As Supreme Leader of the Galactic Kids Next Door, I, Numbuh Eternal, am happy to welcome the Minish Kids Next Door to the Galactic Kid Council!"

"YAAAAAAAAAAYYYY!" The million screams were very high-pitched at their tiny sizes. Cheren felt his eardrums tingle.

"And to further commemorate this day," Lenari announced, "we are honored to welcome the return of our 'fair' Princess Gonshiri, and long-lost princess, Lánshelly the Second!" He gestured to the bucket-crowned human princess, who bowed, while Gonshiri bowed from her shorter platform next to Lenari's. "We will celebrate this occasion by welcoming new operatives to our ranks! Please, step up to the throne: Rupert Dickson, Timothy Gilligan, and Hikari Gilligan!"

The humans saw that a tiny strip was clear through the Minish crowds. Three miniature figures were leading an army of Pikmin, and the Gallagher kids knew who these tiny humans were. (I mean, he just announced them.) Princess Shelly picked up and placed Lenari on the ground this time, while Gonshiri jumped down herself. They both approached the humans, with Lenari holding a golden leaf paper, and Gonshiri some cups of green and purple ooze. "Just put your fingers in the green ink and mark your fingerprints on the leaf." Lenari showed them the gold leaf's writing, a seal of approval for new Minish operatives. "Then Princess Gonshiri will mark it with the purple ink. You'll officially be Minish KND operatives."

"All right!" Rupert happily dipped his index in the ink and stamped his fingerprint. "Come on, guys, don't leave it hangin'!"

Timmy and Hikari exchanged contemplative glances, as though unsure if they wanted to do this. "Oh sure, why not." Timmy shrugged. "I mean, we came this far."

"Yeah! And Jessie looks super cute from down here." Hikari looked dreamily at the President. She and Timothy marked their fingerprints.

"Well, Princess?" Lenari cocked a brow.

"Hmmmm." The princess studied the humans, or rather Rupert, with mock suspicion. "I'm not sure if I want to. As good as their skills with Pikmin are, I feel they're… lacking something of a true Minish."

"The worst part of being tiny is looking at Shelly from down here," Rupert explained simply, "we never realized how ugly she was until now, and every second makes us want to barf."

"You are hereby approved." Gonshiri smiled proudly, taking the purple ink and stamping the leaf.

"Numbuh Ounce, Numbuh TG, and Numbuh Kindergarten, WELCOME TO THE MINISH KIDS NEXT DOOR!" Lenari declared. "Whenever us Minish require the aid of humans, let us be assured we can always rely on our new operatives and allies!"

"YAAAAAAAAAYYY!"

"So, uh, Princess…" Rupert spoke sheepishly to Gonshiri. "Since I'm in your KND now, did you have any… plans comin', or.."

"Oh, don't even try with me, Loose Tooth." Gonshiri retorted. "Besides, I do have plans. Don't I, Lenny?"

"We have catchin' up to do." Lenari smiled and took Gonshiri's hand.

The kids gaped. "Y-You mean you and the princess?…"

"Meetchu at the treetop later?" Lenari told Gonshiri smoothly.

"Don't be late." The princess smooched her bodyguard.

"I don't want no humans kissing my sister, anyway." Shelly folded her arms.

"No humans'll wanna kiss you either, ***thead." Jessie remarked.

"HE CUSSED!!" The Minish squeaked.

"He's President, he can do that." Sandy looked adorable.

"HAIL TO THE CHIEF!"

"We have, like, the biggest army right now." Cheren said with a humored smile.

"I have the biggest army right now." Nebula smirked, raising a brow.

"Good thing, too. After that crazy business… I doubt the World Government is going to rest."

"We need to find the Twenty Keys soon."

"You're right. We got a few Lights, but I never heard a thing about the Darknesses. …I wonder if Nerehc knows anything." Cheren said thoughtfully. "I haven't seen him since we started this quest. I think we'll schedule a meeting."

Arctic Base Medical Wing

Everyone that was involved with President Jimmy was captured and arrested, including Gideon and the defeated Teen Ninjas. King Sandy, with his bones still broken, was being cared for in the medical wing. "Mr. Johnson, you have a visitor." A nurse walked in and said. Sandy glanced over: a Minish woman was standing on the girl's finger.

Sandy smiled weakly. "Thank you. You can set her on the table."

The girl allowed the Minish to walk onto the bedside table, then left them alone. "Things didn't work out, did it?" Lánshelly asked.

"It's that moment when your two twin daughters beat the crap out of you that makes you realize." King Sandy said. "I'm not getting younger, and they're getting older."

"You're still 30, liven up." The queen remarked. "You aren't still planning to follow Andrew even after this, are you?"

Sandy sighed. "Chances are, Andrew isn't gonna be happy with any of them, now that Jessie rules America. Since I was dumb enough to let them get away with it…"

Lánshelly leapt over onto Sandy's bed, approaching his head. "Then this is your chance to be a real good father. Since King Andrew will only get more upset over this, you have to do the responsible thing and protect your daughters. Besides, this is what we always wanted, Sandy." She smiled. "For our daughters to meet each other. Now they finally have, and they're so close. We can all be a family again. Just you, me, and Shelly and Gonshiri."

Sandy smiled down at the tiny woman. "You really missed having someone to scare all your bullies away." The queen giggled at this. "I'd really love to, Dear, but I'm kind of… tied up at the moment."

Queen Lánshelly snapped her fingers, summoning a team of Onions into the room. They went unnoticed by the guards. "I'll sneak you out right under their noses." The Pikmin landed and carried out several Minish-size jars of Minish Dust. "We'll continue your treatment inside and take you straight back to Europe. But keep in mind that Shelly will be larger than you." She smirked. "So she'll keep you in line if you try anything."

Sandy gave a defeated, humorous sigh. "At least Gonshiri can protect me. Hmhm… alright, Shelly. Let's go home." The Minish Queen grinned, using her bending to wave the green dust over her husband. He was zapped to size and carried inside the Onions by Pikmin.

Mariejoa

The World Leaders' throne was currently empty. The Octogan was still resting in its golden pyramid. The 8-ball was flashing crazier than ever. The eye was going mad, as if excited. It saw the Fourth Light awaken. Just three more to go, and only 20 days of putting up with these retarded World Leaders! Then he would finally be free, finally! His eye flashed images of all the expectant faces, of Bill Cipher, Dimentio, Xehanort, Zeref, Yellow Diamond, the '8' became a series of letters O R Q J O L Y H H Q J O L V K, before displaying a longer image of the shadow of a skull demon, surrounded by emerald flames. The image flashed the shadow of Ragaj Gnik before becoming a normal '8.'