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termites have been

a problem.

So here I thought

we were doomed.

This calls for

a celebration!

I suppose

we've earned it.

Wait...

this is gonna

sound weird, but...

I'm not from this world.

(CHUCKLES)

And I thought maybe

something in these scrolls

could tell me...

if there's a way

for me to get home.

The scrolls don't

tell the future...

they only guide us

with the knowledge

of the past.

Hey, that's

a great line!

You guys got that,

right?

So you can't help me?

I didn't say that.

I can't read this.

It's just dusty.

Blow it off.

(GASPS)

It's you.

But I saw you

turn into moss.

Come closer.

Oh, this is perfect!

You can make me big again.

Closer.

(GASPS)

It's a memory.

If you can

hear me now...

it means

you got to Nim's.

The Pod needs you.

I can't be

around for it anymore.

No, don't do that!

Why would you

give that to me?

You don't understand,

I have to get home...

this has nothing

to do with me.

You're here

for a reason.

Maybe you don't see

the connections yet.

But just because

you don't see them

doesn't mean

they're not there.

I know you're scared.

Just stay with the Pod...

be with it

when it blooms...

and then

you'll get back

what you've given.

You'll get back.

(GASPS)

Well, that was intense.

I gotta read

more of these.

That means

I can get home!

Well, if you want

to go home so bad,

then why did you leave?

(CROWD CHATTERING)

Lose the sword, Ronin,

we're done.

We're not done

until the Pod blooms.

We're bringing it

home to Moonhaven.

I need you to

watch it while I tell

the rest of the Leafmen

to expect us.

Hey, I helped you get here,

but I haven't changed my mind.

Do you think

just because you're not

a Leafman anymore...

you're not

a part of this?

Well, the fate of that Pod

affects all of us.

The queen is gone.

(CROWD GASPING)

But, as always,

she looked out for us...

even in her

final moments.

Tonight,

when this Pod blooms,

a new queen will rise!

I know you're sad.

I am, too.

But Tara wouldn't

want us to mourn!

She'd want us to

celebrate her life!

And the life

of the forest!

(CROWD CHEERING)

So, stay with it.

And don't lose

the sword.

(GROANS)

(CROWD CHATTERING)

Look, I'm thinking

that I didn't make

the best first impression.

It's okay. I've never

had a guy fight

a mouse for me before.

(CHUCKLES)

You're not from

around here, are you?

What makes you

say that?

If you were,

I would remember you.

CROWD:
To Queen Tara!

To the queen!

You wanna go

somewhere quieter?

Will that be okay

with Ronin?

Yeah, he said to

watch the Pod...

but there's nowhere

safer than Nim's tree.

I think he's

just pretty upset

about the queen.

Here, let me

show you something.

(GASPS)

What?

(SCREAMING)

(GRUNTS) Huh.

That actually

gets easier.

What is--

(RUMBLING)

(GASPS)

Wow.

(DEER SNUFFLES)

NOD:
Grab on!

What?

Put your arms around me.

But I barely know you.

Do you want to

ride him or not?

NIM:
The scroll said

there was nothing

you could do to

save her, Ronin.

You have to know that.

Send a code

to the Leafmen.

Let them know

the Pod is safe and

we're bringing it home.

You heard him.

Go tell them, boys!

And it's happy hour

at Nim's!

Or just do

the first part.

MK:
I gotta admit,

flying is nice, but

this is riding in style.

(CHUCKLES) Yeah.

Not everyone can do it.

You have to be

gentle to ride a deer.

My dad taught me how.

It's one of my

best memories of him.

You must

really miss him.

I know how that feels.

(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)

Fruit fly, huh?

So, what's it like,

having such

a short life cycle?

(BOY'S VOICE)

It's great, mister!

When I grow up...

(MAN'S VOICE)

I'm going to...

(OLD MAN'S VOICE)

wish I had done more

with my life, sonny.

(GASPING)

(RUMBLING)

The forest trembles

at the passing of

the humble fruit fly.

(SNARLING)

(PEOPLE SCREAMING)

Excuse me, but I've lost

something very dear to me.

It was left by a friend

who's no longer with us.

(ROARING)

BOTH:
Ah!

(GASPS)

You found it!

If you want to take

this Pod, you're gonna

have to go through us!

Relax. I'm not

going to hurt it.

I need it alive.

Well, we're the only ones

that know how to

keep it that way.

Thanks for the tip.

(BOTH SCREAM)

Stay with the Pod,

that's all you had to do.

Yeah, but I just thought--

Do you ever

think about anyone

besides yourself?

It wasn't

all his fault!

And you. I expected

as much from him.

But I thought you

would know better.

We're really sorry,

okay?

I don't want to

hear it.

That was the last

part of the queen

that I-- (SIGHS)

That any of us

will ever have.

The queen gave it to me.

I should have

been here with it.

I'll do whatever it takes

to help you get it back.

I appreciate the offer,

but Wrathwood

is too dangerous.

But you can't go alone.

What about the whole

leaves-tree thing

that you said?

Nim, tell him.

Look, kid,

the moon's coming up.

That's bloom-or-die time.

So if no one has

a better plan--

Why don't we sneak in,

in disguise?

Great idea.

I'll go as a grasshopper

and you can be

my cricket ladyfriend.

It's dangerous,

I might get killed.

I thought you'd like that.

I don't have any

Boggan armor handy.

Do you?

I know where

we can get some.

Well?

I gotta say,

six hands are

better than two.

That's been

my experience.

You might want to

hang on. Hyah!

Whoa!

(NOD SCREAMING)

MUB AND GRUB:

Stop! Please!

My son was born on

a night like this.

These were

his baby fangs.

And here's

the first skin

he ever molted.

He was big

for a larva.

He took

after his mother.

(WEEPING)

Your stories are boring

and torturous!

And the Leafmen

took him from me.

So I took

something of theirs.

It's basic etiquette.

An eye for an eye.

BOTH:
Ow!

Jerk!

Tonight your Pod

will bloom here.

And when a Pod

blooms in darkness,

it belongs...

to the darkness.

It will become

my little dark prince.

I'll destroy

the forest with

the very thing you

hoped would save it.

(BOTH SCOFFING)

I hate to break it to you,

but it doesn't say

that in the scrolls.

It does in

the part I have.

BOTH:
D'oh!

NOD:
Hey,

the Boggan armor...

where is it?

(MK GRUNTS)

Over there.

RONIN:

Let's make this quick.

Come on.

(YELPS)

Ow!

(SCREAMING)

Oh!

(GRUNTS) Ow!

That was awesome. Here.

(COUGHING)

(LAUGHING)

Up we go.

Ugh! That is

some static cling.

No, that's metal,

don't touch that!

Whoo! (GROANS)

Ow!

(WHISPERING)

Knock it off.

Ow. Quit it.

Ow! No, you quit.

I'm not doing it.

Stop!

Ow. I'm not doing--

RONIN:
Now!

Come on.

(GRUNTS)

You know...

some of this

stuff looks familiar.

Hey, that's my saddle!

Where are we?

(RUMBLING)

(GASPS)

Oh, it's where

this guy lives.

(NOD CHUCKLES)

I can't believe it.

He's been crashing

around the forest

like a bear for years.

Most stompers

just come and go,

but this guy's relentless.

MK:
Wait. Stompers?

NOD:
Yeah.

Like us,

but big and dumb

and slow...

always stomping

on things. Stompers.

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