Charlie: A Pokemon Cinderella Story. Chapter 26 (Finale) by troy168 < Submission

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Charlie and Maria’s New Life

In the Castle of Espérer. Maria is walking down the halls as she still pounders on who the mysterious bachelor is. So much so that it's starting to suffocate her, just by standing in her room. She was hoping that walking around the castle would help give her some breathing room. Unfortunately for her, she still feels like she's being suffocated by the castle's walls. And even though her parents knew about her secret, she knows that if this continues, she'll have to leave the castle just so she can get some fresh air and be away from the castle. But before she could get the chance, she hears a carriage coming as she looks out and sees the carriage that Nicole, Khan and Skarlet are on. This causes Maria to wonder if they have found the mysterious bachelor as she heads down the hall as she makes her way to the entrance of the castle.

Once Maria makes her way to the entrance, she sees the carriage stopping in front of her as she sees Nicole, Khan and Skarlet stepping out of the carriage. The three then look at Maria as Nicole says: "Princess, I believe it's time that you meet this mysterious bachelor." And as Maria sees someone coming out with the glass shoe on his foot, her heart skips the beat when she sees Charlie stepping out of the carriage as she says: "Charlie… So it was you that danced with me on the night of the ball." And as Charlie gets on the ground, Maria proceeds to run up to him and embrace him, which catches Charlie off guard, as she says: "I was so worried that I did something that made you mad." Charlie was surprised by her words as Charlie then says: "I'm sorry. But at that time, I thought that you were mad at me for the things I said to you." This causes Maria to look up at Charlie and says: "I'm not mad at you. I'm glad that I get to see you again. Because… Because I want you to know that I love you, Charlie." Hearing that has touched Charlie's heart as he hugs her back as he says: "I love you too, Maria…" The two continue to embrace each other as the others are glad that the two are finally reunited when they confess their love. Eventually, Maria looks back up at Charlie as she says: "Come. Let me introduce you to my parents." The two then make their way inside the castle as the three remain by the carriage.

In the throne room. Maria and Charlie enter the room as Charlie sees a Gallade and a Gardevoir on the thrones. And while this is the second time Charlie enters the throne room, it is his first time meeting the actual King and Queen. As they walk forward, Maria proceeds to say: "Father. Mother. I would like to introduce you to Charlie." Lionhart then proceeds to say: "It's an honour to have finally met the bachelor that had captured the heart of our daughter, Charlie." And as both Lionhart and Oracle proceed to get off of their thrones, Charlie bows his head as he says: "And it's an honour to meet you, your highness." But Oracle giggles as she says: "There's no need for formalities, Charlie. You'll soon be our son-in-law." And Lionhart says: "And it's a good thing you met her and kept her on a good path. Who knows what she would do if she hadn't met you." This causes Maria to blush as she says: "Oh, Father..." Lionhart then says: "Now then… Allow me to arrange the wedding." And when Lionhart snapped his fingers, the servants and maids entered the throne room, carrying some smooth fabrics, as they surrounded Charlie and Maria. The servants and maids then proceed to measure both Charlie and Maria as well as compare the fabrics so that they can design their wedding clothes.

In the town. The citizens are going on with their usual business when they hear a voice nearby saying: "A royal wedding has been announced! A royal wedding has been announced!" The citizens turn to the source of the voice as they see a messenger on a Zebstrika as he holds a lot of posters that are flying out of his hand as the messenger says: "A royal wedding has been announced! King Lionhart for a royal wedding for his daughter, Princess Maria and the nobleman, Charlie Lestorm! Princess Maria is getting married to Charlie Lestorm! All are welcome to join in the festivities of the Royal Wedding!" As the posters scatter on the ground, the citizens proceed to pick up the posters as they see the details about the wedding as they get excited for the royal wedding tomorrow.

At the pier. A ship is pulling up on the deck as word about the Royal Wedding hits them. As the ship docks, noblemen and noblewomen leave the ship as they hear the commotion going on. And when the ambassador leaves the ship and hears the commotion, he says: "What's going on here?" As Nancy also leaves the ship, since her exhibition trip has ended, one of the crewmates from the pier told the ambassador: "From the sounds of it, they're having a Royal Wedding at the castle." This causes the ambassador to say: "A Royal Wedding? You mean the Princess is going to marry someone? Who's the bachelor?!" Before the worker could have the chance to speak, they noticed posters flying in the air. As the noblemen and noblewomen grab the posters to look, the ambassador grabs the poster and looks at it as he sees the details, while saying: "I see. This man surely is blessed to have received the hand from the Princess." Nancy is also curious about the Royal Wedding as she grabs one of the posters in the air as well. But when she looks at the poster, she sheds a tear as she sees not only a picture of the Princess but also her son Charlie. This causes her to say: "My sweet little guy… You've grown to be quite a respectable Prince…" As she leaves the pier, she can't wait to go meet her son and is hopeful she would get the chance to meet her daughter-in-law. And as one of the posters lands on the ground of the pier, someone steps on it and rubs it.

In the Lestorm's house. With the day of the Royal Wedding happening today, Cesar is set to bring Charlie's stuff from the attic and to the carriage. Among them are Alex and Max, who are busy carrying Charlie's stuff down to the lobby, while Zeus, Jen and Ruby help Charlie out by bringing in the smaller stuff that they can carry. And as Alex says: "Man… How much stuff does Charlie have…" Max then says: "I don't know. But it would've made moving easier if he had your room, Alex." This causes Alex to say: "Hey! Who was it that bragged about having the best room in the mansion?!" And Max says: "Yeah, you seem to brag about your room being the biggest, yet you won't share a room with Charlie." And as they put one of the boxes full of Charlie's stuff as Alex gets mad, when Max says: "Speaking of which, where's Charlie?" As Alex says: "Yeah, where is he?" The two then split off as they search for Charlie as Max says: "Hey, Charlie. The carriage is about to come. You don't want to be late for your wedding." As Max enters the kitchen as he says: "Charlie?" Max then notices Charlie writing something down while he wears a suit from when he first enters the mansion. Charlie then notices Max as he says: "Hey, Max. Since I'm going to be marrying Maria, I'll write the stuff down to help you out so you can avoid the disaster from the time I was sick." Charlie then grabs a book as he says: "I also have the cookbook for you so that you'll know how to cook supper."

"Charlie." Says Albert as Charlie notices Albert standing by the servant's entrance as Charlie is wondering what Albert would do as he knows that there's still a chance Albert would try and stop him. But much to his surprise, Albert enters the kitchen as he says: "I know that we gave you such hardship for when you were sick. But we can handle it from here." Alex then enters the kitchen as he says: "Yeah, we have to learn eventually." Max then says: "Besides, you're going to become a King. And we must do this on our own." Charlie is glad to have heard how they are taking responsibility. Though Max then remembers the times they treat him with cruelty as he says: "Still… Are we invited to your wedding?" And as Alex quickly jab Max's side as he tries to keep Max quiet, Charlie says: "Of course you're all invited." Even though they have treated him with cruel things, they are still his family after all. Hearing that has excited Alex and Max as Alex says: "Alright!" Albert then says: "Charlie. There's something I would like to give you." And as Charlie looks at Albert as he hands Charlie a crested brooch as Albert says: "It's a gift for you on this special day. I'm sure that you make us proud." This really touches Charlie's heart as he ends up hugging his Father. This catches Albert off guard, but then he ends up hugging back as Charlie feels like they're a real family again.

"It's a surprise that you're here, Duchess Nancy." Cesar says, which catches the family's attention as they then heard: "I'm more surprised myself, Cesar. It's not every day where I heard that my son is going to get married to the Princess." Hearing that voice, Charlie recognizes who it is as he hurries to the main lobby and to his surprise, he sees his Mother and Cesar together. And when Nancy looks at Charlie, Charlie says: "Mother…" Charlie then runs up to her and hugs her as Charlie says: "I never knew that you will be back so soon, Mother." And Nancy says: "And I never knew that my own son is marrying the Princess." Charlie then says: "Yeah. Maria is such a lovely girl." This causes Nancy to say: "In that case, I should bring a wonderful gift for the two of you." But Charlie proceeds to say: "Oh, Mother. You returning home safe is all I ever need." As Albert and his sons join them, Albert notices Zeus, Jen and Ruby as he then looks at Charlie as he says: "If you want, Charlie. You can have Jen and Ruby." This surprises the family as well as Charlie, Zeus, Jen and Ruby as Charlie says: "Really?" Albert then says: "Of course. I know that if they stay with me, they would be miserable without you." This causes Charlie to smile as he says: "Of course, Father." This causes Zeus, Jen and Ruby to smile as they run up to Charlie and snuggle up to him as Nancy giggles as Charlie makes some new friends with Jen and Ruby. Once the Royal Carriage arrives, Charlie enters the carriage as they drive off with his stuff in the other carriage. And as they drive off, Charlie waves to them as he says: "Goodbye, Mother. Goodbye, Father. Goodbye, brothers." The family waves back as the carriage drive away. Once the carriage vanishes from their view, Albert then looks at his sons as he says: "Okay boys. We must get our best suits on if we want to show our support to Charlie." The two brothers then look at Albert and say: "Yes, Father!"

With the wedding coming near, the guests are making their way to the castle so that they can experience the wedding between Maria and Charlie. Among the guests are noblemen, noblewomen, families, performers and entertainers as they walk to the castle. Though, also among the guests are four figures wearing blue masks with brown hair as they walk together with the two Houndooms. While the guests are making their way to the castle, things are busy in the castle's courtyard. In the courtyard, the maids are busy setting up the tables, putting the covers on the tables and plating the foods on them that the chefs made. As the maids are busy, the two guards are doing their jobs in the halls of the castle. As they guard, they see and let pass the Lestorm's family, as well as Cesar, Cinder, Tony and May. But when they spotted Zeus, Jen and Ruby, they stopped as one of the guards said: "Hey, what are you doing." The other guard then says: "There's no pets allowed here. Go. Shu, shu." But Tony and May turn around as May says: "Don't you know who they are, sir?" And as the two guards look at them, Tony then says: "They're Charlie's friends. And they go where Charlie goes." Just then that Captain George sees them when he's patrolling the halls as he goes up to them and says: "Is there a problem with our VIP guests?" This causes the two guards to stand down as one of them says: "No sir. Just making sure that they're safe, sir." And the other guard says: "Carry on."

This allows Zeus, Jen and Ruby to go forward as Captain George resumes his patrol. Tony and May then return to the group as May says: "That was close." And Tony says: "Yeah, it's a good thing they haven't noticed Capra, or we would be in real trouble. Right, Capra?" Then Capra appears from behind Tony's shirt as he nods. And as the group heads down the hall, Zeus, Jen and Ruby head down a different hall as they want to see Charlie. But when they turn a corner,  they get knocked back by the four performers in blue masks. And when they look at the performers, they see then walking away from them as Jen can't believe how rude they are. And while Ruby agrees, Zeus looks confused as he lets Jen and Ruby know that the scent he smelled is familiar, but he doesn't know who. In the groom's room. The servants are putting in the final touches on Charlie's new wedding suit as Captain George enters the room as he says: "Excited for your big day?" Charlie then looks at George and says: "Yeah. Though it feels like a dream, even though I'm seeing this for myself." George then started to laugh as he said: "Oh, I can understand. Though it's surprising for me that you would be the one that captured her heart." George then calms down as he then says: "Still, from what I saw for when you were a peon for two days, I have no doubt that you will lead this kingdom well." This makes Charlie happy as he says:" Thank you, Captain."

In the halls. One of the maids is carrying a tray of wine and glasses for Princess Maria as she is excited to serve them. But as she's heading to her room, unbeknownst to her, a performer with a blue mask is hiding behind one of the pillars in the room. And when the performer sees her, he leaves his hiding spot and quickly runs up to her. He then grabs her as he unsheathes his hidden blade from his wrist and points it at her throat as the maid is suddenly scared as he quietly says: "Stay quiet if you value your life. Is the tray for the princess?" Fearing for her life if she answers him wrong or speaking, she nods her head. This causes him to retract his hidden blade, then covers her mouth and grabs her to prevent her from screaming or getting away as he drags her to a separate room. During the struggle, the wine spills a bit from the glass as it hits the tray. Once in a separate room, he stripped the maid of her uniform and tied her up with rope, before proceeding to gag her with a cloth. Once the maid is tied up, he proceeds to put on the maid uniform as he heads to the tray. He then proceeds to pour some powder dust into the Princess's wine glass as it evaporates in the drink. Knowing that the drink is now poisoned, he carries the tray out of the room as the maid is now worried about her and the Princess's life.

In Maria's Room. The maids are working hard on Maria's wedding dress as Skarlet waits for the dress to finish as she says: "I have to say… It must be pretty exciting to marry someone you know and love… And yet, you're the only one that's pretty nervous, Maria." And as Skarlet sees, Maria is pretty flustered with her face blushing with red as the maids work on her dress. Though Maria then says: "Easy for you to say. A lot of things could happen at the wedding and there's a chance that the wedding would be ruined and there's also a chance that Charlie would stop the wedding and-" But Skarlet interrupts Maria as she says: "It's fine, Maria. There's no need to be nervous. You're only marrying the man you met in town and fall in love with." Even though Maria is not her usual self, she ends up saying: "Hey, I can calm myself down." But when they hear a knock on a door, Maria panics as she flees and hides behind a shelf as the maid is surprised. Skarlet then goes over to the door and opens it to see a maid with a tray of drinks and a wine bottle, which causes Skarlet to look back and says: "Don't worry, it's not him." This causes Maria to peek her head out as she gets flustered with embarrassment as Skarlet grabs the tray. The maid then bows her head as Skarlet closes the door.

Unbeknownst to them, the "maid" is actually an assassin that was with the four performers with the blue masks. As the assassin looks to his left to see if anyone is coming, he hears Skarlet's voice saying: "You sure are jumpy." And as the assassin looks at his right, he hears Maria's voice saying: "Give me a break, I thought that he was going to be there." Once the assassin knows that nobody is coming, he looks at the door as he hears Skarlet saying: "Tell you what, why don't we have a drink to calm your nerves." And once the assassin hears Maria's voice saying: "Very well…" He crouches down and peeks through the keyhole as he sees Skarlet and Maria with the wine glass as they cling their glass as they said: "Cheers." The two then drink their glass of wine, which is something the assassin wants. After they finished their drink, Skarlet proceeded to say: "Ah… Now doesn't that make you feel relaxed?" Maria, on the other hand, was silent for a second. But then she grabs her throat as she drops her wine glass, before proceeding to fall backwards as the maids quickly catch her. This scares Skarlet as she says: "Maira?!  What's wrong?! Answer me, Maria! Maria!" This causes the assassin to smile as he has completed his goal as he stands up and flees the halls.

In the groom's room. Zeus, Jen and Ruby manage to find the room that Charlie is in as they wait for Charlie to be ready. Khan then makes his way to the door and knocks on the door as he says: "If you are ready, we would like to escort you to the receptionist." And Charlie replied: "Okay." Khan then looks at the three and smiles at them as a friendly gesture. Khan then opens the door as they see Charlie in a fancy black suit and a white flower on the suit. Zeus, Jen and Ruby are amazed by his suit and how he looks as he looks like a real prince. As they enter the room, Charlie looks at them as he says: "So… How do I look?" Khan then says: "You look fantastic, Charlie. And I'm sure that Maria  would say the same thing." Khan then bows his head as he then says: "Now let us escort you to the receptionist."

Before Charlie could do something, smoke started to fill the room as it blocked their view. As they get disoriented, the three performers with blue masks enter the room as they push Khan, Zeus, Jen and Ruby away. Before Charlie could react, the third performer goes up to him and gut him in the chest, which stuns him. This allows the third performer to grab him and carry him over the shoulder as they leave the room. Once George gets the sense of what's going on, he quickly charges at them as he says: "Hold it right there!" But the second performer manages to punch George and knock him to the ground as they flee. Once in the halls, Charlie tries to figure out how he can get out when he hears one of the performers saying: "We'll need to hurry and get him tied up if we're intending on taking this kingdom back, Emily." Hearing that name has shocked Charlie as he realizes that these performers are really Emily and her goons. This causes Emily to say: "Good. And once our friend takes care of Maria, there's no one left that will get in our way." This causes Charlie to say: "What are you going to do with her?!" And Emily replied: "Oh don't worry, you weak boy. You'll find out soon enough." Emily then starts to laugh as they run down the hall while carrying Charlie.

In the courtyard of the castle. The maids are finishing setting the tables for the banquet after the wedding when they spot King Lionhart, Queen Oracle, and Nicole entering the courtyard as they stop what they were doing and bow to them. As Lionhart and Oracle check out the food, Lionhart says: "You know, I think we can give this kingdom to them after they get married." Oracle then says: "I must say, I agree. It's a perfect time for us to retire." Oracle then looks at Nicole as she says: "Perhaps you can stay around and help them out, Nicole." This surprises Nicole as she says: "You sure, your highness?" And Lionhart then says: "Of course. Our daughter does trust you. And I'm sure that our grandchildren could use your wisdom." Nicole then thinks to herself as she can understand what they're coming from. And there's a chance that they could be in danger, so Nicole says: "Very well. I'll accomplish your wish."

"Your majesty! Your Majesty!" Khan said as Lionhart, Oracle and Nicole look over as they see Khan looking depressed as Lionhart says: "Ah, Khan. Is the groom at the reception?" But Khan says:" I bring terrible news… The Groom… The groom has been kidnapped." This shocks Lionhart, Oracle and Nicole as Lionhart says: "What?!" As Oracle feels weak and Nicole holds on to her so that she doesn't faint, Lionhart then says: "What happened?!" and Khan then explains: "I do not know… I was about to escort the groom when the room was filled with smoke. The next thing that I knew, I was attacked by some thugs with blue masks. And when I regain consciousness, the groom is gone." This causes Lionhart to get angry as he says: "Those fiends…." He then looks at Khan and says: "And where's Captain George?!" Khan then explains: "He went to get the troops to block off the exits…"

Before Lionhart could say something, one of the maids screamed as it caught the four's attention. As they see a maid looking up and scared as she's walking back, causing them to look up. And much to their horror, they see on the roof of the castle is Charlie as he's tied up in some chains while the four performers with blue masks are behind him. One of the blue masks then says: "I hope you don't mind us joining in, but we have some unfinished business." They then recognize who it is as Lionhart said: "Emily…. How dare you interrupt this wonderful day!" But Emily pulled the chain that was wrapped around Charlie's neck as she says: "This wedding is not your concern. Surrender your kingdom to me or this groom will never reunite with her." This causes Lionhart to say: "You coward…" Nicole then says: "I must hurry and find Maria!" As Nicole hurries out of the courtyard, some of the guests make their way to the courtyard as they wonder what the commotion is, including the Lestorms, Tony, May and Cinder. And when the Lestorms see Charlie in danger, Nancy shouted: "Charlie!" Alex and Max then look at each other as Max says: "Let's go, Alex!" Alex nodded as he said: "Right!" Alex and Max then leave the courtyard as Tony looks at May as he says: "We have to help Charlie." May then says: "Right." As May grabs Tony, the two teleport as Cinder leaves the courtyard to help him.

In the stairway. Zeus, Jen and Ruby are making their way up the stairway as they hurry to save Charlie. Once they made it to the top of the stairway, they hurry to save Charlie, when they're stopped by the two Houndooms as Emily then says: "Surrender your kingdom to me now, or he will hang here for all eternity!" And as Lionhart yelled: "Don't you dare!" As Jen and Ruby are scared by the two Houndooms, Zeus is also scared by them. But when he looks at Charlie in danger, he gathers his courage as he prepares to face them. And once Jen and Ruby see his courage, they gain their courage as they charge at the Houndooms. The Houndooms charge at them as the two groups fight with each other. As they fight, Alex and Max manage to reach the top as they run towards them as Alex says: "Charlie!" While Max says: "Let him go!" But when Emily spots the two brothers, she proceeds to push Charlie to the edge of the roof. As Charlie manages to stop at the edge of the roof of the castle, Emily pulls the chain she has as it chokes his throat. This causes Alex and Max to stop as they said: "Charlie!" Meanwhile, Nicole is hurrying down the hall to try and find Maria and Skarlet. But when she enters Maria's room, she doesn't see anyone in the room. But she does notice a broken wine glass and a drank wine glass.

Back outside. Emily pulls the chain again as she pulls Charlie back to her grasp again as she then says: "I've given you a glimpse of what will happen to him if you don't hand over the kingdom, Lionhart. Or did you really think that we would be standing here all day?" And just as Tony, Capra and May teleported  behind some pillars on the roof, Lionhart says: "You think you can get away with this?!" As Tony and May observe the situation, Nicole hurries over to Lionhart as she says: "My lord. Princess Maria and Skarlet are nowhere to be found." This scares Lionhart and Oracle as Emily then says: "There's no need to worry about her. She's sleeping for all eternity." Hearing that has shocked Charlie, but then he calms himself down. There's no way they've gotten Maria… If they have… My heart would have known… As this was going on, Tony and May are still hiding as Tony says: "This is bad… If we try to help him, they push him over the edge." May then look at Tony as she says: "Can you use your crystal ball to see how we can help." Tony then says: "Well… I'll try." Tony then takes out his crystal ball as Capra comes out and looks at the crystal ball. While the three are staring at the crystal ball, Emily says: "Last chance! What will you do, Lionhart!" As Lionhart thinks to himself, Cinder manages to reach the roof of the castle as she sees what's going on. As Cinder sees Alex and Max stuck in a standstill from Emily's goon, as well as Zeus, Jen and Ruby struggling with the two Houndooms as she knows she needs to step in now. After thinking about it, Lionhart then says: "Very well, Emily…" And as Nicole says: "Don't do it!" But just as Cinder is about to cast her spell and Tony is about to see what's in the crystal ball, Lionhart proceeds to say: "I hereby declare that Castle of Espérer…"

"...shall never fall in the hands of you, Emily!" Hearing that has shocked and caught everybody's attention as they turn to the source of the voice as Tony notices the crystal ball as he says: "Look!" It was then that they were surprised and amazed as they saw Maria in a white battle dress and carrying a rapier as Charlie says: "Maria!" This causes one of Emily's goons to say: "How… I saw you drank that poison drink!" But Maria then says: "You think I would fall for that trick!" Maria then grabs the banner as she draws her sword, before proceeding to swing down towards the goons as she kicks the two goons. As the two get knocked down, with one of them getting up as he draws his sword, Alex and Max notice an opportunity as Alex says: "Let's go!" The goon then attacks Maria with the short sword, but Maria is able to deflect the blade and push him away to the wall, which knocks the mask off as it reveals to be the assassin that poisoned the drink. Before the assassin could move, he gets piled on by Alex and Max. The other goon draws his sword as he charges at her as the two clash blades as Maria says: "As long as I can still breathe, I will never let this kingdom fall in your hands!" After a few clashes, Maria slashes the mask off the goon's head, which reveals to be Lucard. This allows Tony and May to run up and grab Lucard as he drops his sword as Maria shouts out: "Now, Skarlet!" Skarlet then appears from where Maria was as she says: "We got our scouts ready, Princess Maria!" It was then that several soldiers appeared with rifles as they pointed them at Emily and the last goon. As Maria faces Emily, Charlie says: "It looks like your plan had failed, Emily. I know that Maria is still around." And Emily says: "How did you manage to survive that poison, Maria?!" And Maria replied: "Your plan was doom to fail, Emily. I know you will try something like this."

While they know of their plan now, they weren't aware of the assassination plan earlier. But when Skarlet grabs the tray, she notices the spilled drink on the tray as she knew something was wrong. While the spilled drink is not suspicious, what the assassin doesn't know is that the maid he tied up would often apologize over minor things. So when Skarlet sees that the maid didn't apologize, she knew right then and there that something is up. So when Skarlet closes the door, she turns and signals Maria of the danger as she says: "You sure are jumpy." Knowing Skarlet's signal, Maria goes over to the tray as they examine the drinks as Maria says: "Give me a break, I thought that he was going to be there." Believing that the drink is poisoned, Maria and Skarlet grab their glasses as they pour their drink onto some plants. And while the plant Skarlet poured into remained fine, the plant that Maria poured into started to withered quickly as they concluded that only Maria's drink was poisoned. And as Skarlet grabs the bottle, she says: "Tell you what, why don't we have a drink to calm your nerves." Skarlet then poured some drinks into the two wine glasses as they determined that the bottle hasn't been tampered with as Maria says: "Very well…" Maria then grabs the wine glass from Skarlet as they take their positions. Thinking that the assassin is watching them now, they proceed to cling their glasses as they say: "Cheers." The two then drink their drinks as Skarlet says: "Ah… Now that doesn't make you feel relaxed." And Maria proceeds to fall backwards as the maids catch her. This lets Skarlet know to act scared as she goes up to her and says: Maira?!  "What's wrong?! Answer me, Maria! Maria!" They then waited for a few moments, before Maria ope her eyes as they thought they fooled the assassin.

As Skarlet and the soldiers get close to Emily and the other goon, Maria says: "No matter how many times you plan on taking over this kingdom, we will never let it fall into your hands." And as Emily backed up while pulling Charlie, the last goon pulled out his big sword as he said: "You'll pay for this!" As he charges after Maria, Skarlet deflects the blow from the blade with her sword. And as the goon tries to charge, he ends up stopping as the soldiers point their rifles at him as it forces the goon to stop as the mask falls from the head as it reveals to be Razor. With Emily being the last one, she ends up tossing a smoke bomb onto the ground as it blinded everyone with smoke, before proceeding to toss Charlie at Maria. As Maria catches Charlie, the smoke clears as she sees Emily fleeing to the clocktower. As Maria removes the chains from Charlie, Maria says: "I'm glad that you're safe, Charlie. Now I have to make sure that Emily is taken care of." Once she frees Charlie, Maria heads towards the clock tower. As the soldiers take Emily's goons away, Charlie looks at the clock tower as he fears if Emily would bested Maria as he proceeds to make his way to the clock tower. But Skarlet tries to stop him as she says: "Wait, Charlie. You can't go up there. Just let us take care of this."  But Charlie ends up saying: "I can't. I know that she's the best sword fighter, but I have to be there for her when she needs help." It was then that Max says: "Here, Charlie." As Charlie looks at Max, Max tosses him the assassin's sword as Charlie says: "Thanks, Max." Charlie then proceeds to the clock tower.

At the top of the clock tower, Maria makes her way up the stairs as she spots Emily. Once she reaches the top of the clock tower, she proceeds to say: "There's nowhere left to run, Emily." As Emily remains silent, Maria then says: "If you think that you can take over the kingdom through force, you can think again since the citizens will never follow you." But it was then that Emily started to laugh as she says: "Oh, it's not power that I'm looking for. All I want is control of the kingdom. And with my control, I will decide the fate of the citizens." Though Maria walks towards her with her rapier ready as she says: "Control? What is it that you want to control?" And Emily then says: "To control the humans and make them inferior to Pokemon. I know that if I don't control them, then they will control the Pokemon." As Emily got her sword ready, Maria proceeded to say: "That will never happen, Emily. There's no way that they will follow you." And Emily says: "Oh I'll make sure they will. Too bad that you won't be around for when it happens!" Emily then charges at Maria with her sword as Maria blocked her attack with her rapier. Emily proceeds to attack her aggressively as Maria dodges her attacks, which causes some of Emily's attacks to hit the railing and the walls of the clock towers. This allows Maria to hit Emily's mask as it breaks apart as it reveals her face. But Emily then starts to laugh as she says: "You'll have to do better than that!" She then charges at Maria with her sword as Maria tries to block her attacks as she backs up. But then Maria reaches the edge of the clock tower as she almost falls off the clock tower. And just as Emily's about to attack, Maria dodges her attack as she rolls forward towards the stairway. But she ends up stumbling as she drops her rapier down the stairs and sprains her foot. As Maria struggles to get up, Emily starts to laugh as she walks up to Maria and says: "It looks like the only way you're going is down, Princess."

But just as Emily raises her sword in the air and Maria fears for her life, Charlie gets to the top of the clock tower as he blocks Emily's strike. Maria is surprised as she says: "Charlie!" As Emily stumbles back, she looks at Charlie as she says: "You?!" As Charlie says: "I won't let you harm Maria, Emily. I will protect her with my life." As Charlie prepares himself, Emily says: "Then you will perish with her!" The two then clash blades as Emily goes on the offence while Charlie goes on the defence. As the two continue to clash, Maria crawls over to one of the corners of the clock tower walls in an effort to get on her feet. As Emily and Charlie continue to clash, Emily proceeds to trip Charlie as he trips on the ground. This allows Emily to raise her sword as she tries to stab Charlie as he rolls away from her attacks. As Maria gets herself up, she looks over and sees the situation as she shouted: "Charlie!" As Charlie continues to dodge Emily's attack, Emily stops her attack as she looks and sees Maria. Realizing her opportunity, Emily makes her way towards Maria as she says: "It's like I said before, Princess. It looks like the only way you're going is down!" Maria knew that she can't move out of the way again as there's only one way to avoid her attack. As Charlie got up as he said: "Maria!" Maria drops down from the clock tower as Charlie slides to grab her hand to prevent her from falling, while Emily ends up hitting the wall of the clock tower. This causes the debris of the wall to fly off and landed in her eyes, which blinded her. As Emily stumbles around as she steps off the clock tower as Maria says: "Look out, Emily!" But it was too late. Emily ends up falling from the clock tower as she screams for her life. But her screams fade as she falls further away, then her screams fell silent when she lands on the ground.

As Charlie pulls Maria up from the clock tower, the two Houndooms that were dealing with Zeus, Jen and Ruby look over and hurries over to see if their former master is okay. With Emily defeated, everyone looks up at the clock tower to see Charlie and Maria together. And at the top of the clock tower. Charlie and Maria look down at where Emily has fallen as they have finally beaten Emily and her plan to take over the kingdom. And as the sun shines on the two of them, Maria and Charlie look at each other as she proceeds to hug him as she says: "I know that they would often see me as the best sword fighter in the kingdom… But thank you for saving me, my hero…" And Charlie embraces her back as he is glad to have helped her through the times that they've been together with her being the Princess and her being a civilian.

In the chapel room. The wedding went off without any more hitches as Charlie sees Maria in beautiful wedding attire. And as they are together, the two kneel down for Lionhart and Oracle as they walk up to them. Oracle then removes her crown as she says: "Princess Maria. I hereby give you my crown and title of Queen. May you help bring this kingdom towards a hopeful future." And as she places her crown on Maria's head, Lionhart then says: "Charlie. You will receive the crown and title of King. You will bring honour and courage to this kingdom as you protect those that you love." As Lionhart places his crown on Charlie's head, Lionhart and Oracle back away as Lionhart then say: "As our last command in the kingdom, I hereby declare to you your new King and Queen of Espérer." Hearing that, the crowd in the chapel began to cheer as both Charlie and Maria got up from the ground. They then look at each other as they proceed to give a passionate kiss.

In the courtyard. Charlie and Maria step outside as they hear the applause from the citizens for being the new King and Queen of Espérer. As they step down the stairs, they wave to the citizens as they thank them for their support. Among the crowd, the Lestorms are congratulating them for their successful wedding and Charlie's growth while Nancy is away. There's also Tony, Capra and May as they cheer for their marriage and praise them for their time together. There's also Roberto and Elizabeth as Elizabeth is playing her music with the band as Roberto watches. And there's Isabelle and Lucy, who are enjoying the food as they are grateful for being invited to their wedding, even though they kidnapped him way earlier. As Charlie and Maria make their way to the carriage, a Kirlia, a Riolu and a Buneary watch them as a Kirlia says: "I wonder if I'll be like Charlie?" Though a Buneary then says: "I doubt it. He must have lots of money to get her attention." And a Riolu says: "He's also a strong nobleman as well." "Actually. Charlie managed to get her attention through his hard work." Cinder says as the three turns and looks at her as a Kirlia says: "Really? You mean we can be like him if we work hard?" Cinder then says: "Of course." This also causes a Riolu to say: "Can it also happen to me?" And a Buneary also says: "Can it happen to me as well?" And Cinder nodded as well as she said: "Of course." As the three are amazed, Charlie and Maria enter the carriage as the carriage drives off. As the carriage drives off, the two prepare themselves for their new lives together in the future.

THE ENDCharlie and Maria’s New Life

In the Castle of Espérer. Maria is walking down the halls as she still pounders on who the mysterious bachelor is. So much so that it's starting to suffocate her, just by standing in her room. She was hoping that walking around the castle would help give her some breathing room. Unfortunately for her, she still feels like she's being suffocated by the castle's walls. And even though her parents knew about her secret, she knows that if this continues, she'll have to leave the castle just so she can get some fresh air and be away from the castle. But before she could get the chance, she hears a carriage coming as she looks out and sees the carriage that Nicole, Khan and Skarlet are on. This causes Maria to wonder if they have found the mysterious bachelor as she heads down the hall as she makes her way to the entrance of the castle.

Once Maria makes her way to the entrance, she sees the carriage stopping in front of her as she sees Nicole, Khan and Skarlet stepping out of the carriage. The three then look at Maria as Nicole says: "Princess, I believe it's time that you meet this mysterious bachelor." And as Maria sees someone coming out with the glass shoe on his foot, her heart skips the beat when she sees Charlie stepping out of the carriage as she says: "Charlie… So it was you that danced with me on the night of the ball." And as Charlie gets on the ground, Maria proceeds to run up to him and embrace him, which catches Charlie off guard, as she says: "I was so worried that I did something that made you mad." Charlie was surprised by her words as Charlie then says: "I'm sorry. But at that time, I thought that you were mad at me for the things I said to you." This causes Maria to look up at Charlie and says: "I'm not mad at you. I'm glad that I get to see you again. Because… Because I want you to know that I love you, Charlie." Hearing that has touched Charlie's heart as he hugs her back as he says: "I love you too, Maria…" The two continue to embrace each other as the others are glad that the two are finally reunited when they confess their love. Eventually, Maria looks back up at Charlie as she says: "Come. Let me introduce you to my parents." The two then make their way inside the castle as the three remain by the carriage.

In the throne room. Maria and Charlie enter the room as Charlie sees a Gallade and a Gardevoir on the thrones. And while this is the second time Charlie enters the throne room, it is his first time meeting the actual King and Queen. As they walk forward, Maria proceeds to say: "Father. Mother. I would like to introduce you to Charlie." Lionhart then proceeds to say: "It's an honour to have finally met the bachelor that had captured the heart of our daughter, Charlie." And as both Lionhart and Oracle proceed to get off of their thrones, Charlie bows his head as he says: "And it's an honour to meet you, your highness." But Oracle giggles as she says: "There's no need for formalities, Charlie. You'll soon be our son-in-law." And Lionhart says: "And it's a good thing you met her and kept her on a good path. Who knows what she would do if she hadn't met you." This causes Maria to blush as she says: "Oh, Father..." Lionhart then says: "Now then… Allow me to arrange the wedding." And when Lionhart snapped his fingers, the servants and maids entered the throne room, carrying some smooth fabrics, as they surrounded Charlie and Maria. The servants and maids then proceed to measure both Charlie and Maria as well as compare the fabrics so that they can design their wedding clothes.

In the town. The citizens are going on with their usual business when they hear a voice nearby saying: "A royal wedding has been announced! A royal wedding has been announced!" The citizens turn to the source of the voice as they see a messenger on a Zebstrika as he holds a lot of posters that are flying out of his hand as the messenger says: "A royal wedding has been announced! King Lionhart for a royal wedding for his daughter, Princess Maria and the nobleman, Charlie Lestorm! Princess Maria is getting married to Charlie Lestorm! All are welcome to join in the festivities of the Royal Wedding!" As the posters scatter on the ground, the citizens proceed to pick up the posters as they see the details about the wedding as they get excited for the royal wedding tomorrow.

At the pier. A ship is pulling up on the deck as word about the Royal Wedding hits them. As the ship docks, noblemen and noblewomen leave the ship as they hear the commotion going on. And when the ambassador leaves the ship and hears the commotion, he says: "What's going on here?" As Nancy also leaves the ship, since her exhibition trip has ended, one of the crewmates from the pier told the ambassador: "From the sounds of it, they're having a Royal Wedding at the castle." This causes the ambassador to say: "A Royal Wedding? You mean the Princess is going to marry someone? Who's the bachelor?!" Before the worker could have the chance to speak, they noticed posters flying in the air. As the noblemen and noblewomen grab the posters to look, the ambassador grabs the poster and looks at it as he sees the details, while saying: "I see. This man surely is blessed to have received the hand from the Princess." Nancy is also curious about the Royal Wedding as she grabs one of the posters in the air as well. But when she looks at the poster, she sheds a tear as she sees not only a picture of the Princess but also her son Charlie. This causes her to say: "My sweet little guy… You've grown to be quite a respectable Prince…" As she leaves the pier, she can't wait to go meet her son and is hopeful she would get the chance to meet her daughter-in-law. And as one of the posters lands on the ground of the pier, someone steps on it and rubs it.

In the Lestorm's house. With the day of the Royal Wedding happening today, Cesar is set to bring Charlie's stuff from the attic and to the carriage. Among them are Alex and Max, who are busy carrying Charlie's stuff down to the lobby, while Zeus, Jen and Ruby help Charlie out by bringing in the smaller stuff that they can carry. And as Alex says: "Man… How much stuff does Charlie have…" Max then says: "I don't know. But it would've made moving easier if he had your room, Alex." This causes Alex to say: "Hey! Who was it that bragged about having the best room in the mansion?!" And Max says: "Yeah, you seem to brag about your room being the biggest, yet you won't share a room with Charlie." And as they put one of the boxes full of Charlie's stuff as Alex gets mad, when Max says: "Speaking of which, where's Charlie?" As Alex says: "Yeah, where is he?" The two then split off as they search for Charlie as Max says: "Hey, Charlie. The carriage is about to come. You don't want to be late for your wedding." As Max enters the kitchen as he says: "Charlie?" Max then notices Charlie writing something down while he wears a suit from when he first enters the mansion. Charlie then notices Max as he says: "Hey, Max. Since I'm going to be marrying Maria, I'll write the stuff down to help you out so you can avoid the disaster from the time I was sick." Charlie then grabs a book as he says: "I also have the cookbook for you so that you'll know how to cook supper."

"Charlie." Says Albert as Charlie notices Albert standing by the servant's entrance as Charlie is wondering what Albert would do as he knows that there's still a chance Albert would try and stop him. But much to his surprise, Albert enters the kitchen as he says: "I know that we gave you such hardship for when you were sick. But we can handle it from here." Alex then enters the kitchen as he says: "Yeah, we have to learn eventually." Max then says: "Besides, you're going to become a King. And we must do this on our own." Charlie is glad to have heard how they are taking responsibility. Though Max then remembers the times they treat him with cruelty as he says: "Still… Are we invited to your wedding?" And as Alex quickly jab Max's side as he tries to keep Max quiet, Charlie says: "Of course you're all invited." Even though they have treated him with cruel things, they are still his family after all. Hearing that has excited Alex and Max as Alex says: "Alright!" Albert then says: "Charlie. There's something I would like to give you." And as Charlie looks at Albert as he hands Charlie a crested brooch as Albert says: "It's a gift for you on this special day. I'm sure that you make us proud." This really touches Charlie's heart as he ends up hugging his Father. This catches Albert off guard, but then he ends up hugging back as Charlie feels like they're a real family again.

"It's a surprise that you're here, Duchess Nancy." Cesar says, which catches the family's attention as they then heard: "I'm more surprised myself, Cesar. It's not every day where I heard that my son is going to get married to the Princess." Hearing that voice, Charlie recognizes who it is as he hurries to the main lobby and to his surprise, he sees his Mother and Cesar together. And when Nancy looks at Charlie, Charlie says: "Mother…" Charlie then runs up to her and hugs her as Charlie says: "I never knew that you will be back so soon, Mother." And Nancy says: "And I never knew that my own son is marrying the Princess." Charlie then says: "Yeah. Maria is such a lovely girl." This causes Nancy to say: "In that case, I should bring a wonderful gift for the two of you." But Charlie proceeds to say: "Oh, Mother. You returning home safe is all I ever need." As Albert and his sons join them, Albert notices Zeus, Jen and Ruby as he then looks at Charlie as he says: "If you want, Charlie. You can have Jen and Ruby." This surprises the family as well as Charlie, Zeus, Jen and Ruby as Charlie says: "Really?" Albert then says: "Of course. I know that if they stay with me, they would be miserable without you." This causes Charlie to smile as he says: "Of course, Father." This causes Zeus, Jen and Ruby to smile as they run up to Charlie and snuggle up to him as Nancy giggles as Charlie makes some new friends with Jen and Ruby. Once the Royal Carriage arrives, Charlie enters the carriage as they drive off with his stuff in the other carriage. And as they drive off, Charlie waves to them as he says: "Goodbye, Mother. Goodbye, Father. Goodbye, brothers." The family waves back as the carriage drive away. Once the carriage vanishes from their view, Albert then looks at his sons as he says: "Okay boys. We must get our best suits on if we want to show our support to Charlie." The two brothers then look at Albert and say: "Yes, Father!"

With the wedding coming near, the guests are making their way to the castle so that they can experience the wedding between Maria and Charlie. Among the guests are noblemen, noblewomen, families, performers and entertainers as they walk to the castle. Though, also among the guests are four figures wearing blue masks with brown hair as they walk together with the two Houndooms. While the guests are making their way to the castle, things are busy in the castle's courtyard. In the courtyard, the maids are busy setting up the tables, putting the covers on the tables and plating the foods on them that the chefs made. As the maids are busy, the two guards are doing their jobs in the halls of the castle. As they guard, they see and let pass the Lestorm's family, as well as Cesar, Cinder, Tony and May. But when they spotted Zeus, Jen and Ruby, they stopped as one of the guards said: "Hey, what are you doing." The other guard then says: "There's no pets allowed here. Go. Shu, shu." But Tony and May turn around as May says: "Don't you know who they are, sir?" And as the two guards look at them, Tony then says: "They're Charlie's friends. And they go where Charlie goes." Just then that Captain George sees them when he's patrolling the halls as he goes up to them and says: "Is there a problem with our VIP guests?" This causes the two guards to stand down as one of them says: "No sir. Just making sure that they're safe, sir." And the other guard says: "Carry on."

This allows Zeus, Jen and Ruby to go forward as Captain George resumes his patrol. Tony and May then return to the group as May says: "That was close." And Tony says: "Yeah, it's a good thing they haven't noticed Capra, or we would be in real trouble. Right, Capra?" Then Capra appears from behind Tony's shirt as he nods. And as the group heads down the hall, Zeus, Jen and Ruby head down a different hall as they want to see Charlie. But when they turn a corner,  they get knocked back by the four performers in blue masks. And when they look at the performers, they see then walking away from them as Jen can't believe how rude they are. And while Ruby agrees, Zeus looks confused as he lets Jen and Ruby know that the scent he smelled is familiar, but he doesn't know who. In the groom's room. The servants are putting in the final touches on Charlie's new wedding suit as Captain George enters the room as he says: "Excited for your big day?" Charlie then looks at George and says: "Yeah. Though it feels like a dream, even though I'm seeing this for myself." George then started to laugh as he said: "Oh, I can understand. Though it's surprising for me that you would be the one that captured her heart." George then calms down as he then says: "Still, from what I saw for when you were a peon for two days, I have no doubt that you will lead this kingdom well." This makes Charlie happy as he says:" Thank you, Captain."

In the halls. One of the maids is carrying a tray of wine and glasses for Princess Maria as she is excited to serve them. But as she's heading to her room, unbeknownst to her, a performer with a blue mask is hiding behind one of the pillars in the room. And when the performer sees her, he leaves his hiding spot and quickly runs up to her. He then grabs her as he unsheathes his hidden blade from his wrist and points it at her throat as the maid is suddenly scared as he quietly says: "Stay quiet if you value your life. Is the tray for the princess?" Fearing for her life if she answers him wrong or speaking, she nods her head. This causes him to retract his hidden blade, then covers her mouth and grabs her to prevent her from screaming or getting away as he drags her to a separate room. During the struggle, the wine spills a bit from the glass as it hits the tray. Once in a separate room, he stripped the maid of her uniform and tied her up with rope, before proceeding to gag her with a cloth. Once the maid is tied up, he proceeds to put on the maid uniform as he heads to the tray. He then proceeds to pour some powder dust into the Princess's wine glass as it evaporates in the drink. Knowing that the drink is now poisoned, he carries the tray out of the room as the maid is now worried about her and the Princess's life.

In Maria's Room. The maids are working hard on Maria's wedding dress as Skarlet waits for the dress to finish as she says: "I have to say… It must be pretty exciting to marry someone you know and love… And yet, you're the only one that's pretty nervous, Maria." And as Skarlet sees, Maria is pretty flustered with her face blushing with red as the maids work on her dress. Though Maria then says: "Easy for you to say. A lot of things could happen at the wedding and there's a chance that the wedding would be ruined and there's also a chance that Charlie would stop the wedding and-" But Skarlet interrupts Maria as she says: "It's fine, Maria. There's no need to be nervous. You're only marrying the man you met in town and fall in love with." Even though Maria is not her usual self, she ends up saying: "Hey, I can calm myself down." But when they hear a knock on a door, Maria panics as she flees and hides behind a shelf as the maid is surprised. Skarlet then goes over to the door and opens it to see a maid with a tray of drinks and a wine bottle, which causes Skarlet to look back and says: "Don't worry, it's not him." This causes Maria to peek her head out as she gets flustered with embarrassment as Skarlet grabs the tray. The maid then bows her head as Skarlet closes the door.

Unbeknownst to them, the "maid" is actually an assassin that was with the four performers with the blue masks. As the assassin looks to his left to see if anyone is coming, he hears Skarlet's voice saying: "You sure are jumpy." And as the assassin looks at his right, he hears Maria's voice saying: "Give me a break, I thought that he was going to be there." Once the assassin knows that nobody is coming, he looks at the door as he hears Skarlet saying: "Tell you what, why don't we have a drink to calm your nerves." And once the assassin hears Maria's voice saying: "Very well…" He crouches down and peeks through the keyhole as he sees Skarlet and Maria with the wine glass as they cling their glass as they said: "Cheers." The two then drink their glass of wine, which is something the assassin wants. After they finished their drink, Skarlet proceeded to say: "Ah… Now doesn't that make you feel relaxed?" Maria, on the other hand, was silent for a second. But then she grabs her throat as she drops her wine glass, before proceeding to fall backwards as the maids quickly catch her. This scares Skarlet as she says: "Maira?!  What's wrong?! Answer me, Maria! Maria!" This causes the assassin to smile as he has completed his goal as he stands up and flees the halls.

In the groom's room. Zeus, Jen and Ruby manage to find the room that Charlie is in as they wait for Charlie to be ready. Khan then makes his way to the door and knocks on the door as he says: "If you are ready, we would like to escort you to the receptionist." And Charlie replied: "Okay." Khan then looks at the three and smiles at them as a friendly gesture. Khan then opens the door as they see Charlie in a fancy black suit and a white flower on the suit. Zeus, Jen and Ruby are amazed by his suit and how he looks as he looks like a real prince. As they enter the room, Charlie looks at them as he says: "So… How do I look?" Khan then says: "You look fantastic, Charlie. And I'm sure that Maria  would say the same thing." Khan then bows his head as he then says: "Now let us escort you to the receptionist."

Before Charlie could do something, smoke started to fill the room as it blocked their view. As they get disoriented, the three performers with blue masks enter the room as they push Khan, Zeus, Jen and Ruby away. Before Charlie could react, the third performer goes up to him and gut him in the chest, which stuns him. This allows the third performer to grab him and carry him over the shoulder as they leave the room. Once George gets the sense of what's going on, he quickly charges at them as he says: "Hold it right there!" But the second performer manages to punch George and knock him to the ground as they flee. Once in the halls, Charlie tries to figure out how he can get out when he hears one of the performers saying: "We'll need to hurry and get him tied up if we're intending on taking this kingdom back, Emily." Hearing that name has shocked Charlie as he realizes that these performers are really Emily and her goons. This causes Emily to say: "Good. And once our friend takes care of Maria, there's no one left that will get in our way." This causes Charlie to say: "What are you going to do with her?!" And Emily replied: "Oh don't worry, you weak boy. You'll find out soon enough." Emily then starts to laugh as they run down the hall while carrying Charlie.

In the courtyard of the castle. The maids are finishing setting the tables for the banquet after the wedding when they spot King Lionhart, Queen Oracle, and Nicole entering the courtyard as they stop what they were doing and bow to them. As Lionhart and Oracle check out the food, Lionhart says: "You know, I think we can give this kingdom to them after they get married." Oracle then says: "I must say, I agree. It's a perfect time for us to retire." Oracle then looks at Nicole as she says: "Perhaps you can stay around and help them out, Nicole." This surprises Nicole as she says: "You sure, your highness?" And Lionhart then says: "Of course. Our daughter does trust you. And I'm sure that our grandchildren could use your wisdom." Nicole then thinks to herself as she can understand what they're coming from. And there's a chance that they could be in danger, so Nicole says: "Very well. I'll accomplish your wish."

"Your majesty! Your Majesty!" Khan said as Lionhart, Oracle and Nicole look over as they see Khan looking depressed as Lionhart says: "Ah, Khan. Is the groom at the reception?" But Khan says:" I bring terrible news… The Groom… The groom has been kidnapped." This shocks Lionhart, Oracle and Nicole as Lionhart says: "What?!" As Oracle feels weak and Nicole holds on to her so that she doesn't faint, Lionhart then says: "What happened?!" and Khan then explains: "I do not know… I was about to escort the groom when the room was filled with smoke. The next thing that I knew, I was attacked by some thugs with blue masks. And when I regain consciousness, the groom is gone." This causes Lionhart to get angry as he says: "Those fiends…." He then looks at Khan and says: "And where's Captain George?!" Khan then explains: "He went to get the troops to block off the exits…"

Before Lionhart could say something, one of the maids screamed as it caught the four's attention. As they see a maid looking up and scared as she's walking back, causing them to look up. And much to their horror, they see on the roof of the castle is Charlie as he's tied up in some chains while the four performers with blue masks are behind him. One of the blue masks then says: "I hope you don't mind us joining in, but we have some unfinished business." They then recognize who it is as Lionhart said: "Emily…. How dare you interrupt this wonderful day!" But Emily pulled the chain that was wrapped around Charlie's neck as she says: "This wedding is not your concern. Surrender your kingdom to me or this groom will never reunite with her." This causes Lionhart to say: "You coward…" Nicole then says: "I must hurry and find Maria!" As Nicole hurries out of the courtyard, some of the guests make their way to the courtyard as they wonder what the commotion is, including the Lestorms, Tony, May and Cinder. And when the Lestorms see Charlie in danger, Nancy shouted: "Charlie!" Alex and Max then look at each other as Max says: "Let's go, Alex!" Alex nodded as he said: "Right!" Alex and Max then leave the courtyard as Tony looks at May as he says: "We have to help Charlie." May then says: "Right." As May grabs Tony, the two teleport as Cinder leaves the courtyard to help him.

In the stairway. Zeus, Jen and Ruby are making their way up the stairway as they hurry to save Charlie. Once they made it to the top of the stairway, they hurry to save Charlie, when they're stopped by the two Houndooms as Emily then says: "Surrender your kingdom to me now, or he will hang here for all eternity!" And as Lionhart yelled: "Don't you dare!" As Jen and Ruby are scared by the two Houndooms, Zeus is also scared by them. But when he looks at Charlie in danger, he gathers his courage as he prepares to face them. And once Jen and Ruby see his courage, they gain their courage as they charge at the Houndooms. The Houndooms charge at them as the two groups fight with each other. As they fight, Alex and Max manage to reach the top as they run towards them as Alex says: "Charlie!" While Max says: "Let him go!" But when Emily spots the two brothers, she proceeds to push Charlie to the edge of the roof. As Charlie manages to stop at the edge of the roof of the castle, Emily pulls the chain she has as it chokes his throat. This causes Alex and Max to stop as they said: "Charlie!" Meanwhile, Nicole is hurrying down the hall to try and find Maria and Skarlet. But when she enters Maria's room, she doesn't see anyone in the room. But she does notice a broken wine glass and a drank wine glass.

Back outside. Emily pulls the chain again as she pulls Charlie back to her grasp again as she then says: "I've given you a glimpse of what will happen to him if you don't hand over the kingdom, Lionhart. Or did you really think that we would be standing here all day?" And just as Tony, Capra and May teleported  behind some pillars on the roof, Lionhart says: "You think you can get away with this?!" As Tony and May observe the situation, Nicole hurries over to Lionhart as she says: "My lord. Princess Maria and Skarlet are nowhere to be found." This scares Lionhart and Oracle as Emily then says: "There's no need to worry about her. She's sleeping for all eternity." Hearing that has shocked Charlie, but then he calms himself down. There's no way they've gotten Maria… If they have… My heart would have known… As this was going on, Tony and May are still hiding as Tony says: "This is bad… If we try to help him, they push him over the edge." May then look at Tony as she says: "Can you use your crystal ball to see how we can help." Tony then says: "Well… I'll try." Tony then takes out his crystal ball as Capra comes out and looks at the crystal ball. While the three are staring at the crystal ball, Emily says: "Last chance! What will you do, Lionhart!" As Lionhart thinks to himself, Cinder manages to reach the roof of the castle as she sees what's going on. As Cinder sees Alex and Max stuck in a standstill from Emily's goon, as well as Zeus, Jen and Ruby struggling with the two Houndooms as she knows she needs to step in now. After thinking about it, Lionhart then says: "Very well, Emily…" And as Nicole says: "Don't do it!" But just as Cinder is about to cast her spell and Tony is about to see what's in the crystal ball, Lionhart proceeds to say: "I hereby declare that Castle of Espérer…"

"...shall never fall in the hands of you, Emily!" Hearing that has shocked and caught everybody's attention as they turn to the source of the voice as Tony notices the crystal ball as he says: "Look!" It was then that they were surprised and amazed as they saw Maria in a white battle dress and carrying a rapier as Charlie says: "Maria!" This causes one of Emily's goons to say: "How… I saw you drank that poison drink!" But Maria then says: "You think I would fall for that trick!" Maria then grabs the banner as she draws her sword, before proceeding to swing down towards the goons as she kicks the two goons. As the two get knocked down, with one of them getting up as he draws his sword, Alex and Max notice an opportunity as Alex says: "Let's go!" The goon then attacks Maria with the short sword, but Maria is able to deflect the blade and push him away to the wall, which knocks the mask off as it reveals to be the assassin that poisoned the drink. Before the assassin could move, he gets piled on by Alex and Max. The other goon draws his sword as he charges at her as the two clash blades as Maria says: "As long as I can still breathe, I will never let this kingdom fall in your hands!" After a few clashes, Maria slashes the mask off the goon's head, which reveals to be Lucard. This allows Tony and May to run up and grab Lucard as he drops his sword as Maria shouts out: "Now, Skarlet!" Skarlet then appears from where Maria was as she says: "We got our scouts ready, Princess Maria!" It was then that several soldiers appeared with rifles as they pointed them at Emily and the last goon. As Maria faces Emily, Charlie says: "It looks like your plan had failed, Emily. I know that Maria is still around." And Emily says: "How did you manage to survive that poison, Maria?!" And Maria replied: "Your plan was doom to fail, Emily. I know you will try something like this."

While they know of their plan now, they weren't aware of the assassination plan earlier. But when Skarlet grabs the tray, she notices the spilled drink on the tray as she knew something was wrong. While the spilled drink is not suspicious, what the assassin doesn't know is that the maid he tied up would often apologize over minor things. So when Skarlet sees that the maid didn't apologize, she knew right then and there that something is up. So when Skarlet closes the door, she turns and signals Maria of the danger as she says: "You sure are jumpy." Knowing Skarlet's signal, Maria goes over to the tray as they examine the drinks as Maria says: "Give me a break, I thought that he was going to be there." Believing that the drink is poisoned, Maria and Skarlet grab their glasses as they pour their drink onto some plants. And while the plant Skarlet poured into remained fine, the plant that Maria poured into started to withered quickly as they concluded that only Maria's drink was poisoned. And as Skarlet grabs the bottle, she says: "Tell you what, why don't we have a drink to calm your nerves." Skarlet then poured some drinks into the two wine glasses as they determined that the bottle hasn't been tampered with as Maria says: "Very well…" Maria then grabs the wine glass from Skarlet as they take their positions. Thinking that the assassin is watching them now, they proceed to cling their glasses as they say: "Cheers." The two then drink their drinks as Skarlet says: "Ah… Now that doesn't make you feel relaxed." And Maria proceeds to fall backwards as the maids catch her. This lets Skarlet know to act scared as she goes up to her and says: Maira?!  "What's wrong?! Answer me, Maria! Maria!" They then waited for a few moments, before Maria ope her eyes as they thought they fooled the assassin.

As Skarlet and the soldiers get close to Emily and the other goon, Maria says: "No matter how many times you plan on taking over this kingdom, we will never let it fall into your hands." And as Emily backed up while pulling Charlie, the last goon pulled out his big sword as he said: "You'll pay for this!" As he charges after Maria, Skarlet deflects the blow from the blade with her sword. And as the goon tries to charge, he ends up stopping as the soldiers point their rifles at him as it forces the goon to stop as the mask falls from the head as it reveals to be Razor. With Emily being the last one, she ends up tossing a smoke bomb onto the ground as it blinded everyone with smoke, before proceeding to toss Charlie at Maria. As Maria catches Charlie, the smoke clears as she sees Emily fleeing to the clocktower. As Maria removes the chains from Charlie, Maria says: "I'm glad that you're safe, Charlie. Now I have to make sure that Emily is taken care of." Once she frees Charlie, Maria heads towards the clock tower. As the soldiers take Emily's goons away, Charlie looks at the clock tower as he fears if Emily would bested Maria as he proceeds to make his way to the clock tower. But Skarlet tries to stop him as she says: "Wait, Charlie. You can't go up there. Just let us take care of this."  But Charlie ends up saying: "I can't. I know that she's the best sword fighter, but I have to be there for her when she needs help." It was then that Max says: "Here, Charlie." As Charlie looks at Max, Max tosses him the assassin's sword as Charlie says: "Thanks, Max." Charlie then proceeds to the clock tower.

At the top of the clock tower, Maria makes her way up the stairs as she spots Emily. Once she reaches the top of the clock tower, she proceeds to say: "There's nowhere left to run, Emily." As Emily remains silent, Maria then says: "If you think that you can take over the kingdom through force, you can think again since the citizens will never follow you." But it was then that Emily started to laugh as she says: "Oh, it's not power that I'm looking for. All I want is control of the kingdom. And with my control, I will decide the fate of the citizens." Though Maria walks towards her with her rapier ready as she says: "Control? What is it that you want to control?" And Emily then says: "To control the humans and make them inferior to Pokemon. I know that if I don't control them, then they will control the Pokemon." As Emily got her sword ready, Maria proceeded to say: "That will never happen, Emily. There's no way that they will follow you." And Emily says: "Oh I'll make sure they will. Too bad that you won't be around for when it happens!" Emily then charges at Maria with her sword as Maria blocked her attack with her rapier. Emily proceeds to attack her aggressively as Maria dodges her attacks, which causes some of Emily's attacks to hit the railing and the walls of the clock towers. This allows Maria to hit Emily's mask as it breaks apart as it reveals her face. But Emily then starts to laugh as she says: "You'll have to do better than that!" She then charges at Maria with her sword as Maria tries to block her attacks as she backs up. But then Maria reaches the edge of the clock tower as she almost falls off the clock tower. And just as Emily's about to attack, Maria dodges her attack as she rolls forward towards the stairway. But she ends up stumbling as she drops her rapier down the stairs and sprains her foot. As Maria struggles to get up, Emily starts to laugh as she walks up to Maria and says: "It looks like the only way you're going is down, Princess."

But just as Emily raises her sword in the air and Maria fears for her life, Charlie gets to the top of the clock tower as he blocks Emily's strike. Maria is surprised as she says: "Charlie!" As Emily stumbles back, she looks at Charlie as she says: "You?!" As Charlie says: "I won't let you harm Maria, Emily. I will protect her with my life." As Charlie prepares himself, Emily says: "Then you will perish with her!" The two then clash blades as Emily goes on the offence while Charlie goes on the defence. As the two continue to clash, Maria crawls over to one of the corners of the clock tower walls in an effort to get on her feet. As Emily and Charlie continue to clash, Emily proceeds to trip Charlie as he trips on the ground. This allows Emily to raise her sword as she tries to stab Charlie as he rolls away from her attacks. As Maria gets herself up, she looks over and sees the situation as she shouted: "Charlie!" As Charlie continues to dodge Emily's attack, Emily stops her attack as she looks and sees Maria. Realizing her opportunity, Emily makes her way towards Maria as she says: "It's like I said before, Princess. It looks like the only way you're going is down!" Maria knew that she can't move out of the way again as there's only one way to avoid her attack. As Charlie got up as he said: "Maria!" Maria drops down from the clock tower as Charlie slides to grab her hand to prevent her from falling, while Emily ends up hitting the wall of the clock tower. This causes the debris of the wall to fly off and landed in her eyes, which blinded her. As Emily stumbles around as she steps off the clock tower as Maria says: "Look out, Emily!" But it was too late. Emily ends up falling from the clock tower as she screams for her life. But her screams fade as she falls further away, then her screams fell silent when she lands on the ground.

As Charlie pulls Maria up from the clock tower, the two Houndooms that were dealing with Zeus, Jen and Ruby look over and hurries over to see if their former master is okay. With Emily defeated, everyone looks up at the clock tower to see Charlie and Maria together. And at the top of the clock tower. Charlie and Maria look down at where Emily has fallen as they have finally beaten Emily and her plan to take over the kingdom. And as the sun shines on the two of them, Maria and Charlie look at each other as she proceeds to hug him as she says: "I know that they would often see me as the best sword fighter in the kingdom… But thank you for saving me, my hero…" And Charlie embraces her back as he is glad to have helped her through the times that they've been together with her being the Princess and her being a civilian.

In the chapel room. The wedding went off without any more hitches as Charlie sees Maria in beautiful wedding attire. And as they are together, the two kneel down for Lionhart and Oracle as they walk up to them. Oracle then removes her crown as she says: "Princess Maria. I hereby give you my crown and title of Queen. May you help bring this kingdom towards a hopeful future." And as she places her crown on Maria's head, Lionhart then says: "Charlie. You will receive the crown and title of King. You will bring honour and courage to this kingdom as you protect those that you love." As Lionhart places his crown on Charlie's head, Lionhart and Oracle back away as Lionhart then say: "As our last command in the kingdom, I hereby declare to you your new King and Queen of Espérer." Hearing that, the crowd in the chapel began to cheer as both Charlie and Maria got up from the ground. They then look at each other as they proceed to give a passionate kiss.

In the courtyard. Charlie and Maria step outside as they hear the applause from the citizens for being the new King and Queen of Espérer. As they step down the stairs, they wave to the citizens as they thank them for their support. Among the crowd, the Lestorms are congratulating them for their successful wedding and Charlie's growth while Nancy is away. There's also Tony, Capra and May as they cheer for their marriage and praise them for their time together. There's also Roberto and Elizabeth as Elizabeth is playing her music with the band as Roberto watches. And there's Isabelle and Lucy, who are enjoying the food as they are grateful for being invited to their wedding, even though they kidnapped him way earlier. As Charlie and Maria make their way to the carriage, a Kirlia, a Riolu and a Buneary watch them as a Kirlia says: "I wonder if I'll be like Charlie?" Though a Buneary then says: "I doubt it. He must have lots of money to get her attention." And a Riolu says: "He's also a strong nobleman as well." "Actually. Charlie managed to get her attention through his hard work." Cinder says as the three turns and looks at her as a Kirlia says: "Really? You mean we can be like him if we work hard?" Cinder then says: "Of course." This also causes a Riolu to say: "Can it also happen to me?" And a Buneary also says: "Can it happen to me as well?" And Cinder nodded as well as she said: "Of course." As the three are amazed, Charlie and Maria enter the carriage as the carriage drives off. As the carriage drives off, the two prepare themselves for their new lives together in the future.

THE ENDCharlie and Maria’s New Life

In the Castle of Espérer. Maria is walking down the halls as she still pounders on who the mysterious bachelor is. So much so that it's starting to suffocate her, just by standing in her room. She was hoping that walking around the castle would help give her some breathing room. Unfortunately for her, she still feels like she's being suffocated by the castle's walls. And even though her parents knew about her secret, she knows that if this continues, she'll have to leave the castle just so she can get some fresh air and be away from the castle. But before she could get the chance, she hears a carriage coming as she looks out and sees the carriage that Nicole, Khan and Skarlet are on. This causes Maria to wonder if they have found the mysterious bachelor as she heads down the hall as she makes her way to the entrance of the castle.

Once Maria makes her way to the entrance, she sees the carriage stopping in front of her as she sees Nicole, Khan and Skarlet stepping out of the carriage. The three then look at Maria as Nicole says: "Princess, I believe it's time that you meet this mysterious bachelor." And as Maria sees someone coming out with the glass shoe on his foot, her heart skips the beat when she sees Charlie stepping out of the carriage as she says: "Charlie… So it was you that danced with me on the night of the ball." And as Charlie gets on the ground, Maria proceeds to run up to him and embrace him, which catches Charlie off guard, as she says: "I was so worried that I did something that made you mad." Charlie was surprised by her words as Charlie then says: "I'm sorry. But at that time, I thought that you were mad at me for the things I said to you." This causes Maria to look up at Charlie and says: "I'm not mad at you. I'm glad that I get to see you again. Because… Because I want you to know that I love you, Charlie." Hearing that has touched Charlie's heart as he hugs her back as he says: "I love you too, Maria…" The two continue to embrace each other as the others are glad that the two are finally reunited when they confess their love. Eventually, Maria looks back up at Charlie as she says: "Come. Let me introduce you to my parents." The two then make their way inside the castle as the three remain by the carriage.

In the throne room. Maria and Charlie enter the room as Charlie sees a Gallade and a Gardevoir on the thrones. And while this is the second time Charlie enters the throne room, it is his first time meeting the actual King and Queen. As they walk forward, Maria proceeds to say: "Father. Mother. I would like to introduce you to Charlie." Lionhart then proceeds to say: "It's an honour to have finally met the bachelor that had captured the heart of our daughter, Charlie." And as both Lionhart and Oracle proceed to get off of their thrones, Charlie bows his head as he says: "And it's an honour to meet you, your highness." But Oracle giggles as she says: "There's no need for formalities, Charlie. You'll soon be our son-in-law." And Lionhart says: "And it's a good thing you met her and kept her on a good path. Who knows what she would do if she hadn't met you." This causes Maria to blush as she says: "Oh, Father..." Lionhart then says: "Now then… Allow me to arrange the wedding." And when Lionhart snapped his fingers, the servants and maids entered the throne room, carrying some smooth fabrics, as they surrounded Charlie and Maria. The servants and maids then proceed to measure both Charlie and Maria as well as compare the fabrics so that they can design their wedding clothes.

In the town. The citizens are going on with their usual business when they hear a voice nearby saying: "A royal wedding has been announced! A royal wedding has been announced!" The citizens turn to the source of the voice as they see a messenger on a Zebstrika as he holds a lot of posters that are flying out of his hand as the messenger says: "A royal wedding has been announced! King Lionhart for a royal wedding for his daughter, Princess Maria and the nobleman, Charlie Lestorm! Princess Maria is getting married to Charlie Lestorm! All are welcome to join in the festivities of the Royal Wedding!" As the posters scatter on the ground, the citizens proceed to pick up the posters as they see the details about the wedding as they get excited for the royal wedding tomorrow.

At the pier. A ship is pulling up on the deck as word about the Royal Wedding hits them. As the ship docks, noblemen and noblewomen leave the ship as they hear the commotion going on. And when the ambassador leaves the ship and hears the commotion, he says: "What's going on here?" As Nancy also leaves the ship, since her exhibition trip has ended, one of the crewmates from the pier told the ambassador: "From the sounds of it, they're having a Royal Wedding at the castle." This causes the ambassador to say: "A Royal Wedding? You mean the Princess is going to marry someone? Who's the bachelor?!" Before the worker could have the chance to speak, they noticed posters flying in the air. As the noblemen and noblewomen grab the posters to look, the ambassador grabs the poster and looks at it as he sees the details, while saying: "I see. This man surely is blessed to have received the hand from the Princess." Nancy is also curious about the Royal Wedding as she grabs one of the posters in the air as well. But when she looks at the poster, she sheds a tear as she sees not only a picture of the Princess but also her son Charlie. This causes her to say: "My sweet little guy… You've grown to be quite a respectable Prince…" As she leaves the pier, she can't wait to go meet her son and is hopeful she would get the chance to meet her daughter-in-law. And as one of the posters lands on the ground of the pier, someone steps on it and rubs it.

In the Lestorm's house. With the day of the Royal Wedding happening today, Cesar is set to bring Charlie's stuff from the attic and to the carriage. Among them are Alex and Max, who are busy carrying Charlie's stuff down to the lobby, while Zeus, Jen and Ruby help Charlie out by bringing in the smaller stuff that they can carry. And as Alex says: "Man… How much stuff does Charlie have…" Max then says: "I don't know. But it would've made moving easier if he had your room, Alex." This causes Alex to say: "Hey! Who was it that bragged about having the best room in the mansion?!" And Max says: "Yeah, you seem to brag about your room being the biggest, yet you won't share a room with Charlie." And as they put one of the boxes full of Charlie's stuff as Alex gets mad, when Max says: "Speaking of which, where's Charlie?" As Alex says: "Yeah, where is he?" The two then split off as they search for Charlie as Max says: "Hey, Charlie. The carriage is about to come. You don't want to be late for your wedding." As Max enters the kitchen as he says: "Charlie?" Max then notices Charlie writing something down while he wears a suit from when he first enters the mansion. Charlie then notices Max as he says: "Hey, Max. Since I'm going to be marrying Maria, I'll write the stuff down to help you out so you can avoid the disaster from the time I was sick." Charlie then grabs a book as he says: "I also have the cookbook for you so that you'll know how to cook supper."

"Charlie." Says Albert as Charlie notices Albert standing by the servant's entrance as Charlie is wondering what Albert would do as he knows that there's still a chance Albert would try and stop him. But much to his surprise, Albert enters the kitchen as he says: "I know that we gave you such hardship for when you were sick. But we can handle it from here." Alex then enters the kitchen as he says: "Yeah, we have to learn eventually." Max then says: "Besides, you're going to become a King. And we must do this on our own." Charlie is glad to have heard how they are taking responsibility. Though Max then remembers the times they treat him with cruelty as he says: "Still… Are we invited to your wedding?" And as Alex quickly jab Max's side as he tries to keep Max quiet, Charlie says: "Of course you're all invited." Even though they have treated him with cruel things, they are still his family after all. Hearing that has excited Alex and Max as Alex says: "Alright!" Albert then says: "Charlie. There's something I would like to give you." And as Charlie looks at Albert as he hands Charlie a crested brooch as Albert says: "It's a gift for you on this special day. I'm sure that you make us proud." This really touches Charlie's heart as he ends up hugging his Father. This catches Albert off guard, but then he ends up hugging back as Charlie feels like they're a real family again.

"It's a surprise that you're here, Duchess Nancy." Cesar says, which catches the family's attention as they then heard: "I'm more surprised myself, Cesar. It's not every day where I heard that my son is going to get married to the Princess." Hearing that voice, Charlie recognizes who it is as he hurries to the main lobby and to his surprise, he sees his Mother and Cesar together. And when Nancy looks at Charlie, Charlie says: "Mother…" Charlie then runs up to her and hugs her as Charlie says: "I never knew that you will be back so soon, Mother." And Nancy says: "And I never knew that my own son is marrying the Princess." Charlie then says: "Yeah. Maria is such a lovely girl." This causes Nancy to say: "In that case, I should bring a wonderful gift for the two of you." But Charlie proceeds to say: "Oh, Mother. You returning home safe is all I ever need." As Albert and his sons join them, Albert notices Zeus, Jen and Ruby as he then looks at Charlie as he says: "If you want, Charlie. You can have Jen and Ruby." This surprises the family as well as Charlie, Zeus, Jen and Ruby as Charlie says: "Really?" Albert then says: "Of course. I know that if they stay with me, they would be miserable without you." This causes Charlie to smile as he says: "Of course, Father." This causes Zeus, Jen and Ruby to smile as they run up to Charlie and snuggle up to him as Nancy giggles as Charlie makes some new friends with Jen and Ruby. Once the Royal Carriage arrives, Charlie enters the carriage as they drive off with his stuff in the other carriage. And as they drive off, Charlie waves to them as he says: "Goodbye, Mother. Goodbye, Father. Goodbye, brothers." The family waves back as the carriage drive away. Once the carriage vanishes from their view, Albert then looks at his sons as he says: "Okay boys. We must get our best suits on if we want to show our support to Charlie." The two brothers then look at Albert and say: "Yes, Father!"

With the wedding coming near, the guests are making their way to the castle so that they can experience the wedding between Maria and Charlie. Among the guests are noblemen, noblewomen, families, performers and entertainers as they walk to the castle. Though, also among the guests are four figures wearing blue masks with brown hair as they walk together with the two Houndooms. While the guests are making their way to the castle, things are busy in the castle's courtyard. In the courtyard, the maids are busy setting up the tables, putting the covers on the tables and plating the foods on them that the chefs made. As the maids are busy, the two guards are doing their jobs in the halls of the castle. As they guard, they see and let pass the Lestorm's family, as well as Cesar, Cinder, Tony and May. But when they spotted Zeus, Jen and Ruby, they stopped as one of the guards said: "Hey, what are you doing." The other guard then says: "There's no pets allowed here. Go. Shu, shu." But Tony and May turn around as May says: "Don't you know who they are, sir?" And as the two guards look at them, Tony then says: "They're Charlie's friends. And they go where Charlie goes." Just then that Captain George sees them when he's patrolling the halls as he goes up to them and says: "Is there a problem with our VIP guests?" This causes the two guards to stand down as one of them says: "No sir. Just making sure that they're safe, sir." And the other guard says: "Carry on."

This allows Zeus, Jen and Ruby to go forward as Captain George resumes his patrol. Tony and May then return to the group as May says: "That was close." And Tony says: "Yeah, it's a good thing they haven't noticed Capra, or we would be in real trouble. Right, Capra?" Then Capra appears from behind Tony's shirt as he nods. And as the group heads down the hall, Zeus, Jen and Ruby head down a different hall as they want to see Charlie. But when they turn a corner,  they get knocked back by the four performers in blue masks. And when they look at the performers, they see then walking away from them as Jen can't believe how rude they are. And while Ruby agrees, Zeus looks confused as he lets Jen and Ruby know that the scent he smelled is familiar, but he doesn't know who. In the groom's room. The servants are putting in the final touches on Charlie's new wedding suit as Captain George enters the room as he says: "Excited for your big day?" Charlie then looks at George and says: "Yeah. Though it feels like a dream, even though I'm seeing this for myself." George then started to laugh as he said: "Oh, I can understand. Though it's surprising for me that you would be the one that captured her heart." George then calms down as he then says: "Still, from what I saw for when you were a peon for two days, I have no doubt that you will lead this kingdom well." This makes Charlie happy as he says:" Thank you, Captain."

In the halls. One of the maids is carrying a tray of wine and glasses for Princess Maria as she is excited to serve them. But as she's heading to her room, unbeknownst to her, a performer with a blue mask is hiding behind one of the pillars in the room. And when the performer sees her, he leaves his hiding spot and quickly runs up to her. He then grabs her as he unsheathes his hidden blade from his wrist and points it at her throat as the maid is suddenly scared as he quietly says: "Stay quiet if you value your life. Is the tray for the princess?" Fearing for her life if she answers him wrong or speaking, she nods her head. This causes him to retract his hidden blade, then covers her mouth and grabs her to prevent her from screaming or getting away as he drags her to a separate room. During the struggle, the wine spills a bit from the glass as it hits the tray. Once in a separate room, he stripped the maid of her uniform and tied her up with rope, before proceeding to gag her with a cloth. Once the maid is tied up, he proceeds to put on the maid uniform as he heads to the tray. He then proceeds to pour some powder dust into the Princess's wine glass as it evaporates in the drink. Knowing that the drink is now poisoned, he carries the tray out of the room as the maid is now worried about her and the Princess's life.

In Maria's Room. The maids are working hard on Maria's wedding dress as Skarlet waits for the dress to finish as she says: "I have to say… It must be pretty exciting to marry someone you know and love… And yet, you're the only one that's pretty nervous, Maria." And as Skarlet sees, Maria is pretty flustered with her face blushing with red as the maids work on her dress. Though Maria then says: "Easy for you to say. A lot of things could happen at the wedding and there's a chance that the wedding would be ruined and there's also a chance that Charlie would stop the wedding and-" But Skarlet interrupts Maria as she says: "It's fine, Maria. There's no need to be nervous. You're only marrying the man you met in town and fall in love with." Even though Maria is not her usual self, she ends up saying: "Hey, I can calm myself down." But when they hear a knock on a door, Maria panics as she flees and hides behind a shelf as the maid is surprised. Skarlet then goes over to the door and opens it to see a maid with a tray of drinks and a wine bottle, which causes Skarlet to look back and says: "Don't worry, it's not him." This causes Maria to peek her head out as she gets flustered with embarrassment as Skarlet grabs the tray. The maid then bows her head as Skarlet closes the door.

Unbeknownst to them, the "maid" is actually an assassin that was with the four performers with the blue masks. As the assassin looks to his left to see if anyone is coming, he hears Skarlet's voice saying: "You sure are jumpy." And as the assassin looks at his right, he hears Maria's voice saying: "Give me a break, I thought that he was going to be there." Once the assassin knows that nobody is coming, he looks at the door as he hears Skarlet saying: "Tell you what, why don't we have a drink to calm your nerves." And once the assassin hears Maria's voice saying: "Very well…" He crouches down and peeks through the keyhole as he sees Skarlet and Maria with the wine glass as they cling their glass as they said: "Cheers." The two then drink their glass of wine, which is something the assassin wants. After they finished their drink, Skarlet proceeded to say: "Ah… Now doesn't that make you feel relaxed?" Maria, on the other hand, was silent for a second. But then she grabs her throat as she drops her wine glass, before proceeding to fall backwards as the maids quickly catch her. This scares Skarlet as she says: "Maira?!  What's wrong?! Answer me, Maria! Maria!" This causes the assassin to smile as he has completed his goal as he stands up and flees the halls.

In the groom's room. Zeus, Jen and Ruby manage to find the room that Charlie is in as they wait for Charlie to be ready. Khan then makes his way to the door and knocks on the door as he says: "If you are ready, we would like to escort you to the receptionist." And Charlie replied: "Okay." Khan then looks at the three and smiles at them as a friendly gesture. Khan then opens the door as they see Charlie in a fancy black suit and a white flower on the suit. Zeus, Jen and Ruby are amazed by his suit and how he looks as he looks like a real prince. As they enter the room, Charlie looks at them as he says: "So… How do I look?" Khan then says: "You look fantastic, Charlie. And I'm sure that Maria  would say the same thing." Khan then bows his head as he then says: "Now let us escort you to the receptionist."

Before Charlie could do something, smoke started to fill the room as it blocked their view. As they get disoriented, the three performers with blue masks enter the room as they push Khan, Zeus, Jen and Ruby away. Before Charlie could react, the third performer goes up to him and gut him in the chest, which stuns him. This allows the third performer to grab him and carry him over the shoulder as they leave the room. Once George gets the sense of what's going on, he quickly charges at them as he says: "Hold it right there!" But the second performer manages to punch George and knock him to the ground as they flee. Once in the halls, Charlie tries to figure out how he can get out when he hears one of the performers saying: "We'll need to hurry and get him tied up if we're intending on taking this kingdom back, Emily." Hearing that name has shocked Charlie as he realizes that these performers are really Emily and her goons. This causes Emily to say: "Good. And once our friend takes care of Maria, there's no one left that will get in our way." This causes Charlie to say: "What are you going to do with her?!" And Emily replied: "Oh don't worry, you weak boy. You'll find out soon enough." Emily then starts to laugh as they run down the hall while carrying Charlie.

In the courtyard of the castle. The maids are finishing setting the tables for the banquet after the wedding when they spot King Lionhart, Queen Oracle, and Nicole entering the courtyard as they stop what they were doing and bow to them. As Lionhart and Oracle check out the food, Lionhart says: "You know, I think we can give this kingdom to them after they get married." Oracle then says: "I must say, I agree. It's a perfect time for us to retire." Oracle then looks at Nicole as she says: "Perhaps you can stay around and help them out, Nicole." This surprises Nicole as she says: "You sure, your highness?" And Lionhart then says: "Of course. Our daughter does trust you. And I'm sure that our grandchildren could use your wisdom." Nicole then thinks to herself as she can understand what they're coming from. And there's a chance that they could be in danger, so Nicole says: "Very well. I'll accomplish your wish."

"Your majesty! Your Majesty!" Khan said as Lionhart, Oracle and Nicole look over as they see Khan looking depressed as Lionhart says: "Ah, Khan. Is the groom at the reception?" But Khan says:" I bring terrible news… The Groom… The groom has been kidnapped." This shocks Lionhart, Oracle and Nicole as Lionhart says: "What?!" As Oracle feels weak and Nicole holds on to her so that she doesn't faint, Lionhart then says: "What happened?!" and Khan then explains: "I do not know… I was about to escort the groom when the room was filled with smoke. The next thing that I knew, I was attacked by some thugs with blue masks. And when I regain consciousness, the groom is gone." This causes Lionhart to get angry as he says: "Those fiends…." He then looks at Khan and says: "And where's Captain George?!" Khan then explains: "He went to get the troops to block off the exits…"

Before Lionhart could say something, one of the maids screamed as it caught the four's attention. As they see a maid looking up and scared as she's walking back, causing them to look up. And much to their horror, they see on the roof of the castle is Charlie as he's tied up in some chains while the four performers with blue masks are behind him. One of the blue masks then says: "I hope you don't mind us joining in, but we have some unfinished business." They then recognize who it is as Lionhart said: "Emily…. How dare you interrupt this wonderful day!" But Emily pulled the chain that was wrapped around Charlie's neck as she says: "This wedding is not your concern. Surrender your kingdom to me or this groom will never reunite with her." This causes Lionhart to say: "You coward…" Nicole then says: "I must hurry and find Maria!" As Nicole hurries out of the courtyard, some of the guests make their way to the courtyard as they wonder what the commotion is, including the Lestorms, Tony, May and Cinder. And when the Lestorms see Charlie in danger, Nancy shouted: "Charlie!" Alex and Max then look at each other as Max says: "Let's go, Alex!" Alex nodded as he said: "Right!" Alex and Max then leave the courtyard as Tony looks at May as he says: "We have to help Charlie." May then says: "Right." As May grabs Tony, the two teleport as Cinder leaves the courtyard to help him.

In the stairway. Zeus, Jen and Ruby are making their way up the stairway as they hurry to save Charlie. Once they made it to the top of the stairway, they hurry to save Charlie, when they're stopped by the two Houndooms as Emily then says: "Surrender your kingdom to me now, or he will hang here for all eternity!" And as Lionhart yelled: "Don't you dare!" As Jen and Ruby are scared by the two Houndooms, Zeus is also scared by them. But when he looks at Charlie in danger, he gathers his courage as he prepares to face them. And once Jen and Ruby see his courage, they gain their courage as they charge at the Houndooms. The Houndooms charge at them as the two groups fight with each other. As they fight, Alex and Max manage to reach the top as they run towards them as Alex says: "Charlie!" While Max says: "Let him go!" But when Emily spots the two brothers, she proceeds to push Charlie to the edge of the roof. As Charlie manages to stop at the edge of the roof of the castle, Emily pulls the chain she has as it chokes his throat. This causes Alex and Max to stop as they said: "Charlie!" Meanwhile, Nicole is hurrying down the hall to try and find Maria and Skarlet. But when she enters Maria's room, she doesn't see anyone in the room. But she does notice a broken wine glass and a drank wine glass.

Back outside. Emily pulls the chain again as she pulls Charlie back to her grasp again as she then says: "I've given you a glimpse of what will happen to him if you don't hand over the kingdom, Lionhart. Or did you really think that we would be standing here all day?" And just as Tony, Capra and May teleported  behind some pillars on the roof, Lionhart says: "You think you can get away with this?!" As Tony and May observe the situation, Nicole hurries over to Lionhart as she says: "My lord. Princess Maria and Skarlet are nowhere to be found." This scares Lionhart and Oracle as Emily then says: "There's no need to worry about her. She's sleeping for all eternity." Hearing that has shocked Charlie, but then he calms himself down. There's no way they've gotten Maria… If they have… My heart would have known… As this was going on, Tony and May are still hiding as Tony says: "This is bad… If we try to help him, they push him over the edge." May then look at Tony as she says: "Can you use your crystal ball to see how we can help." Tony then says: "Well… I'll try." Tony then takes out his crystal ball as Capra comes out and looks at the crystal ball. While the three are staring at the crystal ball, Emily says: "Last chance! What will you do, Lionhart!" As Lionhart thinks to himself, Cinder manages to reach the roof of the castle as she sees what's going on. As Cinder sees Alex and Max stuck in a standstill from Emily's goon, as well as Zeus, Jen and Ruby struggling with the two Houndooms as she knows she needs to step in now. After thinking about it, Lionhart then says: "Very well, Emily…" And as Nicole says: "Don't do it!" But just as Cinder is about to cast her spell and Tony is about to see what's in the crystal ball, Lionhart proceeds to say: "I hereby declare that Castle of Espérer…"

"...shall never fall in the hands of you, Emily!" Hearing that has shocked and caught everybody's attention as they turn to the source of the voice as Tony notices the crystal ball as he says: "Look!" It was then that they were surprised and amazed as they saw Maria in a white battle dress and carrying a rapier as Charlie says: "Maria!" This causes one of Emily's goons to say: "How… I saw you drank that poison drink!" But Maria then says: "You think I would fall for that trick!" Maria then grabs the banner as she draws her sword, before proceeding to swing down towards the goons as she kicks the two goons. As the two get knocked down, with one of them getting up as he draws his sword, Alex and Max notice an opportunity as Alex says: "Let's go!" The goon then attacks Maria with the short sword, but Maria is able to deflect the blade and push him away to the wall, which knocks the mask off as it reveals to be the assassin that poisoned the drink. Before the assassin could move, he gets piled on by Alex and Max. The other goon draws his sword as he charges at her as the two clash blades as Maria says: "As long as I can still breathe, I will never let this kingdom fall in your hands!" After a few clashes, Maria slashes the mask off the goon's head, which reveals to be Lucard. This allows Tony and May to run up and grab Lucard as he drops his sword as Maria shouts out: "Now, Skarlet!" Skarlet then appears from where Maria was as she says: "We got our scouts ready, Princess Maria!" It was then that several soldiers appeared with rifles as they pointed them at Emily and the last goon. As Maria faces Emily, Charlie says: "It looks like your plan had failed, Emily. I know that Maria is still around." And Emily says: "How did you manage to survive that poison, Maria?!" And Maria replied: "Your plan was doom to fail, Emily. I know you will try something like this."

While they know of their plan now, they weren't aware of the assassination plan earlier. But when Skarlet grabs the tray, she notices the spilled drink on the tray as she knew something was wrong. While the spilled drink is not suspicious, what the assassin doesn't know is that the maid he tied up would often apologize over minor things. So when Skarlet sees that the maid didn't apologize, she knew right then and there that something is up. So when Skarlet closes the door, she turns and signals Maria of the danger as she says: "You sure are jumpy." Knowing Skarlet's signal, Maria goes over to the tray as they examine the drinks as Maria says: "Give me a break, I thought that he was going to be there." Believing that the drink is poisoned, Maria and Skarlet grab their glasses as they pour their drink onto some plants. And while the plant Skarlet poured into remained fine, the plant that Maria poured into started to withered quickly as they concluded that only Maria's drink was poisoned. And as Skarlet grabs the bottle, she says: "Tell you what, why don't we have a drink to calm your nerves." Skarlet then poured some drinks into the two wine glasses as they determined that the bottle hasn't been tampered with as Maria says: "Very well…" Maria then grabs the wine glass from Skarlet as they take their positions. Thinking that the assassin is watching them now, they proceed to cling their glasses as they say: "Cheers." The two then drink their drinks as Skarlet says: "Ah… Now that doesn't make you feel relaxed." And Maria proceeds to fall backwards as the maids catch her. This lets Skarlet know to act scared as she goes up to her and says: Maira?!  "What's wrong?! Answer me, Maria! Maria!" They then waited for a few moments, before Maria ope her eyes as they thought they fooled the assassin.

As Skarlet and the soldiers get close to Emily and the other goon, Maria says: "No matter how many times you plan on taking over this kingdom, we will never let it fall into your hands." And as Emily backed up while pulling Charlie, the last goon pulled out his big sword as he said: "You'll pay for this!" As he charges after Maria, Skarlet deflects the blow from the blade with her sword. And as the goon tries to charge, he ends up stopping as the soldiers point their rifles at him as it forces the goon to stop as the mask falls from the head as it reveals to be Razor. With Emily being the last one, she ends up tossing a smoke bomb onto the ground as it blinded everyone with smoke, before proceeding to toss Charlie at Maria. As Maria catches Charlie, the smoke clears as she sees Emily fleeing to the clocktower. As Maria removes the chains from Charlie, Maria says: "I'm glad that you're safe, Charlie. Now I have to make sure that Emily is taken care of." Once she frees Charlie, Maria heads towards the clock tower. As the soldiers take Emily's goons away, Charlie looks at the clock tower as he fears if Emily would bested Maria as he proceeds to make his way to the clock tower. But Skarlet tries to stop him as she says: "Wait, Charlie. You can't go up there. Just let us take care of this."  But Charlie ends up saying: "I can't. I know that she's the best sword fighter, but I have to be there for her when she needs help." It was then that Max says: "Here, Charlie." As Charlie looks at Max, Max tosses him the assassin's sword as Charlie says: "Thanks, Max." Charlie then proceeds to the clock tower.

At the top of the clock tower, Maria makes her way up the stairs as she spots Emily. Once she reaches the top of the clock tower, she proceeds to say: "There's nowhere left to run, Emily." As Emily remains silent, Maria then says: "If you think that you can take over the kingdom through force, you can think again since the citizens will never follow you." But it was then that Emily started to laugh as she says: "Oh, it's not power that I'm looking for. All I want is control of the kingdom. And with my control, I will decide the fate of the citizens." Though Maria walks towards her with her rapier ready as she says: "Control? What is it that you want to control?" And Emily then says: "To control the humans and make them inferior to Pokemon. I know that if I don't control them, then they will control the Pokemon." As Emily got her sword ready, Maria proceeded to say: "That will never happen, Emily. There's no way that they will follow you." And Emily says: "Oh I'll make sure they will. Too bad that you won't be around for when it happens!" Emily then charges at Maria with her sword as Maria blocked her attack with her rapier. Emily proceeds to attack her aggressively as Maria dodges her attacks, which causes some of Emily's attacks to hit the railing and the walls of the clock towers. This allows Maria to hit Emily's mask as it breaks apart as it reveals her face. But Emily then starts to laugh as she says: "You'll have to do better than that!" She then charges at Maria with her sword as Maria tries to block her attacks as she backs up. But then Maria reaches the edge of the clock tower as she almost falls off the clock tower. And just as Emily's about to attack, Maria dodges her attack as she rolls forward towards the stairway. But she ends up stumbling as she drops her rapier down the stairs and sprains her foot. As Maria struggles to get up, Emily starts to laugh as she walks up to Maria and says: "It looks like the only way you're going is down, Princess."

But just as Emily raises her sword in the air and Maria fears for her life, Charlie gets to the top of the clock tower as he blocks Emily's strike. Maria is surprised as she says: "Charlie!" As Emily stumbles back, she looks at Charlie as she says: "You?!" As Charlie says: "I won't let you harm Maria, Emily. I will protect her with my life." As Charlie prepares himself, Emily says: "Then you will perish with her!" The two then clash blades as Emily goes on the offence while Charlie goes on the defence. As the two continue to clash, Maria crawls over to one of the corners of the clock tower walls in an effort to get on her feet. As Emily and Charlie continue to clash, Emily proceeds to trip Charlie as he trips on the ground. This allows Emily to raise her sword as she tries to stab Charlie as he rolls away from her attacks. As Maria gets herself up, she looks over and sees the situation as she shouted: "Charlie!" As Charlie continues to dodge Emily's attack, Emily stops her attack as she looks and sees Maria. Realizing her opportunity, Emily makes her way towards Maria as she says: "It's like I said before, Princess. It looks like the only way you're going is down!" Maria knew that she can't move out of the way again as there's only one way to avoid her attack. As Charlie got up as he said: "Maria!" Maria drops down from the clock tower as Charlie slides to grab her hand to prevent her from falling, while Emily ends up hitting the wall of the clock tower. This causes the debris of the wall to fly off and landed in her eyes, which blinded her. As Emily stumbles around as she steps off the clock tower as Maria says: "Look out, Emily!" But it was too late. Emily ends up falling from the clock tower as she screams for her life. But her screams fade as she falls further away, then her screams fell silent when she lands on the ground.

As Charlie pulls Maria up from the clock tower, the two Houndooms that were dealing with Zeus, Jen and Ruby look over and hurries over to see if their former master is okay. With Emily defeated, everyone looks up at the clock tower to see Charlie and Maria together. And at the top of the clock tower. Charlie and Maria look down at where Emily has fallen as they have finally beaten Emily and her plan to take over the kingdom. And as the sun shines on the two of them, Maria and Charlie look at each other as she proceeds to hug him as she says: "I know that they would often see me as the best sword fighter in the kingdom… But thank you for saving me, my hero…" And Charlie embraces her back as he is glad to have helped her through the times that they've been together with her being the Princess and her being a civilian.

In the chapel room. The wedding went off without any more hitches as Charlie sees Maria in beautiful wedding attire. And as they are together, the two kneel down for Lionhart and Oracle as they walk up to them. Oracle then removes her crown as she says: "Princess Maria. I hereby give you my crown and title of Queen. May you help bring this kingdom towards a hopeful future." And as she places her crown on Maria's head, Lionhart then says: "Charlie. You will receive the crown and title of King. You will bring honour and courage to this kingdom as you protect those that you love." As Lionhart places his crown on Charlie's head, Lionhart and Oracle back away as Lionhart then say: "As our last command in the kingdom, I hereby declare to you your new King and Queen of Espérer." Hearing that, the crowd in the chapel began to cheer as both Charlie and Maria got up from the ground. They then look at each other as they proceed to give a passionate kiss.

In the courtyard. Charlie and Maria step outside as they hear the applause from the citizens for being the new King and Queen of Espérer. As they step down the stairs, they wave to the citizens as they thank them for their support. Among the crowd, the Lestorms are congratulating them for their successful wedding and Charlie's growth while Nancy is away. There's also Tony, Capra and May as they cheer for their marriage and praise them for their time together. There's also Roberto and Elizabeth as Elizabeth is playing her music with the band as Roberto watches. And there's Isabelle and Lucy, who are enjoying the food as they are grateful for being invited to their wedding, even though they kidnapped him way earlier. As Charlie and Maria make their way to the carriage, a Kirlia, a Riolu and a Buneary watch them as a Kirlia says: "I wonder if I'll be like Charlie?" Though a Buneary then says: "I doubt it. He must have lots of money to get her attention." And a Riolu says: "He's also a strong nobleman as well." "Actually. Charlie managed to get her attention through his hard work." Cinder says as the three turns and looks at her as a Kirlia says: "Really? You mean we can be like him if we work hard?" Cinder then says: "Of course." This also causes a Riolu to say: "Can it also happen to me?" And a Buneary also says: "Can it happen to me as well?" And Cinder nodded as well as she said: "Of course." As the three are amazed, Charlie and Maria enter the carriage as the carriage drives off. As the carriage drives off, the two prepare themselves for their new lives together in the future.

THE ENDCharlie and Maria’s New Life

In the Castle of Espérer. Maria is walking down the halls as she still pounders on who the mysterious bachelor is. So much so that it's starting to suffocate her, just by standing in her room. She was hoping that walking around the castle would help give her some breathing room. Unfortunately for her, she still feels like she's being suffocated by the castle's walls. And even though her parents knew about her secret, she knows that if this continues, she'll have to leave the castle just so she can get some fresh air and be away from the castle. But before she could get the chance, she hears a carriage coming as she looks out and sees the carriage that Nicole, Khan and Skarlet are on. This causes Maria to wonder if they have found the mysterious bachelor as she heads down the hall as she makes her way to the entrance of the castle.

Once Maria makes her way to the entrance, she sees the carriage stopping in front of her as she sees Nicole, Khan and Skarlet stepping out of the carriage. The three then look at Maria as Nicole says: "Princess, I believe it's time that you meet this mysterious bachelor." And as Maria sees someone coming out with the glass shoe on his foot, her heart skips the beat when she sees Charlie stepping out of the carriage as she says: "Charlie… So it was you that danced with me on the night of the ball." And as Charlie gets on the ground, Maria proceeds to run up to him and embrace him, which catches Charlie off guard, as she says: "I was so worried that I did something that made you mad." Charlie was surprised by her words as Charlie then says: "I'm sorry. But at that time, I thought that you were mad at me for the things I said to you." This causes Maria to look up at Charlie and says: "I'm not mad at you. I'm glad that I get to see you again. Because… Because I want you to know that I love you, Charlie." Hearing that has touched Charlie's heart as he hugs her back as he says: "I love you too, Maria…" The two continue to embrace each other as the others are glad that the two are finally reunited when they confess their love. Eventually, Maria looks back up at Charlie as she says: "Come. Let me introduce you to my parents." The two then make their way inside the castle as the three remain by the carriage.

In the throne room. Maria and Charlie enter the room as Charlie sees a Gallade and a Gardevoir on the thrones. And while this is the second time Charlie enters the throne room, it is his first time meeting the actual King and Queen. As they walk forward, Maria proceeds to say: "Father. Mother. I would like to introduce you to Charlie." Lionhart then proceeds to say: "It's an honour to have finally met the bachelor that had captured the heart of our daughter, Charlie." And as both Lionhart and Oracle proceed to get off of their thrones, Charlie bows his head as he says: "And it's an honour to meet you, your highness." But Oracle giggles as she says: "There's no need for formalities, Charlie. You'll soon be our son-in-law." And Lionhart says: "And it's a good thing you met her and kept her on a good path. Who knows what she would do if she hadn't met you." This causes Maria to blush as she says: "Oh, Father..." Lionhart then says: "Now then… Allow me to arrange the wedding." And when Lionhart snapped his fingers, the servants and maids entered the throne room, carrying some smooth fabrics, as they surrounded Charlie and Maria. The servants and maids then proceed to measure both Charlie and Maria as well as compare the fabrics so that they can design their wedding clothes.

In the town. The citizens are going on with their usual business when they hear a voice nearby saying: "A royal wedding has been announced! A royal wedding has been announced!" The citizens turn to the source of the voice as they see a messenger on a Zebstrika as he holds a lot of posters that are flying out of his hand as the messenger says: "A royal wedding has been announced! King Lionhart for a royal wedding for his daughter, Princess Maria and the nobleman, Charlie Lestorm! Princess Maria is getting married to Charlie Lestorm! All are welcome to join in the festivities of the Royal Wedding!" As the posters scatter on the ground, the citizens proceed to pick up the posters as they see the details about the wedding as they get excited for the royal wedding tomorrow.

At the pier. A ship is pulling up on the deck as word about the Royal Wedding hits them. As the ship docks, noblemen and noblewomen leave the ship as they hear the commotion going on. And when the ambassador leaves the ship and hears the commotion, he says: "What's going on here?" As Nancy also leaves the ship, since her exhibition trip has ended, one of the crewmates from the pier told the ambassador: "From the sounds of it, they're having a Royal Wedding at the castle." This causes the ambassador to say: "A Royal Wedding? You mean the Princess is going to marry someone? Who's the bachelor?!" Before the worker could have the chance to speak, they noticed posters flying in the air. As the noblemen and noblewomen grab the posters to look, the ambassador grabs the poster and looks at it as he sees the details, while saying: "I see. This man surely is blessed to have received the hand from the Princess." Nancy is also curious about the Royal Wedding as she grabs one of the posters in the air as well. But when she looks at the poster, she sheds a tear as she sees not only a picture of the Princess but also her son Charlie. This causes her to say: "My sweet little guy… You've grown to be quite a respectable Prince…" As she leaves the pier, she can't wait to go meet her son and is hopeful she would get the chance to meet her daughter-in-law. And as one of the posters lands on the ground of the pier, someone steps on it and rubs it.

In the Lestorm's house. With the day of the Royal Wedding happening today, Cesar is set to bring Charlie's stuff from the attic and to the carriage. Among them are Alex and Max, who are busy carrying Charlie's stuff down to the lobby, while Zeus, Jen and Ruby help Charlie out by bringing in the smaller stuff that they can carry. And as Alex says: "Man… How much stuff does Charlie have…" Max then says: "I don't know. But it would've made moving easier if he had your room, Alex." This causes Alex to say: "Hey! Who was it that bragged about having the best room in the mansion?!" And Max says: "Yeah, you seem to brag about your room being the biggest, yet you won't share a room with Charlie." And as they put one of the boxes full of Charlie's stuff as Alex gets mad, when Max says: "Speaking of which, where's Charlie?" As Alex says: "Yeah, where is he?" The two then split off as they search for Charlie as Max says: "Hey, Charlie. The carriage is about to come. You don't want to be late for your wedding." As Max enters the kitchen as he says: "Charlie?" Max then notices Charlie writing something down while he wears a suit from when he first enters the mansion. Charlie then notices Max as he says: "Hey, Max. Since I'm going to be marrying Maria, I'll write the stuff down to help you out so you can avoid the disaster from the time I was sick." Charlie then grabs a book as he says: "I also have the cookbook for you so that you'll know how to cook supper."

"Charlie." Says Albert as Charlie notices Albert standing by the servant's entrance as Charlie is wondering what Albert would do as he knows that there's still a chance Albert would try and stop him. But much to his surprise, Albert enters the kitchen as he says: "I know that we gave you such hardship for when you were sick. But we can handle it from here." Alex then enters the kitchen as he says: "Yeah, we have to learn eventually." Max then says: "Besides, you're going to become a King. And we must do this on our own." Charlie is glad to have heard how they are taking responsibility. Though Max then remembers the times they treat him with cruelty as he says: "Still… Are we invited to your wedding?" And as Alex quickly jab Max's side as he tries to keep Max quiet, Charlie says: "Of course you're all invited." Even though they have treated him with cruel things, they are still his family after all. Hearing that has excited Alex and Max as Alex says: "Alright!" Albert then says: "Charlie. There's something I would like to give you." And as Charlie looks at Albert as he hands Charlie a crested brooch as Albert says: "It's a gift for you on this special day. I'm sure that you make us proud." This really touches Charlie's heart as he ends up hugging his Father. This catches Albert off guard, but then he ends up hugging back as Charlie feels like they're a real family again.

"It's a surprise that you're here, Duchess Nancy." Cesar says, which catches the family's attention as they then heard: "I'm more surprised myself, Cesar. It's not every day where I heard that my son is going to get married to the Princess." Hearing that voice, Charlie recognizes who it is as he hurries to the main lobby and to his surprise, he sees his Mother and Cesar together. And when Nancy looks at Charlie, Charlie says: "Mother…" Charlie then runs up to her and hugs her as Charlie says: "I never knew that you will be back so soon, Mother." And Nancy says: "And I never knew that my own son is marrying the Princess." Charlie then says: "Yeah. Maria is such a lovely girl." This causes Nancy to say: "In that case, I should bring a wonderful gift for the two of you." But Charlie proceeds to say: "Oh, Mother. You returning home safe is all I ever need." As Albert and his sons join them, Albert notices Zeus, Jen and Ruby as he then looks at Charlie as he says: "If you want, Charlie. You can have Jen and Ruby." This surprises the family as well as Charlie, Zeus, Jen and Ruby as Charlie says: "Really?" Albert then says: "Of course. I know that if they stay with me, they would be miserable without you." This causes Charlie to smile as he says: "Of course, Father." This causes Zeus, Jen and Ruby to smile as they run up to Charlie and snuggle up to him as Nancy giggles as Charlie makes some new friends with Jen and Ruby. Once the Royal Carriage arrives, Charlie enters the carriage as they drive off with his stuff in the other carriage. And as they drive off, Charlie waves to them as he says: "Goodbye, Mother. Goodbye, Father. Goodbye, brothers." The family waves back as the carriage drive away. Once the carriage vanishes from their view, Albert then looks at his sons as he says: "Okay boys. We must get our best suits on if we want to show our support to Charlie." The two brothers then look at Albert and say: "Yes, Father!"

With the wedding coming near, the guests are making their way to the castle so that they can experience the wedding between Maria and Charlie. Among the guests are noblemen, noblewomen, families, performers and entertainers as they walk to the castle. Though, also among the guests are four figures wearing blue masks with brown hair as they walk together with the two Houndooms. While the guests are making their way to the castle, things are busy in the castle's courtyard. In the courtyard, the maids are busy setting up the tables, putting the covers on the tables and plating the foods on them that the chefs made. As the maids are busy, the two guards are doing their jobs in the halls of the castle. As they guard, they see and let pass the Lestorm's family, as well as Cesar, Cinder, Tony and May. But when they spotted Zeus, Jen and Ruby, they stopped as one of the guards said: "Hey, what are you doing." The other guard then says: "There's no pets allowed here. Go. Shu, shu." But Tony and May turn around as May says: "Don't you know who they are, sir?" And as the two guards look at them, Tony then says: "They're Charlie's friends. And they go where Charlie goes." Just then that Captain George sees them when he's patrolling the halls as he goes up to them and says: "Is there a problem with our VIP guests?" This causes the two guards to stand down as one of them says: "No sir. Just making sure that they're safe, sir." And the other guard says: "Carry on."

This allows Zeus, Jen and Ruby to go forward as Captain George resumes his patrol. Tony and May then return to the group as May says: "That was close." And Tony says: "Yeah, it's a good thing they haven't noticed Capra, or we would be in real trouble. Right, Capra?" Then Capra appears from behind Tony's shirt as he nods. And as the group heads down the hall, Zeus, Jen and Ruby head down a different hall as they want to see Charlie. But when they turn a corner,  they get knocked back by the four performers in blue masks. And when they look at the performers, they see then walking away from them as Jen can't believe how rude they are. And while Ruby agrees, Zeus looks confused as he lets Jen and Ruby know that the scent he smelled is familiar, but he doesn't know who. In the groom's room. The servants are putting in the final touches on Charlie's new wedding suit as Captain George enters the room as he says: "Excited for your big day?" Charlie then looks at George and says: "Yeah. Though it feels like a dream, even though I'm seeing this for myself." George then started to laugh as he said: "Oh, I can understand. Though it's surprising for me that you would be the one that captured her heart." George then calms down as he then says: "Still, from what I saw for when you were a peon for two days, I have no doubt that you will lead this kingdom well." This makes Charlie happy as he says:" Thank you, Captain."

In the halls. One of the maids is carrying a tray of wine and glasses for Princess Maria as she is excited to serve them. But as she's heading to her room, unbeknownst to her, a performer with a blue mask is hiding behind one of the pillars in the room. And when the performer sees her, he leaves his hiding spot and quickly runs up to her. He then grabs her as he unsheathes his hidden blade from his wrist and points it at her throat as the maid is suddenly scared as he quietly says: "Stay quiet if you value your life. Is the tray for the princess?" Fearing for her life if she answers him wrong or speaking, she nods her head. This causes him to retract his hidden blade, then covers her mouth and grabs her to prevent her from screaming or getting away as he drags her to a separate room. During the struggle, the wine spills a bit from the glass as it hits the tray. Once in a separate room, he stripped the maid of her uniform and tied her up with rope, before proceeding to gag her with a cloth. Once the maid is tied up, he proceeds to put on the maid uniform as he heads to the tray. He then proceeds to pour some powder dust into the Princess's wine glass as it evaporates in the drink. Knowing that the drink is now poisoned, he carries the tray out of the room as the maid is now worried about her and the Princess's life.

In Maria's Room. The maids are working hard on Maria's wedding dress as Skarlet waits for the dress to finish as she says: "I have to say… It must be pretty exciting to marry someone you know and love… And yet, you're the only one that's pretty nervous, Maria." And as Skarlet sees, Maria is pretty flustered with her face blushing with red as the maids work on her dress. Though Maria then says: "Easy for you to say. A lot of things could happen at the wedding and there's a chance that the wedding would be ruined and there's also a chance that Charlie would stop the wedding and-" But Skarlet interrupts Maria as she says: "It's fine, Maria. There's no need to be nervous. You're only marrying the man you met in town and fall in love with." Even though Maria is not her usual self, she ends up saying: "Hey, I can calm myself down." But when they hear a knock on a door, Maria panics as she flees and hides behind a shelf as the maid is surprised. Skarlet then goes over to the door and opens it to see a maid with a tray of drinks and a wine bottle, which causes Skarlet to look back and says: "Don't worry, it's not him." This causes Maria to peek her head out as she gets flustered with embarrassment as Skarlet grabs the tray. The maid then bows her head as Skarlet closes the door.

Unbeknownst to them, the "maid" is actually an assassin that was with the four performers with the blue masks. As the assassin looks to his left to see if anyone is coming, he hears Skarlet's voice saying: "You sure are jumpy." And as the assassin looks at his right, he hears Maria's voice saying: "Give me a break, I thought that he was going to be there." Once the assassin knows that nobody is coming, he looks at the door as he hears Skarlet saying: "Tell you what, why don't we have a drink to calm your nerves." And once the assassin hears Maria's voice saying: "Very well…" He crouches down and peeks through the keyhole as he sees Skarlet and Maria with the wine glass as they cling their glass as they said: "Cheers." The two then drink their glass of wine, which is something the assassin wants. After they finished their drink, Skarlet proceeded to say: "Ah… Now doesn't that make you feel relaxed?" Maria, on the other hand, was silent for a second. But then she grabs her throat as she drops her wine glass, before proceeding to fall backwards as the maids quickly catch her. This scares Skarlet as she says: "Maira?!  What's wrong?! Answer me, Maria! Maria!" This causes the assassin to smile as he has completed his goal as he stands up and flees the halls.

In the groom's room. Zeus, Jen and Ruby manage to find the room that Charlie is in as they wait for Charlie to be ready. Khan then makes his way to the door and knocks on the door as he says: "If you are ready, we would like to escort you to the receptionist." And Charlie replied: "Okay." Khan then looks at the three and smiles at them as a friendly gesture. Khan then opens the door as they see Charlie in a fancy black suit and a white flower on the suit. Zeus, Jen and Ruby are amazed by his suit and how he looks as he looks like a real prince. As they enter the room, Charlie looks at them as he says: "So… How do I look?" Khan then says: "You look fantastic, Charlie. And I'm sure that Maria  would say the same thing." Khan then bows his head as he then says: "Now let us escort you to the receptionist."

Before Charlie could do something, smoke started to fill the room as it blocked their view. As they get disoriented, the three performers with blue masks enter the room as they push Khan, Zeus, Jen and Ruby away. Before Charlie could react, the third performer goes up to him and gut him in the chest, which stuns him. This allows the third performer to grab him and carry him over the shoulder as they leave the room. Once George gets the sense of what's going on, he quickly charges at them as he says: "Hold it right there!" But the second performer manages to punch George and knock him to the ground as they flee. Once in the halls, Charlie tries to figure out how he can get out when he hears one of the performers saying: "We'll need to hurry and get him tied up if we're intending on taking this kingdom back, Emily." Hearing that name has shocked Charlie as he realizes that these performers are really Emily and her goons. This causes Emily to say: "Good. And once our friend takes care of Maria, there's no one left that will get in our way." This causes Charlie to say: "What are you going to do with her?!" And Emily replied: "Oh don't worry, you weak boy. You'll find out soon enough." Emily then starts to laugh as they run down the hall while carrying Charlie.

In the courtyard of the castle. The maids are finishing setting the tables for the banquet after the wedding when they spot King Lionhart, Queen Oracle, and Nicole entering the courtyard as they stop what they were doing and bow to them. As Lionhart and Oracle check out the food, Lionhart says: "You know, I think we can give this kingdom to them after they get married." Oracle then says: "I must say, I agree. It's a perfect time for us to retire." Oracle then looks at Nicole as she says: "Perhaps you can stay around and help them out, Nicole." This surprises Nicole as she says: "You sure, your highness?" And Lionhart then says: "Of course. Our daughter does trust you. And I'm sure that our grandchildren could use your wisdom." Nicole then thinks to herself as she can understand what they're coming from. And there's a chance that they could be in danger, so Nicole says: "Very well. I'll accomplish your wish."

"Your majesty! Your Majesty!" Khan said as Lionhart, Oracle and Nicole look over as they see Khan looking depressed as Lionhart says: "Ah, Khan. Is the groom at the reception?" But Khan says:" I bring terrible news… The Groom… The groom has been kidnapped." This shocks Lionhart, Oracle and Nicole as Lionhart says: "What?!" As Oracle feels weak and Nicole holds on to her so that she doesn't faint, Lionhart then says: "What happened?!" and Khan then explains: "I do not know… I was about to escort the groom when the room was filled with smoke. The next thing that I knew, I was attacked by some thugs with blue masks. And when I regain consciousness, the groom is gone." This causes Lionhart to get angry as he says: "Those fiends…." He then looks at Khan and says: "And where's Captain George?!" Khan then explains: "He went to get the troops to block off the exits…"

Before Lionhart could say something, one of the maids screamed as it caught the four's attention. As they see a maid looking up and scared as she's walking back, causing them to look up. And much to their horror, they see on the roof of the castle is Charlie as he's tied up in some chains while the four performers with blue masks are behind him. One of the blue masks then says: "I hope you don't mind us joining in, but we have some unfinished business." They then recognize who it is as Lionhart said: "Emily…. How dare you interrupt this wonderful day!" But Emily pulled the chain that was wrapped around Charlie's neck as she says: "This wedding is not your concern. Surrender your kingdom to me or this groom will never reunite with her." This causes Lionhart to say: "You coward…" Nicole then says: "I must hurry and find Maria!" As Nicole hurries out of the courtyard, some of the guests make their way to the courtyard as they wonder what the commotion is, including the Lestorms, Tony, May and Cinder. And when the Lestorms see Charlie in danger, Nancy shouted: "Charlie!" Alex and Max then look at each other as Max says: "Let's go, Alex!" Alex nodded as he said: "Right!" Alex and Max then leave the courtyard as Tony looks at May as he says: "We have to help Charlie." May then says: "Right." As May grabs Tony, the two teleport as Cinder leaves the courtyard to help him.

In the stairway. Zeus, Jen and Ruby are making their way up the stairway as they hurry to save Charlie. Once they made it to the top of the stairway, they hurry to save Charlie, when they're stopped by the two Houndooms as Emily then says: "Surrender your kingdom to me now, or he will hang here for all eternity!" And as Lionhart yelled: "Don't you dare!" As Jen and Ruby are scared by the two Houndooms, Zeus is also scared by them. But when he looks at Charlie in danger, he gathers his courage as he prepares to face them. And once Jen and Ruby see his courage, they gain their courage as they charge at the Houndooms. The Houndooms charge at them as the two groups fight with each other. As they fight, Alex and Max manage to reach the top as they run towards them as Alex says: "Charlie!" While Max says: "Let him go!" But when Emily spots the two brothers, she proceeds to push Charlie to the edge of the roof. As Charlie manages to stop at the edge of the roof of the castle, Emily pulls the chain she has as it chokes his throat. This causes Alex and Max to stop as they said: "Charlie!" Meanwhile, Nicole is hurrying down the hall to try and find Maria and Skarlet. But when she enters Maria's room, she doesn't see anyone in the room. But she does notice a broken wine glass and a drank wine glass.

Back outside. Emily pulls the chain again as she pulls Charlie back to her grasp again as she then says: "I've given you a glimpse of what will happen to him if you don't hand over the kingdom, Lionhart. Or did you really think that we would be standing here all day?" And just as Tony, Capra and May teleported  behind some pillars on the roof, Lionhart says: "You think you can get away with this?!" As Tony and May observe the situation, Nicole hurries over to Lionhart as she says: "My lord. Princess Maria and Skarlet are nowhere to be found." This scares Lionhart and Oracle as Emily then says: "There's no need to worry about her. She's sleeping for all eternity." Hearing that has shocked Charlie, but then he calms himself down. There's no way they've gotten Maria… If they have… My heart would have known… As this was going on, Tony and May are still hiding as Tony says: "This is bad… If we try to help him, they push him over the edge." May then look at Tony as she says: "Can you use your crystal ball to see how we can help." Tony then says: "Well… I'll try." Tony then takes out his crystal ball as Capra comes out and looks at the crystal ball. While the three are staring at the crystal ball, Emily says: "Last chance! What will you do, Lionhart!" As Lionhart thinks to himself, Cinder manages to reach the roof of the castle as she sees what's going on. As Cinder sees Alex and Max stuck in a standstill from Emily's goon, as well as Zeus, Jen and Ruby struggling with the two Houndooms as she knows she needs to step in now. After thinking about it, Lionhart then says: "Very well, Emily…" And as Nicole says: "Don't do it!" But just as Cinder is about to cast her spell and Tony is about to see what's in the crystal ball, Lionhart proceeds to say: "I hereby declare that Castle of Espérer…"

"...shall never fall in the hands of you, Emily!" Hearing that has shocked and caught everybody's attention as they turn to the source of the voice as Tony notices the crystal ball as he says: "Look!" It was then that they were surprised and amazed as they saw Maria in a white battle dress and carrying a rapier as Charlie says: "Maria!" This causes one of Emily's goons to say: "How… I saw you drank that poison drink!" But Maria then says: "You think I would fall for that trick!" Maria then grabs the banner as she draws her sword, before proceeding to swing down towards the goons as she kicks the two goons. As the two get knocked down, with one of them getting up as he draws his sword, Alex and Max notice an opportunity as Alex says: "Let's go!" The goon then attacks Maria with the short sword, but Maria is able to deflect the blade and push him away to the wall, which knocks the mask off as it reveals to be the assassin that poisoned the drink. Before the assassin could move, he gets piled on by Alex and Max. The other goon draws his sword as he charges at her as the two clash blades as Maria says: "As long as I can still breathe, I will never let this kingdom fall in your hands!" After a few clashes, Maria slashes the mask off the goon's head, which reveals to be Lucard. This allows Tony and May to run up and grab Lucard as he drops his sword as Maria shouts out: "Now, Skarlet!" Skarlet then appears from where Maria was as she says: "We got our scouts ready, Princess Maria!" It was then that several soldiers appeared with rifles as they pointed them at Emily and the last goon. As Maria faces Emily, Charlie says: "It looks like your plan had failed, Emily. I know that Maria is still around." And Emily says: "How did you manage to survive that poison, Maria?!" And Maria replied: "Your plan was doom to fail, Emily. I know you will try something like this."

While they know of their plan now, they weren't aware of the assassination plan earlier. But when Skarlet grabs the tray, she notices the spilled drink on the tray as she knew something was wrong. While the spilled drink is not suspicious, what the assassin doesn't know is that the maid he tied up would often apologize over minor things. So when Skarlet sees that the maid didn't apologize, she knew right then and there that something is up. So when Skarlet closes the door, she turns and signals Maria of the danger as she says: "You sure are jumpy." Knowing Skarlet's signal, Maria goes over to the tray as they examine the drinks as Maria says: "Give me a break, I thought that he was going to be there." Believing that the drink is poisoned, Maria and Skarlet grab their glasses as they pour their drink onto some plants. And while the plant Skarlet poured into remained fine, the plant that Maria poured into started to withered quickly as they concluded that only Maria's drink was poisoned. And as Skarlet grabs the bottle, she says: "Tell you what, why don't we have a drink to calm your nerves." Skarlet then poured some drinks into the two wine glasses as they determined that the bottle hasn't been tampered with as Maria says: "Very well…" Maria then grabs the wine glass from Skarlet as they take their positions. Thinking that the assassin is watching them now, they proceed to cling their glasses as they say: "Cheers." The two then drink their drinks as Skarlet says: "Ah… Now that doesn't make you feel relaxed." And Maria proceeds to fall backwards as the maids catch her. This lets Skarlet know to act scared as she goes up to her and says: Maira?!  "What's wrong?! Answer me, Maria! Maria!" They then waited for a few moments, before Maria ope her eyes as they thought they fooled the assassin.

As Skarlet and the soldiers get close to Emily and the other goon, Maria says: "No matter how many times you plan on taking over this kingdom, we will never let it fall into your hands." And as Emily backed up while pulling Charlie, the last goon pulled out his big sword as he said: "You'll pay for this!" As he charges after Maria, Skarlet deflects the blow from the blade with her sword. And as the goon tries to charge, he ends up stopping as the soldiers point their rifles at him as it forces the goon to stop as the mask falls from the head as it reveals to be Razor. With Emily being the last one, she ends up tossing a smoke bomb onto the ground as it blinded everyone with smoke, before proceeding to toss Charlie at Maria. As Maria catches Charlie, the smoke clears as she sees Emily fleeing to the clocktower. As Maria removes the chains from Charlie, Maria says: "I'm glad that you're safe, Charlie. Now I have to make sure that Emily is taken care of." Once she frees Charlie, Maria heads towards the clock tower. As the soldiers take Emily's goons away, Charlie looks at the clock tower as he fears if Emily would bested Maria as he proceeds to make his way to the clock tower. But Skarlet tries to stop him as she says: "Wait, Charlie. You can't go up there. Just let us take care of this."  But Charlie ends up saying: "I can't. I know that she's the best sword fighter, but I have to be there for her when she needs help." It was then that Max says: "Here, Charlie." As Charlie looks at Max, Max tosses him the assassin's sword as Charlie says: "Thanks, Max." Charlie then proceeds to the clock tower.

At the top of the clock tower, Maria makes her way up the stairs as she spots Emily. Once she reaches the top of the clock tower, she proceeds to say: "There's nowhere left to run, Emily." As Emily remains silent, Maria then says: "If you think that you can take over the kingdom through force, you can think again since the citizens will never follow you." But it was then that Emily started to laugh as she says: "Oh, it's not power that I'm looking for. All I want is control of the kingdom. And with my control, I will decide the fate of the citizens." Though Maria walks towards her with her rapier ready as she says: "Control? What is it that you want to control?" And Emily then says: "To control the humans and make them inferior to Pokemon. I know that if I don't control them, then they will control the Pokemon." As Emily got her sword ready, Maria proceeded to say: "That will never happen, Emily. There's no way that they will follow you." And Emily says: "Oh I'll make sure they will. Too bad that you won't be around for when it happens!" Emily then charges at Maria with her sword as Maria blocked her attack with her rapier. Emily proceeds to attack her aggressively as Maria dodges her attacks, which causes some of Emily's attacks to hit the railing and the walls of the clock towers. This allows Maria to hit Emily's mask as it breaks apart as it reveals her face. But Emily then starts to laugh as she says: "You'll have to do better than that!" She then charges at Maria with her sword as Maria tries to block her attacks as she backs up. But then Maria reaches the edge of the clock tower as she almost falls off the clock tower. And just as Emily's about to attack, Maria dodges her attack as she rolls forward towards the stairway. But she ends up stumbling as she drops her rapier down the stairs and sprains her foot. As Maria struggles to get up, Emily starts to laugh as she walks up to Maria and says: "It looks like the only way you're going is down, Princess."

But just as Emily raises her sword in the air and Maria fears for her life, Charlie gets to the top of the clock tower as he blocks Emily's strike. Maria is surprised as she says: "Charlie!" As Emily stumbles back, she looks at Charlie as she says: "You?!" As Charlie says: "I won't let you harm Maria, Emily. I will protect her with my life." As Charlie prepares himself, Emily says: "Then you will perish with her!" The two then clash blades as Emily goes on the offence while Charlie goes on the defence. As the two continue to clash, Maria crawls over to one of the corners of the clock tower walls in an effort to get on her feet. As Emily and Charlie continue to clash, Emily proceeds to trip Charlie as he trips on the ground. This allows Emily to raise her sword as she tries to stab Charlie as he rolls away from her attacks. As Maria gets herself up, she looks over and sees the situation as she shouted: "Charlie!" As Charlie continues to dodge Emily's attack, Emily stops her attack as she looks and sees Maria. Realizing her opportunity, Emily makes her way towards Maria as she says: "It's like I said before, Princess. It looks like the only way you're going is down!" Maria knew that she can't move out of the way again as there's only one way to avoid her attack. As Charlie got up as he said: "Maria!" Maria drops down from the clock tower as Charlie slides to grab her hand to prevent her from falling, while Emily ends up hitting the wall of the clock tower. This causes the debris of the wall to fly off and landed in her eyes, which blinded her. As Emily stumbles around as she steps off the clock tower as Maria says: "Look out, Emily!" But it was too late. Emily ends up falling from the clock tower as she screams for her life. But her screams fade as she falls further away, then her screams fell silent when she lands on the ground.

As Charlie pulls Maria up from the clock tower, the two Houndooms that were dealing with Zeus, Jen and Ruby look over and hurries over to see if their former master is okay. With Emily defeated, everyone looks up at the clock tower to see Charlie and Maria together. And at the top of the clock tower. Charlie and Maria look down at where Emily has fallen as they have finally beaten Emily and her plan to take over the kingdom. And as the sun shines on the two of them, Maria and Charlie look at each other as she proceeds to hug him as she says: "I know that they would often see me as the best sword fighter in the kingdom… But thank you for saving me, my hero…" And Charlie embraces her back as he is glad to have helped her through the times that they've been together with her being the Princess and her being a civilian.

In the chapel room. The wedding went off without any more hitches as Charlie sees Maria in beautiful wedding attire. And as they are together, the two kneel down for Lionhart and Oracle as they walk up to them. Oracle then removes her crown as she says: "Princess Maria. I hereby give you my crown and title of Queen. May you help bring this kingdom towards a hopeful future." And as she places her crown on Maria's head, Lionhart then says: "Charlie. You will receive the crown and title of King. You will bring honour and courage to this kingdom as you protect those that you love." As Lionhart places his crown on Charlie's head, Lionhart and Oracle back away as Lionhart then say: "As our last command in the kingdom, I hereby declare to you your new King and Queen of Espérer." Hearing that, the crowd in the chapel began to cheer as both Charlie and Maria got up from the ground. They then look at each other as they proceed to give a passionate kiss.

In the courtyard. Charlie and Maria step outside as they hear the applause from the citizens for being the new King and Queen of Espérer. As they step down the stairs, they wave to the citizens as they thank them for their support. Among the crowd, the Lestorms are congratulating them for their successful wedding and Charlie's growth while Nancy is away. There's also Tony, Capra and May as they cheer for their marriage and praise them for their time together. There's also Roberto and Elizabeth as Elizabeth is playing her music with the band as Roberto watches. And there's Isabelle and Lucy, who are enjoying the food as they are grateful for being invited to their wedding, even though they kidnapped him way earlier. As Charlie and Maria make their way to the carriage, a Kirlia, a Riolu and a Buneary watch them as a Kirlia says: "I wonder if I'll be like Charlie?" Though a Buneary then says: "I doubt it. He must have lots of money to get her attention." And a Riolu says: "He's also a strong nobleman as well." "Actually. Charlie managed to get her attention through his hard work." Cinder says as the three turns and looks at her as a Kirlia says: "Really? You mean we can be like him if we work hard?" Cinder then says: "Of course." This also causes a Riolu to say: "Can it also happen to me?" And a Buneary also says: "Can it happen to me as well?" And Cinder nodded as well as she said: "Of course." As the three are amazed, Charlie and Maria enter the carriage as the carriage drives off. As the carriage drives off, the two prepare themselves for their new lives together in the future.

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Charlie: A Pokemon Cinderella Story. Chapter 26 (Finale)

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