WITHIN an hour of their journey, BearBear spotted a huge tunnel in the ground. As the team approaches the hole, BuGs BuNNy jumps out of his hole. "Eeeeee.....what's up Doc?" Behind him was Brer Rabbit, his brother.

Our brave warriors announced that they were going to fetch the precious Cactus from Darkfire. Our bunny... as we all know, loves adventure. He decided to join them as well. Needless to say, Brer went along too.

Their journey went on quite smoothly. On the third day, they came to a dark cave. They tried to get past it, but the cave entrance was blocked. Excalibur tried to hack his way through, but to no avail. There was no way in which Phoenix Hawk could carry them through. For starters, Dilbert and Dogbert weigh more than the hawk himself. If he were to fly to and fro just to bring all our warriors across, he would be a dead tweet before this story ends. piLLow opens his pillowcase and discovers to his horror that it is burnt. Alas!

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        The author apologizes to piLLow for burning his piLLowCaSe
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Bunny was about to dig a tunnel for all of them when the cave opened by itself! It led to a beautiful pool. In the middle of the crystal clear water was an enchanting girl swimming. Phantom Stalker, who by the way, stalks everything and everyone especially Hot Babe(s), was the first to jump into the pool. piLLow, on the other hand, tried all his best to keep himself dry. He didn't want his pillowcase to turn into a wet blanket anyway. Dilbert tried his best to keep his hound under control, but Dogbert, who loves to swim, couldn't resist the opportunity to take a bath, especially since it had been three hot days. Poor Dilbert was about to be dragged into the pool as well when they heard something.

"That sounds like music," Bunny, with extraordinary hearing, declared. "And it sounds like rock music," said BearBear.

The music grew louder and louder. Suddenly, Phoenix Hawk pointed to the pool with a shout. The girl was gone. To their bewilderment, so was Phantom Stalker! One minute she was swimming towards the girl, the next minute she was gone, without a trace.

"Oh Phantom Stalker...yoohoo! Where are you?"

The only response they heard was the echos of their voices...and the faint tingle of the strange music that still floats in the air.

By now, BearBear is having the shivers. She was about to suggest they get out of the cave when she spotted a lady walking towards them from inside the cave. As she approached, the music grew louder. She was going to say something to the rest when she realised that Phoenix Hawk is swaying to the music.

She looked around and saw to her amazement that so were piLLow and Brer Rabbit. She suddenly remembered that there exists a beautiful ice maiden who would trap innocent passer-bys in her cave and lure them into dancing cha cha to death!!

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        Cha Cha - another ex-resident of bbs
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BearBear tried to drag the dancing tweet out of the cave. Excalibur was having difficulty trying not to tear piLLow apart while helping him. Bunny had to grab his brother by his ears to get his attention. Even though they managed to get away from the luring music, they were unable to help poor Phantom Stalker, who appeared to have been swallowed into the pool.

"What shall we do?" wailed BearBear.

"Wait, I heard from Grandpa Tweet that there is a bear which produces magic potions that make people jump to great heights. Maybe if we approach her help, we could pass through the cave without dancing!" Phoenix Hawk finally stopped swaying to the music, long enough to complete a coherent thought.

"Well....you are looking at one now." BearBear said.

Phoenix Hawk opened his mouth to retort that he wasn't referring to her. He never got his wish because he caught sight of a jumping object just 10 feet away from him. Before he could say a single word, Dogbert decided to take matters into his own hand.

Our warriors huffed and puffed, but they were no match for the jumping bear. Poor Dilbert nearly lost his breath completely trying to hold on to the reins of an insane dog chasing a bouncing bear.

"Waaaiiittt!!! Weee....wee need your heeeelllllpp!!!"

"Why are all of you following me?" Gummi B stopped jumping finally.

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        Gummi B aka Gummi Bear - one of the known lurkers of bbs
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Phoenix Hawk was the first to recover and he told her about their plight. Gummi B thought for awhile and beckoned them to follow her to her cave. There, she gave them a bottle of her speciality, the famous gummi bear bongbong juice.

"I am surprised that you have not heard about the notorious witch, Cha Cha. If your friends here had not gotten you out there in time, I'm afraid all of you would have danced your way to the netherworld. However, it isn't as easy to get the precious Cactus from Ro the sorcerer. You are going to need mUshrOOm soup. But, it is very difficult to get mushrooms around here. Mushrooms only grow in mOSsy mEaDoWs." Gummi B patiently explained while preparing the potion for our warriors.

Phoenix Hawk volunteered to fly to mOSsy mEaDoWs even though he had absolutely NO IDEA where on earth that was. Excalibur wanted to go along because he figured that the tweet had no way to pick mushrooms with that beak of his. What they lack now is something to hold the plucked mushrooms. piLLow opens his pillowcase once more and stares at the enormous hole in the middle of it.

"Is there anyone who can mend this?" piLLow asked in dismay.

Actually, even if there was anyone good in stitching, there wasn't a single needle in sight anyway. In the end, they decided that they would wrap the freshly plucked mushrooms in pillowcase.

After inquiring about the direction to mOSsy mEaDoWs, Phoenix Hawk flew off with Excalibur, leaving the rest behind in Gummi B's cave.