It was time. The new Three Stars were about to finally go back home. They all arrived at Andrias' castle, with Anne facing Sprig. She had a few tears in her eyes.

She then hugged them all. "Oh, I love you guys! I promise I'll find a way to visit!"

Hop Pop, Polly, and Sprig began to cry a little and hugged Anne back.

Marcy turned to Frobo and hugged him. "Oh, I'm going to miss you, my cybernetic and artificially intelligent pal! Yunan and Olivia will take good care of you while I'm back home, okay?"

Frobo nodded, hugging back softly.

Sasha smiled at that before turning to Grime. "...I'm gonna miss you, Grimesy."

"As will I, Sasha." Grime said before getting a sudden hug from her. He chuckled, hugging back. "You were a great queen. We will honor you."

Sasha laughed. "Quit treating this like I'm gonna die-"

That's when her ears began to ring and she heard a voice. A wicked and cruel voice. It was raspy too, as if the user of the voice was sick and dying in his deathbed.

"Sasha?" Grime asked.

Sasha shook out of it. "S-Sorry, just...thought I heard something."

When they arrived at the castle, the voice only got stronger and stronger. Sasha couldn't unhear it. She held her head a bit.

The others didn't notice, and Anne smiled at Marcy. "We're finally going home."

Marcy smiled and nodded. "Yeah!" She then blushed. "S-So, umm...when do you think we'll be able to go on that second d-d-date...?"

Yunan and Olivia overheard this and smirked at each other as they began entering the throne room.

Anne blushed. "W-Well, uhh, whenever you want! Here or back home!"

Marcy blushed more before giggling. "T-Then, I guess I can s-say...t-that I...I...."

"Y-You...what?"

"I lo-"

Then, Andrias spoke. "Wonderful!!! You've returned!!!"

Anne and Marcy snapped out of it before facing the King. "Oh, yup!"

Andrias stepped closer. "So, the box is recharged then?"

Anne nodded, reaching into her satchel and showing The Calamity Box, completely recharged. Andrias' eyes almost went starry as he looked at the box in awe.

"It has been so long since I have seen this. It is exactly as it was." Andrias chuckled. "Thank you, Anne. Marcy. With this, you can all come and go here as you please."

As they started investigating the box...Sasha wandered off. That voice was at first speaking gibberish, but now she could hear him clearly.

"STRENGTH..."

Sasha felt like she was under a spell of some kind, her formerly pink eyes...suddenly turning orange. She began walking deeper and deeper into the castle. That voice...

She grunted, leaning against the wall. "W-Who's there...?"

"STRENGTH..."

Sasha forced herself to stand up straight again, her orange eyes turning back to normal. She kept walking...until a secret door opened wide for HER.

"STRENGTH..."

Sasha stepped closer to the door before suddenly? A mechanical arm sprouted out from the shadows and grabbed her face. Sasha screamed, grabbing her hammer and smashing it. The arm didn't even have a scratch on it, and instead just pulled back into the darkness.

But only for more mechanical arms to grab Sasha and lift her into the air, forcing her to drop her hammer. The arms then SMASHED Sasha against the floor, and then against the wall. A final arm came out of the shadows, rotating its claws and shining a red light into Sasha's face.

Sasha was terrified, not wanting to see what wielded these arms. Her eyes then flickered orange again and she heard HIS voice. The Night's.

"HELLO, STRENGTH." The Night boomed, laughing. "IT'S BEEN THOUSANDS OF YEARS SINCE I'VE SEEN YOUR FACE..."

Sasha pushed back the arms, or did anything she could to try and break free. "H-How...? Y-YOU'RE DEAD!"

"AM I?" The Night asked.

Sasha growled before yanking both of her arms away from the mechanical arms, and then freeing her legs. She tried to run, but the back of her head was grabbed and then she was thrown onto the floor.

"OFF TO TELL YOUR FRIENDS? GO AHEAD, STRENGTH. NIGHTFALL'S COMING."

Sasha grabbed her hammer again and threw it at all of the mechanical arms. It spun around like a pink vortex, sending all of the arms back into the shadows. She remembered what was told back at the Third Temple...don't give The Night the box.

"OR MAYBE...ANDRIAS WILL."

She looked around...and saw the tapestry of Andrias change. His eyes were now The Night's. Her eyes widened in horror and she ran back to the throne room...all as The Night AKA The Core watched with a grin.

Sasha ran as fast as her body could carry before she saw Anne begin to hand the box over. Sasha grabbed her swords and lunged at the box, SLASHING it out of Anne's hands. She then flipped into the air, catching the box and landing.

"SASHA?!" Anne shrieked. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!"

Sasha breathed heavily. "...DO NOT GIVE HIM THIS BOX."

Marcy stepped closer. "S-Sasha...? What are you talking about?"

Sasha pointed her sword at Andrias. "He's working for The Night! THE NIGHT'S STILL ALIVE!!!"

The Plantars, Grime, Yunan, and Olivia's eyes all widened in pure horror, not wanting to believe that their wretched god was still breathing.

Andrias stepped back, horrified and shocked. "WHAT?!"

"Oh, cut the act!!!" Sasha exclaimed. "I don't know what you and The Night are planning, but-"

"SASHA, GIVE BACK THE BOX!" Anne exclaimed, stepping forward.

Sasha looked at Anne, realizing she had struck a nerve. But she couldn't let Amphibia or even her home be doomed just so Anne wouldn't be mad. She stepped back. "I-I can't...!"

Anne clenched her fist, not completely trusting of Sasha to believe her right now. She felt anger again. Sasha was just using them again. "I-I can't believe you!!! You just want the box!!! To keep us here!!!"

"N-No!!! No, that's not it!!! Please, Anne!!! Believe me!!!" Sasha cried, actually seeming terrified.

Marcy walked over to Anne and faced Sasha. To be perfectly honest, she didn't believe her either. Andrias and her had been close for so long. "Then...then what is it, Sasha?!"

"M-Marcy, please!!! I-I can't see what happens to all of you!!!" Sasha cried, her heart breaking. Her friends were beginning to hate her, but she had to keep them safe.

Grime stepped forward. "If Sasha has an instinct, then maybe she's correct!"

"She's tried to kill Hopediah!" Olivia cried. "This could be an act!"

"But who would lie about The Night...?" Sprig suddenly asked, for once DEFENDING Sasha.

Anne stepped forward again. "Please, Sasha...give back the box!! I want my parents back!! MY LIFE!!!"

Sasha nodded. "I-I know!! I know, but I can't let you give him the box!!!"

"Sasha, stop!!!" Marcy exclaimed. "I don't know what happened to make you like this, but that's enough!"

Anne then charged at Sasha, trying to grab the box. But Sasha backflipped, landing far from them.

Andrias stepped forward. "Young lady, I can understand you're feeling untrustworthy right now-"

Sasha grabbed her sword and threw it at Andrias. Marcy gasped and shot the sword out of the air with her crossbow.

"SASHA!!!" Marcy shrieked.

Anne finally had enough, pulling out her sword. Marcy readied her crossbow again. Sasha stepped back, shaking her head.

The two then charged at her, but Sasha blocked their weapons with her second sword...but that's when they all saw something the moment their weapons clashed.

A completely orange and black void of chaos and despair. The Pink Gem and Blue Gem floated as the only different colors in this void. There was hissing and whispering echoing...until? Someone glowing green, SCREAMING at the top of her lungs tried to free herself from a black river.

She reached out, still screaming at the top of her lungs. But the black void began attaching to her, pulling her back in. And that's when a glowing orange eye opened on the girl's chest, looking up at her. And then, in the black void...the eyes of The Night looked at the girl.

The girl shrieked as the eyes opened before she was pulled back into the darkness.

Marcy and Anne shot back, their eyes wide with horror. Especially Marcy's...that girl looked exactly like HER.

Anne looked at Sasha. "H...He's alive...you're...telling the truth..."

Sasha nodded slowly.

Marcy shivered and trembled. "T-That was ME...w-what is he going to do to me!?"

Andrias was silent before he pulled out an empty sword handle. It suddenly ignited into a glowing orange blade. "YOU'LL SEE..."

"Sire?!" Yunan exclaimed.

Andrias swung his sword, suddenly hitting everyone with an orange energy burst. Frobo slammed against the wall, with Polly landing next to him.

Sprig and Hop Pop crashed onto Sasha. Grime landed on Yunan and Olivia. And finally, Anne, Marcy, and Sasha were right below Andrias.

Andrias smirked and then took The Calamity Box. And suddenly, a pedestal appeared right next to his throne. He set the box down on it, and it began glowing. Blue, pink, and green colors surrounded the outline of the castle before there were many rumbles.

Sprig looked out the window and saw Newtopia getting farther away and the clouds getting closer. The castle was FLYING.

Andrias cackled. "I'm afraid you can't go home, Stars! Can't let you stopping The Invasion anytime soon, now can I?"

Marcy slowly stood up. "N...No...NO! You're lying!! Y-You-"

"I was only lying to YOU, Mar-Mar." Andrias smirked. "I would've said ANYTHING if it meant you three delivered yourselves powerless and the Calamity Box fully charged!" His smirk then grew to an even wider grin. "For you see? Sasha is correct! My lord has been alive this entire time! He never died! My ancestors have been keeping him alive."

He put his hands behind his back. "None of us were weak explorers...WE WERE GLORIOUS CONQUERORS!!!"

That's when all of the windows were smashed, and mechanical creatures flew in. They looked exactly like Frobo, but made out of black and gray metal. All of them had glowing orange eyes, meant to represent who they served.

The Night.

The Dark Frobots surrounded the gang, forcing them to stand in one place. Andrias then spoke again, looking at a nearby tapestry. "You have returned the box to me...you know. It was TAKEN under my watch. Because I was weak, trusting those who said they were my friends...but now I know. My loyalty must remain with my master. And now? The Prophecy will NEVER be complete..."

He ignited his sword again. "And I personally can't wait to start slaughtering each and every one of you."

Anne slowly stood, clutching her sword. "YOU...YOU MONSTER!!!"

Andrias smirked. "You want to see a monster? ALRIGHT." He then snapped his fingers.

The Dark Frobots then aimed at The Plantars and began firing. But then...Frobo got in front of them. He began taking every single laser blast, all to protect them.

His other arm was shot off. Then his shoulder pads. Then his legs. And finally...his chest was blasted into pieces, leaving only his head.

Polly's eyes widened in horror. "NO...NO!!!!"

"FROBO!!!!" Marcy shrieked, tears streaming down her face. But it only got worse.

The Dark Frobots then looked at Olivia and Yunan, firing at both of them. Yunan got in front of Olivia, getting shot in the chest and falling into Olivia's arms.

"GENERAL!!!" Olivia shrieked.

There was no time. Sasha and Anne quickly began fighting, using their weapons to slash and smash into the Dark Frobots. Marcy wiped away her streaming tears and screamed as she shot an arrow at Andrias.

Andrias slashed all the arrows firing at him, and then slashed Sasha into a wall.

But Anne hopped high into the air, SLASHING Andrias in the face.

Andrias SCREAMED, his eye bleeding as he stepped back. He growled, swinging his sword at Anne over and over again before?

Her sword was cut in half.

Anne's eyes widened in horror before she was tail whipped into the wall.

Grime tried his hardest to defend The Plantars and Olivia, but it wasn't enough. The Dark Frobots blasted him into a pillar.

Marcy fired at the Frobot who blasted Grime, and then took The Plantars and Olivia away into a corner. She then looked at Yunan. "YUNAN?! PLEASE, SPEAK TO ME!!!"

Yunan grunted, holding her chest. There was blood on her armor. "I-I'll be fine...I-I'll be..."

"Shh, shh. Save your energy." Olivia said.

Andrias then stomped over to Anne, cackling. But then? Sasha ran over and took her hammer, SMASHING it into Andrias' head. The Newt King was slammed against the wall.

Sasha helped Anne up, rushing her over to Marcy. "GO!! GET THE BOX!!! I'LL HOLD HIM OFF!!!"

Anne nodded and she and Marcy rushed over to the Calamity Box, taking it from its pedestal.

The Calamity Box began to glow before suddenly? It opened a portal. Marcy gasped and screamed. "EVERYONE!!! INTO THE PORTAL!!!"

The Plantars were first, with Anne practically throwing them inside. Marcy was about to rush over to Grime...but then she saw a mechanical arm come from the shadows.

It glowed orange before suddenly summoning an orange blade from its palm. It lunged towards Anne.

Marcy's eyes widened and she rushed over, SHOVING Anne out of the way and then...the blade plunged through her chest and into her back. Her cloak and armor quickly soaked with blood and Marcy began to choke on air.

The blade was RIPPED out of Marcy's body, and Marcy fell onto the cold and hard floor of the castle.