While she's asleep, Glory soon heard crickets chirping causing her to shake her head.

"Mmmm what?..." Glory mumbles as she slowly rises up from ground and turns her head to notice a small boat floating across the river with two people in it. Curious, Glory squints her eyes.

"Who are those people?" Glory mutters as she rises up from the ground and crept through the woods carefully. Once she gets a closer looked, Glory widen her eyes recognized two people as Ariel and Eric.

"Ariel and Eric! This is where they go on a boat ride." Glory mutters as she watches them row along the river.

"Please tell me your name." Eric politely pleads. Soon as notice bubbles resurfacing the water as a turtle rise from the water with the crab, Sebastian, appears to hop from the turtle's head.

"Her name is Ariel." Sebastian shouts from afar making the ravenette giggle softly at the crab and glance back at the couple.

"That's a pretty name...Ariel." Eric compliments with a gentle smile as the red haired mermaid disguised as a human smiled sweetly at the handsome prince. This made Glory's heart skip a beat when rewatching the scene from her childhood.

"Awwww so cute." Glory awes smiling lovingly at the couple. As she watches them about to kiss, their boat suddenly tops over stunning and puzzling the young ravenette.

"Whoa! What the hell?" Glory gasps, but soon her eyes caught something moving when their heads revealed to be the two sinister moray eels with evil smirks plastered on their faces. Soon, the eels turn to Glory again with their signature evil smirks as the viscosity level ascends above her knees once more. Glory takes a takes a huge breathe above diving into the water transforming her into a mermaid. Afterwards, she swam down under the depths of the sea when she heard Ursula's voice through underwater.

"That girl is tougher than I thought..." She remarks gasping the ravenette.

Ursula....

She thought as she kept swimming under until light appears from her eyes when she saw King Triton facing the evil Sea Witch while holding his daughter captive.

"I'll show you what my magic is really capable of!" She arrogantly proclaims while the young mermaid Ariel desperately struggles to break free from the moray eels' grasps.

"Ursula, enough! Release my daughter." Triton orders with a glare, but she won't oblige his request.

"She belongs to me now." She sneers.

"But I'll gladly make a trade. Her, for someone more valuable." Ursula suggests as she smirks evilly.

"King Triton, accept the deal and sign the contract!" She demands with a malicious greedy smirk ending the dream there leaving Glory processing her thoughts in her mind.

She wanted everything from the start. Is that what Azul wants? If it is, then this is not how you handle business.

Glory ponders until she lets out a gasp when she felt a tentacle wrap around her waist as she was dragged across the sea until she crash to someone's chest and hears a low chuckle.

"My Ophelia~." He coos as Glory grimace when she heard his voice.

"Damnit! Not this again!" Glory curses as she spun her head to see Azul giving her a lustful smile when he wraps his around her waist nuzzling his head against her neck making her cringe. Azul then let's out a euphoric sigh.

"Oh Ophelia, my love~. I won't let you out of my sight..." He mutters while cuddling her, but Glory isn't having his sh#t tonight as she turns around to the octopus and cups his cheeks.

"Azul, I can't be with you. You must be healed." Glory reassures as both of her hands glow blue and yellow shocking and frightening Azul as Glory shuts her eyes when a blast is heard and Azul screams in agony. She cringes when hearing his agonized scream, but once his scream is gone, Glory opens her eyes to see a little chubby octopus cradling thighs as he starts to sniffle.

"Why?...Why am I not accepted?...." He snivels surprising the ravenette.

Is this the real Azul?...

Glory ponders as she kneels down to Azul's level and plants a kiss on his forehead surprising the little octopi and glance up at Glory when she gave him a gentle smile and pats his head.

"Don't worry Azul, I'll find a way to get you back to the light." She reassures touching the little chubby octopi's heart with his eyes filled with amazement and love as the silhouette of the little chubby Azul vanishes in bubbles. Afterwards, bubbles, come rising from the surfacing shocking Glory where the dream is about to end.
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Soon she silently gasps and rises up from the bed. After that, Glory lays her hand on her forehead looking baffled.

Well that was a twist, but...Are the dreams I'm having lately linked to reality?

She thought curiously, but soon her thoughts were interrupted when she heard a yawn from the lion and turns to the sleepy Leona. Glory then curls her brows with a sly smirk.

"Morning Leona-kun~." Glory coos making the lion mumble and open his eyes.

"Huh? ...Are you already awake?" Leona mumbles.

"As happy as a clam." Glory chirps with an amused smile making Leona scrunching his brows.

"...How dare you look well rested, thanks to you, I couldn't sleep at all." He grumbles making the crafty ravenette giggle softly.

"What can I say? Me and Grim made an awesome duet last night." Glory points out while smiling widely as he lets out a scoff.

"Tch. You sang decent, but that furball screaming into the microphone makes my ears bleed." He retorts looking very irritated.

"Today is the promised third day. I don't care what that sh#thead old man said, it doesn't matter how it goes. I'll throw you guys out at sunset. Be prepared." He warns them, but Glory wasn't fazed and does her side smirk.

"Oh trust me, it'll work." Glory reassures as the ravenette gets up from the bed and walks around it to the lion. Leona looked puzzled until Glory leans over to plant a kiss on his forehead when a light spark emits from her lips stunning the lion. As soon as she parts her lips, cue the hot steam coming from Leona's ears as his face is completely beet red. Glory grins softly and wraps her arms behind her back.

"That's an ability of mine called "Mental Healing". It's a healing technique that heals people with a single kiss on the forehead. You'll feel a gentle and soothing sensation from the brain, but the affect will wore off after five minutes I think. And this is also my way of showing reassurance and I'll definitely beat Azul for sure. And so do Grim and the others. You can count on it." Glory explains as she closes her eyes with a grin.

"And once this plan is done and if the plan succeeds, then you'll have plenty of sleep whatever you like." Glory assures with Leona laying his hand on his forehead while heating up. He lowers his head and waves his hand to her.

"...You better keep your promise Lioness. Just go." Leona impatiently retorts while flustered as the ravenette giggles and smiles.

"No problemo." Glory replies jovially as she grabs her clothes and skips her way out of his room to take a quick shower before preparing for the third and final day of retrieving the photo. Once she left, Leona takes a deep breath and exhale out before opening his eyes thinking about what Glory said earlier.

I'll definitely beat Azul for sure. And so do Grim and the others. You can count on it.

She reassures with a bold smile as Leona crept a small smile.

"You're definitely are a stubborn and persistent lioness." Leona mutters as he huffs and flops back to bed with a grin before he frowns when he thought about Glory living with Azul at the Octavinelle dorm. The thought of his lioness transferring to that Octo-punk's dorm irks him as he scrunches his brows.

If he thinks he's going to wrap his tentacles around my Lioness, he's dead wrong. Cuz he's going to get his ass mauled by the predacious Lioness herself.

Leona thought. Despite not showing his feelings to others, he vows deeply to protect her from the conniving octopus no matter what happens. He'll save her, just like how he saved him.
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***Glory's outfit^***

Meanwhile at the courtyard, Glory and Grim explains their next plan to Jack and the A-Deuce duo where the trio are left in shock.

"...Are you serious?" Jack ask looking dubious, but Glory gave them a reassuring smile and folds her arms.

"Exactly what we're going to do, Jack. To that end, we should hurry over to the Coral Sea. Let's go." Glory instructs as she turns her back, but Ace is taken aback and grabs her shoulder.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa." Ace stammers making the ravenette puzzled.

"Hm?" She hums confusingly.

"Didn't we talk about how getting the photo was impossible since turn Leech brothers will come after us!?" Ace shrieks.

"Even I think that's too little too crazy..." Deuce agrees, but Glory won't give up and turns her heels with a determined look.

"We won't know unless we tried." Glory reassures.

"Tsk tsk tsk...Glory is right. You've gotta listen to our plan first." Grim informs as he lets out a cough.

"What's your problem? A cold?" Ace ask curiously.

"Not at all. I was yelling a bunch yesterday so...Wait, that's not important right now. I've gotta explain our plan. Listen up..." Grim assures as he starts telling them the plan.

Two minutes of explaining later....

"Whaaaaaaaat!?" They all shrieked once their plan is explained.

"Are you serious about that? That course of action is way too bold." Ace remarks with a shock look, but Deuce was impressed with Glory's risky but bold strategy.

"Amazing. Glory-san, you've got some insane determination.

"But is it all really going to go that well...?" Jack ask curiously, Glory does her firm head nod and smiles boldly.

"It will Jack. We just have to try to get that photo." Glory reassures.

"Glory-san's right. We've come this far, so we've got no choice but to gamble on her idea. There's not a lot of time until sunset." Deuce agrees.

"True, I'd rather not just wait around for sunset to come and go." Ace informs. With Jack stood silently for a minute before he responds.

"...Fine. Then we don't have time to stand around, let's go." Jack assures with the wolf smiling at the young ravenette.

"Wildcat, you're really unstoppable once you've made up your mind." Jack compliments.

"There are times when you're a bit too bold, though. Alright. Let's get this show on the road!" Ace cheers.

"We depart for the Atlantica Memorial Museum to get that photo! Y'know!" Grim chirps and Glory grins warmly before forming a bold smile.

"Well boys, lets go." Glory assures as she and her team embark on a quest to the Coral Sea retrieve the photo at the Atlantica Memorial Museum, but only this time, they have backup.

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Later in the another dimension of Corona in the castle, the soldiers carry their belongings to the carriage one last time as they threw the last luggage into the carriage. Once they're done, the Queen of Corona herself walks over to the soldiers with a grin.

"Thanks for carrying our stuff. You guys can rest now." Rapunzel assures.

"Yes your highness." They salute as they march off with her husband and her best friend approaching her.

" *sighs* This brings me back." Cassandra sighs with a grin.

"I know right. We're going to travel again just like ole times." She chirps with Pascal croaking happily in agreement.

"Speaking of ole times, we better get going." Eugene informs.

"Oh! Right." Rapunzel nods.

"Yeah..." Cassandra mutters with an awkward look, but Rapunzel lays her hand on her shoulder with a warm smile.

"It's okay Cass. Eugene and I are here for you." She reassured and the ravenette smiles back.

"Thanks Raps." She replies as the brunette queen nods with a bright smile. She then turns her heels and runs to her elderly parents one last time as Rapunzel gives them a hug before she and her friends head off to seek their long friend.

"We'll be right back guys." She reassures them with a smile as both of them smiled. Her mother then plant a kiss on her cheek.

"I know you will, Rapunzel." She said with a smile as they both depart.

"Be sure to return the castle right after your quest." Her father reminds her and she nods.

"Got it dad, I'll see you later!" She chirps as she turns her heels and runs back to her husband and best friend waving her hand at her elderly parents with Pascal waving his little hand at them with a toothy grin.

"Let's go guys!" She perks.

"New adventure here we come." Cassandra boasts.

"Oh yeah." Eugene agrees.

As the three hop on to the carriage, the horse neighs and off they go to visit their strange but well meaning monkey friend.