Narrator's POV

Gold was panting with sweat dripping down from her face as she was climbing up the volcano, soon she reached the top and started walking forward before looking down to see the inside with the boiling lava and Gold still had a nervous look on her face before a whisper was heard in her head.

"Do not be afraid. For in death, there is life"

Gold's eyes widened before she understood what the voice meant and muttered to herself "It's okay" and then a massive shake occurred beneath Gold's feet, she's tried to steady her balance and shout out to her friends but it's too late they see her falling backwards straight into the lava pit, then a massive eruption let loose followed by everyone screaming.

"NNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!"

Recap Before This Happened

The T.E.A. van has been traveling for some time now and now the rest of the Krew had been informed by Rainbow that Mikina was now on their trail. "So... Mikina somehow got out of the Celestial Realm's prison and now she's after us?" Funneh said as she looks at Rainbow, who nods confirming it. "Great! Not only do we have LBD on our trail, but Mikina too! Isn't that wonderful?" Gold replied sarcastically while throwing her arms up.

"But on the plus side, we have three items for the staff and one of the rings of Samadhi" Draco said trying to cheer up his sister and then Vee looks at him and says "But we still need to find two more items for the staff, then the other two rings and then Lady Irene's staff as well" and this made Ally nod in agreement. Ao Bing was silent for a moment before looking at Gold and asked "What is the other item we need for the Elemental Staff of Might?" and Gold looks at him before pulling out her book, turns to the page that she was looking for before pointing at the picture and says "Next we need to find the Sundrop Flower".

Timeskip to Night-Time

Everyone was sleeping except for Sandy as he was driving the van and Gold, who was still awake as she was holding a flashlight as she was reading and trying to get any information about the Sundrop Flower; but the problem was that there wasn't actually a lot of information about the flower, making Gold frustrated and confused about this. "There isn't much information about the Sundrop Flower... If the flower is a legend then there has to be an origin behind it, right?" Gold muttered/asked herself before sighing and placed the book down but then a folded up paper falls onto the ground, catching Gold's attention and she picked up and was curious before opening it up and saw a picture of a flower, a volcano and then Gold saw some words at the bottom, "The Sundrop Flower's origin...".

Gold's eyes widened before she started reading the paper "Blooming only once every 1,000 years on the lost ancient island 'Samsara motu'. The Sundrop Flower is said to be the rarest and most beautiful flower in the world possessing amazing qualities for healing and if legends are correct eternal life, though much of the knowledge and lore of the mystical plant has been lost to time. Some say its bloom was linked to the rebirth of a phoenix" Gold was stunned by this as she had never heard of any type of flower that was connected to a reborn phoenix. "Hmm..." Gold hummed as she began to think for a moment.

The Next Day

Everyone starts talking about on how they can find the location of the Sundrop Flower since they barely have any leads and the Krew were trying to get any information but with no luck. "Arrgh! There's literally nothing at all!!" Funneh growled as she threw some paper on the ground before exclaiming as she slammed her face into the wall "How are we supposed to make the Elemental Staff of Might if we don't know where this stupid flower is?!!" and this made Ao Bing jump as he looks at Funneh in concern. "I have no clue, this is getting me irritated as well Funneh. Maybe we missed something or didn't look hard enough" Gold said as she continued looking through the book. "Well, we better find something soon... I'm About To Climb The Walls!" Funneh exclaimed as she looked like she was about to lose her mind.

Monkey King, who was watching this simply rolled his eyes and said "Oh, Funneh" and then chuckled but then stopped when Funneh looked at him with a slight glare and said "You think I'm joking, huh?!" before getting up, walks towards a wall of the van and literally walks on it, jumps for a bit before getting down and walks back to a stunned Monkey King and she lets out a growl at him. "I'm surprised you didn't even use magic for that" Monkey King said and this made Lunar chuckle and said "What did you expect? We're the Krew! We can literally do anything!" and Funneh groans before saying "If anyone asks us about that flower, I'm literally gonna blow up" and after she said that, Mk comes over and asks "Hey guys! Anything on the flower yet?" and almost immediately, Funneh stood up and growled at Mk with a death glare.



This made Mk froze as he starts sweating bullets and laughs nervously while Macaque snickered and says "Wrong move, bud" and Mk immediately starts apologizing as he says while Funneh looked like she was ready to kill him "I'm so sorry, Funneh! I didn't mean to ask!!" and thankfully much to his relief, Ao Bing comes to his aid as he gently pulls Funneh back and says "Calm down, Funneh. We'll find a way to get information about the Sundrop Flower" and Funneh looks at him for a moment before sighing and said "Fine..." and then Monkey King decides to say something as he said with a smirk "Nice work on calming down your girlfriend, Ao Bing" and this made both Funneh and Ao Bing flustered and embarrassed, looking at each other as they exclaimed angrily in unison "I'm not his girlfriend/She's not my girlfriend, Wukong!" and this made Monkey King simply shrug and said "You don't know... It could happen. Soon possibly".

Ao Bing glared at him for a moment before saying "Oh yeah! What about you and Gold then, huh?" and this made Monkey King blink for a moment before he burst out laughing, confusing them as he wiped a tear away from eye and looked at them and asked "What about me and Gold?" and Funneh raised an eyebrow at him while crossing her arms and asked "You have feelings for her, don't you Wukong?" and this made Monkey King look at her before denying as he stammered while feeling his face getting warm "W-W-What! No!! I don't have feelings for her!" and that's when Draco came in the conversation and asked with a smug tone "Really? Then how come I found one of Gold's fashion magazines in your house a while back?" and this made Monkey King's eyes widened for a moment before he quickly covered Draco's mouth as Gold looks at them with the group looking at her while Monkey King waving at her with a smile and this made Gold raised an eyebrow before shaking her head and goes back to get an clues on the location of the Sundrop Flower.

"Wait... You have a fashion magazine of Gold in your house?" Mk asked in confusion and Funneh had a sly-eating grin on her face while Ao Bing raised an eyebrow at this. Macaque, who was hearing the conversation was curious and then looks at Monkey King, who finally sighs in defeat before saying "Okay! Okay! Maybe I may have a little crush on her" and Draco raised an eyebrow before Monkey King groans while covering his face with his hands and finally admitted "Okay, I have a huge crush on her!" and Mk gasped in shock before zooming towards Monkey King, who jumped a little before hearing his successor asking a million "Ready?! I Didn't Know You Like Gold?! Did You Ask Her Out?! When Did You Start Liking Her?! Have You Two Kissed Yet?!!!" and while Mk was asking questions, Monkey King's face was slowly turning red by the minute and steam was coming out.

"..."

Draco looks at Monkey King with a 'I will murder you if it's true' expression and this makes both Ao Bing and Macaque snickered at him. "N-N-Noo! Pfft! That's ridiculous!" Monkey King stammers as he laughs nervously. "Ah-ha" Macaque said with an amused look and an eyebrow raised while Ao Bing smirked, causing Monkey King to glare at them.

While the commotion was going on, Gold kept reading through the book and still didn't have a lead on the whereabouts of the Sundrop Flower's location and then Gold thought of an idea before she decided to try something. After a couple of minutes, Gold finally got the answer she was looking for before she exclaimed "I'VE GOT IT!!!" and this startled everyone, making Pigsy slam on the breaks as this made everyone almost fly forward. "Sweetie, What's Wrong?!" Pigsy asked in immediate concern and Gold sheepishly smiled at him before saying "I'm sorry... It's just that I figured out the Sundrop's location!" and this made Adira gasp as she looked at Gold and asked "You did?!".

"All I had to do was cross-reference a book about mystical flowers with another book on ancient celestial healers, then use a third book to translate it all from olde ponish, and there it was! The book was right! The Sundrop Flower isn't just a legend. The Sundrop Flower is on the island of Samsara motu!" Gold explained and this made Lunar gasp in realization as she said "The ancient island that was lost to time?! I remember reading about that book in the school library! Are you sure?" and Gold nods happily and then Adira says "It's remarkable that you used your research skills to figure this out. But didn't the island disappear thousands of years ago?".

"She's right. Without the exact location of the Island, there's no way we'll be able to find it" Macaque said and that's when Draco thought for a moment before saying "There is a way" and this caught everyone's attention. Draco grabs his backpack, pulls out his laptop, opens it and says "If I can hack into the NOAA system. Maybe I can narrow down the seismic activity to find the exact location of the island". This confused Ao Bing as he asked "What's NOAA?" and Draco looks at him and says to the third dragon prince "It's a network of buoys used to track Tsunamis, it tracks large water displacement, which can indicate rogue waves and give advanced warnings of possible tsunamis. If I can hack into the transmission via their radio frequency, I can plot it on a chart overlay of the buoys and I can determine where the most recent activity is and locate the volcano".

Draco began working on hacking into the system while everyone was anxiously waiting for the results. After about 10 minutes, Draco typed something and it was followed by a beeping sound and then Draco exclaimed "I Think I Got It!" and this made everyone crowd behind him as Draco began explaining "Several buoys were reporting heavy activity and one buoy disappeared as it has stopped reporting altogether" Draco turns his laptop around and shows the gang and Krew the location as he points while saying "Right here! Where the buoy disappeared. That's where we need to go".

Timeskip

Soon they made it to the coordinates as the T.E.A van was underwater and everyone started looking around for the volcano. "Hmm. Anyone see the volcano yet?" Huntsman asked and this made Vee sigh as she and Ally both looked through the window and said "I don't see anything yet" and then Funneh looked at Draco and asked "Where did you say this volcano was?" and Draco looked at his laptop in confusion as he starts to say "I don't get it. The coordinate says it should be right here, but no activity is happening right now" and then Draco got up as he looked through the window and said "Maybe I missed something".

Rainbow thought of something in her head before letting out a snicker, catching Tang's attention as he asked curiously "What's funny, sweetie?" and Rainbow looks at him and says "I was thinking that maybe if I count to three and snapped my finger, the island will appear" and Vee, who heard their conversation asked curiously "Will it work?" and this made the oldest Krew member grin before saying "Check this out, in three... Two... One!" and then snaps her finger before suddenly the T.E.A van started shaking, startling everyone as they were trying to stay balanced. "W-W-What's Going On?!" Mk exclaimed while holding onto the bed as Ender and Kirby were huddling against him while Stringbean was in Lunar's arms as she was trying to stay balanced with Macaque's help. "Rainbow's snapping finger worked!" Vee exclaimed but then Draco shouts "No! It's The Volcano! Everybody, Hang On!!" and immediately held onto something as the shaking was starting to get harder and faster, making everyone scream except for Adira and Monkey King.

Suddenly the shaking started to slow down and after a few seconds, the shaking stopped. "I-I-Is i-i-i-it d-d-done?" Mk asked as he was still shaking with his eyes shut tight while he and Aphmau were holding each other close with Kirby in the middle between them. "Yeah bud, you can let go of your girlfriend now" Monkey King said and this made the two blush before quickly letting go of each other. Sandy, who was in the front looked at the back and asked in concern and worry "Is everyone okay?!" and Funneh, who fell on top of Huntsman got off and quickly said "Don't worry Uncle Sandy! We're okay! Are you and Uncle Pigsy alright?!" and just before Sandy could answer, Pigsy suddenly said "Uh, guys... You might wanna take a look at this" and this confused everyone as they went to the front and what they saw shocked as it was a huge island and in the middle is a volcano.



"Samsara Motu!" Tang exclaimed as he went into fanboy mode while the others were either amazed or in awe. "The island..." Gold breathes out as her eyes are filled with astonishment before a determined look appears on her face with a smile and says "Set course for samsara motu, Uncle Sandy!" and the T.E.A van started driving towards the island.

Soon they made it to the island as Gold, Mk, Mei, Vee, Ally, Adira, Monkey King and Macaque were going to find the Sundrop Flower while the others stayed behind. The group started their search through the forest as Gold was in the front while reading the book and studying the location of the magical flower. "So where did the book say the flower was at, Gold?" Mk asked curiously as he was walking next to her and Gold looked at him and replied "If my guess is right, then the flower should be at the top of the volcano" and continued walking ahead while Mk paused before processing what his best friend just said.

"IT'S ON THE VOLCANO?!?!"

Gold stops and turns around to give him a deadpanned expression and says "Yep sure is, Mk. The Sundrop flower is a mystical ancient flower that grows on the volcano where it produces large amounts of heat energy, it's also somehow connected to a phoenix being reborn!" and Mk had a dotted expression before saying "Oh!" and then Mei says while swinging her arm around Mk's shoulders and said "Relax Mk, a little lava won't hurt anyone and beside we have our best friend Gold to use her awesome goddess powers to track and locate the pretty flower!" and even though Gold wasn't looking at them, she had a small smile on her face as she continued studying the map when...

"In the ashes of bitter tragedy, lie the seeds of astonishing rebirth. On your way to greatness, you will fall, but like a Phoenix rising from the ashes, you too shall rise again"

Gold paused as she stopped walking when she heard a mysterious voice and looked around, confused on who said that. Adira noticed before asking in concern, catching the others' attention "Young one, are you alright?" and this made Gold look back before saying with a reassured smile "Don't worry Adira. I'm fine, just thought I heard something" and continues walking while Adira merely raised an eyebrow in slight suspicion.

After what seemed like forever, the group were now standing in front of the volcano as Mk, Mei Ally and Vee stared at it in awe with Macaque looking surprised while Monkey King let out a whistle of amazement before Vee asked "So... Where is the flower at?" and Gold looks at the book as she reads out loud "It says that the flower should be at the very top of the volcano. Welp, looks like we better start climbing" and then she shuts the book and starts climbing up the volcano. "Argh! Climbing will take forever!!" Mk complained with a groan and this made Mei look at him dumbfounded before saying "Mk... You do realize that you, Monkey King and Macaque can fly, right?" and this made Mk blink for a moment saying "Oh, right!" and this made Mei, Ally and Vee to sweatdrop while Adira placed her hand on her face and shook her head with a sigh of defeat.

'Really, onii-chan?' Ally and Vee both thought to themselves as they started climbing up along with both Adira and Mei climbing right behind them while the three monkeys transformed into birds and took off flying as everyone headed to the top of the mountain.

After what seemed like 30 minutes, the group finally made it but noticed something glowing at the top of the volcano. "Something's glowing up there. You think it might be the flower?" Ally asked and Gold had a determined look as she said "Only way to find out... You all stay here, I'll check it out" and then she starts climbing up again. "Are you sure it's a good idea for Gold to go up there by herself?" Vee asked as she was worried for her friend. "Do not fret, young one. Lola's descendant is strong and I'm sure she will handle it" Adira said to the worried basilisk in a reassuring tone.

Gold was panting a little with a small sweat dripping down from her face as she was climbing up the volcano and soon she reached the top as she started walking forward before looking down to see what was inside and saw the boiling, hot lava.



"What...?!" Gold was in complete disbelief as she stares at the lava. 'It says the flower should be on the top but all I see is lava?!! Is this some kind of riddle or a trick?!' Gold thought to herself before someone snapped out of her thoughts.

"Gold, do you see something up there?"

Gold looks back down and saw it was Mei who had shouted while the others were waiting patiently to hear an answer from Gold. "... It's not here" was the only thing Gold could say. "What?! What do you mean it's not there?" Adira asked as she was confused along with everyone else. "I mean it's not here. There's only lava in there. I-I don't understand... What did we miss or What Went Wrong?!" Gold growled as she was completely confused and frustrated before kicking a rock inside the lava as she was grunting in anger.

She suddenly paused when she felt the ground start to rumble, making Gold quietly gasped. The group felt it too as they started looking around and then Mk asked nervously "W-What was that?" and then Gold remembered something as she gasped quietly.

Flashback

Gold was looking through a scroll about the Sundrop Flower when she noticed something peculiar writing. 'What is this?' Gold thought to herself and then she began reading carefully. "For those who seek the flower of healing will only have a short time to spare. Find the flower as soon as you can or the mountain will disappear once more" and this made Gold worried about what it meant.

Flashback Ends

"The island's disappearing..." Gold muttered to herself as Macaque heard this and gasped quietly before Gold slowly looked down at her feet and saw a crack appearing between them. Adira realized what was happening before exclaiming to the others "The Island's Going Back Down!" and this made the group exclaim in shock "WHAT?!" and then Vee exclaims as Macaque was holding her close "We Need To Find The Flower Fast!!".

Meanwhile with the Others

The rest of the group felt the rumble as the ground was shaking. "What's Happening?!" Rainbow exclaimed as everyone was trying to keep their balance and then Lunar realized something as she said in realization "The island is sinking! They need to find the flower before the island is completely back underwater!!" and this made the group worried as Aphmau looked back at the mountain while holding Kirby close to her and said "Hurry, Guys Hurry!".

Back on the Volcano

The group was still on the mountain as they were trying to keep their balance as Mei and Mk both exclaimed "What Do We Do?!?!" and meanwhile at the top of the volcano, Gold still had a nervous look on her face before she heard the same voice in her head from before.

"Do not be afraid. For in death, there is life"

Gold's eyes widened as she didn't know what it meant and then closed her eyes for a moment before they snapped back open as she finally understood what the voice meant and was trying to say as she muttered to herself "It's okay" and then she looked back at the lava. Suddenly a massive shake occurred beneath Gold's feet as she tried to steady her balance along with everyone else. "Gold, Come On! We Need To Get Out Of Here!!" Ally yelled out to her friend and then Gold turned around and was about to shout out to her friends when another massive shake happened again.

Monkey King noticed that Gold was trying to maintain her balance and shouts in worry "Gold!!" and just as he was about to go after her, but it's too late... What seemed like slow motion, Gold looked back at the lava before slowly closing her eyes as she heard the voice once more.

"In the ashes of bitter tragedy, lie the seeds of astonishing rebirth. On your way to greatness, you will fall, but like a Phoenix rising from the ashes, you too shall rise again"

Gold is falling backwards straight into the lava pit, much to everyone's shock and horror as it looked like the shaking made her fall not knowing she fell on her own. But before anyone could react, a massive eruption let loose followed by the group screaming in complete horror.



"NNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!"

The group was completely frozen as Ally, Vee, Mk and Mei were all in tears with a choked sob coming out from Mei as Adira and Macaque were both in complete shock and disbelief by what they had just witnessed while Monkey King felt everything around him disappeared as he refused to believe he just lost someone he cared and love again right in front of his eyes.

"N-No....!"

Suddenly a massive shake occurred once more as the shaking was even more stronger than before, making Adira exclaimed to the group "Hang Onto Something!" and this made Macaque grab both Ally and Mei and brought them close to him as he was still holding Vee while Monkey King grabs Mk and holds him close while Adira maintained her balance and then Mei noticed something glowing from the top of the volcano before exclaiming "What's that's?!" and this made the group look up before suddenly something shot up into the air as it revealed to be a glowing golden energy ball.



And then something extraordinary happens, two fiery wings came out as the glowing energy ball transformed into a mighty, but majestical phoenix as everyone was in complete awe and shock.



The phoenix suddenly let out a loud screech, making the group to cover their ears as they continued staring at the majestical creature in amazement.

Meanwhile Back at the Bottom

Everyone noticed the giant phoenix in the air, where the volcano is as they were in complete shock, disbelief, awe and amazement. "I-Is that... A Phoenix?!" Tang exclaimed in complete shock and amazement as his eyes had stars in them. "Incredible..." Ao Bing mutters in awe and Aphmau then says "Yeah..." and Kirby, who was on Aphmau's head says in awe "Pooteetah...".

Back at the Volcano Top

The group continued staring at the phoenix in awe until they noticed the majestical bird glowing as it slowly flies down to the ground. The phoenix slowly then starts changing its form into what looked like a person's form as they were glowing brightly, causing the group to shield their eyes from the brightness. Once the glowing died down, the group slowly uncovered their eyes and what they saw shocked them... Standing right in front of them is Gold as her eyes were glowing a beautiful yellow color, her hair was floating back a bit while the clothing she was wearing completely changed as she's now wearing a goddess-like outfit with bracelets on her wrists and ankles.



Gold slowly starts walking forward as she has a calm expression on her face and then she suddenly starts singing softly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYQbzGtu1H0

🎶Flower, gleam and glow🎶

🎶Let your power shine🎶

🎶Make the clock reverse🎶

🎶Bring back what once was mine🎶

Suddenly a golden spot was seen on the ground, making the group look surprised by this as Gold continues walking towards the certain spot as she sings.

🎶Heal what has been hurt🎶

🎶Change the fates' design🎶

🎶Save what has been lost🎶

🎶Bring back what once was mine🎶

Gold bends down as she gently scoops a pile of dirt in her hands with the glowing light in it before the group notices something slowly started appearing out of the dirt and then before the group was a beautiful, glowing, lily-like flower as they realized what it is... The Sundrop Flower.



🎶What once was mine🎶

Gold's eyes suddenly stopped glowing before she immediately felt light-headed and fainted as she was about to fall to the ground if it wasn't for Monkey King quickly catching her. "You really are something, aren't you Gold?" Monkey King said softly before suddenly a loud eruption was heard, making the group look up and saw lava spewing out and heading their way. "HOT LAVA!!!" Mk, Mei, Vee and Ally all screamed in terror before Macaque exclaimed "Let's Get Outta Here!!" and Adira picks up the Sundrop Flower that Gold dropped after she passed out while Monkey King carries the unconscious girl bridal style as the group starts running down the mountain heading back to the others.

Back the Bottom Ground

The others saw the volcano erupting, making both Aphmau and Funneh say in unison "Wow!" and then Hilda noticed something in the distance before she exclaimed while pointing ahead "There they are!" and this made everyone look at the direction she was pointing at and saw Mk, Mei, Ally, Vee, Adira, Monkey King, Macaque all running towards them with an unconscious Gold in the great sage's arms as flying tephras came falling down from the sky. "Sandy, start the van!" Pigsy exclaimed to his friend, who quickly got inside to the T.E.A. while the group was running to the others while trying to avoid the flying tephras.

"Come on!"

"Faster! Hurry! Hurry!"

"Let's go, go, go!"

The others were encouraging the group to hurry up before Vee suddenly trips and falls to the ground, making the group halt their tracks and the others to panic.

"Get up!"

"Hurry!"

"Come on! Come on! Come on!"

"Run!"

Mei and Ally both quickly helped Vee up before the group quickly got into the van along with everyone else as Sandy got the T.E.A. to start and immediately took off as everyone watches the volcano erupting while the entire island began sinking into the ocean. After a couple of seconds, the island finally sank into the depths of the sea and everything was silent for a moment before Ally, Mei, Mk and Vee began cheering as this slightly startled the others. "We made it!! We made it!!" Mk and Mei both cheered as they hugged each other while Adira chuckled softly before getting slightly startled when someone hugged her as she realized it was Ally, who cheered before freezing and quickly lets go.

"Sorry... My bad, M-Miss Adira" Ally stammered an apology and it was silent for a moment before Adira chuckled and gently patted Ally's head and said in a soft tone "I'll let this one slide" and this made Ally look surprise before she smiled brightly at Adira, who gave back a small, yet soft smile of her own.