"Nice one, Caliaphy!" Serna waved up to her friend before she slammed her shield square into the face of another Bullywug.

The Overseer looked over towards the Shield Maiden despite the ear splitting ringing in his head and vanished reappearing behind her. The changeling seized Serna so fast that she could not react in time. "NOW YOU'RE MINE! SURRENDER AND DROP YOUR WEAPONS! OR YOU SHALL NEVER SEE THIS PRETTY LITTLE THING AGAIN!"

Without hesitation Serna opened her mouth and bit down on The Overseer's hand while she took her booted foot and stomped on The Overseer's ankle.

The Overseer laughed again its grip tightened on the shield maiden, "So feisty for someone so small! I like this one!"

"You're not going to like it when we kick your butt, you mean, nasty Overseer!" Serna retorted after she relinquished her bite.

Caliaphy wrinkled her nose with a huff, "HEY! That's my friend there! Put her down this instant or I'll--"

"Or you'll do what, you insignificant fairy?" The Overseer sneered.

"I'll do this!" The kurori produced a triangle and began to play a little tune. The vibrations from the little instrument hit the crystal behind her amplifying the sound. Any thing that wasn't made of magic or constructed by the gnomes became brittle and shattered. The crystal itself built up so much energy from Caliaphy's instrument it forced the changeling to toss the shield maiden across the hard stone floor.

"Go long! Go for the touch down!" Alyson cheered the swordsman running to catch Serna as if she was thrown by the quarter back on a football team.

"Oh crap!" Irzen saw Serna being tossed away and raced to intercept her before she hit the ground, "I got her! I got her!" Unfortunately, the Swordsman forgot he no longer possessed the body of an adult. So when he 'caught' the Shield Maiden, it was more like he broke her fall when she landed on top of him than him actually catching her before she hit the ground.

Both Serna and Irzen groaned from the collision and did their best to get back to their feet.

"What in the Realm hit me?" Irzen asked no one in particular.

"Me, I think." Serna replied equally confused as she rose from atop the Swordsman.

The Overseer's form quivered and shivered from the intense stream of sound. In one final shriek, Venger's servant imploded into nothing. The crazed gnome fell face first on the floor with a thud and turned to stone. With the leader dead, the bullywugs dropped their weapons and surrendered.

"We surrender. We don't remember how we got here?" The head frog man said.

Another added, "Why we here and not in swamp?"

Irzen quickly got to his feet, drew his sword and pointed it back the way they had came into the cavern, "Swamp that way! Go now! No harm you, if you leave now! Go!"

Lazheros stepped forward cautiously, "Well done, Caliaphy, it would seem you found your way finally."

"Aww! Shucks!" The kurori blushed.

"Nice work!" The Shield Maiden walked over to the Fairy, "You took out the Overseer and saved everyone. You should be proud!"

Gimble and the other gnomes came back down into the mine with looks of relief. "Oh thank you! Many thanks for defeating him and freeing the Crystal Elemental."

"You're welcome!" Serna replied with a smile, "Wait, free the Crystal Elemental?"

The crystal shimmered brightly reforming into a huge like humanoid figure with gnomish features. The elemental reached down and revived Nathosot with a touch.

He yawned as if he had been asleep and got to his feet, "Oh hello my friend! My fellow gnomes and I thank you Adventurers for all of your help. You see, this crystal elemental was a gift from Flandal Steelskin. A truly rare and wondrous creature but we accepted it as our guardian. Perhaps, one day we shall repay the favor."

The Bronze Man simply bowed to the gnomes, "It seems that Flandal Steelskin is a favored deity of both the gnomes of Gravelwood and here in Gnome Gnome town."

"Who in the Realm is Flandal Steelskin?" Serna asked no one in particular.

"Gnomish god of mining and smithing." Irzen replied with a knowing grin, "Even my kin have heard of him, though we don't worship him."

"Oh!" The Shield Maiden smiled, "Well, I'm glad we could help. And now that our mission is done and before Puck comes back and turn all of you back to adults. There are a few things I want to say and do."

Serna skipped over to Alyson and gave her a hug, "I always wondered what you were like as a kid and now I know! You're pretty cool, Alyson, you're like the sister I never had!"

The Shield Maiden walked over to Lazheros with a sly grin, "And you, Lazheros, you're like the little brother I never had. And I always wanted to do this to you!" Serna seized Lazheros by his head, put him in a headlock and ran her fingers through his hair giggling, "Frazzle Head! Frazzle Head! Find a Baker to bake my bread! Hah! Hah! Ha! Ha! Ha!"

Serna released him and laughed at the Cleric's mussed up hair before she walked over to Irzen.

The Swordsman eyed The Shield Maiden not knowing what to expect from the young girl. Serna smiled at Irzen and said, "I always wanted to do this with Willow but I never got the chance. So! Here it goes!"

"Here what goes?" Irzen replied suspiciously

Serna seized Irzen, dipped him and planted a hard kiss upon the Drow's lips. The Swordsman was taken completely by surprise and did his best to try and push the Shield Maiden off of him but it was all to no avail. When she was done, Serna dropped him and turned to the others, "I always wanted to kiss an Elf, and you know what, I like it!"

The Swordsman looked up at Serna is pure disbelief, "Let me guess: I'm going to get cooties aren't I?"

"One can only hope," Serna laughed before she walked up to The Fairy, "Thanks for always being there, Caliaphy, you really are a true friend!"