Back in the Land of the Dead, Hector came into the kitchen and said in excitement,"Imelda, you won't believe what I saw on my morning walk!"
No response. Hector immediately tried to wake Imelda up but to no avail.
"Imelda? Imelda!"
...
Hector was on the verge of tears.
What's going on? Why won't Imelda wake up? Hector thought, feeling downright horrified.
Suddenly, he remembered an ancient phrase from a story he read when he was still alive.
Hector found himself saying,"Only a kiss on the forehead from a grandson shall undo the curse... but if not performed by the second sunrise... she'll be sleeping forever."
Wasting no time, Hector ran out the door only to literally bump into Coco, Victoria, Rosita, Julio, Felipe, and Oscar.
A concerned Coco asked,"Papa, what's wrong?"
Hector replied,"It's Imelda! She won't wake up! And if we don't find Miguel by tomorrow she'll be sleeping forever! Come on!"
Hector ran towards the marigold bridge with his family close behind.
Imelda groaned in frustration. She lost Dante. Suddenly a familiar voice shouted,"You're just in time!"
Naturally, Imelda whacked Tweedledum on the head with her boot. She gasped to see two skeletons that looked exactly like her younger twin brothers. The only difference was that there were wearing ridiculously colorful and goofy clothes.
She blinked. "Oscar? Felipe?"
Tweedledee gave Imelda a look of confusion. "I think you're confusing us with someone else. We're...!"
Tweedledee and Tweedledum did several backflips, struck some funny poses, and shouted,"The Tweedle Brothers!"
Imelda couldn't help but giggle at them.
Tweedledee whispered to his brother,"I think we won her over."
Tweedledum whispered,"Yeah, you know what that means..."
The Tweedle Brothers shouted in unison,"Time to sing The Walrus and The Carpenter!"
Imelda stopped laughing. She said in her most polite voice,"Thank you, but I really should be going..."
Tweedledum suddenly blocked her path. "You can't go yet!"
Imelda started to get rather irritated. "I'm sorry, but I'm trying to follow Dante so if you don't mind..."
Tweedledee gasped in delight. "Dante? The talking dog? That just gave me inspiration for a new song!"
"Oh, there once a lone talking dog who sailed the seas to find some friends..."
Tweedledum then sang,"He soon hit shore to find a hoard of other talking dogs!"
Imelda put her hands on her hips. "This is utter nonsense."
She quickly ran from the Tweedle Brothers who luckily didn't notice her.
Soon, Imelda found herself at a house made entirely out of gumballs. Imelda raised an eyebrow. "Whoever lives here must be a lunatic."
Suddenly, Dante came out of the candy-coated house and said angrily to Imelda,"Mary-Ann! I've been looking for you everywhere!"
Imelda was confused. "Mary-Ann?"
Dante said as he dragged Imelda into the house,"You promised me you'd test out my new cookie recipe!"
"Let go of me," Imelda shouted.
Before Imelda knew it, Dante popped a cookie right into her mouth.
To Imelda's dismay, she started growing and growing until her arms and legs stretched out through the windows!
Dante shouted in horror,"Ah! My poor beautiful house! What am I going to do?!"
As if on cue, Frida came walking towards the house while humming "La Llorona". Dante said in relief,"Oh, Frida! Thank heavens! Mary-Ann turned into a monster and ruined my beautiful house!"
Imelda said to herself in annoyance,"If that mutt thinks this is my fault..."
Frida said,"I might just have the solution to this predicament!" She grabbed a cannon from behind her. "We'll blast the house down!"
Dante asked in horror,"We'll... What?"
Imelda started to panic. She had to do something or she'll break apart as well.
Luckily, she spotted a garden full of radishes. She attempted to pick one up, but ultimately picked up Dante as well. Dante shouted,"What do you think you're doing?"
Imelda said,"I'm sorry, but I need to eat this!"
Dante said in frustration,"Why you inconsiderate bully..."
His sentence was cut short when Imelda shrunk down to the size of a mouse again.
Dante looked at his watch and exclaimed,"Cheese and crackers! I'm so very late!"
With that, Dante flew away. Imelda shouted,"Dante, wait!"
Noticing that the monster disappeared, Frida shrugged her shoulders and used her cannon to blow the house down anyway.