Poppy and Branch were still swimming towards the top of the stairs.

Poppy asked, "Man. Forget what I said before. I think there are more stairs here than the throne room."

Branch thought and said, "Maybe it's more of his magic. He used his magic to hide that first staircase. Maybe he somehow rigged this one, too."

Poppy thought and then said, "You're right, Branch. Luckily, I think I know a way around it."

Poppy used the same spell and it revealed a current that flowed all the way to the top, like an elevator.

They both went inside the current and were shot up straight to the top.

***

Lotan's color removing spell was catching up to the Faire.

One Techno Troll noticed, but the fashion twins drew his attention away with a new hat.

But, it didn't take long for the Techno Trolls to realize that something bad was coming.

They all immediately went to the center where DJ was still guarding the fake heart.

DJ still wouldn't let anyone come too close.

The twins went up to her.

Satin said, "We are running out of materials for the crafts booth."

Chenille said, "We just made a hat out of three pieces of seaweed and a piece of coral. We made it work, but still!"

The rest of the Snack Pack joined them.

Smidge said, "We just have to do everything we can to keep this thing going. The king isn't looking so good."

The leaders were still tending to Trollex.

Guy Diamond said, "I agree. I can't imagine his spell's gonna last much longer."

Tiny said, "That's the truth."

Biggie then said, "It'll be ok. The Trolls are gonna power up the Heart of the Reef and we won't need that spell anyways."

Cooper then said while balancing on a ball, "I sure hope that time comes soon. Even we can't keep this party going on forever."

But, Cooper slipped off the ball, which bumped into the covered heart, which fell in front of the Techno Trolls.

They all looked with horror as one said, "This isn't the Heart of the Reef."

Guy Diamond said, "Oh, of course it isn't. The real one is..."

DJ said, "On its way."

Guy Diamond said, "I was going to say 'being polished' to buy us some more time."

DJ said, "Oops."

Lotan's chuckling could be heard and the Techno Trolls got really frantic.

"It's him!"

King Lotan said in a dark and low voice, "I'm back."