The sun was setting over the LEGO flower meadow, painting the plastic petals in shades of orange and gold. Alfie sat beside Dad on a giant honeycomb bench, watching Buzbi buzz nervously back and forth.
"It comes every night now," Buzbi whispered, her tiny wings trembling. "A great shadow that swoops through our meadow, frightening all my bees!"
Dad winced slightly, touching the small bandage on his arm where the bee had stung him earlier. "What does this shadow look like?"
"Nobody knows," Buzbi said. "We're all too scared to look!"
Alfie felt something warm pulse in his pocket—the Infinite Brick was glowing softly. He remembered what Captain Chrono had taught him about fear, and he stood up tall.
"Then we'll look for you," Alfie said, his voice steady. "Sometimes scary things aren't as scary when you face them together."
Dad raised his eyebrows proudly. "That's my boy."
They didn't have to wait long. As the last light faded, a whooshing sound filled the air. The bees scattered into their hive, buzzing in panic. A massive shadow swept across the meadow—and then landed with a soft thump.
Alfie gasped. It wasn't a monster at all!
Standing before them was a LEGO Easter Bunny, three feet tall with floppy lavender ears and enormous googly eyes. She was made entirely of pastel-coloured bricks, with a fluffy cotton-ball tail and a worried expression on her plastic face.
"Oh my whiskers!" the bunny squeaked. "More people! Please, you must help me!"
Dad blinked. "You're the terrifying shadow?"
"I'm not trying to be terrifying!" The bunny wrung her little paws together. "I'm Hopscotch, the Easter Guardian! I've been searching everywhere for help. My kingdom is in terrible danger!"
Alfie stepped forward gently, the way he'd approached the frightened bee earlier. "What's wrong, Hopscotch?"
The bunny's eyes welled up with shiny LEGO tears. "She's come back. Mechachicken! She's attacking Easter Island, and she wants all the chocolate eggs for herself!"
"Chocolate eggs?" Dad's eyes lit up. "Did someone say chocolate?"
"Dad!" Alfie laughed, then turned back to Hopscotch. "We'll help you. That's what Guardians of the Infinite Brick do."
Hopscotch clapped her paws together. "Oh, wonderful! Quick, through the portal!"
She tapped her fluffy tail against the ground three times, and suddenly a swirling doorway of rainbow light appeared in the middle of the meadow. Alfie grabbed Dad's hand, and together they hopped through.
The world on the other side made Alfie's jaw drop.
Everything was chocolate.
Giant LEGO Easter eggs towered like buildings—some spotted, some striped, some wrapped in shimmering foil bricks. Chocolate rivers flowed between candy grass, and jellybean flowers bloomed everywhere. The sky was a soft purple, with marshmallow clouds drifting lazily overhead.
"This is AMAZING!" Alfie spun in circles, trying to look at everything at once.
But then he heard it—CLANK, CLANK, CLANK.
Marching over the chocolate hills came the most ridiculous and terrifying creature Alfie had ever seen. It was a gigantic robot chicken, built from shiny silver LEGO pieces, with glowing red eyes and mechanical wings that shot sparks with every flap. On her head sat a metal crown, and her beak opened to release a booming voice.
"THESE ARE MY EGGS!" Mechachicken screeched. "I LAID THEM! THEY BELONG TO ME!"
"Oh no," Hopscotch whimpered, hiding behind Dad. "She thinks all the chocolate eggs are her babies!"
Alfie watched the robot chicken stomp toward a group of small LEGO chicks who were cowering behind an enormous golden egg. His heart squeezed. Mechachicken wasn't really evil—she was confused and scared, just like the bee had been!
"Dad," Alfie said, an idea sparking in his mind, "I think I know what to do. But I'm going to need your help leading everyone to safety while I talk to her."
Dad knelt down, his eyes serious but trusting. "Are you sure, buddy?"
Alfie nodded. The Infinite Brick pulsed warmly against his chest. "Compassion means trying to understand, even when something seems scary. Captain Chrono taught me that being brave doesn't mean not being afraid. It means doing the right thing anyway."
Dad ruffled his hair. "Then let's do this."
Alfie took a deep breath and stepped forward, directly into Mechachicken's path.
"STOP!" the robot chicken bellowed, her red eyes locking onto him. "WHO DARES APPROACH MY NEST?"
Alfie's heart pounded, but he held his ground. "My name is Alfie. And I think... I think there's something you need to know about these eggs."
But before he could say another word, Mechachicken's chest plate suddenly clicked open—and out tumbled something Alfie never expected to see: a tiny, cracked LEGO egg... with something moving inside.