Into the Astral Plane.ThunderCats are traveling back to the elephants' village in the Thundertank, following the true trail to the next stone's location. On the way, Lion-O, Cheetara, and Tygra try to explain what the astral planes are to Panthro. Lion-O says he "finally has the hang of" his sword, and Cheetara congratulates him and tells him it is why the sword chose him. Lion-O then states "And it's the reason (Cheetara) will pick me as well" to Tygra after Cheetara goes into the body of the tank. Tygra then mutters to himself that Lion-O doesn't deserve the sword or to have Cheetara. This leads into a flashback to when Tygra was very young and was a guard and attempts to help a young Cheetara find where the clerics reside, attempting to show that Tygra has had affections for her for awhile. Cheetara gets to the building and is let in by Jaga, but he tells her to work on her patience before she tries to be a cleric again and kicks her out. The flashback ends and they stop near the village to find that it has been taken over by Grune's forces. Grune is meanwhile frustrated because he keeps getting told by the elephants that the stone is in the hut and annoyed by their forgetfulness...