Soo, heeeeey. This is my second fanfic but my first story so i'm super excited! I saw the movie Epic and i loved it but I HATED THE ENDING! so i did what every overly imaginative author would do: i made up my own in my mind and pretended it was the real one! So basically, this is an alternate ending of Epic! I hope you enjoy and i have some of my own explanations of things that were in the movie that weren't explained (or i missed). I'm a big romantic :))) so i included some MK/Nod stuff and a little bit of Ronin/Queen Tara. Hope you enjoy and PLEASE REVIEW (its what keeps me going :D) Allons-y!

The bud! She had to reach the bud before it bloomed.

MK raced away from her father to reach Moonhaven. She'd explain the whole situation to him after she was big again.

As she ran up the stairs to the bud it suddenly hit her what she'd be giving up. She'd lose all the beauty this small world held. All the excitement and things to explore. The possibilities, all the amazing chances and things she didn't discover yet. All the new friends she had made. Nod. She shooed away those thoughts. Don't be ridiculous, she told herself. You can't give up your entire life to a world you don't belong to. Your duty is not to this world, you came here by accident. You did what was right, now you need to return to... To what? My father, of course. That's what mattered to her. She had to go back for her dad. But then what? She'd be off to college soon. Which would she rather do: go to 4 more years of school with people she doesn't know, or live with a tiny civilization of leaf warriors and have adventures with amazing friends and creatures?

No, she thought firmly. This is not my world.

She flew up the final steps, through the crowd and into the small clearing that surrounded the bud as it blossomed. It was almost completely open.

She heaved a sigh of relief. She'd made it. She can go back to her old life of... stomper stuff. She allowed herself a moment of content relief and sullenly turned around to face her friends.

"I guess this is it you guys," she said with a small smile and a shrug.

Ronin smiled back and gave a slight bow. Mub gave a sad wave and Grub sniffed. When MK set her eyes on Nod, he had looked away. She decided to walk over to him since it would be the last time they could actually talk face to face.

He looked up as he saw her coming over and gave her a sad smile.

"So I'll see ya around, yeah?"

She shrugged a little and smiled back, "Yeah".

The awkwardness she felt sometimes around him returned and she felt like their sad goodbye needed closure, so she disappointedly stuck out her hand for a shake, like they did before. This isn't how she'd wanted to leave him, but he obviously didn't have the same feelings for her that she did for him.

Nod looked down at MK's outstretched hand and took it in his. Then he gathered his courage he'd been missing and did what he wanted to do since the deer ride. He pulled her to him with their joined hands and kissed her. At first MK was too shocked to respond, but she soon gathered her wits and kissed him back.

After they broke apart, MK searched her love-struck mind for words to say.

"Nod, I-"

She was cut off by the light entering the room. Surprised, she turned around to find the blossom glowing. Soon the shimmering form of Queen Tara was in the room with them, smiling down at the group of leafmen. Her light essence swirled around the room until it came to a stop near MK. The small stomper stepped forward, out of Nod's arms that she didn't even know were around her. Queen Tara smiled down at MK.

"Mary Katherine, you've done a great good for this forest and its people, but there is one more thing I need you to do for me..." She looked at the group behind MK, singling out her love and smiling big at him. "Take care of them for me, will you?" she said without turning her eyes back to MK.

Ronin stepped forward and smiled at his dead love.

"There's that smile," she said warmly, and then her light swirled around the room again, this time making a wind that seemed to affect MK more than anyone else. As her feet left the ground she grabbed hold of Nod's arm slightly, but soon let go realizing it was Queen Tara's doing. Nod looked up a little panicked as he lost sight of MK in the beautiful swirl that filled the room. It seemed that every flower had somehow joined into the light show Queen Tara had created, making light and nature dance around each other. Then suddenly it all converged on one point on the floor. The area where the light congregated was still glowing softly and Nod ran over to find MK lying on the ground looking quite different.

MK came around to find Nod's brown eyes staring into hers. She sat up and looked around the room. She looked for her dad, her dog, anything to do with her old life, but she found hundreds of eyes planted on her from the leafmen. Their faces were shocked, confused, skeptical, and some a little angry, but MK didn't know what was going on.

"Are you okay?" asked Nod, concerned.

"Ye-yeah, but what's with..." she trailed of as she looked down at herself and notices what she was wearing. Mouth slightly open in shock, Nod helped her stand up as she looked at herself. She was wearing a beautiful gown similar to Queen Tara's but a different cut. She felt her hair and found it in an elaborate and gorgeous bun, not the sloppy ponytail she usually wore. She felt different, more alive, she felt the power of the forest pumping through her vains. She looked up to find everyone's eyes on her.

Still not quite believing what her eyes told her, her suspicions were proven true when someone called out, "All hail the new Queen of the Forest!"

MK's eyes widened as she saw the leafmen drop, one by one, to their knees. Even Ronin knelt. The new queen turned and looked at a very surprised and flabbergasted Nod, who seemed to find his wits and knelt also. As she gaped at the crowd of bowing soldiers, she processed the new information she still had trouble believing. This couldn't be happening, not to her, she was supposed to go home. She wasn't supposed to be the queen. No, she thought, no this is wrong... I can't be queen; I need to go home... No,

"No! I can't!" She hadn't realized she said the last words out loud.

Surprised sounds filled the room. Everyone stood up and Ronin stepped forward to MK.

"What?" he asked gently, like he knew the situation was fragile but he couldn't believe what he had heard.

"I don't belong here. Coming here was just a big accident. This isn't my world; I don't know half the things your children know! I couldn't lead drills on my soccer team, let alone lead an entire civilization! I have to get back to my dad, my life, my school, my WORLD. I've stayed here long enough as it is..."

On and on she went, voicing the terrified thoughts in her head when really her heart was overjoyed. She could stay, if there was no other choice, in the tiny little place she'd learned to love. But her mind had to say the logical stuff, the facts that make sense. But how much sense am I really making, she asked herself, if I don't want to agree with the facts...

"And why would you even need me? The Boggan king is dead! The forest is safe, right? I mean, I know th-"

She was cut off by Ronin grabbing her shoulders. He held her steady and looked into her eyes firmly.

"You joining us was no accident. Queen Tara chose you to protect the bud, and now she's chosen you to help the forest. Leading is just one part of the job, and don't think you won't have any help. We're all here to assist you behind the scenes. To guide you when you don't know what to do. But the truth of the matter is, these people need a leader, a symbol, and you have been chosen. You haven't given up before," Ronin released her now that she had calmed down, "And I'd hate to see you give in now."

He gave her a reassuring smile and stepped out of her way. MK stepped forward and looked out at all the people she now led. She took a deep breath, but suddenly an overwhelming fatigue took over her. She felt herself sway and hands behind her grabbed her waist. She opened her mouth to say something but found herself falling into the strong arms behind her as she slid into unconsciousness.

So this was just the set up. my main ideas are to come so stay tuned! please follow and comment! i'm not really good at the whole update every week thing (well, i dont know what i'm good at this is my first time) but i'll try to update as soon as possible. I have all the ideas in my head and they just need to be written down ^_^! au revoir!