"What do your spirit eyes see, Jack" a young woman with long braided blonde hair joked as she looked up at her friend, who was floating at the very top of a tree. Jack chuckled and rolled his eyes.

"Well, my spirit eyes see a town. It looks like it might be a few hours away by foot still. Do you wanna make the trek, even if we won't be arrive until after midnight, or just camp for the night?" he looked down and saw his friend pacing back and forth. "Rapunzel?"

"I wanna sleep in a real bed tonight but-" a sudden explosion scared both friends from their conversation. Looking back at the town, Jack saw smoke rising from the rooftops. Acting quickly, Jack swooped down and picked Rapunzel up off the ground and flew towards the burning town. She let out a small scream and quickly covered her eyes.

"What was that explosion?" she asked as they flew through the night.

"I'm not sure," he yelled over the cold wind that carried them, "But, people are in danger!" Rapunzel nodded and Jack flew faster until they were just outside of town. Landing on the ground, the two looked around for anything. suddenly , there was a loud whinny that made Rapunzel jump out of her skin. Looking behind her, she saw a large dark grey and white horse pulling at its reins that were tied to a small tree.

Walking up the frightened horse slowly, she untied it and watched it run away.

"There's nothing here, let's head into town!" Rapunzel nodded and then followed Jack into town.

Following the scent of smoke and the cries of the townspeople, Jack and Rapunzel quickly found the source of the fire.

All around, they saw men and women throwing buckets of water to stop the flames from spreading.

"They're not going to stop it in time! You think you can put them out?" Rapunzel spoke over the loud voices of the crowd.

"Yeah, I think so. Let's get to the rooftops!" in agreement, Jack picked her up again and launched them towards a roof near the fire.

Landing, Rapunzel looked down at the flames that licked at the building just beneath her bare feet while Jack took off again and started to put out the flames with ice blasts from his staff.

"Stop...stop it!" this new voice caught Rapunzel's attention. Looking around, she found a girl with hair as red as the fire that surrounded her. The girl looked like she was on her knees and holding herself.

Was she hurt?

"Jack!" she pointed to the girl and he nodded. After Rapunzel chanted a quick protection stave, Jack put out the surrounding fire before lowering them both to the ground. While Jack continued to put out the growing flames, Rapunzel inched closer to the frightened girl.

"It's going to okay! We're going to help you! What's your name?" she said with a smile, but, ended up startling the girl. Rapunzel noticed that there were indeed burns on her arms and face.

"No! I don't want to hurt you!" she was scared of herself. Jack heard this and started to make his way back towards Rapunzel.

"What do you-"

"No!" she screamed when she saw her own hands glow blood red.

"Rapunzel!" Jack cried as he leaped towards his friend and encased them in a thick ice shield.

They both watched in fear as the blasting fire wrapped around their protection and proceeded to melt the outside layers. Soon, the ice started to crack. Rapunzel let out a scream at the sound and Jack moved to shield her more.

They both knew why he did it.

Jack couldn't die.

As much as she didn't want him to shield her, she didn't fight because than she couldn't fulfill her promise.

And Rapunzel never goes back on a promise.

There was another creak and they braced for the oncoming flames...but they never came. Jack slowly opened his eyes and saw that the fire around them was gone.

"Raps..." Jack whispered as he lightly shook her shoulder. She then opened her eyes as well and looked around in surprise.

With a wave of his hand, Jack dismissed their creaked and melting shield.

"Are you guys stupid or something?!" both jumped as tall man in his mid-thirties with grey hair and dressed in an outfit similar to a police officer yelled them.

Disspellers...magic police and clean up crew...and there were three of them.

"Not only do we have to fix the Red Witch's shit, but, we also have to wipe the memories of the humans seeing a flying boy and girl!"

"You're saying it's our fault? Well, I guess it's our fault that we prevented the town burning to a crisp, right Raps?"

"Why, you little-"

"Aster!" a young woman with dark skin and short multicolored hair said in a stern voice as she walked over to the quarreling three.

"Iana, I-"

"Aster, he's correct. If they hadn't intervened, people would have died and more than half the town would have burned down."

"Does not matter! What matters is we caught Red Witch!" another man, he with long silvery hair and beard and strong and mighty physique, bellowed ashe he pushed the now handcuffed girl towards the cars.

"Did you call her the Red Witch?" Rapunzel asked, now very worried. Aster and Iana nodded poundly. "She's not the Red Witch."

"Look, lady, the magic signatures match and there's no way that that's wrong." Aster said matter-of-factly.

"You're wrong!" she shouted at them.

"Rapunzel…" Jack whispered and gently placed a cold hand on her arm. She pulled her arm away and them marched up to Aster until she was toe to toe with him.

"And how would you know, missy?" green eyes stared into green eyes.

"Because I was raised by her." Rapunzel replied in a low and serious voice. All anger and annoyance disappeared from Aster's face when he heard this. He took a step back and was prepared to defend himself if needed be. "I am Princess Rapunzel. Daughter of King Frederic and Queen Arianna and she is NOT the Red Witch!"

"The Lost Princess?" the larger man said quietly after locked the other girl into the back.

"Don't be ridiculous, North! Don't-don't you think if the Lost Princess of Corona was found, they would've announced it?"

"Not if she was in hiding…" Iana shot Aster an annoyed look before walking closer to Rapunzel. "Do you have proof of your heritage?" thinking for a second, Rapunzel then remembered her necklace. Pulling at the hidden cord tied around her neck, she pulled off the ring turned necklace that her father gave to her before she left and handed it to Iana. The golden ring had the crest of her family on it and she was told to use it situations like this.

Iana waved her hand over it and it glowed for a minute. She nodded and handed it back to Rapunzel.

"Could you come back with us for further questioning, your highness?" Rapunzel nodded and followed Iana to the second buggy. Jack started to follow, but, Aster blocked his path.

"He comes with me!" Rapunzel called before climbing into the back, Jack gave Aster a smug smile before leaping into the air and landing at the back of the buggy. Sliding in next to his friend, he immediately noticed Rapunzel shaking. Placing his hand on hers, he leaned in close and whispered, "You did great, Raps." She sighed and calmed a little.

She then rests her head on his shoulder, not caring how cold he felt, and they rode silence the whole way to the disspeller station.