Sorry about Overdrive, I'm just seriously stuck, but something should come out by tomorrow I hope or even tonight. Of course, I could always use this time, to begin my new story, will actually I got two new stories but the one with Princess is the one I'm talking about.

The Sun was finally rising, as Butch and Brick woke up.

"Oh man...I'm so tired, "Brick rubbed his shoulders, "We're going to have to eat on the road if we wanna get at Cynder by at least nightfall...Damn."

"Yeah, well...if you want me to drive then-"

"No, it's fine...plus my horses just won't let anyone drive them anyways."

Everyone else was slowly waking up except Buttercup (still sleeping with her headband)...

Buttercup's POV

"Buttercup."

I was in the water again...I was just slowly sinking down...I couldn't even move...I saw someone standing at the dock...I could barely make out the figure...I know it was a guy at least, I think he was...

"Buttercup."

What was going on?

There was another light, I could hear this crash...and someone fell in the water...a shadow was sinking fast...

"BUTTERCUP!"

I just shot up, my hand was hurting, I was shaking it, "Ouch...Damn...It felt like I hit a...Brick," I looked over and saw Brick on the ground, touching his cheek, "Oops...did I do it again?"

Butch was standing there, laughing...actually laughing.

"WHAT THE HELL! WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU!" Brick winced in pain.

"Well, my bad...it's a reflex...I did the same thing to Xaldin..."

"YOU SON OF A BITCH! YOU SET ME UP!"

Butch was still laughing, I had to admit, he had a pretty nice laugh. Brick and Butch put each other in a choke hold, until Blossom separates them.

"C'mon you two...we have to get going in a minute...Buttercup, there's a stream close by...wash up, here's a mint leaf...for your teeth, you just chew on it," Blossom looked mad, she pulls Brick by the ear, "And you...your demonic horse, that pink one, tried to bite me."

I yawned, rubbing my eyes, I could barely sleep, Brick's wheezing kept me up. I was so scared that he was going to kill over, I started chewing on this damn leaf, well...at least it got rid of that nasty morning breath. I found the stream though...the minute I started reaching my hand into the stream...the water started clearing up...it was actually sparkling clear. The stream glistened and I splashed my face with it. Fang was behind me, but kept his distance from the water.

"Oh don't tell me the Fuzz Ball is scared of a little water." I laughed, flicking only a little, he jumps out of the way.

I spotted Butch, he was sighing, he removed his fingerless glove and shirt, revealing the scars on his back...he puts his hands into the water...I backed away

"What could be his affliction I wonder?"

I have no idea what happened..I was just suddenly being pulled...I don't know what was going on...I was just under the water... something was pulling me down...my necklace... I tried taking it off...but it was too strong...it was pulling me down, I looked up at the surface, seeing a dark shadow.

"Just like in my dream."

It finally stopped pulling me down...but that's...when I was face to face with this woman. It was weird, the water was freezing cold but..I just don't know. The woman was binded, her hands tied up to this circle that had arms...the tail of a mermaid, the woman screams, her eyes covered with a bandage.

It was like she was being held hostage by this metallic being...it was holding a trident...thing...its face was over the circle just below where the woman was tied. It had a face of this metallic old man with this long blue beard.

Oh shit

It started moving...or swimming right towards me..the woman seemed to struggled but nothing really happened...It just lifted me up, towards the surface, as a pair of hands, pulled me up. It start I gasped for air...coughing...holding whoever pulled me up...it was Butch...Brick was looking down at the lake that I was pulled into.

The Being rose out of the water, it was huge...the gem just glowed towards it.

Utonium gasped and bowed, "It's Maltus Shivar, the Legendary Being of Tundra, from the Icy Ghost City of Shiva."

"What?" I asked, my arm was wrapped around Butch's neck. This thing, just points towards the gem and dissolved into a light blue energy, and floats into my necklace.

"Oh my...what a development! So I was right...I can't believe it."

"We've gotten go now." Brick pushed him along.

"You ok?" Butch asked me, my teeth were chattering and I was shivering, he put his jacket around me, "Here...but I want it back."

"What...the..hell...was...that?" I asked.

"Maltus Shivar, he disappeared when the City of Shiva was destroyed by Vulcan, when a city is destroyed and the crystal is gone...the protector disappears as well...they only return when the city has been revived...but looks like you found it."

"Or it found me." I was shivering, as I held him close, drawing off his body heat, "Are there more beings like that?" That's when I noticed that intense look in his eyes again, his arms wrapped around my hips, I gulped, "Ya know we really should get going." I laughed a little.

His face was red again, he seriously must be getting sick, "Yeah, I'm sure the Scholar Utonium will be ready to talk your ear off." He just didn't let me go though, he was so close...just inches away but he just kissed me on the forehead, "Move it along Tiger." He frowned letting me go, smacking me on the butt as I walked by him. I just put him in a head lock.

"YOU SICK BASTARD!" I tried to kick him but he pushes me away.

Normal POV

The female was lying in a bed, she wakes up to see a male putting his clothes back on, she wraps the blanket around her.

"Where do you think you're going this time at night, I'm not done with you yet." She wrapped her arms around him.

"Seriously...after all that..."He sighed, rolling his eyes, "I wanted to look at the sky."

"Oh yeah...I guess you still miss him huh?" She sat back, "I bet he's proud of you, even if he disowned you...because of me."

"I really don't think that was the real reason." He kissed her hand, that's when he noticed that the house was shaking, he jumps out of the bed and looked out of the window, "Oh shit...Babe...Babe...I need you to run into the Valley."

"No, "She got up, the blanket still wrapped around her, she stood at the window and saw torches and monster soldiers roaring, "No."