Title: The Swan Prince

Genre: romance, humor

Rating: T for violence, language, and some themes

Pairing: JesseXJaden

Summary: As children, Jesse and Jaden are forced to spend their summers together by their widowed parents, who hope that the two will eventually fall in love and marry, so that the kingdoms of the two will be united. As children and adolescents, Jesse and Jaden can't stand each other, but as young adults they begin to see each other in a different light and fall in love with each other. But one night things take a bad turn when Jesse unintentionally offends Jaden, who then refuses to marry him if he can't prove that he loves him for who he is and not just his looks. Jaden and her father are then attacked by Lord Adrian, a vengeful sorcerer who was cast out of Sheppard's kingdom when he plotted against the king. In the form of a beast, Adrian kidnaps Jaden then places him under a spell. Now it is up to Jesse to rescue Jaden by showing his undying love. But, will he be in time?

Me: This is the next chapter!

Lucy: The animals (Jaden included) try and find the way to bring Jesse to them!

Me: And what shall their plan be?

Lucy: Read on to find out!

Chapter Six: No Fear

[Next Morning]

"So...."

Jaden lifted an eyebrow (or whatever swan's had in place of eyebrows) from his position on the lake.

It was high noon, and he and Jim were currently in the water, Jim swinging next to him, Atticus on the rubble that was once stairs right before the water, and Aster next to him.

"You're telling me that every morning, or when the moonlight leaves the lake, you go..." Atticus made his neck slightly longer and made a loud noise like a swan would make.

Jaden nodded. "Pretty much," he answered.

"And the only way to break the spell is to have the man you love, Prince Jesse, make a vow of everlasting love and prove it to the world?" Atticus asked again. Jaden nodded.

"Yup."

"Well, I like it!" Atticus grinned. "And I have the perfect way to do this!"

"Oh, right!" Aster snapped, slapping his forehead. "And just how do you plan on getting Jaden to Jesse without having him turn Jaden into tomorrow night's dinner?"

"Jesse would never do that to me!" Jaden said in the bluenette's defense.

"Oh, please!" Aster said. "He used you for target practice!"

"That was when we were 11, and he didn't exactly hit me with arrows! They were paint covered cloth arrows! That... looked like blood," Jaden said, glancing away with a small laugh at the memory.

Jim glanced over to Atticus.

"So, this idea of yours. What exactly would that be?" he asked.

"Oh, it's simple!" Atticus grinned. "We lure Jesse into chasing us, we lure him to the lake when it gets dark, Jaden goes on the lake, transforms right in front of Jesse, and boom!"

"Now, by boom, do you mean like "boom it clicks and he recognizes him" or boom as in "in the bed type boom"?" Syrus asked.

Atticus stared at Syrus and laughed.

"You are so not as innocent as you seem. Okay! Now, Adrian has a map to the kingdoms in his castle, and there really is only one way to get that, so... who wants to break in?" Atticus cheered.

"Me!" Jim, Syrus, and Jaden shouted.

"No fucking way!" Aster snapped. "I will not risk my life just to get shot at my some... some... mean blue-haired pretty boy!"

Jaden sighed and shook his head. "Forget about it, Aster. Jesse's not mean. He's actually very sweet," he said, smiling happily. He turned to Atticus and the others.

Aster sighed. "Oh, fine, I'll help," he said. "But first, how about a kiss for luck, Jay?"

"No," Jaden said rather quick.

Aster sighed and followed as Jim and Syrus went towards the castle on foot, while Jaden and Atticus took to the skies to avoid being spotted by Adrian, if he was even still awake.

Jim went up the stairs and carefully stepped once they reached the top of the tower, and stepped into the room where Adrian kept all of his magical devices and magic books and potions. He suddenly drew back his paw as if his paw had been shocked by something.

"Ow, I pulled a muscle in my leg," he said, shaking it around gently.

"We're gonna die!" Aster shouted, slapping his forehead. "I knew it! I'm on a mission with a lame ass wolf! You're gonna get us all killed!" he shouted to Jim through bared teeth.

Jaden, who flew in through the open window, shushed Aster and nodded to Jim.

Jim located the map of the kingdoms and bit down on it, tearing it off the wall. He nodded to Jaden, who nodded back and flew down to the lake, leaving the three land animals.

Jim nodded to Syrus and Aster, and the three of them flew down the stairs on the railings, carefully avoiding both Adrian and Blair, who were both asleep in the main room of the castle.

"Okay, so just across the moat and we are home free," Jim said, nodding to the others.

Aster and Syrus nodded back, about to cross, when Shirley and Karen came out no where, snarling and snapping at the wolf, rabbit, and the silver colored frog.

"Aagh!" Syrus squeaked, grabbing onto the back of Jim's neck with his small pale blue paws.

"Shit!" Jim cursed, leaping up and landing on top of Shirley's snout.

Shirley snarled at Jim and threw him off, tossing the wolf to the land. Jim gasped, the map flying from his mouth as he collapsed to the ground. He rolled over and spotted the map in Syrus's paws.

"Sy! The map!" Jim shouted.

"Oh, right!" Syrus yelled, grabbing the map and hurling it towards Jim. The wolf leaped up and caught the map in his mouth, and at the same time, Aster scampered across Karen's snout.

Once he got on land, Aster kissed the earth over and over again.

Jim was about to take off when he remembered Syrus. "Sy!" he yelled, turning and seeing Syrus trying to swim away from the two giant crocs that went right after him.

As Karen was about to bite down on Syrus, the rabbit was plucked into the air.

Syrus glanced up and smiled. "Thanks for the save, Jay!"

"No problem!" Jaden said, placing Syrus on the shore of the lake before resting on the shallow waters, ruffling his feathers for a moment, turning and nodding to Jim, who came trotting up with Atticus and Aster.

Jim spat the map out onto the ground and it unfurled.

Jaden lifted his wing and pointed to Jesse's kingdom. "There it is. That's where it is. And it's not too far from the hunting areas where Jesse goes around this time of year," he said.

Jaden lifted his head and grinned. "So, when do we leave?" he asked.

Jim, Syrus, Atticus, and Aster stared at Jaden for a few moments in disbelief before collapsing from the exhaustion of what had just happened with the crocodiles.

This was going to be together than they thought.

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Me: Lol, poor animals! Jaden really wants to go and see Jesse.

Lucy: But now, will he see Jesse?

Me: Read on if you wish to find out if they find Jesse or not?

Lucy: Please review, everyone!