A/N—story of Rapunzel and Aurora fire-sisterhood based off bStormhands' two stories—Rapunzel Goes Home extended edition and Roused.


The next several months passed quickly and Camille adjusted to her new relationship with Jarrod. She loved him, but she was lonely. She desperately wanted a sister. In fact, more and more often, she found herself suspecting that maybe Udonna was her fire-sister. More than once, she had a dream of Niella appearing to her and saying, "Look out for my little sister." Sometimes Niella would said, "Watch out for my family's Little Snowflake."

One morning, Jarrod found her sitting alone by a small pond. "Come on Cammy," he begged. "What's wrong?"

She glared at him and then sighed. "I need to go," she whispered. "There's something I need to take care of—I'm not ready to become a Pai Zhua master—just yet."

He nodded and said, "Take all the time you need. I'll be waiting for you."

Camille nodded and left that afternoon to find Udonna. She decided to start in Briarwood—maybe someone there could explain what Nick had meant when he said that "the trees are your passage"—she didn't quite understand what he'd meant.

She arrived at the Rock Porium nearly a week after she had left the Pai Zhua temple.

"Can someone help me?" she asked, uncertainly.

A dark-haired woman, walked over. "Hi, I'm Nikki. Welcome to Briarwood, city of humans and Mystics alike," she smiled.

"I'm Camille. I'm looking for someone named Udonna?" she asked.

"What do you want with the White Sorceress?" Nikki growled—ever since Udonna had been captured and Necrolai—Nikki—had made sure the sorceress was alright, Nikki felt a fierce protectiveness towards Udonna, despite the sorceress' insistence that she could take care of herself.

"I just want to talk to her," Camille began shaking.

Nick recognized her and said, "Nikki, relax. She's one of us. It's because of her that all of the Mystic Force survived the battle against Dai Shi."

Nikki nodded, reluctantly, and Nick took Camille by the hand. "Follow me," he ordered, plunging through the tree right across from the store and reappearing in front of Rootcore.

"Mom! We have a visitor!" Nick called, as he entered the main room.

Udonna came downstairs and saw Camille standing silently there. Udonna smiled and said, "Come in, Camille. Sit down. I'll make some tea."

Camille nodded gratefully. Udonna sat next to Camille and asked, "May I ask what brings you here?"

"I just—I don't really know," Camille admitted.

Udonna smiled and said, "Perhaps you'll figure it out later. Have you met the others?"

"I met Nikki—I don't think she likes me," Camille admitted.

Udonna sighed and said, "Nikki tends to be overprotective of me—she's been like that ever since she and Itassis helped me escape the Pit a couple of years ago. I'm not sure why though."

As they drank their tea, Camille asked, "Why did she call you 'the White Sorceress'?"

"Because of my powers—I have power over snow and ice—and am usually seen in white," Udonna admitted.

Camille nodded. Udonna asked, "How's Jarrod?"

"He's doing well. How's Leanbow?" Camille replied.

"Just stubborn as always," Udonna laughed.

Leanbow entered the room and kissed Udonna's cheek gently. "Camille, you're more than welcome to stay here tonight," he offered.

"I don't want to cause trouble…" Camille began.

Leanbow shook his head and said, "We have a guest room set up." With that, he left the room.

After they finished their tea, Camille abruptly remembered she came to visit. "Why?" she asked.

"Why what?" Udonna pressed.

"Why did you hug me—when Jarrod dove into Dai Shi's stomach?" Camille asked, confused.

"Because I had been in your place," Udonna shakily admitted.

Udonna stood up and held out her hand to Camille. "Come with me," she urged.

The two walked along and Camille asked, "What do you mean? How could you have been in my place?"

"Was Jarrod not possessed by Dai Shi? And was what he doing not a suicide mission?" Udonna asked.

Camille shakily nodded and Udonna glanced back toward Rootcore, a sad smile on her face. "I went through that same pain—with Leanbow."

Udonna blew the air out of her mouth and Camille saw the pain clearly in Udonna's eyes. "Do you want to tell me?" Camille hesitantly asked.

Udonna walked a few more miles away and Camille quickly followed the older woman. "What I'm about to tell you won't be easy for me to say or for you to hear," Udonna began, shaking as the memories flooded her brain.

Camille nodded and the two women sat down a few feet away from a small pond. With no preamble, Udonna launched into her tale and Camille listened intently to Udonna's story. "Before the Great War, Leanbow and I lived happily with our baby. His name was Bowen. Leanbow was Daggeron's mentor. The forces of evil attacked and we battled them on all fronts. Leanbow fought bravely, but Morticon and his troops were too strong. We needed a plan, so Leanbow met with Niella and Daggeron. Niella protested Leanbow's decision, begging him, 'Leanbow, there's got to be another way.' Daggeron added, 'You know the Master is deceptive. There's no guarantee you'll make it back alive.' Leanbow ignored their protests and declared, 'I'm going.' He always did—does—things his way—and it was—is—always the honorable way. Then we were joined by someone we thought was our friend. 'Teacher, allow me to fight beside you,' Calindor's request seemed like a good thing, but I now suspect that it was merely to get close to us so he would know what I was going to do about Bowen. Calindor is now my enemy, and having once been a dear friend, it made the betrayal cut all the deeper. When the battle was taken to the surface world, I knew the forces of darkness would be after our child. Bowen, born of magical blood would have the power and the potential to stop their evil domination. So I gave my son to Daggeron with instructions to take the small child to safety and not come back until he knew for certain that Bowen was safe and not to tell me where he was, only to tell me that he was indeed safe. As Daggeron was running through the forest with Bowen, Bowen began to cry and Daggeron was attacked by Calindor. 'Give me that child!' Calindor snapped. 'Never!' Daggeron growled in response. Dark magic gave Calindor more power than ever. In the end, Daggeron's magic and Calindor's magic collided and both were cursed. As for Bowen, we now know that Phineas found the infant and took him to the safety of the human world and that he became Nick Russell. Leanbow led the fight and banished the armies of the Darkness to the Underworld. 'Stay back! Seal the Gate with a spell!' Leanbow yelled to Niella, as she ran over to the Gate, from where she'd been comforting me over losing my child and eliciting a promise to raise and protect her daughter, Clare. 'NO!' Niella cried—she knew what was going to happen to me—I would be hurt from this war. 'It's the only way!' he insisted. Niella cried out and used up her life force to seal the Gate. Niella gave her life to save us all. Then, for the next twenty years, I was Clare's legal guardian. I cared for her to the best of my ability, taking what time I had to myself to mourn for those who had died—and those I believed to be dead—Daggeron, Leanbow, and Bowen—all three are not dead, thankfully. As the years passed, I took Clare on as my apprentice, despite her constant magical mishaps. She was never quite as clumsy as her mother—she never did blow Rootcore up—Niella had a tendency to blow our cottage up when she was practicing her spells—although she was very clumsy. She had a tendency to mess up her spells and have unexpected results, such as turning herself into a sheep. Nearly twenty years after the Great War, there was an earthquake and a crack formed in the Gate, allowing some evil to slip through. Koragg was the first to emerge. I immediately left Rootcore and sought out the legendary Mystic Force. I found them, successfully, but it took a little pushing from Clare to convince me to convince Nick that he was meant to be a part of the team. He eventually rejoined us and the team grew in ways I never imagined and I found myself setting aside any and all expectations for them, especially Nick. He was full of surprises—and far more power than I'd ever thought possible. At first, I assumed that it was simply because he was the Phoenix and the Phoenix never dies, it is reborn. The weeks and months passed, and the rangers grew stronger. Daggeron rejoined us and the rangers grew lazy. They lost their powers and almost everyone—except for Koragg and them—lost their memories of the five teens. When they learned their lesson, they gained even more power. Then they were taken to the Underworld, so that their own magic could be used against them and the Master could be revived. I went after them and Koragg rescued me from what would have been my certain death. It was then we learned that he was Leanbow. I was overjoyed to learn my husband, whom I had long thought dead, was alive. We swiftly escaped and Leanbow explained how he had been turned to Koragg and apologized. Then, I was the sole person to forgive him. Now, the rest of the team has all come around and forgiven him as well. Leanbow sent me back to Rootcore, despite my protests, and the rangers all agreed with him—I couldn't fight and I needed to rest, because I had used up my magic in an attempt to save the rangers. I have my magic back now, because I'd channeled some of it into the Snow Staff earlier during the final battle against Morticon. Clare cared for me and I discovered that Leanbow had once again been turned to Koragg. I was devastated. I was convinced that I would have to choose between my loyalty to my husband and my loyalty to the rangers. It was Clare who provided the solution—I wouldn't have to pick. She covered me with an old baby blanket and the instant I touched it, I remembered holding my son. I sat up and demanded where she'd gotten the blanket and the instant she told me, I knew who Nick was—he was Bowen. I saved Nick, just in time, too, and Leanbow returned to us. Despite my protests, and the others' protests, he once again sacrificed himself to seal the Master away. Fearing the worst, I set out on a rescue mission. I was captured and was later rescued by Leelee, Clare, and Phineas. I eventually did save Leanbow, only to lose him temporarily to death when he was killed by the Master. Nikki revived him, Daggeron, and Jenji. We then defeated the Master and I went with my son and husband to meet the people who had raised my son. Of course, on the way there, we would stop multiple times to rest and we just got to know each other a bit better. Leanbow and I rekindled our love and we both looked out for Nick, making sure he stayed out of trouble. The last thing I needed was to lose either of them, after finally getting them back again. We had a good meeting with Nick's adoptive parents and I learned of his childhood and how he'd grown up and that he was very much like his father, believing in the same code of honor as Leanbow, when he barely remembered ever hearing his father telling him about it. Then we passed through Ocean's Bluff on the way home and you know the rest of the story—we became allies with the Jungle Fury rangers and then you and Jarrod joined us and we defeated Dai Shi."

After Udonna finished her story, Camille asked, "Do you think that maybe we're fire-sisters?"

"Fire-sisters?" Udonna repeated.

"Yes, like the two princesses, Aurora Rose of the Sun Kingdom and Rapunzel Solara Agatha Menolly Von Sonneshein, Princess of the Realm of Corona, the Lost Princess Returned," Camille added.

"I've never heard of them—I lived my whole life in this forest—and have only ventured outside its protection only a few times," Udonna replied. "Perhaps you could explain this concept of fire-sisters to me—and their story?"

Camille nodded and said, "Many years ago, there was a king and his fair queen. They wanted a child and eventually had a daughter, whom they named Aurora. In a neighboring kingdom, the king and queen's only daughter was kidnapped. When Rapunzel was eighteen, she was finally reunited with her parents. Aurora rejoined her parents on her sixteenth birthday. Both had some problems adjusting to their new lives as princesses and Rapunzel went to the Sun Kingdom and stood next to Aurora and reached into the younger woman's Pain and helped her heal. Rapunzel and Aurora suffered from some serious 'snakes in the grass of their souls'—that phrase is always associated with those two princesses more than any other saying—including sayings that they may have said. They began to refer to each other as 'fire-sisters' and the two kingdoms became very friendly allies—this alliance continues to this day. In fact, most of the princesses—if they had issues adjusting to their new lives or adjusting to something different in their lives as princesses—have been known to seek the advice of Z and Rose—as the two sisters called each other and the two are the most famous set of fire-sisters. In fact, no other fire-sisters have existed since them. Some say, the two would be reborn and be reunited someday. Others say that Rapunzel and Aurora will forever be the only fire-sisters to exist. And some say that only if both of the two women faced extremely similar situations, would there ever be any fire-sisters again."

Udonna bit her lip and carefully thought about the shared experiences. Both of us have seen the love of our lives be possessed by such powerful evil and saw them go on suicide missions. Camille's right. We probably are fire-sisters. Then she replied, "Maybe we were always meant to someday become fire-sisters."

Camille nodded in agreement and the two women began talking about happier things. There had been enough serious discussion and Camille desperately wanted to get to know her new-found fire-sister better.

"So, when did you meet Leanbow?" Camille switched the topic to her fire-sister's husband.

"Let me think, Bowen is twenty-one, I was about sixteen when I married Leanbow, seventeen when I gave our son up, so, I was around five or six, maybe or maybe younger? I don't really remember," Udonna replied.

Camille's eyes widened. Udonna was much younger than she physically appeared—then again, so was Camille—actually it was the other way around, but age didn't really matter too much. "How did you meet him?" Camille asked.

"Um, I ran outside when Niella was supposed to be watching me and quite literally ran into him," Udonna admitted.

Camille grinned and snickered. "We were kids—we were still in the 'boys/girls are gross' phase," Udonna added, laughing.

Camille grinned and Udonna asked, "What about you? Did you have any siblings?"

"Only brothers," Camille admitted. "I was never close to them."

Udonna nodded and Camille murmured, "Thank you."

"It was nothing," Udonna responded.

"No, you helped me, even though I tried to kill your son, and I didn't deserve your help or your support and you still helped me and I'm sorry and…" Camille babbled.

Udonna held up her hand and said, "We're family, now, Camille. Let me tell you my sister's favorite saying about family. 'Family has to stick together and look out for one another.' That's what I was doing and that's what we need to do for each other."

Camille nodded. The next day, she would have to leave, but she'd come back for her fire-sister as often as she could. Who knows maybe she'd leave the temple altogether and stay in Briarwood, with her real family—Udonna, Leanbow, Nick, Clare, and Daggeron were more a family to Camille than her first family had been. She and Jarrod were accepted by these warriors and treated as members of their family, despite their original attempts to kill Nick.