Hiya y'all! Oh I got so many reviews from all of you I can't even reply to all of them xD I love how you seem to be in two teams, the 'Don't trust the villains!' team and the 'Trust the Villains!' team. Anyway, sorry I haven't posted for ages, thanks for being so patient. I hope you all had amazing, weird and yummy Christmas and/or any other holiday you celebrate, and if you celebrate nothing then I hope you had a peaceful and relaxing rest or will have one soon. I got so many cool stuff, including The Walking Dead and American Horror Story T-shirts and books 3 What did you guys get? Okay, I'm prattling on :p Enjoy!

The girl ran through the forest. It was an unfamiliar one, not like the one back at home. She missed home. She was so, so scared and alone. Running took a lot of energy, swimming too. And it was dark…so, so dark… and she was so very tired. The tree in front of her looked comfy. She didn't have the energy to climb. She slid down the bark and sat on the cold floor, curling up in a ball and letting her eyes fall shut. She could be eaten by a wolf or trampled by a boar or cut to pieces by bandits but she didn't care. She just wanted to sleep.

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As soon as the sun rose Jack awoke his companions and saddled the horses, although everyone was grumbling and grunting. Jack couldn't sleep at all that night. He had the terrifying feeling that he was running out of time. Doubt was also eating away at his heart. He knew he would save Elsa no matter what, but what then? He still loved her so much it hurt just to think about her…but she didn't love him. Jack shook of these thoughts as the horses sped through the forest, the trees and branches a blur of green and brown. The crow, Arthur, was showing Jack the way, and his friends followed close behind. Jack observed Maleficent closely, as she cocked her head and closed her eyes once in a while, which caused Arthur to change direction. It seemed she was communicating with him. The wizards had conjured four black horses from dark mist and Jack shivered every time he met the horses' ghastly green eyes.

Finally The Evil Queen put her pale hand up and the four wizards stopped their horses gracefully. The others – not so gracefully.

'Whoa!' said Jack, pulling on his horse's reigns. Merida stopped next to him with a jolt so she wouldn't trample him which caused her to squeal and fall off. She would have hurt her butt pretty badly if not for Arthur who was there in a second, his human arms catching Merida gracefully and setting her on the ground. Merida blushed and hid under the curtain of her red hair as she dusted her dress off. She mumbled a thanks and Arthur changed back into a raven with a smile, before flying off to sit on Maleficent's shoulder.

'What's wrong?' Flynn asked, helping Rapunzel down.

'I'm starving' Jafar said, his stomach gurgling.

'Food time' Maleficent said, conjuring a table and a dozen chairs out of thin air. She turned to Merida and clicked her fingers for Arthur to turn back to human. 'You two, get the food.'

'Why can't you just magic it up?' Merida asked with a raised eyebrow.

'Because food is something that is a source of energy. We can't make something like that out of nothing as it wouldn't actually satisfy you.' Maleficent said, taking a seat by the table and shooing them away with her green hand. Merida rolled her eyes, grabbed her bow and went into the forest, Arthur close behind her.

Merida notched an arrow onto her bow and looked around, eyes narrowed. She smiled victoriously when she spotted a beautiful, big bird and aimed at it slowly; making sure the bird was unaware of her presence. After a few tense seconds she let the arrow fly and it hit the bird right in the neck. Merida jogged to get her prize and stuffed it into her hunting bag. Arthur smiled.

'Not bad.'

'You get one' Merida said, a bit challengingly, offering him her weapon. He shook his head.

'I have other ways' he said, walking more into the forest. Merida and Arthur spotted another bird at the same time. Merida opened her mouth to say something but before any sound could come out Arthur whistled and the bird dropped dead.

'H-how…what?' Merida stared as Arthur walked up to the bird and gently slipped it in Merida's hunting bag. He smiled at her but there was sadness in his eyes.

'Not much of a gift, is it? Killing animals.' He shrugged.

'Why can you do that?'

'It's a curse. Sure, it's useful, but…' Arthur shrugged again. 'We should get back.'

Sensing Arthur didn't want to talk about it anymore Merida reached out and ruffled his hair.

'Good work' she said.

'You think five birds is enough?' Merida said later on, when she and Arthur were walking through the forest.

'Hopefully' Arthur said. 'There won't be much for seconds though'

'You're right' Merida peered at her bag. Arthur laughed and nudged her with his elbow.

'I'm joking' Merida laughed and shook her head at him. Then she stopped and cocked her head.

'Wait. What's that?'

'Oh gosh is that a person?' Arthur jogged forward, Merida close behind him. There was a girl lying at the base of a tree. Her hair was moist with the morning dew and she was shivering in her sleep. She had blonde hair braided back and strange clothes that Merida saw in picture books. Arthur nudged the girl gently.

'Hey, are you oka-' before he could finish the sentence the girl sprung up like a cat and kicked him in the chest, sending him flying into a nearby tree. Merida put on a fighting stance and narrowed her eyes at the girl.

'Who are you? Did she send you?' The girl asked, panic clear in her voice.

'She? Who are you talking about?' Merida asked, casting a worried look at the groaning Arthur. The girl looked around in fear.

'Her.' She whispered. 'The singing one.'

'Um, no' Merida said, lowering her arms. 'We're on a mission to save, uh, visit our friend.' Merida looked at the girl. 'What's your name?'

The girl blinked.

'Huh? I'm Astrid. Astrid Hofferson. Who are you?'

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'Girl, you up or what?' Tiana peered down at me. I blinked and groaned, still a bit asleep.

'What time is it?' I asked with a yawn.

'I dunno. But Mother G sure is gone long.'

'I'm worried' Hiccup said, standing by the window. The curtains were drawn apart.

'What? About that hag?' Tiana asked.

'No' Hiccup sighed. 'About Astrid.'

Pocahontas put her brown hand on his shoulder comfortingly. She gazed out of the window and closed her eyes as the wind ruffled her hair. I thought I heard the whisper of a long forgotten song. Then it hit me.

'Rope!' I jumped out of my cot. 'If we get a rope we can get out of here. A blanket can be tied to make a line and…' My voice faded away as I stared out of the window. There was…nothing. Everything was gone. It was as if we were floating in the clouds. Wait, we were floating in the clouds. I felt dizzy. We'd never run away.

Kids steadied me.

'We'll be okay' she said. 'I promise.'

I nodded, trying hard to be brave.

But it was hard.

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Mother Gothel scurried between the trees, sniffing the air, smiling, putting her hands together, and shadows pressing against her form even though it was daylight. She pressed her white fingers against the rough barks of trees, her ears against the earth, traced her palms against invisible tracks. It was getting stronger. She could feel her heart thump in anticipation, a weak little thump that would become steady beating once she managed to become young again. With youth, her powers grew. Soon she'd be invincible. A few words floated towards her and she scurried, like a bent over shadow, towards the sound. There were people and the glow of fire.

'Oh my God, Eugene, you already had enough! Put that down!'

Through the trees came the voice of a girl. Mother Gothel smiled. She found them, at last.

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