"Alright, Varian, I'm coming in," said Cass as she burst the door open. Varian just looked around in pure terror, finding nothing big enough to hide behind. Sure, there was the amber, but it was pretty much see through, so that wasn't an option. But before he could find a way to escape, the door flew open, revealing Rapunzel, Cassandra, Eugene and Pascal.

"Uh... hi guys. What are you doing here?" said Varian, trying, but failing, to sound casual. "I haven't seen you in a while." The last time Varian saw them was on the trail leading away from Corona, but because he wanted his stuff back, he decided to turn around, and see if there was any possible way of retrieving his items.

"You know perfectly well what we're doing here, Hairstripe," replied Eugene. "You are wanted throughout the whole land. Did you really think se'd let you get away that easily?"

"Umm... no?" The alchemist was still looking around, trying to What a way to escape. He looked to Ruddiger for any ideas, but the raccoon just shrugged and climbed up the boy to rest on his shoulders. "Well, you're no help," mumbled Varian.

Cassandra decided to take Varian's distraction as an opportunity to walk up, and grab the boy. "You're coming with us," she said as she turned Varian around. The alchemist just looked up at her in pure terror.

"No... please no. I can't go back there," whispered Varian. He was shaking, and it worried Cass. Why was he so scared of the dungeon? Did something happen while he was in there?

"Hey, don't worry Varian. If you really don't want to go back, we won't make you. You just have to promise that you'll at least try and be good again. Will you promise?" said Rapunzel. Varian looked up at her with tears in his eyes. He heard him whisper a soft, "I promise" before looking away.

I'm sorry this chapter is another short one, but I was really busy today and I wanted to get one up, so I wrote this small one. Sorry if it's not the best. Please don't get mad at me! I'm thinking about writing two or three more chapters for this story, and hopefully they're longer ones. If they are longer ones, be expecting the next chapters three days apart instead of two so I have time to write them