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"Where's Ryder, where is he? I know he's in here somewhere. Find him, turn the place upside down!" The Captain of the Guard demanded as Flynn, Terra, Sora, Kairi, Dolly, Da Vinci and Rapunzel hid behind the bar.
"Great! Now we are about to be caught and mom and dad are going to be even more mad at me!" Dolly loudly whispered, though only Sora and Da Vinci heard her talk.
"Well, technically, this wouldn't have happened if we just stayed at home," Da Vinci noted.
"Really? You had to remind me of that?" Dolly grumbled.
"There has to be some way out of here," Sora noted.
"Yeah but how?" Kairi asked as they looked at Terra.
"Hey, don't look at me. I just got here," Terra said, much to the group's disappointment.
Suddenly, Hook Hand motioned for the group to follow him. Not having many other options, they complied and he led them to a secret underground passage hidden behind the bar. "Go, live your dream," Hook Hand whispered.
"I will," Flynn said.
"Your dream stinks, I was talking to her," Hook Hand grumbled.
"Thanks for everything," Rapunzel thanked the man with a hug before the group left down the passageway.
"I believe this is the man you're looking for," Vladimir said as he held up Shorty.
"You got me," Shorty said.
"Sir, there's no sign of Ryder." the guards said to the captain of the guard.
"Maximus. What he's doing?" The guards noticed Maximus sniff at the ground until he located a bottle, which he pushed. As a result, the passage that Sora, Rapunzel and everyone else left through was uncovered. "A passage, come on men, let's go. Corman, make sure those boys don't get away."
The two red haired men were quick to knock out the guard left to watch them and escape their bindings. "Play it safe. We'll go get the crown."
"Wow. The guards aren't really the best at their job, are they?" Xion asked Roxas and Aqua.
"Yeah. Outside of me and Terra, the guards aren't as well equipped to deal with problems as they should be," Aqua said as she shook her head.
"This is bad. Sora, Kairi, and Terra could get caught. Gothel's daughter could be arrested for just being with Ryder. Man, things are about to go horribly for everyone! We have to do something!" Roxas worriedly cried out.
"I know. Diesel, can you track where they are going to go?" Dylan asked the powerful smeller.
"Sorry. No can do. I can help you more later, but not right now. Unless you want to head down the passageway with the guards," Diesel responded.
"Aw man! Seriously?! Go ahead and dig Diesel. Enjoy our last moments as guard dogs for the king and queen," Dyan miserably said.
"Sure thing," Diesel said as he began to dig.
Suddenly, the old man named Shorty began to leave the Snuggly Duckling. "I got a dream, I got some dream. I-," Suddenly, Shorty noticed Gothel. "Ohhh, somebody get me a glass. 'Cause I just found me a tall drink of water."
"Oh stop it, you big lug." Gothel pretended to be complemented. Suddenly, she got out a knife and placed its tip on Shorty's nose. "Where's that tunnel lead out?"
"Knife!" Shorty said scared for his life. Fortunately for her, he revealed where the passage ends and the group began to head for that spot.
"Um, wasn't that a bit harsh?" Roxas asked Gothel. "He may have been a thug, but I don't think we needed to threaten him."
"Trust me, men like him are not deserving of our mercy. Now, let's be on our way," Gothel responded.
"That sounds like a cynical way to live and think," Xion responded.
"Hey, I think I heard something from over there, Riku, Cassandra," A voice, which belonged to Namine said as she and the other two members of her group arrived where this group was. "Aqua? Roxas? Xion?"
"So, there you guys are!" Roxas cried out as he and Xion approached Namine, Riku, and Cass. "How did you find us"
"Well, we followed the guards and hoped that we would find you guys," Riku answered.
"Seriously, you guys? Why didn't you just return to the castle? It's dangerous out here and a lot of stuff is going on right now!" Aqua criticized their decision.
"I know. It was irresponsible and dumb. But we also can't let Sora and Kairi get into any trouble with the guards and the king and queen," Riku explained.
"Yeah! We need to head out and save them before they get caught," Cass agreed with Riku. While everyone else was talking, unbeknownst to the busy group, Gothel was giving disapproving glares to both Riku and Cassanda.
"Yeah, well before you go, we have a lot to discuss," Roxas said.
"Well, discuss it while we move!" Gothel yelled, losing patience with everyone else.
"Um, okay. Let's save Sora, Kairi, and Rapunzel from the clutches of Flynn Ryder," Xion said.
"Wait, what?" Riku was confused.
"A lot must have happened when we were absent," Namine commented.
Terra went ahead of the others in order to check and see if things were safe for everyone else.
"Well, that got us safe. Didn't know you had that in you back there," Flynn complimented.
"I know! I know... Sooo, Flynn. Where are you from?" Rapunzel asked the man.
"Well, I come from the capital. I came here to capture Flynn so that we can get the tiara back," Sora explained.
"I'm friends with Sora and he needed help. I'd rather we go back before we get in trouble," Kairi said.
"I agree with her. We should get going before we get into trouble," Da Vinci said, though only Sora and Dolly heard.
"Hey, relax, would ya? We can get back in no time without getting into trouble," Dolly said.
"What you two said was very interesting, but I was talking to Flynn," Rapunzel politely interrupted.
"Whoa, whoa, sorry Blondie, I don't do that story. However I am becoming very interested in yours. Now I...I know I'm not supposed to mention the hair," Flynn began.
"Nope."
"Or, the Mother."
"Uh, uh."
"Frankly I'm too scared to ask about the frog."
"Chameleon."
"Gila monster. Here's my question, if you want to see the lanterns so badly, why haven't you gone before?" Flynn asked the young woman.
"Uhh, hey, well…," Rapunzel began. All of a sudden, the group heard the guards following after them, showing that they are being followed. The group were quick to flee to an exit in the cave, leading to a desert spot close to a dam. The group looked down and saw the Stabbington Brothers appear from another cave at ground level. "Uh, Flynn... Flynn! Who's that?"
"They don't like me." Flynn responded.
The Royal Guard also appeared from right behind the group. "Who's that?"
"They don't like me either."
Just when the group thought that things couldn't get worse, Maximus appeared from another nearby cave. "Who's that?"
"Lets just assume for the moment, that everyone here doesn't like me."
"Well, I like you," Sora said.
"Sora! Remember, he's a criminal!" Kairi reminded the young teen.
"Oh, right," Sora awkwardly laughed.
"Here," Rapunzel said as she handed the frying pan to Flynn. Meanwhile, she used her long hair to get over onto a rock platform.
"I've waited a long time for this," The Captain of the Guard said as he prepared to fight Flynn.
Flynn was able to easily defeat the Captain of the Guard and the other guards with the frying pan.
"Oh mama, I have got to get me one of these." Flynn sees that Maximus has a dagger in his mouth. "HAH!" Flynn proceeds to fight off the smart horse with the frying pan. "You should know, this is the strangest thing I've ever got-" Flynn loses the pan "How 'bout two out of three?" Maximus holds the dagger to Flynn's throat.
Meanwhile, Rapunzel helped the others get onto higher ground thanks to her hair.
"You know, Maximus is one smart horse," Sora noted.
After saving everyone else, Rapunzel threw her hair out to Flynn. "Flynn!" Rapunzel yelled as she saved him from Maximus. "Flynn, look out!" She yelled as she saw the Stabbington Brothers ready to slice at Flynn. Thankfully, he was able to miss the attacks.
"HAH! You should see your faces 'cause you look…" Flynn was interrupted as he hit a pillar on the water flow part of the dam. "Ridiculous…" Flynn wheezed.
Maximus began to knock down a pillar in order to reach the platform Rapunzel was on.
"Come on, Blondie. Jump," Flynn called to Ranpunzel. She did so, reaching down to the ground and barely avoiding Maximus. Flynn, meanwhile, skidded down to the ground via the water flow with the others following after. Suddenly, the dam burst, flooding the area with water and enveloping the guards, Maximus, and the Stabbington Brothers. As for Rapunzel and Flynn, they ran from the water flow and a falling rock pillar while holding Rapunzel's hair. They just barely made it to a nearby cave, with Flynn grabbing the frying pan that ended up nearby before entering.
Sora, Kairi, Da Vinci, and Dolly were shocked by what had just occurred.
"Oh my goodness! Are they okay?!" Sora and Kairi yelled, both very worried.
"Aw man! There goes our chance of getting the rules loosened back at home," Dolly was disappointed.
"Why did you think that would happen?" Da Vinci asked.
"I don't know. I just wanted mom and dad to not constantly compare me to Dylan anymore. You have any idea how frustrating it is to constantly be told to be one way that is against your own nature?" Dolly questioned the younger pup.
"No. But I can see why you would not like being unable to express yourself properly. After all, I constantly feel that way with my art," Da Vinci confessed.
Dolly just realized what Da Vinci's verse in the song meant. "Don't worry Da Vinici. When we get back home I'm sure Sora can help you with that.
"But what about mom, dad, and Dylan?" Da Vinci asked, not wanting her sister to get in trouble.
"You just leave that to me," Dolly said.
Meanwhile Sora and Kairi were having a conversation of their own.
"We probably should head out and look for them. Hopefully, the two of them will be alright," Kairi said, trying to be optimistic.
"Yeah. We probably should," Sora said with a smile that didn't quite reach his eyes.
"Are you okay, Sora?" Kairi asked her friend, noticing Sora's sadness.
"It's just that my plan for going out here isn't going well at all," Sora said.
"Hey, I understand how you might have thought that the king and queen would have loosened up on the rules if you captured Flynn. But don't worry. I'm sure they'll forgive you in time," Kairi tried to cheer him up.
"It wasn't just that, though. I...I thought that when we got out here there might be at least a small chance that we would find my long lost sister. So we can be a family and everyone could be happy."
"Wow. I had no idea," Kairi was surprised to hear Sora's real reason for coming out here. "Hey, don't worry, Sora. I'm pretty sure that we may have a chance of finding her."
"You really think so?" Sora asked.
"Anything is possible. Besides, even if we can't find her we can still return home and you can reunite as a family," Terra, who had just arrived there, said.
"Terra? Where did you come from? I thought you disappeared when we went through the cave earlier," Sora was surprised to see Terra again.
"I ended up looking for you guys when I noticed you were not walking through the cave," Terra explained.
"Well, we ended up losing Flynn and Rapunzel. We have no idea where they went," Sora said with a frown.
"Well, you have Dolly and Da Vinci here. Maybe you can have them smell out the two of them," Terra suggested.
"That's a great idea, Terra! Dolly, Da Vinci, I know that you aren't the best when it comes to smelling, but right now we need to find Rapunzel and Flynn. Can you please try and help us find them?" Sora asked the two dalmatians. Both of them looked at each other for a minute and then turned back to Sora with a nod. They tried to sniff out the pair and eventually came up with the scent for where the two of them were. The pair then ran towards the scent. "Everyone, follow those two!"
And so the group ended up following after the two dalmatians. After some time of following them and searching, they eventually ended up near a river. Fortunately, when they reached the river close to sunset, they found both Flynn and Rapunzel.
"Hey guys! We finally found you!" Sora was relieved to see the pair were doing okay.
"Hey Sora, Terra, Kairi! It's great to see you again. How are you guys doing?" Rapunzel asked the group.
Before any of them could answer the question, they were interrupted by a voice, "Yeah. I'd think we'd all like to know how they are doing." Upon turning to look across the river, the trio saw that Roxas, who was with everyone else aside from Gothel, was the one who said that, and he did not look happy. In response, Sora laughed awkwardly.