The next morning, it was cold and foggy.
The ship to England was ready to set sail, food and supplies were brought on, even Guy was on board.
In the shadows, the Chief spoke with Adira.
"I will honor my vow not to break the peace with the strange ones, but we must know their strength" he said to her.
"The strangers have numbers unlimited in their village" Adira said, suspicion in her voice. "I have heard from stories from Rapunzel's boyfriend. Their village is larger than ours."
"Then, you will watch over my daughter."
"Yes, Chief."
In Jamestown, Cassandra was walking Fidella to the ship when they heard snickering.
Cassandra turned and frowned at Muttley, who rode on the horse. But the dog shook his head as if to say "it wasn't me" and pointed at Cassandra's travel bag.
She noticed two ears sticking out and pulled them to find Snowball.
"Hey, Cass, baby!" greeted the bunny. "I'm ready to go!"
"Sorry, Snowball" Cassandra chuckled lightly, "but I can't take you this time."
"What? But Pretty Horse and Shaggy Dog get to go."
"Muttley belongs in England and I need a horse to guide me when my legs tire. Stay out of mischief and look after Rocky."
The poor rabbit frowned and was put down to the ground.
Muttley whined and shook paws with him.
"Rasm frasm good luck, bunny" he barked.
Snowball then hopped away, sobbing his heart out.
But as Cassandra led Muttley and Fidella to the gangplank, the Indians emerged from the shadows of the forest to watch her leave.
Rapunzel then walked up to her.
"Please, Cass, do not forget this land" she said tearfully.
"You'll always have me, Raps" Cassandra replied.
The two best friends hugged tightly with tears in their eyes, knowing they may never see each other again until who knows when.
Cassandra then boarded on the ship with Adira by her side.
Guy was shocked, seeing Adira on the ship, but the warrior glared at him.
"Should you threaten her in any way, I will have you thrown into the great water" she warned him.
Soon, the anchor was raised and the ship sailed away.
The Chief watched from the cliff edge where his daughter always visited often.
"A-na, Father" Cassandra whispered.
Gale then swirled fallen leaves around the sad father and daughter as the sun slowly began to rise.
Please, Great Creator, protect her the Chief thought to himself.
As time went by, Muttley was resting in Cassandra's guest room.
He then began to toss and turn, he was having a nightmare. Then he snapped awake.
"RASTARDLY!"
The dog panted and lapped down the bowl of water.
He was lucky he didn't disturb anyone up deck, especially Cassandra or Adira. But he knew that he missed Dastardly a lot since the escape from the guards.
Fidella neighed softly and nudged her head against his.
Soon, the friendly cabin dog of the ship, Penry Pooch came down and picked up the mop and bucket, humming.
His feline companion, Spot, sniffed Muttley suspiciously.
"Uh-oh" groaned Muttley, then snarled viciously.
Spot hissed back and was ready to attack when...
"Hey, Spot!" called Penry. "Cut that out! You know how the captain hates it when you go crazy after cat nip!"
Annoyed, Spot waddled away and blew a raspberry at Muttley.
"Rasm frasm stupid cat" Muttley grumbled.
Up on deck, Cassandra stared at the ocean, thinking of what Grandmother Ruth said and what this 'London' village would look like.
She was then pulled away and came face to face with the captain of the ship, Spacely.
"Look, missy, I don't cotton to stowaways" he said, angrily. "You best not disrupt my crew. You can take this voyage below or in the brig."
Adira was about to step up when Cassandra pushed Spacely away.
"I am not a stowaway" she snapped, "but a guest of your king."
Spacely was about to pull out his sword when Guy stepped up.
"You heard our guest, Captain" he snapped. "And she is to be treated as such. Are we clear, Captain?"
"Fine!" Spacely growled. "But you shrew this up, Guy Am I, you are fired! FIRED!"
Then he walked away.
Cassandra was surprised that Guy would stick up for her. She looked away when Guy noticed her eyeing him.
"Like it or not, you are the envoy" he said. "I am honor bound to protect you other than your warrior friend here."
Adira glared at Guy and gave him a "I'm watching you" gesture.
"And honor is the backbone of our civilization" Guy finished.
Cassandra smiled fondly and shook his hand.
"Thank you" she said.
Guy smiled back and bowed.
Suddenly, a long piece of black hair emerged from Guy's shoulder. Sensing it, he pushed it down.
He was lucky Cassandra didn't see it. She was too busy admiring Guy's kindness and respect to her despite his grumpiness.
Muttley, however, was not convinced. He recognized the black hair anywhere.
Sniffing the hair on the ground, the mutt thought it over.
Could it be Dastardly? No, it couldn't be. He said he went into hiding.
Muttley then scoffed and walked away.
Guy grumbled under his breath but smiled to Cassandra.
They both knew that they would get along easier than they thought.
To be continued...