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Meanwhile, back at the castle

Walking through the castle halls, Ventus and Dylan were looking for Sora and Dolly. They had checked just about every room in the castle except for the bedrooms. On the way to the bedrooms, the duo ran into the king and queen.

"Oh Ventus there you are. Have you seen Sora or Roxas? We are getting very worried," the king said.

"No one has seen them since the break in," the queen explained.

"No I haven't. We were just about to check the bedrooms," Ventus explained.

"Oh, well we will look in Sora's room while you look in Roxas's room," the king offered.

"Sure," Ventus accepted.

"Great, let's do that," the queen said.

So Ventus and Dylan went into Roxas's room while Ventus's parents went into Sora's room. When Ventus and Dylan got into Roxas's room, they saw a blanket covered over the silhouette of what appeared to be Roxas, Sora, and Dolly.

"Sora, Roxas there you are, everyone has been looking for you," Ventus said.

"Dolly, there you are," Dylan said.

The both of them were given the silent treatment

"Huh? Ok, I get that you would be mad. I admit I overreacted and I'm sorry," Ventus apologized. "Everyone is just worried is all. After all, tomorrow is the anniversary of when we lost our older sister.

"Dolly, come on. The silent treatment is very immature even for you," Dylan said.

"Wait, Roxas, Why are you giving me the silent treatment? Never mind that. Just know that I understand why you are angry. After all, all of us are unhappy with not being allowed to go outside. I get it. Dad is just really overprotective after what happened to Rapunzel and that trator Xehanort running around. He's just worried about us and he doesn't want to lose us too. But no matter what happens, no matter what we all go through we have each other. I'm here if you guys need to talk or just listen to what you have to say or if you have problems. Huh? Sora, Roxas? I'm trying here. Please just say something," Ventus said.

As Ventus was saying all this Dawkins with the help of two of his sisters Dizzy and Dee Dee were pulling the puppets of Sora, Roxas, and Dolly. But before too long the puppets fell apart.

"What the?!" Ventus yelled in shock and fear, thinking his brothers just fell apart. He took away the curtain and found a bunch of random stuff on the floor and three pups with a shocked look on their faces. "Where are they?!" Ven demanded in a sad and angry tone. Knowing that Ven couldn't understand them they all just pointed outside. "Of course."

"Dawkins, Dizzy, Dee Dee, where are they?" Dylan demanded from them.

It took some time, but Dawkins eventually snapped. "They went after the thief," said Dawkins after a few minutes.

"What?! What was she thinking? She could get us in so much trouble. We could get kicked out," Dylan was panicking.

"So what should we do?" Dawkins wanted to know.

"We need to find them before anyone finds out. I'll get Diesel and track them. You get whoever and whatever you need to get this back up before someone finds out," Dylan explained.

"Okay."

"Right."

Listening to the dalmations argue like this made Ven wish Sora was here to translate but they probably wouldn't be in this mess if it wasn't for him.

"Hah! Ok you guys probably have a plan, right?" Ven asked.

The dalmatians nodded.

"Ok! You do your plan. I'll distract mom, dad and everyone else. Hopefully they get back before someone sees," Ven explained.

Knock knock.

"Sora, Roxas, Ventus, can we talk?" The king and queen asked from the other side of the door.

Before his parents could open the door, Ven slammed it. To his mother's shock and his father's annoyance.

"Don't come in," Ventus said.

"What! Why is everything ok? What's wrong?" the king and queen wanted to know.

"Nothing's wrong, it's just that they're not in the best mood right now and we just need some sibling time. It… It's just so hard with the anniversary and everything. We just need some time to ourselves, okay?" Ventus made up the excuse.

"Alright," the king simply responded.

"Take all the time you need. If you need to talk or anything just come and get us," the queen offered.

"Ok we will," Ven said through his tears. "Find them fast," Ven said to Dylan.

Dylan nodded then went down to the garden to grab Diesel. After explaining the situation the two were off to find Dolly and the others.


Sora, Kairi, Dolly, and Da Vinci were watching in confusion and concern as the girl with extremely long hair was stuck between being ecstatic at being outside to feeling horrible about being outside.

Flynn cleared his throat, "You know, I can't help but notice, you seem a little at war with yourself, here."

"Really?" Rapunzel was surprised.

"The whole day, Bits and pieces. Sort of protective mother, forbidden road trip. This is serious stuff. But let me ease your conscience. This is part of growing up. A little rebellion, a little adventure. That's good, healthy even." Flynn agreed.

"You think?" Rapunzel laughs

"I know. You're way over thinking your stress meter. Did your mother deserve it? Will this break her heart and crush her soul? Well of course. But you just got to do it," Flynn said, trying to deter her.

"Break her heart?" Rapunzel said sadly.

"It can," Flynn confirmed.

"Crush her soul?" Rapunzel worriedly questioned.

"Like a grape," Flynn stated.

"She would be heartbroken, you're right." confirmed Rapunzel.

"Likely, all right, oh no. All right, I can't believe I'm saying this, but... I'm letting you out of the deal." said Flynn.

"Well…"

"That's right. But don't make me. Let's just turn around, and you go home, and your frog. I get back my satchel. You get back a mother daughter relationship. based on mutual trust and viola! We part ways as unlikely friends," Flynn said, trying to seal the deal.

"No, I am seeing those lanterns," Rapunzel rebutted with conviction.

"Oh, come on! What is it going to take to get my satchel back?" whined Flynn.

All of a sudden, heard a noise. Rapunzel got out her frying pan threateningly in response to the noise. "I will use this. What is it, ruffians, thugs?"

All of a sudden, they noticed Da Vinci drawing a picture in the dirt. "Stay calm, it can probably smell fear," Flynn snarked sarcastically.

"Oh, sorry. Getting just a little bit, jumpy," Rapunzel apologized.

"Speaking of which, where did this dog come from?" Flynn wanted to know.

Rapunzel noticed Sora, Kairi, and Dolly a few feet away from them. Rapunzel moved her frying pan to aim at the trio. "Stay back, whoever you are! You are not going to get in the way of me seeing the lanterns!"

"Why would we do that?" Sora was confused.

"We wouldn't, this is just a big misunderstanding!" Kairi called out.

"Why don't you guys tell us what you're doing?" Sora asked.

"Yeah. Hey, what are you doing?" Kairi asked the guy as she walked up to him.

"We are apparently on our way to see the lanterns that will be in the sky tomorrow," the man answered with bitterness and frustration in his voice.

"Oh, you mean the lanterns that are for the lost princess?" Sora clarified.

"You know about that? Hey, why don't you two take her and bring her back? I'll take my satchel and leave," the man said quickly.

"But aren't you supposed to take me to see the lanterns?" the girl asked the man.

"Ugh! Can't I please just have my satchel back?!" the man yelled.

"After you take me to see the lanterns, Flynn Rider," the girl demanded.

"Wait. Flynn Rider? You're the thief!" Kairi realized.

"Ohh. When we find the guards you are so going to jail," Sora said, ready to turn in Flynn.

"Wait, you can't. He needs to take me to see the lanterns. It's my birthday tomorrow and I really want to see them. Please? You can arrest him if you like afterward. But, for now, can you please let him go?" the girl pleaded.

Sora and Kairi looked at each other, feeling conflicted. They knew that Rider deserved jail after all he's done but they also didn't want to disappoint this nice girl either. So, after a lot of thinking, they decided, "Fine. But once we're done you have to return the crown. Otherwise, we will turn you in," Kairi suggested.

"Fine," said Flynn relating while thinking of ways to get out of this and get his satchel. "Probably be best if we avoid ruffians and thugs, though."

"Yeah, that's probably best," Rapunzel agreed.

"Are you hungry? I know a great place for lunch," Flynn offered for the group.

"Where?" Rapunzel was curious.

"Oh, don't you worry. You'll know it when you smell it." Flynn said.