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Riku and Namine were walking behind the guards when some thug came up. The guards got their weapons ready and pointed at the thug.

"Wait, I know where Rider is." Said the thug.

"Wait, you do? Where is he?" the captain of the guard asked.

"I'll show you. Just follow me," the thug offered as he walked away.

"Fine. Riku and Namine, both of you go home, now!" the captain of the guard commanded.

"Yes father," Riku begrudgingly agreed.

"Yes sir," Namine also agreed.

"Alright then. Men, come with me," The captain commanded his men as they all left to follow the thug.

"Do you think that they'll be able to capture Rider or not?" Namine asked curiously.

"Hopefully they will but Rider is a tough one to catch." Riku replied.

Just then they heard some rustling from the bushes. They were about ready to fight whatever it is when a slightly annoyed Cass came out.

"There you two are. Where's everyone else?"

"We don't know. We got separated."

"Great, just great."

"So, should we head on back? After all, maybe Riku's dad will find Sora, Kairi, Roxas, and Xion," Namine suggested.

"That would be a bad idea," Riku immediately shot down that line of thinking.

"Riku's right. Imagine all the trouble they would all get in if they got caught. Sora and Roxas would get more than a slap on the wrist. They would never have any freedom ever again!" Cass warned.

"Okay, then what should we do?" asked Namine, unsure about how to proceed.

"I'd say we follow the guards for now. Maybe we can find them if we stick with them," Riku suggested.

"Since we don't have any other ideas, I guess we should do that. But we should be careful not to get caught. Our dad would go ballistic if he found out we disobeyed him," Cass said.

The trio ran off in the direction that the guards left in, hoping to find the guards and their friends as well.


Roxas, Xion, and Mother Gothel were walking through the woods looking for Rapunzel, Sora, and the others when they heard rustling from the bushes. After a moment, two dalmatians popped out of the bushes and were barking to each other. To those that could understand them, though, they were saying this.

"So, Diesel, please tell me that this time we found one of the members of the royal family," Dylan pleaded as he looked up and saw that Roxas was one of the people in this group. "Oh, thank dog! We found Roxas! Now all we need to do is to find Sora and bring them both home. So, Diesel, do you know where Sora is?"

"Hold on a moment, Dylan, I have to dig," Diesel said as he started to dig a hole right in front of the confused trio. Mother Gothel backed up a few feet with a look of contempt on her face.

"Um, is everything alright, Mother Gothel?" Xion asked the older woman, having noticed her less than pleasant expression.

"Oh, yes! I was just frustrated that we haven't found my daughter yet," Mother Gothel said with false motherly concern. "Now, let's ignore these dogs and move on, okay?"

"Hold on, these dogs are Dylan and Diesel!" Roxas immediately recognized the two dalmatians and bent down to pet Dylan. "It's both very good to see you and very concerning. Look, I know you probably want us to return home, but we need to help this woman find her daughter. Besides, we don't know where Sora is and need to find him before we can go home." Dylan proceeded to facepaw after realizing that he needed Diesel back in action.

"Uh, Diesel! Please finish digging so that we can find Sora!" Dylan pleaded.

"Alright, fine," Diesel groaned as he sniffed the air. After sniffing for a moment, he pointed his nose towards the west. "Sora and his friend Kairi should be this way."

"Oh, thank dog! Let's just hope he stays there until we can get to him. Let's go!" Dylan ran in the direction that Diesel pointed, with the muddy puppy following after him.

"Wait, get back here boys!" Xion called out as she and Roxas chased after the two dogs.

"Ugh, fine. Let's follow the flea huggers. They are sure to know where my flower is," Mother Gothel snarked as she followed after the duo.

As the three of them were running through the woods they literally ran into Aqua.

"Oof."

"Ow."

Roxas looked at what he and Xion ran into.

"Aqua!" they both cried out in shock.

"There you both are. Where are the others? What were you thinking?" Aqua asked the two in a stern but worried tone.

Roxas and Xion look at each other, both thinking what to say when Roxas blathers out.

"It was all Sora's idea! I told him it was a bad idea but he wouldn't listen," Roxas confessed.

"Calm down. Now please explain to me what is going on," Aqua said, trying to be understanding.

"Well, Sora heard about the thief and wanted to catch him," Xion began.

"He thought if he helped catch him that our parents would loosen up about the rules," Roxas explained.

"We realized that his thought process wouldn't be accurate and tried to stop him," Xion continued.

"However, we lost him and the others and were trying to find them," Roxas said.

"That's when we found this lady that calls herself Gothel. Her daughter was captured by the thief and we are trying to find him," Xion said.

"Maybe Sora is also with the thief so we are working together to find him and Diesel and Dylan may have a lead as to where they are at. And that is all that happened so far," Roxas finished.

"We'll discuss whether or not you should be in trouble later. Though, personally, I think you'll both be fine. So, this dog with the dirt spots, Diesel I think he's called, can smell really good, right?" Both of the teens nodded in response. "Well, maybe if we had something with anyone else's scent on it we can find them," Aqua suggested.

Gothel proceeded to dig through her bag and pulled out a hairbrush. "Here. This is my daughter's hairbrush," she informed the group. "This brush will have her scent on it, meaning we can find her," Gothel said. "Provided the flea bag can follow a straight line," Gothel murmured to herself.

"Alright, let's hope this works," Aqua said as she grabbed the hairbrush and put it in front of Diesel. After sniffing it for a moment, he began to run after the scent. "Everyone, quick, follow that dog!"

And with that, the group of humans and a dog chased after Diesel to find Rapunzel and everyone else. After a bit of running, Diesel stopped in front of a building called the "Snuggly Duckling."

"Diesel, I know you may want to take a break to dig, but now is not the time for this!" Dylan yelled.

"Actually, the scent the old lady gave me is located in that building, at least right now it is," Diesel said.

"Oh. Let's hope that after this we can finally look for Sora, Dolly, and everyone else before it's too late," Dylan prayed.

Meanwhile, the humans were left wondering if Rapunzel was inside the building up ahead. Apparently, wherever this place was it didn't seem too terrible given the name and the fact that singing could be heard from the outside. They all headed up to a side window and looked inside and saw a bunch of people singing a song, among them the thief on the poster and a young woman with long blonde hair. There was also Sora, Kairi, and Dolly standing on the sidelines, just as confused as the group was. Da Vinci appeared to be near the trio, but was invested with the song.

"So, Gothel, is that girl with blonde hair your daughter?" Roxas asked Gothel.

"Yes. Yes she is. Thank goodness we found her. Now, we can head in and bring her home," Gothel said.

"Hold on. It appears that she is singing," Xion gently halted Gothel.

"I just want to see the floating lanterns gleam. And with every passing hour. I'm so glad I left my tower. Like all you lovely folks, I've got a dream," Rapunzel sang, much to Gothel's horror.

After the song was done they heard clapping and everyone was looking at whoever was clapping. Then Sora and Kairi yelled "Terra" in surprise.

"Wait, Terra?!" Roxas was confused upon hearing his name.

"He must have gone in during the song," Aqua realized.

"Well, since we can get everyone we were looking for, we should probably head in now," Xion suggested.

However, before the group could enter the establishment, they heard someone else enter and say, "I found the guards!"