As Alexis is walking she soon stops beside the fountain.

"Ugh. That same nightmare. It's been going on for a month now. It's gonna be the end of me if I don't get a decent night sleep." Alexis says tiredly.

"Hey Alexis." A voice asks revealing to be Varian.

"Oh Varian. Good to see you again." Alexis says as she smiles.

"You too. Even more glad now that you've forgiven me finally. That was not an easy task but well worth it." Varian says as he smiles nervously.

"Maybe but you earned my loyalty back alchemy boy." Alexis says causing Varian to blush as she yawns.

"Glad to hear that. You okay? You're yawning an awful lot." Varian says.

"Oh uh yeah. Fine. Just uh little tired is all. What are you doing here?" Alexis asks tiredly.

"Chasing Ruddiger. Did you see him?" Varian asks as Alexis sees something go down an alley.

"I think I just did. Come on!" Alexis says as she and Varian follow after the creature and find Ruddiger.

"There he is. Buddy! I was looking for you! Wha- What are you?" Varian asks as Ruddiger doesn't move.

"What's wrong with him?" Alexis ask.

"I'm not sure." Varian says as he and Alexis hear screaming and find Rapunzel and Eugene only to startle them.

"Sorry Rapunzel didn't mean to scare you." Alexis says.

"Varian is he okay? What happened?" Rapunzel asks as Varian places Ruddiger on a barrel.

"Uh I'm not quite sure but I think it has something to do with these news rocks. I've only been able to study them for a few hours but their affects appear to be extremely dangerous." Varian says.

"Oh yeah? More dangerous than bringing people's worst fears to live?" Eugene asks fearfully.

"Yes well if people remain under that fear spell for too long it looks like they'll become frozen with terror permanently." Varian says worriedly.

"Well gang then it sounds to me like we need to find a way to turn these fearful frowns upside down! Oh yeah sorry. That just made him more creepy." Rapunzel says as she tries to make Ruddiger smile.

*Timeskip*

"Alexis are you sure you wanna go with me and Rapunzel? You really look tired and honestly a little freaked out over something." Varian says as he is standing with Alexis while looking at the rocks.

"Varian I'm fine. I swear you've got to be the most protective and worry some person I've ever been friends with." Alexis says.

"Well I meant it when I said I was gonna make it up to you and that I didn't wanna lose you. You mean the world to me." Varian says as he smiles.

"Really?" Alexis asks curiously.

"Yeah." Varian says as he smiles before Alexis notices something by a building.

"Huh?" Alexis asks as she sees a wolf and gives a worried look.

"Did you see something?" Varian asks curiously.

"Oh uh. No, no. It's nothing. I thought I saw a cat run past. Nothing to worry about." Alexis says nervously.

"Hmm. Hey guys I think I got an idea." Varian says.

*Timeskip*

"Now theoretically if we sever this chain of rocks using one of my alchemical solutions then we can cut off the red rocks fear power." Varian says as the group is in the castle.

"Oh we can so cut off their power." Rapunzel says.

"You just need a cavern that runs deep enough." Varian says.

"Deep cavern? I know just the place!" Rapunzel says.

"Something tells me we better hurry." Alexis says as the group watches a maid get petrified.

"We can't let this happen to anyone else. Your plan starts now." Rapunzel says.

*Timeskip*

"Are you sure this will work?" Alexis asks as she is watching Varian puts potions in a bag.

"It has to. Are you sure you're alright? You're acting jumpy. You're not seeing anything are you?" Varian asks as Alexis gives a worried look.

"N-No! I'm fine. I promise." Alexis says nervously.

"Come on you two. Let's get going." Rapunzel says as she leaves with Alexis and Varian.

*Timeskip*

"No problem. We got this." Varian says as the group is walking.

"You okay Varian? Because you've said no problem we got this 23 times now." Rapunzel says as she shows to have been keeping track in a book.

"Yeah is everything okay?" Alexis asks.

"I'm fine. Really. Uh you know. Just trying not set off the 3,000 traps down here!" Varian says.

"Relax. We've been through these tunnels too many times for-" Rapunzel then gets cut off as Pascal accidentally sets off a trap causing the floor to collapse under the group.

"My supplies!" Varian shouts as most of his potions go down a hole.

"Varian! Got ya!" Alexis shouts as she grabs Varian and pulls him to safety beside Rapunzel.

"You good for nothing mutt. You couldn't of seen that trap coming and warned us sooner? Your not worth anything." Varian says as Alexis looks at him confused.

"Uh what did you just say?" Alexis asks.

"I said thanks. What would I do without you? Why?" Varian asks.

"Uh no reason." Alexis says.

"Oh but we've only got one vial of my solution left." Varian says as he looks in his bag.

"Well then I guess we'll just have to make it count." Rapunzel says as the group gets moving.

*Timeskip*

As Alexis is walking in wolf form she soon stops upon seeing a wolf go down a different tunnel.

"Mom?" Alexis asks seeing the wolf looks like her birth mother and looks to see Varian and Rapunzel not looking before running after her.

"Mom! Wait!" Alexis shouts as she follows the wolf to a dead end and sees nothing before stopping.

"Mom?" Alexis asks.

"You wretched child." A voice says revealing to be Alexis's mother growling at her.

"Mom?" Alexis asks.

"You're the reason our entire pack is dead!" A male voice says revealing to be Alexis's father.

"Dad? mom?" Alexis asks worriedly.

"We should of gotten rid of you when you were born. Then we would still be alive." Alexis's mother says angrily.

"But you said you loved me. You'd always protect me no matter what." Alexis says sadly.

"Love you? Please. They hate you just like I do." A voice says revealing to be Varian as Alexis gives a fearful look.

"Varian? What do you mean?" Alexis asks fearfully.

"You know good and well what I mean. I've always hated you. You're a monster. You're not a worthy friend." Varian says angrily.

"Varian! No!" Alexis shouts.

"You little brat! You should of died instead of us!" Alexis's father shouts as he growls angrily.

"No! Please! Mom! Dad! Varian! It's not my fault I was born like this! Please don't hate me! I can't help it!" Alexis shouts.

"Alexis!" A female voice says revealing to be Rapunzel and Varian.

"Alexis!" Varian shouts as he runs over.

"There's two of you?" Alexis asks.

"You know I don't know why my relatives even let you live with them. It must of been for pity on a useless creature like you." A voice says revealing to be another Rapunzel as Alexis gives a fearful look.

"Rapunzel not you too. Please. What did I do wrong? Why do you hate me so much for being who I am?" Alexis asks sadly.

"Alexis listen to us. We're right here. Don't listen to the fear. Look at me please." Varian says as he tries to get Alexis to look at him only for her to be too scared to focus on anything but her fear.

"Please! No!" Alexis shouts before she stops moving as her body turns red.

*Timeskip*

Later as Alexis returns to the kingdom she soon gets tackled down by someone before seeing it is Varian.

"Alexis you're okay! I'm so glad you're alright." Varian says as he hugs Alexis tightly.

"Yeah. Thanks to you." Alexis says as she smiles and shifts to human form and hugs Varian back.

"I don't hate you I hope you know that." Varian says.

"Huh?" Alexis asks as Varian looks at her.

"Your fear. I kinda put two and two together. I'm guess you've been having nightmares about me, your birth family, and Rapunzel hating you because of something you can't control." Varian says as Alexis nods.

"Yeah.. Mostly you though." Alexis says.

"Well that fear won't ever come true. I promise. Alexis you're my closest friend. I would give my life to protect you." Varian says as Alexis smiles.

"I know. You've nearly done it a couple times now." Alexis says as Varian chuckles.

"Well I care about you. Please from now on talk to me. I don't like seeing you upset like that." Varian says.

"Alright. I promise. Now if I can just get a decent sleep tonight I'll be happy." Alexis says as she yawns.

"Well why don't you stay with me tonight? I could use the company with my research and I don't mind helping you get to sleep." Varian says kindly.

"I'd like that." Alexis says as she smiles.