I had fun writing this chapter! You'll see why later. I'm sorry, but I just couldn't resist! Oh, and there is something that I added from 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' because we did that play this year and I wrote this chapter while studying for that exam. Anyway, hope you enjoy this chapter!

Chapter 6-

Love Fruit

"Ok, so where exactly do you have to go?" Miley asked as she looked around the forest.

"Uh, I don't know." Oliver said and then took out his compass. It started spinning and pointed right ahead of him. "We're going the right way."

"Well, can't we look for a place to stop right now to eat something?" Jackson asked from the back of the cart.

"Where? Does anyone know if this fruit is edible?" Lilly asked, looking up at the tress. Miley stopped the cart and got off.

"We'll stop for now and search for some food." Miley said and looked at Oliver. "You gonna come with me?"

"Yeah, Lilly and Jackson can stay here with the cart." Oliver said, getting off and following Miley deeper into the forest. Her face was turned upwards and she was looking for a good tree to climb that had what looked to be paw paws.

"Here, help me up to this branch." Miley said, pointing towards a tree.

"How?" Oliver asked.

"Get down on your knees." She said, Oliver got down on his knees and Miley sat on his shoulders. "Now stand up." She said, looking at the branch. Oliver slowly stood up and Miley grabbed hold of the lower branch. She pulled herself onto it and stood up, reaching for the lowest fruit.

"Be careful." Oliver said.

"Yeah." Miley said, jumping and grabbing hold of the next branch. She pulled herself onto that branch and reached for the fruit. 'Close, but not close enough.' She thought. She held on tighter to the trunk while she leaned forwards to try and reach the fruit.

"Hannah…" Oliver said, but he stopped talking as he saw her jump forwards, grab hold of the fruit and fall towards the ground. Oliver didn't know what happened, but somehow he managed to get to the spot where she was going to fall fast and catch her. Out of the corner of his eyes, he could've sworn he saw a root of the tree move, but ignored it.

"Are you ok?" He asked.

"Yeah, I knew what I was doing." Miley said as Oliver put her down on her feet.

"You jumped and almost hit the ground. You could've injured yourself!" Oliver said.

"Thanks, but I don't need someone to save me every time something is going to happen to me, I can look after myself." Miley said, pushing the fruit into Oliver's hands. "There, that's yours."

Miley stormed off to another tree with a lower branch and lifted herself up into it. She started to climb the tree while Oliver stood at the bottom, watching out for her. She threw the fruit down at him, one hitting him on the head.

"Ow." He said as she jumped down onto the ground.

"Sorry." She said harshly and picked up the fruit he dropped.

"Hannah, you could've hurt yourself just now! I'm not trying to save you from everything that happens!" Oliver protested.

"Yeah, yeah, whatever." Miley said, rolling her eyes.

"No, seriously." Oliver said, but then stopped. "Where is the cart? This is where we stopped."

Miley stopped walking and looked around the area. "You're right. It has to be here somewhere." They started to look around the area, but didn't find it. The cart, Lilly and Jackson were gone.

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"We need to find water." Lilly said, getting off the cart.

"But we have to stay here." Jackson said. "We could get lost in that forest and never find our way back."

"What, walk the rest of the way or die of dehydration? I prefer to walk." Lilly said, taking off the leather sack that hung around her neck that was used to store the water. "I can hear a stream, now are you coming with me or not?"

"I'm coming." Jackson said, getting off the cart and following her into the bushes. They walked in silence, listening out for the stream of water. It was faint, but as they kept on walking, it got louder and soon they found the stream. Lilly bent down and put the sack into the water, collecting the liquid in it.

"Do you have anything else we can use to store water in?" Lilly asked. Jackson shook his head and Lilly stood up, tying the top of the sack so the water didn't run out. "Then this is what we have until we find another stream. We better head back now."

The two walked back in silence, Lilly thinking too hard on their journey. Jackson kept looking at Lilly out of the corner of his eye, smiling a bit. Soon they heard voices, which sounded like Miley's and Oliver's.

"It's gone." Miley said.

"It can't be, where are Lilly and Jackson?"

"Here we are." Lilly said, emerging out of the bushes, Jackson behind her.

"Where is the cart? Where were you two?" Miley asked.

"We went to get water. I guess we just have to carry on walking." Jackson said.

"But what about Chocolate and Snowflake?" Miley asked.

"Hannah, they're just horses, they'll be fine. Let's go." Jackson said.

"I wouldn't go that way if I was you." Said a voice behind them. The four of them jumped and turned to face a lady with long pitch-black hair. She wore a deep purple dress and it looked like her eyes were completely black. "That way leads to the witch of this forest, how about you follow me this way." She extended her hand to her right and it looked as if the branches and bushes moved out of the way, to show the path.

"Uh, no thanks." Lilly said, taking a step back.

"Now come children, I'm sure you want a place to rest for a while I'm sure? Maybe have something better to eat, other then those stupid love fruits." She said, waving her hand at the fruit.

"No, I guess we'll just eat these fruit." Miley said, taking one out of Oliver's hands.

"I wouldn't eat those if I was you." She said to Miley.

"Really, why?" She asked, holding the fruit at her lips. "If it's not edible, then I won't eat it."

"Oh it is. Go on eat it." She said, grinning.

"Fine, I will." She said and took a bite and chewed. She made a face and spat it out. "It's sour!" But then she started to rock back and forth, her face looking blank.

"I warned her it was a love fruit." The lady said, looking upset.

"Love fruit?" Oliver shouted. Miley snapped out of the trance she looked to be in and looked at Oliver.

"Ollie!" She squealed, hugging him. Oliver paled.

"O-Ollie?" He said.

"Love fruit? I've only heard of the purple flower myth." Lilly said.

"Oh, that's not a myth dear, it's true. That fruit is the brother of the flower, Cupid missed yet another and it landed on that fruit. It works the same as the juice of the flower, making the person who eats it fall instantly for the first moving thing it sees, whether it be man or animal." The lady said.

"But is there anyway we can reverse the affects?" Oliver asked.

Elicpto smirked, but quickly shook her head. "I'm sorry, but I must be off. Best of luck to you four." She said and walked down the path she created.

"There's something about her that I don't like." Lilly said, glaring at her back.

"Can someone help me… please?" Oliver asked as Miley fell asleep and fell on top of him. Jackson picked up his sister while Lilly helped Oliver up.

"She said something about an old witch living down there. Maybe she knows how to reverse the affects." Lilly suggested.

"Yeah, and hopefully Hannah will sleep the whole way there." Oliver said.

"I hope not, there is no way I'm carrying her the whole way there." Jackson said.

"I thought you liked her anyway Ollie." Lilly said.

"Don't call me that!" Oliver said and glared at his friend. "Let's just go."

The three of them started walking down the trial, not noticing that the cart tracks led down there. For a while they walked in silence, but then Miley groaned and shifted in Jackson's arms.

"Do you think she's waking up?" Oliver asked, hiding behind Lilly. Sure enough the girl opened her eyes.

"Jackson, why are you carrying me?" Miley asked.

"Fine." He said and dropped his sister. Miley screamed as she fell hard onto the ground.

"Gee, thanks Jackson." She said and then looked over at Lilly, who moved out the way so Miley could see Oliver. Miley's eyes then glazed over and she seemed to be staring off into space.

"Hannah? You ok?" Lilly asked, helping Miley up. She shook her head and smiled brightly at Oliver.

"Oh no!" He said, knowing what was coming next.

"Ollie!"

"Don't call me that!" He shouted as Miley hugged him. "This love fruit is really weird, would Hannah really act like this?"

"No, this is the first time I've seen her like this about a guy." Jackson said.

"All the more reason to find the old lady and standing around here chatting won't help it. Let's get a move on." Lilly said, grabbing Jackson's wrist and dragging him forwards. Oliver tried to take a step forwards, but Miley hugging him made it difficult.

"Uh, Hannah, could you quit hugging me?" He asked.

"Why?" She asked.

"Because I can't walk. Here, I'll hold your hand." Oliver said. Miley nodded and grabbed his arm, hugging that instead. Oliver sighed; this was going to be a long journey.

This is kind of weird, just minutes ago she was angry with me and now she's head over heels in love with me! He thought, dragging Miley to catch up with Lilly and Jackson.

"Are you two love birds ok back there?" Lilly called over her shoulder.

"Lilly, shut up!" Oliver called back, pulling Miley along. After an hour of walking and dragging, they stopped to rest. Oliver had to sit down because Miley had enough of walking and wouldn't let go of his arm.

"We're running out of water." Lilly said, taking the sack back from Jackson.

"Is that really our main priority?" Oliver asked.

"Yes, would you rather have Hannah in love with you or die?"

"How about both?"

"Oh come off it Oliver, I saw how you looked at her on the ship and I saw what happened after the incident." Lilly said and smirked at Oliver's horrified face.

"Nothing happened Lilly, now just drop it!"

"What? What happened between them?" Jackson asked.

"Nothing!" Oliver shouted again as Miley put her head on his shoulder and closed her eyes. "Does this love fruit make people sleepy?"

"Well, you would be tired if the whole time you're trying to fight to control yourself." Said and old lady who emerged out of the bushes. "I see the gods tricked your friend there with the fruit."

"Gods? How could they trick her, we were hungry and she ate the fruit herself." Lilly said.

"Really? No one can see the fruit unless the gods want you to." She said.

"But the gods do not exists."

"I wouldn't say that young one." The old lady said, her sea blue eyes shinning. She turned to Oliver and Miley. "Pick her up and follow me, I know the antidote. You two can come too, I have some things for you."

She turned and went back into the bushes. Lilly looked at the two guys. "So, what are we going to do?"

"Well, we were looking for her and she did say she knew how to reverse the affects." Oliver said, standing up and then picking up Miley. "I'm going with Hannah."

"Fine, we'll all go." Jackson said.

"Standing around there won't get you to my hut fast enough." The old lady said. Oliver followed her, Jackson right behind him. Lilly sighed and followed behind.

The hut wasn't that far from where they stopped, but the growth was thick there that it was hard to actually find the place. The old lady entered it and the three of them followed soon after, looking around.

There was a bed pushed against the one wall. On the opposite side of the room was a desk filled with trinkets and vials of liquids that they didn't even want to think about. There was a shelf stacked with books that had seen better days and then there was one window. The old lady sat down in the chair behind the desk, watching all of them.

"You can put the girl down on the bed over there." She said. Oliver placed Miley down and went back to stand with Lilly and Jackson, who were still looking around the hut.

"You don't know what you're looking for, young man?" She asked, looking Oliver.

"Yes I do." He responded.

"Oh really, and what is it that you seek?" She asked, setting her hands in her lap.

"The greatest treasure in the world." Oliver repeated what his father had said to him.

"And you think that is gold and riches? Is that why you took up the life of a pirate, so you could be rich and wealthy and marry some kind of princess of some sort." She said, waving her hand in the air.

"No." Oliver said.

"Really? Well then, what do you think the greatest treasure in the world is?" She asked.

"It's… it's… ok, so I don't know what it is." Oliver said.

"Which is why you came to me. To help you see what it is?"

"No, actually we came here so you could cure my sister." Jackson put in. The old lady glared at him and Jackson shut up.

"There is something I want to tell you, something that I want to tell all of you, even sleeping beauty over there. So what I want you to do is give her this," She said and handed Oliver one of the vials on the desk, "and make her drink this. It will be a while before the affects wear off, so you're just going to have to deal with her while I tell you the story." She said.

Oliver took the vial out of her hands and made a disgusted face. The liquid was pitch black and it looked like something was living in it.

"What if she spits it out?" Oliver asked.

"Then are you prepared to spend the rest of your life with a clingy girl?" She asked. Oliver looked at the liquid and then at Miley.

"I'll give her the potion or whatever it is." He said and then walked over to her bedside. He held her head up and opened her mouth and poured the liquid into her mouth. She swallowed some of it and then started coughing, waking up.

Oliver backed up into the shadows while Miley yawned and sat up. "My head hurts."

"And it should." The old lady said. Miley looked shocked and pointed towards her.

"Who are you?"

"My name is Adriana."

Hehe, that was really fun to write! Try it sometime. But she won't stay in love with him forever, got a big surprise for them next chapter! Mwahahahaha!! The next two chapters are basically getting to know these versions of Lilly and Oliver. That's all I'm saying for now. And leave a review, I love you guys when I check my mail and see I've got a review for this story!