...I'm back...I'm probably talking to no one since all of my fans ran off because I was taking too long...Well anyway I blame school and band and I am standing by that story! (Let's not mention the fact that I was putting this off because I couldn't think of what to write for it[isn't that called writer's block?]) Whatever! I'm introducing three, count them, three OC's in this chapter and it's made me happy! I hope they are received well by my nonexistent fans.

Goldilocks was woken by someone shaking her. She rolled over expecting to see Orson above her, but instead a masked figure was the only thing in her view. She shot up and opened her mouth, right before a hand covered it.

"Just trust us. We are the Magical Kingdom's messengers… and testers." A female voice whispered in her ear. Goldilocks stayed tense for another few minutes.

This was too hard for her.

She closed her eyes once more and willed her body to relax. She couldn't fail the first part of the test because afterwards she would come back with Orson and she…Goldilocks was shaking, but she still nodded her head. She got out of her bed and walked away with the strangers, still shaking all the way.

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Orson waited almost an hour after she had left before he dared to move. He quietly slipped out of bed and started picking up his meager belongings, shoving them into a bag. He stared at Goldilocks be for a long time before he moved. He left before he could think on his decision again, silently wishing that Goldilocks could had at least loved him half as much as he did her, as he left.

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Meanwhile, Goldilocks walked into an alley with the two people. The man opened a passage that went underground. They waved at her to follow, and she hesitated for only a moment, but still went after them. They eventually entered a large room where an old weathered man was sitting, a cane by his chair.

"Congratulations on passing the first part. It's supposed to be the easiest part, but I saw you had some trouble with it Goldilocks" his voice was scratchy, as though he had something stuck in his throat, matching perfectly with his face.

"Welcome to the testing rooms." He said waving his hands around feebly, "The first test will be administered by Shaelyn , in this room. I will be watching every test from my private room, to analyze everything you do and say. Oh and yes, I am Samus."

With those words he picked up the cane and left the room, while simultaneously, a large hawk entered. Now, when I say large, I mean something that was only slightly below the dirt ceiling of the underground room. If Goldilocks wasn't slightly used to this from her two expeditions out on town she would have screamed and run away like when she was a little girl.

"Well, hello little one, I am Shaelyn as master has told you. I shall be asking you simple questions about yourself." She spoke with a quiet, but assured voice, as if she knew her place and herself. Goldilocks was relieved that it wasn't a human that was conducting her test. She was led to a small table sitting in the middle of the room where there was one chair. Shaelyn opted to sit on the floor her head even with Goldilocks' as she sat in the chair.

"If you may, will you please tell me everything about yourself, leading up to your journey into the magical kingdom?" She asked, even though it was closer to a command. Goldilocks hesitated for a few moments but she soon spoke imagining that she was speaking to one of her forest friends, albeit, a little bigger than usual. She would only be thrown off when the hawk commented, but she kept resuming, remembering what she was doing and, partly, for whom. Even thinking this, she still left out the part about her face being beautiful, only saying that people hated her for it.

"Ahhh, such a sad life for a young one." Shaelyn murmured to herself, her eyes slightly clouding over as if she were remembering something from her own past.

"I have a few more questions for you, if you are willing to answer." Goldilocks nodded her head and she continued, "Why do you wear a mask?" She stiffed, she knew that this would have eventually come up in the conversation, but Goldilocks didn't know how to answer. It would be even worse if they wanted to see her face, for her to take her mask off! She squeezed her eyes shut, and shook her head, but she still answered.

"Most of my problems have been caused by it, so I hide it" she knew it wasn't the best answer, and probably not the one Shaelyn had been looking for, but she accepted that as the best Goldilocks could do. She moved on to more trivial questions, like her skills and age, and Goldilocks relaxed into the discussion. She found that she liked Shaelyn's serene nature, thinking that they could have been friends under different circumstances.

Soon, though, this part of the test was over. The hawk looked at her with pitying eyes before leading her to another door, her next test. Shaelyn sincerely wished that Goldilocks would pass, for her own good.

The next test was conducted by a small housecat by the name of Catalyst. It had strange bright scarlet fur, bright green eyes, and, of course, she could speak. This test was the easiest for Goldilocks since she only have to work with her body. She could run and lift heavy things; this was part of her everyday life. The only thing that kept her wary was the way Catalyst glared at her throughout the test, only speaking when Goldilocks needed instructions.

It was as though she was looking for something.

At the end of the test the cat only pointed to the door with her tail, Goldilocks was just leaving as the cat spoke.

"Good luck on the next test. It's most likely that is where you will fail." Her voice spoke with knowledge as though in the short time she had been testing Goldilocks; she had analyzed everything about her, as though she could see right through her. Goldilocks turned around, not to see a cat, but a child with the same bright eyes and bright hair, staring right at her with an expressionless face. She rushed out of the room slamming the door on her way out.

"If Catalyst has given you advice, you would do well to listen to it. She would know what she is talking about." Shaelyn spoke from her place at the table they had been at only a few hours ago. Something about her seemed colder as she pointed to the door, where Goldilocks assumed her next test was. She made no move to head to it though.

If the next part was truly as bad as Catalyst and Shaelyn made it out to be, then did she really want to finish? She shook her head, if she didn't pass this, then she couldn't be with Orson, even as a friend. And that fate was worse than any other she could think of. Before Goldilocks could wonder when she had gotten so wrapped around Orson, she opened the door, walking into darkness.

Yay! Chapter four! You probably have to know me well to know where Catalyst came from, but the other two were spur of the moment kind of characters. Wow I think this is my favorite chapter right now! I hope I don't have as many mistakes in this one as the last chapter...although I think I overdid it in the way Shaelyn speaks, but I kind of like that proper-ness...Well I'm going to start so (most likely not) the next chapter will get done earlier...