Disclaimer: I do not claim ownership of the Newsies, the songs, or the plot line in anyway. Anything or anyone that you recognize from the movie belongs to the movie. I am not claiming ownership in any way, shape, or form. I'm just a girl who loves the movie and wants to write about it.

Chapter 9

Jack Kelly's Point of View

"Jack? Ya in?" I looked up to see Racetrack shuffling a deck of cards. One game can't hurt I thought and who knows? Maybe I'll actually win something…for once.

I shrugged, "sure."

Race grinned evilly, "you're gonna regret it," and started dealing out the cards before I could answer. We had played a couple rounds when the door slammed open. I spun around to see Skittery standing there, breathless. He looked like he had been running.

"Hey Skitts, what's the mattah?" asked Kid Blink, standing up and walking over to him.

"Is Rebecca heah?" Skittery asked scanning the room.

"Ya mean Rapunzel?" Asked Race standing up, "why do ya wanna know?"

Skittery gave Race a look that said I'll get you later and asked us again if we had seen her. "Not since this mornin'" I said walking over to him, "I thought she was sellin' with you."

"She was sellin' with me, but then she just disappeared, I've been lookin' all over for her."

"Dear me, it seems like our Rapunzel really is magical" said Race smirking, "she can just vanish into thin air."

"Shut up Race" said Mush stomping on his foot. Race shot Mush a glare but did shut up.

"So none of ya have seen her?" Skittery sounded frantic now. We all shook our heads. "Crap" he muttered, and then he spun around and rushed out the door.

"Skittery! Skitts! Come back!" I called after him, but he kept running and disappeared around a corner. I hurried back to the lodging house. "Hey, listen!" I called as I came through the door, "we gotta go find Rapunzel, so we gotta split up into groups." I paused and scanned the group of newsboys mentally trying to divide them into groups. In the end it ended up being Mush and Blink, Snipeshooter and Pie Eater, Dash and Bumlets, Race and Boots, Snoddy and Specs, and Swifty and Dutchy. That left me by myself but I didn't mind. I hurried down the steps and took off towards Central Park.

I was about halfway there when I spotted an overturned carriage. I walked towards it carefully and stopped short when I saw Rebecca lying on the ground. She was wearing a long pink gown that was made of some sort of expensive material though I couldn't tell what. It looked like she had been in the carriage which had overturned, she had fallen out and had been knocked unconscious and the driver left to go find help. It was strange that a girl who had become a newsie because she had been caught stealing a piece of bread was really a member of the richest class in the city. But there was no doubt in my mind that it was Rebecca. I picked her up and headed for the lodging house.

When I got back several of the other newsies were already back, though Skittery hadn't shown up yet.

"Hey fella's! It looks like Rapunzel was a princess after all!" said Race when I stepped in the door.

"Yup, I guess she was" I said. I carried her up to the bunk room and laid her gently on her bed. It was all really confusing. Becca had seemed so convincing in the role as a poor orphan girl yet here she was, dressed ready to go to a party…a very nice party at that. There was no way that we could have mistaken a different girl for her, she matched Rebecca exactly. Yet it was still difficult to comprehend and I lay awake a long time that night thinking about it. But by the time I finally drifted off I hadn't figured it out yet and Skittery hadn't shown up.

Yes, yes, I know, it was short, sorry! I'll hopefully have the next chapter out tomorrow. But I might not if Athena doesn't get her reviews!