More Mystical Allies

"You are totally lucky! You almost landed in the water!" A girl with brown hair and blue eyes giggled, watching her friend hopping the creek. An empty basket hung from the brunette's arm, the hem of her red gown wet.

A girl with brown hair in a high ponytail with a purple dress that matched her violet eyes stood with her hands on her hips in the middle of the creek, standing on a rock slick with moss. She replied, "Relax, Robin! I have hopped this creek over a million times over the past 19 years. I know what I am doing."

Robin rolled her eyes. "Bunny, your stubborn personality is going to-" A loud splash interrupted her comment. Bunny stood shin deep in the creek, violet dress an even darker purple in the damp spots. Bunny had a perplexed look on her face, while Robin laughed her butt off. "Bun-Bun! I told you!"

Bunny huffed, sloshing through the water and climbed up onto the bank. Wringing water out of her dress, she splashed Robin. Robin jumped back, her face mixed with surprise and annoyance. Now Bunny laughed. "Come on, Robin! You are way too serious! Live a little!"

Robin snuffed up her nose in a playful way, positioning the basket handle in the crook of her elbow. "And you're too sarcastic for your own good. How you're Queen Larissa's daughter, I will never know."

Bunny scrunched up her face. "You know I don't like that whole royal lifestyle. Never have, never will." She grinned, falling back into a small pile of leaves. "Besides, who wouldn't want to live in nature?"

Robin revealed a smile. "Yeah. I agree. That's why we moved out here, anyways."

Bunny sat up, listening to the silent forest. The sun was barely above the trees, and the morning air was still a little chilly. Bunny stood still, balancing on the rock. A smile widened across her face as she faced the sun. Robin spread out her arms and faced the sun as well. Bunny's eyes darted to the left, the side of the creek that Robin was on. Robin tensed a bit, feeling a disturbance in the air. "Can you sense that?" Bunny hissed. Robin nodded slightly. Darting up, quick as a bunny, Bunny took off down the faint trail with Robin right behind her.

Without breaking a sweat, Bunny and Robin reached a small clearing at the base of Sledge Rock, the main mountain in the Sledge Rock Mountain Chain. Scanning the vicinity, Bunny noticed a bump among the otherwise even land. She glanced back at Robin, who was nodding, showing that she noticed it as well. Approaching slowly, Bunny tried to get a good look at what was laying on the ground. Moving a strand of hair, Bunny gasped.

Robin jumped slightly, obviously startled. "What is it?" she whisper screamed.

"It's a girl! I mean, she's a girl!" Bunny responded, no longer keeping quiet. "Oh my gosh…"

"What is it?" Robin wondered, wandering closer. She has dropped the basket when she had jumped earlier.

Bunny bit her lip, looking back at her friend who was coming up from behind. Robin looked over Bunny's shoulder, at the girl on the ground. She had orange hair, pulled back in a messy ponytail with knots throughout it. Her dress was pink with white flowers, a hot pink jacket over the top, and pink silk flat shoes. But what caught Robin and Bunny off was her pale skin, white like an albino, and a deep cut across her cheek with infection visible. "She looks like she was injected with shmake poison." Robin commented.

Bunny nodded, feeling for a pulse. "She is still breathing but the poison has almost taken her. We need to get her back home, pronto if we want to save her."

Robin nodded eagerly, but a frown was present on her lips. "How are we gonna get her there? The house is like a mile away!"

Bunny huffed. "Hey, I am pretty strong. Don't underestimate my abilities."

"It was your 'abilities' that landed you in the river 12 minutes ago," Robin muttered under her breath.

Bunny scoffed, scooping Blossom up, and positioning her so she was on her back piggy back style. Bunny's features looked strained, but was faring well enough. Robin sighed, as she claimed her over turned wicker basket. It was going to be a long walk back. And it didn't look like they were going to pick apples and plums this morning.

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A shrill scream shattered Butch's dream. With a yawn, he sat up and rubbed the sleep out of his eyes. It didn't take long for his eyes to adjust to the dark cave, since he is borderline see in the dark. He glanced around, trying to find Buttercup, but didn't spot her outline anywhere.

Bubbles was frantically searching and yelling Blossom's name, while Boomer seemed to be packing up their gear. Brick, Buttercup and Blossom were not present. Butch grumbled, turning over to go back to sleep. Bubbles voice got louder as she yelled, making Butch use his pillow to cover his head to block the noise.

Butch tried sinking into the sleeping bag underneath him. If he was correct, which he probably was, their days of rest half come to an end. Brick and Buttercup probably went scouting to make sure the coast is clear. Blossom probably went to collect berries and hunt or something. And Bubbles and Boomer had to pack. Only, why would they let him sleep in? Usually he went scouting with Brick and Buttercup.

Butch heard footsteps approaching him, but he didn't pay any mind to it. A moment later, his blanket was ripped off of him and his pillow was used to slap him on the head. Butch shot up in a threatening way, only to be greeted by a pissed Buttercup.

"What the heck Buttercup?! Don't wake me up like that." Butch fired.

Buttercup seethed. "Now is not the time, Butch. Blossom is missing."

Butch shook his head lightly, as if to say he didn't believe it. "What do you mean she is missing?"

Buttercup stooped to grab her sleeping bag and pillow that was already rolled up neatly and ready to be loaded onto a horse. If they had any still. They could have ran off. She tried to keep her composure and not scream. She was scared for Blossom's safety, and she didn't feel like she could control her actions. "We found her footprints leading away from the cave and onto the ledge. Brick and I walked down the mountain a bit, trying to see if we could see her. But then we saw a second person's tracks and..."

Butch stood up, and pulled Buttercup into a caring embrace. Butch could feel her heart race quicken quicken. Buttercup glanced up with a pathetic look, giving Butch the perfect opportunity to press his lips against hers. Closing her eyes, Buttercup kissed him back, allowing her troubles to momentarily melt away. After a minute, they broke away, panting softly.

Butch smiled down at her kindly. "Now, babe, where is Brick?"

Buttercup scolded softly. "He continued down the mountain looking for clues to what happened. He told me that he needed some time alone, and that I should go back, wake you up, and tell Bubs and Boom to grab our stuff and meet him at the base of the mountain. He is really stressed. He punched the mountain hard enough to make his fist bleed."

Butch nodded. He knelt beside his bed, and began rolling it up into a burrito, with the pillow tucked safely inside. Looping the strap over his head and onto his shoulder, Butch snatched up Buttercup's hand and they exited the cave together.

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Outside, Bubbles was crying hysterically. Cupping her hands like a megaphone, she repeatedly shouted, "BLOSSOM!"

Boomer came up beside her, grabbing onto her wrist to pull her away from the edge of the cliff. Bubbles tugged away violently. "Bubbles, come away from the edge! And your screaming might trigger a rock slide."

Bubbles continued to pull away. "No! We have to fin her!" Tears streamed harder down her face and her words became louder and more desperate every time Bubbles spoke.

Boomer pulled her away from the edge, placing his hands on both of her shoulders. "Bubbles!" he exclaimed forcefully. Bubbles fell into his arms, and sniffled. Boomer wrapped his left arm around her waist, and used his right hand to stroke her hair in a gentle and soothing way. "Bubbles, we will find her. She will be fine. Okay? You just gotta have faith."

Boomer heard footsteps from behind and turned his head toward where Buttercup and Butch emerged from the cage. He looked at how pale Buttercup was and then at the two greens holding hands. Boomer nodded. "Meltdown?"

Butch grinned. "Big time."

Buttercup slapped Butch across the chest with the back of her hand. "Can it, String Bean."

Butch grinned bigger. "I didn't realize we were still doing nicknames, but I can roll with it Butterstuff."

Buttercup rolled her eyes, tore her hand away from Butch's stomped off down the Rocky trail. Bubbles inhaled slowly, and gave Boomer a quick peck on the cheek before darting after Buttercup. Boomer slung his bag and Bubbles bag over his shoulder.

"What do you think happened to Blossom?" Butch asked. The two Splitzer brothers started down the mountain together.

Boomer shrugged. "I have no idea but I hope she's alright."

Butch kicked a pebble that sent it skidding over the rough terrain then finally over the edge. "When did you guys realize she was gone?"

"Bubbles woke up because she had a dream that she was surrounded by bugs or somethin, so she screamed herself awake. From there she realized that Blossom wasn't there and she woke up me and Brick. Buttercup got up when Bubbles crying got hysterical. " Boomer started laughing softly. "I'm surprised that you slept through all that noise."

Butch shrugged. "I am a heavy sleeper."

Boomer stopped in his tracks, and started walking towards the edge of the cliff. He stared down at the ground for a minute before glancing at Butch. "Want to levitate down? The girls are almost down, so they must have ran. Brick is already down there. I can see his red red hat from here."

Butch grinned. "Sounds epic." With a running start, Butch ran toward the edge and flung himself off the cliff.

"Show off," Boomer huffed, falling face first from the edge. Boomer grinned as he felt the air rush gassed his face, the dew splashing lightly on his face. Opening his eyes, he muttered a few words that slowed the effects of gravity for Butch and himself, with a blue mist forming around them. Carefully, Butch and Boomer landed on the ground.

Butch started laughing when he saw Buttercup up the hill quite a ways with an angry look on her face. Bubbles stood next to her, with an equally unamused look. Feeling bad about leaving them behind, Boomer muttered his short phrase, and then a blue mist surrounded the two girls, levitating them down the rest of the 200 ft.

Bubbles grinned flirting at Boomer when she reached the ground. She hopped over to hi, planted a kiss on his lips, then bounded away with Buttercup to see what Brick had discovered about Blossom's sudden disappearance.

Brick knelt beside an indent in the ground, a pink fabric in his hand. He had trace the series of footprints to a small clearing in the woods, a little ways away from the mountain. What had Blossom been thinking? Why would she have ventured so far away from them , and at night? Blossom was smarter than that. Could they have hypnotized her or placed a spell on her? Maybe.

Moving around the small field, Brick could trace the footprints to several people. He was able to find Blossom's ballet slipper prints easily because of the the smooth sole. Two other guests had been there there the night previous, based on the freshness of the dirt. One who was there for a short time and fled into the woods. The second person had apparently fought Blossom.

Brick used his feet to walk in the footsteps that Blossom had taken when fighting. She had lunged to eagerly at one point, leaving herself open to an attack. He followed the fight on more until he found the last spot that Blossom had lay in. The ground was creased and a green liquid was pooling.

Brick inhaled sharply, feeling like he had let her down. Nose twitching, ears strained, he could make out rustling foliage. Drawing his sword, Brick whirled around to meet Buttercup, Bubbles, Butch, and Boomer.

"Take it easy buddy," Boomer soothed, pulling the sleeping bag straps farther up his shoulder.

"Its only us," Buttercup added.

"Were you able to find anything?" Bubbles pressed, kneeling down at the footprint and indent in the ground.

Brick felt like punching a wall. How could he have let Blossom down? He should have never left her. Feeling defeated, Brick choked out, "She put up a good fight. But in the end, I think her enemy got the best of her." He produced a small dagger from his pocket with a green fluid dripping from it. It matched the liquid in the hole.

Buttercup and Bubbles gasped. Butch growled. Boomer appeared torn. Brick was a combination of sadness and being pissed off. "We have to find who did this to her," Buttercup growled, murder on her mind.

"And avenge Blossom," Brick agreed. Anger and vengeance filled his voice.

Bubbles screamed out of horror, anger, sorrow, an revenge. Blossom was like her sister. Now, her sister was taken away from her. Killed. Never to be seen again. Bubbles grabbed a rock and tossed it.

Butch was about to curse, when he noticed more footprints. He knelt beside a pair of barefoot footprints. He glanced up at his weakened friends. "Guys, look." 4 pairs of eyes fastened on where Butch was, and tried to make sense of what good it was. A smile twitched at the corners of his lips, hope flickering in his gaze. "Do you think that may.."

"Maybe Blossom is alive?" Bubbles finished the sentence, tearing up again.

"Its not certain guys." Buttercup noted, rubbing her arms.

"At least it's a thread of hope that we can grasp onto," Brick encouraged, clapping Butch on the back.

Boomer stood confused. "Say what now?"

Brick face palmed. "Dude, someone came after last night. Maybe someone found her, and took her to their place to heal her!"

"Ohhhh-"

"Shhhhhhh!" Bubbles shushed. She listenedintently for a moment. The others listened but didn't notice anything out of the norm.

Butch rolled his eyes. "Bubbles, what the-"

"Shhhhhhh!" Bubbles listened again, a smile creeping on her face. "She's here."

"Who's here?" Buttercup demanded.

"Blossom?" Brick asked, desperation in his voice.

Bubbles shook her head. She gazed toward an arch of trees, near where a stream was. Brick followed her gaze, to find a white horse in the archway. The horse was a shimmering white with a purple hue to its fur. A white spiraling horn with a purple sparkle protrudes from the head of the horse. Block's eyes widened, mouth agape in wonder. 'A unicorn' he mouthed.

Bubbles smiled. " She wants us to follow her!" She breathed shallowly.

"Will she lead us to Blossom?" Boomer asked, his voice full of amazes puzzlement.

Bubbles took a step forward. "She won't tell me, but she seems ever to show us something."

"Well, if the shoe fits, wear it!" Buttercup announced, taking a cautious step toward Bubbles.

The magnificent horse reared, her purplish white fur glistening. Feet landing on the ground firmly, she took off at a brisk pace, jumping the stream easier than the previous hour. Sprinting at a new speed, fueled by lost hope redeemed, Brick, Boomer, Bubbles, Butch, and Buttercup followed the beautiful horse into the woods.

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Legs tingling, head throbbing, Blossom sat up, finding herself on a wooden table. How had she gotten here? Wasn't she in the woods with Sedusa? The shmake cut! Her hand flew to her face. Using her fingers, she felt that her face didn't feel like it was expanding, and the wound had significantly closed up. Shouldn't she be dead?

A noise from another room startled her, bringing her down to earth. A girl walked into the room carrying a tray of food. She had straight brown hair that hung freely and flowed down her back. Her red dress Reached down to her ankles and she wore now shoes on her feet. Her ice blue eyes matched her perfect skin that had no blemish. She smiled.

A second girl walked in behind her carrying a pale pink gown. She had orange hair similar to Blossom's in color, that flowed down to her knees and curled. Her eyes were a vibrant green against her perfect skin. Her beautiful yellow dress flowed down to her knees, and curled at the hem. She smiled as well.

Blossom scooched away, fearfully, accidentally knocking a few plates and cups onto the floor. The brunette laughed. "Don't be afraid of us! We're here to help. My name is Robin." She set the tray of fruit, eggs, and milk onto the table.

Inching down from the table, Blossom relaxed. The red head, giggled, placing the pink dress down on a chair. "My name's Princess. I know, silly name right? I think my parents always though I would grown up to become one."

Blossom smiled. She liked these girls. They reminded her of Bubbles. "Oh my name is Blossom. Sorry that I was so nervous, but I have been through alot."

Robin nodded. "We understand. Based on your injuries that you acquired last night, we could tell that the empress was after you."

"Which automatically makes you an allie." Princess added. "Now eat up, your food is getting cold."

Blossom smiled. Picking up a strawberry, she sniffed it then popped it into her mouth. Snatching up a second berry, she glanced around the small house. There were two rooms and the walls, floor and ceiling were consructed out of sod, so the house was built into a hill. A small rounded window revealed the forest and a small flourishing garden. A small stove rested in the corner of one of the rooms which had to be the kitchen. An ice box was in the opposite corner, and a small empty tub was nodded behind a curtain. A table was in the center with no food fragments leftover, and a clean bucket of water Sat near the door. Clean laundry was hung on a clothesline out a window. Blossom could perceive that these girls were tidy.

The second room was bigger, with an arched doorways two windows. There was a fire place on one wall, and a few couches were in the room. Blossom was sitting at a small table for four in the living room part. Baskets of washed clothes were separates by whether it was purple, red, or yellow.

Blossom fingered a blueberry. "Um...where am I?"

Robin giggled. "The woods." Blossom gave a blank face. Robin giggled again. "Technically, we are not part of any city or village. The closest encampment of people would be Dale, but that is about 2 days journey from here."

"Why are you guys here then?" Blossom spooned some of the eggs into her mouth. Her expression lit up and she continued to shovel the yellow mass into her mouth.

Princess twirled around gracefully. "We prefer life away from civilization where we can do what we please. Grow our own food, take walks when we please. It is much easier to think here too."

Blossom used her forearm to wipe egg an fruit residue from her face, and she felt her cut from the night before as her skin skimmed across her face. "Ahem. You were talking about my um...injuries earlier."

"Oh yes! The shmake venom had almost taken you by the time Bunny an I found you." Robin said, folding her arms politely.

"How am I not dead?" Blossom asked, guzzling down some milk.

"Since we are your friends and we can see into your well being and know what is in your heart we will tell you." Princess decided.

"We're unicorns!" Robin gushed.

Blossom spewed some milk. "But how? You're people."

"Not exactly." Princess held up a charm bracelet with a charm that looked like the horn of a narwhale.

"Like dragons, unicorns can take the shape of an avatars. The charms on our bracelets are actually our unicorn horn. We kind of like wish upon it to become our true forms. We can show you sometime." Robin explained.

Blossom smiled and nodded. "What happens if someone steals your horn? Will you ever be able to change back into your horse shape?"

"That doesn't happen. Unicorns are the purest purest heart out of all mystical beings, standing for what is right and just. Our horns help reflect that power. If a thief were to steal a horn of a unicorn, they would be filled of agonizing guilt, and would return it immediately. Then that being is put on trial. Punishments are distributed based on the reason the theif tried to steal a horn." Princess Robin's description.

"What do you mean punishments are distributed by the reason?" Blossom asked.

Robin nodded, approving the question. She pinned a strand of hair behind her ear. "Unicorns horns are very valuable and priceless. Sometimes men try to steal them to become rich and powerful. Their reasoning for theft is unjust and vain, thus getting a more brutal judgement. Sometimes, men are in debt, and their families are on the verge of being sold as slaves to pay for debt. They are still pestered by guilt for the theft of a unicorn horn, but on a significantly lower level. Those individuals punishments are less severe and their debt is often pages off for them out of mercy. Unicorns are beings of light and love as dragons are beings of darkness and hate. Since we are so pure, a touch from a unicorns horn could cure any disease or sickness. That's why you are still with us." Robin summed up. She pulled a pink rose from a flower pot on the windowsill, the tucked it behind Blossom's ear- the thorns cut off.

Princess smiled. "You are very beautiful."

Blossom smiled back. "Thank you. But you two are so pretty too." She complimented .

Robin laughed. "You used double 'to'"

Blossom blinked. "What?"

Princess shook her head. "That's just Ro being Ro."

Robin rolled her eyes with a giggle. Blossom finished up the rest of her food, then offered to wash it for the girls, but they refused to let her.

"But you could help us bake some bread and some cookies. Bunny, another friend of ours, will be home soon, and she'll be hungry. You don't need too, but if you wanted to help.." Princess suggested, trailing off.

Robin slapped her hand on the table. "Princess, we shouldn't have her work! She's our guest!"

"No, I want to help you guys!" Blossom protested.

"Okay," Robin exclaimed happily, pulling out some already prepped dough to be used for bread. She gave some to Blossom, then began kneading it.

Robin hummed a cheerful tune as she worked. Blossom grinned and hummed the tune along with her, which Robin smiled at. Blossom was reminded of Bubbles by Robin. She really missed her friends, and they probably think that she died or that she betrayed them. How awful. A tear escaped her eye.

Princess began making a jam using home grown fruit from their trees and gardens, and after the bread was baked, jam was made, and the cookies in the fire baking, Robin suggested that the three of them took an hour break and get something to eat. There were no protests.

After the cookies had finished baking, Princess walked over to the window to find a white horse with a purplish tint galloping towards the small home with five teenagers in pursuit. Bunny began running circles around them and rearing gracefully before changing back into her human avatar. Boomer, Bubbles, Butch, and Brick watched intriguingly as Bunny's body began shrinking, and her legs and head shrunk to the size of a human's.

Bunny laughed at their faces, jaws ajar, nose twitching, eyes fixed on her. Bunny did a little spin in place, dark hair in a ponytail flowing and the hem of her violet dress fluttered. She stopped and the others were still frozen in awe. Bunny crossed her arms and began getting impatient. "Guys, come on. Stop staring at me."

Buttercup was the first to speak, which she found odd. Normally Bubbles would say something first because she feels connected to nature and has the Gift of Language. She must have been to th presence of a unicorn or something. "I thought that only Splitzers have weird eye coloration. But you have purple."

Bunny fluttered her eye lashes to attract more attention to her purple colored eyes. "Splitzers aren't the only being to have wacky eye coloring. Splitzers one race among several to have that oddity. Unicorns have eye coloring similar to that of Splitzers. You probably noticed when getting passed those dragons that they had out of the normal eyes too." Bunny shrugged. "I think mermaids and nymphs are the last races known to have eyes like that."

Brick stepped forward. "This is fascinating, but do you know where our friend Blossom is? We need to find her." A hint of sarcasm was in his voice.

Bunny kicked a ball that was resting on the grass, trying to take on a mysterious atmosphere. "I haven't introduced myself! My name is Bunny."

Bubbles smiled. "That's a cool name," she complimented.

"You didn't answer the question." Butch huffed, crossing his arms.

Bunny was about to say something when a door in a hillside opened up. A girl with brown hair and blue eyes came outside the door. "Bunny!"

Bunny winced and turned around slowly, a smile plastered onto her face. "Yes, Robin?"

"Why didn't you just bring them inside. They think their friends is dead, the best you could do is level with them." Robin had hands on her hips.

Bubbles grinned. The exchange reminded her of what her and Buttercup's arguments went. Bunny shrugged indifferent, then sauntered to the door in the hill. That's when Bubbles glimpse a sword with a pearly spiral hilt sheathed at Bunny's waist. Robin ushered them inside. Bubbles, Brick, Boomer,.and Buttercup made a brake for the door while Butch leisurely made his way to the hut home.

Blossom was as sitting in a velvet chair, getting acquainted to Bunny through Princess. The pink girl had no idea that her friends were on their way inside. A door opened and Blossom's face lit up with joy as she dashed across the room.

another chapter done...BAA BAM! I hoped you guys liked the surprise characters in this chapter, and seriously, this chapter was sooooo much fun to write. It was a blast. Oh my gosh, I love writing fake history and facts! It is so much fun, it makes me feel smarter, lol. And what's more fun than writing facts about unicorns? That's what I thought... NOTHING!

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