~~~ The New Plan~~~

"Come on guys, could you give a girl a break?" DG had been trying for hours now to get her captures to let her down, with no such luck. It seemed that these Long Coats were happy to see her dangle from the trees in her way to small of a cage. "Come on!! What is it with people in this realm and hanging prisoners from trees? You're worst then the ankle bitters!"

When it became obvious that her captures where either ignoring her or simply not paying attention because they did not see her as a threat, the youngest princess of the O.Z. decided it was time for her to act. First she needed to see why her complaints were going unanswered. To do this DG began to swing the cage from side to side so that she could see out of the side.

What she saw made her if she should laugh, cheer or cry. There around the fire lay her captors, they seemed to all be passed out . . . apparently they had decided to celebrate their capture of a princess. Now as a result of their celebrating DG found herself with an excellent chance to get away, and no idea on how to go about doing just that.

"This would be a great time for the guys to show up . . . I mean it . . . I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE MY FRIENDS RIGHT NOW!!!!!!" After her screamed confession DG realized that fate was not with her. "Well it would have been nice, let's see how I can get myself out of this. Maybe there is a way out of this cage."

After several minutes of pulling at ropes, trying to pick the lock with her hair clip, and simply shaking the bars in hopes that they would open, DG came to the realization that she was trapped, with no real guards watching her, hanging from a tree in the middle of no where. Only in the O.Z. could this happen to me, only here can I go from spending a fun filled vacation in the snow with my friends to being turned into someone's nightingale.

"Wait . . . nightingale maybe that would work. The guys can't be to far away; maybe they just need some way to find me." Checking one more time below her to confirm that her 'guards' were still out the youngest princess of the O.Z. put into action her plan for escape. "Let's see which one was I teaching Glitch last . . . I'm sure it's the only thing he's remembered clearly since we got separated . . . Oh yeah, here goes nothing."

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"Hey Cain, do you hear that?" Glitch had been following Cain and Raw, humming that carol that DG had taught to himself while they headed towards the smoke that the Tin Man had spotted earlier. Now Glitch found himself on the ground looking up at Cain's back. "How did I get down here?"

"Shh! Glitch I think you're right I do hear something." Cain helped the form advisor up, but was only half aware of what he was doing has he tried to focus on the sound coming from the trees. "I think it's the kid. Can anyone tell which way it's coming from?"

The trio had been following the visible trail of smoke rising steadily in the sky till about an hour ago, then the fire must have died out, or the wind shifted because they had lost their beacon to where their missing princess could be. Now floating on the breeze was the sound of singing, one of those carols that DG had been trying to teach to the group earlier that week. Cain and Raw both now found themselves running in the direction of the faint singing, stopping to help Glitch up every time he would fall or see something that caused him to glitch and head in the other direction.

"Silent Night, Holy Night, All is calm, all is-."

The song was suddenly interrupted with a vicious fit of coughing. Cain came to a stop, knowing they were close, but still not sure exactly where the Long Coats' camp could be. At least we have a direction now, good job kid. "Come on you two, it sounds like we need to get there before she sings her voice out."

With a new sense of energy the trio was off again to find their missing member. All Cain could think was how it would not be a silent night for the Long Coats if anything had happened to their girl.

A/N: Okay so I know it's been a while since I updated this, and I apologize for fact that this chapter is so short. I promise to update more regularly, and with larger installments. Let me know what you think, good or bad I love reviews.

Happy Holidays!!!!