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A/N: A big thank you to Hippo-Griff Tamer from being my Beta for this

Chapter 5

DG heard them long before she saw them approaching the barrier. The beauty of the barrier was she could hear and see them but they could neither see nor hear her. It made her giddy when she thought about it; though if Cain ever found out he would, of course, be furious. He hated people spying on him. Smiling she watched as they all looked around trying to figure out how she had erected the barrier that they were now right outside of.

It was her sister who sorta figured it out, "The spell seems very familiar but also different..." Az said turning around twice before it hit her, "Finaqua! DG erected a cloak similar to the one the witch used on Finaqua!"

"So how do we break it? At Finaqua, DG threw a rock and the barrier dropped but I don't think a rock is going to break down this barrier," Cain stated angrily. His anger was pointed at DG because she had run off with no one to protect her and with the barrier between them he couldn't protect her now.

"DG place barrier," Raw began and continued when the entire party was looking at him. "Only true love can break the spell but spell tied to her emotional state not want to talk to Tin Man right now. Angry with self."

They all turned and looked at the elder Cain and he slumped down onto a nearby log groaning. "Raw, why?" he asked once he calmed himself down.

"DG overhear words that she should not have and ran away."

"I know that, in fact we all know that! But I what I want to know is why in her anger did she come here!? Why here of all places?!"

Raw stared at the ex Tin Man for a moment wondering if he should tell his friend why DG had chosen to come to this place. He finally decided to answer his friends inquiry, "Need talk to someone who knew you. Someone who you loved. Wants to try to understand you. Wants to know why you not tell her how you feel."

Cain pressed his head into his hands and leaned forward. Why was it everyone seemed to know his feelings except himself? "What do you mean talk to someone who I loved? Jeb is right here," he asked after looking up.

"Talk to Cain's wife. Why she come here," Raw stated calmly.

Az gasped at that and they turned to look at her. "Az, what is it?" Jeb asked, coming to stand by the princess he had been assigned to protect.

"Her magic must be stronger than I thought," she whispered and then continued when they all looked at her to continue. "Only a truly powerful mage can summon the dead. It can't be though... her magic... How could she have hidden her magic from both Mother and I? How in the name of Ozma did she unlock her magic with out help?" she finished falling onto the log Cain was sitting on.

That statement caught Cain's attention. She had unlocked her magic on her own? How? His anger at his unknown rival suddenly vanished.

"She summoned my mother?" Jeb asked surprised by the feat completely ignoring the rest of the princess's words.

"Another presence is with her, faint but there," Raw confirmed what Az had said.

Cain's head snapped back up at that. Adora was there with DG. He knew for a fact that Adora would tell DG everything she ever wanted to know about himself; about their marriage. Even though he had tried to remember only the good times, he knew that their marriage had been littered with strife and conflict. Determined to talk to DG, he walked towards the place the Elm tree should be and was surprised when he was flung back hitting the ground with a thud. Now that had not been what he had expected to happen and wondered why.

Raw looked at the Tin Man who was laying on the ground and tried not to smile at that sight. "Raw said DG not want to talk to you right now. Can't get through barrier. Tied to her emotions."

"I don't care. I can and will be talking to her by the end of the day!" he huffed standing back up.

At that his companions walked into the barrier that he had just been flung back from. Now he was mad. How in the world did they get to go through it but not himself? Okay, so she had done something that prevented him from going through it and him alone it seemed. When they walked back out sometime later and he asked, "So?"

"Nothing but a field of dead grass," Glitch said confused.

Now that was strange. "How?" he asked for he knew that there should be a cabin beyond the barrier, though if the spell was like the one the witch had used on Finaqua then he could see why there was nothing there.

Az answered, "Raw said that the barrier could only be broken by her true love and that she had also placed a spell that would keep said true love from entering the barrier until she was ready to talk. Apparently she isn't ready yet. But it seems that only you are not allowed through and by deduction we have all figured out that since you are the only one not allowed through, then you must be her true love. Though I don't see why you are not allowed to enter, there's nothing there but a barren field just like the map said."

"Well it looks like we will be camping out for awhile then," Glitch sighed dramatically looking at he sky and seeing the moon rise on the horizon.

"No we won't, Zipperhead. She can't possibly stay mad at herself forever," Cain returned the sigh as he looked at the barrier that was keeping him from the woman he loved.

Raw came over and sat by Cain on the fallen log. "Talk to her, she will hear you."

Raw's words had everyone looking at him in shock. He shrugged and said, "She can hear us."

Cain's emotions were all over the place at that. Fear, longing, love, anger, pain were all clamoring for domination. Love though won out and was pushed to the forefront of his heart and mind. He stood then and walked off, not so far that they couldn't see him but far enough away that they could not hear what he was going to say to his runaway princess.

DGWC

DG and Adora watched the group with identical smiles on their faces. Both were a bit concerned when Wyatt was thrown back from the barrier, neither had expected that to happen, and had to stifle giggles at his reaction to the others being let through but not himself.

"How long do you think before you can talk to him?" Adora asked amused.

"A few days unless he surprises me before that. He's right I can't stay mad at myself forever nor can I stay away from him for any length of time without missing him."

"I have a feeling you and he are going to have a very long heart to heart in the near future," Adora continued to smile and then laid a ghostly hand on top of the princess's and smiled, "Well, I think I will leave you for now to watch and see." With that she faded from view leaving DG to watch her sister and friends setting up camp. She kept her eyes on them but followed Wyatt when he left the group. Curious as to what he was doing, she stood nearly in front of him behind the barrier he couldn't get through.