Sorry for the wait! Here's the next chapter!

Reviewer Thanks

jyushi girl: School's stressing me out, too (groan) but luckily writing relaxes me :) And it's okay how you think of Puss... just try not to confuse him with the Puss from Shrek lol

starspring: No problem ^-^ and yes, I just had the urge to have Jiminy be flushed down the toilet because, honestly, he's not the likable kind of cricket you see in Disney movies ;)

And, here we go!

I woke up to being shook by the shoulder. "Hey! What the...?!" I cried out, woken from my sleep... and seeing that I had my arm around Pin. "Yah!"

"Shush!" A familiar voice said as a furry paw slapped over my mouth. "Quiet, you want to wake up everyone?!"

"Wolf! What are you doing in here?!" I kept my voice a whisper, but that didn't keep it from sounding like I was shouting at the gray furball at the top of my lungs, the way his ears bent back in hurt.

"You've got to leave the city. Now."

"What?! Why?!"

Wolf took a deep breath, and I could tell it was going to be a long explanation....

Wolf's POV

I crept through the bushes, watching Red listen to her iPod as she read a magazine in her living room. I couldn't help but find her beautiful... but for some strange reason, the butterflies I felt in my stomach the first time I saw her weren't there. Nowadays, I just felt like I was keeping an eye on Red because either there was nothing else to do...

...Or to see if her parents were doing okay. I had seen her mom crying in the kitchen one night, and her dad was constantly on the phone, calling every Fairytale creature and asking if they'd seen Blu.

To tell the truth, I had lost interest with my love-sickness toward Red, for it was overshadowed by my concern for Blu. Why am I watching her cousin when I should be looking out for her? I asked myself as I watched Red.

Finally, I grew sick of watching Red and walked back into the woods, kicking a stone as I walked. I decided to go to the lake to clear my head of my mixed emotions... but I got side-tracked when I saw my brother, The Real Big Bad Wolf, talking to a cat.

"I'm telling you, she's no ordinary girl!" the cat said, speaking with a Romanian accent. "Do you have any idea who her mother is?!"

"No, and I don't care." Biggy said, annoyed. "Look, Pussy, I'm not paying you to do research on the kid's parents. I'm paying you to kill her!"

"But, she's protected by her mother's magic! Do you think I got this black eye on my own?! ...Well, I didn't!"

My brother grabbed the cat by the throat, lifting him up to eye-level. "Listen, you dumb cat. I want that Blu girl gone by morning, or else there will be no cash for you... and no Puss in Boots for Fairytale Land. Do I make myself clear?!"

Puss in Boots glowered. "Crystal. But, I expect a high profit for this, Big Bad. Very high." And the assassin ran off.

So did I. I had to warn Blu, ASAP!

Back to Blu's POV

My jaw dropped. "Your brother hired an assassin for me?!" I scoffed. "I must say, that's pretty pathetic for him."

"Well, it won't be so pathetic when a cute little black-and-white Romanian cat is slicing your throat!" Wolf said, sneering. "Now, c'mon!" he grabbed my wrist and began pulling me toward a rope hanging from the skylight... I didn't even want to know.

I looked back at Pin, who was still asleep. "Hold it, I can't leave without telling Pin where I'm going. He'll get worried."

Wolf paused and looked at me, inquisitively. "Since when do you care about people worrying about you? ...You feeling okay, Blu?"

I sighed, then took out something from my backpack-- the locket my parents had given to me. I put it around Pin's neck. It was the only meaningful thing I had to give him. I turned back to Wolf. "Alright, let's go, hairball."

He decided not to question my action (which was wise of him) and we climbed up the rope and onto the roof. He then motioned me to get on his back (something I wouldn't be caught dead doing, but since my life was at stake, I had no choice) and he carried me to a train station, where there was an open boxcar full of crates, attached to a train that was ready to leave any minute.

"This train will be heading through the mountains." Wolf told me, then took some money out of his pocket and handed it to me. "Here, use this for food and new clothes when you stop in a town, but save some of it just in case."

"Just in case of what?" I asked.

"In case... you ever want to come back." His eyes were full of sadness, so I could tell he was going to miss me more than I thought he would.

I did something I thought I'd never do to Wolf. I stroked the side of his face. "Thank you, Wolf. For everything." I held his paw in my hand, caressing the top of it with my thumb. I then let go, quickly. "Don't tell anyone I did that, got it?!"

He smiled, obviously sensing the sorrow behind my toughness. "You can count on me."

The train whistle blew and my boxcar began to move. I yelled to Wolf, "Tell Pin I'll write to him!" Though, I'm not sure that-- even with his super-wolf prowess-- that he could hear me.

He waved to me as I rolled down the tracks, and kept waving until I couldn't see him in the distance anymore. I stuck the money he gave me in my pocket-- at least fifty dollars (how he got it, I have no clue)-- and reached into my backpack.

I was planning on pulling out a blanket I packed, but instead I pulled out the blue Teddy Bear Pin gave to me. I held it tightly in my arms. Please don't forget me. I prayed, drifting to sleep at the sound of the train engine as the sun began to peek over the horizon.

A/N: How sad... Well, reviews will lighten everything up, and it may inspire my writing (which it always does :D) But seriously, if you flame me, I'll hire Puss in Boots to eliminate you! ...Maybe.