Corinne rode up to the palace gates and slid off of Victory's back "Thanks girl." the horse whinnied then ran off.

Corinne smiled as she faced the castle. Then she ran towards the steps .

Two musketeers stared at her shocked as she ran past them "Hi guys!" she waved.

Then she ran up the steps, taking them three at a time, and burst through the doors "Hello!"

There was the sound of jumping and scrambling. Then, the three musketeer girls came running out of the throne room, Treville and Louis right behind them.

"Corinne!" They all squealed "You're back!"

Corinne laughed as she was enveloped in a hug "Of course I'm back."

"We were so worried!" Aramina gushed "You've been gone like over a month!"

"Trust me, I know." Corinne answered "It wasn't easy getting back either."

"Corinne! Your dress!" Viveca gasped, then she cocked her head "It's kind of cute but terribly outdated." she put her hands on her hips "But it matches the new hair look. Where are your boot!?"
"We just got a ransom note for you." Louis said "How did you escape?"

"Using a little girl power." Corinne answered.

Treville chuckled "Corinne, I would like to speak to you for a moment."

"Yes, Sir." Corinne nodded. She sent her friends one last smile then followed Treville into another room.

"Corinne, where have you been ?" Treville asked.

"Well, I got kidnapped and taken a thousand miles away." Corinne answered "But I must have fallen out of their wagon or something. It took me four weeks to get back... moving as fast as I could and avoiding an army."

Treville shook his head "How did you manage?"

Corinne laughed softly "I had my 'twin' to help me."

Treville's eyebrows shot up "You found your twin?"

Corinne froze "What?"

Now Treville was confused "You said you had your twin to help you."

"I was joking." Corinne answered slowly "Why did you ask if I had found my twin?"

"Because..." Treville shook his head "Now I'm confused. Did you or did you not find your twin?"

"What twin?"

Treville stared at her, then he cringed "I wasn't supposed to say anything."

"About what?"

"Your twin."

"What twin?"

The Captain sighed "A long time ago, you had a sister. A twin."

Corinne's eyes widened "What!?"

"Her name was Cayenne." He chuckled slightly "Yes, like the pepper. But your mother thought it was pretty, so she named her after a Pepper."

Corinne shook her head "What happened to her?"

"One night, a criminal that your father had put in prison broke out. For revenge, he attacked your home. Set the barn on fire and stormed the house."

That dream that she and Liana had had flashed through Corinne's mind. Was it possible?

"When he got inside, he started wrecking everything. Your mother ran into y'alls room, hoping to get you two out, but he heard your father and I coming up the road. So he burst into the room. Since your mother already had you in her arms, he grabbed the one still in the cradle and ran, knowing how much D'artagnon treasured his family." he shook his head slowly "We searched everywhere. A few weeks later, we found the man laying beside a river... dead. Cayenne was nowhere to be found. Since the man was wet, we figured he must have fallen in the river and drowned along with your sister."

Corinne was staring wide eyed at the Captain "Beside a river?"

"Mm-hm."

Her mind was racing. Liana had been found beside a river! She'd had that same nightmare.

Treville saw the look that was on Corinne's face "Corinne? Are you alright?"

"Liana." Corinne breathed "I have to go find her!" she spun around, but halted as a large BANG! suddenly echoed through the halls, followed by shouting.

"NO!" Corinne thought "I forgot to warn them! We can't fight them!"

Treville ran past her, his sword drawn.

"They're too big!" Corinne called to no avail. With a sigh, she pulled out her sword and went to join the battle.

"These guys are huge!" Renee gasped.

"I know." Corinne mumbled "There's no way we're going to out muscle them!"

"Hey look!" A voice shouted "It's the musketeer!"

Corinne groaned "Oh look. It's Heinrich and Drake."

"You know these guys?" Viveca asked.

"Let's just say I've been avoiding them for four weeks."

"Ah."

The fight became fierce and heated. But no matter how hard the musketeers tried, they couldn't overpower the army, and it wasn't long till they were all tied up.

"I was supposed to warn y'all as soon as I came in the door." Corinne said "But I... forgot."

"Don't worry about it." Aramina, who was tied up a few feet away, said "We've been in worse situations than this before. True, the guards weren't quite as big."

"We might have been able to out smart them." Renee mumbled "But it's a little too late now."

Corinne sighed, then her attention was drawn to the doorway.

Liana peeked in, then backed back out of sight.

"Maybe it's not too late." Corinne thought. No one else had seen the other blond, so this could work good.

When Liana peeked back in, Corinne smiled at her, then nodded slightly towards the guards, then to her friends.

Liana nodded slightly showing she understood.

"Hey, girls." Corinne whispered "Slowly move around me so the guards can't see me."

"Okay." Renee said slowly.

Once the three were blocking Corinne from view, she ducked, then looked over at Liana and nodded.

Liana stepped into the doorway "Hello." she called.

The guards swung around to where Liana was standing. She waved, then spun around and took off running.

"How'd she get loose?" One guard shouted "How'd she get out without us seeing her? Get her!"

then all the guards ran.

"I don't even want to know how you did that." Renee said slowly.

"I didn't." Corinne answered, starting to fight the ropes viciously "Oh come on! Aramina, your fans have blades in them right?"

Aramina nodded "Oh yeah!"

"Throw me one! Quickly!"

When Aramina did as instructed, Corinne started sawing at the ropes quickly.

"I'm all for getting out quick." Renee said "But, what's the rush?"

"That girl you saw is Liana. And she's got a sprained ankle!"

"Wait..." Viveca shook her head confused "That clone outside the door was a different person?"

"Technically." Corinne answered as the ropes gave way "But not basically." then she stuck the fan in Renee's hand "Come as fast as you can. I just have to go rescue Liana!"

"Get out of here." Renee smiled "We'll be there lickity-split."

Corinne nodded then ran out the door.

Liana raced across the castle yard, trying to ignore the immense pain in her ankle.

She wasn't sure where Jeremy was, considering she'd suddenly turned the horse around and took off for Paris leaving the young man staring after her.

"Get back here!" a familiar voice shouted.

"Oh look." She groaned "It's Heinrich and Drake." just then, her foot twisted beneath her and she fell to the ground.

"Gotcha now!" Drake sneered as he raised his sword in the air "You've been too much trouble." His sword was halted about four inches away from Liana's head by Corinne's sword.

"I'm sorry." Corinne said "But did you forget there were two of us?"

Drake's face went blank then he groaned "I was trying to!"

Corinne shoved the man back into the others, causing a bit of a domino effect, then she pulled Liana to her feet "You alright?"

"Mm-hm." Liana nodded "I think we can take 'em."

"Most definitely." Corinne looked over to where her friends were running out to help, along with the other musketeers "Ready to play distraction while they play defeat?"

"Does it involve running?"

"A little bit." Corinne pointed towards the gate "Take Jeremy's horse."

"Now that I can do."

"Okay, am I dizzy are are there really a couple of Corinnes over there?" Renee asked.

"I think there's a double." Aramina answered.

"And I think they're going to play distraction while we play defeat." Viveca added "You girls ready?"

"Are you kidding?" Renee said as she pulled off her slingshot/necklace "I was born ready!"

Corinne took off towards the stables while Liana ran in the opposite direction and jumped up onto Jeremy's horse.

The soldiers split, leaving a couple confused ones standing there. The girls quickly had them taken.

Corinne ran to the back of the stables and slipped into the secret passageway leaving the entrance barely cracked. Most of the soldiers ran past but one stopped to look around.

Corinne leapt from her hiding place and quickly overpowered the surprised man and tied him up. Then she ran to continue her job.

After a few moments she skid to a stop and looked around "Where's..."

"How's it going?" Liana asked pulling her horse up next to Corinne.
"Do you see Louis?"

"Is he the cute guy with the brown hair?"

"Yeah." Corinne shook her head "No!" she looked up at Liana "I'm serious!"

"Sorry. Just had to confirm something." Liana looked around "I think... he's outside the gate... with Heinrich and Drake... and some guy in a carriage... that they're putting Louis into."

"Oh no." Corinne let out a high pitched whistle.

A moment later a white horse, fully saddled came running out of the stables and ran to her master.

"Alright," Corinne said as she jumped into the saddle "Girls!" she called to her other three friends "Leave the rest of the men for the guys! We've got to go after Louis!"

"On it!" Renee nodded.

The other three quickly called their horses, mounted, and sped out of the castle yard with Corinne and Liana.

Their horses flew down the road after the escaping carriage. After several moments, the carriage turned onto a different path.

"Um, Corinne..." Renee called "Are they...?"

"Heading straight for the cliffs? Yeah!" Corinne urged her horse forward "Come on, girl. A little faster." The horse responded by picking up the speed a bit.

"Hey!" Viveca called "How about we split? Maybe we can block them off."

"Great idea." Corinne nodded, pulling her horse to a halt "Aramina, Viveca, Renee, you go left, Liana and I'll go right. Hopefully we'll stop them in the middle."

"Right." The three girls turned their horses and sped off.

"Come on." Corinne said as she kicked her horse back into a run.

Liana noticed that Corinne was staring at her horse like it might talk "Is she alright?"
"Mm-hm. I'm just waiting for her to tell me if..." The horse's ears suddenly stood straight and twitched a little. Corinne smiled "We're getting close to the carriage."

Liana smiled and shook her head "Amazing."

Corinne glanced over at her then turned her attention back to their path.

A few seconds later, Wind Dancer's ears went back "Whoa." Corinne pulled the mare to a stop "We passed them."

Liana's face was completely amused as she pulled back on her reins "Does she speak English to you or something?"

Corinne laughed "No. My dad taught me everything about horses before he died. Let's leave the horses here and walk back. It'll be less conspicuous because I think they actually stopped for some reason."

Liana nodded and dismounted.

"That is..." Corinne added "If you can walk."

"I'm fine."

"Mm-hm." Corinne ground hitched her horse then the two girls began to slowly walk through the brush "Where's Jeremy?"

Liana smiled "I accidentally left him on the hillside." she pushed her ponytail over her shoulder "I... I don't know why but I..."

Corinne looked over at the other blond "There's a reason I sent the other three the other way, Liana." she stopped and took a deep breath "We really are sister. Blood sister."

Liana's eyes widened "We... are? How do you know?"

"Captain Treville spilt it." Corinne smiled slightly "Everything he told me about Cayenne and everything you told me about you... it all adds together."

Liana stared at Corinne for a long moment "You... we're actually sisters?"

Corinne laughed softly "No. We're twins."

"Twins!?"

"Twins." the musketeer's smile faltered slightly as she turned back to the path. She'd thought saying good bye was hard before. But now... it was going to be impossible! "There they are."

"Listen," a dark threatening voice said "Sign over France or your little Corinne dies!"

The two girls peeked out to see a large man, who's back was to them, and Louis.

Louis shook his head "You don't even have her. How can you kill her?"

"We have her tied up and gagged!" the man shouted.

The young king's eyebrows rose "Show her to me and I might consider."

Corinne smiled and shook her head "No he wouldn't."

"How do you know?" Liana asked.

"Because he knows I'd kill him if he did." Corinne pointed to the right "Come on. Let's take out those two guys."

Staying hidden in the trees, Corinne and Liana grabbed the two guards and yanked them back into the bushes. Five seconds later, they were tied up and gagged.

The large man who was talking to Louis, who the girls guessed was Heinrich and Drake's King, was still trying to barter Louis for the kingdom.

Corinne looked around as a whistle that sounded like a nightingale echoed through the air "That's Renee. She's spotted the carriage and the men and is coming in."

Liana smiled "You four really are connected, aren't you?"

Corinne nodded "They are my best friends. Like you and Alexa." she nodded towards where the enemy was "Come on. It's time to get this over with."

The two girls leapt out of the bushes, just as Aramina, Viveca, and Renee rode into view.

"Keep an eye out," Corinne said as she pulled out her sword "I'll throw you the first weapon I get."

"Alright."

There were fifteen guards with the carriage. They all pulled out their weapons and advanced on the group of girls.

Louis' smiled when he spotted Corinne, but it quickly turned into a look of confusion when he saw Liana.

"Corinne!" Renee called "Heads up!"

Corinne spun around then quickly called to Liana "Look out!"

"Thank you!" Liana responded as she ducked, barely avoiding a blow.

Renee let out a deep breath "I'll just let the blonds watch out for each other."

Jeremy burst onto the scene just then and joined the fight.

Corinne had two swords in her hands a she battled one of the men, being sure to steer clear of the cliffs. Just then, the back of her foot caught on a branch and she lurched backwards, her swords flying from her hands.

"So much for the great musketeer!" The man laughed starting to bring his sword down on her, but was stopped by Liana.

"What makes you so sure she's the musketeer?" Liana challenged.

Corinne couldn't help the smile that spread across her face, then she jumped to her feet and helped finish the guy off.

Louis and the other King were watching the fight.

"I'm am sick of those girls!" the opposing king shouted, then he pulled out his sword and charged.

"Look out!" Louis called.

Liana spun around, her sword clashing with that of King Jack Malice.

"You've gotten in my way too many times!" he spat "You've escaped too many times!"

"Not my fault your men can't keep up with a girl." Liana retorted, knowing fully well that he thought she was Corinne.

"I will finish you. And I will do it now!"

Corinne spun around and watched as his arm raised in the air, preparing a blow that would break Liana's sword in half and ultimately finish the girl.

"NO!" Corinne shouted running at full speed towards them "Leave her alone!" Then she made a flying tackle and hit the king square in the stomach. They both slid across the rock surface then rolled over the edge of the cliff.

"No!" The musketeers, Louis and Liana shouted.

But it was too late...

(Longer chappie than usual. And you folkz guessed it! They're twins!)