A/N: I'm glad to see some people liked my story hope this next chapter draws your eye just as much.

Here are a couple of review replies.

Kaylee: I appreciate the suggestion for planning ahead, but I'm more of a go with the flow kind of gal. Plus sometimes I have some ideas about what happens later once I write the first few chapters, but I just want to know what others think so I can compare. Thanks anyway.

Tangled: I'm glad you gave me this suggestion, although I'm not totally sure how I should portrait my characters with more detail. But I'll try what I can.

And to everyone waiting for my next update, don't worry I'll get it done, but I'm sure a lot of you know how high school is like and I'm really close to finals, nonetheless the ending will come soon enough. Besides, I'm also working on my own book.

The five travelers (animals included) made their way to another nearby city, only this time someone claimed to have seen two twin bandits resting at a nearby inn. Unfortunately, they left some time ago, after paying the innkeeper a strangely large sum of money. In fact, only nobility could posses such a large amount of gold coins. A little while later someone claimed to have heard them, talking about a special little job, someone had in store for them and a cloaked figure offered a handsome reward, unfortunately, no one managed to get a description of the mystery employer and no sign of a brown haired princess.

The only good news was that now they had a pretty good idea where they had headed, an old abandoned warehouse at a nearby lake. As Eugene and Alexandra consulted the map, Aphrodite and Maximus seemed to develop quite an attachment to one another and Pascal –well he decided to just watch the new set of lovebirds and wait for any possible disastrous results.

"Based on the information we got from most of the townspeople, the best hiding spot would be this warehouse." Alexandra pointed at a small house on the map where land and sea merged together.

"Wow. You're really good at this," said Eugene, genuinely impressed. In all his years of thievery never had, he encountered such quick deduction skills from himself or any other cunning thief.

"It helps to be the princess of the kingdom we're searching," she responded with a small amount of pride.

"So princess navigator," he pronounced with some humour," what now?"

Alexandra mounted her mare as a warrior princess would and implied with humble pride," Now we just need a plan to get there without being noticed. And I know someone who might want to help." She raced with the full force of the wind with the former thief and his steed speeding up at her tail.

During the ride, once Maximus and Aphrodite were at eye level, the two shared a somewhat romantic if not suspiciously strange glance. For the first time in years, Aphrodite felt something pulsing deep within her chest that she hadn't felt since her last boyfriend and Maximus had a strong feeling in his chest before, but this one wasn't due to exhaustion or excessive running.

Rapunzel waited for something to just come out of the blue; even though her boyfriend was once a master thief and taught her a few tricks, she needed a little more to ensure her break out. And to add to her misfortune there a click sounded and the doorknob turned. Terrified, the princess tried to gather as much courage to face what lied ahead, but it was hard to conceal her true feelings after her first trip to the world.

The twins emerged from the door with keys in hand. Without a sound they unlocked her ankle grabbed her, before she could run away and placed her forcibly into a burlap sack. Despite her screaming, she was trapped and desperate, if she didn't get some sort of miracle soon who knows what fate awaited her. She could only hope that Eugene was out there somewhere looking for her.

Alexandra and Eugene rode all the way to an old cottage in the forest. For a lack of a better description, it was anything but pretty. The windows were caked with dust and practically shattered, the wood paint on the outer walls looked like it was chipping and the doorframe looked like it had been torn out by some crazed wild animal. It was hard to believe that someone actually lived there considering that it looked abandoned and disastrous. While Eugene and his animal comrades were pondering on the said 'abandoned' house, someone stepped out from behind; at first, it was only the glimpse of a shadow, but soon the shadow grew and out from the darkness of the house's behind was a tall fair-skinned man.

It wasn't exactly the kind of help Eugene had expected. The man was about Eugene's age and height, but he seemed a bit scrawny and weak, only a bit. He had some handsome traits Eugene granted that, but some parts of his body would be what most people consider repulsive.

To add to the surprise, the raven-haired princess, Alexandra threw herself into his arms, practically embracing every detail and he wrapped his arms around her. The ex-thief quickly recognized the look on both of their faces; it was the same look that he and Rapunzel shared after embracing each other in a warm heartfelt moment.

"It's good to see you again Adrian," Alexandra said sweetly.

"Not as good as it is to see your face again princess."

The princess nudged the scrawny man playfully. "I told you not to call me that." Her voice was a bit sterner.

"Ahem," Eugene coughed. "Sorry to interrupt, but we have another princess to save," he pointed out.

"Oh right," she reminded herself. "Adrian this is Eugene." She motioned towards the neighbouring man. "You've already heard of him right?"

"Of course." The two men shook hands. "That Rapunzel must be one lucky little princess."

"Adrian we need your help. The 'lucky'princess kind of got kidnapped."

"I really don't see how he's going to be any help," Eugene stated. "No offense."

Adrian shrugged it off and told him it was no big deal. It didn't really matter what anyone thought about him the only thing that mattered to him was the girl standing his eyes. "So, how can I be of service?" he asked courteously.

"Well not you exactly, our little messenger." She winked at Adrian.

Adrian quickly understood and produced a distinctive sound almost like some sort of call. As soon as the sound died, another one came to take its place this time it was even louder. The call almost sounded like screeching, but there was a strange beauty in the sound as if it was a song made especially for everyone. Either way no one really had the time to think about it because a majestic hawk swooped down and perched itself nearby the nest on the roof of the old cottage. Every little detail about the bird was imperious from its shiny brown feather coat to its large talons to its beak.

Alexandra grabbed a thick leather glove, fitted it on her arm and motioned the grand bird the perch itself on it. The bird gladly obeyed; once it landed, the majestic creature cuddled its feathers against her neck, affectionately. Then Adrian placed a finger against its beak and the bird looked like it was playing with it. Pascal was quacking with fear like an earthquake, but the princess assured him that he had nothing to worry about. That the bird was completely harmless.

"This is Talon," the princess introduced politely. "He's going to help us find your girlfriend."

"How is he going to help us?" Eugene looked curious as vicious as appeared it wasn't going to scare two tough twin thugs.

"Our Talon is pretty quick and he makes an excellent scout when there's a lot of sky to circle," Adrian pointed out with pride.

Now it was starting to make sense they were going to use him for a spy to see if Rapunzel was really at the warehouse or if they happen to change location. The ex-thief was pretty desperate, so he was willing to try anything. Even trust a very large carnivorous bird to do his job.

Rapunzel struggled as best she could inside her burlap prison; she had to buy some time for Eugene and the others to figure out where she was. Although she wasn't exactly sure where she was either. The last thing she heard was a whole lot of packing and then it just mostly sounded like footsteps followed by the sound of a horse trotting. The grip on her was pretty strong and she couldn't break free, but she did manage to get a good listen to a few words.

"Hope our employer has our employer gets our pay. If he ever wants his prize."

Employer? She thought to herself. Though it did seem pretty obvious, but how can two thieves so easily infiltrate a castle with the tightest security in the entire world? Her rogue and his for accomplices had broken into her supposed castle before, and security was pretty tight. But in Cassiopeia, even the roofs had guards at every corner. No one, no matter how talented could possibly infiltrate that fortress. So what could have possibly changed? Either that or there was a traitor among there ranks.

There was still one thing that Rapunzel couldn't piece together: Who exactly is this employer of theirs? The brothers didn't exchange another word after that, so she didn't learn anything else.

Meanwhile, in the distance, someone was spying on the two redheaded twins. With the grace and the swiftness of a hawk, a majestic bird took to the skies and viewed the entire operation. Two twins riding horseback with a suspicious grin on their faces and one of them was holding a small sack of gold. And the squirming burlap sack in one of the twins arms confirmed quite a bit. After assuring their current location, the bird circled around and went back home, to his princess and her scrawny friend.

A/N: Again sorry it took so long, you know how life can be at times. But I really hope this chapter was worth it.

Thanks for some of your suggestions and I hope this meets to your expectations.

By the way, I'm thinking about taking part to a writers contest or something, anyone have something in mind. Because I'd be really psyched about it. If my writing is this good to you, guys I'd like to know the feeling from a different audience.

Thanks in advance.

And do keep in mind that I'm open for any available suggestions. So keep those reviews coming and I'll see you in a bit. Alright?