Gammy fled like a coward to get away from Pete's rage. He was able to hear him from afar still as he took shelter under a thick tree root to catch a breather. He waved his cap over his face and shook from the cold.

"Gotta find a new line o' work! Can't believe I got stuck with that idiot…" he grumbled roughly to himself, looking out to see if he was being followed. "Crazy, crazy, crazy —"

The freed captives were not too far, to say the least. The thief was in no good mood either. Gammy slapped his cap back onto his head and took a peek over the root after hearing the sound of running of two deer. He was kicked over and he landed on his stomach.

"There you are." Robin growled.

"No! Not again!" Gammy cried before he had his tail stepped on.

"We're not saying it again," Geno spoke. "… you agreed."

"I never asked for this!" the weasel cried.

"We need to find the rest of our friends." Robin brought up, as if ignoring the flailing weasel.

Sarah was still in shock at the fact that they actually did it. They escaped. Tuckered, Sarah leaned against the rock as the others tried to catch their breaths. Holding a given bag full of the Imaginary's tears, Sarah too felt compelled to shed her own. Her friends noticed.

"Aw, kid… We did it. We're free!"

"I know… I know…" she spoke in a shaken voice.

She calmed down at least. She wasn't the only one.

"Oh! What are we gonna do?" asked a frightened Bing Bong. "It's… it's so dark out here!"

The two fawns with them kept trying to hide under his tail. Joy offered her light over them, in hopes that it would calm them.

"At ease." she lightly spoke.

To their ears, she sounded tired as well.

"Joy…" Bing Bong chimed with surprise.

Her voice was so warm and full of comfort, Even so that their worry was slowly diminishing.

"All three of you displayed so much courage. We are free from the dark toon's grasp. Remain with me. It will be all right."

"Joy… You can speak…" a mesmerized Sarah said.

"I always could. I dared not to during our imprisonment."

"… because Pete was looking for you."

"Could not have done it without help."

Bing Bong had his eyes as if permanently locked on her, not fully realizing that she was thanking him. Sarah smiled up at him, knowingly. He met her eyes, as well as Woody's, fiddling. He grew timid again.

"She — she's the first fr-friend I've ever made…" he spoke, softly.

"You did wonderfully, partner." Woody softly said.

"You are such a loyal friend. Look what you have achieved. Just as I promised you." Joy kindly encouraged.

Bing Bong smiled up at her, unable to keep another piece of candy from falling. Now that they were finally free, now they can really begin to unravel this mystery. Out of everything Sarah had learned so far from that prison tent, from Robin's own words (if they were true at all), even from their captors, there was the heavy mystery of the reason for all of this. If she didn't know any better, it was Maleficent's doing.

"So, my lady…" Woody's voice broke her out of her thoughts. "… what is there to do now?"

"Yes, good Sheriff. There is still a great deal to be done. Now that we are free, things will be much easier. As of this moment, the valiant fox has Mickey Mouse."

Sarah felt her heart beat quick.

"Good Sheriff, would you mind doing the honors of bringing our friend back to us?" the lovely light spoke. "It is safe now,"

"Of course, my lady." Woody bowed.

"Where you goin'?" Bing Bong worried.

"Don't worry, just stay here. We can't risk her or Mickey being seen. Not even you, partner." Woody whispered lastly to Bing Bong, as he fixed his hat. "Be right back!"

Sarah nervously kept her eyes on the cowboy doll as he ran through the grass as quietly as he could. Bing Bong was in shock, seeing the darkening forest again. He knew he had been here before. Sarah looked back to them, seeing that they had some time on their hands. They had to wait for now. Soothing a hand over the candy elephant's arm, she finally looked at 'Joy'. Sarah found her familiar, especially her voice. Her memory went on to that letter that was left for them… in Walt's apartment. The one letter she lost with her bag. Also, how Bing Bong came to know her sparked her interest.

"Bing Bong told me you found him." Sarah brought up as she picked up Bing Bong's fallen candy tear.

The Blue Fairy floated low, touching the moist dirt as her light seem to dim. Then, she spoke again.

"The reason for all this sorrow is Maleficent. It is a constant struggle because there are so many of her spies. Pete being one of them. It has become even harder… because most believe Mickey is dead. Thanks to you, Sarah Jackson, you have done something nobody else would. I watch over the well being of children, from this world to other worlds. Your world though is much harder to reach out to. How I came to him… was out of need. You were right to defend him, as innocent as he is, from Pete's abuse. You've proven how trustworthy you really are, Sarah Jackson."

"I think I know who you are…"

"Who…? Who is she?" Bing Bong worriedly asked.

"I am still the same person, dear. I have many names…"

"Like… like Evangeline?" Sarah asked.

"Yes."

"You wrote that letter." Sarah realized.

"Yes. And yes, I found him. I am known as the Blue Fairy."she continued. "Not only that."

Bing Bong rose his eyes up to her again, being only a mere listener so far. He was learning that there was more to his dear friend than what he knew before.

"… but that is a conversation for a later time…"

Meanwhile, Woody scaled down the steep hill. As he went, he kept a sharp eye on that fallen tent that laid shrewn in the valley below. He swore he heard Pete's raging yell as he tore out of the tarp. He had to stop for a moment and hid himself completely behind an old moss covered log. It sounded though that Pete might start a chase. He was not too sure. Nothing was worth risking right now. When he heard that approaching peg leg though, Woody's heart fell. He shut his eyes, hoping that he wouldn't come this way. It was before when he opened his eyes to pitch black. Something was thrown over him and he was suddenly being carried!

Had he been caught?

"AH! Let me go!"

The fear was not to last when he heard Robin's voice. He was caught inside the fox's cap.

"Take it easy, mate. It's only me. Hush up!" the fox whispered tensely.

Woody found himself high up from the ground. In fact, they were in a tree, above from where he hid. Near the log, Pete waddled beside it… tired and angry.

"She's gonna have my head…. SHE'LL GET YOU FOR THIS! ALL OF YOU! Even that dumb clown of yers! Especially that BRAT!"

The toon kept yelling and limped forth, passing the tree where they were. Soon after, Robin let the Sheriff to breathe.

"Guh! You scared the stuffing out of me!" Woody tried to catch his breath.

"I am known for that." Robin joked, remembering doing the same to poor Jackie earlier.

"Where are the deer?" Woody cut in, clearly not in a good mood. "Mickey!"

"Right here…" Robin reassured as he showed him an opened pouch on his belt.

The little mouse was safe inside it. Woody nodded as a flood of relief bombarded him.

"Snake in my boot…."

"Where are our guests…?"

"Up the hill, by that boulder." Woody pointed.

"Good. Is the Fairy among them?"

"Yeah."

"Then we're in good hands…. Geno should be near. Time is of the essence, dear boy."

"What are we gonna do" Woody grew concerned.

"We have everything we need. All we need to do is find my band an' we're off."

Woody nodded as nervousness tugged at his features.

"It hurt to see them suffer like that. There wasn't much I could do. I'm just a doll, ya know? A toy. I'm so glad it's over."

"A toy? You? Nah. You're much more than that. Sheriff." the fox softened, with a feeling of pride in his voice. "And this is just the start of things."

After getting a saddened but shocked look from Woody, Robin placed his cap back on.

"Alrighty, we have a long way to go. The Wizard's waiting."

"… oh boy." Woody dreaded.

Meanwhile, as the gang made their quiet getaway, the real struggle was far from over. These woods were full of spies. Even after a battle with the most unlikable of sorts in their opinion, they followed a forward order to locate Pete and his cohorts. Thanks to the Dark Fairy's curse, they were able to hear her request. The severity of this was the fact that Pete had more than one thing that she wanted, in order to move a little farther in her plan. Now that these captives got away, there was a certain punishment in order.

As the large toon searched around, something strong and mean scratched him across the snout. He fell to the ground with a loud thud.

"You had one job, genius!" barked the scratchy tone of the female lead, Shenzi.

"Someone's been a little greedy!" chuckled the second in command, Benzai.

Pete looked up to find two angry hyenas who had fur ruffled and torn as if they had a fight not long ago. Shenzi's eyes were sharp and red with fury. But then, she seemed to sweetly smile at him.

"She's comin'."

"No, wait! Please! I-I can explain —"

"… explain it to her. You had one job. You knew what she wanted and you were supposed to keep quiet while we did all of the work to get them for you!" Shenzi snarled, nearly snapping his nose.

"Looks like someone's gonna get a taste of pain really soon." Benzai taunted, licking his chops.

"I want to hurt ya a little bit but… it just isn't my call today." Shenzi sneered as she paced around him.

"Please! Please! Ya gotta help me! She'll pulverize me!"

"That ain't our problem. We have their scent and we're gonna hunt them down. Also, we have some help on our side. Come on, boys, we have work to do."

As soon as she addressed them, Benzai and Ed took her lead when she bolted towards the darkening woods, leaving a terrified Bad Pete behind.

"WAIT!" was the last wail they heard from Pete.