It's fantastic that I'm working on this again. And thanks to Leslie, chapters will be updated periodically, but now that I have the plot outline down, chapters will become more fluent. Same goes for Find Your Wings. I found what really sticks and I hope to keep that precious Disney magic in these stories. My dear readers are getting fond of my writing, which truly makes me smile. Also, it inspires me to do more, so I thank you so much for sticking with me so far!

~ Imaginative Light

The silence of the still forest was broken by the snaps of branches and the laughter of angered hyenas. They were on the trail of the group and they could be heard even though they were a mile off track. One thing they searched for was the sharp scent of cotton candy, the scent of the toon elephant that wept candy every so often. They could smell it, but they couldn't see it. To Sarah, who stayed with her new friends under the shelter of this boulder, she made sure they stayed behind her. If they were caught, there was no way she could find her parents in this… vast world that she had no clue about. Now there was more on her plate of problems. This wasn't about her anymore. Why couldn't Bing Bong remember anything? How did Woody get here when he was from a whole different land than the rest of them, same as her? The Blue Fairy did promise to clear things up in due time but the questions still buzzed in her head. First thing was first. She was dead on focused on getting her friends out of this place. If the tent was that bad, this forest was no better. Especially now when the sky rumbled so terribly as it twisted and curled abnormally as it did before from the Doorway. At the Blue Fairy's word, she helped guide her friends along, to be away from those sounds.

Shenzi was first to leap over one of the logs that was once used as a hiding place. The rest followed suit, dodging creaks and dips to make a round turn to capture their targets. Although there were many smells messing up their tactic, such as human and not the child accompanying the escapees. After Shenzi made another jump, there was a sharp sound of a released arrow and a line was cut in the canopy. When that happen a domino effect took place and a net of thick chain shot up from the ground looping the pack into a tight hold before zooming high up into the trees. Only one hyena got lucky. Shenzi only got grazed on her heel and she rolled over after losing her footing. She got up, with anger in her eyes, staring up into the bleak canopies where her mates have disappeared into. Someone strong had landed behind her and she only licked her chops.

"Hello there, delicious…" she hissed as she turned to face the Hunchback archer.

Careful, as he kept his aquamarine eyes locked on her, he slowly readied his bow again.

"Please… sweet talk makes me irritable…" he whispered, sourly.

"I suppose ya won't tell me where the escape convicts are?"

"To you, they may be convicts. But to us, they did no wrong…"

"You insult your future Queen?"

"She is not and never will be my Queen."

Shenzi shot at the man…. A terrible yelp was heard down the hill, much to Woody's dismay. Robin knew what was taking place and made sure the Sheriff was returned to his friends. The group all rose their eyes up to them as the Fairy allowed them to see that they were safe.

"R-robin!" Sarah wept aloud. "Woody!" she praised as she took the doll into a tight hug.

Gurri went and coddled Bing Bong and the two frightened fawns as Geno stood watch.

"My fawns! You're all right! Thank goodness!" she compassionately nipped the Imaginary's sleeve and kissed his cheek, nuzzled the fawn's noses and licked their coats as any doe would. "I was so worried! Thank you, Lady Blue… Thank you!"

"It was my great pleasure…" the Fairy weakly replied, with love.

"Guh, Jackie…" Woody sighed, so happy as he hugged Sarah tightly back. "I told ya I'd come back."

"I know…" Sarah wiped her eyes, smiling. "But, we're together again!"

"Be still! We're not safe yet." Robin whispered as he ushered everyone into the Fairy's protective charm.

There was a series of cries and yelps before the canopy branches started to snap and fall around them. As everyone was scared, Robin grinned wide.

"Yes! My beauty!" he praised when this shadow came over them.

Sarah and the others looked up and she could not tear her eyes off the winged beast coming close from above. Thunder rolled, even fiercer now. Right above them was a huge eagle, climbing along the trees in search of her master. Bing Bong gasped seeing her but Robin had the audacity to whistle at her to come down. They saw two sharp glints of those eyes glare down at them before it tore all the way through. To Sarah's surprise when this bird came seemingly crashing down over them, she found Woody clutching to her chest for dear life as Bing Bong pulled her close into his thick hug, unsure what this was! Robin and the Blue Fairy were not afraid. So when the eagle landed firmly before the boulder, Sarah opened her eyes only to find herself staring deep into a sharp amber eye. On the slanted wing, Robin motioned all of them to follow him.

"Don't you fear lady Libertas, my friends! She only bites the wicked!"

He expected them to climb onto this thing? "Robin?" Sarah gasped in shock.

"No!" Bing Bong shook his head, not letting the girl go yet.

"There's no time, lad! Either we fly or they get you." Robin warned when he saw the trap holding the pack was faltering and breaking. Gurri egged them on, in agreement.

"You must hurry, go!"

Sarah didn't like flying but she'd take that over being eaten in a second, by pushing Bing Bong to go with her, each taking a fawn. The eagle gave a cry to scare the pack off as her passengers climbed onto her back.

"We'll meet you at the Border!" Geno barked one last thing before getting ready for another fight. "Go without me, Gurri. Go to the herd!"

The scared doe obeyed and sprinted away as fast as she could. The massive eagle took the six passengers and took flight.

Sarah screamed as she tried to find a grip while holding Woody. She felt Bing Bong press against her, hugging her with both eyes shut tight. She felt her stomach lift the higher they went with each strong wing beat. Woody, even though squished by the two, dared to look to down. They were over the trees and there was the storm that remained over their heads all that time. Bing Bong didn't dare try to look and kept his eyes shut and his trunk holding his hat. But something was starting to feel familiar. Woody was glad they didn't see those dastardly mountains and sighed in relief when he looked ahead to see the fairy leading the mighty avian. Robin finally found a moment to comfort the rescued band. Sarah's tense grip was starting to get uncomfortable for the Sheriff. He smiled and soothed a plastic hand along her arm.

"Hey there, cowgirl. Mind letting the man breathe a little?"

"Huh? Oh! S-sorry, Woody…" Sarah's voice shook.

She was trapped in a bear hug herself. Bing Bong shook and began to whimper, still with his eyes shut. His trunk wrapped around her too. Sarah began to see the lovely night stars as the sun was going down in the distance. The air was cool and soothing. Away from so much terror.

"Buddy… I-it's okay now… Bing Bong." she calmly tried to persuade the frightened Imaginary.

She remembered that scratch on his leg that Gammy caused before spotting something clinging onto the eagle's leg below them. There clasping to the leg was Gammy, trying to keep his shoes and his cap on. Woody glared.

"Is this a joke, Rob?" he poked at the fox.

"He won't be bothering anyone from down there." Robin winked.

"But he works for Pete!" Sarah barked.

"Huh?" Bing Bong finally snapped out of his stupor before seeing where they were, flying on the back of an eagle. "Oh… oh…" he cooed becoming entranced by the sight of the sunset and the stars. "What… what is that?" he softly asked, pointing his trunk at the stunning beauty.

Sarah marveled at it, feeling better to now be free from that terrible forest and that awful circus. She let her friend hug her as if she was his personal teddy bear. Now she knew how Woody felt. She didn't mind.

"That? That's a sunset." she answered, getting sleepy. She tried to stifle a yawn. "You've never seen one?"

Bing Bong was quiet. "… no." he softly answered, feeling tiredness catch up to him too.

Slowly, he drew a hand to rub his eye, feeling unsure about this tired feeling. Robin took notice as did the Fairy.

"Now is a good time for you to rest. I will guide Libertas to the Border."

Sarah noticed Bing Bong was looking insecure again as he fought against it.

"No, I- … N-no. I-I don't like this." his voice strained with worry. He leaned against Sarah, who sighed sadly.

"It's not a spell, Bing Bong…. You can sleep for real now…. Maybe even dream a little." she spoke in a light voice to soothe the Imaginary's mind.

"…I-I feel scared." was the last thing he said before he needed to close his eyes. Just for a little bit. His ears sagged and his hold relaxed.

"Do not be afraid. Dreams are what makes us alive. They open doors, anything is possible."

The Imaginary was already gone, now laying still beside Sarah who was now resting her head against him. He felt like a true pillow at this point and before she could nod off, Robin then showed her an open pouch of his, revealing a sleeping mouse inside. Sarah smiled. Everything turned out okay. Something she doubted, even though she promised Bing Bong and what Woody promised her. Perhaps there was hope… for her family. Woody leaned and then sat in the nook of Bing Bong's trunk. He sighed, exhausted too, but he stroked the poor elephant. The fawns cuddled against the two, weary.

"Poor guy." Woody sighed.

Sarah saddened, remembering that this wasn't just about her anymore. "Woody? My Dad almost killed Mickey, you know." she brought up. He looked at her. "I mean, I could have let him… but I didn't." she spoke, fiddling with a piece of loose fabric on the elephant's sleeve as she laid there against him. "I felt a need to be there for him, but I didn't know why. And now… I feel the same for all of you. It was the same with Bing Bong…" she sighed, stroking along the Imaginary's shoulder.

Robin listened and looked back at them, solemn. "Merlin had once said that love is the strongest force on earth. He meant every word of that."

"Everything is so different here…"

"Get some sleep, kid. You and Buddy here have been through a lot. Some shut eye will do you both some good." Woody kindly said.

Sarah sighed, with all her worry coming out in it before she let her eyes droop. Woody rested his head on Bing Bong's trunk after putting his hat aside and sighed. Sarah still had one last thing to say.

"Robin…? Where are we going?" she yawned.

"To the Magic Kingdom, lass. To the King's Keep. Where most are gathering right now."

"What about Gurri and…?"

"They have their own route. As a herd, they have no need for flight, as you do as of late. No need to worry anymore. You're in safe hands."

The girl sighed, her thoughts falling back to her family. First she wanted to be sure everyone else were safe and didn't talk much about her own issue. Only Woody really knew about it. Yet even he didn't talk about Bonnie. Right now though, she could sleep forever… having not slept at all since her family's disappearance. Here under the stars and cool of the night, with the warmth of her new friends around her, she began to doze off.

Robin kept listening to them before he slowly peeked to see if they were all asleep. Glad, Robin gently smiled at them. Yet, the moment was spoiled when a certain weasel finally got the courage to climb up. Libertas did not take that kindly and gave a shrill warble. Robin rose a brow at Gammy as he saw the exhausted team he helped torment.

"Be kindly." the fox sharply warned, whilst giving him the cold shoulder.

"I know, I know… I'm under scrutiny. Thanks for the reminder!" Gammy shot back, sitting down. "Not much choice, huh?"

"They worked together against Pete, whereas you… kiss up."

"Hey!"

"Then stop complainin'." Robin smirked before looking to the Fairy. "M'lady… please, you deserve to rest too."

"I will be fine…"

"My lady… Just for a few hours. I'll keep Libertas aware."

Mickey nosed his way a little out of the pouch, trying to recollect on what happened. It all went so fast.

"Lady Blue… You have done so much. Please, rest with them…." Robin worried as he caught the small dimming orb into a gentle paw.

"If you so insist, valiant…" she seemed to chuckle warmly. "I will rest for a little while. Thank you."