I'm finally back. I'm really sorry I was gone for so long this Summer has been crazy busy and I got a major burnout (literally, I was sick for a couple of days). To make it up I'll be posting 3 chapters to make up for lost time. Enjoy.

Morning Glow

Heavy ran obstructed Daring and Legend's view as they tried to fly through the storm to get to Ever After High. If he had his phone right now, he would be able to tell how close it was or if they were even going in the right direction.

*THUNDER AND LIGHTNING*

Thunder and lightning illuminated the sky making it harder and dangerous for the two to see.

"It's too dangerous to be out in this storm, we need to land!" Daring shouted so Legend could hear him.

Legend nodded and the two dove down into a swamp. They flew for what seemed to be hours, there was no dry land for miles as the water engulfed it, and they couldn't risk sleeping in the trees out of fear of getting hit by lightning.

Daring could tell Legend was getting tired after hours of flying. He had to find land and fast!

"Over there!" Daring pointed out a small shack on a little island.

Legend landed on the tiny island and made a loud noise. The door slammed opened to reveal a person holding their mirrorphone and a frying pan in their other hand.

"Who's out here?" The person shouted.

"I'm very sorry for the noise, but I do ask if we can - CUPID?!" Daring gasped as he ran up to hug her.

Cupid began swinging the frying pan as Daring stepped back and slipped into the mud.

"Back off, don't make me use this!" Cupid growled.

"Cupid, it's me Daring." Daring removed his hood to reveal his semi-perfect face.

"DARING?!" Cupid gasped as she helped pulled him up. "Get in here!"

"I'm sorry, Legend." Daring apologized. " But I'm afraid you'll have to stay -oh."

Legend was fast asleep not caring about the storm as she slept Daring entered the shack.

As soon as Daring stepped into the small shack, he removed his cloak and muddy boots and spotted -

"Hopper!" Daring cried out as he kneeled next to his roommate. " Is he okay?"

"I'm afraid not look." Cupid kneeled next to Hopper and kissed his forehead only to remain in frog form.

Daring was shocked; how could this be?

"I think Hopper lost his ability to return to his human form after that weird-blast-thingy." Cupid explained.

"What weird-blast-thingy?" Daring asked.

Cupid spent a whole hour explaining what happened after Raven's broadcast, weird-blast-thingy, the storm, finding Hopper & Drake, and finding the shack.

"That explains everything." Daring said as his eye began to twitch.

*STOMACH GROWL*

"Got anything to eat?" Cupid questioned as she clutched her stomach. "All the food in this hut is way past the expiration date."

"Of course." Daring said as he pulled out his rations. "I brought the foods that I've sponsored: Daring's instant beef ramen with veggies, Daring's choco-bar delight with almonds, energy drinks, granola bars, and - "

Before Daring could finish Cupid snatched the granola bar and greedily ate it.

" Sorry about that." Cupid sheepishly apologized.

"No problem, I still got all my fingers." Daring chuckled as he wiggled his fingers as proof as Cupid giggled.

The rest of the night the two teens ate instant ramen, talked about their escapes, and worried over Hopper and Drake. Daring and Cupid would spoon feed him and Drake broth from the ramen and the medicine Daring brought.

"I'm worried about them." Cupid turned to see a melancholy Daring.

" They'll be alright in the morning." Cupid placed a hand on Daring's shoulder and gave him a kind smile.

As it got later Cupid slept in the rocking chair while Daring volunteered to sleep on the floor as the storm still raged outside.

Morning

Despite the storm being over and the lack of thunder and lightning the morning was just as grim. As much as the Sun tried to pierce through the thick clouds it ultimately failed, and darkness reigned!

*YAWN*

Hopper yawned as he stretched his arms and rubbed his eyes from the Sandman's dust.

"Goodness me I had the most ghastly dream." Hopper said to himself. "The headmaster had poisoned Raven to become an evil sorceress, she placed a curse on the entire school preventing me to return to my human form. Thankfully it was all but a dream."

As Hopper opened his eyes, he found himself not in his dorm with Lilypad wallpaper, pink and red furniture, or his waterbed, but he was in a small rickety shack, on an old bed, in his frog form.

"Oh *FANCY CURSE WORD* !" Hopper cursed.

*BZZ*

Hopper looked above him to see that Drake was alive and well.

"Drake!" Hopper happily cried out as Drake landed on the frog's head and happily buzzed, until he realized Cupid was missing. "Cupid, where is she?"

Drake began to fly in circles around the pot belly stove.

Hopper hopped out of the bed and towards the center of the shack to see Cupid asleep in an old rocking chair and Daring asleep on the floor. Never in a million years did Hopper thought he'd see The Daring Charming sleeping on an old dusty floor, than again he never thought he'd be stuck in his frog form while Raven turned evil and took over the school. either.

Hopper got a closer look at Daring's left cheek to see glowing purple slash marks on it, Hopper covered his mouth with his webbed fingers to prevent him from gasping, from the looks of the scar it looked extremely painful.

Drake buzzed near the window to see that it was no longer storming, but it was hard to see outside due to a fog. As strange as it was for a situation like this Hopper had the itch to explore to at least see where they were. Out of the corner of his eye Hopper saw a basket filled with thread and sewing needles.

" Drake we shouldn't travel far, when the thread has run its course, we must return to the safety of the humble shack" Hopper said as he tied the thread around his waist and tied spool to the post of the bed to keep him from going too far.

Hopper hopped onto the window sill to see how grey and foggy it was outside as he opened the window ever so slightly.

"We'll be gone for just a moment." Hopper said as he jumped out the window into the damp swamp.

Hopper couldn't see an inch passed his nose as he continued to ho until - THUD!

Hopper touched whatever he bumped into to see it was dragon scales and not just any dragon scales it was -

"Legend!" Hopper gasped as the dragon continued to slumber.

After going around Legend, Hopper and Drake traveled a long distance from the shack, Hopper was surprised how much thread was left. He made sure to avoid snags in rocks and fallen trees, even hopping a good distance to get more distance. Until the two caught the sight of something unusual, the two witnessed a large stone changing colors before their very eyes!

First the stone was gray, then teal, then periwinkle, then white. Hopper and Drake cautiously approached the stone and touched it only to feel that instead of hard the texture of the stone was soft, had hair, and breathing. Hopper and Drake jumped on the other side of the stone to see that the stone wasn't a stone, but was a horse, and there was a young maiden and jackalope fast asleep on the horse's side.

"Darling!" Hopper cried out.

"Wha?" Darling awoken in fright until her eyes landed on -

"Hopper!" Darling cried out as she scooped Hopper up. "Don't worry, you'll be back in your human form in just a second."

"Darling, wait-" Before Hopper could finish Darling lissed his cheek only for him to remain a frog.

Then Darling kissed his other cheek, then his nose, then his forhead.

"Darling, stop!" Hopper shouted. " It won't work, the spell Raven put on me prevents me from turning human."

"Raven did this to you?" Darling gasped in shock.

"She did it to everyone hit by her magic." Hopper answered.

Hopper spent a whole hour explaining what happened after Raven's broadcast, weird-blast-thingy, the storm, Cupid finding him & Drake, Daring appearing, and finding the shack.

"Oh wow!" Darling exclaimed.

"Yes, but not to worry the shack is nearby." Hopper said.

"Well, lead the way." Darling said as she picked Hopper up.

As soon as they got up something flew right past them and hit a nearby tree.

"What was that?" Hopper questioned.

"Let's find out." Darling said as she walked towards the tree. "It's an arrow, someone shot an arrow."

"At us?" Hopper questioned.

*SNAP*

Hopper, Darling, Drake, Mr. Cottontail, and Sir Gallopad were hoisted above ground in a net.

"We're trapped!" Hopper panicked.

"Over here I heard something!" A gruff voice shouted.

"Hopper. get my brother and Cupid and get help." Darling said as she made a small hole in the net enough for Hopper and Drake to pass through.

"I can't just leave you here." Hopper argued.

"No time, go!" Darling said as she shoved the two out of the net.

Hopper and Drake made their way back to the shack, entered through the window, and hopped towards the sleeping Daring, as Drake tried to buzz near his ear.

"Wake up!" Hopper began shaking Drake frantically as he woke up. "Come Drake, help me wake Daring!"

Daring mumbled in his sleep, but didn't wake up.

"Wake up!" Hopper shouted.

"Wake up!" Hopper shouted again but louder.

Daring still remained asleep.

"WAKE UP!"

*SLAP*

"OW!"

Daring rubbed his cheek where Raven clawed him and looked down to see a frantic Hopper.

"Hopper, what's goin' on?" Daring questioned recovering from fatigue and the slap.

"Daring, there is no time to chitchat time is of the essence!" Hopper hopped on the arm of the rocking chair Cupid was sleeping in. "There are some goblin hunters outside heading this way, we must wake Cupid!"

Daring got up and picked up Cupid, Hopper, and his bag as he rushed out the door.

"Daring, what's going on?" Cupid asked as she rubbed her eyes.

"No time to explain, Cupid!" Daring said as he ran as fast as he could through the swamp. "We need to get out of-"

*SNAP*

"Here." Daring said dryly.

"Let em down." A gruff voice said from below.

The net was cut making Cupid, Hopper, Drake, and Daring plummet to the ground.

"DARING?!"

Daring after gathering his thoughts from the plummet saw his sister in front of him in a net.

"DARLING?!"

"Well would you look at that mates, two Charmings in our swamp." The main goblin hunter laughed as the others joined in.

"Release us at once!" Darling commanded.

"You're in no position to give commands Ms. knight-in-shining armor." The main goblin hunter laughed as the others joined in. "That honor goes to Prince Goober."

"Legend, attack!" Daring commanded the dragon, but no response. "Legend?"

*Angry Muffled Noises*

Everyone turned to see that the goblins had already tied up Legend.

"You were saying prince charmless?" The main goblin hunter chuckled. "Come on mates we have to bring this lot to Prince Goober and he'll reward us greatly."

"Now, see here good sir I've been very patient with you, but if you don't release my sister, my friends, and my dragon, there will be consequences!" Daring threatened.

"I'm a woman! Hurry up mates and lock them up! And put them in the extra small cage. " The main goblin hunter shouted in fury.

"Oh." Daring realized his blunder.

Darling, Hopper, Drake, Sir Gallopad, and Mr. Cottontail gave Daring annoyed looks.

"Smooth, Daring." Cupid gave a sarcastic sigh.

Else Where

It was morning- "Or I assume it's morning. It's hard to tell when you're inside a cave."

Brooke was snuggled between Dexter and Apple with Gordon on Dexter's other side and Breabyrn wrapped herself around them to keep them warm.

" The cave is cold and moist despite Spring ending and Summer was beginning. Our only source of warmth is Breabyrn who has protectively wrapped herself around us -"

"Wha- Brooke is that you talking?" Apple yawned as her eyes began to flutter.

"Oh!" Brooke gasped at her blunder. "Sorry, I was just talking to myself."

'Guess, I can't say what's going on out loud anymore.' Brooke thought to herself.

"That's alright this situation is very stressful." Apple said as she began rubbing the Sandman's sand out of her eyes. "Are Dexter, Gordon, and Breabyrn awake."

" I 'am now *COUGH*." Gordon coughed.

"Same." Dexter added.

"Breakfast!" The tiny chef goblin shouted as the two goblins dropped the stone bowls near the entrance of the bars. "Hope y'all like leftovers."

Dexter got up and handed everyone their respected bowl.

"Thanks-*COUGH, HACK, COUGH*" Gordon coughed again as he covered mouth.

"Are you alright Gordon?" Dexter asked.

"I'll be fine." Gordon said holding back a cough.

"Here, drink some water." Brooke said handing Gordon a jug of water.

Gordon greedily drank the jug until his cough stopped.

"Feeling better, Mr. Gordon?" Apple asked.

Gordon nodded as the group heard the door open and a thud.

"Looks like you folks got company." A goblin knight said as he shoved the new cellmates in.

(I'm not gonna write this part just pretend everyone is calling each other's name like the Rocky Horror Picture Show Roll call, ok?)

"DARING?!" Dexter roared in fury as he tackled Daring. "This is all your fault!"

"I'm sorry, Dexter." Daring apologized. "I never meant for any of this to happen."

"Like hell you did!" Dexter shouted about to punch Daring.

Only for the girls and Hopper to grab Dexter before he did.

*COUGH, HACK, COUGH, DYING NOISES*

Everyone turned to see Gordon laying on the ground as blood leaked through his bandages and they all gathered around him.

"Gordon? Gordon? Please say something!" Dexter begged as he put a hand on Gordon's forehead. "He has a fever."

"Do we have any medicine to give him?" Cupid asked.

"They took my bag full of medicine." Darling said.

"Same." Daring answered.

Apple rummaged through her bag to find some gazes, wraps, and a few pills.

"Hold Gordon up while I give these to him." Apple ordered as she smashed two pills and put them in the almost empty jug of water and held it to Gordon's mouth.

Cupid and Hopper began removing the old bandages, Brooke unraveled the gaze, while Darling and Daring put new bandages on his leg.

"Come on Gordon drink." Dexter nervously said.

"Dexter?" Gordon questioned as he looked out of focus.

"Yes, it's me!" Dexter exclaimed. "You need to drink this."

Gordon took a few sips before he hissed in pain and clutched his leg. Gordon was bleeding too much as the new bandages soaked immediately.

Everyone began to panic not knowing what to do.

"What's with all the ruckus -oh!" A goblin knight questioned as he noticed Gordon.

"Good knight, our companion needs medical assistance, posthaste!" Hopper cried out.

"And why should I? He's a traitor foe defending the royal lot like yous." The goblin knight sneered.

"Because-" Apple stood up and walked towards the bars. "I, Apple White, surrender if you give Gordan the medical attention he needs."

"WHAT!" Everyone shouted in disbelief.

The goblin knight pondered and walked away. "I'll be right back."

"Apple, are you crazy?" Darling questioned.

"We just reunited, and you want to hand yourself over to goblin prince?" Daring questioned.

"Look, Gordon needs help we can't provide and it's my fault we're in this mess to begin with." Apple admitted.

"Alright!" Prince Goober and his posse appeared. "What's this about a trade."

"Prince Goober," Apple began. "If I surrender myself to Queen Raven, will you get Gordon the medical attention he needs?"

"And if I surrender as well, will you let my friends go?" Daring added.

"What?!" Everyone shouted.

"Two royals for the price of one?" Goober pondered for a second before deciding. " No!"

"What?!" Everyone shouted.

" Why would I do that when I can turn you all in to Queen Raven?" Prince Goober snapped his fingers. "Guards collect them and get Queen Raven on the phone."

The guards opened the door about to abduct the teens until.

*HOWL*

*BOOM*

Smoke filled the room suffocating everyone as the doors were kicked down. Before anyone could respond the teens and dragon were whisked away and the goblins were behind bars.

"Prince Goober, Queen Raven is on the other line." A butler goblin said as the prince's expression read 'Oh $#!+!'

Outside

Swamp

Everyone was on their knees gagging from the smoke they inhaled.

"Does anyone like some tea?"

Everyone looked up to see a table with teacups, teapots, mini sandwiches, and mini cupcakes.

The teens eagerly drank the tea to get the smoke out of their lungs.

"Maybe we over did it with the smoke."

"I agree."

The teens looked up to see Maddie, Cedar, Cerise, and Nevermore and ran up and hugged their saviors.

"How did you four get here?" Apple asked.

"Well, it's a long story." Maddie began.

Hit the fast-forward button as Maddie explains everything while doing amazing stunts and gestures.

Pause.

Play.

"And that's how we got here." Maddie concluded. "Hm, I guess it wasn't a long story after all."

"Okay, Gordon is all patched up, but he really needs a doctor." Cupid said.

*Thunder and Lightning*

"And shelter." Cupid added as she used her wings to shelter Gordon.

"There's a cave three miles from here, that's where I was hiding.

As everyone got on Nevermore, Legend, Sir Gallopad, and Breabyrn Apple lead the way.

Cave

Gordon was currently asleep on Apple's sleeping bag as he slumbered.

"His temperature is 101 F." Cedar took the thermometer out of his mouth and read it.

" It's going down." Dexter sighed. "For now."

"Once it's done storming, we'll head out." Cupid said putting a hand on Dexter's shoulder.

"Guys, soups ready!" Daring shouted as he poured a ladle of soup into bowls.

"You two can get dinner, just save me and Gordon a bowl, please." Dexter asked.

Cedar and Cupid nodded as they went to get dinner.

Dexter watched as Gordon slumbered, his chest rising up and down with raspy breathing, how his bandaged leg would twitch, and how the poor man appeared to sweating up a storm. And it was all his fault.

Dexter felt guilt for not returning Cupid's feelings for him, for Gorden being in this dangerous situation, and for Raven turning evil, all because he was a coward and couldn't admit he loved her.

Okay, gonna end it here. Again, sorry for how long it took to update I had a crazy busy Summer with a lot of family events, my jobs changing schedules and low on staff so I had to do double duty a couple of days, and the classes I tried to applied for filled up quickly, then was down a couple of days and deleted a lot of my process. But, your support got me through it all so thank you!