The Rider's Tangled Journey

Chapter 05; Fire and Rebellion

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Ok, This is it. I think we're finally gonna see the Ghost Rider in action! We'll, technically, my OC is 'a' Ghost Rider. Because there's quite a lot of them roaming around for any of them to get away with calling them "the".

Anyway, here we go!

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As everyone walks through the tunnel, Flynn and Jonah holding lit torches, they come across a skeleton that's been impaled to the wall for quite a while, safe to say.

"I gotta admit, what you did back there was pretty brave." Jonah admits to Rapunzel in admiration.

"I have to agree with Jonah on that, even I didn't know you had it in you back there. I mean, that was pretty impressive." Flynn agreed.

"I KNOW!" Rapunzel says in excitement before regaining composure. "I know."

Then Flynn turns to Jonah and tells him, "And you, I didn't know you can sing. I'm not gonna lie, you're pretty good."

"I can't lie, either. That was actually fun!" Jonah admits with a smile on his face.

Flynn and Rapunzel smile at each other for a second before the former sets his focus back on the path. Jonah noticed that and began to wonder if something's happening between the two. This reminds him of a certain someone on the other side of the world that he had to distance himself from, no matter how much it made his heart hurt to do it.

Then a thought reoccurred in his mind. "All that singing back at the tavern reminds me. What's with the whole Disney musical thing coming out of nowhere and all that jazz?"

This confused his two newfound companions as they exchange looks before Rapunzel asked, "What's Disney?"

Seeing the confusion on their faces and not wanting to get into it, Jonah decide to rephrase his question, "What I mean is, 'How is there music coming out of nowhere whenever people break into song?"

Then, Rider just remembered and said to Rapunzel, "Oh, right. He asked me about that hours ago."

"Before I explain this, how well would you say you believe in magic?" Flynn asks the young rider. He takes a moment to think of how he should answer that until he says, "Let's just say I've seen things that can teach you to keep as open a mind as possible. So, you guys can say I can believe in almost anything."

"Well, than that'll make this easy." Rider acknowledges before clearing his throat and going into full explanation mode as he says, "Centuries ago, there was a certain magic that's spread all the way across the world."

"Music would play out of thin air and people would sing and dance along to it." Rapunzel stepped in and continued for Rider. Then, she finishes, "Then, dark times came in and most of the magic in the world died. The very same magic now exists in very few lands. This is one of them."

"So, anyone can do it here?" Jonah asked with an eyebrow raised.

"Yup, that's pretty much the way of it." Flynn answers nonchalantly.

"Okay!" Jonah mutters as he still finds the whole thing a little strange. Even Samson tilts his head at how weird it is.

After that, there was nothing but an awkward silence as the group continues to move along the tunnel.