Rise of the Guardians 2

Chapter 52

Excitement and terror shot through her, as she raced down the dark hallway. She extinguished the light that she had been emitting, think that it probably do her more harm than good.

The rooms and Hallways seemed endless. She had a few close calls with nightmare horses and once she caught a glimpse of Jack. Rapunzel began to lose the confidence she had when she first left her cell, and she was sure that she was going in circles . "Doesn't do any good to escape the dungeon if I can't get out on the castle" She thought "C'mon Punzie, think!" She had the idea to mark her the hallways that she'd gone down but the walls and floors were smooth and made of what she thought was probably marble. There were no stones to uses and she couldn't make a mark of the floor or the walls.

"Not that I could see it anyway in this darkness." Rapunzel though discouraged "...Wait... Maybe I can leave a light mark on it!" Not the most discreet of methods, but better than staying in Pitch's lair for any more time that she had too.

She pressed her hand to the wall and willed parts of the rock to light up. To her surprise the light began moving across the entire wall. Glittering designs spread like spider webs and the marble became a cream color. Rapunzel felt a sudden warmth. It was more like an emotion than an actual physical sensation, and it felt like she had just come...home.

Punz pulled her hand away and the feeling left. The marble darkened and designs faded. She felt drained, but something that Breeze had said was coming back to her. Breeze had said that Pitch had taken this castle from another Spirit: Sulis the Spirit of Light and Healing. 'If this was Sulis's Castle' Punz thought as she sat down, resting against the wall 'Then it should be mine now...well if Pitch hadn't taken it over'

She was interrupted from her thoughts by a pixie flying into her face. She flinched back startled and then calmed. There were three of them, small little glows of multicolored light, that dimly illuminated the space in front of them.

'Hello' An orange one said.

'Only it wasn't really a sound' Punz thought 'it was like the voice you speak in inside your head' "Hello?" She whispered out loud "Who-what are you"

'We are the Sun Pixies.' A blue one replied this time. Punz wasn't sure just how she knew, but she could tell which Pixie was speaking even if they were talking in her head. 'We were the last ones left after our Mistress fell. The others are in the tight grasp of sleep. We tried to wake them but the Dark King's power was to great'

'They will only wake when he is beaten' the last pixie- a purple one- said with distress. 'And he is much too powerful now, when the world is so dark and fearful.'

"Have you been here since he took over"

'Yes' The Orange Pixie said 'We could not abandon our home... and we were told by the moon to await a new mistress here. One with more power than even Sulis herself. One gifted with a drop on the purest sunlight.'

'We serve you now, Rapunzel of Corona' The blue one said 'My name is Dazzle'

'Mine is Blaze' said the Orange Pixie

'And I am Hue' Said the Purple one smiling 'The moon was right, Rapunzel of Corona, you are powerful and your aura shines as brightly as the sun herself in the sky.'

Rapunzel felt a wave of gratitude and she felt like sobbing in relief. "Thank you" She whispered to the Pixies. They smiled at her. "Can you help me find my way out."

They all gave tinkling laughs like small ringing bells. 'Of course' Blaze said 'This is our home. Pitch can darken and twist things, but he cannot truly change them. Follow us'