Sunlit Moon (Varian x OC. Complete! [sequel cancelled for now.])

Mirror Mirror.

"So...Anyone wanna tell me what exactly happened to my hair?" Rapunzel, Cass, Eugene and Lance all looked terrified.

"Well, you see--"

"It happened kind of—"

"I know nothing, please don't hurt me."

"It was an accident!" Artemis narrowed her eyes as everyone slurred words together at the same time, she had been out of it since the great tree and their fight with her...with Hector, the thought made her hug her arms to her chest, but she still needed an answer about her now unkempt hair,

"Cass did it." Eugene just willing threw the short-haired woman under the proverbial bus,

"Eugene!"

"What?! None of you were gonna tell her the truth." Artemis turned to Cass, "Cass?"

"It was an accident, we found you passed out in the vines when Raps recited the Decay incantation and I tried to cut you down but...I...accidentally...cut off your braid. But, in my defense, things could have been a whole lot worse if Eugene hadn't spotted you."

"Yeah, she could have been left behind after you chased her off at the base of the tree, Cassandra."

"You were gonna leave me there?" Cass looked terrified, "What? No!"

"I should have known better. I should have gone off on my own."

"And if your father had caught you?"

"He's not my father!" Both eyes were glowing in rage and everyone took a step away from the distraught teen, seeing her friends frightened faces she snapped out of it, "I'm..." she stepped forward but everyone took another step back, "I'm sorry..." She went back to the girls side of the Caravan and closed the door behind her.

--

"Well, it's official. We are stuck."

"I guess we'll have to wait out the storm in here."

"Or maybe not..." outside the window was a strange cottage, "Raps, I know what you're thinking, but that place creeps me out."

"Hang on, I wanna have a look."

"Ugh, could you be more annoying." Artemis poked her head out of the top half of the door, "Why'd we stop?"

"We got stuck."

"Hmm, let me see." Eugene used his tweezers to pull Cassandra's hair, "Ow!"

"Ha ha, would you look at that? I can be."

"Look raps, I can see where this is going, you're going to say something like 'that shell house looks like a warm, gigantic place' and then I say 'let's not rush into anything, we should be careful...' and they're gone..."

Trailing behind Eugene and Lance Artemis watched as Rapunzel knocked on the door, the blonde teen got strange vibes from the cottage and when the door opened, she certainly did not expect someone so well kept.

"Hello. We are so sorry to bother you but our caravan got stuck in the mud."

"A carriage stuck in ze mud is a carriage zat's quite a dud." Everyone shared a look of uncertainty, "It's a rhyme... heh, look 'ow wet all of you are. Do you suppose it's because of ze rain?"

"Uh, could we come in?"

"Of course, of course. My name is Mathews and you are all welcome, except the horses, they shed too much and leave hoofprints in ze carpet."

"Max and Fidella started towards the door but Mathews pointed them towards the stables, "It's the stables for you!" Once inside the fire warmed everyone up, "Wow, this place is amazing."