Tangled: Stardust and the 12 Zodiacs (Varian Fanfiction)

Chapter 8: The Lion's Temple

((This chapter would be rewritten soon))

"Welcome to the Jungle of Lion!!!" Soul chirped as she stood in front of the entrance to the jungle, spreading her arms wide. "Follow me, I'll lead us to the temple."

"It looks like a normal jungle." Kiera commented crossing her arms as she walked with the others, following Soul.

"What did you expect? Some dangerous man-eating plants?" Soul asked narrowing her eyes a bit as she looked over her shoulder. "Yeah, there is. But don't worry, as long as you don't disturb them they won't do anything." She followed, the other's faces paled at the thought of the dangerous plants. "Oh, and there are some predators as well. Watch out for that."

After walking for a while, they stopped under a huge jungle tree. The group was a bit cautious of the plants surrounding the tree, but the astrologer reassured them that the plants are perfectly safe. Except, the one Varian was about to touch.

Out of everyone, Varian was the most fascinated about everything he saw. He wanted to take some samples from some of the plants he saw to bring back home and study its components, if it will be beneficial or not. In other words, he was geeking out. Every time he would try to take a sample though, Soul would stop him every once in a while to warn him if he needs to cover his nose or eyes when handling the plant. He was ecstatic to know that the girl didn't stop him from wanting to take some samples, maybe it was because she was also taking samples.

"For an astrologer, you know a lot about plants." Eugene commented as he watched the girl help Varian collect some plants near the huge tree.

"Well, my brother loves plants. He often bought books about different types of plants or he would write his own book when he travels, coming back home with a journal full of information about different types of plants he encountered, sometimes he even brought back samples." Soul replied as she cut off a flower using some shears she had in her rucksack, placing the flower in a water bottle to keep the flower from dying.

"Looks like being a science nerd runs in your family, huh?" Lance said as he leaned on the tree.

"I guess? I don't really know much about our parents. They were always gone traveling, coming home once or twice, then their out again." The girl said shrugging her shoulders as she stopped Varian from damaging an important part of the plant he was taking a sample of.

"I think we rested long enough. Shall we get going?" Rapunzel suggested as she stood up. Soul nodded and went ahead, the group following her.

"You know, I'm really glad we left our furry friends in the caravan. Knowing Flick, he would have eaten everything he sees." Soul said as she saw Varian walk next to her. Nodding, Varian agreed that Ruddiger would have done the same.

"How do you know where the temples are located? I mean, you said you've never been outside of Corona before. How come you know your way around here?" Catalina asked from Lance's shoulders. Putting a hand on her chin, Soul thought about it for a moment not sure how to answer the girl.

"I, don't know. I mean, I know where the temples are located location wise. But i don't the actual spot where the temple is , I'm just really following my intuition here." She answered truthfully. Soul knows where the Zodiacs' temples are because she read about them from one of her parents' journals. But the journals never stated where the temples can be found in the location. However, since they entered the forest, something was tugging on Soul, like there was a string attached to her and something was pulling on it.

"So you mean we're lost?" Kiera asked as she stopped walking, making the others stop and look at the lavender haired girl.

"Not really. Just follow me, besides, I'm the navigator here. You just gotta trust me. " Soul replied as she continued walking.