AHHH THIS CHAPTER IS KIND OF SHORT I'M SORRYYYY
Also I love all of the thugs🥰
The way they all risked their freedom to free Eugene to save Rapunzel is so sweet. Like they fully were aware they'd get arrested for it but still did it for them 😭❤️
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(Y/N) continues to fight against the guards with all her might, giving up on trying to convince the Captain to let her go. She attempts to ram her shoulder into one of the guards, the guard predicting this and grabbing her shoulder and forcing her angled forward as they enter the narrow hallway. One of the guards holds the back of her neck, restricting her movements greatly as she looks around in a panic.
Her eyes catch glimpse of a small ceramic unicorn in one of the cubbies along the walls, her eyebrows furrowing with confusion before her face brightens in realization as she softly gasps.
The door leading to the gallows slams shut on the Captain's face, followed by all other doors in the hallway that lead out. The guards look around on high alert, Captain scowling.
"What's this?" he demands furiously, turning back to the door and slamming his fist against it. "Open up!"
The small wooden window on the door slides open, Shorty smiling drunkenly in greeting.
"What's the password?" he questions lightly, slamming the window shut.
(Y/N)'s face breaks out in a smile, a small snicker leaving her.
Captain was taken aback. "What?!"
Shorty slides the window open. "Nope!"
He chuckles, sliding it back shut.
"Open this door!" Captain shouts, spit flinging from his mouth and his face a bright, angry red.
Shorty opens the window, shaking his head with a grimace, "Not even close!"
He slams it shut, Captain huffing furiously as he stands straight.
"You have three seconds! One!"
A hook lowers down from the ceiling, snagging onto the back of one of the guards' armor and yanking him up. (Y/N) jumps and looks up, as well as the guard on her other side.
"Two!"
The guard opens his mouth to shout, a large hand shooting out of the door behind him and grabbing his face, yanking him inside the next room as his helmet flies off him.
"Three..." Captain's voice trails off as he turns around, hearing the helmet clatter to the ground.
(Y/N) stood alone, grinning as she raises her hand in a small wave.
The door behind Captain opens as he stares at (Y/N) in shock, Atilla emerging and wielding a frying pan in his oven mitt covered hand. He raises the frying pan, slamming it against the back of the Captain's head. Captain falls forward with a goofy expression, knocked unconscious.
"Ooh! He is going to feel that later!" (Y/N) laughs, beaming up at Atilla, who remains silent under his helmet.
Vlad emerges from the next room, Atilla picking up the key from the Captain's unconscious form and tossing them to Vlad as Muriel hangs from the ceiling with a grin. Vlad unlocks (Y/N)'s handcuffs, (Y/N) sighing with relief as the chains fall to the ground. Atilla steps forward, offering her dagger and sheathe to her as she looks up in surprise.
"Thank you," she says with relief, taking her weapon and nodding in appreciation, glad to have her old dagger back.
Loud thudding makes (Y/N) turn and look back, dozens of guards breaking the door at the end of the hall down wielding swords. Vlad runs into the room with Shorty, Muriel quickly rising up back on the upper beams as Atilla grabs (Y/N)'s hand and pulls her down the hallway to her right. The guards split up, some chasing after Vlad and Shorty and others chasing after (Y/N) and Atilla.
He releases (Y/N)'s hand as she sprints after him, looking over her shoulder at the large amount of guards chasing them. She yells in alarm, struggling to loop her dagger sheathe around her thigh as she runs but managing as she sheathes her dagger away safely. Atilla and (Y/N) run past Ulf, who raises a hand at the guards and stops them in their tracks.
They watch Ulf with apprehension and confusion, Ulf pretending he was trapped behind an invisible wall as he feels around. The guards continue to watch him in confusion, Ulf turning and looking down the hall to the right as he holds a hand over his eyes.
The guards follow his gaze, Vlad bellowing as he charges at them. They all scream in high pitched voices with terror, dropping their swords as Vlad decks them with ease. Their helmets all clatter to the ground, Ulf pressing his hands to his cheek dramatically in mock shock.
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Atilla leads (Y/N) out into the courtyard, Muriel running in behind them. (Y/N) skids to a stop, looking around with wide eyes as hundreds of soldiers yell while racing towards them from the upper levels.
"What now?!" (Y/N) asks urgently, turning to Muriel.
Muriel grabs her shoulders, setting her down next to him.
"Head down."
(Y/N)'s brows furrow, but she obliges. "Head down!"
"Arms in!" he instructs firmly.
"Arms in," she nods, tucking her arms close.
"Knees apart."
(Y/N) listens, lowering a bit as she parts her knees.
"Knees-- what?" (Y/N) questions, frowning with confusion as she looks to Muriel. "Oh. I get it."
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Vlad grunts loudly, jumping off the wall above.
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"You're messing with me, right? Ha! Very--"
(Y/N), who was unknowingly standing on a cart, looks up when she notices a shadow. Vlad lands on the end of the cart, sending her flying up.
"Funny!" (Y/N) lets out a scream as she goes flying through the air.
Muriel and Vlad grin widely as they watch with Atilla, the guards all watching in shock.
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(Y/N) continues to scream as she spins through the air, squeezing her eyes shut and bracing herself as she lands on something.
Her eye slowly peeks open as she exhales a sigh of relief, a soft nicker making her look down.
Maximus, whose saddle she was sitting on, peers back at her, smiling with a tilted head.
"Maximus?" (Y/N) says in surprise, blinking rapidly as she slowly lowers her arms and grabs the reigns. "Wait. Did you... Did you really bring them here to save me?"
Maximus snorts softly, nodding his head with a smug smile.
(Y/N) stares at him for a moment, completely moved by his actions.
"Thank you," she says with awe.
Maximus' ears flick as he snorts dismissively.
"I mean it. Thank you," (Y/N) looks ahead, taking a deep breath and exhaling through her mouth. "Now..." she looks around at the castle wall, "How to get down?"
The door behind them slams open, guards with crossbows taking aim at (Y/N). Maximus neighs as he takes off in a run, moving side to side to avoid the arrows. (Y/N)'s eyes notice movement, her face falling at the sight of guards yelling and charging on the other side of the castle wall.
"Uh-- Max?" (Y/N) anxiously says, holding tightly on the reigns as he continues to charge towards the end of the wall.
Maximus ignores her, snorting as he runs even faster.
"Max!"
The guards all scramble to avoid the horse, Maximus whinnying as he leaps off the castle wall.
"Max!!" (Y/N) yells in alarm, screaming as they fly through the air.
Maximus lands on the slanted rooftop of the horse with a determined expression, sliding down a bit before leaping off. A little girl gasps in awe as she watches, Maximus landing on the cobblestone of the town square and startling a few people as he runs past them.
"Is that (Y/N)?"
"(Y/N)!"
"(Y/N)?!"
A few voices call out to her with relief and joy, (Y/N) feeling herself smile before her expression hardens.
"All right, Max!" (Y/N) lifts herself up a bit in a crouch, grasping the reigns in one hand as she pats the side of Maximus' neck. "Let's go save the Prince of Corona!"
Maximus lets out a mighty whinny, his strides long and powerful as he races through the town and across the bridge of Corona. He doesn't tire as he races through the woods, the wind sweeping through his mane and (Y/N)'s hair as he runs.
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Maximus leaps over the same fallen tree he had leapt over when pursuing (Y/N), his pace never slowing as he runs down the slanted hill leading down where they had fallen.
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Maximus runs through the tunnel, (Y/N) sliding off him and staggering as she catches herself while racing up to the base of the tower. The sky above was darkened by clouds, casting an ominous shadow on the clearing.
"Faunus?!" (Y/N) yells up to the window, cupping her mouth to project her voice.
She receives no response.
"Sunshine! Come, on Faunus!" (Y/N)'s voice becomes more panicked. "Let down your hair! Please!"
(Y/N)'s teeth clench together anxiously before she exhales sharply, grabbing onto the vines of the tower and bracing herself for the climb. The sound of the windows above opening make her pause and look up, Faunus' bright golden hair tossed out a moment later.
She laughs in relief as she grabs onto the end, smiling as she climbs up Faunus' hair.
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NAH ANOTHER CLIFFHANGER GOODBYE Y'ALL ARE GONNA TRACK MY LOCATION AND KILL ME HAHA--💀💀💀 OR WHACK ME WITH A FRYING PAN
I LOVE YOUUUU—
The next chapter should hopefully be up soon! Until then!❤️❤️