Another update! I got all sorts of great ideas for newer characters but I could still use more! They will definitely appear in the next chapter. I'm really excited to see what you guys think! Anyway, enjoy!

"I don't know about you, Princess, but I feel like we are wasting time," I hollered over to her. She was behind a huge boulder digging at the base of it.

"No! The map said it was around here," Her muffled voice said, "It has to be here!"

"Princess, we've already been searching for a while now and besides, Miranda said it might have been moved."

Rory came out from behind the boulder. Even though we were in the middle of the forest, the sun shone through the leafy branches which made her hair shine. She had dirt and leaves in it; evidence that she had been crawling on the ground looking for a secret opening.

It had only been a half a week since we left the godmother's house and we had gone straight to the place that Miranda had pointed out on the map. After searching the area for a few days, we still had found nothing.

"It could still be here, hidden somewhere. We just have to keep looking," She responded.

"Or, it could be somewhere else and we are just wasting our time here," I argued, "Think about it. If it was still here like the map says, don't you think that someone would have come across it by now?"

"You give up to easily," She huffed as she walked over to me. She motioned for me to turn around and I obeyed. She reached into my pack and pulled out the map for what must have been the twentieth time that day. I shook my head but looked at it with her anyway. Little black x marks filled up the places where we had searched and more were around the area that Miranda had pointed out. There was really no place left to search in anywhere near us.

"See, Princess, we might as well try somewhere else. Maybe farther up north?" I suggested. Rory rolled up the map once more and placed it back in my bag. Then she came around to face me.

"Why north?"

"Why not? It's worth a shot," I answered.

"So, you're guessing then," She said shortly, crossing her arms. I knew when she did that she wasn't happy with what I had just said.

"Um, well," I faltered, "I suppose I am."

She set her jaw. "We can't make decisions on a guess. That's just foolish."

"We can try," I grinned. She didn't look impressed.

"How did you become so irresponsible? Honestly, you would think you didn't have a care in the world by the way you-" She started to rant.

I ran my hand through my hair, completely annoyed already.

"Wow, you are starting to sound like my brother," I said, cutting her off, "If I was so irresponsible would I have come to your kingdom in the first place and after that helped you?"

She stayed silent for a long moment, just staring at me. For a split second, I thought I saw a flash of realization on her face before she started to smirk.

"I get it."

"What?" I asked uneasily.

She gave a short laugh. "You're jealous of your brother."

I stepped back in surprise. What was she saying? Where had that even come from? It was plain ridiculous.

At a loss for words, I turned my back to her and started walking away.

"Jealous? Of my stuck up brother? No way!"

"Admit it," She said, following me, "You may talk about him like he is the most annoying person in the world, but deep down you really admire him."

"I don't think so."

"You also think that your parents like him better because he's more 'responsible' than you seem to be. That's the real reason you came here. To match up to your brother."

"I came so my parents would get off my back," I said through gritted teeth. What she was saying was way out of line. I was starting to get actually angry.

"Or, you came so they would be as proud of you as they are of him," she countered.

"You're wrong. I don't have inferiority issues."

"I think you are lying to yourself," she said simply.

I had heard enough. She had crossed her boundaries and had no reason to say these things to me. I stopped abruptly and spun on my heels to face her. I was about to start yelling out her but found that she had been following closer than I thought she had. My unexpected halt caused her to crash straight into me, making her lose her balance. As she fell, she grabbed onto my arm and instinctively, I caught her around the waist and brought her back to her feet.

For a moment, we stood there like that. I looked down at her face and instantly, all the anger I had seeped away. I was overly aware of my arm around her waist and my skin was tingling where she was touching. She looked up at me and I noticed not for the first time in the past couple days how beautiful she was. My mind started to get fuzzy and I knew that I wanted to kiss her. I bent my head down towards her slightly. She gave no objection and closed her eyes.

Suddenly, It became clear to me what I was doing. Embarrassed, I jerked backwards and pushed her away from me before turning my back towards her once more.

"You're right," My strangled voice said, "I guess I am jealous of my stupid brother."

"Colin-"

"Oh, man. Now the moment is ruined," A new voice came from around us, "It was just getting good!"

Yeah, so it's really short, but I felt like this was the appropriate place to end it. Tell me what you think! And don't forget that a character you suggest could be in the next chapter! Until next time!