Bonjour my friends! Okay, so first about the story: I decided to keep it in 3rd person POV but keep it limited to MK. To solve my 'depth' problem, there's just going to be more thinking on her part. thanks LunaSolas your comment made a lot of sense to me and the flow of the story is just what I was worried about. And we'reonfire I KNOW RIGHT. I loved the movie but my feels were infuriated when I got home so I went straight to fanfiction :D and I felt like adding my own made up ending. Hope you stay tuned thanks to everyone who commented or faved or followed or wateva! You guys are so nice in the comments (oh, how I blush) and i'm just happy to have such nice people reading my first story! 3 [Alright, enough with the touchy stuff, on with the story!] Allons-y!

MK woke up to the soft sound of constant knocking. Her eyes fluttered open, then, remembering what the day brought, closed them again and rolled over on the soft bed.

Noooo, she thought, I can't do it. I can't talk to all those people. I'm no queen.

She let her mind wander off into a thoughtless territory, saving her from herself and her thoughts. She lay there a little longer, until her mind was forced to return to reality, when the knocking didn't stop. She made an annoyed sound and flung the sheets off onto the floor. Quickly realizing what she had done, she scooped up the beautiful spread and placed it gently back on the bed. She sighed and looked around. The bedroom was nothing special. A few flowers, not as dead as the others, but not looking too healthy, and the bed. Curious at how the process works, she stepped up to a blossom and lazily placed her hand on it.

When nothing happened, MK took her hand off and tried again. Nothing. Panic settled in. Nothing? How can that be, I just fixed those other flowers yesterday! Did I use it all up? Oh god, I'm the worst queen ever. After a while of constantly prodding the dead plant, MK gave up and slumped down on the floor, leaning back on the bed.

Knock. Knock. Knock. Knock.

"Ugh!" she got up quickly, irritable from her uselessness and ran over to a window. The hut was hidden well, but there were openings here and there where one could see out to the setting below. She looked through a window in the back and saw a couple figures walking just barely out of her view from the current window. She quickly searched for another, but when she found an opening, she realized it was a door. It was old and made of bark, hidden well behind a patch of flowers (now revived by MK, which only made her more frustrated with the fact she lost the ability). She gently pushed on it, and it budged. Carefully, she slid the door open, and stepped through.

She was standing in a hidden porch, covered by vines and leafs. The twig floor was covered in spiraling, snake-like lianas. She walked over to the unstable railing and took a look at the whole thing. It was decrepit, no one could argue with that, but in a beautiful way. There was a single sofa along the side of the wall, but other than that it was empty. Unlike the inside of the house, where the sad plants were a constant reminder of the former queen's demise, the veranda was a preserved part of Queen Tara's memory, perfectly unspoiled, sharing a room with time, letting it take her legacy where it pleased. It was gorgeous to MK and she felt joy and hope return to her. Queen Tara chose me, MK thought, remembering Ronin's lecture, if for no one else, I have to try for her.

Knock. Knock.

Remembering what she came out here for, she made her way across the balcony, to the edge and brushed away some leaves that were in her way. Down far below, near the entrance to the stairwell, were Grub, Mub, and Nod. Squinting, she saw the source of the knocking. Mub had a stick in his hand (if slugs have hands) and was knocking on the side of the tree, continually without pause. Grub was inspecting the circumference of the tree, while Nod sat back on his hummingbird, watching the pair.

She wanted to get their attention to ask them what they needed. She ruled out shouting, because it was early in the morning, and she didn't want to alert any creature where the hut was. She liked the privacy. After mulling it over, she remembered the bird calls her father had taught her when she was a little girl. Back when her mom was alive and they were one family, and her dad's theory was just an idea, he used to take her into the woods and teach her the different bird calls. She enjoyed getting the birds' attention and sometimes they would sing back. It's one of her greatest memories with him. But I'm sure our next conversation will be one for the record books.

She scanned her memory for something similar to a hummingbird, then called out a fast and diverse number of notes. Nod's hummingbird looked up to the source of the call and sang back. Nod looked up and MK waved. He waved back and jumped on his hummingbird. It didn't take long for the speedy bird to reach the terrace. It came to a stop, hovering, in front of MK and turned so Nod could see her. He was wearing his leafman armor and gave her his signature smile when he saw her.

"Hey, what are you guys doing here?" she asked, nodding down to the mollusks.

"We're here to take you to your father," he said, "Though we assumed you'd be awake by noon, but we can wait until you're ready, then you'll have a little time to prepare yourself before you talk to the people."

A fair amount of fear returned to MK, shadowing that spark of hope that just returned. It must have shown in her eyes because Nod gave her a sympathetic smile. She shook her head and stepped back.

"I can't do it, I just-I've always stunk at public speaking. I know I'm the queen and all, but can't Ronin give a nice speech while I smile and wave in the background?"

Nod landed his hummingbird on a nearby branch and jumped over to the terrace, stumbling a bit trying to get a grip on the railing. Then he jumped over the barrier and walked over to MK. He held onto her arms which she had wrapped around herself.

"Hey," he said comfortingly, "You'll do fine. You'll have an idea of what you're going to do after you talk to your dad. And remember you're not alone. We'll all be behind you, supporting you… and I'll stay next to you the whole time, okay?"

He gently pushed her chin up to make her look into his eyes. She tried processed what he had said and not loose herself in his eyes. She gained control and, comforted by his touch, she was able to find the courage to face the day.

"Okay?" he prodded again.

MK gave a submitting smile and nodded, "Okay."

"Good," he stepped back to the railing, "So, you get ready, and I'll try to convince Mub and Grub that they can stop trying to find a way into the tree."

He hopped over the railing and jumped over to his bird, mounted it, and flew down to their friends. MK sighed and once again looked over the patio. I can do this.

I'll stay next to you the whole time, MK smiled at his words, then ran inside, dodging the vines covering the floor, through the bark door, and went back up to the bedroom. She glanced around the small area and walked over to make the bed. When she walked over, however, she grazed the dying flower with her arm. She thought nothing of it until she looked back after straightening the pillows and noticed it higher up than before. Curious and careful, she approached the flower, the hope still light inside her. She reached out a hand and touched the flower like she had before, but this time she felt power flowing through her. She gasped as a life force reached through her arms and the flower became invigorated. She gave into celebration and relief as she looked at the flower. She walked backwards and leaned against the far wall and sighed. She leaned there for a while but soon noticed an uncomfortable bump on the otherwise smooth wall.

She turned around and felt the knot on the wall, confused. Then, dull but sure, the knocking began again. MK sighed at the reminder and left the wall behind. She walked to the balcony overlooking the first floor, working out what she needed to do to get ready.

First things first, though, she had to get clean. She went downstairs and reached for the door she assumed was the bathroom. She was right. Inside was a bathroom that looked surprisingly like the full sized one MK was used to. The sink, latrine, and bathtub were all made out of stone smoothed and curved. Next to the sink, on the wall, was a full length mirror. She walked over to the tub, and saw that the nozzle was a hollow stick. She turned on the water and pondered a moment about indoor plumbing worked here. As she let the tub fill up she walked over to the full length mirror and looked at herself.

Her hair was a mess and her color wasn't quite right, but she guessed that was just from the sickness. Leaning in closer, she looked at her ashy face, then jumped back in shock. Nod was right. Her eyes were brighter. She leaned forward and checked again; sure it was the trick of the light. They were still green, but not the deep green they used to be, they were an emerald color, like a jewel. Eyes don't just change colors like that, do they? She shook her head, scolding herself for being so freaked out. I'm in a tiny civilization, went on an adventure with talking slugs and leafmen, became queen of the forest by the last dead queen, and I'm surprised my eyes are a different hue.

Again she viewed at the attractive dress she had gotten when she became queen. Looking closer she saw the top was made out of multiple overlapping leaves, covering her torso down to her hips. From then on were lily flower petals. They were wavy and curled a little at the bottom, MK imagined how beautiful the flower must be if these were the petals. She hoped to find the kind of flower that made her dress. She gently felt the petals and frowned when she noticed the wrinkles. She quickly realized she'd been in this thing two days. She quickly took it off, ran to the bedroom, and placed it on the bed.

After her bath, she searched to bathroom for something to use to dry off. She found layers of moss lying beside the sink. She wrapped one around herself and went to the bedroom. She thought about putting back on her dress, but ruled it out. If she was riding a hummingbird she wanted something less limited. She looked around the entire house, looking for a wardrobe, but found nothing. She thought about going outside and telling her friends about her dilemma, but the thought of Nod seeing her in a towel made her blush horribly. Oh, how she wished for her hoodie and jeans right now.

She gave up and retreated to the bedroom and, surrendering, leaned on the wall. It was then she remembered the knot in the wall and quickly went over to examine it. It was just a bump, barely noticeable on the even wall.

Suddenly, she had a crazy idea. She reached out and placed her hand on the bump, palm down. A smile snuck its way on her face as her palm grew warm and pick started glowing underneath her palm. Soon light looped out of her hand and made a long, skinny archway. Once it disappeared she gave the wall a push and giggled excitedly. Queen Tara's secret room. What did it hold?

She walked in and saw complete darkness. She reached out and stumbled a bit when she didn't feel anything. Then her hand hit something and her hands searched it to find a simple post. She rested her hand on it, frustrated, when the warm glow returned. She smiled when she realized what was going on. She saw the pink glow reappear, but this time it branched out in almost straight lines down the post and along the floor. It divided out along the walls, lighting up the best break MK had had all day.

Lining the walls were assortments upon assortments of outfits. Gowns, armor, t-shirts, everything lined up along the wall. The glow stayed in the walls, casting a bright pink glow on the room.

No way, thought MK, Queen Tara's secret closed.

She couldn't keep the smile off her face as she roamed around the room until she found a simple outfit of leafy pants and a white petal top. She took it down, thinking through what she was looking at. Disappointedly, she realized most of these gorgeous gowns wouldn't fit her, and her safest bets were the simple attires. Nevertheless, she was grateful for the apparel and quickly changed into it. She dried her hair with the moss, which was surprisingly more absorbent than any towel MK had ever used. She left it down, lacking a hair tie and went over to the door. She pushed it open and placed her hand on the side as she went through. Abruptly, she felt very tired and leaned on the doorframe to support her. She felt like she did sometimes when getting up too fast after laying down a long time. After the head rush passed she rubbed her eyes and composed herself. She took it easy down the stairs but stopped in front of the exit. She collected herself, preparing to face her friends and eventually her dad, and walked out the doorway.

Grub squealed in surprise when she exited. He was wearing his leafman helmet looking very… dignified.

"How did you do that?" he asked, "I've inspected this bark four times over, and not a door in sight."

"I tried to tell them but the refused my help," said Nod as he walked over. "Grub's been inspecting the knocking Mub's been making to find the entrance spot on the tree." When he looked at MK he raised his eyebrows, "Where'd you get the outfit?"

"Queen Tara," she said suspiciously. Nod looked very confused but gave up the topic.

"How are we getting to my dad?" asked MK.

"How else?" said Nod as he mounted his bird. Grub stepped to the forest gracious and whistled loudly. A hummingbird came fluttering through the trees and landed next to him. He looked at the group smugly.

"Snails can whistle?" MK whispered to Nod. He shrugged and outstretched his arm to her.

"Come on, your riding with me, Queen MK."

She grabbed his arm and hopped on to the bird behind him, "Don't call me that either," she said with a smile.

"Then what can I call you?" he turned and asked.

"I don't know… " She replied sarcastically, "My name?"

"Alright Mary Katherine" he said victoriously.

She was furious but couldn't keep the smile off her face. She was about to scold him when Mub and Grub came next to them on their hummingbird. The creature didn't seemed too pleased with the weight on its back, and stumbled a little.

MK held back a laugh, "Ready to go, Leafman Grub?"

Looking very pleased with himself he nodded and took off on his bird.

Nod laughed a little, "Please don't encourage him," then took off after them.

Surprised at the sudden takeoff, MK almost fell off backwards. She quickly leaned forwards and held onto Nod.

"I thought you'd learn to keep your arms around me by now," he yelled over the winds.

MK rolled her eyes and smiled but didn't say anything back, focusing on balancing on the bird. They flew through the trees, diving and dodging branches. At first MK was nervous going this fast, but soon she got used to it, and eventually was having fun. Nod was reckless and was taking their bird on the most dangerous paths. I mean, that's the fun way, isn't it?

The bird took a remarkably steep nose dive and quickly pulled up, barely in time, and soared up above the trees. MK laughed, excited.

"Warming up to the fast flying, are ya?" shouted Nod.

"Yeah, but it doesn't beat a deer ride," she replied.

He looked back and smiled before diving back into the forest and meeting up with Mub and Grub. After a little more flying, they reached Bomba's house. MK frowned as she saw her suitcase peeking through the grass from when she was about to leave. They landed on her front porch. MK dismounted and tried not to be completely blown away at remembering how small she really was compared to before. The door looked like a building. She took a deep breath and looked at Nod.

"Alright, I'm ready when you are"

He nodded and turned to the railing. He took a running start and jumped up 3 feet to the rail. He balanced himself once on top and ran again, this time jumping sideways towards the door, and stomping on the doorbell. After the impact he flipped backwards and landed back on the porch. He looked over at MK who had her eyebrows raised, impressed, and smiled.

It didn't take long to hear giant, but slow, footsteps running through the house. The group moved to one side of the porch, incase Bomba decided to run onto the step when he didn't see a regular person. It took a while, but eventually they saw the doorknob turn and open, and there was MK's dad looking around, confused. Nod and MK hopped on the bird and flew up to eye level with the professor. His look of amazement was quite humorous when it takes far too long.

"Oh, yes, yes, of course, Mary Katherine! I mean-MK!" he said, taking up about 30 seconds. MK sighed. This is going to be a long conversation. "Come in!" Professor Bomba said as he ran off into the house to get his helmet so he could talk to them.

Nod flew the bird into the dining room and landed on the table that was covered in scattered leafman stuff. Mub and Grub landed soon after. The group dismounted and walked across the table, looking at the discarded collection. MK was confused at the strewn mess that used to be her father's life work. She looked up at her dad when they reached the end of the table. He was fidgeting with his helmet, trying to get it on right.

"What happened here?" MK yelled up.

The professor finished tweaking the headgear and looked down at MK through the eye piece.

"Uh-can you say that again?"

"What happed to this place?" she repeated.

"Oh, um, after I thought you left I sort of gave up on the leafmen," he said. "Pretty bad timing," he added with a small smile.

"Oh" is all MK could think to say. Her guilt returned as she remembered the harsh note she had left for her dad to find.

"Professor," Nod stepped in, "we need to discuss MK's situation as queen. Your position matters greatly."

"Oh, yes, of course, right away," he looked curiously at the group, "Are those slugs?"

MK sighed. This tiny conversation had lasted around 3 minutes. They weren't going to get anywhere with the leafmen ahead in time and the professor's curiosity in the tiny world. She sat down on the edge of the table and rested her head on her hand, thinking about how much easier it would be if her dad was smaller or they were bigger. Grub was just explaining to her dad that he was indeed a snail, not a slug. MK laughed at her father's face at the mollusk speaking and wished he could see all of the wonderful things she had.

Suddenly, the group turned to a book on Bomba's desk. Its pages were fluttering like a wind was blowing them over, but MK didn't feel any draft. They watched the book interestedly, when it abruptly stopped. A confused Nod looked over at MK who shrugged, not aware of what was happening. She turned her attention back to her dad when chaos broke loose.

Papers, sticky notes, and book pages flew off the screens and top the of Bomba's desk in a swirl, flying them across the room. MK stood up and took a step away from the whirling cyclone that was forming in front of her. Nod pulled her back just in time as a giant book flew past. All the papers in the room rapidly made MK lose sight of her dad. She held on to Nod and closed her eyes as the whirlwind got worse. Nod covered her with his arms until the storm reached its climax and started to settle down. The wind decreased until papers stopped swirling around the room and settled everywhere. MK's mouth dropped when she saw what was in front of her.

Her dad was laying on the desk in front of them. He sat up and looked around the room, discombobulated until his eyes found MK. His face turned from confusion to disbelief when he looked around again. Nod let go of MK and she stepped forward to help her dad stand up. For about a minute, the professor was speechless, just staring around the room until he gathered his wits. He breathed, exasperated, and looked at the group.

"Hoooooooow didyoudothat?" he said. Everyone looked at MK. For a moment she didn't notice all eyes on her until she glanced over at Nod. Her eyebrows rose as she looked around.

"Me? No, I didn't do that," she said quickly.

Nod snorted, "Well then who else in this room has magical powers?"

Shocked, MK realized she was the only one in the room who could have done that. Queen Tara turned me small… maybe I can do that to others...

Professor Bomba stepped in front of his dazed daughter. He sighed and looked proudly at her. He opened his arms and MK walked into them for a hug. When he pulled away he sighed again.

"You're the queen!" he said incredulously. MK smiled and nodded. He looked over her shoulder at her friends.

He walked passed her and examined Nod, who looked quiet uncomfortable. He poked his armor and inspected his helmet.

"And you're a leafman?" he asked in awe.

Nod glanced at MK who what about to burst with laughter and answered, "Um… yeah"

"Incredible…" he walked past him and leaned down to look at Mub.

"Woah, woah, woah, back it up," said the slug.

Bomba laughed, delighted.

"This is unbelievable," he turned to Grub.

Grub stood tall waiting for Bomba to assess his leafman skills.

"And you're a… snail who likes helmets?"

Grub sighed, "No, I'm a leafman."

"Ah… right" he looked over at Nod and back to Grub, very confused.

"Dad" said MK.

"Oh right, yes, I'm being compulsive. Sorry"

MK smiled as her dad stuck out his hand to Mub. The slug hesitantly shook his hand, looking quite uneasy. He then moved onto Grub to shake his hand.

"Dad, this is Grub, Mub, and-"

Her dad had stepped up to Nod at squinted at him, then quickly looked over at MK and back. Nod leaned back from him, eyes wide, and glanced at MK, whose eyebrows were raised, uncertain. When an uncomfortable silence continued MK said, "And this is Nod"

Her father stepped back and stood up straight. Still squinting slightly, he slowly raised his hand out to Nod. Cautiously Nod shook his hand.

"Professor Bomba. Pleased to meet you," her dad said stiffly.

"The pleasure's mine," replied Nod carefully. The handshake lasted a little too long and was followed by the most awkward 30 seconds of MK's life. MK decided to break the silence.

"So, Dad, do you think we could talk… alone?"

The professor seemed to recuperate and nodded to MK. Nod looked relieved to be out of that situation. MK jumped off the side of the table onto the floor. She looked up to find her dad looking down wide eyed.

"Just jump," she called up. Hesitantly, Bomba jumped down and landed wobbly. MK smiled at his awe stricken face.

"Fascinating. The size to strength ratio allows you to jump higher. I wonder how high the limit is. Obviously its like us with the dependence on strength and ability, but-."

"Yep we can jump really high"

Bomba smiled as they walked into the foyer. They jumped up to the first stair and sat down with their backs on the second. They sat in silence for a while, MK trying to gather her thoughts and find a place to start, luckily her dad pulled through.

"Do you want to be queen?" he asked.

MK was surprised at the frank question. What she was even more surprised about was that she didn't know the answer.

"I don't know- there's a lot to consider-I mean, this is a GIANT decision, right?" she rambled on a bit until she didn't even know what she was saying. All the thoughts that were bouncing around in her head found their exit and came out in a slur of nonsense. In a split moment a jumble of thought became an organized chain in her mind. In one second she found her answer.

"Yes"

The professor smiled and patted her knee.

"Alright then"

"Really? That's it? I thought we'd have to work out all the little things, you know, the boring stuff."

"Yeah, sorry to say we do, but I wanted to get this out of the way first. All of the little things are unimportant when it comes to you. It took a while for me to realize that. But I do now, and I don't want you to do something you don't want to do."

MK smiled at him, "Thanks dad."

He nodded, "Now then, let's go back in there with your leafmen friend and the talking mollusks"

They got up and hopped down the stair. They walked into the room and found Nod checking out the Boggan armor on the table. Mub and Grub were talking over by the birds. MK and Bomba jumped up the table, though it took a couple tries for Bomba to get it, and walked towards the birds. When Nod saw them coming he smiled and walked over.

"Everything all worked out?" he asked MK.

She smiled, "Yeah, except for… well everything."

Okay sorry I had to cut it off somewhere! I wish I could keep writing but it's going on six days and I don't like to see you guys waiting! Okay so I figured the flower magic is getting annoying and the hidden closed is sort of… idk amateur? Whatever, I thought about making her make her own outfit, but she would need to basically kill leaves and flowers and I feel that'd be wrong. I added a new 'power' obvious and-ohyeah-I have big plans for the porch . (Not like that you sickos! ~ But imahyper1 I didn't think about that till you said something! ~ :-[ oh. ) So Bomba was sort of a challenge for me. I saw the movie but didn't pay much attention to him so I didn't get a good sense of his character. I've been trying to take my brother as an excuse to see the characters' attitudes, but I haven't yet (plus you can never get enough Nod/MK) I still have big plans for them btw!

*SPOILER*

Its not gunna be all happy and lovey-dovey for them because…. Well I'm evil! I love emotion (negative and positive) and I like to make people feel both (what is one without the other?)

*OVER*

Okay that wasn't really a spoiler…. Anyway back to Bomba. I had to imagine how he would react to everything so I based it on this: he is a dad. I tried to picture how a dad would react to things related to his daughter. For Nod I liked the idea of a suspicious protective feel (cause I think its funny) and for the rest I pictured he just cared about MK.

As you probably noticed this is my longest chapter so far (more words than my first two chapters combined) and I hope it was worth the wait . So I STILL haven't gotten to a lot of fluff and shippings but I guess this stuff is important. And ohmergerd I just realized I have no idea what MK's speech is going to be…. Oh well I hope you stay tuned to find out what I conjure up! Thanks for all of ya who commentedfavoritedfollowedblahblah if you want my soft heartfelt stuff reread the above authors note ^_^ (but I really do appreciate it!) LEAVE YOUR THOUGHTS! I'll cya next time! Au revior!

P.S. you're welcome for finally not ending a chapter with MK passing out :D