Crawford eyed Cedar as the male tried to ignore the mini arguments behind him. Parchment and Bluealle were having their normal fight, Crepe and Arctic were having a sibling battle, Midnight and Janice were having an... interesting one. Cedar seemed unfazed by most of them. But when a particular aura hit the air, he seemed to snap.

"Oh Crawford!" Cedar's face that Crawford caught as he poked his head down had a series of emotions. He looked down to see a very certain face. He smiled.

"Miss Cassandra!" He jumped down and into a hug. Despite the jump and he was much bigger than her, she still caught him with no problem.

"You not only look amazing and have grown so much in such a short timeframe, but you have been busy! I'm proud of you!" Crawford smiled. "Shall we go upstairs?" Crawford nodded before helping her up to the upper level. She scanned the room at the VKs as minor hisses hit the air. "Not bad captives." Crawford smiled at that.

Cedar was silent as the duo teased the other VKs. It shocked Crawford that the guy who probably could do the most damage had nothing to say to this situation. But clearly he did as when the duo approached him he snapped.

"Well... well... well... what a surprise... Cassandra."

Someone wasn't happy. The duo glanced at each other before turning to the VK.

"Meaning?" Cedar let out a small, yet hysterical laugh that made the rest of the room fall quiet.

"Meaning? What do you mean by that? I think you should know the answer to that, Cass." Cassandra frowned.

"No one ca-" She stopped as he turned to the duo.

"I should've figured it out back at the beginning of this thing when the tower went up, Cass. You have ten seconds to let us go and release Crawford before I do it for you."

~~~

Lapis and the others were trying to think of a plan before they looked to see what they could use. The scene shocked them.

"I'm guessing that there's our target." Lapis gulped at the sight of the female as they stared at Cedar, who had definitely moved. Whatever he had said made the entire room stop.

"Ice... please tell me I'm not the only one that is feeling what is going on in there right now." Ice blinked as he studied the scene. "I can feel Cedar's aura from here. Something is happening."

"Clearly... but what?"

They got their answer pretty quickly at what happened next.

~~~

Cassandra raised an eyebrow at the male's threat.

"I want to see you get out of the cage, kid." Cedar's eyes flashed.

"Kid? Oh...." His eyes flashed as the cage shattered. A yelp escaped from someone as he floated to the ground. "You did not just call me that, Cass. Let me show you how it's done."

He appeared behind the duo and sent a series of blasts at them. Crawford pulled Cassandra out of the way as the duo pulled out swords. Cedar almost immediately disarmed them and slammed Cassandra into a wall. Crawford hissed faintly as he was merely pushed to the side. Cassandra slowly got up, leaning heavily against the wall.

"Just because you're older and more stable doesn't mean you have the upper hand in this battle." He shot a cold glare at Crawford, stopping his attempts at a sneak attack. "Because I will win everytime. You're nothing when I turn on my aura." Cassandra gulped as she faced the VK.

"Well... look who's grown from mother's little disaster to a threat! I'm shocked... but I shouldn't have underestimated you and your skills. I guess it's time to see what you're really capable of."

The duo launched at each other, causing everyone watching to panic. It took Cedar with the power he had on at least two minutes to disable her and put her in a magic trap.

"Now you know how it is to be stuck somewhere." Cassandra huffed.

"Give me a real fight. I'll show you how it's done. Drop the magic and fight me head on." Cedar growled.

"Not a chance. We have different fighting styles, Cass. So I'll repeat myself. Let the VKs go and release Crawford or I'll do it for you."

"No way in hell, Cedy. I'm not done." He growled again as the aura surged dangerously.

"Suite your-"

Yeah... so he might've forgotten the fact that Crawford was still standing. Despite the fear that he was hit by, he was able to regain his stability and knock the VK out. The trap dropped Cassandra as Cedar went down. She smiled.

"Nice job, Crawford." He nodded as he put Cedar back into a cage and lifted him up. Only this time it wasn't just two.

~~~

The group stared at the screen as the scene was cleaned up.

"What the hell...?" Was all Wendy had to say. It was a pretty accurate response to this. They were all frozen as Crawford put a new system around Cedar. Ice gulped.

"Talk about danger. He really snapped..." Lapis gulped.

"He's not going to wake up in a nice tone. He's going to panic and we're screwed." Admiral paused.

"Why did he do that? What is between those two that made that such a big deal?" Rednal paused as he studied the female beside Crawford. He gulped.

"That's because they're stepsiblings." The others stared at him. "What? Cedar and Cassandra, the person there with Crawford, are both children of Mother Gothel and adoptive siblings of Rapunzel. Cassandra was also a minor villain that was momentarily put on the Isle until the Lightwings could figure out if they wanted to give her her wings or not. And by the looks of it, they haven't gotten around to it and now she's angry. Which would explain everything." Ice gulped.

"Then that means we need a plan now. We have to take Crawford and Cedar back or else there'll be bodies."

~~~

The group sat in silence for a moment trying to figure out what to do. Joel paused.

"Maybe..." He shook his head. "Never mind." Seafoam paused.

"No... what is it, Joel? You seem to have an idea." He sighed.

"It's a stupid thought... but maybe I could grab control of the tower? It's a risky idea, but if I can catch Crawford singing then maybe I can steal the tower from him and use it against Cassandra. The only problem would be that I would need a base." Marcus hummed.

"If I knew what I was capable of..." Lapis hummed as Ice stood up.

"Your mothers are probably looking for the hut to give you your things. I'll be back." Seafoam flashed a very distinctive grin of mischief, gaining a noise from the inexperienced LK. "Seafoam, be nice to him." She stopped.

"I am nice! Tell that to yourself!"

"I'm about to kindly guide his mothers in. I haven't done anything bad. You go jump Lavana and Crepe." Lapis frowned.

"What did they do?"

"Got most of the Almia VKs to help support Team Dim Sun's plan with the tower. As in... I was going to get Issac the passive way. Crepe asked Melody and Lavana to create a scene and threatened Issac. Don't jump me." He went out as Barlow gulped.

"I'm sorry to admit this so late... but I witnessed that conversation." Seafoam slammed her hand on the table, gaining a laugh from the table.

"Barlow..."

"I'm sorry! It slipped my mind!" The others giggled as the sound of the door reappeared. Ice peeked around the corner.

"Correction. They weren't lost. They just didn't know how to grab anyone's attention for the fact that they arrived. My bad." Marcus perked up as the three Lightwings came in.

"Mama! Ma! Motha!" The trio smiled as he stood up and went over. They talked in the other room as Ice sat down.

"That might make this easier. He'll need some time to figure out what he can do, but maybe his gains will be what we need." He glanced at Joel. "As for your plan, it would work, but someone has to get Crawford to sing." Rednal nodded as Marcus and the three Lightwings sat down.

"Yeah... only Cedar has pulled it off onc-"

"Twice." They turned to Wendy at her words. She was slightly turned away from them. "When I went on that walk... let's just say it was tense. But I heard Cedar get Crawford to sing a second time. It wasn't as much as the first time, but he got him a second time. So if done correctly, we can get him to sing." She glanced at the group. "You guys leave that to me. I can't fight any other way against Crawford. So let me try." Lapis gulped.

"Be careful. We can only protect you for so long." Wendy nodded as Ice smiled.

"Then all we have to do is get into that tower and gain our spot. Let's do this!"