Taking a deep breath Luminous stood at the entrance of the cave clutching her shirt to her chest. She stepped outside of the cave. Slowly opening her blue eyes she looked down at the shirt to see if the ink was still there.

“Holly mice mites and milk curds! It actually worked!” Yelled the Dawn of Fate.

“Yes!” Luminous punched her fist in the air smiling. “Let’s go save our wizard.”

Luminous took the Dawn of Fate and ran in the forest scraping by trees and leaves, using her shirt as a map to guide herself through the forest.

“Look I’m glad you’re at least wearing a bra short stuff, but can you memorize that map just a little bit so you can put your shirt back on in case we run into any predators?” Asked the Dawn of Fate.

“Predators? You mean the corrupt?” Asked Luminous without stopping.

“No, I mean like handsy men…”

“There it is!”

Luminous stood over the cliff’s edge looking down into the canyon. The orangy-red glow of the campfire shined on a huge tent made of beanstalks, along with a huge boulder that sat right next to the campfire.

“That’s great short stuff.” Said the Dawn of Fate. “Can you put your shirt back on now?”

“Oh, ya…”

Luminous took the Dawn of Fate off her back and put her arms back into the short sleeves. She went to button the top button when she spotted a small figure running across the bottom of the canyon towards the tent made of beanstalks.

“Vainglorious?”

Luminous’ hands stopped playing with the button. She grabbed the sword strap and ran down the canyon.

“Wait! Wait short stuff!” Said the Dawn of Fate. “Button up your shirt first! Oww!”

Luminous slipped on the rocks sliding the rest of the way down. 

“Do you always have to drag me around on the ground?” Asked the Dawn of Fate when they got to the bottom.

“We have to get to that weird tent.” Said Luminous.

She was so distracted with getting to Vainglorious that she didn't notice that the boulder sitting next to the campfire opened its eye.

Luminous ran into the tent when she saw Vainglorious with some sort of potion he held behind the back of his navy blue trench coat. He kept his focus on the beanstalk that slithers around like a snake preparing to strike.

“Vainglorious there you are!” Yelled Luminous.

The young wizard turned around startled at the mention of his name. The beanstalk quickly wrapped around Vainglorious’ skinny waist, the potion he was holding shattered to the dirt ground as he was harshly plucked off the ground. 

“The sweat of the hard GAH!”

Vainglorious attempted a spell, but as soon as he opened his mouth the beanstalk plunged into him. Just as quickly the other beanstalks climbed into his nostrils and ears, then climbed up inside his navy blue pants leg.

Luminous stared in horror as the young boy choked and gagged on the plant.

“What’s it doing to him?!”

“It’s a special extermination plant. It’s routing through all his orifices to try to get to his heart and pull it out.” Explained the Dawn of Fate. “The only way to defeat all thoughts stalks is to find the original one and cut it down.”

Luminous thought about what would be the fastest way to find the original stalk. When the idea struck her.

“Oh, short stack you’re not thinking about…”

“Blade Sacralization!” She shouted.

The Dawn of Fates vermilion blade expanded five times bigger than it already was. Luminous held the sword in the air grunting as her tiny arms burned under the heavyweight.

“You can hardly control this power!” Scolded the Dawn of Fate.

“I don’t need perfect control, I only need one perfect hit!” Grunted Luminous leaning forward.

The huge blade fell slicing through all the beanstalks right next to Vainglorious. The young boy fell to the ground as the blade went back to its normal size. Vainglorious bent over his snow-white skin flushed as he coughed up beanstalks.

“*Coff coff!* Are you crazy!? *Coff coff!* That blade was near my head, you could have killed me!” Wheezed Vainglorious his wide gray eyes watering.

“Still a better death than being suffocated to death, or get your heart pulled out though where the sun doesn't shine.” Said the Dawn of Fate. “So uh, your welcome.”

“Are you okay?” Asked Luminous, reaching her hand out to Vainglorious.

Vainglorious wiped the drool from his lips looking up at Luminous. His face went from its cold white-collar to a shade of red when he noticed that her shirt was unbuttoned leaving her exposed in nothing but a white bra. 

“L..Leecher!” Blushed Vainglorious smacking her hand away. “Don’t you dare come…!”

"Ho ho, I am here I came, walking in like a hurricane!" Boomed a loud voice. 

The ground shook as the voice got closer and closer.

“Giant incoming!” Said the Dawn of Fate.

Luminous quickly grabbed Vainglorious’ hand pulling him up and running inside the ginormous cobblestone oven. She pressed herself and Vainglorious up against the side of the cooker away from the light peering inside the widow slits carved into the oven door.

"Step in my way and feel the pain, nothing to it just like to Maine. Oh ho ho." Fe Fi Fo laughed.

Vainglorious could feel his heart beating and not just because the giant was getting closer. But because of the position they ended up in, his face was only an inch away from the tiny bow that sat in the center of Luminous’ bra. How embracing….

“Hey what's wrong Vainglorious?” Asked Luminous. Vainglorious’ pink face snapped up to meet her baby blue eyes. “Your face is all red, are you sick?”

“Why you…!”

“Shut up you two,” Whisper shouted the Dawn of Fate.

"A pair of boots stuck in my teeth, along with a women's wedding wreath!” Sing shouted the giant bursting into the beanstalk tent.

Curious, Luminous peaked out of the little bars of the stove door at the giant. Her blue eyes widening as she saw the rocky lumpy face of the being.

"*Gasp*! It's the bolder that was by the campfire!"

"Shhh, be quiet." Scolded the Dawn of Fate.

"Drinking till I hit the sink, I don't care what anyone this......." Fe Fi Fo paused in front of the cobblestone stove where they were all hiding. "Something smells off..."

The giant lifted up his huge mammoth bone club above his head as his stubby tooth smile spread from cheek to cheek.

"Did you really think you could sneak past me, little one?"

Luminous, Vainglorious, and the Dawn of Fate all held their breath as they waited for impact. There was a huge ear-splitting crash as the wind blew dust and debris around the tent. The huge wooden table the giant kept his cobblestone pot on was splitter into unrecognizable pieces.

“Very prospective nose, it’s almost as good as mine.” Laughed a recognizable voice.

Luminous opened her eyes to see Barrett holding his greatsword in front of himself, standing tall in front of the giant, his red hood blowing in the dust and wind. 

“You broke into my tent.” Said Fe Fi Fo. “No human dares come here. You've got a death wish or something tinny?” Laughed the Giant

  Barrett looked around the tent, he never in a million years thought he would challenge a giant in his territory. He came here looking for Luminous. But it seemed like wherever she was if she were here the giant didn't notice her. That made Barrett happy that she was at least safe.

“Tch! I came here because facing off with a giant didn't seem like that big of a deal.” Barrett lied. “You all seem like a bunch of pansy pickers to me.”

“How dare you!” Screamed Fe Fi Fo. “You’re really going to get it now tiny!”

Fe Fi Fo lifted his club up to strike. Barrett took his stance getting ready to doge when Luminous ran out of the stove.

“Barrett!” Yelled Luminous running towards the well-built hunter.

 Vainglorious frozen in shock, the stove door standing wide open leaving him completely in view. Barrett turned towards Luminous to see her running towards him.

“Luminous?!” Barrett’s rosewood eyes widened.

“Oh ho ho. You brought more little weaklings with you too?” Laughed Fe Fi Fo, his stomach giggling with laughter.

Fe Fi Fo turned towards Vainglorious who stayed frozen with shock. His big gray eyes looked up as the giant reached for him. Vainglorious pointed his wand at the giant and yelled out.

“Bittersweet is the feeling of an Icicle spear, When you get the feeling of death but without any fear!” An ice spear shot out of his wand towards the giant's face.

“Ahh!” The giant shouted putting a hand over his iced-out eye.

Vainglorious took the opportunity and ran for the entrance of the tent.

“Oh no, you buggers don’t!” Yelled the giant swinging around his club.

Luminous reached out for Barrett when the club blew up dirt and dust everywhere. Barrett stuck his greatsword into the ground to anchor himself to the spot. He tried to reach for her hand but Luminous got blown away by the force. Vainglorious who was running lifted off the ground. Both Vainglorious and Luminous smashed into each other falling back down.

When the dust finally stopped Luminous groggily looked around for Barrett but he wasn't anywhere to be seen anymore.

“Barrett!” Yelled Luminous cupping her hands to her mouth.

Vainglorious grabbed her hand, putting a finger over his mouth.

“Folklore, your head is thick..” Said Vainglorious, putting his hand to his aching forehead. “Do you want to get caught? We need to get out of here as quietly as...”

That’s when Vainglorious spotted the harp he had come here for high up on a beanstalk vine, as well as an opening in the stalks that served as a window that could be his way out.

“...is what I would say, but I really need something and it’s dire.” Said Vainglorious. “Please help me out miss umm…”

“Luminous.”

“Luminous, you said you would do anything to help out your friends right?” Asked Vainglorious looking at Luminous pleadingly. 

“Yes, I will. I’ll do anything to get the prince and Chasm back,” said Luminous 

She thought back to the last time she saw chasm that night through the looking glass. He was fighting off that corrupted wolves all to defend the red prince. He was so brave, his raven black hair that was usually all neat in a short ponytail was messy and everywhere, his fair porcelain skin scratched up and dripping with sweat. She could never forget those dark blue eyes that were narrowed with cold determination, not an ounce of fear in them.

Now was her turn to be brave for him and find him as well as the red prince no matter what it took.

“What do you need me to do?”