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Rays of sunshine

  Ran went with Rapunzel, Della Duck, and Elsa to a restaurant while Mayor Lionheart and Lotus-o followed them.

  “Here it is! The Ducklings!” Rapunzel showed Ran the place.

  “It was full of thugs at first, but it’s now safe and everyone goes there…” Elsa said.

  “And our family has their breakfast there!” Della said cheerfully.

  “C’mon! let’s enter!” Rapunzel grabbed Ran and took her inside. Though its name, there wasn’t anything related to ducks, only redwoods, but the place looked nice, even though there were some former thugs.

  “Hello! Princess Rapunzel!” Everyone said once they entered, while Rapunzel smiled and said, “Hey, everyone!”.

  “Blondy! it’s great to see you, my love…” A tall man appeared with a handsome face and short brown hair.

  “Eugene!” Rapunzel ran and hugged him. Suddenly, abnormal memories began to appear in Ran’s mind, and she saw the young man with green eyes.

  “Mom!” Ran’s memories were cut off by three little ducklings running toward Della.

  “Kids!” Della hugged them, causing more memories to appear in Ran’s mind before she resisted them.

  “Ran, these are my children, Louie, Dewey, Huey; I know their names are strange, but they are my boys!” Della introduced her children to Ran, who kindly bounded to them and said, " Your children are so cute…” which made the boys blush.

  “This is my husband, Eugene, the captain of the royal guards, and he was the previous famous thief Flynn Raider,” Rapunzel said mockingly

  “Oh, Blondy! We promised not to remind us with such details in the past…” Eugene said while he giggled a bit.

  “Excuse me! Comin’ through!” A duck with an unclear fading voice came while he was carrying a barrel and hardly set it on the table.

  “And, this is my older twin brother, Donald Duck, please don’t care about his voice, he has some issues…” Della Duck said.

  “Della!” Donald noticed his sister.

  “Hey, Donald!... By the way, where’s my uncle?” Della asked

  “Ah, pardon me, Della; Mr. Mcduck has a meeting with Robinsons…” Lionheart replied while losing his tie.

  “Oh?” Della sighed.

  “Well, at least your uncle is working for your own sake!” Rapunzel tried to cheer Della.

  “You’re right!” Della smiled. “How about I show Ran my favorite hero!”

  Ran found herself on a car racing track. The cars looked much older than the modern sports cars in Formula 1, but there was one driver whose car was exceptional. Once the race started, the drivers tried to defeat the driver, but he was very skilled and cunning, managing to overcome the obstacles, beat the driver, and win the race in the blink of an eye.

  “Faster!” Della ran towards the driver.

  “Della! What a wonderful surprise!” Faster got out of his car. He was a tall white duck and had very charming short brown hair.

  “Ran this is my husband, Faster Duck, the best racer in the Tahako Empire, the first united kingdom.” Della presented Faster to Ran.

  “Hey there!” Faster waved.

  “hi…” Ran replied politely.

  “You never told us that you race now!” Eugene said.

  “Nah, it’s not really a race, it’s just some bunch of people wanted a friendly rematch…” Faster said while cleaning his helmet.

  “We’re taking Ran on a tour around the kingdoms, wanna join us? Della asked.

  “Of course! I do need some fresh air after this race…” Faster replied.

  “Well then, allow me to introduce my home to Ran…” Lotus-o said.

  “Oh, yes!” Rapunzel got excited. Lotus-o’s home was full of people and creatures as toys, which created a playful mood. Ran walked slowly with others, inspired by the view of this place.

  “If you need anything, you just come to me or ask for help from our space ranger!” Lotus-o said to Ran.

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  “Space ranger?” Ran confused while Lotus-o winked and shouted.

  “Buzz! Come here!”

  “I’m here, Lotus-o!” A man with fair skin, blue eyes, and a cleft chin appeared in a flash from the sky and landed safely thanks to his white suit and jetpack.

  “Buzz Lightyear at your service!” Buzz stood steadily.

  “Hello, Buzz, meet Ran, the girl you saved with your friends in the forest,” Lotus-o said.

  “Me?” Ran surprised.

  “Yes, Buzz was doing his assessment when he found you!” Della said.

  “I…”

  “Howdy, people!” a cowboy came with an apple pie from a bakery.

  “Hey, Woody!” Rapunzel waved. “What were you doing?”

  “I just learned how to bake an apple pie, and it’s ready to be eaten!” Woody replied as he set the pie on a table near the bakery. Lionheart winked at the baker, so the baker threw some pies toward Woody, which made him panic and try to catch the pies by moving his legs like an octopus, so everyone laughed.

  “Guys, this isn’t funny!” Woody angered.

  “c’mon… You should’ve known they would make you do your elastic legs,” a blonde-haired shepherdess appeared with her 3 sheep.

  “Bo!” Rapunzel and Della hugged her, and so did Bo.

  “Great to see you here… especially after making sure the girl is ok,” Bo looked at Ran before she began chatting with her friends.

  “Bo Peep’s sheep got lost, so the princess and her friends searched until they found you with the sheep,” Lionheart explained everything to Ran.

  Ran wandered to his friends and then bowed.

  “I can’t thank you enough… thank you for saving me…” Ran said shyly.

  “No need to thank us…” Buzz replied.

  “We are just glad that you were alive…” Woody joined while everyone smiled warmly, causing Ran to blush but smile.

  “Did you just bow?” Elsa asked Ran, and before she could answer, Della said: “ That’s it! We must take her to… Kumandra!”

  Indeed, they went to Kumandra, the land of Asian culture and dragons, which flew through the sky, spreading water to its people. After walking a group participating in a fighting match, one of the participants was a girl with black hair and eyes, who fought fiercely and masterfully against her opponent till she beat him.

  “Way a go, Raya!” Rapunzel shouted.

  “Hey, Raps!” Raya turned around and came to her. “Who’s the new girl?”

  “This is Ran, the girl we found in the forest. We’re just taking her on a tour around the kingdoms,” Rapunzel replied.

  “And we just noticed that she bows when she thanks us, just like you!” Woody added.

  “Really?” Raya turned to Ran and bowed, but made a circle with her hand and said: “Hello, I'm Raya”.

  “Nice to meet you..." Ran bowed. "My name is Ran."

  "She doesn't seem from Kumandra; besides that,                                                                                                                                                                   she bows differently, her skin is pure white, unlike the citizens here, whose skin is near to tan..." a young blonde-haired girl appeared while writing in her red notebook. "Hi, I'm Agatha. Please don't mind my previous analysis. As a detective, it is necessary to collect the clues and evaluate them before certifying the conclusion..."

  “Hey, Agatha...” Raya made a hand bump to Agatha.

  “What Kind of cases are you in now?” Elsa asked.

  "I just solved the case of the missing pot, inherited by Chin's family for years; it was a good case before it turned out the servant just hid the pot. So I started walking around till I saw you and heard your conversation." Agatha replied.

  "Ran, this Agatha, a junior with all the qualities to be a detective!" Della Duck said.

  "And she's the best detective in her neighborhood!" Buzz added.

  "Nice to meet you, Agatha. It's very wonderful to meet a detective such as your age..." Ran said after bowing and shaking Agatha's hand.

  "Me too, Miss Ran, I'm looking forward to solving your case, especially since you are under amnesia," Agatha said.

  "under what?" Faster puzzled.

  "Amnesia, a word to describe memory loss," Agatha explained. Ran began to admire Agatha; she's very mature for kids her age.

  However, this reminded her of a young girl who looked like her...

  "C'mon, let's take you around..." Raya said to everyone. Raya took them to each region in Kumandra, from the vast castles of region Fang to the hot deserts of region Tail, and saw many dragons who brought water and fun to Ran and her friends.

  Even though she enjoyed the tour around Kumandra, Ran was still experiencing memory trauma.

  Murders, victims, and bombs... that's what's on her mind.

  Suddenly, she fell with the others on a boat.

  "Hey!" Della shouted.

  "I'm sorry! Did I harm you?" a tall, thin-built but broad-chested familiar robot dressed in grey armor and royal purple robes. His head is massive and crested with grey horns, through which a pair of piercing red eyes and a grille of yellow teeth light up, but he seemed kind and joyful, despite that he was responsible for everyone's fall.

  "Ah... Yeah, we're fine!" Rapunzel replied.

  “Are you really sure?" the guy went down to them, without regarding Lionheart's attempts to prevent him.

  "Yeah, even though we fell, we are not harmed. So we are fine..." Ran comforted the Robot.

  "Well, thank goodness..." the robot helped them to get up. then he said: "I'm Prince Berlin of Tahako..."

  they all were horrified but maintained themselves while Rapunzel said: "I'm Princess Rapunzel of Corona..."

  "The princess! Milady!" Berlin bowed awkwardly, causing everyone to fall again, and Lionheart and Lotus-o tried to catch the boat before it fell into the water.

  "Sorry, I'm not good at controlling my actions," Berlin said.

  That's alright, we are the ones who are supposed to be sorry, my prince... Buzz said.

  “No, no, no! That's ok! I'm glad you shouted at me, because if I were someone else, he would... probably gonna fight you ..." Berlin said. "Don't worry, you can just consider me a normal person; I feel better like that…”

  Before Ran could reply, a headache struck her head again.

  “Are you ok?" Elsa asked.

  "I don't know... Strange memories appear in my mind..." Ran replied while everyone stood quietly.

  "Hey, the Robinsons own a device that can reveal the origin of a person! Can it help?" Berlin's suggestion excited everyone.

  "Great idea, Ber... I mean your highness, I guess?" Faster lagged; so Berlin smiled and said: "Hey, call me Berlin; the word highness makes me feel arrogant."

  “Ok, lets head to the Robinsons!" Rapunzel excitedly grabbed Ran, where the truth will finally appear…

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