Secrets Beyond - The Beginning (a Tangled the series original fan fiction)

To Fix or Not To Fix - Chapter 6

Varian paled as he looked around himself coming to the realization that he was only one foot tall. "Wh- Did I- How-" The miniscule alchemist sputtered. Overwhelmed by everything, his legs gave out from underneath him as another wave of dizziness hit him. He held his head till it stopped spinning. Taking deep breathes Varian allowed himself to slowly unwind. He had to think this through, there was deffintely a way to reverse it....... right? Wait..... Iris!!! She could help him!

With a glimmer of hope despite the worry that filled him, Varian sat down on his bag, to patiently wait.

snap, rustle rustle...

The boy whirled around toward the noise, having a mini heart attack. Hopefully that was Iris right??..... Varian tensed, ready for anything. Varian let out a relieved sigh as Iris came out of the forest, she held a large sack, filled to the brim with something, a bunch of different herbs, nuts, and wild potatoes. Not noticing him she glanced around the area, checking for him. "Guess he's not back yet.." she muttered, ironically not far from the pack where he stood. Varian gave a dry chuckle, "If only you knew..." he scoffed. Cupping his hands around his mouth, the tiny teenager stood to better project his voice. He took a deep breath filling both his stomach and chest with as much air as possible. "Iri-" He suddenly lost balance as the edge of his pack sagged behind his heels, plumetting him onto the grassy ground behind him. Iris seemed to perk up at his fruitless attempt, furrowing her brows, looking around for a moment. After listening briefly she seemed to shrug it off, kneeling at her bag, putting things away and in her sash. She threw a glance at the supplies littered about where Varian had been, she grabbed it seemingly more confused now

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Iris collected the mushrooms, berries and the summusplavous plant on the ground. Weird, where was Varian? Was he okay? He had grabbed all this food, and even a magical herb, so clearly he had been here but where was he now? The siren shrugged to herself, placing the food in his and her bags. Without warning something came up ontop of the bag, grasping onto her fingers while she held the flap open.

"AAAAaahHHAaaaAAAAHhhHHHAa!!!" she yelped, jumping back, landing in the grass and vigorously shaking her hand, sending whatever small animal that had grabbed onto her off to the side. "What the heck was that??!!! UUggggHHHhhh!" She shuttered in confusion and nervousness, chills running up and down her spine. Quickly standing, Iris backed away from where it had landed, still on guard.

Then something in the grass began to unsteadily march toward her. Still startled, Iris grabbed a large, mossy stick and rose it above her head, ready to bat the critter to the side. She was worried it could be a snake or woodland tranchula; she liked the animals but not when they were coming at her.

The last thing she ever expected to see was a tiny person stumbling dramatically forward, out of the grass. Iris's instincts already set the stick into motion, but she managed to stop just in time, the gust of air alone knocking the poor little guy to the ground. Now curious and still in a state of shock, Iris could only blink, dropping the branch. Her bright eyes wide with wonder, she dropped to her knees quickly, hoping to get a better look at the miniture boy.

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Without warning the ground shook, and Varian quickly sat up to find him almost nose to nose with Iris. Her two large blue and green mismatched eyes stared directly into his. Body going rigid, Varian simply watched the ever so slight sifts her eyes made as they studdied him, each one roughly the size of his head. Because he was small, he could see every little detail on her face.

Varian didn't realize how often he was blinking or momentarily scrunching his eyes shut, because of the head throbbing. The poor boy was winded as well, taking deep uneven breathes. His head hurt from hitting it on the ground, and everything felt surreal. Iris's eyes widened and her brows knitted together, realization dawning her. "Varian?!" She asked in unbelief. "AGH!" She watched him cover his ears, wincing. Iris gently scooped him up, having to spread her fingers out decently so he had room to sit, using one hand to support his back, and the other to hold him, his legs dangling off.

"What happened!?" Iris softly asked this time, still unsure if this was reality. "I don't know... I think I ate some kind of gross vanilla bean... thing... I think..." He informed her, his voice barely above a whisper. Iris thought for a moment unsure of what he meant, but then remebered the plant. "Oh my gosh, that wasn't vanilla! That was summusplavous, it's a magical plant that can shrink stuff..." She bit her lip, Varian still cradling his head. "Is there anyway we can fix it?" He croaked. "Probably, let me check..." Iris told him, hesitating for a moment as she figured out where to set him down. eventually placing him on her knees as she knelt, pulling her bag over to her side and pulling out her book.

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Varian sat on her knee, watching her dig through her bag. Waiting patiently he subconciously took note that she smelled like a mixture of cheap fake maple syrup and pipe tobacco, while the mixture sounded weird, it was actually rather soothing. Pulling a large leather bound book out, she opened it, letting it rest on her thighs as she knelt. She began to leaf through the thin paper pages, a satisfying fluttering filling Varian's ears. Feeling relaxed, he began to doze off.

"Here it is!" Iris's voice startled him awake. He blinked once or twice remebering what was going on then tiredly looked up at her. "...You alright there?" She asked sympatheticly. He gave a very tired and out of it nod, alomst falling over by doing so. She then glanced at the page, still looking concerned. "It says eating the plant raw can be very taxing the first few times." She told him, though Varian took a few moments to process what she said. "There is a way to reverse it but I don't have the stuff for it..." She apologized, reading further into the page. "But it will just work it's way out of your system just like anything else you'd eat." She continued, "How much did you eat?"

'Hmm? oh... like one... bite..." He told her, starting to nod off again. Iris smiled as he slumped over, head slowly coming to rest in front of him as he fell asleep yet again.

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With excited chittering Ruddiger came over with a mouth full of berries and nuts, cheeks filled like a chipmonk. He then promptly dropped them all infront of Iris, noticing his owner. Inspecting him, Ruddiger snuffled varian up and down with his little, wet nose, lifting his arms and messing with his hair with velvetty paws. "mph- yeah buddy its me-" Varian tiredly moaned as the raccoon continued to paw at him.

"hey hey, let him be." Iris shooed at Ruddiger who chittered back, swatting at her hands. Ruddiger then reached forward, pulling Varian into his tufty chest protectively. 'mhmm mphhmhmmm-!" Varian gripped the moddled grey fur in his fists and pushed away from the critter, who obediently let him go. Iris couldn't help but giggle as the boy gasped for breath. "Gosh Ruddiger you need a bath!" He chocked. Iris laughed a little more now, putting her guide away and slipping her and his bags on.

"Wait, what about fixing me??" Varian quickly asked from the ground watching her gather things. Iris washed the raccoon spit off the aditional food they now had, "I already told you, I don't have the stuff to do it and we have no idea where or when the nearest town is or if they'll even have the stuff I need." She put away his water which she used to rinse the foraged stuff. "So are we just going to leave me like this forever?! And why'd you use my water???" He began to complain, batting the raccoon's grabby paws away whilst talking. "A. You're small so you won't need as much for now, B. I guess you weren't listening I said you'd turn normal as soon as the plant left your body." Iris calmly replied. "How long will that take?!" the alchemist scoffed, running after as she paced the area, collecting stray things. "Approximately two or three days at the most." She huffed back loosing her patience practically stepping on him by accident. "HEY! WATCH IT!!" Varian shot as he fell back, her foot crashing down in front of him. "Well maybe if you weren't all over the place it'd be easier not too!" Iris groaned, using one hand to gently wrap around his torso, Varian's tiny hands gripping her fingers. "D-Don't drop me!" His little voice faltered, heart fluttering slightly. Iris huffed again, slightly put out now, allowing Ruddiger to perch himself on Varian's backpack.

Without a second thought she plopped him on her shoulder, wrapping one hand around the backpack strap, the other grabbing the alchemist's staff. "If you think of anywhere more comfurtable feel free to move about." She told him, heading back on the path.

Varian sighed with a pouty scowl, the exhaustion returning. The rythmick bouncing began lulling him to sleep, and he rested his head against hers.

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The next chapter is a filler one too!!! so if yall have any ideas on fun scenes let me know!!!