Ran and the others have arrived in a city called Todayland. It was an exotic city and full of futuristic inventions; people were transported through bubbles, A robot hat that can change its shape and function according to the wearer's mood and needs, and dogs wear glasses!

  “Todayland is one of the few cities left that focuses on technology and inventing in all of the United Kingdoms…” Lionheart said.

  “Wow! Look at that! Are these bubbles? Why do dogs wear glasses?” Berlin was very excited that he jumped at every single corner like a kid, confusing everyone.

  “Ahem, Emperor Zurg prevents his son from getting out of the palace easily; so… most of the areas are new to him,” Lotsu’o explained.

  “Prevents…”

  “…him…”

  “…From getting out!”

  Eugene, Faster, and Raya said together.

  “That’s not fair!” Rapunzel sadden.

  “I know… but he’s what's left from the emperor…” Lionheart replied, causing everyone to pity Berlin.

  After a few minutes, they arrived at the Robinsons’ mansion, a huge and charismatic house with many secrets and inventions inside. Mrs. Robinson and her servant greeted them.

  “Good afternoon, Princess Rapunzel and Prince Berlin… It’s an honor that you visited us,” Mrs. Robinson bowed with her servants.

  “Hello, Mrs. Robinson! Is Lewis Robinson present?” Berlin asked politely.

  “Yes, he’s with Mr. Randall Boggs and their apprentice in the laboratory for a meeting…”

  “Apprentice?” Ran was confused…

  When did Lewis have an apprentice?

  “Would you like me to inform him of your presence?” Mrs. Robinson asked.

  “No, thank you… We will enter his laboratory…” Lionheart replied politely.

  “As you wish…” Mrs. Robison turned to the servant: “Please guide them to the laboratory.”

  The servant guided them to the laboratory. It was full of equipment; it had an Autoclave, Chromatography Column, Lab Coat, and more…

  Inside the laboratory, a slender and tall teen with shaggy black hair was organizing the test tubes.

  “Varian! What are you doing here?” Rapunzel excitedly asked.

  “Hey, Rapunzel!” Varian left the test tubes and came to her: “I’m learning alchemy and mechanics from Sir Lewis and Randall. Though sometimes they can be cruel, they are good teachers!”

  “Glad to hear that…” Elsa smiled. Then Lewis and Randal came out of the cellar with an old duck who wore a long hat.

  “I will make sure to inform the emperor and send all the needed materials and tools to assure the importance and the improvement of science.” The old duck said.

  “Todayland is very grateful to you, Mr. McDuck…” Lewis thanked the duck.

  “Uncle!” Della cheered

  “Della! What is my little doing here!” Mr. McDuck hugged Della.

  “We need Lewis and Randall to find Ran’s origin…”

  “Well, here we are! let’s get started…” Lewis took Ran to a chair while Randal set a strange device on her head, and Lewis activated the screens and started analyzing her DNA. At that moment, Lewis’s face turned white as a sheet.

  “Oh my, the girl is different from us!” Lewis shouted.

  “You mean she doesn’t belong to the kingdoms?” Bo Peep asked.

  “No! She doesn’t belong to this world! Her DNA sequence shows a gene called X, and it’s only found in humans who haven’t lived in the imaginary world!” Lewis replied.

  “Which means that the girl doesn’t belong to our world, but to the real world!” Buzz Lightyear concluded.

  “The real world!” All of them got shocked, scaring Ran.

  “I did hear that there is a second world whose people don’t have any quirks, and judging on Ran’s actions and words, this proves that she belongs to another world…” Agatha analyzed the situation.

  “Ran… you are from the real world?” Rapunzel asked while Ran became more nervous than before.

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  “That…is…AWESOME!” Belin cheered.

  “What?” Ran got confused as everyone gathered around her.

  “I never knew that the humans of the Second World looked like us.” Elsa looked at Ran's face.

  “How do you guys live there?” Della shouted excitedly.

  “Wait… you won’t kill me after you knew that I’m from the other world?” Ran asked in fear.

  “What!?” Everyone got surprised.

  “Why would we do that?” Rapunzel asked, but Ran kept quiet.

  “Ahem, let me explain…” Mr. McDuck took his niece and her friends to a chamber, where a painting of real-world history was displayed.

  “A long time ago, the two worlds were united and lived happily, but sadly, they got separated due to their greed for everyone's goods, so there was no choice but to shut the portals between them, which is the only way to travel between both realms; but at the cost of the people’s lives. In the previous 2 years, I heard rumors that say the real-world people are now attacking each other. It looks like Ran is one of the unfortunate victims of this cruel war.

  “Fighting each other?” Rapunzel was so confused.

  “Just like what happened to Kumandra. People fought for Sisu’s gem, and that caused the loss of innocent lives…” Raya said quietly.

  “But how did Ran get a quirk?” Woody asked.

  “I… was one of the few people in my world to possess a quirk; I was able to control people's minds, but later, when I came here, I lost it…” Ran replied to Woody.

  “That means your quirk has been shifted into another quirk that suits you in our world…” Randall deducted.

  “Wait a minute! If the portals between the worlds are now shut, how did she end up here?” Faster asked.

  “Aha…that’s a mystery to solve! Agatha wrote in her red notebook.

  “It’s not necessary to know everything around us… There are things that we can’t find an answer to, and there are things we can’t control…” Mr. McDuck said.

  “Like what ?” Berlin asked. Mr. McDuck showed a painting of the victims and then replied: “ Death… You can’t return the victims' lives even if you create devices for their internal organs, it will be useless; and if it works, they will have no feelings…”.

  “Do you mean… even if your world was magical, you can’t save anyone from death?” Ran asked sadly.

  Mr. McDuck nodded his head: “Even though there are a few miracles that saved people from death, each person’s life must have an end…”

  “You’re right…” Lionheart agreed with him.

  They all became quiet… no one broke this silence.

  The silence in the chamber was heavy, each of them lost in their thoughts about life, death, and the fragile balance between worlds. Ran’s hands trembled slightly as she stared at the painting of the divided realms—her old home and this strange, magical land that had somehow become her refuge.

  “Well! If Ran’s from the real world, that makes her even more special!" Berlin, unable to bear the somber mood any longer, clapped his hands together with sudden enthusiasm.

  “You don’t have to be afraid. We won’t hurt you…no matter where you’re from,” Rapunzel tapped on her shoulder.

  “You’re safe in here…” Elsa joined.

  “You are now one of us…” Della said as everyone gathered, making Ran smile a bit.

  This mythical world has been gifted with amazing friends…

  “So! How about calling ourselves the United Hearts? Who knows, maybe we can be heroes and spread unity among our kingdoms!” Everyone laughed at Berlin’s suggestion, but he was right.

  “Okay, let’s say this together…” Rapunzel raised Ran’s hand and shouted: “UNITY IS POWER!”.

  “UNITY IS POWER!” everyone repeated after her happily, and then their laughter echoed in Ran’s head. She had heard these laughters before, but where?

  “Lewis! Are you here?” Mrs. Robinson interrupted the vibes, causing everyone to freeze.

  “The Emperor has came to see you!” This caused everyone to panic, especially Berlin.

  If his Father came, he would blow him away with his friends.

  “Let me try to handle this…” Lewis pressed the speaker button and said: “Tell him that I’m busy!”

  “I can’t, he said there’s something important he needs to discuss with you. Plus, you have an appointment with him Today!” Mrs. Robinson.

  “Oh, great…” Lewis sighed. “Let him come…”

  And quickly, Ran and her friends hid inside a closet. While Mr. McDuck, Lionheart, and Lotus’o stood with Lewis and Randall to welcome Emperor Zurg.

  “Greetings, Robinson…”

  “Greetings, your majesty, I’m joyous to see you in my laboratory!” Lewis tried to keep his tone. Emperor Zurg turned to Lionheart and Lotsu’o, and asked them: “ I thought you two had a tour with the young woman that I hit by mistake.”

  “You mean the Lady Ran? Princess Rapunzel decided to take her instead of us.” Lionheart replied

  “We just passed by Lewis to see Mr. McDuck, your consultant…” Lotsu’o added.

  “What brought you here, your highness? Is it related to Lewis’s equipment?” Mr. McDuck politely.

  “Yes… But also, I want you to search about Ran herself; I have a feeling that she’s from the forbidden world…” Zurg’s word made Ran’s stomach cramp.

  Does the Emperor want her to be a dead body?

  Mr. McDuck stood and said, “ Why, my dear emperor? The young woman seems harmless and kind…”

  “And that's what worries me; before the great war, the people from the other pretended to be kind in order to steal our goods and slaughter our loved ones…” Emperor Zurg replied.

  “I understand your pain, my emperor, but in the meantime, there were also good ones! Remember that old man with the beautiful green eyes and how his kindness and sense of justice made him one of our trusted allies, even after he was caught by fire?” While Mr. McDuck spoke, Berlin was about to fall from the closet if Eugene and Woody didn’t catch him and grab him.

  “That doesn’t mean that those people are not villains…that man was different from them…”

  “And that doesn’t prove that Ran is a wicked…”

  Emperor Zurg stared at Mr. McDuck for a moment and said, “Very well… make sure to ask someone to watch over Ran. If I heard any simple mistake she made, he will have to bring her to me in person… understood?”

  “Yes, your majesty…” Mr. McDuck bowed sadly, and so did the others. Once Emperor Zurg left, Ran and her friends came out with worried looks.

  Mr. McDuck sighed and said, “It looks like we have to handle Ran to one of the trusted nobles to the emperor…”

  Everyone lost hope…

  “But he didn’t mention who the noble should be!” Mr. McDuck’s words brought everyone happiness.

  “Listen, take Ran to the Madrigals or the Lees, they are the best nobles who can take care of Ran…”

  “Thank you, Uncle Scrooge!” Della and Rapunzel hugged Mr. McDuck.

  “Scrooge?” Ran was surprised a bit with a smile.

  “That’s his name !” Rapunzel explained.

  “That's what my friends call me…” Scrooge smiled at her and then winked, saying: “Scrooge?”

  “Scrooge…” Ran smiled.

  “Hey… let me take you to Zootopia! It’s a wonderful place full of animals!” Faster suggested to everyone while taking Ran.

  “Ooh! Do they have bunnies?” Rapunzel asked excitedly.

  “They sure have!”

  As they were going, Scrooge McDuck smiled…

  Those friends… they could be the ones who will return the trust among the worlds….

  Or…

  They might be destined for something greater…