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"I don't know. But probably an hour. If you need to get back to town faster I can see if one of the rangers can drive us into town? AAA puts people who are in a safe place lower on the call list. If there are a lot of emergencies going on then it could be longer." Rose entered the ranger station and smiled brightly. It was Bobby working at the desk.

"Hey Bobby, something happened and my motorcycle's tires blew, both of them. I don't get it. And our phones aren't getting any signal. Can we use the station phone to call AAA? Or alternatively, if you guys aren't too busy can one of you help me load my bike into a truck and drop us back into town so we don't have to wait for AAA?" Rose smiled, hoping for the later. She was glad it was someone she knew in the Rangers.

She did still have work at the bar that evening. Willow was supposed to meet them there. Then tomorrow they would go to the warehouse. If the bike tires hadn't exploded they could have made it theoretically today. And somewhere in there, they needed to get Sierra's phone fixed.

"Oh, and there is a root that is dangerous. We'll need need to get one of the guys to grind it down. I can give you the coordinates." Rose offered. She knew that the Rangers often tried to keep the hiking trails clear of stuff like that so people wouldn't get hurt. It was a good thing Sierra hadn't been hurt. Rose wasn't certain how the root had gotten so overgrown like that in the first place. Chalk it up to another mystery for the day.

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Colby waved goodbye to the girl. He didn't know her name but that wasn't unusual he didn't know everyone who lived in the apartment complex. He nodded at Matthew's request and headed inside to find Carroll. "Carroll, it is me Colby. It is okay to come out buddy." Colby knelt down and held out his hand, waiting for Carroll to come out to him. It was best to not do sudden movements around a scared cat. Fortunately, Colby had been building a trust bond with Carroll since Colby had first made friends with Matthew.

He didn't know how well Carroll would handle being in the car so he did put him in a kennel. Jack could be trusted in the car, and on his shoulder. Colby had gone for walks plenty of times with Jack on his shoulder. Now that Colby knew he was the son of an actual cat that made sense. He had a good bond with his cat because of that.

Once that was all squared away Colby headed back to his car, he secured Carroll and shoved some of the collected trash into a nearby bin. The Chinese food was still in the front seat, but he cleaned around it giving Matthew some proper legroom. Colby wasn't certain how long they would be in the car. The warehouse wasn't far away, but he did know the plan had originally been to meet in three days. He tossed his own pack of stuff in the trunk.

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"Well, I seriously hope he doesn't look like the men who have portrayed Robin Hood. I may have liked the idea of him being our father when we were younger but as I got older... I mean come on, he is hot. So, I really hope he's old... With a white beard and stuff," Cassiopeia confessed. Robin Hood had all the elements for her and she didn't necessarily have daddy issues but, she never had decent parents while growing up. She didn't think it strange at all that she dreamed about what would it be like to have him as a father and then that changed as she grew and those movies came out, making him look more than just Disney's portrayal of a fox. Of course, now that she was told he was her father, it was incredibly weird. So, Cassiopeia was going to try hard not to think about it.

"What are we going to say to him? Do we only get to ask one question? That's what I want to know." Would they have to go into battle right away or would they have time to get to know their parents. Was their mom alive, was she Maid Marion? Hopefully, they would get some answers Cassiopeia hope as she drove to the warehouse.

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"I'm a little all over the place," Willow told her friend. She looked away from the little arrow on the GPS and watched the only world she had known pass outside her window. "I'm excited at the prospect of meeting my biological parents and seeing if all these dreams I keep having are really them but then I think how much I love my parents. Well, my adoptive parents and then I feel guilty. It's just a little overwhelming," she said. There was so much change happening in a short amount of time and Willow was just keeping up best she could without completely breaking down.

They pulled up to the warehouse and Willow saw a couple people outside. She got out of the vehicle slowly, glancing at Annie before walking over. "Hi, my name is Willow... Do you know if a guy named Merlin is inside?" The woman with the pixie haircut looked friendly enough but you could never be too careful.

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"Luckily nothing was from what I could tell." He kept his sights on her the entire way out until he locked his door. He recognized her from the laundry room a few times, but Matthew had to wonder if she wasn't a spy of Maleficent, watching him and Colby all these years until the time was right. Who could he trust? He didn't know how deep this web went or who the major players were that were spinning it. As he may his way to the car Matthew made sure to keep his eyes peeled the whole time, looking for any suspicious characters that may try and tail them. Nothing came in sight and all he could do eas release a breath he had been holding since the apartment. With that sigh of relief he opened the door, placing the food into his cooler and then putting it in the trunkspace.

His own suitcase was situated where ever he was able to find some space. Making his way into the front seat Matthew took the hat off, laying it in his lap as he hit head against the headrest and let out a long groan. "T-t-this is soooo st-stressful. How do we k-know who to trust? D-did you see my p-place?! It was trashed! I don't kn-kn-know what they were looking for b-but nothing was taken." His hands were shaking against the brim of the hat, eyes closed as his head remained leaned back against the seat. Whatever normallicy that he could've hoped to remain if he had chosen to stay was now gone. His path was clear and he needed to make his way to Arcadia.

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He couldn't help but roll his eyes slightly at Tinker Bell deciding that she was tagging along even though flat out no one ever invited her along. That was somewhat annoying, so he decided he was just going to ignore her existence entirely. He got into the passenger seat of the car and wasn't all too sure how to really go about holding onto his sister's shiny new rapier, since it was a bit awkward to hold onto while sitting in a car or something. Glancing over at his sister when she asked the questions, he just shrugged slightly before he pulled out his phone.

"I mean, doing the best that I possibly can with that sort of info, it's a bit insane and my brain still doesn't quite believe it," he admitted to her as he pulled up his message with Isabella and got the address, before telling her where they were going. "I mean, what are your thoughts on what all is going on? That magic is real, that everything is more then a bit strange and suddenly happening all at once or whatever," he asked her, before he sent a message to Isabella telling her they were heading to the address.

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"It is very much like the Three Stooges isn't it?" she said to Taylor with a bit of a laugh, and not being able to stop herself from shaking her head at the scene. "Once again, ten out of ten worst chase ever, since let's face it, this is insane and stupid that the guy isn't that coordinated." with those words and last look back, she got onto the bus and followed Taylor to the empty seat after she paid for their bus tickets. This whole day was just getting stranger and stranger, and she wasn't even sure what was going on at this point.

"So... Sorry you are getting dragged into whatever nonsense this is or something. I have no clue what is going on, at all, but I figure since they showed up at my apartment that the guy is after me for whatever reason. Though what that reason is I have absolutely no clue. This certainly makes things more then a little bit interesting I guess, keeps ya on your toes or whatever it is," she said to Taylor as she looked at Lucky in her lap who poked his head out of her bag and she instantly started petting him.

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Megan wondered what exactly Tinker could really do in this sort of situation. She had seen the movies and from what she remembered, Tinker relied on people to clap and say they believed in her to stay alive - so would Maleficent be able to kill her by just believing Tinker incapable of breathing? She had a lot of questions about all of this, especially since from what Merlin had told them, everything seemed to be a giant crossover mash up of popular Disney movies in the world they came from. With Jack in the car, Megan pulled out of the parking spot and began driving towards the address he gave her. She could see Tinker following them in the rearview mirror.

"I'm not quite sure, to be frank..." Megan answered her brother. "It is all very odd and unusual. Yet we cannot say that any of it is impossible. Already today, I've witnessed several acts that I cannot help but call magic. The number of coincidences that would be required to explain it all away is just too high. And since we cannot say that what Merlin said was impossible, merely improbable... We have to consider that it could be true. I even have memories of Merlin from when I was very little. Maybe it's the power of suggestion or false memory syndrome but... I think this could all be real, Jack. Until I see evidence that rules this all as impossible, I'm going to contend that it could be true." She had ended up blathering on and on, more of thinking as she spoke. The drive wasn't too long and she pulled up about a block away from the address, putting the car into park.

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"Maybe he's a super fan of your exploits or something?" Taylor said teasing Rosalia a little bit as she watched Lucky and reached over and gently petted the pupper, Lucky eagerly started to lick both of the girl's hands very content and happy with the attention now as well. "So wheres this safe place that you are going to anyway?" Taylor asked a little bit curious since she didn't really have anywhere else to go and hide either at the moment. The bus ride was pretty uneventful for the most part and the bus would end up stopping right at the warehouse which had the address on the card that Merlin had given her. Rosalia would be able to see Annabelle and Willow entering the building itself as well.

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"He is right inside he's expecting you as well, the door is unlocked as well." Tinker said towards Willow seeing the two girls Annabelle and Willow and smiled towards the two of them before getting into her car and started to drive shortly after Megan and Jack had pulled out and caught up to their car as well. Annabelle looked at the woman for a moment before looking over at Willow for a moment she was surprised that the woman didn't really offer any kind of information.

"Alright then.." Annabelle said mostly to herself as she followed the woman's instructions and made her way towards the door and opened it. Annabelle noticed the very same man from earlier who had tried to convince her to get into his car, and leaned forward to whisper into Willow's ear. "I saw him earlier he made me uncomfortable and don't trust him." Annabelle warned her while eyeing Merlin who was there looking over at the two girls and smiled towards them. "It's good to see you again Annabelle, and it's nice to meet you Willow." He said offering them a spot to sit.

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Whenever Colby started his car he would be able to get to the warehouse without any kind of issues, and they would be able to get to Merlin's Warehouse as well, though they were right behind a bus as well unloading some of the passengers who were getting off as well.

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The building looked like it was built for a lot of rich people, came from in town a few seconds later Tinker came up and parked her car next to Megan's and got out of her car. She leaned herself up against the car looking up at it for a moment wondering why Maleficent chose that place in particular in the first place as well. She was mostly just waiting on the two of them to enter the building first as well, Jack would feel his phone going off and it was a text from Isabella.

"Sooooo, I may need your help go to the elevator on the final floor, come quick please?"

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Bobby looked towards Rose seeing her and a friend of hers coming in and smiled towards her and nodded. "Sure thing, how have yo been?" He asked as he made his way over towards the phone and then started to call the local AAA office. Sierra shrugged slightly she didn't really have anything else to do today which was pretty much uneventful as well. "I don't mind waiting aside from what we were trying to find out earlier nothing else planned." Sierra told Rose as she looked around before finding a nearby chair and sat down looking around, it was a typical cabin looking building.

Bobby turned to look over at Rose as soon as he finished up his conversation with the AAA agent on the other end. "So it's your lucky day they will be able to send someone in about thirty minutes." He said, and cringed slightly at the news that there was a little bit of a tree root sticking out of the ground, remembering a kid around ten falling and breaking an arm from the fall. "We can look into it soon." Bobby said, as Sierra looked towards Rose.

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Layla looked towards her sister and snickered slightly hearing that she thought that their father was hot in the movies. "I didn't think you were into that thing." Layla teased her a little bit, though she was really curious about who he was like and what he actually looked like as well. "I do hope that he's super cool though." Layla said as she looked out the window and ran a hand through her hair, hearing Fuzzy yowling to get out of the crate.

Layla shrugged slightly, as she turned to look at her. "I'm not sure, hopefully we can get the answers from either this Merlin guy or if we actually meet our dad if he's alive." Layla said shrugging slightly as they were finally now getting towards their destination she unclipped her seatbelt looking at her sister. "So should we just keep our things in here or just go and grab them and take them inside?" She asked her sister.

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"Thank you." She said relieved. "That isn't too long. I'm doing okay. Got some weird family thing cropping up so I'm gonna be out of town. Can you make sure I get taken off rotation? Don't want to get busted for not showing up for a shift. Thanks a bunch, I appreciate you." Rose was vague not wanting to dig herself into a hole. She figured she could call the Buckners later and give them an idea of what was going on. She didn't want them to get a call from the station sending condolences or something and them not being prepared for it.

"Let's sit outside on the bench." Rose said to Sierra once her conversation with Bobby was finished. Outside on the porch of the ranger station, Rose didn't sit down. She was nervous about everything going on. "Oh, I forgot because of that lady, but is Willow gonna meet us at the bar later?"

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The drive to the warehouse was simple, he got there quickly and thankfully didn't get lost or anything. He wondered if that lady in the apartment was a spy or something weird. God this day was just...unbelievable. He pet Jack as he drove thinking. When he finally arrived at the warehouse he parked behind the bus, figuring they should do a bit of reconnaissance before just walking in. He did see the Hood sister's car. So that was good at least that had someone they had a tentative alliance with.

"Chill dude, first I'm glad nothing was stolen. But here's what I suggest. Don't trust anyone. Not a single one of them. Just yourself. Hell, don't even trust me." Colby said frustrated. He needed Matthew to pull it together. "You need to pull yourself together. Don't let them see your weakness. You're better than your giving yourself credit for. So tell me, before I get out of this car, are you going to crumble under pressure, or are you going to be better than it?"

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”Of course I’m not LaLa,” she said, sounding insulted. It didn’t take much for Cassiopeia to rise to her sister jibs and she always got her too. They pulled up to the warehouse, seeing another car already there and a real nice one by the looks of it. She shut off the Jeep and looked at the building for a moment. ”Well he better be alive because if he’s not, I’m going to use Merlin’s magic to bring him back and kill him myself,” Cassiopeia declared in a fit of emotion.
”Let’s just leave our things here for right now. Just in case,” Cassiopeia said before she opened the car door. ”You two be good alright? You will have your freedom soon enough,” she informed both cats.
Once Cassiopeia was out of the car, she waited for her sister and took her twin’s hand before walking into the warehouse. Inside, Cassopeia saw an older man, who couldn’t possibly be anyone else but Merlin and two girls around their age. One was holding a key out to Merlin and questioning him.

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Willow watched the woman who told them Merlin was waiting inside, get into her car and leave, following another car that had driven away. She wasn’t sure if people leaving the warehouse was a good or a bad sign but curiosity drove Willow onward. She followed Annie into the warehouse and saw Merlin there, who greeted them with a warm smile. Annie leaned in close and whispered to her to not trust this man. This man however, was the one who told Willow her parents were not her parents and gave her this card. She looked at the card and back at Merlin before stepping forward.
”Do you know what this is?” Willow held out the key she had been given from her mother earlier to Merlin. It was a rather bold reaction from Willow but the curiosity continued to drive her forward and she felt like she was in the right place. That she needed to be here. She seemed to completely ignore Annie’s warning, more focused on getting answers.

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The drive there was anything but simple. His emotions ridding him as anxiety took over and his vision wavered. He could feel his chest tighten and a lump begin to form in his throat. Matthew's mouth felt dry and his lips felt as though they were a cracked dry desert floor. All he could hear was the pounding of his heart inside his ears until Colby spoke. Matthew turned his gaze towards him, watching him as he spoke and his heart melted. How could he be such a good friend? How could he be so perfect? He truly didn't understand, but that didn't matter at this point. As he sat there looking upon his friend, his chest began to unwind, releasing the breath it had held. His throat felt sore but the lump was gone, and he took a sip of his drink and quenched the feeling of being parched.

Matthew knew what it is Colby wanted him to say. To say that he wouldn't crumble, or show weakness, to say that he would be better than that and believe in himself, trust himself, to be who he needs to be. But when those words came out all he wanted to do was crumble. He tried to keep a stiff upper lip, keeping it from wavering as he smiled at Colby. "You're right. Im gonna be better." it took all the strength for him to say that, but all the courage to do what he was about to do next. Matthew unclipped his seat belt and leaned forward towards Colby, embracing him as he buried his face in Colbys neck. "Thank you" As Matthew pulled back, he planted a kiss on Colbys cheek, it was definitely more affectionate than friendly, lasting a bit longer than a mere peck. Despite his anxiety telling him his lips were dry, they were actually quite soft as he placed them upon his cheek. Matthew pulled back and smile with greater ferocity. "Ready to go? Or should we wait a bit?"

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Pandora could see what her mother's intention was, but as Pandora had stated, she was going about it the wrong way. She didn't feel it likely the two girls would join their cause, especially having lied to them in the first place. Whatever her mother's intention was, it was clear it was becoming desperate. Merlin was gathering the children to protect them from her mother, surely. It would take more than a convincing word to get them to switch sides.

If that was even possible. As they approached the ranger station, Pandora wondered what was the plan now. Her mother continued to leave her in the dark. Did this call for more lies? “Once they leave the building I’ll put a spell on both of them, and make them come with us, unless you have any other suggestions?” Pandora admitted to herself she didn't. They tried diplomacy once and it didn't work. "I'll provide back-up in case it doesn't work, but I don't think conversation will get it done, right now."

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Jack just nodded his head somewhat at Megan's response to his question, not too sure what to really say to her in response to everything. Their lives had suddenly been tossed upside down by everything that was going on. Magic was apparently real, and they were dealing with a whole lot of sort of things, namely they were heading towards the person who apparently wanted them dead. His attention was drawn away rather quickly by the next message he had been sent by Isabella, and now he was not too thrilled, since it was a rookie mistake, since typically you wouldn't go into an unknown situation alone, that was just asking for trouble!

Isabella what were you thinking? Since you know typically you don't want to go into unknown situations without someone else there. Anyway, almost there, give me a minute.

He hit sent on the message as he instantly got out of the car. "Apparently Isabella went on ahead and ran into some trouble, let's get going Meg," he said to his sister, before Jack headed into the apartment complex. There was a guy at the reception area, but he paid no attention to him as he went to the elevator and hit the button for up. The instant it hit the ground floor he stepped inside and hit the button for the top floor, but he held the door open long enough for Megan to be able to follow him inside. Once she had stepped inside the elevator, he let the door shut, not letting Tinker Bell really catch up to them. "Going to be blunt, do not like the person who claims to be a fairy," he said to his sister with a shrug.

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"Hahaha very funny," she said with a slight laugh as the bus carried them away from her apartment complex. The fact that someone had been seemingly after her was not something she really wanted to think about. Everything was really strange, that day had been insane up to that point. The only good thing that had come from the entire thing was the fact that now she had a little puppy who right now was super happy in her arms, and the little fuzzball made her smile, it was something nice in the hellish day that had been everything being chaos.

When Taylor asked about the safe place that she was going she just shrugged. "Some guy who had told me that he knew who my parents were and he said something about me being in danger or whatever, so going to go talk to him. He's also the one who had given me Lucky," she said, motioning to the little puppy as she patted him on the head. "I don't really trust him, but it's the best bet I've got right now," she added as the bus stopped at the warehouse. "You're welcome to tag along if you want to Taylor," she said with a slight smile towards her as she carried her bag carefully to not disturb the dog and got off the bus, looking at the warehouse in front of her.

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Megan pretended to choke to death as Jack mentioned that Isabella was going to be joining them. "The fairy's better than your partner," she said, her nose turned up slightly. "If Isabella's stiff ever came into my office, I think I'd have to keep her apart from the other corpses. She doesn't socialize well and her manners are terrible." Maybe it was a strange thought, thinking about having to keep corpses apart that wouldn't mix together as if they were alive - but Megan tended to speak to the dead bodies. She also had done it before, separating off a corpse that she thought would ruin the chill and mellow energy the rest of the bodies in the morgue had.

She followed him inside, noticing how nice everything here was - it was painfully extravagant. She liked the apartment building she and Jack rented in much better. There were cobwebs up on the ceiling there with spiders, meaning that flies and other pests very rarely troubled them. The hallways had dark wall paper that seemed to throw shadows as you walked. The doors were stiff, hardly swinging open, and the floorboards creaked. It was complete paradise. This was just too new and clean by comparison. Megan got into the elevator after her adopted brother with a sigh. "I expected more from an evil witch than some Paris Hilton-esque lair," she complained.

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Jack and Megan would be able to hear Tinker yell though the door just as the elevator. "Really?!" Tinker yelled as the elevator went up, and the ride up to the top floor didn't really take to long and the door opened revealing a hallway and a single door at the other end of the hallway. There was a door that led to the stairwell right next to the elevator and Tinkerbell came out of the door, her wings clearly visible as she closed the door behind her. "You know you that was really annoying right?" Tinker said glaring at Jack before looking over at the end of the hallway and made her way down it. She tried the door but it was locked, she simply waved her hand and then there was a little click as the door slowly opened.

When the door fully opened Isabella was standing over what looked like a massive magic circle, lightly glowing when Isabella moved forward she was stopped. Obviously having read Jack's text that he had given her and rolled her eyes a little bit annoyed towards him, and seeing the girl with a set of wings sprouting out of her back. "Yeah well, I didn't think there was some really weird witchcraft kind of shit going on." She said shrugging slightly. "So, whos the fairy cosplayer here with you anyway? This day is really weird and yeah wasn't really expecting it." Isabella said, as Tinker walked over and started to inspect the magic circle to see what it actually was.

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Maleficent closed her eyes for a moment and made sure that the two girl's phones still weren't working, as she looked towards Pandora, who was quiet, knowing that the plan hadn't really been working well enough. The girls were smarter than they actually looked as she watched them intently thinking of a way to get them away from the Rangers Station. She looked over at the truck for a moment and started to get an idea. "Just remain quiet and watch what I do." She told her as she concentrated on the car, and then there was a green flame that appeared by the truck, and it quickly started to spread the fire turning to orangish red color now as well.

Sierra nodded towards Rose as she sat down on the bench outside looking over at her phone, she noticed that she still wasn't getting any kind of signal which was really annoying. "I'm still not getting any kind of signal here." Sierra said letting out a little bit of an annoyed sigh. "But once we get back to town i'll try and get a call out to her." Sierra said, when she started to smell something burning and got up, making her way over towards the ranger's truck seeing that there was now a rather large fire going on now. "Fire!" Sierra yelled out.

Bobby quickly got out seeing the fire going on, he ran over towards his truck fire extinguisher in hand and went over to try and put out the fire, but it wasn't going down anytime soon looking over at Rose and Sierra. "Go and get back to the trail, told AAA where your bike was." He said, as he started to radio for help.

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Merlin made his way over towards Willow seeing the key that was in her hand and instantly he did recognize the key and nodded towards Willow. "Yes I know what it is for." He said as he made his way over to a nearby drawer and pulled out what looked like a jewelry box, and made his way over towards the nearby table and set it down. "It is yours after all, well your mothers but it will have answers that you seek." Merlin said while Annabelle was still really weary of it and him.

Taylor started to remember a little bit as she realized that she had gotten a letter with the same thing and dug into her pocket, pulling it out. "It reminds me I got some letter claiming that to." Taylor said when Rosalia looked at it, would be the same identical letter she had as well. She wasn't sure what it was all about but she might as well try and find out as well at this point as well, she got off of the bus seeing a few people going into the building seeing two boys holding hands and gagged slightly seeing the little PDA. "You should totally get a room." Taylor said.

Layla looked over seeing Mathew and Colby again, and then a girl calling them out, she tried to hold back a little bit of laughter, as she started to make her way over into the warehouse. She noticed two more girls there, and then the older guy who she assumed was Merlin she, Layla wasn't really sure what was going on, but she leaned herself up against the doorframe. "So, are you Merlin then?" Layla asked looking over at him Merlin looked at the two newcomers and smiled nodding towards them. "Yes I am, it's nice to see you again Layla and Cassiopeia." Merlin said waving for the girls to take a seat, Layla shrugged slightly as she made her way and sat down as well.

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Cassiopeia watched the girl get handed a jewelry box, spotting a place to insert the key and moved to try and get a better look at what would happen when the key was inserted but she became distracted by the gruff, rogish looking man. She looked him up and down, he seemed to give off the vibe of power but he didn’t look like the wizard Merlin but then again, Disney’s interpretation was always more fluff than truth. Cassiopeia followed her sister but eyed Merlin. ”What about our parents meeting us again? When do we get to meet them?” She pushed past the niceties of small talk and got right down to business.
Each step the sisters took was a step closer to knowing their family history and getting some real answers. Cassiopeia was growing more curious and impatient by the minute. How many more people would they have to wait for or would they be leaving in stages. There were too many questions and not enough answers.

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Willow sat down at the side table with her jewelry box and looked it over very carefully. It was beautiful and well made, that much she could see but it was also an antique. A family heirloom perhaps. Willow took a breath and inserted the key. The box opened easily, not showing its age in the least. Willow tucked the key back around her neck before opening the box. She stared at its contents for a moment, taking it in. Inside there was a picture of a woman and a picture of Willow as a baby. She only knew this because of looking at many of her baby photos that her adoptive mother took. Willow started to silently cry, knowing that the woman was her mother and she marveled at how beautiful she looked and slowly pieced the similarities between the two of them together. What else did they share, she wondered.
Willow set the pictures aside and found another note, with what looked to be Willow’s true name: Willow Figlia di Aurora. Along with the words: ”Trust in Merlin, he will keep you safe." Willow held the note, reading the words and her name before looking at the picture of her mother again. Aurora... Could that mean her mother was Sleeping Beauty?
She became aware of others in the room now and shut everything back into the box and turned her attention to the room. Two other women seemed to have entered and the one was already questioning Merlin. She looked over at Annabelle and stood, carrying her jewelry box close and stood with her friend. Willow hoped her mother was alright, she had the crushing sensation that she wasn’t.

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Rose was torn. She wanted to help and put out the fire. A forest fire could devastate the area. And, her mind flashed to the worst possible option, she could be trapped behind the fire. Bobby did seem to have a handle on it, but she couldn't just leave it. She dashed back inside and grabbed the fire extinguisher from inside the station.

Once back outside next to the truck Rose pulled the pin and aimed the hose at the fire. Nothing happened. She thwacked it and still nothing. The fire extinguisher was jammed. "Sorry Bobby. I tired." She said, angry and upset. Today had just been a string of bad luck it seemed. She didn't know how else to help, and she wasn't on the clock here at the ranger station so it wasn't technically something she needed to worry about. Oh, she definitely was worried about it still.

"Let's get out of the way Sierra." She said and went back to her friend. "I feel in the way. The other rangers will take care of it and a fire truck will come if they need." Rose started back to the start of the trailhead where her bike was. At least AAA should be there shortly.

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Colby blinked confused. Matthew had kissed him. He didn't even hear the kid telling them they needed a room. Or rather it just didn't matter. "Oh." He said softly. He was impressed. Colby knew, well had had a good idea, that Matthew had liked him. He hadn't realized how much. And he hadn't realized how much he apparently liked Matthew back. The kiss made his heart flutter, which was not what he expected. Colby was a guarded person. He didn't like people. Was this because of who they were? Who their parents were? Was this real?

He cleared his throat. "Yeah, let's go inside. We need some answers." Colby needed to know. He hadn't been joking when he had told Matthew not to trust even him. Now that was even more true. If what they were feeling for each other was because of some stupid fairy tale rule he wouldn't allow it to happen. He wouldn't do that to Matthew, or himself.

Colby got out of the car, locked it once Matthew was out, and started toward the warehouse. The Hood sisters were here, and he nodded at them. There were a fair amount of other people around their age there too. He didn't recognize any of them other than the Hood sisters. Tink wasn't there, which made Colby a little nervous about the situation.

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Pandora could only watch in both concern and amusement as her mother essentially set a fire near a forest. The girls were, rightly, shocked and the ranger sprung into action. She didn't know what the next step of the plan was, but the girls couldn't drive away or call for help, though it seemed help would be arriving soon, so whatever they intended to do, they needed to do it quickly.

"Ok, they are running off most likely. Are you ambushing them? Also, you know you set a fire close to the woods right? Like, I'm not an environmentalist by any stretch but even I am not as bold as to set a forest fire only to kidnap girls and that sentence sounds wrong. Just...put a spell on them quickly before their help arrives." Pandora wasn't feeling this anymore. The sooner they got what they came for, the better.

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Matthew watched Colby for a moment, checking for any signs that he may of messed up by looking at his face. Someone outside had asked them to get a room but for once in bis life, he didn't care. All that mattered at that moment was them two. Then Colby finally spoke. Oh. Oh? What was that supposed to mean? Matthews eyes dilated slightly as he felt he had made a grave mistake. His mind pouring over every possibility of what that singular word could possibly mean in this context. It seemed hopeless, as if he wouldnt mind the answer, until he realized he needed to take into account the tone as well. It was soft spoken, the ending sound trailing off his lips and clinging in the air. He liked it, he liked him. Oh my god he liked him! Matthews heart began to pound furiously as he came to this realization, turning his head away so Colby couldn't see the massive pools of blush now rushing to his cheeks. He opened the car door as he simply said. "Yeah. Answers would be nice."

Matthew stepped out of the car and closed the door, hearing it lock behind him. Should...should they hold hands? Or press on as if nothing had happened? How did people move forward from this point? Matthew made his way over to Colbys side of the car, opting to walk side by side with him. "Might be best we show a united front yeah?" He watched all the other kids around their age begin to pile in as well. Either this was a massive human trafficking ring, or they were about to go on a massive adventure. For the sake of his relationship, he hoped it wasn't human trafficking.

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"Why are you thinking about her corpse popping up in your morgue? That would not be a good thing!" he said towards his sister as the elevator reached the top floor and they saw Tinker Bell again and she was arguing about him leaving her out of the elevator. "I also don't like you, so why would I care about it being rude? You were rude first and invited yourself along when literally no one wanted you to, that is just being inconsiderate," Jack said towards Tinker Bell with a bit of an eye roll. He found her to be more then a little bit annoying, considering the fact that she was a fairy, clearly the Disney adaptation of the fairy got one thing right, she had a bit of an attitude problem. It was more annoying then anything else.

"Oh her? That's Tinker Bell," he replied with a shrug before he started looking around the room to see what there was that could be helpful to freeing Isabella. However, the room that they were in didn't really have anything useful, though he did notice the door open to the master bedroom, and instantly went inside of the room. There were shelves lined with spellbooks, and he grabbed a random book off of the shelf and started flipping through it. Most of it was gibberish to him, but he eventually found what looked like the circle around Isabella.

Another thought crossed his mind, and he looked at the other books on the shelf, before he glanced around quickly, before he slipped one of the other books into his pocket in order to see about taking a look at it later. It was an interesting thing in his mind, and he was curious. With the correct book in hand, he walked back into the main room, "Maybe this'll help?" he said, handing the book flipped to the picture of the circle on it to Tinker Bell.

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Rosalia's eyes went a bit wide when Taylor said that she had gotten a letter talking about that sort of thing too. Okay, now that was way too weird, the fact that this random person she had ran into had gotten a letter like she did. So that meant that if what Merlin had spoken about earlier that day was true, then maybe that weird guy hadn't just been after her. Maybe that weird Three Stooges wannabe had been after both of them. This day was just getting weirder and weirder, and she couldn't think of any sort of thing to actually explain all of these weird coincidences.

"Well isn't it just a small world, that's beyond weird, maybe you should talk to this guy too then," she said towards Taylor as she saw others around the area and walking up to Merlin. She let out a bit of a sigh, glancing over at Taylor, "So come along then, let's go," she said to her, before heading over to where everyone else was and walking up towards Merlin. "What's up losers? Anything else happen that involves cars blowing up or fireballs being thrown about that I should know?" she said with a slight eye roll, patting the puppy's head who was sitting in her bag.

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Megan reached into her medical examiner's kit, pulling out another pair of latex gloves and she put them on. She then slung the bag back over her shoulder, keeping the rapier she had taken from Merlin at the ready. Her brother didn't have any sort of weapons to defend himself with and while she wasn't sure what a sword could do against magic, she wasn't going to go down without a fight. She smirked a little bit as Tinker Bell complained about Jack shutting her out with the elevator. However, her attention was instantly grabbed by the glowing magic circle Isabella stood over inside Maleficent's apartment. "Tinker - what does the magic circle do? Is it some sort of satanic summoning ritual?" Megan asked curiously. "Ooh, lovely, a book on it! Might I see that next?"

She then started to search the room on her own, stumbling upon a chest of drawers. She opened it up and found a list. Pulling it out, it seemed to be a list of people's names, addresses, and birth parents. Her face twisted into disgust as she looked and found Isabella's name - she was the daughter of Jasmine and Aladdin. "Isabella, you're the daughter of the crocodile from Peter Pan. How unfortunate." She then went over to her brother, offering the list over to Jack.

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"Then I guess that makes two of us." Tinker said rolling her eyes at Jack as she crossed her arms over her chest as she looked over the circle a little bit more. She tried to touch Isabella but only received a little bit of a shock, waving her hand slightly from the pain as she looked towards Megan and shook her head. "Nope it's mainly just a simple trap spell for anyone dumb enough to step over it." Tinker said, Isabella getting a little bit offended by the fairy's remark. "Hey! Its not my fault that it was hidden under a damn rug!" Isabella said crossing her arms over her chest.

Tinker watched as Jack came back holding out a book to her and looked over at him and couldn't help but smirk. "Ohhh, so now you want my help? Also for the record Merlin wanted to make sure you were safe since you are in her little lair right now." Tinker said as she snatched up the book and looked at the page before kneeling down and chanted a spell, and the glowing spell circle disappeared. "And what were you saying that you didn't need my help?" She said shoving the book back to Jack, whether he wanted to put it back, or keep it was up to him. Isabella stepped out of the now deactivated circle as Meg went for a drawer and shook her head slightly giving her a little more than an annoyed look.

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Maleficent stared at Pandora, a fire was a perfect distraction. "Like I said before, I am open for any ideas you have my daughter, otherwise follow my lead." Maleficent said as she watched Rose making a run back towards the trail where her bike was, and Sierra quickly following behind her as well. Sierra looked over her shoulder the fire was still small, and she hoped that it wouldn't spread at all anytime soon either and it would be contained. "I'm following you." Sierra said as she started to run alongside her friend going deeper into the wooded trail back.

Once the two girls were a good distance away, Maleficent struck waving her hand and several vines sprouted out of the ground, wrapping around both of the girl's legs and started to wrap around their bodies effectively binding them as well. "What the hell is happening?" Sierra asked as she tried to get free, a few seconds later Maleficent came out her outfit changing back to normal and smiled to the two girls and waving Pandora to come over to her. "You were at the trail head, what do you want?" Sierra asked looking at the woman, as she smirked a little bit. "I just simply want to give you an option, I am willing to reunite you two with your parents." Maleficent said as she looked at Pandora. "Now daughter if they refuse, what do you suggest we do hmm?" Maleficent asked.

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Merlin watched as the others started to pile into the room, he had his arms crossed over his chest and eyed them all rather closely, there were still five unaccounted for, though two of them being Megan and Jack, they were saving the third one Isabella from being trapped inside of Maleficent's lair. His attention then turned towards Cassiopeia cutting straight to the chase, and he smiled slightly towards her while Layla stood close to her sister. "You will meet them soon, though they are in Arcadia, but I haven't had constant contact with any of them on the other side."

Annabelle was rather quiet the entire time, as she listened to Merlin speak, she was still more than eager to try and find out who her real parents were or are if they are still alive that is. Layla leaned in a little bit closer towards her sister, she was a little bit paranoid at what was going on. "Think he's actually telling the truth?" Layla asked, as she looked at the others, and then the girl who poked fun at Mathew and Colby, though Taylor was now quiet as Merlin talked. "I know none of you have a reason to actually trust me, however I am telling you the truth." Merlin said.