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Sierra looked up at Rose and rolled her eyes slightly. "It's the first time this happened." She said looking down at the tail as she moved it slightly which felt incredibly weird. Merlin helped Willow back out of the ditch now as well, both of them were drenched in water now as the sounds started to get closer. Merlin waved his hand slightly, as their tracks started to fade away now as well to before turning towards the others, Merlin helped Sierra up and hid her behind a nearby boulder. "I'm okay thank you." Sierra said to Willow and gave her a smile.

"How long will this last?" Sierra asked looking over at Merlin for a moment, she loved the water and always went swimming but never expected this to happen at all since she had gotten here. "You'd have to dry completely so it'll be awhile once we get to Rumple's hideout i'll try a spell and dry you off." Merlin told her as Sierra sighed a bit as she turned to look. Seeing about fifteen men were walking five of them were on horses ocasionally hacking away at some branches that got a bit to close it looked like they werent spotted yet.

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Layla looked at her sister and smirked slightly. "Well better hurry up or I might steal her." Layla said jokingly, she didnt like Rose in that way really just as a friend really. She quickly went and hid behind a nearby tree pulling out a knife in her holster of sorts seeing the group of men passing through. They werent spotted as the group of men started to pass through them, Layla closed her eyes and started to relax somewhat now as she put her weapon back.

"It looks like they passed now." Layla said as she walked over and helped Sierra up to her feet again getting a better look at the mermaid tail once more. "Lets get going now, we are loosing time." Merlin said as he stood up from where he had been hiding and offered to help move Sierra which she accepted as well to, as the two helped her get moving again following the fresh set of tracks now.

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Merlin's Tower:

"Well ever heard of taking the higher road and the like? Two wrongs never make it right and all of that you know?" Gretel said as Hansel took another drink from Merlin's stash when Matt left to try and do a spell. Red was about to say something to Matt when he did a spell, her eyes going wide seeing him summoning some sort of demon rabbit and him quickly closing the door behind him. "What the hell?" Red said as she quickly got out of the bunny's way, but the demon bunny seemed to be laser focused on Matt, and they could hear what sounded like some clawing and then the wood started to break. The demon bunny was poking its head now into the tiny hole it looked like the illusion was a little to real, as it started making weird demonic sounds as Red quickly went in and stabbed it with a knife, and the illusion disappeared. Red slowly opening the door and stepping in and stared at Matt for a moment giving him a slightly annoyed look, before going over and snatching the drink from Hansel and took a drink. "I know that wasnt really your intention, but maybe try a much more simpler spell or ask Merlin to teach you?" Red said.

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Once the others made it out of the ditch, Cassi slipped into hiding with them. Luckily, this particular group of troops were either really dumb or weren’t looking for anyone and were just passing through. Cassi hoped for the latter and was once again grateful for magic in this land. Although she was a little jealous, nothing had come forth for her yet.
After the group passed, Cassi slipped out of hiding with the others but didn’t put her arrow away. She remained on high alert, deciding to bring up the rear of the group and keep an eye on their six and surrounding area while the others pushed on. As they started walking, an idea struck Cassi. She broke a branch off a tree and started to drag it behind her. The leaves on the branch succeeded in spreading the mud around so it looked like no one had passed along this section of woods.

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Willow smiled politely and thanked Merlin for helping get her out of the ditch before quickly hiding with them. She watched as the group moved on, not realizing she had taken Sierra’s hand and was squeezing it rather tightly. After they passed, she released a breath and noticed her hand secured around Sierra’s. She blushed and dropped her hand. ”Sorry,” she quickly apologized before moving out of hiding.
Willow looked towards the ditch they had slipped into and the path they were still intending on following before looking at Sierra. Merlin and Layla took up on either side to help carry her the rest of the way. ”Let me know if you need to trade off,” she told them both before following into step behind them. Willow had a good bit of upper body and core strength thanks to her kickboxing. Most wouldn’t think it was a requirement but it was amazing how much the core engaged with leg work.

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Jack was half expecting his father to just kill the poor servant or something like that. Of course, then again he was realizing that nothing with regards to what his father did should be surprising at all. The man was unpredictable, and could change course on a dime, so did he really know what was going on with him? No. Everything was just confusing and somewhat chaotic, he knew that there wasn't much time before Maleficent showed up or something, at least that was going to be tomorrow or whatever, and he currently was still stuck in this house without really an escape plan.

"Uh, I think it's fine," he commented under his breath, as his father stated there was something that he could do, and he was concerned about what it could be at this point. Jack followed him downstairs and headed for the wine cellar or basement area, which once he saw what was at the bottom of the stairs, he realized that the proper word would be dungeon. Listening to the words about what was going on, and now he had another question. "Uh, what exactly is it that they stole?" he couldn't help but ask.

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Rosalia was just listening to the words of everyone else nearby, when all of a sudden, someone decided to fall over into a ditch. It took her a moment to realize that she suddenly had a mermaid tail instead of legs. "Well that was definitely not something I expected to see anytime soon, so thanks for that I guess," she said with a bit of a shrug towards Sierra. The sounds of others coming their way or something, which probably wasn't a very good thing. They didn't want to be caught obviously.

Of course, people were deciding to be fairly loud about telling the others to hide, so now she was wondering if whoever was coming their way would actually hear that, but she decided not to say anything as she ducked down, finding a hiding spot and staying there for the most part. Seeing the group of men heading their way now was not a good thing in her mind, and they were insanely lucky that they hadn't been seen. Especially since some of them had been hitting the bushes every so often. Afterwards, she stood up and headed out of her hiding spot, looking at the others now, and then following after them onwards to where they were going on their little journey.

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Maddie's eyes darted towards Colby as he asked him what had happened, and why he was so afraid of an illusion. Maddie wasn't exactly sure himself, but the rabbit's eyes had shot so much fear in him that he had forgotten about its properties. Could an illusion become reality? Or were they always some holographic projection that couldn't actually affect the real world? Before he could continue to consider the question, Colby pointed out that Red was still out there with the demonic ball of fluff. His pupils widened to the size of dinner plates as he began to realize the gravity of what he may have just done.

Matthew was about to turn and open the door, but as soon as he stepped away from the door, there began sounds of clawing and scraping. The wood began to break and splinter, causing Matthew to freeze in fear. He couldn't tell if it was his imagination or if the illusion was actually snarling in such an infernal matter he was sure it could summon a lovecraftian horror. But just as soon as it all started, it ended, Red opening the door and going to grab a drink as if this was simply another day. "I thought that was a simple spell. I...I d-d-didn't think that an illusion c-could become r-real! Besides, M-merlin isn't here so I'm on m-my own to learn."

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Rose saw Cass covering the tracks. That was a good idea. They wouldn't have to ask Merlin to do it again. She liked a solution that didn't require magic. Though if they stayed in the path of where the group that was clearing a path were going their tracks could blend in. But there was no guarantee they were going the same direction.

She looked where the group had gone and then back the way they had come looking to see if they were clearing the path for someone else. She didn't see anyone coming in their direction, that didn't mean there weren't more coming after them, just that she couldn't see them. "I don't feel great about this now. They might have been clearing a path for a larger group. We might not get so lucky next time." They needed to move faster and get to Rumple's ASAP.

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Colby was trying not to laugh. He didn't want to incur the wrath of Rose's mom more than they already have. "Explain murderous bunny to me, please? Why did that make y'all so scared?" Colby had surprisingly never seen the Holy Grail. "That was badass though Red. Gotta say."

"I'll consider the high road when they stop throwing literal rocks at me." He told Gretal. He wondered if he could do any magic. "Can I see the book?" He asked. Colby held out his hand for the book. If there was a chance magic was within his power to he was going to. He had always loved magic, and he really wanted the chance to do it for real.

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It was infuriating to have to hide and watch as Rumplestiltskin's men went on by. Her mind was coming up with a thousand different ways that they could take them all out - a thousand different paths that would ideally end in Jack's liberty. She had to hope that he was alive, but she had never been big on hope. It was too elusive and abstract of a concept for her to really put much weight into it. She moved from her hiding spot once they had gone on through and they had the all clear. Hearing Merlin announce that they were losing time didn't help her mood at all.

Rose shared something absolutely dreadful to consider - but it wasn't surprising either. "We should be able to move more quickly than a large group," she responded, as they had fewer numbers and thus should be able to go faster, but her eyes darted towards the mermaid. She was going to slow them down. She was going to hinder their progress when it came to retrieving Jack.

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Sierra smiled at Willow as she held her hand for a moment as Layla and Merlin helped her on their way the rain finally started to let up now which was a good thing then her legs should come back once she was fully dry. Still having a massive fish tail felt really weird to her as she was dragged down the trail. Merlin closed his eyes as he started to do a little spell, trying to see how much further they were now, as they continued to walk. "We are getting close now." Merlin told everyone as they started to crossover a makeshift bridge Sierra looked around there werent anymore men which was a good thing then she thought.

Merlin then paused and noticed a large building with some walls through the treeline and quickly helped Sierra get to cover, lowering her down he started to do a spell, that dried off her body, and her fish tail turned back to a normal pair of legs again "Thank you." Sierra said to Merlin as she slowly turned around seeing a number of guards outside patrolling.

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Layla quickly got down to cover as soon as they got to their location as she took out a knife and looked out slightly and started to count the number of guards on the outside of they wall of sorts. She looked over towards the others, she had counted twenty men patrolling around the compound. "I count twenty, so whats the plan?" Layla asked looking over towards Merlin as he finished drying off Sierra's legs seeing them convert back to normal legs was interesting as Merlin thought for a moment.

"I can make us all invisible and we can infiltrate the compound and we can find Jack there." Merlin told them all as he looked again the guards were still on patrols as he watched for a moment so that they could sneak into the building they needed to get through the wall without being seen either.

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"Well for one that illusion was a little bit to real that it did that to the door." Red said gesturing towards the door with the small hole, if it could do that then it could easily kill them even if it was a cute little fuzz ball of death. Red took another drink and leaned back slightly looking a Matt and Colby before Gretel spoke out again. "Just do it outside I don't think Merlin would like if his tower is damaged any further, and don't do any destructive spells or spells that would draw attention." Gretel said, Red nodded she didnt want to go back to prison again really either.

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"Please let us go we didnt steal anything at all." One of the prisoners said as Rumple hissed at them and took out a knife from his pocket and pointed at them. "You stole something and I want to know who did!" He yelled as he turned his attention back towards Jack. "One of them stole my gift for Maleficent and I need to give it to her before she comes back, it's very important for what she needs to do." Rumple said as he handed Jack the knife. "I'll be upstairs interrogate away do whatever you need to my boy." Rumple said as he patted Jack on the shoulder before heading up the stairs and closing the door to the cellar, the prisoners looked a bit terrified.

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Cassiopeia fell into an easy rhythm of covering their tracks, finding the act of doing something helpful soothing. After they crossed the bridge and Cassi saw they were outside Rumpelstiltskin's hideout, Cassi tossed the branch into the trees and knelt down with her sister. She shifted her back and rested her bow and an arrow across her legs.
Cassi went through the process of looking over the hideout and for obstacles, ways in and the guards. Her sister counted twenty and Cassi trusted her enough not to question it. Merlin’s plan seemed like a solid one. Running in with guns blazing didn’t seem like the smartest idea.

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Willow crossed the makeshift bridge with the others, nervously looking around as they were briefly exposed but they made it across undetected and found themselves outside Rumpel’s hideout. Willow got low to the ground as well, sitting in front of Sierra and Merlin while he worked a spell to dry her legs. Now that they were outside their destination, Willow started to get a little nervous, especially seeing all the guards outside. If there were that many outside, how many were inside?
Sierra stirred behind her and Willow looked back, smiling to see that she had two legs again. She had several questions she wanted to ask but Willow supposed they would have to wait. Merlin announced he would make them all invisible and Willow liked that plan immensely. She breathed out a sigh of relief. If they were invisible going in, that would give them better odds. Although, she knew Rumpelstiltskin had magical abilities all his own, so it was possible the man would be able to detect them anyways.

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Maddie eyed at the hole left behind by the demonic rabbit. His gaze looked slowly back up towards Colby as he wondered why they ran from it if it was just an illusion. Matthew hadn't cared about whether or not it was supposed to be real, the look in its eyes was real enough to send a pang of fear through his body. He shuddered slightly as he thought about it again, finally relaxing a bit as he moved away from the door, eyeing the hole wearily before standing over by Colby.
"You didn't see the looks in its eye Colbs. It had murder on its mind and I was about to stick around to see if it could or couldn't go through with it."

Maddie was beginning to wonder if perhaps his heritage was mixing poorly with another story's magic. Or perhaps at the very least people from Wonderland were more unpredictable or wild when it came to magic. Having unknown side effects to common spells that may cause them to go awry or more mad. But as Colby asked to see the book, his hand outstretched to him, with that stupidly adorable face, Maddie couldn't help but say yes. A wickedly wide grin slowly spread across his face, rivaling that of a mischievous Ghibli character. "Let's go outside and test something out yeah?" Matthew ran back outside with excitement filling him, flipping through the pages looking for something that couldn't possibly go wrong in the event that people from Wonderland truly did have adverse reactions to magic.

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Jack wasn't too sure what exactly was going on, aside from the fact that his father was deciding to threaten people, hand him a knife, and then left the area. Not like Jack was going to actually do anything really threatening, he found that that sort of thing never tended to work out. In the good cop, bad cop scenario he tended to lean more towards the good cop side of things. Once his father was out of the room, Jack more or less just tossed the knife to the side ignoring it's existence. "...So how did you all end up down here anyway?" he couldn't help but ask.

"Rumple somehow got his hands on some sort of artifact, we don't know what it does but he kept it in his room. Thinking that it was something bad we decided to hide it somewhere outside the grounds."

That explained things, if his father had his hands on any sort of fancy artifact it likely wasn't going to be used for anything good. "...I don't blame you for hiding it, if I'm honest I wouldn't trust him with anything..."

“You need to let us out of here.”

"Yeah was already thinking that before you mentioned it, give me one moment," he said to them, before going over and looking to see how best to open up the cells. It didn't take him too long in order to do it, and he released the group of them. "Alright, you need to get out here, and fast."

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Well this sort of traveling was kind of getting just a little bit boring in her mind. Of course nothing really was happening aside from Sierra deciding to sprout a fish tail in the middle of dry land (well technically not so dry anymore because of the rain) and the soldiers going by too, since that also was a thing. There wasn't a whole lot going on around them, that much was for certain, but she did follow along after Merlin as he ducked under some cover and used magic to dry off Sierra and turn her tail back into legs.

"I mean not the best use of magic, but it does get rid of the need to have someone carrying her all the time," she commented with a bit of a shrug. There was the comments of how a larger group might be heading their direction, which was definitely on the list of not good things that could potentially happen. Currently anything could happen, but the idea of them being able to use some stealth and more or less sneak their way in definitely seemed like the best option. "The invisibility stealth way definitely seems like a better option then to go charging straight in."

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Rose quietly sighed releived when they got to the other side of the bridge. Everyone ducking down and taking positions near the wall. When Sierra had her legs back Rose gave her a thumbs up with raised eyebrows asking silently if she was good. A common question from server to server across the floor when a customer might be annoying. She trusted Layla's count. Layla and Cass were hunters too. If Layla counted twenty there were twenty that she had seen. Rose knew there could always be someone she just didn't see. But there were going to be at least twenty.

She nodded at the idea of the stealth route. That was what she preferred normally anyway. You couldn't hunt deer by storming into their home. You needed to be quiet and nearly invisible. She considered the group. Those of them with hunting skills should go first to take out any opposition that was impossible to sneak past. Then the second bunch should be the ones with less skill for that sort of thing. And a third group taking up the rear that could deal with any threat coming from behind. She knew that Megan would insist on being in the front, and she couldn't blame her for that.

"I think Cass, Megan and I should take the lead. Layla you could cover the rear of the group so if anyone sneaks up from behind us you can take them out before they are a threat." Rose suggested. It was a good mix. Megan was a melee fighter and Cass and Rose could keep her covered if she decided to charge into a situation. Everyone else could figure out where they want to be in the group.

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Colby joined Maddie outside and took the book to the page he had opened it to. He frowned for a moment looking at the page. Wondering why Maddie had picked that one. He shrugged and started following the directions on the page. If this worked it would be super cool. He recited the words and felt something inside him shift around. Like he had found the magic that was in his blood.

His skin tingled a little and then in between Maddie and himself at his feet slinked a beautiful cat. He recognized the breed instantly. It was a Serval. But there was a bit of magic in the air around, like Colby could taste it. The cat wasn't like Jack, who was pearched on Colby's shoulder looking at the new cat very curiously. Jack felt solid and looked solid. The new cat was softer edged.

"I summoned a cat." He said a little surprised and looked at Maddie. "Jack be nice to your new sibling." He told Jack and then set him down so the two cats could snif each other out. It took a moment but they both seemed appeased. Colby looked at the spell again reading the extra details. As far as he could tell the cat would just stick around and listen to him.

Colby knelt down and considered the cat, let it snif his fingers. "Now, what shall I call you." He said out loud.

"My name is Silky." He heard very clearly in his head from the cat. Colby's eyes went wide and he sat down on the ground.

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Sierra gave Rose a nod and smiled, she was okay still having a fish tail was really weird since she had gone swimming back home and that never happened to her at all really. She blushed slightly at Willow and gently patted her friend's hand as she turned to face Merlin who seemed to agree with Rose' plan. "Alright then." Merlin told her as he slowly stood up and started to do a quick chant before doing the spell and everyone was now invisible.

"Stay close and be quiet and pay attention to your surroundings." Merlin ordered everyone, as Sierra nodded. "Sure thing boss." Sierra said as she slowly stood up and started to follow behind Merlin just as the patrol had gone past them. Merlin walked along the wall and noticed a weak spot in the wall and quietly started to push on the loose brick as it gave way and made the hole just big enough for all of them to get through one at a time.

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"Got your asses in the back then." Layla said as Merlin made them all invisible and started to follow everyone from behind once everyone started to move, she had her knife drawn out and looking around so far there wasnt any patrol coming by yet which was a good thing then. She saw the hole in the wall as Merlin pushed it forward just enough for them all to slip through one by one. She waited a little bit before making her way forward as well and stepped through seeing the small yard in between the wall and house.

She noticed two guards standing by the main entrance of the compound and looked around for a moment, she wasnt sure how many were actually inside or where the other guards were on this end. "So where to?" Layla whispered to Merlin as quietly as she could, as he gestured towards the back of the compound and nodded slightly as she made her way towards the back. Seeing that there wasnt any guards there which was a relief then to her.

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Red decided to go out with the two of them just to make sure that none of them were going to do something stupid with the spells by revealing their location. As she leaned herself up against the wall, and wondered if her daughter was alright or not and hoped that their mission with saving Jack from Rumple would go smoothly. She watched as Colby decided to take a crack with the spell book as he started a spell and summoned a serval. "Well at least it isn't a demon rabbit this time." Red said with a bit of a laugh seemed that the cat wasnt hostile at all.

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"Thank you so much." The other prisoner said as one of them gave Jack a hug before letting go and started to head up the flight of stairs and quietly started to look around. Rumple wasnt there it seemed which was a good thing then and they were starting to make their way towards the back door seeing the door slowly opening and they didnt see anyone as the door opened and the group started to get a little bit terrified as they went straight to hiding behind a nearby counter.

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They were getting close to her brother. The makeshift bridge wasn't exactly what she had expected for Rumplestiltskin's castle, but there weren't even decent riding paths in the woods. It made Megan wonder exactly how long he had set up residence here or if he purposefully wanted to make it difficult to reach for anyone but himself. She didn't know enough about him to say, although her gut was leaning towards the latter. He was a magical kidnapper with a castle, working apparently towards evil ends after all. The mermaid problem was at least alleviated for now, as that would have been a serious nuisance.

Megan frowned, seeing that there were some guards patrolling the castle. Merlin proposed a plan - use magic to sneak inside. She assumed then that Rumplestiltskin didn't have any means of detecting invisible people, as she figured Merlin would have known about that. "I'll lead," she assented. It was her brother after all and she was the one with the magic fabled sword. Merlin turned them all invisible and they were then able to slowly creep in through a hole in the wall. Megan kept her hand on the hilt of her sword, ready to pull it out at a moments notice as she headed towards the back of the compound.

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Cassiopeia looked over at Rose when she suggested Cassi leading the way with her and Megan. She smiled, feeling validated in her skill and made her way around the group to the front. With Merlin’s okay to move forward, she walked behind Megan until they reached the wall and Merlin found an opening for them. Cassi waited until Megan and Rose were through before she stepped inside the compound and moved forward and out towards her left. She had her bow raised, arrow sighted and moved around slowly, scanning the compound. All seemed quiet but Cassi didn’t like when things were too quiet.
It was a calm before the storm sort of situation. Things often got eerily quiet right before an animal in the woods would break into a run. Cassiopeia continued to scan the area while the others funneled in through the hole in the wall. Cassi was grateful they were invisible but it was only a matter of time before they were discovered.

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When Sierra blushed in return it took Willow off guard. She wasn't expecting her to blush back but Sierra did all the same. Willow’s mind flooded, wondering what that was about and then wondered why she was so worried about that blush and what it could mean. Willow shook her head as a plan was formed.
Once Merlin made them invisible, they all shuffled forward until they had to go through an opening in the wall one at a time. Willow squeezed herself in after Merlin, being mindful of her dress and pack. She stumbled forward once in the compound and looked around. It seemed pretty quiet to her but she never infiltrated a villain's lair before. This could be normal for all she knew. So far, the Disney films were nothing like the real thing.

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Maddie couldn't help but notice the frown on Colbys face when he handed him the book. As if his choice in spell took all the fun out of the new venture, either that or it appeared more complex than Colby imagined. Maddie hung his head low for a moment, wrapping his right arm over his chest as he rubbed his bicep hoping he hadn't spoiled the moment. It appeared Colby was still going through with this test however, and began reciting some words and Mads could've sworn he felt a shift in the air.

It wasn't as if the wind was blowing, but like something was shifting in the world around them. Maddie couldn't help but look about, apprehension taking hold of him as he searched for any signs that something may be going wrong. Granted he had no idea what exactly he was looking for. When he looked back towards Colby there was now suddenly a new cat. Maddies eyes went wide as he watched the creature, taking the book back from Colby and quickly reading the spell. At first he had expected it to be Wonderland magic, some weird Chesire twist that brought the flowers to life in the shape of a cat. But it turns out Colby had slyly swapped spells and chosen another one.

"I...uh...I can see that. Matthew replied as he eyed the creature wearily. He had heard that witches gain familiar through nature or their gods. Some had spiders, or frogs, others cats, or snakes. But the one thing in common he had heard back in the real world was that they came to the witch, not that they were summoned via a spell. The cat didn't seem to be vicious by any means, so Matthew relaxed a little, until Colby asked him if he heard something. "Just...erm. Just you talking Colbs. Though I won't lie...I'm a little jealous."

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Jack just nodded his head at the prisoners, but what he didn't expect was when one of them decided to give him a hug. It was more then a bit random, that was for certain. It made him wonder how long the group had been locked up and trapped in that cellar turned dungeon. It was a bit strange, but oh well, not like he could really say or do anything to change what was going on with them or anything like that. Things were going to remain interesting, that much was obvious, but he'd have to wait and see.

He followed along after the group as they carefully headed out of the basement, and headed more for the back door as opposed to just waltzing out the front. Made sense in his brain, when suddenly he heard the sounds of a door opening and he glanced over to look as the others hid behind various pieces of furniture. Just looking at the door, it seemingly just opened of its own accord, with no one there to turn the knob or push it ajar. It really was the strangest thing, but maybe it hadn't been latched all the way and the wind pushed it open maybe?

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All of the talk was getting to be a bit boring in her mind. To Rosalia, it would be a hell of a lot more fun if there was chaos or something for them to do aside from just going on a stroll through the forest. Things were getting to be somewhat boring, but then again there was the whole talk about turning invisible which to her seemed a bit amusing. She was now wondering if they'd be able to see each other, or their own hands in front of their faces. It was an interesting thought to cross her mind.

"Well isn't everything going surprisingly well... I keep expecting something to go horribly wrong at this point, maybe we have a little bit of luck after all, aside from the fishtail incident of course," she muttered under her breath after the spell was cast, and followed along after the group towards the wall surrounding the rather large house. She just mainly continued following after them, figuring that hopefully someone would come up with more of a plan for what they were going to do once inside the house and once they are through the back door.

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Sierra followed everyone into the back of the compound, and took a step into the kitchen of sorts in the back of the building, as she looked around Sierra then spotted some people there. Then her eyes laid on Jack, as Merlin then stepped into the room as well and quickly noticed Jack as well. He didnt want to reveal everyone all at once, as he looked over his shoulder towards Megan and waved his hand, making her and himself visible to Jack. "Glad that we were able to find you, we are here to rescue you. Where is Rumple right now?" Merlin asked Jack as he looked towards the two servants who seemed to relax now seeing who it was.

"Thank you." The one prisoner said to Merlin and then Jack as well before the they quickly bolted out of the door, Sierra made her way towards the living room area and looked around she didnt see anyone yet which was probably a good thing then, before turning her attention to Merlin and Jack. "We should leave now." Sierra whispered loud enough so that the group could hear.

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Layla stood over by the door that led outside just as the small group of prisoners quickly bolted out the door, to who knows where now as Layla kept her knives out and looked around she hadn't seen any guards yet which was probably a good thing then as she looked over to see Jack there glad to see that he was alright. Layla decided to look back the way that they had came and made her way towards the alleyway to see if any guards were approaching.

She then paused when she heard the loud screams that everyone else would be able to hear and quickly made her way back to everyone else and turned to look at Merlin. "We should leave like right now, I don't like the sound of that at all." Layla told Merlin as he nodded turning to Jack. "Did you find out anything from him?" Merlin asked as he made the three of them invisible again.

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"Are you sure it's not a demon cat?" Hansel asked Colby teasingly as he stared at the Serval there sitting there next to Colby when Red caught some movement in the treeline and quickly looked at the group. "You should get inside now." Red said to them, as she moved a bit to get a closer look and noticed a group of guards it looked like they were on patrol now. Hansel nodded didnt want to waste any time as he bolted towards the door to the tower.

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Rose kept her smirk small seeing Megan take the lead. She wasn't the slightest bit surprised. She followed the lead ready to fight if necessary, but the need didn't arise. Rosalia had a good point. That had been too easy. It didn't sit right in Rose's stomach. There were also the random people thanking Jack now that he was found.

Merlin made them all invisible again and both Sierra and Layla were in firm agreement that leaving was the best plan. But that scream set her teeth on edge. She wanted to go too, but what if someone was being hurt. What if they could help that person? Rose hadn't thought of herself as a hero, she didn't want to start being dumb and going into situations that would be a very bad idea. She also didn't want to leave someone who was screaming to die or anything.

Rose knew Megan wouldn't care anymore though. She had her brother and would want to leave right that moment. Rose understood that. It was how she felt at the prison. She glanced at Merlin, he had gotten them this far. How did anyone do anything in this dang world without magic? She hated it. Wanted nothing to do with the Magic. She wanted to figure out how to survive with her brain and hands. Magic had gotten them this far though, hopefully it could get them out of the situation.

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"It's not a demon cat." Colby defended. Though he couldn't actually be certain about that. He frowned when they were told to get back inside, but the urgency was enough to get him to move. "Come on up Silky." He said and patted his shoulder. Then the other. Jack jumped up followed swiftly by Silky. The weight seemed balanced well enough that it wouldn't be a distraction as long as both cats played nicly with each other, which it seemed like they would.

He hurried inside and looked at Maddie when he joined them. "You can't hear Silky? She told me her name. I know I'm good with cats but I've never heard them actually talk before." He was a little worried, but he tried to think about it rationally. He was in a world of magic and he was part cat. Maybe no cats had talked to him before because he couldn't, not that they couldn't.

He paused and looked at the black cat on his shoulder. "Can you talk to? Am I the actual cat whisperer?" Colby had been obsessed with Jackson Galaxy. That was where Jack's name actually came from. He had been named Jackson, but Colby only ever called him Jack.

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Cassiopeia relaxed a fraction when she saw Jack and what looked to be two prisoners he was saving. She glanced over at Megan to see how she was with seeing her brother finally. Merlin walked forward and started speaking but Cassi remained silent, staying vigilant for anything lurking in the shadows.
As Jack joined the group, a scream sounded and Cassi looked around, trying to find it’s source. It wasn’t one of them as it was coming from a distance. Layla and Sierra both expressed the need to get out of there and Cassi agreed. She kept her bow drawn, ready to fire at anything that moved. As she scanned she spotted Rose looking distressed from the scream. Cassi walked over, bow string drawn still but pointed her weapon to the ground so she didn’t hit anyone in their group.
”We can’t save them all Rose.” For all they knew, it could be a diversion. Cassi wouldn’t put it past Rumpel.

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They crept along, Willow looking around but not knowing what she was really looking for other than for Jack. Who appeared with a couple other people. They looked relieved to see Merlin but they didn’t seem to notice the rest of them before they ran off. Willow looked at Jack, not seeing anything visibly wrong.
Willow nodded in agreement with Sierra when she mentioned leaving. Willow was certainly ready to get going. She didn’t want to be in the villain’s hideout longer than necessary. Then there was a scream. Willow’s breathing hitched and her eyes widened in fear. Who was that poor person screaming and why were they screaming?

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Megan was instantly relieved as she laid eyes on her brother. He seemed to be unharmed and most importantly, alive. She didn't mind corpses, but she would very much prefer for her brother to not become one any time soon. Others bolted from the room - maybe more hostages or servants, Megan didn't really care which. And now that she knew her brother was alive and well, the next objective was to get him as far from this place as possible, and then learn what precautions they could take to ensure he was never spirited away by magic again. "I'm glad you're alive. If you had died, I would have been incredibly angry with you," she told her brother bluntly.

Then the screams happened. There was always something happening in this world. Megan had her sword at the ready, prepared for whatever would come. No matter what, she wasn't going to leave this place without her brother. She doubted Jack could even defend himself properly, despite being a cop he didn't even carry a gun on him. "She's right. We're of no use to them if we get ourselves captured and killed here." At least, she didn't want her brother to stay behind. Megan would rather he go back and then they attempt a rescue.