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Sierra was eating away at some bacon when Willow came down and sat next to her and smiled some. "I slept alright, what about you?" Sierra asked, she was a bit nervous about meeting her parents for the very first time. She grabbed the salt and pepper shakers and started to put some of it onto her eggs and quickly started to eat it enjoying it quiet a bit. She just wished that there was some hot sauce and put some on there as well to which she liked. "Good morning Rose." Sierra said to her friend seeing her coming down as well to as she sat down next to her. "Yep I did, what about you did you sleep well?" Sierra asked putting another forkful of eggs into her mouth.

Lucky was looking up at Rosalia expectantly begging for some food while licking her lips and drooling slightly on Rosalia, and started to bark demanding food now as well. Taylor came down shortly after Rosalia grabbing herself a plate and gave a slight wave to everyone, before taking her seat and was given a plate of food. "Good morning." Taylor said while looking over at Rosalia and Lucky seeing the dog begging for food from her made her laugh slightly.

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"About time you came down." Layla said teasingly towards her sister Cass seeing her coming down as she continued to eat her breakfast and handed her sister a plate. "Better eat up before I take it and eat it myself." Layla said jokingly as she leaned back as she started to hear some footsteps coming down the stairs, seeing Merlin coming down the stairs before speaking. "Sorry i'm late everyone." Merlin said as he watched everyone in the room, Layla turning around to face Merlin before he spoke again to everyone. "I have been able to make contact with some people, and they will be setting up to meet you all." Merlin told them all before speaking again. "But they are currently scattered in various places, so we will be going in teams led by myself, Red, Tinker Bell, Hansel and Gretel." He told the group.

Layla nodded slightly before raising a hand. "So where are their general locations then?" Layla decided to finally ask hoping that he'd have that information Merlin nodded as he pulled out a list that he managed to write down. "Sierra, Megan's and Taylor parents are currently in Atlantica, Layla and Cassiopeia and Rosalia's are currently in the Moors, and Matt, Willow and Colby's are in Agraba." Merlin informed them all. Layla nodded looking over at her sister and Rosalia at least they now knew where they could meet them which was a good thing then.

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Maddie hadn't replied to Colbys statement that night. Pretending to be asleep as he chewed on the words a bit more. The sentiment was sweet, but a party of Maddie wondered if perhaps he was saying that he was willing to go their separate ways if they couldn't decide on a set path together. He curled into himself, feeling Colbys body press against him as they cuddled for the night and went to bed. The thought lingered in his mind until morning light. He murmured to himself as he turned around and faced Colby, noses inches from touching.

"Don't be silly Colbs. So long as I'm with you I'll be happy. Even surrounded by all these people, having these little moments with you makes it all worth it. Whether we're braving against Maleficent and her goons, or hiding out away from the world, I'll be happy so long as I'm with you." Maddie smiled at the lazy boy, pressing his forehead against his before closing his eyes for a moment. He thanked his stars that they were in Merlin's Tower, safeguarded from crows and ravens that may spoil this moment.

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Cassiopeia smirked at her twin before accepting the plate with a grunt of thanks and sat down to start eating. She wouldn’t leave it past Layla to steal some of her food just for the fun of it. Generally speaking though, the twins were good at sharing. Cassiopeia was halfway through her breakfast when Merlin joined. She sipped some water and slowed down on her eating while Merlin relayed some information. At hearing their father was in the Moors, Cassi grinned and nudged Layla. They were getting closer by the minute.
”The Moors, that’s Maleficent's jam isn’t it?” She knew the Moors were a heavily wooded area, which would make sense for Robin Hood but Cassi wanted to know potential dangers.

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Willow sat at attention when Merlin came down the stairs, forgetting Sierra and Rose temporarily as he started to talk. Today was the day she would finally meet her parents. A wave of guilt swept over her as she thought about her own parents and what they must be feeling. Willow shook herself out of the thoughts and older memories. She had to come here. Willow always knew there was a part of her missing and it was time she knew that part. Merlin revealed the location of her parents and her eyes sparkled.
”Agraba? How regal,” she thought excitedly. She wondered if magic carpets were real and how much one be. Willow looked down at her attire, not feeling it would be suitable for desert conditions. Certainly she would be able to get a change of clothes.

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"Good morning," she responded to Taylor, before she looked at the puppy and giggled slightly. Of course the small dog was wanting to have food, he probably would have been super happy with any sort of table scraps of food. "Alright Lucky, we'll see about getting you some food, how about it?" she said softly to the puppy as she went over to get some food now for herself, and she found a spot to sit down, and she handed a piece of her food to the puppy to enjoy.

Rosalia's attention was drawn away from her own thoughts (and her food), as there was the talk about their parents again. Of course that was the one thing everyone wanted to talk about, since apparently that was such a big deal. She personally didn't really care too much for that sort of thing, she really just wanted to back away from all of this nonsense, and go back to pretending that her parents were dead and never really cared about her. It was always so much easier to just do that and what not than to actually think about them still being around her.

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He was wondering a little bit as to where his sister was, Meg wasn't down with everyone else, so that was more than a bit strange, but now wasn't the time to think about that. Nope, currently everyone was talking about meeting their parents, and his own encounter with his father hadn't ended too well for him. So he was still curious as to how everyone else's encounters would go with their own parents. The group were slowly assembling and getting food, but this sort of question was still lingering in the back of his mind as to how the whole group of parents or whatever would react to him being around.

Jack thought about something else though, about how they were talking about how everyone was going to split into the different groups to go to the different areas to meetup with them. He supposed that he probably should stick with Meg, that would make the most sense. He had already met his father, and guess he was probably going to go meet his sister's biological parents, who were fighting against Maleficent, and his father. So that was going to be an interesting thing to think about, but currently he was just staying quiet and waiting to see what else everyone else did and said.

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"I slept okay." A part of her had wished she had been able to sleep in the forest. But it wasn't safe. She didn't know how badly the group of guards disappearing would look for them. Did someone know where they had gone? Were they expecting a report back if they did or didn't find something? There were a lot of unknowns. Getting moving would be good for the group.

"Obviously, I'll travel with Red and whatever group she's going with." Merlin hadn't said which group was going to be headed by who. She hoped the Moors would be where they went. She wanted to be there for Cass in finding her parents. She wanted to help Sierra too, but there was no way to do both.

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Colby's response to Maddie had been a smile and a kiss. He was thankful they were alone for a moment longer. But the smell of food and the grumble in his belly. "We should get food." He said, standing and heading downstairs. He got there just in time to hear Merlin tell them the groups.

He loaded his plate with food and sat down waiting for whatever the plan would be now. His shoulder untensed a bit when Merlin told them they'd be breaking into smaller groups and going to different locations. The best part Rosalia wasn't going to the same area as him. He took a sip of his drink but quirked a smile at Maddie.

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A sense of calm swept over Megan, as she conversed with the skull. Sometimes her words would tumble out all at once, a messy cascade of thoughts and ideas. Sometimes they were the softest of sentences, punctuated by quiet emotion. She didn't feel this sort of calm when speaking with the others here - the only one who came close to understanding her was her brother. She didn't fault anyone for that, of course. Even now, she was secluded from them, isolating herself by choice. She could have been downstairs with them, forging friendships and connections... but her brain just wasn't wired that way. She liked having time alone to herself, something she hadn't been afforded so far. Everything had been mission after mission, traveling with a large group.

It was just nice to have space to breathe and think. Mina was an exceptional listener after all - the dead always were. You had to appreciate stillness in order to hear them, but Megan knew how to do so. She knew the signs to look for - bruises, defensive wounds, stomach content. She could speak the language of the dead, determining the painful stories written in their skin. She sighed, looking at the skull and wondering what had been Mina's end. "I should go, shouldn't I?" Megan whispered, before placing Mina down on the bed. She stared at the skull for a moment, before descending the tower stairs.

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Sierra smiled and nodded she looked over towards the girl Taylor, and hearing Megan coming down the stairs and gave her a slight wave. "Good morning." Sierra to Megan, she hadn't really talked to her very much since everything that happened so far, as she started to finish up her breakfast just in time to see Colby and Maddie coming down the stairs as well to and gave the two a slight nod. She still wasn't sure what to think of the two of them. She wondered if Maddie would start doing that demon bunny thing again which was funny before hearing Merlin speaking again. She looked at Rose and smiled towards her and nodded she was glad that her friend was able to sleep well.

"Jack you are able to pick whichever group you'd like to go with. Hansel and Gretel will join Sierra, will be going to Atlantica, Red will go to the Moors, and Tinker Bell will go to Agraba, i'll be going to the Moors as well to. Does anyone have any questions?" Merlin asked the group, Lucky barked happily and started to chomp down on the food that Rosalia had given him, while looking up and licking at her hands wanting some more. Sierra shook her head slightly. "I think i'll be good." Sierra said as she leaned back slightly, she was eager to get going now.

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Merlin turned to look at Cass and nodded towards her. "Yes that is correct that is where she currently rules from." Merlin told her, as Layla nodded she was continued to eat her breakfast turning her attention towards the stairs seeing Colby, Maddie coming down. She thought about poking some fun at the two of them for a moment but decided against it. Layla leaned back slightly as Megan joined shortly after them, and gave her a slight wave before turning towards Merlin. "When do we leave then?" Layla asked she was curious and wanted to know when they were able to get going.

"Once everyone is finished eating we can head out if you all desire to." Merlin said as he started to fix himself a plate of food as well to Layla nodded as she continued to eat the rest of her breakfast. She was pretty nervous as well as excited to actually meet her father for the first time with her twin.

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With Merlin’s confirmation and Red coming along, Cassiopeia was a bit nervous about going to the Moors now. Sure Hansel and Gretel were going to the same place but they were related. The idea of Merlin coming made Cassiopeia think their trip wasn’t going to be an easy one. Hopefully, she or Layla or Robin Hood was about to die before they all met.
Cassiopeia looked over at Rose, glad she was choosing to tag along with her mother. She smiled at her before looking to Layla. Cassi was mostly done her food now and Merlin said they could leave once everyone was ready.
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Willow glanced over at Tinker Bell, noting who she was again since she would be leading her and the rest of her group to Agrabah. It was a lot to take in and Willow was equally nervous and excited for the journey. Done with her meal, Willow stood and approached Merlin and asked him if he had anything suited for the weather conditions of Agrabah.
Quick as ever, Merlin created a new outfit for Willow using magic. She thanked him before heading up the stairs to change. The outfit was made of a light material, almost like silk but would cover her from head to toe. Pants and a long sleeve shirt that she opted to roll the sleeves up on before covering her head with the shawl that could be pinned to the other side, providing an adequate covering for her face that would protect from the sand and wind. Once dressed, Willow grabbed her pack and headed back down, ready to leave.

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Maddie heard his stomach growl as well and decided that food was a better option. He rolled out of the bed and grabbed his long jacket, fastening it over his shirt and sliding on the leather bracers and boots. As he hurried down the stairs, he caught the tail end of Merlin saying that they'd be headed for Agrabah. His pace slowed slightly as Merlin weaved a new outfit for Willow. "Think this is a b-bit too c-conspicuous?" He said motioning towards his outfit. He wasn't sure what they'd wear there, or what all to expect.

Maddie went and grabbed himself a plate of food, taking a small bite from his spread as he found an empty spot by the wall to lean against. It seemed him and Colby would stay together, accompanied by Tink once more and the addition of Willow. He wasn't sure if they'd all have to change, but he was certain of one thing; Colby could pull off any look. Maddie studied the clothing Willow received from afar, it looked thin, and had no realm form as they draped in her arms. He felt the fabric of his jacket and looked towards Colby, whispering to him. "Any idea what this Agrabah place is? Not in any story I read."

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Oh that was fun to hear, that her "parents", honestly she still wasn't even sure what to call them since they certainly weren't really that to her, were in the more dangerous area where Maleficent herself ruled fun. That certainly would be an adventure now wouldn't it? Of course she still wasn't even a hundred percent sure that she actually wanted to meet her parents. They had abandoned her, leaving her to end up having to fend for herself. She had no one, not really, so personally she was still not sure that she actually wanted to meet them.

"Fun, heading straight towards the danger and all sounds like fun. The place that Maleficent tends to stay and all, just great. Getting this over with as soon as possible sounds like a really good idea," she couldn't help but comment with an eye roll as everyone was more or less continuing to discuss how things were going to go. Rosalia looked at the remains of her food, and then back at the puppy in her arms, before she proceeded to give more of what was left to the little dog, smiling slightly at the little guy.

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He was mostly silent as the discussion continued as to what the plan was and where everyone was going to go. When Merlin said that he could pick where he went, Jack shrugged slightly in response. It didn't surprise him that there wasn't really any actual idea of where the hell he should go, his father was a villain, everyone else's were going off fighting against him and Maleficent, so it only made sense that no one would know where to send him off to. He could go with whatever group he wanted, just more or less went to his preference.

Any of the places sounded like they'd be interesting adventures and places to visit. Then again, the question that stuck out in his brain yet again was how would the parents of the others react to him being around. The situation that might not be the best depending might be interacting with Megan's biological parents, so now he was just thinking maybe he should go to where they were with Meg and get that weird interaction out of the way first. "I think I'm going to just go with Meg to where her parents are," he responded with a bit of a shrug.

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Rose was glad both her mom and Merlin would be going. The Moors. She thought about what she might know about that region. Her first thought was that it was a term used for Muslims a long time ago. Other than that she knew that they were hilly grasslands. Often wet, and if far enough north could be tundra depending on the season. She frowned. She preferred the woods, but if that's where they were going so be it. At least it would be with Red, and Cass.

She finished eating her breakfast thinking about what they might have to deal with. She didn't have much of a clue because this place was such a mishmash she couldn't be certain of what was from a story or twisted. Part of her wanted to go to all the places, but there wasn't time. Rose decided after everything was settled she'd travel. She hadn't traveled much before, but she had been satisfied with her forest then. Well satisfied wasn't the right word. She had been looking for something. She had been looking for the way home, and now she was home. She had been seven when she left here, one of the older ones of the group, and this place felt right to her.

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Colby stared at Maddie confused. Finally he said "You mean you've never seen Aladdin?" He was stunned, but he still spoke quietly, he didn't want the others to know that Maddie had never seen Aladdin. He didn't think that was possible. He remembered watching the original and the sequels a bunch growing up. Heck he had even seen the weird live action film. "Uh, it's a desert." He said lamely, and still whispering. Shaking his head.

Colby knew Maddie had lived in the orphanage the entire time, but had they seriously deprived him of basic Disney movies? That was absurd. Genuinely the orphanage practiced child depravation if that was the case. "You should sue the orphanage for child neglect." He said shaking his head, and then checking out his outfit. He wanted a shower before they went adventuring off to the desert land.

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"I'm going to go and get myself ready then i'd like a new set of clean clothes though if possible?" Sierra asked Merlin as he nodded and produced a set of clothes for Sierra to wear. She started to head up the stairs to get some of her things as well as getting changed into the clothes that Merlin had just provided to her. Sierra grabbed her pack as well and headed down the flight of stairs looking over at Megan and Jack saying that he'd be joining them.

"I guess we are all going together huh?" Sierra said to both Megan and Jack as she watched Merlin getting a few ingredients it looks like wondering what he was actually doing and wondered what they were being used for magic wasn't really her forte sadly as she looked between Megan and Jack as well as Taylor she was curious about the three of them and wanted to get to know them better.

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"Yep, lets get ready." Layla said looking at her sister and smiled giving her a slight nudge as she started to get up and headed up the flight of stairs getting her weapons and gear as well to before giving her cat some loving. She didn't want to send her furry friend into any kind of danger. "You'll be safe here." She told Fuzzy her cat gently patting the kitty on the head, before heading down the stairs seeing Merlin doing something before asking.

"Hey, is there a way for our pets to be taken care of?" Layla asked as Tinker Bell smiled some as she snapped her fingers and a small creature appeared that looked a bit like an elf or goblin like creature. "He'll be able to take care of them while we are away." Tinker said as Layla nodded glad that her pet would be taken care of. "Thank you." Layla said as the creature went about cleaning and picking up the dishes as well to. A few seconds later Merlin started to open up three portals, one of them looked like a tropical region with a few islands scattered across the ocean, the next one appeared to be a barren desert with a series of sand dunes scattered across the landscape. While the third one had a dark and rather eerie looking forest in the background.

"Once you are ready step through the portal." Merlin said as he pulled out some pendant like necklaces and handed them to everyone. "These pendants will protect you, and if any of you feel like you are in danger just hold onto it and squeeze it, it'll bring you all back here." Merlin instructed Layla nodded as she accepted it and put it around her neck.

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Megan glanced up as she came down the stairs, hearing one of the girls say good morning to her - sadly, Megan couldn't remember her name at all. All she could recall was that the girl had turned into a mermaid or a fish or something the previous day, much to Megan's annoyance as they had been busy trying to rescue Jack. Merlin then started explaining people who were going to various locations, most of them seemingly made up. She tilted her head ever so slightly, trying to piece together what she had missed. Merlin asked if there were any questions, but Jack's statement filled in the gaps. It was time, then. They were meeting their parents.

The very idea made Megan feel like she was filled with knots and scorpions - and not in a fun way. And then, after receiving some clothing from Merlin, the mermaid girl came back and announced that they were all going together... Megan assuming that meant Mermaid Girl, Jack, and herself - until she caught a glimpse towards another girl and realized they may have a fourth. "... I'll go grab my things then..." Megan said, before going back up the stairs, her chest feeling tight as she gathered her possessions, and then went back down.

There were portals now? And they didn't seem to have labels? And necklaces? The entire thing was giving Megan a headache and she gave her brother a look - a look that Megan would have as a kid when she was frustrated, cranky, and feeling out of her depth.

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Cassiopeia remained quiet as her and her sister prepared to leave. She reapplied some deodorant and added a couple things to her pack. Like extra knives and a few trinkets from their other life. Other than that, she just had the essentials for wilderness survival in her pack. As they walked back downstairs, Cassi wondered if their father would be proud of the wilderness skills they had.
Once they were back downstairs, Cassi shifted from foot to foot, while pulling on her left ear and scratched it randomly. She was nervous for what was to come next. Luckily, she didn’t have to worry about her animals. Tinker Bell produced some creature that would handle the task easily enough. After that was taken care of, Merlin opened three portals. Cassiopeia took a deep breath before letting it out.
”Scary forest, I’m assuming?” Cassi looked to Merlin for confirmation. She shoved the necklace into her pocket before moving towards the proper portal.

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There was a nervous excitement that surrounded Willow. Only just yesterday she was freaking out about going to Rumpel’s hideout and the day before causing destruction in a city before being chased by guards. The portal Merlin produced for Agrabah made it look like harsh, difficult conditions but Willow was too excited to meet her mother to be deterred.
She pulled her gaze from the portal and looked at the people she would be traveling with. Some of them had some magic, although untamed but Willow was sure they would be safe enough. Willow accepted the necklace from Merlin, listening to his instruction carefully before she put it around her neck and tucked it away with her other item.

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Maddie scanned the others before returning his eyes to Colby, a bit of blush beginning to form at his cheeks. "I haven't really seen much of any of the Disney movies. Tended to get bullied out of them so I just sat and read by myself. It was an easier escape anyways." Maddie had considered watching them once he left, but with Disney's vault system it made it difficult to gather them all, so a few movies went unseen. Aladdin being one of them. "Maybe when they finally decide to release a new Blue-Ray for it I'll be able to finally grab it in stores. Still need that, and a few others." A part of him had began to think of a Disney oviedo night with Colby, but he wasn't too sure how into it he might be given the movies they'd be watching. He hadn't quite caught how it happened, but suddenly a goblin-esque being appeared and Tink was saying he could watch the pets.

Maddie gave Colby a hesitant look, before deciding to let his cat down and instructing it to behave and to listen to the goblinoid. Hopefully it could be trusted. By next breath, three portals appeared, one leading towards a desert with sand dunes coating the landscape. By Colbys description, this was Agrabah, and his next destination. Maddie grabbed the pendant from Merlins hand, placing it around his neck and under his shirt, before taking one final breath of comfort and stepping through into the dry air of the desert. His eyes squinted instantly at the glaring sun, one hand placed over them to try and create shade.

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Rosalia as somewhat glad when someone else decided to ask who would be sticking around in the tower to keep an eye on the animals. Not that she cared too much for what Colby and what ever his name was did with their animals, all she cared about was what would happen to the little puppy that was in her care. She glanced at the small dog once again, before setting him onto the ground out of her arms, so that the little goblin thing or whatever it was could keep an eye on him. She didn't want anything to happen to the little guy after all.

When the group started getting ready to depart, she took one of the pendants that Merlin had, and just sort of looked at it. "You know just about every type of jewelry aside from earrings aren't really my style," she commented with a bit of a shrug, looking at the pendants. They were a bit tacky, and apparently magical in some way? She wasn't so sure about it, but whatever, if it might be a quick escape or whatever, then she'd be fine with that. "And guessing the creepy looking forest portal is the Moors then? Fun."

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Jack was somewhat glad that Megan had finally decided to join them. He wasn't too sure what to do or really say with regards to everything, he was sort of the oddball in this situation. He didn't have any fairy tail parents that he was going to go run into or meet up with that were his own. The only ones he'd be interacting with would be those of the others, and he was still wondering how that entire situation was going to play out. Hopefully not too horribly? Also apparently they were going to a city under the ocean or whatever, so that was going to be fun.

Now that everything was set for them to go though, he glanced over at Megan, about to more or less ask her what exactly was going through her head, when he saw the expression on her face, and he couldn't help but chuckle slightly. "Don't get that look on your face Meg, things will work out," he said a bit optimistically. Of course, that was kind of the exact opposite of what was really going through his brain, what was really going through his brain was something similar to what was probably going through hers. That this was insane and that this probably wasn't going to end well.

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Rose took the pendant from Merlin nodding. She had her stuff already ready. She was looked through the portal to what was the Moors, it wasn't exactly what she had expected. But considering the others were water and sand it had to be the forest area. She supposed Moors could have some woods too. Or could be on the border of a wood.

She looked around at everyone and said, "Good luck, see you all later." Smiling a bit at Megan who looked a bit out of her element considering she had missed the whole debriefing process. At least Megan had her brother that could fill her in on the details when they got through the portal. She then turned to Cass who was waiting near the entrance to the portal. "Are you ready?" She asked, offering her hand to her friend. Stepping through the portal. Rose was happy to be the first to walk through. Ready for a new bit of adventure.

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Colby took a necklace and felt weird about wearing it, but put it on, just cause it was easier to access there if he was in a rush. He considered if he would leave Jack, he couldn't leave Silky, well he could, but it didn't feel right. She was a summon. She wasn't like the other cats. "Jackson, you keep Carroll out of trouble." He called his cat Jackson instead of Jack because he didn't want anyone to be confused with the person named Jack. Though it was pretty obvious he was talking to the cat.

Jack rubbed against his leg and then walked over to Carroll. The pair of them would probably get into some sort of trouble. And if the dog had anything to do with it he'd strangle that girl. He hoped she just took the dog with them. Silky sat on his shoulder looking pleased with herself. He shook his head. He didn't want the cats to be fighting.

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Once the Agraba people had stepped through Tinker Bell was the last to step through the portal, she stood up and dusted herself off slightly feeling the sand on her feet. She snapped her fingers and her outfit shifted to something more appropriate for the desert weather, she looked at Willow, Mathew and Colby. "So, got any questions or anything about the area?" Tinker asked as she started to walk up a sand dune as she started to walk onto the top of the hill she could see the massive walled city similar to what a middle eastern city looked like in older times in the distance probably an hour or two of walking to the city. She just had the approximate location of where they were but she wasn't sure where they would be in the city really either.

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"Yes the forested area is where you'll be headed to." Merlin told Rose as soon as she stepped through, Sierra took a step through the portal first along with Taylor a few seconds later. She was greeted with the warm air of the nearby beach and hearing the waves crashing down as well against the shore. "So where to?" Sierra asked Hansel and Gretel as the two of them jumped through the portal, once Jack and Megan got through the portal closed behind them.

Hansel walked over towards a nearby set of horse prints in the sand, there was a lot of them, heading somewhere further down the shore looking over at the group. "The trail should lead us to the closest settlement." Hansel said as Sierra nodded slightly as Gretel adjusted her pack looking at Jack and Megan. "If you guys got any questions about the area just ask." Gretel said, Sierra thought for a moment she was expecting a castle or something underwater but she couldn't see anything like that. "If the kingdom is underwater how do we get there?" Sierra asked as Hansel looked at her. "Not sure, hopefully we can find a guide here and can answer that." Hansel said as he started to head down the trail Sierra nodded slightly before following shortly after him.

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Layla nodded towards Merlin as he answered Rose' question and then looked at her sister and her friend, rolling her eyes slightly. "You know you two should kiss already right?" Layla said teasingly as she stepped through the portal, Red looking at her daughter for a moment and then at Cassi. She wasn't going to judge her daughter on her dating life she didn't know Cassi that well at all really, and she did feel guilty for abandoning her daughter in the first place as well to and as long as Rose was happy she would be happy for her.

Once the others stepped through the portal Merlin was the last one out closed the portal behind him looking around the forest was pretty dark and eerie looking as well to. "So where to?" Layla asked, looking over at Merlin for a moment as several armed hooded figures surrounded the entire group. Several of them in the trees standing on the branches as well they swords, axes and arrows pointed at the group. "Drop whatever weapons you have." One of them yelled, looking at Merlin who then nodded towards the group to do what they said. Red groaning slightly as she set down her weapons Layla did as well to setting them on the ground.

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Rose stepped up with Cassiopeia and extended her hand to her. Cassi smiled, accepting her hand easily and squeezed it.
”Ready,” she confirmed. Layla’s voice interrupted Cassi’s thoughts and she turned her head to smirk at her sister. There had been many opportunities Cassi supposed but now…. Cassi looked over to Rose’s mom and blushed seeing that she was looking curiously at the two of them. Cassi didn’t let go of Rose’s hand and walked through with her.
Even though it was a different forest and rather broody looking, Cassi felt instantly at home. She relaxed a little and took another few steps forward as Merlin and Layla spoke until there was a rather intimidating voice telling them to drop their weapons. Cassi surveyed them before she let go of Rose and pulled off her bow and took the visible knife off of her belt but she didn’t empty her pack.
As Cassi did this, she looked over the men and their attire. ”Is it just me or do they remind you of Robin Hood’s Merry Men?” Cassi mumbled to her sister. They looked exactly like the ones from the Russel Crowe adaptation, she thought.

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Willow took the shegmah that wrapped around her hair and had an extra piece of fabric to cover her face and tucked it in so her face was covered other than her eyes. This helped to keep the heat and dust at bay. She waited for Tinker Bell and the others before falling into step. She struggled a bit walking through the thick sand. This was nothing like walking in a playground. Willow hoped they weren’t far from the city.
At the prompting from Tinker Bell to ask questions, Willow started to ask her questions. ”Do you know exactly where our parents are located? Is there anything we should be looking for? Anyone we should be avoiding?” Any of Willow’s knowledge of this Middle Eastern city was limited by the Aladdin movie.

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Maddie followed Tink up the sand dune, his feet sinking in the sand slightly as he tried to figure out how to walk on it. He looked to the side ans noticed he wasn't the only one struggling a bit, deciding that Tinkerbell must have been cheating and using a bit of Pixie Dust to lighten her steps. He was just happy enough to have large enough boots to keep any sand from entering his shoes. As he finally reached the top, he could see the city of Agrabah out in the distance, a glitter of metal shone in the sun from one of the buildings. "Well this doesn't make sense. Why build a city in the middle of nowhere? I can't imagine there are any neighboring cities around here and this heat and sand must make it unbearable to cross to the next place." Sure if it was a fairytale land they tended to be isolated and unrefined but...Maddie had hoped that perhaps having been real there would be more logic to them.

When Tink had asked them if they had any questions, Maddie figured he could think of several. But given Colbys reaction earlier, it was probably best that he kept them to himself unless he wanted to seem like more of an outcast than he already was. Willow had no issues asking hers however. Sure they were about the city, but they were still valid. This group couldn't be expected to waltz into a location with no real Intel on where they're parents were. It wasnt like this place was Kansas City. It appeared much larger already, and did a lot to pique Maddies interest. Wishing to see the movie more now to find out what story would be told in a desert surrounding by nothing.