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Cassi smirked a little when Robin Hood introduced them to Flynn Ryder. ”Of course he is,” she said, slightly amused. They wandered back to the others and Cassiopeia shouldered her bow back and looked at Layla when she said they should start moving. She nodded in agreement with her sister.
”Ya, I don’t have the greatest track record with hitting my mark right now apparently. Best get to the hideout before we get to comfortable trading stories.” Cassi seriously hoped her combat archery improved in a hurry or she would be the cause of someone’s death on her side. Or even her own.

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Willow swallowed and held her arms out for the man to search her. It wasn’t any different than being at an airport and Willow had gone through that several times but never in an old-fashioned, desert community that she had thought was a fantasy. Thankfully, they felt nothing on her person. Willow nodded her head and dropped her arms before walking through and waited for the others.
She crossed her arms before her mother joined her and asked her if she was okay. Willow nodded, opening her mouth to explain to her mother that it was normal but she couldn’t exactly say that without trying to explain air travel.
”Ya…ya, just relieved we all made it through,” she said softly before looking around.

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"You don't know the differences until you find them - and if the dungeons were identical, that in itself has interesting ramifications - completely different societies, yet the same dungeon? Fascinating," Megan argued to her brother. She always liked world building in novels and TV shows, and since arriving in this place, she had been thinking about the differences between this fairytale world and their home. She nodded slightly at her father's answer about Lancelot. She remembered liking Lancelot as a small child. And now knowing the story of Guinevere and Lancelot from the stories, Megan wondered whether Lancelot was her actual father and not Arthur.

The medical ward was interesting - dated, but not as dated as Megan had been expecting. It was very much giving her black-and-white horror movie vibes, with the 1930s technology mixed with witchcraft. Her eyes widened with a mixture of astonishment or glee as a marine leech was applied to a patient. "So cool," Megan said.

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As soon as Maddie had made it through and gotten far enough away from the guards, he let out the breath he'd been holding. He looked back towards the rest of his party watching as they were all cleared and sent through as well. "I don't think I'll ever get used to that." he said towards Colby while looking back towards the guards. He tried to ignore the strange looks that they were getting. Wondering if they truly stuck out like sore thumbs or if this was just the kind of people Jafar's rulership was breeding. For now it didn't matter however.

They'd made their way in and just had to fake it long enough for them to get what was needed and leave. Maddie found himself moving without thought, walking towards Willow before giving her a hug. "Don't scare me like that again. I don't need any family being suddenly pulled aside while in a strange city." The concern in his voice was real, if not a bit childlike with a pouty undertone. But he had to mask it with a lie that conveyed the same thing while also following along with their documented papers story. In the event anyone was listening. And Maddie had a feeling that everyone was.

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"Just because I don't trust anyone doesn't mean I'll let someone die without figuring out first if they deserve it or not," she ended up saying. The thing was, she might seem like it otherwise at times, but she was not much of a talker unless she was specifically trying to talk her way out of a situation that she found herself in. Things weren't so simple with her thought process on how everything really worked. Though she also was still a bit on edge, she still did hand him the canteen that he asked for, but after doing so sort of edged away a little bit again.

Her attention turned towards Rose and Merlin when they showed up, and Merlin seemed to fully ID the man with them as Lancelot. Well at least that was a good thing and they hadn't ended up seemingly aiding one of Maleficent's goons for the moment. Merlin asked her why she wandered off and if she okay or something. "I'm fine, didn't run into trouble unless you count him stumbling out of nowhere really," she said with a shrug, sort of ignoring the second part of his question about why she had wandered off.

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Jack had to stop himself from laughing a little bit at that comment from Meg, "I mean, I guess you have a point. So I guess I can understand why you might be a little bit curious. It probably would at least be a little interesting to see," he admitted, not entirely sure what else to really say about the matter. Truthfully to him, just about everything in Atlantica was interesting, after all, they were literally in an underwater city, walking around. Who wouldn't think that was cool?

"I mean, everything seems interesting to me, you say kind of wanting to compare things, but you don't have much to compare it to. There is a whole lot here that isn't really like where we've been, well, aside from when we were initially growing up in this world," he added, as they reached the medical area. It was interesting to see what looked to be a combination of tech and making it all work together. It was a bit interesting to see, and he wasn't too sure what to do at this point but look around a little bit.

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They walked towards the front door of the palace, one last checkpoint that they needed to go through as the guards inspected nearby carts for anything that they deemed suspicious to them. "Papers please." The guard said as Mad Hatter, Aurora and Cheshire Cat handed their papers and started to check them thoroughly this time, once they were allowed they then took Willow's, Colby and Matt's and looked them through before waving them off. "You are free to enter now." The guard said, as Mad Hatter nodded and started to lead the group into the palace itself. Inside there was a lot of people inside chatting and mingling amongst themselves. To the left of them was a band playing some music which sounded like it was from the middle east somewhere. To the right of them was a buffet for all of the guests, as well as a number of people with trays of drinks.

The guests were just simply mingling amongst themselves as they enjoyed the little party that was going on currently, however Willow, Colby and Maddie would notice Rumple he appeared to be horribly scared and burned from their earlier encounter a day or two ago within the crowd, heading towards a nearby hallway that was blocked by a guard. "Can I get you guys anything?" Cheshire decided to ask looking over at the group as he reached over and grabbed a nearby glass of wine.

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Merlin thought for a moment he wasn't really sure what to do with Lancelot right now he might be under Maleficent's influence but he didn't sense anything off with him for the moment. "We'll keep a close eye on him for now, just don't give out any critical information until we are able to trust him." Merlin told Rose and Rosalia, as he looked over towards Rosalia and sighed slightly he was worried that she might have gotten hurt or captured. The woods weren't really safe right now due to Maleficent's men in the area, and then there were the predators, and probably more that could come out and attack them. "Just be careful next time you don't know whats actually lurking in these woods. Let's head back to the caravan, and find an area to camp." Merlin said as he went over to help Lancelot up to his feet and headed back towards Robin Hood's men.

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Sierra continued to look at the things that were in the ward, she was curious as the nurse applied the sea leech to the patient as it latched onto the patient's injury and got to work with it. Ariel looked towards Megan and smiled slightly seeing that she was interested in their medical ward. "Would you like to see our prison next?" Ariel ended up asking Megan while Arthur and Guinevere stayed back letting their daughter look around, Sierra walked back towards her mother and smiled towards her, as she remembered the prison that she had mentioned and remembered going down there once or twice when she was little.

"I'm fine with going there." Sierra said, just as the elevator door opened and Eric came out of the room, looking over at the group that was there. "The council has agreed to listen to you if you'd like to follow me." Eric told them as he walked over towards the elevator and held the door open for them. "Some other time then I guess." Ariel said looking over towards Megan and walked back over towards the elevator and waited for them to get back inside.

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"You alright there Stormtrooper?" Layla teasingly decided to ask her sister as Rapunzel and her helped the injured man up as she looked towards Flynn before he spoke up. "Mind if we make a detour I have a little something to help out with getting into the palace." Flynn told the group as Robin Hood looked towards him and the rest of his men, some of them looked to be injured and then over towards his daughters for a moment. "Do you two mind going with him and seeing what he needs to get, we'll meet back where the old camp was set up." Robin Hood said, he did hate leaving his two daughters again but if there was any kind of info that they can use then they would probably need it.

"Sure thing, you alright with going Cassi?" Layla ended up asking her sister if she was up to going out to wherever Flynn was wanting them to check out. Rapunzel took the injured man and looked towards him for a moment, she wanted to stay with him but knew that he needed to get whatever he needed. "I got him." Rapunzel told Layla as she nodded towards her and stepped over towards Flynn, ready to go.

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Cassiopeia rolled her eyes at her sister and shrugged her comment off. ”I need to practice, a lot.” She finger the bow string across her chest as she scanned the forest. She heard Robin speak up and looked over to him.
He wanted them going with Flynn to gather supplies he needed to break into the palace. Cassiopeia looked at Layla, who agreed, then looked back at Robin and nodded. What was the worst that could happen? Flynn was known for getting out of tough situations and Layla could at least hit something. Cassi should be fine.
”We’ll meet you back at camp,” she agreed before turning to leave with Flynn and her twin.

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Willow was busy looking at the different scenery this world provided when Matthew hugged her. Startled, Willow jumped a little before looking at Matthew. He had been worried for her with the first checkpoint and Willow was comforted by the thought. She hugged Matthew back before letting him go. She knew he called her family for the cover but Willow sort of hoped they would always have this unique connection.
”I’ll try not to make a habit of it.” They continued forward, reaching a second checkpoint. Willow took a deep breath before walking forward and handed the guard her papers. She was still slightly nervous, as one would be if they were just speaking to a police officer. There was something about that kind of authority that just made one nervous, even if they were nice. Still, Willow was a little more relaxed and made it through the second checkpoint.
Just as Willow thought they were through the worst of it until later, she saw Rumpelstiltskin. Willow gasped and grabbed onto Matthew’s arm, who she had stayed near.
”We have a problem,” she whispered urgently. Cheshire then asked if he could get them anything and Willow shifted. ”Do you know that man?” She gestured with her head slightly towards the burned man.

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Rose nodded. Made sense. Merlin may be able to identify the man as Lancelot, but he could be under Maleficent's control for a variety of reasons and ways. She didn't know if he could be trusted. But he was who he said he was. And that was a step in the right direction.

She followed Merlin back to the caravan. The wolves were gone. A part of her was sad about that. But it probably was for the best. The wolves had been starving. Though, feeding wild animals was not a good idea. At least they hadn't fed them with their own flesh. That would have been worse. Between being dead and now the wolves having tasted human. Rose couldn't help but smile at the thought despite how horrific it was. She was the daughter of little red riding hood, and here she was thinking about the downsides of getting eaten by wolves. She decided next time she got a chance, she'd ask her mom how much of the fairy tale was true.

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Colby couldn't help it. He was excited. Even with what happened with Willow, which was unsettling. But they made it through. Then their papers were rechecked. These guys believed in security, that was for certain. After that, though, they entered the palace. An actual honest-to-god palace. So who could blame him for being excited?

However, all that excitement drained away as soon as he saw Rumple. "Doesn't matter if you know him. He knows us." They had fought him. Colby didn't know how he got burned, but it probably was from another fight. But he and Maddie had been attacked by birds controlled by Rumple. There was no way he didn't know who they were. "Keep people between him and us. Try to keep him in your side-eye vision, but don't let him get a good look at your faces." He said quickly to Willow and Maddie.

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Maddie was taking in all the sights. The vibrant attires, the exotic music, the spread of food most of which he'd never even seen before, and the Palace. Here he was, an orphan of 18 years, with his father, boyfriend, and friends, in a Palace in another land at a party. Maddie was never one to care for parties, as a matter of fact it had only truly occurred to him that he was stuck at one surrounded by guards. He was so entranced with the idea of a secret mission to infiltrate and steal that he didn't think of the in between steps. His eyes began to dart from side to side like a caged animal searching for an escape. His chest felt tight as if he couldn't breathe and then Willow grasped his arm.

Maddie took a sharp breath in and his eyes fixed on her. He listened to what she'd said before following her eyeline and seeing Rumple. "I can't be here." His mind was racing at a million miles per hour, but he tried to focus on what Willow and Colby were saying. He thought about his last encounter with Rumple, the crows that broke into his room, the storm of feathers that ruined an otherwise beautiful moment between him and Colby. Quickly his fear began to turn to rage, coupled with his anxiety it left a burning feeling inside of his throat that spread warmth down towards his chest. As if he was holding back a guttural scream. "Food. It's furthest away and easiest to blend in. We shouldn't stray too far apart from each other."

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"That's the entire point - how can you begin to compare and contrast if you never look? You have to start somewhere," Megan reminded her brother. She had always been incredibly curious - and now that she could remember her early childhood, she knew that it had been true then. The bits and flashes of Camelot she had put together a coherent story of the little girl that Megan had been, and the odd woman she had grown up to become. It was strange, thinking about the fractured pieces of her identity. Last week, she had been Dr. Megan Pendragon, Medical Examiner. Now, she was that; but also Megan Mordred, Princess of Camelot. She hadn't had any interest in finding her biological parents, but now that she remembered being that little girl in that castle? Now, Megan couldn't help but feel... happy... to know them again.

No sooner than Ariel had offered to show them the prison did word come that they council was willing to hear them out. Megan sighed slightly - another time. Meeting with the council was regrettably more important. Innocent people were depending on them. Megan had never fancied herself a hero, but she couldn't deny the heroic inclination within her. Excalibur's weight was more than just physical.

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"It's not the end of the world, you people also got boring after a while," she muttered with a bit of an eye roll with regards to Merlin saying she needed to be a bit more careful. Truthfully, she knew that she shouldn't have wandered off, and it had been a bit stupid to wander off by herself. But she was not going to admit that sort of thing out loud to anyone, that would be a dumb thing. Why would she ever admit that to them anyway? It didn't matter and all now really.

Rosalia shrugged her shoulders a bit, but said nothing else about it. Heading back to the main caravan was probably the best thing to do currently, and then they could just make a new base or whatever, and maybe the others would find them again. She was a bit curious as to how the others were going to supposedly even find them since they separated, but oh well. Not exactly her problem really anymore she didn't think anyway, as she followed the others along again.

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He was a bit amused by Megan's comments and clear interest in just about everything that was going on around them. Her curiosity was interesting, and totally understandable really. "Well I guess that makes some sense," he ended up saying to her with a bit of a shrug in general. Though he did wonder how things were going to go in general for them. After all, they would still have to figure out what to do if Atlantica doesn't exactly help them with the whole Maleficent thing.

His attention was drawn towards the door as Eric came into the area to let them know that apparently their council thing (or whatever it was) decided to hear them out in their asking for help. That was something at least right? Who knew how this was going to go. Worse case scenario, they would tell them no and deny them aid, which would then result in them have to figure out everything else, well hopefully it didn't come to that right?

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Cheshire turned to look over at Aurora and then over towards Willow as she pointed out a man who looked to be badly burnt had gone into a hallway that was cornered off by a guard. They looked confused for a moment they didn't really get a good look at the guy's face before he walked into a hallway. "No we didn't really get a good look at their face, why are we in trouble?" Cheshire asked the three of them who seemed to know the guy pretty well for some reason.

Then suddenly Colby, Maddie and Willow would start to get sudden flashes as memories started to come back to the three of them, though one memory stuck out the most for them. For Willow she'd remember being a little girl being held by her mother in her arms at a ball, they were wearing dresses, and it looked like some sort of ball or celebration. There was Willow's father nearby as well talking to some other people, but he would look back at the two of them and smiled giving a wave towards Willow and there was a cake there at the center of the room with Willow's name on it.

For Maddie and Colby they were little kids as well, Cheshire was sitting with the two boys with a book in his hands while the Mad Hatter was close by setting up what looked to be yet another tea party of some kind. The book showed various pictures of different places around the world that they were from, the pictures were of Camelot, Atlantica, and even the Moors as well Cheshire explaining to the two of them about each location like he was telling a story.

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"Lets get him onto a wagon." Merlin said as he waved some men over to join him and they took Lancelot off of his hands and started to take him to a wagon with some other injured people. They continued to move forward slowly but surely until they were at a clearing and there was a tower in the center of it. Quiet similar to Merlin's tower back in Camelot which appeared to be abandoned as well to, Merlin held out his hand to stop the group. He started to chant something as he used a spell to scout out the area. "I don't see or sense anything off, this should be a good area to stay." Merlin told them as they started to make their way towards the tower.

And both Rose and Rosalia would suddenly get flashes of memories to as their memories were restored, for Rosalia she would remember being grabbed and taken outside. It was the same tower that they were now standing in front of now as well to, the masked man she couldn't get a good look on their face. However she would see Rapunzel chasing after them with a frying pan in her hand screaming and yelling, she threw the frying pan at Rosalia's kidnapper's head and he ended up tripping and falling. Rapunzel quickly knelt down picking up a crying Rosalia and comforting her telling her everything was alright before going back to the tower.

For Rosalia she would be in the woods with Red, she didn't have a scar on her face and she was young they were in the middle of the woods with empty bottles as targets. Red was teaching Rose how to use a bow, Red knelt down next to Rose as she started to give her a proper stance with the bow, then Red was doing the same as she took her short and aimed it at the bottle managing to knock it down, Rose doing the same and knocking down another Red quickly cheering her and hugged her daughter.

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Sierra followed everyone back into the elevator as Eric then pressed the top floor button, Sierra felt the elevator suddenly rising as it ascended back up towards the floor where the Throne Room was. "So what can we expect from these council people?" Sierra ended up asking looking over at her mother and father. They took a moment and looked at each other as Ariel decided to speak up first, while looking over at her father. "They are certainly rather old, but they all have experience when it comes to fighting and commanding anything to do with the military. Though the whole military aspect was never really my thing, I focus more on things when it comes to how the kingdom is run, Eric works more with them then I do" Ariel said, just as the elevator came to a stop, and the doors opened Eric started to lead them down a hallway towards another room.

"They will usually listen and are pretty fair in their decisions on what to do, and they will listen to facts more as well." Eric told her as he led the group into a room with five chairs with five older looking men who were around their sixties or so, talking amongst each other when the one in the center chair spoke up. "What can we do for you all today? And introduce yourselves." He asked as Arthur looked towards his daughter and then over at the others before speaking up.

"I am King Arthur, we are seeking your help with taking the fight to Maleficent and her forces to end her rule, any aide that Atlantica could give would be really helpful." Arthur said hoping to get some sort of support, as the men leaned in and started to discuss amongst themselves on what they should do.

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Layla continued to walk alongside her sister as they continued to go through the woods, Flynn was rather quiet as he looked around making sure that no one was going to jump out at them. "So what is it exactly that we are looking for?" Layla ended up asking Flynn she wasn't really sure what he was needing but it probably had to be something rather useful. Flynn looked over at Cassi and Layla giving them a smile as they started to approach what looked to be some kind of camp that had been abandoned a long time ago.

"Before I was captured I was staying here as a camp gathering whatever info I could get." Flynn answered, when the area seemed to be clear both Layla and Cassi would get flashes of their memories. One memory that would stick out for the two of them was them and their father and his men all around a campfire singing and having a good time by the looks of it, they were talking about the latest heist that they had did as well Robin Hood giving the two girls a plate of food and hugging the two of them before the memory suddenly ended, Layla looked over at her sister.

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Cassiopeia walked with her sister, following Flynn as they came to an old camp. She looked around as Flynn explained that he had been here for a while, gathering information. What sort of things Cassi didn’t know and before more could be explained, Cassi stumbled to a stop as her thoughts were taken over. She saw Robin Hood and others around a fire, trading stories flash through her head as all memories of her life before were restored. Things that didn’t make sense and yet there they were as if she had always known of them. Cassiopeia looked at Layla the same time she did and their eyes locked for a moment.
Cassi grabbed hold of her twin’s hand and squeezed it. If she didn’t before, Cassi knew this was exactly where she was meant to be. This place, this forest, it was her home. It was where she held her first bow, made her first steps, her first kill. Where she and Layla first promised to always have each other’s back. Every tree, bush and blade of grass held an adventure. This forest she knew as well as the one in Wichita.

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Colby had spotted Rumpel at the same time Willow had and she nodded in agreement with him. Matthew didn’t look like he was doing well though and Willow loosened her grip on his arm. She threaded her arm around his and stayed close. The others though, didn’t know who they were talking about.
”His name is Rumpelstiltskin. We met him with Merlin earlier and had a few bad encounters.” Before Willow could explain anymore though, memories flashed through her head but one vivid one stuck out. She saw herself in a gorgeous rose coloured dress, standing with her mother, hand in hand. A handsome gentleman turned to look at them, nothing but love in his eyes as he waved. Willow knew this man instantly to be her father. As the memory progressed though, she saw a cake with her name on it and knew it to be her fifth birthday party.
Willow’s grip on Matthew loosened more and she turned to look at Aurora. She let go of Matthew completely and closed the distance between her and her mother. Willow took her mother’s hands and gripped them tightly.
”I remember, I remember everything,” she said before hugging her mother.

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Rose helped as best she could with her sore arm. But really, she wasn't much help. They finally found a place to rest, and as they started to set up camp, everything returned to her. She had known it was weird that she couldn't remember living here as old as she had been. It still didn't make sense why those memories had been repressed. But it didn't matter because she had them all back again.

Her heart sang for a moment at the memories flashing through her mind. She paused and thought about one that seemed to stand out. A core memory, she supposed. It was her mom teaching her to use a bow. And she was good with it. No wonder she had been so drawn to it. She mentally thanked the Buckners for fostering that love of the woods. And, of course, it always felt like home, even if it wasn't quite right. Her whole childhood had been in the woods of this place. Not this specific place. That still was a way away. But it was within reach. She knew where home was now.

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Colby nodded at Maddie's suggestion. They should move away from Rumple. Though, the man had stepped away. They could easily be compromised. "He knows our faces." He said. "He works for her." He didn't say Malificent's name, not out of some fear of her hearing it, but because they were in a crowded room, and if anyone else overheard them, it could make things awkward.

Then he was distracted. As memories from living in Wonderland surfaced. He hadn't expected to remember anything. He had been a toddler when they had been taken to Kansas. Something special stood out to him, though. He and Maddie had known each other. That made sense, of course, since their fathers were...friends, he supposed. There they were, both little, listening to Chesire tell stories about all the lands. It was a sweet memory. He smiled at Maddie and then nodded. "Same. I remember being in Wonderland." His smile was whimsical.

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There was a tear in Maddie as Willow linked her arm in his. To one extent he felt comforted, as if she wouldn't let anything bad happen to him. Acting as a sort of anchor for him. On the other however, it made him feel more trapped within this nightmare of a party. He felt as if all eyes were on him, everyone talking and plotting against him. He closed his eyes to try and block it out and was suddenly hit with a flash of memories. They flooded in with such force, filling in the gaps of his life before the orphanage, before Maleficent.

For a moment he staggered, placing one hand on his head as tried to reign in the feeling and what was happening. A singular memory stood out amongst the sea of others. His father was setting up a tea party, Chesire reading a book and telling fanciful stories of each land to him and Colby. It was strange to know they had met before. But perhaps that was why he felt so drawn to him when first they'd met in Kansas. More than just being from the same story, it was a familial tie that transcended worlds and memories and clung to their hearts. He gave Colby a dopey smile and wished he could kiss him on the spot. "Turns out I have heard about this place." he said a bit shy.

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Megan was hardly surprised to hear that the council members were rather old. It seemed to be one of those occupations where once achieved, you stayed there until death - much like the Supreme Court and other political jobs back home. Megan didn't agree with those things on principle. In theory sure, these council members might have a lot of wisdom and experience - but if anything, she was expecting them to not care much for the lives of others. People that old in positions of power tended to have been long since corrupted, serving their own interests other than those of the people. She raised an eyebrow as Eric then mentioned the council would listen to facts more than anything else - if that was the case, then this ought to be easy.

The council members looked pretty much exactly as Megan expected - old men sitting around a table. They asked for them to be introduced, and to know why they were there. Ki- no, her father introduced himself and made a summary of what they were asking for. No one else started to speak, the men at the table whispering about what was to be done. "I... am Megan Mordred," she said, settling on that name. "Maleficent will only grow more powerful. Each day of inaction only ushers in her total victory. She may not be in Atlantica now, but she will come for you."

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She followed along with the group as Merlin helped Lancelot into a wagon, and they eventually continued on their way. There was the whole thing about her being pretty sure that no one else really knew where they were going, or where they were going to set up camp or something like that. Yeah, that as going to work out well for them right? Being in Maleficent's backyard, and not knowing where they were going. Oh well, the worst thing that could happen was that they all ended up dead right?

Rosalia didn't know what to really do as they reached a tower of sorts, and something about it seemed oddly familiar to her. That was when a memory flashed across her mind of being at this tower with her mom, a long time ago. "...I've been here before..." she muttered under her breath, more of talking to herself then to anyone else as she looked up at the tower as they got closer, not really saying anything to anyone else now.

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This was definitely going to be an interesting thing in general right? Considering the fact that they were meeting with people who could essentially decide the fate of how things might potentially go for the. This either was going to go extremely well, or it was going to end rather horribly for them, all that mattered now was how that sort of thing was going to go. Ariel explained what they could expect from the group in general when they saw them, and explained that they were fairly old. Which could either be a good thing, or a bad thing.

Especially since people like that from his experience typically could be very set in their ways, and just not be willing to help them in any sort of way. This was not going to likely be an easy thing to convince them if they did resist the idea of helping them out in general. He let the others do more of the talking in general, since there wasn't really a whole lot that he could do in this situation, to really add to what everyone was saying.

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Aurora looked over towards Willow and started to smile towards her as she gave her a hug back and ran a hand through her daughter's hair, she was glad that Merlin's spell had finally wore off on them all which was a good thing. "I'm glad." Auora said as she hugged her daughter tightly. She was a little bit alarmed that their kids had encountered Rumple before and she had heard of him before as she looked towards the others. "We have to be really careful then." Tinker told the kids as both Cheshire and Hatter were both really happy to hear that their memories came back.

"Alright then boys we should probably get things started." Cheshire said as he motioned for the group to follow him, Cheshire knew where he was actually going. One of his many cats was nearby and walked up to Colby and rubbed up against his leg purring happily clearly wanting pets from him. They made it towards the vault which was a rather massive looking golden door that looked more like it was one of those massive safe vaults. The hallway was clear for the time being which was a good thing then, as Hatter went to get things all set up to break into the vault.

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"Lets set up in the tower then." Merlin said as he started to make his way towards the tower, and tried to open the door sadly it was locked. Merlin then kicked down the door, the tower itself looked like it was abandoned for sometime now as Merlin waved the injured inside, there were several rooms nearby. "Set up the injured in some of the rooms. I'll start with warding off the area from any of Maleficent's forces." Merlin said as he headed outside of the room.

There was one room off to the left however that would catch Rosalia's eye, the door had been knocked down but inside the room looked like it was a child's room with a small bed made for a little child in the corner along with a rocking chair and a few children's toys. On the wall was a painting of Rapunzel, Rosalia as a little baby and Flynn standing together looking rather happy.

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"I'm Sierra, daughter of Queen Ariel and King Eric, and what Megan said she'll turn her eyes on here if you don't act right away." She told them all, as the rest of the group started to introduce themselves. They listened to Sierra and Megan as they made their case as well, as one of them leaned forward thinking intently before speaking up. "We'll help you out, if you all help us deal with Hook's forces here then we can help you all with Maleficent's forces and provide you with the nesscary forces and equipment that you'll need." He told the group. King Arthur looked over at the others for a moment and then over towards Ariel and Eric.

Sierra was fine with that they help them and then Atlantica would help them taking on the fight to Maleficent and her people as well. "That works for me." Sierra said as King Arthur nodded towards them. "Just give us the information that we need and we can get things started." King Arthur said looking at Megan and Jack to see if they agree as well to.

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Layla looked towards her sister and smiled towards her, she was really happy to know that her sister had the same memories restored to her as well to. Cassi would notice a few chest that were closed, whether or not they had things in them she could check them out, there was what little remains of a tent as well as a small camp fire and cooking supplies. "Feel free to grab what you'd like, just be careful some of the chests contain a few surprises." Flynn warned the girls, as he made his way towards a nearby tree stump and proceeded to dig at the ground.

Layla walked over towards the nearby tent and looked through it, finding a few throwing knives as well as a quiver of arrows as well to. "Catch sis." Layla said as she tossed them over towards her. Layla also found a set of leather armor as well to and decided to take that as well putting it on and it fit her rather well surprisingly.

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Rose was surprised that Merlin went for the brute force approach of breaking down the door. She had seen quite a bit of reliance on magic and had expected him to do that instead. She followed him inside and glanced around. Then started giving a helping hand with setting up camp. She wondered if the tower was big enough for everyone. But they would at least be able to get the injured inside.

Rose half watched Rosalia. Sort of making sure she didn't wander off into the woods again. But also curious because the other girl had said she had been at this tower before. She wondered what Rosalia remembered of the place. Had she grown up near here? Or was this Rapunzel's tower.

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Colby nodded at his dad. That didn't feel weird anymore. Well, not as weird as it had felt. Now that he had memories from living here. Though he had been very young, he thought probably the youngest out of the group. It was reassuring to have those memories of his early life. Before the orphanage, before being adopted.

He followed him down the hall. Picking up the kitten without even thinking about it, giving the kitten head scratches as he walked. He had left Jackson Galaxy at the shop, but Silky, he knew he could summon if he needed her. But it was second nature to pet cats that asked for it.

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As soon as Chesire said the word, Maddie was ready to move and mobilize. Not only for the odd thrill of breaking into a magical secret Vault of a Genie that ruled the land. But also because he really wanted to leave the party and crowds as fast as he could. He walked behind Colby, watching as a cat rubbed up against him and Colby was instinctively himself. Picking it up and petting it without so much as a thought. His dopey smile returned as he watched the man before him and melted a bit. It was strange to think his childhood friend had now become his boyfriend.

Entrap in thought, he'd hardly noticed when they reached the Vault. Bumping into Colby slightly as he reached his hands out and grabbed his waist to keep himself from falling back. It was a precarious stance, looking like they were about to do something cheeky. Maddie's face blushed as he let go of Colbys waist, moving to one side and ensuring they were out of view of the rest of the party. He doubted Agrabah had surveillance cameras, and so he leaned in and pressed a kiss to Colbys cheek. Leaving it there for a moment and pulling back. "You look too good in that. Makes it hard to resist" He said trying his best attempt at flirting.

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Megan was a bit surprised at first to hear that in exchange for aid, Atlantica needed help with Captain Hook. She had never really thought of Hook as being an effective villain - his nemesis was a young boy in tights who could fly, hardly the most threatening of people - that or the ticking crocodile. But then again, the more she thought about it, it wasn't actually that surprising - of course this war council would want something in exchange for help. Nothing was ever truly free.

"That's fine," Megan said. Taking down Hook wasn't what she had come here to do, but he was trading in slaves from what they understood, so he needed to be handled anyways. He couldn't be allowed to continue to act that like, to treat people like they were just property. The sooner he was eliminated, the better; the sooner all men like him were eliminated, rather.