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The night had been pleasant. Rose had enjoyed spending time with Cassi one-on-one. It had been quiet, and they hadn't been interrupted. It was a nice reprieve. When she slept, she slept mostly okay. Her dreams were weird. The dreams both felt extra realistic and the most surreal possible.

"Good morning." Rose said when she woke up. She smiled brightly at Cassi. "I wanna clean up a bit, then we can head downstairs." She said before going to the bathroom. Rose was quick in there so that if Cassi needed it, she could too.

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Colby held his breath. He hoped that the guards wouldn't search the store too closely. Then he heard one say something about sensing magic. He frowned. That explained a lot about this place. That was also frustrating. It was a good thing Merlin hadn't come with them.

He climbed out of their hiding spot at his dad's voice. It was safe for them to move on. A part of him wondered what had done the magic that the guy had sensed...or rather, who had done it. He followed Chesire out of the store. As long as they knew they weren't being followed, it would be safe to get to Jasmine's, but they needed to do that carefully.

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"Jasmine's hideout shouldn't be to far." Hatter said to Maddie as he gently hugged him, trying to cheer his son up. "You did good back there." He told him as he watched the guards quickly running past them from outside of the store that they were hiding in, Hatter took a few moments to peek his head out as the guards left the area and turned back to his son. "Lets keep moving, stick to the allies and shadows." He told him as he headed back on out and into the alley itself everything was clear for now.

"The coast seems to be clear for now." Aurora said as she headed out of the building and looked around the guards were gone which was a good thing then as she headed on out along with Cheshire waving for the two of them to follow them. They were pretty close to Jasmine's hideout now as well to, as Aurora and Cheshire stuck to the allies. There was some yelling from the guards nearby asking each other if they had seen them. "There it is." Chesire said as he knocked on the door a few times, until the door opened as Jasmine looked around and quickly waved them inside.

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Eric looked towards Jack as he accepted the spyglass back, and collapsed it and slipped it back into his pack, and motioned for them to move away for now, as he started to come up with a plan. "Alright then it seems that explosions are the way to go, given the state of the docks and the ships being repaired would be easy to set on fire." He said as Sierra nodded as she followed alongside her father and mother and looked towards them. "So when should we hit them?" Sierra asked looking at her father and some of the others who had more fighting experience.

"We head back to camp and wait until night when it's harder to see." Eric told her, as Arthur nodded slightly usually nights were always the best to catch someone off guard and do some serious damage there. "We brought some explosives as well from the armory we'll use some of those. The sharks will be good to get rid of the men who decide to jump in when the docks and ships go as well." Eric told them as Sierra nodded and started to make her way back towards camp.

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Layla leaned back slightly as she started to eat some of the soup that was given to her, as she heard someone coming down the stairs she was expecting to see her sister, but it was Rosalia instead. "Good morning sleepy head." Layla said to her as Merlin looked towards her and smiled as he offered her some breakfast as well. Layla didn't really want to admit it but she was slightly jealous of her sister and Rose spending more time together but she didn't want to say anything else about it.

"So when do we leave?" Layla decided to ask looking over at Flynn as he came into the room, he took a moment to look at his daughter and smiled towards her. He then turned his attention towards Layla as he sat down at the table, as he thought for a moment as he noticed that the other girls aren't here yet. "Once you are ready if you want to go we can head on out." He told them, as Layla nodded. "They are probably doing it again or something." She said with a slight laugh.

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Megan nodded, listening to the plan. It made a certain amount of sense. The explosions would be brightly lit, and at night, that would be blinding to the pirates that they were attacking. If they could cause the explosions from a distance as well, they wouldn't have a similar issue. Once the dust settled, they could go in and pick off the survivors, either taking them as prisoners or sending them to their graves. It was practical and efficient. "Are we taking any prisoners?" Megan asked. She imagined the answer was no, but she wanted to hear it said.

The sort of fight they were planning reminded her somewhat of events that happened in a popular show, one that she had watched late at night (insomnia made it easy to keep up with popular shows). Fire never ended in anything other than a slaughter. She wondered if those sort of rules would hold here, in this fantasy land.

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Maddie sniffled a little as his father pulled him into a hug. At first he'd winced, closing his eyes in preparation for something worse, but when he'd felt his warm embrace and nothing more he began to relax. His shoulders released the tension that had quickly built up, drooping low as he now hugged his father back. He had to remind himself he wasn't back at the orphanage sometimes. That not everyone was out to hurt him, and not every quick motion was to be met with a harsh sting. Unfortunately Maleficent and her cronies were still out to hurt him, but that was a separate problem to be had.

He listened in as his father kept a lookout. Hearing the fading footsteps of the guards as they gained distance searching for them in other places. Hopefully the trace had fallen off and they wouldn't be so easily spotted. Maddie wiped what years remained pooled in the corner of his eyes with the back of his sleeve. The coolness of the liquid reminded him of the heat that waited for them beyond the store's interior. "Right. The shadows. I can do that." he said as he followed out in his father's lead towards Jasmines location.

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"Yeah well whatever, I've actually been awake for a while at this point," she said to Layla with an eye roll. She gave a slight wave to more or less acknowledge Merlin and Flynn's existence more then anything else. Rosalia refused to mentally refer to Flynn as her father anymore. He didn't know anything about her, they were complete strangers, she hadn't been in this tower since she was a toddler, most of her memories were of a world far away from this place and very different from it, she didn't know what to do at this point really.

Then again, the same went for Rapunzel too on that matter. It was still difficult for her to accept her as her mother. Though it didn't help her emotions at all that for most of her life she had wanted to meet her parents and to be accepted by them. Problem was she gave that hope up four years ago, and she really just didn't want to get her hopes up with them wanting to be in her life again. She just didn't want it to backfire and get hurt again. Hearing the part of the conversation about where the other two were, she rolled her eyes again, finding the whole thing stupid really.

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Well, explosions sounded like a whole lot of fun really, since who really didn't like watching something blow up? That sounded like a lot of fun to him. Though it did bring into question the whole potentially drawing more people into the area and causing the fight to be a lot bigger if they weren't careful. Plus with everything around the dock, the smoke from any fire caused there would likely be visible for miles, not to mention the explosion would be visible from that far away too. Probably cause an earthquake if they caused a big enough explosion.

"I mean night would make it easier to avoid detection initially, but once anything is set off or lit, then us trying to remain hidden and not fight in general is going to be a lot harder," he ended up saying, before looking over at Meg, wanting to know what her thoughts on this entire plan was. Then she ended up asking about prisoners, and that was something he hadn't actually thought about, and truthfully was not something he thought he'd want to know the answer to.

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Once Cassi was ready too, Rose led the way downstairs. She heard Layla as she was coming down the last few steps. "We were not doing it. Some of us like to clean up in the morning and not smell like sweat all day." Rose said, entering the room.

She was smiling. "I'm ready, other than wanting some breakfast." She also could kill for some coffee. "Does this world have coffee?" God, she hoped so. She had worked in a diner for long enough to have what was probably an addiction to coffee. But the world they had grown up in didn't consider it a real addiction.

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It was a relief once they got into Jasmin's hideout. Maddie wasn't there yet, though. That made Colby nervous. He had hoped Maddie would beat them to the hideout. He paced a bit. There was no hiding that he was worried.

"So what now?" He asked. Trying to sound cool and collected. But it was obvious he was worried. He looked to his dad, then Jasmine. "We got it, by the way." She should know. They shouldn't keep her in the dark until the others arrived. And they would arrive. He told himself sternly.

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Cassiopeia groaned with Rose’s greeting. It was not a good morning. Cassiopeia peeked over the blankets and watched Rose wander the room before she walked into the bathroom. Her eyes wandered Rose’s body and watched her ass as she walked away. Cassi smirked. Well, maybe it was an okay morning.
Cassi threw back her covers and sat up, rubbing her eyes after stretching out her body and huffed as she hauled herself out of bed. Cassiopeia packed up her bag and stretched a little while Rose quickly washed up. Once she was done, Cassi took her place in the bathroom, stealing a kiss from Rose as they passed.
Cassiopeia followed behind Rose as they made their way down the stairs. Cassi stuck her tongue out at Layla and went over to greet her sister. ”It’s also improper to talk behind people’s backs.” She ruffled Layla’s hair before pushing her shoulder and took her soup to eat.
”Oh, something with caffeine would be lovely.”

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The group made quick work of moving through the back streets of Agrabah to Jasmine’s hideout. Willow moved quickly into the building once the door was open. She wanted to get as much distance between her and the guards searching for them as possible. Once the door was shut, Willow took a full deep breath in and out before sitting down in a nearby chair. Then Colby asked what they were to do now.
”Take a breath I’d say. Maybe a glass of water or something stronger.” Alcohol wasn’t always the solution but sometimes it was the only thing that could cut the tension in the body and there was a lot of tension in Willow at the moment. She looked around the room and her tension increased. Matthew and the Mad Hatter weren’t back yet.

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"It's not that far." Mad Hatter said to Maddie, as he kept to the walls of the alleyway occasionally looking around the corner for a few guards, luckily there wasnt anything at the moment which was probably a good thing then. The Mad Hatter walked down some stairs until they were at the familiar sight of Jasmine's hideout now as well to and knocked on the door three times. "We wait for the other two to get back here, then we get out of the city, you all caused a stir." Jasmine said crossing her arms over her chest, she clearly wasnt all that happy after hearing all of the chaos that had happened tonight. Jasmine looked towards one of the guards to check who was actually at the door ready to attack if it was a guard.

When he opened the door he stared at the two of them before waving the two of them into the room quietly closing the door behind them, once they were in Jasmine stared at the group. "Good you actually got what we needed, now mind telling me what the hell actually happened there?" Jasmine asked sounding slightly irritated, it'll be tougher to get out of the city now. "We hit into a little snag." Mad Hatter answered her rubbing the back of his neck slightly. "Clearly." Jasmine said sighing slightly before heading towards a shelf and slowly pushed it to the side revealing a door. "It'll lead us underground and out of the city." Jasmine said as she grabbed a torch and lit it up.

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Sierra looked between her parents for a moment wondering what their answer would actually be, she hadnt really thought about actually killing anyone at all really which made her slightly nervous. "Yeah are we actually taking anyone?" Sierra asked looking at them, she wasnt much of a fighter and that also made her a little bit nervous to. "If you see Captain Hook take him alive if possible, but everyone else can be killed." Eric told the two of them, as they made it back towards the little campsite that they had made while they were gone, while some of them were able to get some fishing in and had a small fire going as well to.

"If any of you are hungry feel free to grab something." Ariel said as she went to get some food herself, Sierra decided to go and join her mother. Tik Tok the Crocodile was laying down in the sand nearby as Arthur looked at the group some of them were on lookout. "I'm going to patrol the area if any of you would like to join me." Arthur said as he started to walk along the treeline.

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"Mhm suuuuure you guys were, I bet you were rocking the bed the entire night to." Layla said teasingly to both Cassi and Rose as she took another bite out of the soup that she was given, some coffee would actually be pretty nice. Flynn looked at the four girls and smiled towards them and nodded as he went to grab some, and started to boil some water pouring the ground up coffee into the pot and setting it near the fire as well to. Layla looked towards Rosalia and shrugged slightly towards her, the girl seemed to be really wound up pretty tight since meeting her.

A few seconds later Flynn grabbed the pot and some tin cups pouring them into each of them and handed it over to the four of them. "Here you go." Flynn told them as he went to start grabbing some of his supplies. "Once you all are ready we can head on out." Flynn said as he headed out of the door, along with Robin Hood. "I'll stay here with Rapunzel to watch over the tower and tend to Lancelot to until you all come back." Merlin told them Layla nodded as she quickly finished up her soup and coffee, eager to get out, as she looked out, it had stopped raining but it was really foggy now at the moment.

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Cassiopeia rolled her eyes at her sister, over the teasing and decided to just ignore the comment. Layla would tire herself out eventually. Flynn was quick to make them coffee and Cassi thanked him once she had her fresh cup. It didn’t quite smell like home but it did smell strong and that was all that mattered. Cassi added some sugar to her cup before stirring it.
As she waited for it to cool, she helped herself to something more to eat. Robin joined them and Cassi smiled at her father. They would be heading out as soon as they were all ready. Cassi sighed and sipped her coffee carefully. It was good to get an early start but Cassi was also ready for a day off.

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As Willow looked around the room, trying to distract herself until the others returned, something pink caught her eye. Willow stood and walked over, seeing it was a pink fabric. She reached out and pulled at the item and gasped as the pink saree unfolded itself before her. She held it up against her body and turned around to look at Jasmine.
”Is this by chance an extra you are willing to part with?”
There was a knock on the door and Willow carefully folded the saree back up before Matthew and the Mad Hatter returned. Willow looked up and sighed with relief. It wasn’t all pink sarees though. They were late because of running into some trouble so they needed to move quickly once more.

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They clung to the shadows, halting every so often as his father looked around for any signs of the guards' approach. He apparently had found none as they kept going. After a short while and a few steps down they'd reached a door. Maddie waited anxiously as his father knocked and there was no immediate response. What if the others weren't back yet? What if Jasmine was taken because of them? A myriad of thoughts ran through his mind until the door finally opened and they were quietly waved in. Jasmine's eyes could bore a hole through steel with the way she looked at the pair. But Maddie couldn't care.

Across the room, pacing in his adorable self with the cutest worried face any boy could dream of, stood Colby. Maddie rushed straight towards him and tackled him into his arms before holding onto him tightly. "I'm so glad that you're safe. I don't want to leave you again, I was so worried." He squeezed Colby tight, holding for a moment before finally letting him go. "Sorry. Um anyways, yeah we have what you asked for. Are you coming with us? What should we do with it? There wasn't much of an after to this plan." Though Maddie hoped it led to a Happily Ever After if anything.

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Megan snorted ever so slightly as Erik instructed that Hook had to be taken alive, but the others could be killed. The cynical part of her figured that Hook was too valuable an IP for him to be killed off in this story - and even if they thought they killed him, odds are they wouldn't see his body. Could she really prove that this world operated at the whims of storytelling tropes and themes? No. But there was little evidence she could see to disprove the notion that no matter what happened, it would be whatever events make for the most satisfying story.

They made their way back to the campsite, where the group began to split off. Megan's father, King Arthur, was going off on patrol. Megan felt that he probably wanted her to join him. Megan didn't feel much like eating. However, she had spent a lot of time with her parents. She either wanted to spend some moments alone - or perhaps more needed, she ought to check in on her brother. She glanced at Jack. "I'm going to go see what sort of poisonous berries are native to this forest, if you'd care to join me," she offered.

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Rose laughed and shook her head. She got herself some food. And when the coffee was ready. A cup was given to her by Flynn. She thanked him brightly and drank it black. She could drink coffee sweet with creamer or black. She wasn't picky. All that mattered was getting some caffeine. Thank goodness this world had some. She would consider returning to Kansas after this was all over if it hadn't. She had to repress a snort of laughter at the idea of the conversation there 'ah yeah, I came back to Kansas because it had coffee.'

Once she had finished eating and drinking the coffee, she stood up. "I'm ready." She tested her arm real quick. It felt good enough that she wasn't worried about it anymore. When the wound had first happened, she had been concerned she wouldn't be able to use a bow again. But now she felt confident about it.

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"We were recognized. Rumple was at the party." He explained. Then the door opened, and Maddie entered the room. Colby breathed relief; the worry that had been written on his face disappeared instantly as they hugged.

"Agreed." He said a little stiffly as their hug ended. He held onto Maddie's hand afterward. Colby suppressed a smile. Another secret passage. This was getting a little cliche.

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She looked a bit at the coffee that was handed to her, sniffing it slightly. Rosalia guessed she probably could trust it and no one would poison them or anything, but she didn't really start drinking it until after everyone else had started drinking theirs. She did drink some coffee, but it usually was the really cheap stuff, so in some respects this was actually a little bit better then the sort of sludge that she typically drank in the morning. "Thank you," was all she said after getting the cup.

They were getting ready to head out in to the castle or something like that, and she was personally all too eager to head off to get this crazy adventure over with. The sooner the better in her mind. She went off to follow along after the others with a slight wave in Merlin's direction as she headed along. She actually sort of liked the fog that was in the area, it sort of fit her typical mood, that and the rain from the day before, so to her this was perfectly fine.

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The conversation shifted to if they would just kill everyone or not. He had to stop himself from laughing a bit at the whole, capture Hook, thing. Namely because of the fact that he didn't think it would be that easy to keep Hook alive in all of that chaos that was sure to follow. It was definitely going to be fun to see how everything went. Jack didn't say anything really as they walked along back to the campsite where everyone else still was at this point.

He looked around as people started wandering places somewhat, Sierra went to go spend some time with her mother it looked like, and Arthur offered to let others join him as he scouted the perimeter. Actually, he had expected Megan to join him or something, which would have left him with trying to figure out what to do, but was surprised when Meg asked if he wanted to go for a walk with her or something. "Yeah, sure let's get going then," he said with a bit of a smile at her.

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Jasmine looked towards Willow for a moment asking her if she could have the dress that she held in her arms and shrugged slightly. "Your welcome to keep it, wasnt using it anyway." She said simply as she looked at the others as they explained that Rumple was there and that he recognized them. She let out a slight sigh and shook her head slightly as she held the door open to the secret passage. "I'll be going with you, my men can handle things here, and we take the lamp to your friend Merlin." She said simply as Tinker Bell nodded as she spoke up. "Once we are out of the city I'll be able to take us back to Merlin's tower." She told them.

"Well then lets get going." Mad Hatter said as he started to follow behind Jasmine into the secret passage way, as Aurora looked at her daughter and smiled towards her. "It looks great on you." As she said as she looked at Jasmine as she started to light up a few torches and spoke up. "So where does this lead?" She asked her as they got deeper it started to feel a lot cooler. "It leads to an older portion of the city, that was covered by the sands overtime." Jasmine answered simply.

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Sierra looked over at Megan and Jack for a moment. "I'll see you guys in a bit then I guess." Sierra said as she sat down next to her mother and father as they started to make some food. She took the moment to get to know them more now as Sierra started to eat some of it and leaned back as she watched King Arthur heading off towards the woods.

Arthur looked over his shoulder as Jack and Megan decided to join him smiling at his daughter for a moment as he walked into the woods again. He knelt down for a moment as he spotted some tracks running his hands over them before looking back at Jack and Megan knowing that they were boar tracks. "There's some boar in the area, so be careful." He warned the two of them as he continued to move a little bit further. "So what do you two want to do after all of this is over?" Arthur decided to ask looking at Megan and Jack wanting to get to know the two of them, since the two of them were pretty close.

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"So how far is this place again?" Layla decided to ask Flynn as he started to lead the small group into the woods, as he thought for a moment and shrugged slightly. "Maybe three or four hours on foot from here if we take the main trail there." Flynn told them as he walked through the woods avoiding a few branches here and there. The ground was pretty wet from the heavy rain from the night before as Layla nodded towards Flynn as she answered her question.

There was a few wild animals out and about as Layla watched some squirreles and rabbits running around the ground, the air was slightly chilly as well to. Flynn then held up a hand telling them to stop as they could hear some voices, Layla moved slightly forward seeing a small group of men in a campsite with six horses as well hitched to a nearby tree. "Some of Maleficent's men." Flynn whispered to them. "I count six, we could take them out and take their horses if you all want." He told them whatever the group decided to do.

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Rose enjoyed the hike. She loved the world in the early morning after a rain. These woods were beautiful too. They were full of life. She was smiling as they made their way.

Flynn held up his hand, and some voices could be heard. It was some of Maleficent's men, according to Flynn. Rose was all for getting rid of some of her men. Part of her wondered if they should. If they did, then the men wouldn't return, and Maleficent might be aware they were in the area. If they didn't, that could easily come back to bite them in several ways.

"I vote we take them out." She whispered. There was too much danger leaving the men wandering the woods. They could find the non-combatants. If they took out the men now, Maleficent might not jump to conclusions. And it might be a bit before she learned of them going missing.

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Colby was glad Jasmin was leaving town with them. He didn't think she should be in town while they looked for the lamp. She'd be safer outside with them. At least, he hoped. As they walked, he pressed himself into Maddie a bit. Some for warmth as the tunnel seemed cold. Maybe he had gotten used to the desert heat.

"Do you think the others are done with their own stuff? Or might they still be gone?" If they went to Merlin's tower, there was no guarantee the others would be there. How were they supposed to find them? Maybe Tink had a way of finding Merlin once they were closer. Who knew with magic?

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Too soon the group was on their feet, ready to leave. Cassi opened her mouth to protest but the group was already on the move. Grumbling, she drank the rest of her coffee quickly - burning her tongue in the process - while grabbing some food off the table to eat while they walked.
The air was damp from the rain the night before but it left a crispness that helped wake Cassiopeia up further. As much as she disliked early mornings, there was nothing like waking up in the forest. It was as if the air remained pure and untouched in those precious few moments with the early morning sunlight shining through the canopy of trees.
In her daydreaming, Cassiopeia hadn’t realized they came to a stop and ran into the back of her sister. Grabbing onto her so they didn’t fall, Cassi looked around to see why they had stopped. Six men and their horses had made a small camp ahead of them. Cassiopeia was already thinking about how nice it would be to ride for a while instead of walk. Not that she knew how to ride a horse.
”Uh, if we kill six men, or knock them out, won’t that be a little sus? Plus make our lives harder than they already are. Besides, how many of us really know how to ride a horse?” She looked mainly at her twin and Rose, then Rosalia for that last inquiry.

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Matthew practically bulldozed into Colby and Willow felt a pang of jealousy at the intimacy so freely shown between the two of them. Sierra’s face briefly filled Willow’s mind and her eyes widened with shock before she shook her head, blushing fiercely. She hurried over and kissed Matthew’s cheek.
”Glad you’re safe,” she said, looking at her pack as she tucked her saree away and then hurried after her mother.
Willow was going to miss the heat and the allure of Agrabah, but she wasn’t going to miss all the sand. They needed to return to the others with the lamp and hurry up and defeat Rumpel. As she walked, she leaned in closer to her mom so they could talk quietly.
”Tell me more about your kingdom,” she asked, her eyes full of light like they had been when she was a little girl dreaming about being a princess.

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Megan had intended to go on a walk separately with her brother, in order to spend some time with him away from all of the storybook characters - away from her parents. However, that message seemed to have gotten a bit lost in translation, as King Arthur ended up guiding them along with him into the woods. Megan hesitated for a moment, considering telling her father that she hadn't actually wanted to go on patrol with him, but Jack seemed to be going along with it, so Megan decided to leave it be.

She studied the boar tracks with interest - boars were deceptively violent and dangerous animals. She had seen all of Game of Thrones and they were no joke, even if it seemed somewhat silly to imagine Robert Baratheon being killed by one. "Boars really are delightful. People misunderstand them, thinking that they're silly - when really, they're some of the most effective killers nature has produced," Megan mused.

Megan paused as Arthur asked what they wanted to do after everything was over. Originally, before she remembered her parents, Megan had planned on returning to her life - on returning to the morgue in Kansas. But now, she felt as at home in this world as she did in the other one. And whereas the other world was monotonous and somewhat predictable, this one was chaotic and wild. "I'm not quite sure, but I don't believe I'll be returning to Kansas."

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Maddie was still enraptured by all the secret passages. Every new world was like a stage magician's dream. Compartments wherever you may need in order to do a quick escape from the audience. He was about to go and follow behind his father and the rest when Willow suddenly went towards him and kissed his cheek. His eyes widened and he hadn't known where it had come from, but he smiled and placed his hand on his cheek. "Awe thanks. I'm glad you're safe too." It was quite the change from having a knife held at him in the restroom.

As they began to make their way into the passage, the air began to cool down drastically until he felt a body pressed against him. He turned to see Colby was there, giving him warmth and no doubt taking some for himself as well. "No idea. I'm sure whoever Rosie's team is on is falling behind if only due to infighting. But then again… Maddie hand ran over the fabric covering the magic lamp. "...we were pretty lucky to have even run into the dupe when we did. Jafar men may know we crashed, but it'll take them some time to figure out we've stolen from them too." As they continued forward the cold air creeped in more and more, Maddie wrapped his arm around Colbys waist to keep the warmth, his other hand was tucked under the folds of his outfit. "Think there are any magical skeletons for you here?" he teased.

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She was just sort of looking around as they traveled along, sort of ignoring the conversation that was going on, as she was just enjoying herself for the moment. Everything was a bit strange with the idea that they were going to go waltz into Maleficent's castle in order to try to do something like ensure that the map they had of the area was still accurate. That did make some sense, in a weird way, but usually you wanted less people in that sort of thing in general, but oh well, no one seemed to listen much to logic.

Take in point their current situation with the horse thing, since a few people seemed to think it might make a good idea to take out a few of Maleficent's men and steal their horses or something like that, and she didn't care much for the one who seemed to think they should attack. She actually found herself agreeing with one member of the group. "Actually I'd be less concerned about them noticing them not coming back, you have to remember this place is kind of crawling with a lot of animals, wouldn't be too difficult to think something like that happened. However it would more be the horse issue. One, obviously not many people here I think have the skill. Secondly, horses can be more easily tracked, they are larger, make more noise as they are traveling and such. Meaning it would be a bit more obvious where we're going, so we're more likely to run into trouble, which isn't that what we're trying to avoid? Or is everyone itching for a fight or something." She made sure to keep her voice down, figuring it best to not potentially get overheard or anything by anyone not in their group.

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Jack wasn't entirely sure what part of what was being spoken about that resulted in Arthur thinking they were wanting to tag along with him or whatever, but honestly everyone here was still weird to him, so he just sort of brushed it off. He ended up following along after Arthur and Megan, though in a way he felt a bit like a third wheel since this was Megan's bio dad, and he was a bit out of place with that sort of thing. Though he was really glad his own father wasn't around, that would be weird after all.

He couldn't help but be a bit amused at the whole conversation about a few wild boars or whatever in the area. Though to be fair, he did know that any animal could be pretty brutal if you weren't careful. However the part of the conversation he was more interested in a bit was the question about what they'd do after all of this was over. Megan's answer didn't really surprise him at all, but personally, he wasn't too sure what he was going to do. There were way too many possibilities. "I haven't really thought about it, so I'm not super sure what I'd do," Jack responded. Since there were perks for both worlds, the main reason for going back to Kansas would be because he'd be a whole other world away from where his father was, which was a nice thought.

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As they continued to go down the passageway, the door was closed behind them by Jasmine's men, only light that they had been given was from a few torches that were set up. Aurora turned to look at Willow and gave her a loving smile as she asked about their kingdom, they did have sometime to talk until they were able to get out of the city. "It was quiet beautiful, it overlooked a beautiful bay with ships moving in and out of it daily and the city was very large as well a lot of people and music, and shops to." Aurora told her, as Jasmine continued to lead the way through.

Soon they would find themselves in a rather large looking chamber of sorts, revealing some of the old city that had been covered by the sands overtime. Things looked untouched as spiderwebs filled small areas as well, as a few other critters like scorpions. "Stay close and do not wander off or you'll be lost forever." Jasmine warned everyone as she lit a few more torches, to light up the room some more. "We used these parts to smuggle things in and out of the kingdom." Jasmine told them as she headed towards a nearby hallway.

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Arthur looked over his shoulder towards his daughter and smiled he was glad to hear that she was thinking of staying back here with him, as he looked over towards Jack for a moment. "Well with whatever you want to decide on what to do, just know that if you'd like you are more than welcome to stay with us if thats what you choose to do." King Arthur offered Jack, the two of them were really close it seems as he paused and hard a twig snapping.

Then came a loud squealing sound as a wild boar came rushing out of the bushes, knocking down both Megan and Jack onto their backs, luckily they werent hit by it's massive tusks, as it rushed back into the bushes again. Arthur quickly went over to offer his hand to help Megan and Jack back up onto their feet. The noises from the boar could be heard in the bushes waiting for another strike as Arthur thought for a moment. They could use a big meal after all before they go and assault Captain Hook's men and his ships as well to. "Be careful." Arthur said as it started to charge at the three of them once again.

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"I think we should take them out, but leave the horses it just rained after all and people can easily track the hoof prints in the mud, either leading away to and from the castle back to our little hangout." Layla whispered as she felt her sister bumping into her and looked up at her. "Clumsy." Layla said teasingly to her sister as she looked at the men, they didnt seem to be really alert at the moment which was probably a good thing then.

"We take them out then, I don't want anymore of my men to be in danger while we do this." Robin Hood suggested as he looked towards Flynn as he nodded towards them. "Alright then." Flynn said as he took out his bow along with Robin Hood as they drew back their bows and notched their arrows. They quickly shot out and managed to take out two of them either quickly as the men quickly scrambled getting into a fighting position they were alerted now.