"Atticus, you won't believe what I just got." Cherry said as she held an envelope before Atticus went to check his mail.

"What did you get?" Atticus asked as he checked his mail.

"Invitation to Cinderella's for her and the prince's anniversary." Cherry replied.

"Cherry, you aren't the only one." Atticus said.

Cherry looked to him.

"'CUZ I GOT ONE TOO!" Atticus showed his invitation.

Cherry and Atticus laughed as they jumped up and down together. "We're going to see Cinderella!" they started to sing like the CMC on their first Grand Galloping Gala.

"And look, it says we can bring along our family and anyone we want." Cherry said.

"This'll be great." Atticus smiled.

"Yeah..." Cherry said, she then turned away and took out an old photograph she kept in her pockets.

"Who's in that picture?" Atticus asked.

"Oh, nothing." Cherry hid the photograph away from him.

"Okay?" Atticus said, confused.

Cherry walked off. Atticus then bolted and took it.

"Atticus!" Cherry complained.

Atticus took a look to see it was a picture of their younger selves with a younger Cinderella. "Ohh, I remember this picture." He then smiled.

Cherry then stood up and hung her head.

"Have you kept it all these years...?" Atticus asked.

"Yeah..." Cherry said softly. "It... It makes me feel safe... I don't know why."

"It's the day that we got adopted before reuniting with our families." Atticus said.

"I know..." Cherry folded her arms.

"I can't believe you've kept it all these years..." Atticus said, feeling touched.

"Shut up..." Cherry tried to hide her emotions. "Well... Okay, fine, whenever I felt lost or lonely, I just took a look at it... And I felt like... I was home."

Atticus smiled, feeling touched by this before giving the photo back to her. Cherry took the picture back in her pocket and folded her arms, looking stoic as always.

"My lips are sealed." Atticus said.

Cherry merely hummed. "I know who you're gonna invite."

"Well, I did promise her I would bring her along if there was a ball and where this kind of counts." Atticus said.

"Yeah, I suppose..." Cherry replied with a small smirk. "I just hope Gus and Jaq don't mind."

"I'm sure they won't..." Atticus replied. "Man, it feels like ages since we last saw Cinderella."

"I know..." Cherry sighed. "I remember when we left to look for our long-lost parents."

"Yeah, and if there is any singing just deal with it." Atticus said.

Cherry sighed about the singing.


Later on, Cherry, Atticus, Patch, and Mo were on their way to Cinderella and the Prince's place. Mo was on her way to meet the others, she took out a purple dress that Elizabeth made just for her and she held it close as she looked in the mirror. She just loved it and she thought it made her look graceful despite being a tomboy. She soon put it on so she would look her best for Cinderella and the prince.

"Monique, are you ready?" Elizabeth called from downstairs. "Your friends will be here any minute!"

"Coming!" Mo called back bashfully.

Mo soon came downstairs after getting dressed. Elizabeth smiled to her.

"Momo, you look pretty~" Junior smiled to his big sister. "Like a princess."

"Thanks, JJ." Mo smiled back.

"Oh, I simply must take a picture." Elizabeth smiled.

Mo blushed. "Okay, Mother."

Elizabeth rushed to get her camera. Angel wore her ribbon and looked up to Mo with a smile.

"What's the special occasion?" Mo smirked playfully at Angel.

"I heard you were dressing up, I wanted to be cute." Angel replied.

"Aw!" Mo smiled.

Elizabeth then got her camera ready. Mo then sat in a chair and held Angel in her lap and they both smiled until the light flashed. And the picture was soon taken. Mo and Angel then went back to normal.

"That's a definite keeper." Elizabeth smiled as she took out the picture.

Angel soon got off Mo's lap before the doorbell rang.


James opened the door.

Atticus smiled politely. "Good day, sir, is Mo ready to go?" he then asked gently.

"She'll be a minute." James replied calmly back.

"I'm ready now." Mo said.

"Wow..." Atticus whispered about her dress.

Mo walked out with him. "Shall we go?" she then held out her arm to him.

Atticus nodded as he linked his arm into hers and they went off together. Soon enough, a royal carriage arrived.

"Oh, what's that?" Mo asked in surprise.

"That, would be our ride." Atticus smiled to her. "Tonight, you get the 'royal treatment'."

"Amazing." Mo smiled back.

Atticus then came into the carriage with Mo. Cherry was already there, wearing a black dress with white spots to make a good impression with Cinderella and her prince.

"Nice dress, Cherry..." Atticus said. "I like the white spots."

"I wore this to my aunt's funeral." Cherry muttered.

"Oh, my..." Atticus said.

"You two coming in?" Patch asked.

Atticus then helped Mo inside and they sat across from Cherry and Patch. Once they were inside, the carriage then went to take them to Cinderella's.

"Now this is the way to travel." Patch smiled.

"How do you guys know Cinderella again?" Mo asked.

"Her dad adopted us..." Cherry replied. "Feels like it was only yesterday sometimes..."

"I know, can you imagine if that slipper didn't fit Cinderella?" Atticus sighed.

"That would have been crazy." Cherry said.

"Funny you should mention that." Drell's voice said from the coachman's place.

The others looked over.

"Surprise!" Drell smiled to them.

Cherry glared. "What is it this time?"

"Lady Tremaine will somehow get the Fairy Godmother's wand and turn back time and you can already tell what time she'll want to go back to." Drell said.

"Drell, do you mind?" Atticus sighed. "We kinda wanna have a good time with Cinderella and the prince just like the old days."

"I know, but listen to me!" Drell demanded their attention. "I care about you guys!"

"We'll make sure her wand doesn't fall into Lady Tremaine's hands." Mo said.

"Oh, and did I forget to mention that Anastasia lost her memory of her life with the baker?" Drell asked.

"She lost her memory?" Atticus asked. "Uh... What...?"

"Baker?" Mo scratched her head.

"Uh, we set Anastasia up with the baker, it's a long story, tell ya later," Atticus said before looking to Drell. "Lost her memory?"

"Did Drizella have something to do with this?" Cherry narrowed her eyes since Drizella was the meaner of the step-sisters.

"No, it appears that while she was helping out around the house, she tripped and fell and hit her head." Drell said.

Cherry and Atticus cringed at that.

"On the plus side, she still seems nice..." Drell shrugged. "She seems nicer than her mother and sister."

"That's great." Mo said.

"Unfortunately, she still argues with her sister." Drell said.

"Can you really blame her?" Patch muttered, based on what he heard about the two from Atticus.

"I hate to ruin a perfectly perfect year, but that's just how it has to be." Drell sighed for them.

"Well, we'll just have to enjoy most of the time that we have with them before going back in time." Mo said.

"I agree, onward..." Drell said as he took the coach to the kingdom where Cinderella now lived after living happily ever after. He soon used his magic to make a portal appear.

They then went through the portal as they were taken to the kingdom, and where they arrived at the castle right away.

"Take a look." Atticus told Mo and Patch so they could see the castle.

"Wow, it's amazing." Mo smiled.

"It looks as magical as I imagined." Patch added in, also smiling.

Once they arrived at the castle, the royal carriage stopped in front of it.

"After you, ladies." Atticus said politely.


Drell then helped Mo out and let Cherry fall flat on the ground. Cherry glared up at him, but luckily her dress wasn't messed up or dirty from the impact. Patch growled at Drell for that before going into the castle. They were all then walking down a red carpet into the castle. The guards were about to block the entrance, but they gasped once they saw Cherry and Atticus for the first time in years.

"Hello, boys." Atticus greeted.

The guards then stepped back and bowed, letting them in.

"Now that's what I'm talking about!" Patch smiled at the service and hospitality.

The guards were surprised by Patch's ability to speak. Patch smirked as he kept walking in.

"You're in luck, Patch, Cinderella has a dog of her own." Cherry said.

"Yeah, his name's Bruno." Atticus replied.

"Cool." Patch smiled.

They kept walking in until there were familiar mice on a window sill.

Gus took a look and gasped, he then looked to the other mice. "Cherry and Atty back!" he then told them.

"Gus-Gus, Cherry and Atty went away long time ago." Jaq replied, not believing him.

"Really? Then who are they, Jaq-Jaq?" Gus asked with a smirk before showing his long time friend where he saw Atticus and Cherry along with the others.

Jaq looked over and gasped, doing a double take. "Cherry! Atty! It you!"

Cherry and Atticus chuckled to the mice.

"Oh, Cherry and Atticus..." Mary smiled as she slowly stood up and put her paws over her belly. "It's been too long."

"It sure has and it looks like someone is going to have some baby mice." Atticus smiled.

Mary giggled and blushed. "Sure am... At least Jaq is used to it now."

"I hate to interrupt, but where are Cinderella and the Prince?" Mo asked the mice.

"Portrait Hall." The mice told them.

"Thank you." Mo smiled.

"And who are you?" Mary asked.

"Atty's girlfriend." Mo smirked while Atticus blushed at the nicknaming.

"And I'm his pet dog, Patch." The Dalmatian greeted.

The mice smiled back and introduced themselves to Patch and Mo. After the introduction, Atticus, Cherry, Mo, and Patch got to the portrait room.