Once upon a time, in a far away kingdom, there lived a showman named Campbell Noir along with his identical twin brother Jameson Noir. They were known throughout the realms for their deceptions, their ability to create magic without having magical abilities themselves. Everyone was intrigued and fascinated by them... well, almost everyone. In the kingdom of Danica lived the daughters of a king, Kaeleigh and Carolina. They were both guarded day and night after the passing of the queen when both girls were young. However, one night Princess Carolina managed to slip past the guards and past her sister, when she was found the next morning, she had taken ill due to a potion she had been given by a mysterious figure. Her older sister, Kaeleigh was heartbroken when there was nothing the doctors could do for Carolina and stayed by her sister's side until the young princess took her final breath. After finding the cause of her sister's passing, Kaeleigh vowed to never have anything to do with magic of any kind again. Little did she know that another type of magic would be finding its way into her life which would come with a cost, after all, all magic comes with a price...
One morning, Cameron Black came into Kay Daniels' office with a peculiar package in his hands. "Morning Kay." He gave a dimpled smile as he walked into the room.
Kay smiled back at him, "Morning." She then furrowed her eyebrows in confusion, "Not that I'm not glad to see you Cameron but what are you doing here? We don't have a new case for you this week."
"Actually, I think I might have one for you."
She raised her eyebrows, "Really?"
"Well, I'm not sure if it's FBI serious but I think it's you and me serious" He said placing the package on her desk and sitting down in the seat in front of her.
"Me and you?" Kay asked as she got up from her own seat and read the note attached to the parcel, "It's meant for our eyes only?"
"Apparently. I doubt it's anything lethal or I bet the security team would have tackled me to the ground when I came in" He said with a chuckle.
She gave a grin at his little comment and motioned for him to help her open the box. Cameron carefully unwrapped it and Kay removed the tissue paper covering the item, underneath was a large leather-bound book with elaborate gold embroidery used to write 'Sleeping Beauty', "It's... just a fairytale book?"
"Weird. It feels kinda anti-climatic if I'm being totally honest."
"I will admit that it is weird"
Just then, Deakins walked into Kay's office and wasn't surprised to see Cameron there, "Good morning Mr Black"
"Morning Sir."
"Agent Daniels, I'm glad Mr Black is here, we just got a call about case that the Deception team could very much help us out with"
Cam raised his eyebrows, "What's the case?"
"You'll see. Agent Daniels, tell Agent Alverez that he's on the case as well. I will see you at the crime scene" With that, she walked out.
"Come on Cam, let's go tell Mike to join us on the ride." Kay said as she picked up her coat.
"W-wait, what about the book?"
"It's just a storybook Cameron, I don't think that there is anything too important in there."
"I have reason to argue with that logic"
Kay rolled her eyes at the magician, "Come on now, you can ride with me"
Cameron smirked, "Can't argue with that logic." He followed Kay out the door. He was still curious about the book but maybe Kay was right and was just a storybook. However they hadn't even opened it and what they did know that this was very different from the Sleeping Beauty Story they were used to. The very first page of the book had an illustration of a very familiar light-haired man with medieval-like clothing dancing with a very familiar dark-haired, mocha-skinned woman wearing a light blue gown...
In the kingdom of Danica, Campbell and Jameson arrive at the palace and await an audience with the king. When they are finally let into the throne room, they quickly take notice of the royals seated in the thrones. They noticed King Lionel himself sitting with a droll expression on his tanned face and the royal crown sitting on his head. His new wife sat next to him with judgmental blue eyes staring them down, her long blond hair had been done up into an elaborate bun with a golden crown sitting atop of her head. Next to her was a young lady who appeared to be her daughter with long brown hair and blue eyes and she too was wearing a small yet elaborate tiara on her head. However the person who caught Campbell's attention right away was King Lionel's own daughter, Princess Kaeleigh. She had long brown hair and wore a simple blue headband. She didn't even pay any mind to the twins until she noticed one of them staring intently at her. King Lionel smiled at the twins, "Hello, welcome to Danica!"
Jameson and Campbell both bowed when the king addressed them and Jameson replied, "Thank you Your Majesty. It is truly an honor to be her in your beautiful kingdom"
Campbell added, "I never expected to be so amazed by such natural beauty" Making eye-contact with Kaeleigh, causing Jameson to not-so-discreetly elbow him in the side and Kaeleigh to blush.
King Lionel gave a hearty laugh, "Thank you for your compliments Gentlemen! As I'm sure you may be aware, I am King Lionel III. To my left is my wife, Queen Rodmilla. To her left, my stepdaughter, Cornelia and to my right, my own daughter, Kaeleigh"
Kaeleigh, Campbell thought. It was not the name he expected her to have yet it suited her well. Cornelia didn't even look at the two and simply kept her eyes on the door they had walked through. Rodmilla gave a cold smile, "Pleasure, I'm sure. What, may I ask, are you doing in Danica?"
Jameson cleared his throat, "Well, as you may be aware if our reputation has reached your lands, I am Jameson Noir and this is my twin brother Campbell Noir. We are performers and we create illusions to enchant our audience."
"How does that make you any different from the common wizard?"
Campbell spoke up, "Well, you see, my brother and I are not wizards at all, in fact, we possess no magical abilities whatsoever."
"How fascinating!" King Lionel said with intrigue. "How about you two perform for our ball next week? We are in need of some new entertainment."
Campbell and Jameson look at each other with surprise then quickly looked back at the king, "It would be an honour Your Majesty" They both said bowing to the king once more.
The king stood up from his throne and started walking down its steps causing Campbell and Jameson to quickly move to the side. As he walked out, he proclaimed, "I expect great things Gentlemen!"
Rodmilla followed her husband. Cornelia got up from her seat and started to make her to the stairway but very slowly as if waiting for Kaeleigh to leave first. As Kaeleigh got up from her seat and made her way to the stairs, she was trying to avoid making eye contact with Campbell. Not because she felt uncomfortable or uneasy by him but because she felt her face heat up every time when she looked at those blue eyes. However, because she wasn't looking where she was going, she didn't notice Cornelia sticking her foot out causing Kaeleigh to trip down the stairs, landing on her side. Campbell and Jameson looked at what happened and were shocked, it was as if Cornelia didn't realize they were still there. Even though it was only five steps, it still seemed to hurt a little. Cornelia simply made her way down the stairs and stepped over her stepsister as if she had nothing to do with it. When Campbell saw no one was going to help the princess get up, he made his way over, knelt down in front of her and held out his, "Let me help you Princess."
"Thank you." Kaeleigh spoke softly as she took the performer's hand as he help, "Your name was Campbell, correct?"
Campbell smiled which made Kaeleigh's heart flip a little, and she didn't like it. Campbell playfully raised an eyebrow, "Will we have the honour of seeing you at the ball?"
Kaeleigh raised an eyebrow, "I'm afraid not, I have no intention of seeing your performance."
Both of Campbell's eyebrows raised up, "Have I done something to offend you Your Highness?"
Kaeleigh suddenly realized that her hand was still in his and quickly removed it, "Not at all, I simply do not like magic of any kind." She quickly curtsied and walked away...
In New York, at the docks, Kay and Cameron were making their way to the crime scene as they got out of the car when Cameron spoke up, "So, do you have a full name?"
"What ?" Kay asked with confusion.
"Is Kay short for anything?"
Kay understood and replied with a quick, "Nope."
"Really, I thought it was short for Kassandra or Kalyssa or something" Cameron stated.
Kay laughed, "No, my name is just Kay, been that way as long as I can remember."
Cameron and Kay walked in sync as he said, "You know, I don't ever met anyone named Kay before... then again, I've never met anybody like you before"
Cameron's words caused Kay's cheeks to gain a light pink colour. She then sped ahead a little towards Mike who was standing by the docks without there being a body nearby, "Hey Mike, so who's our victim? Did the corner already take it away?"
"That's just it," Mike said, "There is no body."
"What?"
Cameron suddenly appeared next to her, "I see what Deakins meant when she said the Deception team should be on this case."
Kay gave one of her 'I know Cameron' smiles, "That still doesn't explain why on earth we would get called here on a case when there is no body or remains."
Cameron very casually throws his arm around Kay's shoulders, "Kay, Kay, Kay, what do I always tell you?"
Kay smirked, "Never go to bed 'hangry'?"
"That. And that there is always more than meets the eye"
Kay rolled her eyes and tosses his arm back, "Alright then you look around here on the docks until the others get here and Mike and I will look around"
Cameron gave a slight pout, "Fine, exclude me. You're gonna miss me when a sea monster attacks!"
Kay laughed making Cam smile, "Okay Cam!"
Mike and Kay walked towards an alleyway next to the rental boats place by the docks when Mike ask Kay a question, "So Kay, when are you going to ask out Cameron?"
Kay suddenly stopped in her tracks, "I'm sorry?"
"Oh, come on, you don't have to hide it from me, we all see it. You and Cam keep dancing around each other but neither of you have done anything about it."
"For the record, Cam and I are just friends."
Mike rolled his eyes, "Uh-huh. You guys are awfully close for being just friends."
"We aren't that close."
"Close enough that he can randomly hide cards in your pockets twice a day."
"Okay, okay. You know what, I'm going to go check the other side of the building, see if there's anything there."
"Be careful!" Mike shouted.
"Don't worry, I have my gun!" Kay shouted back as she made her way to the other side of the large building. She thought she heard something, it was almost like an eerie voice and with each step she took, the voice got slightly louder until she suddenly stopped and suddenly a spinning wheel appeared out of thin air. She felt nervous, not just because a spinning wheel came out of nowhere but she felt like something was dragging her towards it and towards the needle on the spindle.
Back at the docks, Cam just sat on the bench waiting for his team when he suddenly felt a pain in his chest, it slowly started to increase more and more until he got off from the bench and knelt clutching his heart until the pain slowly went down and he didn't feel... anything.
He didn't notice his team had driven up until Dina ran over to him, "Cameron? Are you alright?"
"Kay." He simply breathed as he started running towards the boat rentals building ignoring the confused shouts of his team. He saw Mike and ran towards him, "Mike! Mike! Where's Kay?"
"Uh, she went to the other side of the building, why?"
"Is she okay?"
"I-I don't know she left about ten minutes ago and I was still looking for evidence over here."
"Other side of the building, got it!" Cameron turned around and started running towards the other side of the building.
"Wait, Cam! What's going on?"
"I don't know!"Cameron said as he ran towards the other side. When he got there, what he saw cause his heart to just drop. Instead of seeing Kay standing upright with a gun in her hand, she was laying motionless on the cold hard ground. He didn't even notice the spinning wheel. "No." Cam ran to her and kneeled down and carefully picked her up in his arms with one arm supporting her head and the other around her waist sitting her upright. "Come on Kay. Come on, wake up" It seemed she had no breath. He took two fingers and placed them on her neck, there was still a pulse. It was faint but it was there. Cam didn't know what to do for a moment and he simply leaned his forehead against hers just to collect his thoughts and breathe a sigh of relief that she hadn't left him.
He didn't even hear Mike run up to him until he asked, "Cameron? What happened?" Mike's eyes suddenly fell on the spindle and spinning wheel, "And what is that?"
Cameron looked up and noticed the wheel the spindle on it and whispered, "I'm not sure..."
To Be Continued...