I do not own Disney anything. The only OCs I own are Tracy and Serena.

I'm sure you all remember, but in case you don't, Shawn belongs to MysteryGirl.

Calm Before the Storm

The sun shone brightly across the grassy land outside the towering castle. Rainbow rays flickered across the tiled floors as a pair of bare feet rushed across the cool material. The figure paused only once to peer out the large bay window before continuing on. Finally reaching her destination, she raised her fist and pounded on the wooden door in front of her.

"Tracy! It's ten o'clock in the morning! Wake up!" Serena Lockhart hollered, her freshly-showered raven hair framing her face.

A moaning noise came from inside the room. Serena scowled and crossed her arms impatiently. Tracy Adams never woke up before noon if she could help it, but it was a gorgeous day and Serena didn't intend to waste it. "Tracy!"

"Shut up!" a tired voice snapped. Serena tried the door handle and sighed. It was locked. Spinning on her heel she shuffled down the wide marble steps. It seemed she would have to wait for Tracy to get her lazy butt out of bed.

"Good morning," Donald Duck greeted as Serena entered the dining chamber. She settled into one of the golden chairs across from the duck and managed a smile.

"Morning, Donald." She traced her finger across the glass table as she waited for breakfast. Donald noted her long face and arched an eyebrow.

"What's the matter with you?" he asked.

Serena shrugged. "I want to enjoy the day, but Tracy is being a spoilsport and is choosing laziness over beauty."

Indeed, the Kingdom was absolutely breathtaking on this particular morning. Although to be fair, Serena found the Disney Kingdom to be gorgeous every single day.

Donald grinned slowly. "The heathen is still sleeping, huh?"

"Yup."

The duck jumped from his chair and left the chamber with a devious snicker. Serena rolled her eyes and smiled. Having Donald argue with Tracy about getting up at a decent time was a daily occurrence in the castle. After a while he realized that the only way to get Tracy up was to play dirty.

Sure enough, a shrill scream echoed throughout the castle moments later. Serena burst out laughing just as the King and Queen entered.

King Mickey smiled slightly. "Did Tracy refuse to get up again?"

Serena nodded. Minnie shook her head. "Those two are going to go too far one day."

An extremely satisfied Donald walked in and took his spot. Tracy followed, her blonde hair dripping wet. Serena snickered. "Did he pour cold water over you again?"

Tracy nodded in annoyance and took her usual chair beside Serena. Breakfast was served and the two girls ate quickly. Tracy shoved the last piece of bacon into her mouth and the two hastily excused themselves before hurrying outside.

"Behave!" Mickey hollered after them, although he wondered whether or not his warning would do any good.

It had been about six months since Serena and Tracy first came to the Disney Kingdom. After causing chaos for the first couple of weeks, they realized that they needed to fix their mistakes and save an innocent world from being taken over. They succeeded, and Serena barely made it out with her life.

The inhabitants of the Kingdom were wary of them at first, but over time gradually came to forgive them for their wrongdoings. The two were completely reformed. Well...Serena was completely reformed. Tracy had the occasional relapse and Serena had to remind herself to keep her eye on the blonde.

"So you wanted me to get up early just to see this?" Tracy asked as they strolled through the courtyard. Her blue eyes roamed over the lush grass, colourful and sweet-smelling flowers and crystal fountains. "We see this basically every day!"

Serena shrugged. "I know, but I can't get enough of it! Sometimes I can't even believe we're here, you know?"

"It's amazing, that's for sure. But seriously, you need to stop waking me up just to see this." Tracy adored her best friend, but a girl needed her beauty sleep. "What do you want to do?"

"Well, you kind of promised Lilo that she could teach you how to surf, remember?" Serena reminded her.

"I did not!"

"Yes you did. Last week. She kept calling and begging and you finally agreed."

Tracy groaned. "I don't even remember doing that!"

"You have the worst memory ever," Serena muttered.

Aware that she would have to keep her promise to the little Hawaiian girl, Tracy reluctantly headed back into the castle to gather her swimwear. She told Mickey where she would be for the day before rejoining Serena. "And how come you're not getting your stuff?" she demanded.

"I didn't promise her anything. And besides, I'm not the best swimmer."

To be perfectly honest, she hadn't been near water if she could help it since Facilier tried to drown her all those months ago.

Tracy muttered in irritation and stormed towards the carriages. The trip to Kauai Island didn't take long and she wanted to get the surfing lesson over with. Serena giggled before hurrying after her friend.

...

There was only one person that Serena truly feared. The person was responsible for her many near-deaths and hoodwinked them at the last moment during the battle between Disney heroes and Disney villains. That person was Shawn, the boy who had gone crazy with power, driven mad by the constant belittling of the villains he was forced to obey. He was cruel and wicked and full of evil intent.

The boy had been banished to the Dark Lands. The Dark Lands rested on the very edge of the Disney Kingdom, surrounded by a barrier of pure magic that no villain could stand. If you were thrown into the Dark Lands, you could not get back out. You were forced to wander among the shadows for eternity-there was no worse punishment than living in isolation forever.

Very few villains had been banished to the Dark Lands since the Disney Kingdom came into existence. The few that were there...well, if Serena thought Shawn was bad, then she would tremble in her boots at the mere sight of these evildoers.

There were two particularly nasty villains in those Lands. One of them commanded an army of demons and the other had an extraordinary mind and malicious intents. Both wanted control. Both wanted revenge.

And Tracy and Serena were about to find themselves in the middle of the greatest war in Disney history.