Thank you for deciding to read my story! I decided to put this story under the Kingdom Keepers category because there isn't a Land of Stories category. I hope you guys enjoy my crossover of Land of Stories and Kingdom Keepers! It takes place after The Enchantress Returns (Land of Stories, Book 2), and before and during the first Kingdom Keepers book. In this story, the events in the third, fourth and fifth books of Land of Stories never occurred. Please review and let me know what you think should happen.
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Land of Stories or Kingdom Keepers content. I am just borrowing the names of the characters of the series and combining their lives.
Chapter 1: (APov)
I duck as another of the Evil Queen's bright orange fireballs flies by my head. Then I jump as I avoid one of Ursula's gigantic purple tentacles whip under me. I hear a crash, and I know the tentacle took out the knight behind me. I look behind me and see many valiant knights fighting for their kingdom, along with many who have fallen defending it, including the one who got taken out by Ursula. So many innocent people, dying for their homes. To my right is King Chance Charming, and to my left, Queen Cinderella. Cinderella is fighting with her stepmother and stepsisters, her auburn hair falling out of her bun, and her crown lopsided, but her siblings and mother are in worse condition, with their clothes in rags, and their hair tangled in knots. Chance is dueling Cruella De Vil, and he has a huge rip on his pants where a dog had bitten him, yet she has a deep cut on her face where his sword had caught her, and her dog was cowering under a tree, out of the way of the fighting. It looks like a pretty even battle. Apparently, the king thinks otherwise. "Do it now, Alex!" Charming yells over the battle occurring, "They're going to destroy this kingdom and everything in it if you don't cast that spell!" I take another glance behind me and see Hope Charming, now sixteen years old, battling a troll. The troll snaps at her face, but she's holding up well. She takes a fleeting glance in my direction, and grins. Her blonde hair waves in the wind, and her blue eyes sparkle. Should I really cast this spell? What if it doesn't work? What if it backfires? We're already winning. We don't need magic to help us win. I have been the fairy godmother for about fifteen years now, but I still doubt my abilities in my magic. Cinderella chimes in, "Please, Alex. It's our last chance for the Charming Kingdom to survive. The spell will work. I have faith in you."
I take a deep breath and close my eyes. Immediately, the sounds of the war quiet down. In my mind, I see my grandmother's spell book that was handed down to me before she passed away and I became the Fairy Godmother. The book is opened to the particular spell that I need to cast against these villains.
Cinderella's pep talk completely changed my attitude. I can do this. I've been practicing this spell for many hours a day. Sure, it's been with a wand that the fairies in training use, so it doesn't really work, but what could go wrong? I've rehearsed it plenty of times. I open my eyes and stare straight into the Evil Queen's eyes, and recite in my head one more time, the spell that would end this war. The spell that would bring the heroes their happy ending for good. It's the right thing to do. I assure myself. They deserve this. My confidence is dying again. Not because I don't believe in myself, but because I know that my twin brother, Conner, wouldn't approve of this spell. I wish he was here right now to advise me, even though I already know what he would say: 'C'mon Alex, they are people - well, most of them - are people too! And even those who aren't people still have feelings! You wouldn't want what you're about to do to be done to you, would you?' Like always, he would be right. Even when he doesn't make complete sense, which is often, he's always right. I wouldn't want this spell cast on me. But, they deserve this. They've ruined so many people's lives for millions of years. It's only fair that they get a taste of their own medicine, right? And it's not like I'm destroying the little happiness that they have. I'm just confining it. Confining them to the worst place in the Land of Stories where no heroes live, the Goblin and Troll Territory, so that the villains won't have anyone to torture anymore. Plus, Conner isn't here. He probably won't ever come back to the Land of Stories. The portal between our world and here has been closed forever. He doesn't have to know that I cast this spell.
The Evil Queen is staring me down and smirking. Why is she smirking? She hasn't won. Not yet! I feel a sharp pain in my shoulder, and I realize why she has that look on her face. While I had been thinking about my brother, I had tuned out of the war. A fireball had just barely grazed my shoulder. I'm lucky she doesn't have good aim or I would be dead. I wave my hand and the fire on my shoulder goes out at once. "Alex, now!" The king yells. The villains are advancing on us, quickly. They are pushing us against the walls of the castle. If they get to the castle, this kingdom is gone forever.
"Okay, okay!" I close my eyes yet again. The noise dies down again. I try to recall the page in the spell book, but I can't. That's okay. I can do it by memory. A few seconds pass and the commotion gets louder. A dragon roars overhead. I can't have forgotten. What were the words, though? And what did I have to do with the wand? Use it of course, but what were the motions that went with the spell? Time is running out, and the pain in my shoulder isn't helping me concentrate. While I try to remember the spell, I throw a few charms in the villains' direction to defend myself. A goblin is right in my face. I snap my fingers, and he goes flying into the woods, but there are many in his place already. Another of our knights goes down. And another. Hurry, Alex, think. It's in there, somewhere. I just need to concentrate. Finally, it comes back to me. I make my wand appear out of nowhere, and grab it before anyone else does. Hurriedly, I mutter the words of the spell, and move my wand in three swift, clean, movements. The villains disappear.
It worked! It actually worked! I'm so excited about my accomplishment, that I didn't notice that nobody else was cheering with me. Why aren't they excited too? I just saved all of their lives! The kingdom is safe for eternity! I turn around to flash a smile at Hope. But, Hope isn't there. Her parents aren't there either. In fact, nobody is there, except for me, and the fallen knights. Oh no! What did I just do?
There's Chapter 1! What do you guys think Alex did? Review what y'all think of the chapter and I'll update the story soon!