A/N: In this chapter we'll learn about the the dimensions because Sofia hasn't learned about this from Cedric or the fairies. It is important that she learns now because it will impact the princess' life later. See if you can catch more references! Please read and review!
Changed Dimensions
Chapter 2: Visits and Mermaids
Roland walked into the parlor room to find his two children comforting a crying Calista while Miranda was sitting with a distressed Winifred on the couch alongside Cordelia and Tilly on the other side. Baileywick and Bartleby stayed by the door as they felt it was their place to be at the moment.
"You might want to tell them of the news now,Your Majesty." Baileywick muttered, still too stunned of what he and his employer had learned from Sofia a few minutes ago.
"What news?" A shocked Goodwyn asked as the old wizard sat up in his chair.
This made everyone to look up at the man who had been standing in silence, not sure what to say right away. "You all know that I sent Cedric out find a criminal. When Constable Miles and I realized we haven't been getting updates from him I decided to send James and Batleby to investigate..."
"Yes,yes, we all know this, daddy, just get to the point already!" Amber said as the blonde girl continued to hug the little sorceress beside her.
"Well, after they came back to report, Sofia found out that Cedric iwas still alive but not in the way we'd expect." The king explained.
"How is that possible?" Bartleby asked, becoming a bit confused.
"If you remember she wears the Amulet of Avalor around her her neck. To those who didn't go with us on our first visit to Avalor we learned Crown Princess Elena had been sealed inside it when her castle was under attack."
"You don't mean..."Calista trailed off.
"Yes, Cedric has been sealed inside the amulet but the only difference is that he did it on his own." Roland finished as he ran his hand down his face. "When Sofia visited me, I noticed the jewel had turned green, before, it had been pink.
"I never thought the amulet had that kind of power when I wore it." Tilly muttered to herself then grinned. "I expect nothing less from my niece. She has unlocked more power than I ever did!"
As everyone tried to think over this news in silence a realization came to one of them. "When Elena was sealed inside the amulet she had to wait forty years to be free...will Cedric have to wait that long, too?" Amber asked her father.
Winifred gasped at hearing the information, while she did know about the amulet the sorceress didn't know the full extent of it's powers.
Tilly placed a hand on the the elder sorceress's shoulder. "If Sofia could free Elena and save the kingdom as many times as she has, I bet she'll be able free Cedric!" The duchess stated boldly, reminding them of the young girl's past accomplishments which got everyone into a more positive attitude and atmosphere.
"You're right, Duchess Matilda, Sofia will save Cedric!" Winifred said joining in with Tilly's upbeat attitude. " So what else did Princess Sofia tell you King Roland.."
"It's kind of hard to explain." Roland said as he rubbed the back of his neck.
"Well, I'm not going anywhere until my Ceddykins comes back so I'm in no hurry."
"Very well," Roland said as he became amused at Winifred's perseverance then turned to the steward. "Baileywick, have the staff prepare a room for Goodwyn and Winifred."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Baileywick said with a bow and left the room to find Violet.
"There it is Minimus," Sofia said as she pointed to the waterfall Cedric had told her about earlier. "We should land at the bottom of the hill since Mr. Cedric said he had fallen."
Once the purple pegasus landed Sofia dismounted and walked up to the the body of water. "I hope I am not too late to save him." The brunette girl said as she began to pick up her amulet, preparing to make her wish.
"Be careful, down there, Sofia. Sea creatures can be very suspicious." Minimus said worriedly, getting her attention,
"Don't worry, Minimus. I'll be fine." Sofia said then turned her head back to the ocean and stated "I wish to be a mermaid."
Jumping into the water she transformed having her her tail to be a mix of purple and pink, her top to be replaced with a shell-bra and her seahorse crown to appear on her head.
Now with her transformation complete she began to swim to the bottom in search of her purple-robed sorcerer. To the protector's delight she found the man face up with his eyes closed.
Swimming up to him Sofia picked up one of his arms, placed it around her neck and began making her way back up to the surface with him in tow.
Minimus quickly came to his rider's aid once she resurfaced back into her human form and helped to pull the near dead man out of the ocean. "Is he alive?" the horse asked her as he observed the still sorcerer, sniffing his hair and sneezing.
"Yeah, While two other parts of his soul is scattered elsewhere one other is still in his body to keep him alive." Sofia explained to the horse as she tried to pick Cedric up and place him face-down on Minimus's back. "Our next stop is the tower of dragonhold."
Dragonhold?" asked Minimus.
"Yes, I'll need Merlin's help if I am to get Mr. Cedric back. I'll give you the directions as we fly." Sofia stated as she mounted Minimus again and took off into the air with one hand on the reign and the other on her mentor's back to keep him from falling off.
When they reached the tower of dragonhold Sofia and Minimus walked up to the door with Cedric still laying across the pegasus's back. "Once I'm inside fly back to Enchancia and wait until further notice. I'm not sure if Mr. Cedric will be up to walking or not when he's back but we'll see."
"Sure thing, Sofia." Minimus said as he hobbled from one pair of hooves to the other to keep the sorcerer on his back.
Sofia turned back to the front door and knocked, hoping the legendary wizard would greet her at the door and not have to walk in herself like the first time she was here.
Luckily when the huge pair of doors opened the blue-robed wizard was walking up to to them with Arcimendees on his shoulder. "Princess Sofia, it is good to see you again." Merlin greeted as he allowed the teen to enter but when he saw her pick up a familiar purple-robed body with the head falling on one of her shoulders the sorcerer quickly rushed to help the girl.
"What happened to Cedric?" The white-bearded sorcerer asked after his familiar flew off his shoulder to let one of Cedric's arms to go around his master's neck while Sofia had the other.
"I'll explain inside."The princess simply stated leaving no further explanation to what was going on until later which gave Minimus the cue to head home.
Once they had placed Cedric in a guest bedroom, Merlin lead Sofia to the living room part of his quarters, where they now sat at a round table across from each other with Sofia giving Merlin a recap of everything that had happened including Cedric's visit in her room.
"So you say his soul has been scattered into four parts?" Merlin asked as he stroked his beard like he had done many times while in thought.
"Yes. He said one part stayed in his body to keep him alive while two others went to a different dimension leaving the last one to be placed inside my amulet." Sofia said as she healed up the now green jewel for Merlin to see.
"When Elena was inside it was purple, then it turned pink once she was out but now that Mr. Cedric is in there it's green."
That's no surprise considering how his magical energy was that color when we were fighting Morgana..."Merlin trailed off as he observed the jewel than picked back up on the conversation. "However, since you say his soul has split this means only part of Cedric is with you. The other pieces our in another dimension so we'll have to cast a tracking spell."
"How are we going to do that, Mr. Merlin." She asked curious.
"I'll place the tracking spell inside of Cedric's body. It will be sent into his soul that will make a wormhole appear to the dimension where you'll find the other parts but you won't be able to find it right away. You'll have to do some search."
"Right." Sofia nodded in understanding. "But once I find it, how am I to release it and where am I suppose to place it?"
"I'm quite sure how you'll find it but I'll give you a wand so we can be in constant contact. Also, considering how the other dimensions will end up being different versions of this realm you must remember that everything and everybody you know will be different than what they are here." Merlin explained as he began gathering the necessary things they needed.
"Meaning...?"Sofia asked confused.
"Well, for example you are the youngest princess of Enchancia but in another dimension you be a villager.
"So what you are saying is that everybody I know could be something different."
Exactly, another way people can be different is by personality." Merlin added.
"Personality?"
"Take Cedric for example...what is he here?"Merlin asked quizzing the princess.
"Mr. Cedric is a kind and loving person. He was once misunderstood. Because of that he tried to take over the kingdom to prove that he could be a great sorcerer but in the end he found out it wasn't what he wanted and repented." Sofia explained as she recounted on what she learned about her friend over the years.
"And he could be the exact opposite in another dimension...I'm afraid." Merlin said. "So remember anyone can be different in position and personality."
"Got it." Sofia nodded as Merlin handed her a pink wand.
"Now that you've learned all that I needed to tell you, it's time to go find those other pieces of Cedric." Merlin said as he lead her back to where Cedric was.
In the the guest room the sorcerer laid on the bed like he had been left before. Raising his wand Merlin performed his spell having to fall into Cedric's body. Before they knew it a wormhole appeared just as the sorcerer said it would.
"Just step through the wormhole, princess and I'll contact you when you are on the other side."
Getting one more glance at Cedric she whispered 'I'll bring you back, no matter what the cost." then stepped through the wormhole.
A/N: Well, that's it for now. This will be the last time we will see the Ever Realm version of Enchancia( until the end of the the story) which means every character you know will be different and act different. We'll have two different scenarios to deal with. By the way, did you catch any references? I'll give you one. When Merlin said he would give Sofia a wand where they could be in constant contact is reference to my favorite video game franchise:Sly Cooper. Where the the characters do missions and when they are far away from each other they stay in contact with a binocucoms. Please review!