Akilah's Royal Ball Crashed
A few days after being adopted by Sultana Sofia & Sultan Zandar, 6-year-old Akilah was being shown around the palace.
"And this charmer... is where you'll be sleeping." Rashid said, showing Akilah into the princess suite across the hall from where Layla slept.
"You even have a special place for your broom when you acquire one." Layla said to Akilah.
"May I tell you both a secret?" Akilah asked Rashid & Layla.
"Of course." Layla said to Akilah.
"You may tell us anything." Rashid told Akilah.
"I don't even know the first thing about being a princess... and the ball is tonight!" Akilah said, beginning to panic.
"Don't you worry now, Akilah," Rashid said gently. "Layla & I will help you every single step of the way."
In a few hours, the ball began, and as Sultan Zandar & Akilah began their waltz, Neila and her followers began to attack.
"Oh no," Akilah cried out. "it's Neila & her followers! Save me!"
"Sofia Dear," Sultan Zandar exclaimed withdrawing his sword. "I thought Neila was dead! How could she have been resurrected?"
Queen Lucinda then came over, wand at the ready, "Apparently when Sofia and I were teenagers, Neila was thought to have been killed by the legendary Hansel and Gretel, years later, it was discovered that Neila had actually survived somehow, and had hidden herself away until the time was right to rebuild her legion, Neila then returned with a vengeance." she explained.
"But what could she possibly want now?" Sultan Zandar & King Desmond asked in horrified unison.
"Give us that little brat, Akilah!" Neila ordered.
"That's right," George Lockhart, one of Neila's followers exclaimed. "Little Akilah knows the locations of the Midnight Fan and the Crystal of Aurora in Warehouse Ten! Her parents were not only a good witch & warlock... but they were also regents who worked at Warehouse Ten, Rashida Ali guarded the Crystal of Aurora, while her husband, Hakim, guarded the Dark Vault where the Midnight Fan was kept, they thought they could keep the locations safe from us by hiding them by means of a charm in their daughter, Akilah's brain!"
"So, while I murdered her parents," Neila said. "on my orders, George burned all of Akilah's worldly possessions and Marley kidnapped Akilah and placed her in the Tangu Village Orphanage which she herself ran!"
"So, Akilah," George said, feigning gentleness. "why don't you be a good little girl and give us the locations of the Midnight Fan and the Crystal of Aurora hidden within Warehouse Ten?"
"Dad! Save me!" Akilah said to Sultan Zandar.
Sultan Zandar looked at Neila & her followers, "I suggest you leave my palace and leave this poor innocent child alone!" he ordered.
Neila's followers vanished in puffs of smoke.
"One day soon, both the Midnight Fan and the Crystal of Aurora will be in our possession!" Neila swore, she herself vanishing in a puff of smoke.