Plans REVEALED

"Can't believe Legacy Day is tomorrow!" Amoree shouted as she and Donnie went down the halls.

"Yeah me too, can't wait," Donnie smiled half-heartedly, if she and her friends could not find a way to leave this period they would be trapped here forever and that would impact on their future. "So what are we doing today?"

"Oh we are having our Annual Class Picture, the school has it every year for the students who are going to sign the Storybook."

"Wait! So these pictures, are they displayed or something?"

"Yeah, for future generations to see, I could show you the class picture of my parents, they were school sweethearts," Amoree smiled. "One day I hope I have that."

"Read the paper, read the paper," Marigold said as she handed out the school newspaper. "Hey there, read the paper."

She handed two newspapers to Amoree and Donnie.

"Thanks Mari, can't wait to see what you wrote about pre-Legacy Day!" Amoree shouted after her. "Her articles are my favourite."

Donnie's mind was trying to piece things together, a way to leave this place when suddenly a thought escaped her, her first day of school at Ever After, wait, what, her first day of school was recently, never mind that.

"Donnie, hello, Ever After to Donnie," Amoree snapped her fingers.

"Yep, I'm listening."

"Didn't seem like it, are you sure you are okay? I mean when I came back to our dorm you were so silent."

Yeah because by tomorrow, I would probably not be myself anymore, in fact I would cease to exist, Donnie thought but kept it to herself.

"So people in the future can see these pictures?"

"Yeah, why are you interested? Want your kids to see you? I totally want my kids to see me, looking at their mum and saying what a darling," Amoree smiled.

That's when it hit Donnie, "Amoree, I will get back to you, I need to go talk to someone, catch you at breakfast?"

Before the princess could say a word Donnie was off.

"A class picture? For what reason do we need that?" Willow asked.

"If we want to go home, we need to be in that picture, so that the people in the present, our present know where we are, and they will know the year, date and who knows time," Donnie repeated yet again.

"What do you mean our present, this is our present, what you guys believe in time travel?" Maddie asked and smiled.

"Listen, you guys are already at the brink of losing your memories, some of you may have already forgotten who the person sitting by you is but I really hope you haven't forgotten who you truly are, if we want to make it out of here, we need to be in that picture, together, and most likely at the front," Donnie continued.

"Why?" Blondie asked.

Duchess rolled her eyes, "So whoever she wants to see us sees us, duh!"

"Attitude much? Umm.." Blondie started.

""It's Duchess, blonde girl."

"My name is Blondie!"

Duchess laughed, "Who in Ever After would name their blonde child Blondie, were they lost with names or was that the first thing to pop into their heads?"

"Guys, enough! Please we need to talk through this-"

"No we don't, Donnie, is it? I have no idea why I was dragged here in the first place Legacy Day is tomorrow and I need to prepare for my destiny," Apple said with a frown.

"That's the problem, Apple, on Legacy Day our minds go poof- oh my godmother, you're not Apple!" Cedar shrieked.

"Of course I am, wood girl, and I will be on my way now."

Apple made her way to the door and Copper and Sam looked at Donnie.

"Let her go, for now, she has to come for the picture, if she thinks she belongs here, she will follow the rules."

"It has been too long, I need to cast a spell and bring them back," Grimm whispered to the shadow.

Oh please Grimm, it has been a week

"A week is too long, they weren't meant to stay that long."

Grimm, you are too stupid, can't believe you have already forgotten how time travel works, it's probably their second day there or something

"But Legacy Day is soon, and I am starting to get worried about them."

Grimm, are you having feelings, wow, that's a first

"Don't mock me!"

And you don't intervene, it's my plan, I get what I want and so do you, it's a win-win situation, I need them back as much, if not even more than you, I have more to lose

"What do you mean?"

You will find out soon Grimm, you will, I promise, now don't you have an affair to attend to?

"Yes, but if the students are not back by the next four days, I am using the spell."

Understood

Once Headmaster Grimm had left, the shadow produced a menacing smile, if only he knew the dangers this entity posed on not only the school but Ever After and-

Narrators, don't you idiots ever get tired of talking? Just accept that you can't intervene, this world will be mine and I will be coming for yours too, wouldn't that be...well, wonderful?

...

Silence? Really? Well then I guess I win and you will lose, everything, isn't that right my pretties?

Her shadows surrounded her and the office turned pitch black.

No one can escape from their destinies, remember that.

"I've done some research on them on the MirrorNet and guess what I found?" Grace said.

"What?" Darling asked, she was excited.

"She found out about a certain Daring Charming, same blonde hair and blue eyes," Serena said as she appeared out of nowhere.

Darling gasped, "What are you doing here, Serena?"

"Oh, Grace needed help and I offered it," Serena smiled.

"Yeah, I mean some of those students could be, I don't know our friends before whatever happened, happened," Aquamarine smiled as she came out of her indoor pool, the perks of being a mermaid.

"So you guys actually believe us?" Darling asked.

"Yeah, why wouldn't we? You two are our friends we have faith in you, no hatter what."

"Thanks Aqua."

A knock on the door interrupted their conversation.

"Who is it?" Grace asked.

"It's May."

"Come in."

May Hare walked in with Daniel Dormouse, Alexander Beast, Irina Snow and Odel Swan.

"Yeah I brought others, they want to help," May smiled.

"I mean if there was a daughter of our Queen of Hearts trapped somewhere in the past, I am willing to help and get her back, along with the others of course," Daniel said.

"Thanks guys, means a lot," Grace said and looked at Darling. "As I was saying, I was looking through the MirrorNet and I found a certain Daring Charming, aside from the clothes he looks like the picture you showed and I also found some of the others as well. And guess this, one of them lives right in the Village of Book End."

"Who!" they all asked her in unison.

"Dominique Gale, it says on her Pagebook that she used to be in a story called Never After, along with most of the others."

"Never After? Never heard of that?" Odel Swan said.

"Yeah I know, says that they were the first to act it out and so that means that their kids are probably here, we could ask one of them or something," Grace continued.

"What do you mean their kids?" Daniel asked.

"I mean if they travelled back, they obviously grew up and had children, so we find the child of Dominique Gale, go to hr home, ask her questions, we find the timeline and boom we get them back to their right time, now, right?"

"Sounds like a solid idea," Alexander said.

"So how do we find him or her?" Aquamarine asked.

"Already did, Dominic Gale-Courage, says he lives on the fifth floor with you, Daniel," Serena said as she looked up from her MirrorPhone.

"Dominic? Well that's cool, Dominic and I are close, could say we are doing it for Yester Day?" Daniel said with confidence.

"But Yester Day is after Legacy Day, Legacy Day is not for like a few weeks," Alexander said.

"Way to make my plan lame."

"Or we could just say we are interested in the story Never After?" Serena said.

"Or we could follow him to his house?" Odel added.

"You mean stalking?" Aquamarine asked.

"No, stalking is different, I mean stalking you do when you are obsessed with someone, we are not obsesses wit Dominic, we just want to find his mum, simple."

"And stalk-" May began

"Following," Odel said.

"And following him will help, how? If you don't remember this is a boarding school, it's not like he goes to his house in Book End everyday."

"Oh yeah, you're right, but if your mum or dad lives so close, you would obviously go and see them, right?" Odel replied.

Darling walked to the window and spotted a student leaving the school, interested she asked, "Daniel, how does Dominic look like?"

"Umm...brown hair, green eyes, wears wind patterned shirts a lot."

"And can he fly?"

"Yeah, why?"

"Because he is leaving the school now and entering Book End, we have to follow him," Darling said.

"See, following, not stalking," Odel smiled as he said it to May.

"I'll handle this, a spell should do the trick," Serena said and waved her hands, blue magic in the form of bubbles surrounded them all.

Seconds later they could see Dominic in front of the and they were in the Village of Book End.

"Alright then, let's follow him," Grace said.