Dorrie Chapter 25: Prelude to War, a sofia the first fanfic

Dorrie - a Sofia the First fanfic

I now give you Chapter 25 of "Dorrie", which starts two weeks after the end of Chapter 24. It's wonderful that "Dorrie" has come this far, and I thank those who have read and enjoyed this story, and those who have submitted suggestions for this story. Your support has meant a lot to me, and I thank all of you from the bottom of my heart.

As a special treat, to mark the 25th chapter of this story, I'm bringing back for this chapter the Deidre of old (and trust me when I say that Deidre is as nasty as ever in this chapter).

Chapter 25: Prelude to War

January

It was an early Monday evening in Enchancia. At Enchancia Castle, Violet and Dorrie were in Dorrie's room, having a serious discussion.

"Sweetheart" Violet gently began, "I have to ask you to stay home from school tomorrow. We'll tell everyone that you're feeling under the weather, and I want to keep you home to be safe".

"What's really going on, Mom?" Dorrie asked, concerned.

"The truth is, my precious Dorrie, something bad is going to happen tomorrow ... and you're needed" Violet started as she gently held Dorrie's hand.

Dorrie listened as Violet spoke, taking in everything Violet had to say. After Violet was finished, Violet and Dorrie hugged each other for the longest time.

"You can count on me, Mom" Dorrie promised Violet.

At that same moment, in the Kingdom of Madrasia, activity was taking place inside the headquarters of the Royal Council. A younger man walked up to an older man.

"President Parquin" the younger man addressed the older man, "it is done. The order has been passed by the rules committee, and will take effect tomorrow. Here is a copy of the order".

"Good" President Parquin acknowledged as he took the order. "You may go now".

"Yes, President Parquin" the younger man said as he left.

"Well, it begins" Parquin thought to himself. "We'll soon put things back to the way they should be".

Parquin then looked at the order:

Royal Council Order 197729884

It is the order of the Royal Council that the following take place immediately to ensure royal purity.

A royal family with a commoner as a member of it's family shall no longer be recognized by the royal community, and the family's kingdom will no longer be recognized by the Royal Council or any other kingdom in any way (personally, legally, and/or financially) until the commoner is removed from that family.

A royal family who has a family member who is dating a commoner shall no longer be recognized by the royal community, and the family's kingdom will no longer be recognized by the Royal Council or any other kingdom in any way (personally, legally, and/or financially) until the relationship between the royal and the commoner is ended.

Any royal family who chooses to side with a royal family described above shall no longer be recognized by the royal community, and the family's kingdom will no longer be recognized by the Royal Council or any other kingdom in any way (personally, legally, and/or financially) until that relationship has been discontinued.

Royal Prep in Enchancia is now declared a special international zone that will be under the direct control of the Royal Council. Any Royal Prep student who belongs to any of the families above is to be removed from Royal Prep immediately, and is to remain removed from Royal Prep until the student's family has corrected the situation or situations described above.

The next day

It was mid morning at Royal Prep. The students there were in classes when a number of flying carriages arrived at the school. The flying carriages were carrying officials from the Royal Council, as well as security personnel attached to the Royal Council.

As everybody piled off of the carriages, an older man with white hair stepped forward. It was the Duke of Weselton, who had been put in charge of the operation by the Royal Council.

"Men" the Duke ordered, "carry out your orders!".

At that same moment, at Enchancia Castle, Violet and Dorrie were walking down a hallway when Queen Miranda approached.

"I was under the impression that Dorrie was feeling under the weather?" Miranda inquired.

"I'm feeling much better, my Queen" Dorrie answered.

"And I've decided that since that is the case, Dorrie should be allowed by attend school for the remainder of the day" Violet added.

Suddenly, Baileywick ran up, holding some papers in his hand.

"Queen Miranda" Baileywick started, out of breath. "I need to find King Roland immediately. Do you know where he is?".

"He was in his study ten minutes ago" Miranda answered, worried. "What's going on?".

"Trouble!" Baileywick exclaimed, before turning to Dorrie. "Come with me, Dorrie. You will be needed in an official capacity".

"Understood, Mr. Baileywick" Dorrie acknowledged.

As Baileywick and Dorrie ran off toward Roland's study, Miranda and Violet stood there watching what was going on.

"And so it begins" Violet thought to herself, "the royal war".

In Roland's study

Roland stood there looking at the papers that Baileywick had handed him. As Roland looked at the papers, which were from the Royal Council, a rage built up in Roland until he couldn't contain it any longer.

"Slark!" Roland barked as he threw the papers down on the floor. "These people have a lot of nerve trying to force their outdated values on us! And they have a lot of nerve coming onto Enchancian soil to take property for their own!". To hammer home the point, Roland pounded his fist on his desk.

Baileywick and Dorrie stepped back, taken off guard by Roland's show of rage. Quite frankly, neither had seen Roland full blown boiling mad before. In a few moments, Roland somewhat regained his composure.

"Do we know if anybody from the Royal Council has arrived at Royal Prep yet?" Roland asked Baileywick.

"As soon as I received the paperwork from the Royal Council, I immediately went down to the communications room" Baileywick reported. "We can't get a hold of Royal Prep by crystal ball communication, nor by enchanted telegraph communication".

"Then we have to assume that the takeover of Royal Prep is already underway" Roland theorized.

"If that's the case, sir, let me fly to Royal Prep on my broom to ensure the safety of Prince James, Princess Amber, and Princess Sofia" Dorrie suggested to Roland.

"I appreciate the offer, Dorrie, but there would be too many people from the Royal Council at Royal Prep" Roland concluded.

"If I may point out" Dorrie started, "from what I've read of those connected to the Royal Council, they are, shall we say, magically challenged, with no magical ability what so ever. Even though I'm just a witchlet, I would have more magical ability than they have".

Roland thought about Dorrie's offer for a few minutes, then walked over to his desk and started writing a note. Roland then affixed a royal seal onto the note.

"Dorrie" Roland said as he walked over to Dorrie, "this is an official authorization for you to act on my behalf. Your main priority is to see to the safety of my children, by whatever means necessary, until I can get there with a force of guards".

"Understood, Your Majesty" Dorrie acknowledged as she raced from Roland's study.

A little while later at Royal Prep

"Get your stinking hands off me!" Sofia demanded as she was dragged down a hall by the Duke of Weselton himself.

Sofia managed to break away, and started running down the hall, with the Duke in hot pursuit. Suddenly, Sofia stopped, turned around, and used her mind power to send the Duke flying halfway up the hallway. As the Duke started to pick himself up, a puff of gray smoke appeared between him and Sofia. Out of the smoke appeared ... Dorrie.

"You stay right there, you pukey Duke!" Dorrie barked at the Duke as she pointed her wand at him.

"Brazen little witch!" the Duke barked back at Dorrie.

"Oh, shut up!" Dorrie demanded as she shot her wand at the Duke. "Repulsia!".

The shot from Dorrie's wand knocked out the Duke.

"We've better get out of sight" Dorrie suggested to Sofia.

"Good idea" Sofia agreed.

Dorrie and Sofia managed to duck into an empty room just as a group of Royal Council guards ran into the hallway. A guard who appeared to be in charge quickly addressed the other guards.

"Prince Frederick, Princess Aileen, and Princess Mae are putting up a fight on the other side of the building" The guard announced to the other guards in the hallway. "They are armed with wands".

As the guards ran off in the direction of Frederick, Aileen, and Mae, Dorrie and Sofia stepped out into the hallway.

"Well, with Frederick, Aileen, and Mae putting up a fight, that should buy us some time" Dorrie pointed out. "Have you seen James and Amber?".

"No" Sofia answered.

"We need to get a better idea of the overall situation here" Dorrie pointed out. "Any ideas?".

"We might want to start with Miss Flora, Miss Fauna, and Miss Merryweather's office" Sofia suggested.

Sofia led Dorrie up to the office of the three fairies. As Sofia and Dorrie approached, they peeked around a corner, and noticed two Royal Council guards standing at the door of the office. Dorrie thought for a few moments, then turned to Sofia.

"I have an idea" Dorrie announced. Since Dorrie was wearing a casual dress, she waved her wand above her dress, and magically changed into a maid's uniform. It was a uniform that was different than Sofia had seen before. The uniform had a light blue flowing skirt, and a light blue long sleeve blouse with a white round collar. A white apron somewhat covered the blouse and skirt.

"That's different" Sofia remarked.

"I saw it in a catalog" Dorrie answered. "Those guards will no doubt recognize a castle maid's uniform. Therefore, I have to wear something different to throw them off track. Stay here".

Taking action

As Dorrie tucked her wand into the back part of the waistband of her skirt so it would be out of sight, she causally walked around the corner into plain view of the two guards.

"Who are you?!" one of the guard demanded to know.

"I'm part of the cleaning staff here at Royal Prep" Dorrie answered.

"Royal Prep has a cleaning staff?" the other guard asked, confused.

"Well, of course it does" Dorrie responded. "What do you think? This place cleans itself?".

"You're a bit young to be a maid" the first guard observed.

"I'm an orphan" Dorrie pointed out. "In exchange for my services here, I get room, board, and an education. Better than living in an orphanage. I do have working papers if you'd like to see them".

"Give us the papers, girl!" the other guard demanded.

Dorrie reached behind her, pulled out her wand, pointed it at the two guards, and yelled "Repulsia!". The blast from Dorrie's wand slammed the two guards against a wall, knocking them out cold in the process. As Sofia raced up, Dorrie tried to open the door to the office, but found the door locked.

Dorrie then raised her wand, pointed it at the door, and said "Alohomora". The door unlocked, and the two went inside.

"Oh, my!" Miss Fauna exclaimed, amazed and pleased that somebody had gotten past the guards.

"What happened to the guards?" Miss Flora wanted to know.

"Dorrie knocked them out using her wand" Sofia reported, as Miss Fauna looked at Dorrie.

"Well, young lady, we are in your debt" Miss Fauna gratefully said to Dorrie, before turning back to Sofia. "Is this the Dorrie you've been telling us about?".

"The one and only" Sofia smiled.

"By any chance have you seen our wands?" Miss Merryweather inquired.

"The guards took them from us when they locked us up in here" Miss Flora explained.

"I saw a bag outside of the door" Dorrie remembered.

Dorrie went out into the hall, and brought in the bag which had been laying on the floor. Dorrie opened the bag, and discovered the wands belonging to the three fairies. Dorrie then handed the wands to the fairies.

"Let's clear this vermin out of here!" Miss Merryweather exclaimed, thinking of the Royal Council who had taken control of Royal Prep.

"Frederick, Aileen, and Mae are putting up a fight on the other side of the building" Sofia announced.

"Then we need to help them first" Miss Flora pointed out.

The fairies, Dorrie, and Sofia ran toward the part of the building where Frederick, Aileen, and Mae were reported to be. As the fairies, Dorrie, and Sofia approached, the area was strangely quiet. Rounding a corner, the five came across a sight they had not expected - the Royal Council guards who had been summoned to that area were all laying on the floor, unconscious.

"What is going on here?" Miss Flora asked, taken off guard at the sight of the unconscious guards.

Frederick, Aileen, and Mae stepped out from behind a corner. Frederick and Mae were wearing royal clothing, while Aileen was wearing a Hexley Hall school uniform (Aileen attended Royal Prep only two hours a day, and spent the rest of the school day at nearby Hexley Hall developing her magical abilities).

"They weren't so tough" Frederick remarked about the guards as Dorrie raced over and hugged him in relief.

"As Frederick said, they weren't so tough" Mae reported.

"In fact, you could say it was like shooting fish in a barrow" Aileen added. "Magically, we got the jump on them before they knew what hit them".

"Well, children" Miss Flora remarked, "I'm very impressed. Sad that you as children had to defend yourself in such a way, but proud of your bravery".

"Very, very proud" Miss Fauna added.

"Where are the rest of the students?" Miss Flora asked, concerned.

"They were rounded up, and put in the gym building under guard" Frederick reported.

"We have to free the students!" Merryweather exclaimed as she readied herself for battle.

At that moment, the fairies, Dorrie, Sofia, Frederick, Aileen, and Mae heard a commotion taking place near the front gate of Royal Prep. There was saber rattling, along with the sounds of gunfire.

"King Roland must be here with reinforcements" Dorrie theorized.

At the front gate of Royal Prep, Roland with his reinforcements had arrived, and a fierce battle was now taking place between Roland's forces and the Royal Council forces.

The gym building

The fairies, Dorrie, Sofia, Frederick, Aileen, and Mae made their way over to the gym building. As they hid behind bushes, they noticed that there were two guards standing at the entrance to the gym building. Through a window, they observed more guards walking around inside of the gym building.

"There's too many to take on" Miss Fauna observed.

"I have an idea" Dorrie announced before turning to Aileen. Dorrie then started whispering to Aileen.

"I like it!" Aileen exclaimed with a smile. "And I have my broom with me here at the school".

"I brought my broom as well" Dorrie added. Dorrie then brought up her hand, and said "broom - attend". Dorrie's broom flew to her, and gently landed at her feet.

"Broom - attend" Aileen said as she raised her hand. Aileen's broom flew to her, and gently landed at her feet.

"Now if we only had some fireworks" Dorrie commented.

"No problem" Miss Merryweather smiled as she waved her wand, and produced a pile of firecrackers and whizbangs.

"She does love her pyrotechnics" Miss Fauna chuckled about Miss Merryweather.

"You wouldn't happen to have a dragon firework?" Dorrie asked Miss Merryweather.

"Of course" Miss Merryweather answered as she raised her wand again, and produced what Dorrie requested.

"Perfect" Dorrie smiled.

A few minutes later, just outside of the gym building, the two Royal Council guards standing at the entrance saw something flying toward them at high speed. It was Dorrie and Aileen on their brooms. Before the guards could react, Dorrie and Aileen sped past them, and into the gym building. The guards then raced into the building after Dorrie and Aileen.

As Dorrie and Aileen flew around inside of the gym building, they set off their firecrackers and whizbangs, causing the guards in the building to duck for cover while the students gathered cheered.

"Ready?" Dorrie asked Aileen.

"Let's do it!" Aileen responded.

Dorrie set off the dragon firework, and threw it at the guards. The dragon firework exploded, becoming a huge fiery dragon in the process which started bearing down on the guards. The guards quickly got up from the floor, and ran toward the exit. As the guards ran through the exit, they were met by Miss Flora, Miss Fauna, and Miss Merryweather who raised their wands and stunned the guards, rendering them unconscious as the dragon sailed out through the exit and faded away into nothing.

"That was brilliant!" James exclaimed as he ran up to Dorrie and Aileen.

"Indeed! Well done!" Amber smiled as she walked up.

Not every student was happy with what Dorrie and Aileen had done. A Royal Prep princess, a little older than Dorrie, marched up to Dorrie and Aileen. It was Princess Deidre of Hythoria.

"You idiots!" Deidre barked at Dorrie and Aileen. "You could have got us killed!".

"You must be Princess Deidre" Dorrie observed, having heard about Deidre from Sofia in the past.

"And who exactly are you to know who I am?!" Deidre demanded to know.

"I'm Dorrie Cooper" Dorrie responded.

"Oh, yes" Deidre said in disgust. "I've heard of you. You're that witch maid that works at Enchancia Castle. A witch, a commoner, and a maid. I guess that's as low as one can go".

"At least it's honest work" Dorrie pointed out.

"You dare talk back to me, you little nothing?!" Deidre shouted. "I'm a Princess of Hythoria. What are you?!".

"I'm Lady Dorrie Evelyn Cosmarune Cooper of the House of Cosmarune, if you must know!" Dorrie barked. "I'm also the royal magician of Enchancia!"

Deidre was furious at having Dorrie talk back to her. As Deidre raised her fist to strike Dorrie, Sofia raced up, grabbed Deidre by the collar, and punched Deidre in the face. Such a scene of one royal striking another royal hadn't been seen since Princess Anna of Arendelle had punched Prince Hans of the Southern Isles in the face.

Deidre fell to the floor as the students who were gathered clapped and cheered in approval.

"You hit me, you stinking commoner!" Deidre yelled at Sofia.

"And I'll hit you again if you ever try to attack one of my friends again!" Sofia yelled back.

"That's enough!" Miss Merryweather barked as she flew over.

"But that commoner Sofia hit me!" Deidre exclaimed.

As Deidre watched Dorrie, Aileen, Sofia, and Miss Merryweather go to another part of the gym building, she got angrier and angrier.

"You'll pay for this someday, Sofia!" Diedre thought to herself in anger. "I'll bide my time, and when the time is right, I'll pounce! Maybe it will be you, or maybe it will be somebody you know. But mark my words, you will pay for this!".

At the front gate

Fierce hand to hand combat continued between Roland's forces, and the Royal Council forces. Roland's forces were gaining the upper hand, thanks to some additional help in the form of the Scarlet Warrior; Scarlet's right hand woman, Colette; Cornelia; Lucinda's parents; Adair's parents; Miss Lovegood; and Carol of the Arrow. Soon, an opening appeared in the ranks of the Royal Council forces, and Roland took advantage of it.

"Advance!" Roland ordered.

Roland and his guards pushed forward. Scarlet and Colette used their magic to scatter some of the Royal Council forces. Cornelia, Lucinda's parents, Adair's parents, and Miss Lovegood took flight on their brooms and fired on the Royal Council forces from the air. Meanwhile, Carol fired arrow after arrow at the Royal Council forces.

In a few minutes, Roland's forces overwhelmed the Royal Council forces, and the Royal Council forces had no choice but to surrender. The battle for Royal Prep was over.

Roland found James, Amber, and Sofia standing with Dorrie.

"Thank God the four of you are safe" Roland sighed in relief.

"Dorrie helped out a lot, Dad" Sofia told Roland. "She managed to free Miss Flora, Miss Fauna, and Miss Merryweather. She, with Aileen, also helped rescue the students who were being held in the gym building".

"Thank you very much, Dorrie" Roland said in gratitude.

"Your welcome, Your Majesty" Dorrie responded as she curtsied. "Prince Frederick, and Princess Mae also helped to defend Royal Prep".

"Well then, we'll have to see that you, Aileen, Frederick, and Mae are each honored for your actions" Roland acknowledged. "Dorrie? Is that a new maid's outfit?".

"I had to make a costume change so I could fool the guards who were guarding the fairies" Dorrie answered.

"It looks good on you" Roland remarked.

"Thank you, Your Majesty" Dorrie smiled. "To tell you the truth, I like how it looks and feels".

"Well, then" Roland smiled, "we'll consider that your new maid's uniform. I'll have Baileywick take care of getting a few extra for you".

Later, as Roland and his forces were securing Royal Prep, Dorrie walked around the grounds. As Dorrie walked around the grounds, the Scarlet Warrior, Colette, and Carol walked up.

"Aunt Colette, Scarlett" Dorrie smiled.

Colette and Scarlet hugged Dorrie as Carol smiled at the touching scene.

"You did good" Colette praised Dorrie.

"There is somebody we would like you to meet" Scarlet announced as she motioned Carol to come closer. "Dorrie, this is Carol of the Arrow. Carol, this is Dorrie Cooper".

"It's a pleasure to meet you, young lady" Carol smiled at Dorrie.

"And it's a pleasure to meet you" Dorrie smiled back at Carol. "I'm a big fan of yours".

"Dorrie, you should know that you and Carol have something in common" Scarlet announced. "Just as you are my eyes and ears at Enchancia Castle, Carol is my eyes and ears in Enchancia itself".

"Then you work for Scarlet, too?" Dorrie asked Carol, impressed.

"Oh, yes" Carol answered with a smile. "I've been in Queen Scarlet's army for a while now".

"Queen Scarlet?" Dorrie asked, confused.

"I know" Scarlet smiled. "I prefer the title of Princess. However, since I do rule the Kingdom of Cinnibar, many have taken to calling me Queen. It's something I've started playing along with".

The next day

On the streets of the Village of Dunwitty in Enchancia, people were scooping up copies of that morning's edition of Enchancia Today. The headline and top story in Enchancia Today read as follows:

WAR DECLARED.

In light of Royal Council Order 197729884 which was passed yesterday, and the Royal Council's attempt to seize Royal Prep, the Enchancian Council has voted to declare war on the Royal Council.

A number of kingdoms, who are outraged by the actions of the Royal Council, have pledged to stand by Enchancia and to form a united front against the Royal Council. These kingdoms are Arendelle, Corinthia, Corona, Delvarda, Genovia, Kaldune, Lacorinth, Ladarvia, Lavoria, Mithandia, Mornera, Niasia, Ornburgh, Ramblingham, Rudistan, Tangu, The Southern Isles, Tordin, Wadarnia, Weiling, and Zumaria.

Other kingdoms have decided to stay neutral, choosing to wait and see what the outcome of the conflict is.

The Royal Council has remained defiant, calling Enchancia and her allies "disobedient children" who have no respect for the council and it's authority. A number of kingdoms have pledged their support to the Royal Council, including Madrasia, Vulgaria, and Wesselton.

King Roland, in a response to the Royal Council's statement, said that "the Royal Council, in issuing order number 197729884, has declared it's intention to trample on people's personal rights, and such action by the Royal Council cannot and will not be tolerated".

The people of Enchancia have overwhelmingly expressed their support for King Roland in this time of crisis. A number of public rallies, to show support for King Roland and the royal family, are scheduled to take place today across Enchancia.

Further down on the front page, another story of interest appeared.

GIRL TO BE HONORED.

Miss Dorrie Cooper of Enchancia Castle is to be honored today at a special ceremony at Enchancia Castle.

Young Miss Cooper, a good witch who bravely flew her broom to Royal Prep yesterday to protect the Enchancian royal children, was instrumental in not only protecting the royal children, but also in helping to take back Royal Prep from Royal Council forces.

Young Miss Cooper will be awarded the Enchancia Cross for her bravery. The Enchancia Cross is a special medal awarded to individuals who have shown uncommon bravery in the face of battle

Young Miss Cooper works as a maid at Enchancia Castle, and is the adopted daughter of Enchancia Castle head maid Violet Lynn Cooper. Young Miss Cooper has excelled in her duties at Enchancia Castle, being given the responsibility of seeing to the needs of young royals who visit the castle. Young Miss Cooper was also recently given the title of royal magician of Enchancia, and performs magic shows at orphanages and festivals across Enchancia. In addition. young Miss Cooper is an heir to the magical House of Cosmarune located in the Kingdom of Corona.

We at this paper would like to congratulate young Miss Cooper on being awarded the Enchancia Cross. We at this paper will be watching her career with great interest.

In related news, Prince Frederick of Ornburgh, Princess Aileen of Rudistan, and Princess Mae of Wadarnia, who also aided in taking back Royal Prep, will receive special awards in their respective kingdoms today.

Being honored

On that same day, it was now afternoon in the throne room of Enchancia Castle. Dorrie stood there, with Violet standing beside her. Roland then stepped forward.

"Lady Dorrie Evelyn Cosmarune Cooper of House Cosmarune" Roland started as he faced Dorrie, "it is my great pleasure to award you the Enchancia Cross for your outstanding bravery yesterday at Royal Prep. Please bow your head, Lady Dorrie".

Dorrie bowed her head. Roland then placed the Enchancia Cross, connected to a royal blue ribbon, around Dorrie's neck. Roland then turned to everybody in the throne room.

"In times of crisis, there are brave men and women, and in Lady Dorrie's case, children, who come forward to answer the call when needed" Roland started. "We do not always know their names. But we do know one name today - Lady Dorrie Evelyn Cosmarune Cooper".

Everybody in the throne room clapped. Dorrie and Violet then started walking down the main hallway that was attached to the throne room. A line of guards was along one side of the hallway, and another line of guards was along the other side of the hallway. As Dorrie and Violet walked down the hallway, the guards standing there stood at attention, and saluted.

As Dorrie and Violet reached the doors which led to the castle courtyard, Baileywick directed them out onto the steps that faced the courtyard. When Dorrie and Violet walked out onto the steps, they looked out into the courtyard and saw it packed with men, women, and children from the village.

"It is my great pleasure to present to you Lady Dorrie Evelyn Cosmarune Cooper, and her mother, Miss Violet Lynn Cooper" Baileywick announced.

Everybody in the courtyard clapped and cheered. Ruby and Jade looked at Dorrie, and happily waved. Lucinda looked at Dorrie, and happily gave Dorrie a thumbs up gesture.

"I'm so proud of you, my precious daughter" Violet happily whispered in Dorrie's ear.

Enchancia was going to war, and the future was uncertain. But for this one bright, shining moment, there was hope in the eyes of those gathered that everything would work out.

(End of Chapter 25).

Author's notes

Adair Starwell and her parents are original characters I created for use in my "Sofia the First" stories. For more on Adair, see Chapter 4 of my story "Tales from the Castle".

Alohomora: the spell from "Harry Potter" used to unlock doors (pronounced "a-LOH-ho-MOHR-a").

"And you had it coming!" Miss Merryweather pointed out. "You are quite the disappointment. You lash out whenever something displeases you, like the time you ripped up Prince James' story he had written simply because you were jealous. If it were up to me, you'd be out of here just like that. Now go sit down and cool off!" - the incident involving Prince James is from Chapter 1 of "The Enchancian Canine Caper" by Jolly Roger Brat. I want to thank Jolly Roger Brat for giving me permission to refer to that incident here.

Arendelle, Prince Hans, Princess Anna, the Duke of Weselton, and the Southern Isles are from "Frozen".

As Dorrie and Aileen flew around inside of the gym building, they set off their firecrackers and whizbangs, causing the guards in the building to duck for cover while the students gathered cheered - this was inspired by the scene in "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" where Fred and George Weasley disrupt the OWL exam with fireworks.

As you'll recall, Sofia's ability to move things with her mind is revealed in Chapters 12, 13, and 19 of "Dorrie".

Carol of the Arrow is from the "Sofia the First" episode "Carol of the Arrow" (Jacob Voronkov suggested I make Carol a part of the Scarlet Warrior's army, so I did that in this chapter. It was also Jacob Voronkov's idea to have Carol be Scarlet's eyes and ears in Enchancia, as well as to introduce Carol and Dorrie to each other).

Consequences of Sofia hitting Deidre: Sofia's amulet would not have cursed Sofia as a result, because since Sofia was standing up for a friend, her amulet would have seen that as an honorable act.

Cornelia Rose is an original character created by A.t. for this story.

Corona is from Skyrimfan's story "Lucinda the First".

Delvarda, Lacorinth, Ladarvia, Lavoria, Madrasia, Mornera, Niasia, and Tordin are kingdoms I created for use in my stories. Meanwhile, Mithandia, Ornburgh, and Wadarnia refer to existing kingdoms in the "Sofia the First" universe which have gone unnamed (and which I came up with my own names to give them).

Dorrie's middle name of Evelyn is something I came up with for use in my stories, as well as for use by Jolly Roger Brat in his stories (since Jolly Roger Brat has my permission to use Dorrie in his stories). Violet's middle name of Lynn is also something I came up with for use in my stories.

Enchancia Today is the newspaper seen in the "Sofia the First" episode "The Amulet and the Anthem".

I want to thank SailorWednesdayMercury for the help and ideas she has been providing for this story. Her continued help and ideas have been of great value, and I wanted readers to be aware of this.

In this chapter, I have used some earlier versions of kingdoms originally seen or mentioned in movies: Genovia (from "The Princess Diaries"), the Southern Isles (from "Frozen"), Vulgaria (from "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"), and Wesselton (from "Frozen").

Miss Gayle Lovegood is an ancestor to the "Harry Potter" character Luna Lovegood (Miss Gayle Lovegood is an original character I created for this story).

President Parquin is an original character I created for this story.

Princess Aileen is an original character I created for this story. Meanwhile, you read correctly that Aileen is only attending Royal Prep for only two hours a day, and then is spending the rest of the school day at nearby Hexley Hall. The reason is that King Magnus wants Aileen to be proud of her witch heritage, and to concentrate more on expanding her magical abilities. In a meeting between Magnus, the three fairy headmistresses of Royal Prep, and the headmaster of Hexley Hall, it was decided to give Aileen the best of both worlds as it were, and have her education be split between Royal Prep and Hexley Hall. One could argue that Royal Prep has it's own fine magical curriculum. However, among those attending Hexley Hall are young witches, and Magnus wants Aileen to have school mates who are witches so she can have access to her culture. Therefore, it was decided that having Aileen's education split between Royal Prep and Hexley Hall was the best option.

Princess Mae is the princess from "Sofia the First" who wears the pale pink dress with a white bodice, and a pale pink fedora.

Pyrotechnics: fireworks.

Repulsia: a magical spell I created which is a variation of the Expelliarmus spell in "Harry Potter". Where Expelliarmus is designed to knock a wand out of an opponent's hand, Repulsia is designed to forcefully throw an opponent backwards.

The communications room in Enchancia Castle, and the enchanted telegraph, are original concepts I created for this story. An enchanted telegraph would be like a regular telegraph, except than an enchanted telegraph requires no wires, and, in addition to a code key, also has a control knob which allows it to automatically connect to one of a number of enchanted telegraphs at other locations.

The Kingdom of Madrasia (pronounced "Ma-dra-sia") is an original concept I came up with for this story.

The Royal Council is an original concept I came up with for this story, and is to royalty what the Ministry of Magic is to "Harry Potter". The Royal Council is designed to be an entity that holds all the kingdoms of "Sofia the First" together (sort of a "Sofia the First" version of the United Nations). The Royal Council, like the Ministry of Magic, has become corrupt over the years, with it's governing power controlled by pure blood royals who long for a return to the days of old where royals were pure bloods and didn't marry commoners.

The Scarlet Warrior (A.K.A. Scarlet) is a character created by Jacob Voronkov, and is used in my stories with permission from Jacob Voronkov. Meanwhile, the character of Colette is a character that I and Jacob Voronkov created, and is based on Bayonetta from the video game "Bayonetta" (please note that Colette, and Madam Collette of Enchancia Castle, are two different characters who are not related in any way, shape, or form). Also, in regard to Scarlet now being "Queen" of her Kingdom of Cinnibar, Jacob Voronkov is planning to give her that title in his stories, and suggested I do the same which I was more than happy to do.

Whizbang: a small high-velocity shell; it makes a whizzing sound followed by a bang when it hits.

Witchlet: a young child witch in the process of being trained as a witch.

"You'll pay for this someday, Sofia!" Diedre thought to herself in anger. "I'll bide my time, and when the time is right, I'll pounce! Maybe it will be you, or maybe it will be somebody you know. But mark my words, you will pay for this!" - for those who have read my Sofia and Lucinda as teens series of stories, you know that for the longest time Deidre absolutely hated Lucinda. Now we know why (in retaliation for Sofia hitting Deidre in this chapter).

Disclaimer

"Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" and everything associated to it © Warfield Productions, Inc; Dramatic Features, Inc; and MGM/UA Family Entertainment.

Cornelia Rose, everything associated to her, and the other original ideas from A.t are the property of A.t, and are used in this story with the permission of A.t.

Corona, and everything associated with it, is the property of Skyrimfan, and is used in this story with the permission of Skyrimfan.

"Harry Potter" and everything associated to it © Bloomsbury Publishing, Arthur A. Levine Books, Chris Columbus, Alfonso Cuarón, Mike Newell, David Yates, David Heyman, Chris Columbus, Mark Radcliffe, David Barron, J. K. Rowling, Steve Kloves, Michael Goldenberg, Heyday Films, 1492 Pictures and Warner Brothers Pictures.

The incident with Deidre ripping up James' story is the property of Jolly Roger Brat, and is used in this story with the permission of Jolly Roger Brat. Meanwhile, Deidre is a character I created for my stories, and is used in Jolly Roger Brat's stories with my permission.

The Scarlet Warrior and the other original ideas from Jacob Voronkov are the property of Jacob Voronkov, and are used in my stories with the permission of Jacob Voronkov.

I only own Dorrie Cooper; Enchancia Castle communications room; Enchanted Telegraph; President Parquin; Princess Aileen; Princess Deidre; the kingdoms of Delvarda, Hythoria, Lacorinth, Ladarvia, Madrasia, Mornera, Niasia, and Tordin; the Royal Council; and Repulsia.