"We outnumber her; we can take her," Eric whispered.

Jasmine, Aladdin, Eric, Kida and Anastasia were lying low in Aladdin and Eric's room. Despite being on her own, Ariel was moving swiftly and killing people faster than Jasmine could count. So far she knew Ariel had killed Charlotte, Philip and Adam. Esmeralda killed Vanessa, Helga, Pocahontas and Tarzan. She heard Aurora killed herself. Gaston, Jim, Meg, Hercules, Flynn and Rapunzel were missing.

And then there was Thomas. Jasmine hadn't stopped praying for Thomas since they separated.

Jasmine peeked out the door and saw Ariel slowly walking down the hall towards them. She carefully stepped over Adam's body and walked around Philip's. As Ariel got closer, Jasmine moved away from the door. Ariel stopped just outside and the five of them watched the shadow of her feet moving under the crack of the door. The door slowly opened and Aladdin and Eric both immediately tackled her down. Kida and Jasmine quickly took all of her weapons. Ariel struggled to get away, but Aladdin and Eric were stronger than her and kept her pinned to the ground.

"Why are you doing this?" Anastasia asked.

Ariel didn't say anything, she just continued to struggle against Aladdin and Eric.

Kida bent over her and held a knife to her throat. "Answer her question."

Ariel stopped struggling and looked up at Kida. For a moment she just stared at her, but finally she said, "They told me you killed my father and sisters."

The five of them exchanged glances.

"We didn't kill anyone," Jasmine said.

Ariel frowned. "Yes you did! They're dead! I saw their bodies!"

It was obvious Ariel was scared and trying to conceal her fear with anger. Jasmine couldn't help feeling a little bad for her.

Jasmine knelt down beside her. "Who told you we killed your family?"

Ariel glanced at Jasmine. "Maleficent and a tall, skinny doctor."

Jasmine looked up at Aladdin, then looked back at Ariel. "Dr. Facilier?"

Ariel thought for a moment. "Yes."

"Dr. Facilier..." Anastasia repeated quietly. "I know that name."

Kida looked back and forth between Anastasia and Ariel and suddenly something clicked.

"He brainwashed you," Kida said to Ariel. "He's been brainwashing Anastasia and he did the same thing to you to make you think we killed your family."

"But why?" Eric asked.

"To kill us."

"I don't want to kill anyone!" Ariel was crying now.

"You already killed three people," Kida stated.

"I know. I'm sorry! I'm so sorry."

"Sorry isn't going to bring them back!" Kida snapped. "But we can avenge them."

Ariel's blue eyes widened. "No! Please don't kill me!"

"Why should you live after you killed our friends?" Kida demanded.

Ariel didn't say anything as a look of helplessness crossed her face. She slowly closed her eyes and started singing.

"Up where they walk, up where they run; up where they stay all day in the sun. Wanderin' free, wish I could be part of that world."

Kida ignored her and went to drag the knife across her throat, but Eric stopped her.

"Wait," Eric said, looking down at Ariel. "I've heard that song before."

Kida rolled her eyes. "So?"

Eric let go of Ariel and helped her sit up. He then turned on the light in the room and studied Ariel.

"When I was living with my abusive foster dad, I'd sneak out late at night and go for walks along ocean shore just to get away for a little bit. One night, the night I found out I'd be coming here, I went on a longer walk than usual. I heard you singing that song; you were in the water. I didn't want to scare you, so I kept my distance. I haven't been able to get that song out of my head since then," Eric told her. "My whole world seemed to be crashing down around me, but your song gave me hope."

Ariel lowered her head. "That was the night my family was killed."

Ariel's eyes glazed over and became distant. After a few moments her eyes widened and she started crying again.

"I remember! I remember everything." Ariel looked at the five students standing around her. "You didn't kill my family. It was a home invasion. Two men broke into our house and killed them. My older sister, Andrina, and I shared a room. When I heard the gun shots, I screamed, which attracted one of the men to our room. Andrina hid under the bed and I hid in our closet. The man came into our room and killed her. When I heard the man leave I rushed over to my sister to help her, but she was dead. I snuck out my bedroom window and ran away. By the time the police arrived, the men were gone. They found me in the ocean, covered in my sister's blood so they thought I killed them and sent me here. It was my fault Andrina died; if I had just been quiet, they wouldn't have come to our room."

Jasmine put a comforting hand on Ariel's shoulder. "It's not your fault. That man killed your sister, not you."

"What happened here?"

The six of them looked up to see the owner's son, John Smith, standing in the doorway.

"Who killed all of these people and where is everyone else?" John asked.

"It was Esmeralda," Eric said, quickly.

"We think maybe she was brainwashed by Dr. Facilier," Kida added.

John looked down at Philip's body which was only a foot or so away from the door. "He said he stopped those experiments."

"Maleficent told him to do it," Ariel said, meekly.

"Where are they now?" John asked. "Where are the rest of the students?"

"We don't know," Aladdin told him.

"Maleficent, Dr. Facilier and Jafar are in the basement. Snow White, Cinderella and Gaston are there, too, but they're dead." Jim approached the door. He was clutching his arm, which was bleeding profusely. His skin was pale and he could barely stand on his own.

"Jim!" Anastasia pushed passed everyone and rushed to Jim's side. "What happened to you?"

"I hid in the basement, but Dr. Facilier found me. I ran away from him, but he shot me."

Aladdin pulled off his belt and wrapped it tightly around Jim's arm to stop the bleeding. "You have to get to the hospital."

"All of the exits are blocked," Jim told them.

"If we can get to the library there's a window we can use," Aladdin said.

"What about him?" Kida asked, pointing her knife at John. "He is the owner's son; he's gotta be in on all this, too."

"He's not," Jim said. "He helped me get away from Dr. Facilier."

Kida eyed John. "All right... Let's just get to my cabin."