Author's Note: I just wanted to thank everyone for viewing this story. As of July 13th, this story has 138 views! I never thought it would even get 10 views much less over 100. As this is my first story, I wanted to thank all of the people who viewed. I don't want to be one of those people who just wants reviews but I would seriously appreciate it if you told me your opinion on the story. I just want this to be interesting for everyone and for myself not to get writer's block. This chapter should be a little more interesting than the last, I hope you enjoy!
Sofia's POV
That night I dressed for action. I wore my running shoes, black jeans, and a black tee shirt with my sweat-jacket. It felt awkward going to bed in my shoes, but I knew it was necessary if I wanted to be running and walking around a theme park. We planned to meet in front of Be Our Guest, because it was out of the way of the Castle.
I fell asleep and after what felt like seconds, I woke up in front of the castle. I saw Emma a few feet away from me, just getting up. I stood up and joined her as we walked to Belle and the Beast's castle. She wore similar clothing to her; Emma's hair was in a French braid while mine was in a ponytail. We decided to go around Tomorrowland instead of straight through the castle. We were careful as we walked as close to right side attractions as we could, staying in the shadows. Then just as we reached the Mad Tea Party, I felt a cold feeling overwhelm me. By the look on Emma's face, she felt it too. Then, a figure stepped directly in our path. I recognized her instantly. Emma and I stopped immediately.
"Hello, girls." She said smiling at us.
"You're…" I sputtered, "Lady Tremaine."
She looked almost pleased that I had recognized her. A smile twisted her lips. She wore her signature red and maroon dress with the green gem in the middle. Her hair was in the same up-do as seen in the movie Cinderella. If possible, she seemed even more intimidating than in the movie. I looked at Emma, who was frozen in fear.
"What do you want?" I asked her, trying to sound more confident than I was. On the inside, I was freaking out. If she had found Emma and I, what happened to the boys? Lucas could resort to measures that would be dangerous for all involved. He might set this whole place on fire without meaning to! I don't think I could put it out.
"I want the one with the magic." She said, her composure never slipping.
I looked at Emma again. She wore the same expression I had: confusion. I knew we had to get to the boys fast. I needed a plan. Lucas always had the plans; I just picked out the loopholes. I knew the best people for each job. But he wasn't here, I needed to focus. I couldn't show my powers, that would be a death sentence, not to mention Emma would think I'm a freak. I decided to talk.
"Magic?" I asked.
"Don't play dumb, girl! We know one of you three have it. Give it up!" she said, her expression changing to one of annoyance.
"Three?" I asked.
She rolled her eyes at me. "You two and the boy. The other two are worthless."
"No offense, ma'am, but we don't know what you're talking about." I said, as politely as I could muster.
"Keepers." She mumbled, "Always playing dumb."
She advanced towards us, we stepped back every time she stepped forward. All of a sudden, a white horse with a man on the back galloped up to them, skidding to a stop in between us and Lady Tremaine.
"Lady Tremaine." The man said from the horse. He had on a crème old-fashioned top with gold colored epaulettes and red and gold pants. His hair was so dark brown that it was nearly black and it was styled so that it wasn't frizzy or gelled. He had an era of importance about him that made Lady Tremaine back away from the horse.
"You are not welcome here." He said to her. She sneered at him.
"You will soon find, Charming, that you helping these children will not work in your favor. You don't even know who they are." She said, before walking away.
The man, Charming, turned his horse to us.
"Hop on." He said to me and Emma. "Your friends are waiting for you at Belle and Adam's castle."
I looked at my best friend, Emma. She looked at me.
"Um…" I said to him, "Who exactly are you?"
He laughed. "I'm Prince Charming, I live in the castle with my wife Ella. And you are?"
"No offense, your highness, but I think we should see our friends first."
He nodded as if expecting this. He held out his hand to Emma, who took it and slid onto the horse. She helped me get up as well. Soon, we were racing off to Be Our Guest Restaurant.
As we arrived, I saw lights on in the castle. Prince Charming stopped his horse and helped Emma and I off. He left the horse there; as if he wasn't worried it would run away. He led us into the restaurant and we saw the boys sitting with a woman and another man. They glanced up as we entered.
"Sofia, Emma!" Lucas said as he got up and hugged me.
"What happened to you?" I asked him as we sat down next to each other.
"We were ambushed as we headed over. We figured you guys would meet us." He said.
"You okay, Emma?" Eli asked.
I looked over at her. She was staring off into the 'window' inside the restaurant. She looked around at the mention of her name. Her eyes were glassy, but she quickly blinked it away.
"Yeah, I'm fine." She said.
"Don't worry about her." said Prince Charming, who had just turned back towards us, "She's just a washed up old lady."
Alex looked up from studying the room. His attention span was horrible. He only paid attention when it interested him. Mostly, that was math, biology, technology, anything school related. He connected the dots quicker than Lucas or Eli.
"You were ambushed too?" he asked.
They all looked to me so I told the story: from crossing over to Lady Tremaine. When I had finished, they looked astonished but not surprised. Lucas told me how they nearly got cornered by Charles Muntz and Alpha from Up. They narrowly escaped, came here, and met Prince Charming who was talking to Prince Adam. I realized that was the other man, so that made the woman Belle. This was just totally unbelievable to me, but I realized that I was a hologram and I shouldn't be possible right now.
"Did they say what they wanted?" he asked.
"Something about me, Sofia and one of you guys having some sort of 'magic'. She didn't know which one of us had it though." Emma said, now back in her element, with a team.
"Muntz said the same thing to Lucas." Eli said. Everyone looked at him.
"Okay, what do you three have in common?" Alex asked.
"I don't know, we're all related?" Emma said.
"Great! So maybe it's not you, maybe it's your parents!" Alex said.
A silence filled the room. Prince Adam spoke what he, Prince Charming, and Belle were thinking: "Who are your parents?"
Suddenly, they heard a distant knock. Lumiere and Cogsworth come into the room.
"Sir, the Keepers are here to see you." Cogsworth said.
"Of course, invite them in." Prince Adam said.
I looked frantically towards my friends. The shared my scared expression. If they found us, we would be in big trouble.
"We really must be going." I said standing up.
"Are you sure? You've only just arrived." Belle said.
"Um, we have to get to bed. You know, school is in the morning and it's almost 1 o'clock…" Lucas said.
Belle nodded. "Yes, of course. Maybe the Keepers can help you; they are children of light also. Well, they aren't really children anymore."
"We really have to leave; do you have a back exit? We really don't want to meet any other unfriendly, um… people, tonight." Emma said, jumping into action.
"Lumiere!" Belle called. He came up to her. "Can you show them the cast member entrance?"
"Yes, of course, Belle. Follow me!" He said to us. We followed him to a backstage cast member's only entrance that led to behind the castle. There were multiple exits but I closed the door behind us and we listened intently. We weren't that far away from the room where Belle, Prince Charming, and Prince Adam sat. I heard a door opening from inside of the massive dining room.
"Finn, how good to see you!" Belle said.
I looked at my brother who looked right back at me.
"Belle, Adam, Charming we need to ask you if you've seen Wayne. Wanda's really getting worried." I heard my dad's voice say.
"Finn, you don't always need to cut to the chase. How are you guys? How's Maurice?" I heard Aunt Willa say.
"Oh he's fine." Belle said.
"And as for Wayne, we haven't seen him in two weeks. He doesn't come out a lot, you know." Prince Adam said.
"But…" Belle said.
"What?" Aunt Jess said.
"There have been a lot of Overtaker activities recently. And they are getting more dangerous." Belle said.
"How so?" Uncle Dell asked.
"Well, just tonight, we had to save a couple of kids from a few of them tonight."
I froze. We hadn't told them who we were. They knew our names, but they didn't realize who we were related to. I looked over to my friends who were standing just as petrified as I was. Before I could say anything, I heard my uncle Terry start speaking.
"What kids?" he said.
"You don't know them? They were holograms like you." Prince Adam said.
"Do you know what their names are?"
I snapped out of it first.
"Guys, come on!" I said. Directly after I said that, I heard, "Three boys and two girls: Lucas, Sofia, Emma, Eli, and Alex. They had nearly been cornered by a couple of Overtakers. We got them out." Prince Charming said.
I started moving. Alex helped me snap Lucas, Eli, and Emma out of their trance on the door. We started running through Fantasyland towards Adventureland to get to the Hub. Then, Eli and Lucas, in the lead, stopped dead. Emma and I nearly ran into them. Lucas tried to keep me behind him but I pushed him out of the way.
"Well, well. Look who decided to show up." An icy voice said.
