Madison slept through the hours on her bed, dreaming on whatever she dreamt. But then, something didn't feel right. She tried to get comfortable as the felt like the bed was hard, she felt a cool breeze like someone have turned the air conditioner on but then she heard animals sounds like an owl hooting, crows cawing, and a howl like from a wolf.
Madison slowly opened her eyes and saw something that really shocked her. She sat up and looked around as she was in a forest. It was dark, eerie, and there were no leaves on the trees. "What? Where... where am I? How did I get here?" she wondered to herself.
As she was about to get up, she notices that her hands were different. "Wha-?" Madison looked carefully as they were like hand drawn and painted, she even looked at a lock of her hair that looks the same. "I'm... I'm a cartoon?" she asked.
She quickly got up and looked at herself, seeing that she's wearing a brown dress with a white apron, sleeves and collar, and black flat shoes. She even notices that her necklace was still there as she now remember what happen. "It's your doing, isn't it? Where did you take me?" she asked.
Suddenly, she heard the sound of wolves howling. "Okay, I can't stay around here that long. I need to get out of here." she said to herself and quickly fast walk to a path.
Madison quickly walked and walked until her feet started to hurt but yet she kept on going. "This is something like out of a scary movie. A girl lost in the woods who was trying to find a way out until all of a sudden, an animal or... a monster will appear to attack her." she mumbled.
As she kept on walking, the howling came closer and that shook her like a shaking tree. "And more importantly, a girl has run from that in a scary movie." she said and quickly starts running. Madison ran as fast as she could, hearing the howling and growling from behind but as she kept on running, she stumbled on a tree branch and fell down.
Madison felt a pain from her ankle and winced as she felt the sting. She tried to get up but could still felt the pain on her ankle. She carefully got up and starts limping. "What am I gonna do? I can't go fast with this ankle." she said to herself.
Suddenly she saw the glow coming from her necklace. A spark came out of it, floating in front of her and then flew down to her ankle. Madison watched the spark glowing around her ankle and felt it tingling until the glow stopped. Madison moved her foot around. She felt it a little bit better but could still felt a bit of pain.
She looked at the necklace. "You tried to heal it, weren't you?" she asked to the necklace until it glowed twice. 'And it's also responding.' she thought. "Well... at least you did the best you could." she said to it and the gem glow twice. As she was about to continue walking even with the pain, she heard a neigh.
Madison turned around and saw a shadow coming through the fog. She quickly moved back but tripped over another branch and fell. Madison groaned and rubbed her head from how hard she hit her head from the ground until she heard a voice.
"Are you alright?" a soft voice spoke that sounds like a female.
Madison looked up and saw a young woman on a horse. Her long brown hair was in a ponytail with a blue ribbon, hazel eyes, rosy cheeks, and she was wearing a blue dress with a white long-sleeved button-up shirt underneath, brown ballet flats on her feet, and she was wearing a dark blue cloak. Madison knew too well who that woman is and knew exactly what movie she's in now.
"Yeah. I'm alright. Just startled." Madison answered, "And also hurt my ankle a little."
"I'm so sorry if Philippe and I startled you."
"It's fine. Really." she said as she slowly got up.
"So, tell me, what are you doing in the woods alone?" the girl asked.
"Well... crazy as may it sounds but last time I remember, I was sleeping on my bed and all of a sudden, I ended up here." Madison answered.
"Then you must have sleepwalked."
"That impossible, I never sleepwalk. Unless some idiots put me here and left. Now I don't know where to go." said Madison with a small lie.
"Well, maybe you can come with me. You see, my father went out to the fair with an invention he made. But when Philippe came back, he wasn't with him. He might be out there somewhere, and my horse have to take me to him." she said.
"Oh dear. I can't imagine what it'll be like if a parent is lost. I'd be happy to help you if you like." said Madison and the girl smiled.
"Wonderful! Hop on behind me, and when we find him, maybe will find something for your ankle." she said.
"That would be really nice." said Madison and the girl helped her get on.
"I'm Belle by the way. What's your name?" she asked.
"Madison."
"Madison. That's sounds like a really nice name." said Belle and Madison smiled.
"Thank you."
As the girls kept on riding on Philippe's back, the girls looked around seeing how spookier the forest as now gotten and the fog has gotten thicker. Madison stood close to Belle until the horse stopped. Madison looked up and couldn't believe what she saw.
A castle.
To Be Continued...