Disclaimer: I am a Cast Member, but that still doesn't mean I own any of Disney's characters.
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Setting: Underworld
Jessica is arguing with Hades, next to the cliff of the River of Death. "I will not be your queen, ever," screams Jessica, "I love David, not you."
"You don't really have any choice, well since you are trapped in the Underworld, forever," jokes Hades.
"They will rescue me you'll see, and then I can leave this horrid place for the last time," said Jessica.
" First of all," begins Hades, "you are dead, so you can't go anywhere with out my permission and trust me I won't give you any permission, unless…."
"Unless, what?" asked Jessica.
"Unless, Mickey takes your place down here, forever," answered Hades.
Jessica knelt down, grabbed her necklace and pulled it close to her heart, and started to cry, because she knew that she could never leave the Underworld, ever again. Even if Mickey said he would, Jessica wouldn't let him, because she knew that Mickey was far more important than she ever was. Also, if Mickey gave his life up the whole Disney World would be ruled with evil, and she didn't want that either. "Maybe," she thought, "if I just jumped into the River of Death, I would be out of my misery and then nobody would have to worry about me ever again. That means Mickey wouldn't have to trade places with me after all, and everything would go back to normal, as if I had never been here, before."
Jessica then walked to the edge of the cliff, just as Mickey had appeared at the entrance of the Underworld. When he saw her ready to jump off the edge of the cliff he yelled, "STOP!" which caught Hades's attention and he was over by her side in a second and pulled her closer by her necklace.
He then yelled to Mickey, "The only way I'll let her go is if you trade places with her and promise to stay down here, forever."
Jessica struggled as much as she could and tried to tell Mickey not to do it, but she couldn't get lose of Hades grip, plus he had covered her mouth so that way she couldn't speak. Finally, right before Mickey could answer, Jessica got free and ran to the edge of the cliff and shouted, "Good bye, Mickey. Tell David I love him," and with that she jumped off the cliff.
Mickey rushed over to where she last stood, but couldn't find her, and then he thought, out loud, "David and Aladdin must have caught her, so she is alright," and sure enough they did.
While on the carpet, Jessica pleaded with them," Please let me jump otherwise everyone will regret this decision. No matter what happens I will be trapped down here forever, because I am dead. The only other way I can get out of here is if Mickey trades places with me, but then it will be like I am still down here, except for I would have dragged the rest of you down with me. So, now do you see why I have to jump?"
"You were dead last time," David said, "but we beat the spell and we can do it again this time."
"That is just the point. There is no spell this time, just flat out poison and strangling. Remember, all that was in that cup was some water and four bottles of medication. Then my hands took hold of my necklace and strangled me. I had a drug overdose and the strangling finally killed me off, that was why I died, and I can't leave, because I am dead," explained Jessica.
"Look, I promised that I wouldn't let anything happen to you and I am going to keep my promise. I will get you out of here," replied David.
"Just let me jump and I will save you guys a lot of agony and torture," repeated Jessica.
"Then let me die too, so that way I will always be with you," responded David.
"Hey, no one do anything that they will regret," said Aladdin, "Now, well just try to leave with Jessica and if that doesn't work, I'll leave you two on this ledge, that way they can't get to either of you and then go get Merlin, and hopefully he can fix this matter."
They both agreed so, when Hades wasn't looking they snuck out, but once they hit the border- line Jessica couldn't go any further. So, Aladdin took them back to the ledge and left them there. Then he went to go get Merlin, to help Jessica.
On the ledge, Jessica couldn't take it anymore and she was already to jump when David stepped in front of her. "Why don't you just let me do it, because Merlin can most likely not fix my problem. Besides, I need to jump before Mickey makes an agreement with Hades and everyone will be stuck down here forever," pleaded Jessica.
"Relax, Mickey knows we are here and that you are safe, so he won't make any agreement with Hades. Besides, Merlin can do almost anything, including making you alive again," said David reassuringly.
"Listen, just bringing him down here will add one more person that Hades can get rid of right away. You all shouldn't have come down here to begin with, because now you all are in danger. All because of me," she paused for a second and listened then said, "Speaking of Mickey, have you heard him at all?"
David listened, but he couldn't here a thing. Then Jessica added, "Maybe, Hades has already put him under a spell and Aladdin was caught on his way out of here and then we would be the only two who knows what is going on down here?"
So, Jessica lifted her head up to take a peak and everything had happened just as she had said. "The only thing I can do now," she began, "is give in to Hades and tell him I'll be his queen, if he lets you all go."
"No, I won't let you do this. I know that Merlin is probably worried by now and has checked his crystal ball and everyone is coming to help us," said David.
"What if they aren't? We could be stuck down here; forever and the villains can take over. I need to do this, because it is my fault that all of you are down here in the first place," said Jessica sadly.
"First of all," David began, "The only reason that we are down here is because you saved Mickey and we didn't want you to live down here for the rest of your life. But, you are right; if they don't know what is going on they could all be in serious danger. Just remember that, I will be back to save you though."
He then let her go and was thinking twice about what he had said, but didn't stop her. Before she left though, she hugged David and said, "I love you and I will always be with you," and she kissed him, then made her way up the cliff.
When she got to the top she said, "Hades, I will be your queen if you let everyone go. Do we have a deal?"
"Why Jessica," Hades said, "I was wondering when you were going to come up here?"
"How did you know that I was down there?" she asked.
"I could hear you talking with David," and at that instant David appeared before her eyes.
"Not only that, but I heard Mickey say that he thought that you were alright, after you had jumped. Then, I saw Aladdin trying to leave and caught him, so I figured that you were still alive, well at least as alive as you can get down here when you are dead, and you didn't make it to the River of Death. But, I have a different trade instead, Either Mickey and Aladdin go and you become my queen, while David remains in the River of Death or David goes free and Mickey and Aladdin go into the River of Death and you are still my queen or even you can go and all three of them go into the River of Death. So, what is you decision?"
Aladdin tried to tell her that the "David" was a clone, but he was gagged and so Jessica couldn't understand him. She then looked into the River of Death and saw that David was still down there on the ledge and he whispered, "Let Mickey and Aladdin go, then Aladdin can come get me," but Jessica knew that Hades would put him in to the river instead of the clone.
Jessica soon thought of another trade and said, "How about letting them all go and I'll be your queen or I can always jump into the River of Death, then I can never be your queen. You see, that is the only way that I cannot be your queen. So take it or leave it."
Somebody would be free even if it meant her diving into the River of Death, besides Hades really wanted her as his queen so he couldn't possibly turn her down. Then finally Hades said, "I'll leave it."
Jessica was surprised to hear him say that, but she made her way to the cliff and jumped; nobody could believe that she would actually do it. Then all of a sudden Hades's magic pulled her back up to the cliff, and Hades said, "A deal is a deal and the new deal is everybody is free and Jessica, you will remain here as my queen."
The next thing everybody knew was that they were at Mickey's house, once again without Jessica.
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This is definitely going to be a hard task for them to figure out. Hopefully someone can think of something better next chapter.
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