Chapter 15: Wil's Descent Part 3

It was Saturday, a day to relax with no work or studies to attend to. Yen had a whole day planned for himself. First, Yen would treat himself to breakfast at the bakery in town, then he would go to the mid-spring festival at the park, then he would take one of the stable horses out for a late afternoon gallop through the fields, then end the day with just him and a good book. However, all of that had to be put on hold because Yen was currently helping his brother Wil find his journal.

It was mid-morning, both Wil and Yen had opened almost every drawer, closet, and shelf cabinet in the castle. Not to mention looking under almost every chair and table. After a while, Yen finally grew tired of searching.

"Com'on Wil, we've been looking for hours," said Yen as he grew bored.

"Let's take a break and look later."

"Yen, that journal has everything that I've been reading and learning written down in there," said Wil.

"If Walt finds it, I'm done for!" Wil said in a slight panic.

Yen shrugged his shoulders and kept searching.

As they continued to look around, both boys were suddenly alerted to the sound of footsteps walking towards them. Walt had just turned the corner with his gaze glued to the newspaper in his hands. When he looked up he noticed the two boys standing there.

"Good morning boys!"

"Good morning Walt" they answered in unison.

Walt turned to Yen with a raised eyebrow.

"Yen? What are you still here for? I thought you went out already." asked Walt

Both boys started to get nervous. Yen was about to

answer, but was immediately interrupted

"We were just looking for Yen's pocket watch," said Wil.

"Oh yeah, we were!" Yen agreed with haste.

Walt just shrugged then proceeded to walk out of the room.

"By the way Yen, when you go to the festival, bring me back one of those blooming bread rolls if you please."

"Sure thing!" said Yen.

When Walt left, the boys let out a sigh of relief.

"As I said before Wil, maybe it would be best if you told him," said Yen.

Wil was starting to get annoyed with Yen pestering him to tell Walt.

"Look Yen, if you don't want to help fine, just don't bother me about it," said Wil.

Yen sighed. "I have some things I want to do today, I'll come back later and help you look some more."

"Oh do what you want!" scoffed Wil.

Yen shook his head then left his brother in silence.

After Yen had left, Wil was all by himself looking for his journal. While he was looking around the bookshelves Walt peaked his head around the corner to see if Wil was alone, he then walked up to him and cleared his throat.

"Wil?"

Wil gasped in fright as he turned to see Walt standing behind him.

"Wil, may I see you in my office?"

"Wh...What for?" asked Wil as he started to get nervous.

"I think it would be best to discuss this when we're alone," said Walt.

When the two made it to the office, Walt closed the door then sat behind his desk. He ushered Wil to take the seat in front of him. Wil sat in his seat nervously drumming his fingers on the arm of the chair while Walt shuffled through some papers to clear the desk. There was a silence that seemed to last for eternity, but Wil decided to break it.

"Is there a problem sir?"

"That depends…" said Walt as he folded his hands on his desk.

"I found this."

Walt set a small brown book on the. The missing journal. Wil started to panic, but

"I'm not one to pry Wil, but I'm not pleased with what you've been doing. Mind giving me an explanation?"

Wil knew at this point that he was found out, so there was no use pretending otherwise

"With all due respect sir, I just wanted to learn more."

It was five o'clock in the afternoon and Yen was making his way back to the castle carrying a bag full of books and a smile on his face. As he made his way down the halls he overheard what sounded like arguing, he set his books on a table and followed the voices. After taking a few steps, he was able to pinpoint where all the yelling was coming from Walt Disney's Office. As he neared the office, he saw a small crowd of servants who were standing by listening in.

"What's going on?" Yen asked in a whisper.

"Mr. Disney and your brother have been arguing for the past 10 minutes." answered one of the servants.

Yen swallowed the lump in his throat. He stepped to the front of the group and put an ear to the door.

"Why can't you just let us further our potential and become better!? Aren't we supposed to be at our best for when we take up the mantle!?" shouted Wil in frustration.

"I told you boys, before, you both aren't ready yet! Rushing ahead will cause trouble for you and others around! said Walt.

"We've been training for years, we know almost everything through and through!" said Wil.

"Magic of this kind is too powerful, it will corrupt you from the inside out. Even I don't fully understand it. The only reason I keep those books because I hope that type of magic can be used for good." returned Walt.

"I thought you trusted us," said Wil in a low voice.

"Wil, stop saying us, we both know this is about what you want," said Walt as we folded his arms across his chest.

"Okay maybe it is, but my point still stands!"

Walt let out a long sigh. "I thought I could trust you to be wise about this, but I'm not even sure anymore. I don't like doing this Wil, but I'm confining you to the castle grounds for a while, I'm also going to assign some of the work labor on you as a discipline."

"Is there anything else you wanted to say Wil?"

"No sir," Wil answered quietly as he made his way to the door.

"One more thing Wil," said Walt.

"If you continue down this path, the consequences will be much worse for you," he warned.

"Yes sir," Wil muttered.

"That will be all then," Walt said as he returned to his desk.

Wil stormed out of the office in a fury. All the nearby servants scattered and turned away to avoid his angry stare. As Wil stomped off to his room, he locked eyes with Yen and sent a cold glare at him which startled the young apprentice. He then proceeded to his private room.

Walt stepped out of his office and looked around the room, When he spotted one of the servants, he called them over.

"Ethel, could you come here for just a moment?" Walt called out.

As Ethel made her way to Walt, Yen started to walk away to avoid him, but unfortunately for him, Walt had noticed this.

"Don't go anywhere Yen, I want to have a word with you too."

Yen looked down in defeat and stood by

"Yes sir?" asked Ethel.

"Ethel, I want you to make some arrangements tomorrow. Wil shall be spending some time helping with some of the work around the castle," said Walt.

"Understood Sir," Ethel answered back.

"Thank you, Ethel. That will be all." Walt said as he let Ethel return to her tasks.

Walt turned his attention back to Yen.

"Yen step into my office please."

Yen gulped, knowing that it was going to be a long conversation.

"Close the door and have a seat," said Walt as he sat behind his desk.

Yen closed the door then slowly sat down, shaking in fear.

"Yen, I'm going to be straightforward with you. Did you know what your brother was doing?" asked Walt.

Yen looked down in shame not wanting to look him in the eye.

"Yes Sir."

"Did you also read those books?"

"No Sir! honest!" Yen answered quickly.

Walt sighed and rubbed his face.

"Yen, why didn't you tell me about any of this?" he asked.

"I'm sorry, I thought Wil would stop and tell you himself," said YEn as he looked down in shame.

"He's my brother sir, I don't feel right betraying him like that."

"Listen Yen, your heart has always been in the right place don't get me wrong, but Wil is starting to head down a dark path that will lead him to rebellion. It will not only harm him but everyone else as well." Walt explained.

"You guys are like family to me. I only want what is best for both of you, for everyone.

"I know sir," said Yen.

"I want you to promise me that you'll let me know right away if anything happens, regardless of how your brother might feel," said Walt.

Yen nodded slowly.

"Good. However, I am going to give you additional studying homework to do as a discipline." Walt added.

Yen nodded his head again.

"That will be all Yen, good night," said Walt.

"Good night sir," said Yen quietly as he opened the door and left.

Yen slowly made his way down the hall to his room. He was in a down mood about everything.

"How could I have been so foolish!?" he thought out loud.

"I should've done something sooner!"

When he turned the corner, he saw Wil's door closed and what sounded like furniture being broken and angry shouts.

Yen sighed "Maybe I should talk to him."

Yen made his way to the door and against his better judgment, he knocked on it. The door swung open to reveal Wil red with anger.

"WHAT!?"

"I...I just wanted to see if you were alright," said Yen nervously.

"NO! I am not alright Yen," said Wil in anger.

"Walt is holding us back, not letting us achieve our goals of becoming better! He's probably blind to our potential, or maybe he's afraid will become too powerful."

Yen looked at his brother with wide eyes.

"Wil do you even hear what you are saying? Everything Mr. Walt has done has been for our benefit and the benefit of the entire kingdom. He's trying to keep you from falling into corruption."

Wil just rolled his eyes. "Did he tell you all that?"

Yen nodded.

"Don't you see Yen!? I was able to master a whole new level of magic that makes what we learned to look like parlor tricks in comparison." Wil said as he gripped Yen by the shoulders.

"Maybe if I perform a powerful spell, he'll finally acknowledge me and my abilities."

Yen was starting to worry.

"Wil, you shouldn't do it, think about what Walt would do, what if something bad happens?" said Yen in a panic.

"That doesn't matter Yen, I need to take the risk," said Wil as he went to grab something from under his bed.

Yen then tried to switch tactics "Even if you could, you don't have your journal or the books."

Wil smirked. "You know that I usually keep backup notes of almost everything, just in case something happened to my journal."

Wil pulled out a box from under his bed that had a bunch of papers with inscriptions and incantations written all over them. Once he found what he was looking for, he grabbed what he needed then stood up. As he made his way to the door, Yen moved to block it."

"Brother please I'm begging you, don't do this!" said Yen in fear.

Wil glared at his brother.

"If you had any sense of pride you would go right along with me," he said.

"Don't you see that Walt has been holding us back from unlocking our full potential as wizards!?"

"But Wil, he trusted us to trust him, even promising to leave the Kingdom in our care after he's gone. You're putting our entire future at risk Wil, and I won't let you continue!" said Yen as he stood his ground and glared back.

Wil was finally

"I've had enough of your whining and bootlicking Yen, I've made up my mind and I have nothing left to say. You are either with me or against me Yen. Will you help me or not!?" asked Wil as he grabbed the collar of his brother's robes.

"No," Yen answered softly.

"Then stay out of my way!" said Wil as he threw his brother to the side.

Yen sat there on the floor rubbing his bruised shoulder, eyes wide. While Yen and Wil have messed around in their youth never had one of them raised a hand to hurt the other on purpose.

Wil opened the door, but before leaving, he turned his head to look at his brother

"If you tell Walt anything about this, you will no longer be my brother," said Wil as he closed the door.

Yen was left in shock at what had just happened, but he quickly shook it off and stood up.

"I need to warn Walt Disney," he said under his breath.

Wil made his way down to the gardens with his research in hand. Ever since yesterday, Wil had made a mental map of directions to get to the hidden door that led to the catacombs. He needed to perform this ritual quickly so he could finally prove that he was skilled and powerful enough to wield this type of magic.

Making his way through the meadow, he reached the hidden door. Recalling the technique you saw Walt perform, he carefully placed his hand on the same stone and muttered a small spell. To Wil's surprise, the wall opened.

"Thank goodness the unsealing spell works here," he said under his breath.

Wil grabbed a torch off the wall and proceeded down the dark stairs.

Yen hurried along down the halls catching the worried looks of the servants. When he made it to Walt's office he knocked repeatedly for 10 seconds until Walt finally told him to enter. Yen approached the desk and put his hands on it to steady himself. Walt looked at him with worry.

"Yen, are you okay, what's the problem?"

Yen finally caught his breath and spoke.

"Sir, Wil is going to do something dangerous, we need to stop him," said Yen.

Walt's eyes widened at what he heard.

"How is this possible?" he asked urgently.

"Wil kept a secret stash of notes and research in case his book went missing, I just found out about not that long ago," said Yen.

Walt cursed under his breath then he stood up from his desk. He approached Yen, laid his hands on his shoulders, then looked him in the eyes.

"Where did you go?" Walt asked in a deep serious tone.

"I don't know sir, he could be anywhere." Yen replied.

Walt released Yen then ushered him to follow as he stepped out of the office. Raising his voice, Walt got the attention of all the nearby staff and guards.

"Listen carefully, everyone! Wil has gone missing, he couldn't have gone far, but I want every part of the castle grounds searched!" Walt instructed.

"Yes sir!" replied the servants as they scattered.

Walt turned his attention back to Yen.

"Yen, you and I will go back to Wil's room and see if we can find hints to where he went."

Yen nodded and hurried to keep up with Walt.

Wil had reached the bottom of the stairs to the doors that had the Letter D engraved on them. Pushing open the door, he made his way inside. When Wil enter the room he approached the circle in the center that was the Shadow Vault. After looking over the spell he wanted to perform, he set aside the papers.

"Alright, a dream spell should be powerful enough, I will be able to use the magic from Shadow Vault to perform a dream altercation spell which will draw out even more magic for me to use." Wil thought out loud.

"Better do this quickly so people won't suspect anything."

Closing his eyes, Wil began to concentrate. While citing the incantation he opened his eyes and everything appeared differently.

"Amazing!" he said.

"It's like I can see all the magic around me."

Wil closed his eyes again. This time he could see all the souls in the township.

"Remarkable, now to find some dreams."

Back at the castle, everyone was scattered about still looking for any sign of Wil. Meanwhile, Walt and Yen were rummaging through Wil's belongings in search of any clues.

"Sir, I can't find anything!" said Yen as he finished looking through another shelf.

"Keep searching Yen, there's gotta be something around here," said Walt as he sorted through a couple of boxes.

Yen sighed.

"This is all my fault, I should've stopped him when I had the chance."

Walt looked up at Yen.

"Don't be so hard on yourself Yen, coming to me right away was the smarter thing to do."

As the two continued their search, there was a small crack of thunder outside.

"That's strange," said Yen

"The skies were clear just a few minutes ago."

"Yen, this isn't the time for-"

Walt stopped mid-sentence when he too saw the clouds overhead. Yen turned to face Walt but he was taken back by the look of terror that was written on his face.

"I know where Wil is, come on!" shouted Walt as he raced out of the room.

It took Wil some time, but he was finally able to find some dreams that were potent enough to gather magic from. Wil was able to visually see the dreams through a magic cloud. The two dreams he had were that of a young boy and a girl. The boy was dreaming about going on an adventure and finding lost treasures with his dog companion, while the girl dreamt she was traveling the world on the back of a mystical dragon.

"The dreams of a young child's imagination and free spirit holds a great amount of magic.

As Wil began the process of gathering magic, the dreams of the children slowly began to alter.

In the boy's dream darkness began to creep up all around him, he reached out to his dog but it had disappeared, the boy then tried to run but the darkness blocked all the paths. With nowhere to go, the boy curled into a ball and began to cry.

In the girl's dream, the skies became dark with thunder and lightning. She tried to usher her dragon out of the storm but there was no end to the clouds. The girl's dragon vanished into thin air, she began to continuously fall into darkness. The girl hid her face and screamed.

Wil was too focused on obtaining magic to pay any attention to what was happening to the children. There was so much raw magic that even he was amazed.

"Just a little more and then I will be able to-"

"STOP THIS NOW WIL!" came a familiar voice.

Walt approached Wil and summoned a wave of magic that dissipated all other magic in the air, undoing Wil's work.

Yen was surprised, it was an extremely rare occasion when Walt would use magic himself, but this time seemed as necessary as any.

"NOOOOOOO I WAS SO CLOSE!" screamed Wil as he slammed his fists on the ground.

"I HAD ALL THIS MAGIC, WHY DID YOU STOP ME!?"

"WIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT YOU WERE DOING!?" shouted Walt.

"MEDDLING WITH MAGICS THAT YOU WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO USE, USING THE SHADOW VAULT OF ALL THINGS, BUT WORST OF ALL, USING CHILDREN TO STEAL MAGIC!"

Walt calmed down and lowered his voice.

"It's like you ignored everything I ever taught you."

Wil was outraged.

"I'VE LIVED AND LEARNED UNDER YOUR FOOT FOR MY ENTIRE LIFE, I TRUSTED YOU AND YOU HID ALL THIS KNOWLEDGE FROM ME!?"

"Wil calm down!" Yen advised his brother.

Wil's anger turned to Yen.

"AND YOU! YOU BETRAY ME AND SOLD ME OUT BECAUSE YOU WANTED TO STAY IN HIS GOOD GRACES!"

"I HAD IT WITH YOU!" shouted Wil as he sent a bolt of magic at his brother.

Yen put his hands up in an attempt to shield himself from the oncoming projectile, but it never came. Walt had stepped in front to protect Yen taking the blast head-on. It hit Walt in the stomach and caused him to stumble backward and clutch his injury. Yen rushed to his side in worry.

"Are you alright!" asked a frantic Yen.

Walt stood up and clutched his teeth and the stinging pain.

"I'll be fine," he said as he turned to face Wil .

Wil had almost no remorse for his actions.

"I DON'T NEED YOU, I DON'T NEED ANY OF YOU!" he shouted.

"YOU'RE JUST AN OBSTACLE THAT IS TRYING TO HOLD ME BACK! BUT NO MORE! I WON'T LET ANY OF YOU STAND IN MY WAY STAND IN MY WAY EVER AGAIN!" yelled Wil as he began to summon more magic for another attack.

"Yen, get behind," whispered Walt.

"But sir-"

"Do it now, quickly," Walt said again.

As much as Yen didn't want Walt to get injured again, he trusted him that he knew what he was doing.

As Wil was just about to attack, Walt wrote some symbols in the air and they glowed with magic. Wil's magic had left him, leaving him in a state of confusion, then he noticed a tug on his feet. The Shadow Vault behind him began to open and drag him in. Wil clawed at the ground to escape but it was too strong.

"YOU THINK THIS WILL STOP ME!? I WILL BE BACK AND ALL OF YOU WILL PAY!" Wil swore his last words as he was cast into the Vault sealing him in.

Walt collapsed on his knees from exhaustion, on top of his injury, and using a powerful spell, it took a lot out of him. Yen put Walt's arm around his shoulder and carried him through the doors and up the stairs.

Yen wanted to say something but didn't want to trouble Walt anything else.

The next morning, the castle was a buzz of rumors and gossip. Ever since last night news had traveled, like wildfire, and everyone was talking. However, Yen was pacing back and forth in front of Walt's castle room. When the doctor stepped out, Yen rushed over to him.

"Is he gonna be alright?" asked Yen in worry.

"He'll be fine, just a few minor bruises and exhaustion." said the doctor.

"He'll have a speedy recovery, but I do advise he take it easy for a few days."

"Can I see him?" Yen asked.

"Go ahead, just don't get too excited." replied the doctor as he finished packing his bags.

Yen thanked the doctor then knocked on the door. When he heard a "Come in." he made his way inside.

"How do you feel?" asked Yen as he took a seat next to the bed.

"A little sore, but otherwise alright," said Walt as he sipped his coffee.

"Listen Yen, I want to apologize to you, you shouldn't have seen that happen to your brother."

Yen sighed.

"As difficult as it was to witness, you did what you had to do, innocent lives were at risk. Although it will take some time to process. I and Wil had a long history, but it only took a few days for everything to fall apart."

Yen's head sank into his hands to hide the tears that went down his face. Walt laid a hand on his shoulder.

"Some hearts can be easily led astray. Ambitions and desires can become twisted into something evil. What Wil did was of his own doing. I wish it didn't happen, but there was no other choice."

Yen dried his face and nodded.

"listen Yen, I want to talk about some things concerning the future. After last night's events, I took some time to think things over."

"What do you mean sir," asked Yen.

"How would you feel about taking on an apprentice?"

Yen was shocked.

"Me!?"

"Of course!" said Walt as he chuckled.

Yen stood up and walked around the room.

"This is all so sudden."

"I understand it's a lot to take in, but if you don't thin-"

"I'll do it!" said Yen.

"Are you sure?" asked Walt.

"You wouldn't have asked me if you thought I wasn't ready," Yen said with a smirk.

"It will take some time to get used to, but I will do my best."

Walt smiled.

"Very well Yen, take some time to rest and prepare, tomorrow we will talk more about this."

"Yes sir!" said Yen as he made his way to the door.

As he was just about to open the door and leave, Walt called to him.

"One more thing Yen, what name do you have for your first apprentice?"

Yen thought up a whole bunch of names, but one particular name stuck out over the rest. Satisfied with his choice, he turned back to Walt with a proud confident smile on his face.

"Zen."

END OF CHAPTER 15

A/N

Wow, this has to be the biggest chapter I wrote for the story, but I figured you all deserved it for all the waiting. Sorry for making you all wait long, but it was a very busy semester for me, I had some trouble with one of my professors and it drove me kind of crazy. I am taking summer classes, so stay with me. Anyway, I want to wrap up this part of the story asap so I can get to the good stuff, but I'm trying to balance it out so it doesn't seem like a bunch of filler content or a short lazy chapter. I touched a lot on the character of Wil because he will play a much bigger role in the coming times. Of course, it may not seem too original, but that is almost impossible nowadays. I hope this will be worth the wait and will tie you over long enough until the next chapter. I think at this point, I don't need to remind you of the whole process of letting me know some things, but please do so. Tell me what you think in the reviews and I hope you guys can get out and enjoy your summer!

Note: I only retain ownership of Zen, Wil, and the elements in this story. All other properties belong to Disney.