Sophia's Story
A Disney crossover by talking2myself
DISCLAIMER: I do not own any recognizable Disney characters. All original characters are my own creations.
CHAPTER 7. Escape
Sophia's head popped up from the floor of the throne room just as two guards entered, staring at her in confusion. "Miss Sophia?" one of them asked.
Sophia didn't say anything. She clutched Doli's jar to her chest and raced out the door, her worn shoes sliding against the shiny marble floors. The guards watched her in confusion when Nathaniel emerged, huffing and puffing. "Don't… don't just stand there…" he bellowed at the guards. "Go get her!" The guards exchanged confused looks before tearing off in the opposition direction.
Sophia tore down the long hallways as fast as she could. She could hear the guards calling her name and that only made her run faster. She glanced back over her shoulder making sure the guards weren't there before she turned a sharp corner.
Narissa's sneering face glared at her. Sophia let out a sharp yelp of fright and nearly dropped the jar. "SHHH!" Doli hissed wildly. "Hush up girlie!"
Sophia slapped a hand across her mouth. Her heart pounding wildly in her chest. She stared at Narissa's unmoving face and slowly came to the realization that she was not staring at Narissa herself. It was a white moving statue of the queen, one of many that dotted the hallways of the palace. Still keeping her hand over mouth, Sophia flung herself against the wall and stood there silently. She could hear the guards clambering through the halls, calling her name. "You know if you let me out I could get us both out of here," Doli wheedled. Sophia scowled at him.
"Yeah, nice try, pixie," she snapped. Doli snapped his fingers.
Nervously, Sophia peered around the corner. She could see the two guards and Nathaniel standing in the hallway. They looked around. "This way!" one of them yelled and they tore off in the opposite direction. Sophia let out a relieved sigh and slowly backed away from the corner. She shuffled backwards keeping her back pressed against the wall, carefully watching the hallway. She kept backing up until she felt herself crash into something.
At first, she thought it was another statue, but then the lips parted and spoke. "Well, well, well," Narissa said coldly. "What do we have here?"
Sophia screamed and jumped backwards. Narissa had stepped out of a door at the opposite end of the hallway that Sophia had not even noticed. The queen loomed over her, glaring at the pixie in the jar.
"Run girlie run!" Doli shrieked banging against the side of the glass.
Narissa suddenly raised her hand, a dark flaming ball of energy hovering above her palm. Sophia let out a squeak and threw herself to the floor. The flame singed one of Sophia's loose curls as narrowly flew over her head. The jar slipped from her grip and rolled wildly down the hallway. She could hear Doli yelp as he rolled head over tea kettle in the jar. "Doli!" Sophia cried. She scrambled to her feet and tried to chase after her. She glanced over her shoulder to see Narissa readying a second blast. Sophia glanced around wildly, looking for something she could use as a shield. Without thinking, she yanked a square mirror from the wall and braced herself as the magical blast hurtled towards her. Surprisingly, the blast ricocheted off the mirror and flung back towards Narissa.
Narissa let out a yelp of surprise as she was knocked flat by the blast. Sophia took advantage of the moment. She dropped the now shattered mirror to the ground and scrambled after the jar. The jar had settled in a corner and was still spinning, miraculously unbroken. Doli was looking a bit green and dizzy from all the spinning, but he seemed otherwise unhurt. She scooped up the jar and looked back. Narissa was prone on the floor. She glared at her fiercely and struggled to pull herself to her feet. Another blast appeared at the tips of her fingertips. Sophia ducked around the corner just in time to dodge another blast as it exploded against the wall.
"You okay Doli?" Sophia murmured.
"UGH! My aching…"
"Good!" Sophia cut him off. She made it into the main foyer and skidded to a halt. Nathaniel and the guards appeared at the opposite end of the hall. "Get her! Get her! Get her!" Nathaniel roared. The guards sprang forwards. She could hear Narissa screaming curses at her. "Sorry about this Doli," she apologized.
"Oh no! Not again!" Doli groaned. Sophia rolled the jar out of the way before she dove to the side. The firey blast flew past her, heading towards Nathaniel. Nathaniel's eyes widened as he the guards scrambled out of the way. Sophia snatched Doli's jar off the ground and burst through the doors. She tore down the steps with the jar tucked under her arm. Her tiara was lopsided on her head, the swirling skirts of her gown tangling around her legs as she ran.
"Run faster! Run faster!" Doli ordered.
"Shut up!" Sophia snapped. She cupped a hand around her mouth and struggled to draw a deep breath. "Ahaha ahaha ahaha!" she sang out as loudly as she could with her winded voice.
"Now is not the time for a singalong girlie!" Doli snapped.
At that moment, she could hear an answering call. Ahaha! Ahaha! Ahaha!
Out of nowhere, a swarm of forest creatures raced towards the castle lawn and not a moment too soon. Looking slightly singed, Narissa and Nathaniel appeared at the steps furiously staring at them with the two guards close behind.
Giselle's relationship with the woodland creatures was probably the strongest of the two, but they also had a love for Sophia as well. They quickly saw that Sophia was in trouble and swooped in to help. The birds dove down, scooping up rocks and dropping them down on Narissa and Nathaniel and pecking at their clothing. Squirrels pelted them with twigs and acorns. A deer galloped to Sophia's side. She scrambled aboard the deer's back and clung to his neck as the deer. "Pip? Pip?" Sophia cried looking around hopefully. But it was no good. There was no sign of him.
"Friends of yours?!" Doli cried in shock.
"SOPHIA!" Narissa bellowed in between yelps of pain. The queen's eyes were blazing with fury. Her hair was loose, her dress was in shreds. She flinched as the birds dropped another round of rocks over her. "I WILL FIND YOU! YOU MISERABLE GIRL!"
Sophia felt her stomach sink, but Doli grinned and blew a raspberry at the figures before they vanished into the forest.
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They kept running as long as the deer had energy. By the time Sophia finally slipped down from the deer's back wearily. Sophia sadly looked down at the beautiful dress that her sister had made her. She had only owned it for a few days. It was already ripped and burned from her escape. Sophia swallowed hard and struggled to fight back tears. She knew if she allowed herself to burst into tears she wouldn't stop. Instead, Sophia gingerly adjusted the elegant tiara so it was straight on her head and drew a steadying breath.
"Hey! Hey! Are you listening to me?"
Sophia snapped out of her exhausted fog and realized that Doli was struggling to get her attention. She held up the jar so she was face to face with the annoyed little pixie. "I'm sorry," she said wiping her eyes with the back of her wrist. "What was that, Doli?"
Doli rolled his eyes. "I SAID, WILL YOU LET ME OUT ALREADY?!"
Sophia scowled. "The deal is I will let you out when you take me to the fair folk."
"Oh come on!" Doli groaned.
"How do I know you won't vanish as soon as I open the jar?" Sophia snapped.
"Hmmph," Doli grumbled before flopping back onto his haunches.
"You should be more grateful," Sophia scolded. "I got you out of the palace didn't I?"
"Oh yes!" Doli said sarcastically. "My almighty savior! Thank you for freeing me from ONE prison!" He gave a melodramatic curtsey. Sophia glared at him and gave the jar a vicious shake. "Alright! Alright! Alright!" Doli cried. Sophia stopped and he glared up at her. "Can't you take a joke?!"
"Never had much of a sense of humor," Sophia said drily. "Now if you don't mind. Where are we going?"
"Hmm," Doli said thoughtfully looking around. "Where are we exactly?"
"In the enchanted forest," Sophia said. "Andalasia." She added thoughtfully.
"Ah. Right then," he said. "We need to find a stream."
"A stream?" Sophia asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Yup. Uh huh. A stream," he said.
Sophia stared at him quizzically, expecting more. "Why?" she asked again when no more information was forthcoming.
"Because it will lead us to the fair folk," Doli said as though he were explaining a simple math problem to a particularly slow student. He rolled his eyes.
"Okay…" Sophia said. "Any stream in particular?"
"No, any one will do," he said. "They all lead to the same place in the enchanted forest. I just put in a whirlpool, but I should be able to get us past it."
"Whirlpool?" she cried.
"It's our… security system," Doli explained. Sophia looked anxious. "Don't worry I can get past it. I designed it after all! Now come on. Quit standing around! Let's get this show on the road! We don't want to stand here waiting for Narissa to catch up with us."
Narissa.
Sophia's stomach dropped at the thought. The full impact of her actions hit her hard. Her own monarch had just tried to kill her. She couldn't return to the kingdom now. She would sick the guards on her immediately, that is if she didn't just blast her to bits herself.
A new terrible thought entered her mind. Giselle had vanished. Edward tried to find her and he was gone too. Did Narissa kill them?
No! The word came into her mind immediately. She couldn't believe that. Besides, Narissa had been with her and Edward for most of the day. When would she have the time to kill them? Sophia felt that somehow she would know if Giselle was gone.
Sophia shook her head wildly, shoving the thought from her mind. "Are you okay?" Doli was staring up at her. He actually sounded a bit concerned this time.
"Yeah," Sophia said. "I'm just having a rough couple of weeks."
"You've been having a rough week?!" Doli snapped. "You're not trapped in a jar."
Sophia scowled at him. "No, I just had my home destroyed by a troll, my sister disappeared, everyone who was capable of helping me vanished and now I'm on the run from an evil queen who wants to kill me!"
Doli stared at her for a few moments before he held up his hands. "Okay you win. Now let's go find a stream shall we?"
"Fine," she snapped. Sophia wobbled to her feet and slowly made her way through the forest, listening carefully for the sounds of running water.