Chapter Eight: True Love Conquers All

At the sky, Emily flew as fast as she could as she panted hardly. Once she saw the castle, she immediately flew to the window to see what was going on. When she peeped, she saw a woman that looked like her, hugging Caitlin as her true love was about to make an announcement. Emily gasped in horror as she now understands Diesel's plan. There, she watched the scene as Caitlin shouted while her mother cried in joy, "Kings and queens… Ladies and gentlemen… Mother! I have an announcement to make! Today I have found my bride!"

When she heard that, Emily gasped as she tapped the window to try and get Caitlin's attention by saying it was a trick. However, her attempts to get Caitlin's attention were proven no such luck, she flew to every window in hopes that Caitlin would spot her. While doing so, "Emily" saw the swan and she knew who it was. There, she tried to make Caitlin focused on her rather than the crowd in case she spotted the swan.

As Emily tried everything to get to Caitlin from going to the basement door, which was locked to the pipe which was blocked by bars. Emily began to panic as she hoped that Caitlin didn't make a vow. So, she went back to the window she as before as she heard Caitlin said, "I present her to you as the future queen of our fair kingdom. And as proof of my love for her, I make a vow to break all vows, a vow stronger than all the powers of the earth, before you and before the whole world, I make a vow of everlasting love…"

"Caitlin!", Emily cried as she hoped that Caitlin would hear her.

However, Caitlin didn't hear Emily's cry as she then finished her vow by saying, "To Emily."

With that, Emily fell to the ground slowly as she felt her heartache while crying out the top of her lungs, "No!"

While Emily like she was dying, the crowd cheered for Caitlin and "Emily" as Queen Lillian shed tears of joy. However, their happiness was short-lived when all the windows opened violently from the harsh window as thunders began to roar. Everyone cried as they felt scared and that they didn't know what was going on. When Caitlin, "Emily", Queen Lillian, Spencer, Philp, and the crowd looked at the door as they saw a man with jet black hair, onyx eyes, and very fair skin, entered as he sang with a chuckle, "No more Mr. Nice Guy, no siree!"

Caitlin growled from seeing this man as Diesel greeted her, "Hello, little princess."

"Who are you?", Caitlin demanded as she wanted an answer.

Diesel smirked as he asked, "Went and pledged your love to another, eh?"

Caitlin was confused by that comment as she said as she pointed at "Emily", "What are you talking about? This is Emily!"

"No, little princess.", said Diesel evilly as he held his fist tightly like as if he was squeezing a poor little mouse to death, "Emily is mine!"

Caitlin's eyes went wide as she realised that the person that she was confronted with was the one who cast the spell on Emily. With that, she narrowed her eyes as she shouted, "It's you! You have no power here! I made a vow… a vow of everlasting love!"

Diesel laughed crazily when he heard that from Caitlin as he shouted, "Oh, you made a vow! You made a vow, all right! A vow of everlasting death!"

With that, he used his dark magic as he blasted at "Emily", which caused her to collapse on the ground hard. Everyone gasped in horror as Caitlin cried as she ran to her aid, "No! Emily!"

When she arrived to help, instead of seeing "Emily", she saw Mavis as she chuckled as she said, "Want to dance again?"

Caitlin's eyes went wide as her jaw dropped in horror. She couldn't believe that she was being tricked this whole time. With that, she turned her head back to Diesel as she growled. Diesel was amused to see the princess's rage as he said, "You should have left her to me. Now Emily will die."

With that, Emily turned her head to the window to see Emily as a swan, flying away weakly. She cried out for her name, but Emily was far away at that point as she panted heavily as her chest began to ache. Caitlin wasted no time as she hopped onto her hose as she went after the dying swan. While she chased after her, Diesel's voice echoed and he teased the princess, "She's fading fast, little princess."

"No!", cried Caitlin as her horse began to rear up in fear.

Back at the Swan Lake, Diesel's evil laughed echoed as the trio's eyes went wide as they knew that something was wrong, and that Emily must be in danger. They all looked at the sky with massive concern as Duck said, "Oh no! Something has gone wrong!"

At the sky, Emily panted as she felt like she was going to faint, despite being closer to Swan Lake. While she flew, Caitlin rode on her horse as fast as possible as Diesel's voice then said, "If you hurry, little princess, I'll let you see her one last time."

With that, Caitlin told her horse to go fast as she needed to get to Emily as fast as possible so she can save her from the evil enchanter. The horse obeyed as they rode towards Swan Lake as Caitlin saw Emily's flight began to go slower and slower as she flew crookedly and ungracefully.

Meanwhile, inside the watery dungeon, Henry heard the evil laugh as he gasped in shock. He knew that something was wrong, and he knew that Caitlin needed his help. So, he swam into the water with his bow and arrows as he spotted a giant hole. There, he didn't waste any moment as he swam to the hole and managed to escape.

Back at the Swan Lake, Emily got closer and closer as she felt very weak with her chest aching. The trio spotted her as Percy shouted, "There she is!"

However, when they saw that Emily was dying slowly, Toby covered his mouth in horror as he said with massive concern, "I don't think she's going to make it."

"Over here, Emily! Over here!", cried Percy as he hopped multiple times to gain Emily's attention.

"Oh, keep coming, girl… Come on now!", cried Duck as they saw Emily passed them as she landed near the edge of the lake.

The trio went after her, and to their shock, they saw Emily unconscious as laid on the ground peacefully as she turned back into her human form. What the trio didn't know was that Caitlin got to Swan Lake as she searched for Emily. As she looked around, she saw a frog, a tortoise, and a puffin looking upset as she then spotted Emily on the ground, unresponsive. Caitlin's eyes went wide as she gasped, "E-Emily!"

There, she ran to her aid as she picked her up. With that, she hugged her close as she began to cry, "Oh, what have I done to you? Forgive me, Emily… forgive me."

As she sobbed, she heard Emily moaned as she opened her emerald green eyes weakly as she gasped quietly, "C-Caitlin."

"Yes, Emily!", Caitlin cried with a smile as tears escaped from her eyes as she thought Emily was alright, "I'm here!"

However, that wasn't the case as Emily said weakly, "Caitlin… I feel so weak. I think… I'm going to..."

"No! You'll live, Emily. The vow I made was for you.", Caitlin cried as she hugged her even tighter.

Emily looked at her with a weak smile as she said, "I know that Caitlin."

With that, Emily placed her right hand on Caitlin's cheek as she whispered, "I love you, Caitlin."

After that, Emily closed her eyes as she fell to the ground softly as Caitlin gasped in horror, "Emily… Emily. Emily!"

There, Caitlin placed Emily down gently as she looked at the sky with her fist clenched as she tried to hold her tears back as she shouted, "I made the vow for her. Do you hear? The vow I made was for her!"

As she cried, Diesel arrived at the scene as he chuckled, "No need to shout."

When Caitlin heard his voice, she turned her head as she shouted, "Don't let her die!"

"Is that a threat?", asked Diesel with a smug face as he raised one eyebrow.

There, Caitlin ran to him as she grabbed his shirt as she then shouted at him even louder, "Don't you dare let her die!"

"Oh, it is a threat.", Diesel teased as he chuckled to his amusement.

Caitlin growled with her eyes narrowed as she demanded, "You're the only one with the power. Now do it!"

With that, Diesel pushed her to the ground as he shouted with his onyx eyes glowed, "I will allow Emily to live if you can defeat… me!"

There, Diesel's hands began to glow bright orange, making electric noise that was very loud. With that, he slammed his dark magic to the ground, and as a result, he turned into a huge bat like creature with glowing red eyes and enormous wings. The creature roared right in front of Caitlin.

Caitlin gasped with wide eyes as she said, "The Great Animal."

The Great Animal roared again as he was about to charge at Caitlin. Toby, Percy, and Duck gasped in horror from witnessing the transformation as Percy cried, "He's so huge and scary!"

"No! I won't let her die!", shouted Caitlin as she charged at the Great Animal with her sword as she cried in anger.

There, she went after the Great Animal as she threw the sword at him, which gave him a cut on his right-wing. The Great Animal roared in agony as he looked at Caitlin with a snarl before he grinned as he flew to the sky. Caitlin went to get the sword as she waited for the Great Animal to show up. However, after a few moments went by, the Great Animal came out of nowhere as he grabbed her sword with his mouth. There, he crushed it to pieces as Caitlin was horrified by it, Then, the Great Animal tackled her to the ground, but luckily, Caitlin found a rock and jabbed at his left foot. The Great Animal roared in pain as he grabbed her arms by his feet and flew around as she struggled to free herself.

As the Great Animal was causing harm to the princess, Duck gasped as he remembered something. He remembered that Caitlin's bow was in the lake. When he said that, Percy told them that he will go for it without any hesitation. There, he dove into the lake to fetch the bow. He found the bow, but it was too heavy for him to pick it up. Luckily, Toby joined in, and together, the two got out of the lake as Percy dragged the bow.

While Caitlin was tossed around by the Great Animal, she was knocked by the tree behind her back as she fell to the ground hard, which knocked her out. The trio gasped as the Great Animal was getting closer to her. With that, Percy hopped as fast as he could to the princess with the bow and when he got to her, he shook her head to wake her up as he looked at the Great Animal with pure fear.

When Caitlin got up, Percy hopped away as she spotted her bow. She grabbed it, but then she realised that she didn't have any arrows. However, before the Great Animal could get her, she heard a voice. She turned her head to see Henry with a bow and arrow, ready to pass the arrow to her. There, he shot the arrow as Caitlin grabbed it quickly. With that, she shot the arrow at the Great Animal, which struck him in the heart. The Great Animal roared in pain as he fell to his demise to the lake beneath him. When he landed in the lake, he vanished in thin air as he was no more.

Once the Great Animal was defeated, Henry fainted from witnessing the whole ordeal while the trio cheered in triumph as Diesel was gone for good. However, their celebration was cut short when they saw Caitlin with Emily as she sobbed hardly, "Forgive me, Emily… forgive me. I only wanted to break the spell, to prove my love. I love you for your kindness, your intelligence, and courage, I always have."

With that, she kissed her lips as she began to cry. However, what she didn't expect was Emily to open her beautiful emerald green eyes as she moaned, "C-Caitlin?", she asked.

"Emily!", gasped Caitlin as tears stopped flowing from her magenta eyes.

"Oh, Caitlin!", cried Emily as the two embraced each other as the spell was broken.

Six months later and Caitlin and Emily got married as they became the new queens. Everyone cheered for their new rulers as everything was peaceful once again. Queen Lillian was so proud of her daughter and her daughter-in-law as Spencer and Henry smiled at the new couple. Mavis, however, redeemed herself and became a lady in waiting for the new queens. For the trio, Duck decided to train some animals to become a brave soldier, Toby was happy to be who he was while remaining as Emily's best friend, and as for Percy, he went back to his family as Emily told everything about his heroic act. His parents were proud of him and he was given a badge from Emily as an honour award for his bravery and heroic action. Percy missed his family very much, but when his frog clan asked him to come back, Percy shook his head as he wanted to stay with Emily. The frog clan understood and allowed him to visit them at any time. Emily and Caitlin knew that their love lived far longer than forever. There, Emily, Caitlin, Duck, Toby, Percy, and everyone else lived happily ever after. The end.

AUTHOR'S NOTE: This is my third fairy-tale AU for the TTTE as I love fairy tales. This one from the movie, "The Swan Princess", which is not a Disney movie, despite one of the producers used to work with Disney. My friends on Twitter had suggested me to do it when I was stuck on the decision between "Aladdin" and "The Swan Princess". I'm glad I made it and this one starred Emily as Odette and Caitlin as Derek.

This fanfiction was also the third prize as the third prize was to have their OC/Sona appeared in the fanfiction. The winner for that prize goes to a user named… GreatNorthernN2Studios, who's a fantastic user. He wanted his Sona named David, to be used and it was.

Anyways... I hope you guys enjoyed it and I hope you love it, GreatNorthernN2Studios!