Sofia the First-
Disclaimer: I do not own Sofia the First, but I do own Evelyn, who is supposed be Sofia younger twin sister.
Just letting you all know that some of the characters from the show may be acting a bit differently then what they should, but they are going to be like this for the story, so please just go along with the idea. They may go back to normal in a few chapters later.
I made some grammatical updates to this chapter.
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Chapter 2: The Curse Cure Part 1
I sighed as I looked out to the window to the Thornvine Forrest. It was what it exactly meant. The forrest was filled with thornvines. I was lost in thought, so I was startled with I head a soft knock on the door. I suppose that by now it was something new, as Galacie and that man wouldn't be knocking, rather barging into the room whenever they pleased. I rose from the window to find Mother, Sofia, King Roland, Princess Amber, Prince James, Baileywick and Cedric ad the door. I stepped aside and let them in.
"Evelyn," Sofia's voice was the first thing that I heard as soon as she entered the room. She was the last one to enter. The room was filled with dread and an eerie silence that almost made the room very uncomfortable. IT seemed like everyone was drowning in their own negative feelings, and it didn't help that I basically threw myself to the enemy to keep Sofia safe.
"Sofia," I responded as I looked over to her. Her face was still pale, but she was able to stand up right and not topple over due to the Ice-Curse that man had placed on her. I sighed as I looked at them all. Finally seeing the fear and worry over their kingdom—and their own lives. It didn't matter what I had to say, because I chose that man, but I knew that I would never help him, unless he had complete control over me. That man, even though he had despised me over the years seemed to be content that he had won me over, believing that I would roll over and play dead for him, even though I wanted nothing more than to run to my mother, who stood Infront of me.
"Evelyn, we need to know what youwill do once that crystal is removed from your neck," the King asked looking at me. His short blonde hair disheveled and his golden honey brown color eyes shown concern, concern for the family he had come to love and grown with, his long-time friend, and a some-what blundering sorcerer that had being following simple orders from the littlest princess, because Princess Sofia was his one and only friend that he knew to rely on.
"I will be able to overpower him, although there is a price that I will gladly pay to do so. I do not care about me getting out of this place, because this is the ending that I know that will stop that man from taking over any kingdoms," I said. "There is a potion, if you will allow me to brew; it will keep Sofia safe from the aftereffects of my part of the curse. This is why Sofia is still weak; she needs that potion and the only way for her to survive."
"But-but… This isn't how this was supposed to end! You were supposed to get your happy ending!" Sofia cried. "I was supposed to help you get freed from this-this…"
"Hell?" I said looking at my sister, the tears running down her face broke my heart. "I have no choice. I knew from the moment that all of you had wind up in that cell, that I must do want I needed to do to insure all of you your freedom… Please don't cry Sofia… I did get something in return. I got to see you and mom, and your family. Those who you call friends and family. And I know that you will do great things. So, don't cry, it is not good to get upset for my fate. And if I do survive, then it will because of your faith in me. If I do survive, I will be able to bring order back to Magicia."
Sofia cried as she ran over to me to cry in harder. The sound broken my heart even more. Mom had held the two of us close to her as she too cried. I know that it is hard, but it has to be done. I sighed as I pulled away from them. I turned to look at the King; he looked like he had eaten something sour by the way he had looked.
"Thank you, for giving my mother and sister a new life with you, your majesty," I said as I bowed to him. "But as a King you must know what must be done for your Kingdom and what is best for your people…" I had trailed off trying to think of a way to explain my situation to him, so that he could help my mother and sister the best that he can. He nodded as he looked at his wife, and the youngest Princess of Enchancia.
"Miranda, Sofia…" he said trying to consul the grieving mother and sister. He had placed a gentle hand on their backs and then he looked back at me. "The look on Evelyn's face, it does not seem like it is a sad face. I think that this is harder on her more so than it will be on the two of you. Just look at the girl—no young woman that is standing in front of us, she is willing to do this for us, the people she barely knows to help us, I don't think that this will be a goodbye, but merely a time where we will say see you again. If she is cursed, then there must be something that the Fairies might be able to do…"
"No one in this world will know, unless mother still has the book that she read to us, to Sofia and me, when we were children. There is a potion in there, but the one ingredient is so rare that not even the most train potion master would know how to brew it…" I blurted out without thinking.
"Are you talking about Magicia Poems?" Mother asked as she looked at me. I nodded my head.
"Three to five, once the petal falls, the enteral fire turns to ice, the last one falls as the ice-fire disperse…" I said reciting the very poem that holds the ingredient that she holds. Mother's face scrunched in confusion.
"I don't remember reading that one…" she said quietly thinking back to the time when she read the book to us. The book was worn and old, it had been bound by leather and pages were worn and torn at places, but the ink seemed to be enchanted to never fade in any weather.
"You didn't, but that is important to know-" a knock came quickly as the door opened to have Galaice appear in the doorway.
"I thought that you would be coming up with a plan to overthrow the Master…" a quick glare from me had him backing away slightly. "You are all bark and no bite, child. That glare might have gotten me unguarded, but you must know your place, girl…"
"No, you must know yourplace! If I do recall, I am the daughter yourmaster…" I hissed. "And if I recall, I am very well-rehearsed in spells that can turn you into hisnext meal…" He backed away almost seeing the anger in me boil. I took a deep breath. Getting my emotions worked up is not going to help me at all.
"I am sorry, I didn't mean to... I am… I just…" I couldn't get the words out on what I was feeling—no what was happening to me at that moment.
"Evelyn…" I felt someone move to pull me close to them. I then felt something fall from my neck and clattered against the floor. I soon felt someone wiped my face. "Don't worry; you will have to face that monster alone." The voice became strong.
"Do you have access to potion ingredients? I might be able to start the potion…"
"That is the first ingredient, that rare plant… If Mom does not have that book, then we don't have a chance to stop my curse…"
"I do have the book…" This piqued my interest. "But I don't know where our things went when we came here…" This sunk deep as I felt like a knife plummet into my heart.
"He could have burned the book or hid it in his chambers…" I was pacing trying to think of where the book could have gone. "I need a pen and paper. I will write the potion down and the instructions. But the rare ingredient I would not know where to look for it…
As I wrote down the ingredients and the directions before it burst into flames… My face was in shocked, turned thinking that the man was at the doorway, but he wasn't. I turned to pull another paper only for that to burn up once more.
"Everything alright?" the royal sorcerer asked as he saw that I was becoming frustrated with the flames that were coming from my fingers.
Where were they coming from?I thought as I put my hands down on the wooden desk only to have the smell of burning wood. I jumped back.
"No, my hands are either burning or turning something in flames. This is not good…" I spoke.
"What do…?" The words fell flat when the door slammed open. The crystal was always hidden under my dress, was now hidden in my mother hands. The wand that was pointed towards Cedric, now pointed towards Sofia and the other occupants of the room.
"Evelyn… what are you planning?" the man stood high and mighty. I remember those times, where he would cast a spell that caused me to follow his ever order until I final overcame the spell because of how I had worked hard to become strong magically wise, but my fear had overwhelmed me even more right now then anything and I had started to chew my lip to figure out what I must do. The royal sorcerer was frozen, and the over whelming sense of fear looming over my head, it was so strong that I believed that majority of the fear was from Princess Amber.
But there was only a small piece of hope, that was strong, something that I was not expecting from the group. Maybe it wasn't from the group, but from me. Hope that I knew that I must take the final stand. With all of my might, I stood with my head high and looked at the man with defiance, something that was long beaten out of me from the years of torture and other things that came to me. I quickly grabbed the wand from Cedric's hand and cast a spell that had force the door to close sharply on the man, his face had shown his shocked and then anger. I quickly cast a spell to undo the spell that was placed on Cedric.
"Quickly grabbed the pen and paper and write down in this order. Ice Crystalis, take the petals from the flower and grind them up one at a time, and placed them in the cauldron with Lily extract. 7 is the least that you want to put in, but I would put in 9 drops for the potion to become stronger. Put 5 ounces of Mint with the extract of the peaches, any more would make you start all over again. So, you need to make sure that you do not go over the 5 ounces for each separately. Then when the color changes from lilac to ruby red, stir until the potion begin to bubble, start off with light heat and then work your way to medium heat. Then you are going to need the stem of the Ice Crytalis to freeze the potion, leave that sit for a few minutes, and pull out the stems. Sofia, she would need the stems to be brewed into a tea, that will heal her from the curse. The potion itself needs to thaw out. When the potion does, you have to place a statis spell so that the potion will not become bad. The Ice Crystalis is a power ingredient, but it will turn the potion bad if left unattended…" I said as the door began to push back with the weight of the man against the other side of the door. I had used my ice powers to force the door from not bugging, but it will give way at any time.
"Got it, but…"
"Ice Crystalis, they are rare flowers that blooms, from what I remember are through another world. The world known as Magicia, the kingdom is supposedly worlds that are filled with demons, and other dark creatures come from. The portals open once a season, for a few days. The book on the top of that shelf I nodded to the bookcase behind him. "It has a map to where the portals will open. You only have a few days to do this." The door started to crack. The power and strength of that man had; I was struggling to keep the door close. "Go through the window… It is never locked nor is it spelled to stay locked." They all looked conflicted with what they are being told. They disappeared from my vision as the door swung open. I felt happy and a bit at peace knowing that they had escaped the monsters in the small cottage.
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That is the end of the 2nd chapter! Please feedback is welcome!