Once Upon a Time in Enchancia
Welcome to Chapter 4 of "Once Upon a Time in Enchancia". Song in this chapter: a modified version of "The Greatest Show" from "The Greatest Showman".
Chapter 4: A Weekend in October
October 5, 1867
It was a Saturday morning in Dunwitty. Lucinda walked up to the house where she had lived before she lost her birth parents and was then adopted by King Roland and Queen Miranda. Lucinda took a few moments to look at the house, then she walked up the front stairs and knocked on the door. A woman wearing a witches' outfit answered the door.
"Ah! Princess Lucinda! What a wonderful surprise!" the woman said as she greeted Lucinda. "Please, come in."
"Thank you, Mrs. Vanoor," Lucinda replied as she walked through the door. "How are you, your husband, and your daughter settling in?"
"Very nicely," Mrs. Vanoor answered. "It's a lovely home. Thank you for selling it to us."
"My pleasure," Lucinda said smiling. "And how are you settling into Dunwitty?"
"It's a nice village," Mrs. Vanoor replied. "The people here are so very nice, and they've made us feel right at home."
"That's nice to hear, Mrs. Vanoor," Lucinda happily commented.
At that point, a well dressed man walked into the room.
"Do we have a guest, Arabelle?" the man asked Mrs. Vanoor.
"Yes, Jerrick," Mrs. Vanoor answered. "It's Princess Lucinda come to see how we're settling in."
"Ah! Princess! It's nice to have you visit," Jerrick smiled at Lucinda.
"Nice to see you again, Mr. Vanoor," Lucinda responded.
Then, an eight-year-old girl, also wearing a witches' outfit, came into the room.
"Cayley, look who came to visit," Mrs. Vanoor said to the girl. "It's Princess Lucinda!"
"Welcome, Princess," Cayley said to Lucinda.
"Hello, Cayley," Lucinda replied. "Settling in okay?"
"Oh, yes!" Cayley answered. "And I've already made some friends here."
"Oh! That's wonderful, Cayley!" Lucinda responded, pleased.
"Cayley," Mr. Vanoor said in a gentle tone of voice. "How about you go out and play with your new friends?"
"Yes, Dad," Cayley acknowledged. "Nice seeing you, Princess Lucinda." Cayley then went out the front door of the house.
"Arabelle?" Mr. Vanoor asked Mrs. Vanoor. "Should we ask the Princess about what we were discussing earlier?"
Mrs. Vanoor nodded her head yes.
"Princess," Mr. Vanoor started. "Since I'm a warlock, and my wife is a witch, we are of course teaching our daughter how to use her magical abilities. However, we are also teaching her how to sometimes live without magic. We would like her to know what is it like to make friends, to have fun, to do the things that a regular little girl would do."
"I understand completely," Lucinda acknowledged. "As a witch myself, I'm a firm believer of balancing magic with a normal life, especially where children are involved."
"We were wondering, Princess?" Mrs. Vanoor started. "Are there any activities in Dunwitty in which Cayley could take part as any other girl could?"
"What does she like to do?" Lucinda asked.
"Cayley likes the outdoors very much," Mrs. Vanoor answered. "She also likes to learn new things. You should see her go through books - history, maps, even art. She also likes to build crafts with her own two hands, such as bird houses made out of sticks."
"I believe I know someplace where Cayley might fit it nicely," Lucinda smiled. "I think she would make a good Buttercup."
"Buttercup?" Mr. Vanoor asked.
"The Buttercups are a group of girls Cayley's age who, under the leadership of a woman, take nature walks, learn about various things, and make arts and crafts," Lucinda answered. "When I was Cayley's age, I was a Buttercup, and I enjoyed it very much."
"But would Cayley, being a young witch, be allowed in?" Mrs. Vanoor asked.
"Here is what happened with me," Lucinda started. "I wanted to be a Buttercup, so my birth parents and I saw Mrs. Hanshaw, the local troop leader. She was very nice and understanding, and when I told her I wanted to participate without using magic, that was good enough for her."
Lucinda then pulled out a small pen and small pad of paper. "I'm writing down Mrs. Hanshaw's address here in Dunwitty - she's still the local troop leader. Tell her what you told me, and I'm sure she'll let Cayley in. And please feel free to mention my name."
"Thank you, Princess," Mrs. Vanoor said as she took the information from Lucinda.
At that point, Cayley ran into the house with a smile.
"Mom! Dad!" Cayley exclaimed, happy and excited. "There's a show coming to Dunwitty tonight. It's going to have performing animals, magic acts, music, and dancing."
"Ah!" Lucinda smiled. "You're talking about the Dunwitty Spectacular. It's something that my friends Dorrie, Candice, and Calista have been planning. We went through so much pain with the illness this summer. This is a way of bringing some happiness back to Dunwitty."
"Can we go?" Cayley asked her parents, hopeful.
"I don't see why not?" Cayley's father smiled.
That night
At the fairgrounds in Dunwitty, it was early evening, and people were sitting on benches inside of a huge big top tent waiting for the beginning of the Dunwitty Spectacular. A huge cloud of fog suddenly appeared. Then, out of the fog, Dorrie stepped out wearing a red ring mistress outfit and a top hat as music filled the air.
(Chorus) "Whoa!"
(Dorrie) "Ladies and gents, this is the moment you've waited for."
(Chorus) "Whoa!"
(Dorrie) "Been searching in the dark, your sweat soaking through the floor."
(Chorus) "Whoa!"
(Dorrie) "And buried in your bones, there's an ache that you can't ignore. Taking your breath, stealing your mind. And all that was real is left behind."
Candice, and eleven-year-old Calista, then stepped out of the fog, with Candice wearing a blue ring mistress outfit and Calista wearing a green ring mistress outfit as they started dancing along in the fog. At that same moment, a now fifteen-year-old Jade appeared riding a prancing flying horse, and 22-year-old Danika appeared riding Mazzimo who was also prancing.
(Dorrie) "Don't fight it, it's coming for you running at you. It's only this moment, don't care what comes after. Your fever dream, can't you see it getting closer? Just surrender cause you feel the feeling taking over. It's fire, it's freedom, it's flooding open. It's the preacher in the pulpit and you find propulsion. There's something breaking at the brick of every wall that you know."
Then, the lights came on revealing a massive ensemble of performers behind Dorrie, Candice, Calista, Jade, and Danika as they all started singing together.
(Dorrie) "So tell me, do you wanna go?"
(All) "Where it's covered in all the colored lights. Where the runaways are running the night. Impossible comes true, it's taking over you (Oh! This is the greatest show!). We light it up, we won't come down. And the world can't stop us now. Watching it come true, it's taking over you. Oh! This is the greatest show!"
The ensemble of performers started dancing, while various circus acts took place in the background. In the air, Amber was swinging on a rope. Dorrie handed her top hat to an elephant, who in turn handed it to Amber, who then dropped the top hat to the performers below who passed it among themselves.
(Dorrie) "It's everything you ever want. It's everything you ever need. And it's here right in front of you. This is where you wanna be. It's everything you ever want. It's everything you ever need. And it's here right in front of you. This is where you wanna be."
(Candice) "This is where you wanna be."
(All) "When it's covered in all the colored lights. Where the runaways are running the night. Impossible comes true, it's taking over you. Oh, this is the greatest show. We light it up, we won't come down. And the world can't stop us now. Watching it come true, it's taking over you."
Dorrie and Candice then motioned Calista to come forward, as Amber swung down from the rope and stood next to Calista.
(Calista) "This is the greatest show!"
(Calista and Amber) "When it's covered in all the colored lights. Where the runaways are running the night. Impossible comes true, it's taking over you. Oh, this is the greatest show. We light it up, we won't come down. And the world can't stop us now. We're watching it come true, it's taking over you. Oh, this is the greatest show!"
(Calista and Amber) "'Cause everything you want is right in front of you. And you see the impossible is coming true. And the world can't stop us now. Yeah!"
(All) "This is the greatest show (Oh!). This is the greatest show!"
The audience got up onto its feet, and started applauding wildly for a long time. Off to the side, Dorrie and Candice were so very happy that the opening number was a huge success. At one point, tears of happiness formed in Dorrie and Candice's eyes. The two then walked up to Calista, Amber, and the group of performers.
"Thank you!" Dorrie exclaimed gratefully to the audience.
"Yes, thank you!" Candice added, excited.
"Candice, Calista, and I, as the royal magicians of Enchancia, want to welcome you to the Dunwitty Spectacular," Dorrie announced.
"Dorrie, Calista, and I, when approached by King Roland to put on a show that would lift everyone's spirits after the recent illness that hit Enchancia, came up with this," Candice added.
Calista then stepped forward. "We lost many good people when the illness struck. We remember them tonight. We also remember that in the end, we won against the illness. This is our night. Dunwitty wins. Enchancia wins. We all win!"
The audience cheered in approval.
"King Roland. Queen Miranda. Royal family. The people of Dunwitty. The people of Enchancia. We give you the Dunwitty Spectacular," Dorrie said as she opened the show. "Enjoy the wonderment."
The night was filled with spectacular entertainment. There were animal acts, magic acts, and acrobat performances. As the show was wrapping up, the Golden Wing Circus entertained the audience with a wonderful circus performance. It was a night that would be remembered for a very long time.
As King Roland and the royal family were starting to board their carriage, Sofia and Lucinda walked up to Dorrie and Candice.
"Dorrie, Candice," Sofia started. "That was a wonderful show."
"We all needed that," Lucinda smiled. "Thank you."
"You're very welcome," Dorrie smiled.
"In the morning, please meet Lucinda and me in the Secret Library," Sofia requested of Dorrie and Candice. "We have something to discuss with the two of you."
"Alright," Candice agreed, a bit puzzled.
October 6, 1867
That morning, in the Secret Library, Dorrie and Candice stood waiting for Sofia and Lucinda to arrive. In a few minutes, Sofia and Lucinda appeared in a puff of smoke.
"Ah! Good! The two of you are here," Sofia smiled at Dorrie and Candice.
"What is this all about?" Dorrie inquired.
"Well, the truth is," Lucinda started, "the four of us have something in common. The four of us know The Doctor."
"You know about ... The Doctor?" Candice asked, taken off guard.
"I've known him for a while now," Lucinda revealed. "He showed up in Dunwitty yesterday, and I introduced Sofia to him."
Flashback:
It was early afternoon the previous day in Dunwitty. Sofia was walking down a street when she saw something she had not seen before - a tall blue box made out of wood. Sofia walked a little closer to get a better look. The box had two doors, with each door having six very small windows. Looking up at the top of the box, Sofia noticed there was some writing on the box.
"Police ... Box?" Sofia thought to herself. "What's a Police Box?"
At that point, Lucinda walked up to Sofia.
"Hello, Sofia!" Lucinda cheerfully said.
"Hello, Lucinda," Sofia answered. "Have you seen this?" Sofia asked as she pointed out the blue box.
"Ah!" Lucinda replied. "The Doctor's back!"
"The ... Doctor?" Sofia asked.
"He visits Enchancia every so often," Lucinda started. "He's a Time Lord, and that's his vessel - the Tardis."
"It doesn't look big enough to be a vessel," Sofia observed.
"Would you believe it's bigger on the inside than it is on the outside?" Lucinda asked Sofia.
"Your kidding, Lucinda? Right?" Sofia questioned.
"Nope," Lucinda replied with a smile.
At that point, a tall skinny man and a red haired woman approached.
"Ah!" the man said as he noticed Sofia and Lucinda. "Princesses."
"Who?" the red haired woman asked.
"Oh! My manners, Pond," the man started. "These are their Royal Highnesses, Princesses Lucinda and Sofia of Enchancia. The Princesses are also the Official Royal Sorceresses of Enchancia."
The man then looked at Sofia and Lucinda. "And this is my traveling companion, Amy Pond. And I'm The Doctor, although you, Lucinda, already knew that."
"Nice to see you again, Doctor," Lucinda responded. "It's been what? Two years?"
"More or less," The Doctor replied. "Had to drop by to get the Tardis recharged. All the magical energy that exists in Enchancia makes a great power source. And I see you're now a member of the royal family, Lucinda."
"Yes," Lucinda answered as she looked at Sofia."Sofia, The Doctor. Doctor, my sister Sofia."
"Nice to meet you, Sofia," The Doctor said.
"Same here," Sofia replied.
"Amy and I were just about to leave," The Doctor announced. "How would you two like to take a trip?"
"You'll love this, Sofia!" Lucinda said, excited.
"We do have to be at dinner at Ruby's house in a few hours," Sofia remarked.
"No problem!" Lucinda responded. "We can take a trip and come back just a few moments after we left!"
"That's absolutely right!" The Doctor said to Sofia.
"I've done this once before, Sofia," Lucinda added. "This is something you'll treasure forever."
"In that case, let's go for it!" Sofia agreed.
The Doctor and Amy walked into the Tardis, followed by Lucinda and Sofia.
"Oh, my!" Sofia said as she walked into the Tardis. "It is bigger on the inside ..."
Everybody inside the Tardis smiled.
The Tardis then vanished only to reappear a few moments later.
"It was a wonderful few weeks," Sofia said as she and Lucinda walked out of the Tardis. "Thank you, Doctor."
"Anytime, Princesses," The Doctor replied from inside the Tardis. The Tardis then vanished.
"That was enjoyable," Sofia commented to Lucinda. "And I had no idea there were inhabited worlds out there in space."
"I enjoyed it too," Lucinda replied.
End of flashback, and back to the present.
"Well, an earlier version of our Doctor," Dorrie remarked, impressed.
"An earlier version?" Lucinda asked.
"Amy Pond hasn't been a companion of our Doctor for a while now," Candice explained.
"Imagine my surprise when The Doctor said the two of you occasionally travel with him," Lucinda remarked to Dorrie and Candice.
"We've known The Doctor on and off for a while now," Candice confessed.
"What exactly did The Doctor tell you about us?" Dorrie asked Lucinda.
"That you got him out of a jam once," Lucinda answered. "And, as a result of that, yours and Candice's amulets allow you to fly the Tardis."
"Did The Doctor say anything else about us?" Candice asked.
"Not really," Sofia admitted.
"Thank God!" Dorrie thought to herself in relief. "Sofia and Lucinda don't know Mom is a Voyager, and that Candice and I know about it."
"Sofia and I just wanted to let you know that we all know The Doctor," Lucinda smiled at Dorrie and Candice. "That could come in handy at some point."
"Agreed," Dorrie acknowledged.
That afternoon
At Enchancia Castle, Dorrie and Candice were in the castle gardens. The royal family had opted to go on a Sunday carriage ride, and most of the servants had opted to spend the afternoon in the village. As Dorrie and Candice sat admiring the gardens, they heard a familiar whirling noise. They looked to their side to see The Doctor's Tardis materialize next to them. A tall skinny man walked out of the Tardis. It was Dorrie and Candice's Doctor.
"Doctor!" Dorrie and Candice exclaimed as they raced over to The Doctor, and the three hugged.
"It's wonderful to see you two again," The Doctor smiled. "And, I hear congratulations are in order."
"Congratulations?" Dorrie asked, puzzled.
"On the two of you becoming Auxiliary Voyagers," The Doctor revealed to Dorrie and Candice.
"About that," Dorrie started, "thank you for not telling Lucinda and Sofia about Mom being a Voyager, and that Candice and I know about Voyagers."
"Well, it's not time for Lucinda and Sofia to know," The Doctor responded. "We have to keep the time line in order."
Dorrie and Candice smiled in agreement.
"I do have a beef with the two of you, however," The Doctor said to Dorrie and Candice.
"Doctor?" Candice asked, worried.
"How come you never told me that Lady Diana didn't actually die, and is now a Voyager?" The Doctor asked Dorrie and Candice.
"Sorry, Doctor," Dorrie apologized. "It was privileged information."
"I understand," The Doctor acknowledged. "Rules, and all that."
"How did you find out about her?" Candice asked, curious.
"Thanks to that great galactic troublemaker, Q," The Doctor answered.
"Q?!" Dorrie exclaimed in disgust. "Now what did he do?!"
"He decided to crash Queen Victoria's pre-coronation party," The Doctor explained. "Voyager Command sent Diana and Tricia to investigate, I happened to be there as well, and that's how I found out."
"Wait a minute!" Candice exclaimed, remembering something. "Didn't you encounter an older Queen Victoria, with all that business involving werewolves?"
"Ah, yes," The Doctor admitted. "But that was during an earlier regeneration of mine where I looked completely different. Plus, with the younger Victoria, I used my John Smith alias. Everything worked out in the end, time line speaking."
"So, what happened with Q?" Dorrie asked, interested.
"He crashed the party," The Doctor started. "Luckily, he didn't reveal who he really was. But he changed his appearance, danced with Victoria, and got a little touchy feely if you know what I mean. He got escorted out, and that was that."
"So, Doctor?" Candice started. "Is it true they used tarrow candles at that party?"
"Oh, yes," The Doctor answered as he wrinkled his nose. "They dripped all over the place - on the carpets, on people's shoulders, in people's drinks."
"Lets just say it wasn't a shining moment and leave it at that," a woman's voice came from the Tardis. Dorrie and Candice recognized the voice.
From the Tardis stepped ... Diana, along with fourteen-year-old Tricia.
"Well, this is a surprise," Dorrie smiled.
"It was an opportunity too good to pass up," Diana smiled back. "Tricia and I could use a vacation from work."
"And, how often do people get invited to travel with The Doctor?" Tricia asked.
"Good point," Candice agreed.
"You do realize that now that the two of you are companions of The Doctor, you've got that whole U.N.I.T. hero worship thing going on now?" Dorrie pointed out to Diana and Tricia.
"Well, U.N.I.T. already knows about me and Tricia," Diana revealed. "Not as companions of The Doctor, but as Voyagers."
Flashback:
It was the year 2018 in London, England. Diana and Tricia had been brought by armed soldiers to a mysterious outpost located within the city. Diana beforehand had used a small device implanted inside of her to change her appearance, so her captors did not know who she really was. As Diana and Tricia stood there, surrounded by soldiers, a woman walked into the room.
"Good morning," the woman started. "Normally, we don't just snatch people off the street, but when the mysterious Juliet Baring shows up in our jurisdiction, it's an opportunity too good to pass up."
"Who are you?" Diana wanted to know.
"I'm Kate Stewart, Chief Scientific Officer, Unified Intelligence Taskforce," the woman introduced herself. "Excuse me, but your voice is familiar."
"I can assure you that we've never met before," Diana pointed out.
"And who's the girl?" Kate asked, looking at Tricia.
"My daughter, Tricia," Diana answered.
Kate dismissed all but two of the soldiers, then offered Diana and Tricia chairs to sit on.
"Lets be frank, shall we?" Kate said to Diana. "We have historical references about you going back hundreds of years. Now, you show up here in 2018. Are you some kind of time traveler?"
"I hope you realize how ridiculous that sounds?" Diana chuckled.
"Oh, you'd be surprised what we've encountered," Kate revealed. "This is an opportunity for us to find out more about you."
"We're just tourists," Diana explained.
"With strange pocket watch devices," Kate said as she produced Diana and Tricia's Omnis which the soldiers had confiscated. "Now who are you?"
"Mom," Tricia said to Diana, "what do you owe this time period?"
"So, you are time travelers!" Kate exclaimed. "Again, I ask - who are you?"
"What do we do now?" Tricia asked Diana, not knowing what to do.
"Well, in for a penny, in for a pound," Diana responded, before turning to Kate. "I'm not sure you're ready to know who I really am. And, what about your two soldiers here?"
"We know how to keep secrets, should the situation warrant it," Kate responded.
"Very well," Diana relented. "I suggest you sit down, however."
"I'll stand, thank you," Kate said as Diana stood up.
Diana concentrated, and her current appearance as a white woman with brown hair suddenly changed as Diana returned to her normal appearance. Kate gasped in shock. The two soldiers looked at each each other, dumbfounded, then saluted at Diana.
"My God!" Kate exclaimed, taken off guard. "Princess Diana?"
"You know I no longer go by that title," Diana pointed out.
"I don't care," Kate started. "You'll always be Princess Diana to me."
End of flashback, and back to the present.
"So, what happened next?" Dorrie wanted to know.
"I explained that Tricia and I were Voyagers," Diana answered. "I managed to swear U.N.I.T. to secrecy, and get our Omnis back, although a transcript of the interview is now in the U.N.I.T. Black Vault."
"Ah, yes," The Doctor remembered. "U.N.I.T.'s stash of ultra top secret information and artifacts. A little like Warehouse Ten here in Enchancia, only on a much smaller scale."
Dorrie and Candice nodded their heads in understanding.
"Where's everybody else?" Diana asked as she looked around.
"The royal family took a carriage ride, and most of the servants went into the village for the afternoon," Candice answered.
"Well then, since we're alone, I can reveal something to you," Diana started, looking at Dorrie and Candice. "You should know that Sofia and Lucinda will be receiving an invitation to become Voyagers when they turn seventeen. Their occasional trips with The Doctor will prepare them for that."
"Well, that's something to look forward to," Dorrie smiled.
"Also, at that time, I'll pop in and reveal to them who I really am," Diana added.
"Well, we've best be off," The Doctor said to Diana and Tricia, before turning to Dorrie and Candice. "The two of you are invited to come along. I can bring you back here just a few minutes after we leave."
"Sounds inviting," Candice said, interested. "Where are we going?"
"Barcelona," The Doctor responded.
"A trip to Spain sounds good," Dorrie remarked.
"Not the city," The Doctor corrected. "We're going to the planet Barcelona. A fun place with plenty to see and do. Coming?"
Dorrie and Candice nodded their heads yes as they, Diana, Tricia, and The Doctor walked into the Tardis. The Tardis door closed, and in a few seconds the Tardis dematerialized into thin air.
Meanwhile, in a forest in Enchancia, the snake looked upon a large house in the middle of the forest.
"That house contains a portal that leads to another dimension," the snake remarked to a group of Gloomies who were with him. "From what I've found out, that house is the property of the Sapphire Agency, who controls such portals in this dimension. If we could gain access to the portal in that house, we'd have a whole new dimension to exploit."
The snake motioned the Gloomies to follow him. In a few minutes, the snake and the Gloomies managed to enter the house, but were stopped by two men.
"Halt!" one of the men ordered the snake and the Gloomies as the man raised a wand.
"Who are you, and what do you want here?!" the other man asked as he, too, raised a wand.
"Attack them!" the snake ordered the Gloomies. Before the two men could respond, the Gloomies overwhelmed the two men, rendering the two men unconscious.
The snake and the Gloomies then went through the house, and soon came across a large room where a portal to the other dimension existed. The portal was in the form of a huge boulder which had a large hole in it.
"The portal!" the snake said in victory. The snake then tried to go through the portal, but was thrown back by a magical force. "They've put a magical spell on the portal to prevent unauthorized people from using it. No matter. I can defeat it."
The snake mustered up all his power, and managed to crash through the spell protecting the portal. In a few moments, the snake and the Gloomies found themselves in the other dimension. The snake, however, had exhausted himself crashing through the spell protecting the portal, and collapsed unconscious on the ground.
A few hours later, the snake woke up. He looked around to see he was in a countryside setting. The snake then slithered over to a nearby stream. As the snake looked at his reflection in the water, he noticed that he had changed color ... from black to purple.
"I've changed color!" the snake thought to himself, taken off guard. "Crashing through that spell must have done something to me."
The snake then felt his energy returning. After a short while, the snake discovered his energy was more powerful than it had ever been.
"There's something about this dimension that has increased my power level!" the snake boasted as the Gloomies appeared. "I'm going to like it here!"
(End of Chapter 4).
Behind the scenes
In this edition of "Behind the scenes", since the snake is now in the other dimension, I thought it would be interesting to see what has been, and will be, happening there.
September 14, 1867: The first volume of Das Kapital (later translated into English as Capital) is published by Karl Marx.
September 30, 1867: The United States takes control of Midway Island.
October 9, 1867: The Russians formally transfer Alaska to the United States. The United States had bought Alaska for $7.2 million in gold.
October 18, 1867: The rules for American football are formulated at a meeting in New York among delegates from Columbia, Rutgers, Princeton and Yale universities.
November 7, 1867: Marie Curie, Polish-born scientist, and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry and physics, is born.
November 9, 1867: The last shōgun of Japan, Tokugawa Yoshinobu, tenders his resignation to Emperor Meiji.
November 12, 1867: Mount Vesuvius erupts.
December 2, 1867: In a New York City theater, English author Charles Dickens gives his first public reading in the United States.
Author's notes
Amber, Jade, Lucinda, Sofia, and Violet are reoccurring characters seen in "Sofia the First".
Amy Pond and The Doctor are from "Doctor Who". The Doctor in this chapter is the Matt Smith Doctor. Dorrie and Candice have known the Matt Smith Doctor since Chapter 28 of my story "Tales from the Castle".
Auxiliary Voyagers: an Auxiliary Voyager is a Voyager still in training, but who has been trained enough and trusted enough to be able to help regular Voyagers when needed. Each Auxiliary Voyager is also trusted enough to have his or her own Omni, and his or her own electronic guidebook.
Barcelona is a planet mentioned in the "Doctor Who" episode "The Parting of the Ways".
Calista is originally from the "Sofia the First" episodes "Gone With The Wand", "Through the Looking Back Glass", and "Too Cute to Spook".
Danika Knight-Cook is a character created by MisuteriTenshi / SailorWednesdayMercury, and is used in this story with the permission of MisuteriTenshi / SailorWednesdayMercury.
For more about Diana and her being a Voyager, see Chapter 49 of my story "Dorrie". Meanwhile, for more about Diana's adopted daughter, Tricia, see Chapters 42 and 43 of my story "Dorrie: Book Two".
Jade is now fifteen because MisuteriTenshi / SailorWednesdayMercury and I recently came up with a birthday date for her: September 30th.
Kate Stewart is from the Matt Smith and Peter Capaldi episodes of "Doctor Who". Fans of classic "Doctor Who" will remember that Kate is the daughter of Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart.
Lucinda has known The Doctor since Chapter 2 of my story "Glimpses".
Mazzimo is originally from the "Sofia the First" episodes "The Secret Library" and "Best in Air Show". Readers of "Dorrie" and "Dorrie: Book Two" will remember that Danika and Mazzimo have a close friendship.
Omnis, Voyagers, and Voyager Command, are from the "Voyagers!" TV series.
Q is originally from "Star Trek: The Next Generation", "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine", and "Star Trek: Voyager".
Queen Victoria's pre-coronation party: this was featured in the first episode ("Doll 123") of "Victoria", including somebody getting touchy feely with young Victoria, and the tallow candles dripping all over the place.
The flashback seen in this chapter is originally a scene from my story "A Day in Dunwitty".
The Golden Wing Circus is originally from the "Sofia the First" episode "A Royal Mess".
The Sapphire Agency is an original organization created by MisuteriTenshi / SailorWednesdayMercury for MisuteriTenshi's story "Return to Smurf Village", and for this story as well.
The scene with the Dunwitty Spectacular was a mix of ideas from myself, Ben10Man, and MisuteriTenshi / SailorWednesdayMercury.
The scene with the Vanoor family is originally from my story "A Day in Dunwitty" (minus the bit with Cayley talking about the Dunwitty Spectacular, which is something new I came up with).
The snake and Gloomies seen in this chapter are earlier versions of the snake and Gloomies seen in the 2010 TV version of "The Little Prince". Readers of my story "Dorrie: Book Two" will remember that the snake aligned himself with Cedric for a number of years.
U.N.I.T. is short for Unified Intelligence Taskforce (originally the United Nations Intelligence Taskforce) from the classic and new versions of "Doctor Who". U.N.I.T. is a military organization charged with dealing with alien and extraordinary threats to Earth.
"Wait a minute!" Candice exclaimed, remembering something. "Didn't you encounter an older Queen Victoria, with all that business involving werewolves?" - this is a reference to events in the "Doctor Who" episode "Tooth and Claw".
Warehouse Ten is from my stories "Dorrie", "Dorrie: Book Two", "Changes", "Enchancia Castle", and now "Once Upon a Time in Enchancia". It is a warehouse housing paranormal artifacts which existed before the current Warehouse 13 (as seen in the TV series "Warehouse 13").
"What exactly did The Doctor tell you about us?" Dorrie asked Lucinda. "That you got him out of a jam once," Lucinda answered. "And, as a result of that, yours and Candice's amulets allow you to fly the Tardis" - this is a reference to events in Chapter 39 of my story "Dorrie".
"You do realize that now that the two of you are companions of The Doctor, you've got that whole U.N.I.T. hero worship thing going on now?" Dorrie pointed out to Diana and Tricia - this is a reference to the new "Doctor Who" series where U.N.I.T. has shown great respect for past and present companions of The Doctor.
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Danika Knight-Cook and the other original ideas from MisuteriTenshi / SailorWednesdayMercury are the property of MisuteriTenshi / SailorWednesdayMercury, and are used in this story with the permission of MisuteriTenshi / SailorWednesdayMercury.
"Doctor Who" and everything associated with it © BBC.
"Sofia the First" and everything associated with it © Craig Gerber, Jamie Mitchell, Disney Television Animation, Toiion Animation Studios, Team TO, and Disney-ABC Domestic Television.
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"Star Trek: Voyager" and everything associated with it © Paramount Domestic Television, and CBS Television Distribution.
"The Greatest Showman" and everything associated with it © Chernin Entertainment, Seed Productions, Laurence Mark Productions, TSG Entertainment, and 20th Century Fox.
"The Little Prince" (2010 TV series) and everything associated with it © Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Saint-Exupery-d'Agay Estate, Gallimard, Reynal & Hitchcock, Method Animation, DQ Entertainment, Rai Fiction, LP Animation, La Fabrique d'images, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, and ARD.
"Victoria" and everything associated with it © Mammoth Screen, and ITV.
"Voyagers!" and everything associated with it © James D. Parriot Productions, Universal Television (MCA), and Scholastic Productions.
"Warehouse 13" and everything associated with it © Universal Cable Productions, NBC Universal Television Distribution, and SyFy.
I only own Arabelle Vanoor, Auxiliary Voyagers, Candice Cosmarune-Cooper, Cayley Vanoor, Dorrie Cosmarune-Cooper, Jerrick Vanoor, Tricia, and the Dunwitty Spectacular.