Once Upon a Time in Enchancia Chapter 41: Voyager Tales (Part Two), a sofia the first fanfic

Once Upon a Time in Enchancia

Welcome to Chapter 41 of "Once Upon a Time in Enchancia". This chapter starts off shortly after Chapter 40 left off.

Chapter 41: Voyager Tales (Part Two)

In Commissioner Richardson's office at Voyager Command, it was the next morning. Richardson decided to watch more video records. There were times where Voyagers acted as karma in certain situations ... behind the scenes, of course. Richardson typed in a command on the keyboard on his desk, and one such scene played out on his view screen.

It was a few days earlier at Voyager Command. Richardson had summoned sixteen-year-old Candice to his office.

"You wanted to see me, Commissioner?" Candice asked as she entered Richardson's office.

"Yes, Candice," Richardson smiled. "Please shut the door, and have a seat."

"Yes, Commissioner," Candice acknowledged as she shut the door, then sat down.

"I have a little off the record assignment for you," Richardson began. "I think you'll fit the bill nicely."

"What did you have in mind, Commissioner?" Candice wanted to know.

"Have you ever heard of the Duke of Monmouth?" Richardson asked.

"From 1850s England?" Candice responded. "Yes. He was a cold man, a hateful man, caring only about himself. No wonder his wife decided to have an affair with another man."

"Indeed," Richardson agreed. "As you might remember, the Duke went as far as to have his wife confined to her bedroom as insane."

"Ah, yes," Candice remembered. "If one's wife becomes a challenge, have her declared insane. A great misuse of legal authority."

"As you'll remember, things worked out for his wife in the end," Richardson reminded Candice. "How would you like to be involved in an off the record way?"

"What did you have in mind, sir?" Candice asked, curious.

"Just a little something to put the Duke in his place," Richardson answered.

April 30, 1851

(Author's note: the following takes place during the final episode of the third season of the "Victoria" TV series).

It was a Wednesday afternoon in London at Queen Victoria's palace. Victoria had summoned the Duke of Monmouth. The Duke entered a parlor in the palace where Victoria was waiting.

"The Duke of Monmouth, ma'am," a male servant announced the Duke.

"Your Majesty," the Duke acknowledged as he bowed.

"Is it true, Duke, that the Duchess, my Mistress of the Robes, is being confined in your house as a lunatic?" Victoria wanted to know.

"Given the Duchess's mental state, I'm afraid I had no choice," the Duke answered, almost daring Victoria to argue.

"I don't believe there's anything wrong with Sophie's mind," Victoria declared.

"But the doctors who examined her would disagree with you," the Duke countered in a self assured way.

"Really?" Victoria started. "In my experience, men only call women mad when they are doing something inconvenient."

"Her behavior has been more than inconvenient, ma'am," the Duke informed Victoria. "It has been wanton. The doctors call it hysterical nymphomania. So you see, ma'am, I had no choice. She is my wife, and I regret to say she is mad."

Victoria sat back in the chair she was in, unconvinced, and rather annoyed at the Duke's self assured attitude.

"Duke," Victoria instructed. "I expect to see the Duchess at the exhibition tomorrow. You may leave us."

The Duke bowed, and left the parlor. It was a royal command, and the Duke had no choice but to obey. The Duke, however, wasn't happy about it. Not happy at all.

"Interfering little woman!" the Duke thought to himself in anger about Victoria.

As the Duke stormed down a hallway, having been bested by Queen Victoria herself, he had no idea that somebody was following his movements ... sixteen-year-old Candice, wearing an invisibility cloak. As the Duke approached where Candice was standing, Candice extended her leg, and tripped the Duke, causing him to fall to the carpeted floor.

"That's for women everywhere, schmuck!" Candice thought to herself in glee.

The Duke quickly picked himself up, and looked around. There was nobody in the hallway, nobody to laugh at his tripping. Considering himself lucky, the Duke walked away while the going was good, convinced that nobody had seen his misstep. Of course, that wasn't true. Candice had witnessed it, along with Abigail Turner, Victoria's Head Dresser who had been peaking around a corner. As Abigail rushed off to inform Victoria of the Duke's misstep, another witness, a white skinned man who was invisible, observed the scene. The man was no other that Q.

"Well, well, well," Q thought to himself. "All this time, while I've been hanging around with Picard, Sisko, and Janeway, I should have been hanging around this time traveling witch Candice. I shall be watching her with great interest."

Q snapped his fingers, and disappeared in a flash as Candice opened the cover of her Omni, adjusted the dials, pressed a button on her Omni, and disappeared into thin air.

In the parlor where Victoria was, Abigail was informing Victoria of what had happened.

"The Duke ... tripped?" Victoria asked, not quite believing it.

"Yes, ma'am," Abigail answered. "All on his own. It was really quite funny."

Victoria pondered the situation, then started laughing as Abigail joined her. It was really quite an amusing moment at the palace.

That evening, at the home of the Duke and his wife, the Duke walked up to his wife's bedroom door, and unlocked it. The Duke then walked away, having been bested by Queen Victoria, and also having been bested by tripping in the palace.

May 1, 1851

It was a sunny Thursday day in London. And, it was an important day ... the opening of The Great Exhibition in Hyde Park. Violet, sixteen-year-old Dorrie, sixteen-year-old Candice, and seventeen-year-old Amber had time traveled there, and were waiting with a huge crowd for the doors to open.

In a few minutes, a royal carriage arrived with Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, and their two eldest children (young Princess Vicky, and young Prince Bertie). The four stepped off of the carriage, and were greeted by warm cheers from the crowd. As the four walked up to the huge glass building which housed the exhibition, Victoria smiled at Albert.

"It's the eighth wonder of the world," Victoria said to Albert in awe of the building. "I'm so proud of you."

As the four walked into the building, the crowd was allowed to enter.

"Here we go, ladies," Violet smiled as she, Dorrie, Candice, and Amber walked in.

"What a magnificent building!" Amber exclaimed, impressed.

"It is, isn't it?" Dorrie agreed, equally impressed.

In a little while, it was time for the official opening ceremony. Prince Albert stepped onto a platform, and addressed the crowd.

"We are living at a period of most wonderful transition," Albert started. "We are moving towards that great end, the realization of the unity of all mankind. The distances that separated the different countries are rapidly vanishing with the achievements of modern invention. The world is getting smaller. And the aim of the exhibition is to unite the art and industry from every nation on the Earth. Thank you."

At that moment, Albert yielded the platform to his wife, Queen Victoria.

"There were many who said this could not be done," Victoria announced. "But they did not possess the vision of one man, my husband, and his accomplice, Sir Henry Cole, who understood that the nations of the world were ready ... for this festival of peace. And now it is with the greatest pleasure that I declare the exhibition open."

Everybody clapped, then went off to explore the exhibition. As Victoria and Albert looked around, Victoria noticed the Duke and his wife walk in, followed by a nurse and a man.

"Hallelujah Hallelujah Sophie," Victoria happily exclaimed. "I'm so glad to see you here. Fully recovered, I hope?"

"Yes, ma'am," Sophie acknowledged.

"So you have no need for your attendants," Victoria suggested to Sophie.

"Ma'am," the nurse and the man acknowledged as they departed.

"And Duke," Victoria started.

"Ma'am," the Duke acknowledged.

"You must be dying to inspect the steam threshing machine," Victoria suggested, as a subtle royal command.

"Ma'am," the Duke again acknowledged as he walked off, again bested by Victoria.

"Ah, better, I think," Victoria smiled at Sophie.

"Yes, ma'am," Sophie said, relieved, as the two started walking around the exhibition.

"So, that's the Duke?" Amber asked Candice.

"The one and only," Candice answered in disgust.

"I don't like him one bit," Amber declared.

"Play your cards right, and maybe you can get in on the action," Candice suggested with a smile.

"Ooh!" Amber smiled back. "Tell me more."

Candice whispered something in Amber's ear as they rejoined Violet and Dorrie, with Amber nodding in approval.

"Mom?" Dorrie asked Violet. "I'm really impressed by the technological displays here. But, I couldn't help but notice the rather, shall we say, bizarre non technological displays here as well. Stuffed frogs displayed playing musical instruments. Stuffed kittens displayed as if they are taking part in a wedding. And even a stuffed elephant."

"Ah, yes," Violet acknowledged. "What the Great Exhibition is well ... kind of everything. It's showcasing amazing scientific advances of the day, as well as somewhat ridiculous displays that we might consider absolutely theatrical and circus-like. But, the people of this age love this sort of thing, and they can't get enough of it."

Dorrie acknowledged Violet's explanation with a smile.

A while later, inside another part of the building, two white men were having a private conversation: Mr. Penge (the palace steward), and Joseph Weld (a footman at the palace).

"Before you start, I should tell you ... I'm leaving the palace," Joseph announced.

"Actually, Joseph, I came to ask your pardon ... for misjudging you," Penge apologized. "When you came to the palace, I took you for the kind of unscrupulous man who would do anything for his own advantage. I see now that I was wrong."

"No, Mr. Penge, you were quite right," Joseph confessed, "I was looking for advantage."

"But instead you found someone whose happiness was more important than your own," Penge theorized. "I do remember what it's like to lose your reason over a woman. And I hope you have more luck than I had. Now you should leave quickly before the Duke sees you."

As Joseph left, and Penge started strolling around the building, Candice and Amber were nearby.

"We'll follow Mr. Penge," Candice instructed. "This should be quite interesting."

As Candice and Amber followed Penge from a distance, he stopped to look at an exhibit. As Penge was looking at the exhibit, the Duke walked up.

"Ah, just the man," the Duke started as he approached Penge. "Can you tell me the name of the man with whom my wife has been consorting?"

"I'm sorry, Your Grace, but I cannot help you further," Penge responded.

"You know, the thing I prize more than anything is loyalty," the Duke reminded Penge.

"Then I suspect you are frequently disappointed, Your Grace," Penge glared at the Duke. "In my experience, loyalty must be earned, not bought."

Penge then produced a wad of money that the Duke had paid Penge. Before the Duke knew it, Penge threw the money on the floor, and walked away. As the Duke knelt down to pick up the money, Candice turned to Amber.

"Now would be a good time to recite that spell," Candice suggested.

"Right, Candice," Amber acknowledged as she looked at the Duke from a distance. "Money come and money go. Money blow away from thee."

The money that the Duke was picking up was suddenly caught by a gust of wind, sending the money flying in all directions. As the Duke raced around like a madman trying to retrieve the money, Candice and Amber chuckled.

"Serves him right," Candice whispered to Amber with a smile, as Amber smiled back in acknowledgment.

Standing behind Candice and Amber, invisible to the two of them, was a man. The man was ... Q.

"I should like to meet this Duke for myself," Q thought to himself. "Sounds like a fun time in the making."

As the exhibition was wrapping up for the day, Violet, Dorrie, Candice, and Amber gathered in an out of the way area of the building. Violet opened her silver Omni, and it's green light came on, indicating that the present time line was normal.

"Well, a perfect way to end the day," Violet smiled as she adjusted the dials on her Omni, as Dorrie and Candice brought out their Omnis and adjusted the dials. Amber then took hold of Candice's arm. "Let's go home then, shall we?" Violet happily suggested.

Violet, Dorrie, and Candice activated their Omnis, and the three of them along with Amber disappeared into thin air. Elsewhere in the building, Queen Victoria was having a private discussion with the Duke.

"Duke," Victoria began. "It is obvious to me that Sophie is of sound mind. I feel there is no need for her to have a nurse and an attendant. Do I make myself clear?"

"Yes, my Queen," the Duke quietly acknowledged, while seething inside. Once again, he was bested by Victoria. And because she was Queen, the Duke had no choice but to obey ... as much as it angered him to do so.

That night, he left his house on his way to an upper class bar. The Duke figured getting some drinks under his belt would least make the situation easier to bare. The carriage he was in stopped a short distance away from the bar. The Duke climbed off of his carriage, and started walking to the bar. As he walked, a white man walked up to him.

"Excuse me, sir," the man addressed the Duke. "I'm a visitor to this city, and seeing you are well off like I am, I was wondering if you know of a respectable establishment where a gentlemen could get a proper drink?"

"I do indeed," the Duke replied, impressed with being in the company of a well off man like himself. "If you'll follow me, I know just the place."

"Then lead on, friend," the man smiled at the Duke.

The Duke and the man entered the bar, and the Duke was delighted that the man was willing to pay for as many drinks as the two of them could drink. A few hours passed, and the Duke was getting drunker and drunker. Soon, it was obvious that the Duke was drunker than a skunk. The man helped the Duke to the Duke's carriage, and bid the Duke good night as the carriage departed. The man then snapped his fingers, and changed back into his true appearance ... as Q.

"Foolish human," Q chuckled to himself about the Duke. "Didn't anybody teach you to not drink with strangers? You'll have a good hangover come tomorrow morning."

The next morning, the Duke awoke in his bedroom, and tried to sit up ... but couldn't. He had the hangover of all hangovers, and could barely stay awake. The Duke soon fell back asleep. As the Duke lay asleep, Sophie peeked into the bedroom, and saw the Duke's condition. It was the perfect chance to make her escape. She slowly walked down the stairs on her way out of the house.

In the present, in Commissioner Richardson's office at Voyager Command, Richardson watched the scene. Richardson then ended the playback, and sat back in his chair. It brought back the memory of another Voyager adventure, this time in a messed up alternate time line. Richardson typed in a command on the keyboard on his desk, and soon a scene was playing out on his view screen.

November 25, 1612

(Author's note: the following is a spoof of the "Doctor Who" episode "The Witchfinders", and features a king named James ... but not our James).

It was a crisp Sunday morning in the village of Pendle Hill, England. Violet, fifteen-year-old Dorrie, and fifteen-year-old Candice, dressed in period clothing, stood looking at the village from a distance.

"November 25th of 1612," Violet reported as she studied her Omni. "Pendle Hill, England. We've got a red light."

"Great," Dorrie commented, not thrilled. "A messed up time line."

"What do you want to do, Mom?" Candice asked Violet.

"We've better go down and investigate," Violet responded. "But, we've best be careful. This is not witch friendly territory. Witch hunting in this time period is a regular occurrence."

"Understood, Mom," Dorrie acknowledged.

The three walked into the village, and discovered a carnival atmosphere, with a number of villagers enjoying the festivities.

"Well," Candice observed. "This looks lively."

"If I might ask?" Dorrie asked a young white boy. "What's going on? Some kind of party?"

"It's Sunday!" the boy gleefully responded. "We do this every Sunday!"

"Oh, Happy Sunday," Violet smiled as she, Dorrie, and Candice noticed children around a bucket filled with apples.

"Apple bobbing," Candice noticed. "I never quite got that. Going after defenseless apples in a bucket always seemed rather unsporting."

Violet and Dorrie chuckled at Candice's humor. At that same moment, an older white gentlemen walked up to those gathered.

"Mistress Savage demands your presence," the man announced in a stern voice. "The ceremony will begin."

Everybody gathered (men, women, and children) started walking away from the village in a somber mood.

"Wow!" Candice remarked. "It's like somebody turned the lights off."

"Probably some poor soul being accused of witchcraft," Violet sadly theorized. "Outing of a witch in this time was a public event."

"And here we are in the middle of witch hunter central," Dorrie pointed out.

Everybody had left the village, leaving only Violet, Dorrie, and Candice standing there. Suddenly, a well dressed man wearing a black mask rode up on a horse.

"You three," the man said to Violet, Dorrie, and Candice. "You appear to be strangers. Who are you?"

"Just travelers, sir," Violet responded.

"A likely story," the man said, unconvinced. "Even travelers know to attend a witch trial."

"Who might you be?" Candice asked the man, curious.

"Who might I be?" the man responded, insulted.

"Well, you are wearing a mask," Dorrie pointed out. "Kind of odd, don't you think?"

"I'll have you know I'm King James the First of England," the man pointed out as he removed his mask.

And the man's secret was out. He was indeed King James the First. A man whose public writings created a fear of witches among the public. A man who, with the passion of a religious zealot, set about convincing his subjects of the evil that stirred in their midst. A man who knew full well that so-called witches were simply healers, who posed no threat, but he persecuted them on religious grounds. Candice took an instant dislike to him.

"Oh, sorry, your worship," Candice said in jest. "You'll have to forgive me, but I wasn't expecting a king to be gallivanting around the countryside attending every little jerkwater witch trial. I mean, don't you have better things to do, like, say ... run a government? You wouldn't be seeing my king doing this."

"And who might that be?" King James the First asked, annoyed.

"If you must know, King Roland the Second of Enchancia," Candice proudly answered. "And, no, you haven't heard of him. He's way above your pay grade."

"I've got to admit," Violet whispered to Dorrie with a chuckle. "That was funny."

"You dare mock me?!" King James the First barked.

"Let's see," Violet began. "You accuse people, many innocents among them, of practicing witchcraft. If a sudden storm comes up, you claim a witch did it. Crops go bad, you claim a witch did it. Animals act strange, you claim a witch did it. Seems like an easy way out, don't you think? How about just blaming good old fashioned bad luck?"

King James the First was getting angrier and angrier. He then pointed his finger at Violet, Dorrie, and Candice. "Witches!"

"Oh, he's quick," Candice laughed. "I'll give him that, he's quick. Yes, you have us, your worship. We're witches. Wand wielding, broom riding, card carrying members of the union witches."

"But Candice," Dorrie whispered. "We're not members of a union."

"Don't tell him that," Candice whispered back in jest. "Let him think we're organized. Maybe it will scare the living daylight out of him."

"What's that you say?" King James the First asked, taken off guard.

"We're organized, dimwit!" Candice announced, growing annoyed.

King James the First brought out a flintlock pistol, and pointed it at Violet, Dorrie, and Candice. "Looks like we'll be putting three additional witches on trial."

"Oh, please," Candice said in disgust, rolling her eyes, as she outstretched her hand. "And now I command, flintlock to my hand."

King James' flintlock flew out of his hand, and magically landed in Candice's hand.

"What kind of sorcery is this?!" King James the First exclaimed in shock.

"Magic," Candice explained with a smile. "I would have thought an expert on witchcraft would have known that. Guess not."

"This has been fun," Violet mocked as she, Dorrie, and Candice brought out their Omnis, and adjusted the dials, preparing to return home. "But, we've gotta go. We have more important things to do than to deal with village idiots like you."

Violet, Dorrie, and Candice activated their Omnis, and disappeared into thin air. King James' horse, frightened by the scene, stood up on it's hind legs, and threw James to the ground. King James the First picked himself up, dazed and frightened at what had just happened. Unknown to James, two nineteen-year-old women were watching from a distance, hidden behind a tree. The two women were ... Sofia and Lucinda as adults, now Voyagers in their own right.

"Well, that was funny," Lucinda chuckled.

"Serves him right," Sofia chuckled back.

"What happens now?" Lucinda asked. "This is a messed up time line, after all."

"Not to worry," Sofia reassured Lucinda. "I read the Voyager Command record of this. Violet contacted the Doctor. The Doctor and her companions arrived at Pendle Hill, and their actions corrected the time line."

"Well then, that takes care of that," Lucinda said, satisfied. "We have some free time on our hands. Any ideas?"

"Well," Sofia smiled. "I've heard 1898 Paris is interesting."

"Sounds good," Lucinda agreed.

Sofia gave Lucinda the coordinates, and the two adjusted the dials on their Omnis. They then activated their Omnis, disappearing into thin air.

September 9, 1898

(Author's note: the following takes place about ten years after the ending seen in the movie "Leap!").

It was a Friday evening in Paris, France. In an alley, Sofia and Lucinda appeared out of thin air, and looked at their Omnis.

"Green light," Lucinda smiled. "Everything is normal here."

"Excellent," Sofia smiled back. "We can have ourselves a good evening."

"What did you have in mind, Sof?" Lucinda asked, curious.

"What would you say to seeing a ballet, Lucy?" Sofia responded. "Ondine, ou La naiade is playing at the Paris Opera Ballet. The ballet is about the ill-fated love of a water sprite, Ondine, for a mortal man who already has a mortal sweetheart. Ondine is being played by Felicie Xavier, the star ballerina of the Paris Opera Ballet."

"I've heard that name before," Lucinda remarked.

"Felicie is the girl who, ten years earlier, escaped from an orphanage with her best friend, Victor," Sofia explained. "Felicie entered the Paris Opera Ballet School, and quickly excelled as a student. Victor became an apprentice to Gustave Eiffel, the creator of the Eiffel Tower. Felicie grew into a star ballerina, and Victor grew into a great engineer and inventor. When Felicie and Victor came of age, they married."

"Now I remember," Lucinda recalled. "Louis Merante, an instructor at the school, and Odette, a cleaning woman and former ballerina, married and adopted Felicie as their daughter. The two of them helped Felicie rise through the ranks to become the star she is now."

As Sofia and Lucinda talked, they heard footsteps approaching.

"Sofia? Lucinda?" a woman's voice asked from behind them.

Sofia and Lucinda turned around to see ... Scarlett, Faith, and a young woman in her early 20s standing there.

"Scarlett!" Sofia and Lucinda exclaimed in glee.

"What are you doing here?" Sofia asked Scarlett.

"We thought we'd take in a show tonight," Scarlett explained. "You know Faith, and this is Skylar."

"Well, Skylar," Lucinda smiled. "You've grown into a lovely young woman."

"Thank you," Skylar acknowledged, pleased. "But how are the two of you still young women?"

"Their obviously on Voyager business," Scarlett deducted as she turned back to Sofia and Lucinda. "You're from our past, correct?"

"Correct," Sofia acknowledged.

"We were pleased to learn that you and Lucinda had been accepted as Voyagers," Scarlett said with pride.

"How did you find out?" Lucinda asked, curious.

"Violet, Dorrie, Candice, and Amber told us," Scarlett happily answered. "Remember that I have my agents everywhere."

"Could never keep anything from you, Scarlett," Sofia acknowledged with a smile. "So, where is Colette?"

"Spending a night with Simon," Scarlett revealed. "She's immortal like Faith, Skylar, and me. But, Simon isn't. So, the two of them spend as much time together as they can."

Sofia and Lucinda nodded their heads in understanding.

"So, what are the two of you doing here?" Faith asked Sofia and Lucinda.

"We're seeing Ondine, ou La naiade at the Paris Opera Ballet," Sofia answered.

"So are we!" Skylar smiled. "We crossed over into this dimension through a nearby portal."

"We should all go to the ballet together," Lucinda suggested.

"That sounds like a wonderful idea," Scarlett agreed.

Sofia and Lucinda waved their wands over their heads, and magically transformed their clothes into 1898 clothes. Sofia, Lucinda, Scarlett, Faith, and Skylar then walked to the Paris Opera Ballet, bought their tickets, and sat down in the auditorium. In a little while, the ballet started. Everyone in the audience enjoyed 21-year-old Felicie's performance as Ondine. After the performance, a back stage meet and greet was held for the performers and the audience. In a short while, Felicie stepped forward.

"On behalf of all of us, I want to thank you all for attending tonight," Felicie greeted as she motioned Louis, Odette, and Victor to come forward. "I'd like to introduce you to my parents, Louis and Odette Merante. My father, Louis, has been a premiere instructor here at the Paris Opera Ballet School for many years. My mother, Odette, has also become a premiere instructor here over the past ten years. Together, my parents have helped me become the ballerina I am today. I will be forever in their debt."

Everyone clapped at Felicie's touching statement.

"I'd also like to introduce you to my husband, Victor Francois Xavier the First, who has made a name for himself as an engineer and an inventor," Felicie smiled. "Victor has been there for me since we were children. Over the years, Victor and I fell in love, and we recently married. We look forward to spending a long, happy life together."

As a 21-year-old Victor gently kissed Felicie on the cheek, everybody clapped in celebration of the couple. As Felicie, Victor, Louis, and Odette walked among those gathered on stage, a balding, heavy set, white man walked up to them.

"My dear Felicie and Victor," the man smiled. "You may not remember me, but ..."

"Monsieur Luteau!" Felicie happily exclaimed as she hugged the man. "It's so good to see you again."

"And it's good to see you again, Felicie," Luteau smiled. "I see your new life has been kind to you."

"It has," Felicie happily agreed.

"Felicie told me how you helped her escape from the orphanage when she was returned there," Victor said to Luteau. "For that, I'll be forever in your debt."

Luteau smiled at Victor's praise.

"What have you been up to, Monsieur Luteau?" Felicie asked.

"Remember when I brought you back to Paris, I said that you should always follow your heart, and never give up?" Luteau responded.

"Yes," Felicie remembered.

"Well, I took that advice for myself as well," Luteau smiled. "I left the orphanage, and studied to be a beautician. I now have my own shop here in Paris."

"That's wonderful!" Felicie exclaimed in happiness as she again hugged Luteau.

As Felicie, Victor, and Luteau talked, Sofia, Lucinda, Scarlett, Faith, and Skylar watched from a distance.

"Happy endings," Sofia happily said under her breath.

"We should be going," Scarlett announced on behalf of herself, Faith, and Skylar. "We have an appointment to keep. If you and Lucinda ever find yourselves in this time period again, please feel free to drop by Cinnibar. We'd love to have you visit."

"We'd be happy to," Lucinda agreed.

As Scarlett, Faith, and Skylar walked off, Sofia and Lucinda walked into a room off stage that was empty. Sofia and Lucinda brought out their Omnis, activated them, and disappeared into thin air.

Later on, in a park in Paris, Scarlett, Faith, and Skylar were met by a white skinned, blond haired woman in her early 20s, and a white skinned, short, dark haired man in his early 20s who was wearing glasses.

"Ah!" Scarlett smiled. "Camille. Mattie. I take it the two of you are ready to leave?"

"Yes, Scarlett," Camille smiled back. "I look forward to living in Cinnibar."

"As do I", Mattie happily added.

"And we're happy to have you," Scarlett said, pleased.

"It was kind of you giving me a position as your financial manager," Camille acknowledged to Scarlett, grateful. "I had to manage my fortune ever since my mother died trying to kill Felicie ten years ago. My mother got trapped in the scaffolding, and died when it collapsed. I had a financial manager for a while, but he went to jail when he tried to skim money from my fortune. I took over control of my fortune, and if I say so myself, I did a good job at it."

"Personal experience is always the best teacher," Scarlett agreed. "You'll be happy to know I had your fortune converted to gold, and it will be waiting for you when you arrive in Cinnibar."

"And I thank you for letting me come to Cinnibar," Mattie said, gratefully.

"We always have a need for good engineers," Scarlett happily acknowledged. "And, I think you and Camille are becoming a couple."

Mattie and Camille smiled in happiness as they held hands.

"We should be going, then," Scarlett suggested. "The portal to our dimension is outside of Paris, in an out of the way wooded area."

As Scarlett, Faith, Skylar, Camille, and Mattie walked along, they had a pleasant conversation. For Camille and Mattie, it was the beginning of a new life.

In the present, in Commissioner Richardson's office at Voyager Command, Richardson watched the scene and smiled. It was interesting how life worked out sometimes. And it was interesting to have had a glimpse of the future and Sofia and Lucinda as Voyagers. As Richardson sat back in his chair, he remembered how some Voyagers specialized in doing research in the future of Voyager kind. These Voyagers operated under very deep cover, and reported back on what the future held for Voyager society. Richardson, using the keyboard on his desk, stopped the playback of the scene in 1898 Paris. Richardson then keyed up some undercover footage that Voyagers assigned to the future had brought back.

Official training

(Author's note: this is a rewritten version of a scene that first appeared in Chapter 2 of my story "Glimpses").

Seventeen-year-old Sofia and seventeen-year-old Lucinda walked into a lecture hall located within the Voyager Academy, and stood looking at the hall.

"Well, this is interesting, Lucy," Sofia remarked to Lucinda. "First, we've been occasionally traveling around with The Doctor, then we get an invitation out of the blue to become Voyagers."

"And who would have thought that Violet was actually an undercover Voyager, assigned to Enchancia Castle?" Lucinda pointed out.

Both Sofia and Lucinda thought back to the recent past, and how Violet had taken them aside one evening and officially introduced herself as a Voyager. It was at that point that Violet reveled that Voyager Command knew of Sofia and Lucinda's travels with The Doctor, which included some trips back and forth in time on Earth. It was also at that point that Violet, on behalf of Voyager Command, invited Sofia and Lucinda to train as time traveling Voyagers.

"I wonder if Dorrie and Candice know that Violet is a Voyager?" Sofia wondered out loud.

"The answer to that would be yes," a female voice answered from behind Sofia and Lucinda.

Sofia and Lucinda looked behind them to see ... seventeen-year-old Dorrie and seventeen-year-old Candice.

"Dorrie! Candice!" Sofia and Lucinda exclaimed in glee.

"What are you and Candice doing here?" Lucinda asked Dorrie, taken off guard by Dorrie and Candice's presence.

"The same thing that you and Sofia are doing here," Dorrie started with a smile. "Starting our official training as Voyagers. The four of us are going to be in the same classes."

"Actually, make that the five of us," a female voice came from behind Sofia, Lucinda, Dorrie, and Candice. They looked to see an eighteen-year-old Amber standing there.

"Amber?" Sofia and Lucinda asked, puzzled.

"She's with us," Dorrie explained. "For the past few years, Amber's has been in unofficial training, coming along with me, Candice, and our mom on certain time trips."

"And an enjoyable time it's been, too," Amber smiled. "Did you know that Dorrie and Candice each earned the coveted title of Auxiliary Voyager?"

"Auxiliary Voyager?" Lucinda asked, not knowing the term.

"Young Voyagers in training," Amber explained. "Trusted so much that they earned their own Omnis, and helped full Voyagers carry out missions when needed."

"Impressive!" Sofia and Lucinda exclaimed in awe.

"Excuse me?" a young woman's voice came from behind Sofia, Lucinda, Dorrie, Candice, and Amber.

The five turned around to see a white skinned young woman in her early 20s with brown hair.

"Is this Voyager Orientation?" the young woman asked.

"Yes, it is," Dorrie smiled. "Miss?"

"Oh," the young woman smiled back. "Matthews. Riley Matthews."

"Nice to meet you, Riley," Candice happily greeted. "I'm Candice, and this is my sister, Dorrie. And these are Amber, Sofia, and Lucinda. We're all from 1800s Enchancia."

"You're all friends, then?" Riley asked, curious.

"Yes," Dorrie smiled.

"I'm here with friends, too," Riley revealed as a man in his early 20s, and a woman in her early 20s, stepped into the lecture hall. Riley then motioned the two to come over. "This is where we're suppose to be," Riley said to the two, before turning back to Dorrie, Candice, Amber, Sofia, and Lucinda. "These are my friends: Farkle Minkus, and Isadora Smackle. We're from 21st Century New York City."

"I was in New York City once, with Candice," Amber announced. "It wasn't, however, during a good time ... the 9/11 attacks."

Riley, Farkle, and Isadora sadly nodded their heads in acknowledgment, remembering the sad time from their childhood. At that same moment, a woman's voice came over a speaker.

"All Voyager recruits in Voyager Orientation," the woman's voice announced. "If you will take your seats, the orientation will begin in a few minutes."

Everybody sat down. Dorrie, Candice, Amber, Sofia, Lucinda, Riley, Farkle, and Isadora sat together. Isadora found herself sitting next to Candice. As Candice looked at Isadora, Candice could tell that Isadora was nervous.

"You've been chosen to be a Voyager," Candice said in a reassuring manner. "Voyager Command doesn't just choose anybody to be a Voyager."

"The thing is," Isadora started, "I have Asperger Syndrome. That makes it hard for me to understand emotions. It's something I'm working on."

Candice thought about what Isadora had just revealed. Candice then responded. "Perhaps that could be a good thing in a way," Candice admitted. "There are many, shall we say, intense moments being a Voyager. Somebody like yourself would have the ability to step back from an intense situation, and look at it logically. I can see definite advantages to that."

"I hadn't thought of it like that," Isadora admitted. "Thank you for bringing that prospective to my attention. Perhaps I can fit into this new life."

"That's the spirit!" Candice exclaimed in glee. "Friends?"

"I'd like that," Isadora agreed. "Thank you."

"You're welcome," Candice smiled as Dorrie watched from the corner of her eye. It was nice seeing Candice befriending Isadora. It was going to be the beginning of a good friendship.

In a few moments, a white skinned man walked into the lecture hall.

"Hello," the man greeted. "I'm Professor Phineas Bogg, and I want to welcome each of you to Voyager Orientation. Let's get started, shall we?"

Back in the present, Commissioner Richardson watched the scene on his view screen, and smiled. The future appeared to be bright for Voyager society. Everything was right with the world.

(End of Chapter 41).

Special note

Coming up in Chapter 42, we're back to a regular "Once Upon a Time in Enchancia" plot where it's time for our gang to start the new school year.

Behind the scenes

In this edition of "Behind the scenes", an index of "Voyagers!" plots and discussions that have appeared in my fan fiction stories up to this point.

"A New Power" (entire story).

"A Royal Rift": Chapters 4 and 5.

"Dorrie": Chapters 22, 23, 24, 27, 30, 35, 36, 39, 40, 42, 46, 47, 48, and 49.

"Dorrie: Book Two": Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 16, 17, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 31, 33, 35, 36, 38, 40, 42, 43, 47, 49, and 50.

"Enchancia Castle": Chapters 10, 11, and 12.

"Glimpses": Chapter 2.

"Lockdown" (entire story).

"Once Upon a Time in Enchancia": Chapters 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 19, 20, 23, 24, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 39, 40, and 41.

"Sheynok: a Once Upon a Time in Enchancia story" (entire story).

"Tales from the Castle": Chapter 29.

"Two Mysterious Ladies" (entire story).

Author's notes

Abigail Turner, Joseph Weld, Mr. Penge, Prince Albert, Prince Bertie, Princess Vicky, Queen Victoria, Sir Henry Cole, Sophie, and the Duke of Monmouth are all from "Victoria".

"And now I command, flintlock to my hand" - a play on "And now I command, wand to my hand" from "Disney Descendants".

Camille, Felicie, Louis, Mattie, Monsieur Lateau, Odette, the Paris Opera Ballet, the Paris Opera Ballet School, and Victor are all from "Leap!".

Faith (Scarlett's adopted daughter) is an earlier version of Faith seen in the "Torchwood" episodes "Dead Man Walking" and "Fragments".

Farkle Minkus, Isadora Smackle, and Riley Matthews are slightly older versions of the same characters from "Girl Meets World".

"I was in New York City once, with Candice," Amber announced. "It wasn't, however, during a good time ... the 9/11 attacks" - this is a reference to events in Chapter 16 of "Once Upon a Time in Enchancia".

Invisibility Cloak is originally from "Harry Potter".

King James the First of England, Mistress Savage, Pendle Hill, the young white boy, and the older white gentleman are originally from the "Doctor Who" episode "The Witchfinders".

Money come and money go. Money blow away from thee - an original spell I came up with for this chapter. The spell would have come from Candice's copy of Maleficent's spell book.

Omni, Omnis, Phineas Bogg, and Voyagers are from the "Voyagers!" TV series.

Q is the playful and trouble making humanoid alien from "Star Trek: The Next Generation", "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine", and "Star Trek: Voyager".

Simon (the Royal Constable of Cinnibar) is an original character created by Ben10Man for this story.

Skylar (Scarlett's daughter) is an original character created by Ben10Man for my stories (the fact that Scarlett's daughter, and Elena of Avalor's Jaguin, share the same name is simply an interesting quirk of fate).

The Doctor is from "Doctor Who".

The Kingdom of Cinnibar is a kingdom created by Ben10Man, and is used in my stories with permission from Ben10Man.

The Scarlett Warrior (A.K.A. Scarlett) (A.K.A. Queen Scarlett) (A.K.A. Queen Scarlett Katherine Felchenerow) is a character created by Ben10Man, and is used in my stories with permission from Ben10Man. Meanwhile, the character of Colette (A.K.A. Lady Colette Cosmarune) is a character that I and Ben10Man created, and is based on Bayonetta from the video game "Bayonetta" (please note that Colette, and Madam Collette of Enchancia Castle, are two different characters who are not related in any way, shape, or form).

The scene with Mr. Penge and Joseph Weld talking to each other at the exhibition is from the last episode of season three of "Victoria".

The scene with the Duke of Monmouth and Mr. Penge at the exhibition is from the last episode of season three of "Victoria". The Duke's money blowing around, plus Q observing what was going on, were added scenes I came up with.

The scene with the Duke of Monmouth and Queen Victoria in the parlor is from the last episode of season three of "Victoria".

The scene with the Duke of Monmouth, his wife, and Queen Victoria at the exhibition is from the last episode of season three of "Victoria".

The scenes with the opening of the exhibition are from the last episode of season three of "Victoria".

"Well, well, well," Q thought to himself. "All this time, while I've been hanging around with Picard, Sisko, and Janeway, I should have been hanging around this time traveling witch Candice. I shall be watching her with great interest" - Q is referencing Captain Jean-Luc Picard (from "Star Trek: The Next Generation"), Commander (later Captain) Benjamin Sisko (from "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine"), and Captain Kathryn Janeway (from "Star Trek: Voyager").

Disclaimer

"Elena of Avalor" and everything associated with it © Craig Gerber, Disney Television Animation, Team TO, and Disney-ABC Domestic Television.

"Girl Meets World" and everything associated with it © Michael Jacobs Productions, It's a Laugh Productions, and Disney Channel.

"Harry Potter" and everything associated with it © J. K. Rowling, Bloomsbury Publishing, Arthur A. Levine Books, Little Brown, Heyday Films, 1492 Pictures, Patalex IV Productions, and Warner Brothers Pictures.

"Leap!" and everything associated with it © Gaumont, L'Atelier Animation, Quad, Main Journey, Caramel Films, M6 Films, Telefilm Canada, Sodec, Radio Canada, Canal+, Cine+, W9, 6ter, Entertainment One, and Lionsgate (the movie was released in the United States as "Leap!". In Canada, France, England, and other parts of the world, the movie was released as "Ballerina").

"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.

"Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" and everything associated with it © Paramount Domestic Television, and CBS Television Distribution.

"Star Trek: The Next Generation" and everything associated with it © Paramount Domestic Television, and CBS Television Distribution.

The Scarlett Warrior and the other original ideas from Ben10Man are the property of Ben10Man, and are used in my stories with the permission of Ben10Man.

"Voyagers!" and everything associated with it © James D. Parriot Productions, Universal Television (MCA), and Scholastic Productions.

I only own Auxiliary Voyager, Candice Cosmarune-Cooper, Commissioner Richardson, and Dorrie Cosmarune-Cooper.