In the Enchanted Forest, Gilda, Lizzie, and Maddie followed Ashlynn and her boyfriend Hunter Huntsman to find Gilda's friends.
"Thanks again for showing us through the forest, Ashlynn." said Gilda.
"No problem. Hunter and I know these woods like the back of our hands." said Ashlynn.
"So, is it true that you and Hunter are dating?" asked Gilda. "How are you going to make that work for your stories?"
The couple paused their walking. "Well, we've been discussing it for a while. But Farrah was able to figure it out. Hunter is going to be the prince in my story. But she'll have to be the next Blue-Haired Fairy for Cedar's story too."
"What?! She's filling in two destinies?! Why?!" asked Gilda.
Sadness fell upon Ashlynn's face. "Because the Blue-Haired Fairy from Pinocchio disappeared. She didn't want to follow her destiny, and now she poofed. Gone forever..."
Gilda felt her feet turn cold. "Poof...? B-But Raven refused her evil destiny and she didn't poof!"
"That's because fairies are different from other characters." said Lizzie. "Fairies are made of magic. So when the next Blue-Haired Fairy refused to follow her destiny, she was gone."
"So...how is Farrah going to be in two stories at once?!" asked Gilda.
Ashlynn shook her head. "Honestly, I don't know. But that's not important right now. We have to find-AAAH!" Ashlynn tripped the moment she took the first step.
"Babe!" Hunter came right to the aid of his girlfriend. "Are you alright?!"
Ashlynn grunted a little. "A little sore on the knee. But I'll be alright."
"Well, I'm not taking any chances." Hunter took out some magic bandages and wrapped up Ashlynn's scrapped knee. He looked over and saw the large piece of wood that tripped Ashlynn. "Where'd that log come from?"
"Probably from whoever chopped all those trees!" Maddie said as she pointed to a huge pile of trees."
"OH MY FAIRY GODMOTHER!" Ashlynn screamed, clutching her hair. "SOMEONE IS DESTROYING THE FOREST!"
Hunter tightened his fists. "Not in my woods!" He ripped his shirt off and let out a battle cry.
"Hey! Keep it down!" an unknown voice shouted. "Can't a guy get some shut eye in the woods?!"
A creaky, clanking noise came as a teenage boy emerged from behind the log pile wielding an axe. Before Ashlynn or Hunter could chew this boy out for chopping trees down, they, along with Gilda, Maddie and Lizzie, let out a collective gasp.
The boy was made of silver metal with several patches, bolts and rivets on his hands, arms, neck and face. He wore grey pants with metal plating print and wore a white shirt under a black waistcoat. On top his head was what appeared to be a small metal funnel. His short, spiky hair was black as tar. But his most unique trait was the large heart shaped hole on the right side of his chest, exactly where a heart should be.
"Tinny!" Gilda squealed. She ran up to the metal boy and threw her arms around him. "Thank Oz you're alright!" Tears started to form in her eyes.
"Of course I'm alright." said the metal boy.
Gilda looked around. "Did you cut down all these trees."
Tinothy dug his foot in the ground. Well...yeah. I get anxious sometimes. And since I'm all alone lost in these woods I...well, started chopping wood to blow off some steam." As soon as he said 'steam', a puff of steam poofed out the top of the tin man's funnel cap.
"What in the wonderland are you?!" Lizzie blurted out.
The metal boy looked at Lizzie and dropped his axe. "Whoa!"
"Guys, this is Tinothy Woodman, son of the Tin Wildman." Gilda introduced. "Tin, this is Hunter Huntsman, Ashlynn Ella, Maddie Hatter, and Lizzie Hearts."
"Hearts...cool!" Tinothy breathed, still gawking at Lizzie.
The princess of hearts was feeling uncomfortable by the tin man's staring. "Why are you staring at me like that?"
"I never thought a girl like you existed in real life!" Tinothy responded immediately. He couldn't take his eyes off Lizzie. Her heart shaped hair, heart adorned dress and crown, even her red heart painted over her left eye.
Lizzie blinked. "What?"
"You make hearts look so...good!" Tinothy felt hypnotized as he stared at Lizzie.
"Uh, Tinny?" Gilda snapped her fingers in front of her friend's face. "Focus!"
"Oh! Right!" said Tinothy. "Uh, did you find Leo and the others?"
Gilda shook her head. "No, you're the first one of the gang we found."
Tinothy put on a frown. "Maybe we should find that twisted cousin of yours. She should know where our friends are."
Gilda stomped her foot. "Wicca is not twisted! She's just following her destiny!"
"Wake up and smell the stink, Gilda! Wicca is evil and you know it! She probably hired that witch to take over Oz and do the dirty work for her!" Tinothy heaved his axe and slashed at the log pile. The whole structure was split right down the middle and fell apart. "If we find her, we'll get the answers we need!"
"I'm telling you, Wicca is not responsible! We'll go find her and ask her ourselves!" said Gilda. "I wonder if I can still do that trick?"
"You mean the bubble thing?" said Tinothy.
"What bubble thing?" asked Hunter.
Gilda took a deep breath. She held it. And held it. And held it.
The Ever After kids just blankly stared at the good witch. Ashlynn decided to speak. "What-"
Gilda opened her mouth and a huge, pink bubble emerged out of it. "Yay! It still works!" Gilda took the bubble and slipped herself inside. "Come on, guys! We'll travel by bubble and find Wicca!"
"You heard the lady." Tinothy went inside the bubble. "Let's go."
A bit hesitant, but undetered, the gang went inside the bubble. The bubble floated off the ground and the gang hovered over the Enchanted Forest. The bubble floated higher and higher.
"See anything, guys?" asked Gilda.
"I can see the bookball field from here!" said Hunter.
"And the Glass Slipper!" Ashlynn said with glee.
"And Wonderland Grove!" Lizzie and Maddie said together.
"And a flock of crows hovering over there!" Tinothy pointed to an area outside the Enchanted Forest. "That can only mean one thing!"
"Hayley!" said Gilda. "Let's go!" She willed the bubble to move toward the crow-ridden area.
In the area, Wicca West had her arch nemesis, Daphne Gale, suspended with her magic.
"I can't believe you and your disgusting friends decided to show your faces on my turf!" Wiccca growled.
"What did you do to Coral and Ginger?!" Raven said. Her friends were laying on their backs in pain. They both were drenched im sweat and their arms and legs trembled.
Hayley removed a small dart from Ginger's leg and Coral's arm. "Daphne used a special poison dart used for witch hunting." The scarecrow opened up her purse and took out a small bottle sealed with a cork. "Here's the antidote for the poison." She carefully opened Coral's mouth and gave her the antidote.
"Hayley! What are you doing?!" Daphne grunted out. "Those are evil witches! Especially her! That purple one is one of the worst witches alive!" She tried to move her head to look at Raven, but couldn't. "You're the Evil Queen's daughter! You cast a mind-control spell on Hayley, didn't you?! Is that why she's helping you save your minions so you don't have to?!"
"No, she didn't!" said Hayley. "I'm helping them because they're good witches! I may not have a brain, but I know we can trust them." She gave Ginger the rest of the antidote.
Coral and Ginger felt her strength coming back. "Oh, man..." Coral groaned.
"I felt like I was burning up inside..." Ginger hugged herself, shook up from the near death experience.
"Just take it easy and don't move too quickly." said Hayley.
"GUYS! OVER HERE!" A thunderous voice roared.
The girls gasped when a lion came running toward them. But an even bigger shock was when they the person who was riding the lion.
"Apple?!" Raven gasped.
"RAVEN!" Apple yelled happily. The lion stopped running and transformed back to Leo. Apple got off Leo's shoulders and ran to her beloved roomie. "RAVEN! Oh, am I glad to see you!" She embraced Raven in a big, warm hug.
"Is that...Apple White?!" Daphne said, bewildered. "She's hugging her arch nemesis?!"
"Yes." Wicca released Daphne from her magic. "Raven and Apple are best friends. And Raven rejected her evil destiny because she doesn't want to be evil. So, get off her case." Wicca kicked the magical dagger to Daphne. "And keep your starlight dagger to yourself."
"A starlight dagger?!" Apple panicked and pulled Raven away from where Daphne stood. "I've never seen one in person!"
"What's the big deal?" asked Raven.
Daphne gave a snort. "Some witch. You don't know what a starlight dagger is?" The witch hunter stuck her weapon back in her belt. "It's a powerful artifact that can cut through anything magical and drain it's power." Daphne narrowed her eyes at Raven. "Including witches."
"Don't make me turn you into a toad." Wicca warned. She looked up. "Speaking of toads..."
Gilda, Tinothy, Ashlynn, Hunter, Maddie, and Lizzie arrived on the scene. The bubble popped as soon as they touched the ground.
"Still doing that spit bubble trick?" Wicca asked Gilda.
"Yeah! Turns out I can still do that!" said Gilda. She counted off how many friends were here. "OKAY! Everyone's here! Now, let's go save Oz!"
"And just how do you expect to do that?" Wicca asked in a snarky tone.
"By going to Oz and stop the evil witch! That's the plan!" said Gilda.
"Sounds more like a death wish." Wicca snipped. "What's this alleged witch even like?"
Leo shrugged. "We don't know. All we know is that she wore a black, hooded cloak and took over West Castle like it's nobody's business-"
"WAIT A SPELL!" Wicca stopped Leo in mid-conversation. "Took. Over. West. CASTLE?! I thought you said she took over Oz Academy!"
"She did." Hayley said as she casually checked her bango strings. "She started out taking over Oz Academy, but once she heard about your home, she trashed our school and decided to make it a home for her dragon and goblin guards."
"She has a dragon and goblin guards?!" Coral gasped.
Hayley took some bird seed from her pocket and fed her crow friends. "Yep. Then she moved on to West Castle and made it her place."
Wicca clenched her fists. This witch has officially crossed the line. "Enough yapping. Let's go to Oz and make this witch dead!"
"Um, isn't that a bit too far?" said Apple.
"Don't ruin my moment, White." Wicca replied. "Alright, time to conjure up a tornado that'll take us to Oz!"
"You can do that?" asked Ginger.
Wicca scoffed at her friend's words. "Can I do that?" she repeated sarcastically. The witch closed her eyes and opened her arms out, taking a deep breath.
The wind picked up speed as the sky began to darken. The once bright and beautiful Enchanted Forest started to slowly change into something...wicked.
"Winds of magic, hear my plea.
Start to spin and twist fiercely.
Open the path to parts unknown.
From here to Oz, I summon this cyclone!"
The dark clouds turned green as a powerful green tornado formed around the students.
"HANG ON, EVERYONE!" Wicca shouted. Everyone held on tightly to each other as everything around them became a spinning blur. They felt themselves lifting off the ground and spin around in the tornado.
The tornado spinner almost forever as everyone closed their eyes and held onto their partners for their lives. The tornado spun out of the Enchanted Forest and toward the sky, leaving the world of Ever After behind.