The battle had begun. Faybelle's army clashed with the Ever After High and Oz Academy kids. Raven and Gilda kept the dark dragons at bay while the others clashed with the villain army that stayed on the ground.

As they all fought, Faybelle and Wicca were soaring through the air exchanging magic blasts of fury. "Before we end this and send you back you reform school, Faybelle, answer me this: Is this really worth all this? Leaving behind everything you ever had just to lose it all again?"

"What are you talking about, West?" Faybelle scoffed. "I decided to go beyond my story as the greatest villain who ever lived and take over the world! I mean, what villain doesn't? So, I didn't leave anything behind! I still carry on my evil legacy and live forever as the true Evil Queen!"

"But you did leave something behind." Wicca retorted. "Don't you see? You had it made. You could have enjoyed the best of both worlds! The bad and the good! But you had to cross the line and put the brakes on your own destiny! You can no longer enjoy the little things that truly make life worth living, like being with your friends and hanging out at Hocus Latte or the Villain Club. And what about the cheer squad? You loved cheerhexing as much as villainy. But now, you can't go back to that!"

Her words struck a chord in the dark fairy. Wicca continued.

"There's a reason why we villains have to draw a line to end the evil. So everyone can live happily ever after, including us. On the pages, the good guys always win and we're the losers, I get that. But outside the story, we can drop our roles and just relax, be ourselves and take a break from all the evil."

Faybelle's remained stone faced, looking at the ground. Wicca extended her green hand out to her. "It's not too late to end this, Faybelle." said Wicca. "Call this whole thing off and let's go back to school...together. As friends."

Faybelle slowly reached for Wicca's hand. She looked up at Wicca and the witch saw a tint of blue flash within her eyes.

Wicca recognized that flash. It was deceit.

Within a split second, Faybelle shot a blast of magic that Wicca was able to dodge. Wicca frowned. "The old false surrender, huh?"

Faybelle curved a smile. "Whatever it takes." She and Wicca continued exchanging blasts of magic.

Inside West Castle, a cloaked figure was sneaking through the castle. The figure arrived at a large wooden door where two giant goblin guards blocked anyone from entering.

"HALT!" yelled one of the guards. He and his partner aimed their magic staffs at the intruder.

The cloaked figure raised their hands up. The goblins fired, but the intruder managed to run up the walls with lightening fast speed and kicked one of the guards in the face, shattering his helmet to pieces. As he fell unconscious, the intruder drilled a powerful kick right in the middle of the other guard's stomach.

The armor shattered and the pain of the blow surged through the guard's body. He fell alongside his defeated comrade.

With the guards out cold, the intruder took out a key and used it to unlock the door. Inside was darkness and cobwebs. When the intruder walked further into the room, there was a large jar of green slime sitting on a black pedestal.

That green slime was the remains of Wicca's mother, the Wicked Witch of the West.

Two green eyes blinked out from within the slime. The eyes focused their wild gaze at the cloaked figure. "Who are you?!" said the liquefied witch.

The intruder removed her hood.

"You...!" hissed the witch. Her eyes flared with rage.

It was Daphne Gale. "Relax, I'm not here to destroy you."

The witch's eyes grew as Daphne removed her boots. But once removed, a green shimmer glowed from them and the boots became a pair of sparkly ruby shoes!

"The ruby slippers!" The witch couldn't believe it. The item she fought so hard to obtain in her story was right in front of her.

"Your daughter is in trouble." said Daphne, holding up the shoes. "A dark fairy and her evil army are going to destroy Wicca and everyone she loves. Only you can stop this evil fairy."

There was not a hint of deceit in the witch's eyes. "I understand."

Daphne placed the shoes on the floor. Then she opened the lid to the large jar and picked it up. It maybe heavy for some, but Daphne was raised to be a strong, disciplined warrior. So to her, that jar was as heavy as a sack of feathers. She heaved the jar above the shoes. "You know what to do."

The witch closed her eyes and recited a spell.

"Legs, torso, arms and head. Body form, body feel.

Hands, feet, nose and mouth. Take thy shape and become real!"

As she recited, Daphne poured out the witch. But the slime instantly fell into the shoes and began to take the form of legs.

"Legs, torso, arms and head. Body form, body feel.

Hands, feet, nose and mouth. Take thy shape and become real!"

The wicked witch repeated the spell as Daphne poured. Soon enough, all the contents from the jar was gone. But the slime took form. The witch's spell combined with the magic of the ruby slippers caused the witch's body to reform. Once the slime fully created the form of a female woman. A burst of green light exploded. Daphne was sent hurling back with such force, she was slammed into the stone wall.

Daphne blacked out until an evil laugh awakened her. She opened her eyes and saw a sight that chilled even her soul.

Back outside the castle, Faybelle's army was losing the battle. The soldiers were knocked out and the dragons were put to sleep thanks to Raven and Gilda's magic. Faybelle wasn't the only one good at sleeping spells.

"Great idea with the sleeping magic, Raven!" said Gilda.

"Well, I would never hurt an innocent dragon. They were just being brainwashed by Faybelle." Raven looked up at Faybelle, who was still battling Wicca high in the sky.

Faybelle looked down and saw her army defeated. "NOOOO! MY ARMY!"

Seeing an opening, Wicca fired a mighty blast of magic. It made direct contact with the fairy. Faybelle screamed in pain as Wicca's spell made Faybelle's wings flap out of control. She zigged and zagged in all directions until she crashed into the ground.

As she struggled to get up, Faybelle managed to see past her blurred vision just to see Wicca charging in, holding her broom like a baseball bat. The witch charged her broom with magic and swung it across Faybelle's face.

Everyone shrunk in surprise. Wicca smacked Faybelle so hard, it was a miracle her head didn't pop off.

"It's over, Thorn." said Wicca. "You're done."

"And so is your army." Raven pointed out.

Faybelle managed to stand. But she still wore that sinister smile. "You'd think I'd go this far without an ace up my sleeve?" She snapped her fingers and a rather large bush of vines came out of the ground. The vine bush opened to reveal someone inside.

"BRIAR!" Apple screamed.

It was Briar, fast asleep in Faybelle's vine coffin.

"What? I'm just following my destiny. Briar is destined to sleep for a hundred years." Faybelle said with a casual shrug.

"You mean you actually cursed her?!" Raven said.

"As they say in the villain department...DUH!" Faybelle roared with laughter.

Everyone couldn't believe it. They thought Faybelle was bluffing. But seeing Briar tied up with all those sharp, thorny vines tied around her and not even flinching, there was no denying the fact that she was cursed into her century long sleep.

Anyone would have awoken by the pain of those awful thorns...

"So, if you want Briar to rest in peace, you losers surrender now and be locked away forever after. If not..." The dark fairy willed the vines to constrict Briar's arms and legs. Everyone feared the worst when one vine wrapped around her throat.

"You leave her alone!" Wicca snapped.

Faybelle waved a finger. "Ah, ah. I'd watch my tone if I were you."

"You're the real definition of a coward, Thorn!" Leo growled.

"Thank you." Faybelle taunted. "I'd rather be a coward than a soft goody goody like you losers!" Her wings were back to normal. She floated up along with Briar, still tied up in her thorny prison. "Now then, enough chit chat and surrender."

The kids were at a stalemate. Faybelle had everything planned out. Using the cursed Briar as leverage if her army failed. She truly was an evil villain.

Wicca dropped her broom and raised her arms. "It makes me want to gag, but you win, Faybelle."

"Wicca! NO!" said Raven.

"We don't have a choice, Raven." Wicca said calmly.

Seeing Wicca like this, everyone had no choice but to surrender. They all dropped their weapons and raised their hands up.

"That's more like it." Faybelle smirked. "And don't worry about school. Courtly will do a good job taking your place, Apple."

"What?!" said Apple and Wicca.

"Oh? You didn't know? Wicca poisoned you and locked you in that tower in the Dark Forest so you'd miss your birthday. Then Courtly took your place with her wild card power."

Apple gasped. "Wicca! How could you?!"

Wicca groaned. "I'm a villain and I wanted to ruin your birthday! So sue me!" she said angrily. "So, you're saying Courtly was in on your plan too?!"

"Of course." said Faybelle. "Who do you think hooked me up with the right connections to bust out of that reform school?" She scoffed. "Let's just get you all sent to the dungeon already! You eyesores are boring me!"

Suddenly, Faybelle was struck with a powerful blast of green lightening! Everyone jumped back as the dark fairy was electrocuted to her very core. The fairy collapsed, her entire body charred as she was out cold.

From behind her stood the Wicked Witch of the West.

Wicca smiled and put her hands down. "Hey, Mom."

"MOM?!" everyone else screamed.

"Auntie West?!" Gilda screamed. "But...how?!" She saw her aunt wearing the ruby slippers.

"I had Daphne use the ruby slippers to revive my mother." Wicca explained.

"It's true." said Daphne's voice. Everyone spun around and saw Daphne walking toward them barefoot.

"But if you're Daphne..." Hayley pointed to the other Daphne. "Then who's this?!"

Wicca snapped her fingers. Green magic glowed upon the fake Daphne, revealing it to be Wingsy, Daphne's pet winged monkey.

"While we were keeping Faybelle busy, I teleported Daphne to West Castle to bring Mom back. Mom's the ace up my sleeve."

"Good call, Sweet wart." The Wicked Witch walked up to her daughter. They looked at each other's eyes then hugged each other. Wicca started to cry as she hugged. Never did she feel her mother's arms hugging her before. Wicca would always hug her mother when she was in a jar, but never hug her and have her mother's arms hug her back.

It was the greatest feeling in the world.

"Finally..." Wicca sobbed. "I can finally hug my mother."

"I've waited too long for this day." Wicked Witch said softly. "I can finally hold my baby."

"Um, Mom." said Wicca, pulling apart from her mother. "I'm happy you're back. But there's something I need to tell you." She took a deep breath. "I don't want to take Raven's place and be the next Evil Queen."

"You don't?!" Wicked Witch asked in surprise.

"No, and I don't want to take over Oz either. I have a friend who's better suited to be the next Evil Queen. And I'm happy living at Ever After with my friends. I still want to be a villain, but I don't want to leave my friends and family behind doing so. I mean, I finally have my mom back! My biggest dream has finally come true!"

"So, you don't want to be a big shot villain?" asked Wicked Witch.

"No, I just want to be a villain that stays low to the ground." Wicca said. "Are you mad?"

Much to Wicca's surprise, her mother shook her head. "No, not at all, Sweetie." she smiled.

"Really?! You're NOT mad?!"

"Oh, of course not!" Wicked Witch assured. "All I want is for you to be happy! I mean, you accomplished something I never did before! You made friends! Friends who care about you and help you! Good on you, kid!" She hugged her daughter again. "I'm so proud of you!"

All of Wicca's friends were amazed. The Wicked Witch wasn't so wicked after all.

Apple turned to Faybelle, who was still out cold. "Now, all we got to do figure out what to do with Faybelle."

"If we send her back to reform school. She'll just bust out with a new entourage." Leo said.

A magic portal appeared. Baba Yaga, Headmaster Milton Grimm and his brother Giles came through. And all three of them looked

"Just leave it to us." said Headmaster Grimm. He joined hands with Baba Yaga and Giles. A large, round object appeared before Faybelle.

Raven gasped. A chill went down her spine. "Is that-?!"

"The Magic Mirror?!" Apple finished.

"We cast this spell out to protect, while your deeds you shall reflect.

You've failed this spell to overwhelm and are cast into the Mirror Realm!"

The teachers recited the spell. The mirror flashed and sucked in Faybelle with it's powerful magic.

"You banished Faybelle to the Mirror Realm?!" Wicca said. To think her teachers would whip out such a severe punishment.

Baba Yaga shrugged. "Faybelle wanted to be her own Evil Queen, didn't she? So, this was the most suitable punishment for her."

"Wait a spell! How did you guys know what Faybelle was up to?!" asked Raven.

"We'll explain everything back at school, Miss Queen." said Giles.

Baba Yaga created a portal back home. "Come along, children."

Everyone entered the portal and found themselves in Headmaster Grimm's office. There, they saw Duchess and Courtly Jester, who was sound asleep in a chair.

"Duchess?! Courtly?!" said Apple. "What happened?!"

"Thanks to Miss Swan's spying, she was able to film Courtly talking to Faybelle on her Mirrorphone about their crazy scheme to take over Oz!" said Baba Yaga.

Raven stared as Courtly snored. "But why is Courtly asleep?"

Duchess shrugged. "I didn't want her to get away. So I suckered her into eating a poisoned apple."

Wicca couldn't help but laugh. "Guess Courtly played her part a little too well."

"Courtly won't be banished to the Mirror Realm. But cleaning out the unicorn stables for the rest of the semester will be just as cruel and unusual." said Baba Yaga. She turned her attention to the Wicked Witch. "I'm just surprised to see you standing on your own two feet, Wicked Witch."

"I'm just as surprised myself, Madame Yaga." said Wicked Witch. "Speaking of feet..." She removed the ruby slippers and handed them back to Daphne. "Here's your shoes back, kid."

Daphne was so stunned, she almost dropped the shoes. "You're...giving them back to me?!"

"Yeah, I don't need them and I'm sick of wasting in my castle." The mother witch hugged Wicca. "I got my daughter." Wicca felt the warmth in her hug. "And there's so much lost time to make up for!"

"And I know just how to spellebrate!" Apple said. "Miss Wicked Witch, would you like to come to my birthday party?"

The Wicked Witch was more surprised than before. "Really? You'd want me, one of the most feared and powerful witches at your party?"

Apple nodded with the biggest smile. "Of course! It's the least I can do after you stopped Faybelle!"

Wicca patted her mother's shoulder. "Let's do it, Mom. These guys really know how to throw a good party."

Maddie gasped. "Party?! Wait a tick!" She spun around to Daring, who was carrying the sleeping Briar on his back. "We have to wake up Briar!"