-1"Faolan, where are you?" Ivy called, straining all her senses trying to find him.

He had gotten ahead of her and she had lost him. There was a slight noise to her right and she spun that way, but didn't see anything.

"Faolan?" she asked uncertainly.

Suddenly, Ivy was knocked down from behind. She twisted as she fell so she landed on her back. Faolan had pounced on her. He landed next to her and placed an arm on either side of her, trapping her. He sniffed at her and made a whining noise.

"I like your smell." he commented.

"What do you think you're doing?" she demanded, trying to shove him away.

Faolan caught her hands and forced them down. His eyes flashed.

"I could eat you." he growled.

Ivy couldn't respond. She was frozen, staring into his eyes. They dimmed all of a sudden and he jumped back to his feet. He paced in front of her and she just stared at him, still frozen.

"Oooooh, this is bad. I'm bad. The moon….and you. I can't control myself. You should run away from here. No, then I might chase you and who knows what I'd do when I caught you. I…" Faolan broke off as he crumbled back to the ground clutching his middle.

"W…what's wrong?" Ivy asked quietly.

She slowly crawled over to him. She hesitated a moment before touching his arm to get his attention. He jerked at her touch and she snatched her hand back. But he grabbed it and pressed it against his cheek.

"I'm okay. I'm okay. Just cramps." he panted.

He was breaking out in a sweat and he started moaning. He didn't look too good.

"It hurts, though." he said, his grip on her hand getting painfully tight.

Ivy didn't protest. She hoped it helped.

"Should I get you some water or something?" she asked getting to her feet to do as she offered.

"No!" he yelled, jerking her back. He quickly lowered his voice, "No. You stay. Stay with me."

"Okay." Ivy nodded, forgetting that she had been afraid of him only a moment ago.

Now all she wanted was to help him. She understood cramps at least. And he was really hurting.

"What's happening to you?" she asked.

Faolan growled, but Ivy thought it was at the question, not her.

"Every full moon my…um…cycle comes on. It's something wolves have to deal with. I get really angry and irrational and…hungry. Randal is too young to have it very bad. He doesn't change yet. I do. I will. And I don't want you around when that happens. I could hurt you. Or worse even." Faolan gulped.

Ivy was silent. What could she say to that? It was another one of those things that had no real response to it. Plus, she had to absorb what she was hearing. The part of her that was rational and dealt with every day society and reality said it was impossible and balked at his explanation. Of course, that part of her had balked at this entire world. That part of her had no place here. So she stuck with the flexible part of her that said to heck with reality and just accepted the situation as it was. That was the part of her she used the most anyway. The part of her that daydreamed of worlds like this. Funny, she had never imagined kneeling on the ground next to a young man who was part wolf and was suffering from cramps as a side effect of the full moon.

"Well? Aren't you going to say anything?" he demanded moodily.

"What do you want me to say?" Ivy replied angrily, his tone getting to her.

He whimpered and rubbed his face against the hand that he still held.

"I don't know." he said quietly, his whole manner changing in an instant and making her feel guilty about her outburst, "I know you're scared of me. You probably hate me, now."

He got angry again and continued.

"Huff-puff, everyone hates wolves. And why? What did we do? We were just being ourselves! Okay, so maybe a few of the wolves in the past did some bad things. Maybe some wolves in the present did some bad things. But it's not like humans never did anything wrong!" he was growling again.

"I agree." Ivy nodded, "You're right. I've always felt that way. Wolves are always the bad guys in fairy tales. There has to be more to the story then what is told. And not every wolf can be that way. Judging from the wolves I've met, I think I dislike humans more than wolves, myself."

Faolan seemed startled.

"Cripes, you do?" he asked, then turned away from her, "You're lying. You don't mean that."

"Come on. You haven't known me long, but it doesn't take long to know that I don't say things I don't mean." Ivy said.

Faolan looked at her again and was quiet. Neither of them said anything for a moment, before Faolan sprang to his feet again. Ivy looked at him in surprise.

"Cramps have passed." he explained, "I feel great again."

"Are you sure?" she asked skeptically.

"Oh huff, of course I'm sure. Let's howl again." he said and pulled her to her feet.

He howled, but this time Ivy didn't join in. She was too worried. What would happen next?

Wendell ran over the hill to see a wolf standing over Danielle's sleeping form.

"Danielle!" he yelled loudly.

The wolf looked over at him and Wendell somehow recognized her as Cinnamon.

Danielle jerked awake to the sound of her name being shouted. The first thing she saw was reddish fir. Her mind processed what she was seeing and she saw it was a wolf standing over her. Her movement caused the wolf to growl and bare it's teeth. Danielle scooted backwards fearfully. The wolf growled louder and raised it's hackles. Danielle froze, realizing her moving was making it worse.

Tony and Maive arrived and the wolf, seeing that it was outnumbered, ran off. Wendell hurried over to see if Danielle was alright. He owed her. She had saved him. Now he was saving her.

"Are you alright?" he asked.

Danielle nodded, her eyes wide with fright. She normally wouldn't be this afraid, but waking up that close to an angry wolf's fangs…that was enough to make anyone feel like peeing their pants.

"W…w…what…?" she tried to ask.

"It's Cinnamon. The full moon affects wolves here and somehow it's full moon tonight. She changed." Wendell tried to explain.

Danielle was clueless as to what he was talking about.

"That…that was the girl?" she asked in disbelief, "She's a…werewolf?"

"'Were' means half, so yes. She is." Maive said from behind them.

"She's Oz? Woah." Danielle said, shaking her head.

That got confused looks from all of them, even Tony.

"Buffy." she explained.

Wendell and Maive still looked completely confused. Tony thought he knew what she was talking about.

"The Vampire Slayer?" he asked.

"Yeah. You watch?" Danielle asked as if nothing had happened.

Tony shook his head at the pure insanity of this girl.

"You don't get it. She could have…probably would have killed you." Tony insisted, "You're lucky that we got here in time to scare her off."

"I probably am." Danielle agreed, "But it's over. What's the use dwelling on it? If it's the full moon doing this, we have two more nights to worry about."

Tony groaned.

"After this, no more wolves. None. This is absolutely the last time I am traveling with a wolf."

Virginia found Wolf moaning on the forest floor. Cramps had caught up to him, it seemed. She dropped down on her knees next to him.

"Wolf, you can't run off like that…" she began.

"There you go again with my list of can and can'ts. You are not my mother! They burned my mother, remember." Wolf growled.

"Wolf…" she tried again in a reasoning voice.

"Maybe it's because your mother abandoned you. Is that why you have to mother and smother everybody? Well, stop it! I don't like it!" Wolf interrupted.

That had hurt. Virginia felt her eyes well up and wiped at them quickly. It wasn't his fault. It was his cycle. It probably didn't help either that it was way too early for it.

"Do you need a rabbit?" Virginia offered hesitantly.

Wolf closed his eyes at the mention of a rabbit, as if envisioning it.

"Mmmm, a rabbit. Yes, a rabbit would be nice. You know I like the long-eared ones, right?"

Virginia nodded. It kind of disgusted her, since she knew what would happen to any rabbit she brought him, but it was better a rabbit than a coup of chickens in a nearby village. Or a person.

"Breena'll stay with you while I go find one. Okay?" she said, brushing his hair out of his face.

Wolf nodded, but he was staring past her at the moon.

Virginia rose and backed away slowly, looking at Wolf worriedly. Breena landed near him and nodded at her. She would keep an eye on him. Virginia turned and went to look for a rabbit. How she would catch one, she had no idea. It wasn't like last time when she had picked one up out of someone's rabbit hutch in Little Lamb Village. She would have to actually catch a wild rabbit.

"What I do for you, Wolf." she said to herself with a small shake of her head, "This had better turn out better than Little Lamb…wait a minute!"

Virginia stopped in her tracks. Something didn't make sense. Wolf had gotten a spell to release him of the full moon. It had worked during the last one. How come Wolf was back to feeling the full moon again?

Virginia smacked herself in the forehead.

"Duh, Virginia. Like the witch is going to help you out and let Wolf stand by during this full moon." she said to herself, "Find a rabbit, girl. Just find a rabbit."

Faolan ran ahead of her, sniffing. Ivy followed him quickly, not wanting him to get out of her sight, but he lost her again. She stopped and opened her mouth to call out to him when she was pulled down into the bushes. Faolan motioned quickly for her to be silent. His eyes were bright and he seemed excited. He pointed through the bushes and Ivy peered through to see a little rabbit poking around. Ivy pulled back and shook her head no at him, but he nodded and stopped her silent protest by placing his hands on her face.

"You watch me." he mouthed at her, "Then, you try."

Then, before she could refuse, he turned away and pounced through the bush on the rabbit. He was on hands and knees with the rabbit pinned under his hands. He looked so wolfish he might as well have been one. His tail was even wagging back and forth behind him.

"Okay. Come on." he called back to her.

Ivy hesitantly stood up and stepped out into the tiny clearing.

"I want you to eat some of this rabbit. You haven't been eating nearly enough just chewing on that jerky." he said without looking at her.

The rabbit struggled wildly and he growled at it.

"No!" Ivy said, feeling appalled in spite of herself.

This time Faolan did growl at her.

"Yes. You will eat some rabbit." he said in a dangerously low voice and flashed his eyes at her.

Ivy shook off the effects of his eyes.

"No!" she yelled and ran back the way they had come.

Faolan followed her with his eyes and thought about chasing her, but the rabbit struggled again under his hands and drew his attention back to it. He grinned and there were fangs in his grin. He snarled at the rabbit and it froze in fear.

Ivy burst through the trees back to the camp. Randal jumped awake and growled at her grumpily.

"Where's my brother?" he asked.

"I don't know." Ivy said, "I thought you were too hungry to skip dinner."

"I was. I got my own rabbit, thank you." Randal said with a curt nod of his head.

He sat down and stared up at the moon.

"I like the moon." he told her, "During the full moon I can hear and smell and see everything!"

Randal sniffed, then looked at Ivy in surprise.

"You're afraid." he said.

Ivy started to say no, but gave up.

"Yes, I am."

Virginia wandered aimlessly looking for a stupid rabbit. She heard a little rustle and froze. A rabbit hopped slowly out of hiding. Virginia held her breath. She didn't want to scare it away. Ever so slowly Virginia lowered herself down to where she could jump and catch the rabbit. The rabbit froze for a moment, then continued eating and hopping slowly around.

There was another rustle and both the rabbit and Virginia froze. A wolf emerged from the darkness. A red wolf. It growled low in its throat and bared its teeth. It was growling at Virginia.

Wolf sat up. The cramps were gone, but he felt the change coming. He didn't want to change. No, not with Virginia out in the woods somewhere all alone. But he couldn't stop it. Wolf's eyes glowed and he felt fangs grow in his mouth. He twisted as his body changed until he was all wolf. He absently heard frightened noises coming from the fairy, but he ignored her. Fairies were bad to eat. Wolf raised his nose to the air and caught the scent of another wolf nearby. And close to that scent was that of a human. But this human had another scent mixed in with hers, her mate's scent. It took a moment, but Wolf recognized that other scent was his! That she-wolf was going to attack his mate!

Wolf tilted back his head and howled before racing towards the two scents.

Cinnamon took a slow step closer to the human. She could smell the scent of another wolf on her. And that she was carrying a wolf-cub. But Cinnamon didn't care. She was too hungry to care. The human's fear was strong. This situation seemed all too familiar, but Cinnamon's wolf mind dismissed all that. All it cared was that she had found fresh meat.

A howl broke through the air, drawing both her and the human's attention. Cinnamon sniffed. It was another wolf, the human's mate. Even as a wolf that seemed a little strange to her.

Suddenly, the owner of that howl appeared. He growled and placed himself between her and the human. Cinnamon growled back, but backed off. She didn't want the human bad enough to fight its mate.

Virginia let her breath out and her entire body shuddered. She couldn't feel her legs and she couldn't seem to move. Her heart was beating so hard inside her chest that it hurt.

Wolf, she knew it was him, looked back at her. Then he trotted off. It took Virginia a few long moments before she was able to move. She hurried back to the place where she had left Wolf with Breena. She found the fairy sitting on the same leaf she had been, hugging her knees. When she saw Virginia she quickly got to her feet.

"I'm sorry. He changed and I didn't know what to do." Breena apologized quickly.

"I know, Breena." Virginia stopped her.

Virginia plunked down on the grass next to Breena's leaf. She shivered and rubbed her arms. She did not want to go through another 48 hours of this.

"Miss, are you alright?" Breena asked hesitantly.

"I'd be better if this were all over." Virginia sighed.

Ivy paced nervously. Randal scratched his nose and growled at her irritably.

"Why do you keep doing that?" he asked.

"I'm nervous." Ivy replied. She stopped suddenly and turned towards Randal, "If we kept moving, would your brother track us?"

Randal rolled his eyes.

"Are you kidding?" he said in answer.

Ivy nodded, satisfied.

"Okay. Good. Let's get moving." she said, adjusting the straps on her backpack and starting off.

Randal grumbled some more and kicked apart the stones he had arranged for a fire-pit. He ran after Ivy and quickly caught up to her.

"Next time you're going to not collect firewood, tell me not to make a fire-pit." he said moodily.

When day broke, Ivy and Randal found themselves just outside a village. The entire village seemed to be colored pink, red, and white and there were heart-shaped balloons all over. A sign, also heart-shaped, read 'Now Entering Kissingtown',

Ivy looked around as they entered the town. She had never been anywhere so corny. So lovey-dovey. Her initial feelings were that she thought she might puke. She saw signs for kissing lessons and romantic restaurants and all other sorts of things along that line.

"Oh, my god." Ivy muttered.

"What a gross town." Randal said, sticking out his tongue and scrunching up his face in a disgusted look.

Ivy grinned at him.

"Yeah, coodies all over the place."

"What's a coodie?" Randal looked confused.

Ivy was a little surprised. Oh, well. She couldn't expect him to know stuff like that.

"I'll explain later. Let's get some breakfast." she said, glad that Randal's mood had improved, at least for now.

A little girl ran up in front of them and held out a hand to stop them. She held a bow and arrow and lights shimmered around her head in a halo. She had wings strapped to her back so she looked like some kind of cupid-girl.

"There you are. About time you showed up." she said.

"Huh?" Ivy asked, confused.

Randal looked as lost as she was. Did someone know they were coming?

"You will be faced with the truth again. But I'm afraid that love will have to take a backseat to evil's ploys once again. Your slightly…changed…friend will arrive later, I assure you." she said and skipped off to be lost in a crowd of unnaturally cheery people.

"She was talking about Faolan! That girl must have been psychic!" Ivy exclaimed.

Randal seemed to be pondering something.

"What is it?" Ivy asked.

"This seems all so familiar. Like I heard about it before. A story, I think. I just can't remember…" Randal growled in frustration, "I'm hungry."

"Come on." Ivy said, steering him towards a restaurant.

She stared in the direction the girl had gone and wondered what she had meant.

Faolan fell asleep curled up under a tree. His belly was full, he was happy. For now. Now he would sleep. Faolan put his tail over his nose and let out a long wolf sigh as he drifted off. He was soon fast asleep.

Faolan found himself in a white room. He scrambled to his feet and looked around. He immediately spotted the woman, but something was wrong. He couldn't smell her.

"Hello, Faolan. I wasn't planning on bringing you here, but that evil witch has pushed me to it. She should not have messed with something as powerful as the moon. Mr. Moon is furious." the woman said.

Faolan was astounded. So astounded that it wasn't until now that he realized he wasn't in wolf-form anymore and that he was on hands and knees before the great Queen Snow White! Faolan quickly stood and bowed.

"Queen Snow White! I…" Faolan was at a loss for words.

Snow White smiled, amused.

"Relax. I have some things I need to discuss with you." she said.

Faolan was still trying to catch up to what was happening. His memory was already pretty fuzzed. He thought he remembered being in the woods, collecting sticks with Ivy, but he wasn't sure.

"Mr. Moon? You mean the Man in the Moon? He's still alive?" Faolan blurted.

Snow White nodded.

"Of course. As long as the moon lives so does he. And he is not happy about this unscheduled full moon. Technically I can't interfere directly with this, but I can grant you a wish…" Snow White said.

Faolan nodded quickly, getting her gist.

"Right. I wish that the full moon was over and the regular moon schedule was back on track." Faolan said immediately, then regretted it.

He could have wished for no full moons at all. He could have put an end to his monthly madness. He frowned and a whine escaped him. He looked to Snow White. She seemed pleased, but understanding.

"Thank you. That had to be tempting. Before you leave I have to tell you some things. First, you will find your brother and Ivy in Kissingtown, but beware. The witch is plotting something. I don't know what, but I know it involves Ivy and Danielle. Ivy is going to need you to support and protect her, no matter what she thinks or says. I'm counting on you to do as much." she paused for Faolan to nod, "Second, talk to Wolf and Virginia. Yes, you must speak with them, but I think this evil witch business must come first. Alright?"

Faolan nodded again.

"Oh, and give this to Wolf. Tell him that it should put his problems with that bratty grandchild of Red's to an end." Snow White said, handing him an envelope.

Faolan bowed again as he took it.

"All that you say, Queen Snow Whi…" he began as regally as he could.

"Oh, call me Snow." Snow White interrupted, "Now, it's about time you go. Remember what I said."

Snow White and the white room all faded away until everything was black.

Faolan snapped awake. He was human again. Well, as human as he ever was. And he had an envelope in his hand with a royal seal on it. The seal had a fancy S.W. stamped into it.

Cinnamon woke up with a jerk. Her hands flew up in a front of her face. They were hands, not paws! She wasn't a wolf!

Cinnamon always suffered a little identity crisis after the full moon. And now she had added anxieties. Had she eaten one of her friends? What had she done? Where was she? In her woods there wasn't really too many bad things she could do. And she knew every inch of that territory so she was never very lost. Maybe a little disoriented, but never lost.

Cinnamon got up and sniffed, looking for the now familiar scents of her friends. Or, at least, so-called friends. Cinnamon didn't have real friends, didn't deserve them. Cinnamon shook her head, dispelling those thoughts and the memories they brought up.

There! She smelled Tony! If she sniffed some more she could smell Maive. And two other scents. One familiar, the other vaguely…it was one of the girls! Yes, she vaguely remembered Wendell saying something about finding the girl named Danielle. And there had been something about Wendell, too, but she couldn't remember what. Oh, well. She would find out when she rejoined them.

Had all three nights of the full moon passed already? That thought stopped Cinnamon. The full moon had been early! And she was pretty sure it had only been one night although her memory of it wasn't great,

More questions for her companions to hopefully have answers to. Cinnamon trotted off quickly to find them.

Virginia would not admit to crying, but she was way over-stressed and pregnant. She had a very good excuse. Not that she needed it.

Breena was still buzzing around nervously. She seemed pretty re-energized. There was the snap of footsteps approaching and Virginia tried to jump to her feet. It was getting harder to do.

Wolf stumbled into the clearing and Virginia gave a wordless shout of relief. She hurried over to him and hugged him fiercely. He returned her hug, but not as strongly as he usually did. Virginia pulled back and looked at him worriedly.

"Are you alright?" she asked.

"I was so worried. I couldn't remember what happened, but I remembered your smell and…" Wolf said and Virginia knew by his voice how tortured he had been.

"No, Wolf! You saved me! Another wolf was going to attack me and you scared it off." Virginia explained.

There were tears of relief welling up in Wolf's eyes and Virginia quickly wiped them away. She cradled his face in her hands.

"I know you would never let anything happen to me, Wolf. I love you." she said.

Wolf raised his own hand to touch her cheek and kissed her forehead.

"I love you, too, my dreamy creamy Virginia." he said, "But how long has it been? It doesn't feel like more than one night has passed, but my cycle's over."

"It has been only one night." Virginia said, confused.

"Maybe the witch could only change the moon for one night?" Breena suggested.

"Maybe." Wolf nodded.

He took a step back and looked around as he turned everything over in his mind. His gaze finally settled back on Virginia.

"Boy, our little cub has grown!" he exclaimed and Virginia smiled to see Wolf back to his old self.

Wolf placed a hand on Virginia's stomach and both their eyes went wide when the baby kicked.

"Cripes." Wolf said quietly.

"Cripes is right." Virginia nodded, all her questions and doubts rushing back to her, "Why am I so pregnant already? I feel as big as a house! I look like I'm seven months along now!"

"You are not as big as a house, Virginia. Maybe a small cow. Joking!" Wolf cried as she punched him in the arm, "You look beautiful. Absolutely succulent."

"Thank you." Virginia said shortly, but with a smile. She turned serious again, though, "I mean it, Wolf. Why am I so big already?"

"Maybe because wolves have their cubs quicker than humans." Wolf shrugged.

Virginia's eyes narrowed.

"Maybe? What do you mean maybe?" she demanded.

"Good to see she's controlling those mood swings." Breena whispered to Wolf as she buzzed by.

"I heard that! And I don't have mood swings." Virginia said, but the next moment she was crying, "I'm just so worried. What if I'm as bad a mother as mine was? How do I raise a baby with a tail? Will I have to lock up my baby every full moon?"

Wolf quickly jumped over to hold her. He stroked her hair.

"Shhh. It's okay. You'll be the best mother ever. Don't worry. I'll be right there to help you raise our baby with a tail. And you know what?"

"What?" Virginia asked, sniffling.
"He's going to be the most drop-dead gorgeous boy with you for a mother. And me for a father, of course." Wolf said with his wolfish grin.

Virginia laughed and smiled again.

"Maybe he'll be even cuter than you. Ever thought of that?" she asked.

"Uh oh!" Wolf said in mock-worry, "Competition!"

Breena coughed loudly to get their attention.

"Um…there's still the matter of an evil witch bent on destroying us all." she reminded them.

Wolf growled and his eyes flashed at the mention of the witch.

"Huff-puff, that's right! Time to be heroes again!"

Marissa spent extensive time at the mirrors, doing her best to find out what the major weaknesses of each girl was. It was harder to do by mirror, but not impossible. She already knew one of the blonde's worst fears. That would be her entrance to the core of her doubts and the rest of her fears. Then to the brunette.

"Why must it be Kissingtown?" she asked in disgust as she watched the girl and the young wolf-cub (how interesting to see that more than she had thought had fallen because of her full moon plan) ate at a sickeningly love oriented restaurant.

Her thoughts trailed back to the full moon. Somehow the spell had been broken and she had been cut off from the moon. Someone powerful had done that. And the only one who came immediately to mind was Snow White.

Nevermind all that. Her ploy had given her time and openings. That was all she needed.

Ivy had to admit that despite the incredibly corny titles labeled on all the food, it was still good. She had the First Crush Casserole and it was excellent.

The waiter was awfully nice. Ivy was suspicious of such niceness, but didn't pass up a chance for information.

"What is this town, anyway?" Ivy asked.

"This is where the dwarves brought Snow White and placed her in the glass coffin when they believed she was dead. And where the Prince found her and revived her. The magic of that moment is what makes Kissingtown what it is; the most romantic spot in all the 9 Kingdoms." the waiter said and Ivy could tell it was a rehearsed speech.

"The short version?" she asked.

"It's a magical love town. Everyone falls in love here." he said with a small smile, "Well, almost everyone."

"I remember now!" Randal exclaimed suddenly.

"What?" Ivy asked.

"The story. It was the story about the 'Four who saved the 9 Kingdoms'! They came here!" Randal said, excitedly.

"Yes, yes, they did!" the waiter agreed, "In fact, we have a V and W Tour running through town. That stands for Virginia and Wolf. It's a hot commodity lately."

"Okay, that's it. I have to hear what happened to Virginia and Wolf." Ivy said.

The waiter's eyes went wide.

"You haven't heard? How could you not hear the tale?"

"Uh…well…" Ivy stammered, uncertain of what she should tell him.

Luckily, he saved her the trouble.

"You'll have to visit the Storyteller then. He's been telling the tale a million times over already. You'll find him at the end of the street…"

Tony had taken the last watch. And unfortunately Wendell had remembered to wake him up for it. Stupid Wendell and his stupid standing watch idea. Tony yawned again and grumbled.

"You'd think they'd have a little pity for an old man. I should be kicking back in a recliner and relaxing, not hiding out from an evil witch, watching for a crazed wolf." he said.

Tony blinked in surprise when he turned and saw the sun was coming up. He stretched his aching muscles and got up.

"Wake up, people!" he said loudly.

Maive stirred and sat up. She yawned and rubbed her eyes. Wendell curled up in a tighter ball and ignored him. Danielle didn't even move that much.

Tony frowned. Great. He would have to wake up two people who were both set on doing the exact opposite.

"Wendy, you're a frog again!" he cried.

Wendell jerked awake, his eyes wide with terror. When he discovered that he was still human, he fixed his worst glare on Tony.

"Now for the last one." Tony said, ignoring Wendell, "Danielle,…uh…vampire!"

Danielle waved an arm around as if looking for someone standing nearby. She dropped her arm and curled up again.

"Liar." she muttered.

"Oh, wake up!" Tony said impatiently, fed up with her already.

"Not morning yet. Too early." Danielle said without opening her eyes.

Tony thought he might strangle her. He was not a morning person and Danielle wasn't helping. Wendell apparently saw what was going on and intercepted him.

"I'll take care of it, Anthony." he said quickly.

Tony crossed his arms and grunted. He watched as Wendell went over to Danielle and knelt next to her. He whispered something to her and she jerked up into a sitting position.

"You can do that?" she asked, her eyes wide.

Wendell shrugged.

"I'll have to pull some strings. But I am a king, after all." he said, "But first you have to wake up and we have to get all this horrible business over with."

Danielle nodded and quickly got to her feet. She walked over to talk to Maive.

Tony stared at Wendell.

"How did you do that? What did you say?" Tony demanded.

Wendell had that smug looked on his face.

"I told her I would make her a real princess in thanks for making me human." he said.

Tony's mouth dropped open. Wendell grinned and started past him, but Tony ran in front of him and made him stop.

"I helped make you human once, too!" he protested.

"Would you like to be made a princess, too, Anthony?" he asked in reply.

"No! But…but…" Tony stuttered.

Wendell's grin widened.

"Don't worry, Anthony. I could never forget the only manservant to turn me into gold."

"You know, for a king you're a real smart…" Tony began.

"Would you boys knock it off! I had another vision!" Maive called.

Tony and Wendell exchanged a look, then hurried over to Maive. Danielle was already at her side looking very curious.

"What was it?" Tony asked.

"I saw Marissa. She was in Kissingtown. And she was talking to Ivy." Maive said.

"Ivy?" Danielle asked, "Woah, wait a minute. Ivy wouldn't talk to that evil witch. Fight, yes. Foolishly insult, most definitely. But just talk? I don't think so. Are you sure?"

Maive nodded.

"Very sure. I think Ivy was falling under Marissa's spell." Maive said, "She has the power to turn your worst fears on you. Isn't that what she did to you, Tony?

"Yeah. It was like she could read my fears and doubts like an open book." Tony shuddered just thinking about it.

"Was this happening now or in the future? What do we do?" Wendell asked.

Maive paused and considered.

"I think it was the future. But I…" Maive broke off.

She clapped her hands to her head and gave a small moan. She was having another vision. When she recovered, she looked up to see the three of them staring at her expectantly.

"It was Snow White again." she said quietly.

"My grandmother!" Wendell exclaimed.

Maive held up a hand to silence him so she could continue.

"Yes. She told me that there isn't anything we can do about Ivy, but that we should take care to guard Danielle. The witch is going to be coming for you next." Maive told Danielle.

"Then, we have to prepare for her! You have to teach me to fight her. You may not be a Prue, Piper, or a Phoebe, but you're still a good witch. Tell me what to do." Danielle insisted.

Maive shook her head. She couldn't help her. Maive wasn't that good herself. She was only an apprentice. Danielle was probably a better witch than she was. She would have to fight Marissa on her own.