As the girls walked into Skyla's lair, a loud chiming went off. A huge clock hung on one wall but, instead of the hours reading one through twelve, they read two through twenty four, and both hands were on the twenty four.
She really can control time, Jasmine thought. One hour in real time counts as two hours here.
Suddenly, eight bolts of lightning struck the two side walls. The girls coughed as smoke filled the room. When it cleared, the girls noticed, much to their horror, their princes were chained to the walls behind barriers of lightning. The girls ran to their men.
Pocahontas slowly approached John Smith. "John?"
John looked up. "Pocahontas! What am I doing here?"
"I-I don't know."
"What are you doing here?"
"That's a long story," Pocahontas replied.
Jasmine rushed to Aladdin and without thinking, she reached for him. The lightning gave her a small yet painful shock, but did not burn her. She ignored the pain and touched him.
"Aladdin, I'm going to get you out of here," she said. "Just hold on."
It was weird for Meg to see Hercules bound by chains.
"Everything's going to be all right," Meg told him.
"Welcome, ladies." Skyla entered the room then.
Hercules struggled to get out of the chains.
"Relax, Wonder Boy. Let me be the hero for once." Meg winked at Hercules as she joined the other girls in the center of the room.
"You may have solved the labyrinth in time, but you're too late to save Snow White," Skyla said.
Snow White stepped out from behind Skyla. She didn't look anything like how Heidi had described her. Her hair was long and unkempt, her dress was torn in several different spots from the waist down, her arms were bleeding and it looked like someone had painted a thick black line from one temple, across her eyes, to the other temple; even her eyes were completely black.
"Let Eugene go!" Rapunzel demanded.
Skyla laughed. "I don't think so. I need some kind of leverage against you."
Esmeralda ran for Skyla, but Snow White grabbed her hair and pulled her back. Esmeralda tried to get away, but Snow White was too strong. Skyla held up her hand and lightning shot out and at the men.
"No! Stop!" Aurora cried.
"That's what will happen every time you try to attack me!" Skyla declared.
Ariel thought her heart would explode when she saw the pain on Eric's face.
Meg looked over at Rapunzel and caught her eye. She nodded slightly towards Skyla, then winked at her. She hoped Rapunzel would understand that meant to follow her lead. At first, Rapunzel looked confused, but then she nodded. Meg charged at Skyla and Snow White grabbed her by the hair as well. While Skyla was distracted with shocking the men again, Rapunzel ran at her. The other girls caught on quickly and they all rushed Skyla. Snow White let go of Meg and Esmeralda to help Skyla, but before she could get to her, Meg and Esmeralda took hold of her arms and pinned her down. While Pocahontas, Jasmine, Aurora, Rapunzel and Ariel held Skyla down, Belle grabbed the black crystal from around her neck.
"No!" Skyla screamed. She squirmed under the girls.
Jasmine pulled out her sword and held it against Skyla's throat while Aurora stood over her, with an arrow aimed at her chest. Belle quickly smashed the crystal on the ground. The power scattered throughout the room, then vanished. Snow White stopped struggling against Meg and Esmeralda. The black disappeared from her face and her eyes returned to normal. To be safe, Meg and Esmeralda did not let go of her. The lightning around the men was no longer there, but the chains remained.
Jasmine was about to cut off Skyla's head, when a voice called out for her to stop. Everyone turned to see Hades coming towards them. They all knew who he was instantly, but only Meg and Rapunzel were happy to see him. The girls moved out of his way as he approached Skyla.
"Your soul belongs to me," Hades said.
Skyla's eyes widened in terror and she backed away from him. Hades chuckled as he wrapped his hand around her neck.
"Release the men," Hades commanded.
Skyla quickly did so. As soon as he was free, Hercules went after Hades.
Meg jumped between them. "Hercules, stop. He's here to help us."
Hercules gave Hades a dirty look, but listened to Meg. Meg turned around and thanked Hades. He winked at her, then disappeared with Skyla.
Esmeralda untied the wrap around her skirt and used it to clean up the blood on Snow White's arms.
"Are you all right?" Esmeralda asked her.
Snow White nodded. "Yes. Thank you so much for saving me."
Convinced that Snow White was okay, Esmeralda left her and ran over to Phoebus. He took her hand and she smiled at him. "I am never leaving you again," she said.
Ariel gripped the front of Eric's shirt, buried her face into his chest and started crying. He wrapped his arms around her and kissed the top of her head.
Aurora hugged Philip tightly. "I am so happy to see you; I missed you so much," she said.
Eugene pulled Rapunzel in close and kissed her. She smiled as she kissed him back.
Adam ran his fingers through Belle's hair. "I'm so sorry," he said. "I didn't mean what I said." Before Belle could say anything, Adam bent his head down and kissed her.
Hercules picked up Meg, entangled his hand in her hair, and pressed his lips against hers. "You're my hero," he said before kissing her again.
Jasmine sat down next to Aladdin. She could tell he was still in some pain and feeling weak. He laid his head in her lap and she ran her hand up and down his arm. She leaned back against the wall and sighed in relief.
Pocahontas knelt down in front of John. "John, I'm sorry. I had no idea she would-"
John put his hand on her cheek. She let a tear escape down her cheek and she kissed his palm. "Don't apologize," he said. "We're together again and that's all that matters."
Rapunzel took Eugene's hand and led him over to Meg and Hercules.
"Meg, this is Eugene," Rapunzel said with a giggle.
Eugene looked at Meg like he had seen her before but couldn't remember where. Meg held out her hand. "It's nice to meet you, Eugene," she said. Eugene slowly shook her hand.
"You must be Hercules," Rapunzel gushed.
Eugene's eyes widened with excitement when he saw Hercules, then started telling Hercules how awesome he thought he was. Meg pulled Rapunzel away from the boys.
"Listen, Rapunzel, don't tell anyone about the whole me working with demons thing, okay?" Meg said.
Rapunzel nodded, then gave Meg a hug. "Please keep in touch."
"I'll try, but no promises."
The nine girls met back in the center of the room to say their good byes and Snow White thanked them again.
"Despite everything that happened, I don't regret coming," Esmeralda said, and the other girls agreed.