I don't own Sofia the First

"My amulet has got to be here somewhere," Sofia mumbled as she pushed the grass blades out of the way to expose the amulet. Everywhere she searched, the amulet was nowhere to be seen. "This is not good," she said in a worried tone of voice as she got up from the ground. She turned around and noticed James and Amber coming her way. She had sent them on a search to find her amulet as well. "Any luck?" she asked them.

"No," James and Amber shook their heads. "What's is so important about this amulet anyway?" James asked her, "I mean I know that dad gave it to you but why are you so worried about it being lost?"

Sofia wished he hadn't asked her such a question. This amulet had magical powers, powers that gave her the ability to speak to animals, powers that allowed other princesses to come out and help her whenever she was in need. Only once she had been cursed from her amulet and she swore never to take such pride in anything again. "It's just that," she began and looked straight at James and Amber, "when dad gave it me, I promised him never to take it off."

"But you didn't take it off," Amber slowly shook her head, "Cleo accidentally yanked it from your neck."

"But that's not important Amber," Sofia gently told her, "I need to find the necklace before mom and dad get back. I don't want to break my promise to dad. We have to search the garden some more. It has to be here," she said as she, Amber, and James continued to search for the amulet.

Up in the tower, Wormwood patiently waited for his master to return. He kept the amulet secured in his beak and gently clenched onto it as if the amulet had the ability to fly away from his possession. He wondered if the young prince and princesses had witnessed him flying down and snatching Sofia's jewelry. Then again if they did, they would be in the tower this very moment trying to get it from him.

Just then, Wormwood looked up at the door and saw the door handle descend as someone walked into the room. It was none other than his master, Cedric the Sorcerer, and he had arrived with a cumbersome box that held various ingredients that Wormwood assumed he was going to use in a potion. He set the box next to a cauldron that had been boiling before Cedric had left. Wormwood was thankful that none of the contents had erupted and made a mess all over the room.

"See Wormy," Cedric turned and looked at his raven, "I told you that there was nothing to worry to about having the cauldron boiling. I assured you that adding a dragon's tail requires a long time for it to-oh Merlin's beard is that what I think it is!" the sorcerer halted his speaking as he looked at the Amulet of Avalor that was dangling from his pet's beak.

Wormwood slightly lifted his head in the air and gave his master a satisfied smirk. "How-how on the Earth did you manage to get this from her?" Cedric reached the palms of his hand towards the raven as he dropped it in his hands. Wormwood only let out a caw, in hope to have a conversation with his master but to his demise, his master did not have the ability to understand him. That is odd the raven thought. If Sofia had the ability to understand her pets, why couldn't Cedric comprehend him.

"This is the greatest thing that has ever happened," Cedric awed as he held onto the amulet in a firm grip. "Oh Wormy this is wonderful!" he shouted at the raven, "in a matter of minutes, this kingdom is going to be ours and I will be more powerful for anyone to stop me. But first, I have to make sure that this is the real amulet."

Wormwood mentally rolled his eyes. He wanted his master to just get on with his diabolical plan to take over Enchancia. He looked and saw Cedric lowering the amulet into the boiling cauldron and leaving it in there for a mere couple of seconds. When he pulled it out, the amulet was unscathed. "It is," he heard Cedric say and saw him quickly running up to his stock shelf where he kept various ingredients to brew in the cauldron. The raven flapped over and placed his feet on the lip of the cauldron and watched his master perform his work.

"First things first," Cedric said as he held the Book of Spells in his hand, "a drop of poison apple juice," he said as he tipped a flask that contained red liquid inside and into the pot.

Wormwood slightly turned his head to look at the chapter of the book that Cedric was reading. His eyes widened when he noticed that he was reading the wrong chapter. That was not the appropriate potion that he was supposed to dip the amulet in. He flapped his wings and cawed at his master but all he got was a, "don't bother me Wormy, can't you see that I am trying to take over the kingdom."

"A drop of snake venom," he said and allowed a drop of green liquid to fall into the cauldron, "toenail clipped from a gnome," he added those into the cauldron as Wormwood watched in worry as to what he was doing. He flapped his wings towards the book and landed on top of it to get his attention. "What now Wormy?" Cedric looked at his raven with a glare, "I have to add dragon drool right after the gnome's toenails. Be patient, I am almost finished."

He knew that it was no use but it was a waste of time to brew the wrong thing. Even he knew well enough that what Cedric was brewing was not going to properly work. "And lastly," he heard him say, "butterfly wings." That was the end of it and a green hue appeared from the cauldron. Cedric whipped out his wand and circled it around the cauldron as the color got greener and greener.

Wormwood flew far away from the bright light and hid behind a stack of books to avoid being hit. This was a spell that his master was performing and he did not want to be touched by it.

After brewing the potion, Cedric yelled, "potionem perago!" and the green light swept all over the room, covering both Cedric and Wormwood. Once the green hue had disappeared, Wormwood craned his neck from behind the stack of books and looked as Cedric dipped the Amulet of Avalor into the cauldron and let it swim there for a couple of seconds. Then, he pulled it out and the amulet was covered in a dark green color as a green hue took over the whole jewel.

"We finally did it Wormwood," Cedric said as he placed the amulet over his neck, "this amulet will give me the power to get a hold of the throne and Enchancia!" he laughed as the jewel began to shine a deep green color. "By the powers rested in this jewel, I command the throne of King Roland II in my possession!" he clenched onto the jewel and squeezed it.

Wormwood threw his wing over his eyes to block the green light from entering his eyes. As the light began to dim he had hoped to see something different in Cedric but there was no throne, nor a crow that had appeared. However, there was a woman in the room.

A woman with a devious look on her face.