The Rise and Fall of Eze Gray Chapter 10, a sofia the first fanfic

That night, Ezekiel woke up to find himself in the castle dungeon, back to his normal self, but with a magic restraining band around his wrist. "What's going on here? What's this?" he asked, looking around in bewilderment.

"This is something you'll be needing for where you're going," Constable Ryan replied as he and the guards arrived to escort Ezekiel to a magical tribunal to face the charges against him.

"I'm sorry, Ezekiel, but you brought this on yourself," Aleena said softly, since she had put the band on him.

After some deliberation, the magical tribunal found Ezekiel guilty of using an Unforgivable Curse on several people, as well as for trying to take over Orillia. He was sentenced to spend the next fifty years in Azkaban.

"Wait a minute; what about Spike?" Zoe asked, looking down at the dog as her brother was led away.

"That's right; Spike didn't really do anything wrong, and Candice said he wasn't under the Imperius Curse," Sandra agreed as she and Zoe scratched his head and behind his ears.

"Neither of you need to worry. He'll be well looked after in the royal mansion," Robert assured them. "And any time you want, we can always go and visit him."

From where she was seated next to him, Aleena sadly bowed her head. "I'm sorry, your Majesty; I should have kept that potion hidden from everyone until I knew exactly how it worked, and if I could find the antidote myself."

"It's not your fault," Zanven soothed her, "I tried to do as much research as I could on it, but I kept getting distracted with my other duties."

"Neither of you knew this would happen," Candice repeated what she said to Sandra, "It's best not to blame yourself."

"You're right, of course, young lady," Zanven smiled.

"Maybe you could come to Orillia sometime and help me with my other potions as well," Aleena agreed. "I hear you have a copy of Maleficent's spell book, and you use the spells for good. I'd like to see some of them, and maybe use them in my own work."

Candice smiled. "I'd like that, and I'll be happy to let you see them."

At the same time, messengers from Orillia had been sent to the cave where Lucinda had hidden Rose, Faron, and the others whose hair had been in the Polyjuice Potion. They, along with everyone who had fallen victim to Ezekiel's Imperius Curse, were all sent to Mystic Meadows, where Goodwin, Winifred, Zanven, and Aleena conducted magical tests on them, and found that the curse had been lifted from all of them.

A few days later, following the battle, and Ezekiel's sentencing, everyone who had taken part in the fight was honored. Sofia, Sandra, James, Dorrie, Amber, Candice, and Lucinda all received Orillia's highest honor for bravery, the Orillia Shield, a bronze shield-shaped medal on a dark red ribbon. When they went up on the stage, they were surprised to see Sandra actually wearing a dress. It was a similar style to the one Sofia was wearing, but it was red. They knew she was partial to blouses and skirts, but she told them that she did wear dresses when she had to.

"That looks really nice, Sandra," Sofia commented.

"You should wear dresses more often," Amber agreed.

"We'll see, Amber," Sandra replied, but she thought, 'And of course, we'll see means 'not bloody likely!"

"Your majesty, Dorrie and I have something for Sandra too," Candice spoke up. She turned to her friend. "Zanven and Aleena worked with us to make a new wand for you." She handed Sandra a box and described it. "Hawthorn wood, phoenix feather core, twelve-and-a-half inches."

"Thank you, guys," Sandra smiled as she shot some sparks into the air to test it. "I'll be sure to be careful with this new wand."

"We know you will, but you know it was just an accident with the other one," Dorrie smiled.

"And now, let me change into something more appropriate for this party, and I'll be good to go," Sandra continued, waving her wand over her head. Instantly, her dress changed into a red and gray shirt with a dragon on the front, and a black hat, skirt, and boots. "Sir Avery, Sir Maxwell, when I'm not commandeering the karaoke machine, I'll be helping both of you!"

"That goes for me too, Sir Finnegan!" James called.

"Go sing your heart out, Little Prince," Sir Finnegan chuckled from where he was sharing stories with the other knights, "I think I'll be all right on my own for a while!" He always liked it when James sang as he worked.

"As will I, milady," Sir Maxwell smiled.

"Have fun, Princess Sandy!" Sir Avery called after her.

"Sandra, I wanted to ask you, do you attend Hexley Hall part time, too?" Candice asked. "I just wondered because your shirt is red, and has a dragon on it. That's the color and symbol of Pepperton House, where Dorrie and I are in."

"I don't, but a friend of mine goes there," Sandra replied. "She sometimes invites me to a party or a game day, and I won this shirt when I participated in one of the contests."

"I thought I saw you there one time! You were beating everyone in a word scramble. I waved to you, but I don't think you saw me," Dorrie recalled how Sandra beat the competition.

"And between us, I'm really more Waldgrave House material, but I do look pretty good in red!" Sandra joked.

"What house is your friend in?" Candice asked.

"Shawna's in Stryker," Sandra replied as her father came forward. "She's also the Keeper on Stryker's Quidditch team."

"My friends," Robert addressed the crowd, "On behalf of my family, I would like to once more thank those who assisted us in our hour of need. I'd also like to announce that I've just received word that all those who fell victim to Ezekiel's Imperius Curse are back to normal, they have no injuries or memories of what happened-"

"You're welcome!" Lucinda joked softly, having modified their memories as they left Mystic Meadows.

"And they have gone back to their homes," Robert continued. "That said, it's best that this be put behind us. Now, shall we start the celebration?" Everyone cheered, Zanven brought out an enchanted karaoke machine, waved his wand over it, and as the music started, they all joined in the song.

Where it began, I can't begin to knowing
But then I know it's growing strong

Sofia grinned at Amber, Candice, Dorrie, and Lucinda. "We do this with the Buttercups all the time!"

"That's the first song squires, male or female, learn when they help their knights!" James added, Sandra nodding at his side. "Of course, Amber and I learned this from Mom and Dad!" He smiled at the memory of singing this with Roland and Melinda, and he knew Amber was thinking about that as well, judging by her smile.

Was in the spring
Then spring became the summer
Who'd have believed you'd come along

Hands, touching hands
Reaching out, touching me, touching you

Sweet Caroline (Amber/James/Sofia/Lucinda/Dorrie/Candice/Sandra: Bah-bah-bah!)
Good times never seemed so good (Amber/James/Sofia/Lucinda/Dorrie/Candice/Sandra: So good! So good! So good!)
I'd be inclined (Amber/James/Sofia/Lucinda/Dorrie/Candice/Sandra: Bah-bah-bah!)
To believe they never would
But now I

Look at the night and it don't seem so lonely
We filled it up with only two
And when I hurt
Hurting runs off my shoulders
How can I hurt when I'm holding you

One, touching one
Reaching out, touching me, touching you

Sweet Caroline (Amber/James/Sofia/Lucinda/Dorrie/Candice/Sandra: Bah-bah-bah!)
Good times never seemed so good (Amber/James/Sofia/Lucinda/Dorrie/Candice/Sandra: So good! So good! So good!)
Sweet Caroline (Amber/James/Sofia/Lucinda/Dorrie/Candice/Sandra: Bah-bah-bah!)
I believe they never could

Sweet Caroline

As everyone applauded, Sofia saw someone moving in the back. She motioned for her friends to follow her, and they saw Tiana, Beth, and Zoeanna preparing to leave.

"You're going already?" Amber asked as she and Sandra introduced James, Sofia, Dorrie, and Candice to Beth and Zoeanna, and told them how they helped out.

"Yes. We're glad to have been able to help you," Beth smiled. "It was so nice meeting all of you. And we already said our goodbyes to King Robert, Queen Patricia, and Zoe before the party started." She smiled as Ambre came up for a hug.

"I know I'm supposed to stay out of sight, but I wanted to say goodbye, too," he purred.

"That's fine, but at least you're not near King Roland," Dorrie assured him as she stroked him.

"It's all in his head!" Ambre purred as he nuzzled her.

"I'll be sure to tell that to Creamy!" Candice joked, referring to her own kitten friend.

Beth and Zoeanna giggled as they disappeared. They knew their friends would love hearing about this adventure.

Tiana smiled as she beckoned to Amber and Sandra. "I've got to be on my way as well. But I hope you all enjoy the food I set out. It took several days to make, and I'm glad you were both there to help me. It was a pleasure helping you out with your problem, too. Amber, like I said, Rapunzel will be mighty proud of you for all you did."

Amber smiled. "Thank you, Tiana."

"Any time, sweetie," Tiana smiled, then she gave Sandra a few sheets of paper. "And Sandra, I copied down a few of my favorite recipes for you. We cooks have to stick together!"

"Thank you, Tiana," Sandra smiled as she took the papers, and handed her a few of her own. "I've written down some of my favorite recipes for you, too."

Tiana grinned as she took the papers. "I think these will be a big hit in my restaurant!"

When Tiana had gone, Sofia turned to her friends. "Well, should we go up and sing something ourselves?"

"Let's do it!" James grinned.

"Yes!" Amber cheered.

"Oh yeah!" Sandra smiled.

"I think we all know the answer to that, Sof!" Dorrie grinned.

"I'm in!" Candice agreed.

"Me too!" Lucinda added.

"Well, since we're all in agreement, let's get up there!" Sofia grinned.

Sofia and her friends took the stage, and over applause and cheers, they started one of their favorite songs. As they sang, they were happy that everything was going to be all right now.

The End

Author's notes

Thanks to Niagara14301 for helping with some of the details on this chapter.

Thanks also to theblindwriter95 for helping with some of the details on this chapter.

Thanks as well to TheDisneyFan365 for helping with some details on this chapter.

Sweet Caroline by Neil Diamond is not mine.

Pepperton, Stryker, and Waldgrave Houses are all mentioned in chapter 3 of Dorrie Book 2.

Sandra's friend Shawna was mentioned in chapter 2 of my story Pet Stories.

Azkaban, Quidditch and the Keeper position are from Harry Potter.

Sandra's talent for word scrambles, and how she beat her opponent in a game, was mentioned in my story A Puzzling Mystery Weekend.

Creamy is the kitten I made up for Candice in Niagara14301's story Dorrie.

"We'll see, Amber," Sandra replied, but she thought, 'And of course, we'll see means 'not bloody likely!" This is based on something James said in chapter 2 of my story The Day the Music Died: "Yeah…later…" 'And of course, later means 'not in this lifetime!"

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