A/N- Wassup? It be TOBN here with Part 3 for the 3 Part Season Finale of After Ever After! [That doesn't make sense! After Ever After is not even a season! Lol...]
Anyway, this is the last chapter before the prologue, and like all trilogies, the first one is the best, second is eh, and hopefully, the third one doesn't suck, because that is a major pattern for me when I read trilogies. Of course there are some exceptions, but I guess that is not important...
But yeah! Search For Happily Ever After ain't starting for a while. Maybe in September or so. I don't know. I just don't want to rush my way to making that story if it is not planned. So after summer or late August.
Shoutouts to...
MBAV fan66- C'mon Rory! Think think think! Jokes! It would be so funny if the Prince and the Pauper was actually in this story *Wink wink, nudge nudge*! Who knows! As for Jane, I guess I should've mentioned her magic restored a bit since Gaston took a lot of magic, but the small magic in Jane was able to regenerate into a bigger one. Too bad it isn't the same for Benny or Evelyn. Life would be easy! Thanks for the review fanfic buddy!
123456789vampire- *Pulls out a sign* GO RORYKINS! GO GO GO! Lol! I do hope that Erica is able to sneak in some fish self defense, eh? That'd be cool...and pretty awesome! And you are right! Players gonna get played Gaston! YOU stupid little- ANYWAY, thanks for the review.
And with that, we shall begin, shall we? Drop a review and you know the drill!
ENJOY!
After Ever After: The Lines Of Reality And Fantasy Pt. 3
Ethan was in the middle of fighting random shadows and twisted entities with the help of some sword he found at the community center. It may have not been so huge and real, but it was doing good at the moment. He managed to telepathically get a shadow's powers onto the sword, so it automatically gave it the power to use shadows against shadows!
"Hello Ethan."
Ethan turned around for a spilt second and the shadow behind him took no time into stabbing him down, making him scream in agony as he collapsed on his knees. He wearily looked at the person who stood in front of him, his eyes widening.
"Who...who are you?" He asked fearfully at the masked villain. Ethan had saw the person [pretty sure it is a girl] fighting with Stephanie among the clouds they sat upon. Now Ethan just really wanted to know who was the person behind the mask.
"A...a friend. Anyway, I plot revenge on Stephanie. My mother. Stephanie Crowne who destroyed my life by betraying me to help your family. And because of all those years, the tears I spent away on neglect and sorrow, I return. And I have revenge on my mother, and your damn family!" She yelled, her fangs flashing and her fists glowing black. Ethan gulped.
"Everyone wants something from my family. I totally been there." He sighed disappointingly, gathering energy and slashing the sword at the masked girl. The girl grinned evilly as she dodged it, grabbing Ethan's leg and throwing him up in the air. Ethan smashed onto the ground, his bones sore and tired. But nevertheless, he continued to fight the masked girl with the shadow sword.
It hit her left, and shadows emit from it, making the girl gasp in slight pain. But that didn't stop her either as she ran under Ethan and summoned a bunch of villains from fairytales she could think of.
Suddenly, a pirate came along. He had a red, feathered hat and a matching red suit. He had a crooked smile and his eyes were pitch black. Ethan gulped as the shadow girl grinned, launching back up into the sky. Ethan saw the glisten of the hook that attached to his hand. He looked up to see the shadow girl on a thundercloud, using the pirate as a puppet almost.
Captain Hook.
"This is gonna go wrong." Ethan said in slight fear as he clanged swords with the pirate. Alas, Captain Hook is way better at swordsmanship and won in a millisecond, dodging each careless swing and hooking his silver hook on Ethan's t-shirt and lifting him up. He smiled a crooked smile and was about to smash his sword into Ethan's chest when...
A guy in a green hat and bouncy eyes appeared, slashing his sword threw Captain Hook. The shadow illusion shriveled in an instance, as with the Peter Pan illusion as well. Ethan stared at the sky in awe as he grinned.
Benny, now fully recovered, was sitting on a cloud and playing around with his own illusion magic. He grinned as the shadow girl gasped in fury. Benny smiled.
"THIS IS LIKE BEING FRICKIN' LAKITU!" [I don't own Mario ;)]
Ethan smiled as he took the chance to run, leaving the spellmasters to do their business.
The shadow girl growled as she zapped dark magic onto the earth, creating a shadow illusion of Prince John. Benny smiled as he locked eyes with the girl and smiled.
"So you wanna play dirty, eh? Let's see what you got" He hissed, zapping his own magic down on earth and making Robin Hood.
The two shadow illusions played under the control of Benny and the mysterious girl. Benny used Robin to shoot an arrow, but it was conflicted by Prince John's sword. But Benny took the advantage and shot one from swinging on a pole and shooting it downwards at his head, shattering the illusion. The girl's cloud dropped, losing power from Benny's victories. She growled as she started the next battle.
She summoned Jafar from Aladdin, and as a matching one, Benny summoned Aladdin himself.
Aladdin flew on a magic carpet, as he threw dishes from out of nowhere. Benny grinned, but was clearly distracted when Jafar shot a hypnotizing spell from his staff onto Benny, dazing him in an instant. The girl smiled as Jafar threw the staff at Aladdin, shattering him. Benny's cloud lowered also, now at the same height as the masked girl. One more loss and he is screwed.
The girl summoned Mother Gothel from Tangled, and Benny smirked and summoned Rapunzel. With ease, Mother Gothel threw a knife at her, but Benny caught it with Rapunzel's light hair. He smiled as he continued to fight her, eventually tangling Mother Gothel up and using the knife to cut her hair and Mother Gothel blew away.
The shadow girl hissed in defeat as her cloud ran out of power and was defeated. She growled as Benny now had height advantage, shooting shots of magic at the girl. But the girl managed to dodge them all and escape, Benny making his own cloud disappear as he broke out into a run, as his shirt hid the scar that never healed.
Erica and Rory were at the Whitechapel Harbor, Erica in the water and Rory flying above her. Millions of tiny shadows and dark entities surrounded them fully, looking like they were to consume them in an instant. Rory gulped.
"So what's the plan?" He asked, his grip on the dagger tightening. Erica flashed her fangs and flapped her tail.
"I'll swim ahead to see if there is any danger, then you do all the...fighting." She said, shrugging. Rory mumbled a "better than nothing" and started to fight all the dark magic that surrounded them. Rory yelled in pain as one of the shadows turned into a dog and bit at his leg. Him being a vampire healed it, but it was painful than anything he ever experienced in his life.
Erica saw the horror in his eyes as she saw the dagger drop from his hands in the shock. Rory gasped.
"Shit!" He cursed, seeing the dagger drop into the ocean ahead. Many shadows went to retrieve it, but when you add swimming plus vampire speed, you get really fast swimming.
Erica used her tail to swim across the ocean, easily beating out the shadow illusion of fish. She grabbed the dagger and saw everything crystal clear; being a vampire mermaid is pretty fun.
She fought off the school of shadow fish as she plunged the dagger into each one and swam to shore with Rory.
Benny, Sarah and Ethan were just arrived at the harbor, Benny holding a bow and arrow set that he found at the Whitechapel Theater. He had enchanted everyone's weapons for the battle of a lifetime, and it all started right where they were.
"See there!" Ethan exclaimed. Sarah and Benny saw a huge crack in the sky beyond the ocean, dark and gushed out shadow illusions. A small box that lazily floated in there was visible if you squinted. Benny gasped.
"That is the source that all the shadows come from. That small box...holds a crystal. The Crystal Heart. Legend says that is indestructible because if you manage to break it, everything comes out, but the crystal stays in tact. If we are gonna get rid of the endless supply of shadow's, we need to shoot that." Sarah grinned.
"Here's the plan. Benny, try and shoot that thing. We'll defend you from here." Erica saw Benny, as with Rory, and they went up to him. Erica, well, she flopped more than walked. Benny saw this and smiled, saying the right spell this time and banishing Erica from her tail forever. Erica smiled.
"Let's do this." She said in determination. Rory smiled as he stabbed a shadow from behind. Ethan smiled as he got the sword and clashed it against the shadow illusions, seeing a shadow knight and went to fight it. Sarah saw a shadow witch and went for that battle. Erica and Rory defended Benny as they Erica was handed a single arrow from Benny. He smiled as Erica used it to stab a few shadows along with Rory, who used his dagger instead. Benny counted the arrows he had. Exactly three. So he had three shots to make this right.
He aimed the first one at the small box that contained the vital crystal and took a shot. Sadly, the arrow missed by a few inches. He silently cursed as Erica and Rory tried to fend off all the shadows. Suddenly, Stephanie appeared and was about to try and fight all the shadows too. Benny's eyes widened; why was Stephanie helping them? Erica saw the confusion and left to see what was up.
"Why are you helping us?!" Erica sneered, hissing. Stephanie looked at Erica with eyes filled with dread.
"I may have started this war, but I'm going to end it. The girl behind that mask has driven me too far...and the only way we can stop her from creating chaos is if we...work together." She said, muttering the words as Erica shook hear head and just went with it.
Rory saw the masked girl return into view as Benny lined up his next shot. He growled in fury as it missed by a millimeter, falling a bit too short. The arrow landed in the ocean along with the other one. Benny had one more shot to shoot it, or else he was screwed. And he had to do it fast.
Suddenly, Jackie appeared, and someone was right beside her. Ethan saw this as he plunged the sword into the knight, and Sarah killed the shadow witch. They all gasped and the war stopped for a few seconds.
Jane.
The figure fizzled and Jackie disappeared. Jane smiled as Ethan looked at her in awe and ran up to her, pulling her into a tight embrace. Jane smiled.
"The prince and the pauper sort of." Jane explained. "I created Jackie to go inform you that I am safe, and that Stephanie would think I escaped. Using the magic that slowly regenerated, I was able to knock Gaston unconscious and I escaped. I ran into Flynn, and he returned back to the fairytale realm to see how that was going. He is gone, but we still have a lot of trouble. Ethan...this is all my fault." She cried, her tears staining Ethan's shirt. Ethan frowned.
"You saved us and yourself. How is this your fault?" Jane shook her head. "You don't understand. Stephanie told me about our family. She told me..." She paused.
"I am not supposed to exist."
The words echoed Ethan's mind as Stephanie saw what was unfolding. All seven of them looked at the girl in the velvet mask, who smiled evilly. Benny carefully lined up his last shot as Rory looked at the girl.
"WHO ARE YOU?!" He cried out. The girl smiled and everything started to go in slow motion. The girl took off the mask as Benny stretched out the arrow and aimed it one last time. Familiar blonde hair ran down the back of the girl, and Rory's eyes watered with tears.
Benny let go of the arrow.
"N-No..." Sarah murmured.
The arrow blazed through the air.
"Daughter..." Stephanie mumbled as she saw her child blaze with shadows.
The arrow entered the crack in the sky and hit the box, shattering it as the crystal broke. All the shadows shattered as the crystal was suspended in the air, unharmed. The shadows were released, and were defeated.
"It is I!" The blonde yelled as the shadows across the city cleared. The crystal floated to the blue eyed girl's hand and rested in her palms. Rory sniffed as he let the tears flow.
"Della..."
A/N- Plot twist? Depends if you knew! But by any case...*GASP!*
So Della is evil, Stephanie is nice, and I released a clue following the third book of this trilogy! Can you spot it? I'll give you a hint: The clue is crystal clear.
Anyway, a lot of things were released in this story! Who knows? Next chapter is the end!
Drop a review and thanks for reading!
In Fangs, We Trust