"What just happened?" Gus asked Jaq in confusion.
Cinderella walked off sadly as she felt emotionally crushed and heartbroken. "I-I don't understand," she frowned before she began to sing. "I always dreamed that my life could be like a fairy tale a perfect fantasy~"
Gus and Jaq decided to come down to do what they did best: Comfort Cinderella in her time of need.
"Every day a new adventure, On some undiscovered shore, Was it nothing more, Than a dream?~" Cinderella knelt by the shattered remains of the glass slipper as she picked up the pieces in disbelief and distraught.
Jaq, Gus, Atticus and Cherry each looked sad as Cinderella picked up the two pieces in the shape of a heart from her shattered glass slipper. "Then one magic night with a single dance I found more then just a story book romance and for once my life was perfect as we glide across the floor and it was so much more so much more then a dream~" she sang as she put the two piece together into a shape of a heart and where inside it showed the night of the ball where she was dancing with the prince. She then took the pieces apart as it felt close to her broken heart on the inside. "I could say it never happened, Just a dream from the start, But then I'd live my life, With a broken heart~"
Gus started to cry from this.
"No, no, no cry, Gus-Gus, Princey knows he danced with Cinderelly." Jaq assured his mouse friend.
"Yes..." Cinderella smiled as that instantly gave her an idea. "Of course he does!" she then wiped Gus's face with her finger to soothe his tears. "What if I'd just see him again?"
"Yeah, yeah!" Jaq agreed. "See Princey!"
"Yes, everything will be alright!" Cinderella smiled.
"Everything will be alright!" Jaq cheered with her.
"Yeah, yeah!" Gus happily agreed.
"We're coming too." Cherry and Atticus told Cinderella.
"You sure?" Cinderella asked.
"Yeah, if you're going, then so are we." Atticus said.
"We're family, Cinderella, it's what we're here for," Cherry even said before whispering. "So we can save Snoopy and Al."
Atticus put her necklace back on.
"Patch and Mo." Cherry then said, correcting herself.
"Alright then," Cinderella smiled before singing. "'Cuz in a prince's arms, I found a love I can't deny~"
The mice then went up the stairs to get ready.
"If there's any chance to set things right, I've simply got to try~" Cinderella sang as the mice brought down her cloth to wear over her head as she always wore when going into the village.
Cherry and Atticus then opened the doors for Cinderella and went with her to the kingdom.
"So I'll trust my heart what else can I do? I can't live in dreams if my dreams are to come true~" Cinderella sang as they exited the manor and went through a few trees.
"There's a better life that's waiting, Past the mountains we must climb~" Atticus sang.
"I will take a chance on love, To get our once upon a time~" Cherry even sang.
Once they saw the castle, they knew that it wasn't going to be far to walk.
"Oh, I want so much more so much more than a dream~" Cinderella, Atticus, and Cherry sang.
The birds and mice then followed as they were going to the castle.
"Remember, Cherry, we can't take these necklaces off," Atticus warned his best friend. "It's the only way we'll remember our futures."
"Okay, okay..." Cherry said as she struggled with her necklace.
Atticus soon tied Cherry's necklace in a double knot. Cherry watched him.
"This should be secure..." Atticus said as he tested grabbing the necklace off and then let it go once it was secure.
They were now coming to the front gates of the castle.
"We can't get through the front gates," Atticus said. "We'll have to go through the servants' entrance."
Gus glared at the guards, wanting to fight with them.
"This way." the birds tweeted, leading them to the servants' entrance.
"Follow the birds." Cherry said.
Cinderella followed with Cherry and Atticus as the servants were going in where they were needed.
"Keep out of sight." Atticus told the birds.
"You got it." The birds tweeted.
There was a man then handing piles of cheese over to the servants who needed it.
"Cheeese..." Cherry grinned eagerly, wanting to go for the cheese like a mouse.
"I think I just found our way in." Atticus said.
Cherry was walking eagerly.
"Ease up the drool." Atticus told her.
"I can't help it..." Cherry said like a zombie. "Cheeeeeese..."
"Please don't eat any of the cheese." Atticus said.
Cherry pouted. Cinderella walked with the two as they then got cheese from the man. The man gave them a look, not recognizing or knowing them, especially toward Cherry and Atticus since they were 'orphans'. Atticus, Cherry, and Cinderella soon gave him a smile, making him think that they were servants for the castle.
The man seemed shy from Cinderella's smile and smiled back as he gave them the cheese which luckily wasn't too heavy for either of them. A man after them tried to flash a smile to the cheese man as they went inside the castle. The other servants went outside once they put the cheese on the pile and Cherry was about to bite hers.
"Come on, let's get to work." Atticus dragged her away from the cheese.
"Dang it." Cherry groaned.
"There's an open door," Cinderella smiled quietly. "Now, all we have to do is find him and-"
"STOP!" a sharp female voice called.
The others looked to see Prudence, looking even more sour than Cherry and Atticus remembered.
"You there, who are you?" Prudence glared at the intruders.
"Um, we're new servants." Atticus said, trying to lie.
"I'm in charge of all the servants here and I've never seen you all before..." Prudence folded her arms. "What is your purpose?"
Cherry looked down to Jaq and Gus, then smiled nervously. "We're the royal mouse catchers, right, guys?"
"That's right." Cinderella smiled nervously.
Atticus nodded his head nervously.
"Royal mouse catchers?" Prudence scoffed. "Preposterous!"
"Erm, snap 'em and trap 'em, that's our motto." Cinderella chuckled nervously.
This caused for Gus and Jaq to get nervous. Cherry and Atticus then silently reassured the mice that they would never hurt them. This made Gus and Jaq then instantly relieved. The two mice soon hurried into the kitchen to cause a ruckus.
"I can assure you, there has never been a single, solitary-" Prudence was about to send them off.
"MOUSE!" a woman's voice screeched.
The cooks ran around in a panic as Gus and Jaq were tormenting them on purpose to let Cinderella, Cherry, and Atticus inside the castle.
"Sounds like you've got mice in the castle after all." Atticus said.
"Please, let us help." Cinderella said as Prudence watched in horror and disgust.
"Yeah, we are royal mouse catchers after all." Cherry said.
"This is my kitchen, I'll take care of it!" Prudence glared as she took out a broom to swat Jaq and Gus with.
"This can't end well." Atticus smirked.
"Nope..." Cherry agreed, she was even smirking.
Jaq and Gus luckily kept avoiding Prudence and even ended up humiliating her as she was unsuccessfully chasing them to get rid of them.
"Please let us help." Atticus said.
"For your... Erm... Sanity." Cherry had a small amused smirk.
"I almost have them!" Prudence glared. She then landed face-first into a basket of tomatoes, only for them to splat in her face.
Gus then pushed a pot on top of her head and jumped on top of it. A cook woman then tried to swat at Gus, but only hit Prudence on the head with her broom. Atticus and Cherry couldn't hold it in anymore as they both laughed, finding that rather funny. They even held each other as they laughed out loud at the mess. Cinderella soon cleared her throat as they had to get their act together and stop laughing. Cherry and Atticus then returned focus, trying to contain themselves.
Cinderella then took out a net. "We'll take it from here." she then told Prudence.
Prudence agreed with them only for her to pass out from exhaustion. The others winced from the crash as they left the room and went up the stairs with the mice.
"That was priceless!" Atticus laughed.
"Did you see Prudence's face?" Cherry laughed. "She went SPA-LAT!"
Cherry and Atticus laughed together again, acting younger than they were before since they were younger in this time frame.
"Okay, okay, now, let's stay focused." Cinderella smiled.
"Now, let's find ourselves a prince." Cherry said.
"Agreed." Atticus nodded.
They then walked off.
"Hear anything?" Cherry asked Atticus.
"I'm afraid not..." Atticus sighed.
"Oh, yeah..." Cherry then remembered. "You don't have superpowers yet."
They soon heard swords clashing. Atticus cleaned the inside of his ear as he then heard the swords and walked with Cherry. And where they soon went into one of the rooms quietly to see Charming and his father fencing.
"Is that a gym?" Atticus smiled at the sights.
"I guess we never saw this part of the castle." Cherry whispered.
A sword then flew away from the king and prince. Cherry screamed until the sword stabbed her hood and she was stabbed against the wall which made her face pale and she shivered nervously. Atticus went over to her and began to try to help her by trying to get the sword off her hood. It was a bit of a struggle, but he soon got it out which made Cherry fall flat on the floor. Atticus grunted as it was a bit heavy for him. Cherry got out of the way.
Atticus then let go of the sword and panted slightly. "Man, I forgot how heavy things used to be!"
Cherry soon stood still with wide eyes.
"It's okay, Cherry, I got it..." Atticus grunted as he backed up.
The prince and king were looking for the sword that got loose as they discussed the prince's wishes to find the girl who fit the glass slipper. Atticus began to grunt as he began to bring the sword back to them.
"Excuse me, that's mine, boy..." the king glared as he took the sword from Atticus.
"Erm, sorry, Your Majesty..." Atticus blinked nervously.
"Father, I'm sure he was just bringing you your sword to you." Charming said.
"That's right." Atticus said.
"Hmm..." the King hummed as he took the sword back.
The prince looked down to the two kids. "Do I know you two?" he then asked curiously.
"Um, we're your royal assistants, Your Majesty," Atticus bowed. "Well, royal assistants and mouse catchers."
"Yes, that would be us..." Cherry even curtsied. "Surely you remember..." she then put emphasis in hopes of getting him to remember them, especially Cinderella.
"Well then, thank you for returning my sword." The king said.
Atticus and Cherry smiled.
"Now run along..." the king then told them so he could bond with his son.
Cherry and Atticus looked back and then decided to catch up with Cinderella and the mice.
"That sword felt like it weighed 10,000 pounds!" Atticus complained.
"Welcome back to being a normal person with normal strength." Cherry said.
Atticus sighed. "How do you get used to it?"
"I don't." Cherry deadpanned.
They soon heard the fanfare informing the prince and his father that they had found the one they thought was the one he had danced with last night. The prince went to dress his best while his father admirably looked to a portrait of the late queen.
"We better get going." Atticus whispered.
Cherry nodded and walked with Atticus.
"I really wish I had my powers..." Atticus sighed.
"Well, right now, we'll have to do without them." Cherry said.
Atticus sighed, not liking the sound of that.
"I know, but we've dealt without them before..." Cherry reminded. "Just think, we had completely different lives with Cinderella. We thought we were all alone."
"True." Atticus said as they went to where the Tremaine family was.
