"Now, if you ladies would have a seat, the Prince will be right with you..." The Grand Duke told the family before the door slammed open on him as the prince rushed out to meet the girl he danced with at the ball.
"My prince!" Anastasia beamed.
The Prince smiled until he then saw Anastasia and frowned as he felt something wrong. Atticus and Cherry soon secretly sneaked inside.
"Your Highness." Lady Tremaine smiled and bowed her head to the prince.
"Oh, hello... Am I in the right room?" Charming looked to Anastasia in confusion.
"Yes! He remembers who he danced with." Atticus cheered quietly.
Drizella sat in her seat, very grumpy and annoyed that Anastasia was going to be the one to marry the prince from their mother's plan.
"I'm afraid there's been a mix up." Charming smiled apologetically.
"I assure you, Your Highness, the slipper fits my daughter's foot." Lady Tremaine smiled sickly.
Anastasia lifted her foot with the glass slipper on it. "See?"
"How could he miss it?" Drizella scoffed.
"Oh, yeah, yeah, I see, it's just that I was expecting... Someone else," Charming apologetically told Anastasia. "I feel awful about this."
"Looks like her evil plan failed." Cherry smirked quietly.
"But the royal proclamation declared the royal proclamation declared-" Lady Tremaine spoke up.
"Yes, but it would appear that more than one girl actually fits the slipper," Charming smiled nervously, backing up away from Anastasia. "I'm very sorry to have inconvenienced you. Why don't I have the Grand Duke escort you home safely. If you'll please excuse me."
"Looks like we can get back to Cinderella." Atticus whispered.
Cherry nodded, on her way to following him out the door.
"But... But... Anastasia got out of her seat.
"Quiet!" Lady Tremaine held her back. "You will forget who you danced with at the ball, You will forget who you danced with at the ball, and marry the girl who fits the slipper tonight, Marry the girl who fits the slipper tonight. Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo." She then waved the wand and zapped the prince to make him think that he danced with Anastasia at the ball last night and not Cinderella.
Atticus and Cherry soon looked and where they saw Lady Tremaine using the magic wand to make the prince think he danced with Anastasia last night. Their faces turned white as ghost sheets as they looked as though they had not expected that.
The prince held his head as he then saw himself dancing with Anastasia and not with Cinderella. "Wait... Hold the trumpet... It's all coming back..." he then smiled as he came toward Anastasia.
"I nearly forgot that she had that wand with her." Atticus said.
"Ugh, I feel so stupid right now..." Cherry groaned and face-palmed herself.
"Should we get going?" Atticus whispered.
"Let's just get out of here..." Cherry said. "If the prince kisses Anastasia, I think I might toss my cookies."
Atticus and Cherry were about to leave before they heard the prince ask Anastasia the one question they dreaded.
"It is you..." Charming smiled as the mice fainted from atop the chandelier. "Please, tell me your name."
"It's Anastasia." the red-haired girl smiled bashfully.
"Oh, Anastasia..." Charming sighed with a smile to the name before getting down on one knee and took out a box with a ring in it. "I know it's sudden, will you marry m-"
"YES! Yoo-hoo!" Anastasia grabbed the ring and cheered before she fell backwards in the chair from excitement.
"Did he just start the big important question?" Cherry asked with a gulp.
"Yep." Atticus nodded.
"Oh, great." Cherry said before fainting.
"Cherry!" Atticus gasped and went to catch her before she could hit the floor, he wasn't as fast without super-speed, but luckily, fast enough to catch her before she roughly hit the floor.
Anastasia was still cheering over the proposal. She even chased after the loose, runaway engagement ring to claim it as her own.
"Ahem..." Lady Tremaine came to her daughter as she put the ring on her finger.
"Well, that happened." Atticus said.
Cherry groaned slightly. Atticus then decided to take Cherry out of the room after the prince had proposed to Anastasia.
Later on...
Cherry slowly woke up and had a small smile for Atticus. "Oh, Atticus, I just had the weirdest nightmare... Somehow we were back in time and the prince asked Anastasia to marry him," She soon saw that Atticus didn't look as strong as she last remembered and which caused her to groan as that meant one thing. "You mean...?"
"I'm sorry, Cherry, but that wasn't a dream..." Atticus told her. "We're really back in time... Mo and Patch don't exist to us yet... We don't have our powers..."
Cherry face-palmed. "Aw, man..."
"We have to find Cinderella." Atticus said.
Cherry then took a glass of water Atticus got for her and drank it before getting back on her feet.
Gus and Jaq were looking for Cinderella, but found the two on the way. "Cherry! Atty!"
"Guys! Do you know where Cinderella is?" Atticus asked.
"We looking for her, we saw Princey ask Anastasia to marry him." Jaq replied.
"We know we saw it too." Atticus said.
"It was like a nightmare." Cherry added in.
"We find Cinderelly." Gus decided.
"Yes, we have to find her." Atticus said.
Jaq and Gus nodded and went with Cherry and Atticus to find Cinderella.
Cinderella was wandering around the palace with a giant net used to catch any vermin inside, though of course she wasn't going to be using it for that, but she took a look around so she could find the prince and set things right for herself. She then suddenly heard her step family coming. This made her hide away as the family walked out, looking rather happy and satisfied with themselves.
"Grace and poise, girls, grace and poise." Lady Tremaine reminded her daughters.
"Grace and poise. Grace and poise," Anastasia said before she saw a vase. "Oh, look a vase."
Drizella hid a smirk to that.
"Oh, look, a harp!" Anastasia then called before there was then a loud crash heard.
Cinderella winced at that and was on her way out the door until Lucifer was coming along himself, and where she had to stay where she was hiding. Lucifer stopped at one point to scratch himself behind his ear like a dog would.
"Lucifer!" Lady Tremaine called for her cat.
Lucifer then stretched and then sniffed something that caught his attention. Cinderella still stayed where she was. Lucifer was close to where Cinderella was.
"LUCIFER!" Lady Tremaine called sharply.
Cinderella did her best to stay still before the cat could spot her. Lucifer soon sighed as he had to go back to his mistress.
"Come here!" Lady Tremaine demanded.
Lucifer hissed and he then went to meet Lady Tremaine i nthe other room. Once Lucifer was gone, Cinderella sighed out of relief. The prince was then walking off down the hall which caught her attention. Cinderella gasped happily and rushed to follow after the prince of her dreams. Atticus and Cherry soon ran in the room and saw Cinderella rushing to the prince. They panted slightly from the running since they weren't used to running that fast yet.
"Your Highness!" Cinderella caught up to the prince with a smile.
"Yes?" Charming asked.
"Hello~..." Cinderella giggled.
"Um... Hello." Charming gave a polite smile, but didn't remember her.
"It's wonderful to see you again." Cinderella smiled back.
"Um, I'm sorry, have we met before?" Charming asked, not remembering her at all.
"I believe we danced last night at the ball..." Cinderella chuckled with a slight look in her eye.
"Well, uh, maybe you've mistaken me for some other prince." Charming chuckled shyly himself.
"I don't think so..." Cinderella replied before she accidentally dropped her net. "You are quite the dancer."
'Come on, touch hands.' Atticus thought to himself.
The two then bent down to pick up the net. Cherry rolled her eyes at the cliche dropping something and then reaching for it at the same time for the hands to touch. Atticus began to bite his nails out of nervousness. The two looked into each other's eyes and slowly stood up beside each other. The prince's brown eyes seemed to briefly flash green before he then shook his head and held it.
"Oh, Your Highness." Cinderella smiled shyly.
"I did find the girl I danced with... In fact, I'm going to marry her..." Charming said as he gave the net back to Cinderella.
"Marry?" Cinderella's eyes sparkled. "Really?"
"Yes, tonight." the prince nodded.
"Tonight?" Cinderella's eyes sparkled once again.
"Well, once you dance with someone like Anastasia, you don't waste any time." Charming smiled.
"Did you say 'Anastasia'?" Cinderella replied.
"Yes." Charming nodded with a smile.
"But..." Cinderella's face paled slightly.
"Well, uh, I gues I gotta get going, I gotta tell my father..." Charming smiled nervously as he was about to go off to tell the king the news of his marriage.
"But that's not right." Cinderella frowned.
"Sorry... I-" Charming replied.
"You there!" Prudence called out as she came for Cinderella. "Royal Mouse Catcher Girl! I need you this-" she then saw the prince and smilied nervously and apologetically. "Oh, I'm sorry, Your Grace... I didn't realize... I need her this instant, will you please excuse us?"
'This is bad.' Atticus thought to himself.
Cinderella couldn't believe what was happening as the prince went off and Prudence took her away.
"I'll handle the step-family, you go and tell Cinderella about Lady Tremaine having Fairy Godmother's wand." Cherry whispered to Atticus.
Atticus nodded. "Best idea you've had."
Cherry and Atticus shook hands and went to split up.
"Oh, ma'am, wait, let me help!" Atticus called out to Prudence then.
"Oh, good, the two of you can be able to find the mice twice as fast." Prudence said.
"No problem, ma'am..." Atticus saluted.
Prudence nodded firmly as she took them to a room. "You can both start here, I want this place to be rodent free before the wedding." she then shut the door and left them alone in the darkness.
Cinderella looked sick to her stomach at the mention of the wedding.
"Cinderella, there's something that you have to know." Atticus said.
"How could he not remember me, Atticus?" Cinderella frowned. "We were all there..."
"It's because Step-Mother used magic on him to make him forget and make him think it was Anastasia," Atticus said. "And the reason how she has magic is because she stole Fairy Godmother's wand!"
"What?" Cinderella asked.
"I know this is a lot to take in, but believe me, I'm from the future..." Atticus explained. "I know I seem young now, but I remember everything because of this..." he then gestured to the necklace Drell gave him.
Jaq and Gus soon arrived in the room.
"It's not right..." Cinderella bowed her head as she started to cry.
"Oh, no, don't cry..." Atticus begged, but it was too late. "Listen, Cinderella, when he was looking into your eyes, I saw his eyes flash green as if the magic spell was trying to not let him remember that it was you that he danced with at the ball."
"So, this is all about time travel and Fairy Godmother's wand?" Cinderella asked.
"Yes, I know it's weird, but have I ever lied to you before?" Atticus replied.
"No, and I can see the truth your eyes." Cinderella said.
"I'm really sorry..." Atticus said. "But me and Cherry are going to help set things right."
"Thank you, Atticus." Cinderella smiled.
"Mice-Mice help too!" Jaq smiled.
"Thank you all..." Cinderella was glad to have her friends.
