A Magical Evening (Chapter 10)
It was now the day of James and Amber's birthday. At the back of the castle, last minute preparations for the birthday party were taking place.
"Is the cake ready?" Amber asked Lucinda.
"I've just enchanted it with a spell that will make the cake look and taste like any kind of cake the person eating it would want" Lucinda answered.
"Wonderful!" Amber smiled. "I'll get to have strawberry cake, and James will get to have chocolate cake. Thank you, Lucinda".
"Your most welcome, Princess Amber" Lucinda smiled back.
That afternoon, James and Amber's birthday party was in full swing. Everybody had a fine time playing games, and enjoying birthday food.
In the outdoor area behind the castle, Amber, Ruby, and Jade were playing pin the jewel on the tiara. Amber then put a blindfold on Jade.
"I think it goes here" Jade said as she walked over to the tiara blindfolded. Jade reached up, and put the jewel where she thought it should go. Jade took off her blindfold, and discovered she had nailed it.
"Way to go, Jade!" Ruby exclaimed with glee.
"Nicely done, Jade" Amber smiled.
Sofia walked around the outdoor area behind the castle, talking to old friends as she went along. However, everything wasn't peaceful for Sofia. One of the performers hired for the birthday party was ... The Amazing Boswell. Sofia wasn't happy he was there. Even though the incident with Clover had happened years ago, there was still bad blood between Sofia and Boswell.
It was soon time to present James and Amber with their birthday presents. As King Roland and Queen Miranda led them up onto a stage, a powerful bolt of lightening, accompanied by a powerful burst of thunder, appeared in the middle of the outdoor area. Standing there was ... Cedric.
"Good afternoon, everybody" Cedric mocked. "I have come for my revenge, and I haven't come alone".
Suddenly, Miss Nettle and a group of men and women with wands magically appeared. Miss Nettle and the group then pointed their wands at everybody at the party. At that same moment, Boswell pulled out a black powder pistol and pointed it at Sofia.
"Two can play at that game!" Lucinda shouted as she stroked a ruby ring on her finger. At that same moment, a large group of witches magically appeared. "Attack!" Lucinda ordered.
The witches set upon Nettle and the group of men and women with her. At that same moment, Sofia picked up a cherry pie and hit Boswell in the face with it. Sofia then ran into the castle kitchen with Boswell in hot pursuit. As Boswell entered the kitchen, Sofia suddenly hit him in the face with a cast iron frying pan. Boswell stepped back, taken off guard by Sofia's attack. Sofia then raised the frying pan and lunged at Boswell.
"This one is for Clover!" (WHANG!). "This one is for me!" (WHANG!). "And this one! This one's for the hell of it!" (WHANG!).
Boswell fell like a ton of bricks. As Boswell lay on the floor, unconscious, Violet ran over to Sofia.
"Are you alright, milady?" Violet asked, concerned.
"I'm fine, Violet" Sofia answered in a reassuring way.
"If you don't mind me asking, how did you learn to use a frying pan like that?" Violet wanted to know.
"My amulet once summoned Princess Rapunzel" Sofia answered. "Among other things, Rapunzel taught me how to use a frying pan as a weapon".
At that moment, a few of the castle guards stormed into the kitchen.
"Are you alright, Princess Sofia?" one of the guards asked.
"Yes" Sofia answered as she pointed toward Boswell. "Place him under arrest".
"Yes, Princess" another guard acknowledged.
Sofia went to the door and looked outside. A fierce battle was raging between Cedric's forces and Lucinda's witches. Sofia brought out her wand with one hand, raised her frying pan with the other hand, and ran outside to join the battle.
"Princess!" one of the guards shouted at Sofia in alarm.
Violet looked up toward Heaven. "Please, look after her".
Outside, Miss Nettle was circling around when she noticed Queen Miranda. Nettle swooped down and pointed her wand at Miranda.
"Well, well, well" Nettle mocked. "Who do we have here?".
Miranda's amulet suddenly glowed brightly. In a few moments, Nettle's eyes opened wide with fright. Standing between Nettle and Miranda was ... Queen Elsa of Arendelle. Nettle attempted to raise her wand, but not before Elsa raised her hands and shot out a stream of ice at Nettle. Before Nettle knew it, she was trapped from her shoulders to her feet in an icy mass.
"That should keep you confined for a while" Elsa said to Nettle.
"Thank you" Miranda said gratefully to Elsa.
"Your welcome, Miranda" Elsa smiled. "We queens have to stick together".
Meanwhile, Sofia had caught up to Lucinda.
"We're gaining the upper hand" Lucinda reported. "But their not going down without a fight".
"Then lets finish this!" Sofia exclaimed as she raised her wand.
"Mind if we make this a threesome?" Lucinda's mother, Marla, asked as she flew up on her broom.
"Let's do this!" Lucinda shouted. "Charge!".
Lucinda, Sofia, and Marla raced forward, firing their wands at any of Cedric's forces who stood in front of them. As the three fought bravely, King Roland and Baileywick watched them from a distance.
"My God!" Roland exclaimed with a mix of fright and admiration. "I've never seen such bravery before!".
Lucinda, Sofia, and Marla fired off their wands, picking off enemy after enemy. They were soon joined by Lucinda's witches. Enemy after enemy fell. Before long, all that was left was Cedric.
Cedric attempted to fire his wand, but not before Sofia raced up and hit him in the wrist with the frying pan she was still carrying. Cedric fell back in pain, dropping his wand in the process.
"Cedric!" Sofia exclaimed as she stood over Cedric with her wand drawn. "As a princess of Enchancia, I'm placing you under arrest for treason against the kingdom!".
"Let's see you try it!" Cedric yelled as he quickly reached inside of his robe and produced a spare wand.
To be continued in Chapter 11.