If she had to pick a day she hated the most then it had to be today. At the Happiest Place on Earth no less. Guests of this place were leaving to a degree, dissatisfied with their visits. She had no intention of leaving.

Woody had an idea and he only had one chance to do it. He took his hat off, rallied his thoughts just be very specific. One mess up could ruin the whole thing.

"'kay, Jackie… just go inside the fire station, be behind the truck. I'll do the rest." he instructed.

Anxious, she just did as he requested and pretended that she was going to have a look inside. The Wizard he made the deal with to be a part of this plan… he bestowed one spell just in case of an emergency. He placed it on his knitted hat.

"What are you gonna do?"

"A little trick the Wiz taught me. Just hold tight." he told her.

He seemed to reach into his hat like how a magician would and he found this kind of funny, really.

"'kay, now I know you're just showing off…" he chuckled to himself until he grabbed something.

It looked like a dark blue marble, seemingly made out of pure glass. He looked deeply surprised as he saw himself reflected in it. Was this it? It couldn't be, could it? Wow, thanks…. Now what? All he got was that it was a spell, not physical but effective. How was this going to be done exactly? He knew how worried Sarah was so he had to take a moment.

"What's taking so long?" she frightfully asked.

"Just a sec!"

Just then, he got an idea after his moment of confusion.

"Okay, shut your eyes!"

"What?"

"Like I said, trust me, kid." he tensed before he threw it down.

Mickey startled. Right before a cloud of pure blue, sparkling cloud of dust and it surrounded them. To her, it looked animated, hand drawn just like how the films are cartoons were so it only confused her. It scared her. Naturally, she jumped up onto her two feet only there was no floor beneath her. Her stomach lifted as if she was falling down fast before she landed hard on carpet all of a sudden.

"Agh!" she gasped, feeling a rush of dizziness. "What was that!?"

Woody was on the floor beside her oddly enough. He turned over from his back and fixed himself.

"Just a little trick…" he sheepishly smiled at her.

"Yeah, it sure was…" she turned a little snarky. "… thought that shadow got us."

"Pff, we're lucky."

Sarah got a chance to see where that spell took them. They were in a room that seemed like it was a glimpse into the past. There was the sight of red curtain, velveteen crimson carpets… and Victorian chairs and tables. There were quaint paintings of spring flowers on the walls. They were beside a wood table between two crimson sofas. A gramophone sat safely upon a banister. Sarah looked around confused before she spotted a particular lamp upon a lone round table.

"…is… is this it? We're…" she trailed off, looking around. "Oh my gosh…. Woody…"

"Didn't think I could do it, huh?"

"This has to be the scariest… weirdest day of my life."

"Mine too, even if that sounds weird."

Much to their surprise, the bewildered mouse ventured out of the backpack and he nosed around as if he knew the place. When she would be too scared for him to be out, it looked to her that he knew. Once again, she began to feel sad.

"He knows…"

"Yeah." Woody felt the same and he stood up.

He looked around the old but preserved place. That emergency spell actually did work. Yet this apartment felt heavy, like sadness and grief. Sarah gently picked Mickey up.

"We're here, Mick. About time too…"

He seemed to look at her in understanding, which was relieving. Perhaps being closer to home was starting to help.

"Glad you're looking at me. It tells me that you're listening… We're almost there. It was just so hard getting in here…"

"So far, we're pretty okay. But we need — well, there it is…" he trailed off when he spotted that very lamp aglow.

Sarah turned her head when she heard his voice change into that of wonder. It looked like a normal oil lamp, lit up on a small round wood table. There was something about this place that seemed definitely not normal. It was as if they were really back in time…. The mystery of her family disappearing had been the main worry since all this started. Like the note said, she was not alone, so she kept that to heart. One thing she failed to note was the time. The last time she checked, it was a little after 10:30 but that felt like it was a while ago. People were already leaving because the Park was closing at 11 precisely. Her phone was out of power already. One worry was being caught inside here. She saw Woody walk closer to the lamp.

"I'm so dumb, I don't know what time it is…"

"Just wait, Jackie. It's gonna happen, I assure you."

"How…? We just touch it?"

"That's what Blue said…"

She still had Mickey in her hands as she followed the doll. He climbed up and hopped onto one of the chairs and then onto the arm before he carefully climbed onto the small table. When she took one step, something different began to come over her as it seemed that someone was opening the door downstairs.

"Woody…?"

He held his arms up, cautiously and silent shushed her before beckoning her to come close. To her, the air inside her felt warmer and she had a sense that there was some unnatural light in there with them. In the corner of her eye, she could have sworn that she saw a piece of sparkling dust float downward and soon there was more around them.

"Someone's coming!"

"Ssh! Come here!"

She went to grab her bag when another one of those shiny specks landed on her hand.

"What are these?"

"You gotta be quiet…"

She did as he told her and she went with him to that table. There seemed to be more of these white specks seeming to fill up the entire room. She had seen such strange things before when Mickey came. Truth of it was that this was only the beginning. As things were getting even brighter, Woody squinted as the doors to the room were being opened. Sarah touched the lamp and shut her eyes and all she remembered was seeing someone come towards her with a baton in hand. All this white surrounded her and this cold wind blew through her and she had to scream! She felt Woody latch to her arm and she clutched her bag close. It felt like she was falling and her stomach lifted sharply! What happened next was landing on dirt and grass on her back. She stayed in a curl as this white mist whirled around and suddenly disappeared. Not that she noticed this right away. Woody rolled and landed in the dirt.

Sarah didn't dare open her eyes but when heard crickets and felt the chilly air, she gasped and looked around. At first, in contrast from the bright and preserved apartment, all she saw was the mere darkness of somewhere outside and sharp smell of moist plants and chilly air burned her nose. The odd grey and purple clouds lit up for her to see and she looked up to the shapes of the canopies of trees. An owl called out, the brushes swayed in the wind. Sarah scrambled and checked her bag for Mickey. He wasn't inside it.

"No!"

Along the ground she searched before she landed on something made of fabric.

"Woody!"

"Augh… I feel like a fell a mile…."

"Are you okay? Mickey's gone…"

He too looked panicked before he spotted something scurrying down to a path just below this grassy slope.

"There he is!"

Sarah got up fast and blocked the mouse's path before scooping him up into her hand.

"Don't. Run. Okay?" she tensed at him as she handled him in her hands. "Woody… Woody! Wh-where are we…?"

She asked that and an angry rumble of thunder sounded above them. He looked up, a streak of terror going over his plastic face.

"We made it… w-we made it, but… we're kinda in a bad spot…"

They were in a forest, one of which that had a mix of conifers and oaks and many rocks and boulders were stacked around them but there was only this lone, narrow dirt path next to them now. Those clouds were not normal. They had a weird purple streak in them and the color lit up when thunder rolled. Woody saw Mickey in her hands as she held him close to her chest.

"Ya need to hide him, Jackie… If anyone sees him… we're in worse trouble."

She looked at him, horrified. She went for her bag and tucked him inside. Right then, she was fully realizing what happened. They were somewhere else entirely, in a woodland with an abnormal storm brewing with no rain.

"We're… we're…"

"We're near the Forbidden Mountains… Not good."

"Forbidden~"

"Our enemy's land. It's where these clouds are coming from… If they're over us, then we're too close…"

Sarah kept her eyes to the skies and then looked down each side of this path.

"The room… everything's gone…"

Woody was about ready to run and dashed towards the path as he pulled her pant leg.

"Come on!"

"Where are we going!?"

This time, he didn't have time to say but he had to find safer quarters…. Unfortunately, a certain creature was watching. He was mighty, overbearing and smoked a thick round cigar. It was a smell that the girl picked up and it was so strong that it was starting to make her sick to her stomach.

"I smell smoke~"

"Keep it down!"

At this moment, he led her to a long log and they both hid inside it. Whoever was watching them noticed that they hid and pushed forth. He was an animated figure, wide and massive, black and white. He wore and eye patch and had a peg leg. A dark-hearted cat known around here and he had his one eye on these two. Woody urged her to stay quiet and squeezed her hand. When this cat was able to pick up on their foot prints, something further in the woods made him stop. Twigs snapped, and there was the huff of some horse and he seemed to know what or who this was. Growling deep, he took steps back…away from the log, much to the two's relief.

Sarah let out a deep sigh.

"Oh man, oh man!"

Woody too started to breathe. "That. Was close."

"Who was it?"

"Don't know. Certainly wasn't friendly…" he said as he peered through a hole. "But it looks okay."

Sarah edged out slow and carefully and her eyes adjusted to the dark. They were in a dark forest in the midst of a rocky wall around and paths went on into different directions. Oak trees reached over them and pine trees struck up towards the clouded sky. She felt that there was something very wrong here. Very wrong. Were her parents lost here somewhere? How was anything of this going to turn out?

"Woody, I'm scared…" she choked, looking back to him.

"Now now, ssh, you remember what I said before?" Woody comforted. "All we got to do is get to Yen Sid in the Magic Kingdom… We have friends here. It all looks bad, but trust me…"

Her heart was running and beating fast and tears tortured her eyes.

"O-o-okay. We have friends…"

"We do. Now, see this path? We're gonna follow it. Just no matter what happens, it'll be okay. It will all be okay."

"I know, I believe you, Woody." she nodded. "I do… So much is happening and we're suddenly here a-and…"

"We're gonna help you. That's a promise, Jackie."