Sarah got herself to her knees, with her hair stuck up with hay. The smell in this place was over abundant with cotton candy, strangely. Woody lifted himself up and shook his head. To them, it looked all dark. She could hear their own breathing. As she tried to get up though, something bright amidst the dark startled her. She gasped and almost fell down. Her eyes hurt from the sharp light, but it looked like a shining blue orb. Like a star! Woody gasped and stared wide eyed at it. Out of what they've both seen so far, this had to be the very first wonder to admire. Ever.

The stunning orb inched closer to Sarah and she was almost tempted to reach out to touch it. Woody's mesmerized look began to morph to that of wonder and curiosity. Could it be? Was it she or a Never Fairy?

Sadly, before they could discover further…someone disturbed the peace and the tarp was opened further down. At the noise, the orb dashed away and disappeared around a corner. Sarah's heart began to run when someone was shoved in…. It looked like another toon, like Pete. Only this one was scrawny, thin and he wore a black dusty cap and grey checkered sweater, with brown pants. He grumbled to himself and looked the two over, lifting his cap.

"Hi there, I'm guessin'. What's ya name?" he spoke in a dry, scratchy voice.

"I'm Sa- …" she stopped herself. "…Jackie." she said, accepting the nickname now as an alias.

Nothing felt safe here.

"Heh." the toon coughed and then looked to Woody. "I know you."

Woody got to his feet and brushed himself up with a scowl. "All too well."

"Yer that Wizard's do gooder, ain't ya?"

"Who are you?" Sarah asked, hoping to avoid another confrontation.

"Name's Gammy. The Weasel. And you, pals, are our new employees, I'm betting."

"We didn't agree to anything. We were thrown in here, pal." Woody grew sharp at the end there.

"Waaaatch it." this Gammy hissed back. "Follow me!" he barked and ran behind Sarah. "Go meet yer peers."

He proceeded to shove her forward through another tarp. The two were now taken backstage, away from the maze like entrance. It was a very wide space, which was strange, because this tent did not look that big from the outside. The ground was grassy and hay littered all over the place. There were stacks of crates and barrels around, along side these cage train cars, with floors made out of wood. Each car was empty, out of all four, there was one at the far end of the place. Inside it stood an animal, a male deer. His cloven hoofs were firmly on the floor as if digging into the wood. As he stood, his head was low and was held that way by a tight rein around his head and chains connected to the bars and the floor. Sarah couldn't get a better look but she was sure that those angry reddish brown eyes were glaring right at her. Swallowing dryly, she took notice of others. The fact that they weren't the only ones was worrying. Also, Mickey was gone and there was no way to tell if he was okay or not... For now, they were stuck.

That weasel, Gammy, seemed to have left them in here for whatever reason. Sarah was about to go in further with Woody, all shaky almost from nervousness. There was one creature that was the first to catch her eye. At first, it was just a shot of bright pink and that sugary smell got stronger. But then, she saw something else in one of the cages, asleep perhaps. A pink animal of sorts peacefully asleep inside this cage. With his head cuddled in his soft yet thick arms, he barely made a sound. A trunk laid as around him as possible and a soft, fluffy purple tail curled around from behind him. He looked and smelled of cotton candy yet he looked like a circus elephant or a clown of some kind. He wore a thick, brown checkered jacket littered with randomly colored patches and over his hands he wore a pair of dark brown finger-less gloves. Despite his conspicuous appearance, his visible closed eyes had a sort of peace.

Under the curled tail of the elephant was another…but she saw the wide, scared brown eyes of a fawn. He stuck his small head just a little bit before slowly hiding behind the sleeping elephant again.

Woody was seeing the same thing and his heart filled with anguish to see so much of it in this place. Something about the estranged elephant and that little one struck him the hardest. Soon enough, Sarah bumped into another deer who pulled her head away from Sarah's outstretched hand as she backed away from the cage.

"Oh! O-oh, sorry!" she tried to fix it, but silenced herself.

This doe that came near, she was beautiful and held grace yet her light fur was a little ruined and she had a mark or a scar on her left heel. She looked her and Woody over with worried blue eyes. After observing, she seemed to back away in a sort of fear. Or rather, if she had hope… it all was dashed right then.

"No… You were forced in here too?" the doe had spoken in a voice soft and light.

Sarah's mouth fell even further. At first, she had no words. Woody looked up at the doe and sadly nodded.

"Yeah…" he answered in a grieving sort of way.

The doe shut her eyes in dread. That told them that this was a pretty bad situation. Another fawn seemed to be curious about the newcomers. Sarah saw her come close and slowly reached her hand to pet her, but she darted away. She hid right under that same cage.

"We're new here, madame." Woody began, hoping to help these trapped creatures. "…but can you tell us what is going on?"

"It hurts to know that she's succeeding." the doe spoke again. "We~ all of us want to leave here and go back to the Kingdom. But they keep us here, performing for those… cruel Toons."

"She…?" Sarah asked.

"Yes. Everyone knows…. That Dark Fairy. She's the reason we can never leave this tent."

"They keep us here. Because they know. They all know… that the Kingdom is heavily protected."

"Protected?" Woody perked up. "Well then, that's good… Okay well, we're gonna do our best. I'm Woody and this is Jackie."

"I am Gurri… and these fawns are a part of my father's herd."

"H-how did you get in here?"

"Same as you two…. Me and my brother were looking for them and we tried to save them, but that cat threatened them saying that if we didn't do as he said, he would hurt them."

"Your… brother?" Sarah asked, looking back at the caged buck farthest down.

"Yes… Geno. He tried many times to escape to the point that they caged him. I too. I got punished too."

"But why? It makes no sense…."

"The Fairy wants followers. That's why." came a strong, gruff voice from that chained buck.

His voice boomed and it startled them.

"And don't sugar coat it, Gurri. That Fairy has ways… of persuasion."

Gurri hung her head and nodded.

"What he says is true."

Sarah's heart was breaking at all this. There was a great unseen enemy here and she was understanding, little by little. She looked back to that sleeping pink creature and neared to the cage. Gurri's eyes softened as they followed her.

"This is a person too…" spoke a depressed Sarah.

"…he is."

"Doesn't look like he's just asleep…" Woody said with hidden anger.

"Yes. It's a spell."

"What is he…?"

"We call him Bing Bong. He's the show's clown. He came here just as you and I. Only, he had someone with him. Unlike us, he doesn't remember much. He is not supposed to be here…" Gurri explained, sadly.

"Why is he under a spell?"

"…he asked too many questions."

"… None of this okay!" Sarah began to show her heart about all this.

"Say that again!" countered that Weasel as he stormed through.

"I wasn't talking to you." Sarah grumbled.

"Well, we have an hour until the show starts, so get crackin'! You, kid, will be paired up with Dumbo here!"

Sarah gazed back at the enchanted elephant. Woody watched on before Gammy looked at him.

"You. You're gonna be last with Geno, for the baiting."

"Baiting?"

"No." Gurri argued.

"Calm down, it won't be so bad as last time."

"What are you talking about?" Sarah asked, roughly.