After she had taken back her starry form in the heavens, she was still ever closer to the ones she helped rescue. Once again, she was strong enough to instill hope in them even when afar. She could plainly hear and could plainly see the rescued magical memory beginning to grow and flourish. Another healed heart was pure music to her ears. There was one song that would be able to set it all aflame. Indeed, there was so much more than just mere appearance. A lost memory, now found, was now beginning to truly open his eyes for the first time.
During the meanwhile, changes were becoming more and more apparent.
Those caught in the crossfire, they had no choice.

Along the way, Sarah did not know what to expect when she would step back home again. Honestly, to her, it was awfully weird, after becoming so used to such things as magic and beyond her own understanding of how this new world worked. Some things left her frazzled, still. Even as to earn something that was beyond her own imagination. An enchanting advantage of her own in the form of a friend of hers. There was no turning back now, with those precious promises she had made to him at the very start.

Now she knew the feeling her Mom always felt whenever she did anything stupid, like… running into the road. She did that once, chasing after a ball when she was five years old. To her, Dreamer was going too high! Yet, it did her a great honor to see him so happy and so free… Her worry soon began to die, the higher he seemed to get. Sarah could almost believe that he would be gone for good though. Yet, he needed this.

He needed to do this! As far as his own thoughts could fly. There was always a calling for him, something huge and something so amazing that he couldn't even contain the excitement! It was something he thought he knew, yet did it really happen? All the reason why he felt so wrong all the time, and so slow to trust others. There was a song… Joy, the dearest fairy, would sing it to him in private, yet he couldn't pinpoint just why it seemed so familiar before.

Bing Bing…
Bing Bong…
Who is your friend...
Who likes to play…?
Bing Bong… Bing Bong

His Rocket makes you yell "Hurray!"

No… That wasn't. Something was wrong. That wasn't who he was now… He didn't need anything else other than these wings… Not a rocket that no longer could fly. Of what felt so helpless before, it was going away!

Who's the best in ev'ry way?
And wants to sing this song to say…
Bing Bong!

Of what had used to have, it had to mean something, yet it was all just noise to him. His name was Dreamer. He was a dreamer… therefore, he needed a new song. He was encouraged to keep moving. Looking back was no longer an option, as tempting as it was. He remembered the horror, sadness, and terrible yearning sadness that he could not explain to himself. The only thing he had to keep close was the beautiful golden light, high above him. He had a very strong feeling that whatever happened was only meant to be. All that mattered was that he was here now… rescued, growing… and becoming something great! Surrounded by others who cared about him. It was all the hope he needed! His thoughts ran wild onto what else he could do! As to why he never thought of any of this before? He was baffled by it!

As far as Dreamer's own imagination went, his own forms could do the same. He remembered the feeling of flight and that inspired him to change… Also, he was part cat.
Part elephant…

Getting an idea, Dreamer began to experiment on his own… landing upon one of the tops of one of the topiary statues of a laughing dragon. Sarah was running along to follow him, but she noticed that her path was being lit up. The lush looking grass seemed to have its own light… and the air became warmer. She looked up, however, where that bird had landed only to see the topiary dragon look healthier than before as small flowers began to sprout from its head to all the way down to its toes.

This garden seemed to go one forever and it kept growing with light and color. For a moment, it seemed as though Maleficent's curse was broken! Yet, the setting sunlight still had settling shadows up ahead, which kept Sarah from getting too hopeful.

Gammy followed close before he noticed something dark coming from the valley below them, down the stone pathway. Distant topiaries were suddenly taken and pulled by what Sarah recognized as one of those living thorn trees. The ones that shot out of the ground at her before Pete captured her and Woody. One took the one that resembled Mickey and proceeded to snap it down… before tangling over, blocking the stony path.

It was where they had to go….

"Well, ain't that a shame…" Gammy acted all coy.

"She's just pulling our legs," Merlin muttered, fixing his spectacles. "But nothing like a bit of good magic couldn't fix."

Dreamer, from his perch, could see the thorny roots take up the rest of the path, covering what looked like another wooden mirror that was set up neatly in a small bushy maze on the other side of the garden.

"Wh-what's happening? Guys?" Sarah worried. "Wait…" she realized when Merlin winked at her, knowingly. "… right."

She went to the dragon topiary and called up to her friend. "What do you see?"

"It-it's all tangled up!" Dreamer replied. "And I see another mirror! Over there, on the other side! It's not far!"

"Maleficent knows we're trying to get to the Park, so she's bein' a bit hasty. Tell him to fly across. We're not alone here."

"Dreamer, can you fly across? There might be some help waiting over there!"

"Uh! I don't see anybody… Ya sure, Jackie?"

"Yeah, buddy."

Unsure, yet trusting her word for it, the young Imaginary took flight over the dark garden of thorns, his form becoming smaller, being no more than a small dot of light. In the distance, thunder began to roll amidst of the sweet songs of fellow birds.

Sarah watched him fly off with a lump forming at the bottom of her stomach.

"This is his home now. He is safe here. Now, I will work some magic to ease this infestation back a mite. MICKEY. Do your stuff. Sarah, you and Dreamer are bonded. You need to talk to him. Make sure he finds the Door but not touch it! He's not ready to go through yet!"

On cue, Mickey pulled back his sleeves with this new wand in hand before he made a brave jump towards one of the growing thorns. As he did, one tried to shoot out right at Sarah! Gammy gave a yelp and hopped behind a log. The girl needed to run before there was a blast of blue magic, slicing the enchanted branch right off!

Sarah could only watch the two magic wielders battle against the lively thorns. Her thoughts were on her Imaginary friend, not knowing how she was going to speak to Dreamer.

"Please, be okay, buddy…"

I'm-I'm okay… came a timid reply, coming as a thought right back to her. In her head.

"Bing Bong!? I mean… you can hear me?" she replied out loud.

I think-… yeah, yeah! I can! his voice came back to her once again.

This is so weird… she thought to herself, now knowing her Imaginary (her own magical advantage that she herself now had the honor to have) could hear her every thought.

He was flying off and ahead towards the Mirror Door, a little scared and a little confused. Once he reached the summit above it, he noticed that… yeah. He wasn't alone. Another light was following the imaginary bird and to him, he almost thought that the Blue Fairy had come back. Though, the color of the light was more purple-ish, likened to his more pink hue. He tried to look behind him but he almost hit a tree and next, he almost struck the stone wall.

"Hey!" was his brave bark before he took it upon himself to face whoever this was. "Stop it!" he flared up a little with a bit of an angry gleam in his green eyes. "Who's there!?"

Wow! came a cheery, yet almost squeaky voice. You really are new 'round here, aren't ya?

"Who are you? Why are ya following me? Please, please, my-my friends need help…"

"Take it easy, palsy! I happen to have been lookin' for someone myself! Perhaps you've seen him? He's a fellow like me, maybe a bit bigger? Part elephant, cat and maybe some dolphin? Cries candy?"

Surprisingly, just like what he did before when he had discovered it for himself now, there appeared another rather ridiculous looking creature! The transformed bird was so surprised by this that he lost hold of his new magic for a moment, turning back into a candy floss elephant.

He hid behind one of the trees, before crawling out again, becoming a little desperate. When he looked out to see, there was a spry purple dragon, almost his size if not bigger. Keeping his small black hat on, he got to his feet when he came to realize what that huge topiary was shaped after. The dragon cackled at the stupified look on the elephant's face and flew about in a flurry!

"It's you, silly!"

"I know who I am," Dreamer replied.

"What's the name?" the dragon happily asked, sitting on his own tail across from him.

"Dreamer. The name's Dreamer. Can't really remember my old name though."

"DREAMER! May I call ya Dreamy? HAH! Just jokin' with ya! Name's Figment!" he spoke for himself with a wide smile, holding out a chubby claw.

Soon enough, the two ludicrous creatures shook hands as a smile grew on the elephant's lips as a gleam twinkled in his eye. "I think we've met. Did we?"

"Dunno! Did we? After all, we're practically brothers… Watch this!" Figment pointed before he went into a whirl.

Dreamer watched him suddenly disappear into a puff of smoke as he stared with his mouth hung ajar. At first, he thought he must have been behind him only to hear a sharp whistle in his ear.

"Hey, cut that out!" came a shrill giggle. "Listen, I- wait! I need your help. I've been told to meet you!"

"Is that so, Dreamer? Whoa, those grew kinda fast, didn't they?" the dragon mused as he peered over at the thick thorns growing thickly over the path. Dreamer sighed, glad that he didn't have to explain.

"My friends are stuck over there! But they need to get over here…"

"Looks like they belong to someone. I can take a couple guesses. What say you to a bit of fun?"

"Fun? What fun?" Dreamer asked, more concerned unlike this dragon, Figment. He winked at him.

"Ah, you'll see! Follow me!"

While they worked with the typical spells Merlin had, the thorns kept going at it by keeping their designated path all blocked off. Sarah fell to the ground, trying to cover her head from any more falling pieces of shards and wood. Gammy saw movement under the dirt and yanked the girl up and away from it before it could stab her. She was a bit shocked at the action before the two had to jump their way out of harm's way. "Move it, kid! Are ya stupid!?"

"Like you're being any faster right now!? Dreamer! God, we can't lose him in this place!"

"Enough about that elephant! I'm sure he's fine on his own! Not likely…"

Sarah, still a bit embittered towards him since the circus fiasco, gave the weasel a shove off of her so that she could squeeze her way through some of the deadly thorns. He rubbed his chest painfully, from her elbowing him but got up to follow her, due to some guilty conscience. It was not yet safe for them to go through though and the Weasel kept yanking the stubborn girl back and forth in different directions before Merlin merely made them hit an invisible wall.

"Whippersnapper, get back here before you lose your nose!" he warned. "BACK!"

There was an onslaught which made the two fly back a couple feet. Gammy did what he could do and proceeded to cower behind Sarah who was looking above, mouth ajar. When one made its way to whip at her, Mickey leaped pushing the two out of reach. He pinned between them and the weed, almost getting pierced. It seemed like it stuck through his glove, pinning him to the ground. Sarah screamed when she almost thought it got him. At once when the live branch pulled out, Mickey fell back down before slicing its sharp tip right off, like sliced bread. Using his own lightweight, he jumped onto it and held onto one of the huge thorns behind it, pulling it back as it tried to whip him around like a ragdoll. It flung him several feet away, and he struck against one of the topiary pedestals. Seeing that made anger prickle sharply over her features as she took it within her own to fight. Shoving Gammy off and snagging one of the fallen thorns, she was off even with these random branches snaking in to tie her up into their brambles. Before Mickey could get trapped by them, she took him by the arm and yanked him to his feet. He was all light headed from being thrown, but at once, he perked up and wound up being the one dragging Sarah to safety.

Merlin finally had gotten most of them tied amongst themselves and began using more spells to press them aside to make way for the path, but something was pressing against his spells. He gave a grunt and one last shove with his cane, blasting some of the brambles away. But more were sprouting, much more that was aiming to capture the group. Only he could only hold them back for so long… He needed a boost.

Above in the shifting skies, there were two sporting lights of violet and light pink. These bolts out of the blue shot down into the floating clearing, twisting through the brambles almost in a kaleidoscope of shimmering color.

"Jackie! You scared me… Are you all right?" Mickey worried about her before they both saw this new appearance.

When these orbs began to twist through the thorny forest, a great number of things began to happen that helped Merlin to finish his defensive spell. New things that were never there began to manifest, such as brand new trees, pillars, and flowering vines seemed to shoot out from the ground itself as if some sort of growth potion was spilled. As a new kind of began magic to tear through to match up with Merlin's, these horrible plants seemed to cower and shake away as if they were being sprayed by some kind of poison and they proceeded to release the friends from their imposing grip. It was a pure magic. It was potent just enough to break this dark spell… and soon enough the path could be seen once more.

Sarah got up, leaving a shaken Gammy behind her, going straight to Mickey and Dreamer who appeared by his side.

"Guys! What was all that!?"

"Someone's keeping us in!" Mickey panted, checking his torn glove. Fortunately, he wasn't hurt by that stab. "You guys, you okay? You came back!" he looked at the breathless elephant who was without his hat and he looked a little winded, sitting flat down on his knees.

"It happened like ya said. I've met someone…" he spoke, his voice a little cracked. "His name… His name is… Figment."

"What happened back there?" Sarah asked, resting a supportive hand on each of their shoulders.

"I was scared. I wanted to go back to you, but he was right there by the mirror. Like he was waiting for us."

"That was a piece of cake, wasn't it!?" cackled a brand new voice that seemed brighter than Dreamer's own at the moment. "Ya weren't so bad yourself, sport!"

He appeared as the familiar purple dragon that everyone loved. He had a stupendously bright smile on his small face as he linked a stubby arm with Dreamer's, who looked a little shocked.

"Suppose you went the opposite way, does it mean you would get lost? Not so much! This place can be anything! There is your way in, over there! I'll get you guys there. Come on!"

"You're an Imaginary too, like him?" Gammy asked, after dusting himself off.

"I WAS the one and only. Ain't that right, Dreamy?"

"I… Gosh, I dunno what to say…"

"Looks like you went on a long trip! But, don't ya worry about that. I know all the tricks! I myself had a kid once, but that took me a long way and I'm still his buddy. He sent me here to find you actually. He's been waiting a long time to meet you."

"He wants to meet me?"

"He comes and goes through the Imagination with me, all the time. Looking for new and amazing things. His name is the Dreamfinder."

"Well, this is news to me…" Sarah cut in, confused at first.

"Well knock my socks off! Is that who I think it is!?" Merlin brightly spoke, coming close. "Your appearance was most expected, my friend!"

Figment smiled, insanely before flying around in a twirl around the Wizard.

"HA CHA CHA! What a day this is! He's gonna go nuts!"

"The Dreamfinder must be near here then! What a fine day it is, indeed, Figment. And I see you have met our new recruit."

"This is the start of something GREAT! I never thought I'd meet another me!" Figment cheered.

Dreamer's own demeanor seemed to brighten the more he came to realize that this was exactly what the beloved Fairy had promised him. He made to someplace where he wasn't alone. Someplace fantastic and free. He was so happy that he took Sarah by her hands and the two spun around.

"Jackie! This is what I've been waiting for! Dreaming of! I didn't know I'd get here! Without you or Joy, I wouldn't be here!"

Sarah was a overwhelmed too, glad that her closest friend here finally found a home…. Now that could be scratched off her list of horrible worries. She wanted what was best for him, and never wanted him to be hurt like that again. This place was exactly what he needed.

"You'll always have us, Dreamer. I'm so happy for you!" she spoke while he tightly hugged her again. His magical warmth coming tenfold now and that sweet aroma grew stronger. "She's happy for you too! You don't have to be afraid anymore…"

"Nope, never again!" he let her go, smiling more than he did before. "He's just like me—"

"We're like brothers! Oh boy, there's so much to do! So little time!" Figment reminded, waving at all of them to follow along.

"Oh Gosh!"

The path was open and there was the stone framed mirror making home against this mighty boulder surrounded by grass. The topiaries looked whole again… What was there to do now was get together with the allies who worked on the other side. Hopefully, Quasimodo, Robin, and Woody were to turn up soon, since they had their own missions to complete. The Wizard's had a plan and it was just beginning to unfold in the heart of the aged Disneyland Park.

Fantasyland.