[One year later]
"Asha!" exclaimed Queen Amaya. "Asha where are you?"
"Here, Your Majesty." panted Asha who had just ran through the palace. "Sorry I'm late."
"It's okay." smiled Queen Amaya. "Do you know what day it is today?"
"Of course. The one year anniversary of the banishment of King Magnifico."
"Don't call him king, he has lost privileges of it."
"Okay, and what about it?"
"You know today we were meant to celebrate a good day where the cruel king had been defeated and set a new dawn for Rosas but today all I feel is grief because now that a cruel king had left, a wonderful husband has too."
"I'm so sorry, Your Highness. I never knew how hard this would all be for you."
"It's okay, we did what we have to do but Asha, I did not ask you to arrive here to share my despair but to... warn you."
"What do you mean?"
"Every night it feels as if... Magnifico wants me to free him. He enters my brain and kind of forces me to be like him."
"You'll never be like him. You are a great ruler."
"Thank you, dear Asha, but I need you to do an important task. I want you to hide Magnifico's mirror, spell book and sceptre in a secret room. You have improved in your magic a lot and I know you can easily make a secret room in this palace where the thoughts can never lead me to."
"Yes, Your Highness."
Asha ran through the halls and into the Sorcerer's Tower (now hers) and went into the cupboard where she hid the stuff and went through the halls. She picked one hall at random and whipped her wand out and created a new room where she hid the three items. She used a spell to conceal the room and then used a camouflaging spell to make it look as if the room had never existed. She then went back to the queen to await further instuctions.
"Thank you, Asha." said Queen Amaya. "Now come. We have a festival to celebrate."
"Your Highness." asked Asha.
"Yes?"
"I know that you are a great queen and you will never turn out to be anything like the ex-king."
"Thank you, Asha but you never know what will happen in this world and perhaps one day, Magnifico will be free from the mirror and we need to be ready ans safe if this ever happens but right now, hiding those items is the best possible way to protect Rosas."
"I agree, now let's have some cake!"
Queen Amaya laughed.
"We shall." she replied.
They went outside where they were awaited by so many people and they ate food, danced and partied for the rest of the day. Meanwhile, in the mirror, Magnifico grinned. He managed to master the skill of looking through every mirror in existence without being spotted from the other end.
"One day, Amaya." grinned Magnifico. "One day I will be free."
"We will be free." said another voice.
"Yes, my friend. We have been trapped in this mirror world to rot for far too long."
"Do they suspect anything?"
"Not as of now. This means we have the advantage with the element of surprise."
"Good, soon it will only be a matter of time-"
"Until petty Amaya becomes one of us."
"Villains."
"Yes, but, my friend, we still have to wait for a bit longer."
"I can't wait!" shouted the man. "I have been imprisoned in this world for far longer than you."
"How did you end up trapped in this forsaken mirror? You never told me your tale."
"My parents left me here. They called me worthless and loved my younger brother more than me. I was going to be air to the throne but they always loved my brother more. He fell ill one day and they decided to go to a witch who said that they could transfer the illness to me."
"So they transferred it to you?"
"Yes but guilt ran them over."
"So they did love you then."
"No, I cursed them saying that I'll kill each and everyone of them and in the bloodline. They were scared of the threat and so they went back to the witch who said that there was a new world that would act as a border between our world and so they banished me here."
"How long has it been?"
"Centuries. I lost hope a long time ago until you showed up and in the past year, you've made more progress than me in the past centuries."
"You know, I am quite delighted I was trapped here. It not only frees you but taught me that not everyone deserves trust. Asha, my people and my own wife."
"We will get our revenge, Magnifico."
"Indeed, my friend. Just a few more questions. Why did your family dislike you and how have you been here for centuries?"
"Well, time stops here. Nothing changes. Eternal torment. And as for the first question, snakes."
"What?"
"I always had a fascination for snakes and I have been gifted the power to speak their language. My family threw me out for my ability as a curse rather than a gift."
"I see but how will you obtain your revenge now?"
"My parents and brother might have died ages ago but my family still exists. We were a royal family, see? We were 'The Royal Family of the Kingdom of Rossiya'. My goal is to be free from this mirror and end the family line."
"I see, we all have big goals, my friend and I know that yours will come true."
"Please. You have been calling my 'my friend' for far too long. It's time you use my real name."
"If that's what you wish for. I know that your goals will come true... Grigori Rasputin."