Fragments of Time ( A Disney Twisted Wonderland x OC story) Book I

6.1 - Date with Disaster

The two looked upon Charlie with soft gazes as they could see her as the girl she was...

"Charlie...." Sol unconsciously murmured.

Suddenly, a magic circle appeared over Charlie, making the sisters jump away in surprise. The sun, moon and star symbols Charlie had drawn were etched into the center of the circle, burning brightly. A tall pillar of light surrounded Charlie's body as the levels of magic, hers, began to slowly climb. The sisters could even feel it from where they were.

"Her magic!" Luna gasped.

"Yes, I feel it too! It's growing!" Sol nods. "I guess Astra isn't as far away as we believed..." The sister smiled softly as the ground stood still and the magic circle vanished.

Sol's eyes lit up and she walks to where Charlie's bag is. She rummaged through it and pulled out the phone Crowley lent her. "What are you doing?" Luna asked carefully as Sol began to search for two people.

"Making a few calls....." was what Sol told her before leaving the room, and left Luna to look over Charlie.
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Ophelia found herself teetering as she walked along the bookshelves. Her arms felt like lead every time they hit her sides. She didn't even have the nerves left in her hand to lift her scepter, which dragged behind her, scraping the ground as she walks on. Behind her laid her headwear, the gems ripped and scattered everywhere at the metal headpiece's feet, along with silk sandals, one overturned against the other like she kicked them off in a hurry.

She didn't know what happened. One minute, she was okay: reading an ancient spell book on her throne when she needed to see something. But the moment she stood up, it felt like something sucked all her tolerance for pain away and left her a bruising mess when she stumbled from her footing. She fell down the small staircase and landed on the ground harshly. When she tried to stand back up, icy hot pain shot through her body. Cramps ravaged her, making her spasm and curl into a ball as they struck every nerve inside. She began to crawl away as the cramps began subsiding, but it still brought pain as she moved. In a hazy attempt whilst getting to her feet, she had kicked off her shoes and ripped off her crown, leaving them on a mess behind her as she used the bookshelf as a guide to safety, only to lose feeling in her arms, which lead her to where she was now.

"Agh!" She moaned in pain when she felt her right leg buckle and fell to the floors. She landed harshly on her side, managing to save her head with but her left arm. She hissed as she felt the icy burns flash into her muscles and tendons like a branding iron. She tried to cope with the pain, but she felt something slithering up her neck and to the left side of her face under her skin. She froze, not wanting to see what it was, but forced herself to.

Staring into the mirror at her side, her eyes widened in horror. Black veiny markings ran from the base of her collarbone up to neck, then her jaw and cheek and stopped just above her eyebrow, leaving jagged lines across her eye like someone tried to cut her eyeball out with a sharp blade. Tears came to her eyes before she knew it. "No....no, please!" She whispered hoarsely. In a desperate act, she pulled down the shoulder and sleeve of her dress, ignoring the sound of ripping fabric and the breaking of the sewing threads. The look in her eyes grew more horrified. It was worse than she thought.

The vein markings had spread down from the collarbone to her chest, arm and hand. Each fingertip was a myriad of small web veins, which stemmed from the back of her hand like a decrepit skeleton. The markings traveled further from her stomach and leg, the fabric of the dress's skirts hiding what she obviously knew was more markings. Ophelia shook. If this was how her torso looked, she was too afraid to even see what condition her legs were in.

"My Lady!!!" A familiar voice called from further away as she hissed with the pain. Fawkes appeared, a blazing light of red as he jostled mid-flight, mouth open in surprise. "What happened?! I thought-?!"