A Very Twisted Journey

~Stuck in a Loop~

The man had long silky white hair that was tied into a low ponytail, His eyes were like a violet-indigo, more violet though. Had a jeweled monocle on the right side of his face and wore a fancy suit with a gray dress coat. But what caught Eva's attention was the brooch on his coat. She recognized that family crest anywhere, looking back at Lia who was testing out the front door to her husband. Madame Eva couldn't help but feel more concerned for the young girl even more.

'Brandel, just what are you planning for your daughter?'

Suddenly, she noticed something else, taking a closer look at the mother, the realization hit her like a gust of wind. 'That's, that's Kaitlynn Cosmo! The renowned singer of Twisted Wonderland!'

Eva didn't know Kaitlynn personally, but her reputation in the magical world preceded her greatly. She was known throughout every corner of the world for her angel-like voice and motherly kindness. Not only did she perform magnificent concerts, but she also taught children music whenever she visited schools, she even performed in places that no other performer would have done. Such as performing at the anniversary ball in the Valley of Thorns or doing a live concert at the bottom of the Coral Sea!

One day, in the prime of her career, she suddenly disappeared. Everyone assumed that she 'out of nowhere retired and gone back to her homeland. But some assumed that she got scared and quit after a freak accident that had happened. This, however, confirmed the first assumption.

'Wait, if she's been here this whole time, where is she now?'

Eva snapped out of her trance when she heard her husband's voice say. "Well, it seems your theory was correct Miss Lia."

She turned to see everyone gathered at the front door before joining them; she took one last look at her portrait before joining the others, "So, what did I miss?"

While Eva was ruminating through her memories, the rest of the group tested out Lia's theory. The first thing Crowley had the children do was walk out the front door, and they disappeared. When they returned through Hoopa's ring, they said they had ended up at their dorm. They repeated the procedure on one of the property's gates and received the same results. However, when Crowley tried it, he ended up walking right out the door.

"So then, other than ourselves, Lia and the kids are trapped within the confines of the house and the property around it." Madame Eva rephrased.

"Precisely."

Lia started to frantically pace back and forth, "Ugh, what am I supposed to do? I can't deal with this, what if someone comes over to invite me to something and I can't go? Not to mention when Sonia comes over to pick up the kids, just how am I supposed to explain that they are now dragged into this and are also trapped with me in my own home!? And Leon, hooooo, he's going to have a fit when he hears about this!"

"Pikachu," (Getting dizzy,)

Madame Eva stopped her. "Lia, Lia sweetie, listen. We'll figure it out, however, you get worked up like this isn't going to solve anything."

Crowley nodded, "Indeed, for now, let us return to the dorm and get some rest. It has been a rather long and eventful day for the lot of us."

"Yeah, your right." Lia reluctantly agreed. But still had a frown on her face as she was very confused and dejected over all this.

As soon as they returned, the couple gave Lia some last-minute details for tomorrow, then waved the group goodnight and left. Lia and the kids, along with Persian, Pikachu, and Grim all gathered in the main bedroom.

Thanks to Hoopa, he brought over some sleeping bags and futon mattresses for the kids, and little futons for himself and the other Pokémon. Grim insisted on sleeping on the bed with Lia and Pikachu. The said mouse Pokémon was skeptical at first but could see that the cat creature was loosening up, so complied.