In the tent, Anastasia was standing by the door, Will and Ella were sitting on the sofa, Alice was sitting on the bed and Cyrus was pacing up and down.
"The whole time Jafar held me captive he had my brothers right there, how could I not have known?" Cyrus said pacing up and down holding the genie bottle.
"Cyrus, don't punish yourself Jafar didn't know about your relations if he did he would have used it against you." Anastasia said
"Either way we're going to do whatever it takes to free them-"
"And me," Will said cutting Alice off, "That's my house he's holding and frankly I hate it." He pointed to the bottle, "There's not a lot of elbow room, and you know what else?"
"Please don't tell us." Ella said shaking her head
"A toilet!" Will said looking outraged
"Anyway obviously the first thing we need to do is find the bottles." Ella said and she turned to face Anastasia , "If Jafar has moved into into the castle would he have moved them with him?"
"Absolutely." Anastasia nodded
"Well then we just need to break into the palace and take them." Alice stated
"Oh yeah because it's really that simple," Ella said
Anastasia nodded, "She's right the five of us are nothing to Jafar's magic, not even Ella. The only thing that can protect us is an army... my army."
"In case you haven't noticed your army has deserted you." Cyrus said, "And your former subjects are more willing to see you eaten alive by Bandersnatch's."
"I am quite aware of peoples feelings towards me." Anastasia snapped, "I'm just gonna have to prove them wrong." She snatched the bottle and began to walk away
"Why fight Jafar if we can simply disarm him?" Cyrus asked, "My brothers and I weren't born Genies we were cursed if we can break that curse-"
Alice cut Cyrus off saying, "We can free them."
"I'm particularly fond of the part where you get the Genies out of the bottles." Will stated, "That's good."
Cyrus looked down at Ella and Will saying, "If I can get back to the place where the curse was made perhaps I can undo it."
"Well who was it that cursed you?" Alice asked and all eyes turned to Cyrus
"The master of the Well of Wonders in Agrabah." Cyrus said with a sigh
"Agrabah? How the bloody hell are we meant to get back there?" Will said
"Well if its A Well of Wonders your after, Wonderland has it's very own." Ella said with a smirk
"Magical waters flow through every realm, if you want the master of the well all you have to do is summon it. " Anastasia added
Cyrus nodded and began to walk out of the tent saying, "Alright let's go."
Anastasia stopped him by saying, "Do you not know what happens if you fail? Every moment we waste is another minute Jafar could be getting the last Genie." She motioned over to Will, "The only thing that can save Will is an army."
"Yes, but is we break the curse, Jafar won't need Will." Cyrus argued
Ella looked over to Will and he gave her a look, "Right then guess we split up." Ella said
"Yeah, we split up!" Anastasia and Cyrus said at the same time
. . . .
"Nobody home." Anastasia, Will and Ella heard a voice say from behind a little red door in a tree stump, a voice that belonged to the rabbit.
"Now, Rabbit don't be that way." Will called back
"No, Rabbit here just a happy family enjoying quality time together... alone!" The Rabbit called
"This won't take more than a minute." Ella said
"Time is a precious commodity Knave, one minute is sixty seconds which is sixty thousand! milliseconds... do you know how much I could accomplish in sixty thousand milliseconds?" The Rabbit argued behind the door
Ella sighed and said, "You wouldn't be enjoying any milliseconds if we hadn't of found your bloody family now open the door"
After a few seconds the rabbit opened the door and sighed saying, "What do you want?"
"It's not about what we want." Will started
"It's what... she wants." Ella ended and Anastasia leaned around Ella so the Rabbit could see her as soon as the rabbit saw her he whimpered and ran into the house.
"Please Rabbit don't be afraid I'm not gonna hurt you." Anastasia said as they sat on the floor
"You- You've already taken my wife, my children, my honour what more could you possibly want from me?" The Rabbit said hiding behind a small counter
"You're forgiveness." Anastasia said simply and the Rabbit slowly turned around to look at her, "What I took from you I can never give back and there is nothing I can give you to replace what you've already lost but I can say I'm sorry Rabbit terribly sorry."
Ella and Will looked at each other with confused looks on their faces, Anastasia wasn't one for asking for forgiveness.
"What's done is done." The Rabbit sighed, "Why do you care if I forgive you?"
Anastasia leaned forward so she was closer to The Rabbit and said, "Because I need your help."
"With what?!" The rabbit said throwing his arms around in frustration
Anastasia gave a small smile and said, "By becoming the Queen this world deserves, I want to defeat Jafar reclaim Wonderland. But not for me for the people and I need you to tell them that they can trust me."
"Uh- I-." The Rabbit turned to look at Ella, "Has she completely lost her mind?"
"She wants to change." The Rabbit gave out a small laugh, "If she can or not only time will tell." Ella said with a shrug
The Rabbit sighed and said, "I'm afraid defeating Jafar has become the least of your problems."
"Why's that?" Anastasia asked
"Jafar... has released the Jabberwocky." The Rabbit said with a look of terror on his face, everyone knew that the Jabberwocky is the most powerful thing in all the realms. It can make you live your fear over and over again. A bit like Cora.
"How- What!"
"What's a Jabberwocky?" Will asked
"Who told him!" Ella asked
"I don't know how or why but all I know she's out."
"Is that bad?" Will said looking over to his sister who surprisingly actually looked scared
"Do you remember what Cora did with the fears?" Will nodded his head, "The Jabberwocky can do the same but worse." Ella said looking at Will who also now looked scared
"I guess now you want me to take you out of Wonderland before she find you?" The Rabbit asked
"That sounds like an excellent idea-"
Anastasia cut Will off saying, "No! We are not leaving."
"Not going Wonderful." Ella said rolling her eyes
"I said I was going to save Wonderland and I meant it if the Jabberwocky has been released then all the more reason to stay and fight now Rabbit I am not going to force you to do anything but if you care about Wonderland, what it once was and what it can be again we need you to help us. Portal to every corner of the realm tell the people that the battle to save Wonderland has begun." Anastasia said nodding her head
"I would but... they wouldn't believe me they almost hate me more than more." Ella added
The rabbit gulped and nodded his head, "Fine."
. . . .
"Quick guys we have to find Alice and Cyrus and warn them." Anastasia said as the walked down a steep hill
"About this Jabber-person-"
Ella cut Will off saying, "If the Jabberwocky has been released than none of us are safe out in the open."
"I can't help but notice we are actually still out in the open." Will said pulling Ella up as she almost fell into a hole in the ground
"Don't be so scared okay?" Anastasia said
"Well then stop scaring me, If this Jabber-person is anything like what Cora could do then yeah I am bloody scared!" Will said
"Will! I'm being serious the Jabberwocky feeds on fear she can smell it." Anastasia snapped
"Chemo- signals I can do it too and right now you reek of fear so please... stop." Ella said, when she saw how Anastasia was looking at her she added, "Werewolf."
"Right." Anastasia said nodding her head
"Remind me again why we didn't take the Rabbits offer to leave Wonderland?" Will asked
"Because Jafar is going to destroy Wonderland-"
"The real reason." Ella said cutting Anastasia off, "The Rabbit might have bought your performance but he doesn't know you like we do"
"You don't do anything unless it makes life more comfortable for you so what's your angle?" Will ended
"There is no angle. I made a mistake I'm trying to re-write the past trying to fix things between all of us instead of destroying the future, it's not about making life comfortable for myself because I'd never be comfortable again... but I can make life more comfortable for others and the only way I can do that is by getting rid of Jafar." Anastasia explained
"You really think you can do that?" Will asked as they walked round a tree and Anastasia immediately stopped
"What is it?" Ella asked, "You hear something?"
Anastasia was looking around panicked when she said, "I hear nothing... Back in your bottle Will." She said pulling the bottle out of her bag
"Uh, I don't bloody think so." Will protested
"No! I'm not asking I'm telling get back in your bottle Genie!" Anastasia commanded opening the lid of the bottle and Will turned into red smoke going into the bottle.
"Okay what is the matter?" Ella asked looking around, "I can't see, hear or smell anything."
"Exactly, we need to hide him" Anastasia said putting the bottle under a bush
"Uh I don't think so we are not leaving him in there." Ella said walking towards the bottle
Anastasia pulled her away and began to run saying, "Trust me!"
Realisation or fear suddenly hit Ella as she yelled, "Come on then show your face!"
"Where are ya!" Anastasia yelled
"I'm everywhere, I'm in your head."
Ella looked over to Anastasia who was spinning around trying to find the Jabberwocky.
"Yeah well I've had my fair share of things in my head, you can't beat that trust me." Ella said pulling out her sword
"I feed on fear I can smell it, your fear is..."
Ella looked down and noticed that her hand was shaking, "You don't know anything!"
"Oh but I do, I know what happened to your boyfriend... to your family, old and new. I know everything."
Ella held her hand to stop it from shaking as she said, "Yeah but I know something about you."
"And what's that Knave?"
Ella smirked and said, "Where. you. are."
Ella quickly span around and threw her sword and it went straight through the Jabberwocky lodging it into a tree.
"I have a little trick called, hearing people." Ella said walking up to the lady in the grey clothes getting right in her face, "You can't get in my head quite a few people have tried none have succeeded."
"But here's the thing, Isabella... There is only one blade that can hurt me." The Jabberwocky said and Ella backed away as The Jabberwocky started to walk up the sword, "And this, this isn't it." She walked over to Ella and before she could react the Jabberwocky had headbutted her and she fell to the ground unconscious.
. . . . .
"Will?" Anastasia asked as she woke up and saw Will staring at her
Anastasia turned around as she heard a voice say, "Good you're awake."
Anastasia looked at herself and saw that she was tied to a chair in a cage she started to struggle as Jafar picked up the bottle.
"Will and Anastasia reunited at last, tell me is it everything you imagined?" Jafar said with a small smirk
"Stop with the insufferable small talk Jafar or is that your idea of torture?" Anastasia said glaring at Jafar
"Unfortunately for you I have something else in mind."
"We've been down this road before and we both know how it's gonna end I'm the master of the Genie I have three wishes, you can't kill me or Will and there is one left." Anastasia said
"Oh but there is" Jafar said with a smirk, waving his hand and a cloud of gold smoke appeared next to Anastasia and when it disappeared it showed Ella who had only her top on not her jacket and she was tied down onto a chair with cuts all down her arms, face and chest,
"Hi." Ella growled, she turned to Jafar, "Your guys down there are not very nice people. You know that?"
"Why aren't you healing?" Will asked
"I think you should tell them." Jafar said kneeling down in front of Ella
Ella leaned down to him and said, "I'm not saying it."
"I got rid of her Werewolf gene." Jafar said with a smile standing up, "So yes I do have someone to make you wish."
"That's not possible." Anastasia said quietly
"Apparently it is because as you can see I'm not healing." Ella stated
Jafar walked over to Ella with his staff which was glowing red,
"Get, your bloody snake stick away from me!" Ella yelled struggling against her ropes, "Anna, wish, wish him out of Wonderland!"
"Jafar I wish you-"
Anastasia was cut off by Jafar spinning around, using his magic to take her voice,
He then walked over to Ella pulled a knife out from her boot and plunged it through her hand lodging it in the arm of the chair . Ella let out a blood curdling scream as Will started yelling at Jafar and struggling against his ropes.
"Don't feel bad darling, I found a new partner someone a lot more promising." Jafar said moving away from Ella who was heavy breathing and walked over to Anastasia, "And she is a lot more promising."
Ella looked to her left and saw the Jabberwocky walk into the cage, Ella then looked over to Will who was looking to her in worry, "I'm okay." She mouthed and nodded her head quickly
"We need her wishes," Jafar said to the Jabberwocky, "Don't stop until she's broken by any means necessary."
. . . .
"Fascinating." The Jabberwocky said rolling the Genie bottle up and down on the concrete floor, " Isn't it, on the outside it's nothing special nothing out of the ordinary but on the inside now that is a prize." She turned to Anastasia, "A bit like that head of yours nothing special on the outside but on the inside...if I were to dig deep enough there's no telling what I might find."
"She can't hurt you Anna, Remember that." Ella said looking at her hand which had began to shake
"I don't want to hurt you." She said crouching down to look up at Anastasia, "I want to help you, you've suffered so much you've already lived a life of fear haven't you?"
When Anastasia didn't say a word she walked over to Ella and stood behind her, "You believe that if the prince had chosen you instead of step-sister then your mother would've loved you and now you feel." She moved her hand to touch Ella's head but Ella quickly moved away, "Like love is out of reach and that deep...dark hole in your heart will always be empty."
The Jabberwocky moved back over to lean her arms on Anastasias legs, "Do you feel me in that head of yours? I can see everything... you ran away-"
Ella cut The Jabberwocky off saying, "Anna! Don't listen to her. Listen to us."
"Yes do listen to them, your former love and your former best friend, now if you want them to survive this wish for... your crown."
"Don't do it Anna." Will said
The Jabberwocky looked over to Jafar who nodded then held his staff towards the Scarlett's making them double over in pain
"If you wish you can make it stop." The Jabberwocky whispered.
"I wish..."
"NO!" Ella yelled holding back showing any pain
"...For my crown." After a few seconds a red jewelled crown appeared on her head.
Ella could tell at this point that Anastasia was broken you could see it in the way her eyes looked, she had tears running down her face, and she wasn't letting herself look at Ella or Will. She had given up.
"Now wish for... your jewels." The Jabberwocky
"I... wish for my jewels." Anastasia sobbed and a red ring, necklace and earing appeared in their correct places.
"Doesn't she look pwetty?" The Jabberwocky mocked
"Anna, whatever you do. Do not say anything else." Ella warned
"Wish me to stop." The Jabberwocky whispered in her ear
"No." Will said
Anastasia turned her head and said, "I wish for you to stop."
"No, No Will!" Ella yelled as Will disappeared in a cloud of orange smoke that went straight into the bottle that Jafar was holding.
. . . . .
"How could you do that?" Ella said as she sat up against a jail cell, holding her hand which was loosely bandaged up
"I had too." Anastasia said quietly
"I wouldn't have, I would've held on, because that is my brother and... we promised each other that we wouldn't let anything happen to one another and I broke it And now Jafar is going to break the laws of magic and who knows what he could do with that... It's over Anna, It's over"
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