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Wish Granted 🌟👩🏾🎶 (Wish Reimagined)

Chapter 14: Finding Flazino 🐭🏰

Chapter 13

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King Magnifico was at the potions table, putting together a colorful yet strange mixtures of ingredients to create a new spell. He normally lets Amaya handle this part when it came to creating such things, but with time running out until the ceremony, he was in a rush to come up with something that can trap the star.

His mixing was interrupted by a loud "POOF" that filled the room. The king sighed in annoyance. "How many times have I asked that you knock when I'm working?" he turned and was surprised to see that his wife wasn't alone. She was accompanied by a bespectacled girl, who was taken by surprise from her sudden surroundings.

Amaya cleared her throat. "Mi rey, we have a guest here to see you." she said in her best sweet tone. "This is the young lady I told you about earlier, she's come through for us rather quickly!"

She gave him a knowing look. Magnifico immediately caught on and slapped on a quick smile. "Ah! Yes, the young and loyal baker who's been such a big fan of ours. Love your work on our royal confections!"

Dahlia herself was at a lost of words for a moment. She was actually speaking to the king! And he knew who she was!

(Well, mostly)

The girl composed herself quickly and bowed slightly. "Thank you, your highness! Its always been an honor for my family to serve you."

Her mind went back to Asha. She had to focus on why she wanted to see him. But Amaya was already ahead of her.

"Don't be so modest, Dahlia! You're a hero of Rosas now. This girl found not just Asha, but also six other traitors she's been conspiring with!" The queen said proudly.

"Well, I wouldn't say conspiring. More like...taking it into consideration." Dahlia hoped that the royals wouldn't get the wrong idea here.

Magnifico's eyes widened with glee. That means the star was finally in his grasp at long last! "Excellent! Our kingdom is safe once again, thanks to you! They're finally brought to justice!" He exclaimed as he quickly shook her free hand, causing to get slightly off balance.

As she regained her footing and did her best not to squeal at the fact the king shook her hand. "Actually sir, that's what I wanted to ask you about. I know Asha caused some damage when she was first here. But I need to tell you that she's not here to destroy Rosas."

Magnifico's smile slightly cracked, but kept listening. Amaya could tell his already weathering patience was getting worse. Sabor however knew what was coming and was eagerly awaiting the show.

"She's been so scared that she has this idea that you're taking people's wishes for yourself and your trying to get your hands on a star. I know, it sounds insane, doesn't it?"

Both Magnifico and Amaya shared a hearty laugh. "Oh yes, quite...ridiculous." The king confirmed in a rather peculiar tone.

Dahlia continued. "Well, the point is that I don't think you should punish her or the others. If you two could just sit down and talk, maybe you could find a way to help her and her family?"

Magnifico made a show of pacing the floor, thinking about her words. Finally he stopped and faced the baker. "All right, young lady. After much consideration. I've made a decision."

Dahlia's eyes lit up. They we're finally going to help!

Magnifico only said one word: "No."

That....wasn't what she expected... "Wait, what?" she asked, stunned.

The man cleared his throat. "Sorry, I wasn't clear enough. I mean: No, I won't help Asha. We don't help deceivers or traitors. Especially when's she's been a pain in my-"

"But you always help someone in need, no matter who they are, or where they're from. That's literally your whole motto!" Dahlia interrupted.

"Actually, our motto is 'Just keep wishing!' surely you've seen our morning commercials?" The king corrected her. He was quickly reminded of the fact that the royal mirror was broken thanks to another nuisance...

The queen saw the disbelief in her face and tried another way. She quietly walked over to her and placed a gentle hand on her shoulder.

"You have to understand, dear. Asha is starting a rebellion against everything we stand for. People who betray us after everything we've done for them don't deserve to have their wishes granted. Ever. But thanks to you, our kingdom will be safe once again after we get rid of her."

Dahlia had a feeling that they weren't talking about just banishment or a simple punishment...

"Couldn't have said it better myself, darling!" Magnifico chimed in. "Well, I'm sure you have lots to do and things to bake for the ceremony, so it seems that we must part ways for now." With a friendly wave, he turned her back on her as he and his wife prepared to go to the wish chamber.

Dahlia stood there feeling very foolish. Asha...was right. Magnifico had no interest in helping Asha or the other teens. Wait, did that also mean that Flazino really had gone missing because of them? Was everything she knew about the royals all a lie?

"No." Dahlia finally said.

Now it was Magnifico's turn to be surprised as the two of them stopped walking. "Come again?" he dared to ask.

"No. I'm not just going to let you do this. Asha and I may have had our differences since we were kids, but she's not the villain here. You two are."

Magnifico let out a small but forced laugh. "Well, you're young. You don't know anything, really." He turned to face her. "We keep the city safe, while Asha and that blasted st-"

His wife lightly nudged him with her elbow. He almost let it slip. Although Dahlia was already aware of the starboy's existence, she was still in the dark about the royal wanting the star's power.

The king composed himself again and tried a different approach. "I sincerely hope that you realize what you're saying. Asha wants to destroy us and the people's wishes. She wants to make everyone suffer because of the loss of her father and she blames us for it. You can't trust anything she says!"

For the first time, Dahlia wasn't hanging onto every word he said. The more he spoke, the more his true nature was showing. Amaya quickly noticed the conversation was escalating and tried one more trick of her own.

"I believe I have one way to settle this for both parties." The queen snapped her fingers and four wishes immediately came to her side.

For once, the king was surprised. "Since when could you do that?"

"Just watching and practicing dear, you never know if there comes a time when I have to care for the wishes and you're not here."

Magnifico wasn't entirely sure about that, but they had other things to worry about at the moment.

Amaya walked over to the young baker with the wishes. "You remember our little agreement earlier, don't you? Asha in exchange for your families wishes to all be granted, including your own." She took Dahlia's wish in her hand showed it to her as if it were a fine gem.

"If you keep quiet about all this, all your wishes will come true. All it takes is one word to change everything." The woman whispered.

The man's eyes lit up at this new hope. Everything was going to fall into place, so long as this brat doesn't say a word...

Dahlia looked at the orb, which contained her wish to be the best baker in all of Rosas and bring joy to others with her food. It really was still tempting, even now. She began to reach her hand over to it. Everything she and her family wanted was only a wish away.....

"No." She took her hand away and stepped back. "I'm not betraying Asha. Not again." She glared over her glasses at the two of them.

The queen wouldn't admit it out loud, but she was surprised someone didn't accept the offer of an instantaneous wish granting. It would be impressive if it weren't for the obvious consequences that were coming. Even Sabor was a bit surprised at the outcome.

Magnifico's patience finally ran out. He quickly grabbed his staff and slammed it down. "Enough of this! I've already had quite enough of Asha and the star interfering with our plans. I won't let another pest get in the way."

Amaya looked at her husband in surprise. "What are you-"

"If you want us to be the villains, then villains we shall be. No traitor deserves to have their wish granted, right Amaya?" The king gave her a look that told her he had a reason for this.

Amaya felt that he was getting a bit impatient and was taking it out on this peasant. Yes, it was taking longer than expected to get the star, but it would all be worth it in the end. Or else they would have to take more....drastic measures.

"You make a good point. She did just admit to treason with Asha and her friends. We already have a confession." Amaya said as she eyed the girl.

"Wait, you can't do this! You can do whatever you want with my wish, but we had a deal you'd still grant my family's!" Dahlia retorted as she clenched her fist.

"Well, I got a little secret for you. Come here." Magnifico said in a calm and hushed tone. Dahlia wasn't sure why his tone was different, but she didn't argue. She took a step forward.

"Now closer...."

This time she just leaned forward enough to hear him better.

"I DON'T MAKE DEALS WITH PEASANTS!!!" Magnifico yelled so loud her ears began to ring strongly.

"Guards! Take this traitor to the dungeon!" The king bellowed to his guards outside the door. "You can even take care of your little boyfriend for however long he's got left."

Davis's eyes widened with horror. Flazino really was in danger all this time and she wouldn't listen. She felt even more stupid for not joining Asha. The guard's burst through the door and seized her.

"Oh, don't you worry. I won't destroy your wish at all. But I won't grant it either. See, someone like you would be useless even if I gave you what you wanted." He gestured to the girl's crutch. "I will still protect your wish, and your family's… forever." He sneered as he shooed the wishes back where they came from with a flick of his wrist.

Magnifico turned his back and walked off without another word.

Amaya however smirked and gave her some parting words. "I'm so sorry dear, but I did mention that would get exactly what you deserve." As she turned to join her husband, Sabor had quickly jumped on her shoulder and mockingly waved "bye" at Dahlia with his claw.

Dahlia's face fell. The man she admired for nearly her whole life was now condemning her to a life working in a dungeon. She didn't even know they had a dungeon! All she could do was hope that Asha and the others were coming up with a new plan. Time was running out...

We cut to a black screen for a few seconds, then slowly fade into a small wooden door in the wall. We also hear voices coming from it.

"How long is this going to take?"

"It shouldn't be much farther..."

"I'm getting tired of this."

"You're always tired, man!"

"BAAAAAAAAH!"

"Can you guys be quiet for five minutes?"

"AAAAACHOOO!"

"Hey, is this it?"

"Yes, finally! Now please be careful..."

The door slowly opened with a loud creak, and Simon poked his head out to make sure they had the room to leave. Then Gabo, Dario, Hal, Safi and Bazeema poked their heads out in a group as well.

"This better be it, cause its getting too crowded in here." Gabo grumbled. "Would you guys just move already?"

Suddenly all of them were pushed out by another force: Asha. "There, problem solved." She said as she dusted her hands off and stepped out. Valentino followed quickly as he hopped onto Simon's back to get a better view of the place.

Star couldn't help but laugh at the group. "This is the most fun I've ever had! Even with two people trying to capture us and wanting to take my magic. So what do we do next?" He was really too eager to get back up there....😅

Gabo jumped up. "Do you have a death wish or something? We just got away! I'm not going back up there. I'm staying right here in this...." His voice trailed off once he finally realized he was somewhere completely different.

The entire place was way bigger than expected. The entire place was decorated lush fabrics and rugs in colors of all kinds, complete with custom decorations and flowers. It was a big contrast to how Rosas looked all one basic color that blended together. It looked like more of a hangout rather than a hideaway.

On the side of the wall, there was a small area with pillows stacked in a pile. Valentino took a chance to jump on them and nuzzle himself between the pillows.

Safi was the first to speak about the room. "You did all this yourself? Its amazing!" He inhaled heavily to take in the floral scent. "It smells so fresh in here, and I'm not even sneezing from it!"

"Oh yeah, I almost forgot!" Star reached into his pocket, pulled out some slightly wilted flowers, and handed them to the Safi. "These are from her." He gestured to Bazeema. "Sorry it took me a while. Trying to avoid getting captured here." And with that he flew off to take a better look at the rest of the place. Safi was left blushing while looking at the flowers

Simon lumbered over to the pillow stack Valentino was resting on. "I'm just gonna rest my eyes over here for a minute." He yawned as he fell on top of the pillows, luckily the goat jumped out of the way before he got crushed. No sooner had he sat down, he was already snoring.

It took a while for everyone to get adjusted, with Valentino listening against the wall with his sensitive hearing. The soldiers were still outside, but they had stopped running around looking for the group. Now they were practically crawling all over Rosas looking through every nook and cranny to find them.

The goat returned to the group and rested comfortably on Bazeema's lap. Star was listening in on the conversation as he floated above them. He didn't like staying in one place for too long, so he stayed in motion most of the time.

Asha had caught everyone up on the story, including saving her saba's wish. Though, she hadn't quite figured out how to free all the wishes yet...

"So, you're telling me that Gabo really was right about those two? We've been lied to all this time?" Hal questioned.

Gabo bowed. "You can thank me later." His voice was dripping in pride of being right.

"Hey, I did hear something about getting some 'new visitors' coming in for tonight. I hate to say it, but....what if they got your mom and saba?" Simon asked, trying to stay awake. Not because he was bored, he's just been getting more tired recently.

"You don't think they actually found them?" Asha asked, crossing her arms. "We've been hidden for years and not one time have we been caught."

Dario scratched his head. "So if you guys have been gone all these years, why would the king want you now? Do you owe him money or something?"

Asha thought about it. "They think we do. Not the money part at least. The wishes don't belong to them, but they're willing to do anything get their hands in more power. I wouldn't rule out kidnapping..." Her voice trailed off, thinking about how her family wasn't even aware where she'd been until now. They most likely use them as leverage for Star.

"Okay....kidnapping? I'm already questioning the dungeon part, but doesn't that seem extreme, even for Magnifico?" Hal hesitated. This was still a lot to grasp for her.

Gabo laughed. "You really are gullible aren't you? If they got a dungeon, they have to put someone in there."

Simon rubbed his eyes. "This is getting way more complicated...You sure you don't just want to get Flazino and come back for them later?"

"If they have my family, there's no way I'm going to leave them behind. We'll just find a way to bring them with us." Asha's stern voice was clear in her decision.

"Well, you're going have to do something about him." Gabo pointed to the starboy. "Its already crowded enough in this space with eight of us and a goat. I don't think he can exactly stay out of the way looking like that in a dungeon."

"Hey, I'm literally standing right here!" Star threw his hands up in defense.

Asha hated to admit it, but Gabo was right.

"Bazeema, is there a space where Star and I can talk in private?" She asked.

Gabo covered his eyes. "Oh Grimm, not in the same room as us-"

"GABO, SHUT UP." Asha said through gritted teeth.

Star still didn't know what he was talking about. "I swear, I'm missing something here..." Star mumbled as he floated to the ground.

"Oh sure, there's a nice corner over there I go to when I like to read." The shy girl gestured to a stack of pillows behind a curtain. It wasn't exactly what Asha had in mind, but she would make it work.

She thanked her and pushed the star in the corner and pulled the curtain.

"Normally I wouldn't say this, but can you not look human for a little while? At least until we get my family out of there." Asha asked the star.

"Isn't the whole mouse thing the point of that?" The star floated in the air while in a hammock position. "Unless you're talking about bugs. You want me to turn into a cricket? I can play a good song out of that, or maybe become Magnifico's conscience and make this all easier!"

"As much as I adore your animal forms, I don't want to risk you getting caught or eaten by Sabor." Asha pointed out.

Star gulped at the thought of that feline. "Yeah, I see your point..."

He then winced as he looked like he an idea that he didn't want to use. "Well, there is one other form I have, back when I was just a newborn star. But...."

"But...?"

"You promise not to laugh?" He asked cautiously.

"Star, it can't be that bad. You've turned into animals all this time, I'm sure this will probably be normal compared to it." Asha reminded him.

After a few seconds, the star took a deep breath and a flash of light engulfed him. Blinded by the light, Asha covered her eyes. When she opened them, she no longer saw the humanoid version of star. Or even the many animal versions. She instead saw was a small yellow, almost plushie like version of him floating in front of her.

His small simplistic features looked sad, hoping this form wouldn't be too embarrassing for him.

Asha's gave him a gentle smile. "See? It's not so bad. Its still you in there, right?" She gently patted his head.

Star nodded and made squeaking noise. He began to look more comfortable being like this.

"I guess you can't talk in this form?" she asked.

Star shook his head.

"Well, let's not take too long to do this. I'd miss that voice of yours."

Star's little eyes lit up. And so did the rest of his body, as he glowed so bright all you could see was his smile.

"Um, Star? Might want to turn that down, at least until we're actually in the dark." Asha suggested. She still didn't know why he kept glowing like the sun every now and then. Was it a habit for a star?

The little star shook himself and turned his glow back down to normal. He once again made a jingling noise when he spoke.

"Relax, they've seen you turn into animals. This is nothing compared to that."

The star looked at her.

The girl realized what she said. "No, no! I don't mean it like that. I just mean they won't freak out when they see you."

Star spoke again, this time with a question.

Asha furrowed her eyebrows. "No, I don't think they'll laugh..." That was a strange question to ask...

Asha had walked back into the room and joined the rest of the group. "All right. We solved one problem, now we can focus on how to get to the dungeon."

"Great! But where's Star?" Hal asked looking around for her new glowing friend.

Plushie!Star waved his stubby hand.

"That is Star." Asha confirmed, gesturing to him. "Not only is he small enough, but he'll be silent enough to not get caught by accident."

Bazeema grew fond of this form very quickly. "Awww, what a cute little guy! He's-"

Gabo started laughing. "YOU. ARE. A. TOY!"

His laughter woke Simon up with a start. "Whozat?"

Bazeema scolded the grumpy teen. "Now that's not very nice."

Gabo wiped a tear from his eye. "I'm sorry, you just look so stupid! I could bounce him around like a little ball!" He doubled over laughing again.

Star was actually looking kind of pissed now.

(I found this frame purely by accident in the movie. He genuinely looks so done.)

Asha waved him off. "Don't listen to him, Star. You're-"

Plushie!Star zoomed off and began hitting Gabo in the face with his tiny hands in frustration.

"Hey, hey! Stop that! You're getting stardust in my mouth!" He protested as he spit out some sparkle dust after Star finally stopped attacking him.

"You kind of had that coming, Gabo." Hal chuckled to herself.

"Guess you do have a temper after all. But save it for Magnifico." Asha said.

The little star flew back to Asha and turned his back towards Gabo. He never held a grudge before, but he could give the silent treatment for a good five minutes.

"So now all that's left is to figure out how to get to the dungeon." Asha pondered.

Gabo folded his arms. "Well, good luck with that. I know there's a dungeon here, but I don't know where. And I'm sure none if the hundreds if a guards care willing to tell us either."

The room was quiet after that. None of them seem to have any clue how to do this. This is the first jailbreak after all.

Asha and Star both caught a look at a nearby mouse that was snacking on a crumb of cheese that had fallen at some point.

Both of them shared a knowing look as their eyes met.

"I think we're thinking the same thing...again."

"...I don't like that look. What are you planning?" Gabo asked warily.

Asha grinned. "Just trust us." Star gives her a wink in response.

We then cut to outside the castle as the sun began to fall upon the kingdom. While the other citizens were getting ready for the big event, a certain group of teens were in the middle of a jailbreak.

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Plushie!Star continued to give the mouse light as they escaped. As they reach the end of the tunnel, they came to a crossroads of other tunnels that could go anywhere in the kingdom.

"How many tunnels are in this place?" Sari shouted.

Asha looked down at the mice. "Come on, you do know they way out, don't you?"

"Of course! We've guided dozens of our kind down here." The lead mouse replied, but as she looked at the many choices of routes, she started to have second thoughts. "Um....just give me a minute to remember where..."

Gabo scoffed. "We just had to get directions from a mouse..." He crossed his arms.

"I'm sure she's doing the best she can, don't be so harsh on her." Bazeema always had a soft spot for animals, so she was quick to even the defend the ones who were considered pests.

As they waited, Dahlia wanted to see how much medical attention Flazino would need once they got to safety. He was placed down with his back against the wall, still looking drained of all energy. "Hey, stay with me, Flazi. I can help treat your wounds once we get to safety."

"Have....to...stop them. Get....to...her potions...and...." He just started speaking out of nowhere. Star may have healed the inside of him, but he was still way out of it.

Dahlia took a look at the former apprentice as he looked like he had been run over. She couldn't help feeling all of this was her fault, but they still needed the information from him. She took off her glasses and gently shook his shoulder. "And what? Get to her potions and what?" She asked in desperation.

Flazino took a breath, then smiled as he looked at her. "Doc? You have... wonderful... eyes." Then he fell back to sleep.

(Thanks to @oh-shtars for this art piece and reference idea!)

Dahlia froze for a moment. Then shouted to the others: "He's lost his mind!"

"Can't you help him get it back?" Dario asked sincerely. "We kind of need it!"

"I'm not that kind of doctor, Dario!" Dahlia hissed.

"MAAAAAHHH!" Valentino stomped his hooves as he gestured behind him.

"Look, you can fix your boyfriend later, we gotta go, people!" Gabo warned them as he saw the shadows of a guard coming towards them.

The others helped get Flazino up again, and the mouse finally figured out the path to take. While they ran as fast as they could, Dahlia couldn't keep up as well.

"Stop! In the name his majesty, you're all under arrest!" The guard's voice boomed as he began to catch up.

Asha turned and realized that the baker was far behind them. Before she would've let her stay behind, but a certain yellow friend convinced her to have a change of heart. "You guys keep going ahead." She ordered as she ran past them.

"Are you crazy, woman? You're gonna get caught!" Gabo shouted to her as he nearly tore his hair out. Needless to say, he's very stressed.

The guard grabbed Dahlia by the arm. "I've got you now! You're not leaving this place until the king says otherwise."

Normally, Dahlia would shrink back and accept her fate. But after everything that's happened, that last thing she was going to do listen to the king. "All right, fine. I'll go back, but I have one thing to say."

The guard raised an eyebrow but relented. "Fine, what is it?"

He was immediately met with a crutch swung at his head, knocking him out. "That's all I needed to say." She said as she dusted her hands off.

Asha had caught up and helped her pick up her pace back to the group.

Flazino, still in a daze saw the show. "What a woman..." he mumbled, then fell back asleep.

Knowing there would be more following them, Star decided to go back and buy them more time.

Plushie!Star flew back past them, but suddenly stopped. He turned and looked at the group, hesitant to go forward. When he spoke, it sounded like a slow jingle of bells.

"What's he saying?" Dario asked Gabo.

Gabo gave him a look. "Do look I speak 'twinkle twinkle, little star'?"

Asha seemed to already know. "We'll be okay. I know you can take Magnifico. Just be careful, he'll have plenty of tricks up his sleeve."

The little ball of light seemed to cheer up hearing that.

"Hey, if you do fight the king, turn into a donkey when you kick him. That one's from me to him." Gabo said with a smirk.

Bazeema: "Or a deer!"

Dario: "Or a Kangaroo!"

The others looked at the lanky teen.

"What? They're good fighters!" Dario shrugged.

Asha turned back to Star. "Everything has a purpose. I bet you can make this little form useful if you put your mind to it. Just make it work until you're outside again."

The star nodded and proceeded to take off as the teens made their way towards freedom.

As he turned a corner, he saw ten guards running towards him. He didn't exactly come up with a plan on how to stop the guards even though he proclaimed he was good at planning.

He thought about an earlier comment Gabo made, calling him a ball he could throw around like a toy. Then the idea suddenly struck.

Plushie!Star spun around quickly as he flew towards the guards. He quickly bounced from wall to wall, leaving a bright yellow trail as he zipped around. He went so fast that the guards were getting dizzy trying keep up with him.

In a flash he zig-zagged between the line of guards helmets, hitting each one with surprising accuracy. One of them tried to grab the star in mid-air, but he got hit as well. After each guard fell to the ground, the star stopped flying and actually looked dizzy himself.

He shook his head and looked down at the sight in surprise. Did he actually do that? This was a form he always ashamed of back home. It never had anything unique looking like his human or animal forms and couldn't wait to grow up and change his form.

Asha's the only one who actually found something positive about it. He ended up giggling at the thought of her. She really was something...

"What's going on down there?" A deep voice boomed from above. It shook the little star. He recognized Magnifico's voice, and he was getting closer!

He swiftly flew away from the scene and found a window to fly through outside.

Magnifico had reached the place just as Star flew away. He looked down and saw several of his so called soldiers lying down on the ground. He picked up a helmet that had a large sparkling dent in it. "What happened here?" He shouted, not caring for the guards' health.

One of them stayed awake long enough to mutter, "A....squishy ball of light." Then he fell back to his conscious state.

"Must I do everything myself?! You're all useless!" He shouted as he slammed the helmet down and stormed off. He used his magic to teleport from the dungeon to the entrance outside. No one was there...

"Where are those brats?" Magnifico grumbled as he scanned the area. Thankfully, this section of the kingdom didn't having any citizens roaming nearby. With everyone gathering together for the wish ceremony, he finally had a chance to have to capture the star without an audience.

The king listened intensely for any sort of sound that signaled his target was near. After a few brief moments, he finally heard the sound of approaching feet coming from the right. He quickly hid behind a nearby wall and waited for the girl and the star to appear.

Admittedly, he was slightly changing the plan of trading Asha's family for the star. But his drive for cosmic power was getting the better of him. Having to constantly gain little chunks of power from behind the scenes was not enough. The star was the only source of magic strong enough to finally satisfy him.

The group finally emerged from the dungeon entrance, with Simon being the first to appear with a passed out Flazino on his back. Peculiarily, there was a small pack of mice seemingly leading the group out. But that couldn't be possible...

Following him were the other teens and lastly Asha. She was asking the shy girl where to go to get back to her sanctuary.

Magnifico gripped his staff tightly. Now he had seven more traitors to deal with? And in his own kingdom no less? Asha and the star were becoming the biggest thorns in his side ever since she made her wish. Now it was time to put a stop to them before everything fell apart.

He aimed his staff towards the group of teens attempting to escape with Flazino. He made sure to aim right for Asha's back, knowing the shot will go straight through her heart.

"Mags is a big dummy! Mags is a big dummy! Sqwak!"

(you get a point if you know this Disney reference)

The scratchy sounding bird voice broke the king's concentration. He turned and a yellow bird perched on a small water fountain. It was glowing bright and glaring at the king.

With a flash, the bird turned out to be none other than the star, now standing in his human form with that annoying grin on his face.

"Hey, I'm the one you want, remember?" The star's voice sounded different from earlier. It was confident, yet playful. As if he was ready for a game. For once Magnifico was speechless.

Star grinned and made a 'come here' gesture with his hand.

"Then come on...let's get dangerous!" He exclaimed.

Magnfico stares at the star. From the time the star crashed to Earth, he could always feel his presence. He had always assumed his power was threatened before he saw the star looked like a mere teenager. The star's magic and personality always seemed to be those of a child's, with very little to fear. Magnifico felt threatened since day one, but it never seemed to be justified.

But now? The star wasn't playing. It was challenging him. Mocking him as if he was nothing but a fun passtime game.

Magnfico suddenly had a wicked grin at the realization. "Finally. Now I truly have a challenge for my prize. Let's play, little star..."

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FINAL THOUGHTS

FINALLY, another chapter is done! Once again, really sorry on how long its taking for each one to come out. Both because of lack of time to write and making sure it comes out as best as possible. And I've been obsessed with Sonic The Hedgehog (and Silvaze) after the new movie...😅 The news I can tell you without spoilers is that the next chapter will finally have the number "Knowing What We Know Now", and thanks to some friends and fans I'm nearly done rewriting the song!

And even better, we're getting round two of Magnifico vs Star. The third round will be in one of the final chapters, and I'm saving up my Disney Kaiju Battle. Now that there's more characters to keep track of to write dialogue and scenes for and its...a lot. 😅 And now I finally got to use the next deleted scene since its been a long time! Poor Flazi...

I also took a chance on using Star's plushie form, as promised! I know there are writers that do like the plushie and just wanted him to be more useful or have some kind of personality. So for this rewrite the plushie is the baby form for newborn stars. Since they're very simplistic, non-descript and can't speak, WG!Star doesn't like that form and prefers the animal or human forms instead. That is, until Asha sees the good in the plushie form and finds it endearing. It also gave me a chance to use the idea of Star and Asha being so connected that Star doesn't have to speak. So I went with the take of Asha being the only one that can understand Star in the plushie form.

So thanks so much for being patient, and I'm still enjoying seeing artwork for other Wish AUs in the meantime. And I'm finally cooking up some long awaited shipping moments. Especially the "Notre Dame" references for Dahlzino. Thanks to my friends for suggesting those too!

Thanks for reading!

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Wish Granted 🌟👩🏾🎶 (Wish Reimagined)

Chapter 13: Poor Unfortunate Souls 👸🍪🐂

Chapter 12

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Rosas is bustling more than ever as the citizens prepared for the ceremony. On one hand, everyone being distracted allowed Asha to hide in plain sight. On the other, it was risky that someone could recognize her out of the crowd. Asha realized having the teens around as a group wasn't such a bad thing after all, as they kept eyes off her and Star.

Both Dario and Hal were rambling on about all the wonderful things Rosas had to offer, while Gabo and Simon sort of acted as her personal bodyguards. Though Gabo didn't look all that intimidating holding a young goat. 😅

"And this is where the band comes through during the welcoming song!" Dario explained as he pointed in front of the statues of the royals.

"This is where some of our best artists create portraits of our rulers!" Hal gestured to a small corner where a group of painters were already at work on making several artworks in honor of tonight.

"Oh and can't forget Bazeema's family flower shop over there!" Dario excitedly pointed to a small shop filled to the brim with vast colors of roses. "They have the best flowers, as long as its only roses. King's orders."

"The amount of narcissism in this place is disturbing..." Asha commented, walking past the statues.

"Come on, its not all bad! At least if you ignore the royals stealing our wishes part." Hal said, trying to find the upside to this.

"Allegedly." Dahlia corrected her. She clearly was still standing her ground on the royals. "I'm still going to need proof about all this."

Mouse!Star poked his head out. "Well, the king kind of stabbed me. Is that enough?"

"Look, what I'm saying is that unless I see them doing something so horrible that's its impossible to deny it, I'm not buying it." Dahlia continued as she kept a close eye on both Asha and Star.

"They threw Flazino in a dungeon for pete's sake! Doesn't it bother you that he's missing suddenly?" Asha argued. "There's seriously proof all around you with the people themselves. Do they look happy to you?"

Dahlia looked at the few painters still working, and noticed that a few of them were looking a bit drowsy. One of them had nearly fallen asleep as she was painting and had to wake herself backup. She oddly reminded her a lot of Simon...

But then, lots people get tired during the day from working or other logical reasons, it couldn't possibly be a conspiracy!

"Okay, they do look a little tired, but that's not a reason to think there's something evil going on!" Dahlia stood her ground. "Besides, I'm sure Flazino is fine. Maybe he just went on a secret errand for the royals."

Asha groaned. "This is getting us nowhere. Just forget it." She walked away from the baker and continued onwards.

"And here I thought you cared about your boyfriend." Gabo said in pretend disappointment as he shook his head at Dahlia.

"Of course I care about-" she slightly faltered when she realized what the annoying pipsqueak had said. "He's not my boyfriend! Who even said I even like him that way?" she couldn't even look them in the eye.

"Well, you do talk about him a lot." Hal pointed out as she pulled a set of chalk out from a box and showed it to Asha. "Whenever I'm just passing by, you're usually all 'Flazino' this and 'Flazino' that. Ha, you talk about him even more than the king!"

"All right, it was wasn't that much... " Dahlia grumbled, as she didn't really like being called out.

"And you also swoon over him a lot when he's not looking!" Dario added as he carefully walked on the rim of the water fountain.

"Yes, there's definitely lots of swooning." Bazeema confirmed.

Simon had accidentally fallen asleep after he took a break to sit down, but even he was conscious enough to respond with a yawn, "Yeah, it's true."

That was enough embarrassing Dahlia for today. "Look, none of that is important-or true-right now. What can I do to convince any of you that this is all crazy?"

As the rest of the group was talking Valentino was walking behind Gabo when his ear perked up. He heard a growling sound and assumed it was his own stomach. The goat looked around the sea of people.

Everything looked normal, expect for the African lynx stretched out on a nearby windowsill. He was covered by the large shadow of the awning above him, with only his green eyes and sinister grin shining through.

This made Valentino panic and start bleating like crazy, "MAAAH! MAAAH! MaaaAAAaaaAAAA!" he jumped up and down trying to get their attention.

Asha was too far away to hear, but Bazeema took notice immediately. "What's wrong, little guy?"

Valentino stomped his hooves and pointed over to the windowsill, only now it had a small vase of roses on it. His jaw dropped at how quickly the feline had moved.

"Did you want to see the flowers that badly, or is something else?" Bazeema pondered. Something told her it wasn't just random.

"Or maybe he's just hungry for some roses!" Dario suddenly popped in. "I don't recommend eating the thorns though..."

Valentino gave him the same "are you an idiot?" look he gave Star back in chapter 3.

Dahlia glanced over her shoulder and for a brief moment she thought she saw a slinky cat's tail turn a corner towards her bakery. While Rosas had no shortage of animals or pets roaming around, there was only one pet that was allowed to do as a he pleased.

"I...I just remembered something, I left my spinach puffs in the oven, I better go get them," she said quickly and slowly backed away from the group.

"Oh, I can help with that!" Safi volunteered as wiped his nose with his sleeve.

Dahlia flinched. "Nononono, that's okay!" she exclaimed. "I'm not totally helpless..." she slightly gestured to her crutch. "You guys keep going and I'll just catch up. Besides, the last time you handled the food you sneezed on the Magnifico cookies I baked."

With that, she turned and walked away.

"That was one time, Dahlia! One! Time!" Safi said defensively, then let out a loud sneeze.

Gabo patted Safi on the shoulder. "Don't feel bad. She still mad that I stepped on her cookies a while back. In my defense, it was an act of rebellion." He smiled as if it was a good memory.

Hal waved them all off. "Don't worry about Dahlia. She'll come around, I think she just needs some time to think."

"I wish she had the same optimism like you or Star. We could really use that right now." Asha responded.

Both Hal and Star said in unison. "Thank you!"

"Now come on, while we wait for her, let's continue the real tour!" Hal cheerfully replied as she dragged Asha to another both to look at other art supplies.

She noticed that Asha had an interest in all the artistic items and wanted to show her all the variations of paints, pencils and chalk on the table.

Soon the screen fades to a montage of the teens having fun in the city showing Asha the things they found to enjoy in Rosas.

Dario showed how fun the puppet show could be when its not part if the "Welcome to Rosas" song.

Hal showed her musical skills with a nearby guitar. Thankfully she could actually play. 😅

Simon briefly told the others how his father inspired him to become a knight himself and admired the various kinds of shields the blacksmith made for the soldiers.

Gabo playfully stabbed one of the empty suits of armor to show how well he could handle his father in battle. Everyone took a step back at the sight, but Hal appreciated his enthusiasm.

Both Safi and Bazeema showed their love of animals (Safi leaned more towards chickens, but he was trying) by visiting the petting zoo. Valentino really loved that one as he ended up playing with some of the sheep in the pens.

Asha laughed as her little furry friend was having fun, and she realized that she was doing something that she thought would never happen: She was having fun in Rosas.

Lastly, Hal convinces Asha to show her art skills by buying the chalk from earlier. Asha soon created a mural of Magnifico that looked exactly like him, only more friendly instead of evil. The people nearby looked at it in awe.

Star could see the pure joy on Asha's face as she laughed. Seeing her having fun always made him smile, but it was a different smile than usual. He was slowly feeling something different lately when it came to Asha.

He always had a love for Earth and the people on it, and it brought him joy to see them happy.

But lately he was feeling a different kind of love. Something stronger that he felt for Asha more than he did for Earth. Something that made him want to stay forever.

After the montage ends, the sun is seen slightly going down, showing they had been out all morning. The group seemed more comfortable with each other than they did in previous chapters. They all were incredibly different from each other, but they ended up having fun as if they'd always been friends.

"I can't believe I'm saying this, but you guys aren't half bad!" Gabo admitted he bit into an apple he "borrowed" from a fruit stand.

"And I can't believe my allergies haven't acted up all this time!" Safi realized and was relieved to finally be out in public without concerning himself with his sneezing problem.

"Yeah, even Bazeema's more outgoing than I thought!" Hal laughed. She looked for Bazeema but didn't see her in the group suddenly. "Wait, where'd she go?"

The others looked around but didn't see her anywhere.

"How does she do that?" said Dario, who was both impressed and scared. "Bazeema! If you're nearby, say 🎶Heigh Ho🎶!" He shouted in case she couldn't hear him. He got a few strange looks.

Simon staggered up and shake off his drowsiness. "I'll find her, just give me a minute. She couldn't have gotten far."

"I hope she's okay..." Safi whimpered as he wrung his hat in his hands with worry. "AAAAACHOOO!" He sneezed into his hat. "Oh no, not again..."

Asha couldn't help but laugh (which she's been doing a lot of lately) the teens were certainly a lot to handle, but they had their own way of having fun.

Mouse!Star poked out from under the hood with cheeky smile. "Looks like your finally making friends! I knew you had it in you. You just needed to bring out your fun side!"

Asha raised an eyebrow. "What's that supposed to mean? I'm not exactly unpredictable as you are." She noted as she folded her arms.

Star chuckled. "I can tell you wanna have fun yourself, but you keep holding back. Who's the one that came with up the idea of bringing those knights to life when we were escaping? Or got excited over those Earth magic things that I had no idea about? And you finally made some friends to talk about all that stuff with! That wasn't me, Asha. That was you."

Asha thought about it. She never really made friends in the Hamlet because she had trouble trusting anyone long term outside her family or Flazino. The seven teens could be loud and slightly annoying, but it was clear their hearts were in the right place, even if they didn't fully believe her.

Could she actually be making friends? Even with the stubbornness of Dahlia or Gabo's desire for anarchy or Dario being.... Dario? It seemed strange, but she was having fun with a group again.

"I'm sure you had lots of friends back home too, right?" Asha laughed. She imagined Star being the center of attention and chatting all the time with the other star nomads. "Had to be lots of fun getting into trouble with them."

She quickly noticed that Mouse!Star's tiny expression changed. He wasn't laughing at all. In fact he looked rather uncomfortable at the mention of his life before coming to Earth.

"I...rather not talk about that." His voice sounded slightly depressed and he looked away from the girl.

Asha had seen the star act like this before. When she mentioned about Star having freedom in the sky, he mentioned that he was actually alone and preferred Rosas over it. It seemed impossible for him to be such since there are countless stars in the sky, yet he never seemed to like talking about his own home.

"Star, you know...you can talk to me about anything, right? We're friends too, aren't we?" Asha gently brushed her finger underneath his furry chin to comfort him. She couldn't exactly hold his hand (or paw) in that form.

The star looked up at her, and said, "Well....you ain't never had a friend like me." he gave her a small smile.

But she could tell he was having a hard time deciding if he wanted to tell her what's upsetting him. As if she could feel something uneasy in him.

However, that would have to wait for a later chapter...

"There she is! We've got the traitor!" A voice boomed from far away. Asha turned and saw a group of guards came charging for them.

How did they know? How did they know?!

Simon stepped in front of the guards. "Guys, wait, wait. I can explain-"

"Quiet, Simon! You're not going anywhere either." One if the guards gruffed at him and pointed his spear at the boy. Simon was surprised he was even being treated like this, but he didn't argue. He simply stepped back with the other teens shielding Asha.

Valentino scrambled back and hid behind Asha, now scared to move from her side.

Asha could slowly feel the fear in her building up again. She couldn't figure out why or how Magnifico knew they were back. Had they lost so much track of time that he was able to find them while distracted?

Star wanted to help Asha, but with too many people around, he could put everyone in more danger by exposing himself to the citizens. He saw Amaya emerge from the guards and his fear started to turn to anger.

"At last, you've finally decided to return to us." she spoke in a firm tone and gestured to the teens surrounding her. "And I see you're not alone this time. You've managed to trick even more people under your spell. Trying to grow yourself an army to attack us?"

"Your highness, I think we can just talk about-" Hal started only for the queen to swiftly raise her hand to silence her.

"No need for excuses." She said coldly. "It would seem that we've had several traitors under our noses the entire time. This simply cannot continue."

The rest of teens looked surprised. The queen wasn't even going to listen? It was looking like Asha waa right after all...

Gabo pulled out his dagger, making a couple the guards aim their spears at him now. "We ain't scared of you! Well, maybe Safi is, but aside from him, we ain't scared of you! I knew you guys were evil this whole time!"

Amaya laughed at his pathetic excuse for bravery. "Oh please, spare your theatrics. We all know who the real villain is here. But luckily for me, someone was brave enough to come forward and bring you to justice."

Asha noticed that two of the teens were still missing. "Oh no..." she whispered in horror.

Safi seemed like he caught on. "You don't mean that...there's no way that Bazeema would do this!" for the first time he finally spoke up without sneezing.

"I'm actually right here." Bazeema whispered as she popped up from behind Safi as if by magic. She actually managed to spook the guards.

"Would you stop doing that?" Gabo grunted, grabbing his chest. "You're gonna give some of us a heart attack! Shy girls... Oy..."

From behind Amaya, someone else stepped forward. Someone with a familiar crutch: Dahlia.

"I'm sorry, Asha. I just want to protect the people I love too." the baker said, with a hint regret in her voice. She hoped that Asha would understand and it wouldn't result the kingdom's destruction. "We can help you too."

Asha didn't answer back, but her eyes were filled anger towards her former friend. This was why she didn't trust others.

"I thought it was always the quiet ones you had to look out for." Dario glanced at Bazeema hiding behind Safi. "No offense, Zee." he sheepishly replied.

"None taken." the shy girl whispered.

Amaya stepped forward. "So what will it be, my dears? Hand over the traitor, or join her as accomplices?" Her tone shifted to make clear the of the consequences.

Upon on the queen's shoulder, the lynx could see Mouse!Star poking out from the inside of Asha's hood. He was ready to pounce as soon as his master gave the signal.

The air grew tense as everyone waited for an answer.

Asha looked around, all eyes on her now. The people looked scared. They had no idea what was coming, nor the influence they were under. To them, she was the threat.

She heard a noise from Gabo. "Psst. When I make the signal, you run with the rest of the guys."

Neither Asha or Star knew what he was planning to do, but went along.

"All right, you asked for it!" Gabo stomped over to one of the guards and put up his fists, looking ready for a fight. "COME ON, I'LL TAKE YOU ALL ON!" His voice was so high and raspy that he sounded like an angry duck.

At first Asha wanted to hold Gabo back, but then quickly realized that this was the distraction. She let a small smile show before she quickly ran off, with Valentino right behind her.

"I like your confidence and all, buddy," Hal commented. "But, uh, I'm pretty sure that even you can't beat all these guys." She looked on at the guards, beginning to inch closer.

"Your highness, please show...." Safi started, but then felt a twitch in his nose. "show....AAAAACHOOO!!" he sneezed so hard that he nearly fell over.

"For goodness sake, cover your mouth." Amaya scoffed. "We don't need a plague to break out."

Sabor noticed Asha suddenly was gone. He looked over the teens and saw her getting further away.

"RRRAWRRR!!" Sabor roared as his fur bristled.

Amaya was concerned something was bothering her sweet pet when she realized he was warning her. The queen quickly noticed Asha had vanished.

"The girl is getting away!" She clenched her fist. Obviously these other bothersome teens were covering for her and the star. How many more traitors were running around this place?!

Sari scrambled to his feet and ran after Asha in fear and Bazeema quietly followed. Simon jerked himself awake and grabbed Gabo, carrying him under his large arm. "Thanks, for a second there, I thought I was going to the dungeon!" the grumpy teen said, relived.

"You four, go after Asha. The rest of you take these remaining traitors away. They'll answer to the king for their crimes." Amaya ordered without hesitation.

The guards split into two groups and did as instructed. The remaining ones closed in on the remaining teens.

"They're not going to get hurt, right?" Dahlia asked, earnestly. "You promised you wouldn't treat them like criminals."

Amaya smiled at the poor trusting girl. "Of course, dear. I just need to use a little force to remind them who's in charge here. Everything will be taken care of before the ceremony."

The queen would prefer that the star is captured in secret, but things were getting rather complicated and more people were getting involved. Perhaps more drastic measures must be made...

While the queen was talking with Dahlia, Hal and Dario attempted to slip away, but the dopey teen had an idea to stop the other guards from getting Asha.

Dario jumped in front of the guards path. "Hey there, gentlemen! You want to see a trick? I've been working on it all week!" He took five colored balls out his pocket and started to juggle them like a circus performer.

The guards ran passed him as if he wasn't even there, kicking up a cloud of dust. "Come on, I barely got started!" Dario shouted to them, disappointed.

"You can sulk later, we gotta go!" Hal told him as she raced behind the guards. Dario soon followed after.

As the guards started to get closer to the rest of the group, an idea sparked into Asha's head. "Star, I know its risky, but can you-"

As if reading her mind, Mouse!Star grinned. "Go for it!"

Asha turned to face the guards, let Star crawl into her hand and swiftly tossed him forward. Before he landed on the ground, a blinding flash appeared and in place of the yellow mouse, the star had become a large grinning bull. And he was CHARGING TOWARDS THEM.

(Fun fact, Disney made a Ferdinand short in 1938, they own two versions of the character now! 😆)

The guards screamed and scrambled over each other trying to get away from him, only for a couple of them to get bucked clear back where they came from. Dario and Hal jumped out of their way just in time, and could see the poor guards soaring over their heads.

When the rest of the guards were far away enough, Bull!Star skid to a halt. "Ha! That's right, you mess with the bull, you get the-gasp-" His attention turned towards a pot of flowers sitting on a nearby windowsill. "Are those daisies?" He trotted over and took a big sniff of them.

He hadn't been able to take much more of the beauty of Earth for a little while and got distracted.

"STAR, STAY FOCUSED, WE GOTTA GO!" Asha's voice echoed to him as the others started to get farther away.

Star was shocked back to reality. "Right, right. Sorry!" He ran back towards Asha and the others, with Hal and Dario finally catching up.

That bought them some time, but Simon looked over his shoulder and saw a new batch of guards-now even bigger looking-coming for them. One of them was his own father.

"We can't keep running forever!" Simon told them, now he was beginning to get tired himself. He normally didn't run this long outside of knight training. "We have to find a place to hide and fast. This whole place like a maze!"

"You all are not going to fit inside my hideout. Especially not Simon." Gabo warned them. Asha and Star seemed to be his exceptions to staying there.

"I'm pretty sure they've raided your place now thanks to Dahlia." said Asha, still bitterly reminded of her betrayal.

Gabo's eyes widened in horror. "THEY'RE GONNA TELL MY MOM ABOUT IT, AREN'T THEY?! She's gonna kill me!" One of the rare times he remembered he's only fifteen years old.

Dario attempted to reassure him. "Nah, I think the king will kill you first before she can even be mad!"

"SHUT UP, YOU IDIOT!" Gabo shouted back, hitting him in the arm.

Bazeema looked nervous, but she had an idea. "Um, I have a place we could-"

"Wanna try just skipping town?" Hal suggested as they came across a two way path. "If star can move fast enough like he did before-"

"He nearly destroyed half the city yesterday." Asha cut her off as she signaled them towards the left route.

"I said I was sorry!" Star defended himself. He was a bit slower since he in a rather large form and the path was getting narrow.

"Don't be, that was glorious!" Gabo laughed, reminiscing about that day of terror.

Eventually, they turned a corner down the alley and were met with a stone wall.

"Oh great! The biggest cliché that could ever happen, A dead end!" Gabo exclaimed as he kicked a rock that hit the wall.

"I'm too young to go to jail, man!" Dario panicked, pulling on the ends of his hat in fear.

"I knew this was going to end bad- AAACHOO! AAACHOO! AACHOO!" Safi sneezed uncontrollably.

The impact budged the wall slightly. Gabo didn't notice, but Valentino did and walked over to it. While the others were arguing, Bazeema noticed him getting curious and followed him.

Valentino followed the scent on the ground all the way to the wall. There were several planks of mahogany wood in front of it. The scent was coming from behind the wood, so the goat tried to move the wood himself, but it was too heavy.

(Yes, I had to change the literal ass scene, who even approved of that-)

Bazeema realized he found her secret entrance. Now they could escape easily! "Good boy, Valentino! You just saved us!" She praised him as he patted his head.

"Maaaa!" He replied, his tail wagging happily.

The shy girl turned to her arguing friends to tell them the good news, "Asha, your friend found my-"

"I'm telling you, I can just take my dagger and-" Gabo began to pull out his weapon.

"Gabo, for the last time. You're not stabbing anyone!" Asha's scolded him.

Bazeema tried again. "Um....its okay, really. Valentino found-"

"I could throw my balls at them! They didn't even stick around to watch my juggling trick." Dario chimed in.

"Oooh, you're doing your magic trick again?" Bull!Star perked up.

"Now's not the time, fellas..." Hal attempted to get them to focus again.

Clearly they weren't getting anywhere and for the first time in her life, Bazeema was getting frustrated. Everyone could be caught at any moment, and they were all busy arguing (or sneezing in Safi's case). So she did something she thought she would never do...

"PLEASE BE QUIET AND LISTEN!" she shouted. Yes, actually shouting!

That finally caught everyone's attention and silenced them.

Bazeema immediately coveted her mouth and returned to her softer voice. "Valentino found another way out. Its behind this." she gestured to the blockage. "But I can't move it."

Asha could hear the sound of horses approaching, followed by a man shouting orders. "We need to hurry. Simon, can you break that down?"

Simon wondered why the literal bull couldn't do it, but there was no time.

Bazeema took Valentino away as Simon stomped over to the wood. He cracked his knuckles and raised his fists over his head. "Better stand back, I'm gonna wreck it!" He warned them.

With a loud grunt, he smashed the area with ease. Simon gestured for everyone to get inside, quick.

Star transformed back to his human form and used his glow to light the way in.

As the teens made their way inside one by one, Bazeema gingerly apologized to Asha. "I'm sorry I yelled."

Asha smiled. "Don't be. You found your voice after all."

Bazeema returned the smile and was the last to enter the hole.

Gabo's voice echoed from inside. "By the way, how are we going to cover our tracks?"

"Oh, I got it!" Star replied.

A small wave of golden dust swirled around the fallen debris and everything put itself back into place, right before the guards passed by.

Back in the heart of the city, some of the people were murmuring amongst each other. They were in shock of not just one, but several traitors were right under their noses. The Queen calmed everyone down with a soothing spell. Soon, they were back under control and carried on about their business as if nothing happened.

Dahlia did feel a bit bad about scaring everyone, but at least it was only temporary. Everyone would be at ease again. Sure, she ousted the traitor, but made it clear to the queen that she didn't want Asha's hurt. If she could see Magnifico really was a generous man, Dahlia knew she could help both sides.

Amaya gave Dahlia an assuring smile. "Don't worry, my dear. You've done a great service to Rosas and the people." She said in an almost motherly tone. "Thanks to you, the traitors will be brought to justice. Magnifico will be delighted to meet the hero of Ross and give you what you deserve." The last sentence sounded rather odd to phrase, but maybe Dahlia was slightly put off by the way Sabor grinned at her.

Dahlia had mixed feelings about this, even though she shouldn't. The baker was absolutely certain that bringing Asha to the royals would not only keep Rosas safe but also clear up a misunderstanding and Magnifico could help her family. If she really was helping her friend, why did it feel...bad?

Perhaps the king would ease her mind...

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FINAL THOUGHTS

IT'S FINALLY DONE, HOORAY!! 🙌 I know it took me forever to make this, I'm glad it was finished! One part was because I was really busy with work and this chapter wouldn't leave me the hell alone to finish, and the other is that its been pretty difficult to write all the teens lines. As someone who grew to like the idea of a Seven Drawves styled group, I thought they were pretty bland in the movie. And from the art book and deleted scenes showed, they were meant to be much more but got cut down. So I really wanted to show them all having distinctive personalities, could banter with one another, and actually grow in their friendship with Asha and each other. Which brings me to my next thing...

YES, THE TRAITOR IS FINALLY REVEALED IN HERE, AND I CAN TALK ABOUT IT, I'M FREEEEE!!!!!

So yeah, instead of Simon, its Dahlia! I've been keeping this plot twist a secret for almost a year because I really wanted to do something different with the traitor idea. I chose this because during one of the deleted scenes, Dahlia was sent to work in the dungeon, while everyone else sneaked in. Simon was with the group, so that means in the original film, he wasn't a traitor. He was helping Asha. Dahlia mentioned she saw Magnifico's true nature and that she was being punished "for what they did". Which got me thinking, what if Dahlia was the traitor in the original movie? She's the one that believes in Magnifico the most and refuses to see the truth, so what if she ratted them out, thinking she was doing the right thing? What if Asha was betrayed by her best friend? From there, I rolled with it.

As for the story itself, strap yourselves in, because the next few chapters are gonna be WILD! And I'll finally get to the juicy stuff I've been wanting to write for months!

And yes, the poster is nearly done, ITS JUST TAKING FOREVER-

Thanks for reading!

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@annymation @lazytitans-world @thesafireartist @natsuki208

@snackara @kenihewa @mythartist21 @uva124

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