Once Upon a Dream

This emptiness

"And that's her." Mal told her friends the whole story, and now she was showing them the picture of her grandmother. "Apparently she died 276 moons ago, that is, twenty-three years ago."

"But, that was before you were born, how did she know about you?"

Ben asked. His skeptical sense prevented him from believing in certain impossibilities, even though he had witnessed the worst of what magic can do.

"I have no idea, Clarion said that Rashid could explain it to me better."

Rashid was startled, as he didn't expect the Fairy Queen to mention his name in a conversation that was so personal.

"Me? Of course...of course...of course."

He answered, stammering.

"Not now, please." His breath indicated how exhausted she was. "All I want is to end it all."

"What do you mean end it all?"

Carlos asked, and like the others was scared of Mal, since her return to the Underworld she had been acting strange.

"Maleficent. I won't let her destroy everything." She took a deep breath feeling a strange anger. She didn't realize it, but her friends saw her eyes light up. "I thought she was being evil, because she was born that way, but my mother had someone to love her and she gave up everything because she was angry." Mal looked up at the darkening sky and couldn't hold back her debauched laughter. "This is how it must be, I have to defeat her, once and for all."

"Mal..."

Rashid knew that he had to tell the story that Apollo had told him.

"What have you done?"

Suddenly the wizard saw Cheshire, the cat that barely appeared now was glowing among the clouds. It was possible to see his eyes and ears, but his big smile was not present there, instead, all that could be seen was his frown.

"What are you..." With his excellent hearing Rashid could hear a thousand footsteps, as if an entire cavalry was walking behind them. "I'll be back soon." He disappeared in front of his totally confused friends, but returned the next minute. "I don't have good news."

"What is it?"

Adam was the first to ask.

"Maybe Iracebeth is coming to us with some troops."

Rashid said, exuding a strange outward calm, suddenly understanding Ches' countenance.

"Who is this?"

Evie asked before snapping at Rashid.

"The Queen of Hearts! That evil lunatic is coming to my place!"

Cheshire shouted at the top of her lungs.

"What does she want?"

Jay asked, remaining calm. The Red Queen on the island was just a crazy old woman who loved to shout from the window of her house.

"That's not the right question, my boy. We need to know how she found out about this hiding place."

The smiling cat asked, staring at Rashid.

"I don't know!" Rashid tried to defend himself. "We need to get out of here."

"But where to? There are villains everywhere."

Belle interfered in the matter.

"Isle of the Lost." Everyone looked disappointed, because they didn't want to go back to the island. "Provisionally, okay? I think it's the most secure place right now. - Rashid understood the teenagers, but all places with access to magic were dangerous now.