Tales of the Disneyverse

As Dawn Rises...

          "Very soon, that will happen to the entire Disneyverse!"

            Sheryl stared at the silk purple cloth that draped in her arms, still shocked from the sudden disappearance of the Theban baby she found. It was a warning of the dire reality of their situation. She now understood why Jacqueline was so harsh in her attempt to convince her of what was going on. The baby was more of a victim to this rift than everything and everyone else in the Disneyverse. Realizing that, she made her choice to cooperate with Jacqueline.  

            When she turned to look at her, her face dropped as she saw a huge creature looming right behind. "LOOK OUT!" She screamed, grabbing Jacqueline by the collar of her robe and pulling both of them of the way, while the creature brought its enormous stone club down where they stood and smashed at the ground. From where Sheryl and Jacqueline once stood, there was a splintered, web-shaped crack left from the creature's attempt.  

            At the side of the street, the two women (and Joanie) got a full gaze at their attacker – an eleven-foot-tall Minotaur with dark red skin, glowing reddish-orange eyes, and fierce, razor sharp horns protruding from its head. "Where did he come from?" Joanie wondered, saying aloud exactly what Jacqueline had thought herself.  

            "I don't know." She remarked.  

            "You don't know what?" Sheryl questioned.  

            Jacqueline had forgotten she could not hear or see Joanie there with them. "I don't know...how we're going to stop this thing."  

            Sheryl gave an assertive grin. "Leave that to me." She then stepped back into the middle of the street, standing right in the path of the menacing Minotaur and raising both of her arms up toward it. Through her hands, she unleashed a barrage of colorful fireworks that exploded in the Minotaur's face. But the attack only left the creature dazed for a brief second before it swung its club at Sheryl.  

            The impact was intense; her body flew directly into a nearby building, crashing through one of the columns before disappearing through its doors. During the confrontation, Jacqueline teleported herself away, moving to the base of Hercules's statue and hiding at a side where she could not be seen. Joanie, who teleported with her, voiced her approval in Jacqueline's tactical maneuver. "Good idea," she said. "Now what do you have planned next?"  

            Jacqueline shook her head, fear evident in her face. "I don't know."  

            "You don't know?" Joanie reacted in shock.  

            "No, I don't know! If you've been in my head this whole time, you'd know that already!" She sighed, leaning against the base wall with her head hung low. "I haven't come up with a good plan since the loss of Fantasia. I don't know how to fight back anymore."  

            Seeing how distraught and afraid she was, Joanie wanted to give her some words of encouragement and break her away from this funk in time to help Sheryl. However, the sudden emergence of the Minotaur (who appeared to have teleportation capabilities of its own) robbed any chance of Joanie providing Jacqueline with a pep talk. The creature towered over Jacqueline, who brought her head back up to see the danger she was in.  

            The Minotaur held its large club high above its head, appearing to ready itself to deliver the fatal blow on Jacqueline. She calmly shut her eyes, waiting for her quick but surely painful death to come. It's what I deserve...for Fantasia. These thoughts of hers were heard by Joanie, who could not believe how quickly Jacqueline was giving up.