A Trip To Another Land

Chapter 9: A Single Curse To Break A Curse

I had the day off so I was going to bring Stevie to Granny's for lunch. He woke me up bright and earlier and I spent the morning playing a game with him until lunch.

"Ready to go eat at Granny's, Bubba?" I asked him.

"Yes, please." He responded, getting his shoes on, he gets them on the right feet today.

I put my shoes on and grab the house keys, deciding it was such a nice day that we would walk. We were only about three blocks away so we got to town square pretty quickly.

"Free lemon slices. Would you like one ma'am?" A nice elderly woman said.

"Sure, I'll take one" I say,walking down the street, one handing holding the lemon slice, the other, my son's hand.

(TPPOV) Little did Anjanette know that the elderly woman was actually Qadira in disguise. She knew that if she didn't stop them they would break her curse, ruining her revenge. So she used a spell she learned from a fellow witch before she decided to little miss hero, a sleeping curse set upon a lemon, the poor woman's favorite fruit.

Anjanette and Stevie stopped in the small ally next to Granny's Diner, she bites into the lemon. She instantly drops to the ground after, unmoving, unwaking. Stevie screams, thinking she will wake up if he screams loud enough, when this doesn't work he runs into the diner. His voice soft at first as he just says omma over and over again, nobody had yet noticed him or heard him even, he becomes enraged because something's wrong and nobody is listening to him.

"Hey!" He hollers just like his mother taught him to do in emergencies.

Everybody stops and looks at him, the town sheriff stopping and standing up to follow him as he runs out of the diner, tears streaming down his face. When she arrives to where Anjanette's body lays she runs up to find a fading pulse. Others had followed them out of the diner.

"Call an ambulance, we've got a woman down with a weak pulse." The sheriff said to the crowd.

Finally a phone was found to make the call, the ambulance showed up soon after, taking Anjanette to the hospital. Maeko had seen the ambulance show up, knowing Anjanette wasn't working as they both had the day off and were to meet at Granny's. she was very curious to what was going on as she neared the diner, she stopped when she saw a screaming and crying Stevie. She ran to Stevie, pulling him into her arms and standing, that's when she saw her being put into the ambulance. She didn't look like she was breathing and that made Maeko feel a strong pain in her chest she didn't yet understand.

Maeko caught a ride with the sheriff to the hospital to see Anjanette, still holding Stevie who wouldn't calm. When she arrived to the hospital she set her sites on finding Anjanette.

"She's been put under a sleeping curse, Emma. You have to believe it, just like with Henry. She needs true love's kiss." Ruby replied urgently.

"That's insane, Regina's good now, she wouldn't do this."

"We know. it's someone else, we just don't have a clue who it is." Said Dorothy, she then looked at Maeko or if you remember who she was before, Mulan.

"Mulan has to kiss her and she'll wake up, trust us."

"Who in the hell is Mulan?" Replied Maeko, "You think this is a joke don't you?"

"Absolutely not." Replied a very serious Dorothy. "You just don't remember who you are, but you need to trust us. Kiss her and you'll see the truth."

"Even if you don't believe her, why not take a chance anyway." Emma replied, looking at Maeko.

"Fine, I'll try, but if this doesn't work, I want you to leave." Maeko replied, a tear falling down her cheek, Stevie clinging to her leg.

She looked down at Anjanette, she looked as if she was just asleep, except for the fact she was not breathing. She picked Stevie up and placed him by Anjanette's legs on the bed. She placed a hand on Anjanette's cheek and leaned down, pressing her lips softly against hers, kissing her. That's when it happened, a white flash of light that seemed to awaken everybody, even Anjel who awoke amidst the kiss, kissing her dear Mulan back.

"Mulan?" Anjel said softly, opening her eyes slowly to look at Mulan.

"Yes, my love, it's me. They were right." Mulan looked up at the crowd and at Ruby and Dorothy. "Thank you for finding us."

"You did the same for us.' They said in unison, taking the other's hand.

"But, who would curse us, and why?" Anjel questioned, sitting up and pulling Joey into her arms, hugging him tightly.

"Omma!" He cried out, hugging her tightly back, he looked at Mulan, rushing to climb into her arms, she laughed. "Mommy! Mommy!"

The best of reunions it'd seem, but let's not forget about the other family that had been cursed as well. If we remember right, half remembered and the rest did not.

"Luna! Grace!" Jefferson called, banging on their front door. " I remember! I remember everything!"

Luna opened the door, she looked like she had cried for days and she very well had. His cursed persona was completely rude in the way he shoved the fact he thought she was a liar in not only her face, but their daughter's face. He pulled her into a tight hug, she resisted at first but eventually flung her arms around him, crying in his arms. He apologized repeatedly. He held her until she stopped crying and (kissed her cheek saying he loves her) they both walked into the house, shutting the door. Grace solemnly walked down the stairs, stopping when she saw him.

"Gracie." He spoke softly. "I'm so sorry, I'm not even sure I can entirely blame the curse.'

She runs and hugs him tightly, tears running down her cheeks.

"Papa."