Walt Disney College

Chapter 92 ~ The Ticking Time Bomb

Lily was walking through the hallways of the girls' dorm, and she finally stopped at the door she was looking for. She didn't know why she was looking for it, but she knew there was something that she needed in there.

She gripped the handle and the door opened itself for her, allowing Lily to walk in. Nobody was in there like she expected, now she just needed to find the wand.

She blinked. What was she doing? Why was she here? It felt like someone was in her head, someone who—

She had to focus. It was safe to assume the wand was in the wardrobe since there was no other relatively safe place to keep it.

Lily opened the closet, only to reveal a bunch of clothes and shoes. The wand had to be somewhere, she just needed to look.

What was she doing?

"Who are you?"

Lily turned to see Anastasia, glaring at her as she rifled through her closet. Something in her head told her to stop, that she'd been caught, but instead, she sneered, stunning Anastasia.

"Go away, girl. You don't know who you're dealing with."

Anastasia's eyes lit up in recognition. "You're Lily the Good Witch, aren't you? Why are you in my room? Why are you in my closet?"

Lily wanted to cry out for Anastasia to stop her, but she found herself tuning out of reality and continued to search the closet. It was in here, she could feel it. She needed it.

"Anastasia, HELP!" she screamed, and her mouth sealed shut immediately.

They were in control of her again. They were using her for something, and she was completely helpless.

"Lily? What are you doing?"

Lily recognized the voice as someone slid into the room. It was Lucinda.

Indigo's voice was next. "Lily, stop!"

Hands grabbed her arms, and Lily kicked and struggled against her friends. She swung around, fists raised, and Indigo quickly ducked out of the way before her fist collided with her jaw.

"Lily, you're crazy!"

Lily was trembling, but it didn't stop her from diving back into Anastasia's closet. She was getting closer, she just needed to make sure Lucinda and Indigo stayed away.

"Should I call someone?" Anastasia asked. "Is she okay?"

"Lily, look at us! What's wrong?"

She wanted to turn to Lucinda and tell her what was happening, to say that someone was controlling her. Maleficent was controlling her mind, but the wand was more important. It was in the bucket.

Lily leapt towards the corner of the closet, sticking her hand into the bucket. Her fingers wrapped around the long tube and a grin spread across her face. She had it, the plan could now work.

Anastasia gasped. "No!"

Anastasia lunged for her, but Lily threw out her hand and sent her flying into the wall. Lucinda and Indigo turned to stare at her.

Indigo's nostrils flared, and she took a step towards Lily. "Have you gone completely insane?"

Lily smiled, tilting her head slightly. "No. I am completely fine."

She raised Rasputin's wand into the air, the green tendrils swirling around the ceiling. They rolled out of the door and out into the hall, weaving between her legs.

"And so it begins."

Lily grinned and smashed the wand on the ground, allowing all the wisps to spark and shoot across the room. The walls of the dorm began to crumble and peel away as a giant vortex formed in the air. Lily spread her arms wide, allowing herself to be sucked inside.

"Lily, no!" Lucinda grasped her hand, trying to stop Lily from flying through the vortex.

Indigo was holding Lucinda's legs while Anastasia was holding onto Indigo's foot. Anastasia gripped her bedpost, but the vortex was growing larger and sooner or later it was going to swallow the bed too.

"Let go of me!" Lily growled, wringing herself out of Lucinda's grip.

She managed to break free, and she ascended into the vortex, leaving chaos behind.

They would soon join her anyway.

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The ground shook beneath Isabel's feet, and she tried to steady herself by grabbing onto her dresser.

Alice stumbled, almost knocking into Isabel. "My gosh! Is there an earthquake or something? There was no warning."

An explosion rocked the floor, and Isabel and Alice both dropped to their knees. The door burst open and a green wisp snuck into the dorm room, followed by another and another. Before she could stand up, their floor was swamped with the wisps, wrapping themselves around her and Alice's arms.

Isabel wrestled against the coils, squirming in their grasp. "What's going on?"

They were dragged out into the hallway and downstairs, the green strands bleeding through the walls and onto the floor.

"Isabel, look," Alice said, jerking her head over to where more students were, trapped by the wisps.

Thunder rumbled across the sky, and lightning cracked against one of the windows, students jumping out of the way.

Dust and rubble rained down on Isabel's head, and she looked up to see the entire roof being pried off the school by a massive dragon.

"Is that...Maleficent?" Isabel whispered.

The dragon tore through a wall, it's talons piercing through the plaster and destroying everything it came into contact with. Screams rang out downstairs, and Isabel closed her eyes, hoping Elena was okay.

"It is time, my friends, to bow down to the rightful rulers of this place."

A man was floating in the mist of it all, and Isabel couldn't remember where she'd seen him from. He had a long, black beard and his fingernails were slightly overgrown. Every part of his body looked as if it was close to falling off, and his cheekbones practically jutted out of his skin.

Rasputin.

"It is time for a new era!" Rasputin said, giving a sinister smile. "And you students will be the first to see it."

He raised his hands, and a vortex hung over the school like a giant cloud, ready to swallow them up.

Lightning whipped out of the vortex, and Isabel screamed as she felt herself being dragged towards it. She noticed Alice was beside her, and as she looked up into the face of the vortex, she saw Elena get sucked in.

"Elena!" she yelled, tears streaming down her face.

What was happening? Why were the villains here? Were they the ones who had taken Principal Mickey?

Rasputin grinned. "I hope you enjoyed your time at Walt Disney College."