The Lost Boy Society ||PAUSED||

Chapter Seven

[In the Snow Queen's Castle, a Council of Villains was held]

"How is the progress going?" A voice asked us.

I couldn't see the source as I am unable to see by myself. But even if I looked through the eyes of one of my precious bears, I wouldn't have been able to see them as they had their back turned towards the table. I could tell by how the voice was slightly muffled.

Everyone thinks that because I am blind, I am weak but I have proven to be twice as tough.

The voice spoke again, now agitated that they had repeat themselves.

"Perfect," I said cooly. I wasn't afraid of this person unlike most of the others.

They growled. "A little birdie told me differently."

I felt everyone else stiffen. I breathed in, keeping calm as normal. Someone around here had to be.

"What do you mean?" I asked, knowing full well what they meant.

"The birdie told me that we're having difficulties locating the ingredients."

This time Jack spoke up. "Yes, that is true. The required ingredients are getting more difficult to be of possession of but nothing is impossible."

"It better not be." The voice threatened. The sound of footfalls and then the big doors opening and then closing again indicated that they had left.

The air of being afraid was replaced with panic and worry.

"What are we going to do?!" One of the annoying step-sisters of the girl named Ella whined.

In my opinion, the step-sisters were more like schoolyard bullies rather than villains.

She piped up again in the same high-pitched and whining tone as before. "We need more time!"

I silenced her with a raise of my hand. I needed to think and her squeaking wasn't helping me at all. I could feel everyone's eyes on me. I then tapped my long fingernails on the surface of the frozen table. It made a satisfying sound. "Someone list the ingredients needed in the potion," I said sharply. There wasn't any time to waste after all.

The ingredients were quickly recited.

Pixie Dust. A Hero's Tears. Purple Mushrooms. Boiled Tea. Two Polar Bear Hairs. A Lock of a Loved One.

I could easily give two of those items. The villains of The Underground Adventures story could get the mushrooms and tea from their world. The Pixie Dust would be easy. All we would have to do was borrow some from a pixie we caught. Whether it was forceful or not didn't matter. The Hero's Tears would be more interesting to get more of.

"What do we have so far?" I asked as I looked at them through borrowed eyes.

Jack answered my question. "As of right now we have enough polar bear hairs and mushrooms for one more batch."

I waved my hand at him to continue.

"We need more Pixie Dust, Hero's Tears, and Locks of a Loved Ones."

I thought for a moment. If it was two different types of locks from two different loved ones, it would probably give it a stronger effect. I spoke this out loud and then asked my question. 

"What of the tea?"

A man with a purple and pink suit on and a crazed look on his face spoke in an almost maddened way, "Tea, tea, boiled or not always comes after S."

He was one of the side characters from The Underground Adventures and was able to disappear and turn into a cat. The only reason he was here was because the Queen of Harts, known as Queenie, was mildly fond of him.

Queenie, who sat beside him dressed in an outfit as ridiculous as his, being a gown and all, hushed him.

He did not do so and instead stood behind her chair, the crazed expression only getting worse. "Are you to doubt the Queen of all Harts?" He challenged us, a gleam now entering his bright yellow eyes that flickered around, looking at us all.

"Ches, sit down." Queenie almost hissed at him.

He obliged and returned to his seat.

Only then did I stand up, a cold chill coming into the air around me and I see a few villains shiver. "The ingredients should be found and taken care of. Come back when you have good news. Dismissed." I said coolly to all of them and proceeded to walk out of the meeting hall.

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A/N- I know, very short chapter but it is just so you meet the villains and stuff. The next chapter will be the regular length!