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guarded by knights. “Great if only I could find a way to sneak past those guards”, she began to say when the magic mirror wavered and the knight’s reflection appeared which transformed her into a royal knight so she could get past the royal guards. “Oh that was nice, magic mirror thanks for helping me out”, she said as she ran down the hall to the throne room. Meanwhile her father was busy gathering ingredients for the potion to break Phil and Persephone free from their golden statue prison. “Snow White can I have a slice of the poisoned apple it’s for a potion to save Phil and Persephone and vanquish Vandetta from the forest”, Aloysius explained to the young woman as he held out the potion beaker to her. She put a slice in the beaker and he thanked her then he set off to get the next ingredient for the magic potion.

Back at the palace Arianna was about to steal Vandetta’s wand to free Demeter and Perseus from the mirror. “Oh now who do we have here in my throne room without an invitation”, Vandetta sneered at the young wolf pup that stood before her throne. “I’m Arianna daughter of Aloysius niece of the king and queen”, Arianna explained in a brave tone as to show the queen she was not afraid of her at all. Vandetta pulled out her wand and pointed it at Arianna. The mirror then began to waver vigorously and Arianna became cloaked in purple mist and she snuck over to Vandetta and grabbed the wand from her hand and then she took off running out the throne room toward Phil’s bedroom. “Stop her she stole my wand but bring me her head in this sack”, Vandetta exclaimed as the brainwashed guards swarmed to her aid. Arianna ran into her uncle’s bedroom and barricaded the door. She placed the mirror on the bed, took out Vandetta’s wand and touched it to the mirror. The mirror began to float it then shattered into pieces, the amulet fell to the ground, out of the sparkles Demeter and Perseus appeared, then the amulet went around Demeter’s neck. “Demeter Perseus are you guys okay it’s me Arianna your cousin”, Arianna asked them as they appeared in front of her by the bed. Demeter felt her face and smiled she turned to Perseus who was rubbing his eyes. The two smiled at one another and ran up to their cousin and hugged her tightly. “Oh Arianna thank you we knew that you would set us free from the mirror”, both of them cheered as they embraced Arianna warmly. They stumbled for a second but then they caught their balance.

stumbled for a second but then they caught their balance.

“It feels so weird having our feet on the floor it’s been awhile since we’ve been waltzing around but with our own eyes we can once again see our wish has come true we are free now that we’re back there’s a job to be done to make that witch run from our wonderful realm we’ll vanquish the evil and bring back the good cause this time we’re ready to rumble, this is our time our time to face this cruel foe, our time we’ve come to far to fail now!”, the pair sang as they celebrated their freedom from the mirror. At that time they heard pounding on the door it was the guards, but at the same time Aloysius came from the balcony to join them. “Demeter Perseus, your free, it’s so good to hold you in my arms again”, Aloysius exclaimed as he hugged his niece and nephew. They turned to the queen’s curtain and ran behind it for cover from the guards. The guards stormed in and looked for them but could not find them behind the curtains. Arianna and Aloysius heard Demeter and Perseus sobbing in the corner. They turned to the corner their eyes widened for what they saw was Phil and Persephone turned into two intertwined statues made of solid gold. It felt as if they were in the presences of royalty even though they could not move or speak. Aloysius approached the two sobbing pups and told them he needed to collect their tears to finish the potion that could set them free. After he gathered up their tears he told them to step back. Demeter and Perseus took a step back and he stepped forward and he was so close to Phil he could touch his gold face, then he dumped the onto the statues soaking them. The gold began cracking off and light shone through giving way to Phil and Persephone’s true appearances handsome and beautiful fur. “Phil speak to me big brother please for the sake of your pups to show them that you’re okay”, Aloysius exclaimed seeing them fall out of the enchanted poses they were frozen in. “oh my where am I how long have we been statues for and why are we behind my wife’s curtain”, Phil asked feeling weary after being encased in gold for so long. “Oh my lord and love we are free from the spell that horrible witch put on us and it’s thanks to your little brother, and his daughter and our pups”, Persephone exclaimed to Phil as he stumbled to stay steady on his feet. Phil got himself together and thanked them for setting them free from the curse. Vandetta and the guards rushed into the bedroom. Her eyes widened, her expression turned to a surprised look, as she gazed at the glare of King Phil and his family. Arianna held Vandetta’s wand in her hands, she tossed it to her father and he said to her “never again will you disturb the peace in this or any kingdom ever again!”. Aloysius blasted Vandetta with the wand and turned her to dust. The darkness lifted, the sun shone, the guards were free of the spell that controlled their minds all was once again peaceful. Until Phil fell to the ground on his knees feeling weak. Persephone put him in