Janessa's view

The moment Serene's wand touches Brietta's hand, Brietta's hair gets streaks of pink, and Serene's wand flashes away, replaced by something purely Brietta. It's like Bri knew exactly what to do already, pointing her wand at Maleficent with a look of confidence. Her magic is so unique, and not at all what I was expecting. It's a light-rose pink, with gold and pink flower petals somehow being in the sparkle. Something I'd expect in a Barbie movie, not from the spunky daughter of Harry Hook.

Brietta's magic twirls around Maleficent's dragon self, and Maleficent roars in surprise, twisting her lightning away from Serene's broken form and toward Brietta. It's like an awesome movie scene, Brietta's tiny figure facing off on her own against Maleficent's huge dragon self, lightning and fire raining down on Bri but not touching her. Bri's flowery magic surrounds Maleficent until we can no longer see her, then suddenly poofs away and drops a teeny-weeny lizard onto the ground.

Brietta smiles. "Gotcha."

"NO!" Pitch yells, throwing his hand toward Brietta. A huge Nightmare horse leaps from his fingers, galloping her way. But she just turns, and easily points her wand at it. A single sparkly petal is all it takes, going right through the Nightmare and dissolving it. Brietta waves her wand, and petals and glitter surround Pitch and Blake, lifting them up into the air in a cage together.

Next, Brietta looks around at all of us, still frozen in shock looking at her. She smiles at us, waving her wand one more time. Her magic flows to all of us, giving each of us a new energy, like we just got a good night's sleep. It twirls around Reene, lifting her out of the crater. She's completely limp. Now that I can see her, she looks sick, pale, almost like a corpse. She's not burnt, somehow, but definitely not okay. But Brietta's magic takes care of that, restoring color to my little sister and setting her down easily.

My cage dissolves, and Serene stands on her own two feet, looking perfectly healthy again. I run over to her, punching her shoulder before grabbing her in a hug. "What were you thinking, using that much magic?" I demand. "You could've killed yourself!"

Serene smiles. "I had to. The bracelets weren't going to work anymore. Nothing was." She looks over at Brietta. "Um, where did they all go?"

Briette points upward with her wand. We all look up. Pitch and Blake are suspended midair in their flower-petal, gilded cage. Neither look very happy about it.

"And Maleficent?"

Brietta merely points again, her magic erupting from her wand to encircle a fleeing lizard, bringing it back to her in a similarly gilded cage.

"Why didn't we give you a wand sooner?" Danielle demands.

"Because I had to earn it." Brietta explains, holding the wand with a certain delicacy. "If you give someone a wand who hasn't earned it, it's just a wand. For it to be theirs, they have to work for it."

"Well I, for one, am very glad my plan worked." Serene says. "And that you caught it."

"Well, I didn't play catch with my dad all these years just to miss something this important. Although I am wondering why you knew it would do that." Brietta glances down at the wand again. "I've never heard of something like this happening."

"I didn't know it would do that." Serene laughs. "I just knew your magic was the only one left that was unpredictable, and so Pitch and Blake couldn't have prepared for it. But your magic needs an output, and you couldn't have used any of the other wands because of the charm. But I made my wand without that in mind. Not to mention, you're one of my closest friends, so I knew it would let you use it. So I just... gave it to you."

Brietta grins. "Well, I'm glad it worked. Now..." She looks around the room, considering the bubbles. She raises her wand and flicks it once. Golden petals burst from it, each one going straight to a specific bubble. The moment the petals touch the shadows, it's like a real bubble---they pop! The inhabitants drop to the ground, but not in any pain at all. It looks like they just hopped off a curb. Whatever their nightmares were, it isn't affecting them anymore. Not like when Mom came out of hers nearly comatose.

"MOM! DAD!" I shriek, running for them. They both look totally confused, but catch me as I crash into them, hugging them tight. I hear everyone else calling for whoever was caught up in their own bubbles, but then I remember.

I look back to see Serene standing about ten feet away from the three of us, looking smaller than I've ever seen. Her coronation dress is in tatters, her white hair is messy and limp, and she's still holding the ember loosely in her hands. While Brietta's magic healed her, she still looks tired and ready to drop.

My parents follow my line of sight, and for a second, we all just look at each other. The room bustles around us, but nobody seems to care that Serene is there. Everyone's too busy reuniting.

Then my mom moves away from Dad and I, walking over to Serene and hugging her without hesitation. Serene's eyes are screwed shut, tears squeezing from them as she returns the embrace, burying her face in my mom's shoulder. Dad leaves me behind to go over as well, wrapping his arms around my mother and sister. My parents seem calm enough, but Serene is shaking with sobs. I want to go over to them, but somehow I think this is something Serene needs to be alone with them for.

"Janessa!" I suddenly hear, and then Isla tackles me from the side. "How in the world---what happened?"

I laugh. "It's... kind of a long story."

"The last thing I remember was Serene breaking Fairy Godmother's wand." Isla says. "And then... I..." She clears her throat, at a loss for words.

"Nightmare bubble." I explain. "Pitch and Maleficent had everyone they thought would be a threat trapped in one. What... what was it like?"

Isla shakes her head. "Not right now. Later. Right now... why is Serene here? Didn't she---"

"Long story." I repeat. "Later."

Max comes over then, running straight to Isla and practically choking her. "Islaaaaaaaa I'm so glad you're back!"

"Whoa!" She laughs. "How long we were under, Jenna?"

"Not even twenty-four hours." I snort, patting Max's back.

"Big baby." Isla teases him, a little weaker than normal, but still like herself.

"So how's being Queen so far?" Max teases back.

Isla dramatically sighs. "I think I'm going to resign." She winks then, and we all laugh.

So things might not be normal. But... hopefully we'll bounce back soon.

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So I know I normally update like crazy, but I had to finish drawing THIS!: 

The top 2 are unedited. (I originally had it with a white background, but didn't like it, so tried filling it in with charcoal. Regretted it. Also I spilled water on the fire- that's why it's so splotchy. The second 2 are edited with MAGIC, which kind is a bit much, but Idk so I just decided to post both versions of each background. Ta-da! I'm not the best artist, I'll admit, but I spent forever on this stupid drawing and got pretty darn close to how I picture it in my head. It still looks cooler in my head, but whatever. I'm finally done with it! 

Hope you guys liked this chapter : )

Also I went to Silver Dollar City last week and rode the Time Traveler for the first time, and SWEET CHEESE AND CRACKERS I LOVED EVERY SECOND OF IT ERMAHGERRRRSH I WANTED TO RIDE IT A THOUSAND TIMES GAH!

Also: Recently got into the "Starkid" YouTube channel, specifically the A Very Potter Trilogy. HOW did I not listen/watch those sooner my GOD they're spectacular. I love them! Lil' inappropriate, for any younger people who want to watch it, but SO. FREAKING. FUNNY. I died laughing. Lauren Lopez and Joe Walker are treasures. Also OFFICER PETEY was all I could think looking at Ron. I LOVED those things and I cannot stress how much I love them and how sad I am that they're over and that I WASN'T a part of them being released. GRRRR!