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Breaking Free: Keeper of the Keenly Knotted Key
"A story is No Thing more than a Thread of String Knitted and Weaved around an Idea Created by the Created. But when it Burrows its Way into another Soul, it becomes Alive; and the Spinning Wheel 🛞 is Energized!"

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A #WRITCO Disney Series
(Unauthorized)

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TILL THEIR
PUZZLER
WAS SORE

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The Queen of Hearts stepped forward, her crimson gown fluttering like the wings of a giant butterfly. "What's the game?" she purred, her voice as sharp as a tack. "What must we do to win?"

The Keeper's smile grew wider, revealing a set of teeth that could only belong to a creature born of ink and imagination. "Ah, my dear Queen," it crooned, "you must first conquer your own fears. Each of you shall face a challenge drawn from the very essence of your tale."

Captain Hook scoffed. "I've faced worse than a crocodile with a tick-tock heart," he boasted, twirling his mustache.

"And I've seen the depths of the sea," added Ursula, her tentacles twitching with anticipation.

"But have you ever faced yourselves?" The Keeper's eyes gleamed. "For in your hearts, you hold the key to your own destruction."

The air grew tense as the villains exchanged glances. They had fought against heroes and armies before, but this was a new kind of battle—one that would force them to confront the very nature of their existence. But fear was a foreign concept to them, a mere shadow of the power they wielded. They nodded in unison, ready to tackle whatever lay ahead.

The Keeper raised a hand, and the air around them shimmered. "Let the Sinister Symphony begin," it declared, and with a flourish, the first challenge took shape. Before them stood a mirror, tall and foreboding, its surface rippling like a pool of water disturbed by a thrown stone. "Look deep," it whispered, "and see what you truly wish to be free from."

The Wicked Queen stepped closer, her...