Dreamland (World)

**Dreamland** is the primary location of the Dreamland series, it is a fantasy world filled with magic and fairy tale characters. "Every story that was ever told exists in a world beyond our own. No matter how recent nor how old, between the pages it is sewn. This place of mystery and magic is where the heart's desire sends the soul. Just follow the rabbit, or any other creature, down the hole. Beneath the cover you will see, a place for dreamers like you and me. One young girl on the brink of adulthood, her brother starting high school, her cousin who she is estranged, and a dear friend about to leave the neighborhood. These four children possess the spark within them to soon make their way to such an amazing place, are you brave enough to follow them?" ~Prologue of Book 1.

## **History**

A long time ago there was a school that the devil is the headmaster of, he makes a magic mirror that distorts everything it reflects. He takes his pupils around the world to make everything ugly. The devilish trolls attempted to bring the mirror up into heaven to make fools of the angels. The mirror slips and falls back to Earth shattering into many pieces the size of sand, the splinters blow all over the world and get into the hearts and eyes of people, making them cold and evil like the devils. One of these splinters became the Snow Queen, a being that hides on the mountains and watches the world through his mirrors at the top.

Prince Charming was the future ruler of Fairland and a very spoiled young boy. He was given everything he could ever have asked for and became very selfish. One day the witch came to the castle and begged for the prince to help her sick child as well as many other sick subjects. After being cast out she cursed the prince to become what he truly was on the inside, every night he would become the big bad wolf, aka the Beast. Although it was meant to make him repent he instead used this as a Jekyll and Hyde situation, using the night to do as many cruel things as he can think of while in his new disguise. It's why the witch moved to Grimmtin, so he doesn’t find her and get revenge.

The witch had a daughter and that child would give birth to two children (Robin and Red Hood) before growing gravely ill. Her daughter would die and leave the Hood family in shambles and that loss may have also been what led to her taking Rapunzel. It also fueled Robin Hood starting the rebellion against the prince and later on the beast he would become.

A husband and wife happily await their new baby's birth. The wife gains a craving for the beautiful lettuce being grown by their neighbors. Her husband steals the greens and when he is caught the witch threatens to curse them. So they will not be cursed, they allow the witch to take their first born child, little did the witch know that they had twins and hid the younger brother away so only the older daughter could be taken away. Angered, the witch curses their family so their family tree will always be a barren one. The witch named the daughter Rapunzel and hid her in a tower where no one could find.

Meanwhile the three little pigs lost their mother and had to build houses to stay in. The first built a house of straw but it got destroyed by the beast. The second built a house of sticks, it too got destroyed by the beast. Finally the third pig made one of bricks that was able to stay standing through the beast’s rampage. Nearby a widow, her son and their beloved cow weren’t too lucky. The rampage destroyed their home, the pigs invited them to live in their house and the widow also adopted the pigs. They became family and lived happily despite not having enough money for even a small piece of bread.

The prince searches for a princess (or prince) to force to be his bride. Talia had gone to sleep by pricking her finger on a flax, Snow White had been poisoned by her evil stepmother, the princesses of Atlantis were all forbidden to be with a human and Princess Pea had already been betrothed to another. With all the princesses unavailable he chose the next best thing, the maiden so beautiful that she was only known as Beauty. He asked but was refused, so instead of playing nice he took her beloved father, to get his father to be released Beauty sacrificed her own freedom to him. The bribe was taken and she now lives isolated in the Beast’s castle.

Meanwhile Prince Edward of the Pond also searches for a partner. He struggles to find a real princess, soon one appears but his mother is hesitant. The queen makes a bed with twelve matrices and puts a pea inside, forcing the princess to sleep there. In the morning she asked how she slept and she said terribly as the pea kept her from sleeping well. This is how they knew she was a real princess as it showed how sensitive she is.

The youngest princess of Atlantis named Littlest saved Prince Edward and fell in love. To become human and be with him she made a deal with the Sea Witch to become human, in return for getting legs the witch took her tongue and alongside that every time she stepped it felt like she was walking on glass. If the prince gets married to another person she will become seafoam and die, if she manages to kill him with the knife the Sea Witch gave her before that can happen she will return to being a mermaid. Of course no matter the option she would never be able to be with him, so instead she just wanders Dreamland as a mysterious girl and anxiously awaits the day her prince is old enough to marry Princess Pea.

Other characters' lives were changed by the Beast’s rampage. Ella’s mother was killed and her father remarried to a woman who only wanted his wealth. The stepmother and stepsisters now just use Cinderella as a servant. The child known as the Little Match Girl lost her parents from the rampage as well and she is now wandering the Pond alone and lost.

A baby swan somehow hatches from the nest of ducks. He is believed to be the ugliest duckling until he grows up and becomes the most beautiful animal in the forest. The raven tries to become beautiful like the swan but almost drowns trying. The starving fox who lost the grapes and escaped lion attacks uses the raven’s pride to make him sing and lose the cheese he was holding, the fox then snatches that up. The mean old lion aka the king of beasts torments and feasts on the animals of the woods. One day he is caught in a trap and is freed by a mouse who then becomes his friend and redeems him.

At a farm in Goslings Ville a young sickly lamb is abandoned by its mother. She is saved by a young girl named Mary and bonds with the human girl, following her everywhere and even to school where she learns how to talk and walk on her hind legs. Her dream to help people and a lot of training later leads her to the castle of Fairland where she becomes a maid.

The Snow Queen falls in love with a boy her own age named Kay. She spies on the teenager and his lover as they exchange roses to show their love. When the two make fun of her it is the last straw and she sends splinters into Kay’s eyes and heart. Then when he’s playing in the snow she arrives and kidnaps the boy.

This whole time Wonderland has just been existing, being a mystery and legend told to children and families. It is well known that whoever goes in there rarely comes out so the people of the other lands try to steer clear of it. All that we know is that it's ruled by the Queen of Hearts and if you see a white rabbit hopping around, be careful he doesn’t teleport you to the mad place.

This brings us to the present day which is when Belle and Jake first travel to Dreamland.

## **Locations**

### **Continents**

#### **Auranthia**

* **Fairland**
* **Grimmtin**
* **Goslings Village**
* **Fabled Woods**
* **Wisteria**
* **Anthurium**
* **Yarrow**

#### **Andersonia**

* **The Pond**
* **Snowdome**
* **Atlantis**
* **Queen's Tundra**

#### **Ars**

* **Hell**
* **Devil School**

#### **Alfridus**

* **Camelot**
* **Avalon**