Chapter 22: Back on The Road to Stardom (Reprise)

Carrie sat in her actors chair now on the set of the spinoff, Anywhere But Burbank. She takes a photo of herself and posts it to her page with the caption 'Filming is Underway. I can't wait to show you what me and my daughter have in store.' Her hand reached the button to turn off her phone and Carrie rested her head back. She really missed her mother, but she was starting to get better about dealing with her grief. 'If only there was just some type of closure for this..' Lauren came by and sat down next to her, wrapping her arm around her. "Hey mom.. I know a sad face when I see one, and hey. I miss Grandma too. We all have to let go of the past someday."

Carrie held her head up high and looked at Lauren. "I know. She has done so much, and I just wonder what she would say if she saw us and where we have come." Lauren gave a small sigh of laughter and hugged her. Then something popped into her mind, like a small thought. "Hey, you always talked about an Enchanted Forest you visited when Grandpa was still gone, do you think it'll work?" "Hmm.. I haven't been there in so long, I guess I can try later." Carrie got up and got into place as Lauren followed her. The director came in and started filming of the pilot. "Anywhere But Burbank Pilot; Take 1. Action!"

(Later that night.)

Carrie took a walk away from the studios after filming and sees the enchanted forest in the distance, but notices the entrance locked, waiting for her. "La forêt est toujours la même. Mais cette partie est toute gelée." She spoke in French before hearing a song call out to her. "I hear you, and I'm coming." Her feet continue to trail on the way to the forest's entrance and she began to sing a song to herself. "Every inch of me is trembling, but not from the cold. Something is familiar, like a dream I can reach, but not quite hold. I can sense you there, like a friend I've always known.. I'm arriving, and it feels like I am home." The entrance unlocks as she steps forward, melting away, and Carrie looked around, wondering if she will find her closure.

"I have always been a fortress, cold secrets deep inside. You have secrets too, but you don't have to hide! Show yourself. I'm dying to meet you. Show yourself.. It's your turn. Are you the one I've been looking for all of my life? Show yourself! I'm ready to learn.. Ah-ah-ah-ah!" Carrie called out to the voice and then a magical wisp appears in front of her, motioning the girl toon to follow it. She gave a huge grin and follows the wisp, hopping over some rocks. "I've never felt so certain! All my life I've been torn! But I'm here for a reason; Could it be the reason I was born? I have always been so different, normal rules did not apply! Is this the day? Are you the way I finally find out why?" Her arms then moved the entrance to the cave, and she heads right inside.

"Show yourself! I'm no longer trembling! Here I am, I've come so far! You are the answer I've waited for all of my life. Oh, show yourself! Let me see who you are." Different colored wisps surround Carrie in the cave as she steps forward slowly to a pillar, holding out a hand. "Come to me now, open your doors. Don't make me wait one moment more! Oh come to me now! Open your doors! Don't make me wait one moment more!!" Carrie places her hand on the pillar, and the cave lit up, showing her all of her present memories, and she sees one that she hadn't seen before. One of her mother, still young and with her dad, calling to the police for help and singing the same song. She sees the fear in her mother's eyes, and never meant to hurt him severely. "Mother?" She spoke softly, tears coming to her eyes. Then Carrie turned around to see the wisps come together, making the ghost of her mother.

"Come my darling, homeward bound." Amelia held out a hand and Carrie takes it. "I am found!!" Then she turns back into her human form for a moment as the two of them sang together. "Show yourself! Step into your power! Grow yourself into something new!!" Carrie tears up in joy, finally having the closure she needed. "You are the one you've been waiting for!" her mother sang, hugging Carrie close to her. "All of my life! Oh show yourself." A cloud of mist surrounds Carrie and brings her out of the cave as her mother waved goodbye. She turns back into her toon form and went back home, happier again.

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