TLOS characters reacts to the Wishing Spell {Day 1}

Chapter 10

Alex and Conner woke up on the floor of Rapunzel's tower just after sunrise. They were snuggled under the blankets Froggy had given them and they'd used their bags as pillows.

 "How did you sleep?" Alex asked her brother. 

"Like I slept on the floor of a tower," Conner said, thinking he'd never take his bed at home for granted again. He stretched his back, and his joints made sounds like firecrackers. 

''That's obvious'', Zach said 

They put away their blankets and decided to get an early start on their day. Alex insisted on tidying up the tower, leaving it in better condition than they had found it in. 

"I'd hate for anyone to think we made this mess," Alex said. Conner rolled his eyes at her and made sure she saw it. 

"What's our next stop?" Conner asked Alex. She looked back and forth from the map in one hand and the journal in the other. 

"Well, the Charming Kingdom is just east of here," Alex said. "I figure it would be wisest to go there and see if we can get ahold of Cinderella's slipper." 

"And how exactly are we going to do that?" Conner asked. Alex had to think about it. 

"We'll just ask if we can borrow it," she decided. 

"Fat chance," Conner said. "That's like walking into the White House and asking for the Declaration of Independence." 

''The Declaration of Independence is not in the White House'', Bree said

Although Conner was wrong about the whereabouts of the Declaration of Independence, Alex knew he was right to be concerned. How were they going to get their hands on one of Cinderella's slippers? Surely they must be the most prized possessions of the kingdom. 

"We'll have to try our best," Alex said. "What other option do we have?" 

The twins traveled down the spiral staircase in the core of Rapunzel's tower and returned to the path. They eventually came to a fork, where a new path splintered off in an eastern direction. The sign above the fork said CHARMING KINGDOM and pointed in the direction the new path was headed. 

"Conner, look at the sign!" said Alex, pressing her hands against her cheeks. "Now I really wish I had a camera!" 

They traveled down the new path for quite a while without discovering anything new but the same dirt path and evergreen trees they had seen for the last two days. Conner became more anxious the farther he walked, letting out large extended sighs every minute or so. 

"Are you sure we aren't lost? I swear I've seen that boulder and that tree about twenty times already," he said, pointing. 

"I'm positive we're traveling in the right direction. I've been watching the map since we left," Alex said. "We should be approaching a stream very soon, and once we cross it we'll be in the Charming Kingdom!" 

Conner sighed again. It would be his last one for a while, so he made sure it lasted extra long. 

A couple of hours later, there was no stream in sight. Conner was starting to lose faith in his sister's navigational abilities. 

"This place must be bigger than we thought," Alex said. "Or this map is completely off scale."

 Eventually, the twins found the stream Alex had seen on the map. The path went across a small bridge made out of pale stones and then continued on the other side.