Hadie's Journey

Figuring Out What To Do

Hadie woke up and got up from the bed and put on his trench coat. And he got out of his dorm room and found Red and Chloe coming towards him.

"Good. You're up. We need to get to Bridget." Red told him as she grabbed his hand and dragged him to Bridget's room. Red knocked on the door and waited for a response and then Bridget opened it smiling at them.

"Oh, hey, guys. I'm just practicing my signature dance for Castlecoming. Come on." Bridget said leading them to her room. Hadie looked around at the room and saw that it was really colorful and pink.

"I call it . "The shuffle of love."" She said chuckling.

Bridget put her headphones on and Hadie watched as she started dancing and playing with her cards. Hadie was impressed by her dancing skills but she accidentally made her cards fall to the ground.

"Oh. I keep messing up that last bit. But it's okay, I'll get there." Bridget said with a smile as she took off her headphones.

"Practice makes perfect." Hadie said agreeing with her. She smiled at him appreciative of the support.

"Let me clean this up real quick." Bridget said as she went to pick up the cards.

"Let me help you out with that." Hadie said helping her pick up the cards.

"Wow, your room, it's so wonderful." Chloe said looking around.

"Oh. Yeah, thanks. It reminds me of home." Bridget said.

"Where I come from, there's a rule against all of this." Red said gesturing around the room.

"Who's against fun?" Bridget asked in disbelief still smiling.

"Our Queen. AKA, my mom." Red answered.

"Oh." Bridget said softly.

"She also hates my style, the way I think, you know, everything about me." Red said.

"Well, you're not alone in that one. But there's one difference. My mother hated me because of who my father was and didn't think I was worthy. I never really had a mother's love." Hadie said looking down.

"I'm sorry, Red. Hadie. I can't imagine having a mom like that." Bridget said sympathetically.

"She's the only one I've known. She was kind enough to take Hadie in." Red said.

"Well, if I was your mom, I'd love to have a daughter who thinks for herself. And I would love to have a son, no matter who he is or where he came from." Bridget said. Hadie looked at her with a wide smile.

"Is that the Looking Glass ?" Red asked picking it up from the desk.

"Oh. Yeah. You've heard of it?" Bridget asked smiling.

"Uh, I've read about it." Red answered.

"It was a gift. It's been in the Wonderland royal line for ages." Bridget explained.

"What's it do ?" Chloe asked.

"It shows you the future." Bridget answered.

"Have you looked?"Red asked holding it out to Bridget.

"No, no, no, no. I love surprises. I mean, why would I wanna spoil the future? I'm sure it'll be wonderful." Bridget said as she spun around chuckling.

"Anyway, we were hoping you might be able to help us find a cookbook." Red said jumping to the point.

"Yeah. Well, then you've got the right girl! I mean, I have every cookbook ever. I mean, I have every cookbook ever." Bridget said excitedly.

"Even The Sorcerer's Cookbook?" Red asked.