The Curse of Windsor Castle

Chapter Five

As soon as the two girls got to the hotel, Tamara got on her laptop and searched up the city of Hanau.

"So, according to this map, Hanau is way south of Berlin," Tamara explained.

"And how is that helpful? I need information, not useless facts," Amy said, while opening a packet of crisps for her and Rose to share.

"Um, Amy, that's what facts are." Rose smirked.

"Well, Hanau is twenty miles to the east of Frankfurt so we could drive to Frankfurt and, I don't know, drive around?" Tamara said, clearly ignoring the younger girls.

Rose snorted. "Some plan you have."

"And do you have a better one?"

Rose held up her hands. "Drive around Frankfurt it is."

Amy and Rose hailed a cab while Tamara called various tourism agencies if they had any information on Hanau. None of them did. It was like Hanau had disappeared from the face of the planet. With a sigh, Tamara called the last agency in the phone book.

"Guten morgen, my name is Frieda Hoffman. How may I help you today?"

"Hi Frieda, I was wondering if you had any information on Hanau," Tamara stated.

"Hanau, is it a place in Hawaii?"

She rolled her eyes at the clueless woman. "No, it's a few miles to the east of Frankfurt."

"Unfortunately, I have no records of this place. I suggest calling our location in Austria to see if they have information," Frieda suggested.

"Okay, thank you." Tamara ended the call and looked to an expectant Rose and Amy. "Sorry, one more phone call."

Amy sighed. "Just get it over with."

Tara called the next agency.

"Guten morgen, how may I help you?" A man asked.

"Hi, I'd like to know if you have any information on Hanau, Germany?" Tamara said.

"Of course, Hanau was the birthplace of The Brothers' Grimm."

"The Brothers' Grimm? Oh, my sister's going to be so happy." Tamara's voice shook with excitement.

"Of course she will. The Brothers' Grimm museum is a fascinating place."

Although Rose was excited, Amy was less than enthusiastic. "We're going to a museum about two old guys I've never heard of? Why would we do that?"

"Come on Amy, you obviously know their stories," Rose reasoned "Snow White, Rapunzel, Ash Puddle."

Amy did a double take. "What?"

"Ash Puddle was the original title for Cinderella." Tamara tried not to giggle.

Amy rolled her eyes. "I never liked Cinderella's prince. He was an idiotic airhead. He only married Cinderella because she was pretty."

"Sorry to burst your bubble, Amy, but that's where the chair will most likely be." Rose smiled.

"Don't make this any longer than it has to be, McAllister."

The drive to Frankfurt was not pleasant to say the least. The cab was cramped and Amy and Rose were getting on each others' nerves.

"Rose, move over," Amy said

"I can't move over! My shoulder might actually be attached to the door!"

"Well too bad. You're in my personal bubble." Amy retorted.

"Since when do you have a person bubble, Amy Hawthorne. You're constantly up in everyone's faces."

"Will you two SHUT UP?" Tamara roared.

And that's how the car ride went for 5 hours.

Once the girls arrived in Hanau, it was an understatement to say that they were exhausted. It was 5 o'clock in the evening, but the girls were ready to crash.

"Where's the nearest motel?" Amy said, dead with exhaustion.

"Shouldn't we go to the museum first?" Tamara suggested, although she was feeling tired herself.

"We can't anyway. The museum's closed." Rose grumbled.

"Thank goodness for that," Tara sighed.

The three girls looked for the nearest hotel which was "not too shabby" as Amy commented. As soon as they checked into their rooms, Rose, Tamara, and Amy were out like a light.

This chapter is dedicated to -wonderfull. Thank you for being such an amazing reader :)