The Land of Stories: The Adventure Continues

A Fairy's Spell

Charlie woke up the next day in a nice comfy bed in the Fairy Palace. She had the time of her life the day before. Her grandfather told her about the Fairytale World and it's history. He showed her the unicorn meadow, and Red personally showed her her kingdom. It had to be part of the official tour. Charlie met all of the royals, trolls, and the elves. Charlie now truly believed in magic, and her grandfather was overjoyed to show Charlie everything, and he loved to see the smile on her face as she stared in awe at everything.

Charlie got out of bed and ran downstairs to find that the Fairy Palace was completely empty. She searched the ballroom, the dining room, and even outside.

"Grandpa!" Charlie yelled. "Where are you?"

"Charlie!?" A voice yelled from the distance. Charlie looked in the distance and saw her mother, Matthew and Carrie.

"Mom!"  Charlie said and ran to her.  Elizabeth picked her daughter up and hugged her tightly.

"Where are we?"  Her mother asked.

"The Fairytale World."  Charlie said.

"That's not possible.  The Fairytale World doesn't exist."  Matthew said.

"Matt you just saw a book glow, and there's a unicorn standing right next to us."  Carrie said and gestured to the unicorn. Matthew, and Elizabeths mouths were wide open as they stared at the majestic unicorn.  The unicorn walked closer to them and bowed.

"What's wrong with it?"  Matthew asked.

"I don't know, I'm not vet."  Elizabeth said.

"It's bowing because we have magic.  Grandpa told me."  Charlie said and went up to pet it, but her mother pulled her away.

"Where is Grandpa by the way?"  Elizabeth asked.  Suddenly a huge mist of fog covered the meadow.  They all grabbed onto one another so they wouldn't get lost.  They couldn't see a thing, not even the unicorn in front of them. 

"Charlie."  An airy voice said in the distance.  "Charlie."

"Who said that!"  Elizabeth yelled tightening her grasp on Charlie.  A bright light shown in the distance, and it got closer, and closer.

"What the hell is that?"  Matthew said.  "Show yourself!"

"Now is that how you talk to your great grandmother?"  The airy voice said.

"Great grandmother?"  Carrie said.  The bright light turned into a ghostly image of a old women and she wore a blue rode and her white hair was in a bun with flowers tied into it.

"Hello."  The old women said.

"Who are you?"  Charlie asked.

"Little Charlie, I'm your great great grandmother.  I'm the Fairy Godmother."  She said.

"Someone please smack me, because I'm obviously dreaming."  Matthew said as he stared at her.

"I'll do it!"  Carrie said and smiled, really wanting to smack her brother.

"Never mind."  Matthew said.  "So, the Fairy Godmother.  Why doesn't this seem like I'm dreaming."

"Because it's not a dream.  This is all real.  This world, is real."

"Ok, we'll play along, so your really our great grandmother, and your the Fairy Godmother."  Elizabeth said.

"That's correct."  She said.

"This has to be a dream though.  Magic doesn't exist, none these stories exist.  They're stories that we tell to our children for entertainment."  Elizabeth said.

"So you don't get anything out of these stories?"

"Not really." Elizabeth said.

"I do."  Carrie said.

"I do too."  Charlie said looking up at her mother.

"So your our Dads grandmother? Which means, our dads stories really are true."  Elizabeth said.  "So everything Alec and Connie did in the Fairytaletopia our Dad did."

"I knew it.  I knew they were true."  Carrie said and smiled.  "The way Dad would pay such attention to detail in each story, it's because he did everything.  So he did fight a 200 year old army, and fought a war in New York."

"I still don't believe all this."  Matthew said and crossed his arms.

"Please don't listen to my uncle."  Charlie said.  "Where did everyone go?"

"They are all in trouble and you four are the only ones who can save them."  The Fairy Godmother said.

"But, why us?"  Matthew asked.

"Because you are the descendants of great heroes.  You have magic that has been passed down from generation to generation." The Fairy Godmother said.  "I tried to get granddaughters children as well, but they cannot be reached, so you are their only hope."

"Can you give us one second."  Elizabeth said.  They all turned around so their backs were faced the Fairy Godmother.

"What do you think?"  Carrie said.

"I still say this is a dream.  But it just feels so real."  Matthew said.

"Probably because it is uncle Matthew.  If the Fairy Godmother is coming to us it means it's important.  Grandpa told me that she died years ago."  Charlie said.

"I say we trust her."  Carrie said.  "Let's hear her out."

"Ok."  Elizabeth said.  They turned around and faced her.  "What do we have to do?"

"You don't know anything about this world yet so your going to need some help.  I have a spell, a spell that will send you to a place where you'll find people who will help you.  This spell was lost when I died.  Here's what you'll need."  The Fairy Godmother handed Matthew a piece of paper and she handed Charlie a map.  "You better get started.  You don't have much time.  Good luck."

The Fairy Godmother then disappeared and the fog disappeared as well.

"What just happened?"  Matthew said.  He looked at the list of ingredients and the title.  "Time Travel Spell.  She expects us to go back in time!"

"Am I the only one who thinks this is awesome?"  Carrie said.

"No, I think it is."  Charlie said and raised her hand.

"Are we really going through with this?"  Elizabeth said.  "Who do you think she wants us to go get?"

"I'm guessing our parents."  Carrie said.  "What do we need?"

"The leaf from the Elves tree, a hair from a unicorns mane, and an object from the time you want to go back to."  Matthew said. "This is definitely going to be the weirdest thing I've ever done."

"We better get started, because the Elves tree is on the other side of the Dwarf Forest.  Grandpa said that the forest was dangerous, so we have to go now, he says it's better during the day."  Charlie said.  "There must be something of Grandpas in the palace for the object."

"What Palace?"  Carrie said.

"I'll show you, after we get that leaf."