<P> Alex heads home after attending school and finds her brother Conner, who is worried because their mother hasn't yet come home from work . He also found a romantic note to their mother from a surgeon she worked with named Dr. Bob who brought them a puppy . When Charlotte comes home, Alex and Conner ask if Charlotte really has a boyfriend . Their mother tells them that it's true . Later on, Bob goes to see the twins and tells them about his plan to propose to their mother . He shows them the ring, which has two large diamonds on it, one pink and the other blue . When Bob asks the twins for permission about the proposal, Conner and Alex decide that this would make both Bob and their mom happy, so they agree . </P> <P> All three decided to surprise Charlotte with a special dinner at the Bailey house . Alex returns home as quickly as she could from a course she was taking at a community college, and Bob tells their officemates at the hospital to keep Charlotte busy so she won't come home early . The twins' mother, Charlotte, doesn't show up on time, but another nurse at the hospital says that she had left two hours ago . They then hear a mysterious knock at the door and a bunch of fairy tale soldiers barge in . Bob was originally doubtful, but later accepts that The Land of Stories is real . The twins' grandmother, the Fairy Godmother, enters and explains that their mother was kidnapped . While their grandmother attends to her own business, Mother Goose babysits the twins . Later, Alex gives Mother Goose champagne until she becomes drunk, and Alex asks her for information, which she unknowingly gives . </P> <P> Alex discovers that her mother was captured by Ezmia, "the Enchantress," and that the Sleeping Kingdom was in ruin . Since she couldn't get to the Land of Stories through the book, she sneaks out of the house and goes to her Grandmother's house, hoping to find a way to the Land of Stories . The next day, she almost falls off of a bridge . Unexpectedly, Conner saves her, and admits that he had followed her . They eventually go to their grandmother's house, which had a glowing painting in it . Alex knows that this is a portal to the other world . Suddenly, Alex and Conner find themselves in The Land of Stories . They eventually find Froggy, who is still in frog form as a disguise . All three travel to the Red Riding Hood Kingdom, where the Enchantress seemed to be destroying symbolic historic sights . Alex and Conner then attend a meeting only for the kings and queens by persuading Red to wear a dress that they could hide under . At the meeting, the Enchantress captures Alex and Conner's grandmother, revealing that she had captured' Alex', but instead got Charlotte, their mother, who pretended to be Alex . At Red's castle, Conner learns of something called the Wand of Wonderment, which makes the holder invincible . To create it, one must find the six most valuable things of the six most hated people in the world . To help find all the items, Red asks the villagers to all pitch in to make a flying ship out of all her baskets . </P> <P> When the ship is completed, Alex, Conner, Red, Froggy, Goldilocks, and Jack fly the ship across The Land of Stories . They obtain the ice scepter of the Snow Queen, the wedding ring of Cinderella's stepmother, the giant's harp, the glass from the Evil Queen's mirror, and the jewels of the Sea Witch . However, they are unclear on what the Enchantress's most prized possession is . After landing in the Troll and Goblin territory, they discover that Trollbella is now queen, and that Bob traveled to the Land of Stories as well . They meet the ghost of Evil Queen in the Eastern Kingdom, who says that the Enchantress' most prized possession is her pride . </P>

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