<P> As for Alex, she keeps messing up casting her spells . She eventually meets a farm boy named Rook Robins, whom she starts falling for . She becomes very torn later in the story because her grandmother is dying and she feels like she is killing her . The fairy godmother is dying because she finally finds a replacement; now the fairy god mother can rest knowing the fairy tale world rests in good hands . </P> <P> Conner finds out that one of the stories is actually a secret message and a warning for the Land of Stories . He sets out across Germany to crack a 200 - year code . With the help of Bree and the directions of Mother Goose, Conner eventually meets Emmerich Himmelsback, a little boy from a small village . </P> <P> Alex and Conner realize an army from their world, the world of regular people, is coming to the Fairy Tale world . The army is led by the Masked Man, whom they presume is their father . When some villagers are attacked by the Grande Armée, Rook (Alex's crush) informs the army of where Alex and the kings and queens are located in order to free his father . </P> <P> Alex's grandmother, the fairy godmother, eventually defeats the twins' presumed father's dragon with her fairy magic and dies . Alex is disgusted with Rook, figuring out he was the person who leaked out information and dumps him . Rook saves the world . Alex feels sad about dumping him, but knows she has to . In the end Alex finds out the masked man is Lloyd Bailey . </P>

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