The Wishing Spell

On their way to the Northern Kingdom, Alex and Conner wonder how they’ll get home now that the Wishing Spell can’t be used again. Froggy offers to let them stay with him while they search, and they accept the offer graciously. The guards take Goldilocks straight to the dungeon, and a protesting Jack follows. Alex and Conner find Snow White in the hidden room where the coffin used to be. They give Snow White the stone heart and tell her the queen’s story. Snow White knows all about Mira and admits that it’s “why I helped her escape” (404). In honor of the queen’s memory, the twins and Snow White vow to live their lives with compassion and never to look at villains the same way again.

That night, Red Riding Hood frees Goldilocks from the dungeon and helps her sneak to the woods, where Jack waits. Jack refuses to go back to his life in the Red Riding Hood Kingdom and live without Goldilocks anymore. Goldilocks and Jack ride into the forest. They know they’ll be the most wanted fugitives in the world, but they don’t care because “at last, they were in each other’s arms” (410).