Chapter 1
The Curse is Set in Stone
"Last one outside is a poisoned apple." called Cheryl merrily as she put on her Mary Jane shoes onto her feet. "Not if I have anything to do with it." Called back Greg and Sonja in unison as they dashed for the front door. All three friends stepped outside in unison and raced for the backyard where they were going to be flying their kites together, since it was an extremely windy day. As it turned out, it was a tie between the threesome as they reached the Tree Fort tree , which was their favorite kite flying spot. As they had been running, all three friends were laughing merrily. "Ready to let those kites fly?" asked Cheryl excitedly as she produced a pink kite on a long blue and white string with a large sparkly silver star on the front. "I'm ready." said Sonja cheerily as she began letting the red tail on her green kite with multi-colored sparkles on it Go up into the air. "I'm ready for take-off." said Greg happily as he readied his yellow kite with a purple tail on its end and red hearts all over it. "Then let's fly!" exclaimed Cheryl excitedly as she let her kite go into the wind which was blowing very hard. So hard in fact, that Cheryl was almost blown right off of the ground along with her kite in her hand. "Whoa!" she exclaimed as she felt the wind push her along. Greg and Sonja also, felt the wind pulling onto them as they let their kites go higher into the air. Inside of the house meanwhile, Cheryl had a plastic model of the Disney Princesses on a shelf in the living room, right by the window. They were amazingly detailed and they were each ten inches tall from head to foot. In all, there was Snow White, Cinderella, Aurora, Ariel, Belle, Jasmine, Pocahontas, Mulan, Tiana, Rapunzel, Merida, Elsa, Anna and Moana and they were all very pretty and very posable. Their dresses and shoes and accessories could be easily removed and Cheryl loved to play with them very much. In fact, whenever Greg and Sonja weren't at home, she considered them her playmates. She even had a model of a castle to place them inside of at night so that they could go to sleep. Each princess had a room of her own, modeled after their original stories. Every morning, she would dress them and brush out their hair and set them upon their special shelf. Each princess sat upon a special colored chair on the shelf and they looked so beautiful. It was as if they were really alive when you'd look right at them. But little did Cheryl know what was going to happen to her special friends. Back outside meanwhile, all three friends were gaily running around the yard, the string of their individual kites dangling from their hands as they flew flamboyantly in the air. It was a rather peaceful feeling, just running around with your hair flying in the breeze and feeling as free as a bird, without a single care in the world. But the freedom didn't last for very long, since the wind picked up and it began to rain heavily. As the threesome ran towards the house however, a gust of wind grabbed the side of the living room window and tore it open, resulting in the princesses falling off of their special shelf! As they fell to the floor, there was a loud crash that was heard from the living room. "Oh no!" screamed Cheryl in alarm as she ran frantically into the living room. Sure enough, all fourteen of her precious princesses were scattered all over the living room floor! But as Cheryl frantically tried to pick them up, they seemed to move on their own. As Cheryl grabbed for one princess, the rest of the group seemed to mix up and kept on scattering in a pile, resulting in a difficult clean-up job. On the shelf meanwhile, all of the princesses' chairs were mixed up. "Now how am I going to put them in the right order? It'll take me a hundred years to put everything away." said Cheryl sadly as she tried desperately to reach for Merida but didn't succeed. Luckily, the castle hadn't fallen off of the table where it proudly stood, its spires and turrets looking as radiant as ever. Suddenly, a bright light was seen in the living room. "What in the world?" asked Cheryl astonished when she saw the light getting brighter and brighter. It then got so bright, that she had to momentarily shut her eyes to avoid losing her vision. When the light disappeared, Sofia the First stood in front of Cheryl, her beautiful purple dress brightening up the room and her purple amulet sparkled in the living room lamplight. "Sofia! I'm so glad you're here!" gasped Cheryl surprised as she hugged the small princess happily. "I heard that you're having trouble putting away your princess friends." said Sofia as she noticed the princesses lying on the rug scattered in a heap. "Not only that, their chairs are all mixed up, it'll take me forever to clean up this mess." said Cheryl sadly as she sat on her favorite rocking chair and stared forlornly into Merida's beautiful face. She seemed to be saying: "Help me." And yet, Cheryl couldn't do anything to help her or any of her other princess friends for that matter. "Well, I have a solution to your problem, a certain sorcerer made this happen to you and that's why when you try to reach for a certain princess, the whole group moves away from you." said Sofia. "Cedric? But how on earth would he have anything against me? I didn't do anything to him." Said Cheryl now perplexed. "He knows that we're close friends and he'll do anything to get my amulet." Explained Sofia. Then Cheryl remembered. She had gone on an adventure in Enchancia with Sofia to find some gemstones for a necklace for Sonja. When Cedric had seen the two bond, he had resolved to cast a spell on Cheryl, to get revenge at her for chumming with Sofia. When he realized that Cheryl owned a model of the Disney princesses, he resolved that when she would go to pick them up, she would have a hard time to clean them up. Also, he would have the amulet of Avalor as well, since he would sneak into Sofia's bedroom and steal it while she would be asleep. "But how do I un-do his spell?" asked Cheryl curiously. "Well, there is one way out of this spell." Said Sofia as she tapped her chin in thought. "Really? What is it?" asked Cheryl excitedly. "Each princess has her own story, every day for 13 days, you will end up in a specific part of the house and have a specific story to read." began Sofia. "So if I were to read Snow White's story, I'd end up in the kitchen?" asked Cheryl curiously. Sofia nodded. "But when you get to a certain page in each of the stories, an item from that story will show you what part of each story that you and Greg must act out. Once that certain scene is acted out, each princess will return to her proper chair on the special shelf." said Sofia with a wink. "Do I have to dress up as the said princess?" asked Cheryl curiously. "It's optional." said Sofia with a soft smile on her face. "Thanks Sofia, I can't wait to go on this awesome adventure." said Cheryl with a grin. "No problem, have fun." Said Sofia as she disappeared into thin air and waved good-bye to her friend sweetly. "Thanks Sofia, I surely will!" cried Cheryl ecstatically as she saw the sparkles dissipate as Sofia left. After Sofia left, Cheryl thought long and hard about what her friend had said. After all, it didn't sound too hard, since she owned all thirteen stories in her Tree Fort tree on a shelf in her extensive library. Starting tomorrow, she would get a new story to read and both she and Greg would have to act out a specific scene from each story. What fun! At supper that evening, while the rain pounded mercilessly on the window panes of the house, Cheryl told both Greg and Sonja all about what Sofia had told her. "Sounds like an adventure, I'll gladly help you." said Greg after having listened to Cheryl's tale. "Sounds like fun." said Sonja as she too, had listened to Cheryl's tale. "Great, because our adventure starts tomorrow." said Cheryl as she took her empty plate over to the sink. "So you could end up in any room of the house based on the story for that day?" asked Sonja curiously. "Yup." said Cheryl as she began to wash the dishes. "I guess that I'll have to start reading then." said Greg as he headed for the door to the patio. "Maybe you should stick to two stories per night, because this will take thirteen days to complete." said Cheryl. "Why would it take 13 days when there are 14 princesses?" asked Sonja puzzled. "Elsa and Anna are in the same story." explained Cheryl as she wiped a plate clean. "Oh yeah, they're sisters aren't they." said Sonja, now getting the idea. "That's exactly right." said Cheryl with a grin. That night, when Cheryl went to bed, she couldn't stop thinking about the wonderful adventure that lay ahead of her and Greg for the foreseeable future.