Disclaimer: Of course I do not own the 10th Kingdom characters, although I wish to own Wendell . Anyway, I only own Janessa Pruitt, Christopher Jackson, and April Heron.
Overview: This story is about the other crisis that Virgina hinted in the last words of the movie. The Plot will strengthen throughout the story as well. It begins prior to where the story left off when Virginia's friends comes to visit to get the greatest adventure known to them through only written tales of the fairy tale language.
Chapter One
A loud sound of a stereo blared out high above the 84th Street next to the quiet Central Park. All passerby wasn't as alerted to this as two men came walking out of the park onto the busy sidewalk facing an apartment building across the street.
"What is that dreadful sound Anthony?" the tall man than had delicate features of a fairy tale prince. Anthony looked up the building to try to spot his daughter's new apartment that she share with her mate Wolf. He spotted a open window of the penthouse level of the apartment.
Hearing Wendell's voice Tony snapped out of the dreadful thought about her daughter marrying a wolf. "It's what we here call music Prince," he said using the name that had stuck with him since Wendell was a dog. "A lot of people here love it and it seems to be coming from Virginia's apartment. That could mean only one thing."
Wendell raised an eyebrow as if he didn't understand what Tony was trying to say to him,"What could be wrong?" he asked looking dead at Tony still questioning him more about this place called Man Hat Ten.
Tony laughed as he looked from Wendell back to the window,"Virginia has company. It's probably her friends Janessa and Christopher that have come to visit from Atlanta."
They both crossed the street trying to steer away from the on coming cars that blared their loud yells at them as they made their way across. Some of their drivers gave them the finger as they drove pass them. Tony shouted something back at one of the drivers that even Wendell couldn't make out the words over the loud yells of the horseless carriages that passed by. Once they crossed the street to the other said on the busy street Tony looked up at his long term apartment that made a cold shiver run down his spane. Murray. That was the only person he was worried about, Seven Wishes were nothing, but a waste now. A bad memory he called it.
Wendell looked around at the abandon lobby of the apartment building not really expecting the red carpet treatment that he was used to back in the Kingdoms. "Tony, What's Atlanta? Is it a Kingdom?" he asked once they reached the elevator that he remembered Virginia locking the Trolls into once.
As Tony pressed the button up to call the elevation down,"No, It's another city in the 10th Kingdom. Atlanta is the capital city of Georgia where Janessa and Christopher are from." he replied as they both stepped into the elevator to go up to the penthouse floor.
"So, there's more to the 10th Kingdom than just Man Hat Ten?" Wendell asked sounding surprised by what Tony had just said. He couldn't believe that one Kingdom hand more places then his own Kingdom. Of course he didn't know that the 10th Kingdom was actually America. Tony nodded hoping that Virginia had warned her friends about them coming if not it would be a surprise.
Meanwhile in the Penthouse Suite on the upper level of the apartment building where the music could been heard from five floors down. It was nearly driving people up the walls sending complaints to the Wolfson's front door. Virginia had been in the dining room setting up the table for her friends and her father that was coming to eat. Wolf, who was usually the chef was in the living room watching The Wizard of Oz on a local movie channel with Janessa's joke some boyfriend Christopher. Who would of thought that a wolf would of been interested in a kids movie? Virginia didn't know as she went back into the kitchen to check on the dinner progress.
Standing at the stove was Janessa's high school friend April from Greenville, a sweet Carolina girl that had the brains of dolphin. Virginia adored her as a friend that she knew would do anything for her friends and would go the extra mile in some cases. April's cooking techniques worked from her career center days in High School and from personal family training. Virginia loved April's southern cooking from made from scratch buttermilk biscuits to the sweet hot taste of the chili that her mother taught her to make. Virginia wondered why April wasn't majoring in the Culinary Business, but she knew it wasn't her thing as saving animals was her mission since she was young.
Virginia smiled at April,"How's the chicken chowder coming?" she asked going past her to retrieve more plates for the table.
April looked up at her with her dazzling green eyes that match her below the shoulders dark brown curls,"It's going alright." she replied turning her eyes back on the chowder in the pot. "This place is amazing Virginia. You were right restaurant business in the Big Apple is the money." she said commenting on Virginia's long term dream to own a restaurant had come true by the restaurant called "The Wolf's Den" which made them (meaning Wolf and Virginia) to move up in the world.
Virginia smiled at her,"Thank you April. You should of went into the business. Who knows you could of been a famous chef." she said as she walked passed her again.
April laughed,"Saving Animals is my dream which I'm trying to reach. Culinary is not an experience that I want to redo again." she said turning down the knob to let the chowder simmer with the lid over the top. She made sure that it would be alright before she laid down the spoon on a paper towel and walked out behind Virginia.
"I better go and get Janessa before your father gets here." she said walking pass the dinning room towards to stairs to the upper floor where the music was yelling from. "I declare that she could wake up a dead man with her Punk Rock music."
Virginia laughed,"You remind me of Scarlett O'Hara. April with that southern voice of yours." she said making her way to the living room to tell the two movie struck men to get ready.
"My nickname in my family is Scarlett." April said with a smile before she vanished upstairs to drown the music into a mute. She opened the door to see Janessa on a chat site on her laptop obliviously chatting with her friend in Atlanta when April crossed the floor to switch off the loud music.
"April, why did you do that for? That's my favorite track." Janessa said trying to switch the music back on with the remote, but came to know that the stereo was unplugged from the outlet nearby. "You're a cruel one April."
April shook her head,"We have company remember. Virginia's father is coming to visit and we don't need this loud music that could wake all of the dead men in all of New York State." she said staring at her dirty blonde, blue eyed friend on the bed.
Janessa sighed as she logged off her laptop than placed it aside on the bed stand nearby,"Whatever you say Scarlett." she said using April's nickname that she came well known for at home. She followed April out of the room unaware that the company was in the living room at the moment.
Second chapter will be posted soon. I hope you all enjoyed it.