Shuriki shot a blast of magic at Sofia, who pulled her head back behind the wall. She started to run to her parents' room.
"You're only making this harder for yourself, princess!" Shuriki said as she ran after her. Sofia turned the corner and threw open her parents' room door. She quickly slammed the door shut and locked it.
"Sofia? What are you doing up? And why did you lock our-?"
"Open the door, little princess!" Shuriki said, interrupting Roland.
"Oh. Well… we should probably wake up Amber and James and get out of Enchancia," Roland said. There was a loud bang against the door. Sofia gasped worriedly. Roland and Miranda clambered out of bed and got dressed. Afterwards, the three escaped through a secret door behind their bookshelf. Just as the secret door closed, the door was blasted down by Shuriki. The family started running through the passage. They came out in the throne room. They then rushed to Amber's room.
"Amber! Wake up!" Sofia said. Amber drowsily woke up.
"I'm up. I'm up," She said wearily.
"There you are, princess!" Shuriki said. Roland unsheathed his sword and pointed it at Shuriki.
"I wouldn't do that if you cared for your son!" Shuriki said as she magically pulled James, who was tied up, to her.
"Let me go!" James said. The four gasped at the shock of James' capture.
"Let him go, Shuriki!" Roland said.
"No. I would be willing to… trade, though," Shuriki said as she shot an evil eye at Sofia, who backed up against Amber's bed.
"Give me Princess Sofia and your son will be set free!" She said. Roland glanced at Sofia and then back at Shuriki. Roland sheathed his sword and then sighed.
"Can you give me a minute?" Roland said. Shuriki nodded. Roland and Miranda leaned down to Sofia.
"I don't think we can get out of this," Roland whispered.
"I have an idea!" Sofia said.
"What is it?!" Roland whispered excitedly.
"You trade me for James, and-"
"WHAT?!" Roland whispered, shocked.
"You didn't let me finish!" Sofia whispered.
"You four then go back to Avalor with Mr. Cedric and ask Princess Elena for help!" Sofia finished. Roland bit his lower lip.
"I'm not sure about that plan, Sofia," Roland said.
"It's the only way to save James," Sofia said.
"Okay," Roland said, "Do you agree with that plan, Miranda?" Miranda looked at Sofia, who was looking at her. She looked so sweet and innocent. She sighed.
"Alright…" Miranda said. They turned around and looked back at Shuriki.
"So, do we have a deal?" Shuriki asked.
"Yes," Roland said.
"DAD!" James said as Shuriki let him down. Sofia walked over to Shuriki. She smiled wickedly at the little princess. She then waved her wand in a circle and they disappeared.
"Why would you give her up like that, dad?!" James asked.
"Because we have a plan!" Roland said. Miranda looked at the ground, depressed.
"She'll be fine Miranda. But for now, we need to go get Cedric and go back to Avalor!" Roland said.
Shuriki and Sofia appeared in a small room, which appeared to be a dungeon of sorts.
"Where are we?" Sofia asked.
"At my old mansion in the Northern Islands!" Shuriki responded. She pushed Sofia into the cell they were at and locked the door.
"What do you even want with me?" Sofia asked.
"Revenge," Shuriki answered.
"I know… but in what way?" Sofia asked.
"Staying with me as a prisoner for the rest of your time!" Shuriki said. Sofia leaned against the wall and the sat down. Shuriki gave her the smirk face and then walked away.
"I just hope they hurry!" Sofia said.
Roland, Miranda, James, and Amber arrived at Cedric's workshop. Cedric turned around.
"Your majesties! What are you all doing in my-" Cedric stopped.
"Where is Princess Sofia?" Cedric asked, as he had noticed she was not there.
"We traded her freedom for James'." Roland said.
"Merlin's mushrooms! That does not sound like you, your majesty! Why in Merlin's name would you ever do that?!" Cedric asked, shocked.
"Because we have a plan. We need to get to Avalor, ASAP!" Roland said. The five people left the room. They left the castle and took a ship to Avalor.
Sofia was sitting on her wooden bed in her cell.
"This is our time," she sang to herself. She had already scoured the entire cell for any way to escape, and there was no way. She sighed. She heard the door open and knew immediately that it was Shuriki.
"Why would he ever give me up?! I'm his youngest daughter and he gave me up!" Sofia sobbed, or so it seemed like that to Shuriki.
"I guess your father doesn't care for you as much as you thought!" Shuriki said. Sofia noticed a plate with food in her hand. She pushed it beneath the bars. Shuriki then took her leave. Sofia waited until Shuriki had completely left the dungeon before she stopped. She got up. She sat down and investigated the plate. There was an apple, a slice of bread, and a cup of milk on it. She just looked at it, debating whether she should eat it. Specifically the apple, for the words of Snow White echoed in her head
"The apple was poisoned!" Sofia sighed and picked up the slice of bread and ate it. After eating the slice of bread, she drank the milk. She placed the cup back on the plate. She sighed and started staring at the apple again.
"Should I?" She asked herself. She eventually settled on the decision to leave it be. She climbed back onto he bed and continued singing.
"So we will march to the palace once more, to bring back the freedom of all Avalor!" Sofia sang to herself.
Roland, Miranda, James, Amber, and Cedric arrived in Avalor. They trekked up to the palace to meet Elena.
"Hello guards. I am-"
"-King Roland of Enchancia. We know. What do you need?" one of the guards asked.
"We need to speak with Princess Elena!" Roland said.
"Alright!" the guards said. The five walked into the throne room where Elena sat, addressing her kingdom with her Grand Council.
"Princess Elena!" Roland said. Elena looked away from a paper she was reading.
"King Roland!" Elena said as she stood up. She walked over to them.
"Who is this person with the purple robe you brought in?" She asked.
"This is Cedric, our royal sorcerer," Roland said.
"Greeting, Cedric!" Elena said.
"Pleasure to meet you, your majesty," Cedric said as he bowed.
"What'd you guys need?" Elena asked.
"Shuriki's alive…" Miranda said. The smile faded from Elena's face.
"What happened?" she asked in a serious tone of voice.
"Sofia gave up her freedom to save James' freedom. She told us to come get you!" Roland said. Elena glanced back at the members of the Grand Council.
"Allow me to speak with my Grand Council," Elena said. She turned around and walked back to her council. They could hear some chat going on in the group of people. Elena turned and came back to Roland, Miranda, James, Amber, and Cedric.
"My council says they'll help you stop Shuriki and save Sofia," Elena said to them.
"Thank you, Elena!" Miranda said.
"So," Elena said, "what's the plan?"
"We don't have one…" Roland said.
"Wha-?! Sofia didn't give you a plan?!" Elena said.
"All she said was to come get you with our royal sorcerer!"
"Ugh!" Roland and Elena said in unison.