CHAPTER TWO

Andrew called his girlfriend, but she didn't respond. 'Maybe she's not home yet.' he thought. He dialed the number again. But no one picked up the phone.

"Andy, what's bothering you?" Virginia asked him.

"Mom, I'm trying to call Edna. But she's not home yet. And it's really late." he dialed the phone again.

"Honey, maybe she didn't come home from work yet."

"I took her home mom. Her work finishes at seven. And it's eleven now." Suddenly they heard a knocking on the door. "Is dad home?"

"Yeah. He's taking a shower. I wonder who could that be?" Virginia got up to open the door. "May I help you?" she said as she opened the door to a girl.

"I'm sorry to disturb at this hour. Is Andy home?" the girl said in a shaky voice. Her face was wet because of tears.

"Edna!" Andy ran to the door. "Come in."

Virginia was amazed by her son's behaviour, 'Maybe that's her' she thought. Edna went inside. Andy took her in his arms as she cried.

"What's wrong honey? Why are you crying?" he asked.

"It's Emma. She disappeared." she replied as she put her head on his chest and continued to cry.

"Calm down now." he moved his fingers through her hair. "Calm down and we'll talk about this." They sat on the couch, and waited until Edna stopped crying.

Virginia brought her a glass of water. "Here, drink some water, and tell us what happened."

Edna took a sip of the water and started to talk. "After I went home from work, Emma suggested that we go on a walk through the park. We went, and she wanted to have a race. I agreed. She was leading, then, there was this blue wavy thing. She didn't see it, as she was looking back at me. When she reached it, she just...disappeared. Oh God! I lost my sister forever!" she started to cry again.

Andy put his arm around her shoulder and pulled her close to him. "We'll find her. You didn't lose her honey."

Virginia heard about something familiar to her 'Blue wavy thing'. But she didn't recognise it. She went to her room. Wolf was getting dressed. "Wolf, I just heard about a blue wavy thing that sounds really familiar to me."

"Isn't it the portal?" Wolf said.

"Oh my God. Of course! The portal! Wolf we have to go back."

"Virginia, we just came here a week ago. Why should we go back?"

Virginia told him about what Edna has just said. Wolf's mouth dropped open in amazement. "But how? Who kept the mirror opened?" he asked.

"I don't know Wolf. But I think it's time for Edna to know about the kingdoms. I don't think that she'll agree to stay here while we go and search for her sister. Besides, she said that they ran through the park, and our portal is on the edge. So, it's a different one."

"But how do we know that it led to the kigdoms and not to somewhere else?"

"Because there isn't anywhere else Wolf."

"Oh, OK." he said and continued getting dressed. When he was finished they went back to the living room and saw Andy talking to Edna.

"Andy, will you introduce your friend to us?" Virginia said with a smile on her face.

"Oh yeah. Mom, dad, this is Edna, my girlfriend. Edna, these are my parents. My mother Virginia, and my dad Wolf."

Edna got up and shaked their hands. "I'm really sorry that we met this way."

"But it's so nice to meet you Edna." Virginia said.

"Pleasure to meet you Edna." Wolf said as he shook her hand.

"Its a pleasure to meet you too." she smiled.

"Edna, we think we know where your sister is." Virginia said.

"Can you find her?" Edna asked.

"We're not sure about it yet. But we're going to try. But before that, you we're going to tell you a story, and you have to keep it a secret. Promise?"

"Yes. I'll do anything just to get Emma back. I can't live without her."

"What about me?" Andy made a puppu-dog look.

"Oh Andy, you have your own place in my heart, but you have to understand, me and Emma are twins, and we're so close to eachother. We even can hear eachother without saying a word."

"Huff-puff!" Wolf scratched his temple. "That's amazing!"

"Yeah. We're so much connected to eachother in different ways. We feel eachother, we can talk to eachother without actually speaking. If one of us is sick, the other gets sick too."

"Alright, now, I'll tell you the story. remember not to tell anyone about it."

"Umm, before you begin Mrs. Wolfson, I want to tell you that I can't keep it from Emma. Is that OK?"

"Emma is already at the place where I'm going to tell you about." Virginia told her about how she and her father ended up in the kingdoms and saved it. And that Wolf is a half-wolf, and Andy is the same as his father. Edna listened carefully, and she was so much amazed by the fact of another dimension.

"But if the portal is closed now, how are we going to get there?"

"Wait." Virginia said and she went to her rrom, and came back quickly. She had a little mirror in her hand. "See this mirror? It's a communicating mirror." Edna looked at her with a lifted eyebrow.

"Communicating mirror?" she asked.

"You see, at the kingdoms they call eachother using magical mirrors. But only the very rich people can use them, like the royal family." Andy said.

"And when can we go?"

"Do you have anything you'd like to take with you? We can wait until you pack." Virginia said.

"Yeah. Andy, take Edna home and help her to pack her bag, and come back here. Meanwhile we'll call Wendell to open the mirror." Wolf said.

"Ok dad. Let's go Edna." Andy replied, and he took Edna's hand and they went out. They went to her apartment, which wasn't so far from his home. It was only a few buildings away.

Virginia held the mirror in front of her and said: "Mirror, show me Wendell please." the mirror started to crack and it showed a huge room. Wendell was in his office signing some papers. "Wendell? Can you hear me?"

Wendell looked around, but didn't see Virginia. He knew it was her. He started to search for a mirror. "Virginia where are you? I can't see you?"

"It doesn't matter Wendell. We need you to open the mirror for us. We're comming back."

"Oh, how nice! When should I open it?"

"In one hour."

"Alright. I'll be waiting for you."

"Oh, Wendie, please prepare dinner for us. We're bringing a guest." Wolf said.

"Alright Wolf. But are you sure about this guest of yours?"

"She's Andy's girlfriend. We'll tell you everything when we get there, OK?" Virginia said.

"Alright. See you soon." The mirror started to crack again, and Wendell's image faded.

After 30 minutes, Andy and Edna came back. "We're back!" Andy called.

"Good. Let's go. We have about 30 minutes left. Wendell is openning the mirror." Virginia said.

They went out and headed to the park. They stood at the place where the portal should be. After a few minutes they saw the blue portal.

"OK, Virginia, you go first." Wolf said, and he looked around to make sure that there's no one around. Virginia went through the portal. "Andy, you and Edna are next."

"I'm not sure about this." Edna said.

"It's OK Edna. I've been through it. It's safe, and you won't feel anything." Andy said to her softly.

"Alright. Anything for Emma." she said, and went through the portal holding Andy's hand. Wolf took a last look around and he also went through it.

As they all were there, Wolf turned off the mirror, before any other person could step in it by mistake. "Huff-puff! Where back!" he said happyly. "Wendie!" he gave Wendell a wolfish hug when he saw him.

"Hello Wolf." Wendell said as he tried to breath. "Wolf, can you let me go? I need to breath."

"Yes of course." Wolf said as he let him go.

"Uncle Wendell, this is Edna. My girlfriend." Andy said as he introduced them. "Edna, this is my uncle Wendell, the king of the 4th kingdom."

Edna was amazed by the fact 'Andy's uncle.... a king? WOW!' she thought. "It's nice to meet you Your Majesty" she said and bowed a little.

"It's an honor to meet you young lady." Wendell said and kissed her hand. Edna blushed. It was the first time a man would kiss her hand. "Alright, let's go and have some dinner. Wolf, i remember you were hungry?" wendell turned to Wolf.

"Rrrravenous!" Wolf replied.

They all went to the dining room. The table was full of different types of dishes. Wolf was excited. He always loved to eat in the palace. The food is always perfect here. And the servants would never say 'We don't have it.' when he orders something specific. They sat near the table, and started to eat.

After dinner, Virginia and Wolf went to their room. Andy took edna to her room. He requested that her room would be next to his, so they would be close to eachother.

"Edna, this is your room. And mine is on the left." he said pointing to his room. If you need anything, just call.

"OK." They kissed, and she entered her room. Andy went to his room, and as soon as he changed his clothes and got in bed, he fell asleep.