CHAPTER FOUR
Edna woke up and got dressed. She put on her blue jeans and a black t-shirt that she really liked. her hair was short, so she never wasted any time on fixing it. She just brushed it and went out. She never used make-up either. She was always on a hurry that she hardly ever had time to stand in front of a mirror for a while to check how she looked. But Andy liked her that way. No make-up, no perfumes. He enjoyed her natural scent.
As she got dressed, she covered her bed, and waited near the window. She closed her eyes and thought about Emma, and tried to call her. 'Emma, can you hear me?'
Emma heard her voice, and she closed her eyes to concentrate. 'Edna! I'm so glad that you're here.'
'Do you know where you are?' Edna asked.
'No. But this guy is handsom, and this place is scary. It has no windows, and it's like a one room. The bed, the kitchen stuff are all in the living room. I have no idea what kind of a place is this.'
'Emma, I know that we're close to you. But we can't find you like that. We have to wait until you tell me where you are specificly. If you manage to get out, tell me how does the area look like.'
'Alright. Please don't leave me here.' Emma said.
'I won't leave you. No way! I'll find you, and we'll go back home. I promise.' Edna replied as tears filled her eyes. At that moment, she heard the door knock. 'Emma, I need to open the door now. I'll talk to you later. Take care of yourself.'
'OK, you take care too.' Emma replied.
Edna quickly wiped her tears and went to open the door. It was Andy.
"Good mor... why are you crying?" he asked. His smile faded as soon as he saw the tears.
"I just talked to Emma."
"Really? She's here? That's great!" Andy gave her a hug. She rested her head on his chest.
"She's in this world Andy, but she doesn't know where she is. She said that she's injured. She can't move." Edna started to cry.
"Cripes. How are we supposed to find her. This place is so big."
"Andy, I told her when she gets out, she should tell me about the area that she's in. Maybe you would recognize it somehow." she lifted her head to face him.
"Of course my dear." he moved his fingers through her hair. "If she describes the place where she is, I'm sure that dad will know it. He knows this place better than anyone. He was raised here."
"Oh Andy. I don't know what I would've done without you."
"I'll do anything for you Edna. Anything at all." he said and they kissed. "Now, let's go downstairs to have some breakfast. I'm hungry, and I'm sure you're hungry too."
"I don't have appetite. I can't eat while I know that my sister is hurting somewhere out there."
"But you need all of your energy to help her, so you should eat." he took her hand and they went to the dining room. everyone was there except for Wendell and Tony.
Tony was enjoying his life in the palace. He didn't work. He was teaching young men everything he knew about being a janitor. He thought that it would be needed in the kingdoms, and someone should know how to do that work. Although he always hated it.
"Good morning mom, dad." Andy said as he and Edna reached the table.
"Morning son!" Wolf replied.
"Good morning Mr. and Mrs. Wolfson." Edna said with a smile.
"Good morning dear. Did you sleep well?" Virginia asked.
"Oh yes. I talked to Emma last night and a few minutes ago." Edna said as she sat next to Andy around the table.
"Really? That means she's here!" Virginia said.
"Huff-puff! Did she say where she was?" Wolf asked.
"No Mr. Wolfson. She only said that it was a small room or something. Without windows. But she promised to tell me how does that place look like when she can get out. She's injured."
"But how?" Virginia asked.
"The full moon." Wolf said.
"What?" Virginia was amazed. Wolf was acting natural at home. How could it be a full moon night?
"Virginia, it was full moon yesterday night."
"But how come you were normal?"
"I don't know. The moon doesn't affect on me that much in New York. But here it should've worked. Maybe it was because of the mirror? Maybe the travelling mirror blocked the powers of the moon while I was getting through it?"
"I don't know Wolf." Virginia replied.
"Mom, can we eat now? I'm starving." Andy complained.
"Andy, you know that we should wait for your uncle and grandfather to come. So, be patient."
"Huff-puff!" Andy replied, and sat there waiting. Edna smiled at him. He was acting like a child again. She held his hand from under the table, and their eyes met. Wolf noticed what was going on. He smiled and hit Virginia by the elbow a little to move her attention to them. Virginia saw the moment and she smiled.
"Our son has grown up." Virginia whispered to Wolf.
"Yeah. Isn't that great? It's about time to get himself a mate." Wolf replied.
Finally Wendell came. "Good morning everyone. I'm sorry I'm late. I visited Anthony, and he was still asleep. So, he won't join us for breakfast. We can start without him."
"Thank you God!" Andy said looking up to the ceiling. Edna giggled at the scnene. Andy was really hungry, that he ate like a... wolf.
"You sure have an appetite." Edna whispered to him.
"I'm a wolf. I'm supposed to have such appetite." he replied.
"You should tell me about that."
"I'll tell you everything you need to know. But after this, OK?" he said and continued chewing. Edna smiled, and continued eating as well.
As they finished breakfast, they went to a room that was much more like a huge living room. Edna was amazed by it.
"Edna, would you tell us about your family?" Virginia asked, as they sat.
That was a paiful question for Edna to answer. She never talked about her family without tears rolling from her eyes, and this time, it was no exeption. Her eyes filled with tears at once.
"My parents died in a car accident when me and Emma were 5 years old. We had a brother, who was older than us by four years. He was lost when he was 11. After two years of my arents' death. We never heard about him since."
Andy sat close to her and took he hands in his. "It's OK honey." he said to her softly. He knew how much pain it caused her to talk about them.
"I'm really sorry to hear that. But who raised you and your sister?" Virginia asked.
"My aunt. We moved to live with her. She lives in New Jersey now. She wanted me and Emma to go and live with her, but we didn't want to. So, when we turned eighteen, she finally decided to go. So, we lived alone since. And two years ago, I met Andy." She looked at Andy and smiled. He smiled back to her.
"Huff-puff! You didn't tell us that you knew her for that long. I thought you met eachother a few months ago." Wolf said to Andy.
"I didn't know how to tell you dad." Andy said as he blushed.
"What a shy boy you have Wolf. He doesn't look like you at all." Wendell said, trying to tease him.
"For the fairy's sake Wendie! He looks just like me. Look at him." Wolf said pointing to Andy. "The same hair, they same eyes, the same face, well, almost the same. He has the same instincts, and a tail just like mine."
"A tail?" Edna exclaimed. Andy never told her that he had a tail.
"Umm, I wanted to tell you about it later." Andy told her.
"Cripes. I think I've ruined everything." Wolf said.
"Try to keep your mouth shut sometimes Wolf." Tony said, as he entered the room.
"Grandpa!" Andy was happy to see his grandfather again. He quickly got up and hugged Tony.
"How're you doing Andy?" Tony asked.
"I'm fine. Hey, I want you to meet my girlfriend, Edna." he said pointing at Edna. She stood up and walked toward Tony.
"Nice to meet you Sir." she said.
"Andy you really have a good taste. You got that from me for sure." Tony said. "Nice to meet you too Edna." they shaked hands.
"You never change Tone." Wolf said.
"Now don't get started you two." Virginia said. "Dad, come and sit." she offered him a seat next to her.
Tony walked slowly and sat down. He was getting old, but he hated to admit it. So, what brings you back?" he asked.
"Edna's sister is missing. She's somewhere here. But we don't know yet." Andy said. Virginia told Tony the whole story. He listened carefully.
"But I thought there wasn't any other mirrors around." he said.
Wendell brought an old book, and sat on a chair. "There is one." he said.
"What do you mean?" Virginia asked.
"This is a book about old mirrors, that aren't used by anyone for a long time now. They used to belong to Queen Rapunzell's step-mother. You know, that evil queen who put a curse on her to sleep."
"Wasn't that supposed to be a fairy tale?" Edna asked.
"We thought that too." Virginia said. "But I saw a message from the one of the Grimm brothers that was two-hundred years old. It sems that he was here at that time, and he wrote about them as fairy tales."
"Wow." Edna was amazed... again.
"And Snow White is my mom's fairy God-mother." Andy said.
"Really? That's great! Snow White has always been my favorite from Disney." Edna replied.
"That's good to hear." Wendell said. "She'll be very happy to hear about that. Now back to the main subject. There's an invisible travelling mirror that is opened once in fifteen years, and it stays opened until someone passes through it. Now looks like Edna's sister was the victim."
"If we just didn't race. It was my fault. I shouldn't have agreed on racing her. None of this would've happened." Edna said in a sad tone.
"Don't blame yourself my dear." Wendell tried to confort her. "The victims are chosen by the mirror itself. It's written about it here in the book. It chose her, and thankfully she's somewhere in the kingdoms, as Wolf has told me."
"That means, even if we just walked there, she would've been passed through it no matter what?"
"Yes. Wolf said that you can communicate with her, right?"
"Yes. She told me that she doesn't know where she is, and she'll let me know as soon as she could got out of bed."
"Wendie, there's one more thing." Wolf said.
"What is it Wolf?"
"It was a full moon night yesterday, but it didn't affect me or Andy."
"It's because of the mirror. It's a powerful one, and it blocks any other powers that are in the kingdoms for one day. You were in the 10th kingdom at that time, and as I know the moon there doesn't affect you as much as the moon here. So, when you passed through our travelling mirror, the invisible still had it's powers on. So, that's why you weren't affected."
"It must be a scary mirror." Virginia said.
"None of the old mirrors were nice ones." Wendell said. "They weren't made by the dwarves. The evil queen made them by herself. And after she was killed by the prince, they destroyed all her mirrors, except for the invisible one. She put a curse on it, so no one would see it. When it's opened once in fifteen years, all you see is a portal. And as soon as you pass through, it closes by itself."
"I think we should start a mirror business." Tony said. "We can sell them at high prices. We would make a fortune."
"I don't think that's a good idea dad." Vrginia said. "You don't know who would use them."
"Besides Anthony, we don't need a fortune. We already have it." Wendell added.
"Alright, I guess I better go and get a nap. I feel tired." Tony got up and walked to his room.
"Grandpa never changes." Andy said, and laughed.
"You're absolutely right son!" Wolf said.
"Andy, why don't you show your friend the palace?" Wendell asked.
"Good idea uncle Wendell. Edna let's go. I'll show you everything." Andy said.
Edna got up and took Andy's hand as both of them left the room.