This request came from gavin-the-turtle on tumblr. Kendra and Seth personality swap! Enjoy!
"Kendra. Stop," Seth said. "Let's think about this for a minute."
"We've fallen inside a tunnel at Fablehaven, have been wandering for hours, this path appears to lead above ground, and it's blocked by a sparkly gem on a pedestal. Let's move it," she replied.
Seth hoped she would realize how stupid she sounded by the pointed glare he tried to send her. "Do you realize how stupid that sounds? 'Ooh, random sparkly jewel sitting in front of what is potentially our only way out of this place. Shiiiiiny. Let's touch it!' It's obviously a trap. Use your brain!"
Kendra harrumphed at him. "We have a problem. I've proposed a solution, and all you've done is sat around blasting my proposal. Besides, I didn't mean to move the gem - that is obviously a trap. I meant to move the pedestal."
He furrowed his brows at her. "The pedestal is probably a trap, too."
"Shut up and help me move it."
"No."
"Okay, fine," she said. "I'll do it myself."
"Kendra, don't-!" Seth grabbed at his sister's arm to try and stop her, but she shrugged him off and made a beeline directly for the pedestal. "Stop! What if you kill us both?!"
"Then hopefully it's a quick death, because I'm tired of wandering around down here. I'm starting to get hangry." She pushed against the pedestal with all her might, it moved a few centimeters, and then she stopped and looked around. "Nothing's happening," she declared. "See? We're fine. Now come help me finish moving this - it's heavier than it looks."
Seth glanced down the other passageways to see if anyone (or anything) was coming, and let out a held breath when he didn't see anything other than the same paths of dirt and stone they'd been walking on for the past several hours. He gave one final look back the way they'd come, then decided to help his sister. Maybe they'd be alright after all. She did have a knack for getting them out of scrapes, and she was right; dinner was calling.
Still. "What if this does lead us out of here? What if the end of the trail drops us off in ogre territory or something? I don't want to escape here just to become someone else's meal."
"If you keep thinking about what might happen, you're gonna be stuck down here forever." Kendra grunted as she strained against the stone pedestal. Seth helped, and they finished sliding it just far enough to the side that it created an opening that each of them could slide through in turns. She stood up and straightened her back. "I'm leaving. Are you coming with me, or are you staying here?"
Seth rolled his eyes. "I'm coming with you," he stated. "But, for the record, I think you're rushing into this."
She shrugged. "If I'm rushing into this, then you're rushing into it, too, since you're coming with me," she said. "Come on. I want out of here."
"But the ogres-"
"Stop worrying about what you don't know you'll find. If there are ogres, we'll deal with them when we get there. You're such a worrywart sometimes." Kendra squeezed through the opening they'd made and motioned for him to come through the gap once she was on the other side.
Seth rolled his eyes at her. "You are getting hangry, aren't you? One of us needs to think things through."
"Blah blah blah, you disapprove, let's get out of here," Kendra replied. "Look, I see a light up ahead. Let's go!"
He shook his head as she took off running, but then decided he wanted to keep up with her. They were here together, and they'd make it out together.
And then he was going to have a serious talk with Grandpa about these tunnels, and warn him about the dangers of falling into one.