The Secret Library
The royal family were riding their flying horses; Sofia and Madeline on Minimus, James on Echo, and Amber on Saffron.
"Faster, Sofia!" Madeline urged. "They're gaining!"
"Don't worry, Maddie." Sofia smiled. "We've got this! Right, Minimus?"
"Yeah, I guess..." Minimus shrugged.
Suddenly, a coach pulled by a blue flying horse swooped down, Aunt Tilly inside.
"Lovely day for a ride, girls!" She poked her head out. "Mind if I join you?"
"Aunt Tilly!" Madeline smiled.
"Whoa, what's the rush?" Tilly asked, as the others flew by.
"We're racing." Sofia declared.
"We were." Madeline huffed. "Now we're dead last.
"That's okay." Sofia shrugged. "We'll get them next time."
They flew over to the castle.
A little while later, Sofia and Madeline were walking down the halls with Tilly.
"So, how long are you staying?" Madeline asked.
"Oh, just long enough." Tilly smiled. "Tell me, have you girls finished the book I gave you?"
"We just finished chapter twelve." Sofia declared.
"Yeah." Madeline nodded. "We never knew how many Kings and Queens there were in Enchancia."
"Oh, there's a lot of history in these walls." Tilly grinned. "Wait until we get to chapter seventeen. That's my favorite."
"Can we skip to chapter seventeen?" Madeline asked.
"Maddie!" Sofia frowned.
"I'm afraid not." Tilly declared. "But you should keep reading, because knowledge is the key to everything."
Later, in the bedroom, Sofia popped out to get some food. Once she was alone, Madeline skipped to chapter seventeen.
"Chapter Seventeen: Behind The Walls." She read. why turned the page to find a little blue book. "What's this?" She picked up the book. "Whoa..."
As Madeline began reading the blue book, Clover hopped into the room.
"Hey! Whatcha doing, Maddie?" He asked.
"Clover!" Madeline smiled. "I found this book inside my and Sofia's book! Did you know there are secret passageways inside the castle?"
"Hello?" Clover asked. "How do you think I get in here?"
"Huh?" Madeline frowned.
"Ta-daa!" Clover pointed out the hatch he used to get in.
"Hmm, I wonder..." Madeline walked over to the hole and opened it. Her Amulet began to glow blue. "Huh. My Amulet's never turned blue before..." She peeked into the hole. "I want to take a look around in there."
"Too bad you're not rabbit-sized." Clover declared.
"But I could be." Madeline smiled. "My Amulet gave me the power to shrink, remember?" Picking up the book, she held her Amulet. "I wish to be small."
Madeline and the book shrunk.
"Are you sure you wanna poke around in there?" Clover asked. "Without Sofia? Some of those pasageways go all around the castle."
"Sounds like fun." Madeline beamed.
"Not as much fun as staying up here and taking a nap." Clover chuckled.
"I'll be back soon." Madeline declared.
Just as Madeline was about to go inside, Sofia returned.
"Maddie, where are you?" She asked. "Ready to go to chapter thirteen now?"
"I'm down here!" Madeline called.
"Oh, you're small." Sofia noted. "Why?"
"Hold on." Madeline returned to normal size. "Hold my hand. so you can come with me. You've gotta see this!"
"See what? Sofia asked.
Madeline held Sofia's hand.
"I wish to be small." She declared.
Both she and Sofia shrank.
"This way." She lead Sofia through the hole, which led to some steps.
"Okay Maddie, what are we looking for?" Sofia asked.
"Take my hand." Madeline urged. As Sofia took her hand, she said. "I wish to be big again."
They returned to normal.
"I have to admit, that is a cool power." Sofia smiled.
"I know." Madeline grinned. "Now come on!"
They headed down the stairs together. Before long, they reached the edge of some kind of indoor lake. A boat that was shaped like their Amulets floated over.
"Whoa." Sofia gasped.
"What is that?" Madeline asked.
"I don't know." Sofia admitted.
"What do you say we take a little boat trip?" Madeline asked.
"Okay, I guess..." Sofia shrugged.
They climbed into the boat, and cast off, floating down the river.
As the boat continued drifting, they passed Snow White and the Seven Dwarf's house, and Cinderella's pumpkin coach and glass slippers. Then they passed the lake where Princess Ariel and Prince John once rode their rowboat. That was followed by the Beast's rose, the Cave of Wonders, the Agrabah palace, and Aladdin's flying carpet. Then they passed the cliff outside Pocahonta's village, the cherry blossom tree outside Mulan's home, a log filled with fireflies, Rapunzel's tower, the castle of Carona, the large stones of Merida's homeland, Dunbroch, and Elsa's ice wind.
This is all so amazing!" Sofia gasped.
"I know." Madeline smiled. "It's incredible!"
As they stopped at a new platform their Amulets started glowing blue again. Water started spraying up, revealing more stairs.
"Come on Sofia." Madeline urged. "Let's check it out."
"I guess it wouldn't hurt." Sofia shrugged.
They walked up the stairs, reaching a large metal gate with an unusual lock
"How do we get in without a Key?" Sofia asked.
Madeline put the book down and tried to puch the door open.
"This isn't working!" She groned.
"Maybe there's some spell we can find in this little book." Sofia picked up the book, their Amulets still glowing blue. Where did you get this from, anyway?"
"Chapter seventeen." Madeline answered.
"You skipped ahead?" Sofia frowned. "After Aunt Tilly said not to?"
"Sorry." Madeline cringed. "But wait, didn't Aunt Tilly say 'Knowledge is the key to everything?"
"What are you-?" Sofia asked.
Madeline grabbed the book and put it in the gate's keyhole. The gate opened. The book leapt out of the lock and into Madeline's arms. Their Amulets stopped glowing.
"Huh." Sofia declared, as they looked inside, finding a huge, circular library full of books.
"Wow, look at all of those books!" Madeline gasped.
A purple and blue platform with a propellor descended in front of them.
"Okay, we should check that out." Sofia smiled.
"Okay, let's go!" Madeline nodded. They both got in the platform, which wobbled slightly, then took off.
The platform lifted them out of the library and into the skies. As it stopped, they saw the castle in the difference.
"Look, there's the castle!" Sofia smiled.
"But where are-?" Madeline looked down, seeing that they were above a towering. "Wow."
"What is this place?" Sofia asked.
"The Secret Library." Aunt Tilly smiled, sitting on a nearby chair.
"Aunt Tilly?" Sofia frowned. "What are you doing here?"
"How did you find this place... whoa!" Madeline yelped, as the platform few them over to Tilly.
"The same as you, dears." Tilly announced. "Although I did it thirty years ago."
"You've been here before?" Madeline asked.
"Many times." Tilly nodded. "But this is the visit I've been looking forward to the most. But
right now, come along. "We have much to do."
Tilly got into the platform, and took it back inside the Library.
"We have to see if you two have what it takes to be the next Story Keepers." She announced.
"Story Keepers?" Sofia asked.
"See all these books on the walls there?" Tilly asked.
"Yes, Aunt Tilly." Madeline nodded.
"Well, most of them don't have endings yet." Tilly revealed. "It's been my job to go out and find whoever the book is about, and help them finish their story. And Now I'm hoping that job will be yours."
"Why us?" Sofia asked.
"The answer is right there, around your necks." Tilly smiled. "The Amulets of Avalor led you two here, just like mine led me here when I wore it."
"You wore one of our Amulets." Madeline gasped.
"Yes I did, when I was a young Princess." Tilly nodded, sitting on a couch. "And the Amulets are how I know you both could be the next Story Keepers. That, and passing all of my little tests. Which is why I gave you the Key to the Library." She picked up the blue book.
"Oh, okay." Sofia nodded.
"Sit down, girls." Tilly urged.
"Wait, you knew one of us would skip ahead?" Madeline asked.
"I was counting on it." Tilly nodded. "Curiosity is an important trait in a Story Keeper."
"But I didn't skip ahead." Sofia pointed out.
"But you came with Madeline all the way." Tilly nodded. "You're just as curious as she is."
As the girls sat down, the books started shaking. A blue mirror started to glow.
"What's happening?" Madeline asked.
"Oh, this is exciting!" Tilly smiled. "The Library is choosing your first story!"
The mirror let out a wave of blue light. All the books started glowing purple. One came out of its shelf and flew down.
"Here it comes now." Tilly declared. The book stopped in front of Sofia and Madeline. "Well, what are you waiting for? Open it!"
Sofia and Madeline opened the book, finding a picture of a prurple flying horse.
"The Tale Of Wildwing Valley." Sofia read.
"Hmm, interesting." Tilly mused.
The book flew into the mirror, which started to glow, showing the book's pictures.
"Once upon a pasture, there was a flying horse named Mazzimo, who lived with his family at a royal stable." A disembodied voice announced. "Even though he served a kind and noble king, Mazzimo yearned to be wild. One night, a visiting horse told Mazzimo about Wildwing Valley, a magically hidden land where enchanted creatures roam free. Mazzimo knew he had to find this valley, so he said goodbye to his father, mother, and brother, who liked living at the castle, and didn't understand why he was leaving. They were very sad to seem him go..."
As the mirror showed a picture of Mazzimo and his brother, Sofia and Madeline leapt up.
"That's Minimus!" Madeline gasped.
"Mazzimo is his brother?" Sofia gaped.
"The things you learn from books." Tilly chuckled.
"Mazzimo flew off in search of Wildwing Valley." The narrator continued. "But on his way there, he was captured by the knights of Borrea. Mazzimo was taken to the castle of Prince Roderick, where he has been held against his will to this day."
The mirror stopped glowing.
"That's awful." Madeline frowned.
"Unless you give this story a better ending." Tilly declared.
"We're supposed to save Mazzimo?" Sofia asked.
"And help him find Wildwing Valley." Tilly added.
"I'm not sure if we can do this." Madeline frowned.
"I know being Story Keepers isn't easy." Tilly declared. "But you two can do it, or you wouldn't even be here. So the real question here isn't 'can you do it?' It's 'will you do it?'" He gave them back the blue book.
Sofia and Madeline looked at each other, silently agreeing.
"We will, Aunt Tilly." Sofia nodded.
"Whiz-bang!" Tilly beamed.
"But we don't even know where to start." Madeline declared.
"You can start by putting on something more adventurous!" Tilly pulled out two new outfits for them, one red, one blue.
"I don't think that's what Maddie meant." Sofia declared.
"Then how about this?" Tilly smiled. "I'll come with you, this one time."
"Thanks." Madeline smiled.
A little while later, Sofia and Madeline, dressed in their new outfits, entered the royal stables.
"Minimus!" Sofia called.
"What's up, girls?" Minimus asked through a mouthful of hay.
"Come on." Madeline grabbed his reins. "We're going to save your brother."
"Mazzimo's in trouble?!" Minimus gasped. "Well then, we have to help him!"
Sofia and Madeline got on, Sofia in the front.
"What are we waiting for." Minimus asked. "Let's go!" He raced out of the stables, only to skid to a stop. "Wait. Where are we going? And how did you know I have a brother?"
"We'll tell you on the way." Sofia declared.
"Are you two talking to your horse?" Tilly asked, riding her own flying horse.
"Oh." Madeline smiled. "Our Amulets gave us the power to talk to animals."
"I should have known." Tilly smiled. "My Amulet gave me all sorts of powers when I had it. Ooh, I guess I should introduce you to my horse, Athena."
"Nice to meet you, Athena." Sofia declared.
"Very nice." Madeline added.
"Okay then, let's shake a horse feather." Tilly declared.
Both horses took off.
"Is Borrea far?" Sofia asked.
"It's only two kingdoms over, across the Strangeway Channel." Tilly smiled.
The soon reached Borrea. They landed by a stable, but saw no flying horses.
"That's one big stable." Tilly declared.
"Mazzimo's probably in there somewhere." Madeline declared.
"Maybe we should search on end, and you search the other." Sofia told Tilly.
"Good idea." Tilly nodded.
After a knight marched past the archway, Minimus flew in quietly. They walked through the stable, keeping an eye out, when they heard a horse whinnying from behind a locked stable. It kicked the gate several times, but couldn't escape.
"Mazzimo?" Minimus peered in.
"Minimus!" Mazzimo smiled. "Good to see ya, bro!"
"It's been so long!" Minimus declared. "...Since you took off, and left us for no reason!" He added angrily. "You didn't even send a postcard!"
"Um, Minimus..." Madeline whispered.
"Whoa, I had a reason!" Mazzimo protested.
"And then we come here to save you, and this is like, the nicest stable ever!" Minimus continued.
"That's what we keep telling him." A blue female flying stable in the next stable said. "But does he listen? Noooo!"
"We even have heated stalls." A brown mare added.
"Heated stalls?" Minimus gasped. "The only way to heat my stall is to have a dragon set it on fire!"
"Yeah, it's nice in here." Mazzimo admitted. "But a cosy cage is still a cage."
"It's not a cage!" The brown mare snorted. "It's a royal stable! And you are lucky to be here."
"I'd rather be free." Mazzimo declared.
"Here we go again." Minimus scowled.
"Alright Minimus, maybe you'd be living it up in here." Mazzimo frowned. "You don't mind letting people ride around on your back. But that's not how I fly, bro. Mazzimo gotta roam!"
"I really don't get you." Minimus sighed.
"I don't get you either." Mazzimo declared. "But you're my brother, so I'll let it slide."
"Guys, maybe we can talk about this after we get out of here?" Sofia suggested.
"Sofia's right." Madeline agreed. "You two can talk once we're out of here, okay?"
The girls got off of Minmuse and tried to open Mazzimo's stable. The lock, however, wouldn't budge.
"Ah, you found him." Tilly smiled, as she and Athena trotted over.
"Uh-huh, but the stall's locked." Sofia declared.
"Hello?"
The girls turned to see a blonde, bearded man and his companion walk down the stables.
"Do I know you?" The man asked.
"Uh... not yet." Madeline admitted. "I'm Princess Madeline of Enchancia, this is my sister, Princess Sofia, and this is our Aunt Tilly."
"Good afternoon." Tilly waved her parasol.
"I didn't know we were expecting visitors today, Gavin?" The man declared
"We weren't, sire." Gavin declared.
"Ah, well, guests are always welcome... although they usually knock first." The man declared. "I am Prince Roderick."
The girls curtsied.
"You know, I was just about to take my hose for a spin, if you three care to join me?" Roderick declared. "He hasn't quite taken to me yet, but I'm sure he'll come around."
"No way I'm letting that guy ride me!" Mazzimo growled.
"Um, Prince Roderick?" Sofia asked. "That's why we're here. Mazzimo wants to be free."
"Mazzimo?" Roderick asked. "You mean Thundercloud here?"
"Can you believe that name?" Mazzimo snorted.
"Your knights captured him, but he doesn't want to be here." Madeline declared.
"Of course he does." Roderick declared. "This is the best stable in the world,"
"That maybe true, but he's not your horse." Tilly retorted.
"I beg to differ." Roderick frowned. "We found him flying loose in my kingdom three months ago. No rider, no markings... I believe the expression is 'finders keepers'. So there you have it, Now, how about we all go for a ride, and have a jolly time? Gavin?"
As Gavin prepared to lasso Mazzimo, Sofia and Madeline grabbed the rope
"Fly for it, Mazzimo!" Sofia called.
"Go, go, go!" Madeline added.
Mazzimo flew out of the stables. Gavin made to run after him, but Tilly tripped him with her parasol.
"Watch your step." She comed.
"Come on Aunt Tilly, let's go!" Sofia urged.
They all climbed on their steeds, and flew after Mazzimo.
"This won't do at all." Roderick declared. "I suppose we'll have to hunt them down and get my horse back. Right, let's saddle up, Gavin!"
"Whoo-hoo!" Mazzimo cheered. "Oh, I owe you guys big time! Hey, you wanna come to Wildwing Valley with me? It's just past those gorges."
"Wherever we go, we'd better hurry." Madeline declared. "Because they're chasing us!"
Roderick and Gavin were following on their flying horses, Roderick laughing loudly.
"A hunting we will go, Gavin!" He cackled.
"We should probably try to get them off our trail." Tilly suggested.
"Let's try to lose them in the gorges." Sofia suggested.
"Good idea." Madeline nodded. "Come on!"
They all flew downwards.
"Wow, you are faster than you used to be!" Mazzimo told Minimus. "You ever think about racing?"
"Well, now that you mention it, you know, we've actually won a few races." Minimus smiled. "...Wait a second, I'm still angry at you!"
"Faster, Minimus!" Sofia urged.
"Go, go, go!" Madeline added.
Roderick and Gavin closed in.
"That's it, Tempest!" Roderick declared. "Reel them in! Gavin, prepare the rope!"
Gavin twirled a lasso.
"Aunt Tilly, they're catching up!" Sofia declared.
"No worries." Tilly smiled. "I know just the thing to slow them down!"
Tilly pulled a horn-like object out of her bag. She pulled on it, sending a spray of streamers at their pursuers.
"Where did all this come from?" Roderick growled.
"So sorry, sire." Gavin apologised.
"They're spoiling my suit!" Roderick complained.
The others flew ahead.
"Minimus, I just don't understand why you're so angry." Mazzimo frowned.
"Of course you don't." Minimus frowned. "Because finding this Valley is all you care about! You know, when you took off, you didn't just leave the stable. You left mom and dad and me!"
"Look out!" Madeline yelled.
Minimus almost flew into a tree. As he stopped, Sofia and Madeline fell out of the saddle.
"Sofia! Madeline!" Minimus gasped.
Tilly swooped down on Athena and caught them, losing her bag in the process.
"Gotcha!" She smiled.
"Your bag!" Madeline pointed.
"Oh, hold on." Tilly said, as Athena descended.
"You're lucky they're alright." Minimus glared at Mazzimo.
"Look, Minimus, there's something you should know." Mazzimo declared.
"Mazzimo, look out!" Minimus yelled, as Roderick approached.
Gavin swung the lasso.
"No!" Minimus pushed Mazzimo out of the way, getting caught himself.
"I'll get you loose!" Mazzimo flew down, but was snared by Roderick. "Ow, he's got my wing!"
"Excellent." Roderick smiled. "Now we have to fly whichever way we pull. Let's land, so we can secure them for the ride back."
"Shouldn't we let the runt go?" Gavin asked.
"Now, let's keep him." Roderick declared. "Teach those little Princesses a lesson."
"The Prince caught them!" Sofia gasped.
"Then we'll just have to un-catch them." Tilly declared.
"How?" Madeline asked. "The Prince has a l we have is... an umbrella!"
"The umbrella can be mightier than the sword, Madeline." Tilly smiled.
"We need your bag." Sofia insisted. "I'm sure there are tons of things we can use in there."
"Sofia's right." Madeline nodded. "Let's land and look for it."
"Okay-dokey." Tilly directed Athena downwards.
They landed in a small meadow.
"Let's spread out." Sofia declared. "We'll check over here, and you check over there."
The girls searched by a pond, bushes, and a tree, but found nothing.
"Oh, where is it?" Madeline groaned. As she kept looking, she tripped on a tree branch.
"Maddie, are you okay?" Sofia asked.
"No, I'm not." Madeline declared. "I can't do this. I can't do any of this! I'm no Story Keeper!"
"Of course you are." Sofia declared. "We're in this together, remember?"
"Maybe you should just go on without me." Madeline sighed. "You don't need me slowing you down."
Sofia and Madeline's Amulet started to glow their regular purple. Suddenly, an arrow shot a nearby tree. The two jumped out of the way, as a Princess with curly red hair emerged.
"Have I got your attention now?" She asked.
"Merida!" Sofia and Madeline gasped.
"How can I help you two?" Merida asked.
"Our friends are in great danger." Madeline declared. "But I don't know how you can help, unless you know where Tilly's bag is?"
"Oh, you don't need her bag of Tricks." Merida smiled. "You're searching for the wrong thing in the wrong place. What you need can only be found within yourselves."
"What's that?" Sofia asked.
"The belief that you can save them yourself." Merida revealed.
"That's just it." Madeline sighed. "We're still getting used to being Princesses."
"Madeline's right." Sofia agreed. "How are we supposed to finish all those stories in the Library if we can't even finish this one?"
Madeline: Even though we've just begun
To somehow get these stories done
How can I aim so high
When I've let down everyone?
Now I feel like I'm a fake
Thinking there must be some mistake
I can't see why she chose me
When I don't have what it takes
Oh can I lead the way?
Make everything okay?
Just how am I supposed to save the day?
And what is there to say
When my chance has flown away
Why'd I think that I could be the one
To save the day?
"You can sing all you want about your doubts." Merida told her. "We all have them, but you also have the power to wipe those doubts away. If you believe in yourself and what you can do, just stand tall, and your aim will always be true."
Merida handed Madeline her bow. She helped Madeline aim it, then Madeline fired. Madeline's arrow went right through Merida's.
"You can save your friends, and you know it." Merida grinned. "So get on with it!"
"You're right, Merida." Madeline smiled.
"Well, Madeline, what are you waiting for?" Merida smiled.
I may not know exactly how I'll do it
But I know that I can free them
If I put my heart into it
Oh I can lead the way
Make everything okay
I'm the one who has to save the day
And there's nothing more to say
'Cept up, up and away
Cause I believe that I will be the one
To save the day
Save the day
Save the day
Sofia and Madeline got on Athena, and took off after Minimus and Mazzimo. Merida and tilled watched them depart.
Meanwhile, Roderick was getting some water, and Gavin was locking a tight harness around Minimus.
"I can't stand being tied up like this!" Minimus struggled.
"Now you know how I feel everyday I spend tied up in that horse stall." Mazzimo declared. "That's why I had to leave home. And it was the toughest thing I've ever done, because, you know, I love you. But I couldn't stand being in a place where I felt all tied up all the time. You know what I mean?"
"Yeah, Mazzimo." Minimus sighed. "I... I do. I finally do. I'm sorry I was so angry at you."
"I'm sorry I got you all caught up in this." Mazzimo nuzzled his brother.
"Ohhh!" Tempest sighed. "Do we have to take them back, Ellegra?"
"We are royal horses, Tempest." The brown mare declared. "We have to do what the Prince commands!"
"To the castle, Tempest!" Roderick declared.
Tempest and Ellegra took off, and Minimus and Mazzimo were dragged along by the ropes. As Roderick flew back to his castle, Athena and the girls closed in.
"Uh, girls?" Athena asked. "I hate to be a stickler for details, but do you have any kind of a plan?"
"Good question." Sofia admitted.
Madeline looked around, spotting Tilly's umbrella.
"Let's hope the umbrella's mightier than the sword!" She lifted it up.
"That's your plan?" Sofia frowned.
"Yep." Madeline nodded. "Now, fly us to Minimus, Athena. But be as quiet as you can."
"Gotcha." Athena nodded. "Going into stealth mode."
Athena swooped down on the flying horse convoy, almost silently.
"I don't know about you, but all this racing about has made me famished." Roderick told Gavin. "I hope lunch is ready when we return."
Athena flew just above Minimus. Sofia and Madeline leapt off her, and onto Minimus' saddle.
"Sofia! Madeline!" Minimus gasped.
"Shhh!" Sofia, Madeline and Athena hushed him.
"Athena, go back and get Aunt Tilly." Sofia instructed.
"Done and done!" Athena flew off.
Madeline used the umbrella's handle to unlatch Minimus' harness.
"Prince Roderick!" Gavin called, as Minimus flew free.
"Ah, Princess Sofia and Princess Madeline." Roderick frowned. "You can have your horse back. I still have mine." He drew his sword. "Now fly along home, before someone gets hurt."
"Engarde!" Madeline brandished the umbrella.
"An umbrella?" Roderick snorted. "What do you expect to do with that, wait for rain?" He laughed. "You can't be serious! I'll chop that thing in half!"
"He has a point, Maddie." Sofia frowned.
"He won't get the chance." Madeline smiled. "Trust me."
"Okay..." Sofia snapped Minimus' reins. "Hyah!"
Minimus flew up above them.
"Now down!" Madeline yelled. "Hyah!"
Minimus dived back down.
"What are they doing?" Roderick frowned.
"I hope you know what you're doing." Sofia gulped.
"I do." Madeline nodded. "Tuck those wings, Minimus!"
"Tucked and ready!" Minimus complied.
As they dived straight towards Roderick, the Prince ducked. Madeline then caught his jacket with the umbrella's handle, pulling him off Tempest.
"Ouchie!" He yelped.
Madeline let go of the umbrella, which opened up, slowing Roderick's descent.
"Prince Roderick!" Gavin flew down after him.
"Happy trails!" Mazzimo called.
"Gavin, come and fetch me!" Roderick frowned, as he drifted down into the trees below.
"We just need to get you untied." Sofia told Mazzimo.
"Take your time, Princess." Tempest smiled. "We shoulda let you go in the first place."
"Here, girls." Minimus smiled. "Let me."
"Minimus bit through Mazzimo's ropes, freeing him.
"Alright, let's go back for Aunt Tilly." Madeline declared.
"Girls!" Tilly called, as she flew over on Athena. "Look what I found!" She held up her bag.
"Your bag!" Sofia smiled.
"Hey it's the Glittering Gorge!" Mazzimo smiled. "That's the way to Wildwing Valley!"
"Then let's go!" Madeline declared.
"Hey Mazzimo, mind if I come along?" Tempest asked. "I think I've had enough of Prince Roderick."
"Sure thing, Tempest." Mazzimo nodded.
Down below, Roderick, Gavin and Ellegra saw the others flying overhead.
"Where is Tempest going?" Roderick asked.
After a moment's indecision, Ellegra took off, following them.
"Wait for me!" She called.
"Ellegra!" Roderick huffed. "What a thoroughly ungrateful horse!"
"Looks like we're walking, sire." Gavin sighed.
Meanwhile, Mazzimo led the others toward a cliff face.
"Uh, Mazzimo?" Sofia asked. "That looks like a dead end up ahead."
"It's a hidden Valley, remember?" Mazzimo smiled.
"Girls, why are we flying right toward that cliff?" Tilly asked.
"Mazzimo says it's the way to the Valley." Madeline declared. "And we believe him. Right, Sof?"
"Right, Maddie." Sofia nodded.
"Well I guess one way or another, we're gonna finish this story!" Tilly gulped, as they neared the cliff.
"I can't look!" Minimus closed his eyes.
As they reached the cliff, they passed right through it.
"It was an illusion!" Madeline realised.
"You can open your eyes now, Minimus." Sofia urged. "You'll wanna see this."
Minimus opened his eyes, and saw that they were in a lush green valley filled with flying horses.
"Wildwing Valley!" Mazzimo cheered. "I'm finally here!"
"Welcome to the Valley." A dark blue and white stallion told Mazzimo. "I'm Marchand."
"Mazzimo." Mazzimo smiled. "I've been looking for this place for a long time. Hey, why don't you stay with me, Minimus?"
"I know Mazzimo gotta roam, but Minimus has to go home." Minimus chuckled. "I guess we're just horses of a different color. But you're still my brother, and I love you."
"I love you too, bro." Mazzimo smiled.
"I'll come back and visit you sometime." Minimus pledged.
"You know where to find me." Mazzimo nodded.
"Time to hit the sky!" Marchand declared.
The flying horses took to the skies. Mazzimo looked.
"Bye, Mazzimo!" Madeline waved.
"Good luck!" Sofia added.
"Fly safe!" Tilly chuckled.
Mazzimo took off, joining the others.
Back in the library, the book came out of the mirror and returned to its shelf.
"Congratulations, girls." Tilly smiled. "You finished your first story."
"So, what's next?" Madeline asked.
"Why don't you have a seat, and find out?" Tilly suggested. "...Story Keepers?"
Sofia and Madeline joined Tilly on the couch, ready for whatever came next.