Mayor Bennett certainly wasn't too thrilled that MK had stayed in Cedar Grove, but she was nice enough to cooperate in MK's investigation of Jamie's troubles. The two, in fact, went together to see Jamie's teacher at the end of the school day to discuss something they found out during MK's talk with Mavis.

"Miss Bernards, may we have a word with you?" Mavis asked her.

"Sure, whatever you need, Mayor Bennett."

"OK, well, Miss Bernards, this is Mary Katherine Bomba, Jamie thinks she is his birth mother. The two of us were wondering how Jamie got all of his information and how he got to her house. Well, to get to the point, do you still have your credit card?"

Sarah May glanced quickly through her wallet, gasping, "Oh no, it's not here. I am so sorry about that, I didn't even know he snatched it."

Mavis rolled her eyes, "Go figure. And the book?"

Sarah May blinked, "What book?"

"A Faraway Land?" asked MK.

"Oh yes, I did gave it to him. He's been really sad, and I wanted to cheer him up."

"Well, that book has been putting a lot of silly ideas into his head that's concerning both me and Mary."

"Oh, I'm sorry, I-I just wanted to give him some hope."

"Next time, Miss Bernards, let me handle that, I am his mother, that's my job."

"Right, sorry, I'll take the book back."

"I'll have Jamie return it to you tomorrow. How did you get it in the first place?"

"Oh, I found it when I was cleaning out my closet. I didn't think anything would come of it when I gave to Jamie, honest. I thought that he would enjoy the stories, take his mind off of whatever was troubling him."

"Of course you thought that way. Thank you for your time, Miss Bernards." Mavis turned and walked away, MK pausing to give a smile and a wave to the redhead before following.

"So there you have it, Miss Bomba, the source of all our problems. Now that we have figured that out, I don't see why you need to stay here any longer."

"But why was Jamie feeling sad?"

"I will handle that. I am his mother now, not you. Good day, Miss Bomba." Mavis walked away, again without letting MK getting a word in edgewise. After letting out a groan at Mavis' apparent rudeness, MK took to exploring the town. She walked past quite a few shops, North's Toy Shoppe, Twinstruments, Mr. Overland's Antiques and Oddities, #12 Dance Studio, Fancy Fabrics, Harmony Gardens, to name a few, of the few that were there. She sighed as she passed a conversation that mentioned Mavis Bennett, and her thoughts went back to the problem. She wasn't going to let Mavis get her way, in fact, she might end up moving here permanently if Mavis kept insisting on her leaving, just to annoy her. Jamie might be pleased from that. MK paused, the kid really was growing on her, maybe he was her son after all, he had spent quite a bit of Miss Bernards money to find out for sure. She chuckled as she continued towards a restaurant, the kid was already acting a bit like her, maybe she should stay around, just for him. Besides, she did put him through almost exactly what she went through, and probably for the exact same reasons. A little bell rang when she opened the door of the restaurant, alerting the staff to her entrance.

"Hi, I'm Ellen, welcome to the Goodie Tree Diner. Would you like a booth, a regular table, or a seat at the counter?"

"Um, I'll take a corner booth, if there's one available."

"Sure, right this way." Ellen led MK to a nice little corner booth and handing her a menu before continuing, "What would you like to order?"

MK glanced through the menu, "Hmm . . . I think I'll have the pot pie."

"Oh, it's a fan favorite, I think you'll enjoy it a lot. Anything else?"

"Um, I'll also have the Walnut Salad and, um, I'll try the Strawberry Chocolate drink."

Ellen chuckled, "Sure, it'll be out in a bit. Would you like some water while you wait?"

"No, thank you."

"Alright, I'll be back in a bit," Ellen stated before walking off to give the chefs her order. MK sighed, she figured Ellen wanted to talk to her because she was clearly new in town, if everything that Jamie said was true. However, she didn't get long to take in the pink, orange, and red theme of the place before someone sat at her booth.

"Jamie! What are you doing here? You're supposed to be at home!"

Jamie sighed, "I know, I know, but I know she'd want me to give Miss Bernards back this book, and I don't want to."

"You're going to have to, your mom and I both agree on this matter, Jamie. You are getting some strange ideas from that book."

"I know you don't believe right now, but you have to at least trust me. I couldn't show you the pictures in the car, but look at them now. Who does that remind you of?" MK looked at the pictures, and was rather glad she wasn't drinking anything at that moment. Several of the people she had met, and some she had seen around town, were in the book. Sarah May Bernards looked like Princess Merida of Myrsina, Mavis looked like the evil witch, and several of the girls at the #12 Dance Studio looked like some of the Twelve Dancing Princesses!

"Wow, someone took a lot of time to put everyone in town in their own fairy tales, even turning your mom into a villain," she stated, eyeing the nine-year-old.

"No, mom, they didn't, everything in this book took place before the spell. Don't you get it? Princess Merida and Chief Hiccup are your parents! My teacher, Miss Sarah May Bernards, is Princess Merida!"

"Well then, where's Chief Hiccup?"

"He's in a coma at the hospital. He's been in it ever since I've been here, maybe longer," Jamie bit his lip. MK looked up at him, something deep inside yearning for everything he said to be true, yet another voice inside of her said it just couldn't be possible. "Please, at least read your parents' fairy tales, Brown Bear of Norway, and Myrsina."

Mk glanced down at the book, sighing, "And then you'll give it back to Miss Bernards?"

Jamie shrugged, "Maybe, unless you want to keep it a bit longer, read the whole thing." MK sighed, shaking her head, this kid was going to get her into a lot of trouble if he kept this up.

"Alright, I'll read those two, but only those two, and then you're giving it right back to Miss Bernards. She's feeling bad about giving it to you."

"That's the thing, she shouldn't be, she used to love a chance at making Mavis mad."

"Are you going to let me read this or not?"

"Right, sorry, go ahead." MK sighed as she glanced down at the book, and began to read.