MK rushed Jamie to the hospital where Dr. Lupei and several nurses took over. One nurse began making calls to people on Jamie's emergency contact list. Since MK was not legally Jamie's guardian, she wouldn't be allowed in the room until Mavis arrived and gave her say-so. MK waited in the lobby for what felt like forever, every detail of the day racing through her mind. She just about pounced on Mavis the instant she walked into the hospital.

"What was in that pie?" she growled, pinning Mavis to the wall. Mavis' eyes grew wide, she knew now what happened.

"H-he ate it? How could you let him eat it! That was for you only!"

"I didn't let him eat it, he somehow knew it had been poisoned and ate it to prove a point to me!"

Mavis let out a hiss, "Which was what?"

MK's lips quivered as tears trickled down her face, "That everything in A Faraway Land was real."

Mavis' jaw clenched tight as her eyes shot daggers at MK, "So, you believe now, don't you?"

"M-maybe."

"Either a yes or a no, it can't be in between."

"Why are you so worried about it? You wouldn't want me to believe!"

Mavis pushed her off, "Maybe I don't, but now you've gone and ruined everything! Jamie is going to die because of you!"

"Not me, you! You were the one who gave me that stupid pie in the first place!"

"Just for you! No one else!"

"So, you were scared that I would break the spell, and thought of killing me without letting Jamie know." MK's eyes flashed as she charged Mavis again, only to be stopped by a pair of strong arms.

"MK, hold it! Now is not the time to be fighting! Jamie needs the both of you to be strong and to work together!" came Richard's voice. MK struggled against his strong hold, but he only whispered in her ear. "It's OK, it's OK, calm down. What's past is past, all we can do now is find a way to help Jamie, alright?" Mavis glanced at Richard weirdly, but her eyes widened when Jack walked into the room with a white-lined staff and stood next to Richard, Dr. Lupei not far behind. Lupei rushed to Mavis.

"Miss Mayor, are you alright?"

"I'm fine, but I don't want this woman in Jamie's room at all, understand?"

"Of course, would you like to see your son?"

"Yes." Mavis shot Jack a glare as she followed Dr. Lupei to Jamie's room.

"No," whispered MK as she sank to the ground, Richard sinking with her, cradling her close. She turned her head into his shoulder, sobbing, while he glanced up at Jack.

"What should we do now? We need to get MK into that room!" Jack glanced at the hall before turning back to Richard with a nod.

"I think I have an idea, but you're going to have to make it quick."

MK glanced up from Richard's shoulder, "Wh-what do we have to do?"

Jack handed them A Faraway Land, "You're going to need this. Head to the basement of Glittering Gewels, you might as well bring up all the phials." Richard took the book and gave a determined nod, MK glancing questioningly between the two. "You'd better get going, he doesn't have all night."

"W-wait, what about you?"

"I've got to stay and make sure Mavis doesn't do anything that could quicken Jamie's death. Esther is here, I can ask her for help."

Richard nodded, "Right, good luck. Come on, MK, we need to go." MK rose and let Richard lead her out. She didn't even pause to ask why they weren't taking the car, she just concentrated on keeping up with his long stride. What got her out of it was she finally got a good look at Richard's costume. He was wearing black Viking armour with brown and red accents over an olive green shirt and pants, the strange sword she had seen at Jack's shop strapped to his good leg. She then realized with a start that Richard was wearing Chief Hiccup's outfit, and seeing him in it only made her think of the stories. She glanced at the book he clutched to his chest with his other hand, she needed to read Ever After. She didn't know why or how she knew that, but she had to, and quickly. They made good time to Glittering Gewels, George a bit curious as to why MK was with Richard, MK figuring that Richard had told him about Sarah May.

"Gob-George, listen we don't have much time, we have got to get into the basement, now." Both MK and George were taken back by the tone in Richard's voice, he really sounded like he should be the Mayor at that moment rather than Mavis. Or, as MK's thoughts kept turning back to the stories, like a chief. A chief speaking to his father's best friend and the blacksmith, MK realized, glancing over George's form.

"But I still have to finish up a few things in the smithy!" blurted George.

"Gob-George, it doesn't matter, we just need to get into the basement!"

"Oh, alright, I just thought you had wanted to start your thing later this evening!"

"I do, this is about something else."

"Oh, right, sorry, go ahead then. Let me know if you need any help!"

"Thanks Gob-, I mean, George."

"No problem, as long as you stop adding letters to my name, I'm just George." Richard grinned sheepishly before he pulled MK down the basement stairs. He turned on the light as he set about moving things off the large trapdoor. It had been set up rather elegantly and efficiently. Richard apparently got the tapestries back from Jack as MK noticed them hung up on the three walls, with the Viking pieces set up as if in a maze, some of the clothing sets were draped over dummies, making them look like Viking scarecrows.

"MK, come and help," Richard barked the order, snapping MK out of her stupor. She noticed that the book was lying close to the trapdoor while she helped Richard pull some of the heavier items off. He told her to put the last two shields up against the far wall before turning his attention to opening the trapdoor. MK was soon at his side, helping him pull and strain against the door before getting it to budge a little bit. They redoubled their efforts, finally getting the trapdoor to open. A burst of hot, wet air greeted them as they peered into the darkness below. From the light in the basement, they could see a ladder going a ways down, more than thirty feet by MK's reckoning. Richard grabbed the book and began his descent.

"Are you coming?" he asked her. MK mutely nodded and followed him down the ladder. The way seemed long and arduous, MK wasn't sure how Richard was managing it with the book, but she didn't hear him drop it or complain about how hard it was. In fact, whenever she snuck a peek below, he seemed to be a few rungs below her, well ahead of her pace. She quickened her own pace, reaching the bottom not long after he did. "Here, take the book. Go to chapter eight of Myrsina, we're going to need the picture of the hole in the tree." MK took it but shot a glance upwards, how were they going to see? The only light they had was from the basement, and at their depth, was dim enough as it was. She flipped through pages, stopping when a burst of flame startled her. Richard's sword was ablaze, lighting a part of what they now saw was a ginormous cave, only having entered at the smallest part of the cave. The cave loomed high over their heads, nearly sixty feet above, and about a hundred feet lay in front of them.

"Wow," breathed MK, the vastness of the cave taking her breath away, and pushing all other thoughts from her mind.

"You found the picture?" MK blinked and flipped through a few more pages before stopping at the picture Richard was looking for, a gnarly tree with a hollow that resembled a dragon. "It's probably on the other side of the cave," grumbled Richard, raising his sword to try and spread a bit more light, but it didn't go much further than a few feet ahead. MK gasped, something had brushed by her.

"What was that?" Richard moved to glance at her, but something behind her seemed to catch his attention and his eyes grew wide. MK spun around to see what he had seen, but couldn't see a thing. "Wh-what is it?"

Richard glanced at her, a hint of sorrow in his eyes, "You still don't truly believe, do you? You can't see them?"

MK turned to him with wide eyes, "N-no, I, I think I need to read Ever After."

Richard nodded, "Stay here, you'll have enough light for now. I'm going to look for the tree. And no matter what happens, stay still, no sudden moves, got it? They don't know you very well." MK gulped, but nodded, if she finally saw what they were, she's probably be too surprised to move. "Good, I'll holler if I find anything." Richard walked further into the cave, the warm light of his sword fading away with every step. MK almost screamed for him to come back, something inside of her telling her he would if she had, but Jamie was more important than being left alone with something invisible that hadn't attacked her. Reclining against the ladder, MK opened the book to Ever After. Her mouth dropped at what the story revealed, tears spilling from her eyes as she finally opened her heart to hope and belief.