In fact, it was an easy task for them to get into the palace, as the guards – like most of the kingdom – were napping away.

While Alex and Conner got all their information from the journal, the Evil Queen got it from her Magic Mirror, who gave the Queen an important warning: The Wishing Spell could only be used twice, and as it had already been used once before; so, it could only be used one more time. The fairy godmother is dying because she finally finds a replacement; now the Fairy Godmother can rest knowing the fairy tale world rests in good hands. She was eventually overthrown by Prince White (Snow White's grandfather) and banished to the Northern Mountains, where she lives in an icy lair with her polar bears.Alex and Conner are trapped in separate worlds by Lloyd after they pursued him into The Wizard of Oz, Neverland, and Alice in Wonderland. In Beyond the Kingdoms, he turns out to be the son of Bo Peep and Lloyd Bailey, the Masked Man and the twins' uncle, therefore making Emmerich the twins' cousin. Jack is now a grown man with the other Fairy Tale characters, who grew a famous beanstalk when he was younger. While they are collecting the ingredients for the Wishing spell, Alex and Conner come across many tales that their father had once told them. They eventually find Froggy, who is once again in frog form as a disguise, after being turned back into a human at the end of the first book.

Most people believe it to only be a myth and a childish legend but many have tried hygctct their luck nonetheless, spending (and often losing) their lives trying to collect the items. With the help of a not-so-clever disguise and an amused guard named Sir Lampton, they made it inside. Conner, Alex, Goldilocks, Red, and Jack were exploring to find the 6 most prized items of the 6 most hated beings, the Snow Queen being one of them. The Wishing Spell is a cancelled live-action adaption of The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell [1] formerly in production at 20th Century Fox and 21 Laps Entertainment. Later, Conner fetches Cinderella's stepmother and stepsisters to go back to his world, Conner also shares their stories in the Otherworld.

With his sinister plan finally in motion, he is eager to destroy the families and take his place as emperor. Alex discovers that her mother was captured by Ezmia, the "Enchantress", who cursed Sleeping Beauty as a young baby, and that the Sleeping Kingdom was in ruin. They also hear from Sir Lampton that he helped them on their quest by putting the glass slipper in Alex's bag. Conner defeats Lloyd by trapping him in one of Bree's stories but then finds out that Alex has vanished.

He marries Goldilocks in the third book, and in the fifth book, they have a child and name him Hero. She has a hard time controlling her emotions which cause her to attack many people with her magic, including her family and friends. Withhelp from his classmate Bree and the outlandish Mother Goose,Conner sets off on a mission across Europe to cracka two-hundred-year-old code. But nothing can prepare them forthe coming battle…or for the secret thatwill change the twins’ lives forever.

The Land of Stories fairy-tale characters—both heroes and villains—are no longer confined to their world! Alex and Conner realize that time-displaced soldiers of the Grande Armée from their world are coming to the Fairy Tale world.