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After Imogene and Pell-Mell leave in the section entitled 'Now: Maxine,' Maxine is left considering what the danger that they are all in, and decides to perform some research. She searches on the internet and finds a fairytale site where she leaves a message about her friends predicament, not expecting to get a response. To her surprise she receives a direct email with one of the members of the forum, telling her to be careful. At first cautious, Maxine decides to send her mysterious correspondent a direct mail detailing their problems and goes to bed. The very next day she has a message asking her to chat directly online to 'Esmeralda Foylan' who turns out to be somewhat of an expert on fairies and the hidden world of the supernatural.

Esmeralda, it turns out is a gatekeeper to another magical...