The story continues..
The next day the royal cobbler and love interest Derek arrives to find that they have worn their new dancing shoes out in a single night and that they are covered with gold dust. The duchess continues to deprive them of any enjoyment and prevents them singing for their father, who has fallen ill. The doctor gives Rowena medicine for the king which she promptly disposes of, because she is poisoning the king. That night the princesses again dance the night away.
The next day the princesses are still exhausted and the duchess demands to know why. Lacey tells her the truth, which upsets the duchess (who does not believe it). The princesses return again to their magic land after being locked into their bedroom. Derek returns, having discovered that Rowena is stealing from the king and dealing with an apocathary (presumably for the poison). Using the pattern of Genevieve’s dancing, Derek enters the magic land and reports his findings.
