Fablehaven

Grandma and the children make their way to the Forgotten Chapel. Grandma is armed with a tiny magical crossbow, capable of killing Muriel, and a pouch of dust that will repel evil creatures. Seth also has a pouch of the dust, but Kendra is unarmed; since she has done no harm, she is still totally protected by the treaty of mutual respect.

The two children, Grandma, and Hugo arrive at the ruined church and find Grandpa and Lena imprisoned inside. A beautiful woman, Muriel in disguise, is in the process of freeing Bahumat. He is imprisoned in a web of knotted rope like hers, and she is using the knots to transform her imp minions into human-sized creatures. She has also enlarged her limberjack Mendigo. Grandma misses a fatal shot at Muriel with her crossbow, and Grandma and Seth are captured after a brief fight. However, neither the imps nor Mendigo can touch Kendra since she is still protected by the full force of the treaty. Kendra learns that Muriel has been working with The Society of the Evening Star before she flees at her Grandpa’sinsistence.

Kendra, terrified and desperate to save her family, runs through the forest trying to come up with a plan. She soon realizes that even if she retrieves a weapon from the attic, she would never be able to defeat Muriel, Bahumat, and their army of imps alone. She remembers the island in the middle of the lake in the beautiful garden that she and Seth found at the beginning of their stay and recalls that there is a shrine to the Fairy Queen somewhere on the island. She knows that setting foot on the island could mean her doom, but she sees no other choice.

Once at the lake, she convinces the naiads to help her by giving her the key to a small boathouse. They try to overturn her boat once she is on the water, but by ignoring them, Kendra safely reaches the island. After a short search, she finds the tiny shrine to the Fairy Queen. She pours her heart out to the small statue of a fairy, weeping as she pleads for help. The statue begins to weep too, collecting its tears in a tiny bowl. The Fairy Queen telepathically tells Kendra to make a potion out of the tears, milk, and blood. Upon returning to the shore with her bowl of tears, Kendra finds that Mendigo has been sent after her. Since she still hasn't broken any rules, she is able to touch him without him harming her. She unhooks his wooden arms and throws them in the lake, and when he goes after him, the naiads pull him in. Kendra realizes she has committed her first act of mischief since arriving and feels proud that she did so for such a good reason.