Author's Note: I own nothing, this was me wondering about Travis having to use Rose's mini entrance. Constructive criticism welcome. R&R

The sun was already climbing in the sky, peace reigning supreme within the Cinderella household.

"She's going to be late again if she doesn't get a move on." Clara Cinderella muttered as she eyed first the clock, then her daughter's backpack. Her musings were interrupted by a chime, signaling the presence of someone at the door.

"One minute—oh, good morning Travis, come to get Rose? She should be down any moment here." Sure enough, the sound of boots could be heard thumping down the stairs, punctuated by yelp and thud at the bottom.

Gathering herself from the floor, Rose laughed, "Whee! New boots, still getting used to them," then catching sight of the time, "Pumpkin seeds! We need to go Travis; bye Mom!" She yelled, snatching her backpack and running out the door, snagging Travis en route.

Rushing down the streets of the waking city, dodging people and obstacles, the two made a familiar picture; this being neither the first yet surely not the last time the scene would play out.

"Rose, we really need to stop doing this," Travis yelped while swerving around a texter, "At this rate, it'd be faster to be caught by the retrieval dragon instead of going through the gate; otherwise we'll never get to school on time!"

Finally, the pair skidded to a halt at the entrance of the back alley that led to Regal Academy, both glancing around to make sure they were unobserved, and then darted in. Reaching the enchanted wall, Travis made to pull out his key; his hand met only empty air.

"Bad luck beast!" he groaned, turning towards Rose "Please tell me you have your key."

"Yep, it's right here!" Rose produced it with a flourish and made to insert it in the wall, then hesitated, "Oh, but it might not be a good fit; it's kind of small."

"They're all the same size Rose, we just need to hurry." Travis told her impatiently, motioning to the wall for emphasis. Shrugging, Rose slid the key home and twisted unlocking the magic portal. Travis' jaw dropped, "Rose, why's it like that?" he whispered horrified, face frozen.

"I told you silly, it works just fine though; all you have to do is make sure to jump through. Watch." Rose commanded, before backing up and diving through headfirst through the portal into the fairytale realm. Left alone on the mortal side, Travis ran a hand through his hair, eyed the window once more, sent a look skyward, then followed after his friend.