Chapter 1: Locked In

"And now comes MY favorite part of the night. We're going to the observatory!" Amber said, guiding the other princesses to the elevator. She was followed by the other hostess of the slumber party, Sofia. Trailing behind were Hildegard and Clio, side by side, and then finally Vivian. Clio chuckled and questioned if Amber was going to make them chart Amberina Major again. "I won't MAKE you, but you can if you WANT to!" Amber replied.

Reaching the elevator, Sofia smiled and told Amber how she would love to chart constellations with her. However, getting to the top, they saw James and his friends were already up there. He was hosting his own sleepover with Zandar, Hugo, and Desmond. Amber rolled her eyes and told her twin how it was their turn in the observatory. "But we were here first!" James complained. Amber held up a sheet of paper, showing how they already reserved it for this time. "But first come first served!" James replied. Amber contradicted, stating that reservations come first.

The two grew more and more mad with each statement made, making Sofia very uncomfortable. "Why don't we all just share it right now?" She timidly suggested. The twins simultaneously turned in opposite directions, Amber flicking out her fan while James angrily crossed his arms, both giving an annoyed 'hmph'.

Vivian sighed of relief, pointing out that at least they weren't fighting anymore. Hildegard rolled her eyes. "Well, while they act like children, I'M going to go check if our star-shaped cookies are on their way." She stated. Zandar's eyes lit up. Before he could say anything, Hildegard went, "Don't even think about it!" She went straight for the elevator and tried to open it, but nothing would happen. "Why won't this door budge!? Clio, help me!" Hildegard demanded. Clio gasped and rushed to help, but they still couldn't get it to work. Sofia sighed, stating how the elevator must be broken again.

"Do you girls really weigh THAT much?" James asked, Amber automatically slapping him with her fan afterwards. James gave a quick 'Ow!', then stopped and realized what he said going, "Wait, no no! I didn't mean it like that. I meant, like, because there were so many of you in it at the same time, and all your body weight together must be-" Amber put her hand over his mouth and asked him to stop talking.

Hildegard began to panic, not because they were stuck, but because she couldn't get their cookies. "Cookies? Ummm… You mean THESE cookies?" Hugo shamefully asked, pointing to an empty plate with nothing left but crumbs. Amber gasped and asked what happened to their star-shaped cookies. Desmond slowly started to point to Zandar and James, both of whom had cookie crumbs all over their mouths. Hildegard and Amber angrily tried to dash towards the two boys with Vivian and Clio trying to hold them back.

"This isn't going very well." Sofia sighed.

Hugo chuckled and replied, "But you have to admit… it's pretty entertaining!"

Sofia giggled and admitted, "Maybe a little…"