After whatever After: Finding the fireplace

Knock knock knock! Jonah knocks on a fireplace. "Nope." He says. "Come on," I say. "To the next fireplace." We run up steps. "Careful!" Kayla yells. "Cinderella herself polished that staircase, so don't get soot and dirt all over!" "Yes, Kayla!" We yell as we slow to a walking pace. "Slow down, Jonah!" I say, huffing and puffing. (Reminds me of The Three Little Pigs...) We finally get up to the top. We checked the whole bottom floor, and now we're on the  second floor out of three. I look down on my watch. It reads 2:15 in the morning. Good. We have now four hours and forty five minutes which is about four days left for us. It's night now. We're trying to find the portal to Mustard before it's too late. It might take us FOREVER to find the portal home because last time we went to Rose, Bri's parents had a ton of stuff, and eventually, Lottie helped us and made the sky the portal. If Lottie's not here, then what fairy WILL give us the information to know what's the way home? Jonah knocks once, twice, three times. Fail. We run to the next fireplace. Once, twice, three times. Nothing. Again. I cross my fingers. Three is a common number in fairy tales. Three pigs, three bears, you name it. "Okay Jonah, knock." Jonah nods and knocks once, twice, and then three times. The fireplace hisses. Yes! It worked! "Let's go!" Jonah says. We go inside the fireplace.