Agatha
After the Tale of Sophie and Agatha, I'd never been so hopelessly lost in my life. I was the leader of my quest -something Dovey said about fetching her crystal ball or whatever- but I always thought I was meant to be something more than the forgotten girl in a fairytale.
Sophie had her prince, Rhian, her kingdom, and the luxurious life she always longed for. And I was happy for her, (truly, I was) yet I couldn't help feeling alone.
All my life, I was content to live in a world of solitude, building up a fortress around me. Even in my friendship with Sophie, as much as she cared about me, she didn't understand. Sophie didn't bother with the "sweet and sympathetic" demeanor the Ever Girls held, she just listened. She treated me like a real person. Until Rhian came along.
From the moment when Sophie decided she loved Rhian more than me, we gradually pulled farther and farther apart until we became nothing more than awkward acquaintances. I felt like I was yelling through an endless tunnel and Sophie could only hear echoes on the other end. I had to learn the hard way that, at the end of the day, a princess will always pick her knight over a witch.
I was a hero of Good, and still I remained overlooked and pushed aside. Students and teachers alike knew me as the moral compass; levelheaded, brave, and never faltering from doing the right thing. But that's all I was to them, a tool, and nothing more.
I was tired of being worthless, of being insecure, of being outcasted. I wanted to see the world, and have the world see me.
"So, Agatha, you say you'd like to join us? It's called the Merry Men for a reason, hun" Robin Hood said, his voice doubtful. I stared him down, my eyes turning to stone.
"I'll prove myself to you. I know you've had your eye on a fortune of gems in the Night Pools of Netherwood. I'll get it to you within a week IF you allow me into your little boy-band" I bargained. Robin Hood nodded and shook my hand. We had a deal.
That was the night I was reborn. I was no longer the graveyard girl from Galvadon, or the witch from School for Good. I was Agatha of Woods Beyond, and nothing could stop me.
