It was a normal evening at Ever After High. The last class bell rang throughout the school signaling the time of day when the halls become crowded with students. The halls became loud with excitement as students go on the search for friends. As groups are formed, the conflict that has started in the school starts to be shown; Royals against Rebels. A fight about destiny the Royals are in favour of their predetermined destinies while the Rebels fight to choose their own destiny. However this is not what our story will focus on.
Meet Duchess Swan, daughter of the Swan Queen. She considers herself on the Royal side even though her story doesn't have such a happy ending. She tries to bring down other princesses so that she can take the role of the princess in another story. As hard as she tries Duchess has yet to succeed. Her powers include turning into a black swan and dancing on water in her human form. As Duchess walks through the halls her life is about to take some unexpected turns. Gather around as we follow Duchess on a journey of happiness, sadness, disappointment and love.
It was a pretty boring day for Duchess. The days were slowly going by for her recently. Everything seemed to be repetitive; wake up, get ready for the day, go to classes, lovingly stare at Daring Charming, snoop around to find juicy details about other princesses and finally go back to bed. This was starting to ruffle Duchess Swan's feathers. She needed to get out of the rut she was in.
"What am I gonna do? Even looking at Daring is starting to lose its appeal. Maybe Faybelle would like to-"
"Hello everyone and welcome back to Just Right!"
Duchess scrunches her eyes in frustration. She slowly looks up to the t.v screen that was currently showing Blondie Lockes face. The famous school show had just started. Duchess was irritated for being distracted mid-thought. With nothing better to do Duchess tries her best to drown out the talkative blonde's voice.
"Before I bring out my guests for today's show I have some hex-citing news for everyone!" Blondie says while shuffling through some papers.
Duchess closes her eyes and takes a deep breath.
"Ever After High has decided to start an yearly dance off!"
Duchess eyes sprang open. She quickly does half a pirouette and focuses all her attention on Blondie.
"That's right all you fairy-tales! Headmaster Grimm has officially released the news. In honour of all the wonderful musicals, every dancer is invited to try out. So get your dance shoes on and may the best performance win!"
Duchess was at a loss for words. This was exactly what she hoping for. Not only will this get rid of her boredom but also the chance to show the school how great of a dancer she was. Duchess prides herself with her ballet skills. With her moves nobody will come close to beating her.
"This is the fable-est! I'm a cinch to win!"
"Oh I wouldn't bet on it Duck Face."
Duchess' moment of happiness stopped. She knew that voice all too well. Duchess turns around to see Sara Silberhaus, daughter of Clara Silberhaus from the The Nutcracker. Sara had a fair white skin tone that could be compared to a cloud. Her auburn hair was tied in a ponytail that just reached her mid-back. Her eyes were sparkling with the colour of an evergreen forest while her earrings were mistletoe's. Sara wore a noodle strap top like Duchess but hers was green and red. Her skirt was the same colour wise but would have Christmas stars going around the edge. Sara wore green stockings with candy-canes running up and down the leg. Her shoes were a nice bright red with more candy-canes as heels. All the students could swear that every time Sara walks by the smell of pine trees and gingerbread cookies would be in the air. Everyone loved her, except for Duchess.
Sara and Duchess had been enemies since Nursery Rhyme school. Since both of their stories revolved around dancing they both wanted to prove who the best dancer was. Duchess was glaring at Sara.
"Silberhaus."
Venom could be heard dripping out of Duchess' voice. Sara started to circle Duchess.
"You think you stand a chance of beating me? How many times have we faced off now? 10? 12? And how many times have you won? Oh that's right, zero."
Duchess was starting to turn red with anger.
"I hardly call doing the same routine over and over again winning. At least I'm creative and original. This time your petty little dance won't even come close to what I'll do Pine Breath."
Sara stopped circling Duchess. Her face scowled in annoyance.
"Excuse you! Why should I change something that's perfect? The crowd love my moves, unlike yours Waddle Feet."
"Pine-cone Head!"
"Feather Duster!"
"Toothpick!"
Back and forth the girls bickered. A crowd started to form, waiting in excitement for a fight to start. Outside of the crowd there was one man who wasn't paying attention to the fighting. He was still focused on Blondie's show. She was explaining the rules of the competition. His smile continued to grow as he listened to Blondie. Without taking notice of the fighting behind him the energetic teen ran through the halls, unable to hold his joy to start practicing for the dance competition.
Meanwhile, Duchess and Sara were still arguing. The crowd was the perfect audience. They were reacting at the perfect time and egging the two dancers on.
"That handbag you always carry was so last fairy-tale Sara. Can't even keep up with today's fashion I see."
"I could say the same to you miss 'These are real Hanns Christian Dours original clothing!' We can all tell it's a fake."
"Ah! You take that back you witch!"
"Why don't you make me?"
"Oh I'll do more than that. I bet I can out dance you in this competition!"
"Oh little Duchess making threats. I'm so scared."
"It's not a threat, it's a promise."
"Interesting. What's the wager?"
"If I win you have to let Maddie do your hair and choose your clothing for a week!"
The crowd let out an audible gasp. As funny as Maddie was, her style and hair were completely mad; perfect for the daughter of the Mad Hatter. On anyone else it would just seem weird. Sara glared at Duchess.
"...Fine but if I win you will forever call me Queen of Dance and never be allowed to dance again."
Duchess stepped back from that in fear. Dancing was her one true passion. It was a way to express herself and release stress. The crowd stared at Duchess, waiting for her reply. Duchess noticed everyone staring at her. The tension was starting to get to Duchess. She took a deep breath and…
"Bring it on like fairy song!"
Ah the start of my new story. At first it was originally gonna be a one-shot but the more I got into it the more I found this could be a good story. Sorry soultaker but I still have the pairing you asked for. I'm excited for this one. I also introduced another OC. What do you guys think of Sara? She does sound kind of mean but she is talking to Duchess who she considers her a dance rival.
This is a short chapter for my standards but the rest should be over 2000 words. Hope you guys like the story and are excited for the next chapter.
Until next chapter,
Morantis
