Both girls woke up on opposite sides of the school. Both found themselves in unfamiliar lands and looked around frantically. Alice found herself surrounded by flowers, bright green grass, clear waters and a pink and blue glass castle shooting up into the sky. Zia found herself surrounded by dead grass, muddy banks that led to black mucky that passed for a river, dark thunderclouds that started to rain heavily and a dark brooding castle. Each of the girls looked around but couldn't find what they were looking for. Their twin sister.
There was an obvious difference between the two. One of the most obvious differences being the hair colour. Whilst Alice had soft light brown waves that hung just past her shoulder, Zia had pin straight black hair that went to her waist. Apart from this they had the same crystal blue eyes, pale skin, small sweet features and a height of 5 feet.
Alice slowly got up and straightened her pale blue dress. She jumped slightly as she saw beautiful girls head as it sprouted from the ground, soon followed by the rest of her. Not long after more of these girls appeared. All seemed to be as equally beautiful as the person next to her.
Zia got up and squinted as she tried to see through the fog. She heard splashes and looked to where the 'water' is and saw black shapes emerge. She looked to the sky and saw birds made entirely out of bone drop children. She heard the growls before she saw the vicious wolfs mouth drip drool.
Alice looked up at the girls around her, casting shadows over her small body. Some girls spotted her looking scared and lost and started whispering to their friends. Finally a girl with sun kissed blonde hair and honey rich eyes knelt in front of her.
"Hello there. I'm Claire. What's your name?" She said in the gentlest voice Alice had heard.
"Alice."
"Hello Alice. Do you know where you are?" Alice shook her head, making her soft waves ripple like water. "Well, we are here at the school for good. Were we learn to become princesses."
"Like in fairy tales?"
"Yes like in fairy tales. After we graduate we go into the endless woods to make our own fairy tales. Would you like that?" Alice nodded. Claire took Alice's tiny hand in hers and led her towards good gates where girls are lined up to walk inside, trunks in hand.
Zia trudged through mud in single file with the rest of the children who had fallen out the sky. Wolfs guarded them and if any of them fell out of formation, the wolfs would wipe them. Zia nervously started biting her thumb nail and tapped the boy in front of her. He had shaggy black hair that looked like it had been cut with a razor, piercing blue eyes and a tall lean build. He was wearing a ripped black coat with black trousers and an unbuttoned shirt. It also looked like he wore eyeliner because his eyes had heavy bags from many sleepless nights.
He just glared down at her as he looked over his shoulder.
"W...where are we?"
"The school for Evil." He said in a husky voice. He looked back in front of him and didn't make any other indication that Zia existed. As they entered the gate Zia shrank into herself as she looked at her surroundings. The whole building was black and the only like was from the candles creating an eerie glow. Three large stair cases with the words Malice, Mischief and Vice led up into the towers. Five columns had carvings of monsters on each of them; each had an individual letter on it in red. All these letters spelt out the word NEVER. Walls were covered with gold, silver and bronze frames. Each with portraits of themselves. They also had a plaque with a name and something else written beneath it. Zia didn't have time to figure out what the small writing was because she got pushed to keep moving in the line.
A hag waited at the end of the corridor handing the students things. When the guy in front of her got to the front he just scowled down at the hags and walked off. The hag thrust a piece of paper into Zia's hands. She looked down at it.
Zia
Evil, First year.
Malice tower 13
Uglification - Prof. Bilious Manley
Curses and death traps – Lady lesso
History of villainy – Prof. Harvey Agelman
Henchman training – Castor
Lunch
Spelcial talents – Prof. Sheeba sheeks
Surviving Fairy tales – Yuba the gnome
(Forest group #2)
After that Zia got handed a stack of books tied with live eels and ragged black robes. Zia didn't know why or how she got here, but she knew she didn't like it.
Alice held Claire's hand as they waited in line for their stuff. Claire pointed out each of the signs for the tower. Honor, Valor, Purity and Charity. Two of the stair cases were made of blue glass whilst the other two were made of pink. In the room there were also four columns, each with a pink letter written on them. They spelled out Ever. When Alice asked Claire about this she explained how the Evers were good people, princesses and princes. Whilst the Nevers where the villains.
They were at the front by the time Claire finished explaining the portraits on the wall and why there were three different coloured frames. Alice got handed a piece of paper.
Alice
Good. First year
Purity tower 45
Beautification – Prof. Emma Anemone
History of heroism – Prof. Harvey Agelman
Princess Etiquette – Pollux
Animal Communication – Princess Uma
Lunch
Good deeds – Prof. Clarissa Dovey
Surviving Fairy tales – Yuba the gnome
(Forest group #2)
A nymph handed her a basket of books whilst another handed her a plain pink dress. She went over to Claire and they started heading up the stairs for the Purity tower.
"Claire, our clothes look different." Alice said as her eyebrows creased in concentration.
"Maybe it's because of your size." She smiled and walked into room 40. Alice took a deep breath as she reached her own door and pushed it open.
Inside three girls sat on beds gossiping and laughing. When Alice walked in the girls stopped to look at her. Their expressions softened slightly at the look of her. Alice walked in slowly and went over to the only bed that hadn't been taken.
The girls in her room all had different shades of brown hair. One had short dark hair that fell in ringlets, with glossy green eyes. The second had long mousy brown hair that fell over one shoulder and dark brown eyes. The third had dark brown hair curled and up in a bun with dark blue eyes.
"You must be Alice. I'm Emily" The girl with the up-do said. Then she pointed to the other 2. "That one is Emma and this is Ariella." She pointed to the short haired girl first then the one with long hair.
"It's… nice to meet you"
"You're just so cute" Emily said and swept Alice up in a hug making her drop the basket. "Ah, I'm sorry." Emily put her down and started helping her pick her books up and placed them on her bed.
Zia found herself in a burnt room. Everything had been burnt and looked like it could collapse. When Zia entered the room something stirred in the corner. She jumped slightly and went to the bed that was in the oboist corner. As Zia set her stuff down, she looked back up to see someone sitting on a bed staring at her; unblinking.
"You're going to find her soon. But split apart by differences." She said in a whisper but it sounded like multiple people were in the room. The girl left without saying another word and closed the door behind her.
~XxX~
At the welcoming ceremony the Evers had entered first, coming through the east wing. Claire and her group of friends sat near the front whilst Alice and her three roommates sat a few seats behind them. Alice had changed into her new clothes before she left. They looked like her old dress just in pink. When the other doors opened Alice saw how terrible the Nevers were. She saw their stringy hair, the warts, the pale skin (green skin in some cases) the distant eyes and all round awfulness.
Zia found herself walking behind the guy that she talked to earlier. Her head hung low and sat down not looking anywhere but the floor. But Alice noticed her.
"Zia," Alice said. Her new friends looked at her confused and followed her gaze. Then she started running towards her. "Zia!" Alice shouted. Zia heard her and looked up. When she saw her sister coming towards her she got up and started running towards Alice.
"Alice." Zia said as the two sisters collided into a hug. People on both sides stared at them, too stunned to speak but they ignored everyone. Zia started shaking as she started to cry. Alice stroked her hair slightly.
"It's okay, no need to cry. We are here now, together." Alice whispered to Zia. They let go and smiled at each other and everyone got a glimpse of them together. Stunned gasps rang through the room. The twins looked around them and found that everyone was staring at them. Alice looked back at her sister and Zia did the same. Each looked shocked from what came up behind the other.
A wolf dragged Zia by her hair and one of her roommates gently wrapped her arms around Alice to keep her back. Zia and Alice tried desperately to keep hold of each other. But it was useless. They got dragged to their own side.
A/N: Thank you for reading please review if you can. And I know I missed how they got caught and how on their schedules it's just their name and not like Alice of woods beyond. There is a reason so. Happy reading.