Rebel With a Thorn

By Morgana Ravenheart

Prologue: Introductions

A/N: Told you! This is a crossover between Monster High and Ever After High, but the EAH girls won't come into the story until a little later on. They're mentioned throughout however. And do you know how hard it is to think of names for kids of both monstrous and fairytale kids? Seriously. I was like, am I really going with that?

I'm listening to the Boo York Boo York soundtrack as I write this, I love it. I know the song Boo York practically off by heart and It Can't Be Over... well, you've all read Mom, Is It Over, right?

Anyway. I introduce to you my replacement for Faybelle Thorn, Maleval Diaficent Crow. I used the Maleficent and Diaval characterizations from the Maleficent movie back in 2013, I think. I had a Supernatural calender, it was on my mother's birthday.

Ahem. On with the story, yes.

My name is Maleval Crow. I'm the daughter of Maleficent and her crow servent Diaval. I'm a Legacy, and I have a duty to fill. I have to become the next Maleficent and curse Briar Beauty, daughter of Sleeping Beauty, to sleep for a century. I've got all sorts of evil expectations, evil duties, evil responsibilites. A whole lot of evil. Being the daughter of an evil fairy doesn't exactly help me make friends. I rank just below Raven Queen, daughter of the Evil Queen, in Blondie Locks' MirrorCast poll.

All cause I have magic and can turn into a bird when I feel like it.

But now, now I have a chance to change my fate, to change my destiny. Do a little good. Principal Grimm's called me to his office, regarding my application for the exchange student programme to Monster High. It was in the Human World, in a place called New Salem in Monsterchussets. I didn't understand half the place names. Boo York? Scaris, Fangladesh? I did the reading, sure, but what the hell? I was the only applicant for the programme so I had to have got it, right? Anything to get me out of the halls of EAH.

"Ah, yes. Thank you for coming, Miss Crow," Principal Grimm said. "I'll be brief, pack your bags, you have been accepted onto the exchange programme to Monster High. You have an hour to pack, then please come back here where you will meet your new principal and the student you're exchanging with," he told me.

"Thank you, sir," I said, my smile a mile wide. "Will you please let my parents know of this?"

"Already done, Miss Crow. We wouldn't send you without parental consent," Grimm said. "Now off you go. One hour."

I giggled and headed back off to pack, singing the school anthem under my breath as I packed.

"Wait, you're going to the human world?" my best friend and roommate, Melody Piper asked. Our friends Cedar Wood, Cerise Hood and Darling Charming were lolling about the room on the sofa and Melody's bed as I ransacked my wardrobe.

"Yeah, to Monster High. It's a school for the children of monsters like the Boogeyman, the Mummy, Dracula and things. Like that old cartoon movie we saw in freshman year," I said, flinging an old pair of shoes onto Melody's bed and carefully putting away my new heels among the clothes, books and notepads already packed in my suitcase.

"I don't get this place," Darling shrugged, adjusting her glasses. "Do you think you'll have to learn different languages? I mean, you learned Riddleish just to understand Maddie Hatter," she asked.

"Probably. I mean, I assume so. Grimm didn't say anything so I'm not really sure," I shrugged. I packed a couple of winter jumpers,coats and the like. I didn't know the whether, so I wanted to be prepared. I might just go shopping when I get there.

Soon my hour was up and my friends helped me take my suitcases to Grimm's office, bidding me goodbye before I went inside.

"Ah, Miss Crow," Grimm greeted, smiling. On his left stood a woman in a long purple overcoat and her hair in a high bun. She looked rather overbearing but had a kind face. On Grimm's right stood a girl covered head to toe in pink, white and gold. I was slightly overwhelmed, but reigned it in, smiling slightly.

"Miss Crow, meet Principal Katherine Bloodgood, your principal for the semester at Monster High," Grimm introduced the woman in purple, who smiled.

"Pleasure to meet you, Miss Crow. We'll be leaving shortly, and your host family will be waiting for us on the other side."

"Very well, Principal Bloodgood," I smiled, shaking her hand.

"Hi!" the girl in pink gushed, hugging me suddenly. "I'm CA Cupid, daughter of Eros, but everyone calls me Cupid. I'll be taking all your classes this semester, see what it's like to be a fairytale gal."

"I, uh..." I stammered. "I'm Maleval Crow, daughter of Maleficent. I'll be taking your classes at Monster High, see what it's like to be a uh... a monster?" I shrugged, scratching the back of my neck. "My roommate, Melody Piper, will be your guide here, so stick with her and you won't really go wrong."

"Okay!" Cupid giggled. "You'll love Mad Science, and Fearleeding and Biteology and Casketball and SKRM..."

"Ahem," Bloodgood interrupted. "Don't spoil it all for her, Miss Cupid."

"Of course not," Cupid giggled and she picked up her suitcases.

I did the same, taking a breath, moving towards Bloodgood.

"I will see you next semester, Miss Crow," Grimm told me. "Good luck."

Bloodgood opened a portal, or a window or something. We stepped through and suddenly we were there.

Monster High.

When Bloodgod and I arrived, there was a small family of three waiting for us by a modern estate car. They looked to be a regular human family, but I knew that wouldn't be entirely true. A boy about my age with black hair and a blond fringe made his way forward, wearing a plaid shirt and a yellow vest over a pair of black slacks.

"Miss Crow, this is Jackson Jekyll. He'll be your host and guide here at Monster High," Bloodgood smiled. "I thought you might like a slight sense of normalcy to make you feel at least a little at home," she added under her breath to me.

"Thank you, Principal Bloogood, I appreciate it," I said quietly.

"Not a problem, Miss Crow. Remember that if you're ever in need of a friendly ear, my door is always open," Bloodgood nodded sincerely and mounted the blue flaming horse, galloping away from us.

"Uh, h-hi," Jackson said, rubbing the back of his neck and reaching down to grab my suitcases.

"I got it," I told him and flicked my wrist to levitate my cases. I caught a glimpe of an eyebrow piercing through his hair and raised an eyebrow slightly. Surprising.

The adult woman smiled and she held out her hand to shake. "Hello, dear. I'm Janice Jekyll, Jackson's mother, and this is my daughter Jacqueline," she introduced herslf.

"Pleased to meet you, my name is Maleval Crow," I shook Janice's hand and flicked my wrist to put my cases in the trunk of their car.

"That's an interesting name," Jacqueline said curiously. "Where does it come from?"

"Oh, uh... it's a combination of my parents' names. My mother is Maleficent and my father is her crow companion Diaval," I said slightly hesitantly. "My middle name is Diaficent. I'm from the Storybook world, the Magical Realm, the Enchanted Forest."

"Oh," the young girl said, pursing her lips. "Are you evil then? Cause Maleficent is evil and cursed Sleeping Beauty."

"Jacqueline Isabella Jekyll!" Janice growled. "I'm so sorry, Miss Crow, she's so tactless sometimes..."

"No, no, I don't mind. Really. I'm so used to people assuming my status because of my parentage, that it's nice to be asked," I said. "No, I'm not evil. I actually want to pull away from my mother and her legacy, to try and forge my own path. I was hoping that a semester here at Monster High would help me do that."

"Oh, it will probably do that and more," Janice smiled. "Everyone's welcome at Monster High, freaky flaws and all. If you don't like who you are, then make a new personality," she advised. "Just make sure it's the one you want to be."

I don't ask her meaning, I only smiled and turned to Jackson as we got into the car and Janice drove us all to her home.

My home as well, I realized. At least for the semester. Maybe I could transfer here, it sounded like I could fit in...

No. Preposterous. Mother would never let me. But I did wonder. Maybe I could have a new life, I wouldn't be the villan for once. I could be my own person, make my own destiny.

"Maleval?" Jackson prodded my arm lightly. "Maleval, we're here," he said softly. "C'mon, I'll show you around."

Jackson showed me around, and showed me where I would be sleeping. It was a plain room with clean white bedding.

"Mom says you have free reign to decorate this room however you want," Jackson told me as I set my cases down on the bed.

"Thank you," I smiled genuinely.

"I'll yell you for dinner," Jackson said. "Oh, one more thing. If you listen to music at all, please do so with headphones," he asked politely.

I nodded, sitting on the bed. I knew one thing for sure. I would never be the same after this semester, that was for certain. For good or for bad, however, would be the semester's choice.

A/N: Hi! So, yeah. Prologue done. Please review and let me know what you think. I'll continue either way cause I hafta get this out of my system. Chapter One following, I'm on a writing roll.

Love you all,

-'Gana x