Lizzie Hearts yelled, "Off with your head!" at the simply annoying ad which popped up on her MirrorBook. It wasn't unusual for the Princess of Hearts to be sitting at her desk at late morning on Saturday researching Wonderland. This time, though, it was Kingdom Management thronework; the White Queen had told them to research their kingdom.

"Oh my Grimm," it was when Lizzie read the ad that she blushed.

Calling all EAH girls interested! Daring Charming is looking for his queen! Do you have what it takes to win his heart? Sign up for the Selection! Only 20 girls allowed!

The girls will have to undergo a series of competitions to win Daring's heart. Daring will eliminate one girl at the end of each one, except for the mass elimination at the beginning. Blondie Lockes will be hosting and recording live with Darling and Dexter Charming.

Without thinking – well, thinking about their secret dates a while back, before Rosabella Beauty captured his attention – Lizzie signed up. Scrolling down the list of names, she realised that most of the 19 girls who had already signed up were part of the Daring Charming Fan Club. She winced as she saw her name.

Apple White

Cerise Hood

Duchess Swan

Holly O'Hair

Lizzie Hearts

"Oh, hexellent," Lizzie groaned as the last name, Rosabella's, popped up.

It wasn't that Lizzie had anything against Rosabella. She appreciated the girl's desire to promote justice to the world, but her heart ached whenever she saw them together. Apple, Cerise, Duchess and Holly weren't too happy either.

Sighing, Lizzie picked up her bookbag and made her way to the Mad Hatter's, the one place she felt peaceful. That was, other than the Wonderland Grove. One day Lizzie hoped to show it to Daring.

The first task took place at the EAH Bookball Stadium. Lizzie could see Cerise smiling eagerly as she stretched in the line of girls. If the task involved running, she would have a massive advantage.

Blondie, Darling and Dexter stood in front of them. Blondie, as always, had her MirrorPad in hand. Darling was pinning up her long skirt with little silver hooks, and Dexter was looking at the line of girls.

The Tech Club were readying the cameras. "Starting in ten minutes," Humphrey called out.

Lizzie fiddled with her deck of cards, eyes sharply inspecting every girl. Apple was talking to Duchess, who was pirouetting impatiently, about how she was destined to win the Selection, which put Duchess on edge even more. It was a well-known fact that Duchess despised Apple because of her destiny. Holly was watching Cerise stretch, face worried and hands at her famously long hair. Everyone knew that Holly hated Grimmnastics because she had to deal with her hair when it got in the way.

Her gaze fell on Rosabella, who had her hands clasped beneath her chin, eyes closed. Lizzie felt, not for the first time that day, a glimmer of doubt.

"Two minutes," Humphrey called, alerting Blondie, Darling and Dexter.

"We should bring out Daring," Darling suggested.

"I'll get him," Dexter offered. "I'm the only one who can take him away from his dressing table mirror."

"Hurry!" Blondie agreed. "It will be so not just right if we start late, or if Daring's late."

Two minutes later, Daring appeared and the competition started.

"Hello, girls," Daring said, winking and smiling. "Today you will start competing for my heart! Of course, ten of you will be eliminated by me today. The Mass Elimination."

"Fellow fairytales, you must give it your hextreme all to stay after the Mass Elimination." Blondie announced. "I hope you all do just right!"

"Good luck," Darling added. "The competition is tough."

"Only half of you will make it to the next round," Dexter said. "Today the challenge is…"

"…An obstacle course!" Daring finished. "As you all know, I'm very athletic. You have to complete the obstacle course while dodging the hurling Bookballs. If one of them touches you, you lose five points."

"If you successfully complete the course, you get ten points." Darling continued. "You'll get ten extra points if you collect the golden Bookball, hidden in different places in the course. The girl with the quickest score or most points wins."

Cerise, of course, completed the course in record time, although she didn't find the golden Bookball. None of the hurling Bookballs hit her.

Apple got hit by two Bookballs, but she found the golden Bookball easily.

Holly took the slowest amount of time, getting hit by three Bookballs but finding the golden one.

Duchess didn't get hit and she finished fairly quickly but didn't find the golden Bookball.

Rosabella didn't get hit, and she found the golden Bookball, although she took quite a while.

To Lizzie's relief, she did fairy well. She could dodge fairy well, as in Wonderland people and things had tendencies to throw objects. She found the golden Bookball and took about the same amount of time Rosabella did.

The rest, members of the Daring Charming Fan Club, didn't do very well.

At the end of the challenge, the girls lined up again. Each was nervous for the Mass Elimination.

Daring stood in front of Blondie, Darling and Dexter. "Cerise Hood, step forward."

Cerise's eyes widened.

"Cerise, you won," Daring said with his smile. "Congratulations. But now, Here's a list of girls."

He named ten girls, all part of his fan club. "I'm sorry, but all of you are eliminated."

Lizzie exhaled with relief. "Off with your head," she whispered, unable to stop herself from beaming.

"Thank godmother," Holly said.

"Spelltacular," Apple said, "of course, though."

"Daring's storybook perfect," Duchess said, performing a graceful grand jeté.

"I'm glad I won," Cerise said to no one in particular.

Rosabella sighed. "I hope I have a chance."

Lizzie frowned. Was that girl insane? She didn't deserve to be called mad, but hadn't she noticed that Daring was spending the most time with her of all six of them?