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Keep on Dreaming! -JustAnotherFanGirl2004
Welcome back to Ever After High
Where the teens are celebrating
And the Evil Queen has escaped!
And that's where our next chapter begins...
It was a peaceful morning in Ever After High. Raven woke up to see Maddie was hanging upside down from her own bed, sleeping. The purple haired girl couldn't help but give a small laugh as she got out of bed. It was hard to believe the stress of Apple and her mother's evil was out of the way. Now Raven could live a life without stress, for at least a little bit, she hoped.
With a snap of the girl's fingers, Raven was dressed in her usual purple and black outfit, her bed was made, and silver headphones were covering her pale ears, blasting her morning playlist. Her phone buzzed in her pocket. Raven picked it up to see Dexter's morning text. Breakfast? 7:40?
Raven looked back at her clock. It was 7:38 A.M. Lessons started at 8:00 for the day. Raven suddenly went into panic mode. "Maddie get up!" Raven called,"School starts soon!" The daughter of the Evil Queen practically ran out the door.
The castleteria was bursting with people. For it was a happy day in Ever After. Raven came in at 7:41, out of breath from running. She looked around, searching for Dexter. Raven spotted the prince sitting at a lonely table, eating a plate of waffles. As Raven walked closer, Dexter looked up at her and smiled."Good morning,"he greeted Raven as she sat down.
"Good morning," Raven smiled back,"Did you get these for me?" She pointed at the plate of waffles in front of her.
"Yeah," Dexter seemed embarrassed,"Was that okay? Do you even like waffles? I probably-"
"They're perfect," Raven interrupted. She blushed as she said,"Thank you." No one has ever really done anything nice for her in awhile. Ever since she refused to sign the Story Book of Legends and follow her destiny, nobody really trusted her ever again. Well, nobody truly trusted her to begin with. Now Apple White is in the hot seat with her turning evil under the influence of Raven's mother.
The whole subject was touchy really. Most students, teachers, and parents all didn't know what went down in the past week. Raven didn't truly know herself. Apple seemed to have been taunted by Raven's mother, the Evil Queen. Apple had a brown story that needed to be mended. Luckily Raven and other students rose up and told her that there was always hope. It was now a start of a fresh week.
"Did you sleep good?" Dexter asked awkwardly.
"A lot better then I have for the last couple of days," Raven admitted,"How 'bout you?"
"Couldn't have slept better," Dexter finished his waffles,"Everyone's safe know and we can focus more on you and me."
"What are you suggesting?" Raven looked up from her plate, smiling.
"I'm thinking walk in the forest after school. If you're up for it of course," Dexter explained.
"That would be hexellent," Raven gave a soft laugh as she ate more of her breakfast,"I'll see you after school in the library?"
"Yeah I'll be there anyway," Dexter stood up and picked up his plate,"I better get to my first lesson. It's a pretty far walk."
"Bye," Raven called as he walked past her. She looked back down at her plate of waffles. Suddenly, she felt a peck on the cheek. Raven looked back to see Dexter walking backward and smiling. Raven blushed and Dexter turned forward and exited the castleteria.
"My wondrous world," Maddie sat down with her plate of eggs and tea,"I'm exhausted."
"Well we all had a lot of stress on us last week," Raven sighed,"we need to return back to our ordinary lives."
"Since when has my life been ordinary?" Maddie asked sarcastically.
School was as boring as ever. Raven dazed through her class periods. She still was attending dark force classes, but Raven would rather do that then go to Apple's princess lessons. They learned how to wait until a prince comes to save their problem for them. Raven almost found it laughable when Apple told her about it.
Lunch was fine. Raven ate in the library, where no was ever there. She found it quite peaceful to be alone; but it was dreadful to have to drag herself to her afternoon classes. She often drew light sketches of random people to get her through it.
When the final bell rang, Raven practically jumped out of her seat. She walked quietly to her locker to put her school things away. Raven opened her locker to find a single purple rose. She smiled as she put her stuff away and picked up the flower. She brought it up to her nose to smell the sweet petals. Even though there was no tag, Raven knew who had put it in there. Dexter had always known how to make her day.
Raven put the rose into her water bottle and stuck it back into her locker. As she slammed the pink door, Apple's face came suddenly into view. Raven jumped back as Apple said,"Raven! How are you?"
Raven tucked a piece of hair behind her ear. "I'm good Apple, how are you?"
"Oh my life is just a happily ever after now," Apple's teeth had shinned brighter then ever,"Everyone's forgiven me and it's all wonderful."
"That's great Apple," Raven stared to walk down the hallway.
"Where you going Raven?" Apple chased after her.
"I'm meeting Dexter," Raven smiled.
"Oh well I need to talk to you soon okay?" Apple stopped walking as Raven kept going,"Find me later!"
As Raven stepped out of the front doors of the school, the fresh air rushed through her nose. This is where she loves to be, outdoors. Her bots walked swiftly through the long grass as she headed straight for the forest. As she reached the outskirts, Raven pet dragon, Nevermore, came running for her.
"Nevermore!" Raven called as the purple dragon hopped into her arms. The creature was more of a dog size, but can grow and shrink. It's sand paper tongue licked her face as she laughed . Raven put down her pet and began to search for boyfriend. As she walked deeper into the trees, the sky seemed a little less bright from the leaves who shaded the area.
When five minutes past she began to worry. Raven was alone in the forest with only her dragon. It became colder as she moved deeper. She rubbed her arms to make the goosebumps fall back into her skin. It may have been in the middle of fall, but Raven knew that seeing our own breath was not something you should see in October. A snap of a branch came from behind her.
Raven swirled around and called Dexter's name. Another snap came from a distance. She gasped quietly at the sound. Raven looked around to see Nevermore was no longer with her. A sense of panic filled her body as she crept closer to the continuing noise. She walked along a different path filled with thrones of each side. Frost was beginning to form as she walked closer to the sound.
Raven violet eyes scanned through the thick evergreen branches. She suddenly stopped when she finally reached the noise. Raven saw a frosty ground with broken glass everywhere. She bent down and picked up a shard, but it wasn't just glass, they showed reflections. As the mirror shard fell out of her hand, Raven's mind filled with fear and questions. Her heart pounded quickly in her chest.
The daughter of the Evil Queen backed up slowly, breathing heavily. As she turned Raven began to run as if something was chasing her. Branches whipped her arms, legs and face but all she could do was run. Her face looked behind her when she hit something hard. Raven fell back onto the fallen leaves. "Raven!" a voice called
Raven rubbed her head as her vision refocused to see Dexter. "Are you okay?" he said as she took his hand to stand.
"Yeah I'm fine I think," Raven kept looking behind her suspiciously. Her eyes scanning everything around them.
"Your hand," Dexter turned his to her. It was covered with blood, but it wasn't his. Raven looked down at her pale hand to see blood dripping from it.
"The glass," Raven recalled. She hadn't noticed, but the glass must have cut her skin when she dropped it.
"What glass?" Dexter asked as Raven wrapped her arms around the boy,"You're freezing!"
"Mirror glass," Raven said quietly as she dug her face in Dexter's shoulder.
