This is my first ever story in this website, and I just have to say that I found the stories of Ever After High to be interesting. To be honest, I was debating whether or not I should make this, but the story "Through the Looking Glass" by The Celestial Sky Dragon really inspired me to make this, so I hope all you readers out there enjoy it.
PS: Don't forget to R&R!
Disclaimer: I don't own Ever After High or its characters, I own only my OCs and the plot
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[H…pl…the…fight…back!]
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[Ca…sur...take….so…]
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[We…..for…*BOOOOOOM!*]
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A group of four young seventeen year old boys shook their heads as the message was fully cut off, despite their best attempts at trying to fix the signal. One of them, a blonde with sea green eyes, gripped his hands on the hilt of his blade; a golden ornate sword that looked better suited as décor than for actual fighting, but held an incredible power within itself.
"Nate, calm down." Another one, a dark violet haired boy with stormy blue eyes, said when he spotted the movement his friend made.
"But Marcus, they…!"
"We know, and that's why we will strike back." A red head with brown eyes said, gripping one fist with his other hand, before looking at their last friend, and leader, whom had their eyes closed. "We will strike back, right? Ren?"
The raven haired boy opened his eyes, revealing them to be a deep crimson. "We will, Daniel. But, we'll have to wait for the most opportune moment. I'll leave the strategy making to you and Marcus, Nate."
Knowing that they'll avenge their fallen allies soon enough, Nate sheathed his sword and took a deep breath. "Right. I'll come up with one that'll make them regret ever attacking our home. Let's go, Marcus." Marcus nodded to them as he followed after his friend.
With them gone, Daniel glanced at their leader before heading out himself, wanting to prepare as much as he could before their counterattack.
Left alone, Ren stared at his right hand as shadows gathered, before it engulfed his hand, revealing a demonic looking one made out of shadows. Sighing, he dispelled it, his eyes showing how weary he is of it all. 'I just hope, that we'll finish this war for good.'
(Time Skip)
"Alright, the strategy meeting will now begin." Nate said as he stood in front of a round table, with holograms of different places showing up, with one side being marked with red, while the other with blue. Marcus was by his side, while the others stood back to watch them work. "If you look closely, then you'll see that 'They' are mostly gathering around the former shopping district."
"To be exact, they're gathering around a specific area in the shopping district." Marcus said, enlarging an image of a park. "National Park."
"We think that that's where their 'Queen' is." Nate continued, enlarging the image even more to show a large ship landed in the middle of the park. "'They' always gather there, bringing most, if not all, of their victims there, where we presume they are abducting them to their supreme leader. And that's how we'll beat them."
"As we all know, these guys all have a hive-like mind." Marcus grinned as he let that sink in. "So if we manage to get rid of their queen…"
"… Then the entire colony will fall apart!" Daniel yelled, realizing what they were trying to say. "We'd be able to end this war by taking out one big one!"
"That sounds promising." Ren gave a smile at the thought of everything they've fought for finally coming to fruition. "So? What's our plan?"
"Our plan, will include all four of us using our elements." Nate once again took over. "Ren, if you can use your shadows to cloak us while we sneak in, we can avoid exhausting ourselves. Daniel, you and Marcus will use your respective elements to make sure that not a single one of them can interfere with our battle against the queen. They'll do everything they can to stop us, so barricading the doors with earth and washing any stranglers away with water would be greatly appreciated; also, don't be afraid to perform unison attacks. And using my lightning, I'll be able to deal their queen with enormous damage, until she's gone for good. But if that last part fails, then we'll have to pour everything we have to kill her…or die trying."
Silence fell on the group, a bit uneasy on that prospect.
"Considering we're the last piece of resistance, I think that's the best we could hope for." Ren said grimly, walking forward. He turned to face his three friends, giving them a nod. "Because if we fall here, either way, humanity is doomed. This, is our best shot at ending all of this, so what if it costs us our lives? We all signed up for this, because we wanted to make a better future for the rest of humanity. If we back out now, then the sacrifices made by our brethren who fell before us would've been made in vain."
"Hmph. Like we'd back out." Daniel confidently said, stepping out and punching his fists together. "With the four of us, we'll at least take them all down with us."
"Even if it costs us our lives." Marcus agreed.
"I was the one who thought up of this part of the plan, so it'd be bad if I didn't join. Besides, who would tell you what to do and when to do it, then?" Nate joked.
"Then we're in agreement." Ren smiled as he looked upon his team. "We execute the plan tonight, when the shadows are at their fullest. Be ready, and—"
RUMBLE~!
The whole room began shaking, multiple electronics falling out of place and crashing on the ground. The four boys could barely keep their feet on the ground, Nate even going as far as stabbing his sword to keep balanced.
"W-Woah! W-What's happening!?" Marcus yelled as he grabbed on to the table, only to slip. "OW! Damn it!"
"Daniel, stop this!" Ren ordered, using his shadows to keep him rooted, but still shaking wildly.
Nodding, Daniel quickly got to work, kneeling and trying to feel for the earth, only to have his eyes snap wide open, a look of panic marring his features.
"I don't like that look!" Nate yelled, losing grip of his sword and was now flipping beside Marcus.
"I-I can't control it!"
[WHAT!?]
"But you're our earth user!" Marcus yelled again, still trying to steady himself, but failing miserably. "If you can't control it, then what's the point!?"
"No! I meant that I can't control it because there is nothing to control, at all! Almost as if we weren't even on the ground anymore!"
RUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUMBLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
"WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN!?" Marcus yelled louder as the rumbling got even harsher.
"IT MEANS THAT I CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT!"
"ONLY ONE THING TO DO THEN!" Ren yelled as he extended his shadow's hold. "EVERYONE! HOLD ON TIGHT! WHATEVER THIS IS, IT SHOULD BE OVER SOON! BUT SINCE WHAT'S CAUSING THIS COULD BE ANYTHING, BE READY FOR A BATTLE IF IT COMES DOWN TO IT!"
[RIGHT!]
Meanwile…
"Please… Help my world…"
'Huh…?' Nate, whom had been silent, suddenly looked ahead, spotting a white silhouette of a woman standing perfectly still, and yet his friends never noticed her. Her gold eyes gazing straight at him. 'Who is…?'
"I ask you, please save my world… The Colony is soon to arrive there… Please, save it before it becomes what yours did…!"
'The… Colony…?' Was Nate's last thought as he lost consciousness. His friends screamed his name, telling him to stay awake, but to no avail.
Soon, everything became shrouded in darkness.
(Time Skip)
"…ake….up! Wake up, damn it!" Nate was violently woken up by a wild shaking, making him rear his fist back and punch whoever was shaking him. "OW! Damn it, this is the last time I'm waking somebody up!"
"Well, you were doing so well that we decided to leave you to it." Another voice said. "Just be glad that he didn't punch you with a thunder punch."
Once Nate's eyes had adjusted back to normal, he noted that the once blurry figures were Daniel and Marcus, the latter of whom was now sporting a black eye, looking a bit spooked by what the former said. He shook his head in exasperation, no doubt used to it by now, but he did glare at the red head. "Use a Pokemon reference for one of my attacks again, and I'll make sure you're on the receiving end next time, Dan. Full lightning percentage."
This time, it was the red head who was spooked while Marcus snickered. "R-Right."
Smirking, Nate stood up from the floor. "Anyway, where's Ren?"
"He's somewhere outside of here." Marcus answered, walking towards the door with Daniel. "You should look at it, too. I can promise that what you'll see is definitely weird."
"Weird? Weird how?" Nate asked, following after them, only to get a shot of bright light from…the sun? "W-What…? But, how!? The sun has been dimmed so much for years ever since those things arrived in our world!"
"That's what's weird." Daniel said as they walked towards to where Ren was, passing by a strange castle with a bunch of people looking at them, only for the two to pass through them and enter the castle. Nate hastily following them. "We're not in our world."
"Wait, what!?"
"Yeah, we're apparently in some place called Ever After High. A…high school, I guess?" Seeing Daniel nod, he continued. "Yeah, it's a high school for the sons and daughters of various fairy tales. I think I saw someone that acted like the Mad Hatter, except that she was a girl our age…kinda cute, too."
"Yeah, that is weird…" 'Does this mean that that woman I saw before was really telling the truth…? But then, that means that the colony will be coming here…! I need more information.' He shook off those thoughts, instead focusing on the matter at hand. Though he did smile at a few girls, and he swore he saw a shine from his teeth, making some of said girls swoon.
"Huh, looks like even here, you're still popular with women… Who'd have thought?"
"I was popular? Since when?" Nate asked, looking at Daniel, who only shared an exasperated look with Marcus.
"By the way, I forgot to mention this to you before, but you're actually pretty well known here, especially by the headmaster." Daniel casually said once they reached the other side of the castle. "Specifically when we mentioned your last name. The guy was ecstatic. Who knew the Pendragon name was so popular here."
"My…last name?" Cobalt asked, slowly. "It means something here? That's weird… Back in our world, no one even knew what it means…but, to be fair, all records of my family's past were gone by that time…"
"The invasion did take a lot, now that you mention it…" Marcus pondered. "Anyway, we're here now."
They stopped in front of a huge door, where they heard their friend and leader's voice talking to what seemed like a group of people. Shrugging, the three opened the door, spotting Ren currently in an argument with the headmaster about something, while standing there unsure of what to do are three girls and two guys, while there was another guys just checking his reflection in a handheld mirror, and a girl laughing wildly while drinking tea with a mouse. At a painting, there was a lip with red lipstick and set in a Cheshire smile, and he could swear he saw the visage of a girl there, but she vanished soon after, so he just shook it off.
"And I keep telling you, Mr. Grimm; I am NOT leaving my friend and strategist here." Ren said fiercely to the man in front of him. Said man had greying, brown hair, and a similar colored mustache.
"Mr. Oda, you must understand." Milton Grimm tried to reason to the boy in front of him, not used to being questioned this much, especially by someone who is the same age as his students. "Mr. Pendragon must remain here to be prepared for his destiny to lead his people, just as his predecessor once did all those years ago."
"That's just it! I have never heard of my friend being made to rule a whole country on his own, much worse is that should I allow this, he'll die on some stupid hill, by his supposed son, a son born with a sister he doesn't even know about, if what this damned book you showed held any truth in them! That's just—"
"Uh, Ren? Maybe you should calm down." Nate stepped in at that moment, gaining everyone in the room's attention. "I mean, if it's about me, then shouldn't I be the one yelling here? Ha ha…ha…"
"Nate, you're awake…" Ren breathed, looking at him in concern. "That's good…"
"Yeah, good as knew, leader." Nate chuckled, before turning to the man his leader was arguing with, ignoring his two friends walking towards the group of teenagers there with them. "You must be the headmaster of this…high school, correct?"
"Indeed. I am Milton Grimm, Headmaster of Ever After High. It is nice to meet you, Mister…?" Milton outstretched his hand.
"Nate." He nodded, grasping the hand and shaking it. "Nate Pendragon. Now can someone tell me why you and my friend were arguing about whether or not I should stay here?"
"That's…the Pendragon heir?" One of the boys from the group of students gathered, Hunter Huntsman, said. "He's…"
"A wilder haired, green eyed version of Daring?" Dexter Charming asked, comparing him to his older brother, whom just so happened to be standing right next to him, looking at the boy as if he was seeing his twin. "But with the obvious difference in face structure and body type, but still gives out the feeling of a ladies man?"
"Yeah, like that."
"Hey, someone who's like Nate? Do my ears deceive me?" The voice of one of their 'visitors' said, as two of them walked towards them. "That's impossible. No one can look like that popular bastard."
"Keep cussing like that and that 'bastard' will strike you with lightning." The other one said, making the first one freeze up. Turning to them, he smiled. "I'm Marcus, by the way. Marcus Chulainn. This doofus beside me is Daniel Wukong."
"I am not a doofus, you and Nate are just nerds." Daniel snarked. "In fact, the difference between you two is that Nate's a badass nerd, while you're just nerd-nerd."
"Hi, I'm Apple White, daughter of Snow White." A blonde said, smiling at them. The mere sight of her left the two boys staring at her for longer than usual, causing sighs to come from some of the other girls, while two of the three boys nodded in understanding. "It's so nice to meet you two!"
[Y-Yeah…]
"Ah-hem." A black haired girl with magenta and purple streaks in her hair fake-coughed to get them back into attention, causing them to look at her. "I'm Raven Queen, daughter of Evil Queen."
"Ashlynn Ella, daughter of Cinderella. A pleasure to meet you."
"Hunter Huntsman, son of the Huntsman, at your service."
"Dexter Charming, nice to meet you." Dexter pointed at the guys next to him. "And this is my twin brother, Daring Charming."
"I'm Maddie Hatter!" The girl drinking tea earlier suddenly appeared behind them, showing a wide smile, which went with her light blue and purple hair. "Daughter of the Mad Hatter! So, how was the portal travel from your world to here? I really hope you beat all those alien space bug things you've all been fighting against for the past ten years!"
All her friends shook their heads, used to her randomness ad weirdness by now, while the two boys looked at her as if she had a second head, wondering how she just found out what exactly happened to them.
"Anyways…" Another girl, this one wearing a read cloak with its hood up, her brown bang with a white streak visible, her sky blue eyes taking short glances at the two boy's friends, particularly a certain blonde. "I'm Cerise Hood, daughter of Red Riding Hood, though you already knew that."
"You were the ones that found us, then helped us out. Thanks for that, by the way." Marcus nodded with a smile, still noticing her fleeting glances at his friend. "Ah, you got caught in his charm, huh?"
"W-What?"
"Don't worry, you aren't the first girl that fell for it." Daniel added, shrugging in exasperation. "He just naturally attracts women, like it's nothing to him at all. Though the idiot's too dense to notice it at all… And, he doesn't do it on purpose, too."
"He just has too much charm, like he's cursed with the thing."
"W-What? N-NO! I-I wasn't…that was…!" Cerise hid her red face further in her hood, glancing again at the blonde, seeing his hair twitch a bit, as if there were ears there. 'His scent…it's like a…wolf.'
"Then he is a wilder haired, not-at-all narcissistic Daring, then." Hunter summarized, all of them glancing on the only one of them that hasn't spoken yet.
"Oh, yeah, that's the way…"
They all shook their heads, knowing that he was still admiring himself.
"So you think that just because I'm supposedly destined to become the next King Arthur, I'm supposed to stay here and learn how to be a proper 'Royal'?" Nate's question brought them all back to the situation at hand. "Am I getting it right?"
"Yes, that is why it is imperative that you stay here, so that you may be trained to be a wise king, just as your predecessor was. Such is your destiny."
"Destiny, huh?" Nate chuckled, two tuffs of his hair twitching wildly, but not overly noticeable. "Sorry, I prefer to choose my own path, not something predetermined for me. So something like that won't make me want to stay."
"But—"
"However," Nate cut him off, gaining a surprised look from Ren since he was just about ready to leave. "I gotta ask. Do you know anything about a glowing girl? Has long blonde hair with a white streak on it, gold and silver heterochromia eyes that glow, and has an ethereal feel about her?"
"Nate?" Ren called out, confused. "What are you talking about?"
"Yeah man, did you hit your head or something?" Daniel asked, walking closer to them, the others in tow. "Or did you just see a girl like that while we were walking here, and she caught your eye?"
"Doubt it. He's too dense for that crap." Marcus rolled his eyes, finding the idea too appalling. "Besides, this is Nate we're talking about. It'll be the end of the world and he still wouldn't notice a girl's beauty."
[True.]
"Asses…" Nate muttered when his friends agreed in perfect unison.
"No, I don't believe I have met someone with that description before." Milton replied, trying to think of someone like that, only to come to a blank. Nate frowned, thinking that his lead to finding out about the girl he saw back then became stale.
"Hmm… How unfortunate." He sighed, walking back towards the door in deep thought, but did look back at the headmaster. "Please hand us our class schedules later on in the place you found us. We have a few things to prepare, so we'll start classes in two days."
[WHAT!?]
(Back at the ruins of their 'Base')
"What the hell was that about, huh!?" Ren growled, glaring at his strategist's back. Said strategist was currently checking their base's–or what's left of it–computers, to see if they were still working. "May I just remind you of the fact that we have a war to face back home!? We don't have time to attend school or some crap like that!"
"Marcus, Daniel, mind checking section's D, E and F? Try and see if you can turn on the electricity reserves we have in case of power outages."
"I'm on it." Marcus shrugged, wanting to get out of the awkwardness. Daniel followed suit, both of them thinking whether or not attending school was worth it.
Sighing, Nate stood up and turned to his leader, seeing him still scowling made him flinch. "Look, Ren, I know this may seem like I'm trying to get us away from the war, but please, hear me out."
"… I'm waiting."
"Do you remember when I began asking questions about a girl earlier while we were at the headmaster's room?" Seeing him nod, he continued. "Well, unlike what you guys think, I didn't see someone like that while Daniel, Marcus, and I were walking through the school. No, I saw her in this room just before we were sent to this world. Before I passed out, even."
"So, what?" Ren asked, unimpressed. "We were the only ones here at the time. And if there was a girl like that, then there's no way all of us could've missed her, especially if you said that she was 'glowing'."
"Ethereal, but yeah, she was, and I don't expect you to believe me." Nate said, glancing at the spot he saw the girl. "I expect you to trust me."
"Then how could I when you're acting all crazy and saying stuff about an ethereal girl! What, is she a ghost or something—" Ren stopped himself, seeing his friend's eyes turn from the usual see green, to a glowing silver. "Your eyes."
"Glad to see that you caught on." He smiled, acting like he's trying to find a clue with his strange colored eyes, before he willed them back to normal.
"How could I have forgotten about your 'condition'…?" He palmed his face for forgetting that important information. "Then that girl you saw was a spirit then?"
"She isn't dead, if that's what you're wondering." Nate replied, smiling when he noticed a red light flashing at the ceiling, signaling that everything is in working condition. "My eyes can see things that normal people can, as you know, and can also distinguish whether it is dead, or alive." He suddenly frowned, a though entering his head. "But whoever this woman is, she knows about my ability, something that only the four of us know about, and sent a message through her spirit, while her body was somewhere else… Most important of all, is that she knew about the Colony."
"What…? Then doesn't that mean that she's from our world, not this one?" Ren asked, confused.
"It usually would, yes. But something was…off, about her." Nate pondered, remembering something. "Her scent was familiar to me, but mixed with something…foreign. It smells a bit like this world, to be exact. But what struck me as odd, was what she told me before she mentioned the colony, but it serves as confirmation for my theory."
"Spit it out, then."
"She asked me to 'help my world', concluding that she does indeed live here, and me asking about her is warranted." Nate said, standing straight and crossing his arms, his eyes serious. "And if my theory holds true, then she's the one who brought us here… How, I don't know. But the why? That, I do know."
Ren clenched his hands, now feeling the suspense. Marcus and Daniel reentered the main room, looking on in interest.
"… The Colony is here, and they are planning to take over this world, in the same manner they did to ours."
And there you have it, the first chapter. Alright, first off, I gotta say that this part was sorta rushed, and the following one may also look rushed, but I am still a newbie, so I'd appreciate it if you guys could help me out by suggesting what it's lacking and I'll go from there.
Though I will say that the story will mostly revolve around Nate and Ren, while Marcus and Daniel are more of the comedic relief, but also hold their own importance. And as for the creatures-Colony-they were fighting in their world, you'll see one appear in Chapter 3, which I am almost done with.
Well that's pretty much it, see you all next chapter!
-FallenNevermore