Scarlett took a deep breath, looking in a mirror in the Girl's Restroom. Her talk with her father was not helping the situation. She knew she'd grow to like having another sibling, but she didn't know what to think at this second in time. She looked at her strong jawbow, her eyebrows... She never realized how much she looked like her mother. One of the only thing's different, is she had piercing brown eyes.
Her parents were Cerise Hood and Malchior Lucifer Darkerius. Cerise, is still, hiding a secret that only a few people know, including Emma Charming's mother, Scarlett, her father, and Cedar Wood(Cerise's roommate when she was in high school). Cerise is the daughter of Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf. Malchior was a decendent of the Jabberwocky. That made Scarlett decendent of Little Red Riding Hood, the Big Bad Wolf, and the Jabberwocky... She had lots of big bad blood running through her veins, the only good was from Little Red.
That got her thinking, who was her roommate? She blinked, squinting her eyes in the mirror before taking another deep breath, grabbing her backpack and pushed open the door, walking into the hallway. "Oh!" She exclaimed, bumping into someone and dropping her open backpack, her sketchbook and books piling out. "I'm.. I'm really sorry.." She murmured, looking up to see who she bumped into.
"It's fine," Smirked a boy with light purple hair. "You're Scarlett Darkerius-Hood?" He raised his eyebrow, kneeling down and helping her pick up her things.
She sighed, "Yes, why do you ask?"
"I expected you to be more... Well, Big-Bad-Wolf-y." He handed her the dropped books, standing up.
She blinked. "What?"
"I mean, your mother is Little Red and the Big Bad Wolf, isn't she?"
Oh Grimm... Oh Grimm, oh Grimm... Someone else knows? She bit her lip, blinking. "What?" She repeated.
"My mother knows, you know."
"Excuse me?" She stood up straight, dusting off her hoodie.
"Oh, silly me... My mother is Kitty Cheshire," He smiled his Cheshire Cat smile.
"And your point is?"
"My mother knew about your mother's secret... Tried to expose her actually." He looked down at her, raising his eyebrows.
"Listen, if you tell anyone-And I mean, anyone, you will not wake up to see the morning!" She growled, squinting her eyes.
"Hey, hey, hey... No way would I tell a word!"
She narrowed her eyes, looking up at him. "You promise?"
He nodded, pretending to zip his lips.
She bit her lip, taking a deep breath. "Thank you... You seem to know my name, who're you?"
He smiled, "Me? Oh, I am Felix." He held out his hand, which was covered by a pair of black ripped gloves.
"Hello, Felix." She hesitated, before carefully shaking his hand.
"It's wonderlandiful to meet you, Scarlett."
"Yeah..." She sighed.
He pulled up her hand, but instead of kissing it, he sniffed it. She narrowed her eyebrows, scoffing. "Hm," He started, "You're around fifteen?" He smiled, "I am too."
She nodded, "Uh-huh, how did you-"
"-I'm a cat person, Scarlett, I have my talents, you have yours."
"Alright.." She took a deep breath. "You're not as annoying as I pictured you," She admitted.
"Oh? But, you have only just met me."
"I tend to know a lot about a person within the first few minutes of meeting them, Felix."
He clapped, "Wonderlandiful, Scarlett."
She smirked, "Thanks, I guess.."
"So, who's your roommate than?"
She looked at her sneakers, "I.. I'm not sure."
"Oh? Than lucky for you, I do know."
"Than why did you ask me?"
"To see if you knew."
She squinted, "Who is it than?"
"Emma Charming."
She smiled. Her roommate was her best friend? This couldn't get any better. "Oh,"
"Is that bad?"
She shook her head. "No, no, it's really great, actually," She said, "Thank you."
"For what?"
"Telling me, you know?"
"Oh, well. You are quite welcome, Scarle-"
"Oh, Grimm.. I-I've got to go.." She interuppted, smiling. "But, uhm," She backed up, hitting a wall and giving a nervous giggle. "Uh, this was a nice talk! See you later!" Scarlett saw him half-smile and give a wave, before she ran off. She would be late for class if she didn't hurry.
She ran down the hall to the Cooking Class-ic classroom, swinging open the door. "Sorry!" She exclaimed, catching her breath as she walked over to her seat.
The teacher, Jasmine's mother, Madeline Hatter, smiled. "Oh, Scarlett! It is fine! You know, being late isn't something to worry about," She said, smashing an egg into the bowl and leaving the shells. "Actually, there is nothing to worry about in my class!" She giggled, pouring a bag of flour into the mixing bowl, having it fly everywhere, including in her mint-and-purple hair.
Scarlett nodded, "I-... Yes, ma'am." She replied, as Madeline gave her a look, mainly because she did not like being called 'Ma'am'.
Madeline huffed, than smiled as the class began.
After class, Scarlett walked out the door after everyone else had left. It was time for one of the hardest things, greeting her roommate. Her and Emma were the best of friends, but being roommates would be hard-very hard. Emma had no idea about Scarlett's secret-Or her mother's secret, actually.
She bit her lip, her small sharp teeth pressing against her lower lip as she walked down the hallway, her backpack over her shoulder. She stood in front of her door that read, Scarlett Darkerius-Hood and Emma Queen. Emma must've had them change 'Charming' to 'Queen' on the nameplate. Not that the girl had anything against her father, but she didn't like being called 'Charming', it didn't fit her.
She knocked on the door as it swung open quickly.
"Scarlett!" Emma exclaimed, throwing her arms around her.
"Hey-What's got you so perky?" She asked, hugging her friend back around the shoulders.
"I-You know Dashing?"
"Dashing White? Your cousin?"
She nodded, a bright smile across her pale face.
"What about him?"
"Well... You know, he's really not so bad." She smiled.
"Really?"
Another nod.
"Wow.." She sighed, never too fond of the White's-or Daring Charming, to be honest.
"I mean, he's my cousin, and he's actually not a bad guy... I guess, I'm just happy to know that not all my family dislikes me... because of my father, you know?"
She took a deep breath, "Em, are you okay?"
She laughed, "Yeah, why?"
"I just... was wondering." She didn't actually know why she asked. Maybe because she herself wasn't too happy.
"Are you okay?" Emma asked, looking at her roommate.
Scarlett blinked. No, she wasn't really okay. She was scared, upset.. and... crushing..? She shook her head. "Just a little stressed," She cracked a smile, before quickly shutting her mouth, as she didn't want her teeth showing.
"Oh... Well, I'll invite Jazz over, a tea party always makes you feel better." Emma suggested, smiling and grabbing her silver MirrorPhone, quickly tapping on it.
She was right, a tea party did always raise her spirits. But, she thought she was too scared, too stressed-Too confused to feel better right now. She took a deep breath, trying to smile and cheer herself up. She knew this year would be hard, but she never knew how hard.
