"So Luna, we will go to your room first and then Dawn's." Amelia said, walking down the halls of the school with the two transfer students.
"Um, actually, if you don't mind, I'd prefer to stay with my sister until she gets to her room. We can go to mines second." Luna said, wrapping an arm around her younger sisters shoulders who smiled up at her.
"Okay, then. Dawn, looks like we're going to your room first." The younger girl nodded at this but said nothing. "Your room is on the other side of the school." Amelia said, leading the way to the twelve year olds dorm.
They arrived there about three to five minutes later. Amelia approached the door and knocked before entering.
"Door's open." A feminine voice called.
Amelia pushed the door open and inside the room was a girl who looked to be about twelve. Her skin was tanned and she had long, silky black hair that cascaded down her back in a braid. She was slender with some growing curves and wore a short sleeve light blue top and a long white skirt paired with light blue flats. She wore a headband the same color as her shirt and shoes with an emerald in the center. Her side of the room had been painted a mystic purple with golden borders and all of her furniture was made of ebony wood. She sat cross legged on her blue and purple striped blanket with multiple fluffy looking pillows. She looked up at them with big brown eyes and smiled.
"Hey, Amira. Just came by to introduce you to your new roommate." Amelia said, gesturing to Dawn and nudging her, causing the younger girl to stumble forward slightly.
She straightened up immediately but kept her gaze focused downwards, nervously fidgeting with her hands.
"Uh, hi." She stuttered out quietly, they could barely hear what she said except for Luna who obviously had more advanced hearing and was used to her sisters shyness.
"Hey, there. I'm Luna and this is my little sister, Dawn. I'm sorry, she's a little shy." Luna could hear Dawn's sigh of relief when the attention was shifted into her older sister. She walked up behind Dawn and put her hands on her shoulders supportively. Dawn turned to smile at her sister.
"Hi, I'm Amira. Daughter of Jasmine and Aladdin." She introduced herself and held out her hand which Luna accepted.
"I'm Dawn." The golden eyed girl said, smiling at her new roommate.
"Nice to meet you." Amira said. She then put her hand on her chin in thought as she looked Dawn up and down.
"You're really quiet, aren't you. Well, we're gonna have to fix that up. I've decided as of now, that you are my new best friend." Amira put an arm around Dawn's shoulder and pulled her over towards her. Dawn's eyes widened and she looked at Luna for help who only smiled.
Oh yeah, this girl was good for Dawn.
"Bye." Amelia said as she closed the door and they began walking over to Luna's room.
After about five minutes, they reached their last stop for the day.
Amelia knocked once again and the two heard the soft pattering of footsteps before the knob twisted and the door opened.
Standing in the doorway was one of the most beautiful girls one could ever have the pleasure of meeting. Her ruby red lips complimented her porcelain skin and her kind eyes were the color of dark chocolate. Her hair was dark brown and went to her shoulders in waves. She had a slender figure though she was still curvy, not too large or too small, the perfect amount. The beauty was a bit shorter than average, but not so much that everyone towered over her. She gave them a dazzling smile that showed off her pearly whites. Even her clothes were lovely. She wore a sleeveless yellow sundress under a royal blue cardigan that had the first button done and a pair of matching blue flats. In her dark hair sat a glittery red hairband with a bow.
"Hello, Amelia. What brings you here?" The girl asked. Her voice was filled with cheerfulness and her smile showed off her dimples.
Amelia smiled back and side-stepped a bit to show Luna standing beside her. "Just dropping off your new roommate." She responded.
The girl then directed her attention on Luna who smiled at the girl. "Hi, I'm Luna." She greeted.
"I'm Bella White. The daughter of Snow White and Prince Florian." She greeted.
"Well, I've gotta get going. If you need anything, I'll be in the courtyard. Bye, Luna. Bye, Bella." Amelia waved to them as she left and closed the door.
Luna stepped further inside the room, checking out the pale princess' side.
Bella's side of the room had light blue walls with ruby red borders and her furniture was made of ebony wood. Her bed had a yellow comforter and many red pillows.
"This place is even nicer than I thought it would be." She said under her breath.
"Oh, don't be silly. It's just like any other kingdom." Bella smiled. Luna turned again to face the fair-skinned teen.
"You know, you're really beautiful. I wish that I was so good-looking." Luna complimented.
Bella's already rosy cheeks reddened even more. "Why, thank you. How sweet of you to say. But you are quiet beautiful too." Bella said.
Luna blushed at the compliment. No one ever said anything like that to her. Sure, her father had always told her, but that didn't count.
"No, I'm not." Luna denied the compliment, causing Bella to frown.
"Yes, you are. Flowers just can't look at themselves to see how pretty they are." Snow Whites daughter informed her, smiling even wider.
"Thank you." Luna said, smiling too although she still didn't think of herself as beautiful.
She turned to see her side of the room and almost immediately cringed. Everything was white and pink and frilly and girly and it was just making her nauseous.
"If you want, you can ask Fairy Godmother to change it. Just tell her what you want it to be like and she'll do it. It's what she did for me and almost everyone else." Bella suggested.
Luna nodded at this and looked down at the paper in her hands.
"Ooh, is that your schedule?" Bella asked excitedly. "Yeah, these are my classes. I don't know anything about them though." She admit.
"Let me see. I bet we have a few together." Bella reached for the paper and began looking over it.
"Hooray!" She cheered excitedly, "We have almost all of our classes together. The only one we don't have is P.E. and your Remedial Goodness class. Yay!"
"Remedial Goodness?" Luna asked, a confused tone in her voice.
"Oh, yes. All of the VK's are required to take it until they prove that they aren't evil." Bianca informed her. "It's not that bad. Fairy Godmother just goes over what kind of stuff is okay and what's not."
"Oh. I guess that's fine." Luna said. "Where is Fairy Godmother anyways because I need something done about this ASAP." She joked, gesturing to her part of the room causing both girls to laugh.
"I have no idea, but she might be here soon. She wanted to welcome all of the new students, but there was an important council meeting she had to attend." Bella said.
"If you want, until then I can help you unpack and get settled?" The pale princess offered.
"Sure. Thank you." Luna grabbed her suitcase and duffel bag from the floor and placed them on the annoyingly pink bed.
Bella walked over and began unzipping the duffel bag when she gasped.
"What's wrong?" Luna asked. Was something wrong with her clothes? The princess was probably used to beautiful designer dresses, not second-hand ripped jeans and shirts.
"Nothing. It's just that my mother would never allow me to wear anything like this." The girl exclaimed, holding up one of Luna's crop tops.
"Oh." Luna said, blushing slightly at her choice of clothing.
"Not to be rude or anything, but how are you comfortable with showing so much skin? Didn't your mother ever tell you that a lady should never expose so much?"
Once she heard that last sentence, she froze.
Luna gulped and felt tears begin pricking in the corners of her eyes. "I don't have a mother." She tried to sound nonchalant about it, but she could hear the melancholy bubbling through.
"Oh, my. I'm so sorry. I hadn't known, if I did, I wouldn't have said a word." Bella began apologizing profusely, her cheeks reddening.
"No, no, no. It's okay. You didn't know. And you are right, maybe it's time I get some new clothes." Luna changed the subject quickly, not really comfortable with talking about her mom with a complete stranger.
"Oh, heavens no! Your clothes are simply lovely. It's just that my mom always had me wear dresses and such. I've never even worn a pair of jeans before. Let alone a crop top." She said.
"But your clothes are all super nice. I wish mine were designer and expensive." Luna did admit she was jealous, this girl probably had her whole life handed to her on a silver platter. Maybe even a golden platter.
The pale girl suddenly brightened up, that million dollar smile lighting up her face. "I have an idea!" She announced, clapping her hands together excitedly. "Let's try on each other's clothes."
Luna gave her a confused look. Why would she want to try on her clothes?
"Oh please! It will be fun and it can be a way of us getting to know each other more!" She pleaded. Luna smiled at her and nodded, rolling her eyes.
"Yay!" Bella cheered as she hurriedly grabbed a bundle of clothing from one of her drawers and handed it to Luna with some shoes. Luna grabbed a pair of jeans and a random shirt and handed it over to Bella before tossing her some shoes to go with it. The princess set up the divider and they began changing, giggling as they slipped on the other girls clothes.
They both stepped out about a minute or two later.
Luna was wearing a royal blue short sleeve and a yellow skirt that went a bit farther than her knees with a thick black belt. On her feet were sparkly red flats.
Bella, on the other hand, was wearing a pair of ripped gray skinny jeans and a short sleeve cadet blue crop top. She topped it off with some brown leather boots that went halfway up her calf.
They looked up, saw each other, and began laughing loudly. It was such a contrast to how they usually dressed.
"We look so weird." Luna laughed. Bella just kept laughing and laughing. They walked over to the full length mirror Bella had on her side of the mirror, staring at their reflections.
"I actually look... Kinda nice." Bella said after a while, turning to her side to fully examine her appearance.
"Well, of course. You look nice all the time." Luna joked.
When she realized it had been quiet for so long, Luna clapped her hands together loudly. "Okay, I should probably finish unpacking." She said as she turned and reached for her clothes which were on the floor. After grabbing them, she looked at Bella to see her still staring at the mirror, a confused frown on her face.
"Bella?" She called. The princess blinked before seemingly coming back down to Earth. "I'm sorry, what did you say?" She asked.
"Nothing. I'm just gonna finish unpacking. Where do you want me to put your clothes?" She asked.
"Oh. You can just leave them on my bed. I'll put them away later." She answered as she went to Luna's side and resumed helping her unpack.
•~•
"Oh, yeah. This is nice." Hunter said as he admired his new room for the next four years.
Fairy Godmother had come by not too long ago to introduce herself and welcome him to the school. While she was there, he had asked her if he could change his room.
She had complied with a wave of her wand and now it actually looked like Hunter lived here.
His side had been painted moss green with white borders and his furniture was all made of a dark wood. His bed now had a large comforter the same color as the walls with lots of black and dark gray pillows.
"Looks nice." Midas commented from his bed. "It fits you."
"It does. So what do we do? We go to class tomorrow, right?" Hunter asked.
"Yeah, we got a day off for your arrival. And I'll show you around tomorrow. You can sit with me and my friends at lunch. It'll be cool." He offered.
"Sure. Don't have any other friends anyways." Hunter shrugged. Midas nodded along with this and it was quiet for a few moments before he spoke up again.
"If you don't mind me asking," He started.
This can't be good. Hunter thought worriedly.
"What was life like on the Isle?" He asked nonchalantly, still strumming his guitar softly like he'd asked what his favorite color was.
Hunter was quiet for a moment. What was life like? He'd always been with his family so he didn't know how other people were.
"Well for me it was okay. I was always with my family so it was nice. But from what I do know, the food wasn't even edible before Ben became king and we hardly had anything. We kind of just did nothing. There was a school but it doesn't really count because all that they taught us was how to be evil. I didn't go there, but I heard rumors. My dad homeschooled us." He explained, a smile forming on his face as his dad was mentioned.
"Us?" Midas asked.
"Oh, me and my two sisters, Luna and Dawn." Hunter answered.
"What was your family like?" Midas asked, curious of what it was like to have siblings. He was an only child.
"Where do I even start. Well, there's my dad, the Big Bad Wolf. Then there's my older sister Luna, she's sixteen. I go next, then my little sister Dawn, she's only twelve but she's turning thirteen in a week. My dad always gives us the best birthday. It was never anything fancy, but he'd wake us up with the best food he could find and take us all outside to hang out and play. He would try to make us a cake, but there was never anything there to do that so he'd just get us whatever he could. And he would sing us happy birthday and we'd all be laughing and talking." Hunter didn't even realize the tear sliding down his cheek until he was done talking.
His eye widened and he immediately brushed it away with the back of his hand. "Sorry." Hunter apologized, a blush forming on his cheeks.
"It's okay. There's nothing wrong with being a little homesick." Midas assured him.
"Oh no. I definitely don't miss the Isle. I just miss my dad. He's been with me my whole life and to just leave him is... It's just strange." The brunette confessed.
"Yeah, I used to live in a village not too far from here. It's not as far as the Isle, but I still miss my family too. One day of the week isn't enough." The blonde admit.
"But at the same time it has to be kind of cool. I mean, this is a new place, a new experience. I'm pretty sure your dad would want you to enjoy it." He said.
Hunter nodded, knowing this was true.
"So what should we do?" Hunter asked, he didn't exactly feel like sitting inside of his room and doing nothing for the rest of the day.
"How about we go to the courtyard or the tourney field." Midas suggested. "Why not." Hunter shrugged as he stood up along with Midas and began walking outside.
•~•
Amira stared at Dawn who sat on her bed quietly, staring down at her hands and doing nothing.
She sighed and turned to the brunette. "You need to be more social." She said suddenly.
Dawn looked away from her hands and at her with a confused and slightly frightened expression.
"I'm gonna take you to meet my friends." She declared, taking hold of Dawn's wrist and walking her outside towards another room.
Amira knocked before hearing a "Come in." and entered.
"Hey, Flynn. Hey, Ryder." She greeted, dragging Dawn in beside her.
"Hey, Amira. Who's the new girl?" The two asked in sync.
In case you haven't put it together yet, these were the twin sons of Rapunzel and Eugene and the younger brothers of Amelia. They both had the same skin tone and hair color as their dad and were nearly identical except for their eye color. While one had green eyes, the other had chocolate brown ones.
"This is Dawn. Dawn meet Flynn and Ryder." Amira introduced the three to each other.
The one with brown eyes stood up and walked over. "Hey. I'm Flynn." He said, holding out his hand which Dawn quickly shook and let go of almost immediately.
"And I'm Ryder." The one with green eyes said. She waved a quick hello and stayed quiet, keeping her head down.
"She's really shy and she won't talk to me. I'm trying to get her to be more social." Amira told them.
"Oh, why don't you take her to Ray." Flynn suggested.
"Yeah, no one can not smile and be happy around him." Ryder added.
"That's a great idea. Come on, let's go." Amira said as she took off, grabbing a hold of Dawn's hand again.
She raced down the hall, turning a corner before she got to another door. Unlike the first one however, the door was already open. Inside was a boy with dark skin, black hair, and wide, excited coffee brown eyes. He seemed to just radiate excitement.
"Hey, Amira! It's been a while!" He exclaimed.
"Hi, Ray." Amira said, nudging Dawn to introduce herself as well.
Dawn looked up to meet the eyes of the person and opened her mouth to speak, but no words came out. She kept trying, but only a few unintelligible words would bubble through before she finally stammered out a "Hello." and lowered her head once more.
"It's okay. Don't be shy. Your new friend Ray don't bite." He said.
Dawn looked up again and saw him giving her a goofy and warm smile. She found herself unable to hold back a smile of her own.
"Ooh, now that's more like it!" He whooped, smiling even wider. "So what's your name?" He asked.
"I-I'm Dawn." She said, still smiling warmly. Amira smiled at this, it was the first time all day the girl had introduced herself. Ray truly had a talent.
"Well we just came by to tell you that Dawn is a new student here. I wanted to introduce her to you. She's kind of shy." Amira said, still beaming at Dawn opening up.
"Oh, that's even better. Ain't nothin' Ray like better than making new friends." He beamed.
"So do y'all plan on coming inside, or are you gonna stand in the hallway?" He joked, opening the door even more for them to step inside. The two entered the room, Dawn behind Amira.
"I like your room." Dawn remarked, admiring the style. Amira smiled happily. Dawn was actually talking to someone. And she had started the conversation!
"Oh, yeah. Wanted this place to feel just like home so I had to change it up a bit. All that fancy shmancy stuff ain't really for me." He smiled, looking fondly at his living quarters.
The room was indeed nice. Ray didn't have a roommate (which was too bad because really who wouldn't want to room with him?) so the whole room was painted green with yellow-green borders. The furniture was made of dark brown wood and his bed had a comforter the same color as the borders though it was a few shades lighter. His pillows were all white except for one which was the same color as his walls. The carpet was a dark green and very, very soft.
"You know, Fairy Godmother will change your side of the room if you ask her. Actually, she might be coming later on. She'll want to meet you since she couldn't be here earlier." Amira said, looking at the watch on her wrist.
"Okay, let's go." Dawn said as they turned and began walking out.
"Bye, Ray! See you tomorrow!" Amira called.
"Bye-bye, girl! It was nice to meet you, Dawn." He said back. The brunette turned and waved at him, smiling.
A few minutes later, Fairy Godmother came to their room. She welcomed Dawn to the school and changed her room as she had asked.
The walls were now sparkly gold with silver colored borders and the furniture was white. Her bedspread was gold with a lace pattern over it and she had white pillows.
"I like your style." Amira complimented as she admired Dawn's newly changed room. Dawn blushed and smiled at the girl. "Thanks." She said.
Just two minutes with Ray and she's already much less shy. Amira thought to herself.
•~•
Bella and Luna had just finished putting all of Luna's clothes into drawers and they'd just began taking her other things out of her bags and looking for places for them.
A cheery knock pulled them away from their work as they looked at the door.
"Knockity, knockity." A kind voice called.
"It's open." Luna said, setting aside some of the things on the outrageously pink bed and plopping down on it. Bella stared wide-eyed at her but Luna didn't notice. The princess shook her head and her wide smile graced her ruby colored lips again.
The door opened and in stepped Fairy Godmother. She was smiling at Luna as she walked towards the center of the room.
"Good evening, Fairy Godmother." Bella greeted, holding out her hand for a shake. The woman directed her attention to Bella to shake her hand before turning back to Luna.
"Hello, I'm Fairy Godmother the headmistress. I'm so sorry I couldn't be there when you first arrived." She apologized.
"No worries, I get it. And I'm Luna." The girl told her, still lounging on her bed.
"I assume Amelia has given you your schedule already?" She asked. Luna nodded, reaching over and grabbing the slip of paper and handing it to Fairy Godmother.
She looked it over, slightly mumbling as she read. "Most of your classes are shared with your roommate. Bella, could you be a dear and show Luna around tomorrow." Fairy Godmother asked.
"Of course, I'd love to." Bella said.
"Okay, then. If that's all, I think I'll be going." The woman said as she turned to leave the room.
"Um, actually I was wondering if you could change my room a bit. Not really feeling this princessy-pink theme." Luna chuckled, rolling her eyes at the overkill girly design.
"Oh, it'd be my pleasure. What do you want it to look like?" Fairy Godmother asked as she took out her wand.
Luna brought her hand to her chin in thought as she looked over her side of the room and her things that hadn't been pub away.
"Maybe... Black? No, light gray walls. And kind of a silvery-blue color for the borders. Ebony wood for the furniture and I want the blanket to be the same color as the walls." Luna said, trying to picture that in her mind.
"You got it! Light gray walls with silver blue borders, ebony wood, and a light gray blanket, right?" Luna nodded and Fairy Godmother swished her wand, pink sparkles showering the room as it changed into exactly what Luna had asked for.
The Big Bad Wolf's daughter stared in amazement. She had never seen anyone do magic before. Kind of a given when you grew up on the Isle.
"Wow, thanks Fairy Godmother." Luna said as she lightly dragged her hand across the soft comforter on her bed.
"Anytime, dear. Well, I'd best be going now. I hope I see you around campus sometime." She said as she walked out the door, Bella waving from where she stood.
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I'm sorry. I know I didn't get around to their first day but I figured I could do that in the next chapter. See you next time, guys.