Cedar and Cerise
"Oh my wood oh my wood oh my wood" Cedar whispered to Cerise, trying to get a grip on herself,
"Dexter has a crush on Raven this is wonderlandious." She whispered again as they both came out from behind one of the tree columns before Dexter and Cupid could notice them and headed to the front of the school
"Oh no" Cedar groaned "how I'm I going to keep this one a secret. I barley kept Hunter and Ashlynn's relationship a secret and I'm cursed to never lie. When I tell Raven maybe she'll give us a few ideas though, maybe she even has a spell that won't let me talk about it to anyone but those who know and -"
"Cedar I don't think we should say anything to Raven just yet, or for as long as you can" Cerise interrupted still kind of processing everything she just heard.
"Why not?" Cedar pouted, not liking the idea of keeping a secret from any of her friends. "Well, it seems like Dexter wants to tell her for himself and Cupid's helping him figure out if Raven feels the same better that she hear it from him and not us. Also Raven would never put a spell on you, besides" she added thoughtfully "I think it wouldn't be the best idea the spell, some times her magic ...well… backfires "
"I guess your right ….. EEEEEEEEK" Cedar squealed earning her a few curious looks from passing students and a glare from Cerise, who growled as she covered her ears at that high pitch
"We HAVE to find out how Raven feels towards him though I fairly, fairly must, maybe their romance could inspire another painting for me like how Hunter and Ashlynn's relationship did" Running now towards the front, Cedar thinking out loud of couple names the whole way to Cerise, they made it to the front ahead of Cupid, slightly winded.
-3rd person Narrator (ME! Animation Alma)-
After a few hours shopping around, during which Cupid was dropping little things here and there trying to figure Raven's feelings out but Raven was uncharacteristically quiet, the gang finally walked out of the Glass Slip-,
"HELLO WRITER!"
MADDIE! Don't do that your breaking my concentration here.
Giggling "Aw your such a worry flurry your doing great" Really? Thanks but seriously I gotta hocus focus on this right now hex me later "ookie dookie artichokie"
the other four girls stared at her "what happened to the Narrators?" Raven asked, not really expecting an answer she would understand.
"Well silly their on break right now and probably wont come back until next Tuesday" she said walking on her hands as they left the Glass Slipper.
"Um Maddie" Cupid asked "why not walk on your new shoes so you can show them off?" Maddie looked straight at Cupid with a dramatic look upside down without breaking stride "Because silly, who looks at a persons feet when they walk by, this way nobody misses my new shoes" As emphasis Maddie started hand walking up and down in front of her friends like a mad model, causing them to giggle to no end, before shooting up with brilliant speed
"WAIT!" Maddie shouted surprising her friends, "Its time, Earl Grey" she said with a sergeant like persona. The little grey mouse dutifully came out of her hat in a solider stance using a teaspoon the same what a soldier would a gun. "Is everything ready an' crazy" she asked, Maddie was answered with a nod and squeak from Earl Grey and questioning looks from her friends. "Follow me", she said cartwheeling towards a hidden path that lead into a less explored part of the Enchanted Forest.
The girls followed but Cupid hesitated at the edge of the forest, "what's wrong" Raven asked, concern on her face as she saw how unnaturally pale Cupid was,
"oh I'm ok, but" she bit her lip "how far deep are we going? Is there a path all the way, will we be back by dark?" she gushed showing more then she realized the depth of her fear of the forest, although Cupid started to figure out that most legends aren't true she was still hesitant going deep into the forest with all the home Evilnomic projects that started to roam around there after dark,
smiling Raven comforted her saying "don't worry, we know this part of the forest inside and out, Cerise here can make it back before any of us for help if needed and she might even try an experiment and shadow travel with you" Cerise rolled her eyes while the rest of the girls smiled
"HELLLLLLLO!" Maddie said her head above theirs as she hung from a branch with just her feet. "Maddie what are you doing up there that's dangerous" Cedar gasped at her friend watching for signs of her falling. "I heard the writer say that you were hesitant to come, don't be a silly willy and come on, it's all hunky dunkie"
Maddie your are suppose to pretend I don't exist DON'T MENTION ME!
"Cheesy Tea! Anyway lets go!" doing a flip she landed next to her friends and started going down the almost invisible path.
"Don't worry Cupid I'm cursed to never lie and your fine. It's a little bit of a walk but not unreasonable and this place looks the best at night" Cedar said looping her arm in Cupid's they started down the path.
30 minutes later
The five girls made it to a beautiful meadow filled with beautiful, unique flowers and a creek in one corner that was simply magical.
"Oh wow" Cupid breathed taking in the sight.
"I know right" Cerise said standing right next to her "just wait till it gets dark, before the moon comes out" she said as she pulled Cupid to Maddie's tea time table that was filled with everything needed for a tea party and a specially large supply of salted caramels.
"What's the occasion Maddie? I've only seen a spread like this when it's our birthdays" Cerise asked sitting down.
"A mocking jay's cry, with the sun makes the jam" Maddie replied looking at Raven.
"Ridilish" they all said giggling,
Maddie told them again "Its not my secret to tell sillies, just comforting a friend" Sighing Raven gave Maddie a hug and turned to the rest of the girls
"I guess I'm caught Thanks Maddie for trying to cheer me up,[taking a deep breath] ok you've all got to promise not to tell anyone"
Where is she going with this? Cupid thought.
"What's up Raven" Cerise asked looking with concern at her friend.
"I'm having… boy trouble" she said waiting for the responses of her friends.
"Whoa What!?" Cerise said while Cedar went "oh my Wood, oh my Wood oh my Wood" and Cupid was in her element now asking Raven "Why don't you tell us about it".
How do I say it without her knowing I have a crush Dexter Raven thought desperately before replying, "Well, there is this guy I really, really like and I thought he liked me too, but" she sniffled "he doesn't feel the same way and is already with another girl"
"WHAT!" Cedar gasped Cerise was wide eyed, both thinking along the lines of: does that mean Dexter; Maddie just bobbed her head up and down speaking ridilish. Now in her element Cupid placed a hand on Raven's shoulder
"I get how you are feeling Raven, I'm in that same place right now, its hard but you'll get through it especially with such fairy great friends" I guess this means that she doesn't like Dexter Cupid thought her heart reaching out in sympathy for Raven's pain rather then relief.
"What?!" the other girls said shocked that Cupid would be in that situation. "B-but" Raven said "I thought you an-" they all suddenly went silent as they heard a twig snap and voices coming from inside a forest. "I thought this was a secret place" Cupid whispered, "It is, but there is another clearing a little bit away, they must be heading there" Cedar said. She was soon proven wrong when they heard the unknown footsteps stop and two very familiar voices starting to talk.
"Hey Hunter, I need to ask you something" Looking at each other the girls mouthed Hunter and Dexter "Sure man, about what"
"Girls"
This made them all go wide-eyed and they rushed silently to the edge of the meadow "I thought we were going to let him tell her his feelings" Cedar whispered to Cerise running to the tree line, "Well, he technically is" Cerise responded curious about how this would turn out.
"Should we be doing this" Raven whispered-asked to Cupid, but was responded to by Maddie, "Nope, but we are" she smiled beating them all to the tree line. The guys started to continue talking and the girls did their best to lean in closer without getting caught or -
"Hey writer"
WHAT!
"Jazzy taffy no need to shuffle your deck, I was just asking if you could quite down a bit"
why if I may ask,
"Because I cant hear what the boys are saying"
ok, ok sorry shutting up now.
"Okaaaay, that's something I never thought you'd ask me about Dexter" Hunter said turning to face Dexter. "Yeah well, how can you talk to Ashlynn " he blurted, Hunter looked at Dexter strangely "well when I breath air-"
"No not that I meant," taking a deep breath Dexter went on "I have this crush on this girl but I get all tongue-tied when I'm around her, did you ever feel like this towards Ashlynn "
"Well" Hunter replied as his eyes glazed over a bit at an unknown flash back. "At first I was a little tongue-tied when talking to her but I go over that really quick. I kind of get lost in her eyes" he finished dreamily. Dexter groaned "Dexter" Hunter said, "Can I ask the name of this girl"
"Raven"
Hearing her name Raven's eyes widened as she looked at her friends each of which had a knowing smile in their faces. Raven stood there in shock, not really wrapping her brain around what was just heard, as the boys started moving on, apparently Hunter went this far into the forest to pick some specially grown flowers for Ashlynn,
her friends however were temporarily distracted from what they just heard. A beautiful song started up quietly but growing more audible by the second, as if the very plants were singing. Then each flower began to pulsate light until it seemed there was a lightshow that matched the music, enchanting all but Raven, who was to lost in thought about what she just heard to see it. Finally as the song hit the climax each flower released a single orb of different colored lights, which floated up to the sky and were lost in the stars. ""WoW" was all Cupid could say, the lights still burning into her eyes. "I know" was all she got in reply from Cerise.
