A/N- Wassup? It be TOBN here with a new chapter of The Search For Happily Ever After!
This chapter is late. Sorry that I'm not sorry; I've been procrastinating a bit this past week. Like, working on unnecessary projects, and homework (Ugh, homework), along with some pretty exciting stuff. So yeah. That's why this is coming late. I'm probably gonna miss a deadline with all this procrastination :P
But yes. Here we are; chapter 3! What happened last time...oh yes! The gang, along with Stephanie, finally reached the fairytale realm, which was a bit burnt and wonky, due to some shadows washing away, thanks to Della; who still has Rory in hostage. Tension is high between two spellmasters - who later had a little steamy moment - and basically, everyone is hating on Stephanie. Is there a reason? DID YOU NOT READ THE LAST TWO BOOKS?! Jokes!
Nonetheless, we also saw Della change some fairytale characters into people we know, perhaps? Maybe like...Benny in Sleeping Beauty as prince?! AGH, THE FEELS! Review if you think Atticus Mitchell should take on the role of the 'Prince' in the next live action Sleeping Beauty! Or maybe I should write a Sleeping Beauty Bethan AU, because how many feels would that give me? *swoon*
But I'm getting off topic here; let's get on with the shoutouts!
MBAV fan66- Della brings a whole new meaning to "evil ex girlfriend", am I right, or what? Yeah, my jokes aren't too good this morning; I'm tired*looks around embarrassedly* Fun fact: I originally wanted to introduce the whole "MBAV gang as the fairytale characters" concept, but I totally forgot. But in the original plan out, Erica was supposed to be the princess! Cool, huh? I don't know if I could risk my health on kissing a frog...unless it'll turn into Atticus or something. Maybe a guy who likes me? Who knows? I'm just dreaming way too much. :P Anyway, thanks for your review, fanfic buddy!
Willowleaf- Of course there are many fairytales! This is a fairytale story after all! But I am glad I caught your attention, because I think I'm gonna slip in a little more humour and more problems in this one. Jokes! Anyway, thanks for your review :)
And with that, I hope you have a fangtastic time reading this!
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The Search For Happily Ever After: Chapter 3: Arrogance And Drama
The gang ran through the woods quickly, going all the way until Benny stopped at a bush, huffing and puffing. Ethan jogged in his spot as Erica smirked at him, looking down at the hunched over spellmaster.
"What's wrong, babe," Erica said with an amused smile. "tired already?" Benny looked up.
"You...try running...2.5k in the...frickin' woods..." He panted, and Erica just gave him a smile. Ethan couldn't help but poke a little fun at his best friend as well.
"We all ran 2.5K in Cross Country back in elementary." He pointed out. Everyone stifled their laughs as Benny gave Ethan the hand.
"Says you! I walked." He shot back, and Ethan just barked out a laugh, slinging his arm around his best friend. Benny grinned as he did the same, and Ethan looked up at his slightly taller friend.
"I should know," Ethan remarked. "we walked together."
"Do you dorks do everything together?" Stephanie huffed, and Ethan just shot her a glare.
"No!" He said defensively.
The two walked away in unison, arms still around each other as they walked deeper into the woods together. Sarah, Erica, Stephanie and Jane looked at the two boys in disbelief as Jane just laughed - the first laugh she laughed in a long while - and they followed the two.
"Are we almost there yet?" Jane huffed, once they caught up to the boys. "I'm hungry." Benny nodded, stomach rumbling.
"I agree. I could so go for some pizza right now. Or maybe a hamburger. How about some fries...and onion rings!" He said dreamily, sighing as he dazed off into the distance. Sarah smiled as well, thinking of her own meal.
"I could definitely go for some rats," She said with a sigh. "or maybe even some squirrel." Everyone looked at her as she blushed furiously. "What? Ever since Rory taught me how to fly, he also told me how to make a squirrel actually taste good..." Stephanie gagged as Erica rolled her eyes.
"Whatever. The dorks are right though; if we are not there in the next five minutes, I think I will bite Ethan." She said snakily, and Ethan paled considerably. Sarah looked rather defensive, and Stephanie just sighed.
"Stop talking about eating; I think I see something up ahead." She whispered. Everyone hid behind a bush as they watched a horse gallop into the centre of the forest. Birds sung and flowers glisten...
"Where the hell am I?" A familiar voice echoed into the forest. Benny's eyes widened.
"Is that...me?" He whispered carefully, eyes glued to the teen in the forest.
It was true; it was an exact replica of Benny, except this one wore a red cape and a pointy, red hat, just like the prince in Sleeping Beauty.
'Just like I told him.' Ethan remembered, shuddering. Did this mean that Della was watching their every move like a hawk? The thought made him sick to the bones; how could they even do anything without Della disrupting it?
"I'm going up there." Benny said, and before anyone could say anything, Benny dashed out of their hiding place and to the prince in the centre of the forest.
"Benny!" Sarah hissed, but it was too late.
"Why do you look like me?" Benny asked his look-alike. The Prince-y Benny frowned, as Benny's friends slowly trailed behind him.
"You should be lucky you look like me, boy. You look a bit more better." He smirked a bit, eyes narrowed to Benny's shirt. "Lose the striped disaster though, you imbecile." He remarked, and Benny just growled, wanting to land a punch on what seemed to be a more arrogant Benny.
"If Della did this!" He roared, lunging through the figure. And when I say though, he literally went through himself.
"I-It's a hologram." Stephanie whispered scratchily. "Just like the one I created when I trapped you all in here." Ethan nodded as Benny dazedly looked around, blinking widely, obviously confused. Erica helped him up, but the real Benny shook her off.
"Hey! It took a long time with this hair; watch it." He hissed, and the Prince Benny just smiled wickedly, eyes glowing red. Real Benny's did as well, and Jane saw it all happen very quickly.
"I think when Benny made contact with his doppelgänger, some of that personality started leaking into him." She said quickly. Ethan pulled Benny away, and Benny shook his head fast.
"W-What happened?" He stammered. "Where are we?"
Ethan just shook his head as he caught sight of a brave looking shadow, whisking across the woods. Jane saw the smirk on his brother's face, and conjured up another jar. Ethan explained that he and Benny were going to get the jar, so Benny wouldn't be washed into an arrogant version of himself, and they whisked off into the woods to find the shadow, jar in hand.
"The two do everything together," Sarah mumbled, and Jane looked at the confused, scared, but roughly arrogant Benny hologram.
"It says that Prince Phillip is heroic, brave, and easy-going." She said, remembering when she had read Sleeping Beauty in kindergarten. Erica scoffed.
"Easy going? How about easy-to-show-off-his-biceps?" She pointed out, looking at her boyfriend - or at least, a version of her boyfriend - show off his abs to Sarah and Stephanie, the two looking disgusted. A lightbulb went off in Jane's head.
"Prince Philip is also pretty loving and humble, especially when it comes to a hot Sleeping Beauty..." She said, nudging Erica. Erica looked at the Princely Benny, then at the smirk on Jane's face, and shook her head rapidly.
"No way." She growled. Jane sighed. "C'mon, Erica! Take one for the team!" She protested. Sarah and Stephanie came back from afar, and they looked at Erica.
"Please." They said in unison, and in slight disgust. Erica pouted, staring at Benny.
"He's just like every jock in the whole entire school now. I am not flirting with him." She said quickly. She heard Benny whistle, and Jane looked at her with a mischievous glisten in her eyes.
"You know you want to get back into your old flirting ways. Who better to do it than your boyfriend?" She paused. "Well, kind of your boyfriend." Erica huffed as she glared at the little girl carefully.
"You know, Prince Philip is also said to be manipulative; I wonder why you didn't get the role." She hissed. Jane grinned.
"Thanks, stage 1 Dusker girl." She said with a wink. Erica sighed as she looked nervously at the flirtatious Benny.
"All you have to do is show the goodness in his heart. Just until Ethan and Benny come back. You should be able to do it." Jane said proudly. Erica sighed as she walked up to Benny and smiled flirtatiously.
"Hi, babe." She said huskily, leaning against the tree sexily, as if she was flirting with the other The arrogant Benny winked.
"Hello sweetness." He said with a wide smile. Erica closed her eyes, as if she was trying to contain her patience. Sarah thought back to when Evil Benny was creating, and realized that there wasn't much of a difference between the two...
"I am sure there is some good in your heart, right?" Erica pressed, getting straight to the point. The hologram Benny frowned, popping his collar.
"Good?" He scoffed. "Nah, sexy one. I am pure evil. Who needs love when you have this body?" The Princely Benny shook his hips, and Erica nearly face palmed. It was obvious Della was making this harder than it had to be...
"Fine. I am sure that I can change that. I do have a thing for..." She gulped. "good guys" The arrogant Benny's eyes lit up.
"A pretty gal like you...into good guys?" He laughed. "Yeah right. I'll believe it when I see it."
Erica growled; this was harder than she thought. In the corner of her eye, she saw Ethan and Benny, who were just coming back with a shadow filled jar, and she saw as they shook it happily. Erica then pulled Ethan's collar, smiling as Ethan yelped. Benny frowned, trying not to make eye contact with the other version of him, and stared in shock at Erica and a nervous looking Ethan.
"Ethan?" Erica asked sweetly. "What would you do if a kid's ice cream fell onto the ground?" Ethan shrugged.
"I dunno...buy them a new one?" He said. Arrogant Benny scoffed.
"What a goody-two shoes." He grumbled. Erica smiled.
"Perfect." Erica said with a smile.
And before anyone could say anything, Erica pulled Ethan to her lips and placed a long, passionate kiss onto his mouth. Ethan's eyes were wide open, but when Erica's eyes drifted to an angry looking Benny, who was unscrewing the jar, Ethan understood this must've been part of the plan, and he kissed her back.
"What the fuck?!" Benny yelled, throwing the shadow towards the arrogant Benny, and he cultivated in his spot.
Erica and Ethan pulled back, as the once arrogant Benny looked at all of the teens - and Stephanie, of course.
"Why, good day. I don't exactly know why I'm here, but I do need to go and find my princess." He smiled at all of them.
"Thank you...for whatever you did." He added with a wink, and grabbed his horse, galloping away. Everyone stared at the Benny that just went away, and then to the real Benny, who was practically fuming.
"What the hell just happened?" Stephanie murmured. Benny nearly lunged at Erica.
"Why the hell did you kiss him?!" Benny yelled. Erica tried to explain, but Benny just kept on screaming. Ethan then got into the fight, and everyone just started to argue loudly. Jane, Sarah and Stephanie tried to stop them, and then Benny just decided the best thing to do was to slap Ethan.
Silence filled the forest as Ethan stumbled back, grabbing onto his cheek as he felt a red hot pain emerge in them. Sarah, keeping her patience, helped Ethan, and Benny just stormed off in the other direction, taking the dagger from Jane and plunging it into the force field that separated the forest and some giant wall, that looked familiar to the fairytale 'Mulan'...
"Benny," Erica murmured, as Benny disappeared, running through the broken force field and to his boyfriend, all her friends trailed behind her.
A/N- Sorry for crappy chapter; school was rough today, and it's Monday; I deserve this.
This is probably gonna be the only story you'll see updated today. Sorry. But I hope I served it justice...
Anyway, drop a review, and thanks for dealing with this :P
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