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Summary: When partnered and assigned to read the Ugly Duckling and understand it's concept in the Surviving Fairytales class, Sophie and Beatrix are paired up and they compare the Ugly Duckling to Agatha, saying it's exactly like her. Do they know the ending though?
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Warning: Characters may be a bit OCC. Also take note that the events of Trial and Sophie and Tedros's relationship never happened.
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Beatrix and Sophie were tied neck to neck for the position of being Tedros's girlfriend. They sneered, jabbed, and shot acid dripping comments at each other.
They did happen to share one thing in common though. Besides the fact they only look for Tedros's attention because he was so handsome and had a huge fortune, the hottest and richest boy in the School For Good and Evil.
Well, it was the fact they both thought Agatha was useless and ugly. Very, very ugly. Just thinking about her appearance would make Beatrix and Sophie cringe.
So when they had to learn fairytales tricks and review fairytale circumamstances in Yuba's class of Surviving Fairytales, Yuba assigned them to read The Ugly Duckling, and Sophie and Beatrix were assigned together, they got right to the point. Of course, with the occasional whisper of, "Oh, Tedros!" that is.
"The Ugly Duckling..." Beatrix read, running her hand across the golden outlined title, feeling it's bumps and smooth edges. "How fitting."
Sophie giggled. "I really wish I was in the Beautification... I would so beat Agatha at it. I don't even know why I was placed in the other school."
The other school Sophie was talking about happpened to be the School For Evil. Of course, Sophie felt slightly bad about whispering behind Agatha's back, but it was worth it, right? Sophie would lose everything to be standing next to Tedros's side, her delicate hand intwined with his slightly rough one, planting kisses on his perfect lips...
Sophie sighed dreamily, looking off into the distance, fantasizing about Tedros.
Beatrix smirked, saying, "But you aren't, dear Sophie. That's why Tedros is not interested in you, like he clearly is in me."
With a twirl of her hair, Beatrix ran through her flawless, glossy, and smooth golden locks and batted her clear ocean-blue eyes with a tinge of ice creeping in on the edges of the pool of the wonderful blue color.
Sophie scowled. How dare she? What would Tedros see in a clown like Beatrix?
"At least Beatrix wouldn't be considered 'an ugly duckling'" Sophie thought, thinking about Agatha and her short, greasy hair, her bug like eyes, her dirty face, and her very, very pale skin. Ugh.
"Let's just get this over with." Sophie muttered.
Placing her hand on the cover, partially so Sophie could show off the light blue color she painted her nails and her slightly tanned skin, Sophie turned over the cover.
The giant wooden cover of The Ugly Duckling flew to the otherside, landing on the floor with a "bang".
So what if she thought Agatha would be a perfect fit for the Ugly Duckling? Sophie was sure that Agatha was far away from her and Beatrix's spot, an Ever boy recoiling everytime Agatha had gotten closer to him. The mental images...
"Once upon a time..."
Sophie started, feeling the smooth pieces of paper beneath her fingertips as she inhaled the fresh smell of a new book.
"There was a duckling. An ugly duckling, many others said."
Beatrix pointed to the picture of a grey duck with hints of brown in it's feathers, the feathers too ruffled to be considered cute. It had big eyes that were black, like an endless storm. Sophie clucked her tounge at the sight of the duck.
"It needs a makeover!"
"Sounds just like Agatha." Beatrix replied. The two shared a triumphant smile at not looking at all like the ugly thing Agatha is. Or the duck is. They basically are the same things, despite the fact one was a duck.
"Did Agatha turn into a duck by now?" Sophie asked herself in her head. She actually didn't see Agatha in 2 months. For some reason, Agatha actually started hanging out with the Evers. Maybe she was trying to fit in, only to have crumpled pieces of paper thrown at her. Makes sense.
"It wanted friends, and went on a journey to look for just that." Beatrix read on.
"Sounds like Agatha trying to look for friends. Except she already knows she's too ugly for that." Sophie commented.
They looked at the page's picture of the ugly duckling crossing a vibrant green hill.
"'Will you play with me?'" Beatrix said in a mockingly shrill voice. "It looked to the bunnies, but the bunnies tried their best to reject the duckling's request."
"'Sorry...'" Sophie continued on, pretending to be the bunny with a hint of disgust in her voice. "We are... busy."
The picture shown the ugly duckling talking to a pack of adorable little bunnies. Sophie would have a bunny as a pet. Agatha had Reaper.
Everyone claimed they were too busy for Agatha, the few times she asked students at her school (Sophie's future school) a question.
Beatrix slowly turned the page, handling the book like it was a fragile doll.
"So the duckling moved on to the next group of friends it saw." Beatrix read on.
Sophie snickered, replacing every "the duckling" with Agatha. It made perfect sense.
Oh, how wrong she was.
1 hour earlier...
"I can't believe it." Tedros thought for the millionth time.
Tedros couldn't believe the whole thing. First, Agatha was ugly, and now she was... Beautiful. Gorgeous.
There was really no word to describe her beauty. Sure, it sounded really cheesy, but it was true.
He remembered the time that Agatha had oily black hair, bug-like eyes, and pale, dirty skin. Tedros cursed himself many times for not seeing through that lie.
Because Agatha was beautiful all along, inside and out.
Just in the path two months, Agatha changed. A lot. Or that's what it seemed. It was what Agatha was all along.
Now her ebony hair cascaded a bit past her shoulders, a crown of roses laying on her head. Her eyes turned bright and shined like the diamonds in the exclusive mines in Camelot, shaded a sweet chocolate brown. Her skin was clean, unlike the dirt that used to fling itself onto her and her skin was just like Snow White. In fact, Agatha was even more beautiful than Snow White.
Agatha was a whole other level of beautiful.
And if Tedros were to tell his past self Agatha turned more than lovely, he became friends with Agatha, and fallen hard for her at the same time, his past self wouldn't believe him, but it was all true.
Yes, he loved Agatha.
At first, Tedros was weary of the new Agatha. But soon, Agatha discovered his past, and looked beyond his fortune and handsomeness. Agatha dug down to find the truth, the real Tedros beneath all the lies and smiles.
Then Agatha talked about herself. She told her story, her boring life in Gavaldon. How she became friends with Sophie, and slowly, when they arrived at the School For Good and Evil, they drifted apart.
In fact, now Agatha didn't see a glimpse of Sophie for two months.
Agatha told Tedros that she suspected that Sophie was avoiding her. Then she sighed, a sad, crestfallen sigh.
"I don't know what's happening." Agatha admitted. "I don't know what happened to our friendship."
Then she shook her head and left.
Tedros really wished there was a way to comfort Agatha, but the next time he saw her, she was all cheery and happy again. Tedros assumed that she just didn't want to talk about it.
After the turn of events, Tedros's friendship started turning into newfound love. Tedros was sure with all his heart that he finally found his princess.
Now, if only Agatha would see that too. That and he had to resist the urge to kiss Agatha everytime she passed by.
Tedros's luck just had to run out.
Agatha, gorgeous as she is, cheerily waved at Tedros, walking over to him.
He just couldn't take it anymore. Tedros grabbed Agatha's wrist and pull her aside.
Just as he was about to dip his head down and capture his and Agatha's lips in a kiss, sense returned to him. Agatha probably thought he was some agressive boy now. Mistake.
"Sorry." Tedros said, apologizing.
"It's alright." Agatha said. "You seemed like you wanted to tell me something."
Tedros heated up, feeling sweat crawling on the back of his neck. Should he tell Agatha?-
"Do you want to take a walk with me in the woods after classes?" Tedros found himself saying.
Immediately he cursed himself for being so stupid. Of course Agatha wouldn't say yes, she used to hate him! Plus, she only saw him as a-
Tedros's rushing thoughts came to a stop as a light tinge- barely noticeable, of pink spread across her cheeks.
"Okay... I guess."
Tedros had to marvel at how much Agatha changed. Now she was actually acting princess like, but he knew that the tough Agatha was still inside her, though this time Agatha didn't hate him. In fact, if he asked that months earlier, she probably would've just kicked him.
Though, that would be months ago.
"Great..."
Tedros and Agatha stared at their shoes, unsure of what to say to each other. It was like that awkward moment for awhile, until Tedros decided to speak up.
"I'll see you then after Surviving Fairytales class, right?"
"Yeah." Agatha bobbed her head. "I'll see you then."
Then with a tiny wave, Agatha flounced off to her classes.
"The duckling wandered for weeks and weeks, then for months... The duckling wasn't able to find a place to call home for two years."
"Sounds like Agatha."
Tedros picked up the sound of Sophie and Beatrix's voice, hearing them over the chatter of the Evers and Nevers looking at the pages in the Ugly Duckling. Their voices were slightly muffled, and he could make out most of the words...
His fists clenched, he walked up to Beatrix and Sophie.
The duckling wandered for weeks and weeks, then for months... The duckling wasn't able to find a place to call home for two years.
Sounds like Agatha.
What? Tedros felt himself boiling. The story was slightly true though, but Agatha already found her place among the Evers and made friends with a lot of them. Did they know what they were talking about?
Sophie saw Tedros and immediately straightened her back, running a hand through her pale blonde hair, her eyes twinkling with love (most likely fake love, if you ask Tedros).
"Tedros," She said in her smooth melodic voice, "How nice to see you here!"
Beatrix's eyes flew from the book to Tedros's eyes. "Tedros? What a pleasant surprise!"
They had no idea what Tedros was actually here for. They had no idea of what Agatha has become, the beautiful person she is, and how Tedros came here to take Agatha for a walk in the woods.
Tedros coughed. "What about Agatha were you talking about?"
For a moment, Tedros thought they would reenact the "deer in the headlights" thing, but Sophie smoothly said.
"Oh, just talking about what a loser Agatha is, comparing her to the ugly duckling in the book. Don't you agree, Tedros?"
"Yes, don't you agree?"
Sophie and Beatrix flipped their hair around and glared at each other intensely, a war between green and blue.
If they weren't talking about "what a loser Agatha" was, Tedros would've laughed.
"Um... No."
"What?"
Now, Sophie's and Beatrix's gaze were pinned on him.
"What do you mean?"
"Did you see Agatha?"
Tedros coughed again. "You didn't see Agatha for two months... Even if I was to date you, Sophie, you used to be Agatha's friend and now you're whispering behind her back - how can I trust you?"
Beatrix smiled smugly while Sophie stared at Tedros with stunned eyes.
"Serves her right." Tedros thought triumphantly.
"And Beatrix... You only care for me for my looks and money, right? So do you, Sophie. You also may look beautiful on the outside, but I wouldn't be surprised if they actually dragged you to the School For Evil. Now... Shouldn't you look at the last page of the story? Class was dismissed about a minute ago."
This time they both stared at him, shock written over their faces.
So with trembling hands, they flipped to the last page.
What the duckling didn't know, was that it had turned into a beautiful swan. The most precious and radiant lands, the swan finally fit in.
~The End~
"What?" Beatrix screeched. "That is not Agatha! That is not-"
"Are you saying I'm ugly?"
Sophie and Beatrix's eyes widened as Agatha walked next to them, intertwining her hands with Tedros's. Just the feeling of that made Tedros's hand feel so warm...
What they did not expect in Agatha was this kind of beauty. Beatrix and Sophie's mouths were opened, closing and opening like a fish without water.
Sophie seemed to almost gasp at the sight of her, but she managed to stop herself from doing so in time.
"A-agatha..." Sophie stuttered. "I never said you were ugly! It's what matters on the inside that counts, right?" She weakly smiled.
Agatha glared at her.
"You were avoiding me for two months!"
Sophie opened her mouth to shoot something back when Tedros glared at her, forcing her to apologize.
Sophie's glare softened at Tedros's fierce eyes, mumbling a "Sorry... I'm sorry..." and staring into the ground.
Beatrix looked to the wall.
"Well." Tedros dusted off his hands and looked at Agatha. "That's fixed."
Agatha smiled, and leaned against his shoulder as a wonderful sensation ran through his body at her touch.
"Let's go."
"Agatha was actually just like the ugly duckling." Tedros decided. "At the end, she turns into a beautiful swan."
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