Lizzie Hearts woke up in a sweat. Her black and red hair was framed around her face, and her eyes looked around, frantically.
"Hey are you okay?" Briar asked, a towel wrapped around her, just coming out from the bathroom.
"Yeah, I'm fine," she said, sighing.
She quickly ran into the shower, almost slipping on the bathroom floor. Then dressing as fast as she could, she looked at herself in the mirror, God, she looked awful. But she didn't care, she just wanted to know what secret Daring had. She ran out of the dorm, heading to Wonderland Grove.
Cerise and Maddie sat in their dorm room. Cerise rolled her eyes at Maddie, who was trying to reach the bottom of her magic wonderland hat. "You know it's not going to work Maddie, right? That's magic, you're not."
Maddie pouted. "Gee, Cerise thanks for the support." She put her hat back on and checked her phone. Her face brightened. "Oh! Dad says he will let me have a free muffin!" She squealed, and then she promptly walked through the door.
Blondie came in a second later with bright lights, huge cameras and a gigantic crew. "One, two, three. Action!" She held up her microphone and smiled. "Hello Ever After High! With me today is lesbian lover, Cerise Hood! We've caught her loving on Briar, but is this the only girl she has slept with? What do you have to say for yourself, you naughty girl?" She batted her eyelashes.
"No comment," Cerise grumbled. She shoved away a camera that was only 2 inches away from her face.
Blondie's eye twitched, and she balled her fists. "Well," she huffed, "there you have it. In a couple minutes we will see what other students have to say about this fiasco. Stay tuned!" She gave one last smile and they stopped recording.
"What was that?" Cerise yelled. "Ambushing me in my own room?"
"Don't talk to me like that!" Blondie screeched, and Cerise swore that she could see the devil through her eyes. "I come for answers and you give me shit?! Gah!" She turned around, whipping her curls in Cerise's face.
"Alright guys, get out of my room!" Cerise growled. They shuffled out quickly, leaving Cerise alone and distraught.
Apple and Raven were in the Wonderland Grove waiting for Lizzie. Apple was pacing furiously, looking at her phone. "Why isn't she here yet?" She moaned.
"Apple!" Raven hissed. "What are you going to tell Lizzie!?" she crossed her arms, spitefully.
Apple rolled her eyes. "Pahhhlezz! She's obviously got him under some weird Wonderland voodoo. And I will rescue him, and then we will have the perfect marriage!" she said, gesturing wildly.
Raven scoffed. "Can't you just accept that this may be just a fling, I mean, come on, it's Daring."
Apple thought about this for a while."Yeah, you're right. But hey, what I'm about to tell her will just speed the process," she shrugged, like it was nothing.
"And that is?" Apple looked down, shamefully. "Come on, Apple, seriously what is it?"
Apple looked up, about to tell her, just when she spotted Lizzie running into the Grove. "Quick! Raven! Hide, she's coming!" Raven sighed, and cast an invisibility spell onto herself.
"Apple?" Lizzie asked, her voice quivering. She looked like she had a heart attack. Her face was paler than usual and she constantly fumbled with her clothes. "Um, did you send me that text about Daring?"
"Yeah," Apple said, nervously. She was a little uncertain. If she did this, she would ruin her best friend's relationship, and Daring might even get another girl. But on the other hand they could still date each other and her heart would still be broken after Apple and Daring got married. So either way, she would end up breaking her heart. "I really need to tell you about Daring."
"What? What is it?" Lizzie asked frantically, her eyes widening.
"Well, first of all, I should say, that I know about you and Daring," Apple said, smiling warmly.
"Oh, are you okay with that?" Lizzie shifted uncomfortably.
"Yes." Apple gritted her teeth. "I just think you should know that the whole reason you guys are together is because Sparrow dared him to." Apple said, placing a curl behind her ear.
"Oh, I know that," Lizzie smiled, her heart rate pacing more steadily. She began to turn, "Was that all?"
"NOO!" Apple yelled quickly, Lizzie frowned. What was she going to say? It was going to be a lie, but still had to be believable. "Just last week, he said that he was going out with this really hot girl." Lizzie blushed, "which I just found out that it's you! but anyways, he told me he didn't really like the girl -sorry, bye the way- he just wanted to get into your pants, if you know what a mean."
Lizzie looked down at her shoes. "Well," she said in a strangled voice, "I think I need to talk to him." she backed away slowly and ran out of the Wonderland Grove.
Raven took down her invisibility spell, aghast. "I can't believe you! You literally just tore her heart out!"
Apple had tears in her eyes, Raven was right, what she just did was awful. She had ruined her best friend's life.
"Okay, just remember we're 'dating', but don't mention sex." Briar reprimanded.
Dexter cracked a smile, "I promise."
"Okay, okay, alright." Briar started taking huge breaths. They were standing outside Briar's parents' castle.A stream of roses ran along the tall pink towers of the castle. Inside of handles, polished marble roses, and a sparkling blue moat surrounded the building with a surprisingly friendly alligator swimming within its depths.
"Should I just ring the doorbell?" Dexter crossed his arms, teasingly. Briar nodded, her body shaking. Ding Dong!
A doorman opened the door and gestured for them to come in. He led them to a small blue sitting room where Sleeping Beauty a.k.a Aurora and King Phillip were sitting in. A small China coffee table sat in the middle of he room, with painted ivy running up the legs. Sleeping Beauty and her husband sat in a pink loveseat. Across from them was 2 pink chairs.
"Briar, darling!" Aurora said, opening her arms to hug her daughter. They hugged, only for a second, though. "Honey, your hair looks awful." She fluffed her hair, clucking.
"Gee, thanks Mom." Briar rolled her eyes, and sat down in one of the pink chairs, her arms crossed.
Phillip shook Dexter's hand and they both sat down. "So, you didn't tell us you were dating Dexter. Which are very happy about." Aurora said, patting her husband's hand. "You're like the son we've never had. Isn't that right, Phil?" Phillip nodded. Phillip never talked, his wife usually made all the decisions.
"Yup." Briar was starting to really sweat. "Cuz I'm straight!" She said, a little too loudly.
Aurora looked at her strangely. "Well of course you are. I mean what freak likes their own gender?" She laughed politely. Dexter and Briar joined in, awkwardly chuckling.
"You know Briar, hon, um there's something we should tell you." Aurora cleared her throat. Briar looked at her mother suspiciously. She had never seen her mom this nervous before. "Before we tell you, just know that we love you with all our hearts."
"Mom, you're really freaking me out, just tell me what's going on!" Briar pleaded, squeezing Dexter's hand so tightly he had to bite his lip to not scream.
"Okay." Aurora took a deep breath, knowing after this her daughter would hate her forever. "16 years ago, when you were 1, we made a deal with the Frog Kingdom that in by the time you were 18 you would marry Prince Will."