Hey, guys, I'm back with chapter four! Tea for everyone! Here's one OC, called Sombra, I hope you like her! Thanks to luciayshadow for sharing her. Another OC will appear in the next chapter! And, some- just a little revelation of who Dagger boy really is. *evil laughter* *coughs, because evil is practically banned in this fanfic.* Review, dudes!
Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.
-Carl Jung.
Book End, Hat & Tea Shoppe, 1-9-14, 4pm, How To Reach Cloud Nine, In FIVE Four Easy Steps:
1. Make a scene in front of around a thousand fairytales.
2. Run off to a forest.
3. Let a certain chestnut-haired prince with glasses come and break his glasses.
4. Listen to him and laugh. And realize, you're pretty awesome for doing what you did, because you started a revolution for the Mad Ones. Or as he put it, the Rebels.
Book End, Hat & Tea Shoppe, 4:15 PM, Starting To Realize I Will Have To Go Back To School When Maddie Reaches Here And Attempts To Scalp Me, And When I Go Back, I Will Have To Face Apple And Company:
Yeah, I'm dead.
Okay, so Dexter came along and sat on the bench. I left my diary in my lap. Because, you know, Dex never seemed to be the kinda dude who'd ask you for your diary again and again and even try to swipe when you're not looking. (*cough* Sparrow*cough*)
"Hey, Raven," he said.
"Hey, Dex," I replied, conversationally, surprised he'd even talk to me after what happened.
"So… um…sup?" he asked.
"Nothing much," I said, chuckling.
"So, do you… are you… will you..?"
"What?"
"Are you not going to sign the Storybook of Legends?"
I felt rage rising in me, like my dark magic, and I lashed out.
"No- you got a problem?"
I leaned and poked him in his chest, almost breaking my finger. His abdomen was pure, unadulterated muscle. Mine was… flab and flat.
Dexter leaned back, looking horrified and surprised… and a little bit red.
"No, no, no, Rae- whoa!" he stammered. His glasses tumbled off his face. Blindly, he felt around for them and then hits them off the ledge. They hit the ground with a sickening crunch.
I winced and picked up the broken pieces.
"Here," I said, smiling nervously. Man, he has worse luck then I do!
"Thanks," he said, smiling. He perched them on his nose and made a silly face, holding the broken parts with his hands.
I giggled. Yeah. I honest-to-goodness pulled a girly-girl, princess-y move and giggled like…Apple.
"Raven," he said, totally seriously, "I think it's a great idea for you not to do. People are going to change their minds and follow their hearts' true desires. And, then, everyone will have their Happily Ever After. Suppose I like a girl who's not in my tale. I can ask that girl out on a date, maybe to Agrabah and we can rent a carpet and watch the sun rise…"
I raised an eyebrow.
"Never knew you were so romantic, Dex," I teased him; "You just about stole my heart with that idea."
He flushed. Dexter Charming is the only prince who blushes at everything I imply. Well, that might be why he's the only prince I talk to, because I can tease him and get away with my feelings intact.
"But… aren't you afraid that I might make your brother go poof?"
"Then, I would have to share the spotlight," he said, mimicking Daring's voice. I laughed, but turned serious again. When he realizes that smile faded again, he became serious again.
"Raven, for all you know, it might be a lie. Everyone goes off the script at some point. Look at your mom. She was supposed to die before giving birth to you, but look! You're alive and sitting right next to me!"
"But those are the small things," I said, sort of confused, "What about the bigger things? Like me not poisoning Apple at all?"
"Raven, we live only once. So, we have to decide which things are worth the risk and which things are not. Our… our friendship, it's worth the risk."
"The risk of what?" I asked.
"The risk of me breaking my glasses, for one," he teased me back.
"You idiot," I chuckled.
"You idiot," he mimicked.
"Dex!" I said, swatting him with my diary.
"Ow!" he said, exaggerating, "And it's also worth the risk of me being hit with shiny notebooks. Ow! Cut it out, Rae!"
"Fine," I huffed.
"Rae, most things aren't worth it. But what you're doing… you're starting a revolution!"
"A revolution that will probably be named as 'The Mad Ones'," I replied dismissively.
"No, no, no, who told you that? No one will ever take you seriously. You should be called…"
"The Ravens?" I asked.
"Rae!"
"Fine," I pouted.
His pupils dilated, a little. But he shook his head, and nudged me with his shoulder.
"Pouting is unbecoming to a growing girl," he said, mimicking Grimm.
"Ever after thought of joining the comedy industry?" I asked, interested, "You know; joining my revolution, buying a puppet or hiring Cedar and imitating people?"
"I couldn't join your revolution and rebel against my fate… my parents… Daring… Darling… they'd never talk to me again. And I wouldn't even be allowed to marry the girl of my choice. Wait, I got it!"
"Got what exactly?"
"The name for your revolution!" he said, hexcited, "You guys are the Rebels!"
"Whoa, Dex, let's not get ahead of ourselves. I'm not sure, I said, not that I'm not signing at all."
"But, whatever you do, you've already started changing this place. And there's no going back. You've done the right thing for people who are destined to me unhappy, but for Apple and stuff…"
"I'm sleeping in Maddie's room tonight," I said, quickly, "And if that doesn't work, buy a sleeping bag because the two of us are roughing it out in the woods tonight."
He flushed again.
"And we can watch the sun rise…"
"Tempting as it is, I'm sorry I can't do it. But if you like camping and stuff, there's this National Merit thing going on this weekend, so sign up. Then we'll rough it out," he said.
I blinked. That sounded… interesting.
"I'll be there. With many other people," I promised.
His watch beeped and he stood up.
"Raven, I have to go. And I need to say one more thing- you did that right thing, and we can finally not see our future. And, also, if you ever need to talk to someone who has glasses and is the biggest dork ever… I'm right over here."
"Dex-" I said, my eyes watering, "I-"
He looked afraid for a second and said:
"I'm late! I've got to go, like right now!"
He ran, ditching me, his face redder than usual. Dexter Charming, an idiot if I must say it. I was about to tell him… oh never mind. The past is the past.
So, after a while, I decided I might as well go to Book End. Even though he was being an idiot, I felt the after-glow.
Maybe I should call Dad and talk to him, Cook, Butternut and Pie. Man, I miss them already. I'm out.
Ever After High, Dorm Room, 1-9-14, 11 pm, SLEEP IS FOR THE WEAK:
Oh fairy godmother, I am so behind it's funny, ha-ha. Either that, or it's not funny and my brain is just scrambled.
So, I Skyped Dad at the Hat & Tea Shoppe earlier today and then Butternut and Pie picked up.
"Hello?" Butternut squeaked, sounding suspiciously muffled, "Who's this?"
"Butternut- is that you?" I asked.
"No, this is not me," he replied.
"Butternut…" I said warningly.
"Stupid, that's Raven!" Pie called.
"RAVEN!" they both squealed after a moment of silence.
"Turn on the camera."
"How?" Pie asked.
"Press the- oh, you see you did it! Oh hex, boys, what happened?"
The twins were covered in grime from head to toe and I'm pretty sure what was in Pie's hair was not glitter… it was probably solidified milk.
"We got thrown in the garbage!"
"It was fun!"
"Ooglot did it by accident!"
"I think I still have a banana peel behind my ear!"
"Ew, Butternut!" I wailed, covering my eyes, "And why do you have Dad's phone?"
"We were playing Temple Run," Pie answered.
"We love you Raven," Butternut said, opening his eyes wide and smiling at me like a little Cheshire Cat in making.
"I love you too, but I'm telling your mom…"
"Raven, no!"
"We'll do anything!"
"Even take a bath?"
"Yes! No!" they wailed.
I smiled at them and then, they hurried off. Dad enters the room and finds his phone.
"Raven?" he asked.
"Hey, Dad," I said, in what I clearly thought to be a jaunty, winning tone.
"Raven, have you run out of money?"
"No, no, not at all, I wanted to ask you whether I could go for this camp thing," I began.
"When is it?"
"This weekend…"
Dad looked crushed.
"Cook and I were planning to visit you this weekend. We had something very important to tell you," he said.
"But, Dad, this is a one in a lifetime opportunity! Please?"
"Jared, let the girl go," Cook said in the background.
Dad's shoulders slumped.
"Fine, you can go. Do you need money?"
"Um, I'm not sure yet. I'll call you and then we'll see later. Okay, Dad?"
"Okay, Raven, I love you."
"I love you too."
"Raven, are Butternut and Pie dirty again?"
"Uh…" I said, stalling for time, "My Wi-Fi's not working! Bye!"
"Yep, they're dirty," I heard Dad say before I hung up.
"Raven couldn't tell a lie to save her life… it's like she's Pinocchio's daughter!"
They chuckled as the phone call ended. I sighed. I missed my dad more than I thought.
I checked the time on my MirrorPhone. It was 5pm, so I decided to get back to school.
. I left a tip on the table, finished my Berry Bomb Tea and hurried out. I walked up the long winding road to the castle lying at the bottom and I breathed the autumn air in, wondering what would happen when I reached school. And then, I'm nearly killed by a black carriage that arrived, speeding down the road.
"Holy shit!" I roared, glaring at the carriage. A girl with dark hair stuck her head out of the window.
"Sorry!" she yelled, in an English accent that was slightly tinged with Spanish.
She stuck her head back in and they continued rumbling to school. I sighed out and walked as slowly as possible back to school and reach it as the sun is dropping. I snuck in and out of the shadows, hiding from anyone who might know me. If I had to put it in one word, I'd say…everyone. I managed to reach my dorm room in one piece. I nibbled my lip and then, I came in.
"Hey, Apple," I began softly.
"Hey, roomie!" she replied, in a falsely cheery voice. Her blue eyes are red from tears. I pinched my underarm to still the urge of shaking sense into that head of hers. Then, I realized my side of the room was still… evil.
"Apple…" I began.
"What? I thought your decoration would help you realize your destiny is important and it is okay for you to embrace your evil, because that's what you have to be."
I snarled at her… in my mind. The worst thing about this is that if I try beating sense into her, she'll be more convinced I'm evil.
I sat down on my bed and watched her as she shook out her blond curls from her tiara.
"Did you see that eye candy today? You know; the Sandman's apprentice?" she asked, preening herself in the mirror.
I stiffened.
"What about him?" I asked.
"It's good to know there's another Prince good-looking enough to replace Daring if necessary… for my destiny. I hope my fairy godmother forbid anything bad happening to Daring, he's too hot. I'd like him as my husband and king. But Zale is hot enough anyway. He makes me want to melt."
"Stay away from him," I growled, suddenly. I disguised it with coughing. It's not like me and 'Prince Zale'… it's not like we are MyChapter exclusive. The boy didn't even tell me his real name! I find out about it from my roommate who thinks I should be evil with a capital 'E'. Apple eyed me with interest, but when I scowled, she turned away.
"Anyways, Raven, a girl with unmanageable thick black hair came by and asked for you. She said you should come to her dorm room, she has a big problem. Or as she added sarcastically, grande problema."
"Did she have pants?"
"Yep-"
I ran out as fast as I could, swearing that I'd buy Dinah a hocus latte and help her to get a boyfriend.
Dinah's room is nowhere near mine. It took me awhile to find it, but as I approached it, I became wary about entering because I could hear two girls arguing in languages I barely understood. One I could identify as Spanish. The other… I think it was Arabic.
I knocked and entered and ducked from a pillow. Under closer inspection, I realized it was an owl and a monkey wrestling.
"WALLAHI, ANTA NISWATUN MAJNUN!" Dinah shrieked.
"Tu eres una idiota con cabello horrible!" the girl I saw earlier roared back.
roared back.
"Uh…" I said, "People…!"
Everyone froze and looked at me. Dinah's face split into a grin.
"Raven!" she called out, climbing off her bed, "You know, I thought you were rooming with Maddie and then, I found a nightmare come to life with your blond roomie! She wouldn't stop commenting about what I could do with my hair… she gave me the name of a hairdresser! And what's with the evil décor-?"
"Why did you call me?" I cut in, "I thought you had a big problem?"
"Well, we fixed by yelling at each other until my throat got hoarse and you saved the day," the girl coughs, "I'm Sombra Chel Chonchon."
"Raven," I replied, shaking her hand, "You're the girl whose carriage nearly killed me today."
Sombra flushed a bright red and scratched the back of her neck sheepishly.
"Well…uh… that was an accident."
"Relax; I'm just messing with you."
She laughed and I took a good look at her. She had a black crop top with dark blue shorts, with tattoos of owls and feathers all over her arms. And she had a belly piercing and six earrings in one ear and three in the other.
"Is this year crop top year or something?" I asked, leaning against the wall, "If so, I definitely need a crop top."
"We'll go shopping some time," they offered in unison. Then they looked at each other and dissolved into peals of laughter.
"Us go shopping together is probably one of the funniest things I've ever heard," Dinah chuckled.
"Yeah, we'd probably make the sales person consider early retirement," Sombra sniggered.
Then, she suddenly froze and stared out of the window with a very curious expression spreading across her face. Her eyes shone like a cat's eyes when you shone a light into them at night. And then, without any warning, she turned into a huge owl and flew out the window, shrieking in outrage.
Dinah looked at me and looked down.
I sighed.
"Fine, we'll follow her, but only if you have a plan…"
She beamed.
"I do!"
Five minutes later, I found myself balancing on the window sill, holding onto a rope.
"This is your plan?" I snarled.
"What? It's smarter than flying, since we can't fly!" she retorted, "And it's dangerous- uh, I mean fun!"
I glared at her, but then she shoved me off and I began swinging forward.
"Dinah!" I roared, "I WILL KILL YOU!"
"Jump, retard!" she replied.
So, after nearly dying once again and Dinah pealing out with insults and making me jump, we caught up to Sombra who was perched outside a window that was oddly familiar. When we landed, I realized it was my window.
"What-?" I began.
"Sh! Look! They're talking about YOU!" Sombra hissed.
I perched myself on the window sill and peered into the window. I could see Apple, Briar, Blondie, Daring and a couple of other fairy tale teens whose stories ended with happily ever after. Then,
Sombra slowly cuts a hole into the glass and removed it and Dinah and I placed our ears at the hole.
"We need to find out what Raven's doing," Blondie said, "If we can find evidence of her being evil, she won't have any choice but to be evil."
"Yeah, she's right," said Briar, blowing on her nails, "We should spy on her and buy the entire Christian Andersen Dior couture dresses for this winter!"
The three of us looked at each other and gagged.
"Seriously, this is my destiny hanging. How will I ever be queen if Raven doesn't poison me? She has to do it!"
"Then, we need our blackmail. Do you have anything?"
"Yeah, she keeps her diary in her trunk, under lock and key."
"As if that bothers me- oh fairy godmother!"
I jumped in through the window.
"Show time's over ladies and gentlemen. Now, kindly leave and-! BLONDIE; GET THAT HAIR PIN AWAY FROM MY TRUNK!" I shrieked, realizing how close Blondie was with her bobby pin.
They all jumped and looked guilty. I walked to the door and opened it.
"Good night, you guys need your beauty sleep!"
Only when they all left was when I realized Ashlynn Ella was missing, once again, from the power crew of the blondes and brunettes. Neither was Dexter; but then again, when did I ever see Dexter with the popular kids?
"Can I steal her valuables?" Dinah begged.
I shook my head as I closed the window. Sombra and Dinah looked at each other and raced each other back to their dorm.
"Next time, warn me when you're having a party," I told Apple sarcastically, enjoying her red face, "Night, Apple."
"Good night, Raven," she replied, as dignified as possible.
And I'm just like; it's on like fairy song, hag!
And, indeed it is. Apple has no idea what she brought down upon herself, the idiot. Well, I'm out. And the worst day of school is finally over and I managed to get through it with minimal damage. RECORD!
So, part two of Day's One Horrors is over and done with. Next chapter; more about Prince Zale, some Dexven, some surprises and also Maddie makes some wicked cool magic with her Wonderlandifulness! And review or I will find out where you live and give you paper cuts! I'm out!
What Dinah said: By, Allah! You are a crazy woman!
What Sombra replied with: You are an idiot with bad hair.
