It was already night, and Winter just laid on his bed, thinking about his first day at this fairytale school. It wasn't so bad, and a lot of the students here are interesting.
There was a knock at the door, and Winter blinked before standing up, running a hand through his slicked back hair.
Opening the door, he was immediately pushed back as students just swagger in.
The last boy that walked in gave him a look of apology, his blue eyes shining in concern. "Sorry about that, but my brother wanted to get better acquainted."
A boisterous laugh was heard. "Oh, c'mon, little bro, don't you want to try and get to know the new kid?"
Daring sits on the blond's bed and smirks. "He's been the talk of the school already." He looks at Winter. "By the way, how was Cerise?"
"She's fine. She just didn't want anybody to find out she was hurt." He shrugs. "Guess she didn't want to seem weak or something."
A brunet with hair half gone speaks up. "Don't worry about it. Cerise has always been like that. She doesn't want to be a damsel in distress."
He seemed to think for a moment before a look of realization crosses his face. "Oh, my bad. I never said who I was, did I?"
He walks over to Winter and hold out his fist. "The name's Hunter Huntsmen, son of the Huntsman."
"Hopper Croakington II, son of the Frog Prince."
"I'm Alistair Wonderland, son of Alice."
"My name's Dexter Charming, son of King Charming."
"...It's nice to meet you all."
Another smirk slithers on Daring's face. "On a side note, you better back off Ashlynn Ella. She's dating Hunter, even though it won't last long."
Hunter fumed. "Why you-!"
Dexter came in between them. "C'mon, guys, don't start!"
He looks at his older brother. "Did you really have to say that?"
"Well, it's true. She's a Royal and he's a Rebel. She may have announced it on True Hearts Day, but this is just a phase! It'll go away as soon as she comes to terms with her story again." (1)
The hunter looked just about ready to strangle the blond Charming before Winter sighed.
With a flick of his wrist, Daring was frozen in a block of ice.
All the boys turned to him with wide eyes. The ice prince shrugged. "Don't worry. It's temporary. As soon as he learns to chill, I'll unfreeze him."
"But why did you do it?" Hunter asked. He's not really complaining about Daring being frozen, he's just curious on the reason.
"I wanted him to shut up. He was being annoying."
The boys deadpanned at that before Winter continues. "Plus, he shouldn't talk like that."
He looks at Hunter straight in his eyes. "Yes, we're all still in high school and, I don't know, maybe you won't be with this Ashlynn girl after we graduate. But I do know this, if you really love Ashlynn and know it's not your hormones, then what you feel is real. Forget destiny, if this is true love, you guys will be together and fight for it. No matter the struggle, no matter the pain, no matter the words of disapproval, if you believe that your relationship is worth fighting for, those won't matter; and if it does start to worry you or the pain becomes too much, who cares, because you both still have each other to rely on. That's what I believe."
Silence overtook the room for a moment before the huntsman smiled, giving the blond a hearty smack. "That's...really cool of you."
"Yeah," Alistair chimed in. "No offense, Winter, but I never pegged you as a deep person."
"I get that a lot."
Meanwhile, Dexter was thinking over the ice prince's words. It doesn't matter...huh? I wish it was that easy.
A simple conversation ensured between the guys before Winter asked something off the subject. "What does this Ashlynn girl look like anyways?"
Pulling out his MirrorPhone, Hunter showed him a picture of the princess. It was taken outside, of course, the strawberry blonde smiling happily with a flower crown on her head.
The prince let a rare soft smile appear on his face, once again surprising everyone, since the only thing they saw on his face close to a smile is a smirk.
"She's beautiful," he complimented, placing his hand on the hunter's shoulder. "Take good care of her."
Hunter smiled back at him, happy to know a new side of Winter. "I will."
With that being said, the blond flicked his wrist, unfreezing Daring.
Relieved to be out of the ice, the oldest Charming turned to glare at "villain". "What was that for?!"
"So, what were we talking about before? Bookball?"
"HEY!"
[The next day, at Science and Sorcery]
(Hey! I was gonna say that!)
[Well, you snooze you lose!]
(That's not cool!)
Maddie let out an exasperated sigh, Raven hearing it as they walk to their seat. "What's wrong, Maddie?"
"Nothing, the narrators are arguing and it's a bit bothersome."
"Ah." Although she couldn't hear them herself, Raven decided to drop the subject. "I'll see you after class, okay?"
"Positovely!" Maddie gave her BFFA a hug and ran to her seat, Raven walking to hers.
Before the bell rang, Winter strolled in, walking to his seat as well.
He gave a yawn, covering his mouth before plopping down into his seat. "Morning," he greeted groggily.
"G-Good morning," the queen greeted in return.
Nothing else was said before the bell rang, and Rumplestiltskin walked in.
"Good morning, class," his Russian accent drawled. "Today, we are going to make a healing potion. This potion takes some time to make and is a bit difficult, so you will be working in partners. I'll give you a week to complete it."
"The groups are: Madeline and Briar, Dexter and Apple, Cupid and Cedar, Raven and Winter."
What? The violet eyed girl turned towards her partner, only to meet his smirking face.
"I look forward to working with...partner."
...I actually hadn't planned on making this chapter so short. I had more written, but I decided to add that to the next chapter.
(1) Yeah, I won't be making Daring into a jerk. I mean, he can be, but not always. My headcanon is that the Royals aren't happy about Ashlynn and Hunter dating (of course), but they're more quiet about it. Especially Apple, who secretly wishes that this won't last forever since they're in high school, but is quiet about it since she wants her friend to be happy, unlike Daring, who's a bit more straightforward about it.
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