AT NIGHT
Darling POV
I quietly tiptoed to my room, trying my best not to make any noise. If headmaster Grimm caught me sneaking around past curfew, he would pop a blood vessel. So as soon as I reached my dorm I slowly opened the door and locked it to make it look like we had been sleeping the whole time.
I had just came back from Ginger's Café she I insisted on staying there and helping her out, but she wouldn't let so I left her.
I walked over to the fridge and pulled out the milk and the sugar from the cupboard, while the kettle was rumbling. I was making myself a warm cup of tea to help me fall asleep.
After drinking all that tea I finally drifted off to sleep. Snores escaped from my mouth. I was finally getting a good nights sleep.
I woke up to the beam of sunlight that peeked through the curtains. I looked up to see Apple twirling and dancing with her personal birds chirping along and following her.
"Good morning, Darling" she beamed.
I rubbed my tired eyes.
"Uh, good morning Apple" I greeted her back.
"Come on, Ashlynn said she has a surprise waiting downstairs" she said pulling at my covers.
"But, I don't want to get up" I whined.
Apple ignored my whining and folded my blanket before placing it in the wardrobe.
"Oh Darling, isn't it a beautiful day" she sighed dreamily taking a seat next to me on my bed.
"I mean just look out the window, the sun is shining and the clouds are drifting away, what a perfect day for a princess" she said. "Yep. A perfect day for a princess" I said. I didn't really meant it but Apple loves being a Royal more than anyone, so it's hard to show as much care as she does.
"I'm going to go assemble my outfit, Ashlynn said we must dress in formal attire" she said walking over to her closet.
"Ok" I said.
I leapt off of my bed and headed for the fridge to get a soda. I stopped when I came near a broken floorboard. It seem to have been lifted from the floor and there was something under it, stoping it from closing.
"Hey Apple" I called out.
"Yes" she replied.
"I think we have a broken floorboard, next to the fridge" I said.
"Oh, how horrible" she said. She probably didn't care o at least she didn't have time to care with all those dresses she had to try on. I pushed down on the floorboard hoping that it would stay in place. But it didn't. There was definitely something inside the hole stopping it from closing.
I lowered my head and peered inside to see what was there, but I couldn't see properly from all the way up here. So I glanced at Apple, who was still trying out dresses. Then with a deep breath I crawled inside the hole. Once I was inside it took a few seconds for my eyes to adjust to the dark. After I could see better I spotted a bright looking container.
I crawled over to but stopped when I bumped int something. I looked up to see that it was the container. I tried to get my eyes to adjust to it's bright colours, since I was surrounded by darkness it was pretty hard for me to get used to the bright colour's.
After observing the container I realised that it wasn't a container. It was long coffin. I slid my hand against it's cold hard surface. Hmm, it was cold. After observing it a lot more I realised that it was so cold and hard because it was glass. A long glass coffin under out floor? It didn't make any sense.
I peered inside it and saw velvet cushions and a pale figure lay on top.
"Darling!" a voice called out.
Hex! It was Apple.
"Darling, I need your help with. I can't decide which accessory to wear with my dress" she said.
I was about to get out but my questions about the coffin got the best of me. I staid put underground and continued to observe the strange coffin. It wasn't really the coffin I was observing, it was the person inside it.
After squinting with all my might trying to see who was in there, I finally made out the clothing. Whoever was in there was wearing black and purple dress. Anyone could be wearing a dress like that. I needed more information. As I scanned the pale figure for more features I spotted a spiked headband, satisfied with my keen eyesight, I scaneed the lower part of the body almost certain I was to find something.
I also spotted black boots and a spiked wristband. Hmm, this outfit seemed familiar. I tried to spot more features from the lower part of the body, but I had no luck.
"Darling! Where are you?" Apple called out.
I kept searching the body for more features.
"Darling, this is not funny come out this instant" she demanded.
I didn't want to reply in case my voice sounded muffled since I was all the way under the ground.
My eyes scanned the upper part of the figure''s pale body. I stopped when I saw black hair with purple streaks. The black hair was hard to make out, but the purple streaks stood out.
An image of all these feature scame together as one in my mind. It seemed so familiar but I just couldn't put my finger on it.
"Darling! Come out now" Apple snapped.
I couldn't stay here any longer or else Apple would go bonkers, so I crawled back up to the hole. Carefully, I peered outside to see if Appl was looking in my direction. If Apple saw me coming out of a hole from underneath floor, then she would freak. Crawling underground isn't exactly a princess-like thing to do.
Apple ran to the balcony to see if I was there. I took the opportunity to run and make sure I brushed off the dirt on my dress.
As soon as she left the room to go to the balcony, I crawled out and bolted to my desk. Brushing off the dirt I sat down at my desk and opened a princessology book, to act as if I was working.
"Darling! There you are" Apple said.
"Where wre you? I was looking all over for you but you wouldn't show" Apple scolded tapping her foot on the floor impatiently.
"Answer" she said crossing her arms.
"I uh, went downstairs to get a snack from the um Castlteria" I stuttered.
"Show me" she demanded.
I rummaged and fiddled around with my things then pushed them aside. My eyes scanned the table for a snack. I shot her a nervous smile but I could tell she was still hexed off. I managed to find a half eaten bag of Beanstalk Crisps from the other night. I held it up and waved it in her face.
"See, I just went go get a snack" I said.
She nodded before walking over to her wardrobe.
"I need help picking out accessories" she said pointing to the cupboard filled with accessories.
"Ok" I said walking up to her.
She pulled out a long white sleeve less dress, that had red roses on the waistline and gold lining all the way down. To compliment it, there was a long red silk cape and gold peep toe heels.
"Wow, Apple this is the best dress I have ever seen in your wardrobe!" I exclaimed.
"Thank you" she said.
"This is the best dress I have inside my closet, until 100 more dresses get delivered tomorrow" she boasted.
I quickly rolled my eyes before turning to the accessories.
"I think the best accessory to go with your dress, is probably this one" I said gesturing to a crystal red necklace.
"I think that this one woul d look good too" she said gesturing to a gold bracelet.
I nodded in agreement. With a clap of her hands, two white birds came fluttering in. They flew around the room gracefully before landing on Apple's shoulder.
"These little birdies will be our helpers" she said.
The birds flew of to the table and gather the two accessories we had agreed on. They then flew back to Apple giving her the bracelet and necklace.
"I look hexcellent!" she exclaimed.
She did look nice but I didn't want to hear anymore of her boasting, so I stayed quiet. I glanced over at the floorboard that I had crawled through. Apple can spend up to an hour looking at herself in the mirror. So maybe I could quickly sneak back inside to check out that coffin again.
Apple looked over at me in disgust. What! There was nothing wrong with me.
"Darling, what happened to your dress?" she asked in disgust.
I looked down at my dress, which had dirt stains everywhere. I guess I couldn't brush off all that dirt.
"I um, fell down in the dirt on my way to the Castleteria. Some guys were wrestling and they pushed me outside" I stuttered.
"What! And no one came to help you up, you're a damsel in distress, you must e saved when you are in need of help" Apple exclaimed.
"I just have to complain about it to Headmaster Grimm" she said.
"Let me lend you one of my dresses" she said.
She pulled out a long sleeve less royal blue dress, that had white crystals that covered the top part. The bottom part was up to my feet which meant it wasn't long enough to drape across the floor when I walked.
To compliment it, there was a long white silky cape that had a big crystal encrusted in the middle of it.
The shoes were white peep toes.
"Birds, help Darling with her dress" she instructed. The birds flew over to my side as we walked to the dressing room.
After 5 minutes past I came out with my outfit on. Apple had her outfit on too.
"Ok birdies, Darling and I are going downstairs now. Behave yourself" she said as we walked outside. As we walked down the stairs, thoughts ran wild through my head. Like how everyone was going to react to my new dress after converting back into a Royal.
But these thoughts soon disappeared. And thoughts about the coffin came flying in. Who was inside that coffin? And why? I tried my hardest to figure out who that person was. Then an assembled picture of all the features I spotted came together as one in my head.
I remembered that outfit on Legacy Day. It was on the floor and Cedar had picked it up and put it inside someone's dressing room.
Then when it was over Cedar told Raven that she put the outfit in her dressing room! It was Raven inside there. But did Apple or Mira know about this. Wait, no! Apple and Mira would never leave Raven to rot in that coffin.
But then again, everybody knows that Apple would do ANYTHING to get her happily ever after. And maybe she buried Raven to force her to sign. No! Apple would never go that far.
I glanced over at Apple.
Or would she?
"Darling Apple" Ashlynn exclaimed. "Ashlynn" Apple said hugging her. "Hi Ash" I said. "Hi guys, I have a major surprise" she said.
"Ok, what is the surprise?" Apple asked. "It's a party to celebrate Darling's convertation" she said hugging me. "What! So you're not angry about me leaving the rebels" I asked surprised. "Nope, just becuase we don't see eye to eye on everything, doesn't mean we can't be friends" she said.
After a few laughs and giggles we finally headed for the dance floor. Everyone except me. I just sat at a table, I mean how can I dance when Raven is trapped underground in a coffin. If I tell Headmaster Grimm he might suspect that it was Mira or Apple who imprisoned her there. Or he might ask how I know that she is underground. Then I'll have to explain how I crawled underground.
My parents will be called with out a doubt. And I can't let that happen or they will find out about my old rebel life.
I sighed and slumped back on the chair.
I felt a hand on my shoulder, and turned around to see Alistair in a tuxedo. He sat net to me and smiled.
"Alistair, what are you doing here?" I asked.
"I came here to part, I couldn't miss a party especially if it's a party about you" he said. His smile melted away all my question, fears and worries. But I shook my head and sat up straight.
"I'm not falling for your tricks again" I scolded.
"Just let me explain" he sighed.
"No! You broke my heart and I was lucky enough to fix it" I said.
I was about to protest again but he didn't let me.
"I'm cursed" he said.
I gasped.
"What!?" I exclaimed.
"One day I followed Raven when she went to go visit her mother, except when she left I didn't leave. My questions got the better of me so I lightly slid my finger across the mirror. But then the Evil Queen appeared and cursed me" he explained.
"What's the curse?" I asked.
"I can't care about the people who I care about the most" he said.
"So you can't care about Apple" I said,
"No, I can't care about you" he said with a small smile.
"What!?" I whisper yelled.
I couldn't believe it! Alistair cares about me more than his own sister. I gave him a quick smile before standing up. "I'm sorry" I said.
"It's ok. It's not your fault anyways" he shrugged.
I was confused about the shrug but then I remembered his curse.
"Sorry about the shrug" he scolded.
Now it just sounds really funny.
"It's ok Alistair, I understand" I yelled joking around.
"It's fun to be around you, it's much better than sitting around and listening to Apple giving me a lecture about my Fairy tale" he said.
"To be honest I don't want to sign to Apple White" he said,
"I want to stick to my original story, Alice in Wonderland" he sighed.
I gave him a reassuring smile.
"What did you say" Apple growled. I looked up to see Apple.
I winced at her growl, but Alistair had a sweat drop rolling down his face.
"We were just talking" Alistair stuttered.
Apple did not buy it.
"You must sign to Snow White, I must get my happily ever after!" she demanded angrily.
"No! I'm sticking to Alice in Wonderland wether you like it or not" he said.
Within a second Apple's hand was on his cheek. She lifted it to show a blood red mark on his face. Apple had just struck him!
She strutted back to the dance floor but stopped halfway and said, "I will get my happily ever after" in a low spine chilling voice.
"Meet me in my dorm in one minute, don't ask why just go" I whispered in his ear.
He had a complexed look on his face but he stood up.
"I trust you" he said before walking off.
I then walked over to Ashlynn who was sitting next to Hunter, my cape draped across the floor as I walked.
"Ashlynn, I really appreciate this party but I have a lot of thronework I need to catch up on" I said,
"It's ok, I understand" she said.
I walked to the toilet and slipped out of my dress and into my normal tank top and jeans. Carefully, I walked in the shadows up to my dorm trying not to be spotted.
I opened the door to see Alistair sitting on the chair.
"Darling I was waiting for you" he said.
"There's mo time to talk" I said.
I looked at his bag. He always carried that bag where ever he went. It was his adventure bag.
"Do you have a flashlight?" I asked.
"Yes I do" he said opening his bag and handing me one.
"Great. Follow me" I said.
He nodded. I walked over to the broken floorboard. I lifted it creating an even bigger hole. "I was observing this today and I crawled inside to see what was blocking it but instead I saw something strange" I said.
"What was it?" he asked.
"You'll see" I said.
I crawled inside and did a waving gesture to tell him to come. He hesitantly crawled inside.
I opened the flashlight and crawled over to the coffin with Alistair beside me.
The light washed over the coffin.
"Wow" Alistair whispered.
"It's a glass coffin I discovered in the morning, you're the first person I told" I said.
"Look inside" I instructed. he did as he was told and peered inside.
"Raven?" he gasped.
I nodded.
"She was inside this coffin for 5 days" I said.
"How do you know that?' he asked.
"Because the last time anyone saw her was 5 days ago" I said.
"We need to tell Headmaster Grimm about this" he said.
"You mean, YOU need to tell Headmaster Grimm about this. If he finds out I've been crawling underground in the dirt my parents will be contacted for sure" I said.
"Are you sure you want me to tell him?" he asked.
"Yes of course" I said.
"Ok, but what will I tell him?" he asked.
I looked around.
"Let's go outside, it's getting stuffy in here" I said.
We both crawled out of the hole and sat on the chairs.
"So what do I tell him?" he asked again.
"Just tell him that I asked you if you could fix the board and you went inside to see it, and you saw the coffin" I said.
"Ok" he said.
"We have to do it now" I urged.
We both left to Headmaster Grimm's office. I knocked on the door lightly. "Come in" he called out. I took a deep breath then opened the door.
"Ms. Charming what is the matter?" he asked.
"Well you see Headmaster Grimm, I asked Alistair if he could help fix one of the broken floorboards inside my dorm and he saw something that you must know of" I said in the most princess-like way.
He nodded. "Very well" he said. He lifted himself from the chair and we all walked to my dorm.
When we got there Alistair opened the door for both of us. I walked over to the hole. "You see sir, while I was fixing it I noticed something was blocking it so I crawled inside and saw a glass coffin. And inside it is Raven Queen" Alistair explained. "Hmm" Headmaster said. "I must see this for myself" he said crawling into the hole. "Here is the flashlight" I said handing it to him. "Thank you, Miss. Charming" he said. It was 3 minutes until Headmaster Grimm crawled out with a very serious expression on his face.
"Who did this?" he asked in a stern voice.
AT NIGHT
Darling POV
I quietly tiptoed to my room, trying my best not to make any noise. If headmaster Grimm caught me sneaking around past curfew, he would pop a blood vessel. So as soon as I reached my dorm I slowly opened the door and locked it to make it look like we had been sleeping the whole time.
I had just came back from Ginger's Café she I insisted on staying there and helping her out, but she wouldn't let so I left her.
I walked over to the fridge and pulled out the milk and the sugar from the cupboard, while the kettle was rumbling. I was making myself a warm cup of tea to help me fall asleep.
After drinking all that tea I finally drifted off to sleep. Snores escaped from my mouth. I was finally getting a good nights sleep.
I woke up to the beam of sunlight that peeked through the curtains. I looked up to see Apple twirling and dancing with her personal birds chirping along and following her.
"Good morning, Darling" she beamed.
I rubbed my tired eyes.
"Uh, good morning Apple" I greeted her back.
"Come on, Ashlynn said she has a surprise waiting downstairs" she said pulling at my covers.
"But, I don't want to get up" I whined.
Apple ignored my whining and folded my blanket before placing it in the wardrobe.
"Oh Darling, isn't it a beautiful day" she sighed dreamily taking a seat next to me on my bed.
"I mean just look out the window, the sun is shining and the clouds are drifting away, what a perfect day for a princess" she said. "Yep. A perfect day for a princess" I said. I didn't really meant it but Apple loves being a Royal more than anyone, so it's hard to show as much care as she does.
"I'm going to go assemble my outfit, Ashlynn said we must dress in formal attire" she said walking over to her closet.
"Ok" I said.
I leapt off of my bed and headed for the fridge to get a soda. I stopped when I came near a broken floorboard. It seem to have been lifted from the floor and there was something under it, stoping it from closing.
"Hey Apple" I called out.
"Yes" she replied.
"I think we have a broken floorboard, next to the fridge" I said.
"Oh, how horrible" she said. She probably didn't care o at least she didn't have time to care with all those dresses she had to try on. I pushed down on the floorboard hoping that it would stay in place. But it didn't. There was definitely something inside the hole stopping it from closing.
I lowered my head and peered inside to see what was there, but I couldn't see properly from all the way up here. So I glanced at Apple, who was still trying out dresses. Then with a deep breath I crawled inside the hole. Once I was inside it took a few seconds for my eyes to adjust to the dark. After I could see better I spotted a bright looking container.
I crawled over to but stopped when I bumped int something. I looked up to see that it was the container. I tried to get my eyes to adjust to it's bright colours, since I was surrounded by darkness it was pretty hard for me to get used to the bright colour's.
After observing the container I realised that it wasn't a container. It was long coffin. I slid my hand against it's cold hard surface. Hmm, it was cold. After observing it a lot more I realised that it was so cold and hard because it was glass. A long glass coffin under out floor? It didn't make any sense.
I peered inside it and saw velvet cushions and a pale figure lay on top.
"Darling!" a voice called out.
Hex! It was Apple.
"Darling, I need your help with. I can't decide which accessory to wear with my dress" she said.
I was about to get out but my questions about the coffin got the best of me. I staid put underground and continued to observe the strange coffin. It wasn't really the coffin I was observing, it was the person inside it.
After squinting with all my might trying to see who was in there, I finally made out the clothing. Whoever was in there was wearing black and purple dress. Anyone could be wearing a dress like that. I needed more information. As I scanned the pale figure for more features I spotted a spiked headband, satisfied with my keen eyesight, I scaneed the lower part of the body almost certain I was to find something.
I also spotted black boots and a spiked wristband. Hmm, this outfit seemed familiar. I tried to spot more features from the lower part of the body, but I had no luck.
"Darling! Where are you?" Apple called out.
I kept searching the body for more features.
"Darling, this is not funny come out this instant" she demanded.
I didn't want to reply in case my voice sounded muffled since I was all the way under the ground.
My eyes scanned the upper part of the figure''s pale body. I stopped when I saw black hair with purple streaks. The black hair was hard to make out, but the purple streaks stood out.
An image of all these feature scame together as one in my mind. It seemed so familiar but I just couldn't put my finger on it.
"Darling! Come out now" Apple snapped.
I couldn't stay here any longer or else Apple would go bonkers, so I crawled back up to the hole. Carefully, I peered outside to see if Appl was looking in my direction. If Apple saw me coming out of a hole from underneath floor, then she would freak. Crawling underground isn't exactly a princess-like thing to do.
Apple ran to the balcony to see if I was there. I took the opportunity to run and make sure I brushed off the dirt on my dress.
As soon as she left the room to go to the balcony, I crawled out and bolted to my desk. Brushing off the dirt I sat down at my desk and opened a princessology book, to act as if I was working.
"Darling! There you are" Apple said.
"Where wre you? I was looking all over for you but you wouldn't show" Apple scolded tapping her foot on the floor impatiently.
"Answer" she said crossing her arms.
"I uh, went downstairs to get a snack from the um Castlteria" I stuttered.
"Show me" she demanded.
I rummaged and fiddled around with my things then pushed them aside. My eyes scanned the table for a snack. I shot her a nervous smile but I could tell she was still hexed off. I managed to find a half eaten bag of Beanstalk Crisps from the other night. I held it up and waved it in her face.
"See, I just went go get a snack" I said.
She nodded before walking over to her wardrobe.
"I need help picking out accessories" she said pointing to the cupboard filled with accessories.
"Ok" I said walking up to her.
She pulled out a long white sleeve less dress, that had red roses on the waistline and gold lining all the way down. To compliment it, there was a long red silk cape and gold peep toe heels.
"Wow, Apple this is the best dress I have ever seen in your wardrobe!" I exclaimed.
"Thank you" she said.
"This is the best dress I have inside my closet, until 100 more dresses get delivered tomorrow" she boasted.
I quickly rolled my eyes before turning to the accessories.
"I think the best accessory to go with your dress, is probably this one" I said gesturing to a crystal red necklace.
"I think that this one woul d look good too" she said gesturing to a gold bracelet.
I nodded in agreement. With a clap of her hands, two white birds came fluttering in. They flew around the room gracefully before landing on Apple's shoulder.
"These little birdies will be our helpers" she said.
The birds flew of to the table and gather the two accessories we had agreed on. They then flew back to Apple giving her the bracelet and necklace.
"I look hexcellent!" she exclaimed.
She did look nice but I didn't want to hear anymore of her boasting, so I stayed quiet. I glanced over at the floorboard that I had crawled through. Apple can spend up to an hour looking at herself in the mirror. So maybe I could quickly sneak back inside to check out that coffin again.
Apple looked over at me in disgust. What! There was nothing wrong with me.
"Darling, what happened to your dress?" she asked in disgust.
I looked down at my dress, which had dirt stains everywhere. I guess I couldn't brush off all that dirt.
"I um, fell down in the dirt on my way to the Castleteria. Some guys were wrestling and they pushed me outside" I stuttered.
"What! And no one came to help you up, you're a damsel in distress, you must e saved when you are in need of help" Apple exclaimed.
"I just have to complain about it to Headmaster Grimm" she said.
"Let me lend you one of my dresses" she said.
She pulled out a long sleeve less royal blue dress, that had white crystals that covered the top part. The bottom part was up to my feet which meant it wasn't long enough to drape across the floor when I walked.
To compliment it, there was a long white silky cape that had a big crystal encrusted in the middle of it.
The shoes were white peep toes.
"Birds, help Darling with her dress" she instructed. The birds flew over to my side as we walked to the dressing room.
After 5 minutes past I came out with my outfit on. Apple had her outfit on too.
"Ok birdies, Darling and I are going downstairs now. Behave yourself" she said as we walked outside. As we walked down the stairs, thoughts ran wild through my head. Like how everyone was going to react to my new dress after converting back into a Royal.
But these thoughts soon disappeared. And thoughts about the coffin came flying in. Who was inside that coffin? And why? I tried my hardest to figure out who that person was. Then an assembled picture of all the features I spotted came together as one in my head.
I remembered that outfit on Legacy Day. It was on the floor and Cedar had picked it up and put it inside someone's dressing room.
Then when it was over Cedar told Raven that she put the outfit in her dressing room! It was Raven inside there. But did Apple or Mira know about this. Wait, no! Apple and Mira would never leave Raven to rot in that coffin.
But then again, everybody knows that Apple would do ANYTHING to get her happily ever after. And maybe she buried Raven to force her to sign. No! Apple would never go that far.
I glanced over at Apple.
Or would she?
"Darling Apple" Ashlynn exclaimed. "Ashlynn" Apple said hugging her. "Hi Ash" I said. "Hi guys, I have a major surprise" she said.
"Ok, what is the surprise?" Apple asked. "It's a party to celebrate Darling's convertation" she said hugging me. "What! So you're not angry about me leaving the rebels" I asked surprised. "Nope, just becuase we don't see eye to eye on everything, doesn't mean we can't be friends" she said.
After a few laughs and giggles we finally headed for the dance floor. Everyone except me. I just sat at a table, I mean how can I dance when Raven is trapped underground in a coffin. If I tell Headmaster Grimm he might suspect that it was Mira or Apple who imprisoned her there. Or he might ask how I know that she is underground. Then I'll have to explain how I crawled underground.
My parents will be called with out a doubt. And I can't let that happen or they will find out about my old rebel life.
I sighed and slumped back on the chair.
I felt a hand on my shoulder, and turned around to see Alistair in a tuxedo. He sat net to me and smiled.
"Alistair, what are you doing here?" I asked.
"I came here to part, I couldn't miss a party especially if it's a party about you" he said. His smile melted away all my question, fears and worries. But I shook my head and sat up straight.
"I'm not falling for your tricks again" I scolded.
"Just let me explain" he sighed.
"No! You broke my heart and I was lucky enough to fix it" I said.
I was about to protest again but he didn't let me.
"I'm cursed" he said.
I gasped.
"What!?" I exclaimed.
"One day I followed Raven when she went to go visit her mother, except when she left I didn't leave. My questions got the better of me so I lightly slid my finger across the mirror. But then the Evil Queen appeared and cursed me" he explained.
"What's the curse?" I asked.
"I can't care about the people who I care about the most" he said.
"So you can't care about Apple" I said,
"No, I can't care about you" he said with a small smile.
"What!?" I whisper yelled.
I couldn't believe it! Alistair cares about me more than his own sister. I gave him a quick smile before standing up. "I'm sorry" I said.
"It's ok. It's not your fault anyways" he shrugged.
I was confused about the shrug but then I remembered his curse.
"Sorry about the shrug" he scolded.
Now it just sounds really funny.
"It's ok Alistair, I understand" I yelled joking around.
"It's fun to be around you, it's much better than sitting around and listening to Apple giving me a lecture about my Fairy tale" he said.
"To be honest I don't want to sign to Apple White" he said,
"I want to stick to my original story, Alice in Wonderland" he sighed.
I gave him a reassuring smile.
"What did you say" Apple growled. I looked up to see Apple.
I winced at her growl, but Alistair had a sweat drop rolling down his face.
"We were just talking" Alistair stuttered.
Apple did not buy it.
"You must sign to Snow White, I must get my happily ever after!" she demanded angrily.
"No! I'm sticking to Alice in Wonderland wether you like it or not" he said.
Within a second Apple's hand was on his cheek. She lifted it to show a blood red mark on his face. Apple had just struck him!
She strutted back to the dance floor but stopped halfway and said, "I will get my happily ever after" in a low spine chilling voice.
"Meet me in my dorm in one minute, don't ask why just go" I whispered in his ear.
He had a complexed look on his face but he stood up.
"I trust you" he said before walking off.
I then walked over to Ashlynn who was sitting next to Hunter, my cape draped across the floor as I walked.
"Ashlynn, I really appreciate this party but I have a lot of thronework I need to catch up on" I said,
"It's ok, I understand" she said.
I walked to the toilet and slipped out of my dress and into my normal tank top and jeans. Carefully, I walked in the shadows up to my dorm trying not to be spotted.
I opened the door to see Alistair sitting on the chair.
"Darling I was waiting for you" he said.
"There's mo time to talk" I said.
I looked at his bag. He always carried that bag where ever he went. It was his adventure bag.
"Do you have a flashlight?" I asked.
"Yes I do" he said opening his bag and handing me one.
"Great. Follow me" I said.
He nodded. I walked over to the broken floorboard. I lifted it creating an even bigger hole. "I was observing this today and I crawled inside to see what was blocking it but instead I saw something strange" I said.
"What was it?" he asked.
"You'll see" I said.
I crawled inside and did a waving gesture to tell him to come. He hesitantly crawled inside.
I opened the flashlight and crawled over to the coffin with Alistair beside me.
The light washed over the coffin.
"Wow" Alistair whispered.
"It's a glass coffin I discovered in the morning, you're the first person I told" I said.
"Look inside" I instructed. he did as he was told and peered inside.
"Raven?" he gasped.
I nodded.
"She was inside this coffin for 5 days" I said.
"How do you know that?' he asked.
"Because the last time anyone saw her was 5 days ago" I said.
"We need to tell Headmaster Grimm about this" he said.
"You mean, YOU need to tell Headmaster Grimm about this. If he finds out I've been crawling underground in the dirt my parents will be contacted for sure" I said.
"Are you sure you want me to tell him?" he asked.
"Yes of course" I said.
"Ok, but what will I tell him?" he asked.
I looked around.
"Let's go outside, it's getting stuffy in here" I said.
We both crawled out of the hole and sat on the chairs.
"So what do I tell him?" he asked again.
"Just tell him that I asked you if you could fix the board and you went inside to see it, and you saw the coffin" I said.
"Ok" he said.
"We have to do it now" I urged.
We both left to Headmaster Grimm's office. I knocked on the door lightly. "Come in" he called out. I took a deep breath then opened the door.
"Ms. Charming what is the matter?" he asked.
"Well you see Headmaster Grimm, I asked Alistair if he could help fix one of the broken floorboards inside my dorm and he saw something that you must know of" I said in the most princess-like way.
He nodded. "Very well" he said. He lifted himself from the chair and we all walked to my dorm.
When we got there Alistair opened the door for both of us. I walked over to the hole. "You see sir, while I was fixing it I noticed something was blocking it so I crawled inside and saw a glass coffin. And inside it is Raven Queen" Alistair explained. "Hmm" Headmaster said. "I must see this for myself" he said crawling into the hole. "Here is the flashlight" I said handing it to him. "Thank you, Miss. Charming" he said. It was 3 minutes until Headmaster Grimm crawled out with a very serious expression on his face.
"Who did this?" he asked in a stern voice.
AT NIGHT
Darling POV
I quietly tiptoed to my room, trying my best not to make any noise. If headmaster Grimm caught me sneaking around past curfew, he would pop a blood vessel. So as soon as I reached my dorm I slowly opened the door and locked it to make it look like we had been sleeping the whole time.
I had just came back from Ginger's Café she I insisted on staying there and helping her out, but she wouldn't let so I left her.
I walked over to the fridge and pulled out the milk and the sugar from the cupboard, while the kettle was rumbling. I was making myself a warm cup of tea to help me fall asleep.
After drinking all that tea I finally drifted off to sleep. Snores escaped from my mouth. I was finally getting a good nights sleep.
I woke up to the beam of sunlight that peeked through the curtains. I looked up to see Apple twirling and dancing with her personal birds chirping along and following her.
"Good morning, Darling" she beamed.
I rubbed my tired eyes.
"Uh, good morning Apple" I greeted her back.
"Come on, Ashlynn said she has a surprise waiting downstairs" she said pulling at my covers.
"But, I don't want to get up" I whined.
Apple ignored my whining and folded my blanket before placing it in the wardrobe.
"Oh Darling, isn't it a beautiful day" she sighed dreamily taking a seat next to me on my bed.
"I mean just look out the window, the sun is shining and the clouds are drifting away, what a perfect day for a princess" she said. "Yep. A perfect day for a princess" I said. I didn't really meant it but Apple loves being a Royal more than anyone, so it's hard to show as much care as she does.
"I'm going to go assemble my outfit, Ashlynn said we must dress in formal attire" she said walking over to her closet.
"Ok" I said.
I leapt off of my bed and headed for the fridge to get a soda. I stopped when I came near a broken floorboard. It seem to have been lifted from the floor and there was something under it, stoping it from closing.
"Hey Apple" I called out.
"Yes" she replied.
"I think we have a broken floorboard, next to the fridge" I said.
"Oh, how horrible" she said. She probably didn't care o at least she didn't have time to care with all those dresses she had to try on. I pushed down on the floorboard hoping that it would stay in place. But it didn't. There was definitely something inside the hole stopping it from closing.
I lowered my head and peered inside to see what was there, but I couldn't see properly from all the way up here. So I glanced at Apple, who was still trying out dresses. Then with a deep breath I crawled inside the hole. Once I was inside it took a few seconds for my eyes to adjust to the dark. After I could see better I spotted a bright looking container.
I crawled over to but stopped when I bumped int something. I looked up to see that it was the container. I tried to get my eyes to adjust to it's bright colours, since I was surrounded by darkness it was pretty hard for me to get used to the bright colour's.
After observing the container I realised that it wasn't a container. It was long coffin. I slid my hand against it's cold hard surface. Hmm, it was cold. After observing it a lot more I realised that it was so cold and hard because it was glass. A long glass coffin under out floor? It didn't make any sense.
I peered inside it and saw velvet cushions and a pale figure lay on top.
"Darling!" a voice called out.
Hex! It was Apple.
"Darling, I need your help with. I can't decide which accessory to wear with my dress" she said.
I was about to get out but my questions about the coffin got the best of me. I staid put underground and continued to observe the strange coffin. It wasn't really the coffin I was observing, it was the person inside it.
After squinting with all my might trying to see who was in there, I finally made out the clothing. Whoever was in there was wearing black and purple dress. Anyone could be wearing a dress like that. I needed more information. As I scanned the pale figure for more features I spotted a spiked headband, satisfied with my keen eyesight, I scaneed the lower part of the body almost certain I was to find something.
I also spotted black boots and a spiked wristband. Hmm, this outfit seemed familiar. I tried to spot more features from the lower part of the body, but I had no luck.
"Darling! Where are you?" Apple called out.
I kept searching the body for more features.
"Darling, this is not funny come out this instant" she demanded.
I didn't want to reply in case my voice sounded muffled since I was all the way under the ground.
My eyes scanned the upper part of the figure''s pale body. I stopped when I saw black hair with purple streaks. The black hair was hard to make out, but the purple streaks stood out.
An image of all these feature scame together as one in my mind. It seemed so familiar but I just couldn't put my finger on it.
"Darling! Come out now" Apple snapped.
I couldn't stay here any longer or else Apple would go bonkers, so I crawled back up to the hole. Carefully, I peered outside to see if Appl was looking in my direction. If Apple saw me coming out of a hole from underneath floor, then she would freak. Crawling underground isn't exactly a princess-like thing to do.
Apple ran to the balcony to see if I was there. I took the opportunity to run and make sure I brushed off the dirt on my dress.
As soon as she left the room to go to the balcony, I crawled out and bolted to my desk. Brushing off the dirt I sat down at my desk and opened a princessology book, to act as if I was working.
"Darling! There you are" Apple said.
"Where wre you? I was looking all over for you but you wouldn't show" Apple scolded tapping her foot on the floor impatiently.
"Answer" she said crossing her arms.
"I uh, went downstairs to get a snack from the um Castlteria" I stuttered.
"Show me" she demanded.
I rummaged and fiddled around with my things then pushed them aside. My eyes scanned the table for a snack. I shot her a nervous smile but I could tell she was still hexed off. I managed to find a half eaten bag of Beanstalk Crisps from the other night. I held it up and waved it in her face.
"See, I just went go get a snack" I said.
She nodded before walking over to her wardrobe.
"I need help picking out accessories" she said pointing to the cupboard filled with accessories.
"Ok" I said walking up to her.
She pulled out a long white sleeve less dress, that had red roses on the waistline and gold lining all the way down. To compliment it, there was a long red silk cape and gold peep toe heels.
"Wow, Apple this is the best dress I have ever seen in your wardrobe!" I exclaimed.
"Thank you" she said.
"This is the best dress I have inside my closet, until 100 more dresses get delivered tomorrow" she boasted.
I quickly rolled my eyes before turning to the accessories.
"I think the best accessory to go with your dress, is probably this one" I said gesturing to a crystal red necklace.
"I think that this one woul d look good too" she said gesturing to a gold bracelet.
I nodded in agreement. With a clap of her hands, two white birds came fluttering in. They flew around the room gracefully before landing on Apple's shoulder.
"These little birdies will be our helpers" she said.
The birds flew of to the table and gather the two accessories we had agreed on. They then flew back to Apple giving her the bracelet and necklace.
"I look hexcellent!" she exclaimed.
She did look nice but I didn't want to hear anymore of her boasting, so I stayed quiet. I glanced over at the floorboard that I had crawled through. Apple can spend up to an hour looking at herself in the mirror. So maybe I could quickly sneak back inside to check out that coffin again.
Apple looked over at me in disgust. What! There was nothing wrong with me.
"Darling, what happened to your dress?" she asked in disgust.
I looked down at my dress, which had dirt stains everywhere. I guess I couldn't brush off all that dirt.
"I um, fell down in the dirt on my way to the Castleteria. Some guys were wrestling and they pushed me outside" I stuttered.
"What! And no one came to help you up, you're a damsel in distress, you must e saved when you are in need of help" Apple exclaimed.
"I just have to complain about it to Headmaster Grimm" she said.
"Let me lend you one of my dresses" she said.
She pulled out a long sleeve less royal blue dress, that had white crystals that covered the top part. The bottom part was up to my feet which meant it wasn't long enough to drape across the floor when I walked.
To compliment it, there was a long white silky cape that had a big crystal encrusted in the middle of it.
The shoes were white peep toes.
"Birds, help Darling with her dress" she instructed. The birds flew over to my side as we walked to the dressing room.
After 5 minutes past I came out with my outfit on. Apple had her outfit on too.
"Ok birdies, Darling and I are going downstairs now. Behave yourself" she said as we walked outside. As we walked down the stairs, thoughts ran wild through my head. Like how everyone was going to react to my new dress after converting back into a Royal.
But these thoughts soon disappeared. And thoughts about the coffin came flying in. Who was inside that coffin? And why? I tried my hardest to figure out who that person was. Then an assembled picture of all the features I spotted came together as one in my head.
I remembered that outfit on Legacy Day. It was on the floor and Cedar had picked it up and put it inside someone's dressing room.
Then when it was over Cedar told Raven that she put the outfit in her dressing room! It was Raven inside there. But did Apple or Mira know about this. Wait, no! Apple and Mira would never leave Raven to rot in that coffin.
But then again, everybody knows that Apple would do ANYTHING to get her happily ever after. And maybe she buried Raven to force her to sign. No! Apple would never go that far.
I glanced over at Apple.
Or would she?
"Darling Apple" Ashlynn exclaimed. "Ashlynn" Apple said hugging her. "Hi Ash" I said. "Hi guys, I have a major surprise" she said.
"Ok, what is the surprise?" Apple asked. "It's a party to celebrate Darling's convertation" she said hugging me. "What! So you're not angry about me leaving the rebels" I asked surprised. "Nope, just becuase we don't see eye to eye on everything, doesn't mean we can't be friends" she said.
After a few laughs and giggles we finally headed for the dance floor. Everyone except me. I just sat at a table, I mean how can I dance when Raven is trapped underground in a coffin. If I tell Headmaster Grimm he might suspect that it was Mira or Apple who imprisoned her there. Or he might ask how I know that she is underground. Then I'll have to explain how I crawled underground.
My parents will be called with out a doubt. And I can't let that happen or they will find out about my old rebel life.
I sighed and slumped back on the chair.
I felt a hand on my shoulder, and turned around to see Alistair in a tuxedo. He sat net to me and smiled.
"Alistair, what are you doing here?" I asked.
"I came here to part, I couldn't miss a party especially if it's a party about you" he said. His smile melted away all my question, fears and worries. But I shook my head and sat up straight.
"I'm not falling for your tricks again" I scolded.
"Just let me explain" he sighed.
"No! You broke my heart and I was lucky enough to fix it" I said.
I was about to protest again but he didn't let me.
"I'm cursed" he said.
I gasped.
"What!?" I exclaimed.
"One day I followed Raven when she went to go visit her mother, except when she left I didn't leave. My questions got the better of me so I lightly slid my finger across the mirror. But then the Evil Queen appeared and cursed me" he explained.
"What's the curse?" I asked.
"I can't care about the people who I care about the most" he said.
"So you can't care about Apple" I said,
"No, I can't care about you" he said with a small smile.
"What!?" I whisper yelled.
I couldn't believe it! Alistair cares about me more than his own sister. I gave him a quick smile before standing up. "I'm sorry" I said.
"It's ok. It's not your fault anyways" he shrugged.
I was confused about the shrug but then I remembered his curse.
"Sorry about the shrug" he scolded.
Now it just sounds really funny.
"It's ok Alistair, I understand" I yelled joking around.
"It's fun to be around you, it's much better than sitting around and listening to Apple giving me a lecture about my Fairy tale" he said.
"To be honest I don't want to sign to Apple White" he said,
"I want to stick to my original story, Alice in Wonderland" he sighed.
I gave him a reassuring smile.
"What did you say" Apple growled. I looked up to see Apple.
I winced at her growl, but Alistair had a sweat drop rolling down his face.
"We were just talking" Alistair stuttered.
Apple did not buy it.
"You must sign to Snow White, I must get my happily ever after!" she demanded angrily.
"No! I'm sticking to Alice in Wonderland wether you like it or not" he said.
Within a second Apple's hand was on his cheek. She lifted it to show a blood red mark on his face. Apple had just struck him!
She strutted back to the dance floor but stopped halfway and said, "I will get my happily ever after" in a low spine chilling voice.
"Meet me in my dorm in one minute, don't ask why just go" I whispered in his ear.
He had a complexed look on his face but he stood up.
"I trust you" he said before walking off.
I then walked over to Ashlynn who was sitting next to Hunter, my cape draped across the floor as I walked.
"Ashlynn, I really appreciate this party but I have a lot of thronework I need to catch up on" I said,
"It's ok, I understand" she said.
I walked to the toilet and slipped out of my dress and into my normal tank top and jeans. Carefully, I walked in the shadows up to my dorm trying not to be spotted.
I opened the door to see Alistair sitting on the chair.
"Darling I was waiting for you" he said.
"There's mo time to talk" I said.
I looked at his bag. He always carried that bag where ever he went. It was his adventure bag.
"Do you have a flashlight?" I asked.
"Yes I do" he said opening his bag and handing me one.
"Great. Follow me" I said.
He nodded. I walked over to the broken floorboard. I lifted it creating an even bigger hole. "I was observing this today and I crawled inside to see what was blocking it but instead I saw something strange" I said.
"What was it?" he asked.
"You'll see" I said.
I crawled inside and did a waving gesture to tell him to come. He hesitantly crawled inside.
I opened the flashlight and crawled over to the coffin with Alistair beside me.
The light washed over the coffin.
"Wow" Alistair whispered.
"It's a glass coffin I discovered in the morning, you're the first person I told" I said.
"Look inside" I instructed. he did as he was told and peered inside.
"Raven?" he gasped.
I nodded.
"She was inside this coffin for 5 days" I said.
"How do you know that?' he asked.
"Because the last time anyone saw her was 5 days ago" I said.
"We need to tell Headmaster Grimm about this" he said.
"You mean, YOU need to tell Headmaster Grimm about this. If he finds out I've been crawling underground in the dirt my parents will be contacted for sure" I said.
"Are you sure you want me to tell him?" he asked.
"Yes of course" I said.
"Ok, but what will I tell him?" he asked.
I looked around.
"Let's go outside, it's getting stuffy in here" I said.
We both crawled out of the hole and sat on the chairs.
"So what do I tell him?" he asked again.
"Just tell him that I asked you if you could fix the board and you went inside to see it, and you saw the coffin" I said.
"Ok" he said.
"We have to do it now" I urged.
We both left to Headmaster Grimm's office. I knocked on the door lightly. "Come in" he called out. I took a deep breath then opened the door.
"Ms. Charming what is the matter?" he asked.
"Well you see Headmaster Grimm, I asked Alistair if he could help fix one of the broken floorboards inside my dorm and he saw something that you must know of" I said in the most princess-like way.
He nodded. "Very well" he said. He lifted himself from the chair and we all walked to my dorm.
When we got there Alistair opened the door for both of us. I walked over to the hole. "You see sir, while I was fixing it I noticed something was blocking it so I crawled inside and saw a glass coffin. And inside it is Raven Queen" Alistair explained. "Hmm" Headmaster said. "I must see this for myself" he said crawling into the hole. "Here is the flashlight" I said handing it to him. "Thank you, Miss. Charming" he said. It was 3 minutes until Headmaster Grimm crawled out with a very serious expression on his face.
"Who did this?" he asked in a stern voice.