Chapter 10

Elsewhere, while Raven and Jared were training and the rest of the Rebels were busy whatever-ing, the royals were sulking around their part of the school and feeling frustrated.

"Ugh! Oh all the… ugh!" Daring grumbled as he paced around the room they are in.

"Daring please…" Apple began.

"Yeah, calm down already." Briar told him, obviously getting annoyed.

"I am completely calm!" Daring denied.

"Really? Because you look upset." Blondie observed. "Not that I blame you or anything…"

"Same here, especially considering how that kid treated us." Briar added, she sounded quite annoyed.

"Oh… who does that little brat think he is!?" Daring expressed, sounding annoyed.

"Apparently the boss of us." Briar stated.

"Which, technically he is, it is his world." Hopper pointed out.

"Whatever." Daring said, sounding disgruntled. "I still stay we leave."

"And go where? We don't know the first thing about this place, or where to get some good clothes." Briar pointed out. "Not to mention Dexter and Ashlynn are gone…"

"Ugh, Dexter…" Daring said in disgust. "I cannot believe I am related to that traitor."

"Yeah and I can't believe Ashlynn chose her boyfriend over us! Her best friends!" Blondie proclaimed, upset. "It's so not just right, not at all!"

"Well… it least it can't get any worse right?" Apple asked, hopefully.

Just after she said that, a noise sounding like a 'ping' was heard and soon after a circle of bright light then appeared in the middle of the room, freaking everyone out and causing them to back away.

"Evidently… it can." Sleeping Beauty's daughter remarked, fearfully.

The circle of light in front of the Royals continued to glow bright and swirl constantly while blowing harsh winds into all of their faces, causing them all to back away from it in fear.

"What's… going on?" Apple whimpered in fear. The Royals all backed even further away as the light glowed brighter and brighter until it finally consumed them.

Meanwhile, while something strange was happening to the Royals, Jared and Raven were making their way back to their fellow Rebels and having a little friendly conversation, mainly with Raven telling Jared everything that had happened to her in her world.

"Wow, really?" Jared asked, surprised.

"Yeah, had to stand in front of her and tell her how pretty she was all day." Raven told him.

"And they actually tried to get you on the 'wrong path' before?" Jared inquired.

"Multiple times, never worked." Raven said.

"Good." Jared said, relieved. "I would not want to have you as an enemy."

"No you would not, but don't worry if that jerk Harvey tries to mess you again, I'll just scare 'em with a little black magic." Raven assured him. "And don't worry, it'll be controlled."

"Really?" Jared asked.

Raven nodded. "Really."

"Wow, you really are the big sister I never had." Jared smirked.

"And you're like the little brother I never had… just less annoying." Raven smirked back.

"I'll take that as a compliment, thank you." Jared nodded.

"So how long do you think it'll take for you to compete that 'destiny destroying spell' anyway?" Raven questioned him, curiously.

Jared looked at the book again. "I'm not sure… the instructions pretty hard to follow and incantation is so hard to read a kindergarten student might as well have written it!" he remarked. "This could take a while…"

"Hopefully not as long as it will take to get us all home, right?" Raven asked.

"Hopefully, yes." Jared nodded "Just sit tight."

"I will." The pale girl nodded before something stunning happened right in front of them. They both heard a loud 'ping' and suddenly a round circle of energy appeared in front of them, blowing winds and shining bright lights upon them both.

"What the…?" Jared remarked, surprised.

"What is this?" Raven wondered.

"I don't know… but I really don't like it!" Jared stated.

There was another flash of light, followed by the sound of two people falling down in front of them before the circle vanished. Both Raven and Jared unshielded their eyes.

"Ok… that was…" Jared began.

"Odd?" Raven guessed, rubbing her head.

"Yeah, that." Jared nodded. Both he and Raven then looked forward and saw that there were two girls laying on the ground nearby, they appear to be unconscious.

"Oh no!" Raven remarked as she and Jared rushed over to them.

"Are they ok?" Jared wondered.

"I'm sure they've seen better days…" Raven observed. Then the two girls started groaning.

"Hey! They're waking up!" Jared said as she they began to stand up. "You ok?"

"Oh… I think so…" The girl with short, somewhat purple hair muttered.

"Yeah…" The long haired girl added. "Just fine…"

Raven got a close look at the two and after a little bit she finally recognized the, her eyes widened.

"Holly? Poppy?" Raven said, surprised.

Jared then popped up. "You know these girls?"

"Jared, this is Holly and Poppy O'Hair." Raven told Jared as she introduced the twins.

"Daughters of Rapunzel." Holly added.

"Oh, cool." Jared remarked.

"Hi!" The twins both said.

"Hello." Jared waved. "Nice to meet you both."

"Likewise." Poppy smiled.

"Yes. Very nice." Holly nodded before checking his hair. "Love the hairstyle by the way, did you do it yourself? It's positively amazing!"

"Uh… yes? Thank you." Jared said, slowly.

"Holly, leave his hair alone." Raven told her, slightly amused.

"Oh… sorry!" Holly said, sheepishly. "Hey, where are the other Royals?"

"Oh, you're one of them? They're in the other side of the school and both them and us hope to keep that way…" Jared stated, frowning.

"Why are all in separate wings?" Poppy asked, confused.

"It's a long story… with no real ending just yet…" Jared muttered.

"But… how did you two even get here?" Raven questioned, confused. "You weren't with us before…"

"Here?" Holly echoed.

"Where's here?" Poppy added.

"Uh… the real world." Jared answered.

"The 'real' world?" Poppy questioned, even more confused.

"What in the wide eyed world of Ever After do you mean, little on?" Holly added.

"Uh… about that girls… see we're not exactly in Ever After anymore…" Raven told them.

"What!?" The Rapunzel Twins exclaimed, shocked.

"Yeah, you're in another world, my world, where are all the fairy tales just come from books, they're not real… or… so I thought." Jared added.

"The real world…" Poppy asked, stunned.

"That's what it seems like…" Raven observed.

"And it is." Jared stated.

"Incredible…" Poppy remarked, stunned.

"Yeah, it sure is something isn't it?" Raven remarked. "And don't worry, most of the Rebels… and Royals… are here as well."

"Really?" Holly inquired.

Raven nodded, in confirmation. "Really, and Jared hear is working on a way to get us all back.

"Well, let's good to hear." Poppy said, before glancing around. "This place seems to be really strange…"

They then heard another 'ping', followed by the sound portal opening up and then dropping somebody, a girl, off nearby them.

"And so is that…" Jared muttered.

"What now?" Raven asked, tiredly.

"Let's go." Jared told them before running ahead of them.

They soon reached the girl, along with the Rebels who had also heard it, and much to their surprise the Royals were there as well.

"Ok, what's…" Jared began before he finally noticed the Royals, along with the others. "You!"

"You!" Daring cried in anger.

"Them!" Briar exclaimed in disgust.

"Us!" Maddie shouted in shock.

"Why are you Rebels here?" Blondie questioned, the royals all glared at them.

"We could ask you Royals the same thing!" Cerise growled, the rebels returned the glare.

"Guys! Focus! Girl laying on the ground here!" Raven reminded them. "Can we all argue another time?"

Jared sighed. "Ok…" he said. "Somebody help her up, please."

Both Hunter and Daring then began to help her back onto her feet, though she was still pretty groggy.

Jared got a good look at her and saw that she had long pink hair, blue eyes, pale skin, had white feathered wings on her back and wore a pink outfit. Raven quickly recognized her.

"Is that…" Raven began.

"Cupid!" Dexter cried.

"Cupid?" Jared echoed, sounding surprised.

"Yeah, she's the daughter of Cupid the God of Love." Raven explained to Jared.

"Whoa! Really?" Jared asked, surprised, while the pink haired girl stood straight up and smiled.

"That's right! C.A Cupid at your service." Cupid bowed. "If you have trouble making a love connection then I'm your gal."

"Cool, nice to meet you…" Jared said, slowly.

"Likewise, cutie." Cupid smiled, sweetly which made Jared take a big step back away from her. Cupid then spotted Dexter and her eyes lit up. "Hi Dexter!"

"Cupid! It's good to see you." Dexter said, relieved.

"Good to you see, Dex." Cupid said, batting her eyelashes at him flirtatiously. Jared saw this and frowned at her.

"Oh brother…" Jared rolled his eyes in dismay. Just then they all heard another 'ping' and notice another portal opening up.

"Oh, come on!" Jared complained.

They held shielded their eyes as the portal flashed and dropped another person off before closing. When they looked to see who it was, they saw a girl with black and red hair and pale skin with a red spades tattoo over her eyes, a crown on her head and a black and red dress.

"Who's that?" Jared asked, surprised.

"Lizzie!" Apple exclaimed, surprised.

"Oh, great, let's have a party!" Jared remarked, sarcastically.

"Well that can be easily arranged!" Maddie smiled.

"Not what I meant, Maddie." Jared told her, annoyed.

"Oh… never mind." Maddie said.

"Are you ok?" Briar asked Lizzie as she and the others helped her up, but she quickly shrugged them off.

"Yes! I am fine!" she stated. "A bit dizzy yes… but fine."

"Well that's good." Apple smiled, relieved.

"Uh… who is this?" Jared asked, completely confused.

"Lizzie Hearts, Jared. Jared, Lizzie Hearts AKA the daughter of the Queen of Hearts." Raven introduced them.

"Hello." Jared said, politely. Lizzie just huffed at him. "Ok…"

"Don't take it personally little man, she's like that with everyone." Daring stated.

"Including him for that matter." Dexter added.

"Oh, we'll see." Daring told him, determined.

"But how did you get here?" Apple asked her.

"I… don't know…" Lizzie admitted.

"Did you happen to see a bright flash of light before you showed up?" Maddie asked.

"Yes…" Lizzie nodded, slowly. "Why?

"Well we saw a bright flash of light before we came here as well!" Briar said.

"Here? You mean… this isn't Ever After?" Lizzie inquired, surprised.

"Hardly." Daring scoffed which earned him a glare from Jared.

"No, this is the real world." Jared stated. "My world."

"Well it's mine, now." Lizzie stated. "Mine, mine, mine, mine!"

Jared leaned to Hunter and began making cuckoo noises.

"Yeah, she's kinda got a mad rep going on, like Maddie." Hunter told him as he gestured to Maddie apparently having tea with a bunch of rats. She turned to them, confused.

"What?" she asked, innocently.

"Ah, I see…" Jared nodded.

"Guys, focus! Portal problem here." Raven reminded them.

"Oh, right! So… more and more portals are dropping off Fairy Tale creatures…" Jared mused as he began to think.

"But how?" Raven wondered.

"Maybe the barriers between our worlds are unbalanced or something." Jared guessed.

"Unbalanced? What do you mean by 'unbalanced'?" Daring questioned.

"Hmm… how to explain this in way you'll understand…" Jared muttered. "Ah! Barriers between worlds break! Portals open up over and over. Bad things happen. Worlds go boom!"

"Oh!" Daring said, understandingly.

"Wait… boom?" Raven repeated, sounding nervous.

"Well yeah, because of all the portals opening over and over the unbalanced energies will eventually destroy both worlds!" Jared told her. Everyone's eyes widen in shock and the girls all gasped.

"No way…" Raven breathed.

"Yes, which is why it's important that we complete the spell to get you all home, plus one other…" Jared said.

"Another spell?" Dexter inquired, surprised.

"What other spell?" Hunter added, curiously.

"Uh…" Raven muttered.

"Raven… what aren't you telling us?" Dexter asked, folding his arms.

"You too Jared." Ashlynn added.

"Well… it was supposed to be a surprise…" Jared admitted. "And Apple really wasn't supposed to know?

"Know what?" Apple inquired, curiously before gasping excitedly. "Are you gonna poison me like in the story!?"

"Apple! Please. Stop. Talking! Forever after!" Jared exclaimed. Apple gulped and nodded, afraid.

"So how can we fix it?" Dexter asked, curiously.

"Simple; we get you guys back home and close the portal." Jared said.

"And how's that working out for ya?" Hunter asked.

"Perfectly…" Jared muttered, sarcastically.

"Oh I see…" Cerise mused.

"Yeah… like I told Raven the instructions on this spell are so outdated…" Jared said. "It's gonna take a while…"

"Fantastic…" Daring said, sarcastically. "Well, it was nice knowing you all… most of you anyway…"

"Relax, I'll figure it out!" Jared insisted. "Just… in a little while, that's all, ok?"

"Ok. Just calm down." Dexter urged him.

"Yeah, you're under a ton of stress." Raven agreed.

"I guess so…" Jared admitted. "Sorry guys… I guess it's…"

Before Jared could finish, he and the others heard a sharp and surprised gasp. They turned toward Apple, the source of the gasp.

"Look!" she cried, pointing up ahead.

The teens from Ever After all turned around and were all equally surprised by what they saw, much to Jared's confusion

"Is that…" Raven began.

"No… it can't be…" Cerise denied in horror.

"Aw, man… what is he doing here?" Hunter asked in dismay.

"What are you guys talking about?" Jared questioned them. "Who's…"

Jared turned around and was surprised when he saw a tall and large man with gray hair and a small mustache coming out of another portal that had just opened and closed.

"Whoa…" Jared said, looking almost speechless as the large man walked over and towered over all of him looking very displeased.