Chapter 12

For what seemed like forever after to all of them, the teens of Ever After High and their new friend from Earth; Jared, sat around their mirror like prison, completely unable to escape while Grimm was out there with a possessed Evil Raven doing who knows what. Of course, Jared was the only one trying to get out and despite the fact that the glass was completely shatter proof he continuously pounded on the glass

"Come on! Come on!" Jared shouted as he continued to pound the reflective wall. "Let us out you stupid… Ugh!"

"It's ok Jared… it's ok…" Ashlynn said, trying to assure him

"It's not ok! We're trapped in here and Grimm gotten Raven to go all crazy evil on us!" Jared stated, stressed. "We gotta get out of here before that big idiot causes both of our worlds to go boom!"

"Yeah, but how?" Hunter wondered.

"I don't know… all I know is that this whole thing is my fault." Jared expressed. "If I had never read that stupid spell then none of this would have happened and Raven wouldn't be…"

"Don't blame yourself, Jared." Ashlynn told him, soothingly.

"Yeah, blame Grimm." Hunter added, sounding bitter. "He the one responsible, not you."

"I do. I do blame him." Jared scowled. "And he's gonna pay for this!"

"Well first we got to find a way out." Hopper pointed out. "Anyone have any ideas? Anyone? Anyone at all?"

"Ooh! Ooh! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me!" Maggie yelled, excitedly while waving her hand around.

"Ok… fine. Maddie, what's your idea?" Jared inquired.

"Easy; we all back up then charge right toward the mirror and slam our body weight against it, it'll become too much for the portal to bear and we'll phase right out! Cool, huh?" Maddie smiled.

Everyone stared at her stunned.

"Well, I'm convinced folks… that that plan is completely ridiculous!" Briar proclaimed.

"Briar, calm down!" Apple urged her. "Sorry for raising my voice but this situation has me so stressed! None of you have any idea what's like to be locked up and treated like a common criminal!"

"Actually… Raven does, it's every day of her life actually." Jared confessed. Apple turned to him, surprised.

"Really?" she asked.

"Yes! And this is her future if destiny has its way but you were too busy caring about your own to see how horrible it is!" Jared stated.

"Pretty weenie." Maddie said, nodding.

"Oh dear…" Apple muttered, sounding very guilty and ashamed of herself.

"Yeah, and now we're all sharing that fate while she is out there being Grimm's little puppet!" Hunter added.

"Easy Hunter…" Ashlynn urged him.

"But… but you don't understand… I have to follow my destiny!" Apple insisted.

"Yeah, yeah, because destiny says so, I get it." Jare said, uninterested.

"And it's the only way I'll be safe!" Apple added, loudly. Everyone turned to her surprised and confused, especially Jared.

"Uh… come again?" he asked.

"Well… when I was young I nearly drowned because I wandered off on my own…" Apple admitted. "I figured… if I followed my destiny I'd me safe."

"Apple, you can't let one event effect your whole way of thinking, in this world your both safe and unsafe no matter what path you follow. Got it?" Jared stated.

"Yes, sir…" Apple squeaked, fearfully.

"Ok, I'm glad we agree on something." Jared said, satisfied.

"Still pretty dumb." Cerise stated.

"It doesn't matter now. We have to stop Grimm!" Jared stated.

"How?" Cedar wondered. "We're all trapped in here…"

"We do! Maddie's plan!" Jared reminded them. Maddie smiled at this.

"I'd hardly call that a plan…" Daring scoffed.

"Well it's all we got!" Jared stated. "So let's do it!"

They all sighed reluctantly and backed up to the back of the prison they were in, preparing to slam into the front of it and hopefully get out.

"Sure this will work?" Dexter asked, Jared, nervously.

"Absolutely not…" Jared shook his head. "Uh… I mean yes…"

"Ok then… on your mark…" Dexter began.

"Get set…" Cerise added.

"GO!" Jared yelled as they all started running toward the front of the mirror prison they were in. They each slammed into the mirror's surface, eventually pilling onto each other, then the mirror started glowing and they all screamed as they phased right through it.

They eventually land outside the mirror trap and land in a pile, they groan in pain.

"Are we still alive?" Jared groaned.

Dexter raised his head and adjusted his glasses. "Yes… we are… and we're out also!" he realized, excitedly. The others gasped in surprise and cheered as they all stood up and jumped for joy.

"Yes! We're out!" Jared cheered.

"Yeah, but what now?" Dexter asked. "We don't even have a plan. I mean we had a plan to get out but…"

"Simple; we stop Grimm and save Raven and the world also!" Jared declared, confidently.

"Yeah, but how do we do it?" Poppy asked, confused.

"That's simple; we fight back against them." Jared declared. "Do any of you have a weapon?"

"I got my axe." Hunter said as he lifted up his said weapon.

"I have my bow and arrows." Cupid added as she held up her heart shaped crossbow which was already loaded.

"Ok, good, now what else do we got?" Jared asked.

"I have some… special skills." Cerise said, sheepishly.

"What kind of special skills?" Jared asked, curiously.

"Uh…" Cerise muttered, unsure of what to say.

"Well? Spit it out, we haven't got all day." Daring said, impatiently. "No, seriously, we don't."

"Cool it, Prince Doofus." Jared told him, annoyed. "Go on Cerise, tell us."

"Uh… ok… just… don… freak… out." Cerise said, very slowly. "Promise?"

"I promise." Jared nodded, he turned to the others expectedly. They all sighed.

"We promise." They said.

"See?" Jared told Cerise. "Now go, show us."

"Ok…" Cerise said as she nervously took her hood and pulled it down, revealing her wolf ears which shocked and surprised everyone present.

"Well… uh… that explain a lot." Daring remarked.

"Indeed it does…" Briar agreed.

"Why didn't you tell us?" Cedar asked.

"Well… the truth is I was afraid… I was afraid of how you would react…" Cerise admitted, feeling guilty. "Please don't hate me…"

"Why would we hate you?" Jared questioned.

"Because… well… the reason I have these is because… my Dad is the Big Bad Wolf…" Cerise confessed.

"The big bad wolf? From the Red Riding Hood story?" Jared questioned, surprised.

"That's Dad…" Cerise shrugged.

"But… how did…" Jared began.

"Doesn't matter. The point is my Mom is Red Riding Hood and my Dad is the Big Bad Wolf, I kept it a secret because… I was afraid of how you would react… their relationship isn't exactly allowed, you know…" Cerise said, shamefully.

"Oh…" Jared said, understandingly.

Cerise put a hand on her shoulder. "Well, you don't have to worry anymore."

"Yeah, we're your friends! We don't care if you one-hundred and twenty percent wolf!" Maddie added. "You're still Cerise in our story!"

Cerise looked a bit surprised. "So… you're not mad or… anything like that?" she asked, hesitantly. The Rebels all shook their heads.

"No way." Hunter assured her.

"Yeah, we could never hate you." Ashlynn added.

"She's right, so your part wolf, so what? That doesn't change who you are." Dexter told her.

"You guys may be ok with it… but what about them?" Cerise pointed out, gesturing to the Royals. They all turn and looked at them expectedly.

"Well?" Jared asked them.

"Uh… well it's not really part of your story…" Apple said, slowly and with a bit of a disturbed face. They groaned in response. "But given our situation I suppose it doesn't really matter now…"

"No it doesn't." Ren confirmed.

Blondie sighed. "Then we guess it'll have to be just right…" she concluded, sounding defeated.

"Looks like it." Briar nodded. The rest nodded in agreement.

"Ok and what do you got Daring?" Jared asked him.

"I have my mirror." Daring added holding up his shining mirror, which blinded them a bit.

"Daring that's not… wait… I think that could work!" Jared realized.

"It can!?" Everyone exclaimed, shocked.

"It can? I mean… of course it can!" Daring said, proudly. "Uh… would you remind me how and why again?"

"Duh! You can use the sun's rays to reflect off it and blind them!" Jared explained.

"Hexellent!" Daring said, pleased.

"Ok, we got some weapons and we know each other's skills we now have a chance." Jared said, pleased.

"I hope your right, for all our sakes." Briar said.

"Me too." Jared nodded, quietly. "Now… how to find Raven and Grimm…"

"Hmm, I think I can use MirrorPad to track Raven's phone, if she still has it on her…" Dexter said as he took out his MirrorPad and typed a few things in. "Yes! Found her!"

"Oh, Dexter you're so smart…" Cupid sighed.

"You never give up, do you?" Jared questioned Cupid, flatly.

"Nope!" Cupid confirmed.

Apple then leaned in. "Uh… Cupid? I don't believe he was complimenting you, right Jared?" she asked Jared, looking to him for confirmation he nodded and she smiled.

"Why isn't it a compliment?" Cupid asked, confused.

"Forget I said anything…" Jared said, with a slight groan. "Let's just focus on the problem at hand; saving Raven."

Hunter nodded. "Agreed, let's do it."

"Alright little guy, what's the plan?" Daring asked.

"We make our way through the school, take care of anything that gets in our way, find Grimm and Raven and try to break the spell controlling Raven, once we do that we use a spell in here to stop Grimm once and for all, it's risky… but it'll work." Jared said.

"Sounds good to me." Dexter nodded. The others nodded in agreement also.

"Good, then let's get to it, guys!" Jared declared, pumped. They all cheered and began to race down the hallway together with a plan and goal in mind. Now only fate will decide whether or not they will succeed.

Author's Note: This chapter uses bits of inspiration and references from various forms of media that I like, admire and honor but I do not own them. This is not for profit, it is merely for fun. No flames please and thank you