Hey everyone I'm back again, now this chapter is shorter but for good reason I feel bad for not being able to put out many things while sick so I thought I would give you this chapter, now nothing really here on this chapter expect Magnus is trying to make amends with his fellow classmates and trying to deal with the aftermath of Maverick. Next chapter should be a bit more fun and back on track. Oh and for those of you that want Magnus x Maddie well I am considering it. Oh and next big news who here likes Monster High? Well let's just say Magnus will have a side adventure which will be the next big arc right before Thronecoming. Anyway thanks for all the love everyone

The next two days were kind of a blur, I was finally released from the nurse's office though I still had my left arm and right leg in a cast and I had to be helped around the school. Luckily for me I had a few friends who were willing to help me, Sparrow or Dexter would help me get from my room to the castleteria. While someone from one of my classes would help, me move around to the class I had that day. However, something was bugging me…even though everyone knew my double was the one that caused trouble I was still met with some cold looks around the schools. I knew I couldn't blame them. Sometimes I would get death glares from Hunter even though he knew 'I' didn't smack him into the dirt and kiss Ashlynn it still happened, not to mention the weird looks Apple gave me and every time I looked at her she would look away blushing.

After school I, finally had enough and decided to hang out in the back corner of the library hopping for some peace. "I need to figure out how to deal with this…"

"Poor people have it. Rich people need it. It can make you or break you." A mysterious voice mumbled behind me. "Gah!" Dropping my book, I turned around (Not easy by the way) and found myself face to face with a wild haired man who had a small smile beneath his bearded face. "Um….

"I think he is saying you have to face adversity to challenge life." Madeline said appearing next to him.

"Gah!"

"Gah!"

"Madeline…you must tell me how you do that…" I rubbed my face while she giggled. "And you have to tell me who is this?"

"Nope, nope, nope and this Giles Grimm." She said pointing to the older man who smiled.

"Ah okay….and he spoke to me in gibberish because?" I asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Silly filly, he wasn't speaking gibberish. He was speaking riddlish very different from gibberish." She giggled. I…I really had no way to respond to that instead I decided to go with it. "Okay then…and he was speaking in riddlish because?" I asked looking over at Giles who was content to read through a book.

"Because he was cursed to speak it, not sure why." Shrugging Madeline. "Anyway, Giles has wanted to meet you for a long time but…he didn't know when it would be best."

"Oh…Well…It's nice to meet you." I said. "Wait Grimm? As in…?"

"Right on the button Magnus he is related to our headmaster they are brothers." Madeline smiled. "But Giles is on the Rebel side of things."

"Oh, right the Rebellion thing is still going on." I muttered. "Anyway…I think I know what I need to do…. I owe you again, and Giles it was nice meeting you." Slowly standing I limped off while Madeline and Giles waved at me.

"Good luck Magnus!"

Alright the first group of people…. Ashlynn and Hunter…Let's see…. Scrolling through my phone I found them on HexBook…. (Seriously? HexBook?) They are at Hocus Latte…Shrugging I slowly limped into the store and found the happy couple, laughing and talking with one another but when seeing me they both looked down a little well…. expect Hunter he looked like he wanted to knock my block off but also guilty for feeling that way.

Sitting down in the empty chair in front of them I cleared my throat. "Hey guys…Listen we need to talk."

"What are you talking about? Is everything okay?" Ashlynn asked looking at me.

"Yeah, man, you don't have another evil clone around do you?" Hunter asked joking.

Looking down I bit my lip. "Guys it's about Maverick that I need to talk with you. During our little fight, you had my back and I am glad but ever since then…Well you guys have been giving me the cold shoulder."

"We haven't- "They started to say but I slammed my hand on the table.

"You have. I don't blame you guys but you have….and I just wanted this to end right now." Sighing I looked down. "I understand why you would be angry or upset I mean the guy was basically me only my inner most emotions but come on you guys know ME." I tapped my chest. "I just hope you understand that." Standing to my feet I slowly started to move toward the door but was stopped when two hands grabbed my shoulder.

"Magnus your right…I'm sorry…I should have treated you more like a brother then a stranger…" Hunter said looking down.

"As am I, I kept avoiding you because of something someone else did not you…. even if he was you…oh this is so confusing." Ashlynn smiled slightly.

Looking at both Hunter and Ashlynn I smiled and wrapped my arms around them even the one in the cast. "Hunter, Ashlynn we're cool….and trust me it was even more confusing for me, Hunter you are my bro and Ashlynn you're like the sister I never had. I could never do anything horrible to you guys…. well maybe a prank or two but even then…It would be like a pie in the face." Grinning at them I shook my head. "Now I need to leave but I promise I will be back and I am buying next round."

"Alright Magnus we'll hold you to it." Ashlynn smiled.

"Fine but please…. don't prank us…" Hunter paled remembering some of the things I have done.

"No promises." I grinned giving them a wave. Leaving Hocus Latte I made my way the local book store where I found Apple browsing through some of the collections on evil plants…Okay that is weird but whatever. "Hey Apple can I talk to you?"

"Oh Magnus…" Blushing brightly Apple looked around. "Umm…What did you want?"

Sighing I bit my lip. "Yeah listen Apple I need to talk to you about well my clone and what he did to you."

"Oh right…well…" Blushing even brighter the blonde slowly backed up.

"Apple, relax I just want to explain to you that what happened…isn't that big of a deal and…."

"But it is!" She shouted but covered her mouth when she realized she shouted. "I mean it is Magnus a girl's first kiss- "

"Apple…. let me ask you something when my…clone kissed you did you feel anything?" I asked.

"Feel anything well my heart it started to beat faster and…" She started to say but I placed a hand on her shoulder.

"No Apple I mean like did you feel like time stopped? Or did you hear bells? Or fireworks going off?" I asked.

"Well…no but what does that- "She started to ask but I gave her grin. "Then it meant nothing Apple trust me when you find the person you want to be with, that kiss will be your first."

"Hm… That makes sense…Thank you Magnus." Smiling she nodded her head. "You're welcome." Smiling I waved at her and limbed off hoping that would keep the future Snow White from wanting to be with…. hopefully. "Let's see who to see next…" I spent the last few hours tracking down all the people my double has screwed over or something…Which to be honest took me forever…. during this entire thing, I had to wonder how my double could get around so quickly. All the girls he pissed off were easy to placate, well expect for Poppy I had to promise to take her out for dinner and let her touch up my hair anytime she wanted. That…wasn't something I was looking forward to.

"God what a day…" Limping back to my room I opened the door and slowly fell onto my bed.

"It isn't over yet." A very familiar voice said.

Looking around the room I saw the vert last person I ever wanted to see. Maverick was grinning at me from across the room. "What the hell!?" I scrambled to get out my bed but stopped Maverick started to laugh.

"Don't worry you idiot I'm not really here, your asleep, you fell asleep the moment you landed on your bed." Maverick explained. "You didn't really think you would be rid of me that easily."

"I really wish it was that easy…." Looking down at my left arm and seeing that my cast wasn't there any longer I grinned and jumped up. "Round two you son of a hamster wheel."

"Relax Magnus I am just here to talk." Maverick held up his hands. "I'm stuck in your head and really I can't do anything." Shrugging my sub-conscious smirked. "Plus, I can only speak to you when you're really, really out of it."

"What did you want?" I glared at him.

"Just to talk I promise…"

Taking a deep breath, I stared at Maverick and motioned for him to go on. Grinning Maverick nodded. "Thank you, Magnus, what I wanted to talk about was our fusion wasn't complete…well It was but it wasn't."

"I'm going to need some background on that." I said motioning for him to continue. "Well…. Long story short I developed enough of my own personality that well…." Maverick started to say. "Wait…. Does that mean what I think I mean?" I asked my eyes bulging out of my skull. "That's right you're stuck with me." He grinned, only for a moment as my fist slammed into his face.

"Geeze Magnus, are you okay? I mean besides from the broken arm and leg?" Raven asked staring at me.

"No…I spent the night fighting my demon…" I grumbled.

"Metaphor?"

"No." I shook my head. "And can you hand me that book on Duality and Magic?"

Shrugging Raven handed me the book. "Is there anything else I can hand you Grumpy Monster?" Giving her a look, Raven just giggled and shook her head. "Magnus you're so weird."

Looking up from the book I wiggled my eyebrows. "You have no idea."

"Well looks like things are finally starting to return back to normal here at Ever After perhaps now we can go back to having a normal school year." The male narrator said.

"There is Thronecoming or did you forget about that?" The female narrator smiled. "But until then things should be going back to normal."

Looking up at the celling I almost said something but I decided to let it go. "Good to hear from you two again."

"Look at that we may have won over our favorite hero." The male narrator said with a grin.

"True enough let's see how long this lasts."