It was Lunchtime at Ever After High. Apple White and Raven Queen were sat together in the castle-teria, chatting quietly and waiting for the rest of their friends to arrive.
Madeline Hatter and Cedar Wood came in together. The two rebels spotted Raven and Apple so made a beeline towards them. Once they were sat down Cedar spoke up.
"I cannot tell a lie, Lizzie Hearts seems really down today. She was really off her game in crownculus class."
"yes, it's the Queen of Hearts birthday today. She organised a birthday ball and sent Lizzie an invite. But Lizzie can't go since Wonderland is sealed off from Ever After. I think Lizzi'e''s really missing her mother." Kitty's signature grin appeared in the air next to Maddie as she finished speaking. Slowly the rest of the Cheshire Cat's daughter faded into view.
"Did someone say damsel-in-distress?" two voices asked simultaneously as Hunter Huntsman and Daring Charming sat themselves at opposite ends of the group.
"We should think of a way to cheer Lizzie up," suggested kind-hearted Ashlynn Ella as she took a seat next to Hunter. So the group of friends, which was growing larger every minute, began to brainstorm ideas to cheer up Lizzie Hearts. Apple White noted each idea down in her notebook.
When Lizzie arrived, they began to put the ideas to her. But after hearing each idea Lizzie stated 'off with its head'. This was Lizzie's way of saying she didn't like the idea.
Faybelle Thorn was the last of the second year class to arrive in the castle-teria. Once she'd been filled in on what was happening Faybelle had a suggestion.
"Raven might be able to break the curse on wonderland. She'd need to know the curse her mother used though."
"I think I saw a book in the library the other day that had a picture of the Evil Queen in. She had a spellbook open on her lap," mused Dexter Charming, younger brother of Daring Charming. Cerise Hood jumped up, grabbed Dexter's hand and pulled him along as she ran at wolf speed to the library. Dexter struggled to keep up. When they reached the library, Cerise waited impatiently till Dexter found the book he had mentioned then she ran him back to the castle-teria.
Dexter opened the book to the picture of the Evil Queen. Unfortunately the writing in the book was illegible and backwards. Apple White soon fixed that. With a few clicks of her phone, the daughter of Snow White had flipped the picture, zoomed in and enhanced the image.
"That's the Wonderland curse alright," commented Raven her eyes skimming the enhanced image. "Now what do I do Faybelle?"
"You have to read it backwards," the dark fairy told the sorceress. Faybelle meant that Raven should read each line backwards but Raven misunderstood. Faybelle, distracted by a hext message, didn't notice until it was too late.
The entire second year class vanished from the castle-teria in a burst of purple flames.
They were falling through swirls of colour and light. Snatches of conversation and of music could be heard as they fell. The fall ended with a sudden bump onto grass.
Cupid let out a groan as she sat up and brushed her dress off. She looked at the dress she was wearing in confusion. That couldn't be right. She hadn't seen this dress since she entered the mirror portal that had taken her to Ever After High in the first place. Cupid put a hand up to touch her hair. As she had expected, her hair was as short as it had been the last time she'd worn this dress.
Cupid stood up, turned around and felt her jaw drop. In front of her was a building she'd thought to never see again. Monster High.
"Again from the top!" cried Cleo de Nile. The fear squad was in the gymnasium practising for an upcoming tournament. Cleo was really putting her ghouls through their paces. She was, after all, a perfectionist and a tournament routine had to be just so.
They were about half way through the routine when Clawdeen Wolf came to an unexpected stop, her ears cocked and listening to something the other ghouls couldn't hear.
"Something's going on ghouls. I just heard a very loud bumping sound outside Monster High."
Curiosity might have killed the cat but it had led to many interesting adventures for the ghouls of Monster High. The fear squad left the gym and headed towards the front steps.
Outside the ghouls saw a large group of people, sitting on the ground, looking rather dazed and confused. There was one person in the group however who was stood up and she looked rather more shocked than confused. She was also incredibly familiar.
"Cupid!" called several voices at once. The pink-haired girl looked up.
The fear squad ran to meet her half way. Clawdeen was the fastest and enveloped her old friend in a fierce hug. The rest of the fear squad piled on, forming a group hug.
Cerise Hood pushed herself up, looking around curiously. A strange purple building took up most of the skyline. In front of the building, a group of peculiar looking girls were embracing in a group hug.
Cerise looked down and almost did a double take. Her secret sister, Ramona Badwolf, lay on the ground looking different in some way. More wolfish than normal, if that was possible. Her outfit had changed too.
Ramona opened her eyes and looked at Cerise. Her eyes widened.
"Cerise, your eyes," hissed the daughter of the big bad wolf. Cerise lifted her hand and tried to pull her hood over her ears. It wasn't there.
Looking at the changed outfit, Cerise realised it was almost the same as Ramona's with the colours reversed.
"Where are we? What's happened? This doesn't look like wonderland," commented Cerise to Ramona.
One of the odd-looking girls broke away from the group and turned towards Cerise and Ramona. The daughters of Red Riding Hood and Mr Badwolf were astonished to realise the girl was as wolfish as they were.
"Welcome to Monster High!"