EXILE part 1
"Mirror, Mirror, so smart and cool; who's the fairest at this school?" Apple asked her magic mirror.
"You are, Apple White." The magic mirror answered back.
Apple smiled as she collected her purse and was heading out for breakfast, until she came face-to-face with the force field Raven put up.
Apple hadn't spoken to Raven in days since the end-of-school-year trip vote incident. Of course Raven saw the news and Apple apologized, but it still wasn't enough. Apple knocked on the force field.
"What?" Raven answered curtly.
"Are you okay in there Raven?" Apple asked.
"Yes." Raven blurted out.
"Then can you remove the force filled already?" Apple questioned.
"Why do you care? " Raven spat out her voice coated in venom.
"Because I haven't spoken to you all this week, and I miss you." Apple answered with sincerity in her voice.
"We share most of our classes together." Raven stated.
"That doesn't mean I don't miss you." Apple said with sorrow in her voice.
" Pfft! You just miss me being the villain in your story." Raven said coldly.
" That's so far from the truth!" Apple shouted, she was completely flabbergasted. "You're my friend."
"Keep telling yourself that." Raven stated in a matter-of-fact tone.
"Is this about the end-of-school-year trip! We were hacked, I apologized! " Apple pleaded her case.
"Keep telling yourself that." Raven stated again.
The dorm room was now silent. Apple was furious with Raven's behavior. Here she was trying to be peaceful, but she was being so, so, difficult!
"I'll see you after school, roomie." Apple said with a bit of venom in her voice as she slammed the door.
As soon as the coast was clear Raven lifted the force field and walked towards Apple's mirror.
"Mirror, Mirror, on the wall; who's the fairest of them all?" Raven asked.
"You truly are the fairest, Raven Queen." Apple's mirror answered.
Cafeteria
The cafeteria was surprisingly quiet this Friday morning no chatter, greetings, or gossip just the sound of mouths smacking and utensils clicking . Everyone was on edge from the end-of-school-year trip votes being hacked, dorm rooms being destroyed, Faybelle's rise to power, and finals coming up, it was a pretty tense situation.
Headmaster Grimm tapped his fingers impatiently as he waited for Raven to show up.
"Where is that blasted girl?" Headmaster Grimm questioned.
*BAM*
The doors opened to reveal Raven. Her eyes were full of hate, skin pale, and floating two feet in the air. as she made her way in line she snapped her fingers and everyone ran away as Raven made her tray float.
"Good morning, Miss Queen, how are you this morning?" Headmaster Grimm asked in a too cheerful tone.
"Give me my breakfast!" Raven hissed in a distorted voice.
Grimm was taken aback by Raven's words; even when they didn't see eye-to-eye she was still respectful. Well if being rude meant Raven following her true destiny then he'll accept it.
"Here you go-ow!" Headmaster Grimm handed Raven her breakfast, but her nails scratched his hands.
Headmaster Grimm's hand was bleeding from the scratch, he bit down his cheeks to prevent him from screaming in pain. When he looked up Raven was gone without giving an apology.
Raven sat at her usual table and began to ate her breakfast. Cedar, Cerise, and Maddie gave each other the signal.
"Raven can we talk?" Maddie asked.
"Shot." Raven answered as she to a sip of coffee.
"For the last couple of days of days you haven't been yourself." Maddie said.
"You guys said this already." Raven poked at her lumpy porridge.
"We just want to know if somethings wrong." Cedar spoke. "We're very worried about you, really worried about you. You barely eat -"
"Have you not eaten the porridge here?" Raven sarcastically questioned still poking the porridge.
"And you're snappy! *GASP*" Cedar gasped and covered her mouth realizing her snappy comment. "Raven, I'm so sorry I didn't mean to."
"Whatever; see you guys after class or whatever." Raven said nonchalantly as she left her untouched bowl of porridge behind, but kept the apple.
"I really messed up didn't I?" Cedar asked whimpering.
"What? No, we'll try again." Cerise said comforting Cedar.
As Raven walked off she passed Faybelle's table where many students were pampering her.
Faybelle had a facial on with cucumber slices over her eyes, two students were filing and painting her nails, one was spoon feeding her porridge, Poppy was doing her hair, and while two others were using giant fans to fan her.
"Ah, this is the life." Faybelle blissfully sighed as she sipped her fairy berry juice through a straw.
"Faybelle." Faybelle heard the annoyed voice of Darling.
"Eyes!" Faybelle snapped her fingers and the cucumber sliced were removed.
"Here's your homework all the way until finals." Darling dumped what seemed to be three phonebooks worth of homework.
"Thanks Darling, you're a true hero when it comes to homework!" Faybelle smirked at the hero princess.
Darling glared at the Fairy twirled around and walked away as gracefully as she could to hide her fury.
"All Done!" Poppy said handing Faybelle a hand mirror to see her hair.
Faybelle examined her ponytail making sure the scrunchie was secured, not a split end in sight, and was perfectly curly.
"Nice work Poppy. You're the future queen of hair." Faybelle smirked at the hairdresser.
Poppy left before she could say something nasty.
"Yo, Faybelle!" Sparrow swooped in with his guitar. "I just finished your theme song here it goes:"
FAYBELLE! THE EVILIST DARK FAIRY OF THEM ALL! FAYBELLE!
WICKEDEST OF THEM ALL!
FAYBELLE! SHE'S-
"ENOUGH!" Faybelle shouted in a legion of doom voice. "That racket is gonna ruin my appetite, think of something better."
Sparrow left cursing under his breath passing Daring and Dexter's table.
"Good news brother, we're on the cover of Successful Suits for Princes Monthly!" Daring said with the same amount of excitement of a child on Christmas morning.
"Great." Dexter answered dryly as he shoved a spoonful of cereal down his throat.
"Look!" Daring shoved the magazine in Dexter's face.
Dexter took the magazine and looked at the image of the cover and he had to admit he looked...good? Was that even possible?
Daring was sporting his trademark smile, finger guns, well combed hair; the perfect example of a charming prince. And there was Dexter: mess hair, straight posture, glasses off showing his perfect blue eyes for once he looked... perfect?
"Hey!" Dexter exclaimed as Daring yanked the magazine from his hands and took a picture with his mirrorphone.
"I'll text it to Blondie and see if she can air it on her show." Daring said as he began texting.
"What, why?!" Dexter shouted.
"So your girlfriend can see what a sly fox you are." Daring answered with an eyebrow wiggle.
"No you can't!" Dexter tried to snatch the phone.
"Too late." Daring said in a sing-song voice.
The Just Right theme song played .
"Hello, fellow fairytales!" Blondie greeted as she appeared on the screen.
"Oh my God!" Dexter groaned as he covered his head.
"Excellent news our own Daring Charming has made the cover of Successful Suits for Princes Monthly!...Again." Blondie announced.
Fangirls squealed at the mention of Daring's name.
"And so was our Dexter Charming!" Blondie flashed the cover of Successful Suits for Princes Monthly with Dexter and Daring on the cover.
Gasped were heard throughout the cafeteria.
"Is that really Dexter?" A classmate questioned.
"He looks handsome... Is that possible?" Someone questioned.
"Nah! Must've been photoshoped." Another dismissed.
Dexter wanted to hide under a rock and never crawl back out.
Classes
Raven kept mostly to herself in her morning classes not uttering a single word . Cerise sat close to her keeping an eye on Raven making sure she was okay.
"And that is the definition of irony." Jack B. Nimble finished. " Now to move onto-"
"I bet she vandalized Briar and Ashylnn's room." Raven heard a student accused her.
" Ever since the Dragon Games she's been causing chaos." Another spoke.
" Is she still a Rebel or is she gonna be like her mom?" Another questioned.
Raven turned to the voices direction and stretched startling the students.
"Do you think she heard us?" One asked.
"GOD, I HOPE NOT!" The student quickly covered their mouth.
WHY ARE YOU SHOU- WHY AM I SHOUTING?" Another student shouted.
"WHAT'S HAPPENING TO US?" Another student shouted.
Soon everyone was shouting with vocal chords getting sore, ears ringing, and headaches forming.
"I BET RAVEN DID THIS TO US!" A student pointed at Raven's direction.
"DON'T YOU DARE BLAME RAVEN FOR THIS!" Cerise swatted the pointed finger as she glared at her classmate.
"THEN WHY ISN'T SHE SPEAKING?" Another classmate accused.
"BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY TOO LOUD IN THIS CLASSROOM!" Raven shouted back.
The room was now silent.
"ALRIGHT EVERYONE TO THE NURSES' OFFICE!" Jack B. Nimble ordered everyone.
Nurses' Office
"Say 'ahh' please." The nurse asked politely as she placed her earmuffs over her ears.
"AAAHH!" Cerise ahhed as she opened her mouth.
"Okay." The nurse said as she removed her earmuffs. "It seems that you were all affected by a volume spell. I'm sure I got some cough syrup for that."
After the cough syrup lowered the voice volume the class was dismissed.
Raven decided to use her time wisely and head to the library to study for finals.
"RAVEN!" Raven turned to see Cerise.
"Cerise, the cough syrup didn't work?" Raven asked concerned.
"No, it did." Cerise laughed. " I just wanted to make sure you were okay. I heard what those jerks said."
"I've heard worse." Raven answered sadly. "But thanks for checking up on me."
Cerise grin "No problem."
"Wanna head to the library and study?" Raven asked.
"I got nothing better to do." Cerise answered.
Unaware someone was following behind them.
Advanced Ballet
Duchess was still unnerved by how Raven knew about Headmaster Grimm trying to get her to take Raven's destiny. She missed every beat, tripped over, and was mediocre at best.
"Enough!" Madam Dancer clapped her hands.
Duchess stopped midway and sloppily landed on her feet.
"What was that?" Madam Dancer questioned.
"Sorry Madam, it's just something on my mind." Duchess answered looking down.
"Is this 'something' similar to Next Top Villian?" Madam Dancer asked.
"Even worse!" Duchess shouted.
"Explain." Madam Dancer asked.
"Let's say you tried so hard to achieve something because of tradition even if you hate it, then you find out something you weren't suppose to that can give you an easy way out, but it's just as bad. Now Ra- I mean someone else knows this secret, and you don't know how?" Duchess collected her breathe.
Madam Dancer blinked her eyes trying to absorb all of what she heard in.
"Is someone threatening you, Duchess?" Madam dancer asked in a serious tone as she gripped Duchess's shoulders.
"No, but this may threaten my destiny." Duchess answered.
" Which one: your original one or the one where you take another's' ?" Madam Dancer questioned.
"How?" Duchess questioned.
"I'm not stupid, I know you are one of the most talented students in the school and I have ever taught... Besides my daughter Justine." Madam Dancer added.
"Of course." Duchess said dryly under her breathe.
"But if you want to know who found out your secret go to the source." Madam Dancer said.
"You mean ask Rav- I mean as the person?" Duchess questioned.
"No, I mean find the true source. Most likely you're not the only one who's secret is threatened." Madam Dancer answered.
"Who is sneaky enough to find out about secrets? " Duchess pondered.
Hallway
Faybelle was having the time of her life; blackmail was the greatest torture of all. Students were bending over backwards just to keep Faybelle quiet about their secrets. Her homework was being done, she was receiving special favors, and she was being worshipped. Life is good.
Faybelle than spotted her frenemy Briar at her locker adjusting her sunglasses.
"Hey, Briar." Faybelle greeted.
"Faybelle, what's all this?" Briar asked noticing Faybelle's little 'fan club' .
"Oh then they're just my entourage." Faybelle gestured opening her arms wide. "Need help carrying your books?"
"No not reall-"
"Perfect!" Faybelle snapped her fingers and two students grabbed Briar's bookbag and pursr.
"What?" Briar responded to her bags being carried away as she and Faybelle walked to their next period class together.
"Ahem! The door." Faybelle coughed.
Another student opened the door as Faybelle and Briar walked in.
"Okay Faybelle, what's going on here?" Briar questioned sternly.
"Like I said before I have fans who respect me for being the baddest and evilest Fairy there is." Faybelle answered as student pushed her seat in for her.
Briar knew good and well that Faybelle was dying to play her role as the next Dark Fairy. She knew that as head of the cheerleaders and president of Villian club she had a few followers, but it was more out of fear than respect. Now half the school was worshipping the ground she walked on. Something was up.
Lunch time
Maddie and Cedar took their seats at their usual table and tried to shallow their lunches.
"I still feel bad about this morning." Cedar said.
"Don't worry Cedar we know you didn't mean it." Maddie said as she sipped her tea.
"Still I wish we knew what - my revealer rays!" Cedar spoke with excitement at her idea.
"Wha-?" Maddie questioned.
"We can use my revealer rays to see what's up with Raven." Cedar spoke up.
"WHAT?!" Maddie shouted. "We can' do that!"
"Do what?" Cerise asked as she sat down as she drank her bottle water.
"I was thinking my revealer rays on Raven to see what's up with her." Cedar answered.
Cerise spat out her water.
"What?!" Cerise shouted in protest. "We can' do that!"
"That's what I said." Maddie said nodding.
"But if we know the truth we might be able to help her." Cedar added.
"Nope, nah haw." Cerise disagreed shaking her head. " Some people keep secrets for a reason. They may not want it to be revealed."
"You mean like yours?" cedar asked but covered her mouth.
"What?" Cerise shocked at what Cedar said.
Cedar was now in fight-or-flight mode, and she took flight. Cedar ran out of the cafeteria.
"Cedar, wait!" Cerise chased after her friend.
Maddie ran after the two leaving three trays of half-eaten food. The littlest of the three pigs and billy goats grabbed the trays and left. Leaving no trace of anyone sitting there.
"Where are my friends?" Raven spoke to herself as she sat down..
They usual ate lunch together on Fridays, and they would've said something if they weren't going to make it. Unless, they didn't care to tell her! NO! She shouldn't, couldn't, and wouldn't think her friends would hurt her in any way, shape, or form.
"Hey, Raven. Is this seat taken?" Dexter asked holding his tray of food.
"Nope." Raven answered as Dexter sat down.
"Where's Maddie, Cedar, and Cerise?" Dexter asked.
"I don't know, we always eat lunch together on Friday. Does this mean they don't want to hangout with me anymore." Raven answered sadly pushing her remaining food around.
"What? No, they're your best friends, they love spending time with you, I love spending time with you!" Dexter realized the last thing he said and blushed.
"Thanks, Dex." Raven smiled back at the prince.
"Raven, if you're not doing anything later I was wondering if-"
* RING, RING*
"Everyone to your afternoon classes!" A teacher shouted.
"Well, guess I'll tell you later." Dexter sounded disappointed with his shoulders down and a frown on his face.
"No! Tell me now. No, time like the presence." Raven said in an almost demanding tone.
Dexter's face lit up. "I wanted to know if you'd like to go on a da-"
"Ms. Queen, Mr. Charming, get to class this instant!" Headmaster Grimm shouted at the students.
Dexter ran off to his next class in fright while Raven remained.
"Ms. Queen, did you not hear me?" Headmaster Grimm crossed his arms and tapped his foot impatiently.
As Raven turned her head to Headmaster Grimm her balled fist and eyes glowed a dark shade of purple. Headmaster Grimm was taken aback by Raven's appearance.
"It's rude to - INTERRUPT!" Raven blasted headmaster Grimm and stomped her way back to her next class.
"It's working, it's final working!" Headmaster Grimm exclaimed then looked down to see below his neck he transformed into a chicken-man. "I should get this fix."
Attic
Faybelle had a free period at this time normally she'd be on her phone, getting a latte at one of the cafes, or causing trouble, but she decided to flutter to the attic to visit the Evil Queen.
"Hello, Mrs. Queen?" Faybelle spoke to the magic mirror.
"What!" The Evil Queen nswered rudely.
"I just wanted to tell you my evil deeds of the week; first I've blackmailed half of the school, then- "
Faybelle went on as the Evil Queen ignored her. Then something caught the Evil Queen's eye, Faybelle was wearing a necklace. But not just any average neacklace: it was one of those sphere necklaces that holds items in them, a white chain, and inside the one Faybelle was wearing was a black thorn- The Dark Fairy's dark thorn.
"Where did you get that necklace?" The Evil Queen questioned pointing at the necklace.
"Oh, this old thing? It was a gift from mom during Thronecoming from the Heritage Hall." Faybelle answered.
"That's right, Thronecoming passed already. Has Raven used the wand I gave her?" The Evil Queen asked.
" What wand?" Faybelle asked.
"What do you mean what wand? That was the treasure I left for my descendent." The Evil Queen looked at Faybelle as if she was dumb(er).
"No, Raven got a coin." Faybelle answered.
"Why was there a coin in her treasure box?" The Evil Queen shouted as her fist balled up.
"I don't - wait, Headmaster Grimm!" Faybelle stated.
"What about him?" The Evil Queen questioned.
" I don't know all the details, but Headmaster Grimm tried to trick Raven to sign the Storybook of Legends, then we found out it was fake." Faybelle answered.
" Did she every get the wand back?" The Evil Queen questioned.
"Not that I know of." Faybelle answered.
The Evil Queen took a deep breathe and sighed, stood up tall, and looked directly at Faybelle.
"Faybelle I need you to retrieve the wand that Raven was suppose to receive. Not only has Headmaster Grimm tampered with my legacy, but he doubted my daughter . if Raven is to fully embrace her destiny she needs my wand."
"But how will I get it?" Faybelle questioned unsure of how to do it.
"Are you not the daughter of a dark fairy who was destined to curse Sleeping Beauty before I showed her up? You'll think of something." With that the Evil Queen was gone.
Faybelle's fist balled at the statement that the Evil Queen ruined her mother's destiny - the only reason she didn't go *poof* was because she double curse Sleeping Beauty to sleep at the most awkward of times. She hated how Raven was acting all nice and goody- goody just to make her skin crawl. Faybelle flutter out - she had a wand to steal.
After School
Cedar was lucky she didn't have anymore afternoon classes with her friends. But she knew the truth would come out sooner or later. Cedar knocked on the door to her dorm room.
"Come in."
Cerise's voice was heard from the other side of the door. Cedar walked in to came face- to - face with Cerise.
"We need to talk." Cerise said looking down.
"Figures." Cedar blurted.
The two sat on Cedar's bed and sat in silence for awhile.
" I know you're 's daughter, I didn't mean to. After we got back from Wonderland my revealer rays showed your wolf ears and after that I pierced everything together. I'm so sorry Cerise."
Cedar started to tremble as though she was crying. She expect Cerise to be mad and not speak to her forever. But instead she was greeted by a pair of arms that wrapped around her into a tight hug as she fell back onto her bed.
"What a relief!" Cerise cried out as she nuzzled Cedar's twine hair.
" Wait a splinter; you're okay with me knowing you're half wolf?" Cedar questioned.
" I wanted to tell you for the longest time, but because of your truth curse -" Cerise paused.
" I understand I might've accidently blurted it out." Cedar sadly said.
"But you didn't, you went for months without revealing my secret. You're hardcore Cedar." Cerise hugged Cedar even tighter.
" Thanks." If Cedar could blush she'd be red and warm by now. "Wait, if your half wolf does that make you a werewolf?"
Cerise got off of the bed, pulled her hood off to reveal brown wolf ears, then brown fur covered her body.
"Cool!" Cedar squealed.
"Thanks, I haven't soon this form to Raven or Maddie yet, and I'm not sure I can go full wolf like Ramona."
"Wait Raven, Maddie, and Ramona know?" Cedar questioned shocked.
"Yeah Raven found out on her own, Ramona found out we're cousins after Yester Day, and Maddie is Maddie."
"What happened after Yester day?" Cedar asked.
Cerise explained how the Hoods and Wolfs almost threw Raven in the river and to save them she revealed her ears. The basket contest, that she won, and how the village shunned them except for grandma.
Cedar's lip whimpered as if she wanted to cry.
"I'm so sorry you had to go through that Cerise." Cedar said.
"Yeah, it sucked and when all of Ever After finds out it'll be even worse." Cerise looked down then raised her head. " But I'm not gonna let that stop me from living. I'm tired of hiding: what I' am, where I come from, and who I' am. I got people like you who care for me and got my back, so I'm not that afraid."
Cedar jumped from her bed and gave Cerise a tight huge.
"And I'm not afraid to stand by you." Cedar said,
"Me neither!" A mysterious voice said as an extra pair of hands hugged the two.
"Maddie?" Cedar and Cerise cried out.
"How long have you been here?" Cedar asked.
"I just got here." Maddie answered with a smile. "And I'm glad the wolf's out of the hat. I was afraid I might accidently slip."
"I'm glad too." Cerise asked.
"Guys, you were right about me using the revealer rays on Raven." Cedar said as she held said revealer rays. "I want to help her, but this isn't the way."
"We know you just wanted to help Cedar." Maddie placed a hand on her shoulder.
"True, but it still wasn't - WOAH!" Cedar gasped as her revealer rays began to light up.
"What's happening?" Cerise asked.
"I don't know." Cedar answered as she placed the revealer rays on.
The blue fairy in the revealer rays pointed outside the window as Cedar ran to look outside along with Maddie and Cerise to see a shipment of apples. The revealer rays zoomed in on a crate labeled 'Apples for Raven Queen' go into the kitchen.
"You guys I saw a crate labeled for Raven!" Cedar said.
"Are you sure?" Cerise asked.
"Positive." Cedar said in a confirmed tone.
"Why would a crate of apples just be labeled for Raven?" Maddie asked.
"Guess we're about to find out." Cedar said.
Elsewhere
"This whole thing has been a disaster!" Dexter cried out throwing his hands in the air.
"He's right you know." One of Daring's fangirls agreed.
"How much longer are we gonna be here?" Another fangirl asked.
"I kinda forgot what we were doing." Another fangirl spoke.
"Listen to me, little bro. You're a Charming" Daring said in a commanding tone. " All you need is a knock-out smile."
Daring flashed his signature smile making his fangirls swoon. His teeth were pearl white, as straight as a military cemetery (Night Vale), and glowed brighter than the Sun itself.
"Dreamy." The fangirls sighed.
"Okay. Let me try" Dexter said mustering up all his courage. And gave the world's most awkward smile.
"Ew!" One fangirl cried.
"Seriously?" Another fangirl said unimpressed.
"Dex, it's really not that hard. Once you flashed your killer smile, there's not much more to it." Just be awesome, tall, handsome, popular, and incredibly good looking. Basically, be me! Daring explained as his fangirls gathered around him giggling.
Something snapped in Dexter's brain when he heard that. All his life he's been told to look like Daring, act like Daring, and be like Daring. Ignored by both parents in favor of Daring or Darling, this was the last straw.
"Be like you? Be like you?! Is that all you can tell me. God, you're so insensitive!" Dexter grabbed his bookbag and walked out of the hallway with a scowl on his face until he was outside.
Daring and his fangirls were shocked at what Dexter said.
"That was rude." A fangirl said.
"Very rude." Another fangirl agreed.
"Ugh, take five ladies." Daring told his fangirls as he rushed to his brother.
"Dexter, wait up!" Daring shouted as he made his way to the main doors.
Dexter was halfway to the entrance of the Enchanted Forest. Daring sprinted until he was by Dexter's side.
"Dexter, what was that about?" Daring asked his angry brother.
"Leave me alone, Daring." Dexter fumed.
"Was it something I said?" Daring questioned.
Dexter remained silent as he walked.
"Dexterous Charming, speak to me!" Daring shouted.
Dexter turned to face Daring with fury painted on his face.
"You ruined everything! this whole time I've been trying to ask my crush out and every opportunity you showed up and ruin it! Now you're trying to turn me into some second rate version of you. All my life I've been told to be like you, that I'm second best, and that I'm not a real Charming!" Dexter shouted.
This caught Daring off guard, he knew Dexter was geeky, nerdy, and shy but to hear him say people kept comparing how better he was from Dexter was new to him.
"But she-" Dexter continued as tears ran down his face. "She makes me feel like I'm somebody, that someone likes me for me, that I matter. And every time I try to ask her out you've been sabotaging me!"
"Dexter, I'm sorry." Daring apologized." I was just trying to help."
"I don't need your help to ask out Raven!" Dexter shouted and ran off into the Enchanted Forest.
"Raven?" Daring questioned himself until a lightbulb inside his head lit. " DEXTER LOVES RAVEN!"
Okay, gonna end it here. WOW, talk about taking a turn for the worse. Leave a review on what you think will happen next. Part 2 will be up soon. Bye!