A/N: And I'm back with a new chapter! Glad that everyone enjoyed this story. Nothing much to say but let's get it on with this chapter.
Disclaimer: I don't own Ed, Edd n Eddy and Ever After High and by extension, My Little Pony, Total Drama, Scott Pilgrim vs the World, RWBY and Dan Vs.
The Village of Book End, also sometimes referred to as simply Book End, is the downtown spot where studentsregularly go shopping and buy Hocus Lattes. The main Street has dozens of small buildings that are so close together that they resemble books on a book shelf. The stores are on the ground floor and the upper floors are apartments for residents. Main Street is bright and leads onto Cobblers Alley.
The Cobblers Alley is barely wide enough for two people to walk shoulder to shoulder and is in shadow, so street lights are used even in daytime. In an open space between buildings, there is a green park that has a gazebo, a small building/ornamental feature that provides shade, shelter and a place to rest.
Walking in the streets are Raven and Eddy with the latter riding his skateboard but he kept his phase to match up with the former.
"So, where are we meeting your friends again?'' Eddy asked.
"The Hocus Latte.'' Raven replied, "It's our favorite hangout after school.'' she stated.
"Are they Royals or Rebels?'' Eddy asked.
"They're rebels like me, Eddy." Raven replied.
Eddy nodded. He is already been informed by Raven that the school is divided in to two factions, the Royals and the Rebels. It somewhat reminded him of what Canterlot High was before, the difference is that Canterlot High was divided by more than just one faction. He is really grateful for Twilight Sparkle for uniting all of them. Eddy is not a royal nor a rebel, and much like how he was in CHS, he is a neutral. And while he understands the Royals following their destinies, he also understand that the Rebels desire to create their own destinies.
Eddy already knows the Raven is the daughter of the Evil Queen but if there is something that he learns from Applejack, is too not judge a book by it's cover. Raven's decision to not follow her destiny is what Eddy believes to be the right thing. From what she just told him, if Raven ever followed her destiny, she'll get hated, shunned, left alone in the streets and be imprisoned... and for what? For following her destiny? That's just sick! And everyone expects her to act like her mother? Raven is a really nice girl and she deserves better than that.
Eddy needs to do something about this before things could get ugly on both sides.
The two then arrived at a cafe. The Hocus Latte Café is one of the most popular places in The Village of Book End to get a drink or to go for a chat. It has a lot of large windows in the café, results in a lot of daylight, maybe to give the impression that you are still outdoors and this effect is added to, by the presence of a huge tree inside the café. Around the tree are high back chairs and metal wrought chairs. There is a sofa with a TV screen on the wall. The colour theme in the café tends to be brown and green, which again offers the effect of outside and woodland. There are many plants, ivy vines and greenery on the walls.
"Raven! Excoody Hoo! Over here!" a cheerful voice called getting both of their attention.
Eddy saw a group of four teens, three girls and one boy to be exact, sitting on comfortable chairs surrounding a large tree in the middle of the cafe.
The first girl is pretty short, she has a sky blue eyes and curly dark teal and mint green hair with purple highlights. She wears a tiny purple teacup on her head that resembles a top hat, gold spoon drop earrings and a jade bead necklace with a golden bow. She wears a very colorful dress. This is Madeline Hatter,
The second girl has dark brown, wavy hair with purple strands in her braid, wooden dark brown skin, and dark brown eyes. She wears a dress that uses the colors yellow, purple and various shades of pink for effect. This is Cedar Wood.
The third girl has grey eyes and straight hair with two white streaks, one part of her hair is draped over her shoulder and wears a red hood over a dress. This is Cerise Hood.
The only male has brown eyes and brown hair combed over to one side. He buzzcutted the other side of his hair. He wears a brown-furred sleeveless hoodie jacket over a green long-sleeve shirt, white pants and brown boots. This is Hunter Hunstman.
"Hey guys!" Raven greeted as she walks towards them with Eddy following suit.
His appearance immediately got the attention of Madeline, "Oh! Oh! Oh! Is he the transfer student from another world that you told us from your text message?'' she asked in excitement.
Raven let's out a chuckle, "Yes, Maddie, he is the one I'm talking about." she replied with a smile.
Maddie let's out an excited laugh, "Hat-tastic! It's been so long since we have a transfer student and from another world, no less!" she cheered as she grabs both of Eddy's and began to shake it up and down that Eddy felt his entire body vibrated, "Hi! I'm Madeline Hatter, daughter of the one and only Mad Hatter, it's nice to meet you!" she introduced herself.
Eddy can't help but compare this girl to another hyperactive girl he knew, "P-Pinkie Pie! Is that you?!" he exclaimed in surprise.
"Pinkie Pie?'' Maddie repeated.
Eddy shook his head, "Sorry... you're so full of energy and your cheerfulness reminds me of a friend of mine back home." he replied.
Maddie let's out a gasp in glee, "Really? Does she like tea parties?'' she asked.
Eddy rubs the back of his head, "Well... she is a party girl... a wild one... but never once she held a tea party.'' he replied thoughtfully, "But knowing her... any kind of party is fun for her." he said. "Anyway... it's nice to meet you, I'm Eddy Skipper McGee. Short, sweet, rolls of a tongue, ladies loves it.'' he introduced himself with a grin.
"They do?'' Hunter asked.
"Oh yeah! I see many girls going heads over heels for me in the past weeks.'' Eddy claimed as he slicks his already slicked back hair.
"So... you're a flirt?'' Cerise asked with a raised eyebrow.
Eddy let's out a chuckle, "I was... until a friend of mine knocks some sense out of me...'' he admitted referring to Double D, "... literally.'' he added. "He hits me on the head with a rolled-up tabloid whenever I try to flirt with a girl.'' he stated rubbing the top of his head.
Everyone burst out laughing at his statement, "At least you learned your lesson." Cedar said, "Hi, I'm Cedar Wood, it's nice to meet you.'' she introduced herself.
Eddy nodded, "Likewise." he replied, "So... judging by your last name, are you made of wood?'' he asked.
Cedar nodded, "Yup! I am made of wood.'' she replied, "I am the daughter of Pinochio after all, and I can't lie." she said with a smile.
Hunter then stood up and extended a hand, "Sup! The name's Hunter Huntsman, the son of the Huntsman." he introduced himself.
Eddy accepted his handshake, "Nice to meet you too." he replied, "So... you hunt animals?'' he asked.
Hunter shook his head, "Nah... I love animals. Can't bring myself to hurt them." he replied.
Eddy nodded, "You and the animal loving friend of mine will get along well." he said referring to Fluttershy. He then turns to Cerise, "So... uhh... lemme guess... the daughter of the Red Riding Hood.'' he pointed out.
Cerise let's out a small smile, "What gave you the idea, the hood or my hair?" she asked before giggling, "Cerise Hood, it's nice to meet you.'' she introduced herself.
"Likewise." Eddy replied, "But why are you wearing a hood indoors?'' he asked as he looks up, "Is there a squall time in this cafe?'' he asked.
Cerise grabs her hood and pulls it down further, "I... I just love wearing it...'' she replied nervously.
Eddy raised an eyebrow but shrug his shoulders, "Welp! If you say so.'' he replied.
Hunter then grabs another chair, "Here Eddy, have a seat.'' he suggested, "Can you tell us more about your world? I'm kinda interested.'' he admitted.
Eddy took a seat and let's out a smile, "Where do I start?'' he mused.
Eddy then began to tell them about his world, the city he lives, the school that he attends and his friends, and the fact that fairytale stories in his world are really popular. He then began to explain about the magic in his world and all of the magical fiasco that he is part of from his battle against Araya, the Fall Formal incident, the Battle of the Bands and the Gourd's attack. The locals can't help but listen to Eddy in awe.
"I never knew that magic exist in your world." Raven pointed out in awe.
"Yeah! I'm also surprised that our parent's stories are all well-known in their world." Cerise stated.
Eddy took a sip of his latte, "Believe it or not, Raven. Magic has been existing in my world even before my parents are born." he said, "But like I said before, magic is well kept secret from public to keep it away from evil.'' he stated, "And yup! The stories in this world are really well-known, from books to movies, fairytales stories aren't going away anytime soon." he claimed.
"That is so hat-tastic!" Maddie cheered.
"What magic do you have?'' Cedar asked curiously.
Eddy shows the back of his hand where a wind symbol etched on it, "This mark represents the element of wind. Ever since I gained this, I've been using wind magic for fighting...'' he explained, "... and sometimes to cause mischief.'' he added.
"Never knew you were a fighter.'' Hunter admitted, "I definitely want to see you take a dragon one day.'' he claimed.
"A dragon?'' Eddy repeated, "Oh boy... that is something I never thought of fighting but I'm for a challenge." he admitted.
"So aside from magic... what do you do in you world?'' Raven asked.
"Well... aside from causing trouble at school with whatever shenanigan I came up with, I actually work at a candy store." Eddy said, "Also... I'm lead vocalist of a band.'' he added.
"Wo-wee! You can sing?" Maddie asked in excitement.
"Can we hear you sing?'' Cedar asked.
Eddy then grabs his backpack, "Rather than singing live, I rather show you my band's performance in a video." he said as he pulls out his yellow and red tablet.
"Woah... is that your MirrorPad?'' Hunter asked.
"Nope." Eddy replied as he looks at his tablet, "This is tablet but it is kinda similar to your MirrorPads.'' he explained as he scrolls a few screen and then clicks on a folder, "Aha! Found it!" he exclaimed. He then clicks on file and a video screen pops out, "This is one of my band's recent performances, enjoy.'' he said as he shows them the video of his band performing Black Balloon at the school cafeteria.
After finishing watching the video, the locals can't help but be awed.
Maddie is clapping madly in glee, "That was hat-tastic!" she cheered.
"That was hexcellent!" Raven said with a smile.
"You sure know how to sing." Cerise complimented with a small smile.
"I can't tell a lie but that was really spelltastic!" Cedar exclaimed in joy.
"You should try performing live sometimes, I guarantee it'll be Ever after awesome!" Hunter said with a thumb-up.
Eddy raised an eyebrow with their choice of words, which sounds like a pun to him, but appreciates it nonetheless, "Thanks. It pays to practice.'' he said.
After a few more lively conversation, everybody decided to part ways for now. Walking at the streets of Book End, we see Eddy, Raven and Maddie having a conversation as they made their way to the dorms.
"When I say hat-tastic, it means fantastic! When I say Tea-rific, it means terrific!" Maddie explained in glee.
"Gee... the vocabulary in this world really screams fairy tale.'' Eddy stated, "I better study these things up or I'll get confused.'' he exclaimed.
Raven let's out a giggle, "Don't worry, Maddie and I will help you with that.'' she claimed.
"Hello, Raven! Hello, Maddie!" a posh voice greeted, "Oh! You must be the new student in our school.'' the voiced.
Raven rolled her eyes, "Knew it be a matter of time before she shows up.'' she muttered.
The three turns around and is greeted by the sight of a young beautiful girl that made Eddy gawked. The girl has a bright blue eyes and pale white skin. Her long blonde hair fell down gracefully as it always did, having a bit of a curl at the ends. She wore a beautiful dress, with puffed white sleeves and a crimson bodice, the skirt had various white designs on it, with either gold or white thread, a large crimson apple had been stitched onto the side of it. She wore silver gray fishnet stockings, with red heels that had golden bows on them. Atop her head, she wore a crimson bow, with a small glittering crown on it. This is Apple White.
"Hey, Apple. What can we do for you?'' Raven asked crossing her arms.
Apple let's out a giggle, "I heard from Headmaster Grimm that we had a new student in our school." she replied, "So, I decided to introduced myself to him.'' she said before turning to the still gawking Eddy, "Hello there, my name is Apple White, the daughter of Snow White, it's a pleasure to meet you.'' she introduced herself when she noticed Eddy is staring at her, "Umm... are you okay?'' she asked in concern.
Raven and Maddie turns to Eddy when he suddenly began to sing, "I wanna lay you down on a bed of roses, for tonight I'll sleep in a bed nails... oh~" he sang but rather than Bon Jovi style, he sang like Elvis Presley. Eddy then shook his head and waves his hand frantically in front of him, "Sorry about that.'' he said as Raven and Maddie let's out a snicker.
Apple let's out a giggle, "That was a really sweet song, I never knew that the new student can sing." she said with a smile.
"Sorry about that, you just too beautiful, I can't help but sing.'' Eddy admitted, "Anyway... I'm Eddy Skipper McGee.'' he introduced himself.
"It's nice to meet you.'' Apple greeted back.
"Before anything I just had to say something...'' Eddy said as he took a deep breath, "How come every girls in this world are so Goddamn beautiful! Seriously! While the girls back home are beautiful on their own right, except Rainbow Dash - she's still ugly as fuck, but the girls in this world are over the top!" he ranted.
"Well... we're flattered that you call us beautiful.'' Raven admitted.
"Anyway, I just came here to meet the new student." Apple said, "Eddy, if you need anything, please don't be shy and ask for my assistance.'' she suggested.
"O-Okay...'' Eddy replied nervously.
Apple giggled again, "Well, I'll see you around." she said, "I'll say you later, Raven.'' she said before walking away.
The three watches her go as Eddy spoke, "Men... her skin is so pale." he commented, "I wonder how many whitening cream did she used.'' he mused.
This caused Maddie to burst out laughing as Raven let's out a snort, "She is the daughter of Snow White, the fairest of them all." she said.
"Snow White, huh? Too bad you have other plans in life, Raven.'' Eddy mused.
Raven let's out a sigh, "Yeah... but Apple doesn't understand that.'' she replied, "I keep telling her that I don't want to become evil but she insist that I had to, so she can get her happily ever after.'' she stated.
Eddy let's out a scoff, "Well that's bullshit! Just because you're son or daughter of any fairytale figures doesn't mean you had to follow their footsteps.'' he said, "Story endings might always be the same. The hero wins, the bad guy loses, the survivor cheers and they all live happily ever after.'' he said as Raven and Maddie listens to him, "However... when comes to life, neither you and I are mere readers. We are the writers of our own stories. We can go beyond our stories and ended the way we like to.'' he said before turning to the two, "We live in a world where everything changes each year. We also go through the phase of changing for better or for worse. If you want a different path in life, you yourself have to change or nothing will change for you.'' he finished.
Raven can't help but smile at Eddy's speech, "Wow... you're totally right! I have to change myself first by rewriting my destiny!" she exclaimed.
"Which you already did! And everything around us is slowly changing! It's tea-rrific!" Maddie cheered.
Raven gave Eddy a smile, "I'm really glad that I met you, Eddy." she claimed, "Now I know for sure that I made the right decision of re-writing my destiny.'' she said.
"Glad to help." Eddy replied, "Now... where is the way to the dorms again? I need to unpack my stuffs... even though I don't brought a lot." he stated, "Men! I need to buy some new clothes!" he exclaimed.
"Don't worry, we'll help you out.'' Raven replied.
As the three teens walks away, unbeknownst to them, a person just recorded a video of Eddy with his speech and quickly uploaded it on the MirrorNet, this world's version of the Internet.
"It looks like Eddy is going to make an impact a lot earlier than expected." the male narrator stated.
"I agree... but I had to admit... that was a very spelltacular speech.'' the female narrator admitted.
And that's just the first.
And that's that! Finally I introduced a few more characters which includes favorites like Madeline Hatter and Cerise Hood. Next chapter, Eddy will be attending class and we'll meet more characters from Ever After High.