Sebastian had been coming along so quickly, that it confirmed Laura's suspicions about him being the next sorcerer.

He was right. If his parents found out, he would be dead. Laura could remember visits to Havfrue when she was young, the kingdom had always hated magic, and since they were such close friends with Villeneuve, they both hated magic.

Laura walked outside with Agatha and looked up at the ranking board. They had just found out that trial by tale would be in three weeks. Laura was ready to compete.

1. Laura of Neverland

2. Sebastian of Havfrue

3. Agatha of The Woods Beyond

4. Tedros of Camelot

Sophie had been holding more and more lessons and was becoming popular with almost everyone.

Agatha had been up for hours at night, along with Laura, they both got out of their room with ease. Agatha went over to the school for evil to help her friend, and Laura had been teaching Sebastian magic.

"Oh, my Merlin." Agatha breathed.

Laura looked over at where her friend was staring. Sophie and Tedros walked through the line, hand in hand.

Everyone was staring.

"That backstabbing-" Agatha cursed under her breath.

Laura shook her head in disbelief.

She looked up to find Sebastian staring at her. His face was concerned, and Laura shrugged in response. The rest of the student body had noticed the way they weren't arguing anymore, that they had taken to barely communicating at all. Dishes had been doing it bad. When in reality, dishes took a half hour.

TIMESKIP

Laura walked down the hallway outside the groom room, attempting to find the hall of good, but she had had little luck.

The door to the groom room open and Laura had to refrain from groaning as Beatrix and her possy exited, trailed by smells of perfume so strong they caused Laura to gag.

Beatrix spotted Laura, and her gaze turned harsh.

"Oh, Laura." Her voice was sing-song.

Laura turned around, looking at Beatrix with a fake smile. "How can I help you, Beatrix?"

"I just wanted to have a word with you."

Laura raised an eyebrow as the girls around them sniggered.

"I wanted to question what you think you are doing with the Prince of Havfrue?"

Laura let out a barking laugh. "Sebastian? What about him?"

"What is going on with you two?" She questioned. "You haven't fought in ages. You just start doing dishes together and all of a sudden you're best friends?"

"I wouldn't say that," Laura scoffed. "We sorted out our differences."

"Uh-huh. If I were you, I would back off of him. He doesn't need someone like you and don't forget, I know who you really are."

Laura held her hand up. "Are you really trying to threaten me, Beatrix?"

Flames curled along the tip, dancing. Beatrix's eyes widened, and she stepped back slightly as the classroom door down the hall opened, and the boys filed out from swordplay.

The girls instantly perked up as they passed, flirting.

Beatrix smiled at Tedros and Sebastian and gave them a flirty wave. Laura snickered as their faces were masked with confusion.

Beatrix snarled at Laura, and Laura held up her firey hand. "Try me."

TIMESKIP

It was dark out, and Laura stood, about thirty feet away from Sebastian in the dark library. "Are you sure you want to try this?" She asked, tying her hair up and out of her face.

Sebastian bounced from foot to foot, in his ridiculous pyjamas. "I want to try this."

"Okay," Laura responded. She summoned fire, weaving it around herself until she had a rope long enough.

She planted her feet. "Here it comes." A second later, she shot her hand out, guiding the fire rope towards Sebastian. He grabbed it, changing it into water, and spun it around himself, before heading it back towards her. She turned it back into fire before turning it back on him.

It continued like this until both of them had exhausted their powers, leaving them sweaty and tired.

Laura sighed, pulling the fire back in as Sebastian came over ot her.

"I've decided I'm not going to do it anymore."

"Do what?"

"My parents' dirty work."

Laura gave him a questioning hum.

"I'm not going to attack Neverland anymore. You've helped me more than I'm willing to admit, and why would I stab you in the back? If I'm a magician or whatever, I need Neverland for its magic."

Laura nodded. "There is actually something I haven't told you about magic for people like us," She paused, ducking her head out the door, before starting to walk down the hallway. "Have you noticed that your finger doesn't glow?"

Sebastian nodded. "I did, I wasn't sure why."

"That's because, while everyone else in this school draws from pixie dust in pixie hollow, people like you and I draw from the power of belief."

At Sebastian's face, she continued. "It's a backup. So even if your parents wanted to destroy that source, they are only cutting off magic for themselves. You and I draw from the reader's belief in good. That is why it's very rare that evil has such powerful magic. Maleficent is the only one I know, and that's because she was in the right."

"So as long as people believe, we can continue to be the most powerful people in the fairytale kingdom."

"And if people stop believing?"

"We have bigger problems if no one believes. But yes, we would lose all our magic."

"Then why do you carry that necklace?"

"Heirloom from Peter Pan, it helps me to fly."

"You can fly?"

Laura nodded. "I can fly."

"Are you ready for the trial by tale?"

"Born ready! I am going to pummel evil."

Sebastian laughed. "If only my parents could see me now. Fraternizing with the enemy."

Laura detected an undertone of sadness. "Hey, I get what it's like to be in your shoes. I don't talk to my parents because of this."

Sebastian's eyebrows furrowed. "Who are your parents?"

"Nobody, it doesn't matter."