Rosabella didn't think that telling Cerise meant she'd be blabbing about her parents problems to half of the Ever After High student body, but she
guessed that it was worth it to have her friends care so much about her. She looked around the table at her group of friends. Cerise and Darling
were sitting on each side of her, then there was Raven Queen, Madeline Hatter. She smiled shaking her head when she saw Bunny and Alistair,
they had come when Cerise had hexted them, but they were still absorbed in each other. They were too cute together to be mad at. Kitty Cheshire,
Poppy O'Hair, and Faybelle Thorn had to pull up extra chairs to the table. Rosabelle smiled looking at her friends. With everything that had happened
at home this summer, it was nice to be reminded that she had family here at Ever After High.
"So your parents are splitting up?" Raven asked. Rosabella nodded.
"Why?"
"My father blames my mother for
being turned into a Beast, that he had to choose her to be turned back to normal. That he had no choice."
Rosabella sighed.
Everyone looked at Raven who had to look away from Rosabella. "I'm sorry."
Rosabella reached out and touched Raven's hand. "Hey its not your fault. Just because you questioned your destiny, doesn't mean your the first
one to think about it. You were just the first to do it."
"Yea but I still feel like I set things in motion with my actions." Raven sighs.
"Actually Raven you did." Rosabella smiles. "Thank you."
Raven looked up at Rosabella and raised an eyebrow. Rosabella shakes her head. "Never mind."
Cerise rubs Rosabella's arm. "So what's gonna happen to you?"
Rosabella frowns. "I don't know. Right now school starting was probably the best thing for me. They started fighting over custody, and splitting of
assets. It was terrible."
"I'm sorry Rosabella." A few voices said at the same time.
She nodded and smiled at her friends. "I'll be okay. Thank you all for being here for me."
Her group of friends gathered around and hugged her tightly, and she felt the love from them.
"We're always here for you girly." Alistair said, patting her shoulder.
"Okay! So can we please talk about something else? I need to get my mind off of this stuff."
A chorus of voices agreed with her, and suddenly everyone was talking about different things. Rosabella noticed Raven watching her with a curious
look on her face. Rosabella knew that whatever was on Raven's mind, would come up later when they were alone. So she didn't worry about it
right now. Instead she threw herself into the conversations going on around her.
A while later everyone finally started to leave and Rosabella was saying her goodbyes when Raven came up and touched her arm. "Can I walk with
you back to school?"
"Of course Raven." They headed back towards Ever After High. Raven stayed silent for a while, and Rosabella waited. When they reached the
Enchanted Forest Raven finally spoke.
"Rosabella...What about the Beast?"
Rosabella stopped and looked at Raven confused. "My father? What do you mean?"
Raven stopped and turned around to face Rosabella. "No. I mean your Beast."
Rosabella looked into Raven's eyes. "I'm taking care of it."
"Do you even know who it is?"
She shook her head. "No, but it doesn't matter. I'm not going to let the same thing that happened to my parents, happen to me."
Raven stepped towards Rosabella. "Be careful Rosabella. I don't know what your planning but if Milton Grimm finds out..."
"I know. I'm being careful. I...I know what I'm doing." Rosabella said firmly.
"Do you?" Raven asked.
Rosabella looked up at the darkening sky, and hoped that she wasn't getting in over her head. This is the right thing to do, she told herself.
The next morning Rosabella got up and headed down to the Castleteria for breakfast. Walking into the Castleteria Rosabella looked around for
her friends and saw Bunny, Ginger, and Melody sitting together at a table. She headed over and sat down. "Morning."
"Morning!" They replied.
"Rosabella let me see your schedule!" Bunny said holding out her hand.
Rosabella rolled her eyes, chuckling, she handed over her schedule.
Bunny's face went from happy, to disappointed to confused in a matter of second. "What the-?"
Rosabella laughed. "I don't think we have any classes together."
"Uh yea. What's up with your schedule?" Bunny handed it back.
"Long story. But I have my reasons." Rosabella returned her schedule to her backpack.
Bunny nodded, she wasn't one to pry into people's business. "So..." Rosabella said to change subjects, "Are you finally gonna make a move on
Alistair this year?"
Bunny's pale face turned tomato red. "I...uh...that is...I'm not..."
Rosabella smiled. "Uh-huh sure!"
Bunny shook her head and glared at Rosabella. "What about you!" She shot back.
"What about me?" Rosabella said laughing.
"Are you finally gonna date someone this year?"
Now it was Rosabella's turn to blush. "Well I don't really have time to date, with everything going on."
Bunny smiled. "Rosabella you need to have fun, especially this year, with everything going on."
Rosabella shrugged. "I don't know. Its kinda pointless with this being Legacy Year for me."
Ginger shook her head. "That's an excuse honey."
Rosabella shot a glare at Ginger. "Excuse or not, its still true. There is no point after this year."
"Well what about your Beast?" Melody piped up.
Rosabella looked over at her. "I have no idea who he is. For a while I thought it was Dexter Charming, given his untitled prince role. But my mother
said she had met my Beast and it wasn't him."
"Your mother has met him?" Bunny asked, her eyebrows shooting up.
"Yea. But she won't let me meet him." Rosabella frowned.
"That's messed up." Melody said.
"No kidding."
Suddenly a loud bell rang and people began standing up all around them. They too stood up and began to head out of the Castleteria. Rosabella
turned to go to her first class when someone grabbed her arm. She turned and looked at a very serious Bunny.
"Rosabella you really need to have some fun this year. Forget Legacy Day, forget destiny and have fun. You deserve it."
Rosabella thought about her parents and everything that had happened that summer, and the look on hr father's face when he accused her mother.
"No Bunny, I don't think I do. Not yet anyway."
And with that she headed off to class.
