By 7th Period Muse-ic Class Rosabella was exhausted. Taking villain classes was tiring when you had villains glaring at your back the entire time. Luckily she had a few classes with Raven, Faybelle, and Ginger so she didn't feel alone. But walking into Muse-ic Class and seeing all the princesses made Rosabella even more tired. She headed to the seat at the back of the class, next to a window. She all but fell into her seat and laid her head down on her arms. She closed her eyes and tried to drown out the sounds of princesses practicing their vocals around her. A few minutes later their music teacher, The Pied Piper, entered the classroom and called his students to order.

"Hello everyone! And welcome to Muse-ic Class. This year we will be learning to write songs about your destiny's. Doesn't that sound fun?"

A chorus of girls squealing filled the room, Rosabella could only think of her parents fighting and let out a quiet groan.

"All right! So for today I want you to try writing up a draft on a song, and feel free to try singing the lyrics out loud." He smiled encouragingly.

Rosabella looked out the window at the forest and thought about everything she had learned about her destiny as a child and what she had learned about it this summer. She pulled out a piece of paper, and began writing, she wasn't worried about grammar or punctuation, she just wanted to get her thoughts down before she lost them. After an hour of writing, erasing, and scratching out lines, Rosabella finally had something she could call a song. But she had no clue as to how it was going to sound. The bell rang and she stuffed the song into her backpack and headed out of class.

Rosabella stood in the hallway debating with herself. She had Cooking Class-ic next but she was too tired to go, and honestly just didn't feel like standing over a boiling pot for the next hour. But it wasn't like her to skip class. Then again it wasn't like her to challenge her destiny, but summer had changed all that. With a shrug she headed towards the library to start her research.

Rosabella had to be careful sneaking into the library, the Evil Stepsister librarians were strict about seeing a pass. She checked to make sure they were gone before she slipped in and headed for the Curses and Spells section of the library. Lucky for her it was at the back of the library and was dimly lit, so it was easier for her to hide from the Stepsisters. She began looking over the titles of the books. For about ten minutes all she did was look at title after title, until she found Ancient Spells of Punishment. She pulled out the heavy volume and set it on the table. When she saw the dusk covering the book she shook her head and smiled at the cliche before blowing the dusk off. She sat down and opened the book up and began to read.

Rosabella read the book from cover to cover and found nothing of any use in there to help her. Sighing she shoved the book back into the bookcase, picked her backpack up, and headed out of the library. When she got out of the rows of books, she saw that it was now dark outside. Shocked she looked down at her watch and gasped when she saw that it was eleven at night. She walked over to the doors and tried to open them. Locked.

"Oh no." She groaned and looked around.

She walked over to the large windows that looked up at the moon. "Help?"

She heard a noise behind her and whipped around. There was nothing behind her, but then again it was dark and she couldn't see much in the dark. "Hello?"

Another sound came in reply, but it sounded as if it had moved. Rosabella took a step forward in the direction of the noise. "Is someone there?"

The sound of someone's boots walking down one of the rows of books was her reply. She quickly followed after them. She heard her heart pounding in her chest, but reassured herself that no one in Ever After High would harm her. Still her heart pounded.

"Are...are you helping me out?" She called out.

The sound of the boots stopped, and so did Rosabella. It was pitch black and she reached out until she felt the wood of one of the bookshelves. "Is that a no?" She asked.

She heard a loud clanking sound then the creek of a door opening, and she saw a light several feet away from her. She ran towards the light until she had passed through the door. But once outside the door, she stopped and turned around, searching for a figure in the dark. But she saw no one.

"Thank you, whoever you are, thank you." She looked into the dark a moment longer, before turning around. Standing there for a moment, she could sense someone watching her. Her heart continued to pound, and her instinct was to bolt away, but she remained in place.

"Whoever you are, you don't need to hide from me. Please say something to me." She whispered.

It was silent for a few more minutes before she got her reply.

"Rosie."

Rosabella took off in a dead run, and she kept running until she was standing before her dorm room, breathing heavily. She leaned against the cold stone wall, putting her heated cheek against it. She closed her eyes and replayed that voice in her head.

"Rosie."

The voice that she had heard had defiantly been a man. The deep sound of it was proof enough of that. When she had heard it, it sounded as if it had been just a couple of feet behind her. She knew logically that she should be terrified. Her heart was still pounding.

Unfortunately her heart was pounding for a different reason.