"Run" Was what they all heard in their minds; but they all stood where they were in a fixed position- doing the opposite. The figure saw the girls {and the boy, of course} and moved away, disappearing from their line of sight from the distance.
"That... Didn't look like the Queen of Hearts to me..." Cerise stated, recalling her appearance
The group were back to back as they heard a rustling noise near to them- Wow, she must be desperate to be here...
"Lizzie?" Kitty asked, reappearing in front of Dexter. Dexter jumped back a bit, startled as she did so
Lizzie emerged from the trees with an expression that had mixed emotions; relief, worry and happiness all mixed in to one. But the one that stood out was relief- she was relieved to see at least some people {Her pride would not allow her to call the other people that weren't from Wonderland her best friends exactly}. The rest appeared shocked to see her, excluding Madeleine.
"Lizzie?" The group repeated at once
"Yes, I am Lizzie Hearts- Do you not remember me?" Lizzie asked, crossing her arms
"Of course we do, Lizzie" Apple began "Honestly, we weren't expecting it to be you, I thought it was only us here..."
"Fine, but i demand to ask how we got here-" She cut herself off remembering one of the rules her mother had given to her; 'Never ever ever ever ever ever ever ever admit there's something you don't know. Because you know everything. You may have forgotten a piece of the everything. Also don't tell anyone you forgot' "-Or rather enlighten everyone else of how they got here because i don't wish to tell them myself"
Raven shrugged, but of course she knew; If she told them about their plans then she'd get in to big trouble- not to mention the fact that she used a forbidden book or that everyone would keep on asking her to get them back when she didn't know how " We're going back anyway"
"Don't be a silly billy, Raven! You fixed Wonderland!" Maddie exclaimed happily
Kitty had a knowing smirk on her face "Yeah...Somehow" She said, as Raven shot a look at her
"You... Fixed Wonderland?" Lizzie asked with a hint of interest
Before Kitty could say anything, Dexter spoke up "Uh yeah, but... she forgot how" Why did i have to speak up- forgot? Who would forget something like this? He scolded himself
"Are you sure this is Wonderland?" Ashlynn asked, she figured that Dexter was trying to cover up something, or rather Raven was hiding something
Lizzie nodded "Well, when i regained consciousness I found myself at home instead of the tea shoppe..."
O-X-x-X-O
Lizzie pulled herself up from her heart printed couch that she must have fell asleep on. As she looked around at her surroundings; she saw portraits of herself, her mother and father hung upon the walls but what was strange was a picture of her being crowned queen. She stood up fro the couch and rubbed her eyes to see if she wasn't dreaming. She wasn't. She was in the castle -Forget that, she was in her castle.
It was a knock at the door that pulled her out of her 'trance'
"Come in!" She shouted, her mother always told her that the card soldiers responded to shouting, and whilst that was true, Lizzie believed that they could still carry commands by being shouted at less. The card soldier shyly opened the door in her presence before bowing
"Y-your m-majesty, a group of p-people have a-arrived in the f-forest... B-but they don't l-look like th-they're from wonder...land... W-what are your o-orders, your majesty?" The card soldier stuttered, picking himself back up
Lizzie was almost about to shout her usual phrase 'Off with the head!" but then she replayed what he said in her mind and tilted her head "Hm? Me? but all i am is a princess- this is my mother's kingdom, soon to be mine. Why do you not tell my mother?"
"Have you forgotten y-your majesty? You just re-recovered from y-your sleep... You were recently crowned queen and you r-rule this k-kingdom, your m-majesty" He said as he gestured to some portraits on the wall.
"Where's my mother?" She demanded to know
The card soldier flinched at her change of voice "Th-th-the Queen Of H-hearts is n-not here r-right now. S-she did not tell me wh-where she was going... B-but for n-now she left s-some card soldiers t-to look after you..." He explained
"Dismissed" She simply said with a wave of her hand. As soon as he left, she plopped down on to the couch and began to think about what to do. Part of her was worried about her mother, part of her was confused about what was going on, and part of her felt lonely.
That's sad, Narrator!
Madeline, please
Just let her tell the story Maddie
Kitty! What are you doing here?
Maddie...
Oh, right, i'll let you get back to it!
She then recalled the card soldier talking about a group of people who looked like they weren't from Wonderland- could they be from Ever After High? But what if they were from Neverland? Or what if she didn't know them at all?
After debating, Lizzie got up and headed towards the door that was covered in hearts. Once she opened it, she turned to the card soldiers and told them that she was going to be out for a while before heading outside. The air welcomed her as she looked everywhere. Just like it was before... She thought
O-X-x-X-O
"And then i arrived here" She said, finishing off her story
"But why were you shouting 'Off with the head!' ?" Apple piped up
"I was saying hello of course" Lizzie answered and everyone in the group looked between them
"O-ok" Apple replied
"Do you know the way out of here?" Raven asked, face palming herself mentally. Of course she knows, she lives here! "Uh, can you get us out?"
Kitty smiled mischieviously "I could offe-" She began but was cut of by a chorus of "No!"
Of course; if Kitty was going to lead them then they'd probably wind up even more lost inside the forest and nobody wanted that at all. Kitty didn't seem bothered by it, as if she was planning on something anyway. Raven and Cerise self-appointed themselves to keep an eye on Kitty until they got out of Wonderland
"Over there" She pointed to a place in the distance
"Aw, do we have to go already? Wonderland is hat-tastic! Why don't we stay?" Maddie suggested
Raven shook her head "We need to get back to Ever After, Maddie before we do anything. You can come back here later" Raven said putting a hand on her shoulder
Maddie nodded before clicking her fingers "Okay, let's go to Ever After!"
The rest of the group nodded their heads before carrying on to reach the exit that Lizzie had pointed to, of course, over the course of the journey, the group were becoming more tired.
O-X-x-X-O
Briar opened her eyes slowly as she realized she was being carried by two people "Hngh?" She mumbled
"Ah! Briar! You're awake!" Ashlynn and Apple exclaimed at the same time, although Apple sounded more pleased to hear her voice
Briar yawned and rubbed her eyes as she stood up. Cerise, Lizzie, Kitty and Dexter were a little bit ahead of the three so they probably didn't realize she was awake at all. They were much too focused on following Lizzie Hearts
"Hey girls, what did I miss?" Briar asked, pushing her crownglasses higher up
Ashlynn sighed "It's a long story but right now we're in Wonderland"
"Oh ok- wait! Now Wonderland's open i can finally add more things to my bucket list! I've zip-lined in Ever After but not in Wonderland! Ooh- do you think I coul-" Briar began as she felt a rush of excitement through her but was interrupted by Apple
"And we're about to leave it too, Briar... Sorry..." Apple added
Whilst the group of girls behind were talking, the group in front were about to reach the exit. When they travelled, Madeline gave them a few tea breaks {And by a few, I mean a lot} and they had time to rest too so the gang was all ready to get to Ever After. It was a miracle that they managed to get their without the sun going down. They all breathed in before stepping in to a portal and were immediately transferred to the village of BookEnd.
Raven's eyes widened as she took two steps forward to the building
"Welcome to Ever After high, a high school ran by Milton Grimm and..." She paused "Giles Grimm"
A/N: Wow! I'm guessing that a lot of these characters sound probably really ooc! And as for the whole shippping thing, most of them will be hinted at but some might happen, who knows? Also i'm sorry for posting really late because i usually try to publish a chapter each week! It's probably the reason why they may sound ooc or the reason why i haven't replied to some of the reviews...
I'll edit this chapter later and reply!~ Thank you for bearing with me!