Mamodo and Ever After
Chapter 4
The Royal Truth
The rest of the day's classes progressed regularly, that means they were all boring and provided absolutely no substance to Brago, the closest thing that happened to interesting was in that kingdom management class. That royal named Darling Charming isn't as sweet and naïve as the rest of those worthless royals, she's been playing them from the start. Brago had been watching her since then, without the rest of the class or teacher noticing, but of course she did, but didn't do anything about it.
He watched her work throughout the classes, her movements showed her skill and training, she scanned everything as soon as she entered the room, regardless of how often she'd been in it. She took note of all the exits, how far they were from them once they set down, where the teacher was, the position of the other students, what they were carrying, everything. Her schoolwork was done short and to the point, no extra movement or energy was wasted, each stroke of the quill was done without mistake. Every movement in gym class was done in complete sync with her breathing and timed perfectly to ensure the best possible time, second best, Brago got first in a race that period. Lunch was awkward since nobody still had the heart to tell Bo Peep's daughter that Brago ate her sheep the day before, but Brago didn't care, too busy watching the movements of Darling. Her meal was designed for a fighter, full of calories to burn through, but small enough to disguise as a light meal for a princess watching her figure.
Everything else was the same throughout the classes, the biggest event came when school that day was over and Darling headed for the roof of the school with Brago following. They knew of each other's presence, they were going to the roof to talk, Darling was a warrior, Brago was a warrior, they both had similar thought patterns. So when they reached the roof and Darling turned to look back at her partner, he wasn't surprised when she broke the mask and turned her eyes as cold as Brago's.
"You're going to change everything around here," Darling said as she looked him in the eyes with crossed arms and a confident look, even in those cold eyes.
Brago looked at her and blinked in confusion for a few moments, "what the hell are you talking about," he asked in a growl while crossing his arms over his chest.
"I'm saying that you're going to change everything around here, well, you Raven and me, Raven because her ideal of choosing your own destiny is spreading already, I've seen the doubt in the people's eyes. I'm going to change things around here with your help, we're going to open the people's eyes to the true Reality. The truth is, the storybook of legends is just an old book of stories given magical power by the royals of ancient, they wanted to control who was important or not, namely themselves and their children. The rebels of ancient wanted freedom for the masses, but what we are going to do is something similar, but a different end goal than freedom for all," Darling explained before pausing.
"You mean that no one even had to go by these labels and are just following everything because they have been taught to by their parents, what a shocker to see that in people with free will," Brago commented dryly.
"Well, the current royal family of Snow White is the only ones that know, the rest of the royal families fell out of the loop over time, but Snow White's line is the only to make sure the secret was kept up to code. Mostly to ensure nobody finds out about it and to make sure it's followed through with, but with Raven starting to change things and then us helping, that will end. And since we have a secret weapon thanks to a little detail that was kept out of Apple's reach and only I have access too, it will be easier," she informed.
"What detail, and you never did mention why you wanted to free the masses, and I never agreed to help, yet that is," he growled out.
"Since Apple has shown great incompetence and is passive with no actual backbone whatsoever, I was given the duty to safeguard the secret of the line, that's how I know all of this. My two brothers are just idiots in everything, not even Dexter is up to my level, made sure of it when we were little with a head injury by pushing him off a tree. Daring was never going to reach any level of competence, and my parents knew it, which is why they kept trying after having enough heirs, needed one good one. All I need to do is get rid of them and never tell my children after everything is done and nobody will ever control fate again," Darling informed.
"You're still not telling me what it is you want by freeing the masses, you can't just be doing this to rule the school or something like a cliché villain, you don't seem the type," Brago thoughtfully said.
"I'm not the type, I don't want to control the school, nor do I want world domination, I simply want chaos and rioting, then during the chaos, we take over everything, and I do mean everything," she stated.
"Intriguing, you don't want to rule the school, you want to rule everything, not a bad plan either, cause wide spread panic and rioting, in the midst of the chaos, kill the royal family. Since you would be the only one alive, or not in prison, you would have the only claim to the throne, not to mention you would be seen as the hero of the land, further adding public support. It seems like you have everything already figured out, so what could I help you with in this little scheme of yours," he asked her.
"First, I need your help, you have the mind of the evil queen in you, Raven may have gotten her looks, but you have her brain," Darling was cut off by Brago.
"Neither of us look like the true evil queen, in actuality, my mother's blonde, we both get our dark sides from our father, who you don't need to know about. I got my mother's cunning, yes, but my sister got my father's heart, and believe me when I tell you that Raven will not go along with your plan, good thing we don't have to tell her everything, isn't it."
"Very good thing, by the time she realizes, it will be too late, I'm a little shocked that the evil queen is actually blonde though. Regardless, for the creating the chaos, I need your brain, and since you and I are connected as long as I hold this book, we're in this together. After the chaos is when I still need you, I need a king to help the public still support me, the royal council as well, and I think that you're the best possible choice at that," she stated.
"So, you want me to help you in this, mainly for my brain, but you also need my help being your king to help with public opinion, is this just your way of asking me to be your boyfriend because you never had one," Brago commented.
"No, in fact, I find that whole concept to be trivial, just as I'm sure that you do as well, and even if we both find it trivial, we're going to have to establish a basis for the future by going on…dates," Darling pointed out with difficulty.
"No shit, but fine, we start slow and only places where there are slow traffic to get a feel for each other before moving on to the big places, how far along have you gotten in planning the whole thing out," he asked.
"Pretty far, I need to hammer out a few of the finer details, but the overall picture looks good, I have the plan here for you to look at, and it's the only copy," she stated before pulling out a scroll and tossing it to him.
He opened it and looked inside, the plan was all on there, just as she described, there were details to iron out here and there, but the overall picture looked good. "After hammering out the details, we'll be all set to start, then all we have to do is wait for Snow White's counter strike, then the games will truly begin," Brago commented.
"Good, let's go honey, we have dominos to topple over," Darling commented with amusement at calling him honey.
"Very well dear, this may end up providing some entertainment regardless of if we succeed or fail, let's go," he said as he stuck out his arm for her to take a hold of.
"This is going to be good," she said as she wrapped her arms around his and walked back and down the halls of Ever After High, as the new couple on the scene.
The halls of Ever After
As soon as they stepped a foot in the halls of the school, gasps were heard all around them as everyone was staring at them as if they grew a second head, each second was like an eternity. Everyone was so shocked to notice anything they did, even though all eyes were on them, and as they passed by the teacher's lounge, even they were shocked to see them.
"You do realize that everyone is staring at us, right, or are they frozen in time, I can't really tell," Darling commented with a giggle.
"I think that they are, but who cares about them, they're just weaklings that are jealous about what the strong have," Brago commented and made her giggle at how he spoke about everyone.
"Well, if they are frozen in time, maybe we could have some fun, see if they can get a heart attack while in that state," before he could question what she just said, she leaned up and kissed him on the cheek. Now that seemed to reset time because everyone fainted at her actions, except one person with brown hair, Darling's roommate, Rosabella Beauty.
She ran up to her roommate and actually did something that annoyed Brago, she hugged them both tightly around the neck while saying, "I'm so happy for you two, seeing you two together is just fabulous."
"Thanks Rosabella, but you might want to let go of Brago before he hurts you, he hates to be touched by most people," Darling commented, that forced Rosabella to break the hug.
"Sorry, I'm just so happy for you, I didn't even know that you two were looking at each other like that, but every dog has their day," Rosabella commented.
"I know, it's actually my first relationship as you know, but as long as we're together, I think we'll be just fine," the Charming girl said to her roommate, she was really an incredible actor.
"The feeling's mutual," Brago said as he pulled his partner in closer, he also knew how to act as well, he wrapped his right arm around her shoulder and gave off a grin that actually made both girls blush.
"Let's go to our room, Brago's taking me out on our first date tonight and I need to find something to wear, where are we going again," Darling asked.
"Formal attire will be appropriate," Brago spoke before she gave him another kiss on the cheek and left with Rosabella, and after they left Brago whispered to himself, "she's lucky I need her for my own plans," while giving an evil smirk.