Chapter Eight
Ugly is the new Beautiful
"Oh right, so I had just run away from home. I was scared. So I went to the secret garden. There…" But I quickly interrupted.
"Wait a second! What's this 'secret garden'?" I asked, trying to hide the creeping panic in my voice. If I didn't get answers soon, I was going to freak out!
"You remember that place Spike took you right before you came here? Yeah, that's the secret garden. Now please do not interrupt little child!" That retort got a chuckle out of me.
"Okay I won't…" Mallory was about to continue when another question popped into my head, "starting after this question!"
"Ugh, fine! But you're the one with limited time." I wasn't sure what she what she meant by that but that didn't matter right now.
"Mallory, how exactly did I get here?"
"I was hoping you would ask me this. So Briar, as you know I can read minds," and as if to show off she said exactly what I had been thinking about, "eww! Stop thinking about my brother's good looks! Anyway Ms. Creepy, my brother also has a special gift. He can open temporary holes between dimensions. That's how you were able to travel, but you got here because you were thinking about…me." She said a bit of joy spilling into her voice. "I got here because I wanted to be in a secluded and safe place. I mean have you seen anybody else besides us here?
"Okay Mallory. I'm done with my questions. Continue the story."
"Okay then, I sure will. So there in the secret garden I stayed about a week. Then Spike came and he talked to me. He had traveled to Ever After before, you know just to look around, and he had found out about Raven. He told me all about her. I wanted to be like that, to be me, and write my own story! So I was finally going to go to Ever After High. But suddenly Spike starts to tell me about these 'shadows' that…" but the sound of the front door stopped her. "He's here! Ug is here!"
"I'm guessing Ug is short for Ugly Duckling?"
"Shhh! He doesn't like people calling him that! He is just Ug, okay!" She hissed at me through clenched teeth. Looks like somebody has a crush! "Hey Briar! You know I can still read your thoughts right?"
"Yeah, I know."
Suddenly the second most attractive person I've EVER seen walks through the door. Well, of course number one is Spike. As soon as Ug was inside a feeling of happiness settled over me. I wonder how many people have special gifts like Spike and Mallory.