That evening, the two girls were walking over to the ballroom, all dressed for the party. Abbey Roe wore a black and lilac striped t-shirt, indigo leggings, and her black boots. She actually looked more like a younger Laneabella in that outfit. Millie, on the other hand, was wearing an orange tank top, a long tiger print skirt, and sparkling orange high heels.

"Why did you have to drag me into this?" Abbey Roe asked with a groan.

"Because you need to get some experiences," Millie answered. "Live a little, unlike your boring Freedom Year last year."

"By taking me to a party hosted by the local daredevil bucket list girl?" Abbey Roe asked.

"Briar isn't like that," Millie said. "She doesn't write a list about buckets."

"A bucket list isn't a list about buckets," Abbey Roe explained. "It's a list of things people want to do before they die. Or in Briar's case, before they end up in a deep sleep."

And speaking of Briar, the two girls had arrived in the ballroom. "Hey you two," the tanned girl in pink said. "Glad you could make it."

Upon entering the ballroom, Abbey Roe and Millie saw the party. There were the students of princes, princesses, huntsmen, wooden puppets, and witches attending. The DJ was none other than Melody Piper, the best musician in the grade, with some songbirds accompanying her.

There was one thing I forgot to mention about Abbey Roe. Whenever there was good music, she just had to dance. It was something she got from her mother, the most graceful dancer in Magica. So it wasn't long before the red-haired princess started to move her feet.

But of course, no one else paid attention to Abbey Roe as she swayed her hips, or even performed Laneabella's signature move: bend outward the knees, straighten posture, lift left foot, step to the left, light right foot, and finish it off with a ballerina twirl. But she didn't mind. Dancing was like a hobby to her, and she was a natural at it. Even as a random pig briefly walked up to her and sniffed her dancing feet.

Unfortunately, at one point, the door opened and a breeze entered, blowing out the candles. The atmosphere changed too, the music stopping and the birds were no longer singing. This confused Abbey Roe, so she walked over to Millie. "What happened?" the shorter girl asked.

"Raven just entered and she accidentally ruined the party," Millie explained.

"Whoops, sorry," Raven said, closing the door. "That's new."

But no one else was responding. At least until Apple spoke up. Oh, calm down," she said. "It's just Raven."

"Yeah, come on!" Briar agreed. "Party time!"

Even if Melody resumed the music, the birds didn't join in. When no one else resumed partying like before for a while, Abbey Roe decided to sing as she danced. Luckily, the music sounded a lot like one of her dad's songs, hoping to get other people moving again.

Spread the news around.
There's a brand new sound.
And it's all for me.

When I hear that beat,
It makes me move my feet.
You'll be moving too, just wait and see.

When you ask me:
"What's that dude?"
This is what I'll say to you-

ZAP!

Everything came to a stop as purple magic transformed the birds into snakes. But before Abbey Roe could let out an 'awe', everyone screamed and fled.

"It's the Evil Queen!"

"She's turning everyone into snakes!"

Run for your lives!"

In only a few seconds, the whole room was deserted, with the exception of Abbey Roe, Millie, Apple, Briar, and Duchess Swan. But Duchess soon left to see if Madame Yaga knew how to change the snakes back into birds.

"Abbey Roe?" Apple asked. "What are you and Millie still doing here? Shouldn't you be running away from Raven?"

"No need," Millie answered. "We both know Raven wouldn't have turned those birds into snakes without a good reason."

Abbey Roe walked over to the confused snakes. "Besides, I know how to reverse this," she said. And when she touched one of the snakes, they all glowed white before changing back into birds.

Briar gasped. "Wow!" she exclaimed. "How did you do that?!"

"I'm the daughter of Laneabella," Abbey Roe explained, getting back up. "Being able to cast charms and use good magic is my special power."

"Wow," Apple said. "You're like the opposite of Raven."

"Yeah..." Abbey Roe said, not liking the comparison. "That's what I am..."