Hi, everyone! It's sure been awhile since I've updated and I'm sorry to keep y'all waiting. I was planning on releasing this earlier, but after recent shootings on the news, other world events, and drama happening in my life, I haven't been at 100%. I've been working on this chapter since the end of last year just to make it perfect; I almost thought of making a 'Raven's Reign 4', but I believe three is enough. I spent forever rereading the books, diaries, notes, watching the show, and the different versions of the fairytales to make everything just right (pun not intended). So I hope y'all enjoy this chapter and understand if somethings seem wordy, repeated, and out of place since I wrote things many times before, some stuff got erased, and I'm tired. So enjoy.

WARNING!: THIS CHAPTER WILL FEATURE SUBJECTS SUCH AS BLOOD, VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSULT, ARRANGE MARRIAGE, ABUSE, AND MAYBE A FEW MORE THINGS I CAN'T THINK OF AT THIS MOMENT. THE REASON FOR THIS IS BECAUSE FAIRYTALES USED TO BE CRAZY DARK TO TEACH LESSONS AND YOU CAN'T TELL ME THESE KIDS ARE MESSED UP! THAT IS ALL.

Raven's Reign 3

Sunday Night

Charming Castle

'It's still glowing.'

Normally, standing in front of a mirror was Daring's favorite past time, but now it filled him with dread. As he stood in front of his bathroom mirror that he just wiped from fog to see his reflection of a pair of dark blue eyes looking back at him, wet golden blond hair, a six pack, a royal blue towel wrapped around his waist, and a glowing purple scar on his left cheek. No matter how much ointment he put on it would just sizzle like a snowflake in hell. This worried Daring; what if the scar was permeant, would this cause him health issues, or worse would Raven be blamed even more? Daring didn't want to know the answer, so he put more ointment on and bandaged the scar, only to see a low glow coming from the scar.

"SHIT!" Daring cursed as he applied more ointment and bandages until the glow was seen no more. "This will have to do."

Daring knew this was a temporary solution. It would only be a matter of time before everyone found out.

Darling's Bedroom

The young Charming girls were in their pajamas lounging on chaises as they giggled throughout the night enjoying themselves. Well, Darling appeared to be having fun but on the inside she was bored; it's not that she disliked her cousin, it's just she disliked when they talked about their futures as damsels.

" I hope the tower I get trapped in has a view of the ocean." Cousin Fragile spoke.

" I want a tower in the middle of a field of wildflowers." Cousin Fairest said.

"As long as the tower has indoor plumbing and Wi-Fi, I'll be happy with whatever." Cousin Glorious said.

The only person who dreaded this little meeting more was Charity. Sure, she appeared to be enjoying herself, but she would rather read a book than being a damsel - in - distress.

" I don't care about being a prisoner, I just want my prince to be handsome." Cousin Gutsy said.

* RECORD SCRATCH SOUND EFFECT*

Darling almost choked on her tea.

" Ooh, I want my prince to have a six pack with long brunette hair." Cousin Gracious said.

" I want mine to have a suit of armor made of gold." Cousin Elegant said.

Soon, all the Charming girls were giving their opinion on their pre-destined prince. Her whole life everyone told her she would be rescued be a prince charming (not related), marry, and live happily ever after. Sure, she was attracted to males, but she never felt anything more than friendships to the boys she knew. The only one she ever had close to a crush was, Chase Redford, the Red Knight of Wonderland. In the short time the two got to know each other at the Queen of Hearts' birthday party, Darling felt a connection that was short lived when she and the others were whisked back to school. After, that things went back to normal with all the boys at school asking for her hand in marriage. Then, the dragon games happened, Daring's kiss failing to wake Apple, and when Darling preform CPR she woke -

"Darling?"

"Yes?" Darling questioned.

"What's your dream prince like?" Cousin Breathtaking questioned.

All of her cousins' eyes were on her, there was no escaping. Darling took a deep breathe and began to speak.

"My future prince is caring, kind,...and has a pure heart." Darling began. "I want him to open minded, understanding, and not afraid to make mistakes. A prince who will make mistakes and screw up once or twice but apologizes and tries to make things right. A prince who is loyal and true. Someone who'll accept me for me."

Before Darling realized it her face was red, everyone was staring at her, and the room was silent. Did she say too much, embarrassed herself, would they mock her.

*CLAPPING*

Darling looked up to see her cousins applauding her, Darling blushed as a response.

"Your future prince sounds amazing, Darling." Cousin Breathetaking said.

"I hope mines like that too." Cousin Fragile agreed.

"Ladies?" A maid knocked on the door before entering. " It's time for bed."

The Charming girls did as they were told and headed to their rooms.

"I'm sure you'll find the one you're destined for, Darling." Charity said as she patted Darling's shoulder.

"Thank you, Charity." Darling gave a shy smile as she watched her leave.

Once, Charity closed the door behind her Darling unladylike plopped on her bed and screamed into her pillow. Why did she saw those things, why did she think about the C.P.R. kiss, that woke Apple up, and why was her face turning red? She always said she'd like a boy with a pure heart, but now she'd want anybody with a pure heart. Darling clutched her pillow tighter, her face redder, and mind in shambles. It would only be a matter of time before everyone found out.

Dexter's Room

Dexter was curled up under the covers as he was watching the news on his mirrorpad. It was either about the Charmings, the Whites, Ever After High, or Raven. Right now Blondie's face occupied the screen.

Video

"As you can see behind this force field Headmaster Grimm has put up only authorize personal can enter the school grounds." Blondie said pointing at the red force field.

It was true people were either taking pictures or knocking on the protective dome. A couple of tents were shown as few chose to camp out in front of the school.

"People are excited for the return of the Charmings, Apple White, and Raven this coming Tuesday - In fact I will be front in center when she makes a public apology for attack Daring and Headmaster Grimm ."

"That's enough, Ms. Loches!" The camera turned to focus on Headmaster Grimm.

Everyone was silent by the headmaster tone.

"I mean - Shouldn't you be at the Royal Feast and you wouldn't spoil to Tuesday's events ?" Headmaster Grimm changed his tone before anyone noticed as the King's men appeared behind him.

"But -" Blondie tried to speak.

"No buts, King's men make sure Blondie makes it to the Royal Feast." Headmaster Grimm ordered.

"Yes, sir." The King's men answered as they pushed Blondie towards the school.

End of Video

Dexter paused the video with a scowl; of course, the headmaster would try to cover things up. He knew he would have to pack all day tomorrow and would be back at Ever After on Tuesday to witness the girl he loved apologize to his hot-headed, self-centered, idiotic brother! Raven shouldn't have to apologize Daring should! And what's worse was all would be revealed: why Raven attacked Daring, why his siblings and Apple had to leave the school, and that he loved the daughter of the Evil Queen. It would only be a matter of time before everyone found out.

Ever After High

Cafeteria

It was the yet another successful Royal Feast or it would've been if everyone wasn't in such a bad mood. After, having their weekend plans ruined just because of what Raven did her popularity took a nose dive.

Duchess was practically stabbing her lemon ice just thinking about all Raven has done. First, she denied her evil destiny and started the Rebel movement, second, because she refused her destiny Headmaster Grimm wanted Duchess to take it, third, she attacked her crush Daring, fourth - Duchess was too angry to think of a fourth reason to be mad at the girl. After, eating the rest of her murdered dessert Duchess went to her dorm to not just beat the shower crowd, but to not cause a scene.

As Duchess was leaving Blondie enter the cafeteria. Blondie took a seat next to her friends as her dinner was served to her.

"I cannot believe Headmaster Grimm, cut me off during my show." Blondie grumbled as she took bites out of her steak, baked potato, asparagus, dinner roll, and flan.

"It makes sense since he wants to protect the school's reputation." Hunter said as he finished his dessert of berry granola and vegan whipped parfait.

"Or his own." Briar seethe as ate the last of her slice milk chocolate cake.

Blondie was half-way through her meal when she realized Kitty was missing.

"Where's Kitty and Lizzie?" Blondie asked.

"We covered for them saying their eating dinner in Kitty dorm with Maddie, Cedar, and Cerise." Ginger answered drinking the last of her pink strawberry milkshake.

"That makes sense, but how are those two suppose finish three meals by themselves?" Blondie questioned.

"Well-" Hopper said as he finished his green mint milkshake.

Maddie and Kitty's dorm

"The oysters have filled the empty sea." Lizzie said rubbing her full stomach.

"You're not the only one who's full." Kitty said rubbing her full stomach as she pointed at Shuffles, Carollo, and the rest of the hedgehogs full of rich food.

At first Lizzie and Kitty didn't know how to finish three trays

*KNOCK KNOCK*

"Coming." Lizzie clumsily got up from her seat as she walked to the door to see Duchess. " Duchess, what a surprise."

"Hey, Lizzie." Duchess answered in a friendly tone. "Look, this is none of my business, but I noticed that this letter was outside our door addressed to you and one for Maddie and Kitty."

Duchess held out the red envelopes with golden wax seals on them. Lizzie took the one labeled to her and began reading the letter. As Lizzie was reading Duchess peered into the hallway and saw in the distance one of the food trays with gold plates from the cafeteria for the Royal Feast on the floor with a couple of Lizzie's hedgehogs laying on it with full bellies as if they just eaten a large meal.

"Waht'cha lookin' at?" A smile appeared in front of Duchess causing her to scream.

"Kitty!" Lizzie chastised her friend only to hear her giggle. "Are you alright, Duchess?"

"Uh-yeah, I gotta take a shower." Duchess said as she hurried off.

" What's her deal?" Kitty said appearing besides Lizzie.

"Don't know but read this." Lizzie shoved a red envelope in Kitty's face.

As Kitty read the letter her eyes popped open.

"We need to see the others!" Kitty stated.

Pet Stable

Briar, Ashylnn, Blondie, Hunter, Bunny, Alistair, Hopper, Humphery, Ginger, Melody, Lizzie, Poppy, Holly, Kitty, Rosabella, and Farrah were on their way to the dragon stables when they got letters from Apple. Everyone minus Melody, Poppy, Holly, Rosabella, and Farrah were surprised they and assumed Apple trusted them the most after themselves.

As soon as Rosabella, Farrah, and Melody got their letters, they knew they had to help out. Raven had done so much their Legacy Year: starting the Rebel party that questioned past generations and gave those who either had horrid endings or wanted a change a voice. Now, almost everyone has turned against her because of a fight with Daring. Knowing that not only were the Charmings and Snow White herself were planning on getting rid of one of their friends, they weren't gonna let that happen!

"Hey! Who goes there?" One of the King's men shone a light in the teens direction. "What are y'all doing out here it's almost time for the briar walls to rise?"

"We're here to feed the dragons their midnight snack." Kitty lied.

"Nice try. The stable ogre already feed the pets their dinner and those dragons have enough food to last them 'til morning." One of the King's men said in disbelief.

"It's just, Nevermore hasn't eaten well since Raven left." Poppy said.

"We also want to make sure she ate her dinner." Holly added.

"Fine, make it quick." One of the King's men said as both left the kids.

Once inside the group headed to the dragon section of the stables. The dragons were happy to see their owners as they chirped all except one. Nevermore was in the far corner all except for one. Nevermore was in the far corner of the stable as she shruken herself down as small as a pebble.

"Aw, poor girl." Ashylnn cood as she kneeled next to the dragon.

"She misses Raven." Rosabella said.

"I can tell she's barely touched her bowl." Holly said holding a purple pet bowl full of bare touched dragon food.

"Hey, don't forget about the Mission!" Lizzie spoke "We need to get Braebyrn."

On cue Braebyrn appeared.

"That was fast." Kitty noted.

"Braebyrn, we need you to head to White Castle to get Apple, we need her here to help find Raven before Tuesday." Hunter said.

At the mention of Raven, Nevermore's interest perked up.

"Here's the directions to White Castle, if you go there now, you'll be there by 3 A.M." Melody said as she held out her mirrorpad showing a map from Ever After High to White Castle.

"All you have to do is get Apple and return here." Briar said.

Braebyrn nodded understanding her mission.

Bunny and Hopper opened the skylight that was for pets that could fly so Breaburn could get out without alerting the King's men. Breaburn slowly flapped her wings getting ready for take-off as the teens waved good-bye.

"Bye Br- Nevermore?! Nevermore come back!" Hopper yelled.

Before they knew it Nevermore had camouflaged into the night sky when the briar barrier and force field went back up.

"SHIT!" Humphery cursed.

"Hey, what's goin' on in there?" One of the King's men shouted.

"Oh no! How are we gonna explain Nevermore being gone?" Blondie panicked panicked.

"Like this!" Ginger arranged some of the dragon food into a huge pile as everyone looked confused. "Farrah, can you make this look like Nevermore?

" On it!" Farrah pulled out her wand and made the pile of food resemble a sleeping Nevermore.

"What was all that noise?" One of the King's men shouted as he entered the stable.

"Oh nothing, Hopper just stepped on some unicorn shit." Kitty said pointing at Hopper.

"Hey!" Hopper bellowed.

One of the King's men raised an eyebrow while the other noticed a draft and looked up to see the skylight open.

"Why's the skylight open?" The other King's men questioned.

"It was getting stuff in here, so we opened it." Alistiar answered.

"Well, don't open it too wide next time, we don't need any of the flying pets escaping." The first King's men said as he pressed a button lowering the skylight. "Now follow me, it's off to bed with ye."

"Yes, sir." The teens answered.

The group followed one of the King's men as he led them to the school.

"Hey, Ging?" Ginger turned around to see Hopper.

"That was a good idea you had getting Nevermore to 'sleep'." Hopper said with a wink.

"Thanks, Hopper." Ginger giggled as she blushed.

"All right, everyone head to your dorms and good night." The King's men said as he watched the kids enter their side of the dorms.

Ginger was on cloud nine, Hopper thought her idea was good!

"What do you think, Ginger?" Ginger's train of thought was broken.

"What?" Ginger questioned.

"What should we do about getting Braebyrn to Apple?" Briar asked.

"Oh,ugh-" Before Ginger could answer a light had shown on them.

"Girls? What are you doing up so late it's time for bed?" Momma Bear appeared.

"I think we talk about this in the morning." Bunny whispered as they agreed to talk about it over breakfast.

Midnight

Duchess woke up in the middle of the night with her eyes full of sandman dust and her throat dry. She grabbed her mirrorphone so she could illuminate her way in the halls to one of the vending machine. Once she got a bottle of cucumber-lemon water she headed back to her dorm.

"What the?" Duchess questioned as she made her way to her dorm.

The flashlight from her mirrorphone picked up a flash. Duchess aimed the light at the flash to see a red envelope with a gold waxed seal in front of Cedar and Cerise door.

'Odd.' Duchess thought, but she paid it no mind and went back to bed.

Sure, she'd gossip, snoop, tattle, and eavesdrop, but reading someone else's mail is a federal offense.

Monday

Many students were getting ready for the day brushing their teeth, getting dress, and making sure their homework was packed. While others have important matters to tend to.

"I can disguise myself as Cerise for the morning classes, afterwards I'll need to show up to my actual classes or else people will get suspicious." Ramona said eating her tenth slice of bacon.

"That's fine Cerise and Cedar both have Damsel in Distress class with me second period." Ashlynn said drinking her orange juice.

"Maddie has three classes with me today, so I can cover her." Ginger said chewing on her birthday cake pancakes.

"And me and Cerise have Beast training last period." Hunter concluded. " I can release Braebyrn, before anybody notices."

"And I got the nurse slips." Kitty said as she passed the slips to her friends.

"Okay, if we play our parts no one will know a thing." Alistair agreed.

First Period

Cupid, Bunny, Alistair, and 'Cerise' had first period together as roll call was wrapping up.

"Cerise Hood?" The teacher called out Cerise's name. "Cerise Hood?"

Cupid, Bunny, and Alistair shot up from their seats to see 'Cerise' on her phone. Cupid elbowed 'Cerise' in the arm.

"What was that for?" 'Cerise' shouted at the top of her lungs.

"Girls?" The teacher walked up to them. "Is there something you two would like to share with the class?"

"No, nothing." Cupid panicked.

'Cerise' just shook her.

" Good." The teacher said and continued the lesson.

"What was that for?" 'Cerise' whispered.

"Ramona, you're pretending to be Cerise so you need to act like her." Bunny whispered.

"Oh, right." Ramona slumped in her desk as she used the hood to cover her face.

One Hour Later

"God, that was boring!" Ramona growled. " I'm so glad that's over with."

"Ramona, that was just first period, you have three more classes to go." Ashlynn said as they walked to their next class together.

"Oh, right. Cerise has-" Ramona paused. "What were they again, I forgot."

" Damsel in Distress, Science & Sorcery, and Chemythstry" Briar answered.

"Fuck." Ramona replied.

*CHIMED NOISES*

"Attention, students!" Headmaster Grimm's voice was head on the intercom. "Due to work being done around the school for tomorrow - all classes are canceled."

"YAY!"

The students cheered as papers were tossed in the air.

"But don't think this is an excuse for you to goof off!" Headmaster Grimm continued. "Just because Ms. Queen majorly messed up, as you kids say, doesn't mean you get a free pass."

"BOO!"

Everyone jeered throwing paper balls at the intercom.

" Instead, I want every last one of you to either study the day away or make yourselves look decent for tomorrow. Ms. Queen's apology will be televised, and I want you all to be on your best behavior and look like proper ladies and gentlemen. So I will allow you to go to the Village of Book End only for you to get your clothes fitted or to purchase new ones. You are not allowed to sneak off and go anywhere else and don't even think about straying I alerted all the shoppes in the village to not allow you in. All students who work in boutiques are allowed to go and we will release students alphabetically by last name. Students with the last names - A,B,C,D,E,F, and Gs may go now. Also, if any students want extra credit you are welcomed to put up chairs and equipment. That is all."

"Well, I did my part." Ramona said as she left Ashlynn and Briar as they watched her leave.

*Ashlynn's Phone Ringing*

" It's Hunter!" Ashlynn gasped.

"What's he texting you?" Briar asked.

"He said 'I'm going to release Breabyrn this afternoon when things quiet down, love you' heart emoji." Ashlynn read.

"Well, that's a relief." Briar said. " Think you'll need a hand at the Glass Slipper?"

"Yes, please and thank you." Ashlynn said as the two walked off.

Legacy Day Plaza

It was still hard to believe that at the beginning of the semester this place was where the students would pledge to the fairytale world to follow in their ancestors' footsteps. Now, students and staff were running around setting up chairs, setting up cameras, lighting, and other things for tomorrow's televised event.

Hunter looked up at the podium, He was next to sign his life away after Raven, he saw how unnerved, unsure, and afraid she was when the book showed her destiny; whatever it was it did not look good at all! But, Raven did the unthinkable she took the feathered pen crossed out her page, two thick, inky strokes and ripped the page out of the book. At first he was scared, but he was then filled with excitement and hope. He could be who he wanted to be, he would help little woodland creatures not hurt them, and he could have a future with Ashly-

"Hunter, are you okay?" Hunter turned to see Alistair holding a box of tech equipment.

"Oh, I'm fine just thinking." Hunter answered as he carried a box up the stairs.

'What was it like?" Alistair asked.

"What was, what like?" Hunter questioned back.

"When Raven didn't sign." Alistair answered. "I saw the video and Maddie, Kitty, and Lizzie told us, but you're in the 'Snow White' story and you were next in line so?"

" I won't lie to you I was hella scared." Hunter began. " During freedom year I did my best to stay away from Raven just like everyone else. It was bad enough I knew from birth that I would one day work for her, but after what her mom did? I was terrified. Midway through I realized she wasn't all that bad. When she was at the podium she looked so scared and whatever she saw in the Storybook of Legends it didn't seem good."

Alistair shuddered at the thought of what Raven might have saw.

"But she declared she would write her own destiny, it was amazing! She wasn't just thinking of herself, she was thinking about those he didn't want their story happily ever after or not, she gave as a choice. And you should've seen the headmaster's face!" Hunter added with a laugh.

Alistair chuckled at the thought.

"Sure, it wasn't easy coming out and me and Ash still have haters from either side. But if someone with an evil destiny had the heart to change, it's all worth it." Hunter said as he placed the box down.

"I'm still worried about Maddie, Cedar, and Cerise." Alistair said as he placed his box down. " I wish we could tell someone already."

" Don't worry, I have faith that they'll find her and by tomorrrow the world will know the truth." Hunter said.

"Alistair, Hunter!" The boys looked down to see Coach Gingerbreadman. " You got twenty more boxes to haul up there."

"Guess it's back to work for us." Alistair said.

"Yep." Hunter agreed as he popped the p.

The two returned to work until it was time for a break.

Baba Yaga's Office

Cupid and Ramona sat across Baba Yaga's desk as she sipped her coffee. For four days Cupid was either in her room or Baba Yaga's office as she did everything in her power to keep what happened between Raven, Daring, and Dexter a secret. Classmates and staff alike asked her what went down that Friday afternoon, but Cupid's lips were sealed. Ramona suffered the same fate but her stubbornness was a strentgh and when a classmate approached her for answers she scared them off. Trthfully she didn't know anything about Dexter being in the middle of the subject only the Raven slapping Daring part.

"One more day." Baba Yaga spoke as she took another sip of her coffee.

"What?" Cupid questioned.

"You both have one day left to tell me what happened to cause Raven to attack Daring, Cupid." Baba Yaga explained her statement.

"OH." Cupid acknowledged.

"I have to admit you girls got spunk, Cupid." Baba Yaga spoke as her fingers tapped on her water sprayer. "Other students would've caved in on the first day, but not you two. You've lasted for four that's a record."

Cupid chose not to answer out of fear of being sprayed as Ramona glared at Baba Yaga.

"You know you can trust me, right?" Baba Yaga said.

'Being sprayed with the bottle says otherwise.' Cupid thought.

"This is your choice to stay here until lunch,ladies." Baba Yaga took her last sip of coffee. " I hope it's worth it."

It didn't matter to Cupid that she'd be in her office all day. And it wouldn't matter when all would be revealed tomorrow. It would only be a matter of time before everyone found out.

Arts and Crafts Room

Many students were either studying or shopping while a select few decided to use arts and crafts room to fix-up, sew, or alter their outfits. Instead of getting something new and wasting a fourtune some students who weren't handy with needle work paid their classmates to fix them like Lizzie, Ashlynn, Cedar, Farrah and many more, Mrs. Her Majesty the White Queen was monitoring everyone progress making sure they were working or delivering and making sure who got extra credit.

"The apple tree has more soil to grow leaves." Bunny announced as she walked into the room with a box full of yarn, needles, fabrics, and threads.

Everyone in the room turned to her with confused looks on their faces; Riddlish wasn't one of the languages they taught at this school.

"She said she got more supplies." Kitty translated not looking up from her knitting.

"Ohh!" A collect 'oh' echoed throughout the room.

" Dees and dums." Lizzie whispered under her breathe. Translation: Idiots.

Bunny placed the box down as the students crowded the box for their needed supplies.

" Has the tea party responded to the invite?" Bunny whispered. Translation: Have the girls called back?

"The tea is cold, the moon is waxing, and the clock fears the hour." Lizzie answered. Translation : Haven't heard from them since they left and we don't have that much time.

" The worm worries of the bird pecking to the apple core." Kitty said as he ears flattened. Translation : I'm worried about them.

"Pecking what apple?" The girls turned around to see Mrs. Her Majesty the White Queen. Translation: Worried about what?

"If we'll run out of sewing needles." Bunny answered.

"It's true." Lizzie agreed. " We broke ten already, don't want to lose anymore."

Mrs. Her Majesty the White Queen had a skeptical look on her face making the three Wonderland girls sweat.

"Very well, continue." Mrs. Her Majesty the White Queen said as she went to examine the other students.

"That was close, too close." Kitty said wiping the sweat from her brow.

"We need to be more careful. Bunny agreed. " We can't have anyone suspecting Maddie, Cedar, or Cerise are gone."

As the students returned to their task outside the dorm of Cerise and Cedar laid an red envelope with a gold seal on it.

White Castle

Apple was in her room all day under the guise that she was sick. She and her woodland friends spent hours making sure she had all the supplies she needed for when she returned to Ever After High or waiting for Braebyrn to appear.

"Okay, lets read the list one more time." Apple said as she squinted her eyes. " A first aid kit, a flashlight, batteries, and uh "

Gala scampered up Apple's back and put her glasses on behind her.

"Gala! I don't need- Oh, I forgot to pack the granola bars, apple slices, and water bottles." Apple read from her list.

Gala rolled her eyes.

*Knock Knock*

"Princess Apple, may we come in?" A voice from behind said.

Apple tuck a quick swig of a potion she learned in class that would make anyone look sickly, got under her covers, took off her glasses, and answered.

"Come in." Apple said in a sickly voice.

The door opened to reveal a doctor, butler, and maid.

"Oh dear, she seems worse." The doctor said as she began to take Apple's temperture.

"Let me fluff your pillows for you." The butler said as he began fluffing Apple's pillows.

"Here's some chicken noodle soup, apple juice, and apple gelatin for you dear princess." The maid laid the tray for food in front of Apple.

"Thank you everyone. *COUGH* If you don't mind, I need to some rest." Apple coughed.

"Of course, princess." The doctor said as she ushered the others out.

Once gone Apple resumed packing up.

"Okay let's run this again: first aid kit, a flashlight, batteries, granola bars, apple slices, water bottles, MREs-"

Charming Castle

The Charming Family were currently outside in their luxurious greenhouse. True, mountains are home to few plants and animals that learned to survive the harsh elements, but the ones in the greenhouse would have a snowflakes chance in hell if they were outside. Palm tress, petunias, snapdragons, and more that would freeze up on the mountain.

The only reason the Charmings were in the greenhouse was because Daring requested it. He said he needed some fresh air from being in the castle for too long. Due to the paparazzi surrounding the castle the elder Charmings found the greenhouse the best option. Daring could see on his cousins' faces they were glad to be out of castle as well. They must have been tired doing things Daring wanted to do (and so was he), being in the greenhouse gave them some freedom to explore. As Daring looked around he couldn't find Dexter.

"Hey, where's Dexter?" Daring questioned.

This got everyone's attention. Where was Dexter?

"I can answer that sir." Gordon approached the Charmings and spoke in a posh accent. "Young Dexter told me that he wanted a head start for when return to school on Tuesday, so he is packing his belongings at the moment, and he wishes not to be disturbed."

"Very well," King Charming acepted. "Let us continue viewing the flora around us."

"Father, shouldn't Dexter join us?" Daring questioned as all eyes turned to King Charming.

"If Dexterous wishes to pack his belongings instead of enjoying the company of our family, then we'll let him; everyone follow me as I show you our rose bushes that were a gift from the Beauty family. "

The Charmings followed him leaving Gordon, Darling, and Daring alone.

Darling placed a comforting hand on Daring shoulder, Daring tried to give her a smile, but it was sadder than happy.

" Go to him."

"What?" The siblings turned towards Gordon.

" It's obvious you want to talk to him." Gordon answered without the posh accent. "I'll cover for y'all and say you went to the bathroom or some shit."

"But I don't think he wants to talk to me. Not after everything." Daring groaned as he earned a smack on the back of his head.

"Then try, stupid." Darling hissed.

Daring looked uncertain at first then ran out of the greenhouse.

Dexter's Room

Dexter was halfway done packing his trunks, it took three hours, but he was almost done. After breakfast he told Gordon he was going to pack up his belongings for when he and his siblings returned to school. Dexter was glad that the packing kept him busy, but was sad that no one noticed he was gone, but at the same time he wasn't surprised by that. He could be gone for hours on in and no one would notice he was gone.

Dexter stood up and stretched for a bit and let out a yawn.

"Time for the treadmill" Dexter told himself as he pulled out his portale treadmill from under his bed, set it up, got on it and put his headphones on.

Dexter was currently watching his favorite movie, 'The Unlikely Knight', on the treadmill's screen.

Dexter started on the treadmill slow and on level one until he got faster and was on level ten. The more he ran and watched the movie the less rigid he got, all stress from the past three days didn't go away, but it did offer some escapism. The Unlikely Knight was blasting fire spells left and right as the Demon King blocked them when the Demon Princess was trapped in an underground lair. Dexter defeated the Demon King, he ventured into the underground lair to rescue the Demon Princess. Once, The Unlikely Knight unlocked the prison the Demon Princess glomped The Unlikely Knight.

"Oh, thank you so much!" The Demon Princess thanked The Unlikely Knight. "You are the bravest, kindest, modest, hottest, and handsomest knight there is sir-"

"Dexter?" A voice called out.

"What?!" Dexter jumped off the treadmill and on his butt.

Dexter looked up to see Daring.

"You didn't answer when I knocked." Daring sheepishly said as he went to help Dexter up. "Let me help you."

"No!" Dexter halted Daring from helping. "I can pick myself up."

"So, you're done packing?" Daring asked looking at Dexter's trunks.

"I'm halfway done. Just took a break." Dexter answered.

"You could've joined us in the greenhouse if you needed a break." Daring chimed in.

" I wanted to get a head start on packing." Dexter answered bluntly.

"You could've asked the maids and butlers, they seem to enjoy packing for us." Daring said.

" I can do things myself and I don't want anyone else in my business." Dexter snapped.

'He's still mad at me, of course he's still mad at me.' Daring thought as he dug his hands in his pockets.

"Dexter," Daring began, "Look I-"

"Permission to come in, Prince Dexter." A butler knocked on the other side of the door.

"Come in." Dexter ordered.

"Prince Dexter, have you seen- Oh, Prince Daring, there you are!" The butler perked up.

"Is there something you need?" Daring asked.

"Your mother has request both you and your brother to come down for lunch." The butler said.

"Can you tell them we'll be down in a sec?" Daring asked. "We're in the middle of-"

"Tell them they can start without me; I need to take a shower." Dexter interrupted.

The butler sniffed the air and answered. "As you wish, sir."

Dexter dashed out of the room before Daring can say anything more.

" He hates me." Daring whispered under his breath as he followed the butler to the dining room, as his fingers gripped the item in his pocket.

Dining Room

The Charming family were enjoying their lunch of beef stew, salmon, salad, and throne cakes as Daring walked in.

"There he is the man of the hour." King Charming announced in a booming voice as the family and servants applaud.

Daring did his best to look presentable as he smiled in wave, but deep down he felt sheepish.

"Where's Dexter?" Darling questioned and the applause stop.

"Prince Dexter is taking a shower at the moment and he said you may dine without him." The butler answered.

"Is this true, Daring?" Grandpa Auspicious questioned.

"Yes, Grandpa Auspicious, he did say that." Daring answered. " He's just a little excited to return to school tomorrow."

" Which reminds me." King Charming said already carving into his salmon. "You, your brother, and sister will not return to Ever After High until after the ceremony."

"WHAT!" Darling and Daring cried out.

"Children, keep your voices down." Grandma Alluring repremaned her grandchildren.

"Your father and I decided that would be the best descision for you three. Plus, we want Daring's scar to be full healed before returning to school. Once, the ceremony is done you three may return to school." Queen Charming said as she sipped her tea.

"If the headmaster has this little rebellion under control." King Charming added.

As much as Daring and Darling wanted to slump in their chairs they retained the perfect Charming posture as they ate their lunch,

Ever After High

Duchess had just finished three hours studying. Sure, she could've left with the rest of her classmates with the last names - A, B, C,D,E,F, and Gs, but what would be the point of after going on a shopping spree to not reward oneself with a frappe and a Daring's Doughy Delight.

Duchess stomach growled after reviewing notes and old tests, using the labs for spells, and practicing her multiply dance routines she was starving. As she walked to her room to take a quick nap before lunch. As she made her way to the girls dorm, she noticed the red envelope with the gold seal from the night before.

"Why is that still out?" Duchess asked herself as she walked towards it.

*CLICK*

The door opened as Duchess froze in the middle of walking towards the envelope.

"Alright. Onto the next room." The main cleaning fairy by the name, Oliva, exited the room along with the cleaning staff. "Hello, Duchess, anything we can do for you."

"I-I can I get my pillows fluffed and trashcan emptied?" Duchess lied.

"Of course, dear." Oliva said as she fluttered away. "Oh, and if you see Cerise and Cedar can you tell them that that letter was there before I came?"

"Of course." Duchess answered with a smile as the cleaners left. "Now I know somethings up."

Duchess pulled out her phone and texted Sparrow.

Text

Duchess: Sparrow, I'm heading for your treehouse. I got something important I need you to do. Make sure you have pants on this time.

Sparrow: Not in treeh ouse in boys dormz

Duchess: Why?

Sparrw: Ex plain when here

Duchess: Fine, be there in a second. Again, make sure you have pants on.

Sparrow: K

End Text

Duchess didn't know what was more annoying Sparrow's text errors or the 'K' at the end. Duchess headed towards the boys' dorm and walked past many doors with the name of the two boys occupying the room until it reached the single digits.

The Ever After High dorms housed many students. Most were paired up with destiniess that reflected the other very few were together at random, and fewer had dorms to themselves. Duchess envied Faybelle and Farrah before she got to know Lizzie better and when Bunny and Meashell arrived.

"AHA!" Duchess had finally made it to Sparrow's dorm.

The only reason she knew it was Sparrows was because of the sticky not on the plaque that read: Sparrow Hood's temporary room.

*KNOCK KNOCK*

"Come IN!" Sparrow wailed from the other side of the door as Duchess cringed.

Duchess opened the door. The room wasn't as large as her, but it was a decant size she guessed. Despite Sparrow being the only one occupying the room he filled it up that one would assume ten frat boys lived in it. Beanstalk crisps bags, coke cans, latte cups, and clothes littered the floor, smashed amps were on one side of the wall, the chandelier that lighted the room had exposed wire and was tilted, and the furniture was leaking stuffing or patched with duct tape.

'Seems like he made himself at home.' Duchess thought trying not to step on any underwear.

"What'cha wanted to talk about, Duchess?" Sparrow asked as he was eating a doughnut.

Wait! That wasn't just any doughnut it was a Daring's Doughy Delight with three different kinds of icing and five different fillings

"Where did you get that from?" Duchess asked pointing at the box of doughnuts from the Beanstalk Bakery.

"Beanstalk Bakery, got some when I went to steal a pair of boots." Sparrow gestured towards a pile of boots.

"I know your sneaky enough to leave alphabetical roll call, but Headmaster Grimm alerted the other stores not to let us in."

"I have my ways." Sparrow said as he took a swig of Rip Van Winkle vitamin water. "Want one?"

"Thank you." Duchess took the doughnut and ate it as she took a swig of her sparkling cloud water.

"Anyway the reason I'm here is so you can open this." Duchess took the red envelope from her purse. " I saw this envelope addressed to Lizzie yesterday and this is the one addressed to Cerise and Cedar."

Sparrow took the red envelope and examined it. The red envelope had a gold writing on it labeled to Cerise and Cedar, a golden wax seal with an apple logo on it, and it smelled of apples, cinnamon, and nutmeg.

"This is from Apple White." Sparrow stated.

"I know that!" Duchess bellowed.

"If you know already, why do you need me for." Sparrow spatted.

"Because you're a theif, you steal anything you can get your grubby sticky hands on. Also, your devious enough to go through people's things." Duchess answered.

"Aw, I'm both flattered and offended at the same time." Sparrow said placing his hand on his heart.

"Oh, dry up and open the letter." Duchess spatted.

"No!" Sparrow stated.

"Why not? You pulling another 'True Hearts Day' on me?" Duchess questioned.

"Because, even though everything you said about me is true, but opening someone's mail is a federal offense. Plus what if it's something private?" Sparrow said.

"Oh, now you're a goody-goody." Duchess complained. "Still doesn't explain why they left it outside their door for so long."

This did make Sparrow think.

"Yeah, I'm guilty of not answering mail, but at least I pick it up so no one else could see it." Sparrow spoke. " And I haven't seen my distant cousin, Cerise, since Saturday."

"Come to think of it, I haven't seen Cedar or Maddie anywhere either." Duchess gasped as she clutched the envelope. " Now I know something is up, and it all has to do with Raven Queen."

"Where's your proof then?" Sparrow asked as he lazily strung his guitar strings.

"Here's how I'll get my proof." Duchess said as she whispered her plan in Sparrows ears.

"You're a genius." Sparrow said with an approving grin.

"I know." Duchess said as she stuffed the envelope in her purse about to leave. "By the way, why are you in the dorms, I thought you liked your treehouse?"

" It's because of, Raven" Sparrow practically hissed. "Headmaster Grimm said he wanted to keep every student 'safe' so he shoved me in here."

"That explains a lot." Duchess said as she left.

*RING*

"Well, time for lunch." Sparrow jumped out of his seat and left his dorm with Duchess behind him.

Duchess had some perk in her steps and leaps as she made it to the cafeteria. She knew the letter had something to do with Raven and she was going to expose her, and Apple too as a bonus. It would only be a matter of time before everyone found out.

Later

Everything was ready: red and purple chairs lined up, lights and cameras set up, and the school's crest and colors decorated the entire Legacy Day Plaza.

"As you can see everything is ready for the return of Apple White, Daring, Dexter, Darling Charming, and Raven Queen. Not only will we find out why Raven attacked Daring, she'll apologize to him, and Headmaster Grimm stated that Raven will sign the real Storybook of Legends. All will be revealed tomorrow -I'll see you soon with the latest scoop. Remember, if it's not too hot or too cold, it must be Just Right!" Blondie concluded her webshow.

"All right, everyone." Coach Gingerbreadman shouted. "Dinner time! Wash your hands, claws, and etc!"

The students and staff were exhausted as they left the plaza. Hunter waited until he was the last one in the halls and slipped out. Once Hunter made his way to the pet stable, he walked in. There was no need to be sneaky since the King's men and the stable ogre weren't scheduled until late, giving him plenty of time to free Breabyrn. Hunter headed to the dragon side of the stables that was next to the horses.

Sir Gallopad, a pure-white horse with a glossy white mane, was watching as Hunter as he let Breaburn out through the skylight. Sir Gallopad overheard them trying to get Breabryn to Apple before tomorrow. Word traveled from the vine to the pet stable, and he saw how depressed Nevermore was when Raven left, something was about to have and he needed to help.

"Well, my work is done." Hunter said as he was about to leave only for a acorn to hit him on the side of his head. "Pesky!"

Pesky blew a raspberry and the twos usual antics of chasing each other happened. Gallopad got an idea, he neighed for Pesky to come over while Hunter was trying to get a bucket off his head. Gallopad asked Pesky to get him out which he agreed to. Pesky undid the latch as Gallopad turned invisable and rushed out the stables to Charming Castle where Darling was.

Tower

"That's right, mom." Faybelle said spoke into her phone. " And you got the dvr to record everything? Great, talk to you tomorrow bye."

"So your mother will see everything?" The Evil Queen questioned.

"Yes, she got all the other evil fairies to watch as well." Faybelle beamed.

"Excellent." The Evil Queen said sporting a slasher smile.

"Anything else you need before tomorrow?" Faybelle asked.

"No, I need you to appear that is all." The Evil Queen answered.

"Great!" Faybelle cheered. "Now, I have an appointment at the Tower Hair Salon for a touch up. "

It was true Faybelle's midnight blue hair was starting to show from her blonde hair.

"What's with all that noise?" A voice from behind the door said trying to open the door.

Faybelle in her moment of fear fell on some paint cans and got herself covered in purple paint and tried climbing up the wall leaving handprints all over the wall.

"Just turn invisible." The Evil said in a matter-if-fact voice.

Faybelle casted a spell turning herself invisable.

The door opened to reveal Headmaster Grimm who scanned the room and saw no one in it.

" I gotta get that knob fixed." Headmaster Grimm said to himself as he shut the door behind himself.

"That was close, right EQ! EQ?" Faybelle realized the Evil Queen was gone. "Well, I'll let myself out then."

Faybelle flew out the window heading for her hair appointment.

"Is she gone?"

"Yes. Are you ready for tomorrow?" The Evil Queen questioned.

"Yes!"

Queen Castle

"UGH! My head!" Cerise groaned as she rubbed her head.

It took all the strength in her to sit up as she rubbed her eyes. Once Cerise opened her eyes to see where she was all she could see was darkness. Until, she flashed her eyes to golden-wolf mode - there she could ornate gothic furniture, unlit candelabras cover in melted candle and dusty spiderwebs, and countless mirrors everywhere.

'Where am I?' Cerise thought as she scanned the room some more; for some reason the room reminded her of Raven's side of the dorm, but with more spikes and less mirrors.

* CLICK *

That was the sound of a door opening! Cerise grabbed her ho-

"MY HOOD!" Cerise cried out.

*ANOTHER CLICK*

The lights in the room turned on despite that the room was still barely lit.

"Hi, Raven's wolf friend!" Cerise was greeted by two small children as they climbed at the end of her bed.

Cerise had to rub her eyes and pinch herself; these kids weren't afraid of her. They just looked at her with huge grins on their faces like they made a new best friend.

"Um, hi." Cerise greeted. "I'm Cerise H- just Cerise."

"We know Raven told us about you and we're the Cook twins." The twins said in unison.

"I'm Pie." The first twin said.

"And I'm Butternut." The second twin said.

"Oh my gosh, Raven's told me about you two too!" Cerise gasped. "Wait where are my mom and friends?"

"We can show you." The Cook twins answered.

"You can?" Cerise question.

"Yeah!" The Cook twins answered as they jumped off the bed and scampered out the room.

Cerise jumped out of bed only to realize she was in a purple pajama suit with black bird skulls on them that were slightly too small for her. Cerise snapped out of it and tried to follow the twins. She caught up to them due to her speed and was able to smell their scent of baked goods. Until the twins paused including Cerise to see Cedar and Maddie.

"Cerise!" Maddie and Cedar cried out as they hugged Cerise.

"Girls!" Cerise cried out as she hugged the two back.

" We thought you wouldn't wake up 'til dinner." Maddie said.

"That explains why I'm so hungry." Cerise said as she hunched over and clutched her stomach.

Cerise looked up to see Cedar in a black oversized t-shirt with the words 'Taylor Quick' on it, and Maddie was wearing a lilac hoodie that was too big for her with grey pajama pants with black feather designs on them.

"By the way, why are we wearing these?" Cerise asked gesturing the pajamas she was wearing.

"After that crash your clothes got damage." Everyone turned to see a middle-aged woman with orange hair like the twins. " So, we put you girls in some of Raven's clothes she leftover."

"Mommy!" The times ran to their mother and hugged her.

"Cerise, this is Mrs. Cook, she's the cook of Queen castle." Cedar introduced the two.

"Nice to meet ya, Ms. Cerise." Cook said as she extended her hand.

"Likewise." Cerise shook Cook's hand. "You and your son's aren't afraid of me?"

"Afraid of you? HAHAHA!" Cook laughed as if she just heard a funny joke. "Any friend of Raven is a friend of ours."

Cerise gave a shy smile, she was glad there was more people on her side.

"Cook?" A giant blue ogre appeared. " Foods done."

"Already? Okay help me get it Ooglot." Cook said. "Boys be a dear and show the girls the dining room."

Dining Room

Like the rest of Queen castle the dining room was dark, glamourous, and scary. The table in the dining room had a long table that could fit a hundred guest, it seemed wasted on the small group.

"Soup's on!" Cook said as she and Ooglot sat many dishes on the table.

Roast duck, honey baked ham, rolls with whipped butter, baked potatoes, grilled asparagus, chopped salad bowl, brussels sprots, and throne cakes. The girls' stomachs rumbled and eyes widened at the sight of the food.

"Well, Bon appetite!" Cook said as she gestured at the food.

The girls pilled their plates and stuffed their faces liked starved wolves (no offense, Cerise).

Cook, the twins, and Ooglot looked at them in disbelief.

" My compliments to chef Cook." Maddie said licking her fingers.

"It was really delicious, ." Cedar agreed.

"I give it five stars." Cerise said licking her plate.

"Well, I'm glad you enjoyed - Boys! Where are your manners?" Cook said.

The twins were eating with their hands and making a huge mess.

" They got to get with their hands." Butternut said.

"Yeah!" Pie agreed.

"True, but they haven't eaten in two days." Cook said.

"Wait, what day is it today?" Cedar questioned.

"Today's Monday." Ooglot answered picking some duck bone from his teeth.

"Monday?" The girls shouted.

"That means we only have one day left to find Raven here." Maddie said.

"She's not here." A voice answered.

Everyone turned their heads to see Good King along with Ruby.

"Mom!" Cerise cried out as she ran into her mother's arms.

"It's okay, Cerise, I'm right here." Ruby said as she hugged her daughter tighter.

"Mr. Good King?" Cedar and Maddie walked up to him. " We need to speak to Raven it's about: the apples, Headmaster Grimm, and -"

Gennedy lowered his head and covered his eyes with his hands. "She's not here, and Ruby informed me about everything. I knew the headmaster was old fashioned, but never in my wildest dreams would he poison a student happily ever after or unhappily ever after. I should've taken her out of that wretched place the second Headmaster Grimm started badmouthing Raven and the other Rebels. But I didn't. God, I'm a failure."

"Raven didn't call you?" Maddie sniffled as tears threatened to fall.

"She called me last Friday. She said she was sorry and that she loved me." Gennedy choked back some tears. " Then, I found out she had a fight with one of the 'main' Charming boys, how Headmaster Grimm plans for has Breaker trying to find Raven and make her do some big public apology, how everyone hates my baby."

Then the flood gates opened! Gennedy was on his knees, snot coming out of his nose, tears raining down his face, and heartbroken to sherds. Everyone surrounded him doing their best to comfort him.

" I never should've enrolled her into that school. After what her mother did, I should've known this would've happened." Gennedy wailed.

"You couldn't have known this would happened!" Cook exclaimed.

"And we know Headmaster Grimm is lying." Cedar added. "He lied about the Storybook of Legends, the apples, where Cerise's dad is, and where Raven is."

"But he still has supporters, people that believe him, and power." Gennedy cried out. "I have nothing."

"You have us." Ruby said as she gripped Gennedy's shoulder. "And we have evidence to prove Headmaster Grimm is a fake."

"All we have to do is reveal everything Headmaster Grimm has done in front of everyone." Maddie said.

"How?" Ooglot questioned.

" We need to get to Ever After High tonight, when Raven there tomorrow we expose Headmaster Grimm for poisoning her and sending Mr. Badwolf to mirror prison, send the headmaster to jail, expose the destiny scandal, work through our baggage and redesign the current political system so this uprising never happens again. and save the day." Maddie said but unlike the previous times where she was full of hope it sounded like she was fooling herself.

"Gee, is that it?" Cedar question.

"Well, it's all we got!" Maddie shout, only to cover her mouth later. "Sorry, Cedar. Just a little on edge right now."

"That's okay." Cedar forgave Maddie. "But you're right we need to get back on the boat."

"No can do." Ruby said. " It's damaged and will take a long time to repair and way too long to return in time."

"There has to another way to - the feathers Cupid gave us!" Cerise exclaimed.

"That's right!" Cedar agreed. "They can send us back to Ever After High! Where are they?"

"The last time I saw them was on the counter-" Maddie began.

"On the boat!"

"We need those feathers to get back!" Cedar panicked.

"Without them we're doomed!" Maddie cried out.

"You mean these?" Ooglot said holding small vile with tiny gold wings inside it were three white feathers with gold at the tips.

"Where did you find those?" Cook questioned.

"When me and the clean-up crew were picking up boat pieces on the beach, I found these; thought they'd make a good souvenir." Ooglot acknowledged.

"Excellent!" Maddie perked up.

"But I gotta warn ya, they're wet." Ooglot added.

It was true, there was a small crack in the bottle and the feathers looked damped.

"I doubt those will be of use to us now." Maddie said as Ooglot placed the vile in Maddie's hands.

"We'll wait for them to dry off and tomorrow we'll be back at Ever After High." Ruby said.

"Tomorrow?" Maddie spoke as she held the vile of magic feathers close to her chest as she walked towards the large ceiling-to-floor windows that viewed the sea outside. "But will tomorrow be enough?"

Maddie watched as the grey sky turned pitch black indicating that the sun had set and would rise to reveal all the lies of yesterday. It would only be a matter of time before everyone found out.

Dorms

The students were in their beds some fast asleep others couldn't sleep a wink. The teachers were doing their rounds of making sure the students were in their rooms. Mama Bear was the watcher that night as she made her rounds.

"Cerise, Cedar, are you in there?" Mama Bear asked.

"Yes, ma'am." Cedar's voice answered.

"We're in bed." Cerise's voice answered.

"Good night, girls." Mama bear said as she closed the door.

Duchess waited until Mama Bear was down another hall and left the envelope in front of Cedar and Cerise's door. If it wasn't gone before the televised event tomorrow, she was going to expose a lot of her classmates.

Tuesday

Everywhere in the Land of Ever After everyone was preparing for event for when Apple White, the Charmings, and Raven Queen returned to Ever After High. Not only would the royalty royals return Raven would have to public apologize for brutally attack the Daring Charming, but she would sign the real Storybook of Legends sealing her fate as the next evil Queen.

Many were so excited about the event must places were closed, TVs were set to record the event for future generations, and many made bets hoping to win a ton of dough. But, at this current moment everyone was asleep except for one.

White Castle

"Okay, everyone remembers the plan?" Apple questioned in front of a blackboard holding chalk.

The woodland critters nodded yes.

"Okay. But let me go over it just in case." Apple started to draw on the blackboard. " Now the Breabyrn is here I'll have to fly five-six hours to get to Ever After High. I have my pillows covered to resemble me in bed asleep and sick so no one knows I've left. That's where you cuties come in."

The woodland critters stepped closer to Apple.

"I spent all day yesterday reading every word in the dictionary to be recorded so when someone answers the door you guys can use my mirrorpad and laptop to answer them. Also, if any food is delivered you guys can have it."

The animal critters chittered at that last part.

Apple put her white cloak, helmet, and backpack on as she walked towards Breabyrn before turning around one last time.

"Thanks for everything my woodland friends. I'll see you all soon." Apple blew a kiss to the woodland critters.

Gala scampered towards Apple's feet as Apple petted her.

"Gala you're in charge, make sure these cuties don't fight, eat each other, or use my bed as a potty." Apple instructed as she huged the snow fox.

Gala licked Apple's cheek in response then suddenly sniffed through an opening in Apple's bag.

"No, Gala. It's not play time, it's save our friend time." Apple hugged Gala one last time before getting on Breabyrn.

Apple was glad it was still crazy early and no one was awake, that and when news got around that Apple was sick so the servants made sure that no fans were in the courtyard near Apple's room. Gala closed the doors to the balcony behind as Apple and Breabyrn took off.

Queen Castle

No one slept a wink last night; they did their best to, but only ended up tossing and turning. Maddie and Gennedy were the rest examples, both were worried about Raven and kept check to see if the feathers were dry. It got to the point where Cook told Ooglot to hide the small vile with tiny gold wings inside it were three white feathers with gold at the tips so the two wouldn't be tempted to mess with the only thing to help them find Raven.

"This is just the worse thing since unsweetened iced tea." Maddie said pacing back and forth across the room-'s ceiling.

"Maddie, I know you're upset but please come down, we'll think of something." Cedar shouted up so Maddie could hear her.

"Like what?" Maddie shouted down.

"I don't know. I mean we have a couple of hours before the event is televised and Headmaster Grimm dooms Raven and us all, but I'm slightly sure we'll think of something." Cedar squeaked trying to sound sure.

"Okay!" Maddie raced down the wall.

"Girls!" Maddie and Cedar turned to see Cerise. "Breakfast is ready."

Dining room

Maddie, Cedar, Cerise, Ruby, Gennedy, Cook, the Cooklings, and Ooglot sat down to a breakfast of toast, bacon, croissants, boiled eggs, coffee, and tea.

"So are the feathers dried now?" Maddie asked as all eyes went to Ooglot.

"Well-" Ooglot began.

"Don't you dare answer that Ooglot or no dessert for a week." Cook instructed.

"My lips are sealed." Ooglot said.

Gennedy, Maddie, and the Cooklings groaned in annoyance.

"Look, I know it's hard, but we need to be patient." Red said. "As soon as the feathers are dry we'll use them to find Raven."

"Okay." Everyone agreed as they waited.

Ever After High

The students were allowed to sleep in today due to those who stayed behind at school helping set everything up. The briar thorns blocking out the morning sun helped a lot with those that stir at the first sign of light. The school was dark, soothing, and quiet'

*HONK HONK*

Never mind.

"Duchess!" Lizzie groaned from under her covers.

" On it." Duchess groaned back as she opened the window letting her pet trumpet swan, Pirouette, out to spread her wings.

As Pirouette flew out into one of the swan pools, Duchess creaked the door to her dorm open to see if the letter was still out there.

"Close the door." Lizzie groaned.

Duchess couldn't lie she needed a few winks of shut eye; besides it's too early to expose one's classmates.

Later

Breakfast in the Cafeteria consisted of pancakes, waffles, bacon, and Daring's Doughy Delight from the Beanstalk Bakery, frappes from Hocus Latte, various pastries from Wonderland Haberdashery & Tea Shoppe and not a single bowl of oatmeal to be found.

" Good morning students and staff of Ever After High! Is everyone is enjoying their breakfast this morning?" Headmaster Grimm asked into the microphone.

No one answered due to their mouths being stuffed with delicious breakfast foods.

"No, no, no, don't answer, I know eating with a mouth full is rude." Headmaster Grimm stated. "I'm afraid this is just a small reward for your good behavior; I mean why must you all suffer just because of one bad rebellious seed. As soon as your done with breakfast your allowed to roam the school grounds and, but after lunch everyone must be ready for the televised event. And don't think about skipping out because there will be a roll call to make sure everyone is there, That is all."

"I don't believe this." Cupid hissed as she bit into the croissant. "He's trying to bribe everyone with breakfast pastries to make Raven look bad."

"Sadly, by the looks of everything, he's winning." Hopper said as he took a swig of his frappe.

It was true everyone seemed to enjoy be enjoying their breakfast.

"Well, he doesn't have my vote How dare he take away my porridge." Blondie huffed.

"I agree it's gonna take more than pancakes to make me abandon Raven." Ginger agreed.

"By the way how did releasing Braebyrn go last night, Hunter?" Alistair asked as he bit into his bacon.

"It went well." Hunter answered nervously. "Except Sir Gallopad got out too."

"WHAT!" Everyone shouted.

"How did he get out?" Bunny whispered.

"I don't know. I was just getting Breabyrn then Pesky came along." Hunter answered.

" I hope they're okay." Kitty said.

Table Elsewhere

Duchess and Sparrow sat at one of the tables that gave them a view of the cafeteria. Mainly above the main teens.

"I see Maddie, Cerise, and Cedar haven't made it to breakfast yet." Duchess grinned as she stuffed her face with a Daring's Doughy Delight.

"That's good. More Daring's Doughy Delight for us." Sparrow said as he bit into his.

"No, you dolt-" Duchess snapped as she took pictures of the group. "It means I have more proof showing that Raven's main posse hasn't been here this whole weekend. Meaning they left school grounds to go to find Raven and if their haven't opened the letter before the Charmings and Apple arrive their in big trouble."

"Did I hear the word 'trouble'?" A voice came from nowhere. *POOF* Faybelle appeared with streaks of midnight blue in her blonde hair and a frappee and bagel sandwich in her hand.

"Faybelle!" Sparrow gasped.

"What the fuck do you want?" Duchess spatted with venom in her voice.

Faybelle was taken back for a second, but continued what she was doing.

"I just wanted to hangout with my best buds is that so wrong?" Faybelle answered.

"We're not friends, especially after what you told Raven about me losing my curse." Duchess hissed.

" And I told you for the last time I have no idea what you're talking about." Faybelle hissed back.

"Whatever." Duchess said as she pulled out her mirrorphone and started reading something.

"Whatever too, I gotta met somebody." Faybelle said as she flew out of the cafeteria.

" I'll leave too." Sparrow said as he stretched." Heard there's a betting pool in the student lounge if Raven gets expelled or not and I want in."

"Not so fast Sparrow." Duchess commanded stopping the young thief in his tracks. " Faybelle said she was going to meet someone, and I bet this 'someone' is Raven."

"What makes you so sure? Faybelle gets along with Raven like a snake and a badger." Sparrow stated.

"True." Duchess agreed. " But, after what Raven had done who's to say this whole thing isn't some big evil plan they're working on. So I need you to spy on Faybelle's meeting and expose them."

"What's in it for me?" Sparrow asked doing a gimme gesture.

Duchess groaned as she went through her purse and pulled out $10, a silver ring with a lavender gem on it, and a half-eaten granola bar.

"You spoil me." Sparrow said putting the items in his bookbag then left.

Headmaster Grimm's Office

"Everything has been prepared all that is missing is the arrival of Apple, the Charming siblings, and Raven." Mrs. Trollsworth said reading her clipboard.

"Excellent." Headmaster Grimm said as looked out his seeing those outside the force field eager to get inside. "That'll be all Mrs. Trollsworth."

Mrs. Trollsworth left as Grimm closed the curtains to his room and locked the door.

"Is Raven ready for the ceremony?" Headmaster Grimm questioned the mirror.

"Oh, she's more than ready." The Evil Queen appeared in a robe and towel. "What you should be really worried about is Snob White and King and Queen Uncharming's kids."

"Do not speak ill of either of them." Grimm hissed. "They should be arriving at any moment now, like they promised."

"Keep telling yourself that, Grimmy, you're not the only person in the world who can lie." The Evil Queen smirked. "Anyway, I got better things to do, see you at the ceremony."

The Evil Queen disappeared leaving Grimm alone with a reflection of himself. Grimm wickedly smiled to himself everything was coming together: no more rebellion, no more Rebl movement, and no more Raven Queen abandoning her story! And more importantly he was back in power!

Tower

Faybelle flew through one of the windows of the tower, opened the door, and slammed it shut.

In the mirror was Evil Queen wearing a dark violet robe and towel around her head reading a magazine.

"What took you so long?" The Evil Queen questioned Faybelle.

"I was -" Faybelle began to answer.

"Nevermind." The Evil Queen cut Faybelle off. "Did you tell your mother the good news?"

Other side

It took forever Sparrow to scale the tower Faybelle was in. When he was behind the door he put glass cup to his ear as he listened to Faybelle's conversation.

"Yes, I told her everything EQ!" Fabelle spoke.

"Excellent, I wouldn't want your mother to miss out on this." A voice of an older woman said.

Sparrow did not recognize the voice something about the voice scared him, the voice was cold, sexy, and a bit sinister.

"Just make sure Raven's the center of attention and not that bratty Apple or Daring." The woman's voice said.

"WHAT? WHY?" Faybelle questioned.

"Because this event will finally cement Raven's destiny as not only the future Evil Queen, but as the wicked villian ever. " The woman's voice said.

"But that's my destiny!" Faybelle shouted.

"No, it's Raven's and you will make sure all eyes are on her. Now if you don't mind, I need to get ready for the event. Toodles!" The woman's voice said.

Faybelle let out an ear-piercing scream.

Sparrow heard enough and scaled down the window and headed to one of the fountains.

Fountain

Duchess waited by her favorite fountain as she watched Pirouette and the other swans were swimming.

"Yo, Duchess." Duchess looked up to see Sparrow,

"What did you find out?" Duchess questioned.

"Not much, but Faybelle is talking to someone." Sparrow answered.

"Raven?" Duchess asked.

"No. And I never heard her voice before, all that was mentioned was Faybelle's mom and Raven needing to be the center of attention during the event, nothing else." Sparrow answered.

"Shit!" Duchess cursed. "How am I supposed to expose my classmates when I don't have all my facts straight?"

"Wouldn't Lizzie be exposed, too?" Sparrow asked.

"What?" Duchess asked.

"You told me you saw the red envelopes outside Maddie & Kitty, Cerise & Cedar, and Lizzie and your dorms, correct?" Sparrow said.

"Yeah, what's your point?" Duchess spatted.

"If you expose Cerise, Maddie, and Cedar, you might expose one of the few friends you got at this school." Sparrow answered.

*RING RING*

"Lunchtime!" Sparrow squealed. "Call me when you make up your mind."

Sparrow headed to the cafeteria for lunch leaving behind a shocked was true, if she did expose them, she'd expose not only her roommate and friend. Probably her only friend.

Duchess shoved the letter in her purse and headed to the cafeteria.

Half-way to Ever After High

*FLUSH*

'Note to self; When I become queen make it a law to have clean public bathrooms and hand dryers.' Apple thought as she walked out of the women's bathroom as she dried her hands with toilet paper.

Apple grabbed two bags of apple crisps, cinnamon gum, and two Jack Frost glacier waters as she made her way in line to the counter. Apple was glad her cloak hid her well or else someone might have noticed her and that would be bad.

"Next." The bored employee behind the counter said.

Apple placed the bags of chips, gum, and bottles on the counter and did her best to avoid making eye contact with the employee.

"That'll be $10.66." The employee said.

"Here you go." Apple said as she handed the employee the money.

"Wait a second, that voice." The employee said as he made eye contact with Apple.

Apple panicked soon all eyes were on her as she clutched the hood of her cloak closer to her.

"Nice, Apple White, cosplay." The employee said. "Heading to Ever After High for the return of Apple White?"

"Um, thanks and yeah." Apple thanked the employee.

The eyes that were previously on her went back to what they were doing.

"Gotta say you're the first blonde one." The employee said.

"What do you mean? Apple White has blonde hair." Apple said.

"Yeah, but you know fans they prefer the originals." The employee answered. "Have a nice day."

"Ohh." Apple said disappointed.

Apple exited the mini-mart and headed to the stable area where Breabyrn was. Apple couldn't lie, it hurt to know even her fans perfered she had ebony hair like her mother and the other Snow Whites before her. Once inside the stable Apple opened the apple crisp bag for Breabyrn who started to munch on them and sucked on the bottle of water, once Apple finished hers they headed out the stable.

"Hey Breabyrn you like me as a blonde, right?" Apple asked.

Breabyrn answered by licking Apple's cheek and nuzzling her forehead.

"Thanks, girl." Apple thanked Breabyrn as she scratched her chin.

Apple got on Breabyrn and they took off. Only three more hours and they'd be at Ever After High.

Ever After High

Girls Dorm

Bunny was putting the finishing touches to her outfit that she previously wore to Faybelle's Formal. Lizzie made it just for Bunny to wear: white gloves with black ruffles at the end, a black top hat with holes in it for her ears that had a gold wrist with red roses and a pink bow that tied them together, a white dress with a mint green corset, a lilac shawl with embroided clocks on it, and black wedges. She was done with a few minutes to spare before they would have to go to the Legacy Day Plaza.

After, stuffing her purse with snacks she could nibble on during the event Bunny pulled out her music sheet to practic on her horn.

*SLAM*

Faybelle was fuming as she stumped to her side of the dorm.

"I can't believe her after everything I've done!" Faybelle shouted.

Faybelle's outburst spooked Bunny as clouds began to form around Faybelle.

" First Duchess thinks I've teamed up with Rvaen, and now EQ still only cares about Raven! What about Faybelle and her needs?" Faybelle shouted as items began to float midair.

"Faybelle?" Bunny squeaked.

"I'm the evilist student in this school!" Faybelle shouted as the clouds got darker and lightning illuminated the room.

"Faybelle?" Bunny squeaked again.

"I'm so much better than Raven Fucking Queen!" Faybelle shouted as lightning hit the rug in the center of the room and seat it on fire.

"AHH!" Both girls cried out.

The sprinklers in the room doused the fire and the girls.

"Faybelle, look at what you've done!" Bunny shouted gesturing towards their room.

Furniture and items were wet and Bunny's music sheet and makeup were damaged.

"Not now, Bunny. Can't you see I'm fuming here?" Faybelle said using her magic to dry off her side of the dorm.

"That's it!" Bunny shouted. "I can't stand being your roommate anymore!"

Bunny shoved her bookbag with half-dry items, half-wet items.

"When the cleaning fairies come to dry off my belongings don't touch them, I'm moving out after I fix my makeup." Bunny said before slamming the door.

"What's her damage?" Faybelle questioned.

Lizzie and Duchess's Dorm

Duchess was putting on the finishing touches to her outfit, once her eyeshadow was on, she was done. Duchess simple wore what she had on during Thronecoming, she was one of the few that didn't want to spend time or money finding something new and apparently Lizzie had the same idea. Duchess watched as Lizzie finished painting the heart over her left eye.

"Lizzie?" Duchess spoke.

"Yes?" Lizzie acknowledged Duchess as she put her makeup brush down.

"You know were friends, right?" Duchess asked.

"Of course, we're friends Duchess." Lizzie said with a laugh. "Why in all of Ever After do you ask."

"Because of some of the things I've done since we've been roommates: sabotaging your hardwork during Next Top Villian and the Daring dating incident."

Lizzie cringed at both memories. After, Duchess ruined her revenge against Blondie she didn't to her for days until Duchess saved her from falling into the troll bridge's ravine because of Sparrow. Then, after the Kitty-spilling-cola-on-Daring-in-the-movies and it was believed that Daring was cheating on Lizzie with Duchess. It turned out to be a huge misundestanding it turned out Daring never asked Duchess to go to the movies he was flirting with his reflection the whole time. Sure, Lizzie, Kitty, Duchess, and Daring apologized to each other, but things were too awkward around each other. (That's just my interutaiant of what Happened in Kitty's Diary. Won't lie Daring's a flirt, but I see cheating as out of character for him, plus the show and books originally trying to hook him and Lizzie up and - I'm gonna stop now)

"Anyway, what I'm getting at is-"Duchess held out the red envelope with golden wax seal on it.

This shocked Lizzie. Where did Duchess get it from?

"I found this outside Cedar and Cerise's room for the past two days. Sure, I saw Cerise in class yesterday, so I'm guessing Cedar and Maddie aren't here and it has something to do with Raven, right?" Duchess raised an eyebrow.

lizzie was mentally kicking herself for not checking her friend's dorm, the gig was up, and everything was ruined!

Duchess eyes softened and became sympathetic.

"Look, normally I would rat whoever out for something like this, but this seems serious. I won't say a word unless you tell me what's up." Duchess announced.

As Lizzie was about to say something there was a knock at the door. Was that one of the teachers come to collect everyone? They had a few minutes left until last looks.

"Come in." Lizzie said.

In came a wet and frustrated Bunny.

"Yikes!" Duchess gasped. " What happened to you?"

"It was, Faybelle!" Bunny cried out on the verge of tears. " She came into the dorm with a huff and set it on fire again. Not only did she not have the nerve to apologize she dried up her own side and got my things wet and me wet. I can't stand her anymore!"

"You and me both." Duchess agreed.

"Don't worry, Bunny." Lizzie said. " I'll call the girls here right away; we have something important to talk about."

Briar, Ashylnn, Blondie, Ginger, Melody, Cupid, Kitty, Rosabella, and Farrah arrived and helped Bunny dry up and with her makeup.

"Thanks, everyone." Bunny thanked her friends.

"Okay, for more important matters." Lizzie began. "We messed up a little bit with our plan."

Duchess pulled red envelope with golden wax seal on it as the girls gasped.

"Duchess!" Briar's voice seethed with rage if you told anyone about-"

"Oh, calm your feathers down, I didn't open it." Duchess hissed.

"Anyway, I think it's important to tell Duchess everything." Lizzie said.

"Why?" Ginger questioned bluntly.

"Yeah, she's always trying to steal our destinies, bullying us, trying to get us in trouble-" Ashlynn began listing everything Duchess had done to them.

All eyes were on Duchess making her feel uncomfortable.

"True, but she's, my friend." Lizzie stated. "And we all the help we can get."

Lizzie and the girls explained everything to Duchess: the poisoned apples, Raven being poisoned, why Cedar, Cerise, and Maddie were gone, and Apple's letter.

"Shit!" Was all Duchess could say.

"It's true: we think this whole thing is to make Raven follow her destiny or make her 'poof'." Briar said.

"And he's the reason my uncle is gone." Everyone turned to see a dressed-up Ramona.

"When did you get here?" Bunny asked.

"She was here the whole time." Ginger said.

"It's true." Kitty agreed.

"But it makes no sense!" Duchess blurted out. "If Headmaster Grimm could poison Raven this whole time, why did he need me for?"

"What do you mean?" Ashlynn questioned.

Duchess explained during Next Top Villian how she overheard Headmaster Grimm and Mr. Badwolf talking about why she was in General Villanry, taking over Raven's destiny, and getting rid of her curse. And Faybelle telling Raven about her situation.

"That explains a lot." Ginger said.

"But how does Faybelle teaming up with Raven have to do with anything?" Duchess questioned.

"Faybelle and Raven teaming up? Ha, Faybelle was just complaining about Raven." Bunny acknowledged.

"But, I saw Faybelle flying out of Raven and Apple's dorm throught thaie balcony." Duchess said. "Why else would she be there for?"

"Maybe to spy." Briar answered. "Also, Faybelle always comes into someone's room unannounced."

"I can vouch for that." Ginger agreeed in anger.

"During the Fairy Fest she almost got us lost, so I agree too." Cupid agreed as well.

"Let's not jump to conclusions." Rosabelle interjected. "Let's hear Faybelle side of the story and get the truth out of her."

Duchess, Bunny, Lizzie, Ginger, and Ramona laughed at the statement.

"I wouldn't put Faybelle and truth in the same sentence." Ramona laughed.

"We still have time before they call us." Briar said. "Let's find her and -"

*BELL CHIME NOISES*

"Attenntion, students!" A voice on the intercom said. "It is now time for last minute touch-ups, those who are done are allowed to head to the gymnasium to be roll called. And this event is mandatory, so no one even think about skipping! That is all."

"Get some answers." Briar finished.

Bunny and Faybelle's dorm

Faybelle applied her pink lip gloss on to finish her look, despite how great she looked a few strands of midnight blue hairs stuck out against her blonde hair.

"Ugh, what did I do with that blonde hair spray?" Faybelle said rummging through her purse.

"A-HEM!" Faybelle turned around to see an angry cleaning fairy.

"What do you want?" Faybelle questioned rudely.

"Sign here." The cleaning fairy said holding a clipboard with a document on it.

Faybelle signed the document.

"One more room fire and you'll get a detention." The cleaning fairy hissed as he flew away.

"Whatever!" Faybelle shouted as she went back to finding her blonde hairspray.

"Faybelle?" Faybelle turned to see the girls.

"Ugh, what?" Faybelle groaned. " If you wanted an apology you didn't have to rope them in, Bunny."

"This isn't about my side of the room, this is about Raven." Bunny stated.

"What about Queen?" Faybelle sneered.

Duchess stepped forward in front of the other girls.

"Last week before we found out Raven's vote was hacked I saw her at my favorite fountain and she told me about how Headmaster Grimm plans for me to take over Raven's destiny. When,saw you fly out of Raven's room last Friday before everything went to shit! So the question is do you know where Raven is?"

"Is this some type of dumb joke? If I knew where she was, I would've ratted her out by now, and I'm still made about the Hocus latte incident." Faybelle said pointing at the midnight streaks in her hair.

" Okay, I'm sorry." Duchess apologized. " I thought you teamed up with Raven since you were blackmailing everyone."

"Wait a second!" Briar gasped. "Faybelle is that why everyone has been waiting on you hand and foot these past couple of days?"

"So? What part of future evil villianious don't you people get?" Faybelle raised an eyebrow.

"And what part of 'you don't have to be everyone's bad guy' didn't you get?" Briar crossed her arms.

The animosity in the room thickened.

*BELL CHIME NOISES*

"Attenntion, students!" A voice on the intercom said. "It is now time to head to the gymnasium to be roll called.

"Well, I'll see you ladies at the Legacy Day Plaza to see Raven humiliate herself once again." Faybelle boasted as she flew out of her room.

The girls left Bunny and Faybelle's dorm into a sea of other students heading to the gym.

Charming Castle

The Charming Committee on Appropriate Apparel had picked out elegant outfits for all the Charmings to wear for the occasion.

"Stunning!"

"Amazing!"

"Charming!"

Those were the words the family heard as they were taking pictures in the photo room. Despite the smiles in the three Charming siblings were not happy.

"Excellent pictures, I expected nothing less from the charming Charming family." The photographer leader said. "And don't worry we'll edit Daring's bandage."

"Excellent; we look forward in seeing the photos." King Charming said. "Come everyone to the theater room to view the televised event."

Everyone headed to the theater room leaving Dexter alone in the big room. Dexter lingered behind he didn't want to watch the girl he loves be humiliated and scorned because of his idiotic brother. Dexter was almost at the door until-

"Dexter?" Dexter turned to see Daring standing tall and looking pitiful at the same time.

"What, Daring?" Dexter practically hissed.

"We need to talk." Daring said as he put his hands in his pockets . "For real this time. I know I messed up with Raven-"

"Sure, let's talk about how your stupidity got us all in this mess." Dexter mocked.

"But it's also about you." Daring stated.

This caught Dexter off guard.

Daring's his fingers gripped the item in his pocket and pulled them out. It was just cards, Dexter's winning hand cards. Dexter's face went white at the sight of the cards.

"Did you really have those in your pocket since yesterday?" Dexter raised an eyebrow.

"That's not the point?" Daring bellowed. " You could've won the game, you could've beaten me, but you chickened out!"

This really grinded Dexter's gears, was Daring that oblivious of their parents' treatment towards them, mainly his father's treatment towards him?

"You don't get it do you, Daring?" Dexter questioned.

"Get what, Dexter?" Daring asked getting annoyed as well.

"That everyone loves, respects, and idolize you and I'm not talking about this whole weekend where everyone catered to your every whim, I mean your whole goddamn life." Dexter hissed at the end with venom.

"Language!" Daring bellowed.

"Don't you get? You're the first born, the golden child, the hero of the story!" Dexter mocked as he spread his arms. " You're supposed to win at everything no matter what."

"What does that even mean?" Daring question with confusion without a hint of fury in him.

"Masters Charming?" Both boys turned to see Gordon. "Is everything alright?"

"Just peachy, Gordon." Dexter lied.

"Yeah, we're good." Daring agreed.

"Very well, it's best that you two head into the theater room before the elders look for you." Gordon stated.

Both Charming boys panicked and rushed to the theater room. In their haste Daring dropped something.

"A winning hand." Gordon said as he picked up the cards.

Ever After High

The red and purple force field was lifted and many villagers, fans, and paparazzies entered the school grounds at the same time the students were releashed from the gymnasium heading for the Legacy Day Plaza as everyone watched them. They were taking pictures of the students in their fancy outfits and asking them questions as if the whole thing was an awards show.

*Just Right Theme Song*

"Hello fairytale world!" Blondie greeted the viewers in her thronecoming outfit. "Todays the day everyone has been waiting for. Last Friday Raven Queen attacked Daring Charming for mysterious reasons. The only witnesses of the event were C.A. Cupid and Ramona Badwolf and they've kept their lips shut. But that ends today because: Apple White, Daring, Dexter, Darling Charming, and Raven Queen will be returning to school so Raven can not only publicly apologize to Daring, but to sign the Real Storybook of Legends. How will things turn out you say? Well just stay tune!"

Headmaster Grimm's Office

Headmaster Grimm was on mirror call with Snow White, King Charming, and Queen Charming.

"Is everything in order for the ceremony, Headmaster Grimm?" Snow White questioned sternly.

"The stage is set, the cameras recording, the ceremony being broadcasted across the land on three hundred channels, and everything is in order. "Headmaster Grimm gladly assured.

"Excellent!" King Charming said. "This is exactly what we wanted to hear."

"All we need is your children and Ms. Queen to arrive and everything will be perfect." Headmaster Grimm concluded.

"Yes. About that." Snow White began. "Apple will not be attending the ceremony."

Headmaster Grimm's face turned white, his moustache dropped, and face was in panic made.

"Um, Pardon me your majesty." Headmaster began. " I must have misheard you say Apple wouldn't be attending the ceremony."

"You heard correctly. I'm afraid Apple has caught a cold and you know it would be unwise to send her back while ill and someone else might get sick." Snow White stated in a matter-of-fact tone.

"The same applies for Daring as well." Queen Charming added. "Our doctors advise us to wait until his scar is healed before sending him back. They said by tomorrow it should be gone."

"B-BUT,BUT!" Headmastr Grimm stuttered. "But we need Ms. White and the Charmings for the ceremony this evening."

"We're sure the ceremony will go well without them. I would love to see the Queen girl apologize to my son face to face, but this will have to do." King Charming said.

"King and Queen Charming." A butler said off-screen. "The program is about to begin, and the popcorn is ready."

"Wonderful." Queen Charming approved.

" We'll leave everything in your hands headmaster. We know you won't let us down. Goodbye." King Charming's tone was both encouraging and threatening at the same time as the screen turned to black.

" This better go well without a hitch, dear Headmaster Grimm, it's not just your reputation on the line. Got it?" Snow White thundered in a sinister tone that did not belong to a formal damsel-in-distress who is kind and loved throughout the land.

"Got it." Headmaster Grimm muttered as he tried to compose himself.

"Perfect!" Snow White said in a cheery tone and clasped her hand. " The whole queendom will be watching every little bitty thing, bye."

The mirror screen turned black leaving Headmaster Grimm alone in the room.

*HAHAHAHAHAHA*

A cackle echoed throughout the dark room, the air became icy cold, and a figure appeared in the mirror.

"What did I tell ya? You're not the only one who can lie." The Evil Queen cackled.

"You heard what they said Apple has a cold and they want Daring's scar to heal properly." Headmaster Grimm insisted.

"Whatever." The Evil Queen sneered.

"Is Raven and the Storybook of Legends ready?" Headmaster Grimm questioned.

"Of course, unlike your teacher's pets my daughter will be there on time." The Evil Queen answered.

"Good!" Headmaster Grimm smiled.

Queen Castle

Everyone was gathered near the big screen TV as they saw everyone entering the school grounds for the ceremony.

"I can't believe so many people are showing up just to see Raven apologize and sign her life away." Cerise sadly sigh.

"It's just like thronecoming all over again." Cedar spoke. "And just like last time I feel like we didn't do enough."

Cerise hung her head down. The girls did question their friend why the change of heart. Raven responded it was something she had to do. After the reveal that it was a trick by their headmaster they blamed themselves for not doing more.

Maddie was back to pacing back and forth on the ceilings while Gennedy did the same on the floors.

"You two need to stop pacing or you'll leave a hole in the floor and ceiling. Let's have some tea." Ruby said carrying a tray of tea and cookies.

Gennedy and Maddie did as instructed but their nerves weren't calm.

" Does anybody have any ideas on how to stop this?" Maddie begged.

"I'm afraid all we can do is watch." Gennedy sadly confirmed as his eyes turned to the screen.

Everywhere

All throughout the land of Ever After TVs, Mirrorpads, Mirrorphones, and some movie theaters and parks had it on big screens. From the Snow Queendom to the Charming Kingdom all were watching the ceremony no one was going to miss this event or forget it.

Ever After High

The time was now 4:00 students, staff, and visitors were at the Legacy Day Plaza stuffed together like sardines in a tiny can. Cameras, mirrorphones, and mirrorpads ready to record the event all that was missing was the guests of honor.

*BOOM*

Fireworks filled the sky in reds and purples as the school's crest appeared into the sky, fanfare played, flower petals and streamers fell from the sky as everyone cheered. Headmaster Grimm stood tall as he walked his way up to the podium, the four giant mirrors showed his face, and spoke into the microphone.

"Good afternoon everyone." Headmaster Grimm's voice boomed into the microphone. "I for one am pleased to see all of you during this momentous occasion that I can say no one in a hundred years will forget. This school year has been interesting to say the least others might say unusual, disastrous, maybe even rebellious. But I assure you that I have steered things on the right path, the good path, the path that is always and forever never changing."

Cheers were heard throughout the crowd.

"Sadly, I must say I have good news and bad news." Headmaster Grimm began.

The crowd looked up at him in confusion, Headmaster Grimm swallowed the lump in his throat and faked a smile.

"Good news first: Mr. Badwolf has found Raven Queen and she will be here and will sign the Storybook of Legends." Headmaster Grimm said.

The crowds cheer at the good news. The staff however were silent as they thought something 'when was the last time they saw '?

"Bad news-" Headmaster Grimm began. " Apple White and the Charming family will not be attending today's ceremony."

"WHAT?"

The voices shouted into the air which turned into questions and jeers.

"Silence, everyone!" Headmaster Grimm commanded. "Apple White came down with a nasty cold and Daring Charming is still recovering from the scar Raven Queen inflicted on him. They will be back at Ever After High tomorrow."

"But you said they'd be here today!" Everyone turned to see an angry Blondie. "Do you know how many came here to see them?"

Both fans and reports began shouting at the headmaster until it became a frenzy demanding the popular Royals and the Rebel leader. Headmaster Grimm could feel all eyes on him from the court to the eyes viewing their screens and it did not look good. He could feel his reputation and the funding of the school drained away as he looked out onto the crowd for an anchor of safety. Until the sight a figure in black and purple appeared.

"RAVEN QUEEN!"

All eyes turned to the person Headmaster Grimm was pointing to and there she was.

"Raven!"

Madddie jumped for joy seeing her best friend unharmed.

"She's back." Cerise gasped.

"Oh thank God." Gennedy said as he placed a hand over his heart.

Cedar felt something was off about her friend as she slipped on her revealer rays and found out why. Cedar began to shake like a leaf in a storm.

"That's not, Raven." Cedar whimpered as she shook.

All eyes turned to her as they noticed how unnerved she was.

"What, Cedar?" Maddie said as she stopped jumping.

"That's not our Raven!" Cedar cried out.

There she was, Raven Queen, in the flesh. Greyish-purple skin, amythest eyes, black and purple hair, winged eyeliner, and purple lipstick unlike everyone else Raven wasn't wearing anything fancy just her regular attire of a black tank top, a skirt with many purple layers, silver belt, feather collar, and spiked tiara. The one thing different about her was see was carrying a bag with something heavy in it.

All eyes were on Raven as she made her way to the podium. Nobody said a word to her; no cheers or jeers as the dark princess walked. Haedmaster Grimm got out of the way as Raven made it to the podium and spoke into the microphone.

"I am Raven Queen, daughter of the Evil Queen and -" Raven began as she pulled out a giant book from her bag and placed it on the podium. "I pledge to follow my destiny."

The crowd gasped as Raven's key appeared about to open the book.

"The Storybook of Legends!" Headmaster Grimm gasped. "You brought it back!"

Headmaster Grimm began jumping for joy and doing a stupid victory dance which the audiance found embrassing.

"Finally! Now sign the book!" Headmaster Grimm cheered.

"Raven, stop!"

A voice cried out of nowhere. Everyone looked up to the sky to see-

"Apple!"

Snow and King White shrieked as they saw their daughter on the big screen of their TV room. Both parents jumped out of the plush velvet chairs and rushed to Apple's room banging on the door.

"Apple, open this door right now!" Snow White shouted as she banged on the door.

"I'm sorry, mother." Apple's voice was heard. "But I'm sick and need breasting."

"What?" Snow White shouted in both confusion and fury.

"Rest! Peas let me sleaze right meow!" Apple's voice answered.

Snow White kicked the door open to see woodland critters in her daughter's room, piles of dirty plates, and Gala on Apple's laptop. Gala began typing something on the laptop.

"Stupid autocorrect!" The computer said in Apple's voice.

"APPLE!"

"Raven!"

"You're in danger, you have to come with me!" Apple cried out.

Breabyrn flew as close to the podium as she could as Apple extended her hand to Raven who didn't move an inch. Chatter broke out among the crowd. Where did Apple come from? What was she talking about? And what danger was Raven in.

"Ms. White." Headmaster Grimm nervously chuckled as he walked towards the girl and her glaring dragon who wanted to barbeque the headmaster. "Glad to see you are healthy and back at school."

"Can it, Headmaster Grimm!" Headmaster Grimm turned to see an angry Briar, Ashlynn, Blondie, Hunter, Bunny, Alistair, Hopper, Humphery, Ginger, Lizzie, and Kitty.

"My dear students." Headmaster Grimm strained. "Plese return to your seats!"

"Absoulutely not!" Lizzie shouted as her face turned red.

"We know what you did to Raven." Hunter said as he clutched his axe in his hands.

"Mr. Huntsman, I hope you're not threatening me." Headmaster Grimm growled at the young man.

"Better him, than us." Headmaster Grimm turned to see Baba Yaga, Pied Piper, and Jack B. Nimble. "Speaking of threats, where's Mr. Badwolf?"

All eyes were on Headmaster Grimm, staff, and teens as they began to bicker which only got louder.

"Enough!" Everyone turned to see a furious Raven. "FREEZE!"

Raven's hands glow with purple magic as it engulfed the entire school and everybody in it. Everyone was frozen solid in place like when Raven first froze time during Legacy Day. Raven clutched the podium as the four mirrors showed her furious face and she glared at the cameras.

"For the peons worrying at home everyone is fine. They're still alive and know what's going on." Raven spat into the microphone.

The cameras zoomed in on the frozen crowd until it looped back to Raven.

"I bet you all were expecting me to apologize and sign my destiny away, well guess what?" Raven took her key and snapped it into two pieces and disappeared.

"I'm not, just because of one tiny accident you all turned against. Well guess what. While I was gone, I found some interesting things about my fellow classmates." Raven said as she pulled out a remote and hit the play button.

Images filled the screens on the big mirrors like: Poppy finding out she was destined to be the next Rapunzel not Holly, Gus and Helga eating all the sweets for the cooking class bake sell, Hunter and Ashlynn dates, students hiring doppelgangers to take their places in classes, the things Sparrow stole from both students and staff.

"Proof that everyone has a secret even one's to protect the ones they love." Raven clicked the remote button.

The Mirrors showed an image of Briar, Apple, Ashlynn, Blondie, Raven, and Ginger in a swamp surrounded by frogs.

"Kiss them all?" Briar cringed. "Seriously?"

"That's going to take forever after," Ashlynn said.

Raven folded her arms. "Is it too late to change my mind and un-volunteer for this quest?"

"It won't be that bad," Ginger said, trying to reassure the princesses. "There are only about fifty frogs in here. Well, maybe more like one hundred. Okay, possibly two hundred… or so. But that's not bad. We can do this."

"We?" Briar snorted. "You don't have to do the kissing, Ginger. You're not a princess."

"Lucky girl," Raven said.

Apple took a tube of charm gloss from her pocket. "Duty calls, ladies. No complaining. We are princesses and turning a frog back into a prince is one of our most important obligations." She glossed her lips. Then she grabbed a net, stepped into the water, caught a frog, and kissed it. Just like that.

"Wait, I wasn't ready." Blondie fumbled with her MirrorPad. "Can you do that again? I want to get a close-up. My viewers are going to love this." She pressed record and started shooting. But Apple had already released the first frog and had caught a new victim. Smooch. Then she grabbed another. Smooch. And another.

"Hey, she's trying to kiss them all herself. She wants to be the one to save Hopper." Briar slogged into the water and rolled up her sleeve. "You're not the only princess around here." She plunged her arm into the muck and pulled out a wiggling frog. Then she cringed, puckered up, and planted a kiss on the top of its head. "Ack," she said. "That was disgusting."

"Oh, don't hurt its feelings," Ashlynn told her as she stepped cautiously into the water. "And be careful, everyone. Step lightly so you don't hurt anything."

Briar, Apple, Ashlynn, and Raven kissed the frogs Ginger caught as Blondie filmed the whole thing.

As it turned out, Ginger's mother had taught her well—her frogging skills were undeniable. She quickly filled one of the nets with frogs and handed it to Raven, who was sitting on a log, rolling up her leggings. "All these are for me? How thoughtful of you."

"I'd help kiss, but I'm not a princess," Ginger said with an apologetic shrug. As she began to fill another net, she listened intently, in case one of the frogs decided to recite poetry or to declare his love for Briar. That would have made things super easy. But no frog spoke any word except for croak or ribbit.

Just as she reached for another frog, a dragonfly flitted in Ginger's face. She swatted at it. But it flew around her head, hovering near her ear. What an annoyance. "Go away," she grumbled. It circled two more times, then landed on a rock, right next to a frog. Either the dragonfly was clueless that frogs eat bugs or…

"Drake?" A shiver ran up Ginger's spine. The dragonfly nodded and blew a tiny flame from his mouth. Ginger almost shouted with joy. Drake the dragonfly was showing her Hopper.

"Can you tell my viewers how you're feeling?" Blondie asked, interviewing the princesses.

"My mouth tastes weird," Ashlynn complained.

"My lips are sticky," Apple said.

"Frog is definitely an acquired taste," Briar said, making a gagging sound.

Raven sighed. "No comment."

Ginger held her breath. The frog's eyes were closed. He didn't seem to know that Ginger was hovering over him. The poor little thing looked so tired after his long journey. Ginger didn't announce that she'd found Hopper. She didn't want to do anything that might startle him. Ever so slowly, with fingers extending, she reached out. The dragonfly watched, his wings vibrating in place. "Gotcha!"

"Oh, not another one," Raven said. "I'm not even done with this batch."

The frog's eyes popped open. He squirmed as Ginger lifted him until he was level with her face. "Hopper?" she whispered.

He kept squirming.

Then Ginger did something, even though there was no rational reason to do it. She wasn't a princess. But at that moment, she was overcome with instinct, pure and simple.

She kissed the top of the frog's headband Hopper appeared.

"What happened? Where am I?" Hopper the boy stood up to his knees in swamp water. Clumps of moss clung to his jacket and his hair was a bit messed up, but those adorable freckles were still in place. Drake the dragonfly flew around his head, then landed on his shoulder.

Hopper looked around, his expression tight with confusion. "Why…?" He gulped. "What…?" He scratched his head. "Where…?"

At first, Ginger didn't smile, because she felt equally confused. "Don't be scared," she said. "It's a long story and—"

"There he is!" Briar exclaimed. She dropped a frog and sloshed through the water until she was standing next to Hopper.

All the princesses spun around. Upon seeing Hopper, they stopped kissing, dropped their frogs, and hurried over. Blondie climbed onto a tree trunk so she could get a better shot with her MirrorPad.

"Welcome back," Raven said to Hopper.

"I did it." Briar beamed proudly. "I broke the spell."

"I'm really sorry to say this, Briar, but what makes you think it was you?" Apple asked. "It could have been my kiss."

"Or mine," Ashlynn said.

"Would somebody please tell me why I'm standing in this…" Hopper looked at the water. "Swamp?"

"I kissed you," Briar informed him. "And you're welcome." Then she took an antislime wipe from her bag and cleaned her crownglasses. "My work here is done. Let's go, girls, or we'll be late for afternoon classes."

"And there you have it, my fellow fairytales." Blondie was talking into her microphone. "Briar Beauty has broken the spell with her princess kiss, and Hopper Croakington is, once again, a boy."

Apple frowned. "I still think it was my kiss." She smiled at Hopper. "Surely you remember who kissed you."

"Kissed me?" Hopper loosened his bow tie. "I don't remember being kissed."

"Ginger was the only girl standing on this side of the swamp," Ashlynn pointed out. "Maybe she saw something. Ginger, did you see Hopper swim over here after being kissed? And did you see who kissed him?"

Ginger knew exactly who had kissed Hopper, and it hadn't been a princess. But that could mean only one thing. Her head was spinning. "I didn't see anything," she lied.

"Then we'll never know who broke the spell," Raven said. "So, there's no use arguing about it."

They quickly emptied water from their galoshes and cleaned slime off their hands. Then the princesses started back down the path. "Wait," Blondie called. "I want to get some post quest interviews." MirrorPad in hand, she hurried after them.

Ginger and Hopper were still standing in the swamp, looking equally dazed.

"Let me get this straight," Hopper said. "Briar… kissed me? She really kissed me?"

Ginger weighed the consequences of telling the truth. If she admitted to the boy she liked that it had been her kiss that had saved his life, she'd be the hero. Hopper would be very grateful; he might even change his feelings toward her. He might even start to like her. But she'd also be admitting that a true love's kiss had saved him. And that was way more than she wanted to admit. She liked Hopper—that was certain—but true love? Besides, he seemed so happy with the notion that Briar had saved him. She wanted him to be happy, after all, and she was glad to have her friend back. Maybe it just wasn't the right time to tell him the truth.

"Uh… yeah, it was Briar. You needed a princess kiss to turn you back." And then she told him the whole story, about how he'd wished to be a frog, how he'd turned into one, and how everyone had joined together to find him.

"Whoa. All I remember is that I was on your show, I went back to my room, and the rest is blank." Then he beamed. "I can't believe they came out here to kiss me." He looked as if he were going to burst from happiness. "Briar kissed me."

The moment was truly bittersweet. "We'd better get back." Ginger waded from the swamp, sat on a log, and emptied her galoshes.

As they started down the path, Drake flew up ahead, leading the way. There was a happy rhythm to Hopper's steps. On Friday morning he'd stood in the kissing booth, completely ignored. Now he knew that several of the fairest princesses at Ever After High had tried to kiss him. Had wanted to kiss him.

Ginger sighed. She was happy to have Hopper back, happy to see him smiling, and happy he didn't know the truth. She just wasn't ready for true love. Not yet.

The mirrors turned black

"It's sad, isn't it? Having to keep secrets just to fit some status some secrets the staff keep from us students." Raven said as she pressed the play button.

The mirrors showed an image of Mr. Badwolf and Headmaster Grimm near one of the school's favorite fountain where Duchess (in swan mode) was hiding in the tall reeds listening to their conversation.

"I'm getting mirror calls from parents' day and night," the Headmaster Grimm said. "This Rebels nonsense has caused quite a stir. We're supposed to be teaching traditions here, not rebellion."

"We do our best," Mr. Badwolf agreed as his ears flattened in annoyance.

"The Charmings are threatening to send their children elsewhere if we don't get this situation under control. So is the Ella family. If we lose important royal families and their funding, we might have to close the school." Headmaster Grimm's voice filled with panic. "Educating the next Evil Queen is one of our most important duties."

"I'm afraid Raven Queen shows little interest," Mr. Badwolf said.

"Then we must begin to train someone to replace her, just in case. We need to be prepared." Headmaster Grimm stroked his gray mustache. "Do any of the students in your General Villainy class show promise?"

Mr. Badwolf growled. "Unfortunately, they are the most pathetic group I've ever taught. There's evil in their blood—no doubt about that—but they've diluted it with good intentions and... generosity." He coughed, as if the word had choked him. Why did you insist that take the class?"

Duchess got closer to hear the answer?

Headmaster Grimm looked around. Then he cleared his throat and said, "This is highly classified information, Mr. Badwolf. But I believe, as do others, that Duchess Swan has a black swan side that might make her the perfect candidate for Evil Queen status."

"Black swan side?" Mr. Badwolf questioned.

"Yes." Headmaster Grimm turned toward the pond and pointed to the swans that were swimming near the fountain. "The trumpeter is beautiful to behold, graceful and elegant, just like our Ms. Swan. But if you disturb a trumpeter, trespass through its territory, or threaten its nest, it will hiss like a cobra and attack with the viciousness of a wolf. That is the black swan side."

"And Duchess?" questioned as he raised an eyebrow

"She has the instinct within her to do whatever it takes to protect her territory, and, in this case, her territory is her perfect grades. She will not allow herself to fail your challenge, Mr. Badwolf. She will do whatever it takes to succeed. Even if that means becoming a villain." Headmaster Grimm answered as he rubbed his hands together.

"Ah, I see," Mr. Badwolf said as his ears perked up. "But what about her destiny? The swan princess is not a villain. By putting her in my class, are you not going against tradition? Are you not, in a small way, doing exactly what you don't want the students to do—choosing a new destiny?"

Headmaster Grimm snorted. "We are not Rebels, if that's what you're getting at, Mr. Badwolf. We are the upholders of tradition! Our stories depend upon an Evil Queen. And if Raven will not step into her mother's shoes, then someone else must. We cannot let those shoes go empty."

Mr. Badwolf was still not convinced.

"Besides. have you noticed how Ms. Swan looks at the other students who have Happily Ever Afters? Espically, Ms. White, Ella, and Beauty? She wants one desperately. If she passes General Villainy, then she'll move on to Advanced Villainy and begin to learn the dark spells. It wouldn't take her long to realize that by controlling dark magic, she could change the curse that awaits her." Headmaster Grimm continued.

"If she changed the curse, then she wouldn't have to live her life as a bird." Mr. Badwolf nodded. "Now I understand. With that kind of motivation, how could she not want to become the Next Top Villain?"

"And once she has mastered dark magic, she may show the potential to be the next Evil Queen, saving all of us from the end of Ever After as we know it." Headmaster's said as he and Mr. Badwolf walked away.

"So will Duchess still keep her original destiny or-"

"That's a fork in the road we'll deal with when we get their." Headmaster Grimm interrupted.

Once the two were out of sight Duchess transformed into her human formed with a surprised expression on her face.

"I won't have to be a swan forever." Duchess gasped.

The next scenes were of Sparrow winning Next Top Villian. But would return with the two working together bullying their fellow classmates, and Sparrow being a fan of 'My Miniature Donkeys'.

The mirror turned black.

"See Duchess?" Raven appeared in front of the frozen Duchess. "You're nothing more than a prop to be used be everyone around you. I swear if the poisoned apple from my story had a mymirror account it would have more followers than you."

Duchess remained frozen not responding then appeared in front of Sparrow.

"Oh, and Sparrow. I got nothing to say to you except you're talentless hack!"

" Truth be told I don't even know what the worst part in there was; Duchess thinking she would be happier with my destiny even if she could break the curse of being a swan forever, she'd be hated like I was with the destiny of poisoning Apple or that Mr. Badwolf is a hypocrite."

Raven appeared back on the podium and zoomed in on the image of Mr. Badwolf.

"Mr. 'we got follow our stories', my tail feathers!" Raven shouted into the mic. "If he loves following his story so much, he wouldn't have strayed from marrying his mortal enemy!"

"Oh no!" Cerise said watching the screen as her mother held her tightly.

"You see folks during Yester Day I decided to visit Red Riding Hood only for the Hood and Wolf to try to kill me."

The mirrors showed an image of the Hood and Wolf clans. One of the Hood men held a young crying Wolf boy dressed as a sheep, while one of the Wolf men growled demanding the boy's safe return. Soon things escalated until both sides were yelling at each other forgetting about the poor Wolf boy. Raven had enough!

"Hey, stop it!" Raven yelled. She lifted her hands intending just to do a loud pop spell and get their attention, but it backfired. A burst of black air exploded, knocking both the Hoods and the Wolfs onto their rumps and singeing a few eyebrows. The wolf in sheep's clothing fell to the ground and scurried over the bridge to his clan. The Hoods barely noticed. They were all staring at Raven.

"It's… it's her.…"

"The Evil Queen's daughter…"

"Get her."

"Get her!"

"Get her!"

The Hoods jumped to their feet and grabbed Raven, dozens of hands on her arms and legs. Raven couldn't even manage to squirm.

"No! Stop!" Cerise yelled.

"We don't allow witches in Hood Hollow," said a Hood man. "Let one witch in and next thing you know a whole crowd of gingerbread-housed, child-eating, cackling cauldron stirrers move in, taking up space and changing everyone into frogs."

"Or worse, into wolves!" a grandfather shouted.

"But that's not just any ordinary witch!"

"That's her daughter!"

"Get rid of her before she goes off script and destroys Hood Hollow like her mother destroyed Wonderland!"

"The only thing to do is dunk her."

"Yes, toss her in the river. She'll float downstream and become someone else's problem."

"Dunk the witch! Dunk the witch!" the mob began to chant.

"You can't," Cerise yelled. "Raven is good. She's helped me see I can write my own destiny!"

No one paid her any attention. Dozens of hands lifted Raven above the heads of the mob. They carried her onto the bridge.

"No!" said Cerise. "Not Raven. I won't allow it. I won't."

The mob kept chanting, holding Raven up. She could see the stream swirling below her. It looked cold. And a lot deeper than she was expecting. And were those wicked sharp rocks in the depths? Raven writhed, trying to fight her way free. This wasn't a joke. She was about to get seriously hurt. Or worse. She opened her mouth to mutter a spell, too scared now to worry about the spell backfiring. But someone shoved a sock in her mouth.

This is what she got for interfering. She wasn't a leader. She didn't know how to reason with people. She just needed to give up, improve her skulking skills, and hide her way through the rest of her time at school. Any time she attempted to help, it backfired, just like her magic.

"No!" Cerise yelled.

And then she howled. The sound froze Raven's blood and stopped the chant dead in the mob's throats.

Cerise's eyes flashed yellow. "Put her down."

No one moved.

"I said, put her down!" Cerise sprang from the stream bank onto the bridge, an impossibly high leap. The crowds on both sides of the stream gasped in shock. Cerise crouched on the lip of the bridge as if prepped to pounce.

"Down," she said again.

The many hands let Raven slip, and she landed on the bridge's wooden planks.

"Cerise, how are you doing that?" someone asked.

"Raven Queen was right," said Cerise. "We can write our own destiny. And I'm not hiding anymore. I'm proud of both my parents—Red Riding Hood and Big Badwolf."

She stood to her full height and pushed back her hood, revealing her wolf ears.

Almost drowned out by both clans' shouts of fear and rage were Cerise's mother's soft cries.

(Paused Button)

"You know what." Raven thought holding the remote in her hand and pressed the rewind button to the beginning. "Let's start this from the beginning."

(Unpause)

Cerise and Raven came out of the wishing well to the Dark Forest was thick and sticky with evergreens. Sunlight sliced through the canopy in slim, cathedral-lighting shafts, lending just enough light for ferns and a few wildflowers to creep out of the dark soil. Ahead was a cottage, and beyond that, a village in a clearing.

"My parents built their house here, so they'd be close to the wishing well," Cerise said as they walked to the cottage. "Dad can come for visits anytime, sneak in the back door, and no one sees."

"So, who does everyone think your dad really is?" Raven asked.

"Oh, Hoods don't ask questions," Cerise said. "We're a very private people. I think most people assume the Huntsman was my dad. That would make more sense to them than the truth."

"But that would make you Hunter's sister!" said Raven. "Besides, you're not Cerise Huntsman—you're Cerise Hood. Hey, are you related to Robin and Sparrow Hood?"

Raven and Cerise entered the cottage.

"Mom?" Cerise called out.

Red Riding Hood emerged from the kitchen wearing a floured apron. She was tall and lean, not as broad-shouldered as her daughter. She and Cerise shared the same straight dark brown hair, but Cerise's had a shock of white at the forehead, and Red didn't cover hers with a hood.

"Cerise!" Red ran forward and swept her daughter up in a hug. "You're here! I've missed you so much. And what perfect timing, because I just finished a batch of mini pecan pies."

"Mom has a business selling pastries," Cerise said to Raven.

"Oh, it's just a hobby, really," said Red.

"A hobby? She shipped twenty thousand fairyberry scones last year alone!"

Red laughed. "You're my biggest fan. Are you here for Yester Day? When I got the text from Headmaster Grimm, I didn't imagine I'd be treated to a visit from my own daughter."

"Mom, this is my friend Raven. She wanted to meet with you especially. You see… she knows."

Red's eyes widened. "She knows?"

"She knows," said Cerise.

Red ran to lock the back door, checked the lock on the front door, and then went from window to window, pulling the drapes shut even tighter.

"I knew this day would come, but I'm not ready."

"It's okay, really, Raven's great at keeping secrets."

"If they knew," Red was saying as she collapsed onto the couch, "if any of them knew, the Hoods or the Wolfs, Cerise would not be welcome home. The ignorant, stubborn fools."

"I don't understand," said Raven. "Cerise didn't do anything wrong."

"It doesn't matter," said Red. "Her father and I went off script. The story says that we're enemies. The Hood and Wolf clans remember that every hour of every day. How Baddy and I forgot long enough to fall in love…"

"Will you tell me the story?" Raven asked, sitting beside her. "I need to know if there's any hope when someone rebels against their destiny."

"Is it really so bad?" said Raven, attempting to cheer herself up as well as the Hoods. "After all, Beauty fell in love with the Beast."

"That was their destiny," said Red. "But even scripted love between a Hood and a Wolf would not go down well in Hood Hollow. The hatred between the clans is old, deep, and illogical, but very, very real."

"Was it worth it?" Raven asked.

"Of course," said Red. "I mean, we have Cerise. And each other. But… but it's hard, too. If our clans knew about Cerise, they'd consider her an abomination! I do sometimes wonder if we were selfish. Falling in love was our choice, but by going off script, we condemned our daughter to a life of secrecy."

"And I'm tired of the secret," said Cerise. "Maybe it's time to take off the hood."

"No," said Red quickly. "No, Cerise, you don't know how serious the consequences would be."

Cerise slumped back against the sofa, her whole face a frown.

"Your destiny wasn't fair," said Raven. "So you rebelled. I know that couldn't have been easy."

"I would do it again," said Red. "But you should know, being a rebel takes a lot more work than going along with the status quo. If you're thinking of trying to change your destiny, Raven, know that it will be much, much harder than you expect."

"Too late," Raven whispered.

"Mom, I don't know if Dad told you already, but Raven didn't sign the Storybook of Legends on Legacy Day," said Cerise.

"What? That was you?"

"She's… well, she's just the bravest person I've ever known. Besides you and Dad. If she can change her destiny, why can't—?" Cerise was cut off.

The mirror turned black.

"This not only proves that Mr. Badwolf and Red strayed away from their story it prove they didn't 'poof' after Cerise was born. She's living proof that the Storybook of Legends is shit!"

Raven's eyes turned towards a frozen Faybelle.

"And how some will follow it for nothing." Raven said as she pressed the play button.

Madam Baba Yaga and Faybelle were in the magicology classroom.

"It is apparent to me that you are not fond of Ms. Queen." Baba Yaga spoke to the young dark fairy.

"Well, that's putting it mildly," Faybelle said as she slammed her fists to her desk. "I detest her. Raven is a Rebel, and she ruined her story."

"What makes you believe that Ms. Queen has only one story?" Baba Yaga raised an eyebrow.

"What do you mean?" Faybelle questioned.

"Our stories contain many chapters, Ms. Thorn. Cursing Sleeping Beauty was just one chapter in your mother's life. You, for example, are another chapter. Do you see my point?" Baba Yaga questioned.

"No." Faybelle answered quickly.

Madam Baba Yaga sighed in frustration.

"Ms. Queen is not your rival." Baba Yaga spoke in a matter-of-fact tone.

"She should be," Faybelle said furiously . "She should be doing everything she can to be a villain. But she turned her back on her story. Her mom took my mother's story! I won't do that. I will curse Briar Beauty, and it will be a glorious moment in fairytale history! I'm proud of my story."

"But you want more than your story, don't you? You want to expand your destiny and avenge your mother. That's the real reason why you see Ms. Queen as your rival." Baba Yaga raised an eyebrow.

Faybelle said nothing. It was true the Evil Queen did mess up the Dark Fairy's destiny causing a huge family rivalry between the Queens and Thorns.

"Ms. Queen's refusal to become the next Evil Queen leaves a broken link in a powerful chain," Madam Baba Yaga said. "I am not judging you, Ms. Thorn. It is natural for a villain to want absolute power. You are following your instincts, and that is what we expect."

"If Raven doesn't want to be the next Evil Queen, then someone has to take her place, why not me? I actually want to be evil!" Faybelle spoke.

"Your passion is admirable. There are many at this school who are giving up on their wicked heritage." Baba Yaga took a sip of her coffee "And Ms. Goodfairy. What is your problem with her?"

"Oh, she's just annoying. All that goody-goody stuff, all day long. 'I'll fix this, I'll fix that.' Everyone thinks her magic is so wonderful, but all she does is make things look better. That's not significant magic. It's not even powerful. How can an entire career be built on magic that only lasts until midnight? I don't get it. But everyone loves her." Faybelle cried out in annoyance.

"And you want that love?" Baba Yaga raised an eyebrow.

"No, of course not." Faybelle rolled her eyes. "I'm a villain. I don't need love of any kind."

The next scene was of Faybelle who was reading a book labeled 'Forgotten Fairy Spells' where she found the wilted-wing spell.

The next scene was of Faybelle in lobby outside the where the auditions for Justine's play 'Once Upon a Spell' were being held.

"Wings of beauty soft and bright droop and wilt and bring no flight." Faybelle chanted waving her pom poms as the magic dust filled the auditorium.

The images showed Farrah, the two first year fairies, and her cheerleader fairies. The last thing to show was Faybelle with residue from the wilted-wing spell blasted her magic on the chair in front of her and it ricocheted to her chest making her unable to fly.

The scenes were of classmates pitying Faybelle for something she did to herself, how Baba Yaga gave her a spell to undo what she did, and still won the cheer trophy. The next couple of scenes were Faybelle trapping Ashlynn, Blondie, Cupid, and Poppy in the Dark Forest, imprisoning animals to do her work, bullying her classmates, and the last one was during Epic Winter where Faybelle was about to hand over the roses to the Mob Faries only for Daring in beast form to come to her aid.

The image disappeared

Raven appeared in front of the frozen Faybelle.

"You didn't have to hate me, I ignored every hateful thing you said about me, I was even willing to give you my destiny." Raven roared in the fairy's face.

"All you ever did was call me a traitor, but you're a traitor to your own kind." Raven spoke as she pointed to the frozen fairy cheerleaders.

"Also, if I did all that you idiots would've said I deserved it and wouldn't help me at all." Raven said to the frozen audience.

With a snap of Raven's fingers. The mirror tv played the a new scene.

During Parent's Week Dexter had the princely pox, Darling using Dexter's armor to disguise herself and ending up being best in Dexter's classes and getting him in the joust. The worst part was King Charming came for a visit.

"Your mother and I have been worried about you, son. All those years of reading comic books and playing MirrorGames, we were beginning to think you weren't cut from the same cloth as the other Charming men. I'm very proud to hear of your accomplishments today. Tomorrow, two Charmings will joust for the championship."

Darling gasped. She turned to Hunter. "What did my father mean when he said that two Charmings will joust tomorrow?"

"Since Dexter was the best in class, he has to joust the champion."

"Dad, I'm feeling sick. This princely pox is super itchy. I don't think I can joust tomorrow."

"Nonsense! A Charming is never too sick. It is destiny that my sons should be the best. I've never felt prouder."

"However," King Charming said, "it is your brother's destiny to be the champion. You are destined to be second best. If you are as good as Professor Knight claims, and he is usually correct in his observations, then tomorrow you must throw the match."

"Throw the match?" Darling said with surprise. Had she said that aloud? Oops.

(Paused)

" You heard that folks? King Charming the patriarch of Charming Kingdom not only called his second child second best but told him to throw the challenge!" Raven wickedly laughed. "Makes one wonder: how many challenges were thrown so Daring could win? And what other secrets has Darling been hiding? Let's continue."

(Unpaused)

The door suddenly opened. Darling stumbled backward, bumping into Hunter. Her father stepped into the hallway. He scowled at her. "Eavesdropping is not princess-like," he said.

"Sorry," she told him with another curtsy.

"And whatever is the matter with your hair? It looks as if you've been wearing a bowl over your head. And why is your dress all rumpled? Didn't we pay extra for ironing fairies? Make certain that you look appropriate for your brothers' tournament tomorrow." Then he looked at Hunter. "Mr. Huntsman?"

Hunter stepped forward. "Yes, uh, sire?"

"Tomorrow you will make sure that Dexter is out of bed and dressed on time. Two Charmings on the field! It will be quite a glorious day for the Charming family."

As the king strode down the hall and out of the dormitory, Darling dashed back into her brother's room. "Throw the match? That's so unfair."

"What do you mean, it's unfair?" Dexter lay on the bed, staring up at the ceiling. "This whole thing is unfair."

"But I could win," she said with a stomp of her foot. "I know I could. Why should I have to throw the match?"

"You're not throwing the match," Dexter said. "Because there is absolutely, positively, one hundred percent no way I'm letting you wear my armor ever again."

"But—?" She turned. Hunter was standing right next to her. He looked shocked.

"What do you mean you won't let her wear your armor again?" he said.

(Fast Forward)

Hunter escorted her to Damsel-In-Distressing class. "Look, Darling, I know something odd is going on. How could Dexter beat me in jousting when he's so sick that he can barely sit up in bed?" She looked the other way. "And how come he told you that he forbade you to wear his armor… again?" She pretended to get a hext on her MirrorPhone. "Wait a spell." He stopped walking. "If Dexter was sick in bed, and you were wearing his armor, then…" His eyes widened. "Did you…?"

She put her hands on her hips. "Are you asking if I pretended to be Dexter? That would mean that I jousted against you and won." She forced herself to laugh. "Oh, that's so silly, Hunter. That's the silliest thing I've ever heard."

His expression relaxed. Then he laughed. "Yeah. Ridiculous. I must have hit my head during practice." He walked her to the classroom door and left.

As soon as Hunter was a good distance from the damsel-in-distress class he leaned on one of the lockers before he slumped down on the floor, hands clutching his head.

"God, she sucks at lying. Dexter's doom!" Hunter trembled.

(Fast Forward)

"I want to be a hero." Darling had never said those words aloud. Not to anyone, not even Dexter. It was a huge confession. And it felt great. "I want to be the one to come to the rescue. To save the day."

"I think that's a noble goal," Marian said. She pulled a pair of sneakers from her bag. "But just remember, you're not really the hero if the person you're rescuing doesn't want or need to be rescued."

Darling took a long, deep breath of forest air. "You're right," she said as she thought of Dexter lying in bed, covered in blue spots. He hadn't asked for her help. And he certainly didn't need to be rescued. He had the right to write his own story. And so did she.

Marian tied her laces, then stood. "Well, how about we go for that run?"

"Yes!" Darling tossed her cape aside, then pulled her gown off over her head. She zipped up her workout jacket and slipped her feet into her running shoes and she ran.

The Next scenes were when Spring Fairest began and how Raven sent Darling to Wonderland and how obtaining the White Knights armour. Darling saving Ashlynn, Cerise, Darling, Briar, Apple, and others during damsel -in-distress class. Her back in Wonderland this time bring Ginger back and making her promise to never tell anyone where she was. Until, the Dragon Games -

Dragon Games

Apple was choking on the poisoned apple as Darling performed CPR. After giving thirty chest compressions Darling lift Apple's chin and started to breathe into Apple. A light force came from the 'kiss of life' and Apple awoken.

"Did Daring wake me?" Apple questioned.

Only for her friends to remain silent.

"Didn't see that coming." Raven stated. "And speaking of the Charmings how about the male half of the family. And Cupid"

Raven glared at the young goddess and pressed a button showing more things.

Daring's bet with Sparrow to date Lizzie, Cupid's countless drawings of Dexter, The True Hearts Dance. Most of the things showing were of Cupid and Daring.

"But do you want to know what was the straw that broke the camel's back?" Raven gave a rhetorical question to the frozen crowd. "This!"

The mirrors showed an image of Raven in the hallways.

"Raven!" Raven turned to see Daring and Cupid.

"What?" Raven snapped.

"Raven I got great news- are you okay because you look kinda sick?" Daring questioned.

It was true Raven's pale purplish-grey skin was paler, her eyes dark with dark bags under them, she was gaunter than usual, and her hair either stocked to her face or was in loose strands. To be honest Raven looked unhealthy.

"I'm fine." Raven said not making eye contact.

"And you're about to feel so much better with the news I'm about to tell you." Daring was beaming with so much joy it rivaled his bright teeth.

"How so?" Raven asked in a skeptic tone as she raised an eyebrow.

Cupid raised an eyebrow as well. What news could Daring possibly tell- OH GODS HE'S GONNA TELL RAVEN!

"Hey, Dar!" Cupid tugged Daring's arm trying to steer him away from Raven. "I just remembered I need your help to carry some boxes of arrows for me."

"Don't worry Cupid it can wait; Raven needs to hear the good news." Daring beamed again.

" No it can't!" Cupid said through her teeth tugging harder.

"But Raven needs to hear this." Daring practically whined as Cupid (attempted) to drag him away.

"No she doesn't!" Cupid shouted not meaning to.

"Will you two just spit out what's so important." Raven spatted annoyed now at the two.

"Alright here it comes-" Daring began as he released himself from Cupid.

"DARING, NO!" Cupid cried out as she raised her hands.

"Dexter loves you, Raven!" Daring told Raven.

Raven was silent, in fact the empty hallway seemed more silent than it was before, the only sound was the beating of Raven's heart.

"What?" Raven questioned in disbelief.

"I said Dexter loves you; isn't that great?" Daring beamed again.

"No, that can't be." Raven said to herself below a whisper.

"Raven are you okay?" Cupid placed a hand on Raven's shoulder.

"YOU!" Raven gripped Cupid's wrist. "You set him up to this didn't you?"

"You're hurting me." Cupid gasped.

"Raven, stop." Daring grabbed Raven's hand releasing Cupid's wrist.

"Don't think I don't know about you and Dexter!" Raven spatted.

"What we're just friends, Raven." Cupid protested.

"Yeah right. You think I don't know the way you look at him, the sketches in your notebooks, and the way you held his hand during True Hearts Day!" Raven shouted.

"How did- my sketches- True Hearts Day? True Hearts Day!" Cupid remembered he she comforted Dexter that night. "Raven this is a huge misunderstanding."

"Yeah it is, you think you can pull a prank like that on me!" Raven's hands tuned into fist.

"Raven it's the truth Dexter does love you!" Daring said.

SHUT UP!

*SLAP*

Daring was now on the ground clutching his face, Cupid gasped as her hands covered her mouth, and Raven hovered above in fury. Daring slowly sat up revealing his perfect face was scratched and blood running down his face. Raven looked down at her hand to see it was glowing and nails painted with Daring's blood. Raven couldn't believe what she had done, not once in her life had she ever laid her hand on another.

"Daring, it's going to be okay." Cupid knelt down trying to help Daring. "Raven, help, please!"

"I'm sorry!" Raven shouted as she ran off.

"Raven!" Cupid and Daring shouted.

The image disappeared

"Never have I heard such a lie." Raven said. "Speaking of that there's a bunch of things I didn't see coming from Apple or her mother. That's right Ever After the Whites have deceived us all if it weren't for their well know story they wouldn't have gotten away with so much."

The mirrors showed an image of Apple getting an app from Humphery gave her to spy on Raven through mirrors, her attending True Hearts Day Dance, calling Raven selfish for not signing away her life just so Apple could have a happily ever after.

Raven glared up at the frozen Apple and Breabyrn. "And then there's Headmaster Grimm who's been harassing those who decided to Rebel, favoritism towards those with happily ever afters, trying to trick my on numerous occassions, "And you want to know the worst part is after Apple released my mother during the Dragon Games and Snow White was in on it. My mother, the Evil Queen, when she was disguised as, Mira Shards. "and letting my mother walk free, then when ."

The crowd was still frozen.

"That's right Ever After; my mother, the Evil Queen, is alive and in mirror prison. Everything you've heard has been big as fat as Headmaster Grimm himself lies! In fact he's such a hypocrite he'd let someone's destiny disappear for a crime they didn't commit. "

The mirrors showed an images Maddie in chains about to be exiled to Neverland.

"Everyone who was here that night, please look at the skull," said Raven.

She spoke their names, the date and time of the event, and then then words of the incantation, hoping that they were all correct. Her mother had to relay them to her through riddles.

" 'I call down evidence of pure truth,' " she intoned. " 'I call up the spirits of memory. Rewind, replay, speak up, stand out. Through the eye of a monster, let the past dance again!' "

Raven secured the pea on the tip of the hair, drew back the bowstring, and aimed straight. She released. The arrow went through the eye of the empty eye, pink smoke billowed, engulfing the room. When it overtook Raven, she could smell nothing. It was all illusion. The smoke pulled back into a ball spiked like the claws of some amorphous beast. The smoke claws lengthened, pointing at the eyes of Raven, Apple, Maddie, and all the other students. Then the smoke broke into a hundred pieces and took on colors and shapes. And suddenly Sparrow Hood was running into the Treasury.

Raven almost yelled at him to stay back, but then the real Sparrow, who was still standing back by the door, said, "That's one handsome kid!"

Raven was watching a ghost, a memory: It looked like Sparrow, but his colors were slightly washed out, his body a little transparent. He was talking, but no noise came out. His Merry Men followed, and Sparrow began taking items and putting them into his pockets.

It was like watching a silent play or an eerily real three-dimensional movie. The smoky memories of the other students entered the Treasury, shouting silently to one another, romping around.

Kitty appeared suddenly in front of Ashlynn, who was startled and bumped into Hunter. Hunter backed up, the sword in his hand cracking the glass in a display case. Sparrow nocked an arrow, aiming at King Arthur's shield on the wall. Dexter flying on a broomstick wobbled to avoid the arrow and bumped into the helmet of a giant's suit of armor. Sparrow's arrow grazed against the falling helmet, knocking the arrow off course and into the cracked display case, breaking the glass further.

At the same moment, Blondie tripped over the cape she was wearing, knocking into Lizzie, who stumbled into Duchess, who was puppeting Humphrey Dumpty on Pinocchio's strings. Duchess glided out of the way, letting Lizzie bang into the display case. The tiny unicorn inside fell off its pedestal.

The Merry Men had found the instruments, and one played a horn so loudly the sound lengthened the glass break even more, just as Briar and Cedar skipped by. Helga tossed a jug to Gus. It nearly hit Cedar, but Dexter caught it in time. His elbow grazed the case, and the unicorn fell all the way out. Daring moved to heroically help his sister Darling over the broken glass and nudged the unicorn with his foot, sending it across the floor.

Almost every person's foot touched the unicorn as he or she ran around the Treasury, unknowingly knocking it this way and that until it came to rest before the giant helmet just as Maddie entered.

She never even touched the unicorn as she picked a few things off the floor, stuffed them in her pockets, and climbed atop the helmet. She lifted her arms happily. The image froze and disappeared.

For a few moments, everyone was quiet.

"Baba Yaga—?" Headmaster Grimm began.

"It was the real deal," Baba Yaga said, tasting the air. She turned her stony gaze on Raven and raised one gray eyebrow. "An Irrefutable Evidence spell. Impossible to fake."

Headmaster Grimm stared at Raven, too, eyes blazing, as if he didn't know whether to be angry or afraid.

"It seems to me," Mr. Badwolf growled, " -that if you were to banish those responsible for the broken Uni Cairn, you would need to banish nearly every student in this room except Madeline Hatter."

"And all those destinies would be banished with them," said Apple.

Headmaster Grimm's frown was so severe his mustache tilted down with it so that he seemed to have two frowns.

"But... she was clearly stealing items from the Treasury," he said, "and that alone—"

"Um, pardon me, Headmaster Grimm," said Apple, "but perhaps you could ask her why she took those things?"

He blew out his cheeks but nodded and turned to Maddie.

"Why?" Headmaster Grimm said.

"I thought it was the Swappersnatch Gyre, of course!" said Maddie.

"Everyone stealing for fun, and all the hiding and hunting and finding that follows. In Wonderland we do it every spring."

Lizzie Hearts nodded. "I declare Madeline Hatter is correct!"

"It's how we play," Kitty said with a smile just as large as the headmaster's frown.

"In that case—" Headmaster Grimm said.

"Finally!" Baba Yaga interrupted. She pointed a crooked finger at Maddie, and the chains sizzled and fell from her wrists. "I've got better things to do than banish a little girl to that pirate-infested island. My office has been exceedingly grumpy for some reason. Excuse me, I have to go soothe a walking cottage."

Baba Yaga stormed out.

Raven began to thinking of the baby cottage, but the thought was chased from her head by a furious-faced Headmaster Grimm.

"Just how did you manage to cast a level thirty-eight spell?" he asked, his shoulders tense and rising to his ears.

"My mom taught me," she said truthfully. "After all, she wants me to grow up to be just like her."

The headmaster's eyes narrowed, but he'd have to assume her mother taught her the spell years ago. After all, Raven had no access to a mother locked away in a spell-repellent cell.

"Hmph," he said and stalked off.

And suddenly Raven was jounced by a quick and hard hug.

"I knew it!" said Maddie. "I just knew you were still my best friend till The End."

"There were a few times this week I did think it was actually The End," said Raven. "I'm sorry I couldn't tell you. I thought silence was a condition of the spell. I know you must have felt like a pile of giant toenail clippings when I ignored you."

For some reason, Apple shuddered.

"Think no more gloomy fussy gussy thoughts about it." Maddie hugged her again. "Thank you."

Everyone began congratulating Maddie

The mirror turned black.

"See, hypocrite." Raven stated.

The screens showed images of Maddie, Lizzie, Kitty, and human Cedar saving their transformed classmates and Maddie dad from the Jabberwocky.

"After, the Jabberwocky was released Maddie, Cedar, Lizzie, and Kitty were the ones to save all of us!" Raven concluded. " And that was just one of the headmaster's many crimes."

Raven began a slideshow showing Headmaster Grimm trying to exile Maddie from her story, tricking Raven to sign during Thronecoming even if the Storybook of Legends was fake, sabotaging Blondie's show, threatening to expel Ginger, imprisoning his brother in the Vault of Lost Tales speaking Riddlish.

"He told us our stories were important and we had no small roles, he said that if we don't follow our destinies we'd go 'poof', but he tried to expel Maddie, Ginger, and me. He gave special priviliges to the royalty, the ones with happily ever afters, and the Royals. Grimm just wants us to sign the Story Book of Legends to give him power... Power which the book doesn't have because It's fake." Raven pressed the play button.

The mirrors showed images of the Thronecoming dance. The music was loud, images of past Thronecomings showed on screen, and students enjoying the dance except for one. Briar the so-called party girl was on the sidelines being a wallflower. Briar poked her finger on the horn of her unicorn mask, during Thronecoming Briar realized how close her destiny was dawning on her. The hundred year sleep she brushed off by living it up, was becoming a nightmare. Briar looked up on the screen to see two girls wearing hoods: one was in front of the picture waving while the other was on the floor lifting up a rug as if she was trying to hide something under it in her

*GASP*

"Madam Yaga?" Briar asked.

"Yes, my dear?" Baba Yaga answered as she put a sock in the punch bowl that poofed into a cloud of smoke.

"That picture...that looks like my dorm room, but who are those people?" Briar questioned.

Baba Yaga put on her glasses to get a better view of the picture.

"Why, that's Little Red Riding Hood and...eh, the Evil Queen." Baba Yaga answered.

Briar gasped and ran off.

" Ms. Beauty!" Baba Yaga called out to the girl.

Only to be distracted by Sparrow Hood's Friends laughing at him for drinking Baba Yaga's nasty punch.

Briar scanned for Cedar in the dancing crowd until she found her. " Cedar, do you have your revealer rays? I need to borrow them!"

Cedar dug into the pockets in her dress and handed them to Briar.

"Thanks!" Briar thanked her friend and went to find Blondie. Blondie was so busy dancing to notice Briar snatched a hair pin. While everyone was busy dancing Briar snuck out to the dorms. Briar walked into her dark room as the fairy in the revealer rays pointed to something under Briar's rug. After, Briar lifted it the fairy pointed to an invisible keyhole, Briar used the hair pin to magically unlock the key hole which opened a secret compartment. Briar reached down in it despite the dirt and cobwebs she picked up a large and heavy book. Briar blew the dust off it as the mirror part began to glow.

"The Storybook of Legends!" Briar gasped not believing she was holding the real deal.

Briar got up and ran out her dorm she had to get rid of it hide it, rip it, burn it, anything so she and no one else could follow their destinies. Before Briar even knew it she was in the Enchanted Forest, she saw a well in the middle of the forest. Briar looked around her to make sure no one was near, took one last look at the Storybook of Legends and dropped it into the well. Lights illuminated the well blinding Briar until they stopped and the well disappeared. Briar tapped her foot where the well once was.

"And that folks was how the Storybook of Legends got lost, again -until Spring Fairest." Raven said as she pressed another button.

Images of Bunny and Alistiar appeared holding the real Storybook of Legends until Kitty's mom took it, a few fast forwards and it was Raven in Wonderland signing the real book as she was engulfed by it's power.

"Ironic, I know." Raven said. "After so many years I'm the first person to sign the real Storybook of Legends. So, what's your opinion?"

Raven snapped her finger an unfroze everyone. It took everyone a few seconds to adjust after that shit hit the fan!

Everyone was yelling, screaming, and pointing at each other, mostly at our main characters.

"Apple White released the Evil Queen!"

"Cerise is Mr. Badwolf 's kid!"

"Briar threw away the real Storybook of Legends!"

"Ashlynn and Hunter are dating?"

"Everyone knew that already."

"What is happening to my world view!"

Along with the shouting, questions, and jeers. Fist and rotten fruit were thrown at each other.

"Everyone, please stop!" Apple cried out into the crowd until rotten food pelted her and Breabyrn.

"Traitor!"

"Liar!"

Many more names were thrown at Apple along with rotten fruit.

"Stop it what's wrong with you people!?" Briar cried out trying to help her friend.

"You!" Briar turned around to see Duchess with fury in her eyes appeared in front of Briar as she jabbered her finger into her chest. " You threw the real Storybook of Legends away. Acting as Apple's second in command when really, you're a nasty closeted Rebel. You don't deserve your happily ever after!"

"You know what, Duchess?" Briar questioned coldly. "You can have my destiny. Heck, you can have mine of Ash's! I actual can't believe you even would be so desperate to want Raven's, you saw the flashback when I went into her story and it was terrible. And you know what it doesn't matter which one of our destinies you steal because either way you'll be all alone."

This dawned on Duchess it was true no matter which path she picked she would end up alone. In her state transformed into swan mode and flew away crying.

"Briar, how could you do this to our story? We're frienemies! I can understand Raven doing this since her mom stole my mom's destiny, but not you!" Faybelle flew towards Briar with a look of betrayal on her face.

"How could I, how you?" Briar began to shout. "You tricked my friends into being lost in the Dark Forest just because you weren't invited to yet another party, you teamed up with the Evil Queen, and you almost let the world freeze just so you wouldn't be in servitude."

All eyes turned to Faybelle, but it was her cheer group that were glaring daggers at her.

"That's was you?" Farrah flew up in Faybelle's face. "You tried cast a spell that would wilt my wings all for a school play? And not just me your own teammates?"

Sweat began to run down Faybelle's face; it was the Duchess situation all over again. But she and Farrah aren't friends so she brushed it off.

"So? I'm a Dark Fairy, we do whatever we want." Faybelle boasted with her usual confidence as she crossed her arms.

" Oh, can the Dark Fairy bullshit, Faybelle!" Farrah shouted.

The crowd gasped not once have they ever heard Farrah swear to anyone especially Faybelle. Faybelle was surprised at well, Farrah never cursed or looked ready to smack Faybelle upside her head. Faybelle brushed it up as her face scrunched up.

"Excuse me, do you know who you're talking to?" Faybelle sneered. "Do you remember when we were kids getting our wings fitted in Fairy village and all the fairies looked up to me and my mother."

"Yeah, I remember alright." Farrah answered. " How scared everyone was of you two and went to my mother for comfort."

"Lies!" Faybelle shouted. " There were fairies complimenting us."

"Because those fairies were evil. Everyone else was terrified to see you both and your memories and world view are rose- colored and romanticize to fit your liking." Farrah bellowed.

"S-so? I'm a Dark Fairy, we do whatever we want." Faybelle answered without her usual confidence as she crossed her arms.

" I've had it with you, Faybelle. You look down on others who aren't fairies, look down on me for being a godmother fairy, making fun of me because blues my favorite color. We're both blue you IDIOT! In fact, I can't stand spending another second with you I quit the team!" Farrah then dropped her pom-poms at her feet as she began to flutter away.

Faybelle's jaw dropped.

"And for the record, your fashion sense is trashy." With that Farrah fluttered away.

"Ugh! Can you believe her girls?" Faybelle asked her fellow fairy cheerleaders only to be answered with silence. "Girls?"

The fairy cheerleaders threw their pompoms at Faybelle.

"Ow,ow,ow,ow!" Faybelle yelped.

"You wilted our wings!" A fairy cheerleader shouted.

"We had to walk for a week!" Another fairy cheerleader shouted.

"We cheered for you!" Another fairy cheerleader shouted.

Soon the whole squad were at Faybelle's throat.

"We quit!" The squad shouted as they flew away too.

"OFF WITH ALL OF YOUR HEADS!"

Everyone turned to see an angry Bunny, Kitty, Alistair, and a weeping Lizzie.

"This whole time Darling knew how to get back to Wonderland and she didn't tell us?" Kitty hissed.

"Everyone thought we were lying!" Bunny cried out.

"We didn't get a chance to say goodbye to our families." Alistair whispered.

"Guys I'm so sorry. I didn't know Darling was the White Knight she told me not to tell anyone." Ginger walked up to them as she pleaded.

Lizzie was shaking in place until her fist bawled up, eyes pink and puffy, and face red.

"That's it! For two years stuck in this hellhole that I don't understand and doesn't bother to understand me. Ever After didn't just take my home away from me, it's the home of those who stole from me!" Lizzie cried out as tears ran down her face. "Whenever I get back to Wonderland we're going to war!"

Lizzie then ran away with Kitty, Bunny, and Alistair behind her.

"Lizzie, wait!" Ginger cried out.

"Ginger." Ginger turned to see a blushing Hopper. "Your kiss returned me back to normal."

"No, I mean yes, I mean." Ginger was flustered. " You were so happy thinking it was Briar's kiss that worked, and I do like-like you."

Hopper became tounge tied as he transformed into his frog form and hopped away.

"Hopper, come back!" Ginger chased after him.

Choas engulfed the school it was so horrific if Eris was a schoolteacher, she'd give the project an A++. Grimm watched the scene in front of him all his hard work destroyed all because of -

"RAVEN QUEEN!"

"I should've expelled you the moment I smelled a hint of you wanting to stray from your story. I'll give the role of the evil queen to somebody who wants it, someone who deserves it, like Duchess or Faybelle. You Raven Queen are history! " Headmaster Grimm pulled out a white paperback as his hands began to glow. "And with this spell you will be!"

Raven was engulfed by blue magic as Headmaster put a force feild around the two. The teens and teachers banged on the force field trying to save Raven.

"Headmaster Grimm, no!" Apple cried out as she pounded on the force field.

"Not now, Ms. White." Headmaster Grimm gritted through his teeth and his attention turned to Raven. " As for you!"

Raven looked absolutely terrified as the book began to glow and Headmaster Grimm read from it.

" The spell cast for malice intentions shall be rewarded the same." Headmaster Grimm began to chant. " To undo the wicked spell is to turn to page 669."

Hunter ripped open his shirt revealing his chest as fanfare played, Hunter swung his trusty axe many times at the force field, but it wouldn't budge. Baba Yaga casted spells that reflected back at her. Everyone was doing their part to free Raven from the evil headmaster.

"The only thing to reverse the curse is-" Headmaster Grimm's continued to read as his face went into shock. " There is no cure. The spell once done is undoable, irreversible, permanent. The moral of this spell is: EVIL IS NOT A TOY!"

Everyone was frozen in place at what they just heard.

"Does anybody else feel like something really bad is about to happen?" Sparrow questioned as his voice squeaked.

AHAHAHAHAH!

Raven laughed evilliy as she broke free of Headmaster Grimm's spell.

"That was a very dumb thing of you to do, Grimmy." Raven said as she used her magic to engulf him.

"In fact, everyone wanting me to follow my destiny was stupid." Raven sneered. " Do you really want to know why I decided to claim my own destiny, what I saw in the Storybook of Legends, what define who I wanted to be? Here's why!"

RAVEN'S REIGN

The mirrors animated what Raven saw on Legacy Day and what she saw when she signed the Storybook of Legends. They saw Raven gazing into a mirror, nothing so important in the world as her own face, her own singular beauty. As her mother used to do. Fast-forward to a white castle covered in cherry blossoms and apple trees where many people were attending what appeared to be a party - no a wedding between Raven and Apple's dad. Raven had a thousand yard stare as she wore a white poofy dress that looked uncomfortable with Apple as her maid-in-honor. The next was of the king dying, a weeping Apple, and Raven surrounded by mirrors, and Hunter betraying Raven. Then there were the seven dwarves house, magic spells, a poisoned apple, Apple biting, her face even paler and her lips blue, weeping dwarves, and Raven herself laughing, laughing, as if it were all a hilarious joke. Daring's kiss of true love failing and Raven taking over both queen and kingdom.

Apparently, her destiny was no longer just the Snow White story, because the book showed Raven overreaching, just as her mother had. Raven pushed aside the Faybelle in Sleeping Beauty's story to show her how it's done and for a good measure took her magic and wings away. Buring Briar's hundred sleep her prince arrived unzipped his pants and began to crawl into bed with her, only for the attempted sexual assult to be blocked by Nevermore. Nevermore became a terrifying dragon at her command, and together they attacked the young prince who tried to break into the sleeping castle. The next scene was of A fox and cat both in denim overalls that were covered in stains and patches chasing after Cedar with weapons. Only for Cedar and trip down a rocky path leaving her with scratches until her last trip twisted her neck. The next scene was of the cat and fox paying for their crimes for killing Raven's ally at the gallows. Ashlynn worked as a servant in Raven's castle as her step sisters supervised her. Ginger was the headcook of Queen castle as Gus and Helga were her servants. Hopper remained a frog, Darling and Poppy were stuck in towers, Dexter got injuried during a rescue, Duchess turned into a swan, SParrow was in jail, the list went rush of power intoxicated Raven as she reached into more stories, trying to destroy more lives, to enslave as many people as she could, so they could hurt as much as she did. If Raven couldn't have freedom, then no one should!

'Yep, that's what I saw." Raven smirked. "But you know graduation is so far away why not start my career now."

Raven smiled wickedly into the crowd until she noticed Faybelle and used a spell to seperate her wings from her.

"MY WINGS, MY WINGS!" Faybelle cried out as she jumped at her wings that hovered above her.

"You know what? I think your wings will look better on me." Raven said as she snapped her fingers.

Faybelle's wings attached themselves to Raven's back lifting the girl up a few inches. Faybelle's wings began to change from their icy blue color to a shade of dark purple, the wings grew twice their size, and the dragonfly design they once had turned into feathers.

"And as for you." Raven glared at the headmaster. "I bid you adieu."

With of her fingers Headmaster Grimm disappeared into thin air. Things became too much as many ran around in circles as Raven evilly laughed. Apple never saw this side of Raven before and did the only thing she could think of flew away with Breabyrn.

"Attention all!" Raven spoke into the microphone. "I mark today a new era: The Era of the Evil Queen. For those who are ogres, witches, have claws, fur, and a bad ending, our time is now!"

Witches, ogres, monsters, and etc started to listen to Raven not just students or children, but adults as well.

"No longer will we be discriminated because of our looks, powers, or destiny. Once I retrieve the Storybook of Legends and receive my full power and release the evil queen the world will be ours to control. And nobody in Ever After, no headmaster that is our was is ever gonna bring us down!"

Cheers ranged throughout the school as Raven laughed evily ,the Raven's reign has begun!

Hold on just on second!

BROOKE!

"We can't end the chapter like this!" Brooke stated.

"Oh, yes we can." The Female narrator said in a matter-of-fact tone. " As narrators it is our job to narrate the story."

"Your mother's right." The male narrator agreed. " We cannot interact."

"But they need our help! Brooke shouted.

"No they don't, Brooke." Her mother said.

"They'll figure it out on their own." Her father said.

"I don't accept this!" Brooke cried out.

A vortex appeared behind Brooke sucking her in as Brooke's parents cried out and tried to grab her. Sadly, their grip wasn't strong enough and was sucked in. Brooke was falling as colors and voices surrounded her as she continued to fall.

To Be Continued.

Well, I hope y'all enjoyed this. Like I said before I've been working on this thing since the end of last year and other personal stuff and I'm tired. See y'all soon. Bye!