Chapter 3: A New Hero
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A few days after the chaos in the cafeteria everyone had calmed down and Roxas had started to learn the names of the other students of Ever After High, both Royals and Rebels. Today Raven and Maddie were taking Roxas outside of Ever After High.
Today they were taking him to Book End the little town nearby.
Using the knowledge he learned from Vexen on his first days at the Organization he was able to make notes of the houses and shops nearby.
'This place seems to be where most of the students go when they're not in Ever After, lots of people from school are here.' He thought looking around the area when he saw Maddie a few inches from his face.
"Hey Roxas what'cha looking at?" She said as Roxas jumps back startled.
"You've been quiet since we arrived here something going on?" Raven asks.
"No I was just looking around." Roxas said recovering. "So where are we going?" He asks when Maddie wraps her arm around his shoulder.
"Only the most Hat-tastic place in the world! The Wonderland Haberdashery and Tea Shop!" Maddie said excited.
'Wonderland? Wait a minute I've been there before.' Roxas remembered when he sees a flock of birds flying over them. "Uh are those boxes those birds are carrying?" He points.
"Looks like Ashlynn just made another show order." Raven chuckles.
"She owns the Glass Slipper a shoe shop here in Book End." Maddie said as the birds dropped multiple boxes.
"That's a lot of shoes for one person." Roxas said.
"No Roxas Ashlynn doesn't wear all those…well maybe some of them, but she mainly sells them." Raven said.
"Come it's just over here!" Maddie grabs Roxas' arm and pulls him towards a shop that looks like all the rest. "Get ready to see the Madness!" Maddie opens the doors and Roxas sees everything inside: clocks with hands that move everywhere, floating tea pots, doors on the walls that actually have other places on the other ends and wild patterns of checkerboards and playing cards were everywhere.
"Whoa." Roxas said in awe.
"I know right, come on in." Maddie pulls Roxas to a table with Raven right behind them. "I'll be right back." Maddie said before running over to the counter.
"Maddie sure likes this place." Roxas said watching her.
"Well she does basically run this place." Raven said when Maddie comes back with a tray of sweets.
"So Roxas what would you like?" Maddie asks as a mouse pops out of her hat with a notepad.
"Uh you got anything that's salty, but sweet?" He said hopping for something like Sea Salt Ice Cream.
"Salty, but sweet?" Maddie looks at Roxas curiously before breaking into a smile. "That sounds like the perfect idea for a new menu item, that combo practically screams madness."
Maddie grabs his arm again. "Can't you just ask me to follow you?" Roxas said as Maddie pulls him to the counter.
"Hmm let's see." Maddie ducks down under the counter and wacky machine noises start up as the noises get louder a deep cold feeling starts up in Roxas.
'Is this what people call fear?' Roxas thought when Maddie pops back up.
She places a blue colored liquid with whipped cream and chocolate sprinkles on top in front of him. "Go on try it." She smiled.
Roxas looks at it closely before reaching towards it and slowly moving it towards his mouth, as the liquid entered his mouth the familiar taste of Sea Salt brought a smile to his face. "Wow Maddie this is amazing."
"Yaaaay!" Maddie cheered as clapped her hands with joy.
As Roxas turns around to walk back to the table he accidently bumps into someone spilling his drink. "Oh sorry about I didn't mean to." He looks to see the person he bumped into was a girl with black hair and red highlights along with a red heart over her left eye, this was Lizzie Heart daughter of the Queen of Hearts.
Lizzie looked at the drink all over her shirt and then to Roxas with rage in her eyes. "OFF WITH YOUR HEAD!" She yells causing Roxas to fall backwards as remembers when Sora went to Wonderland and faced the Queen of Hearts to try and save Alice.
The image of the Queen of Hearts appears in his head as he looks to Lizzie seeing the same expression of anger on her face.
As he slowly got up he handed Lizzie some napkins. "Once again I'm really sorry." He said before walking over to Raven.
"Is she always like that?" Roxas asks.
"Kinda but Lizzie doesn't really mean off with your head every time she says it." Raven said as Maddie walks over.
"She just acts like that cause her mom puts lots of pressure to rule her subjects like she does." Maddie said pouring a cup of tea.
Roxas looks at Lizzie cleaning herself off, the pressure from her mother was the same pressure Saix and Xemnas put on him to help create Kingdom Hearts.
Meanwhile in another part of Book End a dark portal opens in a dark alley. As Cedar Wood was walking through Book End she had a drink from Hocus Latte and was off to meet her friends when she hears movement nearby.
"Huh? Hello? Is somebody there?" Cedar looks around as the footsteps get louder, as she turns her head towards the alley something charges towards her causing her to scream.
As they left the Wonderland Tea Shop Roxas and Raven were watching Maddie put up a sign for the new drink she invented for Roxas. "What do you think? The Sea Salt Latte, sounds hat tastic to me." Maddie smiles.
"Well I'm ordering one every time I come here." Roxas said.
"So Roxas what do you think of Book End?" Raven asks.
"It's different from the places I usually go to, I don't normally get to relax when I go to new places." Roxas said remembering all his missions to different worlds.
"Really what did you do?" Maddie asks.
Before Roxas could say anything they heard a loud scream and see Cedar running as fast as she could. "HELP! MONSTERS!" She screamed.
"Monsters?" Maddie pops her head outwards.
Roxas reaches out and grabs Cedar as she ran towards them. "Cedar what kind of monsters were they?" He asks.
"T-They were small and had helmets kinda like knights, but they were all black with sharp claws." Cedar explained.
"Amazing Cedar has finally learned to lie." Maddie said shocked.
"I'm not lying I swear!" Cedar said.
The details sounded familiar to Roxas, but he needed to be sure. "Cedar was there any symbols on these monsters, a logo or something?"
Cedar pauses to think. "I don't know what it was it happened so fast, but it kinda sorta looked like a heart." Cedar said and Roxas' eyes widen in shock.
"Where are they?!"
"That way, but Roxas you should-"Before Cedar could finish Roxas lets go of her and runs as fast as he could in the direction Cedar came from.
"Roxas wait!" Raven and Maddie yelled running after him.
In the middle of a plaza multiple Soldier Heartless were on a rampage destroying stores and frightening everyone hiding.
"What are those things?!"
"Somebody get Daring he'll save us!"
Hiding under a table was Blondie Lockes holding her Mirror Pad. "This is Blonde Lockes reporting to you live from Book End where everywhere these strange monsters are destroying the town!" Blondie moves the Mirror Pad so everyone could see the Heartless attacking.
Roxas arrives at the plaza to see the Heartless running wild. 'How did the Heartless get here? I gotta get those things away from everyone. I could use my Keyblades.' He thought when sees one heading towards a terrified Blonde. "No time! Hang on Blondie!" Roxas runs towards the Heartless tackling the Soldier away from her.
Blonde runs out of the way just towards Raven and Maddie who just arrived.
"Blonde what's going on?!" Raven asks as Blonde hands her Mirror Pad to Maddie.
"This just in Ever After High new student Roxas has arrived and is taking on these mysterious monsters all on his own!" Blonde said into the Mirror Pad.
Everyone was watching as Roxas was dodging the Soldiers kick attacks. "Thundaga!" Roxas holds his arm out and from the sky multiple lightning bolts shoot down zapping a few of them Heartless.
"Roxas can use Magic?!" Raven said in shock.
"Startling revelation viewers don't you dare turn away for even a second!" Blonde said.
Recovering from the Thunder the Heartless charge towards Roxas, using his training he rolls out of the way of one before jumping off a wall. "Firaga!" Roxas launches a giant fireball on top of the Heartless making more than half of them disappear.
"Yahoo! Go Roxas!" Maddie cheers.
"That move was just right!" Blondie smiles.
"Blizzaga!" Roxas freezes the Soldiers in place in a giant block of ice, not noticing one come up from behind him.
"Roxas look out!" Blondie yells when Raven runs in and blasts it turning the Heartless to pieces.
"I got your back!" Raven said standing next to him.
"Can you slow them down?" Roxas asks as Raven releases her magic freezing the remaining Soldiers in place.
"You mean like that?" She smirks.
Roxas smiles widely. "Thundaga!" Roxas yells as the lightning bolts zaps them destroying the last of the Heartless.
Raven looks at Roxas. "You know we make a pretty good team." He smiles.
"Yeah we do." Raven said as Blondie, Maddie and Cedar walk over.
"Did you get all of that?" Blondie asks as Maddie and Cedar nod. "And there you have it viewers the day is saved thanks to our newest hero Roxas." Blondie said as the
people around them erupt into cheers and applause.
"Hear that Roxas? A hero." Raven playfully nudges his shoulder.
"Can I get an interview?" Blondie asks with excitement.
Roxas looks at everyone's faces and is overwhelmed by all this attention. "Uh maybe some other time."
"I'm gonna hold you to that." Blondie turns to the Mirror Pad. "Until then viewers this is Blonde Lockes signing off." Blonde said as Maddie turns it off.
"Why was she talking into that thing?" Roxas asks.
"Blonde has a web show that broadcasts on Ever After, and from her views I bet everyone at school saw you fight those things." Cedar said.
"Everyone?" Roxas gulps.
"Oh man Headmaster Grimm is gonna flip." Raven grins.
'How did I go from people keeping their distance to becoming a hero?' Roxas thought as he made his way back to Ever After High unaware of what was in store for him when he returns.
