Chapter 29: Fairest on the Ice

Hey everyone I'm back with a new chapter this episode was always one I enjoyed to watch so I hope you guys like the changes I put in this one also please leave a review I would like to know what you think.

It was a snowy day at Ever After High as snow covered everything as far as the eye could see as all the students were preparing for their trip up to the Ice Skating pond Roxas and Briar were outside at the target range with Briar struggling to hold her staff.

"R-R-Roxas couldn't we do this later?" Briar asks shivering.

"I know it's cold Briar, but there will always be distractions you need to learn to focus through them." Roxas said setting up the beanbag launcher before walking over. "Just take a deep breath and try your best."

Briar takes a deep breath and gets her staff ready. "And go." He clicks a button and a few bean bags shoot towards Briar.

She holds her staff out. "F-Fire." She said as a small ball of flame shoots out, but it disappears, and the bean bags hit her causing her to fall backwards into Roxas who catches her.

"You hesitated a little back there." Roxas smiles.

"Oh, uh sorry you think I could try a different spell?" Briar asks.

"Everyone starts off learning Magic with the Fire spell it's the first step to knowing the other spells." Roxas said.

"I'm trying, but I can't seem to get it." Briar said holding her staff out as if to use a spell.

Roxas walks over to her and adjusts her arms. "Here try it like this and remember the key to magic is focus, but it's also about confidence, now try again." As Roxas gently moves her arms a small blush appears on Briar's face.

The bean bags shoot out towards Briar. "Fire!" She blasts a fire ball that hits the bean bags destroying. "I did it! I did it!" Briar cheers jumping up and down.

"Way to go Brair." Roxas smiles when the clock tower rings.

"Oh, Roxas the trip to the ice rink is in a few, I got to go tell Apple and Ashlynn this. Bye!" Briar smiles waving goodbye.


Meanwhile in another part of the school Namine was putting on her winter clothes when she heard a knock at the door. "Coming." Namine walks to the door to find Darling and Rosabella waiting in front of it. "Oh, hi there."

"I wanted to ask you a few questions if you don't mind?" Rosabella asks.

"No come on in." Namine leads them inside and on her desk, they see multiple drawings of the students of Ever After.

"Wow Namine you're quite the artist." Darling said.

"It's a hobby." Namine smiles pulling out three chairs for them to sit on. "So, what do you need to know?"

"I want to know what exactly it is you do and why do you do it?" Rosabella asks.

"Well Roxas would probably be the better one to answer this, but what we do is travel to different worlds battling Heartless and protecting the people of those world. We work alongside a few individuals to stop the Darkness from growing and keep the people safe. As for why we do it…let me ask you this Rosabella why do you always stick up for the little creatures?" Namine asks.

"I help animals because they're innocent and have done no wrong, I help the ones who can't help themselves and I do it because…because it's the right thing to do." Rosabella said.

"And that's why we go on missions to save other worlds." Namine nods.

Rosabella stops to think. "I can't stand hurting another living thing, but if there's a way I will help every way I can." She said causing Darling and Namine to smile.

"And you won't have to, tomorrow Roxas and I will help you figure something out." Namine said.

"So, in the meantime, how about we all go out and enjoy the snow?" Darling suggests.

"I like the sound of that." Rosabella said as the three of them walked out of Namine's room.


In the mountains on the outskirts of Ever After High all the students had gathered to enjoy their time in the snow.

Ashlynn was listening to music as she skated across the ice gracefully unaware that Tiny the giant had cracked the ice doing a trick of his own.

Meanwhile on the skating pond up on the hill Alistair and Bunny were trying to get the hang of skating when Duchess skates pas them knocking Bunny to the ground.

"Sorry snow bunny!" Duchess calls out when Faybelle does a few impressive Ice Skating tricks of her own.

"How about that Duch-hess?" Faybelle said.

"Not up to my standards." Duchess smirks skating off a showing off her own Ice Skating tricks.

Up on the bridge overlooking them Raven, Apple and Cedar were looking around for pictures for the yearbook.

"Now this is a perfect peaceful moment to capture for the Ever After yearbook." Apple smiles.

"I'll admit it is pretty…pretty boring." Raven chuckles nudging Cedar who giggles as well before going back to take pictures.

"I need a challenger!" Duchess calls out to everyone sitting on the benches nearby.

On one of them Holly was helping Poppy tie her skates on.

"I don't know Holly, what if I wipe out? I'm new at this." Poppy said feeling a little uncomfortable.

"Just go out there Poppy, remember if you surrender to fear then fear wins." Holly said.

"Then I choose my ever after to be unafraid." Poppy said standing up, but when she does she hits a branch filled with snow and the snow falls on top of her causing Poppy to skate around Duchess at full speed while trying to maintain control and get rid of the snow.

"Oh, it is on Poppy O'Hair! Anything you can do I can do better!" Duchess declares mimicking Poppy's movements.

"Oh no Poppy." Holly said worried.


Meanwhile at the top of the hill overlooking the everyone Roxas was standing at the top looking down along with Hunter, Sparrow, and Hopper.

"So, what exactly are we doing up here?" Roxas asks when the guys pull out four sleds.

"What we do every winter we ride down the hill all the way to the bottom." Sparrow said handing a sled to Roxas.

"Huh?" Roxas said confused.

"It's called Sledding and it's really fun." Hopper said as the three of them line up near the edge.

"Uh ok." Roxas said getting on his sled and lining up next to them.

"Ok guys on three. 1…2…3!" Hunter said as the four of them slid down the hill at fast speeds all of them letting out cheers or screams as they went down.


Back on the ice the area where Tiny cracked was beginning to break, but Ashlynn was still not paying attention.

At the top of Ice Pond Duchess and Poppy were still having their Skating contest when the two of them accidentally skate down the slide connecting the two ponds together and has them skate down at an incredible speed.

"Oh okay Poppy! You made your point!" Duchess said clearly scared.

"If surrender to fear then fear win, well I choose not to be afraid!" Poppy said remembering Holly's words and grabs Duchess' hand as the two of them near the bottom.

At the bottom pond Apple takes a few pictures when she notices Ashlynn getting very close to the cracked ice.

"Ashlynn look out!" Apple calls out, but Ashlynn does not hear her.

Hearing Duchess and Poppy screaming Raven looks to see the two of them heading towards the ramp and launching into the air. Acting fast Raven grabs the MirrorPad and takes a picture just before they both land in front of Ashlynn pulling her away from the ice.

"Poppy you were amazing." Duchess admits.

"Probably just beginner's luck." Poppy said.

"I'd say we were all a little lucky today." Ashlynn said as the three of them skate towards Apple who takes a picture of them.

"Now that's a perfect yearbook moment." Apple smiles when Raven slides over to the picture of Poppy and Duchess flying.

"I couldn't agree more." Raven chuckles when they heard some screaming.

The girls look at hill to see Roxas still going down on his sled. "How do I stop this thing?!" Roxas yells as he sleds onto the ice and falls off the sled sliding towards them.

"Are you ok Roxas?" Poppy asks helping him up.

"I don't think this Winter stuff is for me." Roxas said when his shoes slip on the ice and he holds Poppy for dear life. "Uh can you help me get back on the snow?"

Poppy giggles as she slowly helps him over.

"What do you normally do when you saw snow?" Poppy asks.

"Don't know all the worlds I went to never had snow." Roxas said.

"Well makes you feel any better this is my first time out on the ice too, so hey we both tried something new." Poppy smiles.

Roxas takes a step forward but slips on the ice falling forward pulling Poppy down with him. "Whoa!" They both said falling into the snow.

"Wow you really need some practice." Poppy said shaking the snow out of her eyes when she does she sees that she had fallen on top of Roxas and the two of them were literally inches from each other's faces.

A blush appears on Poppy's face as she picks herself up. "Uh sorry about that." She said nervously.

Roxas slowly gets up. "No, I mean it was my fault uh I'm not used to Ice unless well using it for battle." He said rubbing the back of his head.

Seeing how new he was at this like she was Poppy gets an idea. "I think I know just what to do."

A few minutes later Roxas had a pair of ice skates on and was doing his best just to stand up. "Uh Poppy I'm not really sure about this." He said sounding a little terrified as he tried just to stay on his feet.

Giggling Poppy skates over and helps him stand up straight. "Come on Roxas just stand up straight and take it one move at a time."

She reaches out and takes his hand and Roxas starts to calm down.

Poppy leads him out onto the ice and the two of them spend the entire day learning how to skate.