Chapter 59: Potential Recruits

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It was a bright sunny day at Ever After High as everyone was out in front of the school as a giant beanstalk was rising into the clouds.

"Look there she is. I see her!" Students called out as Jillian was climbing the beanstalk with ease.

"Now for the hard part." Jillian said climbing up to the giant's castle.

"She's pretty good." Roxas said impressed.

From the door a Samurai was also watching Jillian.

"Wow, how can she not be afraid? That's like a mile up." Humphrey said.

From the top of the clouds Jillian jumped down with the magic harp and the goose who lays the golden eggs in her hands before pulling her parachute.

"A new record." The Gingerbread man said as everyone chanted her name.

"Here Tiny, take these back up to your Uncle and thank him for the loan." Jillian said handing the items back to the giant.

Walking away Jillian noticed Humphrey. "Hi Humphrey, are you uhm okay?" She asks when he jumps off the brick wall.

"Jillian you have to teach me how to be brave." He begs.

"It's not something you can teach." Jillian said.

"Please, I'll give you these 5 beans." Humphrey said reaching into his pocket.

"Magic beans?" Jillian asks with stars in her eyes.

"Uh no just regular beans." Humphrey said.

"Good enough. Let's go." Jillian said taking the beans.

Jillian leads Humphrey to the top of a tower that had a huge view of the school. Unfortunately, this caused Humphrey to faint at the thought of jumping from that.

Deciding to try something a little smaller she leads him to fence that was maybe 5 feet off the ground, but Humphrey still screamed in fear.

"You can do it Humphrey." Jillian said encouraging Humphrey as he tried climbing the beanstalk.

"How high up am I?" He asks.

"This may be longer than I thought." Jillian said seeing he was barely a foot off the ground before he let go.

"I can't do heights. I'm too afraid." Humphrey slumps.

"Maybe climbing things isn't your story. You are pretty amazing Humphrey, on the ground level. Don't overthink it, either do it or don't." Jillian said walking away.

Humphrey looks up at the beanstalk and a determined look appeared on his face. "Do it."

Later in class Jillian was working on a paper when everyone turned to the window.

"Oh my crown! Is that Humphrey Dumpty climbing the Beanstalk?" Daring asks as Jillian rushed over to see for herself.

"Oh no, he's in trouble." Jillian said before rushing out to save him, but as she did she ran past the Samurai she had met earlier.

Outside Humphrey had his eyes closed as he climbed up a vine. "I can do it. I can do it." He said to himself when the vine holding him bended over the edge.

"Jump to me!" Jillian said holding out her hand.

"I can't! I'm too afraid!" Humphrey cried.

Jillian looked to see this wasn't going to work when suddenly she got an idea. Pulling on a vine it snaps making her fall off the edge and dangles from it.

"Humphrey help me!" She yells.

"Jillian!" Humphrey gasps. Grabbing a vine, he swings in and pulls her to safety.

"Humphrey, when you thought I was in danger you swooped in and saved me. That was pretty brave." Jillian said.

"Yeah it was." Humphrey smiles.

Little did they know the vine under them was cracking under their weight and snaps causing both Jillian and Humphrey to fall towards the ground.

As the Samurai was walking out the door it saw the two of them fall and sprinted towards the Beanstalk.

Drawing one of its swords it throws at the beanstalk and uses it as a spring. Jumping up the Samurai catches both Jillian and Humphrey before pulling its second sword out and stabs it into the beanstalk slowing down their falling speed and by the time they slowed down they were only a few feet off the ground.

"Wow that was amazing. Thank you." Humphrey said.

The Samurai nods as thanks.

"That was quite a trick thank you uh Humphrey do you know what his name is?" Jillian asks.

"Actually, these are Samurai they're nobodies like Roxas, but these ones don't have names." Humphrey said.

"Well that doesn't seem right. Let's see you need a name…how about Jason?" Jillian suggests.

The Samurai was surprised by this, nobody had ever wanted to give him a name before. Touched by this the Samurai nods confirming.

"Well Jason it is." Jillian smiles.

Although this seemed like something small for Jillian for Jason this would lead to something much bigger.


A few days later in Ballet class Justine was sitting down listening to music on her Mirror Phone as she did she started to doze off.

"Ever After to Justine." Melody said walking her up.

"I'm beat I went to bed early, but I had the most hexciting dream. I had my own dance studio and was practicing all my favorite styles." Justine said when Baba Yaga claps her hands.

"Less chit chat more tip tap. Let's go ladies, shoes on." Baba Yaga said.

Justine reaches for her bag but when she pulls out her shoes they were destroyed.

"My shoes! Ruined! Who did this?" She asks holding them up, but everyone denied doing it.

"A mystery to be solved after my class." Baba Yaga said.

After class in Justine's room Ashlynn, Namine, Blondie and Humphrey were helping her with her shoe situation.

"These are the absolute top of the line from the glass slipper. No shoe thief can resist these." Ashlynn said putting a pair of beautiful dancing shoes down on a table.

"When the thief trips the security system the cameras will go off and we'll find out who the thief really is." Humphrey said.

"And if they think they can make a run for it that's where I come in." Namine said when the door opens to reveal Ramona.

"Waste of time. All that tech stuff is useless, press that button chew that cord. Won't work, I bet the shoes get stolen." Ramona said heading over to her bed.

"Since when were you a shoe stealing expert?" Justine narrows her eyes.

"Oh, sure blame the bad wolf. Relax you and I don't exactly have similar taste." Ramona smirks.

That night as everyone was asleep Ramona opens her eyes as someone trips the outlet plug turning off the security system and grabbing the shoes.

As the figure runs out they nudge Namine waking her up. Looking towards the table she saw what happened.

"The shoes are gone." Namine said as the girls woke up.

"And so is Ramona." Blondie said.

Running through the halls they spot Ramona looking through the door to the dance class.

"Ramona!" Ashlynn said. "You bad, bad wolf."

"I thought you were better than this." Namine said when Ramona shushes them.

"Don't wake her up." Ramona said.

"Wake who up?" Blondie asks.

Looking inside they saw Justine wearing the shoes that Ashlynn put out and was dancing through the room, but she appeared to be asleep while doing it.

"That's something you don't see everyday." Namine said when the lights turned on to reveal Baba Yaga and waking Justine up.

"What is the meaning of this? Justine Dancer?" Baba Yaga said as Justine walked over.

"It was me all along? But how?" Justine asks.

"Enchantment. Your older sisters had this too. Congratulations, you're the 12th Dancing Princess. You had to figure this out for yourself, but now that you know you'll be able to control your power. The Gift of Eternal Dance." Baba Yaga declares as all the girls cheer.

"I'm sorry I suspected you Ramona. Thank you all for helping me find my destiny." Justine smiles.

"It's what we do. Our team is known for helping people with that." Namine said.

"Really? Maybe I'll have to see what you guys do." Justine said interested.

"Justine, we have quite a bit to tell you about." Ramona smirks as they walk out.


It was a beautiful day in the woods outside Ever After High as Xion was walking through when she notices a familiar face on the ground.

"Whoa, Nina you better watch out I could've stepped on you." Xion said looking down to see Nina was in her shrunken form.

"Please Xion, you weren't even close." Nina said.

"What are you doing down there?" Xion asks.

"Just taking in the scenery. We can learn a lot from the little world right under foot." Nina said petting a ladybug.

"Wait a minute. Nina, we have to hurry or we'll miss our field trip." Xion said.

"Ooh I love exploring, be right up." Nina said growing back to normal size. "Come on I'll race you."

As the two girls ran towards the school a black cat appeared out of the grass and was looking towards Nina.

Arriving at class they saw only Raven, Apple and Rosabella were there.

"Hey where is everyone?" Xion asks.

"Bad news guys Fairy Field trip's canceled." Raven said.

"And I was so looking forward to exploring." Apple said.

"If only you guys could shrink down and explore the school like I do." Nina said causing Apple and Raven to smile.

"Looks like we get our field trip after all." Raven said.

"Raven found one of her mom's charms that—" Apple starts.

"Shrinks you when you touch the charm." They both said holding out the charm.

All of the girls grin as the 5 of them touch it and shrink down.

"Come on, let me show you my Ever After High." Nina said leading them through a hole in the wall.

As they walked away the same black cat from the woods climbed in through the window.

Leading the girls through the pipes they appear in the main hallway.

All of them scramble to avoid being stepped on.

As Nina lead them up the ramp Apple looks down to see Amora leaning towards Roxas.

"I'm just saying Roxas when my shift is over we can finally go out and spend time together." Amora flirts.

"Uh well I don't Amora." Roxas blushes.

A tick mark appears on Apple's head as she summons her staff. "Blizzaga!" A tiny block of ice shoots out of her staff and hits Amora in the neck.

"Ow! What was that?" Amora asks looking around but couldn't see anyone.

"Is everything alright?" Roxas asks.

An hour later all of them were heading back to the classroom laughing.

"What a day." Nina smiles.

"Wait a minute how do we grow back?" Rosabella asks.

"We just have to touch the charm a second time." Raven reaches into her pocket but realizes it wasn't there. Looking up they saw the charm was still on the table.

"Any ideas on how we can get up there?" Xion asks.

"Don't worry guys I can grow big or small whenever I want." Nina uses her magic but instead of growing she only shrinks. "Of course, I was caught in the charm too so I can only get smaller."

Suddenly the black cat from earlier approaches them.

All the girls panic as Xion was about to summon her keyblade to attack when Nina grows to their size.

"Rascal! Perfect timing." Nina said hugging the cat.

All of them look at Nina surprised. "What? Oh, Rascal scared you." She realized. "I always carry cat treats for him." Nina said taking out a treat for the cat. "Okay Rascal go get the charm."

Rascal jumps onto the desk and knocks the charm down allowing all of them to turn to normal.

"Hey Nina, that was lots of fun." Xion said.

"Thanks Xion, but I bet you've been on quite a few adventures." Nina said.

"I'd be happy to tell you about a few." Xion said.

"Sounds great to me." Nina said.


Meanwhile down the halls Roxas, Farrah, Briar and Ashlynn were walking towards Meeshell's room with a flower.

Knocking on her door Meeshell answers it.

"Hi Meeshell, I think we all got off on the wrong slipper." Ashlynn said.

"So we went out and got you this flower for your dorm room." Roxas said gesturing to it.

"It's a Snap Dragon." Briar said as the flower shot out water and started to shake causing Meeshell to hide behind her door.

"Uh I'm good." She said closing the door.

Later that day the four of them were walking down the hall.

"I have never met someone so shy before." Briar said.

"Do you think maybe she doesn't like us?" Farrah asks.

"I don't know." Roxas said when they heard singing from down the hall.

Following the amazing voice, they open the door to see it was coming from the indoor pool and jumping out of the water was Meeshell, but her bottom half was fins.

"Meeshell is a mermaid." Ashlynn said.

"Whoa, just like at Atlantica." Roxas said remembering when Sora met Ariel.

"Oh hi, I'm sorry I ran off. You see when my fin grows whenever I touch water and I'm not really confident talking to people on land." Meeshell confesses.

"Well that's a relief we thought you didn't like us." Farrah said.

"Meeshell your voice is so fairest. You should totally show everyone this talent." Ashlynn said.

"Me? Sing on land? In front of everybody?" Meeshell said a little terrified.

"Everyone would flip their crowns if they heard you sing." Briar nods.

"I-I don't know." Meeshell said as Roxas bent down to look her in the eye.

"Well I used to be nervous about if I should sing in front of others, but once I mustered up the courage, everyone loved it." Roxas said.

"It's true, Roxas is one of the best singers ever after." Briar said.

"But I can't sing if I'm not in the water." Meeshell said.

Roxas pauses to think and looks to Farrah. "I have an idea."

In the auditorium everyone was sitting down while Roxas, Meeshell and Farrah were backstage.

"Are you ready?" Roxas asks.

"I don't know if I can do this." Meeshell said.

"Of course you can and if anyone starts booing you I'll shut them in seconds." Roxas assured.

Taking a deep breath Meeshell smiles softly. "Okay I'm ready."

"Farrah, you know what to do." Roxas said as Farrah nods and waves her wand making a giant tank of water appear.

Everyone looks in awe as Roxas walks to the mic.

"Everyone of Ever After I am proud to present the musical magic of Meeshell Mermaid!" Roxas said as Meeshell dove into her tank and her fins grew.

(Play The Glow by Shannon Saunders)

When you feel like you're ready to go

Somewhere you've never been

Make a wish and the dream in you grows

Shining as bright as them

Carrying you far away

The story begins with the light in your heart

A fantasy dream and a spark

Once you believe you are ready to shine

The princess inside you will show

You are the glow, you are the glow

Look around take in all that you see

You just might be surprised

A world of enchantment and pure majesty

You'll be discovering

The princess that you're meant to be

The story begins with the light in your heart

A fantasy dream and a spark

Once you believe you are ready to shine

Bright as the world's ever known

You are the glow

Feel your strength, you can face the world

Believe every day, everything is possible

A magical journey awaits

The story begins with the light in your heart

A fantasy dream and a spark

Once you believe you are ready to shine

The princess inside you will show

You are the glow, you are the glow

Whoa, you are the glow.

Meeshell jumps out of her tank on the last note and the crowd erupted into cheers.

"Thank you, thank you." Meeshell smiles.

"Good job Farrah." Roxas said.

"Maybe one time I can come with you when you got to another world." Farrah smiles.

"With magic like that, absolutely." Roxas nods as they looked out to Meeshell who seemed much more confident.