Chapter 63: Goodbye Ever After High
Hey everyone I'm back with 2 chapters in 2 days. Man I'm on a roll. Warning this chapter is not gonna be a happy one so brace yourself. Please Review and Enjoy.
It had been a week since the team had returned from Kauai with their newest member, needless to say Headmaster Grimm was hesitant about allowing Leroy to stay at Ever After High, but Rosabella's training was proving to be successful.
In the Castleteria Leory was grabbing a tray of food. Walking towards a table he lifts Humphrey up making him panic.
Suddenly he heard someone clearing their throat. Leroy looks to Rosabella glaring at him. "Leroy, we don't do that to people put him down and ask if you can sit next to him."
Leroy frowns as he puts Humphrey back in his seat and talks to him in gibberish. "Uh sure Leroy." Humphrey said still a little nervous.
"Wow Rosabella you've really changed him from that red furball of anger we first met." Xion said.
"All he needed was someone to give him a chance." Rosabella smiles.
Blondie was holding up her Mirrorpad and was recording Leory's behavior habits. "Quite a week folks. Rosabella Beauty has taken a truly dangerous beast and is making him into a fairy nice little helper." Blondie said.
Getting up Blondie takes her Mirrorpad to her locker, when she opens it she places her Mirrorpad on the top shelf when she got a call. Turning around she answers it.
"Hello? Oh, hey Briar." As Blondie started talking she didn't know that someone was hacking her Mirrorpad. The cursor moved to Blondie's files and opened all the videos from missions until it stopped on one title.
Keyblade Graveyard
The next day at school Roxas was walking through the halls with a smile on his face, but little did he know many students were whispering about him as he walked, some even went out of their way to avoid him.
Roxas walks over to a water fountain and gets a drink when suddenly a water balloon was thrown hitting him in the face soaking in. "Aaah! What the heck?!" Roxas looks to see a male student throwing another at him, but it was stopped in midair.
Looking over Roxas saw Raven had used her magic to stop it.
"Hey what's your deal?" Raven glares.
"Ever After High doesn't need scum like that Nobody!" He said before leaving.
"Roxas what happened?" Raven asks walking over.
"I don't know I was getting a drink and he attacked me." Roxas said shaking off some of the water.
In another hallway Jillian was showing Jason her plan for her next Beanstalk class.
"So Jason for this one I'm allowed to have a partner for this climb and I was hoping you would like to join me on this?" Jillian asks.
Jason was surprised at this but in the nods. "Excellent, we'll be a great team." Jillian smiles.
Jason nods in agreement when suddenly he heard something being thrown. Drawing his sword, he swings it and slices two tomatoes in half.
Jillian looks over to see three students throwing tomatoes at Jason and other Samurai.
"Hey what are you all doing?!" Jillian asks running in front of the Nobodies.
"These monsters need to go! If you were smart you'd join us!" A girl yells throwing a tomato hitting Jason in the face.
"Jason!" Jillian said trying help him navigate through the halls.
In an empty classroom Roxas and all the Samurai were sitting around while the team did some investigating.
Jason walks over to him and Roxas sighs knowing what he was thinking. "I don't know Jason hopefully they find out why." Roxas said when the door opened to reveal Dexter, Holly, Poppy, Blondie, Cupid, Cerise, Raven, Maddie, Namine, Xion and Daring.
"Please tell me you found the reason why everyone else is throwing things at us." Roxas asks.
"Wait you haven't seen it?" Holly asks.
"Seen what?" Roxas asks as all of them cringe.
"You better show him." Cupid said.
"Just look at this." Dexter said as Blondie walks over and takes out her MirrorPad.
"It's really not that bad." Maddie said as they turned on a video.
"Roxas, what exactly do we know about this Nobody? He's searching for a heart to call his own because he doesn't have one." A male narrator voice said showing a picture of Roxas. "But that's because monsters like him don't deserve one."
The video changes to show footage from Atlantica where they were defeated by Leviathan. "Roxas is a threat to everything this world stands for, he constantly endangers the students of Ever After High with no regard for anyone's safety." The narrator said as the scene changes towards the Tempest crashing into Kauai. "He takes the ones we care about and leads them to a war to be slaughtered. And to make matter worse he has his minions constantly on patrol around our beloved school so his reign of evil still stands even when he's worlds away."
The scene shows the Samurai patrolling Ever After High on their first week and students flinching in fear.
"But that's not the worst of this Nobody's evil, he has taken the trust of his so called "friends" and subjected them to a near death experience." The scene shows the Keyblade Graveyard where the team was getting their butts kicked by the Lingering Will. "Here this Roxas monsters like you do not belong in this world or any world. Follow your true destiny Nobody and fade away into darkness." He said as the video came to an end and everyone had horrified expressions on their faces.
"Okay it was that bad." Maddie said.
"Lies! All lies!" Roxas said shocked that someone would even do this.
"How did they even get footage of the Keyblade Graveyard?" Poppy asks.
"Blondie, I thought you agreed not to post that one." Cerise said.
"I didn't I swear, someone must have hacked my Mirror Pad." Blondie said.
"Maybe it's not so bad. How many people have seen that video?" Daring asks as Dexter looks at the views.
"10 Million views." Dexter said.
"Oh boy that's a lot." Holly said.
"No one's gonna let us go on missions after seeing this. Why would someone do this?" Xion asks.
"Hey how come Roxas and the Samurai are being attacked, but you two aren't?" Raven asks.
"Because we aren't the ones in charge of everything, Roxas is." Namine said.
"Plus, we're not Nobodies anymore." Xion said.
"How can I even show my face around this school? Oh no when Headmaster Grimm sees this video he's gonna kill me." Roxas said grabbing his head.
"Don't you think you're overreacting?" Cupid asks.
"Maybe he'll go easy on you." Maddie said when the PA system turns on.
"Roxas report to the Headmaster's Office immediately!" Milton Grimm yells over the PA.
"Course I've been wrong before." Maddie said.
Roxas arrived at his office to see Headmasters Milton and Giles Grimm waiting inside.
"It feels like you two call me in here more than any other student." Roxas said sitting down.
"We do." Milton said with a serious look on his face.
"I take it you saw the video?" Roxas asks.
"Yes, we did." Giles said with a serious look on his face as well.
"That video is a lie I'm not the monster that video makes me to be." Roxas said.
"We know, you have saved so many worlds including our own." Giles said.
"But that's not what we're the angriest about." Milton brings up the footage of the Keyblade Graveyard. "You lied to us, you said they got injured in an accident. You didn't tell us you lead them all to be turned into punching bags for a walking suit of armor." He glares.
"Roxas how could you let everyone be subjected to this?" Giles asks.
"Seriously? We got to many worlds and when we win you guys don't seem to mind, but the few times something bad happens you jump right to blaming me. What the heck?! Also, why am I the one you always jump to blame? Why isn't the rest of the team here?" Roxas asks.
"Bad?! You call the horrors you drag my students into bad?!" Milton growls standing up.
"They chose to join me and in case you forgot I'm a student too!" Roxas said standing up as well.
"Maybe we should take a deep breath and try to calm down." Giles said trying to get the situation under control.
"Not now! / Shut up!" Milton and Roxas said to Giles who sits down immediately.
"From the second you arrived at this school it's been one disaster after another. You have no regard for anyone's safety and do whatever reckless thing comes to mind." Milton said.
"I am trying to help this school what is wrong with what I do?" Roxas asks.
"Well it stops now because of this video all the parents of the students want you hex-spelled or worse. Roxas until my brother and I come to compromise you are suspended until further notice and forbidden to leave this school." Milton said sitting down.
"What?! You can't do this to me!" Roxas said.
"We can and we did." Milton said.
"Roxas please I know this all one big shock, but we're trying to help. Why don't you go to your room get one of your ice creams and take a breather?" Giles suggests.
Roxas growls before letting out a scream of rage before turning around and storming out of the room.
Giles looks to his brother and sighs. "What are we gonna do Milton?"
Milton groans as he rubs his head. "I don't know."
"Don't you think you were a little hard on him? He just wants to belong, and this is a sensitive issue for him." Giles asks.
"Giles what am I gonna do? He fights me at ever step. He's so…so."
"So like us when were younger." Giles finishes. Milton looks at him curiously. "When we broke the rules father lectured us the same way you lecture Roxas."
"Who do we have on our side to help keep him in the school?" Milton asks.
"Besides us its Prof. Badwolf, Red Riding Hood, Baba Yaga, Alice, the White Queen and the Queen of Hearts." Giles said.
Milton sighs. "This isn't looking good with her majesty Snow White leading the other side I don't think we have much of a chance."
"We have to try." Giles said.
"I know Giles. I know." Milton said.
On the outdoor patio Roxas was sitting on a bench trying to eat a Sea Salt Ice cream as the sun was setting, but he wasn't in the mood. Instead he just let the ice cream hang in the air as he tried to figure out what was happening to him.
"Why does all of this keep happening to me? No matter where I go I'm always reminded that I don't belong." Roxas sighs when Xion walks out and sees him.
"Namine I found him!" Xion calls out as Namine walks out.
"Are you okay Roxas?" Namine asks as Roxas shoots her a glare. "Right stupid question."
"I'm in trouble, they won't even let me leave the school until they figure things out." Roxas sighs.
"Well maybe things will work out." Xion said.
"Xion, nothing ever works out for me. I was used by the Organization, forced to fight both you and Lea, had to give up my existence so Sora could save everyone, and I spent two years of my life at this school clinging to the hope that I would find my heart, but instead all they do is treat me like I'm a monster."
Namine and Xion look at each other and sigh. "We're sorry Roxas I wish there was something we can do to help." Namine said.
"Me too…where are the Samurai?" Roxas asks.
"Amora managed to hide them all in the Magicology classroom for safe keeping." Xion said.
Roxas looks to see his ice cream had completely melted onto the ground. Looking up Roxas saw the sky start to darken as storm clouds appeared.
"I'm not in the mood to talk. Night." Roxas said walking away.
"Xion I'm really worried." Namine said.
"Me too." Xion said as they made their way back inside.
That night Roxas was walking down the hall to see the Headmasters again.
"Alright deep breaths and try to keep calm down." Roxas said as walked to the door to find it open slightly. He was about to open when he heard Baba Yaga taking.
"Your majesty please with all due respect isn't this a little extreme?" Looking inside he saw Milton, Giles and Baba Yaga taking to Snow White over video.
"I stand by my decision and many agree with me." Snow White said crossing her arms.
"Please just give him a chance." Giles said.
"Not even Roxas deserves this." Milton said.
"We all voted for his crimes against the school, the students and this world, the Nobody is hereby sentenced to life in Mirror Prison." Snow White said shocking him.
"My Queen we respect you, but please have mercy." Milton said.
"Roxas is a good boy he's just a little rebellious. What boy isn't at his age?" Giles said.
"Boys are one story he isn't. He's a Nobody he has no feelings, no heart and no regard for anyone's safety. He's not going to help these student's find their Happily Ever After he's no better than Heartless or this Xehanort fellow. My guards will be at Ever After High tomorrow to lock that menace up forever after." Snow White declared.
Roxas steps away from the door with the look of horror on his face. He was being sent to the worst prison in Ever After, the only other person to be sent there was Raven's mom the Evil Queen, they thought he was as bad as her.
(Play Mulan's Decision Synthesizer version)
As rain started to pour down Roxas was in his room laying in the dark feeling horrible. Looking towards his desk he saw the picture of him and all his friends in front of the Tempest.
This school was the first place he could ever truly call home and he was about to be kicked out a dark expression appears on his face as he remembered what Vanitas said to him at Thronecoming.
"You don't belong here, and you never will." Vanitas said.
Roxas tightens his fist. "If these people really don't want me, fine." Roxas stood up and made his way to his desk.
Turning on the light he started writing a message on a piece of paper before putting it in an envelope.
Opening his closet, he pushes the rest of his clothes to reveal his Organization XIII coat where the hole had been sewn up.
As lightning flashes and thunder echoes Roxas grabs the coat and puts it on as he turned to the picture. Roxas grabs the picture and places it facedown on his desk as he left his room.
Summoning Oathkeeper Roxas opens the door to Dexter and Hunter's room where both were sound asleep. Walking towards Dexter's bedside table he places the keys to the Tempest on it.
The next room was Namine and Xion's. Walking to their desk he places the World Map on it and the envelope.
"It's too late for me, but you two still have a chance…take care of the team for me." Roxas whispers looking at them one last time. Putting on his hood Roxas walks out of the room.
In the Magicology classroom Jason and all the Samurai were scattered around the room when the door opens to reveal Roxas.
All of them stand up as Roxas gives a hand signal for them to follow him. Jason looks at his vine bracelet that Jillian gave him and puts his hand on it as he is the first to follow Roxas out the door.
Walking through the main hall Roxas opens the front door and walks through the pouring rain with all the Samurai following close behind him.
(Song End)
They make their way down the path and were about to enter the Enchanted forest. Turning around Roxas takes one last look at the school and a tear runs down his eyes.
"Goodbye Ever After High." Roxas said entering the forest leaving the school behind.
