Chapter 67: Heart Struck
Hey everyone I'm back. This was a fun one to write. Let me tell you despite everything Roxas has been through nothing will prepare him for this. Please Review and Enjoy.
It was a normal day at Ever After High when Cupid was walking to some flowers she had placed on her balcony outside her room. Putting her bow and arrows down Cupid smells her flowers and lets out a sneeze and a sniffle. "Ooh, I better get my inhaler." Cupid said sneezing again knocking her bow and arrows off the balcony and down into some bushes.
Down below Hunter was walking by when he found them lying on the ground. "Whoa Cupid must have lost these awesome bow and arrows, I better find her." Hunter said walking away when he walked past the target range. "Hello targets, Cupid probably won't mind if I fire one."
Drawing back the bow Hunter fires it and an arrow flies towards the center. "Bullseye." He grins when the arrow flies in a completely different direction.
"What the?" Hunter loads another arrow and fires it but just like the first one it flies off in a different direction. "Third time's the charm." But this time Hunter grabs at least a dozen arrows and fires them but every single one of them flies off in different directions.
Little did Hunter know Cupid's arrows are heart seeking and Cupid is the only one that could control where they would hit.
In his classroom an arrow hit Prof. Rumpelstiltskin suddenly heats appeared in his eyes as he looks towards Baba Yaga outside the hall.
Throughout the school arrows struck multiple people making them fall under the spell of the love sickness.
As Cerise was getting books from her lockers. She looks to see Roxas walking down the hall, Cerise was about to call out to him when an arrow hits her making hearts appear in her eyes as she looked at Roxas as a grin appeared on her face.
Roxas walks down the hall unaware that he had become a certain wolf's prey.
Little did he know Cupid's arrows had hit Apple, Melody, Maddie, Amora, Namine, Poppy and Briar and each girl had hearts in their eyes as they knew what their hearts wanted.
Roxas was about to open the door when Cerise pounces on him and pins him to the ground. "Whoa! Cerise? What are you doing?" Roxas asks startled by this.
"Hey Roxas, you're looking very handsome today." Cerise said making him blush.
"Uh Cerise where is this coming from?" Roxas asks nervously.
"What can I say? This wolf knows what she wants." Cerise said leaning in, but Roxas grabs her shoulders.
"Cerise what is going on?" Roxas asks when he noticed the hearts in her eyes. "What the?"
"Don't be nervous Roxas I thought you liked my kisses." Cerise said kissing him on the lips making his eyes widen.
"Stop!" A female voice said making Cerise freeze in place.
Suddenly two hands pulled Roxas off of Cerise. Looking up Roxas saw Briar was his savior.
"Oh hey Briar thanks for that." Roxas sighs when Briar grabs him by his collar and kisses him on the lips surprising him.
"No wolf is stealing my man from me." Briar grins when Roxas notices the hearts in her eyes as well.
"Wait…Briar you too?" Roxas asks when the spell wore off and Cerise growled at the sight of Briar with Roxas.
"Get your hands off him!" Cerise yells tackling Briar to the ground. "Roxas is mine!"
"Never! He's mine!" Briar yells knocking Cerise with her staff.
"What is going on?!" Roxas asks surprised by all this.
"Roxas!" Looking down the hall Raven and Lizzie ran over.
"Raven what's going on with Cerise and Briar?" Roxas asks.
"This place has gone lovesick, it's like a plague of loveliness." Raven said.
"Wait the whole school is under this?" Roxas asks surprised.
"And we don't know why." Lizzie said when Dexter walked out of a room.
"Dexter am I glad to see you." Raven said when Dexter got on one knee and held out a bouquet of flowers.
"Raven Queen, I loved you for so long. Be my girlfriend." Dexter said making Raven blush at his declaration.
"Dexter I-I whoa." Raven said not sure what to make of this.
"Raven snap out of it! Dexter's under the lovesickness! Now help me with these two!" Lizzie said as she made a cards spin around Cerise and Briar preventing their escape.
"You're not keeping me from my Roxas! Firaga!" Briar yells as she blasts a hole through the cards and runs down the hall.
"No way Royal! He's mine!" Cerise yells running after her.
"Oh Roxas is in so much trouble." Lizzie sighs as Raven trying to deal with the love-sick Dexter.
Roxas went down the hall to see if anyone could figure out a cure.
"If this is love related Cupid has to be the one who has the answer…wait a minute." Roxas stops in his tracks as he realized something. "Wait if Briar and Cerise were affected by this and went after me…does that mean—" He was interrupted by someone wrapping their arms around him and pushing their chest into his back.
"There you Roxas, I've been looking for you." Amora whispers seductively into his ears.
"Uh Amora now is not really a good time." Roxas blushes.
"Students have to listen to their teachers Roxas." Amora said cupping his cheek.
Roxas looks to see the hearts in her eyes as she leans in to kiss him.
Grabbing her shoulders Roxas pushes Amora away and makes a run for it.
"You can run Roxas, but I'll find you." Amora grins.
Roxas turns a corner and was panting heavily as his heart started to race. "What is wrong with everyone?"
"Psst Roxas." Looking up he saw Apple signaling to come over. "Over here."
Apple runs into the library and Roxas follows her.
Apple closes the door behind him as Roxas sits down. "Thank you, Apple. This school is going crazy."
"You poor thing." Apple opens her eyes to reveal the hearts. "Don't worry I know what will make you feel better."
Apple grabs Roxas and presses him against the desk.
"Oh no not you too Apple." Roxas said.
"We're destined to be together Roxas. We'll get married and live happily ever after." Apple said with a big grin on her face.
Roxas blushes hearing that. "Uh well Apple I mean that's…wow."
"Don't you love me Roxas? Because I love you so much." Apple said.
Roxas was about to answer when the door swings open.
"I knew it!" Turning around they saw Namine rushing towards Apple and ripping her off Roxas. "How dare you steal my man!"
"Your man?! Last time I checked Roxas was my Prince Charming!" Apple yells as they grapple.
"I've been there for Roxas since the beginning! I belong with him as much as Kairi belongs with Sora!" Namine yells pushing Apple to the ground.
"Never he's mine and I love more!" Apple yells as the catfight begins.
"I gotta find Cupid before those two rip each other apart." Roxas said leaving the library.
Running through the halls he saw multiple students had fallen under the love spell looking turning his head he saw Baba Yaga keeping Prof. Rumpelstiltskin away with a broom.
"Yeah those two do not make a good couple." Roxas cringes.
"No…but we do." Roxas looks to see Melody standing in front of him. When he noticed the hearts in her eyes Roxas steps back in fear. "Aw what's wrong Roxas? Don't worry I'll make all your fears go away." Melody said wrapping her arms around him.
"Melody listen please you're not you. We have to find Cup—" Roxas was interrupted as Melody kisses him on the lips.
"You don't need Cupid you got me to help you now." Melody whispers.
"Hey!" Melody looks to see Poppy with hearts in her eyes and her frying pan in her hand. "Get your hands off him. Roxas is mine!"
"Poppy?" Roxas said surprised when suddenly a fishing hook hooks his jacket as someone pulls him out of Melody's grip. Looking up he saw Maddie sitting on top of the lockers with a fishing rod.
"Wow I caught me a handsome looking fish." Maddie grins with hearts in her eyes.
"This is not my day." Roxas shakes his head.
"Get your hands off him!" Melody fires a music note cutting the fishing line making Roxas drop into Poppy's hands.
"I got you Roxas…and I'm never letting you go." Poppy said.
"Magnera!" Roxas was suddenly pulled out of Poppy's hands towards Amora.
"Looks like Roxas prefers me." Amora said when Cerise sprints in and kicks Amora out of the way and grabs Roxas.
"Guess it wasn't made to last." Cerise smirks.
'When did I turn into a prize?' Roxas thought when Maddie jumps from the lockers and tackles Cerise to the ground.
Roxas tried to crawl out of the way when he Apple helps him.
"Follow me my prince." Apple said about to pull him away when Namine knocks her away.
Namine was about to leave with him when Briar holds out her staff.
"Zero Graviga!" The 8 of them became trapped in the gravity field until Briar grabs Roxas. "Come on Roxas let's ditch these girls and have some fun." Briar smirks.
Roxas cringes when the spell broke.
"GET OFF HIM!" Roxas turns to see the other 7 girls launch themselves at Roxas and Briar.
Roxas let out a scream as a dust cloud forms around him and the girls as the sounds of punches, kicks, magic and kisses echoed from it.
Down the hall Cupid walked out of the staircase with her inhaler. "Aw much better." Cupid said before gasping at the sight of one of the Billy Goats Gruff kissing a sandwich. Looking down the hall she saw many students equally in love with others.
"I think Hunter has something of yours Cupid." Ashlynn said pushing Hunter towards him.
"Uh you're welcome." Hunter said nervously as he held out her bow and arrows.
"Hunter!" Cupid gasps taking them back when Xion and Raven come over.
"Can't you use your arrows to fix all of this?" Xion asks.
"You can't stop love. It's a force of nature." Cupid said.
"Well this one needs to be stopped!" Looking over the 5 of them gasp as Roxas limped over. He was missing his jacket, his clothes were ragged and he had lipstick marks on every piece of visible skin.
"What happened to you?" Raven asks.
"Eight…Eight lovesick girls who were willing to rip each other apart for me." Roxas said.
"Wow now that's lucky." Hunter said but Roxas glared at him.
"We need to stop them. Cupid do have anything that can calm this whole thing down?" Roxas asks.
Cupid pauses to think when she suddenly smiles. "I have an idea."
In the castleteria Raven was up on a table with everyone gathered inside.
"Listen up! You've all be infected with love fever!" Raven said making most of the students gasp.
"Lucky for us, there's many types of love. These Mood Roses should help." Cupid said passing out white roses to everyone.
Mood Roses are a special flower Cupid is able to grow and the color it changes to depends on the recipient's true feelings: yellow means friendship, red means romance, and pink means meant to be together forever after.
Baba Yaga hands one to Prof. Rumpelstiltskin and it ends up turning yellow.
Raven walks over to Dexter and hands one to him making the rose turn red. Seeing this both of them blush nervously.
Roxas grabbed 8 Mood Roses and takes a deep breath before walking over to Apple, Briar, Maddie, Amora, Namine, Melody, Poppy and Cerise.
Handing each of them a rose he looks to see each one of them turned pink. All the girls look at him with smiles and Roxas was completely speechless.
That night Cupid was making sure her bow and arrows were safe and secure when she heard a knock at her door.
"Coming." Walking over she opens the door to see Roxas standing outside. "Roxas, what are you doing here?"
"Cupid I need advice and you're the only one that can help me." Roxas said.
"Come on in." Cupid said as Roxas sat down in a chair. "What's wrong?"
"Cupid when I gave them the Mood Roses all 8 of them turned pink." Roxas said making Cupid's eyes widen.
"Incredible…Roxas if they turned pink that means they love you with all their hearts. That's the most devoted love there is." Cupid said.
"Cupid what do I do? I can't choose between them it's impossible for me." Roxas said.
"Why is that?" Cupid asks curiously.
"Nobody else knows this, but…when I was thrown into the realm of darkness I was about to lose it all, but then I saw all the memories I made with them: Apple, Namine, Briar, Melody, Poppy, Cerise, Maddie and Amora. The light from those memories combined with all of you helped create my heart. My heart is literally formed around them." Roxas said making Cupid's eyes widen.
"Roxas that's amazing." Cupid said surprised.
"How do I handle this?" Roxas asks.
"Roxas, they love you. What is your heart telling you about who you love?" Cupid asks as Roxas thinks about each of the girls and each one of their memories made his heart race with joy.
"Cupid, I think I know what to do, but I'm nervous about what will happen." Roxas said.
"Love is a powerful thing Roxas I hope you figure this out." Cupid said as he walked to the door.
"Thanks Cupid, and I will." Roxas said leaving.
Here's a hint for the next world: Snow White the Fairest Rebel Party Girl of them all.
