Chapter 122: Reflecting on a Great Year
Hey everyone I'm back with a new chapter. Now I'm happy all of you loved my last chapter so much and I decided to add a few new characters from Descendants Wicked World. And also this is a message to all of you. I know this year has been tough for all of us but it's almost over and the next year has the potential to be great. I hope you all enjoy this New Year's Chapter. Please Review and Enjoy.
It's New Year's Eve at EAH and had been almost a month since they opened the link to Auradon and needless to say both schools were interested in seeing their new friends.
As the snow was coming down everyone doing the best they could to keep warm and prepare for the new year.
"So Evie how are things going for you VK's now that you don't have to worry about your mom?" Raven asks doing a video call with Evie.
"Pretty sweet Raven, it's nice walking down the hall without people running in fear of you." Evie smiles.
"I've been there." Raven chuckles when Apple walks into view.
"Hey roomie, we're gonna be late." Apple said when she noticed Evie. "Oh hey you're Evie, right?"
"You must be Apple, Raven's told me much about you." Evie waves.
"Hopefully good." Apple said.
"Mostly." Raven smirks.
"Daughter of the Evil Queen and Snow White sharing a room. I'm amazed you two can make it work." Evie said.
"It took some getting used to." Raven admits.
"So any way you guys coming for our new years countdown?" Raven asks.
"Wouldn't miss it. See ya Sis." Evie said hanging up.
"Why does she keep calling me her sister?" Raven asks.
"You kind of are." Apple said.
"By that logic, Faybelle and Mal, Audrey and Briar, Rosabella and Ben and Ashlynn and Chad are siblings too." Raven said.
"Hmm, good point." Apple said before looking at her hands. "Been a crazy year bestie."
"Yeah, it has." Raven said standing up. "Wanna go to Hocus Latte?"
"You read my mind." Apple smiles as they grabbed their winter coats and walked out.
Down below on the field, Roxas and Crystal stood apart from each other with serious expressions on their faces.
"Uh oh looks like something's about to go down." Brooke said.
"Ice make Keyblade!" Crystal said creating an ice Two Become One while Roxas summoned the real version.
"Alright Crystal come at me!" Roxas said as Crystal charges in but Roxas blocks it. "Don't put too much effort into one swing. Pace yourself."
Grunting Crystal tried to attack again but Roxas dodges her.
"Come on, don't expect me to stay still. Be creative." Roxas said rolling out of the way.
"Creative huh?" Crystal pauses before getting an idea.
Taking out her wand Crystal waves it making an ice path allowing her to slide in and catch up with him. "Gotcha now Roxas!"
However, Roxas swings his keyblade hard shattering Crystal's keyblade knocking her to the ground.
"Never think the match is won until the end." Roxas said causing Crystal to groan.
"You make this look easy." Crystal said.
"Because I've been fighting this thing since the beginning." Roxas said helping her up.
"I've got a long way to go." Crystal sighs.
"You're a fast learner. You'll get it." Roxas smiles.
"You think so?" Crystal asks as they walk inside.
"Are you kidding? You just joined this year and you're already one our best." Roxas said.
"Yeah…this was a crazy year for me." Crystal said as they sat down getting mugs of hot chocolate.
"You and me both." Roxas smiles putting a hand to his chest to hear his heart. "It wasn't easy and I had a lot of obstacles but this year was one of the best years of my life. I just wonder what next year will bring me."
Crystal looks at Roxas and pauses. "Yeah me too." She said sipping her drink.
As Crystal looks at Roxas she realized her year so was wild and amazing because of him.
In the school, Mal was hanging out with Faybelle as Mal was looking at her pom-poms.
"I can't believe you actually enjoy doing this weird cheerleading stuff." Mal chuckles.
"Hey if it wasn't for cheerleading practice I wouldn't be that good at casting spells." Faybelle chuckles.
"Fair enough." Mal said putting them down.
"So joining us for the Countdown?" Faybelle asks.
"Can't. Ben's taking me out for a redo of our first date at the Enchanted Lake. Figured he'd want to have a real date where he's himself and not under a spell." Mal shrugs.
"I can understand that." Faybelle said.
"Hey, Faybelle can I ask you something?" Mal asks.
"What's up?" Faybelle asks.
"Well, you're like me. A VK, raised to be bad just like mom, so uh what was it that got you to end up like this?" Mal asks.
Sighing Faybelle lays back in her seat. "Truth is. I wanted to be bad Mal. I even helped take over the whole school."
"Whoa really?" Mal said surprised.
"Yeah, but when I tried to get out of my punishment for helping I got into even more trouble. I tried to get that out of that jam but then my friends who I thought hated me helped save me from 200 years of hard labor. I threw them under the carriage and they still helped me. That's why I joined. To show how grateful I was to them." Faybelle smiles.
"That's pretty cool. Faybelle, guess you and I are more similar than I thought." Mal smiles.
"Same." Faybelle said.
Meanwhile, the kids from Wonderland were sitting down having tea together.
"Nothing warms you up on a cold day like tea." Maddie sighs.
"You can say that again." Chase smiles.
"Nothing warms you—"
"You don't actually have to say it Maddie." Kitty said when Evie walks in.
"Hey guys, uh I'm Evie I don't know if we met." Evie said.
"Yeah, we saw you guys earlier from Auradon." Alistair said.
"So uh I was just wondering. Are you guys any chance from Wonderland?" Evie asks.
"Really? Are we?" Courtly smirks.
"We are. Lizzie is the daughter of the Queen of the Hearts, Bunny the white Rabbit, Maddie the Mad Hatter, Kitty the Cheshire Cat, Chase the Red Knight, Courtly the Joker and I'm Alistair son of Alice."
"Alice, you say?" A female voice said.
Looking over they saw a girl with long blonde hair and a blue dress.
"Hey, you wanna join us for tea?" Chase offers.
"Wait you look familiar." Lizzie said.
"Yeah, you see guys this is Ally, our Alice in Wonderland's kid." Evie introduced shocking them.
"What?!" Brooke gasps.
"I don't believe it! Another parallel version of one of our students!" The male narrator said.
"And I thought the ones we found were—"
"Will you three knock it off! We know what's happening!" Maddie said looking up.
"Interesting, who are you talking to?" Ally asks.
"Uh, it's complicated." Lizzie said.
"I've never met any other kids from Wonderland. It's quite interesting." Ally said walking up to them and looking right at Alistair. "It's quite curious. You seem to be like me but you're not me."
"Yeah, you two look like brother and sister." Kitty said.
"So Ally would you like to join us for tea time?" Maddie asks.
"I'd love to." Ally said.
"I could go for some tea." Evie said joining them.
In the gym, a girl with long brown hair wearing a pink kimono-inspired dress opened the cabinet and found some shields and swords.
"Ooh, this place is cool." She said picking up a sword and checking it out.
"Hey!" Turning around the girl saw Darling enter the room. "What are you doing?! No weapons can be taken out unless we're in Hero training."
"Oh uh sorry." She said when she got a better look. "Wait, you're Darling. I saw you battle against that Phantom Shan Yu. That was incredible."
"Thanks uh…who are you?" Darling asks as she was handed the sword.
"Sorry uh my name's Lonnie. I'm Mulan's daughter." Lonnie said surprising her.
"Mulan? Like warrior lady who disguised herself as a man to save her home?" Darling recalls.
"The very same." Lonnie nods.
'Just like the one Roxas showed us in Land of Dragons.' Darling thought.
"Listen I wanted to say you guys rock. I mean you're like the best swordsman I've ever seen. I bet no one can beat you." Lonnie said.
"Actually there's only one person I haven't beaten yet." Darling said.
"Who?" Lonnie asks surprised.
"My boyfriend." Darling giggles.
"Wow." Lonnie said not expecting that.
"So you know how to use a sword?" Darling asks.
"Work in progress." Lonnie admits.
"Well maybe I can show you a few moves sometime." Darling offers.
"I'd like that." Lonnie smiles.
In the castleteria, Whisp was helping with the decorations.
"Ah feels good to get outta that lamp once in a while." Whisp stretches.
"I hear that." A voice said confusing her.
Turning around Whisp saw a girl with tan skin, purple hair in a high ponytail, harem pants and a jeweled top.
"Uh what are you talking about?" Whisp asks.
"I know a fellow genie when I see one. Name's Jordan daughter of Genie of the lamp!" She said snapping her fingers making a spotlight shine on her. "Whoo! Man I love doing that."
"Wow I've never seen another Genie besides my sister. Name's Whisp." She said shaking hands.
"So Whisp you a free genie or do you have someone holding your lamp?" Jordan asks.
"Sorry Roxas has my lamp and he still has some wishes left." Whisp said.
"Roxas? Whoa, the keyblade dude with the wild spiky hair? Nice. How man does he have left? 1, 2?" Jordan asks.
"Try 7 wishes." Whisp smiles shocking her.
"Seven wishes?! How many do you offer?" Jordan asks blown away.
"I offer 13 wishes. No more, no less." Whisp said proudly.
"Aw man, I can only do 3." Jordan said.
"So Jordan you live in a lamp too?" Whisp asks.
"Is there any other way?" Jordan shrugs.
"Fair enough. Anyone tried to steal your lamp?" Whisp asks.
"I've seen Jay get a little sneaky around me but no." Jordan said.
"Wait until my sister Gigi gets a load of you." Whisp said.
"Wait your sister is here?" Jordan asks.
"No she goes to a third school but we talk a lot." Whisp said.
"Cool." Jordan said.
"Well it appears Auradon has quite a few interesting students going there as well." The female narrator said.
"Yes all so different and unique but like Ever After High in some way." The male narrator said.
"Shame they don't have any keyblade wielders." Brooke said.
That night, everyone was enjoying themselves as they neared midnight.
As everyone was having a good time, Baba Yaga walked up to the mic.
"Attention students!" Baba Yaga said getting their attention. "Now as we draw closer to midnight I want you all to pause for a few minutes and listen to me."
Slowly everyone walked over and stopped in front of her.
"Now as this year is about to end, I want all of you to think back on the experiences you had the good and the bad. Those experiences are the ones that shaped you and the ones that truly made this year special." Baba Yaga said.
Raven looks to Evil Queen and Dexter and smiles, Riku pulls Cupid in close holds her close causing her to sigh, Daring looks to Rosabella and she smiles back as they held hands, Ansem and Micky sat together and smile. Finally, Crystal looks over to Roxas and smiles thinking about all the good times.
They traveled all over to save her parents and he even fought her father to protect her.
He took her on missions and made her feel like so much more than just a princess.
She remembered them snorkeling together at Destiny Islands, her helping Roxas when he was Headmaster for the day, them racing alongside each other with Drake on the SKRM track then dancing at the Monster High Halloween Party and at Land of Mystery when he was drowning and she gave him CPR.
Even though it wasn't a real kiss she blushed at the memory.
"Alright students it's almost midnight!" Giles declares.
Smiling Roxas suddenly felt a tap on his shoulder.
"Huh?" Looking over he saw Crystal gesturing for him to follow.
Walking to the back both of them of walked out to a balcony.
"What's up Crystal?" Roxas asks.
"Roxas, this was the most magical and insane year of my life. So many times I had no idea what was going on and I had to learn how to find an answer to every problem. Sometimes I was even scared that we wouldn't win and that everyone would be hurt because of us." Crystal said.
"I'm so—"
"I'm not finished." Crystal interrupts. "But every single time I doubted myself or wasn't sure I couldn't do it. I looked to you Roxas." Crystal said taking his hand. "You stared down everything, even the bad stuff but we were willing to keep going. You gave me the courage to stand by you guys, be a Forever After Fighter, travel to other worlds and help people. Every amazing thing that I went through this year was when I was alongside you and I can never thank you enough." Crystal smiles.
"You really mean that Crystal?" Roxas asks touched beyond words.
"I do, Roxas I couldn't figure out how to say this earlier but I do now. You inspire me, you help make me a better person, and whenever I'm around I feel so happy." Crystal smiles.
"Alright folks this is it." Baba Yaga said as they counted down.
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"Roxas, I love you." Crystal declares.
Pausing Roxas looks to Crystal and slowly reached up and cupped her cheek.
"I love you too, Crystal." Roxas smiles.
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Leaning in Roxas kisses Crystal on the lips and she happily kisses back.
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"HAPPY NEW YEAR!" Everyone cheers as the fireworks went off behind Roxas and Crystal but they didn't care.
When they separate the two of them look into each other's eyes.
"Happy New Year Crystal." Roxas smiles.
"Happy New Year Roxas." Crystal smiles hugging her new boyfriend close.
Wrapping his arms around her Roxas enjoys the warm embrace. Last year may have been crazy, but this year had the potential to be amazing.
