Authors note: This is my first story on and i do not own Ever After high or it's characters.
Also, *Spoiler?* it gets more RavenXDexter in later chapters...
Enjoy!
Ever After high, a school where fairytales come to life, living the destinies of those who came before them. However, after a page-turning event at Legacy Day, Raven queen decided to flip the script and decided to rewrite her own destiny, supposedly changing the course of history for those in the land of Ever After. This conflict divided the two groups in to the 'Rebels' - those who wanted to write their own destiny like Raven Queen and the 'Royals', those who believed that following your pre-written destiny is the way to go.
Our tale begins in the Village of Bookend, where currently, Raven Queen is hanging out with Madeline Hatter- the daughter of the Mad Hatter.
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Raven strummed her fingers on her guitar lightly, playing a melody that to some, did not fit a future Evil Queen. She moved her fingers against each string whilst some people passed her by some even impressed by her skills. Madeline Hatter bobbed her head to the music with her dormouse Earl grey who was snug inside her 'Hat Of Many things'. However, she was interrupted by a loud guitar riff that Raven knew belonged to an annoying guitarist. Sparrow Hood.
"C'mon Maddie" She said, putting her guitar back inside its violet case. As she carefully placed it in, she read the note that had been there for 6 years now. 'Happy Birthday, Raven! -Love, Father' it read.
It brought back memories from when she was 9, when her father would play the piano and she'd usually be sat in his lap, playing short nursery rhymes that she had learnt. She wasn't exactly the best when it came to playing guitar but she usually enjoyed it. Even though her mother didn't usually approve of the 'nice' things that Raven had received from her father, she didn't seem to mind it. Well, only when Raven played songs that were usually sang or played by princesses anyway.
Maddie nodded in response and took out a tea cup out of her hat "Ooh! Raven! Why not have some tea at the tea-riffically, hat-tastic tea shoppe? Maybe that's what you need!" Maddie smiled her usual smile.
Raven shut her guitar case and zipped it up. She picked it up and turned to face Maddie "Oh, okay but i need to put my guitar back in my dorm first. I'll meet you at the tea shoppe!" She answered, looking back over her shoulder as if she was checking if anyone was there
Maddie tilted her head, confused. "Why would Raven check if anyone was there?" she asked, then looking up to the sky as if she expected the Narrator to talk back which was not going to happen.
Raven quickly looked back at Maddie, mirroring the confusion that Maddie had on her face a few seconds ago. "What?"
Maddie giggled "I was just talking to the narrator" She stated as she waved both her hands in the air. The tea-cup she had previously in her hand, somehow managed to stay intact.
Raven let out a small laugh and carried her guitar case and headed off in the direction of her dorm room "Bye, Maddie!"
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Raven Queen placed the guitar case beside her as she knocked on the wooden door that lead to her room. She waited a couple of seconds until she knocked again, this time, her ring made a THUMP! noise when it hit against the wooden surface. she retracted it and quickly checked her ring before pushing the door open. The room was empty and on the sides of the wall, Raven and Apple had pictures of their friends on opposite sides. She could see the clear contrast and differences between her and Apple's side. Apple's side of the room was bright and cheery whereas Raven's side was more darker and less cheery.
Raven once again, picked up her guitar case and walked over to her bed. She gently placed it against her bed and looked up at the clock. 2:38. Great. She was about to exit when she saw a familiar boy walking through the corridor, walking with C.A Cupid. Cupid made the occasional smile and nod but it was becoming more obvious to Raven {Since True Hearts Day} that Cupid either had a crush on Dexter or she was already dating him. She quickly slid behind the door and shut it so Dexter or Cupid couldn't see her.
Things had been awkward between Raven and Dexter ever since True Hearts Day when she received a poem from Dexter, so she had tried to avoid him for quiet a while now. Although she did have some short, awkward conversations with him and saw him within class. She waited for a few minutes until she was sure that they had gone. She then sighed and slipped away to meet up with Madeline at her tea shoppe.
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"Narrator! Narrator! Yoohoo!"
What is it, Maddie?
"I couldn't help but notice, but Raven is taking a long, long, long, long, long, long, long, lo-"
Maddie.
"Long, long, long, long, long-"
Maddie.
"Long time! Yes Narrator?"
...
"Maddie?" Raven asked as she saw Maddie talking to hersel-
"Silly narrator! I'm not talking to myself! I'm talking to-"
Can i please continue with the story?
"Oh, yes. Please continue! I'll be as quiet as a spoon!"
Raven once again tapped Maddie on her shoulder with a worried expression upon her face. Maddie looked up at Raven and smiled "You made it! I was just asking the narrator where you were but now here you are, and here i am!"
Raven smiled back and sat town on a chair beside her friend. The tea shoppe burst with Wonderland madness and tea. Everywhere she looked, she saw tea cups and kettles flying about, doors to new places she never knew and people enjoying company. There wasn't a sign of any unhappiness at all "Maddie, have you ever wondered about the future?"
Maddie took a sip from her tea before she responded "The clock and the ticking of a watch; some come and some go while playing hopscotch!"
Raven raised her eyebrow. She was used to Maddie bursting out in Riddlish, one of Wonderland's many native languages, anytime and anywhere.
Maddie giggled before translating herself "Whoops! I mean sometimes i do but sometimes i don't!" She paused and looked behind her, trying to see what Raven was staring at a bit before "Has someone got your crown in a frown?" She tapped a gloved finger on to Raven's crown
Raven shook her head "No, no... I was just wondering that's all. But yesterday i had the weirdest dream and i had no idea what was going on, i might sound crazy but it felt important" She whispered, making sure that no one overheard her.
"That's not crazy! What happened in it? Was it wonderlandiful or was it spelltacularly spooky?" She mimicked ghost noises "Or maybe adventure-ifically spooky like running away from the Queen of Hea-"
The daughter of the Queen Of Hearts interrupted Maddie by shouting "OFF WITH THE HEAD!" as if she knew what Maddie was talking about
The tea shoppe turned quiet for a few minutes and everyone looked at Lizzie. It was silent until people started chatting again to those on their table. The only one who wasn't talking to anyone was Kitty Cheshire, she looked over in their direction with a smirk. Maddie waved at Kitty to show that she acknowledged her. Kitty waved back and disappeared, until all that was left was a smile. The smile vanished after a couple of seconds and so Maddie couldn't tell where that mischievous fairy tale was.
"I can't remember... but maybe..." Her gaze drifted up at the Wonderland clocks that hung on the walls. they read 11:42 "Maddie! is that the correct time?"
"No, silly! All these clocks have the wrong time! What'd be the fun in having the right time all the time? And the right time sometimes?"She replied
Raven put a hand to her heart "Thank godmother! ...Hey, Maddie. I just need to check something in the lifrairy. Are you coming?" Raven asked as she got up from her chair
"Ooh! What's with the hurry flurry? You keep going here, there, and everywhere!" Maddie asked
"I need to know what's going to happen to me in the future." She paused as she started to think. She clicked her fingers 'Of course!' "I can't believe I've never thought of it before!" She said, with a sense of hope in her eyes. She moved past the tables and chairs, walking a fast pace to the door. Maddie went skipping along after her, putting her tea-cup back in her Hat Of Many Things. From inside the tea shoppe, a certain fairy tale looked at them, smirking to herself mischievously.
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