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It was finally Winter Break for the students of Ever After, which meant a whole lot of fun and snowfall activities awaited them.
The magic bell chimed, dragons spewed fire, students leaving class in an excited buzz.
At the bottom of the stairs,
the Wonderland kids chattered.
"Oh we'll have an awful lot of time– So many things to do, and my goodness this weather! I'm bound to make us some boreal dresses!—" Lizzy Hearts laughed warmly, clasping her hands together.
Alistair blushed, Kitty elbowed him while smiling cheekily.
"Oh! Well rather, a winter coat for you Alistair!" Lizzy corrected herself, glancing over at the son of Alice who was rather too embarrassed to speak.
"C'mon Riddle Master! Lighten up! We could go ride a flying pig in the garden of Fairy Tales!—" Maddie rambled on enthusiastically, none of what she said hardly ever made any sense.
"S-Sure." Alistair choked out, still recovering from the previous comment, he ran his hand through his blonde vanilla hair that was tainted with lighter white streaks. The cold breeze whirled through his hair, taking the smell of raspberry jam biscuits, pastries, and decks of cards through the air.
Bunny, who had been sitting beside him quietly, got instant butterflies. After all, being the daughter of the White Rabbit also meant she had a few animal like instincts— she had a heightened sense of smell, and ever since they were young, Alistair's scent always took her back to the better days, before the Evil Queen.. before... .. everything. She'd had a crush on him since they were 10. Her body moved faster than her brain could catch up to and she moved the ever slightest closer to him, as if she was searching for that comfort, that smell of home— and it wasn't just that.
It was him.
She was now close enough that their hands brushed against each other.
Alistair stared directly at their hands, wide eyed, after a moment- he the looked opposite way, freaking out. He intertwined Bunny's hand with his. Bold move.
Lizzy smiled from ear to ear, it was about time he made a move on Bunny. It'd been blatantly obvious to all of them since they were children that these two had been dancing around each other. She said nothing, the sound of her heels clicking satisfyingly as she walked.
The wind mails chimed in the distance. Even the daughter of the Mad Hatter had nothing out of pocket to say— For once, a quiet moment in their royally hectic lives.
But alas, leave it to Kitty Chesire to meddle.
"Oo bleh, Alistair- BUNNY! For my fairy god mother's sake, get a room!" Kitty stuck her tongue out and gagged mockingly as she cackled, and with malicious smile. She disappeared— magic.
She'd left the pair burning a shade of red deeper than the Queen of Hearts deck of cards to say the least.
Lizzy sighed, "Oh don't listen to her, you two stay here ..." She glanced around, looking for an excuse to leave the two alone. "Me and Maddie are going to go ask Cookie Ginger's if she'll whip us up some caramel filled brownies! Aren't we Madlyn?"
"We are?" Maddie asked, oblivious. Lizzy stared at her, hard. "WE ARE!!!!" Maddie jumped around in circles, celebrating.
The girls walked off, leaving Alistair and Bunny alone.
Bunny rested her head on Alistair's shoulder, the dear boy's heart rose in speed. He blushed, involuntarily squeezing her hand.
A million thoughts flew through Alistair's head, what should he do?— Then before he knew it, he heard faint snoring.
Yup.
Bunny had fallen asleep.
She looked so.. peaceful... soft, her hair curled gently at her bangs and her button nose twitched at every light breath.
He blinked, his heart swoll— Then, bunny zapped back into her rabbit form, still asleep.
Alistair couldn't help but smile, a real one, raw. He scooped up bunny and took her back to his dorm.
Alistair figured that it'd be impractical to just carry her around so he plopped her in his messenger bag, plus, he didn't want to draw any unwanted attention or cause any problems. Headmaster grim wasn't exactly 'fond' of having the Wonderland students here ..
Just as he was arriving to his wing of the Castle, he ran into Raven Queen.
"Oh- Hey! Alistair!" Raven said, bumping into him causing him to stumble a few steps back, the flap of his bag flailing open slightly to expose white fluff. He quickly made sure to close his bag again but when he looked at Raven— she too, was looking over her shoulder like she'd been avoiding someone, or something. "Heey.. Rave!'" Alistair waved, eyes darting around. Raven looked at him for a moment, taking in the scene. "Alistair.. is bunny in your satchel?" She asked, in a hushed tone.
Alistair, in a desperate moment of panic— pushed her into his dorm then closed the door behind them.
"I— I didn't kidnap her I- I promise to you! On my card decks!" Alistair flapped his hands, face flushing red. He seriously did not need a reputation of kidnapping rabbits.
"Chill! I believe you.." The daughter of the Evil Queen said, hands up in defense.
"So.. whats your story? You're hiding from someone aren't you.." Alistair held his bag to his chest, as if in some sort of way in his head he was protecting Bunny.
"I—... It's Cupid.. she.. nevermind.." Raven said, solem.
"Okay.." Alistair sat on his bed.
In a moment of silence, Raven looked around the room to take in its details. Light blue walls, a checkerboard carpet, decks of card decorations *everywhere*. As far as Raven could tell, Alistair was seriously ADHD, most of the wonderland kids were. Multiple piles of literature books in stacks had accumulated on the floor when there was a perfectly good magical bookshelf right next to them, an assortment of fantasy maps hung on the walls that Raven couldn't place.. could they be from Wonderland? On a pastry themed dresser was a photo of him, Bunny, Maddie, Kitty and Lizzy from when they were tweens, 13 or 14 or so, in a forest, the sky there seemed like cotton candy.
Beside it, sat a pearly little black and white tea cup with a dazzling red ruby heart on it, there was a letter too. It seemed old, probably worthless— but in sentimental value, priceless. The letter had been from Alistair's Mom to him before the portals had been closed, they had no way of communicating.
Raven's eyes finally reached Alistair again.
"Nice room." She said.
"Thanks." Alistair stared at the floor blankly while petting Bunny.
"I'll uh, leave you to it." Raven awkwardly walked out of his room, leaving at last.
Alastair let go of a breath he didn't realize he was holding— He looked out the window, the sun was setting and the sky was already a gradient of orange leaking into magenta then a deep purple. Night was falling, Alistair glanced back at bunny who was still sound asleep.
He went to bed, placing Bunny on the space next to him, moving slowly, careful not to crush her small frame in this form.
Alistair clutched a pillow to his chest, chin tucked over the edges, legs folded and curled up. An overwhelming feeling of despair formed in the pit of his stomach, he swallowed.
Some days, he really did feel home sick.
His eyes stung.
Alistair sobbed quietly— Oh how greatly did he miss wonderland. He'd been so caught up in the chaos of Ever After that he hadn't gotten the chance to even think about his homeland. God how he missed his Mother's sweet Apple pie— He'd kept the necklace she'd given him, it had a message inside..it was one of the last things he had of her before she disappeared... The smell of whipped cream in the wind, the flowers, the endless types of magnificent flowers in Wonderland. He'd had so many books at them back at home.. His friends at Chess Club, when was the last time he'd played Chess? The Evergreen Candy Forest had always been his and Bunny's spot back then.. they'd sit in trees. Talk for hours. Stay there till night— saying things they'd never dare say in the light of day. Had that really been so long ago now?
He wished he could have it all back. Tears rolled down his face without stop.
When he finally managed to get ahold of himself, his cheeks were streaked with tear stains, eyelashes still damp from crying, nose red, and hair messy, falling just over his eyes. He didn't care enough to fix it.
3 hours went by, it was 11 by now. Alistair hadn't fallen asleep, not even for a second. He'd been staring at the wall for an awfully concerning amount of time, he'd nearly forgotten how to blink. Still sniffling and hiccing every now and then, he tried to muffle his cries as every time he did Bunny flinched in her sleep.
When suddenly, his mirrorphone dinged- then again. And again. And again.
Alistair snapped back to reality— who in the name of Grim could be texting at this hour? His screen lit up over and over, buzzing so violently it was sending vibrations to his whole dresser.
"I'm coming- I''m coming! Gee!" Alistair stammered, talking to really nobody. He checked his phone.
EHA HangOut group:
Briar Beauty added- Apple white
Briar Beauty added- Daring Charming
Briar Beauty added- Darling Charming
Briar Beauty added- Dexter Charming
Briar Beauty added- Raven Queen
Briar Beauty added- Ashlyn Ella
Briar Beauty added- Hunter Huntsman
Briar Beauty added- Lizzy Hearts
Briar Beauty added- Madlyn Hatter
Briar Beauty added- Kitty Chesire
Briar Beauty added- Alastair Wonderland
Briar Beauty added- Bunny Blanc
Briar Beauty added- Ceriese Hood
Briar Beauty added- Blondie Locks
Briar Beauty added- Cedar Wood
Briar Beauty added- Rosabella Beauty
If Alastair kept reading, he was going to get a headache and barf a rainbow, not even the mysterious potions and drinks at the Mad Hatter's tea shop back in Wonderland could get him *this* queasy.
Briar Beauty : Yall, we're camping out at the Enchanted Forest, who's in?
Apple White : Count me in, what time?
Ceriese Hood : I'll bring snacks. Suggestions?
Raven Queen : I'm down, can I take Nevermore?
Ashlyn Ella : girl rave' thats how we got caught last time
Apple White : Lets meet at the old Dragon Games stables and then take Nevermore from there, we'll take cover with the trees— Briar, you never said what time?
Briar Beauty : Everyone be there by 11:35, sound good?
Darling Charming : I'm already at the Enchanted forest, I'll alert the woodland fae's so they can keep watch for us. I'll let Dex' know
Apple White : Darling I'd ask why but I wouldn't expect anything less from you!
Daring Charming : As long as my babe apple's comin' then I'll show
Apple White : ...
Darling Charming : ...
Darling Charming : Daring. We all know you guys ain't official so don't go calling her your 'babe', lower your ego. Remember 4 years ago in secondary school when you dated that girl and—
(Daring Charing has left the conversation)
Ceriese Hood : Get flamed prince 🖕
Briar Beauty : if yall are gonna talk about this I'm removing Blondie Locks from the groupchat, she's all about drama and gossip, hex!— if anything she'll put this on her news broadcasting channel.
(Briar Beauty removed Blondie Locks from this conversation)
Apple White : Where is everyone? We need answers, who's coming or not?
Ashlyn Ella : Hunter's coming! He's with me, he just can't text because his squirrel took his phone.. he's chasing him around with a stick as we speak ...
Ceriese Hood : LMAO
Briar Beauty : Ashlyn sis.. you've got a weird type.
Lizzy Hearts : Apologies for the late response everyone, my mirror phone wouldn't work because a certain Chesire Cat dropped it in goblin slime. I can confirm I will be showing.
Ceriese Hood : So Kitty's coming too? Good to know 🤣
Kitty Chesire : Nya!!~ Will be coming! And lizzy you've got to admit it was pretty funny!!
Lizzy Hearts : No. No, it was not. See you outside in 5.
Ceriese Hood : i'm with Cedar, her Mirrorphone is made out of wood so no connection, she's coming though. Anyone have luck reaching out to Rosabella Beauty?
Briar Beauty : I got my cousin on the other line shes comin', we need replies from Alastair and Bunny though
Alastair Wonderland ": I'll come, im with bunny.
Just reading all of that gave Alastair a headache, why did Royals have to be so dramatic all the time? He scooped up Bunny again, putting her back in the messenger bag, he climbed out the window and made it past the main Gate, making his way into the Enchanted Forest, ironically enough Alistair was born with an excellent sense of direction and always knew which way was what, it was nearly as if he had a built in compass— you would've never suspected it, him being the son of Alice and all, who's story was based on a girl falling down a rabbit hole and getting oh quite lost.
By the time he got there, Apple, Briar, Lizzy, Ashlyn, Raven, Darling and Ceriese were the only ones who had arrived. The campsite was small, but cozy. A large circular patch of space in the middle of the forest surrounded by trees, it was isolated— But it felt safe. The girls had already set up 7 tents, some orange, some green, some dark red. Fairy lights connected over everything and a warm fire started in the center, he was looking forward to roasting marshmallows.
"H-Hey" Alistair walked in through the bushes, stepping over the thick vines, they had the daughter of Sleeping Beauty— *Briar* Beauty here, could they not atleast get rid of all the foliage?
"Alistair! You made it!!" Lizzy beamed, welcoming him politely, she had nearly courtseyed out of habit.
"Y-Yeah.." Alistair stuttered, half falling to sit down on a wooden log, his messenger bag laid beside him. Bunny stifled her way out, her hat getting stuck, and managed her way into Alistar's lap.
Apple White screamed— Bunny jumped and popped back into her human form.
She was still in Alistair's lap..
"Apple!!" Raven yelled, glaring at her. Alistar was thankful to have a friend like Raven, she hadn't mentioned of the 'bunny-napping' (Bunny Kidnapping) situation from earlier.
"I'm sorry! I just— I thought it was a rouge rabbit or something! It could've had rabies!" Apple flailed her hands, voice high and icked out, shifting from foot to foot.
Ceriese rolled her eyes "Royals." She muttered in disgust and disbelief. It's not like it was all Royals..but yeah, most of them had a habit of being a bit.. prissy.
"I do not have rabies." Bunny barked sharply, staring at Apple so hard she could've burned a hole through her head. This girl was supposed to be the next Queen in the Kingdom of fairytales.. but ever since Bunny had arrived at Ever After, she hadn't exactly made a good impression on her ...when she tried flirting with Alistair, big mistake.— and oh yeah, she was still in his lap.
Bunny had been too busy being so incredible done with Apple she hadn't realize where she was.
Until— she felt Alastair's hot breath against her face. Bunny turned her head and gosh she was so close to him she could kiss him— Woah. Bunny's heart ached a little when she saw his face, he was sniffling and he looked like he'd been crying. What had happened?
Alastair wiped his face, shaking his head. "You uhm.. comfortable bunny?" He smirked in that teenage boy like way that sent Bunny to another plane of existence.
Somewhere off in the Enchanted forest,
"Kitty, dear, are you sure you have friends hmm~?" The chesire cat flicked her claws, sneering.
"Of course I do Mom! Look!" Kitty said, pointing from a tree at the campsite.
*camera pans to 4 mentally ill gays*
Kitty blinked.
"WHAT THE F*CK— NARRATOR."
Sorry, just doing my job, carry on now.
Back at the Camp site,
"Ah.. Bunny, you're still uhm" Ceriese started, looking at Bunny who was blatantly still in Alistair's lap, she figured someone ought to point it out, they were all staring either way.
"Hm?" Ceriese had caught her attention, doe eyes growing wide and pupils like boba pearls, her ears perked up, god she was cute.
The daughter of red hood vaguely pointed at their situation.
"Oh." Bunny looked down, she tensed, face instantly flushing red.
She barely looked at him, "Kya!!" She yelped, turning back into a little puff of a cloud, even through her white fur you could see her cheeks burning.
"She does that lot.." Alistair chuckled, petting her as she shook, overwhelmed and flustered.
"I see that.." Apple eyed them. "Shall we claim a tent, Darling?" Apple looked over at the Charming's only daughter.
"T— Together?" Darling stammered, suddenly the center of attention. "Why of course, we're friends aren't we? Plus! Everyone else is pairing up.. Raven and Dexter, Ashlyn and Hunter, —" Apple continued.
"All couples." Darling thought— but no, that'd be an absurd idea, Apple had clearly stated that they were 'just friends' a moment ago.. She had responsibilities— Next Queen of the fairytale kingdom and all.. she was also fated to end up with Daring.. wait— If Apple was fated to be with daring, and all the couples were pairing up— then could it be she wanted to be with Darling? The girls mind spun.
"O-Oh r-r-ri-right.." Darling sputtered. It wasn't a big deal right? Just two girls.. in one tent— One very very small tent— Oh no.
Briar stared blankly.. it wouldn't hurt to stir things a little, would it?
"Oh Appi," Brair said, voice disgustingly sweet. "Aren't you just my closest friend?" Briar hugged Apple from behind, hands slipping around he waist, chin rested on her shoulder, she moaned, a flicker of deception her eyes as she glanced over at Darling who was fuming.
"Briar.. what in my fairygod mother's name sake are you playing at.." Darling Charming clenched her fists, eyes piercing.
"Aw, Darling, did I ruffle a feather?" Briar's eyes narrowed, smiling seductively while twirling a piece of apple's hair. True to her name, she did smell like Apples, a fresh batch right plucked out the garden.
The gay panic set into Apple quickly, blood rushing to her face as she could feel the body heat coming off of the daughter of sleeping beauty, every touch felt inedible.
"Let her go." Darling took a step forward. A quiet fear arose apon everyone else around them, silence. The silence was loud.
When suddenly— Dexter Charming and Hunter Huntsman ran in, being chased by a very much rabid squirrel, god what on earth could they have done to anger such a small creature to this level of wrath.
"AHHHHHHHHHH SOMEBODY HELP, SOMEONE- HE HAS MY GLASSES- I CANT SEE-" Dexter scrambled in, hair an absolute royally reck, screaming and toppling over, running into Briar and knocking her off of apple, then running into a tree.
Silence.
Again.
Hunter followed, also screaming. "WHY PESKY WHYY??" He wailed, hiding behind Ashlyn like a scared toddler would to its Mother.
Everyone erupted into laughter.
"Hunter isn't it supposed to be the other way around?" Ashlyn laughed lightly, "The princess gets saved by the prince!" Ceriese and Darling exchanged glances, absolutely not.
"Dexter!!" Raven ran towards the boy, ripping him off of the tree he had planted into cartoon- style. "H-Hey.. raven" Dexter rubbed his head, dizzy. "I.. can I get my glasses back?" He asked, voice strained.
"nyom shsiakawsi mmniyoku" Pesky squeaked angrily.
Dexter blinked.
"That means 'no' i believe." Ashlyn said solemnly, holding the creature in her hands.
"Alaa la la laaaaaaa!" Apple sang melodically, it was a common known thing in the fairy tale kingdom that princesses could get forest creatures to listen to them by singing, especially Apple White none the less.
Pesky, the squirrel,'s ears perked up almost instantly, tilting it's little animated head.
"Chiko chiq tuk tuk nika urtutu ruc ruc tiki tik!! Coo, chiq!" The squirrel chittered.
"Ah, I think I understand the problem at hand here! Pesky only wanted to help Dexter, and clean his glasses.. but the both of you started chasing after him and he got afraid, is that right?" Apple nodded sympathetically, as if anyone there believed a word that damned squirrel was saying. Pesky was infamously known for causing problems at Ever After high, Headmaster grim was more than sick of the rambunctious thing— Pesky single handily almost lead the 3 Little pigs story into extinction, pissed of the daughter of the Chesire cat so very much she refused to re-appear for 3 months, and swapped the chocolate fountain whipped cream with troll mud at the castleteria, it was safe to say the school was in an outrage that day.
"Yes, of course." Hunter nodded.
"See! Not an issue in sight!" Apple smiled warmly, getting up and dusting off her skirt.
Apple was truly a very kind girl, but oh grim was she dense— She always did try to look on the bright side of things, which was cute, neat and dandy.. but ah, Apple needed to get a reality check— Or well, that's what Ceriese Hood thought.
Meanwhile Darling Charming? She stared at Apple like she had hung the stars. She loved and admired how she was an optimist, so soft spoken and gentle— and everything had to be, as Blondie Locks would say, "juuuuuust right!" Apple never left things uncompleted or messy, she would never leave any fairytale story citizen or creature in need, from the smallest pixie to the largest dragon, Apple would be there to help.
Darling had always looked at Apple differently from her other friends, even back in nursery rhyme~school.
It started off as a.. well... a small crush.. but it had evolved into so so so much more than that since all the way back then for the Charming's daughter. Darling tried to not think about Apple— she really did, after all, her brother Daring was her fated lover... it was such a shame. It was as if the world just couldn't stop reminding Darling that Apple wasn't hers, and would never be. But even with all of that, she couldn't help it.
"Darling, you can quit making heart eyes at Apple now~ She'd done nya!~" Suddenly, Kitty had appeared behind Darling, smiling mischievously, and tapping her on the shoulder with one sharp feline claw, drawing her pointed finger across darling's skin— Darling's heart increased in speed, suddenly horrified.
Ceriese growled— Her warm doe chocolate brown eyes flickered, for half of a second turning to striking yellow irisis, and her pupils were black slits— "KITTY" She stood, her cloak swooshing with wind behind her, her hands stayed by her waist— twitching. The air around them shifted.
Now here stood two natural rivals by nature, by the laws of the universe— hatred and war going down bloodlines of stories and chapters.
Here were: The wolf— and the feline cat.
But oh, no one did know Ceriese hood's family kept a dark secret, one so unsettling and unholy it'd set a shiver down your spine. So twisted and unhinged that Milton Grimm nearly banished Little Red's story from Ever After, after the ah.. incident.
Little red riding hood and the Big bad wolf married and had not one, but two daughters.
Ceriese Hood, taking her mother's last name, being the daughter of Little Red riding hood..
And Ramona Badwolf, daughter of the big bad wolf.
Oh what a sad story it was, that was certain.
Ceriese hood.. destined to be eaten alive by her own sister.
And right now? Everyone was about to find out.
Heres the lore and my speculation because some of yall need to be reminded
Ever After High Lore:
[Explained]
Snow White is the Queen of the fairy tale kingdom overall since shes the first disney princess, but in this show snow white is a manipulative, money hungry, tongue twisting snake, so we don't like her okay, she reads between the lines and doesn't stick to scriptures and only follows rules if others follow with her, she only plays victim.
All she wants is for her daughter Apple White to be the perfect princess.
The Evil Queen has been locked up and banished to the mirror realm so she can't hurt anyone anymore
Note; Even though Snow White is the Queen of the fairy tale kingdom OVERALL it doesn't mean that there aren't other Kings & Queens from other stories, they have their own terrains and micro kingdoms it's complicated
Ever After High is the boarding school for the famous Fairy Tale characters sons and daughters to prepare them to follow their predestined stories (OR, carve their own path and blaze a new trail)
THE INTRO LYRICS,
They told you everything was waiting for you,
They told you everything was set in stone
But now you're feeling a different ending
Sometimes you gotta find it in your own
It's an open book, a road in reverse,
A brand new hook, forget that curse.
It's a rebel cause with a Royal Heart.
Rewrite, ignite, restart.
Cause it's your life.
It's your time,
Whether your a Royal, you're a rebel, you're more than one together
However you go in Ever After High.
Pick the lock!
Wind the clock!
Turn the tables!
Mix and Match until you make your mark!
Now Kings and Queens are gonna light the skyway
All you need is a little spark.
No more once upon a time, no more verse, no more Rhyme.
No more permanent ink, this is not what you think, it's a rebel cause with a Royal Heart.
The point of this series is that the children are meant to follow their fairytale parents footsteps and play out their story all over again or else their stories will "disappear", or so thats what they're told by Headmaster Grim, he's the descendant of the brother's grim who wrote the original fairytale stories
Since this is a fairytale world they all say real silly things that I always thought was funny when i was little
Instead of "Oh my god" they say "Oh my fairy god mother"
Instead of "Thats so last year" they say "Thats so last chapter"
Instead of "That was wild!" they say "thats a totally page ripper"
Instead of "Good luck" they say "Happily ever after to you"
Instead of "Long story short" they say "Once upon a time"
Instead of "What happens next?" they say "What's the next chapter?"
Instead of "That's in the past" they say "That happened last chapter, we cant rewrite the book"
Instead of "You're kidding!" they say "you've got to fairy-tale-ing me!"
Instead of "Thats spectacular!" they say "Thats spelltacular"
Instead of "Thats excellent!" they say "Thats Hexcellent!"
Instead of "Best friends for ever" they say "Best friends for ever after" or "best friends till the final chapter"
Instead of "Follow your dreams" they say "Follow your destiny" which is a major theme of the show
Instead of "Thats great!" they say "thats positively spell binding!"
Instead of "What on earth?" they say "What in the enchanted forest?"
Instead of "Text you later" they say "Hext you later"
Instead of "See you later" they say "Charm you later"
Instead of "Elementary school" they say "spellementary school"
Instead of "pre-k/daycare/nursey school" they say "nursery rhyme school"
Instead of "celebration" they say "spellebration"
Instead of "cafeteria" they say "castleteria"
It's like the narrative is constantly reminding you that their world is nothing like ours with subtle replacements, not every show takes enough time to do that with its characters but this one does and thats what makes it heartfelt and unique
The characters don't have phones they have MirrorPhones and Mirrorpods, mirrors are a pretty big thing in this world because of the whole "Mirror Mirror on the wall who's the fairest of them all?" concept, and yes the mirrorpods are supposed to be ipods this series came out in 2013 its very early 2000s coded
Outside of the school is the Village of Book End™ which is the primary hang out place for most students off campus and after school hours, the Main Street features cozy shops and cafes including the Glass Slipper shoe store, Beanstalk Bakery, Hocus Latte, and Wonderland Haberdashery & Tea Shoppe, for the students who do ballet like Duchess Swan and Justine Dancer, they attend the Red Shoe's studio which has a red high heel as its logo
The Teachers at Ever After High
-The Headmasters Grim, Milton and Giles grim, except Milton locked Giles in the basement of the school I'll get into that later
-Baba Yaga
-The White Queen (From Wonderland, she's from the Chess Piece Kingdom) she insists the students calls her "Mrs Madam Her Majesty the white Queen," EVERY time they address her and its exhausting
-Ms Maid Marian, who in case you didn't know is the romantic interest of Robin Hood in the Book, she is an unconventional and alternative teacher who's in support of the rebels
-Mr BadWolf from Little Red Riding Hood, he teaches the Villain's kids of course
-Mr Rumplestiltskin, he's from the story where he made the girl spin gold for the king and in exchange she must give him her first born child and to get the baby back she has to guess his name: He forces the students to spin gold for extra credit and he has a million reprimands on his record going back decades and the only reason he HASN'T been fired yet is because he has knowledge in the dark arts
-Coach Gingerbread man, they made him the coach and I absolutely love it because its on theme with the whole "Catch me catch me catch me if you can, cant catch me im the gingerbread man!" shtick, also theres a running gag that whenever he gets pissed he bites off his own gingerbread arm
-Professor Pied Piper, who's the one that got all the mice out of town by playing the flute
-Professor Jack. B Nimble
-Counselor Mother goose
-Professor Poppa bear and Ms Momma bear who are TIRED of people breaking into their house (cough cough goldie locks)
There's also constantly fairy god mothers in training poofing around the school giving students their classes though they're background characters and for gags, oh yeah the Lunch Lady is a Troll Woman called Hilga who hates her life and always serves food that literally looks like it might eat you before you eat it, so I guess horrible lunch food is universal even in Fairy Tale schools
The curriculums and classes include:
Princessology & Kingdom Management:
Grooming for royalty, taught by the White Queen.
General Villainy: Learning to be a villain, instructed by Mr. Badwolf.
Heroics 101 & Damsel-in-Distressing: Traditional fairytale roles, taught by King Charming and Maid Marian.
History of Evil Spells: Taught by Baba Yaga
Sciences & Mathematics
Chemythstry & Crownculus: Magical chemistry and advanced math, taught by Rumpelstiltskin and the White Queen.
Science and Sorcery & Magical Meteorology: Blending logic with magic.
Creative & Performing Arts
Muse-ic & Advanced Wooing: Magical music and romance studies, taught by the Pied Piper and King Charming
.Creative Storytelling & Dance Class-ic: Narrative studies and dance, taught by Baba Yaga.
Physical Education & Survival
Grimmnastics & Dragon Slaying: P.E. and combat, taught by Coach Gingerbread Man.
Beast Training and Care: Taught by Professor Poppa Bear.
Domestic & Resource Skills
Home Evil-nomics & Cooking Class-ic: Evil culinary arts and traditional baking, taught by Baba Yaga and Momma Bear.
Hexonomics: Magical commerce taught by Rumpelstiltskin.
Its their sophomore year of highschool so they're all 15, this is their "Legacy Year", which is the year that they sign their name in the Story Book of Legends and basically its a magically spell bound contract that they're promising to sell their souls to
The Royal/Rebel drama starts when Snow White's daughter, Apple White, and the Evil Queen's daughter, Raven Queen, are attending the same school;
The evil queen is the one who poisoned snow white in case you forgot,
Apple wants her perfect destiny to become queen and marry a prince and blahblahnlah so she WANTS raven to poison her, literally and i quote "she has to- she HAS to sign her page in the Story Book of Legends— if she never poisons me.. then i never fall asleep.. and- and ill never get my true loves kiss--- and ill never become queen! So ill NEVER get my Happily. ever. After.", just a load of princess drama™ the Headmaster favors Apple because she's the future queen of the fairytale world and all that
Another thing, Apple has blonde hair, so lot of her elders are disappointed and think shes not fit for the future role of queen, in Snow White's story she's supposed to have "Hair dark as ebony, skin white as snow, and lips red like blood", so its one of her biggest insecurities, Apple is seen as the "villain" in the narrative, because she's on the "wrong side" and she's a "prissy stuck up princess", but as I got older I realized it was never Apple's fault, she was manipulated by all the adults around her. She's trying to protect the system she was raised to believe her entire existence depends on.
The problem is everyone is expecting Raven to be evil and rotten since she's the Evil Queen's daughter but Raven is nothing like her mother and shes actually a very kind girl whos trying her best and just wants to get through highschool without any trouble
The Wonderland kids also attend this school because the Evil Queen put a spell on Wonderland and they all had to escape, on the Official Map of this World Ever after high is shown at the top along with other schools like Monster High or Shadow High while wonderland is UPSIDE DOWN which is honestly very fitting
The wonderland transfer students are:
Lizzy Hearts (Daughter of the Queen of hearts), her full name is Elizabeth
Alistair Wonderland (Son of Alice in Wonderland)
Kitty Chesire (Daughter of the Chesire Cat), her full name is Katherine
Bunny Blanc (Daughter of the White Rabbit), her full name is Bunnybell
Maddie Hatter (Daughter of the Mad Hatter), her full name is Maddlyn
The wonderland students also have their own funky way of talking,
Lizzy Hearts is constantly seen saying "Off with your head!" as a greeting
Alistair Wonderland is seen saying "I swear im not lying— on my deck of cards!"
Bunny Blanc turns into a bunny when freaked out
Kitty Chesire is always seen smiling, turning invisible, and reappearing somewhere off screen followed by the sound of mystical bell chimes, she's always causing trouble for the narrative
Maddlyn Hatter, daughter of the Mad Hatter, is without a doubt the worse of all of them, and the worse part is she's not even deliberately trying to cause problems, chaos just follows her 😭
All of the Wonderlandians speak riddlish which is a the primary language they speak in wonderland, none if it makes sense to the students at ever after high so they often get labeled as, well, "Madd as a hatter!" Maddie takes honor in being told that
What makes it more intriguing is that Maddie and Kitty are the only two characters in the whole show who can hear the narrators, Kitty messes stuff up on purpose and teases them while Maddie's constantly just yapps to them or asks questions about where the plot is going and just no one questions it anymore because they've accepted maddie's talking to herself 💀
Headmaster grim isn't exactly fond of the Wonderland Students because he's ancient and conservative and wants to stick to the old way of doing things and he's constantly side eyeing the wonderland students like screw you too man fricking racist
Bunny and Alistair have had this ongoing romance since they were kids, both having deep feelings for eachother but not knowing how to express it, they're actually the best ship in this entire franchise, they're both dorks who keep dancing around eachother, they probably would've never gotten together if the narrators hadn't "nudged" them to push their destiny and thank goodness they did because I would've actually lost my mind if they didn't get together like thats my OTP right there
Chase Redford is the adopted son of the Red Queen (From the Chess piece kingdom, ) In Wonderland, he has black and red hair and dark blue eyes like Lizzy does, lot of people seem to think they could be long lost siblings or twins but I don't think that makes sense considering that on his first appearance in the Way Too Wonderland Special as the Red Knight when he took his helmet off Lizzy started blushing, and that's coming from someone who's seriously spent more time watching this show than they have outside. According to the FANDOM Wiki Chase has a crush on Darling, which I can totally see, since he seems to admire her determination and fencing skills, but Darling's playing for the other team 🥹✌️ I prefer Lizzy and Chase as a couple, its totally possible Chase had a SMALL crush on darling before but Lizzy and Chase come from the same homeland and they share lot of the same beliefs, its even said in the books that the Queen of Hearts and the Red Queen get along very well.
Also reminder that Darling is the White Knight while Chase is the red knight, they legally cannot be together and being together would mean the chess kingdoms going onto even MORE war with eachother.
also, the wonderland kids are "lowkey" immigrants 🥹
Like genuinely they didn’t just transfer schools, their homeland was basically destroyed by the Evil Queen’s curse.
They can’t go home.
AND they've had to adapt to a culture that thinks they’re mentally ill. So they're constantly treated like outsiders, which they are 💔
but ALSO it suddenly makes a LOT of their behavior make more sense,
How,
Lizzie doubles down on Wonderland traditions and becomes protective of them.
Maddie REFUSES to change because wonderland is a part of her identity.
Kitty causes chaos because she's one of the few people refusing to conform to the way Ever after high runs.
Alistair gets homesick, his Mom is literally Alice in Wonderland— it wouldn't exist without her, and then? After the Evil Queen, his Mother DISAPPEARS, and hes forever looking for her in the hidden corners of wonderland.
Bunny clings to familiarity so shes constantly with the other wonderlandians or hanging out at the Mad Hatter's teashop because she misses everything they used to have.
Yes I am 100% biased towards the Wonderland Characters. Alice in Wonderland was my favorite story growing up and i think wonderland themed characters might just be my favorite genre 😭
ENOUGH OF WONDERLAND HERE's THE PLOT
So the two sides, Royals and Rebels are constantly at eachother's necks, and the wonderland kids don't really care they're just here for the vibe and the good time, they're in their own category of madness,
though Maddlyn Hatter is considered a Rebel since from the start she supported Raven's choice to write her own Destiny and Lizzy Hearts IS technically considered a Royal since at the end of the day she's the daughter of a Queen but it pisses me off so much when people try to say whether the wonderland kids are royals or rebels yall please they are confirmed to be their own people ffs
On the first episode you are introduced to the school by two narrators, a male and a female, they do not have names or bodies
The male narrator, favors the rebels side while the female narrator favors the Royals so they're always arguing and its even funnier when you find out they're a married couple, AND they have a daughter, who's the younger narrator: Brooke Page, she helps out the characters in the story even when shes not supposed to, if their world disappears hers does too
Male Narrator: Once upon a time,
Female narrator: In a land beyond imagination,
Male narrator: comes the tale of Ever after High!
Female narrator: A highschool for the next generation of fairytales, each student is charged with following in the footsteps of their fairytale parents ensuring their classic stories will continue to be told— but one student, Raven Queen, daughter of the Evil Queen doesn't want to follow in her Mother's villainous path.
Male narrator: and can you blame her?! i mean who wants to be the most hated of them all?!
So now Raven's question is "What if I want to choose my OWN happily ever After?" And this rebellion did not sit well for the royals at the school, led by Apple White— daughter of Snow White
So you find the school divided,
The royals who were promised their happily ever afters like Apple's best friends for ever after, Briar Beauty, daughter of sleeping beauty and Ashlyn ella, the royal daughter of cinderella
And theres also Blondie Locks! Who's "also" a Royal, sort of, she's the daughter of goldie locks and a self proclaimed Royal since her mother was the Queen of the bears, ALLEGEDLY 💀, she often leans more toward the Royal side with her beliefs but she's a journalist, aka shes a total snoop and super nosy, she has a Mirror Net show called "Just Right!", she's an instigator and is always looking for the latest scoop, she doesn't care if the secret brings down your whole reputation she'll do anything for a couple views, she's not meant to be a malicious character she's just a really nosy girl who can't keep a secret to save her life, she's kind and bubbly but OBVIOUSLY annoying for the plot
On the other hand you have the rebels who feel they should be able to conjure up their own destinies
But the Royals start fighting amongst themselves too, Briar Beauty's destiny is to sleep for 100 years meaning everyone she knows and loves will be dead by the time she wakes up, so she thinks its selfish of Apple to want everyone to play their parts just so she can be Queen
SIDE NOTE (The daughter of the Evil Fairy who wasnt invited to Sleeping Beauty's birthday is Faybelle Thorn, her name is a spin on the stories called "Fables", she's a fairy of the dark arts and she takes her job very seriously, she enjoys being evil because she wants her Mother's approval, despite their conflicting story her and Briar are actually pretty close
Here's Briar's personality type since not much makes sense without knowing what she's like,
And i QUOTE "Heeey daughter of sleeping beauty here. If im gonna be catching Z's for a hundred years i gotta live it up now", she's a 24/7 party girl who wears pink heart sunglasses even indoors and she wears sharp eyeliner, despite already being the tallest girl in their class she wears pink platform heels that add atleast 6 inches, she's always falling asleep in the most inconvenient moments and everyone thinks shes academically a dumbass but shes the one who ended up helping everyone pass Professor's rumplestiltskin's test with a study party, "pixie dust and dragon fire". She's a fashion icon and whatever she's wearing sets the latest trend for the girls at ever after high.
She's constantly operating under the fact she has a deadline to live her teenage years to the max before everything turns into "magic nights that end in marrige" and shes in a coma for the next century.
Hopper croakington, son of the frog prince. He is NOT the son of Tiana, he's the son of the frog guy in the story where the spoiled princess who loses her golden ball and makes a promise to a talking frog to retrieve it, only to be forced to keep her word and eventually break a curse on him by showing him kindness, often through a kiss or by throwing him against a wall, which transforms him back into a prince. Hopper is very awkward and often comes off as a creep cause of his lack of social skills with girls, every time he gets tongue tied or flustered he turns into a frog, he only posses the ability to smooth talk girl in frog form 🥹, he has a crush on Briar,
Literally everyone in the school knows EXCEPT briar. At first briar thought he was a total loser but she got to see his sweet side and they fell in love)
And Ashlyn Ella, she's a princess, and the daughter of one of the first few at that, she's supposed to fall in love with a prince, but she falls in love with Hunter Huntsman (Yes, thats actually his name they didn't exactly get creative with it), and his story's actually pretty interesting because he's not only pledging to be the Hunter in Snow White's story he's also pledging to be the Hunter іn Little Red Riding hood's story, either way: He's a rebel and royals and Rebel's cant be together because its forbidden, so they have a secret relationship where they hide out in the forest and have cute picnics, also hunter has to hide the fact he's vegan from his whole family, his destiny is to be a Hunter yet he apologizes to trees and talks to bunnies, in his diary its said he much rather be a veterinarian. There isnt an OUNCE of toxic masculinity in this boy despite being this guy with a mullet, military clothing, and a bow and arrow. Hes described as a "big ol sweetie pie" by Maddie
In Apple's words "But he's a rebel, and you're a Royal!" after that whole drama Ashlyn decides "If loving hunter means I can't be a Royal, call me Ashlyn Ella the rebel." LIKE YES GIRL YOU GO CLOCK THAT SHIT
Enter Duchess Swan, daughter of the Swan Queen
Her destiny is to be lied to and heartbroken and then for eternity be a swan, so she's bitter and jealous of the other royals who get Happily Ever Afters™, so once she finds out Ashlyn and Hunter are together? She tells the whole school.
Duchess is portrayed as this very rude, competitive, and self centered girl in the animated series and I never liked her until I got the books where they actually explain why shes like that, she has a "Black swan" in her: which means she has the strong potential to be the first evil in their pure white swan bloodline, she tries her hardest to get straight A's and do everything right but at the end of the day she's not getting her happily Ever after, so of course she's angry about it.
, she's not evil for no reason and she's GOOD at being bad, she's smart and tactical and she'll do anything to get to the top and THATS how you get a villain so many people love
She's constantly seen with Sparrow Hood, son of Robin Hood— and knowing Robin Hood's story you're probably wondering why his son would hang out with someone like that, but nope! Sparrow is a total delinquent with Ginger hair who slams on his electric guitar 24/7 and he's stupid, he's an idiot but he's a loveable idiot. One of my favorite lines from him is "My dad's motto was take from the rich and give to the poor— My motto is Take from the rich and give to me!"
Duchess does ballet and Sparrow's a skater boy, literally the definition of "He was a punk, she did ballet" (If you don't get the reference its Sk8er boi by Avril Lavigne)
RedHood/Badwolf Family
Ceriese Hood, daughter of Little Red Riding Hood, she's a rebel but her destiny is actually one of the saddest
There's a secret that no one in the fairy tale kingdom knows about, Little Red Riding hood and the big bad wolf went beyond their stories and fell in love and got married, and apparently the Mad Hatter actually officiated the wedding in Wonderland so theres that
Do NOT even ask me how this pairing is possible okay, its one of the weirdest concepts of this show and last i checked little red riding hood was a CHILD but in the series shes shown as an adult and the wolf has a human form.
So Ceriese is part werewolf, so she always has her red cloak hood up even in the summer to hide her ears, other students assume she's always cold
But Red and the Big Bad wolf didnt only have one daughter, they had two
Ramona Badwolf, who's openly the daughter of the big bad wolf
So ceriese was destined to get eaten alive by her own sister, if anyone found out about that secret the whole kingdom would "flip their crowns".
The family dynamic is actually really endearing, the Big Bad wolf loves both of his daughters and honestly he reminds me of my own dad. Apart from the furry part of course.
There's a part where Ceriese is in the forest with her direwolf pup Carmine and Kitty Cheshire sees her so now kitty is BLACKMAILING ceriese and trying to expose her as part werewolf to the whole school,
The only other person who knows is Raven because ceriese confided in her, and ... technically Maddie knows but it went over her head 😭
I feel really stupid but i only recently found out "Ceriese" means cherry in french, and Cherries are red. Her name is literally red hood. And her direwolf pup called "carmine" i is ALSO fyi another variation of the color red
This is the Charming Family,
(I've been told I glaze them and you know what? I do, they are an elite group of people with actual character depth.)
The Charming Siblings, the children of Prince Charming— Who's King Charming now,
Daring Charming, the eldest
and Darling and Dexter Charming, which are twins though they dont look alike at all
Also heres your reminder that prince charming is CINDERELLA's prince NOT snow white's, APPLE and DARING are NOT related. If I have to explain that shit one more time I'm going to avadekadavra myself 😃
Daring is the oldest brother, the blonde one with teal blue eyes and a pearly white smile that actually makes girls faint in the show, he's a jock and a snob, hes the one thats great at everything first try, popular, athletic, cool. AND he's on the football team.
He's dating Apple White, everyone thought they were the perfect couple "meant to be" but Daring flirted with everyone, hes a blue prince and hes clearly got a type for the red princesses because he was with Apple, he flirted with Lizzy Hearts, and danced with Ceriese Hood (Daughter of little red riding hood) all to end up with Rosabella Beauty, she's the daughter of Beauty and the beast.
Daring was an asshole until he met her, he thought he was supposed to be the prince in Apple's story but he ended up being the beast in Rosabella's story , after he met her he had the whole "change of heart" thing and he becomes a better person, he was still a douchebag for 99% of the show though. This manwhore spent all of his time looking in the mirror, showering himself in cologne, and fixing his hair with an awful amount of hairspray.
Rosabella Beauty- I thought I'd put her in this section since technically we can assume she became Rosabella Charming after her and Daring got their Happily Ever After's:
She's the daughter of beauty and the beast, people often pin her for the bookworm type and Darling as the political & Debates type when it is COMPLETELY the other way around, Rosabella is constantly out here getting people to sign wavers and petitions like "BEASTS SHOULD BE ALLOWED IN CAFES" since her dad is the Beast, shes a nature lover and believes every creature deserves kindness and love, she's also the first princess to where glasses AND not wear any sort of crown accessory, she immediately saw through Daring's whole pretty boy bs.
Lot of people don't like the pairing of Rosabella and Daring and I have to admit it did kind of come out of nowhere towards the end of the show and was never addressed again, and sure maybe it was a little sudden, but Rosabella literally made Daring a better person, it cant get any cuter than that. Ya'll just mad that Daring didnt get with Lizzy and MAY i remind you that Lizzy Hearts openly rejected him NUMEROUS times and Daring CONTINUED INSISTING, Lizzy cut his roses with a blade. Rosabella taught Daring to not care about looks and appearances and to care about whats on the inside, she taught him kindness and compassion beyond the storyline, daring NEEDED someone to open his eyes.
Side Note: Sparrow Hood and Ceriese hood are confirmed to be Distant cousins, same with Rosabella beauty and Briar beauty
Dexter is the younger brother, he has brown hair, square black glasses, and dark blue eyes, hes lot quieter and shyer than Daring is, hes always the "second place" or "second best" and usually spends his time in the library nose deep in some forbidden book, hes a sweet and awkward lovable character. He's a total clutz and gets sick easily, he has a pet Jackalope whos name is Mr Cotton Horn, He has a crush on Raven Queen daughter of the Evil Queen because unlike most of the royals he sees people for who they are, not for their parents. He saves a seat for Raven during lunch and YES THATS A BIG DEAL when Raven walks in everyone ACTUALLY starts screaming because "aHhhHhHhH S-SHES THE DAUGHTER OF THE EVIL QUEEN. SHES EVIL." SHIVER ME TIMBERS AND SHIT.
He's underlooked and brushed off by Queen and King charming which are literally their parents. That is neglection and favoritism.
Darling Charming is the Charming Family's only daughter in the past Century, she has long curly white and blue hair and piercing light blue eyes, her and Dexter dont get lot of time together in the show but in the book: "A semi Charming kind of life" they show that bond and i really liked it. Her whole life Darling has been told to sit around and look pretty so a prince can come and save her, one of the lines she says lot is "Im not a damsel in distress!" which little me loved her for breaking gender expectations, and all of that is really funny when you know Darling's story because she ended up being the one doing the saving, Apple thought Daring was gonna wake her up with a kiss but when the time came Darling was the one to save Apple
Also I'd like to say the whole family situation is even funnier when you find out that Darling and Rosabella were roommates and there's a whole bit in the books where Apple is at their door and darling describes her as "gorgeous" and "Angelic" .. ah the subtle foreshadowing.
In the book: "A semi-charming kind of life", there's a flashback scene where Darling is like 7 years old and Queen Charming, her Mother, is all "Darling Sweetie, one day something HORRIBLE will happen to you. Usually a dragon, a tower, or fire. but not to worry! Because a prince will come to save you ☺️" and then just SENDS OFF HER 7 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER TO BED LIKE SHE DIDNT JUST TRAUMATIZE HER, so at midnight darling goes to her brothers room who would've been like 13 at the time, and she's like "Dex', i cant sleep mother says something horrible will happen to me!!" and dexter, freaking dexter who i would give my soul for, spiritually I adopted this family okay, says "Dont worry! Im a prince after all, i can be the one to save you! Your brother will always have your back!" And i started bawling my eyes out on the spot. Listen I don't have siblings this shit doesn't just rub salt in a wound okay Its pouring hand sanitizer on a OPEN scar 😃. It's also said that the Charming Family has very deep pockets and that they're funding lot of what goes on at Ever After High which i think is hilarious
In the books we find our Darling has the power to PAUSE time when she flips her hair and it is never used or mention in the show. This franchise is trying to send me into cardiac arrest.
Im making Dexter sound great and not saying much good about Daring so I guess I DO have to mention that when Darling was young people would always climb days all the way up the mountain where the Charming castle is to ask for her hand in marrige WHILE SHE WAS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL and Daring chased and beat the shit out of many guys who kept going after his sister and even slept outside her door with a sword one time to keep her safe
Cookie Ginger, she is NOT the daughter of the gingerbread man.
She is the daughter of the Candy witch in hansel and gretel who tried to eat kids.
ALSO NO OH MY LORD BABA YAGA AND THE CANDY WITCH ARE *NOT* THE SAME PERSON.
The candy witch in Hansel and Gretel by the brothers grim is a nameless, cannibalistic hag, who lives in a gingerbread house made of candy to lure children in and fatten them up and eat them.
Baba Yaga is DISTINCT, LEGENDARY-PEAK CHARACTER FROM *SLAVIC FOLKTALE*.
She lives in a HUT that walks on giant chicken legs, flies around in a giant mortar using a pestle, and acts as an ambiguous force of nature who can be either helpful or dangerous depending on the story.
According to the Ever After High books Hansel and Gretel were two cheeky liars who tried to break into the candy witch's house and when the candy witch started being a Mom and lecturing them on how "You don't eat strangers houses!" They ran off and told their parents she tried toe at them, and eventually the story spread. Cookie ginger is a sweet girl with pink hair, frosting glasses, and she actually dresses like she's a baked good, she always brings sweet treats to the castleteria— pretty much saving everyones lives because the food there is slop.
Growing up with her mother who is literally the magazine cover for what a which is supposed to look like, yk green skin, raggedy black hair, pointy nose, people were always afraid to come over to her house but her Mom, despite being a witch, went out of her way to dye her hair pink and start dressing like a cupcake so her daughter could make friends 😭 which also made me cry, like its peak "im a villain not a monster" energy, her mom also calls her a bunch of ridiculous things like "My sweet sugar gumdrop coated in muffinpet honeyglaze meterorite scrumptious baby" but i an 100% here for it. Mother of the year here.
okay derailing from the topic but can I just say IMAGINE the drama if Raven Queen and Daring Charming fell for eachother??