Blending In

Here we are, finally into canon and wading into it like a hydrophobic kid during his first trip to ocean. I'm basically going with the idea of using canon as a basis and changing things depending on how I want the story to go. I don't like the idea of going word for word on some parts, so don't expect things to correlate exactly to the episodes since I am basically playing Dr. Frankenstein with them. Either way, I hope you enjoy this chapter!

Apple knew it was going to be an amazing year at Ever After High. The concert went great, she made some pretty interesting friends over it, and hopefully made a notable beginning to repairing relations between Monsters and Legends.

Not to mention she'd get to see her good old friends as well after such a busy summer!

Walking into Rumpelstiltskin's morning class was such a relief. So many familiar faces that she'd been dying to see were there, Briar Beauty and Ashlynn Ella being two of them.

"Apple!" Ashlynn was already jumping into her arms, spinning each other around while they giggled happily. Stopping and letting go of each other, Ashlynn's smile was wide with glee. "It's been way too long! Hope you haven't been working too hard."

"I'm trying not to." Apple happily laughed, separating completely from her. She looked to Briar, having most likely woken up from her latest nap. "Hopefully you haven't spent all your time partying."

"There aren't enough parties out there to take up my time." Briar oozed confidence, giving Apple a hug of her own. "Though I did hear that I happened to miss a concert you helped set-up. If I knew that was coming, I would've come here a week earlier."

Apple would've rolled her eyes at that if it wasn't a rude gesture. "It was a pretty fun concert, all things considered. I can't say that it was lively the whole time though, but I think we made it work."

"Yeah, we got the video of it." Ashlynn held up her MirrorPhone, showing a video of the concert itself. Apple couldn't help but recognize the Ed's on stage, Eddy himself happily using whatever spell he could use at the time. "Seems like you had some pretty good people to liven it up."

"Never saw those guys hanging out at Ever After before. I'm guessing they're new?" Briar looked over at the video, raising an eyebrow. "I'm pretty sure Faybelle's not going to be happy that she's going to be competing with another magic user."

"I'm sure she'll be fine with it. He is somewhat new to using it, though, so she might not have to worry about it." Apple shrugged. She still didn't know how he was able to get his magic core to work and why it took so long, but maybe he was just trying to hide certain things from people to have an advantage.

It certainly seemed like something he would do, now that she thought about it.

"I'm guessing you're talking about the Ed's?" Raven walked in, a steaming thermos of tea in her hands as she tiredly looked over the three in attendance. Maddie, as energetic as ever, was behind her and giving her pet mouse another biscuit to snack on. "Just so you know, I'm still terrified that Eddy has magic now."

"Oh, don't worry Raven. You're not the only one that's terrified." Maddie said 'encouragingly,' the mouse disappearing within her hat once again. "I'm pretty sure his friends will make sure he doesn't do anything too bad with it."

"Oh, you actually know them?" Briar actually did seem surprised by this, eyebrow reaching her hairline. "I mean, I just thought you hired some random band or something."

"They were actually in charge of pyrotechnics. So far, randomly performing at a concert during an emergency isn't the strangest thing they've pulled since they've arrived here." Apple blinked after she said this, turning to Raven and Maddie. "You wouldn't happen to have heard from them, right? This is supposed to be Double D and Eddy's first class."