Mess of a Fantasy (Darise Ever After High Fanfiction)

Chapter 16: Oh Where Oh Where Has My Little Wolf Gone

It hit me after Raven left to help me out that this was really happening. Someone else is involved, and now everyone who's helped my family keep this secret could be coming down with me. Raven, Darling, Dexter. Now I'm not really sure what to do. I can't just sit here and cry some more. Where can I go? What can I do? Isn't my life kinda over now? I give up.

{-Did Cerise just quit? She can't just quit! She can't just stop telling the story! What do I do?!

In a serious panic mode, Zoey Book, the observing narrator, takes over the story for now while forcefully and fiercely trying to convince (I mean, um, recommend to) Cerise to continue the story herself....

Ahem. Raven rushed through the gate in the Charmings' backyard, looking for that one Charming in particular who just can't seem to do anything right. That's right, Prince Daring Charming, Mr. Perfect and most "charming" guy at Ever After High (I'm sure Raven herself would disagree), but what people don't really know is how truly awful Daring is at being in a relationship. He just can't figure out how to treat a girl right, it seems.

Raven found him talking to two other princes. Julian Prince, future Prince for Sleeping Beauty, and Ian Charming, Cinderella's Prince Charming (but Daring and Ian aren't related). Totally casual, as if nothing had just went down between him and his good friend turned secret supercrush.

"Daring," Raven said in her most commanding, powerful Queen voice.

Daring turned around and was not impressed by what he saw.

"We need to talk. In private. Now," Raven said, keeping up her girl-in-command voice.

Daring glanced back at his friends. Julian appeared confused at why Raven would talk to Daring and Ian looked uncomfortable, being the shyer of the two of the guys.

"What do you want?" Daring groaned, turning back to Raven.

"Cerise's secret. Who do you think you are that you can go around telling it to whoever?" Raven demanded, stomping her foot on the ground angrily, probably like her mother would have. Raven liked to think she was only like her mother when she was angry.

Daring took a minute before answering. Raven noted that he seemed embarrassed that he'd even said that he was going to tell. She suddenly felt a twinge of remorse for calling him out.

"I didn't ever plan on telling the secret to anyone. I don't know why I said that, it only makes me look worse. I should probably tell her." Daring paused, then continued, "I feel awful about it. I was just angry and... Grimm, I'm an awful person."

"True. Now go find my best friend and apologize, or I won't hesitate to make yor life miserable," Raven said, mocking her future Evil Queen status.

Daring jogged off to go find Cerise, and Raven smiled to herself, satisfied. But she was not so satisfied when he returned a few minutes later in a panic.

"What?" Raven asked.

"She's gone," Daring stated, a very startled expression over his features.}

After a few moments recalling every memory I possibly could of my family and my friends, I knew exactly what to do. I had to get out.

{-Oh, Cerise is back!}

I took off towards the nearest woods quietly and without a trace. No one would find me if I leave now.

{-Wait, is she leaving again?}

This is it. I told myself this situation was inevitable to make myself feel less awful as I twirled around to take one last look at my life as I know it.

"Goodbye," I whispered, slipping into the dark and depth of the woods.

{-It seems Cerise has left again. Well, this is can't be where the story ends. I will keep her engaged in it for as long as I can, but I definitely can't forever.

Ahem. Daring and Raven rushed through the crowds of teenage fairytale legends looking for Darling and Dexter.

Daring spotted Darling over by Apple White and a few other princesses that attend their school. As he neared the group, he could see his sister's face was red and inflamed and her eyes shined, wet with tears. The perfect hair he usually assumed his sister had even seemed frizzed and her turquoise dress looked wrinkled and ruffled. Daring had never seen her so vulnerable. Or, maybe he had, and he was never as open to it as his senses allowed him to be now.

Apple White stood with her hands on her hips and her lips plump and pursed in a crooked, incriminating smile. Her hair, face and outfit appeared the same as they always did- perfect and untouched.

"Daring," an irrelevant, unimportant princess Daring didn't even know the name of and was positive he hadn't invited tonight whispered in Apple's ear.

Immediately, Apple's smirk faded away and her mouth opened hesitatingly, obviously knowing what she did wrong and that she had no time to fix it.

"What's going on?" Daring shouted, looking from his little sister to the girl who he'd never have expected was such a bully in his entire life.

"Daring, I..." Apple fumbled, dropping her hands to her sides.

"Darling?" He said, knowing his sister would tell him the truth.

"Nothing," Darling lied, planting her feet in the ground a bit more.

"Darling, we have to talk."

"I'm in the middle of something."

"Yeah, I see that. The middle of getting bullied by little miss perfect."

"Shut up!"

"Listen to me."

"No, I never needed you before, what makes you think I need you now?"

"Darling, come on."

"No."

When Darling would not give in, Daring picked her up and carried her on his shoulder like only an annoying but caring big brother could. He dropped her over on the outskirts of the property to tell her what was going on.

"You're such an idiot, you know that, Daring?" She snapped.

"Yeah," he sighed in response.

Meanwhile, Raven easily found Dexter socializing with Alistair Wonderland and a boy Darling was friends with, Luke Montague, over by the appetizers.

"Dex, we have to go," Raven said, tapping him on the shoulder.

"Okay. What's the matter?" Dexter asked, waving goodbye to his friends.

"Cerise is missing," Raven leaned up on her tippy toes and whispered in his ear.

"Oh Grimm," Dexter muttered, and the two of them ran off to meet Daring and Darling and begin the search for Cerise.}

Good luck finding me.