𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗮 ~ 𝗕𝗲𝗻 𝘅 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿

Chapter 2

"If someone hands you a crying baby, do you, A, curse it? B, lock it in a tower? C, give it a bottle? Or D, carve out its heart? Evie." Fairy Godmother asks

"What was the second one?" Evie asks and I groan

"Oh, okay. Anyone else? Cassandra?" Fairy Godmother asks

"C, give it a bottle." I say

"Correct. Again." Fairy Godmother says smiling

"You are on fire, girl!" Carlos tells me

"It's called common sense, no offense" I say

"Oh."

"Oh" I mock and Jay snickers

"Oh. Hello, dear one. Hi. You need to sign off on early dismissal for the coronation. Everyone here remembers my daughter, Jane?" Fairy Godmother tells us introducing Jane

"Mom, no!" Jane complains

"It's okay. Jane, this is everyone."

"Hi. That's okay, don't mind me. As you were." Jane says whimpering when she walks past us, note to self Jane is a shy girl who will be easy access to the wand.

"Ahem. Let's continue. You find a vial of poison. Do you, A, put it in the king's wine? B, paint it on an apple? Or C, turn it over to the proper authorities?"

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"Bye Evie" Me and Mal say as she walks away from us, I close my locker to see Ben leaning towards Mal.

"Hey! How was your first day?" Ben asks

"Super" Mal says

"You should really think about taking this talent off the locker and into art class. I could, uh, sign you up. What do you think?" Ben says referring to Mal's drawing on her locker

Jane walks by and Mal gives me a look before looking at Ben saying "Way to take all the fun out of it" and she takes off after Jane

"Huh, what about you?" Ben asks me

"No" I say and take off after Mal

****

"Wow! You almost don't notice your... Other features anymore" I hear Mal say when I walk in the girls restroom

"Do my nose!" Jane says, with new hair. She looks good

"Oh, I can't. I've been practicing, but you know, I can't do really big magic. Not like your Mom with her wand. I mean, one swoosh from that thing and you could probably have whatever features you wanted" Mal says

"She doesn't use the wand anymore. She believes the real magic is in the books. And not the spell books, regular books with history and stuff" Jane says sadly

"What a rip" I say

"Yeah"

"You know, she used magic on Cinderella, who wasn't even her real daughter. Doesn't she love you?" Mal says, yikes a little too far Mally

"Well, of course she does. It's... It's just, you know, tough love. "Work on the inside, not the outside." You know, that sort of thing"

"That's the face! Yeah, and then just look as If your... your heart is about to break. 'Oh, mother, I just don't understand why you can't make me beautiful, too.' " Mal says when Jane makes a sad face