Her good and evil.

Trial by tale

" Oh dear, what have you done now? " the nurse asked as she was looking at my ankle.

Apparently, the school for Evil didn't even have an infirmary, so I had to teleport all the way to the other school.

" Lady Lesso dropped me. " I said simply.
" She what! As punishment then, or... "
" I think so. I almost set her favorite on fire. "

The er nurse looked at me both questioningly and shocked.

" Okay then... Your ankle is fortunately only a little twisted and not broken. The evil news perhaps is the fact that you can't heal it with magic. " she said a little sympathetically as she did some final dings on my ankle.
" You shouldn't lean on the foot too much so definitely don't walk either. Since you already teleported in here, I don't think that will be a problem for you. When you rest or can sit down, you put your foot up at all times, understood? " she said in a played stern voice.

I nodded and gave her a fake smile. I wanted to ask if I could get some ice cream, but I didn't get time for that. I was suddenly no longer in the infirmary, but rather in the school library for good measure. Of course, the idiot who had conjured me there I don't think knew about my ankle yet, so I arrived there in a standing position. Because I hadn't expected it I supported myself on my foot, but since it still hurt I collapsed with a small cry of pain.

" Is everything all right. " I heard the stupid voice of our principal say.
" Sure, I just collapse every time. " I said back sarcastically.

Agatha stood next to me and helped me straight up off the ground.
" Are you okay? " she whispered as I stood back up and grabbed the table for extra support.
" Yes, yes. Rather tell me what's going on here and what I'm here to do. " I said as I was wiping my robe.
" Sophie and Tedros, of course. "
" Ooh the two lovebirds. Madam ' I tried to kill her ' and sir ' I know what women want '. " I said sarcastically. " But what does that have to do with me? With us? "
" Idk, I'm here because I was involved in a fight between the Evers and the Nevers. But what exactly you're doing here, I don't know. "

We looked at each other for a moment longer, before turning to the teachers at the table, who were busy discusing against each other.

" Dating between Evers and Nevers is simply forbidden. "
" Thank you. "
" Yes. "
" Evil and good just don't belong together. It's ... repulsive. "

Right now it was just Lesso and Dovey agreeing each time.

" Sir, may I have a moment? " Tedros suddenly pushed his way in. " I have to choose a new queen and since we all know what happened to my father, I don't take that choice lightly. Sophie is really good, she's just in the wrong school. "

" Yes. And if he believes it, why can't you too? "Sophie jumped in now as she gripped Tedros' arm tighter.

" And besides, you can't stop true love anyway. Isn't that also the first rule of fairy tales? " Agatha now asked in turn.

Everyone was silent now. If they were waiting for me to say something, they could be waiting a long time.

" That may be true, but then it would have to be true love already and I doubt that this is the real thing. " he whispered that last part. I had heard it, but the rest seemed to have missed it.
" Well, there is only one way to end this discourse and that is with a trial by tale. " said the principal finally.
" Sir I accept. "

Normally, I guess I shouldn't even know what that would mean yet, but since I had read so many books anyway, I knew. Suddenly I heard Sophie's nervous laughter.

" What exactly is a trail by tale. "
" Briefly. You two must enter the two different sides of the blue forest at sunset, then seek and hopefully find each other. If it is true love you will come out of the forest together without a scratch. " I finally said.