Surviving A Fairytale (OC Fanfic- SGE)

Chapter Seventeen- Revolution 2.0 (The Good Version)

We all decided to put up posters around the school saying stuff like: sick of being perfect? Want to be a messy, fun, Ever? Well let loose and do it! 

Suddenly Milla cut her hair into a bob cut, and Mia wore dark lipstick.

Emmalyn started to tie her hair into a ponytail and experiment with new makeup looks. 

Keira even wore purple combat boots. She also wore a rainbow clip in her hair. 

Suddenly Scarlet chopped her hair into a pixie cut and dyed it brown. 

Students were going crazy, in the best way possible. Like Taylor, she started wearing pink accessories with contrasted with her black never uniform.

Jocelyn started wearing her hair in an Afro when before she would constantly straighten her hair.

Harriet seemed pissed at all of this. She wanted everything to stay the same. But then I told her "you don't have to change. Just be yourself."

I expected the Dean's to be pissed, but honestly neither of them cared. In fact, Sophie looked delighted that the Good students and Evil students didn't look so binary and actually went outside out the box a bit. Suddenly Milla started hanging out with us, and Emmalyn and Keira seemed so annoyed. Milla and the rest of us (Yena, Rose and I) all bonded over our love of sports and being active. 

Within a week, the school looked different. And it honestly didn't seem like it was ever going back any time. Suddenly, more students, both Evers and Nevers, started hanging out with my friends and I at lunch. It slowly started to grow more and more.

 I started freaking out. 

Am I popular? Eww. That's the last thing I want. I mean, I don't want to be a freak either, but I don't want popularity. Mainly because I didn't know how to handle it. Students that used to call me "annoying" and "weird" and even "ugly" now called me "pretty" and "cool."

Apparently one of the main reasons was jealously. Students were jealous that I could be myself and wasn't scared of being judged. And the fact that I have a major legacy relative. They hurled insults at me because they didn't know how to handle it. 

Another reason was judging me initially without even getting to properly know me, which honestly I think is completely unfair.

Emma and Keira still called me rude names, but suddenly I learned how to block it out. I suddenly felt good. Really good. There were always going to be haters somewhere, but the more I learned how to block it out, trust my intuition, and be myself, the more confident I was going to become. I didn't need a cheesy smile or a pretty dress or a ton of makeup to be pretty or cool or confident. I just had to hold my head high, be optimistic, and embrace my inner badass. I definitely wanted to continue embracing my inner badass. 

I don't want to be some helpless damsel in distress constantly locked in a castle my entire life. I have amazing things in my head stored for the future, and it definitely isn't the traditional Ever path. 

Then it was my birthday. Two days before the trial by tale.

I got gifted a microphone, new boots, more books, makeup and skincare products, and something from Alex.

He gave it me during lunch. It was a silver bracelet with a heart charm pattern. He started blushing profusely. 

I wanted to throw it out. But he was standing right there. I had no choice to put the bracelet on. Then he said out of the blue "want to hang out in the purity common after lunch?" 

I seriously wanted to gag. But he was standing right there, so I said "fine. But only for a short while."

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That afternoon we hung out and talked. At first, he seemed annoying, but after a while I then realised that he wasn't actually that bad. He actually seemed like he could be a decent friend. He talked about Camelot and his family and his hobbies and dreams. I then talked about Maidenvale and my family and my hobbies and dreams. He then told me "I don't ever want to be king. Plus my older sister Larissa will have that under control when it's time. I want to  be a warrior and explore the world."

Wow! He get's it. I nodded and said "yeah. Me too. I have an older cousin who will king one day when it's time. I don't ever want to be queen. I want to be a warrior and explore the world. Or even be good dean and sometimes explore the world. But still. I don't want to be held captive in a castle and constantly follow orders."

Suddenly he held my hand. For some reason I started blushing and didn't pull back. EW! Why was I enjoying this? I suddenly pulled back my hand before things got worse. 

He then told me "Catrina, if you want to stay friends that's fine, but I'm really into you. Like really into you. I've been into you for a while but I've never found the way to express it" 

I didn't know what to say. Before I could stop myself, I said "I think I just want to stay friends for now."

He looked so hurt. I felt bad, but at the same time I didn't want to rush into things. I didn't know how I truly felt about him and I'd rather stay friends so I could think about how I truly felt. 

The girl who seemed disgusted by him before even getting to know him was gone. I was just as bad as students who judged me before even getting to know me.

Because in it's place was a girl who wanted to be good friends with him. And honestly, that's a major upgrade. 

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We hung out the next day, during mixed-gender classes and lunch. I was scared that Rose and Yena and Maya and the rest would be upset and I was hanging out with him instead of them, but Rose and Yena just smirked at me. And talking to him more and more was actually really good and cool. We had a better mutual understanding for each other and we didn't completely hate each other. We laughed at each other's jokes, nodded at each other's passions and desires and wishes, and we could really connect on a deeper level. 

That afternoon the combatants for the trial for announced. I made the cut, as well as Rose, Yena, Alex, Emma, Milla, Mia, Jocelyn, Max, Oliver, Harriet, Billiam, Kennedy, Taylor, Medina, and a few others. Keira didn't make the cut. 

The trial was tomorrow. 

I started sweating nervously. I really need to brace myself. Even if I didn't win, Ever's had to win. They had to. 

I would have to see tomorrow.