𝓦𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝 𝓘𝙩 𝓑𝙪𝙧𝙣, 𝗔𝗡 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗔𝗙𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗛𝗜𝗚𝗛 𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗟𝗬 𝗙𝗜𝗖

𝓒𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝓣𝙝𝙞𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙚𝙣

Vesperina Hatter's POV

Vesperina Hatter was always the weird one, she sort of had to accept that.

When she arrived at Book End and started attending Ever After High, she soon learned that she was the odd one out. EAH had rules, it had expectations and standards. Apparently, Vesperina did not fit into those standards. It was so strange; what did Headmaster Grimm mean when he said Vesperina couldn't have her mid-day tea party in class?

At first, she didn't let it affect her—they were just weirdos. They were the crazy ones, not her. Yet, after years at Book End, she increasingly started to see the dramatic change in how people treated her. She was insane after all, she was 'the weird girl from Wonderland.' And seeing as how the other girls often looked over their shoulders to glance at Vesperina, she guessed it hadn't changed.

"Do you think your mom will let us have a tea party in her castle?" Vesperina asked Rav.

"Nope," Ravenna said, "she will lose her mind."

"I do that every day!" Vesperina exclaimed excitedly. Rav merely gave her an odd look before turning away. Vesperina was used to it by now, but she still annoyingly wanted someone to relate to. Sure, her Wonderlandian friends understood her to some degree, but they were busy elsewhere. Right about now, she would be pestering Maxwell about playing a deck of cards (only to completely disregard the rules) or ask Chase to teach her how to ride a horse.

For the sake of Crimson and EAH's property insurance, Chase would have to politely decline each time. What a silly-billy.

Rolling up the map, Apple came to a halt. "I wonder what that is," she said, pointing to a large building. As they approached the building, there was a sign labelled Miss Muffet's Frozen Yogurt Shop. "Hey, doesn't Maisie Muffet own this place alongside her mom?" Apple asked as she peered through the window. "It's closed though."

"Seems as if Maisie upgraded from Miss Muffet's Stand to a whole shop." Rav pushed the door, finding it unlocked. "Look, we're all starving, maybe we should just, you know, eat here."

"There's no one to serve us and it's closed," Stella said, "that would be breaking-and-entering, Rav!"

Vesperina breezed past them, laughing as she entered the shop. Ding! The door's bell rang. "It's not trespassing if the person forgets to lock the door," Vesperina said matter-of-factly. The shop was nice, it had multiple tables along the wall and a large counter with the frozen yogurt machines behind it. "We'll pay afterwards! Oooh, do they have tea-flavoured ones...?"

"It would be nice to have something to eat," Bree admitted, sitting near the window. Using a yogurt machine can't be that hard, Vesperina thought as she hopped over the counter, eager to fiddle with the twisty knobs and try every flavour until she'd vomit.

"Can you have chocolate?" she asked Bree.

"Huh?"

"You know, because your dad used to be the Beast and dogs can't have chocolate... nevermind." No one ever got her twisted humour. Vesperina filled up two cups with vanilla yogurt and passed it to Apple and Bree. After getting Stella a mint one, and Rav with a rocky road yogurt, Vesperina sat on the counter with her own green tea frozen yogurt. Yes, that flavour actually does exist, and she's glad it does.

Eating a spoonful of yogurt, she observed her teammates. Apple and Bree were talking as per usual, probably chatting about the upcoming Thronecoming. Ugh, Vesperina thought. She still didn't find a date yet, so she would probably have to force one of her friends to let her third-wheel. Again.

Always the third-wheeler.

From the corner of her eye, Vesperina spotted Rav and Stella by the back. Cuties. Vesperina finished up her yogurt and went back for seconds when she dropped her spoon, shrieking. There was a towering hairy spider in front of her. Not just a normal spider, but the size of a car. Apple screamed while the spider hissed, baring its sharp teeth. Do spiders even have teeth?