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˚ ༘ ೀ⋆｡˚🦢⋆.ೃ࿔*:･ the fitting forum
a/n: please don't be a ghost reader. it's the reason chapters have been so short and why i haven't updated this book as much as i have been for red I'LL PUT THIS BOOK ON HIATUS IF IT KEEPS UP🫵🏾 for non ghosts, enjoy 🤗
fabrics and materials of all kinds sparkle around us. i stand on the pedestal between raven and duchess as a sage green winged fairy added amethysts to the neckline of my bodice.
she had me spread my arms to finish the rest of the smaller details.
"can you believe it? raven is going to sign!" apple smiles. raven smiles nervously and rubs her arm. apple continues. "it's like my birthday and new chapter day, and true hearts day all wrapped into one- ow!"
the pink winged fairy pulled soft yellow ribbon at apple's waist, tightening her corset. "ooh, a little tight, don't you think?" she breaths out. "anyway, all wrapped into one beautiful present."
i groan under my breath, but it's nothing compared to briar. "argh!" she groans loudly. "we get it!"
everyone gasps. except for me. if briar hadn't beaten me to it, i probably would've had the same reaction.
"whoa," duchess says. "what's ruffled your feathers?"
the question is what hasn't.
"it's just- it's not as easy as you make it sound, apple." briar tells her.
"what's not?"
"following our destinies." briar clarifies. "i mean, you really thing i want to sleep for a hundred years?"
"well," raven cuts in. "you are going to miss out on all the great parties."
"is that how you guys see me? just a party girl?" briar asks, upset. and rightfully so. "i don't want to sleep because i'm going to lose all my friends. i'm gonna be alone. how do you think that feels?"
the forum goes quiet, everyone's eyes saying what they're thinking. they never thought of briar's story that way. just the happily ever after.
raven speaks it, "i never thought about that.."
briar steps down from her pedestal. "well, i have. and now that you're gonna sign, well, it changes everything."
she opens the curtains of the fitting room and goes in. i can't help but agree with briar.
"not everyone has a destiny like yours, apple." i say. her blue eyes meet mine for a moment as i begin to step off my pedestal. "especially ones like ours." i gesture to myself, rae, and duchess before joining briar.
ours were the most heartbreaking destinies. raven would be imprisoned in the mirror realm forever, duchess would be fated to be a swan forever, and i would be the one to cause it. to be an evil seductress and nothing more.
no one should have to have a fate like that.
apple enters the fitting room. "but briar, y/n," she says softly. "we all have our part to play."
briar turns to face her, slightly glaring. "easy for you to say, apple. you get poisoned for, what, like a week?"
the girls ooh from outside the curtain. apple takes a step back in surprise. "briar, i'm sorry you're upset, but-"
"i'm happy for you, apple." briar stops her. "i'm happy that raven is going to sign, but now, i don't think i want to."
briar takes my hand and leaves the fitting room. we change out of our nearly finished dresses, and leave the forum.
