Ever After High Diaries

Faybelle Thorn's diary

Cheer Up

Every fairytale is important, and no role is better than another. That's what they teach us at Ever After High ... Oh, come on, don't make me laugh! The only thing separating a classic fairytale from a royal fairy fail is how evilly-ever-awesome the villain is. And I'm destined to be the evillest-ever-awesome there ever was upon a time.

My mom was the Dark Fairy fromSleeping Beauty. Yeah, the one who just happened to NOT be invited to the party. That means that I'm going to curse Briar Beauty into her century-long sleep, and live in infamy forever after! "But wait, what about the Evil Queen?" people ask. And I'm like, "HEL-LO! Raven Queen doesn't even want to follow her destiny." Don't ask me why. Being bad is, like, the BEST! For some reason, though, she feels the need to go all Rebel. Whatever-after! It just means that the slot for the #1 villain is open game. And even though I usually cheer from the sidelines, I'm playing this game to win. Go Faybelle! Go Faybelle! Go! Go! Go Faybelle!

Chapter 1

My plan was coming together perfectly. As each piece fell into place on the Grimmnastics field, I rapped my fingers together in gleeful anticipation. "This tower is like nothing they've seen before!" I shouted to the skies.

"Well, who would even think to try something so dangerous?" asked Holly O'Hair, just reaching the top, looking like the Rapunzel she's destined to be.

"Holly, if we're going to win this year's cheerhexing finals, we need to be bold!" I said.

Some people think that cheerhexers just root for the home team during bookball games, but we're so much more than that. We're athletes, acrobats and performers. Each year, the best squads from all over compete at the annual Cheerhexing Finals. Ever After High has not won in years. As captain, it's my job to make sure we take home the trophy, and the key to winning is the most impressive move in cheerhexing history: The Tower. I lost count of how many times the squad attempted the move, as again, each cheerhexer stood on another's shoulder.

The Tower swayed uneasily in the wind. "How much longer?" called Farrah Goodfairy from the bottom.

"Until you get it right!" I shouted through my megaphone. "Okay Holly, let down your hair!" A golden braid fell to the ground. "Hunter, you're up!"

"Hurry!" shouted Nina Thumbell, who struggled to hold Holly on her tiny shoulders.

The Huntsman's son looked nervous as he tugged at the braid, and climbed as quickly as he could. The Tower leaned precariously forward. "GO, TEAM, GO!" I urged them on. Hunter flipped to the top.

"GO EVER AFTER HIGH!" they cheered in unison, followed quickly by "AHHHHHHHHHHH!" as the entire tower came tumbling down.

They needed motivation! "Close isn't going to win, guys! We need to nail that dismount."

"What we?" Farrah groaned. "You're just shouting while we do all the work!"

Oh my Grimm, my spirit squad has no spirit! "Gee Farrah, since you're the next Fairy Godmother, maybe I can just wish for a victory! The rest of practice is canceled!" Everyone cheered. Now they decide to have spirit? "We'll start over tomorrow at sunrise." Everyone groaned.

Chapter 2

Okay, I admit it: I was probably too hard on my squad. Even when they sounded more like cheerwhiners than cheerhexers, if we were going to win, we had to stick together. I was up all night planning a whole new approach for the routine, and couldn't wait to share it with them.