Once Upon a Time: Ever After High (Book 3)

Ch.36 Magic Paintbrush

Cedar soon made it to the little art shop in the woods, she went over and walked in.

"Ah Cedar Wood" the clerk smiled "It's good to see you again".

"You too" she smiled as she went up to him "Hey uh, I need your help".

"What can I help you with?"

"My dad wanted me to bring him this magic paintbrush, he said it's in here and that you can help me".

"Ah he must of meant this" the clerk bent down and opened a drawer under the counter.

He then pulled out a thin wooden box and opened it, inside resting on a blue pillow was a silver paintbrush with swirl designs on the handle. Cedar was amazed by the unique looking brush.

"Here it is" the clerk said.

"Wow" Cedar said amazed "It looks amazing".

"You think it looks amazing, wait until you see what it does" the clerk smiled.

"Well thank you" Cedar smiled as she took the brush.

"Come back soon".

"I will" she smiled as went out the shop.

"That is one silver brush" Jiminy commented.

"I know" she agreed "Now I give it to my dad".

As she walked down the trail, she didn't see the Fox and the Cat watching from behind a tree.

"Come on" the Fox whispered as they followed her.

As Cedar continued walking, she heard a rumbling noise, she looked up and saw grey clouds coming.

"We better get home quick" Jiminy said "It can rain any minute".

"Rain wont kill us" Cedar said "And beside, we have umbrellas".

But as she was walking, they both heard a twig crack, she turned around but saw nothing.

"That was odd" Jiminy said.

"Yeah" Cedar agreed.

But when she turned back around, she was surprised to see the Fox and the Cat in front of her.

"Oh sorry Ms. Wood" the Fox said "We didn't mean to startle you".

"I thought that was the point" the Cat whispered.

"Shut up" the Fox whispered as he turned to Cedar "So uh, Cedar, how you been?"

"Fine?" she said, wondering why they were talking to her.

"Now uh, that's a nice looking paintbrush you got there" he pointed to the magic brush that was sticking out of her purses "It's so silver".

"Yeah" she said.

"Can I see it?"

Cedar remember her father's warning of never giving the brush to anyone, especially if it's her father's old enemies.

"I'm sorry" she said "But I really should be going".

She tried to walk pass them but they stopped.

"Whoa what's the rush?" the Fox said "Can't we just see the brush real quick?"

"Yeah..." Cedar said with a sneaky smile "Not gonna happen Mr. Fox, I know your tricks".

"I don't have any tricks" he assured.

Cedar could see the lie in his eyes.

"Oh I'm sure you don't" she said with sarcasm "Good day".

But as she started to walk pass them, the Fox tried to grab the brush when Cedar quickly pulled her purse away.

"Don't even think about it" she frowned.

"Give me the brush" the Fox demanded.

"Uh, no" she said as she stepped back.

"Hey" the Fox held up his hand in defense "We don't want any trouble, just give us the brush and we'll leave you alone".

"Not a chance" she scowled.

"Oh come on" he stepped towards her, but at that point Cedar slapped him across the face and ran off.

"Splinters!" the Fox cried in pain "After her!"

They both went after Cedar as she continued running.

"What do we do?" Jiminy asked with a worried look.

"Luckily for us" she said "They don't know the woods like I do".

The Fox and the Cat continued running, but they soon stopped when they realized Cedar was gone.

"Where is she?" the Cat asked.

"Great" the Fox grunted "Another fortune gone".

"So now what?"

They then heard thunder as they looked up and saw the clouds.

"Let's go home" the Fox suggested "You know we don't like getting our fur wet".

They then ran off. After making sure they were gone, Cedar came out from behind a bush that was in front of a tree.

"Wow" Jiminy said amused "You really blended in with the tree".

"It's another advantage of being made of wood" she smiled "And now that they're gone, we can finally go home".

At that point more thunder was heard, and then it began to rain.

"Oh dear" Jiminy said as he opened his umbrella.

"I got this" Cedar said as she opened her umbrella and covered themselves from the rain "Now let's go home".

She then started walking as she watched the rain pour.

Later that night, Rachel was in her living room when she heard the doorbell rang, she went over and opened the door to see Andy.

"Hey" she smiled.

"Hey" he smiled.

"Come on in" she said as he came in and they walked into the living room.

"So uh" he said "You ready to practice again?"

"Yeah let me just get my script" she said as she went into the kitchen to get her script.

"Okay" she said as she walked in with her script "Let's run the whole thing, and we can practice the kissing scene".

"Alright" Andy said as they started to practice their lines.

They then came upon the kissing scene.

"Okay" Andy sighed "I guess it's time for this part".

"Yeah" Rachel sighed "Let's do this".

They put their scripts down and faced each other.

"Okay" Andy said "Here I go".

He slowly put his hand on her face and stared into her eyes, he then leaned in and placed a kiss on her lips. Both were surprised that they didn't get visions this time, instead they enjoyed the kiss as Andy pulled away.

"Wow" Rachel said with amusement "That was pretty good actually".

"Yeah" he agreed.

"So uh, you wanna practice that again?"

"Yeah sure, let's get this perfect".

So they got into position as Andy put his hands on Rachel's face. He looked into her eyes as he leaned in and kissed her. But after the kiss, they both enjoyed it again as they leaned in and kissed again. They then pulled away with a surprised look, but they leaned in and kissed again, this time Rachel wrapped her arms around him as he pulled her in. They continued to kiss as Andy then lifted her in his arms gripping her by her thighs as he carried her into her room and closed the door.