Crossover

Epilogue

Epilogue

    “Aria!” Elizabeth called as the doorbell rang. “Vanessa’s here. Are you ready?”

    “Almost,” Aria answered, standing by the mirror fixing her hair, which had been dyed black by a color rinse. Apparently rinses worked since they were temporary but she had a feeling if she tried a permanent color, it would not last. “Could you send her up here, please?”

    Tonight, the girls planned to go to Sheerwood High’s Halloween dance. A couple weeks ago, it was agreed that Aria would remain in this world to finish high school and visit Galatia during the holidays and sometimes weekends. After that, she will move to the kingdom to begin her training to rule and visit her friends and family in Norfolk on occasion. It seemed like the best solution for her situation.

    Vanessa entered Aria’s bedroom and asked, “So, what do you think of my fairy costume?”

    She looked over to her best friend, dressed in a shimmering light orange gown. Vanessa’s cheeks sparkled in glitter and she held a bronzed plastic wand.   

    “You look absolutely dazzling!” Aria answered.

    Vanessa’s face fell when she saw what Aria decided to be. “Really, Aria, you’re going to be the witch?”

    “Technically, I’m an evil fairy,” Aria clarified as she tied her choker around her neck. “Besides, I am saving my princess dress for the Homecoming dance. That way I won’t have to buy one next month.”

    Vanessa shook her head. “I still can’t believe you took Myrtle’s choker.”

    Aria put her fingers upon the tiny black stone she wore around her neck. “I’m not stealing, I’m just borrowing. Besides, it’s not as if she’ll be back for it any time soon.”

    “Are you going to take the wand?” Vanessa asked, eagerly.

    Aria looked at her and raised her eyebrow. “Really, you are concerned about me stealing a harmless necklace, but you want me to take some magical device we don’t even know how to use?”

    Vanessa shrugged. “Well, whatever consequences we face from that will be more worth it.”

    Aria sighed knowing just where this would lead. “Okay, for the one millionth time, we are not using magic to put warts on Kendal’s face, or make her hair fall out, or whatever else you suggested.”

    “How about just one wart?” Vanessa tried, holding her finger up.

    “No.” Aria then turned around to look at her and asked, “Do you remember in Harry Potter when Ron tried to curse Malfoy to make him spit out slugs, or something gross, but then the spell backfired on him. Well, since we are inexperienced with magic, something like that could happen to you if you try to curse Kendal.”

    Vanessa let out a huff. “I guess since you put it that way. I don’t really want to risk warts popping up all over my face.”

    Aria let out a relieved sigh the matter was finally dropped even though part of her felt a fraction of her friend’s disappointment. This would have been a good way to get Kendal back for the gum incident, but Aria knew she was not that kind of person.

xXx

    When the girls arrived to the school’s gym, they observed what their classmates decided to be. There were only a handful of actual scary costumes. Most students chose to dress as popular fictional characters, rather skanky devil or angel costume, or the most common, celebrities. Aria noticed Karin Wales wore regular clothes, but the second she noticed her skin was drenched in glitter from head to toe, she could only conclude, Twilight vampire.