Ever After High: A Christmas Peril

Chapter 2: A Father & Daughter Conversation

Meanwhile, the headmaster was returning to his office. An office that is big as the Throne Room at Ever After High. His chair is a throne which sits on a raised platform, a dais, to give it prominence. He practices his speeches in his office for upcoming events and repeatedly checks all the schedules of classes and events for all his students at Ever After High to attend to. When he arrived back in his office, he saw, waiting in front of his desk was his brother, Giles Grimm and the second son of Mr. Grimm who spends some of his time in the Vault of Lost Tales, a secret library under the school and was pleased to see his big brother once again. "Giles!" Hexclaimed the headmaster. "Is that really you?" "Ah, good morning my brother!" Said Giles cheerfully in his own Grimm style. "It is great to be seeing you once again at this time of year. Besides, I hereby to tell you that someone had already took over your throne for today while you was away."

Headmaster Grimm was in shock of what he had heard. "Oh, really? Who was it? He demanded. "Now now my brother." Giles replied. "I do believe she is here waiting for you to welcome her." "Oh, it's a she?" Asked the headmaster. "Do you really mean...?" "Oh yes!" Said Giles. "I know hexactly what you mean really. Your beloved daughter and the long lost niece of my fairy own, Arthura!" Giles showed his brother that his chair was facing at the big view outside of Ever After High and then turned around to face Headmaster Milton and Giles Grimm. And there they saw in front of them, while reading and writing her personal journal was the headmaster's daughter Arthura Grimm. She was busy writing her journal about her life at Ever After High,  knowing that she will be the new headmistress one day until she turned her attention to her father and uncle so they can see how well she is getting on at Ever After High as the new student, but she looked ever so glum since she lived at Ever After High at the age of two and grew up for years.

"Oh dear," Muttered Giles. "It seems to me she's not like herself as usual and it's not like her at all." "Hmm..." The headmaster agreed. "I think you're right, Giles. Now, Arthura, is there something a matter?" And Giles was right and there was a matter as Arthura told her father everything. "Well, Father, as far as I'm being honest with you and uncle Giles, I'm just glad I can stay with you for today. But sometimes I just felt like I want to go out there to study a lot more further and make lots of new friends who I definitely admire, as much as they heard a lot about of me and I wish they were here with me." Her father and uncle both listened to her carefully. "Well my dear," Said the headmaster "I understand you had been waiting patiently since you started this school three months ago, but it's not always that easy for you to attend there and make lots a new friends."

"That's right." Said Giles. "And as a private student just for now until next year, you are about to embark a great journey as the young observer in the entire school, just to keep a sharp eye on every student who are Royals and Rebels to see how well they are getting on. As long as they are following their individual destinies of course." "Oh yes". Agreed Arthura, as she felt just a bit better. "Although it's not always that easy for me to experience this whole new world that I never been before, but there are locations that I know where to go since my father had showed me the whole on my first day. And of course... well um... do you know what the hard part is for me to do?" Milton and Giles are quite puzzled as they both listened. "What is it my dear?" Asked the headmaster. And Arthura continued "The hard part is to choose what I wanted to be, you know, which either side I'm on I could be either a Royal or a Rebel and that is what's got me questioning about." The headmaster laughed in agreement.

"Oh my daughter," He said. "I think you are much more likely to be a Royal student than we had ever believed in. Your uncle and I were most proud of your time at private school, you had done a lot of SATS and had also passed your hexams to fulfill your destiny." "Hexactly!" Giles said. "Now, just you wait until Miss Baba Yaga shows up with a treat that could make you feel much better." "Oh thank you two so much." Said Arthura cheerfully. Just then, Baba Yaga had arrived with a set of four hot drinks in one disposable takeaway coffee cup tray and she was thrilled to see Headmaster Grimm's lovely daughter for the fairy first time as she walked in with excitement. "My oh my!" She hexclaimed as she gave out one hot drink each for the whole staff group, including Arthura as a treat she had ever got for being a well-mannered young lady as well as a well-behaved student. "How wonderful it is to see the future headmistress of the whole school, just like her father when he was your age."