#raven queen fic

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[captain--sif]

You’re still my destiny

Another year, another Legacy Day. Apple convinced Raven to step up to the podium again. But Apple still has expectations, and Raven still has aspirations. A lot has changed in this year and just as much hasn't. The girls reconcile with what is predestined and with what isn't. 

Fandom: Ever After High Relationships: Apple White / Raven Queen Word count: 3.7k

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They have an evening routine by now and it looks a little like this:

They fight over the use of the bathroom, dirty tricks allowed, even though most nights they end up sharing it anyway.

Apple stays in there longer, following her skincare routine meticulously and without compromise.

When Raven leaves the room, she rolls her eyes, pretending like she’s not about to smile, just as Apple pretends not to see it.

It works for them and she’s not about to threaten this peace between them.

Once under her covers, Apple calls out “Good night, Ravie”, just because she can. Because Raven no longer throws curses her way when she says it. Because they are friends. And Apple has fought so hard for this, so by the Book of Destiny, she’s gonna enjoy it.

Raven sighs but she still throws a “Good night, Apple-nova” her way.

If Apple has to pinpoint her favorite part of the day, this would be it.

She always falls asleep with a smile.

Raven skeptically tilts her head at her reflection. “Don’t you think this crown makes me look too evil?”

Apple had been about to pin up her own hair. She lets it fall back down on her shoulders. She struts over to her friend—  who is she kidding?, her best friend— and takes a look at what she’s wearing.

“If anything, you don’t look evil enough”, she says with a confidence she’s not quite sure she’s feeling.

Sure, she’s confident. And yes, she trusts that today will turn out well. But still, she compensates with a determination that Raven lacks on this day. Apple understands but still, she feels like she needs to be strong for the both of them today. Put on that extra bit of confidence and determination. Remind her that it’ll all be okay. That they’ll be okay.

Raven sighs sadly but proceeds to put on her earrings.

Apple puts her arm around Raven’s waist, careful not to impede her movement or make a crease into Raven’s carefully shaped dress during the hug.

“You can do it!” She reassures her cheerfully. “It will feel a lot shorter than you remember it!”

Apple can see Raven’s lips quirking up for a short second but she’s quick to be back to her former glum expression.

Perfect, Apple thinks, and let the Legacy Day begin anew.

They’re sitting together at this year’s Legacy Day, as it should be. Apple finds, after all, their destinies are very much intertwined.

In front of them are two rows of students that participate in the Legacy Day for the first time this year and Apple can tell that they are nervous too. Some of them look to her as if to confirm that they’re making the right choice in signing their name. She holds her head extra high. Some others are looking to Raven, hesitantly of course. They are all aware of what it means if Raven signs in the book today. Raven set a powerful precedent that needs to be rectified.

Not if Raven signs, Apple reminds herself, when Raven signs.

She looks beside her to the girl in question who is staring blankly to the front where their principal is just about to take the stage.

Gently, she nudges her with her elbow and presents her with an encouraging smile.

Raven doesn’t smile back but her shoulders unclench and when she turns back to the front her stare is no longer blank but filled with a determination that would make most of the student body of Ever After High tremble.

But not Apple White. Because this stare means her destiny is safe.

She is safe. Both of them are.

And she’s waited a year for this.

When Headmaster Grimm announces Raven as the first one to go up, Apple grabs Raven’s hand, effectively stopping her mid-motion.

“I know that you’re nervous”, she explains, “but you’re making the right choice.”

Raven nods. “I know I am.”

Apple lets her hand fall down. She sits back as Raven walks down the aisle.

Raven’s heels click on the stairs up to the stage and Apple holds her breath in anticipation.

Raven’s eyes wander over the audience, lingering for a little longer on Apple, but her gaze doesn’t stay there, not yet. “I’m standing here another year,” she addresses the audience.  “Last year, I made a decision out of my gut. This time I’ve had a whole year to think about it. And think about it, I did.”

“Last year, I destroyed Apple White’s destiny. This year I plan to give it back to her.”

A pleased smile takes hold of Apple’s face.

“Nevertheless, this year again” Raven continues, “My decision is not the one you expect me to take.”

Now her eyes find Apple’s. There’s a sense of foreboding in the air, and a sense of déjà-vu, but Apple is an optimist with unwavering trust in the ones she holds dear and as such, the determination that Raven’s been sporting still feels comforting to her.

“I know you won’t understand” Raven pleads, and there’s no doubt that this address is meant for one person in this room full of people, and one person only. “Last year I had my selfish reasons but let there be no doubt that this year I’m doing it for you.”

And with these words, Raven leaves the stage.

It’s nothing extraordinary, no thunder or lightning, no evil laughing as Raven walks towards the exit; just a room full of people murmuring and chattering, too afraid of Raven’s powers to stop her, and in their midst, Apple: her face even whiter than usual, frozen on the spot at this repeat of events.

“Not again!” she cries once she’s composed herself, her heels clicking on the tile floor as she runs after her roommate, best friend, supposed enemy, and now apparently traitorous witch. Though those aren’t words Apple herself would use.

She curses her choice of footwear that she had been so very proud of just mere minutes ago. She wishes she had at least reacted sooner, so Raven would have less of a lead on her.

Halfway across the way back to the castle Apple finally strips off her shoes, running the rest of the way barefoot.

She arrives in their room, out of breath, but Raven is nowhere to be found. Apple’s eyes fall on the windows that they’ve left wide open earlier and in the distance, Apple can see a dark point moving in between the apple trees of the orchard. Apple has no doubt it’s Raven. She takes a deep breath, lifts up her skirt, and returns to running.

The hallways of the school are mostly empty but the few people that cross her furrow their brows at her sight. It is a funny picture she paints, Apple assumes: Apple White, future queen, fully dressed up on Legacy Day, running through the castle like she’s crazy. It seems like she has been, believing Raven could leave her selfish ideals behind to secure her future.

Apple slows down her speed once the orchard is in her sight and she realizes Raven sat down in between the apple trees.

“Raven!”, she accuses as soon as she’s close enough to be heard, “what was that?”

“I couldn’t do it” Raven replies softly, looking up into Apple’s eyes.

“We’re friends!” Tears start to stream down Apple’s face. “How could you do this to me? Build my hopes up like that? I thought that if we were friends you would see how important this was to me and finally accept your destiny.”

“Is that really what you thought would happen?” Raven replies, sounding sad.

What does Raven have to be sad over? It’s me who just lost her destiny. Again, Apple thinks.

“Taking up my mother’s legacy entails hurting you,” Raven reminds her. “There’s no way in hell I’d let that happen. Let alone do it myself.”

“But you know it won’t be forever,” Apple pleads. “You know that Daring will save me and then we’ll marry and I’ll become queen. You won’t really hurt me. Only temporarily.”

“But do you really want that? Do you even want to marry Daring?”

Apple sinks down next to her.

“It doesn’t matter.” Raven shrugs dejectedly. “It wouldn’t work anyway. I’ve tried poisoning apples but I can’t. You realize that part of the incantation is wanting to hurt the person you plan to give them to?”

Apple swallows.

“I couldn’t do it.”

Raven sighs, brushing dust off her skirt and standing up. “You’re better off without that destiny anyway.”

“And who gave you the right to make that choice for me? I can very much make my own decisions!” Apple cries after her.

Raven nods. “Now you can.”

She leaves and Apple finds herself sitting alone and overdressed in an apple field. How ironic.

This is not how she expected today to go. Raven didn’t live up to the trust Apple put in her for the second time in a row. Apple wonders why she even bothers to be surprised. It’s Raven Queen in all her evil glory. She’s only been showing her true nature that Apple had been aware of since the very first day they met, foiling Apple’s plans and following in her mother’s footsteps by not stepping into her mother’s footsteps. Again, ironic.

Except it’s not. Raven is Apple’s friend. Apple has spent twelve full months making sure that’s what she’d be. And as such Apple knows Raven. Raven dislikes her mother. Raven dislikes doing evil for evil’s sake. Raven dislikes hurting people she cares about. And Apple spent the last twelve months making sure that would apply to her.

So, in all honesty, when it comes to Raven finally signing in the book, is that really what she thought would happen?

Raven was right about what she said. But Apple is a future queen in her own right and as such, she has her pride. It keeps her from going up to their room and talking it out. And it also keeps her from going back to the Legacy Day festivities. She could not live with the pitying looks. Apple White is not to be pitied.

Instead, she stays beneath the apple trees, leaning back and splaying out on the grass. When she extends her arms, her right-hand brushes against a fallen apple. Apple picks it up and contemplates it. Deciding it’s good to eat, she bites into it and imagines the poison getting into her body and spreading through her veins. It’s the closest she’ll ever get to feeling that. She’s got no doubts that Raven will never participate in another Legacy Day ever again.

When she finally makes her way back to their bedroom after wandering barefoot through the by now abandoned hallways of the school, Raven is already lying in bed. Apple knows the signs, she’s not sleeping. And Apple wants to say something, doesn’t want to lose their friendship, even though she knows they’ll never want the same thing, that they are meant to be enemies even.

So she trudges off to the bathroom alone. Stays in there for way longer than needed, follows her skincare routine meticulously and without compromise. It’s the one thing she still has control of. Then she tapers back into the room. Once under the covers, she calls out “Good night, Ravie,” hesitantly and less cheerfully than normal.

Raven sighs, but she still mumbles a “Good night, Apple-nova.”

Despite the events of the day, Apple falls asleep with a smile.

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“Bring them all!” Apple screams out of the window, just as Raven enters their bedroom. “We’re not excluding anyone!”

Somebody screams back from down below but Raven can’t make out what they’re saying. Apple, on the other hand, is sporting her face of concentration and laughing at the reply.

“Don’t worry about it!” She yells back. “Raven can’t hurt a fly!”

“Am I right in assuming you’re inviting the whole school to ‘our’ dorm party?” Raven asks, lifting her eyebrows.

Apple turns towards her and smiles. “Yes, but most of them still don’t believe me that you’re harmless.”

“I’m not harmless!” Raven disagrees. “I choose to do no harm. That’s different.”

Apple laughs.

“For that, I’ll show you.” Raven smirks. "I’m not harmless." She picks up an apple from the basket she’s carrying and throws it in Apple’s direction, aiming for it to closely pass her and sail out the window. Except it doesn’t, because Apple catches it.

“Oh, apples!” She notices delightedly, biting into it.

Raven shakes her head, chuckling. “I picked up a few. Thought you might enjoy having them for tonight.” She picks up one herself, biting into it.

“Thank you,” Apple says as she strides over to her roommate, enveloping her in a short hug around the waist before going off into another corner of the room. When she comes back to Raven she’s carrying a letter. 

Raven notices that Apple looks apologetic and hesitates before explaining: “You received mail from your mother.”

Rage forms in the pit of Raven’s stomach and quickly rises up to form a cloud around her thoughts and vision. Her hands clench, her grip around the apple and the handle of the basket quickly becoming painful.

Don’t let the rage control you, Raven reminds herself, taking a deep breath, slowly putting down the fruit basket. Once her vision is clear again, she also lets go of the apple, cautiously unclenching her hand before putting it down softly on her dressing table.

Then, she straightens her spine again, taking another deep breath to regain her composure.

“Leave it on my bed.” Raven manages to say. “I’ll read it after afternoon classes.”

Apple nods and does as told, gauging her friend’s reaction in the process.

“I’m okay,” Raven reassures her. “Let’s just go to class for now.”

Apple doesn’t dare to object.

There’s a commotion around their dorm room that got the alarm bells in Raven’s brain ringing. She hurries to get inside, just as the nurse that’s standing next to Apple’s bed proclaims: “She was poisoned!”

Freezing on the spot, Raven repeats absentmindedly: “Poisoned?”

Raven sees the looks of the people in the room shift to look at her and she knows what’s coming. She squares her shoulder and tries not to let it get to her. She’s had some practice with that over the last few years. She can ignore it. What matters now is Apple’s well-being and nothing else.

“Did you finally decide to follow your mom and poison her?” she hears someone say across the room. She doesn’t want to know who it is.

She steps towards where Apple is lying across her bed, even more pale than usual. “Can you heal her?” Raven asks the nurse.

“That depends”, the nurse replies. “Does somebody know what the last thing was that she ate?”

Raven looks up to see Briar on the other side of Apple’s bed, her face contorted in the same worry that Raven herself is feeling right now.

“You were here with Apple to decorate for our party, right?” Raven asks her. “Do you remember if she ate anything?”

Briar looks up at the sound, first at Raven, then to the side. Raven follows her line of sight, cataloging her own dressing table and everything that’s on display there. She also takes note that the apple she bit off earlier is no longer there. Wait. Her eyes flit back to Briar.

“You don’t think I could have...?”

The guilty look on Briar’s face is telling enough and Raven gets it. Even if Briar wants to believe Raven is innocent, the combination of her destiny, the last thing that Apple ate being an apple, and her having been poisoned— it makes her look suspicious.

“I can look into a healing charm”, the nurse says, addressing both Briar and Raven, “But a true love’s kiss would be needed if it’s a curse.”

She levels Raven with a serious look. “And considering her destiny, that’s the likeliest option.”

“It wasn’t me, I swear.” Raven tries again, frustration coloring her voice. “I didn’t refuse to take on my legacy twice, only to then poison Apple anyway.”

“Just get her a true love’s kiss,” the nurse orders and then leaves the room.

The other students who surround them start mumbling and scrambling to get Daring to take care of it. Even Raven can’t help but let her eyes wander towards him. He’s destined to save her after all. And he did sign in the Storybook of Legends.

But Raven knows that Apple doesn’t love him. At least not the way she’s supposed to for this to work. And she doesn’t think Daring loves Apple, either. Raven knows enough about him that he’s going to try to fulfill his duty anyway, that he’ll want to fulfill his duty, even if he knows he can’t. And while he doesn’t love her, he still cares for Apple.

Daring is hesitant, but eager to fulfill his destiny and save Apple and so he lets the crowd guide him to her. Briar, Raven, as well as the rest of the students in the room, watch him raptly as he leans over the sleeping girl and presses his lips down on hers.

He leans back, but nothing happens. Apple still lies unconscious and motionless among the covers on her king-size bed.

Raven looks down on the ground, pinching her nose. She didn’t expect anything else, but still, this turn of events will fall back on her.

Across from her, Daring is panicking. “Why is she not waking up?” He’s turning his eyes away from Apple and once he perceives Raven, he accuses her: “This is your fault. By not taking on your legacy you’ve also messed with ours. Apple is lost now.” He lets himself fall back into the cushions of the armchair in the corner of the room.

Raven would be tempted to agree with him if she didn’t know that it wouldn’t have worked either way. And to a certain degree, messing with Apple’s legacy was even the point. The point was for Apple not to have to go through what she’s currently going through. And if it spared both Apple and Daring the misfortune of being stuck in a marriage they’ve long been less enthusiastic about than they should be? Then that’s good too, they both deserve better than that. She just hopes that Daring comes around to see that one day as well. Just as she hopes Apple does.

If she wakes up.

When she wakes up?

Raven goes to sit down on her own bed, watching and observing the other people in her room. They may have put out the option of this situation being her fault but are paying her no mind now. It’s calming to realize that her being evil is just an option now, and no longer the only considered option.

Raven continues to look over at Apple, and so do the others, but Apple still doesn’t budge a centimeter. Slowly, people start to leave: first the people that don’t know her that well, and at last Daring and Briar.

Some of them even say goodbye to Raven.

“Take care of her,” Briar tells her, and Daring nods in her direction. They’re okay.

But once the two of them leave, Raven is alone in their bedroom with the unconscious Apple.

It’s weird.

The party is called off, obviously, so Raven goes to bed early.

No fight over the bathroom.

No good-natured eye-rolling over Apple’s antics.

And Apple is quiet. Oh so quiet.

Raven already misses it.

She throws a “Goodnight, Apple-nova” her way anyway.

The morning is quiet in a way that is unsettling.

Raven gets up and checks on Apple before she enters the bathroom to get ready.

Still pale. Still unmoving.

She still has some time before classes start and so she drags the armchair over to Apple’s bed, sitting down next to her for the few minutes that she still has remaining.

“I’m sorry,” Raven says, “I thought if I didn’t sign I could prevent this from happening. Seems like all of my efforts were moot after all. Your signing might have been enough to seal both of our fates.” 

“And isn’t that ironic?” Raven cautiously grabs Apple’s hand that is closest to her and engulfs it in her own. “That after over a year of you berating me for deciding both of our fates, it is actually your decision that takes away our agency in the matter.”

Raven sighs but takes up Apple’s hand to rest her forehead against it.

“I’m sorry, Apple” she moves her head to press her lips on the back of Apple’s hand for a second. “I really wish I could’ve spared you this.”

She guides Apple’s hand back to the bed but keeps it in her palm for a second longer while getting up and getting ready to leave. Finally, she lets go of Apple’s hand.

But there’s pressure around it now and Raven finds herself unable to let go. Then Apple starts coughing and Raven can’t help but fall back into the armchair.

Then she thinks better of it and gets up again. “If you let me go I’ll get you a cup of water.”

“No,” Apple says, gripping her tighter. “Stay.”

Once Apple stops coughing she leans back into her pillows. “This is not how I imagined this to happen.”

“I didn’t imagine this to happen at all,” Raven admits, then smirks sadly. “But at least you got your poisoned apple.”

Apple lets out a chuckle which quickly devolves into a cough. Before Raven can rush to get her a nurse, she finds her footing again.

“You’re not the one supposed to wake me up.” Apple says.

“I’m also not supposed to poison you on accident and look how that turned out.”

Apple smiles at that and draws Raven’s hand closer to her, intertwining their fingers. Raven is quiet.

Then: “It’s kind of fitting, looking at the last year as a whole.”

Apple chuckles, this time more softly and without falling into a coughing fit: “After all the time I stressed about me not getting my destiny it turns out you’re still my destiny, just not the way I expected.”

Raven laughs at that. “I’m still your destiny. Just not your enemy.”

Apple smiles and lifts Raven’s hand to her lips.

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[kyasemi]

There was literally NO REASON to draw attention to Raven’s hand grabbing Apple’s wrist other than it was clearly intentional to bring your attention to it and let you know that it’s actually happening.

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Why did no one tell me this moment also existed?!!!!!

[athena-xox]

I’m going on a cruise so I’m downloading a whole bunch of eah fics

These are the ones I’ve downloaded already. I’ve alr read them but they might have updates so I figured why not download every single one I’ve subscribed to.

Anyways, does anyone have any recommendations for eah fics on the longer side that aren’t on this list? Because I’m betting I’ll only get 2 hours max of reading out of all of these and I’m gone ten days

[froggywentaprincin]

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[direwolfrules]

Oh my fairy godmother I am so happy you are post about Ever After High!!! Do you have any fanfic or au ideas involving them? Like, what if one character had another destiny or what if they were in the Star Wars universe?! It’s just interesting to think about!

Hey! Glad to see we share another fandom interest!

So, I have this barebones post for what I would have done as a crossover between g1 Monster High and Ever After High.

As for general fanfic ideas I have a few. I shall now list them in varying levels of detail:

1. A Very Charming Groundhog Day Year:

Basically, the Charming siblings time loop back from a bit after Dragon Games but before Epic Winter to the day before the school year started (the day of the Family Ball in the books). While it would be kinda angsty, the best time loop fics are usually crack fics, and this would be no exception (if I ever wrote any of these things).

So Daring, Dexter, and Darling are all initially in states of panic and anxiety. Daring, he was in the middle of a quarter-life crisis and now has to deal with everyone and their fairy godmother thinking he's Apple's Prince Charming.

"Daring Charming, more like Distressed Charming, am I right?"-- Dexter, who should get to exhibit asshole little brother energy more often, as a treat.

Speaking of Dexter, he's panicking cause of all the awful stuff that's going to happen during the school year and also because now he has to go through the nerve-racking ordeal of asking out the girl he likes all over again.

Darling's in hell because everyone and their fairy godmother expect her to be this perfect little damsel, again, which is just- ugh. There are days she wishes she could carry her sword around with her, and they're most days. Also, she never got to talk to Apple about their True Love's CPR, which is just tragic.

The loops go on for a while, some constants in them include: Darling freeing herself and helping little Good-Enough Charming get one of their grandfather's trophies for the scavenger hunt, Dexter and Darling teaming up to kill the changeling and free cousin Charity (sometimes Daring helps but he's content to let his siblings have fun for once), Darling accidentally on purpose flirting with Apple and Apple experiencing several degrees of gay panic, Dexter fumbling asking out Raven for the first time (he's really such a dork, just a funky dude), and the Charming Siblings teaming up to make Milton Grimm's life a living hell.

In one loop they secretly film him playing with his toy unicorns and his action figure of himself and they hijack Blondie's mirrorcast to play it to the entire school.

After several loops a Monster High crossover happens, and so in every loop after that the Charming sibs, who have grown incredibly gremlin-like after experiencing the insanity of the school several dozen times, make sure to drop monster slang when it's just them and Cupid. Like:

Darling: "Wow, Cupid, that top looks clawsome."

Daring: "Totally, it's freaky fierce."

Cupid: "What?!"

Darling: "That top looks nice on you. Anyway, we gotta run."

Dexter: "Yeah, see you later ghoulfriend!"

I have some other half-baked ideas for this one but it'd probably be it's own post.

2. Murdoch Mysteries-ish AU:

This one makes no sense if you've never watched the hit Canadian Detective Show, Murdoch Mysteries. Or maybe it makes some sense, idk. Instead of a modern AU, we have a 1895 detective AU. It's barely an idea, I have no idea if I'd even keep this in the fantasy setting of (an 1895) Ever After or not.

Dexter is the Detective William Murdoch of this AU, the man with no game and beautiful blue eyes who women keep inexplicably falling in love with. He's observant and a little strange but he's also a brilliant detective. One of the major differences though is Dexter is the disowned son of old money parents.

Raven's the Dr. Julia Ogden, the outspoken, independent, and compassionate coroner helping solve cases and being amazing. Her rich, controlling mother doesn't much approve of her life choices but old Mrs. Queen can suck it. Raven and Detective Charming have a clearly mutual attraction but they're both hesitant to act on it cause what's a romance without a good slow-burn.

Hopper's the Constable George Crabtree of this AU. Listen, the everyday George matches Hopper's human side, and writer George matches Hopper's frog side. I will not elaborate, because I really cannot. Just feel the vibes, cause the words aren't coming.

I'm not 100% sure who'd be the Inspector Brackenreid. Part of me kinda wants to make it Professor Badwolf, and then I could make Milton Grimm the asshole commissioner. Coach Gingerbreadman is the Inspector of Station 5, the rivals of Station 4.

Daring is heir to the Charming family fortune. Golden boy, everyone loves him, wants more than anything to be able to talk to his little brother in public, but their parents would disown him as well if he stepped out of line.

Apple is one of Raven's housemates at Sisters boarding house, run by Bella and Brutta Sister. She was once courted by Daring, it was at the point where people were expecting an engagement announcement any day. That's when they suddenly broke it off, with no explanation (the explanation is Daring's in love with another girl and Apple's in love with his sister). Snow White and her husband barely agreed to let her move into the boarding house, I honestly have no clue how Apple managed to pull that off but good for her.

Idk, Darling's a vigilante. She's got the same deductive genius as Dexter, she just doesn't have the same ability to join the police force. Inspector Badwolf is tired of his cops being outdone by the mysterious White Knight (yeah, yeah, I made Darling into Victorian-era Batman). Couldn't the White Knight patrol Station 5's territory? (The answer is no, because Darling really wants to catch a glimpse of her twin and also because Sisters Boarding house is in Station 4's territory and sometimes she likes to secretly crash with her girlfriend).

3. The Destiny Cycle AU (AKA: Ever After High but the Rebel Movement is an actual Rebellion AU):

What it says on the tin. Raven discovers the book is fake before Legacy Day. Her and Dexter, who in this AU is believed to be Ashlynn's future Prince Charming because someone made a good post about the potential dynamics that could cause and I love it, set out to uncover what other secrets those in charge are hiding.

Basically, in this AU Ever After is a dystopia where the Royal Families tied the survival of their dynasties' rule to their stories. Like, magically tied them. The Fates themselves have been bound by the magic of the Destiny Cycle. Ever After's Destiny-bound citizens are forced to repeat the same stories as their ancestors, all because Happily Ever After doesn't include a revolt or the institution of democracy. All stories are repeated as a precaution against anyone figuring out what the ancestors of the Royal Families did.

Taking some inspiration from the SDCC Raven Queen doll's letter from her mother, the Evil Queen discovered the truth about the Destiny Cycle, said "not my kid you bastards", and proceeded to try to break the Cycle's bonds. Her taking over other stories and cursing Wonderland was an attempt to stretch the probability bonds of the Destiny Cycle's magic to the breaking point.

Stuff's gonna go down and basically these kids know time is running out until there's a war, cause the only way to avoid being offered up as a lamb to the slaughter is to overthrow the whole system.

God, I really gotta make this into it's own post as well now. But here's a basic rundown of some stuff I'd include:

Dexter and Raven being young and in love and just all the secret romance feels

Snow White knows about the Destiny Cycle, but Apple absolutely does not know.

Apple being born blonde is a sign that the Evil Queen's schemes loosened the grip of the Destiny Cycle, at least for a moment.

Ashlynn, Hunter, Dexter, and Raven as secret rebel leaders.

The backgrounders will have actual roles dammit! (Looking at you Lawrence Bonecrusher III, aka Orc Boy).

An exploration of artificial Destiny Cycle "True Love" vs. real True Love, featuring Apple, Daring, and Darling.

C.A. Cupid, sent by her godly family to infiltrate Ever After and cure it of the Destiny Cycle, because it's interfering in the domains of the gods.

A unique Monster High crossover idea that I will elaborate on in another post.

These children absolutely end up having to kill someone and it scars them forever.

As for different destinies AUs or Star Wars AUs, I haven't really given them much thought.

I think, in a Star Wars setting (possibly Old Republic?), Raven would be a Jedi padawan descended from a long line of Sith. Instead of Mirror Prison, her mom is dead and her Force Ghost is bound to a giant, mirrorlike piece of kyber crystal. Uh, not 100% sure who her master would be.

Darling would also be a Jedi padawan, and Maid Marian would be her Master. Maid Marian gets into custody battles over this kid with this old Jedi Watchman known only as The White Knight. She'd still have her time-slowing hair flip, in this AU it's just a unique way of activating the Force Slow ability.

[kittycheshired]

finally posted the fic where raven got poisoned instead of apple in dragon games!!

we up!!

[coincasual]

more lazy doodles! raven!!

[blorbologist]

I'm currently not watching four-sided dive, but can I just say

"Orym was around 4-5 when Vax came to visit Zephrah in the year off."

!! SO MY HUNCH WAS RIGHT!!

[xxcherrycherixx]

the girls gather in the dragon stables where legend has just laid her eggs, holly scrolls through Dragonpedia to find out more about the eggs and how to hatch them "Dragonpedia says, in the wild, mothers lay their eggs near active volcanoes to warm them until they hatch. Apparently, it takes years." the girls beside her exclaim their excitement about the babies. meanwhile cupid keeps her eyes on the nest, ever since legend finally pushed them out she has felt a strange urge.

raven stands " I could cast a spell to keep the-" her words get cut off as cupid in a daze pushes past her and on top of the nest, making sure to be gentle and not damage the delicate shells beneath her. "what the hex" mira says with a frown, the other girls look confused at the scene before them "um cupid? what are you doing?" the girl ignores them, resting satisfied upon the eggs and cooing quietly to them as if they can hear her. when apple reaches towards her, cupid swipes her hand ready to scratch the girl. apple pulls her hand back just in time and she stands back shocked at the display of aggression. the girls try to figure out whats wrong with their friend and eventually head to the school to ask one of the more knowledgeable teachers. baba yaga and giles grimm follow the group into the stables where cupid still rests, a couple other students had also followed upon hearing about the dragon eggs being there. baba yaga and giles study the girls odd behavior, and still look perplexed as the give their opinions

"she's being very territorial over the unhatched eggs, treating them as her own. but i have no clue what is causing this behavior, i sense no magic affecting her" baba yaga explains, giles strokes his chin in thought and studies her mannerisms. "hmm this behavior feels familiar, but i cant quite wrap my head around how it could be what i theorize." raven speaks up "what do you think it could be?" the older man continues to study the pink haired girl " do any of you know who ms.cupids parents are?" apple speaks up "apparently she was adopted by her father as a baby, that's all we know" giles hums "so her biological parentage is unknown. madam yaga, i need you to collect a couple books from under the school. one is ' The Great book of cryptozoology' and another is 'The Complete guide to transformation magic'" baba yaga nods and heads off to collect them.

the students confer with each otherwhile they wait, the newly joined ones share their excitement over the babies, blondie lockes records an impromptu mirrorcast announcing their arrival and awkwardly giggles after her roommate swats at her for bringing the camera too close. the others still share their concerns with eachother and mira sits in the corner frustrated that her plan is being postponed.

eventually baba yaga returns with the two books, giles thanks her and skips to a specific page in the transformation book "miss yaga may i ask you to perform this spell for me?" the older woman reads out the incantation and everyone watches in wonder as cupid's form changes before their eyes. "just as i had thought, her behavior was reminiscent of a bone elemental." he opens the book of cryptozoology and shares the page on elementals "bone elementals are beings specifically designed to watch over and raise dragon eggs as the mothers will usually hibernate until after the dragons are born. they will usually continue to help rear the hatchlings until they are ready to leave the nest" the students huddle in and read over the page "it would seem that your friend is one of these beings, and its just her natural instincts kicking in"

apple looks concerned over at cupid "but dragons take years to hatch, will she have to stay here the entire time?" giles considers the worry and consults the book " it seems that these beings grow more attached the longer they sit on the eggs, she has thankfully only been on them for a short time so its likely we could remove her from the eggs and keep them apart to stop her attempting to hatch them again." raven considers the option "but she's lashing out at anyone who comes near, how would we move her?"

mira groans, having enough of this boring drama. she levitates the girl off and heats the eggs like she had planned, yells erupt out. "mira! what was that for?!" raven yells, mira shrugs dropping cupid onto the ground "the issue was that she wouldn't leave until they hatch, so i thought i would speed up the hatching process." all the students seem confused until the sound of cracking catches their attention, slowly the baby dragons poke their little bodies out of the shells and the room watches amazed. as the babies appear cupid rushes over to each one and begins the process of cleaning remaining shell pieces off and showing them love, baba yaga turns to mira "young lady, that was a show of power. where exactly did you learn this?" mira waves the question off "i learnt it when i was getting home schooled, my parents paid for really good tutors" the witch stays slightly suspicious but lets the matter go for now, all of the students gather in awe at the cute hatchlings. thankfully now that they are no longer eggs, the possibility of having your eyes scratched out for getting too close is not an issue.

apple moves over to cupid as the baby dragons explore the stables and bother legend as the mother dragon tries to get some much needed rest "are you ok now? it was a bit concerning watching you turn on us like that" cupid laughs, her eyes keeping track of the little ones "i feel better, i have never had this actually happen before. i had a friend tell me about my kind and she mentioned how were meant to be nannies, but i didn't think it was something that would take over me like that." apple nods and looks over the other girls appearance "why did you never tell us that you were a different species, we thought you were a cherub" cupid scratches at her arm, self conscious "i thought it would be best to let you guys see me that way, i don't exactly fit in like this." apple frowns and squeezes the other girls hands "we would have accepted you, we're your friends, you didn't have to hide like that." cupid smiles finally turning her attention to the other girl "thanks apple" the moment is cut short when she notices a hatchling trip over, she rushes to the small creature and checks it over.

apple giggles and walks over "it seems that the instincts aren't entirely out of your system yet" cupid laughs embarrassed "not quite"

the teachers head back to the main building leaving the students to be with the dragons, blondie records another live mirrorcast updating the school on the birth of the dragons. not long after more students come by to see them and soon enough the stable is filled with people, the change makes cupids head feel a bit woozy as she tries to keep track of the young dragons through the crowd but thankfully a couple of the girls offer their help in keeping watch, lowering the elementals stress slightly. she trusts her friends to keep the babies safe.

[catofadifferentcolor]

Terrible Fic Idea #72: Game of Thrones, but make it Ptolemaic

There's something fascinating about the way the Ptolemys took over Egypt following the death of Alexander the Great - sure, anyone can conquer, but it takes an interesting mind to look around for ways to legitimate their rule and fall on sibling marriage as the solution. Yes, it was common among certain royal dynasties, but the Macedonian Greeks, from whom the Ptolemys descended, despised it. I would love a snapshot into how that first sibling marriage came to be.

It was this in mind I stumbled upon the idea for my next terrible fic idea: What if Jon and Robb were not of age with each other?

Aka: The Weirwood Queen Fic

Just imagine it:

Everything follows canon, with two exceptions: 1) Lyanna dies giving birth to a daughter at the Tower of Joy. Ned names the girl after their favorite Great-Aunt, Jocelyn; and 2) Catelyn loses the child she conceives on her wedding night.

(Robb is still born, but his birth date and the birth dates of all the other Stark children are pushed back two years.)

Now, it is one thing to return from war with a bastard when your wife has just given birth to a legitimate heir; it is quite another thing to return from war with a bastard after she miscarried. For this reason Ned choses to pass Jocelyn off as his brother Brandon's bastard daughter with Ashara Dayne.

Jocelyn's childhood is similar in many ways to canon, but not. Without her "twin" or any trueborn siblings to draw attention away, most of the castle dotes on young Jocelyn. Even once her cousins are born, Jocelyn remains the oldest of the lot, filled with the confidence that a child only has when they know they are loved. She loves her cousins in turn, but with the age gap they're never quite as close as canon, and she's more nursemaid for the younger ones than a playmate.

Catleyn, of course, loathes her, and begs for her to be sent away - which she eventually is. But instead of sending Jocelyn to the Silent Sisters, or across the sea, or marrying her off to a loyal man-at-arms stationed on the edge of Stark lands... Ned accepts widowed Rickard Karstark's offer for Jocelyn's hand. He's a loyal bannerman whose family has often wed Stark bastards and was notorious for his care and devotion to his first wife. It is the best Ned can do for her.

And so Jocelyn becomes the second Lady Karstark, which is awkward, as her stepsons are quite a bit older than her and her stepdaughter Alys is only six months younger, but Jocelyn thrives as a lady of a Northern House. Her husband is kind enough and largely allows her to run the house as she will, which is as best as she could have hoped for in a marriage.

By the time King Robert rides north two years later than canon, Jocelyn has given birth to a son, Brandon, and is pregnant with a daughter, Lyanna.

Canon continues apace, if somewhat delayed. Ned becomes hand of the king and loses his head. The North rises up, names Robb King in the North... and Rickard's sons Torrhen and Edward are killed by Jaime Lannister, for which Rickard kills two hostages. Robb still choses to execute Rickard Karstark.

Meanwhile, Jocelyn has been rallying forces to take Winterfell back from the Greyjoy's in the North. She succeeds, only to learn within the week that her cousin has made her a widow.

Jocelyn quietly rages. She'd never loved her husband, but she'd been fond of him. It's the hypocrisy that gets her most - because the Starks have always put family first, but she's known from the beginning that some family counts more than others, otherwise Ned would have never killed her uncle Arthur, or led her mother Ashara to throw herself off a tower, or allowed his son to think it fitting to kill her husband while they knew Jocelyn was preparing to take back his home for him.

And so what you have is Jocelyn continuing to rule Winterfell in her cousin's name but largely acting on her own, never outright ignoring Robb's commands while he's still alive but following the letter rather than the spirit of the order.

This continues for some time, with Jocelyn Queen of the North in all but name after the Red Wedding - holding off the Boltons and the Greyjoys - and gaining the respect of the North.

Into this enter Bran (as played by the Three-Eyed Raven) and baby Rickon.

After four or five years of playing Regent for Sansa, still held hostage in King's Landing, the last thing Jocelyn wants to do is give up power to her thirteen year of cousin who 1) spent the last five years beyond the Wall, letting her do all the hard work of ruling and 2) has no idea what the political situation is in the North. Most of the Northern lords feel similarly and insist Bran and Jocelyn wed, if only so Jocelyn can continue what she's been doing while Bran learns the ropes.

Jocelyn is even less happy about this, but goes along with it in name only, sleeping in a separate part of the castle.

This goes on for about two years, Bran making all sorts of subtle attempts to undermine Jocelyn's rule that - if they'd succeeded - would only have destabilized the North. Jocelyn is gearing up to have him declared addled by his trip beyond the Wall when she catches Bran - or, rather, the Three-Eyed Raven - trying to jump ship into Jocelyn's son seven-year-old son, Brandon Karstark, who with his Targaryen and Stark blood would make a better host.

Explaining to her bannermen just why she murdered her second husband is a challenge, but the evidence - that he was trying to kill her son - is rather irrefutable. Unfortunately, it leaves her in the same position as before, this time having to marry her her ten-year-old cousin Rickon to continue ruling the North.

Through all of this, it should be clear Jocelyn is doing this less out of desire for personal power - though there is a glimmer of that, especially when certain lords demand she give up her regency to man - then desire to stabilize the North. Ned and Robb had gone south, and it had nearly cost the North everything. All Jocelyn wants to do is keep the madness consuming the south from infecting the North too.

Meanwhile, Daenerys and Young Griff have joined forces in Essos, married, and begun their reconquest of Westeros. Amid the chaos, they succeed brilliantly.

They leave the North for last, attempt to replay the submission of Torrhen, but in a much weaker position than The Conqueror was - they have dragons, but winter is setting in and their martial might is largely exhausted by a decade of warfare. Regardless, Jocelyn tells Rickon to bend the knee, realizing the North can't survive on its own for long. For this they get many concessions - a break in taxes, the title of Prince of the North, and the betrothal of the Dany and Young Griff's son and daughter to Jocelyn's children Lyanna and Brandon Karstark respectively.

Jocelyn continues to rule the North, largely without the input of her third husband, who after his majority largely spends his time in Dany and Young Griff's ongoing military campaigns - putting down rebellions throughout their empire, pirates in the Stepstones, and the like - until he is killed crossing a river in Essos. The title of Prince of the North falls to Jocelyn's son, Brandon Karstark, who drops the Kar from his name and rules well - with the help of his mother.

Bonuses include: 1) Jocelyn never expressing anything other than familial fondness for any of her husbands, never sleeping with the second two, and largely being presented as an aromantic asexual who because of societal expectations forces herself to try to have romantic/sexual feelings for her first husband, fails, and then keeps her second two firmly in the baby cousins category; 2) An exploration of family dynamics in Westeros - specifically, what it means to be on the outside looking in as a bastard and knowing that your uncle and cousin don't seem to count the death of your mother, mother's brother, or husband as kinslaying, and being a woman allowed to hold the reins of power while the men are away and being expected to turn everything over to the first male claimant who shows up after you've done all the hard work; 3) The Three-Eyed Raven putting on a masterclass of how to be subtly creepy enough to cause everyone around him to think they're imagining things, when in reality it's worse than they imagined, and having been working even beyond the Wall to help bring about the Targaryen Restoration; 4) No one ever suspecting Jocelyn as being Rhaegar's daughter, and historians using the Valeryian looks her children have with their Targaryen spouses as proof Young Griff was really Prince Aegon; and 5) An exploration of the North, its traditions, and its religion, with Jocelyn somewhat inadvertently bringing about a revival of the last two through her desire to Damnatio Memoriae her late and unlamented Aunt Catelyn.

And that's all I have. I suppose its not as ptolemaic as it could be, but I was thinking of Cleopatra VII and her marriages to her two younger brothers as I wrote it, so. As always, feel free to adopt this plot bunny, just link back if you ever do anything with it.

Other Jon Snow Headcanons: Aelor the Accursed | Aegon the Adopted | Aegon the Undying | Aegon the Unyielding | Aemon the Adventurous | Baelor the Brave | Bastard of Winterfell | Daemon the Destroyer | Daena the Dreamer | Daeron the Desired | Dyanna the Defiant | Elia the Magnificent | Jon the Fair | Jon Whitefyre | King of the Ashes | Lady Arryn | Lady Baratheon | Lady Lannister | Lady Stark | Lord of the Dance | Maekar the Maester | People's Queen | Prince Consort | Prince of Summerhall | Queen Mother | Queen of Nightingales | Red Queen | Rhaegar the Righteous | River Queen | Shiera Snowbird | Visneya the Victorious | Weirwood Queen | Wolf Queen

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[testiclesmcgee]

Oh yeah i never posted this but heres fanart for rarepairmochis fic dishes and cuttlery yum or whateva

[hexed-padlock]

fic idea? astarion x tav where tav is a warlock of the raven queen. not a cleric of kelemvor, but a warlock of the raven queen. shes manic over he hatred for sentient undead, and tav echoes their patron’s sentiment after a lich devastated their home town.

they’ve become a renown undead hunter, maybe even worked with Wyll at some point. anyway, Tav is a force to be reckoned with, and severely hates undead.

cue meeting Astarion : its only by matter of needing allies that he isnt staked immediately. Tav can barely hear their patron’s whispers because of the tadpole, and spending weeks to months on the road with Astarion seemed to further weaken their Queen’s hold on them. The two grow closer as Astarion opens up about his past, and it leaves Tav horrified. He’s a vampire, yes, but he’s a victim as much as they are. Seen as a monster by the rest of the world and shunned by the gods themselves, Astarion was forced into slavery as a thrall and dehumanized for centuries. Before ever becoming undead, there were people behind those souls. Tav suddenly realizes things aren’t so black and white.

It’s only as they enter the Shadow-cursed Lands that Tav is suddenly wrestled back into their Queen’s hands. The Shadows pour out of the darkness, not to harm, but to present an old friend: their Sentinel, a beautiful raven borne of shadows; an envoy of the Raven Queen and the guardian spirit of Tav. It’s in these lands that Tav’s secret is unveiled: they are the Chosen of the Raven Queen. The very same monster hunter thats slain countless vampires before.

Their Queen’s hold over them tightens, and their Hexblade is forged from Tav’s agony, crying out for undead blood. In this land cursed with shadows, the Goddess of Death and Fate demands their Chosen obey her call: “Slay those who seek to cast off the chains of fate. Purge those who selfishly keep their souls away from Death.”

She will not lose her favorite Sword again.

[ellekhen]

Hand, Hearth, and Home

Chapter 44 - Look for the Light

Chapter Summary: Church has a tense first meeting with He Who Was and the Raven Queen. They entrust him with a first task (or is it a test?) and it seems he has little choice in the matter. Before Astarion can get any answers out of the warlock, their party runs into another group of mysterious fighters — along with a whole lot more trouble amid the shadows.

Featuring @the-cutest-deviant’s OC, Evael! ✨

Pairing(s): Astarion x Male Tav (Main); Past OC x Male Tav Rating: Explicit Length: 213K+ words; Chapters 44/65

Excerpt below:

The pale raven alights upon a tree before them. It peers down at the adventurers with an unnerving intelligence even beyond a typical corvid. When the raven opens its beak, its voice once again has that oddly velvety and resonant quality to it.

“Oh Church of the Hearth…” the raven calls down to them in Common. “Will you not take my child up on his task?”

“You mean your task?” Church retorts. 

The raven chuckles, pointing its beak significantly up towards where He Who Was no doubt still awaits them. 

“Naughty boy,” the bird coos. “His mind has been addled by the curse. He seeks selfish vengeance, and in due time he will need a reminder of his place. But for now… I will let him have his fun, and you will help him.”

“Will I, now?” Church replies, unimpressed. 

“Yes,” the raven lilts. “It is not an order — it is a premonition. I simply know you. I know that your anger and grief boils at the sight and stories of these lands. I know you will crave justice for the Selûnites slaughtered here. I know you will go to that tavern to find the missing piece — all because you can’t help yourself, child. 

“And that is what I love about you. For all intents and purposes you should not be here in this world, and yet are here leaving such… monumental impressions in your wake.”

That strange, ethereal giggle spills out of its beak. “I will enjoy having you in my collection. Soon.”

Church keeps his face impassive, although his heart…

“Oh yes, your heart, your heart!” the raven caws ardently. “You will follow it to the bitter end, won’t you?”

Church hears Astarion quietly knock an arrow. 

“Don’t!” the warlock thinks sharply at him. 

“What?” Astarion replies indignantly. 

“I want to know what she means,” Church says. 

“I watch you,” the Raven Queen whispers excitedly, the raven hunched down and shifting restlessly upon its perch. “I watch you eat. Sleep. Drink. Fight.

“And he will be there, too,” she adds, tilting her head at the scowling Astarion. “Oh yes. ‘I will eat you up.’ Delicious, delicious!”

“So, why exactly are we talking to a fucking bird?” Astarion interjects indignantly. “Why are we humoring this at all?”

“You cannot hide anymore, ‘sweet boy,’” the Raven Queen croons. “I know your face. I know your heart. I know…”

She gasps. 

“…o-oh, such heartbreak,” she whispers. “And I will witness it all.”

“That’s enough,” Church says coldly. “You can look all you want, but I will not be yours.”

“By the end of this week, you will beg to be,” the Raven Queen croaks forebodingly. “I will wait for you on the other side, child.”

Start from the beginning

[rebelcharmings]

when you find an eah modern au fic of apple moving into raven's apartment and you eagerly read it bc it was also tagged with dexter/raven AND daring/lizzie and its going well, the characters in a modern setting are portrayed so well and its funny and then BAM! only one chapter released and it was last updated in 2015