Epilogue

Myrtle sat at her old desk in her classroom with a stack off papers and a red pen. She made a mental note never to have Adora substitute for her again. The walls were now a tie-dye color with inconsistent patterns. It looked like a clown vomited paint all over the walls. When Myrtle questioned her on this, Adora claimed the room needed more color, but she could not decide which one so she painted them all. Myrtle planned to have the walls painted black. Perhaps that would intimidate the children.

Myrtle heard a knock on the door and replied, "Come in."

"Welcome back," Casey said with a smile as he closed the door behind him. "It's… uh, good to see you again."

"Thanks," Myrtle responded offering a small smile in return. "It's good to be back… I guess."

Her eyes briefly pointed at the stack of papers.

"I see," Casey commented. "Your friend left you a lot of work."

"Well, she did attempt to grade all these papers," Myrtle grumbled, with her hand on her head, exasperated, "but apparently no one explained to her how our grading system works." She held up one paper. "For instance, this one, she just wrote the letter, T. I don't know what that means."

"Terrific?" Casey suggested with a shrug.

"I suppose," Myrtle agreed with a sigh. "All she did on the actual paper was circle a sentence and write a question mark… I guess I'll give it a B-minus."

"I guess it must be hard for a fairy to adjust to living in the modern world," Casey pointed out, quietly.

"It didn't take me that long," Myrtle muttered until what he said struck her. "Wait… how… why do you know that?"

When Casey didn't immediately answer, Myrtle stood up. "Aria! It must be Aria. I'm going to have a talk with her. She can't just tell everyone."

"Wait," Casey said, grabbing her arm. "She was only trying to help you."

Myrtle raised her eyebrow. "Why would telling you about my true nature help me?"

The Science teacher looked down and muttered, "She thought maybe true-loves kiss would wake you up from whatever frozen spell you were under."

"Really…" Myrtle uttered, feeling suddenly light-headed. She then rolled her eyes. "Well, Aria's been in that world long enough to know that true-love's kiss wouldn't work on frozen people."

Casey remained quiet for a moment and then stepped towards the door. "Well, if you ever need anything or just want to talk…"

"You said something about getting coffee some time ago, didn't you," Myrtle cut in. When he nodded, she added, "Let's go now. I can use a boost."

Casey smiled. "That sounds good."

xXx

The lights flashed and the music softened as everyone gathered around the stage, anxiously awaiting who will be the next Junior Prom King and Queen. The boys were lined up on one side of the stage and the girls the other. Mr. Evans did the honor of making the announcement. However, first he chose to give a speech on the meaning of king and queen.

Vanessa huffed and rolled her eyes. "Seriously? I just want this to be over."

"A king to most is a symbol of leadership," Mr. Evans went on with passion, loosing the attention of the audience. "To others, he is a symbol of power and strength, and a representative of their lands."

"Oh my god," Vanessa grumbled.

Kendal could not help but chuckle. "I feel like this is the most we've learned from him since he came to Sheerwood."

"Is this going to a new tradition for this school?" Lacey wondered aloud.

"If that's the case, I'm never attending a Prom or any other dance here again," Vanessa stated with grit.

Kendal sighed and pointed out, "I'm sure after this, they'll probably pick a different announcer next year."

"A queen," Mr. Evans continued. "Now a queen…"

Mr. Conner tapped him on the shoulder and whispered something in his ear.

"Oh, okay." Mr. Evans went back to the microphone. "Mr. Conner here tells me you only wish to know the winners. Well then, here we go." He pulled out the name of one of the envelopes. "This years Prom King is… Ian Harris!"

Everyone applauded and cheered out with enthusiasm. Vanessa and Kendal looked at one another. Neither appeared surprised, as Ian was always quite popular.

Vanessa leaned over and whispered to Kendal, "Are you two back together yet?"

"I'm not sure," Kendal said. "We really have a lot to talk about. After all, I did choose a kingdom over him and he did try giving me an ultimatum so…"

Vanessa sighed. "I tried telling him ultimatums have bad karma… though I think I said it too late…"

Kendal did not answer as the clapping died down.

"Now, for this year's Prom Queen," Mr. Evans continued, "The Fairest in all of Sheerwood…

"You're not going to slip me a poison apple if I win, are you?" Vanessa asked with a grin.

Kendal rolled her eyes but smiled. "Ha ha."

Mr. Evans announced, "The winner is… Lacey Goodman!"

"Thank god it's not me," Vanessa said, relieved.

"Wow, you really didn't want it," Kendal commented, walking over to hug the new Prom Queen. "Congratulations, Lacey!"

"I don't believe it," Lacey said. "I really thought it would be you, Kendal."

Kendal shook her head. "Nah, I didn't really do anything. You were the one that made your own posters and made booths with little treats to get support. You actually worked for it. You deserve the win."

Lacey hugged her once again before walking over to the front stage to take her crown.

"Are you upset you didn't get it?" Vanessa asked.

Kendal shook her head. "A couple years ago I would have been but now it doesn't feel as important after all we've been through. Besides, I actually feel like our classmates got it right with their votes. Lacey was the one that really wanted it and she's always kind and generous to everyone."

"Yeah, you're right," Vanessa agreed. "In that case, I'm glad it was her too."

The moment the music started back up and the Prom King and Queen started their dance, Vanessa and Kendal walked down the stage and met up with Aria, Derek and Walter.

"So you're not going offer Lacey a poison apple since she won, right?" Derek asked Kendal with a grin.

Kendal rolled her eyes. "Seriously, that joke needs to stop."

Walter walked over to Vanessa and asked, "So since you didn't want to win, would it be appropriate if I said congratulations."

"Yes," Vanessa said with a laugh. "I am so relieved right now."

Kendal looked over to Aria and asked her, "So do you know if everything is okay in the other world now?"

Aria sighed. "Adora says there's still some work to be done but for the most part everything seems back to normal. She also gave me a long lecture about the consequences of crossing worlds all the time. She basically implied we should try to avoid it if we can."

"Fine by me," Vanessa said with s shrug. "I wasn't planning on making a trip there anytime soon."

Aria remained quiet for a moment as Derek put his arm around her.

Kendal raised her eyebrow. "There's something else, isn't there."

Aria nodded. "Adora also said if I don't ever become Queen of Galatia, it might just mess up the story there permanently."

For a moment, the young princess tilted her head down before finishing with what everyone seemed to expect, "I've told her and my parents that after senior year I will move to Galatia permanently and someday be queen."

The End

A/N: This will likely be the last full-length novel in my Crossover series. I do have a few ideas for future stories that I may eventually put it. It will likely be a compilation of short stories unless I develop the ideas more later on. The 3 stories I plan to go into are, Peter Pan, Little Mermaid, and Alice and Wonderland. Thank you all, for your continued support and I hope everyone enjoyed this series!