art ever after

Briar goes to the party and helps her crew finish setting up (Hopper, Cupid, Melody, Ginger, Maddie, Blondie, Dex, Humphrey, Meeshell, Farrah)

it’s an orchard star party so it was fruit and star themed! Briar had organized it to show off the botany classes’ year/semester long fruit creation project and to help out her friends’ small businesses!

the party attendees eat the cakes and goodies, all fruit themed (and some were made with/served along side other students’ fruit projects), and many crafted by Ginger Breadhouse! Maddie Hatter agreed to make a special fruit blend of wonderland tea (when consumed it tasted like lemons and blueberry zapples!), and the music was provided by dual dj’s of the night, Melody and Cupid! Briar had asked Blondie to get good coverage of the night, so Humphrey and Dex (and Meeshell, who accompanied Humphrey) as well as Blondie herself, walked around interviewing attendees and getting good party b roll.

apple shows up exactly on time, others arrive, faybelle is the last to get there, both fashionably and rudely late. when faybelle arrived briar noticed she was acting weirdly. but faybelle insisted she was acting normally and went off to talk to some of the other general villainy students in a huff of sparkles and iridescent blue. Briar tried to blow it off, the night wasn’t over yet, and she still had a lot to do.

the party was roaring! and it was only 11:58. as the distant bell towers began to to toll, Melody and Cupid cut the music, Briar was at the mic. Faybelle watched from the back of the crowd.

“How we doing ever after!!” the crowd cheered, “We have one final surprise for you all tonight! As a special appreciation to the students who worked so hard on their projects,” a small, but bright cheer emerged, Briar laughed and waved, “and for all of the encouragement and support we got from our friends for all of those late lab night lattes!” Faybelle felt her pulse quicken.

“Late night lattes? who was she..” Faybelles thoughts were haunted by the sickly sweet scent of apples. Apple. the curse.. Curses! She had been so focused on club-snubbing Briar that she forgot to watch and see if she had given Apple the apple. Faybelle scanned the crowd nervously. Blonde after blonde, where was that short little- there!! Apple was jumping up and down near the front, waving and shouting. Faybelle rolled her eyes. Farrah was on the stage now waving her wand and saying something-

suddenly the entire orchard was filled with a luminous thick blue smoke. it sparkled and swirled, and smelled like blue razzberries. Faybelle coughed, she had never grown used to the taste and smell of good fairy magic, or really anyone else’s magic besides her own.

once the cloud of magical blue razzberry dust cleared- everyone looked down to find their clothes changed into twinkling, sparkling, gem encrusted and fruit themed versions of what they were before! the crowd erupted with cheer as Farrah daintily wiped sweat from her brow and curtsied. With that, the music began again, and the party continued on.

Farrah’s enchantment did more than level up everyone’s clothes- it also replenished all of the snacks and beverages! Briar made a mental note to give her a big gift later, maybe an enchanted spa set to help her relax after performing so much magic. She would have to ask Faybelle.. Briar looked around for the faerie but couldn’t see her. Briar sighed. Faybelle was supposed to meet up with Briar before the party to help show up, and she was two hours late! Briar smiled and waved to a group of people who were thanking her for the party. She headed off the stage and was greeted by a tinkling laugh and a warm hug. Briar looked down onto a cascade of shining light blonde curls, Apple. The friends embraced.

“Oh! Apple!” Briar held her out at arms length, “I made something for you!” Apples red lips formed a surprised O shape.

“A gift! For me? Why, Briar Beauty, you are such a charmer!” Apple giggled and twirled her skirts, “Do I finally get to see what you’ve been working on in such secret?!” Briar clapped her hands gleefully and darted behind the stage, emerging only moments later with a transparent gift box, wrapped in deep red velvet ribbons. Briar began to pull the ribbon, Apple’s eyes gleamed.

just a thought… so like Briar.. as a botanist?

she takes/records classes so she can learn about plants

(briar in my au is cursed to make a plant monster, like the one in the show inside the big book, from whatever plant she pricks her finger on)

so she can be aware of what plants to avoid being too near, avoiding creating a monster and passing out

and also so she can have ways to defeat them scientifically written down and in her purse, if someone should find her and be able to complete the “herbicide” and defeat the monster, thus waking her

and during the class they are assigned the task of creating a new fruit? naturally briar chose an apple, in respect to her bffa, apple!

she set to work all semester on creating the perfect Apple apple. and after much trial and some err, she makes a new kind of apple for apple!

it’s gold speckled and yellowish white, it tastes like sparkling apple soda, the leaves of the little shrubby trees they grew on were edged with gold. the apples also only grew one at a time, and only one seed from each apple could be germinated. the apple also turned a slight blush pink if kept in the sun too long, and when that happened it has more of a sparkling strawberry rhubarb flavor.

Briar grew a perfect Apple apple, and set it in glass to keep it safe until she could give it to apple at an orchard party!

Faybelle happened to stop by and Briar had fallen asleep, they hadn’t been able to hang out as much in the past few weeks due to Briars extended botany labs. which was fine, Faybelle thought to herself. she knew she couldn’t… or rather shouldn’t be jealous of plants. Besides! they were going to hang out at Briar’s orchard party in just a few hours and- Faybelles stomach rumbled.

she looked around for a snack, a sparkle of gold caught her eye. in a glass dome in front of sleeping briar, sat a delicious looking white apple. she eyed the glimmering apple with hunger… just a bite wouldn’t hurt, would it? after all, she’s her favorite person! Briar had never let Faybelle try one of her special fruit experiments- she had been keeping her fruit experiments a bit of a secret, and secrets between girlfriends was one thing Faybelle could not stand.

Faybelles stomach rumbled again. maybe just one bite… then i can just enchant it while again! Faybelle did a happy little dance, confident in her self convincing. she carefully lifted the glass and carefully grabbed the apple. it was cool to the touch, and shimmered in the soft fairy candle light. her eyes gleamed, and she took a big juicy greedy bite. the juice was sweet and carbonated, a slight strawberry aftertaste mixed with the apple juice and created an explosion of sweet flavors!

suddenly, Briar shifted in her sleep- it was then Faybelle saw what she was sleeping on, a special card, hand drawn, with Apple’s name on it in big stupid golden letters. “Apple’s shining apple, a gift for my favorite person! A special apple for my special Apple! i hope you enjoy the orchard party! love ever after, Briar.” suddenly the flavors did not taste so sweet. Faybelle felt… Faybelle wasn’t sure how she felt. but it wasn’t good. Apple. “tch, always apple with you” she glared at Briars soft pink and brown waves. Faybelle put the apple back into its glass dome, she then began to chant:

“apple shining golden white

glitter glimmer with dancing light

sleepless dreaming, slowing breath

heartbeat sounding close to death

til adoration, true and pure

heart full given to endure

and lastly, not to miss

seal their fate with true loves kiss”

the cheerhex compete- the apple went through a sort or transformation during the cheer, shimmering and glowing with a bright red, as if hot and lit by flame, and then it cooled, settling back to looking plump, white, and golden glittering- just in time for Briar to stir and wake, but Faybelle was already gone, closing the door ever so softly behind herself.

Briar, after waking from her nap and not knowing her apple was now cursed/enchanted, placed her special apple into its glass gift box and wrapped it in some de-thorned vines and flowers. now that the gift was ready, it was time for briar to get ready!

she chose some white pumps with pink bottoms, pale green lace socks over sheer sparkling tights and a denim half pleated skirt. She wore her long thorn belt and put on one of her moms vintage ivory colored silk sleeping tops with a dark green mesh top underneath. She went for a dusky pink eye with heavy lashes and lots of shimmer, hi lighting her inner eye with a bright green. Her cheek and lip colors echoed each other and she added her usual gloss. Her hair was in her usual style, and she wore her favorite tiara shades. She looked at herself in the mirror, satisfied with her styling. her mirror phone chimed- just in time.

progress from the stream!!

a high school Lisa Simpson!!