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Arriving at the castle James and his chaperone disembarked from their steeds. Mr. Smee was doing the usual courtesies with occasional awkward fumbling. James had to give the main a slight smile before seeing his chance to slip away.

After all, a little exploring couldn’t hurt. He had heard mention the girl was in the garden. Of course, he hadn’t counted on how lovely or expansive those gardens may be. “Perhaps this was a bad idea…” The youth said to no one in particular. His eyes however caught side of a beautiful Apple tree. Hungry from the journey, and unable to help himself, James plucked a few apples putting them in his satchel before taking a juicy bite of one.

It was then that a silver glinting caught the corner of his eyeline as he saw a figure in the garden.

Raven's stroll had lead her to the center of the garden which was one of her favorite spots in all of the palace's grounds especially in the springtime when the flowers were fully in bloom. Taking a seat on the stone wall that surrounded a small pond, the princess placed her perfectly manicured finger in the water watching the way it rippled at her touch. There was just something so calm and serene, a far cry from the chaos that had been looming within the palace walls with the staff shuffling about to make her future husbands visit a pleasant one after all, father had told her first impressions were everything. The calmness however was short lived as soon she heard the crunching off footsteps echo from behind her. 

/OOC/ A few mutual on my main account were posting Cutting Edge GIF sets so here is a figure skater!Raven/Hockey Player!Johnny AU/ 

Raven let out a huff as she entered the locker room. All her life she’d been training to become the best of the best only to have her dreams shattered in a flash by one bad day causing her to miss qualifying for the national team by a fraction of a point. All was not lost however as her coaches and parents agreed that she should try out for the pairs division however there was a slight problem. 

“Why am I surrounded by idiots,” she mumbled to herself as she reapplied her lip gloss and thought of the latest failed attempt to find a partner. She wasn’t a diva, she was a perfectionist and if she didn’t have the best partner then she didn’t know how she’d make it against teams that had been together their whole lives. There was one more skater that she was to see this day… Johnny…. 

Rolling her eyes at reading that he was a hockey player she let out another groan. Hockey players might know their way around the ice however Raven thought they lacked technique as well as focus.

Elle rubbed the back of her neck. “I uhm..” She smiled weakly at the stranger. “You formed a bond with him, I get it.” She was gently petting the dog in her arms. “Tell you what… I’m out of town at least once a month..he can come stay with you if you’d like. I also work weird hours so you can come visit him. I’ll even pay you for dog sitting?”

“That's very generous of you but... I can't have the dog with me. I can't have a dog. Where I live, you know. There are, uh, rules about pets?” He was sure he sounded confused, but that was a thing with humans right? He looked he was sure he must not have looked all together well with the way they were looking at him, but he couldn't really help it. “I don't want to invade your house just because of a dog.” Yes he did.

Raven didn’t like being called to Grimm’s office as it usually meant that the headmaster had wished to talk to her about her destiny. Sure, she had agreed to sign the storybook of legends as it meant her friends would have a good life but deep down she’d been glad that the book was a fake and she had longer to buy her time….thankfully the talk wasn’t about the older man finding the real book, he just wanted to commend Raven on her latest home evil-nomics hexam telling her how she’d make a good evil queen yet. Rolling her eyes, she made her way out toward one of the balconies and looked up at the early evening sky where stars were just starting to sparkle.

"I wish that I could have any other destiny but mine," she spoke with a sigh before she re-opened her eyes suddenly feeling a tingling in her hand.

Raven knew that sneaking into the chemythstry classroom after hours wasn’t hexactly forbidden however it was risky just the same as there were no teachers on hand to supervise making sure the student’s followed their labs correctly.

Looking toward her partner Cerise with a shaky hand just moments before, pouring a substance into a beaker as a huge puff of smoke filled the room causing both girls to cough.

Please, let me of not transformed us into hags, she thought to herself thinking about the spell her mother used as a means to disguise herself so she could poison Snow White.