At the School of Good, the children of princes and princesses attended, while at the School of Evil the children of villains went. Every time a school year ended and a new generation was about to enter, they chose the famous Readers—girls from the outside world picked to take part in the schools so they could create their own fairy-tale stories. This time, you and your friends Agatha and Sophie were chosen. You ended up at the School of Good with Agatha and Sophie at the School of Evil. Those at the School of Good were always called that because they believed in happily ever after; those at the School of Evil were called that because they never believed in it.

But Sophie wanted to be good, and you wanted to go back home to your family. The only way for that to happen was for your enemy to get a true love’s kiss so she could transfer to the School of Good, and for you to return home. So you two made a plan, and now you were in the dining hall talking about it.

Later in one class they made you wear a dress, and you were there waiting for Tedros to show up because it was another lesson in the enchanted forest and other things to learn. Then he arrived and you looked at him.