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Then the fire extinguished and Timon fell to his knees. Silence descended the crowd. Rhian swiftly stood up, laughed, and was about to say something clearly not good.
"Were not finished."
Luckily, it was interrupted. Rhian looked down to find who had spoken and found Fala.
"That was nine, we have a tenth."
"Who?" Rhian asked even though he knew the answer already.
"Me," stated Fala.
He didn’t take a single step to the stage and stayed still. Then his face began to change. His skin tanning. His hair grew wilder and shined as bright as gold. There he stood staring at Rhian as he turned into an exact copy of him. Before Rhian could do anything, Fala had already split into half. And formed whole again. Then split. Then Whole. Split. Whole. Split. Whole. As clones of the Good School Master multiplied so did the Evers’ attention. Then just as fast as he multiplied, all the clones morphed back into one. One that paled in an instant. Whose hair curled and turned black. Then the one who stood there was no long Rhian but Hook.
"Blimey," Hook exhaled as he looked at himself.
As soon as that word left his lips, the form changed yet again. Now it was half Rhian and half hook. Then vice versa with Hook on the left half and Rhian on the right. Then another switch. Then another. With each switch becoming faster and faster. Soon, only haze can be seen. Then something rose from that haze. A man with alabaster skin and frost-white hair as sharp as spikes.
The Never's stunned at the sight. Their School Master was back, no, he's been here all along. Right at their side. They watched as their School Master soared into the air. Above the Ever's. Above the Never's. Flicking the Pirate Captain's hat. He soared and landed on the balcony, in front of Rhian.
Rhian didn’t move. No, He couldn’t move. His face as pale as his brothers. As a hand reached for his chest and pulled a golden glow from him. Wistfully forming it into a flower and offering it to him. He tried to receive it, yet it disintegrated with a single touch of his finger. Rhian gasped at the sight but once he looked up no one was there. He stood up and quickly looked at the stage. There Rafal stood watching the audience.
"Rafal," Rhian exhaled.
"No." Rafal looked up at him and pointed his finger. "Only Fala, Fala, Fala." He playfully sang as Rhian's body turned translucent and his organs were revealed. Everyone was stunned at what was done to the Good School Master.
But no one could be more stunned and devastated than Rhian himself as he slowly realized what he had done. A tear left Rhian's eye.
"A circus which I wasn’t consulted of," he stated loud enough to be heard by everyone. "An unlocking of finger glows of only one side. Which not only me but also Dean Humburg was not informed of." He looked each Ever in the eye, one by one. Then he looks at the Pirate Captain then Hook. Finally, he stared at Rhian. His twin. His Good brother.
Then he sighed, he looked at them with a glint in his eye, "How good you've been these past few days."
***
In Evil’s castle, everyone stood silently in the middle of the hall as their school master stood in front of them. Silent. They had feared this man, rejected him as the school master and tried to kill him. Yet, it was he who united them in the end as Fala. All the Never’s confused and contemplating at what they should think of the school master now. Then the silence was broken.
“I made a mistake.”
Everyone stared at the man who said such a thing. A man who looked as if he has never committed a mistake in his life.
“These past few days, I realized just how great your potential is and yet I didn’t give them a chance to bloom. Now I know that in your eyes you all felt like pests in my company. You felt unwanted in this school.”
Rafal stared at them with his chest held high. “I am proud of you.”
All the Never’s were shocked. Words they never expected to hear in their whole lives have just been said.
“You have gone through a lot and didn’t give up in the face of Good’s winning streak. You persevered as you became rulers under Vulcan’s rule and fell and became prisoners in mine.
From now on, the curriculum will be revised. I will make sure to awaken all your talents and not waste your potential. So, continue to stand tall as a Never.”
When Rafal finished his speech, it was met with silence. Ah. He thought. Fala was gone and all that is back is the school master they detested and feared. He wore a bitter smile. Betrayed by his brother and now this. But suddenly the room was in an uproar. Everyone screamed, howled, and clapped as if they’d won a war.
Rafal’s eye widened. He couldn’t understand why they were like this.
“Sir, was it all true?”
Rafal turned to the voice as the hall went back to silence.
“Were all the things you did truly you back then?” asked Timon.
“As Fala?” Rafal inquired.
The students one by one nodded.
“I see.”
All the students tensed as they awaited his answer. Unbeknownst to Rafal, his answer will determine what will happen to the future of Evil.
“Everything I did was me, all the things I did were real not an act. Well except for my name being Fala of Good,” he replied.
The whole room went into cheers. Rafal still couldn’t understand what had caused this but somewhere in his heart he was relieved because it was the first time in his rule that he had seen Evil like this.