Heroes

Princess Devin didn't come to Royal Academy for fame, glory, or a crown. All she's ever wanted is to be a Magical Creature Caretaker. Just when Devin gets up the courage to ask about following her passion, disaster strikes. The evil Rumplestiltskin and Alva cast a curse that nearly destroys Enchantasia, a new villain is on the rise, and the students of Royal Academy find they now have to share their castle with the delinquents from the notorious Fairy Tale Reform School. Devin feels stuck―how can she think about going her own way when her kingdom clearly needs her now more than ever?

Taking place after the Battle of Rumplestiltskin, with much of FTRS in shambles, Royal Academy must house some of their sister school's students--which doesn't go over as well as one would hope! Devin, desperate to start her career as a Magical Creature Caretaker, wants to head out into the world, but with fear about another villain attack looming, she must stay put at RA, where she finds herself at odds with a new student...

All we know so far:

The girl on the left of the cover is Anna, not Gilly. She was sentenced to Fairy Tale Reform School at the end of CURSED due to her partnership with Rumpelstiltskin. However, Fairy Tale Reform School is in shambles (as said in the discription), therefore FTRS students are housed at Royal Academy (RA), where Anna meets Devin and her friends!

Since Headmistress Olivina was exposed to all of Enchantasia of her evil plans to rule Enchantasia, we are yet to discover who the new Headmistress or Headmaster is (personally, I’m rooting for Snow!).

As far as we know, our beloved FTRS crew will not be main characters since they “graduated” the reform school program. They WILL however be taking day time classes so they can still spend time together. There is a possibility that they will make a small appearance in HEROES, but not for certain. Jen Calonita DID say (and I quote), “there will be a guest appearance.” We’re all probably rooting for Gilly, but to be honest, I would be excited to have any member of the FLUNKED FIVE (thanks for the name, Gilly 2 😉) appear even slightly in HEROES!

We’ll have to wait until October 5th... So far, yet SO CLOSE! The wait will be worth it 😉

Summary (INCLUDES SPOILERS)
It was a dark and stormy night - Scratch that. It was actually a bright, sunny day at Royal Academy when Headmistress Snow (yay for the promotion!) was talking to Devin and her crew abou “Operation Royal Refresher”. It was time for them to make the public feel safer with all the villain threats going on. But Devin had different plans. All she wanted to do was leave Royal Academy and go to Nottingham School for Nature and Wild Beasts! Unfortunately for Devin, that just did not seem like an option.

Pause with the summary; I’m feeling a bit parched, you? How about we take a trip down to the Underground for a stop at Charmed, I’m Sure! And while we’re here, I bet we’ll find Devin and her friends grabbing a charmoccino. Wait, what’s that I see? Multiple species in the charmiccino line? But only humans can be royal! What? You don’t have to be royal to attend Royal Academy anymore!? Wow, Snow and Pierce have been making some changes around here! While everyone is enjoying their delicious drink and making their magical wishes, Devin confesses her desire to go to Nottingham to Heath.

Moving on from that, it’s time to celebrate the new changes at RA! Here, you can find tons of reporters writing down everything, Emerson Emet in every corner (why do I imagine the line from Just Can’t Wait To Be King that goes “Everybody look left! Everybody look right! Everywhere you look there’s...EMERSON EMET!”), Devin talking to Headmaster Pierce (yay for the promotion!) about her dislike of her title. Oh, but quiet down now because Snow is about to give a speech! Wait, what’s that? Is something wrong with Snow? She appears to be waffling! OH NO Snow just fell over!

“ROYAL ACADEMY SECURITY 3000 ACTIVATED! DANGER! DANGER! DANGER!”

The princesses have vanished! Princess Rose is the only one left, broadcasting live to Royal Academy to let the students know that Rumpelstiltskin and Alva have attacked FTRS. The world of Enchantasia is being wiped away as we know it! Run! Save yourselves! (Ope- getting caught up in the summary)

Devin and her friends retreated to the Royal Underground, along with most of the school, and spent 10 days living in pop-up castles down there in newly post-curse life. (Okay, I get that it’s scary and all, but doesn’t it sound fun to be living in a tiny house inside a mall with your closest friends!?) Oh, look alive! Snow has an announcement!

What!? They’re starting school again! Oh wait, there’s more...WHAT!? They will be sharing buildings with the Fairy Tale Reform School kids!? *fangirls sooooo hard* (honestly, a little jealous of those RA kids right now) Uh oh, looks like they’re not to happy about this arrangement…

An instant disdain is started on both sides the second they first lay eyes on each other. There is an obvious gap between the two groups as half of them shout “Royal brats” and the other “Villains” (can you guys who’s who?).

Snow has another announcement! To make room for more core classes, they need to get rid of a few electives. But wasn’t creature caretaking an elective? No! That’s what Devin lives for! When Devin runs up to Snow to complain, she finds herself at odds with another student complaining to Harlow (THE EVIL QUEEN!!! Yay the crossovers!). It’s an FTRS student.

Anna Cobbler, by the name (yes, Gilly’s little sister!!!), and Devin and Anna don’t seem to see eye to eye at first. They are quickly paired roommates after making definite enemies out of each other. Good luck telling your roommates about this one, Devin…(I soooo wish I were one of their roommates)

Looky here, the FTRS kids are coming! Anna arrives, showing off a little skill nobody ever noticed before (did Anna just speak bearded dragon?). Her and all their roommates don’t really seem to get along, and Anna just doesn’t seem to care. She is clearly much different from how she was at the beginning of the FTRS series...Through Devin’s desperate attempts to get her parents to take her out of RA and put her in Nottingham School for Nature and Wild Beasts, she always ends up finding that she needs to stay put.

But that’s okay, because after today, everyone is gonna be friends! Right? At least, that’s what all the professors are hoping to accomplish through the Charmed to Meet You mixer they have planned. But, as predictable, the two schools are standing on opposite ends of the field, crossing their arms and glaring at each other. Devin is encouraged to join in to encourage other people to join in as well! After a while, everyone starts to get the hang of it and have a good time! But when Devin overhears a conversation between Anna and Tara in the corn-maze, she starts to fear that something serious is wrong with Tara…

Nevermind that for now. It’s time for a magic carpet race! Two teams take off, Devin on one and Anna on the other. Until Devin hears a strange voice and notices Anna hears it as well. It’s asking for help. Anna does what she can to chase it down while Devin is just straight up confused! That’s when she notices it’s a gargoyle asking for someone to save their baby! But how could Devin hear it? Only villains can hear evil animals, and gargoyles were certainly evil, right!? Well, Anna could hear it as well, and she was doing everything she could to help.

''BANG! BOOM!'' Their carpets go crashing to the ground and Anna couldn’t save them. To make matters worse, Devin is now trying to convince everyone that she didn’t hear them. This causes more of a rift between the two girls.

Unfortunately, they now know they have to spend even more time together. They were both given an animal class at Fairy Tale Reform School, led by the new teacher, Princess Dragonfly (anyone else suspicious about this one?). However, in the middle of class, Devin catches Anna sneaking out! What could she be doing? This could be her ticket to prove that Anna is a villain (Devin, how dare you!). Devin decides to follow Anna only to find that she is feeding the baby gargoyles!

(I’ll finish the summary later, I gotta go now!)