Chapter 1 : Embarrassed

A/N: to anyone reading this her is the awaited sequel to the boy in the woods. Hope you all enjoy. Please leave me a review letting me know your thoughts. As always read/review/fav/follow. Now on with the story.

Raven had just gotten woken up by her best friend Kori, after a short conversation about her dream of the green boy, Raven had gotten up and out of bed, she went to the Garderobe (medieval toilet) to relieve herself and to get dressed for the day ahead.

She was informed that prince Damian of the infinity island was here to see her. Raven didn't particularly like prince Damian, he was arrogant and self-absorbed.

In truth prince Damian didn't like Princess Raven either she always kept to herself and she barely ever spoke. In short, she was creepy in his opinion never engaging in any activities or showing any interest in his hobbies like hunting or fighting. Prince Damian was the best hunter on his island.

Raven made it to the throne room moments later.

"About time you arrived" complained prince Damian, "I've stepped on insects that move faster than you".

"you'll do well to hold your tongue in my presence" spat Raven.

"Your status means nothing to me; I am a prince" retorted Damian.

"True" shot Raven, "but you are my guest".

"Correction I am you fathers guest" replied Damian; "I have no interest in this union, our fathers are the ones who want us to marry".

"Your insufferable" complained Raven.

"I am not fond of you either" spat Damian, "your negative aura is legendary, witch".

Raven seethed at that last comment; "I am not a witch" she shouted.

The rest of the day passed miserably for both Raven and Damian; the vile insults didn't help anyone.

Prince Tim saw the exchanges of the two through out the day. He felt bad for Princess Raven, his younger brother Damian was cruel, and he had to deal with it daily. He couldn't imagine any princess putting up with that.

Both Prince Tim and Prince Damian shared a room while they were guests at Gotham castle, much to Damian's disgust, he hated his adopted brother.

"You should be more pleasant and accommodating to your future bride" scolded Tim.

"Mind your own business Drake" shot Damian, "I'll treat my betrothed anyway I please, once I'm king she will submit to me".

"What are you planning" asked Tim concerned for Ravens safety?

"None of your business" shot Damian.

The next morning was Ravens birthday she turned nineteen, and her wedding to Prince Damien was in three weeks at the end of the month.

Prince Damian was to give Raven her wedding present at her party that evening. The cruel prince had his own personal jester or fool to entertain him, much to prince Tim's dismay, He hated them. He just couldn't understand why anyone would want to degrade and embarrass themselves or others for the sake of entertainment.

Perhaps it was because Tim wasn't born a prince, he was adopted after being found wandering alone in shock on a battlefield that killed his parents and left his village in ruins.

Morning finally came and Raven was feeling especially cheerful, it was her birthday after all, and to top it off she had dreamed about the green boy again for the fourth time that week.

Raven couldn't wait for her birthday ball later that night, all of her friends would be there.

Kori had helped set everything up with King Wayne and the Arc wizard. Even Richard and Victor had helped.

The only thing she wasn't looking forward to was Prince Damian from the island kingdom of the Infinity Islands.

After the horrible day she had yesterday with Prince Damian she didn't even want to look at him. she shuddered at the thought of marrying him at the end of the month, but she knew that she had to.

He was her suitor; she had scared all the others off in the neighboring kingdoms and her father insisted she marry Prince Damian without any trouble.

Raven loved her father and realized she was becoming a woman now and it was time for her to settle down. So reluctantly she agreed to the marriage.

As much as Raven hated Prince Damian, she didn't have any problems with his brother Prince Tim. In fact she liked Prince Tim and King Ra's.

both of them had showed her nothing but kindness.

Prince Tim was growing up to be a good man.

Even though he was two years younger than her, Raven would rather marry Prince Tim than Prince Damian. But she couldn't because Prince Damian was the legitimate heir to the throne even thought he was a year younger than Tim and three years younger than Raven.

Prince Damian sat in his room for most of the morning thinking of how to make Raven's birthday party one she would never forget when suddenly a thought came to him.

"You there guard" Damian spat to Richard.

After helping with preparations for Raven's ball later that night King Wayne asked Richard to act as a guard for the foreign princes until they had to get ready for the ball.

"Yes", replied Richard flatly?

"Make yourself useful and bring me my fool" said Damian condescendingly.

"I am not your servant" spat Richard, "but I will have Alfred retrieve him for you". And with that Richard left to speak with Alfred.

Moments later Richard returned along with Damian's personal fool. "Guard leave us" said Damian. Richard grit his teeth but left the room anyway.

"Fool get over here" shouted Damian.

"Yes you highness" cowered the Jester.

"You will be tonight's entertainer, make it a night Raven will never forget" said Damian.

"How so" asked the Jester?

"Humiliate her" spat Damian cruelly, "make sure she never speaks to me like that again". "By the end of the night she will know her place".

"Yes, you highness" replied the jester.

The rest of the day passed by slowly when it was time for the party to start Raven couldn't contain her happiness. Raven wore a beautiful sparkling dark blue ball gown a small smile never leaving her face.

All the guests had finally arrived and were mingling around the grand ball room.

As a formality Raven as well as prince Damian and prince Tim waited in a room on a balcony overlooking the room for the two kings to kings to emerge on a higher balcony and announce the official start of the ball.

Prince Tim's Job was to step out onto the balcony after the two kings announcement and announce the arrival of prince Raven and prince Damian the couple of the future of the two kingdoms.

"Greetings citizens of Gotham" called King Wayne stepping out onto the higher balcony.

"Greetings citizens of the infinity islands" announced Ra's standing next to king Wayne.

"It is an honor and a privilege to have our allies from islands gathered her with us to celebrate my daughter, and your royal princess Raven's birthday".

"The honor is ours" replied King Ra's shaking King Wayne's hand.

"Now let the festivities officially begin" both kings said in unison.

"You're up Tim" said Raven excitedly.

"I won't disappoint you princess" Replied Tim with a wink.

"Ugh just get out there Drake" spat Damian in disgust.

"May I have everyone's attention please" shouted Tim stepping onto the balcony. Every eye turned to him. "I am prince Timothy of the Infinity Islands and it is my pleasure to announce the arrivalyou're your beloved princess now let's have a round of applause for our Birthday girl Princess Raven and her betrothed Prince Damian, the future of our two kingdoms united".

A roar of applause and cheers erupted from the ball room as Raven and Damian stepped out onto the balcony arm in arm.

a small smile plastered on Ravens face, while Damian remained impassive.

"Let's just get this over with" Damian whispered displeasingly to Raven while they both waved to the crowd.

"You can at least try to have fun" whispered Raven back.

"Oh I will" replied Damian mischievously.

the next thirty minutes of the ball were amazing for Raven she managed to ditch Damian and even catch up with her friends.

Her father even came down to enjoy the festivities.

"Your dress looks beautiful" said Kori.

"Thank you" replied Raven.

All of a sudden, a jester came out of nowhere. "Oh I agree" said the jester mockingly "although a bit to flashy for Prince Damian don't you think"? "Maybe something a little less ambitious" the jester continued to mock loudly generating onlookers.

Raven scowled at the fool.

"Aww don't cry" mocked the jester making a crying motion with his hands, "it's only entertainment".

King Wayne noticed the jester talking to Raven and was confused. "What is that Jester doing here" he asked King Ra's?

"I'm not sure" the island king replied, "perhaps just a bit of fun".

"Perhaps" replied King Wayne skeptically.

"Attention" shouted the king "it is time for our princess and her betrothed's first dance".

Everybody moved to the sides of the ball room making way for the "couple" to take the center of the floor.

"Just don't step on my feet" whispered Damian smugly.

Raven was nervous, she didn't know how to dance.

As they slow danced Raven did end up stepping on Damian's feet several times.

After a few moments the rest of the crowd joined the couple on the floor.

Again the jester appeared out of nowhere. "Hey everyone" he shouted "look at princess Raven, perhaps we should call her princess Ostrich" shouted the fool kicking his feet out wildly mocking Ravens dancing.

Raven's face turned scarlet red with embarrassment and anger with tears streaming down her face, as the entire crowd save for her friends and the two kings erupted in laughter. Even Prince Damian mocked her.

Raven left the room for a few moments to collect herself.

When Raven reentered the ball room her father announced it was time for her to open gifts.

"In honor of their upcoming wedding it is only right for Raven to receive her gift from my son prince Damian first" proclaimed King Ra's.

"A fine idea" proclaimed Damian handing Raven a small package beautifully wrapped.

Raven ripped the Beautiful paper revealing a box underneath. Gently she opened the box and what she saw inside horrified her.

"What is this" she screamed at Damian pulling a crude looking necklace made of bones with blood on it from the box, her voice raising a few octaves in the process.

"A fitting gift for a witch" shouted Damian in disgust.

Two fools came out of nowhere this time. "You know what happens to witches don't you" shouted one of the fools putting his hands behind his back and his legs together.

The whole room fell silent.

The second fool pulled out a long stick and put it in between the first fools arms behind his back.

"Burned at the stake" shouted the first fool, screaming in mock pain.

"What's wrong" asked the second fool, "not having fun"? "Oh I know maybe it's women problems" the fools said reaching into his trousers. A moment later a red liquid dripped down his leg.

The crowd collectively gasped.

Raven ran out of the room to the gardens sobbing uncontrollably, she had never felt so embarrassed in her entire life. The garden was the one place Raven went when she was upset. Somehow it soothed her.

The entire kingdom shook at the released power from her grief, as she screamed in anger, hurt, and embarrassment.

The two kings were furious, but neither of them compared to the anger of the Arc wizard. The sky outside turned dark immediately.

Green blasts of lightning struck the all across countryside, the flash could be seen across the whole country, and the thunder that accompanied it shook the castle to its very foundations as bricks even cracked due to the pressure and windows shattered.

The combined power of Raven and the Arc wizard shook the whole kingdom to its core, the sheer force threatened to tear the whole kingdom apart.

Everyone inside the castle cowered in fear at the combined power.

"ALEGAR STOP"! "YOU AND RAVEN MUST STOP"! "WE ARE ALL IN DANGER" shouted King Wayne.

A few moments later all the power the Arc wizard was controlling faded, which left Ravens power which was still raging and causing massive amounts of destruction.

"Kori, Victor, Richard, we need Raven to calm down".

"On it" replied the trio.

"well handle things in here" shouted king Wayne.

"Yes, we will" shouted Ra's, furious with his son.

The trio then left to find Raven.

"DAMIAN" shouted Ra's "WHAT WAS THE MEANING OF ALL THIS"?

"You see, she's a witch" retorted Damian, "she doesn't deserve to be a princess, she deserves to be burned at the stake". "I refuse to marry a witch, IT'S HERESY, WHY CANT YOU SEE THAT" shouted Damian getting worked up. "She could kill us all". "We need to kill her before she kills us".

"ENOUGH"! Shouted king Ra's. "Damian you are hereby stripped of your succession to the throne for crimes against our allies". "From here on Prince Tim you are the sole heir to the throne". "And Damian you will hereby serve your brother until he decides you have learned your place". "Guards" shouted Ra's.

"yes, your majesty" replied four guards bowing to their king.

"Take these two fools away to be executed and get this disgraced prince out of my sight".

"Halt" shouted King Wayne. "This is my kingdom and your fools committed a crime against my daughter wouldn't you agree" king Ra's asked King Wayne?

"Yes indeed" replied Ra's, "what are you getting at old friend"?

"let me carry out judgement on them" requested king Wayne.

"Very well" replied king Ra's.

King Wayne then turned to the Arc Wizard, "let your judgement be swift and all but execution".

"Understood" replied the Arc wizard.

He then turned to the two fools; "you like to laugh huh, then laugh" he shouted. "Laugh until your throat gives out permanently, this way you will never make anyone laugh ever again".

A yellow mist then erupted from the end of his staff and circled only the two fools causing them to inhale the yellow mist.

Without warning the two fools started laughing uncontrollably. "You both are exiled from this kingdom" continued the Arc wizard.

With a wave of his staff a portal opened up underneath the fools and they fell through having inhaled all of the mist.

With Raven

Raven screamed as loud as she could letting out all of her pent-up emotions, everything around her was destroyed.

The ground continued to shake threatening to break apart.

Victor, Kori, and Richard had finally found her.

"Raven" shouted Kori trying to get her attention, "please you must calm down, we are in danger".

"I don't care" screamed Raven, "let this whole damn castle crumble with everyone in it".

"Raven you don't mean that" shouted Richard, "you're hurt and upset, it's understandable but don't take out your grief on innocent people, there are people here who love you".

"nobody loves me" shouted Raven, tears still spilling down her face.

"That's not true" spoke up victor, "we love you Raven; we are your friends. Your father and Alegar also love you". "Everyone loves you Raven, don't let some spoiled prince convince you otherwise".

"Y-you really think so" whimpered Raven calming down a bit.

"We know so" replied Kori.

Both Victor and Richard agreed.

Moments later the ground stopped shaking and things stop blowing up and being destroyed.

"Thank you, friends" replied Raven.

"That's what friends are for" replied Victor.

The group of friends then heard footsteps approaching and they all tensed up.

A few seconds later Prince Tim appeared out of the shadows. He walked up to princess Raven and bowed. "Your highness" he said, "I would like to apologize for my brothers behavior". "It was out of line and cruel". "I take full responsibility for his actions as his older brother".

Raven couldn't believe that Prince Tim was apologizing to her for prince Damian's cruelty.

The others couldn't believe it either as Prince Tim then bowed and apologized to each of them as well.

"Prince Tim please rise" said Raven, "I do not blame you for the actions of others, his actions are his alone, but I accept your apology".

"Thank you" replied Prince Tim; "it's getting late I must be going now".

"He's right" said Raven; "it is getting late we should all be going back inside".

And so they did.

Later that night

The party was officially over after what had happened earlier that night, everyone had left, and All of Ravens presents were left untouched.

King Wayne worried about Raven it had been six months since the spell was cast, since Garfield's willing exile.

King Wayne had kept his promise and made Raven his daughter, he even treated Raven just like she was his own child. As a father King Wayne worried about Raven, tonight she was embarrassed beyond belief, and this saddened the king.

He made his way down the hall to Raven's room. Raven had gone to bed a short while ago.

Once he got to her room, he gave three quick knocks on her door. "Raven" he called.

No reply came.

"Raven I know you're not asleep" called the king, "can we talk"?

Again no reply came.

"Raven I'm coming in" said the king slowly opening the door.

Once he was in the room that's when he noticed Raven was gone and one her wooden chest was a letter with his seal on it.