Raven was depressed. She knew that it was her duty to do her destiny.
"If everything was going to work out for everyone in The End like Apple insists it will, then great! But what if it won't?" Raven thought to herself.
"But what if will?" Maddie asked.
"Wait, how did you know what I was thinking?" Raven asked, a little frightened, until she remembered that Maddie could hear the narrator….wait, what?!
"Yes, I'm Maddie, and I can hear narrators!" Maddie said. "Speaking of, where's the old narrator?"
This is a new book, and I was appointed to it.
"Oh, ok! Well, would you like a cup of tea? Maddie asked, taking her hat off.
No thank you, I really think that we should get back to the story.
"Alrighty then! What's that Earl Grey? You want some cheese? "Okey-dokey-pokey! said Maddie a she grabbed a piece of cheese from her hat. She could pull anything out from that hat of hers.
"Um...okay then? Raven said " I just wish there was a possible way that I could know for sure..." Raven sighed.
"There is! said Maddie.
"There is?" asked a surprised Raven.
"Yep! You have to do it and see what happens." Maddie said wisely.
"Oh…" responded Raven, disappointed. She had thought Maddie had some time machine or something.
"Hmm?" said Maddie. "A time machine? I never thought about that! We have one in the library. Another secret passage…" Maddie giggled.
"What?!" Raven asked hexcitedly.
"Mmm-hmm! Lets gets go now!" exclaimed Maddie, grabbing onto Raven's hand as the twosome sprinted towards the library.
*****
The library was extremely empty by the time they got there. Raven, Maddie, and the wicked stepsisters were the only ones there. Raven and Maddie were pretending to be looking for books, while they were really just looking for the secret passage. "May we help you?" Raven gasped. The wicked step sisters sure had a way with sneaking up on people.
"We're uh….looking for a book on... " Raven stuttered.
"Balloon radios!" Maddie quickly finished.
"Really?" asked Dexter, obviously confused. "I mean..! Thats what I'm looking for too!" He laughed nervously. The step sisters exchanged raised eyebrows, and walked away.
"Phew!" everyone sighed quietly. "So, what are you doing here, Dex? Raven asked.
"Well, um, I saw you two run away really fast, and I wanted to make sure you guys were okay what. rambled Dexter.
"Well, I want to see what will happen if I don't do my destiny." explained Raven. "Maddie said that there's a time machine here."
"Can I come?" asked Dexter. "Sure." Raven said.
"Unfortunately, we're having trouble finding it." Raven said.
"How about…" Dexter reached for a book entitled; How to Find Secret Passages to Time Machines. "...this?" Dexter said, pulling out the book. As soon as he did it, the wall flipped over, pushing them in.
"Thanks Dex! Raven chuckled. "I don't think I've ever seen a title so obvious, and convenient! She said.
"Wow..." Dexter said as he spun around slowly. "This place is huge!" he said. Boy, was that and understatement. It was gigantic! It's walls were the same as it's floors, cement. The space was entirely empty except for one item. A calculator. It was lying right in the center of the floor. Raven picked it up.
"I guess this is it..." she said.
Raven had a hard time swallowing, her throat was so dry. She typed in, "+2", because in two years they would have finished school, and have to do their destinies. Then everything spun. You wouldn't think that they'd be able to tell since the entire room looked exactly the same, but they could feel it. Big time.
"AHHHHHHH!" Maddie and Raven screamed. Dexter grabbed Raven's hand. She looked over after him, as much as she could, anyway, with everything spinning, and he looked back at her. Then everything went white.
And everything stayed white. It looked like a blank page. Raven felt like she needed sun-glasses.
"Is this what will happen if I don't do my destiny?" she thought. Raven felt like crying. She thought there might be hope for her to write her own destiny. For everyone. "Apparently not." Raven thought.
The whiteness started spreading! It started at their feet, and within a few second got to there knees. "The calculator, Raven! The calculator!' Dexter yelled, half of him gone.
Raven grabbed the calculator that she had almost forgotten and typed in, " -2". All of a sudden, they were back in the grey room. "Raven squeezed Maddie tight. "I know what I have to do now…" Raven said sadly, as a tear dripped off of her cheek.
Raven Queen was sitting by her window gazing up at the stars. Apple White, her roommate, was fast asleep. Raven was thinking about what she had seen. She knew for sure now. She had to do her destiny. But she still wanted out of of it. She didn't want to be evil.
She didn't want to poison Apple, and she didn't want to poison Wonderland, like her mother did, either. But if she didn't, everyone in Ever After would just be...gone. A bright shooting star caught her attention.
"I wish I had someone to do do my destiny, someone who wanted to."
Then she crawled over to her bed, and fell asleep.