Part two:

It was during one of her trips into Bookend with Apple that Raven found a white apple at a fruit stall thinking it might be interesting to try something new she purchased it and popped it into her bag for lunch later.

Sure enough later in that day Raven went into the forest with Cerise and Maddie for a lunch picnic during which the dark haired witch brought out the white apple of her bag as her two friends ate. The witch took a large bite out of the apple, she swallowed, and then suddenly started to choke, a strange greenish glowing light sped over the young woman and her eyes slid closed. Cerise caught her friend as she went limp, Maddie looked at her friend with concern as the wolf girl carefully laid Raven down on the grass. The daughter of the Mad Hatter suddenly noticed the strange white apple discarded on the ground with a single bite taken out of it and as she went to touch it the fruit burst into white shimmering dust.

"Snow White..." Maddie said softly causing Cerise to turn to look at her questioningly. "Raven's the Snow White of this generation." The female hatter said clarifying her earlier comment.

The eyes of the wolf girl went wide as the daughter of the Mad Hatter spoke, she looked back to her friend and the surprised look on her face was replaced with an expression of understanding. "Oh curses of cause. Skin white as snow, hair as black as ebony..."

Maddie came to the other side of Raven from Cerise, she leant over her friend, and with a quick flick of her wrist the green haired young woman produced a bright green and purple chequered handkerchief from midair. The wolf girl watched as Maddie then gently and carefully cleaned the purple lipstick Raven always wore off her lips to reveal the reddest pair of lips that Cerise had ever seen. "And lips as red, as the red, red rose." The daughter of the Mad Hatter finished for the other young woman.

"Oh my..." Cerise said shock and wonder clear in her voice as she spoke

Maddie addressed the other young woman. "Cerise you better fetch the others, Giles and the head master too. I'll stay here with Raven."

With a nod for the Mad Hatters daughter dashed she off at high speed to inform people of what had happened. Maddie knelt in the grass beside her friend she gently placed Ravens hands onto her chest which was motionless. This was one of the things which had bothered Maddie about Apples spell, Snow White didn't just sleep she slept in a spell which looked more like death than sleep. Yet when the spell of the Snow White had come on Apple she had slept yes ever after sleep but nothing near as deep and powerful as the spell which had now claimed Raven.

A short while later Apple, Ashlynn, Briar, Cedar, Cerise, Giles and head master Grim stood in the clearing looking down at Raven. "Snow White...You girls are sure of this?" Milton asked them clearly more than a little shocked by this idea.

Cerise was the one who answered this question. "Yes sir we are very sure. We were here when Raven ate the apple and looked at Raven headmaster really look at her. If you didn't know who her mother was and you were seeing her for the first time who would you say she was?"

"Snow White." Was the instant answer from the head master, who then let out a deep sigh and he gave Cerise a nod. "I see your point Miss Hood."

"We should dress Raven in something lovely and then put her to rest here in this clearing to wait for her prince and true love to come to wake her." Ashlynn said determinedly voicing what many of those were thinking, which was that their friend deserved the best sleep and care they could give her until she was woken.

"Very well I shall leave that part to you ladies and send madam Yaga out to help you all with anything magical you may require for Ravens rest." This said the head master and his brother returned to the school leaving Raven to the care of her friends.

Apple looked down at her friend and roommate her blue eyes full of sadness. "Poor Raven I never expected this to happen to her of all people. Who could possibly be her true love?"

"Well it's not Dexter they went out on one date and that was so awkward that they never went on a date again." Cerise told the others with a sigh.

Apple looked thoughtful for a long moment before speaking. "I know something had been bothering Raven ever since I was cursed, I tried to get her to talk to me about it but she wouldn't. I'll admit I did wonder if Raven might have fallen in love with someone...Someone she didn't want to tell me about..."

"Well it can't be Daring Raven can't stand the man." Cerise said with her hands on her hips her head shaking.

"Agreed, so who else would Raven not want to tell me she was in love with and by the looks of how strong this spell is truly in love with..." Apple thought for some time and eventually shook her head. "No one I can think of..."

Soon after this madam Yaga arrived she helped the girls with Raven and when they were finished they stepped back to admire their work. Raven lay under a white blooming tree that stood in the clearing, the forest floor under which was carpeted with white flowers. Her dark hair spread over white pillows topped with a silver coronet of tall slender arches tipped with simple round light purple gems. She wore a beautiful deep purple gown, with a high lace collar with a lovely V neck, the same lace was used on the wide floating skirt and fitted bodice. Ravens pale hands were clasped on her chest holding a single white rose which had been supplied unsurprisingly by Briar.

"Raven really does look more like Snow White than I ever could." Apple admitted softly and a little sadly strangely though she was more upset for her friend's state than she was for the loss of her own destiny to Raven.

Smiling at her madam Yaga lowered the magically made glass over Ravens slumbering form, this glass would vanish only when the right prince came along the teacher had been careful to make it that way. Madam Yaga had also made sure that Raven would be protected from magical attack and physical ones until her true love come to her. Just as she had finished doing this Nevermore appeared in the clearing he was in his small form there was a flash of purple magic and he vanished from the clearing then appeared under the glass sleeping at the feet of his much loved mistress.

"Awww that's so cute." Maddie awed drawing glances from the others, she shrugged at them and said unappologeticaly. "Hey it's what I think."

There was a lot of head shaking at this comment, Apple stepped forward she stood at the end of Ravens coffin and looked down at her. "I hope you have the sweetest dreams and that whoever your prince and true love is they come for you soon."

Briar came up to Apple she put a hand on her best friends shoulder. "Come on we should go and spread the news round the school."

"You're right the sooner we can get the news of Raven's condition out the better." Apple said with agreement to her oldest friends words. Together the group left the clearing but just before they left both Maddie and Apple stopped to look back at Raven. Suddenly there was a white glow in the clearing from within the glass case. Quickly the two women looked at each other before racing across the clearing, as they looked inside the glass case the white rose Raven held slowly opened its petals the white of them was streaked with an icy shade of blue.

Maddie and Apple both took in the colours of this obviously now magical flower before they then looked to each other. "White and blue ever are true." Maddie said softly before smiling at Apple. "It's a wonderland saying but I've observed it to be true over the years anyone in those colours have the truest of hearts."

"Wait... White and blue..." Apple said thoughtfully before her blue eyes shot open wide. "Oh...Oh my ancestors...You don't think this means Raven's true love is D..."

Maddie slammed a hand over the blond princess's mouth. "Even trees have ears and if we want Raven to wake we can't risk her true love being harmed in some way."

Apple gave the other young woman a nod and gently moved her hand from over her mouth and decided to say nothing else about her newly found suspicions of who Ravens' true love was so instead she said. "Someone should tell her mother it's only right she know."

"True, I think you should talk to the head master about that."

"Agreed."

The two returned to the school were they parted ways. Apple went to see the head master and Giles they agreed to tell the Evil Queen the news of her daughters curse as well as investigate were the white apple Raven had eaten came from. Both men had been shocked when the Evil Queen had taken the news badly she had actually shed a tear for her daughter and told them that the white apple did not come from her but it had come from someone very powerful to make an apple of no natural colour.