Chapter 2- How are you here?

Luke sighed. He knew that Sky and Sarah Jane knew about Ever After High, but they have never mentioned anyone called Cerise Hood before. "So, who is Cerise Hood?" He asked.

"Don't you know?" Sky asked as they left the house. "She is the daughter of Red Riding Hood and the big bad wolf."

"Why didn't you say so in the first place?" Rani asked as Luke led them down the road. Suddenly, Sarah Jane stopped and pulled them back. "What?" Clyde asked. "Don't tell me that it is the big bad wolf."

"No," Sarah Jane whispered. "Katesh." They all looked round to find Ruby White standing there. Suddenly, Luke spotted a teenage girl saying goodbye to her parents. "How are we going to get past Ruby?" He hissed.

"How am I supposed to know?" Rani asked. Sarah Jane saw Ruby start to turn.

"Quick! Hide!" She gasped as they scattered. Sarah Jane poked her head out again and saw that Cerise was now on her own. She picked up her bags and turned. Sarah Jane knew that she had to do something, so that Cerise wouldn't get killed by this foul alien. "CERISE! GET AWAY FROM HER!" She yelled. Cerise jumped back, startled and she searched for Sarah Jane. Cerise then started running, cleverly dodging a furious Ruby, and racing into Bannerman Road.

Sarah Jane grabbed Cerise's hand and they ran into number 13, with Luke, Clyde, Rani and Sky following close behind. "What was that?" Sky asked. "Surely it was an ordinary woman?"

"No, it was not," Luke replied. "We fought her before. Mum nearly died because of her."

"Luke, not now," Sarah Jane snapped. "There are other times."

"But now that both Sky and Cerise have met her, they should know the dangers." Luke argued.

"She was a Katesh, wasn't she?" Cerise asked. "One of those soul stealers?" Sarah Jane nodded.

"She was the one I had to fight a few years ago," she explained. "We didn't know what she was until it was almost too late."

"Almost?" Sky asked. "Why almost?"

"Clyde sent Luke a voice mail while he was at university in Oxford, saying that he had to come down, but he found that both Sarah Jane and Clyde were gone," Rani explained. Sarah Jane shuddered at the memory. "It's not worth thinking about right now," she told them as they opened the door of the attic. "Wow," Cerise gasped. "Is this your attic?"

"Yes, it is," Sarah Jane replied. Clyde grinned at Mr Smith, who was already out and waiting.

"Hello Clyde." His voice said. "I'm guessing that you have a new friend."

"Mr Smith, this is Cerise Hood," Sarah Jane told him.

"I forgot to ask you earlier," Clyde said, turning to Cerise. "Why are you wearing a hood?"

"I thought you already knew," Cerise retorted, folding her arms.

"Alert! Alert!" Mr Smith yelled. "More Katesh are arriving on the planet."

"How can we stop them?" Sky asked.

"We can't," Sarah Jane told them. "Well, we can't do it alone."

"Who do we need to call?" Luke asked.

"Luke," Sarah Jane said. "I need you to contact Maria and Alan immediately. The sooner they know, the quicker they will come. Clyde."

"Yes, Sarah Jane?" Clyde asked, saluting. Sarah Jane rolled her eyes and Sky giggled.

"I need you to contact UNIT. See if the Doctor is there. Say that Earth is in mortal danger." Clyde was quickly on the phone to UNIT as Luke was telling Maria and Alan what was going on. "I've got some friends back in Ever After," Cerise said. "Maybe they can help out."

"I'm sorry, Cerise," Sarah Jane told her. "But I can't be risking any more people than we already are." She then turned to Rani. "Rani, can you please call Torchwood. We may need their help as well." Rani nodded as she called Captain Jack to tell him that they needed help.

Soon, everyone was off the phone and they were sitting quietly on the floor of the attic. "The Doctor is in UNIT," Clyde told them. "Hopefully he will be able to fly his TARDIS better than he used to. From what I heard, he can't fly the TARDIS that well."

"Maria and Alan are close by," Luke added. "They would be here in a few minutes."

"What about Torchwood?" Cerise asked. "What did they say about the situation?"

"They said that Jack would be teleporting in here any minute now," Rani replied. "But there is still no sign of him."

"Is there anyone else we can call mistress?" K9 asked. Sarah Jane shook her head sadly.

"We have done all we can." She replied. "All we can do now is wait."

"Sarah Jane," Mr Smith said. "I'm getting a message through. It seems to be for you."

"Who is it from?" Cerise asked. Mr Smith's screen changed to reveal a picture of the woman Cerise had got away from only minutes before. "Oh no," Sarah Jane whispered.

Just then, Cerise's mirror phone buzzed. It was a call from Raven. Cerise answered it. "Hi Raven," she said.

"Hello Cerise," Raven replied. "How are you?"

"Other than nearly getting killed by an alien, I'm fine," Cerise replied as Sarah Jane opened the message. "Can I call you back?" Cerise asked.

"Yeah, sure," Raven replied as Cerise ended the call.

"Is this working?" the recorded Ruby asked. "Right, um… hello, Sarah Jane. You may have seen me act suspiciously during the last few days or so, but I am not planning on doing anything against you or any of your friends. The reason is that I am being hunted down by the rest of my species-"

"Well," Sarah Jane said as Mr Smith paused the recording. "Why should we trust her?"

"Sarah Jane," Cerise began. "I know that Ruby may have done bad things to you in the past-"

"So say the least," Luke interrupted. "She nearly killed mum and she could have gotten away with it if we haven't arrived."

"But, what I am saying is," Cerise continued, ignoring Luke. "Is that you need to give Ruby a second chance. She might have changed." Sarah Jane nodded.

"Mr Smith," she said before Mr Smith began playing it again.

"They want to kill me because after I left Earth, I realised that I could be a better person, so I tried to return to my home planet. They tried to hand me in, but I only just got away. Please, Sarah Jane, if you protect me now, I promise to never hurt anyone on this planet again, and, if it pleases you, I would leave, for good, this time." The recording ended, leaving the adult and teenagers in the silent attic, wondering what to do next.

A/N: So, there you go. My second chapter of the Ever After Adventures. If you do not understand this story, you will have to read Cerise's tale in order to understand what is going on. So, do you think that Sarah Jane and the others would believe Ruby? Find out in the next chapter.