"Apple?" A voice called to her.

"Mmmm…" She didn't want the feeling to end.

"Apple." Again, the call.

"Yes…" Meekly she answered, wanting to stay in the moment.

"Apple!" She shouted.

"Huh?!" Apple shot her eyes open and looked around. She was standing in the middle of her room, in front of her mirror, with a puzzled Raven Queen looking back at her. "Hey Raven…what's going on?"

"I could ask you the same thing. What are you doing?"

"I was… talking… to my mirror?" Now Raven was more confused.

"What like trying out an outfit?"

"No, I mean when I came in, I was pretty upset. But then my mirror told me I shouldn't be. Then I... I guess I must have dozed off…"

"Standing up?"

"Yea…I guess? Well, I should probably get back to class." She regained her composure, fixed herself in her mirror, and began to head out.

"Apple, the day's almost over."

"What?" She stopped and looked back at Raven.

"Yeah. After Alex pulled the fire alarm the school ended early to drain the water. I just got back from looking for him in town."

"Alex pulled an alarm…?" Slowly she walked back to Raven's side.

"Yeah. I'm not sure why he did it. Listen, about him, he's just a bit…different, I'm sure if you give him some time, he'll talk you about what happened and try to move past it."

"…"Apple didn't really seem to care about her words. She was lost in her own thoughts.

"Are you sure you okay?" Raven placed her hand on Apple's forehead to check her temperature. "You don't feel too warm."

"I think so…" She sat on her bed and tried to grasp her situation. "What happened?" She looked again to her mirror, it was silent now. She wasn't sure how she felt, confused mostly. What really did happen? Even as she prepared for bed she tried to recall what happened. The mirror spoke and she…That was it. That was all that happened. "Right?"

That night Apple dreamed. She dreamed of a dark place. She walked into the darkness not knowing where she'd go or what she'd find.

"Hello?" No answer. She continued walking. "Is anyone here…?" Silence was her only answer. She continued walking until she collided with something. "Uff! I'm sorry I didn't watch where I…"She picked herself up to see what it was, "wasn't watching…" She saw it, "where…" It was huge, "I was…going…" She gazed at the figure, a tall dark figure. It loomed over her. Apple was petrified by the figure. It reached to her, but just before it could touch her, it stopped.

The figure was chained in the darkness. Try with all its will; it simply could not reach her. It gave up. Apple wasn't sure why, but she felt pity for it. "What are you?" She asked. Slow she walked closer and closer to it. She reached out her hand. It noticed and reached out as well. Slowly, closer, but then…it reached out and pulled her by the arm! It wrapped itself around her!

Apple panicked and tried to escape. Apple felt the figure press against her. Whatever it was it was made of ooze, she struggled with all her might to free herself. But the more she did, the deeper she was consumed into the ooze. She was about to be swallowed whole until! She woke up.

She opened her eyes, only to find herself back in her room. She felt a strange combination of fear and confusion. She never had a nightmare. She didn't really know what to do. She looked over to Raven across the room. She was sound asleep. She looked at her mirror. Hoping it would have something to say, it didn't. She let out a sigh of displeasure and tried to go back to sleep.