Hey readers. First I just want to apologize for making you wait so long. I would have updated sooner but my life has SUCKED lately. Second of all, I have no wifi at home, and using this program on my cellular data SUCKS TOO! I can only update on my schools wifi and that's only in the mornings(when I don't have any homework. I procrastinate). But I promise. I'll aim to publish the next chapter before this month is over! Bye peeps!

Jade smiled and grabbed her big coat. She looked at Raven "Aren't you cold? It's freezing out there." She asked as Raven toyed with her black sweatshirt.

"Uh. It's sixty degrees out." She replied. "Oh. I get it your not used to the cold, huh?" She said with understanding. Jade shook her head in reply.

"Well don't worry. Grab a lighter jacket. We don't want you to overheat," she said kindly.

Jade switched out her coat for a dark navy blue leather jacket."

"Better?" She asked while modeling it.

Raven laughed and nodded yes. "Come on, we don't want to be late.

The two girls walked down one of the sidewalks in Book End. "Where are we going?" Asked Jade.

Maddie replied, "Well, first we're headed to the Multihex theater, then Tailor Quick's charity concert."

Jade gasped. Tailor Quick was her favorite singer. She would listen to her music nonstop.

*FLASHBACK*

The week after Aaron's death.

Jade sat in her room with her headphones on. Her mirrorpod was playing her favorite song by Tailor Quick, 'Blank Page'. Tomorrow was the funeral, but Jade didn't really want to go. She was already depressed enough, and going to see her brother was too much to bear.

After the sandstorm passed, Jade walked back out side in the hopes that her brother might still be alive. Staring outside she marveled at the damage the powerful winds caused. Deck chairs and furniture littered the area, the garden that has started to bud was in shambles, and the big fountain in the middle of the quad was covered with mounds of sand, nearly dry under the scorching sun.

"Aaron?" Jade called out as she stepped cautiously though the sandy ground. She tripped and fell over something, and looked back. Her big brother laid there, eyes clenched shut, mouth open, and a huge gash on his forehead. Jade screamed and wailed as the royal guards came out and hauled him away. In his hands, was the little toy elephant that cost him his life.

*END OF FLASHBACK*

Jades family was never really the same after that. Her father, Aladdin, left home often and didn't come back for days at a time. Her mother was soon diagnosed with insomnia. She claimed to have nightmares about her son, and her other children also, in terrible accident nearly every night.

Poor Samuel hadn't uttered a single word since then. Her youngest twin brothers didn't really know Aaron that well and they don't remember him as much. Carmen, Jades little sister, was diagnosed with an eating disorder, claiming to have lost her appetite for the rest of her life, which ended up with a few trips to the emergency healers, for she was near death.

Jade herself had quite a dramatic change with herself. She was often seen by the people as angry, or quite serious, as she never really smiled. Aaron was known for his charming smile and carefree aura. Jade and Aaron were closer than two peas in a pod. She knew this, and doubted that she ever could be normal.

The group had stopped in front of the multihex theater. They all bought their tickets to see "The Muffin Man" a horror movie about what really went on at Drury Lane. As they settled in with popcorn and candy, Jade studied Raven. "So far nothing about any evil plans. Plus she hasn't tried to turn me into some slave yet. And the other girls aren't all that bad I guess. Wait, did I really just think that? Stop it Jade! You know this isn't true. She is pure evil. I mean she's the daughter of the EVIL QUEEN, for godmother's sake."

"Everything okay?" Asked Cerise from the other side of Jade.

"I'm fine, but don't worry. I'm here to help." Jade replied with a sad smile. Cerise looked confused for a moment but the movie began to play just as she opened her mouth. Instead, she turned back in her seat and pulled her hood down over her head.

After the movie the girls walked back outside and down the street. The concert was a couple of blocks away, not far from where they were.

"That movie was terrible!" Exclaimed Raven as they headed down the sidewalk. "I admit, it was very predictable." Commented Cedar. "Well, the part with the screaming goat was pretty funny." Giggled Maddie. Cerise shrugged her shoulders as the girls continued to chat.

"Its the tea shop!" Yipped Maddie as she clapped her hands in excitement.

"Well, we still have about 45 minutes until the concert even opens its doors. Let's grab a bite to eat." Said Raven as she pushed the odd shaped door open.

The smell of tea and pastries, with random smells, form socks, to cookies, to gasoline washed over Jade. The new princess stared in wonder at the Wonderlandian restaurant. There were random doors decorating the walls, staircases leading nowhere while going in weird directions, ordinary objects doing strange things.

Considering that it was nearly 10:00 and everyone else was either at their homes or getting ready for the upcoming concert, the store was nearly empty. The girls all sat at a round table and tried to figure out what to get.

'Come on Jade. The nights almost over!' She hadn't done anything to save her new friends.

Maddie stood up and dragged Raven to the kitchen, "Cmon Raven, lets go grab a bite." The girls heard the wonderlandian girl chatter as her and Raven rounded the corner.

"Jade if you don't mind me asking, is everything okay?" Asked Cerise. Staring at Jade like a curious puppy.

"Yes, I cannot tell a lie, you've seem a little tense." agreed Cedar from across the table.

Jade gulped. Well, it must be time to break the news. She let out a deep breath. "Guys," she started, "I don't really know how to tell you this, but..."

Cerise and Cedar were on the edge of their seats, Cedar was practically laying on the table, though Cerise kept a bit of distance and tugged on her hood.

"Well, I've come to believe that Raven... she has brainwashed you into becoming her evil slaves,"Finished Jade as she looked at the girls faces, expecting disbelief, or shock, or even fear.

Instead, Cedar and Cerise shot a quick glance to each other and burst out laughing. They sat there laughing for a good two minutes but eventually stopped breathless.

What's was so funny? This was a very serious matter. 'Oh. I bet they're in disbelief.'

"Don't worry guys, I will fix whatever she has done to you." Said Jade again, sending the girls into yet another fit of laughter.

"Jade, do you think Raven is evil?" Asked Cerise as Cedar snickered. Jade nodded in reply. "Well I can assure you, she is the last thing from being evil."

Jade was confused-with-a-capital-C confused. Raven Queen, good? The daughter of the Evil Queen, the most feared woman in the entire land of Ever After, a good guy? "But- But, she's-"

"Jade, I cannot tell a lie, and Raven is hands down has no evil whatsoever in her." Cedar said while reaching across the table and squeezing Jade's hand reassuringly.

Jade couldn't believe it. Her mother had killed her brother. Along with him a part of her died too. Just right there is already two people that she had hurt. The beginning of a longer-than-Rapunzels-hair-long list. And Raven, her own daughter, whom she probably raised to be as evil as she, good? It was impossible. There was no way how that seed had turned out to be good.

But then Jade thought with a pang of guilt. Jade wasn't just like her mother. I mean yeah, she wanted be be like her, but not all the way. She was like her father in some ways but mostly, she was a free spirit. She marched to the beat of her own drum. And she was fine that way.

"Jade are you okay?" Asked Raven as the other girls stopped eating. Jade was so wrapped up in her own thoughts that she didn't even notice that the other girls had arrived and everyone had started eating. They all stared at her. Cerise pulled down her hood but froze as her hand passed her face. "Guys," she growled as her hand curled into a fist. "Where the Hex is my ring?"

The girls looked at each other as all of them claimed to be innocent. Their eyes once again found Jade. Jade slowly stood up. "I'm sorry guys." She mumbled as she emptied her full pockets. Out tumbled Cerise's ring, Ravens tiara, Maddie earrings, Cedar's necklace and numerous belongings from unwitting passerbys. (I didn't write about that so that not even you guys would know. ;p)

"Jade?" They cried. "HOW DID YOU GET ALL OF OUR THINGS?!" The gasped in unison as they stared at the enormous pile on the table.

"Raven, I owe you an apology, just know that you are a great person and don't let anyone tell you otherwise!" Jade sobbed as she turned and ran out of the restaurant. Behind her she heard Raven's voice calling out to her, but it was too late. Jade sprinted down the dark cobblestone street, tears falling and drying in the wind. She had really screwed up. She couldn't be here. This wasn't for her. This should be for... him. And with that thought, she collapsed to the dirt in painful sobs.

Jade opened her eyes. It was really dark now and quite cold. She dug around her pockets in search of her mirrorphone but soon realized that she left it back at the restaurant. "Crap," she groaned as she pulled her self off of the ground. She staggered though the dark, thankfully with the view of the school looming in the distance. She somehow found her dormroom and slipped out of her dirt stained clothes. Her head pounded as she sank into her bed. She rolled over and spotted her mirrorphone. As she picked it up she noticed a note flutting to the ground. She turned on the flashlight app and quickly read:

Jade,

Cedar and Cerise explained everything. I understand that you may be intimidated by my mother and I, but I am NOTHING like her. I hope we can put tonight behind us and be friends. Btw, thank you for what you said at the cafe. That's not hexactly something I hear everyday.

-Raven

Great. Now Raven knows about our whole ordeal. Fun. Well any way like she said, maybe we can be friends. After all, we all need to face our fears at some point. And at that moment, Jade fell asleep knowing that everything could turn out for the better.

So, Will Jade risk it all? Is She going to betray her family for her new friend?

"Betray her family? Sounds intense!"

Maddie? Is that you?

"Of course it's me silly. Hey, you don't sound like the usual narrators."

OMG you can Hear me? Well duh I guess you can hear me.

"Uh hello! Narrator! I asked you a question."

Oh, right. No, I am not one of the usual narrators. I'm telling this story.

"Hat-tastic! Got any juicy news for me?"

Well let's just say that you need to start prepping for a few hextreame dares... Until next time folks! Say bye Maddie.

"Goodbye"!