"That's creepy," Apple hugged Raven's purple decorative pillow.

"I know," Raven crossed her legs,"I just have a feeling my mother isn't done with us just yet."

"Well I know anybody wouldn't want to release her after me."

"But that's the thing," Raven cut her off,"The broken glass. Someone could have broke her out."

"Maybe," Apple put her finger on her chin,"I'll let you know if I see anything different." Apple choose not to tell Raven about Briar just yet, maybe it was too soon. It really wasn't her place.

"Yeah," Raven gave her a small grin,"Thanks."

"Well I'll see you later!" Apple smiled as she jumped up.

"Oh Apple!" Raven called before Apple could go out the door.

"Yes?"

"How's your problem?" Raven asked quietly.

"Oh," Apple's face turned red,"It's getting better."

"Any names?" Raven leaned her head a little.

"I don't really know myself," Apple laughed as she waved goodbye. Suddenly Maddie burst into the room.

"Lizzie!" Maddie said out of breath,"attacked!"

"Lizzie's been attacked?!" Apple shirked,"Is she okay?"

"I'm fine," Lizzie walked through the opened door, along with Daring. "Maddie just has to be dramatic."

"It's Wonderland style," Maddie plopped down onto her bed.

Raven laughed softly,"You're arms, what did that?" She pointed at Lizzie. Her arms had small slits of dry blood.

"Well I was in the library," Lizzie walked over to Raven and sat on her bed,"Then it got really foggy and cold. Cards were spitting out of books and gave me paper cuts. There was mirror glass too. It was weird."

"I didn't even see what happened," Daring said over by the closed door,"She just came back all confused."

"That sounds like what happened to you Raven," Apple looked down at Raven's bandaged arm.

"What happened to you?" Lizzie asked turning to her.

"I was in the woods and I came across mirror glass just scattered everywhere,"Raven explained,"I picked up a shard and it cut my hand. It could be my mother's doing."

"But she's still in mirror prison," Daring said simply.

"Doesn't mean someone didn't break her out," Raven said quickly. There was a few moments of silence until Apple suddenly gasped and grabbed her phone.

"What?" Lizzie asked, Apple was texting like a speeding bullet.

"We need to go up to Humphrey's lab," Apple put her hands on her hips,"Briar is meeting us there."

"Why?" Raven asked as her, Lizzie, and Maddie all stood up.

"Because she had the same attack," Apple headed for the door,"Maybe we can look at security camera's and see if they caught the attacks."

At the door of Humphrey's lab, Apple knocked softly right before Briar, Hopper, and Dexter met up with them. "Why are we here?" Briar asked.

"Why is everyone here?" Lizzie asked, squished in the hallway.

"We always do everything as a team,"Raven shrugged and laughed.

"I'll explain when we're inside," Apple whispered behind her shoulder. Humphrey's lab door swung open slightly. "Hi Humphrey!" Apple waved and smiled,"Can we come in?"

"Hi Apple," Humphrey greeted, he looked back at the rest of the group,"I don't know if everyone will fit but I guess we can try."

"Great!" Apple smiled as he held the door open wider for her. She's been here only once before, but it felt normal to be there. The others filed in quickly behind her. They looked around, astonished by all the wires, machines and computers were around. Apple looked at the main six computer screens ahead of her. Humphrey made his way through the crowd.

"Okay," he breathed out as he stood next to Apple,"What do you need?"

"Remember how you said I owe you one?" Apple recalled,"Well I need you to look up the security camera's from lunch today in the library and student balcony last night.

"No problem," Humphrey tap a few keys on the keyboard and the library suddenly appeared. It was only on one of the small screens so everyone crouched together. Apple was right into Humphrey. They were closer then the usual shoulder to shoulder. Apple's cheeks became red as the watched Lizzie place her book back into the bookcase. the Smoke came from underneath the bookcase.

"Wait!," Apple and Humphrey said as they both tapped the pause key. Their hands were on top of one another. Both of their cheeks turned red as the pulled their hands apart. They both said the casual sorry and awkwardly laughed.

"What are we waiting for?" Maddie broke the too long silence.

"This," Apple pointed at the black gloved hand from under the bookcase.

"Is their anyway you can look from another angle?" Raven asked. Humphrey typed a bit and pulled up another camera on another screen, making everyone shift.

"It must have been under the bookcase," Lizzie concluded,"But what?"

"Did you hear anything?" Briar asked Lizzie.

"Just this awful laughing," Lizzie shook her head in recall.

"Me too," Briar's eyes widened.

"I didn't," Raven recalled to herself,"Maybe mine was a warning or something."

"Here's the balcony," Humphrey clicked the mouse for everyone to see. Briar and Hopper were sitting on the balcony's edge. Talking for a bit. Then Brair's head set on Hopper's shoulder.

"You can skip ahead a few minutes," Briar said quickly from the back. Her face was becoming slightly pink as she shuffled awkwardly. Hopper only gave a weird look before his cheeks became a slight shade of pink too. Everyone didn't move. They just continued watching. Briar rolled her eyes and buried her face into her sweatshirt as the video showed her kissing Hopper on the cheek. Hopper noticed this too and just stared at the floor.

"There!" Raven exclaimed. She pointed to one of the decorative plants. There was a black gloved hand with fog coming from the palm. Briar's head popped off Hopper's shoulder, and looked back. She walked into the fog, but quickly turned around to stop Hopper from following her. "My mother must be hinting at something here. By the glass we can tell that she's escaped. She must want something."

"Wait!" Apple shot up from crouching,"I need to run and check something!"

"What?" Raven let her through to the door,"But what about the investigation?"

"It's for the investigation!" Apple called as she opened the door. She quickly ran out.

"Apple wait!" Humphrey called, running after her. The others were just left alone in the lab.

"Well I guess we can go back to our lives for now?" Daring folded his arms.

"I'll try to find Apple at my own pace," Raven looked down at her hand,"Wouldn't want to fall on this or anything."

"I'll go with you," Dexter walked behind her.

"I'm late for tea!" Maddie exclaimed, "I better get to my dad's shoppe before the mouse hits twenty seven!" She and Earl the mouse skipped out of the lab, leaving everyone confused.

"Um...okay," Daring raised an eyebrow,"Well Lizzie you should clean your cuts and then maybe we can get something to eat?" Daring held the door open for the daughter of the Queen of Hearts. She nodded and smiled as she walked through the door with Daring, leaving Briar and Hopper alone.

Hopper looked over to see Briar was no longer by his side. He turned completely around to see Briar watching the video of the security camera of her and Hopper. "Are you ashamed, of us? Or me?" Hopper stood next to her, looking at the screen with her.

His words finally took her eyes off the screen. "What?" Briar look at him, puzzled,"Why would I be ashamed?"

"They way you just hid in your sweatshirt," Hopper faced back to her.

"I was embarrassed," Briar shrugged,"You were too."

"Yeah well I didn't hide myself from everyone else," Hopper shot back. "I don't hide the fact that I like you in front of others."

"Well you did that with about every other girl that might've kissed you," Briar crossed her arms.

"Because you kept rejecting me," Hopper folded his arms.

"Because I had a story to follow!" Briar snapped,"And for not following that I could be danger, and so could you! And I don't want you to get hurt cause of me because I care about you too much!"

"Briar I-"

"It's not because I'm ashamed of you! It's because I want to protect you!" Briar was in tears, her harsh tone was starting to subside, "And it's just hard with everyone not adjusting well to us, and all these attacks and I just can't-"

Briar was cut off with Hopper's arms wrapped around her. She wrapped her arms under his as she sunk into his hold. "You don't have to protect me," Hopper said calmly,"I should have gone with you into the fog, maybe you wouldn't have been hurt as badly."

"Since when have you become brave?" Briar laughed softly under her sniffs.

"Since I've had someone to be brave for," Hopper hugged a little tighter, "Am I hurting you?" He suggested to her injuries.

"It's a good hurt," Briar buried herself into his shoulder,"You can go back to being your usual awkward self now."

"I'm always awkward," Hopper pulled back to look at her,"But it's mostly on the inside." Briar gave a slight smile as Hopper wiped the couple tears still on her face. She looked at him in a whole different way. Ever since Hopper had turned into an official human, he seems to switch on this hidden romantic side. She looked down quickly before she got up on her tiptoes and pushed her lips against his lightly.

It was a very quick kiss, she had caught Hopper off guard. She returned back to the ground. "Can you come down here," Brair laughed as she looked up at him. With out her high heals she wasn't even close to Hopper's height. They both laughed before leaned down and the two kissed again, but this time was much deeper.