The following day Fakir meets Duck by her dorm. He is in a particularly scary, deceitful, mischievously good mood. Like one of those good moods that says, "Nothing can stop me; nobody knows my evil plan".

And rightfully so. No one does know what's up his sleeve. Honestly no one knows IF he has something up his sleeve. (A/N: Not even you guys…)

Of course part of the reason why he is in a devilish good mood is because he finally got rid of that annoying pest of a boy. And he had fun doing so.

Duck notices a slight difference in Fakir but not a major one. Nor does she fully understand the one she sees. To her Fakir is just more light hearted around her. And possessive. Definitely more possessive in a cute, kinda scary, "Touch her you die" way. You get the picture.

"So you ready to go?" Fakir asks looking down to Duck.

"Yup let's go." Duck chirps cheerfully.

They start walking to class. As the norm for the past two days, Duck and Fakir walk side by side with their arm locked around the other's. Like a prince leading his princess to a ball.

Surprisingly in the small time of two mere days everyone has learned to not question it. They don't stare and they don't ask questions. Even Pike and Lilie. When it comes to Fakir, it's better to stay out of his business.

On their way to class they see Matthew walk by. For a quick second Duck makes eye contact with him and stops. He quickly looks away. Panic and fear shines in his eyes when he looks over and sees Fakir. He picks up his pace and heads in a different direction than them.

Duck stands there quite confused at what just happened. It was just yesterday Matthew kissed her and now he's running away.

"Fakir what do you think that was about?" Duck asks.

Fakir looks down to Duck and does his best to hide his smirk and to keep his happy tone down to a minimum.

"I don't know. It was just yesterday he kissed you and now he's avoiding you. That's awfully strange. Did something happen between you two?" Fakir says in fake sympathy.

"No. Everything was fine yesterday. Maybe I should go ask him." Duck replies.

"I don't know if that's a good idea. Maybe you should just give him time. Or maybe he thought that you would be easy to play with but saw that you wouldn't fall so easily. I mean it would make sense. He forces himself on you and then ignores you." Fakir says.

"You mean you think he was just messing work me and he really didn't like me?" Duck asks.

Fakir tries to control himself when he hears a tone of sadness in her question.

"You sound sad. Did you like him?" Fakir asks.

"Not in a romantic way but I thought he was my friend." Duck responds pouting.

"It's ok Duck. You have me." Fakir says with a sincere smile.

Duck loses her breath at the sight of his smile. It's not often she gets to see Fakir smile.

"Thanks Fakir." Duck says with a blush.

"No problem Duck come on." Fakir replies.

They continue walking to class.

After school

Duck goes to town with Mytho and Rue. She promised that she would spend time with them today.

"So Duck how was school today?" Rue inquires.

"It was fine. My teacher says I'm getting better at my dancing. I told him it's because I have help from my cousin who's really good, that's you Rue. Fakir helped out some during lunch. He helped me with my balance." Duck responds.

"Speaking of him, how is Fakir? I assume that everything is better now that you forgave him." Mytho says.

"Oh Fakir's fine. I mean he's a little bit more uh possessive than usual. But that's fine because he's nice to me." Duck replies.

"What do you mean by possessive?" Rue asks.

"Well one time he grabbed me by my waist and stood behind me. Then he told Matthew I'm his. He whispered in my ear that I'm only his. He walks around with his arm linked in mine or standing close to me." Duck says.

"How interesting. Anything weird happened?" Mytho asks.

"There was this one time when he was angry with Matthew and I thought his pendant flashed but then he told me it was the light." Duck says.

"Wait his pendant flashed?" Mytho asks.

"Yeah, well that's what it looks like." Duck answers.

"And he just brushed it off?" Mytho says.

"Yeah why, is that important?" Duck replies.

"When Rue and I first came back and I was talking to him, his pendant glimmered when his anger grew but he just brushed it off and diverted my attention away from it. I get a bad feeling from that pendant." Mytho says.

"So do I. Say Duck do you know where Fakir got that pendant from?" Rue asks.

"No I don't. I don't even remember when he first started wearing it." Duck responds.

Rue thinks about this a little more. No one knows when or where Fakir got the pendant from. It shines when he gets angry. Fakir is more possessive. He is also a tad bit harsher. And something tells her that he's also more violent.

"Duck did you and that Matthew boy talk today?" Rue asks.

"No. He avoided me all day. He wouldn't even look me in the eyes." Duck replies.

"And what was Fakir's response to that?" Rue inquires.

"Fakir said it was strange and he was probably playing with me but I always have him." Duck says.

"Did he have a smile or a smirk? Did he sound smug?" Rue asks.

"Uhh well for a little while he sounded smug but in the end he gave me a sincere smile." Duck says.

Rue puts all the pieces together.

"That's the affects of the Raven's blood." Rue gasps.

"That's impossible. The raven is gone." Duck says.

Once those words come out of her mouth time stops.

"Oh my dear Duck anything is possible in a story."

"Drosselmeyer?" Duck says confused.

"Yes my little Duck. This happy ending finally has a twist." Drosselmeyer says.

"What did you do to Fakir?" Duck asks in a demanding tone.

"Nothing much my dear. Only a tiny drop of the Raven's blood was put on the pendant I gave him. Just like how it affected the prince it will affect him. But worse." Drosselmeyer answers.

"Why would you do that?" Duck asks.

"To keep the story going of course." Drosselmeyer says.

"Story. What story?" Duck says.

But Drosselmeyer disappears and time resumes.

Duck looks back over to see Rue and Mytho staring at her.

"Are you ok Duck you just stopped. We kept calling your name, but you wouldn't answer." Rue says.

"Guys Drosselmeyer was just talking to me. He told me he gave Fakir the pendant and it has the Raven's blood on it. It's going to affect him like how it affected Mytho. He said he did it to keep the story going and when I asked what story he wouldn't tell me and disappeared." Duck says all in one breath.

"Wait so you're telling me a story is going on right now. How, his machine was broken." Mytho says.

"I don't know but we need to find Fakir and get the pendant off of him." Duck says.

They all run to his house looking for him but he isn't there. They run by the school but he wasn't there either. They run to the lake but he's not in the spot they found him last.

"I know where he may be." Duck says.

She runs to the spot where she once saw Fakir crying. Just on the larger side of the water.

Sure enough he was there facing the water.

"FAKIR!" Duck shouts.

Fakir turns around to see the three running to him.

"Why are you guys here?" Fakir asks surprised.

"Fakir you have to hand over your pendant." Mytho says.

Fakir scowls.

"And why is that?" Fakir asks.

"It's not safe. We know you got it from Drosselmeyer. The pendant has the Raven's blood on it and it is affecting you negatively." Rue says.

Surprisingly Fakir smirks at the comment. He looks at the pendant.

"I actually like this pendant. I feel like I can do whatever I want. I probably can." Fakir says.

They definitely did not expect to hear that. Is this part of the story?

Everyone stands there shocked. Fakir walks up to Duck and starts caressing her face.

"Everything seemed fine. I did nothing wrong. So is it really bad?" Fakir says.

He leans closer and whispers, "With this pendant I can do anything for you."

Duck freezes at his words. Fakir smiles and kisses her cheek. He backs away from her with a reasonable distance.

"Anything you want I can give with this pendant. You just have to join me." Fakir says to Duck.

"Join you in what?" Duck asks.

"I think we should make this town a bit more interesting. Maybe show them what a real story is. Would that be fun?" Fakir says.

Mytho is the first to catch on to what he means.

"You can't possibly be serious about causing trouble." Mytho says.

Fakir turns to Mytho and just smirks again.

"Trouble no. I just want to see this town in shambles. Everyone is so used a perfect fairy tale life. A little disaster can't hurt." Fakir replies.

Fakir turns back to Duck.

"So what do you say Duck. You can be the princess of your own story. You won't have to be fated to be a cursed lover. You only need me. You won't have to impress me for me to pay attention to you." Fakir says sweetly.

(A/N: Fakir is throwing more shade at Mytho than a lamp shade. For anyone who doesn't know shade is like subliminal messages/hints.)

Duck mind tries to understand Fakir's words. His sweet tone throws her off. She just wants to run in to his arms. But she also wants to run away from him. Just he knowledge of knowing that he's not the same Fakir scares her. The thought of him being like evil Mytho frightens her. The thought of him being WORSE than evil Mytho terrifies her.

It breaks her heart. More than it did with Mytho.

She looks over to Rue and Mytho. She can see their confusion with the situation. But also a realization. This is what is wrong. This is why they are here.

"I'm sorry Fakir but I won't join you. I don't want to cause trouble for people." Duck says.

Fakir growls and his pendant glows green. He's angry alright.

Duck steps back slightly.

"I won't take no for an answer. I will cause mayhem to this town and you will be by my side when I do." Fakir says.

He turns and leaves.

Mytho is the first to recover from the shock from everything that just happened. Rue is the second. Unfortunately for Duck she was still in a state of shock and slight fear. Rue snaps her out of her shocked and scared state.

Mytho looks at them and says, "We better prepare. It looks like our story took a twist."