Previously...
"Raven..." Dexter said quietly, his tears streaming down. "I can't believe you... I can't believe you're gone! Why did you have to die? I can't leave without you. I mean, you won't wake, just because of poison was too strong? You didn't wake when I tried to kiss you!"
He stood up and sat on Raven's bed where her body placed while touching her cold, pale skin.
"Raven, I'm so sorry, but I have a new love... I have a new girl... C.A. Cupid is my new love. But I still love you even you are gone," he said. "I'll never forget about you."
"I don't know but... I think it doesn't matter you're gone. But you're still with me and your friends... in here," he said, placing his right hand against his chest.
"I know you didn't died in vain," he sighed. "I know you don't deserve to die."
"But did you just poison yourself?" he asked even she couldn't answer. "Or did actually someone poison you?"
"But listen to me," he said, even dead Raven couldn't hear him. "I had a dream about me and you: I saved you from the most evil creature after you poisoned the fairest one of them all, and then we lived together. That means you're in my story... and I'm in yours. But... but since you're gone so my dream won't come true, I decide to write my own destiny."
"Your friends especially Maddie and even Apple will miss you," he said sadly. "And I will also miss you."
"And Raven," he said, crying. "I love you... I love you so much!"
"And I always will!" he said before he kissed her cold, purple lips.
While he was kissing her one more time but a long kiss, his tears streamed down on his cheeks and landed on hers twice. And his tears quickly dried out on her cheek.
"I have to go, Raven. Goodnight," he said, wiping his tears.
Then Dexter was leaving the room quietly.
Back to the present...
Dexter was about to get out from Raven and Apple's room to go back to his and Hunter's, he heard a small groan from nowhere.
He turned around and noticed Raven's skin color became less pale. Surprisingly, he saw her stirring in her sleep. His jaw dropped in disbelief and he smiled and rushed over her bed.
"Raven?" he said, smiling. "Raven, can you hear me? Can you hear me?!"
She groaned again.
"Dex..." she said very softly while rubbing her eyes.
"Raven, you're alive!" he said very happily as he hugged her.
"But where am I?" she asked him, hugging him back while closing her eyes.
"You're here in your room, of course," he replied as they broke a hug.
"But where is Apple?" she asked.
"She's in Briar and Ashlynn's dorm," he said. "Are you okay, Raven?"
"I think so," she said, smiling. "I love you, Dexter Charming."
He paused as what he heard her, thinking Cupid was his new girlfriend.
"I... I..." he said nervously.
"What's wrong? Don't you love me?" she said little sadly.
"Oh, I love you too, Raven Queen," he said, ignoring Cupid inside his mind.
And they started kissing each other passionately.
Then they pulled away each other. She felt tired as she quickly laid on her bed.
"Raven, what's the matter? Are you all right?" he said worriedly.
"I'm just tired, Dex. I... I think I feel uncomfortable here," Raven said softly.
"Don't worry, Raven. I'll take you to the infirmary," Dexter said.
She nodded and he carried her in bridal style.
However, no one noticed him carrying her while walking to the infirmary. When he reached the door of infirmary, he knocked on it little loudly.
"Open up! Please open up," he said.
Moments later, the door opened by the nurse. She gasped in disbelief as she saw Dexter carrying Raven while closing her eyes.
"Mr. Charming?" the nurse said. "Is she alive?"
"Yes," he replied. "But you need to check her now."
The nurse nodded and Dexter placed Raven on the bed. Then the nurse started checking her.
"Thank you, Dex," Raven said softly as she opened her eyes.
"You're welcome, Raven," he said, then kissing her cheek.
Next day, Apple got out from Briar and Ashlynn's dorm and walk to her and Raven's. She noticed that the door was opened a little. Dexter probably forgot to close the door.
"What the...?" she said in confusion.
She entered the dorm to get her stuffs. She was about to get her stuff, she noticed on Raven's room that Raven wasn't there. Apple's jaw dropped and started screaming very loudly in horror, so anyone could hear Apple's scream.
Later, somebody barged in Apple and Raven's dorm.
"What's going on, Apple?!" Briar asked.
"Raven is missing!" Apple exclaimed.
Everyone looked at Raven's room in disbelief.
"No way!" Ashlynn exclaimed.
"No!" Madeline yelled madly.
"Oh no! This is big and bad..." Cerise said in fear.
"This is not just right," Blondie said.
"I cannot tell a lie. Someone stole her body," Cedar said.
"Um... Dexter didn't go back to our dorm last night," Hunter said.
Then everyone was looking at him scratching his head.
"Yeah. Maybe he's missing too," he said.
"Then we have to find them," Apple said.
Everyone got out from the dorm to find Raven and Dexter.
About half an hour later, Dexter and Raven woke up in the infirmary as they heard the yells from nowhere.
"Did you hear that?" he asked.
"Yeah," she replied.
"I think they noticed we weren't there," Dexter said.
Raven was about to say, they heard the knock on the door.
"Stay here. I'll get it," he said.
He opened the door and saw Hunter, Madeline, Cerise, Cedar, Apple, Blondie, Briar, Daring and Ashlynn.
"Dexter, why didn't you go back to our dorm?" Hunter asked worriedly.
"And what are you doing here in infirmary? Are you sick, little bro?" Daring asked.
"Do you know where Raven is?" Apple asked.
Dexter didn't answer their questions. Instead, he gestured to Raven with his hand. Then everyone except Dexter looked at her smiling. As a surprise, their eyes widened and their jaws dropped.
Everyone except Dexter squealed loudly in happiness with their cries of joy and hugged her.
"Raven, you're back!" Madeline said happily.
"Raven, you're alive!" Ashlynn said.
"I thought you lost forever after, Raven!" Apple said.
"I thought you were sleeping like a hundred years, Raven!" Briar said, chuckling.
"You're alive, Raven! I think your life now is just right!" Blondie said.
"I can't tell a lie, but you're safe now, Raven!" Cedar.
"Yeah! I'm okay, guys. I'm okay," Raven said to them happily.
"Little bro, how could Raven back from the dead?" Daring asked Dexter.
"Um... I don't know but..." Dexter said nervously. "I mean, last night, when everyone left Raven's funeral in the dorm, I was alone with Raven. Then I was saying the final words to her even she couldn't hear me. Next, I kissed her... but a long kiss while I was crying, of course," he explained. "I was about to leave, then I heard a groan, obviously a groan from Raven. So yeah... she's alive! And finally, I brought her to here."
"Wow!" Apple exclaimed. "But I don't get it. Isn't that long kiss with tears the cure for the victim like her who got strongest poison?"
"Maybe," Dexter said.
Apple was about to say, the nurse walked to Raven.
"Miss Queen, you're alive and well. But it's time to go," the nurse said. "By the way, you need to rest from now until Tuesday."
"Thank you," Raven said, smiling.
The students left the infirmary and were going back to their dorms. However, instead of Dexter going back to his and Hunter's dorm, he joined Apple and Raven going to theirs since none of the other students were there.
Then Apple laid down and fell asleep on her bed as she missed her dorm room. On the other hand, Raven and Dexter went to hers.
"Raven, do you remember who poisoned you?" he asked her.
"I don't remember, Dex. But..." she said. "Oh no!"
"What is it?" he said in confusion.
Raven didn't answer his question. Instead, she went to her security-lock drawer to find the letter. Then she remembered that Cupid was the one who poisoned her as she found the letter.
"What is this?" he said as she gave him the letter.
"Just read it, Dex," she said.
He read the letter but he was confused.
"I don't understand, Raven," Dexter said. "Did Cupid poison you?"
"I think she was," Raven replied. "I thought the apple I'd eaten wasn't poisoned, so I ate it."
Moments later, Dexter became red as he was angry.
"Cupid destroyed our relationship again!" he yelled in rage.
Luckily, Apple didn't woke up but Raven shushed him.
"I guess, Dex," she said. "Just find her."
He nodded and was leaving her.
He was about to get out from the dorm, he went to Raven's spot to say something.
"Um... Raven," he said nervously.
"Dexter, just go and find her," she said.
"I have something to tell you," he said. "But promise me not to mad at me, okay?"
"I promise. So what up?" Raven said.
"Raven, when you were gone. I asked Cupid to be my girlfriend and she said 'yes'," he said seriously.
"No! I thought you love me," she said sadly, her tears streaming on her cheeks.
"Please, Raven! Even you were gone, I still loved you. Since you told me that Cupid was the one who poisoned you, I'm going to break up with her, okay?" he said, wiping her tears then holding her hands. "So Raven Queen, will you be my girlfriend again?"
"Yes, Dexter," she said.
"Good," he said as he kissed her. "I love you, Raven."
"I love you too, Dex," she said as she kissed him back. "Now find and bring Cupid to Headmaster's office, Dex. And I'm going to his office."
He nodded and got out from the dorm to find Cupid.
Later, Raven got out and looked around if someone was there. She walked to the Headmaster's office quietly and knocked on the door.
"Come in," Headmaster Grimm said from his office.
She opened the door and saw him writing something.
"Um... Headmaster," she said quietly.
Then he looked up and suddenly jumped from his seat and was startling in front of her.
"M-Miss Q-Q-Queen?!" he stuttered as he was scared. "P-Please tell me you're a ghost! Please tell me this is a dream"
"I'm not a ghost, sir. This is not a dream," she said seriously. "It's me! I'm the real... I'm alive. Please believe me, Headmaster!"
"All right. I believe you, Miss Queen," he said as he sighed in relief. "Please take a seat."
Then she sat down.
"Raven Queen, how could you?! How did you back from the dead even you ate the apple with strongest poison?" he asked.
"I don't know, I mean..." she said. "I mean, I think the only way was Dexter kissed me while he was crying."
"Dexter kissed Raven even the poison was too strong? Impossible!" Headmaster Grimm thought.
"But who did poison you, Miss Queen?" he asked.
"Actually, it was..." Raven said.
Meanwhile, Dexter knocked on the door of Blondie and Cupid's dorm loudly.
"Come in," Cupid said from the dorm.
He opened the door and saw Cupid alone sitting on her bed. Blondie probably didn't tell Cupid that Raven was back.
"Hi, Dexie. What's up?" she said happily as she hugged him tightly.
He didn't hugged her back as he pushed her to the floor while glaring at her.
"Don't 'Dexie' me!" he said very angrily.
Then he grabbed her by the sleeves.
"What is your problem?!" Dexter yelled in rage.
Cupid was confused. She thought there was something randomness of him.
"What?!" she yelled back in confusion. "I don't have a problem. Maybe you have. What is wrong with you?!"
"You're the one who gave Raven a poisoned apple. Is that true?!" he said very loudly.
"What?! How did he know?!" her dark side said.
"I don't know what you're talking about, Dex," she said sarcastically.
"Tell me the truth, you witch!" he yelled at her, raising his right hand readying to smack her.
He was about to smack her, he heard the loud voice from nowhere.
"Miss Chariclo Arganthone Cupid and Miss Blondie Lockes," Headmaster Grimm said over the speaker. "Please report to my office immediately!"
Dexter dragged Cupid as he grasped her arm tightly.
"By the way," he said. "I'm going to break up with you, Cupid. I'm sorry but I hate you!"
Then her tears streamed down on her cheek.
He knocked and opened the door of the office and both of them entered. Cupid shocked as she saw Raven glaring at her.
"Raven?" Cupid gasped.
"Whaaatttt?!" her dark side exclaimed. "Raven is alive?!"
They saw Blondie as her tears were streaming down on her face.
"Is that true, Cupid?" she said sadly.
Cupid was still confused.
"Mr. Charming and Ms. Cupid, please sit down," Headmaster Grimm said.
Then both of them sat down next to Raven.
"Ms. Cupid, is that true that you ruined Mr. Charming and Ms. Queen's relationship before she'd been poisoned? And is that true that you're the one who was responsible for poisoning Ms. Queen?" he asked.
"No and no!" she lied.
"Don't lie to him, Cupid!" Dexter yelled in anger.
"Silence!" Headmaster Grimm yelled back.
"Sir, read this letter," Dexter said softly, giving the letter to him.
"The letter? No!" her dark side said.
"Tell me the truth, Ms. Cupid," he said seriously after he read the letter.
"Yes, sir," she finally said.
"Why did you poison Ms. Queen? Don't tell me when Raven died, you have Mr. Dexter Charming!" he said angrily, glaring at her.
"Because—Ugh!" she said, interrupting as she touched her head with her hand when she felt the pain.
"What happened?" Blondie said in confusion.
"Something wrong with her," Headmaster Grimm said.
Then Cupid screamed in pain.
"Headmaster, do something!" Raven exclaimed.
"Mr. Charming and Ms. Queen, put her in the couch. I'm going to summon Baba Yaga," he said.
Dexter and Raven lift Cupid up and placed her in the couch. Headmaster Grimm opened the door and Baba Yaga entered.
"Madam Yaga, please check Ms. Cupid!" he said.
Baba Yaga nodded and touch Cupid's body with her both hands to analyze her with her magic.
While analyzing her, Cupid's dark side yelled in rage, "How dare you, Cupid?!"
Madam Yaga gasped in disbelief. "Oh no!" she exclaimed.
"What is it?" he asked.
"I think Ms. Cupid has a dark side," she said.
Blondie, Raven and Dexter gasped in disbelief.
"No way! This is gonna be not just right!" Blondie exclaimed.
"I think Cupid didn't mean to, Dex," Raven said to Dexter.
"What do you mean?" Dexter said in confusion.
"Look, every demigoddesses, demigods, and gods and goddesses have dark sides. The real one could obey his or her dark side like Cupid now," Raven explained.
"Are you sure, Ms. Queen?" Headmaster Grimm said.
"Pretty sure, sir," she said. "Let you ask Cupid some questions."
He nodded and looked back at Cupid who was whined in pain. He was about to ask her a question, as Cupid opened her eyes, suddenly her eyes color turned to dark pink. And everyone shocked in disbelief.
"Her dark side!" Dexter thought.
"Madam Yaga, bind her!" Headmaster Grimm said.
Baba Yaga nodded and cast the spell to summon the rope and tied Cupid.
"Well, Ms. Cupid," he said, crossing his arms. "Why did you destroy Mr. Charming and Ms. Queen's relationship?! And why did you poison Ms. Queen?"
Blondie grabbed her mirrorpad to take some photos of her dark roommate.
"Because I love Dexter so much! And I want to have a prince charming like him! Raven must be eliminated!" Cupid yelled in rage with her deep, evil tone.
Dexter was confused what she had said.
"Really?! You are not my girlfriend, you witch!" he exclaimed.
"Quiet!" Headmaster Grimm said to Dexter, then looking back at Cupid. "Ms. Cupid, you are supposed to help the people who have love problems, not having a prince. You are not a princess, Ms. Cupid!"
"I don't care! I must have him to be my love!" she said in anger.
"No! I am not yours, Cupid," Dexter said loudly, looking at her dark pink eyes. "I'm Raven's!"
Then she kept screaming in rage.
"Headmaster, Madam Yaga, can you get rid of the dark side of my roommate?" Blondie said, crying.
"Madam Yaga?" Headmaster Grimm said, looking at Baba Yaga.
She thought for a moment if there was a way to get rid of Cupid's dark side.
"I'm sorry, dear Ms. Lockes," she said sadly. "I'm afraid there's no way to get rid of her dark side."
"But what are guys going to do? Punish her?" Blondie said.
Headmaster Grimm and Baba Yaga was thinking together if they will punish Cupid.
"Wait! I remember the rule," he said.
"What rule?" Blondie, Dexter and Raven said at the same time in confusion.
"The one of the rules is..." Baba Yaga said.
"The rule is 'If a none-future-villain student poison the future-villain student with poison apple, he or she must be punished by trapping him or her in the mirror prison within a year.' That's one of the new rules after Thronecoming Event," Headmaster Grimm said.
"Mirror prison?! Just like my mother!" Raven thought.
"You can't be serious!" Blondie exclaimed. "You can't do that for my roommate, sir!"
"I'm sorry, Ms. Lockes. But that's the rule," he said sadly. "Now, back off, you three!"
Blondie, Dexter and Raven did what their headmaster told as Baba Yaga levitated screaming dark Cupid while Headmaster Grimm was reading the babbling words from spell book.
As the processed of Cupid entering the mirror prison, Blondie was crying while taking the pictures of Cupid, and Dexter and Raven felt bad... really bad. Later, Cupid was now in the mirror prison but the rope she tied was disappear.
In the Headmaster's office, Headmaster Grimm and Baba Yaga sighed in relief while the three students were very sad.
"I'm sorry, Ms. Lockes," he said sadly. "But Baba Yaga and I had already no choice. Cupid's trap in mirror prison for one year from now, okay?"
"But who will be my roommate, sir?" Blondie said.
"I don't know," he said. "But you can sleep in your friends' dorm if you want."
Then she nodded.
"You may have to go. Dismiss!" he said.
Blondie, Dexter, Raven and Baba Yaga left his office.
Hours later, it was lunch. As Raven and Dexter entered castleteria, everyone looked at her in disbelief.
An hour ago, while Raven, Dexter, Blondie and Cupid was in Headmaster's office, Apple told everyone that Raven was back from the dead. However, some students didn't believe what Apple said.
But now, they cheered up for Raven, then they believed what Apple had said.
Later, Apple and her royal friends except Blondie went to Dexter and Raven's table as they were having lunch date.
"Hi, guys," Apple said. "Sorry for disturbing."
"It's okay," Dexter said. "So what's up?"
"I just have a question," Ashlynn said. "Raven, do you know who did poison you?"
"Um... actually it was—" Raven said.
She was about to answer, they heard the ring from Apple's mirrorphone.
"Hold on, guys," Apple said, checking her mirrorphone. "Oh! It's myChapter from Blondie. I wonder what the latest news is."
She opened the myChapter but moments later, she gasped and froze in disbelief. "Oh no!" she whispered.
"Apple, what's wrong?" Briar said in confusion.
"You're not gonna believe this, guys!" Apple said, showing her mirrorphone screen with myChapter page to Ashlynn and Briar.
"Cupid poisoned Raven? No way!" Ashlynn exclaimed in disbelief.
They saw the picture of dark Cupid entering the mirror prison by Headmaster Grimm and Baba Yaga from Blondie's myChapter account.
"And she entered the mirror prison as a punishment at least one year? I can't believe it!" Briar exclaimed. "Why would Cupid do?!"
"I don't know, guys," Raven said sadly. "I mean, she eliminated me to have Dexter. Before that, she ruined our relationship, so she stole him from me. Well, she had a crush on him, of course."
The eyes of three royal girls widened in disbelief. "Cupid have a crush on you, Dex?" they said together.
"Yes," he said as he nodded. "But she didn't tell me before, but I didn't like her back. Cupid was my friend. But now, she's no longer my friend. She already know that I liked Raven in a long time before she was here in our school."
"You're right," Apple said.
Few hours later, Raven was alone in Apple and her dorm while Apple was in Blondie and Cupid's to comfort Blondie while crying. Raven opened her mirrorpad to log her myChapter account to read Blondie's post. Her eyes widened as she saw the number of comments on Blondie's post about Cupid. Then she started reading some comments.
Daring: I can't believe it! I thought Cupid is a great demigoddess, but prince stealer.
Madeline: I'm hextremely mad at Cupid! She poisoned my BFFA in order to get Dexter? Not hattastic! _ I'm glad that Raven is back, of course. ^_^
Lizzie: Off with Cupid's head! XD
Cerise: Wow! *sarcasm* Cupid is a big... bad demigoddess!
Sparrow: Cupid is prince stealer... OOWWW!
Duchess: Ha! Cupid will be villain instead of Raven in Apple's story.
Apple: Don't be ridiculous, Duchess! I don't think Cupid will be my villain. But I still believe Raven will be in my story.
Cedar: I can't tell a lie! Cupid didn't mean to!
Raven didn't continue reading as she sighed and felt she stressed.
Later, she heard a knock on the door.
"Come in," she said.
The door opened by Dexter.
"Hi, Raven. Flowers for you," he said, showing the purple flowers to his girlfriend.
"Thanks, Dex. Just put them in the vase," she said, pointing at the empty vase on her table. "They might be wilt when I touch them."
"You're right," he said, placing the flowers on the vase.
He looked at her feeling horrible as she placed her right hand against her forehead.
"Raven, are you okay?" he said worriedly.
"No," she said, sighing. "It just... just that I feel bad for Cupid."
"Yeah? What about her?" he said, frowning.
"She's now trap in the mirror prison," she said sadly, her tears streaming down on her cheeks. "Just like my mother."
"Wait! Your mother is still alive? I thought she's dead," he said in disbelief.
"Yes. Nobody except brothers Grimm and my father knows that my mother is still alive and trapped in the mirror prison in a long time. Can you keep this secret about my mother?" she said.
"Sure. I won't tell anyone," he said, hugging her after wiping her tears.
"Look, I fear Cupid would be hurt by my mother when they're meet each other since they're in the mirror prison now, Dex," she said, hugging her back. "That's why I feel bad for her."
"Oh," Dexter said sadly. "I think I feel bad for her now."
"You do?" Raven said as they broke a hug.
"Yeah," he said. "But I believe now that she didn't mean to ruin our relationship and poison you. Of course, because of her dark side we saw her."
"Yeah," she said. "We'll have to forgive her once she'll free from mirror prison next year, okay?"
"No problem. But I'll apologize to her for hurting her," he said as he nodded. "And Raven?"
"Yeah," she said, looking at her boyfriend's baby blue eyes.
"I love you," he said, kissing her.
"I love you too," she said, kissing him back.
THE END... IS JUST THE BEGINNING.
Author's note: *pants* Whew! This is the longest chapter I've ever written, so this chapter contains more than 3,900 words. But I started writing this after 51st chapter I written last week of December 2015 but I finished this yesterday since I got writer's block few days ago. Now, it's time to celebrate Raven-back-from-the-dead! :-D
By the way, this fanfic is almost done, it'll complete this fanfiction posibbly 3rd week of March 2016 since I already made the title of each chapter until 60th chapter. And next chapter will be on next 2 weeks instead of next week, so stay tuned, readers! ;-)
