Chapter 3: Changes, Shock, and an unhappy bunny!

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Raven got up, still transfixed. How could Howl be here? Where was here anyway? Everyone was staring at her. She gulped. How did she manage to get herself in these situations? She faced the only person she recognised. Howl.

"Who are you and how do you know my name?" asked Howl curiously.

Suddenly zoning back to her relaxed self she replied, "what do you mean, 'how do I know you?' Everyone knows you're Howl! You're the cute-" She stopped in mid sentence realising what she had begun to say.

Howl smirked, as usual another girl was falling for him. What he didn't know that being cute doesn't make a girl always fall for you.

"So whoever you are finish your sentence. Cute something was where you left us off and what is your name?"

"Umm I meant you're the cute, annoying guy in some movie. Yeah. That's right!" Mumbled Raven.

"I'm cute I agree but annoying, surely you must be joking?" Howl asked flattering himself.

Raven raised her eyebrows and Sophie whacked him gently on the shoulder.

"WHAT!" Howl exclaimed.

"Howl Jenkins stop being so full of yourself and spoil this lovely evening," tutted Sophie.

"But Sophie how can you say I am ruining this evening when this girl comes crashing down!"

Raven's eyes flashed. She hated people acusing of something that wasn't her fault. Sure she loved thinking up awesome and outrageous adventures, but it wasn't like she asked to come here. Not when Howl was acting like a pig. Was she being to harsh? No, at least Raven didn't think so.

Raven fumed, "Hey Howl it wasn't like I asked to come here. I am just as surprised as you are. Have some sympathy instead of being a coward and blaming a tinsy little incident like this on me!"

"I'm not. Ok instead of all this yitter yatter. Tell me from the start how you came here and what you know about me," Commanded Howl as gently as he could.

"Why should I? Now you start being nice. I could have broken something falling down," Raven said melodramatically.

"Just do what he asks because at the end of it, it's not going to help you or me if you don't," encouraged Sophie.

"That's true. Well make yourselves comfortable because I know a lot of things about Howl Jenkins a.k.a wizard Pendragon a.k.a ¼ .umm I forgot if there was anymore."

Howl looked bewildered, how did this girl know his other identity?

"So where do I start? Ok here's the deal me and my two mates went to the cinema¼ .. Actually I won't tell you that bit. My friend's grandmother just died but before she died she told us some stuff"

"What stuff?" interrupted Howl.

"Just stuff. You don't need to know. Anyway she died and there was all this bright light and next thing I knew I ended up here. Is that an explanation enough for you people?" Raven said a bit rudely.

"But how do you know about Howl?" probed Sophie.

"Arghhhhhh, I hate explanation. One of my mates she's the brainy one she can explain all this to you but where the hell is she? Um in my world considering this ain't my world, Howl is an anime character, a cartoon if you don't know what anime is," explained Raven rolling her eyes at the blank faces that were slowly disappearing.

Raven was about to continue when the ballroom doors burst open. In came running a small boy with brown hair. He skidded to a halt in front of Howl and tried to catch his breath. He glanced at Raven looked strangely at her then focused his attention back to Howl.

"Howl¼ " he rasped. "You have to come back to the castle now! There's something wrong with Calcifer and¼ .and.."

"Tell us on the way Markl. Come on lets go. We are needed," said Howl already conjuring up a wind.

Sophie, Markl and Howl started rising; they darted out of the room.

"Hey wait!" shouted Raven.

She scrambled out of the ballroom and out of the palace. She spotted the rest of them a little bit ahead of them. Raven wasn't ready to give up on Howl yet, besides she was completely stranded in this unknown world and the only way out of all this was probably Howl.

Raven was running but no way was running going to be enough to catch up with Howl. She thought of when Howl conjured up a wind in the movie and how he had done it just now. Maybe she could do the same? No such luck. How was she supposed to do? Raven started to get angry, she had always wanted an adventure but not this. Her blood was boiling, she was always one to get angry easily. She could only just see Howl know. This was another world she should be able to do something paranormal, especially 'cause this was a paranormal world.

She breathed. One more time. She asked for the wind to help her. The wind bit her cheeks. Useless. Raven felt her temper rising once again, but this time with her temper was the wind. Slowly her feet was being lifted on the ground. Raven became still unsure what to do next but she didn't have to. She was gliding to Howl's moving castle on an invisible wind cloud. Raven grinned she conjured up a wind but different to Howl's. She was going to arrive at the famous Howl's moving castle in style.

There was the famous Howl's moving castle, right in front of Raven. It looked so big, so jumbled, so scary. She gulped. Raven was about to knock on the door when it swung upon on the rusty hinges squeakily. She stepped inside the castle feeling uncomfortable. Raven walked up the creaky stairs at saw a distressed Howl over the grate, with Sophie and Markl behind her.

Nobody noticed her as she came closer to see what was coming. She looked over Howl's shoulder and saw something blue in Howl's hands. Calcifer. Without realising what she was doing she took Calcifer into her hands, reluctantly Howl let her take it.

"What happened?" whispered Raven.

"Who are you?" asked Markl.

"Raven. Markl tell me what happened?"

"The witch of the waste, we thought she was just an old woman know, stripped of her powers, but seems like it was just a cover. She put some spell on Calcifer putting him out. Howl can't revive him, and neither can Sophie.

Once again Raven felt anger but this time directed at the witch of the waste. She never liked the old woman. Raven lifted up Calcifer level with her face. Her searched him while she was still bubbling. She blew over him.

"I f I had powers I would say in the name of the wind free you of the spell that holds you. But I don't have no powers."

Feeling her hands burning she put Calcifer down. Raven groaned. She looked at Calcifer and noticed something had changed. The room was no longer cold and gloomy but warm and bright. Raven looked down at the grate and saw Calcifer was no longer blue but yellow, orange, red the colours of fire.

"How?" asked Howl. " How did you do it Raven?"

"Huh?"

"The only person that could break that spell is the witch of the waste or someone directly descended from her."

"Wait Howl. I didn't break that spell of Calcifer. And related to the witch of the waste, impossible. I don't even come from this world."

Everybody looked confused.

"If your not related then what is it? You can stay until we found out because you saved Calcifer." Howl said feeling confused.

A/n: Yay! Finally finished a section. Sorry it took me so long to update my Pc was broken. I have more to write but maybe this little bit will keep you guys happy for a while. PLEASE PLEASE REVIEW. Makes me happy.