Authors note: I want to thank all of you for reviewing my story! I'll write some replies afterwards but thank you! Now I'm worried i won't live up to the reviews XD. It meant a lot to me that so many of you liked my story 3~ I was a little bit busy so i decided to kind of shorten this chapter than what it was going to be like before. Please excuse the ending; i was writing this right before i slept...
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After passing the Troll's bridge; Raven broke off in a sprint to get to the lifrairy as fast as her legs could carry her. She passed The Glass Slipper, the The Hocus Latte Cafe and the Beanstalk Bakery as she ran to reach the staircase that lead to Ever After high. Maddie did the same except she was skipping beside her and she didn't seem out of breath at all. Once the two finally reached Ever After High, they paused-Er, Raven paused to catch her breath beside the stair case.
"Raven, what was your idea? I'm curious! and hexcited! Ooh, the teacups in my hat are just shaking!" Maddie exclaimed
Raven took in one last deep breath and replied "Well, you know how I've wondered about my story? I can't wait until graduation to find out! There's plenty of spell books in the lifrairy; maybe i can find one that'll show me the future! It wont hurt to try, right?"
Maddie giggled "That's hat-tastic!" She bowed and her Hat Of Many Things fell to the ground.
Early Grey, Maddie's pet dormouse, made a 'squeak' and then popped out of the hat and scurried up Madeline's arm. He leaped from her shoulders then on to her head and bowed, as if he was imitating Madeline "After you, BFFAAAT!" Maddie said, before springing up to stand.
Raven was confused "BFFAAAT?"
She picked up her hat and placed it on her head. Earl Grey hopped up on the hat and stretched out his tiny paws before resting upon it.
"Best Friend Forever After And After That!" She grinned
She smiled back. Even before Legacy Day, Maddie always supported her in everything. It was strange; the daughter of the Evil Queen and the Mad Hatter's daughter. Best friends. "Same here" she answered, as she grabbed Maddie's hand and began to run to the lifrairy.
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"Narrator? Narrator! Hellllooooo!"
What is it, Maddie?
"Well helloooo, Narrator! I wanted to ask you something but I've forgotten!"
Maddie, you're supposed to be going to the lifrairy right now
"Oh, I know! I'm doing that right now, silly! Raven keeps looking at me like I'm talking to myself"
Raven took a quick glance at Maddie as she heard her name then looked back upwards
Maybe it's because that is what it looks like. She can't hear the narrator, anyway i should get back to-
"Well i think it would be amazing if Raven could hear you too, then we could all talk togeth-!"
"Maddie, we're here" Raven announced as she looked around her. As she entered, the two Step Librarians motioned for her to be quiet.
Raven shrugged in response and began to search through the books. she searched through the books that began with the letter 'F' hoping to find some spell book for the future, but all she found was 'The Frog Prince' and books with fairies. She moved her finger along each spine of the book, reading the titles as she went along. It would've been more easier if Dexter came along -before True Hearts day, he had to reorganize the forbidden books section so he might have saw some kind of book that she was looking for.
"That's right! Maybe he could help! Thank you narrator, i'd give you a hug for being so helpful!"
Wait, Maddie! I'm not supposed to help-!
"Thanks, Dexter!" Maddie exclaimed, she was too excited to notice the Step Librarians glare at her
As soon as she heard Maddie, Raven looked over in her direction and saw Maddie holding a book. And...Dexter? They were both walking in Raven's direction, although Maddie was walking with a bounce on each of her steps. Whilst they were coming over, Raven nervously waved at Dexter and Maddie. Dexter did the same, but Raven couldn't see him blush from afar.
"Raven! Lookie here!" Maddie squealed, blowing the dust off of a thick book. It looked like it hadn't been used in years at all whereas the other forbidden books looked like they had just been found. {Dexter did have to clean them as well after...}
Raven looked at the book, amazed that the school lifrairy actually had a book which was exactly how she pictured it "Where'd you find this...?"
"Dexter was actually the one who found this big, big book!" She explained, gesturing to Dexter like a magician showing the crowd a magic trick
In response, Dexter just shrugged in a shy manner. What exactly do you do when someone's complimenting you in front of your crush? Daring would probably chuckle and flirt with them or something... Oh, gort. Say something, Dexter! "It was nothing, i uh... I actually found it in the uh same place i uh, found the other forbidden books but it looks like this book was found recently... Or something, It wasn't there last time i checked..."
"Wait... You won't get in trouble for borrowing this book, right?" Raven inquired. Of course, it was called the forbidden books section after all... Wait, why was this book forbidden anyway?
"I don't know, I just... I told them that i'd help clean the lifrairy instead of Hunter because of Pesky... But once you bring it back they won't be able to tell it was ever gone..." He replied like it was nothing. He still had a nervous tone in his voice.
"Thanks again, Dexter" She replied with a really faint blush.
She opened up the book and she checked through each page, skimming through the book to find any page that had a mention of 'time travelling'. The pages were different to the other books that she usually had seen, Raven saw lots of notes that were crossed out in blue ink and the pages felt fragile as if they were going to tear at any moment. As she read the first sentence she noticed it was written in riddles that made absolutely no sense to her
Maddie giggled as she stood beside Raven, reading each sentence "It's written in riddlish!"
Dexter looked over at the book "Um... Why did you two want a book for the future anyway?" He asked
"It's... Well i just thought that I could maybe see my future" She simply replied, not looking up from the book
"Raven! What is hidden is not found and to go where you must you must search for the beginning of a cloud!" Maddie pointed to a line in the book as if it made sense to Raven.
"Silly Narrator! Of course it makes sense, well, even though it might not be an exact language!"
...
"Is something wrong?
The narrator isn't meant to interact with the characters, Maddie.
"Whoops, I'll let you get back to the story!"
Dexter was confused.
"It's a Wonderland thing..." Raven explained
"It means that if you want to go to the future you have to find the beginning of a cloud" Maddie stated as she read the sentence over again to check she had read it correctly
"I think they begin with water..." Dexter said "But there's the swamp or the wishing well..."
As Maddie read on, she looked up from the large book and nodded "The wishing well! How hat-tastic! We did it!"
Raven quickly glanced back at the book to check if there was anything important in the book. What she didn't see was any important writing at all. There was a little gap in the book, which looked like it was made for some kind of bottle. Wait, what if that bottle was something they needed? Were they too late?
"Looking for something?" Kitty asked, popping up from behind Raven and Maddie. Startled, Raven shut the book and it dropped from her hands. Kitty quickly vanished in a split second and reappeared on the top of a wooden bookshelf, holding the book in her hand. She dangled it as if she was going to drop it to the carpeted floor. Raven took two steps forward.
"Kitty!" Raven muttered
Kitty put it to the side of her as she sat cross-legged on top of the bookcase. Kitty then flipped through the huge book and pushed it away from her. She twirled one of her lavender curls from her twin tails and smiled her Cheshire smile "So, Raven Queen, daughter of the Evil Queen and a time-traveler i hear?"
"N-no!" Raven stuttered "I'm not time-travelling or anything!"
Kitty suddenly appeared next to raven "Yet... You're not time-travelling yet" She smirked
"What do you want, Kitty?" Raven asked, beginning to feel some kind of magic build up inside of her. Kitty seemed to notice a faint purple glow swirling around her hand... 'Not yet...'
"Well..." She looked up at the sky, her cat-like eye fixated on a little mark on the ceiling before speaking up "Chaos of course; what else would this kitty want?"
"Raven..." Dexter whispered quietly, although no one could hear him. He saw that the mark on the ceiling was expanding,
"Kitty, give it BACK!" Raven shouted, not noticing that the everyone had turned their attention to them
Raven's magic flared and shot upwards in a spiralled fashion, which caused the mark to glow violet and black as if they were reacting to Raven's magic. Everyone took two steps back, but it was Maddie and Dexter who stayed by her side.
"Oh no..." Raven looked at her hands. There was a sudden flash that erupted from the ceiling and surrounded the lifrairy and made everyone black out. But before blacking out; Raven hear Kitty muttering some words rapidly... Like out of a wonderlandian textbook...
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