Hey guys! I'm here with the newest chapter of Raven in Wonderland. Finally finished the Philosophy paper I've been putting off for four weeks. Disaster averted, feeling the aster. Hehehe…refrences. Anyways, are you guys prepared for this chapter? You have no idea what's going to go on from this point on, but I do mwahahahahahahaha! Okay during the break between writing this sentence and the last one I actually went to the Philosophy class that the paper was due in, and we got locked in. My entire class, professor and all, got locked inside our classroom. A maintenance guy and a member of campus security spent 45 minutes trying to unlock the door…I wanted them to use a chainsaw. From that little moment we can assume that when I say "I know exactly what's going to happen next" I obviously mean inside the story, not in real life. If I knew what was going to happen when in real life I definitely would not have gone to class today just to avoid being locked in…actually if I knew what would happen when, technically I would be considered omniscient, and if I was omniscient that would technically make me God, and if I was God then my friend Jack wouldn't believe in my existence and I wouldn't have anyone to read my philosophy homework to me…I digress.
Disclaimer: I do not own Teen Titans or Alice in Wonderland, I do however own my OC Nix.
Raven continued to wander through the forest, she wasn't exactly sure which way she was supposed to go but she continued on anyways. 'Why in the world did I actually listen to those two. I'm not going to find anything out here.' She thought to herself as she pushed through some bushes into a darker part of the forest. 'I wonder why I haven't woken up yet, you'd think the others would at least be trying to wake me up…unless they got hit too. No, no calm down Raven, if anyone besides you got hit it was…Beast Boy.'
Raven stopped and thought, if Beast Boy was angered by Raven being hit, he might have turned into the beast to defend her from any further attacks. In that angry and albeit pretty vulnerable state he might have gotten hit by the smoke as well. 'What would his dream be about? I hope he's okay.' Raven quickly shook the thought out of her head and trudged on.
As she continued on she caught a scent that was very familiar. Confused as to what it was, she walked off the path to the right and pushed through some more bushes. She came across another large mushroom and realized why the smell was so familiar. At the top of the mushroom sat Tara the caterpillar. She didn't seem to notice Raven was there so Raven turned to leave, she wasn't exactly in the mood to deal with someone who looked so much like Terra even though she wasn't.
"It's unwise for an enemy of the queen to be wandering the forest by herself." Raven stopped and turned around when she heard Tara speak. "Where are your pets? The rabbit and the cat?"
"They're not my pets, and they're at the castle preparing for the jack's trial." Raven said. The caterpillar nodded, then motioned for Raven to come sit next to her on the mushroom. Raven didn't exactly have much of a choice so she complied.
"Even so, you shouldn't be out here by yourself, they know that. Why did they leave you alone?" Tara asked once Raven sat next to her.
"They didn't leave me alone, Gar left me with Nix, and then Nix left me with Dee and Dum. Dee and Dum said maybe if I investigated the forest I'd be able to find out how to wake up."
Tara sighed and lay back on the mushroom. "Well, it wasn't smart to walk off and investigate the forest while the queen wants you beheaded, but Dee and Dum were right, walking through the forest did help you find a way to wake up."
Raven looked puzzled, "No it hasn't, I still have no idea what I'm supposed to do."
"Yes, but I know what you need to do. You have the power to wake yourself up, you just have to find it. In a situation where the person you care about most is put into danger, you will gain the power to wake yourself up. Until then…just don't die."
Before Raven could say anything else Tara was engulfed in a bright white light and transformed from a caterpillar into a butterfly.
"But wait, who is it that has to be put in danger?" Raven asked before Tara could leave.
"You'll find out when the time is right." And with that Tara flew away.
Raven let out a frustrated sigh and jumped down from the mushroom. 'So my powers won't come back until someone is put in danger? Who's it supposed to be?' Raven thought to herself as she started to walk again. Suddenly she slammed into something, when she looked up realized she was now outside of Hearts Castle. 'I guess this is why everyone kept telling me not to die.' She noticed a group of people headed into a building. The building had a sign outside it that said "courtroom." 'Nix and Gar are in there…what could possibly go wrong?' She thought sarcastically as she ran into the building.
Gar paced back and forth in the middle of the court room, as of right now the only people in the room were spectators and a few of the witnesses. He hoped Nix had gotten Raven to a safe place.
"Hey grass stain!" He was pulled from his thoughts when he heard the unmistakable voice of Nix.
Gar was shocked; he didn't think Nix would come to the trial when she was supposed to be protecting Raven. "Nix! Where's Raven? You're supposed to be protecting her!"
"I left her with Dee and Dum; I couldn't exactly bring her here." Nix said, surprised at the tone Gar was using.
"You left her with whom? Nix those two won't protect her! They'll let her wander off, the queen wants to kill her, at this point she'd be safer here!"
"Pffft, let's not forget who got her in trouble with the queen in the first place. I say my protection plan is safer than yours." Nix said, glaring and crossing her arms as she spoke.
Unknown to the two bickering friends, Raven had just entered the court room. When she saw the two of them arguing in the middle of the court room. "Uh guys?"
"Not now Raven, I'm yelling at Nix for leaving Raven in the middle of the forest with Dee and Du-Raven!"
"Raven?! You're not safe here!"
"She's safer here than in the forest Nix."
"I beg to differ Gar."
Raven tried to calm the two of them down but the argument escalated, they were interrupted by Victor the dormouse walking up to them and tapping them both on the shoulders. "Look, it doesn't matter where Raven is safest, she's here now, and unless you want the Queen to realize that she is, you should probably hide her, now."
Just then the Queen's fanfare started playing. "Oh crap." Was all Nix could say.
"This is just fantastic." Gar said. "Go hide Raven with you and the other witnesses. We'll find out what to do after the trial is over."
"Where's he going?" Raven asked as Nix and Victor lead her over to the area where the witnesses were sitting.
"Gar's like the Queen's pet, he has to sit by her and the King during the trial." Victor said as he took a seat in the fourth row next to Wally the March Hare.
"Yeah, it's a miracle he's not as rotten as the Queen herself." Nix said as she pushed Raven into the row behind Wally and Victor, effectively blocking her from the view of the Queen. "Let's just hope we can hide the fact that you're here until the trial is over."
Alright guys, that's the end of the chapter! It only gets worse from here…story wise I mean…though my writing might get crappier as it goes on, you never know. XP R&R please!