Normal P.O.V

Hakucho house-hold

"You pathetic fool!" He roared in anger as she stood there trembling with fear.

"I transform you into a human and you lose an effortless chance to steal a heart!" He slapped her across the face as tears welled up in her eyes.

"I-I'm s-sorry." she whispered.

"Sorry is not enough for losing a chance to steal a heart! It's a much greater price!" He grabbed a knife as she slowly backed away until she hit the wall. "Please Drosselmeyer! I'm sorry! He was in the way! I'm Sorry!" He twisted her arm and she began to cry as it made a sickening crunch. He clutched her wrists his nails punctured through her skin and slit it with the knife as the blood flowed out from the giant gash.

"AAAAHHHH!" she yelled in agony. "Dr-Drosselmeyer I'm sorry. They got in the way!"

"Next time if you fail to capture me a heart when needed, there will be an even bigger consequence." he growled and punched her broken and limp arm as she whimpered.

Normal P.O.V

Rue walked around town thinking of what Fakir told her last night with Mytho.

Flashback

"You guys we have a problem." The 'knight' announced as he began to explain.

"When I was walking around town, I saw her. Tutu. Except she was stealing the heart instead of preventing it. When I stopped that from happening, she looked at me as if I deeply betrayed her. Her face had a look a fear and then she disappeared! She vanished into the fucking fog!" Her eyes widen wondering if the Raven returned.

"Don't worry Rue. The Raven is not back otherwise she would have a flock following her around everywhere." Her husband consoled knowing that she was tortured by those thoughts.

"Why is she afraid then? What was going to happen if she didn't complete the capturing of a heart?" she warily asked.

"That's what we're going to find out." The green eyed male answered.

End of flashback

They we're going to camp out in the meadow in case she come back tomorrow so she packed and prepared to go to the woods. They all set up their sleeping bags and drifted away into relaxing for a few hours until they heard a rustling in the bushes.

"Guys it's her." Fakir whispered. When they looked at her they noticed that her arm had a giant purple bruise and that it was also wrapped in a bloody cloth with the blood still seeping through. " I think we have our answer Rue." The prince replied to her question from yesterday. 'Kurai Hakucho' began to dance in pain as she cried during part of it. Tears stroked her face as she began to sing once again expressing her misery.