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Ch 2-Invitation

Narrator:

We'll now figure out if Raven says yes or no to the invitation.

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Raven was in her room meditating. Of course she kept losing her concentration because Helen and Komander were being extremely loud today. Not for the first time she wondered why she didn't take Richard up on his offer to move in with him. It wasn't like she had any reason to stay here. Though she did need to know more about him before she even thought about that. Just because he was a prince didn't mean he was any less dangerous. Trying harder to ignore them Raven emptied her mind and resumed meditating. Everything was completely quiet and she was all alone. Raven was surrounded by darkness and she was floating. No noise made their way through. It was completely quiet. She started to relax her muscles.

Suddenly there was this big crash outside her door. This made her completely lose her focus. She was starting to get very irritated. Floating down to the ground she left her room to figure out what they were doing. Once her door was open the noise was even louder. Raven didn't even know how she was able to block it all out. It was probable because she's done it all her life. She was about to head towards Helen's room when she heard a knock on the door. Deciding to deal with them later she headed downstairs.

Opening the door Raven saw a boy wearing the royal colors. She knew he wasn't from Gothem since he wore red and blue and not the black and blue from Gothem.

"Would you happen to be Miss Raven Roth?" asked the messenger boy.

"Yes."

"I have a royal invitation for you from the future queen of Metropolis."

The boy handed her the letter and went on his way. Raven was perplexed on why Kori would send her a letter. Of course she shouldn't have been surprised by that since Kori always liked her. She phased through the floor to her room. She didn't want Helen and Komander snooping thru her stuff. Lighting a few candles she opened the letter and read it.

Dear Raven,

I would like to invite you to the royal castle of Gothem. Since I haven't seen you or talked to you in a year it would give us time to catch up. It would be great to see you again. I will be arriving in Gothem in two weeks time. You may arrive at the palace a day or week after me, whichever is more convenient for you. I look forward to seeing your visit.

Sincerely,

Kori

After reading the letter Raven quickly put it away. She thought about not going, but then decided that the Gothem castle would be more quieter. Well...as quiet as it can be with Kori and Roy there. They always seemed to want to throw a milliion balls to honor them. It really didn't make any since to Raven. Of course it wasn't like she would participate in any of them anyways. She'd most likely stay in the room that they'd fix up for her the whole time. Taking out a piece of paper she wrote a reply to Kori. She would arrive at the palace a week after so Kori could have time to get settled in. She then transported the letter to the Metropolis messenger and altered his memory a bit making it seem like she handed it to him. It would be great to get away from Helen and Komander for awhile. Raven decided she wouldn't tell Richard about this. It would be more fun to see his reaction when she gets there.

Another loud sound came from outside her door. This was working on her last nerve. Stomping out of her room she headed to Helen's room. The door was wide open. Looking inside the whole room was a complete wreck. Helen and Komander were standing in the middle of it.

"What the hell are you two doing?" Raven seethed.

"We're trying to rearrange my room," Helen replied.

"Do you have to be so loud?"

"Well…we wouldn't have to if Kori hadn't left. It would be her doing this instead of us. If she hadn't left we wouldn't be fending for ourselves. She can be so ungrateful and selfish," Komander said.

"Do you hear yourself right now? If you two didn't treat her like your personal slave you would know how to do things by yourself. The only ones who are selfish are you two."

"I beg to differ. You're pretty selfish yourself Raven. If you helped out around here we'd actually get things done."

"And become your guys' new slave. No thanks."

"Komander is right. You need to pull your weight around here. Starting tomorrow I want you to cook all the meals and clean the laundry. And if you don't do it you'll be living out on the streets," Helen ordered.

"What about Komander?"

"She'll do the cleaning around the house."

Komander was shocked by this. Raven was satisfied by this and left the room. Once she was gone Komander rounded on her mother.

"Mother! You can't be serious. You can't really want me to clean the house," Komander complained.

"Don't worry honey. I only said that so Raven would actually do the chores I gave her. All you have to do is clean the house for the next two weeks. Then I'll slowly make sure that she does all the chores and you won't have to do any," Helen explained.

"Oh! Now I get it," Komander said with a sinister smile on her face.

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Raven sat in her room looking through her spell book. She knew that Helen wasn't really going to make Komander do any chores. She was just going to play along until she leaves to go visit Kori. After that she was going to find other living arrangements because there was no way she was coming back here again. Raven will pack all of her stuff when she leaves. There really wasn't that much and she could always put everything else in a sub-pocket.

She had a feeling that something big was going to happen and knew that there was no way she'd figure it out here. It wasn't anything good Raven could tell, but didn't know anything more than that. Most likely no one will bother her when she visits the castle.

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Narrator:

Now we know that Raven is accepting Kori's invitation. Does Helen really think she can pull one on Raven? It's not like Raven is dumb or anything. Next time Kori and Roy will arrive at Gothem and Raven will come to the castle. I wonder what Raven's feeling means. I guess we'll know in later chapters.