How the Bird fit the Crown

The Evil Queen: Part 4

The teens pushed open the creaky crystal doors to reveal the dust filled air in the somber looking castle. It held dark enchanted books piling up covered in cobwebs. The furniture was scarce and was making of a cracking crystal texture. The girl's heels clicked the smooth glass floor and they were startled by the swoops of ravens cawing at them and fly out into the outside.
"Welcome to my mom's Kingdom." Raven said as she kicked over a pile of books off of a chair.
"Where are the maids, butlers, and the people?" Melody asked. Raven giggled as everyone looked at her weird.
"The butlers and maids were all part of my mom's shadow magic, wherever she goes, they follow. As for the people, they have a colossal village miles deep into the woods. She is the queen of all the villains banished here." Raven soon coughed and some black smoke came out of her mouth.
"Raven are you ok?" Cedar asked. She got up and nodded slowly.
"Yeah let's just go to her throne room. The mirror should be there." She coughed once more and saw everyone looking at her.
"Lets make it snappy!" She yelled. Her eyes flowed for a sec but she shook her head.
"Sorry. Just, let's go." She said in a calmer voice. As the teens were walking , Cedar stopped them for a second as Raven continued to lead the way.
"I don't know hexactly what's up but something is wrong with Raven." Cedar said. The rest nodded.

They walked into the dusty throne room. It held many evil artifacts, her spell books, her 3 eyed black skull of vision, her giant encrusted Raven egg, her bottle of potions and powders. Bunny walked up in a dark corner and saw something covered by a moth eaten tarp. She pulled the tarp and coughed as the dust flew in the air. As the dust cleared, she saw a glowing mirror that she saw in history books. It was the Evil Queen's enchanted mirror.
"Guys! I found it!" Bunny called out as she squinted at the Mirror. She was drawn to touch it, but was stopped as Raven grabbed her wrist. She grabbed a little too tight and was hurting Bunny's hand, she tried to wriggle free but Raven stared at her with a dead-like expression on her face.
"Raven, your hu-hurting me." Bunny stated. Raven paused for a moment then let go.
"Don't touch the mirror, only the frame." Raven snapped. Bunny backed away and rubbed her bruised wrist.
"Raven what is up with you? Ever since we got here you haven't been yourself." Cerise exclaimed. Raven turned her back and gave a hysterical laugh. She turned back and cocked her head back.
"What would you know? You don't know me! None of you do!" She yelled while keeping her evil glare. Dexter tried to walk up but Raven pushed him back with a powerful force.
"Don't touch me!" She flared up her wings. Raven scoffed.
"I'll do it myself, you idiots can't obviously do anything." She started to unlatched the mirror. The crew backed away and talked.
"I have a theory, the Evil Queen planned this." Bunny said. The rest gasped in shock.
"How so?" Cedar asked.
"The Ravens. Back when Wonderland was poisoned, I studied the Evil Queen to figure out a way to reverse the curse and while researching I found a page containing information. The birds, they're her eyes and ears. No one one wondered why Raven was so far away? The queen got her birds to do something to her..." they all looked at Raven. Dexter shook his head.
"But why would she do that? Why would she go through all this trouble just to mess with Raven?" Dexter asked. Bunny pondered but soon scrolled and typed through her phone. She pulled up a picture and showed it to them.
"That's... Raven fairytale file." Melody pointed out. Bunny nodded.
"I forgot all about this until now, Raven didn't just now get those wings, she was born that way." She scrolled into a baby photo of Raven with the same wings. They all gasped.
"Why happened to them?" Dexter asked.
"It says they affected her personality in dark ways, when she turned 3, the palace guards were forced to..." Bunny gasped and covered her mouth.
"What?" Cerise persisted. Bunny eyes started to water.
"... saw them off." They all looked horrified.
"But she has no scar on her back!" Dexter said trying to deny the horrible truth. They all looked at him confused.
"How would you know?" They asked. Dexter rubbed the back of his neck and blushed.
"You know..." he muttered. They all soon got the message, and tried to move on.
"It says they heal quick, but they only grow back in the mirror realm. The Queen wanted her daughter to be her successor, she never wanted the Mirror. Once we take her back to he real world the only way to get rid of them, is to saw them off." Bunny concluded as she turned off her phone.
"We can't do that to Raven!" Cedar said.
"We have no choice. If she keeps them, she won't be Raven anymore." She said. Dexter banged his fist against the wall.
"She can't get away with this, I knew the Evil Queen was evil but this is just low." He said angrily. Melody tried to put a hand on his shoulder but she feel that he was tense.
"Once we get there, how we trap the Evil Queen again?" Cerise asked. Bunny pondered but soon got an idea.
"The booking glass!" Bunny exclaimed. They all agreed and walked over to Raven.
"Raven we need to get back to Ever After." Melody said. Raven turned to them.
"No... I need to get back. I don't see the point in keeping you guys around anymore." She said.
"Raven this isn't you! It's those wings!" Raven's wings flinched when Bunny said that.
"The old Raven is gone, these wings are the best thing to ever happen. They made me better, stronger!" She yelled. She tapped the mirror and walked through but said something before disappearing completely.
"Charm ya later haters." She laughed and disappeared. The mirror shattered and turned into dust. Cedar bent down and rubbed the ash between her fingers.
"Great. Now how do we get home?" Melody said.
"This is making me so mad." Bunny said as she stomped her foot. As soon as she stomped her foot, a portal appeared at her foot and another appeared at the end of the room. She gasped and soon had an idea.
"Hand me that Apple over there!" She asked of Cerise. Cerise grabbed the apple on top of the bookcase and handed it to Bunny. Bunny proceeded to drop the apple into the portal near her foot and saw the apple fly out of the portal at the end of the room. They all stared in amazement.
"I can create portals! I need to concentrate, where is the Evil Queen currently?" Dexter came forward.
"In Raven's room for sure." He said. Bunny thought and gathered everyone close to her.
"To Raven's room!" She yelled out loud and stomped her for hard. A big portal appeared. They all looked at each other and nodded. They jumped through and fell onto the ground of Raven's dorm room to see Raven and The Evil Queen chatting.
"What are you doing here?! I left you in the mirror realm!" Raven exclaimed.
"Dex! Get the booking glass from Apple!" Dexter nodded and ran out the dorm.
"Don't worry Raven, we'll stop her." Dexter said as he ran.