Rexter three

Chapter 4

Raven and Dexter were packing to go to Raven's dad when Darling came in. "You guys sure you don't want to use one of our carriages? Mirror travel makes people sick as a dog, and Raven, you're already sick as a dog." Raven stopped packing. "Darling, thanks again for offering us a carriage, but my dad's castle is on a cliff the stands over a roaring ocean, so he doesn't have a safe way to get a carriage up there. Thanks again." Darling shrugged and walked out of the room. "Ready?" Raven asked Dexter. "Yes, I think. I've never done mirror travel before. Does it hurt?" Dexter asked. "No. You'll just feel like, um, well like you have morning sickness." Dexter looked at Raven. Raven reached into her travel bag and took out a blue orb, and dropped it. Right before it hit the ground, the orb exploded and liquid came hitting the ground, making a mirror portal. Raven looked at Dexter who had a terrified look on his face. Raven grabbed his hand. "One...Two...Three!" Raven and Dexter jumped into the mirror portal. They landed in the front yard of the good king's castle. Raven stood up, and along with Dexter, they ran to throw up behind two trees. "Raven, Dexter, are you all right?" The good king said as he walked up to them. Raven stood up. "Hey, dad. Yeah, I'm good as I'm going to get. Dexter?" Dexter stood up. "Hi, Mr. King. How are you?" Dexter said in a weak sick voice. "I'm alright Dexter. Why don't you two come in? I have soup all ready for you." Raven hugged her dad. "Come on Dex." 

After they finished their soup, Raven and Dexter decided it was time to tell Raven's dad about her being pregnant. "Dad, theirs a reason why Dexter and I are here." The good king looked confused. "Raven, is everything alright?" Raven sat down her dad in a dining room chair. "Dad...I'm pregnant." The good king just looked at her. "Dad, I'm pregnant with twins. Dad, are you ok?" The good king stood up and walked over to his daughter. "I'm happy for you. I'm just worried about what your mother will say. She might have told you she's ok with you and Dexter's relationship, but she not happy about it, not at all." Dexter grabbed Raven's hand. "Well, she's going to have to find a way to deal with it. She's going to find out sooner or later. Tomorrow. I'll tell her tomorrow. It might be better hearing it from me in person." The good king hugged both of them. "Now, when are my grandchildren due?" The good king asked. "Oh, um December 16." The good king smiled. "They're going to be spoiled, you know that." Raven laughed. "Yeah, I know..."

The next morning, Raven, Dexter, and the Good King. headed up to the highest tower in the Good King's castle, to see the Evil Queen. "She can't get out right?" Dexter asked in a scared voice. Raven grabbed his hand. "She can only get out if someone touches the mirror. So, I trust the no one will." Raven grabbed her father's hand. As they walked into the old dusty room filled with cobwebs, Raven let go of her father's hand, along with Dexter's hand, and walked over to a mirror the touched the floor, and yanked off a velvet cloth cover that covered the magic mirror. Raven backed up. Dexter walked up to grabbed Raven's hand, and so did the Good King. "Mirror, mirror on the wall, show me, my mother," Raven said. Inside the mirror, pink and purple smoke started to form, and by the time all the smoke disappeared, the Evil Queen stood with her arms crossed. "Raven, Dexter....and my husband, what a surprise. What can I do for you?" Raven tightened her grip on the hand that was holding Dexter's hand. "Mom, um, I have some news." The Evil Queen uncrossed her arms. "It must be important if your fathers here. He doesn't come to see me often. Only with important business." The Evil Queen looked at her husband. Raven took a deep breath. "Mom, um, I'm just going to come out and say it..." The Evil Queen straightened her posture. "Well, go on." Raven took another deep breath. "Mom, I'm pregnant...With twins." Dexter held on to his fiancee's hand tighter. "What!?!" Raven stepped back. The Evil Queen looked right at Dexter. "You! How could you! You...You..B-" The Good King cut her off. "Now dear don-" The Evil Queen banged on the mirror from the inside hard. "Mom! Please, try to understand. Please!" Raven kept her grip firm while holding Dexter's hand. "Understand! Raven, you're a Rebel, his a Royal! It's just not right! I never told you how I felt about your relationship with Dexter because I thought it wouldn't work! But I was wrong. You're too young to be a mother anyway." Raven took a deep breath. "You're a Rebel, and dad's a Royal, what's the difference!?! Hmm, tell me. And I'm not too young to be a mother! You had me when you just turned eighteen. I'm going to be nineteen by the time these babies come. I'll be fine." Raven said trying to keep her cool. "Oh, really? You just wait and see. it will be the end of you and Dexter.  And the difference is, I had too. I had to marry your father! It was part of the snow white story!" Raven stepped forward. "You could have broken off the marriage after you completed the story! But you didn't! You didn't need to have me! But you did! So, mom, you need to deal with the fact that I'm pregnant, and it's Dexter's. If you don't, I won't let my kids near you! You'll never know what they look like, what gender they are, or when they were born... Nothing. I'm leaving in two days, and if you still not over it.... Say goodbye to the grandchildren you'll never know. I'm not going to fight about this anymore. What's done is done mom. See you in two days." The Evil Queen just stood there. "Raven! Ra-" She was gone. Raven collapsed to the floor, crying. "Raven you did the best you could. She'll get over the fact that you are pregnant. She can't change that." The Good King said. Dexter helped Raven up. Dexter put his hand on the side of Raven's face and wiped away a tear coming down from her eye. "Raven, I'm sorry your mom didn't understand. But you need to give her time. Ok?" Raven looked up at Dexter's face. "I get it. But I just wish... I wish..." Raven started to sobbed. "Oh come here." Dexter hugged Raven tight. "Come on. Let's go get you some caramel. How about that, hmm? Will that make you feel better?" Raven wiped her nose with her sleeve. "Dad, I'm not a child anymore." The Good King laughed. "I know. But sometimes, it can be nice to act a child again, with no worry's, or doubts, nothing." The Good King smiled. "I would like some caramel." Dexter smiled and kissed the top of Raven's head, and the Good King smiled at that. "Well come on then." Raven walked out of the room hand in hand with her dad and Dexter. "I can do this. I can be the mother I never had to these children." Raven thought as she put her hand on her stomach.