A/N: Here is the sequel to 'The Raven'. It's called 'The Raven: City of Secrets'. This story has a new character that will be chosen by a raven to take revenge upon their killers. This story is dedicated to my friend 'The Daydreaming Queen'. The story will begin with an opening monologue from Vanellope Von Schweetz. Enjoy

(Vanellope Monologue)

"I believe that there is a place where the restless souls wander. Burdened by the weight of their own sadness, they wait for a chance to set the wrong things right. Only then can they be reunited with the ones they love. Sometimes, a raven shows them the way. Because sometimes, love is stronger than death"

Normal P.O.V.

Vanellope was in her bed, bundled in her blanket. She was tossing and turning with an insecure look upon her face while she slept, she was having a nightmare.

-Vanellope's dreamscape-

Vanellope was standing on the roof of 'Castle Oblivion'. And she was witnessing the battle between Ash and Xemnas all over again. Ash then pulled out his gun and spoke.

"Quoth the raven: nevermore, you mother flipper" those were the exact same words that Ash said before planting a lazer bullet in Xemnas' head before falling to his death below. Ash then dropped the gun and fell off the roof too, only there was no platform like the last time, just blackness.

"ASH NO!" Vanellope cried out. She then took a step forward and fell into the shadows with him.

-Reality-

Vanellope woke up gasping for air. She looked around to see she was back in her bed in her apartment, wearing her jet black tank top, and black pajama bottoms. The reason she had loved wearing the color black sometimes was because black reminded her of Ash and how he was always dressed in the darkest of black.

"Phew, it was just another crazy nightmare" Vanellope said to herself as she wiped the sweat off her forehead. She then turned her attention to her right hand, middle finger. She still held onto Ash's silver ring. She never sold it, put it away, placed it in a jewelry box, or let anyone try and take it from her. She only took it off when she was bathing, or washing her hands. She stared into the ring and saw the reflection of her eyes.

"Ash, I still wish you were here with us" She whispered as she took off the ring and placed it in her palm and held it close against her chest. She then looked at her alarm clock to see that it was now 6:00 AM. She got up, placed the ring near clothes, took off her clothes, and got into the shower. Vanellope enjoyed the inhalation of the steam that generated from the hot water, it cleared her thoughts of the nightmares of Ash, it made her nerves calm and relaxed, and it helped her feel fully awake in the morning. She then dried herself off and put her usual clothes on. She blew her hair dry with the hairdryer and then put Ash's ring back on her right middle finger.

"'Sugar Rush' sure is taking forever to fix" Vanellope said to herself with unpleasant tone. Indeed, 'Sugar Rush' back in 'Game Central Station' was being repaired and upgraded, it would take about one month for 'Sugar Rush' to get fixed. Vanellope stayed in an apartment in Brooks City and not in her own game.

Meanwhile, Koda was all snuggled up in his bed in the apartment that he and his older foster brother Kenai shared. The cub was tossing and turning and gripping tightly at his brown blanket. He too was having a nightmare.

-Koda's dreamscape-

Koda stood on a dock at the other end of the city, and on the other dock stood Maleficent, Pete, Atka, Zira, Oogie Boogie, and Scar stand in front of a girl who looked about Ash's age with pale white skin, brown hair that went down to the bottom of her neck, beautiful emerald eyes, and had a very slender body. She wore a purple t-shirt with a glittering peace sign on it, navy blue skinny jeans, she also wore old worn out hiking boots. Standing right next to her was a nine-year-old boy with short brown hair, pale white skin like the girl's and had blue eyes, he wore a football jersey with the number 23 on it, and he wore some shorts and sneakers. The two kids in front of the villains were bound together with strong rope and they were struggling to break free.

"Let him go! He's just a kid! He can't hurt you!" the girl screamed out with anger and tears flowing from her eyes.

"I'm scared, Haley. I'm so sorry" the little boy that was tied up next to her said.

"Listen to me, Daniel. This is not your fault" she said. Maleficent then snapped her fingers and the other villains pulled out pistols and shot the both of them twice (Two shots per villain). Pete then kicked their bodies into the water. Then, a 'Caw' could be heard from the background and a raven that perched upon a flag pole flew off into the distance.

-Reality-

Koda then woke up sweating and panting. He sighed and looked at his wall clock. 6:00 AM it read. He then got out of bed and hopped into a nice hot shower. Koda enjoyed not only inhaling the hot steam, but he enjoyed letting the hot water soak his fur, it felt so good. Koda then got out of the shower and used his towel to dry his fur. Kenai then came in through the bathroom door and spoke.

"Morning, sunshine!" Kenai said. Koda jumped back startled and just scoffed and continued to dry his fur.

"How about knocking next time and not giving me a heart attack, huh?" Koda scoffed.

"Sorry, just wanted to say good morning was all"

"Good morning then" Koda then hung up the towel and ran out the door.

"Bye, Kenai!" he shouted.

"Bye, Koda! Have fun with Vanellope!" Kenai shouted back. He then looked into Koda's room and saw a huge black binder. He opened the binder to see several drawings of the same girl and boy that were being murdered in Koda's dreams. It was the same drawing over and over again.

"That no good cub" Kenai sighed angrily to himself.

Koda P.O.V.

They call this the city of secrets, but all I see around me are rumors and accusations, shattered dreams, broken hearts. Now it's become the city of death, and of darkness, the city of Durge. Durge's real identity was unknown to all the other citizens of the city but a select few. Durge's face was always covered up by a metal helmet with a mask on it that covered up his face, he also had a voice changer on the mask that warped his voice to make it sound deeper, darker, and scarier. This city wasn't meant to be the city of Durge, it was meant to be the city of Ash Brooks. Brooks city was built in Ash's honor after he slaughtered all of Organization XIII and it's members. Fix-it Felix helped build it in a single month. I then crossed the street over to the restaurant where I was supposed to meet Vanellope.

A/N: That concludes chapter 1, and I gotta say I love how this one turned out. Please review, thanks.