A/N: Really short, but with a twist.

"Once upon a time, there was a princess, Princess Ivy. There was also a prince, Prince Chase. They lived in a dungeon that belonged to the evil Queen Hinters."

"How come?" Raven asked.

"Because she was evil, and wanted to keep the beautiful princess's talents for herself," I explained.

"Don't be too modest," Chase said sarcastically. I glared at him and continued my story.

"There was also Princess Max and Prince Fang who lived in a kingdom with the Knights of the Flock—Iggy, Nudge, Gazzy, and Angel."

"There were girl knights?" Raven demanded.

"Angel and Nudge were the best girl knights ever and they kicked butt," I reassured her. "So they came to rescue Prince Chase and Princess Ivy."

"I thought it was the prince who rescues the princess!" Raven wailed.

"Not this time, because if Princess Max heard that, she'd say you were being sexist," I argued, tired of justifying everything in a stupid fairytale. Raven gave me a blank look and I continued, hoisting up the gurgling baby on my lap as Cory grabbed at my hair. "But actually, their rescue mission failed and they got captured too like idiots. So Queen Hinters made them do tests to prove how brave they were and they all were super brave."

"Except Princess Ivy, who screamed like a girl when they made her take a bath," Chase added.

"She was a girl! And it wasn't a bath," I protested. "Princess Ivy was five," I almost whispered.

Chase looked at me with an apology in his eyes. Maybe this wasn't the best idea for a story to tell Raven and Cory, but now that I'd started it, I had to finish it.

"So one day, they jumped out of the window and flew away," I continued.

"Why didn't they do that before?" Raven asked me.

"Because before there were guards. This time it was there weren't any," I said. "Then Prince Chase became King of Baltimore, and Ivy became Queen. And then Fang became King and Max became Queen. And the Knights and girl knights became princes and princesses."

"But now there are no more princesses!" Raven said.

"There were new princesses, Princess Raven and Princess Corella," I said, finishing the story.

Raven clapped her chubby hands. "Another!" she exclaimed.

"I'm tired," I told her, dropping to the floor, where we'd put a fluffy carpet (bottomless credit card). She crawled over me like I was furniture then got right into my face. I could see her dark lashes that matched her hair.

"Sorry," I told her, sitting up and setting her down. It was amazing she could talk so well when she was so young, but I guess the modified DNA got passed down to her.

She ran upstairs to wake up her parents. Two days into their visit, and she navigated the house like it was her own. I handed Cory to Chase and he moved towards the stairs, climbing up. I opened a grimy window. By the way it was squeaking; it hadn't been opened in forever.

What I saw almost made me cry out, but the chokehold the Eraser had on me stopped me from making a sound. I was dragged down through the window, my wings beating uselessly behind me against the Eraser's strength.

! #$%^&*

"Hey, Ivy, what should we do today?" Chase asked, turning around. "Ivy?" No one answered. Her fancy new phone was still on the table; she would've taken it if she'd left. The window was open, and a few feathers were left scattered under it.

Chase didn't find any notes or messages. As Max and Fang walked downstairs, yawning, he looked at them anxiously. Catching the look on Chase's face, Fang asked, "Where's Ivy?"

"They took her," Chase said somberly.

A/N: Le wild plot appears!

Okaaaay.

Got things moving ^^

I'll figure out something really angsty and dramatic... soon...

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