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Oliver pulled away from me and stared at me in shock.

"Princess." He whispered. I looked at him and he looked back at me confused.

"Do you remember?" I asked and he nodded.

"Good." I said and got up.

"Where are you going?" He asked me as I walked away

    I went into the house feeling overwhelmed with emotions. Anger boiled my blood as sorrow filled my heart and confusion filled my brain. My father has been missing for years!!. I went into the dining room and there he stood with Lyra. All of my emotions faded as I saw her standing there. She looked at me and I had to force myself not to hug her and tell her how much I missed her.

"Dad we need to get going." Oliver said.

*We need to talk, come to Olivers when you leave here* I spoke into Lyras head. She looked at me shocked then nodded.

"Alright." Mr. Barker said and I left without saying a word. I got into the car and sat down trying to control my breathing before I started crying.

"King Elijah.."Oliver said and the tears started coming.

"Please be quiet ,until we get back home." I said and cried quietly.

      When we got home Oliver pulled me in and sat me down on the couch holding me tightly.

"Everything will be okay princess, please stop crying." He said and rocked us back and forth. I cried harder as I heard the knock at the front door. Oliver opened it for Lyra and my father. They came and sat on either side of me.

"My sweet daughter." He said and hugged me tightly. I hugged back until the anger took over and I pushed him away from me.

"Raven." He frowned.

"I am not in a I want to hug you and tell you how much I missed you mood. You will tell me everything I need to know before we get to that stage." I said.

"Okay." He frowned. I sat there and stared at him waiting for him to talk. Oliver sat in the Lazy boy recliner and watched all of us.

"I had to leave you to keep you safe." Elijah said and sighed.

"I had gotten into trouble with other casters and if I hadn't of stayed out of the five kingdoms you would've been taken away and killed Raven....I couldn't lose my only daughter." He said and I looked at him.

"So instead of explaining this to me you abandoned me!!." I said and he started tearing up.

"Raven, you were so young at the time. I wanted you with me the whole time I was gone. I hate that I didn't get to see you grow up and turn into this beautiful and powerful woman you are today." He said and I frowned.

"You shouldn't have left." I cried and he wiped my tears away.

"If I had of stayed you and your mother would be dead." He said and held me.

"I needed you." I cried

"I'm so sorry." He sobbed.

I felt power surge through me as Lyra wrapped around me and I felt their love.

"Hey, did you y'all forget about someone?." Jackson said popping into the house.

"You did well, my boy." Dad said and pulled away.

"Jackson you knew?" I asked and he nodded.

"How could I not know about my little sister? Dad talked about you all the time." He said and smiled.

"Are you like me?" I asked and he looked at me.

"No I'm the only normal one in the bunch." He chuckled and I rolled my eyes.

"You should've said something." I said and he shook his head.

"Hell no you would've thought I was a psychopath if I had told you that we were related and our parents were magical beings from a different realm." He said and I smiled.

"That's true." I said and he hugged me.

"It's good to be known as your brother finally." He said and I nodded.

"Raven, there is something that you need to know though." Dad said and I looked at him.

"We have to go back home." He said and I nodded.

"Let me pack my things." I said and Oliver looked at me in horror.

"You're going to go back?" He asked and followed me up the stairs to our bedroom.

"Of course I am." I said and went to the closet.

"Why?" He asked.

"Why would I stay here now that I remember everything and have my family?" I asked and started packing.

"What about us?" He said and I stopped.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"The life we have here....You're just going to throw it all away and go back." He said and I nodded.

"Oliver this isn't my home...it's yours." I said and he sighed.

"Raven this isn't my home I ran away from here for a reason." He said and I continued to pack everything I needed.

"Then why don't you come with us?" I said.

"And what go back to being your guard? No thanks." He said and I sighed.

"What happened to always protecting me?" I asked and he smirked.

"You don't need me." He said and I had a serious case of deja vu. The last time he said that he had told me that he was going to leave me.

"You know what Oliver do whatever the you want cause I honestly don't care right now. I'm going back with my family." I said and felt the urge to cry. I forced it back and went to go until he grabbed my arm gently and I snatched away from him

"Bye Oliver." I said. I went down the stairs and didn't turn back. I was going home to be with my family. I had a family again...I don't know why that didn't make me as happy as it should have.

    We waited till the next morning to go through the portal. I walked beside my brother as we walked through the woods after our parents. It wasn't a long walk to the portal but it felt like forever instead of a few minutes. I missed Oliver..that's what was making time go slower. All I wanted was to see him and hug him and show him how much I cared for him. I didn't want to care anymore but I did.

"Oliver....Snow what're yall doing here?" Jackson said suddenly. I didn't dare look up for fear of crying again.

"I decided to come with you and Snow wouldn't shut up about you so she came with me." Oliver said and Jackson chuckled. I walked on ignoring them and avoiding my dad and mom. I saw the forest shift and felt power around me. Dad took my hand before I could go through.

"Wait for the others there are three of them that have no power we have to help them through so we all get to the same place." He said and I sighed. Oliver looked at me and started to come towards me until I grabbed Jacksons hand and went through the portal with him at my side.

"What's going on?" He asked and I ignored him. I felt the power of the portal surround us we walked through. I smiled as I stepped out of the portal to see the doors of the Kingdom of the Lost. I opened them and looked to see a bunch of trees surrounding the gates.

"Wow." Jackson said and I nodded.

"They weren't here the last time I was here." I said and heard the others step through the portal.

"Each tree is a grave for the men Raven killed when she lost control of her rage." Mom said and I frowned. I had killed a bunch of our guards when Sophie stabbed Oliver. My heart started to hurt at the memory.

"Let's go home." I said and started walking ahead of everyone wanting to be alone.

"How do we get to the castle?" Jackson asked and I thought about that. All of a sudden a blue light glowed ahead of me leading through the forest.

"That's how." Dad said.

"I didn't know you could do that Eli." Mom said with an amused tone.

"That was Raven." Oliver said and my cheeks fired up.

"Good job baby girl." Dad said and I walked faster away from all of them.

"Raven." Oliver said jogging up to me.

"What?" I asked not looking at him.

"I'm sorry." He said and took ahold of my hand. I pulled it away from him and walked on ignoring my urge to just wrap myself in his arms and stay there.

"Oliver?" Dad said suddenly.

"Yes, your highness?" He asked.

"Do you want me to take away the cast now that I'm back?" He asked and I slowed down trying to hear what was going on.

"What cast?" I asked as light surrounded Oliver.

"When he came to this realm I casted on him so he'd always be able to protect you." Dad said and I froze.

"Was that the only reason you stayed with me all this time?" I turned around and felt the tears fall.

"Raven...." He said and grabbed a hold of me before I could turn away.

"Don't ever touch me again." I said in a voice that wasn't human. I felt my head start to pound as tears flowed out of my eyes. I felt power surge through me and I closed my eyes. When I opened them everyone was gone and I was in my room on my bed.

Olivers P.O.V

"Where did she go?" I asked the king.

"Show me Raven." Lyra said suddenly into a mirror. I looked over her shoulder into the mirror to see Raven crying into her pillow.

"Oh Raven." I sighed.

"She has your abilities." The king said to Lyra.

"Dick move." Jackson said and glared at me.

"It isn't my fault." I said and he growled.

"Why didn't you fucking tell her you were charmed to protect her instead of pretending to care about her." Jackson said and Snow grabbed ahold of his hand.

"Calm down." She said to him and Jackson sighed.

"I do care about her Jackson." I pleaded and looked at the mirror again.

"You dont love her do you Oliver." The king said and I shook my head.

"Have you ever loved her?" He asked me.

"I only wanted to protect her. The cast made me think I loved her."I said and he nodded.

"Lyra can you transport us to the castle?" The king asked her.

"I've never transported people before but I can try." She said and grabbed both of our hands.

"Everyone hold hands and concentrate on where we are going." She said.

To Raven before one of them kill me

Ravens P.O.V

I sat on my bed holding my necklace in my hands. I let my power flow and soothe my heart. Why was I feeling like this anyway?

He was just some stupid boy.

A stupid boy that I was madly in love with. I growled and threw the necklace at the wall. I was not going to let him cloud my mind with a love that would never happen.

"Raven." Mom said at the door.

"Yes?" I asked and she came in.

"You need to calm down, sweetie." She said and I smirked.

"I'm perfectly fine." I said and she smirked this time.

"Me and you both know that you aren't." She said and sat down beside me.

"I'm just pissed off." I said and she nodded.

"The cast is gone." She said and I nodded.

"It doesn't matter I'm done with it ." I said.

"I just want everything to be normal again." I said.