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Raven sat cross-legged on her bed reading an ancient-looking book. The only dim light in her room came from her bedside lamp. She had taken her cape off, ready to go to sleep, but the book, which was about a mythical creature, the Ferent, kept her captivated. It was strange that she liked it; she usually hated anything about mythical creatures. But this book and this animal were so… different from most that she had read (about).
Raven turned to a page in the book where a picture of the animal was shown; it looked just like a giant house-cat, only it had scales all over its body and huge, scaly wings. Suddenly, a dim, yellow light shone from the book, and another from a spot on her shelf. She rubbed her eyes. When she looked back at the book and her shelf, the light was gone. "I-I'm just tired", she reassured herself quietly, but a shiver crept up her spine.
Her head had just touched the pillow when she heard a cracking noise. Raven pushed herself up with her hands and her eyes widened. The light from her shelf shone again. It wasn't even her bookshelf; it was the one that held items from Azurath. She realized the thing that was making the cracking noise was an age-old rock that she had found when she was younger. It had a purplish color to it, and it was surprisingly light in weight. She thought it was the most beautiful rock she had ever seen, so she kept it. And she still had it to this day.
The rock started to shake as well. Raven jumped out of bed, putting herself in a fighting stance. She didn't know what was happening, but it looked bad. Finally the rock shattered and all the pieces blew apart and fell to the ground. A bright light spread across her room, scaring Starfire, who was walking past Raven's room at the time, getting a midnight snack. She let out a small scream. "Friend Raven, are you doing the OK?"
"I'm fine", Raven tried to keep her usual monotone, but it came out a bit shaky. Thoughts raced through her head until she heard a sudden otherworldly screech coming from where the rock had been. Things like this don't happen in my room when I'm awake. Something feels—wrong.
Starfire's voice came again, "Raven, I must know what the going on is!" her voice sounded urgent and worried, "Let me into the room in which you catch Zs now!" but Raven didn't even have a chance to open the door. Starfire knocked it down. The alien looked very embarrassed, and whispered a quiet high-pitched, "sorry".
"See Starfire, there's nothing in here!" she was grinding her teeth when she said that, and her fists were clenched. Even Star could tell that one more, bad move could make Raven explode. "I shall leave now, seeing that you are the OK (she did the little OK hand symbol, making Raven shudder)! Bye". Raven sighed, the thing from the shelf screeched again. Just as Raven turned to go see what it was, having forgotten it when Star came, the alien's voice came through the door, "because I am very much the sorry, tomorrow I will make you a special Tamaranian feast!" Raven was about to run out there and strangle Starfire, but the thing on her shelf screeched again. Star mistook it for Raven about to strangle her, so she flew away.
Once Raven thought she was alone, she felt another presence in her room. She turned on the dim light and looked around. Where her "rock" was, she saw a purple, scaly object. She walked over to find out what it was and gasped. It looked just like a small, scaly kitten with two stubs on its back.
I guess somehow that page of the book affected this-- this egg (?) in someway, to make it hatch, she thought to herself. She didn't want to kill it; she may not like animals, but she would hate to kill something so rare, so impossible. But she knew she couldn't keep it. What could she do with something so dangerous?
She looked in the book for information about them. These are some of the things she found:
They only eat raw meat.
When they're born they're colorful, but as they get older they turn black, tinted with their original color.
Each has a special power that could possibly threaten the earth.
They're highly intelligent, and can learn to talk any language.
Thought to be evil, they're actually wildly misunderstood.
They're births are always accidental and very rare.
They like their privacy.
They can grow up to 15 feet long.
Their emotions are very strong so they need to remain almost emotionless throughout their lives.
They develop very quickly.
They are immortal until they turn 1,000 years old.
Raven made mental notes from this information she had found scattered throughout the book. She could take care of the Ferent, but she'd need help from someone who would understand, and wouldn't tell anyone about it. She didn't want everyone to find out because news would spread and the city would panic.
BB's good with animals, but might tell everyone. Robin, though he understood her most, but he's way too busy finding more about Slade. Cyborg would try to understand, but she knew that he wouldn't, and he'd probably get really mad at her for bringing a pet like that into the tower. Especially since Silky ate his leg—Silky. Maybe Star. Raven suddenly got mad at herself for even thinking of asking her. Never mind, she's way too annoying and naïve. BB's just annoying. Maybe I should reconsider him. She thought of Silky again. He obviously wanted to keep Silky a secret. Maybe I should ask him. I just need the right time to ask, try not to make it seem too suspicious—
All of a sudden, she heard yelling, and the next thing she knew, something hit her door. There was a sizzling sound and she heard Cyborg whisper, "Man, Rae is gonna kill you, I told you to stop running". BB gulped. A hole started to melt through her door, getting bigger every second. After about a minute of gaping mouths outside Raven's room, and furious looks from the inside, all that was left where the door was, was a melted mass of bubbling, silvery, goo.
"What happened?" Cy and BB became little chibis standing on the floor.
"It was BB's fault". Chibi BB (haha) shot Cy a deadly sideways glance. Raven had to try really hard to keep from smiling; the timing was just too perfect! "You see", Cy continued, "I was working on the car, and I mix that", he indicated towards the bubbling goo that was once Rae's door, "HIGHLY TOXIC AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CHEMICAL!" He yelled at BB and continued calmly, "With another detoxicating base chemical to help me mold metal into any shape I want". He shot a dirty look at the green changeling, "But Mr. 'I'm a brilliant scientist' just HAD to take my test tube of THAT", he indicated the goo again, "and run with it down the halls, just to make me chase—" BB interrupted, "So I tripped and fell! It was an accident, honestly!" he was on his hand and knees, begging for forgiveness. "Please don't send me into a living hell!" He squeaked, "or even worse, your mind, portally thingy!"
Raven suddenly had a brilliant idea. She gave a slight evil grin, "you know, for once in your life, you've come up with a good idea Beast Boy".
His eyes widened, "Dude, I was NOT serious! You're not meant to agree, you're meant to yell at me! Then I'm supposed to offer to pay for damages with my own money, but instead I go to Star, and ask for some of the money she gets from… I don't know where she gets it from, but she has a huge stash! Um, you didn't hear anything."
"Cyborg, will you leave the two of us alone for a second."
He nodded gratefully, obviously not wanting to go to Nevermore again. After Cy was gone, Raven decided to show BB the Ferent. "I need your help",
I know it's short, but I still hope you liked the first chapter. I really want to know what people think, so please review! Also, there are no pairings, but if you think that I should put some in, let me know in your review.
