This episode pissed me the hell off so I found the need to rewrite it in a manner that pleases me. I know, I really shouldn't rewrite episodes because I'm probably pissing a lot of people off, but I'm angry enough to give an army the amount of moral they need to fight a war or two. There wasn't enough emotion between anyone besides Zatanna and Zatara. Even Megan was calm! That is the worst kind of OOCness. I will correct it now, over time. The next episode had better be amazing! If there isn't a hand-holding between Kid Flash and Robin or if Batman doesn't show some fatherly love soon, I'm coming down there to beat their asses.
I don't care that this is a homophobic community! All they have to do is push the show back to 9:30 at night with Adult Swim. I would stay up that late every night to see a gay kiss. You would too, out of curiosity because you're secretly questioning your sexuality as you read this. Accept your fate! Take it like a young boy in the hands of a Catholic Priest in a back room late at night while no parents are around and no other kid is there to protest! Yes, I just made a gay priest crack. You'll have to take that too.
Disclaimer: I do not own this episode or any of the characters.
The moon shown down brightly on Roanoke Island, highlighting the path as Klarion and his darling kitty strolled down it, his footsteps' silence unnecessary. Even the trees, usually so full of life, stood blackened and stiff as they lined the four-way, their dead branches still managing to stand erect as they reached up for the full moon, frozen in their efforts. The grass somehow managed to stay a light shade of green with a few random patches of yellow, clashing with the purple intensity that marred the sky, despite the late November month.
"How… about… here?" Klarion seemed to sigh, never stopping his fingers as they ran over the fur on the feline in his arm's back.
He came to a stop at where the four roads met, a contented smile perched peacefully over his lips. The dim shadows of the dead branches around him made no difference on the tuxedo he was dressed in, failing to touch even a single droplet of their darkness on the thing he held ever so dear to him. His mind wasn't on the shadows around him though. No, he had much bigger plans; much, much bigger.
"Finally!"
Klarion opened his arms with a maddened grin so his cat could jump away from him, freeing his hands so he could reach into his tuxedo jacket. The grin shrunk back down to a smile, but this time, the upturned lips had a hint of mischief in them, his eyebrows turned up as he pulled a rather odd gem from a hidden pocket in hid jacket. Holding it gingerly in his pale hands, he lifted it up and looked through it, letting yellow light gleam through it, admiration flashing across his features for a moment.
When he remembered the task at hand, he squatted down and lightly pressed the crystal into the earth, keeping his eyes on it until it was safely secured halfway down in the soil, eyes of red carefully watching him. Only once Klarion was sure that his possession was safe, he stood bravely to his feet and brought his hands up like a conductor, holding them high above his head, about to strike up the mightiest of bands known to earth. His fingertips glowed an ominous red, the faint glow quickly swelling to bubbles that encased both of his hands.
Then suddenly, a circle surrounded the gem, another encasing that one, and a final ring securing that one. Odd symbols marred the earth, everything beneath the Witch Boy now a golden glow. The shadows resulting now had Klarion looking like a midget from behind, but anyone who was fooled from the shadow would certainly be trembling in fear at the host in a matter of seconds. The symbols in the ground stretched and morphed, trembling and shaking under their master's command until they looked nothing like they had nearly a moment ago.
The six middle symbols were now only a fraction of the 32 that now glowed proudly up at the sky, all lining a doubled star of David in a compass like make-up. In the middle stood Klarion and his feline companion, both smug with their work. The humanoid among them led the way out of the insignia that now blazed a strange message into the earth, looking over his shoulder only once to make sure he was leaving nothing behind but the golden light. Instead of heading back where they had come from though, the one with black hair touched his feet to a special spot, a spotlight lighting up from beneath him.
He swiveled around on the toes of his boots, the glowing light illuminating the features of his face grandly, his smile just that much more evident.
"Time to get the old band together," he announced to himself cheerfully, the black of his eyes mocking the symbol under his feet as it shone out in a luminescent gold, nothing left in his eyes but the rim that contained the newly formed fire.
Then, one-by-one, he called them out by name. They materialized from the air, their faces stern and their bodies fully clothed, all landing on a symbol of their own.
"Wotan."
"Blackbriar Thorn."
"Felix Faust."
"Wizard."
The four men took their spots, slowly turning their heads his way. Klarion's lips stretched up in a grin, his eyes shrinking and lightening to an eerie shade of scarlet. He brought his black-nailed hands together, rubbing them in a menacing way, his black horns just that much more fearful.
"Now… let's put on a show," he declared, incantations beginning to slip past his lips.
Wotan, Blackbriar Thorn, Felix Faust and Wizard all took to repeating them in a tedious manner, louder and louder as the light seemed to grow, casting the most menacing of shadows over their features, the dark of the night becoming much more apparent to anyone unfortunate enough to witness this horrifying act. No one was that unlucky though, for this show was only for the most of private of eyes because tonight's show… was going to be a real stopper.
Corniness for the win. Anyway, yeah. Hope you liked it. I have researched Klarion but none of the others… among them… I had to Google their names to make sure I spelt them right. What's the cat's name? Anyway, the edits start next chapter because I liked this part. Review?
-F.J.