Okay so I don't own the Teen Titans in any shape, form, or fashion; though I suppose I will create one or two original charact
Okay so I don't own the Teen Titans in any shape, form, or fashion; though I suppose I will create one or two original characters but when and if I do I will let you the readers know. The Teen Titans might seem a little OC but that's either because I need to tweak their personalities for this story other than that I'm going to try to keep all original Titans the way they were betrayed on Cartoon Network (which I don't own either) if it seems I can betray them as themselves then please let me know and I will try your suggestions out to see how that works (Oh and I'm pretty sure I going to have a hard time with Starfire and Cyborg's speech any help with that will be greatly appreciated). Any and all CONSTRUCTIVE CRITISM is encouraged and welcome here. Other than that I'm sorry for my terrible "writing skills" --if you could call it that-- (the only reason I'm writing this is to improve my well writing). Okay this is the timeline Teen Titans already fought Trigon and Terra got her memories back and is now an honorary Teen Titan.
Welcome to the Renewal
Prologue
Garfield Logan known throughout Jump City and his fellow Teen Titans as Beast Boy stood in his room staring into his body length mirror attached to the wall. "I'm sorry Rea…but its just not working you're so— well…um bottled up—and Terra-- she well she wants to get back together," Beast Boy paused scratching the back of his head then speeded up as he went through his last line, "can we still be friends?" He paused again thinking over his speech and how its recipient would receive it. "ARGH! NO! NO! NO! That's not going to work either!" Clearing his throat he began, "Hey Rea…" Once again, Beast Boy took up practicing his break up speech for the umpteenth time that day unaware that the last speech was different because this time he had an audience.
Raven woke up earlier that morning feeling a sense of dread at the pit of her stomach; she meditated instead of going to the kitchen to eat breakfast. She even went so far as to go to Nevermore, but nothing she did could shake the feeling of dread that was increasing as the day went on. Raven finally giving up ate a late lunch. As she headed back to her room she heard Garfield talking at first she couldn't make out the words only the tone and it wasn't good, so she started to listen to the words, "I'm sorry Rea…but its just not working you're so— well…um bottled up—and Terra--she well she wants to get back together," Beast Boy paused scratching the back of his head then speeded up as he went through his last line, "can we still be friends?" After a short pause he broke the heart wrenching silence with "ARGH! NO! NO! NO! That's not going to work either!" Clearing his throat he began again not noticing her presence through the cracked door. Raven soon broke away from the door not wanting to believe what she heard, but knowing it was true nonetheless. "Hey Rea…" She left the hallway not wanting to hear the heartbreaking speech again.
As Raven sat numbly in her room she started going over every thing she heard outside of Gar-no Beast Boy's room that afternoon. "I'm sorry Rea…" ' not as sorry as I can make him!' her eyes began to glow red and her demon set of eyes came out as she thought out how she would 'no I'm not my father this isn't how I do things' her voice of reason snapping her back into reality while forcible calming herself down. "…it's just not working…" 'Not working?! Whats not working?!' taking a deep breath she went back to thinking over Beast Boy's practice speech and letting it sink in. "…you're so— well…um bottled up…" 'BOTTLED UP?! Couldn't he see she was making an improvement on expressing her emotions; he should live the first sixteen years of his life being told that his emotions would bring the end of the world and to top that off every time he slipped something would blow up. Then suddenly being able to feel to a certain degree with out fear of blowing something up and being the virtual Pandora's Box1 of the world as we know it. Lets see him automatically let loose and gain a symbolense of control on the way!' another calming breath but before she could go back to her thought there was a knocking at her door. With the dread and apprehension she all but forgotten this afternoon she answered the door only breathe a sigh of relief when she saw Robin and ONLY Robin at the other side of the door.
"Raven are you okay?"
"Yes Robin, but I doubt that's why you're here…"
"Um…well we're going out to dinner and—"
"I'm not hungry right now," it was true to a point but to make sure she was left alone she added a charming smile while she asked, "but could you bring something back just incase I get hungry later?"
"Yeah…sure—are you sure your okay?"
"Yes I'm sure you should go the others are probably waiting."
"Yeah, see you later."
"Bye." With that Raven closed her door and went back to her bed and thoughts. Where was she oh yes "and Terra" 'Oh Terra--' "she well she wants to get back together," 'of course she does!' It was no secret that Beast Boy and Terra had a yo-yo relationship and Raven was often--well always-- ended up the rebound girl until Terra and Beast Boy patched things up. Last time Raven told herself that she wouldn't be the rebound girl and look where she was now. 'Still second best in Beast Boys heart' a voice in the back of her head cruelly reminded her. 'Well I won't make the same mistake again!'
'Really cause that's what you said last time.' The voice sing-songed in her head.
'This times different!' Raven Mentally spat.
'How so?' it taunted back.
'I-I don't know.' Raven admitted ashamed at not being able to back up her previous statement.
'You know you could start fresh. Cut all the chains that keep you here. New name, new friends, new life—no hurt.'
'Where would I go Azarath? I'm not exactly welcome there.' Raven sarcastically replied to herself.
'No your right, but I wasn't talking about there'
'THEN WHERE?!' Raven was losing patience with herself, the voice.
'Well you know all about your dad and so do the Titans—'
'I'M NOT GOING TO HELL OR MY FATHER!' If this was what the voice was telling her she wouldn't listen a moment longer.
'Let me Finish, now where was I, oh yes, but what do they know about your mom or for that matter what do you know about your mom? Explore her roots… your roots.' the voice firm but gentle at the same time.
With that Raven got up and went to the bookshelf where she kept her mother's dairy of her days on Earth, before the cult, Trigon, and Azarath.
Ancient Greek Myth about a girl whose curiosity gets the better of her and she opens a box which unleashes all of the evils of mankind escaped from the box, although Pandora was quick enough to close it again and keep one value inside- Despair.
YAY! First chapter complete! I really tried to keep Beast Boy in his original character even through the break-up scene (which I tried to make realistic on only second hand information seeing as I'm avoiding dating until I put some distance between me and my hometown—I have my reasons), and no Raven's not losing her mind I tried to show an internal struggle—it sucks, right?—also I always thought of Raven as a personal person (which means she wouldn't share any personal information without extreme prompting or corrosion). Love it, hate it, suggestions on how to fix you know what to do. See you!
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