Author's Note: Hi. ^_^ This story is very random; just beyond the boundaries of crack fic. Well, a few feet; but still very random. No flames please, I'd prefer the review page to be flame-free. Otherwise I'd have to call the firefighters to wash out those flames. :P Anywho, I hope you enjoy, I worked hard on it, and …..you can drop a review, if you want. :-D No specific pairings just yet, although Cy/Rae may be mentioned.
"Raveeeen.." A voice purred, the owner unseen but its voice echoing in the empath's head as she revolved around quickly; trying to figure out who was there. Normally, she would only cast a glance over her shoulder, but something about the sugary-sweet voice irritated her and yet made her curious at the same time. "Let us out…" The voice continued, and there was a flash of pink. Raven jerked backwards in the darkness, standing on only a sharp crag of rock.
She held up her hands, her magic surging through her and the energy dripping from her fingers. "Who's there?" She asked, her voice serious and in a monotone at the same time. Her gaze flickered back and forth; but once again saw nothing. After a few seconds of hearing and seeing nothing, Raven was about to drop her hands, but then she saw it again: the flash of pink.
"Let us out, Raven…" The voice spoke again, but this time in a much deeper, but yet still female, voice. Raven revolved again, starting to get a bit irritated as the voices combined and began to chant; flashes of pink and orange filling her vision. She gritted her teeth, trying to regain control of the irritation beginning to bubble up inside her chest.
"Wake up, Raven," The higher-pitched voice suddenly cooed; having lost its mystic tone and now in a chirp. Raven straightened up, her eyebrows furrowing over her violet eyes in confusion. Wake up? Before she opened her jaws, something brushed against her face, something like fingers. "Wake up, Raven!" The voice repeated, a bit more brisk now, and then the empath felt something grab her by the shoulders, shaking her repeatedly.
Then, a flash of a pair of red eyes—
Raven sat up in her bed instantly, her heart racing and the shattering of something in her room sounding distant in her ears. What she saw sitting on the edge of her bed made her jump back, her violet eyes stretched wide as something else shattered and broke due to her rapid emotions. Happy, decked in the usual pink outfit, was grinning where she sat.
"Finally, you woke up!" Happy chirped, swinging her legs uselessly, "We thought you were in a coma!" Raven didn't reply, her eyebrows disappearing into her hairline incredulously. How was Happy summoned without her noticing? And that's when it hit her; the voice from her dream had been the emotion.
"YOU thought she was in a coma, Happy," A voice, deeper and sounding exactly like the one in the dream, spoke from on the floor. Sitting crosslegged and levitating off the ground with her hood down, her cloak drifting peacefully behind her and her eyes flashing behind her wire-rimmed glasses was Intelligence, looking towards Happy with a slight disdain in her eyes.
Raven, even more shocked by this (but trying to control her raging emotions; despite them being in front of her), quickly looked around her room. Sitting, standing, and even playing with her statues of the demon birds, were her emotions; clad in several different colored cloaks. Raven narrowed her eyes, scooting up in her bed and trying to concentrate to summon them back into her.
"Oh, you shouldn't do that, Raven," Happy chirped, having noticed the empath close her eyes.
"And why not?" Raven retorted, keeping her eyes closed but her voice sharp as she tried to appear back in the Void once more.
To no avail, Happy spoke once more and interrupted her peace, "Because Arella made us true beings!" Raven's eyes shot open at the mention of her mother, her face seeming to pale even more, her eyes narrowing at the pink-clad figure, who was giggling wickedly.
"Happy won't be able to explain it, she's too ditzy," Rude snorted from where she was leaning against the window with her arms crossing her chest. Raven ignored this, and turned her head towards Intelligence with a slight confused air about her. She normally didn't get confused, but when things like her emotions suddenly claiming they were real people happened, she didn't have a clue as to what to do. Besides, she hadn't seen her mother in ages, so how was Raven to know what Arella did or did not do?
Intelligence got to her feet, her cape settling around her ankles as she paced towards Raven's bed. She made a shooing motion towards Happy; who stuck her tongue out at Intelligence and bounced away to go bother another emotion in the room. Intelligence settled in Happy's spot, her violet eyes searching Raven's face for any sign of emotion. Intelligence offered a tight-lipped smile upon seeing none.
"Trigon," Intelligence began simply, ignoring several gasps and the tightening of Raven's fists, "is becoming more powerful. He's been taking over your emotions, making you weaker. We don't know how he did this without you noticing, but he has. He already snatched Timid," Raven quickly scoped the room, not spotting the gray-cloaked figured but turning her attention back to Intelligence. "And Rage and Hatred are with him; undoubtedly. I tried to summon Arella, but I was just an emotion. I had to wait until you fell asleep. Your dreams are our link to their world, even if you remember them or not. You dreamed of Azarath, even though you don't remember it. The other part, where Happy and I were telling you to let us out, was remembered, however." A small smile decorated Intelligence's face.
"While you dreamt of Azarath; I got a chance to speak with Arella. She happened to be dreaming also; but I could have contacted her if she had been meditating too." Intelligence paused for an unknown reason, but continued, "She told me she knew. Trigon would have taken you over completely if he'd snatched all of us. She found a way to turn us into real people with her impossible magic. The only way for us to get into the real world, however, is if you let us escape your mind. The only way that was possible was for you to be dreaming or meditating. Otherwise, in a perfect state of peace. Happy suggested annoying you in your dream of the Void, which, I guess, worked." Intelligence offered another half-lipped smile.
Raven frowned as she let this information sink in. "A few things. I can still feel, right? And how come I haven't noticed that Trigon's taking over-" She was interrupted by thoughts. Thoughts of her exploding at Beastboy; her demon eyes showing up on her scalp more often than usual, the demon side of her being exploited too many times.
Intelligence intertwined her fingers together, then looked back up at Raven. Interrupting her thoughts, Intelligence spoke, "You still have your own thoughts, yes. Your emotions, we're not quite sure of, but Arella thinks they won't be as damaging as they were when we were emotions."
Raven blinked, the information finally sinking into her brain. Her gaze flickered once more around the room; to the broken shards of lamp on the floor, and to the figures lingering about, the room filled with a quiet buzz as they mingled. Or, in Happy's case, annoyed the crap out of others. Raven's violet eyes narrowed suspiciously, flickering back to Intelligence.
"How long will you be pure human? How long are you planning to stay in full bodies?" Raven asked, quickly correcting the questions, but staring intently into Intelligence's wire-framed glasses. Laughing only slightly, Intelligence reached up to tuck a strand of hair behind her ear.
"Until Trigon has been defeated." At the look on Raven's face, Intelligence added, "Arella has plans to help, but he can only be defeated by you. If you enter your mirror, again." Intelligence jerked her head to the ancient dresser where Raven's mirror was placed. Curiosity had picked it up, looking into it with one eye screwed shut as she peered at her face.
Intelligence frowned and snapped her fingers, alerting Curiosity's attention. "Drop it," She commanded briskly, sounding much more like a mother than a wise emotion. Well, use-to be emotion. Curiosity loosened her grip on the mirror instantly, staring doe-eyed at Intelligence, but shaking it off and levitating to Raven's bookshelves to curiously scan her books.
Watching this movement with no particular interest, a sudden thought pierced Raven. "What about my teammates, what am I going to tell them? That my emotions have suddenly changed into human beings due to my dad trying to take over my body and murder me?" Raven's voice was sarcastic, but she continued to stare at Curiosity's back.
"Well," Intelligence murmured, "We're just going to have to adlib, aren't we?" As Intelligence got to her feet, quickly scolding Rude to stop being mean to Happy (who stuck her tongue out again), a sharp rap sounded at the door. Instantly, all the emotions fell quiet. Even Happy; but Intelligence's hand was glued to the pink-clad figure's mouth.
Raven sat up instantly at the knock, quickly throwing her sheets aside as she got to her feet. Summoning a dark blue cloak from her closet with a flicker of her finger, Raven settled it around her shoulders before approaching the door. Lifting the hood over her face, Raven made sure to only allow the door to open a few inches, blocking the available inches in which you could see into her room.
"What do you want?" Raven muttered, her voice impatient as she glared up at her robotic half-human friend standing at the door, Victor Stone, AKA: Cyborg.
"I heard something break in there, Rae, is everything alright?" Cyborg asked, one eyebrow arched on the human side of his face and his metallic fists placed onto his hips. For a split second, Raven's eye widened, but quickly fluttered back to normal.
"Nothing's wrong." Raven muttered, drawing back and about to shut the door when Cyborg's hand shot out and blocked the door from shutting, his human eye filled with suspicion and concern.
"Are you sure..?"He asked, but obviously didn't wait for an answer as he accidentally shoved the door open, taking a step inside the room. Raven quickly flinched as the robot gasped, his eyes scoping upon the figures, who stared at him with equal shock. Happy was looking overjoyed and Love and Lust were giggling like little schoolgirls, but that was about the most positive feedback the titanium teen received.
However, when Love and Lust giggled, Raven felt her face flush. Quickly forcing the embarrassment down, Raven was forced to stare into Cyborg's eyes when he turned to look at her. "What the heck is goin' on, Rae? Why are your emotions…here?" He beckoned to them.
Raven glowered up at the teen. "It's a long story." She muttered; herself having been just told it about 10 minutes ago. Cyborg leaned back, folding his arms across his chest, his face cool but his eye confused.
"I've got plenty of time to listen." The robot replied; and Raven stifled a sigh. She'd have no choice but to tell the Titan; and then he'd most likely go into a steaming rage over the fact that Trigon had grown stronger once more.
`Author's Note: Is it alright? Good, bad? :D No flames. Just a reminder. I think Intelligent is acting like a mom, LOL! X3 I hope you guys enjoyed and no specific pairings just yet.