NOTE: I know that BB/Raven love stories are getting to be a little cliché, but I've always wanted to write one. I'll try to make it interesting with a little more conflict and make it maybe a little less romantic, at least I hope. This story is meant to take place shortly after the episode "Things Change" (since it looks like that is the last episode).
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Shadows
by: IHOP
Chapter 1 -Brooding and Forgetting
Titans Tower was full of excitement: it would be four years tomorrow since the five teenagers banded together to fight crime and save the world. Each of the members had some sort of task to perform in order to prepare a celebration.
Robin was planning a schedule for the occasion. He was figuring out a way to make room for games, dancing, and of course, eating. Starfire's job was to decorate the Tower, and she proceeded to do so, adorning the halls of their house with her unique Tamaranian taste in interior design. Cyborg was working on creating a special machine that would generate the most incredible fireworks display ever. Raven was using her telekinetic powers to clean up the Tower. Everybody had something to do, and everybody was in a great mood.
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... Everyone, that is, except Beast Boy. He hadn't left his room that day. It had been a couple of months since he had seen Terra, revived from her statue form, and unable to remember anything about her life as a super hero. Since then, he seemed all right most of the time, but occasionally he would get into a strange, depressed mood and would stay in his room the whole day. Everybody assumed he still missed her. When he didn't show up to get an assignment, his teammates knew better than to disturb him.
So Beast Boy was in his room with the lights off, on his bed, staring at the ceiling. His expression was blank, and he didn't move except to breathe. His thoughts, however, were racing. What should I do? he thought to himself.He was sad, but mostly puzzled.
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Having psychic powers makes menial tasks such as cleaning quite rapid and easy. The only room left to clean was Beast Boy's room. Raven approached his door and knocked.
"Beast Boy, open up."
No answer. She decided to knock a little louder.
"Beast Boy?"
Still no answer. Raven was getting agitated (which was easy for her), and, although she respected others' privacy, decided to telekinetically open the door. She quietly entered Beast Boy's room. She saw him on his bed, motionless except for his breathing.
"All right, Beast Boy, time to snap out of it. Being depressed and locked up in a dark room all day is my schtick."
He still remained frozen and silent.
"Okay, you asked for it," Raven muttered to herself as she raised her arm and sent Beast Boy flying into the ceiling with a burst of dark energy. This seemed to awaken him from his trance and he glared at Raven.
"DUDE! What is your problem!" Beast Boy snapped, and Raven could see that his eyes were slightly red.
"How about what's your problem?" Raven responded forcefully, but with her typical lack of emotion. "You're usually the most annoyingly bright and fun-loving person on the face of the earth, and now you won't even get out of bed."
Beast Boy suddenly calmed down and diverted his eyes to the ground. "Guess you're right," he admitted. "I guess I just..." he paused, "I've been kind of empty feeling." He blushed slightly as he finished his sentence.
Raven assumed that Beast Boy was still brooding about Terra. Since she and Beast Boy had become, she reluctantly admitted, good friends, she tried to sound helpful. "Listen, some people just come and go. I understand that you're upset, but eventually you'll just have to deal with the fact that she has lost her memory and there's nothing you can do about it."
"But, that's not the problem. I mean--"
Raven cut him off. "Beast Boy, stop denying it. You just have to get over it." At that point she had become tired of dealing with emotions, and she got up and started to leave.
"Raven, wait..." Beast Boy's voice trailed off.
Raven stopped for a moment but then she left for her own room.
Beast Boy's expression started out as surprised, then sort of faded into one of internal struggle. They were good friends now, at least he thought, but even after all this time, there were still certain things that remained a mystery.
And so he decided to brood over the situation with his CD player and headphones.
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Back in the living room, Robin was admiring Starfire's decorations.
"What's this one, Starfire?" asked Robin, pointing to a wreath-like object seemingly composed of dried slime, fabric, and horns.
"Why that is the Tamaranian Adornment of Good Fortune," Starfire replied gleefully. "It is customary on Tamaran to hang the Adornment of Good Fortune during any time of the partying, and it is said to guarantee a glorious celebration."
Just as Starfire finished her sentence, Cyborg came motoring into the living room.
"Hey, y'all. Guess who just finished the Ultimate Sure-to-Be-A-Hit-at-Any-Party-Especially-This-One Fireworks Machine?"
"Oh, wonderful, friend Cyborg!" Starfire rejoiced. "Anticipation abounds! May we see it now?"
"Ah, ah, ah, not 'till tomorrow night. I want this baby to be a big surprise!" Then he realized only three of the super heroes were present. "Yo, where's BB and Raven?"
"I don't know. I--" but Robin's words were cut short by a low rumbling. The lights flickered on and off and finally exploded. An unnatural darkness swept the entire Tower.
"AAAAAUUUUUGGGGGHHHHH!" were the last sounds heard before Titans Tower settled again, this time with the absence of three people.
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I hope that the first chapter wasn't too long and boring, but I wanted to get some background info into the story so you can understand the whole conflict better. However, I am trying not to give too much away from the start. Some details you may have to guess on your own until later in the story.
I feel like the story is kind of unorganized right now, but I'm working on it. Any tips would be great.
This is my first fanfic in a few years, so please review; praise would be nice, but go ahead and criticize away, just don't get mean (hehe).
I will post Chapter 2 ASAP, schedule permitting.