Raven sighed lightly as she walked down the empty halls of the tower. No books in her hand, only a locket of familiarity. Something she's had since childhood. She froze when she went into the living room looking at Beast Boy, Robin, and Cyborg playing their videogames while Starfire stood in the kitchen. Starfire looked up from the mixing bowl and smiled as she began to approach Raven and speak quickly of what she was making and the culture behind it. Raven didn't understand the words that were forming from her lips. All it was were slurred together, probably cause in her mind she wasn't there. Her thoughts were too busy thinking on a past event that happened many years ago on this day. Raven shook her head out of her stupor and looked up to Star confused and just walked away. Starfire watched her friend leave with concern but then went back to stirring the food she was making and trying to get her other friends to taste it.
Raven walked down the hall once more and stopped at her room. She paused for a moment as she pushed the button on the wall, her door opened. She quickly stepped in and sat on her bed. Her purple eyes stared down at the locket as she fidgeted with it to open it up. Finally it opened and she stared at the picture inside, a photograph of another woman. She had dark black hair, beautiful tan skinned. She stared hard at the light blue-sea green mixed eyes and became lost in them. She felt tears swell in her eyes as she clenched the locket and pulled the silver object closer to her body. The emptiness she normally had only grew as she felt the streams of tears fall down her pale cheeks. The more she thought of the person in the locket the more she felt consumed by the darkness inside of her.
Black orbs formed around random objects in the room and they began to levitate. The more she cried the higher they would move, some of the objects even began to break. When she realized what was happening she took in deep breaths and slowly released her emotions. She set the locket down next to her and began to chant, "Azarath…Metrion…Zinthos." She spoke the words over and over again, falling into deep meditation, but being partially distracted by distant memories didn't help.