"What?" Exclaimed Beast Boy.
"Rae, what do you mean?" Cyborg sounded just as shocked as Beast Boy.
"You know that that familiar feeling I've been having every time it appears? Well I couldn't figure out but I think it's Terra- Sort of." Raven was finding it hard to really explain it. It wasn't Terra yet it felt like Terra.
"Are you certain?" Asked Robin.
"It can't be, Terra is gone." Beast Boy said sadly, his ears drooping again.
"But if Raven feels Terra in Particle…" Mused Starfire aloud.
"I wonder how that's possible. " said Cyborg thoughtfully.
"It's particle, everything seems possible with what ever it is." Reasoned Robin.
"This smells like something the Brother Blood would do." Said Starfire.
"Impossible, I vaporised that dude ages ago." Countered Cyborg.
Raven wasn't about to give her own suggestion, she didn't really have an opinion on the matter yet. She'd have to mediate on it first. But even if she was trying to find the solution, the fury of emotions that were surrounding her was frustrating. She could feel herself slipping slightly especially when, over the other Titans, she felt Beast Boy's emotions. He was just so sad and to make tmatters worse he seemed to be feeling conflicted, he seemed to be wanting to hope that maybe Terra was somewhere out there but at the same time he knew that it couldn't be.
"What if we go talk to this Terra look-a-like? Maybe she kidnapped the real Terra's statue and has somehow harnessed her powers. This Tara girl could be the one pulling Particle's strings." Suggested Robin.
"Yeah her statue would be a perfect core for harnessing her power, but that wouldn't explain the water and air stuff." Said Cyborg.
"But it's a start." Agreed Robin nodding his head.
"No!" Beast Boy yelled over his friends. "We'll just let Tara be ok? She's not Terra…"
He was interrupted by a yelp of pain as a black mass of energy erupted from Raven. The titans, taken unawares, were sent flying across the street where cracks began to appear in the walls and ground, the car alarms were sent on a wild fanfare. Behind the magic shield Raven had her head in her glowing hands, she was forcing her eyes closed.
"Azarath. Metrion. Zinthos." She whispered to herself as she tried to regain control. To many emotions, she couldn't keep them back. What was wrong with her? She usually managed to keep them at a distance but they were too strong this time.
"Raven, are you alright?" Cautiously Starfire flew up to her friend, worry clear in her eyes. The other Titans too, upon getting back on their shaky feet made there way back towards' their friends.
"Rai, are you sure you're ok? This is the second time in less then a quarter of an hour that you've lost control." Observed Robin, crossing his arms but sounding worried.
"Hey girl, you trying to dent me today?" laughed Cyborg.
Messaging her temples as the glow finally began to vanish from her palms she slowly opened her eyes to look at her worried friends. She took a deep breath.
"Too many… strong… emotions." She carefully articulated as she brought her cloak around her, there was a chill in the evening air.
"I apologize friend, on Tamaran we are known for having strong emotions." Apologized Starfire.
"No it wasn't you." She trailed off giving Beast Boy a quizzical look as he shuffled his feet looking rather guilty. "Guys, why don't you go on without me. I need to get my powers back under control."
"Good idea, I don't feel like an another apocalypse." Joked Cyborg rubbing his head.
"Are you sure?" Robin asked, still sounding worried.
Raven just nodded her head.
"I will have some melted chocolate in a mug ready for you when you get back. Try not to catch the cold." Said Starfire gleefully, excited at the idea of making hot chocolate.
"We'll see you back in the tower if you're sure then." Sighed Robin. "But hurry it looks like snow storm is coming."
"Uff, I just got back from the arctic I was looking forward to absorbing some of that Jump city sun." Complained Cyborg disappointedly looking up at the clouded sky. "Let's get going guys, my baby will catch'a cold at this rate."
"Can a car catch the cold too?" questioned Starfire as she began to hover towards the T-car.
Reluctantly the titans were making their way to the T car when Raven called out.
"Beast Boy, you think you could walk it with me?" She asked certain her face was turning a new shade of pink.
"Dude, I thought you were just going to teleport yourself to the tower!" He whined, "And you know I don't mix well with snow."
But the glare she gave him quickly shut him up.
"Haha BB were you messing with Raven's magic mirrors again?" Joked Cyborg as he pushed the little grass stain forwards. Starfire tried to stifle a giggle.
"We'll see you guys back at the tower." Laughed Robin.
Beast Boy looked longingly as the rest of the team drove away as the first flakes of snow began to fall. He shivered slightly.
"So s'up Rae? You sure everything is ok?" He asked, tempted to turn into a penguin or a polar bear.
"I was going to ask you the same thing." Said Raven crossing her arms. "Your emotions are flaring, it's foiling my concentration."
"Sorry." Said Beast Boy, simpering as he ran his gloved hand trough his green hair. "Hasn't been a good day."
Raven rolled her eyes. "I've noticed."
There was a moment of awkward silence as the snowflakes gently began to fall around them, some bravely settled on Raven's cloak but she didn't swipe them off, their gentle movements calmed her and distracted her from the cold.
"Well." She prompted.
"Wait are you seriously asking me how I am?" said Beast Boy, sounding genuinely shocked.
"Beast Boy you know I don't say this likely but your one of my best friends, and I'm worried about you, especially when it messes with my concentration. And bad thing happen when loss concentration" Raven reluctantly said.
"Seriosly I'm fine." Beast Boy said smiling up at his friend.
"Beast Boy…" Raven warned.
"OK." He said waving his hands before him. "Well it's because of Terra… Tara."
"I figured." Said Raven.
"It's just so frustrating! She's just so much like Terra. She looks like her, she has the same eyes, the same hair, the same scent, the same voice, the same lough… She even finds me funny." Blurted out Beast Boy finally getting it of his chest.
"Yet she doesn't remember anything?" Asked Raven.
Beast boy shook his head sadly already feeling the tears prick his eyes as cold snow caressed his cheeks.
"I was just so certain it was her." He whispered as the tears began to streak down his cheek. He was looking at his shoes unwilling to look at his friend. He clenched his fists. "It's just so frustrating, it's like I've lost her all over again. When I saw her I actually dared to hope that … I don't know what I hoped, just maybe she'd remember me I guess. It's just not fair."
Raven was shocked into silence unsure of how to react as her friend's tears began to fall to the ground and freeze where they fell. She then did something that shocked both herself and Beast Boy. She took a step towards him and, with her cloak dramatically bellowing in the wind, she drew the green teen into a comforting embrace. Beast Boy, hating himself for acting like such a baby cried into his friends uniform as the cold wind nipped at them. He was surprised at how warm she felt, he always tough she'd be sort of cold…
"It's just not fair." He repeatedly mumbled as tears continued to stubbornly stumble down his cheeks.
"Just because that girl you saw wasn't Terra doesn't mean she isn't somewhere around her. You said her statue wasn't there right? I bet Particle has something to do with it. I bet he knows where Terra is."
"It just isn't fair Raven." Beast boy said looking up at her.
"I know, but we'll figure this out ok?" She said as she gave him a rare comforting smile.
He did in fact feel better, raven could tell. He still felt sad but it wasn't overpowering. He almost felt like beast boy again. Not for the first time that day this Tara person entered her mind, she'd have to go investigate for herself.
"C'mon Beast Boy, let's get out of this storm before we regret staying out so late." Said Raven taking a step away from him.
Smiling wearily beast boy nodded his head. Swiftly Raven surrounded the two of them with her cloak and teleported them to the tower just as the rest of the titans walked into the living quarters.
Hi, so yeah a lot of talking in this one, but please don't le tit put you off, it will get better, I hope anyway but I'm trying to keep everyone as much in character as I can. Please review, I look forward to what you guys think, weather it be good or bad :3 thank you for reading - LunaPendragon
