Since school is starting soon I probably won't be able to update as fast as this but I will try to get my chapters in as quickly as possible, so please bear with me xD
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Raven's dream..
The sky was blue, the grass was green, and birds were chirping and singing everywhere. Raven found herself to be in the park during a bright sunny day with her friends. She sat against the trunk of a tree, hiding beneath it's shadows, much so like what she would do in all the Titans visits to the park. She gazed on as she saw Robin, Cyborg, and Starfire throwing around a frisbee. Starfire threw the frisbee so hard that Cyborg was actually knocked a bit back when he caught it. Raven smirked a bit when she saw Cyborg aiming, closing his human eye, magnifying his mechanic eye, and holding up his thumb as Robin turned around to wave to a fan. You can all guess what happened next. Raven enjoyed watching her friends, seeing them happy….just being in their company. But something wasn't right. Where was Beast Boy? She slowly stood up about to go look for him until he fell out of the tree, right in front of her.
"Ah!" Raven jumped back a bit not expecting that.
"Uh hey Rae, I was wondering, wanna play some frisbee with me?" Beast Boy held out a plastic purple frisbee and had his famous grin on.
"No. Why don't you play with the others?"
"Oh I always play with them. I want to play with you today. Come on!" Beast Boy grabbed Raven's hand and started pulling her to a part of the park that was clear until her hand phased out of his grip. He turned around to see Raven walking away.
"I said no." Raven had a little more irritation in her voice then usual. Beast Boy's ears had drooped as she settled back against the tree. Raven glanced up to see the boy drop the purple frisbee and run to the others to go play with them.
Suddenly the sky turned grey, like there was a storm coming. Raven did not get a good feeling from the weather. She looked at the Titans, still playing frisbee, and went to warn them about the oncoming storm.
"Guys, I think we should go home now. The sky shows signs of rain." Not one Titan acknowledged her presence. They just kept on playing frisbee.
"Are any of you listening to me?" Beast Boy's ears perked up and he seemed to be the only one who had heard her. He started walking over to her as the other Titans continued their play.
"Wanna play frisbee with us?"
"For the last time I said NO!" Raven yelled. Beast Boy stood there with his arm outstretched and someone from behind Raven came up and grabbed it.
"Sure." Said the unknown person. Raven turned around and froze at who she saw. It was Terra.
"Alright! Awesome!" Beast Boy looked at Terra gazing at the girl with a big smile on his face. He then took her arm and pulled her towards where the other Titans were, as she laughed on the way. Raven just stood there stunned.
"I thought he was talking to me.." Just then thunder cracked in the sky and Raven looked upwards and a few raindrops fell on her face. She put her hood up and walked over to the Titans. She decided to go over to Robin, who was currently bending down to pick up the frisbee. She went to tap his shoulder but she felt nothing. Her hand went right though him!
"What the?" Raven looked at her hand and it seemed like it was starting to become transparent.
"So Cy will drive, I'll take shotgun, Star, BB, and Terra, you get the back." All of the Titans nodded to Robin and started to get into the T-car. Raven just stood there.
"And when we get back home Terra and I can engage in the chatting of 'girl talk'." Starfire happily giggled as she pulled Terra into the car.
"Don't hog the little rocker all to yourself now Star, she has to help me fix up my baby later." Cyborg patted the car.
"Hey what about me? I wanna hang out with Terra too.!" Beast Boy waved his arms around as he cried frantically. Robin laughed.
"Don't worry, Terra will find time for all of us. After all, what are friends for?" Robin smiled as everyone else smiled back.
"Lets go home." Terra exclaimed with a huge smile, with her arms around both Starfire and Beast Boy. And with that the doors of the T-car slammed shut. The engine revved up and the Titans drove away, leaving Raven just standing there shocked, as the rain started to pour.
She didn't know what to feel, what to think. Her best friends in the whole world had just left her out in the rain. It was like she wasn't cared about. It was like she was…replaced. Raven shut her eyes tight. She didn't know if she should cry or feel angry. Angry that her friends had replaced her, or sad that she could be so easily replaced. As soon as she opened her eyes, tears starting to well up in them, she looked around, shocked. The park had changed. Raven was still standing in the same place where the Titans had currently left her but the sky wasn't that shade of grey anymore and the grass wasn't green. Instead the sky was a blood red, with clouds swirling maliciously. The ground was a pure black. The grass was all burnt and there was lava spewing everywhere, from the depths of hell. Raven's eyes grew wide.
"What's going on?" Suddenly she heard a roar and turned in the direction from which it came. What she saw made her blood boil, and at the same time, her veins ice over. Raven saw none other than her father, Trigon.
"What's the matter dear daughter? Sad because a couple of mortals had forgotten you? Left you? Have no need for you?" Trigon let out an evil laugh.
"Why should you care about those pathetic, weak fools. You have my blood running through your veins. You are a disgrace to harbor these emotions for your little friends. They don't care about you. Why should you care about them? Especially the green boy. It seems as though you love him, yet he doesn't love you." Trigon waved his hand, showing an image of Beast Boy about to kiss Terra. It quickly disappeared before their lips actually met.
"You are forbidden to have feelings towards anyone. Especially love. You are destined to live in a world of loneliness, darkness, rage, and eventually, insanity." Just then Trigon raised his mighty fist above his hand.
"And after all, who would love a worthless half demon like you?" And with that Trigon brought down his fist upon the immobilized Raven.
Raven awoke with a start panting heavily, as beads of cold sweat ran down her face. She quickly scanned the area and realized she was in the Tower, still on the couch. She put a hand to her head, running her fingers through her hair, and looked down.
'It was all a dream…' She thought as she looked over to her feet and noticed Beast boy was still there, sitting upright, but asleep. A little bubble came out of his nose and inflated/deflated with his breathing. Just then the image of Beast Boy and Terra almost kissing came into her head.
'Even if it was a dream, Trigon was still right. Beast Boy had never loved Raven and he never will. He had loved Terra.' Suddenly Raven became nauseous. The Titans did like Terra better then her, and it was no mystery why. Terra was the fun loving girl who could share time with everyone and give them the company they desired. Raven wasn't allowed to be as free as Terra. She wasn't allowed to feel emotion, thus she came off as the grumpy person no one liked to bother except when they had missions. That was it, Raven couldn't take anymore of it. She ran off the couch and to the bathroom, knocking Beast Boy off the couch in her haste.
" Huh wha-? I'm up, I'm up!" Beast Boy muttered as he awoke on the floor with a start, result of his face hitting it forcefully. He looked around and quickly noted that Raven wasn't on the couch. His ears then twitched as he heard gagging noises in the direction of the bathroom.
There in the bathroom, Raven was hunched over the toilet, hands gripping the sides firmly, with tears streaming down her face. She was hysterical due to her dream, thus making her body even more sick. Luckily Raven's powers were weak since she was ill so they couldn't do any damage during her time of an emotional breakdown. Little by little Raven released more and more food into the toilet. No, it couldn't just all come out at once. She had to strain to subdue the sick feeling. It's felt as though her body was taunting her, making her know she had to throw up but not letting her get to finish it quickly. Beast Boy finally ran up and saw the poor girl hunched over in the bathroom.
"Raven!" He cried out and ran over to her and kneeled next to her. Raven couldn't even reply as another wave of nausea hit her and made her cough out more food. Beast Boy quickly grabbed a hold of her hair and held it behind her head.
"Are you ok!" Beast Boy asked, his face showing signs of complete sympathy and worry. At this point Raven couldn't even hear him as she stared into the bowl. The only thing she could hear was her father's voice ringing in her head.
'Loneliness, darkness, rage, insanity..' Raven sobbed a bit before she once again hurled into the toilet. Beast Boy couldn't stand seeing Raven like this. Not only was she sick, she seemed to be crying. Through the sweat dripping down her face, Beast Boy could see tears fall along with them. He wished he could endure the pain for her, but the only thing he could do right now was hold her hair. After about 10 minutes more of throwing up in small quantities, Raven had rid herself of that horrible nauseous feeling that plagued her. She slowly sat back on the floor of the bathroom, away from the toilet. Beast Boy slowly put her hair down as she did so.
"Are you alright now?" Beast Boy asked the girl as he reached over and pushed the handle of the toilet to flush it. Raven did not answer him, she only stared at the floor with tired, sad eyes. Beast Boy sat next to her and wrapped his arms around her.
"It'll be ok Raven. You'll get through being sick and you'll be back to your old insult me ways in no time." He hoped to lighten up the situation. Raven leaned into Beast Boy.
"I don't want to be alone…" Raven croaked out.
"Raven, you're not alone. I won't leave you."
"Loneliness, darkness, rage, insanity… I'm just a worthless half demon. I'm destined to be alone." Beast Boy just stared at the girl in his arms. Where was all of this coming from? He looked directly into her eyes and they seemed glazed over, looking past him. Something wasn't right with her. It was like her mind wasn't completely there. But before Beast Boy could tell Raven what she said was a lot of bull (but in a nicer way), her eyes grew wide and then she passed out right in Beast Boy's arms.
"Raven? RAVEN!" Beast Boy looked at the now unconscious girl in his arms. He shook her gently hoping that it would wake her up. Her head just tilted lifelessly.
"Oh man….oh man…" Beast Boy put one of his arms behind her back and the other under where her knees bent as he slowly picked her up. He walked back to the main room and set her down lightly on the couch. The second Raven was out of his arms he pulled out his communicator and beeped the others as quick as he could.
"C'mon pick up.." Beast Boy whispered.
Pan over to the restaurant where Robin and Starfire are...
"Robin, what is this 'escargot'?" Starfire pronounced the word exactly like it was spelled. The two titans were dressed up (requested by Starfire) as they sat in the booth of a fancy restaurant. Starfire wore a pretty pink dress (A/N just like the one in the episode with Kitten -can't remember the name right now-) while Robin wore a dashing black tux.
"Star, it's not escarGOT, it's escarGO." Robin chuckled at the alien.
"My mistakes friend, what is escargot?" Starfire made sure not to pronounce the T this time.
"Snails."
"Oh my, those things with shells that wiggle and leave slime everywhere? I do not wish to have any escargot." Starfire made a face, and Robin smiled.
'She won't eat snails but she eats god knows what from Tamaran…' He laughed to himself.
"Hmm caviar, what's that?" Starfire wondered what many items were on the menu for she had never seen or heard of them before. Just as Robin was about to answer, his communicator hummed it's familiar tune. Robin pulled out his communicator.
"Hello?"
Pan over to Steel City…
"Hey who wants some tacos?" Speedy called out as he walked into the main room of the Titans East Tower carrying a couple bags of food. He pulled out a few tacos.
"HACEMOS(we do), HACEMOS(we do) !" Mas and Menos ran up to Speedy and grabbed the tacos out of his hand and in a flash they were at the counter, munching happily away.
"Speedy, how many times have I told you…" Aqualad had a vein coming out of his head.
"Relax fish boy, I got meat tacos. No marine life." Speedy pulled out another taco and tossed it at Aqualad who caught it.
"Thanks I appreciate it." Aqualad then walked over to the counter and sat next to Mas and Menos to eat. Just then the door swished open and Cyborg, carrying a tool box, and Bumblebee, carrying a wrench, walked in.
"There, I updated your security system, and that wall in the west corridor should last a good 8 years before we need to juice up the electric security panels in it again."
"Thanks Sparky." Bumblebee winked at Cy and the human side of his face blushed.
"Hey you lovers, want tacos?" Speedy glanced at the two while he sat in a chair across from Aqualad in the kitchen. Now it was Bumblebee's turn to blush.
"We're not lovers!" Both Cyborg and Bumblebee yelled.
"Yeah you just keep telling yourself that." Speedy gave a little laugh and took a bite into his taco and crossed his feet on the counter.
"Hey watch it, I'm eating here." Aqualad exclaimed. Speedy uncrossed his feet and looked at the Atlantian through them.
"Eat somewhere else." Speedy retorted. He then recrossed his feet again.
"Now you listen to me, I was sitting here first and…"
" No otra vez…(not again)" Mas and Menos mumbled.
"Oh great, now I have to split up the fight." Bumblebee put her hands in the air.
"It's like dealing with children!" She stomped away from Cyborg, about to yell at the bickering boys. Cyborg smiled at the picture. Even though they had arguments, the Titans East was a pretty good team, and they worked well with each other. Just then his communicator went off. The Titans East stopped yelling at each other and all turned their heads at Cyborg who flipped it open. He saw Beast Boy's face on one half of the screen, and just a split second later Robin's face appeared on the other side of the communicator's screen. Starfire was standing a bit behind him.
"Sup guys. Is there a problem BB?" Cy looked at the green boy.
"Yeah, did the alarm go off?" Robin asked.
"No, it's not the city. It's Raven. You have to get home quick. Something's not right with her!" Suddenly all of the Titan's faces grew serious.
"What's wrong with her?" The Titans East did not like the tone Cyborg's voice held. Something bad had happened.
"The reason she was still sleeping when you guys left was because she was sick. So I took care of her for a while and everything seemed to be going fine for a bit, but then she became physically ill in the bathroom and then she passed out." Beast Boy explained quickly.
"We'll be right there. Starfire and I can get home in about 10 minutes if we fly." Robin looked over to Star and she nodded.
"And I'll try to get home in under a half an hour." Cyborg stated since he was further away from Jump City then the others, and the fact he couldn't fly.
"Ok, but please hurry!" And with that BB, as well as the others, clicked off.
"What happened?" Speedy asked as Cyborg walked over to the counter to grab his car keys.
"Something bad has happened to Raven. She's sick."
"Sick? Is it anything serious?" Bumblebee asked worried.
"I'm not sure, I hadn't even known that she was sick. When I left she was still sleeping."
"Well, maybe it's just the flu. Or something harmless like that. Maybe it's nothing to worry about." Aqualad stated trying to logically think what could of happened to their friend, hoping it wasn't life threatening.
" I hope so." Cyborg stated.
"What worries me though, is that Raven never really gets sick. Not as much as the others. Heck, not even as much as I get sick, and I'm half mechanic. And when she does, it's only something like a simple 24 hour cold. This time she actually passed out." Cyborg stated as all of the Titans East frowned.
"Eso no es bueno. (That's not good.)" Mas stated.
"Si (yeah)" Menos replied.
"Well you better get going Sparky, you shouldn't waste anymore time here." Bumblebee walked over and put her hand on Cyborg's shoulder. He nodded, putting his hand on tops of hers and then started towards the garage where the T-car was.
"Update us on how she is." Speedy called out.
"Will do." Cyborg said as he placed his tool box in the passengers seat before getting in himself. He turned the key and the engine revved up. Cyborg then sped off.
"Please be ok Raven. Man what could of happened?" He thought as he kept his eyes firmly on the road.
Back to the restaurant…
Robin and Starfire walked out of the restaurant.
"Alright Star, fly as fast as you can to get home." Star nodded.
"I will fly faster than the flubian bugs during their celestial dance."
"Good." Robin figured that these bugs things must be very fast when they danced. Starfire put her hands under his arms and lifted off. She zoomed up and out of the city, the buildings getting smaller in size as she flew.
"Guh!" Robin choked and sputtered a bit. Starfire looked down at the boy in her arms.
"Are you ok Robin?"
"I think I swallowed a flubian bug. I'm fine." Robin looked up at the alien and smiled. She smiled back. Soon the Titans Tower was in sight. Starfire descended until she made a smooth landing in front of the Tower's main entrance. She set Robin down and he walked over and punched in a security code. After the code was confirmed, an flat square panel came out. Both Robin and Starfire put their hands on it as it scanned their DNA. It was a new security system Cyborg had set up to keep the Tower more secure from villains. Once the DNA scanner confirmed it was Robin and Starfire, the door opened with a whoosh. The two Titans walked into the Tower, and as soon as they were in, the door shut and various clicking noises could be heard as the door was locking itself and whatnot.
Beast Boy was sitting in a chair taken from the kitchen and placed next to the couch. He was sitting quietly with his hands folded in his lap. He slowly rocked back and forth in impatience.
"What is taking them?" Beast Boy gorwled abit. He looked over at the clock next to the TV and it read 2:43 pm. Beast Boy's ears perked up as he heard footsteps walking in the hall. Within 5 seconds Starfire and Robin emerged from the hallway into the main room. They saw Beast Boy sitting in a chair, but they couldn't see Raven since she was on the couch, and their vision was from behind it.
"Where is she?" Robin asked.
"Right here." Beast Boy pointed as he stood up. Robin and Star walked over to the couch and saw Raven unconscious.
"Oh dear I hope she is alright." Star looked worriedly at Raven. Suddenly big clanking footsteps could be heard and then Cyborg ran into the main room. He made it home in record time. He saw all the Titans together so he walked up to them.
"I got here as fast as I could." The others nodded, glad of his pressence. As Cyborg walked over his eye shifted and he saw Raven. His human eyebrow slightly arched in worry.
"What happened?" Robin looked over to Beast Boy who was looking at Raven saddly. He looked up at his leader and he started explaining the events leading up to this, much more detailed then their chat on the communicator.
"So you say she was vomiting for around 10 minutes and then she just passed out?" Cyborg put a finger to his chin.
"Yeah. It was really scary seeing her like that. It looked like she was in a lot of pain. I think she was even crying." Beast Boy looked down.
"Oh dear, what is ailing our poor friend?" Starfire had sat down in the chair Beast boy was previously in and had taken a hold of Raven's hand. Cyborg's forehead became furrowed in thought.
"Did she say anything prior to passing out? Like did she give any warning or actually say 'Beast Boy, I'm going to pass out!'"
"No she didn't. Oh wait, I remember her saying something but it wasn't anything about her being sick. It was really really weird."
"What did she say?" Star wondered.
"She said a bunch of words. But I can't remember what they were."
"What kind of words? Was it in another language like some sort of spell?" Robin had to consider everything. Beast Boy put a hand to his head trying to remember what they were. He snapped his fingers, finally figuring out what they were.
"No they were in plain English and I remember now. She said loneliness, rage, darkness, insanity, probably not in that order though. And she also said that she was a worthless half demon. And that she was destined to be alone."
"What? Why would she say that?" Robin asked.
"I have no clue, I don't know what she meant. I mean it sounds like the kind of stuff she used to believe in before we defeated Trigon. You know, her destiny and all. But I thought we had made her realize that we care deeply about her and that she wasn't ever going to be alone. And that we would never leave her. I mean, we're friends…" Beast Boy sadly replied. Finally Cyborg spoke up.
"Maybe something is wrong with her mind."
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I figured I'd add some of the other Titans into my story just to make things interesting. I mean BB and Rae during a whole story could get repetitive and boring after a while. Oh and another thing, if you read my story and like it, please take the time to review. It only takes about 30 seconds of your time lol. I see my hit count skyrocket, and if that many people are actually reading my writing, I would love to hear what you think of my story. Heck, even if you don't like my story, please review and tell me why you don't for future reference. I appreciate any kind of review. (Except flames) When people take the time to review, it makes me happy. And when I'm happy I write more, thus resulting in faster updates ;) And I really appreciate everyone who has reviewed so far. Thank you very much :)