The Summoner and the Enchantress
Chapter 2
Light bleeding through his eyelids, Beast Boy felt worse than the time he had to take Cinderblock on by himself while he waited for the rest of the team to deal with Plasmus and Overload. His bones groaned, his muscles ached, his nerves burned as if his blood was replaced with lava, and his head pounding to the beat of a jackhammer. Vague memories swam at the edge of his consciousness, playing random moments from his last night gaming session with Cyborg to the malice in the eyes of that monster.
He dares not say that the monster was even remotely human, all his animalistic senses screamed at him to run away, very far away. He only stayed because Raven was there, his sense of loyalty and affection for her overwhelmed the primal instinct to run away. The memory of the amethyst sorceress jolted Beast Boy harshly.
Beast Boy completely disregarded his weakened and bolted up sharply, eyes snapping open only to be blinded once again. His entire body alit with liquid fire, black spots swam in his vision threatening to return him back to his unconscious state from whence he had woken from. He stilled himself, closing his eyes, letting the pain work its way through his system before he tried to do anything else.
As the pain subsided, he slowly opened his eyes again. Light flooded his vision, the black spots slowly bled away as his eyes adjusted to his surroundings. Vibrant green shone through with hints of dark brown and a dash of light blue above him. He knew he was no longer in the tower, the ground was soft and wet with the smell of wet grass filling his nose. The soft wind gently brushed over his skin, cooling his aches and pains.
He could hear the light chirping of bird song in the trees but said song they were singing he knew not, like travelling to a new country. New sights, new sounds, but something was off. He had lived in the forest before, he had been all the animals in said forest, he knew how the ground felt underneath him, how the wind felt rushing past him, how the animals reacted to his presence. There was none of that here, where ever here was.
His vision gradually cleared, the lush colours that had blended together to form a mosaic had now solidified into shapes, nothing that made sense of his new surroundings but at least he knew he wasn't blind or going blind. The shapes formed trees, bushes, sky and clouds, soft grass. The scene before him held a majestic beauty that took his breath away.
He heard a soft groan behind him, he barely heard it what with his full attention on the foreign forest before him. He shifted carefully so as not to agitate his already battered body, his gaze fell upon the prone form of Raven.
Her cloak rested tangled of to the side, her limbs splayed out before her, her head laid against a worn root of an old tree they were both currently residing under.
Raven's head hurt immensely, her body ached in places that she never knew could ache. Her memory clouded, the pain of just trying to move was unbearable she dare to think how it would feel to lift her arm let alone her entire body. She heard a voice close to her, but she could not place it, it sounded familiar but distant. Her training told her to be on guard but something about this voice that made her feel safe but closed off.
Beast Boy tried to call out to Raven again but her lack of response troubled him, her lack of movement even more so. Bearing the pain, he crawled agonisingly slowly towards her prone form, teeth clenched in anguish.
The vivid green forest surrounding him lied about the majesty of the scene, casting a warming light upon his shattered body. The soft murmurings of the water lapping at the sides of its confined area, gentle and light but free and happy. A gust of wind carried through the forest, delicate and featherlike, almost like the forest was laughing.
Beast Boy finally made it to Raven's side, he could just faintly hear her shallow breathing. Her form shaking ever so slightly, her body shudders vaguely as she gasps for air the pain coursing through her from head to toe.
Raven tried not to breath much, her lungs felt constricted and they burned with such intensity that that the air she breathed could've been hot ash and she would not have been able to tell the difference. Her body already ached in every way but her arm felt disproportionally wrong, she forced her eyes open trying with what little might she had left to find out why.
With her blurry vision she just made out that her arm laid out before her had twisted slightly, luckily not broken. The awkward position of her arm heralded an uncomfortable ache that blossomed from her wrist to her elbow, she tried in vain to shift her arm but to no avail. A gentle rustling behind her drew her attention away from her discomfort, she painfully lifted her head towards the disturbance.
Her vision swam as she took in the glaringly rich emerald and bold jade colours, closing her eyes a touch too quickly had black spots dotting about in her sight. The pain threatened to send her back into the dark realm of unconsciousness, taking a few seconds to let the pain fade away she slowly opened her eyes once again.
The sight before her was of pure green, shapes of jade blended with blurs of emerald, there was a form of this mess of green that moved almost on its own. This moving green mess had a blob of purple below it that blended with flecks of green here and there.
It took a few minutes but her vision cleared to reveal the worried face of Beast Boy, his suit torn in areas and his eyes shone with a similar pain that racked her body. Relief flooded her as she took in the sight of her teammate, blessing Azar that she wasn't along, not that she would ever tell him that.
"Rae, talk to me! Please!" Beast Boy called out again in a near terrified panic, he had managed to crawl most of the way over to her. When she began moving, relief flooded him for only a brief second as she was still not responding to his calls.
As her gaze finally locked with his he could see the same pain that racked his body in her, his panic dissipated slightly as he knew she was alright. His thoughts wondered on why his messed-up DNA and her demonic powers hadn't lessen the pain or this discomfort but that could be pondered later, he needed to ascertain Raven's state before he even attempted to answer the ultimate question of where they were or how they got there.
"I am fine, Beast Boy." Raven replied carefully, her lungs hurt and her head ached, she was in enough pain already. A warmth coated her shoulder as Beast Boy's hand tenderly laid itself on her, his worry creased eyes filled her vision as she let her head fall softly back down to the ground.
"Can you move my arm, its uncomfortable." Raven requested of the green shapeshifter, she wasn't one to complain about being uncomfortable but in her current condition she believed that it was the lesser of the two evils that plagued her.
Beast Boy relaxed immensely as he complied with her request. Being as careful as he could be, he treated Raven as a pane of crystal glass, beautiful yet incredibly delicate. Gently lifting her arms and repositioning them carefully in front of her, one on top of the other. His view of the violet sorceress captivated him, he wished he could put into words what mesmerising beauty that lied below him, but his mind drew a blank.
The pain had been long forgotten as Beast Boy didn't stop his gaze drift along her prone form, drinking in her amethyst beauty. Her silky hair fanned out around her, her eyes closed lightly, her body shaking slightly as she drew breath, her arms laid peacefully in front of her, to top it all off she lay on soft green grass. All together the sight was exquisite, her beauty radiated from her in a violet glow.
Beast Boy had to tear his eyes away from the amethyst enchantress, his desire to stay lost in her ethereal beauty was astronomical. If he could control time then this single moment would be his entire existence.
To say that Beast Boy had a crush on the purple heroine at that moment had been the ultimate understatement of century, out of every girl that came across his track had been beautiful and most likely would've been the ideal girlfriend for him but for some reason that he could not explain for the life of him, he always made a mess of the date so that he could come back to Raven.
His infatuation for Raven had started after the Malchior incident, when he embraced her to comfort her. The mere thought of the powerful and unbreakable Raven being weak and broken was unthinkable but with her small form grasped tightly in his arms heralded an emotion that Beast Boy thought he would never have for any girl let alone one of his teammates. That emotion was dominance, something he got from the predators within him.
Even since that moment, his feelings for the violet sorceress grew scarily. He found himself wanting to spend even more time with her, especially when she was on her own. The excuses he made up had gotten pathetic, the others had started to notice, Raven had begun to question Beast Boy at that point. So, to save himself from embarrassment, he had tricked one of his fans into a date and pretended to be interested in in them the entire time.
The more he tried to force himself to stop having these feelings the more they affected him, in the end he had to give in. His choice wasn't his, the predators in his repertoire of animals fought him day and night for challenging their decision, it had begun to affect his combat and ultimately drew the ire of the teams esteemed leader.
After that point, Beast Boy created situations and events that lead to Beast Boy being dominate over the amethyst demoness. Every time these situations and events went according to plan, he would relish in the feeling of power over her. He loved seeing the way he affected her, the way she would sometimes squirm before him.
He started small, making sure not to scare her off, before going onto more daring and risqué moves, all of which culminated to the two of them sitting on the couch about to partake in something that had been in Beast Boy's feverous lustful dreams. He had been in heaven at that moment, about to take the plunge and finally feel those lips that plagued his waking moments on his own, but that red eyed villain had to ruin it.
Beast Boy wanted to feel rage and anger towards him, but first he had to figure out where he had just woken up from. His vision filled with the vibrant emerald forest, the shining deep blue lake off to the side, the foreign bird song in the wind, and the glaring heat from the two red suns.
Reviews:
Ralex0360 – Thank you for the comment. I try to write with the scene in my mind and write it as I see it in my mind, but I need to be careful when I use descriptive imagery as too much will over power the scene and too little will bore the reader. What I hope for is enough imagery that the reader is immerse but also allow them to fill in parts with their own imagination. Also, I plan to upload weekly, so hopefully there should be another chapter out next weekend.
Author's Note: I am quite surprised and very appreciative of all the people who have read my writing and followed or favourited my work. It is nice to know that you all are enjoying my work. In this chapter I tried to focus on the pain that followed the two as they woke up and I will say that I am not intentionally making Raven weaker than beast boy, it is that Raven relies too heavily on her self-healing ability. Beast boy does have his unstable DNA to heal him but he has to suffer through the pain whereas Raven can sleep through the brunt of it.
Slight spoiler ahead.
To clarify about the heated moments and the dominance of beast boy over raven won't come to fruition for a long time as they are similar in age to the end of the teen titans animated tv show (16). I plan for this story to be an adventure where they have little time to develop their relationship till they get settled around 2 years into being trapped in the new world.
Disclaimer: I do not own Teen Titans.