I know, it's been, like, FOREVER since I last updated. I sowwy. I so mean to you. Anyway. So, last time it was a remake of the last chapter of Graciela because, I, along with many others, was unsatisfied with it. This is a time jump to about four or five months later. To their wedding day. Enjoy!

Disclaimer - You should know by now that anyone who writes on fanfiction is NOT the real owner of the thing they're writing the FANfiction about. The word FAN is in there for a reason.


The minute she woke up, she was meditating. Today was the big day. And her emotions would not shut up. They hadn't shut up since the moment he asked her to marry him. Today, however, she did not want to blow something up. She, like most other brides, wanted this day to be perfect.

With her heritage, it seemed impossible.

When she finally opened her eyes, Starfire was sitting patiently in front of her, although her eyes were shining with excitement. "How long were you there, Star?"

"I have been sitting here waiting for you to finish your meditation for," she looked up at the clock, "nineteen minutes, forty-seven seconds," she finished brightly. "We must go to the room of the baths to do the up of making!"

"Makeup?"

"Yes, Raven! We shall go there now!"

Starfire dragged her to the bathroom and immediately started painting her face with makeup. It took nearly three hours for Starfire to be completely satisfied with Raven's makeup and hair, which she let grow out. When she was finally finished, Raven looked in the mirror, then froze. Instead of her regular gray skin tone, her face was creamy white with a rosy tint on her cheeks. Her eyes shone like two amethysts on snow, and were accented by light purple eye shadow with emerald green flecks. Her lips were a shade lighter than the rest of her makeup layered face, and her mascara was plum purple. Her nails were painted alternately green and purple.

Her hair was in large ringlets that curled down to her elbows. She couldn't tell if they were real, but Starfire knitted amethysts throughout her hair, seeming randomly, and there was three or four emeralds along with the rest. When they slipped the dress on, Raven allowed a small smile to spread across her face. It wasn't quite skin-tight, but very close. The neckline wasn't nearly as deep as most wedding dresses are, and the end of the dress stopped just under her ankles. The sleeves draped down to her mid-bicep. There was a purple sash that draped around her waist, and, in the back, it was tied with a green ribbon. Other than that, the milky-white dress was plain.

The shoes were royal purple flats with a small cluster of light purple and dark green gems on the toe. At that, Starfire did makeup on the skin that was showing, turning it creamy white, like her face. Her necklace was a green ribbon with a single purple charm on it that read, 'R'. Her wrists were unadorned, along with her ears, but her left ring finger carried something much more special than earrings or bracelets.

A slender band of silver hung on it with seven jewels on the band. The one in the center was slightly larger than the others, and it was amethyst. One either side of that, there were two emeralds. It continued to amethysts, then emeralds once more, and, though only she and her special someone knew about it, the inside had a carving, which read, "BBRae", something that he had come up with.

Instead of breaking down, Raven, in her monotone, complained, "It's girly."

"You have already said this, Raven. Is it not satisfactory?" A look of doubt crossed Starfire's face, until Raven shook her head.

"No, it's fine, Star. I like it." There was a note of sincerity in her voice, and then she glanced at the time. "Now you do you, I'm going to continue meditating." Starfire nodded an affirmative, and Raven turned away. Unnoticed by the alien princess, the empath fingered the cloth above her stomach. She hadn't told him yet, but she would. Tonight.


Get the hint? Of course you did, you're not stupid. BB's next, what he did to prepare for the wedding.

R&R!

-RR