After an hour or so of sitting, the queen made her move
After an hour or so of sitting, the queen made her move. Of the food, she had eaten nothing, and of chatter, she made none. Most servants only revered their queen, and spoke little or not at all. Therefore she was left in total boredom. It seemed like a ritual in this palace, the King made a show of showing off his goddess bride, and then he would move off with political talk and romancing with other woman. Then the queen, herself, would slip away from the crowd, with out the notice of the servants or her husband. Sticking to this ritual, she stood and walked away. Beast boy, unattended to by anyone, slipped off as well.
There was a two-wall fitted balcony, with giant pillars of marble cutting it off from the rest of the grand hall. The queen walked quietly to that balcony.
To her delight the heavy clouds that had overthrown the sun for a day were rumbling. The atmosphere around her became a few degrees color and all around her on the mountain side the plants and trees were, there is no mortal world that can really describe it; singing! The only animals out for the evening were the crows and ravens that were watching their lady with great interest.
A foot scraped on the sandy balcony. The queen had felt the princes eyes on her all night, and now, as she turned her head, she saw him standing there.
Caught in his act of following, Beast boy hid a small blush by looking behind him, and then gave up his silent pursuit. He stood up a little straighter and walked over to the unmoving queen.
"Hi, uh, my name's…"
"Good Health to you Prince."
"Oh, uh, thank…"
"It is the greatest honor that the king and I have you dine with us."
"Really? Well…"
"My Mighty King wishes for our kindly hospitality to suit your desires, while you stay in his kingdom."
"He's too…"
"Thank you, Prince, but your time has been wasted on my droll, womanly speak, please, excuse me to…"
"Are you going to keep interrupting me?!"
"I am sorry, Prince, I repent."
Beast boy felt sarcasm leak from her every recited word. How many times, he wondered, has she said this to other Country Leaders? Over coming his frustration, he continued.
"What's your name?" He asked gently.
The queen was surprised at this and looked away. To her great discouragement, he'd hit a nerve.
"I am called the Queen."
"Well, I mean before you were married to his Majesty."
"I am called the Goddess."
"Those aren't names, those are titles!"
"Well, what do you want?!" She snapped, her cold exterior beginning to melt into her fiery temper.
"Who do you want me to be? Am I supposed to bend to your will as well?" She hissed, narrowing her eyes into a deadly glare. Beast boy felt like his soul had been shot through, but an idea came to his mind.
"Do you even have a name?"
She flushed with indignity. She'd been caught. She sighed angrily and turned towards a hidden flight of stairs that was carved into the side of the mountain. It was her escape to a labyrinth of hallways that eventually led to her and King Slade's bedroom. Because of the extravagant party, she knew that Slade would not be sleeping in her bed that night, thankfully.
Beastboy suddenly switched to a playful mood, and morphed into a cat that scurried in front of the stairs and morphed back to his normal self. The queen flinched in surprise.
"Well…?" He said smiling. The queen had no escape, and for some reason felt the need to answer his question. It felt as if something really annoying would follow if she didn't.
"I… I don't remember." She admitted with defeat.
"Can I name you?" He asked excitedly. The queen was again surprised. No one had spoken so familiar before. To her disgust, a small burst of emotion escaped her barrier. A raven cawed in the background.
"Why would I let some one like you…"
"Raven!"
"What?"
"See, you recognize it already!"
Her eyebrow twitched. "I was only recognizing the sheer stupidity of this entire conversation." She retorted. She moved as if to walk away.
"Raven?" Beast boy asked, stopping with his playfulness.
"What?!" She replied, apparently she was stuck with the name for the remainder of his visit.
"What makes you smile?"
Raven almost tripped over her own two feet. These questions were completely different from the ones she was used to.
"You mean, like what do I want?"
She raced through her mind for an answer.
Finally time slowed down for her and a hidden thought drifted into her mind.
"…." She mouthed, not facing the green prince.
"What was that? I'm sorry, I have good hearing, but not that…" He chuckled at his own dry joke.
Raven looked through the pillars and into the party they both were unaccountably absent from.
"Make me a dancer." She whispered.
Beast boy was silent at this reply.
"I want to move as they do, to disappear into their own lives as they do." Her face took on a very sad expression. "To flirt and flaunt emotion as they do. I want to be a dancer. I want to live like a dancer. I want, to live." Beast boy was quiet. His respect growing more and more for her with every word she spoke.
A sudden heart beat sent a flush to her face.
'Wha-what did I just say?! You're just going to yell out your hear to a complete foreign stranger?! What's wrong with you!?' She screamed at her self
Out loud she said, "I, I mean, they're very well off in life, with money and, and the fact that they bed with who they choose. Which is far less then what most Country Leader's wives have…"
A loud laugh interrupted her explanation. She looked back and saw Beast boy, full blown in a pure and hearty laugh. A moment was caught in her mind that she blushed at and pushed away to another time.
"I don't have to explain myself." She huffed at him.
"I said what I said…"
"And you ment what you said?" Beast boy added playfully.
Raven glared at the slightly taller boy.
"Good Night!" She said as vehemently as she could. She pushed past him to get to the stairs and was almost out of ear shot when Beast boy called to her.
"Sleep tight! Don't let the bed bugs bite! I'll see you tomorrow, Raven!" He added shrewdly, before ducking back into the grand hall.
Raven scowled and trudged through the palace until she was safely shut inside her bedroom.
It was there that she pulled out her memory from earlier.
Beast boy was laughing heartily, and the thought that embarrassed Raven the most was; 'He looks so handsome.' With that she smacked her fore head and laid down to try and sleep.
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