Hey, this is chapter 2 of Courting a Raven. I would like to thank you all that reviewed and added me as a fav or alert. I can't beleive that I got almost 100 hits on the first chapter. YEAAAAA!!!!
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Chapter 2: Asking for a Favor as I Step Out the Door.
A few days have past since Raven got the letter from Azarath and everyone seemed on edge. That is except for Raven and Robin, that is. Raven looked at the ring on her finger and smiled. She walked over to Robin, "When will we tell them that they can relax? I've never seen Beast Boy so tense in my life."
Robin laughed silently, "Soon, but just in case I want them to be ready for anything in the next couple of days." She nodded her head and squeezed his hand and walked to her room.
Raven looked around in her room, "Maybe they won't bother me about this."
"And maybe they will." A man in black robe appeared. "We know your plan, Miss Raven."
"Jason, why do they want me? They know I'm engaged, so just leave me alone." Raven secretly pushed the emergency button on her communicator.
"Well, Miss Raven, you received the letter before you got engaged. The Azarathian government has reason to believe that your engagement is a plot to get out of the engagement, which my dear, is illegal." Jason walked toward Raven.
"Well, you may not know, but I have been dating him for six weeks and I've known him for six years." Raven bit her lip, nervously.
A pounding on the door started to ring out in the room. "Raven is everything alright?" Robin yelled from in the hallway.
"Robin..." The rest of Raven's words were muffled by Jason's hand. She fought him as he tried to get her into the portal and she finally got his hand off of her. "They know. Get to Azarath as soon as you can, I'll be okay. I love you." And she vanished.
Robin broke the door, "Raven." He saw a picture on the ground of a man. "Leo Codi Royaline, Prince of Azarath has requested the presence of his suitor, Raven Carolyn Roth, so they may get ready for the royal wedding and crowning ceremonies." Robin read of the back of the picture. "No. Titans we have an emergency!" He yelled into the communicator.
"Robin, why yell when you can talk into the communicator?" Cyborg called in.
"What is wrong, Robin?" Starfire asked.
"Can you keep it down? I need a cat nap." Beast Boy complained.
"Meet me down in the Ops room." He cut the communication line and he sighed. "I really wanted to do this with you, Rae, but it can't wait." He looked at his ring and the picture of him and her kissing under the mistletoe last Christmas. He walked out of the room without noticing the reflection in the mirror, but it wasn't his own.
Azarath
Raven sighed as she placed her hand on the mirror. "I know you can do it alone, Robin, and I know you will come and save me."
"Well, hello, Miss Raven." A young man walked in to the room. "I'm sorry I had to take you this way, but," He turned her away from the mirror, "you would not come willingly."
Raven glared at the man, "Leo Codi Royaline, I should have known. I see you are still as stubborn as you were when we were children."
"You had better behave, Miss Raven, because after we are wed, I control you." Leo grabbed her arm and squeezed it tightly. "Stay in here until I say come out." He slammed the door when he left.
Raven looked at her arm. It was beginning to turn black and blue, and began to swell. "If this marriage happens, this could kill me." She turned back to the mirror, "Robin, if you were here, I know you'd protect me."
Titans Tower
Robin sighed, "To start this, I need to tell you something that Raven and I were going to tell you. I have recently asked Raven for her hand in marriage. She accepted the proposal. Now on to serious matters. Raven was taken to Azarath to be held captive until the date of the wedding. She is being suited by Leo Codi Royaline, the prince."
"So, let me get this straight. You are getting married to Raven, so she doesn't get forced into marrying this prince, who sent a guy to come get her. And now we are going to go to Azarath to go get her." Beast Boy drew on a piece of paper while explaining.
"Good plan, Robin, but where is Azarath?" Cyborg asked.
"The answer has to be in Raven's room, so let's start there." Robin got up and walked to her room.
As soon as the door shut, Robin sighed, "Come on, Raven, give us a clue just one clue." He started to feel weak and he slid down the wall into an unconscious state.
Robin's mind
"My head." Robin grumbled as he got up. He looked up and saw Raven. "Raven, how did..."
"You know where Azarath is, Robin. You've had the answer since I bonded us together." She had her hand covering her arm.
"Rae, what happened to your arm? I know you didn't have that when you disappeared." He moved her hand from the bruise.
"Let's just say if we wed, he will do much, much more harm than this. I've got to go. I sense that he is coming." She gave him a small kiss. "Remember that I love you, and if you need me, just look in the mirror." She vanished.
"What does that mean? Look in the mirror." He fell down.
Titans Infirmary
Robin gasped as he awoke, "I saw her. I know how to get there."
"You need to sleep. You can't help her if you're falling down all the time. Besides, I know you got the digs for her." Cyborg gently pushed him down into the bed.
Robin sighed, "Hey Cy, can I tell you a secret?"
"You better not tell me you see dead people like that kid in the movie." He chuckled.
"We've been dating for over a month, and we never told you guys. It's just.." Robin took his mask off. His icy blue eyes showed he had been crying.
"Complicated. I know how you feel man, and your secrets are safe with me." Cyborg shut the light off and closed the door.
Azarath
"You stupid, little, bitch!" Leo slapped Raven in the face after every word he said. He picked her up and threw her against the wall. "If I catch you talking to him again, very bad things will happen to you." He kicked her stomach and she spit blood out of her mouth, "Now, tell me you'll never speak to him again, and that I am your only love." He caressed her cheek.
Raven wiped the blood off of her mouth, "If I did, I would be lying." He punched her face and kicked her repeatedly until a knock on the door was heard.
"Brother, Dearest Father wishes to speak with you." A girl said through the door.
"Stay." He left her on the ground.
"Don't move, you'll only be in more pain." The girl ran to Raven. "I'll get you some ice."
"No, it won't do any good. What's your name?" Raven sat up against the wall.
"Laura-Lynn." Her hand turned blue and she touched Raven's face and the bruises healed and barely were seen.
"So, Laura-Lynn, you're a healer. I'll need that, that is, if my fiancée doesn't get here in time." She got a picture of Robin and smiled.
"Call me Laura, and he looks sweet. I have a guy like that, but Father disapproves." She sighed.
"Thanks for the healing." Laura got up to leave. "Hey Laura," she turned around, "can you do me a favor?"
She smiled, "Sure, what's on your mind?"
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