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Ok guys we have a problem, I have basically the rest of today till 6 when two friends are coming over to stay the night and we are going shopping the day after and two days after that to finish this. The reason? I have to go back to boarding school, my dad is picking me up on Friday and I am going to this weird place in Norfolk that has no internet connection.
What is wrong with going back to boarding school? I hear you say, well kids, its like this: I will get an hour a day maximum and that is only if I get onto a computer, how am I meant to write an 11 page chapter, post it and read reviews? Heck I don't even know if the fire wall at school will let me on to fan fiction.
So I will try and update at weekends, which will be pretty tough. I am trying to get as much done as possible but having writers block doesn't help.
I have worked out I will get a maximum of three chapters done in the complete amount of time I have left, and that really is maximum.
I am so sorry. I will try and update as much as I can at school!
Well wasn't that maths fun? On with the rest of the useless stuff.
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So for you. The disclaimer will be done by Lou and Andy from little Britain.(which I don't own either)
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ALittleBeforeFromRavensPointOfView
Raven hauled herself up onto the balcony, swinging her legs around the side and looked up at the sky thinking hard. She was worried, in the story Beast boy nearly kissed her, how was she going to ask him that?
(Hey beast boy,) she practiced in her head (You have to nearly kiss me if we want to get out of this book.) Raven scowled, she hated it. She didn't know how she was going to ask him without blushing. Suddenly a hand appeared on her shoulder and she jumped slightly, she twisted her body around to face beast boy who had a sheepish grin on his face and he was holding out his tie to her.
"I'm a bit useless at these kind of things, I was just wondering if you could do it." Beast boy asked motioning at his tie. Raven tried to hold back a smile as she took the tie from beast boys hand and attempted to do it up, beast boy moved closer so that she could do his tie up easier.
(Tell him now, you are running out of time, it will all stop soon. Just tell him he has to try and kiss you now!)
Raven frowned with concentration; it was hard trying to do someone else's tie up. Raven's stomach was playing up, nerves and worry combined to make a horrible mixture of anxiety and fear. Suddenly Raven felt beast boys hand on her chin, she looked up and saw him blush as he looked straight into her eyes and then at her lips. Raven was sure if she had been standing up her knees would have buckled, those green eyes were so intense, they were almost magical. Beast boy leaned to the right as raven just sat there wide eyed, shocked that this was happening, his eyes closing as he drew nearer.
(How did he know to kiss me?) Was all that was going through Ravens mind. He was so close but it still hadn't sunk into Raven that beast boy was about to kiss her, he was barely a few centimetres away from her when suddenly someone spoke.
"Beast boy and Raven, the dinner hall awaits your presence" Raven jumped so badly she nearly fell off the balcony and it was only beast boy grabbing her that stopped her from tumbling over. Raven surprised herself as she heard her mind cursing Hyik for appearing when he did, even though she knew that was how the story planned out. Raven pulled her legs back over the side shakily and looked up at beast boy who was blushing and avoiding her gaze. Raven blushed as well, realising how close they had been to kissing, she hopped down off the ledge and landed with a small thud. She nodded at Hyik who promptly turned around and walked into the room. Raven stood on the balcony for a few moments, beast boy still holding on to her in a strange hug. She blushed and struggled to regain control of her emotions, beast boy came back to his senses blushed, let go of Raven and turned to follow Hyik. Raven was frozen, rooted to the spot.
(Why did he nearly kiss me?) Thought Raven, she felt a touch on her arm and realised Hyik was standing in front of her a stern look on his face, Raven shook her head to clear her thoughts and walked into the room where beast boy was waiting. Raven glanced at beast boy who was still blushing, Raven gulped and as she came level with beast boy she took his hand. She had to, it was in the story and it was quite an important element. Beast boy didn't resist, he merely locked his fingers round hers loosely.
(Say something, say something, say something) Her mind urged her as they followed Hyik through the twisting corridors in an uncomfortable silence. But Raven needn't have worried, beast boy managed to break the quiet with a question.
"What was the thing you wanted to tell me but you said you'd tell me later?" Beast boy wasn't looking at Raven but she wasn't looking at him either, they both had their heads down, eyes facing the floor, both scared to look at each other but their hands still clamped together. Raven was just about to answer when she tripped and nearly fell down the stairs; beast boy quickly caught her and pulled her in to stop her from falling. They stood there for a moment, Ravens was annoyed, how had she not seen those stairs? She felt like such a fool, but then almost in unison they both realised what position they were in, bodies pressed up against each other, arms wrapped around each other and Ravens face pressed against beast boys chest. They both would have blushed even more, had that been possible. Raven pulled away quickly and grabbed Beast boys hand and started walking.
(This is stupid, I am coming across so pathetic. Get a hold Raven) Raven scolded herself, ashamed of the amount of emotion she was showing in front of beast boy. Raven tried to put her thoughts back on to what they were doing before the trip but it was hard because her ankle hurt and she could still feel the warmth on her body where she had been pressed up against beast boy.
"Starfire is two people," Raven said regaining her monotone voice, "Or rather there are two sides to her, the Evil and the good. Picture a film where there is a devil on one shoulder and an angel on the other," Raven paused glancing at beast boy who was staring straight ahead, a slight blush on his cheeks, Raven could feel how clammy his hands were.
"Yeah" said beast boy slowly gathering up a mental image in his mind.
(It didn't happen. You didn't kiss. It doesn't matter. Just carry on as normal) Raven ordered herself in an attempt to get back to being annoyed by beast boy, not awed by him.
"Except she doesn't have a choice, she is either one or the other. She is constantly battling the evil side to try and keep her Good side alive." Raven finished explaining as best as she could, she turned to beast boy forcing down a blush, which is more than beast boy could do. She looked at him, trying to pretend she was just looking at Robin, Cyborg or Starfire but it just wasn't the same, none of those where green and gorge- she broke away from that strand of thought as beast boy started talking
"That's pretty hard, can we help her?" His voice sounded concerned, his brow furrowed, Raven snapped back into her old self, determined not to let her emotions take control.
"There is only one person who can help her, he could merge the two sides together so she would be like an average person." Raven turned her head straight ahead again, her voice its usual cold monotone. Beast boy however was not put off
"So she will be normal? Why doesn't this guy help her then?" Raven sighed heavily as though she was exasperated, she wasn't really, she just didn't want beast boy thinking she was going soft on him.
"Firstly, no, she won't be normal. No one is normal, some people's evil side is stronger than their good and vice versa. So don't try and squeeze people into one category, that's just stupid." Raven snapped impatiently, hating herself for being so mean to beast boy.
"Secondly, the one guy who can do it is evil. He would only try and destroy her good side and use her when she is queen for his own bidding. Its not as easy as it might seem, not everyone can do it. I thought it would have been obvious that someone with enough power to destroy or merge a part of you must be evil, obviously I was wrong." Raven finished off with a sort of patronizing tone as if it was obvious.
(Why do you have to be so hard on him? He didn't deserve that you know, he was just being curious.) Raven felt guilty almost immediately. She turned to beast boy and smiled weakly,
"Sorry, it's weird not having to keep tabs on my emotions. I didn't mean to have a go at you." Beast boys reply was one she didn't expect, he squeezed her hand and smiled, blushing slightly.
"It's ok Rae" Raven was too stunned to tell him off for using the nickname she disliked so much, she hadn't expected him to be so understanding.
CarryingOnFromBeastBoysPointOfView
"It's ok Rae" Beast boy squeezed ravens hand and smiled, he could feel a blush creeping up his neck as he tried to force it back down to no avail. He knew he should be cross with her for being so out of order but he was just happy she was still talking to him. There was one question that was bothering but he didn't dare ask Raven, Why didn't the story stop? Why didn't everything freeze, he wasn't following the story, or was he? Was he meant to do that? Beast boy wasn't sure and to be honest he didn't care, he had been so close and then Hyik had interrupted them, beast boy had never wanted to hurt someone so badly. Beast boy carried on walking next to Raven, his hand entwined with hers, and after a few moments they were met with the big stairs that led down to the entrance hall.
"Power shower and a battery powered clock and they haven't figured out what light bulbs are." Beast boy gaped, utterly confounded at how modern and old the castle felt at once.
"I know its weird, but believe me it gets weirder" Raven agreed quietly as they made their way down the stairs, beast boy held on to Ravens hand quite hard, worried that she might fall again. He blushed thinking how many times they had accidentally hugged that evening, it seemed Raven was being particularly accident prone. They reached the bottom of the stairs and followed Hyik to a room on their right, the door was impressive, with carvings of grand things such as swans, lions and deer. Beast boy gasped as he entered the room, it was the largest room beast boy had ever seen, it had to be the size of a football pitch at least but the room wasn't set out like a football pitch. In the very middle of the room stretching from one end to the other length ways was a large wooden table full of people, all shapes and sizes. Beast boy felt completely naked as everyone in the room turned to look at him and Raven, all noise ceased as each guest registered the teens. Beast boy gulped and felt himself blushing, Raven squeezed his hand encouragingly and he felt a little stronger as he followed Hyik down the right side of the table to the very end. Beast boy passed people he thought he recognized but knew he had never met before, it was strangely foreboding. After what seemed an age they arrived at the Very head of the table where Robin and Starfire were sitting. Robin was wearing a suit as well but strangely enough he still had his armours helmet on, it was all beast boy could do to stop himself from snickering. If beast boy thought Robin looked peculiar he was in for a shock when his eyes drifted to Starfire: her whole outfit was split down the middle, on her right side she was dressed in a bright crimson sequin dress, her hair was down and tousled in a very sexy way and her makeup was dark and alluring. But on her left side it was completely different, her hair was up and her makeup was light and sweet, her dress was white and she looked almost like a bride. Beast boy didn't know what to think, she would have looked perfectly normal from the side but looking, no, staring at her straight on was so odd. Beast boy squeezed Ravens hand and she squeezed his back, a bond of surprise over Starfire formed between them. There were two empty chairs next to Robin, who motioned at them to sit. Beast boy pulled out his chair and sat down and suddenly everything froze, beast boy frowned in confusion and turned to Raven who was still standing up.
"Err, what am I supposed to do?" Beast boy asked, at a loss at what he had done wrong or missed. Raven looked rather uncomfortable and mumbled her words
"You have to pull out the chair and wait for me to sit down"
Beast boy blushed, mad at himself for being so rude and quickly stood up and tucked his chair in. Suddenly the whole room looked like it was on rewind but it only lasted for a few seconds where it stopped suddenly and started going again, like someone was sitting on the remote.
Robin motioned at them to sit, like he had done only moments before, beast boy turned to Raven with a smile on his face, glad that he could do it right this time and he pulled her chair back
(You should have done that any way, book or no book) Beast boy grumbled mentally, annoyed at his lack of manners. Raven blushed and sat down, nodding her thanks at beast boy who sat down next to her. After a few moments and a few more guests arrived Robin stood up suddenly and raised his glass, Beast boy who was closest to him jumped slightly but then stood up and raised his glass clumsily, aware that everyone's eyes were on him, Raven had already stood up, her face expressing no emotion.
"To old friends," Robin said loudly, projecting his voice along the whole table and nodding at a few people "and to new friends," he paused again, this time nodding at Raven and beast boy who just smiled uncomfortably back. "And to the return of our most treasured princes, Starfire." And with that the crowd erupted into cheers, turned around and threw their glasses against the wall. Beast boy watched as, like a Mexican wave, they would turn and throw their glass just after the one before, the pattern snaked round the table and beast boy watched Raven turn around and throw her glass against the wall, unsure of what to do beast boy looked to Raven who just smiled and nodded. Beast boy turned and through his glass as hard as he could against the wall, the drink that had been inside splattered delightfully. Beast boy turned and found everyone had resumed their normal sitting position, including Raven. Beast boy was about to sit down when suddenly all of the guests at the table started chanting
"Last man speech, Last man speech, Last man speech"
Beast boy felt himself blush as Raven grabbed his hand and whispered instructions
"Sorry beast boy I didn't have time to tell you, you have to make a speech."
Beast boy tried to swallow, a part of him annoyed at Raven for not telling him, another part in love with her for holding his hand and the largest part of him was completely dumfounded at what to say, he had no idea who half these people are so how was he meant to talk about them? Beast boy cleared his throat and the chanting died down, an air of expectancy lay over the table, beast boys eyes flitted up and down the table, should he crack a joke?
"Beast boy," Raven whispered urgently, beast boy tilted his head slightly so he could hear her better "Thank Robin and Starfire for letting us stay and have dinner" A small relief lifted from his shoulders as Raven told him what to say, he cleared his throat again and turned to Robin who, to beast boys surprise, was holding Starfires 'good' hand, but it meant she had to stretch across herself to do so.
"Well, err, first off Raven and I and, err, all the other people who are staying here want to thank this guy for, err, and Starfire. Yeah, Starfire. For err, letting us stay and have dinner, its cool man."
Beast boy saw Raven bury her head in her hands a small smile playing on her lips, beast boy grew more confident as Raven whispered more things he should say
"This castle, jeez guys, its fantastic and the rooms are amazing." Beast boy paused and listened to Raven who told him to say thank you and then sit down but beast boy had an idea forming in his mind.
(You are going to regret it you know. You are.) Beast boy just ignored the feeble attempts his mind gave to stop him, but nothing could stop him now.
"One more thing, which I think everyone here will agree. The view from the balconies is spectacular, out of this world even. Stunning." Beast boy paused and looked at Raven, a small blush rising on his cheeks, Raven in turn was bright red and avoiding his eyes, beast boy smiled and turned back to Robin and Starfire.
"So thank you, you two. It means a lot, to everyone here." Beast boy finished his speech and slowly pulled out his chair and sat down, a knot in the bottom of his stomach, worrying what Raven was going to say about his added bit of speech. But Raven said nothing, even when the food started arriving she had barely uttered a thank you to the waiter and avoided beast boys eyes, with a blush on her face. Beast boy however wasn't perturbed, he had seen Raven smile when he had commented on the view of the balcony, and he knew that a part of her had enjoyed his speech. With Raven not talking to him and no one else to talk to beast boy sat back and let the waiters pile all sorts of salad and fruit on to his plate, strangely enough he wasn't offered any meat.
(I just realised something) something in beast boys head snapped (Time didn't stop, why didn't people freeze? Like, Hyik appeared when I nearly kissed her and people were still moving when I said that thing about the balconies) Beast boy kept running the problem over and over in his head, dismissing each answer as it came until he was only left with one conclusion.
(You were meant to do that, you were meant to nearly kiss her and you were meant to compliment her in front of everyone. Why didn't raven tell us that it was all in the book?) Beast boy was confused and once more he tried to find a conclusion, but then he thought,
(You never gave her enough time with the kiss; you just went straight in there, she didn't tell you that you had to. Yeah, but what about the speech?) Beast boy found a flaw in his answer and the only reply he could give to that was a rather pathetic (maybe she forgot)
CarryingOnFromRavensPointOfView
Raven still couldn't bring herself to look at beast boy, she had completely forgotten about the compliment and he had done it himself. She had blushed madly when he said it and her stomach had dropped uncomfortably it felt so odd that he would talk about her like that. But that wasn't why Raven couldn't bring herself to look at beast boy, she knew that in a few minutes something terrible would happen and they would end up nearly kissing again and this time it would be neither of their actions that would cause it. Raven wasn't sure whether she should tell him and warn him or just let it take him by surprise and pretend she forgot. Either way would be just as embarrassing. As the food started to pile up on her plate she sneaked a glance at beast boy who seemed quite content with his salad, Raven looked around the table, waiting for the series of events that she was dreading. After a few moments of not touching her food she glimpsed at beast boy again and he was looking at her, their eyes met and stayed there for a few moments when suddenly they both blushed and looked away at the same time, Raven tried to force back a smile as she saw one playing on beast boys lips.
(Not long now) a part of her screamed as an old man down the end of his table fell off his chair much to the delight of the rest of the table. The first step to the course that Raven was dreading started with Starfire standing up, her evil eye closed and her good one open and she was jabbering frantically.
"Quick, leave! I have sabotaged the party, run! RUN!" The guests looked at Starfire in surprise, Robins brow was furrowed and Raven waited for the next step. All of the guests at the table were still staring at Starfire when the first arrow landed, square in the large roast pork that was in the centre of the table. People turned, as if in slow motion, to look at the arrow and as they did the second one struck, hitting a plate and sending it flying with a loud clank. It was then as if someone had hit fast forward, people got up and started screaming, some guests crawled under the table while others ran to the door only to find it locked. Raven and beast boy were still sitting down and beast boys face was one of pure horror. Raven grabbed his hand and dragged him out of his chair, the noise around them was deafening, the swishing of arrows, the screams of the women and all the while shadows started coming out of the darkness, dressed in black all you could see was a pair of eyes, visible only by a slit in their clothing. Raven was pulling beast boy, dodging people as she went, waiting for the moment when it would happen and dreading it. She stumbled on someone who was lying on the floor but beast boy carried on going. Raven was standing alone, her ankle hurting from when she had fallen earlier and her stumble now, she had no idea where beast boy had gone and she felt completely lost, an arrow whizzed past her ear and she jumped and carried on running in the direction she thought she had seen beast boy. Raven had to dodge people she ran, some of them were screaming and others were helping the ones that were screaming, as she ran she heard Robin shouting orders to some of the more organised men. Raven couldn't see beast boy any where and she felt a lump rising in her throat, she didn't know why, nothing could happen to him, but she just didn't like the idea. Suddenly she thought she saw a flash of green and Ran in its direction, suddenly one of the shadow archers appeared out of nowhere, blocking her path. Raven felt fear and anger explode inside her, she wanted to get to beast boy and this man was blocking her way. Raven didn't know what to do, she couldn't remember how she had gotten past him in the book and it seemed as if no one would help her. The archer pulled out a sword from a hidden sheath under his dark cloak and started advancing towards Raven who felt completely helpless. Suddenly the figure lunged to the left of Raven, completely missing her and fell to the floor, the figure who had pushed him fell too, pushed onwards by his own momentum and landed on top of Raven who fell to the floor with the weight of the stranger on top of her.
But it wasn't a stranger.
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I am sorry that this chapter sucked so badly, but that doesn't mean I will accept flames. Constructive criticism only.
JNgirl: My fruit tea salutes you. CAREFUL LOOK OUT FOR THE KILLER TEA. I am sorry, I am hyper on sour sweets and deserve be shot for the badness of this chapter. No…herbal tea put the gun down, twas but a figure of speech!
Silver child of the winds: Meh. Raven takes most things in her stride, all except the killer tea. I am definitely sorry. Hyperness makes answering reviews a whole lot more fun. Thank you, please run for the hills round about now and save yourself before my madness starts to rub. But don't forget to come back and read my fan fiction.
Bbraelover: I have been writing as much as possible, my fruit tea held me captive and made me type, that is why this one is so bad and the cliffy smells. But that is the tea, not me! Thank you for your review. Made me shmiile.
Raven the black Rose: Oh I see, pulling faces now are we? Three can play at that game, me: Oo and my tea: creepy stuff. Thank you for your review, my tea salutes you too. Danka shern.
Ravenmasterofthetele: Funny? Really? I didn't intend it to be, oooo, scary stuff. Maybe it was the tea, typing in the dead of night trying to add a little humour into the situation. Or maybe it was an accident, we will never know……Meh. Thank you for your review, I appreciate it and I'm only slightly unwell in the head.
Lycropath: I know what you mean, except all I do is write them, or should I say try to think up something original and then kill the idea by getting writers block and letting a cup of tea write? Maybe I should. Thank you for your review. I apologise, I am only slightly demented.
Tammy Tamborine: You would? I am squealing round about now, I sound like a strange pig crossed with a 14 year old girl who has been starved of teenage interaction and is glued to her computer. Seriously, we called the fire brigade and explained the situation (my hands are glued to the keyboard) but they were too busy laughing. It makes going to the toilet, eating and sleeping very interesting. Don't worry, I am only joking. Sorry that I scared, you. Thank you for your review XD
Crimsonblade117: What can I say? I am so glad you are liking it. But quite staring at me, I am paranoid and you aren't helping. Yay! Blessed be my fingers! Thank you so much for putting a good word in for me. I really enjoyed your stories by the way! This review made my day! Yarr tis true. NO BACK YOU SAVAGE PIRATE..sorry, my room can get a little crowded Oo
StarryTitan: Aw thank you so much XD I try and keep my stories as original as possible, yes I there is a teen titan movie coming out but I can't for the life of me remember the name of it. I updated as soon as I could, over and out? Meh. I like it :P
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Ok so I changed this little review request. It just annoyed me so I changed it, muwhaha.
So please review, if you have time. I would really appreciate it and I try to reply to all reviews that I get.
So, any way, thank you for reading and I hope you enjoyed, next chapter should be coming very soon.
