Yay! Okay, so since I have a bunch of school days off due to the storm, I really hope I'll be able to write a bunch of chapters. Also, I'd like to add that 1) Again, I don't own any TT stuff, la di da de doo 2) My friend that I'm writing the Avatar AU story with helped with ideas 3) NKcandygirl has been a big help too, so thanks 4) I hope you like this chapter!
... "Raven, it will all be clear in time." ...
Raven tried to resist the urge to let out a scream of frustration. She felt like she was going around in a never ending circle, not getting any answers, only getting the same mysterious statements.
"Here's the thing, Father," Raven hissed, trying to keep her voice from shaking. "The way you explain this whole ordeal, you make it sound like I don't have time. So, as usual, it's a lose lose situation for me."
The voice seemed to smile, and the air in Nevermore seemed to drop ten degrees. "Oh, my dear, I love how you clever you're getting at this game."
Raven muttered something that sounded suspiciously like swearing, and then looked upwards, her eyes searching the sky of Nevermore.
"Raven, darling, are you looking for something?" the voice asked in a silky voice. "If you're looking for me, you won't find me just by looking."
Raven growled low in her throat. "Good point," she said, and whispered her mantra. Dark energy appeared around her hands and she lifted them up. In one quick movement she sent an arc of power into the sky.
There was a moment of silence, and then suddenly there was an eruption of rusty laughter. "Oh, Raven, you must know that by trying to harm an invisible thing in Nevermore, your energy is just harming Nevermore itself, not your intended target. So, to put it simply, you are just harming your own mind."
Raven took a series of calming breaths. "Fine. I suppose you're right. But you still need to tell me what's going on." Raven swept up the hood of her cloak, leaving only two glowing eyes visible.
"I already gave you an answer," came the reply, along with a touch of impatience. "Give it time. You'll find out in time. Time is the key. Don't you get it?" There was the sound of laughter, the voice laughing at its own joke. "Of course you don't get it. Get it, Raven?" The voice seemed to take on a younger quality, making Raven frown under her hood.
Odd, she thought. My father never jokes or sounds like this.
The voice, not seeing Raven join in on the laughter, stopped chuckling. "Oh, I see," the voice said with a cool tone. "You just want to get to business. I tried to make it more fun, but if this is how you want to play it, then that's the way we'll do it. After all, darling, I only want to please to."
Raven snorted in spite of herself. If the voice wanted to only please her then it would give up its mind games and let Nevermore return to it's usual organized and passive state.
"Okay, let me correct myself," the voice said grudgingly. "I only want to please you to a point."
"That's what I thought," Raven deadpanned.
The voice seemed happy with this answer, and there was a pregnant silence. Raven decided that if someone decided to come and drop a pin on the ground, the noise would echo across all of Nevermore.
Sorry guys! Not my best chapter ever, and I'm sorry it's such a slow plotline. It'll pick up in one or two chapters! (I hope so anyway.) Please review, and give me inspiration! Thanks!
May 25, 2013: Sorry, it said that this story updated. It didn't actually... I had so trouble with editing a chapter, and deleted the chapter by accident, so I had to repost. Sorry!