Sad Songs
A/N: This is gonna be my first fic in this series in 3rd person POV. I'm trying to draw away from that whole POV thing. I hope you enjoy.
Also, I have edited the endings of "Quitter" and "Doesn't Remind Me" if you wish to check them out again. I edited "Quitter" to decrease the cheesiness of the ending, and "Doesn't Remind Me" because I misrepresented BB's previous relationship with Terra and needed to reperate this problem.
The Long Black Veil
Two Titans stood, staring in stunned horror at the sight before them. On the ground lay the dead form of their leader.
"Robin!" Starfire shouted with all she had, running forward and falling to her knees before her downed love.
The other, Cyborg, just shook his head gravely, wiping away a single tear before getting to work. He approached a nearby civilian and asked "Did you see anything?"
He was fully aware that answers would be few and far apart, but he pressed forward. He was thoroughly surprised, though, when the man nodded rapidly.
"Yeah, I know who did it!" he said in a deep Spanish accent. "It was-"
His speech was interrupted by a white silhouette of a Raven appearing slightly behind Cyborg and fading to reveal the girl for whom it represented. "Cyborg? What-"
Coming from another direction, a small, green bird landed and transformed into a boy of the same hue. "Dudes, what's-"
Both stopped dead in their tracks as they saw what lay before them. They both dashed over to the form of their deceased leader and stared in horror at what this meant.
But, their revelry was interrupted by that same witness of whom their appearances had interrupted. "It was him! The green guy!"
"What the fu-" Beast Boy shouted, looking around confusedly as a pair of police officers ran up and tackled him from behind.
"No" Raven tried to stop them. "He couldn't have done it! He was with-"
But, once again, her speech was stopped. This time, it was by a look from Beast Boy. Their eyes met once before he was dragged towards the squad car.
Ten years ago, on a cold dark night,
Someone was killed 'neath the town hall light.
There were few at the scene, but they all agreed
That the slayer who fled looked a lot like me.
Starfire, Raven and Cyborg each stood in the viewer's booths in the courtroom as their friend made his plea.
"On the charge of murder in the first degree, how do you plead, Mr. Logan?" the judge asked in a tired sounding voice.
Though they all knew what he would say, they still tensed, hoping for the absolute best. They all hoped that he would come to his senses.
"Guilty…"
The judge nodded solemnly before continuing. "You are aware that, seeing who you killed, you are sentenced to death?"
Beast Boy had trouble looking at the man before him. "Yes."
"Listen son" the judge began slowly. "Are you sure you wanna do this? You've helped save our butts more times than I can count." He sighed, noticing how Beast Boy seemed not to be listening anymore. "Listen, if you were somewhere else. You probably have a good case."
Beast Boy looked the judge in the eyes for the first time since entering the court, but still remained silent.
"Fine" the judge said briskly, seeming as if to want to wash his hands of the whole ordeal. "By the power of this court, your sentence is the highest for the crime you commited. You are hereby sentenced to death by lethal injection."
With deafening finality, the judge struck the bench with his gavel and Garfield was escorted from the room.
The judge said "Son, what is your alibi?"
"If you were somewhere else, you won't have to die."
I spoke not a word, though it meant my life.
"Why are you doing this Beast Boy?" Raven asked him during a private meeting.
He stared at her, eyes dull and emotionless as hers had been not so long ago.
"It isn't worth it Gar!" she nearly shouted, angered by his silence.
"Yes it is" he said bluntly. He then reached over and took her hand into his.
Her eyes began to cloud over with tears. "You don't have to do this. We can make this work."
"Raven" he began at almost a whisper. "There's nothing to make work. You're with Victor. What I did to him… is tantamount to murder for me."
She pulled away from him and stood abruptly. She clutched her chest and took in a labored breath. "Do what you will then" she said, turning to flea the room.
For I'd been in the arms of my best friend's wife.
A woman walked through a cemetery, stumbling every so often from the violent weather and uneven terrain. But, it's quite obvious that she has a destination in mind. She stands before a specific tombstone.
She just stood for what seemed like forever. But eventually, she couldn't take the strain any longer and collapsed to her knees.
"Why?" she asks, grabbing a clump of the dirt in her hand and staring transfixed at it. "Why would you do this?"
She walks these hills in a long black veil.
She visits my grave when the night winds wail.
Nobody knows, nobody sees.
Nobody knows but me.
Raven stood in the group of a good dozen people whom Beast Boy had felt fit to invite to witness him.
Her husband of two years, Victor Stone stood to her right, an arm around her shoulder. To her left, stood her closest friend, Starfire. This girl, though it was her love who was murdered, still stood by the one convicted of the crime.
There were others, Garfield's cousin Matt, Garth, Roy and Karen. But, one person in particular took all the others by surprise. Standing among the crowd of Garfield's loved ones was a blond haired, blue eyed college student. She looked uncomfortable but just as sad as all the others.
Beast Boy looked out at all his closest friends and only remaining family. He looked at each person one final time before allowing himself to be lowered into the chair. It wasn't long before a needle was placed in one of his veins. The needle attached to a machine which would empty a syringe full of a clear liquid into his system.
The guard nearest him asked "Any final words?"
He looked at Raven one last time, but covered this up by shifting his eyes to Victor directly next to her. He had probably meant it to look as if he was just feeling a tad bit slow, but Raven knew better.
He nodded and spoke. "Congratulations Cy, you're still the undisputed GameStation master."
The massive robotic man broke down at that. Karen and Starfire joined in as well. The biggest surprise, however, was when a single tear slid down the cheek of the blond college student.
Raven, however, remained stoic as ever.
Oh, the scaffold is high and eternity's near.
She stood in the crowd and shed not a tear.
The woman, heedless of the winds and rain which pounded her form, began to weep into the dirt before her. She cried for all she'd lost in her life. But, most of all, she cried for her lost love.
But, late at night, when the north wind blows,
In a long black veil, she cries o'er my bones.
She pounded her fists into the mud and dirt for awhile. But, she was eventually able to calm herself slightly. She reached forward towards the tombstone and began to scrape the grime and mud of times past from its marble surface.
She walks these hills in a long black veil.
She visits my grave when the night winds wail.
Nobody knows, nobody sees.
Nobody knows but me.
She remained strong, not allowing a single tear to fall. There would be time enough for that later. She would have a long time to cry. She would have her entire life to mourn.
As the clear liquid began to pump through Beast Boy's system, the last thing he saw was Raven. He could see her strong stance and even stronger jaw. He decided that she'd eventually be alright and smiled serenely as he shut his eyes for the final time.
Oh, the scaffold is high and eternity's near.
She stood in the crowd and shed not a tear.
For a long time, the veiled woman only fingered the inscriptions on the marble. The storm was beginning to die down. She pulled back her veil and read the inscription aloud to herself.
But late at night, when the north wind blows,
In a long black veil, she cries o'er my bones.
"Here lies Garfield Logan; Beast Boy, a Titan, a friend, a brother."
Wiping the tears from her face, Raven stood from her crouching position and turned to leave. She only took a few steps however, as she could have sworn that she'd heard a voice.
In a long black veil, she cries o'er my bones.
With a small smile and one last tear, Raven replied to the mysterious voice's simple statement.
"I love you too… Gar…"
A/N: Well… wow. I actually cried writing this one, and burst into all out sobs when I read it over again. If you thought it was confusing, it was kinda meant to be that way. A lot needs to be inferred, but I've decided that I've really been slacking on the artistic part of writing lately.
I'm kinda surprised. I wrote an entire fic(1shot or not), and there was absolutely no humor whatsoever. And, I think it came out pretty well. So, maybe funny isn't all I got.
It's kinda funny, but the original ending in my mind had been Raven killing herself and stuff, but I changed my mind and think that it's better this way.
Signed,
The Cheese!