Author Notes:
HEY everyone, new chapter on board! Longer this time ;)
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Hope you enjoy this one as well!
Cyborg walked in the main room. He was really early, because of all the research he had to do about ways of helping Raven; so he expected the place to be empty. But instead, as soon as he looked at the couch, he noticed Starfire pacing back and forth, clearly worried about something.
"Star?"
She raised her head right away and looked at her friend.
"Friend Cyborg! Hello! Uh... Delightful morning, isn't it?" She said, scratching the back of her head, with a smile wider then the usual.
Everyone knew how a terrible liar Starfire was. He rolled his eyes. "Oh man, what have you done?"
"Why do you suppose I've done something wrong?"
He replaced his answer by crossed arms and a raised eyebrow.
"Okay, I will tell you, but you must not tell Robin-"
As if destiny wanted it that way, the doors opened revealing the Titans' leader, who was able to hear the three last words.
"Not tell me what?"
"AAH!" She heard him speak and immediately fired a light bolt at him as a reflex. After some seconds, both the girl and her robotic friend looked at their teammate, who had the half of a circle drawn in his hair.
Robin crossed his arms. "What exactly was that about?!"
"Robin, I am so sorry!"
Starfire floated towards him, regretting what she had done; but behind her, Cyborg was laughing his soul out.
"Maan, that hairstyle fits perfectly with your eyes- I mean, mask."
"What are you trying to hide, Star?" Robin asked his girlfriend, annoyed. Clearly trying to ignore what Cyborg had said.
"Hide...? What...? I... Fine. But first of all, it was not my fault. Yesterday, I found our friend Raven walking on the corridors and I showed her the location of her bedroom. This morning, though, I was going to see how she was and, when the doors opened, she... She was not there."
"Have you tried to look for her in the bathroom? The roof?"
"I did a complete research of all the places Raven has ever been, and I could not find her." Starfire looked down. "I'm sorry."
Robin was worried, as well as Cyborg. If Raven had left the tower... Things could get a lot more complicated. "Okay, we must go to the town. Cyborg, wake Beast Boy up, we must find her before sunset!"
Suddenly, the doors opened again, and Beast Boy walked in, talking to the missing girl herself.
"And then you were like 'does Beast Boy have a brain?'"
"Did I really say that?" She asked, laughing a little.
"Yeah!"
That was when both of them noticed their friends. They were looking like they had just seen a ghost or a zombie.
"What's up?... And, what in Gotham city happened to your hair, dude?!" The green boy pointed at Robin, narrowing one of his eyes.
The leader shook his head to break his stare at them. "No, it's just... Raven, where have you been?"
"Oh, I... Spent the night at Beast Boy's room."
Everyone widened their eyes even more.
"W-why?!" Cyborg asked.
She looked at Beast Boy for support. Surely, she didn't want to admit she had a nightmare and was crying about it. She was too old for this...
Getting the message, the boy smiled kindly. "Yeah, her room was kinda giving her the creeps. Who's to blame her, anyway? I asked if she wanted to sleep on my second bed and she did."
Raven gave them a little smile and walked to the kitchen to make her tea. When she gave her back at her roommate, he caught the others' attention waving frenetically at them and mimicking words with his lips.
She had a nightmare!
Ooh! The team mimicked as well in realization.
Beast boy got closer to Robin. "Seriously, what happened to your hair?"
"I scared Star a little."
The boy nodded, trying to hide his laughter and walked towards the kitchen to make his breakfast; while Robin stood where he was, glaring at his friend.
Starfire looked at Raven. It was her turn to try to help her friend to restore her memories; and nothing better than a while meditating in the ways Raven herself had taught. That could work, since the girl would be in touch with her deepest thoughts and etc.
She took a really large step towards her friend, appearing by her side. "Good morning, friend Raven!" She said with a large grin. "I was thinking about spending some time in your company today. Maybe we could meditate!"
Raven raised her head to look at her. Despite of her always used monotone, Starfire could see she was happy. "I would like that. Who taught you how to meditate?"
"You did!"
"Really? But I don't know much about it." She said, surprised.
"Yes, indeed. But that's because you lost your memories. The Raven I know is the best at these arts. Come on, let us try some exercises, okay?"
The girls walked to a corner close to the window, where they had already meditated once or twice. Starfire actually didn't know exactly how to teach what she had learned. Teaching and learning are two different things and, sometimes, passing knowledge on might be rather difficult. But she was willing to try anyway.
"Friend Raven, do you remember how to float?"
Hearing her new friend's words, Raven closed her eyes and concentrated. After some seconds, she was no longer in touch with the floor; and that brought a little smile to the corner of her mouth.
"Brilliant! Now there are three words that you always say when you meditate: 'Azarath, Metrion and Zinthos'. Can you remember that?"
"Yes, my teacher back in Azarath told me once."
"Perfect. Try repeating with me." Star closed her eyes. "Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos."
"Azarath, Metrion... Zinthos." As soon as Raven said the last word, a strong black force came from her and hit Starfire, who was thrown against the wall. This made Raven cover her mouth with her hands in fright and fall from her floating position.
The redhead stood up, dizzy. And her hair was all messed up. "That was not so bad..."
Beast Boy started to laugh; but stopped when Cyborg hit him with his elbow. Robin brought his hand to his chin, worried. Maybe, playing with this sort of thing could be dangerous.
"Friends... I guess we should try something else."
"I hurt you, didn't I?" Raven asked Starfire, with sad eyes. The alien girl flew towards her and put a hand on Raven's shoulder, smiling.
"No... Friend Raven, to hurt me, you would have to try way harder. Trust me."
Raven grinned at that. She was still insecure about her skills; and pushing her until she gets to do something wasn't the right way to "awake" her talents.
"Now what's up for some video games?!"
The team turned their heads to Cyborg, who had his fists raised above his head.
Raven raised an eyebrow at him. "Did I use to like video games?"
They froze at that question. Mainly because it was something they had never thought of her asking. And playing video games? Raven? Even a bigger absurd. The sudden hesitation made Beast Boy think for a few seconds. "Would it be wrong if I said yes?"
"YES!" Everyone shouted at him.
"OKAY, okay; then no. You used to hate it. Actually, its noise made you wanna rip my head off."
She widened her eyes in horror.
"NO, not literally!" He waved his hands quickly in front of him, realizing his mistake. "It's just a matter of speech. I meant it made you... Uh.. Uncomfortable."
She nodded, relieved. Cyborg put the CD inside the game player and picked the joysticks.
"Now it's time to show you some moves!"
