Howdy everyone and a Merry Christmas, or a late one, to you all! I hope you all are having a lovely winter season, I know I am…who am I kidding I hate snow. So hey guys it is I Anri giving you another chapter of The Nightingale's Song and as promised it is an episode one so yes reading another transcript while trying to do this as much as possible. I really enjoyed this episode when I was younger because it helped me understand Raven as a character more and seeing what her emotions were like as their own selves was a cool idea to begin with. Yes this is Nevermore and another thing I enjoyed was that she was able to explain her reasons for being so cold to Beast Boy so in turn Nightingale will be with them as well since she is curious on why Raven even saves her in the first place if she has such distrust towards her even though she has shown to be trustworthy *cough* even though she still informs Batman from under their noses. *cough, cough*Ahem anyways I cannot wait until you guys see how she handles being in Raven's mind along with the boys. Also instead of Mad Mod I might do Masks instead.

Anyways I am typing this while snow is falling down on the ground and…I fucking hate snow like I really hate it so much. I had to drive my boyfriend to work on snow covered roads because the city I live in only has one snow plow out at the moment, or the only one I saw was right as I got him to work so…I dunno if there is more out there. Anyways I hate how everyone is saying snow is like a great thing, no its annoying as shit so shush your mouth. Driving in the type of weather is shitty as well and it's just an annoying chore when you clean snow off your car and then only a few minutes earlier it is covered in the frozen water that is piling back up on the spot you just cleaned. My body also starts kicking into over drive when it gets colder and I start getting sicker even though my body is fighting the shit out of the cold.

Again I enjoy seeing all of you wonderful people reading my story and enjoying my character. I know I don't really know how most of you feel about her, but to me she is just what I want out of a character, she isn't perfect and all powerful, she makes mistakes and tries too hard to show that she can stand on her own without anyone's help not to mention that she risks life and limb to keep anyone safe from her friends to people she barely knows. Her selflessness might get her killed one day, but until that day comes she still plans on keeping everyone she holds close safe and the civilians of any city she lives in protected from whatever is thrown at them and takes the damage head on if she has to. That is why she gets hurt so much, because she doesn't care about her own self and cares more about the people around her, sadly it can be very self-destructive to be honest, but hell I'm the same way. I bend over backwards to help people if need be and I know my selflessness doesn't sometimes go to the right people and I get used by a lot of people because of it though actually I am getting a bit better…and also I snap back at people who use me in very terrible ways so muhahaha…I guess.

Anyways I am going onto the disclaimer now.

Disclaimer: I do not own the Teen Titans and that's it. I only own Nightingale and her story along with the plot. I also do not own the transcript that was used to help me with this chapter.

So my wonderful people enjoy the show and remember, review and PM me what you think!


Chapter Seven: Nevermore

It had been almost a week since Nightingale received treatment for her injuries from fighting JD, but her bruises finally went away after being cooped up in the tower. Though she wasn't really angry about not being able to help them in fighting the villains that attacked during her time recuperating since her costume was a wreck meaning she had to wait until Alfred was able to send her another one, only to get a large box full of replacements and a stern letter telling her not to push herself that far again since the fabric used to make her costume was still experimental making her feel as if Bruce was using her as a tester wearing a prototype instead of doing it out of the goodness of his heart. Her staff on the other hand was a technical matter she didn't want to deal with so asking Cyborg to fix it was an off and on project since he was usually helping the Titans in battle, but when he did leave he left her a good amount of instructions on what she needed to do to until he got back. Cleaning was probably the worst thing she really had to deal with since she was mostly repeating the same cycle over and over making her want to snap and throw Beast Boy's dirty clothes basket out into the bay…though that might kill a couple of fish in the process.

She kept trying to convince Robin that she was fine after the first three days after, but the boy wonder kept telling her no and made her stay as if it was a sort of punishment for saving the day. Nightingale leaned back in her chair as she glanced at box that contained her new costumes neatly packed away along with spare gloves and extra masks encase she lost those as well before pushing herself away from her desk, standing up and stretching as she walked over to the box to remove a fresh costume to see if Alfred had made any advancements to her costume. The only real changes was to her gloves and lower part of her costume, the new additions being a softer inside of the gloves leaving a hard leather outside with flat studs on the knuckles to protect them from further injuries from fighting with her fists and finally the tights had the fabric woven tighter and layered so her legs would be better protected. Her top was still the same Wayne Tech fibers as the rest of the outfit as she tested it, seeing it was a bit harder to rip and a bit stronger at withstanding damage as she started to dress herself for patrols putting on her mask last when she heard someone clapping from her doorway to turn and reveal Starfire had come to see her.

"Friend it is so good to see you in your costume again!" she rushed over and checked the costume even pulling at the sleeves to test them as she put her utility belt on as she sent her a small smile. As she sat down on her bed to slide her boots onto her feet finishing the look making Starfire clap her hands together in excitement. "Glorious, now we can go on the patrols again and get the cream of ice you were talking about." Nightingale gave her a laugh as she reached for her bow and quiver full of arrows as they started to head out of her room only to hear the alarms ringing through the building.

"Perfect…a great way to start my time back." she commented sarcastically as Starfire giggled next to her as the both of them rushed out of the tower as if it was a race to see who would get to the scene first when she wondered who they would be facing, maybe the H.I.V.E or some awesome new villain?

Moments later at the scene

Nightingale's eye twitched slightly as she armed herself with her staff as she looked up from her position to see a turned over armored car as bags containing money and a few gold bars were covering the pavement slightly as she looked at the villain on the top of the car. Three of the Titans were already circling him as she took in his outfit; he was a bearded man wearing a shiny helmet that wore a skintight outfit with a light bulb on his chest as his emblem of choice as his hands glowed bright with balls of light. From taking in the scene she could guess his bit was something to do with electricity or…hopefully it was just an idiot wanting to be a villain because he had fancy tools. She let out a ragged sigh as she dragged her free hand along her face trying to take him seriously, but truthfully she just wanted to laugh at him. He didn't even look like someone who could put up a fight in the first…she stopped herself remembering she was thinking almost the exact same thing only a week ago as she tightened her grip on her staff bringing the prongs out as they clicked and hummed in the air as she waited for him to move.

"Your pathetic skills can't outshine the brilliance of Dr. Light!" he yelled boastfully at the Titans, though him saying this almost caused her to snicker at the thought of him thinking he was the greatest thing since sliced bread, but her snickering was soon cut off as he shot off a beam of energy at them causing them all to move out of the way as she back flipped herself out of range of the beam as the hairs on the back of her neck stood on end when she landed. Robin had taken the incentive and attacked the villain first by throwing some birdarangs as he leaped into the air to try and catch him off guard, but he avoided the attacks as he jumped off of his perch as he gave the spiky haired titan a smirk. "You're very fast, but I doubt that you'll enjoy moving at the speed of light!"

The man touched the light bulb on his chest as it started to emit a glow as another beam blasted at the titan propelling him across the battlefield and over the roof of a nearby building. Nightingale soon started to take this a bit more seriously as she moved around in the street as she spotted Beast Boy running into battle as a wolf only to be dodged as the villain threw a few glowing orbs at him as they exploded causing him to become dazed. He had lost his beast form as he reverted back holding his head as she moved closer to the villain cracking her staff against his back as the shock emitted was supposed to stun him…but it only traveled across his costume as if it was nothing as she looked confused for a moment as a beam shot at her as he turned around laughing as she slammed into the armored car as she felt slightly angered by him.

"You are no match for Dr. Light!" he yelled excitedly as he boasted about his greatness again as she made the prongs disappear into the staff as she rushed forwards again dodging a few of the ball of light he hurled at her as they exploded behind her propelling her forward a bit as she tried to strike him from the side only to have him blast another beam of light at her knocking her into a brick building nearby making her fury intensify as she glared at him.

"Alright Captain Light bulb you asked for it!" she shouted at him as she ran forwards catching him off guard as she noticed he was prepared to attack her again, she aimed her staff and slammed it in between his open legs hearing him strain for a moment at the sudden pain that had hit his groin as she smirked widely before trying to strike again, but a ball of light formed in front of her face exploding before she could even get away as her eye sight blurred filling with fuzzy bubbles as she tried to rub it her eyes only to be thrown back by another ball exploding near her. Her vision started to come back making her notice that Starfire behind some sort of a wall like it was a trap while Cyborg was ripping the one part of the axle and holding before swinging it towards Dr. Light, but it missed and was only able to knock him back a few feet as he hurled his beams of light at him and cutting his makeshift weapon in half.

Dr. Light started laughing as he created a red object toward the bionic man as it exploded near him creating a large flash that was almost blinding as Nightingale covered her eyes for a moment before the light faded, removing her hand revealed that the robotic titan was now embedded in some sort of stone as his head and one hand were free as he started to protest about being stuck in his situation as the villain laughed again, making Nightingale's attack almost go unnoticed as she slammed him to the side to move him away from the now stuck teammate only to earn a beam heading straight for her as she spinned her staff to try and block it. It pushed her back making her boots drag across the asphalt before he stopped the beam. She thought maybe he was charging another attack as multiple balls of light appeared around her, exploding just as she closed her eyes and was flung to the ground, hearing the villain laugh again at his triumph was starting to piss her off as she stared up at the sky above noticing Raven had taken her position.

"Now if none of you heroes mind, I'll be taking the gold now." He stated smugly as he went to go pick up his spoils, as Nightingale struggled to get up as her ears rung loudly from the explosions being so close to her making Raven's voice muffled as she spoke, hearing the familiar sound of her incantation before seeing her get shot down by the villain and land in the street. Her eyes flared purple for a second as she struggled to get up, finally getting to her feet by using her staff as her head ached as she rushed over to help her fallen teammate as Dr. Light started to get closer to the cloaked heroine mocking her about how long her incantation was as he warmed up another beam of light in his hand. She slammed his hand with the end of her staff as she spotted Raven lifting a nearby motorcycle with her black aura wrapped around it as it few towards them both, only to be smashed to bits by the light wielding villain with his other hand as the beam in his right hand was fully charged.

"Raven no!" Nightingale rushed quickly as she got between them in time to block some of the attack headed towards the hooded hero, but the two were thrown back further down the block as she slammed into a nearby postal box causing some mail to come spitting out of it as she made a sizable dent. She winced as she looked over towards Raven to see her with her back turned toward the oncoming assailant as he smirked with a smug body language towards her.

"Don't come any closer." Raven spoke menacingly as he stopped leaving only a few feet between them. Nightingale heard the malice dripping from her voice, it wasn't covered by her monotone voice as she watched the villain mock her for a moment as the cloaked girl let out an almost inhuman snarl as she sprung to her heels, the black haired heroine stared in horror seeing her usually white eyes had split into four blood red eyes as she pulled back growing taller than the villain she was going against. Black tendrils shot out from under her cloak as they reached for the villain as he tried to flee in fear only to be grabbed as they started to drag them back to their host, sparks flying from his suit as he tried to plead for her to stop as he screamed his surrender, Raven gave him a vicious smile as she spoke again, the sound of her voice sent shivers down Nightingale's spine as she struggled to free herself from the crushed postal box.

"What's the matter? Afraid of the dark?!" with one final scream of terror Dr. Light was dragged under her cloak as Nightingale finally freed herself as she rushed over hoping he wasn't lost in the darkness as she heard the others rushing over, Robin and Nightingale both screamed at her to stop as she saw Raven snap out of it as her eyes turned back to their normal violet color as she started to shrink down to her normal size, revealing Dr. Light as a shaken mess as the color from his costume had been drained, Robin tried to comfort him, but the villain was suffering from a mental breakdown from whatever Raven had done to him. Nightingale's right arm shook for a moment as she grabbed it trying to calm her nerves, casting a glance at the cloaked heroine as a familiar feeling filled her body as she tried to ignore it. Beast Boy and Cyborg finally stumbled upon the scene as both were slightly confused at the scene as the green haired boy walked up to Raven.

"Dude, Raven what did you do?" he asked casually, but Raven turned towards him as a snarl came from her throat as her eyes glowed red again causing the green jokester to scream as Nightingale stood between them holding her arms up before looking over towards Raven to see that she had already started to recede into the darkened alley near them as she retreated towards the tower. "Geez what's her deal?" she turned her head towards him as the boy yelped again before yelling at her. "Does everyone on this team have freaky eyes or something?!"

She blinked at him as she looked at a window nearby to see her eyes glowing purple causing her to panic and turn her back towards the others wondering why her eyes were acting up now of all times as she let out a low sigh, pondering on what Beast Boy had said…what was her problem?

The morning after

Nightingale barely had enough sleep from the night before as flashes filled her mind of hellish nightmares causing her to wake up multiple times in a cold sweat as she breathed heavily in the night making her stay up the rest of the time. She saw the sun rise from her window as she pulled the curtains closed to keep her eyes from burning because of the morning sun as she walked out of her room fully dressed for the day ahead as a smell coming from the ops room caught her attention as she heard someone scrapping the spatula against a skillet as she heard Beast Boy whistling off key as the smell of eggs filled her nose making her stomach growl in protest as the sliding doors opened to reveal three titans sitting at the table while the green haired member of the group was cooking something. She sat down next to Cyborg after grabbing a plate and fork from the counter, her stomach growling louder since she was closer to the food, but she was slightly suspicious of what it was since Beast Boy was a vegetarian so this might not end well.

He soon was done as he brought over the still hot skillet off the stove over to the others, putting enough of the oddly colored eggs on each of their plates as he told them breakfast was served, though Nightingale poked her food for a second before taking a medium sized bite as she put it in her mouth her body stopped for a moment as a shiver went up her back as she swallowed the gross flavored eggs as she caught the tail end of Starfire and Beast Boy's conversation about some sort of marriage thing on her planet. Cyborg had almost the same reaction as her as she watched his face sour at the taste before screaming that they weren't real eggs and nor was the milk after he drank that while she pushed her plate away from her to get up and reach for a coffee mug, only to feel someone else reach for it as well when her hand brushed up against them, making her turn to see Raven staring back at her. She blushed lightly and took her hand away as she walked towards the counter seeing a spare mug sitting there as she heard Robin ask if Raven wanted some food as well only to be ignored as Beast Boy tried to tempt her, only to earn a rough response that she only wanted the tea in the coffee pot as Nightingale reached for it herself after the violet eyed girl put it back as she was slightly caught off guard by what he said next.

"You could use a little food after the way you cooked Dr. Light." he was joking of course, but she could see Raven's eyes change to the blood red from last night as she whirled around to look at the green boy as she spoke, but all Nightingale could hear was the coffee pot cracking and breaking into pieces as the hot tea spilled all over the counter as Beast Boy's tofu eggs exploded from the pan and covered him in his own creation. She felt a slight sting on her cheek as she placed her hand there to feel a familiar warm liquid cover her fingers as she watched Raven run out of the room hearing the doors close behind her as Starfire came over to look at the cut on her face, as she glanced down at her mug noticing a few shards had made it into the empty cup. She sighed lightly as she started to pick up the shards of glass off the counter and floor piling them into the beverage holder as she heard Beast Boy complain about how Raven treated him, though she stopped to look at him for a moment.

"I agree with Robin and Cy you need to apologize to her, last night wasn't our best if I'm telling the truth." She dumped the glass shards into the trash can hearing them rattle loudly for a moment before subsiding. Beast Boy glared at her for a moment as he walked over to her as she glanced over at him. "What it is the truth Beast Boy; it probably is stressing her out or something."

"Don't pretend to agree with the masses, she treats you like a disease sometimes so why are you saying I should apologize?" he replied back catching her off guard for a moment as she frowned while he continued. "I mean she probably healed you because Robin told her to so I mean you should…" he yelped for a second as he pointed at her eyes. "See?! I'm not crazy her eyes are changing colors! Why do all the silent members of the team have weird eyes?"

Nightingale gritted her teeth as she slammed her coffee cup into the trash as she started to walk away, hearing Cyborg make a noise as if Beast Boy was in trouble as she turned around to look at the little green boy seeing him shrink slightly in his stature. "I for one do not need an apology from you because I know you're only saying things in the heat of the moment, so why don't you go apologize to the member of our team who needs it?" She walked out of the room as she felt her mind racing as she tried to ignore the feelings that were clogging her mind as she headed down the hall to her room, wondering if she would have time to even write a report before something happened as she stopped for a moment while an uneasy feeling filled her body, wondering if it was the right thing to leave Beast Boy in charge of his own apology as she entered her room to try and get her mind off of a certain violet haired girl only to have her pop in her mind as she tinkered with her utility belt as she heard two of the male titans talking outside in the hallway as she fixed a button to one of her pouches on her belt before hearing a loud crash causing her to jump.

She hesitated on going to investigate before her curiosity got the better of her as she buckled her belt back on as she opened her door to see the boys weren't there in the hallway anymore. She followed their partially hush voices to see that Raven's door had been completely busted down, making her wonder what even happened as she looked into her room for the first time spotting the boys milling around. Her room was painted in shades of grey and black as her bed was at the in the back and reminded her of Starfire's although the sheets were a dark blue and one lone purple pillow was in the center. She noticed an old globe sitting in one of the corners as she stepped in further to see that her book shelves was filled with books from the floor to the ceiling as different ornaments adorned the walls. She stopped her peaking as she noticed theater masks with four eyes making her want to move closer, but she wanted to see what they were planning on doing here since the cloaked heroine wasn't there…also she wondered how they would even fix the door as she heard Cyborg protest about being in Raven's room and suffering the consequences of her anger.

"So this is out big chance to find out more about her. For instance," he picked up a mirror off of her dresser as he looked into it, Nightingale stared for a moment as a memory popped into her head hearing Misty talk about something…the words weren't coming out right as she heard Beast Boy continue speaking. "Check out this mirror, who would of thought that Raven spend time sprucing?" she ignored him after he pointed out a zit on his face as she started to leave, only to hear an all too familiar yelp of fear come out of his mouth as she turned to see him drop the mirror, wondering if the zit scared him that much as she saw a black stream of energy pour out of the mirror with bright red edges as it grabbed onto Beast Boy pulling him in as she ran forward grabbing onto him as she tried to stop him from being pulled in as Cyborg was oblivious to it only to glance back and see the two other members struggling to get away from the black energy as Beast Boy was soon pulled in first as Nightingale was starting to slowly get sucked in, making him grab onto her waist, but it was too late as they were soon pulled in as well as the mirror soon went back to normal as a puff of smoke came off of it as the room filled with silence as it landed on the floor.

Nightingale had closed her eyes when she was pulled in, but once she opened them she was surrounded by red and dark whirl pooling around her as she could hear the green skinned titan screaming along with the bionic member of the team, the motion was starting to make her sick as she closed her eyes again and covered her ears trying to block out their loud shrills of fear. She felt herself hit hard ground as she opened her eyes again to see that the vortex was gone leaving a red sky filled with bright stars above her head as she sat up slowly, rubbing her sore back from landing on it seeing that the other titans were with her as well. After getting up she walked over to them to see Cyborg was checking their location as Beast Boy was waiting for the results on where they were. She looked around trying to guess by the stars, but it seemed like they couldn't even help her as she looked at his arm again as she formed a surprised face when she noticed their location.

"My sensors must be on the blink, because they are saying that we're in Titan's Tower." The bionic man finally replied back as he shut down his sensor as he looked for a way to continue forwards.

"Riiight, so how do we get back?" Beast Boy commented as he seemed a bit anxious to leave, but Nightingale didn't judge him as an uneasy feeling came over her body sending a shiver along her spine as she started to look for a way down from their predicament.

"Guess we could start walking." Retorted the bionic man as he shrugged earning a small protest from the green boy as they started to hear something rumbling and shifting ahead as different fragments of rocks moved together and made a path that connected to their floating piece of land, Nightingale went first as she pulled her staff out of the pouch it was stationed in as she heard the boys continue to talk, hearing Beast Boy say something about this being a joke on Raven's part only for him to whine in pain as he was jabbed by the end of her staff.

"Hey what was that for?!" he cried out as she glanced back at him seeing his face scrunched up in anger. "Why are you defending her anyways? First this morning and now you jabbed me with your stick thing because I said it was her fault for us being here."

"Hey she didn't send us here, you're the one who was snooping in her room and popping zits in her magical mirror." Cyborg commented earning a small glare as the bionic member of the group was trying to keep the heat off the only female with them at the moment. Though he did have a point to what he was saying, she didn't understand why she was defending someone that could even careless about her own existence or even trust her for that matter. As she tried to think of a reason why she glanced up above at a tree to see raven staring at them with four red eyes, catching the tail end of their conversation as Cy mentioned that maybe it was a way home for Raven only to have Beast Boy say something about it being creepy when she stopped in her tracks as she heard someone speak.

"Turn back…" a childlike voice flowed into her ears as she gripped her staff tightly in her grasp as they boys were trying to find where it was coming from as it repeated the words it said before, as all three looked up at a rock archway that had appeared on the path, spotting three small birds with large red eyes as each again repeated the words as if it was a warning. Beast Boy shot past her as she tried to stop him from talking to them, the feeling that something was going to go wrong intensified as he started speaking to them as if they were tiny kittens only to have them disappear from the arch and appear at his feet repeating the words "Turn back." over and over as the urge to start hurting them became eminent. The urge became stronger as she noticed that they were starting to change as their beaks elongated and were now filled with sharp teeth as their eyes split into four slits as they snarled at the green goofball making him scream in surprise as he started to back away from them and running past Nightingale to run right into Cy, causing them to both tumble down onto the ground as the ravens soon turned into a unkindness* as it split off into two heading towards Nightingale and the green shape shifter. They hissed and snarled at her as she defended herself with her staff, only to have a few try to claw at her arms to get her to stop as she created an opening for herself as she started to run away dropping a few smoke bombs to cover her tracks as she rushed to help the other two as they weren't fairing so well.

Cyborg was trying to shake off his attackers as he swatted enough of them off as he started to sprint away as Beast Boy changed into an ostrich out running him and leaving Nightingale at the tail end throwing two more smoke bombs at the hoard of ravens that was following them only to see them cruise through the wave of smoke as if it was no problem. She watched as the green bird changed into a llama as Cyborg hopped onto him and armed his sonic cannon to fire at the birds from a distance, she ducked her head as she ran to catch up to them only to hear the robotic man growl out of anger as they dodged as one swooped down and tried to attack only to miss as well when Cy hunkered down on his mount and fired again. She was closer to them as he fired another shot only for it to smash into the ground and cause it to crumble away under their feet before Nightingale could reach for her grappling gun only to feel the hardware wasn't in its normal place as a loud curse rang from her throat as she slid past Cyborg and grabbed onto one of Beast Boy's legs to hear the llama protest in pain. Cyborg was trying to haul both of them up as he was struggling a bit with Nightingale's added weight as a familiar voice filled their ears, though it wasn't just the voice that caught them off guard it was the tone.

"Hey guys." A cheerfully tone was held in her voice as Nightingale looked up at the underside of the path to spot a familiar cloaked figure, but the familiarity soon disappeared as she took in her outfit. Everything was the color of pink, from her boots to her own cloak were changed from their normally indigo blue color as she stood with her feet planted firmly on the underside of the path as she gave them a small wave revealing that her wristbands had as well turned pink. "What's up?"

Nightingale stared at her in confusion as she could feel herself shift with the world making Raven right side up as they fell back onto the ground below them, all groaning in pain before getting up, hearing Raven laughing at them as if it was meant to be funny. Beast Boy looked at her in confusion as she humored him with his questions giggling and smiling the whole time as Nightingale started to dust herself off and pick up her staff, noticing it had a slight bend to it, but it seemed barely noticeable while she inspected it further as Cyborg spoke up.

"Look, I'd love to talk fashion, but do you know how to get home?" he asked, but it seemed like Raven was distracted for a moment as he spotted her looking over at Nightingale with a large smile on her face before snapping back towards him.

"The Forbidden Door." She pointed down the road past a few more arches to another platform holding a grey building. "It's the only way out, but you don't want to go there." The boys protested that they wanted to go that way, but she walked over to Nightingale as she was half listening getting close to her face for a moment causing the black-haired heroine to jump slightly as the pink cladded girl giggled at her as she moved closer to her face. "You know I love your eyes, how they sparkle that pretty blue color when you get surprised or embarrassed is adorable."

"I-I um…" She stepped back for a second trying to compose herself as she heard another giggle come out of Raven's mouth, making her cheeks burn slightly as she cleared her throat. "You said something about a Forbidden Door, so I agree with the guys…I think we should get out of here."

"Kay, but don't say I didn't warn you." She poked Nightingale's nose as she ran away spreading her arms out and making airplane sounds as she ran through the arch near them and down the path. The boys shrugged and followed her, talking to each other as they wondered if Raven could even be that happy as Nightingale followed behind them as her cheeks were a bright pink color as they moved under the archway, an odd feeling came over her as she shivered lightly, she blinked slowly at the sudden change of scenery as a yellow sun hung above them in the sky as the path continued down through to another arch as the rest was covered in a meadow filled with pink grass and trees.

"Oh god…it looks like a unicorn puked in here…" Nightingale joked as she shaded her eyes from the bright colors as the boys nodded in agreement with her. She felt an odd sense of déjà vu coming from this situation, but she couldn't place where it was coming from as a small strawberry floated past them making further questions pop in her head as she felt Beast Boy nudge her arm.

"Or maybe where air fresheners come from am I right?" he asked jokingly as a giggle could be heard as the three looked to see that Raven was standing in front of them again.

"Those were some good ones guys." She smiled warmly at them making Nightingale slightly confused as her blush grew larger at the compliment as she snapped herself out of it, Raven hated her right…? So why was she being so nice now? Beast Boy was surprised that she even laughed at his jokes for once as she gave Nightingale a small wink before speaking again. "I've always found your jokes funny BB, but hey looks aren't everything." She giggled one last time before leaving the three where they stood, making them all slightly confused about what to do next as they continued walking.

Outside the mirror

Robin walked up the stairs leading the top of the tower with a worried expression on his face. He hadn't seen Cyborg, Beast Boy or Nightingale since this morning and finding Raven's door busted down made him slightly panicked as he looked everywhere and even asked Starfire to help in the search as it finally lead them to the last place that they could think of before heading to the city to try and scout them out. He cracked the door open slightly to spot a familiar form sitting cross-legged as she sat on the edge of the wall making him relieved a bit that one of his team members was still here as he opened the door fully to walk out onto the roof.

"Raven…?" he asked carefully as Starfire and him walked closer to her as they didn't really want to disturb her, but it was already too late for that. "You okay? We stopped by your room and the door's been knocked down. Cyborg, Beast Boy and Nightingale are nowhere to be seen so we though-?!" Raven's eyes opened wide as she started to laugh uncontrollably for a few moments as she clamped her hands over her mouth trying to stop herself as the two titans behind her scared them both.

"I-I need to be alone." She spoke nervously as she stood up and ran to the door of the roof, opening it quickly and rushing down the stairs leaving the two titans confused at they looked at each other. Raven rushed quickly to her room noticing the wreaked door as she stepped over it, placing it back in its normal place with a small wave of her hand. She walked further into the room as she looked around noticing nothing was out of place as she felt something bump against her boot as she glanced down to spot the mirror on the floor as a horrified expression covered her face. "No."

Back to the merry band of three inside the mirror

The three continued down the winding path through the pink meadow as the color was slowly burning into Nightingale's retinas as she rubbed her eyes hoping that the color would go away as she could hear Beast Boy yelling about how Raven just left them there without any further aid, though she was wondering about that herself as she spotted a few more four eyed ravens perched on a tree nearby watching them as they continued to the archway, but as soon as he finished complaining the world melted away again into the space like region they were in only moments before making her sigh in relief of not being in the pink colored hell as she looked forwards seeing that they were starting to get closer to the area where the forbidden door is located making her feel reassured that going through that place was worth it as she heard Cyborg complain mockingly that they were back where they were before as a gray cloaked figure with their back turned towards them appeared before them causing both of the males of the small group to jump. She finally turned around to reveal a sad and fearful expression on her face as Nightingale felt her heart drop for a moment, fighting the urge to make her feel better was troublesome, but she knew Raven wouldn't like that as she spotted Beast Boy walking up towards her angrily.

"Where were you? Shopping for robes?!" he yelled at her furiously as Raven backed away from him as she seemed to cower slightly at his menacing presence as tears started to stream down her face, Nightingale gripped her staff tightly as she moved between the two of them holding her weapon sideways near his chest as she could hear Raven stop crying as Beast Boy's face changed to a worried look filled with remorse as he held his hands up. "Whoa easy I didn't mean it, please don't-."

He was interrupted as Cyborg pointed ahead as he shouted to get their attention as he finally noticed the door was closer to them now, making Nightingale slightly confused as she tried to put it together since they were further away only a few moments ago. "That's the forbidden door right Raven?" he earned a worried nod from her as he started to sprint toward the door as the others started to follow him, but Nightingale felt her sleeve get tugged as if she was being held back by Raven as she watched a large metal wall spring up in front of her robotic friend as he halted himself out of surprise. More walls started to spring up around them boxing all four of them. Beast Boy changed into a hawk as he tried to fly out of the area, only to have a force field crackle to life as it sent him crashing towards the ground, once he finally hit the floor he changed back and rubbed his head wincing. Cyborg broke out his cannon as he was about to fire at a wall nearby, he fired a few bursts at the wall, but the attack doesn't even leave a dent in the metal as Raven spoke, her voice matching her facial expression.

"It's a maze…you can't get out, you have to go through. I can show you the way, but when we reach the end, you won't like me anymore…" she looked over at Beast Boy and gave Nightingale a passing glance as she looked down at her boots. "Those two already don't like me…"

"Come on, that's not…"

"Raven I didn't ever say I didn't like you, you said you didn't-." she watched as Raven moved past her as she started to move through the maze, the two boys stared at her as they were slightly irritated by her change of mood, but the azure eyed member of the team watched Raven walk away as she felt her hand grip her chest where her heart should be as an odd feeling filled her chest as she followed behind the boys as the navigated the maze, though she continually heard the grey cloaked girl apologize to them, but she never heard her address her once making her slightly curious about it, but she was starting to get a tad bit annoyed by all her apologizing as they reached the end as Raven said one last sorry before waving her hand to the wall in front of her as it opened like a pair of interlocking doors to reveal the pathway before them as two tall statues stood on either side, she noted that their faces reminded her of the masks from Raven's room as they each had one arm on opposite sides.

"That's the end…" Raven said quietly as the boys moved forwards quickly as they were excited to leave, but Nightingale stopped and glanced back at the grey cloaked girl for a moment until she heard two things sliding across the ground making her face forwards as her eyes widened seeing the eyes of the smiling statue glowing red as the two attached to each other by their backs, turning three times to interchange from the smile to the frowning face and finally returning to the smiling face as swords materialized in their hands as more arms had formed on it. Nightingale rushed forwards as she could hear Raven's last words before she disappeared. "Told you that you wouldn't like me when we got here…"

She rushed forward past the stunned boys as she was ready to block the attack from the two swords falling towards them, her mind muttering curses as she really wished that she had just ignored the noise and continued with what she was doing earlier…though it did make her wonder what the other titans were doing without them there.

Said titans she was thinking of

Robin sat on the couch as he finally gave up his search for the other titan's guessing that they had gone to the city to get pizza or something as he flipped through the channels trying to find something to watch as he settled on the cooking channel, wondering it Nightingale had this episode taped already as he heard Starfire pacing behind him as she was still worried for her other teammates, especially Nightingale since those two were more attached at the hip than Beast Boy and Cyborg though he could also throw Raven in there as well since they hadn't heard from her in a couple of hours. He soon changed the channel to a western that was on, as he glanced over his shoulder for a moment to check and see if Star was even planning on calming down.

"May we go see if she is feeling better? Or should we try navigation through the crowded streets to find our friends?" she said curiously as she caught him looking back, hoping he would give her a good answer.

"She said that she wanted to be alone Star and I think the others will come back at some point, Nightingale can only stand hearing Beast Boy's jokes for so long." He shrugged as he turned back to the TV, the expression on Starfire's face filled with worry as she continued to pace back and forth glancing up at the screen occasionally.

Back to our intrepid trio

Nightingale used her staff to block the swords from swinging down onto her teammates as she strained herself trying to hold them back as she could hear her staff cracking again as the new material that Cyborg had used to repair it was starting to chip away making a larger crack along with another as she started to get pushed back by the blades as the boys started to back away. She gritted her teeth as she felt the blades lift off from her staff only to have them slam her back as her feet skidded across the ground. Beast Boy changed into a hawk again as he flew away from another attack as Cyborg let a few blasts off from his cannon, though it had no effect on the stone being as it smashed its sword down onto the stone next to him as it missed since it had been distracted from the shots thrown at its face. The green hawk swooped down to try and swipe at it with his talons, giving Nightingale the chance to charge in again as she tried to knock one of the swords out if a hand, but it rose up and tried to slam down on her once more as she brought her staff up to block it. A sickening crack filled the air as the sword sliced through her weapon cutting it in half as sparks flew from cut wires.

"Goddamn it do you know how expensive that was to make?!" she screamed up at the statue, hurling a piece of her staff at it chipping the smiling mask slightly as her blood boiled in her body as she spotted Beast Boy getting squeezed roughly by one of the arms on the statue as she tried to plan a way to get him down when she heard the familiar voice again bellow something out confidently.

"Yo! Eight eyes!" Raven yelled as she launched herself into a flying kick towards the statue as her green cloak billowed in the air as she slammed her foot into its face causing it to topple over onto the ground. "Whoo-hoo, in your faces!" she started rushing towards the foe as it was getting back up on its feet, dodging one of the sword slash as it was coming for her as her smirk never changed as it continued attacking. She raised one hand towards the statue as her index and middle fingers extended together as she moved it up along the body of the statue and ending at the head before she brought her arm back down. Smoke started to billow out of the area she had traced as the statue started to crumble apart as it crashed to the path below before disappearing. Cyborg and Beast Boy were in pure amazement at their confident teammate as Nightingale felt her heart skip a beat for a second before she snapped out of it as she picked up the other part of her staff from the ground. She wasn't the only one to snap out of it as she saw Beast Boy shake his head as his expression read as if he was done with what was going on.

"What is your deal?!" he yelled at the green cladded girl as Nightingale heard the flapping of wings nearby as she spotted a few ravens were planting themselves in the trees around them as she went back to listening to what he was saying as she dug through the pouches in her belt to try and fine some caps to put on the end of the cut parts of her staff, slightly glad that Alfred was kind enough to send her some though explaining to him what happened would be troubling. "First you nuke breakfast, then you finally laugh at one of my jokes, and then you're all weepy, but now you are a Marine? Make up your mind. Who are you?" the cloaked girl gave him a quizzically as Nightingale almost dropped her almost decently covered sticks of her remaining staff as the pink colored Raven along with the grey cloaked one appeared near her as the pink one gave her a wink.

"I'm Raven." All three replied in unison as the green boy looked in shock for a moment as he fainted onto the ground.

Nightingale slapped her forehead as she finally remembered something that Misty had told her a long time ago. 'Certain empaths have trouble with handling their emotions with their powers so some use…' she stopped thinking for a moment as she finally realize where they were, but she wasn't the only one who realized this as Cyborg pointed at each of the girls saying what part of Raven they were, pink being happy, grey was timid and the green one was bravery though the pink one made a joke towards Beast Boy as he started to get up from his position on the ground.

"Different sides of Raven's personality were not in Raven's home…" Cyborg would have continued, but the green jokester finished his sentence.

"We're in her head."

"And I want you out." Nightingale watched as the real Raven descended into view in front of her duplicates as the disappeared as she walked angrily towards the green boy. "The mirror you found is for meditation. It's a portal into my MIND-NOT A TOY." The last four words were aimed at him as he shrunk in stature as he held his hands up in surrender as he tried to apologize to her as the birds started to fly away as they started to make a commotion as the started to squawk and flap their wings loudly catching Raven's attention as she looked towards the noise. "You have to go, now."

"Hold up, what's going on here?" Cyborg asked sounding concerned as the birds sounded as if they were getting louder, but it didn't affect the conversation.

"Last night something…got loose." Raven replied back as Nightingale felt slightly uneasy about what she had said as Beast Boy demanded to know what was going on as an unholy roar filled the air stopping him as they all looked towards the swirling vortex that had appeared near them as the birds wrapped themselves around it as they soon flew into it. It gradually started to disappear from the top all the way to the ground, but what it revealed make Nightingale stand there in fear as her right arm shook uncontrollably making her dig her own fingers into her costume as a large hulking red humanoid male with red skin was revealed to be behind the veil. Long flowing white hair cascaded off of its scalp as four yellow eyes glared down at the four members as he was cladded in a black and grey loincloth wearing steel wristbands as a belt similar to Raven's clung to its hips as well as a jewel in the center of its forehead. The belt was adorned with silver and black stones as it matched the brooch piece around his neck as Nightingale noticed the short, black stripes on the arms and chest of the figure before them.

"Hatred shall rule!" he shouted loudly as his voice sounded like the way Raven had spoken as the night before as it came out as a rough snarl as they started to back away slowly. They all stared at the sheer size of the creature before them as Nightingale wondered why something like this was even in Raven's head only to get her answer.

"Let's just say I have issues with my father." Raven replied calmly as if this was something she had to deal with constantly…though it probably was as they all heard a guttural roar escape from the figure's mouth as they stood there frozen in fear before the boys started to run, leaving the girls standing their ground, but in reality Nightingale couldn't compel herself to move with them as she felt her right arm shake again as she gripped her separate pieces of her staff in her hands, clicking a them together to make the prongs appear out of the ends as electricity charged out in large arches, but her feet started to have a mind of their own as she started to rush after the male members of the group as she glanced back at Raven standing alone feeling gut wrenching guilt fill her chest. She could hear a blast hitting the ground as she could see the swirling portal just ahead as they almost were near it as a beam hit the floor in front of them halting their progress as she turned to see that the Raven had caught up with them as she stared down the figure that resembled her father as she spoke her incantation as she created a shield around them and the door as he sent repeated attacks of rocks and dusts as they covered the area, making it impossible to see as Nightingale readied herself, knowing that she wouldn't run his time.

As the dust started to clear when she noticed that the red figure was shooting another barrage of eye beams at them as Raven's shield stayed up as saw her glance back as she continued to hold it with an almost effortless attempt.

"Get out of my mind! Now!" she yelled at them as the door had filled with the same whirlpool that had taken them to this place in the first place as all three of them hesitated on stepping through as the all looked at her with smiles on their faces.

"And leave you alone with that thing?" replied the green haired boy as Cyborg soon chirped in to answer his question.

"Not gonna happen." They both glanced at Nightingale as she gave them a smirk as she banged the metal sticks in her hands as they charged with electricity arching between them.

"I'd rather not leave you here alone with that thing Raven, besides three against one has a much higher odd if were betting." She set the girl a large and cheeky smile as she could spot a blush along the girl's face as she turned away to focus on her shield.

"It's my problem, I'll deal with it. If I lose you'll be stuck here forever." She replied back to them as her monotone voice showed a small amount of emotion. The red figure drew its hands back as large balls of energy formed on them as it crashed them together as a beam went straight for the shield as it breached it before the other one destroyed it all together as dust rose again before settling revealing that Raven cover her face by crossing her arms as Nightingale noticed her swing one hand back as a lash of telekinesis hit her and the boys pushing them back. "GO!"

It only pushed them closer to the mouth as Nightingale watched the hooded girl fly towards the creature's head as she started to fire a barrage of black energy towards its face causing the figure to swat at her like a fly, but she evaded each hit easily as he tried to shoot another eye beam at her, but that missed as well. She looked back at the boys behind her as a large grin covered her face as both of them looked at each other before sharing a nod as she rushed forwards, getting ready to charge her sticks again as she watched the two fight more, as the flying magic user dodged an attempt at almost being crushed by the figures hands before landing a shot onto his chest. She moved behind his head for a moment though he soon started to catch on and landed a few direct hits that dropped her like a rock as he grabbed her from midair holding her in his hand. Nightingale rushed forwards and jabbed her prong ends of her sticks into the beast's ankle sending a shock up its leg as Cyborg aimed for his chest with his cannon landing a direct hit, making him drop Raven as she plummeted towards the ground making Nightingale pull her sticks out of the creature's flesh as it started to topple backwards making parts of the asteroid fall off and into empty space. She doubled back as she rushed to try and catch Raven, Beast Boy had helped slow her decent as he changed into a hawk again grabbing her by her cloak as the black-haired heroine held her arms out for him to drop her safely there as he landed next to her with a cheeky grin causing Nightingale to roll her eyes as she heard Raven stir as she started to set her feet on the ground first and helped her stand as she regained consciousness.

"You stayed…? I thought you both didn't like me…?" Raven stared at them in shock as Nightingale and Beast Boy bumped each other's fists, though he shook his hand after his knuckles hit her studded ones.

"Personally we both thought that you didn't like us." Stated Nightingale as fact, seeing the violet haired girl smile at both of them as a small blush covered her face as Raven caught her eyes, both looking away from each other as they heard Cyborg shout something as she looked over to see the male figure growling at them as another roar came from its throat. Her eyes flared purple for a moment as she moved in front of Raven and Beast Boy earning a glance from each of them as she felt the only way to challenge the figure was to do the same back. So Nightingale let out a roar as it echoed through the area as the others looked at her as if she was insane while the monster looked at her curiously before its face turned into a malice grin as it seemed to be taking her roar as a challenge.

"Feel my fury!" shouted the figure as it four eyes shot a few blasts at the ground trying to blow it up from underneath Cyborg's feet that sent him diving for cover as it turned its attention to the challenger who had jumped down from the rock they were on and was rushing towards him, giving Raven and Beast Boy the perfect distraction as they took to the skies. Cyborg returned fire where ever he could take cover at as Nightingale dodges incoming attacks from both beams and large fists slamming into the ground as she jabbed a prong into his thumb, sending an electric shock up his arm causing the beast to cry out in pain as she pulled it out again, though she was too slow when an incoming attack smashed down next to her blowing her away as she slammed into a tree. One of the last shots Cy had shot finally got the red figure good and angry as is attention was turned towards the bigger man on the field below as he leaned down and hit him point blank with a beam, but before he could land a finishing blow a yell of surprise escaped from the mouth of the beast as Beast Boy in pterodactyl form tugged at its hair. Nightingale quickly got back to her feet as she rushed back into the fray, spotting Cy running away form a barrage of the hulking beast's eye beams as Beast Boy flew over to pick him up. She soon felt someone grab her from under her arms and pull her up in the air as she glanced up to see Raven was helping her retreat behind a small ridge as the two boys caught up with them. The red being swatted away the dust as it looked for them as it moved away from their hiding spot.

"He's too strong…even with your help, I cannot defeat him." Raven spoke, her voice filled with a hint of exhaustion and worry that they were fighting a losing battle. The boys suggested that she call the other Ravens only for her to shake her head at them. "It still wouldn't be enough. None of my other sides have that kind of power we need."

Nightingale reached for her hand as a way to reassure her that they would get out of there…but she stopped herself and bit her lip trying to think of a way that they could get the power they needed. She glanced down at her arm wondering if she should do it when Beast Boy piped up making the thought disappear from her mind.

"Not alone, but what about together?" he said as the figure started to stomp closer to them. "They're all part of who you are, right?"

Nightingale notice Cy checking to see how close he was when a set of eye beams flies above them causing the larger titan to duck before swallowing his fear telling Raven that they got her back as they boys charged in first, she looked over at Raven and squeezed her hand gently, catching the girl's attention.

"I…I know you don't trust me Raven, but I got your back and I believe in you." She gave her and encouraging smile. "Besides I still need to pay you back one more time for saving me…and I can't do that if we both die." She noticed a small smile on her face as she let go of her hand feeling the warmth from it disappear as she started to set out, taking one last look at her. "Um…after we get out of this…can we talk?" she only got a nod as a response before she joined the boys in the fray again wondering how much juice she had in her sticks as Raven began concentrating her energy to contact the other parts of herself towards her location. Nightingale helped with the distraction noticing the red figure was more targeted on her now as she dodged more attacks, giving the boys and Raven more time to do what they needed to, though she did get knocked down a few times and almost crushed.

She glanced over to where Raven was as she noticed her spinning above the ground with multiple colored cloaked figures circling with her as she guessed they were her other emotions as they started to grow into a colored blur. It gradually started to turn white as dust started to rise again making her cover her eyes to keep it from coming in, but as soon as she uncovered her eyes she stared in awe at Raven seeing her dressed in white as the figure continued to focus on the three that were distracting him from her presence. He did soon notice her existence as he turned towards her as the wind revealed the leotard had changed to from the normal black color to the same stellar white as her cloak. She hurled a large mass of black energy at the red figure as it wrapped around it as a band holding its arms close to their sides as the words that came out of her mouth rumbled the area around them.

"You are going back where you belong!" she shouted at the beast, her voice overlaying with many as the creature itself roared back in defiance as it broke loose of its bindings. Raven's eyes and mouth began to blaze with the same type of power that formed in her hands as two huge beams are shot at her from the creature's hands only for Raven to shoot her own beams back creating a type of stalemate as both energies tried to push the other back. Nightingale watched at the two continued to had their standoff, though Raven was winning the fight as she pressured more energy into her beam as it finally crashed into the beast as smoke covered the area around it, only before clearing to reveal another cloaked Raven dressed in red as four blood red eyes glared up at the one cladded in white. Her body soon disappeared into a bolt of red energy as it shot for Raven, crashing into her before being absorbed and leaving a grimace on her face. Another flash happened as Nightingale covered her eyes for a second as it subsided spotting the indigo cladded titan leaning over as if she was taking a breather, her cloak billowed to reveal her leotard was again black underneath as she started to run over, the boys following after her. She straightened up for a moment, but a groan came from her mouth as she started to collapse backwards, being caught by Nightingale as the boys also helped stand her to her feet earning a small blush from the cloaked hero as she took it as a thank you. The black cladded hero watched as Raven interacted with Beast Boy for a moment, though she caught her glancing over at her a few times before they left through the portal…her mind flooded with what she wanted to say to her later, but it would have to wait until they got back.

In front of Raven's door

Robin was trying to hold Starfire back as she tried to knock on Raven's door to see if the girl was alright, though he told her multiple times that she could handle herself and that she wanted to be alone, the alien girl wouldn't budge. They both started to argue over if it was right or wrong to check on her as the door opened, revealing the three of the four titans inside the room, making Starfire smile happily as she relaxed, causing the boy wonder to be thrown back a bit since he was tugging on her arm trying to stop her from bothering Raven as he got to his feet confused.

"Where have you guys been?" Robin asked curiously only to get a response from Cyborg saying that they were just talking and trying to know each other better. Raven blushed lightly as she gave them all a small smile as everyone started to file out into the hallway as they all started to talk about having breakfast for dinner as the boys soon rushed off to the kitchen with Robin and Starfire right behind them. Raven went to move forwards, but stopped herself as she didn't spot another cheeky team member before her; she turned slightly to see Nightingale walking down the hall as she was heading towards the stairs leading to the roof.

"You aren't coming…?" Raven asked in her monotone voice making the latter stop in her tracks and turn to look at her with a small smile.

"I…need some air so tell them to save a plate for me. I'll eat it later I just…" she sighed and rubbed the back of her head. "Remember what I said earlier? Once you're done eating come talk to me…I'll be on the roof." She turned on her heels and sent a wave to the cloaked girl as she continued to the stairs.

Raven watched her go as she hesitated for a moment before joining the others for something to eat, informing them that Nightingale was planning on eating later and to have a plate for her in the fridge, but she tried to keep her mind clear as she ate her waffles, wondering what the masked hero would say to her once she was up there.

Later around midnight

Nightingale leaned against the concrete railing of the roof as she stared down at the water below as the full moon glimmered off its surface as she took in another deep breath of the cool and salty air around her. It was a slightly stressful day, but to her it was about as productive as any other day she had to deal with here, her phone buzzed slightly in a pouch as she pulled it out, reading a message from James saying that he would get her the item she asked from Misty while another one read that Alfred was sending her a stronger staff to use along with a long winded paragraph on being more careful with her equipment. She cleared each message with a thank you before putting up back where it belonged as she listened to the wind whistle around her as her eyes started to close a bit before hearing the door to the stairs open. She turned toward the noise to see Raven shutting the door behind her as she looked up at Nightingale with a neutral expression as they stared at each other while the wind rushed by them again.

"What did you want to talk to me about?" Raven asked firmly, though her tone stayed neutral as she moved closer to her.

She was slightly surprised that Raven even showed up after the events that happened, but it was maybe a good sign that things might be different. Nervousness started to course though her body as she tried to think back to what she wanted to say to her, though her mind was failing her at the moment as she watched Raven cross her arms as she was showing slight impatience towards her, making the feeling worsen as she rubbed the back of her head.

"Raven why…why do you think I hate you?" she asked, knowing fully well that this wasn't one of her questions she wanted to ask, but it was worth a shot to even try to get an answer out of her.

"…because I don't trust you." She replied back leaving her with only a simple answer to go on as silence befell them both as Nightingale went back to thinking.

"But…even though you don't trust me, you still help me, like when I was unconscious that one time while fighting the robber hyped up on venom or even when he tried to shoot me in the bank you still saved me. Hell even at the tower you stopped one of Starfire's random concoctions from exploding on me and I just…I don't understand that if you don't trust me then why even help me in the first place?" she ran her fingers through her hair as she tried to calm herself down as her eyes flashed another color for a second, Raven noticed and said nothing as she thought of her own answer as she continued. "If you think that I hate you then why even try to help in the first place?"

"I…I don't know." Raven spoke out of surprise at her own answer, though it was the truth she really didn't have an answer for her. Ever since she told her how she felt her emotions were making her do things that went against what she was trying to do. She saw Nightingale relax a bit at her answer as she went back to leaning against the concrete railing as the wind blew her hair around as she started to notice the moonlight brightened her lightly tan skin…she stopped herself as she could feel her cheeks heat up and her chest tighten for a moment as she saw her pat the side next to her, compelling her to move forward to go to the spot.

"Raven…I…"she laughed nervously as she tried to from the words in her mouth as she felt her tongue dry a bit as she could feel something bubbling up inside as if it wanted to overpower the nervousness. "That thing we fought today was your anger right…?" she earned only a solemn nod from the hooded girl as she thought it over while she made her way over to her.

"I…could have guessed that, but it's reassuring to know that I was correct." Raven had finally sat down next to her as she cleared her throat to continue. "I know…you probably still don't trust me and I'm fine with that, but what I want you to know is," she placed her hand over the others causing Raven to look over at her as she looked back. "I promise you that I won't let you fall. I won't let you get swallowed by that darkness because I want to…I want to be someone you trust, like how you trust everyone else on the team, even Beast Boy is more trusted than I." Nightingale looked down at her feet for a moment as she took in a deep breath. "I make this promise to you now Raven, I will never let you fall for grace and forget who you are."

Raven stared at her for a moment as a warm feeling spread a crossed her cheeks as the tightness in her chest appeared once again as she wrapped her hand around hers and squeezed it gently, the same way that Nightingale had done before when they were in her mind as the two stayed there silent before the hooded girl nodded out of the corner of Nightingale's eyes, reassuring her that she understood what she was telling her…and making sure that she knew she was trusted if she was willing to risk a promise like that. The two looked up at the sky above not even noticing their hands were still together as they enjoyed the night air as the full moon descended further down into the horizon breaching the bay as the morning was coming upon them revealing a brand new day and a new understanding between the girls as they both separated back to their rooms only an few minutes later as the events from today finally caught up to them.


And that ends this chapter of The Nightingale's Song and I so hope you enjoyed it as much as I did…because this was another pain to write, but I also loved doing it. Finally the two girls seemed to be seeing eye to eye now with Nightingale's lovely promise and she intends to keep that promise til the bitter end.

What was the item she wanted from James and company? You'll have to find out next chapter and then after the regular one will be Switched, one of my favorite episodes from the series next to Masks and many others.

The end author note is short this time because I am totally running out of energy, but I hope everyone is having an enjoyable season whether you be in the States or across the world I just am pleased you are having a wonderful time…oh and her saying I won't let you fall is like how the protagonist from The Princess Bride always says "As you wish" instead of saying I love you. Now she isn't meaning it that way now, but just keep that in mind once their relationship gets closer to being more than just new friends…also no sex. I cannot write a decent scene like that to save my life so stop it…get some help…lol. I have a problem and typing until morning was not a smart thing…

Anyways please PM or review and tell me what you think! Thanks guys, Anri out.