The Summoner and the Enchantress

Chapter 11

Darkness filled the cave; the light of the morning twin stars could not penetrate the canopy of vines covering the cave mouth. The cold dampness of the cave had long since passed, being replaced with warm heat that permeated from the sleeping pair.

Though the sun could not wake them, a certain green haired boy had enough of his animalistic sense to rise with the morning sun or this world's twin stars. His body felt groggy, his mind clouded, his eyes heavy, and his chest had a mysterious weight that though foreign, felt comfortable.

Beast Boy tried, with every ounce of what little strength he had left after waking up, to open his eyes. The weight on his chest did not feel like it was a part of him, which meant that something or someone was on his chest. He knew not to panic as in his weakened state that it would exhaust him of his already fading strength.

He could remember when he collapsed, he felt his mind cloud and his body just deflate of energy. He knew not of why he collapsed, though he knew that it was not of ordinary sickness or illness that plagued him but something new that his body had no idea how to cope with.

The experience had been harrowing, the idea that all the power and energy in his body had completely fled his body stuck home with his fear of being helpless or useless. That said, he was even more fearful of leaving Raven alone in this new world, especially after she lost her powers and her new free reign of her emotions.

Beast Boy has always wanted the amethyst sorceress to be able to feel freely, to express herself without any repercussion, as he believes that everyone should be able to feel without someone or something restricting them. He came about this belief after his abysmal childhood with his uncle after his parents had died, he could not feel as it was seen as a sign of weakness to his uncle.

He did not doubt Raven's skills nor her abilities to survive without her powers, it was his instinct to protect his friends, especially those in danger. He had a particular instinct that pertains to a certain purple sorceress that he knew meant more than his instinct to protect his friends, it borders on his instinct to protect one's mate though its not quite there yet.

The warm comfortable weight on his chest shifted slightly, it pressed more into his side and shoulder before settling back to its still state. At least he knew that the weight was a living being that took to his side as a body pillow.

Pressing his luck, he exhausted more of his strength to open his eyes, he desired to know what had his side. His mind had been processing the facts that it could be someone that may or may not have his and Raven's best interests, though it could be a wild animal that had been seeking warmth from the night.

If it is an animal, then he had to pray on it been an herbivore otherwise he would be totally at the mercy of this creature as he had not the strength nor the energy to fend it off. Though, if this new world had creatures from his old world then he may know how to deter them from having him as a morning snack.

His luck must have been on the up as his eyes slowly opened with great strain, his eyes took several minutes to comprehend the purple object that now adorned himself as well as the large purple object on his side that produced the comfortable weight.

The purple object covering his body felt light and soft, as if it were fabric. A fabric that had a multitude of cuts and tears from top to bottom, it could be similarly described as an article of clothing that had gone through ten rounds with a feisty cat.

His vision gradually cleared as the minutes passed by, his clouded mind slow to process the now clearer image of the large purple object by his side.

Gradually, as his mind came round to the information that the indomitable and stoic Raven; the girl that has thrown him out of the windows of titan's tower countless times, the girl whom has always shown her distaste at his antics, the girl whom has never enjoyed his company, was now curled up against his side.

Her head laid against his shoulder, her hair had fallen over her face at some time during the night, her arm haphazardly laid across his chest, her leg tucked over his own. Her otherworldly beauty captivated his already clouded mind, frozen for what he believed had been several lifetimes.

He drank in her striking beauty, drinking in her slender body to her delicate visage to her dainty hands. He wanted to memorise every detail of her as if it was his last day alive, though if she woke up to him ogling her then it will be his last day alive.

A feature that caught his eye, and a feature that sent him to heaven and back, had been the soft happy smile on her gorgeous pale lips. Beast Boy could not believe the sight before him, he has tried numerous times to get her to smile with mixed results, and she is now smiling just cuddling into him.

Had he known about this a long time ago, he would have never let her go even with the threat of death looming over his head if he had done so. Beast Boy would dare death just to bring her happiness, she has spent her entire life being closed off and alone that he made it his personal goal to find some way to make her smile, even if it meant that something got destroyed in the process.

Now, sans her powers, she is free to feel and experience her emotions without limitation, and the green haired boy resolved to encourage her to feel. Though, he doubted that she would go along willingly which meant that he would have to get her to face certain positive emotions before she would come around to the idea of letting her control go.

There was one glaring fact that could ruin his entire plan, that being negative emotions. If she felt negative emotions before the positive, then she would close herself off for good and lose out on the great opportunity that this presents. Regardless, she should be given the chance to be able to freely feel, and for herself, the depth and wonderful emotions that everyone else take for granted.

In their current situation, if she woke up to him already being awake and staring at her, then she would freak out and force herself back into her bubble of control. That said, if he pretends to be asleep then she would never know that he woke to her cuddling his side.

Its not that he doesn't want her to know that he would gladly let her sleep by his side, if that is what makes her happy, nonetheless she would be embarrassed that she had shown weakness in front of him. Not that it was considered weakness in his mind, though he did entertain the thought of her being weak towards him.

The thought grew into a whole aspect of Raven that Beast Boy would kill to see, her being small and weak toward him and him being the mighty protector of her. Pulling her in and holding her close, giving her a sense of security and belonging.

Though entertaining, it was never going to happen. Raven is who she is, a stoic and indomitable person whom has the power to destroy the world. He on the other hand, was not her type nor would she be seen dead going out on a date with.

Seeing her happy smile brought about another glorious wave of joy that coursed through his system, he'll probably never find out why she is smiling while cuddling into his side but if it makes her happy then he would happily abide. Not that he would ever say no to the violet girl, not even in his wildest dreams.

Shuffling a little, Raven relocated her hand further up his chest. Her leg tucking impossibly further into his own. Taking this as his cue, Beast Boy closed his eyes, he needed to pretend that he was asleep though with his current predicament and lack of energy, it would not be a problem.

Settling in, he gladly accepted the warmth that Raven's body shared with his own. Her weight on top of his own, a welcoming feeling and one that he would soon never forget. His mind carving every detail that he could, from her dainty hand that clutched softly to her torn cloak and his torn uniform, to her gentle rise and fall of her breathing.

Mesmerised in her majesty, and with his already depleted energy, the grips of sleep tugged at his consciousness. Deciding that being asleep was better than faking sleep, he let the pull draw him in and take him to the realm of sleep.

Sat peacefully in its own cubby hole, sat the yellow fluff ball whom had watch the green haired boy wake and deliriously try to comprehend his surroundings. It had debated whether to introduce itself to the boy but decided against it as the boy's face held the visage of the sleep deprived.

The yellow fluff ball would wait for when he awakes from his upcoming slumber. It did see the way the boy looked at the purple girl, with admiration and what it would dare say love.

Ruffling its feathers silently, it decided that though the purple girl did not have the same feelings that the green haired boy had for her, she would find them eventually and if not then it would help her to see how the green haired boy felt about her. If not for her sake, then to just cause a bit of havoc and play with the two.

It's not that its kind are natural born mischief makers but that they like to have fun and play games from time to time to pass the time. They have no natural born predators, well none that can take them on that is, and the humanoid creatures that inhabit these lands revere then so there is little to no threat in them either.

Their lifespan is undetermined as well, they live for as long as they won't to live then they would give up the power that made them to make another one of their species. A cycle of life that exists purely on the energy that the world provides, energy that they freely give to another so that they can have a chance to experience life and all its wonder.

The yellow fluff ball could not understand why it had decided to follow and become a friend of the purple girl, the only thing it did understand was that the pair were going to need help and guidance. Something that it had begrudgingly decided to bestow upon to the purple girl in the form of its companionship.

Though there was another fact that came into play with its decision, and that was the humanoid genders. With its species, there were none of these as they are made of pure energy, they are born of this energy and they die giving back to this energy, so to learn first-hand of the humanoid differences of these genders and their interactions is an interest of the yellow fluff ball.

Silently observing the green haired boy go back to the realm of dreams, the yellow fluff ball decided to do the same. It is going to be tiresome come the morning when these two rise as they will be both hungry and thirsty, which meant that it would need to guide them both.

Settling in for a quick nap, the yellow fluff ball couldn't get the words of its fellow kin out of its mind. Why had Altharios said that these two needed to be kept away from the kingdoms of the humanoids, that old humanoid needs to see the bigger picture, the two of them have the power to cause great change in these lands, whether for better or worse remains to be seen.

Author's Note: Just a heads up, there will be no post next due to exams but there will be one the week after.

I had a little trouble writing this chapter as I have written so much about Raven that switching back to BB was a bit tricky. Though I hope I caught his admiration and love for Raven in this chapter.

I have read a lot of fanfiction on BBRAE pairings, and the majority of the time when they spoke about BB's background, it spoke of how he lost his parents and was taken in by his evil uncle whom mistreated him. I do not know if this is the true story behind BB but I like it as it adds a bit a dark side to the ever loving Beast Boy.

BB has the foresight to know that if Raven had woken up to the sight of him staring at her she would have tried to brush it off and downplay it or completely ignore it all together. Also he doesn't know that it completely negates her nightmares when she sleeps beside him so he is going under the understanding that she is taking comfort in him and he doesn't want to deprive her of that, so by pretending that he was asleep then she would come back and sleep beside him again.

The chapter would have been short but I thought that I might add onto the old man's story by giving the yellow devils perspective, and give the old man his name (if you haven't gotten the reference when it says "that old humanoid" (also his name is pronounced as Al – Thar – ee – ous, Altharios may or may not be used much throughout the story (most people refer to him as the old man) as his name is not really known by many anyway))

The birds are of magic that I will get into later on, especially onto why and how they came to be but for now they are magical beings that know more about how the world works than most would know in their entire lifetime.

Comments:

YourDemonicAssassin – Thanks for the comment. Yeah, the birds are evil, they tend not to care much about other lifeforms except when they wish to have fun. Altharios has a major part to play but for now he is the only mage (apart for another creature that I will introduce later on) that can understand them and interpret them. Many of the humanoid creatures (humans, elves, orcs, dwarfs, etc.) see the birds a signs of power etc. and make it illegal to hunt them. There are other races that don't follow this and try to hunt them but they fail miserably or get killed as the birds are very powerful (hence the old man being respectful to them). Hopefully you like BB's awakening though its short it still brings him in and shows that he still has some wits about himself. I didn't intend to have that many chapters on Raven but they kept coming out alright and her character is so complex that its hard not to go in depth into her, but now that BB is awake then I will go into his character in depth, especially his survival skills as the two will need to eat and I will try to go into the relationship between the two as well. I agree that Raven being able to feel is a good way to develop the story as there is a literal mountain to write about her but I want to have a relationship between BB and Rae so I can have chapters where its just Raven and how she feels along with her new companion from time to time. Though primarily BB will be trying to get her to feel emotions and to experience what having those emotions do to ones mind. And yeah, I missed BB too, though I have some big plans for him so he is not being left out.