Looking back on it, this is a really sad excuse for an update...
"Raven, I thought you'd never come back! Welcome!" Happy yelled in a sickly sweet voice. She motioned behind her. "Do you want to join me for a cheery walk down this meadow?"
Raven looked left and right, hoping for an alternative option. Upon finding none, she feigned indifference and shrugged her shoulders noncommittally. "Lead the way." Together, they strolled past the flowers. Minutes flew by as the calming fragrance teased their senses.
Azarath Metrion Zinthos. Raven breathed out a sigh of relief. Relaxation at last. She peered down at Happy whom was kneeling and sniffing the flowers with a look of bliss painted along her features.
They stood there in the still, calm air until suddenly, a yellow blur found its way into Raven's vision. The peaceful atmosphere turned into one of direness as a voice called, "Raven, Raven!" The dreamy feeling escaped, and the empath blinked twice. Raven sent a death glance at the yellow clad figure next to her.
"Raven, it seems that there was something that we completely forgotten. A memory was
displaced!"
Raven cast a confused and wary glance at Knowledge. "Slow down. What are you talking about?"
"There's something that Rorek wasn't telling us. When I heard him talking the other day, I felt that a piece of a memory was missing, so I had a look in your memories. Come look!" With that, Knowledge grabbed Raven's hand and dragged her along to her alcove of books and memories.
Knowledge purposefully walked to a book titled "Malchior" placed in a desk closest to the entrance. She then flipped to the page that she had bookmarked to reveal a page that looked worn in comparison to the other dusty ones. Written in bold text was "At which point, if Malchior ceases to exist, Rorek will soon follow."
Raven's eyes widened. How...Why didn't he tell me? "...I don't believe this...How could I have forgotten?" Raven murmured to herself. She stared at the book with a look of pure disbelief. She looked left and right before bursting out of the library doors. "I have to go!" Raven yelled over her shoulder.
Raven checked her closet to find Malchior's book gone. Panic seized her heart, and she rushed out of her room and down the hallways. Where could he be? She internally screamed. The empath ran, checking all the places in the Tower where Rorek usually stayed. She ran from the common room to the training room to the balcony. Soon, all that was left was his room.
She soon heaved a sigh of relief once Rorek's door was in her line of vision. Raven knocked and carefully waited for any indication that he was in his room. Hearing rustling behind the door, she knocked again. Again, there was no reply. In her frenzy, Raven used her powers and opened the door.
"Rorek!" Raven yelled while staring at the scene in front of her. Rorek was holding Malchior's book and was in the middle of enchanting it using his powers. Once Raven walked through the doors, Rorek's eyes widened in alarm, and he made his white stream of magic even more powerful. "No!" Raven yelled and tackled the sorcerer in an attempt to stop him which effectively stopped the spell. She quickly gathered her bearings and readied her magic in case he decided to continue his spell.
Rorek was shaking his head. "You should have let me finished," he said.
"And let you leave? No," Raven stated determinedly.
"I have no true purpose here after I destroy this book. I can go back...rest peacefully. It's time that this chapter ended, Raven."
Raven felt her eyes stinging with tears that have yet to shed. "At least wait. You have to say goodbye to the team. Give us a week...just one week," she choked out, and the tears started to fall.
"Fine. I'll stay for only one more week." Rorek sighed. However, his eyes betrayed the emotionless facade he wore on his face. He was scared too. Raven stared ahead, still obviously distraught. "I'll tell the team tomorrow." Rorek continued. He moved to grip her hand as a gesture of promise and comfort, and she squeezed his hand as if doing so would stop him from leaving.