JOSH AND ZAC FARRO... THE PARAMORE FANS WILL MISS U T-T
Raven looked over at her friend Argent, happy to see her so joyful. She was told there was some news, so Argent came right to the tower to say it in person. To be honest, Raven missed the days when Argent used to date Jericho. It didn't last too long, but for as long as it did, she had never seen her sister so happy. He was so sweet on her. Raven used to joke around and say it was disgusting but really, it was perfect. It was a chaste relationship, that's what made it so nice. Jericho treated her with respect and dignity.
So much better than her last boyfriend, Hotspot. Raven couldn't stand to see her with him. He took what he wanted, then dumped her. He broke her heart, and Raven's heart along with it. So when she heard Argent was dating Jericho, Raven was ecstatic. But now, here they are, and Argent is about to tell her what's new.
"So… You know how I broke up with Jericho?" Argent began, giving a small smile. Raven smiled back, thinking she would say they were getting back together.
"Yeah…" Raven urged her to go on.
"Well, then Hotspot called and-" Raven groaned. She didn't want to hear this. This wasn't good.
"You told him to fuck off?" Raven finished hopefully.
"No… We-"
"You killed him?"
"No! We're… friends now…"
"Oh good," Raven smiled and patted her friend on the back. That could've been worse. Dodged a bullet there.
"With… benefits." Argent gave a sort of apologetic smile.
In a moment, Raven's emotions cluttered her mind. If her friend thought she'd be happy for her, she was dead wrong. Raven was confused and sad. She just looked at her friend, feeling the heart break from before already hitting her own heart.
"Friends with benefits?" Raven asked. Her friend nodded happily. "Wow. Why not just got out with him?"
"He doesn't want to go out," Argent shrugged.
"Have you lost your mind? He's not even going to respect you enough to date you?"
"That's not it."
"That is it! He's using you! He's going to break your heart! He's done it before!"
"He won't break my heart. I won't get attached."
"You won't get attached? YOU WON'T GET ATTACHED? OF COURSE YOU'LL GET ATTACHED! Do you know how intimate sex is? You're going to get attached! There's no way around it! I mean, you're already doing all he says! YOU'RE GIVING HIM EXACTLY WHAT HE WANTS!" At this point Raven's eyes were threatened by tears ready to stain her cheeks.
"NO! Raven, you're a terrible friend! You're supposed to be supportive!" Argent stood up, leaned over Raven yelling.
"ARGENT! THERE IS A FINE LINE BETWEEN WHEN YOU NEED A FRIEND, AND WHEN YOU NEED SOMEONE TO TELL IT TO YOU STRAIGHT! You just crossed that line."
"Well you're going to have to deal with it, because I'm not changing my mind."
"You're right. I will have to deal with it. And because it's my life, I'll deal with it my way." Raven walked over to the door and held it open. "Get out."
Argent stared in shock. "What?"
"Get out. I can't help you if you don't want to listen, and I'm not going to watch you get your heart broken. Leave. " Argent couldn't believe what she was seeing, but her anger and denial carried her out the door. She stood by the water and heard Raven call to her from the doorway.
"You're living in a fairy tale, somewhere too far for me to find. And it's not going to end well." Raven closed the door and she turned to see Starfire standing right behind her.
"Friend Raven? What is wrong with friend Argent?"
"Starfire, sit down. Let me tell you a little story."
So star took a seat on the couch and Raven sat next to her, beginning to tell her story.
"Well, she lived in a fairy tale, somewhere too far for us to find," Raven painted a picture in Starfire's mind, of a beautiful girl named used her dark aura to animate the scene. She sat there in beautiful red dress, around a small table, set with a small play tea set. Around the table sat teddy bears, who came to life to sip tea with her.
"Forgotten the taste and smell, of a world that she left behind. It's all about the exposure, the lens, I told her. The angles were all wrong now she's ripping wings off of butterflies."
The story turned to about a month into the future, to show the same girl being kicked out of the castle. She turned back to show one tear fall delicately down her face, then she stood with her bags and sulked away.
"Keep your feet on the ground, when your head's in the clouds," Raven warned. She showed the Princess going back to her old friend, which resembled Raven. Though, her friend was dressed in her normal attire, not a princess dress. She stood there with a merciless look. She slowly began to help Argent, byripping off the dress and throwing it away. She took the tiara and broke it into two pieces, showing Argent it wasn't real, it was plastic.
"Go get your shovel. And we'll dig a deep hole. To bury the castle, bury the castle! Well, go get your shovel, and we'll dig a deep hole! To bury the castle, bury the castle! Ba da b aba da ba bada!"
"So one day we found her crying coiled up on the dirty ground," Raven showed Starfire the same princess from before, only it was before she was kicked out of the castle. She was at a ball. A handsome young prince came to dance with her. "Her prince finally came to save her, and the rest you can, figure out." Then, just as he knelt down on one knee to propose to her, the ring disappeared. He stood back up and he waved goodbye. The clock rung as it struck twelve, and soon, everything vanished.
The princess stood there alone, crying. "Well it was a trick and the clock struck twelve. We'll make sure, to build your house brick by boring brick or the wolves gonna blow it down. Keep your feet on the ground… When your heads in the clouds…" The girl ran back to Raven once more. Raven happily threw the glass slipper into the hole she dug. A grave marked "Before Reality". She then continued to shove Princess Argent into the hole, and began to cover the hole.
"Well go get your shovel and we'll dig a deep hole, To bury the castle, bury the castle! Go get your shovel! And we'll dig a deep hole , To bury the castle, bury the castle!"
~2 weeks later~
Argent stood at Raven's door in tears. Raven held back her own tears and took Argent into her arms. Argent sobbed and apologized and Raven just rubbed her back. There was no need for an 'I told you so'.
"Well you built up a world of magic! Because your real life is tragic! Yea you built up a world of magic!"
"Raven…." Argent sobbed. "How'd you know this was gonna happen? Why didn't I just listen to you?"
"If it's not real, you can't hold it in your hands… can't feel it with your heart. And I won't believe it. But if it's true, you can see it with your eyes… Oh even in the dark."
"And that's where I want to be, yeah!" Argent finished.
"Go get your shovel
We'll dig a deep hole
To bury the castle, bury the castle
Go get your shovel
And we'll dig a deep hole
To bury the castle, bury the castle"