Hi everyone! I am so sorry I did not update which was actually really stupid of me because I had the idea for the chapters, I knew how I wanted them to go, I knew what I wanted to do, but I i just kept procrastinating. I am such a fail. T.T
I know that it's been like forever and I know you guys wanted to know what was going on so yeah! Here it is! Moderate length, I'd say. Sorry I didn't update, I've been a bit busy too. I plan on starting college soon! Plus I had some problems all throughout this year. I know my writing skills have diminished since the first chapter, but I thought I'd treat you guys with a new chapter for the start of the new year!
On that note, I did some research and I know that most of the Azars that governed and watched Azarath were mostly female but I wanted to do something a little different. You guys can judge for yourselves how I presented the characters.
I also hope all of you guys picked up the FUTURAMA REFERENCE IN THE LAST CHAPTER. Or THE PREDATOR REFERENCE IN BLACK BIRD'S CAPTURE.
If you didn't, SHAME ON YOU!
Lemme know, please and thank you.
A few more things: I plan on making a picture of what Raven and the girls look like in this story. Most of my gallery is Bleach stuff so...derp!
You can see on my DeviantArt Page: (Arroiuqlu-Cifer-05)
If there are any Bleach fanatics out there like me, omg omg omg! Spoiler alert: Our favorite kitty is back! hell yes! *flails* Griiiiiiiiimmjoow! And concerning my other story: Hunted, you can find the original on my DeviantArt page. That versions better~
"W-who…who are you?!"
Raven's amethyst eyes glowered at the corner of a room until she saw a white ghostly form. It was a slender figure wearing a hood.
The figure began to drift away from her.
"Wait!"
Seeing as how the figure wasn't going to listen, Raven figured it best to follow the strange being. Getting up from her lotus position, she opened the door hastily and chased after it.
Every now and then it would disappear.
Her eyes scanned for it and spotted the cloaked lightly dancing around at the end of the hall.
"Get back here" Raven said irritably.
As she approached it, it seemed to drift away more. It seemed to be leading her somewhere.
'Where is it taking me?'
The white-cloaked ghost led her further away from her room towards the roof. Raven looked around to see if her friends were around, quickly dismissing that they weren't.
'I was just here…'
It phased through the door, Raven pursued after it.
Raven's head jerked slightly as she looked away. Being confined to her room and the dim halls of the tower hadn't allowed her eyes to adjust to the light outside.
The sun was slowly sinking into the horizon, with the ocean turning into various shades of blue, indigo, and cerulean; while the sky seemed to become scarlet, orange, purple, and lavender. A gentle breeze rustled her hair, brushing against her face.
She slowly opened her eyes to see the figure floating a few feet. Raven wasn't one to trust apparitions, so she quickly took the defensive.
"Who are you?"
The figure slowly floated to the ground, lifting its head as it did so. It turned its gaze toward her; their eyes were the same color as hers, amethyst. A smile crept onto its face.
"?!"
"My my, it really has been a while, has it not dear Raven?"
"Who-?!"
It slowly pulled off its hood; Raven's eyes widened slightly, her jaw agape.
A red gem embedded onto his forehead, purple hair, and amethyst eyes. His long white cloak fell to his feet and his hood covered just about his entire neck.
"It's you…!"
He gave her a soft smile. She approached him slowly, shocked and happy.
"It's…it really has been a while" Raven smiled as looked at him, happy tears forming in her eyes.
"You've really grown. You look so much like your mother."
Beast Boy knocked several times on Raven's door only for it to go unanswered.
"Raven?"
Her door creaked open, revealing an empty room. Raven's scent wafted out of the room and filled his nose.
"Rae?"
He looked around for a bit before heading out of the room.
"She not in there?"
"Terra."
"Is she in there?"
"Nope, I just checked. Why?"
"Typical. I wanted to ask her a few questions."
"Yeah, me too. But I don't think she'd talk."
"No surprise there. You wanna go check the roof if she's there?"
Beast Boy sighed. If everybody went looking for him and wouldn't leave him be for a while, then he would be a little irritated too. But she was hiding things from them and they needed to know.
"Why not? Let's go."
Raven wiped the tears from her eyes and looked into his face. He was just like how she remembered him; strong-willed, kind, independent, trustful and honest but…
Time had long ceased for him; he could no longer feel the wind on his face, or the warmth of another's flesh, or give smiles to those around him without it being reciprocal.
The amethyst-eyed empath fought the urge to reach out, to hug him.
"It's been so long…"
"It truly has been, my dear…"
"You sure she's up here?"
"Not really."
"Then why did we come here if you weren't sure she was?"
"Where else would she be besides the roof?"
"Avoiding us."
As the two Titans exchanged comments, Beast Boy's ears picked up on a few voices.
"Do you hear that?"
"Yeah, sounds like Rae's talking to someone."
They leaned against the door, staying perfectly silent.
"I can't hear anything, can you?"
"Not really."
Terra popped her head up to the window, her eyes peeking over to the other side. There she spotted her fellow Titan and…some sort of floating figure.
"What the hell?" Terra whispered.
"What?"
Terra looked down to her comrade, Beast Boy, her expression a mixture of confusion and shock. She shook her head, unable to confirm exactly what she was seeing.
"Rae's…talking to some sorta ghost or something, I dunno!"
"Lemme see!"
She scooted over to allow him to see. Beast Boy leaned up and spotted the two, unfortunately they couldn't listen to what they were saying very clearly.
He glanced back at her, very confused.
"Somehow, Rae talking to ghosts became a typical moment in our lives."
"Hear, hear."
"Shh, I can't hear."
Both Titans silenced themselves.
"Anyway, as touching as this moment is, I'd like to ask you something. What're you doing here? I mean, you shouldn't be in this world."
"I know. But we came to warn you."
"We?"
"Yes."
Raven looked around for where the disembodied voice was coming from. She had experiences fighting negative apparitions. So she suddenly put her guard up, scanning the area.
"You need not be so defensive."
Her eyes flew behind him, orbs of white light flashed and danced.
"That voice…"
Terra popped her head up slowly to watch. Both Titans were completely confused and in awe. Normally, they shouldn't be so surprised to see odd things like this being heroes, but it had been a great while since they had seen something as odd as this.
"Is this normal? I thought we'd seen it all."
"Me too."
As the lights began to fade, the voice of the owner began to grow apparent. Raven's eyes grew wide at the sight when the lights faded.
A soft smile grew on the empath's face.
Like her, she too had violet hair and eyes, a white hooded cloak and a red gem embedded on her forehead.
"Arella…"
A pale hand stretched out from under Raven's cloak and reached for her mother's hand. Arella did the same.
Raven's heart sank when her hand grabbed nothing but air and slipped through her hand. No warmth, no flesh.
"Empty…"
"Do not despair, my child."
"Mother…"
"Your mother is correct, My Dear."
"How can I pretend everything is okay? Everyone is dead because I was allowed to live, even you two."
"They gave their lives to protect you."
"And I ran away! Now I can't even bury your bodies!"
Arella shook her head grimly.
"I didn't even tell you two 'good-bye'."
"We knew it was what you had to do. It was not your fault."
"It is."
"Even after the worst has happened and after all this time, you still blame yourself for what happened to your people?"
"How can I not?"
"Everything in this realm is fine for the time being."
"For the time being?"
Raven's mood suddenly shifted from guilt to alert.
"You say that like it could become unstable in the future."
"Raven, you saw the instability of this world. You feel the remnants of Trigon's power still lingering here."
"Of course. I can feel it everywhere."
Raven addressed the man.
"Why didn't you tell me tell me any of this before?"
"You were all ready quite wise as a child, I thought you would have figured it out."
"Yeah and look what happened. I'm talking to Emoticlones and dead people."
He gave her a half-hearted smile and she returned him one as well.
"Be wary, Raven. Trigon is not the only one seeking power now."
"I know."
"He will try to return. He's coming."
"I'll die before I let him get anywhere near this place."
He gave her another smile.
"That's the Raven I know."
She gave him a slightly condescending smirk and made an inward sigh.
"And I missed you too."
The purple-haired man made a wave of dismissal.
"Don't get all soft on me. It doesn't suit your nature at all."
"Even ice melts right?"
"And stop wallowing in self-pity and loathing. You're stronger than that."
Her smirk quickly turned into a scowl.
"You know, I would've gladly traded places for you two."
"Yes, I know. You should know we're dead and you're among the living. So be with them."
"Be with your friends. Isn't that why you came here?"
Raven stayed silent, reluctant to answer.
"You can try denying that but you're not fooling me."
"Will you please be quiet!"
Arella looked back and forth as the two bickered and sighed lightly.
"I promise I won't tell them" he chimed.
"You don't even know them!"
"I know enough about them through you."
"Why you-!"
"Now Raven, don't you think that's enough bickering with him. You should apologize."
"Mother!" she cried.
"She's right. Besides, I'm dead."
Raven groaned as she placed a hand on her head. But in all honesty, she was actually enjoying herself.
"You never play fair."
"It's why I always win."
A small chuckle escaped from the demoness's lips.
Beast Boy and Terra had leaned so much against the door that it began to give way to all the pressure and weight.
"Wh-whoa!"
"Oop!"
Both Titans plopped on the floor looking up at the purple-haired trio.
"Uh…hi?"
Beast Boy let out a nervous laugh as Raven looked down at him and Terra.
"See? I told you," said the man.
Again, the empath scowled. She turned her head to him, mouthing something.
He made a cheeky grin.
Beast Boy and Terra began got to their feet feeling slightly ashamed. This was a personal and very private moment for her.
"These must be your friends. Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Arella. I am Raven's mother" she said kindly.
"Beast Boy."
"I'm Terra."
"And I am Azar" said the man.
"So…" Beast Boy began. "You guys are ghosts?"
They looked at each other for a moment, then back at him. Both of them smiled lightly before speaking.
"Yes."
"You have interesting friends, Raven."
"Thank you."
"You should spend time with them."
"Yes, yes. But even I can only handle so much of Beast Boy at once" Raven said as she put up her hands. Her voice held an odd ring of joy and shame. It sounded like a child that had been told something many times. It seemed to make her sound younger and distract her mind.
"Hey! I'm not that bad!"
The group went silent for a brief moment.
"…"
"…"
"…"
"…"
"That's cold, dudes."
They gave a small laugh at the green changeling. It wasn't a mean one, rather to laugh with him, not at him.
"It is time we left."
"Yeah, we've got things to do."
"What things? You're a ghost. Do you have to haunt some psychic or something?"
Azar scowled lightly before smirking. "Fortunately for you, you're one of the only mediums around that can actually talk to us. Be glad you're not some run-of-the-mill psychic."
"Yes, fortunately for me."
He chuckled lightly before walking towards Arella and standing behind her.
"Don't be so hard on yourself, smile every now and then."
Raven's amethyst eyes flitted away as she felt the heat rise in her cheeks and ears in embarrassment.
The wind swirled around the two Azarathians. Bright, yellow lights danced around them as light encased them. The lights pulsed while their bodies became transparent and finally invisible. Like the Azarathians, the lights faded into nothingness.
The trio stood there for a moment, honoring the dead before Terra finally spoke. "Let's head inside."
"Yeah."
Raven nodded and started following the two Titans. Just as she was about to leave the roof, she noticed something beneath her feet. Making sure that it didn't fly away or get stepped on, she crouched down to pick it up. She held it her fingers, examining it.
A small smile formed on her lips.
It was a single feather: pure white from tip to down, soft to the touch, completely unblemished.
'Thank you, Azar…Mother…I guess I can smile every now and then…'
End of Chapter.
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