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I...DON'T...OWN...THEM!
AN: Any form of criticism is welcome...although...one or two people who have crossed me have lived to regret it. Oh cool! Do I sound scary? Please say I sound scary! Heehe! This is SOO much FUN!
Following Shadows-Chapter 6: Look! Fireworks and Everything!
'Why me?'
Looking around the party with all its lights and halter-tops, Raven scowled even harder. She had retreated into a corner of the room where she could look as abhorrent as she wanted.
What was the point of throwing a useless party to celebrate the fact that another year was coming round? Heaps of years went past, what was the point? And what was with the dressing up? It was just another night to her. Looking down at the clean change of her normal wear, Raven didn't want to admit that she was just jealous of how Starfire had lit up the entire room in her sparkling mini dress.
##FLASHBACK##
"Wow! Starfire, you look amazing!" Beast Boy called as she stepped out from her room. Glazing at the alien girl levelly, Raven said nothing. "Thank-you" She replied shyly. "I am glad you like it. Is it the appropriate wear?" Cyborg nodded, sliding up next to Beast Boy. "Yep, it's appropriate. You look great Star!" He noticed Raven then, standing in the shadows behind them. "Dark Girl..." Finally seeing her, Beast Boy asked, "Why aren't you dressed up?" He frowned. "This is meant to be our partying time"
She just glared at them all, wishing they would disappear.
"I didn't want to"
"But you should have"
"I DIDN'T WANT TO!" Raven yelled, fed up with the argument.
CRACK!
Long thin lines spread across the wall, branching out to the ceiling and the floor.
Robin came along then and whistled at the damage.
"What's being going on here?" Noticing Raven's shaking, Beast Boy's downcast eyes and Cyborg's growling and menacing looks towards the green twit, he understood.
"Oh well, I didn't like the color anyway. Wow Starfire, you look fantastic!"
##FLASHBACK ENDS##
Watching Cyborg dance with one of his many adoring fans, Raven wished that she hadn't come. Even Tin Man had nabbed a date.
She wished even harder when she saw Beast Boy come her way. He stopped about five steps from her and fidgeted.
"Look Raven. I'm sorry about what I said earlier." He paused and looked straight at her. "I didn't mean it. You look great in whatever you're in"
She just stared at him. "I'm not dancing with you."
"Oh" He looked away, embarrassed.
"Nothing personal"
"Of course not." Beast Boy replied bitterly. "This wouldn't have anything to do with him, does it?"
Raven's heart must have missed a beat or two then. "With who?" She managed to keep her voice from shaking but a string of fairy lights shattered, causing squealing from some of the many ditz's in the room.
"Don't pretend you don't know who I'm talking about." He exclaimed angrily. "I've seen the way you two look at each other!"
"What way?" She was getting angry now.
"You know"
"No, I don't"
"Breakfast, yesterday"
##FLASHBACK##
"Can someone please pass the salt?"
Levitating the container over the table, Raven dropped it by Robin's side.
"Thanks Rae"
She just nodded and went back to reading the latest Stephen King novel. Not paying attention to the fact that he was sprinkling it on his jam-covered toast instead of his sunnyside up eggs, Robin continued to gaze at her. Feeling it, Raven looked up and their eyes met. Smiling lazily, he was about to ask her if she'd save the last dance for him at the party tomorrow night when Starfire shoved a piece of her mustard and tuna toast into his mouth.
##FLASHBACK ENDS##
Raven looked down. The feelings that that memory had stirred up were very, very dangerous.
About to tell Beast Boy where he could shove his problems, someone tapped her on the shoulder.
It was Robin.
"Hope I'm not interrupting but do you want to dance?" He smiled. Flicking a casual glance over to a now fuming Beast Boy, Raven sighed.
"Fine" She muttered dryly. "Just take me away from him"
Making a small sound that sounded very much like a muffled exclamation of swear words, Beast Boy turned heel and stormed off.
Watching, him, she felt the tiniest bit of regret. He just had to learn.
Robin coughed. "Ah, are we still on for that dance or what?"
Dance? Raven couldn't dance.
"I can't dance"
"Well, you're just going to have to learn aren't you?"
And taking her hand he pulled her out onto the dance floor.
Normally she wouldn't let people touch her, but Robin was...different.
"Here now, put your arms on my shoulders and I'll place mine on your waist."
"I don't dance"
"Don't be silly, Everyone can dance you just got to-"
Grabbing her hands he placed them on his shoulders. Pulling her closer, he wrapped his arms around her waist.
"Now sway" They started rocking to and fro, Raven a bit stiff, but slowly getting into it. "Yeah...now you're doing it." He just gazed down at her, his mind swirling with strange thoughts.
Like how she fitted easier into his arms then Starfire.
How she smelt of jasmine and white orchards, rather than lollipops and soda.
How it would be so easy just to lean over and...
Raven, who had noticed how close they were getting, pulled away.
"No Robin"
Instead of resisting, he let his hands drop. "I'm sorry Rae, I don't know what came over me." He tried to laugh it off. "Must of thought you were Starfire"
"Indeed" She breathed, her voice dripping with sarcasm as she drew back even further. "We are so alike, it's hard to tell us apart"
Turning, she bolted.
"Raven!" Robin cried, mentally kicking himself. "Come back! I'm sorry!"
But she had already gone.
**************************************
"Romance is pointless" Muttered Raven, watching couples walk past her, concealed in the shadows of the trees.
But it had hurt when Robin practically told her that Starfire was the only girl he'd kiss.
Mulling over her tormenting thoughts, she didn't notice the footsteps behind her.
"Well, well, well. What do we have here? A princess without her knight?"
Raven froze. She knew that voice, but it sounded younger, softer.
Turning, she almost had a heart attack.
Grinning at her was a smaller, prettier version of Jinx. And behind her, were five of the ugliest "fairies" she'd ever seen.
"Hi" The dainty version of her main enemy piped. "I'm Pixie. Jinx's little sister."
"There is no God"
**********************************
"Hey guys, have you seen Raven? We were-"Robin had managed to round up the group when they were disrupted.
SMASH!
"Speaking of the devil" Cyborg said grimly as Raven flew past them, having been thrown through the glass doors.
"Urgh!"
She landed on top of Beast Boy with a heavy thud as the room filled with sparkling smoke.
"Heehehee!"
"Oh god-"
"That voice-"
"That laugh-"
"Is that not the villain Jinx?"
"NO! I'm much prettier than that loser"
And stepping forward of the smoke, stood the cutest villain that any of them had ever seen.
"Hi! I'm Pixie, and as I told your friend, I'm here to pick up where my slop of a sister left off!"
She made a 'forward' motion with her left hand as a line of her giant "Fairies" stepped up behind her.
Pixie grinned. "Like my friends? They're here to make your dreams come true. But only with the help of some PIXIE DUST!"
The "Fairies" then took skyward and started spraying the room with a fine pink powder.
"Titans, GO!" Raven had only gone two paces when the smell of the powder hit her, causing her senses to warp.
'I knew there had to be a reason I didn't like pink' she thought, watching her team mates and everyone else in the room go down under the influence of the dust.
Then she blacked out.
I...DON'T...OWN...THEM!
AN: Any form of criticism is welcome...although...one or two people who have crossed me have lived to regret it. Oh cool! Do I sound scary? Please say I sound scary! Heehe! This is SOO much FUN!
Following Shadows-Chapter 6: Look! Fireworks and Everything!
'Why me?'
Looking around the party with all its lights and halter-tops, Raven scowled even harder. She had retreated into a corner of the room where she could look as abhorrent as she wanted.
What was the point of throwing a useless party to celebrate the fact that another year was coming round? Heaps of years went past, what was the point? And what was with the dressing up? It was just another night to her. Looking down at the clean change of her normal wear, Raven didn't want to admit that she was just jealous of how Starfire had lit up the entire room in her sparkling mini dress.
##FLASHBACK##
"Wow! Starfire, you look amazing!" Beast Boy called as she stepped out from her room. Glazing at the alien girl levelly, Raven said nothing. "Thank-you" She replied shyly. "I am glad you like it. Is it the appropriate wear?" Cyborg nodded, sliding up next to Beast Boy. "Yep, it's appropriate. You look great Star!" He noticed Raven then, standing in the shadows behind them. "Dark Girl..." Finally seeing her, Beast Boy asked, "Why aren't you dressed up?" He frowned. "This is meant to be our partying time"
She just glared at them all, wishing they would disappear.
"I didn't want to"
"But you should have"
"I DIDN'T WANT TO!" Raven yelled, fed up with the argument.
CRACK!
Long thin lines spread across the wall, branching out to the ceiling and the floor.
Robin came along then and whistled at the damage.
"What's being going on here?" Noticing Raven's shaking, Beast Boy's downcast eyes and Cyborg's growling and menacing looks towards the green twit, he understood.
"Oh well, I didn't like the color anyway. Wow Starfire, you look fantastic!"
##FLASHBACK ENDS##
Watching Cyborg dance with one of his many adoring fans, Raven wished that she hadn't come. Even Tin Man had nabbed a date.
She wished even harder when she saw Beast Boy come her way. He stopped about five steps from her and fidgeted.
"Look Raven. I'm sorry about what I said earlier." He paused and looked straight at her. "I didn't mean it. You look great in whatever you're in"
She just stared at him. "I'm not dancing with you."
"Oh" He looked away, embarrassed.
"Nothing personal"
"Of course not." Beast Boy replied bitterly. "This wouldn't have anything to do with him, does it?"
Raven's heart must have missed a beat or two then. "With who?" She managed to keep her voice from shaking but a string of fairy lights shattered, causing squealing from some of the many ditz's in the room.
"Don't pretend you don't know who I'm talking about." He exclaimed angrily. "I've seen the way you two look at each other!"
"What way?" She was getting angry now.
"You know"
"No, I don't"
"Breakfast, yesterday"
##FLASHBACK##
"Can someone please pass the salt?"
Levitating the container over the table, Raven dropped it by Robin's side.
"Thanks Rae"
She just nodded and went back to reading the latest Stephen King novel. Not paying attention to the fact that he was sprinkling it on his jam-covered toast instead of his sunnyside up eggs, Robin continued to gaze at her. Feeling it, Raven looked up and their eyes met. Smiling lazily, he was about to ask her if she'd save the last dance for him at the party tomorrow night when Starfire shoved a piece of her mustard and tuna toast into his mouth.
##FLASHBACK ENDS##
Raven looked down. The feelings that that memory had stirred up were very, very dangerous.
About to tell Beast Boy where he could shove his problems, someone tapped her on the shoulder.
It was Robin.
"Hope I'm not interrupting but do you want to dance?" He smiled. Flicking a casual glance over to a now fuming Beast Boy, Raven sighed.
"Fine" She muttered dryly. "Just take me away from him"
Making a small sound that sounded very much like a muffled exclamation of swear words, Beast Boy turned heel and stormed off.
Watching, him, she felt the tiniest bit of regret. He just had to learn.
Robin coughed. "Ah, are we still on for that dance or what?"
Dance? Raven couldn't dance.
"I can't dance"
"Well, you're just going to have to learn aren't you?"
And taking her hand he pulled her out onto the dance floor.
Normally she wouldn't let people touch her, but Robin was...different.
"Here now, put your arms on my shoulders and I'll place mine on your waist."
"I don't dance"
"Don't be silly, Everyone can dance you just got to-"
Grabbing her hands he placed them on his shoulders. Pulling her closer, he wrapped his arms around her waist.
"Now sway" They started rocking to and fro, Raven a bit stiff, but slowly getting into it. "Yeah...now you're doing it." He just gazed down at her, his mind swirling with strange thoughts.
Like how she fitted easier into his arms then Starfire.
How she smelt of jasmine and white orchards, rather than lollipops and soda.
How it would be so easy just to lean over and...
Raven, who had noticed how close they were getting, pulled away.
"No Robin"
Instead of resisting, he let his hands drop. "I'm sorry Rae, I don't know what came over me." He tried to laugh it off. "Must of thought you were Starfire"
"Indeed" She breathed, her voice dripping with sarcasm as she drew back even further. "We are so alike, it's hard to tell us apart"
Turning, she bolted.
"Raven!" Robin cried, mentally kicking himself. "Come back! I'm sorry!"
But she had already gone.
**************************************
"Romance is pointless" Muttered Raven, watching couples walk past her, concealed in the shadows of the trees.
But it had hurt when Robin practically told her that Starfire was the only girl he'd kiss.
Mulling over her tormenting thoughts, she didn't notice the footsteps behind her.
"Well, well, well. What do we have here? A princess without her knight?"
Raven froze. She knew that voice, but it sounded younger, softer.
Turning, she almost had a heart attack.
Grinning at her was a smaller, prettier version of Jinx. And behind her, were five of the ugliest "fairies" she'd ever seen.
"Hi" The dainty version of her main enemy piped. "I'm Pixie. Jinx's little sister."
"There is no God"
**********************************
"Hey guys, have you seen Raven? We were-"Robin had managed to round up the group when they were disrupted.
SMASH!
"Speaking of the devil" Cyborg said grimly as Raven flew past them, having been thrown through the glass doors.
"Urgh!"
She landed on top of Beast Boy with a heavy thud as the room filled with sparkling smoke.
"Heehehee!"
"Oh god-"
"That voice-"
"That laugh-"
"Is that not the villain Jinx?"
"NO! I'm much prettier than that loser"
And stepping forward of the smoke, stood the cutest villain that any of them had ever seen.
"Hi! I'm Pixie, and as I told your friend, I'm here to pick up where my slop of a sister left off!"
She made a 'forward' motion with her left hand as a line of her giant "Fairies" stepped up behind her.
Pixie grinned. "Like my friends? They're here to make your dreams come true. But only with the help of some PIXIE DUST!"
The "Fairies" then took skyward and started spraying the room with a fine pink powder.
"Titans, GO!" Raven had only gone two paces when the smell of the powder hit her, causing her senses to warp.
'I knew there had to be a reason I didn't like pink' she thought, watching her team mates and everyone else in the room go down under the influence of the dust.
Then she blacked out.