Author's note: This is the chapter above all others. This is the chapter that will throw off all of your speculations. This is the one, the only, the greatest chapter I've written to date! Also, Raven's going to have earrings on in this chapter, so just try to imagine Raven wearing earrings (not the ones she has in the comic books, different, better ones. I dunno, raven shaped ones or something).
Oh man, I am soooooo sorry! I couldn't get this chapter up before school started! CURSE YOU SCHOOL DISTRICT!! AAAAARRRRRGH!!!! Anyway, to all my loyal fans:
purplerave: Enjoy!
Chickiidoo: I do feel kinda sorry for him...but he has his car, I guess.
TIGERGRRrr: Uh, thanks.
kurama-haku: I'm actually planning on writing a Rob/Star fic eventually, but I need to think of a good theme first.
kurama-haku: That's just how she is. Her powers are more curse than gift. But I still want them!
Harlequinny: Yeah, sure, 'sweet.' Anyway...here's another chapter!
kurama-haku: Well, here you go.
YojimbosBlade: Let me just say that there will be no babies born in my story. Also, you will notice I kept their clothes on. Otherwise, Raven would not have been so calm.
YojimbosBlade: Yeah...well, anyway....
YojimbosBlade: Oh well...our times will come....YojimbosBlade: Something tells me you won't
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Raven's mind, Raven's room, Teen Titans Tower, Monday, 5:31PM
Raven walked through Happiness's realm. She used to hate this place, but now it seemed like it was the best place to be in the world. Raven kept looking for Happiness, but she didn't seem to be around. Finally, Raven found her sitting under a tree, carving "Raven Beast Boy 4-ever" inside a heart into a tree. Seeing Raven coming, Happiness threw herself onto her in a bone-breaking hug.
"OH, RAVEN!! IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU AGAIN!! HOWAREYOU, HOW'SBEASTBOY, WHYHAVEN'TYOUBEENHEREFORSOLONG, WHEREDIDYOUGETTHOSEEARRINGSAND WHERECANIGETSOME?" Happiness said all this so quickly, her jaw cramped.
"Can't...breathe...again..." Raven said, wheezing. Happiness released her.
"Raven, look! Come see!!" Happiness said, pulling Raven to the archway leading to Love's realm. Sighing, Raven let herself be whipped away. She'd never been here before, but she had a pretty good idea of what it was like. Sure enough, Love's realm was a beach, with Love sitting on the sand, making a life-size sand sculpture of Beast Boy. It was actually really impressive. Love looked up.
"Raven! It's wonderful to see you again! Is Beast Boy here?" she added hopefully. Raven smiled, thinking of all the times Love and Happiness had asked her that.
"No, for the three hundred thousandth time, he's not with me!" Raven said loudly, but smiling all the same.
"Next time?" Happiness and Love said at the exact same time.
"Probably not," Raven said, smiling. Happiness twitched, then smiled even wider than before.
"You're planning on bringing him here next time after all, aren't you?" Happiness leapt into the air, overjoyed (as usual) when Raven nodded.
"Listen, I really need to get going, so why don't you just show me what you want to show me already. I'm kinda in a rush," Raven said, thinking about the reason she'd come here.
"OVER HERE! YOU'LL LOVE IT!" Love and Happiness screamed, excited. Once again, Raven was whipped away to another realm of her mind. This time, she was pulled to Courage's realm. Raven was amazed.
It was an exact replica of Beast Boy's room, equipped with a clay model of Beast Boy and Raven sitting on the bed, lips pressed. The only problem: Sculpture-Raven had no eyes.
"We thought that we should let you finish it off," Courage said, "besides, we knew you were coming, 'cause we're jus' that good!" Courage said, pumping her fists. Raven smiled.
"Well, alright, if you say so..." She took the pen from Happiness and drew her own eyes on.
"Great! It's done!" Happiness said, leaping up in the air again. Raven smiled even more broadly.
"Well, if that's all..." Raven turned to leave.
"No, it most certainly is not all!" a voice yelled from behind. Rage stood there, glaring at Raven.
"What now?" Raven said, turning to face her. To Raven's surprise, Rage was standing there, arms crossed, glaring off into the distance. Usually, Rage was trying to kill some one or something like that.
Finally, she spoke, with an obvious edge of malice in her voice. "Look, I'm sorry for all the trouble I caused, all those months ago." This was the first time Raven had seen Rage since she'd overcome that piece of her father's soul (Nevermore). Looks like she felt guilty. Who knew?
"But don't think it was my fault or anything, because you know it was entirely yours!" Typical Rage. Then again, she couldn't feel anything but anger, seeing as she was made of it.
"You're forgiven, I guess. Now can I go?" Raven asked. Her emotions all nodded. She walked out of Courage's realm.
Raven walked down the path of her mind for a very long time, until she finally reached the end of her emotion's territory of her mind and had reached the thought section. Raven walked right through here, uninterested. There wasn't anything in here that could help her. Finally, she reached a part of her mind so deep in, even she didn't know what it contained.
"Hello! Is any one there?!" Raven called, not expecting a response. Which is why what happened next surprised her so much, she actually fell backwards.
"Yes, I'm here..." a voice said from nowhere and everywhere at once. Raven got up and peered into the distance, trying to locate the source of the voice, but all she saw was darkness.
She continued to walk forward until she saw a dark cloud, floating inches above the path. Raven wondered if this had always been in her mind. She fell backwards again when the voice answered.
"Yes, I've been here all along, Ravexikonyzer. What's the matter, that's your name, is it not?" Raven had jumped at the sound of her full name. She hadn't heard it for years.
"So," she said, trying to understand just what was going on in this far corner of her mind, "so, you...you can hear my thoughts, and...and you know my name, huh? How?" Raven really hoped she could get this thing to answer, and yet she didn't. The voice disturbed her. It was full of nothing but evil.
"Yes, that's entirely correct. I knew I couldn't hide from you forever, but I tried. And now that you know I'm here, I'm just going to have to leave you. Too bad, and I so loved feeding off of your power and emotion."
Raven tried to control her rage at this thing, but it was very hard. This thing was the reason she couldn't control her powers before, and the reason she had so much trouble telling Beast Boy how she felt, and most of all...she knew, she felt it...this thing, this dark, evil, terrible cloud...this was the real, true embodiment of the darkness within her. Minus the body part.
"You...you.... You will pay for all the damage you've done to my life! You will pay! I'll hurt you! I'll kill you!" Raven screamed at the mass of dark energy. It merely laughed, an evil, resonating sound of pure power.
"How can you kill what is not really alive? How can you hurt what you don't even understand?! HOW CAN YOU DEFEAT A POWER FAR GREATER THAN YOUR OWN?!?!" This thing was really starting to make Raven angry. That is never a good thing.
"It's simple: you're evil! And like all evil doers, I can stop you!" Raven bellowed.
"Foolish girl! You have no idea of the power I contain! You have no idea of how powerful I can REALLY be! Join me, Ravexikonyzer, and I will teach you how to really use your full potential! You could be as I--OR EVEN MORESO! I WILL TEACH YOU TO USE YOUR POWERS AT A LEVEL THAT YOU CAN'T IMAGINE, NOT IN YOUR WILDEST DREAMS! I CAN GIVE YOU THE POWER YOU NEED TO RULE THE GALAXY!! I CAN GIVE YOU WHAT NO ONE ELSE CAN!! I CAN TEACH YOU TO USE YOUR POWERS IN SUCH A WAY, THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE WILL TREMBLE AT YOUR FEET!!! I CAN TEACH YOU TO RULE!!!!" the dark cloud bellowed back.
The great force rose up and started to take shape. The second it started to form, Raven knew what it would look like in the end. Sure enough, when the immense transformation was complete, the evil force had taken her stature.
The ultimate evil... was herself.
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Man, is that a brain-twister! You dying to find out more? GOOD! HAHAHAHAHA!! Don't worry, I'll update as soon as possible. Hehehehehehehehehehe... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
There is no way I'm going to tell you what happens next, so don't ask! Just wait to find out when I update. Note: just try to be patient. Remember, if you kill me, you'll never find out what happens next, so don't.... Please...?
P.S. I don't actually know if that's her real name, but I guess it fits with my story.
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