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Chapter 18: Mistletoe
All the titans stood infront of their tower, the angel Dak towering above them. Starfire was well, Robin was overjoyed because of it. Beast Boy was no longer soaked in blood, and his insanity spell was far from mind. Terra was disappointed to say goodbye to her angel friends, but happy that everything seemed to be okay. Cyborg was as confused as Foxfire, Silver was sad and confused. Raven was fighting back tears.
"What happened?" Cyborg asked, speaking for everyone.
"Well.." Raven began. She knew she was going to have to tell them about her experience sometime, and now was as good as any other. "Because Trigon was inside of me, I couldn't survive in such a heavenly realm, no matter what evil demons occupied it. So usually I'd just be thrown to some random place on Earth, correct me if I'm wrong, Dak, but because of Trigon... well all the evil souls in hell dragged me down. I fell, and ended up in hell..."
"Raven," Dak said, "Tell them what you saw before the crossroads."
"Oh.. that. Well, as you all probably did.. I looked away, to see what my heaven was like. But I didn't see a heaven.. I saw me, in hell. That was also because of Trigon."
All the titans listened intently, amazed at all their friend had been through.
"So I was in hell," Raven continued, "And I called Trigon out of me, to fight. So he came out, eager as ever. We fought. Because he used to be inside of me, I couldn't use my anger for fear of him being released. But since he was outside of me then, I could unleash my anger. So I unleashed all of it, and defeated him."
"He's gone?" Robin asked quietly.
"No." Raven said, her tone more harsh than she intended. "He said before he disappeared, that since he was in hell, a realm of death, he couldn't actually die. He will be back to claim me again. Then," Raven continued on, trying not to think about her fear of Trigon hunting her down, "I was thrown back to heaven, as you all saw. I got infront of that dragon-"
"That was the Master," Silver put in.
"The Master, and I knew the instant I saw him we couldn't kill him. But I knew that he would die on Christmas, so I just wished, with everything I had, that it would be Christmas. Time jumped forward... a few days... and here we are, and all is well." Finished speaking, Raven couldn't take it any more. She began to cry, slow, silent sobs.
"Raven..." Silver said gently, taking a step forward to put his hand on her shoulder comfortingly. She jerked away from his hand, hiding her face. "Why are you-"
DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
"What the?" Cyborg screamed, covering his ears. Suddenly twenty-some angels that all looked similar to Dak jumped out from what seemed like nowhere and surrounded them. The titans saw the source of the sound; the angels each held a trumpet-like instrument with many pipes.
DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO-
"KNOCK IT OFF!" Cyborg screamed, hands pressing over his ears even more tightly.
"Friends!" Dak said, turning to the angels, "Not so loudly! Titans," he said, turning back to the team, "These are my fellow tribe members! We are mountain living giant angels! I am sorry that you do not enjoy our Foshko Pipes. It is very highly prized music in my realms."
"It's... loud.." Robin said, trying to be polite.
Dak laughed, "Yes Robin, it is loud. For those of you titans who haven't met me, I am Dakkadyyyshum. This," a female mountain living giant angel stepped forward, "Is my dear wife Sallyyykkushum."
"Hello," Sallyyykkushum said, bending down to shake Robin's hand. Dak may have been smaller when he was on Earth as the guardian of the door to heaven, but he was his full size now, as were his friends.
"Can we like, call you Sally?" Beast Boy asked. She smiled down at the shape-shifter. "That'd be fine," Sally said.
"This is my dear friend Roookkyyyshum!" Another angel stepped forward, bigger than the others.
"Ah, hey Roook," Beast Boy said. Terra giggled and hugged him.
"Wait a minute," Fox said, stepping forward. "Dak, you had wings before, but I just noticed that you didn't have them in heaven, and none of these angels do."
"I was cursed and transformed then. This is how we really are."
"Oh, ok," Fox shrugged.
"Now then," Dak said, "We have a surprise for you. Go inside the tower." All the titans, somewhat confused, entered their home, and to an exciting sight. The whole front room was transformed. A giant Christmas tree stood in the center of the room, all the titans' gifts to each other crowded under it. Their were wreaths and red and green streamers on the walls. The kitchen area was filled with cookies and candies and a huge bowl of punch. All over the floor was covered in red and green confetti. And the ceiling, in five places around the room, was decorated with mistletoe.
"Your very own Christmas party. We'll leave you to it. See you later this day!" Dak said, and he and his tribe were gone.
"AWESOME!" Beast Boy said, running to the Christmas tree.
Raven smiled, "This is rather nice."
"Friends!" Starfire cried, "I must go get something I have been saving for this day!" She sped off to her room.
"Wonder what she's gettin'," Cyborg said. His question was quickly answered.
"I have brought it!" Starfire exclaimed happily. She held it out to them. It was a headband. Attatched to it was a foot long wire pole that was bent so that what hung on it was inches above her face. Mistletoe. She quickly put it on.
"Hey Star..." Beast Boy said coolly. "Y'know, I've always liked you..." He said, inching closer to her. That earned him a mean look from Terra. Starfier giggled. She closed the gap between her and Beast Boy, the mistletoe hanging above them. Then she gave him a quick kiss on his lips, leaving him as a very happy dog, rolling around on the floor. He quickly came to his senses when Terra sat on the couch unhappily, and ran to her apologetically.
"Well, I wonder what this is.." Robin said, holding a present with his name on it to his ear, shaking gently.
"That would be from me.." Silver said.
"Hmm.." Robin quickly pulled out one of his boomerangs, and sliced open the wrapping with style. "Scented candles?" He exclaimed laughing.
"To give to Star, of course, of course.." Silver said, dodging a punch from Robin.
"Well here's your gift Silver," Robin said. He quickly handed him his gift as Starfire ran up to him, locking their lips in a long kiss. (She was going around to every male titan.)
Silver quickly tore into it, and opened the box inside. He peered in, "A wolf?" He asked, sounding more excited than he meant to. Inside was a small stuffed wolf. "Thanks! Umm.. yeah cool."
"Titans, let's all give him our presents now," Robin said, too sweet a tone for Silver's liking. They each grabbed a box that looked exactly like Robin's, except for Raven, her box was huge. Silver opened them all at once with a slice of his magic, except for Raven, her box was huge. "Uh... thanks guys... a bunch more stuffed wolves... all identical to the one Robin gave me... Heh.." Silver put all six of his gray colored wolf stuffed animals on his lap. "Now for Raven's present." He tore into it as well, and shredded the huge box. Inside was a three foot high stuffed white wolf. "Awesome! Thanks Rae.." Silver said, giving her a hug reluctantly; he was afraid to hug her because she might still be mad. She hugged him back tightly. "You're welcome."
Everyone was silent for a minute, they were all looking at Silver's enormous amount of wolves. "Uh... is all anybody got me wolves?" No answer. "Guys?"
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It was three hours later, and everyone had finally received all their presents. Fox loved her fox, Star loved her bear and candles. Raven loved the large amount of stuff Silver got her and the weird things that the other titans could come up with to give her, weird as they may be. And, luckily, Silver got more than wolves: video games and other similar products.
"I do believe it's TIME TO DIG IN!" Cyborg exclaimed, jumping off the couch and running to the cookie bar. Beast Boy quickly followed him.
"I'm glad Dak made a lot.." Raven muttered, walking over.
"Friends!" Star began, "This is most wonderful Christmas kick!" ("Punch.." Robin corrected her.) "It is glorious! Do try some!" Everyone gathered round as Starfire filled several cups of punch.
Eventually everyone was stuffed and clumped on the couches and chairs. Beast Boy sat in Terra's lap as a dog in a chair, Starfire and Robin sat right next to each other in another. Cyborg sat next to Raven on the couch, and to Raven's left, inbetween her and Foxfire, Silver sat. None of the couch-sitting members of the team were cuddled together, not even Fox and Silver.
Raven picked up the wolf she had bought Silver. "Do you... like her?" She asked, in her usual quiet monotone voice.
"Yeah I like him!" He said, clutching his wolf protectively.
"C'mon Silver, it's a her! Ask Fox, she helped me find her." Raven insisted.
"Really?" Silver raised an eyebrow. "Well Fox, didn't realize I also had you to thank for him.
"But Raven and I had already decided it was a girl and-"
"AIGHT Y'ALL!" Cyborg suddenly exclaimed, standing up quickly. "There's only ONE WAY to find out for sure!" And crazily enough, Cyborg picked up the white wolf and lifted it above his head. Everyone looked up by the wolf's tall, but of course nothing was there. "Hmm.." Cyborg said, "You can't tell with these. Guess it only works with Barbies... But I'm still not sure Ken had all the right parts."
Before anyone could thouroughly embarrass Cyborg, there was a sudden flash and Dak was back, with his tribe. They seemed to have transformed into human size, because they all fit in the room.
"I hope I'm not interrupting anything.." Dak began. Robin and Starfire stopped cuddling and giggling. "But it's DANCE PARTY TIME!" And then, as if out of nowhere, a red and green disco ball appeared from the ceiling, and music of all kinds began.
"OH YEAH! DANCE PARTY!" B.B. and Cy exclaimed. Beast Boy grabbed Terra and they ran to the floor to begin dancing. Cyborg was doing the robot, and Robin and Starfire were dancing together as well.
"I know you.. don't like to dance, but.. wanna dance?" Fox asked Silver, holding out her hand. He took it and gave it a soft squeeze. "No thanks.." Fox half shrugged sadly and went to dance with Cyborg.
It turned out that all of Dak's tribe was as crazy as Cy and B.B. Dak and his wife Sally were dancing fairly normally, but the rest of them looked like Beast Boy's dancing; on a bad day.
Raven and Silver however, just stood in the corner. "Raven," Silver said softly, holding one of her hands without meaning to. "What's wrong?" He asked.
"Everything's wrong Silver. You came into my life and then you left it. You know how I was able to defeat Trigon? My anger towards you." Raven said quickly, fighting back tears.
"If you hate me then-"
"I don't hate you! I love you! That's the problem, I guess..."
"Raven... I... I love you too. I've been doing a lot of thinking since... well... I'd have to think about it but-" Raven smiled slightly- "I realize that Fox and I are just friends. Sure, great friends that may... do stuff... that if... well let me just say that if two guy friends did the same stuff as me and Fox, they wouldn't quite be considered... straight... but we're just crazy friends is all. I've connected to you like I never have before. When I'm with you it's just me and you, always, even if Sally is hovering above listening in on our 'sweet young love' conversation... Silver said the last part angrily.
"Oh.. I'm sorry dears." The angel said chuckling. "Look up and I'll leave you alone for a while."
"Look... up?" Both heroes slowly turned their gazes to the ceiling.
"Mistletoe.." Silver said, suddenly getting nervous. "Guess that means we're supposed to, you know kiss or something but if-" Raven put her hands to his lips, silencing him. She leaned in close to him, her eyes half closed. Chills rushed through Silver's body. Then they were connected, physically by their lips and tongues, but spiritually as well. And it felt as if everything was in its proper place again. Because no matter how many attractive old friends of Silver's may come into play, Silver is and will always be, A Wolf Of Raven's Heart.
THE END
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