It's Not Your Fault
Ronnoco
Chapter II
Mirror of Many Faces
The next day, Raven yet again woke cold and sweaty, crying for her dead friends. She walked into her private bathroom to, yet again, witness her fate written across her face. It would not wash off, it would not fade. It would never go away, it seemed, for it would forever haunt her.
Raven settled herself on her bed, crossing her legs in preparation for meditation. "Azarath, mentrion, zinthos. Azarath, mentrion, zin-" when her eyes suddenly fell upon her familiar mirror. The doorway to her mind. "Hmm.."
Across the room the mirror soared, enveloped in demons' darkness, placing itself majestically into its owners hands. "Time to get to know thyself," Raven muttered sarcastically.
"I'm calling a meeting," Raven declared, "everyone get over here."
Immediately, the many faces of Raven appeared, each overemphasizing a certain characteristic. Knowledge and Bold stepped forward, the usual ones to help lead the discussions. "Ahem," Knowledge began, "in case any of us wasn't paying attention lately," she glares at Impolite, "we have some serious crises at hand now. One, the dream. Two, the marks. And Three, um, Robin."
Embarrassed turned red. "Do we really have to talk about him?"
"Why not? He's so romantic." Love said dreamily.
"And H-O-T-T HOT!" Lust piped in. Embarrassed looked like she was about to die.
Raven rubbed her forehead. "Wonderful. Positively wonderful..."
"Sarcasm," Knowledge said informatively. "is the protest of the weak."
"Remind me not to read so much," Raven moaned.
"HEY!" Everyone looked up from their arguing. Bold smiled. "Lets get down to business! Knowledge, take it away..."
"Ahem, well, first off, the dream. It obviously is a foretelling of the dreadful future to come." Knowledge declared, ignoring Scared and Shy's whimpers. "We need to stop it. It goes in hand with the marks, it seems to cause them, so we're looking for a 'kill two birds with one stone' sort of solution."
"Raven could just not sleep," Depressed offered, "its not like Raven's going to need energy, if she just doesn't help fight anymore. What's the point of saving all these people if we're just going to kill them?" Everyone went silent.
"We can't give up," Hope said stepping forward to break the eerie silence, "We have to keep fighting and keep trying. Maybe we can't do anything about the dreams except fight them and go through the pain, but that's better then giving up. Trigon won't win. He can't."
Bold smiled. "Hope's right. We're not going to lose! We're not going to give up!" Happy and Excited both cheered.
"I walk a lonely road, the only one I've known. But it's only me and I walk alone-" Everyone turned to Rebel.
"Rebel, why on earth are you singing! WE HAVE A SERIOUS MATTER HERE!" Annoyed screamed.
"For your information, I was singing because we were talking about how to break this dream. So I thought, 'Boulevard of Broken Dreams'." Rebel shrugged, leaning comfortably against a tree. "Besides, I like that song!" She added, grinning, "And I know Raven does too, so there's no problem here. Sheesh..."
"Well, do you have actual input on the matter at hand, because we in fact do have a problem?"
Rebel smiled. "Rae, like I've been saying, 'walk a lonely road'"
Scared raised her hand nervously. "Um, in the fact that (gulp) he's out there, I don't very much like the idea of 'walking alone on a lonely road'"
"FINE! Fine, sheesh. Rae, do that two bird thingy-"
"Kill two birds with one stone?" Knowledge offered.
"Yeah, that. An' take Robin with you." Rebel finished. Love and Lust giggled, Embarrassed buried her face in her hands.
"Yes!" Knowledge said eagerly, "After all, Birds of a Feather, Flock Together!"
Frustrated, Annoyed shouted, "Okay! Raven, go on a walk with Robin! Tell him what's up! Relieve some stress. Meditate! I don't care what you do, just hurry up and do something!"
"Rock on!" Rebel said, giving Annoyed the thumbs-up. Then to Raven, while laughing with Happy, "Go get 'em Tiger!"
