It's Not Your Fault
Ronnoco
Chapter III
A Walk to Remember
Raven popped out of her mirror, only to land on Robin, who had previously been holding it. 'Oh my God, I'm laying right on top of him..'
"Uh...Rae? Where'd you come from?" the slightly confused boy croaked from beneath Raven.
"Oh, uh, hi Robin!" Raven burst nervously, quickly flying off of him. "Um, I was uh, in a mirror..."
"A mirror?"
"Yes. A mirror. Ask BB and Cy. I don't feel like talking about it..."
"Oh..." Robin looked down at the ground (he's standing now), "'cause, I was hoping we could talk..." He gestured behind himself to the desk, where a pot of green tea lay a top his oven-mitt.
"Robin, do you want to go on a, a walk with me...?"
Robin smiled. "Of course."
The pair strolled through the halls of the tower, working up higher and higher. Everyone else was asleep; they were alone. It was silent, and they just walked. Soon they came to a familiar door, and Robin opened it to the roof. They walked out, leaned against the edge, staring down at the water below, mesmerized as the waves beat against the shore rock.
As a wind picked up, Robin put his right arm across Raven's shoulder, both continuing to stare at the ocean below. "Rae...?"
"Yeah?"
"I'm worried..." Robin looked down at Raven, who huddled closer to him. She looked up.
"Me too..."
Robin wrapped his other arm around her. She moved her own arms until they were in a complete hug. "Rae, don't leave me. I don't know what I'd do. Please, I beg of you, tell me what's wrong." He raised one hand, tracing the symbol on her forehead caringly. "Tell me-"
Robin suddenly stopped mid-sentence with a sharp gasp, his hand still on Raven's head.
Raven dropped from Robin's arms, sobbing. Her clothes were torn and her hair was long. Robin tried to shout out to her, to ask what was wrong, but his voice made no sound. He looked to the sky, a dark, deathly red. A deep voice rang out, "Raven, see what you have done? Done in my name? You've destroyed the world, and killed your friends. MURDERED the one you love. It will happen, for you are a child of hell, a demon inside. You will kill them! YOU WILL MURDER THEM!"
"No..."
Robin watched in shocked awe. All around he saw only heat and death. Hell on earth. And-no! Titans Tower! It was crumbling into a pool of lava. 'This is our world...'
He looked back down at Raven, a wreck trough and through. She reached out to the ground far below the building atop which they stood. Reached out to a dead statue being pulled by some sort of small demon, down into whence it came. The statue was of... 'me...'
"I'm sorry Robin! Robin-!"
Robin collapsed onto the floor of the Tower roof. "Robin! Oh my God, Robin!" Raven shrieked as she fell to the floor, picking him up into her arms. "Forgive me Robin, I'm so sorry..." She sobbed, "I'm so sorry I did this to you..."
Robin blinked. "Raven, was that the, the future?" he asked, sitting up to face her. Biting her lip, she nodded. "Is that what the symbols, what they-?" Raven yet again nodded, a tear rolling down her cheek. "And, and you-?" Raven nodded, face slowly turning red.
"Oh Rae..." Robin hugged her. "Rae..."
Raven hugged back. Then, she whispered in his ear, "I don't want to, to, hurt you I don't mean for-" Robin put his finger on her lips. "It's not your fault Rae..."
And he kissed her.
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