Chapter 10: Raven's Room
Dove felt the warmth of Raven's hand drift away from her's. She looked around but it felt as if her eyes were closed because it was so black. "Raven? Raven, where are you?" she called out.
"Come this way," she heard softly in her head, and all of a sudden she saw a dull light. Dove walked towards the light and in no time she was in a jagged mountain-ness area. The sky was still black but now she knew what she was standing on. It was a brown gray color and there seemed to be large rock formations in the shapes of arches. The path seemed to be never ending.
All at once she was surrounded by, what seemed to be, copies of Raven. "Excuse me, but where is the real Raven?" She wanted to find her friend and get out of this creepy place.
"We're all Raven." They replied in complete unison. Dove looked around to find that her real friend was sitting on top of one of the stone arches. Dove decided against flying and teleported to the arch.
Raven, who had heard the whole thing transpire but was too lost in her own thoughts to get involved, did not turn to Dove as she faded in, she only said, quietly, "Why, Dove, why?"
Dove didn't know how to respond, so she decided to comfort, "My dear friend, this does not bode well with me either. It has only really been a day, and I already feel like we've bee together since eternally." Dove cracked a smile, trying to lighten the mood, "If you think about it, we're the same person so we have been together ever since we were born." She looked over to Raven, she hadn't even changed her expression. "Raven, what are you really sad about? You have Robin now, and he loves you as much as you do him. Then be happy, I have yet to come home and confront my own Robin. Your Robin cares for you, and when I am gone you shall not be alone." Dove pulled Raven into a hug from the side, "I'm sure if we ask nice enough they will let you come visit me."
Raven finally looked up at Dove, her face was still full of sorrow. "But, Dove, I don't understand how they could do this to us. Just when I found you, you go away just as quickly."
"It is what has to be done, and I cannot disobey. This will be tremendously hard for me as it is for you, but at least we met." Raven's expression seemed to give Dove the feeling that her words had finally sunken through her core that they had finally hit home. "We could have lived our whole lives without meeting each other, and so, we have been given this tremendous gift of friendship. I am just thankful that I have met and made friends with you, Raven." And with that Raven threw her arms around her friend, hugged her, and sobbed into her shoulder. This was the most emotion she had ever shown anyone and she did because this was her "safe place." Nothing would break or move if she expressed emotion here.
::Meanwhile::
Robin walked in silence as he showed Michael where Raven's room was. "Man, when I got up today I didn't even think angels existed and now I'm trying to find one, who's with a demon, with her father, an archangel. This is all way too mind blowing for words."
When they reached Raven's door, they didn't open it right away. It was almost as if there was this impulse that Robin had because raven never let anyone into her room. He slowly got up enough strength to moved his arm towards the door knob and finally grasped it, he half expected Raven to show her face through a crack in the door way and tell him to go away. But Raven never came and Robin was able to open the door fully.
It was immensely dark and when Robin turned the light on, which was right near the door, it didn't give much light one everything. It was almost like the light bulbs were going out because they were dim. They both looked around and saw that no one was in the room. It was almost tangible, the feeling of depression that was in the room.
"This is a dreary room, is it not?" Michael said with wonder in his voice.
"Yeah, really. I always knew Raven was dark but I didn't know it translated to her room." Robin started to walk around.
"Well, it does seem as if she has been suffering for some time without you."
"Do you mean that reason why Raven is so dark and emotionless is because she's been suppressing her feelings for me.?" He hated the fact that Raven might change.
"No, that is part of her regular personality. The fact that, I gather from her room, she's been allowing herself to feel a safe amount of depression and sadness, which, because she doesn't feel any other emotions sticks out a lot more than anything else. Don't be afraid, the Raven you love is the true Raven."
There was a silence. Robin tried taking all of what Michael had said in. It seemed to him that whenever Michael opened his mouth things got a lot more complicated. "I choose not to respond to that." Michael said as he was examining the books on Raven's shelves. "And that stupid mind-reading trick is getting on my NERVES!!" Robin yelled the last bit knowingly. He liked it when he saw Michael cringed from volume change.
"Yoooouuuuuuuuu Hooooooooo!!!!!!! Hey guys, if you would stop bickering, I think you would like to talk to me!"
Robin and Michael both turned around to find a pink cloaked Raven.
"Raven???" Robin said with confusion.
"Yes, of course, you silly-billy!!" Raven beamed at him.
"When did you get so happy?"
"I've always been happy, Robby!" She said as she bouncingly glided over to Robin and started to play with his clothes and hair.
"Okay, now I'm confused. The Raven I know doesn't wear a pink cloak and doesn't smile so easily."
"Oh well, I should probably stop playing around and tell you what's going on." She stepped back from Robin. "You see, I am Raven, but not entirely. I'm one of Raven's personality, the happy one!" She struck her pose. "I live in that mirror over there and that's where THE Raven is. Oddly enough there's another like her that she brought with her when she came in today. I really liked her, but the green/smart Raven said that you guys were out here and were looking for her, and we all know that one of the rules of the mirror is that THE Raven is not allowed to take up sanctuary in there. So I said that someone had to go and bring you guys in and then, the arrogant/purple one said that why don't I go and do it myself, and I said, 'Fine I will!' And I did. So now here I am and now we must go in!" She smiled , grabbed them both and pulled into the mirror with her.
