Hello all!
I'm really sorry about being sooooo late on this update. I've been really busy and stuff. Which I know is the explanation I use for everything, but it really is true.
AP: Emotional roller coaster rides are really tiring.
RP: I like going up!
AP: Yeah, I think we all understood that without you saying it, RP. And that's not to say that I enjoy the low points. But there have been nice moments where we have all taken a little break and been calmly happy. I like those moments.
Yeah, I agree AP. Those moments are nice, but I'm always waiting for the other shoe to drop.
RP: What other shoe? I don't like things hitting me on the head! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
Jesus Christ, ever since you wacked her on the head with that stack of books, AP…tsk tsk.
AP: HEY HEY, she deserved that. And YOU KNOW IT.
I think 12 books was a little drastic.
AP: Whatever, she still deserved it. : mutters : Stupid, ADH moments every five seconds, I can't any peace…
Now, now, you know that a certain someone likes those ADH moments.
AP: still muttering : Yeah, yeah,…whatever.
I guess I'll start the next chapter since AP is smoldering under the fact that I'm right.
AP: YOU ARE NOT!
Chapter 13: The Return
Robin felt Scared's bubble lift off the ground slowly, and before he knew it they were all floating off towards the middle of what seemed to be a large maze. He looked down out of the bubble and felt a slight rush; it was as if he was standing on a glass floor. Robin could see everything they were passing by; there seemed to be miles of rock formations and arches. "I'm glad Scared found us, we probably would have never gotten to Raven if we went through this maze manually!"
"I would have to agree Robin," Michael said from across the bubble.
Robin glared at him, "That mind reading thing, really sucks." This warranted a light chuckle from Michael, and, as Robin noticed, a very small but noticeable smile from Scared. Robin looked more intensely at Scared. He was intrigued by her. Raven didn't get scared easily, but this personality seemed to just as strong as the others. There were obviously still things about Raven he had yet to learn. This, instead of making him depressed, filled him with a new sense of meaning. He wanted to find Raven more now, more then ever. He wanted to understand her; he wanted her to fully open up to him. He wanted to see the true Raven.
After a few seconds, Robin could see the center of the maze. There was a very large arch, surrounded by an even larger gathering place. On the arch were two figures, one very white, the other, very black.
Dove, after a few minutes of mediation, knew what she had to do. She looked at Raven, and smiled. Raven looked up from her mediation and smiled back, slightly. They both could sense that their loved ones had been found and were on the way. Raven's smile disappeared faster than Dove's, however. Raven turned to her friend, "Dove, what's going to happen? After you leave…"
"All will be well." Dove smiled warmly at Raven. "But you must realize that I must go back to my dimension."
"But it's not,"
"I know," Dove cut Raven off shortly. "But, that has been planned for. I know in my heart that we will see each other again. The Lord is not cruel, he has given us this."
"Have you ever thought that it would have been better not to have us meet?" Raven asked quietly.
The look on Dove's face became one that Raven had never seen before. Dove's manner changed to a stern, hard, and sad one. "What if we hadn't?" Raven slightly nodded. "Everything would have been bad, wrong. You and Robin would have never found each other; you would never have known that you can allow people through your gates. Raven, you would be lost."
Raven looked at Dove; she was completely serious; there was no warm or sweetness in her voice.
Dove went on, "I don't think I'll ever be the same. You taught me that I can love. That there are pure things in love; that not all emotions are sinful. You don't know how far I went to try and keep myself from feeling things I thought were un-pure. You saved me."
This took Raven aback, yes, she should have realized that being her in another dimension meant that all the feelings and thoughts she had had, Dove had had, but Dove seemed happier than that. This confession of Dove's drove the fact that this meeting of theirs had to happen home. Raven took Dove's hand in her own, "I believe now Dove. Thank you."
Dove looked up at Raven; she didn't know what came over herself. All of sudden, Dove had to make sure that Raven knew exactly what had transpired in the last day to make the dimensions balanced again. Dove put her other hand on the hand Raven was holding, "Your welcome."
It was then, that Raven felt, finally, completely happy. She couldn't stop herself, and a large smile formed on her face. Dove, finding her friend at peace, smiled brightly back.
Unexpectedly, a large pop sounded below them. Raven and Dove looked down to find Scared, Michael and Robin looking up at them. Raven and Dove looked back at each other, smiled once more, and then transported to the ground together; hand in hand.
"Was it just me, or were Raven and Dove smiling at each other?" Robin said, as the ringing in his ears stopped.
"Yes, yes, they were." Michael smiled brightly, "I knew Dove would be able to do it."
Suddenly Scared spoke up, "I'm so terribly sorry about the large noise, I still haven't been able to fix it. Going up in high places scares me…"
Robin turned to her, "Okay, thanks, we get it. You've said 'I'm sorry,' enough now."
Scared looked at Robin shyly, "Oh, I wasn't saying, 'I'm sorry' to you, R…Robin, I was saying, 'I'm sorry' to THE Raven. But if I need to say 'I'm sorry' to you...then I'm really sor…," Scared stopped when she noticed that Robin wasn't listening anymore.
"Raven…"
Raven smiled brightly at them all, "It's okay Scared, no worries. Why don't you go back to your section now, I can handle it from here!"
"Oh, okay…thank you Raven…It…it was nice to meet you all…" Scared waved shyly and then faded into the ground.
Raven looked at Dove's father and Robin, who was staring intensely at her. "I hope there wasn't much turbulence on your flight," Raven said with a large smile on her face.
RP: Hey, AP, would you like a piece of my cookie? I'll make you feel better. It always makes me feel better.
Awww, that's nice RP. AP, why don't you be a good girl and take RP up on her offer.
AP: Do you even know what she puts in those cookies of her's?
Um, no. Do I need to know?
: silence :
RP?...
AP: Listen, I wouldn't take a cookie from her unless I STOOD by her while she was baking them. THAT'S how much trust I have in her.
RP: HEY, not all my cookies are that kind.
Are you saying that some of them are Rp?
RP: Um…no…that was a hypothetical.
Hey, where did you learn that word?
RP:…What I'm smart…
: silence :
RP: hangs head : AP…
You taught her that word? Why?
AP: She wouldn't let go of something that I said, which was a hypothetical.
RP: SHE THREATENED ME!
AP: NO I DIDN'T, IT WAS A HYPOTHETICAL!
Okay, okay. Jeez…I hate arguments in my head. They hurt.
Well…gtg for now!
I'll see what I can do with Switch Flipper, but I can't promise anything. Tehe.
To all the writers out there:
KEEP GOING!
Major League Hugs,
Purtymanagirl58
