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Chapter 1: Revelations and Cooked Tofu
Raven meditated in her room while thinking about what had happened earlier in the day. Once again Beastboy had ticked her off, but today she finally snapped on him.
Flashback
Beastboy and Cyborg were playing a fighting game on the PSX system, while Raven was reading a book on the seat by the window. Robin and Starfire were elsewhere in the tower, most likely together.
"I can't believe that you beat me again dude," Beastboy threw down his controller in defeat.
"Boo yah BB, I am the king," Cyborg said as he did a victory dance.
"Rematch, I want a rematch."
"No Way… I can hear my baby calling to me," Cyborg said with dreamy eyes as he left the living room to go to the garage to work on the T-Car.
Beastboy looked around the room to see if anyone else would play with him but all he saw was Raven.
"Hey Raven, whatcha doin?" Beastboy tried to get her to talk to him.
"Reading" she had replied in her usual monotone, sitting on the couch near the window, not even looking up at him.
"Oh," Beastboy was quietly thinking over that answer for about 15 seconds, "Whatcha you reading?"
"A book." She stated without looking up.
"What kinda book?" Beastboy tried to get a look at the title on the cover without much luck.
"None of your business," She again replied, but with more venom in her voice.
Beastboy didn't seem to notice the change in her voice.
"Aww, Come on Raven, I'm only asking 'cause … um….'cause," Beastboy quickly looked around the living room.
"Because why, Beastboy?" her tone was icy cold.
"Because I dunno," he said with a sheepish grin, and a slight blush.
"Sometimes I really don't know why I even bother to talk to you. All you seem to like to Do Is PUSH MY BUTTONS!" She was yelling by the end, with her eyes glowing.
Just at that point several dishes flew out of the kitchen and smashed up against random walls.
'Got to calm down, got to calm down' Raven repeated in her head until she felt she had her powers under control.
"I'm going to my room to meditate." She said in her usual monotone after she picked up all the pieces of broken dishes with her mind, and put them into the garbage. With that she left the living room and quickly went to her own room and closed and locked her door behind her, leaving a confused Beastboy standing in the living room.
"What did I do this time?" Beastboy asked himself as he watched Raven leave.
End Flashback
Raven sighed as she finally gave up trying to meditate. 'Why did I blow up on him like that? He didn't do anything worse than usual, did he? He asked a question because he cared. Wait because he cared? Where did that thought come from? It was kinda sweet of him. Sweet? Now I know I'm losing my mind.
She was startled by a knock on her door.
"Um Raven… Its dinner time, are you going to come down? I… We would like it if you did," Beastboy asked through her door.
She quietly walked up to the door and opened it, startling Beastboy, who just stood there with one hand behind his head and blushed.
"I'll take that as a yes then?" he asked.
"Yes Beastboy, I'll be down shortly." Raven replied in her regular tone 'He's cute when he blushes' 'Shut up… I'll deal with you later'
She followed Beastboy down to the kitchen for dinner.
In a dark smoky place
'Slowly, but surely she Will lose control, and I Will get in control of her,' Thought a large red skinned being with four glowing red eyes, 'I can wait. I am immortal after all.'
All that could be heard was an evil laugh.
At the Teen Titan's Tower
It was Cyborg's turn to cook dinner, and as usual it was mostly meat.
"Dude, why do you always do the meat thing… I've been most of those animals," Beastboy started arguing with Cyborg.
"BB it's meat… its good for you, now shut up and eat up," Cyborg replied with an evil grin.
"Dude, that is so not happening."
"Fine," Cyborg relented, "There is some cooked tofu in the oven. Now don't say I never do anything for you."
Raven sighed to herself, 'they are always like this… every time one or the other cooks dinner. It can really get on my nerves.' She then started to roll her eyes, but halfway through a thought popped into her head. 'Beastboy sure has a cute butt.' Her eyes opened wide and she blushed slightly. 'OK I have to deal with that later, please just let me get through dinner.'
"Friend Raven?" Starfire asked her while waving a hand in front of Raven's face.
Raven blinked twice then seemed to come to. "What?"
"Robin suggested that we all go out to the movies tonight, would you like to come? It could be fun," Starfire said cheerfully.
"Thanks but no, I have to meditate tonight." Raven replied, even though Starfire looked crestfallen. With that Raven got up, put her dishes in to the sink and headed up to her room.
"Anyone else notice that she's acting weird, even for her," Robin asked?
"Hey, it's Raven… just let her be, she'll be fine." Cyborg said.
In Raven's room
"Azerath Metrion Zynthos, Azerath Metrion Zynthos," Raven was trying to calm down her emotions, but to no avail. She opened her eyes with a sigh and decided that the only way that she could deal with them would be a face to face confrontation. She slowly went over to her dresser and picked up her dark mirror. Before she looked into to it, she stopped and bolstered her courage. After a couple of minutes, she looked into the mirror and was taken through a swirling vortex of dark energy to her mind. Standing there she looked around, and noticed that the sky was a little lighter than before, ' I wonder if this is because I was able to fend off my father,' she mused to her self. She was so lost in her thoughts that she failed to hear or feel one of her emotions come up to her.
"Hi Rae Rae," bubbled Happy.
"Hi Happy, where are the others?" Raven asked.
"Well, courage is watching over Rage, Timid is hiding, I haven't seen Rude around anywhere and Knowledge is hanging out with the newcomer." Happy ended in a rush.
"What newcomer," asked a starteled Raven.
"Well you have to meet herself to find out, cause I'm not telling." With that Happy started to walk towards Knowledge's realm. Looking over her shoulder at Raven, she asked, "You coming?"
'Well if there is a new emotion then that might explain why I've been having some problems recently. I wonder who she is.' Raven slowly followed her emotion.
TBC
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