The Lost Promise

Chapter 3

After a moment of pure silence, Raven asked, "You said 'supposed to', right?"

"Yeah…"Daniel said slowly. "Could you let me go now?"

Raven ignored Daniel's question. "That doesn't mean we have to. Trigon's dead, the betrothal should have been broken."

"Should have been." Daniel agreed with a sigh. "It was in your father's will. One of his last requests. There's no way out…except…"

Daniel and Raven looked at each other.

"Would you like to drowned or suffocated?" Raven asked.

"Who said I was the one who had to die!" Daniel questioned alarmed.

"Hold on, nobody's dying." Robin interrupted the lover's spat.

"Then what do you purpose we do?" Daniel looked at Robin. "Say she's already married or something?" Raven visibly cringed at that comment.

"Why don't we talk about this at the Tower, we're kind of drawing a crowd." Cyborg suggested. He was right, there was a crowd of people gathering at the end of the street, watching them.

"Fine." Daniel sighed. "But could you-"

Raven freed Daniel from the dark energy, letting him drop 3 ft to the ground. Daniel began muttering something under his breath, in what seemed to be the same language that Raven had been yelling at him the day before. No one asked what he was saying; the Titans – minus Raven who knew exactly what he was saying – figured it was something they just didn't want to know.

In the Tower, Raven and Daniel sat at opposite ends of the couch, not looking at each other.

"So…" Cyborg trailed off, glancing between the brooding two. Besides his comment, the room was silent; the Titans confused and worried, Raven and Daniel hating each other.

"How long till you have to be married?" Robin broke the silence, earning a glare from Raven.

Daniel looked at him. "Before Raven's been 16 for 6 months."

"Goodie." Raven muttered.

"Do you think I like this arrangement?" Daniel asked, looking at Raven for the first time since entering the Tower.

"You-"

"Now how do you break this kind of arranged marriage?" Robin interrupted the starting argument.

Daniel sighed again. "Well, if both families decide that the betrothed would be better off with someone else is one."

"How about one that's possible since Trigon's dead?" Cyborg asked, jumping in as Raven opened her mouth to add her two cents in.

"Well, that would be if one of us were already married and had a child or if one of us were dead."

"You know as well as I do that if either of us were married and there was a child then both the opposing spouse and child would be killed." Raven stated.

"Dude, that's whacked." Beast Boy commented. "What kind of people would do that?"

"That's the cold beauty of demons." Raven answered.

"You're half," Daniel began. "I don't see why you prefer sitting around like these pathetic, human mortals."

Raven glared at him, her eyes slits. There was a moment of complete silence before it started.

Both Raven and Daniel were yelling at each other in that other language, going at each other with insults and smart remarks.

"Guys!" The Titans broke the fight. Raven glared at them for a moment and with a flick of her cloak, left the room.

"Perhaps I should go talk to friend Raven." Starfire suggested, floating after her furious friend.

Robin, Beast Boy and Cyborg looked at Daniel, who was currently, staring off into space, muttering something under his breath. All they knew was one thing – it was going to be a long day.