Crude and Black it stood. A place only fit for the devil himself.
Blanketed by the woods, and sheltered by the towering pines, built for the sheer purpose of destroying the innocent, and controlling those with natural power, full of creatures bent on doing just that.
What meets the eye is a dark castle, but what's inside, is more deadly, than anything known to man.
Black iron gates surrounded the structure, and if you looked hard enough, you could see a snake engraved into the crude doors.
One's mind cannot comprehend the evils that this place has sheltered, and if the walls could talk, they would surely scream.
A long path led to a courtyard, full of grotesque stone statues.
Each one with a stone snake wrapped around their bodies.
Each an innocent victim, or a creature that had rebelled.
But one stood out of place.
This one did not have a snake wrapped around it.
A girl stood, with her hand held out.
She was obviously reaching for someone.
She had a beautiful face, and dark flowing hair.
Where she was reaching out to, was an empty space-
intended for someone else..
"Catalina." A hushed whisper came, from the shadows of the trees, Where Beast Boy and Raven were crouched.
Raven was staring at the castle in a type of horrified awe, and was letting her gaze flicker through the statues, and rest on the girl.
She lightly touched Beast Boy's shoulder.
"That was.. her?"
Beast Boy swallowed the lump in his throat, and nodded.
"That was her." He said, locking emotion out of his voice.
Dropping to his knees, he crawled forwards.
Raven dropped down beside him, and moved forwards, following him through the brush, on through the trees, to the opposite side of the clearing.
The sky had turned a bright gray, and the full outline of the castle was easy to see against the sky, making it very easy to spot anything that moved.
Raven glanced back at the statue of the girl, and frowned.
There was something not quite right about that statue.
She inched forwards towards Beast Boy.
But.. There was one thing that troubled Raven more than the statues, and the castle.
The silence.
Shouldn't there be chanting? Rituals? Creatures? Something?
The same thing was bothering Beast Boy.
Suddenly an eire feeling crept up his spine, and he turned sharply.
"Something's not right. We have to get out of here."
Ducking back through the tree's, they attempted crawling, but quickly realized it was no where near fast enough, and they were no longer worried about being quiet.
Beast Boy stood, and urged her forwards.
"Run." He whispered. And then it turned to a loud yell. "Run!"
She ran. The tree limbs bit at her face, and the dirt turned at her feet.
She held her hand out behind her, reaching for his, to make sure she didn't lose him.
Grasping firmly to Raven's hand he rushed behind her.
Raven felt her heart beating through her chest as they ran.
Into the darkness they went, and it surounded them.
Back into the woods, they began to slow down, and she let herself relax a bit.
Suddenly Raven felt herself being jerked back, into the arms of Beast Boy.
"What the h-?"
She clamped her mouth shut in realization, andstood rigid.
He held her tightly to him, standing protectively over her, gasping for breath, and swallowing hard.
"Where is the Medalion?"
The whisper was barely audible, and slightly desperate.
She reached up slowly, and withdrew it from where it was tucked in the neck of her leotard, pressing it lightly into the palm of his hand.
She felt him relax slightly, and she found herself questioning the power of the medallion.
And then. They waited.
After several minutes of standing, and shaking, he slowly leaned down, and whispered into her ear;
"They are surounding us. I can feel it.Do. Not. Move."
A/N: A cliffy! I am soo sorry I have to leave you all at this. :D If I never said this before, I will now: You all are great reviewers, I really appreciate your comments.:) I start school tommorrow, so I have been kind of busy lately, but once I fall into a routine, the chapters should start coming quick.
Starfire and the others weren't included in this chapter, but will be in the next.
I had to do a small jump from the last chapter. Basically, the walked some more, and BB found the castle, seeing as he allready knew where it was. It would have basically been like the other chap though, soI decided to skip it.
You will find out how Star and the rest are doing, in the following chap.
I had to be really descriptive with where the Veihn resides, because it's really portraying the creature: Snake. He is very evil, so I had to go into detail about how horrible where he lives and where the Veihn lives really is. I hope ya'll don't mind. Also, I apoligize that it's shortish. Next one will be real long, I promise. :)
Alright, next chapter soon! Hope you all aren't to mad about the cliffy. :)