Seven Years' Bad Luck in One Day
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A/N: This chapter is long, and thankfully so, since I haven't started on Chapter Three yet. I expect that chapter three will be out at least whithin a week, but it's hard to find time to write with all 'senior year in college' stuff going on. Hope you enjoy the fic!
The pink-clad Raven held the controller up, offering it to anyone who wanted to play. "C'mon, next game? Bravery is really good at this game, I can't win!"
Suddenly there was a whooshing sound as an orange-tinted alien girl flew over the heads of the rest of the Titans, only to snatch away the book that the yellow-cloaked girl was reading. "This book is not to be read! There are things that I do not wish for even Raven to know, if you are even Raven at all."
The copy of Raven looked up at the alien, through thick glasses. Her voice was calm and even. "There was little in there that we didn't already know. It is very obvious to everyone except for him that you are attracted to Rob--"
"Do not speak! Raven, please control Raven! She should not say such private things!" Starfire clutched the small pink book to her chest as she floated backwards towards Raven, a look of quiet worry on her face. Raven, however, looked like she was about to fall over. Beastboy rushed forward as her knees buckled, and caught her before she hit the ground.
Simultaneously, a smile flitted across the faces of every Raven in the room, save for the true Raven. She was too busy holding on to Beastboy's arm for support. He led her shakily to the couch, as the emotions returned to their normal states. Happiness got up from where she was sitting, and sat down again next to Beastboy. She grinned at him, but he was too worried about the real Raven to concern himself with her.
"Can ONE of you Ravens PLEASE explain what is happening here?" Robin's voice was full of irritation, and the gray-cloaked girl began to sniffle, a few tears running down her face. While she was trying to choke out and explanation, the real Raven recovered from her shock enough to tell him.
"These are... sides of my personality. They are normally confined to my mind. I can get there through that mirror, that Timidity is holding."
The gray-cloaked figure nodded sadly, tears still running down her face. Robin tried to ignore the sad girl, it made him feel like a cur for yelling at her. She stepped towards the real Raven, holding out a shattered mirror. The glass peices were still in place, but had cracked into eight shards. Raven looked into the mirror, seeing herself reflected in eight parts. She sighed.
Suddenly, she realized that only five emotions were present.
"Hey, where are the others? Where is..."
"Red?" Wisdom, the Raven wearing a brown cloak, spoke without turning around. Her voice was calm, meditative, and made one feel compelled to listen. "Your anger has of course surfaced. I do not know where she is, it is harder to locate her on this plane."
"I don't know about y'all, but I think it's time for a butt-kicking. We can't let that Red one stay around for long." Cyborg punched his hands together in front of him. He knew well what problems Anger could cause if it was not stopped.
Robin threw a look at Cyborg. "You knew about this mirror? I need to know more about what is going on before anything else happens here."
Robin felt a hand on his shoulder, and turned to face the yellow-cloaked girl that had been reading books. This was, of course, Knowledge. She spoke matter-of-factly, with little regard to tact or secrecy. "Cyborg and Beastboy accidentally activated the mirror some time ago, and met a few of us during a short trip through Raven's mind, culminating in a battle with Anger, "The Red One". Truly, Anger is the only one of us that is in fact more than simply a personality trait. She represents Ravens' father, a great and powerful demon, Trigon the Terrible."
At this point, Raven and Wisdom both sighed, knowing that Knowledge had divulged too much. Timidity hid behind a couch cushion, not wanting to see everyone staring at her. Happiness giggled and poked Beastboy's side, laughing when he jumped. He was about to say something, when Bravery, the green-clad Raven, jumped up on the back of the couch, exuding a powerful confidence.
"We need to go take Red down! C'mon Robin, I need you to help. Cyborg too, c'mon!" Bravery ran towards the hallway, and then stopped, since no one was following.
"Raven, It's up to you what we do here. But you need to stay there on the couch, you don't look so good." Robin's demeanor was of a leader, but there was a hint of honest concern.
Raven shook her head, staring at the floor. This was too much. She was a very private person, and having all these... emotions... out and sharing her secrets with everyone was too much. She spoke slowly, softly.
"Yes... you need to combat her. I can't concentrate right now, I'd just be a burden. Go and try to find her. Take Bravery with you, she can at least help a little."
Beastboy looked concerned, trying his best to ignore Happiness's poking and giggling. "Are you sure we shouldn't stay here? What if you need help?"
Raven looked up, her face deadpan, and a hint of irritation in her voice. He was being too nice, and it was beginning to bother her to be fawned over like this. "I'll be fine. There will still be four other people in here, I can take care of myself. Go."
Beastboy shrugged, and then walked towards the hallway, with all the other Titans, as well as Bravery. Raven watched as the door hissed shut. The last thing she saw was Beastboy, still looking at her with a saddened expression. The room was silent for a few seconds. Then Raven heard Timidity sigh.
"We shouldn't have gotten mad at him, he was only trying to--" Timid stopped talking after getting a look from Raven. She simply sighed again, sitting down on the couch and hugging a cushion to herself.
Raven closed her eyes, chanting her mantra over and over, trying to clear her aching head. This was going to be a long day. Her meditation was broken a few seconds later by a loud crash from the television. Happiness had hit a wall in the game again.
A REALLY long day.
Starfire floated behind the rest of the Titans, trying to figure out what was going on. Her room was the first that they would come to, and she would be able to put her diary back inside. Raven should not have pried into it! However, she could not stay angry at her, Raven seemed so worried and shocked when she saw all of her doubles. To be honest, Starfire was having trouble with the situation as well. She did not like to see her friend in pain, either emotional or physical. The group stopped at the door to Starfire's room.
"We don't know where this... 'Anger' is, so we need to look into everyone's room. Are you ok with that, Star?" Robin's question was largely rhetorical, as he'd already pressed the button to open the door. The door slid open, revealing Star's bright pink carpet, circular bed, and well-kept room. Well, it used to be well-kept.
Right now there were clothes all over the floor. Most of the clothes had barbecue sauce on them, and so did the carpet. There was a plate that used to be full of barbecued chicken sitting on her desk, and a previously-white shirt next to it, that had apparently been used as a napkin. As the Titans surveyed this wreck, they saw another purple skirt and top get flung out of the closet and onto the floor. Then, an orange-cloaked version of Raven stepped out of Star's wardrobe, wearing a purple skirt around her hips, but only a bra for a top. He cloak clashed terribly with the purple of the skirt, but she didnt' seem to mind. She was also carrying the last of a chicken leg, which she casually threw onto a pile of clothes, wiping the barbecue from her hands on the skirt. She grinned, seeing the Titans.
"Yo. Star, your clothes all suck, don't you have ANYTHING dark-colored?" This was, of course, Rudeness.
"YOu have destroyed all my clothing! Raven, this is most unacceptable!" Starfire flew into the room, dropping her diary on the desktop and pushing Rudeness out of the room, rather forcibly. She sighed, looking over all the ruined clothes sadly. They had been such cute clothes!
Rudeness shrugged. "Eh. The clothes weren't much good anyway. 'ey! It's Beastboy!"
Beastboy pulled away as Rudeness hugged him. "'owdy! You didn't stop and see me when you came through 'er head! We coulda 'ad fun bothering the others y'know. What're you guys doing, anyway?"
Beastboy blushed slightly from having a girl hug him like that, but then pushed her away. "We're looking for Trigo-- uh, Anger. Uh, Raven and all the others are in the room down the hall, you should go hang out with them."
Rudeness stood confidently. "No way! I'm stickin' with you folk. B'sides, Beastboy likes the way I'm dressed, eh?"
Beastboy blushed and turned away. "Dude! Someone get her a shirt!"
He tried to keep himself from remembering what she looked like. If this was Raven's emotion, then she looked exactly like Raven. So, in essence, he was seeing Raven in a skirt and a bra. She'd kill him if she ever found out about it. Still, the image remained in his mind. Not that he really wanted to forget it anyway.
"Nope, ain't going to wear a shirt. Let's go on and see if we can find Anger, eh? Should be fun anyway." Rudeness started down the hallway, and after a brief glance at each other, the rest of the Titans followed. It wasn't all that far until the next room: Beastboy's.
The door slid open quickly, revealing another mess of a room. This one was less of a surprise, however. Beastboy' room was painted all green, like the teen himself, and clothes were strewn all over the room. However, what got everyone's attention was the small, violet-cloaked copy of Raven sitting in the middle of the room, with a contented smile, giggling slightly as she stared at the photo she had found. Beastboy was the first to speak.
"Uh... hi. Who're you?"
The girl's smile grew as she looked up at him. When she spoke, her voice was smooth and calmly happy, as if she had everything she could ever want in the world. "I'm Love. It's nice to finally meet you."
Love stood, still holding the photo, and stepped over to Beastboy. She smiled warmly at him, then hugged him closely. He was about to push her away like he did Rudeness, but couldn't bring himself to do it, she seemed so happy. He carefully put his arms around her, and lightly squeezed. He didn't want to freak Raven out, but he didn't know what else to do.
The moment lasted for a few seconds, all of the Titans too surprised to see Beastboy hugging Raven to really say anything. Then, a loud voice from behind made everyone jump.
"'ey! Are we just going to stand aroun' all day hugging, or are we going to find that Anger chick?"
Beastboy let go of Love, who was blushing slightly but still smiling. He blushed too, and put his hands in his pockets. "Uh... Yeah, I guess we should go, right? Maybe you should go back to the common room, uh... Love. That's where the real Raven is."
Love smiled. "Of course, anything you want."
Beastboy watched her leave the room, smiling and humming quietly. That had been rather awkward. He turned and saw all his friends staring.
"What? She hugged me! I couldn't just not hug her back!"
Robin grinned, and shot Cyborg a look. Cyborg grinned too. "Beastboy and Ra-ven, sittin' in a tree."
Beastboy rolled his eyes. "Dude! It's so not like that. Let's go find Trigon, alright?"
Brave grinned. "Yeah! Once we take care of Anger, we can all hug Beastboy."
Beastboy sighed. Rude burped, and then patted him on the back. "Oi, we gotta keep movin', right? Let's go."
Raven was still sitting next to Happiness on the couch, watching with a complete lack of interest as the car on the screen hurtled down the track. Her attempts at meditation, even small calming rituals, had failed to clear her mind. Happiness wasn't doing too well at the game, her constant excitement and bubbly nature lacking the finesse required to win a race. Wisdom was still staring out the window, hovering silently and effortlessly. Timidity had fallen asleep on the other side of the couch, hugging a pillow to her chest as if it calmed her normally nervous heart. Knowledge was deep into a book full of martial arts techniques that she had taken from Robin's bookshelf. The room was very quiet, save for the screeching noises and explosions from the television.
Raven tried to think over what was going on. It was embarassing, of course, to have her mind strewn all over the tower, manifested as copies of herself. However, she was honestly beginning to get concerned about the other Titans. They had only been gone a minute or two, but she should have gone with them. Trigon was her problem; she should be the one to deal with it. She started to get up, when suddenly she burped loudly.
Happiness shot her a weird look, unsused to such a vulgar display from the young empath. Raven coughed, unsure as to why she tasted barbecue chicken all the sudden, she hadn't had anything to eat today. She heard the voice of Knowledge from behind her book.
"They must have found Orange. We know that focused contact with a single emotion affects you." She sounded like she was speaking simply for Raven's benefit, knowing that the young empath was curious.
"Exactly what I needed. Now I'm being compulsed by my rogue emotions. This needs to end." Raven's voice was thick with anger and irritation. This was not going well. She couldn't just sit around and do nothing, she needed to go hunt for Trigon, she needed to fix the mirror, and she really needed to start effecting some damage control on her reputation with the Titans. They shouldn't be seeing this side of her.
To calm herself, she went over to the cabinet, getting a small, single-serving teabag down. She began to heat the water, staring into the warming liquid, trying to focus. She heard wisdom take a deep breath, letting it out slowly. Raven felt an immediate effect, her mind and soul being comforted by her emotion's assistance. She heard Happiness giggle a little.
It wasn't long before the water began to boil. She poured a small amount into a cup, over the small teabag, and began to dip the small bag in and out of the water, brewing the tea was always a calming ritual to her, and it was honestly helping to clear her aching mind. Suddenly, she felt a strange, new emotion flood her body. She smiled, despite the disconcerting feeling of getting such a rush of emotion, untriggered by anything around her. Before she could stop herself, she giggled a little. Happiness paused the game and grinned at her, her eyes shining. Timidity shifted a bit in her sleep, a rare smile flitting over her lips.
Knowledge spoke, her voice warmer and less matter-of-fact than normal. "Well, only one left then. They must have found Lo-"
"Perhaps it is best if Raven learns this for herself. Hold your tongue." Wisdom's voice was commanding, even without any tone of command. Knowledge nodded, not bothered in the least by the seeming order.
Happiness hopped over the couch and hugged Raven though, still grinning. "Still I'm happy. Well, happy-er. I'm always happy. Anyhow, Wisdom's always right, and it'll work better to find out for yourself."
Raven pushed her emotion away, breaking the hug with a look of irritation. This secrecy, from her own mind, was beginning to annoy her. She walked over to wisdom, standing beside the emotion, staring out the window. "What are you hiding from me? If you know, I know."
Wisdom's voice was calm and convincing. "Yes, you do know. But you won't allow yourself to think of it. Therefore, we can't tell you either. Even seperate, we are still your mind, and I am controlled by your inhibitions, and there is of course some wisdom to remaining ignorant of your own emotions from time to time."
"Especially with your father's influence still present. We know how powerful he is, and how you may never be free of him until we find a way to seperate the demonic part of your mind from the human part." Knowledge was back to her normal, blunt ways.
Raven smiled again, staring out the window. The feeling was still present, and it felt... warm. She didn't recognize the emotion, but it was so pleasant that even Raven hesitated to repress it. She thought of Beastboy now, for some reason. She had been rude, chasing him away for worrying about her. She should really apologize to him.
"Ss-- orry.... Beastboy..." Timidity's voice murmured in her sleep. Raven sighed. It was disconcerting to have her emotions displayed so readily. She lifted her legs from the floor, hovering in the air next to Wisdom, and meditating on the city skyline. She could hear Happiness sigh contentedly, apparently still feeling the emotion as well. Raven idly wondered what she was feeling, when the door hissed open again.
"Oh hi! I was wondering when you'd show up!" Raven landed, Happiness' voice disrupting her brief meditation. She turned around to see a purple-cloaked version of herself hugging Happiness tightly, both of them smiling. The purple girl seemed less wild about her happiness, just a calm sort of euphoria.
Happiness let go of the girl, but stuck near her, looking at Raven when the violet emotion did. Raven was unsure of who this was. She'd seen her in her mind only once, when gathering all her emotional sides to combat Trigon. Raven noticed a photo in her hand, and pulled it from the girl using her powers, mentally moving it to her own hand. She looked at the photo. It was a picture of her and Beastboy at the fair, the night that he had won her that giant chicken. Her face wore a look of undeniable irritation, as she held the large poultry doll. Beastboy was standing next to her, holding his fingers in a "rabbit ears" over her head, and grinning happily. Cyborg had, for some reason, insisted that the picture be taken, even after fighting off the attack drones of the Centauri Police.
She smiled slightly. It was a fond memory, despite her irritation at the bright lights and noises. It was one of the few times that she had gone out of the tower with the Titans, and having people pay attention to her often made her feel happy, despite the irritated front she put up. She felt the presence of the violet emotion, looking at the photo from over her shoulder. Raven sighed. When she spoke, genuine irritation was in her voice.
"Ok. Who are you? I've not spoken with you before, and I don't recognize what you are making me feel."
The emotion smiled at her, and gently pulled the photo away from her. Love looked down at the photo, and her smile grew slightly. Raven watched her, irritated by her silence. Why was she staring at the photo that way? Who was she? Nostalgia? Raven wouldn't recognize that, but the feeling she had didn't really match what she'd heard about nostalgia. Who could she be?
The emotion grinned, and brought the photo close to her face. She gently kissed the print, near where Raven knew Beastboy to be. Raven's eyes widened. No... It couldn't be. But it must be.
"Love? You're... love? I didn't know I even had you as an emotion..." Raven was stunned. She had a manifestation of her love standing in front of her, and she had just kissed a photo of Beastboy. The emotion looked up at her, smiling happily, and hugged her lightly, letting go before Raven could recover from the shock enough to get irritated.
"Yes. I am happy to at last meet you. I know I'll be seeing more of you after today."
While Raven tried to understand what had just been said, she heard a snicker behind her. For the first time she had ever seen, Wisdom had chuckled. It had sounded far too much like a knowing chuckle for Raven to be comfortable.
Love, she could accept. But for Beastboy?
The Titans stood in front of the last door in the hallway. It had been a long time since any of them had been to this door. Printed in bold, black lettering across the door was the name: TERRA. Beastboy fidgeted a little. He felt strange, revisiting this part of the past. It had been a few months now, but still he felt uncomfortable entering this room. Suddenly, they heard Terra's voice from inside.
"Come on, Raven. What stings the most? That I tricked you? That I nearly wiped out your team?"
Starfire gasped, as Beastboy's eyes widened. Terra? She was back? Robin pressed the door switch eagerly, worried that they may have yet another enemy to fight.
The door opened to reveal a nearly destroyed room. The furniture was all ripped and torn, scattered into peices all over the floor. The mural of the mountains that had been so carefully painted on the walls was warped, the mountains infested with four-eyed demons and the skies lit up with fire. A red-cloaked Raven hovered, standing, inches above the floor, grinning evilly at the flickering illusion of Terra in front of her. Terra was wearing her Slade suit, and had a look of hatred in her eyes that was disconcerting to everyone that had nearly lost their lives to her that day.
The illusion continued speaking. "Or was it that deep down inside, you really believed that I was your friend?"
The image fizzled, turning red and fading from sight. The cloaked emotion turned towards the Titans, sneering with malice. Starfire gasped again, and Robin tightened his grip on his immediately drawn bo staff. The girl had four red eyes, burning with hatred as she regarded the team. Robin's mind immediately returned to the night they had faced Dr. Light, the only time he'd ever seen Raven lose control.
The emotion's face contorted in an evil glare. "You dare to challenge me, weapons drawn and jaws set in anger? Fools! Malice will destroy you!"
Robin saw the black power encase his weapon before it was pulled away, but couldn't react fast enough to stop it. He crouched, ready to pounce forward aggressively, not wanting this to become a defensive battle. "Teen Titans, Go!"
A blue bolt of sound energy tore across the room, only narrowly dodged by the doppelganger. Bolts of black power shot out over the Titan's heads, fired by Bravery, though to little effect as the nimble emotion ducked and sidestepped every shot. Robin jumped forward, delivering a flurry of punches towards the girl, trying to block out the feeling of attacking his longtime friend Raven. None of his punches landed, all either deflty dodged or blocked by momentary shields of power. Star's green bolts of energy were just as ineffective as the rest of the team.
As the team considered how to move forward, Anger took advantage of the momentary lull, firing off a beam of black energy at Robin, throwing him backwards, into Starfire, and out into the hallway. Firing a red beam of light with her eyes, she similarly knocked Cyborg to his knees. As Bravery approached with a yell, she was batted away as if nothing more than a fly. Rudeness just stood in the hallway, laughing at Robin and Starfire. Only Beastboy was left.
He stood facing her, uncertain of how to proceed. A few seconds passed. He'd expected to have been smashed into a wall or something by now, but the emotion was just staring at him. A sly grin spread across it's face.
"You... you have the potential of bringing me out in a way that these... others... have not." The grin changed to a sneer, as the image of Terra re-appeared behind the emotion. Terra was still wearing the suit Slade had given her, but her face was a copy of Anger's. Four red eyes, and an evil sneer.
"I hope you aren't expecting a goodbye kiss."
Without another word, both the image and the emotion disappeared in a flash of black energy. Beastboy furrowed his brow. If he hadn't already hated Anger, he did now. Bringing Terra's betrayal into his mind was cruel. He looked up as he felt Starfire's hand on his shoulder.
"Are you... ok? Seeing her again must be difficult." Star's face was filled with concern, and Robin and Cyborg were watching Beastboy as well, understanding in their eyes. Beastboy nodded.
"Yeah, I'm fine. It was a long time ago." He looked around, and shrugged.
"I guess she's gone. We should go back and make sure Raven is ok. You know, she looked sick when we were leaving the room."
Robin nodded, picking up his staff from where Anger had tossed it. He collapsed the staff, and placed it back on his belt. "Right. We'll head back. We need to talk to her about getting this all corrected anyway."
Robin led the group out of the room. Beastboy was in the back of the group, and tossed a look back into Terra's room before they left. Sitting on a broken and shattered desktop was the small, mirrored box he had made her. It looked like it hadn't been damaged. Beastboy sighed, then caught up with the rest of the group.
The door hissed open, to reveal a room that would be confusing to any logical mind. Wisdom was unmoved, still staring at the skyline, deep in meditation. Timidity was still asleep on the couch. Raven was sipping tea and staring angrily at Love and Happy. These two were talking about something, apparently something interesting, given the way that they were sitting so close together, but they both stopped talking immediately as the door opened, Happiness giggling and Love blushing as they both looked at Beastboy.
"Hi guys! Guess you found Red, right?" Happiness stood up quickly, grinning. Love still sat on the ground, grinning and blushing.
"The Red Raven was inside Terra's room. She ran away after defeating us all quite easily." Starfire smiled at the pink emotion, despite the sad rememberance of Terra. She liked the perky and happy nature of this side of Raven.
Love frowned a little at the mention of Terra's name. She stood up and walked over to Beastboy, smiling slightly at him. "Are you ok? We were worried."
Beastboy scratched the back of his head nervously. "Hey... uh... you don't need to worry about us. We're all fine. Raven, are you ok? You look a little better now."
Raven didn't stop glaring at her other selves, but nodded slightly. "Yes. I feel a bit better, but my mind is still foggy, and my head hurts. It can't be healthy for all these emotions to be seperated from me for long."
Beastboy's face looked worried, but was suddenly replaced by surprise, as Love kissed his cheek and hugged him tightly again. He held his arms out to the sides, trying his best to show Raven that he wasn't taking advantage of a weird situation. "Ah! Hey! C'mon, get off!"
Starfire smiled at them, sincerely happy to see any portion of Raven smiling so contendedly. Robin and Cyborg, however, couldn't help themselves. They sang in unison.
"Beastboy and Raven, sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-mmph!"
They struggled against the black power pressed against their lips, keeping their mouths shut. Raven's voice was chilling. "Stop. I cannot control what my emotions are doing. This is bad enough without your taunting."
The black power faded, but Cyborg wasn't deterred. "C'mon Rae! It's obvious you like him. He's the only guy you even talk to about anything other than combat plans."
"I am NOT in love with Beastboy." Raven glared at Cyborg, who kept grinning anyway.
"That's not what 'Love' over there thinks." He said, pointing at the violet girl, who was still happily hugging on Beastboy. Happiness was also there, grinning at Beastboy, who was trying his best to look innocent despite all the attention.
Black flames surrounded Raven's form as she glared at Cyborg. She wasn't in the mood for teasing at the moment, and the way that her emotions were treating Beastboy was still perplexing her. She should be able to control them, they shouldn't be out here, harassing her and embarassing her in front of everyone. She was still working herself into anger when the emotion itself appeared, in front of her, smiling malevolently.
"Hello, Raven. I'm glad to see that you haven't forgotten me." Anger's voice was dark, full of barely controlled hatred. It reminded Robin not in a small way of Slade.
Raven's hands were clenched into fists, the power around her causing the floor of the room to shake. Anger. This was the emotion... the influence that caused the mirror to break in the first place. She had to have done it, the mirror could normally survive getting hit by a bus and not even scratch, but somehow falling from the desktop had shattered it. Only Trigon's influence could have done that.
"Get back in my mind, all of you. Anger, you did this, and you know that we can't survive long seperate. What are you planning?"
Beastboy's eyes widened. Couldn't survive? What was happening to Raven, with her mind split apart like this? Love pressed herself against his chest, and he instinctly held her, trying to comfort the girl. It wasn't long before the newly-awoken Timidity was holding on to him as well. It was a weird situation, but he could do little to stop them.
Raven fired forth a blast of power at Anger, who matched it easily, holding her back without any apparent effort. "You can't defeat me when you are already so angry. Give up, child. Let the rage consume you, let your hatred rule, let --"
Suddenly, Raven's bolt of power broke through Anger's, slamming the emotion hard against the oppisite wall. Anger had a strange expression on her four-eyed face. Suddenly, there was a bright flash or red light, and when everyone opened their eyes again, there were three red-cloaked girls in Anger's place.
The leftmost girl was sneering and narrowing her eyes in Hatred of everyone present, her cloak a bright, pure red. The center was burning with flames of black power, her face contorted in uncontrollable Rage, underneath her blood-red cloak. The rightmost girl was grinning with Malice, her dark crimson cloak billowing behind her. The three new emotions looked at one another and, grinning, disappeared. All heads in the room turned towards Raven.
She looked once more at the mirror she held, and saw that one of the eight partitions had cracked again, splitting into three sub-sections. She shook her head in disbelief. Suddenly, Knowledge spoke.
"The book of Azar warns against those with uncontrollable emotions using such mirrors. Once the emotions tear free of the mirror, any emotion with too much focus may split, causing further harm to the mind of the mirror's user. In this case, Red Anger has split into Crimson Malice, Pure Red Hatred, and Blood Rage. It would be best to quickly repair the mirror. I will review the Book of Azar for a solution."
Wisdom spoke next, from her window overlooking the city. "It would be prudent to go and stop these... rogue emotions from destroying the city. The common People will not recognize the difference between an emotion and the true Raven."
Raven dropped to her knees, her head pounding with pain. She felt reassuring arms on her, and leaned heavily on them, letting whoever it was help her up. She looked up, and saw a concerned Beastboy. "Raven, you really need to stay here. We'll go get them, don't worry about it. Just try to get better."
Despite her humiliation, she smiled at Beastboy. He led her to the couch and helped her sit down, then went back to the team. "C'mon guys, we need to go get Rage, Malice, and Hate. Which of you Ravens wants to come with us?"
Only Bravery raised her hand, and came over towards the group, grinning. "It'll be good to finally be able to smack that one around, we aren't able to fight very often inside of Raven's mind. Let's go!"
The team nodded, and quickly headed out of the door, towards the T-car. Raven sank into the couch, holding her head. She felt a weight next to her, and opened her eyes, seeing Love sitting there, smiling at the photo. Raven closed her eyes again. She hoped they found them fast.
A/N: A long chapter! Hopefully the story will not get too confusing as emotions split. This chapter was written before I posted the first chapter, and I'll write Chapter Three as well, so that I have a short buffer before I literally HAVE to keep writing, just in case school stuff gets in the way. As always, read and review, and thanks for all the (hopefully) comments!