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The Mirror of Emotions
Raven sat in her room. It had been three days since her little outburst, yet she doubted that Beastboy had forgiven her yet. She needed to do something, but what. She had them mirror that allowed her to go into her mind in her side table drawer.
It's too dangerous she thought.
He's been there once before, a voice from inside her mind piped up, it was knowledge.
He almost got hurt when he was there, don't you remember?
Yes we remember!It was anger this time.We were there! And in case you've forgotten, everyone made it out fine, well expect for father, but that's not important right now. Just do it, so we can get this whole thing over with!
How can you hope to just 'get this whole thing over with'affection said, slightly hurt.You can't rush these things, they take time. You really should, let him in though, It's the only way you can tell him how you feel without making something blow up.
Will everyone stop fighting! We shouldn't be acting like this!This time happiness was butting in.Everyone just needs to calm down, Raven should go and get Beastboy so that we don't have to worry about anything. This whole thing will turn out great!
You sound like Starfire. She's right though, go get him, tell him how you feel, so that I can stopsounding like affection!Anger said again.
OK, OK! Raven was getting annoyed by her emotions quickly. I think we should get a second opinion, one that isn't in my mind! She added, as her emotions tried to speak again. I'll ask Starfire, she's already in the middle of this conflict anyway. Besides, if Beastboy can trust I should, right?
Raven left her room, and headed to Starfire's room. She knocked on the door and was greeted by an over exited alien.
"Friend Raven," Starfire said happily. "What brings you to my room?"
"Well," Raven said choosing her words carefully. "It's about Beastboy." Starfire's grin widened, she ushered Raven into her room, and offered her a seat on her bed.
"Starfire, what I'm about to tell you is a secret, so no telling anyone!" Raven began.
"I promise that I shall never tell anyone" Starfire said joyfully, Raven never wanted to talk to her, the fact that she was spilling her guts to her, made Starfire feel as happy as if Robin had just walked into her room,
"OK, here goes. To keep my emotions under control, I have this mirror. It's a portal into my mind so to speak. Other people can go in there to, with or without my permission." Raven angrily remembered the last time someone had been in the mirror. "In this place, you can see the different sides of my personality. Each one can express themselves without anything blowing up.
"I was thinking about taking Beastboy there, he's been there once before, and I thought that maybe, he would be able to handle another trip there. That way I can tell him how I feel about him, without the tower sinking. So, what do you think?"
Starfire was still trying to let everything Raven had said sink in. After a moments pause she finally began to speak, "I think that it is a glorious idea. I believe that allowing Beastboy to enter you mind, is a good choice."
Raven stood up. "I'll go get Beastboy," Raven said, suddenly her face fell. "He won't come, if I invite him into my room, he'll think that I'm going to kill him after what happened the other day." Raven sank back to the bed; she'd been crazy to think that the plan would work.
Starfire's emerald eyes lit up. "I have an idea," she announced. "I will call him, say that I need his assistance with something, and then we will bring him into your room, you'll explain what is going to happen, and he shall enter your mirror."
Raven slapped herself on the forehead, Why hadn't she thought of that? It would have to work, if it didn't, then the tower might be under water in a couple of hours.
Beastboy had agreed to come to Raven's mind. They entered the world and Beastboy had a strange feeling. He looked around, yet could not find any of Raven's emotions.
"Rea," He asked. "Where is everyone?"
"Their coming," she replied. "They should be here soon." She sat down and began to wait for the 'meeting' to begin. Beastboy was steadily becoming more freaked out by the strange place he was in. He was about to ask what was taking so long when he saw a group of hooded figures walking toward him.
"Hello Beastboy," a girl in a purple cape said as soon as she saw him.
"It is so nice to see you again!" A pink clad girl said excitedly.
Beastboy was soon encircled by Raven's emotions, all seeming to want to talk to him first.
Three stayed behind. One wore a gray cloak, the other wore orange, and the last was clad in red. Raven let out a loud whistle, and everyone was quiet.
"Beastboy," Raven began. "The one in pink is Happiness, the one in yellow is Knowledge, brown is Wisdom, green is Bravery, purple is Affection, and the three over there," she pointed to the three emotions that had held back. "Are Timid (gray), Rudeness (orange), and Anger (red)."
Raven finished introducing everyone and smiled at Beastboy, who looked more confused than usual. "Did you get all that?" she asked. He smiled weakly, but didn't answer.
"Affection," Raven continued (Beastboy racked his mind, which one was Affection?), "Wanted to tell you something." Raven sat back down as a purple version of herself stepped towards Beastboy.
"On behalf of all of us," she started. "I wanted to tell you that I strongly care about you." Beastboy blushed. He wished that this Raven could come back to earth, he liked her.
Beastboy noticed that everyone was looking at him, was he supposed to say something? He was lost for words and felt even more embarrassed. Leave it to him to ruin the first chance of happiness with Raven.
"Oh we embarrassed the poor thing," an orange Raven said. "Maybe we should have waited to tell him that. Now he doesn't want to talk to anyone."
Beastboy knew he had to say something, but what? "So it was true," he said turning to the Raven that brought him to this strange gathering. "What you said about your stomach."
"Every time I see him, my stomach does flips. I'm finding it hard to meditate, because he keeps floating into my thoughts." A yellow girl with thick glasses quoted. Beastboy blushed even more, along with Raven.
"Of course it's true," the purple Raven spoke up again. "I'm still a part of Raven, I just can't come out, it's dangerous." She sighed and was quite once again.
Knowledge spoke up again, "We are parts of Raven, anything we say is true. We aren't capable of making things up just to embarrass you."
Beastboy took a seat next to Raven, and listened as each of the emotions had their turn to talk to him. After Everyone had their turn, Raven took Beastboy home, and they were silent, while they waited for the other to speak.
