Chapter four: Playtime

Author's notes: Whee! I'm tired and insane! XP I realized that the last chapter kind of sucked...sorry 'bout that. Another thing...I was told by a friend of mine that in "Lord of the Rings" (which I have never seen), they said something similar to my blender line. Darn them! They beat me to it! Oh well. XD Time for review replies!

Myu-Ichigo: Oh, yeah...it didn't make much sense. I'm still not a very good author yet. -.- I'm trying! Hope this chapter turns out better!

mrmistoffelees: Well, that's a cute idea, but it make take away from the unity of the story...I already have most of the story planned out. We'll see, though.

DragonGirl: That's quite a bit of laughing:)

starrobfreak4: I kind of stole that from Hamtaro...they used to do that at the end of the episodes. :) I guess even when you outgrow things, they still influence you. XD It's going to be VERY interesting for BB...

papersak: Hey, neat! I barely know any Japanese, but I know a few words here and there... Don't worry, there shall be plenty more cuteness.

RonLuver2005: Eee! Thank you! I'm just sorry this chapter took me so long! Eeks! I can't believe I'm on someone's author alert list!

kkori: Hehe.

Unlikely-to-bear-it: Someone likes their blenders...XD

Lizard Lad: Angsty is such a fun word. XD Toaster's are pretty funny. Ironically, my family needs a new blender right now!

rikagirls: Hehe, yeah, never thought of it that way!

Moon-Princess-Meg: A trip, eh? Not necessarily! Glad randomness makes you smile, because I seem to be chock full of it! XP

WickedRaven: Oooo, I'm so happy I made your day better! I just love making people smile. It's even better when I get to do it through things I love. Like writing, for instance! ;)

moo: So glad you don't think it's sucky:)

lovex3spell: Are you serious? OMG! That's so cool! I apologize, like, five million times for the amount of time it took to write this! Every single day...eeks! That's so flattering:) :) :) :) :)

teenRAVENtitan: ROTFL! Don't hurt yourself!

ILUVBBRAE: Yesh. I love meh catgirls!

TameranianRaven: To die for, eh? Heehee!

BlackDragon1126: Thank you!

spiritual-s: Me? Awesome? Hehe! I wish! Thank you very much!

Gubba-gubba: Woah, by far, my longest review...XD

teenRAVENtitan: Could have taken a few WEEKS, but I decided to type away!

TameranianRaven: Thank you sooooo much!

AnimationWickedRaven: Well, I'm not so sure...it's been hard to write lately.

Regrem Erutaerc: I hope I don't disappoint you with this chapter...it took me over two weeks just to make this short little thing, and it was hard to make it all...intellectual? Yeah, none of them are really that crazy...but her emotions and memories are melding, and becoming distorted. So I guess...okay, I don't really have a logical explanation for the blender...I just thought it'd be funny. XD I know there are only 7 emotions...I hope you don't hate me for throwing in my own little twist to the mix in this chapter!

On, to the story! Five zillion sorrys for the big wait! I've had, like, sooo much going on that I've barely had time to write! BIG, SPECIAL THANKS TO Regrem Erutaerc who explained all of the emotions to me. I dedicate this chapter to Regrem Erutaerc. I re-labeled "Rudeness" as Lazy, since that sounds better to me...heh. This is a short chapter. I'm sorry!

Beastboy dragged Raven into her room and closed the door.

"Who are you?" Raven asked again, for the third time that day.

"I'm Beastboy. Remember? You always get annoyed with me. I'm the one who tries to get people to eat tofu. Ring any bells?" Beastboy prompted.

Raven's expression twisted into thought, and she seemed to be close to recognizing him. "I'm not sure..."

"Forget it," Beastboy mumbled, digging through her dresser drawers.

Raven stood over his shoulder. "What are you looking for?"

"That mirror to your mind. If you emotions won't listen to me from in there, maybe you'll listen to me out here."

Finally, he found the old mirror. It looked exactly the same as it did last time he saw it, except for a thin sheet of dust covering the glass.

"Now, there must be a button or something..." Beastboy observed every crease and jewel on the mirror, looking for something that might cause the emotions to be released.

"You're looking for a button?" Happy chirped through Raven.

"Yeah."

"There's a switch on the back. Is that good enough?"

"Happy, you idiot!" Anger cursed. "Now he's going to-"

Beastboy flipped the switch and a burst of energy shot out from the glass. He stumbled back a couple a steps and covered his eyes as a brilliant light flashed. It didn't last for more than a couple of seconds. When he uncovered his eyes, an array of different colored Raven stood in front of him, some looking excited, some looking unpleased. The real Raven had collapsed, lifeless and limp, onto the floor.

"Is...she gonna be okay?" Beastboy asked the emotions, kneeling beside his fallen teammate.

"She'll be okay. She'll recover from the shock in a couple of minutes. But for now, you'd better just leave her be," Timid told him quietly.

Anger knitted her eyebrows and added "If she were awake, she would tell you to stop TOUCHING her."

Beastboy took his hand off of Raven's arm and stood up. "Now that you're all here, we need to talk. But first, so that there's no confusion...just how many of you are there?"

Knowledge, the yellow cloaked Raven, stepped forward, adjusting her glasses. "There was once nine of us. Now there are only eight. Happy, Timid, and Brave, whom you have already met, then there's myself, Anger, Wisdom, Lazy, and Affection."

Beastboy's eyes scanned over the different emotions, all of them expressing looks of seriousness. "Why did you guys used to have nine, but now you only have eight? what happened?"

"Hope. We lost Hope a long time ago," Brave explained solemnly.

"Exactly eleven years, two months, and fourteen days ago," Knowledge corrected.

"Oh, the heck with you and your details," Anger scowled.

"Shh," Beastboy hushed, "Not so loud. Now, I want to know why it is you guys took control of Raven."

"He sure is blunt, isn't he?" Anger spat, ignoring his question.

"Well, it started with Affection. When that Mal-ki-ore guy showed up, Affection was used for the first time, like, ever," Happy said, her cheerful face faltering at the sound of Malchior's name. "Affection got, like, fatally injured when that meanie-head dumped Raven."

Affection agreed by nodding her head and took over the explanation. "Raven almost lost me like she did with Hope. But when you..." Affection turned red in the face and she squirmed uncomfortably. "...when you consoled her..."

"Affection recovered," Knowledge finished.

"Yeah," Affection concurred, grateful she didn't have to say it.

Beastboy's mind took a second to catch up. When it did... "Wait, are you saying that Raven...likes...me? Are you sure?"

"Uh, duh. We're apart of her mind. I'd think we'd know who she thought fondly of," Wisdom said, upset that he would question their integrity.

"Wisdom, you big mouth!" Affection squealed angrily, covering her cheeks to hide the blushing.

"What? I only told him what was true."

"You might be Wisdom, but you sure are tactless," Anger growled.

"We've said too much." Timid sighed.

There was an uncomfortable silence. Brave, eager to break the silence, shouted "HOUSE PARTY!"

Everybody jumped at the volume of her voice, but the other emotions quickly caught on, and they all scrambled out of the room.

"Wait, don't! You can't!" Beastboy shouted. He was about to go after them when Raven started to stir.

"Uh-oh. I am SO dead..." Beastboy thought out loud, turning to see Raven shakily standing up.

"What...happened?" she asked weakly.

"Uh, you see-"

Robin's voice could be heard. "BEASTBOY!"

"-It's a long story..."

End of chapter four
Blargh. I have absolutely NO time for anything anymore! Today and tomorrow, I'm totally busy and on Monday, I have school AND we have to go to this karate thing. Then I have SOME time on Tuesday, but on Wednesday, I have these extracurricular activities, and on Thursday, I have Youth Group. Friday's my test day, and on top of all of that, I have to get four requested pictures drawn before Thursday! Ack! Having a life is overrated. Well, please review and make my week slightly less insane...

Next time, on Finally Snapped...
Raven wants to know what Beastboy's done, and normally, he would just tell her, get his beating, and make things right, but knowing what Raven really thinks of him is making things hard...and the emotions don't plan on helping! Plus, Robin's mad as heck with Beastboy, Cyborg's unconcious, and Starfire is...playing limbo? Eek! Everything's out of control!
"Unwanted House Party," on Finally Snapped. See ya then!