Chapter Seven: Mind of a Raven
Disclaimer: I do not own the Teen Titans or anything in this story. Just the plot
Recap: Suddenly his brain hatched an idea. If Raven's mind was in shock why not just visit her mind and fix the problem? He took off down the hall and stopped in front of Raven's door, panting slightly. This was the girl's sanctuary. Her escape from the world. It was also where she kept a magic mirror that was a portal into her mind. If Beast Boy could find it and figure out a way to help her, maybe everything would be okay. He pressed the button for the door and it slid open easily and the changeling stepped inside…
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Gar looked around the dim room trying to decide where to start looking. The room hadn't changed much since he was last here but the large stuffed ravens with four eyes were gone and the window wasn't tinted and didn't have heavy violet curtains pulled over it. He walked a little further into the room
"Now, if I was Raven and I had a mirror that was a portal into my mind where would I put it?" he grinned and ducked under the bed. The mirror and about ten identical black journals were under the bed. Ignoring the journals for his own safety Gar pulled the mirror out and held it with the glass facing the floor while he readied himself. Finally he turned the mirror over and instantly was dragged into it by a large black bird's foot. He shut his eyes tightly as he spun through the black and blue vortex.
Then he dropped onto a piece of ground and the vortex above him disappeared. He sat up rubbing his head and looked around. The place looked almost the same as it did the last time he was here. But there were no red streaks in the sky and the place seemed a little bit brighter. And instead of being on an asteroid he was on solid ground
"Um… hello? Anyone here?" behind him there was a flicker of movement and he whirled around. A small form ducked behind a small tree watching him. He smiled at the figure
"Hey Timid." he called. The form hesitated then floated over to him. It was a girl who looked like Raven but was wrapped in a grey cloak
"Beast Boy, what are you doing here? What's going on? We can't heal Raven. What happened?" she asked looking up at him fearfully
"You want me to answer those all in order?" a nod "I'm here to help. I don't know. And you were attacked by a guy."
"Cameron." Timid put in. Beast Boy looked down at her confused. She shrank back a little
"Knowledge told us about what you told Raven." she explained
"Okay." he looked down as tears slid down the girl/emotion's cheeks "Hey, what're the tears for?" he asked lifting her head and wiping them away gently
"If we can't heal Raven… she may loose her memory. Some of Knowledge's books are already starting to disappear." Gar sighed and hugged the girl into his chest
"It'll be okay. I'm here to help you guys. Now, can you take me to Knowledge?" the emotion nodded slowly and clutched her cloak around her
"Yes, but we have to go through Rage's territory." Gar groaned
"Great. All well." Timid looked up at him
"You're not afraid?" she asked her violet brows furrowing. Gar shrugged as they started walking down the twisting path
"I'm afraid but I've gotta help Rae. That's way more important than my fear." Timid looked up at him with shining eyes
"Wow." she whispered to herself.
Rage's territory consisted of a large barren, desert like plain with random blasts of lava spewing from the ground. Only Gar's animal senses and Timid's warnings kept him from getting fried and pushed out of Raven's mind. After dodging another blast they heard a familiar chanting. Suddenly another girl like Raven appeared dressed in a blood red cloak. But unlike the last time he had seen Rage, her eyes were no longer red and she didn't have another set on top. Instead they were the same violet color that Raven's were. She put her hands on her hips and stared at the two intruders as if considering what to do with them
"I suppose you're here to rescue Raven's mind?" she asked. Gar nodded and placed a comforting hand on Timid's shoulder
"Ya, we are." the emotion smirked and dropped to the ground and walked over to them. Gar moved into a fighting position
"I really don't want to fight you, Rage." the cloaked girl snorted and lowered her hood to glare at him. It was way scarier than the real Raven's glares
"Neither do I. That would be a waste of my time. I want Raven healed just as much as you do."
"Why?"
"If she looses her memory so do we. Besides, if she dies how can I ever be free from this stupid prison?" Rage's explanation made sense so Gar stood normally again
"Well, even if I don't like your reasons I guess we'll have to trust you." Rage snorted again then waved a hand. Instantly all the geysers stopped blowing lava and merely steamed angrily
"Now, I can take you to Knowledge's territory but it will take some time. We have to go through three other territories."
"Who's are they?" Gar asked jogging to catch up to the girl. Timid floated closely behind him, like another shadow
"Happy," Rage made a face "Bravery, and…"
"And who?"
"Shut up. We're here." they had passed under a large rock archway and were now standing in the middle of a large green field with random fruits and candies floating through the air
"Once again, I say this is where air fresheners come from." Gar said sweat dropping. There was a laugh from above him and he looked up.
Another emotion clothed in a hot pink cloak was floating upside down above him. Her cloak almost reached the ground behind him and her dangling hair almost touched his
"That joke is even funnier the second time!" she said. After a moment she fell out of the sky and hit the ground laughing. Rage seemed ready to throttle the giddy emotion and Timid was hiding behind him again. Gar sent Rage a look and she seemed to calm down slightly. Then he bent over Happy who was trying in vain to stop laughing so hard
"You okay?" he asked hauling her to her feet
"Do you know how long it's been since you last visited?" Happy responded ignoring his question. Gar looked back at Rage who made a cutting motion over her throat
"Almost a year I think. Why?" Happy giggled again
"I was bored with out you telling jokes."
"I hate to break up your little party here but aren't we supposed to help Raven before her mind turns to mush?" Rage asked. Happy clapped her hands and started floating around Gar
"Oh! Can I help? Please? I'm a good helper, once I shut up. That's what…" she fell silent for a moment then smiled again "Please Beast Boy?" she begged
"Okay! But you have to be a little less… cheerful." Rage snorted again "And it's Gar now."
"Oh ya, I forgot." Happy said smiling at him. Gar smiled back and patted Timid's head
"Okay, so can you show us the way to Bravery's place?" Happy nodded and snapped her fingers. Instantly they were all transported through the air and landed in a large gym like room.
Gar sat up rubbing his head and threw Rage a look. She, Timid, and Happy were all floating above him to avoid the harsh landing
"Why couldn't you just teleport us around?" Rage rolled her eyes and flicked a piece of dirt from under her fingernail
"I can only do it if I've visited the territory a lot. I never go into Happy's place if I can avoid it." Gar shrugged and stood brushing himself off
"Fair enough, I guess." he muttered. The next thing he knew he was back on the ground looking up at yet another Raven in a hunter green cloak. Timid squeaked in fear but didn't move
"Hiya BB! Miss me?" Bravery asked letting up on the pressure her foot was applying to his chest. Gar grinned weakly
"Ya, tons." he muttered. Bravery grinned and hauled him to his feet. Gar sighed and cracked his neck. Bravery looked over the small company and cocked her head
"So, what are you guys doing? Normally you can't get Happy to shut up, Rage's usually trying to strangle her and Timid won't come out of her own cloak."
"We're going to rescue Raven's mind!" Happy squealed flying in circles around Bravery, who watched her with her hands on her hips
"Well when do we move out Commander Beast Boy?" she asked saluting him smartly. Gar sighed and gently pulled Timid off of his leg
"It's Gar now Bravery." the girl shrugged. It made no difference to her. Gar looked around the gym and spotted an archway
"Now who do we have to meet?" all four emotions looked at him then quickly averted their gazes as if they were nervous about something
"Well…" Rage started, the words died in her mouth
"Let's just say you're gonna love her." Bravery said crossing her arms. Gar frowned then shrugged
"Okay. Let's go."
Meanwhile in the real world, Robin was pacing in his room deep in thought. Gar's angry words rang through his mind
"All I understood was that if I stole I'd get food and maybe not get beaten up until it hurt to even blink!"
"You can go and break Star's heart but when you do expect a violent call from me."
"I'm not part of your team. I don't have to listen to you!"
"I don't care if I have to go through all of you!"
Robin sighed and stopped his endless pacing to dig through several piles of paper on his desk and pull out a photo.
It had been taken about two months ago when everyone had gone to the beach. Beast Boy had convinced Raven to come and she had actually enjoyed herself. The whole time BB had tried to include her in every activity and although she had never said anything Robin knew it meant the world to the dark girl.
His masked eyes scanned the photo carefully. He was off to the left side with Starfire hanging, no floating, over his shoulder smiling and giving a peace sign. Cyborg was on his knees in front of everyone, grinning happily. At first Raven had been off to one side like always but at the last second Beast Boy had dragged her closer, throwing his arms around her neck. The photo had captured her blush and Beast Boy's toothy grin.
They were all so happy. Everyone was content with just being with each other and having fun. He sighed and ran his gloved fingers through his black hair. He didn't want to put Beast Boy in jail. The changeling was his friend and he hated the thought of the happy go lucky teen in jail. Robin sighed again and started pacing.
For once in his life he didn't know what to do. He needed advice. But who?
(A/N: SO you do ya think Robin's gonna call? It might not be who you expect. Anyway I need some feedback from you guys. Should I make it a series or just finish it here?
If it was a series the ending would have something with Cameron getting away and Raven loosing some of her memory. But the alternative is the stupid annoying 'everyone lived happily ever after' ending.
Tell me what you think okay?)