Chapter 5

The next morning Beast Boy woke up and felt an enormous pressure on his bladder. He struggled to his feet and stiffly made his way to the bathroom. He had never been so happy to find it unoccupied. He sighed in relief as he relieved himself. He looked in the mirror and saw that his eyes were still puffy from sleep and his hair was horribly askew. He washed his hands and reached for a towel. As he dried his hands something caught his eye. He saw something small on the floor. It slightly shined and was red with a black outline. He crouched down and looked at the small object.

"Oh my god," he said to himself as he picked it up. It was Raven's chakra. He quickly pocketed it and decided to find Robin. He emerged from the bathroom, but before he could make it two feet down the hall he was jumped by someone. Raven had leaped onto his back and was riding him piggyback style.

"Morning BB!" she said as he stammered around, with her still on him. "Did I scare you?"

"Yeah!" he said still in shock, but he smiled.

"I did not," she said, jumping off of him. "I startled you."

"Okay, maybe you did, but I swear for a quick second I was scared to death," he said trying to convince her. As he said all of this he looked to the middle of her forehead. Sure enough, her chakra wasn't there. It was in his pocket.

"Yeah right," she said, running ahead of him. "Come on, I'm starving!"

Beast Boy watched as she sprinted the rest of the way down the hall and entered the common room. She was finally back in her uniform but as she raced down the hall her cloak lifted high and allowed him to see her retreating figure. He noticed how small her waist was and how curvy her body was. He immediately slapped himself mentally and made his way to the common room.

After breakfast Raven and Starfire decided to go see a movie. Beast Boy knew that once they were gone he could reveal what he found in the bathroom to the other guys.

"I just can't understand why she's acting like this," said Robin. "It's like she's a normal teenage girl."

"Well I think I might have found the reason," said Beast Boy holding out his hand and revealing the chakra. "I found this on the bathroom floor. It's the jewel thingy from her head."

"Her chakra?" asked Cyborg.

"Yup," said Beast Boy handing it over to him.

"Has she been walking around this entire time without it on?" asked Robin shocked. "How could we have missed that?"

"Well it is small," said Cyborg, looking at it closely. "Let's go check the security footage again, just to make sure."

While reviewing said footage, they noticed Raven walking out of the bathroom and heading for her room. They concluded that the chakra was not on her head. Robin couldn't help kicking himself.

"Of all the stupid things for us to miss," he said turning the screen off. "Well, I guess this explains a lot."

"But what is it about this little jewel that kept Raven reserved?" asked Cyborg. "I would have thought there was more to it."

"Maybe there is," said Beast Boy. "You want to hear something odd? Raven doesn't remember me walking in on her in the bathroom."

"And you want her too?" asked Robin.

"No!" said Beast Boy quickly. "But don't you think that's weird? Not only that, but she thinks that this is how she's always been."

"How on Earth are we going to fix this?" asked Cyborg.

"We'll have to talk to her when she gets home," said Robin.

A few hours later Raven and Starfire came back, still wiping tears away from their eyes. The movie had had a sad ending, so sad that even Starfire knew what was going on. The boys were watching television and seemed happy when they came home.

"So how was the movie?" asked Cyborg.

"It was so sad," said Starfire, blowing her nose. "I did not know that such stories existed."

"So did you enjoy it?" asked Robin.

"I am so buying it when it comes out on DVD," Raven admitted. Both girls then proceeded to go to their rooms.

"Raven, can we talk to you?" asked Beast Boy.

"Sure," said Raven with a smile. She plopped down on the couch with them. "What's up?"

"Do you know what this is?" asked Cyborg holding out the chakra.

Raven looked at it quizzically pondered. "It kind of looks familiar," she said taking it from Cyborg and holding it up. "What is it?"

"It goes in the middle of your forehead," said Beast Boy pointing to his own head and showing her where it would go.

"It's called a chakra," said Robin. "And you used to wear it all the time."

"What?" asked Raven with a laugh.

"You might not remember, Raven," said Cyborg. "But you haven't always been this… happy."

"Yeah," chimed in Beast Boy. "Usually you're quiet and all gloomy. How you've been lately isn't you."

Raven looked at all of them as if they each had three heads. "Okay, I'm not sure what's going," she said with a nervous laugh, "but if you guys think that this is funny, it's not." She stood up to leave, but Beast Boy grabbed her arm and sat her back down.

"We promise that this isn't a joke," he said in all seriousness.

"We just want to help you," said Cyborg.

"I don't need any help, you guys," said Raven starting to feel scared. "And you're making me feel really uncomfortable right now."

"Okay, we're sorry," said Robin putting a hand on her shoulder. Beast Boy didn't know why but for the slightest moment he felt angry at Robin. "But could you do us one favor?"

"What?" asked Raven nervously.

"Could you try and put the chakra back on your head?" asked Robin. "Just to end our suspicions."

Raven looked at the jewel in her hand. She couldn't deny that there was something familiar about it, but what they were saying was crazy. In the end she sighed and decided to humor them. "Fine." She lifted the jewel to the middle of her forehead and it jumped from her hand and stuck to her. She was shocked for a moment and felt a rush of memories flooding into her mind. An all too familiar pain returned to her head and she grabbed it in pain. "Get it off!" she managed to say through the pain. She fell to her knees and cried out. A rush of black energy was released from her and started to envelope the room.

"Quick! Get it off of her!" shouted Robin.

The three guys reached for her, but were pushed back by a blast of energy. Ravens eyes turned black with her powers and she screamed even more. The guys tried to crawl over to her but her powers were just too strong for them. Beast Boy turned into a tiger and with his claws he crawled towards Raven. When he reached her he changed back and grabbed the chakra. With all of his might he pulled and slowly it peeled off of her. The black energy splintered and disappeared.

Robin and Cyborg picked themselves up off the ground and made their way over to Raven and Beast Boy. Raven was lying on her back, shaking. She looked as if she was in shock. Beast Boy sat up, looked in his hand, and saw the chakra. He looked over at Raven and saw that she was as white as a ghost.

"Raven, are you okay?" asked Robin taking her hand.

"Let's take her to the med bay," said Cyborg scooping her up. Beast Boy slowly got to his own feet and followed them.

Starfire met them in the hallway and asked them what had happened to make the tower turn black. They told her what had happened as they made their way through the tower. Raven was still shaking and hadn't said anything. Cyborg hooked her up to a couple monitors and checked her over.

"I think she's okay," said Cyborg. "She's just in shock."

"Why would you do such a thing to Raven?" asked Starfire. "She is happy now, why is this not a good thing? Why did you have to try and make her all sad again?"

"Because it's not really her, Starfire," said Robin. "She's not herself. She doesn't even remember who she was."

"She has the amnesia from the soap operas?" asked Starfire shocked.

"Not exactly," said Beast Boy.

"What happened?" asked a very soft voice. They all looked to Raven who was starting to look around. She held her head with a shaking hand.

"What can you remember?" asked Robin.

Raven slowly sat up and closed her eyes. "I'm… not… sure. It's… it's like there are a hundred memories going through my head, but I can't sort them out. I don't know what happened when."

"Alright, I'm going to ask you about a couple memories and you tell me if you can remember," said Robin. "Do you remember us asking you to put your chakra back on?"

Raven concentrated and nodded. "Yes, I remember that."

"Okay, can you remember anything about yesterday? Can you remember going to the mall with Starfire?"

"I think… yes, I do."

"Now this one is very important, Raven. Do you remember Beast Boy accidentally seeing you in the bathroom?"

Raven sighed and thought as hard as she could. "I'm not sure." She held her head and tried to concentrate. Then she opened her eyes and gasped. "Wait! I… I do. I was getting out of the shower and… he saw me!" She looked over at Beast Boy and they both began to blush horribly. Raven was now very confused. "What's going on? Why is this happening?" Tears crept into her eyes and she covered them with her hands.

"I think we should leave her alone for a little while," said Cyborg.

"Good idea," said Robin. "She needs to collect her thoughts."

The four other Titans left Raven to put her mind back in order. Slowly everything was coming back to her, and she wasn't very happy with the results. A choice was now lying before her, and she wasn't sure which way to go. She would have to ask her teammates.

It took her a couple hours, but she stopped shaking and was able to rejoin her friends. They had a cup of tea waiting for her and she was thankful for it.

"Friend Raven, you are feeling better now, yes?" asked Starfire.

"A little," said Raven sipping her tea.

"Are you still confused or have you remembered everything?" asked Cyborg.

"It's all come back to me," said Raven with a sigh. "Everything."

"Do you think you can tell us what happened?" asked Robin.

"I'll try," said Raven. "When Beast Boy accidentally walked in on me in the bathroom I was so shocked, embarrassed, and mortified that it was like my mind just couldn't handle it. I lost all control and so my powers just took over and did what they wanted. Unfortunately, my powers are so strong that it pretty much blew a fuse in my mind and in the process my memory became slightly erased. That's as much as I've gathered. My chakra must have been blown clear off my forehead."

"Okay, I still have a question," said Cyborg. "Why is it that you can show all of your emotions when your chakra isn't on? I mean, is that really all that's stopping you from acting… normal?"

"Kind of," said Raven. "My chakra is really the only thing that's keeping my mind balanced. Normally it wouldn't matter if I took my chakra off or not. But when my powers short circuited they all kind of got sucked into it."

"So you're powerless?" asked Robin.

"For the moment, yes," said Raven.

"So how are we going to get that thing back on your head without it killing you?" asked Beast Boy.

"It'll go back on its own when it's ready," said Raven. "When my mind is back to normal and my powers have settled down, it'll find its way home." She pointed to the middle of her forehead.

"So, what do we do until then?" asked Cyborg.

"There's nothing we really can do," said Raven. "But, until then, I can embrace my emotions." She smiled slightly. She remembered how much fun she really was having being a normal teen. She wasn't sure how much longer she would be powerless, but she knew that she had to take advantage of every precious moment she had until then.