Chapter 2
Raven sat in her room, meditating. She was quite calm, her mind centered perfectly. She had not been disturbed yet, but it was early in the morning. The rising sun shown brightly through her window and cast its golden rays upon her body, warming her. She sighed and came out of her morning trance. She lowered onto her bed and stretched. Suddenly there came a dozen loud knocks upon her door. She wearily got up and opened her door.
"Beast Boy? What are you doing up so early?" asked a quite surprised Raven.
"I never went to bed," said Beast Boy pushing his way into her room. "Oh my God, this thing is sooo cool!" he said holding up the mirror. "I just came out of my mind and it was the coolest thing ever! I never knew I had so many different sides of me. It was all so unreal, I can't believe it."
"So, I'm guessing you like it," said Raven crossing her arms. She was a little upset that he was in her room, since she had not invited him in.
"Are you kidding? This is the best gift ever!" he said hugging his mirror. He looked on her bureau and saw her own mirror. He picked it up and examined the two side by side. "They look almost identical."
"Well they should," said Raven. "They're very rare, you know."
"Then how did you get another one?"
"I had the monks of Azarath help me. I was actually planning to give it to you on your last birthday, but it took me a year to find it."
"Wow, you went through all that trouble to get me this?"
"Well… yes. I figured it would be good for you, like I said before. I know how hard it can be to keep the darker side of oneself at bay."
Beast Boy had not realized that this mirror of his was rare and that Raven had searched for it for a year. At first he had thought that she was trying to get him to meditate like she did. But her intentions were genuine and he found that to be refreshing. He and Raven had not really gotten along since… well, ever, really. They had really grown apart over the past few years as they were growing up and out of puberty. So it made him feel a little closer to her knowing that she cared for his well being.
The two mirrors in Beast Boy's hands suddenly pulled together and became attached by the back. Beast Boy, shocked, let go of them, but they did not drop. They stayed in the air and began to spin. Faster and faster they turned until they were only a blur. They glowed and two white lights sprung from the middle, striking Beast Boy and Raven. All they could see was white around them, and then it faded to black.
Beast Boy couldn't see anything, but maybe that was because his eyes were closed. He could feel that he was lying down on what might have been grass. He slowly opened his eyes and saw a purple and orange sky. A sunset sky. He felt the ground with his hand and did, indeed, feel grass. He sat up and looked around. He saw Raven lying on the ground near him. She began to stir and then opened her own eyes. Beast Boy stood up and wiped himself off. He went to Raven and helped her stand up as well.
"What the hell happened?" asked Raven.
"Dunno," said Beast Boy.
The two looked around and were thoroughly confused. It looked as if they were standing on one of the rock islands in Ravens mind, but it was covered with green grass, like in Beast Boy's mind. "What the hell happened to my mind?" they both asked at once.
"Wait a second, who's mind are we in?" asked Beast Boy.
"Well, it kind of looks like my mind, but I've never seen the sky look like this," said Raven.
"And it kinda looks like my mind, but with a touch of your creepy mind. No offense," said Beast Boy.
"None taken," said Raven.
They suddenly heard the sound of faint talking. They looked around and saw a pink clad Raven and a blue suited Beast Boy walking along, talking to each other excitedly.
"You wanna play hide and seek?" asked Ravens Happy with a large smile.
"Yeah! And then can we play tag?" asked Beast Boy's Happy.
"I love tag!" said the pink Raven, clapping.
"Me too!" said the blue Beast Boy, giving her a huge hug, causing her to laugh.
Beast Boy and Raven watched as their emotional selves walked passed them, laughing and smiling. To say that they were confused would have been the understatement of the century.
"What the hell is my happiness doing with a blue you?" asked Raven.
"That's my happiness," said Beast Boy. "How the hell did they find each other? Are we in each others minds?"
"I'm not sure, but we better fix this," said Raven. "Even though I don't know what's going on."
They saw a path ahead of them and decided to follow it. They took one last look at their Happys walking away and then headed down the path. It wasn't long before they came to another patch of land. It looked exactly like the one they had just come from. They kept walking and saw that there was yet another path ahead. But they also saw two figures sitting on the ground across from each other.
"I'm sorry I keep annoying you," said a dark gray suited Beast Boy.
"I'm sorry I yell at you," said a gray clad Raven.
"I'm sorry I interrupt your meditations," said the dark gray suited Beast Boy.
"I'm sorry I never laugh at your jokes," said the gray clad Raven.
"The Timids," the two said at once when they saw who the emotions were. They passed them by and made it to the next path. They slowly made it from one path to another and found each of their emotions, together. Their Braves, Beast Boy's was in bright red, were battling each other. Their Wisdoms were sitting across from each other, exchanging words of… well… wisdom. Their Angers, Beast Boy's was dark green, just stared at each other silently. They found the two Knowledges, Beast Boy's was purple, sitting next to each other reading. The two Rudes were having their own personal burping contest. There were only two they couldn't find. The two Affections; and this really worried Raven.
"I don't know why you're so nervous," said Beast Boy. "They're just Affection, what's the worst they can do? Stare at each other with longing eyes?" He batted his eyes at her and made a goofy face.
"Beast Boy, each emotion that we have is a combination of other smaller emotions," said Raven pacing around. "For instance, Happy is made of happiness, joy, excitement, etcetera."
"So?"
"So, do you have any idea what Affection is made up of?" asked Raven. "Affection is made of love, desire, lust… do you see where I'm going?" Beast Boy shook his head. Raven groaned in frustration. "If you were filled with love, desire, and lust twenty-four seven and you finally found someone who feels the exact same way what the hell would you do?" Beast Boy's eyes grew wide and he realized why Raven was so nervous. There was a horny Raven and a horny Beast Boy running around. "Not only do we have that problem, but do you realize that whatever they feel we feel?"
"I was wondering why I felt a little happier when we passed by the Happys and a little sadder when we were near the Timids."
"That's how emotions work, Beast Boy."
Suddenly the two Knowledges popped up behind them and tapped them on the shoulder. They both screamed and jumped. They turned around and saw the yellow cloaked Raven wearing glasses and the purple suited Beast Boy with glasses.
"Sorry, didn't mean to startle you," said Ravens Knowledge.
"That's okay," said Beast Boy.
"We have some information we think you should know," said Beast Boy's Knowledge.
"Can it wait?" asked Raven. "We have to find the two Affections." Suddenly she felt her heart beat faster and her palms grow sweaty. Beast Boy felt similar symptoms.
"I really think you should listen to us," said Ravens Knowledge.
"We will, we just have a bit of an emergency," said Beast Boy wiping his clammy hands. "Raven, I have a funny feeling that our two Affections have met."
"You think?" asked Raven holding her racing heart. Then she felt a little light headed and happy. She quickly snapped out of it. "Oh no. We've got to find them, now!" She grabbed Beast Boy by the hand and the two went racing off to find the two Affections.
"But this is important!" yelled Beast Boy's Knowledge.
"We'll be right back!" Beast Boy called back.
The two ran as fast as they could, looking for the two missing emotions. The whole time they held hands, forgetting that they were, of course. They just knew that they had to find them as soon as possible.
They slowed down and finally released hands and tried to catch their breath. They thought that they would have spotted them by now, since the other emotions had only been about a minute apart.
"They have to be around here somewhere," said Beast Boy gasping for air. Suddenly he felt an odd feeling in his stomach and he smiled.
"What are you smiling about?" asked Raven. Suddenly she felt an odd feeling as well and she smiled.
"I'm not sure," said Beast Boy letting the smile fade and looking very confused. He looked at Raven and saw the look on her face. "What are you smiling about?"
Raven shook her smile off quickly and said, "Probably the same thing you're smiling about. This is getting serious, where the hell are they?"
"Uh oh," said Beast Boy. "I have a pretty good idea." Raven looked at him and saw that he was pointing in one direction. She looked and saw that the sky had grown dark over the land he was referring to and the stars were burning brightly in the sky. The ground was covered with candles and rose petals.
The two felt a sudden burst of energy and went running towards it. The closer they got the more they could feel warm, tingling feelings spreading through their bodies. Their hearts were racing and their breath quickening. They knew that this was not from the running.
Then they saw them. A light purple clad Raven and a yellow suited Beast Boy. The two were wrapped in each others arms, kissing so passionately the real Beast Boy and Raven weren't sure how they were breathing. They ran over to them and pulled the two apart. The Affections were quite shocked and resisted all they could.
"No! I love him!" cried Ravens Affection.
"No you don't," said Raven, trying to restrain her Affection.
"Let me go! I have to be with her!" cried Beast Boy's Affection.
"Dude, this is so wrong," said Beast Boy pinning his Affection to the ground.