Chapter Fifty-Nine: "Heartless Witch"
Raven glared at Terra, how dare she accuse me of such a thing! Raven closed her eyes and took a deep breath. She relaxed, but only enough to retreat the dark energy that her body wanted so much to use.
Terra on the other hand wasn't going to give up so easily. "Why'd you do this to him Raven? Why'd you treat him like crap?"
Raven opened her eyes and continued the deathly glare that she did so perfectly. "How did I do this? I didn't do anything to him! He's the one that chose to give me distance; he's the one that willingly gave himself to Kayla!"
If Terra's eyes could produce daggers, Raven would be long gone. "You heartless witch!" Terra yelled angrily.
Raven's eyes grew large, and her hands glowed black. She couldn't say anything to defend herself because she was in shock.
Starfire looked at Terra, "Friend, she is not heartless. If she was truly heartless she would not be standing here before us."
Terra rolled her eyes, but still holding the daggering glance towards Raven.
Robin leaned towards Starfire's ear, he began whispering what it was that Terra actually meant. Starfire placed her left hand over her mouth and gasped.
"Terra, Raven is no such thing!" She exclaimed.
Raven still stood in shock.
Cyborg placed his left hand on Terra's right shoulder, and with his free hand he motioned for her to take a seat at the table.
Raven closed her eyes. She's right, why did you let him go? She opened her eyes to find that Cyborg had her in a brotherly hug.
He whispered in her ear, "Don't listen to her, she's just upset. We all are, but none of this is your fault. He chose to go. We'll get him back."
Cyborg pulled away and gave her a sweet smile. Terra was still fuming, mumbling things that either no one heard, or they refused to listen.
"Friends, what will be our tactic for saving Beast Boy?" Starfire asked, looking at everyone's sad faces.
Raven looked away so that she couldn't see the stares she was about to get, "It's probably too late. The ceremony must be over by now."
Terra's eyes and hands glowed yellow, Starfire gasped, Robin's eyes widened in shock and Cyborg frowned.
"What do you mean Raven?" Cyborg asked.
Raven sighed, instead of turning to face her team she began walking towards the window. "The only way to explain it to you is this way, time here is slower than time in the Shadow Realm. An hour here could be like three days in the Shadow Realm."
"Tell me you're kidding." Terra said harshly.
Raven chuckled dryly, "No I'm not."
Terra jumped from the table, "If you hadn't stolen him from me none of this would have happened! What does he see in you? You don't even care about him!" Terra accused, as she ran out the door.
Raven's eyes shut closed, that wasn't true. I care about him; I just don't want to get hurt. Raven turned into her soul self and flew straight to her room, leaving the rest of the titans in shock.
I do care about him.
Well you have a funny way of showing it.
I just don't want to get hurt.
That's a little late.
No it's not.
Yes it is, Love is depressed.
What's that mean?
It means that you are now a proud owner of a broken heart.
No.
Yes.
What am I going to do?
You do know they haven't had the wedding yet right?
What?
You know perfectly well that Beast Boy can't go through with this wedding until he knows about all the rules and customs of the Shadows.
Wait, that means...
That you have A LOT of time left to save him. You know how slow he is when it comes to memorizing.
Thank goodness for that.
Now get the other titans and get you're butt going!
Raven ran back into the main room, finding only two remaining titans going over some rescue plans.
"Stop what you're doing!" Raven shouted.
Robin looked up, "What is it Raven?"
Raven looked at Robin and Starfire, "Uh, where is Cyborg?"
"He's getting Terra." Robin replied.
Raven quickly turned into he soul self, and went straight to Terra's room. She came back seconds later with Cyborg and Terra falling out of her cape.
"Now that everyone's here I have something important to tell you." Raven began.
"This is good news?" Starfire asked.
"Yes Starfire, its good news." Raven stated, "Anyway, the wedding hasn't begun yet."
Terra heard this and became very interested now in what she was about to say.
"Kayla can't marry Beast Boy until he knows all the rules and customs of the Shadow Realm. We all know Beast Boy and when it comes to learning –"
"It'll take him forever." Cyborg finished.
Raven gave a small smile, "Exactly."