NOTE: Sorry to say that the next two chapters are fairly short, mostly because to put them into one chapter wouldn't work out. But I have posted both chapters at the same time so it seems like one big chapter. Don't worry, I'm working on Chapter 6, and it looks like almost twice the length of the other two.
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Shadows
by: IHOP
Chapter 4 - A Revelation
"RAVEN!" Beast Boy called out, but it was no use. He was the only one left in the Tower.
For a few moments, his mind was flooded with dread and chaos. Then he turned around and noticed the gray book that Raven had been reading. He knew what he had to do. He picked up the book and frantically searched for the page with the poem.
When at last he found it he studied the first three stanzas over and over; he was more focused than he had ever been before. He spent about ten minutes reading it, but still didn't understand. He then looked at the third verse more carefully:
It is jealousy, the green beast
The most powerful curse
Plaguing mankind for millennia
The most destructive emotion.
Slowly, but surely,he began to fit the pieces of the puzzle together. He finally reached a conclusion that made his heart stop. He wasn't sure, but he thought now he finally understood what it all meant.
Beast Boy ran into his room and searched it until he found a crumpled photo. He stared at it for a moment. Then, as if it were alive, he started to speak to it.
"I'm sorry. I'll always have a special place for you, but it's time for me to stop obsessing with the past and focus on what I still have now, before I lose it forever. Goodbye."
He dropped the photo and ran back into Raven's room. He couldn't leave the Tower by ordinary means, but he did know the one place where he could always reach Raven. He went to Raven's bureau and held up her magic mirror.
Raven's gonna kill me for this, he thought, but it's the only chance I have to save her, to save all of them.
The mirror emitted a black vortex which surrounded Beast Boy and sucked him up. After what seemed like an eternity of falling, he finally landed on a large floating rock. Surrounding the rock was empty space, lit only by swirling blue energy.
"Raven's mind," Beast Boy said under his breath. "But it looks a little different than I remember."
Indeed, the world of Raven's mind seemed just a little less dark than before. There was no red energy, it was blue now. Trigon's defeat had given Raven more control over her mind.
Beast Boy suddenly remembered that he needed to find Raven.
I've gotta save her before it's too late, he thought as he ran across the path that materialized in front of him.
"Raven? Are you there?" Beast Boy called out. There was no answer except for a small group of tiny raven birds flying overhead.
"Man, this place is way too big," he said to himself after another half hour of searching. "I wish there was some kind of clue where to look."
As if answering him, a dense fog filled the air. When it cleared, Beast Boy could see what appeared to be a portal of some sort. In front of it was a large stone with some sort of engraving on it. He walked over to it.
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Well, that was a fairly short chapter, but Chapter 5 is already posted, so you can read it right now. I hope you're on the edge of your seats. :-)
Review, please.