Chapter 7

Anything for Raven

Robin stared at the person known as Clow in shock. He wasn't at all as Robin had imagined him to look. Clow had a large tattered maroon cape that went around his mouth and part of his nose too. His wings were slightly small and they looked like bats and were black. His tail looked a bit like a devil's tail, but it was black too. His eyes weren't a glowing red at the moment but a crystal blue with a hint of black to it. He had blonde and gold colored hair with black in it (the hair style looks kind of like Cloud and Leon's from Kingdom Hearts...). Clow had black binding on his arms and legs and the rest of his body was covered by the same maroon cape. He also had black shoes. Robin noticed that he had a black belt with all these different items on them. He also noticed that there was a huge long sword with black bindings on it. It was the biggest sword and strangest Robin had ever seen. Clow gave a little laugh.

"I see I'm not what you expected me to be?" Clow said. Robin shook his head, his eyes still in circles and his mouth still slightly open.

"I know this is kinda off the subject but why isn't there anybody else here?" Robin asked, shaking out of his little trance. Clow looked down at his feet.

"Because of two things", Clow said.

"One, I own this place and two, well, because I'm here". Robin blinked twice.

"Why?" Robin asked. Clow sighed and looked up.

"It's a long story kid, and it all starts with Hawk", Clow said. He turned away from Robin and walked to another part of the alley.

"It was a long time ago", Clow said.

"I was on a long journey trying to look for someone. Then one day Hawk came along. I had never liked him at all. Hawk asked me what I was doing. I told him. He said that he would make a deal with me. I asked him what it was he wanted. He said that if he helped me, I would have to do something for him in return. Hawk promised that he would help me with my journey and take care of all of the work. Apparently, he made me swear to go with the deal before he even told me what he wanted me to do. Then once the deal was made, I asked him what he wanted me to do. He smiled at me wickedly and said that I was enslaved to him for a year. That stayed. He helped me with my journey, and then I was stuck enslaved to him. He made me do horrible things. Nobody knew that Hawk was the one making me do all of the things I did. They thought I was doing it in my own free will. So then the devil decided I couldn't stay in town anymore. He gave me this alleyway and all the things connected to it. So now I'm stuck here". Clow turned back towards Robin and walked away from the wall.

"What's your name kid?" Clow asked.

"My name's Robin", Robin answered. Clow sighed.

"How do you survive in this place?" Robin asked. Clow looked at him.

"You ask a lot of questions kid", he said.

"I know", Robin said with a smile.

"You know how I said the devil gave me everything connected to this alleyway and this alleyway?" Clow said. Robin nodded.

"Well that included a forest, a river, a well, and everything I could need", Clow said.

"I can't believe that this is an alleyway in hell", Robin said.

"There's all these different large rooms in this alleyway that are all connected by those doorways", Robin said pointing to the doorway he had come through. Clow nodded.

"Yeah I know", Clow said. He walked in another direction again. Clow didn't look at him.

"I want you to know something", he said.

"What?" Robin asked. Clow sighed.

"This isn't what this place really looks like", he said. He continued to walk around.

"Let me show you". Then, Clow snapped his fingers and whispered some mysterious words. Everything twisted together and in a second the whole place looked like a horror movie. The sky was black and red with thunder and lightning going across it. The walls were black and rigged with that sickening black liquid and slime oozing out of the cracks. The doorways were crumpled. Nothing looked stable.

"And that's not really what you look like here either", Clow said. An exclamation point appeared above Robin's head and the look on his face said, "You have got to be kidding me!" Then Robin felt himself changing but in a second it was all over. Clow waved his hand and a mirror huge mirror appeared in front of Robin. Robin couldn't believe what he saw staring back at him. He had a dark gray and black outfit. His clothes were all tattered and he still had maroon blood stained on his clothes. Robin had small torn up black bat wings on his back. His eyes were covered by a dark shadow and the parts of his mask that were white were now glowing red. His hair was still messed up and it still had no shine, but was just a dull colored black. Robin's cape was maroon and was all tattered. Robin looked at his belt and it was black and looked ruined. Then the mirror slowly faded away and there stood Clow. Clow's eyes were completely black with a dim glowing red in the center of them.

"So Clow, can I trust you?" Robin said. Clow turned to face him.

"Only if you want to", Clow said, holding out his bound hand. Robin smiled and shook Clow's hand.

"So, do you want me to help me save Raven and get rid of Hawk?" Robin asked with an evil smile. By the look on his face Robin could tell Clow was smiling wickedly too.

"Of course", he said.

"I used to date her so why not?" Then, Clow ran off into the distance and out a doorway. He stopped and put his hand on the doorway. He looked behind him towards Robin.

"So you coming kid?" Clow said. Robin smiled and said, "Anything for Raven". Then he ran off towards Clow, and they ran off to find Hawk and Raven.

Okay guys, I know this was a real cruddy chapter, but it's the best I could do for now. Well I've yet again been really depressed lately so just don't mind. Just ignore it if I don't update in a really really long time. I'm trying hard to sustain some of the pain. Thanks guys. Love you.

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