Okay...I know I've gotten some demands on what characters to bring in.
There will be Rob/Star in either the next chapter or the one that follows it, I promise! And for all you Jinx/Kid Flash, I'm most likely going to mention Jinx or Wally next chapter either. I've got a kind of angsty, dramatic way to bring Jinx in, but where KF would enter the delima...eh. Still working out the kinks.
This chapter is just kind of leading up to Raven finally realizing what she has until she's losing it. The first chapters were just pretty fun, but the next few are going to be pretty serious.
Uh...and I'malready bringing Terra in. But, FYI, I'm not a Terra hater, so she won't be made a total enemy. But I don't necessarily like her, either, so she'll be the kind of person she was in the animated series; lost.
As for Malchior...I'm still considering that. If you have any characters that you'd like me to bring in, please let me know. I'm currently taking requests!
We have reason to believe she's missing.
We have reason to believe she's missing.
We have reason to believe she's missing.
The female police officer's voice repeated itself over, and over, and over again so many times in Raven's head she'd lost count. She'd dismissed herself from the office after being interrogated, and had gone into her room, silent tears running down her face.
"Raven?" Karen called, knocking lightly at Raven's now purple door. They had repainted and moved in all of their furniture the weekend before Rich's party. Strike that. Technically, Vic, Gar, and Rich moved in all of the furniture and had painted the room creamy lavender.
She caught her breath and quickly brushed away a few stray tears from her face. "Come in," She replied, unaware of her smeared eyeliner and gray streaks down her cheeks.
"Um, I was going to tell you that I had a date tonight, so you should probably…" Karen's voice trailed off as she looked at Raven's weary eyes and face. "Oh my god, Raven. Are you okay?"
No.
"Yes."
Liar, liar, liar!
"Are you sure?"
Why don't we just hang you by your pants on a telephone wire while we're at it?
"Of course."
Goddamn it, Karen! Don't believe her lies and blasphemy!
"Okay." Karen moved towards the door and was already halfway out of the room when she paused, leaning on the frame. "But you know, you aren't a very good liar when you're crying."
Raven looked up from her feet to see Karen closing the door behind her.
And then she cried some more.
"Raaaaaaay-ven!" Gar's voice echoed outside her door. Giggles and squeals of Kori and Vic could be heard behind Rich's hushing. "C'mon, its movie night! Just because you're the new kid doesn't mean you're getting off that easy!"
Raven slipped out of bed and cracked the door open slightly. An amethyst eye, streaked with black liner, peered out of the opening.
"I'm not feeling too well. I'm really not in the mood," Her voice was faulty and cracked. Gar frowned and made an attempt to push his head inside.
"Aw, Rae, don't be like that. This is a very sacred and important tradition. You can't skip out on it!"
Tears welled up in Raven's eyes and she pushed the door closer to its frame. "Seriously, I just want to be alone."
"Raven, are you not feeling well?" Kori's voice appeared behind Gar's shoulder.
"No."
"Oh dear! Would you perhaps like to try some of my pudding now? It makes a very good remedy—"
"No."
"Are you su—"
"Yes."
Kori fell silent. Gar took another crack at moving into Raven's room, but her hand was rested firmly on it, keeping him at bay.
"Rave—"
"I want to lie down. Goodnight."
She pushed the door closed on Gar's startled face and slid to the floor, her head in her hands.
She heard them shuffle out of the room, door closing silently behind them. She remained where she was, back rested upon the door's smooth surface. She had thought they had all left when she heard the hobbling of feet and the knock of someone's head against the other side of the door.
There was silence after that for a good while. Finally, a voice found itself and spoke up. "I'm not leaving you, Raven."
Gar? Why hadn't he left?
"You always think you're so alone. Even when you eat with us, hang out with us, you're always in the back and you never speak up. I want you to know that you do have friends, Raven. You've got to come out sometime."
"Please, leave Gar."
"No, Raven. I've got a cup of tea out here with your name on it," He hummed in a sing-song voice.
"Stop…"
"It's herbal…" He sang.
"Gar…"
"You know you want it," He continued, tapping his fingers against the door.
"Please…leave…"
"If you're lucky, I'll even bring you one of those sad, depressing books you like so much…"
"Gar, get out! Now!" Raven heard the glass shatter and Gar's yelp. He cursed.
Raven bit her lip and breathed in and out rhythmically.
"Hey, uh, Rae, you got a band aid in there or something 'cause I—"
She yelled and screamed several things that I'll keep confidential, and Gar quickly quieted. She heard him get up and close the door.
Tears poured from her again, splattering onto the white carpet.
When the next day rolled around, she put on the most normal face she knew. She'd slipped into homeroom silently with a strange look from her teacher.
"Raven, are you sure you want to be here? If you need extra time, just let me know."
Her lips twitched into a smile. "I'm fine, Mr. Gavin. We weren't very close, anyway." She shrugged and went over to her seat, sliding into it.
Vic turned around in his seat and smiled at Raven. "Listen Raven, about last night—"
She smiled. "Don't worry about it."
Now Vic knew something was wrong. Raven never smiled.
Raven had once stolen a glance at Gar. His eyes looked weary and tired, like he had been up all night. He'd returned the stare. To describe it perfectly would be impossible, but it left even Raven shuddering.
Biology – 3rd period, Mr. Clemens
During third period biology, the principal had paid a visit to the class, a mysterious figure looming behind him.
The teacher held the note away from him at arms length and read it. He looked surprised for a moment, but quickly returned the note to the principal.
Raven froze in her seat. Was it for her?
But no, it wasn't. The principal stepped aside as Mr. Clemens ushered in the mysterious person.
Mr. Clemens was a short, weak-looking man who stuttered when he spoke. "C-class, it app-appears we have an n-new student with us, today." He gestured to a slender girl with shiny blond hair and big, blue eyes. She smiled and gave a small wave. "This is-is Terra; Terra Markov."
AHHH! TIS TERRA!
Lol. Okay, so as I said before, just reminding you that if you have any ideas that you'd like to share, or if you want me to bring in some Titan characters, let me know!
Oh, and lend me your thoughts on whether to bring in Malchior.
Review!