Disclaimer: I own the trio of Dimension S, nothing else.
Author's Note: I've been debating over a few things I could do for this chapter while listening to The Ghost of You over and over, and it finally hit me. I could do a songfic because it works so dang well. Now for your 25 eights.
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Song
Beast Boy's thoughts
Actions
Flashback
I never said I'd lie and wait forever
If I died, we'd be together
Beast Boy popped on a sad song, because he had the weirdest urge to. He just thought it would do him some good. Just some gut feeling of his.
I can't always just forget her
But she could try
Beast Boy could feel a lump in his throat. He felt tears, threatening to sting his eyes and endlessly caress his face in bittersweet torment. But the worst of it, was he didn't know why. The shadows of his mind were there once more. But he couldn't tell what they were, because the back of the mind is dark, and you can't see a single shadow in the dark.
At the end of the world
Or the last thing I see
Coming Closer. Beast Boy could feel the shadows move into the light.
You are
Never coming home
Never coming home
Get someone get lost? Did someone run away? Get hurt? Killed…?
Could I?
Should I?
Nightfire…
And all the things that you never ever told me
What was her favorite color?
And all the smiles that are ever ever…
She smiled a lot, but you definitely didn't want to see her when she was mad.
Ever…
Get the feeling that you're never
All alone and I remember now
At the top of my lungs in my arms she dies
She dies
What an awful way to go… She died right there… Right there… Beast Boy's eyes couldn't hold it in any longer, and they released the emotional water.
At the end of the world
Or the last thing I see
How could I not remember…?
You are
Never coming home
Never coming home
How is Raven gonna take this is she remembers? Blueskies… That's the one who jumped off the tower. But why? Grief? I don't think so…
Could I?
Should I?
"Don't worry, Beast Boy, time passes. Maybe one day you'll forget…"
"I could never forget Nightfire…"
We were both right.
All the things that you never ever told me
What was his favorite 1OX show?
All the smiles that are ever gonna haunt me.
He smiled all the time, he even tried to cheer us up when Nightfire died, but she was his sister. Why didn't we comfort him? Were we that selfish? Grief stricken?
Never coming home
Never coming home
Now neither of them are coming back. They'll be gone forever. They'll never come home.
Could I?
ShouldI?
I shouldn't tell the others. They won't believe me, and if they did, they would pretend they didn't, just to protect their own hopeless feelings.
And all the wounds that are ever gonna scar me
Well, at least I know how I got that gash on my arm.
For all the ghosts that are never gonna catch me.
Everyone thought it was so weird that the same day was gone from everyone's thoughts. Memories. Consciousness.
If I fall
If I fall down
If I cry now, it could be harder to keep this away from my team. Beast Boy dried his eyes and refused the new tears that welled up. His little pools of grief.
At the end of the world
Or the last thing I see
Nightfire killed. Blueskies and suicide. He did all he could to erase our memories, so I'm not going to bring it up. He gave the ultimate sacrifice for me and the team, and I'm not gonna screw up.
You are
Never coming home
Never coming home
Never coming home
Never coming home
I'll try to keep their memories away from the team. Their ghosts. Because that's the worst kind of ghost. At least with the ones you can see, you can see their face again, talk to them. But this is the kind of ghost that only exists in your memories. The kind that haunts you for the rest of your life without you being able to see it's face. That kind that breaks people.
And all the things that you never ever told me
I guess I didn't learn too much about her. If I could've done it again, I would've gotten to know her much better.
And all the smiles that are ever gonna haunt me
They smiled an awful lot, even when they were sad. Now I'm gonna have to do the same. Pretend nothing's wrong. Even when the pain eats at my heart and soul, I have to force a smile.
Never coming home
Never coming home
I only remember her… Because… love is forever. They didn't love her like I did, so they shouldn't remember her unless I bring it up. The love that made me forget all my troubles is now hurting me more then anything.
Could I?
Should I?
I could, but I shouldn't.
All the wounds that are ever gonna scar me
There's more than just this gash.
For all the ghosts that are ever gonna…
"Uh, Beast Boy?" Robin asked as he walked in. "Are you feeling alright?"
Beast Boy was spaced out, facing the stereo, and no one has ever seen Beast Boy think at all, let along so deeply.
"Huh? Oh! I'm fine!" Beast Boy cheered.
Nightfire had a fake, cheery disposition, and now I'm gonna have one too. Nobody is gonna be able to break it if I have something to say about it.
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Author's Note: I am planning on making a sequel, and for reading this far, you get the full summary.
Summary: When Nightfire's cousin comes to the Titans to help, she and Beast Boy have to convince the whole team Nightfire and Blueskies existed. They go to Dimension S and see an unexpected surprise. When they go back to the Tower, though, bad things start happening.
And there you have it.