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Chapter 3: War and No Peace
It was only a couple weeks after the Family Game Night. Starfire, Robin, and Cyborg were sitting on the couch, listening to what was going on upstairs. They heard loud voices, unable to interpret what was being said. They relaxed and looked at each other with relief, and then flinched as the voices became audible again.
"Why can't you just leave me alone!" Raven's voice.
"I want to know what you meant!" Beast Boy.
"It didn't mean anything! Just forget it!"
"You're right; it probably doesn't, because you never liked her! You hated her, and you're probably glad she's dead!"
"Shut up! I hated her because she betrayed us all! She was a traitor and you fell in love with her!" Raven shouted in disbelief.
"You fell in love with a traitor too! Does the name 'Malchior' ring a bell?"
"Malchior was the only one who treated me like a real person! He understood me! The only thing Terra did was laugh at your jokes! Besides, I'm over Malchior! I'm not still moping around feeling sorry for myself!"
"Terra did much more for me than that! Yeah right you're over Malchior! I've seen you staring at his book sometimes! Why were you doing that Raven? Huh?"
"Why the heck were you in my room!"
"Just answer my damn question!"
Raven said something which would have gotten bleeped out had it been on television. This was followed by the sound of crashing, and some more yelling which was inaudible. When their voices could be heard again, the subject of their fight had switched again.
"- a heartless, betraying liar who couldn't even control her own powers!"
"Shut up, Raven! She's my friend and you can't talk about her that way!"
"It's a free country! I can say whatever the hell I want!"
"Can't you just find one nice thing to say about her?"
A pause. "She's a good actress, I'll give her that."
"THAT'S IT!"
The other Titans heard more crashing, then an inhuman snarl. Raven shouted something and a high-pitched scream responded to her taunt.
This had gone far enough.
They rushed upstairs to find Beast Boy in raptor form, claws raised, with Raven standing in front of him, her black magic at the ready.
"Raven! Beast Boy!" Cyborg grabbed Beast Boy, who changed back to human, and Starfire grabbed Raven, holding her back. Robin stood in between them.
"I can't believe you two! Can't you have a normal conversation without it becoming a death match?" He motioned for Starfire and Cyborg to let them go. Raven and Beast Boy just stood there, glaring at each other.
"Apologize."
There was silence for a long time. They didn't do anything. Starfire spoke up.
"Please, it is not right for friends to fight!"
"…She's not my friend, not anymore. I hate her." Beast Boy's words were icy and forced. Without waiting for a reply, he turned and walked past Cyborg to his room.
Everyone stared after him. Raven finally surrounded herself with black energy and teleported herself to her room, leaving the other three Titans with shocked looks on their faces.
When Raven got to her room, she paced, thinking about what Beast Boy had said. His words somehow troubled her in a way she hadn't felt before.
She's not my friend, not anymore. I hate her.
Raven told herself she shouldn't be distressed. Everyone has been told those words. But when Beast Boy said them they stung her, piercing her heart. Why? Because he meant them.
She shook her head in frustration. Why should I care? Hoping to clear her mind, she picked up her mirror and went into Nevermore.
When she got there, all of her emotions were huddled together, talking. That's strange. Her emotions usually aren't grouped together; they were usually spread out over Nevermore, only occasionally talking to each other.
Something's up. Raven had thought the words, but since she was in her mind, they came out loud.
Her emotions looked up. "Duh, something's up, you idiot!" yelled Happy.
Raven raised an eyebrow. "And would you please point it out to me?" She tried to be skeptical, but she knew what they were talking about.
Courage rolled her eyes. "Beast Boy just said that he hates you!"
Before Raven could reply, Rage stepped in. "Good! Hate shall rule the world!"
"Shut up Rage," Knowledge said.
"Why should I care if Beast Boy hates me?"
"He meant it! That is the worst thing that could happen!" screamed Courage.
"…Why?"
A Raven in an indigo cloak stepped forward. "You really wanna know why? It's because we lo-"
"Shut up!" Raven snapped.
"But-"
"No!"
"…We-"
"No!"
"Lov-"
"Shut it!"
"Beast Bo-"
"Bye!" With that, Raven transformed into her soul-self raven and flew out of Nevermore.
When she got back, someone was knocking at her door. "Friend Raven? It is Starfire; I wish to see if you are alright."
Raven didn't reply. She really did not feel like talking.
"Friend Raven?" After a few moments she gave up and Raven heard her footsteps going down the hall.
Raven didn't know why she didn't talk to Starfire. Normally she would have, even if she was in the same mood as she was now. But she knew that she wouldn't be able to hide her emotions as she spoke. Something just wasn't right in the tower these days…
She knew deep in her heart that something bad was going to happen.
Hehehe, it only gets worse! Chapter 4 will be up soon!
