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Author's note: Just giving some credit to Apple Happy and saying thank you all so much for the reviews! Oh, and Still trying to fly yes that is the episode that the dog is from, I'm planing to talk about him a bit more in five too.
As the day faded into night, the forest grew darker and darker. Soon, even the car's brightest headlight weren't enough to get a good view of the path. Neither Victor nor Robin would admit it, but the two of them were very apprehensive about traveling in these conditions. To reassure themselves that they were "manly enough" they went into protective big brother mode.
"I hope Raven is alright," said Robin, lowering his voice slightly to get rid of any nervousness.
"UhhI hope she hasn't got into any trouble," Victor responded quickly.
"Yeah, she always seems to get into some kind of trouble without us there."
"You know Robin, Raven would kill us if she heard us talking about her like this."
"Yeah she would. She'dLook out Victor!"
But it was too late. Victor, who had not been paying attention to the path, crashed the car into a tree. Thankfully, it was a minor crash so neither Robin nor Victor were hurt. The two of them got out of the car to inspect the damages. The hood was dented pretty badly. Victor popped it open to look at the inside.
"It's not too bad. Nothing seems damaged. But it's risky to try and drive it in case it breaks down before we get anywhere. We should get some help."
"From where? In case you haven't noticed. We are in the middle of a forest!"
"How about there?"
Victor pointed. In the distance, silhouetted against the moon was a tower from a castle.
"Oh," Robin said. "Good idea. One of us should push it."
"Yes, that's good. Go push it."
"Me? Why do I have to? You're bigger than me. You push, I'll steer."
"Are you kidding me! There is NO way that I am letting you drive my baby! You push."
"Victor, it's just a car. Com on!"
"No. You push."
Robin stomped towards the end of the car angrily.
"Loser," he muttered.
"Jerk," Victor muttered back.
"WHAT DID YOU SAY!" They yelled at the same time. The two glared at each other for awhile. At last, Robin spoke up.
"Fighting is getting us nowhere. I'll push it. But you owe me."
"Will do."
It took a long time to make their way to the castle. There was tripping, bickering, and even more getting lost. At last, Robin and Victor found themselves at the gate. Everything was dark.
"I don't think that there's anyone inside," Victor commented.
"Yeah. It's totallywait! What's that up in the window?"
Victor looked to where Robin was pointing. In the window of the highest tower in the west, was a strange glow. It was not the light from a lamp, but something else entirely.
"There must be someone here. Let's check it out."
"Okay," And Robin proceeded to climb up the gate. Victor, however, pushed it open, causing Robin to lose his grip and fall flat on his face. After Victor spent a few minutes laughing at him and Robin spent a few minutes trying to attack Victor, they headed towards the castle. Upon closer inspection of the window, the two of them could see that it was arose. A black rose emitting a strange purple light.
"Victor! Look at that. That's perfect for Raven! We should try to get it for her."
"I don't know Rob. It's not ours."
"Well, let's go in and find out who it belongs to. Maybe we can buy it from them. We need their help anyway for the car so let's go."
Robin headed into the castle with Victor following reluctantly. It took both of them to push open the great front doors. They stepped into the entrance hall. It was pitch black. Robin felt his way around, looking for a lamp. Then, he bumped into something hard and heard a muffled grunt.
"Victor, watch where you're going! I just bumped into you!"
"No you didn't! I'm over here."
"Then who did I?"
"What are you doing here?"
A lamp was lit and Robin found himself face to face with a black-haired man of about his age. He was much taller than Robin though and he looked angry. Behind him, holding the lamp was a beautiful girl with long red hair. She looked frightened.
"What are you doing here?" The man repeated.
"I'm sorry. But we're having car trouble and we saw your castle and we were hoping that you could help us."
"Of course we can!" Robin turned slightly to see a blond-haired man of about Robin's size walking towards them. He looked happy to see them. However, the black-haired man looked unsure.
"I don't know"
"Oh come on, Aqua-lad! Where is your sense of hospitality? Kori, why don't you fetch these two gentlemen some drinks. Do either of you take mustard in your beverages?"
Both Robin and Victor shook their heads, unsure of whether to feel surprised or disgusted.
"Alright. Kori, hold the mustard."
The girl nodded and walked away looking slightly disappointed. The blond-haired man walked up to Robin and offered his hand. Robin took it.
"My name is Speedy. It's nice to meet you."
"Good to meet you. I'm Robin and that's my brother Victor."
Victor had been standing by the door looking very hesitant to come in. He now, however, came over and shook Speedy's outstretched hand.
"Nice to meet you Victor and Robin. You're most welcome here. That pain-in-the-butt over there is Aqua-lad. And the girl that just left is Kori. She's our cook. Her food would be good if she'd stop putting mustard on it."
"Why do you have her as a cook if she puts mustard on everything?"
"Don't ask!" Aqua-lad spoke up. "Look, Speedy. They both seem very nice but you know what the master will do if he finds out. I think its best if they just leave."
"Nonsense! They look so tired. They should at least rest awhile. Come in and sit by the fire."
"Thanks!" Victor replied and he and Robin followed Speedy into another room with Aqua-lad trailing behind them muttering about the "master" under his breath. When both Robin and Victor had gotten comfortable Kori came back in holding a tray. Following behind her was a strange little worm-like creature.
"New friends! I have brought you mugs of the chocolate that is hot! And I would like to introduce my little Silkie!" She gestured with her head towards the worm.
"Verycute," Robin said while reaching for his mug of hot chocolate.
"Oh do you think so? This is most joyous! Silkie, this handsome man likes you!" Silkie bounced around the floor happily.
"Oh? You think he's handsome?" Speedy asked slyly.
Kori and Robin blushed. Robin couldn't help but notice how pretty she was. He smiled at her slightly and she smiled back. Suddenly, the fire went out and everything went dark. The door burst open and a huge dark shadow filled the room. Victor and Robin could hear a low growling.
"There is a stranger here!"
"Master," Speedy spoke up quickly "Allow me to explain. These two gentlemen were lost in the woods and" But he was cut off by a loud growl fromwhatever it was. Aqua-lad spoke up next.
"Master? I would like to take this moment to sayI was against this from the start! It was all his fault. I tired to stop him but would he listen to me? No" He too was cut off.
The creature came closer and Robin and Victor could now see that it was a huge beast. His fur was green and his teeth were white and razor sharp. He approached them menacingly.
"Who are you two? What are you doing here?"
"We were lost in the woods and"
"You're not welcome here!"
"II'm sorry!" Robin stammered.
"What are you staring at!"
"N-Nothing"
"So? You've come to stare at the beast have you!"
"Hey man!" Victor shouted. "Calm down! We didn't mean to intrude. We just wanted"
"I don't want you here! Just go!"
The beast turned around furiously, one of arms nearly hitting Robin in the face. Robin, however, misjudged it as an attack and gave a furious kick. The beast howled in rage. He grabbed Robin and started to drag him away when Victor ran up and threw a punch. The beast knocked his arm out of the way and grabbed him as well. Ignoring the protests of Speedy, Aqua-lad and Kori, he dragged Victor and Robin down to his dungeon and threw them inside.
"I gave you the chance to leave. But now, you are my prisoners." And he stalked away.
Robin shook the bars furiously but they didn't budge.
"Now what do we do?" Victor whispered.
"If only we had Raven"
"Wait! That's it!" And Victor started to press a bunch of buttons on his mechanical arm.
Down in front of the castle, Victor's car whirred to life and sped off into the woods. Into the direction of their town. In the direction of Raven.