Chapter 2
Not much to talk about with the story yet. Sorry and sorry for the choppy beginning. As you all know from many of my other stories the beginnings often are choppy. Sorry. ONWARD TO THE BATTLE FIELD!
"Is this seriously all you do when you skip class?" Mary asked, Raven and her friend were in a bookstore not far from the school. Raven leered.
"No, but it doesn't take up a lot of my time." She said, "Why you have a better idea to spend time."
"No! I just thought that—knowing you—you'd maybe I dunno do something more exciting." Mary said.
"Like what?" Raven asked. Mary grinned.
"Like creating some kind of cult or something!" she said. Raven made a face.
"Is that your opinion of me?" she said, "No I couldn't do that. Just do my best to stay outta the house."
"Home life still bad?" Mary asked. Raven shrugged placing a book back on the shelf.
"Dad's still jobless, but it's not important." She said, "Hey come on, let's get outta here, there's this cute little café I know you'd like."
"You say that, but I don't believe that." Mary said with a smirk, Raven shook her head and grabbed her friend by the arm and the two walked out of the store. Before leaving however Mary paused and looked back, as if sensing someone near them.
"You coming Mary?" Raven asked, Mary shook her head and then smiled.
"Yeah, coming." She said, then scowled, she was sure she felt something. She shook her head, maybe she was just being paranoid with all the stuff that had gone on.
~0~
Teekl growled in Klarion's arms. He had been following the two since they left the school. He was more hoping that Raven would come alone, however, he kicked himself for not predicting the baby Zatana's move by going with her. Of course she would go, she was going to do her very best to keep Raven away from him. She had even gone so far as to remove the stone from Raven's neck. alocante lapis, or Locating stone, in English, he had given it to Raven when they met. It always told him where Raven was, and what she was doing. A human stalker couldn't have done a better job.
"Quiet Teekl," Klarion growled. Teekl meowed, while Klarion glared at the duo. Zatana and her friends are keeping a close eye on his Raven. He growled, and what's more while following them he let him magical aura be detected by Zatana so now, she was on to him. he huffed.
"This might be a little tougher than I thought it would be." He grumbled, "I think I might have to do some undercover work…great."
Teekl meowed as Klarion then teleported out of the store.
~0~
"Are you ok?" Raven asked, cocking her eyebrows. Mary jumped. The two were sitting outside at the little bistro several blocks away from the school.
"Of course! Why do you ask?" She asked, Raven scowled.
"You've been looking over your shoulder all day." She said, "Is there something you're not telling me?"
'There's plenty I'm not telling you.' Zatanna thought, then as Mary she said, "No of course not, just not used to skipping class."
"If you're that worried we can go back for eighth." Raven said, "besides if we get caught, it's your first offence you won't get into trouble….much trouble anyway."
"That's…not really reassuring." Mary said, Raven smirked.
"You worry too much. It's not like something really bad is going to happen." She said.
'Oh you have no idea what could happen.' Zatanna thought then smiled, "I guess you're right, hey since you don't want to go back home, why don't you stay over at my house?"
"What?" Raven asked. Mary smiled.
"It's been forever since we've had a sleep over, I can even ask if Megan wants to come over. We can have one of those all girl sleep overs." She offered. Raven pursed her lips in curiousness.
"All girl sleep over?" She asked then stood chuckling, "No thanks Mar, I don't do sleep overs."
"Aww come one, you used to sleep over in middle school." Mary said, Raven's brows rose.
"What's with your sudden want for me to hang out every two seconds?" She asked, "It's kind of weird, even for friends."
"Well, I just thought it'd be fun." Mary said, Raven shook her head.
"Thanks but no, I'm just gonna head on home." She said, "See ya Mary."
"Yeah…see ya." Mary said with a sigh as Raven waved her goodbye. Once Raven was out of eyesight Zatanna let the glamor spell on her fade. She sighed and slumped in her chair.
"Now what?" she mumbled.
~0~
Meanwhile down the street Raven walked back towards her house, however something made her pause. She felt as though she was being watched. It was a creepy feeling. Raven looked over her shoulder to see no one there. She shivered.
"What the heck's with this paranoia?" She muttered, then looked back to see an orange and brown cat sitting in front of her, "Well that might explain it."
The cat looked up at her and meowed.
"Hey there kitty," Raven said kneeling down to pet the strange looking cat, it purred and rubbed itself against her hand, "You're an odd looking cat aren't you?"
The cat paused and looked up at her and growled.
"Hey I'm not sayin that's a bad thing, I like odd cats." Raven said, the cat mewed then jumped into her arms. Raven laughed. "You're a fast worker aint cha?"
The cat meowed again as Raven stood.
"Alright fine, I'll take you home with me then." She said, the cat purred and made its way to her shoulders, "You really are an odd cat."
Meanwhile on the rooftop further away from where the dark teen was standing, Klarion stood watching as his Raven walked down the street toward her house with his familiar Teekl. He had sent the otherworldly cat to watch over her while he could not. Since Zatanna had removed the alocante lapis, he would have to use other methods to watch her from afar and since Raven never invited people to her house, Teekl could do just that without being caught by Zatanna and her friends.
"Good Teekl. I'll be seeing you tomorrow, my Raven." Klarion said with an evil smirk.
~0~
The next morning Raven awoke and saw about five or six other cats with the cat she had brought home yesterday. She scowled it wasn't unlike cats to suddenly gather in her room while she slept, however she had closed her window the night before. Or so she thought. She sighed then looked at her alarm clock.
"Oh shhhoot! I'm late!" She shouted falling out of bed and cursing after she hit the ground. She then grabbed the first thing she saw that resembled clothing; and oversized Batman T-shirt. She scowled, something about the shirt irked her. She didn't know why though so she shrugged it off and then got dressed. The cat that she brought home jumped onto her desk and meowed.
"Not now kitty, sorry but I'm late for school." She said, then stopped. Why did she suddenly care if she was late school? Nothing exciting ever happened at Gotham high. The cat then meowed loudly.
"You're a very talkative cat aren't you?" Raven asked with a scowl, the cat growled, "Attitude too, I knew there was a reason I like ya, but I'm not gonna rush."
MEOW!
"Werent you just complaining about me rushing?" Raven asked, the cat simply stared. "Just a guess. Well see ya."
Raven then walked out of her room, downstair, sneaking past her parents in the living room. The last thing she wanted was hearing her parents scolding her for being late. Or her father spouting drunken nonsense at her.
Once at the door she ran towards the school with a sudden urge to be there.
~0~
"Raven's late." Megan said, Mary shrugged.
"That's normal. She's never really been one for punctuality." She said, "I'm more concerned that Klarion hasn't shown up yet. It's been almost a month and he hasn't made a move to grab her."
"Maybe he's abandoned her?" Conner said, "She has been a lot of trouble for him."
"You think?" Megan asked, "I kinda feel bad though."
"Why? If he has left, Raven will be safe, and no more Witch-couple dynamics." Mary said, the duo nodded.
"We know, you want to keep Raven as far away from magic as possible." Conner said, "I get that you want her away from magic now, but why did you keep from her last time?"
"Raven has a lot of potential in magic, if Klarion kept his claws on her, she could have been more powerful than Dr. Fate." Mary said with a dark tone, Megan and Conner went wide eyed in surprise, "That's what I was told anyhow…by my father. He could sense Raven's aura when we first met."
"If she was that powerful why didn't Zatara just train her himself?" Megan asked. Mary shook her head.
"With the attitude she carries? Even with my father and Fate's training, she would have ended up being just like Klarion." She explained, "It was better to keep magic away from her despite her serious interest."
"That would explain a lot." Conner said. Mary nodded as a familiar head of dark blue hair ran inside the school door.
"Raven!" Mary said ever so happily as Raven came to the group.
"Yo." She said, "I'm late, I know."
"Glad you noticed." Conner mumbled, Raven leered as she fixed her shirt. Megan smiled.
"Nice shirt." She said taking the tension away from the two, Raven looked down at her Batman shirt, "Didn't know you were a batman fan."
"Out of all the members of the justice league he's probably one of the better ones." Raven said, "No powers, no guns, and still beating people like Freeze? I can respect that."
Conner and Megan gave a look of shock, something that Raven of course noticed.
"What?" she asked, "You seem surprised."
"Well we figured out of all the league members you'd like Zatara. Because of your obsession of magic." Megan said.
'Also when she was with Klarion she hated Batman with a passion.' Conner thought Mary narrowed her eyes at him. Raven smirked.
"Oh don't get me wrong, Zatara is a favorite, but in the heroes without powers Batman I like." She said as the bell rang for first period.
"Well that's our cue." Mary said, "We'd better hurry before Miss Webster gets angry with us."
Once the group was in class haven taken their seats, Raven by the window, Megan in front of Raven, Conner behind the duo and Mary beside Raven. Their teacher came into the class chipper as ever.
"Ok class," She said as she began the day, "Starting today we have a new student joining us."
"Since when did Ms Webster start talking to us like we're grade schoolers?" Raven mumbled, Mary shrugged.
"Mr. Bleak would please introduce yourself?" Miss Webster asked. Megan, Conner, and Mary all three stared in shock as a boy with long black hair stood at the back of the room. Raven looked out the window seemingly uninterested. Mary let out a slight sigh of relief, at least she didn't look interested in him.
"My name is Klarion, I just moved here." Klarion said introducing himself, "I look forward to getting to know you all."
That part of his intro neither of the heroes in the room believed. Mary glared, even in his disguise she knew it was Klarion—even if he didn't introduce himself they'd have known—he had taken a form that would get Raven's attention. Pale skin long dark hair, and black clothing, 'the perfect goth boy' Raven was always keen on meeting. The three heroes glared at Klarion who gave an evil grin in return. He then looked to their teacher.
"Since Klarion is new here someone's going to need to show him around." Miss Webster said, several girls rose their hands to volunteer—much to klarion's dismay. Apparently his form wasn't only appealing to Raven—who's back was to him and was day dreaming. He scowled.
"Miss Webster I'd be happy to show Bleak around." Nancy Kesha said, Raven rolled her eyes.
"Of course you would." She mumbled, Nancy glared.
"What's that paleface?" she hissed, Raven leered.
"For your information I'm not pale, I'm tanned—naturally—unlike your fake tanned self Kesha." She hissed back.
"Alright you two break it up." Webster said, Klarion scowled, he recognized Nancy Kesha, when he had first taught Raven how to possess a person she tried to push Nancy off the roof. He smirked, that part was funny.
"While it's very nice of you Ms Kesha, to want to show our new student the school," Webster continued, "I had a different person in mind. Raven, would you mind."
"What?!" Raven asked, moving to look at the new student, the last thing she wanted to do was show some new stupid, preppy—amazingly cute boy around the school. Her opinion changed when she actually got a good look at Klarion. Her face turned a slight shade of red.
"Ugh, sure whatever." She said trying to act as though the boy's looks didn't faze her. Klarion smirked at her and gave a slight wink, seeing right though Raven's façade. Raven blushed and turned around to look back out the window.
Chapter 2! So how'd you like it? Not nearly as choppy and short as my last chapter right? Haha! And if you're wondering yes Klarion is casting a spell on everyone—well not everyone. Haha! See you later armadillos—unless I see you first. Haha! REVIEW!