Chapter 20

Last chapter Raven had a chat with Uriah, now for those of you who aren't aware of who Uriah is (myself included sadly) from my understanding he tends to be a real pain the ass for people like Zatanna, and even at one point Klarion and Robin (I don't know which Robin) of course I only know this from Wikipedia spots other than that nothing is known about Uriah, we don't even know his familiar, so I made one up. Uriah also appears in my other fiction 'Invasion of the Blue Rafters.' You should give that a read too. ONWARD TO THE BATTLE FIELD!

"Raven what are you doing?" Klarion yawned, it was late into the night and Raven was sitting on the couch that sat in Klarion's living room. She had one of his books in her hands and was reading, she looked up to him and shrugged.

"Couldn't sleep. So I went into your study and found this figured I'd read till I felt tired." She explained, "What's wrong? Don't like sleeping alone?"

Klarion scowled. "No. I don't."

"Makes me wonder how you got along without me for two years. Another woman?" Raven asked with a smirk. The last part was a joke…mostly. After all she had no idea what Klarion had been doing while she was gone. Since she spoken to Uriah two days ago, and finding out that he was the one responsible for restoring her mind, Raven didn't know what to think of Klarion anymore.

"I have enough trouble juggling you around," Klarion said lying down next to Raven, resting his head in her lap, "If I added another one of you to the mix, it'd be a pain. And that's a form of Chaos I don't want to touch."

"How…sweet." Raven said narrowing her eyes as Klarion snatched the book she was reading from her hands and read the cover.

"'Vultus in aliis mundis.'" He read aloud. The book's title was in Latin, a language he never learned, and therefore couldn't read. Sure he knew the language, he spoke incantations in it when necessary, however speaking and reading are two different things.

"A Look Into Different Worlds." Raven translated, Klarion sat the book down and scowled.

"How in hell do you know that?" he asked, Raven frowned and took the book back from him.

"I told you I took the class as my foreign language in highschool. I told you that when we first met!" She hissed, referring to the time when Klarion was teaching her magic. Klarion made a face.

"Oh yeah, I did know that. Why are you looking at that book anyway?" He asked, Raven shrugged.

"Curious is all. What's wrong with doing a bit of light reading?" She asked, Klarion sat up and narrowed his eyes removing the book from Raven's hands and levitating it.

"The fact that it's not 'light reading' for one thing. Raven you've been acting strange ever since our fun with those heroes." He said, studying Raven's face for a reaction, "Where did you go?"

"N-nowhere." Raven said, crossing her arms insecurely and looking away. When she shifted her eyes back Klarion was glaring. She sighed, and made up a lie, "Ok fine! I-I accidently teleported myself to another world. It freaked me out, I don't know how I got there."

"Is that all?" Klarion asked, gripping Raven by the arm, Raven bit her lip and nodded, "You're lying. Something else is bothering you."

Raven swallowed hard. Klarion was starting to scare her, did he know about her talking to Uriah? Was he jealous? Or was he mad and trying to get her to spill. Either way she had to think of something else to say, and quickly before he grew impatient.

"I-I…I…." She mumbled trying to figure something out. "I-I guess…I'm still bothered by what happened!"

"What are you talking about?" Klarion asked, Raven gave him a pathetic look. "You're talking about that place you were sent to aren't you?"

Raven nodded.

"I told you I destroyed that place. You don't have to worry about it anymore." Klarion said, "Forget about it."

"It's not that easy Klarion. Imagine, stripped of your powers, no Teekl, surrounded in darkness where the only thing occupying that space are monsters, all of which wanting to kill you." Raven mumbled, "I can never forget. Ever."

"Well it won't do you any good to read books like this," Klarion said the book still hovering in the air. He then tossed the book aside."It will only scare you."

Raven shrugged. The only thing that scared her at this moment was Klarion. He had gone from kind, to possessive, to kind once again in three seconds flat. Raven rubbed her arm. Her hand hit the scar she had gotten from Cheshire; that was when the Light was trying to hunt her down. She sighed and looked over away from Klarion.

"Klarion…" Raven mumbled. She hesitated for a moment, she looked away from Klarion. This only made him curious for what she had to say, when she spoke again his breath caught in his throat. "Do you love me?"

"This again?" Klarion asked. Raven nodded.

"You never answered me the last time." She mumbled. Klarion frowned.

"I told you, that's a word I don't use." He said.

"That's not an answer." Raven said, Klarion shrugged.

"That's all you'll get if you keep asking me." He said, Raven flinched then nodded silently. There was a long pause between the two before Raven spoke again.

"I think I'm going to sleep by myself tonight. That ok?" She asked. Klarion scowled at her.

"Why?"

"I just feel like I need some space. Is that too much to ask?" She mumbled then stood, "Good night Klarion."

Klarion watched as Raven walked down the hall way, past the room they shared, and into a different one. Several doors down. He scowled. What was that all about? And what's with this 'Love' thing anyway? Humans were so strange with that word. Finally frustrated, Klarion stood and stomped off to his room, slamming the door shut behind him. Teekl meowed at him from his bed.

"You're in a good mood." He mewed. Klarion scowled.

"Don't start with me cat. Raven's acting weird. I don't like it." He hissed.

"She's a woman Klarion, it takes more than simple actions to keep them. Words usually work as well." Teekl said flicking his tail. Klarion scowled.

"Oh and what am I supposed to do when that word is binding? I won't say it. Ever." He said, then went back to bed.

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Meanwhile a few doors down Raven used an eavesdropping spell to listen in on Klarion's conversation with Teekl. Cherie mewed.

"Eavesdropping isn't nice Raven deary." He said, Raven shrugged, taking her ear away from the wall.

"I don't care." She mumbled then looked to her finger where the purple stoned ring that Uriah had given her sat. Cherie growled, knowing full well what she was thinking.

"Raven, you wouldn't really think of contacting that little snake!" He hissed. Raven scowled, ignoring the cat. Couldn't hurt to see him, after all, Uriah said that she could trust him. Right? But, how did the ring work?

"Raven I'm serious, I don't trust this boy. He seems shady." Cherie yowled.

"Oh what do you know Cherie. Have you seen how Klarion's been? I need someone to talk to. Someone who doesn't have fur." Raven mumbled, then wished she had asked Uriah how to use said mystic charm. What was she supposed to do? She sighed and tried to channel her magic through the ring. A little at first, then as it began to glow a brilliant violet color, she channeled more. Soon a bright flash of purple surrounded her. When it dimmed she was back in the drawing room of Uriah's mansion. Cherie yowled.

"Nothing good can come of this." He mewed. Raven shushed him, and looked about the room and was soon greeted by Uriah's snake, Draco, this time slithering..UP HER LEG! Raven let out a loud scream. Of all the creatures Uriah had to have a snake. Why oh why did have to be a snake?!

Soon Raven heard footsteps coming towards her, then Uriah popped his head around the corner to see who it was. His expression, however, was not of surprise, but of expectance. As if he knew that Raven would show up at that time. A thought in the back of Raven's mind wondered; 'is he spying on me?' however she soon pushed that thought away.

"Raven, how wonderful to see you again. And so soon, is everything alright?" He asked smoothly.

"Well one, I have a snake crawling up my leg…"Raven mumbled, Uriah looked to his familiar and soon enough the serpent withdrew. Uriah then walked up to Raven and placed a hand on her back as he walked her to the same two chairs they sat in during her last visit.

"I'm sorry my Draco bothers you so. I will have to keep him away while you visit." He said, with a seemingly warm smile. "But tell me my dear, that cannot be the reason you have such a troubled expression on your face."

Raven bit her lip and rubbed her arms nervously. Cherie hissed something to her however she ignored it. She then looked to her feet as she sat in the posh chair.

"I've been thinking lately…" She mumbled, "Maybe…Klarion isn't right for me…"

Bum bum BUM! Raven's having second thoughts about Klarion! Will their relationship suffer? Or will Klarion finally admit to Raven that he loves her? Guess we'll find out as we progress won't we? Also FYI I love snakes, they're beautiful! I'm not a fan of copper heads though. However my favorit of all snakes is the king Cobra. Which is what Uriah's familiar is in this story. Just thought I'd share that. See you later armadillos—unless I see you first! Haha! REVIEW! Reviews make me smile!