Chapter 3: A new world… For her.
Raven sat back, it was hard to tell her story. That's when it hit her. Aaron, Arella, Trigon! "My family!" She yelled in panic.
The boys, still shocked about her story looked at her.
"My mother, father… Brother!" She almost yelled.
"You said your brother's name was Aaron, right?" Richard asked as he looked in the history book. Raven nodded. "He was the leader of the army, it says here that he had the power of the elements… It says that they won the war and the new empire was taken down, but Trigon had been killed, making Aaron the emperor. He took over, but he heard that his sister, you, was lost. Aaron broke down and broke the empire in sorrow. The last thing he did before the empire fell was make you a temple." He read.
Raven sat still in shock. Aaron had broken down?! He never broke. He was the strongest person she knew. "A-Aaron…" Raven started to cry. She pulled her knees to her chest and began to sob.
Richard looked at the others, should he continue? But Raven answered the question for the others.
"What happened after the empire fell?" She asked.
"Others began to rise, it says that your mother, Arella became corrupt after your father's death. She became an assassin and Aaron joined her, they both wanted revenge. But that's just what the book says. I have no idea what really happened." He said.
Raven sniffed again. "The screams…" She muttered. "They weren't from the slaves… They were my family…"
"what?" Victor asked.
"I heard screams in my dream, it was Aaron and my mom. They were screaming my name in anger." She leaned back.
"Raven, you should relax for a while." Victor said, he helped Raven over to a hospital room. "You can sleep here." He said and helped her to the bed. Garfield followed on Raven's command.
She sat down on the bed, Victor and Richard left Raven's room wishing her a good night's sleep. Garfield was the last to leave.
"Can I ask you something… Garfield…" She said, she added weight on his name.
"Of course." He smiled and walked up to her bed.
"You said, all that happened 9000 years ago…" He nodded. "Then how am I alive?" She asked.
"I don't know, but I could try to find out." She nodded and watched him leave.
Her eyes changed colour from their purple galaxy to the pitch black void. "Aaron… Mother… Father…" Tears started to flow down her cheeks.
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The next morning was a rush for Raven, things happened all around her. Victor was running around running tests on her, Richard had almost vanished into the books, Garfield had argued with Rorek about her.
"She has to stay at the lab." Rorek said. They fought about where she was going to stay. They believed her when she said she was from the era, even if it sounded unlikable.
"No, that's going to ruin her sanity! If you put a caged tiger in a different habitat in a rush, they'll go mad. Remember that she comes from a different world, she has no idea what this world is." Garfield said.
"So you're going to teach her about our world? That's going to destroy her thoughts." Rorek roared.
"Garfield's right, she needs to know the basic of our world. Even if we don't like it, her body won't handle this world for more than ten minutes without our help." Victor said as he came back into the room with a bunch of papers.
"She's a living piece of history!" Rorek yelled and pointed at Raven.
Garfield said "I say we vote, for Raven to stay at the lab raise your hand." Rorek raised his hand. "Okay, all for Raven to come with us and learn about our world." The rest except for Raven raised their hand. "Raven?"
"What are you doing?" She asked.
"We're voting, didn't you vote back then?" Garfield asked.
"No, there was the emperor, my father and the royal families of each village." She said. "That was it, nobody voted for anything. We were born into the throne."
"Ohh… Now we vote for things… And it seems we won." Rorek stomped out of the room in anger.
"Well, looks like you're staying with us." Victor smiled. "Garfield, you got the biggest house."
Garfield nodded. "Come on…" He started to wave for them to follow when he stopped. "Wait, is she ready to go?"
"Everything seem to be fine, she's just like a normal teenage girl." Victor said as he looked at the papers. "Take her to your home, I'll drop by sometimes and check on her."
Garfield nodded. "Come on Raven." He smiled as Raven jumped off the bed and followed him. They walked down the hallway of the hospital, many heads were turned when they walked by. Raven grabbed Garfield's arm out of fear.
"It's okay…" He smiled and placed his free hand on hers.
"Okay…" She whispered.
When they got to the car, Garfield opened the door in the back. He was unsure about having her in the front. She got inside and Garfield closed the door and got into the driver's seat. He started the engine and drove out of the hospital.
"Where are we going?" She asked, she was looking at the cars driving by.
"To my house, you need a place to stay and Vic knows where I live so if anything happens to you he'll come quick." Raven nodded.
"What are these horseless things that move?" She asks.
"They're cars, they're going by oil." He said and looked back at her in the mirror. She was still looking out the window.
"We used oil to set the slaves on fire… You use them for this?"
"Y-Yes… We don't set people on fire anymore." He saw her nod slowly. To be honest, that statement scared him. She grew up to setting people on fire.
"Okay… I guess since the colosseum is gone, there's no more battles."
"No, we don't battle anymore." He looked at the road. They remained quiet for the rest of the ride, Raven looking lost out the window. He looked at her from time to time, just to make sure she was okay.
"You okay?" He asked when they were getting close to his house.
"Yeah, just thinking…"
"About what? If you don't mind me asking." He said as he pulled down a road.
"About Aaron, mother and father… They died 9000 years ago… And here I am, alive… 9017 years old and alone." She said, the sadness in her voice was clear.
"You're not alone Raven… I'll be here for you, you don't have to be afraid to ask me about anything." He said smiling.
"You said your name was Logan right?" She asked, the question took him by surprise.
"Yeah why?"
"One of the royal families were named Logan. They were the most peaceful people I've meet." She smiled. "They owned the land of Jump Village, they were farmers and gave the empire food." Garfield smiled too, it sounded like his family, trying to have as many as possible happy. "They had two sons, Mark and Daniel Logan. Mark was a jokester and Daniel was the annoying one." Raven giggled. "But they always made me laugh…"
"Mark and Daniel? Sounds like my family names… Do you know more about them?" He asked with a smile, he felt glad that she had known his family back then for some reason.
"Yeah, They agreed on hiding me under the war… They saved my life, I don't know if I would have survived, even with magic."
"Magic, what kind do you have?" Garfield asked as he pulled up to the house.
"I control the light and the dark… That I know of." She said when Garfield opened the door for her.
His house was pretty big with two floors and pretty big in space. The house was painted in a light blue colour that stuck out from the forest behind the house. The house's style was a simple american house with black roof and a huge porch with white fence.
Raven didn't say anything, she was impressed by the size but she came from a castle that covered his house three times. "You live here alone?" She asked.
"With a dog." He said before leading her inside. When he unlocked the door he was tackled by a huge husky with bright blue eyes. "Hey buddy…" He said as he got up and wiped the drool away from his face. "This is Beast, he's very kind."
Garfield sat down next to the dog holding it's collar. "Beast, meet Raven…" He gently took Raven's hand and held it in front of Beast. Beast sniffed the hand before barking and licking it.
"He likes you." Garfield smiled.
"That's a relief." She said and held her hand close to herself. "Why did you name him 'Beast'?" She asked when they got inside.
"I saved him from the rescue center as a puppy, he was really aggressive and I called him Beast for fun. Then the name stuck to him, now he's just a big walking pillow." Garfield smiled.
The hallway was a white paneled room with blue striped wallpaper. A oak staircase on the left of the wall after an open door on each side. One could see that to the right it was a kitchen and the left was a living room.
"Does that name run in the family?" She asked.
"No, I don't think so. Why?" He hang his jacket on a rack.
"The Logan family, or your family had a guard dog named Beast." She said as Beast rubbed his face against her back leg.
"Oh?"
"Yeah, he was a really good dog. Mark said Beast was his best friend." Raven smiled before bending down to Beast's level. "He reminds me of you." She gave the dog her hand again and he licked it showing affection for her.
"This is kinda strange to see… He usually don't like new people. A girl further down the road has been hitting on me while I walk him, he growls at her." He leaned against the wall.
"The bathroom is down there if you need it." He said and pointed to a door at the end of the hallway. "The bedrooms are upstairs." He pointed up.
Raven nodded before rising. "What now?" She asked.
"Do you like to be outside?" He asked, she nodded. "Come on." He waved her into the living room.
The living room was a white paneled room with yellow wallpaper. A fireplace was placed in the middle of the room, many windows were placed around. A white couch with chairs on the side with a glass coffee table and a small chandelier hanging over. A big TV with a video game system was placed over the fireplace. A bookshelf with many games were next to it, it were some book about animals and biology in it as well.
Garfield waved her over to a glass door at the end of the living room. "Here." He said.
Raven walked up to him as he opened the door, Beast ran out into the huge garden. "Wow…" She muttered.
The garden was huge. A pine tree was placed in the far corner of the garden, a swing hung from it. A flower bed was placed under the porch. A few dog items were laying around, a blue dog house at the other end. There was a park bench and grill on the porch that looked almost new. A tall fence was placed around the house, but the backside had a smaller fence.
"It's a nice view as well." He said. Raven had thought it was a forest since she saw trees by the side of the house, but no. The entire fence behind the house had a view over the city. "Wow…" she muttered again.
"I know, my parents fell in love with the view when they moved here." He smiled, the sun was just setting and the two were given a special light.
"You lived here for a long time?" Raven asked.
"They moved here a few years before I tagged along." He smiled. "I lived here all my life and I don't plan on moving anytime soon." Raven couldn't help but smile.
"How nice."
"How did you live?" He asked.
"I lived in a castle watching over Azarath." She said. "Each village had it's own colosseum, Azarath's was the biggest." She said. "When I lived there, I could hear the screams, it wasn't pleasant. But the view of the sunset made up for it."
Garfield could see stars in her eyes as she watched the sun go down behind the mountains. "Come on, let's go inside. Beast!" He yelled, and the dog came running past them almost knocking them to the ground. "That boy…" Garfield muttered before walking inside with Raven right behind him, he locked the door behind him.
Just then Garfield's phone went crazy, making Beast bark and Raven looked shocked.
"What's that?" She asked when Beast had calmed down and Garfield had taken the phone out of his pocket.
"A phone, you call with it." He placed the phone to his ear. "Hello?" He asked.
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"Yeah I know, we're about to have dinner."
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"Sure." He placed his hand on the end of the phone. "Raven, do you like pizza?" She looked at him confused. "Okay, are you a vegetarian or meat eater?" He asked.
"Well I do eat meat…" She said rather awkward.
"Okay, take two, one with meat and one without." He hung up. "Victor, Richard and Kori is coming over, Kori wants to meet you." He smiled.
"Okay…" Raven said low.
"Don't be shy, Kori is really nice, I think you'll like her." He smiled and placed his hand on Raven's shoulders.
"Okay…"
Garfield smiled. "I'll show you the kitchen." They walked out to the hallway again and into a white paneled room with green wallpaper with oak counter with stone. A long dining table with six chairs.
"Six chairs, one person?" She asked.
"Beast sits by the table sometimes, he's a snob and I let him." Garfield laughed as he pulled a bag of dog food out of the counter, he poured some of the food into the bowl, he had to use his foot to hold Beast back. "Down boy or you won't get any." He teased.
The dog quickly sat down waited. He attacked the bowl when it hit the floor.
"The others are bringing pizza over, have you tried it?" He asked only for her to shake her head. "I promise you, you'll like it."
The doorbell rang, Beast began to bark again and ran to the door.
"Beast down!" Garfield said as he raced the dog to the door. "Hey guys!" He said as he opened the door.
"Hello friend Garfield!" Kori cheered, the redhead walked inside and looked around. "Where is she?"
"There." Garfield nodded to Raven who seem to be hiding behind the wall. "Careful, she's kinda shy." He said as he lead Vic and Richard into the kitchen. Victor placed three pizza boxes on the table.
"So Rae, how you doing?" He asked and turned to her.
"Good…" She muttered.
"Hello, I am Kori." Kori said and gave out her hand, Raven carefully shook it.
"Raven." She smiled.
"Let's dig in." Victor said as he opened a box, only to close it and make puking noises. "Tofu!" He hissed and threw the box to an unamused Garfield.
Garfield sighed before opening the box and taking out a slice. The others did as well, but stopped when Raven wasn't eating, she just stared at the others.
"What's up Raven?" Garfield asked, his mouth full of pizza.
"You eat this with your hands?" She asked.
"Yeah, just lift it like this and take a bite." She followed his motions and took a bite. She had tasted better food, but this was really good.
"Not bad…" Raven muttered after swallowing the bite.
"Told you'd like it." Garfield smiled before taking another bite.
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The pizza was gone and the boys were playing video games in the living room, while Raven and Kori sat next to each other talking.
"So you really come from that era…" Kori muttered.
"Yeah, I kinda miss it…" Raven looked at the boys as they were laying on top of each other yelling at the TV.
"You should not feel afraid of this world, we will help you." Kori smiled, Raven gave a light smile back.
"Hey Raven…" She turned her head. "We should get you some new clothes, Kori can you come with us to the mall tomorrow?" Garfield asked.
"Of course, I have free tomorrow." Kori smiled.
Just then the TV went 'GAME OVER' 'CYBORG WINS'
"Booyah! Take that dwarf!" He cheered down at Robin.
"Dwarf's aren't a bad thing… They have control of the mines." Raven said, making everyone turn to her.
"You had dwarf's in your era?" Garfield asked.
"Sort of, they were really short people. But they were really good at mining, they were highly respected." She shrugged.
"Okay…" They said before turning back to their game.
"Why did you call yourself Cyborg?" She asked.
"I think that would be my superpower if I were a superhero." Victor said as he leaned back on the couch.
"so you would be half robot?" She asked with a knowing smile?
"Yeah, I mean I could build in muscles make them as strong as I want!" He said with a smile.
"That really is superpower…"
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Later that night Garfield helped Raven settle in the new room. Raven had settled under the cover when Beast jumped on the bed next to Raven.
"Beast…" Garfield said, the dog jumped over to Raven, licked her cheek and walked out the room. Garfield couldn't help but smile. "He's rarely so nice to new people, it took him three weeks to get used to Vic." He sat down next to Raven's legs.
Raven giggled a little. "I don't know…"
Garfield smiled. "uhh… Well, good night…" He said, he went to jump off the bed, but fell on his face, he shook it off like nothing happened and started to walk awkwardly backwards to the door when he hit the wall, Raven giggled.
"Good night…" Raven said as he almost closed the door, he left it a little open.
"I'm two doors down if you need me." She heard before she saw his shadow leave from behind the door.
Not long after a fatter shorter shadow fell in front of the door. Raven saw the shadow as Beast's, he was laying in front of the door.
Raven closed her eyes and fell into the dreamland, she dearly hoped she wouldn't have any nightmares.
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Super duper long chapter! Yay, I'm working in more fanfic's now, so if you're wondering where the chapters are I am working hard on them along with future stories I will upload.
I'm trying to work on one long story at the time, now I have this one and "Prom dare". Others are just short one-shots or long one-shots I'm working on.
Anyway, I'm glad now and I can sleep tonight :D