Chapter 4: Shopping and nightmares

Garfield was sitting on the other side of the table, he was carefully studying her. She was so strange to him, but that wasn't so strange since she was ancient after all.

"You're staring at me…" She said as she took a bite out of her egg.

"Sorry, just…" He thought for a second. "I wondered, h-how do you know what a robot is?" He asked, it was a question but he really just admired her.

"I was watching the 'TV' and saw the machinery Victor played as, and I put two and two together." She said and looked down at her food.

"Okay." He looked at his own food, veggie bacon.

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Garfield took Raven and Kori to the shopping mall, he figured Kori would be more help for Raven than he would be.

"Okay, we are just here to buy some new clothes to Raven, nothing more… Kori…" He hissed, he had heard from Richard that Kori was a little mad when it came to the shopping mall.

"Yes, I fully understand that friend Garfield." She smiled and started to show the way.

"What is it with the way she speaks?" Raven whispered to Garfield.

"She's not from here, she's still has a pretty big heart." He smiled, shrugged and put his hands in his pockets.

"Do you like her?"

"Well I look at her as my big sister if that's what you're asking." He knew what she was asking.

"Okay."

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The three found some suitable clothes for Raven, it became a harder task than they thought. Again she was new to this world. But they ended up picking a few nice pants, a few t-shirts, some underwear and on Raven's order a huge hoodie.

When they thought they were done they sat down to eat. Garfield ordered fries for him and Raven, since she knew so little he chose some things for her. Kori on the other hand ordered enough to feed them all, but she ended up eating it on her own.

"You sure you can eat all that Kori?" Garfield asked as he watched her wiggle a little with the food, he came over to her, took some and sat down at a table.

"Why yes, I am really hungry." They ate mostly in silence for the entire time, before Kori asked. "Is it something that we are missing?"

"I got a list." Garfield pulled a small notebook out of his back pocket. "Let's see; clothes check. Underwear check…." He raised an eyebrow. "That's all I wrote, anything you want or need Raven?" He looked at her, but noticed she was looking at a bookstore on the other side of the street.

"What is she looking at?" Kori asked.

"The book store, Rae?" She snapped back and looked at him. "You want something to read?" He said. He gave himself a confused look when he realized he was talking like he would be talking to Beast.

"Yeah… I used to spend most of my time in a library as a child."

"Then you'll love new stories that have been made while you were asleep. Okay, what do you like?"

"Umm… I used to read a lot of fantasy and the historical books we owned." She smiled awkwardly when she realized she sounded so boring.

"Cool, once we're done here, we'll go over there and buy something." He saw the light in her eyes sparkle and he smiled.

When they were done eating they went into the bookstore, Raven was almost lost multiple times in the store. They got some help from the workers. "She's new here and love to read." Garfield said to them. "She like books about facts and fantasy, got any of that?"

"Yes, follow me." The three followed the redhead woman down a road. "Here we have the fantasy book and over there are more historical books, just call for me if you need anything."

"Uh… What is your name?" Kori asked.

"I'm Ellinor." Ellinor said and walked to help other customers.

"Okay Raven, we don't have a lot of money left so please take just two or three books." Raven nodded, she could understand him.

After half an hour, they ended up buying two fantasy books and one historical about Raven's empire.

Garfield drove Kori home after the long day, Raven fell asleep in the back seat on the way home. He kept looking at her in the mirror, she was so… Beautiful. He couldn't deny it.

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He didn't want to wake Raven from her slumber, so he gently lifted the girl into his arms and carried her. He was luck to back Beast up when he came in the door, carefully he walked up the stairs and placed the girl in her bed, he pulled a blanket over her form and was about to leave when he heard her talk.

"... Garfield…" He turned around and saw that she was still sleeping, he smiled gently and walked out the door leaving the door open if she would be in a hurry to get out.

Garfield walked out to the car again and took in the stuff they bought. He placed the bags in the hallway before going back out to park the car in the garage.

As he closed the door to the garage, he jumped.

"Hello Garfield…" He knew that voice.

"H-Hi T-Terra…" He backed himself away from her, he was ready to run inside if he needed to. "What are you doing out so late?" He asked and looked around into the darkness.

"I wanted to see you, I thought you would be Walking Beast by now." She leaned forward as Garfield walked backwards.

"No, I was out with Raven and Kori." He said as he tugged at his black shirt.

"Raven? Who's Raven?" Terra asked sounding a lot more angry than she really- Not wait, she was mad.

"A new friend, she's staying over. But I gotta go now so… Bye!" He ran inside the house and locked the door, he peeked outside the window next to the door to see if she had left, and judging by Beast's growling at the door, she hadn't left.

Garfield sighed, she would leave soon. He picked up the bags and carried them up to Raven's room.

When he got inside, he saw that she had moved in her sleep. He placed the bags by the end of the bed and went to check on her.

That's when he noticed, she was sweating madly. Her eyes seem to be forced shut, she was clutching her side and was shaking madly.

"Raven?" He asked and placed his hand on her shoulder, gently trying to wake her. It didn't work, but she gasped as he touched her. More firmly he began to shake his hand on her shoulder. "Raven wake up. Wake up, you're having a nightmare."

Her eyes shot open and she sat up almost making Garfield fall, she sat there gasping for air as tears began to roll down her face.

"Raven?" Garfield asked as he sat down next to her. "It was just a nightmare." He placed his hand on her back.

"No…" She sobbed. "It wasn't just a nightmare, i-it was a vision." She leaned into him gently asking for someone to just hold her, he frowned sadly before settling down in the bed beside her and wrapping his arms around her small shaking body.

"What was it about?" He asked gently.

"A-Aaron… I saw him, he was running. Running from monsters, h-he… He tried to save me… B-But, he d-died." She began to sob again. "I saw him die! I saw him wither!"

"Shh… I'm so so sorry…" He whispered, he sort of knew what she felt. He remembered his parents. "I'm sorry." Gently he began to rock her back and forth to the side, he hummed into her ear a lullaby his mother used to sing for him when he had nightmares.

After almost an hour Raven had fallen asleep in his arms, he was at the peak of falling asleep himself before he closed his eyes and slowly fell back against the pillow, he held onto Raven, he felt her emotions as they gave off strong waves of safety.

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Aaron stood on top of Azarath castle, he was sitting on the roof holding a dagger close to his hand. It was three months since the war broke out, he missed Raven so much. Raven, his sweet little sister. He knew she was safe, he knew she would sleep until the war was over. But he felt so bad for her.

"Raven…" He muttered, a swirling sound came from behind him. He dodged out of the way as an arrow struck past him. He looked the way the arrow came from.

He growled, he knew the man with long white hair and the piercing blue eyes. "Malchior." He hissed.

"Missed me Aaron? I remembered the last time we meet, Raven's birthday ball was it not?" Malchior smirked.

"What do you want? Raven's not here anymore! You have nothing here to do!" Aaron drew his knife closer, getting ready to strike.

"I want to know where she is, I'm her fiance after all." Malchior put his hand on his heart, or where it should have been. "I miss her dearly."

"You are not her fiance! She never wanted to marry you and I'm not gonna let her! I know what you are Malchior, I know what your intentions are for my little sister and I won't let you hurt her!" He yelled as he threw the knife, he used his powers to incase the blade in fire and fasten it with the wind.

It struck Malchior in the shoulder just after himself had drawn his bow and fired an arrow that drew right by his ear, making the tip of his ear bleed. Malchior fell to his knees and his free arm placed itself on the wound, the knife was drawn out by the wind and landed in Aaron's hand, he wiped the blood away with his sleeve.

"Nice shot Malchior, but when it comes to Raven. I won't hesitate to kill." He grabbed Malchior by his hair and yanked him up to face him. "I know you're bad news for Raven, and as I just said…"

Malchior gasped, his hand felt to his stomach as Aaron's knife was just drawn out of him. He fell forward and gasped before falling to the side before his eyes died.

Aaron looked at his work before walking away to the closest window. He didn't regret killing Malchior, he wouldn't after what he almost did to Raven.

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A shadow looked from the outside into the room Raven and Garfield was sleeping in. The figure looked at the sleeping forms and almost smiled, the figure moved away from the window standing in clear moonlight, before vanishing as a strong breeze drew by.

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You probably guessed who that was, but anyway… I'm sorry I'm taking so long with my stories, it's soon christmas holiday so I will have some more time to write, I usually write during classes in school. But anyway, come with something you want to see in the story, in any story and I might get better ideas, please you guys AND update more often, it's like three flies in one smack!