HI! This chapter is describing one dream of Raven's. And it's also the exact description I've made for a landscape here in Greece. I was on a school excursion; we were going on a one-day trip to mountain Vorras. And as I was looking out of the window in the bus, I started to describe all the landscapes we were coming across. All the valleys, the rivers, the trees, the plants are posted and described in my diary. Two pages of my diary made this chapter come in life.
"………Lithium, don't wanna lock me up inside
Lithium, don't wanna forget how it feels without
Lithium, I wanna stay in love with my sorrow
Oh, but God, I wanna let it go………"
It was raining. It was raining and she was lying frozen on the cold ground, on a mattress of blue orchids, sapphire blue roses and deep ocean blue violets. Raven stood up and levitated.
The landscape around her was fantastic, it was gorgeous. The view it offered was amazing. Raven looked down and she saw green chloe, green grass and a fading spine of Blue Mountains surrounding her. Everywhere around her, golden red brush strokes were adding a magical note on everything she could see. The trees didn't have any leaves, but, although empty, the branches were beautiful.
Who could see such beauty? None has ever found or seen anything like this; it was the greatest sight Raven's eyes have ever given to her. None else cared to see under the surface and discover the magic nature was hiding.
"………Come to bed, don't make me sleep alone
Couldn't hide the emptiness you let it show…
Never wanted it to be so cold
Just didn't drink enough to say you love me………"
Everything around her was brown green and golden red
"………I can't hold on to me
Wonder what's wrong with me………"
Raven flew through this magical place to see more. Now the landscape was filled with golden red shrubs, who quickly were giving their place to tall dark green trees. Raven was now seeing low green grass and drained branches, in all the shades of brown and green. And here appeared some little swamps, and some plants like stubbles. They looked like stubbles and ears of corn in the same time. They were all so beautiful!
"………Lithium, don't wanna lock me up inside
Lithium, don't wanna forget how it feels without
Lithium, I wanna stay ion love with my sorrow………"
When Raven looked up to see the sky, she saw it was clouded and she realized it was raining. The sky though had an awesome shade, something like grey mixed with light cyan blue. And the thinner branches of the trees seemed black with this magnificent background color. Raven found everything thrilling, but she doubted she was able to see everything.
Now she was flying above a field. This one didn't offer any special views, only dirt and grass, but very low, black and "skinny" in a way. The grass was so low that it looked like fluff.
And…What was that? A lake. "WOW!" Raven thought "It's like a mirror!" She was right. The surface of the lake was so clear that it seemed as if it was a mirror made from crystal. So fragile…There was a little island in the middle of the lake. It looked perfect… Oh, if only she could write down everything she was seeing…To write and post on paper every little detail of the gorgeous view her eyes offered her…..
"………I don't wanna let it lay me down this time………"
Everything's perfect. And she could see the blue line of the fading horizon touching the grey edges of the snowy mountains. It was nice. The trees around her now were brown with leaves ion the color of a cherry. But there were some who had leaves in the shade of golden orange. The ground was green, but the trees were ochre brown with golden foliages…
"………drown my will to fly………"
As she started to fly over the mountains, she felt something cold touching her cheeks. Raven looked up and saw tiny snowflakes dancing among the branches. It was real snow! Some of the valleys she was flying above now were already covered from snow. And soon she realized that it was winter
"………Here in the darkness I've know myself
Can't break free until I let it go
Let me go………"
Now that she was going higher and higher, the trees looked like cakes sprinkled with fine flour. Brown branches sprinkled with white snow. And the higher she flew, the snowier the landscape became. It felt perfect. Everything was snow white…Raven felt thrilled
"………Darling I forgive you after all………"
But a sudden lightning ceased her from daydreaming. It ripped the sky In two and clouds furrowed, became dark.
"………Anything is better than to be alone………"
Raindrops hit her hardly and the temperature suddenly seemed low…Very low. Raven felt cold, freezing cold.
"………and in the end I guess I had to fall………"
She gritted her teeth and cursed; what was happening?
"………Always find my place among the ashes………"
Couldn't she find some piece anywhere?
"……… I can't hold on to me………"
Why were they hurting her; even in her dreams they didn't leave her alone.
"………wonder what's the matter with me………"
Why?
"……Lithium, don't wanna lock me up inside
Lithium, don't wanna forget how it feels without
Lithium, stay in love with me...
…I'm gonna let it go………"
What was that? She have been listening to this song from the moment she woke up in this utopia, but only now she realized she knew the song, and the lyrics too. She listened to it carefully, but it was suddenly over. And then suddenly, her view changed to the image of Robin and Starfire kissing.
Then she felt BB kissing her under the cedar's heavy foliage once more, and….and Slade stabbing him in the back.
Pure crimson red blood jumped out of his mouth and fell all over Raven. Slade smiled sarcastically to her as her eyes were filling with tears. Tears that, as they run down on hr cheeks, were mixing up with BB's blood and made her seem as if she was crying blood.
Raven saw Slade taking off his mask as he was coming closer to her. He revealed a skinny skull, but what was he going to…
-…!!!!
"…I never really
Wanted you to see
The screwed up side of me that I keep
Locked inside of me so deep
It always seems to get to me
I never really
Wanted you to go
So many things you should have known…"
Crossfade – Cold)
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This is the end of this very descripting chapter…The first song is Lithium you all know it I can say, and the last few sentences are lyrics from Cold, by Crossfade.
