Teen Titans – Video Games Are Fun!
15. Chapter 14: Music and Chickens
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TDG3RD – I've been expecting you. (laughs maniacally). Really sorry. I just had to say it. I'm not in my right mind right now. I'm really sorry, but the conversation with Terra is gonna be a bit of a disappointment… in my opinion at least. I mean, it'll still be… sort of good… but not as big as expected. Well anyways, thanks for the review! Oh! There's also another episode of Raven's Emotions in this chapter… wonder who'll be making a cameo in this one…
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Terra's POV
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I was surprised. I had hardly expected to be accepted back, let alone given a communicator right off the bat. It was odd. It was as if I hadn't done anything, as if no time had passed since… he almost kissed me.
"I just don't get it" I thought allowed. There was absolutely no reason for them to trust me… and yet… it seemed as if the only one who doesn't trust me is… me…
I nearly fell out of bed when I heard my new communicator go off. I quickly picked it up from my end table. It's so strange… and a bit creepy. They had kept my room exactly as it had been before I had left.
I turned it on and was slightly surprised to find BB's face staring back at me. "Beast Boy?"
"I see you've got our trust again…" was all he said before seeming to become uncomfortable.
"Beast Boy… I'm sorry…" All I could think of to do was apologize.
"I bet you are" he responded in an oddly icy voice. "Why are you back?"
I didn't know what to say. Well actually, I knew exactly what to say, but ya gotta admit. It's a tad hard to believe. "It's a long story."
"I'm experiencing an acute case of insomnia, I've got time" he said, shocking me a bit with his vocab.
So, I told him everything, from the voice… to the elderly woman… to that little brat who accused me of being a hippy. "And then, I knocked on the door… or at least, I thought it was the door."
"God. What happened?" Beast Boy asked, finally seeming to loosen up and fall to my charm. God dammit! Don't trust me!
"Nothing really… until Robin decided that I had been punching his forehead for long enough." BB even laughed a bit at that one. "Then, here I am…" I finished up.
"So, surprised at all you missed?" BB asked.
"Some things surprised me. Others surprised me by not happening yet."
"Like?"
"Like… Robin and Starfire just getting together… today!"
"And I missed it?"
"Hey, you should be glad! They were virtually dry humping eachother!" That elicited a chuckle from both of us.
"I missed you, Terra."
I sucked in a deep breath. Does this mean…? Does he still… like me? No. I know better than that. Even though I was just a stone statue, I still heard everything Beast Boy had told me… toward the beginning. Then… the day that had both saddened and relieved me had come…
Flashback
"I'm sorry, Terra… I can't do this anymore." I wasn't sure what he meant by that. It was just all of the sudden. He had come, like he always did. But, that's what he said. He didn't even give me one of his greetings that he knew I couldn't return. He had just started right in. "I don't even know if you're alive in there… and I can't stay stagnant like this anymore." He sighed sadly. "I'm moving on. It's funny, but… being the only one to keep thinking about you… I'm the only one who cares. Even Raven's forgotten what you did to us… to me… to her. I'm sorry… I'm done. I'm moving on…" And he left. He never came back. We were finally able to move on… until now…
End flashback
"Terra?"
I shook my head. How long had I been reminiscing? "… Sorry, BB. I was just… thinking." He didn't say anything. He just looked slightly worried. "Beast Boy?"
"Myeah(not a typo)?"
"I just want you to know… how sorry I am." Once again, he didn't respond. "I want you to know that I won't… can't betray you again.
He seemed to become sad at that response. "I wish… that… I could… trust you… but…"I interrupted him. "No!" I immediately regained my composure. "Don't trust me. I don't want to betray you… but I don't want you setting yourself for another heart break."
"Terra… thank you… for understanding…" I was about to say something, but he broke the connection before I could.
Yeah… I understand…
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The Seer's POV
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I stared into the cauldron with a slight smirk on my face. Oh goodey! Now, I get to make fun of him!
"Seer!" My smirk only grew. "What happened?"
"What do you mean, milord?" I asked in a falsely sugary voice.
"You know damn well what I mean!" He suddenly formed an energy ball in his hand and hurled it me. I just teleported myself behind him and continued to taunt him.
"Hello! I'm the Seer! I saw that coming!"
He rushed over to me and stood a mere inch from my face. "I'd drop the attitude if I were you."
"Oh… I'm so scared… 'cause we both remember how that last threat turned out!" I responded, deciding at the last moment not to show him my tongue. That would just be overdoing it.
He finally backed off. But, this act was immediately followed by another that never ceased to make me cringe. He was pacing. But suddenly, he stopped, the metaphorical light bulb flashing on over his head.
"An idea, milord?"
"That demon, the only power that she can use within the temples… it's fire-based!" I applauded sarcastically, drawing an angry glare from the sociopath. "Where are they heading next?"
I turned back to my cauldron and began to stir the fluid. Suddenly, an image of the two new heroes scaling Death Mountain. "Most likely the Fire Temple" I replied, knowing that there was only so much I could do before his threats became too serious to dodge forever.
"Good… then I don't have to worry. Her powers should be all but useless there" he said with the start of a maniacal laughter bubbling up from his vocal cords.
Little does he know what else I'm seeing… "Don't count your eggs before they hatch…"
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Starfire's POV
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"Lover Robin" I said quietly in hopes of awakening my boyfriend without startling him.
"Hmmm?" was his reply as he sat up on one shoulder.
"You were awake?" I asked, slightly surprised.
"Yeah" he replied. "My stupid brain won't shut up. What's up?"
I wasn't sure what to say next. I was having doubts about the events of the past day and needed to talk about them with somebody. "Is it truly safe to trust Terra?"
"Don't worry about that" he told me. "Cyborg and I got it under control."
I wasn't sure what he meant, so I asked for him to elaborate. "Please elaborate."
He sighed slightly, but still continued. "I've got a camera in her room keeping track of everything she does. In the morning, Cyborg'll be downloading the data into his memory bank for a super-speed analysis of everything. She's not doing anything without us knowing about it beforehand."
"But, what about tomorrow?" I asked, then explained further. "She will be alone in the tower with friend Cyborg who will be spending the day on the internet."
"Yeah… we've had a slight change of plans. Starfire."
"Yes?"
"I want you to stay in the tower. Act like you're here to keep Terra fed and hydrated while she does her part. But, you'll really be keeping a constant eye on her."
I was very happy at first, but then the other factors came to mind. "But, that will only leave you to protect the city."
"Nah" replied Robin with a shake of his head. "I've already called in some of the Titan's reserves. I've called Bumblebee from Titans East, as well as Wildebeest, Cole, and Jynx."
I giggled slightly at Robin's choice of reserve Titans. Each of them had something in some way in common with the normal team. It was quite comedic, in a somewhat… cynical way. Oh, so this is why friend Raven enjoys her dry humor and sarcasm. It is quite enjoyable in its own way!
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Raven's POV
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I woke up the next morning to find myself alone in the room. Beast Boy must be out restocking and planning… I'm trusting him to plan… weird. But, the point is that I was alone! Time for some meditation. Everything that happened yesterday had all my emotions running around in tiny circles like a cat without whiskers.
I floated up into my standard meditation position and began to chant my mantra. "Azarath. Metrion. Zynthos."
In Raven's Head
Happy: Hi Rae!
Raven: -ven. There's another syllable!
Happy: Oh, whatever!
(Happy runs around in circles making airplane noises.)
Raven: Okay, I need Knowledge… and everyone else for that matter.
(All of the other emotions appear, including Rage who's in a tiny cage.)
Rage: I'm pissed!
Sarcastic: Really? Who would've thought?
Knowledge: What up?
Raven: You should know.
Love: (with obvious hatred) Terra…
Knowledge: Oh, yes. Well, there's nothing for us to do except for get over it and stop being such a jealous baby.
Raven: Jealous? I'm not jealous. What do I have to be jealous about?
Love: Don't give me that! You wanna be with BB, and now that little hore's back!
Timid: What if she hurts Beast Boy again? He wouldn't be able to take it…
Depression: It doesn't even matter! We should just kill ourselves and do everybody the favor!
Rude: Oh just shut the hell up!
(Depression bursts into tears and shoots herself with a random gun.)
Trigger-Happy: Gimme that!
(She takes the gun back from Depression who just lays there, unconscious.)
Rude: I mean, I'm so sad! Just kill me! Get over it! It isn't funny anymore!
Knowledge: Well, what I said before still stands. We have to let it go…
Rage: …for now…
Raven: What's that supposed to mean?
Rage: Why should I tell y-
Out of Raven's Head
I was shocked out of my meditation by the sound of the door slamming open. This was followed by "Oh my god! Oh my god! I just met the hottest girl and when I say hottest, I mean hotter than the heat produced by a thousand suns and that's hot and she totally wants me! She works at the café and I got like ten cups of the black stuff and I'm just chocked full of energy and bing-bang-botta-botta-boom and I'm here 'til Thursday!", which was said entirely in one breath, followed by the door slamming shut, once again leaving me alone in the room.
"Okay, that was… typical."
With that odd situation out of the way, I came to realize that I wouldn't be getting any meditation done for a while. So, I decided that I should explore the village a little bit.
I tightened my cloak around me and approached the door, and noticed a piece of paper stuck to it right at eye level. The note read:
Raven,
Went out to stock up on stuff and find the gate to Death Mountain Trail. I need you to go back to the Temple of Time and if possible, find the windmill. It's pretty hard to miss, but it can wait a little while. Just, don't forget to go to the Temple of Time!
Gar
Gar? Is that short for Garfield? Why did he sign it like that? Should I start calling him that from now on? It might be nice. Maybe I should at least try it. With that thought, I left the room and prepared for my little trip.
After having a cup of tea at the café near the inn, I left the town and headed for the castle. I had made sure to prepare myself to use my fire powers, should I need to. If I remember correctly, the zombie things weren't affected by my powers.
I soon reached the structure and flew across the the moat. The way I figure it, this could be some good practice, which is why I didn't just fly over everything. Then again, with the evil atmosphere in the air, I probably wouldn't even be able to use my normal powers.
I strode calmly into the center of the marketplace and waited for some of the zombies to notice me. When I heard one of their shrieks… after shuddering at how horrible it sounded… I rushed it, my hands encased in a flaming aura, and sent out a ball of flame to discintegrate the first one. But, I had already been noticed by at least three more. "This should be fun" I mumbled, oddly meaning it.
I once again ran at a zombie, but this time sent out a pillar of flame which hit another one which had been behind my target. Now, that's what I call two birds with one stone. I then decided to try one more thing, which should completely clear the area of the abominations.
I, yet again, charged up my power. This time, I raised my arms over my head feeling the odd need to be dramatic. Oh, the things that people do when they think they're alone! I then threw my arms out to either side, sending out a thin pillar of flame in each direction. I kept the attack going and performed a quick little spin, which I'm mortified to say could've be considered cute… if it weren't for the spinning inferno of doom which accompanied it…
I felt slightly dazed after the attack. I had probably used quite a bit of energy… made especially draining by having to use emotion without letting my other powers explode out of control. So, I took a moment to catch my breath and check out my handy work. I turned in a slow circle to see if any zombies remained, but found nothing other than a large group of scorched corpses. "Take that?" I said in a questioning tone, feeling… cool? No wonder there're so many zombie movies. Killing them is… fun!
I allowed a small smile to grace my lips as I finally turned toward the Temple of Time and approached it.
"I see that you were able to break the curse on the Forest Temple and awaken Saria as the Sage of the Forest." I just stared at the strange man going by the name of Sheik. "But, there are still four more sages in need of your help." I then prepared myself for the insanely long speech that was bound to come. "One on a tall mountain, one in a vast lake, one in the house of the dead, and one in a goddess of the sand. Only after overcoming the trials of these locations, will you finally be able to enter the black castle overlooking this once fine city. But, in order to reach these sages, you and your friend must travel great distances… over land… water… and… time."
"Uhhh… what?" I asked, feeling a bit like I had missed something.
He seemed to smile slightly at that. He was apparently happy to finally get one over me. "In order to travel through the gates of time, you must return the Master Sword to the Pedestal of Time, returning you… sending you back seven years. You might not see the point quite yet. But, you will come to understand in due time." Suddenly, he pulled out his harp seemingly from nowhere. "And now, I will teach you the melody which will return you to this place… the melody that will bring you back into the light when the darkness seems all consuming. Listen well to the Prelude of Light."
He began to play the song. It was a very high pitched song… which made me wonder, why is everything good believed to have a high pitch? Has everybody forgotten about the new-fu thing? Yes, Beast Boy… Gar… did tell me all about it, and not that I'd ever admit it, I found it somewhat comedic.
Anyways… don't know where that came from. The song had a high pitch and a quite easily memorized tune. So, I had it down in absolutely no time. When we had finished our little duet, we returned our instruments to their appropriate places and began a short stare down.
"I trust that you will keep your little friend up to date, and I will see you soon… very soon." And, he threw something to the ground, creating a bright flash. When I uncovered my eyes, he was nowhere to be found. But still, I heard his voice echo around me. "As long as you hold the Ocarina of Time and the Master Sword, you hold time itself in your hands."
"Damn, he's creepy…" Wait! What did I just say? What's happening to me?
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BB's POV
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And, my day was officially ruined. When I finally came down from my caffeine induced lunacy, I had come to realize that the "hotter than the heat produced by a thousand suns" girl was actually a large, blad, hairy(as in on the body), shirtless man named Jobe. He apparently sells soap as a second job. It was a tad bit scary… under statement of the century…
I decided that now that I was… sane… I should check on Raven and see how she's been doing.
"Young man!" I turned quickly to see a woman with deep red hair running towards me.
"Yeah, what's up?"
"I care for a flock of cuccos, and the fence broke in a spot, but I can't fix it, because I can't keep my cuccos inside for long enough! Could you please help me hold them down?" I decided, due to a mixture of her rate of speaking, as well as the fact that I LOVE CHICKENS, to just nod and get right to it.
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Raven's POV
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When I returned to the village, I was happy to find that there was still at least seven hours of sunlight still ahead of me. I really didn't want to waste my entire day on Beast Boy's little errands… while he's spending it high on caffeine, hitting on some random girl. I hope she has a rash and he catches it!
I came to the conclusion that there couldn't be too much to my errands in the windmill, so I proceeded forth and found the building in a pleasantly timely fashion. Remembering the experience from the first time I was here, I made to pull the door open.
When inside, my ears filled with the sound of a repetitive music box melody. Is that it? Does he want me to memorize this song?
Shrugging, I pulled out my ocarina and began to play along with the man. I had the tune down almost instantly… what's up with all the songs in this world being so very simple?
As I blew the final note, I suddenly heard thunder. I began to look around… then slapped myself when I realized that I was inside and I wasn't gonna see anything… accept for a suddenly very fast rotating platform in the center. The platform had always been moving, but now it was going insanely fast.
Once again shrugging, I turned and exited the building, completely ignoring the man's enraged shouts and curses.
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BB's POV
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"Gotcha!" I shouted as I caught the very last cucco. The little bugger had given me quite a bit of trouble, but I got 'em! I placed him back into the pen and then ran over to help the woman with her repairs, and when they were complete, we were both exhausted.
I sat back against the fence, and the woman did so as well. "So, you got a name?"
She laughed a bit at that. "Yes, I do. I am Angela. Nice to meet you."
I smiled back at her and shook her hand. "Be-Garfield, but you can just call me Gar."
After that, we just sat in silence. She's a pleasant woman, one of those people who you can trust immediately without even really knowing them. I was just about to ask her why she had come to me to help her when I saw a bolt of lightning strike near the windmill of in the distance. "Looks like Rae's done. I should get going" I said, shaking the woman's hand once more.
"Yes. It's beginning to rain anyways. You should return to your room in the inn." Raining? If only she knew!
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Raven's POV
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I ran through the door of the inn as fast as I could and shut it hard behind me… and heard a yelp of pain. I quickly turned and reopened the door to see Be-Gar lying in a heap on the damp ground outside. With a sigh, I lifted his sopping body, and simply decided to carry him. Oddly enough, other than the moisture… it was kinda nice…
The Next Day
"Hookshot?"
"Check…" We were going through a quick inventory check before we proceeded on our way to the next temple. It was stupid, but… Gar… had insisted on doing it.
"Bombs?"
"Check many times over…"
"Us?"
I sighed in relief. That kind of joke only comes to end this kind of thing!
"Check!" I responded, sounding almost excited to finally be on our way.
"Then, Death Mountain, here we come!"
A/N: Hi, again! Sorry for taking awhile on this one, but it's particularly long, so I think that should make up for it. I'm extremely happy to find out that I have a bunch of new readers, and that this here thingy's still a big hit!
I know that we didn't have anything involving the other Titans, but I'll put that into the next chapter. It'll be mostly comedy based, and I'll be introducing one of my original villains for Robin and the reserve Titans to fight! Everybody meet… ha! You thought I'd give her name away didn't you? Well, too bad! All you get is one hint… which I already gave you, and you'll find it if you look closely at the whole author's note!
P.S. I'm not updating again unless I get at least TWO reviews from TWO readers for THIS CHAPTER! And, TDG3RD, you do still count!
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The Cheese