A/N, R2R, and Disclaimer: I know, I know. You're probably thinking; "A new chapter from ploThief? It's a frikkin' miracle!" Yeah, sorry, just kinda busy with school and celebrating my birthday. Ya know: life. Anyways, feel free to point out any mistakes because I did this in a rush.
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R2R:
Guest: I'll try!
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Disclaimer:
…Is this really necessary? Everyone knows I don't own TT or DP.
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"Good morning, Raven! I must admit, you are up unusually early."
The dark Titan peered at the Tamaranian princess next to her. Apparently, Star woke up at ungodly hours as well to practice yoga on the rooftops. "I usually am at this time. I just prefer to meditate in my room."
"Oh. Why are you not today?"
Because I'm avoiding the broken boy in my closet. "Umm...change of view?"
She tensed, ready for Star to call her out and demand for the real explanation. Instead, her friend eagerly agreed how wonderful sunrise was on earth compared to her planet. Raven listened to the nice distraction and even agreed to help with breakfast. Maybe if she kept this up, she could forget all about the mirror boy and Malchior for the rest of the day.
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...Or maybe not.
"Want to hear a joke?"
Raven ignored the pest and once again considered going to her room.
Her plan worked for a while, and she actually enjoyed spending more quality time with her teammates, but she was soon reminded why she stayed in her room most of the day.
Her teammates, bless their worried souls, were quite prying of personal space.
"Okay, it starts with this guy on his way to work and..."
Raven inwardly growled. Oh yes, she was never doing this again. She got up to leave.
"Hey, where are you going? I'm not finished!"
"To find someone who finds you funny, Beast boy. It might take a while."
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Contrary to popular belief, Raven did have emotions, but right now she wished the rumors were true. Because here she is standing in her room: standing, waiting, listening. There have been no sobs, no talking. Nothing. And it scares her. It scares her because she doesn't know what that means, if it is good or bad. If he's planning something to ambush team or worse, turn out to be like Terra. Like Malchior.
With trembling hands she opens the closet. Pulls out the mirror. Removes the curtain. And at the sight her heart breaks a little more.
Guilt.
She knows she caused it, the way he sits shriveled on the ground. How come his eyes, once so piercing and bright, now stared listlessly at nothing.
"Danny?"
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He doesn't even seem to know she's there, that anything was there. And whatever was left of his emotions...he was just dead. An empty shell waiting to fade away.
She broke him.
The sick irony; all this time she feared this boy would be like, if he would be another Terra or Malchior, and instead she became them. But she took the prize for first.
"Danny? Can you hear me? It's Raven. I didn't mean for this to happen to you. I didn't want this too, I just thought..."
Her words become more circuitous as she continues, but she cannot stop. She needs to undo her damage, wants to pick up all the pieces she stomped into dust and somehow glue them together again. Except she can't even find the remains because they all blew away. Still, she has to try.
"...I'm sorry Danny. It's my fault for making you like this. I let the past cloud my judgment and you paid the price. You probably can't hear me, but I'm going to try and fix my mistake." No, she was going to do better. She was going to heal all the damage.
"I'm going to try and fix you."
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For a tiny second- so quick it was almost nonexistent- his eyes focused on her.
Yet it was enough for Raven to have hope.
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Last Chapter's Answer: A few of you were on the right path on that last question, but what Danny was truly saying was:
"Danny sorry!" Won't do again. Eat crow! Crow! Pardon please. Forgive..."
"I'm sorry..."
Good guesses though!
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New Chapter Challenge: Loneliness is one thing, but (extreme) isolation basically unravels the mind to a very primitive/unstable state. Memory, speech/word association, and even thought process become different or inferior. I wanted Danny to experience some of this but I was too lazy to research what usually changes in speech and thought, so I improvised. If you squint, you can tell Danny really does make sense of what he says. Other common experiences from hallucinations are hallucinations and loss of time, which Danny suffers from greatly. He thinks he's been in the mirror for years, but he's off.
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Can anyone guess how long he has actually been in the mirror?
If you guess right, you will win some of Danny's pink elephants! Isn't that exciting?