The A/N and R2R will be at the end of this chapter. Sorry for any unanswered questions or reviews since the previous chapter. The author was busy and has rather poor memory.

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Disclaimer: Contrary to popular belief, ploThief does not own DP or TT, but instead owns a yellow pencil under a couch named "Bloo."

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Raven sat up groggily, fighting off the last of her sleep as she got out of bed. She froze mid-yawn when she felt a pair of eyes on her, taking a second to identify the source.

Oh, right. Danny.

"Uh...hello?" She waits for a response, although she knows it won't come. "Okay...I'm going to meditate before breakfast. You can join if you'd like." Ignoring the eyes still watching her, she sits a distance from the mirror and begins. And thus, the day began as usual.

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As small as it was, Danny had been improving. He still hasn't spoken a word, but he is aware of his surrounding. The more time she spent with him, the better he became. So majority of her free time was spent with Danny. A slight annoyance, but she secretly did not mind.

Raven found peace in his company. Even in his disarray, his aura was soothing, a powerful gentleness that strengthened her calm where chants seemed to fail. Strange, to feel protected by a broken boy who couldn't even leave his own mirror, but perhaps this is why she found it so easy to converse with him. Raven did not trust this boy, but it felt safe to share her opinions and be herself on trifle matters. And to her relief, Danny listened. He seemed to understand her viewpoints, and one's he did not were prompt for further explanation. No tight jaw, or smiles that never reached the eyes, just simple gazing and slow nods that eased the roiling of her stomach, allowing her to continue.

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There were days, she could not bare his company. They seemed to happen when his lost gaze twisted into his stomach, or lack of responsive tightened something in her chest. Her presence was helping, Raven had to remind herself. Positive responses were happening. Personality was beginning to seep through.

Today was proof. Raven had been leaning on the base of her bed, quietly reading in candlelight. She allowed a rare smile to break the silence after a certain passage, and Danny, who had been watching her as usual, raised an eyebrow in her direction. So the empath explained her action, rereading the passage for further clarification. After the reading his smile reflected her own, and with a mischievous glint of the eyes, produced the same hilarious expression that the character had. That tickled something inside, making her laugh unashamedly loud. But it ceased quickly from unexpected noise that followed after: another laugh.

Danny's whole body shook from the laughter bubbling through his mouth, a symphony of warmth and colors that filled the room. She could taste his sweet eutophic giddiness, relief washing over of making some happy. Her happy.

Raven stiffened, confusion jabbing into her heart. He was happy because she was happy? Why would he feel this?

Danny noticed her silence and stopped laughing. He watched her face twist and turn. She felt the happiness drain away, snapping back into darker, more bitter emotions spiked with new intensity.

Danny tipped back his head and screamed.

"Danny! Stop!" Raven cried, but no avail. Unwanted heat choked her body. Somebody was going to hear him and come investigate, and that was the last thing she needed. His choppy aura were doing wonders to her emotions, making black magic toss and shake items chaoticly in the air. He wasn't responding to his name. Putting down the curtain and throwing him in the closet was out of the question; she worked too hard to start all over. Apologizing? Laughter? No. What? Raven wanted to scream with him. How do you shut up crazy guys? Zinthos, this was over her head and she had enough.

In three strides she was holding the mirror. "Danny, stop screaming. Get in control of yourself because your messing with my powers and destroying my room. I really don't know what's wrong but I need you to stop. Now."

And just like that, he stopped.

Raven blinked, unable to process that actually worked. Hesitantly, she reached out to his emotions. Still bitter, extremely cloudy and ringing, but controlled.

"Raven, are you in there?" The titan pinched her lips together and headed to the door. Opening it a crack, she narrowed her eyes at her two teammates standing outside: Robin and Cyborg.

"What?"

Robin cleared his throat. "Are you okay?"

"Peachy. Why?"

"Well, uh," Cyborg's fingers drummed against his thigh."We heard screaming, so we thought-"

"That was my music." Oh yeah, they'll believe that.

"Your...music." Robin. Of course.

"Yes, my music." Raven continued as if this was normal. "Is that a problem?"

Immediately both boys backed away. "No, screamo's cool! Is just ah," Cyborg offered a tight grin. "Warn us next time you decide to play it loud, alright Rae?"

The dark titan continued to eye them, but then decided to let it slide.

"Fine." The door was shut with a click, and both boys let out a sigh of relief, unaware Raven was doing the same as well.

Too close. Raven looked to the room's only other occupant, who seemed to be fiddling with his shirt. "Are you okay?"

His head bobbled up and down, not daring to look up.

The alarms blared. Raven looks at her communicator. "I'll come back."

Again the boy nodded, barely flinching at the sound. This was new. Usually he gave more extreme reactions to the sudden noise, but she will have to ponder this later.

"Second!"

Raven stopped, turning slowly back to the mirror. Her ears were not decieved; his body was pressed against the glass, eyes focusing on hers.

"I bark tree wrong, Sam. Pardon."

Somehow her senses return to answer.

"It's fine, Danny."

He nods before sitting back down, crinkling his clothes like nothing unusual happened.

Raven pretends this is normal too.

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R2R:

Guest: Maybe they are, maybe they're not. You will have to wait and see, dear reader. ;)

Nemo: ...You are absolutely right; this IS an unfair question! Thank you for pointing this out.

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A/N: Yeuck, this chapter was a pain and still leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

Anywho, things are going to kinda speed up soon. Time is going to elapse so don't freak if Danny starts speaking normally again in the next few chaps.

Speaking of time, let's see what the answer to last challenge was.

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Last Challenge's Answer: about two and a half months, or in Danny's mind, 580 years (give or take). A bunch of you were correct or pretty darn close. Congratulations to: muney73, Ani-DP-TT-PJ-H-Ben10 Fan, GhostPikachu, bibbledoo, Ancient Wanderer (love the name!), and bibliophilea.

But, a lot of people made a good point that this challenge was kinda bad because it could of been anything, really. So kudos to these peeps for pointing that out: Nemo, GhostPikachu, and Ancient Wanderer.

In other words: pink elephants for everyone! Yay!

...expect, ya know, what the heck are pink elephants?

This leads to the next challenge!

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New Chapter Challenge: In Danny's terms, what are pink elephants? If you answer, please provide an account in which you have encountered a pink elephant (can be big or small).

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If you haven't had an encounter or do not feel comfortable with sharing one, just tell me your favorite ice cream flavor(s).

Winners will receive a bonus of invisible presents this holiday season. They will be hand delivered by Santa, so please leave out some cookies and milk!