Title: Opposite & Equal Attraction
Pairing: Jinx/Raven
Rating: …overall, M
Summary: They had kissed. Once. In a sleazy strip club…
A/N: Thanks to everyone that read, reviewed, put me on story alert, and/or author alert. It's comforting to know that my writing doesn't suck.
Disclaimer: I don't own Teen Titans. And yes, I borrowed a HP surname. I do own Mischief, Dante, Elizabeth, and Marie however.
Chapter Six: Marie LeStrange
"I hope you are alright, Mistress," said a deep, raspy voice. The sorceress' eyes fluttered open to be met by dark, emerald ones. Somehow, they looked familiar. They were almost as beautiful as…
"Mischief!" She shouted happily as she fully awoke. The man smiled and nodded.
"Actually, it's Dante."
""So Raven was right! Wow, you're really… hot!" Dante chuckled. The sorceress took in all of his features as he crouched next to her. Long, silky black hair. Beautiful, sparkling green eyes. Even his face was perfect, sleek and elegant in all the right places. Her eyes traveled down from face to his broad shoulders, to his sculpted abdomen, to his…
"Dante, will you tell your dick that it's not polite to point?" He looked down at his bare lower half.
"I'm sorry. I've been in fur for so long that I've forgotten what being naked feels like," he laughed half heartedly. Jinx nodded, mouth suddenly feeling dry.
"Now I remember why I don't like men," she said with a shudder, "dangly parts."
"Jinx?" came a small whisper from her side. She looked over to find Raven awoke.
"So, it got you too huh?" Raven nodded, wincing from bump on the back of her head. The demoness sat up slowly, eyes trying to adjust to the scene before her.
"Mischief?!" Raven couldn't believe her eyes. Not only had she done magic, but the had actually spell worked! The man cleared his throat.
"Actually it's Dante. Dante Alexander Mardin," he said as he bowed his head, long, ebony hair falling like curtains in front of him, "at your service." She reached a hand out. Surely this had to be dream because their hadn't work! At least, it hadn't appeared to have worked… had it? When her fingertips met warm flesh, she smiled.
"I knew it! I could feel it!" she said as smooth a hand over his chest, "You had too many emotions just be an animal."
"Well, I did that on purpose. I can tell an empath when I see one," he said.
"Wait, you're an empath?" Jinx asked as she watched the demoness' hand laying on the wizard's chest. Something about it made her feel slightly envious.
"Yeah, but I don't use it much." All the while she talked her eyes never left the wizard's face. Jinx, feeling a little left out, cleared her throat.
"Raven, why don't you go to the kitchen and make us all some tea, and Dante and I will find him some clothes and you, some aspirin."
"Okay. Thanks, Jinx," The demoness gave a faint smile and did as she was told, leaving the sorceress alone with her former feline.
"After I find you something to wear we're going downstairs and you're going to explain how this," she said as she gestured to his body, "happened to you."
"As you wish Mistress," he smirked.
"And don't any ideas about me or Raven, you got that? Another stunt like that candle and I will neuter you… myself." Mock innocence painted his face as his emerald eyes grew wide.
"Now why would get any ideas, Mistress Jinx? I am only here but to serve you." She studied his face for a while. He seemed serious and she would have bought it, if she hadn't had him as pet. She knew his nature, and it was to always find trouble. Hell, she hadn't named him Mischief for no reason.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah. Just come with me, Cat," she muttered.
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When they got downstairs, Raven had already finished making the tea and was drinking a large mug of it herself. When she looked up she saw that Dante was now wearing a gray wife beater and some black sweatpants.
"Here you go. Two aspirin now and two for later," mused Jinx as she handed the pills to her roommate. The demoness muttered a quick "Thank you" and swallowed the medication. The sorceress smiled as she felt an odd feeling of gratification.
"So," started Jinx as she poured them both a cup, "I've got some questions, and I believe you have some answers." She placed the two cups down and sat in one of the chairs.
"What do you want to know?"
"Why were you stuck like that?" Jinx asked calmly, "Surely your powers are strong enough if you've gotten that far." Dante just stroked his fingers through his hair.
"Let's say it was a lover's scorn."
"So I was right. You pissed off the wrong witch," beamed Raven.
"Yes and no. She was a lover, but one that I had long forgotten. What angered her was that I was getting married to someone other than her."
"Married?" He nodded. Slowly, he began to tell the story...
A long time ago…
"Oh Dante, why can't you stay?" whined the brunette that lay underneath him. She was his latest conquest, though she wasn't the prettiest. She was the horse trainer that his fiancée, Elizabeth, had just hired. And although he was picky about his damsels, he wasn't picky about the "Right here, right now" girls that he'd sometimes found himself rutting with. He looked at his surroundings, the smell of horses and hay thick in his nostril. 'God, you can't get anymore "Right here, right now" than a stable can you?' he thought to himself as pulled his pants back on.
"I told you, Elizabeth will be expecting me home now, and by next week she's going to want to see how well I'm doing with the horses! Honestly, we have gotten any riding done today." The young woman giggled as she stroked his arm.
"You haven't, anyways." He smiled at her pun. Some girls didn't take him rushing off as well as she had. Then again, some girls didn't have sex with almost married men when their fiancés could be lurking around.
"So, when can I see you again?" Here came the hard part. He quickly slipped his shirt on and sighed.
"Um, the thing is… I love Elizabeth. She's a great woman and she'll be a lovely wife. What we had, it was special. And if I had not met my Liz first, then it would definitely be you," he started as he grabbed the woman's hands and brought them to his chest, "Just know that I'll always remember this. I'll always remember you, Brittany."
"But my name's Bethany!"
"Oh… same difference." And with that he ran off towards the direction of his soon to be wife's mansion, listening to a string of curses as he fled the stables. He smirked inwardly. The girls changed, but the reaction was always the same.
When he arrived, he found Elizabeth in her room, sitting idly at her window. It was times like this were he could see her beauty. Curly, garnet locks surround her pale youthful face. Her blue eyes sparkling in the sunlight. But something else sparkled there too, something he couldn't recognize.
"Ah, it's such a lovely day Liz. Why don't we go outside. Maybe a swim?" The woman took her eyes away from the window and stared at him.
"I don't understand you at all, Dante," she said with a slight English accent.
"What do you mean, Love?"
"Why do you have to go after them? Why do you want them so badly, yet you won't lay one finger on me?" Many time before they had been through this scene. Like always, he sighed and walked over to her and petted her hair.
"Elizabeth, those other women, they mean nothing to me. I love you and only you. And I will honor my duties as your husband when we're married, but I won't compromise your virtue just because I'm feeling a little rowdy."
"And who are you to decide when my "virtue" is compromised?"
"What I mean is, you're not ready and neither am I. Our wedding night, that's when we'll both be ready. We'll do it properly, Liz." He bent and kissed her forehead. It always seemed to relax her after their talks. For some reason she believe, in his own little warped way, that he was trying his best do what was right on her part, but he hardly ever thought about the trouble he might be walking into.
"With a big wedding?" she asked. He chuckled.
"Huge. It'll be bigger than any of those royal pricks." Elizabeth giggled.
"And a beautiful honeymoon?"
"As beautiful as you, Liz." She bit her lip. She could tell he was serious, but she wanted to test him just in case.
"And you won't touch another girl until our wedding night?" His breath hitched.
"But I-"
"No, Dante, promise me you won't touch anyone else but me on our wedding night." The man sighed. 'What the hell!' he thought, 'It's only two weeks away. I can last that long.' He stood in front of her and held up his right hand and placed his left over his heart.
"Fine. I promise that I, Dante Alexander Mardin, will not touch any women, except my insanely gorgeous wife, until and on the day of our wedding."
"Thank you, Dante," she said as she smiled sweetly. She stood and kissed his lips. This is what he wanted. The comfort of his Elizabeth. The knowledge that even if they didn't have sex that she would love him, whole heartedly. That she was there for him. He pulled back and smiled.
"So, now, about that horse trainer…" Elizabeth sigh as she pinched the bridge of her nose.
"Oh, never mind. I'll hire a new one. A man this time."
"As you wish, Love."
"Oh, and before I forget, I got you something." She giddily picked up a small box off of her bed and thrust it into his hands. He gave her a curious look.
"Well, don't just stand there! Open it up!" Slowly he pulled away the green ribbon and opened the black velvet box.
"Don't you just love it? I had it made for just for you. It's a panther charm, although I know with your skills you can change into anything." Slowly he picked up the necklace and studied it. Sure enough, the little amulet looked like a glaring feline.
"It looks like me," he muttered.
"I know! I got one too, see?" she said as she held up her glaring fox.
"It looks so... expensive..." he mewed. He felt a small hand brush the side of his face.
"Relax; it's merely a wedding gift, from me to you. And remember, we're getting married. What's mine is yours and what's yours is mine. Now, shall I help you put it on?" Dante smiled. Yes, this was truly what he wanted...
The Present…
"Those two weeks were possibly the best of my life. Liz and I were almost inseparable." The two girls studied his soft features. A look of loneliness painted his face.
"Well, what happened after that?" Raven asked.
"Well, like I said, a lover's scorn desired a debt... Her name was Marie LeStrange. I had been in love with the witch when I was young. I lived for the woman and never had she once cared. The day I met Elizabeth was the day that I told her I was leaving. She just cackled and told me that I'd never really leave her. That I'd go on forever, loving every other woman, but always needing her."
"Wait, wouldn't that be considered a curse?" Jinx asked as she sipped her tea.
"Yes, it was. I would get these urges. Like I'd hear her voice and I'd felt the need to just be close to someone. Eventually it turned into sex, but I've never subjected Elizabeth to it. I told myself that I could wait until we were married. If I could wait, then Marie wouldn't be able to tell me what to do. Elizabeth wouldn't be just another woman, but my wife, the woman I lived for."
"And what about the curse?"
"After those two weeks it broke, and as soon as it did, Marie knew. On the day of our wedding, she showed up. Put a "Forever" binding spell on my amulet, hence the black cat. She did something else, but I can't remember what it was. That woman was always wicked with spells."
"And what about Elizabeth? What happened to her?" Dante slowly sipped some of his tea and sighed.
"She hired the best witches and wizards to try to undo the spell, but it never worked. She kept me around, so I was always there. Some years later, though, she remarried. Some duke or count something or other. I didn't blame her though. I wanted her to be happy." Her looked up from his half empty cup to the two girls, who both had depressed looks upon their faces.
"Oh, no girls! Don't look like that! I'm still perfectly well. And besides, there's always more than one Liz in the world, right? I'm just thankful that this is my last time."
"Your last time?" asked Jinx.
"Yes, that binding spell may have been powerful, but, knowing Marie, she probably cut a corner or two. I've spent eight lives being of service to people and you, my dears, are my last life."
"You mean you're gonna die?" the sorceress asked, tears almost welling in her eyes. The wizard just chuckled.
"Not anytime soon I hope. After this, I'll be free to roam and spend the rest of my human life doing whatever I want." The two girls looked at each other. There was still one thing that puzzled them.
"Wait, what do you mean by "Help us"?" they shouted simultaneously. He gave them a giant smile.
"Well, isn't it obvious? I'm here to help you two fall in love!"
A/N: Another chapter that took forever to write. I'm just happy that it's finally out. Thanks for reading and I hope you all enjoyed it.
Chapter Seven Teaser
"Be careful of what you two do today," Dante said, "Marie might've gone easy on the spell, but the boobie traps will more than make up for it."