Sorry, I had a little trouble coming up with ideas in this chapter, I'm too anxious for writing the next chapter and I'm not on the same page (Gets booed off stage for bad pun), plus I've been really busy. Anyways I just thought I'd put this next thing into every chapter until its common knowledge just in case people missed it before.
********- time lapses
*******BBxRae*******- transition between dreams/real world
I know I didn't have that before, but it will be relevant in the next several chapters.
"Talking"- in and out of dreams.
thoughts- I know in the first two chapters I had thoughts like 'this' and I'm terribly sorry for changing it, but I'll admit I didn't have this part planned out. It was one of the many things I needed to solve before I got to the dreams. In the dreams 'catchers' communicate via thoughts.
"The 'catcher's' thoughts"- Beast Boy or Raven's thoughts when in the memories/dreams.
'Otherguests'- Raven's Emotions and The Beast
Disclaimer: I do not own the teen titans. After reading so many of these disclaimers and writing a few myself it's kinda hard to write an original one. I'll try and figure something out for next time. Anyways enjoy chapter 4!
Warning: This chapter will contain sensitive topics that are inappropriate for some viewers. Viewer discretion is advised; that is, if you are reading this with a buddy. If not, you have been warned.
Beast Boy's alarm clock blared in his ears, though it seemed closer than usual. He jumps awake, hitting his head on something hard. "Ow!" What was that? My ceiling should be higher than that. He opened his eyes and found himself on his bottom bunk. He almost always slept on the top bunk, buried in blankets. He blamed his instincts; a large majority of them craved height to hide while others wanted to be under ground. He found this to be the best compromise between the two.
He guessed Cyborg had found him. If Robin had found him he would have put him up top since he's got crazy powers of deduction.Not unlike a certain Bat I know of, he remarked to himself. Starfire would have woken him up, and Cy would just toss him on a bed and not think twice about it. He snickered, and Raven would probably hit me 'til I woke up.
He looked over to his alarm clock; it read 6:34 AM. His stomach suddenly growled fiercely, reminding him that he hadn't eaten since yesterday morning. "Better go make myself breakfast, ain't gonna be getting back to sleep." Most of the tower's residents believed that Beast Boy slept until noon, but that isn't the case. Due to his time in the Doom Patrol Beast Boy wakes up early to fly or swim around for an hour or two as any of the infinite creatures he can turn into, mentally preparing for the day ahead. Then he comes back and takes a nap because he's usually tired afterwards. He calls it a nap, but it usually lasts several hours. Only Raven could know of his morning activities, because of her powers of empathy, though she never asked about it and he never told her. He changed into a new uniform, since he was still in the one from yesterday, and walked out to meet the day.
Meanwhile Raven had woken up at the exact same time. She took a peek out of her curtain, it was always closed to keep the room darker, and guessed it was about 6:30 judging by the lack of light. She went to make her bed with her powers when she realized that she had woken up on the floor. Why would I be… Oh, right. She thought as the previous days events came flooding back. She remembered the chase and the mission, but more importantly, she remembered the dream. Garfield's parents must have been wonderful, so much better than anything I had when I was little. It's always me that gets the short stick.
'Don't be so quick to judge, remember that he didn't even want to remember his past.' She assumed that Knowledge or Wisdom spoke. She huffed, and decided not to let herself throw a pity party, for herself or Garfield. Out of habit she reached out with her mind to detect who was up and where they were. Cyborg was still asleep, he usually woke up when he was done charging, which was around 7 or 8 depending on when he went to bed, or when the alarm rang. Robin had already woken up and was currently flying through the obstacle course. She felt anger, sadness, and determination rolling off of him and assumed he was working away his problems like he always did. She would usually let Starfire know so she could cheer him up, she was the only one who truly could, but Starfire was still asleep and… Raven blushed. Dreaming about him, apparently.
She chuckled to herself and checked to see if Garfield had gone on his morning flight… When did I start calling him Garfield? She wondered.Oh well, I like it. I wonder if he does. Even though she couldn't tell what he was feeling she could always find him by the sheer strength of his emotions. She reached out and discovered that he was still in the commons room, presumably making himself some breakfast. He was feeling happy, ecstatic even, and she had never felt such emotio…
"I can understand his emotions!" Without further ado, Raven ran to the common's room, forgetting in her excitement that she could have just teleported there.
She burst into the room just as he was flipping a tofu pancake, which ended up on the floor as Beast Boy flinched at the sudden entrance.
"What the-" he cut himself off as he realized who had entered. "Rae? You scared the bejibbies out of me." She stood there, eyes closed as she drank up every emotion she could. Waves of happiness rolled off of him, but were soon replaced with concern as he wondered what was up. She smiled and opened her eyes.
"You accused me of being either heartless or a lousy empath earlier this week, and I never offered an explanation."
"Raven, I swear I didn't mean it! I was just mad, and-" Beast Boy began, worried that he was in trouble.
"Never mind that, I know. More importantly, I would like to explain myself. When the team was first formed, like with most everyone, I was able to tune into everyone's emotions except for you. For some reason it was like your emotions spoke a different language. I could feel the power of your emotions, and could barely get a general feel, such as positive or negative; but even then it was like you were shouting at me in French or German, your emotions just could not be processed. That was why I never seemed to know what you were feeling, because I couldn't." She felt confusion and fear radiating off of him. She understood the confusion, he was Beast Boy after all, but she was puzzled as to why he would be afraid.
"You said it was like another language, right?" She nodded. "Well, how'd you learn it?" She stopped to think for a moment before her face lit up in realization.
"The Beast. I talked with The Beast. Your brain activity is different due to your, um, animal traits, yes?" She hoped that she didn't offend him. He nodded, seeming unfazed. "Well I think mentally communicating with The Beast that way allowed me to tune into your abnormal psych."
"You talked to him?" He squeaked. She nodded.
"He seemed like he didn't like me very much."
"Oh, well, that's because a while ago he told me that if he ever met you again, he would try hiding things like I do to see exactly why I do it," he stated matter-of-factly.
"What exactly have you been hid-" Her eyes went wide upon a certain realization.
"Did you talk to my emotions?" Now it was Beast Boy's turn to be wide eyed as he remembered the small talk with them. She felt him get really happy, and then it faded into worry.
"Don't kill me, but Happy told me-"
"What did she tell you?" She snapped, not sure she wanted to know the answer.
"She- she told me that, that you love me."
Raven's entire world stopped. He knows. She was scared and ashamed with herself that she had such feelings, but before that line of thought progressed any further she was almost knocked over by the tidal wave of emotion that hit her coming from the green changeling. She identified the emotion as love just before he spoke again.
"But more importantly, Rae, I love you." Raven noticed she was holding her breath, but was too stunned to let it out. Garfield had somehow inched his way closer without her taking notice, and he was now almost a foot away from her. The pair began to lean towards one another in when suddenly the crime alarm rang.
Robin burst into the room almost immediately and the two Titans in the room jumped away from each other, blushing. Beast Boy moved to pick up what was his breakfast and Raven moved over to the computer console with Robin to see what was up.
Not a minute later two more Titans walked sleepily into the room.
"What's up, Rob?" Cyborg called.
"Bank robbery downtown. Its early morning so they don't have a lot of hostages, but there is a hold up and they have guns. Grab something quick to eat and get down to the garage. Titans Go!"
Everyone rushed into the kitchen to grab their on-the-go meal bags, though Cyborg stopped to make himself a quick triple decker sausage-pepperoni-salami-bacon-ham-turkey-and-chicken sandwich with cheddar, swiss, provolone, parmesan, and Munster cheese.
"Booyah! 10.63 seconds flat! New record!"
"New record for what?" Beast Boy asks. Cyborg holds up his foot-tall sandwich as they began to walk towards the elevator. "Dude, you've got enough meat on there to kill off a farm! Wait, is that a tomato?"
"Yeah, man. It's to even things out so I hit all the food groups. I got grains, meat, dairy, and veggies!" He counted on his fingers.
"Dude, you have one slice of tomato! Oh, and you forgot," He mimicked Cyborg's counting method. "Meat, meat, meat, and, you guessed it, MEAT!"
"But those are the four main food groups!" Cyborg pushed the down button as they got into the elevator.
"And you totally missed fruits."
"I got an olive, does that count?" Beast Boy zoned out as he stopped to ponder the question.
"You know, I don't know."
"Cyborg! Beast Boy! Get in the car! And by the way, tomatoes are a fruit."
"We'll finish this later," Beast Boy growled. They stepped out of the elevator into the view of the T-Car.
"Oh, Shotgun!" Beast Boy and Starfire called out at the same time.
"Jinx!" Starfire began.
"Double jinx!" He countered.
"Triple jinx!"
"Quadruple jinx!"
"Rainbow jinx!" Starfire shouted. Beast Boy paled, then sighed in defeat.
"You win, Star."
"Yes, and I will do my best to not do the 'rubbing it in' as you have asked me not to before."
"Ha-ha, she got you there BB!" Cyborg laughed
"Shut up and Drive, Tin Man." By now Robin had mounted his motorcycle and was headed for the tunnel that connects their island to the mainland. Everyone else got into the T-Car; Cyborg was driving, and Starfire had won shotgun rights, leaving Beast Boy and Raven to sit next to each other in the back. Cyborg was munching on his massive sandwich since the T-car could do auto drive through the tunnel. Starfire was going on about how her morning meal was a traditional Tamaranean delicacy, though everyone had tuned her out after the word Tamaranean. Beast Boy and Raven were eating their breakfast quietly, looking out the window. Both were thinking about what the other had said this morning, but were uncomfortable talking about it in front of the others. Or behind, Beast Boy mused. They exchanged glances, but both blushed and turned away. It's definitely a bad idea to show up to a robbery blushing. They avoided looking at one another to keep any more awkward moments from happening.
When they got there, Robin began firing off orders to his team.
"Beast Boy, you're on recon. I want to know who's in there, how many there are, what weapons they've got. You know the drill."
"You got it, 'boss man'." And with that, he turned into a hummingbird and flew off.
"Starfire! Cyborg! I want you two out here ready to go in at a moment's notice." They nodded. "Raven, I want you at the back of the building in case they try to escape, and once you hear fighting teleport in."
"Understood," she replied.
Meanwhile Beast Boy had shot himself down the ventilation system and was now in the main room of the bank. Changing into a fly to become more inconspicuous, he counted four kids making a sloppy mess of their attempt at robbing the bank. Their guns were of varying sizes, from a small pistol to an assault rifle. The one with the assault rifle seemed to be in charge. About ten hostages were in the middle of the room in a circle with one of the guys standing over them so that they didn't try to make a move. The other three were stuffing cash into duffel bags.
Beast boy left the bank the way he came in, changed back into himself, and dialed 1 into his communicator.
"What's your status," Robin asked, skipping any greeting Beast Boy may have offered.
"Four teenagers, two with pistols, one has an Uzi, and their leader has an assault rifle. Ten hostages in the middle of everything, one kid guarding them like a hawk. The other three are busy stuffing money into bags."
"Where did they get that kind of firepower?" Robin asked himself. He shook his head to get back on target. "Good job BB. Go back in through the ventilation system and when we charge through the door, take out the one guarding the hostages. Then get them out of there."
"You got it! Beast Boy out." He did just as Robin said to and was now hovering just above the kid. He didn't have to wait long before Cyborg and Starfire came charging through the front doors and Robin swung in through a window. He transformed into a gorilla before grabbing him by the shoulders and flinging him across the room. Transforming back he saw that the other three were busy fighting off robbers, and that Raven had entered the fray from behind. He turned to the hostages.
"Alright people, let's get moving. Nothing to see here," he joked as he started directing them towards the front of the bank. The hostages were almost out, but suddenly out of the corner of Beast Boy's eye the robber he had flung was now pointing his gun at the small crowd of hostages. He wasn't close enough to stop him from shooting, so instead he used himself as a shield, turning into an ankylosaurus to block as much of the gunfire as possible. One of the bullets grazed his eye, causing him to revert back to normal because of the pain. One more shot was fired, and then the clip was empty.
Raven had just finished knocking out one of the kids when she heard several gunshots followed by several screams coming from the front of the building. She turned to see a green dinosaur, she didn't know what it was called (that was Beast Boy's area of expertise) but it had a plated back and a club on its tail, being shot at by one of the robbers. Suddenly she heard a strange bellowing sound as the massive creature transformed back into the green shape shifter known as Beast Boy. Before she could act, one more shot rang out hitting Beast Boy in the chest.
"Beast Boy!" She called out as she rushed to his side. Before she could get there, though, he crumpled up onto the ground. She started to feel dizzy again, before collapsing on the ground and going unconscious as well.
Cyborg had also heard the gunshots but was busy in a firefight of his own adversary while Starfire and Robin tag-teamed the leader of the group. He fired his sonic cannon, hitting the kid in the chest and into a wall, effectively knocking him out. "Booyah!" He heard Raven shout Beast Boy's name and turned to see Beast Boy fall to the floor followed closely by Raven.
"Ha ha, two for one! Didn't see that com-" The robber was promptly knocked out by a blue beam of sound that propelled him into the nearest wall. He would not be waking up anytime soon. Cyborg rushed over to Raven first, quickly monitoring her vitals. Seeing that she was fine he moved on to see if Beast Boy was ok. His best friend had a hole dangerously close to the heart, piercing one of his lungs. Through the shock he realized he could not treat this himself, as he usually did with Beast Boy's injuries. Due to his friend's unstable genetics he was the only one truly qualified to doctor him, excluding Raven of course.
He called an ambulance while Starfire and Robin finished subduing and transferring custody over to the police. When they returned, Cyborg was jumping into the T-Car to follow the ambulance to the hospital. He told them what he knew, that Beast Boy was shot and both of them were unconscious.
"This must have something to do with the spell Raven cast on them," Robin reasoned.
"Friend Beast Boy will be ok, yes Cyborg?" She asked between sniffles. Starfire never took injuries very well, especially when it was her friends that were hurt. Now both Beast Boy and Raven were unconscious, and she didn't know how long they were going to stay that way.
"Don't worry Star, everything's gonna be fine. If anyone could survive a gunshot to the chest, its BB," he reassured her and himself.
"Star and I will take Raven back to the tower, and one of us will stay behind in case she wakes up, while the other meets you at the hospital." Robin said stoically. He didn't want to show any weakness out in public, or in front of his friends for that matter. They went their separate ways, Starfire flying Raven back to the tower, Robin following on his motorcycle, and Cyborg in the other direction to keep watch over Beast Boy. They were all thinking the same thing, Please be alright.
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Beast Boy awoke feeling a little sore, but otherwise fine. He found himself to be back in Raven's mindscape, floating rocks, black sky and all. Just like the first time he was here the rocks aligned and formed a pathway. He looked around warily but didn't see any of those freaky birds, so he started walking.
Before long he reached an arch that he assumed led into Happy's domain. Just as he predicted, he walked through and found himself in a pink, grassy field with pink strawberries floating around.
Alright, I've made it to air freshener land, where do I go from here? He heard a giggle-turned-laugh from behind him and looked around to see Raven's pink cloaked emotion Happy laughing like a hyena (he would know).
'That one never gets old, BB!' She giggled. 'What can I do for you?'
Well, the last thing I remember was getting shot, and now I'm here. So I know I'm not dead, at least for now, but I am knocked out, otherwise I wouldn't be here. I must be in heaven; there is a bunch of Raven look a likes running around.
'You calling us angels, BB?' She asked in mock surprise.
You could say that. Anyways I guess what I'm trying to say is do you know when the memory thingies are gonna start?
'No idea, but the others might show up once they find out you're here.'
'Which would be right about now.' A voice said from behind them. They turned to see the rest of the emotions, some he recognized and others he didn't.
Hey, the rest of Raven's emotions. He waved awkwardly. He got various reactions from the different Ravens. Some giggled, others snorted, and some rolled their eyes. Beast Boy recognized some of them, but others he had no idea who they were.Um, for future reference do you think you guys could tell me your names so I don't mistake Angry for Timid?
'It's Rage,' the red emotion growled. Timid pulled up her hood at the sound of her name.
Rage, got it. He chucked nervously. The yellow one and the brown stepped forward.
'I am Knowledge,' spoke the yellow one, who in addition to having a yellow cloak also had large round bifocals.
'And I am Wisdom,' the other finished.
Wisdom and Knowledge, ok,he said, pointing to the emotions he spoke of.I already know Happy and Timid, and the green one's Brave or Courage or something, right? Happy nodded vigorously when he said her name and Timid pulled her hood as far as it would go over her face.
'Yah got it right the first time, BB,' the green emotion answered, winking at him when she said his had a slight blush on his face, but it was hidden in his skin tone. That left two emotions unnamed, so he turned to the one closest to him, the one in orange.
And who might you be? The emotion stuck out her hand so he could shake it, and he did. Suddenly he was shocked senseless by what he assumed to be a buzzer.
'The name's Rude,' she smirked.'Dude.'
Dude, he laughed, shaking off his hand to relieve the pain. You're a poet and you don't even know it! Loud laughter erupted from the pink emotion while the rest just rolled their eyes. Clearing his throat, he turned to the purple one.
'I use to be known as Affection, but now I'm known as Love.'
Whoa, so you're like, living proof that Raven likes me?
'Nope.'
Huh? He was suddenly very confused.
'I'm living proof that Raven loves you,' She corrected with a sweet Boy's face became a strange shade of purple as he blushed. This earned some snickers from Happy, Rude, and Rage. It appeared that she had unknowingly struck him dumb.
I um, well I ah, he babbled, unsure of what to say. Hey, look. We're not in Kansas anymore. It was true, the scenery had changed. Now they seemed to be in a small bedroom. A little, pale grey girl with violet hair and eyes around the age of six was sitting on her bed reading with a small smile on her face.
I guess some things never change, do they? Beast Boy joked. Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.
"Who is it?" a small voice called out. Beast Boy did a double take,that innocent little voice came from Raven? I thought she always spoke in monotone.
"It's me, Cadelus. Azar would like to speak to you in her chambers."
"Ok, just let me finish the chapter, please."
"Now, Raven." The little girl let out a sigh and put her bookmark in place. Setting the book down on the nightstand, she walked over to the door and opened it. A young woman dressed in a faded purple habit was standing at the door.
"What does Azar want with me?"
"Attitude, little miss."
"I'm sorry. PLEASE, what does Azar want with me?" She replied flatly.
"Azar, why do I even try? Come quickly, the High Chancellor does not like to be kept waiting." Raven followed silently, with her ghostly visitors trailing behind her. After a while they reached a massive doorway which opened on its own once they drew close.
"Raven, you may enter." A voice called from inside the room. She obeyed, and the door closed behind her. Beast Boy looked around and found himself in a room straight out of one of his comic books. Mystical items everywhere, floating books, suits of armor, and lots of red, purple and black. At the end of the cavernous room was a large desk, and behind that desk was a tall woman robed in white.
"Ah, Raven. Nice of you to drop by," she greeted warmly.
"Did I have a choice? I was in the middle of a serious battle between several sorcerers and a dragon. The dragon was winning," she grumbled.
"Ah, The Sorcerer's Confederation, I do love that book. Though, I didn't call you here to start a book club."
"No kidding." Azar ignored the snide remark.
"Do you know where you come from?"
"If you're going to give me 'the talk' save it. I read it in a book four weeks ago. Ew." Beast boy broke out into laughter and almost missed Azar's reply.
"That's not what I was going to say, but I am glad that's out of the way." She cleared her throat, and spoke softly. "Raven, I believe you are strong enough now to know this, though my hand has been forced. Something will change in your life very soon that you will have no control over, and I want you to know precisely why. You are the child of a rape; do you know what that means?" The small girl's eyes went wide as she nodded. "Furthermore, you are not an ordinary child. Your mother was raped by the demon lord Trigon; do you know who he is?"
"One of the most powerful demons known to exist," she said in a small, quiet voice. "But I thought he was banished to a prison dimension a long time ago."
"That is correct; however, through magic he was able to form a manifestation of himself on the planet Earth, where he raped your mother."
"Who is my mother?" Azar sighed.
"Your mother is no longer on Azarath, Raven. She is on Earth."
"Why?"
"Now is not the time Raven. I will tell you of your mother someday. But right now I have something important to tell you. Your demonic heritage will grant you certain powers; however, those powers will come at a price. On your sixteenth birthday, Trigon will use you to create a portal on earth so that he may conquer its entire dimension."
"Why didn't you just kill me when I was born and stop it all?"
"That would not have worked. Trigon would simply do what he did before, and another child would be born for the same purpose, achieving nothing. Also you know that we are a race of pacifists and condone any such actions."
"Oh... so how do I stop it?" Azar smiled.
"There is no guarantee, but I may know of a way to stop it after the fact."
"Ok, cool, so when and how will I get my powers," she asked curiously. "And how do you know all this?"
"I was about six when I gained my powers, but it's not an exact science."
"Wait, is Trigon your father too?"
"No, I am the daughter of a lesser demon who is now vanquished, but my situation was similar to yours. As for what your powers will be, you never know with demons." There was a long pause.
"Does this mean I am a demon?"
"Half-demon, but do not fear; this does not make you evil. Unfortunately many will believe so."
"May I go back to my room now, this is a lot to think about," she asked in a small voice.
"Of course, dear. If you have any more questions, feel free to ask me." Raven quietly left the room, pondering what all of this meant.
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Chapter 4 complete. I apologies for the wait, things have been absolutely crazy. And unfortunately, things for me are going to get even crazier so I'm sorry but chapter 5 won't be posted with this one. I wanted to get this one out as fast as possible, but I wrote it a little longer than I expected so I hope that that evens things out a little. Don't worry though; chapter 5 will get posted as soon as I write it. I just have things I need to take care of.
I made up the title The Sorcerer's Confederation but if there is a book out there named that, I don't own it.
Small side note: Can anyone tell me why some people use Wisdom as the brown emotion while others use Sloth. For sake of continuity I'll still use Wisdom in this one, but I would just like to know why there are two options out there in Fanfiction. Also, what's the difference between views and visitors on the stats? Anyways, thank you for reading!
-Dahk