Garfield, please wake up.

"I'm up, I'm up." He replied sleepily.

His bed was comfortable. almost too much so. that was the first thing he noticed as he felt sleep receding. the second was that he wasn't in any pain. which considering the last thing he remembered, was nothing short of a miracle. Rae must have healed me completely. i hope she's not hurting too much from this one. i really need to find something nice for her now. He thought with a pang of guilt.

He figured it was time to get up and face the inevitable, so he grabbed the nearest outfit and threw it on as he was heading out the door. He entered the common room to see Starfire cooking something on the stove, Robin sitting at the counter reading the paper with a cup of coffee in his hand, and Cy sitting on the couch playing single player on some new game he got the week before. The one person he was hoping to avoid for awhile, at least until he could figure out what to get her, was nowhere to be seen.

Ok, maybe she's meditating in her room, or reading, or just thinking of ways to tear me a new one after what happened. he thought absently.

"morning friend Beast Boy!" Star greeted from her location by the stove.

"Morning star."

Robin just raised his mug in greetings, but didn't turn his eyes from his reading. Beast Boy ventured over to the couch not really interested in playing a game with cy, but more of just a way to not standing around.

"Dude, what am i going to get her to thank her this time?" he said almost in a whisper to Cy.

"Aw, does my little green buddy want to be more than friends with a certain someone?" Cyborg singsonged back.

"Um, Cy? Isn't she like a little sister to you?"

"she could be, but i never met her until you brought her around, she is cute, though, for a blonde that is."

Beast boy was lost on that last one, as he only ever liked one blonde, and she was not to be brought up, not even teasingly from them. they knew that. so why now? was it just because Rae wasn't here? Hopefully not.

"Bring her up again, and i will switch all your meat with tofu and you would never be able to tell the difference." Beast boy said without the barest hint of sarcasm in his voice.

"Dude, chill, i was only pointing out that i think she likes you." Cy said defensively. "Wait, did something happen that i should be aware of?"

"Nevermind. Where's Rae anyway? She's not mad at me again, is she?"

"Who?" Cy asked absently as his attention had returned to the game.

"you know, Raven, the dark empath that likes to throw me out windows, threatens to send me to another dimension, reads stuffy old books, and meditates, a lot." He said, making sure he didn't say anything too obvious.

"who is this Raven of which you speak of, friend Beast boy? is it a pet like Silky you have tamed to help wake you in the hours of the morning?" Star asked innocently.

"Um, Star, a raven doesn't wake you in the morning, usually it's a rooster that is known to do that." Robin added before things could get out of hand.

Or a robin in our case. he added in his head knowing not to say it aloud.

"Actually, i'm rather curious now, who are you talking about? i don't remember anybody by that name. although i could look through some old case files if you could give me a discription. Or at least better than: wants to kick your butt, reads, and meditates." he said as he counted the last three off using his fingers.

"Haha, very funny guys, good prank Rae, but it's not working." he said as everybody looked at him in confusion.

He knew Star would be the first one to break, she couldn't stay out of character long enough to pull a prank that took longer than thirty seconds. but looking in her eyes, he knew. they didn't know who Raven was. He was the only one. he had to find her, to prove to the others-, that's when it hit him. he went racing out of the common room straight for her room. I got you all now, she is probably just waiting behin-

As her door slide open, he was confronted with an empty spare bedroom. it had a bed, a dresser, a nightstand, and a normal ordinary mirror on the wall.

He took a deep breath to smell her scent, to try and follow it, even if she teleported it all to another room, her scent would be strongest here. all he got was the faintest whiff, as if she hadn't been here for months.

He went back to the common room dejected, plopped down on the couch and stared out the window wondering what had happened to his dark angel. no one spoke to him, everybody was waiting for him to speak first, he never did. as nightfall approached, everybody started going their own directions, mostly bed he new, but he couldn't bring himself to go back into his own for some reason.

He passed out on the couch after some time. Entering dreams, he knew he wasn't going to like.

He felt the pain. pain in his chest that felt like he had been hit with a wreckingball. Garfield, you stay with me, don't give up on me, not now! we are getting you help as fast as we can. Please just wake up.

He shot up wide awake on the couch with the sun streaming through the front windows. It was just a dream. Just a dream. Not real. It couldn't be. His dreams lately always included Raven dying in his arms before he could tell her how he felt. but this one was different. this one, he was dying. and it felt like if he had stayed much longer, he just might have made the final journey. but one thing kept ringing in his ears: Please wake up. he knew it was his angels voice, but why did it sound full of sorrow and pain? he really didn't want to think about it, so he jumped out the open window turning into a raven. he just needed to fly for a while to clear his head.