My stomach ruined my moment of self pity by rumbling rather loudly. I'd skipped out on lunch earlier, so how long had it been since I'd last eaten?

I squinted through my bleary, sleep-ridden vision towards the clock. The glowing green numbers read 8:37pm—I'd been asleep for two hours, somehow managing to wake up at a suitable hour for eating dinner.

I heaved myself into a sitting position and threw my legs over the side of the bed. Then I stood, straightening my rumpled cape and making my way for the door. I paused, however, when I heard a gentle tapping, followed by a voice.

"Raaaaaven!" a voice called, both inside and outside of my head. "We need to talk to you!"

I crossed to my vanity and looked at the mirror I used as a portal into my mind. It had been fixed since the incident involving you and Cyborg.

The corners of my mouth curled up slightly at the memory. It had been painful, and it had been challenging, but I managed to tuck away the hateful beast within my mind—something you were forced to do as well when Adonis showed up.

Shaking away the memory and looking into the mirror, I saw Happy, Rage, Wisdom, Sorrow, and other various emotions all pushed up against the glass' surface. That unfortunately meant they were also pushing against the sides of my head. I squeezed my eyes shut at the uncomfortable sensation this caused.

As soon as they saw me peering into the mirror, they all began talking.

"Stop it," I murmured. My words were drowned out by the babbling of my emotions, whose volume had steadily increased from normal talking to a dull roar. I pumped up my own volume to match. "STOP IT!"

They stopped.

Wisdom was the first to speak individually. "Raven, we need to have a word."

"Can this wait?" I asked flatly, my stomach growling faintly again.

"Let the girl eat!" Hungry interjected.

Wisdom turned to give Hungry a sharp look over the rim of her glasses before turning back to me. "Now," she said with a judicial finality that told me the matter would not be discussed any further.

Well, at least if I talked with my emotions maybe they wouldn't decide to manifest themselves so much.

"Fine," I said with slight amusement. I sat myself down on the carpet at the foot of m bed, crossed my legs, placed my hands on my knees, and began to chant, "Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos." I felt myself leave the flooring of my room, hovering in the air and darkness for a few moments before feeling a much harder surface replace my floor. I opened my eyes and stood, having entered my own mind.

I was surrounded in an instant by my own emotions, all trying to tell me their personal nugget of wisdom. I couldn't pick out a single word even if I tried, so I referred back to my earlier method of trying to get them to shut up.

"STOP IT!" I shouted again, dark magic erupting from my hands. Once again, all noise stopped. The black flames died out as I closed my eyes and calmed down.

"Atta girl," I heard Rage say with pride.

I opened my eyes again and looked around at all the various robe colors surrounding me. "One at a time," I said levelly.

Jealousy spoke up first, her emerald robe glistening. "What makes Terra so special?" What does she have that we don't?"

At this point Honesty stepped in. "Well, for one thing she smiles on a regular basis."

Blithe smile.

"And she's surprisingly graceful in her awkward moments," Admiration added thoughtfully.

Lithe limb.

Sorrow stepped up, "Oh it's hopeless. She's so perfect. She's blonde with ice-blue eyes. She's skinny and graceful and funny and smiley. Everything we're not. She's beautiful."

She who's winsome, she wins him.

Confusion nudged her way through the crowd. "What's her hair color got to do with this?"

Gold hair with a gentle curl.

Sorrow shrugged listlessly. "What does it matter?" she replied. "We're not her. We never will be."

That's the girl he chose.

And heaven knows I'm not that girl.

Author's Note:

So I somehow managed to make this chapter the same exact length as the other one. Just thought that was cool.

Anyway, thanks for reading. I promise there will be more. I plan on doing the entire song, but I'll be gone for a few days. I'll see if I can do another chapter tonight to tide the few of you who are actually reading this over, though.

ALSO, I know that 'The Beast Within' was in season 3, and Terra became as tone statue in the season 2 finale. Just.. deal with it. -.-