Episode 3: The Letters of Love

Raven was sitting on the side reading a book while Starfire sat on the couch watching Robin and Beast Boy play video games. Cyborg entered carrying two big bags almost as big him. He then yelled,
"Mail call!" He then spoke in a normal voice saying, "Hey, everybody, there're whole lot of mail bags sitting at the front door." All except Raven looked over at Cyborg as he set down the bags showing his name on them. Smiles stretched across their faces, and they rushed out to get their bags. Raven looked up as Robin, Starfire, and Beast Boy left the room. She then looked back down at her book. They returned to the living room a few minutes later. Starfire was the first to return with four bags bigger than Cyborg's. Beast Boy entered next carrying two bags smaller than Cyborg's. Robin was the last to come back, and he was carrying three bags bigger than Cyborg's but not as big as Starfire's.
"Dude, check out how much fan mail I got!" Beast Boy shouted with much excitement. Gloating Cyborg said,
"Not as much as I've got."
"Who asked you, Vic?" Beast Boy said flashing him a mean look.
"Chill, Gar. Nobody has more fan mail than Kory," Robin put in trying to be the peacemaker.
"Agreed," Starfire said with much glee. "I have received much mail of the fans. It will take me many quesfors to read them all."
"Right," Beast Boy said a little confused. He then whispered to Cyborg, "What's a quesfor?" Cyborg just shrugged his shoulder. Robin turned toward Raven and asked,

"Hey, Raven. Don't you want to get your fan mail?"
"What fan mail?" She asked just lifting her eyes to look at Robin.
"There was still a bag out there with your name on it." Raven laid her book down open on her lap and raised her head up to fully look at Robin.
"Are you kidding?" She asked sarcastically.
"No really. There's still one left, and it had your name on it." Raven closed the book, got up, and walked toward the door. As she reached the door, she turned around and looked at Robin with a serious expression.
"Dick."
"Yeah, Raven."
"If this is a practical joke, I wouldn't be here when I get back." Having said that, Raven turned back around and walked out of the room. Once the door was closed, everyone looked at Robin with a worried look. Robin himself had a concerned expression on his face.
"For your sake, I hope there's a bag out there," Cyborg told him.
"Yeah, Raven's really scary when she's mad," Beast Boy added.
"Agreed, if Raven returns with hands of empty, I will be happy to take you to a place of safety." Starfire said trying to be comforting. Cyborg and Beast Boy both said,

"Huh?"
"Thanks, Kory. But I'm positive there was a bag out there," Robin answered trying to sound confident.
"I hope so," Cyborg added.

Raven walked toward the front door with her book held close her chest with both hands. There was no bag sitting by the front door. Raven gave a groan, turned around and headed back to the living room. Suddenly she felt a strange aura and heard a familiar voice.
"Look outside," the voice told her. With that the aura was gone. Raven turned back around. She approached the door panel slowly, wondering what lies behind that door. Her left hand moved slowly towards the panel while still holding the book close to her chest. She paused still worried that there was nothing behind the door. Biting her lower lip, she touched the panel. The door slid open to reveal what is behind it. Raven looked down and saw...

To Be Continued...

Raven turned back around. She approached the door panel slowly, wondering what lies behind it. Her left hand moved slowly toward the panel while still holding the book close to her chest. She paused still worried that there is nothing behind the door. Biting her lower lip, Raven touched the panel. The door slid open to reveal what was behind it. Raven looked down and saw a small bag two feet tall and a foot in diameter. The bag was over flowing with letters and on the side in big, black, bold letter spelling Raven. A single rose without thorns and a foot long stem laid on top of the bag. Raven gave a gasp of surprise and put her left hand over her mouth. She reached down, picked up the rose, brought it to her nose, and smelled it.

From atop the tower, White Dragon watched the scene and smiles. He has to keep up a force-field to hide his location from Raven. All though he did have to lower it to get Raven to open the door, but it has worth it. Seeing how happy Raven was just made him happy.
"It's a shame I couldn't give you that rose in person," he said. A tear streamed down his cheek. He sighed. "Oh well, as long as she's happy."

Pulling the rose away her nose and smiling, she put the rose in her right hand with the book, stuffed the letters down a little, closed the bag and threw it over her shoulder. She turned around and walked back in. The doors closed behind her. Raven decided to go her room instead of back to the living room. Entering her room, Raven set the mail bag next to her bed and placed the book on her desk. She then moved to the vase next to her bed by the window. Giving the rose a sniff, Raven removed the dead flowers from the vase and placed the rose in it. Throwing the flowers away, she put a little water in the vase and gives the rose one last sniff. Moving around the bed, Raven took off her cloak and hung it up. She then took off her belt and laid it on her dresser. Moving to the edge of her bed, she sat down and took off her boots.

From the rooftop, White Dragon laid face down, watching in anticipations. The end of his tail was straight up and wagging back and forth. He couldn't wait for her to read his letters. He just prayed he didn't lug all those sacks for nothing.

Raven bent over and opened the sack sitting next to her on the floor. She pulled a letter out and began to read it. It was junk mail. She threw letter aside and opened the next one. It was junk mail too. Letter after letter was one junk mail after another. A couple letters were from people who saw her as a witch and wrote a lot of negative things. She tore them up. Raven was about to throw the whole bag in the trash, but she decided to read one more. Raven opened the letter expecting more junk mail or another offensive letter, but as she began to read she realized it wasn't junk mail or an offensive letter. It was poetry. She checked the envelope. It was address to her, but there was no name or return address. Raven finished the letter. It was signed Your Special Secret Admirer. Raven pulled another letter out. It was more poetry and once again it was addressed to her but there was no name or return address. It was signed again Your Special Secret Admirer. The rest of the letters were all from her Special Secret Admirer. They were filled with poetry and nice comments of love and compassion. All of them were address to her but none of them had a name or return address. Raven didn't care. The fact that someone cared for her like that was enough. As she finished the last letter, she held the letter close to her heart, smiled and fell back on her bed. When she hit the bed, and she spread her out arms wide. She had never felt so happy. For the first time, she was happy and did not feel an ounce of her father's influence. She could have laid there forever. Her lonely heart never felt so warm. It was almost too good to be true. Then the alarm went off, and Raven was pulled back to reality. Sitting up, she heard Beast Boy call from the hall. Yelling through the door,

"Raven, we got to go!"
"Was it all a just dream?" Raven whispered.

To Be Continued...

White Dragon smiled as Raven read his letters. His auburn hair ruffled as the wind blew through his force field as he laid there atop Titan's Tower. It made him even happier as each letter filled Raven with joy and love. The end of his tail wagged even harder so he could sit still. The happier he is the more energy he seems to have. Just as Raven finished his last letter, he got a message that said,
"The Hive members Jinx, Mammoth, and Gizmo are going to rob a bank and you have to keep them busy until the Titans arrive." He let out a sigh and looked back at Raven. He stood up, made a quick change into his hero form, and was gone before the alarm went off.

Beast Boy yelled through the door,

"Raven, we got to go!"
"Was it all a just dream?" She whispered. She didn't have time to ponder the question. Raven pulled her boots back on. Using her powers, she brought her belt to her, put it on and then did the same with her cloak. Pulling her hood over her head, she teleported to catch up with her friends, but she couldn't help wondering about that warm feeling she had felt.

When the Titans arrived at the bank, they found someone had already beaten them to the punch. Mammoth continuously tried to hit White Dragon, but he missed every time. He hit everything else: walls, pillars, Jinx. White Dragon dodged, blocked, and jumped around with a smile on his face like he was just toying with them. The Titans stood and watched in amusement. Gizmo was in corner trying to fix his stuff or at least make something he could use. When the Hive arrived, White Dragon was already in the vault waiting for them. The Hive stared at him confused. They had never seen him before. Without a word, he attacked, knocking Mammoth back and then overloading every one of Gizmo's gadgets. Jinx kept throwing hexes at him, but every time he would put up a force-field. The hex would bounce off the force-field and hit her twice as hard as if it would have hit him. Gizmo finished fixing up his jet pack as the Titans arrived and managed to fashion together a mace. When the Titans entered, White Dragon looked over at them, particularly Raven. Raven gave him a mean look, but her eyes didn't turn red. She also didn't start attacking him. The warm feeling was still fresh to her whether it was a dream or not, and not even he could ruin it. White Dragon looked back just as Mammoth tried to attack again. White Dragon orbed out of the way just in time, and Mammoth hit the wall again. White Dragon appeared in front of the Titans and all three Hive members lunged at him. White Dragon gave his two finger salute and disappeared causing the Hive to crash into each other. They looked up to see the Titans standing over them. After fighting White Dragon, the Hive looked up at the Titans with fear in their eyes and gave up without a fight.

Back at the tower, the Titans walked into the living room feeling like they just wasted their time leaving.
"Dude that was a total waste of time," Beast Boy complained.
"Totally," Cyborg agreed. "I mean WD had them practically gifted wrapped when we got there."
"True, but how did get there so fast?" Starfire asked.
"More importantly, how did know to be there." Robin pondered. The Titans stood and wondered.
"If you'll excuse me, I'll catch you guys later," Raven said excusing herself.
"You're not going after him, are you?" Robin asked her.
"No. No. I just have something to check into," she answered holding up her hands. With that she left the room. The others looked at each other confused. Raven went back to her room. The junk mail was laying of the floor, and the offensive letters were in pieces. She looked at her bed and there laying in a pile were the letters from her Special Secret Admirer. Raven picked up the last one she read and read it again. The warm feeling came back. Then she noticed something written in the bottom right corner. The writing was so small, all she could make out was the first letter, and it was an A. "Huh? A? What does that mean? Hm."

The End...or is it?