January 2, 2013

"They're having a sleepover without me."

"Who?"

"Star and Raven."

"They probably just wanted some time alone. They're friends, too."

"I'll never fit it with you all, B."

"You already do."

"Oh, Raven!" Starfire shot up into the air in a spiral.

"Sshh! Do you want to wake someone up or what?"

"But, Raven! You are with bumgorf!"

"You're forgetting. That shouldn't be possible!" Just as Raven was about to put her head in her hands, she felt a sudden change of temperature, first cool and then searing hot. She fluttered her previously closed eyes and rid herself of her developing tears, squinting. A ring of fire surrounded her. Her eyes flew open and she attempted to scream, but a strangled gurgle came out instead.

"Oh, but it is my dear daughter. And soon, soon you shall birth the demon's spawn within you. Enjoy your immortality while it lasts. It's the only thing you have now." Before Raven could respond, the fire vanished, and she collapsed back onto the bed, weeping uncontrollably. It was a combination of excruciating pain and emotional despair that brought her to tears. Starfire, who had been observing quite confused, ran to her. She had seen Raven interacting with something, but couldn't see what that was, and she was immensely worried. She wrapped her arms around her distressed friend, and gently rubbed her back.

"It is okay, dear friend. What happened?"

"Trigon." Raven breathed, regaining her poise.

Starfire's eyes opened wider than they already were, and she leaned back to look the sorceress in the eye. "Your father…came?"

Raven shook her head. "He, he said that…I would birth...demon…spawn." Her voice cracked, and by the end of her sentence she was bawling once more."

"Oh Raven. What are we to do?"

"I don't kno-"

"Wait! Raven, how are you crying without anything combusting?" The alien princess furrowed her brows.

"I- I don't know." The girl's sapphire eyes were bloodshot, and tears still escaped her puffed up orbs, but she wasn't wailing anymore. She rubbed her salty tears away with the back of her hands and sniffed, before taking a look at her surroundings. Nothing was out of place, broken, or showed any other signs of being a victim of her power. She thought of what her father had said, and then it hit her. She lifted her trembling arm and pointed at Starfire's pink bow-shaped alarm clock. She muttered her mantra under her breath and closed her teary eyes. When she opened them, she found the alarm clock in the same place as before, no black energy in sight.

"They're…gone." The enchantress had a blank stare, her mouth slightly open.

"What are?" Starfire searched Raven's eyes for any sign of what she meant, though she had a suspicion she hoped was wrong.

"My powers."

"Oh, Raven!"

"I sort of knew this would happen. I read about it in a book once, but I didn't believe it. I don't remember exactly what it said. I need to look for it." Raven got off the bed and started for the door.

"Wait, friend. May I come with you? I am very much confused and want to understand what hurt you in order to make you feel the better."

"Fine. Let's go. Quietly."

And so they floated down dark and almost identical hallways until they stood in front of the all too intimidating door to Raven's room. Said girl placed her palm on the scanner and the door slid open. Raven hurried to her extensive collection of books as Starfire slowly wandered in in trepidation. The sorceress's eyes darted over the book spines quickly. She found what she was looking for, a book which to the untrained eye looked much the same as all the rest, but she knew better. She snatched it and began to flip the pages as fast as she could without her powers. She got to the chapter she was looking for, and she began to read faster than she ever had before. Starfire simply sat at her bed awkwardly, fiddling with the hem of her thigh-length nightgown. She stared at her feet and hummed a tune she had heard on the radio not long ago.

Raven went over to the redhead's side and sat next to her in a graceful manner. She turned to look at her best friend, no, her sister, and her heart welled with love for the girl who had cared for her even when she pushed her away.

"So? What is the matter?"

"It's a prophecy of sorts."

"Another one?"

"Not really, Star. This one doesn't always happen. It's also exclusive to female half-demons, which means cases are rare. Reported cases? Only three, though that's enough to make it more than a coincidence of events. Basically, at the equivalent to 18 Earth years, the female gets impregnated by the male she is closest to emotionally without any intercourse. It isn't known exactly how this happens physically, but it is known that the parent demon is who triggers it."

"And what are the side effects?"

"Immortality during the gestation period and 10 years afterward, during which you don't age, to care for the child, loss of powers, though that only happened to one of the females, as she was the only one with powers to begin with, and…" Raven trailed off, a deep blush evident on her cheeks.

Starfire giggled, "What is it, Raven?"

"Um, well, I..."

"Yes, Raven?"

"It says that, well, on the night of conception, they, well..."

"Go on."

"Had a wet dream of the father of the baby."

"A wet dream?"

"It's a sexual dream."

"Oh. Well then, who was it, Raven?" Starfire's eyes were wide, eager to know who it was.

"There were two, Star."

"Two? Oooooh, please do the spilling, Raven!"

"Could you please promise not to tell anyone?"

"Of course I won't"

"Well then. One of them was, you see, it's quite funny, really. He's lean, he's green, and-"

"Beast Boy?!"

"Ssh. Do you want to wake everyone up?"

"I am sorry. So, who's the other one?"

"Funny you should ask…"

"Raven?"

"It's…your boyfriend."

Enjoy yet another cliffie. Excuse the shortness, but things are still somewhat hectic. Since there was only one review, there will be no IStillDon'tHaveANameForThis segment of the author's note. And Nkcandygirl, thank you for your concern. Things are settling. Drop a review, it's encouraging! Until next time! Toodles! ~EBWHW43