Fan Fiction ❯ A Raven Like No Other ❯ Chapter Two: Arrival Of The Three Sisters ( Chapter 2 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

Chapter Two: Arrival Of The Three Sisters

Finding a secluded area in the mountains, Raven touched down on the ground to catch her breath. Beast Boy's words from his journal were replaying in her mind over and over and over again, word for word exactly as it was written. She tried to get it to stop, but to no avail it wouldn't. Her new emotions and sensations were getting out of hand. Closing her eyes tightly, she held her head in frustration and gritted her teeth, causing a nearby boulder to crack open and then the whole boulder exploded into chunks and particles. She took deep breaths and exhaled for the next five minutes before she was finally able to calm down.
Wanting to settle the turbulence in her mind, Raven sat down on the grass, her legs folded under her, eyes closed, and chanted her all too familiar incantation in a low and soft voice...
“Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos... Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos...”
Raven chanted this incantation in an undertone, in the attempt to calm her emotions. After a while, tranquility soon took control and Raven was now beginning to feel at ease with herself again. Raven opened her eyes and took a moment to calm her nerves. Raven relaxed and looked at the slightly darkened afternoon skies.
“I guess I've been mediating for quite a long while.”
She sighed.
“I should be heading back now before they start wondering where I'm at.”
Floating off the ground, Raven took off and made her journal back to Titan Tower.

(At Titan Tower; A While Later)
Beast Boy was in the training room fiercely punching a punching bag. All he had on were his black and dark pinkish red sneakers and his black sweat pants. For over an hour Beast Boy went at it with the punching bag bare-fisted and currently he was sweaty with messy drenched green hear. He had sweat sliding down his green skin and face. Soon he started throwing kicks and swing kicks at the bag with great strength.
All the while Raven had returned back and was now walking through Titan Tower. While on her way to the kitchen, she came across the training room Beast Boy was in. She thought about walking pass it but something moved her to stop where she was and take a moment to look over at Beast Boy. As she watched him punch and kick the punching bag she took a moment to study his features.
She noticed that Beast Boy was no longer the slim guy he once was. Now he was nicely built muscularly from head to toe and almost as tall as Cyborg. His facial appearance and structure now showed features of maturity and even his voice had deepened to a nice level. Plus, he didn't have that fang hanging out of the left side of his mouth anymore; it was now inside his mouth like his other fang. What was a surprising though was that both fangs have grown a bit, equal in size and sharpness. One would think that something like this is most bizarre for a vegetarian. If Raven knew one thing, it was this: he definitely was not the `Beast Boy' Starfire described she saw when she went twenty years into the future during her pursuit of Warp.
While stopping for a moment to catch his breath, Beast Boy turned and found Raven standing at the door.
“Hey Rae,” Beast Boy said with a smile, “You're back!”
Putting her hood over her head, Raven turned and walked out quickly, hiding a blush that was now on her face.
“Rae,” Beast Boy called out hoping Raven would respond, but to no avail. Raven quick went to her room and locked herself inside. A bunch of thoughts and questions and feelings were racing through her mind all at once. After taking a moment to calm down, she went over to her table and picked up her antique hand mirror. She said an incantation and was sucked into the mirror, being transported into her mind.

(Nevermore)
“Raven, we've been expecting you,” said Knowledge as she and all of the other emotions and personalities started assembling around Raven. Knowledge was usually the spokesperson of her fellow emotions and personalities during assemblies. Rage was present also, except she was bounded with chains around her and attached to the chains were cuffs that were locked on her arms, ankles and neck. Bravery stood next to Rage to keep her in line should she try anything. Rage growled under her breath, wishing there was some way to break free of her chains.
“Give it up Rage,” Bravery said with a grin on her face, “You know as much as I do that you're being set free no time soon.”
“...” Rage growled at Bravery.
“Anytime,” Bravery answered challengingly with a grin showing she was more than ready to fight.
“That's quite enough from you two,” Knowledge statement firmly. Both Rage and Bravery quieted.
“Alright I'm here,” Raven said with an obvious tone showing that she wants answers, “So let's skip the long introductions and get straight to the point.”
“If you're talking about Beast Boy's journal then I'm on the level,” Knowledge replied.
“If you ask me, I think Beast Boy's writing was so sweet,” Happy said loudly with a large smile on her face, “I always knew there was more to that adorable green guy than him just being funny kind of guy! He actually thinks we...I mean Raven...uh, us...whatever, he see us as BEAUTIFUL!”
“Would someone please keep her quiet,” Annoyance asked, wearing a pale brown cloak.
Happy snorted and stuck her tongue out at Annoyance who just sighed. Tranquility, who was wearing a crystal blue cloak, stood beside Happy. Tranquility was usually the emotion Raven would mostly turn to during her meditations.
“Anyway,” Knowledge started off while adjusting her round glasses momentarily, “Three new emotions that were deep inside your heart have arrived. The simultaneous arrival of these new emotions however triggered new sensations that affected all of us. The powers behind these emotions were immense, which resulted in a conflict and imbalance of feelings.”
“Gee, now why haven't I thought of that,” remarked Sarcasm, who was wearing an off-beige cloak.
“Maybe because you're too busy conjuring up snide remarks to give people,” replied Reason, who was in a light yellow-orange cloak standing next to Knowledge.
“These new emotions you spoke of, who are they,” Raven asked.
“Three sister emotions,” Knowledge and Reason stepped aside to allow three new figures to step forward into the middle of the assembly.
The first one was in a cloak, leotard and boots that were lustrous whitish silver with a pinkish white rose being held in her right hand (a/n: her boots resembled Faye Valentine's shoes from the anime Cowboy Beebop). Around her head was a lustrous metallic golden headband with heart-shaped white diamonds embedded around the headband. Her lavender hair was littered with sparkling glitter and her smile was sincere.
The second one was in a cloak, leotard and boots that were colored in a variety of bright colors like a rainbow. Around her head was a lustrous metallic silver headband with heart-shaped diamonds embedded around the headband, and each diamond was in different colors. Her lavender hair was littered with multi-colored sparkling glitter and her smile expressed feelings of wanting to have some recreational fun with friends.
And as for the third one, she was in a cloak and leotard like all the others, except hers had MAJOR differences. Her leotard was pinkish white and erotically designed like a see-thru lingerie made of silk, laced up from the back. Around her silky leotard were small designs of ravens, two for every design, flying around each other. Instead on wearing boots, she was in high-heal shoes and silky pinkish white stockings that stopped halfway up her kneecaps. Like the lingerie, her stockings had small designs of ravens flying around each other. She wore light reddish pink glossy lipstick and her eyes radiated feelings of enticements. Around her head was a lustrous metallic silver headband with heart-shaped pinkish white diamonds embedded around the headband. Her lavender hair was littered with pinkish white sparkling glitter and her smile was most seductive.
All the other emotions were dumbfounded at the fashions of the three sister emotions, but especially at the third's fashion.
“You're kidding, right,” Raven said in monotone disbelief.
“I believe I speak for all of us when I say this is no joke,” Knowledge continued, “The first one is Love.”
“Excuse me,” Raven said cutting in, “Love? That can't be possible! I don't do love!”
“There's no basis for denial Raven,” Reason interjected, “These are the very emotions that exist in your heart. And you know it.”
“The second one is Desire, she represents all of your inner most fun fantasies and dreams,” Knowledge explained.
“I don't do fun either,” Raven retorted in disinterest with her arms crossed over her breasts. Happy went over to Desire and studied her appearance.
“Wow! Your looks really rock! They're like, totally radical,” Happy exclaimed.
“Thanks, I always had a thing for lively things you know,” Desire said with a smile and in a voice sounding similar to Happy's.
“Sweet,” Happy replied to her new fellow emotion.
“If you don't mind my asking, what's with the shining diamond tiaras on their heads,” Raven asked.
“Well,” Reason explained, “To put in simpler terms, the shining tiaras represent the strong powers they have.”
“Say what,” Raven said. Reason continued, “These three sister emotions possess strong powers of influence and motivation, which can affect all of us. This is because unlike the rest of us who dwell in your mind, these three sister emotions came straight from deep within your heart. And you and I along with everyone else here knows that the mind is always affected by what's in the heart of an individual, whether good or bad. Love's tiara's golden because she has a more stronger influence.”
“A stronger influence,” Raven remarked in disbelief, “As if.”
“Don't lie to yourself Raven,” Love said in a voice that sounded like a grown and mature Raven, “You love and care for your friends and Beast Boy so much that you'll risk everything for them. You'll even go as far that to sacrifice the liberty to expressing your emotions because of your dangerous powers. What love can be greater than ones done selflessly? You currently don't want to admit to yourself, but you've expressed love and caring feelings in a variety of ways over the years in spite of the fact that you've contained me deep within your heart, including your suppressed affections for Beast Boy.”
Raven was unable to respond back. She knew that what Love told her was true. Knowledge was about speak and introduce the third one when...
“I need no introduction from anyone,” the third figure answered conceitedly with her right hand at her hips, “The name's Lust, and I'm the embodiment of all of your most sensual and erotic desires and fantasies!”
“That's Impossible,” Raven said with her voice raised and eyes widened with a blush on her face, “I DON'T lust after anyone nor do I have erotic desires and I don't intend to! Not now, Not EVER!”
“Like my sister Love said earlier,” Lust said with a giggle and continued slyly, “It's useless lying to yourself Raven. We came directly from your heart so we all know what you feel, especially towards that handsome hunk of green muscles known best as Beast Boy.”
Raven gawked and blushed at how Lust described Beast Boy. Gathering up her self-control and dignity, Raven replied with narrowed eyes, “That's my friend you're talking about so watch your mouth.”
"Why should I,” Lust cut in mischievously, “After being kept away for so many years it's about time we've been set free and we have you to thank for that Raven.”
“Excuse me,” Raven exclaimed in utter disbelief...

 
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