Fan Fiction ❯ Covenant ❯ Romance and Mystical Weirdness ( Chapter 3 )

Disclaimer:

I do not own the Teen Titans, Star Wars or Lord of the Rings. The oc’s on the other hand are my little puppets to do with as I please.

Stuff:

Hello everyone. I am really sorry about taking so long to update. I was so caught up in my other fics that I guess I kind of….well….forgot about this one. But don’t worry I plan on updating periodically, like once every week or two.

One story related thing: Cyborg and Jinx are already a couple in this story.

Warning: There is much sap and fluff in this chapter. You have all been warned. MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA (continues for a few lines.)

Covenant:

Chapter 3- Romance and Mystical Weirdness

Cyborg, Jinx, Nightwing and Starfire watched as Raven and Changeling disappeared in a wave of dark energy. Everyone but Jinx looked confused.

Jinx then spoke up, “Ok. Rae’s dealing with Gar so I guess that leaves me to find him an outfit. Which way to the black bird’s room?”

“Why do you need to go to her room?,” Cyborg asked.

“Raven has a giant stash of otherworldly attire in there. You know outfits for vampires, ghouls, shamans, and if Gar’s going to come with us, he has to look like an animal shaman. If he doesn’t fit the part then he’s toast. Remember: Raven and I are half demon, also we’re both pretty well known in those circles, we have nothing to prove, Gar does.”

“Why would friend Raven have such attire?,” Starfire asked.

“Well,” Jinx said, “Some of the outfits are stuff that I have given her to hold on to, like some of the ghoul outfits. We do have formal occasions that require us to dress pretty weird.”

“Oh,” Starfire responded.

“….Alright,” Nightwing said, “Cy could you show her the way.”

“Sure man.”

With that Cyborg and Jinx walked to Raven room.

Jinx gave a little snicker at what outfit Gar would have to wear.

“What’s so funny?,” Cyborg asked.

“I was just thinking of what Gar is going to have to wear that’s all,” Jinx then stopped and turned around, “Hey Nightwing?,” she called and waited until he walked up to her.

“What is it?”

“Have a camera waiting for Gar. Trust me. It’s going to be a once in a lifetime photo.”

Meanwhile:

Changeling opened his eyes to find that he was in an odd, yet very familiar, place. It was so dark, yet comforting.

As he looked around to get his bearings he saw a black bird fly over his head.

That was when it hit him.

Raven.

He was in Raven’s mind.

Gar panicked and looked around him, hoping that he would come across one of Raven’s more pleasant emotions, like Knowledge, Happy, or maybe even Timid. The last time that he was in Raven’s mind was when he met her father for the first time and that was an experience that he didn’t care to repeat…ever.

As he looked around he noted that it was much more lively than he remembered it.

There were healthy looking trees with violet colored foliage. The sky was no longer reminiscent of a dark void, but of the most beautiful of starry nights. The aura of disdain around the whole area had dissipated. Beside him was a creek with water that glittered and sparkled as though thousands of diamonds had infused it with their visual splendor.

Gar looked around and looked in awe at the once dreary and now awe inspiring mind of Raven.

Raven…he felt his heart do a little dance at the thought of the dark enchantress. He loved her so much. He had felt that way for a long time, before he knew that she needed to deal with her demons before she could give her heart to someone. Now that Trigon was long gone, Raven was free but…she seemed scared to feel.

Gar walked around Nevermore, looking for Raven and one of her personalities, all the while thinking about how was he going to confess his love for the beautiful sorceress.

As he walked around he stubbed his toe on a rock and as he looked down to his feet, he noted that there were violet flowers budding from the ground, which produced a faint but very lovely glow. He smiled as he saw them, they were the exact same shade as Raven’s eyes.

It was then that a voice rang out.

“Stopping to smell the flowers Gar?”

In Raven’s Room:

Jinx was in Raven’s closet while Cyborg stood there examining some of the outfits in his friends’ closet.

The vast majority of the outfits were in black or other dark hues and looked pretty normal, while some of the other outfits looked like…well…there were no words to adequately describe what they looked like.

As Jinx dug around the closet the spoke with Cyborg.

“Hey Vic?”

“Yeah?”

“How about after this whole deal is done, we go out for a movie or something?”

“How about I treat you to a full day of the Victor Stone experience? You know breakfast, lunch, dinner and a 24 hour experience with me.”

Jinx poked her head out of the closet and gave her boyfriend. She treated him to a playful grin.

“I think I like the sound of that.”

“I‘m glad you do”

Jinx then resumed her scavenger hunt in the closet, periodically tossing a few objects over her shoulder.

Cyborg stood there with a smile on his face, “So dark girl take the grass stain to Nevermore?”

“How’d you know?,” Jinx asked pulling out an outfit.

“Cause this is Gar and Raven we are talking about? You think she’ll tell him she’s got the hots for him?”

“I think so. Raven’s been trying to figure out a way to tell him for a few weeks now and if she’s as smart as I know she is then she’ll tell him,” Jinx paused, “It’s about time really. Those two were playing hard to get forever it seems.”

“Hah ha,” Cyborg laughed, “I know what you mean. Gar goes by the elementary school rules of love.”

“What’s that?”

“You always annoy the one that you love.”

Jinx giggled, “True. But to be honest Raven goes by the same rules, remember that time that she enchanted his clothes to attack him on sight?”

They both snickered at that memory.

As the laughing died down, Jinx then smiled softly, “She’ll tell him how she feels.”

“How do you know?”

“Here’s a little tidbit of info for the record, sparky. Nevermore is the physical manifestation of her mind, heart, and soul. In there she won’t be able to hide how she feels.”

“Really?”

“Wow…”

They both looked at each other.

“So..,” Cyborg started, “I bet their first kid turns out to be a girl.”

“I bet it’s a boy.”

“Breakfast in bed says it’s a girl.”

“Dinner and a movie says it’s a boy.”

“You’re on, pinkie.”

“Ditto, Tin Man.”

Nevermore:

Gar jumped and spun around to see Raven and some of her emotions.

Knowledge and Wisdom were standing to her left and greeted him with smiles and nods. At Raven’s right, Happy was waving at him excitedly while Timid hid behind her and periodically peaked over her shoulder to look at him. When Gar spotted her, she turned as pink as Happy’s cape and hid herself there.

The other emotions were nowhere to be seen but there was no doubt that he would encounter them soon.

“Raven, what happened? Why am I here? I thought that I you and Jinx were going to teach me everything that there is to know about vampires and demons and stuff like that.”

Raven gave him a small smile, “To answer your questions: I teleported you to my mind so that I could give you all of my knowledge. Sitting you down in a room and teaching you everything in a normal fashion would take decades at least.”

“…..?,” Gar was struck speechless by how much information was involved here and suddenly very worried as to how he was to learn it.

It was then that Jinx’s words rung in his head, ‘if there are any slip ups we all die.’

“Gar the vast majority of my knowledge on these matters is, in fact, instinctual. Now that I really think about it,” she said with a thoughtful expression, “your instincts may be a great help.”

Gar looked around Raven‘s mind, “Where’s Jinx? I thought that the both of you were going to teach me”

“Jinx is getting you something appropriate to wear.”

“What’s wrong with my outfit? Spandex totally rocks!,” he asked, further extrapolating the black by striking a pose in his beloved black and purple spandex outfit.

“Well-,” Raven was interrupted by Happy’s sudden hysterical laughter, Timid’s barely notable giggling, and Knowledge and Wisdom’s identical smirks.

“Like I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted..,” she said glaring her emotions to silence, “In otherworldy society anyone who parades about in black and purple spandex is a culami-”

Knowledge then interrupted Raven to further elaborate, “A culami is a sexual hedonist who openly declares him or herself ready to be fondled, molested, or, to use plain parlance, screwed, at any time by any person in any place. In fact the moment that a culami enters any place they normally have their attire ripped off and have their ‘needs’ attended to right there on the spot.”

Everyone just looked at Knowledge, not exactly knowing how to react to that unwanted dissemination of information.

“………..,” (Everyone)

Raven was incredibly embarrassed, but not really surprised, that Knowledge had just fired away that information to Gar. Knowledge was Knowledge. She couldn’t help but explain things to anyone in earshot.

Raven fought the urge to smack Knowledge into a dimension populated by something dangerous, like acid spewing dragons or cannibals.

Had it happened in front of Nightwing, Cyborg, or Starfire, Raven would just have brushed if off without a second thought. Gar’s opinion of her, on the other hand, was very important and now she felt mortified.

“Oh…,” Gar blushed, “Well okay, I…um…see your point.”

There was an unsettling silence that had settled in around them due, to no small part, to Knowledge, who was receiving Raven’s patented death glare from Wisdom, who inwardly smacked herself for not restraining her sister in time to spare Raven that little bout of embarrassment.

“So,” Gar said, noticing that Raven looked a little embarrassed, “How are you going to teach me everything? You said that it would normally take decades right?”

“That’s why I teleported you to my mind. We are going to have to form a mental bond and we need to be in my mind to do that. Of course if you have any objection to any of this we can stop, the choice is entirely yours Gar.”

“Mental Bond?,” he asked.

“Yes. I have a minor bond with everyone in the tower…,” she stopped speaking at his look and decided to explain further, “Since I am so close to everyone in the tower I have developed bonds with you all. If any of you are in danger or if you fell distressed, I feel it.”

“Really? Wow. Does it bother you? Being bonded to me…I mean to the team?,” Gar asked, hoping she didn‘t catch the slip.

“The bonds don’t bother me at all. In fact it feels wonderful to be so close to you…,” Raven couldn’t believe that those words flew out of her mouth. Raven flushed bright red and decided to remain silent.

Gar couldn’t believe his ears. If he didn’t know any better than he would have thought that his heart was going to burst out of happiness. This had to be a dream, it had to be. The girl that enchanted him in every way possible had reciprocated his feelings. It was then that Gar acted on what was in his heart.

Gar looked to the other Ravens, they took the hint and disappeared for the moment.

Gar tried to look into Raven’s eyes but she was looking to the ground.

“Rae..,” He gently called, “Look at me.”

With that he placed his hand under her chin and gently tilted her face upward. When her eyes finally met his, he smiled.

“Why didn’t you tell me before?,” he asked gently with a small smile.

“Well,” Raven said, “It’s hard…and….”

“And?,” he prodded carefully, not wanting to screw this up.

“Gar, it’s just that…Before we defeated Trigon, I was…I was never permitted to feel any emotions. There was always the threat that he could use any of them to take over me and kill you all. After a while I had myself fooled into thinking that I didn’t feel anymore and you proved me wrong. Before you….I never….truly felt. You were the one who broke down the barrier to my emotions. You were the first person, the only person who made me feel like everything would be okay no matter what. You opened my heart and I…Gar…I…”

Raven took a deep breath in an effort to try and tell him what had been in her heart for him since the day that she met him.

Gar felt his heart beating as fast as a hummingbird’s. He was hoping and praying to the powers that be, that she would tell him that she loved him. If she didn’t then he would just die on the spot.

“Gar I…I...I lo…I lov…,” Raven paused. She suddenly felt really out of breath. It was as though she couldn’t get in enough air. She clutched her chest, trying to calm herself down.

Inwardly she cursed herself, ‘Damn! I’m about to tell Gar that I love him and I get a freaking panic attack!! Wait…Since when the hell do I get panic attacks?!’

Gar rushed to her and held her in his arms to calm her down. Raven relaxed in his grasp, taking in his scent and feeling safe in his arms. Gar sensed all the tension leave her body at once and felt as though he had died and gone to heaven.

“Gar I…,” Gar put a finger to her lips.

“I know,” he then continued to hug her.

Raven smiled, a genuinely happy smile and looked into Gar’s emerald eyes.

After a few minutes they both burst out laughing. It was the type of laughing that occurs when you just experienced something incredibly wonderful, like getting your dream job or winning the lottery.

As the laughing died down Raven looked up in him with a playful smile on her face. Gar looked at her, feeling very giddy.

“Gar?”

“Yes?”

Raven beamed at him and then said, “ ‘I know?,’ You sound like Han Solo,” with that she buried her head in his chest to hide her smile.

“How could I resist?,” he responded with a huge smile on his face, “And since when are you a Star Wars fan?”

“Since I was reading in the living room the day that you decided to watch all the Star Wars movies and I have to tell you that the only ones worth watching are Episodes 4, 5, and 6.”

Gar then flashed her a megawatt smile, “Now I have someone to take to the Star Wars convention.”

Raven groaned.

Gar laughed, “That’s love baby. Don’t worry, I’ll take you to that D&D tournament you want to go to.”

“Really?”

“Yup.”

“Okay.&# 8221;

All of the other Raven’s appeared with giant smiles on their faces, with a new addition. There was a new emotion in a garnet colored cape, who was winking at Gar and giving him seductive glances.

Gar gulped nervously, Raven looked to the emotion in question and blushed.

“Gar,” she said trying to keep her face from turning as red as the new emotion’s cloak, “Meet Lust.”

“Lust?,” he squeaked.

“Hello Gar. I hope we will become better acquainted in the future,” with that she walked up to Gar gave his rump a naughty squeeze and was promptly launched into the distance by a powerful flow of energy.

Raven looked at him with an innocent face, “What?”

“Raven,” Wisdom said, “We need to make haste.”

Raven took Gar’s hand and sat herself down onto the ground Indian style and waited for Gar to do the same.

As he sat down directly in front of Raven, he asked, “So what do we do?”

“Put your hands on mine, close your eyes, and clear your mind,” Raven instructed.

Gar did so. He heard chanting all around him and felt a warmth spread all over his being. He felt so at ease with the universe, in sync with everyone.

It felt as though he were in the center of the ocean and felt the mind and heart of every life form there. He felt connected with everyone and thing. It was as though he awoke for the first time in his entire life. He felt one life, one soul in particular, Raven’s. He saw her entire life flash before his eyes. He felt all of her pain, her hopes, her dreams, and her love for him.

Gar opened his eyes and looked at Raven, really looking at her for the first time.

She leaned towards him and kissed him, tenderly. He returned the kiss, gently coaxing her mouth open and getting her tongue to play with his. After a few moments they broke apart trying to catch their breath.

Raven gave him a loving smile and said, “It’s time that we go back.”

“Do we have to? I don’t think that I could get enough of romance and mystical weirdness.”

“Mystical Weirdness?,” she repeated.

“Yeah, it’s what makes you irresistible.”

“Kind of like your point ears?”

They both smiled and then stood up.

Raven took his hand and they both walked to an ancient door.

“Ready to go back to the real world?”

“Yeah.”

“Then let’s go,” and with that they were surrounded by a bright light.

Back in Titan Tower:

“..r…Gar…,” Raven’s voice called, sounding so far away.

“.Gar…Gar..,” her voice was getting nearer.

“Gar,” she was right next to him. Gar had his eyes closed and found that he could sense Raven. It wasn’t like he normally sensed her. Normally he would hear or smell her, this was entirely different. His heart…no…his soul to be more accurate felt at peace and complete with her near him. He sensed her spirit, her aura, right next to him and it was the greatest experience ever.

“Gar wake up,” Raven said.

As Gar opened his eyes slowly he saw Raven right next to him with a small smile on her face.

Next to her was Jinx and Cyborg who suddenly burst out laughing hysterically. Jinx fell to the floor laughing hysterically, Cyborg was holding his sides as thought they were going to split open, Starfire was trying her best to hold back her laughter, but was failing miserably.

Gar looked at Raven quizzically and he looked into her eyes, which were sprinkled with mirth.

“What’s so funny?,” he asked.

“You, Spinach,” Cyborg said before falling onto the floor to roll around with laughter.

“Gar,” Raven said with a composed face, “About the outfit that you have to wear…”

Gar didn’t wait for the explanation, he looked down to his body and jumped up in shock.

He looked like a green version of Frodo from Lord of the Rings!!!!

“Changeling,” Nightwing called.

When Gar looked in his direction there was a sudden flash, he just had his picture taken by the most twisted, allegedly non-evil mind since Batman.

‘Damn,’ Changeling cringed, ‘Now Bird Boy has enough to blackmail me into the next ice age.’

“Come on Gar,” Raven said holding her hand, “Let’s get going. Jinx you too.”

The laughter finally died down and a serious atmosphere replaced it.

“Okay you guys, it’s important that we figure out how to deal with Taint but it’s also important that the three of you come back safe.”

Gar, Raven and Jinx nodded.

“Don’t worry. We’ll be fine,” Raven said.

They all said their goodbyes and walked out of the tower, to Jinx’s car.

Gar looked a little nervous, Raven saw that and smiled at him.

“Don’t worry Gar. We’ll be fine.”

“I hope so Raven, I hope so.”

TBC…