Fan Fiction ❯ Releasing Her Demons ❯ Chapter 19 ( Chapter 19 )

Releasing Her Demons

By: Jedi_Zea

Summary: Raven finally decides to join the other Titans in a game, but it's not a video game. She wants them to play Dungeons & Dragons and decides to share something about herself while doing so. PG-13

Disclaimer: I do not own Teen Titans, Dungeons and Dragons, any of the places I got my music from, or any other real things I may make reference to while writing this story. Also the only characters I own are Vincent, Rurik, Ivellos, T'klora, Sapphire, Arachne, Naryldor, and a few others so don't steal any of the characters, especially the ones people let me use but aren't mine.

 

Titan's Characters

Robin Vincent, Human wizard

Cyborg Rurik, Dwarven fighter

B.B. Ivellos, Elven druid

Starfire T'klora, Half-Elven bard

Terra Sapphire, Halfling rogue

Raven Arachne, Half-demon Sorceress, but she controls the rest of the world as well since she is Dungeon Master.

 

This chapter is mostly from the perspectives of the Titan's Characters not the Titans themselves. A line of asterisks (they don't seem to work on FFnet) (to: ) will signify the change from the Titans to the Characters.

 

(Author note: Keep in mind who the Titan's characters are, because for the joke coming I have to have them speak through themselves not the character. You'll get it when you start reading the chapter.)

 

Chapter 18

 

“'Vincent, why are you being so kind to me?' Arachne asked Vincent quietly. She turns to look at him so he has to stare directly into her eyes while answering him.” Raven described to the Titans. Then Raven turned in her chair to look directly at Robin with a stern glare.

 

All six Titans were sitting around the table in the living room, although this part only involved Robin and Raven's character's the other four were all interested in what was playing out. They forgot about their characters for a moment and watched and listened to Robin and Raven as if they were watching a play or movie. Little did they know what was happening between “Vincent” and “Arachne” was much more then a simple game between friends.

 

“Vincent looks over at Arachne and stares gently into her stone glare,” Robin said turning to meet Raven's glare. Raven blushed just enough for Robin to see and softened her look slightly while keeping an emotional wall just behind her eyes. “'Why do you ask?' Vincent says curiously.”

 

“Arachne turns away slightly and tries to avoid Vincent's soft gaze. `It's because everyone, well everyone but Naryldor and his close friends, they're the only people that have ever been nice to me. Everyone else has wanted something whenever they've been even remotely accepting of who I am, and they've wanted even more when they have been kind to me,' Arachne explains quietly. As Vincent looks down at her he notices a lone tear dripping down the lovely demoness' cheek.” Raven said to Robin, but loud enough for everyone else to hear. Raven herself had to keep a tear from falling down her cheek and letting her powers go out of control at the memories of everyone who manipulated and used her in the past.

 

“Vincent shakes his head a little, and grabs Arachne softly. He gently turns her head to face him so she can see his kind expression. 'You're right, I do want something,' Vincent says with a smile.” Robin said with a smirk.

 

“'See, you want something just like everyone else!' Arachne chokes through tears, while she tries, half-heartedly, to pull away from Vincent. It's obvious part of her wants to run, but she's enjoying the kindness of his touch and that won't let her fight hard enough to get away from him,” Raven said while looking away a little.

 

“Vincent doesn't let her run away, instead he softens his smile,” Robin said while doing the exact same thing. “ `I want to sit here with you. I don't want to hurt you or use you. I just want to enjoy your company, and perhaps a kiss.' Vincent says softly.” Robin smirked.

 

“And I suppose this is where I fall apart in your arms right?! Right?! Well it isn't going to happen Ro-!” Raven cried aloud, not realizing she dropped her character. Luckily for her Robin cut her off, to give her a chance to realize she was going to yell at him not Vincent.

 

“`M'lady, I'm sorry you were hurt,' Vincent says softly. `But you need to move on sometime. If you aren't ready I'll understand however I will be a little disappointed. And I promise I won't hurt you, if anything I'm falling in love with you Arachne.' He says to Arachne as he lets her face go, but keeps a soft gaze upon her.” Robin described.

 

Raven, however, didn't pick up his hint and again started getting emotional as herself. Objects in the room started to glow as she tried to hold back tears and keep her voice relatively quite and even. “Don't be an idiot!” she half screamed and half whispered. “You know my powers are dangerous, and if I feel anything I'm bound to hurt someone or something I care about and if I somehow manage not to kill them they hurt me! I can't feel anything Robin! Nothing.” As she finished her little impassioned speech all the light bulbs in the room exploded, causing a rain of small glass fragments, none of which were large enough to cause anyone any harm.

 

“Um, dudes? Is it just me or did I hear her say Robin?” Beast Boy asked softly. It was quiet enough so Raven didn't hear, but even if she could have heard it she was to trapped in her own little world and was to worked up to pay attention what he said. Everyone else just nodded as they watched Robin try to figure a way out of the situation.

 

Terra looked around the room and saw all the glowing objects. “I think we might want to leave,” she whispered quietly to the other Titans. Only Beast Boy nodded however. Cyborg and Starfire were both to curious about what was happening to leave and so they ignored Terra completely. “Come on,” she said grabbing Beast Boy. “I don't feel like getting sprayed with hot candle wax at the moment.” Terra remarked as she grabbed B.B.'s arm and started to pull him out of the room.

 

“'M'lady,' Vincent says. `Who is this Robin that you speak of? I'm afraid you must have me mixed up with someone else. But today has been a stressful day on you I'm sure, as it has been difficult for us all. Perhaps you just need to rest for a while. Come I'll escort you back to your chambers,' Vincent whispered kindly. He stands up, still holding Arachne in his arms, and walks back to the door. He lets her lead him to her bedchamber,” Robin said to Raven, trying to get her to remember to get back into her character.

 

“Yeah, sure,” Beast Boy said skeptically. He was still watching the situation with interest, but decided it wouldn't be smart to make Terra mad right now. She looked tired, and she was prone to violence when she was tired. So he went out of the room with her, and left Cyborg and Starfire to watch Robin and Raven's argument.

 

“Hey, Rob,” Cyborg started cautiously. “Do you have any idea what Raven's talking about? She seems more then a little out of it.” He said while backing to the door. As interested as he was he didn't want to be in the way if Raven's powers went off, especially since almost everything in the room was glowing an eerie black color.

 

“I really have no idea Cy,” Robin lied. He shifted his gaze slowly away from Raven to see how emotional Raven really was. It didn't look good, he saw all the glowing black objects in the room, and even the doors were pulsing with Raven's powers. One false move and he would cause the entire room, and maybe even the tower itself to explode.

 

“Friend Raven, are you alright?” Starfire asked. She flew over and stood right in front of Raven, blocking her view of the other two Titans. “Friend Raven, perhaps we should do the girl talk. You have seemed very stressed lately, and it is conceivable that it could help to share your problems with another,” she explained cheerfully in spite of the fact that the room was almost pulsing with Raven's dark powers.

 

When Raven didn't respond Star backed away slowly, also starting to fear the dark pulsing in the room. Raven's powers were becoming so powerful throughout the room the pulsing energy was almost palpable. Everyone in the room was preparing themselves for an explosion somewhere in the room when the energy suddenly disappeared.

 

Raven stood up quickly and took a deep breath. She looked at Robin with a glare that said `move one inch and you're dead.' Robin shivered visibly at the frosty glare he was getting from the goth Titan, and quickly realized he himself was glowing with Raven's powers. “Robin,” she started, in a low fierce tone that made him shiver even more, “when I calm down we need to talk. Until then I would be very careful if I were you.”

 

Raven took a moment to enjoy the fear Robin was feeling, almost if it were cleansing her. Finally she was able to tear herself away from enjoying his suffering and levitated all of the materials in the room that belonged to her and strolled out of the room. Robin was, unfortunately for him, still glowing black and afraid to take a step when she left the room.

 

“Um, a little help here someone?” Robin asked pleadingly. Neither Cyborg nor Starfire took a step closer to him though. They didn't want to invoke Raven's wrath and kill Robin by accident.

 

“I shall go see if Friend Raven is alright?” Starfire asked while moving to the door. She was careful not to step too near Robin though. She didn't want to accidentally cause him to explode.

 

Cyborg nodded his head to Starfire, but didn't say anything. His accusing glare never left Robin's face as Starfire whizzed out the door as quickly as she could, and flew right to Raven's room. “What's going on?” Cy demanded. He didn't seem to care that Robin was still glowing fiercely with Raven's mystical energy, and walked right up to Robin. He used all of his larger size to try and intimidate the masked Titan while saying insisting, “What's the deal with you and Raven? You know more then you're telling me Robin. So spill it!”

 

Robin looked up to Cyborg and although the mask covered his face it was obvious his glare was just as harsh as Cy's. “I don't have any idea. I invited her to the ball at Wayne Manor, but that's it. Other then that I don't know what she's talking about…” Robin trailed off at the end.

 

It was obvious to Cyborg that Robin had just remembered something, but by the look on his face he probably wasn't going to share it. “I'm going to find out one way or another so just come clean now.” Cyborg said evenly. “Unless you want me to find out from Raven…” Cy added with a victorious smirk.

 

“I was just playing my character. Raven must have read too much into it.” Robin defended while backing up carefully. He didn't want to cause Raven's powers to go off, but he also didn't want Cy to accidentally set them off either. “I guess I was probably a little to into my character. But it's just a game, I didn't expect Raven to take it that seriously.”

 

“Come on, you don't really expect me to buy that, do you?” Cy asked

 

Robin shrugged a little and decided he might as well come clean. “Well I had to try,” Robin smirked. “After all you never know…”

 

“Stop messing around and spill it. What's going on with you and Raven?” Cy asked again, a little more forcefully this time.

 

“Alright, Alright,” Robin said putting his hands in the air as a gesture of surrender. “I'm not really sure what's been happening,” he admitted. “I know I've got a thing for her, but I have no idea how she feels, well at least I didn't until just now. And now I need to figure out what to do next. She's not like your average girl, and I was trying to avoid something exactly like this”

 

“That's it?” Cyborg asked him skeptically.

 

“That's it.” Robin confirmed. The glow on Robin started to dissipate and after a moment was entirely gone. “Well I guess Star managed to calm her down,” Robin said as he left out a relieved sigh. “I guess I should probably go see what she wanted to talk to me about.”

 

“Be careful man,” Cyborg said as Robin left the room. “Just great now I have to clean all this up myself,” He grumbled looking around the room at the glass shards and spilled bowls of various snack foods.