Yea, that WAS a big post for you. 'Course, you've been gettin' around here, haven't you?
OK, first of all...Yes, the whole incident has hit me hard. Real hard. And I'm glad, because then when crap happens LATER, I'll deal with it better.
"I don't talk as much plus people are starting to HATE me. They think jokes about me make me laugh but then it annoys me and yet I don't show it."
Don't say that. I've had Crystal and her fiance tell me they hate me. They don't. People throw the words 'love' and 'hate' around wildly nowadays, not even knowing what they're doing.
When a guy tells a girl 'I love you' today, it makes the girl feel awkward because the word 'love' somehow automatically means he must want to marry her, and marriage is a scary thing, even when you feel you're ready for it.
That's why I'm worried about Crystal and Jerry. But there's nothing I can do, really, to help.
Point is, love is caring about someone. It means you'll do anything to make them happy, you'll be their friend forever. Least that's how I interperet it. When you say, 'I love you, mom,' does that mean you want to marry her...? I hope not...
Hate...Now hate is really a strong word.
Hate is when someone kills your brother, ***** your sister, murders your mother, cripples your father...
Hate is when someone completely ruins your life, or someone you care deeply about. THAT is hate, I say.
A random idiot at school CAN'T hate you, because they don't even KNOW you. Only when you know someone well can you truly hate them.
Here's a life lesson I've learned.
Teenagers are IDIOTS. They don't know what they want, they don't understand who they are yet, and they're afraid of the world. Of course, not all teenagers are like this, but on AVERAGE, that's the way it seems to be. At some point in their lives, everyone goes through this phase, even if it's short. Some people STAY in this phase, sadly.
If someone is picking on you, I'll tell ya what- they're insecure.
In other words, they feel bad about themselves. Duh. That's the whole point of bullying.
However, friends do pick on eachother for humor, and that's different, because they don't mean to hurt you. If your friends are picking on you, tell them to STOP. If they don't stop, then they might not really be your friends...
Unfortunately, in the past few months, about 50% of the people I thought I could really depend on as friends turned into people I can't trust at all...And that's the way it is.
I hope I helped some. A lot of adults tell me that I'm more of an adult than most people they know...*shrug* I don't know how to respond to that, but...They tell me I'm not crazy, everyone else is because everyone else isn't quite matured yet. Whatever.
*sigh*
And for the thirtieth dammed time...
PLEASE stop telling me what to do in my fiction!! PLEASE!!
I am so annoyed of people telling me what to do!!
You guys DO realize that at any given time, I have the main ideas of the next month-worth oif writing planned out, right? I know what I'm going to do FAR before I do it. Sometimes a cool idea will pop into my head, and I'll use it.
And I hope you realize that I've had a BB/Tay relationship plotted out for two months now, at least...
And once the Terra episode aired, I decided within a day or two how it would play out. Don't give me advice on plot, I've got that ALL COVERED.
And as much as I'm DYING to tell you how stupid you people sound when you give me suggestions, I try not to.
Yes, Beastboy and Terra have a thing for eachother- duh! I KNOW that...:o And I know what's going to happen with them in my fic, too. I'm sure it'll be amusing, too...
In the Chapter I'm working on right now, a LOT of stuff is gonna happen, and the main plot will begin to take effect...
Anyway...Here it is. I posted it up a little while ago...
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The Q4D! Saga...
Winds of Fate: The X Factor
Chapter 7- Breakin' In
"Ugh, you idiot!" Mario moaned with a chuckle. "You just LET him pass you!"
Cyborg grinned, flicking away at his gaming controller.
"Yup! This way, I actually might have a CHALLENGE..." he muttered cockily, sticking out his tongue. Beastboy frowned back. Within the course of three seconds, he'd turned into an anteater, blown a raspberry, and turned back.
Robin walked in, a small and sly grin about him. He greeted them casually.
"Hey, guys. Remember, meet outside in an hour for combat training. We need to break the new guys in," he added with a smirk, glancing at Mario.
Rubbing his fuzzy upper-lip, Mario smiled devilishly back.
"You mean, we'll be breaking YOU out."
"Well, I'd like to see that."
As Robin passed through the halls, he came upon a nervous-looking Sonic.
"Dude, have you seen Tay?"
Robin lifted a brow and muttered back, "...Tay?"
Sonic realized Robin didn't know about Tenochtitlan's nickname.
"Oh. Uh, yea, Tenochtitlan?"
"Nope, sorry, Sonic. Haven't seen her. But when you find her, be sure to tell her we're meeting out front in an hour."
Sonic flashed him a thumbs-up, gave him a 'thanks,' and whizzed onward, coming upon the entertainment room.
"Yo, Fly-Boy," Cyborg greeted with a chuckle.
"Yo," Sonic answered, glancing at his game for a moment. It seemed to be a sci-fi racing game, of course.
"Whatcha playin'?"
"F-Zero GX, man," Beastboy said with a grin. "It's the bomb. You should try it."
After another glance, Sonic tossed his arms.
"Nah...It's too slow for me," he said with a devilish grin.
"So, uh, you guys know where Tay is...?"
Beastboy, as if by instinct, spat out a reply.
"She's up on the roof, but...I don't know why. She looked kinda upset, but I think she wanted to be alone, sooo-"
"Allright, thanks," Sonic answered, ignoring the doubt in his tone. "Mario," he added, just before he zoomed off.
"What's-a matta fa you?" he inmpersonated casually.
"Uh, Tikal wants to talk to you, OK? She's hanging out near your bedroom, I think..."
Mario shrugged, tipped his hat, and scratched his nose.
"Right, then..." he mumbled, flipping over the couch and pulling off some backflips before walking off down the hall.
The door to the rooftop was blasted open by Sonic as he plowed through. Fortunately, it was already open a crack, so it swung wildly from the rough winds flooding past it.
"Yo! Tay, we're...-" He trailed as he saw her sitting, hunched up. Her braids of black hair dangled over her shoulders, adding to the sad aura that surrounded her.
"Um...Tay, are you all right?" he questioned cautiously, hoping not to trip on an emotional switch.
She glanced up at him with dark blue eyes.
"I'm OK," she mumbled. "Don't worry about it."
Sonic paused for a moment, then let her in on the meeting.
"I'll...be there...Just give me a sec..."
"All right..." After a moment of uncertainty, Sonic made the choice to leave her alone and headed to his destination.
A few minutes passed, though Tenoch didn't notice. That is, until the door opened again.
"Tay...? Youuuu OK? What's up...?" Beastboy inquired shyly.
She turned her head to meet his quickly, her eyes a shade of dark blue.
"I'm...-" She fumbled a bit, then decided to be honest.
"No...I'm not all right." She bobbed her head back down as Beastboy walked to her side.
"Dude, it's OK," he assured her calmly. "You can tell me what's going on...I can keep a secret..."
Tenoch glanced up at him hesitantly. Staring into his innocent green eyes, she felt comfortable enough to explain. With a sigh, she began.
"Well, see..." She searched for words as her green friend sat down on the cement beside her. "I just...I don't feel right here...Ya know? Like I don't belong..."
Beastboy frowned sadly, trying to come up with a remark to lighten the mood.
"Yea, I understand. Afterall, we ARE a bunch of freaks."
He'd managed a small smile from her, at least for a moment. And that was all worth it.
"No, I mean...I don't know. I just feel...like I'm not...me..." Her voice was drowned in confusion and despair.
"Aw, Tay, don't say that!" Beastboy said, elbowing her. "That's just stupid. Of course you're you!"
Tenoch smiled a little again, but it was short lived as well.
"I know...I didn't mean it like that...I meant, like, I'm not supposed to be here. I can't explain it."
Pausing to reflect, Beastboy fumbled with the thought...She thought she wasn't supposed to be here...? What kind of idea was THAT?
"Well, um...You're right," he answered calmly. "You AREN'T supposed to be here...You're supposed to be with the OTHER guys..."
Her eyes popped open- she had totally forgot, and it had only been a couple minutes! Orange-eyed, she lept to her feet and hastily scooped up her staff from the ground.
"Geez, you're right! Sorry, I've gotta go..."
Beastboy sighed and waved farewell. Just before anything could click, she had to leave. Figured.
"No prob."
But just before she left, he burst out, his insides urging him to do so.
"TAY!"
She slid a bit, skidding to a stop. Pushing her hair from her face slowly, she glanced back at him.
"Hey, uh...Later on, ya wanna...hang out...?" he questioned shyly, his cheecks a little pink. "I mean, whatever. We could eat, we could watch a flick, or...anything you want." His tone was slightly shaky.
"I..." Her eyes had shifted to purple. "...W-Well, sure, why not...? I mean, I don't have anything better to do..." He couldn't tell, but small pink spots had formed on her face, too.
After a moment of awkward silence, she turned and sped off down the stairs.
Beastboy was left with a silly grin.
{Purple, huh?...Lemme see...I think that means she's nervous. Hehe...Ya still got it, Beastboy...}
The green Titan had already been getting aquainted with Tenochtitlan's eye colors, and what each one meant. He could only guess on some, while others were obivous. Pink was DEFINITELY happy and 'laughable,' while dark blue was surely depressed. He hoped he would keep those beautiful eyes pink that night.
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Robin's foot tapped the ground slowly. A breeze swept over the river, cascading past the Titans playfully.
"Where did you say they were?" Robin asked patiently.
"They were talking about...uh..." Beastboy fumbled. "Well, I think it was about a dream somebody had last night or somethin'..."
"Well, wherever they were, they're here now!" Cyborg announced, waving to them. They were exiting the tower hastily, making their way down the hill to the rest of the group.
Sonic whizzed along, performing all types of flips and such as he did so, simply for show. Tikal glided through the air behind him, just as Raven and Starfire were capable of doing.
Link just dashed behind them, swiping his sword through the air eagerly.
Tenochtitlan nimbly bounded about with grace, almost like a beautiful Tarzan of sorts. (Weird description, I know.) After performing a somersault, a cartwheel, and backflip, she landed on her feet beside Link- though she almost fell shortly thereafter.
Mario was still waiting at the tower's door, a good fifty feet or so away.
He waved at the group slyly, and took a few steps back. After charging forward for a couple of seconds, he pounced into the air at a breakneck speed. Higher and higher he soared, until they couldn't see him.
"Holy crap," Beastboy muttered. "Talk about thunder thighs..."
As he flew through the air gracefully, Mario took a moment to suck in a breath of fresh air. Having admired the sun, which was almost at zenith, he scratched his head. Then, he began to plummet. As his speed increased, he flipped himself upside down, his face facing his friends below. For a few more seconds, he flew like a missle. Just before impact, he somersaulted, rotating back to an upward position. As he smacked the ground harshly, a loud 'thud' could be heard, and the ground shook. He was perfectly fine, of course. His landing position, with one knee to the ground, as well as one hand, would later be described by Beastboy as 'undeniably awesome.'
He stood up slowly, straightened his hat, and spoke to the shocked crew.
"Air's nice up there..."
"I can imagine," Robin mumbled.
"Oh, he is correct!" Starfire put in. "Very nice. It is as refreshing as a cold glass of kermbob!"
After an awkward moment of silence, the masked crusader carried on with business.
"What was the problem...?" Robin asked curiously, his hands folded over his chest.
"Oh, well..." Mario shrugged. "Nothin' big. We just..." He let the subject go, tossing his arms. "Don't worry about it...We just had a little problem, we took care of it."
They all looked nervous and embarrassed about it, whatever it was.
{Something is DEFINITELY up,} Robin concluded to himself.
"Whatever you say," he murmured, changing pace. "Anyway, I set up a combat scenario for you guys yesterday..."
"So THAT'S what you were up to," Link noted with a smirk. "Bring it on, then..."
"Awww, man, you guys are gonna LOVE it," Cyborg added with amticipation.
The original five Titans arranged themselves on the 'sidelines' of what would quickly become a battle scene. The clearing was of a decent size, with a few shrubs and bushes here and there. Robin stood at his control panel, eagerly awaiting to see these five in action.
"Countdown initiated!" he announced. "Good luck guys..."
Mario tipped his hat, smiling that smug smile of his.
"Thanks, Blue-Footed Booby!" he called. Robin shook his head and let out a grin.
Beastboy felt uneasy as he saw Tenochtitlan's upset expression. What was bugging her so much...? Maybe he could do something about it...
Before he knew it, her graceful body had flown into action to avoid a stream of bullets being fired at her by the cannons that had been set up.
As she landed, more soared at her, and she twirled her staff around at an insanely high speed, deflecting them all away.
One was flattened to a pulp as Mario came slamming down into it, while Link had swung his blade clear througyh another. Sonic had taken out a couple by rushing past them and delivering some swift kicks. Tikal destroyed the last one by holding out her hands- the bullets were reflected right back, causing the machine to explode.
By the time the cannons had stopped, another threat had emerged. The bushes and shrubs had all shown their true forms. They were insect-like combat machines with round bodies and long, skinny legs. Their eyes fired red lasers at their foes.
Mario easily lept into the thick of their midst, and tried to grab their attention. As they all took aim at him, the others prepared their attacks.
Link attemtped to hack at one, only to find that his sword was repelled by their thick armor.
"What?! But this is the Master-"
"No, it's not, you idiot!" Sonic grumbled. "That was the whole point!"
"What're they talking about...?" Raven mumbled, confused. Starfire, who was gliding beside her, could only shrug, just as puzzled as she.
Sonic slammed his fists at high velocity, but his efforts were lost as well. He easily escaped being fried, but Link had more difficulty. Just before a beam singed him, it was stopped. Tikal had neutralized the blast with a forcefield of orange energy.
Mario, in the meantime, was performing amazing maneuvers in order to dodge the blasts of these robots. His hands began to ignite, and in the middle of the air, he launched balls of flames at his opposition.
Much to his disappointment, the flaming orbs barely scratched the surface of the metal spiders.
As he landed firmly, he grumbled, "****it. What did that metalhead make these pieces of crap out of...?"
"Beats the **** outta me," Link replied.
But they'd forgotten about Tenochtitlan, who was a short distance away. He eyes were closed, and her hands were folded on her chest. Her staff was floating in front of her, rapidly rotating in circles. She was muttering words that were unrecognizable.
"Alakaht eeshna noo toru teela, ahsh kot misa noom..."
"What's she DOING...?" Beastboy questioned, baffled.
"She's chanting," Raven muttered, intrigued.
"Aztec Sun, hear my call," she whispered, grabbing her staff. It was halted quite suddenly, and she pointed it at her foes. As she opened her eyes, they glowed a fierce red. The circlet and staff-tip complemented that red. Within seconds of her burning stare, the spiders were melting into sloppy puddles of metal.
"Wow," Robin said to himself. "That's something you don't see every day...What's her power?" he turned to Cyborg. The mechanized human shrugged.
"Got me, Robin. Nobody's filled me in."
"Whatever power she possesses," Starfire concluded, "It will no doubt aid us..."
"No kidding," Beastboy moaned, surprised.
Cyborg suddenly lit up, and hopped with sheer excitement.
"Give 'em the surprise!" he demanded.
"No problem," Robin responded, pressng a few keys.
Rising from the waters of the river their island rested upon was a robot. A robot in the shape of a man. He was tall, strong, and was moving at a very stealthy pace. He looked almost just like Slade.
Starfire gasped in horror, retreating to Robin's side.
"It is SLADE!!" she cried out. "Quickly, we must-"
"Star, chill!" Cyborg rold her as he grabbed her and firmly set her on the ground. "It's just somethin' me and Robin have been working on..."
Seeing Star's perplexed state, Robin explained.
"We took one of the 'Slade' robots I disarmed and modified it. We kept the same combat programming in it that Slade originally created, but we toned it down so it wasn't set to kill."
The face wasn't exactly normal, but resembled it.
It immediately went to trip Link with a round-house kick, and it succeeded. Sonic was immediately on it, tossing whirling blades of wind from his hands like shurikens. The Slade bot took the blows with ease and went to nail Sonic in the head, only to miss, due to the teen's agility. The blue-headed wonder smacked him with a flurry of fists, but they all bounced off. With a ferocious punch, Sonic was sent spiraling away.
"Sonic!" Tikal cried, soaring to his side. But the Slade imposter dashed for her from behind.
Mario lept in to intercept, stunning him with some flaming balls. And then the machine drew an extendable staff from his back (just like the one Robin has) and twirled it expertly, deflecting fireballs. Swing a fierce vertical blow, the Slade fake was taken by surprise as a beam of pure, white light smashed intpo his back. He twitched a bit, getting over the shock the attack had caused by the time he'd turned, Tenochtitlan was pelting him with her staff, though the hits weren't doing much. He swiped at her, but she nimbly dodged all his attacks with ease. A horizontal, a few vertical spins, a diagnol strike...No matter what it dished out, she avoided it and countered.
"Wow..." Beastboy murmured in awe. "She's got you runnin' for your money, Robin..."
"So it seems," Robin muttered back, impressed.
Just after a swift hit to the head from Tay, the bot was shaken by Link and Mario, who rammed it from the back.
In a fit of artificial rage, it spun its staff all around wildly, knocking them away like pins. Mario and Tenochtitlan landed on their feet with ease, while Link was slammed on his back. Sonic was back in action and had zipped around the Slade wannabe to Mario's side.
"Wanna give him a Sonic Boom?" Mario asked slyly, cracking his knuckles.
Sonic smiled devilishly and replied, "I've got the 'Sonic' if you'v got the 'Boom.'"
"**** right! Let's do this," the leader of the group said as he pounced high into the air, his hands above his head as he charged up energy.
Sonic balled up his fists, and spiny, blue orbs of power formed there. He made a dash for his opponent, just as Mario's huge ball of flame came crashing down. He swiftly somersaulted over the opposition, and landed facing them. He whipped his energy into the air, and it collided with the orb of fire. The ball exploded as it hit 'Slade', and Sonic's wind energy cut clean through him.
What was left was two halves of what used to be a weapon.
"...****," was all Cyborg could manage as the dust cleared.
"Yea, they're not bad," Robin added honestly.
"That it? That's all you got?" Sonic gloated, chuckling.
"Hey, we put that together in one day!" Cyborg protested.
"And anyway, where did you guys learn to fight like that?"
They all paused to reflect on that question.
"...Experience...?" Mario hypothesized. The others nodded, clueless to the answer.
"Well..." Robin began. "All I can say is that you guys have some real potential there...Now all we have to do is learn to work our two teams as one, and we'll have everything in the bag..."
"Indeed," Starfire put in. "I believe that together we could..." She paused, trying to find the right phrase. "...We could...'open a can'...Correct...?" She didn't quite get where the term originated from, but she was fairly sure that phrase fit.
Robin chuckled, shaking his head. "Yea, that about says it," he said heartily.
Beastboy was already at Tay's side, congratulating her eagerly.
"MAN! Where did you learn that stuff?! That was awesome!"
Tenochtitlan smiled shyly. "Well, it just...comes naturally."
Raven was even impressed, for she could sense the potential the girl had after seeing her in action.
{Go ahead, you need to get to know them better. After all, you're going to be living with them from now on...}
"So, uhh..." she began, uneasy. "How about you and I meditate sometime...? You could tell me how your powers work, maybe we could teach eachother something, or..."
{Just let it go, you sound like an idiot...}
Tenochtitlan's eyes were orange, and she nodded quickly.
"Oh, sure! That sounds great!" she answered.
"What did I tell ya?" Link said to Cyborg, wiping oil from his blade.
Cyborg cocked his head and admitted, "Yea, you guys know what you're doin'..."
Link glanced around the group, smiling.
"Yea, it's weird. I know I've done stuff like this before, but...I couldn't tell ya what it was I did..." He noticed Raven was staring at him, and once his eyes caught hers, the large, purple eyes flew away, and she retreated from his gaze, hiding within her cloak.
As Beastboy and Tenochtitlan began to walk by, Link asked a question.
"Sooo...Why does she always wear that thing? I mean, she has the whole goth thing goin'...Does she have HAIR, even?"
Beastboy chuckled and answered, "Oh, Rave's like that, man...Nobody gets her, really. 'Sides, she's as pale as a ghost, and just as creepy too..." He gave Link a comical grin and strolled off.
"You were GREAT out there," Tikal said sweetly, nestling her head on Sonic's shoulder.
"Thanks. You weren't too bad, either."
She shook her head, not in agreement.
"I didn't really help much..." she mumbled. "I just...I don't like violence...I mean, even IF they're just robots. I just don't like it..."
"I know," he said with a sigh. "But Tikal, not everything can be solved the clean way."
She nodded sadly. "I certainly know that."
And all of a sudden, a beeping sounded interrupted everyone's coversations.
Robin flicked out his Titan Com. After inspecting it for a couple of seconds, he announced the situation.
"We got a bank robbery in progess, guys. Come on."
"Yea, our first crime as a ten-some," Beastboy said with a grin.
As they raced off to their cruiser, the green hero asked, "So...What's up with robbing banks, anyway? I mean, they ALWAYS get caught..."
"You'd be amazed at how moronic people can be..." Raven replied calmly.
{Yea, just like YOU...} one of those voices in her head grumbled. {You're so messed up that you can't talk with people without feeling stupid. Social anxiety freak...}
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Having battered some foolish robbers with cloaking capabilities into the ground, the Titans had returned home. After some more training as a group, as well as the usual hanging out, the day was done with.
Raven retreated to her room as the usual 'get together' time the Titans had commenced. Things were so chaotic that no one seemed to notice.
Not too much crime lately...But she wasn't complaining.
Her room was so lonely, so cold...Why did it seem so cold? She came here every night, but...All of a sudden, she felt so lonely. She got an idea. Meditation. That was the ticket. She could dive into her mind and not worry about the darkness of her room...Or maybe...She had a better idea.
She walked over to her dresser calmly, trying to keep all her jambled feelings barred up inside herself. A struggle that took place every single day...She slid open an old wooden drawer and scooped up a very mysterious mirror. This mirror was quite interesting in the fact that it was a portal to her MIND. Now whenever she looked at it, she was reminded of the time Beastboy and Cyborg were accidently sucked into it...What a mess that was...
{That mirror is a portal into my MIND...NOT A PLAY THING!!}
She held it up to her face and stared at her reflection for a few moments...She slipped off her hood so she could see her whole face...And, for the first time in a LONG time, she wondered if she looked...'nice'. What would a guy like Link think...? Would he find her...'cute?' She hadn't dared to remove her hood while he was around. What if he thought she was ugly...?
{Sooo...Why does she always wear that thing? I mean, she has the whole goth thing goin'...Does she have HAIR, even?}
{Oh, Rave's like that, man...'Sides, she's as pale as a ghost, and just as creepy too...}
She knew Beastboy was just kidding around, but still...It hurt a little bit. He didn't have to say that to Link.
Staring at herself sadly, she felt that he was right. Her skin was practically white, she must look like a freak who hated sunlight and who wasn't interested in a social life...
{Why would he like me at all, anyway...?} she asked herself dispondently. {He probably thinks I'm not very attractive at all...I can't even TALK when I'm around him...No doubt he thinks I'm an idiot, too...}
As she sighed in despair, she realized she was in her mind now. She was standing on a chunk of gray rock, hovering in the middle of nowhere. A dead tree was hunched over on one corner of this rock, and many other rocks like it drifted far off. And various parts of her persona were standing around her, if it weren't odd enough. But this was her mind at a strange, physical-like level.
"That's right," one growled. "He thinks you're a moron. Don't even THINK about anything between you and him..." It was in a red cloak. "He's a jerk, anyway. He doesn't give a **** about you...
"You don't have a chance..." another moaned sadly, this one in a shade of purple.
"What are you DOING, anyway? You're getting all worked up about some silly boy who you don't even know! Geez, you're letting all this crap get to you! Stop it, it's not like you!" a brown-garbed Raven scolded.
"I-I know," she stammared. "I can't help it..." She sounded genuinely upset, unlike she did in the physical realm. "I don't know what to do...Whenever I feel anywhere close to this, I just...ignore it, and it goes away...But I can't get this feeling to go away forever. I don't know what to do..."
"OO!!" cried a pink Raven merrily. "Like, why don't you go ASK HIM OUT?! That would SO totally ROCK if he said yes!" She jumped over and pleaded to herself, hopping merrily.
The 'normal' Raven shook her head quickly.
"Are you crazy...?"
Another version of herself, the purple one, replied.
"No...You can't...He'll say 'no'...What if he says 'no'? You can't take that...You can't ask him."
"Oh, stop being a wuss!" a green shade snapped. "It's no big deal! So what if he says no? It's not like he'll be a jerk about it! Just go and do it, don't look back."
The real Raven nodded slowly, still doubtful.
"Right!" the pink one chimed. "It would be TOTALLY cool!"
After a few other portions of her personality agreed, Raven felt a little more confident.
"A-All right...I'll ask him...Sometime..." She trembled a bit, nervous. She didn't want her friends to see her like this...If she asked, and he turned her down...Gah. She had to risk it.
"I can't let this bother me anymore," she decided, staring at the other versions of herself. Many nodded, while a few rolled their eyes or shook their heads.
Having come to a decision about the matter, Raven exited the strange world of her mind, finding herself back in her room, on her bed. She placed the mirror on her nightstand and got up, contemplated about when and where to ask. What were they all doing right now...? Watching a movie, no doubt...She couldn't watch a movie right now. What if she BLEW UP something. by accident..? That would be real smooth...
Raven was a very sensitive and VERY emotional person deep inside. But she had to control those emotions, or else her powers would wreck the physical world around her.
She decided to go and watch whatever freakish horror flick Beastboy had set up, and consider MAYBE talking with Link later on. Tomorrow...Yes, tomorrow would be much better. She'd have a whole day to figure out what to say.
Raven's self-esteem was VERY lacking, especially lately. She never really reached out for support from her friends, and often didn't give any either, so it was no wonder. This was a habit she would have to break very soon, or else she'd be getting very miserable very fast.
{If it weren't for my friends,} she pondered as she walked down the hall, {where would I be...?} She sighed. {I don't know...I can't even imagine. I need to...thank them...somehow...}
She let out a small grin as she reflected on this. Ever since Link had shown up, he'd helped her realize things about herself she still didn't quite understand. She was thankful he and his friends had shown up. Where would the roller coaster of her mind take her next...?
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End Transmission
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By the way, didn't mean to yell up there, just...Stressed out a bit, ya know?
Sweet! I love your new signature, man! With Mario and Luigi dancing around. Shake what yo mama gave ya! Boo yah! 
Oh, if only they made an extended version of the original Grinch; that would be awesome. =/
