Silver Raven

Bepo

“Raven-san!” Bepo called out to me the next day at lunch. I looked over at him and raised an eyebrow.

“What is it?” I asked while swallowing the lump of food in my mouth.

“Could you come with me? I’ve got something for you.” He motioned with his paw for me to follow. I look over at Shachi, Penguin, and Train and they all shared the same quizzical look I had.

“Ya, sure….” I said hesitantly, still a bit distrusting about what happened with Train. He led me down a few hallways, which were now becoming a little more familiar, and into a room. It was a small room with nothing more than a chair, desk, and something on the desk.

“Since you didn’t really like the jumpsuit, I thought you still might want a uniform.” He held up a black, long sleeve shirt that had a Heart Pirate’s symbol on the bottom right in yellow. I couldn’t help but smile at him.

“Thank you Bepo, I love it.” I said while giving him a hug. He really is Fluffy! He scratched the back of his head shyly as I pulled away from the hug.

“I do have one more thing.” He said while rummaging around the drawer to the chest. He pulled out a Sea Prism Stone dagger. The handle was decorated with various jewels, it looked more for decoration than combat. But I’d seen that dagger before, only stained with red.

“H-how did you get t-that?” I stuttered while backing away from Bepo and the object, falling against the wall.

“Raven, what’s wrong?” Bepo asked while stepping forward, the dagger still gleaming in his hand. “What’s wrong Raven are you scared? Are you so weak that you can’t even look at it? What would He say?” I could hear a voice ring out in the back of my mind, her voice.

“No!” I screeched out, arms flailing, and knocked the dagger out of Bepo’s paws. It slides across the floor, under the desk, out of sight. I clamped my hands over my ears and shut my eyes tightly. I could hear her laugh over and over again in my mind. It was winning, She was winning. I felt a warm touch on my shoulder.

“Raven?” the voice was Bepo’s? He sounded worried. I suddenly snapped back into reality, stood up, and walked out of the room without a word.