Forgotten Memories (Book Three of 'Forget Me')

Chapter 3

Beast Boy had locked himself in Raven's room again. After that incident with her and Nathan, things have taken a turn for the worst. Beast Boy was thinking the worse. He believed that Nathan and Raven were together. Like, a couple. And if that didn't hurt enough, he started to think that there was no hope for Raven to ever come back. Not only did she say that she didn't even want to remember them, but she was also disgusted by them. Beast Boy knew she wasn't lying either. She was a hundred percent serious about not ever wanting to see any of them again. And everyone knew that Beast Boy has been suffering for such a long time.

Nightwing looked through the data of each city in the United States. So far, nothing was ever reported or recorded about a crime involving Raven, meaning that she wasn't a criminal, which is a good thing, but made it a hundred times much more harder to find her. He put up the files he had looked through already and stored the files in a filing cabinet that was hidden behind his closet. He sighed and plopped right back down in his chair, banging his head slightly on his desk, "Where are you, Raven?"

Starfire was in her old room, giving Nightwing space to look through those files. She decided not to help, because that would make him want to check over everything she would've checked to make sure she hadn't missed anything. She kept Silkie close and waited until her toenails were finished drying. Everything was dull and lifeless around the Tower. Between Beast Boy and Cyborg never playing video games anymore and Nightwing searching for their lost friend, she ended up with nothing to do. She would normally be enjoying watching Cyborg and Beast Boy 'trash' talk to each while playing their games, she would then laugh slightly when Raven would come in and tell them to 'shut up'. Nightwing would also be observing the three bicker back and forth. Then in the end, Beast Boy would say something to make Raven blush madly and she would eventually stalk out of the room, towards the roof to meditate. Starfire really missed those days. She missed the talks she and Raven would have on the roofs, she missed the 'trash' talking, she missed everyone's laugh, she missed everything that would make the Tower so lively. Starfire groaned and then gently placed Silkie next to her and started to paint her fingernails.

Cyborg was in the kitchen, raiding the refrigerator. Although things have changed around the Tower, he still had his large appetite. He grabbed a 2-liter bottle of soda, some left over fried chicken from yesterday's dinner and quickly made two sandwiches. He walked over to the couch and landed on it perfectly in the middle, He set down his heated chicken and sandwiches on the table, and the soda on the floor next to his feet. He turned on the TV and switched in from World of Fungus -something Starfire was probably watching- to a football game. He sighed and took a bit from his sandwich. His eyes wandered over to the game consoles -which remained untouched for two years- and then to the two controllers nearby it.  He missed being able to just ask Beast Boy to play with him, and with Nightwing searching for her, he had no one to play with. Starfire didn't really enjoy playing the games, but she always used to watch the boys play them. Along with Raven, who always use to yell at him and Beast Boy to keep it down. Those were some pretty nice days that he missed. Cyborg remembered the one time Beast Boy had something incredibly too flirty to her -this was of course before they were dating- and Raven sent him flying out of the window. Raven had left the room, blushing way too much, while Nightwing, Starfire and him were left to laugh at poor old Beast Boy. When Beast Boy had returned, he was perfectly fine because before he hit the ground he had turned into a bird, he looked at the doors, leading to the rooms, and said, "She totally digs me." That was probably the funniest day out of all the other times, normally Raven would just leave, blushing only a little, but at that time, Beast Boy had taken it a little bit too far with his flirting style. He exhaled deeply and took the second bite out of his sandwich.

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"Are we clear about your mission?" Drakkar Tenebris, king of the Pryedge kingdom said to the Döyüş Knights.

"Of course, your Majesty." Calum bowing down in respect. His teammates soon followed.

"Do not disappoint me, Maganti, Hallewell, Everbleed, Villalobos. If you fail this, you will be punished severely.

"We are aware, your Highness." Acacia said, her head still bowed down in respect.

"You are dismissed."

The Döyüş Knights quickly retreated, in search of the best place to open the portal to the Earthland realm.

"Are you sure they will be able to retrieve her?" Shayde, the prince of Pryedge, asked his father.

The king nodded, "Calum Maganti, Acacia Hallewell, Naomi Everbleed, and Samuel Villalobos will retrieve her. I certain. Calum is the best archer we have. I'm sure you heard of all the legends involving him. Acacia is the finest swordsman there is.  Naomi may not be the best with either weaponry or magic, but she sure has a thirst for blood, making her a quick and precise assassin. Samuel's power is unsurpassed by any living creature. His magic is the deadliest magic there could be. Those four will bring your future wife."

Shayde nodded, looking down at the folded picture of the purple-haired beauty, originally from Azarathian realm, but now she was in Earthland. He unfolded the picture, showing four other people, a weak, useless Tamaranian, a robotic man, a normal man -according to Earthland looks- and lastly, the green man with his arm around Rachel Roth. 

"Shayde, dear, there is absolutely nothing to worry about. You will have Rachel by your side. There is nothing to fret." Xyla said agreeing with her husband.

"Yeah, bro. So just sit back and relax. You'll get the girl!" Neira said grinning goofily at her older brother.

Shayde nodded, accepting his family's supporting words. "Yeah, she will be."

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"So what are you going to do?" Nathan asked Raven.

Raven shrugged her shoulders, "I don't know. I'm profoundly perplexed at this point."

"Maybe you should just choose one of them, and we can save the other one for a later time."

"But it's just a hard decision."

"Use the 'eenie meenie miney mo' method. Works all the time."

"This isn't a decision to take lightly, Nathan." Raven argued.

"You know what? I'll pick one then." Nathan said frustrated and then grabbed a random case.

"Which one is it?" Raven said.

"Big Hero 6." Nathan called out the name of the DVD he had taken out of the pile of DVDs she had set out.

"Alright then. I'm good with that one. It reminds of something," Raven mumbled that last part and then shook her head, "I'll make the popcorn."

"You didn't even have that ready?" Nathan called out to her, bewildered.

"Nope. You got a problem with it?"

"Whatever, just hurry so we can start the movie as soon as possible." Nathan said settling down on the couch, remote in hand and all set for their movie night.

As soon as Raven was back with a bowl of popcorn in one hand and two bottles of soda in the other, they both settled in comfortably and then hit play.