Our Tragic Universe

~Raven~

I awoke to the sound of my own breathing. Nothing unusual, everything was as it should be. It was a Sunday, about 5:30. And I (as usual) was the first one up. Suddenly, I herd a knock on the door. Perhaps I had been awoken by something other than myself.

"What" I say aloud, hoping I wouldn't wake the others.

" Hey..... Um I was um wondering if uh,.... Um you were awake yet..." It was beast boy.

I didn't answer. Maybe he'd leave if he thought I went back to sleep.

"That was a stupid question, um..."

"Spit it out, Beast Boy."

"I........." His voice fades away.

"I'm waiting." I was beginning to get annoyed.

"Nevermind........."

I heard him leave and slid open my door ever so slightly. He must have wanted to tell me something badly because when I looked, he was slouching and dragging his feet while he walked.

I closed my door. What did he wish to say? For some reason, it bothered me. Was he afraid to talk to me? What I felt at that moment were a bundle of confusion and madness. In the same moment, I was also sad. Why didn't he tell me? What didn't he tell me? I was so confused. Something behind me cracked. Turning around, it was not immediately obvious what had broken.Upon closer inspection I found, it had been my mirror that had broken.

After this small event, I fell back onto my bed, thinking about myself.I hated to do so, but this was important. I looked at my clock. It had been merely two minutes. It dawned on me that the rest of the team was still either asleep or idly doing something by themselves, and it was the perfect opportunity to take a shower.

When I had finished, I walked back to my room. Upon walking in, I knew something was off. Sure enough, sitting on my pillow, was a kitten. According to my books, it was a gift from Azarath. The Eye color reflected off of both name, and gender. I picked up the small animal, seeing that it (or rather, she) had sapphire eyes, and was a solid white in color. I felt something move. It was me, i was smiling. If I could usually smile this much, or perhaps feel as much emotion as I did now on a daily basis, and I mean safely feel this much, perhaps I would be a bit happier.

Without much thought, I allowed the feeble animal to keep itself upon the pillow whilst I made some tea. It was still early, only six. On a day such as today, most of the team would not be awake until at least eight-thirty, maybe nine. I shrugged, not giving much care to the thought. The longer they slept, the longer I got time to myself.

I made my way through the halls to the kitchen, and quietly prepared my tea. When the pot began to squeal, I turned the stove off, and poured the tea into my small teacup. I allowed it to cool whilst I poured the excess into a coffee mug and cleaned the pot. There were few other things in the sink- mostly plates- which I decided to wash. Setting my teapot on the counter behind me, I began to clean.

There was only a single plate left to be returned to its proper place. I reached up to set it in the cupboard, and suddenly a small sharp pain came to my shoulder. Immediate recognition came to me, and I remembered the small kitten from before. However, my small wince caused the small plate to fall to the ground. Fixing it would not be the problem, rather, the explanation to my teammates as to why something was broken, and where the explotion had come from. (In all the excitement, I had lost a bit of control, and the toaster had suffered the consequences).

The sound of four sliding doors was soon accompanied by theories as to what had happened. I could've left then, but the mystery noise would've undoubtedly been traced back to me.

"Friend Raven, what was all of the noise? Are you injured?" Starfire questioned.
"Anybody wanna explain my broken toaster?" Cyborg added, motioning to to black spot where the toaster once resided.
"I can explain," I attempted to continue, but it was to no avail, as I would never get to finish my claim. The small animal which had been gifted to me (I was almost sure Arella had sent it as a late birthday present), decided at that moment to emerge from under my cloak. BeastBoy had at some point in time morphed into a kitten as well, and walked onto the counter and next to me. When Sapphire poked her head out, he jumped, quickly morphing back to human form.
"Care to explain?" He stated once back in human form. My brain could not form words fast enough, the people around me kept asking questions, and I could not answer them. In short, I decided to teleport away and let them figure it out by themselves.

They weren't entirely stupid. They could figure it out.