The Broken Hearted

Chapter One

"It's just…something's missing, ya know?"

"Prrrr."

"It feels like….it's so close, like I can touch it, but….I don't know what it is yet."

"PrrrrrRRRRrrrr…."

"Silkie, are you even listening?"

The mutant silk worm rolled over onto his back and gave the changeling his stomach. He had been listening, with an attention span as far as worms can go. The problem was, silk worms can't speak.

Beast Boy sighed. Reaching over, he began to rub Silkie's pinkish tummy. "Dude, I know you're trying to help, but it's really not…helpful."

Raven blew on her herbal tea, as she sat staring out a large window. The rain poured down outside in a rhythmic way, and it tended to sooth her. Yet, even the rain and the tea couldn't heal her newly broken heart.

She had been tricked, tricked the first time she had fallen in love. She was angry, yet, for once in her life, she felt as though her anger was being washed away. Maybe it was just the raindrops, but she felt it was more than that. Instead of the moody Raven that walked around the tower, now only a mere shell of what she used to be sat in a depressing café, sipping tea.

No thoughts ran through her head, nothing at all. She simply sat, watching the rain. Each drop fell, and broke onto the ground into a million different droplets, as if it were fragile.

'Like my heart…'

A single tear drizzled down her cheeks, yet no one could see it. She pulled her hood up and got to her feet, tossing a few dollars onto the table. Then, she turned and walked out the door.

Silkie sat upon the kitchen counter, wagging his tail, and watching his green owner throw an assortment of vegetables into his bowl. It was lunch time, and the worm was as hungry as ever. Even through his hunger though, he managed to notice that the teen was sighing more than usual.

His green eyes were red around the edges, and his usual bouncy and happy aura had dissipated. It was replaced with pure sadness, something the boy hadn't experienced in a while. The last time he felt this lost was when his parents had died, all those years before. He felt lonely, he knew that. But what was that object he couldn't reach? He felt as though he knew what was bothering him, it was so close, yet every time he thought more deeply about it nothing seemed to click.

"I bet you've never felt like this, dude…" Beast Boy said to his pet. He bent over onto the ground and placed down a purple bowl, which the silk worm raced to and began eating out of. The side of the bowl had been labeled in a thick black marker. It simply read "Silkie" in a very sloppy style of English. Starfire had written it the day Silkie had been brought back to the tower.

Beast Boy sat down on the floor, stroking Silkie as he ate. "Man, you're the only one I could talk to sometimes…" He knew that if he went for help from Cyborg, he'd get laughed at. Robin had no clue when it came to anything emotional, since he seemed to push it out of his mind. Then there was Starfire, she was a girl, she'd understand, but could he really go to her for help without feeling awkward? "Star has enough to think about, I can't bother her…"

Only then did he realize he was forgetting someone. Raven, the goddess of darkness and anything emotional. If anything was wrong, Raven could detect it, and she'd probably know what to do. But, the boy and the telepath had never been too close, and Raven got easily annoyed.

'Where is Raven anyway?' Peering over at the fridge, he found his answer. Neatly written in script on a small piece of yellow paper were the words "At the café. Be back later. Raven"

"She's always at the café…"

Her cape blew in the wind as she stood at the café corner, wondering where to go. Part of her was nagging to go home and fall asleep, but the other half wanted to wander the streets in her depressed state.

'Better make a choice, before I get soaked…' She looked out toward the bay, where the large tower stood. It seemed more gray than usual. Its windows had raindrops clinging to their surface, and it seemed to blow in the wind. Her heart ached for a moment. Something inside that tower, that homely feeling, that was what she wanted right now. Even though she knew that once she returned, she still wouldn't find what she needed, she began to fly home.

The wind brushed against her face as she flew quickly. She had to squint to get the rain drops out of her eyes and wiped the water off with her hands. It was always hard to fly in the rain, but she never minded. Raven had always loved the rain. It seemed to reflect her personality, in a way.

Landing lightly on the ground, the telepath let her hood down and walked up to the tower. She pressed in the password on the keypad and watched the huge metal doors welcome her home. Of course, the instant she stepped inside, she was instantly grabbed into a hug.

"FRIEND RAVEN, YOU HAVE RETURNED!"

"Yup…"

Starfire released her friend and stood back, smiling widely. "Did you enjoy your evening at the café of depression?"

"You bet…" Raven replied sarcastically as she began to walk to the stairs.

Starfire flew after her. "You do not wish to spend some "quality time" with us?"

Raven shook her head and proceeded ascending up the staircase.

Star just stood on the floor, watching her friend walk away. She picked up a sense of loneliness and sadness, much more than normal. 'Friend Raven is neglecting her feelings…'

The telepath threw herself down on her bed, sighing heavily into her pillow. Her lilac hair fell into her face, and she brushed it aside, sitting up and staring around her room. She knew what she must do in order to find out why she felt so lost. The only thing holding her back was fear. Fear of what this problem could lead to, what if it was a new emotion? Something told her it was…

'I'm never afraid, that's not who I am,' Raven thought as she stood up and grabbed her mirror. 'I've gotta get to the bottom of this.' Lightly, she touched her fingers to the solid reflection of the mirror, and was instantly sucked in.

She fell through a swirl of a black sea, her eyes clamped shut, until she finally dropped out of the sky of her mind. Strangely, she landed in a chair at a table. She blinked in a confused manner, and looked around, only to find Happy standing before her, a large bow in her hair.

"Hiya, Raven!" Happy greeted, waving and running up to the telepath. She stopped in front of Raven, smiling and giggling. "I'm so glad that you could join our party!"

Raven lifted a brow. "Party?" she repeated.

"Welcome to THE EMOTIONAL TEA PARTY!" Happy shouted, jumping in the air. A banner appeared in the sky, stating the name of the party, and every emotion Raven had ever known sat at the long table, smiling and chatting.

"Okay, WHAT is going on here?!" Raven demanded. "We NEVER have tea parties, not in MY mind!"

"I told you she would get mad." Timid whimpered, sinking lower in her seat.

"Knowledge, pass the SUUUUUUUUGAR!!!" Hyper requested, bouncing up and down.

Using her mind, Knowledge lifted a large cup of sugar over to the hyper emotion. "Raven, the reason behind this party, is to introduce you to your newest emotions."

"They're damn annoying, and so lovey dovey!" Anger growled. "Did I just say lovey dovey? DAMNIT, I SAID IT AGAIN!" Anger began to pummel herself as Timid started crying.

Raven just blinked and sat there. "New…emotions?"

Like magic, a curtain appeared, and Happy stood in front of it, holding a microphone. "Emotions and Raven, I am proud to introduce the newest emotions to Raven's mind: LOVE AND LUST!"

The curtain lifted, to reveal a fuchsia caped emotion, known as Love. Next to her, stood her sister, who was freakishly only wearing a thong and a bra!

Embarrassment covered her eyes. "Please, Lust, put some clothing on! It's embarrassing!!"

Raven stood up in an outrage. "LOVE?! LUST?! This can't be happening! No, I must be dreaming…"

"This is very real, Raven." Knowledge explained as the two newest emotions took their seats next to Raven.

Love stared over at Raven, her face covered in a blush. Her eyes sparkled. "Raven, I am so happy to finally meet you." Then, the emotion reached over and pulled Raven into a tight hug. "I LOVE YOU!!"

Raven's eyes widened as she pried herself out of the emotion's arms. "STAY AWAY FROM ME!"

Lust laughed in a high pitched voice. "Nothing to worry about, Love is just expressing herself."

"Well, maybe she shouldn't!" Raven yelled. "That's what got me into this whole mess to begin with!"

"I knew she wouldn't like them…" Timid said, hiding behind Happy.

"Oh, but I love my new friend!" Happy cried as she and Love hugged each other.

Raven just sat there in a very dazed state. The only thing that snapped her out of it was the sound of Knowledge's voice.

"Raven, these new emotions are the cause of your strange actions lately."

"How?!" Raven shouted. "How could they possibly cause me to feel this way?!"

Lust reached out and cupped her hands on Raven's chin, turning her head so it faced her. "Because, Raven, you are in love."

-Author's Corner-

First chapter down! You're probably all asking yourselves "Why is she starting a new fic when All It Takes still has one chapter left and a sequel to be completed?!" The answer is…well, I'm really not sure! But, I'll finish All It Takes for sure! I just have this fic and another one coming out, and then the sequel -'

The main inspiration behind this fic was a video I found on the internet about Rae and BB. It was a music video, to the song "She Will Be Loved" by Maroon 5 (of whom I LOVEEEE!!). I INSTANTLY fell in love with it, and POOF this fic was created!!

This fic will continue shortly, and will most likely be….depressing….some of it will include comedy, and there will of course be MUCH romance. So, please read the next chapter when it's up!!

-Colie-chan