The Color Wheel

[Crowgirl]

Welcome to my fic The Color Wheel, blah blah blah, all that jazz, and yadda yadda yadda.

Well, I told people I was ready to write another fic about the Titans, so here it is. Yes, there is a reason it is called the color wheel, the chapters will be colors of the color wheel, and will each relate to an emotion. Let me know if it makes no sense, and I'll change it.

Oh yeah. One thing about this fic. I do not require it, but I HIGHLY recommend you read A Girl Called Crow first because it sort of builds off of that. It would be in your best interest, because it would make more sense.

Anyway, here we go. Like always, feedback (not senseless chatter) is greatly appreciated. Have fun!

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Innocence is normally associated with white

With the harmless objects in this world

And with the things that start out harmless

Like most of the world’s ideas

Chapter 1- White


As Seen Through the Eyes of Robin

“That, Robin, is one of the stupidest ideas I have ever heard. Now go, it’s your turn.”

I threw the card on the table and sighed. We were playing hearts, ‘we’ being Cy, Crow, me, and Raven. The idea of Crow going to Gotham to make sure the people there knew she was alive had been at the back of my mind for at least a week. I had a feeling she wouldn’t want to go back, and I was right. Crow had a good reason on why she didn’t want to go, but people were going to find out sooner or later.

“But Crow, I think that you should make sure they know you’re alive. You’re going to have to do it sooner or later. Why not sooner?” I collected the pile of four cards in the middle, two spades, one diamond, and one club. “Robin, right now, Gotham is the last place I want to go. I really don’t want to experience my past, or fragments of it, over again. Okay?”

“No, it’s not okay. You need to go. Need. Not should, NEED.” I tossed my last card down, the ten of hearts. Crow tossed down the jack of hearts, Raven placed the queen down, and Cy played his trump card, the king of hearts.

“Oh yeah baby! Shot the moon! Go Cyborg, go Cyborg! It’s ya birthday, It’s ya birthday…” Cy started doing his well known victory dance. Crow raised an eyebrow, I grinned, and Raven stared at him blankly. “Cyborg, your birthday’s not for another seven months.”

Crow and I laughed at Raven’s irony. Cy stared at Raven for a second and then sat down to scrawl down all of our scores on the pad of paper. Crow looked at me. “Robin. I am not going, and that is that.” Crow wasn’t going to budge on her opinion. Typical Crow.

“Yaaahhhhhhhh!”

Beast Boy barreled through the doors, hands plastered to his head. He jumped over the couch and cowered behind it. “Umm… what’s going on?” I asked quizzically. Beast Boy peered over the edge of the couch and lifted his hands off his head. His hair was adorned with scrunchies, clips, and other girly ornaments. “Star. Don’t let her find me!” He whispered loudly.

I heard Starfire’s voice just then. “Beast Boy? Oh friend, I must finish doing the hair of yours! Please, where are you?” Beast Boy ducked down behind the couch as the doors slid open and Starfire glided in. She carried a brush and a handful of hair things in her hand. “Tell me,” She looked at the four of us at the table. “Have any of you seen Beast Boy?”

“Nope.” Crow jerked her thumb and head towards the couch repeatedly. “Haven’t seen him at all.” Cy and I grinned as she soared over to the couch and looked over the edge. “There you are!” She exclaimed as she lifted up a cowering green mouse. Beast Boy morphed into his normal form as he shouted, “Thanks a lot guys!”

We laughed as Star began to complete Beast Boy’s hair. I looked back at Crow. “Anyways, back to our conversation-.” “Robin! I am not going back to Gotham! Okay?” She wasn’t shouting, but her voice was beginning to sound dangerous. “Crow…”

“Crow, I think Robin is right. You should go back. Not permanently, but at least for a couple of days. Just to make sure that people know you exist. Again.” Raven said dryly. “Yeah, come on Crow. We could all go! It’d be fun!” Cy nudged her with his elbow lightly, and Crow gave a small grin and it disappeared as soon as it came. “I don’t know…”

“Friend, you must hold still!” Starfire said calmly as she placed more clips in Beast Boy’s hair. He kept flinching and trying to get away. “Wait, what are we talking about here?” Beast Boy queried. “Well, we’re trying to convince Crow to go back to Gotham to make sure they know she’s alive.” I explained hastily. I picked up my newly dealt cards and shuffled them into a playable order. I handed the ace of clubs, jack of diamonds, and the king of spades over to Raven.

I glanced at Crow, who was examining her cards. “Speaking of…”

“Robin. You, more than anyone, know that that part of my life is over. People and places come and go, and there’s really no point in trying to get them back. And besides, would you like to go back to the place you died?” She raised her eyebrows slightly, as if waiting for an answer. “I don’t think so.”

I sighed and abandoned the subject for a couple of rounds. I needed something to convince Crow that she would make her want to go back. I racked my brains as I played each card in my hand. Finally, I came up with something. Highly unlikely to work, but at least it was something.

“Wait a second; you know you have a grave there. Right?” I asked her. “Yup.” She lobbed a card into the pile. “Don’t you want to read what it says?”

“No, not especially.” That was it, I had no ideas left. I couldn’t really see why Crow wouldn’t just go. I know it’s where she died and all, and I know it’s where her family is (their graves, I mean), but why couldn’t she just go and come back? “Crow, I really don’t see wh-.”

“You’re just not going to give up are you?” Crow smirked and collected the pile in the middle. “Just because your badgering is getting annoying, I’ll go for one day. Only one though. No more, but possibly less.” She put yet another card in the middle. The only sounds that were heard was Beast Boy wincing and cards being shuffled around the table.

“Actually Robin, I have a condition.” Crow looked me in the eye and grinned. I didn’t like where this was going. “If I go, then you have to go and say hi to, well, you know who I mean…” Crow shifted her gaze to her cards again. That wouldn’t be such a bad idea, I mean, we’d be in the area and everything, saying hi to Bruce and filling him in on the present might be enjoyable. Besides, they’d want to know Crow was alive too.

“Fine. We can leave tomorrow morning.” I slid my card into the pile. “Hold on,” Cy said, eyeing me with a grin. “If y’all are goin’, then why don’t all of us go?” It’d be fun!” He grinned at all of us. “The going to Crow’s home does not sound like a bad proposal! It does amusing! We should all go!”

“Yeah! It’d be like a mini road trip!” Beast Boy cut in. Raven murmured something under her breath, but none of us heard it. I looked at a sighing Crow and grinned. “Looks like we’re all leaving tomorrow for Gotham. I guess my idea wasn’t that bad after all.”

Crow raised an eyebrow, rested her elbow on the table, and put her chin in her hand. “You know this idea of yours Robin? It just keeps getting better and better.”


Is there something wrong with the text spacing in this? If it seems weird, let me know.

[Sproxie]

Text spacing? nope, but this was a GREAT start to your sequel! awesome job! i would like to see BB's hair now !

[nevermore]

I like it. They Starfire doing BB's hair is awsome!!! I can't wait to see what you do in your next chapter. The conversations were perfectly done. Actually, let's say that everything was perfect, and leave it at that. What? that's the best way to put it.

[T.T.Raven4]

Nice start! To Gotham we go!

[Raven37]

I like it. They Starfire doing BB's hair is awsome!!! I can't wait to see what you do in your next chapter. The conversations were perfectly done. Actually, let's say that everything was perfect, and leave it at that. What? that's the best way to put it.

Exactly what he said! That was great!

-Raven37

[Aquagirl15]

ooooooo yay!!! a perfect start to your sequal. i really liked Crow's stubborness it was cool. it was just like the orginal. intersting title. we'll probably understand it later.

[oneeyemonkeypie]

No one gets rid of the ace of clubs. That puts you in command at the start of the game! (unless someone else doesn't have any clubs, highly unlikely.)


Besides that-great start!

[JazzyChick]

Yes! You're writing a sequal! What else is there to say? ('cept of course that i cracked up with the star/bb's hair thing)

[Adrastea]

That was really cool. I like how you sorta kept the entire chapter nice and light, interspersing the debates with descriptions of the card game. Anyway, I look forward to more, I really enjoy how you make Crow and the other titans work around each other, it's perfect.

[Matt A]

Hmm, two intriguing concepts in one...

The colour wheel thang is an inspired idea - not sure how the events of that chapter relate to innocence, but it'll probably make sense in retrospect. I'd love to see what other colours you use and what you'll do with them.

The "Gotham road trip" sounds cool as well - mixing different "worlds" together like that is always an interesting exercise, plus it'll allow for some update-type stuff, which should provide for some good plot potential.

Oh yeah, and the inclusion of Hearts was awesome. The whole card game bit just dripped with Frank Sinatra cool.

[Crowgirl]

Originally Posted by oneeyemonkeypie

No one gets rid of the ace of clubs. That puts you in command at the start of the game!

Heh heh, oops. I'm not very good at remembering the rules of card games, espesically the ones I'm not good at...

The reason I called it Color Wheel and intertwined it with emotions is because this fic will probably have no fight scenes. If there are any, there will be one. I know white relates to purity, and red is like anger, and so on and so forth. The idea of innocence was about Robin's idea, no harm involved. If you still don't understand, let me know.

Oh yes, I forgot to mention in the introduction. The first person who decides to post spam and all that other junk on this thread will regret it. I'll see to it myself. Conversations are allowed, but they must be posted with a post about the story. I do not want five pages of this fic to be total spam, even if I am gone for a week. Okay?

Crowgirl

[raven54]

*reads Crowgirl's post, thinks about Spamming Consequences* "i'll see to it myself..." *gulp* why does that make me decidedly nervous? point taken: SPAM AND DIE!!! *hides in fluffy*

yeah, intertwining a debate with a card game made it fun to read... Road Trip!!! Awesome...

[Aquagirl15]

i just kina went w/ the story 'cause i have no clue how to play hearts. anyhoo i think Crowgirl is perfectly logical to say no fluff! in her last fic there was a lot of fluff...

[rrarbecy]

Hearts is the greatest card game EVER. No fight scenes? Cool, I can live with that.

[Lord Welshi]

I'm liking the start of this, tis very class (meaning good.) I like the idea of the colour wheel, very clever and the colour that relates to each chapter gives a smal hint at what could be contained in the chapter.

Liking it, keep writing.

Lord Welshi

[Rae]

Okay two things

1) Hearts is a great game once you know what the hell you are doing

2)Crowgirl this is a great story and i hope that you are going to try and continue it as you have many loyal fans!

[Crowgirl]

Rae, please define 'loyal'. Does if I get thrown in jail my 'loyal' fans will bail me out with their college funds?

Just kidding, but here is the next chapter. Something in it seems off, please tell me if something is.

Ah well, here we go.

Red is associated with anger

To show how people’s emotions can be fiery

Some people can’t control their anger

Temper, temper, temper

Chapter 2- Red

As Seen Through the Eyes of Cyborg



I was happy. Drivin’ my baby on the highway to Gotham was exhilarating. Sure, BB was telling the worst jokes I had ever heard, and Star kept opening and closing the window, but other than that, it was fantastic.

I replayed the scene between Crow and I right before we had left. It was just us in the garage, I was polishing my baby, and she was making sure everything on her moped was working. We were laughing hard at the fact Star had done BB’s hair. Star had put it in little pigtails and had placed clips here and there. And it was all caught on the camera. I remembered our short conversation in the garage, when just the two of us were there.

“Are you looking forward to going back home?”

“Not at all Cy, not at all. It’s not my home anymore, I don’t belong there. It was at one point, but things have changed. For better, thankfully.” Crow grinned shyly at me. “The only reason I’m going is because I want to get some stuff, see my family’s graves, and if I don’t go, Robin will keep on annoying me about it until I do go.”

I laughed. “Well, at least it’s only for a day, and some of the honorary Titans are watching over the city.”

“Yeah….”

Then everyone else walked in and our conversation stopped. Crow had installed a screen into the top of her moped so she could talk to us as if she was in the car. I was glad she was talking to us (and telling BB to get a joke book), it was a lot better having her here than away.

“Cy, turn at the next exit. That’ll lead you straight there.” Crow’s voice echoed over the screen. She was wearing her dark purple helmet and you could only see her violet eyes through it. I spun the wheel slightly to the right and my baby entered the exit perfectly.

“Okay, okay!” Beast Boy said excitedly. “I have a joke that’s guaranteed to make Rae laugh.” Raven sighed and said in a monotone voice “Beast Boy, the only thing that will ever make me laugh is if Crow either turns you bright yellow, again, or if she decided to turn you bright orange.” Everyone except Beast Boy laughed. Beast Boy leaned back into his seat and didn’t say anything for awhile.

“You guys, you can see Gotham’s skyline up ahead.” Robin said, with a hint of emotion in his voice (it was either excitement or worry), “Check it out.” I glanced at it, and I was surprised with what I saw.

I had guessed that Gotham City was going to be big, but the skyline was huge, at least three times the size of Jump City. And it seemed so dark, even the weather wasn’t the best. Low clouds were draped over the top of sky scrapers, making the city look smaller than it was. If you had no clue what the time of day was, you could have probably guessed it was dusk without the moon. “You know what?” Raven said in a dull voice. “I think I’m going to like Gotham more than Jump.” I grinned.

“I have spotted a welcoming sign!” Starfire said with glee as she bounced around in her seat. I gazed out of the window, and sure enough, there was a sign that said ‘Welcome to Gotham’. The sign was a deep orange, the color you see in sunsets. It was peeling terribly, and I bet if you had run your hand across it, the paint would fall like snow.

“Robin, to the town hall? For the file?” Crow queried over the screen. I had no idea what she was talking about, but Robin replied with, “Yeah, we should do that first, better than the bank.” Robin smirked and Crow's eyes narrowed. Then Robin looked at me, “Cy, we should probably let Crow lead right now, she knows this place like the palm of her hand.” “You bet I do.” Crow said. I could tell she was grinning underneath her helmet.

I let Crow slide in front of me, and she led me through the streets and alleys. Finally, we stopped in front of a tall white and brick building. It too had peeling paint, and you could tell it was old. It had tall granite steps and two Corinthian pillars that held up a small ceiling above the top step. “Here, park in that space ahead of you.” I followed her ‘order’ and my baby smoothly fit into the space.

After we parked, we just sat there for a moment until Crow rapped on the window. I pressed a button and it slid down. Crow stuck her hooded head through and said, ‘Does anyone want to come in?” “Here, I’ll go.” Robin started to open the door.

“Actually Robin…”Crow said in a hesitant voice, as if she didn’t know how Robin was going to respond. “I don’t think that’s the best idea. Because, well, you know…” Robin nodded slowly. “Yeah, you’re probably right.” He turned to look at me. “Cy, why don’t you go?” I had never been to Gotham City before, so I did want to see what it was like. With a short nod, I got out of the car and strolled over to where Crow was.

“Okay, we’ll be right back guys.” Crow said with a small grin. As we began to walk away, Robin spoke out. “Crow?” She wheeled around at the sound of her name. “Try not to attract attention; you never know what it might do.”

“Robin, stealth is one of my strong points. Do you really expect me to get attention on purpose?” Robin raised an eyebrow as Crow began to walk towards the door yet again. We climbed up the granite steps and approached the door slowly. Crow reached out and shoved both the doors open. They creaked open and Crow boldly ambled inside, me following her lead.

The room was dim, a dusty chandelier hung from the ceiling. Wooden benches had been placed next to the walls, and bordering them were little side tables. The main desk was in the center of the room, stuck in between two rickety winding staircases. A female secretary sat at the desk sorting papers as she twirled her flaxen hair. I caught up with Crow and hissed “What are we doing here?”

“Getting my file and updating it slightly.” She whispered back. I nodded curtly as we approached the desk. “The secretary looked up and said. “How can I help you?”

“Hi. I was wondering if I could take a look at the file of the deceased Claire Wilson.” Crow said sweetly. Claire Wilson. That must have been her real name. Claire Wilson. It had a nice ring to it. The secretary looked up at us and glanced fearfully at us both. Must have been that I was half robot, and Crow was wearing a dark purple hooded cloak. “I-I’m sorry. We normally don’t allow visitors to examine files with out official permission.”

Crow placed her hands on the edge of the desk. “Look, Ms…” She glanced down at the nameplate on the front of the desk. “Melanson. Not to be rude or anything, but I really need to look at this file. If the person is deceased, what harm could it do?” Ms. Melanson’s face took on a darker mood. “I’m sorry, but why do you need to look at this file if the person is deceased?”

“I’m afraid I can’t explain that right now.” Crow spoke softly and with each word her voice grew more hazardous. “Well, if you can’t explain your ‘reason’, then I’m afraid you can’t look at the file.” Crow’s knuckles grew white as they gripped the edge of the desk more tightly. I could tell that Ms. Melanson was beginning to annoy her.

“Now, seeing as you have no purpose here,” Ms. Melanson said sweetly, “Please leave this building immediately.” Crow tilted her head up slightly and leaned a little closer to stare Ms. Melanson right in the eye. “Maybe you don’t understand what I need to do.” She breathed softly in a dangerous voice. “The girl in the file had requested that I update it as soon as possible. Now if you would please distribute the fi-.”

“The girl in the file is deceased, you said so yourself. Why should I believe that stupid lie?” Ms. Melanson smirked; she thought she had stumped Crow. She was wrong. “Why? Because it is not a lie.” Crow slowly reached up and slowly took down her hood. As soon as it rested upon her shoulders, Ms. Melanson’s grew as wide as the tires on my baby. She probably recognized Crow, did everybody know her?

“So, may I please have the file now?” Crow’s sweet tone wasn’t present anymore, her voice was dangerous. The secretary just stood there, mesmerized with what she saw. She stayed like that for at least thirty seconds. After she recovered she said softly. “Policy clearly states that without government permission, no living creature may read the file of a former Gotham residen-.”

“I don’t care about the policy!” Crow slammed her fist down as she raised her voice. Crow wasn’t yelling, yet, but she would be close if Ms. Melanson defied her one more time. As Crow’s fist hit the table, a thin crack spread from the edge of the desk to the pile of papers diagonal from her fist. Ms. Melanson’s eyes were full of fear as Crow spoke. “In case you haven’t noticed, I am not deceased. Now, I would appreciate it if you hand me my file and would let me update it. Now, if you would be so kind…”

“Let me make this as clear as I possibly can.” Ms. Melanson smoothed down her golden hair and said quietly. “No.”

Crow let out a small growl and flexed her fingers slightly. I don’t know exactly what happened next, but Crow’s eyes must have flashed purple or something and that made Ms. Melanson reach for the phone. Crow’s fingers caused the specks of dirt on the floor to form a brace the kept her hand from reaching the phone. Ms. Melanson’s gasped loudly as her hand was forced back to the arm of her chair. “Crow…”

“I-I’ll g-g-g-go ge-get the fi-fi-file right away.” Ms. Melanson stuttered as the specks of dirt fell from her wrist. She literally leapt up from her chair and barreled into the back room. Crow put her head down and sighed. None of us said anything for a moment. Personally, I think Crow overreacted on the file thing, having to use her powers. She had scared Ms. Melanson a lot. So much for not attracting attention.

“I’m sorry Cy.” Crow said as she faced the crack she had made. “I was wicked harsh and overreacted a ton.”
“No, you really didn’t…”

Crow spun around to look at me, eyebrows raised in a skeptic way. “Okay, you did. But it’s understandable.” She smiled at me in a soft way and said. “I guess so, I don’t like being back here. It’s like you’ve just walked out of a fire and you were able to douse yourself in cold water. Now, you have to walk back into the fire. It’s not easy or fun at al-.”

Crow stopped at the sound of the door creaking open. “He-he-here you go.” Ms. Melanson handed Crow the file with a shaky hand. She glanced at us fearfully and sat down in her swiveling chair. “May I borrow a pen?” Crow asked the secretary, and in a flash Ms. Melanson was holding a silver one out to her. “Thank you, I won’t be long with these.” Crow grinned and walked over to a bench. I followed her as she flopped down into the bench and began to flip through the file. I sat down next to her.

“No, no, no, ah! Here we go.” Crow scribbled something down onto the piece of paper. I didn’t see what it was, but she immediately shut the file and went to hand it back to the secretary.

“Thank you very much.” Crow said with a grin. She tossed the file onto the desk gently and walked away. “Crow, what did you write down?” I murmured to her as she pushed the large doors open.

Crow stopped walking and looked at me with a grin. “That I’m alive, and nothing more.”

[rrarbecy]

Wow. Good. Not much more to say. Maybe...great? Yeah, that's it, great.

[T.T.Raven4]

Her last name is Wilson? Maybe she's related to Slade...

Good chapter. Red was a good color for the chapter, and it showed a more dangerous side.

[Matt A]

Nice job, Crowgirl!

Nothing in particular was "off" from what I could see.