"Hmmm? And what is it that you want even though I have a feeling that I already know."
Raven eyes started glowing for a second as Lion tensed while growling beside me while my hand unconsciously slipped inside his mane to get a hold of my sword as I narrowed my eyes.
"Think carefully about your next move "
"Azarath! Metrion! Zinthos!"
I stared as the walls of the corridor were surrounded by a deep, dark purple aura of sorts.
'Magical nonsense' was the only explanation my mind had for it.
Her eyes stopped glowing as she looked at me with a cautious yet troubled look.
"No one will hear or see us.… What do you know about me? Who are you?"
I kept my hand gripping the sword in Lion's mane as I answered.
"I know a lot of things believe me dear counting what I don't know will be easier it just happened that your situation came to my attention…"
'The good thing about being an anomaly is that I can spout as much nonsense as I want' What kind of idiot would give up the truth about being sent to another reality?
I would much rather have them think that I am mysterious with hidden cards instead of admitting to being an idiot who watched a cartoon.
'And if I wanted to blackmail/negotiate the stealing/borrowing of some magical time artifacts I need her to think that I am not a good-for-nothing who has no idea what he is doing'
"And apologizes to you but...Your father is kind of famous and he doesn't care about being subtle"
She narrowed her eyes again as she said "What do you want? "
"Oh me?….nothing just a tiny favor from you and these diamond lips will be sealed forever " I said crouching down making me the same height as her.
"Are you threatening me?" she asked as her eyes glowed again faintly.
"Threatening? Me? I would never do such a thing….I simply need to know...you would not happen to have any artifact or grimoire that is related to time magic?"
'Please say yes PLEASE '
"Playing with time isn't a great idea…and to think that you lack the knowledge about time magic?….seems your knowledge isn't as great as you like to think"
"I am no magician my dear and I am willing to make a fair transaction and of course keeping a little secret between us"
Her eyes stopped glowing but her anger was replaced with suspicion
"What do you want to do with it?…..do you want to break whatever trust you have built with the league?"
My smile got wider despite me trying not to show it.
'So you do have something!... I am sorry Raven but I need it more than you'
"I don't intend to harm anyone nor change anything in the past…I simply need to be able to cast a spell that would accelerate time in a specific area"
"So think of it as a small one-time favor where you harm no one! "
"to make a new friendship and as long as it is within my capabilities I would give you something in return within reasonable reasons of course….After all, we are both new we need to support each other"
She stared at me for a long second as she said "Details?"
At this point, I brought her in a bone-crushing hug as lion started grumpling obviously demanding the hug for him.
"I knew you would see reason!"
"I want a spell that could at least cover let's say a 100 meters the larger the area the better...As for time the longer the better too!"
As she teleported away with a very annoyed look and what I think is slight surprise at my Starfire-like behavior.
"20 bottles of tears and a favor I can ask in the future….And you won't tell anyone anything about me!" My mood immediately came crashing down at her demand list.
'Oh boy….twenty bottles! This would take hours to fill! '
"Isn't that too much?"
"You don't know magic and you obviously won't allow me to do the spell directly since you want to hide what you will use it for."
"Which means I will have to make a one-time artifact just for this…and I have never tried nor done such a thing before which means it will take me weeks just to learn enough to try…which means it would take anywhere from 1 month to 4 months at least"
"Of course, I can just give you a goimoire and let you try to learn it alone.…but something tells me you are in a rush and you don't have years to learn magic from zero"
(three hours later)
And that is how I have been crying in the cafeteria for the last….2 or so hours give or take.
Every time a hero enters he looks at me and the filled perfume bottles filled with tears.
After my discussion with Raven, I went and asked Shazam to bring me at least a thousand empty perfume bottles.
'Since I am doing this I might as well go all out'
I looked at the thirty filled bottles/healing potion and then looked with despair at the many boxes of remaining empty bottles.
Shazam bliss his heart has been trying to talk me out of it every few minutes he seemed to think I am doing this to help the league or something.
'He isn't completely wrong I won't mind giving every cape here a bottle for personal use and gain more good girl credits.'
'Especially Shazam I am giving him three…one for him and another just in case the dying friend plot ever decided to happen for him I have seen enough Spiderman to know a single bottle isn't enough '
'And the third bottle is because he is my friend I don't need more reason'
'That should still leave about 900 bottles or so for any future situation'
[ Robin (Dick Grayson) POV. ]
'Four hours ' I and the rest of the team sat eating our lunch as we watched.
It wasn't just us some heroes like Canary, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, and even Superman were slightly shocked when they saw it.
Although most left after realizing that pink was not stopping anytime soon
'Did Batman threaten to sell her for experimentation if she doesn't make tears?'
'This feels wrong….I should ask him if he can tone it down a little.'
It started a few hours ago when we ate breakfast we saw Pink with a very worried Captain Marvel watching as Pink had a small mountain of empty perfume bottles as she kept filling them one by one.
'Now it's launch and she is still going ' as my eyes drifted to the growing pile of filled bottles.
"Hey!" I turned to see Starfire pinching Superboy with a very unamused look.
"Friend Pink is working hard don't enjoy her torment!"
He scoffed not backing down "She is a monster"
"Hey! Pink is very kind and last I checked she helped fix you! But I can see you are still bitter that you lost fair and square "
"What did you say! "Aqualad and I had to step between them before Superboy's temper exploded again.
'Sigh is this team really a great idea? Superboy is a walking nuke with a temper.'
Our team should be officially formed once the new members that Martin and Green Arrow recommend arrive.
As they finally sat down to continue our meal.
' I can not really blame Kid Flash for his crush'
As my eyes drifted to the heartbreaking scene.
'Pink. Has been sitting there filling those bottles for hours now….And I saw her give a few to Shazam which means even if it isn't the full reason at least partially she is doing it to help..'
So seeing that inhuman doll-like face filled with tears with an utter despair look in her eyes that seemed to grow the more time passed as she kept filling bottles like she was under gunpoint.
It felt like a princess story where the princess is imprisoned in a tower forced to cry nonstop for magical tears.
'Crying nonstop for hours must be annoying.'
ʼFor some reason I am starting to feel guilty about wanting a bottle for myself. ʼ
'...Sigh I will make sure to tell Bruce to tone his paranoia down at least this once'
[Mc (Pink diamond) POV.]
(14 hours later)
"Done!!!!" I shouted at the air as my head slammed into the table making spider-like cracks spread on it.
'I don't want to do anything I am simply too mentally tired to do anything …..Even thinking seems exhausting'
I forced myself up as I started storing them inside my diamond.
(10 minutes later)
With a pop the last bottle was stored as I realised I could stop crying now so I simply lay on my back in the cafeteria while I stared at nothing and thinking of nothing.
I didn't know how much time had passed as I saw Wonder Woman's face look at me.
"Still alive?" She asked with a teasing tone.
I looked up at her as I said" I will give everyone a bottle later.… I am not ready to part with my babies at the moment "
She laughed at my miserable state as she said "No no Superman simply asked me to make sure you are okay after you are done"
"Although I won't mind having a bottle or two"I think she tried to lighten my mood with that statement but my look of hatred must have been obvious as she raised her hand in slight surrender.
"Tell Big Blue that I feel like I am dying"
I was actually serious in my statement but she only laughed at my misery.
'Raven you better make that time magic nonsense worth it or I might not be able to stop myself from going Full Akainu mood but with Whitebeard's power'
'Next, I need to start working on the injector It should not be that difficult.'
'Hopefully'
[Bruce Wayne (Batman) POV.]
"Master Bruce, you should not threaten that Pink woman anymore."
Bruce stopped eating as he looked at his butler Alfred with a raised eyebrow.
Alfred simply said "master Grayson told me to tell you that you are being too cruel and when he explained the situation I think He is right"
"Alfred I have done no such thing"
Alfred continued as if not hearing him
"Forcing a lady to cry for nearly twenty hours is not how you should act…if you keep such behavior you will never marry master Bruce"
Bruce Wayne answered seriously "Alfred I truly have no hand in this"
"I find this hard to believe Master Bruce "
"Alfred I am being honest "
"Sure thing master Bruce"
A long minute passed as Alfred continued.
"Master Bruce would do no such thing….Nor Batman"
Bruce Wayne expected many things but being threatened by his butler was not one of them.
(A/N): I smacked it with a quick grammar scan but if you fine a mistake do tell so I can fix it.….