Prologue
"The time is coming" rings in her head. Hands clasping ears, she tries not to scream. It isn't time yet. It can't happen. I refuse.
Raven struggles to find reality. Too much dark. Too much light.
Red. Red is everywhere. The Earth-it is dead. Buildings upon buildings have crumbled to the ground and people are as still as stone. Or, perhaps they are stone. Don't pay attention. Be strong.
The blue turns to find her pink self. "No," she tells her. Optimism is a petty thing that only blinds the truth.
"You know I'm here. You, you're future. This is what you'll become. Daddy's coming home," smirks the Red One.
"No-it can't-I refuse-"
Suddenly the Earth begins to shake. The desolation around her is on fire. It's hot-everywhere- the newly-cold stone bodies of the once living people are starting to crack. Raven falls to the groung once more.
I promised I wouldn't do this.
Laughter booms from all around. Raven doesn't look but she knows that he is there. He is coming for her. He will get her-he always has and he always will. He is now.
"It will soon time to fulfill your destiny," he roars, cackling. "You know what to do."
Raven looks down at her arms. Red burns her, forming the symbols she never wished to see. She screams, unable to repress her panic. Closes her eyes. Help.
She opens her eyes once more to see letters burned into the ground from the fire. One word. The word that she knew she had to find. The name.
Azaezel.