She had never been one to run away or hide from anything. She could tame a lion, face any challenge, with the utmost of courage. She'd always embraced life's changes, no matter how hard, and remained optimistic.
I saw her grow up; Arella had told me to watch her. I wished I could be there with her, tell her the truth, and give her a normal life. She looked a lot like me. She had dark hair, dark eyes, and light skin. I saw her powers when she didn't. Her (fake) mother made up excuses for shattered toasters, out of control blenders, and cracked Plasma-Screen TVs. Libby had never expected that she was different than anyone else.
Libby was only two years younger than me. Sometimes, when she was scared or angry, we had a connection that none of my books or teachings let me understand. "It's family, Rae." Beast Boy had explained. You love them no matter what they do, and sometimes, you know exactly how they feel.
I even made an IM account, with her as my only buddy, to make sure she was always safe. When her away message was sad, I could do nothing but wish I were there to comfort her. It hurt me to see her so broken, something a sister should be able to repair, but I was gone. Libby didn't even know I existed.
I glanced at the clock. It was almost time for Libby's full powers to set in. On her fourteenth birthday, Libby would start having powers nearly exactly like mine- with one catch- Libby's powers might not be activated by emotions. I was going to have to take Libby away that day; Her fake mother, just a guardian, had been informed on the plan all along.
But I remembered all the times I'd spied on them and seen beautiful real family moments. That was something I might not be able to give to Libby. She might not see me as a sister, but as a liar, a fake, and someone who had abandoned her. But in truth, that wasn't how it happened. On my second birthday, the year Libby was born, something went horribly wrong. Instead of my full powers coming at fourteen, they set in at two because Trigon had gone to see Fate who told him that his only hope at the destruction of Earth was to have me there early, to live there. I'd never met my baby sister, but if she met me now, what would she think?
I didn't have to wait long to answer that question. I stepped out of my room, just about to go to take Libby, when the Tower's doorbell rang. I teleported down to the door and peeked out behind it. I didn't even know we had a doorbell. Besides, who'd ring a super-hero's door? "Hi… Raven?" a familiar voice rang out from behind the steel. "Libby…?"
Libby had decided that the Tower was the best place to come after discovering her Powers. "They're sort of like yours." Libby explained. "But they aren't controlled by my emotions- they're controlled by the emotions of people around me." Raven sighed, that would be a hard one to control. "And… I can control other people's emotions." Raven smiled. This would be easier to control.
'Raven' Libby put her voice in Raven's mind, something she didn't know she could do before this. 'How did you know my name?'