A/N : And it's here, finally! The Extended Edition of Nevermore. Note that I said "edition" and not "ending". I've decided to follow the episode as best as I can and add in a few pieces here and there, before adding the ending. Since it is a Raven episode, there's plenty of fun and too much to condense into a mere ending. It also means there will be more than one chapter. Apologies if Raven is a bit OOC, but I'm following the episode as close as I can with my own deviations added in.

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Robin: Is this going to be a 'thing'?

Me: I have no idea what you're talking about.

Robin: *sigh*

Me: What are you sighing for? You hardly did anything.

Robin: Except crash through buildings and walk away in one piece.

Me: And yell at Raven.

Robin: And walk away in one piece.

Me: ...and yell at Raven.

Robin: And walk away-never mind. Cyborg?

Me: Oi, wait! You can't just walk off and leave me to finish my own dialogue without-oh nevermind. I don't own any teen titans anything at all. And yes, I do enjoy having random conversations about absolutely nothing.

Today is going to be a very bad day.

Raven sat bolt upright in bed. For a moment, she didn't breathe, afraid that the fragments of her dreams would melt away before she had a chance to gather her wits. Dreams were good indicators of the day head—in terms of how prepared her emotions were for battle.

One hand went to her head and Raven slipped out from beneath the covers, swinging her feet over the edge of the bed only to slump to the rug on the bedroom floor as her legs gave out from under her.

She could remember some. The dreams had been useless at best and chaotic at worst. It wasn't the way she wanted to wake up, but heroes couldn't be choosy and that was enough of an annoyance to fix her mood for the day.

Willing her legs to move, Raven glared at her feet until she was able to muster the energy to stumble towards the bathroom and a necessary shower. That was always a welcome moment in her morning routine.

A long sigh dribbled out of her lips.

Stupid day…

"Your pathetic skills can't outshine the brilliance of Dr. Light!" The doctor cackled maniacally, his wide eyes reflecting the insane hyperactivity behind his trademark weapon choice, a brilliant bolt of light. He slapped his hands together, shooting off a giant beam of light as Robin threw a birdarang. It was no match for his light beam. "You're fast, but I doubt you'll enjoy moving at the speed of light!" Touching his chest, Dr. Light's smile grew wider as the bulb on his outfit began to glow and another wide-angled blast sent Robin flying over the roof of a nearby building.

That was a most satisfactory development. Beast Boy came charging forward and the battle continued as Dr. Light threw insults and the Titans threw them back.

Unfortunately, the throwing wasn't as accurate as any of the titans had hoped. Instead, Beast Boy was shocked with bright light and Cyborg was somehow encased in a block of stone, with Starfire suffering from her own troubles.

Quite pleased with himself, Dr. Light surveyed the damage with a critical eye and a mocking laugh. He'd done better than he'd thought he would have. It was going to be a good day. He dusted his hands off, starting towards the gold bullion spilling out of the armored car on the sidewalk.

It was almost too easy.

"Hey! Let me outta here...!" Cyborg demanded, struggling in the stone prison. His face scrunched with the effort. "You-what did you do to me? Get me outta here!"

Dr. Light strolled by the trapped titan, his smirk more evident than before. "Now then, if nobody minds, I'll be taking the gold."

From the street shadows decorating the sidewalk, Raven's bored voice sliced through the air. "I mind." She hissed, authority seeping into her tone as she continued to speak from her mid-air hover. "Azarath Metrion Zin-

Before she could finish the incantation, Dr. Light swiped a finger on the light bulb plastered on his chest, shooting out another fat, yellow beam of destructive light.

There wasn't any time to react—Raven closed her eyes before the impact, internally raging at herself for the unavoidable circumstance. This was not the way she wanted it to go, but it was definitely the way a bad day made itself known. Landing on the cold, rough sidewalk, Raven struggled to swallow back the few emotions she hadn't had time to tame.

Her anger was the key to a locked box she knew better than to open. It was still up to her whether the day was decent or miserable and there was no way she was going to let some idiot decorated with lightbulbs cause a headache she didn't care for.

Raven's hands fisted against the stone beneath her as she pushed herself up from the awkward landing. The image of a raven's head flickered briefly in the center of the gold-rimmed, red broach clasped on the front of her cloak.

It was a detail she missed.

Her annoyance threatened to overflow as Dr. Light drew closer, gloating. "A Bit of advice, my dear." He swiped one hand over the giant bulb on his chest, another bright beam powering up. "Find shorter magic words!"

Raven's breath caught in her throat. You didn't have to say that. She thought, darkly. You really didn't have to say that. On her feet again, Raven latched onto the nearest disposable object with some potential—a motorcycle at the curb. Her mind seized the opportunity she allowed and levitating the bike, slung it towards the laughing doctor.

He blew it apart with one beam. The second beam slammed into Raven, driving her further down the sidewalk with another painful tumble. He took his time waltzing up the street towards the blue-purple bundle.

Raven choked back the anger sprouting too freely, too quickly from inside of her. This couldn't happen, this couldn't happen—this was going to happen. It was already too late. She could feel the darkened claws ripping at her from inside, the fragments of dreams she didn't want to deal with and realities that were too much of a hassle to acknowledge.

Idiot doctor.

"Don't come any closer!" She snarled, feeling her energy bunching up inside, screaming to be released.

His stupid laugh angered her more.

"What's the matter? Afraid of the light?" He taunted.

That was it.

Raven didn't even try to hold onto the last vestiges of dignity, she whirled on him in a pure, blind rage, swirling to her feet in a delicious swirl of power and fabric. Her eyes flared red, glowing strongly as she grew in height until she towards over the idiot lightbulb on two legs. Thick black snakes of energy shot out from beneath her cloak, shooting towards him.

"Aaah!" Dr. Light screeched. "No! No! Let me go! I won't do it-ahhh!" The tendrils caught hold of him, yanking him down to the same rough sidewalk and dragging him towards the terrifyingly towering figure in the purple cloak. Sparks began to fly as the black ribbons tightened their grip on him. "No! My suit! What are you-no, stop, you win. You win! I surrender!"

"Too late." Raven smirked, her red eyes drinking in every detail as the helpless victim was dragged towards her. Her voice rumbled with a new tone to it as if she spoke with a power that was older and darker than her own. "What's the matter? Afraid of the dark?"

"I surrender!" Dr. Light scrabbled at the sidewalk, his fingernails digging into the rough, brown stone. "No, please, NO!"

But he was pulled in anyway.

Robin dashed over, his timing impeccable as he lunged for the swiftly disappearing Dr. Light. He grabbed for the scrabbling hands and threw all his authority into the command that left his lips. "RAVEN, STOP!"

The effect was instantaneous.

At the sound of his voice, Raven's red eyes faded at once, snapping back to their usual, flat lavender orbs as she gasped aloud, immediately shrinking to her normal side. Her cloak shrank with her, fading away to reveal Dr. Light on the ground, curled into a fetal position—shaking and quivering with unrestrained fear.

Robin reached him just as Starfire did, having freed herself from the earlier trap. Crouching beside the villain, they both began to speak. "It's okay. You're going to be all right." Robin assured him. "Starfire?"

"Yes, yes. You will be most fine." Starfire said the words, uncertainly as she touched the man's shoulder. It was cold as ice.

He was babbling as if unaware that his mouth was moving. The shaking had not stopped, in spite of the words being spoken and Starfire's hand on his shoulder. "It was...no...so dark...make it stop...make it stop...!" Another agonized shudder passed through him.

Raven took a careful breath, her mind already switching gears to handle the situation. That had most certainly been one of the very worst ways to confirm that it was indeed, a terrible, horrible, very bad sort of day. She didn't even notice as her fellow teammates gathered around.

Beast Boy and Cyborg were the first to approach her, their expressions caught between worry and uncertainty. Beast Boy was the first one to speak. "Dude! Raven, what did you do?" He looked from the terrified villain to the girl in the purple cloak. "Aiep!" Beast Boy ducked behind Cyborg as the empathy turned to face him, her eyes having flared red as her lips curled back to deliver a feral snarl.

His reaction seemed to warn her and Raven immediately drew on the usual blank face she kept at her disposal. Struggling to maintain the mask of composure, Raven turned towards the nearest sliver of darkness, a narrow alleyway between the downtown buildings. She didn't hesitate. She went straight for it.

A shivering Beast Boy peered out from behind Cyborg. "Dude, what's her deal?" He whined.

Cyborg shrugged. "Beats me if I know." He turned back to the street where Robin had handcuffed the villain and Starfire was still babbling on about something or the other. He could hear the sound of the police approaching and for the moment, he forced thoughts of his purple-cloaked teammate out of his head. If something was wrong, they'd all deal with later.

He hoped.

Cyborg swallowed as his eyes flickered towards the dark alley where Raven had melted into the darkness. He made a mental note to speak to Robin.

"Cyborg? Beast Boy? Everyone alright?" Robin's voice drew their attention and the two young men hurried forward.

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