I do not own Teen Titans or any of the characters although I like to dream that I do. Please R&R! And Enjoyy!
Prologue-
Raven meditated quietly in her room, trying to drone out the pointless argument happening outside of her door. It was a Saturday morning and she had woken up from yet another nightmare, this one depicting the Titan's evil arch nemesis, Slade running after her and trying to- she had woken up at that point, panting heavily and hot and damp from sweating. Raven had tried to go back to sleep after that, it wasn't ever good for her to not get enough sleep, but she couldn't. Instead, she just stayed up, pondering why Slade had been running after her.
He was normally after Robin, and Robin shared his obsession. Raven snorted in disgust. Robin had no self control. Last time Robin had an encounter with Slade, it had turned out to all be in his mind. That's just how obsessed that boy was with him. And Slade had an almost fatherly way of handling him. If one's paternal instinct included manipulating, taunting, and nearly killing your son and his friends every time you saw them. But still… it was somewhat fatherly…
So when Raven finally came to the conclusion that she would not be sleeping for the remainder of the night, she went to meditating. She didn't know how long she'd been there, levitating above her bed. But it had to be hours, because Beast Boy rarely woke up before ten and that's who was disrupting her peace that morning.
"DUDE! You can't do this to me! It's not fair! It's my turn to choose what game we play today! You got to choose yesterday." Beast Boy whined from outside Raven's door. Raven stopped mid-chant to open an eye, frowning towards the door.
"Come on, man. That was Stank-Ball. And you wanted to play too, so you can't complain. How about some football? Everybody loves a good game of football." Raven rolled her eyes at their bickering. Sometimes their arguments could be so stupid. Correction. All of the time.
"Fine. But next time, it is soo my choice!" Raven waited patiently for the two of them to pass by her room and go through the hall, so she could resume her meditation. When she heard the sounds of their retreating footsteps and could no longer hear them arguing about teams, she settled herself back down and closed her eyes.
"Azarath Metrion Zinthos. Azarath Metrion Zinthos. Azarath Metrion-" There was a loud banging at her door and Raven inhaled sharply at the second interruption. She stayed where she was, not moving to get up and open the door, hoping that whoever it was would go away if they could see that she was busy and didn't want to be interrupted. But the knocks kept coming. Someone had to be dying or it had better be the end of the freaking world. She thought bitterly to herself.
She opened the door to reveal Starfire's glowing face. "Hello, friend Raven. I was just wondering if you would like to join me in-"
"No." Raven made to shut the door but when she saw Starfire's downcast face, she rolled her eyes at her own insensitivity and muttered, "Maybe later, we can do something."
"Oh, glorious!" And Starfire left, clapping her hands together, smiling.
Peace. At last.
The girl turned back towards her room and sighed heavily. No doubt she'd soon be hearing about being a referee for football and she HAD promised Starfire that she'd do something with her later. But at least until then, she'd have a few hours of quiet to herself.
It was just at that moment of course, that the blasted siren had to go off. The whole tower was flashing red and beeping. Raven groaned to herself. Oh well, there was crime to fight now. Rest could come later.