[Introduction type bit
Hello, I'm Shadowguise and this is my first ever attempt at a fanfic - please criticise at will ^^. I aimed chapter one to be sort of the prologue, like the beginning of all the episodes of TT. Also, I rated it as a PG because of one scene that will probably be echoed throughout. Other than that, enjoy!
Ammendum: After posting this the first time, I realised that a) italics and bold don't work and b) the line spoken by Cyborg is really, really bad. That line bugs me. I apologise profoundly for these two slip ups, will rectify them now and make sure it doesn't happen again in the future.]
"After him Titans!"
The Teen Titans rushed down the alleyway, after Mumbo. It had been like this all day; whenever they had managed to corner him, he always seemed to manage to pull off some weird magic trick and escape, laughing manically. This time he wasn't as confident as the last time he had tried to evade the Titans either - he hadn't even let them see where he was hiding his wand, let along using it openly. The Titans were beginning to tire, when at last they came to another dead end, with Mumbo stood at the end of it. He was smiling in the moronic way he always did before he escaped again.
"What's the matter?" sneered Mumbo mockingly, "Need an interval?" The Titans fanned out to encircle the rogue magician.
"Nope" said Robin, "But where you're going, we'll have 20 years of interval. Titans, grab him!" The Teen titans leapt as one to grab Mumbo. The magician raised his hands.
"Mumbo Jumbo!" he cried, waving his hand in Robin's direction. The leader of the titans fell heavily to the floor, wrapped in a straightjacket with several padlocks. Starfire immediately broke off her attack, much to the disapproval of Robin, to help her fallen comrade. Beastboy transformed into an octopus, his arms writhing around Mumbo. The magician wasn't fazed.
"Hocus Pocus!" Beastboy vanished in a garish puff of white smoke, reappearing seconds later wrapped around a nearby lamp post. This however left Cyborg free to grab Mumbo and pin him against the wall.
"Not so clever now Mumbo!" snarled Cyborg. Mumbo grinned.
"For my next trick, I'll need some help from the audience." The wall shifted and changed, forming a wall around Cyborg. Mumbo rose to his feet, dusted himself off, and turned to face Raven. "And then there was one." he jibed mockingly. Raven was not impressed. She raised a hand.
"Azerath Metreon Syn-"
**Rage.Pain.Sorrow.**
Raven swooned, and dropped to her knees as the psychic shock passed through her body. Mumbo laughed. "Honestly, you'd think they'd watch the whole show. You've been a wonderful audience!" The magician turned to leave the alley. He met a wall of shadow.
"The show isn't over yet." A pair of glowing red eyes materialised in the darkness, drawing closer with every heartbeat. "It has only just begun."
"Wh- who are you? What are you?" shouted the magician, stepping away. He reached into his cape and produced his wand, which he fired into the shadow. The eyes did not cease their advance, nor did the gloom - it was reaching into the alley with long, black fingers. "Hocus Pocus! Aberacadabera! Alakazam!" shouted Mumbo as he desperately tried to shoot away the approaching darkness. The shadow reached him, and inexplicably it grabbed him, swirling around his body and pinning him to the wall. The eyes were very close now, mere inches from Mumbo's face.
"My name is Wraith, and it is the last one you'll ever know. You have committed a crime, and shall be punished accordingly."
Mumbo saw the face of the figure for the first time, and yelled in terror as the shadow enveloped him. As it did, Raven got to her feet. "No!" she shouted. The shadow seemed to freeze, and the red eyes turned to her.
"You."
Wraith dropped the quivering heap that was now the Amazing Mumbo to the floor, and drifted quickly out of the alleyway, leaving the titans to deal with Mumbo. Beastboy finally unwrapped himself from the lamp post and ran over to where Raven was knelt, beside Mumbo.
"Dude, did you know that thing?" he asked.
Raven remained silent.
Hello, I'm Shadowguise and this is my first ever attempt at a fanfic - please criticise at will ^^. I aimed chapter one to be sort of the prologue, like the beginning of all the episodes of TT. Also, I rated it as a PG because of one scene that will probably be echoed throughout. Other than that, enjoy!
Ammendum: After posting this the first time, I realised that a) italics and bold don't work and b) the line spoken by Cyborg is really, really bad. That line bugs me. I apologise profoundly for these two slip ups, will rectify them now and make sure it doesn't happen again in the future.]
"After him Titans!"
The Teen Titans rushed down the alleyway, after Mumbo. It had been like this all day; whenever they had managed to corner him, he always seemed to manage to pull off some weird magic trick and escape, laughing manically. This time he wasn't as confident as the last time he had tried to evade the Titans either - he hadn't even let them see where he was hiding his wand, let along using it openly. The Titans were beginning to tire, when at last they came to another dead end, with Mumbo stood at the end of it. He was smiling in the moronic way he always did before he escaped again.
"What's the matter?" sneered Mumbo mockingly, "Need an interval?" The Titans fanned out to encircle the rogue magician.
"Nope" said Robin, "But where you're going, we'll have 20 years of interval. Titans, grab him!" The Teen titans leapt as one to grab Mumbo. The magician raised his hands.
"Mumbo Jumbo!" he cried, waving his hand in Robin's direction. The leader of the titans fell heavily to the floor, wrapped in a straightjacket with several padlocks. Starfire immediately broke off her attack, much to the disapproval of Robin, to help her fallen comrade. Beastboy transformed into an octopus, his arms writhing around Mumbo. The magician wasn't fazed.
"Hocus Pocus!" Beastboy vanished in a garish puff of white smoke, reappearing seconds later wrapped around a nearby lamp post. This however left Cyborg free to grab Mumbo and pin him against the wall.
"Not so clever now Mumbo!" snarled Cyborg. Mumbo grinned.
"For my next trick, I'll need some help from the audience." The wall shifted and changed, forming a wall around Cyborg. Mumbo rose to his feet, dusted himself off, and turned to face Raven. "And then there was one." he jibed mockingly. Raven was not impressed. She raised a hand.
"Azerath Metreon Syn-"
**Rage.Pain.Sorrow.**
Raven swooned, and dropped to her knees as the psychic shock passed through her body. Mumbo laughed. "Honestly, you'd think they'd watch the whole show. You've been a wonderful audience!" The magician turned to leave the alley. He met a wall of shadow.
"The show isn't over yet." A pair of glowing red eyes materialised in the darkness, drawing closer with every heartbeat. "It has only just begun."
"Wh- who are you? What are you?" shouted the magician, stepping away. He reached into his cape and produced his wand, which he fired into the shadow. The eyes did not cease their advance, nor did the gloom - it was reaching into the alley with long, black fingers. "Hocus Pocus! Aberacadabera! Alakazam!" shouted Mumbo as he desperately tried to shoot away the approaching darkness. The shadow reached him, and inexplicably it grabbed him, swirling around his body and pinning him to the wall. The eyes were very close now, mere inches from Mumbo's face.
"My name is Wraith, and it is the last one you'll ever know. You have committed a crime, and shall be punished accordingly."
Mumbo saw the face of the figure for the first time, and yelled in terror as the shadow enveloped him. As it did, Raven got to her feet. "No!" she shouted. The shadow seemed to freeze, and the red eyes turned to her.
"You."
Wraith dropped the quivering heap that was now the Amazing Mumbo to the floor, and drifted quickly out of the alleyway, leaving the titans to deal with Mumbo. Beastboy finally unwrapped himself from the lamp post and ran over to where Raven was knelt, beside Mumbo.
"Dude, did you know that thing?" he asked.
Raven remained silent.