A/N Hmm. This one should be interesting…

I had nothing to do with it. I swear. Or, well, not...

Standard disclaimers apply.


Child

The new Titan's member yawned, dragging himself out of bed. A voice pervaded his thoughts, waking him from a most pleasant dream. Stretching like a cat, Kid Flash left his bedroom at a leisurely pace, passing several teammates on his way into the kitchen. He absentmindedly poured himself a bowl of cereal, not even noticing the month-old expiration date on the milk. He gagged on the first bite, pitching the rest of his breakfast into the sink, grabbing instead a bar of chocolate from a cabinet. Flopping on the couch, the speedster surfed through the numerous television channels the Tower received. Footsteps caused him to turn around, and he watched another figure make her way into the room.

"Heya, Rae," he called. The resident sorceress glared at the nickname and didn't deign to respond.

"Fine, then," Kid Flash muttered, getting up from his seat. He paused, watching the half-demon carefully for a moment before running up to the bedrooms. With a perfunctory glance around the hall to reassure himself that he was, indeed alone, the daring and, some might say, incredibly insane teen vibrated his way through Raven's bedroom door, entering the forbidden chamber.

It was exactly as he had dreamed it. Every detail matched. Careful not to leave any marks of his passage, he made his way to a chest in the darkest corner of the room. He lifted the lid, pulling out the large, white and black book that lay trapped within the confines of the box.

"Hello, child."

Kid Flash smiled.