By InsanelyHappy

A/N: This is my first Teen Titans fan fiction, so bear with me. There will be a Raven/Beast Boy pairing later, but it will build up to it, so right now there are only hints. Read and, hopefully, enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own Teen Titans in any way or form.

Twisted Shadows

Chapter One: Breach

Meditating, Raven prepared herself for the trials to come. Her mind filled with a thousand responses to any given situation, critically analyzing the possible flaws in each plan. Steeling her resolve, Raven opened her eyes, ready for what was to come. It was time.

Her silent feet carried her through the hallways of the T-shaped tower, placing her firmly before the dreaded door. Inhaling deeply, she calmed her nerves as the door slid open with a soft hiss.

The room was in utter chaos. Shouts could be heard from before the large television set, where the three boys were playing a video game. In the kitchen area, an enormous mass of something purple and fuzzy was creeping across the floor. Starfire had undoubtedly been concocting some sort of alien recipe again. However, the whereabouts of the Tameranean was a mystery.

"Raven!" the cheerful voice of said person called.

Raven could not see the red head anywhere. Her violet eyes were drawn once more upon the purple creation, and Raven had to restrain herself from recoiling away from it. Disgusting, she thought, it's actually moving.

A hand shot out of the mess, grasping Raven's ankle.

"Ah, there you are, Starfire," Raven greeted, as she helped the girl to wriggle out of the vast purple thing. "What is that?" Raven inquired, indicating Starfire's former captor.

Smiling, Starfire announced, "Isn't it fabulous? It is glabnak." Scooping some of the jiggling mess into her hands, she thrust it towards Raven eagerly. "Try some!"

Raven stared at it warily. There was no doubt about it, the glabnak was definitely moving. As she scrambled for an excuse, Raven was saved by a loud shout.

"Booya! In your face, BB!" Cyborg crowed in delight.

"No fair!" Beast Boy whined. "You cheated!"

"Did not!"

"Did too!"

Sensing Starfire's distraction, Raven glided from the room. It was way too dangerous in there. This was the fifth time this week that Starfire had tried to force Raven to sample one of her recipes, and it was only Monday. Shuddering at the thought, Raven headed for the roof as she decided that she needed some fresh air.

"You liar! I know you cheated!" Beast Boy yelled at Cyborg.

"No, I didn't," Cyborg growled in annoyance. "BB, it's just a game."

"Just a game!" Beast Boy howled angrily. "Just a game! Then why don't you take it and shove it up -!"

"Beast Boy!" Robin snapped. "That's enough."

Beast Boy drew in a breath, and was about to make a heated retort, when he realized that he was making a fool out of himself. Grumbling in frustration, he stomped out of the room. He decided that he just needed some air as he stalked towards the stairs that would bring him out onto the roof.

The breeze ran its cool fingers through Raven's bluish-purple hair, gently massaging her scalp. Eyes closed in contentment, Raven lay on her back, allowing the sunlight to wash over her, soaking in its warmth. The slightest of smiles tugged at her thin lips as she let her mind wander aimlessly. A shadow passed over her. Opening her eyes, Raven stared up at a certain green boy.

"Sorry," Beast Boy apologized uncertainly. "I didn't mean to disturb you."

Sitting up, Raven shrugged indifferently. "It doesn't matter." Noting his unusually humorless mood, she asked, "What's bothering you?"

Sighing, Beast Boy sat down beside her. "Nothing," he muttered. Catching her skeptical glance, he continued, "Okay, so there is something. But it's pretty stupid."

"Tell me. You'll feel better when you're done," Raven promised.

Clearing his throat hesitantly, Beast Boy admitted, "I yelled at Cyborg. I don't know why, but I was just so angry. And it was all over some stupid game." Looking sidelong at the silent Raven, he added quickly, "Pretty stupid, wasn't it?"

Turning to stare him in the eyes, Raven said, "No. You got mad, so what? Everyone does, at one point or another."

He grinned appreciatively and then said, "But not you! You are always so… So calm."

Raven's face clouded over with the memories of the times when her emotions had escaped, and she had lost control of herself. Tilting her gaze up towards the white clouds, Raven replied, "Is that so? That's not what I remember."

Beast Boy put his hand on Raven's shoulder, in what would have been a comforting gesture.

Instead, Raven gasped and jerked away from his touch as she felt something invade her mind. Clutching her head in pain, she clenched her eyes tightly shut as she felt whatever it was pressing its way further into her consciousness. Gritting her teeth to keep from screaming, she heard Beast Boy's voice as if from a great distance. She concentrated on him, using him as an anchor to keep her tied to the world of reality. Savagely shoving the malevolent force with her will, she felt it give way and retreat. As the pain in her head subsided, Raven opened her eyes and saw Beast Boy's worried face watching her intently.

"Raven, are you alright? What happened?" he asked in concern.

Passing a shaking hand over her face, Raven asked herself that very same question. What had happened? She didn't want to worry her teammates, and her instincts were telling her that she shouldn't tell anyone about the force that had breached her mind. Nodding vaguely, Raven replied, "I'm… I'm fine. I just had a headache, that's all."

Raven went to bed early that night, after avoiding the anxious looks that Beast Boy had kept shooting her. She had continued throughout the day as if nothing was wrong but, though she could fool the others by acting as she usually did, she could not hide the truth from herself. Something serious had happened back there on the roof. Raven wasn't sure herself of what exactly had happened, but she had a bad feeling about it. Never before had an entity entered her mind, and she was determined to make sure that she never repeated the experience.

A/N: First chapter completed on March 21, 2005. Yayness! Well, I am quite pleased with it, but I would love feed back, feel free to comment on ways that I can improve it, as I'm always looking to improve. This is going to lead up to some BB/Rae stuff, as you might have noticed, but in this chapter it is pretty slow moving. I will slowly pick up the pace, and by the third chapter I plan to have a major twist, so hang in there. I'm royally ticked, I actually had the second chapter written (I was going to use it as my first chapter, but then I decided that I needed to start differently), and I had it saved onto a CD thing, but somehow it got deleted. Really, I am furious. Everything I had saved on it got deleted! I was going to wait to post this chapter, but I don't feel like losing this one too (although I have put it on my email as a back-up). I don't know when I will update, so if you like the story please be patient.

Yours truly, InsanelyHappy.