I do not own the Teen Titans, they are simply props I am using to tell this story. Enjoy.
Titan tower was aflutter with nervous energy. a few days ago Arella came to her daughter in a vision and told her she must return to Azarath as soon as possible, Raven quickly informed the titans and left that night for home. It's been nearly five days and they haven't heard anything so far. The fear that Trigon maybe the reason for the message is at the for front of everyone's mind.
"I can't take this anymore!" Cyborg said.
"Yeah, we need to find a way to contact Raven, it's been way to long and I'm starting to worry." Beast Boy added from his spot on the couch.
"Yeah I mean what if trigon has Raven and is on his way here to destroy us all."
"Dude."
"Is it true, is friend Raven a puppet to her fathers ill intentions?" Starfire asked, only having caught the tailend of cyorg's worried musings.
"No Star, I'm sure raven's fine. Those two are just being over dramatic worry-warts." Robin eased Starfire's mind as she joined the rest of the team in their living room.
Starfire sat a cross from Robin at the table and picked up a magazine that was there.
'They have a point, she has been gone a while. maybe we should worry a little.' Robin thought to himself.
Once again the titan's found themselves lost in thought.
'Enough of this.' Robin thought as he looked around at his friends. He stood up and was about to tell the titan's that they were going after Raven when a large portal appeared it the middle of the wall opposite them.
"Titans!" Robin yelled out and all four sprang into action waiting to defend themselves if need be.
For a few tense seconds they stood and waited.
Then a white-cloaked figure floated from the portal. They knew it wasn't Raven by its height. The figure lazley drifted to the center of the room and turned towards the windows to, apparently, take in the view.
"Lovely." He rasped as he watched the sun rise over they of Jump City.
"Hey buddy, who are you and what do you think your doing here?" Robin asked the stranger standing there as if he owned the place.
"Please forgive my rudness." He said as he turned to the titans and removed his hood.
He was a demon. Tiny red horns accompanied his green skin, red hair, and eyes.
"My name is Axton. I am here under orders of Arella to look out for her daughter." He smiled at the titans as he spoke.
"Yeah right, then where is Raven." Beast Boy spoke, his voice hard yet slightly worried.
"Calm down everyone," a voice came from nowhere, "I'm right here." Raven said as she walked out of the portal and shut it behind her.
"Raven!" Everyone shouted and ran up to tell her hello.
Beast Boy, Starfire, and Cyborg hugged her while Robin smiled at the sight.
"Could you please get off me." Raven said in her usual mono tone voice.
The trio quickly relaesed her and began the interigation.
"Friend Raven why did you not send word to ease our worry?"
"Yeah Raven I was, I mean we all were worried." Beast boy added.
"Yeah Rea, what happened?"
The questions were not to hard or intusive, but the answers were.
Raven steeled expression and walked past the group, who only fully took in sight of her.
Her cape was white with silver gems and trimming, and she wore a white and silver crown upon her head. Her body language spoke volumes. She was pissed off, but no one knew why.
"Where should I take up residentce?" Axton asked the retreating hero.
Raven spun on her and gave him a look she reserved for their most evil challengers. It however didn't seem to affect Axton in the slightest. He merely awaited the answer.
"Azarthe."
"Now Raven, you know your mother and the elders have instructed me to watch over you during this time."
"You can go back there and tell them I said to 'go to hell' for all i care. No one is staying here."
Axton's face became harder at that.
"What's done is done and wither you like it or not, this is your life know."
"I don't want this!"
"Well to bad. Have some faith in the elders, they set these things up for good reason and often with good results."
Raven's eyes bore into Axton as she spoke.
"So, my mother and Trigon were a good match with a good result."
Axton took a deep breath realizing he spoke with out thinking.
"No, they were not. But not all marriages result in that."
Four jaws hit the floor and titans could not believe what they had just heard.
'Married! Raven got married!' was the collective thought running though their minds.
"I don't want this."
"well to bad, Your betrothed will arrive tomorrow."
"No. I'll send them back."
"you can't do that."
"Then i'll make them want to go back."
"No you will not." Now Axton was getting mad.
"Yes I will."
"Now you listen to me, tomorrow when that portal opens you will be waiting for your wife whether you like it or not."
Just as the titans gathered their collective jaws from the floor they quickly dropped them again.
'WIFE!' The only word in their minds.
Axton lowered his voice and approached Raven.
"She is terrified." He said in a soft voice. "She is leaving her world to be with someone she has only met at her wedding."
Raven took in his words and looked slightly ashamed at her earlier words and actions.
"I know you don't want this, neither does she, but it is. And I know you don't want to hear this but, for her sake be nice. She was just married off to the daughter of Trigon."
Raven became very angry at his last words and he knew it.
"She thinks you have more in common with your father then anyone lets on."
"I am nothing like him."
"She doesn't know that."
Raven took a deep breath and continued to her room to meditate leaving a hopeful Axton and four confused Titans in the main living room.
"So, where shall I be staying then?" Axton turned and asked the four confused Titans in the room.