"Daddy, I'm scared," The little girl said as she shivered against the man's chest who had her wrapped up protectively. Her violet eyes looking into her father's emerald orbs. They were safe for the moment in an abandoned cabin, but the outside world was in flames as the demon army of Trigon had swept across the world. The father daughter combo was one of the last people in this reality that had escaped the wrath of Trigon and they were being hunted. The father for having enough power to pose a serious problem to Trigon's rule and the daughter because she had been selected as a bridge to another reality.

"And why are you scared my little Raven? Daddy is here to protect you," The man said as he pressed his forehead against his little girl.

"But the bad man is coming for us!" Raven said as tears began to well up. "And I, I, just want to go home."

"I don't think we can go home Rachel, but I'm not sad. Do you want to know why?" He asked softly and eventually got a shy nod, "Because home is wherever you are my little Raven. I'm just happy to be with you." This got a shy smile as Raven wrapped her dad in a tight hug. "This is going to hurt me to tell you this, but I know a way you can be safe from the big meanie."

"You do?" Rachel asked, with a bit of amazement in her eyes.

"I do," The man nodded, "I can send you to a far away place where people can teach you how to use your magic like your daddy can."

"You can! Let's go, let's go, let's go!" It took a lot to keep a child down, but not much to get one excited.

The man smiled sadly at his little girl as he didn't want to share the rest of the information with her. He could send his Raven to Azerath since they had already agreed to take her in as a favor to the man. However, this method was only a ticket for one person. It would be a long time before he was able to see his little girl again. "Alright then, you'll need to take one of those nasty potions and go to sleep. When you wake up, you'll be in a whole new place."

"Okay daddy," Raven said happily as she started digging in her father's trunk for the potion. The man simply watched his girl, trying to keep the image of her violet hair, which was so much like her mother's, and those big violet eyes. Before Raven swallowed down the potion she turned to her dad and gave him a sloppy. "I love you daddy!"

As she entered the realm of Morpheus, the emerald eyed man finally let his tears flow. "I love you too baby girl. I love you Rachel Potter." With his wand shaking the Man-Who-Conquered sent his little girl to an alternate reality with a book worth of letters to explain everything. As she disappeared, the man dropped his wand and Harry Potter sobbed for the first time in years.

-10 ½ years later-

Violet eyes opened slowly as the young woman woke up from her best dream, but also worst memory. Calmly, knowing that her emotions were close to out of control, Raven moved from her bed to the bookshelf that contained all of her magical tomes. However, there was one 'book' on her shelf that did not deal with the arcane arts and yet was read more than any others. Reverently, Raven picked up the bound letters and carried them to her bed while flipping on the lamp. She opened the cover to the very first page and reread:

Baby girl,

You are probably beyond confused right now as to why I am not there with you right now. The truth is that the magic I used was only able to carry one person across dimensions. That means I won't be around for a while. Now don't you cry my little Raven, And oh had she cried, Raven thought to herself. She was fairly emotional knowing that her dad wasn't around her and her magic had acted up. Unfortunately, because of her magic acting up, the monks of Azerath had made her focus emotions which led to her slightly depressed state as it was today. Just because I'm not with you at the moment doesn't mean we will never see each other again. Your dad is made of tough stuff and it will take more than an interdimensional demon to keep me from you. It will take a while though, but I will see you again by your sixteenth birthday. So keep you head up because I will be there when you really need me.

Your daddy,

Harry Potter

As it happened over ten years ago, tears rolled down Raven's face. She wanted to believe her dad, she really did, but he was somewhere beyond Raven's reach and it was hard. It was so hard to keep the hope that her dad had survived years in Trigon's realm. Trigon liked to torture her occasionally with the images of all the worlds he had conquered and all were disturbing. She would keep a small hope in her chest today in case her father kept his promise, and an even larger hope that nothing would happen in regards to the prophecy.

Sadly, the bigger hope of Raven's did not succeed. Between her teammates trying to throw her a party to the alerts in the abandoned factory things were not looking up. She knew the day had gone to hell when their archenemy, who was supposed to be dead, walked out of the shadows. "Very good Titans," His voice still as smooth and captivating as it had been the last time they had heard it. "Still as prompt as ever I see. I'm glad things haven't changed too much since I've been gone."

"Slade," Robin growled out, "Shouldn't you be dead?"

"Oh I was dead Robin, there is no need for you to remind me about that. I seem to have bad luck when it comes to apprentices. Of course," Slade said as he walked closer to the Titans which made the five teens tense up, "If I would have known Raven's lineage, why I probably would have went after her. Your father raised me from the dead Raven, and I have a present for the birthday girl."

"My father?" Raven whispered in a small voice and then fire returned to her eyes. "My father would never had touched someone like you."

"Trigon," Slade started but was cut off by a bitter laugh from Raven.

"That is not my father. No, my father is," Raven too was interrupted as the winds suddenly picked up inside the old factory enough to turn some of the old gears. The winds all seemed to congregate in the middle of the Titans and Slade and soon the winds were visible and making a small tornado inside the building. None of those in the building moved as some outside force had them firmly in place.

As suddenly as the winds had appeared, they dispersed leaving a new figure kneeling on the ground, his head bowed down to the Titans leaving only his messy black hair visible. Silence reigned for a moment before the new player slowly lifted his head. Raven saw the faint outline of a scar on the man's forehead and her eyes grew wide. For the first time in over a decade emerald green eyes met her violet and just as they once did, provided so much warmth and comfort for her that she had to let out a choked sob and cover her mouth. Harry Potter was about to move and wrap his daughter in a hug when Slade reminded everyone that he was there.

"I don't know who you are, but you will move so I may give the birthday girl her present."

There was one thing that you never did around Harry Potter as he tended to react rather violently no matter what age he was at and that was threaten his family. Where the air was violent and chaotic just a moment ago, it seemed to still and become oppressive. Slowly Harry turned on his heel to face Slade. No one saw him move, but one moment, he was in the middle of the factory and the next, he was in Slade's face his fist cracking the mask and sending Slade flying back. He had spent the last decade fighting against demon armies, so of course he was unusually strong.

The Titans stared in shock as Slade was sent crashing into the wall and appearing to be dazed. Even Starfire and Cyborg hadn't been able to move Slade more than a few feet and they were the strongest teens on Earth. "Leave now," Harry said, his voice scratchy through many long periods of being unused, but everyone could hear the threat in it, "Before I am truly pissed."

"Oh, I'm scared," Slade laughed. "But I think I'll give you the same chance. I need Raven for my new master and you would do well in avoiding his ire."

"I'll tell you what, mention Harry Potter to your master the next time you see him. Why, I'll send you to him now. Good bye," He said as he brought his arm down in a slashing movement and Slade instantly disappeared. There was nothing but silence in the factory as four of the Titans were in shock of their arch foe being vanquished so easily. When the man turned, the Titans moved back into their defensive position, but his eyes didn't linger on them. Instead he sought out those violet eyes that had kept him going these past few years. When Harry spotted Raven once again, she was already moving towards him.

He stepped forward and wrapped the indigo haired girl into a strong hair. "Dad," She managed to croak out just loud enough for the rest of the Titans to hear before she gave in to the tears.

"I promised you baby girl, I promised you I'd be here when you needed me," Harry gasped as his own tears rolled down his cheeks. The rest of the Titans were left confused.

A/N: If I continue this, I had planned to pair up Harry with Wonder Woman or Hawkgirl, probably Hawkgirl since there's not a lot stories with her as the leading lady. I admit that I got this from whitetigerwolf's "Burning a Candle". I may eventually turn this into a story, but if you want to take over and make it your own all I ask is that before you put it up let me know so I can read what you come up with.