G'day everyone, this is my first fanfiction on this website. It's all about Jinx and a never introduced character from her past.

Disclaimer: I do not own the Teen Titans, however, I do own the plot.

Without further ado, enjoy.

A Haunting Memory Returns

Chapter One: A Fluctuating Confidence

A warehouse stood in the night untouched. The alleyway was empty on that still spring night, not even a cricket chirped. Everyone and everything were resting in their homes waiting the dawn of a new day. It seemed that no one could disrupt the peaceful night that was cool with gentle winds. Or so it was thought...

A lone figure sat in the warehouse, silently letting the time pass. He wore a dark overcoat, dark trousers, and black boots accompanied by gloves of the same color. He donned his top hat, thinking, "It's nearly time, so I might as well look my best." before bursting out into chuckles. The most horrifying of this fellow's features was a mask covering his face. It was an Italian Plague Doctor mask, a beak like mask with glossy glass eyes in the color of spilled blood.

The mysterious figure sat there, thinking of his past. He was an ex-professor for the H.I.V.E. Academy, leaving only when the old headmaster was replaced by the wretched Brother Blood. The figure honestly saw that Blood was heading for failure, and had told him that several times to no avail. Blood thought him a fool, and in turn gave him to the Brotherhood of Evil, who weren't exactly on friendly terms with the figure either.

"Nobody leaves the Brotherhood of Evil Dracul; you can't just leave after joining." Blood had told him with a smirk as Immortus' soldiers dragged Dracul away.

"I don't live under present laws Blood." Dracul had replied calmly.

Dracul had to smile under his mask, everyone thought him for dead, but just as before he had proven that the Brotherhood of Evil were still no match for him. Rouge must have been furious. They planned to decapitate him and he was sure Rouge would have personally kept the head on a silver platter to gaze at forever. However, the idiots did a disgraceful job of emptying Dracul of his goods, and he managed to singlehandedly beat them and escape to solitude.

It wasn't so much of a happy memory though, despite his strenuous victory. His mind went back to the H.I.V.E. Academy, when the old headmaster was still in control. He especially remembered one of the students who had arrived to the H.I.V.E. A girl, with pink hair arranged in some sort of strange fashion. She had a pale face and catlike pupils. She somehow stood out in the class, she seemed troubled. She lacked self-confidence and was continuously harassed by her peers.

"Why don't you stand up for yourself?" Dracul had thought to himself, "You have the power to do so."

The headmaster had appointed him to figuring this out, because the girl wasn't exactly "succeeding in her efforts". In fact, she looked as if she felt that she didn't belong here. So, that day after class Dracul had told her to stay after. The rest of the children echoed, "Oooh… someone's in trouble…"

"Get out of my class before I skin you all alive and send you to the nearest cannibal in Jump City!" Dracul had roared at them.

They took off, knowing that with Dracul's reputation, he wasn't joking. He immediately became calm as if nothing had happened. He closed the door and sat down, gesturing at the girl to do the same in the chair opposite.

"I trust you know why you're here." Dracul had said.

She refrained from looking into his eyes, as if it would trigger some explosion and replied with a quiet, "Yes."

"Good, then it seems we won't need to spend too much time with introductions." Dracul had said solemnly, "As you know I am Professor Dracul. And you are?"

"Jinx." she said, even quieter than the last answer.

"You seem to be having trouble. Tell me, what seems to be the problem?" Dracul had asked.

"I've hit a few rough patches." Jinx replied.

"So I hear. What exactly are those rough patches?" Dracul continued.

"I- they're private issues. I'd rather keep it at that." she said nervously.

Dracul knew that if Jinx wouldn't tell him what was troubling her then they shouldn't have been having the conversation at all. Instead he'd try coaxing it out of her.

"Why did you come to this school?" Dracul asked.

"To learn how to be a villain." she said.

"No, I mean why did you come here?" Dracul asked again while correcting Jinx.

"Well- I, um, I had nowhere to go." she replied.

The blood red glass eyes on Dracul's mask started to glow, signifying his curiosity.

"I see; no relatives, no friends, no one close? How tragic…" Dracul said in false sincerity.

"Well, I did have a boyfriend, but he was a disappointment." Jinx said.

Dracul's glass eyes stopped glimmering. He had hit the jack pot. Now all he needed to do is rebuild the girl's confidence.

"Very well then, was he, abusive?" Dracul asked.

"Kind of." Jinx said going quiet again.

"Well then, I'd like to inform you, you're a villainess now." Dracul said.

"Okay." Jinx replied.

"You are not to show mercy and are not to be trifled with. Whoever this bloke was, he's in the past now and I'm sure you want to keep it that way. You shouldn't let memories haunt you. This is a new life and I'm sure that if you add a little confidence to that fire you'll be successful. We're born, we grow, and we die." Dracul said with a sharp voice, "You are in your teenager years and will soon be independent, and I don't know how you feel, but if I were you I wouldn't take any garbage from anyone. Do you understand?"

Suddenly Jinx seemed a little sharper as if the speech had actually helped and said with a loud and proud voice, "Yes sir."

"Good. Now I'm sure we'll meet again and I'll be sure to test you in training. You may now leave." Dracul finished.

Dracul now found himself not in the artificial lighting of the H.I.V.E. Academy but in the dark, rank warehouse he'd been sitting in.

"Now if only Jinx wasn't too confident. Otherwise I wouldn't be waiting here for an ambush." Dracul thought.

He stood up from his perch and walked closer to the entrance while pulling out a piece of chloroform cloth and shaking it to remove any excess particles. Now all he needed to do was wait.

End of Chapter One

I hope you liked it, if you didn't, then what are you going to do? You can't please everyone. I'll take any reviews I can get, no matter how bad they are. If you guys want me to update, I'm pretty much done with the second chapter. Thank you and good day.