Ch.1
It was noon in Jump city, and the Titans, save one, were enjoying the warm Californian sun. Cyborg and Beast Boy were playing Frisbee, Robin was running an obstacle course, and Starfire was playing with Silkie. Raven sat on the roof, far above the others, deep in meditation, oblivious of everything except her center. Of course, in Jump city, peace doesn't last too long. The communicators started blaring and Raven restlessly flew down to the garage.
"What now?" Raven asked in her monotonous voice.
"Break In downtown," Robin answered quickly, straddling his R-cycle. The rest of the Titans loaded into the T-car and they drove off.
Standing on a building across the water, stood a figure dressed in a dark cloak with a cat on his shoulder. He followed the blue and white car with his eyes. "Hmm, off they go." He turned around and ran to the other edge of the building and leapt into the air, the cat hardly budged except to reposition itself.
On arrival, the Teen Titan saw seven black clad cloaked figures exiting a store Raven recognized as the Mystical Eye, her magical ingredient supplier. The cloaked men moved like shadows, quick and silent. The Titans swiftly took up fighting stances as the seven men turned to face them.
"Halloween isn't for a few months," Robin said. "Stocking up early?" One of the men moved to the front and drew two katanas from his waist. The others followed their leader's example and drew their single swords as well.
"Your one to talk, you're already wearing your costumes," The leader said, taking a stance.
"Titans, Go!" As soon as the words left Robin's lips, the men were on them. Robin barely had his staff up high enough to block one blow when another came in from the leader's second sword. The Titans were separated by the cloaked men and were doing their best to fight off the fast blades and hidden blows.
Raven found herself faced with two. She quickly floated out of range and sent a black wave at the two swordsmen. One pivoted on one foot and took a fencing stance and the attack missed him by inches. The other man pulled out a dagger at the last minute and slashed the magic shockwave in half. The first man came out of his fencing stance and threw a light blue gem toward Raven. The gem froze a foot away from Raven and sent blue lightning to fill the gap.
Raven hit the ground hard and the gem streaked back to the man who threw it. Raven managed to raise herself on to an elbow to see the second man preparing to deliver a finishing blow, when a huge panther jumped between them. Thanks Beast Boy. Then something confused her. The panther was purple and gave off a magical black aura she only saw when she switched her view to the swordsmen.
Raven felt a hand on her arm and energy flowing back into her. When she turned around to see who it was, all she saw was Beast Boy as a bear finishing off his enemy. She turned back to the panther to see it knocking a robber into the wall. The other man dodged a swipe and threw flash powder at his feet. He appeared next to his ally and helped him get away. The rest of the warriors also fled a good few meters away and, with a swish of the cloak, vanished.
"Darn!" Robin hit the ground with his fist and stood up from his crouched position. "They got away. Everyone alright?"
"Super," Raven said sarcastically. She turned back to the panther to see it gone. "What was that?" she whispered to herself. She shook her head and got back into the T-car and they headed home.
"A drain gem?" The cloaked figure said to the cat on his shoulder. "They meant business. Hopefully, they won't use anything lethal next time 'round." He flew out of the alley and back to his vantage point across from the tower.
Raven went straight to her room after retuning back from the fight. She grabbed a book from her shelf labeled "The Magical World" and started to read. She came to a page that seemed to be stuck to another and separated them. On the inside of the stuck pages the book showed a picture of a huge panther with purple fur and a black aura drawn around it. "The Psylyber" said the caption.
Of all magical creatures, the psylyber is the curious of all. In the wild they hunt animals with low magic levels and attack those with high magic levels. In the off chance they attack you, remember, if defeated, they become loyal to you and you alone. This happens for the fact that psylybers were bred to help mages of high power. They are highly powerful by themselves, so do not engage unless well trained in the magical arts.
Raven read this a few times and thought. Psylybers attack high magic level beings, so why did it attack the swordsmen? They were carrying magic items, that knife and gem. Maybe they had more and the psylyber confused them for the swordsmen's magical power.
But I would read as way higher than any trinkets those two could have. Why not me? That last though ran through her head all through out the afternoon and evening. After dinner she meditated in her room, but that thought even came then. Why not me?
