CHAPTER 1

The daughter of the fallen angel will take the throne of Hell, as a war brews between the planes of existence. There will be a battle for the love of the one who rules, the love of the demon or the love of the angel?

She closed the book with a forceful snap, her ashen face lined with anger. "It's just another stupid prophecy," she muttered, placing the book on her bedside table. "Just like the last one, it won't come true. Because I will rule the throne of my father, not some half breed." Red eyes snapped with determination as silver hair flew over her shoulder. "No half breed will rule this world, even if it must fall into chaos."

She groaned and rolled over pulling the covers up higher, already able to hear the sound of the usual morning tofu vs. meat fight. It seemed that it was worse than usual. But then it seemed like it had gotten a lot louder in the tower since Terra came back.

Not that it was truly a bad thing, though she continued to keep the girl at arms length for the moment, just the noise had definitely escalated. Robin said she was crazy, but like he was one to talk. It had been on complete accident that Terra had come back.

She had wished to remain anonymous and not be taken back. Believing that she wouldn't be wanted back no matter what, especially without her powers, she went into hiding. She blended in and even managed to fake documents to get her into school. But she hadn't counted on Beastboy finding her. She claimed that she truly had lost her powers, when she came back (though not happy about it to begin with). Everyone agreed that it had been the attack on the school that had reawakened her powers.

She rolled over, looking at the clock. It was already 9:30, she realized with a start, which was late for her. She was normally the first or second one up. Despite popular belief, Robin was not the first up; he was actually quite a late sleeper sometimes. But that was mainly on weekends. It used to be that she was always the first one up, but now she and Terra alternated randomly, always closely timed. She always walked into the kitchen with dark bags under her eyes and looking half dead. There was a silent agreement that whoever was up first put the teapot on to boil and no questions were asked.

She slid out of bed, making the bed with a wave of her hand. She walked into the bathroom, bringing up the water so that it would be hot when she was ready, despite having a huge water heater (two actually) the water was always slow to get up to her room. She brushed her teeth quickly, rinsing her brush off when she was done. She pulled off her satin nightgown and stepped into the steaming shower. She instantly relaxed under the almost boiling temperature.

She grabbed her shampoo, working it into her longer hair; it was now to the middle of her shoulders. She had surprised herself when she hadn't kept it short; it was probably an unconscious act of putting her past behind her. Atleast that was what she told herself. A little voice in the back of her head liked to remind her of the other bird's comment. She quickly rinsed her hair and washed the rest of her body, grinning wryly at the fact that her demon blood had blessed her with never having to shave her legs or underarms. Demons were mainly hairless except for their head.

She climbed out of the shower, grabbing a towel and walking back into her bedroom. She wrapped the towel around her body as she walked, opening her closet. She looked at her selection. Uniforms and more uniforms, two black ribbed tanks and one white one; and a lonely pair of jeans and an even lonelier pair of jean shorts in the very back. It wasn't the fact that she was shy about showing off her body, she wore a skintight leotard without legs; she just never wore them. In an act of spontaneity she grabbed the shorts, knowing it was only going to get hotter as the summer went on, yesterday had hit 90 by eleven. She threw them on the bed along with the white tank. She grabbed a bra and underwear off of the small table in the closet corner. She dried her body and hair, quickly dressing.

When she entered the living room kitchen area, it seemed the fight had already ended. Starfire was sitting next to Speedy, a frequent visitor since he had met Starfire two months ago. Cyborg had already taken bets on when they would get together; it went from Beastboy's overly optimistic two weeks (which had already passed) and Robin's overly pessimistic four months. There were bets from both teams and from some of the honorary members.

"You're up late," said Terra, passing her a teacup. Raven gave a nod of thanks. "Busy night?"

Raven raised an eyebrow. "Where would you have gotten that idea?"

"The walking Traffic Light isn't up yet." An addition to Terra that Raven appreciated: the calm and sense of humor that she had gained.

"How many times must I remind that WE'RE NOT HAVING SEX BEHIND THE SCENES!"

What she didn't appreciate was the fact that she had somehow got it in her head that the two either had a sex life that nobody knew about or that if they didn't they needed to.

"At least five more times minimum," replied Terra, as she scowled at Cyborg who was holding his hand out. She dug in her pocket bringing up five bucks and giving it to the grinning Cyborg.

"Continue by all means," said Cyborg grinning. "As long as she continues to make bets on you two, the more money I make."

"At least you find some humor in it," said Raven rolling her eyes.

"AHHHHHH! Raven's wearing normal clothes! The world has come to an end!" Raven's reaction, rather lack thereof made Beastboy stop.

"Friend Raven! What a glorious morning!" exclaimed a beaming Starfire. Speedy nodded in greeting, his mouth full of waffles.

"Unlike certain people," said Terra, "I like the outfit."

"Thanks." Said Raven leaning against the counter. "Where's Cy?"

Speedy answered without looking up from his waffles. "He got a call from Bee. And then he was going to work on the T-Car. Morning Robin."

Raven turned her head to see their un-uniformed leader walking in with his hair still disheveled (meaning it, for once, wasn't gelled) and yawning, all in all he didn't look much like Robin. But he, as always, had his mask on. He was wearing a pair of tan cargo shorts and an open blue shirt over a white tank.

"I take that back, he isn't a walking traffic light." Said Terra, giving Robin an appraising glance. Robin blushed slightly, not used to team members having an interest in him. He quickly moved towards the kitchen and away from Beastboy who looked like he was going to murder him.

"Morning Robin," said Raven, drinking her tea. Wow, the world has ended now. Robin in civilian clothes is even rarer than Beastboy being quiet.

"Morning," he replied, doing a double take. What in the world? Raven's wearing shorts of all things? Well at least she has nice legs…you never see them under that cape. "So what's for breakfast?"

"Waffles," replied Speedy, around a mouthful of said food.

"So how are things going in Steel City?"

Bee sighed. "Same old, same old. Though I'm starting to understand why you hate the ones with any real powers."

"Can't get one?" asked Cyborg, remembering the many incidents they had had with various criminals. Things had been quiet recently, just a couple of bank robberies which were easily dealt with.

"Yeah." Bee sighed, slouching down in her chair. "She just won't give up; this is the second week now. I'm surprised Speedy hasn't told you."

"He mentioned someone, but didn't go into details." Replied Cyborg. "You can't even get her with Jinx?" Jinx had been a recent addition to the Titans East. After her 'reformation' as Robin had put it, she had followed Kid Flash to the Titans East about a year after. She had proven herself more than a few times in the past year.

"No, which is what worries me." Bee looked tired. "This one will turn up at the oddest hours, hours that no one else would attack. And she's never looking to steal anything. It's like she's trying to beat us down."

Cyborg frowned. "There's something else."

Bee nodded. "It scares me more than anything else. I know she has to have a weakness, but…"

"But what?" asked Cyborg. He knew this had to be important, Bee never acted like this. And she rarely chewed on her lips like she was.

"Her powers. They're almost exactly like Raven's. Jinx even said the energy is the same Cy. Who do you know who can beat Raven?" Bee shook her head. "Cy, we all know Raven holds back a lot in battle except when she knows her opponent can take it or if she gets angry enough, and even then, I don't think anyone has ever seen her true strength. You told me how she pulled Slade out of the floor. And Jinx said she almost always went harder on her than Mammoth, and Mammoth can take a lot."

"Bee, you can't be serious. We can't have someone with Raven's power against us." Cy didn't want to believe there was someone that strong. "My sensors always record her in battle and I know what you say about her strength is true. I had to recalibrate them after Malchior."

"Malchior?"

"Well it wasn't really Malchior, but he pretended he was. Long story short the spirit of an evil dragon had been trapped in one of her books and he tricked her into releasing him. I was across the tower and down in the garage when she released him. It was twice as high or more than when she pulled Slade out of the floor. And I showed you the reading for that one. And that was when she released him."

Bee groaned. "You can't be serious…Cy, Jinx told me after yesterday that she had managed to get a rough reading of her. She's not human, Jinx is pretty sure she's a demon. And a strong one at that."

"Send me everything you have on her, I'll see what I can do and I'll get Raven if it's needed." Bee nodded. "As a warning Cy, yesterday she said that she would find her, and today we had to tell her where she was or else. I have no clue what she's talking about, but you might want to pull Raven into it fast."

Cy nodded. "Take care of yourself Bee.

"Same to you," she said, smiling. "East out." With that the screen went blank. Cy groaned. "This can't be good."

"Aw, come on Rae! Please?"

"No, I'm not playing Beastboy. How many times do I have to tell you?"

"Pleeeeeeease?"

"No."

Beastboy sighed. "Fine. Starfire, Speedy and Robin on one team, me, Terra, and Cy on another."

As the others started their volleyball game Raven crossed her legs into a lotus position and started floating, softly chanting her mantra. It had been far too long since a visit to Nevermore. And it was far too easy to get there.

"You've been gone a long time." Intelligence pushed her glasses back up her nose. "Too long. You should have come before. You know what tomorrow is."

"Nothing will happen. He had others before he died." Raven walked down the rocky path, Intelligence floating beside her over the abyss.

"But you are still the oldest." Replied Intelligence. "You know those marks will never leave your body. And they marked more than the end of the world."

"He was over two hundred years old! How can I be the oldest? And I know he's had a son since then." Raven stopped, sitting cross-legged on a rock pillar about two feet off the ground. Intelligence sat on one of the ones that surrounded Raven's.

"You know that child died. Very few of his offspring have lived past birth, never mind infancy, even the full blooded demons."

"I just know tomorrow will be the end." A gray robed figure appeared, sitting on another of the pillars.

"You always say that Timid." Rudeness rolled her eyes.

"Tomorrow will be wonderful! It will be filled with happiness!"

As the emotions showed up, they all gave their opinions on what the next day would be like as they took their respective pillars.

"Even if something happens tomorrow, we can beat it!" Boasted Bravery, who was, as always, the last to show up.

Raven growled. "Nothing will happen tomorrow! There are others, daughters are always at the bottom. A son will take it, not a daughter. There has never been a female ruler."

"You know better than anyone that chaos is starting to rule. It won't be long until it pours over into Nigenkai. Already some has spilled over. The shields are weakening." Intelligence looked at Raven pointedly. "Even you can't deny that."

"Let the spirit detectives' deal with it, I'm sure they have more than enough." Raven crossed her arms stubbornly.

"There are never enough. Even with the two Demons helping them, there are never enough." Intelligence wasn't letting up. "There's only one worthwhile team any more."

"Nothing will happen tomorrow, there won't be an eclipse and there won't be anything out of the ordinary. Just my 18th birthday party."