Prolog

[A/N: Plot holes: Terra's return is not mentioned, Malchior's correspondence with the brotherhood is not mentioned and he was not sent to another dimension by Herald. He is still locked away in the book.

~ Sorry if this bothers you, but no story is perfect, and these are just minor plot points that have been disregarded for the benefit of this fanfiction (I do not own the teen titans or any dc characters mentioned)…]

It had been about a year after Trigon's defeat and since then the titans had moved on from the tragedy to new obstacles. They grew as a team and as a family after their battles with the brotherhood of evil. They had even grown in size, recruiting many new honorary titans and making many new friends. Now things had calm down for the most part (except for the occasional bad guy of course), and things seemed to be at peace.

The titans themselves did not really change though. Starfire was still that same hyper lovable girl. Robin had softened up a little but was still very goal oriented. Beast boy and Cyborg continued to play pranks, and make up horrible games refereed by Raven. Raven on the other hand had changed considerably through out the year. Since the defeat of her father she was able to show more emotion and come out of her shell. She had been able to open up to others more easily and was finding herself. She was finally content and happy with not only her surroundings, but with herself as well. She had even become less tightly wound and let her hair grow out some. (not a lot but still some…)

All of this peace had to be disrupted eventually though… Surprisingly though, it was someone from deep into her past…. Someone who's name barely crossed her mind… yet if mentioned could send her into swirling bowl of emotions…. Someone who break through the little cave she put herself in…. Someone who's breath set her on fire. [a/n: that was a stupid dragon joke, forgive me…]

Chapter One: Discovering the 'Angel'

It had been an uneventful week for the titans, nothing remotely evil was taking place in their usually crime filled city. At times like this everyone would use this time to take a break and indulge themselves. Since Starfire and Robin's relationship had taken off when they got back from Tokyo they had been spending a lot of time together. This often left Raven either by herself or dealing with idiocies of Cyborg and Beast Boy. Raven would rather be by herself, but this didn't bother her like it used to. She had found peace in being alone, and it was relaxing to know that she could be herself whether she was alone or with people. Being alone did become somewhat boring though, especially after a week of no crime fighting. So, Raven decided that she would go out for the day, and visit her favorite book store.

Raven went to find Starfire to let her know that she was stepping out when she bumped into Robin in the hallway. He seemed to have his mind on something else, because he didn't see Raven and smacked right into her.

"Way to go, Boy Wonder…" Raven snapped playfully.
"Ah sorry Raven, I was going to do a search and see if I could pick up anything that could remotely lead us to slade…" he explained, his voice stretched to say slade's name.
"It's alright, I was just on my way out… anything you need?" she asked sympathetically, with slade back that was another thing on Robin's mind constantly eating away at him (especially since things had been so quite) Robin just shook his head, "Don't let him get to you, okay?"
"I know, sorry to worry you… have fun when you're out," he smiled starting to turn the other way.
"Will do. When I get back you had better not have worried Starfire with your research!" she warned walking away.
"Heh… will do." He mocked as they went their separate ways.

It was just about noon when she got to her favorite bookstore, which meant it had just opened. Raven loved to be the only person in the store, so she could search without being distracted by fans or loud customers. Just then one of her 'goth' friends, from a nearby café, came in, probably hoping to avoid annoyances as well. When she saw Raven she smiled and walked over to her in the Mythology section.

"Raven, just the hero I was hoping to bump into," the friend said with a calm demeanor, "I have some interesting information."
"Finally something in this town has happened, is it just me or has the city seemed dull lately?" Raven sighed, taking a book off a shelf to scan its contents, "So, what's this interesting news you've heard?"
"A new occult shop opened up on the other side of town. I hear it has all kinds of old manuscripts and books there, and of course you are the first person I thought of," her friend explained.
"Hmm this does sound like something I should check out," Raven agreed, "Are you busy now? We could go together."
"Actually my shift starts around 12:30 I just came to kill some time before I had to go," the acquaintance admitted, "but here… I can write down the address for you. You should go now, and maybe we can go some other time?"

"Sounds like a plan," Raven decided, as the girl wrote down the directions to the Mysterious book shop. She thought she might as well check it out today, since nothing had really been going at the tower anyways. She waved goodbye to the goth girl and headed to the location written down.

The directions took her to a dark part of town, with old houses and run down shops that had went out of business quite some time ago. She walked slowly down the sidewalk as she read each house number looking for the address given to her. Finally she was lead to a small victorian like house at the end of the street. Definitely a place only people underground knew about… She walked up the narrow steps up to the house, each creaking loudly when her foot hit them. When she had arrived to the front door, the aura made it only seem right to knock first before entering. (just in case she got the wrong place) She grasped the snake knocker and beat the door a few times.

After a few seconds the door slowly opened up to reveal a man about mid-thirties who seemed to be a fan of all things classically occult. She blinked a few times, not really sure what to say, he spoke first, "It's a store… you don't have to knock dear." He had a strange Welsh accent, that seemed to float out as he spoke, not quite catching all of his words.
"I'm sorry, I wasn't quite sure I got the right place, you don't really have any signs, you know?" was her unsure response as he kept her from entering the shop with his tall form.
"Well you found it… might as well get the chance to pick your poison," he said oddly, stepping aside for her to come in.

[A/N: I would just like to make a note that he is not a love interest of Raven's and the girl from the bookshop is not some OC I created, simply someone she bumped into since it is stated that she has goth friends at a café she goes to, in the comics based off the show]

She walked in to find that the inside was just as unstable as the outside. She wondered to the front of the store as the shop owner went back to reading a novel behind the counted. She was surprised to see some types of materials and herbs that were used in a lot of her spells. This man must know of ancient times as well, she thought to herself. She brought herself up to the counter and asked where the books were. He pointed to the back of the store and went back to ignoring the world around him.

Sure enough the books and manuscripts were in the back where he said. She scanned the selection of books on the slanted shelves. Raven sighed, it seemed there wasn't anything that seemed truly interesting on the case. She was about to turn around when an old black book caught her eye. She lifted it off the shelf, swiping away the dust from the cover she examined it more closely. It was leather bond with an odd onyx color, and on the corners it was rounded with heavy white steel. There was a large white O' in the middle of the book that shined a little too strongly. For some reason this book seemed so familiar, she wasn't sure if it was the colors or the shape. She slid her finger into the pages of the book, the feeling of the paper was so similar to something she had felt before. Not only that, but the book seemed to give off some kind of magical shield.

Then realization hit her hard and she dropped the book with a loud thud, "Hey!" She gasped but then realized that the voice had come from the shop keeper. She quickly apologized from the back of the room, and picked up the book. Her hands were shaking, her heart couldn't stop beating, and the urge to throw up was crawling up her throat. There was only one way to find out though… guiding her quivering hand along the cover, Raven slowly opened it and started to scan its pages. It was just as she thought, it was same story. The story of the Wizard Rorek and Dragon Malchior.

Suddenly millions of questions filled her head. Why was this book here? Why is there ANOTHER one? But mainly: What I am supposed to do now? She figured she couldn't just leave the book there, so she ran up to counter and paid the strange man for the book. Transporting herself to the tower, Raven sped to her room and locked herself in.

She set the book down on the same podium she used to let Malchior out the first time. (She hadn't used it since then…) Gulping down her hurt emotions she did the only thing she could think to do… she talked to it.

"…This is going to sound a bit strange… well I guess if it does I would just be talking to myself… ugh but anyways.. um is there anyone in there?" she struggled to ask the book.
Quiet….
Dead Quite….

"hmm.. I may be insane but for some reason I think you're keeping quite," she said to book, then suddenly she took the book in her hand and threw it as hard as she could into her wall. Just as she expected, a groan came from the books pages.

"You have got to be kidding me…" Raven exclaimed to the talking book, "This can't be happening again!"

"Again? Well that certainly is not good news…" the book groans again, "I didn't mean to not speak… I just didn't really know what to say, no one has ever talked to a book before."

Raven went wide eyed at his speech, it was that same beautifully melting voice she had fallen for the first time! "Who are you! Why are you in that book!" were the only things that came out.

"Are you alright, Miss? You seem quite upset.." he asked, but after the silence left in the room he figured he had better just continue, "I suppose to answer your questions… I am Rorek, Wizard of Knoll… and I am contained in this book because of the Dragon Prince, Malchior."

"Wait why are you in… I thought Ma—he was the one… but I have him in that chest over there… so why..?" Raven stuttered out, " Okay…. *breaths* so you are the Wizard and you was trapped by him… and He -Well of course I know he is a dragon! But he is the one who was trapped…!"

"…. I can take it you know the dragon?" Rorek asked, not amused by her outburst, "So then you can trust I am truly the wizard Rorek?"

"Well… I suppose," Raven blinked still gaping at the book, " can you just explain to me what happened? Because from what I have read and was told was that you trapped him… nothing was said about him trapping you as well!"

"I assume he has tricked you into letting him out… shame he has such a pride issue," he mainly said to himself, "ah but anyways, the reason for you not knowing about me, was probably because he didn't think the spell he used to trap me had worked. You see, the reason why our ends are written differently is because his story only tells of what he, himself has knowledge of… odd he wouldn't try to boast about trapping me either way."

"Well he did try to be you… if that's any consolation," Raven said bitterly, "I suppose since you have also been trapped for 1000 years as well, you would also like to be set free?"

"If you are confortable in doing so, I would greatly appreciate the help of a powerful sorceress in aiding me," he complimented, "but first what do the call you?"

Well Malchior sure got Rorek's complimenting down, Raven thought to herself.. 'Powerful Sorcress'? You've got to be kidding me… "My name is Raven."

"Well, Lady Raven I thank you for your kindness, even If you threw me against a wall," Rorek chuckled, "I hope after this we can be friends."

Without even realizing she had said it, her mouth let out the words, "I do as well…"