"I do my best to block out the screams but they're haunting me in my dreams!"

She stared into her mirror, the dark magic weaving through her mind and settling her emotions down making her almost numb but without doing so, she would be unpredictable and would rather be a mindless zombie than that monster again.

Raven put the mirror down and sighed, her reflection had been better. Dark rings around her eyes, gray skin even paler than usual and a few fading scratches here and they all pointed to the fact that she wasn't over the last few months just yet.

The world was still recovering from The End but things had mostly returned back to normal. The Titans however were regarded with respect and hailed as heroes wherever they went and while it was nice at first Raven was sick of it. Thousands in her country alone died, probably millions more around the world. Trigon may have been stopped but the world's population suffered and it was all her fault. No one blamed her of course, she was a titan so why would they? But she was the portal and one day probably will be again. There was no way Trigon was dead, she had defeated him but not killed him.

"TITANS GO-!" Robin's voice rung out through the Titans tower via a system of speakers Cyborg had built himself shortly after life returned to normal. Raven telepathically raised her hood and teleported to the living room of the Tower, where she knew her friends would be waiting.

They set off, the rest of the titans in Cyborg's car but Raven flying overhead, she hadn't set foot inside the car since battling Plasmus and wasn't about to start now.

It wasn't hard to see who the culprit of the call was, not from this height anyway. Raven shot forward through the air and tackled the closest of the group to the ground without hesitation, her body slamming and banging against the ground shooting pain through her but she was comforted in the knowledge that the girl she'd tackled would feel the same.

The girl struggled and shifted her weight but realised that it wouldn't do much use especially with Raven straddling her.

"Heya Ravie!" Jinx teased with a smirk. Raven noticed how Jinx's eyes travelled over every inch of her, and how the pink haired girl's cheeks flushed a little and how she relaxed under her as if she was comfortable underneath her. She failed to notice Jinx's quicken pulse and seductive look in her eyes or the smile she had when she first noticed who'd tackled her.

Raven wasn't stupid, she'd figured out over the course of their battles that Jinx didn't hit her as hard as the others, she didn't aim for her directly with her powers though she had hit Starfire but the most obvious sign she'd noticed that confirmed her suspicions was that Jinx NEVER looked at any guys in a way beside as someone to dispose of.

Raven knew exactly why that was because it was the same with her, she was gay. Jinx was a lesbian and no doubt about it, if she ever found out that Raven also batted for the same team she'd never let her live it down.

Jinx frowned at Raven's lack of surprise and narrowed her eyes, she shot a small hex at the side of the titans head.

"Told ya"

Raven thought before struggling and kicking Jinx off her, she drew back and let the magic in her envelope her hands. Jinx smirked like a cat before back flipping into the shadows as they heard her team making a quick retreat.

"Azarath Metrion Zinthos!" Jinx heard the Titan yell before a large shard of glass whizzed past her head, Jinx then spun on her heel and shot several hexes in raven's direction before jumping onto Gizmo's back as the boy's backpack sprouted a large set of mechanical wings and flew off taking them both along for the ride.

Raven glared at the retreating figure in the sky before sinking into the ground and teleporting back to the other Titans who by now had caught up to the scene.

Jinx was laid on her bed covered in all sorts of stolen goods, rubies, diamonds, gold coins, necklaces and bracelets just glistening with jewels and yet something felt amiss. Despite the value of the items that had been stolen she didn't care, she wanted something she couldn't have, something she knew she'd never get. It couldn't be stolen but it could be gained and the only way you will get it is if you're a good person. Jinx wasn't one of those.

She'd never been a good girl and not even love would make her into one anyway, crushes pasted in their own time right? So all she had to do was wait it out.

According to everything she'd heard and been told over the years girls weren't allowed to like girls, while she'd attended a few gay pride events Jinx still felt as if she should hide it. Especially with her career choice, who knows what others could do if they found out?

She got up, got changed and left her room; going for a walk usually always cleared her head and before long Jinx was walking down the city streets. The general public never caught on and realised that she was Jinx despite her obvious hair and eyes, even though her hair wasn't up in their horns right now.

The chilled air brushed past her making her shiver, it was mid-September and the Halloween stuff had started to appear in stores. The temperature was pretty cold; she found it hard to imagine that just a few weeks ago she had been sunbathing on her apartment balcony.

Still it made her smile; autumn and winter were her two favourite seasons. Autumn especially because of Bonfire Night and Halloween, she also always thought that when the tree's had turned into all the possible shades of yellow and orange that they looked like fire.

It was the season before the cold truly hit and made the city freeze, a time to remember the dead. A season dedicated to fireworks lighting up the skies and fires blazing on the ground, toffee apples and bonfire candy.

The whole season had the pleasant smell of fire about it. Jinx had always loved that, it reminded her of the days when she was still a kid sitting by a warm fire after spending the whole day playing with friends.

She used to wonder if raven liked autumn but then decided that if the titan was to like any of the seasons it'd be winter because the lack of warmth was merciless and almost cruel. The roads would be covered in ice, lakes would freeze over and life in a way seemed to disappear. Snow would cover everything in a thick blanket of white that'd start to feel like it was suffocating you. Yeah, she could definitely imagine Raven being a fan of winter.

"I bet she likes the bitter cold on her skin." Jinx grinned to herself.

...

Raven sneezed all over her mirror. She scowled and cleaned it up unknowingly brushing her fingers against the warm glass. She had been meditating but couldn't get into it. She gave up in the end and just went to bed.

She had the weirdest dream, first of all she was in a forest but everything, even the flowers and the mushrooms was the size of a 3 story house. Then after that she vaguely remembered been at a table with a guy and a rabbit, been stuffed into a tea pot. Going to a castle and eventually slaying a dragon all before waking.

Raven knew she wasn't in her bed right away, it was too hard and for one thing why were there crickets in her bedroom?

She opened her eyes and groaned. This wasn't her bedroom at all! It was a forest... And the mushrooms were 3 stories high.