A/n: Yeah its Dark Midnightstar back in writing!! Whoohoo! Yes I actually know what I'm going to do with this story instead of just..letting it rot in my Microsoft files. :-p
Some of you may know me as writing HP fics that I have deleted. But if you want me to post them back on fanfiction, please say so in your reviews. I'll glady post them with a little encouragement.
This is my first Teen Titans fanfiction! I've recently been engrossed in the show and I thought about creating my own fic. Happy readings!
(Edit- I've edited this and changed some stuff around…I read it over again and decided that it didn't really comply with the storyline and that a lot of people say its extremely out of character...heh sorry about that nn;...I hope that those of you that reviewed before don't mind these changes too much…Hopefully this edited version is better than the first: )
Disclaimer: I do not own Teen Titans, I own everything but..the plot?
The gray clouds opened up once more since the night and the water gracefully fell, cleansing the Earth of all its filth before vanishing into puddles. The rain tapped at her windows like soft doves. Each little droplet swam down towards the bottom in tiny streams.
A purple-haired, petite figure rested in her navy blue sheets, eyes closed with a troubled expression on her face responding to a nightmare she was currently having. She'd learn to deal with them, as she had them every night and had to firmly control her emotions while reminding herself it was only an illusion.The soft rain tapping on her window woke her and she reluctantly opened one bleary eye. Sleepily, she opened both eyes and gazed at the breathtaking view of the vast ocean, stretching on for what seemed like eternity, that was right outside her window.
Raven felt lucky, in a sense, to have such a nice view of the ocean. Unlike the other Titans, she had a window that seemed to reflect the world on her as she meditated. It was like waking up to refreshing sunrises or drowning into deep slumber from the romantic sunsets. Who was she to complain?
She gazed around her room and thought of the how lucky she was to be here to finally found friends who accepted her.Just as long as she doesn't lose control over her emotions, she was sure that everything would be all right. It hurt her so much that, whatever she did, she could not feel. She had to meditate every day to keep her powers under control. But she was willing to sacrifice the gift of happiness and emotion to save her friends, no matter how reclusive and depressive they thought she was. That was the only way she could express her compassion towards them.
Why did she care so much? Raven reminisced into the past where she and the Titans stood side by side, each and every one of them, watching out for their teammate's backs. Working together was what it was all about, and giving all they can to protect the innocent civilians. They worked to together to become victorious. She admired that strength. Back in her home, the only feeling that she was allowed to feel was ambition. Power was the object of ambition. Loneliness was a constant companion.Now, she had the Teen Titans, whom she could call her home, her sanctuary. She had all she had ever wanted. No one could ever change that.
Raven swung her legs over the dark bedspread. Coolness from the carpet curled up from the sole of her feet to around her calves. She glanced at her digital clock that Beast Boy had given her for her last birthday. 7:30 am it read. It was certain that none of the other Titans could get up this early, with the exception of Robin who was usually up to train in the gym.
Robin…she reached for her usual cloak and pulled it around her shoulders while fingering the mysterious broach from under her chin. Out of all the Titans, Robin was the one who caught her attention. His stubborn ways, over-competitive consciousness, and tendency to win every argument annoyed Raven to the point of insanity. But his mysterious ways and the love for the team makes her more curious about the boy behind the mask than the Titans leader who always barked out orders. Who was he really? She could read his mind, but that'd be intruding his private thoughts. She shook her mind of those thoughts. What business was it of hers anyway?
Sighing at that thought, she locked her door with many charms and security spells so that no intruder may to able to enter it. She stalked to the bathroom and gazed at her bedraggled reflection. A pale lithe girl stared back at her with dark circles under tired dark violet eyes with her purple hair flying everywhere.
Perturbed, Raven levitated her wooden brush and began to rid her hair of the few tangles she possessed while simultaneously brushing her teeth. She didn't really care whether or not others found her attractive, just presentable. Suddenly, a loud explosion was heard and the sound of cluttering of dishes followed.
" What the," she started. Realization hit her. Twitching an eye, she jerked around. That could only mean one thing: Star's cooking.
Raven rushed out the door to the source of the disturbance. She coughed from the thick smoke and struggled to see past the misty barrier. Raven let in a heavy breeze, clearing the smokescreen. Finally, almost all the smoke was gone and she was able to view the damage done to the kitchen.
The kitchen was a mess! Black ash, from the explosion she guessed, covered the walls. She could still see the spot on the stove where the explosion might have occurred. Blue globs of goo stuck to the ceiling while dripping onto the checker-tiled floor. Grey glue-like substances covered the floor and particles of green were mixed in. At this point, Raven wasn't sure she wanted to know what kind of "food" that Starfire was attempting to preparing. It was too heinous of a scene to even question the ingredients.
She levitated to avoid stepping on the disgusting goo and spotted Starfire kneeling beside the stove, sneezing. Star was a mess herself as well. Brown bits of what looked like batter stuck to her red hair and her face was streaked with black ash and the ever most famous, mustard. The front of her top had yolk stains on it while her skirt was wet with what looked like a cross between dog food and vomit. Raven had to resist from making a disgusted face.
Star tries so hard to make Earth foods, yet they always ended as a disaster or dubbed "inedible". It wasn't her fault that she was from another planet and had to learn other planetary customs. Raven cocked an eyebrow, rested her hands on her hips, waiting for an explanation. She decided to go easy on her this time.
Star on the other hand, observed the mess she made and the look on Raven's face. She laughed nervously and placed her hand behind her head.
" It seems that my efforts to recreate this new Tamaranian dish I have been trying has resulted in the blowing-up," she said with sweating.
" Why don't you just stick to cereal? At least we wouldn't need to hear nuclear explosions," Raven replied helping the alien to her feet. Star's cooking was a definite haphazard. "Go clean yourself up."
" Oh yes I shall, Friend Raven! Why don't I make some pieces of bread-of-toasting for you before I go? Or perhaps help you clean of the discarded items on the tables?"
" That's alright. You go ahead ," twitched Raven. She always knew what Star was erm..capable of. Star could've mistaken the ammonia for juice. Once she mistook the mothballs for jawbreakers and put them in the candy jar. (A/N: do they have a candy jar?..they're teens..candy= everything nn)
Star nodded in agreement and headed to the bathroom. Raven stared after her friend. Star definitely needed some more lessons on Earth customs and perhaps cooking as a bonus.
Raven had recently begun teaching Starfire the ways of meditating and clearing the mind, void of any emotions. Star had been a good student, but her conscious of how most people had good in them made the lessons difficult to an extent. However, their meditation lessons brought their friendship closer until Raven felt it was comfortable to have one of their "girl talks".
The sound of dripping water from the faucet brought Raven back from her thoughts. She sighed at the sight of the kitchen. With a wave of her hand and three magic words, she had sponges, surrounded in black energy, scrubbing the floors and ceilings vigorously, mops that squelched soapy water on the flours, cloths cleaning the dishes with the water rinsing it. Raven decided it wasn't worth her time and effort to clean up the mess. She had much more important things to do.
Once again, she used her telekinetic powers to bring her the thermos bottle that held her usual tea, jasmine. She poured the tea into one of her favourite blue mugs that sat untouched on the coffee table. The fragrance of fresh jasmine tantalized her senses as she sipped the hot drink, savouring the burning liquid as it slid down her throat. Raven closed her eyes as she felt the warm drink flow to every part of her body. Perfect for a refreshing start of the day. She picked up her newly bought horror novel and began to flip to the book marked chapter.
It was Robin who chose this moment to enter the living room. He spotted Raven sitting near the coffee table reading her trademark horror novel. It was a known fact to all the Titans to not disturb Raven while she was in her room, meditating, or reading. They would have to face dire consequences or so she said. She made it clear to them the first day she arrived. But that happened so often that they didn't really take her warning to heart and Raven got used to it that she forgot about 'sending them to another dimension'. They were her friends afterall and she would never hurt them..intentionally, no matter how annoying they would get.
Robin cleared his throat to make his presence known and she nodded her head in response.
" Morning Raven. I ran into Star just now. She seemed a bit distressed, do you…WHAT IN THE SEVEN BLAZES OF THE UNDERWORLD HAPPENED HERE?!?!?!" he shouted staring at the kitchen in shock. It was quite a scene to see sponges, mops, and dishes work by themselves. One could still see the original mess.
" Let's just say Starfire had a little accident this morning," she smirked at the expression on Robin's face. " I decided to help out. Of course you can contribute to that too," she said in her monotone voice before thrusting a spare mop into his hands.
" Uh…," Robin was still shocked by the scenario. He stood there staring, eyes wide, mouth gaping for several moments. Raven looked up from her book and saw that he was still standing there like an idiot. It was kinda funny to see a spiky haired boy dressed in clown-coloured clothes with his mouth hanging open.
" Robin trying to catch flies with your mouth is not going to help clean up the mess," she said sounding impatient.
" It's not like the first time you've seen one of her little accidents anyways," she muttered under her breath. Robin could sound so ignorant sometimes.
"How come the smoke alarm didn't go off?" he asked coming out of his stupor.
" I opened the ventilation system before the alarm could go off," she replied without looking up from her book.
" Was Star hurt?" he persistently asked. Raven's temple was now throbbing but she kept her temper under control. He just doesn't know when to stop does he?
" No Robin she wasn't. I'm sure after she blew up the whole kitchen and burned everything in sight, she must still be standing there perfectly without a scratch," said Raven sarcastically.
" How bad was it? Did you heal her with your powers?" he blabbered on. Raven had to resist rolling her eyes. Ah the lovebirds are worrying over each other again. It kinda got on her nerve that Robin seems to care about Star more than anyone else. Like she was the only Titan. Sometimes he seems to forget that there were three other Titans.
" RAVEN! Are you listening?"
She snapped back from her thoughts and glared daggers at him. He had some backbone being impatient with her. No one had the right to get impatient with her.
" Yes Robin. I was just thinking that this is the longest conversation we've ever had. And it's about Starefire," she said thoughtfully turning a page in her book.
" Stop acting like such an ice queen! The world doesn't revolve around you ! Maybe you should start caring about people around you!" bellowed Robin. His face was livid as he glared angrily at her.
She slowly turned her head towards him, shocked. No one spoke to her like that before. She clenched her teeth and unknowingly allowed her anger pass through.Then out of nowhere, Raven did something that she has never done to any of her teammates before: she cuffed him. The force reeled him back, making him slightly stumble. He gaped at her with the same shocked expression he had earlier, wincing from the pain and the sound of shatter glass from somewhere. Raven could see where she had slapped him: the red mark was extremely conspicuous on his tan skin.
" You know nothing about caring about others and you don't know how much I have to sacrifice just to keep you all alive. Don't you dare tell me how to care about others because you know nothing about me,"Raven slammed her book shut and brushed past him. Their heated argument was over. Raven felt she needed a rest and headed for her room, where tranquility welcomed her. Perhaps a bit of meditating hopefully would help her find her center again. Good luck with that, she thought. Robin was such an idiot.
Just as she was exiting the room, she still sense his presence. His burning eyes pierced into the back of her head. She stopped in her tracks and looked back at his masked eyes. Though they were masked, she could still see past the opaque mask and see swirls of emotion running through: anger, hurt and was that guilt? Raven wondered what his eyes would look like without the mask. It would almost be like looking into his soul. They had a staring/glaring contest with each other. As if daring the other to blink.
" This is pointless and its wasting my precious time,"she said trying to keep her emotions in check.
" Now the team isn't worth your time? Then why did you join in the first place?" he inquired her as if searching inside her soul. Raven finds that she couldn't look at him anymore. Instead of backing off into her own room like usual and ignoring him, she stepped forward with anger marked on her face. No, she thought worriedly. Her emotions are wiring out of control! She wasn't able to keep them under her command anymore! As those thoughts tumbled through her head, her concern turned to Robin and what she might do to him. If she loses control, all would be lost she thought hopelessly as something else took over her mind.
Robin noticed that Raven's eyes flickered like fire burning in them. She blinked once, twice, then unexpectedly, she shot him a sinister smile. Robin winced and took one step back.
" You have no idea what you just got yourself into," she hissed eerily into his ear. Her voice made his spine shudder. She could sense that. For some strange reason, she found it quite appealing and amusing at the same time. One part of her feared for Robin and hoped that things wouldn't go too far while the other half wanted to give Robin what he deserved. The second half overpowered the first. Raven ran the tips of her fingernails down his forearm, just hard enough draw a little blood. He cringed. She smirked at his discomfort.
" Are you scared of me Robin? Surely our leader couldn't be scared of me?" she whispered in his ear. Her breath tickled the concave of his outer ear. He shuddered at the feeling.
" Raven, I think you're going a bit too far over a stupid little argument," he asked picking his words carefully, trying to ignore the feelings of trepidation that she planted in him.
" Now it's stupid isn't it? It wasn't stupid to all. Not to me.You hurt me Robin.This is what you have unleashed. The demon inside me…and this is only the beginning of THIS little game..," she flashed him an evil smile as she began advancing him. He backed away from her until his back felt the hard wall behind him. This was not his lucky day.
" What game?"
" You're right, who said I was playing?"
Perfect, he thought. What happened to the reclusive Raven that was always the calm one in the team? Robin looked back at Raven and noticed that she had her serious expression back, the one he saw every single day since she was recruited on the Teen Titans.
" I was never the calm one Robin. That was only a mask, like yours. I was the one who always had an inner turmoil within myself, battling my emotions. You cannot imagine the pain that I feel every second that I feel a heartbeat. I don't want to do this but…I can't help myself," she said in a dramatic tone while fingering her broach again.
" What are you going to do?" he asked nervously. Somehow by instinct, he grasped his birdarang behind his back in case she tried something.
Raven didn't answer him at first. Her eyes became pupil-less and ivory white. Robin knew right then that he was in danger. She raised both her hands into the air as a large mass of black energy formed itself into the silhouette of a claw. It wrapped its talons around his neck as Robin instinctively threw his birdarang at Raven. To his surprise, it wasn't there.
" Robin you looked surprised. You've seen my powers too many times in battle. Oh, were you looking for this?"
Raven had his birdarang in her hand and his utility belt too. Robin gaped openly, he didn't even feel, see, or hear it when she took it from him.She had also tied his feet and his hands together with one of her energy binds.
" One of the benefits of being a telekinesis," she said smirking at his expression once more.
By now, Raven had him cornered. Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide. He was like a scared rabbit cornered by a sly fox. Robin's eyes widened as he struggled against her. One wrong move and she could take his life.
" Raven, the team, me, we all trusted you! Why are you doing this? It's wrong!" he yelled.
" Robin, you should be thanking me. You know what I'm capable of. I could slice you in half right now. It's that simple. But I'm just going to let you die, nice and slow, letting you relish every last ounce of pain as you crumple to the floor…helpless. I'm really doing you a favour by letting you still talk," said Raven emotionlessly.
" This isn't right! Raven!" he called out desperately to her.
" Say your last boy wonder," she cut him off. "It's a shame how it has to come to this. Good bye Robin."
Raven closed her eyes and prepared to choke the life out of Robin. She had gone…too..far..and it was too late to turn back. Inside her head, Raven gave up all hope of ever regaining her control and trust back...Her emotions and power had gone beyond her authority.
Robin stood there frightened, waited for her to take away his last breath…yet still holding his dignity...
A/n: Yay…it's a cliffie…sorta…please comment on what you thought of it, I'm not forcing you or anything. If you want to flame, flame. If you want to give compliments, that's great too!
Chap 2 coming soon!! Stay tuned!
