Raven
written by:N.Townsel
Chapter 1: Tortued Trees
I was in a gloomy dark place, with trees that looked tortured and air that has been infected with dead souls. I was on the ground trying to find my last breath as I was reaching for my sword. Suddenly his sword went through my hand piercing my veins and splitting my bones but the pain was nothing though of what she had to go through. I managed to pull the sword out of my hand and again started to reach for my sword. Then he put one foot on my lower back and stabbed his sword through my heart. He filled it with darkness, killing it along with all of my dreams to see the world go on and for me to die a peaceful way but i suppose that is not my destiny. They say that your life flashes before your eyes when you die, so i'll show you my life through my eyes, my emotions, my problems.
"Are you ready Nicholas" "Yes father" I stared down of what was a field of the dead, only wearing my armor and holding my sword. Nothing lived there, nothing. "They are almost here master" "Thank you Sin" . I turned around and saw thousands of men with spears, swords, bows, maces, flails, almost every melee weopon you can think of. Then silence...and everything turned a lightish blue. My father started to walk down the field, Sin told me to follow him so I did.In the distance there were some figures that seemed to be glowing blue and were running amazingly fast towards thee army behind me...or towards me. Then my fathers army started running too and so did my father, the only person on the battlefield i trusted was my dad so I still followed him.My father yelled "They're under the Venlen spell" then Sin said "Then we can't even touch them". My father thought for a second then said "Darkous Heriss Venlen" almost instantly the army's weopons started to glow a maroon color and so did Father's, Sin's, and mine. Both armies clashed together and I fell backwards from the impact of a light elf. He also knocked my sword out of my hand. I saw it as it rolled down a hill, my father gave me that sword so i had to go and get it. I started to crawl because i didn't want to get cut by any swords. "They're too strong Mexus!!!" said Sin "I know...RETREAT!!!". Everyone had retreated but my father was still fighting and looking around trying to find me. I was still trying to find my sword, I found it some tall grass. Then I heard "Nicholas!!!" I ran back up the hill and saw my dad being takin away by the eleves. I tried to get to my dad but a elf pushed me on the ground and said "If you get up i'll cut off your arm". I got up as fast as I could and ran towards my dad but he just stared at me. Then I felt pain on my left shoulder I looked over and my arm was gone. All I could see was blood.
I fell down in unbelievable pain, and my father tried even harder to get to me but the elfs were holding back. "Hmf, I told you not to get up boy". I was left there I thought I was going to bleed to death but then a elf picked me up and I blacked out. I woke up on a metal like table in a circular room and my left shoulder was in a metal casing with a slot were the joint should be, it didn't hurt a lot i'm suprised I survived. A door opened and a elf came in, he seemed happy to see me. "Oh, so your awake. How's your shoulder?". I didn't speak I was kinda scared. "Can you tell me how old you are?". I found some courage "I-I'm 15". "and whats your name?". "Nicholas". He stopped for a second. "So your father is Mexus, you know he is a extroidinary man. He has such pride and courage for his people". "What did you put on my arm?". "Oh well its my latest invention" he said. I hooked the wiring inside a mechanical arm to your nerves, you feel the arm and you can control it". He went over to a case, opened it and took out the arm. It was so precise on every detail it was amazing, then he put it on me. He was right I could use it almost perfectly, I dont know why he helped me though. The next morning I woke up on that same table and the elf rushed in and told me to hide. I asked why but he just said hide so I hid behind the table next to the bookcase, I heard some other elfs. "Where are you keeping him, I told you to only help our people!" "But he was only a child" "I don't care, he is not our kind, and he is the son of Mexus. Now where are you keeping him" "I wont let you take him". Then everyone went silent and the table I was hiding behind was pulled to the middle of the room. I saw the king elf and he grabbed me by the arm. He tried to take me out the door but the other elf blocked the way. "You can't take him" "I can because you work for me" "Well then I quit" "You cant quit because you can't escape, this tower is surrounded by dark portal matter, It can transport you to anywhere in the universe. Are you willing to take that chance?" "No" "Thats what I thought" "But he is". The other elf took me away from the king and stabbed him with a green knife. The king looked paralyzed. The other elf told me that he was gonna throw me in the dark matter. He said that it would transport me somplace but it could be anywhere, at least better than where I was now. Then he pushed me in.
"Robin, theres trouble in town" said Beast Boy. "Right, Okay team we got trouble" said Robin. "I'm ready" said Raven. "Lets go" said Starfire. "BOO-YAA, I'M READY TO KICK SOME-!!!" Robin interrupted "CYBORG! LETS GO!"
I was floating through darkness. Its a weird feeling, like the moment just before your about to die. Seeing nothing yet everything in front of you. The darkness overtakes you, it consumes you, and you know that you cannot control it. But I finally saw a light, I was getting closer and was hearing the sounds of fighting and yelling. Suddenly I came to a city. I had never seen a city like this before, there was so much metal. Then I saw them, there were five teenagers, about the same age as me, fighting a giant rock monster.
The monster had knocked the titans off of him. Then Beast Boy turned into a T Rex and charged at the monster, but it moved to its right and backfist Beast Boy in the head.Then Cyborg ran up the monster, pointed his proton cannon to its face and fired. Then he did a backflip off the monster and landed perfectly. Cyborg charged up his cannon again but the monster grabbed his arm with the cannon and ripped it off. Then Raven lifted in the air and got metal beams from building and threw them at the monster. Then the monster grabbed one of the beams and hit Raven with it. Raven fell and the monster was about to hit her. Then I ran up and held up my left hand up, guarding her. Then my arm seemed to expand and electricity was emitting from it, there was also a charging sound. Suddenly electricity shot everywhere but only hit the rock monster.Special Police forces came and took the Monster away.Then Raven looked up at me and asked who I was, I said "My name...is Nicholas".I fell unconciously and Raven picked me up and flew me over to the Titans Tower. It was in the shape of a T and was mostly made of glass but there was metal there too.Raven landed in front of the main door, everyone else followed her. I woke up after Raven put me in the medical facility in the tower But no one was in the room so I looked around. I went through the hallway door and came to a room which said "Living Room", so I went in. I saw Cyborg, Beast Boy, and Starfire then Robin came in and said "Thank you for saving Raven...Nick" then I said "I prefer Nicholas".
"Are they okay" I said as I was pointing to Cyborg and Beast Boy. "They'll be alright, its just a scratch compared to their strength" then he paused and spoke quietly "I'd like to know where you came from" then I said "Its a long story, and I don't want to talk about it". He walked away and he seemed angry. Starfire came over and said "Sorry about that, Robin has been most unkind lately because of a man named Slade" then I said in curiosity "Slade?". "He's a very evil man with no thought of peace and only cares about control over everything" said Raven. Then I thought about those elves and how evil they were. I tried to leave but Robin blocked my way. Then I said "I came from another planet".Then Robin looked in my eyes and stepped aside, and I walked out.