(Authors Note: This is one of my transfers. I originally had this up on Deviantart but it's all messed up now. I posted there as HermioneGR everyone seemed to like this story so I figured I'd post it here too. This is the slightly revised version. I own nothing!)
Part 1 Shot Down
We were in the tower during a horrible storm. We were watching a movie, well Beastboy and Cyborg were. Starfire was cooking, Robin was working on one of the computers, and I was reading one of my books. Beastboy was unusually quiet. It was starting to bug me until I looked over at the calendar on the wall and saw what day it was. It was the anniversary of the day Terra had sacrificed herself to save the city.
I decided it would be prudent to keep my mouth shut. It hurt me inside to think that Beastboy was so depressed about, yes it was sad. Yes she had saved all of our lives, but I couldn't help hating her because she had had what I couldn't, a normal relationship. She was able to show her feeling, feelings that I never could.
I was barely paying attention to the book I was reading, it was a book that chronicled old powers and those who used them for good or for evil. I didn't even know what page I was on, so lost I was in my musings, and as I looked down at the page the alarm started to go off.
"TITANS TROUBLE!" Robin yelled and we headed out to a cave near town which was the source of the storm, for large black clouds full of lightning were pouring from the entrance. I managed to get us into the cave without any of us getting shocked. What we found inside was a strange scene indeed.
An old man was standing over a small shallow pool in the cave; in the pool was a mermaid. Her hair was an orangeish yellow and her tail was a dark pink. She was clearly suffering due to the small amount of water in the pool. The old man had a bubbling cauldron next to the pool and looked ready to tip it into the water.
"Stop right there!" Robin yelled and the old man looked up from the cauldron and smiled.
"There's nothing you can do to stop me Titans! I've been doing this forever and nothing is going to stop me now!" I knew this guys face from somewhere I just couldn't think where. I couldn't worry about that now though.
The man moved to pour the cauldron into the pool and I summoned my power.
"Azarath Metrion ZINTHOS!" I shouted and I covered the top of the cauldron in my dark energy and with my other hand gently lifted the mermaid out of harm's way and into Cyborgs arms. He ran with her outside and gently placed her in the water.
"You witch! You have interfered with my spell! Now you will pay!" The old man screamed and a ball of bright blue light appeared in his hands. He threw it and Beastboy saw that there was no way I was going to be able to dodge. He dove in front of me and the ball of light passed right through him and hit me.
I screamed in pain. The ball of what felt like electricity passed through my skin and I fell out of the air writhing in pain. Star, Robin, and Cyborg managed to subdue the old man as Beastboy ran to my side.
"Raven! Raven please stay with me!" The pain was receding but so was everything else I remembered where I had seen this guy's face before and choked out.
"Beastboy, he's a sorcerer. Beastboy?" My vision had gone dark I couldn't see him anymore.
"Beastboy? Where are you? I can't see." I felt tears streaming from my eyes and strangely did nothing to stop them.
"Raven I'm right here." I felt someone lift me off the ground and knew it must be Beastboy.
"You're gonna be ok Raven. You have to be ok Raven. Cause I don't know what I'd do without you around."
"You'd be fine." I said as the pain increased slightly then receded again.
"No I wouldn't. Who'd make fun of my stupid jokes? Who'd yell at me for playing stankball inside the tower? Who'd make fun of me when I do something stupid?"
I laughed slightly and felt pain course through me.
"Raven you gotta be ok! I tried to save you."
"I know Beastboy. Beastboy I.." The world around me was growing darker rapidly and I wasn't going to get to tell him.
"Thank you Beastboy. I'm sorry I always make fun of you. You really are kinda funny." My eyes flickered closed.
Beastboy was sobbing holding Ravens still form in his arms. Starfire flew up behind him Robin and Cyborg following her. Raven was paler than usual and she wasn't moving. Beastboy was shaking with grief and Starfire turned into Robins shoulder and began to sob. Cyborg whipped his one real eye and saw what the others were missing.
"Guys look!" They did and saw that Raven's body was glowing. She was still in Beastboy's lap and as his hand brushed her face she dissolved into thin air.