The pain of trust
By: Shadow Mistress Andora
Summery: Raven looks back at her sadly and kneels before her. No one can see the tears that streak down her face as she speaks "Amarista Marybella , half breed child of Azarath, You have committed the crime of murder. Do you deny killing those who raised you in cold blood?"
Disclaimer: I don't own the Teen Titans
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Raven sat with her legs dangling over the edge of the titan's tower. It was a chilly winter night and a crescent moon was visible in the clear sky, giving off just enough light to see by. Raven wraps her arms around herself to keep warm and looks up at the sky. She's so focused on the moon that she doesn't even notice anyone else on the room until Cyborg drapes a blanket over her shoulders.
"You ok Rae?"
Raven nods not looking at him and wraps the blanket more tightly around herself.
"Are you ready to do this?"
Raven shakes her head but stands up.
"It'll be ok Raven"
Raven turns to him and suddenly buries her face in his chest. Cyborg wraps his arms around her and hugs her tightly.
"Everything will be ok Raven, it's what has to be done, and it's for everyone's safety."
"She's going to hate me"
"She'll understand in time Raven"
Abruptly she pulls away and pulls her hood up
"Let's just get this over with"
Cyborg nods and follows her back to her bed room. The other titans are waiting there and move out of her way as she enters. Raven makes her way to the center of her room where a large pentagram is drawn on the floor, candles are the only light in the room. In the middle of the pentagram is a girl, weeping. She looks up at Raven
"Please… Please I'm so sorry, please don't do this to me it was an accident"
Raven looks back at her sadly and kneels before her. No one can see the tears that streak down her face as she speaks
"Amarista Marybella , half breed child of Azarath, You have committed the crime of murder. Do you deny killing those who raised you in cold blood?"
"No but I didn't…"
Raven cuts her off
"You admit to your crime and for this most terrible act the rulers of Azarath have only one punishment, binding of your powers until such a time as you have atoned for your sins, do you accept this punishment?"
"No please let me…"
"DO YOU ACCEPT THIS PUNISHMENT"
The girl hangs her head, starts to sob again and answers in a tiny voice
"Yes"
Raven pulls a knife from under her cloak and holds it up. Red symbols glow on the blade and she grabs a hold of the girls left arm. As the knife touches the girls arm Amarista starts to scream and Raven speaks in her native tongue. She draws more symbols up and down the girls arm until her blood stains the floor around them. As the blood reaches the lines of the pentagram it seems to draw it in and begins to glow. When Raven finely takes the knife away from her skin the girl sags to the ground and the only thing that gives her away as being conscious is the fact that the titans can still hear her quietly sobbing to herself. Raven stabs the knife into the northern tip of the pentagram and the glow intensifies
"As so it has been willed, as so it will be done, Azarath Metrion Zinthos, Racknion Sumira ALTRANTOS!
As she yells the last word the glow from the pentagram engulfs the girl and she is lifted into the air. The titans hear the most horrific scream imaginable and when the light fades the girl's body drops to the floor unconscious. Raven stands up and exits the now invisible pentagram; she pushes past the others and disappears out the room. Cyborg looks to Robin who has his arm around Starfire. The girl is weeping into his shoulder and he nods once before turning and taking Starfire out the room. Cyborg picks the girl up ignoring the blood and takes her out of the room followed by Beastboy.