This takes place a few months after the end of season 6. I do not own the Teen Titans, but I did make up Falcon and everything about her. Review if you wish. BTW, this is my first fan fic, so don't be too hard on it.
Falcon: Chapter 1
Azarath
We come across a girl sitting on a boulder, her face to the wind. Her hair, a light brown with natural red highlights, blows around her like it has a life of its own. Her eyes, such a dark blue that they sometimes appeared black, were closed for the moment. This teen girl levitated in the courtyard, looking quite serene for the amount of trouble that she had caused her guardian, Arella. Her mind however was not nearly as calm as she portrayed herself to be. Who wouldn't be a little nervous after almost being caught doing one of the worst things that was possible for her right now? I wish that I could go and talk with Raven, even an hour would do me so much good... she thought as all the horrors of what she had 'seen' passed through her mind.
"Falcon! What in all of Azar were you thinking! You could have uncovered all of us to Trigon, and then where would we all be?" yelled Arella as she finally came across her target. As much as she hated to admit it, Arella was frightened beyond belief at what her not so young charge had done, but she was also proud. None of the monks of Azarath had ever thought that such a thing could be done, but that didn't matter now. Arella was becoming way too frustrated with Falcon to be able to think straight. In the last week alone, she had caused more mischief than any normal person could ever deal with. And even though Arella was far from normal, she had just about met her limit as well.
Suddenly, an idea dawned on her. Arella was pretty sure that all parties involved would not be too upset at the change, and the remaining monks sure could use a break from the rebellious girl. "You remember my daughter Raven, don't you?" At Falcon's nod, Arella continued, "How about this; Falcon, you know that you have become a liability to us left in Azarath, so to help us figure out how to help you, you are ordered to go down to Earth and stay with Raven until the monks can come up with a better solution. I have a feeling that Raven could use someone to talk to who knows a little more about where she came from right about now. You have 30 minutes to change into something... more Earth-like... before you are requested to leave."
Falcon looked down at her clothed. Yes! I have an excuse to visit with Raven! But Arella's right, these wouldn't do at all for Earth, not at this time in history. She had on a dress that was floor length, a pale ivory in color, and had dark blue sapphires embedded into the V-neck collar as well as collars on her long flowing sleeves.. The fabric itself was woven so that the light would reflect and refract off of each individual strand. Falcon also had on a cape made out of the same material that, if she stood still, would camouflage her almost completely into her background. While it was nice to wear on Azarath for the moment, it would hardly work for Earth.
Selecting a form fitting indigo shirt from her closet, Falcon put that on along with a pair of dark blue almost black jeans. To complete the look, she chose some black heeled boots that reflected the color of her eyes. She relaxed with a sigh, for Raven and her to finally see each other again would be like a much-deserved vacation. Arella had no clue how close the two girls really were. It had been almost two years since they had last talked, but that didn't matter to her. They had 'seen' each other much more recently than that. Her 30 minutes being up, Falcon took one last look around the room where she had been staying for more than a lifetime. Then, she phased down to Earth in a dark purple streak.
Titan's Tower
Things were going on as a usual afternoon in the Tower. Robin was on the computer, looking for some more information on any of the many villains that could possibly be roaming around Jump City. Starfire was cooking up some inedible Tamarainian food, talking to herself and being completely lost in thought. Beast Boy and Cyborg were racing each other on the Xbox 360 arguing over who had won the last match. Cyborg had technically won, but as always, Beast Boy argued that he had cheated. Raven was levitating by the windows in a meditative pose, reading one of her many ancient books.
That is, until an uninvited guest phased into the room right in front of the Xbox with a slight hiss. Oops, I didn't mean to get between these two and their game... "Hey, get out of the way!" shouted Beast Boy, attempting to see around the girl that had just appeared.
"Wait, What? How did you get in here?!?!" Cyborg yelled out, trying to cover his shock. He couldn't believe that someone could just appear in their living room without him knowing about it.
The rest of the people in the room didn't notice the commotion, being used to BB and Cy screeching whenever they played anything. Stepping lightly out of the way, the intruder faced Raven and said her name in a reproving sort of voice. Raven ignored her, not realizing who it was. Sighing, the girl repeated above the noise in the room, "Hey Roth! Would you get your head out of that book at least long enough to look at me? Your back isn't your best side, you know."
With that, everyone in the room turned to stare at whoever it was who had shown up in their living room. That is, except the one whose name had been called. Still levitating, Raven uncurled her legs and slowly executed an about face. Seeing who was there, her face was covered in complete amazement. "Fal! Is it really you?"
That was all that anyone looking on could understand. Raven rushed at her long gone friend and put her hands on her shoulders. Falcon repeated the gesture, and the two began to spin in an ever faster spiral upwards until they had gone through the ceiling onto the roof. Everyone in the living room was dumb with disbelief, jaws hanging all the way down to their knees. Beast Boy was the first to break that amazed silence. "Dude! What just happened?"
The Roof
Falcon's pure, high laughter floated over Raven like a cool refreshing breeze. "...And here I thought that you were ignoring me. Really, you should get your head out of your books more often, you may see some interesting things." said Falcon in a teasing, sarcastic voice.
"Why are you down here? I mean, I'm very glad to see you, but is there an explanation behind this that I should know about?" asked Raven, a questioning look in her eyes. Falcon sighed and sat down with her legs over the edge of the roof. How to begin...
"Well, do you remember that vision that Arella showed you of Azarath, where Trigon came and destroyed the place?" Raven joined Falcon in her position over the edge and nodded. "You see, that was a vision of what would happen in the future. Since Arella had a slight bond with Trigon, she was able to see that vision and warn you and the rest of the people on Azarath with it. That's why you didn't see anyone but Arella and her doves when you returned for help. All people who were able to leave the planet did, and those who couldn't, Arella changed into doves. Trigon wouldn't turn her or her doves into stone because if he did, then you would become much more powerful and could find him and defeat him utterly."
Falcon halted her story and stared off into the sky for a moment. Collecting herself, she continued, prepared to tell the whole story without stopping again. "When Arella was letting people know about what was going to happen, I was skipping meditation class. You know how hard it can be to concentrate in that classroom. I think that the teacher just is there to fall asleep. Nobody even pays any bit of attention to him."
"Yeah, it's next to impossible for you to concentrate no matter what, but you should know better than to not do your meditating I mean, remember what happened last time when you were dared to go a week without it?" exclaimed Raven. "I had to spend about three whole days getting you under control and fixing the mess you made!"
"That's not quite what I said. I said that I skipped the class, not that I skipped meditating. I transported myself over to our old face off arena and meditated, sending my soul-self to go and see what you and the Titans were up to." At the astonished look on Raven's face, Falcon chuckled, "Did you think that I could forget about you after being your true opponent for 10 years just because you left the planet for two years? I've been doing that since the week after you left."
"Anyway, I must have stayed like that for longer than normal, because while my soul was outside my body, Trigon came and destroyed the place. Since my soul was down here, it was unharmed, but my body was turned to rock. When I tried to send my soul self back, it didn't exactly work. Somehow, I ended up in Trigon's body, not my own. For almost a minute, I didn't know what was happening, all of this information was coming at me, and I saw my own body turned to stone. Finally I figured out what had happened, and as quickly as I could without thinking anything, I came back down to Earth. I figured that might be more interesting and the safest place for me at the moment."
With an ashamed expression, Falcon continued. "Since Arella hadn't found me to warn me about Trigon, she and her birds scanned all of Azarath to try to find my body. One of the monks she had saved knew a spell to reverse the process that made me become stone. It worked to an extent, or so they thought. My body was no longer stone, but it was apparently lifeless. Arella was in one of her moods, so she screamed out my name as a thought. I couldn't help but hear it and return to Azarath, trying to figure out what I had done wrong this time.. Being able to watch you for the day or so that it took them to find my body was almost worth the many lectures that I had to deal with." Falcon smiled ruefully, How can I tell her about what I learned in Trigon's mind?
"Pretty soon, your mom got tired of dealing with me, and thought that maybe I could work out some of my mischief here on Earth where it wouldn't cause her so many headaches. Or at least that's what I think. But Raven," started Falcon, her voice becoming quiet and urgent, "there's something that you need to know. When I was in Trigon's mind, I saw a plan of his. On your next birthday, there will be another line up of the planets, but on a different galaxy. He's planning on tricking someone you trust into taking you there so he can destroy those planets and you once and for all. Trigon's positive of success, since he won't drag your friends along. I just wanted to warn you. Tell the other Titans if you wish, but please think up a plan to stop it. I wouldn't be able to survive in a dimension without you. You know that."
Raven stared at her friend for a moment, then threw her arms around her. "You have no clue how happy I am to have you back." Standing up quickly, as if worried that someone had seen her actually hug someone, Raven cleared her throat and said, "Well, now that I know why you would just come here and scare my friends like that, maybe we should go down and explain to them who the hell you are. You know they aren't used to strange visitors from Azarath who I actually am happy to see."
Falcon grew still as she heard what Raven had said. "Let me do most of the explaining. If your friend Starfire finds out what my race is, there's a good chance that you'll have a fight on your hands. Just to let you know." Smiling a bit, she added, "You also might want to let them know that I plan on being here for a while. Just do that in a... not normal way."
Titan's Tower
When Raven and Falcon phased back down into the livingroom, they were greeted by quite a racket. I guess my arrival and Raven's reaction have stirred up a few questions. This shall be interesting. Knowing that voice would do no good with the amount of noise going around, Falcon cleared her throat as a thought that everyone heard in their mind. Luckily, nobody seemed to realize that they hadn't heard it with their ears, and silence fell over the group. The Titan's looked to Robin to see what he would say about this sudden intrusion. Unfortunately, he was at a loss for words.
Smiling slightly, Falcon introduced herself. "Hey, my name's Falcon, and I guess you could call me a... friend of Raven's from Azarath. Her mom got tired of having me around, so she figured that she could get a vacation from me by sending me here to stay with you guys for a while. Let me see, You would be Robin, Starfire, Beast Boy, and Cyborg. You guys make a pretty good team, and I'm guessing that you all will have some questions for me."
The Titan's looked even more shocked than they had when they had seen the two of them greet one another.I've never seen all of them so amazed before thought Raven to herself. They all looked so comical, that she just burst out laughing. Which of course, shocked her teammates even more.
"Raven can laugh?" questioned Beast Boy. Glaring at Falcon, he accused, "Did you replace Raven with a clone or something? I don't see anything breaking or being moved around by her powers."
Shaking her head, Raven explained, "Falcon's my true opponent. Around her, I can show emotion and nothing will happen with my powers." Care to explain? They might find it a little strange. thought Raven to Falcon.
"Basically, on Azarath, we have a fight arena where opponents can attack each other without worrying about outside interference. A true opponent is someone who is your same level of skill in fighting, and they stay that way for lifetimes. The fight arena is used to hone our skills in battle against someone who we can use the full range of our talents against without hurting them. I'm sure that you've heard that Azarath is a supposedly peaceful place."
Turning to Raven, she complained, "Since you haven't been there for two years, I've had nobody to fight. Have you even shown your team all of the stuff you can do?" At Raven's down turned head, Falcon sighed, "I thought not. I've heard that you have a training course around here. Do you think that it would be ok if Raven and I used it for a fight tomorrow?"
Robin finally seemed to have taken all of the sudden information in. "So, you'll be around here for a while Falcon?" When she nodded, Robin smiled. "Then that will give us a chance to see what you can do. Maybe for the amount of time you're here, you could be on the team with us. Could you explain a bit about your powers?"
Falcon gave Raven a side glance. Watch Starfire, and if she starts to look like she may attack, please put a force field around her. We don't want this to get ugly. "Sure, but it may take a while. First, understand that the brain is very much like a computer. People can hack into it, learning the life history of the person whose brain it is. Depending on the hacker, it is also possible to make the person do things by basically typing in the right commands. When I was in my first lifetime, hacking into others brains was my main talent. I didn't use it very often, just because I feel that a person's mind should usually be their own sanctuary, and that it shouldn't be intruded on without just cause." Falcon glanced around the room to see how the Titans were taking this news. So far, so good...
"I had one other main talent, and it's been strengthened throughout my lifetimes. If I come in contact with a person, whether physically or by touching their mind, I can duplicate their powers for as long as I remain in contact with them. The more frequently I come in contact with the person, the more ability I have to duplicate their power. For example, I've known Raven and have fought her almost constantly for 10 years before she left Azarath, so I basically have powers exactly like hers ingrained into my DNA, or at least that is something like what happens. If I absorbed my body into someone else, say Beast Boy, for maybe 7 minutes, then I would be also able to shape shift into animals for approximately a day. So, my powers really depend on who I've been in contact with."
"What do you mean by lifetimes?" queried Robin. "Don't people just have one life?"
"Most people do," responded Falcon, "but you see, followers of Azar have seemingly endless lifetimes. Take Raven for example. You saw her obliterated when Trigon used her as a portal, but later found her as a younger version of herself with basically no memory until you started telling her about her life. That's what our lifetimes are like; if we 'die', then we return to a child version of our self and can only remember what was before that by someone telling us a little bit about what our life was like. Does that make any sense to you?"
Cyborg nodded, "I've heard rumors about something like that before I joined the Titans. So, are you originally from Azarath? Raven's told us that it's been used as a refuge from just about everything."
OK Raven, Starfire's probably gonna get really mad pretty soon, so pay attention to her please! "Actually, I'm not exactly from Azarath, but one of the nearby planets. My ancestors were actually brought into existence on Starfire's home planet. Things got kind of..." Falcon's explanation got cut off by Starfire shooting out starbolts from her hands. Almost instantaneously, Raven's force field was surrounding her alien friend and neutralizing her bolts. Robin, Cyborg, and Beast Boy looked from Falcon to Starfire to Raven, then back to Star.
"You are not a friend, just a (insert Tamaranian insult) Soul Eater!"