Born Evil
Castles: A one-shot that happened to pop into my head one night. It's based after the Dr Light incident, when Raven is on the roof meditating, - and Cy and BB are sneaking around her room…But enough about that! On with my rather odd one-shot…
Pissy Shitty Little Kitty: Hi! I am Castles' muse, also dealing with disclaimers and any complaints. As for the disclaimer, Castles does not own the Teen Titans!
Castles: On with the one-shot, - despite the fact that I'll probably never get past 10 reviews, let alone 20… In Raven's POV.
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No one is born evil. No one.
Evil exists, just as good exists. Light and dark. Yin and Yang. One can be influenced by both sides of the coin. Everybody has a choice, whether they want to follow the good path, or the bad path.
Sometimes, sometimes one isn't just drawn to evil.
Evil can be forced on you.
Even demons, the supposed 'evils' of this world aren't born evil. Once, at their birth, they were innocence. They did not know what bad doings and wrong things were. But as they grew, they learnt from their role models, all of whom had been influenced, and forced onto the path of darkness.
I'm not evil.
Well, maybe I am.
I don't really know.
I fight for good. I save lives, I don't abuse my powers and use them to harm or kill. I could even say that I'm a superhero.
But all of that doesn't prove I'm good.
It doesn't prove I'm evil.
I'm sitting here now, looking out at the morning sun. It is beautiful, but I say I don't care, I shut myself away, I refuse to feel anything more than friendship and anger.
And sometimes, how I wish longingly to feel more.
I can hear yelling, screams and shouts from below. It annoys, and it frustrates me.
But I would never turn against my friends.
Or would I?
It's an ongoing battle of what ifs. I cannot answer any of the questions I have just asked.
And nobody else can.
I have a dark side. I am the spawn of all evil and all that shit. I feel my father's influence, tempting me to the darkness that he has discovered, beckoning me to take the easy way out.
And I feel my mother's goodness, forever telling me how proud she is of me. Forever reminding me to never lose control, to respect nature, and to honour love and friendship.
Within me, I bear a constant battle between good and evil, both sides fighting each other. But can I say I am good or evil?
When I lose control, which I know I will someday, I will be undoubtedly evil. Until somebody or something defeats me.
Then what? I will be good?
I don't know. I'll never know. But despite all the fights, the mix ups and yelling, the misunderstandings, and the times when there is just plain confusion and frustration between the team, -
I still love them as a family.
I still know I can never live without them.
And I lost control last night. I nearly killed a human being without meaning to. Okay, so he was a villain, drawn to the evil path by his own choice.
But I have no right to kill anyone. And so does nobody else. I can feel the evil within, I can sense it even.
And evil can only exist when good exists. They both cancel each other out. But whilst evil and good are influencing, powering the fate of everyone and everything in the universe, they never set a person on a path at birth.
It is up to them, or a stronger being to do that.
But I'm not evil.
No one is born evil.
No one.
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Castles: Short, but to the point. (we think…) In case you didn't grasp the meaning, Raven believes, as do I, that nobody is actually born evil or good, but have a choice, and can choose either path, - or even be forced onto it.
Pissy Shitty Little Kitty: I'm gonna have to get her to write a song fic about this… Reviews please!!!