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Them Goddesses

He watched her with shimmering emerald eyes as if he were a boy watching his mother about to take her last breaths. "I'm sorry Raven." He whispered as his gaze travelled down the crook of her arm all the way to those slender fingertips that balanced one of those bright red pendants of hers.

"Don't be. Things are simply the way they must be." She replied as if her leaving the Titans was the most normal thing in the world. Assuming the lotus position, she levitated into the air leaving him to watch curiously as she mumbled a spell under her breath. As soon as the last word left her throat, a vortex rose from the centre of the pendant, sucking away everything in her room to nothingness and leaving behind bare walls and empty furniture. "Well, I guess this is goodbye." Raven sighed as she touched down on the ground and tenderly brushed some lint of her cloak.

"No! No! This cannot be happening!" On instinct, the young changeling grabbed her wrist rather roughly and implored her to meet his gaze. "Let me talk to Robin!"

"It's pointless." Raven replied with her characteristic fatalism. "He has made up his mind. They have made up their minds."

"I have made up my mind too!" He asserted as if he was the President of the United States.

"There is one of you to three of them." She pointed out casually as she tucked the pendant away somewhere in the folds of her cloak. "In this world, majority wins."

"But..."

"In this world, majority wins. Goodbye Beast Boy." She gave him a meaningful look that lasted for but a moment. "Someday."

"Raven!" His voice tore at his throat as he lunged after the girl who had disappeared through her portal. That feeble attempt was akin to him trying to fit an elephant in a Prius. He simply flew through thin air and landed on the ground with an ungodly thud. Beast Boy was angry - angry like he had never been before. Striding out of what used to be Raven's room, the boiling Titan made a beeline straight for the person that he blamed the most for this.


"You!" Beast Boy's scream could be heard through the entire tower as he advanced towards the man who he thought was his friend. "You chased Raven away!"

"I didn't chase Raven away." Cyborg said coolly. "She got voted off the team. Period."

"Have you no soul?" The shorter Titan hollered, his fists shaking with barely controlled rage. "You're the one who brought Blaise here! You're the one who blackmailed Robin into casting the final vote against Raven! You're the one who made her leave!"

"Yo, BB, I can't help it if Raven has problems with my girlfriend." Cyborg said nonchalantly - emphasis on the 'girlfriend'. "She was the one who exploded during the group meeting asking us to choose between her and Blaise because they can't coexist together. She started this whole voting thing by saying 'it's either her or me'. So if you want to blame anyone, blame Raven."

"You blackmailed Robin knowing that he can't afford to lose you, so he voted for Blaise and Starfire followed him! You didn't let them make their own decision, you cheated!" Beast Boy yelled accusingly, unaware that a rather concerned Starfire was hiding behind her bedroom door listening to the conversation they had rather unwisely decided to have right in the hallway.

"So what if I did?" Cyborg's attitude suddenly changed as he grabbed Beast Boy by his uniform and pushed him against the wall. "Blaise is here to stay and Raven has left and there's nothing you can do about it! So get over it, dammit!"

"Raven told us that the Witches of Blaze tried to combine their powers to kill her six times!" Beast Boy retorted, writhing himself free from Cyborg's grasp. "Answer me this." He drew close to Cyborg, his voice dropping to a growl. "Does is not matter to you that your girlfriend tried to kill our friend?" He met Cyborg's eyes and waited for a response.

"No." Cyborg's voice chilled even the eavesdropping Starfire. "You know why? Cuz Raven is powerful. She'll be okay no matter who tries to kill her. She always has been and she always will be."

"Cyborg!" A slender girl with long, wavy brown hair turned the corner and having approached them, took Cyborg's large metallic hand in her small ones. She wore a yellow cowl that glowed as though it was on fire and a red full body jumpsuit beneath it. Beast Boy glared at her resentfully as she whispered into Cyborg's ear.

"We'll be going to the forest for a hike." Cyborg announced cheerily, as if that fiery blow up had not happened. "Beast Boy, the Puppet King's Raven replica is in the red box in the evidence room. You can go marry that puppet if you want." Still laughing at his own joke, Cyborg took Blaise by the hand and the pair strode out of the main room, leaving Beast Boy angrier than he was before.


Beast Boy slammed his bedroom door shut and leapt onto his bed, furiously hyperventilating as beads of sweat poured into his eyes, momentarily blinding him until he wiped them away. This was not the Cyborg he knew. The Cyborg he knew would not fall in so madly in love that he was contemplating proposing to a stranger he just met. The Cyborg he knew would not be so blinded by love as to continue seeing Blaise as some perfect little angelic pumpkin pie even though Raven had revealed that Blaise's people had made (multiple) attempts on her life. What made him even more incredulous was how Cyborg threatened to leave the team if his sweet, precious and whiny Blaise wasn't added to it. Having stuck through thick and thin with the team, it sounded so absurd to threaten to leave over some girl.

"I thought Cyborg was a genius!" He fumed, pacing around in circles like a trapped wolf. "Clearly he's not! Everyone says I'm not the brightest one on this team but even dumb me can see that Blaise is creepier than Raven. And what does he do? What does he do? Fall in love with her like she's a brunette version of our kind Starfire! Can't he see that she does magic too? Has it ever crossed his mind that she could have cast a spell on him? Nooooo! He's too busy waiting on her hand and foot!" Beast Boy grumped as he stomped around his room, much to the consternation of Robin who was in the room below him poring through some case files.

"She's out. That terrifying demon is out." His ultra sensitive ears perked up as he heard Blaise's obnoxious voice passing by his room. "That's a relief." Morphing into a fly, he slipped under the door and tried to follow her. "Hang on, I'll call you back. Gosh, when Cyborg said this place was great, he never mentioned anything about a fly infestation!" Blaise took her mobile phone away from her ear and began trying to smack the fly (Beast Boy) against the wall. In panic, he zoomed away from her and retreated back to his room via the gap below his door. "Ugh. Pesky creatures. Now where was I? Oh yeah..." Blaise's voice slowly faded down the hallway.

His heart pounding, Beast Boy dashed to his nightstand and took out a small notebook. Squinting at the unshapely numbers that on hindsight made him ashamed of his handwriting, he finally found Jinx's telephone number below Kid Flash's. He wasn't about to let this slide and if he was to help Raven, he needed to find someone who knew more about magic than he did.


Raven touched down on the roof one of the many skyscrapers that dominated the city. As she gazed down upon the city, she fingered the pendant that she now wore around her neck. After all, it contained everything that she had in this world. The former Titan's eyes fixated on the hustle and bustle below her, she let out a loud sigh. So dazed and afraid was she that she was unable to sense the presence of three beings hovering a distance above her. Though they had purposefully made themselves invisible to all but her, yet they went unnoticed.

"I never thought that we'd hit the bull's eye that easily." Said Artemis, the one with a golden crescent moon on her fair forehead.

"Yeah, she was pretty easy to find." Agreed Aphrodite as she placidly stroked a white dove that perched on her shoulder.

"The bull has been blinded and wounded." Sighed Athena. Seeing the strange looks that her companions were giving her, she hastened to explain. "She is blind to the world and her soul is wounded."

"Mhmmm... She may be wounded and blind but she sure is a pretty little thing."

"Aphrodite..." sighed Athena as Artemis rolled her eyes. Out of all the goddesses, Aphrodite was definitely the most superficial.

"Okay, so we are aiming to adopt this girl of all the girls in the world because she's the only one that Zeus likes." Stated Artemis, squinting at Raven even though the girl was right in front of her. "She doesn't strike me as an angel though."

"Of course not." Huffed Aphrodite, almost as if she was offended by the observation. "Look at her and look at me. I'm the angel."

"Keep talking and you'll turn into the devil soon enough." Athena stated as she moved a bit closer to Raven. "She needs a family just like we need someone to nurture," the goddess added softly, admiring the way the sunshine danced on Raven's violet hair. None of the gods or goddesses had hair like this. "You know she has the powers that we need for keeping Hades at bay."

"If only she'll grow out her hair. She'll look a lot better with long, wavy hair! She looks like a shaved polar bear for crying out loud!"

"Aphrodite!" Groaned Athena and Artemis in unison.

"I'm serious! Shaved polar bear!"

"Polar bears are not purple..." Artemis shook her head sightly.

"Let's make our move." Athena ordered. Neither sister could stand Aphrodite's constant obsession with beauty and appearance at times. "Raven of Azarath?" Athena spoke first as the sisters neared the forlorn figure. Hearing her voice, Raven leapt up and twirled around. She wanted to attack, yet she hesitated because it had been years since anyone had acknowledged her birthplace like that.

"Who are you?" Her voice was cold but her eyes revealed a slight twinge of curiosity.

"My name is Athena and these are my sisters Artemis and Aphrodite." Spoke the apparent leader of the group.

"The Greek goddesses?" Raven blinked. "You're supposed to be a myth."

"Well, not all of the gods are myths." Athena replied. "Zeus, Hades, the three of us and a couple of others are real." Raven surveyed the three goddesses from head to toe. Athena was the tallest of the three standing at eight feet tall. She had a rather imposing appearance yet her eyes were kind and wise. She definitely fit the bill of the goddess of wisdom and prudent warfare. Artemis was next, standing about a foot shorter than her sister. Despite the fact that she carried a golden bow and a silver quiver full of arrows, she looked more womanly than her sister and her eyes exuded compassion and motherly warmth. Last was Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty. She was the shortest and the most beautiful of the three and she carried nothing with her. Like her sisters, she wore white robes that looked like they were made out of fine silk. She wore a lovely golden necklace around her neck and a smattering of tasteful jewellery adorned her. She totally lived up to her name.

"What do you want?" asked Raven after she had come to terms with the fact that they were real.

"Raven, my sisters and I have long wished for a mortal child to nurture and care for." Artemis spoke. "Until now, our father Zeus has not allowed us to do so because he deemed every child we suggested to be unsuitable. That was until that big battle you had with Trigon and we saw your courage and vulnerability at the same time. Zeus saw you too and he was impressed, so he allowed us to reveal ourselves to you. We would love to have you come live with us Raven. We would love to teach you everything we know. Aphrodite, stop smirking!" Artemis suddenly reached out and smacked her sister on her head.

"Aww!" Complained the gorgeous goddess petulantly.

"So these goddesses want to be my mothers." Raven thought as she stared at them blankly. "I don't need that. I can take care of myself." Although Raven was not particularly attracted to the idea of being called a child, something about their offer intrigued her. She never had a real relationship with her mother Arella and the lack of motherly bonding had left a hole in her heart. Azar had filled that hole to some extent, but now Azar was gone too. "I have nothing to lose." She decided at long last. "I have nowhere to go anyway."

"Okay." She said softly. "I'll go with you."

"Yes!" Aphrodite was the first to react - with her usual objections that her sisters were now used to. "Palace rule number one! No cutting your hair so short ever again!"

"W-what?" Raven's eyes widened. She wasn't expecting her hair to be the first object of contention.

"Aphrodite will always be Aphrodite." Athena said with a smile. "She hates short hair but she doesn't see how practical it is."

"But you have long hair." Raven quickly pointed out by jabbing a finger in Athena's direction.

"She couldn't stand the nagging!" Artemis laughed as the three goddesses prepared to lead Raven to her new home in the palace of the gods.


"Thanks for agreeing to help me." Beast Boy said as he took a seat on the sofa in the living room, chuckling a little when the foam beneath him sank down all the way to the hard wood below. "Ever thought about changing this couch?" He raised an eyebrow at Kid Flash, who was rushing around the room trying aimlessly to tidy it up for some strange reason.

"Nah! This thing's golden." Replied the speedster with a wink.

"Golden with mould that is." Muttered Jinx under her breath as she sat down next to Beast Boy and offered him a bowl of popcorn. "So what is it you wanted to ask me about this magical friend of yours?" She asked as she stretched her legs out and rested them nicely on the coffee table.

"Umm... Yeah so there's this new girl called Blaise and she's from a sect called the Witches of Blaze." Jinx immediately choked on her drink, sending a fine stream of juice shooting right out of her nostrils. Startled, Beast Boy stopped short only to be urgently prodded to continue. "She's Cyborg's new girlfriend-"

"Girlfriend?" Jinx interjected, her hair standing even higher than usual. "Cyborg's girlfriend is a Witch of Blaze? What did Raven do to her? Did she smash her into hell?" Asked Jinx eagerly as if she was asking for live updates on a boxing match she couldn't watch.

"No, she didn't." Beast Boy responded curiously as he and Kid Flash exchanged glances. Both were doubtlessly wondering what had gotten into Jinx. "But... she did say that the Witches of Blaze tried to combine their powers to kill her six times. Why would they do that?"

"Cuz Raven is the queen of all demons that's why." Jinx smirked triumphantly, her eyes shining with some sort of twisted glee. "If they kill her, they'll get to rule the entire demon world."

"Raven is the queen of the demons?" Beast Boy asked in amazement, ignoring the incredulous look that Jinx shot him in return.

"Yeah! I thought it was common knowledge." She rolled her eyes and shook her head disapprovingly. "Trigon was the king but now that Raven has defeated him, she's the queen. What did you think happened? That she destroyed him and poof! Everything goes back to normal?"

"I... didn't think about anything really." Admitted Beast Boy with a sheepish grin. "So Raven will try to kill Blaise because if she doesn't, Blaise will try to kill her?"

"Blaise isn't powerful enough to kill Raven." Jinx sighed at the ignorance of those who did no magic. "She doesn't even have the power to put a scratch on her. Raven on the other hand, will try to eliminate Blaise because the Witches of Blaze are impostors."

"What do you mean by impostors?" Wondered Kid Flash as he plopped down on the couch in between them and annoyingly stuck his hand right into Jinx's popcorn bucket.

"Blaise wears a cowl that looks like it's on fire, doesn't she?" Beast Boy's affirmative nod was all Jinx needed to continue. "The Witches of Blaze use magic spells that are fiery and closely resemble the powers that most of Trigon's children possess. Raven's powers manifest differently because Trigon meant for her to be special but the rest of his offspring wield powers like these, so yeah. This allows them to pretend that they are Trigon's offspring so that they can deceive demons into bowing down to them. That's why whenever any of Trigon's real offspring see any Witches of Blaze, they always kill them. They do it to maintain control over the demonic world."

"You said that Raven would try to kill Blaise. What do you mean by 'try'?" Beast Boy asked before cramming a handful of popcorn into his mouth. "If Raven is so much more powerful than her, why does she even have to try? Shouldn't she just be able to do it?" Jinx cringed at the sight, for this whole time, he had been speaking around the popcorn in his mouth.

"She... it's complicated." She replied with a sigh, knowing full well that neither of her companions understood enough about magic to comprehend the real magnitude of what was happening. "Raven... She won't kill Blaise for Cyborg's sake but she'll still try to kill her nonetheless."

"You're not making any sense."

"We have no idea what you're talking about."

"If you actually knew anything about magic you'd understand what I'm talking about." Jinx rolled her eyes once again as she stood up and made her way to the kitchen to get more popcorn.

"What exactly do you need help with anyway?" Asked Kid Flash before downing an entire can of soda in one gulp. "Is an explanation from my babe Jinx all you need or is there something else you want?"

"Raven got kicked off the team." Beast Boy suddenly blurted out the truth. His announcement was accompanied by a loud clang of two pots banging against one another in the kitchen.

"She got... kicked off the team?" Jinx repeated calmly, strangely more suspicious than she was surprised. She stared at him stoically for a moment, before enunciating every word in a cold, calculating voice: "How did this happen?"

"Cyborg fell in love with Blaise and kept bringing her to the tower but it made Raven very angry and agitated so Robin asked Cyborg not to bring Blaise back to the tower and he did, but only after three months he asked if she could join the team and Raven reacted very horribly and said no and asked us to choose between her and Blaise and so we had to vote which one we wanted on the team but, Cyborg blackmailed Robin into voting for Blaise so Starfire did too and they outvoted me and now Raven is gone and tomorrow the titans will unveil their latest member to the public!" Beast Boy spoke in several massive gulps of air, his voice thick with pent up anger. Kid Flash stared at him incredulously as he tried to make sense of his words but Jinx on the other hand, seemed to understand exactly what was happening.

"Wait a minute, so the titans actually voted Raven off the team? I never saw that coming." Kid Flash shook his head disapprovingly.

"You don't see a lot of things coming." Jinx remarked as she shot him a disapproving look for the umpteenth time that day, as if she had actually seen this coming. "So what do you want us to help us with?"

"Tomorrow the titans are holding an official press conference to introduce Blaise to the city. In order to explain Raven's disappearance, Robin has decided to say that Raven chose to leave the team instead of telling everyone that she actually got kicked off." Beast Boy leaned in closer to them. "If he told everyone that she got voted off, it doesn't reflect well on the team. The paps are going to be quite persistent, so he's going to tell them that Raven had decided that she didn't want to be a superhero anymore and left. On top of that, he wants to say that she has decided that she wants to 'pursue other interests' and hopes the city will accept her replacement, and he wants the rest of us to play along! I know this takes all the blame off the team but it makes Raven look bad, especially because she took that oath to protect the city along with the rest of us! And Blaise is totally gonna badmouth Raven all the way!"

"Ah, so you wanna protect her reputation." Kid Flash nodded in approval before glancing at Jinx to see if she agreed with him.

"It's the only thing she has left." Beast Boy said softly, his ears drooping slightly.

"That's sweet." Jinx remarked with a smirk - her lips moved but her eyes didn't and only one of her companions noticed.

"Jinx..." Kid Flash shook his head as Beast Boy turned beet red.

"Well, protecting Raven's reputation is a worthy cause, so yeah we'll help you with that." Jinx spoke from where she leaned with her arms crossed against the doorway of the kitchen, looking at Beast Boy with a expressionless face that instantly told Kid Flash that something was very wrong. Having hoped that Beast Boy hadn't caught on to her change in attitude, the speedster quickly echoed her spoken sentiments. "You know," Jinx started as she walked out of the kitchen and made a round around the couch until she was directly behind them both. "I think I can even get Blaise kicked off the team." There it was: Jinx's wicked smile. Now Kid Flash was even more worried.

"You can?" Beast Boy's ears perked up.

"Oh yeah." Jinx grinned as Kid Flash flashed Beast Boy a knowing smile. The latter never saw the concerned look that the wise KF shot in Jinx's direction the moment his back was turned.