I'm sorry it took so long for this story to get up and running... I'm kind of limited, so please forgive me! I had to rewrite the whole story, and even now there's only one chapter now. Updates will come eventually, I swear, and it won't take forever again.

This is the first story in a soon-to-be trilogy. All of the stories can be read separately or together, though.

It was previously the "Toes" trilogy as a tribute to the book that inspired me on the last tale of the series. (Special thanks for Tor Seidler, the author!) But now the newly dubbed "Mindquest Trilogy" has cut those ties and is ready to soar on its own.

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Raven's secret-keeper

Missing: Raven

Chapter 1: Disappearing Act

Dove woke up at five in the morning. Sieara's nails were digging into her ear.

She rolled over away from the bird, but Sieara just hopped on top of Dove's head and pecked her chakra gem.

"God, Sieara, what's so important it can't wait until morning?" Dove asked impatiently.

Dove looked up at the bird's eyes and opened a telepathetic empathy. She saw into Sieara's mind, and saw that the bird had sensed something wrong. She had flown through the tower and found Raven's room, then noticed that the bed was empty. Raven was gone.

Raven was gone.

Dove suddenly realized what it meant. "What!" She bolted up, knocking off Sieara, and put on her cloak before running out the door. When she reached Raven's room, she let the door open and looked in. She gasped softly; Raven wasn't in bed.

She ran to the bed, ignoring the rule about the room. "Raven?" she whispered tightly. "Raven, hello?" Not that she expected one, but there was no response. She did a quick telepathetic check in case Raven was in her mirror, but found nothing.

Dove ran out of the room and searched every other room in Titans' Tower from top to bottom.

Finally, she became frustrated and ran, breathing heavily, into Robin's room.

"Robin! Robin, wake up! Raven's gone!"

"What?" He sat up. In any other instance, Dove would've cared that his room was too dark for her to see any more than a silhouette..

"Raven's missing. She's not in her room. She's not in Titans' Tower."

"Dove, it's 5:30 in the morning. Are you sure you didn't miss her? Or maybe it was a dream."

"No, Robin! She's gone!"

He sighed and opened his communicator. "You sure?"

"Yes, Robin! I'm more than sure!"

"Alright… I'm putting on her locator signal." A few moments later, he said, "Dove, she's in her room."

"No she's not! Come on, I'll show you!"

They left the room, Dove almost running. She was feeling more anxious every moment.

Dove ran to the door of Raven's room, Robin at her heels. She ran in as soon as the automatic door opened; Robin stayed at the entrance.

"See? She's not." Dove saw a small, blinking red light beneath the pulled-back blanket. Dove lifted the blanket, and there was Raven's communicator.

Dove picked it up and ripped off a small piece of paper attached to it. "I told you," she said quietly. She gently set the communicator on the pillow and picked up the paper. She read the scrawled message and bowed her head.

"What does it say?" Robin asked.

Dove lifted her chin and read aloud the hurriedly scribbled words: "Titans, by the time you find this, I'll be gone. Please don't attempt to search me out or locate me. You won't be able to. Even if I hadn't left my communicator, the signal wouldn't reach where I'm going. I left it so you could find this note. I'm not in trouble, so don't worry. I'm safe. I can't say when I'll be back, but it will be soon. I promise. Raven."

Dove turned to Robin. "I have no idea where she went… What about the locator in her gem? The one on her robe?"

"It's in here, too. Wherever she is, she left us no way to find her."

"She said she'd be safe…" Dove sighed.

"You should try to get some sleep. We have combat practice tomorrow."

Dove nodded and yawned. She left the room, and the two teammates parted.

She said she's okay… Dove tried to convince herself by thinking over and over again that Raven wasn't in danger as she made her way sleepily back to her room.

She said that she'd be back soon. She took off her cape and lay down. She promised, and she's never broken a promise to me, ever. That thought comforted her, and she thought the last word a couple more times before falling asleep.

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-Raven's secret-keeper