Hey everyone! Great to be back writing again and sorry I took so long to do so. This is the beginning of my new story "A New Power a New friend". I don't own Avatar the Last Airbender and Teen Titans and without further ado, enjoy!
"Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos. Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos. Azarath, Metrion… Great," muttered Raven as the tower alarm went off. Sighing Raven hovered out the door to the living room; unsurprisingly Beast Boy was the last one there.
"Alright team. Dr. Light is attacking a power generator in the south of the city," Robin explained showing them the news feed on the screen.
"Let me guess, he needs a recharge or he's just feeling…electrical?" Beast Boy said laughing hysterically.
Raven rolled her eyes in annoyance, "Can we go now?"
Robin nodded, "Titans! Move out!" And he ran down to the garage.
In a matter of minutes all the Titans were on the road with Robin on his R-Cycle and the others in the T-Car, Cyborg driving of course. When they arrived at the power generator Dr. Light was draining the generator.
"Yes! With the power of this generator I'll be invincible!"
A birdarang suddenly sliced through his connecting cord. When Dr. Light turned around it was to see the dreaded Teen Titans. "Give up now Dr. Light," said Robin as he caught the returning birdarang, "And we'll go easy on you."
"You're too late Titans! Though you severed my connecting cord I took the liberty of setting bombs around the generator. If you do anything I'll detonate it and all of Jump City will be a crispy cinder! HA! HA! HA!"
"But if the bomb goes off," Starfire said absently, "Won't the Doctor of Light be destroyed as well?"
Dr. Light's face went blank, "I didn't think of that."
Robin smirked, "Titans Go!"
As Robin, Beast Boy, Starfire and Raven ran ahead to battle Dr. Light, Cyborg quickly made his way to the bombs to disable them.
Beast Boy turned into a rhino charging when Dr. Light blasted him. The blow sent him flying into the wall and Starfire quickly attacked with her star bolts with Raven helping her with her own attacks. Their attacks were blocked by Dr. Light's shield knocking them into Robin and Cyborg, who had just finished disabling the last bomb, "Hey guys I'm finished! Oomph!"
"No matter," said Dr. Light, "With all the extra power I have I can easily defeat you all! So long Titans!"
As he aimed his blasters at them Raven pushed her arms forward. Suddenly a huge gust of wind shoved Dr. Light back and he crashed into the wall, leaving a clear imprint. Raven looked at her hands in confusion. How did she do that? That wasn't magic! Her confusion quickly turned to fear as a new thought entered her mind, 'What if this an aftermath of the prophecy? I have to get away!' Facing her friends who all wore expressions of shock and amazement Robin stepped forward.
"Raven. How did you…?"
"He's unconscious," Raven interrupted gesturing to Dr. Light, "You better get him to prison before he comes to. I have to go."
"Wait Raven!" Robin cried as Raven teleported out.
"I don't remember Raven ever doing that before," Cyborg commentated picking up Dr. Light.
"When Raven and I had switched bodies she didn't have this power," Starfire added.
"Sweet!" Beast Boy yelled excitedly, "Raven has a new power!"
Robin turned to his teammates, "But why did she leave?"
It was silent in Raven's room as Raven teleported in. Hurrying over to her bookcase she frantically flipped through her books.
"Nothing? There must be something about what happened today!" Raven shouted in an uncharacteristic manner. But instead of something exploding like usually when she lost control of her emotions, gusts of wind blew around her creating a tornado. Raven quickly suppressed her emotions and the wind stopped. Her room was an absolute pigsty.
"Great. Now my room looks like Beast boy's."
Raven hovered into the air, preparing to clean up her room with magic when she noticed a piece of parchment sticking out of the cover of a book. Picking the book up Raven saw it was the one her mother had given her as a gift before she had left Azarath. It was the book her mother had read to her as a child and was full of stories of another land where the world was spilt into four nations, fire, earth, water and air. They lived together in harmony and one person would have control of all the elements to maintain peace between the nations, he was known as the Avatar. Raven enjoyed the stories as their world sounded so peaceful and it interested her that the Avatar was reincarnated into each nation and was the bridge to the spirit world. Raven smiled a very small smile at a past memory.
A young Raven of about six years old sat with an older woman who looked almost exactly like her except she had longer hair and her skin wasn't as pale. She was Raven's mother, Arella, the forced bride of Trigon. Arella was holding Raven in her lap as she read the book and finishing the chapter she closed it.
"That's the end of the chapter Raven. Time for bed."
As Arella tucked her daughter into bed Raven spoke, "I wish I could be a bender."
"Now sweetie, what's wrong with your powers? They're more powerful than any other magic user I've seen."
"But they were given to me by him," Raven rebuked frowning, "I don't want to be anything like him."
Arella pulled her daughter into a tight hug, "You're nothing like him Raven. You're pure and perfect. The best daughter a mother could ask for and I love you. Even if you had six arms and five eyes I would still love you."
Arella rocked back and forth hugging her child, "So if you were a bender which element would you like to be?" she asked in amusement.
"Air."
"Air? I thought you would have liked fire, earth or water better, especially water as some benders can heal with it. Or maybe even be the Avatar."
Raven replied almost immediately, "Definitely not the Avatar. I already don't like the attention I'm given with my powers so I wouldn't want the attention and pressure, with fire they seem too much like hot heads and aggressive for my taste, earth is strong but I'm not narrow-minded and don't face problems head on like they do and finally with water, though I like the idea of being able to heal I think I just wouldn't connect with it, but it is my second choice. Air does suit me the best. They're all monks who are always peaceful and never kill, their element is more about defense than attacking and finally, though their element looks weak it's easily the most powerful and lethal of the elements but they still choose to be pacifists like me."
Raven yawned and was tucked into bed, "Well said my wise girl," her mother murmured kissing her goodnight, "You are right in more ways than one."
Raven snapped out of her thoughts and turned her attention back to the parchment. It had been very cleverly hidden so not just anyone could find it. Unfolding it the parchment appeared to be blank until words started to appear, and they were in her mother's handwriting.
'Dear Raven,
If you've found this note it means you have discovered your power over air, the note was instructed to come out of the cover when you awakened your new powers. The stories I read to you when you were young aren't fiction Raven; it's a real place. The monks of Azarath keep it a very closely guarded secret and the air monks are the only people who know about Azarath, as they're the most spiritual of the four nations.
When I first arrived in Azarath I had an ancestry charm placed on me so the monks could see my ancestors and decide if I was trustworthy to stay in Azarath. One of my ancestors was an Airbender and, though no one else in my family is a bender, with how strong your powers are we knew there could be a slight chance your powers could awaken the bending. As you said many years ago air is a very powerful element and you must learn how to control it as soon as possible.
At the bottom of this note is an incarnation that will take you to one of the Air temples. Once you arrive there will be a monk there to greet you. Be safe my daughter, I love you very much.
Your mother'
Raven looked at the spell written below, 'I must have unlocked it after fulfilling the prophecy and defeating Trigon. With this new power I have to learn how to control it. I must go'. Raven quickly cleared some space and made a ring of inter-dimensional sand and lit candles. As she went to sit down in it, she paused and quickly wrote down a note to leave on her bed to her friends. Then Raven sat in the ring in her meditation pose and closed her eyes.
"Here goes nothing. Azarath Metrion Zinthos… Carazon Rakashas Enderez Inferus Aer Templum!"1
A bluish-white light lit up the circle and formed a cylinder barrier up to the roof. Raven flew off the ground up to the swirling vortex-portal and with one last look at her room, entered it. The light immediately died down leaving only a messy room, extinguished candles and scattered sand.
As Raven flew through the portal with her mother's note clutched tightly in her hand, the trip was a lot longer than it would take to get to Azarath but it had no consequence to Raven, flying and levitation was second nature to her and since her powers were emotion based she didn't tire easily unlike her friends who relied more on their physical energy, except for Starfire. After what seemed like forever Raven finally saw the ending of the portal in front of her. Taking a deep breath Raven stilled her nerves and flew through.
"Raven. Raven! Are you ok?" Beast Boy called out, all the Titans were outside Raven's door after returning from delivering Dr. Light to jail.
"Give it up BB," Cyborg sighed, "If there's one thing Raven's good at it's ignoring people, especially you."
"Hey!"
Starfire flew to the door, "I am worried about friend Raven. Raven, are you alright?" As Starfire knocked on the door she put a bit too much strength into it and the door fell off its hinges, "Oops."
Robin immediately grew worried seeing the state of Raven's room. Her room was an absolute mess! Walking in his detective skills snapped into place, blocking out the fellow gasps of his teammates and focusing on the evidence.
"Wow," Beast Boy murmured, "Did Raven have a huge temper tantrum?"
"Man her temper tantrum's must be big if it causes this," Cyborg answered, "Her room's as messy as yours BB". Cyborg earned a glare for that comment.
"Could Raven have been kidnapped?" Starfire asked in worry.
"No Star she wasn't kidnapped," Robin replied.
"How do you know Rob?" Cyborg asked.
"Look at this," Robin said kneeling beside a ring of candles and scattered sand, "I've seen this type of sand before. It's a type of magical sand used for portals and the candles have been recently lit. Raven's obliviously performed some spell."
"Hey guys," Beast Boy's voice called out. The other Titans saw him waving a piece of paper; "I found this on the bed. It's a note from Raven."
Robin swiftly snatched the note out of his hand and skimmed over it. Seeing his teammates waiting and anxious expressions he read it aloud,
'Dear friends,
Something has come up and I need to go sort it out. I've left my communicator behind as I don't need it where I'm going and you wouldn't be able to find me anyway. I'll come back when my business is over.
Raven
P.S. Keep Beast Boy out of my room and away from my things, unless he wants to end up in a worse place than my mind mirror.'2
"So Raven has gone," Starfire said sadly, which led to Robin placing his hand on her shoulder comfortingly.
"Raven's not gone forever," Robin replied, "She'll be back soon. I hope."
"If I know that girl," added Cyborg, "She'll be back just in time to shout at Beast Boy for touching something."
"Cool! What do these things do?" Beast Boy said looking inside a trunk.
"BEAST BOY!"
Well that's the prologue of my new story. By the way it's set after season 4 so Raven has defeated Trigon by then and that's why her airbending has surfaced. Please read and review and I'll see you next time!
1- means Southern Air Temple in Latin. The first parts of the spell are the words she says when travelling to Azarath in an episode later in the series.
2- it's Raven's mirror that serves as a portal into her mind. It's seen in the episode Nevermore in season one.