: I do not own Teen Titans or Nightwing
A/N:The stars are a time lapse and Italics are thoughts
Chapter 1: Raven's Bludhaven: Raven POV
"I'm Fired!" asked the stunned Doctor. Rachel "Raven" Roth M.D. was getting bad news from the board of directors at the hospital she worked for.
"No, we are simply transferring you." one of the directors said cooly with almost no emotion. "Rachel, you've been in this small town for 7 years straight. You only take time off to go on Christmas break in Jump City with those...ummm...cousins of yours. We all believe that you would need some time in a big city."
At that comment Raven chuckled to herself her "cousins" was what she called Vic and Karen, some old Titan buddies.
'So, I'm getting transferred for having perfect attendance, that makes SO much sense'.Her hair blew into her eyes from the air conditioner, which made her think about how people at the new city would react. Her hair was the first thing people noticed about her when they met her. Of course, it was violet. "By the way, what city am I being transferred to?" the M.D. questioned.
"Bludhaven" one of the other directors answered. "Sister city to Gotham City." His eye gave a twitch when saying Gotham, probably because of the city's bad reputation.
"Oh" was the only thing she could respond. The directors continued speaking, but the voices became ablur. The only guy she loved was all that was on her mind. She saw a mental image of him. First, was a picture of him as the Boy Wonder. Next, was the picture of the last time she saw him as a man. She imagined his broken heart after she walked out. She thanked the directors and turned around to leave without a care if they had finished talking. As she left her eyes stared straight ahead with nothing but a flicker of a flame, that would soon become a fire of memory and pain.
While packing for Bludhaven she thought about the secret compartment in her closet that held her leotard and cape, along with a belt and pendent with ravens on them. Should she bring them? Bring or leave?
When the packing was finished, her thoughts returned to the uniform. She decided it would be best not to leave it there, for fear it might be found. Then, she decided it should be burned. As she gathered the lighter fluid and matches, memories of the events experienced in the uniform filled her mind. Flying with the wind blowing her cape around and tangling her hair, fighting along side her teammates throwing punches at Jinx or using her powers to wrap a light post around Mammoth all the memories that meant so much. As she looked down at the wadded up uniform on the street, she could not bring herself to set it a fire. Instead, she put the uniform in the box, with the rest of her clothes.
Raven arrived at her new condo about a hour before sunset, to find the movers already taking things into her small new house. When all boxes were inside, the thought of unpacking everything by hand was so daunting and as she knew that would take too long, so she decided to used her powers. Normally, she would never do such a thing in the small town of Cindercill, but in this new city on the 45th floor of a condo building, it was doubtful anyone would see her. She finished in an hour, even making her bed. When she realized now she had nothing left to do, she grabbed her purse, and went out on the town.
A/N: Thanks to Rawrroni for the idea of the town name and thanks to Squidni for the condo building number.