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Summary: When the Titans encounters a villain, things goes a bit interesting. The villain proves to be particularly difficult and much more different than what the others usually face. Not wanting to be caught, the enemy decides to make the reality into a fairy-tale but with a twist…
Chapter 2: Sleeping Beauty
"You can't pass me! You can't pass me!" Cyborg sang-song, cheerfully as he was clicking away on the controllers.
In the living room, there were Beast Boy and Cyborg who were playing a race car video game. Cyborg was currently wearing a delighted look since he knew that he would once again beat his fellow Titan who wore an irritated look.
"You can't pass me. You can't—you passed me!" Cy exclaimed with shock.
Beast Boy laughed, getting off the couch as he still wore the determined look. "I move forward, making a 360 turn and yeah!" Beast Boy cheered as he was now in the lead.
He leaped back on the couch and the two resumed their game. This time, Cyborg was sulking.
The Titans Tower was pretty much quiet…other than the groans from the two video game players. However, there seemed to be a voice that came from one of the rooms and the once empty hallway was now preoccupied with another member from the Titans group.
That Titan happened to be Robin who gave out a sigh and he seemed to be finished his workout from the gym since he had a white towel being hung around his shoulders.
When he approached a corner, he heard a voice. Curiously, he followed the source only to arrive at a door that was labeled Starfire. Wanting to know what she was up to, the door slid open.
"Starfire, what's—" Robin paused, blinking as he saw the scene.
There was Starfire who seemed to be acting while she was holding a book to her chest with one hand while the other hand threw dramatic poses such as placing her hand on her forehead.
"Oh kiss me, my Knight. For thee moment your lips touches mine, this eternal curse shall be broken."
"Uh I think either she's singing or those are some very butchered Shakespearean..." Raven said.
Robin, who still had his eyes wide, nodded.
"Uh hey, Star. Are you trying out for some kind of play or are you trying to speak Shakespearean but butchering them in the process?" Raven called out.
Starfire opened her eyes and turned around only to give out a surprised exclaim.
"How long have you been standing there?"
"Long enough." Robin replied, smiling a little as he rubbed his neck.
"Oh, so um I see." she responded as she suddenly felt awkward. "Um recently, I have been hooked to a spearean of Shake and it is delightful! I never knew such love can be so romantic." she giggled.
Raven gave a dead panned look. "You mean Shakespearean."
"Yes."
"The one I truly loved was Romeo and Juliet. It was sad but happy at the same time. Oh Romeo, Romeo wherefore art thou, Romeo?" Starfire began to recite.
"Oh brother." Raven mumbled, slightly rolling her eyes.
"Well uh…keep up the good work?" Robin said, unsure of what to say.
Just as the two took a step, a sudden shout came which caused them stop in their tracks.
"CYBORG! YOU DIRTY LITTLE CHEATER! YOU SO CHEATED!"
"I DIDN'T!"
"YOU DID!"
"I DIDN'T!"
Robin sighed. "I might as well go stop them."
"Can you not? I mean think about it. The more they fight, eventually they would finish each other off."
Robin gave her a look. "Raven…"
The empath shrugged. "One can dream."
The two entered the living room to see the two gamers arguing.
"I saw you!" Beast Boy exclaimed. "You so cheated!"
"I didn't!" the half robot protested. "It's not my fault that I'm the better driver! Admit it. You're just sour because I won and you lost." he sniggered, making the green one frown.
"No I'm not." he insisted.
"Yes you are."
"I'm not."
"Yes."
"No."
"Can you two please shut up?" Raven snapped while Robin was walking towards them.
"Not unless if Cyborg admits that he cheated!"
"I DIDN'T CHEAT!"
"YES YOU DID! I SAW IT!"
"GUYS! Calm down!" Robin yelled over the bickering.
And the argument went on and on until the infamous alarm blared throughout the Tower. It stopped the boys (much to Raven's relief. She was actually about to throw the three boys of the roof) and Robin went towards the computer to check where the crime was taking place.
"Crime is taking place at 14th street. Titans, go!" he shouted. He ran towards the door as his cape swung off to the side.
TT
"Hmm this city is so dull and boring. Allow me to make some changes! Ah hahaha!" the enemy stuck his hands out and out came, shimmering midnight blue streak that rushed towards a mailbox that was soon transformed into a live gargoyle. The gargoyle gave out a mighty screech as it spread its wings out before taking off.
He then continued to shoot his magic at unmoving objects which made them alive.
Just as the wizard was about to fire another spell of his, something shot at his hand which cancelled his power.
"Haven't you learn anything about magic? It always comes with a price."
The wizard turned around and with a mad gleam in his eyes, he spoke. "Ah, the Titans! I thought I would never have the chance to talk to you. But now you're here, standing in my presence. Such an honor!" he then bowed.
Raven blinked. "Uh either he's being sarcastic or he's being sincere."
"Well you should know, Raven. You're the sarcastic out of the group." Beast Boy mumbled. "Ouch!" he gave a glare at Raven when he felt an object hitting his head.
"Sorry. I didn't see you there."
"Just like all the other villains, you're going down." Robin said, eyes narrowed.
"Is that so, eh? But why not have some tea and biscuits? It does wonders, calming the nerves."
But one stern look from the leader told the wizard everything.
"No, eh? Oh well. I tried." he then looked around and spotted a huge statue. "Lorem satis mortuum vivere tempus ut intres!"
Once his magic streak struck the statue, it shook the object a bit before it stretched out its ginormous wings.
"Great. We got a bad guy who speaks gibberish." Beast Boy replied as he stared up.
"It's not gibberish. It's Latin." Raven responded.
As soon as she said that, Robin shouted out the command. "Titans, go!"
Beast Boy transformed into a T-Rex and gave out a mighty roar. The creature, unfazed, also gave out a roar which made the green one transform into a cat and scurried away, frightened.
"You don't scare me. You're not the only one who can do magic. Azarath Metrion Zinthos!"
The half-demon encased several of objects nearby and used them to flung towards the creature. Unfortunately, there was no damage. However, since it felt the hit, the beast gave out another roar before it used its huge claw to make a slash across the building, having its pieces to tumble down, hoping to have its prey knocked out.
With quick reflexives, Raven swiftly produced a shield to block the falling rocks. She then fired another of her black magic but when she did, the wizard blasted Raven from the side which caused her be off-course.
Raven grunted when she fell to the ground though she picked herself up giving a small glare at the wizard.
"Care to have duel? A wizard against the mighty sorceress." he responded.
Raven smirked. "I accept." with that, she stuck her hand out to produce a huge blast of magic that raced towards the wizard.
At the right time, the wizard had also created a huge blast of his own. The two streaks collided with another, emitting out a powerful blast. And the battle between the two began.
Meanwhile, Cyborg jumped into the air to emit his streak from the sonic cannon. It proved nothing since the only thing that the creature did was shaking its head from the blast and whipped his tail at the half-robot who got flung back. Beast Boy and Starfire wasn't having much luck either until at the last minute, when the stoned animal clumsily crashed into a building, rocks fell down which made Starfire be off-course.
But as she fell, she was able to blast her starbolt at the right ankle. It managed to demolish a third of its ankle and because of the hit, the beast walked backwards and collapsed down due to the demolished ankle.
This made the perfect opportunity for Robin to land on his head. Like a ninja, Robin leaped from one side of the wall to nearby streetlights before he jumped onto the creature's head to attach what it looked like an explosive disk. He then leaped off and just as he touched the ground, the disk exploded, having the beast to crumble.
On the other hand, Raven was doing hand to hand combat with the sorcerer until as though they read each other's mind, they brought their powered up hands from the side as though both of them were sneakily trying to attack when one was vulnerable.
However, since they both had the same idea, the two powers collided with each other which caused them fly back, creating yet another huge explosion. Raven grunted when she tumbled to the ground but quickly got up to produce a shield in order to block the oncoming attack that was made from the wizard.
"Uh when you're done being all mighty, it would be great if you could join us." Beast Boy called out.
Once Raven lowered her shield, she looked to the side to see the group.
"Any one of you have a bright idea on how to take him down?" the empath asked.
"We brought down his statue so that should make it easier for us now since we don't have any distractions." Robin stated. "Just like you, he has to have some kind of weakness."
"I could run a quick scan on hi—augh!" Cyborg jumped to the side since a small streak had headed towards his foot.
He turned to the front to see the wizard.
"Some secrets are meant to be safe." the wizard cackled, having his power to crackle all around.
Robin looked to the destroyed beast then back at him. "It's over. Just like your little pet, you're going down too."
Eyes wide, the wizard turned to the side to indeed see his pet destroyed. His crazy face was then changed into a mad one.
"NO!" he howled. "You Titans shall pay! In maledictam, re integra omnia cognoveritis erit amplius. Meam admonitionem ventura tibi maledictionem!"
And then a huge amount of power escaped from the wizard. Like a wave, it started to cover Jump City, erasing any light. Raven walked a few steps back as she was watching the curtain of power covering Jump City.
Sensing that someone was looking at her, she turned to the right and gave a look.
"what?" she asked when she saw the titans staring at her.
"You know Latin better than any of us. Do you know what he said?" Beast Boy asked.
"Uh…"
Like a bolt of lightning, a midnight streak shot down from the sky and seemed to be racing towards the group.
"Move!" Robin yelled after he realized that it was headed towards them.
Before they could even dodge it, the bolt of streak shot right in the middle which knocked them all, flinging them out of sight.
The maniac laughed. "Now let's see how the Heroes of Jump City can stop this!" he cackled.
:(/\):
A groan came that sounded as though it had just woken up from having a hangover.
"Ugh…whoooo. That lightning sure gave us a shock." Cyborg moaned. His ears then perked up before he looked to the side.
"Yo, grass stain! Wake up!" Cy shouted, shaking his fellow knocked out Titan.
After a few shaking, a groan had finally emitted out of the green one's mouth.
"Urngh…" he flickered his eyes open and stared into nothingness for a while. After a few minutes passed, he finally pushed himself up. "Did someone had a party? Because my head is pounding."
"Uh last time I checked, we got struck from a bolt of magic." Cy reminded him.
Beast Boy blankly stared at his fellow friend before the image of battling the wizard came into his mind.
"Oh right…" he then looked at his surroundings.
It wasn't cheerful at all, that's for sure. The once crystal clear sky was now replaced with a burgundy color. There were tints of dark green and black mixed in together. At the part where they currently are, there were scattered thorn bushes that were partly covering the cement ground.
"Uh where are we?" the green one asked.
"How should I know?"
Beast Boy blinked. "Are you a robot or what?"
For a minute, Cyborg blankly stared at him before he slapped himself at the forehead.
"Right. The scanner." and he started to click away only to come up with a rather strange result. "That's odd."
"What? The fact that you forgot that you're a robot?"
Cy gave out a glare. "No. The scanner said that we're still in Jump City."
"Riiighhttt…so how do we get out?"
The half-robot looked up. "Guess we start walking."
Beast Boy gave a look to his friend before he followed his gaze to see an endless path.
"Great."
:(/\):
Robin groaned as he slowly woke up.
Damn. That attack nearly took a lot out of him. Robin stared curiously at his odd surroundings before he took out his communicator to see if he can get in touch with his friends.
"Cyborg? Beast Boy? Raven?" no answer. "Starfire?"
On the screen, it only showed static. Sighing, Robin placed back the device and got up.
If he wants some answer then he better start walking. However, instead of having an opening path, something seemed to be blocking it. That something looked like a long pile of thorn bushes that stretched on and on. Nonetheless, he looked up to see a huge tower that was looming rather ominously.
A tower? Where exactly am I? he thought before he got out his two birdarangs and connected them so that they were transformed into a sword.
Having a weapon in hand, the leader started to cut the thorn bushes, climbing up the long staircase that was leading to the tower.
:(/\):
"Are we there yet?"
"No."
"Now?"
"Does it even look like we're there yet?"
"Ugh dude! We aren't even going anywhere." the green one complained. "We don't even have an destination!"
Cyborg gave out an exasperated sigh. "Well. We gotta get out of here, find the others and defeat the crazed up wizard."
"Ugh easier said than done."
Just then, a sinister laugh was heard, alerting the two Titans.
"That is a great plan! But how are you going to defeat me if you don't know where I am?"
A face of the wizard appeared in the dark sky. He bore an evil cold look that made Beast Boy's hair to stand up.
"Oh don't worry. We will find you and will kick your sorry ass." Cy responded, changing his hand to a sonic cannon.
He gave out a cold chilling laugh. "You think its wise to attack something that is not even a solid form? Fools! As we speak, one of your friends is currently fighting his way of the never ending bushes of thorn! Little does he know that a terrible fate had befallen on a girl. Oh try if he can to reach the top...but it shall be his downfall!"
Just as he said that, Robin had reached the top but he felt a sudden shake, being alerted. And then, when everything seems to be still, out of nowhere, an enormous creature that resembled a dragon came out of its hiding spot. It climbed up at the tower before it faced the leader with a menacing look. The dragon raised its head to emit out a very powerful streak of fire while Robin watched him, having his sword at the side and determinedly looked up as his cape blew at the front.
Robin narrowed his eyes even further as he was looking at the mighty dragon. Once more, the dragon breathed out a large streak of fire and looked down at the leader.
With a charged yell, Robin swung his sword and leaped from tree to tree if possible. Seeing this, the dragon started to ferociously swing its tail in an attempt to strike the prey. It succeeded when the tail harshly hit Robin to the side, making him be off course. However, he swiftly took out his grapple hook aiming it at the stoned wall tower. It firmly made a grip on it once it reached it, yanking Robin towards it. He gave out a grunt when his body slammed at the wall.
He then took one of the birdarangs out before placing the sword at the side. After getting out the second one, he resumed his climbing until he reached the top.
Sensing that an intruder was in its territory, the fierce dragon turned its head to see Robin who took out the sword once again.
With another roar, the creature lunged its head forward but the masked boy made a swing at the head. It didn't do much but he did managed to leave a scratch at the nuzzle.
After shaking its head, the beast turned its attention to the fighter once more.
Robin...
Robin suddenly froze, hearing the familiar voice.
Raven...? What...where are you?
It's me...I'm right here...
What...?
I'm the dragon.
Robin had his eyes wide with shock.
You know what you're supposed to do right?
Uh free you from the curse.
No. You don't get it.
Try me.
We're in a fairytale. You heard of Sleeping Beauty?
Yes...but what's that got to...Robin suddenly trailed off, widening his even wider. No...
You know what the prince does...
Robin shook his head. No. Absolutely not. He will not do it.
Robin you have to...its the only way...you have to kill me.
:(/\):
The sound of heavy footsteps thundered on the cement ground. If anyone would've been staring at it, all they would see would be a blur of light.
"Come on, BB. Faster."
The green horse who had a determined look on his face went even faster than before.
Just then, something started to crawl out of the ground which made the green horse jump with fright, knocking Cyborg off him.
"Woah!" Cy exclaimed, falling off the horse before hitting the ground with a hard THUD.
"Heh...animal instinct..." Beast Boy responded sheepishly as he rubbed his neck.
The things that were emerging out of the ground eventually showed themselves fully. They appeared to be entirely made out of shadows. However, the only thing that gave them away were their yellow glowing eyes.
Upon seeing the enemies, they opened their mouth and drool came out of it as they revealed their long sharp fangs.
The moment they gave out their heavy snarls, the two Titans squeaked before they used their powers to try to defeat them.
:(/\):
Robin stared at the violent eyes with shock.
Just then, a cackle appeared out of nowhere which alerted the two.
"So my fearsome heroes...enjoying the twist?" he sneered, smiling gleefully.
Robin made his grip even tighter as he narrowed his eyes.
"I swear, Draccus. Once we get out of this, you will pay." Robin replied, dangerously.
"Oooo are you threatening me, boy? Too bad its an empty threat." he cackled. "How can I pay if you didn't defeat the dragon?"
Robing gave out a growl.
However, a sudden idea popped into the cruel wizard's mind.
"Well since you won't kill your friend how about we make a deal?" without having him to respond, the sorcerer went on. "You can give up your city and the Titans will surrender."
"No. Deal."
The wizard gave out a sigh. "Tsk, tsk. And here I was, hoping that you would say yes. I mean if I were you, I would say yes since after all, it would save you from killing your friend. And it would've been so much better just to give up now. You can put all your restless thoughts behind. I mean, when exactly did you have an peaceful day without fighting crime? If you give up now, all your worries would be gone. And everything else would be nothing more than just a fairytale."
He's right, you know. You're using up all your precious energy for those sad excuse of humans...You fight crime...but only not to be acknowledged of it? The people don't respect you. Wouldn't it be better just to give up playing hero? the "voice of reason" said.
I...
Your choice, Hero. I would choose wisely...if you are a hero, then you would have no problem killing your friend.
There seemed to be to a war going on in Robin's head. The wizard gleamed madly as he stared down upon the torn up hero.
"Admit it, Robin. You lost."
Robin then opened his eyes, narrowing them.
"No."
The magic user gave out a shock as he saw the Titan who was slightly bringing the sword back while the dragon was being ready to lunge at him.
"I'm sorry, Raven." with that, the dragon lunged at him which made the leader throw the sword.
His aim was true since the blade was plunged through the dragon's chest. Upon having the impact, the beast moved its body to the side, letting out a faint streak of fire.
Eventually, the monster fell down to the ground with a heavy thud. Blood was oozing out of the wound, staining the once clean ground.
Because of that, the wizard laughed. A cold sadistic laugh until his face disappeared from the sky while his laugh was still echoing.
With a devastated look, Robin walked to the edge of the tower and collapsed on his knees.
"I'm sorry." he replied as he closed his eyes...
:(/\):
"RUNAWAAY!" a loud voice hollered.
"What do you think I'm doing?!" Cyborg shouted while sometimes, he would use his sonic cannon to blast those shadowy creatures.
"Well gee. I don't know. I'm not the one whose blasting them into pieces when its not working!"
Cyborg blasted yet another one of those shadowy creatures but the minute it got destroyed, another came crawling out of the ground.
"At least I'm trying to buy some time!"
"What time?!"
"I don't know!" he yelled out of frustration. "I just wanna know how to destroy these...er things!"
Out of nowhere, a sudden trembling sound came which alarmed the two. They looked up to see a flash of lightning then thunder.
"Is it just me or is something going on up there?" the green one spoke.
Cyborg gave a puzzled look as he shrugged.
It was then that Beast Boy transformed into a horse and Cyborg hopped on, leaving the shadow creatures to come after them.
:(/\):
The sound of footsteps walked on the smooth marble floor. A sad sigh came as the person leaned against the cool surface of the wall. He rubbed his arm from the burn which the dragon made when it was falling to its doom.
I should've done something...I should've found another way...
He stared at the ground with a mournful look. However, he soon lifted his head since a brown door caught his attention.
I wonder where it leads to...
Going with that, he climbed the few marble stairs before he reached the top to where that door was.
Taking a breath, his hand reached the brown door knob and opened it...
Only to have his eyes wide. His eyes gazed down upon what it looked like a person but seemed to be in a sleeping form.
However, something about that character seemed awfully familiar to Robin. He studied the sleeping being until he noticed red hair falling to the side like a waterfall. Her shiny red hair gleamed from the sunlight's reflection.
"Starfire...?" Robin said. His eyes still wide. "Starfire!"
He ran towards her only to stop.
Something doesn't seem right...
Shouldn't she greet him like how she always does? He leaned in closer and found out that she was sleeping.
"Starfire." he tried again but it only came up with the same result.
He paused. Didn't Raven mentioned that they were in Sleeping Beauty? And what does the prince do after he found his sleeping princess?
Robin suddenly felt his face being heated up as he gulped. He took a deep breath before he leaned in to kiss...
:(/\):
"So uh after we're done with this, approximately how old are we going to be?" Beast Boy replied as he finished knocking a creature back in a form of a Kangaroo. He then changed into a human to speak.
"Ohh I don't know...maybe 80 or something. I mean when we're old and wrinkly you will know."
Beast Boy then started to imagine as old people.
"Remember how we fought those skanky creatures?" an elderly version of Beast Boy asked.
"How should I know? I don't remember anything...what was your name again?"
Beast Boy groaned. "Ugh dude. We gotta hurry with this. I don't wanna grow old and die!" he complained.
"Get a grip, green butt. We're not gonna finish this if we don't find a plan!"
"What plan? You know, I would really like to know where Robin, Starfire and Raven is."
Cyborg blasted a creature to smithereens."Me too."
"Okay so...why don't we go up at that tower?" Beast Boy pointed at the tall tower that was looming hauntingly.
The minute Cyborg looked at it, he gave out an exclaim.
"Hey! I remember where we are! We were in the place where we didn't know before."
The second he said that, the shadowy enemy crawled out of the ground again.
"Oh time to go."
:(/\):
Robin pulled back and waited. He bit his lip since there wasn't any signs of movements from Starfire. Just when he thought the worst, the eyes suddenly flickered to life revealing bright green eyes that blinked.
"Robin...?" came the soft voice.
Robin mentally breathed out a sigh of relief.
"Yes, Star. Its me." he spoke.
"Where are we? And why am I in bed?"
"Er...its complicated." Robin rubbed at the back of his neck. "What do you remember?"
Star paused a bit. "All I remember is being struck from the lightning from that horrible fiend and then...nothing." she then looked around. "Where are our friends?"
"They got separated. I just hope they are okay." Robin bit his lip.
"Something is troubling you. Do you wish to talk about it?"
Robin winced when the flashbacks of him throwing the sword at Raven came into his mind.
"Uh no. No. I'm fine."
Without a warning, the tower suddenly started to rumble and soon rocks began to tumble down
"Starfire move!" Robin quickly reacted and pushed the alien out of the way in just in time. Half of the building gave out, revealing the red sky.
Just then, a familiar laugh (Robin easily recognized it but Star didn't) appeared. Eventually, it showed its face making Star gasp as she readied her starbolts (as soon as she got up) while Robin narrowed his eyes.
"You!" Star exclaimed, having her starbolts ready.
"Looks like your eternal curse isn't so eternal anymore."
"It seems so. So what are you going to do now, Hero?"
Eyes narrowed, Robin took out his two birdarangs and formed them into a sword. This made the evil enemy laugh wickedly.
"Are you actually thinking of fighting me?" he laughed cruelly. "How can you fight me if I'm only an illusion? A reflection of the original source!"
There was a sudden reflection of light that was beaming on the blade and onto his face. That caught Robin's attention so he moved the blade slightly from left to right before he looked up to see a small patch of gleaming light that was shining at the wizard's wicked face.
"Any idea on how to stop this evil wizard?" Star asked.
"We need Cyborg and Beast Boy." Robin replied.
"So Hero...what are you going to do now?" he spoke.
While he was keeping him busy, something started to appear behind Robin, emerging out of the ground.
"Tell me...Robin, how are you and your friends going to defeat me? How are you going to save your precious city?" he sneered. "That's the thing about being Heroes...it's that the people are always depending on their saviors to save them. But...what if the heroes failed them? Oh! How I would enjoy to see their precious hope going downhill." he cackled. "And all because their saviors couldn't save them!"
A mad gleam twinkled in his grey eyes. However, Robin noticed it and the thing that was emerging behind Robin suddenly popped out of the ground as soon as the sorcerer finished his last sentence.
Acting on quick reflexives, Robin spun around with his blade in attempt to strike the foul beast.
But, just as he was about to hit it, an exclaim of shout came. The sound of glasses being broken were heard and thousands of fragments tinkled down.
Just as the blade was about to hit the creature, something else struck it by creating a huge shockwave which made Star hit her back against what little was left of the wall while Robin flew out of his spot.
Fists were smashed into the creature, demolishing it into a puff of black smoke. It revealed none other than Cyborg and Beast Boy who shortly joined him.
"Robin!" Star flew towards him and helped him up.
Draccus laughed. "You Titans always did know how to make an entrance."
"This ends now." Robin firmly replied.
However, Beast Boy took a look around and spoke.
"Uh, Robin...where's Raven?"
He suddenly tensed up. Seeing this, there was another gleam in his eyes.
"O-oh! You still haven't told them?" he jeered.
"Haven't told us what? Robin, where is Raven?" Beast Boy spoke a bit sharply.
"She's...she's..." the mad gleam in the villain's eyes grew even wider.
"...not here."
And came the disappointment.
Angered, Draccus yelled. "You can't keep secrets forever! Eventually, the truth will find its way and will slither out, bringing you to your ultimate downfall! It always does!" he snarled.
With that, the wizard created his midnight blue beam that raced towards the group.
"Titans, get ready."
"What are we even supposed to do?" Cy asked.
"Once I throw the sword, I'll need the power from you two but I would need enough light. That's where you come in Beast Boy." Robin responded, giving him a look. "I need you to create enough light that will aim at the sword."
"Got it."
The beam came closer and right on time, Robin threw the sword straight through the middle of the beam. Beast Boy found a piece of shard from a broken window and aimed it at the window.
The sun light struck the shard which created a streak. The green one frowned when the light streak didn't went as how he wanted to so he adjusted it a few times before the beam had finally struck the sword.
And just in time too because Cy and Star had also unleashed their powers as well. The glowing sword smashed through the midnight blue streak.
The wizard widened his eyes with disbelief and screeched something horrible.
"NO! NO!" just like that, the blade struck the image which made it burst into thousands of black particles, falling down.
"Soo...did we just win?" Beast Boy asked, raising an eyebrow.
Cyborg shrugged.
In the middle of the air, a cloud of dark blue made its appearance.
"I wouldn't celebrate your victory! It means nothing!" the wizard screamed his final words before he released the beam in attempt to destroy the Titans.
Acting quickly, Starfire shot her own green beam. It seemed like a tug o war. One beam would push the other one back and vice versa.
Star grunted due to the heavy power.
"I could...use some help here." she responded, struggling to keep her own streak from being devoured.
"I'm on it, Star." the half-robot said.
Once he got out the sonic cannon, Cy released the bluish white streak that rushed towards the midnight blue.
Because of the green light, the white beam joined with the green one, creating another color. At long last, the midnight blue power devoured half of the colored streak, leaving only a third at the top.
The two struggled with much difficulty while the sorcerer grinned madly.
Just when the midnight power was about to completely destroy the beam, as if some miracle, the colored streak suddenly pushed its forward with new found strength.
This made the villain's eyes widen with shock and disbelief.
"WHAT? THIS CAN'T BE?" he screamed with rage.
"It is if you have enough...determination...to know that you won't lose!" Cy grunted as the two pushed the powers further.
And then, the beam at last swallowed the bad one, pushing it towards the wizard until finally the beam struck the sorcerer.
Due to the strike, the wizard's power went out of control since it came out of his body.
"Know this, Titans! The bad deed which had befallen on you will forever haunt you!"
And then, the wizard started to be all distorted until at last, the sorcerer was no more.
"What bad deed?" Beast Boy asked.
The red sky now cleared out, revealing the familiar blue sky.
"Alright y'all! We defeated the wizard and saved the whole damn world!" Cyborg cheered.
"Uh pretty sure that it only affected our city..." the green one spoke, instantly bringing Cy's cheery face down.
The changeling paused. "Hey, you still haven't told where Raven is."
And the air thickened.
With a depressed look, Robin walked forward a bit until he collapsed on his knees.
Worried, Starfire spoke.
"Robin..."
He sighed, bringing his head down.
"Raven is..." as though he sensed another presence, Robin looked up and widened his eyes.
Way across from him, a few meters away, something was laying on the ground and it looked like a cloak but he couldn't be sure.
Robin, who still had eyes wide, didn't move and stared at whatever it was. However, the thing that was on the ground, started to move.
"Raven...?"
With that, the leader got up and began to ran which earned confused looks from the rest of the group.
"Is it just me or are we missing something here?" Beast Boy asked.
The boy wonder kept on running towards it until he reached his destination. He stopped, still eyes wide and just simply waited.
And since he was close, he was now able to tell what it was that laid on the ground.
It was a cloak.
A small groan came and he fell on his knees, being closer to the person.
"Raven..." he replied, quietly.
It was then that the fallen person slowly pushed herself up and placed a hand at the side of her head.
"Raven..."
Upon hearing her name, Raven turned to the side and looked at Robin.
"What...happened?" she then scanned the area. "Did we...defeat him?"
Yea but Cy and Star technically defeated him."
Silence.
Just as Raven closed her eyes, she only opened them back again due to being startled since she felt something being wrapped around her.
It was Robin who hugged her and his face was hidden in the cloak.
"I thought I lost you..."
"Okay, back up! You got us confused the minute you started running." a voice said, interrupting the moment.
The two looked up to see the rest of the group. They gave each other a look before they shouted in unison.
"What is going on?"
"And what do you mean "I thought I lost you"?"
Raven gave a glance at Robin who nodded.
"They will eventually find out." he said.
Raven looked to the three who were all waiting for an answer.
"I suppose you all familiar with Sleeping Beauty?"
The boys muttered a "yes" while Starfire mumbled "not really."
"Anyways, in the tale, the prince battled his way by defeating the dragon that was known as Maleficent."
They blinked.
"Ookayyy...so what I get is that we were in Sleeping Beauty and I'm guessing Star is the princess, Robin's the prince and you're the dragon." Cy said.
Raven nodded.
"So what were we then?" Beast Boy asked, raising an eyebrow.
Cy shrugged.
"Anyways, in the book, the prince fight the dragon in order to reach his princess-"
"Wait a minute...doesn't the prince kill the dragon?" Beast Boy interrupted.
Raven gave a small glare. "I was getting to it but yes. The prince does kill the dragon."
"Okay so what does..." the green Titan trailed off before he widened his eyes.
"You killed her, didn't you?" Beast Boy sharply responded to Robin.
"Beast Boy...I had no choice."
"That's a lie! You always had a choice. You could've found another way."
"She's not dead."
"But she could've been."
"Enough!" Raven exclaimed. "What was done is done. You can't change it."
The green one glared at Robin who narrowed his eyes.
"But how are you not...dead?"
"Everything was an illusion. So when Robin threw the sword, I merely created a shield."
Everyone went silent until Starfire spoke.
"Is the wizard truly gone? We only saw what we saw."
"I...I don't know. Its hard to tell." Raven answered.
And so, the group of friends began to walk home while the sun had just began to lower...
A/N: You know what's relaxing? Typing this pain in the butt chapter at a beach and hearing the water gentle splashes against the shore and a soft breeze blows in :D Yeap, I'm still on a vacation and typing this on my phone. Ugh it irritates me from time to time...i only have 7 more days of vacation :3 buttt in two days...*drumroll* IT'S GONNA BE MY BIRTHDAY! YESH! (Its Aug 17 right now) =D I don't wanna turn 20 T_T but here's a question for all of you...IS the wizard really dead? I'm gonna leave it to you guys. But I'm excited for the next chapter because a favorite character is gonna be in :D TOODLES!