Notice: Please bear with me. (Is it "BEAR" or "BARE"?) Anyway, I'm kind of writing this as I go, and I will do my best to post each new chapter as soon as possible. Oh, and I do NOT own Teen Titans.

Quote of the day: I sat through all of those English classes and I still don't know how to kill a mockingbird.- Reed R (X626RR)

That's the problem with prophecies. They're never crystal clear.

Written by XRR (X626RR)

Raven was alone on the roof of the tower. She appeared to be meditating, but her mind was far too burdened for her to relax. The rest of the Titans had noticed that she was keeping to herself recently. They all assumed she had wanted to be alone with her thoughts, and in that they were correct. Had they known what she was thinking, however, they would have been much more concerned.

Since her birthday and the return of Slade the week before, Raven's mind had been searching for alternatives to her fate. Now that she felt she had discovered a way out, all she had to do was make it through this last day without the others suspecting something sinister. That is why she was on the verge of tears right now.

There was so much she had wanted to do; talk fashion with Starfire, play videogames with Cyborg, spar in the gym with Robin, and maybe even try one of the horrible tofu dishes Beastboy was always pushing her way. It's not that she greatly wanted to perform these activities; it was just that there were so many things she had always taken for granted. She could have tried something new every once in a while and still maintained her image, but now it was too late. If she experienced a change of persona overnight, the team would have been suspicious, and the chances of her plan being discovered were too great.

"But I at least owe them SOMETHING!" Raven had been telling herself since she left the church the night before. She wanted so much to explain to them her actions and try to relieve some of the pain they were all about to experience, but there was no way she could tell them what she was planning. They would never let her go through with it. Sadly, she knew in her heart there was only one thing she could do for them, and even that was pushing it. For one full day, she had been friendly. No sarcastic comments. No hiding in her room. No burying herself in a book. And for the first time since anyone could remember, Raven had awakened before Starfire. This alone was almost too much of a risk, but when the Tamaranian Princess floated into the kitchen and discovered she was not alone, she was too overjoyed to question her dark friend's actions. They had sat together on the sofa and watched the sunrise.

Raven took some pride in how she had composed herself today, but she soon discovered that it wasn't over yet. Beastboy had joined her on the roof.

Hoping the luck he and his friends had experienced that day would hold out for just a little bit longer, the changeling slowly approached her. "Am I bothering you Raven?" "What do you want Beastboy?" Raven replied in her monotone voice before stopping herself. She was about to apologize, but Beastboy, having not been attacked by a complete schizophrenic, ventured on. "I was just wondering if…you were alright…" He sat down next to her and noticed she was not levitating. Instead, she was dangling her feet over the side of the roof. This only added to the list of discrepancies he had been keeping in his mind.

"I will be, soon enough." She said in a slightly softer voice. Beastboy had missed the hint she had given him. "I'm just a little shaken up after…last week."

"Everyone is, what with Slade coming back from the dead. But when we thought there was more going on, Starfire forced Robin to tell us why you hated your birthday so much, and I just wanted to…" Beastboy's eyes went wide when he realized he may have signed the Boy Wonder's death warrant, but Raven seemed to know what she was thinking. (She was a psychic, after all)

"At least he's saved me the trouble of trying to explain." Raven turned to Beastboy and forced a smile. "And now maybe you'll take it easy on me for not being a party animal."

The smile was more than enough to ease the green titan's fear. "Look, Raven, about all those times when I made some stupid comment about you being creepy, I just want to say…I'm sorry. I suppose if someone told me my birthday present was going to be a visit from Slade, I wouldn't be too positive all the time either." It was at this moment that Beastboy noticed Raven was suppressing a giggle. "What, do I have something in my teeth?"

"No, I'm just amused by you trying to compare the two of us. First off, I can't imagine you not trying to make someone laugh. Second, if you had my powers, we all would have been killed the first time Cyborg beat you at videogames." For some morbid reason, Beastboy also found this thought to be amusing.

"Anyway, I just came up to see if you wanted to join us for the movie. We rented Shawn of the Dead" he purposely stretched the title of the movie in an amateur attempt at enticement.

"A romantic comedy with zombies, huh?" Raven flashed a rare and honest smile. "I wouldn't miss it for the world."

The changeling stood up and started to leave, when his friend's voice made him stop cold in his tracks. "Beastboy?"

"Yeah, Raven?"

Raven raised her face and let her eyes meet his. "Would you stay and watch the sunset with me?"

Beastboy was greatly taken aback, but there was no way he would turn down such a simple request, no matter who had made it. "Sure." He replied in a confused voice.

Sitting together silently on the roof, Raven and Beastboy watched the darkness fall over Jump City. He couldn't believe such a seeming simple act was taking place, and he was very grateful that his teammate was finally coming out or her shell. Raven however, wasn't experiencing such joyful thoughts of camaraderie.

She was simply watching the sun set on the World she was destined to destroy.

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Jinx was exhausted. For the last week, she had been assaulted by this nightmare, and tonight, she was going to put an end to it. Taking a page from Freddy Vs. Jason, she read the directions on the bottle of antidepressants. Taking two pills with a glass of water, she rolled onto her side and checked her clock to see it was almost 10 p.m. The Hello Kitty clock her friends had given her for her birthday. Thanks, guys. Reeeall Original…

Reinforced with medication, Jinx drifted off into what she hoped would be a dreamless sleep. Oh, was she wrong.

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The credits began to roll and Raven said goodnight to her friends, for what she believed to be the last time. She retreated to her room and gathered her supplies. At 11 p.m., and heavily laden by a spell book, the knife, and a great many candles, she stood at her door and listened for Starfire and Robin to pass. Cyborg and Beastboy were staying up to play videogames, and she took her chance.

Being as quiet as she could, Raven slipped out of her room and headed up to the roof. She had chosen midnight, and she knew she would at least feel a little better if she did this outside. Despite what the others thought, she enjoyed the fresh air.

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The pills didn't work. If anything, they made it worse. This would be the final time she had the dream, and it would be more powerful than any she had ever experienced before.

As usual, there was Titan's tower, surrounded by a river of flame. Once again, the city was in ruin. Right on cue, the demon on the horizon made his appearance. And all around her, her friends had been turned to stone. But this time, it wasn't just her friends. The Titans shared the same fate. All but one, that is. But just because she wasn't among the dead, that didn't mean Jinx never saw her.

All throughout this dream, there were little pieces of the past thrown in. Things Jinx had never seen before. She saw Raven and Slade on the roof. She heard their entire conversation. She heard Raven explaining to her friends about her birthday. She saw Raven in the church. And she also saw something that was about to happen in less than one hour.

Covered in strange red marks, and her hair much longer than usual, Raven, sitting in a ring of candles, raised a knife over her head. In almost slow motion, she saw the knife come down, and when it made contact, it felt like it was being driven into her chest instead.

Jinx woke up with a start and placed a hand over the pain in her heart. She understood now. She knew why she was having this dream. She knew what it meant. And she knew what she had to do.

She knew everything.

In the darkness of her room, Jinx screamed.

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